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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 11 Sep 96 Volume 14 : Issue 207
Today's Topics:
[!] Info-mac listserv is changing
[*] Fresnel Diffraction Explorer PPC
[*] LORE 1.1 FileMaker Features Demo
[*] PhoneWatcher 1.6.1
[*] QuizMaker 1.1 FAT for Macintosh
[*] RU2PC 1.03
[*] Scopa 2.0 english version
[*] Scopa 2.0 Italian version
[*] SuperMemory 3.1.1
[*] The Looney Tunes Icon Collection
[*] TidBITS#344/09-Sep-96
[*] Vocabulary 1.91 FAT- to learn better the vocabulary.
'ground' fonts
(A) Carry-alls for Zip Disks
[A] FTP between 2 remote machines
[A] Thanks For the Help RE:Hard Disk Catalog Problems
[Q] AppleDouble decoding utility
[Q] AppleVision problems...
[Q] Audio CDs not recognized
[Q] Simulate 256 colors on a 16 color screen?
[Q] Using new large SCSI2 HD on Mac LC
answer: Power Macs have last generation chips - why?
AppleScript
Dial-up Internet Access w/PC Compatibility Card
etherwave, was
FreePPP
How can I make interactive scripts with PlainTalk and AppleScript?
Icon View gets messed up
Info-Mac Digest V14 #203
KPT Bryce
KPT Bryce 2
Kudos to Apple's service
Looking for Helpdesk software! (service calls loging)
MacDoom 2 Deathmatch/Single player Wads
MacGS portrait
MacMedic Software Version List Site
MacSLIP & Sportster 28.8
Mac to PC Network.
Message Utility?
Navigator 3 and Disabling Java
Newton MessagePad 130 & Performa 5200
non-standard print drivers
Optimizer for Excel?
Printing PS files
Problem to download PostScript files
Project X (Apples MCF system)
RAM upgrade
Re- Extracting data from pr
RE-SuperBoomerang and Syste
Shareware FAX program?
SimpleText to PC graphics format?
Smart Scroll 1.1 is OK
Speech Recognition
SupraFaxModem144PB
Syquest EZ135 and Menu Bar Pattern (!)
Terminal emulation source code.
The Truth About Termination Jumpers
Unmute sound w/o going to control panel?
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Date: Sat, 07 Sep 96 17:05:09 CDT
From: "Mark R. Williamson"
Subject: [!] Info-mac listserv is changing
On Fri, 06 Sep 1996 11:01:13 -0500 you said:
>Hi all,
> After many long years of service, Info-Mac's main listserv, RICEVM1, is
going
>away! There are 8 or 9 thousand of you on this listserv. We must change!
Pet peeve: A LISTSERV(tm) is a server licensed from L-Soft Inc.,
[email protected] is a *list* (or a LISTSERV list if you must,
but *not* a *listserv*.
> Progress. We all know that the Mac is the best computer in the world. So,
>we are going to run this list from a Mac. StarNine
()
> has graciously stepped forward to help us out. The two people responsible
for
>the support from StarNINE are Josh Baer and Steve Friesen. Welcome!
>
> The transition is much the same as it is for Adam's Tidbits list (but he has
>about 30,000 people, we have only about 9000 on our primary listserv). We
will
>be using StarNine's ListStar software to power the list. As we learn our way
>around ListStar we hope to be able to provide a more flexable digest service
to
>you.
>
> So -- what does this mean to you? Well. Here is how it will work.
Sometime
>on next Monday you will get a small test message. This message will be very
>short and mostly a way for us to test out the setup with out mailing out a
50K
>long email. Then, on Tuesday, the 6th, we will freeze subscriptions to the
Tuesday is the 10th, not the 6th.
>listserv, transfer the full list to liststar, and send out another small
>message. This message will contain instructions on how to subscribe,
>unsubscribe, how to get more info, etc. (you can always look at our home page
> which will contain the info).
>
> Sorry for the extra mail, however we feel that by generating a small amout
of
>extra mail now, we can avoid some real distribution screw-ups after the
change.
>
> I would like to thank Mark Williams, the list manager for the ricevm
system.
>Through these years he has kept this list running with very little asked in
>return. Fantastic job!
I was glad to help, but can we please spell my name completely?
Mark R. Williamson
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:36 -0500
From: (Dean Dauger)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Fresnel Diffraction Explorer PPC
Abs: This archive contains version 1.0 of the Fresnel Diffraction Explorer,
an educational and scientific program that simulates Fresnel diffraction
patterns for any arbitrary two-dimensional aperture. PPC Native. See
for more info and 68k version.
Desc: What is Fresnel diffraction? Diffraction is a phenomena arising from
the wave nature of light. Fresnel diffraction occurs when a point source
radiates light in spherical waves, diffracts by an object, and projects a
diffraction pattern instead of a shadow. For example, the diffraction
pattern behind any circular object, whether it is a BB or a bowling ball,
yields a bright spot (!) in the exact center of where the shadow would be.
(See my web site, below.)
Why write the Fresnel Diffraction Explorer? The most common type of
diffraction taught in schools and colleges is Fraunhofer diffraction (which
uses plane waves), partially because the computations to predict its
effects are relatively easy (just a Fourier transform). But Fresnel
diffraction has traditionally been very difficult to predict. While I was
an undergraduate in physics at Harvey Mudd College, I created an algorithm
to solve that problem, a problem I later learned was of significant
interest in physics. I wrote a paper to be published in _Computers In
Physics_ very soon, and this is a
program that produces the results.
You can download a copy of it (both 68k+FPU and PowerPC versions) and see
demonstrations of its output at:
The program has a number of built-in apertures and allows you to import any
black and white PICT as an aperture.
For non-profit, educational, and scientific users, this software is
Postcard-ware: send me a postcard of your home town to register (check the
about box for where), and that's it. I'm not asking for money; I just want
to get an idea of how far this propagates. And, of course, email me any
comments or suggestions.
