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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 01 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 120
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00
(C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades
(Q) Conflict Catcher 8.0.7 patch doesn't work
(Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program
[*] Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer 1.1
[*] Filter Organizer 1.0.7
[*] halloween icons
[*] Haunted House Kaleidoscope scheme
[*] Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0
[*] MacWise
[*] Mimic 1.1 - memory game
[*] Rainbow Painter 1.9.1
[*] Smart Window 1.6 (68k)
[*] Smart Window 1.6 (PPC)
[*] Spring FLower Icons
controlling a remote Mac
Eudora Filter Dinosaurs?
Faxcilitate???
Help: Java stopped working
Library Card Catalogue Wares needed
Netscape Questions
PowerCentre 132 CD not working
Problematic TCP+PPP settings
USB/SCSI peripherals [Mac OS 9.0.4 SCSI problem]
X server recommendations (R)
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00
TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00
We wrap up our Macworld Expo NY coverage with an issue full of
show superlatives. Read on for bits about the most interesting
hardware, the coolest software, and the most disgusting events. In
the news, we cover Napster's legal woes, and the releases of
Retrospect and Retrospect Express 4.3, Now Up-to-Date & Contact
3.9.2, and useful Palm and Handspring updates. Finally, if you
think you know the Mac OS, try this week's diabolical quiz.
Topics:
MailBITS/31-Jul-00
Macworld Expo 2000 NY Hardware Superlatives
Macworld Expo 2000 NY Software Superlatives
Macworld Expo 2000 NY Other Superlatives
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-541.etx; 31K]
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:12:37 -0400
From: "Douglas W. St.Clair"
To: "[email protected]"
Subject: (C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades
The comments made below are accurate. I guess the question is one of
strategy. For example I wanted a sound studio. Digidesign Pro sound
cards are expensive (several thousand dollars). Used NuBus versions
of the cards cost a lot, lot less than the current PCI versions. If
you want to set up a high quality studio for a lot less then an 8100,
accelerator, and cards like these is a bargain. I would suggest that
there are similar NuBus systems that could serve an advanced amateur
or low budget professional operation in many fields like the example
cited above where specialized NuBus cards have been replaced with PCI
cards. But the analysis below is accurate if you are going to set up
and expand a basic system.
I also have placed one large drive (1 gig) and two used smaller (500
meg) drives in the three bays. By creating a stripped RAID array with
the two smaller drives I have improved the speed of my disks for
about $45/drive.
I also added 128 Meg of used memory , to the 32 meg that was there,
for $1/meg. In the end I have a system that would have cost me more
than $10,000 a few years ago for less than $1000. I never intend (or
expect to need) to expand it. The software revisions will stay where
they are the hardware will also be run until it dies.
Since most silicon components die in the first few weeks, if they are
going to, I expect the system to run indefinitely. The mechanical
parts, disk, mouse, keyboard, fan, etc. are my major concerns.
Doug
At 8:30 AM -0400 7/25/00, [email protected] wrote:
>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:30:24 -0400
>From: "[email protected]"
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: (C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades
>
>Dear Digest readers,
>On a previous digest a user recommended upgrading the 8100 with a G4
>Newer upgrade card. They mentioned "all the expandability." All
>that expandability is worth nothing now that Nubus is nearly extinct.
>Nubus cards are not available for airport, USB, or firewire, IDE
>drives, there are PCI cards for all these standards. Not only that,
>but the bus of the PDS slot is not as wide as a true G4 making many
>of those Altivec functions useless since they still go through the
>narrow PDS connector. Granted places like http://www.midwestmac.com
>do offer Nubus specialty cards, none of them include the new
>standards of today. If you really want a G4 you can still get SCSI,
>and get all the new standards in a desktop G4, and a one year
>warranty to boot with an optional Applecare 2 year extension. And
>if you have a hardware related issue, Apple will make housecalls on
>desktop machines under warranty. So before you start investing in
>upgrade cards, just let the machine live till it dies, and save
>enough money to buy a new machine when that day comes. And SVGA
>comes standard on the new G4s so you can hook up cheaper displays, if
>you don't mind not having Colorsync access.
