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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 28 Sep 96 Volume 14 : Issue 222
Today's Topics:
[*] Afterlife saved game. Stage 2
[*] ALFRED - The Game 1.1b
[*] Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.3 Patch
[*] Breaker 1.0.0 - an arcade game
[*] Copland Icons Release II
[*] Deux nouvelles bibs pour OpenStack "Famille de boutons"
[*] Deux nouvelles bibs pour OpenStack "Jeux"
[*] GetCurOS XFCN 1.0
[*] GetQuickTime XFCN 1.0
[*] GetSIZE XFCN 3.0
[*] Internet ToolKit for 4D (ITK) v1.1.1 update/demo
[*] Kalaha v1.0
[*] Lexxicon French 1.4
[*] Lexxicon German 1.4
[*] ListProcesses XFCN 1.0
[*] Maelstrom Ska Sounds
[*] Mahjong 1.0.3 (board game)
[*] Notifier XCMD 1.0
[*] NumStringer XFCN 1.0
[*] OpenStack library "Buttons family"
[*] OpenStack library "Games objects"
[*] OPS Collection F-1.0.9
[*] phile-juggle-greyscreen
[*] Powerball v1.3
(Q) Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games?
7.5.5 update Problems
7.5.5 vs. copydoubler?
[A] Ethernet PCMCIA cards
[Q] budget creation of PDF files?
Adding a second monitor to my Q650
Clocks (Q)
Contribution
Creating a Bootable Disk Tools Disk
HD Optimizers...
Help! How do I network this 6100 to PCs?
Info-Mac Digest V14 #221
Libel (3 msgs)
Mac zip disk (2 msgs)
Memory addressing
My Global Ville Platinum
New York Postscript font needed (R)
persisting "connect to shared disk..." [Q,C,S]
scheduling programs?
System 7.5.5 conflict with Control Strip Menu 2.3.2
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:44 -0700
From: [email protected] (Romulo Romero)
Subject: [*] Afterlife saved game. Stage 2
Gretings all.
Here one of my ongoing efforts with the new Lucas Arts game Afterlife.
At this stage, there are over 100 million SOULs in both realms, and you
have plenty of cash. The technology level on the planet is Advanced Golf.
Please feel free to mail me any critiques or even this game at a more
advanced stage!
Have fun
Romulo Romero [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/afterlife-saved-game.hqx; 165K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:41 -0700
From: [email protected] (zed)
Subject: [*] ALFRED - The Game 1.1b
Its a simple b/w hypercard stack. You are a man in a jail and you must
break out. the navigation is similary as, for example, indiana jones.
Very bad is this game but very funny to watch it sometimes
Freeware
(c) Moritz Grund
G-ware Inc. 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/game/alfred-the-game-11b-hc-de.hqx; 194K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:57 -0700
From: [email protected] (Joel Klecker)
Subject: [*] Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.3 Patch
This is a patch for Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.3 that allows it to recognize
non-Apple drives. I threw it together in about 5 minutes using ResEdit,
ResCompare, and info from
.
I haven't tested this, so let me know if it doesn't work. If you don't
have HD SC Setup 7.3.5, you can get it from
or with System 7.5 Update 2.0. This patch may be distributed on the
info-mac CD-ROM.
Joel Klecker
Mac Fan? Check out EvangeList (http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/)
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/apple-hd-sc-setup-753-patch.hqx; 38K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:48 -0700
From: [email protected] (Tom Spreen)
Subject: [*] Breaker 1.0.0 - an arcade game
Breaker will play on ANY computer running the Mac OS. System 7.0 or
later is required. It looks and runs best in 8-bit colour, but it will
run in scaled-down black & white mode on really old Macs. Memory
requirements are light - 900 K minimum, 1.2 MB preferred.
Breaker is a lighthearted, original and addictive little arcade game
which has been described as a kind of cross between Centipede=81 and
Pac-Man=81. The playing field is dynamic - it's almost a living thing
which is ever changing and forcing you to keep your wits about you.
It's got cute colour graphics, fast & furious game play (things SPEED UP
as your score increases), and lots of funky, noisy little sounds.
You are OG, a chubby little creature with a backback. To move him
around, use the arrow keys or the keypad ("8" for up, "2" for down, "4"
for left, "6" for right.) You can also specify a custom keyboard setup.
To STOP the OG, press the spacebar (or any other unassigned key.)
Note: Consult the ONLINE HELP for an in-depth look at Breaker and how to
play.
Breaker is shareware. If you like the game, you're encouraged to
contribute $10.00 in US or Canadian funds. (Or, just send me your
comments!) Please let me know what version of Breaker you're running,
and what kind of system you're running it on. Write to this address:
Tom Spreen
e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Thanks, and enjoy the game!
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/breaker-10.hqx; 369K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:36 -0700
From: [email protected] (David Ordal)
Subject: [*] Copland Icons Release II
This is the second release of my popular "Copland System Icons" package,
which I created about a year ago. Like the original, this release is
designed to give you a taste of what the upcoming Copland operating
system will be like. It doesn't give you a complete Copland immersion
experience, as Aaron does, but it does provide a fast, easy and
trouble-free way to improve your Mac's interface.
If you've tried Aaron, and don't like the way it slows down your system,
then these icons are for you. If all you want is a little taste of
Copland, and not a full fledged "immersion experience", with all the
conflicts, problems and gotchas that provides, then this is what you need.
New features in this release include a brand new Installer-you no longer
have to fumble around with ResEdit. All the icons have also been updated
to be even more Coplandish, and a problem with the Apple Menu Options
Control Panel has been resolved. Lastly, these icons now have a web
page-see it at http://www.halcyon.com/ordal/copland/
These icons require System 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2 or 7.5.3 and may be freely
distributed.
Enjoy!