Thank you for your attention,
Dean Dauger
Graduate Student in Physics at UCLA
(Dean Dauger)
The following is the PowerPC native Macintosh application.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/fresnel-explorer.hqx; 100K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:31 -0500
From: (Gary Brusanowski)[email protected]
Subject: [*] LORE 1.1 FileMaker Features Demo
LORE is a FREEWARE PIM (Personal Information Manager) and Job
Quoting/Invoicing/Tracking system for FileMaker 3.x
LORE showcases many original and unique FileMaker techniques, like:
* programmable function menus within the interface
* same-file relationships (called "associations)
* infinite reference # and address storage through "invisible" relational
setups
* high-speed custom find routines (in some cases, at least 200% faster than
Filemaker's general Find routines)
* flexible smart printing (one form altering itself based on
user-programmable criteria)
* user-level programmable macros and global settings
Includes an Apple Guide Help file.
For more information, contact:
Utopian, Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.interlog.com/~utopian
[Archived as /info-mac/data/lore-11-demo.hqx; 311K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:32 -0500
From: (Evan Olcott)[email protected]
Subject: [*] PhoneWatcher 1.6.1
PhoneWatcher is a personal telephone manager for your Macintosh and modem.
PhoneWatcher allows you to report, log, and respond to incoming modem calls
in a small, easy-to-use Macintosh program. Using Caller ID, PhoneWatcher
can identify incoming calls and respond with various alerts and sounds.
PhoneWatcher also logs calls and creates phone books, allowing for easy
reporting. Further support includes hanging up on a predetermined caller,
paging a number based on an incoming call, and various system alerts
including speech. With support for Rochelle's Caller ID devices,
PhoneWatcher can track additional items including outgoing calls and call
durations.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/phone-watcher-161.hqx; 129K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:34 -0500
From: (Francois Yang)[email protected]
Subject: [*] QuizMaker 1.1 FAT for Macintosh
this file replaces the file "quiz-maker-11.fat.hqx". The version is the
same, but the doc has been modified.
QuizMaker is a "quiz-processor" especially useful for teachers, to create
and format multiple question and short answer quizzes.
This new version is accelerated for PowerMacintosh, but is fully working on
a 680x0 machine.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/quiz-maker-11.hqx; 1469K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 18:20:04 -0500
From: (Chris Pereira)[email protected]
Subject: [*] RU2PC 1.03
RU2PC converts Reference Update data files to ProCite format.
Reference Update and ProCite are applications for maintaining citation
(references) data bases.
Just drag 'n' drop Reference Update files onto RU2PC and viola!
[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/data/ru-to-pc-103.hqx; 78K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:30 -0500
From: (fabio lecca)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Scopa 2.0 english version
Scopa is a traditional Italian card game.
This is the shareware Macintosh version, which runs on any Mac... However,
a color 13" screen and QuickTime 2.0 or better (for music) are highly
recommended....
Have fun!
Fabio Lecca
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Scopa e' un gioco di carte tradizionale Italiano.
Questa e' la versione Shareware che gira su tutti i Macintosh, anche se
consigliamo un monitor a colori a 13" e QuickTime 2.0 o superiore per la
musica....
Buon Divertimento!
Fabio Lecca
[email protected]
[email protected]
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[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/scopa.hqx; 829K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:29 -0500
From: (fabio lecca)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Scopa 2.0 Italian version
Scopa is a traditional Italian card game.
This is the shareware Macintosh version, which runs on any Mac... However,
a color 13" screen and QuickTime 2.0 or better (for music) are highly
recommended....
Have fun!
Fabio Lecca
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Scopa e' un gioco di carte tradizionale Italiano.
Questa e' la versione Shareware che gira su tutti i Macintosh, anche se
consigliamo un monitor a colori a 13" e QuickTime 2.0 o superiore per la
musica....
Buon Divertimento!
Fabio Lecca
[email protected]
[email protected]
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[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/scopa-it.hqx; 827K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 18:20:00 -0500
From: (Chris Pereira)[email protected]
Subject: [*] SuperMemory 3.1.1
============================
SuperMemory 3.1.1 is free
============================
THE NEW STUFF
+ The INSECTICONS tile series (courtesy of Nick Day) was added.
- A bug (not one of Nick's) that could potentially give you a score of 200%
was fixed.
THE GAME OF MEMORY
This game is a rehash of the "Concentration" tile game but with a few lumps
of challenge (and audio) added.
Pairs of tiles are scrambled and placed face down. The player selects a
tile, then attempts to select the matching tile from the remaining lot.
If a match is made, the selected tiles are removed from the game and it's
that player's turn again.
If the player fails to make a match, the tiles are placed face down again
in their previous positions, and it's the next player's turn.
THE GAME OF SUPER-MEMORY
Instead of searching for pairs of tiles (Twins), you may select Triplets,
Quads, Quints or Sextets from the "Level" menu.
In these "super" modes, after the first tile is selected, the player is
allowed to select tiles until a tile does not match the first selection.
THE TILES
The Originals ... a colorized version of the original set of B/W tiles from
SuperMemory 1.0 (circa 1992)
Baseball ... The team logos of Major League Baseball
The Simpsons ... a selection of characters from the popular show. This
series of tiles has its own special sound effects
Football ... the team helmets of the National Football League
[Archived as /info-mac/game/super-memory-311.hqx; 660K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:33 -0500
From: (Gedeon Maheux)[email protected]
Subject: [*] The Looney Tunes Icon Collection
August 1996
The Looney Tunes Icon Collection
The enclosed folders contain 50 icons based on the all-time classic cartoon
series Looney Tunes. The icons range from the ever popular Bugs Bunny and
Daffy Duck to other characters including Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Lepu, Marvin
The Marsian, The Crusher, Gossimer and many many more.
For the ultimate collection of kick butt icons for the Macintosh, visit The
Iconfactory at: http://www.macsavvy.com/cafe/icnfactory
Gedeon Maheux
Digital Media Designer
http://members.aol.com/gedeonm
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/looney-tunes-icons.hqx; 136K]
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 22:14:07 -0700
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#344/09-Sep-96
TidBITS#344/09-Sep-96
The big news is our redesigned Web site, and Adam writes about the process,
should you be thinking of doing the same. Adam also reviews Analog, a fast,
free Web log analyzer. Updates to some Internet programs just appeared,
including Internet Explorer 2.1 and Cyberdog 1.1, and we have some advance
information about System Update 7.5.4. Finally, we have two guest spots,
one proposing a MacFriendly Web site and the other editorializing about
Apple.
Topics:
MailBITS/09-Sep-96
Ditch Digital, Go Analog
MacFriendly Web Site: A Proposal
Dream to be Different
Rethinking a Web
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-344.etx; 30K]
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 20:16:35 -0500
From: (Francois Yang)[email protected]
Subject: [*] Vocabulary 1.91 FAT- to learn better the vocabulary.
