Info-Mac Digest V14 #197
Posted: August 23rd, 1996, 4:00 am
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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 23 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 197
Today's Topics:
[*] 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
[*] AliasPalette 1.2.7 - Make alias easily
[*] Big Dreams 3/6.sea
[*] FreePPP 2.5v2, a PPP client for MacTCP and Open Transport
[*] MacAssist (sound util) digital audio software for live assist...
[*] Marathon Cheater 5.0.1
(Q) PowerMac memory configuration report
(Q) Seeking function-key utility
[Q] Laserwriter IINT
Apple free gifts
Confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and booting"
Control Strip Modules for Performa?
Desktop Printer 2.0 problem
Drive Setup 1.0.4--where???
Flash-It search
Font containing h-bar
Genealogy Program?
h bar
HTML without HEIGHT and WIDTH (Q)
IW II
Laserwriter IIF to PC
New MacOS screen? (2 msgs)
PhotoWorks Attachments
Quicktime VR Components for Netscape Navigator,v1.0.2
RAM and speed comparison
Startup Disk order
System 7.5.3 Revision 2 Creeping System Folder
Using Apple Guide under System 7.1
Why continue to Binhex?
Why I Won't Subscribe to MacWorld--EVER
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:09:17 -0500
From: (Chris Hector)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
Here is the 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
RTFtoHTML- A Filter to Translate RTF to HTML
RTF is a document formatting language developed by Microsoft. There are
many word processing packages (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Frame
Maker...) that can read or write RTF format files. RTFtoHTMLwas designed to
translate existing RTF documents into HTML - the format of the World Wide
Web. RTFtoHTMLcan also be used to author new documents specifically for the
WWW.
The latest version of this document and other information about RTFtoHTML
is kept at http://www.sunpack.com/RTF. You may contact the author: Chris
Hector at [email protected]
RTFtoHTML 3.0 is
RELEASED!!!
Many thanks to all of the dedicated alpha testers. The 3.0 version of
RTFtoHTML is now available for general distribution. The 3.0 version can be
downloaded from this site as a binary complete with the documentation
The 3.0 version of the filter is now in released for Macintosh, DOS/Windows
and selected UNIX platforms. This release encorporates the features of
Christian Bolik's RTFtoWEB, provides support for additional platforms and
adds support for the many extensions to HTML that have been made since this
filter was first developed. This filter is now being delivered as a
shareware product. Please try it out, and if you like it - send in the
modest Shareware Fee. Features in this release include:
Support for HTML 3.0 tables
Support for Netscape extensions to HTML
Support for Internet Explorer extensions to HTML Long documents can be
split into smaller files Support for RTF from Microsoft Word (including
version 7), Word Perfect, Next, Claris Works, FrameMaker - any word
processor that is capable of producing RTF.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/rtf-to-html-converter-301.hqx; 244K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:23 -0500
From: (Fumio Rokkaku)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AliasPalette 1.2.7 - Make alias easily
"AliasPalette" is a utility program that helps you create alias files just
by dragging and dropping.
Changes made in this version:
Fixed a bug that the user cannot drop a file directly onto the registered
folder.
AliasPalette 1.2.7 is freeware and distrubuted as fat binary. It requires
System 7.5 or greater, scriptable Finder, 68020 or greater 68K CPU or
PowerPC.
Enjoy.
Fumio Rokkaku
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-palette-127.hqx; 120K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:09:31 -0500
From: (Duncan Stickings)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Big Dreams 3/6.sea
Here is the July issue of Big Dreams. It is a newsletter on personal
development and business topics. It is in Mac postcard format. This month
features the following articles:
Make a Difference
Results
Increasing Sales
Barter
Note that this is also available in WWW format at
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDreams
Submissions are welcomed, you can see the submission guidelines under
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDream ... lines.html
Duncan Stickings Tel: (604) 760-1631 Alpine Training
and Development Fax: (604) 931-2135 Big Dreams:
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDreams
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/big-dreams-v3-06.hqx; 228K]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:39:12 -0700
From: "Adam C. Engst"
Subject: [*] FreePPP 2.5v2, a PPP client for MacTCP and Open Transport
>I've just uploaded the latest version of FreePPP to the archive. It is
>version 2.5v2 (the FreePPP Group is now using Claris's version numbering
>scheme) and it replaces 2.5rf, which I've deleted.
>
>There are no new features in 2.5v2, just a ton of bug fixes. If you use
>FreePPP 2.5, the FreePPP Groups recommends that you upgrade to 2.5v2. (Of
>course, just in case, don't throw out your old version right away if it was
>working fine - you never know what may happen.)
Whoops! I forgot to include the path:
[Archived as info-mac/comm/inet/conn/free-ppp-2.5v2.hqx]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:25 -0500
From: (Ethan A. Funk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssist (sound util) digital audio software for live assist...
MacAssist is a programming project I decided to undertake near the end of
Spring 1994 to perform the sequencing needed for "Live Assist" radio at
WITR (the campus radio station at Rochester Institute of Technology).
MacAssist allows the user to select items to be played (AIFF files in this
version) from a special folder (user selected) and any sub folders under
it. This way the DJs don't need to navigate through unrelated folders to
get to the items they want to play; only folders of interest are displayed.
Items may then be played immediately, assigned to one of four hot keys
(played when the button is pressed) or added to a play list. The play list
is a queue of items to be played sequentially. Once you start the queue
playing, the software takes care of seguing from one item to the next; just
sit back and watch the queue timer count down. For each item the user can
define default times for overlapping between the previous and next item.
Breaks can also be added to the queue to stop the sequence between items.
Play lists can be saved and loaded again later. The number of items that
can be playing simultaneously is limited by processor load, hard drive
speed and memory available. MacAssist has no problem running in the
background.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/mac-assist-10.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:27 -0500
From: (Eggert Thorlacius)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon Cheater 5.0.1
Here is version 5.0.1 of the Marathon Cheater. This version works with the
newly released Marathon Infinity Demo, as well as with all older versions
of Marathon.
Version 5.0.1 fixes a couple of small bugs. If you have version 5.0 and
haven't noticed anything wrong, you don't need to download this one.
Regards,
Eggert Thorlacius
Reykjavik, Iceland
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/marathon-cheater-501.hqx; 57K]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:59:21 -0700
From: Mark Allen
Subject: (Q) PowerMac memory configuration report
I know what my total RAM is, but I need to find out how it is distributed
on the motherboard. Is there an application that can report what memory
chips are in which slot on the motherboard of my PowerMac 7500? I would
prefer not to have to open it up just to find this out.
Thanks!
Mark Allen
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:38:45 -0500
From: [email protected] (Morethanone Kalar)
Subject: (Q) Seeking function-key utility
Here I sit with a keyboard full of unused function keys.
Yet I still have to press command-W to close a file, pull down a menu
for Save-As, command-F for Find, and so on.
Fumbling for two keys for common operations.
