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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 08 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 124
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#542/07-Aug-00
motorola Lifestyle 28.8 modem
(A) A firewire to SCSI converter at last!
(A) Utility to view/change invisible items?
(Q) CD-ROM with longer than usual life
[*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.5
[*] Morse Mania 1.9.0
[*] MusicMentor 1.2
[*] ScreenGrid 1.0
[*] StripLaunch 1.3
[*] TimeZonesHC 1.04 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezones including DST
[A] X server recommendations
Answer: Utility to view/change invisible items?
Conflict between USB Ports on Powerbook G3 (bronze key)
Eudora: automatic self-BCC?
Eudora: automatic self-BCC? (A)
Eudora: random signatures
HyperArchive has a new search tool
Info-Mac Digest V17 #122
installing specific files
Modem upgrade question
Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program
Utility to view/change invisible items
Utility to view/change invisible items?
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 22:30:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [*] TidBITS#542/07-Aug-00
TidBITS#542/07-Aug-00
Thinking of passing along juicy news you heard under a non-
disclosure agreement? Think again! Apple's on the legal warpath
to find who leaked news of recent product announcements - and you
can register your opinion on the value of rumors in our poll.
Also this week, Matt Neuburg reviews the Starry Night Backyard
astronomy program, Palm releases new handhelds, and we explain
the little-known Finder tips necessary to answer last week's quiz.
Topics:
MailBITS/07-Aug-00
Quiz Results: Finder's Clickers
Up, Up and Away with Starry Night Backyard
Apple Gets Serious about Plugging Leaks
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-542.etx; 33K]
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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:38:36 -0700
From: Melanie Watts
To: The Info-Mac Network
Subject: motorola Lifestyle 28.8 modem
Hi,
I got a good deal on a motorola Lifestyle 28.8 modem. I hooked it up to my
performa 580. It dialed the number but wouldn't connect to the internet. I'm
running system 7.55 with open transport. Anyone have any ideas what the
problem may be ?
Thanks for you help.
--
Melanie
[email protected]
[email protected]
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 18:28:21 -0400
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (A) A firewire to SCSI converter at last!
Dear Digest readers,
Those of you with iMac DVs and the new Apple Cube G4 will really like
to hear this one (since the cube comes with no PCI slots).
Orangemicro has introduced a $100 USD adapter that allows you to hook
up fast SCSI to Firewire ports:
http://www.shipitforyou.com/cgi-bin/sgi ... 257&FNM=28
This means you can keep your old SCSI peripherals, and get a new iMac
or a Cube and not have to sacrifice losing your investment in SCSI.
It supports Fast SCSI and slower SCSI, and only one SCSI device, but
hey at least it allows SCSI on machines that otherwise wouldn't
support it. PCs with firewire can use it too, saving the port
needed for a SCSI card.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 19:38:59 -0400
From: Saint John
To: [email protected]
Subject: (A) Utility to view/change invisible items?
At 20:33 -0400 8/2/00, The Info-Mac Network wrote:
>From: John Arsenault
>
>Does anybody know of a utility program available that will allow the change
>of invisible items to visible and the reverse?
ResEdit can do this; use the "Get file/folder info" command and check or
uncheck the "Invisible" box.
OneClick, the macro utility from WestCode Software
, has the capability to change file visibility
under script control. Something like this:
[This script should have a comment ("//") at the end of each line.
If it doesn't, your email client has broken long lines onto multiple
lines, and you should fix this when pasting it into a button.]
Variable theFile //
theFile = AskFile //
If theFile //
File(theFile).Visible = False //
End If //
will make a file invisible. You'd need to know the file path if you wanted
to go in the other direction, but this script
Variable theFile //
theFile = "System:System Folder:Preferences:Invisible Pref File" //
If theFile //
File(theFile).Visible = True //
End If //
would do that.
+- Saint John -+
| "Most people assume the military chainsaw is a slashing weapon. |
| This is fallacious; it is more properly a thrusting weapon, like |
+-- the bayonet." (Clausewitz, "On War," chapter 17) ----------------+
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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 09:55:59 -0400
From: "[email protected]"
To: [email protected]
Subject: (Q) CD-ROM with longer than usual life
Dear Digest readers,
I realize now, that cataloging 100 CDs may eventually make the engine
of my CD ROM drive die, like the previous one did on my Powerbook
G3/233. I had to get another drive after I had made numerous image
copies of CDs onto my hard drive. I had done this so I could play
my games on my Powerbook when I was on the bus, without running out
of battery power. While the disk images do take less battery, making
one appears to take an unusually high toll by aging the CD-ROM drive
quicker than normal use. I started using Disk Tracker, and the
third CD-ROM I started reading didn't do a straight read, it spun up
and then spun down, and waited for awhile and then spun up again. I
don't think I will do that again. What I need is a CD-ROM drive
that can handle processing 100 CDs into a catalog. Are there any
SCSI-2 based CD-ROM drives I can get that can take that kind of
abuse? I do have a 7200 which I suppose I could put in a faster CD
drive or a DVD drive to do the cataloging. But it does appear the
portable CD drive just doesn't have enough juice to handle it. I
wonder if the desktop CD drives are any better?
