Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #195 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 10 Sep 97 Volume 15 : Issue 195 Today's Topics: [*] A.D.MONO font [*] And the winning ticket... [*] aptas [*] Attack of the Ma-Ma's! 1.0 [*] Banquet Master 2.0 [*] battle-girl demo [*] Colours [*] Default Folder 2.7.6 - OS 8 Compatible Open/Save Dialog Enhance [*] emeec.sit =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22English=2DEspa=F1ol_Cognates=22?= [*] emms.sit "Macromedia Shortcuts" [*] Enhance 4.0 Demo [*] Fake-8 RE: salvation made easy [*] hexy-10.hqx - A hex dump plug-in for BBEdit [*] Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection 1.7.3 [*] Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection 1.7.3 [*] Kaleidoscope Silver Schemes Collection 1.7.3 (updated) [*] Language Toolkit Reader 1.3 - foreign languages learning [*] Language Toolkit Writer 1.3 - foreign languages learning [*] macattack-192.sit [*] MacDNR submission [*] NameCleaner 1.7.0 - Cross-platform file renaming [*] OS8 Toolkit 2.02 submission [*] Pretty Scroll 1.0.2 - animate scrolling - Johnny C N Lee [*] ProCreation Life 1.2 - Fast A-Life Simulator [*] protractor-20 [*] silvser for kaleidoscope.hqx [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 1.5 [*] simMir v1.0.0 [*] Software & Hardware Tracker II [*] WorldClock CSM 1.2 The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, Liam Breck The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try: Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/. Administrative queries & info: Articles for digest publication: Files for inclusion: To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to and upload it to: -- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed. See our new WWW site: , where you can find all of this info and more! The Info-Mac digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Quarterdeck corporation. StarNine develops Internet server software for the Macintosh, including World Wide Web and e-mail publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #195" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:18 -0700 From: mdenton@radiology.ucsf.edu Subject: [*] A.D.MONO font This supercedes old versions of the font A.D. Mono. The typeface has not been changed, but I updated the readme to include my street address and new web address. Thank you. Matt Denton Network/IS Manager UCSF Radiology Dept. San Francisco, USA [Archived as /info-mac/font/ad-mono.hqx; 101K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:29 -0700 From: ardaniel@ucdavis.edu Subject: [*] And the winning ticket... This is the first release of And the winning ticket..., a raffle program for the Macintosh. After entering the low and high ticket numbers it will calculate the attendance and will randomly draw tickets. This is ideal for use at a User Group meeting or software demo in which prizes are raffled off. It is a fat app and takes up less than 50k, and will run on any macintosh, though it looks better if you are running with at least 256 colors. And the winning ticket... is my first Macintosh program, which I wrote to replace the aged hypercard based raffle program we were using at UCDMUG. The source code is available on my page at the URL below, as will future updates and new programs of mine. Aaron Daniel Hot Stuff Cafe [Archived as /info-mac/app/and-the-winning-ticket.hqx; 35K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:19 -0700 From: answers@ianmck.demon.co.uk Subject: [*] aptas A parent-teacher appointment scheduler. A black & white Hypercard Stack designed to provide individual appointment lists for parents wishing to interview teachers. Teacher appointments are also provided and the program is fully customisable. It is time limited to 30 days. It requires Hypercard 2.2 or higher and system 6.05 or higher The archive contaisn 5 files viz APTAS itself, a readme file and 2 sample text files to allow for testing. The program limitations are >Macintosh compatible version only >needs Palatino and Zapf Dingbats type fonts to be present on the system >maximum of 69 staff can be entered >maximum of 755 pupils can be entered Feature summary >clickable lists - minimum of typing >individual parent appointment list >parents can indicate the earliest time they can attend >individual staff appointment lists >staff can indicate their earliest and latest appointment times >staff and pupil lists can be imported from a wordprocessor >appointment lists can be browsed and printed >time interval between teacher interviews can be set to 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 >mins >time interval between parent interviews can be set to 10, 15, 20 or 30 mins >printed parent invitation customised to school and evening >facilty to include your own two line message at the foot of the parent >invitation >a help screen is available [Archived as /info-mac/edu/aptas-standard-hc.hqx; 58K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:56 -0700 From: derwin@idt.net Subject: [*] Attack of the