All these scratchpads under the function keys, staring blankly.
Looking for a shareware, not an overpriced Swiss Army Knife, not
ResEdit advice. It would intercept function key-strokes and decode them
into common system menu functions. Wouldn't hurt if it could be
customized for individual apps.
Does such a creature exist? If not, what is THE book on AppleScripting?
-- Tony
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 9:49:32 GMT+5
From: "Tom Smyth"
Subject: [Q] Laserwriter IINT
Is there a way to print to the LaserWriter IINT via
Ethertalk/AppleTalk without installing a special card in the IINT?
(similar to printing to an attached Personal Laserwriter via a LAN)
If you've done this, please let me know how. Thanks!
(Reply to ; I will summarize for the List)
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:56:50 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: Apple free gifts
A petition? No. I do agree Apple should just include a mouse pad (maybe a
pen too) with every mac. And have an online registration (although every
mac purchased is automatically registered at Apple) uh i still haven't sent
in my form
. I think Apple should market the stuff they make like mouse
pads, pens, t-shirts etc. in say an online catalog. (anyone know a source
to buy these types of things??) Also my dad sent in his reg. form and after
a long while wrote them and complained he did not receive it. A week later
he got it in the mail. but then another month later another mouse pad came!
so sure they are slow. but personally i don't blame apple right now. they
have much more important things to think about. (we can all understand that
i hope!)
Andrew Murray
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:36:42 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: Confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and booting"
It seems like there is a bit of confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and
booting". A couple of days ago I asked the INFO-MAC readers if I could
start up an external SCSI device after I had allready booted the computer.
The answers I received were different. Some said it was not a good idea,
others said they do it all the time. Also the answers were different
depending on weather you wanted to physically remove or add SCSI cables
while running, or if you just wanted to turn an allready connected SCSI
device on or off. Can someone that knows all the technical details about
Macintosh and SCSI give a definite and final answer to this question?
My original question was this:
********** QUESTION ***********
I have a question about the SCSI chain:
Ever since I bought my first Mac, I've started up all the external SCSI
devices first, and then booted the computer. If you don't do this you might
damage the computer with a power surge.
Now I wonder if this rule is still valid? I heard somewhere that it's no
longer necessary to start up in this order. I was told that you could start
up an external SCSI device AFTER you had booted the computer and then run
an application, like SCSIProbe, to mount it on the desktop. And this was
supposed to be without any risks if you owned one of the newer models, like
mine (Performa 6300). But I don't really believe this rumor. Eventhough
someone else has been luckily spared from damaged motherboards, I'm not
willing to take the risk.
If anyone knows more about this, please tell me.
Thomas Kahn
********** YES, Pat Ellis ([email protected]) ***********
It is not necessary to turn on SCSI devices prior to the Mac. This is
especially true of Hard Drives. SCSI devices such as CD-ROMs and Scanners
must be on first since the Mac will need to see them and load the
appropriate system software to run them. For example, if the external
CD-ROM is off after the Mac begins it boot (and after the cd-rom software
has loaded) then it will not function - a reboot is required. Hard Drives
are different however. The risk, as I mentioned before, comes from adding
or disconnecting SCSI devices while the Mac is still on - that is a no-no.
********** YES Mike Dustan ([email protected]) ***********
I routinely power up all my SCSI peripherals simultaneously with my Mac. I
have a Power Mac 7100/66 (vintage Power Mac!) and have two external drives
and a tape drive hanging off it. Add to that the internal CD-ROM and things
get quite busy at startup time. Nothing has ever blown up.
********** NO, David M. Patterson ([email protected]) ***********
I can tell you from personal experience that turning SCSI devices on (or
off for that matter) while your machine is booted can cause serious
problems. In fact, all SCSI devices in the chain should be on anytime you
boot, even if you're not planning to use one of them (e.g., a scanner).
Leaving one off can cause random crashes and hangs. Turing one on while
booted can cause anything from random crashes and hangs to desctruction of
the "pico fuses" on your SCSI interface in your computer.
APS has a gadget that is supposed to allow for "hot dissconnects" but I
don't know how well it works.
********** YES, Jeremy Nelson ([email protected]) ***********
Personally I do it all the time on all sorts of machines. I've hot swapped
my 1Gig and 2Gig drives on a Centris 610, LC 630s, 7100/66, 7200/75,
7200/90... In my opinion it is safe. Remember to unmount the drives before
unplugging from a computer (by dragging them to the trash), try not to do
it while the SCSI bus is being used and make sure that you don't have
conflicting SCSI IDs before you plug it in. As you say, you need to use
software to mount the drive once it is physically connected.
But when in doubt don't.
********** Apple Info Files (posted by Jeremy Nelson) ***********
>From
Dated 19960724 15:55:27.00
Power off all devices prior to changing SCSI chain configuration: Always
turn off the Macintosh and all peripherals before attaching or detaching
any cables or devices or changing SCSI ID numbers. Doing otherwise could
cause permanent physical damage to your computer or SCSI devices as well as
the loss of important data. Attach the proper cables to their devices. Use
the thumbscrews and metal clamps on the cables to maintain a tight,
reliable connection. Do not over-tighten.
So Apple says No.
********** NO, (The answer I got when I asked a good friend) ***********
I recommend that you decide before you turn the machine on exactly which
peripherals you will use during your session and turn them on first (hard
disks, scanners, all of them). SCSI is easy and powerful if you do it this
way. I have had nightmare experiences with hard disks and SyQuest
removables when I power them up after the computer was on--in lots of cases
they are screwed beyond recognition by all recovery programs I tried. They
would no longer mount and the only solution was to re-format them. I don't
know how this works with the newest Macs but the SCSI system has not
changed much.
Better to let the computer scan on start up and know exactly what is
connected and decide how to deal with them. I wouldn't recommend throwing
it a curve ball by powering up a hard disk in the middle of a session. It
will work sometimes but when it fails it fails BIG!!
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 16:36:28 +1100
From: [email protected] (John Townsend)
Subject: Control Strip Modules for Performa?
I recently saw a Control Strip Module running on a PowerMac Desk Computer.
Would such a module run on a Performa 5300 and, if so, does anyone know
where it can be obtained.
Many thanks
John Townsend
Australia
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:13:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (Joe Spaeth)
Subject: Desktop Printer 2.0 problem
I recently updated to Desktop Printer version 2.0 and Laserwriter version
8.4 on a PPC 7600. Although the updates should allow me to move desktop
printer icons into folders, I get an error message saying they can only be
moved to the trash when I try this manuever.
I also get an error message saying that "this Macintosh does not have the
resourses to run this software" when I try to open Desktop Printmonitor
(the application in the extensions folder). I can only open the
Printmonitor extension.
All four desktop printer extensions appear in the extensions folder. I
have GX printing software loaded. Since this could be a problem related to
an extensions conflict, I have restarted with all but the system 7.5.3 and
printer extensions turned off with no improvement.
