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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 13 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 188
Today's Topics:
[*] 68k version of Gif.gIf.giF
[*] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gravit=E9?=
[*] Click Magic 1.0.1
[*] CodeReview 1.0
[*] Crafty 9.30 Mac (fat) - Freeware chess program
[*] floppy labeler
[*] Geoport Shut Down V1.0.1
[*] HyperBox 1.0.1
[*] Icons Collection v1.0
[*] ISDNSerial 1.0.2 - use ARA with Nubus ISDN cards
[*] JeR'S CrApPy DeSkToP PaTtErN'S
[*] Kinematic Land 1.3
[*] LibMotoSh Switcher
[*] MELT
[*] NetSnagger 11b4 Internet URL and digest file utility
[*] Netweight
[*] NotePad Deluxe 1.2.2
[*] PageWatch Palette 1.0.1
[*] Pixel Monkey Sampler 1.0 - 200+ Web Graphics in HTML
[*] PowerPC version of Gif.gIf.giF
[*] ProFont Distribution 2.1 (German)
[*] Protein Synthesis Cartoon 1.3
[*] Real Domino Effect 2.0
[*] ShareTheNews 6/96
[*] Side Fx
[*] SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4-J2 (Japanese version)
[*] Stock Tracker 1.0.1
[*] Street Signs
[*] textSearch 1.0
[*] TidBITS#340/12-Aug-96
[*] TimeTracer 1.2 demo
[*] touchMe 1.1
[*] TPlot 1.0.
[*] Troubleshooter1.0d
[*] Weather 2.1 - A utility for role-playing games
10Meg system software on a SE30 (3 msgs)
[A] 10Meg system software on a SE30
[A] Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
Answer to Mike Blackwell, create line art images
Battery dead symptoms
Classic II forgets date/time (Q)
connecting to web site
DeltaGraph 3.5 licenses
Does Apple Have a Tech Support Page on the Web?
eps image to gif or jpeg
FWB HDT 2.0 Upgrade?
HD20 recovery
Help, please,w/Mac purchase
HyperDrive on Mac 512K
Info-Mac Digest V14 #187
Info-Mac Mirror at Rice?
Ink-jet printer
Iomega Information
LW 8.4 and Excel 5
MacsBug Pleas[e]
My System Needs More RAM!
Performa 6220 HELP !$#%$&%!$&%!&!876
Printing index cards
Reading *.DWG files on a Mac...
Retrospect 3.0A vs. Ram Doubler 1.62A
Searching
Tester for 5xxx & 6xxx: CONCLUSION
WabbitPunchPatch, please note
Want OpenDoc 1.1 - Call Microsoft??!!
What brand of camera is the screendump "click" based on?
Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
WordPerfect 6 for Windows - MS Word 6 for Mac
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:33 -0500
From: (Jeff Tupper)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 68k version of Gif.gIf.giF
Gif.gIf.giF - a simple program for turning screen captures into animated GIFs.
http://www.cafe.net/peda/ggg/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/ggg-111.hqx; 208K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:18 -0500
From: (Sylvain Demongeot)[email protected]
Subject: [*] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gravit=E9?=
Gravit=E9: version 1.5; new : free flight, sound, and more...
***Gravit=E9 1.5***
Gravit=E9 1.5 makes your Finder's icons react to earth gravity. When you dra=
g
one, it will swing under the cursor. You can even throw it by holding ctrl
and releasing the mouse button. Gravity, mouse friction and air friction
are adjustable in the Control Panel. Gravit=E9 1.5 is compatible with System=
s
6.0.3 to 7.5, but crashes on powermacs (sorry).
Sylvain Demongeot - Discreet Logic France R&D. 23, rue de Cronstadt/ 75015
Paris/ FRANCE Tel: (33) 1 40 43 25 41
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/gravite-15.hqx; 162K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:19 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Click Magic 1.0.1
I would like to submit the attached file to info-mac. It is a fun program
for young children called Click Magic. Thank You.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/click-magic-101.hqx; 1675K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:26 -0500
From: (Peter Marks)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CodeReview 1.0
A utility for C++ programmers who wish to calculate simple source code
metrics including:
- Lines of Code
- Lines containing comments
- Number of Classes
- Number of Methods
- A simple measure of complexity
The program is simple to use. Run it and drag files or folders of files
>From the Finder to the main window. Then choose Measure to have the program
measure each text file and calculate totals for the whole collection.
The collection document can be saved and then re-measured again later after
the programmer has done more work.
The list of files and their individual statistics can be sorted to quickly
point you to particular files that are getting too fat and complex.
This software is PostCardWare, (free really).
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/code-review.hqx; 334K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:20 -0500
From: (Richard A. Fowell)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Crafty 9.30 Mac (fat) - Freeware chess program
Crafty 9.30 - strong freeware Macintosh chess playing program.
Strong, if not pretty, chess software. Text input/output only. Crafty has
lots of features - strength, EPD/PGN support, endgame tablebase support,
game annotation; just no graphical interface.
Crafty is written by Robert Hyatt, author of Cray Blitz, and does very well
against humans on the Internet Chess Club. Crafty is available for many
platforms. The Macintosh version was ported by Lloyd Lim. The current
version of Crafty Mac is at . The Mac
versions are supported from . Three
versions are available: 680X0 only, PowerPC, and "fat". This one is "fat".
Noncommercial distribution only, CD-ROM distribution requires permission of
the authors - see the Readme file. Source code available - see
documentation.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/crafty-chess-930.hqx; 1257K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:24 -0500
From: (Matthias Ellinger)[email protected]
Subject: [*] floppy labeler
I would like to submit floppy labeler, a small HyperCard stack to print
floppy disk labels; there are 4 labels on each card, and you may print
these 4 or all labels at once.
Regards,
--
Matthias Ellinger, violin
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/floppy-labeler.hqx; 6K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:30 -0500
From: (Josh Birnbaum)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Geoport Shut Down V1.0.1
Geoport Shut Down releases memory used (400-500K) by the system software to
run the Apple Geoport Telecom Modem. This is done through a one button
click in the GSD control panel instead of having to navigate through disk
heirarchies to get to the Express modem control panel. Be sure to read the
enclosed GSD DOCS file to get more of an idea of it's functionality.
Geoport Shut Down is freeware; but please send me e-mail (addresses in the
GSD DOCS file).
This is version 1.0.1 that fixes a small bug on selection of the '?'
button. If you have version 1.0 replace it with this solid version.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/geoport-shut-down.hqx; 9K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:33 -0500
From: (Rio Sabadicci)[email protected]
Subject: [*] HyperBox 1.0.1
HyperBox creates hypertext links between documents. Opening a link launches
the linked document. The linked documents can be created in any application
and can reside on either local or networked hard drives.
HyperBox also creates hypertext links to Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
on the Internet. Opening the URL link launches your Web browser and
performs the linked command - navigating to a Web site, sending
pre-addressed eMail, downloading files, and more. In addition, HyperBox
launches a URL from within any application.
The free Evaluation Edition opens unlimited links but is limited to
creating 5 links. An Access Code to create unlimited links is $39.95.
Rio Sabadicci -> [email protected]
Insider Software -> www.theInside.com
[Archived as /info-mac/app/hyper-box-101.hqx; 307K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:34 -0500
From: (Jake Keohanam)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Icons Collection v1.0
This is a collection of over 50 icons for those who wish to be creative.
