Info-Mac Digest V12 #108
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 15 Aug 94 Volume 12 : Issue 108
Today's Topics:
[!] wuarchive mirror temporarily static
[*] airports for newton
[*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player for the Macintosh. [repost]
[*] Audio Strip GH 1.0 - Control Strip Modules
[*] BatteryMinder 2.0b3; a PowerBook battery utility
[*] Battleship 2.0.2; a board game
[*] blazing-saddles-grp3; more sounds from the movie
[*] Button Icon
[*] CatFinder v1.35; a disk management tool
[*] ChooserUser 1.2.1; Chooser user name protection
[*] Control-Panels-Strip113.sit update to controlstrip module
[*] csmp-digest-v3-051
[*] CyberNation 1.1.1; an arcade game
[*] DAETA, a Macintosh artist's newsletter
[*] Desktop Strip 1.0b2 - the Control Strip replacement
[*] Dialog View 2.0.1 (directory dialog extension)
[*] EjectDisk 1.0.1 : Eject disks at the touch of a key
[*] EPS_Fixer; for working with PICT previews of EPSF files
[*] Etoile 2.0; Color Chinese Checkers Game
[*] F/A-18 1.5 screenshots
[*] F117a Stealth Fighter Game Update v2.3.1
[*] fa18demoguide; some guidance for the F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1
[*] GNU Bison 1.22 THINK C 6.0 port
[*] LaserwriterLockout 1.2; configures LaserWriter access
[*] LEU.8/94; Low End User magazine
[*] Lion King pictures
[*] Mac Ftp Sites Html Page
[*] MacTCP Watcher 1.1.1; a MacTCP diagnostic utility
[*] MaskSounds; from the movie soundtrack
[*] MaxRAM 1.0.4A; a RAM Doubler utility
[*] New Mirror Sites Html Page
[*] Newton Program T-Cube submission
[*] Online Bible 2.5 Update (2.5.1)
[*] OtherMenu 1.5 (a hierarchical menu extension)
[*] PetitIcon 1.1; Drag'n'Drop Small Icon Utility
[*] PhotoCapture 1.0; an AV Mac utility
[*] Pictures and startup screens, mostly cars
[*] PPC & Earth; a picture
[*] Ray Dream Designer Tour; a ray tracing program
[*] Rebel Assault Cheat
[*] SoundEffects 0.9, a sound utility
[*] SoundMorph examples upload
[*] speech-pack-221; a 4D external
[*] Stereodrome (PPC only game)
[*] The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh!
[*] TobyDemo Announcement; New GUI technique example
[*] triangle-solver-12; an Excel geometry program
[*] VisualEzC (Demo); a development environment
[*] Warbirds 1.2.0; an arcade game
[*] Wpat2ppat; converts from Wallpaper patterns to pixel patterns
68040 vs 68LC040 (answer)
[A] Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies
[A] Smaller Desktop Icons
[C] Comment on [*] A blank icon
[Q] - How to mount a PC-format CD-ROM?
Aircraft Performance Program sought
Alysis eDisk disk doubler software (Q)
Apple II software
AppleScript [R]
AtEase for Workgroups Question
BBEdit 2.3.2 scroll locks up
Boolean Searches in WAIS
Claris Organizer (Q)
Conner drive on Mac Classic recovery
Dialing into to an IBM based MS-Mail server (Q)
Finder bugs
font bargain???
Graphics Catalog programs (shareware)
Locked Hidden Files
LW 810
Mac + High Speed Modem
Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips? (R)
MacPlus Text-to-Speech crash
Mac Security (responses)
Mirrors woefully behind? (C)
Norton 2.0 vs 3.0
Norton FileSaver Conflict??
Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade (C)
Please Post
PowerMac/DiskCopy (Q)
Radius Pivot Monitor Problem
RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug? (R)
Shareware Fees (R)
Shareware fees. (A)
Simple Text 1.1
Upgrading a Mac Classic
Using DEC RZ55 drive on Macs (SE)
ValueFax: real nice shareware fax software
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:10:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Liam Breck)
Subject: [!] wuarchive mirror temporarily static
The Info-Mac Archive mirror at wuarchive.wustl.edu is not updating
currently. They are awaiting the arrival of new disks, which
will allow them to resume normal operation, probably before the
end of August.
Liam Breck [email protected]
Info-Mac Network Special Projects Moderator El Cazador de Ratones
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 11:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] airports for newton
International Airport Identifier - Newton Book
=20
Contact: Iverson Software Co.
Jeffrey D. Iverson
P. O. Box 3
Rice Lake WI 54868-0003
(715) 236-7918
AppleLink: J5rson
=20
Rice Lake, WI--13 AUG 94: Now available: the International Airport=
=20
Identifier, for the Newton=AA platform.=20
The International Airport Identifier allows the user to quickly find =
a list=20
of airports by country, find a specific airport by its 3 letter desig=
nation,=20
or by city. This information is literally at "your fingertips."
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/international-airport-identifier-book.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player for the Macintosh. [repost]
[A repost to include ommitted files. --isl]
A U D I O D E C K 2 . 0 . 1
What is it?
Audiodeck is an audio CD remote player for Apple CD-ROM drives.
Audiodeck also works with non-Apple drives which are 100% compatible
with Apple's drivers. System 7 and Color QuickDraw are required for
Audiodeck to run.
Why should you use it?
This is a good question since a very nice looking AppleCD Audio Player
is included with CD-ROM Setup 5.0 and later, possibly already
installed on your Macintosh. On the surface, Audiodeck 2.0.1 may bear
a passing resemblance to AAP with its 3-D buttons and sleek overall
design. However, a great deal of subtle and not-so-subtle features
are exclusive to Audiodeck:
o can automatically play inserted CD's,
o can force internal CD input and enable playthrough,
o plays adjacent tracks in shuffle and program mode without skipping a beat,
o disable or enable individual tracks in shuffle mode,
o uses the existing disc and track titles of CD Remote Programs,
o but also extends the disc information database with new categories,
o and individual, custom disc settings (i.e.. volume),
o gratuitous Balloon Help for just about everything; plus much, much more.
But remember, always "Read The Fabulous Manual" before using a software.
Enjoy,
...David
2350 Edouard-Montpetit #14221
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3T 1J4
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-deck-201.hqx; 274K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 23:19:05 -0600
From: [email protected] (Glenn R. Howes)
Subject: [*] Audio Strip GH 1.0 - Control Strip Modules
What it is:
Audio Strip GH is a collection of 6 Control Strip modules which implement
the controls on a CD player: play, stop, eject, volume, and pause/continue
and one module which does everything.
What does it cost:
Audio Strip is free for non-commercial use.
Requires: Control Strip or Desktop Strip.
CD ROM drive using Apple driver
Features:
* option to auto play inserted CD's
* Reads the CD Remote Preferences file
* Choose which controls you want
* Play all tracks after selected track or just the selected track.
glenn
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-10-strip.hqx; 32K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:06:32 -0500
From: Herb Voth
Subject: [*] BatteryMinder 2.0b3; a PowerBook battery utility
This beta release fixes a bug concerning the battery icon on PB 180c (and
possibly others).
There was also a problem with the spindown feature crashing on PB 1xx
machines. Sorry about this but I *was* checking for the feature and it
still crashed, even if it was available, so I just disabled it on all
pre-Duo machines.
Feature list of BatteryMinder 2.0:
- Exclusive Screen Controls window for adjusting backlight brightness and
contrast
- Backlight toggle between preset values depending on charger status
- Force Appletalk to load at startup, so that it is always available
- Make quiet the startup sound
- Toggle Appletalk, sound and modem on and off with button control
- Monitors battery voltage (on all PowerBooks) and watts (on Duo or later)
- Predict battery life with count up and count down timers
- User selectable status information conveniently displayed in menu
- Change screen color depth via BatteryMinder menu
- Open PowerBook Control Panel from menu or an option-click in
BatteryMinder window
- Open Sharing Setup Control Panel from menu or a control-click in
BatteryMinder window
- Spin down hard drive with a command-click to BatteryMinder's window (on
Duo or later)
- Put your PowerBook to sleep with a double-click in BatteryMinder window
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-minder-20b3.hqx; 56K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 13:16:39 PDT
From: [email protected] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Battleship 2.0.2; a board game
Battleship 2.0.2 The classic game of battleship.
Play against the computer or your friend.
You can choose from 3 different games:
one shot per turn, one shot per ship, and
shoot until you miss.
John Lindal
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/battleship-202.hqx; 183K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 08:44:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mike Stulting)
Subject: [*] blazing-saddles-grp3; more sounds from the movie
Stuffit compressed folder of System 7 (double-click) sound clips from the
Mel Brooks movie, "Blazing Saddles"
>>> Group 3 - Church I would like to share a neat way to get rid of the "I-like-to-drag-and-drop-
>but-all-the-icons-on-my-desktop-take-up-too-much-space" problem.
>It is really just a blank icon; transparent, nothing there. I put it on all
>my aliases for dragging-and-dropping on my desktop so that I can get a "list"
>of these aliases. It's a very nice way of saving space on your desktop.
(His icon has been archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/blank-icon.hqx)
I've been doing that for some time, but for drag 'n drop applications only.
Sometimes however you'd like to double-click applications as well, which can
sometimes be tedious when you've only got its name on your desktop.
This file contains the icon I use in those situations, and an example of how
you can use both a blank icon as well as a button Icon to make your screen
neater and more functional.
A screen-dump of the bottom of my screen is included. I wonder who'll be able
to guess which abbreviation belongs to what
pooh
internet:
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/button-icon.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:37:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (Keith Turner)
Subject: [*] CatFinder v1.35; a disk management tool
This is the lastest release of CatFinder, version 1.35.
CatFinder is a powerful disk management tool that catalogs your
disks and provides an intuitive Finder-like interface for browsing
the catalogs. Floppies, hard disks, CD ROMs, any disk can be
cataloged with CatFinder. Once a disk is cataloged you can
quickly browse the disks contents without having the disk mounted.
CatFinder also offers powerful search and report features to
help you find and organize your files. CatFinder will even
print diskette labels.
Version 1.35 corrects some problems in cataloging Stuffit
archives.
Regards,
Keith Turner
ShadeTree Programming
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cat-finder-135.hqx; 132K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 20:55:53 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] ChooserUser 1.2.1; Chooser user name protection
ChooserUser 1.2.1 is a freeware control panel that lets you control who can
change the owner name (or user name under System 6). It also allows the
owner name to be changed at startup, either manually or automatically. This
program will be particularly useful to public Macintosh labs found in
university settings.
ChooserUser 1.2.1 fixes a few bugs in ChooserUser 1.2.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/chooser-user-121.hqx; 22K]
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Date: 10 Aug 1994 23:14:54 U
From: "Chris Hanson"
Subject: [*] Control-Panels-Strip113.sit update to controlstrip module
This is a update to a popular control strip module that lets you access your
control panels folder from the control strip. REquires system 7 and control
strip or desktop strip
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-panel-113-strip.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:04:14 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-051
C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 12 Aug 94 Volume 3 : Issue 51
Today's Topics:
Controls, Fonts, Dialogs & ResEdit (long)
Deleting ptr to base not calling dtors of derived
Icon positions on desktop
Looking for source code
Need C source code for recording sound
OpenPicture with temporary memory?
QuickTime 2.0 and MIDI
Tab Patch for TextEdit
[Q] Increasing stack size?
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-051.txt; 68K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 16:12:54 +0200
From: [email protected] (Roy D)
Subject: [*] CyberNation 1.1.1; an arcade game
Here's the latest update for CyberNation, 1.1.1. Changes (by popular demand):
- The Pause key is improved
- You can shoot while running around.
Enjoy it!
- Roy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/cyber-nation-111.hqx; 83K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:43:35 -0600
From: Laryn Brown
Subject: [*] DAETA, a Macintosh artist's newsletter
Please post this for Info-Mac Digest readers and others. This has been
BinHex'd so it should work this thime.
DAETA is a full color, hypertexted, indexed newsletter for informing
artists and designers how to fully use their Macintosh without having
to become system analysts.
E-mail subscriptions are free, disk subscriptions $12 a year.
The newsletter uses WordPerfect Envoy, an emerging postscript viewer
with a lot of very nice features.
The enclosed file is a BinHex'd, Stuffit .sit archive with a Readme,
Index, and main app file.
Thanks..............Laryn Brown
[Archived as /info-mac/per/daeta.hqx; 571K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 13:21:43 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sigurdur Asgeirsson)
Subject: [*] Desktop Strip 1.0b2 - the Control Strip replacement
Desktop Strip is a replacement for Apple's Control Strip for those of us
with Desktop Macs. Desktop Strip is compatible with all Control Strip
Modules (as far as we know) and comes with three useful modules, Application
Menu, Application List and Monitor Depth. Desktop Strip is $20 shareware,
registration information is included in package.
This is a public beta release of Desktop Strip. This version will expire
on september 15, by which time version 1.0 should be ready for distribution.
Version 1.0b2 fixes a conflict with TypeIt4Me, Apollo and possibly other
utilities.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-strip-10b2.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 22:23:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker
Subject: [*] Dialog View 2.0.1 (directory dialog extension)
Dialog View is a control panel extension that allows you to change the
appearance of directory dialogs (Open and Save dialogs). You can change the
font and size of the file names, enlarge the dialog to provide room for more
names or longer names, and control the size of the icons. Requires System
7. Not compatible with Norton Directory Assistance. Some PowerPC code.
Shareware, $10.
Version 2.0 combines the former Dialog View with Open-wide, plus a few new
features like restoring the icon choices under System Update 3.0.
Version 2.0.1 fixes a conflict with CP TrashBack and gives icons to a few
more types of files.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dialog-view-201.hqx; 52K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 22:04:39 +1000
From: [email protected] (Jason Anderson)
Subject: [*] EjectDisk 1.0.1 : Eject disks at the touch of a key
EjectDisk allows you to unmount and eject all floppy disks currently
mounted with the touch of a single key (on an extended keboard) or two keys
(every keyboard). EjectDisk comes as both an extension and an FKEY.
This update fixes a bug which caused EjectDisk extension to sometimes
"disable" other extensions that had loaded before it (Apollo was one
extension it did this to). It also fixes a bug that caused ANY function key
to activate it, not just F15.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eject-disk-101.hqx; 27K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 03:13:42 EDT
From: [email protected] (David Schooley)
Subject: [*] EPS_Fixer; for working with PICT previews of EPSF files
Allows you to view, adjust, and create the PICT preview
resources included in Macintosh EPSF files. This program
supports Macintosh Drag and Drop and is scriptable. The archive
includes versions for both 68K and PPC Macintoshes. System 7.0
or later is required. Version 1.1 allows you to drag or paste
pictures into an EPSF file. This version also includes Balloon
Help.
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/eps-fixer-11.hqx; 227K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:30:24 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] Etoile 2.0; Color Chinese Checkers Game
I have been asked by the author to upload this file to Info-Mac. Please
address any questions about this program to:
[email protected]
The following is from the file's read me doc:
This is a game "Chinese checkers"; the second version of "Etoile
v1.04". Basically there is no difference on the way of playing, but
"Etoile v2.0" can be played with two or three persons on the network. I
hope you enjoy it.
* "Etoile" requires system software version 7.0 or later.
* Prepare a 13 inch monitor at least which can display in 16 colors or
more (gray-scale is also available). It may be possible to use a 12 inch
monitor.
* For further information, please select "Open Read Me" from Apple menu.
1994.4.14. Michiko Osakabe
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/etoile-20.hqx; 415K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 03:37:34 +0000
From: AMRF Group
Subject: [*] F/A-18 1.5 screenshots
Enclosed are 5 screenshots for F/A -18 Hornet 1.5 I downloaded from AOL.
Enjoy!
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/fa18-hornet-15.hqx; 165K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 20:27:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deep Thoughts
Subject: [*] F117a Stealth Fighter Game Update v2.3.1
Enclosed is the file f117a.sea.hqx, which is an updater for the Mac flight
simulator F117a Stealth Fighter by MicroProse Software. This updater
(mostly) corrects a bug which causes the game to crash unexpectedly during
game play. I have been told by MicroProse that all their updaters are freely
distributable so I thought it should be posted to the archives.
Regards,
John
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/f117a-231.hqx; 424K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:53:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: ALLEN NEWMAN
Subject: [*] fa18demoguide; some guidance for the F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1
A text file intended to provide more complete instructions for
the seriously under-documented F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1. The
author is not affiliated with Graphic Simulations Corporation,
publisher of Hornet.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fa18-demo-guide.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:38:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott Hofmann
Subject: [*] GNU Bison 1.22 THINK C 6.0 port
This is a minimal port of the GNU YACC-compatible parser generator Bison,
version 1.22, for Symantec's THINK C 6.0. A compiled application is
included, so you don't need THINK C in order to use Bison (although it
won't do you much good if you can't then compile y.tab.c!) Please
direct any questions concerning Mac specifics to myself rather than
the GNU people - they don't like Apple much, and will just lecture
you on the evils of Apple.
J. Scott Hofmann | "Back off, man, I'm a scientist!"
[email protected] | -Dr. Peter Venkman, _Ghostbusters_
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/gnu-bison-122-c.hqx; 459K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 20:56:27 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] LaserwriterLockout 1.2; configures LaserWriter access
LaserwriterLockout 1.2 is a freeware system extension that lets you control
which LaserWriters (and other chooser devices, too) are accessible in the
Chooser desk accessory. This program will be particularly useful to network
environments where access to a particular LaserWriter (or other chooser
device) should be available to only certain nodes on that network.
LaserwriterLockout 1.2 fixes problems in LaserwriterLockout 1.1 with
Chooser versions 7.2 and later.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/laserwriter-lockout-12.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:16:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Barbara A. Bender"
Subject: [*] LEU.8/94; Low End User magazine
LEU 8/94 Info
The 8/94 issue of the Low-End User Emag (the Emag dedicated to meeting the
needs of the "average" Macintosh user) features a column on the "Tech
Support Blues" many users are facing (and how to deal with the "blues",
without spending your "greens"), tips and advice, bug reports and
problems, great deals, and other features. This issue also contains
reviews of the Power User CD-ROM, SetUp Partitions, Battery Amnesia, and
software for stripping PPC/680X0 code from Fat Binary programs. As usual,
the LEU is Freeware and is distributed in DOCMaker format (a standalone
application with excellent hypertext functions and other useful features).