Any ideas???
Joe Spaeth
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:42:30 -0800
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: Drive Setup 1.0.4--where???
Hi all,
Could someone please point me in the right direction to get the Apple Drive
Setup 1.0.4 that is supposed to fix a bug in Drive Setup 1.11 that I
currently use. I cannot find it at any of Apple's FTP sites. Thanks!
--bj
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:09:47 -0800
From: Julius Friede
Subject: Flash-It search
I have read of references to the effect that there is a version later than
v3.0.2 of the venerable screen capture control panel Flash-It. I have
searched the web, info-mac, archie, etc., for anything more recent without
success. If anyone knows where to locate such a version, I would be most
appreciative.
TIA,
Julius Friede
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:19:52 -0700
From: [email protected] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Font containing h-bar
In Infomac #192, Alan Lazarus wrote:
* I am looking for a font that contains the symbol "h bar".
* It is often used in physics and represents h (Planck's constant)
* divided by 2pi.
*
* I would like to use the font on a Mac for writing using Microsoft Word.
*
* Please let me know the name of the font and where it can be obtained
Alan,
Chances are you have that font already. Along with Word 5.X comes an
equation editor ,which is a stripped-down version of the commercial
equation editor "MathType". Along with the editor comes a font "MT
Extra" (MT = MathType). The "h" in that font is our beloved h-bar.
Good luck!
Herb K
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 18:35:16 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul & Joan Blumstein)
Subject: Genealogy Program?
M. K. Ohlson:
>
>Anyone know where to find a genealogy program? Free, share or commercial
>no problem. Fat binary would be ideal but 680x0 would be just fine.
The program that is considered (by mags & mailing lists) as the best for
Macs is called Reunion 4.0. It is $99.95, but worth it. (Been using it
myself for 2 years).
Here it is: $99.95 from MacConnection (800/800-1111). Stock # 7126.
It even stores scanned photos & documents, though I haven't used that feature.
If you are having trouble locating relatives, feel free to borrow some on
mine.
Paul "Harry Browne in '96" Blumstein
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 15:04:46 EDT
From: "Alan J. Lazarus"
Subject: h bar
Thanks. I received 3 replies and have solved the problem.
This is a great service!
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:02:22 -0400
From: "Don't Panic!"
Subject: HTML without HEIGHT and WIDTH (Q)
Dear Digest readers,
I have been an HTML programmer since before there were WYSIWYG editors.
Now that they exist, I wish somebody would make a WYSIWYG editor for the
Mac that did the following:
Without adding the ALIGN or HEIGHT, or LENGTH portions of the tag.
Netscape Gold does this, Pagemill 2.0 does this, and while I can always
go into BBEdit and remove those extra markups, it would be so much nicer
if the web page editor didn't default to adding those markups to begin
with. The unfortunate thing about having them is that images that were
a specific size get resized when saved into the folder with the
document. Sometimes the images become illegible like the NEW!! images.
I've tried unchecking the HEIGHT and LENGTH buttons in the image dialog
box, but then it defaults to the size that the editor wants and not me.
Same when I try to leave the sizes empty or with 0 (zero) marked in.
Anybody seen a WYSIWYG editor that supports frames and tables, and built
in cgi markups and HTML 3.0 that does not default a numeric image size
and leaves the HEIGHT and LENGTH markups out?
Please e-mail your reply.
Thank you.
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:13:54 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bill)
Subject: IW II
I posted this once before and got _one_ answer that said "no way!" But then
I called Apple's nohelp line today and got a "gee, I dunno....maybe." So
will someone try me again: I asked, can I get a driver to put into a
Windows platform to run my Imagewriter II ?
TIA,
Bill
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:24:28 UT
From: "Gaspare Calandrino"
Subject: Laserwriter IIF to PC
Anyone know how to image to a Laserwriter IIF from a PC?
The PC is hooked up via RS232 connection with a null modem cable.
A Powermac is hooked up via 8 pin connection.
All I get is a blinking green light when the PC is hooked up.
Thanks for your help.
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:38:54 -0400
From: Randall Meadows
Subject: New MacOS screen?
On 8/22/96 at 8:21 PM -0400, The Info-Mac Moderators wrote:
>I'm just wondering if there is any way to alter the "MacOS" image that
>appears
>during the "march of the extensions and control panels" during startup on
>any
>system later than System 7.5.1. I'm certain that there must be a ResEdit
>trick to doing this, but I haven't found any information.
In the "System 7.5 Update" file in your System Folder, you should find a
PICT resource (I'm not sure of the number) that contains this graphic.
Using ResEdit or Resorcerer you can place any graphic you want in this PICT
resource (not sure what will happen if you use a different size than what's
there though).
Make a copy of this file before you start mucking around with it.
Randall B Meadows * FGM, Inc. * [email protected] * (703) 478-9881
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:37:02 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: New MacOS screen?
Apparently, "Jon Fullmer" said this:
>I'm just wondering if there is any way to alter the "MacOS" image that
>appears ... during startup on any system later than System 7.5.1.
Sure. Open the "System 7.5 Update" file with ResEdit/Resorceror and look
at the PICTs. You're interested in the following:
PICT ID -16501 - Small B&W MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16502 - Small greyscale MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16503 - Small color MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16504 - Large B&W MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16505 - Large greyscale MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16506 - Large color MacOS splash screen
The small ones are 321x227 pixels, and are used on Plus/SE/Classic
screens and, I imagine, 12" monitors like those that came with the LC.
The large ones are 323x422 pixels.
I have no idea whether or not the exact size is significant, or whether
you can put in a PICT of arbitrary dimensions.
chazl
08.23.96
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:14:40 +0000
From: Greg Tomlinson
Subject: PhotoWorks Attachments
I have had no luck sending photoworks attachments to a friend who uses a
pc. He gets the file downloaded but can not open it. I have sent the
files
hqx,zip,sit and nothing works. I am using Eudora Light, on a Mac
Performa 575 , sending the
attachments as apple double. Is there something that I am doing wrong? I
can open his files sent to me ok. Please respond to
. Thanks in advance, this list has been a
lot
of help in the past. Greg
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:44:53 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: Quicktime VR Components for Netscape Navigator,v1.0.2
Am told I need it, but can't find it. Canm you help?
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:56:49 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: RAM and speed comparison
Hello fellow mac users
Just tought of giving you the adress of a great web site that I found for
comparing speed of different Mac models. This guy has done extensive
benchmarks comparison between models using or not L2 cache, using or not
VRAM, using or not speed doubler, ram doubler, virtual memory. I tought it
was great. With the RAM so low priced, I believe a number of us are
seriously thinking of adding RAM to the machine, so this guy comes in and
tells us if it's worth the money, as simple as that!!
here is the location: http://ng.netgate.net/%7Eengstrom/cc.html
web page is called: Macintosh/Clone comparison
I found the link at another wonderful site wich is called MacInTouch. Great
news on whatever is happening in the Mac world of ours. Actually I put it
as my opening page in Netscape. Get the news fresh everyday.
