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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 12 Oct 96 Volume 14 : Issue 239
Today's Topics:
[*] AppleScript Database - Self-Running
[*] ASTcl-1.0 AppleScript package for Tcl/Tk
[*] EECOLL.XLS
[*] French Scenariomaker updater
[*] Japanese WordMaster v4.0 demo from Lava Software
[*] Knot 3.7 (FAT) abstract 3-D graphics designer
[*] Lingo Database - Self-Running Version
[*] MediaPresenter 1.2.2 LE
[*] PageSpinner 1.2.1
[*] PopExtras 2.0
[*] ResFork Killer 1.3.0
[*] Series EE Savings Bond VALUES V2.2
[*] Series E Savings Bond VALUES V1.0
[*] TattleTech 2.53
[*] VideoMail Pro version 1.1
(A) Homer
app. that created this doc. not found (?)
Ba[r]coding Snail mail software? (2 msgs)
BinHex
Cannot find file "Text"
Courier font
FontBox 2.0 Problems
Hard Disk Utilities (2 msgs)
Help with Memory (Human & Netscape) (A)
How to Downgrade System?
How to Downgrade to 7.5.3
How to stop Pram reseting? (R)
LC PDS VIDEO CARD???
LW 8.4 (C again)
Mac PPP
Mac SE/30 video
Memory SIMMS
Norton Problems with 7500/100
On Location and WordPerfect files
Printer problems
Printing to postscript files
Program for searching and viewing large text files?
RAM Use
SCSI is scuzzy!
starting up from zip disk?
starting up from zip disk? (A)
System RAM keeps growing!
System Software for 2300c?
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:13 -0500
From: (ISO FileMaker Magazine)[email protected]
Subject: [*] AppleScript Database - Self-Running
The attached file is a self-running copy of the AppleScript database that
was submitted to the info-mac archives. The file is a bit big because it
includes a copy of the FileMaker Pro database engine that is linked to the
database that stores your AppleScripts.
This copy of the AppleScript Database does not replace the FileMaker Pro
version, which is quite a bit smaller. This version of the AppleScript
Database is for users who do not own FileMaker Pro but would like to have
the power and storage control for their AppleScripts.
If you have questions or comments the please contact me
for more information.
Sincerely,
Matt Petrowsky
[Archived as /info-mac/data/applescript-database.hqx; 1995K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:01:18 -0700
From: [email protected] (Theodore C. Belding)
Subject: [*] ASTcl-1.0 AppleScript package for Tcl/Tk
AS Tcl 1.0 is a package for compiling and executing AppleScript scripts
>From within a Tcl or Tk script. It does this by adding a "DoAppleScript
" command to Tcl. The distribution is a set of CodeWarrior C
sources and project files. It requires AppleScript, CodeWarrior 10 or
later, and the sources for Tcl 7.5.1/Tk 4.1 (which are available at
and on the CW10 tools CDROM). AS Tcl 1.0
is freeware and may be included on CDROMs.
-Ted
Ted Belding
University of Michigan Program for the Study of Complex Systems
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/as-tcl-10.hqx; 108K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:01:15 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] EECOLL.XLS
SUBJECT: EE Savings Bonds 4 COLLEGE V2.2
AUTHOR: Gil Friese
HARDWARE: Windows or Mac
NEEDS: Excel (spreadsheet) V4.0 or later
SIZE: 50,000 bytes
KEYWORDS: College, Friese, Savings, Bond, Series, EE, Treasury, Excel,
Interest, US, Redeem, Gil, Spreadsheet
This Excel spreadsheet CALCULATES the value of U. S. Series EE Savings Bonds,
bought in the past and future. (Series EE bonds were sold since 1/1/80.)
This program will be accurate for DECADES if the user adds readily
available, future market-based rates semi-annually. NO FUTURE DOWNLOADING
unlike other Savings Bond programs! And this program downloads in only about
a MINUTE.
The interest from U. S. Series EE Savings Bonds bought after 1989 can be
totally tax-free if used for college tuition and fees. This may be the best
way for risk-adverse investors to save for college. EE bonds' market-based
rates protect your investment from inflation.
Enter the dates and total face values of bonds bought after 1979 and those to
be bought in the future. The spreadsheet will accurately calculate the
current value of bonds already purchased. It will also estimate the value of
all the bonds years from now, including those bought in the future. The
latter helps you determine if your saving rate is satisfactory.
The spreadsheet also calculates yield-to-date, average market-based rates,
and the return you would need to equal the EE Bonds' performance from a fully
taxable investment.
Documentation is included in the spreadsheet. Some may need to open the
EECOLL.XLS file from within the Excel application.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/ee-savings-bond-college-xl.hqx; 43K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:59:06 -0700
From: @@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu
Subject: [*] French Scenariomaker updater
Well, you've got it: the updater for the French version of ScenarioMaker
(v1.6.2 -> 1.7.1).
Hope everybody's happy!!
