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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 31 May 96 Volume 14 : Issue 129
Today's Topics:
[!] Update on submissions backlog
[*] ALEX 1.1.7
[*] CopyPaste 3.0.1
[*] CopyPaste 3.0.1J - Japanese Version
[*] Log Watcher 1.0.0
[*] Mac*Chat#108/10-May-96
[*] MagicBullets 1.1 - Text Manipulation Tool
[*] Mando! Lite v1.1 -- An Interactive Chord Book for Mandolin
[*] Marathon-Phile Juggler 2.0b7
[*] MegaWindow 3.0 Showcase
[*] MetriTalk (Metricom Radio Wireless AppleTalk)
[*] MIP Apr/May 1996 (ITA)
[*] Newt's Cape 1.2 (browse HTML, create books)
[*] Newt's Cape 1.2 (HTML documentation as Newton books)
[*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0.2; a native arcade game
[*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0.2 Update; a native arcade game
[*] Palefroi TT font
[*] PiPhilology 4.0 : A collection of Pi mnemonics
[*] PrinterSwitch 1.0.3
*Web Counter script hard to find
7.5.3 and MacHandwriter
[Q] Norton Disk Doctor/Stuffit SpaceSaver annoyance!
[Q] SOCKS-compatible newsreader?
GNAT
How apple can help us figure out the system folder
HP LaserJet 4siMX without networking?
Is there an Apple-recognized 7500 problem?
Mac system software
Telecom Headache
Windows patch
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 14:39:29 -0700
From: [email protected] (Info-Mac Archivist)
Subject: [!] Update on submissions backlog
Hello,
First I want to apologize to everyone again for the delays in getting files
posted. I am still trying to get caught up, but there are roughly 300-400
files still waiting. (My finals went well, thanks.
) I am going to getthrough these as fast as possible. Once this has happened, I will be taking
steps to speed up the submission process to make it faster and easier than
it has ever been. (Once you get a backlog as large as this, you see where
the system can be improved!)
Some points to help speed things up:
* As before, please don't resubmit your file. It probably has not been lost
but is in the queue.
* When submitting a file, an update, a correction, or a question regarding
a specific file you've posted, please put the name of the program in
question as the subject.
* When submitting a program, make sure you include an abstract and that it
is NO MORE THAN 50 lines.
* If you have not already, please read the posting guidelines found on the
Info-Mac home page.
Speaking of which, some people have reported problems connecting to the
page. These have since been corrected.
Thanks again to everyone for their patience.
Demitri Muna
Info-Mac Archivist
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:09 -0700
From: (Grace Sylvan)[email protected]
Subject: [*] ALEX 1.1.7
ALEX is an attractive color software game, for children ages 3-5. ALEX has
eight different modules, and helps kids learn to identify letters, numbers,
shapes and colors as well as offering some matching, sequencing, and arcade
style games.
ALEX requires a 256-Color Macintosh, 13" Monitor, 2.5MB HD space, and 2MB of
RAM. ALEX was created using MacroMedia Director, and is compiled in a
projector as a stand-alone application. ALEX is ShareWare.
Email: [email protected]
AOL: JenStar
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/alex-117.hqx; 1628K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:59 -0700
From: (julian miller)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CopyPaste 3.0.1
CopyPaste 3.0.1 is the latest version as of 5/27/96 and fixes a problem
for users with system 7 to 7.1. This is the english language version.
Highly Recommended! CopyPaste 3.0 has many new features.
CopyPaste is a must have piece of shareware for all editors,
writers and anyone that uses the clipboard. CopyPaste gives your Mac 10
clipboards, clipboard processing, application switching, tag and drop and
many other features. Its a simple to use utility thats always there. You
find yourself using it all the time and wondering why apple didn't
include it. ***** America Online Macintosh Utilities Award Winner 96 *****
Version 3.0 of CopyPaste has been improved and enhanced in many ways
* PowerMac Native Code (faster)
* Lots of new utilities for text processing, date insertion, and world
script.
* Easy access thru the bottom of the Edit menu (you'll love this feature).
* Extensive built in help.
* Improved application switching.
* Now rewritten in C
* And many other improvements.
One of the early wonders of the Mac was its revolutionary ability to do
copy and paste across various applications. Unlike other areas in the
Mac's system and software that have changed and progressed over the
years, copy and paste has not evolved. How many times have you found
yourself going back and forth copying in one application and pasting in a
different application, wishing to yourself that you could copy 5-10 items
at a time, then go to another application and paste each of these items.