David Ordal
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/copland-icons-release-ii.hqx; 89K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:10 -0700
From: [email protected] (Harry Alloul)
Subject: [*] Deux nouvelles bibs pour OpenStack "Famille de boutons"
En francais maintenant (French Translation):
Deux nouvelles bibliotheques d'objets sont disponibles pour OpenStack
(d'autres viendront). La premiere est la bibliotheque "Famille de boutons"
qui permet d'installer des boutons de navigation dans vos piles. Les
boutons proposes sont de 6 styles differents. La seconde est la
bibliotheque "Jeux" qui vous permet de construire des jeux de plateaux tels
que les echecs, la marelle, les petits chevaux_ Tous les elements
necessaires sont fournis (de, pieces et plateaux).
Ces bibliotheque necessitent OpenStack pour fonctionner, vous pouvez
telecharger le logiciel ici:
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
Vous pouvez nous faire part de vos suggestions et remarques et faire
vos commentaires sur la nouvelle version d'OpenStack.
Certains commentaires seront mis sur le Web dans la zone pr=E9vue a cet
effet.
Si vous etes interesses par le developpement d'objets pour OpenStack
faites-le nous savoir. Nous etudions en ce moment la possibilite de
diffuser en shareware une version limitee du kit de developpement (ODK)...
Merci pour l'interet que vous portez a OpenStack,
Harry Alloul
Objective Software
mailto:[email protected]
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/openstack-buttons-family-fr.hqx; 79K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:15 -0700
From: [email protected] (Harry Alloul)
Subject: [*] Deux nouvelles bibs pour OpenStack "Jeux"
En francais maintenant (French Translation):
Deux nouvelles bibliotheques d'objets sont disponibles pour OpenStack
(d'autres viendront). La premiere est la bibliotheque "Famille de boutons"
qui permet d'installer des boutons de navigation dans vos piles. Les
boutons proposes sont de 6 styles differents. La seconde est la
bibliotheque "Jeux" qui vous permet de construire des jeux de plateaux tels
que les echecs, la marelle, les petits chevaux_ Tous les elements
necessaires sont fournis (de, pieces et plateaux).
Ces bibliotheque necessitent OpenStack pour fonctionner, vous pouvez
telecharger le logiciel ici:
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
Vous pouvez nous faire part de vos suggestions et remarques et faire
vos commentaires sur la nouvelle version d'OpenStack.
Certains commentaires seront mis sur le Web dans la zone pr=E9vue a cet
effet.
Si vous etes interesses par le developpement d'objets pour OpenStack
faites-le nous savoir. Nous etudions en ce moment la possibilite de
diffuser en shareware une version limitee du kit de developpement (ODK)...
Merci pour l'interet que vous portez a OpenStack,
Harry Alloul
Objective Software
mailto:[email protected]
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/openstack-games-objects-fr.hqx; 449K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:00 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] GetCurOS XFCN 1.0
GetCurOS takes no parameters. It returns the currently running OS
(either A/UX or MacOS).
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments we can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/get-cur-os-10-xfcn.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:02 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] GetQuickTime XFCN 1.0
GetQuickTime takes no parameters. It returns the version of QuickTime
that is in use if any. If version 1.6.1 of QuickTime is installed, the
function will return a value of 0161.
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments I can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/get-quick-time-10-xfcn.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:04 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] GetSIZE XFCN 3.0
GetSIZE takes one parameter, the pathname of the application to examine.
It returns two items, the current size of the application, and the
minimum size of the application. Size is reported in bytes.
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments we can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/get-size-30-xfcn.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:58 -0700
From: [email protected] (Christian Quest)
Subject: [*] Internet ToolKit for 4D (ITK) v1.1.1 update/demo
Here is version 1.1.1 of Internet ToolKit for 4D (best known as ITK) which
is now available for both Mac and Windows (95 and NT).
As usual, updated documentation can be found on ITK's Web server.
For general information about Internet ToolKit check ITK's homepage at:
http://www.jca.fr/jca/itk/
You can also have a look at some demonstrations made with ITK at:
http://www.jca.fr/jca/itk/demo/
What is Internet ToolKit for 4D ?
=================================
ITK is an 4D external package that provides full TCP and UDP support
directly inside 4D's language plus a lot of other useful routines to
encode/decode data into Internet standards (HTML, ISO, URL, etc)...
What can you do with Internet ToolKit ?
=======================================
In a few words, any kind of internet client or server application (email,
ftp, www, dns, gopher, news, etc) because ITK offers a low level access to
TCP/IP and UDP. ITK transforms 4D into real server, not just a CGI.
What are the main features of Internet ToolKit ?
================================================
ITK gives the developpers easy access to the following:
- access to low-level TCP/IP and UDP using MacTCP,
- access to DNS (name to IP and IP to name),
- control the state of MacPPP (to open or close PPP connection),
- access to Internet Config preferences (get or set preferences),
- utility features to convert text to or from HTML encoding, MacBinary,
BinHex, URL encoding and ISO 8859-1 encoding, RFC date conversion,
- picture related routines to convert and send pictures (JPEG and GIF),
- some goodies like StopWatch routines and inter process communication
(message FIFO),
- ready-to-use examples for SMTP, POP3, HTTP, FTP...
ITK is a commercial product distributed by JCA Telematique directly through
the Internet. For North America, ITK is distributed by Foresight Inc
(http://www.fsti.com/) and in Switzerland by AJAR AG (http://www.ajar.ch/).
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/db/a4d/ext/internet-toolkit-111-demo.hqx; 215K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:47 -0700
From: [email protected] (Joachim Kulla)
Subject: [*] Kalaha v1.0
Kalaha v1.0 is a board game based on a 7000 years old game from Egypt.
It's easy to learn and very addictive. This game is $10 shareware.
Requirements: This game requires a Macintosh with about 800 free Kbytes of
RAM and System 7 or better. This game is a FAT binary so it should work on
both PowerMacs and on some older Macs.