Nicolas Meyer
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/scenario-maker-171-updt-fr.hqx; 149K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:16 -0700
From: [email protected] (Michael Wildoer)
Subject: [*] Japanese WordMaster v4.0 demo from Lava Software
Japanese WordMaster is a Japanese study aid for the Macintosh
which offers four highly integrated functions in one package:
a Japanese word processor, a powerful Kanji reference dictionary,
a Japanese text translation aid and an intelligent vocabulary
and Kanji study system. It is also a complete multimedia
dictionary authoring tool which allows users to create customised
dictionaries for any romanised language (ie. English, French,
German, Indonesian, etc), and operates without KanjiTalk or the
Japanese Language Kit. Full details as well as commercial
download delivery is available from the Lava Software web site
at www.lavasoft.com.
Please direct all questions and enquiries to [email protected].
Best Regards,
Michael Wildoer
Marketing Director
Lava Software (Australia)
Email address: [email protected]
Web address: http://www.lavasoft.com
Anonymous ftp address: ftp.lavasoft.com
Fax/Telephone: +61-8-8235-0003 (International)
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/japanese-word-master-402.hqx; 1875K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:12 -0700
From: [email protected] (Lloyd Burchill)
Subject: [*] Knot 3.7 (FAT) abstract 3-D graphics designer
Knot lets you create large 3-D color animations and stills of beautiful
abstract knots. You design the knot's form, colors, motion, backgrounds
and lighting - or design and render entire animations automatically.
It's an endless source of gorgeous moving backgrounds and photocollage
elements for your work.
* Easy to use: knots will design themselves if you want, or you can
exert fine control
* Renders standard TIFFs, QuickTime movies, QTVR objects, & icons
* Fast background rendering yields still pictures in a few minutes
* Create 3D stereograms, movies, and tiles with one click
* Beautiful graphic interface
Knots are 3-D abstract shapes which many people say look "something
like intestines", but MacFormat magazine says "Design fantastic,
beautiful images on your Mac with this easy to use graphics program.
With a wealth of options to stretch your artistic talent, the program
produces its wonderful creations in just minutes."
Version 3.7 adds compositing masks for digital video, improved
animation control, and seamlessly repeating tiles, all with high
resolution and "ribbons," assorted lighting effects, 3-D, and tons of
examples. Multiple colored light sources illuminate curved, segmented,
glowing, buckled, iridescent, wet, and segmented strands, with animated
previews, all in 24-bit poster-size color.
Knot requires a color Macintosh with System 7 or later. You can use
your creations with any paint program or movie player.
On the web: http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aa731/knot.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/knot-37.hqx; 755K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:09 -0500
From: (ISO FileMaker Magazine)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Lingo Database - Self-Running Version
The attached file is a self-running copy of the Lingo Database that was
submitted to the info-mac archives. The file is a bit big because it
includes a copy of the FileMaker Pro database engine that is linked to the
database that stores your Lingo scripts.
This copy of the Lingo Database does not replace the FileMaker Pro version,
which is quite a bit smaller. This version of the Lingo Database is for
users who do not own FileMaker Pro but would like to have the power and
storage control for their Lingo scripts.
If you have questions or comments the please contact me
for more information.
Sincerely,
Matt Petrowsky
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/lingo-runtime-fm3.hqx; 1931K]
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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:44:10 -0500
From: (Paul D. Hibbitts)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MediaPresenter 1.2.2 LE
MediaPresenter is a software tool providing an effective way to present
digital images and text, with visual annotation tools that support
spontaneous interaction in educational settings.
With a unique visual highlighting tool and paint style annotation tools
MediaPresenter provides methods to temporarily mark up visual materials on
the fly to encourage discussion within a classroom environment.
New to version 1.2 is the ability to attach notes to images within a
presentation, providing a very easy way to share comments about images
between several viewers who each have a copy of MediaPresenter. With an
external monitor hooked up to your Macintosh or PowerBook, you can also
privately view notes to help remember key points to make during your
presentation.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/media-presenter-122-le.hqx; 797K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:04 -0700
From: [email protected] (Jerry Aman)
Subject: [*] PageSpinner 1.2.1
PageSpinner is an HTML Editor for MacOS. It supports HTML 2.0, most parts
of HTML 3.2 plus additional Netscape extensions and is useful for both the
beginner and the more advanced web author. The editor gives you quick
access to often used formatting and also supports interactive help with
AppleGuide and an HTML Assistant to help you compose your Web pages.
Version 1.2 features: user defined tags, a Notebook that can contain up to
100 pages of frequently used HTML text and support for user defined
keyboard shortcuts. Other additions are an enhanced Help menu, improved
window handling, an updated AppleGuide and more examples.
New in version 1.2 are also support for Frames, WorldScript input, dynamic
JavaScripts, Web Robot tags, script for saving to a FTP Server, the new
Netscape
Layout tags, Netcloak CGI tags, Spellswell Clipboard spellchecker,
Text-only pages
and Apple's new QuickDraw 3D, QuickTime and QTVR plug-ins. Other additions
are a Floating Menu palette, improved preview option & Web Tools menu,
support for lower/upper case tags conversion, paragraph containers and
source code editing.
This 1.2.1 version contains a few bug fixes and some minor additions.
More information can be found at PageSpinners Homepage:
Jerry Aman
Optima System
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/page-spinner-121.hqx; 1104K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:09 -0700
From: (Gavin Maxwell)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PopExtras 2.0
What is PopExtras?
PopExtras consists of two parts, the first being a button which
is attached to the status bar of the background application (eg
Notepad). Tapping this button will present you with a pop-up menu
containing a user definable list of apps installed on the Newton.
