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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 27 Jul 96 Volume 14 : Issue 174
Today's Topics:
[*] Amtrak schedules--version 6.2
[*] DragSelectRect XFCN 1.1
[*] Drop Formatter 1.2
[*] Focus DictationMachine v2.7
[*] Focus EmailTool v1.0.3
[*] Hf Hobofont(tm) 1.0
[*] IFSPLM v. 9.0
[*] Marsupilami copy (init; interface)
[*] trueColor; intuitive Color for HyperCard 2.2+, free
[*] YA-Beep "DTS Thump!"
(A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
(Q) New releases of Milo?
*Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
[Q] Problems with printing...
Apple 17-inch Multiple Scan Monitor
Barcode reader needed!!!
C++ Shareware
Duplicate Files
Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Info-Mac Digest V14 #167
Info-Mac Digest V14 #169
Learning to Program
Mac to PC
MPEG decompression in QT 2.5
My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
QuickTime 2.5 Problems
re Stuffit Expander - "I/O Error bad media"
StyleWriter II printing utility
System 7.1
Web page graphics (Q)
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:38:02 -0700
From: (Matthew Mitchell)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Amtrak schedules--version 6.2
Complete Amtrak train schedules effective July 1996, provided as a public
service by volunteers from the Delaware Valley Association of Railroad
Passengers and the members of the railroad newsgroups. These schedules
have been checked carefully, but are unofficial and subject to change
without notice. For official information, see www.amtrak.com, but the
official site does not have schedules yet.
Changes in ver. 6.2: added new Gulf Coast Limited service (New Orleans-Mobile)
minor typographical and HTML errors fixed, Sunset Limited corrected.
Unpacks into a folder compatible with all web browsers or text viewers--no
net connection necessary. (c) 1996 DVARP. Current version may be
distributed freely; all previous versions should be deleted. OK for CD.
You can also link to the most current schedules at:
http://www.libertynet.org/~dvarp/Amtrak/
Matthew Mitchell ([email protected])
http://www.libertynet.org/~dvarp/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/amtrak-62.hqx; 241K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:02:24 -0700
From: (Perry Barton)[email protected]
Subject: [*] DragSelectRect XFCN 1.1
The latest version of DragSelectRect (1.1). Replaces 1.0 and 1.0.1.
DragSelectRect is an XFCN which enables you to drag a gray or "marching
ants" selection rectangle within the card window of your stack, returning
the local or global coordinates of that rectangle.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/drag-select-rect-xfcn-11.hqx; 37K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:37:53 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeff Watkins)
Subject: [*] Drop Formatter 1.2
Drop Formatter is a desktop drag & drop application.
Place an alias of it on your desktop and you may drag
TEXT files onto it. From these text files, Drop
Formatter will generate formatted HTML files and text
files.
One of the annoying things about publishing on the Web
is most of the process is repetitive and
breath-takingly dull. It seems nearly all of my pages
use the same layout. Certainly all of my text is
formatted in much the same way for each page. Why can't
I then, write what I want in a text editor, say BBEdit,
and have a program format the text so it looks good?
I don't want to give up the ability to custom
format text, like "italicising" or *bold-facing*, but I
want the computer to do most of the grunt work for me.
After all, isn't that what computers are good at?
Repetitive, boring jobs. I thought so...
Bugs Fixed:
*Bus Error with unterminated tags.
*Preferences alignment between 68K and PPC.
*Improper handling of newlines from other platforms
(UNIX & DOS).
--
Jeff Watkins
http://www.FuturePress.com/People/jwatkins/
mailto:[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/drop-formatter-12.hqx; 379K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:02:22 -0700
From: (Afshin Latifi), [email protected]
Subject: [*] Focus DictationMachine v2.7
Focus DictationMachine is functionally equivalent to a transcribing
device. It allows continuous background recording and playback of sound
>From hard disk. This would allow you to work with other programs while
the sound is being recorded or played in the background. Among the key
features of the DictationMachine are:
*- Full asynchronous Record and playback of sound.
*- 100 percent user configurable voice activated recording (VOX).
*- Supports Apple Events.
*- Supports AppleTalk and connection to remote sites.
*- Online/off-line help module.
*- Full system 7 balloon help support.
