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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 12 Jan 96 Volume 14 : Issue 11
Today's Topics:
[*] bulkrate-faq-213
[*] csmp-digest-v3-131
[*] DD Verify/Repair
[*] Dog X-Ray; a tool for Amateur Radio operators
[*] FastClock+DCC v3.55 - Model Train Running Application
[*] FileIndexer 1.2
[*] Gradebook 2.0
[*] hyper-gatekeeper-127
[*] MediaLink 2.1; Freeware Multimedia Authoring Tool
[*] Romi-1.6; Rummy card game
[*] TTConverter1.5; a font utility
[Q] Alert Dialog Supressor
[Q] Disturbance in the Force
[Q] Internet Email Server for Mac?
[Q] Is Control Strip available for 7200/75?
AFM from Postscript fonts
Background off in Netscape >1.0N on B&W Mac?
CGI, HTML and Netscape
clean desktop rebuild
Copying layouts from FileMaker Pro to Claris Works
Creating Web Pages
Imagewriter II Spooler
Info-Mac Digest V14 #10
Info-Mac Digest V14 #7
Info-Mac Digest V14 #9
Keyquencer inquiry
Law Offices using Macs
Shifting Columns
Shutdown Crashes
SuperComments
unlocking a volume
VAX hiccups (Q)
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:14:59 -0600
From: [email protected] (Horst Prillinger)
Subject: [*] bulkrate-faq-213
This is the updated English version of the FAQ for BulkRate, the online
reader for FirstClass BBSs.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/bulk-rate-faq-213.hqx; 14K]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/bulk-rate-faq-213-de.hqx; 18K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:55:19 -0600
From: [email protected] (Francois Pottier)
Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-131
C.S.M.P. Digest Thu, 11 Jan 96 Volume 3 : Issue 131
Today's Topics:
(Safely) Drawing directly to VRAM
ANSWER: Get dirID from FSSpec
Animation Libraries
Changing the size of balloon help
Need to unlock MF Temp Memory?
New Mac games programming web site!
Script Editor Apple Events
[ANN] Mops 2.7 Macintosh Programming Environment
The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Francois Pottier
([email protected]).
[Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-digest-v3-131.hqx; 62K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:57:10 -0600
From: [email protected] (Maurice "Mike" McNeil)
Subject: [*] DD Verify/Repair
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/dd-verify-repair.hqx; 55K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:14:56 -0600
From: Joe Mastroianni
Subject: [*] Dog X-Ray; a tool for Amateur Radio operators
Dog X-Ray 1.0d1 is a tool for Amateur Radio operators who use a Power
Macintosh and a PK-232 TNC. (If you have no interest in digital amateur
radio using the PK-232 AND a Power Mac, this software is of absolutely no
use to you.) Dog X-ray provides a packet mode interface allowing multiple
connections (up to 10), intelligent command interpretation, and flexible
speech capability. It's target is the DXer who is looking for a smart
interface to the DX packet cluster. At the moment, Dog X-Ray operates in
simple HOST mode and provides some intelligent processing of DX spots.
As it evolves, Dog X-Ray will grow to a complete interface/spotting/and
logging system--something long lacking for the Mac. This is the D1
version, meaning very little alpha or beta testing has been performed.
Any and all comments are welcome to :
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/dog-x-ray.hqx; 395K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:56:46 -0600
From: [email protected] (Thomas J Bunce)
Subject: [*] FastClock+DCC v3.55 - Model Train Running Application
This long overdue update to FastClock+DCC 3.4 now supports the Mac Plus and
SE without crashing immediately!
This program allows you to run Digital Command Control equipped model train
locomotives and accessories with your Macintosh by using the serial ports
and a power booster ($35 in parts if you make it yourself.)
Run multiple locomotives at the same time without block wiring your layout!
Turn lights, sounds and other functions on and off at will on each locomotive!
Switch turnouts and special effects on and off remotely!
Program the EEPROM registers to give each locomotive it's own address,
speed curve, and acceleration characteristics.
Drag locomotive controls onto another to run multiple-units.
Use the mouse to drag a slider, or use the keyboard to control speed,
direction, and functions.
$20 Shareware payment will allow more locomotives and accessories to be
operated at the same time, otherwise this is fully functional.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/fast-clock-dcc-355.hqx; 149K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:57:17 -0600
From: Peter Marks
Subject: [*] FileIndexer 1.2
This program builds an index of all words in documents in a heirarchy of
folders.
New in this version, (since version 1.1), is Claris XTND support so it
can read any document you have a filter installed for. Index size is much
smaller as it hashes the words, the tradeoff here is that you get some
mis-hits. It also does word "stemming" if you want.
