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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 10 Jan 96 Volume 14 : Issue 9
Today's Topics:
[*] aNetscape Splash
[*] CallerID Remote 1.2
[*] Christminster R3 (text adventure)
[*] ClipFiler v1.3
[*] Eumorpha 1.5a3
[*] Food Pyramid
[*] Gestalt.Appl 2.6.6
[*] JeanCamil TrueTypes
[*] MacPURL v1.01
[*] MacTide 1.3.3, port of Unix tide 1.3.3
[*] Mac Today/Jan 96.pdf
[*] MailConverter 2.1.4b1
[*] pro_predictor_data 1995
[*] Prometheus1.1
[*] SampleMM: A demo of a two axis multiple master font
[*] San_Fran_Tides 96
[*] ShareTheNews-02-96
[*] StartupFrills v3.4.4
[*] Sumo Beep Stereo
[*] Theater R2 (text adventure)
[*] The Show Must Go Fond '96
[*] TidBITS#309/08-Jan-96
[*] Wait and Flush Scripting Addition V1.1
(Q) Using PPP
[A] "Clean rebuild" of desktop?
[A] What color monitors for Mac IIci?
[Q] Can NCSA Telnet cross firewall?
[Q] DiskLock for PowerBook
[Q] New SilverControl CP?
[Q] WindowWizard 1.2 author address?
[SUMMARY] Drag & drop printer utility?
Aliases Won't Resolv after Restore
Any Software for Making and Scoring Flash Cards?
Binhex
DD Verify/Repair (Thanks, All!)
Drag & Drop printer utility? (R)
Engineering Design Software
Font Converter from Latin-2 and Unicode
Looking for Mac Specifications - Thanks
MacAdministrator (2 msgs)
Mac Specifications
mounting second internal HD (2 msgs)
Netscape cache files
RHS Menu Utilities (2 msgs)
Shutting off startup sound
Virtual by Connectix
WordPerfect 3.5 and Speech Technology
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:01 -0600
From: [email protected] (Fusion)
Subject: [*] aNetscape Splash
Just another Netscape splash patch... This one is a little on the artsie
side but it looks nice. A little more graphically inclined than my 'Alien
Netscape' splash screen so people that are yuppies may want to update to
this ;P
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/artsy-netscape-splash-rsrc.hqx; 135K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:56 -0600
From: Bob Patin
Subject: [*] CallerID Remote 1.2
CallerID Remote 1.2 will receive callerID data from any callerID-capable
modem and display it on your Mac. In addition, the callerID data can be
sent to any numeric or alphanumeric pager; alpha pagers will show the
caller's name, phone #, date and time of call.
CIDR will send text messages to alpha pages anywhere in the country;
users can create standard messages and then choose them from a popup list
to send to clients. CIDR will dial the phone, allowing users to call from
their callerID database, which is searchable, archivable, printable, and
which can be viewed by user-defined time constraints.
Version 1.2 adds the ability to send reminders to an alpha pager.
Reminder messages can be any length and can be sent either one time or on
regular schedules like daily, every 2 days, 3 days, every week, or every
month. Users can send reminders to themselves to help to remember
important meetings or errands.
CIDR 1.2 will run on any 680x0 Mac, or will run in native mode on a Power
Mac, and requires callerID service, a callerID-capable modem, and at
least 3 megs of available RAM.
CIDR is shareware; this version is fully functional for 30 days, and then
requires shareware payment for unlocking. Written by Bob Patin, Summit
Productions.
Bob Patin
Web page:
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/caller-id-remote-12.hqx; 1422K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:13 -0600
From: Andrew Plotkin
Subject: [*] Christminster R3 (text adventure)
An Interactive Conspiracy by Gareth Rees.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/christminster-30.hqx; 392K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:14:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (Casey Fleser)
Subject: [*] ClipFiler v1.3
ClipFiler is a handy FKEY that appends the hightlited text to a
clippings file on your desktop. Very useful for storing information in a
convenient location without all the swapping back and forth between two
different applications. Really handy for saving URL's for later reference.
version 1.3 allows the option of including the "clip" seperator between
pastes or not.
Cost:
ClipFiler is shareware $10
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/clip-filer-13-fkey.hqx; 36K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:08 -0600
From: R Shapiro
Subject: [*] Eumorpha 1.5a3
Eumorpha is a utility which will import messages in a few standard mail
formats, including Eudora's, into Claris Emailer. It will also burst
digests. And it can be used in conjunction with MailConverter to import
files in many other formats. Eumorpha requires Claris Emailer 1.0v2 or
later.
Changes in this release:
1. Now understands the alternate sendmail separator format, as used, for
instance, by NetShark's mail and, apparently, by TCP/Connect II.