THE VOCABULARY IS THE BASIS TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE Vocabulary helps you to
learn the vocabulary of another language. Its advanced capabilities can
manage multiple question with multiple answer tests. However, despite the
complexity of question processing, this program is pretty EASY to use.
This software is one of the most complete program for studying vocabulary.
Other options includes:
-the use of picture w/a question
-multiple questions
-random ways of testing
etc.
This is a shareware, not a commercial product, and students can have a
discount price (really low).
DO NOT SELL THIS PROGRAM! DISTRIBUTE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS!
It has been optimized for PowerMac, but it still works with the 680x0
machines.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/vocabulary-191.hqx; 1963K]
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:57:59 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: 'ground' fonts
I'm also wondering if anyone knows of the avilability of
'ground' fonts for the Mac. These are 'Escher' style fonts where
the letters are hidden in the white space left over from a seemingly
random colection of black blobs. The letters jump in and out of view
according to how you look at them, a bit like a 3d drawing of a cube.....
Does thig ring any bells?? I'd love to here if it does... Jirrah Walker
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 96 12:45:14 -0800
From: [email protected] (Jim Yarrow)
Subject: (A) Carry-alls for Zip Disks
From: Mark Stephansky
Subject: Zip cartridge carry alls?
. . .
I have a growing zip disk library and am looking for a good (read
efficient) way to carry them around with my powerbook. I would like
something similar to the small binders that you can get for a collection
of CD-ROMS or for floppies.
Anyone found a good solution?
. . .
Reply:
I use the 10 floppy disk carrier made by Case Logic and available just about
anywhere that sells floppies. The nylon pockets are a little tight, but once
you use them a few times (i.e., break them in) they can accommodate either one
Zip per pocket, or 2 floppies per pocket. Beyond 10, I've found that the Zips
(without their plastic cases) will fit into regular cassette carriers.
I have a three-drawer Floppy Disk holder manufactured by Casseta (locking) and
it has removeable drawers and it's lockable (with a cheap, easily broken lock)
but enough to keep prying little fingers (children) from getting in, and the
drawers remove and have a handy carrying handle if 10 Zips isn't enough for
you.
Hope this helps.
Jim Yarrow
Customer Support Specialist, Macintosh
Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California, USA
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 23:54:16 -0400
From: [email protected] (Martin Forrester)
Subject: [A] FTP between 2 remote machines
On Wed, 04 Sep 1996, [email protected] (Doug Brouwer, Santa Cruz) wrote:
>Is it possible to FTP from an FTP server and, in this case, have the file =
>placed directly on the space I have available to me at my ISP? If so, =
>could someone enlighten me as to the procedure? Thanks very much.
Use Anarchie, open a window for each of the two ftp servers, then just drag
files between them!
----------------
Martin Forrester
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 11:09:01 +0200
From: John Steele
Subject: [A] Thanks For the Help RE:Hard Disk Catalog Problems
To all the Info-mac community: thanks for the help regarding my hard
disk problems. A friend laoned me a repair program, which seems to have
solved the errors. I also replaced the Finder, and updated my System
7.1 with System Update 3.0 . I also stopped using Netscape 3.0 beta,
tried MS Explorer, and discarded that in favor of Netscape 3.0 .
Hopefully this will fix the system crashes that lead to the catalog
errors in the first place.
Special thanks to:
[email protected] (Al Bloom)
[email protected] (Pat Ellis)
[email protected] (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)
Mel Halbert
[email protected] (Don't Panic!)
And thanks to all who contributed in the Digest. It's a great resource!
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 15:51:42 +0200
From: [email protected] (Milan Adamov)
Subject: [Q] AppleDouble decoding utility
What should I use to decode AppleDouble encoded file? I tried to resend
file as message to myself so Eudora could decode it on the fly, but that
doesn't work. Is there a way to make Eudora to decode it?
Milan
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:29:55 -0400
From: "Michael E. Grabenstein"
Subject: [Q] AppleVision problems...
We have a 1710 AppleVision monitor here and we have tried all the
settings in the monitors and sound control panel, but it is still blurry.
The convergence is correct. To make matter stranger, only the center is
blurry. Icons and text toward the outer edge are very sharp.
Any ideas?
thanks,
Mike, [email protected]
#include /* Sanad Support Technologies */
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 20:55:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: [email protected] (Hannes Hofer)
Subject: [Q] Audio CDs not recognized
My system recently crashed while playing a Audio CD using AppleCD Audio Player
and Carl Huben's Digital Equalizer.
Since the crash, my Power Macintosh 7100/66 has refused to recognize Audio
CDs. When
ever I try o insert a Audio CD, I get a dialog box saying: "This disk is
unreadable by this Macintosh. Do you want to initialize the disk?" (it
offers to format the disk as 538.5 MB disk!)
I have done everything I could think of to fix the problem, including:
erasing preference files for Digital Equalizer and CD player, erasing and
reinstalling Digital Equalizer and CD player, zapping the PRAM, erasing and
reinstalling all CD rom software, and last but not least, a complete system
reinstall (system 7.5.3), all to no avail.
CD Roms work fine, and I actually found one way to play Audio CDs: If I
start Digital Equalizer and the AppleCD Audioplayer, I can insert a CD and
play it, however, the CD icon does not show up on the desktop and it can
only be ejected by rebooting the computer (if I try to eject it from the CD
player I get the message that "the disk could not be ejected because it is
being shared or it contains files that are in use").
I have contacted Carl Huben, author of Digital Equalizer, but he rejects
the idea that the problem is being caused by Digital Equalizer, saying that
his application do not make calls to the CD drivers.
Can someone please help me with this problem before I end up in a nut house?
Hannes Hofer
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 09:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Paul Bickford
Subject: [Q] Simulate 256 colors on a 16 color screen?
Here's what I hope is a simple question:
I have a DUO230 (MacOS 7.5.3) that I am mostly very happy with. My main
(and only) problem with it currently is its inability to run programs
that require 256 colors.
Is there some shareware program that will fool a program (or the system
itself) into thinking that I have a 256 color screen, when in actuality
I don't? This would seem to be possible, since my on-board screen can
mirror an externally connected 256-color screen when docked.
Anyone have any ideas or solutions?
Your input is appreciated,
Paul.
