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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 96 08:56:02 PST
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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 6 Nov 96 Volume 14 : Issue 257

Today's Topics:

[*] AnonAIMouS 1.0b1 - anonymous remailer
[*] Berkeley Yacc plugin for CodeWarrior
[*] Bolo Maps
[*] Bushka Tutor, an introduction to the game
[*] Cacophony Generator 1.2
[*] Clue Deluxe Black & White
[*] Crazycar 1.0
[*] csmp digest Vol 4 No 018
[*] Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras 1.2 - For "Kaleidoscope"
[*] Desktop patterns
[*] Doom2 Sound Addons
[*] FastFontMenu 1.0.2
[*] File Buddy 3.4.8
[*] Galaxus 1.0.3 (game/arcade)
[*] HEK3000 Mark II DEMO
[*] Hotline Client (68K)
[*] Hotline Client (PPC)
[*] Hotline Server (68K)
[*] Hotline Server (PPC)
[*] Info-Mac To HTML 1.1.0
[*] Info-Mac To HTML 1.1.0 Manual
[*] MAC: CALLER ID 1.1.4
[*] Market Minder 1.5
[*] TidBITS#352/04-Nov-96
[*] UltraDice 2.0.5
[A] AppleScript command for quit
[Q] Forced views in the Finder
[Q] How can i tell if my system is up-to-date?
[Q] Radius monitor on PM7500?
[Q] Renaming Zip Disks
A number of questions
Apple Canada
Apple TV/Video System question...
Caps lock on AAK?
CD ROM for system 7.5.5
Connecting PB520 to Radius Pivot LE
daylight savings time?
Disbling multifinder in system 7
Eudora Light with OT 1.1.1
Fast, stable gif/jpeg slide-show viewer?
Freeware Virus Utilities?
Info-Mac Digest V14 #253
Locate WordSmith
More on IIsi Start-up Problem
No Spare Parts Available
Quantum Fireball solution?
reading this digest off-line, GroupWise, EasyView
Rename SysFolder-Thanks
Speech Manager
Stylescript
System Sounds
System Sounds [A]
to colorize linearts?
transparent backgrounds? (2 msgs)
Windows 95 + DOS + Mac OS + Unix = problems
ZIP Internal

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:23 -0800
From: [email protected] (Chris Riley)
Subject: [*] AnonAIMouS 1.0b1 - anonymous remailer

anonAIMouS is an applet that lets you set up an anonymous remailer for AIMS
(Apple Internet Mail Server) and probably other Apple Macintosh SMTP
servers. anonAIMouS is FREE for commercial and non-commercial use.
However, as this is free software, all warranties express or implied are
hereby disclaimed.

Setup instructions are included -- it is quite easy to set up though if you
have AIMS running.

Why is it useful?
* We haven't been able to find an anonymous remailing tool for the Mac.
* Lets you set up an anonymous remailer easily.
* Privacy for messages

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/anon-aim-ous-10b1.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:58 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jeff Laing)
Subject: [*] Berkeley Yacc plugin for CodeWarrior

Yacc 1.9.1 for CodeWarrior is based largely on Berkeley Yacc 1.9
and was converted to the Metrowerks CodeWarrior IDE by Jeff
Laing. Code generation was modified specifically for CodeWarrior
and a number of the more obscure =93syntax error=94 type errors that
Berkeley Yacc produces have been enhanced to provide more
information.

Version 1.9.1 was recompiled with CW9 and version 4 of the plugin
API and adds the following features:
=95 %expect allows suppression of shift/reduce & reduce/reduce
warning
=95 Moved skeleton code into TEXT resources in plugin
=95 Added flag to generate .cp files instead of .c

and corrects the following bugs:=09
=95 output files are now truncated before use.
=95 text after grammar now included in output files.
=95 preferences now correctly saved.

This plugin is not free, nor is it in the public domain. It comes
with the hefty shareware fee of 15 US Dollars (if you pay via Kagi)
or 15 Australian Dollars (if you pay directly by cash or cheque
on an Australian bank).

Permission is explicity given for this software to be included on
compilation CD-ROM's and other collections provided that Tristero
Computer Systems receive a fully registered copy of the disk it
appears on. Metrowerks have explicit permission to include this
software on all CodeWarrior releases.

Jeff Laing

[Archived as /info-mac/dev/cw/brkly-yacc-plug-in-191-cw.hqx; 362K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:20 -0800
From: [email protected] (Thierry Le Boulenge)
Subject: [*] Bolo Maps

These are the two first maps of the WWII BoloMaps Series. The first
describes Operation Seel=F6we, the invasion of Britain by Germans in 1940
(which was eventually cancelled) and the second the Battle of the Pacific
between Japan and US in 1942.

The two of them are freeware.
I'll continue this Series if i feel like doing it or i get some response
asking me to do so.

(c) Apache '96.

PS: Maybe you discovered that by yourself, i don't usually speak English.
So if you find some mispelling or fault somewhere, feel free to correct it.

Thanks.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/wwii-bolo-maps-series.hqx; 29K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:17 -0800
From: [email protected] (Ed van Zon)
Subject: [*] Bushka Tutor, an introduction to the game

For the interested layman, this package contains a nice introduction
to Bushka, a two-player board game by Christiaan Freeling.
Apart from the rules, it contains chapters on strategy and tactics,
and presents some problems (with their solutions) and recorded
actual games (with comment).

Bushka is (c) Christiaan Freeling
To learn more about Bushka, visit the Solar Software Home page
on the internet: http://www.worldonline.nl/~freeling/

The Bushka Tutor is written utilizing html and Java applets.
This package requires a Java enabled web browser, like Netscape
Navigator 3.0 or MS Internet Explorer 3.0. You don't have to be
connected to browse this Bushka Tutor.

Have fun.

Ed van Zon Solar Software
[email protected] http://www.worldonline.nl/~freeling/

If you like you may include the package on the Info-Mac CD-Rom.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/bushka-tutor.hqx; 267K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:28 -0800
From: [email protected] (Andrew Wright)
Subject: [*] Cacophony Generator 1.2

Cacophony Generator 1.2 adds AIFF support, and plays sounds of any size
back - no longer limited by available memory!

