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Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#357/09-Dec-96
(Q) Find File extension conflict?
[A] Apple PPP: a few questions
[A] HTML to MS Word 6 converter?
[A} Looking for trash utility...
[Q] L2 cache on performa 5200
[Q] Which removable drive?
AVI movies?
Disallow Cookies?
Garbled mail
Looking for trash utility... (2 msgs)
Netscape & Fetch
Not enough memory blues
PB180 With An Unknown Internal Modem
PC Compatability cards
PPC 6100 won't boot (2 msgs)
SimpleText prints page numbers
two or more ISPs with OT
wierd (zip) problem (2 msgs)
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:50:20 -0800
From: [email protected] (TidBITS Editors)
Subject: [*] TidBITS#357/09-Dec-96
TidBITS#357/09-Dec-96
In this issue, we report on a new version of RealAudio and an MPEG
extension for QuickTime 2.5. We also welcome a new sponsor and go in depth
with a review and comparison of Eudora Pro and Eudora Light. Adam follows
up on last week's article about soft-power Macs, and Matt Neuburg rounds
out the issue with a thoughtful essay about the state of automation on
today's Macs, complete with a comparison of macro programs we've reviewed
over the past several issues.
Topics:
MailBITS/09-Dec-96
More Power After Power Failures
Why I Still Live at the P.O. (or, Eudora Lives!)
The User Over Your Shoulder - Of Macs and Macros
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-357.etx; 30K]
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:13:01 -0800
From: Mark Allen
Subject: (Q) Find File extension conflict?
Several Info-Mac readers kindly replied to my posting concerning the
operation of the Find File command. In summary, there are the 7.5 built-in
function and a separate application installed under the Apple Menu. The
former allows one to find files meeting selection criteria one-at-a-time.
The latter presents a summary window showing all files that satisfy the
selection criteria. Several of my respondents also pointed out that, with
the Find File extension installed, executing command-f should launch the
newer application, rather than the more primitive built-in function.
I do have the Find File extension in my System Folder: Extensions folder.
However, my problem is that even though I also have the Find File
application (which works fine when selected directly), command-f still only
launches the primitive built-in function. Has anyone else encountered this
problem? I'm running System 7.5.5 on a Power Mac 7500. Is there a known
conflict between the Find File extension and some other software?
Thanks for your help!
Mark Allen
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:40:46 -0600
From: Snuey
Subject: [A] Apple PPP: a few questions
Quoting: Apple PPP: a few questions
By: Gordon Watts -- Brown University
Dated: 96-12-09 10:40 -0600 (USA Central Time)
: - In the AppleGuide file for PPP there is a definition entry for "connection
: script" which says to look for "how do I create a connection script" to
:see how
: to make one. I could not find that entry in the apple guide.
You're right. What the AppleGuide file for the PPP control panel doesn't
mention is that the "create a connect script" is found by opening the
*Modem* control panel, and then opening *it's* AppleGuide. (It's the second
item on the list.)
James "Snuey" Allen
Madison WI USA
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 20:47:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Martin Forrester
Subject: [A] HTML to MS Word 6 converter?
>I'm looking for a way to take a page of HTML formated text (with bolds & =
>underlines & italics and the like) which I may find on a given web page =
>and save it (from within Navigator) into a file that Word could then open. =
> The goal here is the ability to reformat the text (which is up to 10 =
>pages long in Navigator) into a 2 column, smaller font, with page numbers =
>file which I could then print out double sided (I can do none of this from =
>within Navigator) all the while keeping the orignal formatted text with =
>its bolds & italics and so on.
Microsoft's free "Internet Assistant" for Word will do this. Save to disk
as "source" in Navigator, open with Word/Internet Assistant, then save as a
regular word file. Not sure all of the formatting will stay but I just gave
it a quick try and it seemed to work.
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/word/internet/ia/ to read about it and
download it.
----------------
Martin Forrester
[email protected]
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 21:20:04 -0600
From: Snuey
Subject: [A} Looking for trash utility...
Quoting: Looking for trash utility...
By: Elliot Bennett
Dated: 96-12-09 06:15 -0600 (USA Central Time)
: I was wondering if anyone knows of a utility which will either:
:
: a) move selected files/folders to the trash (using the keyboard and not =
: the mouse)
:
: or = [..snip..]
Elliot,
System 7.5.3 and later have the ability to move selected items to the
Trash, but Apple has not enabled this feature. Fortunately, a former Apple
employee named Nevin Liber has written a tiny extension that activates this
(and other) hidden features of the Finder. Here are a few sentences from
the Read Me...
------------------------------------
Finder Extensions Enabler 1.1.0 notes
Finder Extensions Enabler (formerly known as Finder Alias Extensions
Enabler) is a system extension that enables a number of hidden features to
the Finder:
1. If you control drag an item, it will create an alias instead of
moving/copying that item (System 7.1 Pro or later).
