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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 19 Apr 96 Volume 14 : Issue 96
Today's Topics:
[*] 04-96 MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial
[*] Calc++ v4.8 Newton Calculator
[*] Inside Mac Games March 1996
[*] mrc2M 0.91b05 (68K & PPC & FAT)
[*] Plug Master 1.1
[*] PPPop 1.4.1
[*] PrinterSwitch 1.0.2
[*] ProjectCODE
[*] Quicken Updaters
[*] Silver 3D Copland Icons v2
[*] Snooze Alarm 3.0.2 Description
[*] The Cursed Puzzle
(Q) Repair of old Macs
7.5.3 on IIci and LCIII
[A] Adjustable Keyboard Problem: SOLVED
[A] QuickDraw GX substitution fonts (2 msgs)
[A] Recipe Software?
[A] Time stretching
[A] TT fonts mac->pc
Accelerators and LaserWriter Plus
Anarchie for Windows...?
Apple bought PopupFolder?
Archive help
Asante (one of the good guys)
Color StyleWriter 2400 Performance
determining CPU speed
FreeHand 5.5 + RAM Doubler = Molasses?
Help with chat
Laserwriter Bridge zaps HP deskwriters - help!
Looking for PowerBook Airport Startup Utility
Making a Mac and PC talk
Monitor resolution.
Newton behavior
Performa 5210 Problems
Portrait Ripoff??
Problem with HP Deskjet
Sending pics by e-mail
SIMM question
Speech with a Ctrl-Click (A)
Subject: 1984
Timer for QuickTake
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:44:28 -0700
From: (Steve Mack)[email protected]
Subject: [*] 04-96 MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial
This is the latest issue of the hot new international newsletter
"MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial". If you are looking for ways to use your
Mac more effectively, you need to download this one. If you are tired of
wading through all the reviews of software that you will probably never
use, the MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter will not disappoint
you. Each issue is packed with useful information that the majority of
people can actually use.
**********************************************
This months article is "Using Apple's Extensions Manager"
**********************************************
The MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial Newsletter only has tips and tutorials
plus an occasional puzzle. I do not do reviews in this newsletter. While
reviews are useful, I feel that a newsletter that actually tells you how
to use your your Mac more effectively is much more useful to the novice
and intermediate users. Each issue includes many tips about using your
Mac. The tutorials are accompanied by graphics that help to understand
the article. This is a shareware product that has even more information
and tips for those that register. This is a short, fascinating download
well worth the time.
This newsletter is distributed as a Docmaker application. NO other
software is needed.
Steve Mack MacAssistant Consulting
MacAssistant Tips and Tutorial
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mass/mac-assistant-tips-96-04.hqx; 134K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:44:53 -0700
From: (Gerard Hammond,)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Calc++ v4.8 Newton Calculator
A Newton Scientific Calculator
Gerard Hammond
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/app/calc-plus-plus-48.hqx; 164K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:44:41 -0700
From: (Tuncer Deniz)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Inside Mac Games March 1996
Inside Mac Games is the premiere Macintosh gaming magazine, with amazing
previews, great reviews, stunning screen shots, entertaining interviews,
and much, much more!
In this FREE PREVIEW issue of IMG, sneak previews of Looking Glass'
Flight Unlimited and Sir-Tech's Wizardry Gold! Also in this issue,
reviews of X-Wing, Ultimate DOOM, Drumbeat, ShadowWraith, Strategic
Conquest 4.0 and more. Lastly, the IMG game poll, colums, the latest
games release list and much, much more.
To learn how to subscribe to the FULL CD-ROM version of IMG, check out
Page 2 in this month's issue or check out our web site at
.
[Archived as /info-mac/per/img/inside-mac-games-96-03.hqx; 2109K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:16 -0700
From: (Michio Ono)[email protected]
Subject: [*] mrc2M 0.91b05 (68K & PPC & FAT)
The "mrc2M" is an application for converting from
MRC images (MRC-600, -1000 and -1024) to Macintosh
images (PICT, PICS or QuickTime Movie). The image
shapes which "mrc2M" can make are normal type,
projection, stereo, rotation, X-Z and Tile. It can
change the image colors and size freely, too.
I think that "mrc2M" is useful for your confocal
studies very much.
Michio Ono
Department of Anatomy,
Yokohama City University,
School of Medicine
[email protected]
http://163.212.128.145
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/mrc2m-091b05.hqx; 299K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/mrc2m-091b05-fat.hqx; 391K]
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/mrc2m-091b05-ppc.hqx; 317K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:43 -0700
From: (Mike C Tilstra), [email protected]
Subject: [*] Plug Master 1.1
Is your Netscape Plug-in folder starting to look like your Extensions
folder? Want some control over those Plugs? Well, this application works
like System7.5's extension Manager, but for Netscape's plug-ins.
