Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #294 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 27 Apr 99 Volume 16 : Issue 294 Today's Topics: [*] Flowchart Maker 1.3 68k [*] Flowchart Maker 1.3 ppc [*] HCPhone 2.03 [*] NOVA-31-Fr-PPC [*] The Organizer 2.7.1 for 1999 Update [*] TidBITS#478/26-Apr-99 [*] timepalette31.hqx desc. [*] ZenmaiClock 3.0 - Freeware (A) 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5 682 file limit saga [A] How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? [A] Mac OS 8.6beta2 [A] Re: Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) [A] Re: Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) [Q] CD-ROM problems with PowerComputing system HELP! [Q] New Launcher needed [Q] PowerBook 160 problem [Q} Power goes off & on off & on at startup Aladdin TFI (Q) Appearance Manager? Curious of difference between postscript level 2 and ps 2 emulation downloading from Netscape Epson 740, B&W G3, MSIE = crash Fwd: [A] Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) Fwd: How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? Info-Mac Digest V16 #291 - How to set up 2nd email account on Loss of Office 98 Icons Mac OS 8.6beta2 Mutual Fund Program for Macs PBkG3 Series DVD/TV woes QT and infomac digests raster graphics to vector graphics translation / KVEC System 7.1 and a Macintosh SE? Un-delete-able Item In Trash Unwanted startup message Web authoring - SSI help needed Who produces the following message? 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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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Michael Bean, Liam Breck, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, and Shawn Bunn. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #294" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:43 -0700 From: admin@TensionSoftware.com Subject: [*] Flowchart Maker 1.3 68k Flowchart Maker is the amazing Mac only program to realize flowcharts. Flowchart Maker has a true Mac interface, is easy to use, and has lot of powerful features. It can realize complex flowcharts and print or save them for web page usage. To realize flowcharts user can select the box type he likes from a floating palette and drag in the document where he needs to place it. Then he can select lines from the palette and use them to link boxes. Fast and easy! User can control shapes, colors, patterns, lines spessor, and aspect of internal text of boxes. Object can be manipulated in the drawing in a very easy and intuitive way, box can even be selected and copied via clipboard, pasting them and obtaining again true 'flowchart box' with full possibility to manipulate them in color, style size etc. User can also control spessor of lines, use arrows, specifying type and aspect, even specifying the angle of the arrow head. The environment offers a lot of facilities to make the work easier. A mouse grid can be defined to force allignament of boxes and lines. The preferred measure unit can be selected from pixel, mm, cm, inches. In any moment user can modify the working scale, more or less of 100 % and work in the preferred scale. Documents can be larger as the user likes. The output can be printed using any Mac printer. A fine control of the printing margin (using the selected measure unit) is provided, for a true 'What You See Is What You Get'. Using Flowchart Maker very complex flowcharts can be obtained in a short time, in full color and ready to be printed on any Mac compatible printer. This 1.3 version has lot of new features and bux fix! Furter info at the Tension Software site at [Archived as /info-mac/app/flowchart-maker-68k.hqx; 530K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:44 -0700 From: admin@TensionSoftware.com Subject: [*] Flowchart Maker 1.3 ppc Flowchart Maker is the amazing Mac only program to realize flowcharts. Flowchart Maker has a true Mac interface, is easy to use, and has lot of powerful features. It can realize complex flowcharts and print or save them for web page usage. To realize flowcharts user can select the box type he likes from a floating palette and drag in the document where he needs to place it. Then he can select lines from the palette and use them to link boxes. Fast and easy! User can control shapes, colors, patterns, lines spessor, and aspect of internal text of boxes. Object can be manipulated in the drawing in a very easy and intuitive way, box can even be selected and copied via clipboard, pasting them and obtaining again true 'flowchart box' with full possibility to manipulate them in color, style size etc. User can also control spessor of lines, use arrows, specifying type and aspect, even specifying the angle of the arrow head. The environment offers a lot of facilities to make the work easier. A mouse grid can be defined to force allignament of boxes and lines. The preferred measure unit can be selected from pixel, mm, cm, inches. In any moment user can modify the working scale, more or less of 100 % and work in