-LEU Staff
[Archived as /info-mac/per/user/low-end-user-94-08.hqx; 62K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:11:23 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] Lion King pictures
Each file has been compressed, and converted to binhex. before compression
I included a read me with each file.
Jason Wallace e-mail---> jcwdman.aol.com
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp6.hqx; 896K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp7.hqx; 787K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp8.hqx; 637K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp9.hqx; 848K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:05:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Tim Jones)
Subject: [*] Mac Ftp Sites Html Page
Hi!
I recently took Bruce Grubb's mac ftp list and made it into an html
page for use within Mosaic. I left his text pretty much the same and
just added the links to each ftp site. The footnote numbers are also
linked to the bottom of the file. I hope it's as useful to you as it
is to me!
Tim Jones
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-388-html.txt; 50K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 17:15:11 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis
Subject: [*] MacTCP Watcher 1.1.1; a MacTCP diagnostic utility
MacTCP Watcher v1.1.1 displays the internal data of MacTCP. It shows
this Mac's IP, DNS name, and all the internal information that MacTCP
provides (much of which I don't understand, so please don't ask me
what it means!). It will also list all the currently open TCP connections,
and the information on each of them. As well, it allows you to test
MacTCP and your network, using the ICMP Ping protocol, the UDP & TCP
Echo protocols (you'll need a machine that supports the echo protocol,
most unix machines do, and I've implemented them in MacTCP Watcher,
so you can run the program on two Macs and test the network between
them as well as the MacTCP configuration on each of them), and it
tests out the DNS by looking up the name of a given IP or IP of a given
name. It should be useful to people having MacTCP configuration troubles,
network or Domain Name System problems, or the cronically curious.
MacTCP Watcher is free, and comes with a free copy of Eric Behr's
MacTCP Info document (thanks Eric!), so if you have MacTCP problems,
check it out.
Changes since 1.1.0
You can now destroy connections (at your peril)
Fixed a few bugs
Have fun,
Peter.
MacTCP Watcher v1.1.1 Copyright 1993-94 Peter N Lewis
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mactcp-watcher-111.hqx; 104K]
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Date: 12 Aug 1994 14:22:40 U
From: "Tony Trippe"
Subject: [*] MaskSounds; from the movie soundtrack
The following file is a stuffit archive of some samples I lifted off The Mask
soundtrack from the song Cuban Pete. The sounds are several of the funny
things that the Mask says during the movie such as "Somebody stop me!". They
are in stereo and were sampled at 22 Hz. These sounds are meant to help
publicize a pretty funny movie and should only be used for personal
entertainment.
Thanks,
AJTrippe ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/mask-soundtrack.hqx; 723K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 00:31:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Spencer Low
Subject: [*] MaxRAM 1.0.4A; a RAM Doubler utility
What's New in MaxRAM 1.0.4A (Released August 12, 1994)
- Compatible with Macintosh II, IIx, IIcx, and SE/30. If you don't have
one of those Macintoshes, there is no advantage to upgrading from MaxRAM
1.0.4. Please de-install any previous version of MaxRAM before installing
MaxRAM 1.0.4A.
- Previously registered users of versions 1.0, 1.0.2, and 1.0.4 can
consider this a free update. There is a $5 shareware fee for all other users.
What's New in MaxRAM 1.0.4 (Released August 5, 1994)
- Compatibility with versions 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 of RAM Doubler!!
- MaxRAM allows user to try out the indicator feature on all Macintoshes.
General Information
MaxRAM works in conjunction with RAM Doubler, allowing you to:
- Triple, quadruple, quintuple, or have SIX times as much memory when
using RAM Doubler from Connectix Corporation. Normally, RAM Doubler will
double your RAM, but with the help of MaxRAM, you can have SIX times the
installed memory. That's right - SIX. For example, if you have 8 MB of
real RAM in your Macintosh, MaxRAM will give you 48 MB of RAM. (You can
also choose a lower amount, if you desire.)
- Display an indicator in the menu bar that will flash when RAM Doubler
is used.
To use MaxRAM, simply double click on it, select the desired amount of
RAM (and if you want the indicator on), and click Save. From now on,
you'll have much more RAM than before!!
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-max-ram-104a.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:51:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Tim Jones)
Subject: [*] New Mirror Sites Html Page
Here is an update to the info-mac mirror sites html page I posted
recently. This page can be used within Mosaic to access the ftp
mirror sites. I fixed a couple of addresses. I also took the links
off two of the sites which don't have a direct way to contact from
within Mosaic.
Tim Jones
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/info-mac-mirrors-html.txt; 12K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:06:30 -0700
From: [email protected] (Les Vogel)
Subject: [*] Newton Program T-Cube submission
T-Cube v1.0
August 12, 1994
Designed by: Dan Venolia ([email protected]) & Forrest Neiberg
Newton Port: Les Vogel
T-Cube is a new way of entering characters and text on Newton. It
complements handwriting recognition and the soft keyboard. Characters
correspond to "flick" gestures made into the T-Cube window.
After you have installed T-Cube, it is accessed by tapping its button in
the Note Pad status bar. T-Cube shows nine buttons arranged like a wheel.
Pressing and holding the pen down in any of the button shows a different
"pie menu" containing eight characters. You can "type" a character by
moving the pen in one of the eight directions, then lifting it.
This sounds like a tedious way to type, but as you start to memorize common
characters, such as space and "e", you can make the gesture directly,
without invoking the pie menu. Using the menu, an "e" is made by pressing
in the "north" button and dragging to the north-east. As a gesture, this
is a simple flick that starts in the north button and proceeds to the
north-east. You should have the most common characters memorized after
only an hour of use.
More information on the design of T-Cube can be found in:
Venolia, D. and Neiberg, F. "T-Cube: A Fast, Self-Disclosing Pen-Based
Alphabet," in Proceedings of CHI '94 (Boston, April 24-28, 1994), ACM
Press, pp. 265-270.
The Newton T-Cube package may be distributed freely, provided that this
text accompanies it. T-Cube may not be distributed for profit without
prior written consent.
(c) 1994 Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/t-cube-10.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:44:45 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: [*] Online Bible 2.5 Update (2.5.1)
This installer contains Version 2.5.1 of the Online Bible (OLB)
application, the Bible FKey, a User's Manual, and a variety of other
miscellaneous files. This is an upgrade to the OLB that works with texts
>From previous versions, but adds significant capabilities. A key new
capability is having all versions of the Bible available at the same time.
* Fast, easy, and powerful Macintosh interface
* Perform word searches in under 1 second
* Complete set of search operators including AND, OR, XOR, NOT,
wildcard, and proximity
* Search and view the original Greek & Hebrew words using
Strong's numbers
* Verb parsing information including tense, voice, and mood
* Greek & Hebrew lexicons with definitions in English
* Point and click hypertext linking
* Load, view, and search eight or more translations at once
* Synchronized scrolling of search results, Bible passages,
and verse notes
* Open as many as sixteen verse note/commentary sets at once
* Unlimited windows
* Bookmarks for Bible passages, verse notes, and topical studies
* Extensive collection of English as well as foreign
translations to choose from
* Actual Greek and Hebrew texts for original language work
* TrueType Greek and Hebrew fonts
* Over half a million cross references
* Commentaries by A.T. Robertson, Matthew Henry, John Wesley,
and others
* Topical studies by Naves, Thompson, Torrey, and others
* Integrated personal verse notes with built-in editor
* Bible FKey for quick and easy passage lookup without
switching applications
* View Bible passages and verse notes using any installed font
* Color support for searches and verse notes
* Print or export as a text file any Bible passage, search
result, verse note, or topical study
* Disk-based User's Manual with tutorial and reference sections
* Runs on any Macintosh from a Mac Plus to the newest Power PC
* More program features, more translations, and more add-on
modules than any other Macintosh Bible study package available
Version 2.5 of the program is fully compatible with any version
2.0 material you may currently have.
This file does not include any of several Bible texts, or the various other
program add-ons, such as cross references, and commentaries required for
all of the capabilities listed above. The King James Version, Revised
Standard Version, Greek, and Hebrew versions of the Bible text, the
Thompson Chain Reference, a cross reference, the Treasury of Scripture
Knowledge, and some other resources are available free for downloading at
wuarchive.wustl.edu in /doc/bible/mac, as well as wuarchive mirrors such as
uceng.uc.edu. Other versions and resources that require royalty fees (such
as the New Internation Version) are available from the author, as well as
the latest version of all the freeware stuff, if you'd rather get them on
floppy than download it all. Information on prices and availability are
included in this file.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/online-bible-251.hqx; 547K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 02:06:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.5 (a hierarchical menu extension)
OtherMenu creates a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple
menu. It can launch applications and documents, do things such as Restart,
Delete, File Info, and execute FKEYs. In a directory dialog, you can use the
menu to select a file or folder. Requires System 7. Shareware, $10.
V. 1.5: Can execute KeyQuencer macros, many other enhancements and bug
fixes.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-15.hqx; 236K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-141-to-15-updt.hqx; 128K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:35:35 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] PetitIcon 1.1; Drag'n'Drop Small Icon Utility
I have been asked by the author's agent to upload this file to Info-Mac.
Please address any questions about this program to:
[email protected]
The following is an excerpt from the file's read me doc:
* So, what exactly does "PetitIcon" do?
It allows you to "make an alias" of the selected file, copy its 16x16
dot small icon from the original file, and paste it anywhere within the
alias' 32x32 dot icon frame at your descretion.
When a file without a small icon (for example, files that already have
a customized icon, etc.) is selected, "PetitIcon" automatically shrinks a
32x32 dot large icon into the small icon space. In this case, "PetitIcon"
can work with anti-aliasing mode on or off.
If you do not need a "PetitIconed" mini icon any longer, you can
delete it in a "Get Info=8A" dialogue. Whatever was in the Get Info box of
the file originally will be back in place.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/petit-icon-11.hqx; 159K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 13:04:28 -0700
From: [email protected] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: [*] PhotoCapture 1.0; an AV Mac utility
PhotoCapture is a simple utility that allows you to capture images from a
video source and save images to PICT files. The quality is significantly
better than Apple's Video Monitor and it even allows you to name your saved
pictures (Video Monitor saves the pictures somewhere unknown and calls them
Picture 0, etc.).
Requirements:
* AV Capable Macintosh (Quadra/Centris 660 AV, Quadra 840AV, PowerMac
6100/7100/8100 AV) It may work with other digitizers, but I don't know.
* QuickTime 1.5 or later
* A video source
PhotoCapture is shareware $10. If you can't justify the cost, you must send
me email.
Please send all questions/bug reports to [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photo-capture-10.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:06:38 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] Pictures and startup screens, mostly cars
These are some pictures and startupscreens for a Macintosh. Post them
where you like.
Thanks PJT
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/jordan-pict.hqx; 983K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/bugatti-pict.hqx; 261K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/camaro-pict.hqx; 207K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/arex-pict.hqx; 107K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 15:21:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] PPC & Earth; a picture
[A picture of the PPC processor and the planet. --isl]
Enjoy
PJT
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/ppc-and-earth.hqx; 243K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 19:54:00 -0700
From: Tech Support
Subject: [*] Ray Dream Designer Tour; a ray tracing program
This is a self extracting guided tour of Ray Dream Designer 3.
Ray Dream Designer automatically manages the complex details
of building full color, 3D Illustrations. Perspectives, subtle
shadows, lighting effects, textures and reflections are
calculated automatically so you concentrate on being creative.
Needs at least 256 colors and a 68020.
Enjoy,
Ray Dream Tech Support.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/ray-dream-designer-tour.hqx; 1901K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 13:32:13 +0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Rebel Assault Cheat
The following file will patch Rebel Assault for the Mac. You will now have the
"Yoda Power Mode" in the option screen. When activated, you can start at any l
level (from 1 to 16) by pressing keys 1-9 and A-F. You can also reduce your
damage points by hitting the "+" key.
enjoy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/rebel-assault-cheat.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:09:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] SoundEffects 0.9, a sound utility
Shareware - $15
by Alberto Ricci
e-mail: [email protected]
SoundEffects is a powerful sound editor. Its strength resides in the
capability of applying many digital effects to recorded sounds, and
since the effects are plug-in modules, you can enhance the program at
any time by just adding any new modules as they become available. Not
only can SoundEffects change sounds in many ways through its variety
of effects, but it can also handle multi-channel sounds, sampled at
any rate up to 64kHz and with any sample size between 1 and 32 bits.
Finally, an affordable sound editor!!!
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-effects-09.hqx; 251K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:41:45 -0400
From: [email protected] (Lance Massey)
Subject: [*] SoundMorph examples upload
Attached please find some audio examples of my sound morphing program=
for
the Mac called "SoundMorph=81".
Information regarding SoundMorph as far as availability, requirements,
etc., are included in the README document.
Thank you,
Lance Massey
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/sound-morph-examples.hqx; 516K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 08:47:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] speech-pack-221; a 4D external
4D SpeechPack 2.2.1.ext BUG FIX
Shareware $15. External for 4th Dimension.
An external package for 4th Dimension which adds
Text-to-Speech capabilities to your data-bases! Don't just
display a message but talk to your user. What kind of
interaction is more natural? And the quality of the voices
is also pretty good these days.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/speech-pack-221.hqx; 172K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/speech-pack-221-updt.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1966 22:40:29 -0700
From: [email protected] (Rob Dewhirst)
Subject: [*] Stereodrome (PPC only game)
Stereodrome is basically a 3D version of Tailgunner with many other
interesting features.
Basic rules of the game: If something moves, shoot it.
* NOTE - This game REQUIRES
o A PowerMac.
o A color monitor (alright, it doesn't require it, but it is rather dull
without it)
o A pair of red-blue 3D glasses (try your local comic book shop).
Use the Game options command to adjust the parallax, or use the plus and
minus keys on the keypad to adjust it during play.
This is only a basic game. You can't lose, you never die, and they enemy
ships just keep coming.
Written by John Calhoun, the author or Glider.
Freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/stereodrome-ppc.hqx; 332K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:07:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (John Schettino)
Subject: [*] The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh!
The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh. A suite of three
applications that make dealing with Netnews simple.
By John C. Schettino, Jr. ([email protected])
These applications were developed with AppleScript 1.1 and FaceSpan
1.0 using the Scripter's Toolkit.
A preliminary version of these applications won an Honorable Mention in the
"Everyday AppleScript Contest". This version represents the first public
release
of that software.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/netnews-filter-agent.hqx; 111K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:35:31 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] TobyDemo Announcement; New GUI technique example
If you are interested in the art of Graphical User Interfaces then you
might want to download my new hypertext resume and portfolio project via
anonymous ftp from:
Site: ftp.mcs.com
Login: anonymous
Password: blank or your email address in the form name@domain
Path: /mcsnet.users/utobia/TobyDemo_(640x480).sit.hqx
Size: 1445k
This Macintosh application is a Sr. Art Director's resume and portfolio
that demonstrates an exciting new GUI technique that I call transparent
modality. The demo program requires a Mac II or better, 13" color monitor,
2mb free RAM and System 6.04 or later.
Please be forewarned that this offering is essentially self-promotional in
nature (that's why the file is not being posted directly to Info-Mac).
-- Toby Braun [email protected] [email protected] CIS:70674,2634
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:05:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: David A Johnson
Subject: [*] triangle-solver-12; an Excel geometry program
If you provide sufficient information Triangle Solver will complete
the unknown angles and lengths of a triangle aswell as the area of
the Triangle.
Triangle Solver will complete any SAA, SSA, SSS, and some SAS
triangles.
You need *Microsoft Excel 4.0* or a program that can convert
Excel 4.0 documents.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/triangle-solver-12-excel.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:13:55 -0100
From: [email protected] (Mimir Reynisson)
Subject: [*] VisualEzC (Demo); a development environment
Release of the Visual EzC application development environment.
Silicon Island Software announces the release of a new and powerful
application development environment, Visual EzC.
EzC has a graphical Layout editor, a Menu editor, a database structure
editor, a C-like programming language, and a powerful relational database
engine.
The EzC programming language is syntactically similar to C. It is easier
to learn since it does not explicitly contain the more obfuscated parts
of C such as pointer arithmetic.
EzC is a fully object-oriented language. It has objects, inheritance,
classes and polymorphism. Especially important are the Library objects
that extend the functionality of EzC.
The programmer can create standalone interpreted programs with the
standard development system, and using the optional EzC pre-compiler
the EzC code can be translated into normal C for compilation with for
instance MPW. A grossly increased performance of the application usually
follows.
The programmer can create almost any application with EzC. An added
advantage is that s/he does not need to know much about Macintosh
programming to be able to use EzC with proficiency.
EzC is especially suitable for individual programmers and small firms
that want to develop useful applications but do not have the time and
resources to invest in learning a high level language and the peculiarities
of Macintosh Programming.
The Visual EzC demo package contains the development system and two sets
of examples. The first set is a collection of 8 small examples with all
the source code and the layouts included. The other example is a compiled
version of a database application called Starline.
With the demo version of the EzC development system, you can do everything
you can do in the full version of the program except saving your work.
There is also no Runtime module included with the demo version.
Mimir Reynisson
Email: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/visual-ez-c-10b4-demo.hqx; 1296K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 16:30:07 +0100
From: [email protected] (Roy D)
Subject: [*] Warbirds 1.2.0; an arcade game
Here is version 1.2.0 of Warbirds, the Mac's version of Phoenix, the 80's
arcade shoot-em-up.
Differences with the previous version:
- Waves 1 and 2 are changed to look more like the original
- Big birds' fire moves more rapidly, like in the original
- Some speed advantage
- Docs have been updated.
Warbirds is for any Mac (but -should- be run on 68030 Macs or higher) with
640 K of free RAM, B&W or 16/256-color/grayscale monitor (any size). Play
is with keyboard or mouse.