Cacophony Generator is a simple sound playing program that has a few
features which (I don't think) most other programs have. Here's a list of
features:

* Plays back any 'snd ' resources in the System file and any one other file
(no restriction on size).
* Plays back any 'AIFF' or 'AIFC' sound file (no restriction on size).
* Playback is fully asynchronous - switch out of Cacophony Generator and
the band plays on=8A
* Supports drag-and-drop : simply drag and drop the file containing the
sounds you want to listen to onto Cacophony Generator.
* Can play one sound at once, play them all one after each other, loop
them, or continuously loop them.
* Has an option for 'Background Music Mode'. This is great for background
music.
* Only needs as much memory as the largest sound in the file - not the size
of the file (Background music mode requires a little more memory).
* Supports the required AppleEvent suite.

This is my first attempt at programming the Mac. Please let me know what
you think! Thanks.
Visit the web page: http://student.uq.edu.au/~s341797/software.html

Regards,
Andrew Wright
[email protected]
http://student.uq.edu.au/~s341797

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/cacophony-generator-12.hqx; 140K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:18 -0800
From: [email protected] (Harley Bradley)
Subject: [*] Clue Deluxe Black & White

THIS IS IT !!! Due to an overwhelming response asking for more, the
number one most popular shareware file on the internet for more than six
months --CLUE-- has now been upgraded to the long awaited CLUE
DELUXE !!! The old game had 5 scenarios and once you finished them, well
you were done, period. Get ready for Clue Deluxe the updated version of
Clue. This is the black and white version and it runs on ALL Macintosh
models. It's quicker, cleaner, and the number of new mysteries it can
solve is limited only to the imagination of the people who play it. This new
version allows YOU to CREATE YOUR OWN SCENARIOS for your private
collection OR posting on the net ! Remember Miss Scarlett, Mr Green, and
Mrs Peacock? They're all here. And waiting for you to test your sleuthing
abilities to discover WHO did it, WHAT they did it with, WHERE they did it,
and even WHY they did it.
The Clue Deluxe Scenario Editor allows you to create mysteries for
yourself and others. A special webpage lets you post (FREE) the scenarios
you've created and download (FREE) scenarios created by others. The game
is only as much fun as the mysteries written for it, and the more
mysteries, the better the game. So, here is your opportunity to write your
own game, add it to your collection, or put it up on the internet and help
build the new Clue Deluxe Board game into the best mystery game possible.
If you are one of the thousands who enjoyed the Macintosh board game
Clue you're gonna LOVE Clue Deluxe. Be a part of the Clue Cult and possibly
even join the ranks of Mystery Writers. Don't be left out. Download it
now.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/clue-deluxe-bw-hc.hqx; 377K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:51 -0800
From: [email protected] (Ben Roughton)
Subject: [*] Crazycar 1.0

This is an overhead car-racing game I wrote. Enjoy!
It requires a PowerMac, system 7 or more, and a 640*480 256 color
screen.
It is donation-to-charity ware.
Comments to [email protected].

Ben.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/crazy-car-10.hqx; 764K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:46 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] csmp digest Vol 4 No 018

C.S.M.P. Digest Mon, 04 Nov 96 Volume 4 : Issue 18

Today's Topics:

3d buttons
Background computations & threads
CW C++ compiler doesn't compile c code???
Custom CIcon Plotter
EPS
Foreign speech synthesizer for the Macintosh
Gestalt check for Drag Manager
HFS: copying, etc.
Help Engine
How To Get The Computer's Name
How does the Mac keep track of the apps?
How to get a parent directory?
How to make a .rsrc file from a .r file?
Mac Fortran Choice?
Mac specific landscape-voxel rendering techniques?
ResEdit "icm#,icm4,icm8"
ResEdit documentation on the Web?
Serial Port Input device
Simple Encryption
Spy on serial port
Stand alone code compiler -E.T.O good enough?
System Error #25 - Help! How do I fix this!
Title image while initializing program
[Q] ModalDialog event filter: update events??
[Q] Screen Saver Source Code
forward delete in TextEdit?
how to use stuffit from in an app

The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Mark Aiken
([email protected]).

[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-digest-v4-018.hqx; 65K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:15 -0800
From: [email protected] (Dave)
Subject: [*] Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras 1.2 - For "Kaleidoscope"

Please note - This file replaces 'Daves Eclipse Patches 1.0' I changed the
name to better describe the package.

'Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras' is a collection of resources for Kaleidoscope.
Kaleidoscope is a new shareware control panel by Greg Landweber. Included
are two 'Hi-Tech' color scheme files I created. These schemes were made are
a bit more hi-tech looking than 'Eclipse' by adding 'Hi-Tech' titlebar
buttons, windoid buttons, scroll arrows, scroll thumbs and recolored menus,
buttons, radio buttons, check boxes and default button rings based on
screenshots of the 'Hi-Tech' MacOS 8 theme pictured in the July 1995 issues
of MacWorld and MacUser magazines. This version fixes a number of problems
and adds new icons for floating windoid title bar buttons, check boxes and
radio buttons that better match the rest of my color scheme.

This is let-me-know-what-you-think-ware

[email protected]
http://www.tuns.ca/~lewisda

David Lewis
October 30, 1996

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dave-kaleidoscope-extras-12.hqx; 171K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Rachael McKenna)
Subject: [*] Desktop patterns

Hi! This is my second collection of desktop patterns. There are 25 and
they are FREE! again and include modern art, surreal planets,
soothing-to-the-eyes patterns and very silly patterns. All are in a
Simpletext format so more people can use them.

Thanks for the consideration!
Sincerely,
Rachael McKenna

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/rachaels-desktop-pattrns-ii.hqx; 1386K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:16 -0800
From: [email protected] (Alastair Montgomery)
Subject: [*] Doom2 Sound Addons

Hi Mac Doomer,

Here are some cool sound effects addon's for MacDoom2.
Makes playing Doom and deathmatching a whole lot more fun.

Alastair Montgomery
[email protected]

[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/doom-2-sound-add-ons.hqx; 643K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:22 -0800
From: [email protected] (Dave Polaschek)
Subject: [*] FastFontMenu 1.0.2

Enclosed is version 1.0.2 of FastFontMenu. FastFontMenu is an extension
(INIT) which speeds the process of building the font menu for most
applications. Version 1.0.2 adds a list of applications which don't
appreciate or benefit by this behavior so FFM can avoid those apps.

