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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 31 Jul 01 Volume 18 : Issue 104
Today's Topics:
[*] FTP QuoEdit 1.0.0
[*] MetricMaster v2.0
[*] N0ONG Wind Chill Calculator
[*] PictureTuner 0.98
[*] TidBITS#590/30-Jul-01
[*] XPress|Scripts 3.0
Complete G3 screwup
Optical Mouse (maintenance?)
Printing in multiuser mode
SmartMedia card undelete query (fwd)
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Date: 27 Jul 2001
From: Lyomei Sakai
To:
Subject: [*] FTP QuoEdit 1.0.0
QuoEdit is a text editor for plain (monostyled) text that runs on
System 7.1 or later of Mac OS (classic environment).
The archive includes both PowerPC version and 68K version.
After you extracted (or copied) QuoEdit's folder on to your hard drive,
please read Read Me First.
Features:
Intended to provide quick operations with simple interface.
Supports AppleScript powerfully;
you can also record and replay your tasks by the scripting features.
Some menus are customizable and up to three menus can be added.
Supports regular expression search as well as multi-file search.
Multiple levels of undo/redo for each document.
WorldScript savvy.
This version fixed several bugs and it is the final as version 1.0.0.
And this version is the first shareware release of US$10.
Enjoy!
Lyomei Sakai
http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~quo/
[Archived as /info-mac/text/quo-edit-10.hqx; 1202 K]
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Date: 27 Jul 2001
From: Eric Rojo
To:
Subject: [*] MetricMaster v2.0
Rated 5 mice by MacUser (on-line review as ConvertUnits Pro, May 1997)
MetricMaster is a measurement unit conversions calculator for the Macintosh,
containing many hundreds of metric/S.I., imperial, U.S., and other units in
its database, most to 14 significant digit precision. New units can be
added and unwanted ones removed. Supports ft/in/fractions, different number
formats including scientific notation, and complete control of significant
digits. Can also convert currencies, clock times, and many physical
constants. On-line info is available on the history and development of
modern measurement systems. Definitions for units and unit groupings.
Author: Eric Rojo
e-mail: eric@ceiarchitecture.com
web site: www.macintoshproducts.com
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/metric-master-20.hqx; 1701 K]
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Date: 29 Jul 2001
From: Robert Boeckman
To:
Subject: [*] N0ONG Wind Chill Calculator
A simple Freeware utility for calculating wind chill. Wind chill is
calculated when the wind speed is over 4 MPH and the temperature is
50 or below. If these values are exceeded the result window will
display "No Wind Chill"
machead@black-hole.com
www.black-hole.com/users/tardis
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/noong-wind-chill.hqx; 898 K]
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Date: 26 Jul 2001
From: "Mazlan Hasan"
To:
Subject: [*] PictureTuner 0.98
PictureTuner is the world's first peer-to-peer image sharing software.
It lets you publish & share photos on your computer in 3 simple steps -
no more tedious uploading - and view pictures published by other users
in a versatile desktop window - no more clicking endlessly on thumbnails
& waiting for images to load. The pictures are served directly from the
publisher's computer to yours, live!
You can easily capture and save the pictures you like, or set them as
your wallpaper, with a single click. You can also run in local preview
mode to look at photos on your own computer.
Retain control over the pictures you share because they remain in your
computer, and you can take your shared albums online/offline with a
single click - no need to upload to or delete from a remote web server.
You can even listen to your favourite MP3 tracks with the build-in MP3
player.
Minimum System requirements:
a.. PowerPC Macintosh
b.. Mac OS 8.5 or later (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended)
c.. 24 MB of RAM available
d.. 15 MB of hard disk space available
Price : 14.95
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/picture-tuner-098.hqx; 1680 K]
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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors
To: digest@info-mac.org, mac-l@sparky.listmoms.net,
Subject: [*] TidBITS#590/30-Jul-01
TidBITS#590/30-Jul-01
Wondering what the future holds for Mac OS X? Jeff Carlson
examines Mac OS X 10.1 as shown during the Macworld Expo keynote.
Adam and Mark Anbinder continue the Macworld Expo coverage with
looks at the most interesting products at the show, and we report
on Mac OS 9.2's quiet appearance. Finally, Jamie McCarthy
editorializes about SirCam, the Windows email worm that can annoy
even Mac users by bombarding them with futile infection attempts.