Now you can!
Julian Miller
Script Software International
[email protected]
http://www.svr.com/scriptsoftware/
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/copy-paste-301-jp.hqx; 143K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:27:03 -0700
From: (Christopher Li)[email protected]
Subject: [*] CopyPaste 3.0.1J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the CopyPaste extension package.
This version fixes a start-up bug that occurred on machines running system
7.1.
CopyPaste is the winner of the America Online
Macintosh Utilities Shareware Award for 1996
America OnlineShareware Awards:
Introduction
One of the early wonders of the Mac was its revolutionary ability to do
copy and paste across various applications. Unlike other areas in the
Mac's system software that have changed and progressed over the years,
copy and paste has not evolved. How many times have you found yourself
going back and forth copying in one application and pasting in a different
application, wishing to yourself that you could copy 5-10 items at a time,
then go to another application and paste each of these items. Now you can!
New Features
Version 3.0 of CopyPaste has been improved and enhanced in many ways
PowerMac Native Code (faster)
Lots of new utilities for text processing, date insertion, and world script.
Easy access thru the bottom of the Edit menu (you'll love this feature).
Extensive built in help.
Improved application switching.
Now rewritten in C
And many other improvements.
Christopher Li
E-Mail: [email protected]
Nifty-Serve: KGB00252
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/copy-paste-301.hqx; 145K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:14 -0700
From: (Roberto Panetta)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Log Watcher 1.0.0
Log Watcher is a program to help monitorize continuously log file generated
by Server.
If you run a WWW Server, a file server, even a bbs, any other kind of
software generating a log file, log watcher can help you.
Usually Server generate text file on disk reporting all operations and
activities.
Viewing these file require to open them using a text-processor.
The file is continuously updated and you have to re-open it to see fresh
data, usually this files are also big and open them requires seconds.
Log Watcher solve these problems.
- Runs on the server or on another Mac on a local network.
- Shows you always the last portion of the log file.
- Scrolls automatically to the bottom of the view.
- Brings to front the updated window.
- Reads only last portion of the file not in seconds, but in a fraction!
- All operations are performed automatically, without manual request.
- It Doesn't hog the CPU.
- All features are selectable & customizable.
Available both for 68K Mac and Power Mac
This is the 68k version
Roberto Panetta
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/log-watcher-100.hqx; 284K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:48 -0700
From: (Tony Lindsey)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mac*Chat#108/10-May-96
Welcome to Mac*Chat, the weekly electronic newsletter for everyone
interested in using a Macintosh computer professionally, no matter
what their situation or profession.
Highlights Of This Issue
-----------------------
I explain the new commercial-based system for Mac*Chat, advise
folks to upgrade to System 7.5.3, recommend upgrading America
Online's software to 2.7, mention AOL's new optional pricing
structure, praise Suitcase 3.0 and Conflict Catcher 3, ask for
nominations for the Single Essential Utility, I warn web-page
creators to think twice before posting personal pages, Joseph
Schaller gives a lot of Powerbook tips, and readers tell us what
it's like to live with the Panasonic PD drives.
Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Editor's Notes - I'm Back!
Mac*Chat Is Now Commercially-Based
What A Great Bunch Of Readers!
I Like System 7.5.3
Question - What's The Address For Apple's Update Newsletter?
America Online Information, Part One - Upgrade Your Software!
America Online Information, Part Two - Rate-Changes
I Really Like Suitcase 3.0
Conflict Catcher - Very Nice!
Nominate Your Favorite Utilities
Technical Section Starts... Here
Beware Of Web Spiders
Powerbook Feedback
Panasonic PD Drives
Legalisms
Free Subscriptions To This Newsletter
[Archived as /info-mac/per/chat/mac-chat-108-etx.txt; 29K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:27:24 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MagicBullets 1.1 - Text Manipulation Tool
MagicBullets 1.1 is an extension that manipulates text on the
clipboard. A typical MagicBullets operation:
Select some text to modify. Any word processor will do. Press
shift-command-C. Your text goes to the clipboard and the MagicBullets
dialog appears in one stroke. You might choose to:
- Strip white space. - Wrap the text to 64 characters (or other line
length). - Quote the selection, inserting "Bill K >" as your custom
string. - Add ellipses to indicate where quoted text has been edited.