Shareware fee is US$10.
Enjoy!
- Roy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/warbirds-120.hqx; 104K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 15:40:54 -0500
From: "Lisa T. Snyder"
Subject: [*] Wpat2ppat; converts from Wallpaper patterns to pixel patterns
This is a little program that will convert Wallpaper to ppats
(resedit ) or DeskTop Textures.
I am in no way associated with the author, I have just had alot of
requests to send this so everyone can use it.
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/wpat-to-ppat.hqx; 38K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 12:13:41 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christopher L. Ursich)
Subject: 68040 vs 68LC040 (answer)
George,
I'm sorry I haven't responded to your question sooner, but
I have been catching up on reading the Info-mac digests.
>Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 19:26:09 EDT
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: 68040 vs 68LC040
>
>I was curious as to what the difference was between the 68040 and the 68LC040
>chip. Is it because the 68LC040 is in the new LC's and Performas? If so,
>then what is the real difference (performance wise)?
The difference between the regular 040 and the LC040 is the
Floating Point Unit (FPU), also known as the "math coprocessor."
The regular 040 has this coprocessor and is therefore able to
perform floating-point (decimal) calculations very quickly
by routing these calculations to the coprocessor, leaving the
main processor free to perform other tasks. The LC040
(Centris 610, for example) has the FPU disabled. Therefore,
all the floating-point calculations which would be done quickly
by the coprocessor have to be done by the main processor itself.
There is no way to add a coprocessor to an LC040 Macintosh.
030 Macs without an FPU could emulate ("fake") one with software.
However, this cannot be done on an LC040 stable-ly.
The reason the LC040 is inside the new LC's and Performas
is because Apple figures that most LC and Peforma users
are home-type users whose computing needs to not require
having very fast floating-point computation. Word processing,
data base, telecommunications, etc do not use much decimal
mathematics to run, so aren't helped significantly by a coprocessor.
Engineers, scientists and graphic artists (and students aiming
in those directions), however, DO need the ability to do intensive
math calculations quickly.
I hope this answers your question. Email me if you wish.
Chris Ursich
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 19:05:01 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies
Herb Kroemer asked about making System 7.x's Finder snap-to grids consistent
>From machine to machine.
The Finder grid used to be set in the LAYO (?) resource under System 6. Now
the grid size is a factor based on the font and font size chosen in the Views
control panel. The only way to make different machines share the same grid is
to make sure both Macs are using the same font/size Finder Views settings.
However, if you are on a network and are trying to mix views between System 6
& 7 Finders -- good luck! I haven't yet found a good way to keep the views
tidy!
-- Toby Braun
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Date: 11 Aug 1994 15:21:53 -0700
From: "Brian Renken"
Subject: [A] Smaller Desktop Icons
Subject:
[A] Smaller Desktop Icons
I've been reading several posts concerning desktop icons and the desire to save
valuble space on the screen. I want to share my method. Instead of putting
your drag&drop apps on the desktop, put them in a folder and keep the folder
open at the bottom of the screen. I have a "palette" folder that is two icons
high and seven icons wide. Using this method you could very easily use small
icons. You can also close the palette when you don't need it. Just keep the
palette's icon on the real desktop at the bottom so you can re-open it easily.
This also works well if you have a multi-resolution monitor and you switch
resolutions frequently.
Hope this helps....
Brian Renken
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 07:22:33 +0000
From: [email protected] (Wagner Luiz Truppel)
Subject: [C] Comment on [*] A blank icon
>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 11:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
>From: [email protected] (Joe Yan)
>Subject: [*] A blank icon
>
>Hello!
>
>I would like to share a neat way to get rid of the "I-like-to-drag-and-drop-
>but-all-the-icons-on-my-desktop-take-up-too-much-space" problem.
>
>It is really just a blank icon; transparent, nothing there. I put it on all
>my aliases for dragging-and-dropping on my desktop so that I can get a "list"
>of these aliases. It's a very nice way of saving space on your desktop.
>
>I made this icon for the benefit of those not familiar with ResEdit or
>similar utilities. If you like it, drop me a line at [email protected].
>Thanks!
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/blank-icon.hqx; 5K]
One potential problem with the approach above is this: you may find it
difficult to click or double-click a 'blanked' file or folder's name, due
to the name-editting feature of the Finder that insists on hilighting its
name upon clicking. To avoid that, open the get info for the blanked item
and lock it. That will not work with folders, though, but you can make an
alias of them, paste a blank icon on the aliases, and finally lock them.
One more thing: I have 2 rows of such beasts on the bottom edge of my
monitor, closely packed. To accomplish that, I make sure to have the option
for 'always snap to grid' in the Views control panel turned OFF while I
place the icons. When I'm done, I turn the option back on (you don't need
to do this, of course, if you don't care for it). However, here's one big
thing to watch for and be careful about in any case: DON'T CHOOSE 'CLEAN UP
DESKTOP' FROM THE SPECIAL MENU IN THE FINDER, or you'll lose your set up.
Wagner Luiz Truppel
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:27:04 +1000
From: [email protected] (Christian Stricker)
Subject: [Q] - How to mount a PC-format CD-ROM?
Hello netters,
does anybody know out there how to mount a PC-format CD-ROM disk on
a Macintosh CD drive? I have got DOS - mounter for floppies on my machine -
and for these media it works very fine. However, I want to read disks which
are going to be written in PC format. The reason is that the school wants
to buy a CD-ROM maker - but only with the software for DOS. Do I need to
buy writing software for the Mac as well? A much easier way would be to
simply mount the PC-format disks from the Mac! Is there anything like
DOS-mounter for the CD drive?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks
Christian.
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 20:29:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: Aircraft Performance Program sought
Does there exist, or is anyone interested in writing, a Mac freeware or
shareware program that would calculate performance data for a jet aircraft
certified under FAR Part 25 (Transport Category)? An existing spreadsheet
or curve-modeling program *might* do this -- the data are published in
tabular form now -- but this is completely beyond my experience.
Ideally, the program would take into account such factors as:
Temperature
Airport Altitude
Runway Slope
ECS (engine bleed air) on or off
Headwind or tailwind component (calculated from wind direction and velocity)
Second Segment climb gradient (etc.)
Anti-Skid on or off
Max. Engine N1 for ambient conditions
Any ideas (or Newsgroup pointers) would be very much appreciated.
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 19:14:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Alysis eDisk disk doubler software (Q)
Dear Netters-
Has anyone tried this hard disk enhancement software that doubles,
triples your Mac hard drive space? How does it compare to Stacker or
Times Two? For $50, is it worth it?
Nate
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:23:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Apple II software
I need a 3.5" Apple IIe prodos startup disk that will work with the
Apple IIe card in a Macintosh LC. If possible, could someone mail me
an hqx'd disk image of one? Instructions on how to create one or find
one will be most appreciated as well. I have a lot of software I want
to use but the only startup disk I can get my hands on are Appleworks
and the Apple IIc System Utilities. The System Utilities was written
only for the Apple IIc. I hacked the basic program to let me in but
it still would not let me copy files. I don't know why but it is very
frustrating to say the least.
Thanks,
Jeff Fayne
[email protected]
Rhode Island College
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 11:31:36 -0500
From: [email protected] (Vinko Tsui (312) 329-3455)
Subject: AppleScript [R]
Michael,
>>
The scriptable version of the Finder is version 7.5. I will be released
later on this month. It is not free for most users, Apple have set up many
different upgrade policies, one of which may apply to you. You should
either call Apple directly or speak to your local dealer.
Apple Script will be included in this new version of the System. So you
will not have to go any buy it yourself. Normally you will have to purchase
this from APDA or your local dealer.
I hope this answer your questions.
-- Vinko
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, [email protected]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 23:32:32 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Ed Jacobs, Mac / PC Lab Tech"
Subject: AtEase for Workgroups Question
We are running AtEase for Workgroups 2.0x on Performa 636's and IISI's in
our campus network. We have two fileservers (appleshare) that each mac
will connect to.
We setup each computer with a username on the fileserver and login each
mac to the fileservers with the "Save my Name and Password" option.
When the macs boot without AtEase, they auto login perfectly. On the other
hand, if we run the Macs with AtEase, they don't autologin to the fileservers
until you click a program that needs them.
What I tried was running a very short hypercard 2.0 app that displays a one
line message and quits to tell the computer to access the fileserver once on
startup. This program does not automatically login to the server, it asks
the user for a username and password (They are already type in) and the user
only has to press return to continue as normal.
Also, Apple has said that you NEED to set the atEase Preferences to save
on a fileserver volume (which is possible) but we don't want to rely on a
server controling all the macs program locations!
These are student lab computer systems and we have time and money spent on
AtEase for workgroups. Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, first
hand experience (bad or good) with AtEase and appleshare fileservers.
Please send replies to the following address:
[email protected] or [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:09:54 GMT
From: Sven Guckes
Subject: BBEdit 2.3.2 scroll locks up
>Rich Clemens [email protected] writes:
>I have been having intermittent problems with the scroll bars on BBEdit
>2.3.2 running on my SE/30 with 7.1. The software would work correctly then
>the scroll bars would "lock" and I would only be able to scroll the window
>with the "box." The arrows and/or gray area would produce no result.
>I have traced the problem to a conflict with Basic Black 1.2. BBEdit is fine
>until Basic Black starts and then it "locks." I do not remember this problem
>with earlier versions of BBEdit.
Try the latest version of BasicBlack - "BasicBlack_1.4.1".
Can't give an URL to it now, sorry.
But you may ask the author:
Mason L. Bliss - [email protected] - [email protected]
Sven
--
"Archie" should know where.
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Date: 14 Aug 1994 06:55:47 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: Boolean Searches in WAIS
Boolean Searches in WAIS
According to the documentation for WAIStation, one can use boolean operators
such as AND, NOT, ADJ in WAIS searches. However, using either WAIStation or
MacWAIS with a number of different servers, I have not been successful. Am I
doing something wrong, or do most WAIS servers just not support boolean
searches?
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:49:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo
Subject: Claris Organizer (Q)
Has anyone seen Claris Organizer in person (perhaps at the recent MWExpo
in Boston)? If so, could you please tell me if the To-Do list is an
outliner (e.g., like InControl's)? Thanks.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: or
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:09:29 -0400
From: [email protected] (MICHAEL J. LONGO)
Subject: Conner drive on Mac Classic recovery
I have a Mac Classic whose hard drive recently went belly up
and was hoping to get some help in recovering it. I ran Norton
Utilities on it and was able to recover some of the files in
some form. The problem seems to be that the directories, driver,
and other things I don't understand very well are clobbered.
I can boot up the computer from an external hard drive. When
I run Mac Check, it sees a 40 Mb Conner Drive on SCSI ID=0
{Product ID CP3040A, etc]. Apple HD SC Setup v. 7.2 patched
to see all drives won't have anything to do with it. When I
try to do anything to the drive HD Setup can't find the info
it needs.
I tried things like SCSIformatterinstaller, but it needs
DDMs and DPMs and other things which I have no clue on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best to mail me
directly at [email protected]
----M. Longo
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 06:53:44 EDT
From: Robert=Neil%LabA%[email protected]
Subject: Dialing into to an IBM based MS-Mail server (Q)
Does anyone know if it is possible to dial in to an IBM based version of
MS-Mail with the Mac version of Ms-Mail remote?
If that is not possible, does anyone know of a way of accessing mail that
is on the above mentioned IBM based system from a mac?
The IBM system is a 486 sever running Novell and MS-Mail with no macs on the
network:(
I am hoping that I won't have to get Soft PC, but if that is the only way,
then so be it.
TIA
Robert Neil
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 10:44:15 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf
Subject: Finder bugs
Has anyone else noticed the following bugs in the Finder? I have System 7.1
with HSU 3.0, and yet some of these bugs have been around ever since the
release of System 7:
o Say you drag files to another disk. It says "The files cannot be copied
unless the wastebasket is emptied. Do you wish to empty the wastebasket?"
You say "OK", but the files in the wastebasket are locked, so they can't be
trashed. However, the Finder still starts copying the files, only to get
half way and stop, saying "the disk is full". Whoops.
o If you option-drag files to a folder (to copy them), and some of the
items in the target folder have the same names, it asks you whether you
wish to replace them with the ones you're "moving" rather than the ones
you're "copying". This one still catches me out: I don't know whether I
held down the option key or not.
o The white space for the name of an icon on the desktop often doesn't
extend the correct distance past the left edge of the name: at least, not
until you select the icon. Small, cosmetic error, but still annoying.
o Even now I still get the new "disk free" space in the window header
overwriting the old number.
o The System is supposed to allocate as much memory as it needs, even if
INITs are loaded. It does this OK for the actual system heap, but it
doesn't adjust the Finder's memory correctly. After about 8 to 10 hours use
the Finder says "that command cannot be completed, because there is not
enough memory available. Closing desk accessories....". I'm sure my
extensions have something to do with this, but surely the Finder can ask
for more memory...
o The Finder doesn't ask for enough memory for its own windows when you
open an application which uses up "all" of the available memory: the Finder
usually calls you to say "There's not enough memory to keep the window
'hard disk' open." Great. I don't get this message that often, though: RAM
Doubler took care of that.
Alex
--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 15:46:23 CDT
From: [email protected] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: font bargain???
I have been seeing an ad recently for 6000 typefaces for less than $100.
How do they do it? I got their brochure recently and found out.
First you take a bunch of public-domain and shareware fonts. You
then open them in a font manipulation program and extend them, and skew
them left and right. Presto, you have converted one font into four. So, for
example, mny typeface RedLetter (or maybe it was the earlier version called
Stalingrad) is now four fonts called unique28. But why stop there? Using a
font distortion program called Font-o-matic, one can alter them in weird ways.
Pesto, four variations, each in normal, extended, italic, and lefty.
Now one typeface, which is a bizarre typeface made up of hammers and sickles,
has been made into 20. Of course there will be both PostScript and TrueType
versions, so the result is 40. I thought I was good at getting a lot from
one font, but to convert one font that has VERY limited usefulness into 40
exceeds my reach. You can figure out how many original typefaces one needs
to start with at this rate.
The result is "the largest, most original collection of fonts available
anwhere."
And "These fonts are not shareware or garbage fonts...."
As for Font-o-matic, that is another story. Try ordering it and see what
happens. But I have
bitched enough today.
There are good fonts available at low prices (and I believe I have produced
some). There is
also stuff that is not worth its very low price. Shop carefully.
R. Schenk
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:26:30 PST
From: "George Dietz"
Subject: Graphics Catalog programs (shareware)
Hello,
I am looking for some programs that will do cataloging for graphics
files (accross multiple drives if posible) in shareware format.
Something like Aldus Fetch, but it doesn't have to be as elaborate.
This is for use on a mac of course.
Thanks for your time.
George
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 12:42:33 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Locked Hidden Files
I have a CD ROM which contains invisible files that I would like to see on my
desktop. The Apple ][gs had an option in its finder called "Show hidden
files" is there an equivalent option on the Mac? Perhaps a way to Res Edit
the finder? Any info would be appreciated.
------------------------------
Date: 15 Aug 1994 07:00:08 -0800
From: "DT Carrott"
Subject: LW 810
LW 810
THE FOLLWOING WAS RECIEVED FROM
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [email protected] -- [email protected]'d --
--
recommend asking this on Info-Mac at:
[email protected]
cheers ... -Adam
At 10:41 AM 8/11/94, Nancy Hankey wrote:
>We recently purchased an Apple Laser Writer Pro 810 printer. It's driven by
>a Centris 650 running System 7.1 and an old-timer Mac-II running System
>6.08. Most programs will run fine, accessing all paper sizes, however, my
>most used program - PageMaker 5.0 and 4.2 - will only output on 2 of the 3
>paper sizes...
Apple told me to talk to Aldus and Aldus is pointing the finger
>at Apple....and I'm getting dizzy from the runaround ...
_____________________________________________________
I AM SURE YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF ALDUS RELATIONSHIP WITH APPLE AND THE
LASERWRITER POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE. APPLE BUILDS THE HARDWARE, ALDUS WROTE THE
LANGUAGE THAT DRIVES IT. BUT, APPLE WRITES GENERIC DRIVES FOR MANY OF IT'S
HARDWARE PRODUCTS TO BE SUPPORTED BY ALL APPLICATIONS. ALL EXCEPT ALDUS. YOU
SEE SINCE THEY WROTE THE LANGUAGE THEY PLAY TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER.
ALL ALDUS PRODUCTS RUN UNDER GENERIC 'APPLE' LIKE PRINTER ROUTINES AS LONG AS
YOU DON'T ACCESS SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER. TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF
THESE PRINTERS YOUR PRINTER DRIVER MUST SUPPORT PPDs (POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
DRIVERS) DEVELOPED BY ALDUS. THESE ACCESSORIES ARE AVAILABLE THRU THE
PURCHASED APPLICATION (I.E., PAGEMAKER). EACH APPLICATION COMES WITH A SET OF
PPDs IN SUPPORT OF MANY DIFFERENT PRINTERS.
APPLE HAS A LASERWRITER DRIVE 8.0 THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THESE PPDs. UNLIKE
THE OLD VERSIONS THAT WERE INDIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE ALDUS APPLICATION
INTERCEPTING INFORMATION BETWEEN THE PRINTER DRIVER AND THE APPLICATION.
UNFORTUNATLY, I HAVE NEVER TRIED THIS LW DRIVER 8.0, OTHER THAN WITH SYSTEM 7.1
AND UP.
BEFORE BATTLING ALDUS AND FURTHER, I RECOMEND NOT USING THE SYSTEM 6.08.
INSTALL APPLE's LW DRIVER 8.0 OR GREATER ON THE CENTRIS 650. THROUGH THE
CHOOSER, SELECT THE LW DRIVER 8.0 (DO NOT PLAY WITH THE SETUP). RESTART THE
PRINTER AND THE CENTRIS 650. THEN PRINT ANY FINDER WINDOW TO THE PRINTER. TRY
ALL THE OPTIONS. IT SHOULD WORK. IF IT DOESN'T THE PROBLEM IS WITH APPLE.