>
>Sincerely,
>[email protected]
>--
>
>Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly:
>http://www.index-site.com/
--
END
*************** *************** *************** **********
Douglas W. St.Clair
Tir na nOg
400 Burton Highway
Wilton, NH 03086-5022 USA
PH: 603-654-9321
FAX: 603-654-5440
CELL: 617-233-3387 or 617-beef-fur
*************** *************** *************** **********
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:37:20 -0400
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Conflict Catcher 8.0.7 patch doesn't work
Dear Digest readers,
Casady & Green said they'd have a working update soon, and this has
been over a month. I tried downloading the other day and it still
doesn't work on Conflict Catcher 8.0.6. Macfixit's method of
getting it to work doesn't seem to work. Any idea how to get it to
work? I already have MacOS 9.0.4, and I am not going to downgrade my
OS to make sure Conflict Catcher works. Please e-mail your reply to
the address below. Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
--
Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly:
http://www.index-site.com/
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:13:04 -0400
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program
Dear Digest readers,
I've tried File Buddy, Ultrafind, Blitz, Norton Fast Find, DiskDup+,
Listfiles, and FileList+. All do some of what I want to do but none
can catalog all my CDs. I want a program that can handle catalogs
of over 50,000 files (you probably think I am nuts, but that's what
has happened!) with catalogs that result in sortable listings of
name, file size, date created, date modified, and version numbers
for all files, and the ability to mark each CD with a tag number so I
can tell which CD the files fall under. The program should work
with a Powerbook G3/233 with 192MB of RAM using MacOS 9.0.4. I want
to be able to eliminate the cases where I have more than one
duplicate of all files.
The trouble with most of these programs is that once they get to
listings of this size, they crash with Type 1 or Type 11 errors.
If somebody knows of such a program, please let me know via e-mail.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
--
Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly:
http://www.index-site.com/
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Date: 29 Jul 2000
From: Saint John
To:
Subject: [*] Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer 1.1
Brain-Sucker Productions is pleased to announce that Curmudgeon's Eudora
Fixer has been upgraded to version 1.1. Its companion application, Eudora
Sound Mover, remains at version 1.0.1.
New in this version:
A user noted that the contextual menu for the Status column didn't reflect
your preferred graphics: it was still the "new style" icons, albeit a
little smaller. The problem was that the icons were stored in more than one
location and more than one format-- "cicn" as well as "ics8/4/#" for those
of you who know what resources are. This was fixed, and now when you click
and hold in the Status column, you'll see the icons that you created!
(Users who previously ran CEF to change their Eudora icons must run the new
version to get this functionality.)
A layering problem was also fixed, so that users of Systems prior to Mac OS
8.0 will be able to see all the icons.
Availability and Contact Information
Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer v1.1 and Eudora Sound Mover v1.0.1 are packaged
together, in the form of a StuffIt 5.0 archive, along with some useful
mail-related sounds. This archive is available immediately from
Brain-Sucker's website: . The
author may be reached by surface mail at
St. John Morrison
PMB 7352
Philadelphia PA 19101
or by email at .
The applications are not limited in any way for non-registered users.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/edr/curmudgeons-eudora-fixer-11.hqx; 1448 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: Timothy Wall
To:
Subject: [*] Filter Organizer 1.0.7
Filter Organizer allows customization of the filters/effects/plugins
menu of Photoshop and/or other graphics applications. If you've got a
zillion plugins you need to organize (and still have available when you
run Photoshop), this is the utility you need. A 68k version is also
available at http://www.tiac.net/users/twall/fo/filter-org.shtml.
Documentation is included.
Permission is granted
for inclusion on CD-ROMs; only author notification is required.
Tim Wall
Wall Art Software
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/filter-organizer-107.hqx; 452 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: royerm
To:
Subject: [*] halloween icons
Scary Halloween Folder icons to decorate your desktop. These are taken
from my Haunted House Kaleidoscope schemes. Enjoy!
