From: The Info-Mac Moderators
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #181
To: info-mac-list
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest"
--Info-Mac-Digest
Info-Mac Digest Mon, 5 Aug 96 Volume 14 : Issue 181
Today's Topics:
[*] Crossword Puzzle Aid (PPC only)
! 5xxx/6xxx OWNERS MUST READ THIS! MAC DAMAGED !!
[Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
Can Word 6 Do What Word 5 Did?
Correction (MS did pay for their domain name)
Dollars and Sense 5.0 -> Quicken ?
Help with LC/System 7.0
HP DeskWriter cartridge ink REFILLS
Info-Mac Digest V14 #176
Ink-Jet
Mac not seeing all ISO volume
My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
PICT -> Persuasion (Graphics)
Postscripf for non-Macs
printing inline images with netscape
Q: Multiple Eudora users
Tamarack ArtiScan 6000c Works for You?
Type 11 error w/Netscape Gold 3.0b5
The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of:
Gordon Watts, Liam Breck, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan
The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around
the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try:
Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/.
Administrative queries & info:
Articles for digest publication:
Files for inclusion:
To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and
segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to
and upload it to:
-- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org
As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed.
See our new WWW site: , where you can find
all of this info and more!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
--Info-Mac-Digest
Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------"
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V14 #181"
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 17:17:49 -0500
From: (E. L. Oliver)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Crossword Puzzle Aid (PPC only)
CROSSWORD PUZZLE AID (PPC ONLY)
By Erik Oliver
Version 1.0
[email protected]
System Requirements:
* PPC Based Macintosh Compatible computer
* ample memory for the dictionary file you are using.
This program is similar in many respects to what one might use the 'grep'
program for on a UNIX box. The idea here is to simplify the process of
using a grep-like program for crossword puzzle assistance.
You need the application, Crossword, and a text file consisting of the
words/phrases that you wish to search in. I have included a NYTimes file
which consists of the words from a number of weeks worth of New York Times
Crossword Puzzles. A large english language dictionary is available with
the program Anagram 1.5 in the Info-Mac archives. (The slow speed of that
program on my PowerMac lead me to write this program.)
This is not a top notch Mac program but a quick and dirty tool to assist
crossword puzzle fans. Thus there are no guarantees express or implied for
using this program and any use is at your own risk. This program and the
associated dictionary file are freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/crossword.hqx; 52K]
------------------------------
Date: 4 Aug 1996 20:39:50 GMT+0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: ! 5xxx/6xxx OWNERS MUST READ THIS! MAC DAMAGED !!
Hello all!
! 5xxx/6xxx OWNERS MUST READ THIS! YOUR MAC CAN BE DAMAGED !
-If you have a Macintosh 5xxx or 6xxx (in most cases, macintosh performa
with a PowerPC 603 chip, but also some other configurations) please read
this message, it should interest you ... and your answer (?)
would be very appreciated.
-Well, I have a Performa 6200 24/500/CD (PowerPC 603/75) and I haven't
any problem with it. But I when I ran the new "5xxx-6xxx_Tester_1.0" from
Apple Computer, this utility told me that my cache memory was dammaged.
In fact, this sofware checks the motherboard AND the cache separately. It
can detect a problem either on your motherboard or on the cache. In fact, I
don't know if the problem comes from the cache level 1 or 2. Level 2 can be
replaced easily by the dealer, but level 1 implicates that all the motherboard
must be replaced! And that's a pity on a mac which runs very well! So, it would
be very nice if someone could tell me what type of cache memory comes the
problem from.
-If you want to get the 5xxx-6xxx_Tester and test your own mac or want more
information about it (I've got a read-me file from Apple), please send me an
E-Mail to [email protected] and I'll send it to you immedialty. Even if your
mac runs well it can have the problem. Only for macintosh series 5xxx and 6xxx
having a PowerPC chip.
-If someone has already experienced the same problem with the cache, could
you tell me what YOU did, what did (eventually) the dealer and what was
exactly the problem? Do I have to replace my cache even if my mac is running
well?
Thank you very much in advance and don't hesitate to send me a mail to get
the tester or to give me more information!
Laurent Daloze [[email protected]]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 22:39:08 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: [Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 18:07:00 -0500
> From: "Jason P. Torrey"
> Subject: [Q] More Then 2 Serial Ports
>
> I am looking for some hardware and software that will allow me to
> connect
> more than two devices to my serial ports...i.e. modem, printer, newton,
> digital camera, etc.
>
> Flipping through the magazines and catalogs, I see Port Juggler 4x and
> PortShare Pro. Does anybody have any comments on these products or some
> other one in mind?
PortShare Pro allows Macs on a network to "publish" their serial port for
use by other Macs on that (AppleTalk or Ethernet) network, and to use the
ports of other Macs. It doesn't add any ports.