-DaveP

Dave Polaschek - home:[email protected] or [email protected]
http://www.best.com/~davep/

[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fast-font-menu-102.hqx; 14K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:14 -0800
From: [email protected] (Laurence Harris)
Subject: [*] File Buddy 3.4.8

File Buddy is an powerful general file utility for getting info,
finding files, making aliases, freeing your disk of unused files and
more. Version 3.4 searches disks without PBCatSearch, expands folders
in the file list, and several minor enhancements. 3.4.8 provides minor
enhancements and fixes bugs.

Laurence Harris

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-348.hqx; 326K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:12 -0800
From: [email protected] (Martin Christen)
Subject: [*] Galaxus 1.0.3 (game/arcade)

Galaxus is a shareware action game for computers running under
MacOS(tm).
# scrolling graphics. (real bitmap scrolling),
# MOD Music and AudioCD support,
# lots of action,
# 15 missions (3 for unregistered users),
# open system - for scenarios and other improvements,
# full Internet support at http://www.algomedia.com/galaxus
# FAT Application for 68040 and PowerMac,
# ...and much more...

The first Scenario ("Dark Corona" coming in December) is in development
now.

Hardware Requirement:

# 68040 or PowerMac running System 7.x
# 14" (640x480) Monitor (or bigger)
# 256 Colors
# you need 5 MB free RAM.

What's New in 1.0.3

* Bug fixed - Computer crashed when you buy a equipment.
(when you start to fly mission)

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/galaxus-103.hqx; 2210K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:44 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tim Brown)
Subject: [*] HEK3000 Mark II DEMO

The HEK 3000 Mark II

It's back! Better than it was before=8Abetter=8Astranger=8Afunnier!

The HEK3000 Mark II is a desktop toy/digital pain-in-the-SCSI port,
created out of longing for the dearly departed Talking Moose. Unable to
find a satisfactory replacement I decided to create my own, slightly
twisted, talking desktop pal to add a bit of comic relief to my workday.
The HEK3000 Mark II has a number of new features and improvements over
the original HEK3000 PDA including better error handling, a more
interactive interface, a moveable window, changeable background sounds,
and more! It can even be controlled from almost any macro utility!

The HEK3000 Mark II is shareware ($5.00) and requires a 68030 or faster
processor, System 7.5, Apple's PlainTalk Text-to-Speech 1.4.1 software,
and 1 Mb of free RAM. Speakers and a monitor capable of displaying
thousands of colors are recommended but not required.

The HEK3000 Mark II may be included on the Info-Mac CD-Rom.

Tim Brown [email protected]
MSTie #70108 http://www.dreamscape.com/griffin/

[Archived as /info-mac/app/hek-3000-mark-ii-demo.hqx; 463K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:37 -0800
From: [email protected] (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Client (68K)

Hotline is a new system for internet communications. It does file
transfer (not ftp), chat (not irc) and news (not nntp). It can quickly
transfer files with full support for resource forks and other mac stuff
WITHOUT the hassles of binhex/macbinary.

The latest beta version can now be downloaded for free at
. There's also a snapshot there that
demonstrates Hotline in action.

This is the 68K version.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-client-11b14.hqx; 468K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:35 -0800
From: [email protected] (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Client (PPC)

Hotline is a new system for internet communications. It does file
transfer (not ftp), chat (not irc) and news (not nntp). It can quickly
transfer files with full support for resource forks and other mac stuff
WITHOUT the hassles of binhex/macbinary.

The latest beta version can now be downloaded for free at
. There's also a snapshot there that
demonstrates Hotline in action.

This is the PowerPC version.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-client-11b14-ppc.hqx; 491K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:41 -0800
From: [email protected] (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Server (68K)

Hotline is a new system for internet communications. It does file
transfer (not ftp), chat (not irc) and news (not nntp). It can quickly
transfer files with full support for resource forks and other mac stuff
WITHOUT the hassles of binhex/macbinary.

The latest beta version can now be downloaded for free at
. There's also a snapshot there that
demonstrates Hotline in action.

This is the 68K version of the Server. You will need the client as well.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-server-11b14.hqx; 298K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:39 -0800
From: [email protected] (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Server (PPC)

Hotline is a new system for internet communications. It does file
transfer (not ftp), chat (not irc) and news (not nntp). It can quickly
transfer files with full support for resource forks and other mac stuff
WITHOUT the hassles of binhex/macbinary.

The latest beta version can now be downloaded for free at
. There's also a snapshot there that
demonstrates Hotline in action.

This is the PPC version of the Server. You will need the client as well.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-server-11b14-ppc.hqx; 312K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:27 -0800
From: [email protected] (Hunlon Sue)
Subject: [*] Info-Mac To HTML 1.1.0

Info-Mac To HTML is an application which will convert Info-Mac digests
saved in text format into HTML format for viewing in web browsers.

New in version 1.1.0
- Recognises Claris Em@iler files
- Handles folders
- Automated archiving
- Applescript aware

Requires color and System 7.

May be included on CD-ROM for distribution.

NOTE : Due to new file type awareness, older versions of Info-Mac To
HTML should be removed from your hard disk.

Enjoy,
Hunlon Sue.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/info-mac-to-html-110.hqx; 215K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:26 -0800
From: [email protected] (Hunlon Sue)
Subject: [*] Info-Mac To HTML 1.1.0 Manual

Here is the manual for the Info-Mac To HTML application. It is in HTML
format so can be viewed by most web browsers.

This copy contains sections specific to version 1.1.0.

Enjoy,

Hunlon.

[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/info-mac-to-html-110-manual.hqx; 118K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:33 -0800
From: [email protected] (Robert F. White)
Subject: [*] MAC: CALLER ID 1.1.4

This file is uploaded at the request of and with the permission of the Author,
Lee Cohen.Mac CallerIDc is a shareware application that will display and
store specific information provided by your local telephone company. You
must subscribe to your local telephone company's "caller information and
identification service," commonly known as Caller ID. This application is
similar to the Caller ID boxes available in many stores, but is available at
a fraction of the cost. A lot of work went into the application, and
hopefully you will agree that it is worth the nominal fee or
more.

The caller's name, number, date and time can be displayed as
a single call or in a list of all calls. Mac CallerID should
work in the United States, Canada and Sweden.