--
Paul Bickford email = mailto:[email protected]
WWW = http://ecog.dfci.harvard.edu/~bickford/
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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 96 09:58:28 EST
From: "John Stevens"
Subject: [Q] Using new large SCSI2 HD on Mac LC
I have just tried to install a 2Gb IBM SCSI2 HD as an external
drive to my LC running system 7.0.1. The drive is recognised by
SCSIprobe as a SCSI device but not by my formatting software
"Formatter 1" consequently I can't partition/format the drive in
order to use it.
"Formatter 1" is rather old so I assume that I need something
newer. I an about to upgrade to system 7.5.3. Will that provide
what I need? Or do I need a newer formatting utility? Or is
there a physical incompatability that I don't know about (other
SCSI2 devices - CD & MO, not HD - work without problems)?
If I need a new utility are there any recommendations?
Thanks, John
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 14:52:52 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: answer: Power Macs have last generation chips - why?
>I am deciding whether to purchase a desktop Mac (7600) or, instead, a
>powerbook (5300) for the rare occasions when I travel and might need a
>computer. For everyday use I would hook the powerbook up to a monitor and
>keyboard.
>
>My most intensive tasks include photoshop for image analysis and
>mathematical simulations and I am put off by the fact that the 603e in
>the powerbook is not the latest generation of chips but rather comparable
>to the 601.
>
>Why are the chips in the powerbooks a generation behind? Is the
>difference significant? When will the new generation be released?
>
>Thanks in advance for any tidbits and hints that can help me in this
>decision.
hi michael,
the 603e chief feature is risc performance with low power consumption. in
terms of specint performance it delivers above the 601, and in terms of
specfp slightly below, however the chip can be driven at higher speeds ie
603e's at 200 MHz now, and looking at the bus clock multipliers (up to 6:1)
it seems motorola has plans for it at 300+, so in this sense it is not a
generation behind but rather an integral part of the ppc family going
forward.
nevertheless a portable involves some design compromises, and will
typically be slower than a desktop computer (especially dollar for dollar).
i infact have a 5300cs and find that the cpu is tremendous. the bottleneck
in these machines for me is the rather slow ide disk (at least in the
16/750 configuration). but this is made up for by the portability and the
sheer convinience of size, even though i very rarely run it from the
battery.
if you have time on your side, wait a little while longer, there are
rumours of a 200MHz 603e based powerbook with level2 cache arriving in the
comming months.
if you need the grunt, go with the desktop. it gives true workstation
performance.
regards
ben
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Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 17:24:54 -0500
From: Erik M Hjelle
Subject: AppleScript
Hi,
I am having a problem with the sript editor. When I try to open it, I
get this message, "Could not initialize the application because the
dialect is not available." I have no clue what this means. I would
like to experiment with AppleScript but this is getting my way. Can
anyone explain this? Also does anyone know of any good webpages for
learning to use AppleScript.
Thanks,
Erik Hjelle
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 20:50:24 -0400
From: Scott Wilton
Subject: Dial-up Internet Access w/PC Compatibility Card
Has anyone been able to get dial-up TCP/IP access to work using a PC
Compatibility Card? I have the Pentium card in a 7200/75 and I have tried
different modems and different providers without success. I am able to
make a connection to my provider and I can even "ping" specific IP
addresses but I cannot use anything which needs DNS (which means that the
connection is basically worthless). I am using Windows 95 and I know that
this is not a configuration problem (at least not on the PC side). I
called 1-800-SOS-APPL and they said it was probably a serial protocol
problem - PC software expects RS-232 and the Mac uses RS-422. Is there any
way around this? If not, this is a major bummer b/c there are some
applications on the PC side which I need to use which require a SLIP/PPP
connection. SOS APPL didn't indicate that this was a widely reported
problem which surprised me b/c there must be other folks who want to
preview their web pages in MS Explorer 3.0 without having to buy a separate
box (that's one of the reasons I bought the PC card in the first place).
Any info would be appreciated. TIA.
Scott Wilton
[email protected]
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 96 00:21:36 CDT
From: "Suzanne FitzGerald"
Subject: etherwave, was
on Wed, 4 Sep 1996 10:51, S. Brewster wrote about
7200/75 Ethernet printing problem (please help!):
>
>Hi fellow Mac'ers,
>
snipfilesharing stopped working...
>... 7200/75 --> 7100/80 --> IIvx (yes really) --> LaserWriter IINT
>
>They are all interconnected with Farralon Ethernet "PowerWave" boxes
>(little diamond shaped things, I think they're called PowerWave)...
bingo! have you been in touch with farallon?
i had similar anomalous things happen on an ethernet about a year ago. there
were two cascading hubs, (one asante 12 and starlet 16) and on the outside
of each hub was a leg built with farallon's "etherwave" boxes. there was a
mixture of 2 styles of these ray shaped network connectors. one provided a
localtalk printer to ethernet connection and a daisy chain localtalk
phonenet leg and another product just for macs. this network had a newgen
11x17 printer with an ehternet card and a laserwriter NTX printer.
print jobs disappeared, some folks could see some printers sometimes,
(ethernet and localtalk devices) and filesharing eventually blew up in their
faces. finally one mac/si couldn't see anyone. i asked the person on site to
switch the etherwave box in that office with a new one, and voila: network
good. flaky unit.
they eventually lost another one and replaced it. farallon exchanged them at
no charge. their topology has probably changed by now.
the combination of hubs and etherwave hardware worked very well, though. it
took me 2 solid days of making sure that each machine, macSE to 8100, was
running the latest system, network, and printer stuff, (then 7.1.2, NSI
1.5.1, LW8.2.2 respectively).
good luck
__________________________________________________________________
Suzanne FitzGerald 228-3355 voice 2283456 fax
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 21:42:04 -0800
From: [email protected] (Harry Rosenfeld)
Subject: FreePPP
I recently installed FreePPP 2.5v2 on both my PB5300cs and my LCIII. On the
LCIII, after I shut down, it wouldn't load FreePPP becauseof not enough
memory. It also happened once on the PB5300cs.
Any ideas?
Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld
7525 East Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, Alaska
Fax - 907-337-4013 [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 20:47:52 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: How can I make interactive scripts with PlainTalk and AppleScript?