*- Drag and drop capability.
*- Support for 3:1 and 6:1 compression of the recorded sound.
*- Fast forwarding and rewinding of sound being played.
*- Volume adjustment.
*- Pitch adjustment.
*- Threshold adjustment.
*- Delay adjustment.
*- Elapsed and remaining time display in hundredth of second accuracy.
*- Bar indicator for the portion of sound played.
*- Quick Skip feature allowing to instantly to jump to any section of tape.
*- Pausing and stopping capabilities.
*- Audio Selection and selection display.
*- Repeated play.
** System requirements
- Hardware: 68020, 68030, or 68040 or Power PC Macintosh. (Any LC,
Powerbook, Quadra, Centris, Performa, Power Mac families of Macintosh
computers.)
- Color or gray scale monitor (256 colors or 16 level gray scale
recommended).
- System 7 and higher.
- Sound manager 3.0 or later for best results.
- 350 K of free memory.
- Apple built in or third party microphone for recording sound.
This software is shareware and can be distributed as such on with
shareware collections and CD's provided it is not changed in any way.
Afshin Latifi ([email protected])
http://www.focusworks.com/
Technical Support: [email protected]
General Information: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/focus-dictation-machine-27.hqx; 239K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:02:27 -0700
From: (Afshin Latifi)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Focus EmailTool v1.0.3
EmailTool is a small application which gives you the ability to
individualize your Email and other correspondence. In less than 15
minutes you can have your favorite settings made and be ready to use this
product. Simply enter one or more signatures, select the one you want,
and click select. Email tool automatically inserts the selected
signature/quote setting at the insertion point of the front-most
application. The neatest feature of the Email Tool is its floating
window which appears on top of all other windows regardless of which
application is currently running. There are no applications to switch
(no dreaded trips to the applications menu) as soon as you move your
mouse on top of its window, EmailTool brings itself to the front and
ready to take your selection!
EmailTool comes with several quotes from important people from our past
and present (Gandhi, Einstein, Twain, etc.) and also some templates you
can use for constructing your personal signatures. No longer you are
limited by a single signature restriction by most Email programs set
yourself free, and look professional while doing so...
Among the key features of the EmailTool are:
- Capability to store and select up to 32,000 signatures.
- Capability to store and select up to 32,000 personalized quotes.
- Easy access from within any application (i.e. word processor, Email
utility, etc.).
- Very small foot print and minimal CPU load.
** System Requirements
- Hardware: All Macintosh and Power Macintosh computers. (Mac Plus and
later)
- System 7.1 and higher.
- 120 K of free memory.
This software is shareware and can be distributed as such on with
shareware collections and CD's provided it is not changed in any way.
Please email questions, suggestions, and feature requests to:
[email protected]
Latest version can be downloaded from our World Wide Web Pages at:
http://www.focusworks.com/
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/focus-email-tool-103.hqx; 112K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:37:57 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Hf Hobofont(tm) 1.0
CATEGORY: Fonts, Dingbats
This is a collection of 52 authentic hobo symbols in font form. Use these as
design elements in your next project, a fun way to send "secret" messages to
friends, or to take with you if you ever decide to become a hobo--just make
sure to bring a laptop and portable printer along.
Jonathan Macagba
http://members.aol.com/hndcrfonts
jonathan45@aolcom
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/hf-hobofont-tt.hqx; 84K]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/hf-hobofont-ps.hqx; 159K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:37:59 -0700
From: (Antreas P. Hatzipolakis)[email protected]
Subject: [*] IFSPLM v. 9.0
IFSPLM v. 9.0 : This is a DocMaker format stand-alone
document containing information about Internet Freeware
Shareware Programming Languages for the Macintosh.
Updated and Revised version, enriched with quotations.
May be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/info/internet-mac-prog-lang-90.hqx; 231K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:37:55 -0700
From: (Nicolas VANDEKERCKHOVE)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marsupilami copy (init; interface)
What this init does is basically very little; it displays an icon on your
desktop which makes a sound, eyemovement,=8A as did version 1.0.1 of the
original init, and as do some other inits=8A FREEWARE.
