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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 06 Feb 02 Volume 19 : Issue 16
Today's Topics:
(A) sharing a printer over a network
[*] PhotoGrid 2.71, a quick image viewer with resizable thumbnail
[*] PhotoGridX 1.41, a quick image viewer with resizable thumbnail for OS X
[*] SwitchBack Classic 3.6J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.6J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack Lite 3.6J - Japanese Version
[Q] trying to free infrared port
Answer about powering up SCSI drive
ATA60 vs ATA 100
Personnal LaserWriter 300
powering up scsi after mac is running
sharing a printer over a network
sharing a printer over a network
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 06:30:51 -0500
From: "james f. palmer"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: (A) sharing a printer over a network
Tony asks how to share a printer over a network. My solution is to
use an Asante FriendlyNet router (specifically the FR3002AL wireless
model for about $250). It networks a parallel printer, has a WAN
port and 2 ethernet ports plus wireless connectivity. You can
configure it from a Mac (apparently not possibly with all routers
that have print servers). If you already have a router, then a small
print server _should_ work on a parallel printer (e.g., D-Link's
DP-101 for under $100). They provide ethernet connectivity. My
problem has been configuring it without a Windows machine.
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Date: 6 Feb 2002
From: NattaWorks-Nagano
To:
Subject: [*] PhotoGrid 2.71, a quick image viewer with resizable thumbnail
*PhotoGrid is a simple image viewer that shows a lot of images at a time.
*TreeView which is like Finder's list view lets you select the folders and
files you want to view.
*GridView lists all the image files as thumbnails in a grid structure.
You can resize the thumbnails at anytime so you can view the images with
various scales.
*Convenient Move/Copy dialog.
*Slideshow.
*System requirements: PPC Mac like iMac. MacOS 8 or higher.
MacOS 8.6 and QuickTime 4 are recommended.
*Shareware price : U.S.$15.
*homepage: http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/%7Enatta/english.html
ver 2.71
- Exif/DCF date/time display
- Multiple file selection
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/photo-grid-271.hqx; 1360 K]
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Date: 6 Feb 2002
From: NattaWorks-Nagano
To:
Subject: [*] PhotoGridX 1.41, a quick image viewer with resizable thumbnail for OS X
*PhotoGrid is a simple image viewer that shows a lot of images at a time.
*TreeView which is like Finder's list view lets you select the folders and
files you want to view.
*GridView lists all the image files as thumbnails in a grid structure.
You can resize the thumbnails at anytime so you can view the images with
various scales.
*Convenient Move/Copy window
*Slideshow.
*System requirements: MacOS X
*Shareware price : U.S.$15.
*homepage: http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/%7Enatta/english.html
ver X1.41
- PhotoGrid2.71 base
- Exif/DCF date/time display
- Multiple file selection
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/photo-grid-x-141.hqx; 1377 K]
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Date: 6 Feb 2002
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack Classic 3.6J - 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:
*Many performence improvements under OS X
*Fixed errors with locked files and bundles under OS X
*Moving obsolete files to the trash works correctly under OS X
*Copy Folder Attributes once again optional in OS X
*New icons courtesy of Mike Berg
*Remains in the background during scheduled synchronizations
*Commencing a backup will wake a desktop computer from 'light' sleep
*A newly scheduled document is automatically enabled when first set up
*Added Show Activity Log to the File menu
*No longer flashes a notification after a successful synchronization
*A 'reopen' appleevent opens a new window regardless of user start up preference
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-classic-36-jp.hqx; 312 K]
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Date: 6 Feb 2002
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.6J - 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:
*Many performence improvements under OS X
*Fixed errors with locked files and bundles under OS X
*Moving obsolete files to the trash works correctly under OS X
*Copy Folder Attributes once again optional in OS X
*New icons courtesy of Mike Berg
*Remains in the background during scheduled synchronizations
*Commencing a backup will wake a desktop computer from 'light' sleep
*A newly scheduled document is automatically enabled when first set up
*Added Show Activity Log to the File menu
*No longer flashes a notification after a successful synchronization
*A 'reopen' appleevent opens a new window regardless of user start up preference
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-osx-36-jp.hqx; 376 K]
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Date: 6 Feb 2002
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack Lite 3.6J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchBack Lite package.