This could also limit my making MP3s on my Powerbook too using
SoundJam. You really still can't treat a portable like a desktop.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: 6 Aug 2000
From: Takashi Suzuki
To:
Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.5
MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to
play & manage standard MIDI files.
Player window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo,
System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch
Bend, Level for each MIDI channel.
Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be played back
sequentially, or random order.
Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find
capability.
What's changed :
While dragging file name from Database window, drag image did not have
file name -> fixed.
Features :
Fat Binary.
QuickTime support.
Macintosh Drag and Drop support.
GM, GS, XG format compatible.
32part Standard MIDI File playback support.
Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only)
This application requires :
Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC
System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later
OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator
MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments
-- T.Suzuki
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-105.hqx; 438 K]
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Date: 6 Aug 2000
From: Chris Smolinski
To:
Subject: [*] Morse Mania 1.9.0
Morse Mania version 1.9.0
Morse Mania is a morse code tutor for the Macintosh. It helps you learn
morse code by first introducing you to the morse alphabet, so you can learn
what each character sounds like. Then you can practice by listening to
random characters being sent, and test your ability. This version improves
the quality of the sound produced, eliminating clicks heard on some Mac
models.
Shareware: $20
Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/morse-mania-19.hqx; 281 K]
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Date: 6 Aug 2000
From: Angela Brett
To:
Subject: [*] MusicMentor 1.2
MusicMentor is a shareware HyperCard stack to help music students
learn to read written music quickly. It shows a note on a music stave
and asks the user to click on the corresponding key on the three
octave piano keyboard within a certain time. The user can change the
amount of time allowed for each note, and also decide whether to be
tested on whole notes, sharps/flats, or both. MusicMentor remembers
and tests more frequently on the notes which each user gets wrong.
MusicMentor remembers test results and missed notes for any number of
different players, so that in a class or home situation where there
are several MusicMentor users and only one computer, each user can
still have his or her own results stored.
Changes in this version:
* Made the correct note on the piano keyboard highlight if the wrong
one is pressed during a test.
* Made the note show on the stave, the key on the piano keyboard
highlight and the note play when a note in the 'missed notes' list is
clicked on.
* Made the note show on the stave when a key on the piano keyboard is
pressed, as well as playing the sound.
* Fixed a bug which showed an incorrect amount of time remaining
before the shareware fee had to be paid when MusicMentor was first
used.
MusicMentor 1.1 requires a 640x400 or larger screen, and HyperCard or
HyperCard Player 2.1 or later.
MusicMentor may be included in any CD-ROM, provided I get a copy of the CD.--
Angela Brett [email protected] http://un.co.nz/angela
includes my homepage, my Mac's homepage, my Mac software
and ACRONYMS: A Casual Roundup Of Novelties in Your Message System
"Great minds think different."
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/music-mentor-12.hqx; 123 K]
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Date: 5 Aug 2000
From: Mamoru Misono
To:
Subject: [*] ScreenGrid 1.0
ScreenGrid is a desktop-utility that makes operations to
drag and grow windows comfortable. When you drag or grow
a window, ScreenGrid helps you to
+ snap the window to screen edges.
+ snap the window to virtual grid on screens.
+ snap the window to window edges.
+ layout windows with certain offsets.
+ limit the movement of the window horizontally, vertically and 45 degrees.
System Requirement
PPC or 68K Macintosh
System 7 or later
ScreenGrid is $7 shareware.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/screen-grid-10.hqx; 188 K]
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Date: 4 Aug 2000
From: Tobias Peciva
To:
Subject: [*] StripLaunch 1.3
StripLaunch is a Control Strip Module which gives you instant access to
your most commonly used applications, documents, folders, scripts and
almost anything else; all through a handy little menu in the Control Strip.
Adding or removing items is done in a matter of seconds, with no
restarting necessary. You can also mark items that you wish to stand
out, with the aid of a simple tagging system.
Features:
* Extremely fast.
* Small - consumes no measurable amount of system resources.
* Resides in the Control Strip - always available on top of everything else.
Requirements:
* System 7 or later.
* Control Strip.
Changes since version 1.2.1:
* Modifier keys now supported for new functionality.
* The disrupted menu bug under MacOS 8.6 and later has been fixed.