Thanks,
Jake Keohanam
http://www.student.toplinks.com/hp/jake/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/icons-collection.hqx; 80K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:28 -0500
From: (Mike Alexander)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ISDNSerial 1.0.2 - use ARA with Nubus ISDN cards
Attached is version 1.0.2 of ISDNSerial, please replace version 1.0.1 in
your archives with this version. Support was added for the SAT/SAGEM
Meet-Me ISDN card, some minor bugs were fixed, and a command was added to
preserve the state when the driver is closed and reopened.
ISDNSerial is an INIT which installs a driver which simulates a serial port
and an attached modem using an Apple ISDN Nubus card (if you can find one),
a SAT/SAGEM Meet-Me ISDN Nubus card, or a SAT/SAGEM Planet ISDN Nubus card.
This allows one to use Apple Remote Access (or other programs which
normally insist on using a serial port and modem) with one of these ISDN
cards. A connection script for ARA is also included. See the included
ReadMe file for more information. This program is copyright by the
University of Michigan, but there is no charge for its non-commercial use.
AOL: MAlexander
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/isdn-serial-102.hqx; 28K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:35 -0500
From: (Jeremy Lind)[email protected]
Subject: [*] JeR'S CrApPy DeSkToP PaTtErN'S
Jer's crappy desktop pattern's is my first of many submisions to the
archive. They are not that good, but believe me they WILL get MUCH better!
Please e-mail me if u download them. Much more to come later Thankx
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/jers-crappy-dsktop-patterns.hqx; 1626K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:14 -0500
From: (Marco Tenuti)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Kinematic Land 1.3
Kinematic Land is a graphic simulation system of kinematic chains for
Macintosh and accelerated for PowerMacintosh. It resolves the position, the
speed and the acceleration of any point and any member. You can edit closed
or opened chains, using blocked and movable points. Standard tools are
available in a palette window to make easy editing. Every member or point
could have indipendent time evolution. You control any kinematic size
through an unlimited number of control windows adjustable on your screen.
Some examples are bundled, like the model of a rod & crank in internal
combustion engines, the core mechanism of a textile machine, the principle
of motion-picture projectors. Help system is integrated with an AppleGuide,
though coaching isn't even available, because lack of coming AppleScript
features in Kinematic Land.
What's new in release 1.3 ?
- full 3D kinematic chains support
- it saves external trajectories in the main file
- Quickdraw 3D handling
- interactive dragging
- more preference options
Kinematic Land 1.3 is shareware and the 15$ registration is handled by Kagi
Shareware.
Ciao
Marco Tenuti
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/kinematic-land-13.hqx; 615K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:18:46 -0500
From: (Tim S.H. Chong)[email protected]
Subject: [*] LibMotoSh Switcher
A simple AppleScript applet to enable and disable Motorola LibMotoSh math
library for PowerMac - needed for compatibility for Apple Telecom 2.3.3
software!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/libmotosh-switcher-101-as.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:36 -0500
From: (Jeremy Lind)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MELT
Here is a little mac joke that I found.
I'm not sure who created it, but it's pretty cool so I thought I would
upload it.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/melt.hqx; 6K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:29 -0500
From: (Rod Morehead)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NetSnagger 11b4 Internet URL and digest file utility
NetSnagger is a free Internet application that works with Internet Config
to simplify two internet related tasks:
1. Retrieving files from archive digests (like the Info-Mac
digest published in the comp.sys.mac.digest newsgroup). These documents are
called "Draggers".
2. Creating double clickable desktop URLs which will utilize
Internet Config to launch the requested URL.
NetSnagger has been tested with System 7.5. I should, in theory, also work
with System 7.1 or later with the Drag Manager Extension. It requires
Internet Config 1.1, and works best with the Anarchie ftp program by Peter
Lewis.
Features:
* InternetConfig support
* Drag Manager Support
* Automatic URL Concatenation
* Double Clickable desktop URLs
* Single drop URL saving
* No extensions or trap patching
The 1.1b4 release includes the following changes since 1.1b3:
Released 30-Jul-1996
1. Again tried to make selection deactivation/activation
work properly.
2. Fixed memory trashing problem when using "Preferences" window.
3. Updated snail mail address in documentation file.
4. Added "greying" of NetSnagger document windows, this
color can be customized by editing the 'wctb' resource with a resource
editor like "ResEdit".
5. Updated description of file format to mention
"URL" save preference.
6. Fixed crash on exit (also memory problem).
http://rampages.onramp.net/~rmore/
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/net-snagger-11b4.hqx; 102K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:30 -0500
From: (Sylvain Demongeot)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Netweight
Netweight: a new tool for determining your system memory usage.
***Netweight 1.0***
Netweight is a system extension that executes at startup. When NetWeight
1.0 is placed in the Extensions folder of your System Folder, it watches
all other extensions being loaded at startup, and calculates their sizes.
Then it produces two reports named NetWeight report#1 and NetWeight
report#2, a text (detailed report) and a picture (pie chart) respectively.
You can thus spot the most demanding extensions and disable them in order
to spare RAM.
Sylvain Demongeot - Discreet Logic France R&D. 23, rue de Cronstadt/ 75015
Paris/ FRANCE Tel: (33) 1 40 43 25 41
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/net-weight.hqx; 19K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:12 -0500
From: (Samuel Rydh)[email protected]
Subject: [*] NotePad Deluxe 1.2.2
=A91996 Ibrium HB
NPD is a fast, handy notepad with a nice userinterface. It's a tool
everybody needs.
Some features:
- PPC/68k/FAT
- Hierarchic structure
- Search facilities
- Support of stylable text
- User set text-formats
- Tabulation functions
- Minimize function
- Extensive Drag & Drop
- and more...
Shareware $25.
NPD might be included on shareware CDs.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/note-pad-deluxe-122.hqx; 449K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:31 -0500
From: (Jeff Baudin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PageWatch Palette 1.0.1
Long Description:
PageWatch is a free service from MicroMat Computer Systems that allows you
to monitor your favorite WWW pages for changes. When a change has occurred
on any of the pages you've specified, you'll be sent notification via
email.
Let's say you spend a lot of time checking your favorite web site for
updates. Maybe it's a software vendor and you've been checking it for an
update to one of their programs. I find myself checking the Apple Software
Updates page all the time for new versions of system files and utilities.
Most of the time I end up hearing about the update from someone else
because I haven't checked the Apple page recently. That's why we created
the free PageWatch service. PageWatch is a server-based robot that keeps an
eye on web pages for you. In a nutshell, you simply send an email message
to PageWatch with the URL of the page you wish to track. PageWatch will
then check that web page for you everyday. If that page is updated, you'll
be sent email message letting you know the page has something new to
investigate. The service can also be controlled by using forms at the site.
About the software:
PageWatch Palette (PWP) makes using the PageWatch service much easier. With
PWP, you simply press a button on a palette which floats near your browser.
The software automates the entire PageWatch submission process. It also
allows you to stop watching a particular page without the need for sending
email-based commands.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/page-watch-palette-101.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:31 -0500
From: (Randy Champagne)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Pixel Monkey Sampler 1.0 - 200+ Web Graphics in HTML
The Pixel Monkey Sampler 1.0 is a collection of more than 200 graphic
images from the Pixel Monkey CD-ROM. The images were designed to be
particularly useful in creating appealing, graphical Web pages. The display
shell for the images is HTML both because of it's ease of use and it's
platform independence. All images are free to be used in presentations and
works of art royalty free. Instructions for use are enclosed in the
readme.txt file within the archive. Distribute the Sampler in it's original
form at will.