"Synchronize your files with ease and confidence."
SwitchBack Lite is the free version of SwitchBack.
SwitchBack Lite is a basic file synchronization utility. SwitchBack Lite
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 Lite does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
If you like SwitchBack Lite please give the shareware version a try. The
shareware version includes many more options for customizing synchronizations
including reporting and scheduling options, and a Mac OS X native version
is available. You can download the Japanese versions at
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-lite-36-jp.hqx; 237 K]
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:51:51 -0500
From: Ken Laskey
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [Q] trying to free infrared port
I have a Wall Street G3 Powerbook running OS 9.1. I used to sync up
my Palm through the IR port, but all of a sudden it tells me it can't
do it because the port is in use by another application. I tried
rebooting and tried with nothing else running. Same problem. What
may have started this was I tried connecting to Windows through
Virtual PC. But Windows doesn't see the Palm and once it too said it
couldn't do anything because the port was already in use. I tried
throwing away the Infrared prefs, but that didn't help.
Any ideas?
--
Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 22:21:18 -0500
From: carolynb
To: InfoMac
Subject: Answer about powering up SCSI drive
Hi,
Thank you all who responded! Everyone agreed that I can do no harm by
simply turning on the scsi chain after the Mac is powered up. Although
I will have to then mount the drives to access them. However plugging
in, or unplugging the drives to the Mac could cause serious electrical
damage if the wrong wires crossed. This is not my situation, so I
should be safe
Carolyn
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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 15:26:33 +0100
From: "Wechsler, David {PRBC~Basel}"
To: "'digest@info-mac.org'"
Subject: ATA60 vs ATA 100
Hi
is it possible to connect an ATA100 Harddrive to an G4(AGP) with an ATA/60 architecture (with loss of speed of course)
or is it incompatible?
send me response directly, I will compile it and post it
thanks in advance
David
david.wechsler@roche.com
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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 15:29:06 +0100
From: "Marcel.Vermeire@ulg.ac.be"
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Personnal LaserWriter 300
I have a Personnal LaserWriter 300.
My question is : It's possible to connect this printer to a PC NT4 or a PC Win2000
Thanks for your help
Sincerely yours
Marcel Vermeire
Marcel Vermeire
Institut de Physique B5
Service de Cristallographie
Sart Tilman - 4000 LIEGE
tel : 00.32.4.3663618
fax : 00.32.4.3663667
E-mail : Marcel.Vermeire@ulg.ac.be
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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:27:55 -0700
From: Trebor Nesnarf
To: carolynb , InfoMac
Subject: powering up scsi after mac is running
Hello Carolyn,
As long as I have had SCSI on my Macs, since 1986, I have switched
equipment on and off the SCSI chain, never had any trouble.
You have to keep in mind a few things:
You can not connect or disconnect the SCSI chain itself (the SCSI
connecting cables) with power on, you can switch the power to SCSI item on
or off any time.
Any time you do switch on an item in the SCSI chain you have to re-start
the computer otherwise the computer will not see the item you just
switched on. The same with switching off a SCSI item, you have to re-start
otherwise the system will refer to a drive what is no longer there and lock
up the computer. My experience is with SCSI built-in the computer and not
with SCSI cards. However, I do not think there is any difference but I
stand corrected if somebody knows better.
Hope this helps.
Robert
pronto103@telusplanet.net
===========================
At 14:38 -0700 02.02.02, carolynb wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I feel sort of foolish, this seems like a really ridiculous question-
>In the past, I was told that once you've started your Mac, if you then
>want to access a SCSI drive that wasn't turned on when you started the
>Mac, you had to shut down, power up the SCSI drive, and power up the
>Mac. Is this true?