For more information, please read the manual enclosed with the package,
or visit the StripLaunch web page at:
http://www.dd.chalmers.se/~peciva/softw ... aunch.html
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me at:
[email protected]
You can also visit my web page at:
http://www.dd.chalmers.se/~peciva/
- Tobias Peciva
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/strip-launch-13.hqx; 112 K]
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Date: 6 Aug 2000
From: Oscar van Vlijmen
To:
Subject: [*] TimeZonesHC 1.04 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezones including DST
This HyperCard stack by Oscar van Vlijmen can show the time in ALL known
time zones, taking the daylight savings time (summertime) into account.
Enter a time, set a few time zones, and this stack will compute the correct
time in the set time zones. From base time to zone time and vice versa.
If you enter a date as well, the correct daylight savings time corrections
(summertime) are taken into account.
This version can show up to 12 timezones simultaneously.
This stack is a Macintosh application of the TZ UNIX timezone database, but
only for the current timezone information, not the historical information.
This stack is updated from TZdata2000e.
What is so special about this stack?
* You can find information about ALL known time zones of the world. The
database has 426 zone cards.
* ALL known information about daylight savings time (summertime) is
included.
* Calculations are made with a precision of one minute, even in the case of
a transition from summer time to winter time (or vice versa) right now.
* The information is extremely up to date.
* You can study and change all information yourself, nothing is hidden.
Freeware; not to be used for commercial applications; not on CD-ROM's.
Internet page: http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html
Oscar van Vlijmen
2000-08-04
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/time-zones-hc-104.hqx; 102 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2000 23:16:19 -0400
From: "D. Scott Beach"
To: "Info-Mac Digest"
Subject: [A] X server recommendations
Phil Hudson asked:
>
>Hi all. I need an X server. What's available and what's good?
Phil:
Try MI/X available for Mac and PC at at no
cost.
- Scott
Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me.
Scott Beach Toronto, Canada
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:07:08 -0600
From: Robert Zimmerman
To: John Arsenault
Subject: Answer: Utility to view/change invisible items?
Here are three that come right to mind:
Apple's own ResEdit (free)
Greg Landweber's Greg's Browser (shareware)
Daniel Azuma's FileTyper (shareware)
zimmie
At 7:27 AM -0500 8/2/2000, John Arsenault allegedly wrote:
Does anybody know of a utility program available that will allow the change
of invisible items to visible and the reverse?
Thanks,
------
John
http://www.winternet.com/~jea
================================================================================
Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned
skyward; for there you have been, there you long to return. -Da Vinci
================================================================================
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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:13:20 +1000
From: Aaction
To: [email protected]
Subject: Conflict between USB Ports on Powerbook G3 (bronze key)
If I have one USB port connected to the printer and the other to the
mouse and then start the computer, the mouse will not work
If I pull out the mouse USB connection, start the computer and then when
the startup is complete, put in the USB mouse, it then will work.
How can I make the mouse work without having to wait til the Powerbook
has finished its startup?
many thanks for your assistance
Ian Groden
Sydney , Australia
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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:42:19 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
To: "Michael S. Silverstein" ,
Subject: Eudora: automatic self-BCC?
At 5:56 PM +0200 8/2/00, Michael S. Silverstein wrote:
>How can I get Eudora to automatically BCC to myself every time I send
>an e-mail?
You should be able to set this up using Eudora's Stationary feature.
chazl
--
"I think I have a broken rib." "From giving me oral pleasure?"
- Bruce Willis & Maria de Medeiros, Pulp Fiction
Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz
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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:53:00 -0400
From: [email protected] (Steve Davidson)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Eudora: automatic self-BCC? (A)
In response to Michael S. Silverstein's 8/2/00 message on "Eudora:
automatic self-BCC?":
>How can I get Eudora to automatically BCC to myself every time I send
>an e-mail?
>
>I looked over the filters, which have FORWARD, but not BCC.
It's really quite simple (just not obvious). Create a new message, and put
yourself in the bcc: filed. Then do a "Save As...", check the "Stationary"
check-box, and save it to the Stationary Folder in your Eudora Folder
hierarchy under the name "Default" (exclude the quotes). That becomes
the template for all future new messages.
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 08:22:48 +0200
From: Remmy Tourment
To: [email protected]
Subject: Eudora: random signatures
Is it possible to have Eudora choose a random signature among all the
signatures that are in the list ?
Claris emailer had this feature and I miss it in Eudora. Maybe I just
didn't find the option ?