2. The progress dialog is now modeless.
3. For sendmail/Eudora files, attempts to add a Date: header when there
isn't one, by extracting it from the separator.
4. I finally got ahold of rfc934 (the digest specification) and made some
corrections to the digest burster accordingly.
rs/[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/eumorpha-15a3.hqx; 97K]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:54:56 -0600
From: [email protected] (Conrad Weiler)
Subject: [*] Food Pyramid
Food Pyramid is an Hypercard stack that covers nutrition input
suggestions for humans.
Thank you,
Conrad
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/food-pyramid-hc.hqx; 981K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:15 -0600
From: [email protected] (Rene G.A. Ros)
Subject: [*] Gestalt.Appl 2.6.6
Hi All, (How are you supposed to start!?
Included below is the first release to the Internet of the
Gestalt.Appl software. It provides a list of information about
your computer's configuration using the Gestalt Manager.
Suggestions and comments can be emailed to the author at:
[email protected]
Config file (the information saved into a file) can be send to
the editor of the Gestalt Selectors List (me) at:
[email protected]
These config files will be checkd for new info and it only
of use for new Macintosh models or new System software or
extensions.
Best Regards,
Rene Ros
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/gestalt-appl-266.hqx; 130K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:31 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jacques Bertrand)
Subject: [*] JeanCamil TrueTypes
JeanCamil is a complete (reg., obl., bold, bold obl.) font suitable for any
fine work where many words are to be used in no space.
It is free. Enjoy!
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/jean-camil.hqx; 411K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:04 -0600
From: [email protected] (Stan Heaps)
Subject: [*] MacPURL v1.01
MacPURL is shareware for the Macintosh. It creates linked lists of URLs as
Hypertext documents that may be displayed by a browser and then chosen to
access a site. No knowledge of Hypertext is required. URLs are specified in
abbreviated form using h for http://, g for gopher:// etc. It is often not
necessary to repeat previously specified sites or directories. URLs may be
represented by a pseudonym and may be tagged with an image such as a
pointer or check mark. MacPURL documents may be displayed while using the
browser. Text may be cut and pasted between them, and a URL and/or text may
be copied from the browser into a MacPURL document. A MacPURL document
named Manual.html explains all aspects of MacPURL and is readable by a
browser.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/tcp/web/mac-purl-101.hqx; 134K]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:55:11 -0600
From: [email protected] (Mikhail Fridberg)
Subject: [*] MacTide 1.3.3, port of Unix tide 1.3.3
This is port of tide 1.3.3 for Unix. I apologize in advance for ugly, very
nonmac-like interface.
This package is distributed under GNU general license, together with source
codes.
It has been tested on Centris 610, and Mac IIsi. It should be able to work
with any Mac's though.
It is not PowerPC accelerated, but it still can run on PowerPC. It should
be able to take advantage of FPU or 68040 processor, if present, but FPU is
not required.
It has been tested under Sys 7.5.1, but it should be able to run under any
system older then 6.0.X
Source codes and project file are for Think C 5.0.4.
Please see ReadMe Mac and README files in the package for information of
how to use MacTide and it's limitations.
Mike
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-tide-133.hqx; 262K]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:55:27 -0600
From: [email protected] (Curtiss Hammock)
Subject: [*] Mac Today/Jan 96.pdf
Here's the January issue.
Includes a review of Adobe PageMill, and some good-natured PC bashing.
It's a self-extracting archive, and you'll need Adobe Acrobat reader.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mac-today-96-01-pdf.hqx; 704K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:11 -0600
From: R Shapiro
Subject: [*] MailConverter 2.1.4b1
Changes in this release:
1. A queue/send option has been added to the digestifier, which will hand
the digest off to Eudora as an attachment to a new outgoing message.
2. Dialogs are now modeless, and the progress dialog is cleaned up a bit
in other ways.
3. Now understands the alternate sendmail separator format (as used, for
instance, by NetShark's mail).
4. I finally got ahold of rfc934 (the digest specification) and made some
corrections to the digest burster and digestifier accordingly.
Abstract:
MailConverter is a utility which converts disparate mail and mail-like
formats into sendmail format, suitable for use with Eudora or Z-Mail. It
will also create and burst digests, and import a few kinds of nickname
files. It can be used in conjunction with Eumorpha to import all
supported formats into Claris Emailer.
MailConverter handles the following formats:
mmdf mail files
babyl mail files
America Online mail files
LeeMail mail files
Pine mail files (both Unix and Dos)
Elm mail files
MacEMail mail files
PopMail mail files
eWorld mail files
PC Eudora mailboxes (even with DOS eol)
Ricemail mail files
TeleFinder mail files
CompuServe mail files (limited support, text archives only)
cc:Mail mail files (limited support, text archives only)
vmsMail mail files (limited support, text archives only)
MSMail mail files (limited support, text archives only)
NewsWatcher save files
Gnus save files
NN save files
rs/[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mail-converter-214b1.hqx; 188K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:07 -0600
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] pro_predictor_data 1995
PRO 1995 Wks 1-19 contains the complete NFL stats and injury reports through
the semi-finals and the early betting line for the conference finals.
