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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 3 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 229
Today's Topics:
[*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton (2 msgs)
[*] AliasCrony 2.0.0
[*] Cache Killer 1.0.2a
[*] Chipmunk Basic 3.5.0
[*] Hand Pointer 1.1
[*] Icon Hardly Wait 0.95
[*] Insult Generator 1.0; random Shakespearian insult generator
[*] Mac-at-Night StartupScreen
[*] Phonebook Plus 3.5.1
[*] Power-Through-It StartupScreen
[*] PowerFantasm v410 unreg
[*] SPACE astronauts
[*] Startupscreen with DOS look
[*] The Medieval Period
[*] Tim's Calculator 1.1
[*] Trainspotters Puzzle 1.1b -- crossword fitword puzzle
[*] Version Master V1.0b1 - Automatic notification of version chang
[*] wacky windoze startupscreen
[*] Welcome to Macintosh StartupScreen
(A) ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
(Q)HTML to Stand Alone Document?
6100 DOS card works on 68040 PDS slot
?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
[Q] Mac-Mac communication over PPP
[Q] Upgrading SE
Bus Errors
CD-ROM drivers
Color Stylewriter Pro woes
HD Optimizers (A)
help
ISDN Caller ID
Netscape Cache Killer
New Network Access Floppy?
Performa 6200 & the Internet
Problems with PPP! Help!!
Re- Netscape 2.02 Woes
Re : Adding a second monitor to my Q650
Request: Software-only Info-Mac digest
System 7.5.3 Unity (C: Ctd)
System 7.5.5 and GlobalFax
telnet for mac
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:06 -0500
From: (Thorsten Lange)[email protected]
Subject: [*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton
wzettel-124.hqx is the English version
wzettel-124-de.hqx is the German version
"Wunschzettel" is the German word for"list of wishes". Consequently it is a
(check-)list manager. I know, there are more list managers "out there". But
this one has a special feature: Each item you once made can be "remembered"
by "Wunschzettel". So after entering its name once you can reuse the item
over and over again just on two "taps".
A typical example is a shopping list. Instead of writing again and again
items like "bread", "tooth-paste", ... you can select these items from
dynamically growing popup lists. After a short time you have all those
things in your popup that you might want to buy. This is also quite usefull
to check out if you have forgotten anything to put on your list.
More Features of "Wunschzettel":
- Supports multiple lists (each one has its own pop-up lists). - On each
list, items can be assigned to one (of three) different named categories.
- Sort selected items by four different criteria:
alpha, checked+alpha, categories+alpha, checked+categories+alpha.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/wzettel-124-de.hqx; 96K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:07 -0500
From: (Thorsten Lange)[email protected]
Subject: [*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton
wzettel-124.hqx is the English version
wzettel-124-de.hqx is the German version
"Wunschzettel" is the German word for"list of wishes". Consequently it is a
(check-)list manager. I know, there are more list managers "out there". But
this one has a special feature: Each item you once made can be "remembered"
by "Wunschzettel". So after entering its name once you can reuse the item
over and over again just on two "taps".
A typical example is a shopping list. Instead of writing again and again
items like "bread", "tooth-paste", ... you can select these items from
dynamically growing popup lists. After a short time you have all those
things in your popup that you might want to buy. This is also quite usefull
to check out if you have forgotten anything to put on your list.
More Features of "Wunschzettel":
- Supports multiple lists (each one has its own pop-up lists). - On each
list, items can be assigned to one (of three) different named categories.
- Sort selected items by four different criteria:
alpha, checked+alpha, categories+alpha, checked+categories+alpha.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/wzettel-124.hqx; 73K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:17 -0500
From: (Rocco Moliterno)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AliasCrony 2.0.0
AliasCrony is the ultimate alias manager. It has several features:
- Since aliases of applications lose the capability to have files dropped
on, when the original is on a different volume, AliasCrony can create
SuperAlias, a new alias kind, having drag capability always active.
- It can create aliases or SuperAliases and put them into specific folders
with one keystroke, if you're using the Drag&Drop mode. From its menus,
instead, you can select the destination folders by using a speedy way.
- It can update aliases (also as SuperAliases) on the fly or else through
its menus.
- It can add, to aliases, some useful custom icon, freeing a bit of space
on desktop (as before: you can add the custom icons on the fly or else by
using the proper menu).
- It can scan all on-line volumes to create lists of:
a) attached aliases,
b) unattached aliases,
c) aliases and originals on different volumes.
The created lists return useful infos about the aliases, moreover, from
these lists, AliasCrony can do several actions:
-It can retrieve and show aliases and originals.
-It can link/update/delete/move aliases.
-It can show the Finder's Info window, about aliases and originals.
-It can update aliases of applications to SuperAliases.
The AliasCrony 2.0.0 package contains two versions of the application:
AliasCrony 2.0.0 (68K) for 68K Macs or, in emulation, for Power Macs.
AliasCrony 2.0.0 (PPC) for Power Macs.
It's Internet Config aware and requires at least System Seven to run.
Author: Rocco Moliterno
e-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/alias-crony-200.hqx; 140K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:21 -0500
From: (Scott Harralson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Cache Killer 1.0.2a
Cache Killer is an AppleScript script which deletes the Netscape Navigator
and/or Microsoft Internet Explorer disk caches. It can be configured to
delete the disk caches periodically or every time it is run.
Cache Killer requires AppleScript.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/cache-killer-102a-as.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:19 -0500
From: (Ronald H. Nicholson Jr.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Chipmunk Basic 3.5.0
*** *** Chipmunk Basic README *** *** (version 3.5.0, 96-Sept)
Chipmunk Basic is a freeware old-fashioned Basic Interpreter, accelerated
for the PowerMac, yet still compatible with old 68k Macs running System 6.
Features include support for a simple sprite graphics engine, sound,
MacinTalk speech, MacTCP, AppleScript, Drag&Drop and OOP programming.
Every personal computer should come with a simple, easy to learn,
programming language. Chipmunk Basic was my contribution for the very first
PowerMacs. This version is a both bug fix and new feature release. It is
still free for educational and non-commercial distribution and use (but
only for those who don't believe that using the BASIC language causes brain
damage.
Chipmunk Basic only comes with a man page and a quick reference to the Mac
specific functions. The language is mostly compatible with books on
programming in BASIC that were written between 1978 and 1990.
Permission is granted to include this version of Chipmunk Basic on CD-ROM
compendiums of the Info-Mac and UMich archives. Please replace older
versions of Chipmunk Basic that are in the archives with this version.
Please make sure that any redistribution includes the documentation.
Please send bug reports to . Updates and docs are
at the Chipmunk Basic Home Page .
Shortened version history:
Version 3.3.2: fixed sprite turn bug, added Quicktime midi sound Version
3.3.7: fixed integer rounding; added "COM3:" to use serial driver Version
3.4.0: fixed default voice in say, input eof bug, pref file bug Version
3.4.5: fixed bugs in hex$, moveto, button clear, error msgs. Version 3.4.8:
added matrix ops, changed precedence of "not" operator,
fixed memory leaks, fixed nested if-then & select-case bugs Version 3.5.0:
fixed bbedit bcmds for accented characters.
* Chipmunk Basic is (c)Copyright 1996 by Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr. * ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED
*
* Permission to use, copy and distribute this software without fee * for
non-commercial or educational purposes is hereby granted, * provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies, * and that both the
copyright notice and this permission notice with * the following disclaimer
appear in the supporting documentation. *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but *
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; not even the implied warranty of *
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/chipmunk-basic-350.hqx; 369K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:08 -0500
From: (Stefan Anthony)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Hand Pointer 1.1
Hand Pointer is a free system extension that replaces the mouse's arrow
pointer with a hand pointer similar to the one used in the Be OS.
Who wrote it?
Long story. Read the enclosed documentation.
What's new in version 1.1?
Due to requests, Hand Pointer now includes Left Handed Pointer, a version
for left-handed folks. Hand Pointer 1.1 has better documentation, too.
There are ResEdit resource files included as well. For use with Netscape
Navigator and Cyberdog, a Be OS-like hand pointer is displayed when the
mouse is moved over a clickable area.
Lastly, I have a new email address.
Have fun!
Stefan Anthony,
Stellaris Illustration and Design.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/hand-pointer-11.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:15 -0500
From: (Robert Schenk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Icon Hardly Wait 0.95
_ICON Hardly Wait_ finds and shows a variety of graphic resources that are
used in Macintosh programs. _ICON Hardly Wait_ will read though a drive, a
folder, or a single file looking for these little pictures. It is possible
to see these icons with other programs, such as ResEdit, and to change
them, but ResEdit is useful only if one knows where the icons are. _ICON
Hardly Wait_ can find them.
The types of graphic resources which ICON Hardly Wait can find include:
ICON, SICN, cicn, PAT, PAT#, ppat, ppt#, ICN# , icl4 , icl8, ics# , ics4,
and ics8.
(It only finds one type at a time.)
The program is a entertaining program that makes previewing CD-ROMs fun to
preview. It is also shareware. ($5).