Randy Champagne
Pixel Monkey Productions
http://www.pixelmonkey.com
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/pixel-monkey-sampler.hqx; 1399K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:32 -0500
From: (Jeff Tupper)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PowerPC version of Gif.gIf.giF
Gif.gIf.giF - a simple program for turning screen captures into animated GIFs.
http://www.cafe.net/peda/ggg/
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/ggg-111-ppc.hqx; 224K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:22 -0500
From: (Stephen C. Gilardi)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ProFont Distribution 2.1 (German)
This is the German localized version of "ProFont Distribution 2.1".
Dies ist die deutsche Version von "ProFont Distribution 2.1". ProFont ist
eine Festschritt- (nichtproportionale) Schrift. In der Groesse 9 pt gleicht
sie Monaco 9 pt, verfuegt aber ueber eine bessere Lesbarkeit. Sie umfasst
Nullen mit Querstrich, deutlichere Interpunktionszeichen, klar
unterscheidbare kleine ells, grosse Ihs und Einsen etc. Sie ist eine
grossartige Schrift fuer Programmierer und all jene, die eine
Festschrittschrift mit leicht unterscheidbaren Zeichen brauchen.
Mit inbegriffen ist das Kontrollfeld Monaco Tuner D-1.1, mit dem Sie auf
denkbar einfache Weise die Schrift Monaco (wahlweise nur in der Groesse 9
pt oder in allen Groessen) systemweit durch ProFont (oder eine andere
Schrift) ersetzen koennen.
Neuerungen seit Version 2.0:
- eine neue Option, mit der Sie Monaco 9 vergroessern/verkleinern koennen,
- ein Fehler (bug) in Monaoc Tuner 1.0 wurde behoben, der bei PowerMacs
in Verbindung mit Schreibtischprogrammen auftrat, - Hinweis: die Schriften
wurden nicht veraendert.
ProFont Distribution D-2.1 beinhaltet Bitmap- und skalierbare (TrueType und
Adobe Type 1) Versionen sowohl von ProFont als auch von ProFontISOLatin1.
[Uebersetzung: Jens Wolk]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/pro-font-21-de.hqx; 357K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:23 -0500
From: (Millard Susman)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Protein Synthesis Cartoon 1.3
This freeware cartoon was made to show protein synthesis as a dynamic
process. I use it as a visual aid to a lecture on protein synthesis. By the
time they see this cartoon, my students have had lectures on "The Central
Dogma" and on "Transcription." Thus, the cartoon assumes some previous
knowledge and is designed to be accompanied by considerable professorial
chatter. Nevertheless, some of my students have found it useful for private
study. Please feel free to use it yourself, if you think it might make the
process of protein synthesis more accessible to your students.
This cartoon has been has been posted to Info-Mac previously. The new
version contains minor changes: (1) A slight revision in the discussion of
the E site and (2) a slightly expanded discussion of ribozymes and their
possible role in the origin of life.
Millard Susman
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics
Director, Center for Biology Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/protein-synthesis-13.hqx; 1790K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:34 -0500
From: (Steve Goldberg)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Real Domino Effect 2.0
The easiest way to create a domino effect layout, without worrying about
accidentally knocking it over. Each domino can have a face and sound
associated with it. You can use the included faces and usual Mac patterns,
or import your own pictures. A background for looks, or to aid your layout
efforts can also be imported.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/real-domino-effect.hqx; 347K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:16 -0500
From: (Marco Almeida Carrico)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ShareTheNews 6/96
ShareTheNews6/96.sit is a newsletter on the .html format dedicated to the Mac.
http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/sharethemac/STN.html
[Archived as /info-mac/per/news/share-the-news-96-06.hqx; 221K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:18 -0500
From: (Sylvain Demongeot)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Side Fx
Side Fx: new version with the author's address updated.
***Side FX 1.0.1***
Side FX is a system extension for any Mac with any version of the system.
Its purpose is to quicken the dragging and resizing of windows.
*Use any of the four corners or the four sides to resize the window, not
only the lower-right corner.
*Use the content-part of the window to change its location.
*etc.
Sylvain Demongeot - Discreet Logic France R&D. 23, rue de Cronstadt/ 75015
Paris/ FRANCE Tel: (33) 1 40 43 25 41
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/side-fx-101.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:22 -0500
From: (Haruka ISHI)[email protected]
Subject: [*] SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4-J2 (Japanese version)
SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4-J2 is the Japanese version of Alessandro Levi
Montalcini's SimpleText Color Menu 2.1.4. I was asked to make this by many
Japanese using SimpleText-J. No one seems to have done this job so far, so
I do it. This is freeware as you know.
* SimpleText Color Menu is a free drag & drop utility that installs an
extra cool Color menu and an extra useful Goodies menu inside Apple's
SimpleText text editor (versions 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.3.1 only).
* You get color, a Find/Replace command, a Windows submenu, document
statistics, printing margins and default font/size/style/color settings for
unstyled documents.
New in version 2.1.4:
- Added support for non-US versions of SimpleText 1.3 (the U.S. version
resource reads 1.0.3, whereas some international resources have been
properly fixed to 1.3.0).
New in version 2.1.4-J2:
- Slightly changed documentation. And a little diet.
Thanks to our Alessandro, for permission to localize his excellent
programs. All praise should go to Alex, and all complaint should be sent to
me.
Haruka Ishi
[email protected]
July 31, 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/text/simple-txt-clr-menu-214-jp2.hqx; 77K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:37 -0500
From: (Jeff Russell)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Stock Tracker 1.0.1
Stock Tracker is a program that enables you to keep track of stock
purchases and sales transactions. This program allows you to see which
shares of stock you have available to sell and how much you payed for them.
I wrote this because I needed some way to keep track of how many shares I
had left for a particular purchase price. * Fixed bug for PowerPC's
[Archived as /info-mac/app/stock-tracker-110.hqx; 45K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:32 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Street Signs
Attached is a file I would like to submit to your archive. It is a
Hypercard stack for children about signs, like stop signs.
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/street-signs-hc.hqx; 80K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:13 -0500
From: (Yan Calotychos)[email protected]
Subject: [*] textSearch 1.0
Fast text search application.
Shareware $10. Full functionality included.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/text-search.hqx; 55K]
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:37:57 -0700
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#340/12-Aug-96
TidBITS#340/12-Aug-96
After a week when Geoff sweated in Seattle heat while Tonya and Adam
sweated in Boston heat, we turn our attention to the Macintosh world, with
Geoff's reaction to a Wall Street Journal article about Microsoft and
Apple, news about Mac OS 8, and Apple's Runtime for Java. We flesh out the
issue with Tonya and Adam's impressions and extensive product notes from
last week's Macworld Expo.
Topics:
MailBITS/12-Aug-96
The Enemy of Microsoft's Enemy is...?
Macworld Expo Superlatives
HTMLbits From the Expo
Fire In The Belly
Milling Around the Internet
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-340.etx; 29K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:27 -0500
From: (Maui Software)[email protected]
Subject: [*] TimeTracer 1.2 demo
TimeTracer is a time-tracking application for cybercafes, copycenters, or
anyone who rents out computer time to the public.
TimeTracer
* Tracks user time, and optionally prints a receipt
* Has security precautions built in
* Is a fat-binary application (non-demo version)
* Keeps a system log in the event of a system crash.
* Optionally keeps a time log file for logging system activity.
* And more...
NEW for v1.2:
* Counts printer usage (requires PrintLogger=81)
You can download the lastest demo copy of TimeTracer at http://aloha.net/~ma=
uisw
Prices
$39 each license
$149 for a 5 license pack
$199 for a 10 license pack
=46or more information, please contact
Maui Software
189 Auoli Dr.
Makawao, Maui, HI 96768-9313
phone: 1-808-573-0011
fax: 1-808-572-2406
email: [email protected]
http://aloha.net/~mauisw
[Archived as /info-mac/data/time-tracer-12-demo.hqx; 53K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:25 -0500
From: (Tetsuya Mizutori)[email protected]
Subject: [*] touchMe 1.1
touchMe is an application program to change the creation and/or
modification date time stamp of any Macintosh files or folders. It is like
Unix command "touch".