See you
Christian Parent
[email protected]
Frodo
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 17:55:13 -0700
From: Benjamin k Grossman
Subject: Startup Disk order
I apologize in advance if the answer to this is obvious, but...
I cannot get my C660av to boot off the internal HD anymore, if the external
HD (with System) is present.
Startup Disk control panel is set correctly.
System is 7.5.3rev2.
Startup Tuner extension is installed.
internal HD has been reformatted with HD SC Setup for 7.5.3rev2 and new
System installed on it.
internal HD is SCSI 0 as normal; external is SCSI 5.
system also boots from external in preference to CDROM if present
=============================================================
Benjamin k Grossman
[ work: Network Administrator/Lake Washington School District
[ work: [email protected]
( home: [email protected]
" In the meantime, the best $500 network computer is still a used Mac."
-Geoff Duncan
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:59:21 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: System 7.5.3 Revision 2 Creeping System Folder
I have been having the same problem with an expanding system 7.5.3.
Over the last two days it has gone from 10,400K of RAM to 11,800K. I made
no changes in c-devs or extensions, and my Netscape 3.0 caches to RAM disk.
Last night, I had to reboot (Netscape freeze...will those ever stop?), and
suddenly found my PowerMac 7100/66 was utterly crawling. When I checked the
"About this Macintosh," my system was eating over 13,000K! What's the story
here?
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:47:33 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: Using Apple Guide under System 7.1
[email protected] (Butch Weber (ext. 3107)) seems to have spake thusly:
>Help! I'm having problems using Apple Guide under system 7.1 (yes, I'm
>one of the, what is it, 40 or 60% who haven't upgraded to 7.5). I got
>the Apple Guide extension as well as the system 7.0/7.1 enabler, the Apple
>Guide icon shows up on my menu bar, but I still have balloon help showing
>up.
Well, I'm not sure what the problem is. Balloon help is still part of
Apple Guide.
Under 7.5.3, in the Finder, my help menu looks this:
About Apple Guide
--
Show Balloons
--
Macintosh Guide
Shortcuts
--
PowerTalk Guide
What does yours look like?
I would suspect that the problem is that you have the Apple Guide
extensions installed, but no actual Apple Guide files. In my Extensions
folder, I have the following Apple Guide files, which correspond to those
menu items:
About Apple Guide
Macintosh Guide
PowerTalk Guide
Shortcuts
If I remove any or all of them and restart, the corresponding items will
no longer be part of the Apple Guide menu.
As far as individual applications are concerned, they also must have
Apple Guide files installed in their folders in order to see them in the
Apple Guide menu. For example, Claris Emailer, which has no Apple Guide
files, has an Apple Guide menu that looks like:
About Balloon Help...
--
Show Balloons
--
While Fetch, which does have an Apple Guide file ["Fetch Help"] in its
folder, has an Apple Guide menu that looks like:
About Balloon Help...
--
Show Balloons
--
Fetch Help
Hope this helps.
chazl
08.23.96
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:45:08 -0700
From: "Adam C. Engst"
Subject: Why continue to Binhex?
At 1:59 PM -0600 8/21/96, Mike Miller wrote:
>> PC users do not binhex files. ... PC users use uuencode.
>
>Not entirely true. There is infact a binhex program for the PC, but people
>*don't bother to use it,* unless they have some sort of email transfer
>problem.
>It's not worth the time to do it unless there is a problem, why do it by
>default? This is probably why you haven't heard of it. UUencode is the same
>thing, I know people continue to use it, but I don't see it on the mainstream
>mirror PC sites.
There's a different issue here. PC files don't have multiple forks or
Finder information, and as a result, they don't need to be text encoded
unless they're going through a 7-bit gateway (and yes, they still do exist,
particularly for email). Thus, most PC files are just zipped, because
there's no need to encode further to protect the multiple file forks.
>Perhaps the stuffit format is not very reliable. Maybe we need a better
>internet archive format, something with the qualities of macbinary, group
>file compression, and CRC in one compact file, like .zip. Some kind of
>open internet standard.
I don't believe this is a real issue.
>*Practical Solution ?
>>However, if you really hate binhex, check out the document on info-mac
>>mirrors. There are one or two which keep files in MacBinary II, rather...
>
>Cool, I have confirmed this. This keeps the file size down, and I can have it
>delete the .bin files (grudgingly). Still not perfect, but I guess this
>is the
>best solution in the interim. The conversion from .bin to .sit to files is
>quicker. Cuts download time too. Still kind of confusing for a platform that
>prides itself on ease of use, though.
You MUST use either BinHex or MacBinary on Mac files because of the
multiple forks. Even uuencode will destroy a Mac file with multiple forks
because it doesn't preserve both. The only way around this would be to
store Mac files only on Macs - any other machine is asking for trouble, and
most of the mirror sites are running on Unix boxes.
MacBinary is definitely much more compact than BinHex and there's nothing
wrong with using it, but you can't avoid it (if you upload an .sea or .sit
file, Anarchie and Fetch try to change the name to add the .bin, but even
if you disable that feature in Fetch, say, the file is still a MacBinary
file). Upload as raw data in Fetch and you'll destroy the file...
cheers ... -Adam
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 07:02:05 -0600
From: Lauren Jones
Subject: Why I Won't Subscribe to MacWorld--EVER
When I bought my first Mac (a Plus) in 1986, there
was a checkbox on the registration for 3 free issues of
MacWorld. I checked it. Months rolled by--no
MacWorld. Then, they sent me solicitation after
solicitation: "Now that you've enjoyed your free
issues," how about coughing up some dough for a
subscription. After receiving several of these letters, I
photocopied one of them onto a piece of paper onto
which I wrote a letter to the signer explaining that I had
never received a free issue and, if I ever did, then I
might consider subscribing to MacWorld. Lo and
behold! An issue showed up! And another! And
another!
And then, a BILL for a 12-month subscription.
I photocopied my original letter to them, the bill, and
wrote a letter outlining the above. I CONTINUED to
receive bills with stronger and stronger wording to pay
up.
It gets better. Eventually I received a threatening letter
>From a COLLECTION AGENCY. Remember now, that
I had never requested a subscription; I was entitled to
3 free issues. So...I photocopied the now growing pile
of paper, including my copy of the original Mac Plus
registration form, annotated the copies, and wrote a
letter to the collection agency with a cc to the original
signer of all those solicitations from MacWorld stating
in no uncertain terms that if this harrassment didn't
stop immediately that the next letter to each of these
individuals, personally, would be from my lawyer.
Further, I put them on notice that I considered the
matter closed and would refuse any further
communication from either of them or their
representatives.
The End. No more bills, no more threatening letters.
And no more MacWorld for me.