IF ALL THE OPTIONS WORK, THAN LAUNCH ALDUS's PAGEMAKER AND ANY SAMPLE FILE.
THROUGH THE CHOOSER, SELECT THE LW DRIVER 8.0. UNDER THE SETUP, YOU WILL BE
CURRENTLY USING THE 'GENERIC' SETUP SUPPLIED BY APPLE. SELECT YOUR PPD THROUGH
THAT BUTTON ICON AND LOCATE THE PPD IN THE IT'S FOLDER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PPD FILE, CONTACT ALDUS.
IF YOUR PPD IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LW DRIVER 8.0, CONTACT ALDUS.
OTHERWISE, THE PRINTER SHOULD NOW WORK AND THE PROBLEM IS THE USE OF SYSTEM
6.08's DRIVER RE-INITIALIZING THE PRINTER EACH TIME 6.08 USES THE PRINTER.
WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON ANY SIZE NETWORK. YOUR SYSTEM ADM. SHOULD
CONFIGURE ALL SYSTEM AROUND A GIVEN PRINTER TO THE SAME COMPATIBLE PRINTER
DRIVER AND SYSTEM.
GOOD LUCK
___________________________________
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:11:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem
On Thu, 4 Aug 1994 22:29:12 -0800, Stephen Grady wrote:
>I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home. When I
>was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC), they
>warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could use the
>higher speeds.
PeeCee's use the RS-232 serial standard (designed when 300 baud was "high
speed") that doesn't support throughput faster than 19.6 kbps. Macs have
ALWAYS used an updated standard that supports up to 57.6 kbps. Hence, your
answer to your co-workers is "hey, I have a computer that was designed in
the 1980's--the PeeCee is wholly 1970's technology (well, we can quibble
about bus standards, but most PeeCee users don't have hardware or software
that exceeds the capability of the 1970's ISA bus).
>Well, my Supra was plug and play. I connect regularly at 9600 and 14,400,
>with settings at 19,600 and 57,600 in my software. When the new standard
>comes out for V.34, will it be possible to "plug and play"? Will I have
>problems at the faster speeds?
No. IN THEORY the V.34 compression can deliver 115.2 kbps, but reality is
tha-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ seems to indicate that provided I use a hardware
>handshaking cable, it might be possible. Again, I'm being told by the PC
>users that it will be impossible without the purchase and installation of
>UART chips into my Mac (maybe they are just jealous that Macs are so easy
>to use--plug 'n' play!)
Actually, they simply are unaware that a Mac serial port is FAR more
sophisticated than the ancient (I believe RS-232 is a 1960's standard)
serial technology built into their PeeCees--but they did get them for a
very low price!
Their serial ports won't do AppleTalk (which is much
faster than 57.6 kbps) either--if they won't to put together a
desktop-laptop-b&w printer-color printer network together at home (as I
have), they have to pay (a LOT) extra. I only had to buy four under $20
PhoneNet clone connectors.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 07:55:29 EST
From: [email protected] ( Daniel J. Hofferth (317)230-4791/Allison Engine
Company)
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips? (R)
Responding to:
> From: [email protected] (Stephen Grady)
>
> I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home.
> When I was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC),
> they warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could
> use the higher speeds. I spoke to the sales guys at the campus computer
> store, and they said nothing about UART chips. Modems for the Mac are
> plug and play
Stephen,
I've been reading responses to your info-mac posting re: UART chips. I
won't bother to reiterate what everyone is telling you about the IBM-PC
nature of this subject... but I would like to direct your attention to a
file I posted to the archives after I'd moved up to a high speed modem for
my old Mac. It describes a series of problems I had making the step up,
and the solutions I finally found. I've had very nice feedback from it...
perhaps it'll help you avoid some pitfalls?
Dan Hofferth.
[email protected]
/info-mac/comm/info/high-speed-modem-musings-11.txt
------------------------------
Date: 12 Aug 1994 01:42:36 GMT
From: [email protected] (Greg Iverson)
Subject: MacPlus Text-to-Speech crash
If anybody cares about the MacPlus anymore (actually, a born-again 128K
Mac), mine crashes in text-to-speech mode using SimpleText 1.1 under System
7.1, but only when the MacinTalk2 voice selected is 'Fred'...'Marvin' works
fine. Wish there some way to set the default voice to 'Marvin'...
------------------------------
Date: 11 Aug 94 16:55:00 PST
From: "HARRIET LORD"
Subject: Mac Security (responses)
In reply to the following request that I posted about
Mac Security, I received the responses listed below.
I would like to thank everyone who responded.
Harriet Lord
[email protected]
** Message posted by me:
We are establishing a Mac lab with 25 Quadras (660 AV) in the
Mathematics Department here at Cal Poly, Pomona.
Two security programs - FoolProof and Mac Security - have
been recommended to us. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who
has had experience with either of these programs, or who can recommend
some other security program.
Please send all comments to me by e-mail, and I will post a summary
of all comments I receive.
Thank you.
Harriet Lord
Department of Mathematics
California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
[email protected]
**
RESPONSES
#1
If you are loking for something which will password protect your hard drive,
FolderBolt from Kent Marsh Ltd. is really good stuff. Other than
reformatting the hard drive, there is no way to gain access to hte hard
drive. Booting from a floppy does not give access to the hard drive, and all
things like that have been considered by the programmeers. The person at
Kent Marsh I have dealt with entirely is Nadene Crain. She can be reached at
800-325-3587 for details on all of their software, and recommendations on
which would be the best for any particular computer arrangement.
Kent Marsh Ltd.
KML Building
3260 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77098
#2
In article , [email protected] (HARRIET LORD)
wrote:
> Please send all comments to me by e-mail, and I will post a summary
> of all comments I receive.
FYI... At BP, we use Empower on all corporate Macs...
--
#3
Don't bother with "Security" applications, they just represent a challenge
and can cause more trouble than they are worth IMHO. A careful combination
of RevRdist, RRhelper and Tonto will probably achieve most of what you want.
My experience is that even a joker who discovered he could reformat the
hard disk of our Macs stopped trying when he realised that to completely
restore the machine I simply booted from a magic floppy (30seconds)
and came back after tea (5mins), typed in the workstation number and strolled
off.
If you have serious problems you will have to worry about interfence
with the hardware...
#4
I *strongly* recommend FileGuard. It is an excellent piece of software from
ASD Software. It is available from MacWAREHOUSE for ~ $139.00.
It has won many awards from magazines including five (maybe four, I don't
remember exactly) mice from MacUser.
I use it to protect my Mac at RIT... everywhere I see a Macintosh at RIT, I
see that it's protected by FileGuard, including the Computer Science
Department.
My high-school also uses FileGuard.
#5
Read your note in IM. I've tried a lot of programs, both public,
shareware, and commercial. The best I've found is Mac Control by BDW
Software. I ordered FoolProof and it is too limited, though the new
version fixes many of those limits. I wanted something that would teach
the desktop but keep my 400+ high school students from doing me in. I
also bought a site license (actually 3) to MacSecure. They never
produced a usable produce, and I understand that someone (Apple?)
purchased the remnants and was trying to get a product out. The
MacSecure I had was a menu-driven, bulldozer approach.
MacControl requires you to log in, and depending on how you, the manager
set things up, the kids can do almost everything, but when they log off,
the system returns to how you had it set up originally. Students can't
trash system files, can be locked out of the system folder, and many
other things.
I think that they may have a time-limited demo, but I bought a single
copy at about $50 and when it appeared to solve all my problems, called
them and they applied that to the cost of a site license, which was very
reasonable. I can't recall what it was, but it was in the $200-400
range.
I wish others knew of the product as it really has saved my sanity. I
keep 80-90 Macs supplied in my "spare time", and without this, no go!!!
BDW Software is 1410 Rocky Lane, St. Paul, MN 55122 (800) 726-5462
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 00:38:46 -0400
From: [email protected] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Mirrors woefully behind? (C)
[email protected] (Rick Russell) writes:
>How do you view by date? My man page for 'ls' doesn't specify a
>date-sorting option (although the 'ls' command in ftp my have some
>feature I'm unaware of; I can't find any documentation on it).
>
>[Use ls -lc and you will get a file list sorted by date... this works on
>sumex-aim and should work on most mirrors...]
According to the 'ls' man page, 'ls -t' sorts in time-order, most-recent to
oldest. This also works on most ftp servers (but not if you use wildcards,
such as 'ls *hqx').
I personally use anarchie, and I just click the "Date" item in the window
header.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 20:18:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: Norton 2.0 vs 3.0
When I recently tried to use SpeedDisk (from Norton Utilities 2.0) on my
525mb hard drive, it gave a message to the effect, "Can't do this because
there are too many files." There are some 7,500 files present.
Does anyone know if Version 3.x of the program overcomes this limitation?
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 01:42:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected] (Gann Matsuda)
Subject: Norton FileSaver Conflict??
If you have a Power Mac 7100 and if you're running Norton Utilities 3.0,
you might want to read this...
Apparently, there is a conflict between FileSaver 3.0 (part of the
Norton Utilities package) and Complete Undelete 2.0.3 from DataWatch.
Specifically, when using these control panels along with the CopyDoubler
2.0.4 control panel (CopyDoubler may or may not have something to do
with this), you may notice crashes with either "CHK" errors and/or
"Floating Point Coprocessor not installed" errors. This happens at
various times such as when closing windows and especially when you click
"OK" to empty the trash.
The solution, which has worked so far, is to change the loading order
of these control panels so that Complete Undelete loads AFTER FileSaver
and CopyDoubler. On my system, Complete Undelete is now the very last
extension or control panel that loads. So far, no crashes.
BTW: I'm running System 7.1.2 (what else?) with 16 mb RAM.
Has anyone else run into this problem??
Gann
P.S. BTW: I haven't contacted Symantec about this yet...
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 16:43:38 PDT
From: [email protected] (Todd Fujinaka)
Subject: Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade (C)
I blindly ordered the upgrade from Symantec and when it came there was no
receipt. Just a box with a manual and some disks. No fluff, no registration
card, nothing. I called Symantec and they told me that I should have paid
the $39.95, and the company that does all their mailing and order taking in
Colorado someplace is screwing up. I guess this means you should upgrade
through MacWarehouse if you don't want the grief.
BTW, they credited my VISA card since the company in CO charged me $59.95.
Todd
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 17:38:26 CST
From: roger%[email protected] (Roger Campos)
Subject: Please Post
Please post the following:
Hi, I'm new on the computer front but am trying to catch up fast. I'm thinking
of starting a monthly news-letter/newspaper for my business and am wondering
what kind of software is availible. Are there desk top publishing systems that
can also make brochure? Would they work with my Mac powerPC and HP
laserwriter?
Any advise or information would be appreciated.
Thanks, -Dave [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 19:12:38 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: PowerMac/DiskCopy (Q)
Has anyone but me found that Apple's DiskCopy 4.2 doesn't much like
running on a PowerMac? Or at least under that hybrid of a PowerPC card
in a Q650?
I got the new Retrospect 2.1 (PPC Version) and -- as is my wont -- tried
to backup the (800K) disks first thing. No luck. Error code -74 as soon
as I inserted the disk onto which a copy should be made.
I thought I had a dead "destination" floppy. The next four 800K floppies
had the same problem. Sheesh! Has Dantz started copy protection? I then
invoked MacTools FastCopy. No problem, mon. Hmmm. Nuthin special about
FastCopy. So I tried DiskCopy on another 800K source disk. Same death.
DiskCopy 4.2 works normally on 1.44M floppies in PowerMac mode. But not
on 800K floppies. DART (Apple's non-sanctioned equivalent of DiskCopy) is
also perfectly happy to copy 800K floppies. I'm not as happy with the way
DART works as with either DiskCopy or FastCopy: Put in first disk, put in
second disk, put first disk back in. Redundant.
Have any of y'all seen this DiskCopy behavior? Or have I once again done
something terribly stupid and deserve to die?
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:24:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: "KABIR C. SEN"
Subject: Radius Pivot Monitor Problem
Well, I thought I was one of the few with a Radius Monochrome Pivot monitor
problem. In my case, the monitor is attached to a iisi and I always thought
it was a computer problem and not something to do with the monitor. Some
months back I thought the problem (occasional flickering images, which only
appear at certain times) was because of a faulty cable. However, even with
a new cable the problem has re-appeared. It is not getting worse (the monitor
is almost 3 years old), but it is irritating. It will be interesting to hear
>From other Radius Pivot owners who have similar problems.
---- K. C. Sen
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 10:44:17 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf
Subject: RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug? (R)
>I've been having some trouble with an unexplained system crash resulting in
>MacsBug reporting a user break at with the message "You fool! GCP
>is not re-entrant!" Since this SEEMED to be happening when I needed memory
>(opening GIFs in JPEGView, terminal emulator's RAM full) and since the ram
>doubler activity indicator (why Connectix doesn't turn this thing ON is
>beyond me) patch showed activty, I decided to go back to my old RD 1.0.
>That seemed to cause unexpected freezes, so I went to 1.0.1. No problems,
>but pokey.
I've been using 1.0.4 for a few days now and I haven't had any
problems like that (I've got MacsBug). It may be a problem with JPEGView.
I downloaded the 1.0.4 update with the idea that since it's been a
week in the archives and no one's mentioned any serious bugs, it must be
OK! Just my luck.
>(I haven't been able to find a copy
>of the 1.0.2 updater at any of the archives.)
I have the 1.0.2 updater if you need it. I found that 1.0.1 was one
of the best versions I ever had. Ever since then the updates seem to be
making my Mac slower and slower.
Alex
--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:50:58 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz"
Subject: Shareware Fees (R)
[email protected] said (regarding overseas shareware fees):
> Another possibility would be to send something in kind, say the
> shareware fee's value in blank floppy disks? Any comments from
> shareware authors?
Obviously, I can't speak for other shareware authors, but for myself
I'd rather have the cash (even though it is a bit risky to send cash
by mail.) I have more floppies (from demo disks and old outdated
applications) that I have storage room for. That may or may not
be typical for others. It's just my two cents.
Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:18:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140)
Subject: Shareware fees. (A)
I was considering acting as a clearing house for shareware fees. I got a
credit card account and a POBox specifically for that purpose but other
projects lowered the priority of this project.
The two problems I wanted to solve were non-USA currency translations and
shareware author address changes "Mail Returned, No Forwarding Address".
Is this a service that shareware authors would be interested in? If so,
send email to me at: [email protected]
I'm set up to do this, just haven't actively pursued it.
Kee Nethery
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:37:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Simple Text 1.1
A revised Simple Text, version 1.1, prints to both ImageWriter and
LaserWriter printers. It is available from:
ftp.austin.apple.com
/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Update/utilities.SW/SimpleText.1.1.sea.hqx
Thanks to [email protected], [email protected], and
[email protected] for notifying me of this revision.
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:07:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson
Subject: Upgrading a Mac Classic
Hey everyone!! I've got a question I hope you can help me with...
A friend of mine is retiring her Mac Classic after buying a PowerMac 7100, and
is going to give it to her parents. She's adding on an external hard drive
for more storage, but she needs to expand the memory beyond the 2MB built in to
run any decent software.
Any suggestions on upgrading to 6 or 8MB of RAM??
Also, what integrated software will run on a "Fat Classic" under System 6?
Under system 7? We're looking for good word processing and database
capabilities...
Thanks a lot, and hope to hear from you soon!!
Neil Mickelson
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:24:16 EDT
From: "Bilal A. Bhutta"
Subject: Using DEC RZ55 drive on Macs (SE)
Howdy,
I am trying to use this DEC RZ55 drive on an SE, but the drive refuses to
format. I have used Silverlining v5.5 and FWD HardDrive ToolKit 1.3.1 without
any success. Both programs can access its ID etc, but can do nothing more than
that. Silverlining tries to access it during tests etc. but gives errors, while
FWD says the drive is not ready, please rescan. This is the only external SCSI
device (ID=1) and I tried the SCSI terminator in both pass-thru and
2nd-connector modes.
A kind respondent to my posting on comp.sys.mac.hardware mentioned that
the SE doesn't power the SCSI bus and so the drive is required to do that with
some jumper setting. He also mentioned that the drive should be internally
terminated, and that the Unit attention line (#40 on SCSI line) be disabled.
A search through Veronica indicated that there are couple of files on this
subject, but I keep getting errors while connecting to the gopher server.
So is there a "pre-packaged" way of formatting/using DEC drives on Macs?
I'll post a summery when I get this working.
Thanks,
Bilal A. Bhutta
---
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 15:03:10 BST
From: [email protected] (Sak Wathanasin)
Subject: ValueFax: real nice shareware fax software
In Infomac digests, vol 12 no 106, "Roger B. Marks"
writes:
> The recently-posted ValueFax [APP/VALUE-FAX.HQX] looks like a great
> solution to the nightmare of fax software.
> .....
> I have been hoping to setup some kind of call
> discrimination that would pass faxes or ARA calls off appropriately.
> I'm still going to try LineShare and see if it works.
Yes, ValueFax will work with LineShare. We were one of the beta-test
sites.
[Disclaimer: we are UK distributors for Stalker, Inc.]