To run the program, it requires System 7.1 or later. Under System 7.5,
touchMe is also AppleScriptable and allows to accept drag & drop
operations. The program is written under the Metrowerks C++ application
framework of PowerPlant. And, the package includes its source codes.
touchMe is a freeware.
You can distribute it without any limitations nor permissions.
The latest version of this software is also available at:
http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/sof ... talog.html
Mizutori Tetsuya, RCAST, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/touch-me-11.hqx; 357K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:55:38 -0500
From: (Julio Gea-Banacloche)[email protected]
Subject: [*] TPlot 1.0.
TPlot is freeware. It is a plotting program which might be of interest to
scientists, so it should go in the "Science and Math" directory.
TPlot v.1.0 is an application I put together for my own use to display and
manipulate two-dimensional plots of sets of data saved in
"spreadsheet-style" format. It is not aimed at producing publication
quality figures, but rather at giving you quick feedback as to what your
data look like (on the other hand, the figures are more than adequate for
electronic distribution).
Some features: multiple plots are supported, including multiple parametric
plots. Plots can be resized by simply resizing the window. You can use the
mouse to zoom in on any detail of the plot. And, my favorite feature, you
can use cut/copy and paste to combine different plots into one single
graph.
TPlot v.1.0 is distributed as a fat binary which will run on power macs and
ordinary macs (it is small enough to fit on a floppy with room to spare!)
It requires system 7. It is freeware.
Julio Gea-Banacloche
http://comp.uark.edu/~jgeabana
[Archived as /info-mac/app/tplot.hqx; 123K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:15 -0500
From: (Mike Martin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Troubleshooter1.0d
Troubleshooter is a program that teaches students how to troubleshoot
electronic circuits. Troubleshooter covers series, parallel, diodes,
transistors, logic and provides helpful information when troubleshooting.
Download includes a sampling of over 30 screens / circuits.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/trouble-shooter-1d.hqx; 552K]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 18:15:21 -0500
From: (Weatherman)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Weather 2.1 - A utility for role-playing games
*Weather 2.1 - A utility for role-playing games
*Suggested Directories: Application; Games/Adventure&Role-Playing; HyperCard
*Description:
Weather is a weather-generating system for any role-playing game. It is
useful for fantasy and SF authors, too. It lets you quickly add realistic
weather and other background information to your game or story. You can
easily create custom calendars and weather patterns to suit multiple
campaign worlds.
Weather is a HyperCard stack that can be used on any Macintosh computer
with HyperCard or the HyperCard Player, version 2.1+. A 68040 Mac and
PowerBook-sized screen are recommended. Full help is included in the stack.
Weather 2.1 is freeware, and may be freely distributed unaltered, with
accompanying files, on CD-ROMs or anything else.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/weather-21-hc.hqx; 245K]
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:48:10 GMT
From: [email protected] (Mark Gadzikowski)
Subject: 10Meg system software on a SE30
[email protected] writes:
>I just put 4, 4meg memory chips in a friends SE 30. Now, the System Software
is
>using 10-12 megs of it! Any ideas?
Sounds like this SE/30 does not have 32-bit addressing turned on
in the Memory control panel. You'll also need Mode32 if it's not
already installed. Mode32 version 7.5 is freely available from
both Apple and Connectix.
--
ricercar @netcom.com, @alsc.com
That's "Mark Gadzikowski" to you, Human.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:00:03 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: 10Meg system software on a SE30
[email protected] (Mack Horton) wrote:
>I just put 4, 4meg memory chips in a friends SE 30. Now, the System=
Software is
>using 10-12 megs of it! Any ideas?
Did you turn on 32-bit addressing? (It's in the "Memory" control panel.)
When using 24-bit addressing, a Mac can only make use of 8 Mb of RAM, no=
matter how much RAM you install. And the memory actually used by the MacOS=
comes out of that 8Mb.
The "About this Mac..." box includes the wasted RAM in the memory that it=
says is being used by the System Software... so if he's using 24-bit=
addressing, and it's reporting that the System is using 10Mb, that really=
means that 8Mb is wasted, 2Mb is used by the System, and 6Mb is available=
for running programs.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 10:09:23 +0200
From: [email protected] (Dr. Stefan P. Mueller)
Subject: 10Meg system software on a SE30
>I just put 4, 4meg memory chips in a friends SE 30. Now, the System Software
>is using 10-12 megs of it! Any ideas?
The plain SE/30 only supports 24-bit addressing. You'll have to get
MODE32-7.5 (e.g. from Apple's ftp sites) and turn on 32-bit addressing.
Stefan
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 96 12:45:46 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [A] 10Meg system software on a SE30
>I just put 4, 4meg memory chips in a friends SE 30. Now, the System
>Software is
>using 10-12 megs of it! Any ideas?
Install Connectix Mode32 (should be on Info-Mac archives) or upgrade to
System 7.5 or later, then reboot, open the Memory control panel, and turn
32-bit addressing on.
-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] --
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:02:58 -0700
From: Richard Steeper
Subject: [A] Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
Paul-
You ask about translators for Word Perfect to Microsoft Word. I've been
struggling with this issue lately as well. My challenges included
providing translations to MS Word from both WP 6.x for Windows and WP
3.5 for the Mac. Finding no free solutions from Microsoft or
WordPerfect, I finally coughed up the $$ for Data Viz's MacLink
Translators (800-733-0030). They have the required translators, and as a
bonus, they proved very willing to help with phone support for one of my
problem translations. In the process, I learned that the translators
have some idiosyncracies, but function fine when used in their "Document
Converter" mode. There are apparently other vendors selling similar
translators, but I didn't look any farther than DataViz.
Dick Steeper
Sandia National Laboratories California
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 14:35:50 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: Answer to Mike Blackwell, create line art images
Hi Mike, a good way to get high contrast line art with fine detail is using
the threshold option of photoshop in the IMAGE menu - in the MAP submenu.
There's only one thing, if you use only the threshold tool of Photoshop you
will be able to create line art from grayscale let's say, but you might not
have as much detail as you would like. The trick is to apply a highpass
filter on your grayscale image before going to the threshold option. As an
example: you have your grayscale image - GO Filters/Other/Highpass and
select 10 as a value. Then GO Image/Map/Threshold and move the slider until
you get the best result. Because of the highpass filter there is going to
be more details in your image than if you would use only Threshold. The
result is a great lineart image with fine detail.
Christian
[email protected]
Frodo
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:33:55 +0000
From: [email protected] (sismondo)
Subject: Battery dead symptoms
Have a Centris 660 AV and when I boot it goes dead, and reboot keys
won't work. Then I turn it off and on and it boots with the date as
8/27/56 and the time about 8+ AM. Is this a dead battery?
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:30:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Koch
Subject: Classic II forgets date/time (Q)
My handy Mac Classic II keeps resetting to August 27, 1956. I'd rather
it didn't. How can I fix it?
Much obliged.
Paul Koch
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 19:43:25 -0400
From: [email protected] (Ronald W. Helminski, DMD)
Subject: connecting to web site
Can anyone help explain this? I'm trying to access a web site for the
Providence Journal- I can connect to it from my home, from my Dad's home,
but not from my office. All systems are running freeppp2.5, tcp 2.0.6, and
system 7.5. I've tried Netscape 1, 2.02, 3.05b and Internet Explorer 2 but
I can't connect with any of them. At the other locations they work fine.
