Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #30 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 22 Feb 01 Volume 18 : Issue 30 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#568/19-Feb-01 (Q) free web access for Mac (Q) Paste with Eudora adds a space [*] Mail Beacon 1.3 [*] MaxBulk Mailer v1.4.2 [*] Muwse 1.0.8 [*] Nut Dat Viewer 1.0.3 [*] NutDatViewer 1.0b2 [*] PixelToy 2.5 beta 1 Visual Display/Animation Generator [*] Rearrange Folders 1.2.1 [*] ScheduleOnline Mac Sync 1.3b2 [*] SpeedApp 2.0.3 [*] StereoPressDV1.0-E (stereoscopic movie maker) [*] SweetMail 2.08f5 [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.1J - Japanese Version [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.6 - foreign language learning [Q] booting into Open Firmware under OS 9.1 [Q] PowerMac 9500 memory upgrades [Q] software for writers another shot...hooking up the old to the new CD-Rom spin up/spin down solution Powerbook 150 PRINTER Printer Problem Project Management Software for the Mac 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #30" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:00:00 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@macevangelist.com Subject: [*] TidBITS#568/19-Feb-01 TidBITS#568/19-Feb-01 The Mac interface has been lauded for its accessibility - unless you're disabled, in which case Macs can be completely inaccessible. Joe Clark examines the sad state of adaptive technology for the Macintosh. Also this week, Jeff Carlson shoehorns a second hard drive into his PowerBook; and we cover PowerMail 3.0.8, Conflict Catcher 8.0.8, Storyspace 2, and Google buying the Deja.com Usenet archive, plus, we ask how you want to receive TidBITS. Topics: MailBITS/19-Feb-01 New Life for an Old PowerBook Drive Accessibility on the Mac: Trouble in Paradise [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-568.etx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:25:04 -0800 From: flora russ (by way of Kee Nethery) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) free web access for Mac I know there are lots of places that provide free access to the web such as Net Zero, etc. The few services I have found are for Windows machines. They have special software that runs on your computer that dials into their service. Are there any free web access services that provide software for the 68K Macs we use in our high school? Flora Russ, Berkeley California High School Computer Academy fruss@mail.telis.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:37:16 -0800 From: kee nethery To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Paste with Eudora adds a space When I paste text into a Eudora message, and the insertion bar is next to text already in the message, eudora adds a space between what I am pasting and the existing text. How do I turn this off? For example assume ][ is the insertion bar. "We are go][ fast" if I paste "ing" into "][" I end up with "We are go ing fast" and then I have to remove the extra space. Same with "We are ][ing fast" I paste "go" and get "We are go ing fast" How do I turn off this nice wonderful handy feature? Looked through the settings and found nothing that sounded like it would turn this off. Thanks, Kee Nethery kee@kagi.com ------------------------------ Date: 16 Feb 2001 From: "Navdeep Bains" To: Subject: [*] Mail Beacon 1.3 Mail Beacon alerts you when new messages arrive and/or when messages are deleted. It can also filter email without downloading it, and acts as an online email client. Release Notes: 1.3 - More bug fixes. - In some rare situations, Mail Beacon would say it was idle when it wasn't, or would continue to check when you told it to cancel, this bug has been fixed. - Added a "Show Unseen" menuitem(in the Tools menu), this command displays the number of unseen messages for all of your accounts. - Added Reminders. 1.2 - Fixed a number of filter related bugs - Filters can now be imported & exported. - Full Name & Email Address are no longer required to add an account. - You can now password protect Mail Beacon. - Double clicking a message count in the main window now views that account. - Various other changes/fixes. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/mail-beacon-13.hqx; 1452 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Feb 2001 From: Stan To: Subject: [*] MaxBulk Mailer v1.4.2 MaxBulk Mailer is a full featured mail merge software for Macintosh, a program able to send commercial mailings to up to several hundreds of email addresses very easily. MaxBulk Mailer is fast and fully customizable. It uses mailings as documents with configuration data, mailing text and mailing list built-in. Furthermore MaxBulk do HTML Mail Merge using a complete customizable tags set. Maxbulk is perfect for sending: - Newsletters - Customer mailings ...etc... Features -------- - Able to send Text or HTML mails in a way client always shows the format it supports. - Multiple customizable mail accounts. - Drag and drop support for mailing text and address list files - Easy import/export address list files easy to use functions. - Powerful tools in order to rewrap and justify text. - Customizable SMTP Headers. - Mail attchments. - SMTP log control. - Duplicate mails address filter. - Mails can be sent all at once or one by one allowing full customization