Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #12 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 23 Jan 01 Volume 18 : Issue 12 Today's Topics: (A) Disk Warrior's latest version optimizes HFS+ drives (Q) jdkclasses.zip what is it? (Q) Stickies Window Hack? [repost] (Q) Wanted a utility like DNSTran [*] MacCurveFit 1.5.5 [*] MPegger Drop Decoder 2.0.1 [*] OT/PPP Strip 1.1 [*] PPPremier Timer 2.0.4; an internet connection tool [*] QIF Categories 1.7 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2 [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2 Patch (Updater) [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2a [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2a Patch (Updater for 1.2) [*] Smart Scroll Controls Scrolling Speed! [*] SweetMail 2.07 [*] SweetMail 2.07f2 Ethernet question Info-Mac Digest V18 #10 Information Transfer Laserwriter 16/600 & PoerBook G3 Laserwriter 16/600 & PoerBook G3 Reformatting Mac OS X Server volume? 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #12" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:29:08 -0500 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (A) Disk Warrior's latest version optimizes HFS+ drives Dear Digest readers, Disk Warrior from Alsoft has a new version that will optimize HFS+ drives, but only through MacOS 9.0.4. This should answer some people's question from a couple digests ago. There is a patch out for MacOS 9.1, but I don't know if there is anyway to create a bootable CD with the patch installed. Though the current version of Disk Warrior comes on a bootable MacOS 9 CD. Mind you, if you are already using Norton or Techtools I wouldn't switch. Each disk utility has its own eccentricities which the other utility may consider an error. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Check out over 200 Macintosh and 800 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com/mac.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:39:39 -0500 From: Duane DeVries To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) jdkclasses.zip what is it? Greetings! Now that I've retired and have time to poke around inside my Mac, I'm finding all manner of strange things. I do know enough NOT to delete anything unless I'm ABSOLUTELY sure it is safe and even then, BACK IT UP!! Anyway, I've found some .zip files stored as follows: system folder, extensions, MRJ libraries, MRJclasses and inside this last folder are these: JDKCLASSES.ZIP 8.7 meg MRJCLASSES.ZIP 705K PROPERTIES.ZIP 45K Also, in the MS LIBRARY folder are additional ones....CLASSES.MS.ZIP 3.3 meg and elsewhere I found JAVA40.JAR at 1.6 meg and JOPTIO40.jar at 2.2 meg.. I have no clue what these are either. I thought that .zip files were a compressed form from the PC world. Are these actually used by the MACOS and if not, is it safe to delete them? Duane ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 02:50:53 -0500 From: Saint John To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Stickies Window Hack? [repost] At 20:41 -0500 1/17/01, "Matthew W. Schmeer" wrote: >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? Sounds like something that OneClick could do an excellent job with. I wrote a palette, part of the Background Calendar package, which sets new Stickies to the rectangle on the desktop corresponding to the current date. So, they *can* be scripted using OC. I think it would be a pretty easy job from there. for OneClick for Background Calendar +- Saint John -+ | Don't think of it as a broken refrigerator; think of it as a | +- yoghurt factory! -------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:45:07 -0500 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Wanted a utility like DNSTran Dear Digest readers, I analyze my Linux log files using Analog for the Mac, and have tried using DNS Tran to rDNS many of those IP addresses that my server doesn't pick up. I know that if I rDNS with Whatroute using apnic, ripe, and arin.net I can usually resolve 80% of those IPs. With DNS Tran, maybe 10% of the IPs my server can't resolve are resolved. Now many would say using the other two NICs don't give you accurate indications of what IPs have visited, but usually it gives you a clue which you can go out on the web and search for the actually DNS. With over 60% of my visits not translated to DNS you can see why I would like to have a utility that automatically checks all three NICs and gives you a resolved address. Unfortunately I have limited access to my Linux Perl scripts so it really needs to be a Mac application, or one that I can bring over to VirtualPC with Windows 98 without difficulty. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit an internet index of 14 topics and over 800 links at: http://www.index-site.com/ All links verified monthly. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: "Kevin Raner" To: Subject: [*] MacCurveFit 1.5.5 Here is MacCurveFit 1.5.5, the latest version of my least-squares curve fitting software. MacCurveFit is a scientific least squares curve fitting program. Data sets can be entered into a spreadsheet window, imported from programs like Excel or extracted from text files. Arbitrary equations may then be fitted to the data and the fits displayed graphically. The equations can be defined by typing them as text and so the program is very flexible. There is also a choice of mathematical algorithms that can be used for curve fitting. The software is shareware. Note: Requires a PowerMac. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/mac-curve-fit-15.hqx; 557 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: Neill Mollard To: Subject: [*] MPegger Drop Decoder 2.0.1 What is MPegger Drop Decoder? Want to burn those MP3s you nabbed off of the internet onto a CD? You'll first need to decode them - that's where MPegger Drop Decoder comes in. Very simply, it will make your MP3s into files that you can burn onto a CD, and listen to in any conventional CD player. Technically speaking, this software will automatically convert any MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 LSF layer 1, layer 2 or layer 3 audio file into an AIFF file, Sound Designer II file, or PeeCee Wave file. It should correctly recognize and decode all ISO-standard mpeg audio files, and is for PowerPC MacOS machines only. The MPegger Drop Decoder is a fully compliant ISO/IEC 11172-3 Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 audio decoder, and passes all compliance bitstream testing in accordance with the specifications outlined in ISO/IEC 11172-4. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mpegger-drop-decoder-201.hqx; 402 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: "Dennis J. Wilkinson, II" To: Subject: [*] OT/PPP Strip 1.1 OT/PPP Strip 1.1 has been released! The big news is that version 1.1 adds support for Mac OS 9.1. In addition: - Mac OS 9.0 and 9.1 users will now connect without a modal dialog, freeing them to do other things while their machine is connecting. - OT/PPP Strip's user interface gets it's first touch-up since the very first versions -- I think it looks much cleaner now. - a bug where the balloon help displayed by the strip would seem to flash was corrected - a few other minor "code housekeeping" items were completed In addition, version 1.1 sees OT/PPP Strip change from freeware into shareware, as I've spent a substantially larger amount of time on it than I ever imagined when I first released it. The registration fee is small (US $5) and can be paid via Kagi at: Even though it's now shareware, OT/PPP Strip is distributed as fully-functional software, with no "time outs" or crippled features, and without any annoying reminders to register. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/ppp/ot-ppp-strip-11.hqx; 138 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 2001 From: Nathan Lamont To: Subject: [*] PPPremier Timer 2.0.4; an internet connection tool PPPremier Timer is a small internet tool that allows you to easily open and close your internet connection with a convenient button, and features a cool timer and a graphical throughput indicator. PPPremier Timer also includes customizable time limits, customizable connection sounds, a globally floating window option, and much more -- all with very low memory requirements. Rated **** (4 mice) from macdownload.com, **** (4 cows) from TuCows, a Macworld Pick o' the Week, and "a great PPP timer" from Macworld Magazine. "...perfect if you haven't the willpower to give up the Web voluntarily" -- CNET New in version 2.0.4: - fixed incompatibility with MacOS 9.1 (new version of Universal PPP API, 1.3.1) - added acknowledgement dialog to correctly entered registration code - connection speed reporting known to not work with MacOS 9.1. Only users of MacOS 9.1 need to upgrade. PPPremier Timer requires: Remote Access, OT/PPP, MacPPP, or FreePPP (some features only available with Remote Access and OT/PPP); 68020 or better processor (accelerated for PowerPC); System 7.5.5 or better. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/ppp/pppremier-timer-204.hqx; 599 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jan 2001 From: John Woodward To: Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.7 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the description of each transaction. It is useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF file, just drop it onto QIF Categories. You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on downloaded QIF files. QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category associated with the transaction's description, or getting the category from the user if none is associated; 3) removing the plus sign from transaction amounts (because not all versions of Quicken allow plus signs); 4) optionally adding an indication that the transaction has cleared; 5) optionally extracting a check number from the description (unless the transaction already has a check number); 6) optionally changing the description and category to values associated with the combination of the original description and the amount; and 7) transferring all other parts of each transaction to the output file. You can convert the input file in place or choose a different output filename. System requirements: * System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9, but should work [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-17.hqx; 112 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: jonas echterhoff To: Subject: [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2 Reckless Drivin' is a new action game for the Mac. It's gameplay is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber, a Mac shareware game I released in 1996. In Burning Rubber one