2. Reveal Original (Command-R) menu item is added to the File menu: if
you have an alias selected and choose Reveal Original, the folder that
holds the original item is opened and the original item is selected (System
7.5 or later).
3. Control delete will move the selected item to the trash (System 7.5.3
or later).
[..snip..]
------------------------------------
I don't know if it's in the Info-Mac archives, but you can get it from his
home page at...
By the way, even though the author worked at Apple, this extension is not
an Apple product. However, I've been using it for weeks without any
problems. It uses negligible amounts or RAM according to both the author
(and Conflict Catcher 3 which reports such things).
James "Snuey" Allen
Madison WI USA
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 09:11:12 +0100
From: Peter Peldan
Subject: [Q] L2 cache on performa 5200
Does anyone have experience with installing an extra L2 cache on a
performa 5200 (or similar model)? What is the average speed gain and in
what situations is the improvement most noticeble?
Peter
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:33:18 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: [Q] Which removable drive?
At 10:00 PM -0800 12/5/96, Blayne Welk wrote:
>The Epson Zip drive is listed as
>$130 US, after rebate. Is there any difference between the two besides
>manufactures, and has anyone seen any lower prices in other catalogues
>besides MacZone?
$129.95 [OK, $130
] from MacMall is the lowest I've seen on the EpsonZIP. I've looked at the two side by side, and haven't seen any significant
difference. The case is white instead of purple, and the software says
"Epson" everywhere instead of "Iomega", but they appear to be the same
device.
chazl
12.09.96
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 11:35:11 -0800
From: Mark Allen
Subject: AVI movies?
A while back I posted a question concerning viewing avi movies on a Mac. I
received a lot of helpful responses. Recently several people seeing my
original posting have asked about what I find out. I apologize for not
submitting a summary of responses earlier.
Viewing AVI movies is a built-in feature of Microsoft Web browser. Also,
the Mazilla application/plug-in gives you that capability.
Mark Allen
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:03:43 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: Disallow Cookies?
David Bishop asked:
>>>Has someone written (or is someone writing) a bit-o-code to automatically
>>>disallow the writing of cookies for Macintosh?
Then someone else suggested:
>>Just replace the cookie file with a simpletext document with a few
>>characters in it and name it MagicCookie and when sites try to create
>>one, one will already be there--albeit a "phony one".
There is only ever a single MagicCookie file; cookies you accept add lines
to that file.; similar in that way to your Bookmarks file. It's a plain
text file, so you can open it up with any text editor and see what's in
there. Actually pretty boring stuff. Here's mine:
----
# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
# http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
# This is a generated file! Do not edit.
.thesaurus.com TRUE /thesaurus FALSE xxx FRAMES YES
ad.doubleclick.net FALSE / FALSE xxx xxx xxx
www.globaltrak.net FALSE / FALSE xxx xxx xxx
.infoseek.com TRUE / FALSE xxx InfoseekUserId xxx
www.globaltrak.net FALSE / FALSE xxx xxx xxx
www.sun.com FALSE / FALSE xxx xxx xxx
.disney.com TRUE / FALSE xxx DISNEY xxx.xxx.xx.xxXXX
.adobe.com TRUE / FALSE xxx INTERSE xxx.xxx.xx.xxXXX
homepages.mcnet.ch FALSE / FALSE xxx xxx xxx
----
The "x"s are my IP, various usernames and passwords [which are apparently
automatically assigned ones, as none of them are familiar in the least] and
other apparently random numbers, deleted so no one can access my medical
records or whatever evil is currently associated with these. I suspect
that most of the numbers [which have the same format from line to line] are
the date and time the cookie was sent.
In any case, the suggestion above won't work. Netscape will overwrite your
phony cookie file with a new valid one. As a test, I created a BBEdit file
in my Netscape prefs folder called "MagicCookie", which contained "this is
junk". I then launched Netscape, went to http://www.adobe.com [which asked
if it could set a cookie - I said yes], then quit Netscape. Opening my
MagicCookie file with BBEdit reveals that it now contains:
-----
# Netscape HTTP Cookie File
# http://www.netscape.com/newsref/std/cookie_spec.html
# This is a generated file! Do not edit.
.adobe.com TRUE / FALSE xxx INTERSE xxxXXX
-----
No trace of my "this is junk" line. BTW, it's still a BBEdit file.
Now, If I edit the file to contain just that header [everything up to "Do
not edit."], lock it in the Finder, then repeat the experiment, when I look
at the cookie file after quitting Netscape it is unchanged.
Then someone else offered:
>I am using Cookie Monster 1.5 -- guess from your favourite info-mac mirror
>site -- that kills all cookies when you shut down/reboot.
This will indeed go delete the "MagicCookie" file with every boot.