with tags. - Custom tags "FullName", "Firstname", "Surname", "Company" and "Date" for mail merge. - Preview function in order to check document appearance before sending it. - Internet Config preferences autofill. - Each recipients in list can be enabled or disabled easily without the need of deleting. - Recipient address list Find/Find next functions. - Easy-to-use installer (Aladdin) [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/max-bulk-mailer-142.hqx; 1248 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Feb 2001 From: "MAKI Enterprise Inc." To: Subject: [*] Muwse 1.0.8 Muwse is multilingual web site editor. It allows coexistent of any languages in a single HTML document. Unicode editing function and multilingual find are featured. This version has supported MacOS 9.1 and Unicode 3.0. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/muwse-108.hqx; 988 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Feb 2001 From: "David C. Oshel" To: Subject: [*] Nut Dat Viewer 1.0.3 This simple viewer will conduct a search (Cmd-S) in the relational USDA nutrient database provided, then launch your preferred web browser to display results. By default, this is Netscape Communicator. E.g., you may either search for 3persimmon2, or look up the specific NDB No. 3092652. An NDB No. lookup reports the complete nutrient description for that one item. Leading zeroes are significant. A search for 3macaroni and cheese2 reports calories only for all hits containing both 3cheese2 and 3macaroni2 in any order. The search algorithm is extremely naive, but it does try to do some simple fixups, e.g., finding both 3raspberry2 and 3raspberries2 in the same search. Requirements: Macintosh PowerPC only, at least OS 7.0. Until OS X graduates from sophomore status, no effort will be expended to make this simple utility compatible. The first time you run this program, there will be a delay of several minutes as the viewer creates eight auxiliary files and an index which is used to sort food description data. USDA Requested Reference: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1999. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp Registration: If you like this program and use it a lot, please send $35 to Doctors Without Borders. You may donate on-line by selecting RegisterS in the Options menu. Release Notes: 1.0.3 - final release; includes NDB No. lookups, fixed an annoying record zero bug, added registration feature, but it links to Doctors without Borders. This significant upgrade is now donationware, not freeware. Let your conscience be your guide :) [Archived as /info-mac/data/nut-dat-viewer-103.hqx; 3074 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 From: "David C. Oshel" To: Subject: [*] NutDatViewer 1.0b2 This free utility will conduct a search (Cmd-S) in the relational USDA nutrient database provided, then launch Netscape Navigator to display results. Requires Mac OS 7 or better, PowerPC only. Note: The FIRST TIME you run this viewer, it will create eight auxiliary files, plus one index used to sort the USDA's food description data. This will take about 6 minutes on a 233 Mhz Macintosh. This saves over 3 Mb in the size of the distribution archive. The very simple search algorithm attempts to report the most significant items first, but may return many more "hits" than you might reasonably expect. It errs on the side of over reporting. This demonstration viewer only supports calories (kCal) lookup. USDA Requested Reference: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1999. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp [Archived as /info-mac/data/nut-dat-viewer-10b2.hqx; 3406 K] ------------------------------ Date: 17 Feb 2001 From: Leon McNeill To: Subject: [*] PixelToy 2.5 beta 1 Visual Display/Animation Generator PixelToy is one of those rare programs that defies easy categorization. Use it to create beautiful still images to composite in an image editor, generate QuickTime movies of animated special effects for use with video editing software, or just chill out and watch the beautiful patterns react to audio. Dance clubs and cafes around the world dazzle audiences with PixelToy's live visual effects. What's more, visual artists have added PixelToy to their arsenal of video effects generation software, using QuickTime movies from PixelToy in non-linear video editors such as Adobe Premiere or After Effects. PixelToy 2.5 is now Mac OS X native, courtesy of Apple's Carbon technology! This version also adds a wide variety of small features and improvements, including vertical and horizontal image mirroring control, sound input device selection, and more. Note that this is "beta" software, primarily because Mac OS X has not yet been finalised. PixelToy 2.5 will peacefully coexist with PixelToy 2.2 and use the same Sets files. Please let me know about any problems you may run into! PixelToy 2.5 requires a PowerPC processor, Mac OS 8.1 or newer, QuickTime 3.0 or newer and CarbonLib. PixelToy is shareware. (US $15) [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pixel-toy-25b1.hqx; 1472 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 From: Pecetta To: Subject: [*] Rearrange Folders 1.2.1 Rearrange Folders 1.2.1 for Power Macintosh released Stefano Ghielmi and Henrik Rintala are proud to announce the