FileIndexer trades memory for speed. It builds a sorted list of unique
words
(not case sensitive), and then keeps a list of the files that contain
each word.
This list of lists is kept in memory. This makes it VERY fast to do the
binary search.
You can save the index to a file and load it reasonably quickly.
Run FileIndexer, choose Index folder, and select the top folder in a tree
of
text files to be indexed. Claris XTND can be used (if available) to read
documents.
You need to turn it on in the preferences dialog to use it. Note that
some documents,
in my experience, will hang XTND. (I have no control over this). If the
beach ball
cursor times out and stops, you are probably stuck. The offending
document name
is left displayed in the status field.
When done, type a single word into the find field and press return. A
list of all
the files that contain that word will be displayed. In brackets you'll
see the number
of times the word is found in that file. Also shown is the modification
date of
the file and then the full path to the file.
Double-click on the file to open the first 32k of it in a text window.
You can choose
to view the document in it's original app or the app of your choice.
>From the text window you can use Find or Find again (command-G) to locate
the word
you searched for.
I built a PowerPC native version but it was slower! Probably due to my
heavy use
of the non-native file manager.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/file-indexer-12.hqx; 327K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:14:53 -0600
From: [email protected] (J. Witte)
Subject: [*] Gradebook 2.0
Gradebook is a grade keeping program for the Macintosh, designed especially
for college courses. Instructors save time, especially at the end of the
semester (finals time!), and students can benefit from mid-semester grade
reports.
With GB you can use numbers, letters (ABC), or "check-plus-minus" to assign
scores to entries. Flexible grading options include dropping low scores and
weighted grade categories. Imports the results of machine-graded exams from
TEXT file. Generates lists and reports.
Requires Hypercard 2.0 or later.
New in GB version 2.0:
* Optional weighting of individual entries in the same category for entries
that use numbers.
* More options for editing existing entries
* Integrated online manual
* New "GB Emailer" utility generates email form letters for your students.
You can send your students personalized messages to facilitate online
discussion or to send them grade reports. Requires Hypercard 2.2,
scriptable Eudora email program, and Applescript installed.
More info available at:
Shareware, $15
Jim Witte
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/gradebook-20-hc.hqx; 184K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:55:07 -0600
From: Wolfgang McKeown
Subject: [*] hyper-gatekeeper-127
HyperGatekeeper is an anti-viral stack for all known HyperCard script
viruses. It is designed to detect unknown viruses as well, but whether
that will work or not depends on the individual viruses.
This stack has been tested with all the viruses I had on hand (for some
reason, HyperCard viruses are hard to find; I had to write almost all of
the test viruses myself).
I have tried to make this stack the best it can be, but then no security
is perfect. Any suggestions or complaints are welcome. (Please give a
reason for your complaint, not just "I hate this thing; I'm not using it.")
This version (1.2.7) will detect viruses that try to evade HGK by
unlocking a stack, infecting it, and then locking it again. To prevent
the annoying problem of having to answer modification dialogs on old
stacks after installing a new version of HGK, this version includes an
updater that will upgrade an installed (in the Home stack) copy of
version 1.2.5.
Wolfgang McKeown
[Archived as /info-mac/vir/hyper-gatekeeper-127.hqx; 14K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:56:23 -0600
From: Jay Waller
Subject: [*] MediaLink 2.1; Freeware Multimedia Authoring Tool
* MediaLink is a freeware hypermedia authoring tool.
* Allows linking between any selections in text, sound, picture, and
QuickTime files.
* Links are made using drag and drop. No scripting involved.
* Provides network communcation to talk, send files, and collaborate via
AppleTalk or TCP/IP.
* Application is only 900K.
* This package includes the application, manual (Word 5.1 format), and
a small sample lesson.
* For more information please visit the MediaLink WWW page
or send mail to [email protected].
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/media-link-21.hqx; 1247K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:56:51 -0600
From: Gerard Brochu
Subject: [*] Romi-1.6; Rummy card game
Romi is a program that lets you play games of Rummy against the Macintosh.
Romi runs on any Macintosh with System 6.0.4 and higher, in color
and black & white, with System 7.0 and higher, you can use balloon
help in menus, window and preference dialog.
What's new in Romi 1.6
With this new version of Romi, you can play against more than one Romi player.