-Martha Royer
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/com ... ting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/haunted-halloween-icons.hqx; 98 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: royerm
To:
Subject: [*] Haunted House Kaleidoscope scheme
Don't be scared! Decorate your desktop for Halloween with a haunted
house and ghostly icons....hear scary music when you hit the windowshade
button...Enjoy my Haunted House Kal. 2.0+ scheme.
-Martha Royer
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/com ... ting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/haunted-house-ks.hqx; 793 K]
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Date: 29 Jul 2000
From: "macmn.com"
To:
Subject: [*] Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0
Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0
Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0 is available in 5 different formats and is
available for
the Mac or Windows or DOS user.
The dictionary contains definitions about ...
Mac OS
the Internet
software programs (freeware, shareware and commercial)
troubleshooting
networking
other features have been added such as...
Apple Scripts
Mac OS shortcuts (some you may have never heard of)
SCSI and hard drive troubleshooting
and more!
For more information about and upgrades, go to...
http://macmn.com/download.html
or
http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffsalt/download.html
This program was created using Tom Bender's "Tex-Edit Plus v1.8.5" which is a
great text editor and reads to you, using the Apple's Speech Manager.
Version 4 will be a little more interactive with sound, music and multimedia.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/macs-talkin-dictionary-30.hqx; 1214 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: Rich Love
To:
Subject: [*] MacWise
MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV
925, DEC VT100 and Prism terminals. Esprit III color is also supported in
Wyse 370 mode.
MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal -- connected to a host
computer directly or via modem. The emulators support video attributes such
as dim, reverse, underline, 132-column modes, and graphic characters sent
from the host computer, as well as enhanced Viewpoint mode. Features include
phone list and dialer for Hayes-compatible modems, on-screen programmable
function keys and more
Runs on any Mac with OS 6.05 or later.
Requires 1800K of memory.
This demo is fully functional and lasts one week.
It is $95.00 and can be purchased online at
http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnat ... _Info.html
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-wise.hqx; 920 K]
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Date: 29 Jul 2000
From: Elly
To:
Subject: [*] Mimic 1.1 - memory game
Mimic is a "Simon" type memory game.
Repeat the progressively increasing sequences
by mouse clicks or keyboard control.
Mimic displays your current game's progress,
keeps track of your High Score for the Session,
and once registered, remembers the Record High Score.
Choose from five different styles of tones.
You can always get the latest version of Mimic from Echozone Software at:
http://www.echozone.com/software.html
[Archived as /info-mac/game/mimic-11.hqx; 609 K]
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Date: 29 Jul 2000
From: Norbyte
To:
Subject: [*] Rainbow Painter 1.9.1
ABOUT THE NEW VERSION
Improved image editing features:
*The PICT loading is now up to 20%
faster.
*Misc. other optimizations.
Other changes:
*All references to Addiction Interactive have been
replaced, sinceour company has changed its name to Norbyte.
*We have a new domain, norbyte.com, so all references to our emailaddresses and web
site have been updated accordingly.
For more info, visit our home page at http://www.norbyte.com Or go to
our Rainbow Painter page at http://www.norbyte.com/Rainbow.html
ABOUT RAINBOW PAINTER Rainbow Painter is a unique painting and photo
retouching program forthe PowerPC Macintosh. The unregistered version
lets you try all features, with theexception of some effects and the
export function. Any pictures you produce in the unregistered version
are savedinternally, and can be exported when you have registered.
FEATURES
*Innovative design.
*Unique user interface.
*Let's you edit and view a picture in multiple windows simultaneouslywith individual
magnifications and layer controls.
*Up to 8 image layers with alpha/opacity channels.
*More than 60 different effects and tools to use on your pictures.
*Mask layer with special sets of tools and operations/effects.
*Three different studios, where you may rearrange and add windows as you like.
*Imports/exports Jpeg and PICT images, aswell as a few other formats.
REQUIREMENTS Computer: A MacOS compatible computer with a PowerPC
processor. Colors: Thousands (15bits) or millions (24bits). 10+ MB of
free hard disk space.