Tapping an app name will open that app! The second part of PopExtras is
the utility that is used to select which apps will be displayed in the
popup button. This utility consists of a scrolling list which contains
the apps installed on the Newton. Tapping on an item in the list will
place a check to the left of the app name, tapping again will remove the
check. Simple. There is also a Clear button which will uncheck all
items. Next to the Clear button is an Open button which can be used to
open the selected app (whether it is checked or not). Checking and
unchecking items will be immediately reflected in the popup menu (only
visible if you close the Extras Drawer after opening PopExtras).
Some Important Information
PopExtras will create a union soup called "PopExtras:comet", at
install time, on your Newton. This soup is used to store the items that
will be displayed in the popup. I have tested PopExtras rigorously to
ensure it does not incur the wrath of the 'Grip-O-Death' god. This is
not a guarantee, just a fair amount of reassurance
It should also be noted that this version of PopExtras will only run
on Newton 2.0 devices.
Version Log:
2.0 * Whoa...big step, NOS 2.0 complience...only took a few hours
to get it running nicely under 2.0. No functional changes. Some code
tidying. I'm not using quite so many undocumented features now! There
are still a couple - but I won't tell if you don't! Added registration
scheme to save sending out personalised copies everytime someone
registered...
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/pop-extras-20.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:21 -0700
From: [email protected] (Christoph Schaffhauser)
Subject: [*] ResFork Killer 1.3.0
ResFork Killer 1.3.0 deletes the Resource fork of any file.
It can also handle drag & drop of whole directories
Christoph Schaffhauser Tel: +41 (0)61 751 23 42
DarkEagle Software EMail: [email protected]
http://www.datacomm.ch/darkeagl/
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/res-fork-killer-130.hqx; 79K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:01:17 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Series EE Savings Bond VALUES V2.2
AUTHOR: Gil Friese
HARDWARE: Windows or Mac
NEEDS: Excel (spreadsheet) V4.0 or later
SIZE: 54,000 bytes
KEYWORDS: Friese, Savings, Bond, Series, EE, Redeem, Sell, Treasury,
Interest, Gil, Excel, Spreadsheet, US
This Excel spreadsheet CALCULATES the value of U. S. Series EE Savings Bonds,
bought in the past and future. (Series EE bonds were sold since 1/1/80.)
This program will be accurate for DECADES if the user adds readily
available, future market-based rates semi-annually. NO FUTURE DOWNLOADING
unlike other Savings Bond programs! And this program downloads in only about
a MINUTE.
Enter the dates and face values of your bonds into the first two columns of
the table. Calculated for each of your bonds are its
o purchase price,
o current value,
o current guarantee rate
o average market-based rate,
o yield to date
o expected return 12 months from now,
o after-tax proceeds if redeemed,
o the fully taxable return required from a new investment to equal your
bonds' performance over the next year, and
o the earliest month to redeem the bonds to avoid losing interest.
Documentation is included in the spreadsheet. Some may need to open the
EEBOND.XLS file from within the Excel application.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/ee-savings-bond-values-xl.hqx; 47K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:00:17 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Series E Savings Bond VALUES V1.0
AUTHOR: Gil Friese
HARDWARE: Windows or Mac
NEEDS: Excel (spreadsheet) V4.0 or later
SIZE: 64,000 bytes
KEYWORDS: Friese, Savings, Bond, Series, E, Redeem, Sell, Treasury,
Interest, Gil, Excel, Spreadsheet, US
This Excel spreadsheet CALCULATES the values of U. S. Series E Savings Bonds.
(Series E bonds were sold BEFORE July 1980.) This program will be accurate
for DECADES if the user adds readily available, future market-based rates
semi-annually. NO FUTURE DOWNLOADING unlike other Savings Bond programs!
And this program downloads in only about a MINUTE.
Enter the dates and face values of your bonds into the first two columns of
the table. Calculated for each of your bonds are its
o purchase price,
o current value (within 1 cent/$25 face value),
o current guarantee rate,
o yield to date,
o date when interest will no longer be paid,
o expected return 12 months from now,
o after-tax proceeds if redeemed,
o the fully taxable return required from a new investment to equal your
bonds' performance over the next year, and
o the months to redeem the bonds to avoid losing interest.
Documentation is included in the spreadsheet. Some may need to open the
EBOND.XLS file from within the Excel application.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/e-savings-bond-values-xl.hqx; 53K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 03:07:55 -0700
From: [email protected] (John Mancino)
Subject: [*] TattleTech 2.53
TattleTech is a system Profiler, Tech Support tool, and Bug Reporter
application. It replaces TattleTale.
2.53 corrects the following problems:
- Fixed problem with crash on launch on some non-pci PowerMacs running
System 7.5.5
- Fixed problem with identifying system update version when running System
7.5.5
TT reports over 850 info items regarding your system and its hardware
including the following: PCI, PC (PCMCIA) Card; ATA/IDE Devices; Mult
Processors/L2 Cache;PRAM dump; Gestalt dump;General CPU/HW attributes;
Volumes/Drives; Monitors; Nubus/PDS, ADB, SCSI devices (incl
Manufacturer,ROM revisions,etc); Traps ; Application versions; DAs, Fonts,
INITs, CDEVs, etc; Also Mount volumes; Close files, check file integrity.
