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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 16 Oct 01 Volume 18 : Issue 133
Today's Topics:
[*] FloatingNotes 1.2J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack Classic 3.5J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.5J - Japanese Version
[*] TidBITS#601/15-Oct-01
[A] looking for cd-rw info for a g3
How to check ethernet port
looking for cd-rw info for a g3
looking for cd-rw info for a g3
MicrosoftDialogLib
Re : Installing the Mac OS X
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Date: 16 Oct 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] FloatingNotes 1.2J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the FloatingNotes package.
4 Cows at Tucows!
What's the point of having notes if they're buried by other application
windows and you can't see them? Sure, Stickies is free, but
FloatingNotes "floats" on top of all other application windows so you
can always see them. FloatingNotes uses no system extension, and best of
all, FloatingNotes is a Carbon application so it works under OS X as
well!
FloatingNotes automatically saves all open notes when you quit. To
delete a note, simply close the window.
FloatingNotes requires OS X, or OS 8 or 9 and CarbonLib 1.3 or later.
CarbonLib is free and can be obtained from your "Software Update"
control panel.
Changes:
1.2
*New preferences option: confirm window closing.
1.1
*Edit window and floating window now display quicker (no more zoom effects).
*Click on a FloatingNotes floating window and FloatingNotes is brought to the
front so you can edit the note.
1.0.4
*Notes are automatically saved when the application is switched to the
background.
1.0.3
*Fixed a problem with Japanese font display on Mac OS X.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/floating-notes-12-jp.hqx; 268 K]
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Date: 16 Oct 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack Classic 3.5J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchBack for Mac OS 8 & 9 package.
"Synchronize your files with ease and confidence."
SwitchBack is a file synchronization and backup utility.
SwitchBack makes it easy and safe to synchronize two disks, so that both
contain your most recently updated documents. Simply choose two folders
to compare, and SwitchBack does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
The two folders can reside on the same or different disks, or on two
computers connected by a network, or even over the Internet (such as an iDisk).
You can ask SwitchBack to tell you in detail what it is doing, or let it go to work,
only advising you when there's a problem.
Changes in this version:
*Ability to set minimum time difference before a file is updated
*Full speed backup in the background
*Scheduled documents open in the background
*Unlocks locked files before moving them to the trash
*Fixed crash when hiding application while a synchronization is underway
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-classic-35-jp.hqx; 233 K]
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Date: 16 Oct 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.5J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchBack for Mac OS X package.
"Synchronize your files with ease and confidence."
SwitchBack is a file synchronization and backup utility.
SwitchBack makes it easy and safe to synchronize two disks, so that both
contain your most recently updated documents. Simply choose two folders
to compare, and SwitchBack does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
The two folders can reside on the same or different disks, or on two
computers connected by a network, or even over the Internet (such as an iDisk).
You can ask SwitchBack to tell you in detail what it is doing, or let it go to work,
only advising you when there's a problem.
Changes in this version:
*Ability to set minimum time difference before a file is updated
*Full speed backup in the background
*Scheduled documents open in the background
*Unlocks locked files before moving them to the trash
*Fixed crash when hiding application while a synchronization is underway
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-osx-35-jp.hqx; 241 K]
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors
To: digest@info-mac.org, mac-l@sparky.listmoms.net,
Subject: [*] TidBITS#601/15-Oct-01
TidBITS#601/15-Oct-01
Mac OS X 10.1 is a success, but it's not an unqualified success,
and this week Matt Neuburg looks at one area where 10.1's
interface is both inconsistent and incomprehensible: Open and Save
dialogs. For network geeks, Adam marvels at the PacketShaper, a
network device that monitors and improves the performance of
Internet connections. In the news, 4D ships WebSTAR V, Macworld
returns to IDG, and Handspring announces the hybrid cell phone/PDA
Treo Communicator.
Topics:
MailBITS/15-Oct-01
Apple's Dirty Little Secret
Sculpting Internet Traffic
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-601.etx; 33K]
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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 08:06:31 -0700
From: Maurice Mike McNeil
To: susan mann ,
Subject: [A] looking for cd-rw info for a g3
At 11:51 AM -0400 10/13/01, susan mann wrote:
>1.i have a powerbook g3 os9 that has expansion bays-i am looking for a cd-rw
>that would fit in the expansion bay-anyone know of a source
http://store.powerbook1.com/
Excellent, works with Disc Burner flawlessly under os 9.1+, haven't
tried under os 10.1 yet.