Items are now sorted alphabetically.
Mike Tilstra------TaDPoL-------Limiter Task
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g019/tils0007/
[Due to another program having the same name, this program is now called
Plug Master,
but when decompressed it is still Plug-in Manager. This (I'm sure) will change
in subsequent updates. -Demitri]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/netscape-plug-master-11.hqx; 24K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:55 -0700
From: (Rob Friefeld)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PPPop 1.4.1
PPPop is a MacPPP 2.0.1 (or FreePPP) operator application. It puts up a
little button window which will open and close a PPP link -- without having
to run the Config PPP control panel. MacPPP must be installed for PPPop to
run. OT compatible. PPPop includes a session timer, a session log
function, a menu for selecting a server, and an application launcher which
can automatically run applications. It is AppleScriptable.
Changes from version 1.4:
Bug Fixes:
1. Launcher setup - some users were experiencing corruption of their
settings.
2. Launcher setup dialog - check box didn't work.
3. Second screen - PPPop tried to place windows back on the main screen.
4. "Auto Kill" - previously, PPPop would send a quit message to all apps
on the list, then close the link. Now it waits until they are all well and
truly dead before closing the link.
5. AppleScript dictionary - changed sound [on, off, clicks only] to
[all, off, clicks only] because of reserved word conflict.
Additions:
1. "Return to Finder" option re-instated.
2. "Disable Font Menu" option. People with lots of fonts complained of
long load time for this version of PPPop. Once you have set up the timer
font, you can disable font loading. This should speed up PPPop's launch.
3. Space bar is now a keyboard shortcut to toggle the timer display.
PPPop 1.4.1 works with FreePPP 2.5, but some changes will be needed (e.g.
to open the FreePPP setup application or control panel from within PPPop,
to select the right PPP Prefs file, et al.) These changes cannot be made
until FreePPP 2.5 is released.
Rob Friefeld Long Beach, CA [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/pppop-141.hqx; 278K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:44:10 -0700
From: (Dan Schwarz)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PrinterSwitch 1.0.2
PrinterSwitch is a control panel/system extension that allows you to
easily select among many different printers when you print documents in
your applications. It eliminates the need to use the Chooser to select a
printer.
PrinterSwitch appears right when you need it; when you select Print or
Page Setup from any program. No need to memorize hot key sequences! It
can also be activated by a convenient Control Strip Module.
PrinterSwitch complements Apple's new Desktop Printers because it allows
you to select different print devices even if your application won't let
you drag & drop documents onto a Desktop Printer.
It knows about LaserWriter 7 and 8 PPD files and makes sure to use the
proper PPD for each printer, eliminating a common source of Postscript
printing errors.
PrinterSwitch is shareware with a 14-day free trial period. Registration
is $14.00 for single user licenses; site and worldwide licenses are
available. Convenient registration via Kagi Shareware - pay with any
currency, credit cards, checks, etc. via mail, fax, or the internet.
Changes in Release 1.0.2
* Now supports up to 48 printer/driver combinations; previous versions
supported 16.
* Added support for the Adobe(R) PSPrinter driver. PrinterSwitch will
correctly save and restore PSPrinter PPD settings.
* In versions 1.0 and 1.0.1, a damaged PrinterSwitch Preferences file
would cause PrinterSwitch to freeze at startup. This has been fixed;
PrinterSwitch will now report an error message instead.
Release 1.0.2 is a recommended upgrade for all PrinterSwitch users.
Release 1.0.2 supercedes Release 1.0, 1.0.1, and all 1.0 beta versions.
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/printer-switch-102.hqx; 137K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:57 -0700
From: (Jim Hejl)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ProjectCODE
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/project-code-10.hqx; 56K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:36 -0700
From: (Paul Duckenfield)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Quicken Updaters
Hi. I am uploading four files that are part of an upgrade package for
Quicken users. I have taken the liberty of breaking it into several
pieces which should make things a little easier than last time. Please
let me know if all of this makes sense. There is also a "Universal"
(FAT) updater, but I haven't bothered downloading it from AOL yet.
Takes too much time and I don't think anyone uses it. I suppose there
should be a comment about that in the description.
****IMPORTANT: This updater can ONLY be used with Quicken 6 Release R5****
A. QUICKEN 6 RELEASE R7 FIXES
When you run the Quicken 6 Updater, it checks your existing copy of
Quicken 6 for Macintosh (Release R5) and updates it to Quicken 6
Release R7. Release R7 includes fixes to a few specific,
customer-reported problems:
* Memos in split transactions in the Register are saved correctly,
and are not replaced by N/A.