Mac CallerIDc REQUIRES THAT YOU ARE IN AN AREA WHERE CALLER ID
IS AVAILABLE, YOU ARE A SUBSCRIBER AND HAVE A MODEM THAT
SUPPORTS CALLER ID.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-caller-id-114.hqx; 541K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:24 -0800
From: [email protected] (Gerry Rodrigues)
Subject: [*] Market Minder 1.5

Market Minder is a stock market timing tool. It is a small program that
considers a number of economic and market indicators to determine whether
one should be investing in the stock market at any given moment. Market
Minder provides buy or sell recommendations based on current data on the
prime rate, discount rate, installment debt and the weekly close of the
Value Line Composite index. This calculation is based on a model outlined
by Martin Zweig in his book "Winning on Wall Street". Market Minder is
e-mailware.

Market Minder 1.5 is a updated version of Market Minder that corrects a
number of MAJOR bugs and minor interface problems in version 1.0. For a
complete description of the changes please read the enclosed "Version
History" file.

Thanks

Gerry Rodrigues
[email protected]
http://mcrcr0.med.nyu.edu/~rodrig02

I give permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/market-minder-15.hqx; 150K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 23:08:28 -0800
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#352/04-Nov-96

TidBITS#352/04-Nov-96

Have you heard the latest about Apple and Be? If not, there's enough rumor
and innuendo to put soap operas to shame! Also this week, news on the
OpenDoc-savvy Nisus Writer 5.0 and a new extension from Apple for Power
Macs running System 7.5.5. Plus, Bungie Software founder Alex Seropian
exposes the seedy, cash-driven world of commercial software distribution,
and Adam takes a comprehensive look at Mac email directory services... or
the lack thereof.

Topics:
MailBITS/04-Nov-96
Heads Be Spinning
Nisus Writer Turns 5
Distribution Myths and Lies
Directory Services on the Mac

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-352.etx; 30K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 01:45:11 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jacob Weber)
Subject: [*] UltraDice 2.0.5

This is UltraDice, a Macintosh version of the classic dice game
Yacht, or Yahtzee. UltraDice allows up to four players to compete
in single, double, or triple games. Features include undo, Apple
Guide help, keyboard control, and a nice user interface.

Shareware, $15. By Jacob Weber

Jacob Weber [email protected]
Oberlin College http://www.oberlin.edu/~jweber/

[Archived as /info-mac/game/ultra-dice-205.hqx; 184K]

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 96 00:03:57 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: [A] AppleScript command for quit

>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 13:22:05 +0200
>From: Peter Peldan
>Subject: [Q] Applescript command for quit
>
>When using Apple script, there is a way to open files/applications
>although the relevant application doesn't recognize apple events. One
>could write:
>
>tell application "Finder"
> open "appname" of folder "foldername"
>end tell
>
>However, trying the analoguous thing for close/quit doesn't seem to
>work.
>
>My question: is there a way to close/quit an application via Apple
>script although the application doesn't recognize appleevents?
>
>Peter Peldan

There's an osax ("Scripting Addition") called MenuEvents (should be on
Info-Mac archives) which allows you to choose any menu item in a running
app's menus from AppleScript -- choosing "Quit" would do the trick.

-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] --

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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 03:12:25 +0100
From: Axel Steininger
Subject: [Q] Forced views in the Finder

>Is there a way to control the way the contents of a disk are viewed when
>opened by someone else?
>
>For instance: Can I arrange things so that when someone opens a disk I've
>given them, they see the files *inside* a particular folder on the disk
>listed by Size?
>
>I figure it has to do with the Desktop file, but am not sure.

As far as I know, the Finder will open a disk the same way it was ejected
(that is, dragged to trash), as long as it wasn't write protected. When
you open windows from a disk and then eject it, the next time you insert
it, the same windows will automatically be opened. The windows will also
appear in the same view mode. So in your case that would mean that you
simply unlock the disk, arrange all the windows the way you like them,
close all windows (unless you want them to open automatically) and eject
the disk. (Again, drag it to trash, not Cmd-E; how is the Command-Y
command called in English?)

Hope this helps; and sorry if it sounds a bit clumsy.

Cheers, Axel

[email protected]
http://pcwww.uibk.ac.at/s06user/csaa3170

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 01:21:57 +0100
From: [email protected] (Matteo Fogli)
Subject: [Q] How can i tell if my system is up-to-date?

Hi all,
Granted, this is a techie for techie question, but don't we all love to be
puzzled once in a while??? It came to life thanks to the smorgabord of
system updates mamma Apple has flooded us with lately.

How can I tell if my system file has all the most recent not-beta
resources? Looking up in the About this Macintosh window only tells me the
System version number (say 8.0 )) Has Apple or anyone devised a tool
that can parse a system file and return a checkout of resources that are
not up-to-date? Kinda of a checksum for each resource type. So if I'm
running indeed 7.5.5 but my OpenTransport code has old chunks of 1.1.1b6
(even if the libraries are updated), I know.

As an aside (and not as advertisement) I know some people at
are working on a similar tool (Verso) geared towards
general applications. It'll tell you when you have an outdated app by
referincing a geberal database on the Net.

Thanks to everyone.
Matteo Fogli

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Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:38:32 +0100
From: [email protected] (Luc Dubois)
Subject: [Q] Radius monitor on PM7500?

Dear,

I recently got a second-hand Radius 20" color monitor which used to be
hooked up to a Mac II CI with a card identified as Radius GS/C. The
label on the back says that it is a Sony GDM 1950 (whatever that means).

I hooked it up to that same card installed in my DuoDock (Duo 230)
and although the installation software would not install ("Can't
recognize this Macintosh model"), the monitor worked fine. I later
manually copied the Radius control panel from the floppy to the System
folder and was able to use that too.

When I connect this monitor to the video port of my PowerMac 7500 I get
nothing but flickering stripes on the monitor. Is this caused by the
famous "sync on green" feature which would make this monitor unusable on
the PM7500? Is there any way, bar buying a PCI video card, to make this
monitor work with the PM7500?

Thank you very much in advance, and a happy Halloween,

Luc
--
Syndetics Research
Herderstraat 1
3740 Bilzen - Belgium

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:19:38 -0500
From: [email protected] (Brian Wessels)
Subject: [Q] Renaming Zip Disks

I am a satisfied Zip drive user, with one small annoyance. It appears that
the only way to change the name of a Zip disk is to use Erase Disk... from
the Special menu. Thus my first 100MB Zip of Info-Mac goodies has the
unhelpful name, "Zip 100." Others I have named prior to use, but I would
also like to retain the right to change the name at my whim.

