Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 03 Oct 00 Volume 17 : Issue 155 Today's Topics: (C) Norton and 8.1 + [*] MacTFTP Client 1.0 [PPC] [*] Slide Puzzle Maker 1.5 [*] SweetMail 1.95f5 [*] SwitchRes 2.4.2J - Japanese Version [*] WebSiteManager 1.0 [Q] cheap USB FM Radio for Mac? Identifying ColorSync Profiles Using SCSI Zip disk with G4 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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Norton takes one look at the support for HFS+ in the System file, and often times thinks it means there are bad btrees. If it attempts to repair those btrees, you can kiss your hard drive goodbye. I had to reformat my hard drive after such a problem, and lose all my files from the reformat. Luckily I had a backup. If you are upgrading to MacOS 8.1, or buy a machine with MacOS 8.1 or higher DO NOT use Norton utilities. Norton Anti-Virus is OK, but Disk Doctor is Disk Doctor Kevorkian. Lots of other people have had to reformat their hard drive after Norton improperly tried to fix bad btrees on MacOS 8.1 or higher. Use Techtools 2.5.4 or higher, or Disk Warrior, but avoid Norton Disk Doctor if you have MacOS 8.1 or higher. In fact if you read the MacOS 8.1 readme files there is a statement regarding potential hard drive problems with some early versions of Norton. Turns out from many people I know these problems have not yet been addressed in all issues. Some people may run Norton without a glitch, but lots have had problems with MacOS 8.1 or higher. Your milage may vary. Backup frequently, so you don't find yourself in a rut because of Norton or any Disk corruption. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit my mini Yahoo at: http://www.index-site.com/ All links verified monthly. ------------------------------ Date: 29 Sep 2000 From: Kem Tekinay To: Subject: [*] MacTFTP Client 1.0 [PPC] MacTFTP Client is the first full-featured TFTP client for the Macintosh. It enables send and receive, provides for multiple, simultaneous transfers, and more. It also provides an optional password field required by some devices. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-tftp-client-10.hqx; 694 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Sep 2000 From: Joe Hammons To: Subject: [*] Slide Puzzle Maker 1.5 Slide Puzzle Maker contains three games which will improve your visual memory skills and exercise both sides of your brain by making and solving slide puzzles. You may also import your own pictures to use when making a slide puzzle. Play Slide Search and practice reading 700 high frequency words. Until this version is registered, this program will return to the opening screen after 10 minutes. Thanks, Joe Hammons [Archived as /info-mac/game/slide-puzzle-maker-15.hqx; 1570 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Sep 2000 From: sweet@kagi.com (S.Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 1.95f5 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very high-speed searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * 68K or PPC. * System 7.5 or later. * 4MB of Memory. * OpenTransport, Thread-Mgr and Appearance-Mgr. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-195f5.hqx; 1018 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Sep 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] SwitchRes 2.4.2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the SwitchRes package. SwitchRes is a little utility that will allow you to switch the resolution of all your monitors. You can access to all the resolutions of all your displays in a simple, customizable menu. SwitchRes incorporates features from the Monitor Resolution, Monitor BitDepth, and Video Mirroring Control Strip Modules bundled with your system. You can use its menu in the Menu Bar, use its provided Control Strip Module, or click on the Finder Desktop with its Contextual Menu Plugin. SwitchRes has an extensive list of features: *You can show and use all available resolutions of your video card, not just those limited by your monitor. For example, 20 video modes are available on my PowerMac 7300 internal video board. Enjoy your Apple 15" monitor in 1024 x 768, or 640 x 480 in 120Hz ! *SwitchRes is totally configurable. You can define which resolutions are really accessible, and which will require a confirmation. × *You can also create display sets which will allow you to change the resolution and the depth of all your monitors with just one mouse click, or just one key. With this new version, you can add scripts to display sets. That gives SwitchRes the ability to launch a script with just one key, or when an application is launched... *You can assign a specific set to an application, so that every time you use this application, your Mac will automatically switch to your predefined resolutions. You will find this extremely useful for most games. × *You can save the position of the icons and the windows on your desktop, independently from one resolution to the other, unlike the