You can play against one to tree players simulated by Romi by using the
Preferences item of the Options menu. All the players simulated by Romi play
at the same level of difficulty that you have chosen. When you win a game,
the penalty score given to Romi is the maximum score of the players simulated
by Romi.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/romi-16.hqx; 226K]
[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/romi-16-fr.hqx; 202K]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 12:56:58 -0600
From: [email protected] (Will Wagers)
Subject: [*] TTConverter1.5; a font utility
Since Microsoft Windows 3.1 was introduced, Windows users have had the
capability to display and print TrueType fonts. Because TrueType fonts are
self-contained and portable, the only thing preventing the easy interchange
of fonts between the Mac and Windows is how the fonts are stored.
The Mac stores its TrueType fonts as 'sfnt' resources, along with the
'FOND' resource that all Mac font families must have, and Windows stores
its TrueType fonts in .TTF files (files with a .TTF extension). Except for
the location, the actual font data is usually completely compatible.
TTConverter is designed to move this font data between the 'sfnt' resources
and .TTF files so it is possible to use TrueType fonts created in one
operating system with the other.
Regards, Will
[Archived as /info-mac/font/util/tt-converter-15.hqx; 51K]
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 03:57:06 +0000
From: [email protected] (Doug Brouwer)
Subject: [Q] Alert Dialog Supressor
*This message was sent using a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) SMTPGate*
I am looking for software which would make alert dialogs go away after a
specified time or not appear at all. They tend to stop processes which are
automatically executing on an untended Mac.
Thanks. Doug
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 10:22:32 -0500
From: Dirk Thompson
Subject: [Q] Disturbance in the Force
I am having some trouble with my in my Performa 6110CD/60 (with 8 Mb of
physical memory). It seems to run fine for a period of time, but then after
an hour or two of use, it suddenly gets slower. It gets slower and slower,
until finally, I can't take it anymore, and I limp my crippled mouse over to
the Restart command. Often by that point, the Restart command just freezes
the System.
I have installed RAM Doubler and Speed Doubler. I'm not sure if it is one of
these utilities that is causing my problem. I have used RAM Doubler for some
time, and I don't remember any of these symptoms until I started using Speed
Doubler. I've removed Speed Doubler, but the problem seems to still exist.
I've also starting crashing more. A lot of System Errors due to
"unimplemented trap" -- whatever that means.
There is a disturbance in the Force. It's really scarey that my Windows 95
system at work is more stable than my Macintosh -- SACRILEGE! Please help
me, Obiwans. You're my only hope.
Dirk R. Thompson
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Case Western Reserve University
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 02:20:56 +0930
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected] (Monib Mahdavi)
Subject: Menudropper?
Hey beautiful people.
just a quick message asking anyone out there if they have a copy of
Menudropper that works on PowerPC's running sytem 7.5 or 7.5.1? I have
downloaded literally about 15 copies from all parts of the world however
none of them work and they are all identical versions of the 2 versions
that I have only been able to find. I have tried running it under sytsem
7.5.1 and 7.5 but its just doesnt like "the version of the finder" or
something. Any ideas? I even mailed the guy who wrote it but I have had no
reply. Does anyone know where I can get the most recent copy?. A response
would be appreciated as I kinda need the little sucker real bad these days.
Thanks,
Mon
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 12:00:07 EST
From: Tom Coradeschi
Subject: [Q] Internet Email Server for Mac?
>let's say i have a dedicated ppp line for my mac which is up all the time
>and my domain name is registered with InterNIC. are there any mail servers
>available (shareware preferable) which would allow internet email to be
>sent right to my mac, as opposed to programs like eudora which require you
>to log onto some other server?
Yes. Apple Internet Mail Server (formerly MailShare) is available from:
It's a POP and SMTP server and very reliable...
tom coradeschi [email protected]
http://k-whiner.pica.army.mil/tom/tom.html
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 00:01:43 1000
From: Philip Fischeles
Subject: [Q] Is Control Strip available for 7200/75?
Apple did not ship 7200 seris with the control strip.
They shipped it with 7500/8500 and with 17"AV monitors.
The control strip will be included with the 7.5.3 updater due on Jan.
96.
If you know of any internet site from which it can be downloded, pleasse
advise me, as i have the 7200/90 w/out the C.S.
B. regards
Philip Fischeles
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 16:44:46 +0100
From: [email protected] (Andrew Maier)
Subject: AFM from Postscript fonts
Hello,
How can one easily create Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) from the Postscript
printer fonts. I know it is possible somehow. I think font creating
programs such as Font Munger can handle such things. Now the problem is I
presumebly will only want to do this once. So buying a program which costs
some $100 and more is out of the question.
The reason I need these AFMs is that I want to teach LaTeX to use these
fonts, which I rather like. I know that there are many AFMs around on the
net, but up to now I have not found the font I want to use.
