Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 06 Oct 00 Volume 17 : Issue 157 Today's Topics: (C) Norton and 8.1 + [*] MacChess 5.0.1D - German Version [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.1.0 [*] MultiMode 3.7.2 [*] Sherlock Plugins 1.9 [*] Sound Byte 1.8.1 [Q] netscape slowdown A weird folder inside System HP 6MP LaserJet connecting via a USB adapter. Netscape 4.73/Epson 740i/ EpsonShare 1.62 printer font size Q: Undelete? System for Performa 577? 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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No matter what it is that I am doing, checking mail, writing mail or any other application-nothing moves until all my mail has been received. Is there anything that can be done to allow the mail to be received in the background without disturbing other work being done? Thanks in advance to all who respond. norm@helix.nih.gov ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 07:23:47 EDT From: BobWarner@aol.com To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (C) Norton and 8.1 + >If you are upgrading to MacOS 8.1, or buy a machine with MacOS 8.1 or higher DO NOT use >Norton utilities. That recent message from regarding NUM is misleading to say the least. My wife is running 8.1 and she uses NUM 3.5.2 literally every night before shutting down with absolutely no problems and excellent results. I am running 8.5.1 and use NUM 4.0.3 literally every night before shutting down with absolutely no problems and excellent results. Norton DD has saved our rears on numerous occasions. We wouldn't be without it. To use this list to malign Norton on the basis of anecdotal and personal experience that may have had nothing whatever to do with the use of Norton is irresponsible and unconscionable. The usual disclaimers apply. I have no connection w/Norton other than being a very satisfied user. Regards, Bob ------------------------------ Date: 5 Oct 2000 From: "Richard A. Fowell" To: Subject: [*] MacChess 5.0.1D - German Version Free master-strength chess (German version). [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/mac-chess-501-de.hqx; 441 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Oct 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.1.0 MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play & manage standard MIDI files. Player window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find capability. What's changed : - Some notes continue to play after stop.-> fixed. Features : - Fat Binary. - QuickTime support. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - GM, GS, XG format compatible. - 32part Standard MIDI File playback support. - Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only) This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later - OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator - MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-110.hqx; 440 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Oct 2000 From: Chris Smolinski To: Subject: [*] MultiMode 3.7.2 MultiMode allows your Macintosh to decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave radio. In the past, dedicated hardware, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars, was necessary to demodulate and decode this transmissions. Today, you can use the processing power of your Macintosh to decode and display these modes, without any additional hardware, other than your Mac and a radio. MultiMode supports the following modes: Morse Code (CW) RTTY (Baudot) ASCII SITOR-A SITOR-B / FEC / NAVTEX SSTV (Slow Scan TV) WEATHER / SATELLITE FAX ACARS (Aircraft Communications) Packet PSK31 ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) DTMF, CCIR, EIA Tone Modes Hellschreiber Audio Spectrum Display / FFT Mode Requires a PPC Macintosh Shareware: $89 [Archived as /info-mac/comm/multi-mode-372.hqx; 544 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Oct 2000 From: Lars Bell To: Subject: [*] Sherlock Plugins 1.9 This version has more health and news plugins plus others. Also fixes bugs. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sherlock-plugins-19.hqx; 294 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Oct 2000 From: Chris Smolinski To: Subject: [*] Sound Byte 1.8.1 Sound Byte turns your Mac into a cart machine for playing sound recordings. Sound Byte is ideal for radio stations and audio/TV productions, to quickly and easily play a variety of recorded sounds, such as jingles, advertisements, songs, sound effects, and more. Sound Byte handles all of the audio formats supported by QuickTime, including: * AIFF * WAV * AU * MP3 Sound Byte comes in three flavors: Sound Byte Lite supports a single rack of carts, or up to 75 recordings total. Sound Byte supports five racks of carts, or up to 375 recordings total. Sound Byte Pro supports fifty racks of carts, or up to 3750 recordings total. Shareware: $24 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/sound-byte-181.hqx; 452 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 04:03:58 -0400 From: John McGibney To: Subject: [Q] netscape slowdown Lately when I surf the net, after visiting 10-20 sites the next site I go to refuses to load. If I disconnect and reconnect it still won't load. But if I quit netscape and restart while still connected that site will load and I can surf for another 10-20 sites before it happens again. Obviously netscape is running out of room in one of its cache files and by quitting it resets. I remember reading about a year ago of others having a similar problem and a simple solution. Does anybody know the cure? tia John Mcgibney nciccheck@nais.com ------------------------------ Date: 05 Oct 2000 11:35:46 +0200 From: Wouter Meulensteen To: , Subject: A weird folder inside System Hello Jose, Oops! dangerous stuff going on there... I recommend an immediate backup of all your files, as the duplicate folder indicates that the directories on your harddrive have gone haywire. (but I guess youÆd already figured that one out..) Be sure to check the backup for completeness, as most backup applications will crash upon encountering a duplicate or damaged