This binary may be included on the commercially available CD-ROM of the
archives.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/kalaha-10.hqx; 373K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:56 -0700
From: (Scott Barnham)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Lexxicon French 1.4
Lexxicon French is a database of French vocabulary intended to teach
introductory/high-school level French.
It is actually distributed in two forms. One is a ClarisWorks database.
The other is a tab-delimited text file; suitable for importing into any
database.
Freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lexxicon-14-fr.hqx; 156K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:54 -0700
From: (Scott Barnham)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Lexxicon German 1.4
Lexxicon German is a database of German vocabulary intended to teach
introductory/high-school level German.
It is actually distributed in two forms. One is a ClarisWorks database.
The other is a tab-delimited text file; suitable for importing into any
database.
Freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lexxicon-14-de.hqx; 111K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:05 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] ListProcesses XFCN 1.0
ListProcesses takes no parameters. It returns the name of the process,
and the amount of memory (in bytes) that process is using.
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments we can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/list-processes-10-xfcn.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:51 -0700
From: [email protected] (Colin Sevareid)
Subject: [*] Maelstrom Ska Sounds
Hey all you rudeboys and rudegirls out there in Macintosh-land!
This is a sound file I created for the shareware game "Maelstrom" from
Ambrosia Software. I replaced every sound from the original game with
sound clips from my favorite Ska CDs. Featured artists include: The
Specials, Let's Go Bowling, and the Voodoo Glow Skulls, among others. For
more info, download it!
If you don't know what ska is, it's a type of Jamaican dance music
which was the predecessor of reggae, and it is becoming popular again on
the punk rock scene (who knew?). For something more informative, check out
the newsgroup alt.music.ska and you should read the Ska FAQ at:
One last note: You should increase Maelstrom's memory a bit from it's
original settings because this is a much larger sound file than the
original. Around 5000k is probably plenty, but I could be wrong, so it
wouldn't hurt to set the preferred size to as large as you can.
Enjoy,
Reverend Eleven
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/maelstrom-ska-sounds.hqx; 1004K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:42 -0700
From: [email protected] (Ingemar Ragnemalm)
Subject: [*] Mahjong 1.0.3 (board game)
How about the *best* Mah-Jong game for the Mac? I think it is this
one, Mahjong by Matti Larborn. As far as I can tell, this great little
board game is not available from Info-Mac and UMich, so here it is.
This is real Mah-Jong for four players (not the completely different
solitaire game Shanghai). It uses the chinese rules, where all pay to
the winner rather than just the player who plays the tile that completed
the Mah-Jong. There are some other differences as well.
This is shareware, 60 crowns (about $10). (Send nothing to me, I am just
a happy user of the game. Matti's address and E-mail are in the enclosed
docs.)
A color Mac is recommended. Mahjong is written to support older Macs
as well, but I had some problems last time I tried it on my SE. Matti
is working it.
When claiming this to be the best MahJong for the Mac, I compare it to
the other *freely distributable* games available: MacJong (old and buggy)
and JongBo (good but only two players). Commercial games (if there are
any) are not considered.
This is the INTERNATIONAL version, in english. A swedish version can be
found on ftp://ftp.ludd.luth.se/pub/mac/games/board/, which is also the
place where Matti uploads new versions. I am also making it available from
my local ftp archive, ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/mac/games/.
/Ingemar
[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/mahjong-103.hqx; 176K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:07 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] Notifier XCMD 1.0
Notifier takes no parameters. When called, it puts a flashing sicn in
the application menu, and marks the application with a diamond, if the
calling application is in the background. If the calling application is
in the foreground, nothing happens. This is useful for long scripts to
let the user switch out of HyperCard and work on something else, but
then let them know when HyperCard is ready to interact again.
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments we can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/notifier-10-xcmd.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:09 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jeffrey D. Iverson)
Subject: [*] NumStringer XFCN 1.0
NumStringer is a function that takes two parameters. The first parameter
is a number that will be operated on. The second parameter is the number
of digits that the first number should occupy. If the first parameter
has fewer digits than the second parameter, the result will be the first
parameter padded with leading zeros to fill all the digits. If the first
parameter has more digits than the second parameter, the result will be
the first parameter. I've found this useful in applications where I
needed to serialize a set of documents and could simply append a number,
and still keep them in order.
Examples
NumStringer(999,4) -> 0999
NumStringer(1234,4) -> 1234
"Doc#" & NumStringer(99,3) -> Doc#099
Click on and/or examine the script of the button above to see how it
works!
This external is free for purely personal use. A license fee of $10.00
is required if you use this external in any "in-house" corporate,
shareware or freeware products. The license fee for unlimited commercial
use in a SINGLE "for sale" product is $25.00. The license fee for
unlimited commercial use with MULTIPLE products is $100.00.
Permission is hereby granted to all groups who distribute demo software,
either for profit (such as EduCorp) or not for profit (such as a
Macintosh Users Group), to include this file in their collection. My
goal is to get as much exposure for my products as possible, and I
believe that these groups offer an invaluable service to shareware
publishers like myself.
If you have questions or comments we can be reached through the
following:
Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355
522 Record St. [email protected]
Mankato MN 56001-2546 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/num-stringer-10-xfcn.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:12 -0700
From: [email protected] (Harry Alloul)
Subject: [*] OpenStack library "Buttons family"
Two new libraries for OpenStack are available (some others will come soon).
The first one is the "Buttons family" library that allows you to install
navigation buttons in your stacks. The buttons are provided in 6 different
styles. The second one is the "Games objects" library that allows you to
build board games like chess, little horses_ All the needed pieces are
provided (dice, checks, boards).
Theese libraries are free! Try it NOW!
This libs need OpenStack to work, you download it at this address:
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
You can make your suggestions, remarks or comments on the new version
of OpenStack. Some comments will be placed in our web pages.
If you're interested in developing objects for OpenStack, let us know
it. We're thinking about the release of a limited version of the
development kit.