* Save a Copy works correctly after deleting a security with no symbol.
* Partial page check printing settings are saved correctly.
* Online funds transfer recovers correctly after a service disconnect.
* Phone numbers are correctly transmitted to CheckFree.
B. IDENTIFYING THE RELEASE NUMBER OF YOUR COPY OF QUICKEN 6
1. Launch Quicken 6 and choose About Quicken from the Apple menu.
The About box opens, showing the Quicken logo and scrolling
credits.
2. At the About box, press the letter R key.
The About box is replaced by the Environment Display window.
In this
window,
you will see the release number to the right of the words
Quicken Version.
If your release is R5, you may want to use this Updater to
update your copy
of Quicken 6 to Release R7. If your release number is R7 (or
later),
you do NOT
need this Updater.
3. Click OK to close the Environment Display window.
Paul Duckenfield
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/quicken6-r7-updt.hqx; 239K]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/quicken6-r7-updt-ppc.hqx; 879K]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/quicken6-r7-data.hqx; 469K]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/quicken6-r7-data-deluxe.hqx; 443K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:00 -0700
From: (Fusion)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Silver 3D Copland Icons v2
Silver 3D Copland Icons v2
by Zachary Norwood
Hola, thanks for downloading the new silver 3d icons!
This set was designed to replace the ~Aaron 1.3.1 icons.
To install, just open the 'Aaron 3D Icon Patch' in this
folder and select your '~Aaron' file in your extensions
folder and then restart.
Hope you enjoy the silver 3D look as much as I do!! If
you have a question or anything mail me at:
[email protected]
What's new in v2:
-Updated all the icons to go with the new Aaron look.
-Threw in the 'Folder Icon Maker' folder file.
-Fixed some glitches in the trash can icons that showed
up on some custom desktop patterns.
-The patch will turn off rect-zooms... if you don't like
this then you can open your patched Aaron and turn the
zooms back on your self
-Changed the view by name folder-opener arrows to match
the new look.
*****important note*****
This update will turn the 'WPrf' resource pref for the
spinning zoom rects to false.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/silver-copland-icons-v2.hqx; 59K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:46:12 -0700
From: (Nick Trout)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Snooze Alarm 3.0.2 Description
The latest version of the ever popular Snooze Alarm for Macintosh. (A couple of
small bug fixes from last version)
Features a 'real' snooze function, a clock screen saver that displays user
defined messages on wake-up, etc.
Shareware $10. Requires System 7 and 640 x 480 display or better.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/snooze-alarm-302.hqx; 159K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 03:45:26 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] The Cursed Puzzle
The Cursed Puzzle is a Macintosh game. It should be put with the other Mac
adventure games. It may not run on a power Mac but it will run on any
other Mac. The goal of the game is to find all the puzzle pieces. You
explore a graphical world to do so. You can full menu, picture, font,
icon, etc.. functions too.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/the-cursed-puzzle.hqx; 237K]
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:44:24 -0800
From: [email protected] (Greg Lyzenga)
Subject: (Q) Repair of old Macs
I have an ancient Mac Plus which has served me very nicely as a data
acquisition machine. It has been running 24 hours a day recording
seismograph data for the past 6 years. Recently its analog board appears
to have gone belly up, and I'd like to repair it. A couple of years ago I
had the addresses of some companies that did inexpensive repair/replacement
on parts of old outdated Macs. However, in the interim I seem to have lost
the information. Could anyone out there give me a lead on one or more of
these places? Thanks x 10**6 !
Gregory A. Lyzenga Dept. of Physics, Harvey Mudd College
http://www.physics.hmc.edu/profs/lyzenga.html
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 12:57:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Mark E. Ingram"
Subject: 7.5.3 on IIci and LCIII
Dr. Silverstein,
Since I have received quite a number of responses to my Info-Mac posting
on System 7.5.3 vis a vis the IIci (and similar vintage Macs), I am
cc'ing the list with this reply.
On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Dr. Michael S. Silverstein wrote:
> I have:
> 1) a IIci/8Mb/Autodoubler/Ramdoubler connected to a 9600 modem.
> 2) a LCIII/8Mb/Autodoubler/Ramdoubler connected through appletalk to the
> campus net (appletalk to ethernet using Fastpath).
>
> Both machines are stable using 7.5.
>
> Does the upgrade to 7.5.3 provide a noticeable increase in speed on the
> above computers?
On the IIci, yes - especially screen re-draws, when using the internal
video and an Apple Portrait Display. Autodoubler is the big question mark
here, since I am not using it.