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Info-Mac Digest Mon, 15 Aug 94 Volume 12 : Issue 108
Today's Topics:
[!] wuarchive mirror temporarily static
[*] airports for newton
[*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player for the Macintosh. [repost]
[*] Audio Strip GH 1.0 - Control Strip Modules
[*] BatteryMinder 2.0b3; a PowerBook battery utility
[*] Battleship 2.0.2; a board game
[*] blazing-saddles-grp3; more sounds from the movie
[*] Button Icon
[*] CatFinder v1.35; a disk management tool
[*] ChooserUser 1.2.1; Chooser user name protection
[*] Control-Panels-Strip113.sit update to controlstrip module
[*] csmp-digest-v3-051
[*] CyberNation 1.1.1; an arcade game
[*] DAETA, a Macintosh artist's newsletter
[*] Desktop Strip 1.0b2 - the Control Strip replacement
[*] Dialog View 2.0.1 (directory dialog extension)
[*] EjectDisk 1.0.1 : Eject disks at the touch of a key
[*] EPS_Fixer; for working with PICT previews of EPSF files
[*] Etoile 2.0; Color Chinese Checkers Game
[*] F/A-18 1.5 screenshots
[*] F117a Stealth Fighter Game Update v2.3.1
[*] fa18demoguide; some guidance for the F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1
[*] GNU Bison 1.22 THINK C 6.0 port
[*] LaserwriterLockout 1.2; configures LaserWriter access
[*] LEU.8/94; Low End User magazine
[*] Lion King pictures
[*] Mac Ftp Sites Html Page
[*] MacTCP Watcher 1.1.1; a MacTCP diagnostic utility
[*] MaskSounds; from the movie soundtrack
[*] MaxRAM 1.0.4A; a RAM Doubler utility
[*] New Mirror Sites Html Page
[*] Newton Program T-Cube submission
[*] Online Bible 2.5 Update (2.5.1)
[*] OtherMenu 1.5 (a hierarchical menu extension)
[*] PetitIcon 1.1; Drag'n'Drop Small Icon Utility
[*] PhotoCapture 1.0; an AV Mac utility
[*] Pictures and startup screens, mostly cars
[*] PPC & Earth; a picture
[*] Ray Dream Designer Tour; a ray tracing program
[*] Rebel Assault Cheat
[*] SoundEffects 0.9, a sound utility
[*] SoundMorph examples upload
[*] speech-pack-221; a 4D external
[*] Stereodrome (PPC only game)
[*] The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh!
[*] TobyDemo Announcement; New GUI technique example
[*] triangle-solver-12; an Excel geometry program
[*] VisualEzC (Demo); a development environment
[*] Warbirds 1.2.0; an arcade game
[*] Wpat2ppat; converts from Wallpaper patterns to pixel patterns
68040 vs 68LC040 (answer)
[A] Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies
[A] Smaller Desktop Icons
[C] Comment on [*] A blank icon
[Q] - How to mount a PC-format CD-ROM?
Aircraft Performance Program sought
Alysis eDisk disk doubler software (Q)
Apple II software
AppleScript [R]
AtEase for Workgroups Question
BBEdit 2.3.2 scroll locks up
Boolean Searches in WAIS
Claris Organizer (Q)
Conner drive on Mac Classic recovery
Dialing into to an IBM based MS-Mail server (Q)
Finder bugs
font bargain???
Graphics Catalog programs (shareware)
Locked Hidden Files
LW 810
Mac + High Speed Modem
Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips? (R)
MacPlus Text-to-Speech crash
Mac Security (responses)
Mirrors woefully behind? (C)
Norton 2.0 vs 3.0
Norton FileSaver Conflict??
Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade (C)
Please Post
PowerMac/DiskCopy (Q)
Radius Pivot Monitor Problem
RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug? (R)
Shareware Fees (R)
Shareware fees. (A)
Simple Text 1.1
Upgrading a Mac Classic
Using DEC RZ55 drive on Macs (SE)
ValueFax: real nice shareware fax software
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:10:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Liam Breck)
Subject: [!] wuarchive mirror temporarily static
The Info-Mac Archive mirror at wuarchive.wustl.edu is not updating
currently. They are awaiting the arrival of new disks, which
will allow them to resume normal operation, probably before the
end of August.
Liam Breck [email protected]
Info-Mac Network Special Projects Moderator El Cazador de Ratones
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 11:00:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] airports for newton
International Airport Identifier - Newton Book
=20
Contact: Iverson Software Co.
Jeffrey D. Iverson
P. O. Box 3
Rice Lake WI 54868-0003
(715) 236-7918
AppleLink: J5rson
=20
Rice Lake, WI--13 AUG 94: Now available: the International Airport=
=20
Identifier, for the Newton=AA platform.=20
The International Airport Identifier allows the user to quickly find =
a list=20
of airports by country, find a specific airport by its 3 letter desig=
nation,=20
or by city. This information is literally at "your fingertips."
[Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/international-airport-identifier-book.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Audiodeck 2.0.1 -- Audio CD player for the Macintosh. [repost]
[A repost to include ommitted files. --isl]
A U D I O D E C K 2 . 0 . 1
What is it?
Audiodeck is an audio CD remote player for Apple CD-ROM drives.
Audiodeck also works with non-Apple drives which are 100% compatible
with Apple's drivers. System 7 and Color QuickDraw are required for
Audiodeck to run.
Why should you use it?
This is a good question since a very nice looking AppleCD Audio Player
is included with CD-ROM Setup 5.0 and later, possibly already
installed on your Macintosh. On the surface, Audiodeck 2.0.1 may bear
a passing resemblance to AAP with its 3-D buttons and sleek overall
design. However, a great deal of subtle and not-so-subtle features
are exclusive to Audiodeck:
o can automatically play inserted CD's,
o can force internal CD input and enable playthrough,
o plays adjacent tracks in shuffle and program mode without skipping a beat,
o disable or enable individual tracks in shuffle mode,
o uses the existing disc and track titles of CD Remote Programs,
o but also extends the disc information database with new categories,
o and individual, custom disc settings (i.e.. volume),
o gratuitous Balloon Help for just about everything; plus much, much more.
But remember, always "Read The Fabulous Manual" before using a software.
Enjoy,
...David
2350 Edouard-Montpetit #14221
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3T 1J4
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-deck-201.hqx; 274K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 23:19:05 -0600
From: [email protected] (Glenn R. Howes)
Subject: [*] Audio Strip GH 1.0 - Control Strip Modules
What it is:
Audio Strip GH is a collection of 6 Control Strip modules which implement
the controls on a CD player: play, stop, eject, volume, and pause/continue
and one module which does everything.
What does it cost:
Audio Strip is free for non-commercial use.
Requires: Control Strip or Desktop Strip.
CD ROM drive using Apple driver
Features:
* option to auto play inserted CD's
* Reads the CD Remote Preferences file
* Choose which controls you want
* Play all tracks after selected track or just the selected track.
glenn
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/audio-10-strip.hqx; 32K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:06:32 -0500
From: Herb Voth
Subject: [*] BatteryMinder 2.0b3; a PowerBook battery utility
This beta release fixes a bug concerning the battery icon on PB 180c (and
possibly others).
There was also a problem with the spindown feature crashing on PB 1xx
machines. Sorry about this but I *was* checking for the feature and it
still crashed, even if it was available, so I just disabled it on all
pre-Duo machines.
Feature list of BatteryMinder 2.0:
- Exclusive Screen Controls window for adjusting backlight brightness and
contrast
- Backlight toggle between preset values depending on charger status
- Force Appletalk to load at startup, so that it is always available
- Make quiet the startup sound
- Toggle Appletalk, sound and modem on and off with button control
- Monitors battery voltage (on all PowerBooks) and watts (on Duo or later)
- Predict battery life with count up and count down timers
- User selectable status information conveniently displayed in menu
- Change screen color depth via BatteryMinder menu
- Open PowerBook Control Panel from menu or an option-click in
BatteryMinder window
- Open Sharing Setup Control Panel from menu or a control-click in
BatteryMinder window
- Spin down hard drive with a command-click to BatteryMinder's window (on
Duo or later)
- Put your PowerBook to sleep with a double-click in BatteryMinder window
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/battery-minder-20b3.hqx; 56K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 13:16:39 PDT
From: [email protected] (John Lindal)
Subject: [*] Battleship 2.0.2; a board game
Battleship 2.0.2 The classic game of battleship.
Play against the computer or your friend.
You can choose from 3 different games:
one shot per turn, one shot per ship, and
shoot until you miss.
John Lindal
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/battleship-202.hqx; 183K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 08:44:02 -0500
From: [email protected] (Mike Stulting)
Subject: [*] blazing-saddles-grp3; more sounds from the movie
Stuffit compressed folder of System 7 (double-click) sound clips from the
Mel Brooks movie, "Blazing Saddles"
>>> Group 3 - Church I would like to share a neat way to get rid of the "I-like-to-drag-and-drop-
>but-all-the-icons-on-my-desktop-take-up-too-much-space" problem.
>It is really just a blank icon; transparent, nothing there. I put it on all
>my aliases for dragging-and-dropping on my desktop so that I can get a "list"
>of these aliases. It's a very nice way of saving space on your desktop.
(His icon has been archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/blank-icon.hqx)
I've been doing that for some time, but for drag 'n drop applications only.
Sometimes however you'd like to double-click applications as well, which can
sometimes be tedious when you've only got its name on your desktop.
This file contains the icon I use in those situations, and an example of how
you can use both a blank icon as well as a button Icon to make your screen
neater and more functional.
A screen-dump of the bottom of my screen is included. I wonder who'll be able
to guess which abbreviation belongs to what
pooh
internet:
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/button-icon.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:37:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected] (Keith Turner)
Subject: [*] CatFinder v1.35; a disk management tool
This is the lastest release of CatFinder, version 1.35.
CatFinder is a powerful disk management tool that catalogs your
disks and provides an intuitive Finder-like interface for browsing
the catalogs. Floppies, hard disks, CD ROMs, any disk can be
cataloged with CatFinder. Once a disk is cataloged you can
quickly browse the disks contents without having the disk mounted.
CatFinder also offers powerful search and report features to
help you find and organize your files. CatFinder will even
print diskette labels.
Version 1.35 corrects some problems in cataloging Stuffit
archives.
Regards,
Keith Turner
ShadeTree Programming
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/cat-finder-135.hqx; 132K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 20:55:53 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] ChooserUser 1.2.1; Chooser user name protection
ChooserUser 1.2.1 is a freeware control panel that lets you control who can
change the owner name (or user name under System 6). It also allows the
owner name to be changed at startup, either manually or automatically. This
program will be particularly useful to public Macintosh labs found in
university settings.
ChooserUser 1.2.1 fixes a few bugs in ChooserUser 1.2.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/chooser-user-121.hqx; 22K]
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Date: 10 Aug 1994 23:14:54 U
From: "Chris Hanson"
Subject: [*] Control-Panels-Strip113.sit update to controlstrip module
This is a update to a popular control strip module that lets you access your
control panels folder from the control strip. REquires system 7 and control
strip or desktop strip
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-panel-113-strip.hqx; 12K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:04:14 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-051
C.S.M.P. Digest Fri, 12 Aug 94 Volume 3 : Issue 51
Today's Topics:
Controls, Fonts, Dialogs & ResEdit (long)
Deleting ptr to base not calling dtors of derived
Icon positions on desktop
Looking for source code
Need C source code for recording sound
OpenPicture with temporary memory?
QuickTime 2.0 and MIDI
Tab Patch for TextEdit
[Q] Increasing stack size?
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-051.txt; 68K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 16:12:54 +0200
From: [email protected] (Roy D)
Subject: [*] CyberNation 1.1.1; an arcade game
Here's the latest update for CyberNation, 1.1.1. Changes (by popular demand):
- The Pause key is improved
- You can shoot while running around.
Enjoy it!
- Roy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/cyber-nation-111.hqx; 83K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 16:43:35 -0600
From: Laryn Brown
Subject: [*] DAETA, a Macintosh artist's newsletter
Please post this for Info-Mac Digest readers and others. This has been
BinHex'd so it should work this thime.
DAETA is a full color, hypertexted, indexed newsletter for informing
artists and designers how to fully use their Macintosh without having
to become system analysts.
E-mail subscriptions are free, disk subscriptions $12 a year.
The newsletter uses WordPerfect Envoy, an emerging postscript viewer
with a lot of very nice features.
The enclosed file is a BinHex'd, Stuffit .sit archive with a Readme,
Index, and main app file.
Thanks..............Laryn Brown
[Archived as /info-mac/per/daeta.hqx; 571K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 13:21:43 GMT
From: [email protected] (Sigurdur Asgeirsson)
Subject: [*] Desktop Strip 1.0b2 - the Control Strip replacement
Desktop Strip is a replacement for Apple's Control Strip for those of us
with Desktop Macs. Desktop Strip is compatible with all Control Strip
Modules (as far as we know) and comes with three useful modules, Application
Menu, Application List and Monitor Depth. Desktop Strip is $20 shareware,
registration information is included in package.
This is a public beta release of Desktop Strip. This version will expire
on september 15, by which time version 1.0 should be ready for distribution.
Version 1.0b2 fixes a conflict with TypeIt4Me, Apollo and possibly other
utilities.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-strip-10b2.hqx; 50K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 22:23:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker
Subject: [*] Dialog View 2.0.1 (directory dialog extension)
Dialog View is a control panel extension that allows you to change the
appearance of directory dialogs (Open and Save dialogs). You can change the
font and size of the file names, enlarge the dialog to provide room for more
names or longer names, and control the size of the icons. Requires System
7. Not compatible with Norton Directory Assistance. Some PowerPC code.
Shareware, $10.
Version 2.0 combines the former Dialog View with Open-wide, plus a few new
features like restoring the icon choices under System Update 3.0.
Version 2.0.1 fixes a conflict with CP TrashBack and gives icons to a few
more types of files.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dialog-view-201.hqx; 52K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 22:04:39 +1000
From: [email protected] (Jason Anderson)
Subject: [*] EjectDisk 1.0.1 : Eject disks at the touch of a key
EjectDisk allows you to unmount and eject all floppy disks currently
mounted with the touch of a single key (on an extended keboard) or two keys
(every keyboard). EjectDisk comes as both an extension and an FKEY.
This update fixes a bug which caused EjectDisk extension to sometimes
"disable" other extensions that had loaded before it (Apollo was one
extension it did this to). It also fixes a bug that caused ANY function key
to activate it, not just F15.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/eject-disk-101.hqx; 27K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 03:13:42 EDT
From: [email protected] (David Schooley)
Subject: [*] EPS_Fixer; for working with PICT previews of EPSF files
Allows you to view, adjust, and create the PICT preview
resources included in Macintosh EPSF files. This program
supports Macintosh Drag and Drop and is scriptable. The archive
includes versions for both 68K and PPC Macintoshes. System 7.0
or later is required. Version 1.1 allows you to drag or paste
pictures into an EPSF file. This version also includes Balloon
Help.
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/eps-fixer-11.hqx; 227K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:30:24 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] Etoile 2.0; Color Chinese Checkers Game
I have been asked by the author to upload this file to Info-Mac. Please
address any questions about this program to:
[email protected]
The following is from the file's read me doc:
This is a game "Chinese checkers"; the second version of "Etoile
v1.04". Basically there is no difference on the way of playing, but
"Etoile v2.0" can be played with two or three persons on the network. I
hope you enjoy it.
* "Etoile" requires system software version 7.0 or later.
* Prepare a 13 inch monitor at least which can display in 16 colors or
more (gray-scale is also available). It may be possible to use a 12 inch
monitor.
* For further information, please select "Open Read Me" from Apple menu.
1994.4.14. Michiko Osakabe
[Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/etoile-20.hqx; 415K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 03:37:34 +0000
From: AMRF Group
Subject: [*] F/A-18 1.5 screenshots
Enclosed are 5 screenshots for F/A -18 Hornet 1.5 I downloaded from AOL.
Enjoy!
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/fa18-hornet-15.hqx; 165K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 20:27:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Deep Thoughts
Subject: [*] F117a Stealth Fighter Game Update v2.3.1
Enclosed is the file f117a.sea.hqx, which is an updater for the Mac flight
simulator F117a Stealth Fighter by MicroProse Software. This updater
(mostly) corrects a bug which causes the game to crash unexpectedly during
game play. I have been told by MicroProse that all their updaters are freely
distributable so I thought it should be posted to the archives.
Regards,
John
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/f117a-231.hqx; 424K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:53:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: ALLEN NEWMAN
Subject: [*] fa18demoguide; some guidance for the F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1
A text file intended to provide more complete instructions for
the seriously under-documented F/A-18 Hornet Demo v.1.1. The
author is not affiliated with Graphic Simulations Corporation,
publisher of Hornet.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/fa18-demo-guide.hqx; 10K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:38:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Scott Hofmann
Subject: [*] GNU Bison 1.22 THINK C 6.0 port
This is a minimal port of the GNU YACC-compatible parser generator Bison,
version 1.22, for Symantec's THINK C 6.0. A compiled application is
included, so you don't need THINK C in order to use Bison (although it
won't do you much good if you can't then compile y.tab.c!) Please
direct any questions concerning Mac specifics to myself rather than
the GNU people - they don't like Apple much, and will just lecture
you on the evils of Apple.
J. Scott Hofmann | "Back off, man, I'm a scientist!"
[email protected] | -Dr. Peter Venkman, _Ghostbusters_
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/gnu-bison-122-c.hqx; 459K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 20:56:27 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] LaserwriterLockout 1.2; configures LaserWriter access
LaserwriterLockout 1.2 is a freeware system extension that lets you control
which LaserWriters (and other chooser devices, too) are accessible in the
Chooser desk accessory. This program will be particularly useful to network
environments where access to a particular LaserWriter (or other chooser
device) should be available to only certain nodes on that network.
LaserwriterLockout 1.2 fixes problems in LaserwriterLockout 1.1 with
Chooser versions 7.2 and later.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/laserwriter-lockout-12.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:16:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Barbara A. Bender"
Subject: [*] LEU.8/94; Low End User magazine
LEU 8/94 Info
The 8/94 issue of the Low-End User Emag (the Emag dedicated to meeting the
needs of the "average" Macintosh user) features a column on the "Tech
Support Blues" many users are facing (and how to deal with the "blues",
without spending your "greens"), tips and advice, bug reports and
problems, great deals, and other features. This issue also contains
reviews of the Power User CD-ROM, SetUp Partitions, Battery Amnesia, and
software for stripping PPC/680X0 code from Fat Binary programs. As usual,
the LEU is Freeware and is distributed in DOCMaker format (a standalone
application with excellent hypertext functions and other useful features).
-LEU Staff
[Archived as /info-mac/per/user/low-end-user-94-08.hqx; 62K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:11:23 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] Lion King pictures
Each file has been compressed, and converted to binhex. before compression
I included a read me with each file.
Jason Wallace e-mail---> jcwdman.aol.com
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp6.hqx; 896K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp7.hqx; 787K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp8.hqx; 637K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/lion-king-grp9.hqx; 848K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:05:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Tim Jones)
Subject: [*] Mac Ftp Sites Html Page
Hi!