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/icon-hardly-wait-095.hqx; 214K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:22 -0500
From: (Todd Clements)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Insult Generator 1.0; random Shakespearian insult generator
This is version 1.0 of Insult Generator, a program that simply displays
insults on your screen in the Shakespearian style. It has amusement value
only, and is absolutely free. =)
I am the author and can be reached at [email protected]
Todd
[Archived as /info-mac/app/insult-generator.hqx; 54K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:10 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac-at-Night StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the third of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series (the others are power-through-it and Welcome to
Macintosh). Just pop it into your system folder and restart. It looks best
when your moniter is set to 16 bit color or better. It was made at the
resolution 1024 x 768, but can be resized for any moniter. If you decide to
use this, please drop me an e-mail and let me know what you think. If you
have any suggestions, questions, or ideas for other StartupScreens, let me
know and I'll get working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
Macintosh Consultant
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/mac-at-night-startup-screen.hqx; 713K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:23 -0500
From: (Two Bits Worth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Phonebook Plus 3.5.1
Phonebook Plus is a full-featured phonebook utility program. It keeps track
of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. with an efficient and very fast
interface. Has extensive dialing control, color coding, phone logs (timing)
and envelope printing. Fully supports all modems and the Desktop Dialer
from Sophisticated Circuits.
3.5 has lots of new features, including a movable, modeless edit window,
"use one list for all records" feature, better long distance dialing,
redial, more phone number fields, and lots more. 3.5.1 fixes a couple of
bugs, especially in dialing from the edit window.
Authored and uploaded by: [email protected]
----------------------------------------------- Two Bits Worth, Inc.
Phone/Fax: +1 (612) 227-2920 778 Hague Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
[Archived as /info-mac/app/phonebook-plus-351.hqx; 503K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:11 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Power-Through-It StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the first of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series. Just pop it into your system folder and
restart. It looks best when your moniter is set to 16 bit color or better.
It was made at the resolution 1024 x 768, but can be resized for any
moniter. If you decide to use this, please drop me an e-mail and let me
know what you think. If you have any suggestions, questions, or ideas for
other StartupScreens, let me know and I'll get working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
Macintosh Consultant
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/power-through-it-su-screen.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:20 -0500
From: (Rob Probin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PowerFantasm v410 unreg
PowerFantasm 410 unreg.sit
1.1M Bytes
Short: POWERFANTASM Version 4.10 Unregistered
The latest update of the popular Macintosh 680x0 and PowerPC Assembler
'Fantasm' (by Lightsoft). IMPORTANT UPDATE: This corrects many bugs and
adds several useful features.
This is the shareware version, for distribution everywhere....
Thanks.
Rob Probin at Lightsoft
LIGHTSOFT ON THE WEB... http://www.tau.it/lightsoft/ LIGHTSOFT VIA EMAIL...
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/power-fantasm-410.hqx; 1521K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:12 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SPACE astronauts
hik. here is a startupscreen my first-cousin's brother in laws brotherasked
me to upload. it's not bad!!
(he asked me to write his relationship toi me. sorry
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/screen-in-space.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:09 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Startupscreen with DOS look
a startup screen that looks EXACTLY like that of a 386 with dos 6.2 i love i=
t!
mixed-ware.
Postcard & 32=A2 fee
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/dos-startup-screen.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:18 -0500
From: (Robert Schenk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] The Medieval Period
The Medieval Period lists and counts files based on the extensions to their
names. An extension to a name is a bit of text after a period, as in
"readme.txt", where the ".txt" part is the extension. (The program lists
files with a period in the middle, and The Medieval Period sounded better
than The Middle Period.)
I wrote this little application to help keep track of a cross-platform
project with many thousands of files. (I am not sure when the results will
get published, but hopefully soon.) The program let me get lists of files
of various types (extensions), which helped me make sure that I had the
files I wanted to have. I am not sure of what other use it is, but if I
found it useful, someone else might as well.
This program is shareware ($5)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/medieval-period.hqx; 155K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:04 -0500
From: (Two Bits Worth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Tim's Calculator 1.1
I couldn't find the "ideal" calculator, so I wrote my own. This one is
heavy on simplicity and elegance (no buttons that no one understands) and
has a running "tape" display. Also has lots of programmer's functions. I
like it. You might too.
Version 1.1 adds international decimal point support and lets you set
decimal point precision.
Shareware: $15.00
Please send correspondence to: [email protected]
----------------------------------------------- Two Bits Worth, Inc.
Phone/Fax: +1 (612) 227-2920 778 Hague Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/tims-calculator-11.hqx; 97K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:16 -0500
From: (Tore Merdem)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Trainspotters Puzzle 1.1b -- crossword fitword puzzle
This game makes fitword puzzles from a text file, or from words entered by
the user. A fitword puzzle is a type of crossword where you get all the
solution words and it's your task to fit the words into the grid. You can
print out the fitword puzzles in SimpleText. If you pay the shareware fee
of $10 you get access to crossword solutions. The program is 'fat'; it runs
native on Power Macs and also on 68K Macs. It requires System 7. This early
version should not be included on a info-mac CD-ROM.
Tore M.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/train-spotters-11b.hqx; 65K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:24 -0500
From: (Tom Reahard)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Version Master V1.0b1 - Automatic notification of version chang
Version Master is an internet based application which lists the version
numbers of the software on your system and, at your request, connects to
our server via the internet to receive the most recent or current version
numbers.
Our server can also send you email whenever a newer version appears on the
net. Now you can quickly and easily stay abreast of all the minor revisions
(a.k.a bug fixes) as well as the major revisions (bug fixes and new
features) for all your software. We'll be adding ftp locations so you can
immediately download patches and upgrades which manufacturers make
available.
Version Master requires System 7, and access to the internet. The Internet
Config system is strongly recommended (free copies are available at all
info-mac locations).
Tom Reahard
Symmetry Software 9832 North Hayden Road
Suite 101
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 USA
Phone: +1 602 596-1500 Fax: +1 602 991-0572
[Archived as /info-mac/app/version-master-10b1.hqx; 550K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:14 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] wacky windoze startupscreen
here is a startupscreen a friend asked me post for him., it's the windosw
3.1 startupscreen in mac format, with a mac-apple in the center. a great
startupscreen!
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/windoze-startup-screen.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:13 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Welcome to Macintosh StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the second of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series (the first on is called power-through-it). Just
pop it into your system folder and restart. It looks best when your moniter
is set to 16 bit color or better. It was made at the resolution 1024 x 768,
but can be resized for any moniter. If you decide to use this, please drop
me an e-mail and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions,
questions, or ideas for other StartupScreens, let me know and I'll get
working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/welcome-to-macintosh-scrn.hqx; 1359K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:34:36 -0400
From: "Peter J. Paul"
Subject: (A) ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
> I've been using Easy View to read TidBits and I've wanted to use
> it for other digests I get via my 'net email, including MacWay,
> daw.mac and deckusers.
>
> But for any of these other digests I can't seem to construct a
> View that will display the sections, only the chapters. And the
> whole point is to be able to see the sections and navigate
> directly to the items of interest, ignoring the rest.
It sounds like you are very close to the solution. When you 'Modify
View' simply set the 'Format' to 'Digest.' It is probably set to 'Setext'
which is fine for TidBits (among others), but you should set it to
'Digests' to view digests. BTW-you can set the default 'view' in
preferences.
>
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:46:57 -0600
From: "Tony Rath"
Subject: (Q)HTML to Stand Alone Document?
Does anyone know of a application that will take an HTML document and
convert it to a cross platform, stand alone document?
Tony Rath - http://www.belizenet.com/
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 08:58:01 -0500 (EST)
From: JOHN FEINBERG 201-235-6495
Subject: 6100 DOS card works on 68040 PDS slot
The DOS card that comes in the 6100/66 DOS compatible works just fine in
the PDS slot of 68040 Macs. I had a DOS card, and noticed that when
removed from the L-bracket the plug looked like it would fit in my q700.
So I held my breath, tried it, and it worked. It even works in a 33MHz
speed-bumped q700.
I had to start from scratch, since I didn't have the original CD that came
with the 6100. I downloaded Apple's "DOS Compatibility 1.5" drivers. This
lets you install the proper control panels & extensions that run on the Mac
side. I then switched over to the PC side and installed DOS from a
standard MS DOS 6.22 disk set. The next step was to install the DOS side
of the "DOS Compatibility 1.5" package (there was one Mac & one PC disk
image in the archive). I then installed Windows 3.1, using a standard set
of windows disks, using a winsetup.bat file put on by the Apple DOS-side
installer. I finally ran the Apple DOS-side disk again in order to install
some Windows-related Apple tweaks that need Windows installed first to
work.
The card works just fine. I put in a memory chip (72-pin), which greatly
improves performance of the Mac half of the computer over when the Quadra
700 motherboard memory was being shared. I installed WordPerfect 5.1, and
the test page printed perfectly to a PostScript printer. Windows also
boots very quickly.
John Feinberg
ITU Macintosh support, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 96 17:54:11 -0400
From: R Shapiro
Subject: ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
I humbly suggest you use Eudora itself to read digests, by bursting them.