What do I do?
TIA Ron Helminski
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:55:45 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ken Laskey)
Subject: DeltaGraph 3.5 licenses
In response to the question about using and getting licenses to old
versions of software, the policies are very publisher-dependent. I have a
whole box of old diskettes and I called around once to ask what I could do
with them. Claris said it was fine to donate their apps to nonprofits, and
if we wanted to drop Claris a line about the transfer, they would note it
in their records for support, upgrade info, etc. (although I've rarely seen
a benefit from registering in the first place). Microsoft, on the other
hand, said a license was a license and if we upgraded a version, we were
still using the original license and the previous media should be
destroyed. An interesting experience I had with IBM was that I purchased
the new version and they sent me a letter saying that it would suffice (at
least for a limited time) as a license to the previous version, although
tech support for the previous version couldn't be guaranteed. In summary,
check with the publisher and if your situation warrants it, bump your
request past the front line salesperson. And, of course, be prepared to be
flexible; rules are meant to be bent to fit the spirit of the law, but you
are asking for the bending
.Ken Laskey
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:02:06 -0500
From: [email protected] (Peter John Roberts)
Subject: Does Apple Have a Tech Support Page on the Web?
Does Apple Have A Web Tech Support Page?
Also, a number of email addresses I have found on Apple's web pages don't
work. Any mail I send gets returned. For example, [email protected]
and [email protected] and [email protected].
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 14:35:46 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: eps image to gif or jpeg
Answer to Scott Ponzani
A direct way to convert eps images to Gif or Jpeg is PHOTOSHOP from Adobe.
You import the image in Photoshop and then save the image in GIF or JPEG
directly. Actually there is a plug-in that is now available for Photoshop,
GIF89, which will give you an image ready for the web with possibilities
like transparency for the background.
Christian
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:35:43 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: FWB HDT 2.0 Upgrade?
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #187 [email protected] (Randall K Petersen) wrote:
>I'm considering upgrading the drivers on my hard drives from FWB Hard Disk
>Toolkit 1.7.5c to 2.0, as I can order the upgrade at a very reasonable
>price through the end of August. I'm running 7.5.3 on a PowerWave 604/132.
>
>Has anyone experienced any problems safely installing the new HDT 2.0
>driver without reformatting? I'd like to have the new optimized drivers,
>but I'm not willing to accept a significant risk of data loss to do so.
>Yes, everything is routinely backed up to tape, but even so, restoring 4+
>GB of data would be a colossal pain.
Randall, I'm currently running HDT 1.8s on about 20 volumes;-) so this
question interests me too.
The Usenet group comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage has had a couple of threads
on version 2.0, and there seem to be some problems at this point. Talking
a random look at what I've got in my newsfile from a download last night, I
find this :
-----------
Subject: Re: FWB HDT 2.0
From: William Kanoff
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 03:28:01 +0000
I sent a message to FWB today asking how to receive my money back. I
formated my drive and tried to reinstall the system, tried to, the
installer locked up and I had to reboot. I have tried everything FWB
has suggested and nothing works.
Why spend the money on something that doesn't work? FWB says that they
have no problems and can not recreate the problem, but that does me no
good.
I can not install my system. I have a 7200/120 with a 540S Quantum. I
have used the 7.5CD, the 7.5.2CD, and the new 7.5.3CD I just received.
The same thing happens with all three CDs', just after I receive a
message that the installer is building the system file, and that it is
closing the files the system locks up.
Other people have no problems, from the looks of this group some people
have bad problems, like me. For you who knows. If you have the extra
money try it, it might work. :-\
-----------
I've quoted it in full, and it's typical of a number of posts. Yep, I know
this is Usenet, and folk do a lot of shouting there, but still... where
there's smoke... there's either exaggeration... or fire...
What do you think? The obvious possibilities here are that V. 2.0 works on
some Macs, on some drives (IDE/SCSI) and not on others; and/or it doesn't
work well as an update, one needs to format in order to update...
In my own case, I think I'll wait. A formatter is just too important to
take risks with. I'd say that the keyword for me in your query here is
"pain"...
--Bill || [email protected] || [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:04:43 -0400
From: [email protected] (John Rethorst)
Subject: HD20 recovery
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 18:44:36 +0000
From: Michael Sipes
Subject: HD20 (attaches to floppy port) formatting??
>I pulled a booboo, I trashed the finder on an old HD 20, the kind that
>plugs into the floppy port of a Mac+. Now, I can't get the blasted
>thing to mount so I can retrieve some data files. Does anyone know
>what software originally came with the HD20 for mounting or
>reformating. The internal floppy is bad on my Plus so I am booting
>From a SCSI drive but the OS system doesn't seem recognize remount the
>HD20. I would really appreciate an email with to old utility software
>for this drive. I checked info.apple and couldn't find any old
>software though I did find a tech noted that referenced a
>program called HD20 Test, version 1.1.
If I remember, the HD20 Test just verified sectors. With the Mac 512KE (new
ROMs) and later, you formatted the HD20 in the standard way. The Mac looks
first at the serial port for something to boot from, then the SCSI port. At
that point it thinks that there's nothing in the serial port (it's ejected
a non-bootable floppy, if one was there), and it never sees a subsequent
"insertion" of the HD20. Can you hook the HD20 up to another Mac, and boot
that from a floppy? Or, borrow an external floppy drive, which I think you
can chain to the HD20.
HTH,
John R.
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:33:36 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: Help, please,w/Mac purchase
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #187 Chuck Silverman wrote:
>I am ready to purchase a Mac computer, and would appreciate
>assistance in my decision-making process.
>
>My immediate needs are for the following:
> > high-end graphic design production using:
> Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress
>
> > computer-generated fine art production using
> Adobe Photoshop and probably Painter
>
> > database management with Filemaker Pro
>
> > multimedia web authoring capabilities
>
>I have about $4500 to spend.
Chuck, I think you're under budget at $4,500.
>Here is what I think I need; along with
>what I need to know.
>
> > 28.8 modem
A Global Village Teleport Platinum would do nicely, the fax software is
worth the current price of the modem (about $190).
> > lots of RAM; ?What is the minimum I should settle for?
Lets say on this budget you settle for a 7200, 128M (four 32M DIMM's) would
be a real minumum for what you will be doing. And 256M would be better...
If this sounds silly, think like this: these graphics applications, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Painter work best if their
memory allocations are up. I wouldn't use any of them at lest than 16M
each, professionally. If you run them all at once that's 64M of
application memory gone to start with. If you're using one of the Netscape
3's you'll want another 16M for that too... you see where I'm heading....
> ? Do I need VRAM? If so, how much?
The 7200 comes standard with 1M of VRAM, for 15bit + alpha. You can add 1M
or 3M, for a 2M or 4M total. I think you'll want the 4M option.
> ? level 2 cache: how much do I need?
There're 256K L2 caches available. This should be fine.
> > "industry standard" external storage...
> ? Is the Zip going to become std. over Syquest anytime soon?
Service bureaus will continue to have their creaky old Syquests a while yet
I suppose. But Jaz is the coming thing. I'd consider that seriously if I
were you.
Hope this helps!
--Bill || [email protected] || [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:18:04 +0000
From: Jack Countryman
Subject: HyperDrive on Mac 512K
Another member of the local MUG is trying to get an old 'HyperDrive'
brand external 10 meg hard drive working with a Mac 512K. He reports
the drive seems to hook to a card of some sort added inside the mac, and
that if he boots with a floppy disk that came with the drive that he can
open a 'drawer' on the desktop and see the contents of the file. He
would like to get this setup to boot from the hard drive, but copying
the files from the floppy to the hard drive and rebooting from the hard
drive doesn't work. He'd like to know if there is a different set of
drivers/system files needed, or??