Requires Pro Predictor 2.6 or higher, registered or shareware.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/pro-predictor-data-95.hqx; 20K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:42 -0600
From: [email protected] (Jason Cohen)
Subject: [*] Prometheus1.1
Prometheus is a high level programming language designed for AI,
mathematics, logic, and list and string processing.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/prometheus-11.hqx; 298K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:36 -0600
From:
Subject: [*] SampleMM: A demo of a two axis multiple master font
Attached is a demo multiple master font called Sample. As far as I know,
this is the first multiple master font to be released as shareware,
freeware, or demoware.
To use this font, you must have Adobe's Type Manager (at least 3.6
I believe) and a program called Type Creator, also from Adobe. (It is
bundled with Adobe's Type Manager.)
The typeface is designed to illustrate seven of the 24 multiple master
fonts on Font Pro 5, Fun Type, recently published by Wayzata Technology.
If someone actually finds it useful..., well, accidents will happen.
Robert Schenk
(Visit the unofficial FutureBASIC home page at
http://www.ids.net/~paumic/FutureBasic/Index.html )
[Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/multiplemast-demo.hqx; 82K]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 23:55:17 -0600
From: "Malone, Mike"
Subject: [*] San_Fran_Tides 96
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/sf-tides-96.hqx; 198K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:14:45 -0600
From: Marco Almeida Carrico
Subject: [*] ShareTheNews-02-96
ShareTheNews is a newsletter edited by the ShareTheMac UsersGroup that
informs you everything about the Macintosh enviorement.
You'll find info on the lastest product, complete reports of hardware and
software, the latest bug discovered, etc.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/share-the-news-96-02.hqx; 331K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:00 -0600
From: "Ian McCall"
Subject: [*] StartupFrills v3.4.4
StartupFrills is a utility which livens up the process of switching on your
Mac.
The features it provides on each restart are:
Showing a different picture, either StartupScreen or PICT
Play a different sound, without holding up other applications.
Show different Quicktime movies (requires Quicktime).
Read out different text files (requires the Speech Manager).
Each feature may be turned on and off at will, and its files may be selected
randomly or in order. StartupFrills is deliberately designed as an
application, so you don't have to clutter up your System folder with more
extensions. Just place StartupFrills in the Startup Items folder, and restart.
v3.4.4 provides a bug fix over 3.4.3. Previously, custom icons were not being
displayed correctly after StartupFrills had copied its files across. This is
now handled correctly.
The program is freeware, though a charitable donation to Children's Hospitals
is encouraged.
Enjoy,
Ian McCall
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/startup-frills-344.hqx; 57K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:16:18 -0600
From: Jeffrey Click / CLIXSOUNDS
Subject: [*] Sumo Beep Stereo
Introducing the newest beep from the CLIXSOUNDS collection of original
sounds..."The Sumo Beep!" The Sumo Beep is a bold audio image of the
ancient orient as it's deep bass gong rumbles when your Mac is trying to
tell you something! This is no plain, ordinary gong, though. It is a
stereo creation that is sure to shake any good set of external stereo
speakers, but is impressive to scale on even the standard Macintosh speaker.
This sound freeware sound is available in both 16 and 8-bit Stereo and
can be downloaded at the newly designed CLIXSOUNDS WWW site at
http://www.edmondsun.com/clix/ , along with many other great System
Beeps, StartUp Sounds, and StartUp Movies. Instructions are included
with this file for easy installation as a system beep.
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/sumo-beep-8bit.hqx; 218K]
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/sumo-beep-16bit.hqx; 398K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:20 -0600
From: Andrew Plotkin
Subject: [*] Theater R2 (text adventure)
An Interactive Night of Horror.
Written by Brendon Wyber and Graham Nelson.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/theatre-20.hqx; 347K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:25 -0600
From:
Subject: [*] The Show Must Go Fond '96
Now that 1996 is here, the old version of The Show Must Go Fond which
is in the achives will not work anymore. Here is a new version, which,
as its name suggests, will work through 1996.
The Show Must Go FOND is a font utility which scans through a folder
or directory, showing a sample page on screen of all the fonts (actually
FONDs) it finds. It is great when dealing with CDs. This version, in
addition to have a time limit, only allows one to see the first 100 or
so fonts it finds. The unrestricted version is available on the CD-ROm
entitled Font Pro 5, Fun Type, published by Wayzata Technology. Details
are in the readme document.