Thanks for your interest in OpenStack,
Harry Alloul
Objective Software
mailto:[email protected]
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/openstack-buttons-family.hqx; 75K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:17 -0700
From: [email protected] (Harry Alloul)
Subject: [*] OpenStack library "Games objects"
Two new libraries for OpenStack are available (some others will come soon).
The first one is the "Buttons family" library that allows you to install
navigation buttons in your stacks. The buttons are provided in 6 different
styles. The second one is the "Games objects" library that allows you to
build board games like chess, little horses_ All the needed pieces are
provided (dice, checks, boards).
Theese libraries are free! Try it NOW!
This libs need OpenStack to work, you download it at this address:
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
You can make your suggestions, remarks or comments on the new version
of OpenStack. Some comments will be placed in our web pages.
If you're interested in developing objects for OpenStack, let us know
it. We're thinking about the release of a limited version of the
development kit.
Thanks for your interest in OpenStack,
Harry Alloul
Objective Software
mailto:[email protected]
OpenStack WEB: http://www.netinfo.fr/objectivesw/
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/openstack-games-objects.hqx; 449K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:33:14 -0700
From: [email protected] (Eric Miclo)
Subject: [*] OPS Collection F-1.0.9
This is a set of more than 70 objects to be used with OpenStack.
You'll find objects classified in different folders like ready-made
buttons and fields, tools for buttons, fields, cards, stacks, tools for
scripting.
OpenStack is a software made by Harry Alloul that enables the
installation of elements like buttons, scripts, images by drag & drop in
HyperCard stacks.
Version 1.1 allows you even to colorize your stacks without using the
tools provided with the complete version of
HyperCard and in a more powerfull an easy way.
Note: this set of OpenStack objects is the french version.
A US version will perhaps be provided.
ErIC
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/openstack-collection-109-fr.hqx; 839K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:45 -0700
From: [email protected] (zed)
Subject: [*] phile-juggle-greyscreen
Do you use the Phile Juggler? And you like it?
Do you use Aaron? And you like it too? But when you use aaron the phile
juggler looks terrible: this patch changes the color resources of the
phile juggler to grey for aaron.
Try it!
Freeware
(c) Moritz Grund
G-ware Inc. 1996
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/phile-juggler-grey-screen.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:32:52 -0700
From: [email protected] (Wolfgang Weber)
Subject: [*] Powerball v1.3
Powerball is a breakout type game for Macintosh Computers.
It offers you fast, smooth animation, nice 256 color graphics,
music, sound and plenty of fun during game play. Check it out!
This unregistered version includes 5 levels.
Decompress with Stuffit Expander.
Demo w/features disabled; Requires 68020; Sys. 7; color
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/powerball-13.hqx; 649K]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 08:29:10 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians)
Subject: (Q) Source for recommendations of shareware Mac games?
I don't play computer games myself, but I am often in the position of
trying to recommend shareware and freeware games for folks who do. Is there
an online source, perhaps a Web page, which lists the "best" games or
reviews them? I am not interested in information on wholly commercial
games, just downloadable ones.
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:50:36 -0500
From: Stephen Thompson
Subject: 7.5.5 update Problems
7.5.5 update Problems
I updated three Macintosh LC580's at my school with the 7.5.5 update.
Everything worked fine until I got to the third computer. The last computer
seemed to update normally but now it freezes every time I try to eject a CD.
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:28:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David P. Baker"
Subject: 7.5.5 vs. copydoubler?
hi. i was recently forced to install 7.5.5 (scary skull-and-crossbones when
running techtool) (i was meaning to do it anyway) and now copydoubler 2.0.6
doesn't work--no error, just doesn't run when copying or emptying
trash. anyone else run into this? is there a new version or a workaround?
--
-+- David P. Baker * [email protected] * http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~dpb/ -+-
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 16:47:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: [A] Ethernet PCMCIA cards
Erik M Hjelle wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone has had experience with PC Cards for ethernet
> and if any brand sticks out as being of exceptional quality.
Erik,
Here is a reply made recently to an inquirey on a Mac networking list:
> Has anyone else had any problems with Dayna cards/software?
My grandmother always said, "If you can't say something nice about
someone, then don't say anything at all." But since you asked:
We have two different, *expensive* Dayna PC (PCMCIA) cards for some
Powerbook 5300's: A 28.8 fax/modem, and a combination 28.8 fax/modem and
10baseT Ethernet card.
Both modems have been troublesome enough that we haven't even bothered to
try the Ethernet facilities of the latter card. It seems that, when told
of our difficulties, Dayna's first response was that "It is not our
problem," and after we replied with specific evidence that it *was*
indeed their problem, they just shut up altogether.
This was nearly two months ago, and no further response has been received
>From Dayna (notwithstanding that we spent nearly $700 on their products).
Needless to say, in the future we will go elsewhere for our Mac cards.
Mark E. Ingram
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:11:43 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: [Q] budget creation of PDF files?
I have a question about creating PDF files. As far as I know PDF files can
only be created using commercial software from Adobe (Acrobat)? Does anyone
of the Info-Mac readers know if there are other ways of making PDF files
that can be read by the Adobe Acrobat Reader? Freeware, shareware, plug-ins
or any sort of "home made" technique?
TIA,
Thomas
________________________
[email protected]
http://www.roundhouse.se
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:42:48 -0400
From: Saeed Khan
Subject: Adding a second monitor to my Q650
Hello,
I want to add a second monitor to my Quadra 650.
I currently have a 20 inch Greyscale monitor. I want
to add a small color monitor. (I have a spare
Apple 14in Color Plus Display sitting around).
My understanding is that all I need is a video
card and I should be able to plug in my second monitor.
I called Apple (Canada) technical support, to confirm
this and they they were not very helpful. They
actually suggested I call Radius.
Radius was very helpful and wanted to sell me an
8 bit NuBus card for $599 US!!!!!!!
I did a search at DejaNews before posting this but
was unable to find any info.