- Insert line feed characters.
Click OK, and you're done instantly. Paste the results anywhere you
want. These and other handy operations are now available anytime,
anywhere. Here are more reasons for choosing MagicBullets as your
E-mail companion:
- Fully customizable. - Handles any text. - Remembers your settings. -
Intelligent. - Fast. - Can't be easier!
Shareware $5.
Please send comments to: [email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/text/magic-bullets-11.hqx; 36K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:27:06 -0700
From: DRS.Digital.Image.&.[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [*] Mando! Lite v1.1 -- An Interactive Chord Book for Mandolin
Mando! Lite v1.1 provides chord lookup for Mandolin in standard tuning.
12 chord types are supported with 3 or 4 different fingerings each,
depending upon the chord. To plot a chord diagram, select the root of
the chord from the Root menu, and the type of the chord from the Type
menu. Then, diagram it with the Form 0,1,2,3 buttons from the tool bar.
Form 0 chords are available for Major, Minor, and Dominant 7th chord
forms and are generally the open or common forms of the chord.
Form 1 chords generally have the root on the 4th string. Form 2 chords
generally have the root on the 3th string, and Form 3 chords generally have
the root on the 2nd string.
This function requires a Macintosh with System 7.1 or higher and a 68020,
68030, 68040, or PowerPC processor.
Shareware fee: $5.
http://www.ideasign.com/~drstein/
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/mando-lite-11.hqx; 119K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:30 -0700
From: (Richard Burgess)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Marathon-Phile Juggler 2.0b7
This is a beta of the latest version of my program, Marathon-Phile Juggler.
*NEW FEATURES*
Version 2.0 introduces a completely new drag-n-drop interface that allows
users to drag files and sets to and from the Finder. You can now also add
comments to your files and sets.
*What is it?*
Marathon-Phile Juggler is a program designed to manage your Marathon files.
I wrote it because I was not satisfied with any of the current file
managers. One unique feature is that you have the ability to save your sets
as double-clickable icons. Another is a feature that tells Marathon where
to look for its resources-no longer will you have make copies of your files
for each patch or combination of patches you want to apply.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/marathon-phile-juggler-20b7.hqx; 174K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:11 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: [*] MegaWindow 3.0 Showcase
MegaWindow 3.0 Showcase is a demo version of a shareware XFCN by Dan Gelder.
MegaWindow allows you to easily create custom, resizable, external windows
for HyperCard. Supported elements include standard buttons, checkboxes, radio
buttons (with families), chiclette style cicn buttons, static text, editable,
scrolling and non-scrolling text fields, frames, and PICTs.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/mega-window-30-xfcn.hqx; 200K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:17 -0700
From: (Stuart Cheshire)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MetriTalk (Metricom Radio Wireless AppleTalk)
MetriTalk (Metricom Radio Wireless AppleTalk)
(C) 1994-1996 Stuart Cheshire
MetriTalk is an AppleTalk Device Driver 'adev' file that provides
wireless AppleTalk communication over Metricom packet radio tranceivers.
Metricom radios are channel-hopping spread-spectrum packet radio devices
that operate in the 902-928MHz band. They have a peak throughput of
100kbit/sec. With a clear line-of-sight path they can have a range of
several miles but in built-up areas about half a mile is more typical.
In the San Francisco Bay area, and on a few University campuses,
Metricom has installed pole-top repeaters that forward the packets,
giving them effectively unlimited range in those areas. For more
information, see http://ResComp.Stanford.EDU/~cheshire/Metricom.html.
Stuart Cheshire
* World Wide Web Page
* Stanford Operating Systems and Networking Group Research Assistant
* Stanford Residential Computing Associate
* Macintosh Programmer
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/atlk/metrialk.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:44 -0700
From: (Roberto Cattaneo)[email protected]
Subject: [*] MIP Apr/May 1996 (ITA)
MacInPlay is a free e-zine in Italian and in English about Macintosh video
games.
This e-zine is directed by Roberto Cattaneo with the help of Marco
Silvestri, Augusto Pirovano and Barbara Gasco. MIP is a bimonthly
e-zine and it's on Info-Mac mirrors. The English version will be out
two weeks after the Italian version.