>
>I would have tried it, but I was afraid of some power surge that would
>hurt the Mac from the SCSI suddenly being powered up. (see, I said I
>felt foolish!) I know that I would probably have to mount the scsi
>drives (I have several on a daisy chain), but that's OK. I'm concerned
>about an electrical shock-type event that would fry my mac.
>
>I have a beige G3, running system 8.6.
>
>TIA!
>Carolyn
>carolynb@mindspring.com
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:13:27 -0800
From: "Fanning, Alan W. (PS, NE)"
To: tony stanton , digest@info-mac.org
Subject: sharing a printer over a network
Printer Sharing
---------------
With OS9.x you can use USB printer sharing, which is built into the OS and
has worked fine for our little home network of three Mac's and an Epson 900
printer. Unfortunately, Apple has not yet seen fit to include the USP
printer sharing function in OSX.x. Thus a dilemna is created which could
possible be resolved on your network by purchasing an HP printer sharing
widget - I think it's called HP Jet-direct, but this may not be right. In
any case, it's kind of like an external LAN card that attaches between the
printer and the network. These are kind of expensive, though, (maybe $150)
so USB printer sharing was an awfully nice alternative. In our case, I could
buy an Epson LAN card that fits into the printer but the darned card is
$200, so we're in limbo, hoping for USB printer sharing to return in a
future OS update.
Shared Internet
---------------
Absolutely! We've been doing this for the past year using a wired MacSense
router, which includes the function of a hub in it's bag of tricks. For the
internet connection, it acts as a traffic cop between the computers on your
network (Mac or PC) and your internet connection. We have DSL, allowing
multiple users and freeing up the phone so we can receive those
all-important evening sales calls.
-----Original Message-----
From: tony stanton [mailto:tonystanton@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:06 PM
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: sharing a printer over a network
I have a small network with one G4, a G3 powerbook and a 7300 connected via
a network hub. A PC is also connected to chare files using PC-Maclan. I also
have one HP1125C printer connected by USB to the G4.
I want to share the printer between all the macs when they are connected to
the network but cannot find a way to do it.
I suspect I may need to connect the printer to the PC and use it as a print
server.
Is there any way I can share the printer while keeping it connected to the
mac side of the network?
Also, I want to chare one internet connection between the Macs. Is there a
way to do this without having to route everything through the PC?
All help much appreciated.
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Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:16:31 -0600
From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]"
To: "tony stanton" , digest@info-mac.org
Subject: sharing a printer over a network
At 4:05 AM -0600 2/5/02, tony stanton wrote:
>I have a small network with one G4, a G3 powerbook and a 7300 connected via
>a network hub. A PC is also connected to chare files using PC-Maclan. I also
>have one HP1125C printer connected by USB to the G4.
>
>I want to share the printer between all the macs when they are connected to
>the network but cannot find a way to do it.
Apple's USB Printer Sharing [UPS] should allow this. You'll need to add a USB PCI card to the 7300, since the UPS software requires a USB-capable Mac on both ends of the connection.
Similarly, you may need to add USB to the PowerBook, if it doesn't already have it.
UPS doesn't work with MacOS X on either end of the connection.
Another option would be to find an old copy of StyleScript; it would run on the G4 and publish the inkjet tpo the network as a LaserWriter-type printer. You'd use the LaserWriter driver to print to it instead of the HP's usual driver. StyleScript has been discontinued for a while, however, and there may be compatibility issues with the G4 and/or MacOS 9 or above.
You may be able to print to a StyleScript shared printer from Mac OS X, since the printer appears to be a standard LaserWriter device.
If this works, it may be worth buying a cheap [USB-capable] machine to sit under the printer and act as a print server.
Another possibility would be to rig up a system where the client machines printed Postscript files to a shared folder on the G4. An AppleScript running on the G4 would then push those PostScript files through Distiller, then send them to the printer via Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. That requires buying Acrobat.
>I suspect I may need to connect the printer to the PC and use it as a print
>server.
I don't believe there's an easy way to do that, either. All of the products I've seen for doing this allow sharing PostScript printers.
>Also, I want to chare one internet connection between the Macs. Is there a
>way to do this without having to route everything through the PC?
chazl
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