I recently took Bruce Grubb's mac ftp list and made it into an html
page for use within Mosaic. I left his text pretty much the same and
just added the links to each ftp site. The footnote numbers are also
linked to the bottom of the file. I hope it's as useful to you as it
is to me!
Tim Jones
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mac-ftp-list-388-html.txt; 50K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 17:15:11 +0800
From: Peter N Lewis
Subject: [*] MacTCP Watcher 1.1.1; a MacTCP diagnostic utility
MacTCP Watcher v1.1.1 displays the internal data of MacTCP. It shows
this Mac's IP, DNS name, and all the internal information that MacTCP
provides (much of which I don't understand, so please don't ask me
what it means!). It will also list all the currently open TCP connections,
and the information on each of them. As well, it allows you to test
MacTCP and your network, using the ICMP Ping protocol, the UDP & TCP
Echo protocols (you'll need a machine that supports the echo protocol,
most unix machines do, and I've implemented them in MacTCP Watcher,
so you can run the program on two Macs and test the network between
them as well as the MacTCP configuration on each of them), and it
tests out the DNS by looking up the name of a given IP or IP of a given
name. It should be useful to people having MacTCP configuration troubles,
network or Domain Name System problems, or the cronically curious.
MacTCP Watcher is free, and comes with a free copy of Eric Behr's
MacTCP Info document (thanks Eric!), so if you have MacTCP problems,
check it out.
Changes since 1.1.0
You can now destroy connections (at your peril)
Fixed a few bugs
Have fun,
Peter.
MacTCP Watcher v1.1.1 Copyright 1993-94 Peter N Lewis
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/mactcp-watcher-111.hqx; 104K]
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Date: 12 Aug 1994 14:22:40 U
From: "Tony Trippe"
Subject: [*] MaskSounds; from the movie soundtrack
The following file is a stuffit archive of some samples I lifted off The Mask
soundtrack from the song Cuban Pete. The sounds are several of the funny
things that the Mask says during the movie such as "Somebody stop me!". They
are in stereo and were sampled at 22 Hz. These sounds are meant to help
publicize a pretty funny movie and should only be used for personal
entertainment.
Thanks,
AJTrippe ([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/mask-soundtrack.hqx; 723K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 00:31:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Spencer Low
Subject: [*] MaxRAM 1.0.4A; a RAM Doubler utility
What's New in MaxRAM 1.0.4A (Released August 12, 1994)
- Compatible with Macintosh II, IIx, IIcx, and SE/30. If you don't have
one of those Macintoshes, there is no advantage to upgrading from MaxRAM
1.0.4. Please de-install any previous version of MaxRAM before installing
MaxRAM 1.0.4A.
- Previously registered users of versions 1.0, 1.0.2, and 1.0.4 can
consider this a free update. There is a $5 shareware fee for all other users.
What's New in MaxRAM 1.0.4 (Released August 5, 1994)
- Compatibility with versions 1.0.3 and 1.0.4 of RAM Doubler!!
- MaxRAM allows user to try out the indicator feature on all Macintoshes.
General Information
MaxRAM works in conjunction with RAM Doubler, allowing you to:
- Triple, quadruple, quintuple, or have SIX times as much memory when
using RAM Doubler from Connectix Corporation. Normally, RAM Doubler will
double your RAM, but with the help of MaxRAM, you can have SIX times the
installed memory. That's right - SIX. For example, if you have 8 MB of
real RAM in your Macintosh, MaxRAM will give you 48 MB of RAM. (You can
also choose a lower amount, if you desire.)
- Display an indicator in the menu bar that will flash when RAM Doubler
is used.
To use MaxRAM, simply double click on it, select the desired amount of
RAM (and if you want the indicator on), and click Save. From now on,
you'll have much more RAM than before!!
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/ram-doubler-max-ram-104a.hqx; 44K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:51:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Tim Jones)
Subject: [*] New Mirror Sites Html Page
Here is an update to the info-mac mirror sites html page I posted
recently. This page can be used within Mosaic to access the ftp
mirror sites. I fixed a couple of addresses. I also took the links
off two of the sites which don't have a direct way to contact from
within Mosaic.
Tim Jones
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/info-mac-mirrors-html.txt; 12K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:06:30 -0700
From: [email protected] (Les Vogel)
Subject: [*] Newton Program T-Cube submission
T-Cube v1.0
August 12, 1994
Designed by: Dan Venolia ([email protected]) & Forrest Neiberg
Newton Port: Les Vogel
T-Cube is a new way of entering characters and text on Newton. It
complements handwriting recognition and the soft keyboard. Characters
correspond to "flick" gestures made into the T-Cube window.
After you have installed T-Cube, it is accessed by tapping its button in
the Note Pad status bar. T-Cube shows nine buttons arranged like a wheel.
Pressing and holding the pen down in any of the button shows a different
"pie menu" containing eight characters. You can "type" a character by
moving the pen in one of the eight directions, then lifting it.
This sounds like a tedious way to type, but as you start to memorize common
characters, such as space and "e", you can make the gesture directly,
without invoking the pie menu. Using the menu, an "e" is made by pressing
in the "north" button and dragging to the north-east. As a gesture, this
is a simple flick that starts in the north button and proceeds to the
north-east. You should have the most common characters memorized after
only an hour of use.
More information on the design of T-Cube can be found in:
Venolia, D. and Neiberg, F. "T-Cube: A Fast, Self-Disclosing Pen-Based
Alphabet," in Proceedings of CHI '94 (Boston, April 24-28, 1994), ACM
Press, pp. 265-270.
The Newton T-Cube package may be distributed freely, provided that this
text accompanies it. T-Cube may not be distributed for profit without
prior written consent.
(c) 1994 Apple Computer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/t-cube-10.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:44:45 -0500
From: [email protected] (Bryan Walls)
Subject: [*] Online Bible 2.5 Update (2.5.1)
This installer contains Version 2.5.1 of the Online Bible (OLB)
application, the Bible FKey, a User's Manual, and a variety of other
miscellaneous files. This is an upgrade to the OLB that works with texts
>From previous versions, but adds significant capabilities. A key new
capability is having all versions of the Bible available at the same time.
* Fast, easy, and powerful Macintosh interface
* Perform word searches in under 1 second
* Complete set of search operators including AND, OR, XOR, NOT,
wildcard, and proximity
* Search and view the original Greek & Hebrew words using
Strong's numbers
* Verb parsing information including tense, voice, and mood
* Greek & Hebrew lexicons with definitions in English
* Point and click hypertext linking
* Load, view, and search eight or more translations at once
* Synchronized scrolling of search results, Bible passages,
and verse notes
* Open as many as sixteen verse note/commentary sets at once
* Unlimited windows
* Bookmarks for Bible passages, verse notes, and topical studies
* Extensive collection of English as well as foreign
translations to choose from
* Actual Greek and Hebrew texts for original language work
* TrueType Greek and Hebrew fonts
* Over half a million cross references
* Commentaries by A.T. Robertson, Matthew Henry, John Wesley,
and others
* Topical studies by Naves, Thompson, Torrey, and others
* Integrated personal verse notes with built-in editor
* Bible FKey for quick and easy passage lookup without
switching applications
* View Bible passages and verse notes using any installed font
* Color support for searches and verse notes
* Print or export as a text file any Bible passage, search
result, verse note, or topical study
* Disk-based User's Manual with tutorial and reference sections
* Runs on any Macintosh from a Mac Plus to the newest Power PC
* More program features, more translations, and more add-on
modules than any other Macintosh Bible study package available
Version 2.5 of the program is fully compatible with any version
2.0 material you may currently have.
This file does not include any of several Bible texts, or the various other
program add-ons, such as cross references, and commentaries required for
all of the capabilities listed above. The King James Version, Revised
Standard Version, Greek, and Hebrew versions of the Bible text, the
Thompson Chain Reference, a cross reference, the Treasury of Scripture
Knowledge, and some other resources are available free for downloading at
wuarchive.wustl.edu in /doc/bible/mac, as well as wuarchive mirrors such as
uceng.uc.edu. Other versions and resources that require royalty fees (such
as the New Internation Version) are available from the author, as well as
the latest version of all the freeware stuff, if you'd rather get them on
floppy than download it all. Information on prices and availability are
included in this file.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/online-bible-251.hqx; 547K]
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 02:06:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Walker
Subject: [*] OtherMenu 1.5 (a hierarchical menu extension)
OtherMenu creates a system-wide hierarchical menu somewhat like the Apple
menu. It can launch applications and documents, do things such as Restart,
Delete, File Info, and execute FKEYs. In a directory dialog, you can use the
menu to select a file or folder. Requires System 7. Shareware, $10.
V. 1.5: Can execute KeyQuencer macros, many other enhancements and bug
fixes.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-15.hqx; 236K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/other-menu-141-to-15-updt.hqx; 128K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:35:35 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] PetitIcon 1.1; Drag'n'Drop Small Icon Utility
I have been asked by the author's agent to upload this file to Info-Mac.
Please address any questions about this program to:
[email protected]
The following is an excerpt from the file's read me doc:
* So, what exactly does "PetitIcon" do?
It allows you to "make an alias" of the selected file, copy its 16x16
dot small icon from the original file, and paste it anywhere within the
alias' 32x32 dot icon frame at your descretion.
When a file without a small icon (for example, files that already have
a customized icon, etc.) is selected, "PetitIcon" automatically shrinks a
32x32 dot large icon into the small icon space. In this case, "PetitIcon"
can work with anti-aliasing mode on or off.
If you do not need a "PetitIconed" mini icon any longer, you can
delete it in a "Get Info=8A" dialogue. Whatever was in the Get Info box of
the file originally will be back in place.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/petit-icon-11.hqx; 159K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 13:04:28 -0700
From: [email protected] (Scott Gruby)
Subject: [*] PhotoCapture 1.0; an AV Mac utility
PhotoCapture is a simple utility that allows you to capture images from a
video source and save images to PICT files. The quality is significantly
better than Apple's Video Monitor and it even allows you to name your saved
pictures (Video Monitor saves the pictures somewhere unknown and calls them
Picture 0, etc.).
Requirements:
* AV Capable Macintosh (Quadra/Centris 660 AV, Quadra 840AV, PowerMac
6100/7100/8100 AV) It may work with other digitizers, but I don't know.
* QuickTime 1.5 or later
* A video source
PhotoCapture is shareware $10. If you can't justify the cost, you must send
me email.
Please send all questions/bug reports to [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/photo-capture-10.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:06:38 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] Pictures and startup screens, mostly cars
These are some pictures and startupscreens for a Macintosh. Post them
where you like.
Thanks PJT
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/jordan-pict.hqx; 983K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/bugatti-pict.hqx; 261K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/camaro-pict.hqx; 207K]
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/arex-pict.hqx; 107K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 15:21:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jason Wallace)
Subject: [*] PPC & Earth; a picture
[A picture of the PPC processor and the planet. --isl]
Enjoy
PJT
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/ppc-and-earth.hqx; 243K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 19:54:00 -0700
From: Tech Support
Subject: [*] Ray Dream Designer Tour; a ray tracing program
This is a self extracting guided tour of Ray Dream Designer 3.
Ray Dream Designer automatically manages the complex details
of building full color, 3D Illustrations. Perspectives, subtle
shadows, lighting effects, textures and reflections are
calculated automatically so you concentrate on being creative.
Needs at least 256 colors and a 68020.
Enjoy,
Ray Dream Tech Support.
[Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/ray-dream-designer-tour.hqx; 1901K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 13:32:13 +0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] Rebel Assault Cheat
The following file will patch Rebel Assault for the Mac. You will now have the
"Yoda Power Mode" in the option screen. When activated, you can start at any l
level (from 1 to 16) by pressing keys 1-9 and A-F. You can also reduce your
damage points by hitting the "+" key.
enjoy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/rebel-assault-cheat.hqx; 95K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:09:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jamie R. McCarthy)
Subject: [*] SoundEffects 0.9, a sound utility
Shareware - $15
by Alberto Ricci
e-mail: [email protected]
SoundEffects is a powerful sound editor. Its strength resides in the
capability of applying many digital effects to recorded sounds, and
since the effects are plug-in modules, you can enhance the program at
any time by just adding any new modules as they become available. Not
only can SoundEffects change sounds in many ways through its variety
of effects, but it can also handle multi-channel sounds, sampled at
any rate up to 64kHz and with any sample size between 1 and 32 bits.
Finally, an affordable sound editor!!!
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sound-effects-09.hqx; 251K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:41:45 -0400
From: [email protected] (Lance Massey)
Subject: [*] SoundMorph examples upload
Attached please find some audio examples of my sound morphing program=
for
the Mac called "SoundMorph=81".
Information regarding SoundMorph as far as availability, requirements,
etc., are included in the README document.
Thank you,
Lance Massey
[Archived as /info-mac/snd/sound-morph-examples.hqx; 516K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 08:47:49 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Rene G.A. Ros"
Subject: [*] speech-pack-221; a 4D external
4D SpeechPack 2.2.1.ext BUG FIX
Shareware $15. External for 4th Dimension.
An external package for 4th Dimension which adds
Text-to-Speech capabilities to your data-bases! Don't just
display a message but talk to your user. What kind of
interaction is more natural? And the quality of the voices
is also pretty good these days.
Rene Ros
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/speech-pack-221.hqx; 172K]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/a4d/ext/speech-pack-221-updt.hqx; 23K]
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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1966 22:40:29 -0700
From: [email protected] (Rob Dewhirst)
Subject: [*] Stereodrome (PPC only game)
Stereodrome is basically a 3D version of Tailgunner with many other
interesting features.
Basic rules of the game: If something moves, shoot it.
* NOTE - This game REQUIRES
o A PowerMac.
o A color monitor (alright, it doesn't require it, but it is rather dull
without it)
o A pair of red-blue 3D glasses (try your local comic book shop).
Use the Game options command to adjust the parallax, or use the plus and
minus keys on the keypad to adjust it during play.
This is only a basic game. You can't lose, you never die, and they enemy
ships just keep coming.
Written by John Calhoun, the author or Glider.
Freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/stereodrome-ppc.hqx; 332K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:07:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (John Schettino)
Subject: [*] The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh!
The Netnews Filter Agent for the Macintosh. A suite of three
applications that make dealing with Netnews simple.
By John C. Schettino, Jr. ([email protected])
These applications were developed with AppleScript 1.1 and FaceSpan
1.0 using the Scripter's Toolkit.
A preliminary version of these applications won an Honorable Mention in the
"Everyday AppleScript Contest". This version represents the first public
release
of that software.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/netnews-filter-agent.hqx; 111K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 15:35:31 -0600
From: [email protected] (Toby Braun)
Subject: [*] TobyDemo Announcement; New GUI technique example
If you are interested in the art of Graphical User Interfaces then you
might want to download my new hypertext resume and portfolio project via
anonymous ftp from:
Site: ftp.mcs.com
Login: anonymous
Password: blank or your email address in the form name@domain
Path: /mcsnet.users/utobia/TobyDemo_(640x480).sit.hqx
Size: 1445k
This Macintosh application is a Sr. Art Director's resume and portfolio
that demonstrates an exciting new GUI technique that I call transparent
modality. The demo program requires a Mac II or better, 13" color monitor,
2mb free RAM and System 6.04 or later.
Please be forewarned that this offering is essentially self-promotional in
nature (that's why the file is not being posted directly to Info-Mac).
-- Toby Braun [email protected] [email protected] CIS:70674,2634
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:05:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: David A Johnson
Subject: [*] triangle-solver-12; an Excel geometry program
If you provide sufficient information Triangle Solver will complete
the unknown angles and lengths of a triangle aswell as the area of
the Triangle.
Triangle Solver will complete any SAA, SSA, SSS, and some SAS
triangles.
You need *Microsoft Excel 4.0* or a program that can convert
Excel 4.0 documents.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/triangle-solver-12-excel.hqx; 26K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:13:55 -0100
From: [email protected] (Mimir Reynisson)
Subject: [*] VisualEzC (Demo); a development environment
Release of the Visual EzC application development environment.
Silicon Island Software announces the release of a new and powerful
application development environment, Visual EzC.
EzC has a graphical Layout editor, a Menu editor, a database structure
editor, a C-like programming language, and a powerful relational database
engine.
The EzC programming language is syntactically similar to C. It is easier
to learn since it does not explicitly contain the more obfuscated parts
of C such as pointer arithmetic.
EzC is a fully object-oriented language. It has objects, inheritance,
classes and polymorphism. Especially important are the Library objects
that extend the functionality of EzC.
The programmer can create standalone interpreted programs with the
standard development system, and using the optional EzC pre-compiler
the EzC code can be translated into normal C for compilation with for
instance MPW. A grossly increased performance of the application usually
follows.
The programmer can create almost any application with EzC. An added
advantage is that s/he does not need to know much about Macintosh
programming to be able to use EzC with proficiency.
EzC is especially suitable for individual programmers and small firms
that want to develop useful applications but do not have the time and
resources to invest in learning a high level language and the peculiarities
of Macintosh Programming.
The Visual EzC demo package contains the development system and two sets
of examples. The first set is a collection of 8 small examples with all
the source code and the layouts included. The other example is a compiled
version of a database application called Starline.
With the demo version of the EzC development system, you can do everything
you can do in the full version of the program except saving your work.
There is also no Runtime module included with the demo version.
Mimir Reynisson
Email: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/visual-ez-c-10b4-demo.hqx; 1296K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 16:30:07 +0100
From: [email protected] (Roy D)
Subject: [*] Warbirds 1.2.0; an arcade game
Here is version 1.2.0 of Warbirds, the Mac's version of Phoenix, the 80's
arcade shoot-em-up.
Differences with the previous version:
- Waves 1 and 2 are changed to look more like the original
- Big birds' fire moves more rapidly, like in the original
- Some speed advantage
- Docs have been updated.
Warbirds is for any Mac (but -should- be run on 68030 Macs or higher) with
640 K of free RAM, B&W or 16/256-color/grayscale monitor (any size). Play
is with keyboard or mouse.