--------------------------------
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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 23 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 197
Today's Topics:
[*] 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
[*] AliasPalette 1.2.7 - Make alias easily
[*] Big Dreams 3/6.sea
[*] FreePPP 2.5v2, a PPP client for MacTCP and Open Transport
[*] MacAssist (sound util) digital audio software for live assist...
[*] Marathon Cheater 5.0.1
(Q) PowerMac memory configuration report
(Q) Seeking function-key utility
[Q] Laserwriter IINT
Apple free gifts
Confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and booting"
Control Strip Modules for Performa?
Desktop Printer 2.0 problem
Drive Setup 1.0.4--where???
Flash-It search
Font containing h-bar
Genealogy Program?
h bar
HTML without HEIGHT and WIDTH (Q)
IW II
Laserwriter IIF to PC
New MacOS screen? (2 msgs)
PhotoWorks Attachments
Quicktime VR Components for Netscape Navigator,v1.0.2
RAM and speed comparison
Startup Disk order
System 7.5.3 Revision 2 Creeping System Folder
Using Apple Guide under System 7.1
Why continue to Binhex?
Why I Won't Subscribe to MacWorld--EVER
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:09:17 -0500
From: (Chris Hector)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
Here is the 68k version of RTFtoHTML 3.0.1
RTFtoHTML- A Filter to Translate RTF to HTML
RTF is a document formatting language developed by Microsoft. There are
many word processing packages (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Frame
Maker...) that can read or write RTF format files. RTFtoHTMLwas designed to
translate existing RTF documents into HTML - the format of the World Wide
Web. RTFtoHTMLcan also be used to author new documents specifically for the
WWW.
The latest version of this document and other information about RTFtoHTML
is kept at http://www.sunpack.com/RTF. You may contact the author: Chris
Hector at [email protected]
RTFtoHTML 3.0 is
RELEASED!!!
Many thanks to all of the dedicated alpha testers. The 3.0 version of
RTFtoHTML is now available for general distribution. The 3.0 version can be
downloaded from this site as a binary complete with the documentation
The 3.0 version of the filter is now in released for Macintosh, DOS/Windows
and selected UNIX platforms. This release encorporates the features of
Christian Bolik's RTFtoWEB, provides support for additional platforms and
adds support for the many extensions to HTML that have been made since this
filter was first developed. This filter is now being delivered as a
shareware product. Please try it out, and if you like it - send in the
modest Shareware Fee. Features in this release include:
Support for HTML 3.0 tables
Support for Netscape extensions to HTML
Support for Internet Explorer extensions to HTML Long documents can be
split into smaller files Support for RTF from Microsoft Word (including
version 7), Word Perfect, Next, Claris Works, FrameMaker - any word
processor that is capable of producing RTF.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/rtf-to-html-converter-301.hqx; 244K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:23 -0500
From: (Fumio Rokkaku)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AliasPalette 1.2.7 - Make alias easily
"AliasPalette" is a utility program that helps you create alias files just
by dragging and dropping.
Changes made in this version:
Fixed a bug that the user cannot drop a file directly onto the registered
folder.
AliasPalette 1.2.7 is freeware and distrubuted as fat binary. It requires
System 7.5 or greater, scriptable Finder, 68020 or greater 68K CPU or
PowerPC.
Enjoy.
Fumio Rokkaku
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-palette-127.hqx; 120K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:09:31 -0500
From: (Duncan Stickings)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Big Dreams 3/6.sea
Here is the July issue of Big Dreams. It is a newsletter on personal
development and business topics. It is in Mac postcard format. This month
features the following articles:
Make a Difference
Results
Increasing Sales
Barter
Note that this is also available in WWW format at
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDreams
Submissions are welcomed, you can see the submission guidelines under
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDream ... lines.html
Duncan Stickings Tel: (604) 760-1631 Alpine Training
and Development Fax: (604) 931-2135 Big Dreams:
http://www.wimsey.com/~duncans/BigDreams
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/big-dreams-v3-06.hqx; 228K]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:39:12 -0700
From: "Adam C. Engst"
Subject: [*] FreePPP 2.5v2, a PPP client for MacTCP and Open Transport
>I've just uploaded the latest version of FreePPP to the archive. It is
>version 2.5v2 (the FreePPP Group is now using Claris's version numbering
>scheme) and it replaces 2.5rf, which I've deleted.
>
>There are no new features in 2.5v2, just a ton of bug fixes. If you use
>FreePPP 2.5, the FreePPP Groups recommends that you upgrade to 2.5v2. (Of
>course, just in case, don't throw out your old version right away if it was
>working fine - you never know what may happen.)
Whoops! I forgot to include the path:
[Archived as info-mac/comm/inet/conn/free-ppp-2.5v2.hqx]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:25 -0500
From: (Ethan A. Funk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MacAssist (sound util) digital audio software for live assist...
MacAssist is a programming project I decided to undertake near the end of
Spring 1994 to perform the sequencing needed for "Live Assist" radio at
WITR (the campus radio station at Rochester Institute of Technology).
MacAssist allows the user to select items to be played (AIFF files in this
version) from a special folder (user selected) and any sub folders under
it. This way the DJs don't need to navigate through unrelated folders to
get to the items they want to play; only folders of interest are displayed.
Items may then be played immediately, assigned to one of four hot keys
(played when the button is pressed) or added to a play list. The play list
is a queue of items to be played sequentially. Once you start the queue
playing, the software takes care of seguing from one item to the next; just
sit back and watch the queue timer count down. For each item the user can
define default times for overlapping between the previous and next item.
Breaks can also be added to the queue to stop the sequence between items.
Play lists can be saved and loaded again later. The number of items that
can be playing simultaneously is limited by processor load, hard drive
speed and memory available. MacAssist has no problem running in the
background.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/mac-assist-10.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:29:27 -0500
From: (Eggert Thorlacius)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon Cheater 5.0.1
Here is version 5.0.1 of the Marathon Cheater. This version works with the
newly released Marathon Infinity Demo, as well as with all older versions
of Marathon.
Version 5.0.1 fixes a couple of small bugs. If you have version 5.0 and
haven't noticed anything wrong, you don't need to download this one.
Regards,
Eggert Thorlacius
Reykjavik, Iceland
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/marathon-cheater-501.hqx; 57K]
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:59:21 -0700
From: Mark Allen
Subject: (Q) PowerMac memory configuration report
I know what my total RAM is, but I need to find out how it is distributed
on the motherboard. Is there an application that can report what memory
chips are in which slot on the motherboard of my PowerMac 7500? I would
prefer not to have to open it up just to find this out.
Thanks!
Mark Allen
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:38:45 -0500
From: [email protected] (Morethanone Kalar)
Subject: (Q) Seeking function-key utility
Here I sit with a keyboard full of unused function keys.
Yet I still have to press command-W to close a file, pull down a menu
for Save-As, command-F for Find, and so on.
Fumbling for two keys for common operations.
All these scratchpads under the function keys, staring blankly.