Finder. The configuration is restored at startup. *You can script SwitchRes for resolutions and color depth changes. SwitchRes is even recordable: When SwitchRes is running, every resolution change is automatically recorded in the script editor New in version 2.4.2 * Corrects a bug on new G4s with Gigabit Ethernet. This bugs appears on Multiprocessor G4s on MacOS 9.0.4, and all G4s under MacOS 9.1 * Application monitoring is now using another method when a new app is brought to front and the attached display set should be applied. This method consumes less CPU time [Archived as /info-mac/gui/switch-res-242-jp.hqx; 630 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Sep 2000 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] WebSiteManager 1.0 WebSiteManager What it is: Tool to check and optimize up to 16 web sites, with upload capabilities. Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: shareware US$ 20.00 Computer: PowerPC or iMac Mac OS: 7.5 or later Abstract: WebSiteManager is a versatile tool for webmasters who manage up to 16 web sites and want all their web pages optimized, without broken hyperlinks or dangling tags. The program offers 5 functions as known from its predecessor HTML OptimizerPro and supports drag & drop also. Further it offers various upload and download capabilities plus other useful options that make working with WebSiteManager very easy. WebSiteManager can remove resources from graphic files. The program offers a large choice of options, including the 'alias mirror' for a good visual check of an optimized file. Every web folder gets its own optimized duplicate, with the same directory structure as the original. When you upload, the URL of the host is automatically adapted to the directory of the file or folder being uploaded. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/web-site-manager-10.hqx; 1329 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 14:44:18 -0700 From: "Kee Nethery, Kagi CEO" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] cheap USB FM Radio for Mac? Does anyone know of a USB (or Firewire but I imagine that is pricy) FM Radio for the Macintosh that is below $50? Kee Nethery kee@kagi.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 23:05:15 +0200 From: "V.Dooijes" To: digest@info-mac.org, "Dr. James K. Butler" Subject: Identifying ColorSync Profiles "Dr. James K. Butler" wrote: > Through installation of all the major > graphic design applications and various hardware, I have over 500 > ColorSync profiles installed. > > > > I would appreciate ANY LEAD that can help me learn the identities of all > (or some) of my profiles. > > The data fork of ColorSync profiles starts (with an offset of 4 bytes) with the tags for the suppliercode and the device type, and the color model used (e.g. ....APPL....mntr...RGB Lab) inside the data fork of colorsync profiles, look for the "desc" (description) tags. The desc tags show up in a colorsync profile selector list panel when it is called from within an application. when the desc tag is followed by "...," the filename is used as a description. Other byte patterns after the desc tag indicate different aspects of the profile, but always in some form of human language (...) The curv section describes the transfer curves. The text tag holds copyright information, also useful for finding out who named colorsync profile "ckdslb3486"... You could perhaps set up a scriptable editor to copy the tags into the info-window of each profile: when you set the finder to display the info in list view you will see the descriptions. hope this helps, kind regards, Wouter Meulensteen ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 01:01:37 -0400 From: Lilajane Frascarelli To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: Using SCSI Zip disk with G4 When I got my new G4 (450 MHz with dual processors, OS 9.04) last week I was able to connect my old Zip 100 MB (SCSI) drive to it, because I had a SCSI card installed in the G4. I used the Zip disk to transfer things from my old IIsi to the new G4. Then I reformatted the G4 in order to create three partitions so that I could eventually run two different systems (getting ready for the trauma of change to OS X before I have even learned OS 9.04). I used the CDs which came with the G4 to replace the material that had disappeared in the partitioning process. After the partitioning the Zip drive no longer shows up on the desk top of the G4 and is non-existent, as far as the G4 is concerned. The Iomega driver is still where it belongs in the System folder, but the computer doesn't seem to be able to make contact with the drive. The drive still works fine when attached to the IIsi, so it is still in good working order. Can someone please tell me how to get the Zip drive to work again (when attached to the G4) so that I can finish transferring all my records to the new computer? Thank you. Lilajane Frascarelli frascl@rpi.edu -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************