the preferred scale. Documents can be larger as the user likes. The output can be printed using any Mac printer. A fine control of the printing margin (using the selected measure unit) is provided, for a true 'What You See Is What You Get'. Using Flowchart Maker very complex flowcharts can be obtained in a short time, in full color and ready to be printed on any Mac compatible printer. This 1.3 version has lot of new features and bux fix! Furter info at the Tension Software site at [Archived as /info-mac/app/flowchart-maker-ppc.hqx; 536K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:46 -0700 From: dsmuelle@ucsd.edu Subject: [*] HCPhone 2.03 HCPhone 2.03 is a phone book program. It allows you to store names, postal and e-mail addresses, and four phone numbers for each person. Each number can be dialed through the Mac's speaker or through a modem connected to your computer's modem port. HCPhone 2.02 is replaces both HCPhone 1.05 and Internet Address Book 1.2. [Archived as /info-mac/app/hcphone-203.hqx; 26K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:51 -0700 From: csoft-jgiles@pplus.shell11.ba.best.com Subject: [*] NOVA-31-Fr-PPC NOVA v3.1 Merci de votre int=E9r=EAt pour NOVA 3.1! NOVA a 3 fonctions: (1) emp=EAcher l=92usure pr=E9matur=E9e de votre =E9cran caus=E9e par l=92affichage= prolong=E9 de la m=EAme image, (2) fournir un contr=F4le de l=92acc=E8s =E0 votre ordinateur,= et (3) vous distraire et vous amuser. $20 pour un seul utilisateur Pour nous contacter: http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ chaotic@kagi.com. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/nova-31-ppc-fr.hqx; 1798K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:47 -0700 From: sgandy@rmi.net Subject: [*] The Organizer 2.7.1 for 1999 Update The Organizer 2.7.1 for 1999 -- Free Update The Organizer is a HyperCard calendar, phonebook, to do list, daily scheduler, memo maker etc. The shareware cost is $10 for 1999. It can be customized for a nominal fee. This is an update! It is a lot better. There are now pages for every day of the year and your to do list is automatically transferred to the new day, if you wish. This update is free for all registered users of The Organzier for 1999. Steve Gandy - TeachTech - http://users.aol.com/TeachTec1/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/organizer-271.hqx; 216K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#478/26-Apr-99 TidBITS#478/26-Apr-99 What's afoot with AppleCare? Read on for Adam's look into Apple's AppleCare= extended warranty program, how it has changed recently, what products could= use AppleCare, and what alternatives exist. Also this week, we follow up on= Jeff Hecht's recent article about fax software. In the news, Apple releases= a firmware update for blue and white Power Mac G3s, Microsoft releases a= FileMaker Pro importer for Office 98, and a QuickTime 4 preview appears.=20 Topics: MailBITS/26-Apr-99 Even More Fax Should You Get AppleCare? [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-478.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:48 -0700 From: trygve@timepalette.com Subject: [*] timepalette31.hqx desc. Time Palette 3.1 is released. The Mac shareware program, now in its seventh year calculates the proper time for any location in the world. Daylight Saving Time is handled corectly with an Atlas of 10,000 cities included. The software displays maps of the earth in 11 different projections showing the current areas of day, twilight & night across the earth. New in 3.1: - New Political map to reflect the new Canadian Territory of Nunavut. - New Topographical and Satellite Photo maps - Updated Atlas for Nunavut, Canada & EU Daylight Saving Time Available in English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese Portuguese & Spanish at: http://www.timepalette.com/ Thank you, Trygve Inda Time Palette Developer [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/time-palette-31.hqx; 4455K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:20:49 -0700 From: fujiwara@cs.meiji.ac.jp Subject: [*] ZenmaiClock 3.0 - Freeware ZenmaiClock is a simple analog clock simulator for Macintosh. ZenmaiClock requires MacOS 7.0 or later. This package contains: ClockPlayer - An Analog Clock Simulator ClockEditor - An Analog Clock Editor Convert to AfterDark Module - converts clocks to AfterDark Modules. Convert to DA - converts clocks to Desk Accessories. Convert to Clock File - converts clocks to ClockPlayer files. and examples. -- Katsuya Fujiwara http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA008942/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/zenmaiclock-30.hqx; 374K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:18:45 -0500 From: bbombspamboston@earthlink.net (Bob Boston) Subject: (A) 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5 David huston asks how to set up a 2nd email account on Communicator 4.5. In the Netscape Communicator folder you'll find an application called User Profile Manager. When you launch