Another and perhaps easier possibility is that someone who has a copy of
such a font creating program could do the conversion for me. I would
apreciate this very much!
Andrew Maier
Andrew Maier | 6, Route de Gex | email: [email protected]
Bacherplatz 9/8 | Appartement 10 | [email protected]
A-1050 Wien | F-01170 Crozet | WWW: http://wwwcn.cern.ch/~maiera/
Austria | France |
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:34:54 +1030
From: [email protected] (John Latimer)
Subject: Background off in Netscape >1.0N on B&W Mac?
I have tried Netscape 1.1 on my PowerBook 145 with its black and white (not
greyscale) screen, but when backgrounds are loaded the text becomes
illegible, so I've gone back to 1.0. I would like to be able to use a more
recent version of Netscape in view of the number of web pages that require
it and come out badly shuffled using version 1.0. I was wondering if it is
possible to disable the background feature of the current release version
of Netscape and the forthcoming Netscape 2?
Thanks for any help,
Dr John Latimer [email protected]
Research Fellow, Dept of Obs & Gynae, Uni of Adelaide
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 23:29:53 +0900
From: [email protected] (Tito Poza and Shari Custer-Poza)
Subject: CGI, HTML and Netscape
I hope this isn't an inappropriate question for Info-Mac but there's
something I've wondered about since dabbling in HTML. Some of my
acquaintances have put forms on their web sites. The results of these forms
are sent to them via e-mail using:
The e-mail message with results they receive is sent from "Mozilla" (and is
a mess, I'll grant you) so I assume it is processed through Netscape
somehow. My question is, is this riding on someone else's coattails? Is it
unethical or a part of Netscape service and an okay thing to do?
This has particularly been on my mind since trying out Pagemill which has
the ability to set up forms for Web pages but not make them do anything. If
Adobe could have programmed a button to add a simple line to mail results
to a specific address, why didn't they? Is it because of the above issue or
something my limited knowledge of HTML doesn't allow me to understand?
Thanks
Shari
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:06:54 +0100
From: Bo Bjulen
Subject: clean desktop rebuild
At 06.39 96-01-11, L. M. Nelson wrote:
>Try techtool v108, its on info-mac. Otherwise, try locating the desktop
>file with Resedit - maybe you could delete it or something?
The current version is 1.0.9.
Bo
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:01:21 -0800
From: [email protected] (Paul Brians)
Subject: Copying layouts from FileMaker Pro to Claris Works
I have a lot of elaborate databases in FileMaker Pro 1 format. I just
acquired a Performa bundled with ClarisWorks 3.0 and would like to import
these into it. The online help says to use the DIF format to import the
files. This works, but at the cost of of losing the layout and defaulting
to a generic layout. I called Claris support to ask whether there was any
way to import the layouts and was told no.
Anybody have any tips or suggestions before I plunge in to hours of
recreating my layouts in the database module of ClarisWorks?
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
[email protected]
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 06:43:19 +0800
From: [email protected] (Ariel Alampay)
Subject: Creating Web Pages
Does anyone know any shareware for creating web pages?
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 22:08:39 -0800
From: [email protected] (Daniel Dohan)
Subject: Imagewriter II Spooler
I'm looking for an spooler so that I can continue to use my Mac as my
trusty Imagewriter II works away on printing jobs. I remember seeing
something that would do the trick (freeware? shareware?) long ago, but a
quick search of the archives turned up nothing promising. Any ideas?
-daniel dohan
[[email protected]]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:45:16 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #10
>I've been trying to write a simple script which would turn on the internal
>speaker of my PM 7500/100. I sometimes leave headphones plugged into the
>external speakers miniplug, which shuts off the speaker, and I want to have
>an easy way to turn it back on.
>Marty Lindower
>[email protected]
There is no alternative to removing the headphone plug, because inserting
the plug opens a switch which physically disconnects the wire to the
internal speakers.
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:31:26 +0000
From: wayne burk
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #7
>Subject:
> Looking for Mac Specifications
> Date:
> Mon, 08 Jan 96 04:54:43 0800
> From:
> Tom Clifton
>
>
>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.
>TIA,
>Tom
Hi,
MacUser Online has a filemaker pro database @
http://www.zdnet.com/~macuser/mu_0296/utility.html
or @
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/macuser/mac_database.hqx
it's 188k and i haven't checked it out myself
good luck
wayne
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:26:21 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chuck Garrett)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #9
>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?
