Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #271 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 06 Mar 99 Volume 16 : Issue 271 Today's Topics: [*] "Styles" Morganite update for K2.1.1 [*] "Styles" Pastel Roses update for K2.1.1 [*] backup_by_stuffit_223e/AppleScript [*] CenterNet 1.0.1 PPC [*] Compress2Impress [*] Decode da Code, version 1.0.4 [*] iView Mulitimedia 3.5 with Pro Digi-Cam File Support [*] MacPipes 2.2.7 [*] Melody Assistant 3.1.0 [*] Midimizer 1.0 PPC [*] Musicolor 1.0 [*] MyEyes 2.3.4r2 [*] PhoneTech 1.0.1 [*] PsychScheduler201.sea [*] Random Sig [*] T-Minus Ten 2.1 - Task Manager [*] WallRunners v2.0 - The Simply Challenging Game (A) Backup hardware recommendations (C) Kaleidoscope 2.1.2 a vast improvement (Q) USB Joystick for iMac [A] Launcher background color? [A] Oops! I got my knickers in a knot with Eudora's BCC [A] OS RAM utilization and VM? [Q] Reverse printing on StyleWriter 2500? [Q] Scheduled shutdown doesn't work... C++ Compilers Changing default window size in Emailer dealing with hqx or bin files. DropStuff for SITD5 Owners (C) Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 Measurement Conversion Software No second battery, just capacitance On error -192 Oops! I got my knickers in a knot with Eudora's BCC OS 8.5 and Word98 Printing OS RAM utilization and VM? OS8 vs. GVTeleport internet edition OS8 vs. GVTeleport internet edition Power Computing Issues Powerbook Questions Answered Robotics curriculum/resources Zip problem! 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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It also has a custom cursor, along with disclosure triangles, desktop pattern, utility pattern, window background pattern, a short windowshade soundfile, tabbed pop-up windows, and other K2 resources, all written in. It can only be used in K2. Shareware. See my page for freebies, new lower pricing, and other previews of my 107 schemes at: http://members.tripod.com/~SlvrDragon//kaleidoscope.html Downloadable schemes may be found at: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/authors/janetparris.shtml Janet Parris email: jparris6@netpath.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/morganite.hqx; 205K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:46 -0700 From: jparris6@netpath.net Subject: [*] "Styles" Pastel Roses update for K2.1.1 Pastel Roses features pale pink roses. It has custom trash and folders. It also has a custom cursor, along with disclosure triangles, desktop pattern, utility pattern, window background pattern, a short windowshade soundfile, tabbed pop-up windows, and other K2 resources, all written in. It can only be used in K2. Shareware. See my page for freebies, new lower pricing, and other previews of my 107 schemes at: http://members.tripod.com/~SlvrDragon//kaleidoscope.html Downloadable schemes may be found at: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/authors/janetparris.shtml Janet Parris email: jparris6@netpath.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/pastel-roses.hqx; 207K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:15:01 -0700 From: t-hana@mh1.117.ne.jp Subject: [*] backup_by_stuffit_223e/AppleScript backup_by_stuffit_223e/AppleScript (Freeware),only for users of MacOS8.0 or later. * This is an AppleScript script that will make a stuffed backup file by StuffIt LIte 3.5 or later and automatically replace its content with modified files. * If you make a backup file into a floppy disk,the disk will be soon full with files. But if backup files are stuffed,you can save backup files almost twice as many. * Once you choose which folder to backup into which disk,and let this make a stuffed backup file in the disk, only by double-clicking,this will choose files which in the original folder are modified after the modification date of the backup file ,and replace these files in the backup file. * THIS VERSION COPES WITH THE CHANGE OF APPLESCRIPT WITH MACOS8. 　 USER OF MACOS7.6.1 OR BEFORE HAD BETTER USE 2.1.2.VERSION WHICH IS FASTER. * Ver2.2.3 removed another bug of causing error when folder contains only one file. * System requirement: MacOS8.0 or later,AppleScript1.1.2 * You need a registered version of StuffIt Lite 3.5 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/backup-by-stuffit-223e.hqx; 78K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:58 -0700 From: maxtm@moonbeam-online.com Subject: [*] CenterNet 1.0.1 PPC CenterNet 1.0.1 PPC The fast, powerful and easy way to submit all of your web sites to the most popular search engines! $15 Shareware MoonBeam - Simply useful Mac software. http://www.moonbeam-online.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/centernet-ppc.hqx; 640K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:53 -0700 From: jkel@home.se Subject: [*] Compress2Impress Compress2Impress An application for compressing images for web/archiving use. It also makes thumbnails. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/compress-2-impress.hqx; 114K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:15:02 -0700 From: lucius@astro.ocis.temple.edu Subject: [*] Decode da Code, version 1.0.4 Decode da Code, a Base64 and uuencoded file decoder February 26, 1999 This is an update to Decode da Code that fixes bug where cancelling while decoding would delete the file if you had the 'Delete Original' option turned on. Decode is a shareware ($12, thru Kagi) application which decodes base64 and uuencode(.uu) encoded files and MIME messages. It can use Internet Config to map file extensions and content types to file types and launch post-processors. It can handle multi-part MIME messages as well as single part messages. Best as a helper application for MT-NewsWatcher. Lucius lucius@kagi.com http://astro.temple.edu/~lucius [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/decode-da-code-104.hqx; 132K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:47 -0700 From: julian@scriptsoftware.com Subject: [*] iView Mulitimedia 3.5 with Pro Digi-Cam File Support this is an awesome piece of software that everyone will enjoy. New iView Multimedia 3.5 now with Professional Digital Camera File Support! iView Multimedia can now catalog images for Kodak pro digital cameras like: Kodak DCS 1, 3, 5, 315, 410, 420, 460, 520, 560 and the upcoming DCS 620 Canon EOS D2000, EOD D6000 AP/Kodak NC2000e iView Multimedia gives the incredibly useful ability to see the preview image inside AP Viewer/Photo Mechanic-processed files. iView Multimedia now supports various annotation protocols, both in read and write form, including: - Finder's "file info" comments, including pure comments or URL's. - IPTC annotation, also known as the "file info" ANPA resource, introduced by Adobe Photoshop=81 to hold information such as captions, keywords, author= s etc., - Image tags for JPEG, TIFF and DCBa images, - A selection of the digital camera annotation set, also known as EXIF. This set is based on the ISO/DIS 12234-1 publication on electronic still picture camera standards which contains info like image capture information shutter speed, aperture, etc. An expert in this field says: "Digital photographers looking for a robust, low-cost way to archive their Kodak Professional proprietary TIFFs need look no further than iView Multimedia. Users who process their digital cameras images through Camera Bits Photo Mechanic or AP Viewer software will be especially happy with the new features in iView Multimedia 3.5." Rob Galbraith Digital photographer and author of The Digital Photojournalist's Guide 4th Ed. http://www.robgalbraith.com Questions What media browser is easiest, fastest, applescriptable, uses Navigation Services, allows extensive use of drag and drop and is totally compatible with QuickTime 3.0 and Mac OS 8.5? What program can read all these files Quark, Canvas, Painter, Live Picture, =46reehand, PageMaker, Illustrator, gif, jpg, TIFF, PICT, GX, BMP, Targa, EPS, fonts, sounds, movies, QuickTime VR, animation, and many others? What media cataloging program allows total newbies and HTML pros to create a web site of images with just two clicks? What shareware has been extolled by digital photographers and dtp professionals for its power, Photoshop compatibility and color precision? [Archived as /info-mac/gst/iview.hqx; 945K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:54 -0700 From: fedefil@factor-software.com Subject: [*] MacPipes 2.2.7 What is MacPipes? Classic arcade puzzle in which you have to connect a certain number of pipes of various shapes before the timer runs out and water starts to flow. If you connect the required number of pipes, you progress to the next level of the game. Extra points are awarded for connecting more pipes than needed, as well as for making loops in your pipeline. Requirements: 68020/030/040 or PowerPC; 1.2 MBytes free memory; Mac OS 7.0.1 or later; any monitor supporting 256 colors; Sound Manager 3.0 or later. What's new in MacPipes 2.2.7? Updated author's e-mail and Web site URLs in both software and documentation. Installation The MacPipes package is distributed in form of an "Installer" application. To install MacPipes just launch the installer and follow the simple instructions. Distribution MacPipes is 5$ shareware. You can distribute MacPipes freely, provided that you leave the software and the accompanying documentation unchanged. You can include MacPipes in CD-ROMs and other software collections only by previous agreement. Thanks and best regards. Federico [Archived as /info-mac/game/macpipes-227.hqx; 876K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:50 -0700 From: info@myriad-online.com Subject: [*] Melody Assistant 3.1.0 Melody Assistant 3.1.0 Complete score editor and music composition software. Includes a built-in softsynth. It offers a friendly interface and powerful features: An easy-to-use editor enables you to place and move notes on the staves. It processes all the break and effect symbols and uses them while playing the music. You can record your own sounds and use them as instruments in your tunes. It calculates tablatures for any fretted instrument or harmonica and displays the chord diagrams. A wide guitar chord diagram user-defineable library is provided. You can associate lyrics to a tune, and let the music play in Karaoke (multi-voices) mode. Graphic and texts can be inserted at any point on the score. A jukebox is integrated (playlist). New : Multi-language support (English, French, Italian & German) Custom Harmonica definition Enhanced EPS export Read and Write ASCII TAB file format Author's e-mail address : info@myriad-online.com Web site : http://www.myriad-online.com Best regards, D.& O. Guillion Myriad 22 rue Pierre d'Aragon 31200 Toulouse FRANCE [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/melody-assistant.hqx; 2990K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:51 -0700 From: maxtm@moonbeam-online.com Subject: [*] Midimizer 1.0 PPC Midimizer 1.0 PPC Mix and match all your favorite QuickTime MIDI files with this free MIDI playlist and playback utility, with such features as a collapsable playback window and shuffle and repeat functions. Freeware MoonBeam - Simply useful Mac software. http://www.moonbeam-online.