Looking for a shareware, not an overpriced Swiss Army Knife, not
ResEdit advice. It would intercept function key-strokes and decode them
into common system menu functions. Wouldn't hurt if it could be
customized for individual apps.
Does such a creature exist? If not, what is THE book on AppleScripting?
-- Tony
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 9:49:32 GMT+5
From: "Tom Smyth"
Subject: [Q] Laserwriter IINT
Is there a way to print to the LaserWriter IINT via
Ethertalk/AppleTalk without installing a special card in the IINT?
(similar to printing to an attached Personal Laserwriter via a LAN)
If you've done this, please let me know how. Thanks!
(Reply to ; I will summarize for the List)
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:56:50 -0400
From: [email protected] (Andrew Murray)
Subject: Apple free gifts
A petition? No. I do agree Apple should just include a mouse pad (maybe a
pen too) with every mac. And have an online registration (although every
mac purchased is automatically registered at Apple) uh i still haven't sent
in my form
. I think Apple should market the stuff they make like mousepads, pens, t-shirts etc. in say an online catalog. (anyone know a source
to buy these types of things??) Also my dad sent in his reg. form and after
a long while wrote them and complained he did not receive it. A week later
he got it in the mail. but then another month later another mouse pad came!
so sure they are slow. but personally i don't blame apple right now. they
have much more important things to think about. (we can all understand that
i hope!)
Andrew Murray
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:36:42 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: Confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and booting"
It seems like there is a bit of confusion surrounding the topic "SCSI and
booting". A couple of days ago I asked the INFO-MAC readers if I could
start up an external SCSI device after I had allready booted the computer.
The answers I received were different. Some said it was not a good idea,
others said they do it all the time. Also the answers were different
depending on weather you wanted to physically remove or add SCSI cables
while running, or if you just wanted to turn an allready connected SCSI
device on or off. Can someone that knows all the technical details about
Macintosh and SCSI give a definite and final answer to this question?
My original question was this:
********** QUESTION ***********
I have a question about the SCSI chain:
Ever since I bought my first Mac, I've started up all the external SCSI
devices first, and then booted the computer. If you don't do this you might
damage the computer with a power surge.
Now I wonder if this rule is still valid? I heard somewhere that it's no
longer necessary to start up in this order. I was told that you could start
up an external SCSI device AFTER you had booted the computer and then run
an application, like SCSIProbe, to mount it on the desktop. And this was
supposed to be without any risks if you owned one of the newer models, like
mine (Performa 6300). But I don't really believe this rumor. Eventhough
someone else has been luckily spared from damaged motherboards, I'm not
willing to take the risk.
If anyone knows more about this, please tell me.
Thomas Kahn
********** YES, Pat Ellis ([email protected]) ***********
It is not necessary to turn on SCSI devices prior to the Mac. This is
especially true of Hard Drives. SCSI devices such as CD-ROMs and Scanners
must be on first since the Mac will need to see them and load the
appropriate system software to run them. For example, if the external
CD-ROM is off after the Mac begins it boot (and after the cd-rom software
has loaded) then it will not function - a reboot is required. Hard Drives
are different however. The risk, as I mentioned before, comes from adding
or disconnecting SCSI devices while the Mac is still on - that is a no-no.
********** YES Mike Dustan ([email protected]) ***********
I routinely power up all my SCSI peripherals simultaneously with my Mac. I
have a Power Mac 7100/66 (vintage Power Mac!) and have two external drives
and a tape drive hanging off it. Add to that the internal CD-ROM and things
get quite busy at startup time. Nothing has ever blown up.
********** NO, David M. Patterson ([email protected]) ***********
I can tell you from personal experience that turning SCSI devices on (or
off for that matter) while your machine is booted can cause serious
problems. In fact, all SCSI devices in the chain should be on anytime you
boot, even if you're not planning to use one of them (e.g., a scanner).
Leaving one off can cause random crashes and hangs. Turing one on while
booted can cause anything from random crashes and hangs to desctruction of
the "pico fuses" on your SCSI interface in your computer.
APS has a gadget that is supposed to allow for "hot dissconnects" but I
don't know how well it works.
********** YES, Jeremy Nelson ([email protected]) ***********
Personally I do it all the time on all sorts of machines. I've hot swapped
my 1Gig and 2Gig drives on a Centris 610, LC 630s, 7100/66, 7200/75,
7200/90... In my opinion it is safe. Remember to unmount the drives before
unplugging from a computer (by dragging them to the trash), try not to do
it while the SCSI bus is being used and make sure that you don't have
conflicting SCSI IDs before you plug it in. As you say, you need to use
software to mount the drive once it is physically connected.
But when in doubt don't.
********** Apple Info Files (posted by Jeremy Nelson) ***********
>From
Dated 19960724 15:55:27.00
Power off all devices prior to changing SCSI chain configuration: Always
turn off the Macintosh and all peripherals before attaching or detaching
any cables or devices or changing SCSI ID numbers. Doing otherwise could
cause permanent physical damage to your computer or SCSI devices as well as
the loss of important data. Attach the proper cables to their devices. Use
the thumbscrews and metal clamps on the cables to maintain a tight,
reliable connection. Do not over-tighten.
So Apple says No.
********** NO, (The answer I got when I asked a good friend) ***********
I recommend that you decide before you turn the machine on exactly which
peripherals you will use during your session and turn them on first (hard
disks, scanners, all of them). SCSI is easy and powerful if you do it this
way. I have had nightmare experiences with hard disks and SyQuest
removables when I power them up after the computer was on--in lots of cases
they are screwed beyond recognition by all recovery programs I tried. They
would no longer mount and the only solution was to re-format them. I don't
know how this works with the newest Macs but the SCSI system has not
changed much.
Better to let the computer scan on start up and know exactly what is
connected and decide how to deal with them. I wouldn't recommend throwing
it a curve ball by powering up a hard disk in the middle of a session. It
will work sometimes but when it fails it fails BIG!!
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 16:36:28 +1100
From: [email protected] (John Townsend)
Subject: Control Strip Modules for Performa?
I recently saw a Control Strip Module running on a PowerMac Desk Computer.
Would such a module run on a Performa 5300 and, if so, does anyone know
where it can be obtained.
Many thanks
John Townsend
Australia
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:13:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (Joe Spaeth)
Subject: Desktop Printer 2.0 problem
I recently updated to Desktop Printer version 2.0 and Laserwriter version
8.4 on a PPC 7600. Although the updates should allow me to move desktop
printer icons into folders, I get an error message saying they can only be
moved to the trash when I try this manuever.
I also get an error message saying that "this Macintosh does not have the
resourses to run this software" when I try to open Desktop Printmonitor
(the application in the extensions folder). I can only open the
Printmonitor extension.
All four desktop printer extensions appear in the extensions folder. I
have GX printing software loaded. Since this could be a problem related to
an extensions conflict, I have restarted with all but the system 7.5.3 and
printer extensions turned off with no improvement.
