Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #87 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 06 Jun 01 Volume 18 : Issue 87 Today's Topics: [*] AccountsAuditor 1.0 (68K) [*] AccountsAuditor 1.0 (PPC) [*] AutoCheck 2.3 [*] DisSolver - binary and abstract [*] Icon Machine 3.0b3J - Japanese version [*] MoonMenu 1.7.1J - Japanese Version Cleaning LaserWriter Pro... determining true IP address determining true IP of DSL line eye strain eye strain Marble Madness 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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The program works by comparing the current, working file with a saved file to make sure that there haven't been any spontaneous changes to the data. I have experienced a number of spontaneous changes in my files, including some with Quicken 98 (the most recent version I've used). I've also experienced changes when performing a version upgrade. AccountsAuditor was developed under System 7.5.5. Recent revisions and my current use of the program are under System 8.6. As far as I know, the program should run under System 7.0 through 9.x. The program requires at least 8000K of free memory; a large file can require two or three times that amount. Version 1.0 increases the default memory size from the last beta version. Documentation and contact information have been updated. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/accounts-auditor-10-68k.hqx; 435 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 2001 From: Duane W Small To: Subject: [*] AccountsAuditor 1.0 (PPC) Here is Version 1.0 of AccountsAuditor. I wrote AccountsAuditor as a general utility for maintaining the integrity of Quicken data files. I developed the program to meet my own needs, and I'm offering it without charge to others who may find it useful. I am not associated with Intuit, Inc., publishers of Quicken. This program has not been reviewed or approved by Intuit, Inc. The program works by comparing the current, working file with a saved file to make sure that there haven't been any spontaneous changes to the data. I have experienced a number of spontaneous changes in my files, including some with Quicken 98 (the most recent version I've used). I've also experienced changes when performing a version upgrade. AccountsAuditor was developed under System 7.5.5. Recent revisions and my current use of the program are under System 8.6. As far as I know, the program should run under System 7.0 through 9.x. The program requires at least 8000K of free memory; a large file can require two or three times that amount. Version 1.0 increases the default memory size from the last beta version. Documentation and contact information have been updated. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/accounts-auditor-10-ppc.hqx; 477 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 2001 From: John Rethorst To: Subject: [*] AutoCheck 2.3 Automates Apple's Disk First Aid (a free program distributed with the Mac OS) to check all disks at once, except remote and read-only volumes. A complete run through a typical configuration takes less than five minutes. The importance of something like AutoCheck, maybe placed in the Mac's Startup Items folder, is that most users run Disk First Aid or a similar utility only when experiencing problems. But a lot of disk damage is incremental, and early detection and repair can be crucial to safeguarding data. By itself, Disk First Aid takes several steps to run. AutoCheck automates the entire process, with several convenient options. It stops and posts a dialog only if a disk error is found. Otherwise, it runs and then quits Disk First Aid and itself by the time you've gotten a cup of coffee, and your Mac has a clean bill of health. New in this version Keeps an exclusion list of disks that will not be checked, including disks not currently mounted. When AutoCheck first runs it defaults to the most recently installed copy of Disk First Aid, but is easy to redirect to another copy, say if you upgrade. Engaging the Caps Lock key at any time during the check will stop the check after the current disk, or as soon as detected during the initial pause. Free. John Rethorst [Archived as /info-mac/disk/autocheck-23.hqx; 129 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 2001 From: Bob Wyttenbach To: Subject: [*] DisSolver - binary and abstract DisSolver 1.0 is a simple application to manage databases of chemicals and formulae. It automates exacting but tedious calculations. Features include: - Calculation of masses required to make Molar, Normal, and % solutions. - Mixing stock solutions to obtain desired concentrations. - Serial dilution to obtain low concentrations. - Custom databases of chemicals and formulae. - Print databases and results of all calculations. - Straightforward user interface with built-in help system. - Macintosh and Windows versions can use the same databases. DisSolver is shareware. The demo version is fully functional except that it can only open the supplied sample database. You can make changes and additions to the database, but they are lost when you quit DisSolver. If you register DisSolver ($30, http://order.kagi.com/?WKH), you will receive a code that unlocks the demo version and allows you to create custom databases. For more information and to check for updates, go to http://homepage.mac.com/rwytt/dissolver.html or e-mail rwytt@kagi.com. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/dis-solver.hqx; 1730 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Icon Machine 3.0b3J - Japanese version This is the Japanese version of the Icon Machine package. Icon Machine is a Macintosh icon editor designed to take advantage of the great features of the Mac OS to give you the power to make the icons you want. Now updated and redesigned for editing all icon sizes from 16x12 Mini to Mac OS X's 128x128 Thumbnail, and Carbonizedfor Mac OS X, Icon Machine is a great tool for creating icons for applications, customized folders, eye-catching documents, and everything else. "The Photoshop of icon editors!" - Andrew Miller "Icon Machine has a way of making a little square of 1024 pixels feel like an expansive painter's canvas." - Eric Prentice, MacTips Changes in version 3.0b3: - Rebuilt with CodeWarrior Pro 7 Early Access release - Enabled the "Delete Selected Icon" command (formerly "Delete Current Icon"); undo for this command has not yet been implemented - Removed the Save and Extract Icon Resource commands; they're not implemented yet, but they will be - Unicode filenames are properly displayed in the icon window (but not the editing window, yet) - Fixed the pencil and bucket cursors in OS X (had to move the hotspot inside the cursor's rectangle) - Fixed reading special OS X folder icons - You no longer see the drag outline while dragging selections (not even when you drag out of the window, but that's an Apple bug) - Removed the fancy window zooming effect in OS X because it seems to crash if you use it a lot - Fixed dragging on OS X so the selection follows the mouse correctly - Fixed document windows appearing behind the tools window when the Dock was oriented on the left side of the screen - Fixed an error that happened when saving icons in OS X - Redesigned and enlarged the depth indicators - Fixed a bug where dragging a selection in a Thumbnail icon would mess up the mask - Fixed selection border drawing/erasing in large editing windows (actually now it's slow instead of ugly, but not as much) - Fixed the check marks in the Preview Background contextual menu [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/icon-machine-30b3-jp.hqx; 786 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] MoonMenu 1.7.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the MoonMenu package. MoonMenu (tm) Extension MoonMenu is a system extension that draws the current phase of the moon in the menubar. The menu, when selected, reveals a textual description of the moon phase, illumination percentage, the moon's age in days, current lunation number, and upcoming quarter predictions. MoonMenu also has automatic "blue moon" detection which actually colors the moon icon blue. MoonMenu (tm) Application MoonMenu is an application that allows users to analyze lunar data like lunation, lunar phase, illumination, moon age, and upcoming quarter predictions. Easy to use controls allow users to explore all of these lunar data through any day and time. MoonMenu also has automatic "blue moon" detection which actually colors the moon icon blue. New in this version: Added support for the following moons specified by the Farmers' Almanac in both the System Menu and the Application: *Wolf Moon, Snow Moon, Worm Moon, Pink Moon, Flower Moon, *Strawberry Moon, Buck Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Fruit or Barley Moon, *Harvest Moon, Hunter's Moon, Beaver Moon, and Cold Moon *Fixed minor registration timing issue. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-menu-171-jp.hqx; 825 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:49:25 +0100 From: Frazer Wright To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Cleaning LaserWriter Pro... On 31/5/01, Charlie Summers wrote in Info-Mac: > I vaguely remember, in the dimness of time (and through the cobwebs of my >ancient brain) a website that contained information on throughly cleaning >various models of Apple LaserWriters. Naturally, now that it's time to >replace the toner in my occasionally-used LaserWriter Pro and I want to do a >good job of cleaning the puppy up so I can get another couple of years of >faithful service from it, I can't find the website for the life of me. I >remember the site as being pretty detailed about how best to clean out all >the accumulated dust and gunk, what to remove, what NOT to remove... > > Anyone happen to have a pointer? Charlie: I was sorry to see no reply, as I am trying to resuscitate an elderly but still good LaserWriter NT. Did anyone reply privately giving the URL? -- Frazer Wright: journalist, editor, writer