Check some other threads to see if that in itself is problematic. In
general, I see *lots* of advice against disk-doubling schemes, and little
in favor of it. I know that being in Israel may make extra hard drive
space expensive and/or hard to get, but definitely be sure you have
*multiple*, current backup sets before you do anything "wild."
> Will using open transport provide a noticeable increase in
>communication speed?
At 9600bps, I *suspect* not, but I am only guessing. I am using
"Classic AppleTalk," and have used OT only on PCI Macs. That was pre-1.1,
and was problematic. Other threads address this in some detail.
> Needless to say, I am hesitant to upgrade if there is no noticeable
> gain....
You might do what I did: Make an archive of your *complete* current
System folder on each machine - and then make backups of these compressed
files, in case the AutoDoubler later activities render the archive files
inaccessible on your HD's. Then go through the whole clean install
routine - I first did an update over the old System on the IIci, but it
did not do as well with Enabled and Disabled items (Extensions, CP's,
etc.) as the documentation said it would. Later, I copied a "universal"
System folder over to the IIci, and then customized it so as to reduce RAM
usage - which had swelled to something like 5.5mb for the System alone.
If you then encounter problems that you just cannot seem to solve, you
can dump all of 7.5.3, and restore everything from the archive file(s).
Since making my original post, I talked to a person who had installed the
new System on a IIfx, a 9500, several 6100's and a IIci, and his only
problem was that he was not *initially* doing clean installs (beginning
>From 7.5). BTW, when starting from a "clean" copy of 7.5, you can skip
the 7.5.1 update (Update 1.0), and go directly to Update 2.0.
Good luck - and let me know what happens.
Mark Ingram
[email protected]
"The dogs bark, but the caravan continues on." Middle Eastern proverb
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 15:11:18 -0400
From: [email protected] (Jeffry Burns)
Subject: [A] Adjustable Keyboard Problem: SOLVED
Problem
=======
I posted a msg. several weeks ago about how my Apple Adjustable Keyboard was
flaking out. Several keys were failing. Typing became an adventure of
never knowing how many letters would show up on my screen when I touched
a key. My efficiency dropped to the level of chieseling rock
and my bsiness correspoondence loost all prooofessionalism. I was ready to
swear off all technology and rent a cabin in Montana that's recently
become available.
Several info-mac readers wrote to me with the same problem. Some had gone
through three sets of replacement keyboards.
Solution
========
Thanks to e-m from Charlie Giannetto, I was able to fix the keyboard myself.
Charlie suggested disconnecting the keyboard, removing each plastic key
and then squirting some Radio Shack Tuner Cleaner into each white plastic
plunger so the solvent would clean the key's electrical contacts.
It worked!
Charlie correctly included one note of caution: "you may find the can of
Radio Shack Tuner Cleaner to be under great deal of pressure - test it outside
first. What you don't want is the blast to kick back in your face or
get all over the rest of the keyboard!"
After letting the keyboard dry a while, the keys are working like new.
The can of tuner cleaner cost around 8 bucks -- a far better solution than
the AppleSOS offer of $186 for repair/replacement.
Jeff Burns
GrammaTech, Inc.
P.S. In frustration over the lack of assistance from AppleSOS, I contacted
Guy Kawasaki a couple weeks ago. He wrote back that he forwarded my problem
"to a group at Apple that does nothing but solve problems like yours," but I
never heard from them. I guess Apple has about 700 million more pressing
problems to solve this quarter. I wish 'em luck.
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
Subject: [A] QuickDraw GX substitution fonts
Thanks to all who replied. Removing the GX version of ATM and
re-installing ATM from the Adobe Acrobat Reader installer solved the
problem. Apparently the two versions of ATM are different, despite
the fact that both give version number 3.8.3 in the "Get Info" window
and the GX-only version didn't say anything about being GX-only
(grrr...).
__
Ben Cox [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 17:10:30 +0200
From: [email protected] (Reinder Verlinde)
Subject: [A] QuickDraw GX substitution fonts
>I recently removed QuickDraw GX from my Mac, using the GX installer's
>"Custom Remove" feature. I told it to remove everything except ATM.
>
>Now when I boot, it tells me that the currently-installed substitution
>fonts were designed for QuickDraw GX, and that I should remove them
>and replace them with the standard versions. I haven't been able to
>find out how to do this (I don't even know where to find the standard
>versions). I tried reinstalling fonts from scratch (with "Custom
>Install" from my 7.5.2 CD-ROM) and it didn't seem to change anything.
>
>Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
This incomprehensible message is generated by something related to Adobe
Acrobat. Deinstall Acrobat, and install it again if you need it.
Deinstallation can be done by throwing awy the 'ATM Font Database'.
Be aware, however, that Acrobat also generates some hidden files and
directories. For a complete removal, one must remove these, too. If you
want to reinstall after removing it, this is not needed.