Can anyone give me info on what I need to do to
add a second monitor, and possibly a supplier
of video cards that isn't interesting in
emptying my bank account.
Thanks in advance.
Saeed Khan
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:07:17 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Clocks (Q)
Dear Digest reader,
I am looking for a freeware clock program that stays on top all the time no
matter what application I am in. I've tried MBarClock, Attoclock, and
SuperClock (also part of System 7.5), and all have a tendency to make my
system more unstable. I am running System 7.5.5 PowerMac 7200. If
anybody is aware of a clock program that stays up no matter what
application one is in, please let me know where I can find it. It should
show at least hours and minutes, and have a built in alarm that beeps at a
specific time. Please e-mail your replies to the address below.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
-------
Check out my web page at http://www.bayserve.net/~abrody
Suggestions appreciated.
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 16:10:32 +1000 (EST)
From: dagger
Subject: Contribution
In responce to all the people who are having trouble using background
printing under 7.5.5, I had the same problem while printing with my
StyleWrite on my LCII 6/1gb and I found that it works just find if you
increase the ram allocation of the printmonitor application ( in your
Extensions Folder ), as this controls all background printing. I gave it
an extra 100k and it works fine...
Hope this helps anyone.
dagger, [email protected]
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 12:06:02 PST
From: "Eric Schweitzer"
Subject: Creating a Bootable Disk Tools Disk
Salutations,
While on the road with my PowerBook, I realized I should have a
bootable Disk Tools floppy disk with me at all times. (For the
record, the incident was my own fault.) Locating a Disk Tools Disk
should be simple, but is not.
My PowerBook 520 came with System 7.1 installed, an installer for
System 7.5 on the hard disk, and no floppy disks. There is a Disk
Tools folder within the System 7.5 installation folder which
contains only the HFS Setup and Disk First Aid applications; no
System nor Finder. Of course, the System, Finder, and Enablers are
much too large to fit on a floppy disk.
To further complicate the issue, I have just upgraded the
PowerBook to a PowerPC processor and have installed System 7.5.3
Revision 2. A System CD-ROM came with the upgrade and has disk
images for (updating to?) System 7.5.2. None of these disk images
is Disk Tools.
Can I create a bootable Disk Tools disk with what I have? If so,
how? Do I need to find a Disk Tools Disk for the PowerBook 5300/
2300/190 and use that? I would appreciate any assistance.
-Eric Schweitzer
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:18:22 -0800
From: [email protected] (JonYo)
Subject: HD Optimizers...
Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
be good!), to defragment one's hard drive? I have a PowerMac 7500/100 with
a 1 gigabyte drive, and with about 9 months of ownership in which time
countless netscape cache files have come and gone, as well as countless
graphic and sound files, I'm thinking that my HD needs a little help. The
last time I even SAW a program to do this was on my friend's old 386
running DOS at least 6 years ago. Does something like this exist for the
Mac? I've looked a lot, and I haven't seen anything. Thanks...
- JonYo ([email protected])
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:14:45 -0400
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: Help! How do I network this 6100 to PCs?
How the #$^%#%$^%@^$#@^ do I get my 6100/60 to link up to an existing
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 network and access the shared FileMaker Pro
(2.1) database as one of many clients?
SoftWindows 1.0 will let me join the network and open the file but it
won't let me share the file and if someone else is already in it I can't
get in because FileMaker under SoftWin1 is clueless that I'm on a WFW
network and won't enable file sharing.
I got a good deal on a DOS card but I've been told that the DOS cards of
the 6100 PowerMac vintage don't support NetBEUI protocol which is what
Windows for Workgroups is. Works fine for Novell. Hell, if the boss
could be conned into installing Novell, why would I need a $#@%#%$#%#$
DOS card? Novell supports Mac by itself! But that ain't gonna happen.
Whatever does happen happens out of MY pocket. And I gather that Novell
is EXPEN$IVE.
Then there's Personal MacLan Connect. Assuming I can get my hands on
the older version that still supports Windows 3.11 and not merely
Windows95, how can I find out whether or not Claris FileMaker Pro 2.1
will allow file sharing when the Mac in question knows it is running
AppleTalk as its network even as the Windows machine, which has an
AppleTalk stack installed upon it but which has been fooled by Personal
MacLan Connect into thinking it is merely running Windows for
Workgroups, is telling FileMaker 2.1 for Windows that its network is a
NetBEUI protocol network? If Personal MacLan Connect will let me open
the file but not at the same time that the PCs have the same file open,
it will get me no further than where I already am.
The only solution that definitely 100% works is SoftWindows 3.0 with
Windows for Workgroups added on. This might be a wonderful solution if
I had a PowerTower 225 MHz 604e box but on my 6100 it takes all day to
open the database and it loses the essential connection if I leave the
emulated PC environment.
I tend to think that either Personal MacLan or a DOS card would do it
but I'll be damned if I'll put money into either before someone tells me
it will definitely work!!!!!!!
-Allan Hunter
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 01:44:10 -0700
From: [email protected] (Tom Herbertson)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #221
> Iomega promises 100Mb per disk. But mac formatted zip disks are at an
> average of 95Mb only, are we short changed? Curious about the answer if
> anyone has it.
Marketers and engineers count "Mb" differently. To an engineer, 1 MB =
1,048,576 bytes (2 to the 20th power). Multiply that by the 95 you see and
you get 99,614,720, which when rounded to the nearest million comes out to
be 100 Megabytes, a more attractive number for marketing purposes.
The ambiguity of "Mb" makes both figures correct.
--
Tom Herbertson Laguna Niguel CA USA Personal opinions only
mailto:[email protected] http://users.deltanet.com/users/tomh (NEW)
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 21:13:10 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Libel
[email protected] wrote:
>My name is Carl Huben, and I am writing you to express my dismay at your
>irresponsible editorial practices.