Marsupilami as I found it on the internet has been corrected from the
spelling mistakes it included (Fanquinn?). I changed the sound resource,
added some info=8A for personal use and to express my love for macintosh-use=
r
Els Fiers. Hopefully she'll marry me.
Special thanks to GPX and PRok for introducing this nice interface to the
internet.
=46or transfer I used stuffit and binhex to compress both the init and
textdocument.
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/marsupilami-copy.hqx; 30K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:02:26 -0700
From: (Alain Stalder)[email protected]
Subject: [*] trueColor; intuitive Color for HyperCard 2.2+, free
trueColor provides an intuitive way to work in color in HyperCard.
You can give buttons and fields colors and color pictures.
Buttons can have color icons.
You can cut, copy and paste color pictures and icons
to and from the clipboard.
You can move fields and buttons in color.
A help stack with extensive documentation is included.
trueColor requires HyperCard 2.2 or later*,
a 68020 processor or higher (including any PowerPC processor).
Some features require 32-Bit QuickDraw (included in Sys 7).
* trueColor runs very slowly on PowerMacs in Hypercard 2.2
if you have Connectix SpeedDoubler installed.
trueColor is free for non-commercial use.
Alain Stalder
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/true-color-hc.hqx; 94K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:38:04 -0700
From: (Matthew J. Harmon)[email protected]
Subject: [*] YA-Beep "DTS Thump!"
8 Bits / 11.025 kHz / Stareo / 2.937 Sec. / 68k
Here is yet another creation of mine, it is the last 2.937 seconds of The
Digital Experience trailer. It is a stareo techno-thump with the sound of
broken glass falling. For those of you who have never been to a DTS
theater, the DTS homepage is .
Matthew J. Harmon
CyberTech Data Systems
[email protected]
Note to Info-Mac Admins -
I checked everywhere that I could think of, and I did not see any comments
>From DTS saying that their sound, or portions of their sound could not be
distributed without prior permission. If it is found that I was incorrect,
please remove this sound immediately.
Note to dowloaders -
If it is found that I was incorrect, make sure that you keep a copy of this
sound, because it makes a great beep. Though anyone could make it. Enjoy!
Matthew J. Harmon - President, CyberTech Data Systems
Programming, Computer Sales, Service, R&D, and Consulting
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/ya-beep-dts.hqx; 67K]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:40:28 -0400
From: [email protected] (Carolyn M. Barry)
Subject: (A) Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
[email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians) wrote:
>I am trying to create jpegs or gifs of some pages of a Russian book to be
>displayed on my Web site. The point is to reproduce the Russian so that
>Russian readers can read it. However, my scans come out too large when they
>are saved at a resolution sufficient to make them cleanly legible. I have
>been told that there are tricks one can use in this situation to reduce the
>size of the files drastically, but I haven't been able to get any detailed
>help. I'm using Photoshop for the image editing.
Brian,
I believe what you're looking for is either "Fast Eddie" or " Planet Color".
Fast Eddie is shareware or freeware and serves to reduce the size of the
file without any loss of "picture integrity". Planet Color does the same
thing, but is the commercial version. I believe that they are both sold by
MisroFrontier (800-388-8109). (Of course, no connection with the company).
I think that they technically remove file information that is not used by
the image (things such as color info that does not exist in the scanned
image).
I have been using Planet Color for 2-3 years and love it! I scan my
pictures at a high resolution, and run them through Planet Color, and get
back a file that looks just like the original, but is (I think) at least
half the size of the original file. It must have a tiff or pict file to
work with if I remember correctly.
Hope this helps. If you need more detailed info, or have questions about this,
feel free to write to me.
Carolyn
Carolyn M. Barry
RedFish Consultants
[email protected]
http://members.aol.com/carolynmb/index.html
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:37:29 +0100 (MET)
From: [email protected] (Giovanni Bracco)
Subject: (Q) New releases of Milo?
Milo is a very nice math processor for the macintosh. It permits to perform
simple symbolic algebra with a very user friendly interface. But the only
version I have found is the 1.0 that seems to have problems on my
LC630/20M. Probably it can not cope with more than 8 M of RAM.
Does anybody know if more recent releases are available and where to buy them?