In April/May issue we talk about:
- Interview: Eric Klein Jr., Bungie Software
- News from LucasArts
- X-Wing Collector
- Endorfun
- Barrack
- Diamonds 3D
- Tips&Tricks
If you want to send comments and letters, please use [email protected]
Game Over!
[Archived as /info-mac/per/mip/mac-in-play-96-05-it.hqx; 1348K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:52 -0700
From: (Steve Weyer)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Newt's Cape 1.2 (browse HTML, create books)
Newt's Cape creates Newton books with text, graphics, hypertext links,
tables and embedded forms from HTML (HyperText Markup Language) documents
in your Notepad, Inbox or over a serial connection.
Keywords: books, HTML, web, forms, NewtonScript.
Feature Summary
- compatible with both 1.x and 2.0 Newtons
- create Newton books (portrait on 1.x; portrait or landscape on 2.0)
- save books as packages with NewtPack plugin
- process HTML source documents from Inbox, Notepad, Paperback or
serial/ADSP connection
- customize appearance of many tags via Preferences
- links work within books, between books, and can retrieve URLs via WebMail
(eventually TCP)
- Go and Back navigation link controls added to book controls
- create forms with text fields, radio buttons, checkboxes, images, pickers
and buttons
- use NewtonScript to provide custom behavior for links and forms
- create tables that contain text or graphics, with column straddle
- include bitmap and scrollable PICT graphics in books
- convert graphics to Newton format with Mac (GIF,PICT)/Windows(GIF,BMP)
Newt's Cape Graphics Converter utility
- extract the text of any Newton book, along with some automatic HTML markup
- combine multiple, smaller books into a large book
- documentation available as HTML or Newton books
- web pages via TCP -- "soon" (when Apple's Newton Internet
Enabler is released)
1.2 Highlights
- books can be created in Landscape or Portrait orientation
- large graphics offer 2D scroller
- larger books can be saved
- navigation(History, Back) and book (annotate) buttons now work properly
on different MPs
- process an HTML source directly from Notepad, Inbox (including split
email messages), or a Paperback book.
- faster startup (Notes, Inbox scanned only upon selection)
- open an application, book(isbn) or URL directly from Newt's Cape (Open
Location)
- TITLE can be longer than 1 line
- many BASE, LINK, FORM fixes; more error messages
Steve
[email protected]
http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/newtscape-12.hqx; 276K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:55 -0700
From: (Steve Weyer)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Newt's Cape 1.2 (HTML documentation as Newton books)
Newt's Cape creates Newton books with text, graphics, hypertext links,
tables and embedded forms from HTML (HyperText Markup Language) documents
in your Notepad, Inbox or over a serial connection.
The release archive contains the documentation as HTML files (with one
sample book). This file contains all of the documentation in Newton book
format (created by Newt's Cape, of course).
Steve Weyer: [email protected]
Greg Simon: [email protected]
America Online: SteveWeyer
Compuserve(CIS): 74603,2051
http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/newtscape.html
Steve
[email protected]
http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html
[Archived as /info-mac/nwt/util/newtscape-books-12.hqx; 379K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:04 -0700
From: (Dario Accornero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0.2; a native arcade game
Arcade game. PacMac Deluxe is a shareware game for the Mac (thru Kagi).
The best Pacman(tm) clone on the Mac ever.
Wonderful animation, tons of levels, any music-modules you wish
(three provided), HiRes graphics for 17" and higher monitors and last,
but not least, the chance to create your ever-dreamed own levels!
All this is possible, now, with PacMac Deluxe!
System requirements: a 020 Mac (030/040 at 25MHz *recommended*) or
a PowerMac; System 7.0; Sound Manager 3.0; a 13" or higher monitor;
a 2.5Mb to 3.5Mb free RAM partition; 3Mb disk space.
The program runs native on *both* 68K and PPC Macs.
Permission is granted to the InfoMac staff to include this program
on their CDROM. Any other shareware publisher should contact us to
get our approval.
This is the third public release.
Version 1.0.2 fixes some cosmetic bugs during gameplay, an output
sound glitch in Random music mode, and a documentation mismatch inside
the Register DAPPSoft application.
The DAPPSoft Team
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pac-mac-deluxe-102.hqx; 1566K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:02 -0700
From: (Dario Accornero)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PacMac Deluxe 1.0.2 Update; a native arcade game
Arcade game. PacMac Deluxe is a shareware game for the Mac (thru Kagi).