release of Rearrange Folders for Power Macintosh computers. Rearrange Folders is an application which works together with the Finder of Mac OS 9 and lets the user to rearrange the windows of folder hierarchies so that they can be neatly stacked when opened in the Finder. It can also be used to rearrange and resize Finder windows so that when the same folders are later opened on screens with smaller resolutions they are inside the visible screen area. The program is ideally suited for those who need to create CD-ROMs regularly or those who want to save screen space or have less clutter on their desktops. It also makes navigating in the file system simpler since one can easily see at which level the user is in the folder hierarchy. Rearrange Folders requires a Power Macintosh computer and Mac OS 9. It may even work with earlier system versions but such configurations are not supported by the authors. Rearrange Folders is shareware $20 for single users. Site and world-wide licensing options are available. Screen shots, instructions and the program are available at: http://www.sci.fi/~shr/rearrangefolders http://www.sci.fi/~shr/downloads/rearrangefolders_english.sit [Archived as /info-mac/disk/rearrange-folders-121.hqx; 1466 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 From: Kent Mercurio To: Subject: [*] ScheduleOnline Mac Sync 1.3b2 The first and only Macintosh Sync application that syncs ScheduleOnline's web tools with the Palm OS Datebook, To Do List and Address Book. Easily keep your Palm OS Based PDA in sync with ScheduleOnline's calendaring tools and vice versa. Requirements: PPC Macintosh Mac OS 9.0 or higher 8 MB free memory Palm Desktop 2.6 or higher At least a ScheduleOnline Silver Account (which is free) What's new in this version: Categories are now synchronized with Contacts/Address Book and To Do list. Fast Sync option is now available after initially synchronizing. Fixed problems with Synchronizing large amounts of records. Fixed problems with Categories not matching correctly when syncing. Various other bug fixes. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-sync-13b2.hqx; 1032 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 From: Pecetta To: Subject: [*] SpeedApp 2.0.3 SpeedApp 2.0.3 for Power Macintosh released Stefano Ghielmi & Matthew Hershberger are proud to announce the release of SpeedApp 2.0 for Power Macintosh computers. SpeedApp is the fastest way to run an application on Power Macintosh computers! Using a shortcut, you can call SpeedApp from the Finder (like with Sherlock), type an application name (or merely a portion of it) in the main window and press the Enter/Return key on your keyboard to quickly launch the application you want to use. Thanks to SpeedApp you don't need to touch your mouse for all these steps. Using SpeedApp you will not need to open folders, or create aliases anywhere for fast access to some application, thanks to SpeedApp you will run every application is installed in your Macintosh without even needing to remember where it is! SpeedApp has been totally rewritten by a new cool programmer who has joined in this version, his name is Matthew Hershberger. Thanks to him SpeedApp is now more stable and many new features have been added. SpeedApp requires a Power Mac with Mac OS 8.5 or higher. SpeedApp is shareware $20 for single users. Site-wide and world-wide licensing options are also available. Instructions and the program are available at: http://space.tin.it/clubnet/sghielmi http://space.tin.it/clubnet/sghielmi/downloads/speedappeng.sit [Archived as /info-mac/disk/speed-app-203.hqx; 1267 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Feb 2001 From: Shuji Ono To: Subject: [*] StereoPressDV1.0-E (stereoscopic movie maker) StereoPressDV helps you to make a stereoscopic movie data from your pair of stereoscopic movies. Very easily, you can get "Anaglyph stereo" ( you need a red and blue glasses), or "Interleave stereo" (You need an interlace type video display and a LCS (Liquid crystal shutter) glasses. ). This is freeware. System requirements: * PowerMacintosh + System 8.5 or later. * QuickTime 4.1 or later. More info on my web site at: http://www2.pair.com/shuono/index.shtml [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/stereo-press-dv-10.hqx; 432 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Feb 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f5 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-208f5.hqx; 3501 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Feb 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Tex-Edit Plus package. Tex-Edit Plus is a scriptable, styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor. It's fast, efficient, and has a clean, uncluttered interface. It's also great for cleaning up text which is transmitted over the Internet. Tex-Edit Plus features: PowerPC native (fat), extensive munging abilities, unlimited file size, Drag&Drop support, AppleScript support, Word Services support, Speech Manager support, picture handling, sound handling, movie handling, ability to create SimpleText Read-Only documents, and much more. System 7.0 or better required. Tex-Edit Plus can read and write UTF-16 (unicode) text. The new file format is fully backward compatible with previous versions. Tex-Edit Plus supports unlimited