>
>In a previous issue of the info-mac digest, you printed Hannes Hofer's
>ludicrous and unsubstantiated claim that my Macintosh shareware program,
>Digital Equalizer 2.0, permanently damaged his computer. Anyone with a solid
>understanding of Macintosh computers knows that software can absolutely not
>cause the problem he describes. It was irresponsible of you to publish this
[etc.]
Your rebuttal DID appear in the info-mac digest #217, on September 24th.
There were only two digests between the date your wrote the message and the
date it appeared. You apparently are suffering from the delusion that
email is instantaneous. It isn't. Messages can be delayed by hours or
days, or even disappear altogether. And if you were a regular subscriber
to info-mac, you'd have noticed that info-mac often falls behind on
processing of messages that they've received, and it takes a while for them
to clear up the backlog.
Hannes Hofer's message in info-mac digest #207, on September 11th, did NOT
claim that your software had damaged his computer. His message implied
that he had originally thought this _might_ be the case, but he also said
you had told him it wasn't possible. He didn't say (publicly, anyway)
whether he believed you or not. He needed help to solve his problem, and
in order to get help he had to provide all the facts, which he did. The
software he was running at the time of the crash may not be relevant, but
it was better for him to mention it so that other more knowledgable people
could judge whether it was relevant.
As for your own claims, anyone with a solid understanding of computers
knows that software _can_ cause the sort of problems that Hannes described.
All the software has to do is crash while it or some other process is doing
disk i/o, and bingo! there's damage to a file or to the directory
information on the hard disk. It might not happen very often, but it
_does_ happen.
Now, I'm not saying that your software did cause Hannes' problem. I'm just
pointing out that it is _possible_ that it might have, even if only
indirectly; and that Hannes did _not_ make any accusations against you in
info-mac.
As for Allan M. Bloom's message (in response to Hannes' query), in which he
called your software a "piece of used food": Yes, his criticism was
excessive since, as far as I could tell from his message, he had only tried
running the program once, and he apparently did not attempt to check for
system conflicts, nor did he say what extensions he is using. (If he _did_
do more extensive testing, he should've said so -- it would've lent greater
credibility to his criticism.)
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:10:49 +0900
From: [email protected] (Christopher Li)
Subject: Libel
> I seriously doubt that one letter from
> some guy is really going to damage your reputation as a programmer, and
> let's face it, not many people profit from the shareware trade. Am I
> right on this, the rest of you shareware authors? A study a few years ago
> is there any body who can back me up on this, my memory is fuzzy) found
> that maybe 1 in 100 folks pays a shareware fee for shareware they use, so
> I seriously doubt you are making serious money programming shareware.
I suppose that would depend upon the shareware! Personally, I make my
living and support my wife and daughter entirely from shareware fees, and
even if they may not rely on shareware for their main source of income I am
aware that many shareware developers nevertheless depend upon that income
to support their incomes. Since most shareware is distributed online, a
shareware developer's online reputation can be very important.
> In fact, I propose that the readers of the digest vote on whether
> so-called "used fruit" software which has generated an abundance of
> complaints be removed from the archives; thus, the moderators are recused
> of any legal action.
Why? I mean - it's hardly been established that the software in question
was responsible for the problem in the first place, and secondly, if you
can exclude software from the archive then that sort of destroys the
essence of an open forum, doesn't it? Who would moderate this vote, the
people at info-mac? Aren't they backed up enough already? It might be a
different case if there were some basis to believe that the software was
developed with a malicious or illegal intent (like a virus), but in this
case it seems that that the problem has not even been clearly substantiated
(most of this thread came about over _two_ complaints, right?).
> One man's meat is another man's poison. Some people lean towards
> a dry, strictly factual style. Other people prefer a more.. rhetorical
> style. Personally, I find Al Bloom's posts - including the one you
> refer to - both informative _and_ entertaining. You pays your money (or
> you don't, in the case of Info-Mac) and you take your choice.
I didn't say that the discussion need be dry and factual, just that it
ought to be discussed in a reasonable manner. Sure, Morton Downey is
funnier than Dan Rather, but maybe not if his invective is directed at you
personally (and if it costs you money). Basically, I wanted to make two
points:
1) That because something is permissable does not necessarily mean that it
is desirable. Freedom of speech on Info-mac is to be desired and
protected, but it does not necessarily follow that because all speech is
protected that all speech is good. Although certain speech may be
allowable (and even funny), I personally feel that a line should be drawn
where it damages an individual unnecessarily. Please not that I do not
mean that there should be guidelines for "acceptable speech", but just that
people should be aware when to restrain themselves. This is especially
important online, where most communication is essentially anonymous.
2) That the response should be appropriate to the situation. You don't
deal with a problem with the teenager who overcharges for mowing your lawn
in the same way that you would deal with a major corporation that had
defrauded you. The scale and the response are on different levels. With
shareware you have the possibility of conducting a discussion with the
author in an online open forum, try getting a VERY LARGE software company
to do that with you! That's why the response should be different.
> Tough. That's the way the world works. Good products get praised.
> Sad products get slated. If you don't want to get slated, produce a
> better product. I know of no reason why shareware developers should
> be exempt from the workings of the market.
That's true, but that doesn't mean that people should be nasty about it.
> In fact, software authors
> should be encouraging as _much_ critical feedback as they can get, so
> they can fix their products and produce software the user actually
> wants.
See the above. I completely agree that critical feedback is important (all
those unsuspecting beta-testers...
), my only point was that it couldhave been done in a more constructive manner.
> It's indicative of the author's professionalism and the overall
> quality of the product. Given your inability to see its relevance,
> I'm not surprised you worry about people discussing _your_ products
> in public.
I'm sorry, when did I say that people shouldn't discuss products in public?
I had thought that my argument was with the tone and manner of the
discussion. Could we possibly leave personal attacks out of this? All my
products are available for downloading from Info-Mac and
. I am willing at any time to
discuss any of these products in either a public or private forum.