* Note: you need to have a previous version of PacMac Deluxe in order
to apply this update. *
The best Pacman(tm) clone on the Mac ever.
Wonderful animation, tons of levels, any music-modules you wish
(three provided), HiRes graphics for 17" and higher monitors and last,
but not least, the chance to create your ever-dreamed own levels!
All this is possible, now, with PacMac Deluxe!
System requirements: a 020 Mac (030/040 at 25MHz *recommended*) or
a PowerMac; System 7.0; Sound Manager 3.0; a 13" or higher monitor;
a 2.5Mb to 3.5Mb free RAM partition; 3Mb disk space.
The program runs native on *both* 68K and PPC Macs.
Permission is granted to the InfoMac staff to include this program
on their CDROM. Any other shareware publisher should contact us to
get our approval.
This is the third public release.
Version 1.0.2 fixes some cosmetic bugs during gameplay, an output
sound glitch in Random music mode, and a documentation mismatch inside
the Register DAPPSoft application.
The DAPPSoft Team
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/pac-mac-deluxe-102-updt.hqx; 274K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:48:07 -0700
From: (Nikos Goulandris)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Palefroi TT font
Well, just nine horses (a-i). A Macintosh TrueType font.
Nikos Goulandris
([email protected])
[Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/palefroi-tt.hqx; 73K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:28:53 -0700
From: (Antreas P. Hatzipolakis)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PiPhilology 4.0 : A collection of Pi mnemonics
PiPhilology v. 4.0 : This is a DocMaker format stand-alone
document containing, a collection of mnemonics, poems etc. related
to well known math. constant Pi = 3.14159.....
Req-nts: Color monitor, Symbol font installed.
May be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM.
Antreas P. Hatzipolakis
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/pi-philology-40.hqx; 263K]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:26:34 -0700
From: (Dan Schwarz)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PrinterSwitch 1.0.3
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 1.0.3
* Added "Change page setup options before printing" - useful when
switching between LaserWriters and ImageWriters, LabelWriters, etc.
* Fixed two nasty bugs (see readme for details)
* Release 1.0.3 is a recommended upgrade for all PrinterSwitch users.
[Archived as /info-mac/prn/printer-switch-103.hqx; 140K]
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 00:53:49 -0400
From: "Don't Panic!"
Subject: *Web Counter script hard to find
Dear Digest Readers,
I am having a h* of time finding a good web page counter.
All of them have such lengthy code, it is impossible to tell where I am
supposed to fill in the location of the page that has the counter on it,
and none of the ones I've searched on the Net give me the correct HTML
code to include the web counter on my page. I've tried digits.com, but
they are often busy yielding inaccurate results.
Here is an idea for a counter:
Someone who has already made a perl script that will work with all
providers that use cgi-bin directories could make a Netscape form.
The form would contain the following fill in the blanks
A: location of web page to have the counter
B: location where perl scripts are stored at server
C: Ask if NCSA or CERN is used on server
D: Ask server type if necessary.
E: Ask if one desires specific accesses from IP addresses to be ignored
with the fill in the blank be several IP addresses.
For me it is the following:
A: ~/abrody/.public_html/index.html
B: ~abrody/.public_html/cgi-bin
C: NCSA
D: SunOS
E: 206.148.244.200 and up
Upon the completion of the form, the user can have the option of
downloading the automaticly generated perl script, or having it e-mailed
to them.
Essentially the form is a fill in the blank for what is to be inserted
into the script that one should not have to read.
If someone has already made such a service available, please tell me its
URL, if not, please keep my e-mail address below for when one does
become available.
If someone already has a completed Perl script, or where those Five
questions are posed in plain English in the comments before the place to
be inserted, please send it to me. So far I've looked at ten different
sites, all have cryptic information all over the place. I just need to
know where to fill in the blanks, and no other garbage interceding my
reading of the script.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 96 23:15:46 EDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: 7.5.3 and MacHandwriter
[Sorry for the long post -- this was also posted to the following newsgroups:
comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,
comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.printing]
Is there anyone out there using a MacHandwriter graphics tablet who has
tried to use the device with System 7.5.3? I have concluded that there
is some fundamental conflict between 7.5.3 and the MacHandwriter driver
software on my Mac and am interested in determining whether the problem
is just some quirk with my system or a more general problem. I called
CIC, the MacHandwriter manufacturer, and they basically said that they
do not intend to update the driver until Copland is released. If more
people are experiencing this problem and complain to them, maybe they
will change their plans. I will include information about how to
contact them below.
