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Info-Mac Digest Sat, 14 Jul 01 Volume 18 : Issue 99
Today's Topics:
(?) ArcInfo with OS X
[*] FileBuddy 6.1.1J - Japanese Version
[*] Mitch Power Actions 2.0
[*] SigQuote 1.0
[*] VCD Player 1.5.1 - Full Screen VCD Player - Johnny CN Lee
[A] Looking for email body-viewer
[Q] getting off heat shield for G3 Lombard
[Q] Word security patch
Firmware Update Hoses 3rd Party RAM
Firmware Update Hoses 3rd Party RAM
Graphics Question
iMac battery
Serious Printing Problem with Virtual PC
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:14:55 -0400
From: "james f. palmer"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: (?) ArcInfo with OS X
Has anyone tried to run one of the Unix flavors of ArcInfo 8.0.1? Or
have you tried ArcView using Virtual PC?
Jim Palmer, Essex Junction, VT
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Date: 13 Jul 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] FileBuddy 6.1.1J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the FileBuddy package.
*A Carbon compliant release of File Buddy is currently under
development. The first Carbon release of File Buddy will be File Buddy
v6.2.
File Buddy is quite simply the most powerful and popular high-level file
utility available for your Macintosh.
File Buddy 6 requires a PowerPC-based Macintosh with System 7.6 or
later. File Buddy 5 is available for 68K Macintoshes.
*View and edit a wide range of file and folder information in the info
window.
*Create droplet applications that automatically apply changes to items
dropped on them, including the contents of folders.
*Find files and folders using an extensive set of search criteria.
Enhance file searches with plug-ins that extend file search capabilities.
Conveniently perform a wide variety of actions on found items. Make File
Buddy your default file finding application using the File Buddy CP
control panel.
*Modify the names of multiple files at once. For example, remove ".txt"
from the names of a group of files.
*Much, much more...
Changes & Fixes in this version:
*In the Find window, the options 'File is not an alias' and 'File is not
stationery' no longer keep the search from reporting folders.
*Some submenu selections were being ignored because of early code
changes for the Carbon release. Fixed.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-buddy-611-jp.hqx; 1318 K]
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Date: 13 Jul 2001
From: "Mitch Gillen"
To:
Subject: [*] Mitch Power Actions 2.0
An updated version of Mitch Power Actions.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/mitch-power-actions-20.hqx; 21 K]
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Date: 12 Jul 2001
From: Peter Brigham
To:
Subject: [*] SigQuote 1.0
SigQuote is a Hypercard stack that makes it easy to append a signature
(a 'sig') to your email messages. The feature that makes SigQuote unique
is that your sig can contain a different quote each time you use it. You
can use a random quote from the list, or you can select a specific
quote. With one mouse click, your sig is put on the clipboard for
pasting into an email message. Run SigQuote in the background when you
are composing email messages and have your sig available instantly!
Design your own sig, edit your own list of quotes.
Freeware. Copyright 2001 by Peter M. Brigham
pmbrig@mediaone.net
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/pmbrig/hypercard.html
Requires Hypercard 2.3+, System 7.0+
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sig-quote-10.hqx; 13 K]
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Date: 13 Jul 2001
From: Johnny CN Lee
To:
Subject: [*] VCD Player 1.5.1 - Full Screen VCD Player - Johnny CN Lee
VCD Player 1.5.1
(c) Copyright 1997-2001 Johnny CN Lee, All Rights Reserved.
info@johnnylee.com
http://www.johnnylee.com/
VCD Player simplifies the process of playing video compact discs on your
Mac. With most other players, you only get video in a tiny area of your
screen, or in an area surrounded by a huge border of some sort. VCD Player
smoothes the video playback process and allows you to watch full-screen
movies in the MPEG format, without any headache-inducing distortion to make
the movie unwatchable. There are various configurable options that control
sound and playback, and just as with a sound-only CD player, you can control
which track to start watching. VCD Player can remember where you stopped
playing the movie after you quit the program, restarted your Mac, or even
changed to another disc then changed back.
System Requirements
- Power PC
- QuickTime 2.5 or later
- QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0 or later
What's new?
- Added Help Screen.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/vcd-player-151.hqx; 169 K]
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:13:11 -0400
From: Ken Laskey
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [A] Looking for email body-viewer
>So, I'm on the hunt for a program that will enable me to read an email's
>body *without* downloading its attachment(s), if any. My plan is to use
>this program as a filtering device; I'd read the bodies, delete the emails
>that didn't apply to me, and then use Eudora to download all the remaining
>ones.
You can do this in Eudora by under Settings/Checking Mail, check Skip
messages over xxx K and fill in your favorite xxx. You get the
message including an embedded chunk of the attachment up to your set
number, but the message is still on the server for full download.
The question will be how to delete the message from the server if you
decide you don't want it.
Good luck,
--
Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:06:03 -0400
From: Ken Laskey
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [Q] getting off heat shield for G3 Lombard
I recently bought memory for a G3 Powerbook (Lombard/Bronze) and for
the love of me I cannot loosen the screws holding down the heat
shield. I'm afraid of damaging the screws and being hosed
permanently. Any suggestions?
--
Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:02:30 -0400
From: Ken Laskey
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [Q] Word security patch
A while back, I wrote that I downloaded the Word security patch but I
wasn't sure what to apply because my Word version number didn't match
that listed at the MS Web site. Have people been successfully
applying the patch and if so, to what Word versions?