Ma-Ma's! 1.0 The great new game "Attack of the Ma-Ma's" simulates an attack of oddly shaped aliens! The Ma-Ma's are little creatures that look like the form your fingers take when you make a little man out of your middle and index finger. They come along the screen and you get to destroy them with either a Machine Gun, Double Barrel Gun, Lightning Bolt, and an atom bomb! The plot thickens as you play, and you find out they're there because they want to take over the world! This is the first version, but I found no bugs in here. System Requirements *System 7 or later *256 Colors *2.5 MB of RAM *1.4 MB of disk space Please visit my website at http://www.slayerx09.home.ml.org Thank you, David Derwin [Archived as /info-mac/game/aotmm.hqx; 628K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:31 -0700 From: mac-stacks@kagi.com Subject: [*] Banquet Master 2.0 BANQUET MASTER(TM) 2.0 Copr. 1994-95, 1997 Bruce A. Pokras [Requires HyperCard Player 2.2 or higher, or Hyper-Stack Player (any version)] BANQUET MASTER is a full-featured, general purpose guest list organizer for your next party (large or small), banquet, wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, Sweet Sixteen, retirement party, etc. BANQUET MASTER helps you figure out who you are going to invite by allowing you to start with people in catagories such as DEFINITE, PROBABLE, and MAYBE. Until you register, you will be limited to 10 Invitation Cards (which can be used for 10 individuals, 10 couples or 10 families, or any mixture of individuals, couples and families). The names and addresses of potential guests can be typed in, or can be imported from a return-delimited text file. BANQUET MASTER displays the number of people in each catagory, so that you can keep a count as you move people from one catagory to another (children and adults can be counted separately). The list of the names and addresses of your final "definite" guests can be printed and used by the person who is addressing the invitations. Alternatively, the name and address list can be saved to disk for use with a computerized addressing system (e.g., computerized caligraphy). For more business-related uses, you can print to standard address labels. BANQUET MASTER keeps track of how many invitations you will need, who has responded to the invitation, and who is actually attending. If you are having a large affair where people are assigned to specific tables, BANQUET MASTER has a "seating function" with a drag-and-drop interface which makes the task of assigning tables very easy. The seating list can then be printed and used by the person who is preparing the placecards. Shareware $10. May be registered worldwide through the Kagi Shareware service. Bruce A. Pokras http://home.earthlink.net/~mac_stacks [Archived as /info-mac/app/banquet-master-2-hc.hqx; 437K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:57 -0700 From: slaing@ultra-united.com Subject: [*] battle-girl demo Remember your favorite arcade from the early 1980's? A dark room lit only by bright video game displays and flashing lights, brimming with electronic bells and explosions? Well, get ready to relive those days. Or maybe experience them for the first time. Ultra/United Games brings the excitement and gameplay you crave home to your Macintosh with battle-girl, the hippest, fastest, most dazzling arcade game ever on a desktop computer! With a pounding dance soundtrack and visuals created by Ultra/United's TripTronic graphics system, battle-girl will keep you up nights dreaming of it's super fast action and nonstop high-tech combat. For more information, visit the Ultra/United web site: Features: TripTronic Graphics Slamming Techno Soundtrack 16-bit Stereo Sound 8 Weapons Systems 99+ Levels Full 2D Multiscreen Action Dazzling Special Effects Particle System Explosions 15 Fiendish Enemies High Speed 360 Degree Gameplay -- scott laing ultra | united games http://www.ultra-united.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/battle-girl-demo.hqx; 2756K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:53 -0700 From: wnosaj@flash.net Subject: [*] Colours Decorate your macintosh with these lively, coloUrful icons! Deep swirls and beautiful gradients--and more! Created by Epoch Icons: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/6319 with Adobe Photoshop 3.0 and the wonderful ZONKERS! [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/colours.hqx; 64K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:39 -0700 From: support@stclairsw.com Subject: [*] Default Folder 2.7.6 - OS 8 Compatible Open/Save Dialog Enhance Default Folder is a shareware control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of the commercial SuperBoomerang and Directory Assistance utilities, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. And it's fully compatible with Mac OS 8! Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Click on a Finder window to display it in an Open or Save dialog. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. - Speed up the display of Open and Save dialogs by turning off custom color icons in the file list. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, and is accelerated for PowerPC. In addition to the standard internet archives, information and updates are available at: Default Folder may be included on the UMich and Info-Mac CD-ROMs. Version 2.7.6 incorporates the following changes: - Fixed a bug in drawing of PICT resources that could cause file dialogs to crash in some circumstances. - Updated PICT resources to be more consistent with Mac OS 8 appearance. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-276.hqx; 300K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:35 -0700 From: kmahoney@engaging.com Subject: [*] emeec.sit =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22English=2DEspa=F1ol_Cognates=22?= English-Espa=F1ol Cognates is a pack for Pairs(tm), the freeware screen saver from Engaging Media(tm), that contains 685 words of identical spelling and meaning in English and Spanish, speaks via Carlos and Catalina (Apple's Mexican-Spanish voices), and helps you quickly learn some Spanish with English words that you already know! Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D. Engaging Media http://www.engaging.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/emeec.hqx; 250K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:37 -0700 From: kmahoney@engaging.com Subject: [*] emms.sit "Macromedia Shortcuts" Macromedia Shortcuts is a set of packs for Pairs(tm), the freeware screen saver from Engaging Media(tm), that help animators, artists, and audio engineers master the keyboard shortcuts to everything in Director 6 Multimedia Studio and FreeHand Graphics Studio 7. Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D. Engaging Media http://www.engaging.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/emms.hqx; 1098K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:55 -0700 From: mattp@netins.net Subject: [*] Enhance 4.0 Demo Further information available from: www.microfrontier.com, by e-mail to info@microfrontier.com or by calling MicroFrontier at (515)270-8109. Enhance 4.0, MicroFrontier's professional-level image editing program premiered at Macworld Boston on August 6th. The latest version of this Mac-only program adds many new features such as layers, drag and drop, fully-integrated image catalogs, Web image map creation and GIF color table reduction, PNG and progressive JPEG file formats and new image retouching tools and filters that make Enhance a powerhouse tool for graphic designers. Other expanded capabilities include full support for Photoshop-compatible filter, export and acquire plug-ins (including multiple-acquire auto-save capability), pressure-sensitive tablets (including assigning any tool for the Wacom stylus eraser), and additional paint modes (multiply, lighten, darken, colorize and difference). Selections may be saved as alpha channels in PICT and Photoshop file formats, or added to a Web image map. In addition to a palette with specialized tools for image map creation, many new Web-oriented features have been added, including RGB color readouts in decimal, percent and hexadecimal; interactive previews of different color tables or bit depths; minimizing color tables and saving files with picture data only to reduce file sizes; generating HTML image tags including file name, width and height information, and the ability to preview any file in the Web browser of the user's choice. Estimated download times for images may also be displayed for various modem speeds. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS-Fully PowerPC-native, Enhance 4.0 requires any color-capable Mac (68020 or- greater), Mac OS 7.0 or greater, 6MB of RAM and 10MB free disk space. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY-Regularly $349.95, Enhance 4.0 will be available during the Macworld Expo for a show special price of just $99.00. After the show and through October 31, 1997, Enhance will be introductory-priced at $224.95. Owners of previous versions of Enhance or MicroFrontier's Color It! may upgrade for just $69.95 and 'sidegrades' from other MicroFrontier products are $99.95 through October 31, 1997. Pricing as of November 1, 1997 will be $349.95; upgrades from previous versions or Color It! will be $99.95 and 'sidegrades' from other MicroFrontier products $129.95. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/enhance-4-demo.hqx; 3116K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:26 -0700 From: mfiske@bright.net Subject: [*] Fake-8 RE: salvation made easy enclosed is a ResEdit version of my "Fake-8" icon set. Use of ResEdit when applying the new icons should eliminate the need to "touch-up" small icons. When using ResEdit (especially on system software) , always remember to work with a COPY of the software you are patching (in this case, the System suitcase), just to be on the safe side. I created this ResEdit version shortly after submitting the original "Fake-8", so that means I've been using my system for FOUR weeks now with no signs of any glitches. Three beta testers report identical results, but that still doesn't mean that I will take responsibility for damage that MAY occur. Just remember that what you are patching is a picture: nothing more. So there is really no real excuse I can come up with as to why you SHOULD experience problems after using "Fake-8." Still, you won't find any promises in this Read-Me... Oh yeah... ...this ResEdit version contains a bonus 3-D System suitcase icon. THE ONLY ICONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AFTER APPLYING THE PATCHES ARE THE FINDER AND SYSTEM ICONS. The "Internet" and "Mail" icons are still applied by the time-tested "Get Info" method (see instructions below) TO USE: * open your System Folder * option-drag your System suitcase to the desktop (this action makes a copy of the suitcase) * open the files System (from the desktop, don't forget) and System resources (from the "Fake-8" download) using Apple's ResEdit (available from this Info-Mac site) * with the System resources window active, hit the key-combination COMMAND A * use the key-combination COMMAND C (this copies the patches that will be made to the System suitcase) * click on the System window (to make it active) and use the key-combination COMMAND V (this transfers the icon changes). You will be presented with a dialog box to which you should answer "Yes". * close all of ResEdit's open windows. You will se another prompt asking if you would like to save the changes to System, to which you should answer "Yes" as well. * quit ResEdit. * now comes the tricky part: getting your newly updated System folder back into your System Folder. You'll need to startup from some startup disk other than the one that contains the System folder you'll be replacing. The "Disk Tools" disk, or it's equivalent (which is usually supplied with your computer) works nicely here. * drag the updated System suitcase back into the folder that you option-dragged it from way back when this all started. You will be prompted as to whether or not you wish to replace the "older" System suitcase. This, ultimately, is your decision, but I think you should say "Yes." * restart, using the disk with the "new" System suitcase on it as the startup disk (which should be the same startup disk that you normally startup from (and probably your main hard drive). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/fake-8.hqx; 73K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:34 -0700 From: liyanage@access.ch Subject: [*] hexy-10.hqx - A hex dump plug-in for BBEdit Hexy is a hex dump plug-in for BBEdit or BBEdit Light. It will create a hex dump of the current selection or of the whole document if there is no selection. Source code in the form of a CodeWarrior Pro 1 project is available from the Hexy homepage at http://www.access.ch/ml/hexy/welcome.html It should probably go into /text/_BBEdit/ and permission to include it on CD-ROM products is granted. -Marc Liyanage [Archived as /info-mac/text/bbe/hexy-10.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:41 -0700 From: daix@francenet.fr Subject: [*] Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection 1.7.3 Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection 1.7.3 (September 4th, 1997) by David-Artur Daix David's Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection contains new color schemes for use with Kaleidoscope, the now famous control panel written by Greg Landweber, Edward Voas and Frederick Bass. Those schemes are enhanced to take full advantage of Kaleidoscope 1.7.2 latest features for Mac OS 8 compatibility. They require Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later to work. David's Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection is shareware and costs $10. Registrations are handled by Kagi Shareware. For the latest versions of my shareware, visit my home page located at . Thanks for supporting the shareware system! (David's Kaleidoscope Hi-Tech Schemes Collection may be included on the Info-Mac and AMUG CD-ROMs. It has been checked with SAM 4.5.1) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/kalscp-hitech-schemes-173.hqx; 717K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:49 -0700 From: daix@francenet.fr Subject: [*] Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection 1.7.3 Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection 1.7.3 (September 4th, 1997) by David-Artur Daix The Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection contains new color schemes for use with Kaleidoscope, the now famous control panel written by Greg Landweber, Edward Voas and Frederick Bass. Those schemes are enhanced to take full advantage of Kaleidoscope 1.7.2 latest features for Mac OS 8 compatibility. They require Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later to work. The Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection is shareware and costs $10. Registrations are handled by Kagi Shareware. For the latest versions of my shareware, visit my home page