COPYRIGHT NOTE Rainbow Painter is copyright 1999-2000 Norbyte HB. You
are allowed to put the unregistered version of the program on anymedia
you like, including CD-ROM and FTP etc.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/rainbow-painter-192.hqx; 457 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: Vincenzo Fazzi
To:
Subject: [*] Smart Window 1.6 (68k)
Version 1.6 - New features
- Added "Hide Control Strip during the drag" option.
Version 1.5 features
- Smart Window extends his functionalities to all applications; the
user can now take advantage of Smart Window while dragging objects
between windows of different applications, improving the way to work
with multiple applications;
- Two keyboard shortcuts let the user collapse one window or all
windows of the same application while continuing the drag & drop
sequence;
-Automatic hide of the Control Strip (if present), giving to the user
a greater viewable area;
- Smart Window now forces the update of the windows, keeping clearer
the context of the drag & drop operation; unfortunately, at now only
the Finder supports this feature, but I hope in the near future an
increasing number of applications will completely take benefit of
Smart Window
Description
Smart Window helps the user to navigate the windows during a
drag&drop operation.
Moving a drag selection over a collapsed window's title bar, Smart
Window will automatically expand that window, letting the user choose
the drop location exactly (or continue the navigation using the
Finder "spring-loaded folders" feature); as soon as the drag is
completed or the user moves the drag selection over another window,
the auto-expanded window will be collapsed again automatically.
If the user moves the drag selection over a partially hidden window
and the owning application is in the foreground, Smart Window will
put in front that window, letting the user see its content entirely.
While dragging over a normal window's title bar, the user can decide
to collapse it pressing the Control key or collapse all windows of
the application that owns that window pressing the keys Control +
Option; depending on the user preferences, at the end of the
drag&drop sequence, Smart Window will restore the status of all
windows collapsed with one of the keyboard shortcuts.
Smart Window is an application that works transparently and does not
require a particular installation, so the user will never face
extension conflicts.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-window-16-68k.hqx; 118 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: Vincenzo Fazzi
To:
Subject: [*] Smart Window 1.6 (PPC)
Version 1.6 - New features
- Added "Hide Control Strip during the drag" option.
Version 1.5 features
- Smart Window extends his functionalities to all applications; the
user can now take advantage of Smart Window while dragging objects
between windows of different applications, improving the way to work
with multiple applications;
- Two keyboard shortcuts let the user collapse one window or all
windows of the same application while continuing the drag & drop
sequence;
-Automatic hide of the Control Strip (if present), giving to the user
a greater viewable area;
- Smart Window now forces the update of the windows, keeping clearer
the context of the drag & drop operation; unfortunately, at now only
the Finder supports this feature, but I hope in the near future an
increasing number of applications will completely take benefit of
Smart Window
Description
Smart Window helps the user to navigate the windows during a
drag&drop operation.
Moving a drag selection over a collapsed window's title bar, Smart
Window will automatically expand that window, letting the user choose
the drop location exactly (or continue the navigation using the
Finder "spring-loaded folders" feature); as soon as the drag is
completed or the user moves the drag selection over another window,
the auto-expanded window will be collapsed again automatically.
If the user moves the drag selection over a partially hidden window
and the owning application is in the foreground, Smart Window will
put in front that window, letting the user see its content entirely.
While dragging over a normal window's title bar, the user can decide
to collapse it pressing the Control key or collapse all windows of
the application that owns that window pressing the keys Control +
Option; depending on the user preferences, at the end of the
drag&drop sequence, Smart Window will restore the status of all
windows collapsed with one of the keyboard shortcuts.
Smart Window is an application that works transparently and does not
require a particular installation, so the user will never face
extension conflicts.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-window-16-ppc.hqx; 120 K]
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Date: 30 Jul 2000
From: royerm
To:
Subject: [*] Spring FLower Icons
Please enjoy this set of delightful flowery icons to decorate your
desktop.
They are taken from Spring Meadow kaleidoscope scheme.-Martha Royer
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/com ... ting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/spring-flower-icons.hqx; 98 K]
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:11:51 -0400
From: "Douglas W. St.Clair"
To: [email protected]
Subject: controlling a remote Mac
Apple Network Assistant (by Apple) will do this as will Carbon copy
and Timbuktu. All are excellent but not free.