had to drive a car through 2-dimensional levels as fast as possible, leaving as much destruction as possible on the way. Reckless Drivin' follows the same basic principle, however, it has been completely rewritten from scratch, and it employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces. To learn how to play the game, click on the 'Help' button in the Reckless Drivin' main menu, or just start a new game, and see for yourself. New in version 1.2 (1/16/2001) -Carbonized the game, enabling you to run the game natively under MacOS X (see MacOS X readme below). CarbonLib is now required to run the game. -The game will now remember the last name entered into the high score list. -Fixed those misspellings in the game (this time for real). -Added an FAQ section to the Readme. Requirements -A Power Macintosh or compatible. 100Mhz or more is recommended for smooth gameplay. To play the game at it's optimal settings, you should have an iMac or better. -CarbonLib is now required to run the game. It comes pre-installed into newer systems. If you have an older system, you can download it from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -DrawSprocket and InputSprocket are highly recommended (though no longer required for MacOS X compatibility). These are parts of the Apple GameSprockets. If you do not have them installed on your computer, you can download them from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -MacOS 8.1 is required for the game to run. -Sound Manager 3.6 or higher is recommended for best sound quality and performance. -12 MB of free memory. If you play with the 'Use Thousands of Colors' setting disabled, you may try lowering the applications memory partition size to something around 8 MB. [Archived as /info-mac/game/reckless-drivin-12.hqx; 7534 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: jonas echterhoff To: Subject: [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2 Patch (Updater) Reckless Drivin' is a new action game for the Mac. It's gameplay is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber, a Mac shareware game I released in 1996. In Burning Rubber one had to drive a car through 2-dimensional levels as fast as possible, leaving as much destruction as possible on the way. Reckless Drivin' follows the same basic principle, however, it has been completely rewritten from scratch, and it employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces. To learn how to play the game, click on the 'Help' button in the Reckless Drivin' main menu, or just start a new game, and see for yourself. New in version 1.2 (1/16/2001) -Carbonized the game, enabling you to run the game natively under MacOS X (see MacOS X readme below). CarbonLib is now required to run the game. -The game will now remember the last name entered into the high score list. -Fixed those misspellings in the game (this time for real). -Added an FAQ section to the Readme. Requirements -A Power Macintosh or compatible. 100Mhz or more is recommended for smooth gameplay. To play the game at it's optimal settings, you should have an iMac or better. -CarbonLib is now required to run the game. It comes pre-installed into newer systems. If you have an older system, you can download it from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -DrawSprocket and InputSprocket are highly recommended (though no longer required for MacOS X compatibility). These are parts of the Apple GameSprockets. If you do not have them installed on your computer, you can download them from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -MacOS 8.1 is required for the game to run. -Sound Manager 3.6 or higher is recommended for best sound quality and performance. -12 MB of free memory. If you play with the 'Use Thousands of Colors' setting disabled, you may try lowering the applications memory partition size to something around 8 MB. [Archived as /info-mac/game/reckless-drivin-12-patch.hqx; 246 K] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jan 2001 From: jonas echterhoff To: Subject: [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2a Reckless Drivin' is a new action game for the Mac. It's gameplay is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber, a Mac shareware game I released in 1996. In Burning Rubber one had to drive a car through 2-dimensional levels as fast as possible, leaving as much destruction as possible on the way. Reckless Drivin' follows the same basic principle, however, it has been completely rewritten from scratch, and it employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces. To learn how to play the game, click on the 'Help' button in the Reckless Drivin' main menu, or just start a new game, and see for yourself. New in version 1.2a (1/18/2001) -Fixed the -30561 error many people had with v1.2. Requirements -A Power Macintosh or compatible. 