Uses include learning about your Mac, pre-purchase feature verification,
reporting problems to vendors/product support, beta testing, disk-based
surveys, etc.
REQUIRES:
Mac+ or >
System 7.0 or >
NOTE: May be included on CD-ROM
EMAIL: [email protected] Decision Maker's Software, Inc.
CIS: 704337,2143 1910 Joslyn Place
ALink: D0391 Boulder, CO 80304
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/tattle-tech-253.hqx; 545K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:29:25 -0700
From: [email protected] (Holly G. Hardyman)
Subject: [*] VideoMail Pro version 1.1
VideoMail Pro is a Macintosh program which allows you to create and send
QuickTime movies over the Internet. By using digitally recorded audio and
visual communication, VideoMail Pro allows your recipients to see your
facial expressions and hear your voice. You can also attach and send other
types of files as well as audio-video messages.
The new version includes support for InternetConfig 1.2 which permits
intelligent file-type mapping and better handles mail configuration
information. VideoMail Pro 1.1 also allows attatchment of other types of
files as well as audio/video messages and the file encoding has been
dramatically improved.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/video-mail-pro-11.hqx; 728K]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 23:07:08 -0700
From: Jay Steinberg
Subject: (A) Homer
On 10/5/96 at 5:49 PM +0000, Vicky Stoltz wrote:
> I can (sic) seem to get past sign on. They tell me the nickname is
beening used.
Vicky,
Specifically, you need to change your nickname. The server won't let
more than one in use. On AnotherNet (one of the servers is
sunrise.ca.us.another.net) you can even register a nick of your choice,
assumming its not in use.
I really suggest you try ircle. It's available everywhere. But their
site is:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/ and they list many sites for irc
information that could be very useful to a beginner. Also there are
some very good newsgroups on irc: alt.irc.questions and alt.irc.
Good luck.
-- Jay
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 21:15:58 -0700
From: Dan & Melissa Becker
Subject: app. that created this doc. not found (?)
Hello; this is one I'm sure I knew the answer to, but my fixes didn't fix
it. Couldn't figure out the right way to phrase it for search engines to
come up with an answer, either.
Situation: Client has Apple's Remote Access Personal installed. Double
clicking on documents created by ARAP yields the "sorry, the application
that created this document couldn't be found" (paraphrased) message.
Creating brand-spanking-new documents from ARAP yields the same result.
However, if you open the folder that the ARAP application is in, and then
close the folder, everything works and continues to work until the next
restart.
I seem to remember this being discussed before, and something about
"touching" folders being needed to update the Desktop file.
Here's what I tried to fix the problem:
Rebuilt desktop using cmd-option at startup.
Reinstalled application.
Trashed applications prefs file, just for fun.
Is there a solution, short of reformatting the drive? This isn't a
crisis; I created a work-around; I'm just frustrated that I forgot the
answer.
TIA,
-Dan
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 13:33:27 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Ba[r]coding Snail mail software?
>I am looking for software to barcode addresses for bulk rate snail mailing. I
>have a ClarisWorks database of 3200+ names that will soon be converted to
>FileMaker Pro 3. Does anyone know of any software that will add the barcode?
AddressBook will do this when it prints envelopes.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 13:33:27 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: Ba[r]coding Snail mail software?
>I am looking for software to barcode addresses for bulk rate snail mailing. I
>have a ClarisWorks database of 3200+ names that will soon be converted to
>FileMaker Pro 3. Does anyone know of any software that will add the barcode?
AddressBook will do this when it prints envelopes.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:39:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: BRUNET JEAN
Subject: BinHex
Hi! I am trying to get a copy of BinHex 4.0. It does not seem to be on the
archives? I would appreciate if someone could inform me where I can
get a copy. Thanks in advance for your assistance in this matter. Jean.
[We have a copy of binhex 5.0, which should be backwards compatible, but no
4.0 -- look in the cmp directory. However, note that it is in .hqx format.
I would suggest looking for stuffit expander, the freeware exploder -- it
is also in the cmp directory and is in binary format... -Gordon]
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 09:27:01 GMT
From: "GRAEME CRAIG"
Subject: Cannot find file "Text"
I have this strange problem with some text files downloaded from the
newsgroups, the mac can read the filename when copying from disk to
disk and in file selector dialogues and when reading a disk when
inserted into the superdrive. BUT when an application comes to load
the file an error occurs which tells me the Mac can't find the file.
The error always has the same file name "text" even when the correct
filename is shown in the dialogue. The file has always been copied to
the Mac from an MSDos disk.
Any help in solving the problem is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Graeme
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:12:37 -0400
From: Jon Butler
Subject: Courier font
Does anyone know of a Courier font that is EXACTLY like the old Courier on
an IBM typewriter? The Courier supplied with Macs is, at the same point
size, slightly smaller, bothin letter size and in spacing between lines;
the same line typed out in 12 point Courier on an IBM typewriter will be
slightly shorter in 12 point on a Mac.
The Courier supplied by Microsoft and available online is approximately the
same size but much "lighter," so that the print looks significantly lighter
when printed.
A friend using an old DOS machine seems to have a Courier font that comes
very close to producing the type of the old IBM typewriter, but that font
seems not to work on a Mac.