Croftholme, Tithe Laithe, Hoyland Nether, South Yorkshire, UK S74 9QH. 01226 742935 * frazer@oliver7.demon.co.uk* иииииииииииииииииииииииииииииииииииииииии ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:52:47 -0500 From: Ed Stoessel To: Subject: determining true IP address This link will tell you your IP address: Ed ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:14:19 -0500 From: James Nedbalek To: Subject: determining true IP of DSL line >Before using DSL, I used to host Diablo II games on my Mac. No >problems but slow. > >The problem is now that I can't get an IP address that works. That >is, I get an IP address from the game but when I tell those who want >to join the game the address, they can't join because it's not the >real address. IPNetRouter has a window that should display the current IP supplied by the ISP. It that is not easily accessable another option is to implement an account with a dynamic DNS provider. Most are free and there is a free Mac client at This would allow game joiners to enter something like poza.dyn.dhs.org instead of an IP number. That "sentman" URL has more info. Of course you must set IPNetRouter to forward the port the game uses to the proper machine on your LAN. Hope I understood the question and situation properly, but use this arrangement for several clients with DSL and cable access. =========================================================================== James Nedbalek nedbalek@winternet.com Minneapolis, MN USA Macintosh/Apple Systems and Software development since 1982. Phone (952) 934-8317 http://www.winternet.com/~nedbalek =========================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 22:44:07 -0400 From: Ace-Tomatoes To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: eye strain _ >Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 13:39:30 +0000 >From: JIM BRUNSWICK >Subject: eye strain >I had a strange incident while sitting at the computer, PPC 7300, 15 >inch Apple monitor. Reading something onscreen, I felt something odd but >unrecognizable, I didn't see anything with my eyes, but I instinctively >closed my eyes, then saw a bright blinding residual image, as if an >enormous flash had occured !........................... >I found it kind of frightening. >regards, >Jim Brunswick >-------------------------------- ROSEBUD I am sorry I had too Sometimes when I work to many hours in front of these things strange things happen, I have even had equipment fail and the light gets more and less in waves......or just before it burns out it shoots harder for some reason? Something even worse? I think my mom had something like that happen and found out it was a small blood vessel pop, same kinda wierd feeling then seeing a strange thing with eyes closed. 1. get a new monitor 2. get a better monitor 3. get a bigger moniter D. All of the above and sleep more :) ace-tomatoes http://www.Firstserver.cc/ _ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 12:09:07 -0500 From: Jesse the K To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: eye strain Jim... Sounds to me like a brief migraine. (I get 'em all the time.) That sort of brilliant, painful image is part of the cluster of symptoms called "migraine," which can also includes changes in mood, vertigo, nausea, paralysis, and headache. Some folks will get the visual symptoms all on their own, and that's called "ocular migraine." Oliver Sacks wrote a wonderful book about the history, biology, and (now outdated) treatment of migraine.Logically titled _Migraine_, it includes a bunch of color plates in the middle showing various migraineurs' impressions of their experience. "Pixellation" is a common theme: perhaps the pioneers of computer graphics were also migraineurs? --- JIM BRUNSWICK, 6/4/01 1:39 PM --- [...] Reading something onscreen, I felt something odd but unrecognizable, I didn't see anything with my eyes, but I instinctively closed my eyes, then saw a bright blinding residual image, as if an enormous flash had occured ! The image was EXTREMELY brilliant, it actually hurt, and that is while my eyes are closed . The image was a perfect circle, but not made of a smooth line, instead it was composed of small horizontal rectangles. Each rectangle would be the equivalent of 4 pixels, if this was a bitmap image and you zoomed in to see it. Or, in otherwords, if I drew this circle in a graphics program, that's how it would look, more or less. I was very disoriented, slightly dizzy, and the bright residual image remained active in my eyes for almost 3 minutes. I kept them closed but this did not diminish the image untill 2 minutes had passed. [...] -- Jesse the K -- Madison, WI USA -- mailto:jesse_the_k@yahoo.com Where am I going, and how did I get in this handbasket? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 23:28:55 -0500 From: "andrewbell" To: wpagel@wazoo.com, digest@info-mac.org Subject: Marble Madness Did you ever find Marble Madness for Macintosh? AB -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************