Reinder Verlinde
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Date: 18 Apr 1996 08:58:42 -0500
From: "Antoine Maartens"
Subject: [A] Recipe Software?
BOSE BV NIJVERHEIDSTRAAT 8 1135 GE EDAM NETHERLANDS
[A] Recipe Software? 17/4/96 =
09:19
THE recipe product on the mac is Mangia from Upstil Software. It does =
your recipes, keeps track of your pantry and creates shoppinlists for =
you. Easy to use and very robust.
But there is more: I bought it and asked Steve to provide me with an =
import / export feature for the items making uphis receipes (They needed =
translation as I am Dutch and not in the habit of speaking English all =
the time...) Steve Upstill gave me a special version with this feature at =
no cost, quickly and bugfree.
Mangia is a great product with great support!
Brgds,
Antoine Maartens
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:44:10 -0400
From: [email protected] (Martin Forrester)
Subject: [A] Time stretching
SCOTT asked:
> 1. Has anyone heard of a sound utility that will do something called
> time streching ?
The shareware program "Sound Hack" will do this:
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperAr ... k-0868.hqx
Martin Forrester
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 21:44:07 -0400
From: [email protected] (Martin Forrester)
Subject: [A] TT fonts mac->pc
>i would like to use a mac TrueType font on a pc. what is necessary to make
>this do-able?
Try this...
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperAr ... converter-
15.hqx
Martin Forrester
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 9:01:09 -0400
From: "Violette, John"
Subject: Accelerators and LaserWriter Plus
Hi everyone.
I've have two Macs at home. A Color Classic 4/80 and a Performa 400 4/80.
Is it feasible to upgrade either of these machines with an accelerator
and larger HD?
Also, I purchased a LaserWriter Plus from my employer for $75 bucks. I
didn't get any manuals with it but does anyone know if you can print
envelopes with it?
Thanks in advance.
John --- [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:34:22 +0200
From: "aulamac (Alumnos)"
Subject: Anarchie for Windows...?
Hello :
I am writing to inquire if a program similar to the"Anarchie" program
exists for the Windows Platform.
Any help in searching for a "anarchie" type program will be greatly
apprciated.
regards
Robert Guerra
[Well, I usually don't let Windows questions through here, but from what
I've seen in the Windows world there isn't something quite like Anarchie, so
most windows folks may not know what it is... so this may be the best audience
to answer the question... Or, tell him to buy a Mac.
-Gordon]------------------------------
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 96 05:44:04 EDT
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: Apple bought PopupFolder?
[email protected] (Peter Grundy) writes:
>PopUpFolder email...
>... [email protected]
>as I understand it has been bought by apple.
Yeah? Apple bought PopupFolder? Well, congratulations, Apple! Hope
to see PopupFolder on my Copland installation!
-Allan Hunter
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 10:18:31 +0200
From: David Sisson (by way of
[email protected] (Andre' C. van der Ham))
Subject: Archive help
Hi,
I am looking for an extremely old game that I originally saw on
an Apple. This would be an original Apple. No II or IIc. The game is
called "Beneath Apple Manor". I know this is crazy, but if anyone can
help me find it, I would appreciate it.
Any responses can be Emailed to me at:
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 18:11:50 EDT
From: "Allan M. Bloom"
Subject: Asante (one of the good guys)
Yes, I know I have a rep for being one of I-M's curmudgeons. But I give
credit when it is due. The folk at Asante have earned some credit.
The prelude: I got bodaciously tired of linking my office Appletalk-only
PLW IINT to the university's ethernet system via software. I started with
the Sonic product (which seemed to need updates every eight minutes) and
evolved to Apple's LW Bridge (which seems to need updated every six or so
minutes). It does not take many hours of hassle at even my pitiful hourly
pay rate to say "This is stupid."
I have two appletalk-only printers at home (an LW2f and a Tek PXI). There
I chose the hardware route -- an AsantePrint -- to keep Goodwife Bloom
>From killing me if she wanted to print something and couldn't because my
computer wasn't turned on. I figured that the better part of valor. Hey,
I'm still alive. The AsantePrint box has done good.
The office had some bucks available, so I spent a few for the new Micro
AsantePrint to get my PLW IINT onto the net independent of my office Mac
being powered up and independent of the software it was running.
Hmmm. Got a problem. The printer and the AsantePrint showed up in the
zone called DEFAULT(10390). No surprise. That's where every newbie shows
up. The problem came when I tried to change the printer zone via Asante
Print Manager 2.4.0 software. No prayer. The utility found the printer in
the default zone, but it offered only changes to zones that did not have
left parentheses in their names. We have a bunch of zones named "office
(building)" generally. No left paren? No way to change my printer from
DEFAULT(10390) to IRPA(SMYTH) when all that was offered was IRPASMYTH).