Thanks in advance
Giovanni Bracco
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 13:10:05 -0400
From: [email protected] (Pat Perry)
Subject: *Help needed with b&w images in Photoshop
On July 24 Paul Brians wrote:
>I am trying to create jpegs or gifs of some pages of a Russian book to be
>displayed on my Web site. The point is to reproduce the Russian so that
>Russian readers can read it. However, my scans come out too large when they
>are saved at a resolution sufficient to make them cleanly legible. I have
>been told that there are tricks one can use in this situation to reduce the
>size of the files drastically, but I haven't been able to get any detailed
>help. I'm using Photoshop for the image editing. I am not a regular
>Photoshop user and don't want to subscribe to a Photoshop list just to get
>this one question answered, and nobody answers in the Photoshop newsgroup.
>Is there anyone out there who can help?
I neither am a regular Photoshop user. Your question is best answered in
the May 1996 issue of Macworld, in Steve Roth's article "A Guide to Getting
Great Line Art". I am in no way affiliated with Macworld, just a happy
reader.
In summary, while using Photoshop:
1) Scan the images in at the scanners highest resolution (300 ppi sufficient)
2) In Photoshop's Image Size dialog box, upsample to twice the resolution,
with the Constrain File Size check box off.
3) Use sharpening filters. Author Steve Roth recommends two passes of
Unsharp Mask, with Amount=500%, Threshold=5, Radius=(resolution/1200) (with
600 ppi image radius = 0.5). FIlter, and filter again with cmd-F.
4) Use the Threshold dialog box (cmd-T, also in the menu to the left of
filters). This step is key. Slide the slider until satisfied, keeping in
mind that you're zoomed in. Read the article stated prev. (esp. the
sidebar "Manipulating Gray Scale into Line Art")
5)Now that you have an image that is primarily black and white, conert it
to a smaller file by using Photoshop's Mode menu, select the 50% Threshold
in the Bitmap dialog box)
You should also know that there is a similarly good article on color
images, GIF and JPEG, by Jim Heid, on pg. 129 of May 1996 (same issue)
titled "Optimizing Web and CD-ROM Graphics".
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 22:47:18 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chris Schram)
Subject: 16 bit Jazzzz (sound)
On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Norman Friedman wrote:
>I downloaded 8 and 16 bit Jazzz from info-mac, unstuffed with Stuffit and
>copied
>onto a floppy. I downloaded at work using my Mac II. I also installed the
sound
>onto the Mac II through the closed system folder. It worked properly-went to
>sound and I could
>then choose the sound as my alert. When I tried to install from the floppy to
>my
>home Mac Performa 6290 CD - it would not go into the system sound. I get a
>message that a disk error occured. Does not work with either the 8 or 16 bit.
>Any suggestions or answers??
>Thanks in advance
>[email protected]
>
My best Guess: Check your "Performa" Control Panel. You may have your
System Folder protected against change.
-- Chris Schram
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:15:08 +0800
From: Bernard Yen
Subject: [Q] Problems with printing...
Ok...the corrected version
I recently discovered that my MAC LC630 containing the PPC upgrade card
and the english System 7.5.3 refuses to print anything. It always say
that the printer port is in use and I must quit some application.
However, there are no background app. present and only the finder is
active. I have tried programs to free up the printer port, but it just
doesn't work. Can someone help me? Thanks!
Bernard Yen
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:32:28 -0600
From: [email protected] (Richard A. Wilson)
Subject: Apple 17-inch Multiple Scan Monitor
Every time I fire up my Mac I get irritated about the way the monitor
screen looks.
I have a Apple 17-inch Multiple Scan monitor running with a 7500/100.
Shortly after purchase I complained to the dealer that I could not expand
the picture horizontally to fill the active screen area at the normal
832X624 resolution for a 17-inch monitor (vertical expansion was no
problem). When I switched to 1024X768 resolution I _could_ expand the
picture to full screen. The dealer checked it out and said he could not
help - there was no adjustment possible.
I called Apple Customer Support about the problem. They promptly sent me a
replacement monitor which turned out to be no better than the original
monitor.
I'm still using the monitor but I feel that something is not right. I think
I should be able to see the "full" active video area at the 832X624
resolution. The diagonal measurement advertised is 16.1-inch (the Users
Guide states 16.5-inch). The best I have is 15.5-inch.