Does anyone have any suggestions for locating a Courier font that comes
closer to matching the IBM typewriter font?
Thanks.
Jon Butler
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Date: 9 Oct 1996 19:17:30 -0400
From: "Daitaro Hagihara"
Subject: EMAIL
Dear Rob,
I once had an advertisement from IDT (International Discount =
Telecommunications) offering free e-mail services to the Mac users. I =
called them once, and after waiting an hour or so on hold, I gave up and =
trashed the ad. Look up your new AT&T Toll-Free Directory for IDT and =
call. They will tell you where to call for the free e-mail application, =
which is not toll-free. Good luck!
------ From: [email protected], Wed, Oct 9, 1996 ------
Robert Browning [email protected]
Computer Services (Operations) 935-5317
Campus Box 1152,St Louis,Mo. 63130
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A FREE EMAIL SERVICE FOR MACINTOSH USERS. MY =
RESEARCH
INDICATES THAT FREEMARK AND JUNO OFFER SUCH SERVICE TO ONLY PC USERS.
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 07:11:52 -1000
From: leon pereira
Subject: FontBox 2.0 Problems
Sorry, can't help you. But I wanted to add another question. FontBox also
indicates a large number of problems with my fonts--including corrupted
fonts. Yet the installed fonts seem to work fine. I'm not yet convinced
that I should obtain the full version of FontBox to fix or identify the
fonts that need to be replaced. Anyone used FontBox and found a significant
difference?
- Leon
>I downloaded FontBox 2.0 from the InfoMac archives, and let the program
>take a look at my Fonts folder, which contains under 100 fonts, not
>counting multiple bitmap sizes.
>
>I got a number of diagnostic messages that were simply wrong:
.............................
>None of this mis-diagnosis could be attributed to corrupted fonts:
>There were none.
>Herb K
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 06:25:27 PDT
From: "Randall G. Floyd"
Subject: Hard Disk Utilities
I've used Norton Utilities consistently for about 4 years with no problems
whatsoever, and you can, in fact, have it automatically fix your problems
without having to "OK" (at least with version 3.2).
Just my $.02 worth,
Randall
>In regard to:
>
>Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:26:33 -0400
>From: Jeffrey T Borggaard
>Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #227
>
>A warning about Norton Utilities. I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
>run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would destroy
>my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk and reinstall my software (I was
>lucky enough to have it backed up). I think this problem is particular to
>PCI Macs. If you look at the fine print on the MacTools box, you'll also see
>that it is owned by Symantec. I suspect that it may have the same problem.
>Can anyone confirm this?
>
> -----------------------------
>
>Yes, Jeffrey, Symantec now owns MacTools Pro (I haven't yet decided if this
>is a good thing or not). I'm a fan of MTP rather than Norton U. because I
>have used them all the way back to when they were "Copy // Plus" for the
>Apple // line and belonged to Central Point Software. MTP has never given
>me a moment's trouble on any Macintosh as far as optimizing, and it
>certainly has never corrupted my hard disk data in any way. I use it
>consistently every week. It also does automatic repairs if you select that
>option, where in Norton U. you usually have to "OK" the repair to have it
>done.
>
>In a related note, it has been mentioned on this list that you can no
>longer use the RAM disk option when optimizing if you have upgraded to
>7.5.5. While this is true, I have found an easy workaround for this.
>Simply back up your System Folder and a copy of the Mac Tools Clinic file
>(that file only) to a zip or ezdrive cartridge and boot from that cartridge
>to use the optimizer on a hard disk that is "in use."
>
>--bj
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:20:52 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: Hard Disk Utilities
On Mon, 07 Oct, Jeffrey T Borggaard wrote
>A warning about Norton Utilities. I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
>run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would destroy
>my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk and reinstall my software (I was
>lucky enough to have it backed up). I think this problem is particular to
>PCI Macs.
Jeffrey, I suspect you are talking about Speed Disk. No, the problem is not
peculiar to PPC Macs. I used Speed Disk to optimize one of Leslye's favorite
M/O discs and died a horrible death. It irretrievably munged several files.
I ran SD on my IIci.
I had not run Norton Disk Doctor on the disc before optimizing. A Symantec
techtype said NDD really must be a precursor to optimization. He said his
colleagues had lobbied for a Speed Disk screen asking if you had run NDD on
this disk. If you hadn't, quit NOW! Marketing types thought it a tad much and
squelched the idea.
Shall we sing a short hymn to marketing types? Hymn, hymn, naugtyword him!
If your disk's catalog is munged, the finest optimizer in the world will get
confused. And you will get munged files. Irretrievably lost. Some optimizers
claim to run perfectly from the disk they were booted from. Yes. But only if
that disk's catalog isn't messed up.
I now always check a disk's integrity (MacTools or NDD) before optimizing.
And I've never had a repeat of the optimizer munging files. No matter which
optimizer (MacTools or Norton) I used.
Al Bloom
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:08:21 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: Help with Memory (Human & Netscape) (A)
04 Oct 96 Elliot Bennett wrote :
"I seem to be having a problem with both my memories (biological and
=
silicon...a utility which will free the memory not released by Netscape
(after it quits)."