If you're running Eudora 3.0, it's *very* easy with the Burst extended
service ("plugin"). If you're running an earlier Eudora, you can use
MailConverter -- a little messier, but no worse than using EasyView. Both
are freeware, available on info-mac mirrors. Disclosure: I wrote them
rs/[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 09:10:55 +0100
From: Peter Peldan
Subject: [Q] Mac-Mac communication over PPP
I have a mac at work connected to internet via ethernet ansd a mac at
home connected to internet via dial-up PPP.
What ways are there to connect to my mac at work from my mac at home.
I know of the folowing:
1. ARA (Needs the ARA client application) (slow?)
2. Buy an appletalk/PPP capable LAP driver like Intertcon, Tribe.
(Cost too much)
3. Connect via Netlink Remote directly to my mac. (Need netlink remote
in both macs, and a new modem to my mac at work. Will have to
disconnect to switch from PPP to appletalk)
Are there other good alternatives. Is it e.g possible to start a type
of FTP deamon on my mac at work such that it responds to FTP calls
from the internet. And are there other deamon-scripts that makes it
possible to remotely start applications on the remote mac?
Peter Peldan
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 14:24:01 +0100 (MET)
From: "Roderick M. Staalman"
Subject: [Q] Upgrading SE
Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to enhance my old Mac SE.
What I am looking for is an accelerator card, or some other options to
consider.
A couple of people have pointed me to some company called 'brainstorm'
but this appears to be a company that manufactures software.
I know there was once an accelerator from 'novy' but I can't find that
company either.
I would appreciate ALL help and suggestions. If you mail directly to me,
I'll make a digest and mail that to the Info_mac.
TIA Ro.
__
You salt the chips, | Roderick M. Staalman
I'll sort out the armadillo! | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 14:40:40 -0700
From: Benjamin Turner
Subject: Bus Errors
>Dear Digest Reader,
>A little informal survey.
>If you are a person running a Mac with a:
>68030
>68040 (non-LC variety)
>PowerPC 604
>
>processor, have you ever experienced a Type 1 or Bus Error?
>
>These processors are known to have datapaths or Buses equal to the internal
>processor number of bits. I was wondering if having such a processor
>precludes Bus Errors or not. You see I've never had one of those
>processors, and have intermittently encountered these errors.
Indeed, Bus Errors can occur on 68030s, 68040s, PowerPC 604s, and
all of their bretheren. Usually, a Bus Error indicates that the program
tried to read or write from/to a memory location in the computer that
doesn't exist or is otherwise unavailable for the program's use. So if we
had a computer that had 8 bytes of memory, and we tried to access byte 9,
we'd get a bus error, because that memory location does not exist (the bus
doesn't go that far, as it were). Bus errors can also pop up if programmers
access the memory at address 0, since that area holds addresses of critical
low level OS routines for the processor.
And to answer your survey, I have a full 68040 in my Quadra 610 and
get bus errors from time to time (rather frequently while programming...).
Benjamin Turner
Benjamin John Turner | [email protected]
http://www.usfca.edu/usf/turner/ | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 16:37:51 -0600
From: (Rollo Silver)
Subject: CD-ROM drivers
I have two CD-ROM drives on a Quadra 840AV. One is an Apple drive (SONY),
internally mounted; the other is an APS Technologies drive (Toshiba),
mounted externally.
I have two drivers: , which is in the Extensions
folder, and , which is not.
Problem:
1. Neither driver seems to handle the other drive correctly.
2. The drivers are probably incompatible, so I can't have them both in the
Extensions folder at once.
WhaddoIdo?
Rollo Silver / Amygdala | e-mail: [email protected]
216M N. Pueblo Rd, #107 | Website: http://www.artvark.com/artvark/
Taos, NM 87571 USA | Voice: 505-751-9601; FAX: 505-751-7507
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:12:15 +0900 (JST)
From: [email protected] (Tito Poza and Shari Custer-Poza)
Subject: Color Stylewriter Pro woes
My two-year old Color Stylewriter Pro has been printing with black streaks
through red and yellow graphics and text. I figured that it needed a new
print head so I replaced it. That didn't help. So far, besides replacing
the print head (a very expensive endeavor) I have:
1. Replaced all the ink cartridges (twice).
2. Cleaned all the in cartridges 3 or 4 times.
3. Supercleaned them twice.
I've also aligned the print head several times. If I take it to the shop
for repair, I'm told I'll have to pay $100 just to have them look at it.
I thought it might be the new "double-barrelled" black ink cartridges
causing the black to smear across the other colors but my friend has the
same printer and uses the same cartridges with no difficulties.
I'm tired of seeing zebra stripes thourh my red and yellow printing and
don't relish the idea of buying a new printer.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Shari
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:32:11 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: HD Optimizers (A)
At 11:08 AM -0500 9/30/96, Al Bloom wrote:
>On: Fri, 27 Sep, JonYo wrote
>
>>Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
>>be good!), to defragment one's hard drive?
>
>No free or share ware I know of.
Well, there's always the brute force method, which also ensures a current,
working backup.
1. Buy second hard disk, same size as primary.
2. Every ; attach second hard disk.
3. Copy everything from primary disk to secondary.
4. Set secondary disk to startup, restart machine.
5. Erase primary disk; copy everything back from secondary to primary.
6. Set primary disk to startup, restart.
7. Put secondary disk back into the secure storage location.
Now your primary disk is completely defragmented; as a bonus, you have a
current backup.
This method will not do the "optimization" performed by Speed Disk et. al
[moving System files to front of the disk, etc.], but you can accomplish a
fair amount of that with partitioning.
chazl
10.02.96
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 15:06:15 -0800
From: [email protected] (fuzzy)
Subject: help
I have JPEG View...I cannot create a slide show anymore....when I start
slide show, a
box says.".error 39" etc. etc.....I have never had a problem with creating
a slide show.
I can open image files one at a time with JPEG...but for some reason it
will not start a slide show......
Also, I have downloaded some AVI and mpeg files, and I don't know what I
need to view them.
Your assistance and advice would be greatly appreciated. I have netscape
3.0., but couldn't find quicktime, movie star or other helper apps which I
need to view video...
thanx,
fuzzy
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:35:18 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ISDN Caller ID
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:00:52 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> I have a Motorola BitSURFR Pro ISDN Terminal Adapter connected to my
> PowerMac 6100/60AV and I'm looking for software that will display the
> Caller ID data. I've tried both PhoneWatcher and Mac Caller ID and
> apparently neither of these support the BitSURFR.
[...snip...]
I think the BSP may use a somewhat non-standard set of AT commands for CID
delivery since it effectively has to simultaneously support 3 ports (2
voice and 1 data); that may be the source of difficulty for the developers
of that software.
Consider PowerPhone from Quicomm, currently in public beta testing.
Although I am hesitant to use beta software, I must say PowerPhone seems
solid. It does just what you want, and more (allows you to create a
database and ID's incoming calls by the name you use in your DB, allows you
to dial someone by name, etc.). Please contact me directly for an e-mail
address (I can't get to it today).
Cheers,
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:43:48 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: Netscape Cache Killer
At 10:43 AM -0500 9/30/96, Al Bloom wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Sep, [email protected] wrote
>
>>Has anybody made a non-Applescript program that makes Netscape empty its
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>disk cache by the press of a button or an added menu item. I have
>>QuickKeys 3.5 and Netscape 3.0 if that makes any difference. I hate
>>having to always go to the Options Network Preferences when I want to
>>remove the cache files.
>
>Try cache-killer at your friendly neighborhood I-M archive
>
>-r 55221 Aug 30 1996 comm/inet/web/cache-killer-102-as.hqx
^^
But that's probably an AppleScript.
Since you have QuickKeys, you could make up a sequence yourself and assign
it to whatever key you want. This is pretty much QuickKeys' reason for
being.
Here are two ways to go about it:
1. Create a sequence that performs the menu/dialog commands that vex you so.
2. Create a sequence that deletes the cache folder through whatever file
deletion mechanism QuickKeys provides.
I don't use QuickKeys, so I have no idea if it allows you to delete files.
It may rely on AppleScript to do this.
If you were running Frontier, you could add a command to NetScape's shared
menu that would do this; the script would be something like:
file.delete("Boot:System:Preferences:Netscape =9F:Cache =9F")
chazl
10.02.96
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 19:30:03 -0600
From: Robert Zimmerman
Subject: New Network Access Floppy?
>Back in the dark ages of February 1995, Apple did a Good Thing by offering
>the Network Access 7.5 boot floppy. With it one could boot an HD-dead Mac or
>one with a new systemless HD and link to another Mac on the AppleTalk net. I
>used it mostly for CD-ROMless Macs so I could install system software from
>another Mac's CD-ROM drive.
>
>The original recipe Network Access 7.5 floppy doesn't do boo on a PowerMac.
>
>I've snooped Apple's various sites, and I can't even find the original, much
>less anything more current. A Network Access floppy would be useful for my
>PowerBook 5300cs. All other PPC Macs under my tender loving care are desktop
>units with built-in CD-ROM drives, so who cares.
>
>Have any of y'all seen a PPC version of the Network Access boot floppy?