Port Juggler lets you plug in up to 4 devices simultaneously, but you can
only USE one at a time. I think its "smart" software decides which device
to connect based on what software you're running, or a preferences set-up;
i.e., if you run PaperPort, it'll connect that device; if you launch
communication software, it'll connect your modem. But you'd better quit
one program before using another that wants your serial port!
I believe Creative Solutions' Huster and Hurdler cards will do what you
want. They create additional serial ports via a SCSI connection. The
Hustler supports one 230kbps port (they claim throughput up to 25K
bytes/sec), or 2x115.2bps ports, or up to 4x56kbps ports. The Hurdler
supports only 56kbps ports. These are really additional ports, too; you
can theoretically USE up to 6 at the same time.
I have no connection with the manufacturer, don't even have one of their
products yet, but I've heard good things about the devices. But DON'T buy
>From them (at full list price); ask them for a reseller who discounts.
About a year ago, Dartek (800/832-7835) was selling the $395 list Hustler
for $339 That was too rich for my blood, but by now there may be other
dealers with deeper discounts or maybe the prices have come down now.
Contact info:
Creative Solutions, Inc.
7509 Connelley Drive, Suite D
Hanover, MD 21076
800/367-8465, fax 410/766-4087
mailto:[email protected]
Hope this helps. Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 17:00:40 -0500
From: [email protected] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: Can Word 6 Do What Word 5 Did?
Recently I've upgraded(?) to Word 6. I am unable to find the answers in the
manuals or help system to these three questions:
1. Does Word 6 have an equivalent to Word 5's simple-minded Renumber
command? W6 seems to want to change tab spacing of existing numbered lists,
where W5 would just let them exist as they were. Is there a way to get W6
to leave the existing tab settings alone, and simply change the item
numbers?
2. Is there an equivalent to W5's Work menu, where you could create
shortcuts to documents (frequently used or not) that you didn't care to
hunt for? W6 has a Recently Used File List, limited to the last 9 documents
opened, but some of my documents are needed only once every few days.
3. I occasionally see references to macro viruses. Is there a way to turn
off W6's unused-by-me macro capability?
Thank you.
Miles Abernathy, [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 22:35:57 -0400
From: [email protected] (Patrick Hoepfner)
Subject: Correction (MS did pay for their domain name)
> Patrick Hoepfner, in his excellent clarification of the MkLinux
> implementation, commented:
>> NOTE: The Official Linux site is:
>>
>> But I just tried it and it reported that no DNS entry was found. Maybe
>> they had the same problem that Microsoft's MSNBC server did... not
>> paying the $100 for their domain name...
> I'm a Mac fanatic/evengelist but can't allow this one by... Microsoft
> DID pay for their domain name - the accounting at the registry was out
> of whack. It sounds great, cash-rich MS forgetting to pay $100, but
> it's not true.
Thanks for the correction. I didn't make it up. My information (or maybe,
misinformation) came by way of Seidman's Online Insider:
> THE CHECK IS IN THE MAIL: Cowles/SIMBA Media Daily reported that the
> MSNBC Web site was "on hold" on Thursday when
> visitors to the site received the message: "www.msnbc.com does not have
> a DNS entry. Check the location name (URL) and try again." The most
> plausible explanation turns out to be that Microsoft apparently didn't
> pay the $100 to InterNIC for the domain name registration fee. If
> this had happened to me, I wouldn't think it was very funny, but...
This article is archived on his old Web site as:
The new Web site follows but the above mentioned article isn't archived
there. This is because it was very recently that NetGuide Magazine
sponsored his column and placed it at the following location:
It is an interesting look at what is called "A Weekly Summary of Events in
the Consumer Online Services Industry."
-- Pat -------------------------------------------------> [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:13:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Art Werschulz
Subject: Dollars and Sense 5.0 -> Quicken ?
Hi.
I have been using Dollars and Sense (version 5.0) for a while now, and
am considering using Quicken instead. Does anybody know of a program
that will convert a Dollars and Sense file into a Quicken file?
Thanks.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 10:45:12 -0700
From: [email protected] (Wendy Weiner)
Subject: Help with LC/System 7.0
Hi again--
I get conflicting information, and I hope you can set me straight. I have
a Mac LC, System 7.0. I'm experiencing problems with Eudora Light and
Netscape. In Eudora Light, the attachments I send can't be opened, and the
ones I receive print out as characters. In netscape I can't move the
bookmarks into folders. When I called Slipnet, they said my System 7.0
can't handle Internet stuff, and I needed to upgrade to 7.5.3.
I was told before that LC systems can't be upgraded; I'm stuck. I did
upgrade to 10 megs of RAM, and I have 500 megs on my hard drive. If I
can't upgrade to 7.5.3, what can I do to make the Internet work for me? If
I can, how do I do it? I don't have a CD-rom; are there disks available?