TIA,
Remmy
R‰my Tourment
Ing‰nieur TR
Cemagref Aix
Ouvrages Hydrauliques
Tel (33) (0)4 42 66 99 54
Fax (33) (0)4 42 66 88 65
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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:01:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Ann Ladd
To: [email protected]
Subject: HyperArchive has a new search tool
Sorry for the delays, we really have not been ignoring you, just haven't
had much time to devote to the project. The person we hired last summer
to fix things obviously didn't.
After testing several search tools, we settled on Excite's. It allows
concept and keyword searches, and was easily adapted to return results
in a manner close to what you are used to seeing. It is set to return
a maximum of 100 results. And, you can even find stuff added to the
Archive in 2000.
enjoy!
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Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 10:16:58 -0700
From: [email protected] (Dalis VanderYacht)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #122
In article , [email protected] wrote:
> Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:27:34 -0500
> From: John Arsenault
> To:
> Subject: Utility to view/change invisible items?
>
> Does anybody know of a utility program available that will allow the change
> of invisible items to visible and the reverse?
>
> Thanks,
> ------
> John
> http://www.winternet.com/~jea
You can use ResEdit, a freeware resource utility made by Apple.
I would guess the best place to find a copy of it, would be somewhere on
Apple's ftp site:
ftp://ftp.apple.com/
Hope this helps...
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
DV
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 12:24:47 -0700
From: "Cyrus Roton"
To: "info-mac letters"
Subject: installing specific files
Seeker asked:
> May I ask how one goes about re-installing _specific_
> software from the CDs which comes with our Macs _without_ installing the
> System Software? After five years of using a Mac, I find there are still
> so many things I _don't_ know that it's discouraging.
You can use a utility called, TomeViewer.
TomeViewer is an Apple utility designed primarily for developers but
available to the public. You can download it from
www.macfixit.com/library/r-z.shtml#tomeviewer or from
www.macworld.com/more/. Also, I found it at,
http://allmacintosh.vol.at/adnload/dltomeviewmac.html
A search of the internet will show you many places where it can be found.
But, not at Apple's web sites. Strange; it belongs to apple, but they seem
to be the only ones not offering it.
With most system software, files to be installed are stored within special
files called tomes. You typically need an installer to get inside a tome,
because the contents aren't accessible from the Finder. (Also, it's best to
use an installer to install these files¡if you can¡because the installer
makes sure files are placed in their correct folders and may also perform
important hidden actions such as modifying the System file or installing an
invisible file.)
TomeViewer lets you look inside the tome and extract items.
Cyrus W. Roton
LCDR USN Ret.
MITA tech.
Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 15:35:52 -0400
From: "Mark H. Bowersox"
To: Info Mac
Subject: Modem upgrade question
(Q) I own a Zoom 2837-A modem. It is 33.6 yet. I checked with zoom and they
no longer do the upgrades for it. They will trade it on a 56k plus $49.00.
Would anyone have or know of a upgrade software for this modem that i could
get? I know that it must be connected to a Windows based computer to upgrade
it. If someone would have this or lead me to it i would be thankful.
Mark H. Bowersox
[email protected]
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Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 07:52:46 +1000
From: Geoffrey Heard
To: [email protected]
Subject: Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program
>"[email protected]" wrote
>
>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.
Did you try Virtual Disk from ?
I haven't tried it on files as big as those you want to use, but it
mght be a possibility. Works very well on smaller disks.
--
cheers, geoff
Geoffrey Heard - GH&A Public Relations
Demand Indonesia return the 100,000 East Timorese held hostage in
West Timor. Demand Indonesia pay reparations to the East Timorese.
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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 12:37:13 -0700
From: "Cyrus Roton"
To: "info-mac letters"
Subject: Utility to view/change invisible items
John Arsenault asked
> Does anybody know of a utility program available that will allow the change
> of invisible items to visible and the reverse?
There are several ways to handle it. I like the utility called, InvisiFile.
I think it may still be available on the InfoMac Archive, though I did not
find it today. Another one is Big Secret, which still is there.
Invisifile was written by Robert S. T. Gibson, whose address used to be
áRR#1 Carrying Place,
ááááááááááááááOntario, CANADA.
ááááááááááááááKÛK 1LÛ.
I don't know whether he still is there.
Cyrus W. Roton
LCDR USN Ret.
MITA tech.
Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group
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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 03:49:00 -0700
From: Denny Davis
To: John Arsenault ,
Subject: Utility to view/change invisible items?
At 07:27 -0500 08/02/2000, John Arsenault wittily wrote:
>Does anybody know of a utility program available that will allow the
>change
>of invisible items to visible and the reverse?
>
>Thanks,
>------
>John
>http://www.winternet.com/~jea
There are several possibilities, you can use FileTyper 5.3.1, File Buddy,
DiskTools or ResEdit for example all of which I have and use. There are
other utilities that will do the job also. My own favourite choice is
FileTyper.
--
Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
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