--
END
*************** *************** *************** **********
Douglas W. St.Clair
Tir na nOg
400 Burton Highway
Wilton, NH 03086-5022 USA
PH: 603-654-9321
FAX: 603-654-5440
CELL: 617-233-3387 or 617-beef-fur
*************** *************** *************** **********
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:20:42 -0400
From: Allan Hunter
To: [email protected]
Subject: Eudora Filter Dinosaurs?
OK, I give up...what the heck are the tiny green dinosaur icons that
appear to the left of many (but not all) of the custom filters that
one sets up in Eudora?
Hey, stop looking at me like that. There are TOO little green
dinosaurs...no, I have NOT been smoking hemp compounds or animal
tranquilizers!
--
Allan Hunter
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:14:42 -0400
From: Matthew Mitchell
To: [email protected]
Subject: Faxcilitate???
I had a very frustrating phone call with the Supra modem people
(Diamond Multimedia) on Friday.
The fax software (Faxcilitate 1.7.3) hasn't worked since I installed
System 8.6. Hadn't paid much attention to the problem until now, but
recently, some junk fax #$@@$ been wardialing with fax tones, and I
want to mallet his 'nads.
The tech person from Diamond Legacy (the division that supports
legacy products) confirmed that Faxcilitate 1.7 was not compatible
with System 8.6. So I asked how to upgrade (I think they're up to 2
something). The guy had no idea, nor did his supervisor. They said
they ship the software with their modems, but they don't know where
the company that developed it is, and they didn't have any separate
copies they could sell me.
I repeated that back to them and told 'em that if I couldn't find
anyone to sell me an upgrade, my only option would be to pirate the
software. Nothing but silence in reply.
So does anyone know who's responsible for Faxcilitate now, or where I
can get the latest version?
--
Dr. Matt --*** ***** **** ****** **** (tingz)
[email protected] [email protected]
Spam-fighter's Hat Trick
--BBB membership of Cyber Promotions
--GTMI/Cyberpromo "spambone"
--Cyber Promotions HQ
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:06:43 +1200
From: "Markus Winter"
To: [email protected]
Subject: Help: Java stopped working
Hi all,
I've encountered a problem that got me stumped. We have two G3s, each with
IE5, each with Microsoft Java and Apple's latest Java installed. Now all of
a sudden Java stopped working on one of them. I can select both Microsoft
and Apples Java on the one where everything works, but on the other one only
Apple's Java is available but doesn't do anything. I re-installed IE5 and
Apple's Java to no effect - and I'm running out of ideas ...
Any ideas anyone?
TIA
Markus
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:06:59 -0400
From: Pat Pruyne
To: [email protected]
Subject: Library Card Catalogue Wares needed
Greetings,
I am in search of a freeware or shareware application for a
not-for-profit library book loan service. Basic book inventory and
loan functions required.
Thanks,
Pat Pruyne
http://mac.map.com
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:08:49 -0400
From: "Edward W. Ver Hoef"
To: Info-Mac Article
Subject: Netscape Questions
I recently upgraded from version 4.7 to 4.74 and I have a few questions
about things that seem different.
1. I used to go to a website (http://www.wmkvfm.org/index_ii.html) that
streamed 40s and 50s style music via Real Audio. It worked fine under
4.7 but under 4.74 it never gets to the point where it actually makes
the connection. Real Audio is shown in my tool bar as being known to the
browser. What is wrong?
2. When I use Communicator to download my e-mail, the new messages are
scattered seemingly randomly amongst the already read mail in my inbox
instead of being placed at the end of the list. Any ideas why? What do I
need to do to get them to appear at the end?
3. Is there any way to delete an e-mail I don't want to read (based on
the subject) without actually having to open it? As soon as I click on
the subject, preparatory to clicking the Delete icon, the message opens.
Thanks to anyone who can help with any of these issues.
Ed Ver Hoef
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:26:48 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
To: "Marlon Deason" , [email protected]
Subject: PowerCentre 132 CD not working
At 7:05 PM -0400 7/26/00, Marlon Deason wrote:
>Quite a
>while back Apple decided to stick it to the clone manufacturers and stop
>supporting non-Apple branded CD-ROM drives. How they did this was basically
>disable all of the brands of drives from their extension 'Apple CD/DVD
>drive' that were not used as OEM Apple parts.