100Mhz or more is recommended for smooth gameplay. To play the game at it's optimal settings, you should have an iMac or better. -CarbonLib is now required to run the game. It comes pre-installed into newer systems. If you have an older system, you can download it from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -DrawSprocket and InputSprocket are highly recommended (though no longer required for MacOS X compatibility). These are parts of the Apple GameSprockets. If you do not have them installed on your computer, you can download them from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -MacOS 8.1 is required for the game to run. -Sound Manager 3.6 or higher is recommended for best sound quality and performance. -12 MB of free memory. If you play with the 'Use Thousands of Colors' setting disabled, you may try lowering the applications memory partition size to something around 8 MB. [Archived as /info-mac/game/reckless-drivin-12a.hqx; 7539 K] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jan 2001 From: jonas echterhoff To: Subject: [*] RecklessDrivin 1.2a Patch (Updater for 1.2) Reckless Drivin' is a new action game for the Mac. It's gameplay is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber, a Mac shareware game I released in 1996. In Burning Rubber one had to drive a car through 2-dimensional levels as fast as possible, leaving as much destruction as possible on the way. Reckless Drivin' follows the same basic principle, however, it has been completely rewritten from scratch, and it employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces. To learn how to play the game, click on the 'Help' button in the Reckless Drivin' main menu, or just start a new game, and see for yourself. New in version 1.2a (1/18/2001) -Fixed the -30561 error many people had with v1.2. Requirements -A Power Macintosh or compatible. 100Mhz or more is recommended for smooth gameplay. To play the game at it's optimal settings, you should have an iMac or better. -CarbonLib is now required to run the game. It comes pre-installed into newer systems. If you have an older system, you can download it from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -DrawSprocket and InputSprocket are highly recommended (though no longer required for MacOS X compatibility). These are parts of the Apple GameSprockets. If you do not have them installed on your computer, you can download them from the Reckless Drivin' Homepage: http://reckless.x2.nu. -MacOS 8.1 is required for the game to run. -Sound Manager 3.6 or higher is recommended for best sound quality and performance. -12 MB of free memory. If you play with the 'Use Thousands of Colors' setting disabled, you may try lowering the applications memory partition size to something around 8 MB. [Archived as /info-mac/game/reckless-drivin-12a-patch.hqx; 56 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: Marc Moini To: Subject: [*] Smart Scroll Controls Scrolling Speed! Smart Scroll: Scrolling speed control, Proportional scrollbar tabs and Live scrolling. v3.7.1 January 16, 2001 Smart Scroll allows setting a comfortable Scrolling Speed in all situations and for all Mac models. Users of fast G3 and G4 Macs may now select text past the edge of a window before it speeds by, as well as navigate long menus with ease! And while Apple's "Smart Scrolling" concerns mostly the Finder, the original Smart Scroll brings Proportional Thumbs and Live Scrolling to applications such as Netscape, Emailer, AppleWorks, Word, and most system add-ons such as control panels. Version 3.7.1 adds support for Mac OS 9.1, runs under Mac OS X's Classic, and fixes a few minor issues. Smart Scroll runs on Mac OS 9.1 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0). It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. The shareware fee is $12, registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. You may download the latest version of Smart Scroll or get more info from www.marcmoini.com. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-scroll-371.hqx; 222 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jan 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com (Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.07 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-207.hqx; 2088 K] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jan 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com (Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.07f2 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-207f2.hqx; 2090 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:24:06 -0500 From: Vincent Cayenne To: The Info-Mac Network Subject: Ethernet question At 4:47 PM -0500 1/11/01, Joni Hope wrote: >First, be sure you are not using the uplink port on the hub Also check that the hub doesn't have an either/or type of port for the uplink. This is the case where you have one port in particular that can be addressed as either an uplink port or as a regular port, but not both. So on a four port router, there'd be five actual ports, four of which could be used at the same time... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:50:09 +0100 From: Manuel Soriano To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #10 > > Betreff: ICQ like software > Datum: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:02:09 +0200 > Von: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040.services@gmx.net> > An: digest@info-mac.org > > 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 > Hi , if you only want to send up to three lines, there was a little programm called broadcast, from joachim lindenberg, Karlsruhe, Germany. I don³t now if it does exist right now. It worked with nearly all MacOS. M.S. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:03:34 -0600 From: Jeff Hester To: Roland & Jodi Emond , Subject: Information Transfer on 1/12/01 9:14 AM, Roland & Jodi Emond at burtpres@netins.net wrote: > I have been using a Power Mac 7200/90; and recently purchased an Imac > DVD SE (500 MHz). Is there a way I can connect the two via a network > cable to transfer about three years worth of infomation without going > through the trouble of downloading everything on a Zip drive. > > Thank you for your help. > Roland Emond > Hello Roland, Connecting those two Macs should be a piece of cake. All you'll need to do is get a ethernet crossover cable and hook them together via ethernet. Then you'll just need to setup and turn on file sharing to access the other Mac. Hope this helps. Jeff ----------------------- War Eagle! ------------------------ Jeffrey W. Hester Ground Zero Software, Inc. http://www.GroundZeroSW.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out Temple Tantrum...Explore the Temple Ruins... Steal its Precious Riches...Escape With Your Life! http://www.TempleTantrum.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:20:53 +0100 From: Christian F Buser To: "John Hutchens" Subject: Laserwriter 16/600 & PoerBook G3 At Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:57:11 -0500, John Hutchens wrote: >I am looking for a way to use my Apple Laserwriter 16/600 with my >PowerBook G3. I considered a USB to Serial adapter but found that the >adapters on the market (do far as I know) will not connect to the >LaserWriter. There are "Ethernet-to-LocalTalk"-adapters available on the market, I think for around $ 100. You may also find them used on eBay. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Korruption ist die Autobahn neben dem Dienstweg (H. Nahr). ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:28:20 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: "John Hutchens" , Subject: Laserwriter 16/600 & PoerBook G3 At 3:57 PM -0500 1/18/01, John Hutchens wrote: >I am looking for a way to use my Apple Laserwriter 16/600 with my >PowerBook G3. I considered a USB to Serial adapter but found that >the adapters on the market (do far as I know) will not connect to >the LaserWriter. Keyspan tells me that that the reason is that this >printer supports Localtalk, a proprietary Apple protocol. > >What would you recommend to make my machines work together? You need an Ethernet -> LocalTalk bridge, like this one: - $65 [I am merely a satisfied customer of Small Dog] Manufacturer site: If you have a spare Mac around that supports both Ethernet and LocalTalk connections, you can use it in this role by installing LocalTalk Bridge on it. chazl -- If you begin to feel overload, consider your Earth ... what it feels ... - Hive, Ultrasonic Sound Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 06:21:30 -0600 From: Dave Martin To: Subject: Reformatting Mac OS X Server volume? Back when Mac OS X Server was first released, I installed it on a partition of my 8600's hard drive to test it and start learning the new OS. I would now like to recover that partition, turn it back into an HFS/HFS+ (from UFS) without having to reformat the entire drive. Apple's Drive Setup shows a MOSX_Booter partition on the drive, but it doesn't mount and the size is certainly not that of the full partition (presumably it simply contains the code for choosing Mac OS vs Mac OS X at boot). Any tools out there that would recover the partition, or suggestions for so doing? Or is copying everything off the other partitions on that drive and reformatting the whole the only way? Thanks in advance. --- Dave Martin / macdave@tamu.edu Microcomputer Specialist, Department of English, Texas A&M University ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:34:50 -0600 From: Jeff Hester To: Rik Steuperaert , Subject: Screen capture on 1/18/01 9:51 AM, Rik Steuperaert at rik.steuperaert@sagam.be wrote: > Hello, > I'm looking for software to capture my movenments on te screen into a > quicktime movie. A bit like adobe uses to make their tutorial movies. > Can someone help me > rik steuperaert > rik@sagam.be > Sure Rik. What you're needing is Snapz Pro 2. It's available from Ambrosia Software (http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/) This should do what you need. Jeff ----------------------- War Eagle! ------------------------ Jeffrey W. Hester Ground Zero Software, Inc. http://www.GroundZeroSW.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Check out Temple Tantrum...Explore the Temple Ruins... Steal its Precious Riches...Escape With Your Life! http://www.TempleTantrum.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 16:34:28 +0100 From: Monica To: Subject: VirtualPC 3 Hello all, I have a IMAC with OS 9 and Virtual PC 3. I'm trying to run AP Instrument Tuner software under Windows 98 but I can't use the MAC's microphone. Then I tryed to record a sound with the MS Sound Recorder, but with no success. Please, how can I setting the VPC as well as it handles the internal microphone. Thanks in advance P.s. I'm terribly sorry for my english ! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:39:19 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Where are Info-Mac Digests V18 #1 through 6?! Okay, where are Info-Mac Digests V18 #1 through 6?! -- Gib Henry In human terms, Einstein was wrong: The universe as we once knew it has imploded, and is rapidly becoming a small community. We are next-door neighbors, you and I. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************