that, you can create a separate account for your wife by following the prompts on screen. -- Bob Boston ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:21:08 -0600 From: "dave.trautman" Subject: 682 file limit saga I've been sent some interesting replies concerning the file list limit I explained in an earlier query to the group. Some suggest software to use, some the Finder Memory allocation, some other APP memory allocations, and still others with inventive alternative solutions to simply opening an OPEN... or SAVE... dialogue to see a list of available files. For those of you still not clear on what my problem is I've come up with yet another challenge. This is for anyone who thinks what I'm talking about is nonsense. I took an archive of image I had on CD and I copied it many times into a single folder in one of my volumes on my G3 at home. Eventually I had about 1,770 of my favourite GIF and JPG files cloned and renamed and all together in one folder. I went to my trusty copy of GraphicConvertor 3.3.1 and tried to OPEN... the folder and see the list of 1,770 files. I got a dialogue saying there were too many and I would see only some of them. I got 682 files listed. Just for fun I thought I would make new ICONs and Preview images for all those GIFs and JPGs and I went to the "Convert More..." dialogue of GC 3.3.1. After a moment of delay the entire list of 1,770 names came up ready for operation. I set GC in motion and made a cup of coffee. After GC was finished I had a whole set of Preview capable images. But I still couldn't see past 682 on the OPEN... dialogue to choose one near the bottom. Try this for yourself and you'll see what I mean. And this isn't just GC either. I get this with Photoshop, Premiere, BBEdit, FullWrite Pro, Filemaker Pro, and ClarisWorks 4. And, as you can see, this limit is not Application specific. Have I found a file list limit which is just a Mac-thing? My home machine is not the one in dire need of assistance. I keep files neatly organized in small bite-sized groups in strictly controlled categories representing the subtle yet manic inner workings of my clouded mind. So, what I've eliminated from the equation is any particular APPL, and the Network connection, and the OS (8.6 at work and 8.1 at home) and the HFS+ and DAVE and all manner of other things suggested to me by the very gracious folks who answered by earlier plea. Why would Mac apps top-out at 680 some files? And, more importantly is there a Hack or help which can overcome this barrier? And why would GC's convert more function for batch processing be able to do it and not the OPEN dialogue? This mystery seems pretty deep to me. Cheers, Dave Trautman EncycloMEDIA Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada "Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?" =AD Tom Clancy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:15:56 -0400 From: Richard A Smykla Subject: [A] How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? David, Inside the Netscape folder there is a separate program called User Profile Manager. Running it will launch Netscape with a window that will list your current profile (email account), and allow you to create another account(s). Click on 'New' and fill out the information for your second account. When you are finished, Netscape will finish launching, accessing the new account. From this point forward, launching Netscape will bring up a profile selection window, allowing you to choose the account you wish to work with. Hope this helps Richard rsmykla@pipeline.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:22:28 -0400 From: "Chris Gervais" Subject: [A] Mac OS 8.6beta2 Allan, > Can anyone advise where it is possible to obtain Mac OS 8.6 beta2? Mac OS 8.6 is not available in a public beta version. Any version that you see out on the Internet is not a legal version and Apple can get pretty upset about their software floating around the Internet. The rumor sites seem to think that 8.6 will be released to the public very soon. Chris G. p.s. If you're interesting in _possibly_ testing Apple software, check out for an application to their Customer Quality Feedback group. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 99 12:16:07 -0700 From: "B. J. Major" Subject: [A] Re: Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) In reply to: >BJ wrote to Michael Gerber that USB devices don't need drivers. Well, BJ >has been very right when I was very wrong before, but I'll dive in again in >spite of that. > >I have several USB devices (my blue and white monitor, my Keyspan >USB-serial adapter, and an Imation SuperDisk). Each of them came with a >driver on CD, and if I start up with extensions off, I get warning messages >from each of them saying that they couldn't function because the drivers >weren't loaded. (Well, wording to that effect.) None of them works without >its driver (actually, the monitor does work, but I imagine some of its >fancier features don't). > >Daly Daly: I'm not desputing the fact that the USB devices you bought may have indeed come with drivers for Mac use and that the devices you are using "need" those drivers; however, it goes against everything that USB stands for (and raises questions about Apple switching to that platform) if this is *really* the case. I read testimonial after testimonial on the internet from Mac users and experts--whose respected opinion on such things is taken as "gospel"--that USB ports mean that Macs can now use formerly PC-only mice, keyboards, drives, hubs, etc.