I have two answers :
For purging memory of netscape, etc. :
Paste this oneliner into netscape to initiate download :
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperAr ... ge-101.hqx
amplifying human memory (fill in form with keywords that you do
remember) :
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive.html
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 12:59:05 +0300
From: Reino Ruusu
Subject: How to Downgrade System?
>System 7.5.5 has been crashing on me way too often to be of any benefit. I
>haven't noticed any reliability or speed improvements either.
>
>So I'm now trying to remove it and re-install System 7.5.3. Is this
possible?
>
>Those upgrade disks for 7.5.3 and 7.5 have "remove" buttons, but they become
>unselectable because I am running 7.5.5. How can I get around this?
>
>What is the easiest way to downgrade back to an earlier version of System?
There is an unsupported installer for downgrading to 7.5.3 on Apple's
ftp-servers:
The description says:
Name: Sys 7.5 Upd 2.0 Custom Install
Version: 2.0
Released: October 8, 1996
Description: Revised installer script to allow for custom installs of
System 7.5 Update 2.0 over System 7.5.5.
Reino Ruusu
A Computer Science Student in
Helsinki University of Technology
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 23:01:15 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: How to Downgrade to 7.5.3
At 10:10 PM -0500 10/7/96, Peter John Roberts wrote:
>This is not "blessed" by Apple, but what I have done successfully is simply
>replace (Finder,System)-files of 7.5.5 by (Finder,System,System 7.5
>Update)-files of 7.5.3.
>From the backup copy I had made of the System Folder containing 7.5.3 I
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>copied 7.5.3's three-file "package" into the current System Folder.
If you've got a backup copy of your 7.5.3 System Folder, why mess with
non-blessed [and possibly subtly problematic] replacement of particular
files? Why not just restore the entire System Folder from that backup?
chazl
10.11.96
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:48:39 +0200
From: Christian F Buser
Subject: How to stop Pram reseting? (R)
[email protected] (Tristan Collins) wrote:
> Hi, I have a Performa 5200 with 12 m ram, system 7.5.1. My problem is that
> certain control panels, especially 'Veiws' go back to default settings...
This usually means an empty backup battery. Usually this battery is
somewhere on the logic board, either soldered in (so that you need to
bring your Mac to a repair shop) or in a battery holder (so that you
can replace it yourself).
Best wishes, Christian.
[email protected] -- http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser/cbuser.html
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 14:34:47 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: LC PDS VIDEO CARD???
Hi,
If you receive the following message as a duplicate please accept my
apologies. This is my first attempt at sending a question to this list. The
earlier posting may or may not have fallen through the cracks.
I am looking for a video card to go into the PDS slot of an LC 575 to add
an external 20" monitor.
Rumour has it that at least two companies make such cards. However the only
info I was able to dig up was in reference to a Lapis card and Lapis seems
to be out of business.
If anyone out there knows what I'm talking about, I'd appreciate some
feedback. Thanks in advance.
HAL
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 21:30:32 -0400
From: [email protected] (Al Bloom)
Subject: LW 8.4 (C again)
I've written of problems with Apple's new LW 8.4 driver. I said it only
sort of worked on my home IIci (sometimes printing and sometimes not), and
it only seemed to work on my office Q650/PPC (number of copies ignored).
The MacWeek that came today (It probably got to the rest of the world last
month) had some fascinating things to say about LW of the 8.4 persuasion.
Desktop Printers cannot be removed from an 8.4 install -- unlike with the
8.3x version. Uh oops. I've no use for DTP. I may have misread the 8.4
docs, but I sure didn't see that tidbit. After the home and office installs,
I removed everything that looked like a desktop printer -- just as I did on
Apple's instructions for the 8.3x install.
Hmmm, says I. Maybe I shouldn't have done that. Ric Ford is pretty reliable.
OK. Fresh install of LW 8.4 on the home IIci. Take the DTP icons and bury
them in a folder that I'll never look at. That's a feature of 8.4 -- you
can put those idiot DTP icons anywhere nowadays. Yee haw! The puppy prints
reliably!
But only one copy again? Wait one, Bloom. Try another app or two. ColorIt!
prints two cop[ies. PowerPoint prints two copies. What only prints one copy
no matter what? Apple's very own MacWrite Pro 1.5v1!
Be still, my heart.
I suppose it is a Good Thing that Apple's new LW driver only blows Apple
programs out of the water. Bill Gates would consider it rude if it blew any
MS stuff away.
Durn! I'm one of the world's last holdouts for MWP. It does what I want with
little fuss and less RAM/HD space than Word. I gotta do Word now? Argghhh!
MacWeek's article said a real advantage of LW 8.4 is that it is a "single
pass" driver. Under 8.3x the driver sent a copy of the output to your HD
before passing it on to PrintMonitor. Sort of messed up folk trying to print
complex documents who didn't have a whole lot of free HD space. Hmmm. That
might be why my immediate lord and master has had problems printing his
goofy graphics. He doesn't give anything up, and last week his HD was down
to a spit's worth of free space. And he couldn't print worth a rip.
I suspect I'll have to give LW 8.4 another look. Especially on the ILM's
system. No, that's not George Lucas's "Industrial Light and Magic." That
is my "Immediate Lord and Master."