directory record- or just plain skip them (...). A backup to another harddrive is a litle more sure, as the Finder will always inform you if a file/folder couldnÆt be read or written. WhatÆs going on? It seems that there is a problem with the directories of your disk. The weird folder is probably a duplicate directory record. ResEdit canÆt get info on this folder because itÆs not actrually a folder, itÆs just a duplicate record of an existing folder. YouÆd need something like NortonÆs Disk Editor to fix this, but that would be terribly complicated- youÆd need a Symantec tech support person to guide you through there. To solve this the rough way IÆd move everything from the System Folder to a new folder (name it ôSystem Folder Newö or something like that), than create a folder on the desktop with the name ôSystem Folderö (i.e. the exact same name as your actual, previously inhabited-and still haunted-System Folder). Be prepared for the worst (crash/freeze/disk becoming unreadable/panic striking) and have an alternative startup disk handy. (a System CD, or an external Hardrive) Preferrably assign this alternatiove startuyp disk as the startup disk using the ôStartup Diskö control panel. Then move the new, clean, empty System Folder folder from the desktop onto your startup disk, and let the Finder replace the old, haunted System Folder. The Finder will (try to) replace the haunted folder AND the duplicate record with the new folder. You can safely remove this folder when the Finder is done. Now you should be able to fix the disk with Disk First Aid, TechTool, Norton or whatever. AlsoftÆs DiskWarrior seems to do a pretty good job on restoring damaged directories. Check your System Folder->Extensions Folder for a file named ôObjectSupportLibö if you are running Mac OS 8 or newer. This library seems to sometimes cause these kind of problems. Hope this helps, Wouter Meulensteen Sounds complicated but it isnÆt. >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:38:08 +0200 (MET DST) >From: jmblanco@uma.es (Jose Blanco) >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: A weird folder inside System > >When arranging folders and files I was surprised to see a weird folder >inside System Folder: this folder had no name, was empty when I opened it, >was impossible to name it, delete or move to desktop. When I got info >(command-I) the finder told me that there are a lot of items inside. After >some turns, I realized that its size and number of items were exactly the >same than the System Folder. If I put a new item inside System folder, >this weird folder increased it size an number of item, although nothing >appeared when opened. I reconstructed the desktop, but it was still there. >Even with ResEdit, I couldn't get info or named or nothing! It seems to >be a "empty mirror" of the system folder. > >For the moment, it is innofensive, but I would like to remove >it. Any help? > >Many thanks > >Jose M¿ -- -- Wouter Meulensteen Systeembeheerder Scripta Media BV Nieuwe Herengracht 47 1011 RN Amsterdam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:13:20 +1100 From: Monib To: Subject: HP 6MP LaserJet connecting via a USB adapter. Dear Macsters, I have a G3 Powerbook (Lombard) that I woudl liek to use with my Hewlett Packard 6MP LaserJet printer. Does anyone have experience with connecting one to a USB Mac using a serial-USB adapter. I have looked into some but there seem to be hidden compatibility problems. Does KeySpans adapter or Asante's work? Otherwise what are other options? Thanks in advance, Binom ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 10:44:21 -0500 From: Dan Brown To: mailto: Subject: Netscape 4.73/Epson 740i/ EpsonShare 1.62 printer font size I paid for the EpsonShare 1.62 package to run the Epson 740i from my 6300, running Mac OS 8.6. The 6300 is connected to a hub that has a cable modem in its uplink port. In printing from Netscape 4.73, I have to reset the font size to 36 point to get printouts from Netscape prints to be at least 12 point in size. If the Netscape print font preferences are set for 10-12 point font size, then the prints come out extremely small- a page of print is ~ 2x3 inches. My bifocals don't help here!!! I have installed EpsonShare 1.62 according tt instructions from the shareware writer. If instead one prints out from ANY other application, the Epson 740i prints out OK. What must I do to correct this? I have attempted to send a question to Gerard Ceccaldi - who wrote epsonshare but his ISP rejects all my questions . HELP! Thanks in advance. Dan Brown Dan Brown 806 Hampshire Dr. Grand Prairie, TX 75050-6315 972-264-7054 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:15:08 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: Marlon Deason , digest@info-mac.org Subject: Q: Undelete? At 3:59 PM -0400 10/3/00, Marlon Deason wrote: >I just accidently erased a file which I would really like to get back. On >previous systems I had Norton Utilities, which came with a great little >Undelete program. Since I have upgraded to OS 9 it no longer works. > >What utilities (cheap!) are available to recover files from OS 9 hard >drives? Well, there are Norton Utilities and TechTool Pro, both of which are about $100. There's a bundle deal at Outpost of Retrospect, Spring Cleaning, and Norton Utilities for $99; you'd still be spending $100, but your unit cost would go down. There may be an upgrade rebate still available for Norton Utilities, which would drop your cost further. Or there's this; maybe it would work. chazl -- And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead, but if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am. - Liz Phair, Divorce Song Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:42:16 -0400 From: Allan Balliett To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: System for Performa 577? The harddisk is dead and the original floppies nowhere to be found. It's rejecting a 7.5xOS CD. What System does it need (will it accept only one??) and where can I find it. Sorry, I apologize for being clueless. Thanks _Allan -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************