Any ideas???
Joe Spaeth
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:42:30 -0800
From: [email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Subject: Drive Setup 1.0.4--where???
Hi all,
Could someone please point me in the right direction to get the Apple Drive
Setup 1.0.4 that is supposed to fix a bug in Drive Setup 1.11 that I
currently use. I cannot find it at any of Apple's FTP sites. Thanks!
--bj
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:09:47 -0800
From: Julius Friede
Subject: Flash-It search
I have read of references to the effect that there is a version later than
v3.0.2 of the venerable screen capture control panel Flash-It. I have
searched the web, info-mac, archie, etc., for anything more recent without
success. If anyone knows where to locate such a version, I would be most
appreciative.
TIA,
Julius Friede
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:19:52 -0700
From: [email protected] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Font containing h-bar
In Infomac #192, Alan Lazarus wrote:
* I am looking for a font that contains the symbol "h bar".
* It is often used in physics and represents h (Planck's constant)
* divided by 2pi.
*
* I would like to use the font on a Mac for writing using Microsoft Word.
*
* Please let me know the name of the font and where it can be obtained
Alan,
Chances are you have that font already. Along with Word 5.X comes an
equation editor ,which is a stripped-down version of the commercial
equation editor "MathType". Along with the editor comes a font "MT
Extra" (MT = MathType). The "h" in that font is our beloved h-bar.
Good luck!
Herb K
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 18:35:16 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul & Joan Blumstein)
Subject: Genealogy Program?
M. K. Ohlson:
>
>Anyone know where to find a genealogy program? Free, share or commercial
>no problem. Fat binary would be ideal but 680x0 would be just fine.
The program that is considered (by mags & mailing lists) as the best for
Macs is called Reunion 4.0. It is $99.95, but worth it. (Been using it
myself for 2 years).
Here it is: $99.95 from MacConnection (800/800-1111). Stock # 7126.
It even stores scanned photos & documents, though I haven't used that feature.
If you are having trouble locating relatives, feel free to borrow some on
mine
.Paul "Harry Browne in '96" Blumstein
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 15:04:46 EDT
From: "Alan J. Lazarus"
Subject: h bar
Thanks. I received 3 replies and have solved the problem.
This is a great service!
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:02:22 -0400
From: "Don't Panic!"
Subject: HTML without HEIGHT and WIDTH (Q)
Dear Digest readers,
I have been an HTML programmer since before there were WYSIWYG editors.
Now that they exist, I wish somebody would make a WYSIWYG editor for the
Mac that did the following:
Without adding the ALIGN or HEIGHT, or LENGTH portions of the tag.
Netscape Gold does this, Pagemill 2.0 does this, and while I can always
go into BBEdit and remove those extra markups, it would be so much nicer
if the web page editor didn't default to adding those markups to begin
with. The unfortunate thing about having them is that images that were
a specific size get resized when saved into the folder with the
document. Sometimes the images become illegible like the NEW!! images.
I've tried unchecking the HEIGHT and LENGTH buttons in the image dialog
box, but then it defaults to the size that the editor wants and not me.
Same when I try to leave the sizes empty or with 0 (zero) marked in.
Anybody seen a WYSIWYG editor that supports frames and tables, and built
in cgi markups and HTML 3.0 that does not default a numeric image size
and leaves the HEIGHT and LENGTH markups out?
Please e-mail your reply.
Thank you.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:13:54 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bill)
Subject: IW II
I posted this once before and got _one_ answer that said "no way!" But then
I called Apple's nohelp line today and got a "gee, I dunno....maybe." So
will someone try me again: I asked, can I get a driver to put into a
Windows platform to run my Imagewriter II ?
TIA,
Bill
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:24:28 UT
From: "Gaspare Calandrino"
Subject: Laserwriter IIF to PC
Anyone know how to image to a Laserwriter IIF from a PC?
The PC is hooked up via RS232 connection with a null modem cable.
A Powermac is hooked up via 8 pin connection.
All I get is a blinking green light when the PC is hooked up.
Thanks for your help.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:38:54 -0400
From: Randall Meadows
Subject: New MacOS screen?
On 8/22/96 at 8:21 PM -0400, The Info-Mac Moderators wrote:
>I'm just wondering if there is any way to alter the "MacOS" image that
>appears
>during the "march of the extensions and control panels" during startup on
>any
>system later than System 7.5.1. I'm certain that there must be a ResEdit
>trick to doing this, but I haven't found any information.
In the "System 7.5 Update" file in your System Folder, you should find a
PICT resource (I'm not sure of the number) that contains this graphic.
Using ResEdit or Resorcerer you can place any graphic you want in this PICT
resource (not sure what will happen if you use a different size than what's
there though).
Make a copy of this file before you start mucking around with it.
Randall B Meadows * FGM, Inc. * [email protected] * (703) 478-9881
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:37:02 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: New MacOS screen?
Apparently, "Jon Fullmer" said this:
>I'm just wondering if there is any way to alter the "MacOS" image that
>appears ... during startup on any system later than System 7.5.1.
Sure. Open the "System 7.5 Update" file with ResEdit/Resorceror and look
at the PICTs. You're interested in the following:
PICT ID -16501 - Small B&W MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16502 - Small greyscale MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16503 - Small color MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16504 - Large B&W MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16505 - Large greyscale MacOS splash screen
PICT ID -16506 - Large color MacOS splash screen
The small ones are 321x227 pixels, and are used on Plus/SE/Classic
screens and, I imagine, 12" monitors like those that came with the LC.
The large ones are 323x422 pixels.
I have no idea whether or not the exact size is significant, or whether
you can put in a PICT of arbitrary dimensions.
chazl
08.23.96
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:14:40 +0000
From: Greg Tomlinson
Subject: PhotoWorks Attachments
I have had no luck sending photoworks attachments to a friend who uses a
pc. He gets the file downloaded but can not open it. I have sent the
files
hqx,zip,sit and nothing works. I am using Eudora Light, on a Mac
Performa 575 , sending the
attachments as apple double. Is there something that I am doing wrong? I
can open his files sent to me ok. Please respond to
. Thanks in advance, this list has been a
lot
of help in the past. Greg
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:44:53 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: Quicktime VR Components for Netscape Navigator,v1.0.2
Am told I need it, but can't find it. Canm you help?
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:56:49 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: RAM and speed comparison
Hello fellow mac users
Just tought of giving you the adress of a great web site that I found for
comparing speed of different Mac models. This guy has done extensive
benchmarks comparison between models using or not L2 cache, using or not
VRAM, using or not speed doubler, ram doubler, virtual memory. I tought it
was great. With the RAM so low priced, I believe a number of us are
seriously thinking of adding RAM to the machine, so this guy comes in and
tells us if it's worth the money, as simple as that!!
here is the location: http://ng.netgate.net/%7Eengstrom/cc.html
web page is called: Macintosh/Clone comparison
I found the link at another wonderful site wich is called MacInTouch. Great
news on whatever is happening in the Mac world of ours. Actually I put it
as my opening page in Netscape. Get the news fresh everyday.