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midimizer-ppc.hqx; 359K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:49 -0700 From: bono@winternet.com Subject: [*] Musicolor 1.0 Musicolor 1.0 (21 FEB 99) Musicolor is the first version of an application that I created which generates a 12 color palette from a color that you choose or one that is randomly selected from the computer. Another important feature is the indication of sub-palettes of color from this generated color wheel, based on the voicing of musical chords. Musicolor requires a Macintosh PowerPC or above. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/musicolor-10.hqx; 1237K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:15:03 -0700 From: fedefil@factor-software.com Subject: [*] MyEyes 2.3.4r2 What is MyEyes? MyEyes draws on the menubar a pair of eyes constantly following the cursor movement. Using a control panel you can modify almost every aspect of the eyes (color, position, behaviour). MyEyes also supports plug-ins (External Eyes Sets), giving users the opportunity of designing their own eyes icons and/or use icons made by other people. System requirements 68020/030/040 or PowerPC; 80 KBytes free memory for the extension; Mac OS 7.1 or later; Color QuickDraw. What's new in MyEyes 2.3.4? General: - Updated author's e-mail and Web site URLs in both software and documentation. - Updated External Eyes Sets: "Comic Eyes", "Egyptian Eye". Control Panel specific: - Increased Appearance Manager compliance under Mac OS 8.5 (Appearance Manager 1.1). - Increased compatibility with Kaleidoscope schemes under Mac OS 8.5. - Internet Config Extension 2.0 or later is now required to launch URLs with the proper helper application (note: this extension is part of the Mac OS installation starting from version 8.5). Installation The MyEyes package is distributed in form of an "Installer" application. To install MyEyes just launch the installer and follow the simple instructions. It is recommended to restart your computer after installation. Distribution MyEyes is 10$ shareware. You can distribute MyEyes freely, provided that you leave the software and the accompanying documentation unchanged. You can include MyEyes in CD-ROMs and other software collections only by previous agreement. Thanks and best regards. Federico [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/myeyes-234.hqx; 490K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:57 -0700 From: KarlBunker@aol.com Subject: [*] PhoneTech 1.0.1 PhoneTech is a versatile utility that provides many powerful phone-related technologies that usually require expensive software, special hardware, or both. Working through any ordinary modem, PhoneTech provides the following features: * Includes a compact and easy to use "Phone Book" with which you can store any number of names and phone numbers for quick access. * "Keep trying" technology: if the line is busy or there is no answer, PhoneTech can retry the number periodically until you get through. You don't even have to pick up the phone until you're successfully connected. * System wide hotkey allows you to switch instantly between your modem (for dialing) and your phone (for speaking) from within any application. Work at your Mac in comfort while PhoneTech toils in the background getting through to your party. * Voice mail macros: fight automated phone answering systems with your own automation! Do you call companies that require you to press 1, then press 3, then enter your 16-digit account number, then enter your 5-digit password? Now you can "script" the process and do it all with one mouse click. * A call timer can show you the accumulated time of phone calls, with an option to automatically time only long distance calls. * Keep notes on each entry in your PhoneTech phone book; these notes can be easily updated, automatically date-stamped, and up to 32K long. * Sophisticated "import" feature allows you to transfer names and phone numbers from other databases to the PhoneTech phone book. * "Listen In" feature turns your modem into a one-way speaker phone. If you're put on hold, you can use this to listen in on the line without holding the receiver to your ear. * Automatic translation of text phone numbers, such as "1-800-SOS-APPL". * Integration with Qualcomm's Now Contact(tm), so that Now Contact can automatically use PhoneTech, with its "keep trying" feature and other capabilities, to dial phone numbers. * And, as they say, "much more!" Virtually everyone who spends any time at a Mac has to make phone calls while they work. Some do this only occasionally, while others make calls constantly as part of their job. Either way, the process can be made vastly more convenient and less troublesome, without having to learn a complex new hardware or software system, for the vanishingly small investment of $20.00. Minimum requirements for PhoneTech are any Mac with a 68020 processor or better (includes all Power Macs) running System 7.1 or later, a modem and a phone on the same line as the modem. PhoneTech is shareware and costs only $20.00. This download version is complete and not disabled in any way; registered customers receive a code to turn off "please register" reminders. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/phonetech.hqx; 422K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:56 -0700 From: mgreene@citynet.net Subject: [*] PsychScheduler201.sea PsychScheduler/PsychOffice 2.0 - A Filemaker Pro 3.0 Appointment Book and Patient Management solution for the psychologist/psychiatrist. Requirements: Mac or PC (Win95 long filenames used), FileMaker Pro 3.0 or higher Both Windows and Macintosh versions are available. PsychScheduler includes the following features: - Multi-column appointment book appears and works the same as the traditional paper version. Different views include daily with multiple therapists or weekly with one therapist. Now includes ability to automatically find next available appointment slot. - Fully-functioning perpetual calendar makes appointment navigation a snap. - Patient Database includes client contact sheet containing background info, insurance info, presenting problems, diagnoses, and a portal view of scheduled appointments. - Appointment Database includes psychological contact form, psychiatric contact form, and the ability to print daily or weekly appointment schedules. - Office messaging. - Procedural billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable (direct Insurance billing not yet available). - Accounting reports - Account activity, aging, daily activity, ytd activity. Archive checked with Disinfectant 3.71. Can include on CD-ROM if desired. [Archived as /info-mac/data/psych-scheduler-201.hqx; 536K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:15:00 -0700 From: mchevalier@WELLESLEY.EDU Subject: [*] Random Sig Random Sig v1.0b - a random signature generator for the Macintosh. Should go in /comm/inet/mail [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/random-sig.hqx; 21K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:15:04 -0700 From: mk@kagi.com Subject: [*] T-Minus Ten 2.1 - Task Manager T-Minus Ten is a task automation utility. Use it to configure hot keys and hot spots to drive apps, scripts and documents. A handy timer function puts your Mac on auto-pilot during off-hours, running back-up scripts, creating customizable sets of file launches and more. Anything that can be scripted with AppleScript or opened by the Finder can be turned into an automated task. Version 2.1 adds new scheduling options, improves the activity log, and fixes bugs. T-Minus Ten requires System 7.5 or later and is available for 68K and PowerPC Macs. More information is available at: http://home.austin.rr.com/mk/tmt/tmt.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/tmt-21.hqx; 957K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:14:55 -0700 From: DustynK@aol.com Subject: [*] WallRunners v2.0 - The Simply Challenging Game WallRunners(tm) v2.0 -- "The Simply Challenging Game(tm)" WallRunners, which in its primitive days was known as SuperBike, is a very simple, yet extremely addictive shareware game for Mac OS. The two-player mode is an absolute blast! In the not-so-distant future, cybersports, played across the Internet, are the primary source of entertainment and competition. The most popular of these network sports is WallRunners, where two players go head-to-head piloting special bikes which leave a wall wherever they go. The object is to entrap your opponent before she traps you. To keep things interesting, each player has one missile that can be used any time during a game, which blows through any nearby walls, possibly giving them an extra chance to win. WallRunners v2.0 has been completely rewritten from the original SuperBike "hack." The same tried-and-true gameplay design has been retained perfectly, but the entire program is greatly improved in every aspect. The play control is now flawless. Keys are perfectly responsive, and do not repeat, preventing accidental suicide like would happen before. Also, every key on the keyboard (except Caps Lock, for obvious reasons) is a possible control key. Yes, you can now choose your own keys. A Strict Play option disables the missiles if you so choose. And perhaps the biggest improvement: the new computer player AI is quite a bit smarter and actually pretty hard to beat. It has no strategy, but is nearly flawless in its gameplay. WallRunners v2.0 is $5.00 shareware. Don't play it unless you want to have loads of fun! ;D WallRunners is a product of Cinnamon GameSoft, a division of Cinnamon Computer Products. http://members.aol.com/dustynk/cinnamonsoft [Archived as /info-mac/game/wallrunners-20.hqx; 94K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:41:10 -0500 From: gord@inforamp.net Subject: Creative Alliance Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:42:13 -0500 To: digest@info-mac.org From: Gord Shlanger Subject: .cpt file Help! What's a .cpt file and what do I need to open it with? TIA. ________________________________________________________________ Gord Shlanger Creative Alliance 47 Sycamore Drive Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 5V3 (905) 707-9300 (tel) (905) 886-1506 (fax) gord@inforamp.net or gordshlanger@email.