No left paren.
Here is where I start loving Asante. I sent a couple screen snaps to show
what I was talking about They believed me. Even better, the tech support
folk used those screen snaps to prove to the software engineers that they
had a problem. Last week Asante sent me a 2.4.1 version of Asante Print
Manager. Hot damn! It knew about left parens. I could go through the not
sorted list of zones (Several times. Unsorted ain't easy) and put my PLW
IINT into IRPA(SMYTH). I allowed has how that was a major improvement,
but would they prettyplease also sort the list first? This morning's mail
contained version 2.4.2 of Asante Print Manager. Zone choice is indeed
alphabetized. I've died and gone to heaven.
I've known that AsantePrint is a great product from my experience on the
home ethernetlet. I was a tad distressed when it got goofy in the office
environment. I am impressed that Asante looked at our particular office
AppleTalk setup and -- in the space of two weeks -- fixed the major
problem and made its interface user friendly.
I like Asante.
Al Bloom
[Oh my. Al. Two messages in a row. Go visit your doc... now.
-Gordon]------------------------------
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 01:39:01 -0400
From: [email protected] (German Bussinger)
Subject: Color StyleWriter 2400 Performance
I would like to know if there is any software or hardware to improve Apple
Color StyleWriter 2400 performance. I'm using a Performa 5215Cd w/12Mb ram.
I wish it could print faster and error (crashing) free.
Please contact me directly if you have an idea.
Thank you.
German Bussinger
[[email protected]]
[[email protected]]
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:36:07 -0400
From: [email protected] (Tom Traut)
Subject: determining CPU speed
I just got a new PowerPC 7200/90 - that's what I ordered and what the
label on the case says. I ran TattleTech to check out the new machine, and
it reported back that I had a PowerPC 7200/75, which is the same general
CPU but a slower speed. I called Apple, and was told to trust the serial
number which is supposed to be for a 90 MHz system, and to ignore
TattleTech because the app is older than the computer. Are there any other
apps that can identify which CPU is actually inside the box??
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:14:29 -0700
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: FreeHand 5.5 + RAM Doubler = Molasses?
(A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups:
comp.graphics.apps.freehand,
comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics,comp.sys.mac.system)
On our Power Computing Power 100 (16/1 gig/7.5.3) with RAM Doubler 1.6.1
(and MacsBug 6.5.3 to alleviate crashes), FreeHand 5.5 seems to be quite
the memory hog, even when the total free memory is greater than the amount
of physical RAM installed. I have the RAM Doubler indicator pixel patch
installed, so I know much of the slow-down is due to FreeHand's constant
use of RAM Doubler, and hence virtual memory. No other application we have
makes that indicator pixel blink like FH does.
Nearly every FH file I use is less than 100K, and many are less than 50K.
But even the simplest tasks (clicking a small text block, for example) can
result in a constant flickering of the RD indicator and a several second
delay. Simply quitting and relaunching FH doesn't fix the problem: I have
to restart the Mac to get back up to speed. I use OptiMem 2.1.2
concurrently with RD, but OM's default settings for FH recommend _not_
Optimizing it, and fiddling with those settings seems to make matters
worse, not better.
Running without RD doesn't give me enough RAM to run FH, even with OM
installed to trim the system software a little. FH's memory allocation
size is the default 6000K, which increases to over 9000K if RD is not
present. Increasing the allocation size doesn't seem to help much, nor
does decreasing it. The problem is most noticeable if I run a second
program (like Photoshop) after FH is loaded, then switch back to FH
without closing the second app. However, since I frequently need to have
two or more apps open, quitting Photoshop/etc. every time is not a
convenient option.
I recently upgraded from 7.5.1, and while FH has always been a memory hog,
I must admit it's only been _noticeably_ bad for the past several weeks.
Could I be running into the System 7.5.3 memory loss error? TIA for your
advice.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:49:20 +0100
From: fabrizio frattini
Subject: Help with chat
Ciao Everybody!
I need some helping figuring out how to set up a chat connection with
someone in the US (I'm in Italy) and I hope someone reading this will
write to me with some advice. We're putting together a cyberlink between
two towns, one in the US and the other in Italy, and I would like to be
able to chat with the US organizers in advance of the actual event.
Since I read English slowly I find multi-channel IRC connections really
confusing. Is there some way I could chat one on one with my US
counterpart?
Thanks for any eventual help. Please contact me in e-mail so we don't
clutter up the list with too many details, unless you think it's of
general interest.
Thanks,
Fabrizio Frattini
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:54:58 +0100
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Subject: Laserwriter Bridge zaps HP deskwriters - help!