> ------------
This is not a lot of help but such a program exists. I had it but the
Readme says it will not work on older macs and mine is in that category
Chuck Garrett
[email protected]
"Not very much matters and nothing matters very much"
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 06:43:24 +0800
From: [email protected] (Ariel Alampay)
Subject: Keyquencer inquiry
For Keyquencer users:
How can I create a macro for creating an OMR such that it would:
1) open PPP
2) open Eudora
3) send/receive mail
4) close PPP
Thanks.
...Ariel
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 09:50:24 -0500
From: [email protected]
Subject: Law Offices using Macs
Hi there,
I am working for a large law firm in Michigan. The boss is
seriously considering switching the entire office from PC's to Mac's. He
IS a Macintosh fan, but he is also seriously considering the advice of
basically all of his legal peers who are telling him it is a mistake to use
Mac's at work.
I am interested in hearing from anyone who works in a legal office that is
all Mac or at least 50-50 Mac. I would like to know any pro's and con's
you have found and whether or not it would be okay if the owner can call
and ask more specific questions. If it is, please include a phone number
and contact name. I firmly believe that going Mac would be in our
company's best interest but I need some backup. Please give me any input
you can.
Thank you very much,
Dave
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:59:03 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: Shifting Columns
Anyone know a way of changing the order things appear in 7.5.1 finder windows
when viewing by Name, Date, etc.? There are times when I would dearly love to
move the "Last Modified" column over next to the "Name" column. It is often a
royal pain to enlarge a couple windows to nearly full-screen size just to
check dates. I know I can turn off the various columns in the "Views" CP, but
I would like to be able to mix up the order.
And, while I'm thinking of it, how about a way of altering the way the date
is written -- Wed, Jan 10, 9:54 PM takes up a lotta real estate when all I'm
really interested in is the 9:54 PM part.
Cheers,
Joe Holly
MacHolly Land
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:14:36 -0800
From: [email protected] (A.K.A. TheWiz)
Subject: Shutdown Crashes
I have also had this problem...
What happens is that, whenever shutdown or restart is chosen from the finder,
the mac displays a bomb box. It doesn't happen every time, but when it does
it's annoying, because I have to reach all the way around back to turn the
machine off.
If it helps anyone, I use system 7.5.0 on a IIci. Also, the system does not
appear to be totally broken, because once when I clicked the "Reset" button
(in the bomb box), it asked for a disk and wouldn't shut down until I put it
in (grin
.If anyone can help me with this crash, I would greatly appreciate it!
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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:57:24 -0500
From: [email protected] (Graeme Forbes)
Subject: SuperComments
"I have read about other utilities that
preserve the comments during a rebuild, but I don't recall their names."
I recently installed "Super Comments 2.0.7". From the readme:
Super Comments 2.0.7 is a shareware control panel, which enables your
Macintosh to keep the Finder Get Info comments from being erased when the
desktop is rebuilt. It also permits them to be viewed in the open file
dialogs and edited in the save file dialogs. Super Comments 2.0.7
supersedes CommentKeeper and all commercial versions of Super Comments.
$10 shareware, well worth it. Look for 'disk/super-comments-207-cdev.hqx'.
Graeme Forbes
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:06:05 +1100
From: [email protected] (Bill Stanford)
Subject: unlocking a volume
In Info-Mac Digest V14 #8 Keith Ryding
wrote:
>I have recently been given a hard disk that has a password protection on
>the mounting of the volume. I am unsure of the software that locks this
>bot I suspect it may be an apple product because the password attempts
>register as apples in the dialog box. I really only want to be able to
>erase the disk and use it for my own purposes so getting in and looking
>around is not important to me.
>
>Can anyone help me by recommending a solution (preferably free) to this
>problem.
Keith, this sounds like the Le Cie Silverlining password dialog to me;
though there may be another formatter which puts up $F0 ASCII (opt-shift-k,
filled apple) as its password protector
Silverlining is the formatter I trust most, it's excellent, even if I'm
currently using FWB's HDT. Either of these will take over that drive,
irrespective of the original format program.
But you say "free"...which neither of these is of course....
There's a patch for the Sys 7.5 version of Apple's HD Setup at disk & file/
in the archieve, which let's HD Setup see most drives (instead of just
drives with Apple labels and ROM). It's called . That's where I'd start.
hth
--Bill Stanford
[email protected]
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 9:38:51 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: VAX hiccups (Q)
Kermit is the only choice for up- or downloading on the VAX server I dialup
for e-mail and net access. The problem is that for every 1K I download,
the server re-sends between one and two blocks. The files arrive intact.
How can I fix these hiccups? My default settings seem to agree with the
server's Kermit parameters (though I cannot tell what is needed when the
server's list states a setting in octal numbers, as some are stated).
Thanks if you can help!
Bob Crawford
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