--all *without* drivers needed. All manufacturers would be able to make just ONE version of a product--instead of a separate PC and Mac version. It was supposed to embody the very meaning of true "plug n' play", unlike SCSI devices (all of which need drivers both to work properly and to "be seen" by the Mac). Not to mention the fact that Macs have never required drivers for standard Mac keyboards and mice, and that if drivers were necessary for these particular USB devices, starting up with extensions off would be quite impossible (because then you wouldn't even have the use of a USB keyboard or mouse)!! I would be very willing to bet that the Palm USB cradle marked "PC only" that was brought up in question would indeed work *without a special driver* on a USB-equipped Macintosh. Regards, --bj Home Page with links to my Classic tv Photo Galleries: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 11:30:05 -0500 From: Michael Gerber Subject: [A] Re: Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) Well just as there is no difference between Mac and PC modems, the reason why the Palm Pilot USB cradle may have said "for PC's only" may have been that the software that comes with the cradle may have been ONLY for PC's, and not for macs. -Michael ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:11:23 +0100 From: Lawrence Rugolo Subject: [Q] CD-ROM problems with PowerComputing system HELP! >Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 16:31:24 -0400 >From: "W. R. Wing" >Subject: [Q] CD-ROM problems with PowerComputing system HELP! > >I suspect this must be a recurring theme someplace... > >I have a PowerComputing PowerWave system that seems to have trouble >with dealing with CD-ROM drives. I assumed the internal drive had >died, so bought an external which worked fine for a few weeks. Now >the external won't mount disks either. I've tried Apple's drivers, >FWB's CD-ROM toolkit, and the drivers that came with the external >CD-ROM. No joy. Has anyone experience with this sort of thing? > >Thanks, > >Bill Wing Bill, I had a similar problem for a long time on my PowerWave. For a while, whenever I wanted to mount a CD, I clicked on a desktop alias of FWB's CD-ROM Toolkit (which I kept in my disabled Control Panels folder because it would crash my 8.1 system when in the active Control Panels folder.) Then someone told me that Apple CD-ROM Extension 5.3.1 would work. Version 5.4.2, which came with MacOS 8.1 doesn't work, but the earlier version 5.3.1 does. Since installing v.5.3.1, CDs open automatically when inserted in my (internal) CD slot. Hope this works for you. L Rugolo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:48:16 -0400 From: "W. R. Wing" Subject: [Q] New Launcher needed I've used the shareware launcher Versatile Pro for years now, but it seems to be getting a bit long in the tooth. Specifically, it seems to have problems (minor but annoying) with 8.5.1. Consequently, I'm looking for recommendations for a replacement. I particularly like VersaTile's double pallet. It puts up a fixed size pallet of your most frequently-used apps, and a variable sized pallet of the apps currently running. Clicking an app in the second brings it to the foreground. Don't all speak at once... Thanks, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 08:09:52 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: [Q] PowerBook 160 problem My PB 160 has just sort of died. I turn it on, the screen lights up, the arrow shows up, and then it beeps a few times and nothing more happens. It goes beep...beep...beep...beep..., maybe 5-6 times. The beep is the usual system beep. I can hear the hard drive trying to start, but it just goes bzzzt...bzzzt...bzzzt... I haven't noticed if the beeps and the bzzzts are coordinated. It won't boot from a floppy, the floppy drive makes no sound at all. My next step is to open it up and start disconnecting stuff. but before I do, any ideas? Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:26:26 -0800 (PST) From: robert@im.mgt.ncu.edu.tw ("Robert E. Front") Subject: [Q} Power goes off & on off & on at startup Have PPC7500 & recently replaced the cpu. Problem occurs when I press the startup key. I hear the power supply click on & the green startup light goes on and then off. And so I press again and it goes on and then goes off. I press again and it doesn't go on, again and it doesn't go on, again and it goes on and stays on until the startup sound goes on and then the light goes off and so I press again and again, again and again, and sometimes there's the click and no light, sometimes the click and the green light, and sometimes nothing, nothing for a very long time and so I turn off the power and then on again, and off and on again, and begin pressing the startup key again and it doesn't go on, and I keep pressing and it doesn't go on, then goes on and off, on and off, on and off, and then doesn't go on and off, and so then I turn off the power and turn it on again and try this and that, that and this, and sometimes it even starts up until the startup screen and I'm jubilant and then it goes off :-( And hurriedly I press again and it goes on and off, on and off (that is, the light), and then it starts up again and is parading my army of startup icons happily across the screen and then it goes off again, and I press again and it goes on and off, on and off, then I press and press and it doesn't go on for what seems a very very very very long time of pressing, it doesn't go on. So I check the power plug & cables, turn on the air conditioner, bang the left side of the machine (the startup switch, maybe loose connection), then the back of the machine (the power supply, maybe having a problem) and begin the pressing again, and again, and to no avail and then I press just one last time, with prayer in my mind (dear God give me one more chance and I will take better care of my computer and such and such a vow to gain God's favor) and lo and behold, it starts up, and everything's fine. Then, afraid to turn off the machine lest I go though all that hassle again and again (which hassle I have had many many many times in the past two weeks), I keep it on all day. Once it's been on for a while and it bombs and I restart, it usually (though not always!) restarts without a problem. So sometimes I feel it has something to do with warming up, with heat, sometimes I feel it has something to do with humidity (very humid here in Taiwan) and so perhaps the air conditioner seems to help, but then again I notice that too cold is no good either, or is it all random and this quest for logic is not logical. Gnomes and goblins:-) (1) Has anyone had a similar problem and if so what was the cause & how was it remedied? (2) Would appreciate any and all guesses by Mac gurus as to the possible cause of such a problem and how one might go about testing which of these probable causes is the culprit. Thanks, r o b e r t ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:17:12 -0500 From: Al Bloom Subject: Aladdin TFI (Q) This is making me crazy, folk. Every now and once my machine refuses to start up, blaming Aladdin's "True Finder Integration" and inviting me to restart with extensions off. Yes, that is the only thing that works. If TFI is not turned off, neither a restart nor a shutdown and startup will work without a shift-startup to disable extensions. I've done the usual stuff, assuming an extension conflict. Restart with nothing but the OS 8.5 extensions active. Turn on TFI and restart. No problem, mon. Turn on the rest of the extensions a few at a time to see what dies. Nothing ever dies. TFI death occurred again last weekend. I didn't have time to mess with it, so I just turned off TFI and continued the mission. This evening I tried something new. Turned off everything but OS 8.5 "all" and restarted with no problem. Turned on TFI. No problem. Turned on everything else all at once and no problem. This is goofy. Have any of y'all seen this? I like TFI. But this has happened to me since TFI came out (version four of Stuffit Deluxe?) across several platforms and systems. Nothing particular seems to start it, but the solution seems consistent. Restart with only Apple's extensions, restart again with all Aladdin's extensions, restart with everything. Fixed. Why? Al ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:16:29 -0700 From: "Ken Bloom" Subject: Appearance Manager? -----Original Message----- >Gene: > >> I am in the process of upgrading some software, and the new software >> tells me I require Appearance Manager. I cannot find this extension? or >> whatever it is on my computer. I am using OS 7.6.1. What is Appearance >> Mangager and how do I acquire it? > >I think you can find the latest Appearance >Manager in Appearance SDK for free at apple: > >ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Development_Kits/Appearance_SDK_1.0.3_v1.0 >.1.sit.hqx > >(and, of course, buying MacOS 8.5...) > >Yours, > >-- > >Joan Surrell > I don't think this is the most recent version. It's the 8.1 version and will satisfy any programs that require the Appearance Manager. If you want appearance switching, go to http://www.kaleidoscope.net/ and download Kaleidoscope. It's fully compatible with the Appearance Manager and there are dozens more schemes out. The only thing you can't do is soundsets, and for that, there is SoundMaster http://lonestar.texas.net/~btomlin/soundmaster.html which DOES NOT WORK WITH MACOS 8. But that shouldn't be problem because you're running MacOS 