located at . Thanks for supporting the shareware system! (David's Kaleidoscope Patterned Schemes Collection may be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. It has been checked with SAM 4.5.1) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/kalscp-pattern-schemes-173.hqx; 998K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:50 -0700 From: daix@francenet.fr Subject: [*] Kaleidoscope Silver Schemes Collection 1.7.3 (updated) Kaleidoscope Silver Schemes Collection 1.7.3 (Resent September 5th, 1997) by David-Artur Daix The Kaleidoscope Silver Schemes Collection contains new color schemes for use with Kaleidoscope 1.5, the now famous control panel written by Greg Landweber, Edward Voas and Frederick Bass. Those schemes are enhanced to take full advantage of Kaleidoscope 1.7.2 latest features for Mac OS 8 compatibility. They require Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later to work. David's Kaleidoscope Schemes Collection is shareware and costs $10. Registrations are handled by Kagi Shareware. For the latest versions of my shareware, visit my home page located at . Thanks for supporting the shareware system! (David's Kaleidoscope Silver Schemes Collection may be included on the Info-Mac and AMUG CD-ROMs. It has been checked with SAM 4.5.1) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/kalscp-silver-schemes-173.hqx; 700K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:21 -0700 From: jiwanski@alpha.luc.ac.be Subject: [*] Language Toolkit Reader 1.3 - foreign languages learning 'Language Toolkit Reader' is an interactive multimedia program for language learning. It features the integrated use of text, illustrations, sound, QuickTime movies, vocabulary, exercises based on text and sound, and notes on grammar. You use the program to access 'lessons' which are prepared separately. A teacher can prepare multimedia lessons for any target language by using the companion program 'Language Toolkit Writer'. An associated program ('Verbs & Nouns') gives access to additional support in the way of dictionaries, and offers the opportunity for further practice of inflection and translation at the level of single words. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/language-toolkit-reader-13.hqx; 1157K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:22 -0700 From: jiwanski@alpha.luc.ac.be Subject: [*] Language Toolkit Writer 1.3 - foreign languages learning 'Language Toolkit Writer' is an authoring tool for preparing interactive multimedia lessons for any language. You build a lesson by dragging-and-dropping ready-made components, pasting illustrations, adding QuickTime Movies, sound, vocabulary, exercises based on text and on sound, and notes on grammar. To save you time the program includes five ready-made exercise layouts. Students use the companion program 'Language Toolkit Reader' to make use of the lessons. An associated program ('Verbs & Nouns') allows an author to prepare additional modules to support a series of lessons, i.e. for use as dictionaries and for practising inflection and translation at the level of single words. Demonstration lessons are available for Polish, Danish, Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish and Russian, and others are in preparation. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/language-toolkit-writer-13.hqx; 1217K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:16 -0700 From: rogerk@4link.net Subject: [*] macattack-192.sit MacAttack is a fast-paced arcade game only available on (you guessed it) the Mac. The game plays similar to the classic arcade game "Tempest". However, the graphics have been updated substantially. Version 1.92 fixes some minor bugs. MacAttack is fun for players of all skill levels. There are 5 difficulty settings and unlike most games they significantly affect the way the game is played. With this download you can only play 3 levels of the game until you send in the shareware fee of $15. When you send in the fee you'll get a password to unlock all 30 levels of the game. For more info and to order the game visit our web page: http://www.kagi.com/newreality/ Features: * Full-screen play on any Monitor. MacAttack will scale to the size of your monitor (even 20 inch ones) if you give it enough memory. * Smooth animation - 30 frames/second, digitized explosions * Rendered 3d graphics * Digitized explosions System requirements: * System 6.07 or later * Any Macintosh capable of running color Quickdraw. Including: Mac SE30 or later and most PowerBooks * 2MB of free RAM For more information visit our web page: http://www.kagi.com/newreality/ Thanks, Roger Kemper New Reality Entertainment, Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/macattack-192.hqx; 1566K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:25 -0700 From: dewits4@rpi.edu Subject: [*] MacDNR submission MacDNR is a simple utility for doing DNS lookups. It allows you to perform all lookup services offerred by the MacDNR. Further, it is fully asynchronous so that you can run lookups in