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:24:13 -0800 From: "Maurice M. McNeil" Subject: (A) Backup hardware recommendations > I want to do regular whole disk (up to 9 GB of files) unattended backups. > Is there a removable media solution that is appropriate? DAT Tapes & Retrospect Remote, I believe with the right size tapes & compression settings will hold as much as 18G. We use them regularly and they have been very reliable. Hay for the horses, Whiskey for my men, and a plate of flies for my pet toad! ______^______ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>*----(___\) "Sleek & Fast, a G3 Powered Machine" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 23:32:10 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (C) Kaleidoscope 2.1.2 a vast improvement Dear Digest readers, I may not write articles for magazines, but I must say this program is something write about. The QuickDraw routines for drawing windows have been sped up to even faster than Apple already has on MacOS 8.5.1. I don't know how it does that, but now the G3 Powerbook is really cooking with gas (if you pardon the idiom). Not only that, schemes that formerly would crash are now stable. If there is one shareware to get, it is Kaleidoscope. I met a Windows 98 user and she said to me that you just can't change schemes anywhere near as quickly on Windows 98. When shareware outdoes commercial software, then it is really a treat. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:00:34 -0500 From: Michael Holtzman Subject: (Q) USB Joystick for iMac Greetings. I am looking for a USB joystick for my new (grape) iMac. Preferably one that supports both new (game Sprockets) and older titles. Recommendations ? ? Thanx. Michael S. Holtzman St. John's University (NY) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:28:10 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [A] Launcher background color? Yes, There was a way to change the patterns displayed in Apple desk accessories under OS 7.5. > CHANGING UTILITY PATTERNS > > You can change the background pattern of System 7.5 utility windows such as Find File, Calculator, and Scrapbook. Gary > Stahara of Arvada, Colorado, suggests the following method: Open the Desktop Patterns control panel, and scroll to find a > pattern you like. Press option to change the Set Desktop Pattern button to Set Utilities Pattern, and click that button. > Whatever pattern you set will be used for all the utility windows. Unfortunately, this no longer works under OS 8.X. I have poked around in the Launcher control panel in the past. I discovered that text strings in the MASH resource stored the colors of the various folder background colors. These strings were displayed in hexidecimal color codes (other wise simular to html color codes, these have an extra set of digits to handle shades of grey). I think someone hacked up a TMPL resource for ResEdit that allows you to more easily change these codes, check www.resexcellence.com. BTW the MASH resource also appears in the AtEase application. Happy Hunting. Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:17:22 PST From: "Randall G. Floyd" Subject: [A] Oops! I got my knickers in a knot with Eudora's BCC Hi Douglas, You need to put at least one address in the 'To:' field, otherwise it reads like you say. If you just put one address in that field, that's the address all the recipients will see. I've seen people make up an address that kind of indicates the group to whom you are sending but is not a real email address but I've never messed with that myself. Randall >I sent out a number of BCC emails. My understanding was the with BCC only >one name would show from the list for each email. However, what appears is >a message that says "To: Recipient List Suppressed:;" Some of the people >who received it decided, before reading the content, this was spamm and >sent me a fair amount of hate mail. > >END ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:07:01 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [A] OS RAM utilization and VM? Chuck, I can confirm that you are not crazy and that there symptoms are 'normal'. Mac OS 8.5 is completely native PowerPC code. As with all other PowerPC native applications, these files require significantly more RAM when Virtual Memory is turned off. Virtual Memory uses a portion of your Hard drive as a temporary storage area for things loaded into RAM but not currently being used. On the PowerBook 5300, this means not only a big performance hit as the machine constantly spins up the drive, but if you have the original drive (500-750 MB) Virtual Memory is reserving a chunk of space equal to your available RAM plus one MB. Ouch! Alternately, you can turn off Virtual Memory and instead take the hit in your available RAM. Both of these options suck, but there is another way... If you install RamDoubler8 there is a setting called 'memory mapping only'. This means that SpeedDoubler is telling the OS that Virtual Memory is on and that it can chill out and stop hording RAM, but it is not actually using any hard disk space and therefore is not lagging by checking the hard disk every 15 seconds. I went back to OS 8.1 on my PowerBook, the advances just didn't outweigh the performance hit. But I recommend both SpeedDoubler and RamDoubler, especially for the PowerBook 5300. Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 19:09:33 +0800 From: Steve Marder Subject: [Q] Reverse printing on StyleWriter 2500? This question has undoubtedly come up many times in the past: When printing to a Color StyleWriter 2500, how is it possible to print pages in reverse order? In Word 98, "Reverse print order" is one of the options readily accessible under "Word Options" when "Print..." is selected. Word 5.1 does not have this capability. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:15:27 -0500 From: "Michael Blair" Subject: [Q] Scheduled shutdown doesn't work... On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:30:05 PST, "Randall G. Floyd" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to schedule my machine to shutdown using the Energy Saver > control panel. It seems like it did it a few months ago correctly but now > it won't. Any known conflicts to this? I set the time and then nothing > happens. I'm using a G3/300. > I haven't been able to get scheduled shut down to work with any version of OS 8 on a 7200/120. I accomplish it with Retrospect after my daily back up script has run. -- Michael Blair ======================================================================= Blair Technical Communications Tel: (514) 989-8713 106 - 3500 Atwater Avenue Fax: (514) 989-7521 Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3H 1Y5 Email: mjblair@total.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:58:32 CST From: U33515@UICVM.UIC.EDU Subject: C++ Compilers >>> For an entry level c++ student, what are the >>> good and inexpensive c++ compilers for Mac? Metroworks _Code Warrior_ is very popular here. A student discount is available. tom ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:49:10 -0500 From: Neal Blank Subject: Changing default window size in Emailer I'd like to have Claris Emailer (v2.03) open, by default, a narrower window when I create outgoing mail. I can't find any way to do that via Preferences settings. Manually resizing the window for each new email is a nuisance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neal Blank Writer/Photographer nealb@p3.net http://p3.net/~nealb/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:34:22 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: dealing with hqx or bin files. It is actually rather easy. You get a copy of stuffit expander, it is drag and drop simplicity, and works every time. mbl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 15:51:48 -0600 From: Edward Floden Subject: DropStuff for SITD5 Owners (C) At 21:09 -0500 1999.02.25, Al Bloom wrote: > I got annoyed enough, and curious enough, this evening to download DS51 > this evening. Yee haw! The naughtywording thing did not ask for a regno > or a shareware fee. It knew my SITD5 identification number. > > Now why couldn't Aladdin have told us that? They did. On Aladdin's front page, it says "NEW! Aladdin DropStuff 5.1 is shipping! Free Upgrade for DropStuff 4.5 and Deluxe 5.0 and higher users!". -- Edward Floden TechRen Enterprises ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 23:25:11 -0800 From: max Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 Also, whatever happened to the 'new folder" on Netscape Mail? I have it, but it refuses to be highlighted or utilized. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 23:22:22 -0800 From: max Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 I used the new Norton on my PowerMac 7100 and lost data galore. And I had scarcely finished installing the monster. Back to TechTool. Max Millar ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:21:23 +0100 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Measurement Conversion Software > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 21:40:53 -0500 > From: Jeffrey Frankel > Subject: Measurement Conversion Software >=20 > Does anyone know of any shareware/freeware for the performance of > measurement conversions? The particular conversion I'm interested in is > footcandles to lumens and vice versa. I realize that it would not be > too difficult to put something workable together in a spreadsheet or > database, but I'm interested in something "pretty" that's pretty much > point-and-click for the end user. >=20 > -- > Jeff Frankel > Windsor, Maine USA I'm not very physical science-savy, but you may create a little applescript applet (applescript is free: the applet will display a dialog and result the answer, so it's quite point & click): --- set UserAnswer to (display dialog "Insert how many units =AC to convert, and to what:" default answer "" buttons=AC {"footcandles->lumens", "lumens->footcandles"} with icon 1) set HowMany to the text returned of UserAnswer as real if the button returned of UserAnswer is "footcandles->lumens" then set ScriptAnswer to ((HowMany / 124 + 100) as real) else if the button returned of UserAnswer is "lumens->footcandles" then set ScriptAnswer to ((HowMany * 789 - 100) as real) end if display dialog "the answer is " & ScriptAnswer buttons {"OK"} --- Of course the formulas are total junk... I hope you'll understand. --=20 Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e` dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E` SBAGLIATA!!!" [da Roma] =7F /+----------+ Enciclopedia d.Fantascienza: http://www.fantascienza.com/edf ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:27:09 +1100 From: Subject: No second battery, just capacitance All computers have a power supply, this converts AC to DC, and transforms power to the different voltages for the different components. This system has capacitors to smooth the power too, as this is a necessary step in converting AC to DC. Capacitors work a little like batteries. The effect you saw was because of the capacitors. Capacitors are charged within seconds of pluggin in, and discharge in seconds too (depending on the capacitance, it may be milliseconds, or minutes - so beware of opening up an old black and white TV - they can keep high voltages for