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 18:52:55 -0500
From: Charles Freund
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: How to check ethernet port
now I'm confused. took the Mac over to a neighbor's house, he is already
running a network behind a Linux firewall and an ADSL modem. Turned on the
Apple Enet extension to enable the Ethernet port, rebooted, no luck.
Then I remembered what Allan said below, and turned on Appletalk. And the
Ethernet came alive ! Pinged the router OK, then Netscape ran even using
my existing DNS server. ran even better when I changed to his ISP's DNS.
so my dumb question is, why does Appletalk have to be enabled for TCP/IP
protocal to work over 10BaseT Ethernet ?
thanks Allan
charles
>At 9:13 PM -0500 10/7/01, Charles Freund wrote:
>>I have a beige G3/300 desktop with built-in ethernet. I'm getting ready to
>>go to either cable modem or ADSL, and wanted to check out the ethernet port
>>to make sure it was functional before ordering broadband service.
>>
>>I created a 10baseT crossover cable and connected the Mac to my work
>>Windows laptop (with PCMCIA ethernet that is known good). The light on the
>>Windows interface came on, indicating that it saw the connection (also
>>worked when I swapped ends with the cable, to check both paths of the
>>cable). But I was unable to complete a ping from either machine. The
>>laptop was set up with ip of 192.168.30.18, subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
>>The mac was 192.168.30.17.
>>
>>thanks for any suggestions
>
>Go to the AppleTalk Control Panel and see if it will let you set it
>to Ethernet. Your beige G3 is old enough to have a serial port, and
>serial port Macs default to Printer Port for AppleTalk UNLESS there
>is not only an ethernet port in existence, but also a valid
>connection to another device. (To verify this, try to set up
>AppleTalk over Ethernet without the PC being connected, and it should
>refuse to do so). If you can set up AppleTalk over Ethernet, you've
>got a live port.
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:10:48 -0400
From: Vincent Cayenne
To: susan mann
Subject: looking for cd-rw info for a g3
At 11:51 AM -0400 2001/10/13, you (susan mann) wrote:
>1.i have a powerbook g3 os9 that has expansion bays-i am looking for a cd-rw
>that would fit in the expansion bay-anyone know of a source
Search Google.com for MCE or for VST... or just search for "Powerbook
expansion bay cdrw".
I use a VST but I believe the MCEs are the only ones that are "bootable".
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:06:58 -0400
From: David Turner
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: looking for cd-rw info for a g3
One option is MCE .
They aren't cheap, but they work well.
HTH
David Turner
At 2:30 PM -0400 10/15/01, susan mann wrote:
>1.i have a powerbook g3 os9 that has expansion bays-i am looking for a cd-rw
>that would fit in the expansion bay-anyone know of a source
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:33:57 +0000
From: "Bill Schnell"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: MicrosoftDialogLib
I'm trying to open Word, Excel, but keep getting an error message saying the
programs can't be opened because the MicrosoftDialogLib is missing. Can you
help?
Thanks
Bill
212-833-6647
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:52:06 -0500
From: "Paul M. Sheldon"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Re : Installing the Mac OS X
Sat, 13 Oct 2001 Henri DUNAJEWSKI wrote :
"The Mac OS X and the Mac OS 9.1 (or higher) can be installed on a
hard disk by two manners...what manner would be better to adapt"
I installed in the same hard partition so I could use extensions
manager to choose for an optimal classic os 9.x rather than a os 9.x by
itself. I turned out that I didn't have to remove any extensions to have
classic run ok in os x, but, in the future, I might need to choose
extensions and I am glad I did it this way. I have os 9.x's on other hard
partitions and these I use to boot os 9.x alone.
Sometimes I accidentally break my rules and have classic launch
from one of these other hard partitions and then my mac asks if it should
add some things needed for os x. I cancel out wanting the other hard
partitions just for os 9.x.
That's just the way I chose to do it. It seemed a clearer way to
deal with potential incompatibilities.
Maybe others have some other ideas and rationale.
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