Does anyone have a solution? I suspect ResEdit will be called for, which I
am comfortable with, but I need a guide map before I go spelunking. Thanks,

Brian Wessels

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 15:01:31 -0600
From: Jadyn
Subject: A number of questions

Subject: A number of questions
Sent: 11/4/96 10:27 PM
To: [email protected]

Hello there! I seem to have a few little problems..

First, I will be getting a new PowerMac clone soon and I want to network
it to my old IIci with something a step up from Localtalk. I am thinking
ethernet would do nicely, but need some advice on what I'll need
(cards/adapters for the IIci, cables, etc) and possibly some prices. One
person I talked to recomended 10b-2 coax cabling..

Second, I also want to upgrade my IIci to PowerPC level. I am curious as
to what options are avalible such as the different processors. All I have
seen are 601 chips for upgrades.

Third, is there a way to prevent ejection of my Jaz cartriges upon
restart/shutdown? I start up with it because my internal HD has only 80MB
of storage (remember when that was a lot?) and my optimal system folder
takes up more than that. Just pushing it back in after it pops out isn't
an option, as seconds before it ejects the computer begins accessing the
internal HD and I am forced to restart again just to get it to read the
system from the jaz disk. I would prefer to leave the scaled down version
of the system folder on the internal drive though...

One addition to an earlier comment: someone said that adding junk to your
e-mail addy in the signature line(s) (like )
would throw off the roving junk e-mail bots... That's fine unless you
want to be a bit creative, in which case a sig like mine works good...

Thanks muchly!

Unsolicited commercial e-mail to me will be proofread at $70/hr, minimum
$150.
Submission of such will suffice as contractual assent to said charging
schedule.

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 03:12:21 +0100
From: Axel Steininger
Subject: Apple Canada

>Over one week ago Apple US announced a huge drop in its prices.
>
>Apple Canada has yet to do anything similar. It seems that the best way
>to get a computer at a reasonable price is to cross the border....
>
>Is this type of behaviour undertaken to turn people against Apple or
>against Canada?
>
>Is there something in the rumour mill about similar action from Apple
>Canada?

And is there something in the rumor mill about Apple Central Europe or
Apple Germany? I have a friend who want's to buy a computer. I have
almost persuaded him to buy a Mac, and these price cuts could make his
decision final.

Cheers, Axel

[email protected]
http://pcwww.uibk.ac.at/s06user/csaa3170

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Date: 05 Nov 96 11:51:58 +0200
From: Elliot Bennett
Subject: Apple TV/Video System question...

Subject Apple TV/Video System question... 5.11.96
11:35
Well I broke down and bought the Apple TV/Video System for my Q630 (it was =
on sale) only to discover the following anomaly on my 17" monitor:

Although the actual TV max window size is 640x480 (I can live with that), =
I only seem to be able to get a picture when my Monitors control panel is =
set to either:
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 67Hz
or 800 x 600 @ 60Hz. =

Interestingly it DOES NOT work at either:
800 x 600 @ 72 Hz =
or 832 x 640 @ 75Hz. =

Anybody know why this should be and/or if there's a work-around (like a =
driver for 832 x 640 @60Hz)?? I don't see why this should be or why =
people with larger screens can't watch TV on their macs...

Any enlightenment would be GREATLY appreciated!
TIA,
Elliot Bennett
Cologne, Germany
[email protected]

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 07:17:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Matthew Mitchell)
Subject: Caps lock on AAK?

Between seven broken fingers (cricket 4-hockey 3) and general lack of
coordination, I often mistakenly hit the caps lock key on my Apple
Adjustable Keyboard.

I have a kchr called 'No Caps Lock', but I get garbage with all the other
characters when I use it. CapsKiller seems to work only half the time, so
it's harder to figure out when it's working and when not.

Is there a kchr or an extension or even a ResEdit patch I can apply short
of physically popping the key off the keyswitch (which I do with the DOS
machine at the office)?

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:12:40 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: CD ROM for system 7.5.5

At 11:57 AM -0500 11/1/96, Xiaofeng Duan wrote:
>Hi, there! I was wondering if Apple has system 7.5.5 update on CD ROM.
>Last time Apple gave free system 7.5.3 update CD ROM. Does anyone have
>any ideal about this time?

>From the 7.5.5 press release:
-=-=-=-
Availability and Pricing
A free copy of System 7.5.5 Update can be downloaded from .
In the United States, customers can order System 7.5.5 Update on a floppy
disk set for U.S. $13 by calling 800-293-6617, ext. 1322. Localized
versions of this release is expected to be available in many countries
within 90 days.
-=-=-=-

So, it looks like Apple is distributing 7.5.5 Update only on floppies if
you order just the update. However, I just requested the OpenDoc DR6 CD
>From Apple. I recieved three CDs, one of which has System 7.5.5 update on
it. These CDs were free [no shipping, even]. Send e-mail to
[email protected].

I would imagine that the Mac magazines that bundle CDs will be providing
7.5.5 on there CDs as well. MacAddict includes 7.5 Update 2.0 and Revision
2 on the two CDs I have from them; I would expect that more recent issues
would include 7.5.5.

chazl
11.05.96

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 08:20:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Richard Friedman
Subject: Connecting PB520 to Radius Pivot LE

I tried connecting my PB520 to my Radius Pivot LE using the Mac PB video
adapter cable and the two won't communicate. I can connect the PB520 to
an Apple 13" color monitor and use the monitor either as a mirror or a
second monitor.

Any ideas? Yes, I have installed the Radius software on the PB.

Rich
[email protected]

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 96 03:13:57 -0800
From: Demitri Muna - Info-Mac Archivist
Subject: daylight savings time?

>Now, there's NO WAY I'm going to add ANOTHER extension to my system
>folder to do this; it's easy enough to do manually. But why does the Date
>& Time CP do that? Why tease us with that checkbox?

Not everybody observes daylight savings time. Personally, I'm ready to do
away with it altogether.



Demitri Muna
Info-Mac Archivist
http://www.pht.com/info-mac/

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 15:45:14 +0100
From: [email protected] (Ferdinando Pertusio)
Subject: Disbling multifinder in system 7

Hi all,

I organize a computer course for disabled children and have recently
installed system 7 (we have been using 6,07 until now) because of all the
multimedia, speech recognition, scripting and personalization features it
offers. However, multifinder constantly enabled is a problem-it is easy to
accidentally shift from the application layer (we basically use one app at
a time) to the finder, which can be confusing for my students. I was
wondering if there was any shareware program or extension that could, say,
permit app switching only via the applicatons menu. Could modification of
the system files with Resedit solve the problem?