It is a documented fact that installing Apple's LaserWriter bridge
allows one to share LaserWriters on LocalTalk over an ethernet network via
a Mac that is connected to both networks and has the extension installed
BUT all other LocalTalk functions are zapped (e.g. no file sharing across
LocalTalk).
What is not documented is that HP DeskWriter printers cease to
function. They just do not show up in the chooser window.
What solutions? You can connect a Deskwriter via a serial (the
modem) port. This way the owner can use it but it can't be shared, so it
doesn't help my colleagues who want to share their DeskWriters.
I'm wondering about the LocalTalk-EtherTalk bridging software sold
by Apple. As I understand it, this not only 'joins' a LocalTalk and an
Ethernet network via the Mac than runs the software, but also gives access
to other protocols such as TCP/IP. Will it allow access to the Laserwriters
on LocalTalk without zapping the DeskWriters? And what about LaserWriter
Bridge software, will that fit the bill for our needs?
John Williams
INRA Station de Recherches Avicoles, Centre de Recherches de Tours, 37380
Nouzilly, France
Tel (33) 47 42 78 47 Fax/telecopie (33) 47 42 77 78
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 02:24:39 -0700
From: [email protected] (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Looking for PowerBook Airport Startup Utility
Even with Lycos, Alta Vista, and Search Info-Mac Archives, I can't seem to
find that little control panel or whatever that lets you boot your
PowerBook quickly at an airport to "prove" it's not a bomb. Or is this
utility out of date, now that it doesn't really mean anything? What's the
recommended technique today, if not that control panel? TIA!
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:04:19 -0600
From: [email protected] (Eric Andersen)
Subject: Making a Mac and PC talk
Ok, Here's what I want to do ...
I just inherited a 386 33Mhz machine. It's sitting in my office running DOS
and eventually, Linux (I have this masochistic side ...) Anyway, the 386
(all IDE) has a Tape backup in the tower. I think - Hey cool, I can backup
my Mac to the tape drive!!!
How? I'd like to find the simplest (and obviously cheapest) way to backup
my Mac to that tape drive. I don't want to do anything else - I don't need
to copy DOS files, I can use good 'ol sneaker network for that - But Tape
backup sure would be a nice thing.
My Mac is a Q660AV. I would be willing to buy an ethernet board for the PC
in order to access the drive if I knew it would work. But that's way
above my head.
Any Ideas?
Thanks
Eric Andersen
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 15:00:53 JST
From: [email protected] (Keith S. Wilkinson)
Subject: Monitor resolution.
> I'm an Aussie living in Japan and ... want to increase the resolution of m
>y monitor
> from 640x480
Many PC monitors (particularly if purchased with Macs) come with Mac adapters.
The instructions are probably in Japanese, though. The most common and
cheapest
adapters have switches on to make your monitor look to the Mac like an Apple
fixed-resolution monitor (17" or is it 19" running in 832x624 mode, for exam
ple).
More expensive adapters have no switches; instead they have diodes inside which
make them look to the Mac like an Apple multisync monitor, and you can switch
the resolution using the monitors control panel (click option button to see
resolution
setting menu).
Cheers from a Kiwi living in where-did-last-week's-cherry-blossoms-go land.
Keith WILKINSON, Home e-mail: CompuServe 100207,710
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:51:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: "A. S. Hodel"
Subject: Newton behavior
I've recently purchased a Newton and fear that I may have already
downloaded a virus.
Q1: What is the recommended virus protection software for Apple Newtons?
Q2: The system behavior is: at start-up, the normal screen displayed, then
animated on top of this screen what appeared to be a lunar eclipse.
The machine then went back to normal behavior. This has happened once
and only once.
Thanks in advance.
A S Hodel Dept Elect Eng 200 Broun Hall, Auburn Univ., AL 36849
(334) 844-1854/fax-1809 http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~scotte
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 15:14:51 JST
From: [email protected] (Keith S. Wilkinson)
Subject: Performa 5210 Problems
> I bought a Performa 5210 here in Japan (Japanese OS 7.5.1) a few months
ago...
> can't turn the sound off on the modem
Try M0 (em - zero) in the modem setup script if you want no sound at all.
> the blinking question mark comes on and I have to use the CD to start up.
Did you try using HD setup to update (reinstall) the HD driver...
Do you have something else (wrongly terminated) connected externally
to the SCSI bus? Or is the internal disk NOT the Apple original (may be
wrongly terminated, whoever installed it may have not done things right...)
Or maybe the CD was added in later? Both CD and HD are on same internal
bus, maybe CD only (but not HD) should be terminated..
> What I'd really like to do though, is get my hands on the normal English O
>S CD
> and try that.