Robert Schenk
(Visit Wayzata at http://Wayzata-Tech.com)
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/show-must-go-fond-96.hqx; 84K]
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 23:53:45 -0800
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#309/08-Jan-96
TidBITS#309/08-Jan-96
Welcome to 1996! In this issue we being you news on updates to RAM
Doubler, Fetch, and Netscape Navigator, plus some pre-Macworld
highlights and info on Roaster, the first Java development system
for the Mac. Also, Adam reviews recent developments with the
Newton MessagePad, Tonya takes a look at the Macintosh Software
Update Report, and we round out the issue with an overview of two
new Internet scripting technologies for the Mac.
Topics:
MailBITS/08-Jan-96
Newton News
Level-headed Help from LEVEL 6 Computing
Macs Scripting the Net
Reviews/08-Jan-96
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-309.etx; 30K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:15:48 -0600
From: [email protected] (Marc Gumpinger)
Subject: [*] Wait and Flush Scripting Addition V1.1
This file may be used on any media as long as it remains unchanged and I
get a brief note of where it went.
The Wait and Flush Scripting Additon provides two new commands for
AppleScript which enable you to pause your script and flush certain events
like mouse clicks or keystrokes.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/wait-and-flush-osax.hqx; 77K]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 11:26:04 +0000
From: "Mark Allen"
Subject: (Q) Using PPP
I'm trying to use PPP service for Internet access from my Power Mac 7500,
running the latest 7.5.x software, Open Transport 1.0.8, and FreePPP 1.0.4.
I've just acquired a Global Village Platinum modem. I've tried to inform
myself about PPP by reading the Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh. I
still have a few questions that I hope some savvy Info-Mac reader could help
me with.
I've been able to successfully make a PPP connection from inside ConfigPPP
by clicking on the open button. Rather than opening up ConfigPPP each time,
is there some small application that would install a menu item from which I
could open and close the PPP connection. As my menu space is less crowded
than my desktop, I do prefer a menu item over a Control Panel.
What Internet client applications, if any, would open a PPP connection
automatically and not require using ConfigPPP or some alternate application?
Having opened a PPP connection, I tried using Fetch 3.0.1b1 to get
something. What I got was a system bomb message referring to a type 11
error. Anyone have any ideas about how to resolve this?
Thanks for any help that can be provided!
Mark Allen
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 14:24:00 PST
From: Chuck Spalding
Subject: [A] "Clean rebuild" of desktop?
I recently posted a question about the consequences of rebuilding the
desktop by _deleting_ the old files instead of simply holding down
Option-Command during startup.
I received several replies (thank you very much), all of which said that the
"Get Info" comments are lost (as with a normal rebuild). One person added
that document files with application-specific icons will change to generic
icons if the associated application is not present (but I assume this
happens during a normal rebuild as well). One person made the excellent
suggestion of conducting an experiment with a floppy disk. Why didn't I
think of that?! ;-(
One person warned very strongly against canceling any rebuild in process.
Regarding the loss of "Get Info" comments, one person pointed out that
Netscape uses those comments to store the URL from which a page was saved.
He added that "the new 'System 7.5 Update 2.0' which will update any
version of System 7.5 to 7.5.3 is supposed to save the Get Info comments
even after a desktop rebuild". (I have read about other utilities that
preserve the comments during a rebuild, but I don't recall their names.)
The ways to perform a clean rebuild have been mentioned on recent postings:
- Use TechTool (v1.0.9 available from Info-Mac).
- Use the File Buddy (v3.4.2 available from Info-Mac) Cleanup menu.
- Use Norton's Disk Editor or ResEdit to make the hidden desktop files
visible, then trash the files and restart.
- Use the Desktop Reset extension (available from Info-Mac).
(Note, however, that there was a posting a few days ago warning against
use of this extension.)
By the way, I haven't seen anybody mention the way to cause a normal rebuild
with the system up: Quit all applications, type Option-Command-Esc to force
the Finder to quit (yes!), then hold down Option-Command immediately after
clicking on "Force Quit".
Finally, one person said "The only way to lose your settings is to zap your
PRAM (option-command-p-r) when rebooting." I _assume_ the PRAM settings
have nothing to do with the file system.
Thanks again to those who responded. I hope this is helpful to others.
Chuck
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:21:12 -0800
From: [email protected] (Maurice "Mike" McNeil)
Subject: [A] What color monitors for Mac IIci?
>I want a real cheap 640x480 color display to drive from my
>old Mac IIci's built-in video (640x480 at some oddball scan
>frequency that SVGA monitors can't sync to).
Try a "Liberty Adaptor", it is designed to attach any applicable PC monitor
to a Macintosh. We are using it with an LC. It has a set of switches and
settings for a wide variety of monitor/system configurations.