> And given that there _are_ spell checkers (and even things printed on
> paper called dictionaries) the only excuse an author can have for such
> mistakes is a sloppy attitude to his product and a lack of professionalism
> in his work. You may think that's acceptable in the products you turn
> out. I don't think it's acceptable in the products that I want to buy.
That's true, but the spelling error in question was "do" over "does" - one
that would not be picked up by an average spell-checker. Also, it was a
major point in the discussion when it had little to do with whether the
software in question had actually caused the problem or not. In fact, it
was part of a personal attack on the author, which is why I objected to it.
*N.B. The above is NOT spell checked
!!!Christopher Li
Bridge 1 Software
English to Japanese Shareware Localization and Management
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 00:19:23 -0700
From: "Michael S. White"
Subject: libel
Hello Involved Parties:
Before making making threats of a lawsuit for libel, which in itself can be
considered assault, do what the courts would do for something that, in all
reality,
is rather trivial. MEDIATE!
Unfortunately, our court system (U.S. court system) is already filled with
useless
lawsuits and claims. We as responsible citizens, regardless of national origin,
need to be just that, responsible. Let's do every taxpayer a favor, keep it out
of
the courts. Governments waste enough money as it is!
In now way whatsoever am I making any effort to place blame or make
allegations to either party for the events that had transpired with the
software
transaction or use. I would not be able to as I did not get the whole story.
However, when I suddenly read something from a digest community, where the
members are traditionally highly courteous to one another, that one member
wants to bring up a lawsuit against another member and the community as a
whole, I become greatly enraged. Should I bring about a lawsuit for suddenly
being exposed to a "traumatic" experience that causes minimal psychological
damage? I do not think so. That would be ludicrous!
Michael S. White
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:40:46 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: Mac zip disk
khoon wrote:
>Iomega promises 100Mb per disk. But mac formatted zip disks are at an
>average of 95Mb only, are we short changed? Curious about the answer if
>anyone has it. Thank you
No, they're not short-changing us, they're just following age-old
tradition. All the other drive manufacturers do the same thing. I believe
that they're using the literal meaning of "megabyte", where "mega" means
"million". When I check my drive using SCSIInfo, it says a ZIP cartridge
has a capacity of 98304 K (divided into 196608 sectors of 512 bytes each),
or 100,663,296 bytes -- slightly more than 100 million bytes. So the "100
MB" claim is technically correct.
The source of the confusion is in conflicting definitions of "megabyte".
The "mega" prefix literally means "million", so a megabyte is really one
million bytes. However, computer memory chips are manufactured with
capacities that are powers of two, and the closest they come to one million
bytes is 1048576; we call this 1 megabyte because it allows us to avoid
using tedious fractions and measure RAM sizes precisely -- otherwise we'd
be talking about computers with 16.77 megabytes of memory instead of 16
megabytes.
Disk drives, on the other hand, aren't restricted to power-of-two
capacities, so there's never been a need to use "mega" to mean anything
other than "million". In fact, when MS-DOS reports file sizes, it uses the
definition of 1 MB = 1024000 bytes (1000 KB). That's why a 3.5"
high-density floppy is popularly referred to as a 1.44MB floppy, though it
has a capacity of 1440 KB (minus the space used by the operating system for
the disk catalog etc.)
It's a bit like the way TV and monitor manufacturers have advertised their
screen sizes for decades. The stated size refers to the physical size of
the picture tube (measured diagonally), _not_ the size of the viewable
image area. But the average consumer is ignorant of this fact, so lately
companies have started giving the viewable image size in their technical
specs, while still using the traditional method of labelling their monitors
for convenience.
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 14:42:57 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: Mac zip disk
At 10:32 PM +0800 9/27/96, [email protected] wrote:
>Iomega promises 100Mb per disk. But mac formatted zip disks are at an
>average of 95Mb only, are we short changed? Curious about the answer if
>anyone has it. Thank you
Welcome to the world of marketing.
You may want to take out a ruler and measure the size of your '14" monitor'
[or 15", or whatever].
Hard disks are commonly marketed by raw, unformatted size. For example, my
boot disk is a Quantum 540Mb disk. The formatted size is closer to 510Mb.
Zip and Syquest disks are no different.
chazl
09.27.96
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Florin Neumann
Subject: Memory addressing
> Re: Info-Mac Digest V14 #215
Beginning a post with an informative subject line is a basic act of
courtesy. Obviously, some people don't realize that.
> The Modern Memory Manager (in the Memory CDEV) is responsible for 32bit
> Ram addressing (I suppose that's what you meant?) Turn it off and you
> have 16bit again.
Pure, unadulterated, ineffable rubbish.
(1) There never, ever, was 16-bit memory addressing on the Mac. Cf.
article "System 7: 32-Bit Addressing" from Apple's TIL.
The original Macintoshes shipped with the 68000
microprocessor. While this CPU is capable of doing 32 bit
operations, it has only 24 bit addressing capability.
(2) The MMM is not "responsible for 32bit Ram addressing" and never was.
Cf. article "Modern Memory Manager: Frequently Asked Questions" from
Apple's TIL.
The Modern Memory Manager is a completely rewritten native
version of the previous Memory Management code found in
operating systems previous to System 7.1.1. It offers better
performance than the previous 680x0 assembly code because it
runs in the native PowerPC environment. In addition,
performance enhancements were made by significantly improving
the heap management algorithms.
> Nice little feature: If you turn it off your Mac won't be able to access
> more than 16Mb of Ram (or something like that, I don't want to check out
> how much exactely because that would mean a restart) So if you have more
> installed you can't use it.
Under 24-bit memory addressing only 8MB of RAM can be accessed
effectively. Why? Again, cf. article "System 7: 32-Bit Addressing" from
Apple's TIL.
While [the Motorla 68000 CPU] is capable of doing 32 bit
operations, it has only 24 bit addressing capability. Which
limits a 68000-based computer to 16,777,216 bytes of address
range. When the Macintosh II came out with the 68020 which has
full 32 bit addressing capabilities, the possible address
range was increased to 4,294,967,296 bytes.