I'm currently experimenting with the PlainTalk speech
recognition/text-to-speech system for Macintosh. In the folder "Speakable
items" I can put scripts that I've written in AppleScript, and these
scripts will be launched and executed when I speak the names of them. The
same goes for aliases, files or programs. But strange enough, that seems
like the _only_ way of feeding "input" in the form of speech to AppleScript
and the PlainTalk system.
Now, I want to make a _single_ script that (while it's running) can respond
to words in the form of speech. As it is today I can only "cheat" and make
the computer interact with the user by making several separate scripts.
A trivial example of what I want to do:
1) The user says "Hello"
2) PlainTalk launches the script called "Hello"
3) The first line in the script tells the computer to respond by saying
"Hello, how are you!"
*** So far so good. This I can allready do. Now's when I run into trouble ***
4) Now the script is supposed to halt and wait for more input in the form
of speech.
5) Let's say the user answers "Just fine thankyou".
6) The script shall now be able to interpret what was said (choose between
two or more preset alternatives. In this case the alternatives are "Just
fine thankyou" and "I'm feeling miserable").
7) If the user said "Just fine thankyou" the script will answer "I'm glad
to hear that". But if the user had said "I'm feeling miserable today" then
the script should have chosen to answer with "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that".
8) The script terminates.
The same example as above but with the "cheat method":
1) The user says "Hello"
2) PlainTalk launches the script called "Hello"
3) The first line in the script tells the computer to respond by saying
"Hello, how are you!"
4) The first script terminates.
5) Then the user says "Just fine thankyou".
6) Now PlainTalk has to launch a second script called "Just fine thankyou".
7) The first line in the script tells the computer to respond by saying
"I'm glad to hear that"
8) Script number two terminates.
9) And so on - you get the idea.
I've been working with this problem for an entire day now, and still I'm
not closer to a solution. Normally I wouldn't waste time on something that
I knew was impossible, but those of you who have tried Plaintalk 1.4 know
that there is a small program/script that comes with the PlainTalk 1.4
software, called "Tell me a joke". This program seems to do exactly what I
am looking for: interaction through speech within one single
script/program. I've tried to open this program to see how it was designed,
but it can't be opened through AppleScript. Opening it with ResEdit gave me
some clues, but still I could not make a program of my own. It seems like
"Tell me a joke" is a bit more advanced than the other programs/scripts
that come with the PlainTalk 1.4 software.
Now I wonder if there is anyone out there who can help me with this. Even
if the answer is that it's not possible, I'd be glad to know. That way I
can write this project off for good.
Thanks in advance,
Thomas Kahn
________________________
[email protected]
http://www.roundhouse.se
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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 15:55:55 -0700
From: [email protected] (Herb Kroemer)
Subject: Icon View gets messed up
I prefer to view some of my folders in the "Small Icon" view, with the
icons arranged in a certai functional pattern (snap-to-grid on). Every
once in a while (sometimes weeks apart), when I open one of these
folders, the icons have inexplicably changed to the big icons, but the
grid remains the same small-icon grid, leading to overlapping icons. If
I now select Small Icon View, the icons DO change back to small ones,
but the grid changes, too, to a hopelessly crunched grid in which both
icons and text overlap, esentially unusable. Restoring the original
arrangement by hand is a big nuisance.
I've had this problem for a long time, first starting with a Mac II fx
running system 6.0.7; it persisted when I changed to 7.1, and I have it
also on a Powerwave 132 running 7.5.2.
Has anybody else had this problem?
What causes it?
Is there a fix, or at least a painless way to restore the intended
arrangement?
I suspect this is a startup conflict of some sort, hich is triggered
only under special circumstances, but it occurs too infrequently to
trace it down with Conflict Catcher or some tool like it.
Herb K.
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 23:15:56 +0100
From: [email protected] (Pierre Garabedian)
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V14 #203
>
>
>
> David Yeargin wrote:
> >
>
>
>
> I need to give a quick presentation showing off a few web sites,
> and for convenience, I'd like to do it without having to go online at
> the time. Can I capture web pages (with full formatting and
> graphics, rather than just text and seperate GIF files) ahead of
> time and then display them in a Netscape (or similar) window?
> Can I retain any links that may exist between these pages? A
> shareware program is fine, if that's what I need. FWIW, I'm using a
> 68030 Mac IIsi and Netscape 2.0.
Sometime back I saw a shareware program called something like Netscape
History which was supposed to do just that what you need. I hope you can
trace it in the info-mac archives
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:41:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: KPT Bryce
Hello fellow Macusers,
I am starting to work with KPT Bryce 1.0 and I find it's a really great
software. I know there's a version 2.0 that is out. I was wondering if
anybody has tried the new version and could give me some feedback. The
thing is, the rendering is kind of long with version 1.0 and they say
there's a preview that speed's up the work with the new version plus some
other improvement. Is it really better?
Thank you in advance for your answer
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 12:52:38 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: KPT Bryce 2
Hello,
Question about KPT Bryce 2. Does anybody know a place to buy KPT Bryce 2
(new version) at a good price, in Canada?
Thank you for your answers
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 14:23:33 -0500
From: [email protected] (james f. palmer)
Subject: Kudos to Apple's service
I have a PowerBook 540c purchased in May 1995 (out of warenty). One
battery failed, and the other did not respond to the Intellegent Battery
Recondition software at Apple's ftp site. I called 1-800-SOS-APPL and
worked through the phone system and waited for the holds. The person I
tlaked with listened to the problem, made sure I had properly followed the
Intellegent Battery Recondition procedures, took the battery and PB serial
numbers and arranged to exchange the batteries. No cost to me (except for
the half hour that I had to listen to the speaker phone while I typed on my
desktop Mac).
Jim Palmer, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:53:53 -0400
From: Stephan Pinheiro
Subject: Looking for Helpdesk software! (service calls loging)
G'day everyone,
We're a small Macintosh consultants firm and Apple Authorised Service
center based in Canada.
We've been in business for close to 2 years now, and have developped our
own "jobs/services tracking" system internally on Filemaker Pro 3 in order
to provide efficient and timely services to our customers.
However, business is now growing faster than we have time to put into
developping and adapting our tracking software, and service calls volume
are increasing on a daily basis...
We need a good, Macintosh based, help desk software or database template
that would be flexible and powerful enough to address our growing needs.
I've briefly looked on the net but did not come up with much.
Can anyone point us to anything?
Thanking you in advance for your help.