Al Bloom
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 14:07:30, -0500
From: [email protected] ( MATTHEW F STONE)
Subject: Mac PPP
To whomever recieves this message:
I have a book by Adam Engst called the internet
starter kit. In the book it states that I should configure
my Mac PPP. After I do so, the book tells me to click on the
box in the "config PPP" window called "open". He says this
should make the sad faces smiley faces and instead of the
window saying PPP down, it will say PPP up. When I do this,
I get a message on my screen while the modem is dialing and
it says, PPP wait, timeout! Waiting on: CONNECT. I sit there
for 10 minutes and nothing happens, so I click OK, and
nothing happens. Send me mail on how I can get PPP up please
------------------------------
Date: 9 Oct 1996 20:05:57 -0400
From: "Daitaro Hagihara"
Subject: Mac SE/30 video
Dear Phil,
I'm not quite sure what you mean by crash. SE/30 comes with no internal =
video card. If the monitor simply went blank, then the chances are that =
the power supply has gone bad...
Anyway, for the video card, you might try Micron Technology: 1(800)642-766=
1 or 1(208)368-3850. Company representative number is 1(208)368-3800. =
Remember that these numbers are 5 years old. Even if you succeed in =
calling them, the video card (called Xceed Color 30) may no longer be =
available. I've been using this card with great satisfaction. The card =
itself was designed by Apple themselves and they sold the license to =
Micron. If you are not using external monitor (which probably you aren't =
>From looks of it), you have an option to purchase an adapter that will =
make the internal monitor of your SE/30 to 8-bit mode (only gray though). =
You might have to put ad's in various 'wanted' newsgroups or call some =
of used equipment stores to get it.
I suggest taking your Mac to a local authorized Apple dealer and have =
them take a look at it before making any purchase yourself.
------ From: [email protected], Wed, Oct 9, 1996 ------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 11:43:56 -0700
From: [email protected] (phil)
Subject: Mac SE/30 video
I've a old Mac SE/30. Now, the built-in video is crashed. There =
is a
SE/30 PDS slot on the machine. Are the any possibility to use an externe
monitor connectting with the PDS slot?
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:54:25 -0500
From: "Bruce A. Bromberek"
Subject: Memory SIMMS
Hello All-
I have left-over memory from upgrading a Silcone Graphic Indy to 256 MB.
Specifically, I have 4 8MB 72 SIMMS and was wondering if they would work in
the
7100's floating around the office. If anyone knows please give a yell. I
suppose that I could just try it and see if it works, put I am loathe to rip
my computers apart again (the last memory upgrade was not fun!!). If the
answer is NO - does anyone know where I can dump this memory or trade it
in. Seems like a waste of 32MB to just let it sit on a shelf.
Thanks in advance
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 07:43:22 -0700
From: gsm
Subject: Norton Problems with 7500/100
Jeffrey T Borggaard sez:
>A warning about Norton Utilities. I have a PowerMac 7500/100 and used to
>run Norton Utilities. However, I had a problem with it where it would destroy
>my catalog file. I had to reformat my disk and reinstall my software (I was
>lucky enough to have it backed up).
I too have been running it on a 7500/100 for a number of months now. No
problems. Ever. And frankly I've been doing a lot of things with added
extension, control panels, etc. I've run into some snags that brought me
down for a day or two on a number of occasions. Norton has never been
involved in any of them.
That IS Norton Utilities 3.2.1, right?
\\\\--- Gerry
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:59:51 -0700
From: [email protected] (AES)
Subject: On Location and WordPerfect files
> Does anyone have On Location 2.01 and WordPerfect 3.x? If so, do your
> indexes include the text of WordPerfect files? I am trying to figure out
> whether I need a different translator or what?
Look in your System folder for a file called
"On Location File Kinds". It can be opened and
edited with any ordinary text editor to specify
what Mac file types and creators will be indexed
by On Location (which, incidentally, continues to
be a great program, even though it seems to have
been orphaned by ON Technology so far as I know).
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:42:31 +1000
From: [email protected] (Keith Ryding)
Subject: Printer problems
We're having a bit of a problem with printing Microsoft Word at the moment
- keep getting "Postscript Error" messages and the document won't print
after a few pages. Most frustrating to print a 30 page document in 3 page
bits.
The machine is a ppc mac the printer is a laserwriter of recent purchase
Many thanks
Keith
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 15:50:51 -0700
From: "Roderick M. Staalman"
Subject: Printing to postscript files
Try printer defaults 1.5.3.
It lets you save the defaults for the driver you choose.
archived as /info-mac/prn/printer-defaults-153.hqx
--
You salt the chips, | Roderick M. Staalman
I'll sort out the armadillo! | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 23:31:44 +0200
From: [email protected] (Jens-Uwe Mager)
Subject: Program for searching and viewing large text files?
I am looking for a program that I could use to search and view large plain
text files that will not fit in memory. I think about files that are about
20 Mb in size (my powerbook has 10Mb memory). Does anybody know of a
program that would do that?
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:27:08 +0000
From: [email protected] (Leonard Campbell)
Subject: RAM Use
I have two computers: a Duo 230 and a 6400.
Why is the RAM use different in each computer. A
file which uses 4k in the Duo uses 17k in the 6400.
Is this a memory problem? I find that happens in the
Duo when I turn off 32bit.