Thanks for any help you are able to provide,

Ferdy

Ferdinando Pertusio
Milano, Italy
[email protected]

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 06:13:12 +0000
From: [email protected] (Rick Wintheiser)
Subject: Eudora Light with OT 1.1.1

I have upgraded to 7.5.5 and OT 1.1.1 and now my Eudora Light 1.5.4 doesn't
connect. It gives me a message -35 That pesky MacTCP is acting up again.
All other applications work (Netscape 3, IE 2, Fetch,....). Any ideas or
solutions.

Thanks,

Rick

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:04:15 -0800
From: Mike Blackwell
Subject: Fast, stable gif/jpeg slide-show viewer?

I'm looking for a program that will do a slide show of gifs and jpegs, very
quickly and very reliably, and perhaps also allow me to sort them as I go.
I currently use GraphicConverter 2.4.3's Slide Show feature, but even with
only the basic extensions loaded, it can take several minutes to load a
large 24-bit jpeg and dither it (poorly) to 8-bits on my on my PB 540
(12/340) and 640x480 external monitor. I've heard of Jade and a couple
others; any recommendations?

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 00:34:42 -0500
From: Simon Kidd
Subject: Freeware Virus Utilities?

>
> I'm looking for a good freeware virus program for Macintoshes.
> Disinfectant is out of date and doesn't catch a lot of the new macro
> viruses that plague Word.
>
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?

Disinfectant is not out of date, it was designed to catch real computer
viruses, not hypercard, or word macro viruses, nor trojan horses, as no
viruses of have been released recently so Disinfectant has not been
updated. I gather (I dont use Word) that the Microsoft web site has
utilities for dealing with word macro viruses, in addition Infomac has a
utility for dealing with the most common hypercard virus. If you want an
all in one package Im afraid you will have to go commercial.

Simon

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:40:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Martin C Sweitzer
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #253

Excerpts from infomac: 31-Oct-96 Info-Mac Digest V14 #253 by
"Info-Mac"@starnine.com
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 02:16:12 -0500
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Mac civ 1 or 2
>
> hello,
>
> My name is Eric and I've been looking all over for a copy of Sid Meyer's
> Civilization 1 or 2 game or both, if you could be of assistance I would
> greatly appreciate it.



mac civ 2 is not out aand will not be coming out

to even run civ 1 on PPC you need to hack it with an extension


best bet on finding a copy is to goto babages or egg head and ask them
to order it for you. you might be able to find a copy on like some
usenet game board.


the hoseheads who made civilization have abondoned us

msew

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 17:57:01 +0000
From: [email protected] (Peter Grundy)
Subject: Locate WordSmith

Is there a later version than 1.0? If so, can anyone tell me where it is
available? I'm unable to contact the author at [email protected]

Carl W. Haynes III
7-1A Fairway Rd.
Newark, DE 19711
[email protected]

Thanks in anticipation of any help.

Lobo.

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 20:54:12 -0400
From: [email protected] (Laurence Hawkins)
Subject: More on IIsi Start-up Problem

I am grateful for all the help offered on my dead power key problem, and
thought I had it fixed when everyone agreed that my internal battery was
dying. I replaced it, noted that the old one seemed to test OK at 3.6
volts, and found no change in the Mac's behaviour with the new one
installed. If the power plug remains connected to the wall socket, I get no
response when I press the Power key. After disconnecting the plug for a few
seconds, and reconnecting, all is well and start-up goes normally.

What is wrong, and should I worry?

Laurence Hawkins

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 15:27:46 -0700
From: [email protected] (Robert Fransen)
Subject: No Spare Parts Available

Dear Digest readers,
**WARNING**
As a user of APS (Kansas City) hard drives, in my case using the SR2000
case, I found out the hard way that one can not buy any spare parts for APS
drives under any condition. Not living in the USA makes it for all
practical purposes at times impossible to return any equipment for warranty
service. Sometimes it is more economical to just buy some spare parts, e.g.
a power supply strip, than to return some equipment for warranty service.
To my amazement I found out that even though I offered to drop my 5 year
drive warranty altogether I could not buy any spare parts no matter what.
So all buyers/users of APS equipment be warned, you can not obtain any
replacement parts from APS, the bargain you think you get may not be
one!!!. APS insists that all equipment be returned, either in or out of
warranty, a rather monopolistic arrangement. This fact is not mentioned in
their sales literature nor in their magazine advertisements and could be
very troublesome for foreign (non USA) buyers.
===

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 11:21:32 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bob Crawford)
Subject: Quantum Fireball solution?

Is there a solution for the file corruption problem with this drive, when
used internally, that covers a crash or power outage? The problem involves
the write-cache operation, as I understand it.

Bob Crawford

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 09:07:02 +0100
From: Peter Van Avermaet
Subject: reading this digest off-line, GroupWise, EasyView

I had a problem of receiving the Info-Mac digest in E-mail, extracting it and
reading it off-line.
I posted a message some time ago, received some information from Bobby Guenther
( [email protected] ), saw a remark by Peter Jorgensen (
[email protected] ), found out some things myself and I am now
reporting - parts of this story may be useful to other readers, too.

I like to read the Info-Mac digest at home, on my Mac, off-line, in the
EasyView
reader.
I can recommend EasyView - it allows you to read digests very efficiently
(digests in the format specified by RFC 1153 - and not just digests - it also
handles setext format and some other formats).
EasyView exists for Mac, Windows and Unix and can be obtained from:
ftp://ftp.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/Local/setext - the Mac version is
esay-view-261.hqx
.

I have a subscription with a listserv ( [email protected] - conveniently
close to my employer's e-mail gateway).
I receive the digest in Novell GroupWise (version 4.1, for Windows).

Problem 1: The digest used to appear in GroupWise as a multi-part message, with
one part per article (plus a few extra).
It was not possible to extract it as a whole.
Explanation: this is normal behaviour for a MIME multi-part message. The
listserv sends the digest as a multipart message, which is a good thing by
itself (but not in my context)
Solution: I sent a message to [email protected] (where I have my
subscription), with the following command in the body:
set info-mac shorthdr
(hint from Peter Jorgensen)
This tells the listserv not to include the MIME lines in the header (in
particular the Mime-Version line) when sending to this subscriber (=me).
The result is a simple (but long) Internet e-mail message (which appears in
GroupWise as one long message, with the SMTP header in an attachment - not that
it matters).