Stephan Pinheiro
Mac 911
514-282-6699
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 13:15:35 +0000
From: Alastair Montgomery
Subject: MacDoom 2 Deathmatch/Single player Wads
Hi Doom 2 players,
If you are interested in some custom designed Doom2 deathmatch levels
then visit the
Doom Heaven : http://www.netforward.com/deathsdoor/?DoomHeaven
or download them directly at the following addresses,
http://members.aol.com/DOOMHEAVEN/wads/alastair.hqx
http://members.aol.com/DOOMHEAVEN/wads/andy.hqx
http://members.aol.com/DOOMHEAVEN/wads/joe.hqx
they are all around 300K.
Most of the levels can also be played in single player mode.
--
Email : [email protected]
Home Page : http://www.ednet.co.uk/~alastair/
------------------------------
Date: 7 Sep 1996 10:37:53 -0400
From: "Daitaro Hagihara"
Subject: MacGS portrait
Please forgive me but I don't remember who asked this question. I had a =
system crash while reading Info-Mac and this one issue was gone.
Now I don't know if this helps or not, since I don't use MacGS. If you =
have access to Illustrator 6.0, it comes standard with EPS Parser plug-in =
and you can open and manipulate most eps graphics. "Most," but so far I =
haven't encountered any eps that fails to open with this parser. Very =
very nice.
But if you don't have Illustrator 6.0, then using quarto.c might help. =
This is a C program by Michael Hawley of Media Lab. There is an option =
of 2-up printing which allows you to make a new eps file with two pages =
on the same page. With this option, the orientation of each page is =
reversed, i.e., from portrait to landscape. This might help in =
reorienting your graphics. The catch is that the graphics will be =
smaller, since there are now two pages of graphics in just one page. If =
you have MPW C, I can give you the Mac-adapted version of quarto.c. But =
please remember that this is copyrighted by Mr. Hawley. The original =
file is in
ftp://wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/quarto.c,
according to comp.sources.postscript program faq. Also note that quarto =
seems to work with LW8 postscripts but not GX postscripts nor with some of=
PC postscripts. It was originally written for NExT postscripts. (I'm =
not a postscript guy so I don't know why so.) Oh and the input must be =
ascii eps, tho' I haven't opened any binary eps with it yet.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 08:47:51 +0000
From: Kurtis Christensen
Subject: MacMedic Software Version List Site
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
This site is dedicated to tracking the current versions of popular Mac
software and posting links to their updates or information if available.
The Master Table now lists over 200 programs and continues to grow.
There is also a table listing the 15 most recent updates found on the
web. Additions can be made at the readers request. I think your readers
could benefit from this site.
http://members.aol.com/macmedics/version.html
MacMedic
Kurtis Christensen
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1904 14:32:27 +0000
From: Erik M Hjelle
Subject: MacSLIP & Sportster 28.8
Hi all!
I'm looking to find a modem string to use with MacSLIP 3.0.2 and a
USRobotics 28.8 modem. In the list of modems from which one can chose
in the configure window, the only USR modems are like 9600's, none of
these choices will let the modem to connect to my campus server. If I
chose the "courier" type modem, I can connect but get excruciatingly
slow connection speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Erik M. Hjelle
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:20:27 +0400
From: Nelson Neville
Subject: Mac to PC Network.
Hello,
Does anyone know how Mac's and PC's are networked? I have seen it done
but don't know how.
I have the only Mac(8500/150) in a PC only office.
All of the PC's are connected to the PC sever.
I have to share and exchange file on this system but no one knows how to
do it.
My Mac has an ethernet connection in the back but doesn't read any
available connections. Its the same cabable that was attached to the PC
that formerly resided here.
HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!!
HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! HELP!!
PLease respond to my e-mail: [email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 14:16:15 -0400
From: Mark Miller
Subject: Message Utility?
Anybody know of a utility that will allow one mac to send a message to
another?
Thanks.
Mark D. Miller
http://members.aol.com/mappingman/
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 96 07:51:13 -0400
From: [email protected] (Scott L. Horton)
Subject: Navigator 3 and Disabling Java
Hi,
I am running Netscape's Navigator 3.0 and find that I have little use for
Java that is included. By the looks of my memory allocation and the long
time to initialize Java on launch of the application, I suspect that the
Java code takes up a lot of memory.
Therefore, does anyone know how to disable (and prevent it from loading
and eating RAM) Java in Navigator 3.0?
I'd appreciate any direct responses. .
Thanks,
Scott Horton
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 23:27:21 +0000
From: David Ferrington
Subject: Newton MessagePad 130 & Performa 5200
Hi peeps, forgive me if this has been the subject of recent posts, I'm
about 150 digests behind and losing it
.I'm thinking of replacing my Psion 3 (not a 3a) with a MessagePad, because :
=95 I need more storage room
=95 I'd like to read my mail & news on the train (after downloading it
overnight).
=95 I could sync my contacts and agenda
=95 It's an Apple !
I'd like to hear from anyone with comments on doing this, both replacing my
trusty Psion (4 1/2 yrs) and connecting to the Performa.
I have what appears to be a I/R sensor on the front panel - is it connected
or do I need some s/w or h/w?
I know about Now Synchronize and Up-To-Date & Contact. Can NS do it for
Claris Organizer or is there something else (like Applescript or Perl) to
do this?
How about transfering email & news etc?
Any comments would be welcome. Please respond to me direct (given my lax
reading of the digest
and I'll do my best to summerize to the digest.Maybe I can catch up on my reading this way!
--David Ferrington More facts of nature:
All forest animals, to this very day, remember exactly where they were and
what they were doing, when they heard that Bambi's mother had been shot.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 10:00:41 -0700
From: [email protected] (Chuck Wonderly)
Subject: non-standard print drivers
I need some help trying to get a non-standard printer to work with a
Mac.
Our cashiers in the Accounting Office currently use dumb terminals with
locally connected receipt printers. The software automatically prints a
receipt to the printer with no problems.
We want to replace the terminals withs Macs, but cannot make the
printers work with a Mac.
The printer is an Ithaca receipt/journal printer (dot matrix).
I need some type of a driver that will allow me to "pass through" the
data without doing any type of conversions. I've tried using the
Imagewriter driver and Laser driver(s) with no luck. It can be
freeware, shareware or commercial.
Any help will be appreciated.
Please reply to me directly.
TIA
Chuck
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 11:13:41 -0400
From: Stan Hadley
Subject: Optimizer for Excel?