See you
Christian Parent
[email protected]
Frodo
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 17:55:13 -0700
From: Benjamin k Grossman
Subject: Startup Disk order
I apologize in advance if the answer to this is obvious, but...
I cannot get my C660av to boot off the internal HD anymore, if the external
HD (with System) is present.
Startup Disk control panel is set correctly.
System is 7.5.3rev2.
Startup Tuner extension is installed.
internal HD has been reformatted with HD SC Setup for 7.5.3rev2 and new
System installed on it.
internal HD is SCSI 0 as normal; external is SCSI 5.
system also boots from external in preference to CDROM if present
=============================================================
Benjamin k Grossman
[ work: Network Administrator/Lake Washington School District
[ work: [email protected]
( home: [email protected]
" In the meantime, the best $500 network computer is still a used Mac."
-Geoff Duncan
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 08:59:21 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: System 7.5.3 Revision 2 Creeping System Folder
I have been having the same problem with an expanding system 7.5.3.
Over the last two days it has gone from 10,400K of RAM to 11,800K. I made
no changes in c-devs or extensions, and my Netscape 3.0 caches to RAM disk.
Last night, I had to reboot (Netscape freeze...will those ever stop?), and
suddenly found my PowerMac 7100/66 was utterly crawling. When I checked the
"About this Macintosh," my system was eating over 13,000K! What's the story
here?
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 96 11:47:33 -0500
From: chaz
Subject: Using Apple Guide under System 7.1
[email protected] (Butch Weber (ext. 3107)) seems to have spake thusly:
>Help! I'm having problems using Apple Guide under system 7.1 (yes, I'm
>one of the, what is it, 40 or 60% who haven't upgraded to 7.5). I got
>the Apple Guide extension as well as the system 7.0/7.1 enabler, the Apple
>Guide icon shows up on my menu bar, but I still have balloon help showing
>up.
Well, I'm not sure what the problem is. Balloon help is still part of
Apple Guide.
Under 7.5.3, in the Finder, my help menu looks this:
About Apple Guide
--
Show Balloons
--
Macintosh Guide
Shortcuts
--
PowerTalk Guide
What does yours look like?
I would suspect that the problem is that you have the Apple Guide
extensions installed, but no actual Apple Guide files. In my Extensions
folder, I have the following Apple Guide files, which correspond to those
menu items:
About Apple Guide
Macintosh Guide
PowerTalk Guide
Shortcuts
If I remove any or all of them and restart, the corresponding items will
no longer be part of the Apple Guide menu.
As far as individual applications are concerned, they also must have
Apple Guide files installed in their folders in order to see them in the
Apple Guide menu. For example, Claris Emailer, which has no Apple Guide
files, has an Apple Guide menu that looks like:
About Balloon Help...
--
Show Balloons
--
While Fetch, which does have an Apple Guide file ["Fetch Help"] in its
folder, has an Apple Guide menu that looks like:
About Balloon Help...
--
Show Balloons
--
Fetch Help
Hope this helps.
chazl
08.23.96
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:45:08 -0700
From: "Adam C. Engst"
Subject: Why continue to Binhex?
At 1:59 PM -0600 8/21/96, Mike Miller wrote:
>> PC users do not binhex files. ... PC users use uuencode.
>
>Not entirely true. There is infact a binhex program for the PC, but people
>*don't bother to use it,* unless they have some sort of email transfer
>problem.
>It's not worth the time to do it unless there is a problem, why do it by
>default? This is probably why you haven't heard of it. UUencode is the same
>thing, I know people continue to use it, but I don't see it on the mainstream
>mirror PC sites.
There's a different issue here. PC files don't have multiple forks or
Finder information, and as a result, they don't need to be text encoded
unless they're going through a 7-bit gateway (and yes, they still do exist,
particularly for email). Thus, most PC files are just zipped, because
there's no need to encode further to protect the multiple file forks.
>Perhaps the stuffit format is not very reliable. Maybe we need a better
>internet archive format, something with the qualities of macbinary, group
>file compression, and CRC in one compact file, like .zip. Some kind of
>open internet standard.
I don't believe this is a real issue.
>*Practical Solution ?
>>However, if you really hate binhex, check out the document on info-mac
>>mirrors. There are one or two which keep files in MacBinary II, rather...
>
>Cool, I have confirmed this. This keeps the file size down, and I can have it
>delete the .bin files (grudgingly). Still not perfect, but I guess this
>is the
>best solution in the interim. The conversion from .bin to .sit to files is
>quicker. Cuts download time too. Still kind of confusing for a platform that
>prides itself on ease of use, though.
You MUST use either BinHex or MacBinary on Mac files because of the
multiple forks. Even uuencode will destroy a Mac file with multiple forks
because it doesn't preserve both. The only way around this would be to
store Mac files only on Macs - any other machine is asking for trouble, and
most of the mirror sites are running on Unix boxes.
MacBinary is definitely much more compact than BinHex and there's nothing
wrong with using it, but you can't avoid it (if you upload an .sea or .sit
file, Anarchie and Fetch try to change the name to add the .bin, but even
if you disable that feature in Fetch, say, the file is still a MacBinary
file). Upload as raw data in Fetch and you'll destroy the file...
cheers ... -Adam
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Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 07:02:05 -0600
From: Lauren Jones
Subject: Why I Won't Subscribe to MacWorld--EVER
When I bought my first Mac (a Plus) in 1986, there
was a checkbox on the registration for 3 free issues of
MacWorld. I checked it. Months rolled by--no
MacWorld. Then, they sent me solicitation after
solicitation: "Now that you've enjoyed your free
issues," how about coughing up some dough for a
subscription. After receiving several of these letters, I
photocopied one of them onto a piece of paper onto
which I wrote a letter to the signer explaining that I had
never received a free issue and, if I ever did, then I
might consider subscribing to MacWorld. Lo and
behold! An issue showed up! And another! And
another!
And then, a BILL for a 12-month subscription.
I photocopied my original letter to them, the bill, and
wrote a letter outlining the above. I CONTINUED to
receive bills with stronger and stronger wording to pay
up.
It gets better. Eventually I received a threatening letter
>From a COLLECTION AGENCY. Remember now, that
I had never requested a subscription; I was entitled to
3 free issues. So...I photocopied the now growing pile
of paper, including my copy of the original Mac Plus
registration form, annotated the copies, and wrote a
letter to the collection agency with a cc to the original
signer of all those solicitations from MacWorld stating
in no uncertain terms that if this harrassment didn't
stop immediately that the next letter to each of these
individuals, personally, would be from my lawyer.
Further, I put them on notice that I considered the
matter closed and would refuse any further
communication from either of them or their
representatives.
The End. No more bills, no more threatening letters.
And no more MacWorld for me.
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