Enhance Cable Technologies
San Jose, CA
1-800-343-2425
We found it at a local store in San Diego for $40.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 21:42:36 0500
From: Brian Morgan
Subject: [Q] Can NCSA Telnet cross firewall?
Is there any way to configure NCSA Telnet to work across a firewall?
I'm trying to use it with Netscape for telnet access.
Thanks!
Brian
[email protected]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 16:41:50 -0800
From: J Matthew J TONG
Subject: [Q] DiskLock for PowerBook
Hi,
Some time ago I got a utility disk, containing DiskLock v1.0 by Jeffrey S
Shulman, following a recommendation by BMUG representative, during a
presentation on PowerBooks, at Apple Expo '94 in the UK.
I have been somewhat reticent about using it as there is no "read me" or
other documentation included; I know it is only a small DA, but I gather it
is quite powerful in that if I screw up then I'm stuck with a very locked
disk! I also believe it is now on version 2.1 or after and that an updater
is available. The other thing I came across was information on the commercial
Symantec product called DiskLock for PowerBook; is this now the commercial
version of the same programme.
I would be most grateful if anyone has any info/documentation on DiskLock
and its use. Also are the shareware and commercial DiskLock's related, or
do they just share the same name.
Please can anyone let me know if I can download a current version and/or
documentation, or even better if anyone can e-mail me an up-to-date version
then I would be overjoyed.
Many thanks for your help
Matthew
J. Matthew J. TONG
[email protected]
pg&[email protected]
"Well hussar and hurrah!"
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:28:23 -0600 (CST)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: [Q] New SilverControl CP?
I am the legitimate owner of at least 8 copies of SilverLining, most of
which came bundled with as many new hard drives (over the years). I
recently upgraded to Silverlining version 5.6.3, via La Cie's Web site,
but this did not include the eqivalent version of the SilverControl
Control Panel.
The SilverControl 5.5.3 CP is causing *strange* behavior with a drive that
has had the Silverlining 5.6.3 driver installed on it (more on this in
another posting).
Is there some kind Info-Mac reader who could send the 5.6.3 version of
the CP to me, via e-mail? (Bin/Hex in the body of the message, or MIME
attachment OK.)
Best regards,
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 13:34:44 -800
From: Sharon Jennings
Subject: [Q] WindowWizard 1.2 author address?
Does anyone know how to contact Eric de la Musse, the author of
WindowWizard 1.2 and several other shareware programs?
I have tried for several weeks to contact him at the adresses
contained in the WindowWizard 1.2 documentation, but to no avail.
I would like to send him my shareware fee and get my
registration number.
If anyone has any current information, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
Sharon Jennings
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:04:09 CST
From: Michael Cook
Subject: [SUMMARY] Drag & drop printer utility?
Thanks to the many folks who replied. I've extracted/edited most of
the major information I received. Thanks again for the info.
The simple answer is to use the Finder. Highlight each file to be
printed, then use -P (or select Print from the File menu) to
print the documents. If asked, enter the print settings that are
wanted.
Print Monitor's memory requirements may need to be increased if a lot
of documents or large documents are printed.
I believe this is what I was after. I was just thinking drag&drop at
the time I asked my question.
Note that multiple items can be selected in the Finder even if they
are in separate folders. The key is to open up a window for a parent
folder that includes all the folders you want to select files from.
Switch to a list view. Open subfolders with the arrows on the left
margin until all the files you want to select are visible (even if you
have to scroll - that's ok). Select all the files you want to print
by holding the shift key as you click on them. You can then print by
selecting Print from the File menu.
Or, if you are using an apple printer such as an ImageWriter II,
StyleWriter, or StyleWriter II; get the installation software for the
StyleWriter 1200 or 2400 and install it on your MAC. You will end up
with desktop icons for the printer you actually use and then you can
Drag & Drop a file onto the icon and have it print as you described.
Having the software installed might work for other types of printers
(HP??) but I don't know.
You can also install the latest version of Apple's LaserWriter drivers
(which probably requires a PostScript Printer and maybe a LaserWriter)
and a printer will show up on your desktop. [This does *not* require
the GX printer drivers] Then you can drag files to the printer icon
and have the files printed.
An ftp location is:
ftp://ftp.support.apple.com//pub/apple_ ... w/laser_sw
The current version of LaserWriter is 8.3.2 and this is the file name:
LW_8.3.2_SW-Net_Install.sea.hqx
Also, there is an application called "Desktop Printers" which creates
a customized mini application representative of your chooser
extensions. You can drag'n drop docs on it to be printed or faxed. It
should be available from main sites.
If you have Quickeys, you can make a QK Icon for a printer Choosy
shortcut for each printer you have access to. Clicking on this icon
will make that printer the default. Dropping files on the icon will
print to that printer.