Help!!
Thanks--
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 21:50:18 -0500
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: HP DeskWriter cartridge ink REFILLS
[email protected] (Paul Thompson) wrote:
>I've been using Graphics Utilities ink refills for HP Deskwriter cartridge
>#51626A for years very satisfactorily.
>
>For some reason these are no longer available in this little paradise
>on the West Coast (well we do have a wonderful summer...) so I was
> wondering if any of you know a good eliable cheap source in USDA
>or Canada where we can recharge our draining printer boxes?
MacWarehouse Canada has several refill kits for the 51626A cartridge.
Phone 1-800-268-7805 and ask for a catalog.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 17:11:51 -0400
From: [email protected] (Neal Blank)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #176
>I know the US mail order price is about $200 but shipping is added
>plus when it gets to the border GST (7% tax) + $5 handling fee = $220 US.
>
>Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?
You can now buy a Zip, for the Mac, for $149, during a special rebate
offering from Iomega. You can try ordering from Mac Warehouse, Mac
Connection, or one of the other mail order houses.
Neal
--
Neal Blank
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 10:52:40 -0400
From: "Norman R. Friedman"
Subject: Ink-Jet
Any info concering the differences between Apple Color StyleWriter 2500 and
H-P DeskWriter 660C or the new 680 inkjet printers.
I would like to know how they compare when used with a Performa. My
understanding is that the Apple is slowest with color and also the most
expensive. Anyone with any info-please get back to
[email protected]
Thanks to all in advance
norm
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 12:46:01 PDT
From: David Linder
Subject: Mac not seeing all ISO volume
I am having a problem with our Macs not being able to see a directory and
file of an ISO CD-ROM. It can see all the other files and folders and the
files in the directory are there - I can see them with a disk editor. It
sees another directory at the same depth. Anyone ever have any problems
seeing ISO files on the Mac?
Thanks
*-David Linder-*
Want to be SHOCKED?
Check out www.macromedia.com and www.academic.com!
**
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 22:39:15 -0600
From: [email protected] (Gib Henry)
Subject: My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
> Date: 27 Jul 1996 17:51:23 GMT
> From: Pascal BRENNER
> Subject: My MAC SE doesn't boot ! ! !
>
> When I boot my mac SE, nothing happen, except an icon with a small
> floppy icon with "X" or "?" inside.
>
> The hard disk seems to be allright.
>
> The hard disk light flashs.
>
> Is there anybody who can help me ??
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Just send me a EMail at : [email protected]
Hmmmm...you might have a bad memory chip. Often bad memory will give you
the "chimes of death," but on my SE/30 I had the problems you have, and no
chimes.
I don't know of a way to test it except at a Mac repair shop. Good luck.
Cheers!
--
Gib Henry
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 10:28:54 CDT
From: "Andy Zorio"
Subject: PICT -> Persuasion (Graphics)
Barry Marovitz ([email protected]) writes:
> I'm trying to capture web page images (Netscape) to make a slide
> presentation. I make a PICT of the open page with command-shift-3, open the
> PICT with GraphicsConverter, trim the image and save as a PICT file. I then
> import it into Persuasion (2.1). So far, so good; the image looks great on
> the screen. However, in the slide show mode, the previously clean text
> looks quite jagged, and I'm afraid the printed slides will look this way as
> well.
> Does anyone know if, in fact, the text will indeed appear jagged in the
> final slides, and if so, any suggestions on fixing it? (I tried saving the
> file from GraphicsConverter as an EPS; no difference.)
I'm afraid you're right. The screen capture you're getting with cmd-shift-3
is a 72dpi (dot-per-inch) bitmap graphic. While this is the perfect
resolution for your screen, it is horribly inadequate for slide production.
The problem is that you're starting with a bitmapped file of a low
resolution. Slide images are, at their lowest, 2,000 "lines" of resolution
per slide. To get the correct proportions, your image has to be stretched.
The only way to strech a bitmapped image is to duplicate pixels -- rather
like trying to use graph paper to enlarge a 3x5 photo by just putting
colors in the squares. This is where your jagged text is coming from,
since the text is part of the graphic.
A couple of suggestions: First, if the text on the slides is non-complex
(ie no wrapping around paths, inside objects, funny shapes, etc) you might
consider using an editing tool to erase the text, then retype it into
Persuasion over the top of the imported, edited graphic. This should avoid
your jaggies.
Second, if your text is complex, there's at least one product out there
that can translate your .PIC (bitmap) documents to true vector images
(mathmatical representations which can be scaled to any size). I doubt that
you're getting this level of translation with GraphicsConverter when you
save to an EPS. Adobe Streamline is what I use, however, my rather old
version (2.x) only does black and white output.
