Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #28 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 12 Feb 01 Volume 18 : Issue 28 Today's Topics: (A) Bootable CD [*] AdventureMan.sit [*] iLava.sit [*] iLife.sit [*] [*] FinderSounds Appearance CP Sound Set [*] BitTwiddler [*] Clean-Install Assistant 1.5.1J - Japanese Version [*] Desktop Demon 2 - Tool to save desktop theme, icons & window settings [*] Equate! 2.0 - a mathematical card game. [*] Euro Assistant Pro 2.3 - Japanese Version [*] Euro Assistant Pro 2.3 - Multilingual Version [*] Extension Overload v5.7.1 [*] FastArchive - archive and compress utility [*] HTML-Optimizer 4.0.1 [*] NoShift Needed 3.0 [*] PubMedConverter 3.3 [*] Re: DScan323.hqx [*] SmartView 1.0 [*] Window Monkey 1.3.1 English [A] 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts Finder memory Parsing text PRINTER Sonnet Crescendo 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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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 #28" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:47:17 -0500 From: Dwight Early To: Info-Mac Subject: (A) Bootable CD --============_-1230208854==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gang, I'd like to recommend the following sites for your=20 consideration on all things CD-R/RW. CD-Recordable FAQ http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ =20 [3-15] How do I make a bootable CD-ROM?=20 http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq03.html#[3-15] Aplix's CD-R/RW Users Guide http://www.aplix.co.jp/cdr/en/guide.html and there's always the News Groups: comp.publish.cdrom.hardware comp.publish.cdrom.software =20 comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia alt.comp.periphs.cdr Anybody know any other sites for these goodies? Well, in anycase,... Enjo= y! --Dwight Early Home Page (as such): http://www.geocities.com/dwight_early3/ P.S. Is Al Bloom lurking about? Only the Shadow knows for sure... At 10:49 PM -0500 2/5/01, Peter J. Paul wrote: >I'm actually using Adaptec Toast deluxe 4.0 with Mac os 8.6. I would to >know if any body could tell me how i can make bootle cd with this >software. > >The CD you wish to burn must have a valid system folder on it. Then, before >the burn click the =D3Data=DD button and check =D3Bootable.=DD > >Peter J. Paul http://come.to/pjp pjp@cheerful.com --============_-1230208854==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Gang, I'd like to recommend the following sites for your consideration on all things CD-R/RW. CD-Recordable FAQ http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ Times_New_Roman[3-15] How do I make a bootable CD-ROM? =20 http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/faq03.html#[3-15] Aplix's CD-R/RW Users Guide http://www.aplix.co.jp/cdr/en/guide.html and there's always the News Groups: 0000,0000,FFFFcomp.publish.cdrom.hardware<= /color> 0000,0000,FFFFcomp.publish.cdrom.software<= /color> 0000,0000,FFFFcomp.publish.cdrom.multimed= ia 0000,0000,FFFFalt.comp.periphs.cdr= Anybody know any other sites for these goodies? Well, in anycase,... Enjoy!=20 --Dwight Early Home Page (as such): http://www.geocities.com/dwight_early3/ P.S. Is Al Bloom lurking about? Only the Shadow knows for sure... At 10:49 PM -0500 2/5/01, Peter J. Paul wrote: I'm actually using Adaptec Toast deluxe 4.0 with Mac os 8.6. I would to know if any body could tell me how i can make bootle cd with this software. The CD you wish to burn must have a valid system folder on it. Then, before the burn click the =D3Data=DD button and check =D3Bootable.=DD =20 Peter J. Paul http://come.to/pjp =20 pjp@cheerful.com=20 --============_-1230208854==_ma============-- ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Tom Angleberger To: Subject: [*] AdventureMan.sit ADVENTURE MAN Cheer on Adventure Man as he tries to save the Village, the Prime Minister, maybe even the WORLD! Daring stunts! Nailbiting action! Will he make it in time? A screensaver module with a plot! Seriously addictive! My all-time best is finally adapted for iMac, G4s and big monitors! And improvements have been made to the "classic" AdvMan for you folks using 640x480 monitors, too! For use with Darkside or Afterdark. It's Freeware from HCS. Include on any CD or other compilation. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/adventure-man-2000.hqx; 453 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Tom Angleberger To: Subject: [*] iLava.sit iLava My Lava Lamp screensaver is back with a more realistic setting and new and improved LAVA ACTION! For use with Darkside or Afterdark. It's Freeware from HCS. Include on any CD or other compilation. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/ilava.hqx; 305 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Tom Angleberger To: Subject: [*] iLife.sit iLife This colorful screensaver module pits kajillions of microbes against each other in a eye-popping, fast-chomping battle for supremacy of the Petri Dish! In this real-time simulation, you can control the variables that balance life and death * population, speed, size limit and number of microbe species. It's my wildest, fastest screensaver yet! For use with Darkside or Afterdark. It's Freeware from HCS. Include on any CD or other compilation. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/ilife.hqx; 42 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Allan Hunter To: Subject: [*] [*] FinderSounds Appearance CP Sound Set Back when I got my first Mac, an SE running system 6, I was given a public domain disk distributed by Rutgers University that contained a Control Panel called FinderSounds which has a creation date of May 1990. The Soundmaster Control Panel was more popular, but I was always partial to the sounds provided by FinderSounds. Leap forward almost a decade and Apple is supplying us with Sound Sets in the Appearance Control Panel, and I wondered, "Do you suppose those old FinderSounds would sound halfway decent if the resources were copied out and pasted into a copy of an Appearance Sound Set?" Sure enough, it worked. There are more sounds in the modern version, so in some placed I did some SoundEditing of a Platinum sound or a FinderSound, and in a couple of places I left the Platinum sound intact, but all of the original FinderSounds have a home now in this FinderSounds Soundset. Public domain / freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/findersounds-soundset.hqx; 520 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Dan Lamet To: Subject: [*] BitTwiddler BitTwiddler is a value conversion program. It is very powerful and convenient way to prototype simple computer alorithms. BitTwiddler displays a 32-bit value in most of the ways that they might be interpreted by a computer, such as integer, ASCII characters, bytes or a color. A value may be changed in any format, and the other values are automatically updated. The quickest way to understand what BitTwiddler can do for you is to see the demo at . (This program may be included in the CD-ROM) [Archived as /info-mac/dev/bittwiddler.hqx; 115 K] ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Clean-Install Assistant 1.5.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Clean-Install Assistant package. Clean-Install Assistant makes it easier to migrate third-party and personal items to a new Clean-Installed System Folder, and it may also be used to: *Save space and backup your valuable additions and preference files only, instead of the whole System Folder. *Install the same set of additions on multiple Macs. *Remove extra files and folders from your System Folder to restore it to a previous state: you can take a "snapshot" of the System Folder and have Clean-Install Assistant extract any items added since. v1.5.1 allows moving files from Mac OS 9.1 to a newer Mac OS version, or to/from 9.1 and previous versions. It is free for personal and educational use. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/clean-install-assist-151-jp.hqx; 1077 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: jonathan16@btinternet.com To: Subject: [*] Desktop Demon 2 - Tool to save desktop theme, icons & window settings DesktopDemon 2 02-07-01 Fire Imp Software www.fireimp.com Shareware: US$15 Requirements: OS 8.6+ , AppleScript Installed (default anyway) DesktopDemon memorizes your desktop and desktop settings (such as video depth and resolution) so that you can quickly restore the desktop to your preferred settings. You can even create multiple settings for different work/play environments, or for multiple members of your household. If you don't want to use the Multiple Users function of your Mac, or just want the ability to restore your desktop to how you like it quickly and easily, check out Desktop Demon. It's infernally good! --- www.macdownload.com Version 2.0 has a "Trash Disposal System" built-in. DesktopDemon can be included on cover CD's. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-demon-2.hqx; 958 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Angela Brett To: Subject: [*] Equate! 2.0 - a mathematical card game. Equate! is a one-player mathematical card game - you have to make equations by dragging arithmetic operators between the cards you're dealt. Try to make the longest equation you can to get the most points. If you can't make an equation, you'll have to deal more cards, whose values will be added to the current ones. Once you've created an equation, you can remove it and the spaces will be filled with cards from the deck. There are options for how many cards will be dealt at a time, and you can play a timed or untimed game. Each combination of options has its own high score list. The Equate! homepage is at http://acronyms.co.nz/software/equate.html [Archived as /info-mac/edu/equate-20.hqx; 763 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: MaBaSoft To: Subject: [*] Euro Assistant Pro 2.3 - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of Euro Assistant Pro. Euro Assistant Pro is a powerful, but easy-to-use currency conversion calculator directed to both European and non-European users. Euro Assistant Pro lets you: - convert any currency to any other currency; - calculate multiple conversions (up to 12 currencies can be simultaneously displayed); - calculate and convert the result of algebraic expressions; - specify a base currency different from euro; - add custom currencies; - automatically update exchange rates over the Internet; - import and automatically convert series of values stored in text files and clippings; - log, copy and print conversions; - save or clip conversions to a text file. * * * System Requirements Euro Assistant Pro needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better and System 7.5 or higher. Open Transport 1.1.1 or higher must be available to update exchange rates over the Internet. * * * What's new in Euro Assistant Pro 2.3? - Greece has entered the Economic and Monetary Union and the euro has become official currency in Greece: Euro Assistant Pro introduces the Greek Drachma's irrevocable euro conversion rate (1 EUR = 340.750 GRD) and lists the Greek Drachma in the EMU currencies' group. - Several minor bugs have been fixed and some interface improvements have been introduced. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/euro-assistant-pro-23-jp.hqx; 828 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: MaBaSoft To: Subject: [*] Euro Assistant Pro 2.3 - Multilingual Version This is the multilingual version of Euro Assistant Pro (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, Danish Swedish, Finnish). Euro Assistant Pro is a powerful, but easy-to-use currency conversion calculator directed to both European and non-European users. Euro Assistant Pro lets you: - convert any currency to any other currency; - calculate multiple conversions (up to 12 currencies can be simultaneously displayed); - calculate and convert the result of algebraic expressions; - specify a base currency different from euro; - add custom currencies; - automatically update exchange rates over the Internet; - import and automatically convert series of values stored in text files and clippings; - log, copy and print conversions; - save or clip conversions to a text file. * * * System Requirements Euro Assistant Pro needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better and System 7.5 or higher. Open Transport 1.1.1 or higher must be available to update exchange rates over the Internet. * * * What's new in Euro Assistant Pro 2.3? - Greece has entered the Economic and Monetary Union and the euro has become official currency in Greece: Euro Assistant Pro introduces the Greek Drachma's irrevocable euro conversion rate (1 EUR = 340.750 GRD) and lists the Greek Drachma in the EMU currencies' group. - Several minor bugs have been fixed and some interface improvements have been introduced. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/euro-assistant-pro-23.hqx; 877 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Teng Chou Ming To: Subject: [*] Extension Overload v5.7.1 Extension Overload is an extensions, control panels, control strip modules and contextual menus management application. It offers detail information of 4358 extensions and control panels, control strip modules and contextual menu items in your system. It also lets you activate and deactivate them, so that you can always easily tailor your system to your current requirements. In addition, Extension Overload includes a useful collection of helpful information and tidbits. New features in v5.7.1 * Contains descriptions of 2960 Extensions. * Contains descriptions of 1070 Control Panels. * Contains descriptions of 1070 Control Strip Modules. * Contains descriptions of 108 Contextual Menu Items. * Total of 4358 extensions, extensions, CSM and CMM plugins. * Better support for non English Mac OS. * Improved memory management of code for tight memory situations. * Fixed a bug that could cause crashes on systems earlier than MacOS 8.5 if Navigation Services were not installed. Extension Overload require a 601 or newer processor with 2 MB of free RAM. System 7 to Mac OS 9.1 are supported. The official homepage for Extension Overload is http://www.ExtensionOverload.com [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/extension-overload-571.hqx; 1636 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: "Nate Wilson" To: Subject: [*] FastArchive - archive and compress utility FastArchive is a shareware archive and compression utility. It creates archives of folders and disks and optionally compresses the archives to save disk space. Features Ç More than twice as fast as Aladdin's Stuffitü Ç Support for OS 9 application packages Ç Saves long filenames up to 255 characters Ç Saves comments in Finder's Get Info windows Ç Scriptable with AppleScript Ç Low shareware price $5 U.S. System Requirements Ç FastArchive requires a PowerPC with OS 9 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/fast-archive.hqx; 43 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] HTML-Optimizer 4.0.1 HTML-Optimizer 4.0.1 What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages incl. images. Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: Shareware US$10 Computer: PowerPC or iMac Mac OS: 7.5 or later (best Mac OS 8.6 or later) Abstract: HTML-Optimizer is the ideal tool for managing your web site. It checks your web pages for broken links and dangling tags and optimizes both text and graphic files. The program offers 5 functions plus a number of useful options that make working with HTML-Optimizer very easy. Especially the new 'duplimize' feature comes in handy for uploading an optimized web folder. The program has a built-in Manual and Balloon Help is supported too. The five basic functions of HTML-Optimizer are: 1. Optimizing HTML code by removing unnecessary characters and tags, which results in faster loading of your pages in your client's browser. Embedded script code, e.g. JavaScript, is not ruined. Graphic file resources, which are of no use on the web, are removed, saving 10 to 80 % of space. 2. Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for Width, Height and Alt attributes. Missing attributes are added with values which are automatically detected. 3. Checking the validity of the internal hyperlinks, 8 levels deep. 4. Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find and fix them quickly. 5. Converting special characters to the &....; notation. HTML-Optimizer 4.0.1 fixes a bug that could corrupt the application when clicking the Register Offline button. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-401.hqx; 1170 K] ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 2001 From: "Royce K. DeBow Sr." To: Subject: [*] NoShift Needed 3.0 NoShift Needed is a clever little program written with SEVERAL people in mind. Business people who want to SAVE time. Or say you only have one hand, arm, toe, or other handicap (WHATEVER) to type with. It's for you. Or maybe your just LAZY. It's for you too! It's also for you if you type a lot of email addresses@WHEREVER. It's for you. If you have a habit of putting a lot of things in (parentheses). It's for you. If you like to write in shorthand & you use % 's a lot. It's for you. It's for you if your into $$$, or #'s or if you end a lot of things with this! And lastly, if your into + 's and _ 's it's for you also. So what is it?? READ the NAME again!! You can type the entire top numerical row and instead of123456789 - = you get: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + which are a lot more useful keys and when you need the numbers 1234567890 simply use the numeric key pad on the right side of the keyboard. Everything above has been made WITHOUT stopping to hold down the shift key! *TRY IT! YOUR GONNA LOVE IT. And wonder how you ever got along without it!.* [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/no-shift-needed-30.hqx; 48 K] ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 2001 From: kinda@wa2.so-net.ne.jp To: Subject: [*] PubMedConverter 3.3 PubMedConverter 3.3 is a text conversion engine for PubMedMakerII 3.8. PubMedMakerII 3.8 can accept download files with revised MEDLINE format after early Feb 2001. The conversion errors of PubMedConverter 3.0b included in MedMakerII 3.8 are fixed in this version. What's new in PubMedConverter 3.3 (Feb 10, 2001) 1. Improvement of conversion error of the papers, such as, Editorial, Letter, Lecture, Congress, no Authors, Authors ended with et al, missed period at the end of Abstract, and missed UI (Unique Identifier). 2. Revision of conversion for Reference setup. --1) Period is added to the end of all Titles. Some Titles have period and others do not have at the end in the revised MEDLINE records at PubMed. --2) Period is removed at the end of Journal data. You can correctly setup Page data by this revision. System Requirements PubMedMakerII 3.8 [Archived as /info-mac/text/pub-med-converter-33.hqx; 90 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Giuseppe Giunto To: Subject: [*] Re: DScan323.hqx What's new version 3.2.3 (Minor update) Now Doublet Scan and its relative items are installed from the installer. Added the possibility to search for unique items (not duplicate) in the "Custom Search" window. Improved some graphical routines. Fixed minor bugs. Localizations available at: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html Japanese French Doublet Scan is a fast and professional way to find all the duplicates & more on your hard disks, Doublet Scan 3.2.3 is for PowerPC machines only. If you have an older machine you must use the 2.5 version. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/doublet-scan-323.hqx; 1475 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Sascha Bigalke To: Subject: [*] SmartView 1.0 SmartView 1.0 - With SmartView you are able to display setext files like TidBITS for example. Hyperlinks in the setext document are clickable and dragging of selected text is also possible. SmartView is freeware and requires a PowerPC based Macintosh. [Archived as /info-mac/text/smart-view-10.hqx; 623 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 2001 From: Tiger Technologies To: Subject: [*] Window Monkey 1.3.1 English This is the English version of Window Monkey 1.3.1. Window Monkey adds background pictures or textures to any window in the Finder -- it's like "Desktop Patterns" or "Desktop Pictures", but for folder window backgrounds instead of the desktop. You can color-code your windows to see at a glance what they contain, or use wild patterns just for fun. Give your folder of "work stuff" a background that looks like a legal pad, or choose a background of hearts for that Zip disk full of love letters. This program also helps you better manage your windows in every application (not just the Finder): You can use the handy Window Monkey menu to quickly go to any window in any application, even if it's buried beneath many other windows. Window Monkey also remembers recently used folders and lets you instantly jump to any open or recently used folder from an Open or Save dialog box. Over 60 background patterns are included, and you can add as many as you wish by simply pasting or dragging your own pictures into the control panel. Version 1.3.1: - works around a problem in Mac OS 9.1 that caused a conflict with PopChar - fixes a conflict with recent versions of GraphicConverter - the "background Finder window click" feature can now be turned off or assigned a key combination - more than a dozen new patterns are included Window Monkey is compatible with System 7, Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 (including 9.1). $19.95 shareware. A Japanese version is also available. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/window-monkey-131.hqx; 848 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 16:53:00 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: "Info-Mac List" Subject: [A] 9.0.4 file sharing perpetually starting, never starts Thanks to the readers who responded to my problem with file sharing that was perpetually starting up, but never finished. Turns out, I knew the answer, I just didn't know that I knew it. Reader Theresa Kraft prompted me to find the AppleShare PDS invisible file at the root level of my hard disk, make it visible, then trash it and try again. At first I didn't think it had worked...but it (finally) did! Reader Bill Waits suggested trashing File Sharing CP prefs, AppleShare Prep, and AppleTalk Preferences all from the Preferences Folder; if that didn't work, removing the above again, moving the Preferences folder out of the System Folder, plus deleting: >File Sharing Extension >Apple Enet >Apple Ethernet CS >Apple Ethernet CS II >Apple Ethernet LC >Apple Ethernet NB >Apple Built-In Ethernet >EtherTalk Phase 2 and re-installing; once it worked, restart from a different volume and replace the original Preferences folder. Whew! Glad I got it working before having to resort to all that. Thanks, Digesters! Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 20:49:49 -0500 From: Kate To: Subject: Finder memory Try "Jerry's Finder Patch" - freeware found in the usual places or email Jerry It does a lot of other cool things, too. Just a satisfied user. Kate ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 13:55:12 -0500 From: Philippe Casgrain To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Parsing text >I would like to know if anyone knows of a drag-and-drop utility that will parse >text for you (perferably with a preference for the amount of lines)? > >Let me explain...I have a list of about 1000 codes (1 code to a row). > >I would like to break that up into 100 code (i.e. row) chunks. I know that I ca >n do copy/paste, and I wouldn't mind once or twice, but I will have about 2 of t >hese a day, and after a while, that will get tedious. This sounds like a perfect job for a Perl droplet. I can probably whip one up in a few minutes. If you can't wait, look at the following utilities on Info-Mac: However, I think that these file splitters will split by size, not by number of lines (i.e. a line could be split in the middle). In that case, a small Perl droplet is in order. hth, Philippe Casgrain ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 15:39:13 -0600 From: "r7e7l7jr" (by way of Hugh Lewis) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: PRINTER Hello! By mistake and my own stupidity, I threw away the file(s) that run my wife's "ImageWriter II" 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. Blessings, R E LANGFORD JR r_e_langford_jr.parti@ecunet.org =or= r7e7l7jr@netzero.net SAINT JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH 223 W Orange St, Lancaster, PA 17603-3747 (717) 394-2881 Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:01:07 -0600 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Sonnet Crescendo G4 I made a big mistake on raising my frustration level, but I might have been more frustrated if I hadn't tried. I tried to install an accelerator in my mac 8500 on Friday afternoon/night and now I have to wait all weekend to find out what I did wrong. Sonnet Crescendo techs go home on the weekends. I had to catch them in before they left and before I could read the instructions. Then I figured Friday's techs must suffer a lot from guys who don't bother to read the instructions on Friday. I am blessed that everything still works but the new processor card. I don't know how to search the digest for comments on hardware. I use to use WAIS searches (West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative not!!!). WAIS (I think, wide area information service abbreviation) allows an archived digest of e mails to be searched and connects frequently asked questions through the years. This is very important for the progress/memory of a community, as it keeps the same questions from being asked over and over to the list of members to be reread. Rather an individual asks a wais server machine. I used sherlock to find WAIS nowadays ... A gag is in order to prevent an unkind flame on Apple in the news today : wais.sensei.com.au seems a busy busy server on Friday nights, so maybe someone else has grown impatient this Friday because of FDA and laser delays in Alaska (on powerbook G4). http://www.maccentral.com/news/0102/09.powerbook.shtml I know that Allan Greenspan must have something to do with this, I've already lowered my high speed interest rate. ;-) I figure that multiprocessing occurs elsewhere not elsewhen and so not requiring high speed communications, but Alaska? ;-) It is high time and late enough for me to consider some serious milk drinking spiked with jello powder. Hey, us theoretical physicists do think different! -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************