Problem 2: I did not know how to extract the digest as a plain text file.
When I tried the 'File --> Save' pull-down, GroupWise proposed a file with
filetype (this is Windows, remember ?) MLM.
Solution: As it happens, this MLM file is a valid WordPerfect file. It can be
read with WordPerfect or MS-Word and then saved as a text file.
(I have changed my associations - that is Windose for 'desktop database' - and
double-clicking on an MLM file now opens it with MS-Word.)
(Bobby Guenther tells me that a similar thing is possible with GroupWise 4.1
for
Mac and that *that* version of GroupWise allows you to "save as text" directly
-
no detour through WP or Word)
Reading the MLM (in WP or Word) is slow, though (even when reading in WP - it
seems to convert from an older WP format to the WP 6.1 format).
When saving as text, I have a choice between 6 formats in 2 dimensions:
* text/text with line breaks/text with layout : it does not seem to make much
difference, but I take text with line breaks (lines are short enough, anyway)
* text/DOS-text : the difference is in the encoding ("text" seems to mean
ISO-Latin-1, "DOS-text" one of the DOS code-pages) - as long as the digest
sticks to characters from the US-ASCII set (and the Info-Mac digest does), this
does not make a difference.
Wish: I would like to automate the process from GroupWise message to text
file.
It might be possible with a keyboard macro, but I do not know how.

Next, I put the file on a floppy disk, carry it home and read the floppy disk
on
my Mac with AFE (Apple File Exchange - I am still on System 7.0.1).
I then read the digest with EasyView.

Problem 3: (not a problem with the Info-Mac digest) when a digest does not
limit
itself to the US-ASCII character set (e.g. the digest of the SAP-R3-L
mailing-list), I have a problem with AFE:
* If I save as text (ISO-Latin-1), AFE does not know how to handle
ISO-Latin-1.
* If I save as DOS-text, AFE offers a translation - but that translation does
not seem to work.
I think I will use one of those drag-n-drop ISO-to-Mac translators.

One weakness of EasyView (again, not a problem with Info-Mac) is, that it
sometimes interprets a line of hyphens or a line of asterisks as a separator
(in
the sense of the digest format) even when it should not, according to the RFC.
This occurs fairly often in the digest of the SAP-R3-L list, where some people
have such a line in their .sig, or put such a line between the reply they write
and the original text.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 14:35:47 +0000
From: [email protected] (Ian Burt)
Subject: Rename SysFolder-Thanks

Hi gang,

Last week I wrote:

>I am stuck. Want to do a clean System install. Usually I hide the System
>Folder by renaming it, allowing me to copy >over third party stuff at
>leisure, you know all this. Point is, when I try to select (hi-lite) the
>Sytem Folder, to rename, >it stays put. No hi-lite, no rename. I have been
>the route of File Buddy, and Norton Utils Fast Find to unlock the folder.
>>It *should* be renameable but will not budge. Any ideas out there? email
>is best as my server only seems to let the >digest get through
>sporadically.

I eventually solved the problem by saving the important System stuff on to
a borrowed external H.D. did a clean install, and reinstalled third party
inits and prefs etc. at leisure later. I still can't figure out *why* the
system wouldn't let me rename its folder. General Controsl Panel gave the
green light, as did File Buddy and Norton Utils Fast Find. Mind you I was
doing the clean install because of underlying system gremlins, so it was to
be expected.

Thanks to those stalwarts who emailed me with advice and good wishes. I
have tried to reply to all. This note is to say prblem solved, thanks
anyway.

Ian Burt

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 16:32:48 GMT
From: "GRAEME CRAIG"
Subject: Speech Manager

Hi everybody!

I've been searching the Apple Web/FTP sites for a copy of Speech
Manager. I know this was available about a year or so ago, but seems
to have disappeared from their sites.
Does anybody know where it is and how I can get a copy?

Thanks in advance

Graeme Craig

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 96 00:03:38 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: Stylescript

>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:03:34 -0500 (EST)
>From: The Silversteins
>Subject: Stylescript
>
>I saw an advert for a programme called stylescript by GDT that is
>supposed to smooth out injet jaggies under special circumstances.
>
>Does anyone out there have any good/bad experience with this?

No experience, but other GDT products I've tried are excellent.

>Under which circumstances and with which programmes would it be useful?

It's specifically for printing PostScript graphics/images/pages/files to
QuickDraw (non-PostScript) printers, such as all Apple StyleWriter and
ImageWriter printers, and a few LaserWriters as well.

You would use it with apps that generate PostScript graphics: PageMaker,
QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Freehand, Canvas, Photoshop, etc.

>Is it suited to an HP870 (its literature mentions the 850, but not its
>successor, the 870)?

Don't know for sure, but I would think probably yes. Ask:



She's very helpful.

>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>michael silverstein
>[email protected]

-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] --

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 15:41:04 -0800
From: Louis Bookbinder
Subject: System Sounds

>>I have a question concerning the adding of sounds to the System for the
>>Sound Control Panel. I know you can record your own sounds to use for
>>the system alert beep and such. I also know that there are third-party
>>control panels that allow the user to customize the system alert sounds
>>and add sounds to other functions. I am wondering if there is any way
>>to put a sound already on my hard drive into the sound control panel. I
>>have no clue if this is possible, so I would appreciate any input anyone
>>might have.
>
>Just drag them into your Fonts folder (or, if you use Suitcase, include
>them in your startup set). They will appear in the Sound cpanel in the
>list of possible alert sounds.
>
>
>Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
>Visit the Hummingbird Page:

No, that is the SYSTEM file. Will not work in the Fonts folder, at least
not under 7.5.5 on an 860x0 mac (Centris 650). You have to quit everything
except Finder to drop it in the SYSTEM file, however.

Louis Bookbinder (415) 725-0639 [email protected]
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~booky

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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 20:52:10 -0600 (CST)
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: System Sounds [A]

You can double click on the system and it opens like a folder, you can
also drag onto it and it will also behave like a folder! You drag the
sound into the folder-look-alike system!
Maybe it has to be a system 7 sound, don't know other types that work.
I'd close and reopen the sound control panel to make sure it sees the new
sound, not just leave it open and expect the sound to appear. Maybe apple
made the control panel that smart, don't know.
Hope this helps!

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 6 Nov 96 9:16:50 CET
From: Monica Palermo
Subject: to colorize linearts?