>
>Al Bloom
It's now called Network Software Installer, the latest one is version
1.5.1. It's available on Apple's ftp sites.
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:53:25 -0600
From: [email protected] (S. F. Sobczynski)
Subject: Performa 6200 & the Internet
I'm trying to get a client's Performa 6200 up on the Internet but am
experiencing some trouble...wondering if anyone else has any ideas. I've
tried everything I can think of and Apple has nothing on file so...
Configuration:
Hardware:
CPU: Performa 6200 RAM Installed: 8MB
Modem: tried two different Supra 28.8 v.42 and also a Supra 14.4 v.32
Software:
System: tried v7.5.3 & v7.5.5 TCP: v2.06
PPP: FreePPP v2.5.2 Browser: Netscape v2.02 & v3.0
Other: RamDoubler v1.6.2 and SpeedDoubler v1.3.1
Background:
1. Internal Global Village modem has been removed from Performa.
2. Have tried using both the modem and printer ports with no difference.
3. Have tried several different modem init strings with minimal difference.
4. Same configuration used on an 8Mb Duo230 using Open Transport works fine.
5. Have performed clean re-installs of the OS, FreePPP and Netscape and
zapped the PRAM.
6. Have removed all non-OS and non-required Control Panels and Extensions.
Problem:
Thru-put on the Performa is averaging under 50 bytes per second with some
spikes going up to the low hundreds. However, using the same
configurations, into the same ISP, with any other system sees thru-put
averaging in the high hundreds with spikes up to 2k bytes per second. The
expanded deatail window of FreePPP indicates significant hardware and CRC
errors occurring with the Performa connection. However, running diagnostic
software like MacEKG shows no problems with either serial port on the
Performa.
Has anyone else out there had any like trouble setting up a 6200 or have
any ideas on what to try next??
TIA,
Stan
PS. I'll summarize any response back to the group.
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 13:52:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Roche
Subject: Problems with PPP! Help!!
Hi folks!
I've been having some problems with my PPP connection as of late...
In the time it takes me to read and/or respond to my email which has
downloaded from Eudora, my PPP connection is lost... and I have to
redial... over the course of an hour of email work, I have to dial
back in 2 or sometimes 3 times! My service provider cuts off "idle"
connections after 20 minutes...
Is there a small utility available which I can run in the background that
will keep the PPP
connection busy, so that I don't lose the connection?
I know I could run something through Netscape or download a file via Fetch,
but this seems a
bit extreme when all I want to do is read and respond to email...
Any help offered would be greatly appreciated!
David Roche
--
David Roche
Email : [email protected]
Home Page : http://www.eurekanet.com/~chandler
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 05:45:07 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steven L Mitchell)
Subject: Re- Netscape 2.02 Woes
Gordon;
>The Problem: 9 times out of 10 when I try to download an .hqx file,
>particularly trying to retrieve Netscape 3 as soon as I activate the link a
>window comes up saying: "Warning - unrecognized encoding mac-binhex40". If
>I gamble and continue it gets about 80 - 90% of the download, decodes the
>partial file and leaves me with a useless icon.
>
>I have re-built the desktop, zapped the PRam, totally re-installed Netscape
>& Stuffit Expander (4.01) including all related preference files I could
>think of. I double-checked my settings which seem correct.
>
Open Options/General Preferences/Helpers and make sure that you have
exactly one line for 'application/mac-binhex40' and it is set to Launch
your StuffIt expander, and recognizes suffix 'hqx'.
btw you haven't totally re-installed Navigator if you haven't removed the
"Netscape =9F" folder from the Preferences folder. Of course then you will
have lost all your Preferences. You only need to do a total re-install if
you get crashes with Navigator 3.0. Apparently you did a total re-install
and should have fixed the problem; anyway I've outlined a less drastic
solution above.
Steve
Netscape Live3D Mac Support
Live3D 1.0 for PowerMac (VRML 1.0 plugin for Netscape Navigator 3.0) has
been released.
Download it from the Live3D web site at:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/live3d/
Live3D for 68K will be available soon.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 22:09:29 +0200
From: [email protected] (FranCois Lombard)
Subject: Re : Adding a second monitor to my Q650
> Saeed Khan [email protected] asked :
> I want to add a second monitor to my Quadra 650.
>
> 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.
Why else would he supply you a card ?
You need any nubus Card from apple (there was a lovely 8/24 for maybe 200$
last time i looked.
I've got an old MacII card for real cheap (40$?) if you come and fetch it
in Switzerland... And see Matterhorn and Geneva's beautiful floral clock
and remarquable fountain by the way !
Seriously, look around for an old Mac II, IIfx, IICx there should be a card
inside and just about any would work on that good 13inch Apple monitors.
Try and buy the card alone for real cheap. (stay away from the rare
accelerated ones even from Apple (8-24GC I think))
HTH
F.lo
FranCois Lombard
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:53:22 +0200
From: [email protected] (Cramer)
Subject: Request: Software-only Info-Mac digest
I am overly thankful for the work of all people behind Info-Mac, and I
appreciate the digest for keeping us all tuned about Macintosh freeware and
shareware. In my view, their mere existence is a strong argument in favor
of the Macintosh platform as such.
However, I read the digest only for the software information and always
skip the Q&A section. For that purpose, I use the newsgroups
comp.sys.mac.apps and, more frequently since it's in my native language,
de.comp.sys.apple. I don't mind the existence of the Info-Mac Q&A section
as such, but I would prefer a "lean" "software news-only" version of the
digest which one could alternatively subscribe to. With the Q&A section
eating up about 50% of the digest length, I receive about 10-20 "redundant"
kilobytes per day and about ten extra online minutes per month (here in
Europe, this is an important issue because local telephone rates are
extremely high so that regular Internet use becomes a $100 hobby).
Downloading the Info-Mac digest from comp.sys.mac.digest or from directly
>From an Info-Mac FTP mirror doesn't change anything since the software and
the Q&A sections aren't separated there either.
Florian
[This is something we have thought to do for a while, and we are still planing
on it, really. However, this modification requires a major rewrite of all
our scripts (if we are going to do it right). It is coming, really.
-Gordon]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:39:05 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Unity (C: Ctd)
Another evening and another several hours diddling with the "unity" version
of System 7.5.3. It's a good thing I'm an old person who hasn't had a life in
years.
I spent this evening working up boot floppies for Macs of the PPC persuasion.
I didn't expect any more problems than I saw with the 68K boot floppies. I
was right. Copying the new System and baby enabler to existing boot disks
worked admirably. After first removing the PB5300 enablers that were there.
There was less space available on the floppies afterwards. The 7.5.3 unity
System is twice the size of the 7.5.2 System on my original PB Disk Tools. Not
as bad a situation as with the 68k boot floppies I created last evening. The
PPC version of System is 2/3 the size of the 68k version. Is Apple trying to
tell us something? Like throw your 68k Mac in the dumpster. For sure it isn't
going to accomodate the next, presumably larger, Norton Disk Doctor on a
floppy.
Then just for the hallibut, I decided to use SAM's "startup disk builder" app
to create a SAM boot floppy from scratch. I had a sneaking suspicion it would
fail, and I was right. Symantec's Norton and SAM disk builders want a Disk
Tools floppy as a template. The DT floppies that come with 7.5.3 unity are
named Disk Tools 1 (68k) and Disk Tools 2 (PPC). Startup Disk Builder refused
to recognize DT2 until I renamed it just plain Disk Tools.
I have no doubt that the same applies to the 68k Disk Tools 1 floppy. Unlock
both of those puppies and get rid of the numeric suffix.
This is as much as I care to do, and to report on, for the System 7.5.3 Unity.
Until/unless I find something else worth sharing with the I-M community.
Al Bloom
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:04:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: System 7.5.5 and GlobalFax
Forgive me for not referencing the original communication. I lost the note
to myself. Old age is heck.
Someone said recently that after the 7.5.5 update, his GlobalFax software
died. I vaguely remember a version 2.1.4, but I could be wrong. Memory is,
after all, the second thing to go. What's the first? I forget. Tadumdum.
I tried my Globalfax this evening. It is of the 2.5.6 persuasion. It worked.
Once again, my children. Keep current with your software. Blessedly, a LOT of
vendors now have a web or ftp presence with freebie software updates. It is
getting better all the time. But we mere users must make the effort to look
at those sites every now and once and get the updates.
Al Bloom
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:28:49 -0400
From: [email protected] (David Turley)
Subject: telnet for mac
Is it just me, or is there little to go on when it comes to telnet on a
Mac? NCSA Telnet-2.7b4 was dropped while still in beta, Comet is a few
years old, Nifty Telnet has no logging feature (that I can see.) I am
participtating in a "distance learning" class and need telnet frequently.
I'm not totally satisfied with any of these choices. Am I being too picky?
What is the telnet app of choice among you more experienced users?