Michael Cook
[email protected]
These are not the opinions of my employer.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:59:41 -0600 (CST)
From: "Traci J. Ingram"
Subject: Aliases Won't Resolv after Restore
> The SilverControl 5.5.3 CP is causing *strange* behavior with a drive that
> has had the Silverlining 5.6.3 driver installed on it (more on this in
> another posting).
This is that "other" posting: It is fairly routine for us to do a
complete HD backup to DAT using Retrospect 2.1, reformat the drive (using
Silverlining), and then do a "complete" restore from Retrospect.
The original drive is named "Passp. XL 1080," and this is the *exact* same
name that is given back to the drive (one of two partitions) during the
Silverling reformat. Yet, after the restore, *many* aliases do not
resolve (even though window and icon positions, for instance, *do* restore
to their original states), and Suitcase has to be re-directed to many of
the folders holding its font sets.
Prior to attempting to launch any of the newly-restored aliases, any of
several alias-resolving/repairing utilities will show virtually *all*
aliases to be orphaned, even though their path statements always begin
correctly with "Passp. XL 1080:" (again, this is the exact name of the old
and new partitions).
At this point, however, at least *half* of all the aliases will launch
their original items from within the Finder, and once this has been done
just once for each (launchable) alias, the alias repair programs will then
show these to be OK. (Note: This volume has *not* been re-named in the
Finder, after reformatting, and the Alternate Directory Block - I think
that's what it is called - contains the proper name, according to Norton
Disk Doctor 3.1.3.)
Numerous Desktop deletions and rebuilds make no difference in the
behavior of the "straggler" aliases.
What is happening here? More important, is there a way to do such a full
disk restore (from Retrospect, particularly), without having the Finder
and Suitcase develop these problems?
Traci J. Ingram
[email protected] | or | [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:38:39 -1000
From: [email protected] (Ed Cesar)
Subject: Any Software for Making and Scoring Flash Cards?
I would like to find software that will enable me to make and score flash
cards. I have a couple of applications in mind for them: language
training for me, and to help my granddaughter memorize multiplication
tables.
What I am looking for is the program structure for flash cards so I can
make my own. I would like to be able to make sets of cards to present
questions and answers and be able to vary them so we can focus on what we
need to learn in an evolutionary way. For future applications I am hoping
there is a way to present questions and multiple choice answers, but for
the near term, simple single answer cards will suffice.
Beyond that, I would like to be able to score my/her mouse click or key
stroke answers, or maybe even our voice choices. Perhaps someone knows
about an automated diagnostic scorer like the one used in Typing 6 that,
after each session, tells the user which keys were either missed
altogether, and which ones the user was slow to respond to, only in our
case we would be evaluating our responses to particular cards whose answers
were either missed altogether or not responded to after a settable
prescribed period of time.
I presume there is lots of commercially available software that employs
flash card mechanisms for helping users learn particular kinds of subjects.
However, I would like to be able to make and tailor my own.
Any recommedations for ferrware or software, or other suggestions, would be
appreciated.
[email protected] (Ed Cesar)
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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 17:08:10 -0500
From: [email protected] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: Binhex
> Where can I get a Windows program for extracting Binhex (and stuffit)
> files? Thanks..
Michael,
Aladdin has a copy of StuffIt Extractor for Windoze. Just like on the Mac
it will decode BinHex & other encoding and it will uncompress StuffIt &
other types of file compression.
Look for it at:
for the Binary or UUEncoded version. These are self expanding archives.
-- Pat -------------------------------------------------> [email protected]
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Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 17:09:16 EST
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: DD Verify/Repair (Thanks, All!)
I've said it before. Gee, I love this place. The other day I asked about
a copy of the "DD Verify/Repair" utility that used to accompany the Disk
Doubler package.
My thanks to Paul Hughes, Jim Beall, "Mike" McNeil, and Doug Frick. I had
a copy of that puppy in my in-bucket within moments of the I-M Digest in
which my query appeared.
And oddly enough, DDV/R recovered Leslye's munged DD'd PICT file. I was
properly amazed. I sort of thought DDV/R might be a loser, which would
justify its no longer being included in the package. Nope. Worked fine.
I suppose it's just another example of a perfectly good utility dropped
>From a package because it doesn't fit on the distribution disk. Or some
marketing brother-in-Christ thought having it might imply an imperfection
in the product. Perish and portfend! Exit, stage left! (Yes, I know. You
are *all* too young to catch that reference. Heck, I can't remember the
cartoon it's from. Quickdraw McGraw?)
Al
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:50:43 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: Drag & Drop printer utility? (R)
Mel writes:
"Alternatively, you can simply install the Laserwriter 8.3 or StyleWriter
1200 drivers (download from support.apple.com) which includes Drag & Drop
desktop printing."