quite a long time apparantly) Like anything, capacitors eventually break, but the don't *go flat*. Interestingly, I was in an office of m macs and PC's when there was a glitch in the power (we later found out that a truck hit an overhead wire) that caused all the lights to go out for a moment, and every one of the PC's shutdown and rebooted. But the macs and the Unix server didn't, they stayed up and running! ** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:46:16 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: On error -192 I too get the error -192 problem, and a host of others, with wordperfect, it should rot in hell, 3.5ep, on Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1. One possible solution might be to download LocalTalk PCI 1.2 from the asu apple web site. You have to go into the browser and find it under L. It might help.. If you come up with a better or another solution, please let me know. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:09:18 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Oops! I got my knickers in a knot with Eudora's BCC At 1:38 PM -0500 2/26/99, Douglas W. St.Clair wrote: > I sent out a number of BCC emails. My understanding was the with BCC only > one name would show from the list for each email. However, what appears is > a message that says "To: Recipient List Suppressed:;" Some of the people > who received it decided, before reading the content, this was spamm and > sent me a fair amount of hate mail. You may be able to avoid this by sending it to yourself, with everyone else in the bcc:. I've send this mail that way. It's addressed to myself, cc:'ed to the info-mac digest, and bcc:'ed to Douglas. I'll follow with a message bcc'ed to both the digest and Douglas to see if there is a difference. chazl Why do I have to move with a crowd of kids that hardly notice I'm around? I have to work myself to death just to fit in. - The Who, Cut My Hair Chaz Larson - chaz at visi dot com - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 16:47:55 -0500 From: Murph Sewall Subject: OS 8.5 and Word98 Printing On 2/26/99 7:22 AM -0500, J. Feustle wrote: >Could someone point me to a patch or a workaround for this problem. *Assuming* you've downloaded and installed Microsoft's two Mac Office 98 patches (the second is specifically for System 8 glitches); try patience. I received an attached file from a colleague today with some graphics and my PowerMac OS 8.5.1 *appeared* to freeze, but 90 seconds or so later, it unlocked and printed the page without a problem. It hasn't been called MS Weird for nothing :-) -Murph ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 17:12:50 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: OS RAM utilization and VM? At 1:36 PM -0400 2/26/99, Chuck Mora wrote: > I am running OS 8.5.1 on my Powerbook 5300cs and > recently upgraded my RAM to 56meg. When running > 1meg of VM (which is the default I believe) the "About > this Macintosh" window indicates that my system uses > 12.2meg. When I turn off VM this figure jumps to over > 20meg. It just doesn't seem to add up to me. > > Can anybody tell me why this is so? With VM turned OFF, a PPC-native program must load all its PPC code into memory at the time it launches. With VM turned ON, a feature called "file-mapping" is enabled and a PPC-native program can manage its code the way a 68K program has always been able to, by swapping bits of code in and out as needed; this makes the initial memory requirements of a PPC-native program much lower. You'll see a similar thing when you get info on a PPC-native program; under the "memory" section there's a note like "Memory requirements will increase by 10K if virtual memory is turned off." [or vice-versa] Sometimes the difference is significant; Word 98's memory requirements go up by 4,620K without VM. What you're seeing is the OS-level effect of the same thing. Without VM, the OS has to load all its PPC-native code into memory when it starts up. You can gain the memory-efficiency advantages of VM's file-mapping without losing the disk space that VM requires by using RAM Doubler and setting it to "File Mapping Only". chazl Once you take away my right to speak, everybody in the world's up shit creek. - Ice-T; Freedom Of Speech [just watch what you say] Chaz Larson - chaz at visi dot com - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:40:59 -0500 From: Vincent Cayenne Subject: OS8 vs. GVTeleport internet edition At 1:26 AM +0000 2/27/99, ebass@my-dejanews.com wrote: > I get a message saying that > "Netscape could not establish a socket connection > because the port may be in use by another > application." I'm guessing here, but... If you've set the fax software to receive faxes, it would take control of the port and constantly poll for an incoming ring signal. Thus the PPP dialer seeking to establish your internet connection would report the port in use. ----- It is the slowest sculpture in the world, and there is, at times, doubt as to which is being sculpted... -- Theodore Sturgeon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:24:39 -0500 From: "Michael Blair" Subject: OS8 vs. GVTeleport internet edition ebass@my-dejanews.com wrote: > About 2 months ago, my OS8 crashed and I called > tech support and they guided me through a > clean reinstall. I did this, and all systems were go > until I reinstalled the Global Village software for > my Internet Edition GV modem. [snip > > So...the question is.....before the OS8 crash there > was no serial port conflict. Is there some sort of > extra something I reinstalled when I put back the > OS8? Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a > simple thing to correct? HELP!!!! ..ANYBODY????? > Try this. Switch your modem to the Printer (LocalTalk) port (and AppleTalk, if necessary, to the phone port). Then run the AppleTalk and Modem control panels to switch configurations. -- Michael Blair ======================================================================= Blair Technical Communications Tel: (514) 989-8713 106 - 3500 Atwater Avenue Fax: (514) 989-7521 Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3H 1Y5 Email: mjblair@total.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:36:44 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Power Computing Issues At 1:13 PM -0500 2/26/99, Douglas W. St.Clair wrote: > 1. Is anyone else having a problem with a clone and 8.5.1? 8.5.1 is working fine for me on a PowerCenter Pro 180 and on a PowerCenter 120 upgraded with a PowerLogix PowerForce G3 220. What particular problems were you having? For loads-o-help with your specific situation, come join us at the message boards on PowerWatch at > 2. Has anyone any information on Apples "commitment" to clones? Basically they have none. The last System release that is officially supported on non-Apple hardware was 8.1. 8.5 and above are not tested by Apple on anything other than the machines which they claimed support for, all of which are Apple-labelled. However, many of the seeded developers use clone machines (so 8.5, 8.5.1 and 8.6 are getting testing coverage on non-Apple machines), and as far as the Installers are concerned all the clones get identified as some flavor of Apple machine [Apple System Profiler says my PCP180 is a Power Macintosh 7200] so I suspect that future OS releases that support the clones' Apple "counterparts" will continue to work on the clones. Just don't expect Apple to care if you have trouble. chazl Once you take away my right to speak, everybody in the world's up shit creek. - Ice-T; Freedom Of Speech [just watch what you say] Chaz Larson - chaz at visi dot com - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 11:07:00 -0800 From: "Sisson, Mike" Subject: Powerbook Questions Answered Thanks to those who responded to my additional PowerBook questions (Al and Philippe). The gist of their responses was that first of all, adding memory isn't difficult. Apple even tells you how to do it in the manual. (I am generally the first one to RTFM but in this case, since it isn't my PowerBook, I don't have the manual. I'm sure my friend still does, however.) Secondly, the hinge being hard to open is a known problem which Apple will repair for free. (The PowerBook is already on the way back to the mothership.) Once again, to all of those who have responded to both my original and most recent request for assistance, I thank you! Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:45:18 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Robotics curriculum/resources Yes! There is a little known robotics software package that supports the Lego MindStorms platform. The following is from the letter column of this months MacHome magazine: RoboLab This software will work with the Lego RCX (the programmable brick that comes with MindStorms). It is distributed by Pitsco-Lego Dacta, which is the eductation channel for Lego products. RoboLab is actually a superior programming language to what ships with MindStorms (it had to be dumbed down for the consumer market). You can order RoboLab from Pitsco-Lego Dacta at 800-362-4308 for $25. The accompanying teacher's guide is another $25 and is really a must in order to learn how to use RoboLab. I don't yet have the software but plan to order it (and maybe teach my own after school robotics class). One thing I have learned from owning a Mac for three years, yes, there is more software released for Windows, but anything of any quality is released for Mac and Windows and often the Mac version is better. Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:31:27 -0500 From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: Zip problem! >I have a PPC Macintosh; 550/225; 8GB HD; running OS8.5.1. >Recently I removed the internal 2.1GB HD in favour of the 8GB now >installed, and prior to that I had no problems with my Iomega Zip drive. >However, since the swap over I am unable to start up the Mac -a blank >screen only- with the Zip drive attached. If I disconnect the Zip >everything is fine! The change of HD is the only thing that took place. >I have checked the cables, connections, ID # and termination but still >cannot solve the problem.> >Any ideas what the solution may be? I have had the same problem with an LC475 (Q605) and a Q700 after installing an internal non-Apple drive in SCSI-0. They would both boot off a non-Apple external CD-ROM, but not the Zip. I tried old zip drivers and new zip drivers. No solution found. Both worked fine when the internal drive at SCSI-0 was an Apple drive, and would boot off a zip. Perhaps the zip is using info from the internal apple drive's ROM to start up? Possible solution: keep the old 2.1 as internal drive and set up the 8 GB as an external, but set it for start-up. This should allow the zip to also serve as a start-up drive. Please post if you find a solution. Dr. Ephraim Fithian http://www.enter.net/~fithian -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************