This is before my time since I started with LC models and system 7.
Does anyone know how toget one of tehse drives to boot the mac, or where
to find the needed system/driver files? The floppy that now boots the
system seems to be a 400K disk, with system 4.1 on it?
Thanks in advance for any help.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:14:43 -0400
From: [email protected] (Pat Ellis)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #187
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 07:32:37 -0400
>From: [email protected] (Kenneth A. Langford)
>Subject: Question
>
>I have a Performa 6116. To add more RAM to this computer you have
>to install in pairs of two. My question is do the SIMMs have to
>be equal pairs (two- 8MB SIMMs) or can you install one-4MB SIMM
>and one-8MB SIMM.
>Another question, I was thinking about buying a syquest drive.
>What is the diferance between a EZ Drive, and a regular Syquest
>drive.
>
Install 2 similiar SIMMS (equal pair).
There are a number of differences between the EZ Drive and the
venerable other Syquest drives. Among them, the EZ-Drive, besides being
smaller and more portable, offers better access time and better price per
MB.
Pat Ellis
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:01:14 -0400
From: [email protected] (Raymond Kallman)
Subject: Info-Mac Mirror at Rice?
All,
For a long time, I've used email to download files from the Rice
University Info-Mac Mirror. A simple request message would have one or
more files winging there way to me as email attachments. A just received
an email from the listserv with the following line "This archive site is
going out of service soon. Please switch to another."
Can anyone tell me if there is another mirror site that accepts
email requests for software? (Yes, I know I can ftp the files down using
Fetch or Anarchie, but email saves me time and effort.)
Any help is appreciated.
Regards, Ray
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:39:48 -0400
From: "Norman R. Friedman"
Subject: Ink-jet printer
I recently posed the question as to comments or opinions regarding purchase
of Apple color StyleWriter 1500 vs. the HP660C. I use a Performa 6290 at
home and I would like to upgrade from my StyleWriter II. Always had great
use of the SW and probably would want to stay with Apple. Both Apple and HP
are comparable in pricing and I am not too concerned with speed since I
would only use the color occasionally for cards, etc. At my last request, a
couple of weeks ago, I only rec'd two answers-one for Apple and one for HP.
I really would like to hear from some other opinions. Again thanks to the
two who answered and thanks in advance to all that will respond.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 11:42:24 -0400
From: kevint
Subject: Iomega Information
Hi
Iomega provide automatic documentation by e-mailing
[email protected]
and place "Introduction" in the subject header.
Kevin.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:31:16 -0500
From: [email protected] (Fritz Mills)
Subject: LW 8.4 and Excel 5
I've noticed a bug with Excel 5 and the LaserWriter 8.4 drivers. A
spreadsheet previously formatted in landscape orientation appears in
portrait orientation in page preview even though Page Setup shows the
landscape orientation as selected. The work-around is to click the Options
button, which takes you to the Apple LaserWriter setup dialog box, and
change the paper size to US Letter (the default is US Letter Small).
Once you go back and preview it and find that everything is OK, you can go
back and change it back to US Letter Small and it will work OK.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 21:15:26 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: MacsBug Pleas[e]
I use MacsBug in a vain effort to lower my crash per day index and to give me
quicker system restarts with less chance of system damage.
About all the MacsBug I speak is--
"rs"-to restart the computer
"rb"-to reboot the computer [I have no idea as to how this differs from "rs"]
"es"-escape to shell, a largely fruitless or dangerous effort to quit the
hung application and continue without restarting the computer.
[
rs - Write out disk cache, unmount disks, reboot the computer
rb - Reboot the computer w/out saveing the disk cache, unmounting disks, etc.
Obviously, rs is the one to do, right? Well, not always. If the program
that caused the crash has corrupted the disk cache, the bad data could be
written out to the disk. I've had this happen once, and while I didn't loose
all of the hard disk, a folder or two (and the files in them) dissapeared --
Norton Disk Doc got 'em back. The reason rb takes so long to come up is that
the system realizes the disk wasn't properly unmounted (i.e. -- there was
a crash) and it goes through the whole disk checking and repairing the disk
structure. It is a pain, but it is safer.
-Gordon]
I'd like to be able to use MacsBug to diagnose the reasons for recurring
system crashes in hope that I could work with the authors to fix the programs
that cause them.
[The most generically useful command for this is called "stdlog". It is
only present in very recent versions of Macsbug (perhaps someone can remind
me of the version number where is showed up?). When you get dropped into
macsbug, type "stdlog". It will scroll through a long list of stuff (keep
hitting return until it is done) and write a text file on your desktop that
can be included in a mail message to the developer. This file contains things
like the place the program crashed, what the computer's registers were at that
point, etc. -Gordon]
Searching through back issues of Info-Mac digest, I noticed many questions
but few answers regarding MacsBug. Thus, in the great tradition of lemmings,
roulette players and supply side economists I thought I'd give it a try.
1-De [current little] bugger
Since Installing system 7.5.3 and Quickdraw GX, I have started getting a
brand new system error. I have neither seen nor heard of it before. Dropping
extensions and features [including GX] to the bone, reduces but does not
eliminate this little bugger. It is--
"illegal instruction at 4000007E"
Does anyone know what this means and why I am getting it?
2-Installation--
Previous versions of MacsBug consisted of one file to put in the system
folder. The current version (6.5.3) comes with extra goodies but not much
explanation as to how or whether to install them. The file "PowerPC dcmds"
says "Put into Preferences folderxinto MacsBug Preferences folder".
2A-I assume this means "restart your computer with MacsBug installed in order
to create a preference folder and then place this file inside it. Am I
correct?
2B-The file is titled "PowerPCx" I use a 68k PowerBook 520c. Should I or
anyone without a PowerPC machine even install this file?
2C-The file "KCHR (U.S.)" says "Put into Debugger Prefs file". Does this
mean the same MacsBug prefs folder? What platform/configurations should do
so?
3-Documentation--
3A-I know there is an expensive Addison Wesley manual for MacsBug. I don't
know how current it is or whether it is usable, or understandable by non
programmers. What's the scoop on this?
3B-I have found several different different postings of MacsBug 6.x help
files which don't give me much help in understanding or using the program. I
have found two versions of "Cool MacsBug Tricks" which is written in English,
but not very comprehensive. Are there any other manuals, files, or sources
of information that would help me learn to use or understand MacsBug?
4-Where's the doorknob?
"Drop into MacsBug", the document says. I assume that with a desktop Mac
this is accomplished by pushing the programmers switch. Other than by using
the aging third party extension "PowerBreak", how does a PowerBook user do
it? [No obvious smart alec responses please.]
5-Take one from column Ax--
There is a vertical column on the left of the MacsBug screen. In the center
is the cur[rent] ap[plication] name. What are the rest of the numbers, what
is their significance and is there any reason or way to save them when the
system crashes?
[Lets see, the top of the screen is the stack -- this is the place the
program stores subroutine arguments. If you have a call like "do_this_sub(5)",
then 5 will be somewhere on the stack. Below that is the app name, and below
that are the 68K's registers. The registers are supersuper fast memory
locations (there are a limited number of them, and they can't be increased --
for reasons of speed they are inside the same chip as the CPU). So, often,
the registers contain the values of various program varriables. I'm afraid
I can't speak to a PPC; I've not cobbled together enough money for one yet!
stdlog will save these guys.
-Gordon]
6-The bottom line--
Immediately above the command line entry field at the bottom of the screen is
a display box with 4 lines.