Here's the problem:
I have a Quadra 610 (more config details below) that was running 7.5.1
with no major problems. First I did a clean install of 7.5.3 (run
Disk Tools and MacTools Pro, rebuild desktop, zap pram, install 7.5
w/cmd-shift-K, install 7.5 update 2.0). Then I installed the
MacHandwriter software using the installer (can't just plop the
MacHandwriter extensions back in the extensions folder because the
installer adds some resources to the system file). Finally, I
gradually added my other extensions and control panels.
For a while, the new system seemed quite stable. Then, I decided to
print something, so I opened the chooser, selected the HP DeskWriter
550C driver, and printed with no problem. Later, when I rebooted, I got
to the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen (right after the happy Mac) and got
an "illegal instruction" system bomb. (Note that this is before normal
extensions start loading, but the icon for the MacHandwriter "Position"
extension normally appears around this time, indicating that the
MacHandwriter ADB software is loading.) Fortunately, I had made a copy
of the clean 7.5.3 system file, so I rebooted from floppy, replaced the
system file, and everything was OK. Then, sometime later, it happened
again. After a tortuous process of repeatedly installing 7.5.3 and
varying (a) the items selected for installation, (b) the extensions
loaded at startup, and (c) desk accessories and apps run after startup,
I concluded the problem occurred only under the following circumstances:
- MacHandwriter installed
- Chooser is opened for the first time after the installation, whether
any Chooser extensions are selected or not (the problem occurs on
subsequent reboots)
This happens no matter how I install 7.5.3 and whether I open the
Chooser when all extensions are loaded, only Apple extensions are
loaded, or no extensions are loaded.
I dug around some more and discovered that when the Chooser opens, it
adds two resources to the system file. One is a new "alis" resource
(number -8192) and the other is an additional "STR" resource (also
-8192). I'm not an expert about the system file, so it's not clear
to me what are in these resources, but they contain data about printer
drivers (when I have the DeskWriter extension installed, the data
includes the name of the DeskWriter driver; when it's not installed,
the data defaults to info about an ImageWriter driver). When I delete
these two resources from the system file using ResEdit, the system is
cleansed (identical to the clean system file, as verified by ResCompare)
and boots and runs fine. Interestingly, the Chooser adds exactly the
same resources to the system file under 7.5.1 but causes no ill effects.
Also, I tried the 7.5.1 Chooser w/7.5.3 and still had the problem.
Clearly, 7.5.3 is doing something different from 7.5.1 when loading
drivers and the MacHandwriter driver is interfering with the printer
drivers (or with something else that is activated when those Chooser
resources are inserted in the system file).
The bottom line for me is that I can either use the MacHandwriter or
print, but not both (unless I methodically replace the system file
before rebooting after I print). Unfortunately, the MacHandwriter is
my only pointing device, since I don't have a mouse. Thus, this
problem is quite inconvenient for me. It would be nice if CIC would
fix it. If you are having similar problems, or have any idea of what
the problem might be, please contact me. Also, I would appreciate it
if you would forward your information to CIC. They can be contacted at:
Communication Intelligence Corp.
275 Shoreline Dr., Suite 520
Redwood Shores, Ca 94065
(503) 620-7227 [tech support]
[email protected]
[email protected]
http://www.cic.com
Compuserve: Pen Technologies Forum -> CIC
Thanks for your help,
Dick Creps
+++++++++++++++
For the record, I have the following relevant hardware/software:
Quadra 610 12/160 (no FPU, no mouse)
Quantum Fireball 1080M external disk
- FWB Hard Disk Toolkit 1.8s driver
(for both internal and external disks)
Apple CD-300i+ CD-ROM drive
- latest Apple driver software
MacHandwriter tablet
- latest software, v1.0.2
HP Deskwriter 550C
- latest driver software, v6.0.3
Gravis MouseStick II
- latest driver software v3.3.2
Apple Extended Keyboard
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Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 01:31:41 -0500
From: "J. Cherian"
Subject: [Q] Norton Disk Doctor/Stuffit SpaceSaver annoyance!