I have a rather large and complex spreadsheet in Excel 5 that I want to
perform an optimization on. However, the Solver that comes with Excel is
both slow and leads to local optima often. I've searched the net for
optimizers and found references to Genetica, Evolver, Generator, Premium
Solver, and Genehunter. I've sent e-mail to all I could find, but those
that have responded so far say they only work for PC's, despite Excel being
cross-platform. Does anyone have suggestions on these or any other
optimization methods I could use. Since my boss uses a PC he won't be
tickled to find out that there are methods available but I can't run them.
Stan Hadley, [email protected]
Oak ridge National Laboratory
Stanton W. Hadley [email protected]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bldg 4500-N, MS 6205
P.O. Box 2008 Room G-28
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6205 (423)574-8018, fax:(423)574-8884
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 12:44:06 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: Printing PS files
Hi Jeff!
I've also had some trouble viewing/printing PostScript files that I have
found on the Internet. My suggestion is that you download a program called
Mac GS Viewer (together with dito files and documentation).
* Try downloading it from: ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost
* More information at: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
With Mac GS Viewer you can view the PostScript files on the screen, and if
you want to you can save them as PICT files. I don't know about printing
though. I too have a StyleWriter, and when I tried to print the PostScript
documents I saw that the "Print" alternative in the File menu was disabled
(displayed in gray). So I just saved them as PICT files and printed them
>From an ordinary graphics program.
I don't have a LaserWriter and I have no drivers installed for any
LaserWriter, but a wild guess would be that _if you have_ a LaserWriter
driver installed and a LaserWriter connected to your Mac, then the "Print"
option in Mac GS Viewer will be enabled, and you can print the PostScript
files directly from Mac GS Viewer. (As I said, it's a just wild guess).
Good Luck,
Thomas Kahn
________________________
[email protected]
http://www.roundhouse.se
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 96 19:43 GMT-0300
From: [email protected]
Subject: Problem to download PostScript files
Dear Mac-users,
i am writing to you, because i have a problem with my
laserprinter.
I hope this is the right place to write, if not, maybe
you can redirect my question, or tell me where to write to.
The problem is the following:
I have a LaserWriter Select 310 hooked up to a Centris 650
with a cable to the printer port.
I have problems to communicate directly to the printer.
I am not able to send a PostScript file directly to the
printer.
I installed System 7.3 and the LaserWriter Utility does
not recognize this printer.
In addition, the new Word 6.0 doesn't have the
style PostScript any more.
Does somebody know how to fix this problem?
I really appreciate any suggestion.
I forgot to say that I upgraded the printers memory to 4 Mb
of Ram.
Thank you very much
Ursula Molter
[email protected] (Dept. Math. Univ. of Buenos Aires)
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 00:12:00 +0100
From: [email protected] (Thomas Kahn)
Subject: Project X (Apples MCF system)
Web designers/developers,
Recently I checked out Apples "Project X"; a Meta-Content Format system for
enabling users to navigate/browse through websites in 3D. As with all new
Internet plug-in technologies I'm a bit sceptical. Will this catch on? Will
it work without errors? I would appreciate all kinds of feedback from other
web designers/developers. More open questions: Why is MCF better than using
a regular 2D user interface? Has anyone tried it, and in that case, what
did you think about the developers software that Apple provided or
recommended?
In short: Is this anything that I, as a web designer, should devote my time
to?
Keep the dialogue open,
Thomas Kahn
________________________
[email protected]
http://www.roundhouse.se
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 12:50:08 -0400
From: [email protected] (Christian Parent)
Subject: RAM upgrade
Hello,
I have a little question. I own right now a 7200/75 PowerMac with 2MB of
VRAM, 256k L2 cache and 32MB of RAM. I am thinking of adding 32 more MB up
to 64 MB in total. I use Photoshop the most. Now, is there anybody out
there who has already made that RAM boost that can give me a feedback on
what kind of speed improvement they felt while they where working with
medium size documents, like 8 or 10Megs in Photoshop?
THank you in advance for your answer
Frodo
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: 9 Sep 1996 13:54:38 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: Re- Extracting data from pr
Re: Extracting data from printed charts
Funny you are having trouble with Data Thief. Works well for me. However,
try DataConvertor.
------------------------------
Date: 9 Sep 1996 13:07:46 -0600
From: "WJ Shack"
Subject: RE-SuperBoomerang and Syste
RE:SuperBoomerang and System 7.5.3
Earlier versions of SB were a little shaky with 7.5.3 on my 7100, but the 6.0
version is quite stable with a slew of other extensions:
CEToolbox 1.7.3
DiskTop.Extras
Find File Extension
Microsoft OLE Extension
On Location Extension
PaperPort Extension
PowerPC Monitors Extension
QuickTime VR Components
QuickTime(tm)
QuickTime(tm) Musical Instruments
QuickTime(tm) PowerPlug
RealAudio
Smart Alarms 7(tm) Monitor
Speed Access
Speed Emulator
StuffIt Engine(tm)
Timbuktu
Web Ninja Extension
#215#CopyPaste-3.1.1
AltCDEF v1.3
ApplWindows
Better Edit Keys
CDU
Complete Undelete
Dialog View
Escapade
NameView...(tm)
OneClick
PC Exchange
PopChar 1.1
QuicKeys(tm)
RAM Doubler(tm) 2
Reminder
Thunder 7(tm)
~ATM(tm)
#161#Remote
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 1996 12:14:53 +0100
From: [email protected] (Adrian Strack)
Subject: Shareware FAX program?
The FAX-Program that was delevered with my 28800 modem is slowing down my MAC
IIcx, so I need another FAX-Program.
Are there public domain or shareware programs?
Adrian
http://www.sendanet.es/sastre/adrian.strack
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 23:53:17 -0400
From: Meg Zabriskie
Subject: SimpleText to PC graphics format?
I'm working for an internet provider who has only PCs on site. I'm working=
on online instructions for configuring MacTCP and TCP/IP for connection=
with this provider, and I need to get screen shots into a format that a PC=
can read. SimpleText screen shots have no Save As option. I tried pasting=
the screen shots into a Word 6 document (that's assuming that Windows Word=
7, at work, will deign to open such a document) but the graphics are=
hideous, all blocky and DOS-like. Can anyone help? Thanks.=20
Meg Zabriskie
[email protected]
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 96 17:58:58 -0000
From: Marc Moini
Subject: Smart Scroll 1.1 is OK
In reply to Pierre Mercier (2sep96), I'd like to say that Smart Scroll
v1.1 fixes the freeze bug that bothered him so much (at least on the
machines I tested it on).