TIA,
--
Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:54:57 +0200
From: muki pakesch
To: "Allan, David (DS)" ,
Subject: Firmware Update Hoses 3rd Party RAM
At 15:12 -0400 10.07.2001, Allan, David (DS) wrote:
>I have an iMac DV SE with 256 MB RAM (2 x 128 MB DIMMs). I recently applied
>Apple's firmware update and discovered that the 3rd party DIMM is now listed
>as "incompatible" by the Apple System Profiler. A call to Apple and to the
>RAM supplier confirmed that the firmware update sometimes causes this
>problem. I have two options: run a software fix that will alter the EPROM in
>my 3rd party DIMM, or return the DIMM for replacement. I don't have the name
>of the software fix, but I'm told it's available at VersionTracker.
>
afaik that's DIMMCHeck and DIMMFirstAid
http://www.mactcp.org.nz/EIMSCheck.sit
http://www.mactcp.org.nz/dimmfirstaid.html
http://www.mactcp.org.nz/DIMMFirstAid.sit
hth
cheers,
muki
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:39:54 +0200
From: Eric Collet
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Firmware Update Hoses 3rd Party RAM
There is a small piece of software by Glenn Andersson to check out
your RAM prior to firmware uppgrade:
ftp://ftp.versiontracker.com/DIMMCheck.sit
And look here for more info on the issue:
http://www.imacfixit.com/reports/firmware.shtml
/Eric
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:00:20 +0900
From: "Dr. Paul Fons"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Graphics Question
I need to plot some 3D data and am looking for an app (hopefully mac
based but unix or another platform is OK too). The data is three
dimensional (a wavefunction actually) and I would like to plot this in
as an aesthetically pleasing a manner as possible. I am aware of
programs such as, for example, mathematica, but they really aren't of
the graphics quality need here. Perhaps some ray tracing application?
Is there source code out there for opengl that I could compile or is
there something I could buy? Thanks for any help.
Dr. Paul Fons fons@etl.go.jp
Photonics Institute
Tsukuba, Japan
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:21:11 -0400
From: "A.W. Neef"
To: "Info-Mac List"
Subject: iMac battery
In Info-Mac Digest V18 #98
"Gib Henry" wrote:
> I know of TWO iMac (DV SE's) whose batteries died within a
> couple of months. Both were always plugged in; mine was on
> 24/7. I replaced the battery, and within a couple of months
> (perhaps sooner, who knows?) it was dead again.
> I think there's something wrong with the circuitry design.
PRAM batts are a strange lot! I bought my Apple IIgs in 1986. Its 3.6v
lithium batt died in 20 months. I was newbie; took to my dealer; he had no
replacement. So he opened new IIgs from his inventory, unsoldered batt from
motherboard and soldered it to my motherboard. Charged $13! I've been
running my IIgs for 13 years now with that repl batt! I then bought a
"Nite-Owl" repl batt (no soldering req'd) for future replacement. It's
been stored in my refrig for 11 years now.
I still do ALL the work I consider really important on my IIgs.
Bought Performa-6205CD in 1996. Its batt died in 2 years. Could not find
replacement (4.5v alkaline, cube) locally. So I assembled pack from three
"AAA" cells. I cut batt lead with terminal from cube, and soldered to my
do-it-urself pack. Even glued velcro patch from dead cube onto my pack.
Works fine.
My newest ... iMacDV-SE is now 11 months old. I'm waiting for its batt to
die ... tomorrow?? ... 15 years hence??)
I cut power to ALL my computers each night ... or after each session.
Two reasons:
1) I worry about lightning and power surges/outages (even tho I have UPS)
2) I put dust cover over each computer. It would trap heat.
-- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:58:14 -0400
From: Steven J Gold
To: "digest@info-mac.org"
Subject: Serious Printing Problem with Virtual PC
Nick -- I have experienced the same problems printing to a PostScript
printer, not only with the latest version of Virtual-PC, but also
with *all* the previous versions.
I was able to get around it most of the time by using the "Epson LQ"
printer which was preinstalled in VPC as my Windows "default
printer", even though the output actually ended up printing on my HP
LaserJet PostScript printer! Of course, this means you lose the
special features of PostScript printing.... ;-(
My final solution to all the printing problems with VPC was to print
to a USB-connected printer.
At 9:35 PM -0400 7/11/01, Nick Pappas wrote:
>I run my business (Lizzyœs Ice Cream) on Macs. When Intuit stopped upgrading
>the Mac version of Quickbooks(QB), I installed Virtual PC(VPC) and migrated
>to the Windows version of QB. I recently upgraded to VPC version 4 because I
>wanted to take advantage of dynamically expanding drive images and the
>claimed speed improvements. Since then I have encountered a major problem:
>Printing from QB to my Laserwriter IIg via Appletalk over Ethernet
>frequently results in a Postscript error that causes Postscript code to be
>printed. Among other things, it means we canœt print paychecks very easily.
>
>Connectixœs response is that this is a known problem and printing more than
>5 pages via Print Spooling is unlikely to work. Kind of a major undocumented
>shortcoming, donœt you think? One tech support person told me that this
>problem was exacerbated by small memory allocations. At his suggestion, I
>increased the preferred memory for VPC and the Print Monitor, but this has
>had no effect. I was also told that the only way to avoid using Print
>Spooling was to have a dedicated printer connected, for example via USB.
>
>This situation seems preposterous. I am surprised and disappointed in
>Connectix. This problem did not exist on my configuration before I installed
>VPC Version 4. This is clearly a bug, but Connectix doesnœt seem to want to
>deal with it. Has anyone else had to deal with this situation? Have you
>found a way out, or do I have to drop back to VPC Version 2 (which is going
>to be a major pain in the butt)?
>
>Nick Pappas
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