Has anyone else noticed an annoying effect of Norton Disk Doctor (part of
3.1.3 set) running on a disk that has been Stuffit Del 4.0 SpaceSaved? In
particular, Disk Doctor automatically unSpaceSaves (almost) every file on
the HD, when it checks all the files to see if there any probs (the last
stage of Disk Doctor)
What's the use of Spacesaving a HD if the entire process is undone when one
tries to see if Netscape has fowled up the HD with Disk Doctor. I do this
check once a week or when Netscape crashes. (not as frequently as you
think). This unspaceSaving adds minutes to an already long Disk Doctor
process. The file names don't flash by in a blink of an eye anymore. I miss
that
Instead, it pauses at each Spacesaved file and unstuffs it (and doesn't
restuff it back) to check on it. Thus at the end of the process...MBs of
uncompressed files that must undergo recompression!
I am aware that this could be an unavoidable effect of using any file based
compression scheme and Disk Doctoring. But I want to make sure.
***
So is this effect limited to just Spacesaved harddrives? Am I missing some
important toggle/switch? Or does this also happen to Norton DiskDoubled
Hard drives?
***
System:
System 7.5.3 (clean install and update)
SpaceSaver (part of Stuffit Deluxe 4.0)
RamDoubler 1.6.1
many other extensions/cdevs but no other conflicts/probs noted.
Thanks in advance for any input you can provide.
Email me/post to comp.sys.mac.system or comp.sys.mac.apps/mail back to
digest. Thanks again.
--
J. Cherian
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 16:26:46 -0800
From: woody hanscom
Subject: [Q] SOCKS-compatible newsreader?
Would someone know if either YA- or VA- Newswatcher is able to transfer
via a SOCKS proxy server, or know of a Usenet client that does?
With the addition of a couple new roommates to my apartment, we now have
my Mac (Performa600cd 20/500) networked (via TCP/IP over Ethernet) with
two dosboxes running Win95 and a UNIX box running FreeBSD 2.0. A nice
setup, since we can all share a common 'net connection through my ISP,
but we've been able to find no true proxy servers for the FreeBSD box
right now, only a SOCKS server. So far the only programs I've found that
support SOCKS are Anarchie and Netscape. So far so good, but I don't get
too many kicks out of Netscape's newsreader (especially since I'm used
to Newswatcher), and it's a joke when it comes to downloading
multisegment .hqx files (such as found in comp.sys.mac.binaries).
So...back to the original question...anyone know of a way to make one of
the variants of Newswatcher recognize a SOCKS host, or know of another
newsreader that works?
Responses via this digest or via e-mail ([email protected]) greatly
appreciated...
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Date: Thu, 30 May 96 10:32:08 -1000
From: "David Bulman"
Subject: GNAT
Jens Eickhoff asked:
...
>is there a PD Ada system available on Mac, such as the GNU system GNAT?
>Thanks for infos,
>
>Jens
A GNAT Ada 95 for the Mac is being developed by a team
(I am not a member).
It will, of course, be free, but to use it you need to buy MachTen,
a commercial Unix which executes on top of Mac OS, but provides a
complete Unix as a sort of combination application/operating system.
There is a (not very active) mailing list for GNAT-Mac available
by sending
subscribe gnat-mac ""
to
[email protected]
More info is available at
Information about MachTen is available from Anita Holmgren at
Tenon Intersystems Phone: 805-963-6983
1123 Chapala Street FAX: 805-962-8202
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 [email protected]
http://www.tenon.com/ AppleLink: TENON
Hope that helps,
Dave
David Bulman contact info
or finger [email protected]
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Date: Thu, 30 May 96 19:27:51 -0600
From: Lanny Chambers
Subject: How apple can help us figure out the system folder
> I think this fantasy of Apple cleaning up the system folder is, well,
>misplaced. And with shared libraries comming into their own now, it is only
>going to get worse -- heading for the situation windows users have to contend
>with (hopefully not as bad). However, it would be nice to know what every
>file is/does/why I need it.
> I would also love to see third parties put more info in the get-info
>comments of items they stuff in the system folder.
Gordon is right--SOMETHING must be done if we're not to end up like
Windoze users, having to buy a commercial program to de-install a large
application. Personally, I must have a dozen mystery files in my
Preferences folder, for which I have no idea what created them. Something
I trashed last year? A vital part of Photoshop? C'mon, software
publishers...give us a clue!