Cheers,
david
[email protected]
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 3 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 229
Today's Topics:
[*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton (2 msgs)
[*] AliasCrony 2.0.0
[*] Cache Killer 1.0.2a
[*] Chipmunk Basic 3.5.0
[*] Hand Pointer 1.1
[*] Icon Hardly Wait 0.95
[*] Insult Generator 1.0; random Shakespearian insult generator
[*] Mac-at-Night StartupScreen
[*] Phonebook Plus 3.5.1
[*] Power-Through-It StartupScreen
[*] PowerFantasm v410 unreg
[*] SPACE astronauts
[*] Startupscreen with DOS look
[*] The Medieval Period
[*] Tim's Calculator 1.1
[*] Trainspotters Puzzle 1.1b -- crossword fitword puzzle
[*] Version Master V1.0b1 - Automatic notification of version chang
[*] wacky windoze startupscreen
[*] Welcome to Macintosh StartupScreen
(A) ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
(Q)HTML to Stand Alone Document?
6100 DOS card works on 68040 PDS slot
?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
[Q] Mac-Mac communication over PPP
[Q] Upgrading SE
Bus Errors
CD-ROM drivers
Color Stylewriter Pro woes
HD Optimizers (A)
help
ISDN Caller ID
Netscape Cache Killer
New Network Access Floppy?
Performa 6200 & the Internet
Problems with PPP! Help!!
Re- Netscape 2.02 Woes
Re : Adding a second monitor to my Q650
Request: Software-only Info-Mac digest
System 7.5.3 Unity (C: Ctd)
System 7.5.5 and GlobalFax
telnet for mac
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:06 -0500
From: (Thorsten Lange)[email protected]
Subject: [*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton
wzettel-124.hqx is the English version
wzettel-124-de.hqx is the German version
"Wunschzettel" is the German word for"list of wishes". Consequently it is a
(check-)list manager. I know, there are more list managers "out there". But
this one has a special feature: Each item you once made can be "remembered"
by "Wunschzettel". So after entering its name once you can reuse the item
over and over again just on two "taps".
A typical example is a shopping list. Instead of writing again and again
items like "bread", "tooth-paste", ... you can select these items from
dynamically growing popup lists. After a short time you have all those
things in your popup that you might want to buy. This is also quite usefull
to check out if you have forgotten anything to put on your list.
More Features of "Wunschzettel":
- Supports multiple lists (each one has its own pop-up lists). - On each
list, items can be assigned to one (of three) different named categories.
- Sort selected items by four different criteria:
alpha, checked+alpha, categories+alpha, checked+categories+alpha.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/wzettel-124-de.hqx; 96K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:07 -0500
From: (Thorsten Lange)[email protected]
Subject: [*] "Wunschzettel" for Newton
wzettel-124.hqx is the English version
wzettel-124-de.hqx is the German version
"Wunschzettel" is the German word for"list of wishes". Consequently it is a
(check-)list manager. I know, there are more list managers "out there". But
this one has a special feature: Each item you once made can be "remembered"
by "Wunschzettel". So after entering its name once you can reuse the item
over and over again just on two "taps".
A typical example is a shopping list. Instead of writing again and again
items like "bread", "tooth-paste", ... you can select these items from
dynamically growing popup lists. After a short time you have all those
things in your popup that you might want to buy. This is also quite usefull
to check out if you have forgotten anything to put on your list.
More Features of "Wunschzettel":
- Supports multiple lists (each one has its own pop-up lists). - On each
list, items can be assigned to one (of three) different named categories.
- Sort selected items by four different criteria:
alpha, checked+alpha, categories+alpha, checked+categories+alpha.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/wzettel-124.hqx; 73K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:17 -0500
From: (Rocco Moliterno)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AliasCrony 2.0.0
AliasCrony is the ultimate alias manager. It has several features:
- Since aliases of applications lose the capability to have files dropped
on, when the original is on a different volume, AliasCrony can create
SuperAlias, a new alias kind, having drag capability always active.
- It can create aliases or SuperAliases and put them into specific folders
with one keystroke, if you're using the Drag&Drop mode. From its menus,
instead, you can select the destination folders by using a speedy way.
- It can update aliases (also as SuperAliases) on the fly or else through
its menus.
- It can add, to aliases, some useful custom icon, freeing a bit of space
on desktop (as before: you can add the custom icons on the fly or else by
using the proper menu).
- It can scan all on-line volumes to create lists of:
a) attached aliases,
b) unattached aliases,
c) aliases and originals on different volumes.
The created lists return useful infos about the aliases, moreover, from
these lists, AliasCrony can do several actions:
-It can retrieve and show aliases and originals.
-It can link/update/delete/move aliases.
-It can show the Finder's Info window, about aliases and originals.
-It can update aliases of applications to SuperAliases.
The AliasCrony 2.0.0 package contains two versions of the application:
AliasCrony 2.0.0 (68K) for 68K Macs or, in emulation, for Power Macs.
AliasCrony 2.0.0 (PPC) for Power Macs.
It's Internet Config aware and requires at least System Seven to run.
Author: Rocco Moliterno
e-mail: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/alias-crony-200.hqx; 140K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:21 -0500
From: (Scott Harralson)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Cache Killer 1.0.2a
Cache Killer is an AppleScript script which deletes the Netscape Navigator
and/or Microsoft Internet Explorer disk caches. It can be configured to
delete the disk caches periodically or every time it is run.
Cache Killer requires AppleScript.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/cache-killer-102a-as.hqx; 11K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:19 -0500
From: (Ronald H. Nicholson Jr.)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Chipmunk Basic 3.5.0
*** *** Chipmunk Basic README *** *** (version 3.5.0, 96-Sept)
Chipmunk Basic is a freeware old-fashioned Basic Interpreter, accelerated
for the PowerMac, yet still compatible with old 68k Macs running System 6.
Features include support for a simple sprite graphics engine, sound,
MacinTalk speech, MacTCP, AppleScript, Drag&Drop and OOP programming.
Every personal computer should come with a simple, easy to learn,
programming language. Chipmunk Basic was my contribution for the very first
PowerMacs. This version is a both bug fix and new feature release. It is
still free for educational and non-commercial distribution and use (but
only for those who don't believe that using the BASIC language causes brain
damage.
Chipmunk Basic only comes with a man page and a quick reference to the Mac
specific functions. The language is mostly compatible with books on
programming in BASIC that were written between 1978 and 1990.
Permission is granted to include this version of Chipmunk Basic on CD-ROM
compendiums of the Info-Mac and UMich archives. Please replace older
versions of Chipmunk Basic that are in the archives with this version.
Please make sure that any redistribution includes the documentation.
Please send bug reports to . Updates and docs are
at the Chipmunk Basic Home Page .
Shortened version history:
Version 3.3.2: fixed sprite turn bug, added Quicktime midi sound Version
3.3.7: fixed integer rounding; added "COM3:" to use serial driver Version
3.4.0: fixed default voice in say, input eof bug, pref file bug Version
3.4.5: fixed bugs in hex$, moveto, button clear, error msgs. Version 3.4.8:
added matrix ops, changed precedence of "not" operator,
fixed memory leaks, fixed nested if-then & select-case bugs Version 3.5.0:
fixed bbedit bcmds for accented characters.
* Chipmunk Basic is (c)Copyright 1996 by Ronald H. Nicholson, Jr. * ALL
RIGHTS RESERVED
*
* Permission to use, copy and distribute this software without fee * for
non-commercial or educational purposes is hereby granted, * provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies, * and that both the
copyright notice and this permission notice with * the following disclaimer
appear in the supporting documentation. *
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but *
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; not even the implied warranty of *
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/chipmunk-basic-350.hqx; 369K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:08 -0500
From: (Stefan Anthony)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Hand Pointer 1.1
Hand Pointer is a free system extension that replaces the mouse's arrow
pointer with a hand pointer similar to the one used in the Be OS.
Who wrote it?
Long story. Read the enclosed documentation.
What's new in version 1.1?
Due to requests, Hand Pointer now includes Left Handed Pointer, a version
for left-handed folks. Hand Pointer 1.1 has better documentation, too.
There are ResEdit resource files included as well. For use with Netscape
Navigator and Cyberdog, a Be OS-like hand pointer is displayed when the
mouse is moved over a clickable area.
Lastly, I have a new email address.
Have fun!
Stefan Anthony,
Stellaris Illustration and Design.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/hand-pointer-11.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:15 -0500
From: (Robert Schenk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Icon Hardly Wait 0.95
_ICON Hardly Wait_ finds and shows a variety of graphic resources that are
used in Macintosh programs. _ICON Hardly Wait_ will read though a drive, a
folder, or a single file looking for these little pictures. It is possible
to see these icons with other programs, such as ResEdit, and to change
them, but ResEdit is useful only if one knows where the icons are. _ICON
Hardly Wait_ can find them.
The types of graphic resources which ICON Hardly Wait can find include:
ICON, SICN, cicn, PAT, PAT#, ppat, ppt#, ICN# , icl4 , icl8, ics# , ics4,
and ics8.
(It only finds one type at a time.)
The program is a entertaining program that makes previewing CD-ROMs fun to
preview. It is also shareware. ($5).