I hope he'll confirm himself here that the problem is resolved
v1.1 was submitted to Info-Mac around Aug20, so it's in the queue! If
you're in a hurry, I'll email it to you (just send me a note at
[email protected]).
Marc Moini, Smart Scroll author.
** The Most Edifying Book I've ever read is "PEOPLEMAKING" by Virginia
Satir. It explains what goes on between people who live together, things
that keep us from being all we could be, until we learn about them.
She shares the insights & experience gathered from her work with
thousands of families (she was a founder of family therapy) **
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 96 15:46:50 MDT
From: [email protected]
Subject: Speech Recognition
> Does anyone know about a mac-application capable of recognizing
>the voice, whereby text can be imput in a word processor using a
>microphone, instead of using the keybord?
Apple released Chinese Dictation Kit last year. But that's probably
not what you are looking for.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 96 22:34:03 +0200
From: Phil Hudson
Subject: SupraFaxModem144PB
Subject: SupraFaxModem144PB
Sent: 4/9/96 4:43 pm
To: [email protected]
I have a customer who has a Mac PowerBook 150 with an internal
SupraFaxModem144PB. I tried to set them up with an ISP yesterday and the
modem was behaving in a bizarre fashion. Most of the time the SLIP
dialler returned "Modem not responding. Connect & turn on modem."
Sometimes, with MicroPhone LT open in the background and having chosen
"Open Connection" in MicroPhone LT, it would dial; sometimes it wouldn't.
Sometimes without MicroPhone LT open in the background it would dial;
sometimes it wouldn't. Sometimes after a reboot it would dial; sometimes
it wouldn't. Disabling fax software made no difference.
We managed to dial, connect and transfer mail just fine using a USR
Sportster 28.8 external attached to the printer port (the only serial
port on the PB150).
MicroPhone LT 1.0.1
Fax Monitor 1.7
Fax Print 1.7
Fax Preferences 1.7
MacTCP 2.0.6
InterSLIP 1.0.1
System 7.1.1
8 MB RAM
120 MB HD
-- Phil Hudson -- [email protected] --
------------------------------
Date: 8 Sep 1996 16:29:48 GMT+0100
From: [email protected]
Subject: Syquest EZ135 and Menu Bar Pattern (!)
Dear Info-Macists,
I will probably buy an Syquest EZ135 Drive but I first wanted to know if it is
really reliable. Amazingly, it is much cheaper and faster than the Zip Drive an
d thats why I am very interested. I just wanted to know if you, EZ drive owner
, if you have (had) some problems with it. If you have information about its re
al speed let me know, thats also very important for me.
I have an IDE HD and I hope the syquest is not slower than it.
Second question (very different indeed): I heard that there is an INIT/CDEV tha
t allows you to put nice patterns in the menu bar. I dont remember the name of
it and I am now looking for it. If someone know the name of this INIT and know
where I could find it (I suppose on Info-mac, because everything is on Info-Ma
c!) please let me know.
Please send your answers directly to me ([email protected]) because I dont
read the digests every day.
TIA
Laurent Daloze [[email protected]]
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:53:49 +1000
From: [email protected]
Subject: Terminal emulation source code.
Hi. I'm wondering if anyone out there can point me to a
freeware terminal emulator package, that comes with the source code.
Something in C is essential and MetroWerks CW for mate would be ace, but
I guess I can't be too picky.... Thanks Jirrah Walker
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 96 21:48:38 EDT
From: Allan Hunter
Subject: The Truth About Termination Jumpers
I would like to thank the community for responding to my request for
tips on where to stick those damn jumpers (aside from certain passing
fancies that did cross my mind before this was all said and done) in
order to un-terminate my drive, and answering my bewildered questions
about pin sets FK, SS, WS, EP in the process.
Many folks pointed me towards Quantum's web site, where rumor hath it
there lies all kinds of information on Quantum's drives. (silly me;
I would have anticipated sales pitches and slow-to-load graphics. who
woulda thought to use the web to make information available?
Special thanks to William L Wong and, in particular,
Jean-Luc Barblan , who explained that ancient
to medieval Quantums had terminators of the many-pin variety that
must be pulled to un-terminate. Barblan coherently explained that they
look like black combs and sit close to the SCSI cable connector and
normally come as a set of 3 combs. Bingo! Damn, never would I have
considered those things to be other than the surface texture of some
sophisticated microelectronic circuitry; I certainly would not have
dreamed of sticking a pointy object under the edge of one and prying
upwards! But armed with vividly clear description I tried it and yep,
just popped right out and drives work wonderfully unterminated now
(each of them occupying the bay that Apple figured on sticking a 2x
internal CDROM into, and each therefore being the second internal HD
for their respective computers).
Barblan went on to explain that Bloom (or whoever the original poster
of internal-termination configuration info was) had misread when
identifying the mystery pin-set "FK" -- it is "PK" and it just means
"park" and it is no more than a convenient spot to store a jumper if
you aren't using it; and PK pinsets appear most often on drives that
do indeed have the TE (termination) pinset rather than the set of black
combs, so you can unterminate your drive and park the jumper so as to
be able to find it again later. SS pinset = self-seek, which is used
only in the factory for testing; EP = enable parity (I'm still a little
fuzzy on what parity and parity checking is, but if jumped it is
enabled). WS is wait/spin and causes your drive to wait for a command
to spin up before it spins up; if not jumped, it spins up when power
hits the device.
(Ugh. They should replace it all with a simple SCSI-ID selector and
an even more simple on/off switch for termination, like good externals
have. Why should an internal hard drive be 15 times as user-hostile?)
Anyway, thanks; it has been a lesson and my drives and SCSI bus are
working.
-Allan Hunter
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 11:28:06 -0500
From: Bob Forster
Subject: Unmute sound w/o going to control panel?
I have a PM 7500 with a mile of wire coming out the back of it. I would
like to be able to enable the computer's speakers to be activated upon
start up, even if there is a headphone cable stuck in the socket at the
back, without going through the control panel every time. Is this
possible? Can an applescript be written to do this job automatically at
start-up?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Bob
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