Thanks
--
Leonard Campbell
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 21:39:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Roche
Subject: SCSI is scuzzy!
hi again,
*sigh* I'm having SCSI problems...
I'm using a Microtek Scanmaker E3 scanner and a ZIP drive...
The ZIP drive, since it has a terminator switch, is connected to the
scanner... with the switch in
the "on" position... and the SCSI id set to "5"...
It tells me in the manual for the scanner to set it to SCSI id "6"...
however, when I attempt to change
it to "6" in the Chooser, it always defaults back to "5"...
When I run the scanner software (Color It!), it tells me that a scanner
cannot be found... and
lists the SCSI devices currently attached to the system... and it lists the
Zip drive as being connected
to id 6 instead of 5!!!
I have tried setting the Zip to 6, and leaving the Scanner at 5, but it
still doesn't work..
the only way things seem to work is if I disconnect the Zip drive
altogether... which is NOT, as you
may guess, a good solution...
I've had the Zip drive and the scanner for MANY months now, with periodic
SCSI screw-ups
arising seemingly at random...
does anyone have any suggestions? What are some of the causes of
SCSI-related problems?
And why does the Chooser refuse to allow me to change the SCSI setting of
the Scanner?
I've re-installed both the Zip software and the Scanner software to no
avail...
HELP!!!
David
--
David Roche
Email : [email protected]
Home Page : http://www.eurekanet.com/~chandler
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 96 21:15:52 -0700
From: Dan & Melissa Becker
Subject: starting up from zip disk?
>From: "David P. Baker"
>Subject: starting up from zip disk?
>
>i'm sure this has been asked before, but how do i start up from a zip disk
>(it has all the right system folder stuff)?
Hmmm....I just did this yesterday so that I could repair some problems on
a friend's mac with Disk First Aid. Here's the procedure I used:
1. Drag system folder from hard drive to zip disk.
2. Use Startup Disk control panel to point to the zip disk.
3. Use Special menu Restart command.
4. Zip disk is ejected; push it back in immediately.
5. Mac boots off Zip disk.
This was on a Performa 550 with 7.1.
Note that dragging system folders is not an official Apple method of
creating startup disks; you might want to try installing the system
software from the original disks or cd directly onto the Zip drive.
Based on the info you supply, it sounds like the Mac is either
* not seeing the Zip drive at all at startup time, or
* not recognizing the system folder on the zip drive as a valid, bootable
system.
Hope this helps,
Dan
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:27:30 -0500
From: [email protected] (chris jones)
Subject: starting up from zip disk? (A)
David P. Baker is having problems starting up from a
Zip disk:
>i'm sure this has been asked before, but how do i start up from a zip disk =
(it
>has all the right system folder stuff)? i've tried setting it to be the
>startup disk, and i've also tried holding down command-option-shift-delete =
on
>startup to "bypass" the hard disk, but no matter what, i boot off the inter=
nal
>hard drive. i suppose i could temporarily trash the system folder on my har=
d
>drive, but for what should be obvious reasons, i am hesitant to do so. any
>advice?
I do this occasionally and have never had a problem; perhaps you're not
getting the keys down in time? I hold down command, option, and shift with
my left hand, restart from the special menu and immediately hold down the
delete key. Be sure you hold them down until you see the smilin' Mac, at
which point the decision of which drive to start from has been made.
I guess an alternative would be to move something crucial (like the system
file) out of the hard disk's system folder and restart. If you try this,
though, be absolutely certain you've got a working startup floppy around,
or you may not be able to get back in (if, for example your system folder
on the Zip disk *isn't* good for some reason).
Good luck,
Chris Jones ([email protected])
Marriage is an institution =AD but who wants to live in an institution? -- H=
.
L. Mencken
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:39:05 -0700
From: Ken
Subject: System RAM keeps growing!
what wrong with my OS?
right after i boot up and with no apps running, my system 7.5.3 took up
about 3,600k of RAM.
however, all my extensions and control panels take up 1,489k (displayed
by conflict catcher 3.0.4 = system 1,489k/ high 22.5k), my memory cache
is 384k, and the basic system (shift key during boot) takes up only
1,416k.
but this DOES NOT add up! 1,489+384+1,416= 3,289! NOT the 3,600 that's
shown!?! there's over 300k of RAM wasted somewhere. but where?
what else takes up RAM? where should i look for RAM usage? is this what
they call "system RAM leakage?"
stats are: LC040, 12Mb physical RAM, virtual mem off, re-installed 7.5
with update 2.0 after running 7.5.5 for a short while (too many
crashes), startupscreen in system folder, no startup items, no shut down
items, no fancy display screens, syQuest 135 external (not startup disk=
makes no difference), recently rebuilt desktop folder, recently
optimized hardrive, recently dumped all app caches.
in addition, when i further go to dump all unused extensions, then
optimize my hardrive and rebuild my desktop, the system takes up even
more RAM, now up to about 3,750k!
it keeps growing just because i try to slim it down!
what is wrong with my System 7.5.3? anyone with suggestions?
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 08:23:11 +0000
From: [email protected] (Richard Smith)
Subject: System Software for 2300c?
Help!
I need desperately to get the system enabler for a Duo 2300c - the file got
scambled and I hadn't got around to backing up the system
software...........
Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? It'll be days before I
can get to my Apple dealer.
Cheers,
Richard Smith
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