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/icon-hardly-wait-095.hqx; 214K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:22 -0500
From: (Todd Clements)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Insult Generator 1.0; random Shakespearian insult generator
This is version 1.0 of Insult Generator, a program that simply displays
insults on your screen in the Shakespearian style. It has amusement value
only, and is absolutely free. =)
I am the author and can be reached at [email protected]
Todd
[Archived as /info-mac/app/insult-generator.hqx; 54K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:10 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac-at-Night StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the third of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series (the others are power-through-it and Welcome to
Macintosh). Just pop it into your system folder and restart. It looks best
when your moniter is set to 16 bit color or better. It was made at the
resolution 1024 x 768, but can be resized for any moniter. If you decide to
use this, please drop me an e-mail and let me know what you think. If you
have any suggestions, questions, or ideas for other StartupScreens, let me
know and I'll get working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
Macintosh Consultant
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/mac-at-night-startup-screen.hqx; 713K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:23 -0500
From: (Two Bits Worth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Phonebook Plus 3.5.1
Phonebook Plus is a full-featured phonebook utility program. It keeps track
of names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. with an efficient and very fast
interface. Has extensive dialing control, color coding, phone logs (timing)
and envelope printing. Fully supports all modems and the Desktop Dialer
from Sophisticated Circuits.
3.5 has lots of new features, including a movable, modeless edit window,
"use one list for all records" feature, better long distance dialing,
redial, more phone number fields, and lots more. 3.5.1 fixes a couple of
bugs, especially in dialing from the edit window.
Authored and uploaded by: [email protected]
----------------------------------------------- Two Bits Worth, Inc.
Phone/Fax: +1 (612) 227-2920 778 Hague Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
[Archived as /info-mac/app/phonebook-plus-351.hqx; 503K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:11 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Power-Through-It StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the first of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series. Just pop it into your system folder and
restart. It looks best when your moniter is set to 16 bit color or better.
It was made at the resolution 1024 x 768, but can be resized for any
moniter. If you decide to use this, please drop me an e-mail and let me
know what you think. If you have any suggestions, questions, or ideas for
other StartupScreens, let me know and I'll get working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
Macintosh Consultant
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/power-through-it-su-screen.hqx; 40K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:20 -0500
From: (Rob Probin)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PowerFantasm v410 unreg
PowerFantasm 410 unreg.sit
1.1M Bytes
Short: POWERFANTASM Version 4.10 Unregistered
The latest update of the popular Macintosh 680x0 and PowerPC Assembler
'Fantasm' (by Lightsoft). IMPORTANT UPDATE: This corrects many bugs and
adds several useful features.
This is the shareware version, for distribution everywhere....
Thanks.
Rob Probin at Lightsoft
LIGHTSOFT ON THE WEB... http://www.tau.it/lightsoft/ LIGHTSOFT VIA EMAIL...
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/power-fantasm-410.hqx; 1521K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:12 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] SPACE astronauts
hik. here is a startupscreen my first-cousin's brother in laws brotherasked
me to upload. it's not bad!!
(he asked me to write his relationship toi me. sorry
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/screen-in-space.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:09 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Startupscreen with DOS look
a startup screen that looks EXACTLY like that of a 386 with dos 6.2 i love i=
t!
mixed-ware.
Postcard & 32=A2 fee
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/dos-startup-screen.hqx; 13K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:18 -0500
From: (Robert Schenk)[email protected]
Subject: [*] The Medieval Period
The Medieval Period lists and counts files based on the extensions to their
names. An extension to a name is a bit of text after a period, as in
"readme.txt", where the ".txt" part is the extension. (The program lists
files with a period in the middle, and The Medieval Period sounded better
than The Middle Period.)
I wrote this little application to help keep track of a cross-platform
project with many thousands of files. (I am not sure when the results will
get published, but hopefully soon.) The program let me get lists of files
of various types (extensions), which helped me make sure that I had the
files I wanted to have. I am not sure of what other use it is, but if I
found it useful, someone else might as well.
This program is shareware ($5)
Robert Schenk
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/medieval-period.hqx; 155K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:04 -0500
From: (Two Bits Worth)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Tim's Calculator 1.1
I couldn't find the "ideal" calculator, so I wrote my own. This one is
heavy on simplicity and elegance (no buttons that no one understands) and
has a running "tape" display. Also has lots of programmer's functions. I
like it. You might too.
Version 1.1 adds international decimal point support and lets you set
decimal point precision.
Shareware: $15.00
Please send correspondence to: [email protected]
----------------------------------------------- Two Bits Worth, Inc.
Phone/Fax: +1 (612) 227-2920 778 Hague Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/tims-calculator-11.hqx; 97K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:16 -0500
From: (Tore Merdem)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Trainspotters Puzzle 1.1b -- crossword fitword puzzle
This game makes fitword puzzles from a text file, or from words entered by
the user. A fitword puzzle is a type of crossword where you get all the
solution words and it's your task to fit the words into the grid. You can
print out the fitword puzzles in SimpleText. If you pay the shareware fee
of $10 you get access to crossword solutions. The program is 'fat'; it runs
native on Power Macs and also on 68K Macs. It requires System 7. This early
version should not be included on a info-mac CD-ROM.
Tore M.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/train-spotters-11b.hqx; 65K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:24 -0500
From: (Tom Reahard)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Version Master V1.0b1 - Automatic notification of version chang
Version Master is an internet based application which lists the version
numbers of the software on your system and, at your request, connects to
our server via the internet to receive the most recent or current version
numbers.
Our server can also send you email whenever a newer version appears on the
net. Now you can quickly and easily stay abreast of all the minor revisions
(a.k.a bug fixes) as well as the major revisions (bug fixes and new
features) for all your software. We'll be adding ftp locations so you can
immediately download patches and upgrades which manufacturers make
available.
Version Master requires System 7, and access to the internet. The Internet
Config system is strongly recommended (free copies are available at all
info-mac locations).
Tom Reahard
Symmetry Software 9832 North Hayden Road
Suite 101
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 USA
Phone: +1 602 596-1500 Fax: +1 602 991-0572
[Archived as /info-mac/app/version-master-10b1.hqx; 550K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:14 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] wacky windoze startupscreen
here is a startupscreen a friend asked me post for him., it's the windosw
3.1 startupscreen in mac format, with a mac-apple in the center. a great
startupscreen!
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/windoze-startup-screen.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 18:38:13 -0500
From: (Tim Blanco)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Welcome to Macintosh StartupScreen
This StartupScreen is ready to go. It is the second of my
'StartupScreens
for large monitors' series (the first on is called power-through-it). Just
pop it into your system folder and restart. It looks best when your moniter
is set to 16 bit color or better. It was made at the resolution 1024 x 768,
but can be resized for any moniter. If you decide to use this, please drop
me an e-mail and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions,
questions, or ideas for other StartupScreens, let me know and I'll get
working on it.
Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
Tim Blanco
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/welcome-to-macintosh-scrn.hqx; 1359K]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:34:36 -0400
From: "Peter J. Paul"
Subject: (A) ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
> I've been using Easy View to read TidBits and I've wanted to use
> it for other digests I get via my 'net email, including MacWay,
> daw.mac and deckusers.
>
> But for any of these other digests I can't seem to construct a
> View that will display the sections, only the chapters. And the
> whole point is to be able to see the sections and navigate
> directly to the items of interest, ignoring the rest.
It sounds like you are very close to the solution. When you 'Modify
View' simply set the 'Format' to 'Digest.' It is probably set to 'Setext'
which is fine for TidBits (among others), but you should set it to
'Digests' to view digests. BTW-you can set the default 'view' in
preferences.
>
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:46:57 -0600
From: "Tony Rath"
Subject: (Q)HTML to Stand Alone Document?
Does anyone know of a application that will take an HTML document and
convert it to a cross platform, stand alone document?
Tony Rath - http://www.belizenet.com/
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 08:58:01 -0500 (EST)
From: JOHN FEINBERG 201-235-6495
Subject: 6100 DOS card works on 68040 PDS slot
The DOS card that comes in the 6100/66 DOS compatible works just fine in
the PDS slot of 68040 Macs. I had a DOS card, and noticed that when
removed from the L-bracket the plug looked like it would fit in my q700.
So I held my breath, tried it, and it worked. It even works in a 33MHz
speed-bumped q700.
I had to start from scratch, since I didn't have the original CD that came
with the 6100. I downloaded Apple's "DOS Compatibility 1.5" drivers. This
lets you install the proper control panels & extensions that run on the Mac
side. I then switched over to the PC side and installed DOS from a
standard MS DOS 6.22 disk set. The next step was to install the DOS side
of the "DOS Compatibility 1.5" package (there was one Mac & one PC disk
image in the archive). I then installed Windows 3.1, using a standard set
of windows disks, using a winsetup.bat file put on by the Apple DOS-side
installer. I finally ran the Apple DOS-side disk again in order to install
some Windows-related Apple tweaks that need Windows installed first to
work.
The card works just fine. I put in a memory chip (72-pin), which greatly
improves performance of the Mac half of the computer over when the Quadra
700 motherboard memory was being shared. I installed WordPerfect 5.1, and
the test page printed perfectly to a PostScript printer. Windows also
boots very quickly.
John Feinberg
ITU Macintosh support, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 96 17:54:11 -0400
From: R Shapiro
Subject: ?? Easy View & Digests via Eudora
I humbly suggest you use Eudora itself to read digests, by bursting them.