Shareware fee is US$10.
Enjoy!
- Roy
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/warbirds-120.hqx; 104K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 15:40:54 -0500
From: "Lisa T. Snyder"
Subject: [*] Wpat2ppat; converts from Wallpaper patterns to pixel patterns
This is a little program that will convert Wallpaper to ppats
(resedit ) or DeskTop Textures.
I am in no way associated with the author, I have just had alot of
requests to send this so everyone can use it.
[Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/wpat-to-ppat.hqx; 38K]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 12:13:41 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christopher L. Ursich)
Subject: 68040 vs 68LC040 (answer)
George,
I'm sorry I haven't responded to your question sooner, but
I have been catching up on reading the Info-mac digests.
>Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 19:26:09 EDT
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: 68040 vs 68LC040
>
>I was curious as to what the difference was between the 68040 and the 68LC040
>chip. Is it because the 68LC040 is in the new LC's and Performas? If so,
>then what is the real difference (performance wise)?
The difference between the regular 040 and the LC040 is the
Floating Point Unit (FPU), also known as the "math coprocessor."
The regular 040 has this coprocessor and is therefore able to
perform floating-point (decimal) calculations very quickly
by routing these calculations to the coprocessor, leaving the
main processor free to perform other tasks. The LC040
(Centris 610, for example) has the FPU disabled. Therefore,
all the floating-point calculations which would be done quickly
by the coprocessor have to be done by the main processor itself.
There is no way to add a coprocessor to an LC040 Macintosh.
030 Macs without an FPU could emulate ("fake") one with software.
However, this cannot be done on an LC040 stable-ly.
The reason the LC040 is inside the new LC's and Performas
is because Apple figures that most LC and Peforma users
are home-type users whose computing needs to not require
having very fast floating-point computation. Word processing,
data base, telecommunications, etc do not use much decimal
mathematics to run, so aren't helped significantly by a coprocessor.
Engineers, scientists and graphic artists (and students aiming
in those directions), however, DO need the ability to do intensive
math calculations quickly.
I hope this answers your question. Email me if you wish.
Chris Ursich
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 19:05:01 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] Finder 7.1 Snap-Grid Inconsistencies
Herb Kroemer asked about making System 7.x's Finder snap-to grids consistent
>From machine to machine.
The Finder grid used to be set in the LAYO (?) resource under System 6. Now
the grid size is a factor based on the font and font size chosen in the Views
control panel. The only way to make different machines share the same grid is
to make sure both Macs are using the same font/size Finder Views settings.
However, if you are on a network and are trying to mix views between System 6
& 7 Finders -- good luck! I haven't yet found a good way to keep the views
tidy!
-- Toby Braun
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Date: 11 Aug 1994 15:21:53 -0700
From: "Brian Renken"
Subject: [A] Smaller Desktop Icons
Subject:
[A] Smaller Desktop Icons
I've been reading several posts concerning desktop icons and the desire to save
valuble space on the screen. I want to share my method. Instead of putting
your drag&drop apps on the desktop, put them in a folder and keep the folder
open at the bottom of the screen. I have a "palette" folder that is two icons
high and seven icons wide. Using this method you could very easily use small
icons. You can also close the palette when you don't need it. Just keep the
palette's icon on the real desktop at the bottom so you can re-open it easily.
This also works well if you have a multi-resolution monitor and you switch
resolutions frequently.
Hope this helps....
Brian Renken
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 07:22:33 +0000
From: [email protected] (Wagner Luiz Truppel)
Subject: [C] Comment on [*] A blank icon
>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 1994 11:53:00 -0700 (PDT)
>From: [email protected] (Joe Yan)
>Subject: [*] A blank icon
>
>Hello!
>
>I would like to share a neat way to get rid of the "I-like-to-drag-and-drop-
>but-all-the-icons-on-my-desktop-take-up-too-much-space" problem.
>
>It is really just a blank icon; transparent, nothing there. I put it on all
>my aliases for dragging-and-dropping on my desktop so that I can get a "list"
>of these aliases. It's a very nice way of saving space on your desktop.
>
>I made this icon for the benefit of those not familiar with ResEdit or
>similar utilities. If you like it, drop me a line at [email protected].
>Thanks!
>
>[Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/blank-icon.hqx; 5K]
One potential problem with the approach above is this: you may find it
difficult to click or double-click a 'blanked' file or folder's name, due
to the name-editting feature of the Finder that insists on hilighting its
name upon clicking. To avoid that, open the get info for the blanked item
and lock it. That will not work with folders, though, but you can make an
alias of them, paste a blank icon on the aliases, and finally lock them.
One more thing: I have 2 rows of such beasts on the bottom edge of my
monitor, closely packed. To accomplish that, I make sure to have the option
for 'always snap to grid' in the Views control panel turned OFF while I
place the icons. When I'm done, I turn the option back on (you don't need
to do this, of course, if you don't care for it). However, here's one big
thing to watch for and be careful about in any case: DON'T CHOOSE 'CLEAN UP
DESKTOP' FROM THE SPECIAL MENU IN THE FINDER, or you'll lose your set up.
Wagner Luiz Truppel
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:27:04 +1000
From: [email protected] (Christian Stricker)
Subject: [Q] - How to mount a PC-format CD-ROM?
Hello netters,
does anybody know out there how to mount a PC-format CD-ROM disk on
a Macintosh CD drive? I have got DOS - mounter for floppies on my machine -
and for these media it works very fine. However, I want to read disks which
are going to be written in PC format. The reason is that the school wants
to buy a CD-ROM maker - but only with the software for DOS. Do I need to
buy writing software for the Mac as well? A much easier way would be to
simply mount the PC-format disks from the Mac! Is there anything like
DOS-mounter for the CD drive?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Many thanks
Christian.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 20:29:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: Aircraft Performance Program sought
Does there exist, or is anyone interested in writing, a Mac freeware or
shareware program that would calculate performance data for a jet aircraft
certified under FAR Part 25 (Transport Category)? An existing spreadsheet
or curve-modeling program *might* do this -- the data are published in
tabular form now -- but this is completely beyond my experience.
Ideally, the program would take into account such factors as:
Temperature
Airport Altitude
Runway Slope
ECS (engine bleed air) on or off
Headwind or tailwind component (calculated from wind direction and velocity)
Second Segment climb gradient (etc.)
Anti-Skid on or off
Max. Engine N1 for ambient conditions
Any ideas (or Newsgroup pointers) would be very much appreciated.
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 19:14:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Alysis eDisk disk doubler software (Q)
Dear Netters-
Has anyone tried this hard disk enhancement software that doubles,
triples your Mac hard drive space? How does it compare to Stacker or
Times Two? For $50, is it worth it?
Nate
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:23:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: Apple II software
I need a 3.5" Apple IIe prodos startup disk that will work with the
Apple IIe card in a Macintosh LC. If possible, could someone mail me
an hqx'd disk image of one? Instructions on how to create one or find
one will be most appreciated as well. I have a lot of software I want
to use but the only startup disk I can get my hands on are Appleworks
and the Apple IIc System Utilities. The System Utilities was written
only for the Apple IIc. I hacked the basic program to let me in but
it still would not let me copy files. I don't know why but it is very
frustrating to say the least.
Thanks,
Jeff Fayne
[email protected]
Rhode Island College
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 11:31:36 -0500
From: [email protected] (Vinko Tsui (312) 329-3455)
Subject: AppleScript [R]
Michael,
>>
The scriptable version of the Finder is version 7.5. I will be released
later on this month. It is not free for most users, Apple have set up many
different upgrade policies, one of which may apply to you. You should
either call Apple directly or speak to your local dealer.
Apple Script will be included in this new version of the System. So you
will not have to go any buy it yourself. Normally you will have to purchase
this from APDA or your local dealer.
I hope this answer your questions.
-- Vinko
Vinko Enterprises, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 23:32:32 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Ed Jacobs, Mac / PC Lab Tech"
Subject: AtEase for Workgroups Question
We are running AtEase for Workgroups 2.0x on Performa 636's and IISI's in
our campus network. We have two fileservers (appleshare) that each mac
will connect to.
We setup each computer with a username on the fileserver and login each
mac to the fileservers with the "Save my Name and Password" option.
When the macs boot without AtEase, they auto login perfectly. On the other
hand, if we run the Macs with AtEase, they don't autologin to the fileservers
until you click a program that needs them.
What I tried was running a very short hypercard 2.0 app that displays a one
line message and quits to tell the computer to access the fileserver once on
startup. This program does not automatically login to the server, it asks
the user for a username and password (They are already type in) and the user
only has to press return to continue as normal.
Also, Apple has said that you NEED to set the atEase Preferences to save
on a fileserver volume (which is possible) but we don't want to rely on a
server controling all the macs program locations!
These are student lab computer systems and we have time and money spent on
AtEase for workgroups. Does anyone have any suggestions, comments, first
hand experience (bad or good) with AtEase and appleshare fileservers.
Please send replies to the following address:
[email protected] or [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:09:54 GMT
From: Sven Guckes
Subject: BBEdit 2.3.2 scroll locks up
>Rich Clemens [email protected] writes:
>I have been having intermittent problems with the scroll bars on BBEdit
>2.3.2 running on my SE/30 with 7.1. The software would work correctly then
>the scroll bars would "lock" and I would only be able to scroll the window
>with the "box." The arrows and/or gray area would produce no result.
>I have traced the problem to a conflict with Basic Black 1.2. BBEdit is fine
>until Basic Black starts and then it "locks." I do not remember this problem
>with earlier versions of BBEdit.
Try the latest version of BasicBlack - "BasicBlack_1.4.1".
Can't give an URL to it now, sorry.
But you may ask the author:
Mason L. Bliss - [email protected] - [email protected]
Sven
--
"Archie" should know where.
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Date: 14 Aug 1994 06:55:47 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: Boolean Searches in WAIS
Boolean Searches in WAIS
According to the documentation for WAIStation, one can use boolean operators
such as AND, NOT, ADJ in WAIS searches. However, using either WAIStation or
MacWAIS with a number of different servers, I have not been successful. Am I
doing something wrong, or do most WAIS servers just not support boolean
searches?
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:49:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Thoo
Subject: Claris Organizer (Q)
Has anyone seen Claris Organizer in person (perhaps at the recent MWExpo
in Boston)? If so, could you please tell me if the To-Do list is an
outliner (e.g., like InControl's)? Thanks.
--John.
J. B. THOO, Math Dept, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616-8633
Internet: or
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:09:29 -0400
From: [email protected] (MICHAEL J. LONGO)
Subject: Conner drive on Mac Classic recovery
I have a Mac Classic whose hard drive recently went belly up
and was hoping to get some help in recovering it. I ran Norton
Utilities on it and was able to recover some of the files in
some form. The problem seems to be that the directories, driver,
and other things I don't understand very well are clobbered.
I can boot up the computer from an external hard drive. When
I run Mac Check, it sees a 40 Mb Conner Drive on SCSI ID=0
{Product ID CP3040A, etc]. Apple HD SC Setup v. 7.2 patched
to see all drives won't have anything to do with it. When I
try to do anything to the drive HD Setup can't find the info
it needs.
I tried things like SCSIformatterinstaller, but it needs
DDMs and DPMs and other things which I have no clue on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Best to mail me
directly at [email protected]
----M. Longo
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 06:53:44 EDT
From: Robert=Neil%LabA%[email protected]
Subject: Dialing into to an IBM based MS-Mail server (Q)
Does anyone know if it is possible to dial in to an IBM based version of
MS-Mail with the Mac version of Ms-Mail remote?
If that is not possible, does anyone know of a way of accessing mail that
is on the above mentioned IBM based system from a mac?
The IBM system is a 486 sever running Novell and MS-Mail with no macs on the
network:(
I am hoping that I won't have to get Soft PC, but if that is the only way,
then so be it.
TIA
Robert Neil
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 10:44:15 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf
Subject: Finder bugs
Has anyone else noticed the following bugs in the Finder? I have System 7.1
with HSU 3.0, and yet some of these bugs have been around ever since the
release of System 7:
o Say you drag files to another disk. It says "The files cannot be copied
unless the wastebasket is emptied. Do you wish to empty the wastebasket?"
You say "OK", but the files in the wastebasket are locked, so they can't be
trashed. However, the Finder still starts copying the files, only to get
half way and stop, saying "the disk is full". Whoops.
o If you option-drag files to a folder (to copy them), and some of the
items in the target folder have the same names, it asks you whether you
wish to replace them with the ones you're "moving" rather than the ones
you're "copying". This one still catches me out: I don't know whether I
held down the option key or not.
o The white space for the name of an icon on the desktop often doesn't
extend the correct distance past the left edge of the name: at least, not
until you select the icon. Small, cosmetic error, but still annoying.
o Even now I still get the new "disk free" space in the window header
overwriting the old number.
o The System is supposed to allocate as much memory as it needs, even if
INITs are loaded. It does this OK for the actual system heap, but it
doesn't adjust the Finder's memory correctly. After about 8 to 10 hours use
the Finder says "that command cannot be completed, because there is not
enough memory available. Closing desk accessories....". I'm sure my
extensions have something to do with this, but surely the Finder can ask
for more memory...
o The Finder doesn't ask for enough memory for its own windows when you
open an application which uses up "all" of the available memory: the Finder
usually calls you to say "There's not enough memory to keep the window
'hard disk' open." Great. I don't get this message that often, though: RAM
Doubler took care of that.
Alex
--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 94 15:46:23 CDT
From: [email protected] (Bob Schenk)
Subject: font bargain???
I have been seeing an ad recently for 6000 typefaces for less than $100.
How do they do it? I got their brochure recently and found out.
First you take a bunch of public-domain and shareware fonts. You
then open them in a font manipulation program and extend them, and skew
them left and right. Presto, you have converted one font into four. So, for
example, mny typeface RedLetter (or maybe it was the earlier version called
Stalingrad) is now four fonts called unique28. But why stop there? Using a
font distortion program called Font-o-matic, one can alter them in weird ways.
Pesto, four variations, each in normal, extended, italic, and lefty.
Now one typeface, which is a bizarre typeface made up of hammers and sickles,
has been made into 20. Of course there will be both PostScript and TrueType
versions, so the result is 40. I thought I was good at getting a lot from
one font, but to convert one font that has VERY limited usefulness into 40
exceeds my reach. You can figure out how many original typefaces one needs
to start with at this rate.
The result is "the largest, most original collection of fonts available
anwhere."
And "These fonts are not shareware or garbage fonts...."
As for Font-o-matic, that is another story. Try ordering it and see what
happens. But I have
bitched enough today.
There are good fonts available at low prices (and I believe I have produced
some). There is
also stuff that is not worth its very low price. Shop carefully.
R. Schenk
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:26:30 PST
From: "George Dietz"
Subject: Graphics Catalog programs (shareware)
Hello,
I am looking for some programs that will do cataloging for graphics
files (accross multiple drives if posible) in shareware format.
Something like Aldus Fetch, but it doesn't have to be as elaborate.
This is for use on a mac of course.
Thanks for your time.
George
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 12:42:33 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Locked Hidden Files
I have a CD ROM which contains invisible files that I would like to see on my
desktop. The Apple ][gs had an option in its finder called "Show hidden
files" is there an equivalent option on the Mac? Perhaps a way to Res Edit
the finder? Any info would be appreciated.
------------------------------
Date: 15 Aug 1994 07:00:08 -0800
From: "DT Carrott"
Subject: LW 810
LW 810
THE FOLLWOING WAS RECIEVED FROM
Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Editor -- [email protected] -- [email protected]'d --
--
recommend asking this on Info-Mac at:
[email protected]
cheers ... -Adam
At 10:41 AM 8/11/94, Nancy Hankey wrote:
>We recently purchased an Apple Laser Writer Pro 810 printer. It's driven by
>a Centris 650 running System 7.1 and an old-timer Mac-II running System
>6.08. Most programs will run fine, accessing all paper sizes, however, my
>most used program - PageMaker 5.0 and 4.2 - will only output on 2 of the 3
>paper sizes...
Apple told me to talk to Aldus and Aldus is pointing the finger
>at Apple....and I'm getting dizzy from the runaround ...
_____________________________________________________
I AM SURE YOU ARE ALREADY AWARE OF ALDUS RELATIONSHIP WITH APPLE AND THE
LASERWRITER POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE. APPLE BUILDS THE HARDWARE, ALDUS WROTE THE
LANGUAGE THAT DRIVES IT. BUT, APPLE WRITES GENERIC DRIVES FOR MANY OF IT'S
HARDWARE PRODUCTS TO BE SUPPORTED BY ALL APPLICATIONS. ALL EXCEPT ALDUS. YOU
SEE SINCE THEY WROTE THE LANGUAGE THEY PLAY TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER.
ALL ALDUS PRODUCTS RUN UNDER GENERIC 'APPLE' LIKE PRINTER ROUTINES AS LONG AS
YOU DON'T ACCESS SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER. TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF
THESE PRINTERS YOUR PRINTER DRIVER MUST SUPPORT PPDs (POSTSCRIPT PRINTER
DRIVERS) DEVELOPED BY ALDUS. THESE ACCESSORIES ARE AVAILABLE THRU THE
PURCHASED APPLICATION (I.E., PAGEMAKER). EACH APPLICATION COMES WITH A SET OF
PPDs IN SUPPORT OF MANY DIFFERENT PRINTERS.
APPLE HAS A LASERWRITER DRIVE 8.0 THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THESE PPDs. UNLIKE
THE OLD VERSIONS THAT WERE INDIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE ALDUS APPLICATION
INTERCEPTING INFORMATION BETWEEN THE PRINTER DRIVER AND THE APPLICATION.
UNFORTUNATLY, I HAVE NEVER TRIED THIS LW DRIVER 8.0, OTHER THAN WITH SYSTEM 7.1
AND UP.
BEFORE BATTLING ALDUS AND FURTHER, I RECOMEND NOT USING THE SYSTEM 6.08.