However, if like me you don't want to add yet another thing to your startup
items folder, you may want to try just locking the MagicCookie file.
I have heard rumors that doing so may cause Netscape to crash on quit. I
haven't seen this behavior, which is not to say it doesn't occur, just that
it's never happened to me.
chazl
12.09.96
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 96 15:07:44 EST
From: "John Stevens"
Subject: Garbled mail
I use CCMAIL at work (windows) and Emailer (mac) at home and have no
trouble mailing between them. You don't detail the type of corruption
they get in your mail. CCMAIL (or at least the mail gateway) only
handles UUENCODE attachments at present. If you are not already doing
so you may wish to set Emailer accordingly for these addresses.
From: Richard Platt said
>I use Claris E-mailer to send messages to a variety of clients, and I
>have
>problems with just two of them. I THINK they are both reading their mail
>with
>CCMail on a PC network. I don't know anything about CCMail, but my
>messages arrive garbled: sometimes only slightly, but other times munged
>up into complete illegible gibberish. Is there anything I can do to
>prevent this at my end, or failing that is there anything the recipients
>can do to enable them to receive my messages correctly?
>Messages THEY send to ME arrive fine
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:37:57 -0800
From: [email protected] (Julius Friede)
Subject: Looking for trash utility...
>I was wondering if anyone knows of a utility which will either:
>a) move selected files/folders to the trash (using the keyboard and not =
>the mouse)
Check out "Hidden Finder Features" or one of a number of similar control
panels found on Info-Mac that opens a feature of System 7.5 where the
cmd-delete key combo will move selected items to the trash. You must empty
the trash yourself. These control panels also have some other features.
Another handy little item is "Trash Bag." This extension creates a small
folder on the desktop that is automatically emptied to the trash upon the
next startup. Works great as a web browser destination for cache files.
HTH,
Julius Friede
------------------------------
Date: 10 Dec 1996 15:10:28 GMT
From: [email protected] (John Haywood)
Subject: Looking for trash utility...
On 09 Dec 96 14:15:53 +0200, Elliot Bennett asked:
***
> I was wondering if anyone knows of a utility which will
> either:
>
> a) move selected files/folders to the trash (using the
> keyboard and not =
> the mouse)
>
> or =
>
> b) delete selected files/folders immediately WITHOUT
> deleting what is =
> already in the trash (again, without have to use the mouse).
***
I use two such utilities:
Hidden Finder Features -enables Apple's hidden....(you get the gist), one of
which is to use the Apple-Delete key to move selected items to the Trash
The other is a Control Strip Item called 'Trash It' which deletes any item
dropped on to it.
I haven't found a single utility to do both yet, but I'm quite happy not to-
I recall an incident when a friend was over at my house;Iwas at the computer
and we were talking; he suddenly asked me "what have you just erased-it said
"deleting 200 odd files" Well-to this day I don't know what those files were,
but a "chaos-theory" approach to file management is the last thing I need in
my life just now!!!!
hth
john in Kobe
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Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 22:17:52 +0100
From: Patrik Montgomery
Subject: Netscape & Fetch
If you are tired of Netscapes ftp-client, try this.
Start up your Applescript editor and record your self starting up
Netscape. Then add this to the script
tell application "Netscape Navigator 3.01"
register protocol "FTCh" for protocol "ftp:"
end tell
Run this script whenever you want to start Netscape. This way, Fetch
will take over all ftp-activity.
Expaination:
FTCh is the creator code for Fetch
ftp: is the protocol. You can to this for mailto: , news: or even http:
if you like.
Patrik
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 20:50:03 -0400
From: [email protected] (Alain Chabot)
Subject: Not enough memory blues
Hi,
as of last Friday, my Mac has decided it does not have enough memory to
open my HD icon (44 elements), or if it gets this far, it won't open my
system folder. Or it opens them but when I switch to the Finder, I am told
there is not enough memory and I must quit some applications and/or close
windows. Click OK to dismiss the Alert Box and it reappears faster than you
can reach the window'S close box. That's with 56 Meg of RAM (the real thing
not VM) and up to 45 Meg left. What gives? Of course, this only started
after I installed Pointcast Beta 0.9
. But that's another post.Alain
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 16:08:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Haines
Subject: PB180 With An Unknown Internal Modem
I have a PowerBook 180 (MacOS 7.5.5) with an unknown internal modem. How
can I find out what type of modem it is and what modem software I need
to get it to work using ARA or MacSlip (I don't need ARA or MacSlip).
I tried installing Apple Telecom 3.0 but the installer says that it is
not an Apple Express Modem. I tried installing PowerPort 2.08a but it
would not recognize the modem.
I took out the modem and there is not a label on it. It has the Rockwell
chipset.
I can use the program, Kermit to dial out and make a terminal connection.