If you're running Eudora 3.0, it's *very* easy with the Burst extended
service ("plugin"). If you're running an earlier Eudora, you can use
MailConverter -- a little messier, but no worse than using EasyView. Both
are freeware, available on info-mac mirrors. Disclosure: I wrote them
rs/[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 09:10:55 +0100
From: Peter Peldan
Subject: [Q] Mac-Mac communication over PPP
I have a mac at work connected to internet via ethernet ansd a mac at
home connected to internet via dial-up PPP.
What ways are there to connect to my mac at work from my mac at home.
I know of the folowing:
1. ARA (Needs the ARA client application) (slow?)
2. Buy an appletalk/PPP capable LAP driver like Intertcon, Tribe.
(Cost too much)
3. Connect via Netlink Remote directly to my mac. (Need netlink remote
in both macs, and a new modem to my mac at work. Will have to
disconnect to switch from PPP to appletalk)
Are there other good alternatives. Is it e.g possible to start a type
of FTP deamon on my mac at work such that it responds to FTP calls
from the internet. And are there other deamon-scripts that makes it
possible to remotely start applications on the remote mac?
Peter Peldan
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 14:24:01 +0100 (MET)
From: "Roderick M. Staalman"
Subject: [Q] Upgrading SE
Hi all,
I'm looking for a way to enhance my old Mac SE.
What I am looking for is an accelerator card, or some other options to
consider.
A couple of people have pointed me to some company called 'brainstorm'
but this appears to be a company that manufactures software.
I know there was once an accelerator from 'novy' but I can't find that
company either.
I would appreciate ALL help and suggestions. If you mail directly to me,
I'll make a digest and mail that to the Info_mac.
TIA Ro.
__
You salt the chips, | Roderick M. Staalman
I'll sort out the armadillo! | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 14:40:40 -0700
From: Benjamin Turner
Subject: Bus Errors
>Dear Digest Reader,
>A little informal survey.
>If you are a person running a Mac with a:
>68030
>68040 (non-LC variety)
>PowerPC 604
>
>processor, have you ever experienced a Type 1 or Bus Error?
>
>These processors are known to have datapaths or Buses equal to the internal
>processor number of bits. I was wondering if having such a processor
>precludes Bus Errors or not. You see I've never had one of those
>processors, and have intermittently encountered these errors.
Indeed, Bus Errors can occur on 68030s, 68040s, PowerPC 604s, and
all of their bretheren. Usually, a Bus Error indicates that the program
tried to read or write from/to a memory location in the computer that
doesn't exist or is otherwise unavailable for the program's use. So if we
had a computer that had 8 bytes of memory, and we tried to access byte 9,
we'd get a bus error, because that memory location does not exist (the bus
doesn't go that far, as it were). Bus errors can also pop up if programmers
access the memory at address 0, since that area holds addresses of critical
low level OS routines for the processor.
And to answer your survey, I have a full 68040 in my Quadra 610 and
get bus errors from time to time (rather frequently while programming...).
Benjamin Turner
Benjamin John Turner | [email protected]
http://www.usfca.edu/usf/turner/ | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 16:37:51 -0600
From: (Rollo Silver)
Subject: CD-ROM drivers
I have two CD-ROM drives on a Quadra 840AV. One is an Apple drive (SONY),
internally mounted; the other is an APS Technologies drive (Toshiba),
mounted externally.
I have two drivers: , which is in the Extensions
folder, and , which is not.
Problem:
1. Neither driver seems to handle the other drive correctly.
2. The drivers are probably incompatible, so I can't have them both in the
Extensions folder at once.
WhaddoIdo?
Rollo Silver / Amygdala | e-mail: [email protected]
216M N. Pueblo Rd, #107 | Website: http://www.artvark.com/artvark/
Taos, NM 87571 USA | Voice: 505-751-9601; FAX: 505-751-7507
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:12:15 +0900 (JST)
From: [email protected] (Tito Poza and Shari Custer-Poza)
Subject: Color Stylewriter Pro woes
My two-year old Color Stylewriter Pro has been printing with black streaks
through red and yellow graphics and text. I figured that it needed a new
print head so I replaced it. That didn't help. So far, besides replacing
the print head (a very expensive endeavor) I have:
1. Replaced all the ink cartridges (twice).
2. Cleaned all the in cartridges 3 or 4 times.
3. Supercleaned them twice.
I've also aligned the print head several times. If I take it to the shop
for repair, I'm told I'll have to pay $100 just to have them look at it.
I thought it might be the new "double-barrelled" black ink cartridges
causing the black to smear across the other colors but my friend has the
same printer and uses the same cartridges with no difficulties.
I'm tired of seeing zebra stripes thourh my red and yellow printing and
don't relish the idea of buying a new printer.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Shari
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:32:11 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: HD Optimizers (A)
At 11:08 AM -0500 9/30/96, Al Bloom wrote:
>On: Fri, 27 Sep, JonYo wrote
>
>>Does anyone know of a good program, shareware or not (but shareware would
>>be good!), to defragment one's hard drive?
>
>No free or share ware I know of.
Well, there's always the brute force method, which also ensures a current,
working backup.
1. Buy second hard disk, same size as primary.
2. Every ; attach second hard disk.
3. Copy everything from primary disk to secondary.
4. Set secondary disk to startup, restart machine.
5. Erase primary disk; copy everything back from secondary to primary.
6. Set primary disk to startup, restart.
7. Put secondary disk back into the secure storage location.
Now your primary disk is completely defragmented; as a bonus, you have a
current backup.
This method will not do the "optimization" performed by Speed Disk et. al
[moving System files to front of the disk, etc.], but you can accomplish a
fair amount of that with partitioning.
chazl
10.02.96
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 15:06:15 -0800
From: [email protected] (fuzzy)
Subject: help
I have JPEG View...I cannot create a slide show anymore....when I start
slide show, a
box says.".error 39" etc. etc.....I have never had a problem with creating
a slide show.
I can open image files one at a time with JPEG...but for some reason it
will not start a slide show......
Also, I have downloaded some AVI and mpeg files, and I don't know what I
need to view them.
Your assistance and advice would be greatly appreciated. I have netscape
3.0., but couldn't find quicktime, movie star or other helper apps which I
need to view video...
thanx,
fuzzy
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:35:18 -0500
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: ISDN Caller ID
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:00:52 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> I have a Motorola BitSURFR Pro ISDN Terminal Adapter connected to my
> PowerMac 6100/60AV and I'm looking for software that will display the
> Caller ID data. I've tried both PhoneWatcher and Mac Caller ID and
> apparently neither of these support the BitSURFR.
[...snip...]
I think the BSP may use a somewhat non-standard set of AT commands for CID
delivery since it effectively has to simultaneously support 3 ports (2
voice and 1 data); that may be the source of difficulty for the developers
of that software.
Consider PowerPhone from Quicomm, currently in public beta testing.
Although I am hesitant to use beta software, I must say PowerPhone seems
solid. It does just what you want, and more (allows you to create a
database and ID's incoming calls by the name you use in your DB, allows you
to dial someone by name, etc.). Please contact me directly for an e-mail
address (I can't get to it today).
Cheers,
--
Gib Henry
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:43:48 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: Netscape Cache Killer
At 10:43 AM -0500 9/30/96, Al Bloom wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Sep, [email protected] wrote
>
>>Has anybody made a non-Applescript program that makes Netscape empty its
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>disk cache by the press of a button or an added menu item. I have
>>QuickKeys 3.5 and Netscape 3.0 if that makes any difference. I hate
>>having to always go to the Options Network Preferences when I want to
>>remove the cache files.
>
>Try cache-killer at your friendly neighborhood I-M archive
>
>-r 55221 Aug 30 1996 comm/inet/web/cache-killer-102-as.hqx
^^
But that's probably an AppleScript.
Since you have QuickKeys, you could make up a sequence yourself and assign
it to whatever key you want. This is pretty much QuickKeys' reason for
being.
Here are two ways to go about it:
1. Create a sequence that performs the menu/dialog commands that vex you so.
2. Create a sequence that deletes the cache folder through whatever file
deletion mechanism QuickKeys provides.
I don't use QuickKeys, so I have no idea if it allows you to delete files.
It may rely on AppleScript to do this.
If you were running Frontier, you could add a command to NetScape's shared
menu that would do this; the script would be something like:
file.delete("Boot:System:Preferences:Netscape =9F:Cache =9F")
chazl
10.02.96
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 19:30:03 -0600
From: Robert Zimmerman
Subject: New Network Access Floppy?
>Back in the dark ages of February 1995, Apple did a Good Thing by offering
>the Network Access 7.5 boot floppy. With it one could boot an HD-dead Mac or
>one with a new systemless HD and link to another Mac on the AppleTalk net. I
>used it mostly for CD-ROMless Macs so I could install system software from
>another Mac's CD-ROM drive.
>
>The original recipe Network Access 7.5 floppy doesn't do boo on a PowerMac.