However, Get Info comments are not good enough, since the preferred way
of rebuilding the desktop starts with deleting the desktop files. Say
bye-bye to the comments. I like Gordon's WWW idea; tied to type/creator
codes, and helped by nominally-descriptive filenames, this could actually
work.
Lanny Chambers ([email protected])
Creative Services, St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page at:
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Date: Thu, 30 May 96 18:46:48 EDT
From: [email protected] (Gary Mason)
Subject: HP LaserJet 4siMX without networking?
I have the GX driver for the subject printer. If I select it, the Chooser
does not offer direct connection (Appletalk or Servers only). Can I use
it to generate a PostScript file from FileMaker Pro 2.x? How?
Thanks...Gary
--
** Gary Mason - Interleaf, Inc., Waltham, MA USA 617/768-1553 **
** [email protected] www.interleaf.com FAX 617/290-4966 **
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 22:38:17 +0000
From: Richard and Julia Watkins Davis
Subject: Is there an Apple-recognized 7500 problem?
Does anyone know if there is an official problem with the 7500(i.e., a
factory flaw)? I've heard fragments and rumblings, but solid info
would be helpful. I appreciate any response (no rumors, please - they
fly thick and fast and serve no one!).
Richard F.W. Davis
Second Line Aria Music
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 18:38:24 -0400
From: [email protected] (Allen Clark)
Subject: Mac system software
As a follow-up to Gordo's treatise on ways Apple can improve the mess we
call a System Folder...
Apple should write a Java applet that gathers up information on one's
machine parameters (RAM, ROM version, etc.) and system files (CDEVs, INITs,
etc.), then connects to a server application at Apple that automatically
replaces whatever is obsolete - with new versions. (For the faint of
heart, this could be just a suggestion list back to the user - what's old,
what's missing, what's no longer needed, etc.)
Voila - no more nagging "am I up to date" questions. And fewer Mac users
(Apple customers) bad-mouthing Apple because their system software has
gotten out of whack. (Of course, this doesn't change the fact that Apple
is out of whack with a deepening and unnecessary level of complexity in
system software - this is what really needs fixing. We are patched to
death.)
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Date: 30 May 1996 17:15:56 -0600
From: "Kurt Witowski"
Subject: Telecom Headache
In Digest V14 #105:
>From: Bill Rusin
>Subject: Apple Express Modem w/ Centris 660AV
>I recently purchased a Performa 6116CD which came with
>an Apple Express Modem. I want to use the Express
>Modem on my Centris 660 AV, but it won't work with the
>Centris. The Express Modem control panel on the
>Performa is for use with non-AV machines, and I don't have
>the old control panel on the Centris. (Both are running 7.5.3.)
>I called Apple and they told me I needed a previous
>version of the control panel, which should be available on
>AOL or Compuserve. I checked Compuserve and couldn't
>find it. I called Apple again and they promised to send it to
>me. After a month, I'm still waiting...
>Does anyone know where I can find the software I need?
Are you ready for a long, sad, story? Actually, I'll make it short as possible
by leaving out the whys (for the detailed whys, visit
http://www.netzone.com/~witowski/mac.html - I'll have this issue posted by the
week's end). You must have Telecom version 2.3.3 for that software to work
with System 7.5.3. On a 660AV (and 840AV) you must install Telecom version 1.5
or eariler (known as Express Modem software then) before you can install
Telecom 2.0 or later. You can get all of the Telecom/Express Modem software at
Apple's ftp site: ftp://ftp.info.apple.com. Another issue to be aware of in
your case is that updating to System 7.5.3 installs Apple Guide 2.0.2. This
version of Apple Guide (2.0.2) will cause the Fax Terminal and Fax Viewer
(Telecom software) to quit with a type 1 error on launch when running on a
660AV (or 840AV). The work around is to disable it or use version 1.5 (of the
Apple Guide).
Regards,
Kurt Witowski
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 22:32:55 -0400
From: [email protected] (Bill Ingraham)
Subject: Windows patch
When I used the good old IIGS, there was a Windows item on the menu bar
which could be accessed to arrange all open windows in a descending
hierarchy with just the title bar showing. To bring any window to the front
all I had to do was click a title bar. Is there anything like this
available for the Mac?
TIA
Bill Ingraham
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