Thanks,
Mike Haines
Carnegie Mellon University
Head Technician
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 96 17:31:26 EST
From: John Buss
Subject: PC Compatability cards
Hi folks,
Has anyone tried to run, gasp, Autocrap 13 on a power PC with a
compatibility card?
I'm contemplating either a 8500/180 or 9500/200. Autodesk is real weird so
I'm wondering. Unfortunately it's the one package that I seem unable to
avoid so it would be kinda nice.
Thanks,
bussy
The advertiser uses statistics much as a drunk uses a lamp post,
For support rather than illumination.
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 56 22:54:07 -0000
From: Johan Nikkanen
Subject: PPC 6100 won't boot
>I recently upgraded my PowerMac 6100/60 from 7.5.3 to System 7.5.5. A
>couple of weeks later on switching it on I got the dreaded floppy icon =
with
>the flashing question mark. I ran Norton 3.0 from the emergency disc and
>found no major problem. MacCheck 1.05 also told me there was nothing =
wrong.
>I disconnected my external CD from the scsi port in case that was the =
cause
>and verified that the internal hard disc was the start up device. Still no
>joy.
>
>I then did a clean install of 7.5 from the system discs, upgraded to 7.5.3
>and copied across all the preferences, additional extensions, control
>panels etc. from the Xsystem folder which accumulate over time and junked
>the old system completely.
>
>This solved the problem for 10 days or so...until last night when the
>floppy icon appeared again. Same story, nothing wrong according to Norton.
>I can run any program from the hard disc but it just won't boot.
>
>Before I go through the time consuming process of reinstalling the system
>again, is there anything I have missed ?
>
>Any ideas gratefully received,
>
>thanks
>
>Ian
I have had similar problems with my PM 6100 on a swedish 7.5.5 =
system. It was acctually a coincidence, because the real
problem was that more than two years had passed since I bought it, so =
the battery was empty. The difference between our
problems is that I hadn't a flashing floppy icon but a blank screen. =
After I emidiatelly restarted the computer it would proceed as normal =
with the exception of some control panels going back to default. So =
if you bought your mac 1994, try changing the battery.
Johan Nikkanen
Stora Kvarngatan 53:666
211 29 Malm=F6
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)40 611 88 83 or +46 (0)708 56 73 73
http://alyssum.stud.slu.se:8001/~h2joonik/nikkanen.html
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:08:17 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: PPC 6100 won't boot
At 10:56 AM -0500 12/6/96, Steven Ruegsegger wrote:
>Ian Silvester wrote about
>his 6100 which won't boot periodically. Could this have
>anything to do with dying or loose batteries to the ROM?
Two weeks ago, I wouldn't have thought so, but...
My dad's Performa 476 recently failed to boot; it would come up to the
blank gray screen that appears right before the happy mac, and stop. He
called SOS-APPL, and they suggested a dead battery. I thought they were
nuts, as I had never seen that behavior caused by a dead battery, but he
replaced the lithium battery on the motherboard and lo and behold it works
fine. Learn something every day!
Sure would be a cheap thing to try.
chazl
12.09.96
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 02:03:08 +0000
From: Richard Huggins
Subject: SimpleText prints page numbers
When I use SimpleText, page numbers are printed at the bottom of
each page. Can anyone tell me why and if there's a way to prevent it?
I've not been able to figure out why this is happening. Thanks.
--Richard Huggins
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 14:28:34 -0500
From: Terry Dineen
Subject: two or more ISPs with OT
I have been looking for something to simplify the process of switching
between two OT TCP/IP configurations. I found a control strip
component in the info-mac archive that claims to handle this but I
don't seem to have control strip support under 7.5.5. How do I get
that?
Also is there anything to support OT TCP/IP config switching from
AppleScript?
Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:38:30 -0500
From: Chaz Larson
Subject: wierd (zip) problem
At 12:48 PM +0100 12/9/96, Basile Rossano wrote:
> Every time I turn the Mac on, it seems some of the system
>settings get lost...
I am virtually certain that your Mac's battery is dead. This most likely
had nothing to do with the Zip drive; just coincidence.
chazl
12.09.96
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 01:01:17 -0600
From: "Wayne C. Morris"
Subject: wierd (zip) problem
[email protected] (Basile Rossano) wrote:
> Every time I turn the Mac on, it seems some of the system
>settings get lost, particularly:
>
> - Time & Date reset to 20:30 27:11:1956 (sic!)
> - Apple talk turn to on when usually off
> - highlighted text colour turn to black when usually blue
>
> If I correct those settings they remain right even after a
>restart, but if I shut down the Mac (power off) the same
>problem reappears the next time I turn the machine on.
It sounds like your Mac's battery is dead. The battery is used to operate
the clock chip and PRAM (Parameter RAM) while the main power is turned off.
Ask your local Apple dealer / service center to check the battery and
replace it if necessary.
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