Topics:
MailBITS/30-Jul-01
The SirCam Worm: Email Exhibitionism
Mac OS X 10.1 Previewed At Macworld Expo
Macworld Expo NY 2001 Superlatives
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-590.etx; 33K]
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Date: 26 Jul 2001
From: David Lloyd
To:
Subject: [*] XPress|Scripts 3.0
Xpress|Scripts is a collection of 30 AppleScript for QuarkXPress users and
offers many new scripts as well as some updated from version 2.0 (1995).
Included in this release are:
XS Matrix: Lay out a grid of picture boxes or text boxes.
XS Slice: slice up a box, and if it contains an image, that gets sliced too.
XS FontBook: catalog your font collection with this script.
XS PDF Export: Drag and drop documents to create PDFs with little fuss.
XS Split and Merge: Split up a document or merge several.
XS Font info: List all fonts in a document, including those inside EPS's.
XS Find RGB Images: List all images which are RGB encoded.
and plenty more....
XPress|Scripts are supplied as run only (except for three which are
editable) and are fully operational and free for general use. There are two
flavors of this collection, one contains script files, and the other
contains script application files [applets]. A few of the scripts require
the Dialog Director osax.
The scripts are free for general use, and cost $10 for the editable
versions.
XPress|Scripts is saved as compiled AppleScripts, and is also available
saved as Applets from http://www.kanzu.com.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/xpress-scripts-30.hqx; 227 K]
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:27:23 -0400
From: Miriam Steinberg
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Complete G3 screwup
I feel like the subject line should read: "ready to kill myself".
I have a beige G3 running system 8.1. Had a Laserwriter Select 360 and
Epson Stylus Pro XL cabled together and to the Mac. Everything was
working fine but I decided it was high time to upgrade the system, and
also my 6 gig hard drive was full. Called a tech guy in. We decided to
add a firewire card to the mac and a new external firewire 20 gig HD.
Dragged my old HD over to the new one. Installed system 9.1. Installed
photoshop upgrade from 5.01 to 6.01, ATM deluxe upgrade, Adobe Acrobat
upgrade. Problem 1, Adobe Acrobat would not install. Unlocking number
woukdn't work. Everything else ok.
Next day...can't print from either printer. Tech comes back spends 11
hours trying to figure out the problem. Spends hours on the phone with
Apple, finally senior apple tech tells him the problem is Applewriter
Select 360 not compatible w/ system 9.1. OK go backto 8.6 still no
printers. Try everything. reinstalling etc. Still no printers. Plus the
next thing I know...All my stuff (3 gigs worth of work) is gone from the
external HD. Somehow got trashed erased or something. Of course alot of
that stuff was NOT backed up!
So now...no work files, no printers, no fax modem. And I feel like a
complete idiot because I didn't have everything backed up. Actually I
did...on the firewire drive which then was somehow wiped out.
Does anyone have any thoughts about what to do here? The tech has
exhausted all resources. Is there any way to get my work back?
Ready to shoot myself in New Yorkà
Miriam
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:35:56 -0400
From: "A.W. Neef"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Optical Mouse (maintenance?)
Thursday, July 26, 2001
My one year old iMac-DV-SE has an Apple Pro Mouse (optical
mouse). It's never (yet) caused a problem, but ...
My experiences with prior mice was that the rollers inside
needed occasional cleaning, to remove build-up of sludge.
Questions:
1) Should I do something to maintain the Pro Mouse's
serviceability?
2) What does the 3-position plastic ring on the underside do?
-- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:23:17 -0700
From: Doug Hardie
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Printing in multiuser mode
I need to know how to make OS 9.x print when the computer is in
multiuser mode and not the key user. I understand that new drivers
are required, but what printer will work in that mode? Laser printer
preferred, but anything that will work will be better than having to
go back to a PC.
--
-- Doug
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:49:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Manuel Herrera
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: SmartMedia card undelete query (fwd)
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to recover files accidentally erased from a
> SmartMedia card in an Olympus C3040 camera? Olympus suggested I try using
> Norton Utilities which was able to scan the card but found no files. The
> result was the same if I used the camera as the virtual drive or if
> I placed the card in a Smart Disk Flash Path holder.. Does the camera
> totally erase the information from the card?
>
> Manuel G. Herrera
>
>
>
>
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