Does anybody knows a software (free or share) to colorize linearts? You
know like cartoons? I heard about COLORIZE, but I'd like to know if there
is something else. I work with Mac. Please answer in my e-mail.
Thank you in advance. Monica

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 96 11:39:12 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: transparent backgrounds?

> I've been trying to figure out this problem for awhile- This might
>not be the proper forum, but since it's a cross application question, I'll
>give it a shot.
> When working in Pagemaker 5.0, Illustrator, and Freehand 4.0, I
>often want to place graphics I created in Photoshop on top of background
>images. All these programs put a bounding rectangle around the Photoshop
>image (if it's irregularly shaped) and fill it in with opaque white. How
>can I get rid of it? When working on web pages, I can just make them gif89
>files, and solve the problem, but even this doesn't work. I haven't been
>able to find any helpful answers in any of the books I have. Pagemaker is
>the program I really need to be able to do this in. Any answers would be
>greatly appreciated!

Look in your Photoshop manual under "clipping paths." For a Photoshop
image that's to be placed in PageMaker 5.0, you'll need to create a
clipping path in Photoshop and save the image as an EPS with clipping
path. (PM 6.0 can also handle TIFFs with clipping paths.) I have not
tried this with Illustrator or FreeHand, but I suspect it will work
there, too.

Be forewarned: bitmaps saved as EPS are *large*!


Lanny Chambers ([email protected]) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page:

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:16:05 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: transparent backgrounds?

At 9:57 AM -0800 11/1/96, zab & mike wrote:
>...programs put a bounding rectangle around the Photoshop
>image (if it's irregularly shaped) and fill it in with opaque white. How
>can I get rid of it?

One sure way would be to add a clipping path to the image, then save it out
of Photoshop as EPS.

chazl
11.05.96

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:42:19 -0400
From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
Subject: Windows 95 + DOS + Mac OS + Unix = problems

Hi,


I thought I might share the following saga. I create and maintain my
university's web site in my free time (read when I really can'T face
marking one more paper). This outfit does not have its own server, so our
site is on a commercial server runnin unix. I do all the development on my
Power Mac.

I learned lesson #1 very early on when I went avisiting my newly uploaded
site: all I got was a bunch or error messages: there was no URL for this,
that or everythig. But it did work magnificently on my mac. It took me a
little while, but the problem is that unix file names are case-sensitive.
Fine, I rewrote everything and made sure I used a standard system.

Lesson #2 and following were learned last week. A colleague developped a
site for a literary magazine on his Windows 95 system. He copied everything
to a floppy and brought it to my office for me to upload. I decided to test
it first. Found a few problems. Fixed them. Uploaded his stuff. Added a
link on my site and test drove his. No link worked. None. Remember lesson
1? So I told him, look: rewrite all your links and make sure the names in
the links are the same as those of the files themselves. Capital letters
_do_ matter. So off he goes and changes all his links to call for files
named in small letters. And he also changes the file names to all
minuscules. Copies to floppy, drops in my mail box. I upload. It ain't
working. I check the code: calls far minuscules. Check filenames: all
uppercase. Mucho four-letter words later, he swears he had changed all his
file names to minuscules. It seems that while Windows 95 knows minuscules,
dos still runs the floppy drive and _it_ know only upper case.

So we solve all that and upload everything once more. Test drive it and it
works. Sort of. None of the pictures shows up. They are correctly named,
with the correct extensions and they show when the site is viewed locally
on my mac. But we can'T see them whe viewing the same site from the unix
server. This is getting to be a problem. Just for the hell of it, I tried
viewing one of the pics with JPEGView: dragged it on the JPEGView icon in
the launcher. Nothing happened. Launched JPEGView and tried to open the
pic: couldn't see it in the SFOpen Dialog box. Clicked "Scan for pictures"
et voila! I could see all my pic files change their doc type from PC
exchange to JPEGView. Uploaded these to the unix site and now they display
properly in Netscape. Wow. Time to water the plants and go to bed. I do
need a rest.

Alain Chabot
Universite Sainte-Anne
Church Pt. Nova Scotia
Canada

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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 16:17:35 -0800
From: [email protected] (Rajiv K. Gandhi)
Subject: ZIP Internal

Zip Internals should be available at your local computer store (they are at
mine.) The only catch is that they are not packaged with Mac software.

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... war begins, I believe, in our hearts. And that is where it must end.
(Hunthausen)

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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:57:54 +0800
From: [email protected] (Tan Heng Chon)

This announcement is from:

(TENG CHOU MING)

Extension Overload reviews about 150 extensions that are commonly found in
the Extensions Folder on every Mac. For those who do not know much about
extensions, this program gives you some insight so you can decide which
ones are necessary for your computer and which are not.

Located in the Extensions Folder in your System Folder, extensions perform
a number of activities on your Mac to make it more functional. However,
some extensions will do NOTHING but EAT UP MEMORY and it is sometimes
difficult to know how much memory an extension will use (25K ? 105K ? 88K ?
800K ? .... ) because extension memory usage is volatile: extensions
increase their memory when they are in use and shrink back when they are
not.

An extension file may take up only a little DISK SPACE, (maybe 13k) or as
high as 1 MB or more. Worse, BUGS in an extension can also crash and SLOW
DOWN your computer.

The best way of dealing with problematic extensions is to drag them into
the trash and dispose of them. But how do you know which ones are helping
and which are hindering your machine's performance? Enter Extension
Overload, a helpful database that provides valuable information at your
fingertips about some of the more common extensions you may have on your
machine. It can help you if you are unsure of what a particular extension
is for or what it does, and will help you decide whether you want it on
your machine or not. Apple provides many extensions that you don't always
need as an option and service to the customer. For example, if your machine
is not on a network, then you may not want the Network Extension installed
on your machine. If you've disposed of the extension and connect to a local
network at a later date, you can always recover that extension from the
original system disk.

Extension Overload is helpful to those in the following situations:

* Anyone keep recovering from a crash.
* Users looking to increase RAM by cutting back the system's chunk of it.
* Users looking for more disk space.
* Users who have recently bought a new or used machine and don't know what
those mysterious things are in there ... or what they belong to.
* Experienced users who may not be familiar with some extension functions
or owners.
* Experienced users who may want to expand their extension vocabulary.
* New users just learning their way around the machine.
* Anyone who wants to know more about Macintosh extensions.

Available from:

Extension Overload Homepage
. . http://www1.pt.com.my/~tkting/thchome/eo/

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