The first apparently lists the name [or lack thereof] for the current
procedure.
The next three, divided into four rough columns display various names and
numbers. What are they, what is their significance and is there any reason
or way to save them when the system crashes?
[Those are the actual instructions that the CPU is about to access. The
first one is the instruction that caused you to drop into Macsbug -- the
one with the error. These instructions are really stupid (basic) low level
things; compilers translate "C" and "Pascal", etc. into these instructions.
stdlog does a disassembly of the code and puts it in the text file. -Gordon]
7-The main attraction--
The main part of the screen scrolls responses to my puny efforts at crash
recovery. What's the poop on this?
[It is exactly what it appears. It is a log of your efforts -Gordon]
8-Do macsbugs lay Easter eggs?--
Often, but not always, when I issue a restart command following a crash, one
of several images [ascii art pictures such as a large apple logo] flash
momentarily before the screen goes dark. What gives here?
9-Home is where the answers are--
Is this the best place to ask these questions, or is there a more appropriate
newsgroup or information resource
[comp.sys.mac.programmer or comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc might be good
spots as well. -Gordon]
My system information is
PowerBook 520c, System 7.5.3, 36mb ram
Due to disability, I need and use the following to operate my computer--
External keyboard and rarely accessed mouse
Easy Access 7.2--for cursor control
CPU 2.0.5 [Connectix PowerBook Utilities]--for keyboard access and control
of menus and dialog box options
Ram Doubler 1.6.2a--because CPU needs it to function properly
QuicKeys 3.0.1--for lifesaving automation
I also use StuffIt SpaceSaver because Syquest has yet to release 1gb EZ
drives. [Not loading SpaceSaver does not solve the problems]
Thanx in advance for your attention and responses,
Lorens P. Tronet
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:11:29 +1000
From: Bill Stanford
Subject: My System Needs More RAM!
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #187 [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
wrote:
>For some reason, my system isn't taking enough ram and i keep getting
>errors like "an unexpected error occured because there is no enough memory"
>but i have lots of ram, it's just not taking enough. the bar in the about
>this mac is right to the end. is there some way i can give it more ram
>manually?? TIA
Andrew, under System 6 there were a few pieces of shareware which did this,
but 7 is susposed to allocate memory dynamically, so these things haven't
been supported.
But Now Utilities Startup Manager does precisely what you want, you can set
a % or an absolute value of free System heap to be maintained whenever
possible.
There's some chance though you've a slightly munged system. Or are you
using a Netscape 6 beta by any chance?
--Bill || [email protected] || [email protected]
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 01:05:22 +0900
From: Naomi Uchida
Subject: Performa 6220 HELP !$#%$&%!$&%!&!876
To all you Performa users,
I'd like to know if there are two jacks, white and red, on the back panel of
Performa 6220. I think those are the standard audio left and right jacks for
analog audio data transmission. I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.
I would also appreciate if you could reply directly to my address. I am not a
regular reader of this newsgroup.
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 17:51:43 -0400
From: [email protected] (Kiran Wagle)
Subject: Printing index cards
I'm looking for a utility to print formatted text on those 4x6"
laser-printable index cards. Whatever it is should be designed for the
purpose--in other words, able to store the text of each card separately
and sort them (or at least allow me to rearrange them) before printing.
It doesn't have to do QuickDraw GX graphics or require a RAM upgrade or
anything, I just want to be able to print styled text. Does anyone know
of such a thing?
Thanks,
~ Kiran
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Date: 12 Aug 96 19:31:38 +0200
From: Elliot Bennett
Subject: Reading *.DWG files on a Mac...
Subject Reading *.DWG files on a Mac... 12.8.96
19:31
A quick question for all you multi-platformers:
My dad received a number of DOS drawing files with the extension .dwg and =
would like to read them on his Mac. Any idea which program created these =
file and, even better, how one might read them on a Mac (preferable with =
Canvas)? Any available conversion programs would be just as good too.
MUCH TIA,
Elliot Bennett
Cologne, Germany
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:36:57 -0500
From: [email protected] (Clark R. Wilkins)
Subject: Retrospect 3.0A vs. Ram Doubler 1.62A
It appears these two just don't get along. At first, I ran Retrospect on a
6100 with 16 MB of RAM and RD and saw frequent crashes during Retrospect
operations. When I disabled RD, the problems went away.
Recently, I moved our Retrospect backup operations over to a IIci running
RD and saw the program crash on the first backup operation. Again,
disabling RD solved the problem.
I now have Retrospect running on the Centris 650 that replaced the IIci
(thanks to Shreve Systems for great service) sans Ram Doubler, and backup
services have been solid for > 7 days.
A side note about Retrospect: The first day we went to the Centris 650, I
had to run it with only 4 MB of memory due to an incompatibility between
the SIMMs in the ci and the slots in the 650. Retrospect would run the
backup OK, but it invariably got stuck while trying to do the compare
phase. I could abort the backup without problems, so the machine was not
freezing. The next day I received 16 MB from Newer Technologies which
completely solved the problem - WITHOUT changing the memory allocations for
Retrospect.
Clark R. Wilkins * President, J.D.I. Solutions, Inc.
713-974-2434 (f) 713-974-5248
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:32:30 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Searching
Hello,
I'm searching for an online mannual, or beginning guide to ResEdit.
If you are aware of a site where I could find it...please let me know.
Thanks,
Jessi
------------------------------
Date: 12 Aug 1996 20:36:46 GMT+0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: Tester for 5xxx & 6xxx: CONCLUSION
Hi all!
I got +/- 20 answers to my message about the Repair
extension program and about the tester for Macintosh 5xxx
and 6xxx series. Many thanks to those who gave me
information about this. I hope I sent replys to everyone.
Here is a sort of conclusion about all this stuff... Let me
know if you have any comments!
So, if you run the 5xxx/6xxx tester on your machine and if
it tells you that:
"The logic board has been checked and a potential issue
has been found. Please contact Apple customer support or
an Apple Authorized Service Provider to have the logic
board replaced as part of the repair extension program."
it means that some parts of your motherboard are bad. In
most cases, this is the on-chip cache, the level 1 cache,
the one which is integrated to the PowerPC chip and can not
be replaced, but it can also be other components. If you
have this problem, you probably have system freezes, but
also problems with your serial ports. For example, your
28k8 modem can download at less than 14kbps, often during
PPP connections. This happened to lots of people. In this
case, it is the whole motherboard that must be replaced.
The tester can also tell you that:
"A potential issue with the Cache has been found. Please
contact Apple customer support or an Apple Authorized
Service Provider to have the Cache replaced as part of the
repair extension program."
it means that you have a problem with the 256k Level 2
cache chip. You will probably get many system freezes,
especially in the Finder. This is only the cache chip that
must be replaced here.
To get your machine repaired, there are two different
possibilities, depending where you are living:
If you are in the United-States, and if your machine is
owned in this country, the only thing to do is to phone
Apple Computer at 1-800-SOS-APPL. You will be included on
the repair extension program list and I was told that an
Apple technician comes to your house to fix the macintosh
within 2 months. If it is only the cache level 2 that must
be replaced, everything is done after 20 min. If the whole
motherboard must be replaced, I suppose it can be longer,
but Im not sure.
If you are in Europe, like me, you probably know that the
repair extension program only exists in some countries.
Now, I know that the UK are OK for the program, and France
will be soon. In other contries, like Belgium, if you phone
Apple, they will tell you that they are not aware of the
problem and they will tell you to contact your local
dealer. You should wait for the repair extension program,
or contact your local apple dealer to get your machine
fixed if it is under garantee. This is what I'll do.