In fairness to Apple, this is a misstatement of fact.
Apple, prior to the existence of the cloners, did not support
third-party hard drives or CD-ROM drives in their drivers.
This dates back to the System 6 days. It's not something new that
happened during or immediately prior to the cloning days. I remember
dealing with it back when the IIci was a hot machine.
There was one release of the Apple CD-ROM driver that supported
non-Apple-labelled SCSI CD-ROM drives. This was the one [5.3, if I
recall correctly] that shipped with MacOS 7.6. No previous or
subsequent version has this support enabled by default. The
referenced hacks apparently reinstate it.
Recent version of Apple Drive Setup appear to have lifted the "Apple
Firmware only" requirement on hard drives that HD Setup used to have,
but Apple still does not actively support any drives other than those
that Apple installs. There is no Apple-provided list of just which
hard drives Drive Setup supports.
chazl
--
Bow wow wow yipiyo yipiyay bow wow yipiyo yipiyay.
- George Clinton, Atomic Dog
Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz
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Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:15:26 -0400
From: David Turner
To: [email protected]
Subject: Problematic TCP+PPP settings
Hi, Allan,
Possible solution 1: Does your PPP configuration include valid DNS
server entries? At the bottom of the TCP/IP control panel is a box
with the title "Name server addr:". Without a valid DNS server, you
will get result similar to those you described.
Possible solution 2: If your PPP connection is via Earthlink, try
using the Earthlink Wizard which is available as part of the latest
version of their Total Access software. This application will fix
most configuration problems associated with TCP/IP, PPP and whatever
else ails you.
Possible solution 3: Try rebooting. Sometimes my Powerbook didn't
recognize changes to the TCP/IP configuration under 8.6 until I
rebooted. (.) seems to work much better in that regard.
Hope this helps
Dave
At 8:41 PM -0400 7/27/00, Allan Hunter wrote:
>Recently, and to my annoyance, PPP quit working. It dials, it
>connects, it reports networking protocols as being active, but any
>application requiring a working TCP connection (Eudora, Netscape,
>etc) reports DNS failure or other inability to make a connection, and
>complains that the current TCP is not set up properly. (Yes, the
>Remote Access Control Panel is set up to insist on PPP and not ARAP).
--
"Insanity is hereditary...you get it from your kids."
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:21:14 -0500
From: "Gib Henry"
To: "Info-Mac List" , Chazzz
Subject: USB/SCSI peripherals [Mac OS 9.0.4 SCSI problem]
>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:27:44 -0400
>From: Chazzz
>To:
>Subject: USB/SCSI peripherals
>
>If one hooks a USB to SCSI connector to run "old" peripherals" with a newer
>Mac, can you daisy chain SCSI devices using that set up?
Depending on which one you use: Microtek ExpressSCSI and Xircom
PortGear 4-port multi-function, yes.
However, be aware that Mac OS 9.0.4 has introduced some SCSI "issues,"
not present in 9.0, which cause those devices to fail with some SCSI
devices, notably Zip drives and some scanners: ejecting a Zip drive
causes freezes, the scanners don't work and may or may not cause
freezes.
Xircom's web site says Apple is aware of the "issues" and they are
working to resolve them. Since both the devices I mentioned above
experience the same "issue," I believe what Xircom says, which was also
confirmed to me by Xircom.
There are a couple of FireWire-to-SCSI adapters I saw at MacWorld, but
at this point, they all permit only ONE SCSI device, no daisy-chaining
(although you can have multiple $79 adapters online at the same time).
Hope this helps. Cheers,
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Gib Henry
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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:00:44 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steve Davidson)
To: [email protected]
Subject: X server recommendations (R)
In response to Phil Hudson on 28 Jul
>Hi all. I need an X server. What's available and what's good?
eXodus meets both your specifications ("available" and "good"). I use it
regularly. The publisher is Powerlan USA (800-541-7409, or
www.powerlan-usa.com).
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