the background and, if you have Open Transport, can run any number of simultaneous lookups. It was constructued using the EasyTCP(tm) DNR library that I have just completed, which makes DNS queries on a Mac very easy. Look for the EasyTCP(tm) TCP/IP library in the future. Thanks, Scott DeWitt dewits4@rpi.edu [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-dnr-12.hqx; 69K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:23 -0700 From: gdg@sigsoftware.com Subject: [*] NameCleaner 1.7.0 - Cross-platform file renaming NameCleaner is a popular utility to manipulate file names and types. Batch-rename and retype entire folders or disks quickly and easily. It is specially designed to move files to and from foreign file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT, NetWare and Unix. Filters ("Cleaners") are available for a multitude of functions, including mapping DOS extensions to and from Mac Type/Creator codes, filtering file names for other operating systems, smartening quotes, padding punctuations, rule- or dictionary-based capitalisation, find and replace phrases, append file information such as date or size, and more. Version 1.7.0 enhances trailing space/period removal, adds capabilities for 1, 2, and 4-character extensions, and includes entries in the built-in settings for Web formats and Unix extensions. NameCleaner needs System 7, is 7.5 savvy and PowerPC native. (c) 1st September 1997 - Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/disk/namecleaner-170.hqx; 206K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:28 -0700 From: raul@leonardo.net Subject: [*] OS8 Toolkit 2.02 submission Raul's OS8 Toolkit 2.02 is a collection of Resedit hacks for OS 8. Version 2.02 fixes several minor glitches and includes a few tweaks. There are now no known problems. It also corrects an ommission of one of the resources in 2.01. It includes: 1. Patches to add several command keys to the Finder. cmd-S - Sharing cmd-B - Clear cmd-[ - View as Icon cmd-] - View as List cmd-J - Preferences cmd-K - View Options cmd-U - Clean Up cmd-T - Empty Trash cmd-- Restart cmd-* Shutdown 2. A patch for the Appearance Manager so that folders are grey instead of purple tinged. This allows you to color folders with labels. 3. Patches for new System splash screens. Including a 1984 splash, a Japanese splash, a Gothic splash, and a Riven splash. 4. Some art desktop patterns (Warhol, van Gogh, DaVinci...) 5. A patch for Emailer 2.0 so that mail folders are Coplandish. 6. A patch for non-dayglow icons in OT/PPP strip. 7. New icons for the BeOS chooser. Note that patches can be applied individually. System requirements: * System 8 * Resedit * Stuffit * Emailer 2.0 if you use the emailer patch. * BeOS if you use the Be patch. Uses: The primary reason to get these hacks is to make your Mac work better and look better. The feature most commented on in 1.0 was the ability to switch from icon views to list views with the keyboard. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/os-8-toolkit-202.hqx; 2388K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:40 -0700 From: johnny@kagi.com Subject: [*] Pretty Scroll 1.0.2 - animate scrolling - Johnny C N Lee Pretty Scroll 1.0.2 (c) Copyright 1997 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved. johnny@kagi.com http://www.hkstar.com/~snowyho/johnny/htmls/welcome.html PrettyScroll is a control panel that animates scrolling. When scrolling through a document, it is sometimes hard to find the last point you viewed, especially if it was located near the end of the document. PrettyScroll makes it easier. Because the scrolling process is animated, you can follow the movement and find the last point easily. What's new in 1.0.2? - This version supports more applications. - Changed currency exchange rates in Register program. Thanks, Johnny C N Lee A Hong Kong Mac OS Developer johnny@kagi.com http://home.hkstar.com/~snowyho/johnny/htmls/welcome.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/pretty-scroll-102.hqx; 77K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:36 -0700 From: gdg@sigsoftware.com Subject: [*] ProCreation Life 1.2 - Fast A-Life Simulator ProCreation Life is a state-of-the-art artificial-life simulator. It has an extremely simple, slick interface, where all controls are 'live'. It can cope with enormous world sizes (over 4 million cells per 1Mb memory), and is blindingly fast, e.g. 21 million cells per second on a 66MHz 601. The world is automatically wrapped to provide infinite scrolling in all directions. ProCreation Life's rules are editable, and there is a split-screen genetic mode. The Artificial Life game was originally developed by James Conway and is the basis of hundreds of implementations on every conceivable platform. Version 1.2 is 30% faster than previous versions, and has other improvements. ProCreation is distributed as a fat application, and requires System 7. It is shareware, and may be included on any archive if the entire package is present. Email Effects, Email Merge, MADE, NameCleaner, ProCreation Life (c) Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/sci/procreation-life-12.hqx; 122K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:37 -0700 From: sato@het02.ph.tsukuba.ac.jp Subject: [*] protractor-20 The 'Protractor' is a tool to measure an angle. It has a semi-transparent view just like a protractor in real world. Using this tool with some graphics application, you can understand and study mathematical facts on your computer. It is not only for an entertainment, but also for an educational purpose. New version 2.0 has got many features to achieve both of them. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/protractor-20.hqx; 642K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:52 -0700 From: joshuab@ksu.edu Subject: [*] silvser for kaleidoscope.hqx Enclosed are a bunch of Kaleidoscope schemes I've been working on. Enjoy. http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~joshuab for Christian stuff http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~joshuab/kal for my New Kaleidoscope Schemes [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/silvser.hqx; 413K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:58 -0700 From: locowolf@txdirect.net Subject: [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 1.5 Sim Cinema Deluxe is a simulation of the filmmaking process. In the game, you're a producer who owns a small production company. You decide all aspects of the movie: name, genre, directors, cast, crew, and more. You are given a budget from your distributor, and among other objectives, you must use it for pre- and post-release advertising. If your film's final gross is high enough, you get a spot on the Top 10 list among the rest of the season's blockbuster hits. Updates from 1.0: * Minor bug fixes. * Improved interface. * Fixed certain text problems. (running off some windows) System Requirements: PPC or 68k Macintosh System 7.0.1 or later Sound Manager 3.0 or later 2 MB of RAM 256 color monitor For more info on this program please visit my homepage. Shannon Schroeder, Author http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2556/ [Archived as /info-mac/game/sim-cinema-deluxe-15.hqx; 1003K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:04:59 -0700 From: mrphlogiston@argusig.com Subject: [*] simMir v1.0.0 Open the vodka bay door, HAL. You're a Russian cosmonaut with the mission of docking your Soyuz capsule with the space station Mir, while avoiding the scow-loads of space junk. You'll have endless eons of enjoyment, and best of all: it's FREEWARE. Requires Macintosh or Macintosh-compatible computer running System 7 or later, with monitor capable of supporting 16 or more colors. This software has been tested on, and has been found to be compatible with, both 68K-based Macintoshes and PowerPC-based Macintoshes. [Archived as /info-mac/game/simmir-100.hqx; 296K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:32 -0700 From: daix@francenet.fr Subject: [*] Software & Hardware Tracker II Software & Hardware Tracker II (September 4th, 1997) by David-Artur Daix Software & Hardware Tracker II (Info-Mac directory and reference "app/software-hardware-tracker.hqx") is a FileMaker Pro 3.0 relational database which will help you collect, store and organize useful information (such as registration codes, serial numbers, product notes, useful adresses as well as phone/fax numbers and URLs for software authors, companies and distributors, etc.) about all your computer products (hardware, software and freeware/shareware). Even better, you can launch URLs directly from inside the database, which will then call upon the Internet Config system to open them with the proper helper applications. That means Software & Hardware Tracker II can also be used as a powerful FMPro based Internet bookmark manager. Software & Hardware Tracker II is shareware and costs $15 (as always, upgrades are free for registered users of version 1.x). Registrations are handled by Kagi Shareware. Thanks for supporting shareware! (Software & Hardware Tracker II may be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. It has been checked with SAM 4.5.1) [Archived as /info-mac/app/software-hdware-tracker-20.hqx; 1608K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:02:34 -0700 From: remedy@vc-net.or.jp Subject: [*] WorldClock CSM 1.2 WorldClock CSM 1.2 About This Module WorldClock CSM is a Control Strip module that displays the current time of the selected location. You can choose the location from the popup menu. 18 cities are available now. System Requirement MacOS which Control Strip is installed on. MacOS 7.5 or later recommend. Control Strip Control Panel is included in MacOS. Changes from 1.1 Compatible with Adobe Type Reunion. No more broken popup menu. Set drawing color correctly. Need your own cities ? Now you can edit them ! --- Makoto Seki mailto:remedy@vc-net.or.jp [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/worldclock-csm-12.hqx; 136K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************