If you dont have any problems with your machine, like me,
but the tester tells you that there IS a problem, you
should get your macintosh fixed. Many people told me that
the problem can appear later.
Any comments are still welcome, and if someone want to get
the tester he should ask it to me ([email protected]),
or it can be downloaded from ftp.support.apple.com in the
US, and from ftp.info.euro.apple.com in Europe. Almost
everything I wrote in this message comes from the
information I got from other Info-Mac readers.
Thanks again for all the information I received from all of
you. Waiting for reactions.
PS: I dont speak English very well so I hope there are not
too many mistakes in this message!
Laurent Daloze [[email protected]]
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 96 17:20:22 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: WabbitPunchPatch, please note
IM Digest 184 saw first reference to WabbitPunchPatch. Unfortunately,
the copy posted, and now in the archives, in:
/info-mac/comm/inet/web/
is not the most recent sent to macgifts. Delete any copy you have recently
downloaded from info-mac and get the most recent at:
The most recent patch application has a version number of 5.0 and weighs in
at (63,467 bytes used), according to the Get Info dialog. The copy available
through info-mac provides an incorrect e-mail address for the author of
the Wabbit desk accessory; when the fog clears, I'll repost the patch to
the archives.
Michael
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:24:05 PDT
From: "Randall G. Floyd"
Subject: Want OpenDoc 1.1 - Call Microsoft??!!
>I was just on the phone to Apple Computer (1-800-SOS-APPL) and I was
>advised to ask MICROSOFT(!!!) if they have a downloadable version of
>OpenDoc 1.1!!! Does anyone have ANY idea what is going on here!
>
>My request was made to Apple because I am attempting to explore the OpenDoc
>technologies on my 68k (Performa 640) and Cyberdog 1.1b2, the current
>version, is claiming to run on it... The only caveat is a very clear need
>to pre-install OpenDoc 1.1. So I went a-hunting... No luck via apple.com
>etc, etc... so I called for some direct assistance... After consulting
>off-line for a minute or so she advised me as follows:
>
>1) OpenDoc version/availability info is not available to her.
>
>2) Call my local ISP?!?
>
>3) Call MICROSOFT!?!
>
>I had "Barb" repeat these instructions again... She certainly seemed to
>understand my confusion about the MS part... but she INSISTED... she
>"doesn't get into politics" and repeated her instructions once again...
>"Thank you for calling Apple"...
>
>I'm interested in (and bemused by) the MS connection, if any... I also
>would like to try out the cyber pup...
>
>Any private response to this post might be kept in strictest confidence
>(but don't bet on it)....
>
>VTY,
>
>Scott Besman, [email protected]
>IO-MUGer
Scott, I'm not sure why someone at Apple wouldn't just tell you to look at
to find any OpenDoc info, as well as downloads.
Likewise, you can look at to find any Cyberdog
info, as well as downloads. In fact, there are several links to the
OpenDoc server from the Cyberdog pages. I'm not sure where you got
Cyberdog, but look at one of the above URLs for OpenDoc.
Sounds like 'Barb' may be a disgruntled employee of Apple for some reason
or another (or maybe she really is that uninformed).
Randall Floyd
My views are not necessarily those of my company (and in fact, probably
aren't).
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 23:29:14 -0500
From: [email protected] (Michael Thibault)
Subject: What brand of camera is the screendump "click" based on?
Well, if the sound is sampled from a real shutter operating, it's almost
certainly not a Leica. This sound resource is ID -16504 in the "snd "
resources in the System suitcase (7.5, anyway). Make a backup copy of the
System; open the active System with Resedit (freely available - at least
until recently - at many Apple sites); select and copy the resource; paste
the resource into the Scrapbook or the Sound control panel or both. You
could also substitute your own resource if you happen to have one you'd
prefer to this one, provided that you retain the ID number.
Michael
>When you do a command-shift-3 on recent Macs, there's a camera shutter
>sound effect. Was this click sampled from a real camera, and if so, which
>one? Also, where in the System file does this resource appear? It doesn't
>show up under the default beep sounds.
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:05:30 PDT
From: "Randall G. Floyd"
Subject: Windows WordPerfect 6.x to Microsoft Word 6.0
>Don't you just love to hate Microsoft... I do.
>
>I have started working at a new company and they use WordPerfect 6.0 for
>Windows 3.1 for all their work. Microsoft's Word 6.0 for the Mac does not
>have a translator for WordPerfect 6.x but it does for 5.x. Interestingly
>the copy of Word for Windows 95 does have a translator. A call into
>Microsoft puts the blame on WordPerfect (Corel?) for not supplying one. I
>then ask why they have a translator in Windows95 and the person on the
>phone again put the blame in WordPerfect.
>
>At present, in order to read the WordPerfect 6.0 documents I must fire up
>SoftWindows95 and run Word for W95 to translate it. Anyone have a simpler
>solution? It is stuff like this that is going to force me to use a wintel
>box in the office and I believe that fact is not unknown to Microsoft.
>
>Paul Kleeberg
>[email protected]
Paul,
You should be able to use MacLinkPlus (which comes with System 7.5 (at
least it did)) to translate to any variety of word processing formats (not
to mention translation of other types of documents besides word
processing). In your case, an earlier version of microsoft word would be
most appropriate. I've been using this for years with no problems. If I
can't convert something to exactly what I want, I can usually convert it to
something another of my applications will recognize.
Randall Floyd
My views are not necessarily those of my company (and in fact, probably
aren't).
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:20:44 -0400
From: Jeff Frankel
Subject: WordPerfect 6 for Windows - MS Word 6 for Mac
Don't you just love to hate Microsoft... I do.
I have started working at a new company and they use WordPerfect 6.0 for
Windows 3.1 for all their work. Microsoft's Word 6.0 for the Mac does
not
have a translator for WordPerfect 6.x but it does for 5.x.
Interestingly
the copy of Word for Windows 95 does have a translator. A call into
Microsoft puts the blame on WordPerfect (Corel?) for not supplying one.
I
then ask why they have a translator in Windows95 and the person on the
phone again put the blame in WordPerfect.
At present, in order to read the WordPerfect 6.0 documents I must fire
up
SoftWindows95 and run Word for W95 to translate it. Anyone have a
simpler
solution? It is stuff like this that is going to force me to use a
wintel
box in the office and I believe that fact is not unknown to Microsoft.
I recommend that you try out the MacLinks translators from DataViz. I
have had very good success success in translating word processing
documents with this package, although I have not worked with the precise
combination of formats you identify in your post. You may lose some
formatting, such as proper tab stops, but not much.
--
Jeff Frankel
Windsor, Maine USA
"Where the woodpecker pecks
and the porcupine plays"
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:16:04 +0100
From: Andy Law
Some time ago, Pascal Brenner wrote:
>>>> 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.
No-one has suggested the most probable (in my experience) reason for this
activity which is that the Hard disk is actually knackered. Pascal, is this a
20MB Hard drive?
The 20MB drives fitted to SEs were prone to giving up the ghost. Mine died a
year
or so ago with identical symptoms. The fact that the disk light is flashing is
no
indication that the drive is OK or not. The controller may well be spinning the
disk but is unable to pull any data from it.
Does the drive make a peculiar noise, with the disk light flashing on for a
second or so, then off, then on, then off 10-20 times then stops?
If what I have described is happening on your machine, then the drive is well
and
truly beyond economic redemption.
It may be time to start looking for a new machine
( (although you should beable to boot from an external drive, if you think it is worthwhile getting one)
Andy Law
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( Big Nose in Edinburgh )
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