undo and redo. Each paragraph can be formatted individually. These new paragraph settings include text justification (left, center, right, full), space above, space below, left indent, right indent, first line indent (or hanging outdent), and bottom border (in one of several line styles). Each paragraph can also have its own line spacing (in one point increments) and dominant text direction (useful for right-to-left scripts). NEW IN 4.1.1 -- Tex-Edit Plus 4.1.1 fixes a couple of bugs in 4.1. An Open Recent submenu bug had caused a problem when opening files on remote or removable media. Unmounted media are no longer requested inappropriately. The handling of text clippings has been changed, to prevent accidental erasure of the original clipping file. NEW IN 4.1 -- Tex-Edit Plus 4.1 adds an "Open Recent" submenu to give you quick access to your ten most recently opened documents. The new "Normal Baseline" menu command allows you to conveniently remove all super and subscripting. The External Editor Protocol now allows Tex-Edit to act as a text editor for an ftp client such as NetFinder. Tell NetFinder to "Edit with ((Text Editor))". When Tex-Edit saves the document, the remote file is automatically updated by NetFinder. Slick! (If your favorite ftp client does not support the External Editor Protocol, please encourage its authors to do so.) [Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-411-jp.hqx; 1433 K] ------------------------------ Date: 17 Feb 2001 From: Jacek Iwanski To: Subject: [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.6 - foreign language learning 'Verbs & Nouns' is an application for practising inflection, translation and pronunciation at the level of single words. Features include the opportunity to do various inflection exercises, and translation exercises in both directions; to record and play sound for single words; to do exercises based on sound or pictures; and to play various word-games. The program keeps a record of exercises, and identifies the words that the student has difficulty with. Along with the program, you need a module for the target language concerned. The program can also be used as an authoring tool to write your own modules of inflected words for any language. A built-in 'inflection-generator' simplifies the addition of these words. A 'Find' feature allows the modules to be used as bilingual dictionaries. Ready-made modules are already available for certain languages. You can visit: to get more information. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-246.hqx; 2096 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:18:43 -0500 From: Ken Laskey To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] booting into Open Firmware under OS 9.1 Two problems, one derived from trying to fix the first. I recently updated the OS on my dual processor, 500 mhz G4 from 9.0.4 to 9.1. Within 15 minutes after the installation appeared successful, the computer froze and when I rebooted, I went to the Open Firmware command line with the message "default catch" (or something similar) and was instructed to type "mac-boot" to continue booting or "shut-down". Unfortunately, my keyboard doesn't function and the only thing I can do is hit the reboot button. However, when I reboot, I end up back in the Open Firmware screen. If I completely power down and leave unpowered for 5 minutes, I boot normally. (If I power up too soon, I'm again in Open Firmware.) But even after a seemingly normal boot from a cold start, the system will eventually freeze again and be in Open Firmware on reboot. I tried doing the version 2.4 firmware upgrade but it says this isn't for my computer. I also ran the Apple Hardware Test that came with the computer and that finds no hardware problems. I do have third party memory in the computer and a CD-R attached to the Firewire port, although disconnecting the Firewire doesn't seem to matter. Any ideas? My next move was to reload OS 9.0.4. The computer seems stable now and I moved over all the relevant extensions, etc. to the new System Folder, but the one thing that didn't seem to reload is Sherlock 2. It is the 9.1 version and it won't run under 9.0.4. I would search for the 9.0.4 version on the disk but, well, I'm missing what I'm looking for. If I'm stuck at 9.0.4, how do I get Sherlock back? TIA for the combined community wisdom. -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:27:17 -0500 From: "Wessels, Brian" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] PowerMac 9500 memory upgrades Looking at upgrading the memory in a 9500, and I haven't been in the memory market so long that I don't know the new terminology. What I have noticed is that memory for this machine runs at least 3 times the price of memory for current machines! Maybe this is supply and demand, but it still seems out of proportion. Technical specs say it needs DRAM DIMMs, 5volt, 168 pin, 64-bit wide, 70ns or faster. EDO appears to be okay, although I think this generation of Macs doesn't take advantage of it. Can I get away with any of the following: PC-100? SYNC? ECC? Outpost has 128MB "PC 100 168 pin SYNC DIMMs" for as little as $90. Their 128MB "168-pin DIMM EDO 5v" is $418! With prices this bad, you'd have to be crazy to install memory rather than upgrade. Yes, I know, but I don't want to for various reasons such as older software and SCSI. Is there any reasonably-priced way to do this? Or just turn on VM and live with it? Thx, Brian Wessels ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:04:55 -0800 From: Wagner Truppel To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] software for writers Howdy fellow Mac enthusiasts, I'm looking for software to help in writing fiction. I remember having seen a program several years ago which lets you define plot scenes, characters, and so on, but I can't recall the program's name. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Wagner ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 00:03:27 -0500 From: Marc To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: another shot...hooking up the old to the new I'd like to know how I might be able to hook up my old Mac IIci to my Imac? I have a usb to scsi adapter, and I know that it has worked with my scsi zip drive (although, I still have problems transfering large audio files-scsi is just too fast for usb). Basically I'd like to be able to work on either computers, but every now and then, transfer some files from the IIci to the Imac (or vice-versa). I don't want to get into using some sort of network between both, just have the possibility to access the hard drive of the IIci or the Imac (I have some audio files that I might want to work on in the IIci, then transfer to the Imac, and maybe transfer back to the IIci). Some of my PC friends say that it can be done on their platforms, but I wonder about Macs. My main problem would be using something (application or extension) to slow down the transfer rate of the scsi...or maybe I'm just out of luck...please...someone...help! revsoul@videotron.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:50:26 -0500 From: Lou Casagrande To: Ezra Nathan , "abrody@smart.net" , Subject: CD-Rom spin up/spin down solution All, I wrote a few weeks ago with a problem with CDs on my 7300, upgraded with a PowerLogix 350 MHz G3, taking a long time to load, while spinning up and down continuously. Many wrote to suggest that perhaps RAM Doubler was at fault or that the lens was dirty or even that there might be a driver conflict. The solution turns out to be much simpler than that. After resetting my PRAM everything is fine. I hope this helps in the event anyone else is experiencing the same problem. Regards, Lou Casagrande ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:44:04 +0100 From: Mahmood.Khan@t-online.de (Mahmood Khan) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Powerbook 150 Hi! I am searching OS fpr powerbook 150. Also any available literature. Further the possiblities of extending it, e.g. longer life batteries, etc. Hoping for a quick reply, Thanks Mahmood Khan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:22:19 +0100 From: Christian F Buser To: R E LANGFORD JR Subject: PRINTER "r7e7l7jr" (by way of Hugh Lewis) wrote: >By mistake and my own stupidity, I threw away the file(s) that >run my wife's "ImageWriter II" You should have kept at a safe and secure place the floppy disk(s) or CD which came with the Mac or with the printer, and install from there. If you don't have it, you may want to look at and do a search for "imagewriter". This leads to the following results: , for the ImageWriter driver 7.0.1, and for the patch to 7.0.2. >Where can I download that file to a floppy on this machine at >church that has a modem, and carry it home to get her computer >to read it? > >This is a Microsoft Windows 98 IBM style machine. Well, depending on the size of the downloaded file, if it fits on a floppy you are fine (this is not be a problem with the ImageWriter driver and patch, it is only about 50 and 25 KB). Just download the ".hqx"-files to the PC. Don't try to expand the file already on the PC. Assuming the Mac runs a fairly new OS version, you can access PC-formatted media without any other utilities. Copy the file to the Mac, and then de-hqx and expand it using StuffIt Expander. 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: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:30:42 -0800 From: Doug Hardie To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Printer Problem I installed a new iMac yesterday. All works fine except for the printer. The printer is a HP Laserjet 4000 with a parallel interface. We tried a parallel to USB cable that claims to support that printer. The drivers load properly and the icon for LaserJet 5 appears properly in the Chooser window. However the printer itself never show up. The cable has been replaced with the same results. Any ideas how to resolve this? Thanks, -- -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:24:00 -0500 From: ngpappas To: "digest@info-mac.org" Subject: Project Management Software for the Mac It appears to me that Microsoft Project is the only project management software currently being sold for the Mac, but it doesn't appear to have been updated in quite a while? Anybody got any comments on it? Is there any way to get a copy of the former Claris MacProject Pro? I had one a few years ago, but can't find the original. I deleted it from my hard disk a couple of years ago. It isn't even mentioned on the Claris web site. Nick Pappas -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************