It's now possible to buy 7.5.3 (E)
Keith WILKINSON, Home e-mail: CompuServe 100207,710
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Paul L. Moses"
Subject: Portrait Ripoff??
Hi,
I have a Centris 650 and a Radius Precision Color Pivot monitor. I tried
upgrading to 7.5.3, but it was a mess and I decided to hold off until the
dust has settled a bit.
The Macintouch page suggested that the Radius Soft Pivot driver was
incompatible with 7.5.3, so I went to the Radius page and then the Portrait
Display page. Portrait claims to support all Radius monitors, but the
upgrades they had on their page require MacPortrait, which I don't have.
So I called their (toll) number and left a message.
It turns out that they consider "support" to be charging $99 for a monitor
driver and a dongle!! They called me back and told me I had to buy the
dongle and MacPortrait 5.0 if I wanted to pivot my monitor under 7.5.3.
This seems kind of fishy to me.
1) Why do I need to add a dongle to my monitor just for a driver update?
2) Is it *really* 7.5.3 compatible, or have they just *not got any bug
reports*?
3) Why is this upgrade so expensive? What could possibly justify charging
$100 for a monitor driver?
4) I replaced Soft Pivot Driver under 7.5.3 and pivoted my monitor just
fine during one of my tests of 7.5.3...how definite is the conflict in the
first place?
$99 is more than I paid for System 7.5! I am putting this upgrade on
"indefinite" hold.
Hope this has some use to you and others,
Paul
Paul
--------------------------------
"Information is entropy."
- Jean Baudrillard
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 11:24:52 -0500
From: [email protected] (Jack S. Yee)
Subject: Problem with HP Deskjet
I hava a deskjet printer (the $200 one) and lately its print quality has
been very bad. Streaky and blurry. There's plenty of ink and if I try to
"Prime" it it doesn't help.
I read something about cleaning the contacts w/alcohol or something.
Should I get a new cartridge, or clean something or what?
Please reply via my E-mail address if you know what to do.
Thanks,
Jack
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:39:28 +0000
From: Jeremy Lee
Subject: Sending pics by e-mail
Hello to all you Info-Mac fans!
I don't know if I'm doing the right thing here by sending this message, but
here goes anyway. Can anybody out there tell me how to send pictures
(.jpg's) via e-mail? I'm currently using Eudora 1.4.3 on my PowerMac
7100/66. I've rceived a few pics from other people via e-mail and would
love to send a picture back to them, but I can't figure out how. Somebody
please write back, tell me how dumb I am, and then explain in words of one
syllable how to do it!
Thanking all you kind folks out there in anticipation,
Jez (Jeremy Lee)
---------------
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:02:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Roger A. Gallegos"
Subject: SIMM question
Is there any ay to determine (conclusively) if an 8mb, 72 pin,
double-sided, 16 chip (8 on each side) SIMM is composite or non-composite?
Apple Tech Info Library and 1800 SOS APPL have given conflicting answers.
Techworks tech support says no.
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 16:05:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul M Sheldon
Subject: Speech with a Ctrl-Click (A)
In im 93 Ching-Yi (John) Tsai asked for a control panel to read aloud.
I have a control panel. I can't remember where I got it (hence whether
authorized to distribute). This control panel, called HearIt, allows
selection of text in any ap and then with key combination demand it be
read aloud by the mac.
You might search that name with archie.
Hope this helps!
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:46:54 -0700
From: John Collins
Subject: Subject: 1984
> Subject: 1984
>
> > I was out of the room when the original mac ad aired in the
> >superbowl and I haven't seen it since. Does anyone know where I can find
> >it, or if there is a digital version out there somewhere?
>
> It's funny you ask...it was just played last night on FOX's commercial
> awards show. I know this doesn't help you, but I downloaded it once from
> a Web site, but it was several months ago.
>
> Jeff
>
> Reply to: Jeff
>
> Reply to: [email protected]
You can find it among other some other great videa clips at The Direct
Screening Room:
It's a 13.mb download, but great to have. Another great on there is
the Saturday Night Live parody commercial, "The Power to Crush the
Other Kids".
Enjoy!
[email protected]
John Collins
Newport Beach, CA
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:43:42 +0900
From: [email protected] (Takuya Harada)
Subject: Timer for QuickTake
Hello,
I am now pondering how to take digital photos with the Apple QuickTake 150
after predetermined intervals. Though this camera can be controlled via
PhotoFlash, then, how can I tell PhotoFlash that it is the right moment? Is
there some utility or does AppleScript have such function?
Thanks in advance.
Takuya Harada
------ Nice to meet you! ------
Address :[email protected]
Real Name:Takuya Harada
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