>
>I've snooped Apple's various sites, and I can't even find the original, much
>less anything more current. A Network Access floppy would be useful for my
>PowerBook 5300cs. All other PPC Macs under my tender loving care are desktop
>units with built-in CD-ROM drives, so who cares.
>
>Have any of y'all seen a PPC version of the Network Access boot floppy?
>
>Al Bloom
It's now called Network Software Installer, the latest one is version
1.5.1. It's available on Apple's ftp sites.
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:53:25 -0600
From: [email protected] (S. F. Sobczynski)
Subject: Performa 6200 & the Internet
I'm trying to get a client's Performa 6200 up on the Internet but am
experiencing some trouble...wondering if anyone else has any ideas. I've
tried everything I can think of and Apple has nothing on file so...
Configuration:
Hardware:
CPU: Performa 6200 RAM Installed: 8MB
Modem: tried two different Supra 28.8 v.42 and also a Supra 14.4 v.32
Software:
System: tried v7.5.3 & v7.5.5 TCP: v2.06
PPP: FreePPP v2.5.2 Browser: Netscape v2.02 & v3.0
Other: RamDoubler v1.6.2 and SpeedDoubler v1.3.1
Background:
1. Internal Global Village modem has been removed from Performa.
2. Have tried using both the modem and printer ports with no difference.
3. Have tried several different modem init strings with minimal difference.
4. Same configuration used on an 8Mb Duo230 using Open Transport works fine.
5. Have performed clean re-installs of the OS, FreePPP and Netscape and
zapped the PRAM.
6. Have removed all non-OS and non-required Control Panels and Extensions.
Problem:
Thru-put on the Performa is averaging under 50 bytes per second with some
spikes going up to the low hundreds. However, using the same
configurations, into the same ISP, with any other system sees thru-put
averaging in the high hundreds with spikes up to 2k bytes per second. The
expanded deatail window of FreePPP indicates significant hardware and CRC
errors occurring with the Performa connection. However, running diagnostic
software like MacEKG shows no problems with either serial port on the
Performa.
Has anyone else out there had any like trouble setting up a 6200 or have
any ideas on what to try next??
TIA,
Stan
PS. I'll summarize any response back to the group.
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 13:52:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Roche
Subject: Problems with PPP! Help!!
Hi folks!
I've been having some problems with my PPP connection as of late...
In the time it takes me to read and/or respond to my email which has
downloaded from Eudora, my PPP connection is lost... and I have to
redial... over the course of an hour of email work, I have to dial
back in 2 or sometimes 3 times! My service provider cuts off "idle"
connections after 20 minutes...
Is there a small utility available which I can run in the background that
will keep the PPP
connection busy, so that I don't lose the connection?
I know I could run something through Netscape or download a file via Fetch,
but this seems a
bit extreme when all I want to do is read and respond to email...
Any help offered would be greatly appreciated!
David Roche
--
David Roche
Email : [email protected]
Home Page : http://www.eurekanet.com/~chandler
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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 05:45:07 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steven L Mitchell)
Subject: Re- Netscape 2.02 Woes
Gordon;
>The Problem: 9 times out of 10 when I try to download an .hqx file,
>particularly trying to retrieve Netscape 3 as soon as I activate the link a
>window comes up saying: "Warning - unrecognized encoding mac-binhex40". If
>I gamble and continue it gets about 80 - 90% of the download, decodes the
>partial file and leaves me with a useless icon.
>
>I have re-built the desktop, zapped the PRam, totally re-installed Netscape
>& Stuffit Expander (4.01) including all related preference files I could
>think of. I double-checked my settings which seem correct.
>
Open Options/General Preferences/Helpers and make sure that you have
exactly one line for 'application/mac-binhex40' and it is set to Launch
your StuffIt expander, and recognizes suffix 'hqx'.
btw you haven't totally re-installed Navigator if you haven't removed the
"Netscape =9F" folder from the Preferences folder. Of course then you will
have lost all your Preferences. You only need to do a total re-install if
you get crashes with Navigator 3.0. Apparently you did a total re-install
and should have fixed the problem; anyway I've outlined a less drastic
solution above.
Steve
Netscape Live3D Mac Support
Live3D 1.0 for PowerMac (VRML 1.0 plugin for Netscape Navigator 3.0) has
been released.
Download it from the Live3D web site at:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/live3d/
Live3D for 68K will be available soon.
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Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 22:09:29 +0200
From: [email protected] (FranCois Lombard)
Subject: Re : Adding a second monitor to my Q650
> Saeed Khan [email protected] asked :
> I want to add a second monitor to my Quadra 650.
>
> 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.
Why else would he supply you a card ?
You need any nubus Card from apple (there was a lovely 8/24 for maybe 200$
last time i looked.
I've got an old MacII card for real cheap (40$?) if you come and fetch it
in Switzerland... And see Matterhorn and Geneva's beautiful floral clock
and remarquable fountain by the way !
Seriously, look around for an old Mac II, IIfx, IICx there should be a card
inside and just about any would work on that good 13inch Apple monitors.
Try and buy the card alone for real cheap. (stay away from the rare
accelerated ones even from Apple (8-24GC I think))
HTH
F.lo
FranCois Lombard
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:53:22 +0200
From: [email protected] (Cramer)
Subject: Request: Software-only Info-Mac digest
I am overly thankful for the work of all people behind Info-Mac, and I
appreciate the digest for keeping us all tuned about Macintosh freeware and
shareware. In my view, their mere existence is a strong argument in favor
of the Macintosh platform as such.
However, I read the digest only for the software information and always
skip the Q&A section. For that purpose, I use the newsgroups
comp.sys.mac.apps and, more frequently since it's in my native language,
de.comp.sys.apple. I don't mind the existence of the Info-Mac Q&A section
as such, but I would prefer a "lean" "software news-only" version of the
digest which one could alternatively subscribe to. With the Q&A section
eating up about 50% of the digest length, I receive about 10-20 "redundant"
kilobytes per day and about ten extra online minutes per month (here in
Europe, this is an important issue because local telephone rates are
extremely high so that regular Internet use becomes a $100 hobby).
Downloading the Info-Mac digest from comp.sys.mac.digest or from directly
>From an Info-Mac FTP mirror doesn't change anything since the software and
the Q&A sections aren't separated there either.
Florian
[This is something we have thought to do for a while, and we are still planing
on it, really. However, this modification requires a major rewrite of all
our scripts (if we are going to do it right). It is coming, really.
-Gordon]
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 20:39:05 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: System 7.5.3 Unity (C: Ctd)
Another evening and another several hours diddling with the "unity" version
of System 7.5.3. It's a good thing I'm an old person who hasn't had a life in
years.
I spent this evening working up boot floppies for Macs of the PPC persuasion.
I didn't expect any more problems than I saw with the 68K boot floppies. I
was right. Copying the new System and baby enabler to existing boot disks
worked admirably. After first removing the PB5300 enablers that were there.
There was less space available on the floppies afterwards. The 7.5.3 unity
System is twice the size of the 7.5.2 System on my original PB Disk Tools. Not
as bad a situation as with the 68k boot floppies I created last evening. The
PPC version of System is 2/3 the size of the 68k version. Is Apple trying to
tell us something? Like throw your 68k Mac in the dumpster. For sure it isn't
going to accomodate the next, presumably larger, Norton Disk Doctor on a
floppy.
Then just for the hallibut, I decided to use SAM's "startup disk builder" app
to create a SAM boot floppy from scratch. I had a sneaking suspicion it would
fail, and I was right. Symantec's Norton and SAM disk builders want a Disk
Tools floppy as a template. The DT floppies that come with 7.5.3 unity are
named Disk Tools 1 (68k) and Disk Tools 2 (PPC). Startup Disk Builder refused
to recognize DT2 until I renamed it just plain Disk Tools.
I have no doubt that the same applies to the 68k Disk Tools 1 floppy. Unlock
both of those puppies and get rid of the numeric suffix.
This is as much as I care to do, and to report on, for the System 7.5.3 Unity.
Until/unless I find something else worth sharing with the I-M community.
Al Bloom
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 21:04:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: System 7.5.5 and GlobalFax
Forgive me for not referencing the original communication. I lost the note
to myself. Old age is heck.
Someone said recently that after the 7.5.5 update, his GlobalFax software
died. I vaguely remember a version 2.1.4, but I could be wrong. Memory is,
after all, the second thing to go. What's the first? I forget. Tadumdum.
I tried my Globalfax this evening. It is of the 2.5.6 persuasion. It worked.
Once again, my children. Keep current with your software. Blessedly, a LOT of
vendors now have a web or ftp presence with freebie software updates. It is
getting better all the time. But we mere users must make the effort to look
at those sites every now and once and get the updates.
Al Bloom
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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 09:28:49 -0400
From: [email protected] (David Turley)
Subject: telnet for mac
Is it just me, or is there little to go on when it comes to telnet on a
Mac? NCSA Telnet-2.7b4 was dropped while still in beta, Comet is a few
years old, Nifty Telnet has no logging feature (that I can see.) I am
participtating in a "distance learning" class and need telnet frequently.
I'm not totally satisfied with any of these choices. Am I being too picky?
What is the telnet app of choice among you more experienced users?
Cheers,
david
[email protected]
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