Now you're probably wondering why you can only access 8MB in
24 bit mode. The truth is you can access 16mb, but only 8mb is
available for user data. The other 8 is used for hardware
vectors, NuBus slots, SCSI buffers etc.
While older Macs can work in 24-bit memory addressing, PowerMacs can
work only in 32-bit memory addressing, Modern Memory Manager on or off.
That means that non-32-bit clean apps will crash on PowerMacs. Why?
Again, Apple's TIL has a clearly worded answer.
[...T]he 68000 [...] stores 32 bits of information for each memory
address, but [...] only the first 24 bits actually count. This
of course means that 8 bits are wasted.
[...] The original designers of the Macintosh OS decided to use
the last three of the unused bits in a 32 bit memory address
to indicate whether a block of memory can move, be purged or
if the block contains a resource item.
Setting these three magic bits are at the discretion of the
programmer. The Macintosh Operating System provides the
programmer with the appropriate routines to set these bits
[...but] using the Operating System routines to set these bits
is quite inefficient when it comes to speed. Therefore, prior
the introduction of System 7, some creative programmers with a
need for speed, took it upon themselves to set these bits in
the memory block's addresses directly [...].
When System 7 was introduced, the Memory manager portion of
the Macintosh Operating system was modified extensively to
support full 32 bit addressing. The Memory Manager no longer
stores the movable, purgeable, or resource flags in the last
three bits of the memory block's address [...].
The fundamental problem with setting the upper 8 bits of the
address directly is that with System 7 all 32 bits of
information are used for addressing. Changing the value of any
of the 8 bits changes the address of the block of memory.
So what happens if 'dirty' software (i.e., software that sets the upper
8 bits of a RAM address directly for its own purposes) is run on a
PowerMac? By changing the value of those bits the software modifies,
unintentionally, the memory block's address. Then either the Mac will
try to access RAM that doesn't physically exist, in which case it will
fail with a Type 1 error (Bus Error), or it will access RAM that does
exist physically but contains data irrelevant to what the software is
attempting to do, which will cause it to crash with various errors.
My question is this: why do some people post to info-mac erroneous and
misleading information, when the correct data is so easily obtainable
>From the internet or other sources?
FN
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:18:27 -0800
From: [email protected] (JonYo)
Subject: My Global Ville Platinum
I have a Global Vollage Platinum Modem for about 2 weeks and I've had this
smallsmallsmall problem with it. In the control panel "teleport" for it,
there's an option for the volume of the modem's speaker. If you try to put
it at the "off" setting, it doesn't turn off. It's still pretty loud
actually. I dial out with FreePPP 2.5v2, if that might be the culprit.
Then again, it's still on and loud with the faxing software that came with
it as well. It's not a tremendous problem, but late at night when I'm the
only one up, it's loud. Any help regarding this would be appreciated...
- JonYo ([email protected])
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:53:50 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: New York Postscript font needed (R)
Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I need to find a postscript version of the New York font found on
> every mac. I specifically need New York becase it is a monospaced font
> of the
>
> New York is to my knowledge not available as PostScript. I addition, it
> is NOT a monospaced font - probably with exception of the numbers (but
> the same applies to Helvetica).
It is NOT a mono-spaced font. But it IS available as TrueType. It can be
converted to PostScript via FontMonger or equivalent.
I scanned it for copyright notices and couldn't find any; however, the
version resource says "System Software 7", so I suppose you could
legitimately convert it if you're a licensed user of System 7.
Cheers,
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 23:08:38 +0200
From: [email protected] (E C Hoenkamp, NICI.home)
Subject: persisting "connect to shared disk..." [Q,C,S]
Recently, I asked for help to remove the 'connect to shared disk...'
message on startup, when there is no hard disk, and no network. First of,
my thanks for you helpful people out there in netland: Hartmut, Matt, Chaz,
Michael, Mark, Joan, and Norman. Alas, none of your solutions worked: -
remove AppleShare Prep - remove AppleTalk Preference - remove alias in
Startup Folder - go to the chooser, and uncheck the options that appear in
the connect box for the shared disk.
The problem is that I must have connected my Powerbook to a shared disk
while on the road. At home I am not connected to a network. Opening the
chooser etc. did not work either. (Nor did rebuilding the desktop).
The symptoms again: the message 'connect to shared disk...' appears at
startup, whatever choices I make there, the message disappears. It comes
back again, and after pressing 'cancel' or 'ok' it disappears.
TIA for suggestions not already mentioned above, yrs, Edward.
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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 07:09:18 -0700
From: [email protected] (mike & zab)
Subject: scheduling programs?
Hi all-
Does anyone know of a stand-alone program, or perhaps a filemaker
script, that will help in the making of schedules for the workplace? I have
about twenty employees, each with different schedule requests and shift
availability. I need something that will allow me to plug in all the
relevant info for each employee ( shift availability, number of shifts per
week, etc.) and then pull up a calendar, pick a day, and have the program
pull up all the available employees. This would be an enormous help in the
weekly schedule creation. If a program like this *doesn't* exist, it
should! It could save the sanity of retail managers everywhere! In fact,
there's a lifetime supply of free backrubs to the first shareware author
who writes it! (assuming of course that you live in S.F.
Hell, I'm notgonna COMMUTE!)
TIA, michael s.
--
m.laveau records
po box 426737
sf ca 94142-6737
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 18:48:25 -0700
From: [email protected] (Paul [not "Brian"] Brians)
Subject: System 7.5.5 conflict with Control Strip Menu 2.3.2
I've tracked down the conflict with System 7.5.5 which I reporter earlier
here. It is caused not by the Control Strip itself, but by the neat
shareware Control Strip Menu 2.3.2, which lets you use the Control Strip as
a flexible launcher. Removing it fixes the problem. I guess it needs an
update.
Paul Brians, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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