If you go this route you might find the "Hands On" article in the February
MacUser useful (p. 114).
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:29:14 -0800
From: [email protected] (Tristan Meisters)
Subject: Engineering Design Software
I'm interested in acquiring some software in performing roof truss
designs, mostly for residential applications, albeit somewhat custom
designed and I'm frankly tired of performing the old hand calculation
method. I'm running on a Mac platform, more specifically a Mac Classic 2
and would prefer freeware or shareware although commercial software would
fit the bill. Can anyone lend a hand with some suggestions? Thanking you
in advance for your help .
cheers Tristan
Tristan Meisters
Email [email protected]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 06:39:00 +0900
From: Tomohiko Mizutan
Subject: Font Converter from Latin-2 and Unicode
Hello,
I have a friend who is studying history of Eastern-Europe.
He saids that He often receives Internet-mails written with ISO Latin-
2 and Unicode.
He is looking for a font which is conpatible with ISO Latin-2 or a
converter which can convert Latin-2 texts to Macintosh Roman texts.
He also wants for a utility to read Unicode on Macintosh (he only
needs alphabets used in Eastern Europe).
Is there any font or utility you can get on-line?
Thanks in advance for your help.
** [email protected]/Tomohiko Mizutani **
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 08:43:43 -0800
From: Tom Clifton
Subject: Looking for Mac Specifications - Thanks
Many thanks to those who responded to my question:
Here is a list of resources mentioned:
http://www.zdnet.com/~macuser/mu_0296/utility.html (Mac Catalog
Database)
info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-ibm-compare-206.hqx
info/hdwr/macintosh-models-list-95-09.hqx
MacFacts on AOL and info/hdwr/ directory
GURU on Bay Guardians On Line Bulletin board
I checked out the Mac Catalog Database on ZiffNet and that provided in
needed info.
Thanks again,
Tom
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:36:56 +1100
From: [email protected] (Graeme Challis)
Subject: MacAdministrator
Justin Marthaler asks:
>I'm looking for some expert advice. Does anyone out there use
>MacAdministrator for their networks -- especially an academic network?
What's your email address Justin?
I've just installed MacAdministrator 1.1 on a Centris 660AV to serve a lab
of 22 Mac LC 580's. Looking at it from the administrators point of view,
it's great - remote distribution of files, control of printing, keeping
certain students out, stopping certain pieces of software running at
certain times & oodles of other features.
Am a bit concerned at what will happen when the students come back from the
summer (we're in Australia...) break and a class tries to log in all at
once. I simulated this yesterday - the server hung and so did 7 of the 22
lab macs. All the test accounts I created failed to log in the first time,
though all were ok the second and subsequent times I logged them in.
Will be experimenting this week and setting up a bunch of 'controls', so
email me next week to check progress. Are there other MacAdministrator
administrators out there? Perhaps we could set up a mail list, if one does
not already exist, for mutual support and ideas.
Cheers, Grae.
--------
Graeme Challis, Phone (054) 447-599
Desktop Systems Support Fax (054) 447-975
La Trobe University, Bendigo email [email protected]
...yellow and black... http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~graeme
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:36:56 +1100
From: [email protected] (Graeme Challis)
Subject: MacAdministrator
Justin Marthaler asks:
>I'm looking for some expert advice. Does anyone out there use
>MacAdministrator for their networks -- especially an academic network?
What's your email address Justin?
I've just installed MacAdministrator 1.1 on a Centris 660AV to serve a lab
of 22 Mac LC 580's. Looking at it from the administrators point of view,
it's great - remote distribution of files, control of printing, keeping
certain students out, stopping certain pieces of software running at
certain times & oodles of other features.
Am a bit concerned at what will happen when the students come back from the
summer (we're in Australia...) break and a class tries to log in all at
once. I simulated this yesterday - the server hung and so did 7 of the 22
lab macs. All the test accounts I created failed to log in the first time,
though all were ok the second and subsequent times I logged them in.
Will be experimenting this week and setting up a bunch of 'controls', so
email me next week to check progress. Are there other MacAdministrator
administrators out there? Perhaps we could set up a mail list, if one does
not already exist, for mutual support and ideas.
Cheers, Grae.
--------
Graeme Challis, Phone (054) 447-599
Desktop Systems Support Fax (054) 447-975
La Trobe University, Bendigo email [email protected]
...yellow and black... http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~graeme
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 19:30:21 +0100
From: [email protected] (Eric Maldague)
Subject: Mac Specifications
>I know that that this must be in a FAQ somewhere, but I have
>searched for over 30 min. to no avail. I am looking for a
>database, website, or whatever that lists the specifications
>of all the Macs ever produced.
--------
Tom,
Maybe you can try this one :
http://www.zdnet.com/~macuser/download/mac_database.hqx
Eric M.