I have never seen another Apple 17-inch Multiple Scan monitor in operation
so I have no basis for comparison.Does anyone have any experience with this
monitor that could help me out or provide any info? Thanks,
Richard Wilson, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:34:35 -0500
From: [email protected] (Keisha V. Jones)
Subject: Barcode reader needed!!!
Does anyone know where I could find a decent bacode reader for a Macintosh?
I am particularly interested in a portable, hand-held, gun-like scanner of
some sort. Any information that would help my search would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank You in advance.
Keisha Jones
Haverford College Academic Computing
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:39:40 +1000 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Keith Ryding)
Subject: C++ Shareware
Does anyone know of a share ware version of C++ ?
Thanks
Keith Ryding
Australia
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:32:57 -0700
From: Benjamin k Grossman
Subject: Duplicate Files
I am looking for a utility that can scan all my mounted drives (local and
server) and provide a list of duplicate files. I've looked before, but
never found anything that would hold up when I asked it to scan in more
than 10,000 files...
Ideally, it should be able to identify different versions of the same
Application as duplicates...
Please reply directly to me, and I will summarize to the list.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 07:48:29 -0700
From: Sailen Black
Subject: Help - Abaton scanner no longer works under 7.5.3
Subject line says it all. Basically the Abaton software used to run my
Abaton Scan 300/Color has gone haywire since I went to System 7.5.3. It
locks, it quits, stalls - very flaky. It runs fine under System 7.1, but
unfortunately my new Power Mac won't do 7.1., even within a partition. I
assume it's not a SCSI problem, since SCSI Probe sees the scanner OK.
Has anyone seen an updated copy of Abaton's software, or perphaps a
third-party scanner interface that might work? Any other ideas before
this thing becomes a very large paperweight?
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 06:36:49 -0700
From: [email protected] (Wendy Weiner)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #167
Hi--
My PPP connection seems to hang up for no reason. I was just reading my
email and heard a click. The PPP screen still said "up" but I checked the
phone line, and there was the dial tone. What's going on?
Thanks for info.
Wendy Weiner
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:17:25 -0700
From: "Scott G. Lewis"
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #169
> Besides the obvious (MS Internet Exploder), are there any viable
> alternatives to Netscape Navigator? I love Netscape and its HTML extensions
Been looking at new releases of both Netscape Navigator since before
v1.00, and MSIE since the first Mac release... until recently. When 2.0 of
IE came out, I never tried Navigator again -- faster, just as compatible,
especially now that 2.1beta is out, and soon to have Java... programs
like NetShark (http://netshark.inter.net), and Chameleon's Web Surfer or what-
ever its called (http://www.netmanage.com) are interesting... but these two
are the best, and I find MSIE faster... yes faster.
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 18:24:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected] (Rob C.)
Subject: Learning to Program
Hi-
I'm 15 and I want to learn how to program. I'm not interested in making
big things but if there is a utility that I cannot find, I think it's neat
to be able to just make one. Are the books that you can find in a
bookstore good for me? Should I look into taking a course? Should I just
forget about it altogether because there are better things I could be doing
at this age? Thanks for your help!
-Rob C.
* New Light Multimedia *
http://www.nworks.com/Rob
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:39:38 +1000 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Keith Ryding)
Subject: Mac to PC
I am hoping that someone will be able to tell me step by step how to connect a
Mac and a PC running Windoze 95 to allow file sharing.
I appreciiate any advice I can get
Keith Ryding
Australia
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 09:35:33 +0800
From: Jon Hui
Subject: MPEG decompression in QT 2.5
Dear Mac fellows,
Is QT 2.5 capable of software MPEG decompression? I want to know if it
can view Video CD the same as Pentium PC. If not, can anyone recommand a
low cost PCI-compitable MPEG decompression card?
Please reply to me directly. TIA.
-Jon
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Date: 27 Jul 1996 17:51:23 GMT
From: Pascal BRENNER
Subject: My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
When I boot my mac SE, nothing happen, except an icon with a small
floppy icon with "X" or "?" inside.
The hard disk seems to be allright.
The hard disk light flashs.
Is there anybody who can help me ??