Streamline will take your existing bitmap and "trace" it as a vector
graphic and save it as one of several types (.EPS being one of them). It
takes some practice to get what you want, but it's doable. In most cases, I
usually end up doing touch-up work in Macromedia Freehand (or Illustrator).
A third option would be to use Photoshop or similar tool to increase the
resolution of the graphic, although with a little more finesse (and the
ability to touch-up) than just placing and enlarging.
There may be less painful ways out there. If so, I'll be interested to hear
the answers as well. Good luck.
Regards,
Andy Zorio ([email protected])
Corporate Communications
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 07:48:02 +0000
From: [email protected] (Jens Eickhoff)
Subject: Postscripf for non-Macs
Dear All,
I am working in a project with partners who are using PC or Sun platforms
and don't have Macs. Documents prepared by one partner are distributed to
the others usually by sending a postscript file via mail, so that the
receiver only has to print out the file to get the complete document.
Now for whatever reason Mac-generated postscript again is not what all the
rest of the world does and when I send out a PS file prepared on my Mac the
other partners can't pront it.
Has anyone got a tool to convert Mac PS files to DOS PS files or Sun PS
files and can anyone tell me what the difference in the files is?
Thanks
Jens
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:02:05 -0500
From: [email protected] (Tristan Meisters)
Subject: printing inline images with netscape
Hello all ! I just came across a problem the other day with netscape , it
will not print inline images , it just prints the little image icon with
the alternate text beside it . I can print inline images with both Macweb
and Mosaic 3.0 so there is no problem there . But why does netscape not
print the images , does anyone have any ideas as to why as well as ideas on
how I might solve this problem ? Thanks in advance for any help that you
can give me .
cheers Tristan
Tristan Meisters [email protected]
"I started out with nothing , and I still have some of it left !"
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:09:53 +0000
From: [email protected] (Quentin North)
Subject: Q: Multiple Eudora users
I would like to be able to allow different From tags for the other people
who share my Mac from within Eudora Lite.
My IP allows me to have multiple aliases to the same mailbox, so I would
like outgoing mail to reflect the From tag of the person who sent it rather
than just my name every time. Is there an extension or alternative solution
that allows this, ideally extending to individualised signatures also?
Collection is no problem is at all appears in the same pop account and I
can just "filter" it based on the To tag using one of the variety of
solutions that already I know about.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 17:45:45 -0500
From: [email protected] (Miles Abernathy)
Subject: Tamarack ArtiScan 6000c Works for You?
Since upgrading to a Mac 7600 with System 7.5.3 at work, I haven't been
able to use our Tamarack ArtiScan 6000c flatbed scanner. I've tried
Tamarack's newest driver software with PhotoShop 3, ColorIt 2.3, and
Tamarack's own ColorShop 24, all with similar results. Tamarack's tech
support person had several suggestions (SCSI #5, scanner first on the
chain, Modern Memory Manager off, Virtual Memory off), but none worked and
now even he is stumped.
Here is what happens: Start scan, head moves down the page one time (the
"red" scan) and stops. Wait 2 min. 18 sec. with the scanner and Mac frozen,
then a dialog box appears:
"A Problem With the Scanner, Parameter Error, Selection Phase, Result code
-1" and an OK button. Click the OK button.
"Could not complete your request because of a problem with the acquisition
module interface, -30000" and an OK button. Click OK and the Mac works again.
Has anyone reading this been able to use an ArtiScan 6000c with a Mac 7600
and / or System 7.5.3? Thank you.
Miles Abernathy, [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 19:46:13 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: Type 11 error w/Netscape Gold 3.0b5
Dear Digest readers,
Some of you may have updated to Netscape Gold 3.0b5 , and wondered why
when loading some sites you get a type 11 error. Well, I've isolated
one potential cause. The LiveAudio plugin that comes with it doesn't
handle sites that were designed for Crescendo midi and x-midi files.
As soon as I switched my helper application to Crescendo, going to the
same site I found no error. As long as LiveAudio was my plugin, I got
type 11 errors. To make matters worse, Liveupdate's web page has the
same bug. So follow this process, and you will be rid of many type 11
errors:
1. Change the helper application for midi and x-midi to Save as.
2. Go to http://www.liveupdate.com
3. Download Crescendo.
4. Reboot with extensions off.
5. Install Crescendo in your Plugins folder.
6. Reboot
7. Go to helper applications under Options/General Preferences and set
midi and x-midi to use Crescendo.
8. Quit Netscape
9. Reboot
10 Run Netscape.
11. You are now ready to use both LiveAudio and Crescendo based sites.
Ridiculous that there should be such difficulty with LiveAudio to read
midi files made for Crescendo, but true.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
[email protected]
--------------------------------
--Info-Mac-Digest--
End of Info-Mac Digest
******************************