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 10:51:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: mounting second internal HD
>Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 05:04:17 -0500
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: mounting second internal HD
>
>I bought my 7100 without internal CD-ROM and since it has the internal SCSI
>connector and drive bay sitting there unused, I'd like to mount a second
>internal HD in that space.
>
>To do so, I need two brackets, apparently: the [ -shaped bracket that goes
>around the bottom of hard drives beneath the circuit board; and whatever
>braces and cages and whatnot would situate it snugly against the top left
>hand * corner of the hole where the internal CD-ROM would have been. (*
>orientation as you're facing the Mac, that is).
>
>Any idea where I can get such hardware, and for that matter what it is
>called?
We don' need no steenking brackets. When I bought a second HD for my
6100, I moved the original (and nearly worthless) IBM 160 into the unused
CD bay. All I did was make four rubber cushions from old shock absorber
bushings, place the drive on them, and snug it down with a long nylon
ty-rap. The hardest part was fishing the ty-rap under the floor of the
bay.
If you move the original HD, make sure it uses the same ribbon cable
connector--that HD is terminated, and must be the last physical device in
the internal SCSI chain.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page:
http://www.inlink.com/~creative/hummers/welcome.html
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 10:58:04 GMT
From: [email protected] (Christian F. Buser)
Subject: Mounting second internal HD
Allan Hunter wrote:
>I bought my 7100 without internal CD-ROM and since it has the internal
>SCSI connector and drive bay sitting there unused, I'd like to mount a
>second internal HD in that space.
>
>To do so, I need two brackets, apparently:
>...
>Any idea where I can get such hardware, and for that matter what it is
>called?
I think if you call APS they can exactly tell what you need (and what
it costs from them. Give them a try. Sorry, I don't have their phone
number right at hand, but you can reach them electronically at
[email protected] or visit them at http://www.apstech.com/
Best wishes and good luck, Christian.
[email protected] -- http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser/cbuser.html
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 11:16:47 +0000
From: "Mark Allen"
Subject: Netscape cache files
I'm using Netscape 1.1N on a Power Mac 7500. I noticed, in the cache
folder/Netscape folder/Preferences folder/System folder, many cache files.
What is their purpose? Do I need these files? Is there setting in Netscape
that would clean this folder out on a regular basis?
Thanks!
Mark Allen
[email protected]
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:46:40 +1100
From: [email protected] (Graeme Challis)
Subject: RHS Menu Utilities
>Does anyone know of any utility (shareware, commercial etc) that would let
>me put menu items in a folder (with ocons?) and have them appear as a
>customised heirarchical menu?
Now Utilities gets my vote - commercial software, but one of the classics.
Also try OtherMenu and Apollo, shareware menu managers and available from
info-mac mirrors everywhere. Look in the gui directory.
Cheers Grae. ([email protected])
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 10:56:41 -0600 (CST)
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: RHS Menu Utilities
>Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 11:39:43 +0000
>From: Roland Whitehead
>Subject: RHS Menu Utilities
>
>I need to add an extra menu on the RHS of the Mac menu bar (ie just before
>the Ballon Help menu) similar to the one used by Microsoft Office etc.
>Does anyone know of any utility (shareware, commercial etc) that would let
>me put menu items in a folder (with ocons?) and have them appear as a
>customised heirarchical menu?
Check out OtherMenu. No icons in its drop-down menus, but you can put it
right where you want to on the menubar. Plus, its additional features may
spoil you for life.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page:
http://www.inlink.com/~creative/hummers/welcome.html
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 19:30:28 +0100
From: [email protected] (Eric Maldague)
Subject: Shutting off startup sound
>Is there in existance, a control panel device or something like it that
>will allow you to shut off the startup chime?
------------
David,
I don't think there is anything like that. But you can always plug a
headphone in you Mac and that will shut it up.
Eric M.
------------------------------
Date: 9 Jan 1996 13:46:51 -0500
From: [email protected] (Richard D. Doherty)
Subject: Virtual by Connectix
Hello there...
I was curious if anyone on this forum knew where to find a copy of
Virtual by Connectix. I have an SE that I would like to get sone
more work from and I have been unable to track the program down. I
would appreciate any help.
Thank you,
Don Doherty
Medical College of Virginia M'97
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 19:41:20 +1100 (EST)
From: [email protected] (Bob Lyon)
Subject: WordPerfect 3.5 and Speech Technology
I recently upgraded to version 3.5 and was pleased to see that when I ran
the program, the Speech option button was available on the button bar. (I
understand that it doesn't show up if the particular Mac can't run speech
technology.) However, I've been unable to get this feature to work at all.
I'd be grateful for advice as to what I need to do, and/or what additional
software I may need. Thanks in advance.
Bob Lyon
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