Thanks in advance.
Just send me a EMail at : [email protected]
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 12:09:44 -0600
From: "John A. Cooper"
Subject: QuickTime 2.5 Problems
fyi, QT 2.5 installation shows the following two problems:
1. freezes a 9500 at the end of startup. attributed to the QT 2.5
extension itself.
2. causes WebSTAR Admin to crash on launch on a 7200. did not identify
component of QT 2.5 causing problem in this case.
in each case, return to 2.1 fixes problems.
QT 2.5 OK on another 7200 (not running WebSTAR).
--
John Cooper
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 14:00:00 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: re Stuffit Expander - "I/O Error bad media"
In Info-Mac Digest 14, 171 [email protected] posted a bug report re
Stuffit Expander - "I/O Error bad media"
Peter
thank you for putting up that long post on the I/O problem with Stuffit!
You've done a public service. Don't worry about bandwidth...
I've an IBM internal and a bunch of Syquests and Zips and they're all
formatted with FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit 1.8s. I had various errors with 1.7
when I went to 7.5.3, but now across 25-30 volumes never a problem, assynch
working nicely (as reported by HDT). And version 2 of HDT is out, though
I'm waiting for 2.1...
I was using Silverlining extensively before, but it's getting slow...
There are two uncorrected bugs in HDT, across 1.6-1.8s: you can't dismount
one partition on a drive without the others ejecting (greying out).
Annoying but one can put up with it. And removeables won't check with Disk
First Aid, since again DFA can't seem correctly to dismount when
checking/repairing a volume. This is probably two faces of the same bug (a
"dismount" bug). FWB are no doubt bending Apple's rules somewhere here.
Usual disclaimer where FWB are concerned. What a nice response from
Aladdin...
And Steve ([email protected] (Space Case)) added in 14, 172
>I have a 1.7GB disk, divided up into 256MB partitions. It was formatted
>with a recent version of Hard Disk Toolkit PE. I'm running MacOS 7.5.3.
>
>I had been having troubles copying files from one partition to another,
>frequently causing system crashes. (Just from copying files!)
>
>I had an idea, and disabled the HDT Extension. No more crashes.
The full version of 1.8s has fixed this one.
--Bill || [email protected] || [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 09:35:35 +0800
From: Jon Hui
Subject: StyleWriter II printing utility
Dear Mac fellows,
Is there any utility that can let me print odd/even pages on my
StyleWriter II? Or just let me to print on both sides of a paper? I'm
going to print out a 200 pages manual and it would be a waste to just
print on one side of a paper. Thanks in advance.
PS.Please reply me directly.
-Jon
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 06:33:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (David J. Hauraney)
Subject: System 7.1
I need a copy of system 7.1 for my PB140. Does anyone know how I can obtain?
Thanks,
David
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 20:30:49 -0400
From: Jason Hecker
Subject: Web page graphics (Q)
Could anyone help me out? I'm looking for a program that will take out
all the white space (make them transparent) in GIFs and JPEGs for use on
my web page. I saw a program that did this a while ago, but I can't
remember the name.
Thanks in advance
Jason Hecker
[email protected]
http://www.penn.com/~jhecker/index.html
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Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:03:30 +0100
From: [email protected] (Alexandre S. Simionovici)
Microsloth victims of the world, unite...
Can anybody suggest a cure for the following ailment:
cleaning my preferences folder I removed some Excel prefs or the Microsoft
Help prefs and when starting the Help from Excel I get : Microsoft help has
run out of memory and cannot continue. Launching the help directly from
outside Excel works fine though... I'm using a 7500 w/ RamDbler and Excel
has plenty of memory - could this be a consequence of having also Excel 5
in a corner of my HD ? They don't share folders - the Excel 4 help is in
the System/Extensions/Microsoft/Help folder while the Excel 5 help is
inside the Microsoft Office folder. Au secours !!! TIA, --alex
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 07:53:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Rob C.)
hi
my keyboard doesn't work, made this message with keycaps, shift doesn't
work so i can't restart without extensions, mac475 with 7.1 and cheap
arriva keyboard they've been advertising in macmall, thanks for your help.
Rob C.
* New Light Multimedia *
http://www.nworks.com/Rob
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