Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 17 Jan 01 Volume 18 : Issue 10 Today's Topics: (Q) Stickies Window Hack? [repost] 1. slow mac 2. connecting to ISDN of small network 1. slow mac 2. connecting to ISDN of small network 512 Mb PowerBook RAM upgrades [*] SweetMail 2.06f5 desktop External IP print server for HP 4ML Garbage text with AOL - help ICQ like software IMac freezed Info-Mac digest and Eudora re mystery attachment The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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A few years ago, I found a little utility on the 'Net that patched Stickies so that pressing a certain key combination collapsed the windows of all Stickies and tiled them down the left hand side of the monitor from top to bottom. It might have even been an FKEY resource. I remember this patch being called something along the lines of "Greg's Stickies Hack" or "Craig's Stickies Hack" or something of the sort; it might have been written by Craig Marciniak of SaintEdit, BeforeDark, and GURU fame. Would any of you out there remember this little doohicky and could point me to a download location or possibly even have a copy you could forward to me? I lost the patch in a Zip disk "click of death" incident a few months ago, and I haven't been able to find a copy of it anywhere on the 'Net. I've been searching for ways to organize Stickies' windows since losing the patch, with no luck. Stickies' windows aren't scriptable, and most extensions/control panels only control Finder windows (which the new Windows Menu in OS 9.1 makes sort of moot). Sure, I could use Gramotki, but I found it kept erroring out on my Indigo iMac DV (2000), most likely due to an extension conflict, but I strictly control the extensions installed on my machine so that only the ones I truly need and use are active. If no one can point me to the patch, is there another way to arrange Stickies' windows instead of manually placing them where I want them? Thanks in advance, Matthew Schmeer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:04:11 -0500 From: Chip Carpenter To: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com>, Subject: 1. slow mac 2. connecting to ISDN of small network on 1/11/01 10:32 AM, Dr. Peter Stoyanov at 5040@unforgettable.com wrote: > Dear List, > > I have 2 questions: > > 1. Over the past month my iMac is getting increasingly slower. I've > done what I thought is needed - rebuilt desktop, zapped PRAM, > defragmented HD and checked HD for problems with Norton and > DiskWarrior, limited virtual memory to 1 MB. Nothing helped, the > computer is stil slower then was before - takes too much time for > apps to launch/perform tasks, Can some kind soul advice what should I > do. I can't reformat HD right now. Add more memory and get rid of Virtual Memory completely, memory is cheap right now, I installed a 128 chip in my mother's Imac add it is like a brand new machine. Best thing you can do for the machine. > 2. I think about installing ISDN line here. Since in Bulgaria Macs > (and ISDN btw) are not very popular, thus the technician at the > telecom would hardly help a lot, my I ask you for comments about > connecting 2 iMacs (and iBook which I'm supposed to receive in couple > of weeks) to Internet (there are ISP that offer ISDN connections), > just how to do the modem connection (as far as I know the iMac/iBook > build-in modem will not work with ISDN line), etc. Or point to a web > site where I can find answers. Best answer here is to buy an ISDN terminal adapter that has a built in router. This may not be the cheapest option, but it is definitely the easiest. Then all you have to do is ensure that the router is compatible with your phone company and your ISP. I would contact the phone company and see if there is a brand they recommend. I personally like Netopia, but I don't know if they are compatible with European ISDN. Then you just connect any ethernet capable computer to the router. > > MTIA > > Peter > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 21:50:51 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: "'Dr. Peter Stoyanov'" <5040@unforgettable.com>, Subject: 1. slow mac 2. connecting to ISDN of small network >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:32:46 +0200 >From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com> >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: 1. slow mac 2. connecting to ISDN of small network > [...snip...] >1. Over the past month my iMac is getting increasingly slower. I've >done what I thought is needed - rebuilt desktop, zapped PRAM, >defragmented HD and checked HD for problems with Norton and >DiskWarrior, limited virtual memory to 1 MB. Nothing helped, the >computer is stil slower then was before - takes too much time for >apps to launch/perform tasks, Can some kind soul advice what should I >do. I can't reformat HD right now. [...snip...] You might examine your Temporary Items folder. It's invisible, and at the root level. There's a bug in Mac OS 9 which fails to move these items to the trash, so they build and build. Use ResEdit or other software to make the folder visible, open it, move stuff to the trash, and make it invisible again. You might be surprised to find zillions of items in there, especially if you've had more than a few freezes or crashes. Alternatively, http://www.apple.com somewhere has a technote about this, and an AppleScript which you can place in the Startup Items folder to automate this for you. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:12:04 -0600 From: J W Cuncannan To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: 512 Mb PowerBook RAM upgrades Recently I posted a query to the Info-Mac Network regarding the ability of the current PowerBook (FireWire Version) to use the 512 Mb ram upgrades from Viking and other manufacturers. I received TWO answers. One said yes they work ; the other said they did not. I acquired one, installed it in the top chip space without any difficulty. The Apple System Profiler immediately reported the Ram total to be 640 (512+128). It appears that the answer is YES. I have now seen several ads for the upgrades, including some for the total to be boosted to 1 Gig by installing the 512 Mb chips in both the bottom and top slots. I have experience only with replacing the top chips (which is a piece of cake), but the design of the PowerBook seems to make the replacement of boths chips seem easy. Not like my first PowerBook 170 which took two men and a small boy to upgrade ANYTHING. Thanks for the help, Bill Cuncannan wcuncan@nwu.edu ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jan 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com (Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.06f5 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.5 or later. (including MacOSX public beta) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-206f5.hqx; 2057 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:50:24 +0000 From: Tom Murphy To: macintosh org Subject: desktop Still cant rebuild desktop on powermac.Does it matter? The beep when my mail arrives has gone and no amount of fiddling in preferences will recover it . Such simple little problems Tomßs O Murchu/Tom Murphy Kilkenny Ireland 056 22478 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:15:20 -0500 (EST) From: Joshua Hart To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: External IP print server for HP 4ML Does anybody know of a product out on the market which will serve as an external IP print server that can take a LocalTalk printer (my HP 4ML) plugged into it? HP has all kinds of solutions for printers with parallel ports, but I really want one which can use the LocalTalk connection on my HP4ML. I am not looking for the iPrint solution from Farallon. It (to my knowledge) only supports AppleTalk. I would like to do IP printing (looking to the future :)) Anyone have any nifty ideas? Thanks, Joshua ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:23:12 -0600 From: Bill Hubschmitt To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Garbage text with AOL - help I have a friend who uses AOL to access the internet. He logs on to AOL fine, but when he goes to the web, much of the text - all that is Italics, and perhaps more is garbage characters. He has the all the standard Mac Fonts, and a fresh AOL install - 4.0. What is going on? I have no experience with AOL - is it a common problem? cfweh@ux1.cts.eiu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:02:09 +0200 From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040.services@gmx.net> To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: ICQ like software Dear List, we have a small network here in the office (4 iMac/iBooks in different rooms). We need to message sometimes each other, preferably through network not through phone. Is there an ICQ-like software, which will run on the local network only (we have dial-up internet connection), we would prefer shareware/freeware and the cost of the solution is of paramount importance. I know there is an abvious answer somewhere, thank you for help. With best wishes, Peter Stoyanov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 08:25:00 -0500 From: Guy Paquette To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: IMac freezed My new IMac (model 406, system 9.04) frequently freeze even when no application is running. No new software or games had been added so there is no conflicts with preexisting extensions. I have rebuilded the desktop but the problem is still there. Any idea ? Thanks, Guy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 11:43:54 -0500 From: "Michael G. Schabert" To: Glen Hawkins Subject: Info-Mac digest and Eudora >Hi there, > >Something that annoys me and I cannot work out why it is happening. >Info-mac digest comes to me in a contents page and then an attached >eudora file that I can open up like any normal e-mail file with the >actual messages listed. But after this has happened I see that Eudora >then has placed a new mailbox entry into my menu bar of the issue of >info-mac digest. It is the only program that does this and it stuffs >up my mailboxes regularly. Can I get a rid of the mode that is doing >this? Hi Glen, If you wish to see the digest all in one text message, you can open your Eudora Settings, click the "attachments" tab, and uncheck "receive MIME digests as attachments". The reason that you get the Info-Mac as a Eudora mailbox is because they send out the mailing in a format which is MIME-complint as a "burstable" digest. This can be very handy because when you reply, it knows who sent in the original message...before the burstable digests, you would be replying to Info-Mac, with the entire contents of the whole digest. I too wish that Eudora wouldn't make the digests stick in the mailbox folder, but they are just aliases to the actual digest attachments, so you can delete them from the mailbox window without losing the real files. Open the "mailboxes" window from the window menu, & highlight all of the digests. Them click the delete button & iEudora will tell you that they're aliases & ask whether you wish to delete just the alias, delete both or cancel the delete. Hope this helps, Mike -- Michael G. Schabert, Mac Guy Miranda Graphic Systems, publishers of Graphic Power http://www.graphicpower.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:03:55 -0500 From: David Houston To: "'digest@info-mac.org'" Subject: re mystery attachment Your .vcf attachment is a "Virtual card file", included as an option in microsoft outlook is the ability to atach a "business card" to e-mails.Hope this helps -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************