INSTALL APPLE's LW DRIVER 8.0 OR GREATER ON THE CENTRIS 650. THROUGH THE
CHOOSER, SELECT THE LW DRIVER 8.0 (DO NOT PLAY WITH THE SETUP). RESTART THE
PRINTER AND THE CENTRIS 650. THEN PRINT ANY FINDER WINDOW TO THE PRINTER. TRY
ALL THE OPTIONS. IT SHOULD WORK. IF IT DOESN'T THE PROBLEM IS WITH APPLE.
IF ALL THE OPTIONS WORK, THAN LAUNCH ALDUS's PAGEMAKER AND ANY SAMPLE FILE.
THROUGH THE CHOOSER, SELECT THE LW DRIVER 8.0. UNDER THE SETUP, YOU WILL BE
CURRENTLY USING THE 'GENERIC' SETUP SUPPLIED BY APPLE. SELECT YOUR PPD THROUGH
THAT BUTTON ICON AND LOCATE THE PPD IN THE IT'S FOLDER.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PPD FILE, CONTACT ALDUS.
IF YOUR PPD IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LW DRIVER 8.0, CONTACT ALDUS.
OTHERWISE, THE PRINTER SHOULD NOW WORK AND THE PROBLEM IS THE USE OF SYSTEM
6.08's DRIVER RE-INITIALIZING THE PRINTER EACH TIME 6.08 USES THE PRINTER.
WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON ANY SIZE NETWORK. YOUR SYSTEM ADM. SHOULD
CONFIGURE ALL SYSTEM AROUND A GIVEN PRINTER TO THE SAME COMPATIBLE PRINTER
DRIVER AND SYSTEM.
GOOD LUCK
___________________________________
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:11:26 -0400
From: [email protected] (Murph Sewall)
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem
On Thu, 4 Aug 1994 22:29:12 -0800, Stephen Grady wrote:
>I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home. When I
>was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC), they
>warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could use the
>higher speeds.
PeeCee's use the RS-232 serial standard (designed when 300 baud was "high
speed") that doesn't support throughput faster than 19.6 kbps. Macs have
ALWAYS used an updated standard that supports up to 57.6 kbps. Hence, your
answer to your co-workers is "hey, I have a computer that was designed in
the 1980's--the PeeCee is wholly 1970's technology (well, we can quibble
about bus standards, but most PeeCee users don't have hardware or software
that exceeds the capability of the 1970's ISA bus).
>Well, my Supra was plug and play. I connect regularly at 9600 and 14,400,
>with settings at 19,600 and 57,600 in my software. When the new standard
>comes out for V.34, will it be possible to "plug and play"? Will I have
>problems at the faster speeds?
No. IN THEORY the V.34 compression can deliver 115.2 kbps, but reality is
tha-Sys-Mac-Comm FAQ seems to indicate that provided I use a hardware
>handshaking cable, it might be possible. Again, I'm being told by the PC
>users that it will be impossible without the purchase and installation of
>UART chips into my Mac (maybe they are just jealous that Macs are so easy
>to use--plug 'n' play!)
Actually, they simply are unaware that a Mac serial port is FAR more
sophisticated than the ancient (I believe RS-232 is a 1960's standard)
serial technology built into their PeeCees--but they did get them for a
very low price!
Their serial ports won't do AppleTalk (which is muchfaster than 57.6 kbps) either--if they won't to put together a
desktop-laptop-b&w printer-color printer network together at home (as I
have), they have to pay (a LOT) extra. I only had to buy four under $20
PhoneNet clone connectors.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 07:55:29 EST
From: [email protected] ( Daniel J. Hofferth (317)230-4791/Allison Engine
Company)
Subject: Mac + High Speed Modem + UART chips? (R)
Responding to:
> From: [email protected] (Stephen Grady)
>
> I have been speaking recently to co-workers who have PC's at home.
> When I was shopping for a new modem (ended up with a SupraFaxModem 144LC),
> they warned me to make sure that I purchased UART chips so that I could
> use the higher speeds. I spoke to the sales guys at the campus computer
> store, and they said nothing about UART chips. Modems for the Mac are
> plug and play
Stephen,
I've been reading responses to your info-mac posting re: UART chips. I
won't bother to reiterate what everyone is telling you about the IBM-PC
nature of this subject... but I would like to direct your attention to a
file I posted to the archives after I'd moved up to a high speed modem for
my old Mac. It describes a series of problems I had making the step up,
and the solutions I finally found. I've had very nice feedback from it...
perhaps it'll help you avoid some pitfalls?
Dan Hofferth.
[email protected]
/info-mac/comm/info/high-speed-modem-musings-11.txt
------------------------------
Date: 12 Aug 1994 01:42:36 GMT
From: [email protected] (Greg Iverson)
Subject: MacPlus Text-to-Speech crash
If anybody cares about the MacPlus anymore (actually, a born-again 128K
Mac), mine crashes in text-to-speech mode using SimpleText 1.1 under System
7.1, but only when the MacinTalk2 voice selected is 'Fred'...'Marvin' works
fine. Wish there some way to set the default voice to 'Marvin'...
------------------------------
Date: 11 Aug 94 16:55:00 PST
From: "HARRIET LORD"
Subject: Mac Security (responses)
In reply to the following request that I posted about
Mac Security, I received the responses listed below.
I would like to thank everyone who responded.
Harriet Lord
[email protected]
** Message posted by me:
We are establishing a Mac lab with 25 Quadras (660 AV) in the
Mathematics Department here at Cal Poly, Pomona.
Two security programs - FoolProof and Mac Security - have
been recommended to us. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who
has had experience with either of these programs, or who can recommend
some other security program.
Please send all comments to me by e-mail, and I will post a summary
of all comments I receive.
Thank you.
Harriet Lord
Department of Mathematics
California State Polytechnic University at Pomona
[email protected]
**
RESPONSES
#1
If you are loking for something which will password protect your hard drive,
FolderBolt from Kent Marsh Ltd. is really good stuff. Other than
reformatting the hard drive, there is no way to gain access to hte hard
drive. Booting from a floppy does not give access to the hard drive, and all
things like that have been considered by the programmeers. The person at
Kent Marsh I have dealt with entirely is Nadene Crain. She can be reached at
800-325-3587 for details on all of their software, and recommendations on
which would be the best for any particular computer arrangement.
Kent Marsh Ltd.
KML Building
3260 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77098
#2
In article , [email protected] (HARRIET LORD)
wrote:
> Please send all comments to me by e-mail, and I will post a summary
> of all comments I receive.
FYI... At BP, we use Empower on all corporate Macs...
--
#3
Don't bother with "Security" applications, they just represent a challenge
and can cause more trouble than they are worth IMHO. A careful combination
of RevRdist, RRhelper and Tonto will probably achieve most of what you want.
My experience is that even a joker who discovered he could reformat the
hard disk of our Macs stopped trying when he realised that to completely
restore the machine I simply booted from a magic floppy (30seconds)
and came back after tea (5mins), typed in the workstation number and strolled
off.
If you have serious problems you will have to worry about interfence
with the hardware...
#4
I *strongly* recommend FileGuard. It is an excellent piece of software from
ASD Software. It is available from MacWAREHOUSE for ~ $139.00.
It has won many awards from magazines including five (maybe four, I don't
remember exactly) mice from MacUser.
I use it to protect my Mac at RIT... everywhere I see a Macintosh at RIT, I
see that it's protected by FileGuard, including the Computer Science
Department.
My high-school also uses FileGuard.
#5
Read your note in IM. I've tried a lot of programs, both public,
shareware, and commercial. The best I've found is Mac Control by BDW
Software. I ordered FoolProof and it is too limited, though the new
version fixes many of those limits. I wanted something that would teach
the desktop but keep my 400+ high school students from doing me in. I
also bought a site license (actually 3) to MacSecure. They never
produced a usable produce, and I understand that someone (Apple?)
purchased the remnants and was trying to get a product out. The
MacSecure I had was a menu-driven, bulldozer approach.
MacControl requires you to log in, and depending on how you, the manager
set things up, the kids can do almost everything, but when they log off,
the system returns to how you had it set up originally. Students can't
trash system files, can be locked out of the system folder, and many
other things.
I think that they may have a time-limited demo, but I bought a single
copy at about $50 and when it appeared to solve all my problems, called
them and they applied that to the cost of a site license, which was very
reasonable. I can't recall what it was, but it was in the $200-400
range.
I wish others knew of the product as it really has saved my sanity. I
keep 80-90 Macs supplied in my "spare time", and without this, no go!!!
BDW Software is 1410 Rocky Lane, St. Paul, MN 55122 (800) 726-5462
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 00:38:46 -0400
From: [email protected] (Charlie Mingo)
Subject: Mirrors woefully behind? (C)
[email protected] (Rick Russell) writes:
>How do you view by date? My man page for 'ls' doesn't specify a
>date-sorting option (although the 'ls' command in ftp my have some
>feature I'm unaware of; I can't find any documentation on it).
>
>[Use ls -lc and you will get a file list sorted by date... this works on
>sumex-aim and should work on most mirrors...]
According to the 'ls' man page, 'ls -t' sorts in time-order, most-recent to
oldest. This also works on most ftp servers (but not if you use wildcards,
such as 'ls *hqx').
I personally use anarchie, and I just click the "Date" item in the window
header.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 20:18:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: Norton 2.0 vs 3.0
When I recently tried to use SpeedDisk (from Norton Utilities 2.0) on my
525mb hard drive, it gave a message to the effect, "Can't do this because
there are too many files." There are some 7,500 files present.
Does anyone know if Version 3.x of the program overcomes this limitation?
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 01:42:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: [email protected] (Gann Matsuda)
Subject: Norton FileSaver Conflict??
If you have a Power Mac 7100 and if you're running Norton Utilities 3.0,
you might want to read this...
Apparently, there is a conflict between FileSaver 3.0 (part of the
Norton Utilities package) and Complete Undelete 2.0.3 from DataWatch.
Specifically, when using these control panels along with the CopyDoubler
2.0.4 control panel (CopyDoubler may or may not have something to do
with this), you may notice crashes with either "CHK" errors and/or
"Floating Point Coprocessor not installed" errors. This happens at
various times such as when closing windows and especially when you click
"OK" to empty the trash.
The solution, which has worked so far, is to change the loading order
of these control panels so that Complete Undelete loads AFTER FileSaver
and CopyDoubler. On my system, Complete Undelete is now the very last
extension or control panel that loads. So far, no crashes.
BTW: I'm running System 7.1.2 (what else?) with 16 mb RAM.
Has anyone else run into this problem??
Gann
P.S. BTW: I haven't contacted Symantec about this yet...
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 16:43:38 PDT
From: [email protected] (Todd Fujinaka)
Subject: Norton Utilities 3.0 Upgrade (C)
I blindly ordered the upgrade from Symantec and when it came there was no
receipt. Just a box with a manual and some disks. No fluff, no registration
card, nothing. I called Symantec and they told me that I should have paid
the $39.95, and the company that does all their mailing and order taking in
Colorado someplace is screwing up. I guess this means you should upgrade
through MacWarehouse if you don't want the grief.
BTW, they credited my VISA card since the company in CO charged me $59.95.
Todd
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 94 17:38:26 CST
From: roger%[email protected] (Roger Campos)
Subject: Please Post
Please post the following:
Hi, I'm new on the computer front but am trying to catch up fast. I'm thinking
of starting a monthly news-letter/newspaper for my business and am wondering
what kind of software is availible. Are there desk top publishing systems that
can also make brochure? Would they work with my Mac powerPC and HP
laserwriter?
Any advise or information would be appreciated.
Thanks, -Dave [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 19:12:38 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: PowerMac/DiskCopy (Q)
Has anyone but me found that Apple's DiskCopy 4.2 doesn't much like
running on a PowerMac? Or at least under that hybrid of a PowerPC card
in a Q650?
I got the new Retrospect 2.1 (PPC Version) and -- as is my wont -- tried
to backup the (800K) disks first thing. No luck. Error code -74 as soon
as I inserted the disk onto which a copy should be made.
I thought I had a dead "destination" floppy. The next four 800K floppies
had the same problem. Sheesh! Has Dantz started copy protection? I then
invoked MacTools FastCopy. No problem, mon. Hmmm. Nuthin special about
FastCopy. So I tried DiskCopy on another 800K source disk. Same death.
DiskCopy 4.2 works normally on 1.44M floppies in PowerMac mode. But not
on 800K floppies. DART (Apple's non-sanctioned equivalent of DiskCopy) is
also perfectly happy to copy 800K floppies. I'm not as happy with the way
DART works as with either DiskCopy or FastCopy: Put in first disk, put in
second disk, put first disk back in. Redundant.
Have any of y'all seen this DiskCopy behavior? Or have I once again done
something terribly stupid and deserve to die?
Al Bloom, Virginia Tech
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:24:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: "KABIR C. SEN"
Subject: Radius Pivot Monitor Problem
Well, I thought I was one of the few with a Radius Monochrome Pivot monitor
problem. In my case, the monitor is attached to a iisi and I always thought
it was a computer problem and not something to do with the monitor. Some
months back I thought the problem (occasional flickering images, which only
appear at certain times) was because of a faulty cable. However, even with
a new cable the problem has re-appeared. It is not getting worse (the monitor
is almost 3 years old), but it is irritating. It will be interesting to hear
>From other Radius Pivot owners who have similar problems.
---- K. C. Sen
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Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 10:44:17 -0700
From: Alex Metcalf
Subject: RAM Doubler 1.0.4--serious bug? (R)
>I've been having some trouble with an unexplained system crash resulting in
>MacsBug reporting a user break at with the message "You fool! GCP
>is not re-entrant!" Since this SEEMED to be happening when I needed memory
>(opening GIFs in JPEGView, terminal emulator's RAM full) and since the ram
>doubler activity indicator (why Connectix doesn't turn this thing ON is
>beyond me) patch showed activty, I decided to go back to my old RD 1.0.
>That seemed to cause unexpected freezes, so I went to 1.0.1. No problems,
>but pokey.
I've been using 1.0.4 for a few days now and I haven't had any
problems like that (I've got MacsBug). It may be a problem with JPEGView.
I downloaded the 1.0.4 update with the idea that since it's been a
week in the archives and no one's mentioned any serious bugs, it must be
OK! Just my luck.
>(I haven't been able to find a copy
>of the 1.0.2 updater at any of the archives.)
I have the 1.0.2 updater if you need it. I found that 1.0.1 was one
of the best versions I ever had. Ever since then the updates seem to be
making my Mac slower and slower.
Alex
--
Alex Metcalf, Best Before Yesterday
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:50:58 EDT
From: "Jeffrey N. Fritz"
Subject: Shareware Fees (R)
[email protected] said (regarding overseas shareware fees):
> Another possibility would be to send something in kind, say the
> shareware fee's value in blank floppy disks? Any comments from
> shareware authors?
Obviously, I can't speak for other shareware authors, but for myself
I'd rather have the cash (even though it is a bit risky to send cash
by mail.) I have more floppies (from demo disks and old outdated
applications) that I have storage room for. That may or may not
be typical for others. It's just my two cents.
Jeffrey Fritz
West Virginia University
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:18:49 -0800
From: [email protected] (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140)
Subject: Shareware fees. (A)
I was considering acting as a clearing house for shareware fees. I got a
credit card account and a POBox specifically for that purpose but other
projects lowered the priority of this project.
The two problems I wanted to solve were non-USA currency translations and
shareware author address changes "Mail Returned, No Forwarding Address".
Is this a service that shareware authors would be interested in? If so,
send email to me at: [email protected]
I'm set up to do this, just haven't actively pursued it.
Kee Nethery
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:37:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Simple Text 1.1
A revised Simple Text, version 1.1, prints to both ImageWriter and
LaserWriter printers. It is available from:
ftp.austin.apple.com
/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Update/utilities.SW/SimpleText.1.1.sea.hqx
Thanks to [email protected], [email protected], and
[email protected] for notifying me of this revision.
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Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:07:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Neil Eric Mickelson
Subject: Upgrading a Mac Classic
Hey everyone!! I've got a question I hope you can help me with...
A friend of mine is retiring her Mac Classic after buying a PowerMac 7100, and
is going to give it to her parents. She's adding on an external hard drive
for more storage, but she needs to expand the memory beyond the 2MB built in to
run any decent software.
Any suggestions on upgrading to 6 or 8MB of RAM??
Also, what integrated software will run on a "Fat Classic" under System 6?
Under system 7? We're looking for good word processing and database
capabilities...
Thanks a lot, and hope to hear from you soon!!
Neil Mickelson
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 23:24:16 EDT
From: "Bilal A. Bhutta"
Subject: Using DEC RZ55 drive on Macs (SE)
Howdy,
I am trying to use this DEC RZ55 drive on an SE, but the drive refuses to
format. I have used Silverlining v5.5 and FWD HardDrive ToolKit 1.3.1 without
any success. Both programs can access its ID etc, but can do nothing more than
that. Silverlining tries to access it during tests etc. but gives errors, while
FWD says the drive is not ready, please rescan. This is the only external SCSI
device (ID=1) and I tried the SCSI terminator in both pass-thru and
2nd-connector modes.
A kind respondent to my posting on comp.sys.mac.hardware mentioned that
the SE doesn't power the SCSI bus and so the drive is required to do that with
some jumper setting. He also mentioned that the drive should be internally
terminated, and that the Unit attention line (#40 on SCSI line) be disabled.
A search through Veronica indicated that there are couple of files on this
subject, but I keep getting errors while connecting to the gopher server.
So is there a "pre-packaged" way of formatting/using DEC drives on Macs?
I'll post a summery when I get this working.
Thanks,
Bilal A. Bhutta
---
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 15:03:10 BST
From: [email protected] (Sak Wathanasin)
Subject: ValueFax: real nice shareware fax software
In Infomac digests, vol 12 no 106, "Roger B. Marks"
writes:
> The recently-posted ValueFax [APP/VALUE-FAX.HQX] looks like a great
> solution to the nightmare of fax software.
> .....
> I have been hoping to setup some kind of call
> discrimination that would pass faxes or ARA calls off appropriately.
> I'm still going to try LineShare and see if it works.
Yes, ValueFax will work with LineShare. We were one of the beta-test
sites.
[Disclaimer: we are UK distributors for Stalker, Inc.]
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