7.6.1. -Ken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:55:24 -0700 From: "Martin S. Zibulsky" Subject: Curious of difference between postscript level 2 and ps 2 emulation Was thinking of either replacing my reliable "side kick" HP 4MP LaserJet printer with a faster LaserJet. Possibly a 1200 dpi model, or adding one. Prefer staying with HP's laser products, since the output quality, reliability, ease of use, updated and technical support the few times I needed it, was good. However, in looking thru the catalogs, I see most other brands listing postscript level 2 (like my current one has), but the new assorted HP LaserJets listing postscript level 2 "emulated" as part of the features. I know HP stopped making LaserJets for Apple for a short while, but is back doing so, since differences were resolved. What's the difference (if any) between postscript level 2, and postscript level 2 emulated? And why this terminology used on the HP Lasers only? TIA Regards, Martin Zibulsky _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ superush@amug.org "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 01:17:11 -0400 From: rob Subject: downloading from Netscape quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract: > >Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:23:19 +0100 >From: Bob Hansmann >Subject: Netscape download problem > > >I have experienced the same problem. If anyone can help, many thanks in >advance! >----------------- >Subject: > downloading from Netscape > Date: > Sat, 10 Apr 99 22:05:26 -0000 > From: > Ben Luffman > >For the past two weeks I have been trying to download Netscape Navigator >3.04 >128 bit encryption version from Netscape but it keeps telling me to try >later. It says >the "server is encountering some technical difficulties".Can anyone >advise >alternative ftp site I can download the browser ? I have not been able >to >find one . Please e-mail reply. Since you have to go through a verification process to download 128 bit encryption you need to go to the Netscape main site and follow the links to the 128bit product via http. Ftp does not allow Netscape to verify or present verification documentation that they can use to ensure the product is not being exported from their site to a country other than USA of Canada. Ftp just won't allow this lever of interactivity and so only 40 bit encryption can ve had via this path. This message was sent with Apple email client - Claris eM@iler2.0v3 'The best just keeps being better than the rest' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:52:46 -0700 From: Tom Maddox Subject: Epson 740, B&W G3, MSIE = crash I got my new G3 and installed Internet Explorer 4.5; no problem. But when I installed my new printer several days later, IE started crashing so frequently and drastically (i.e., requiring a system reboot) that I've had to stop using it. This is a pain in the butt for one reason aside from the fact that I prefer IE to Netscape: I have lots of files saved as IE archive files, and I can't find *anything* other than IE that will read or convert them. So-- If I could make IE work, that would be great; if not, I'd settle for something that will read all those files. Tom maddox ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:34:39 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: [A] Palm Desktop Questions (re: USB) BJ wrote to Michael Gerber that USB devices don't need drivers. Well, BJ has been very right when I was very wrong before, but I'll dive in again in spite of that. I have several USB devices (my blue and white monitor, my Keyspan USB-serial adapter, and an Imation SuperDisk). Each of them came with a driver on CD, and if I start up with extensions off, I get warning messages from each of them saying that they couldn't function because the drivers weren't loaded. (Well, wording to that effect.) None of them works without its driver (actually, the monitor does work, but I imagine some of its fancier features don't). Daly >In reply to: > >>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:27:31 -0500 >>From: Michael Gerber >>Subject: Palm Desktop Problems & Questions >> >>I was looking around in a shop and I noticed that there definitely is a >>Palm Pilot Cradle that connects via the USB port, but the box said "FOR >>PC's" so I ignored it. I assume that drivers don't exist for the mac. >>But at least it seems that some company out there realizes that there is >>a market for this product line. Lets hope they create the appropriate >>software for mac users soon. Hell, maybe it already exists. Anyone? > >Heh. You can ignore the "for PCs only" where USB is concerned--and that >goes for ANY USB device. USB is a cross platform standard and anything >that comes out for USB on PCs will have no trouble being "seen" by iMacs >and b/w G3s. AFAIA, USB devices need NO driver, which is one of the >advantages for Apple switching to this kind of interface. I am, myself, >still in the serial port and SCSI world where my own Macs are concerned, >but the whole point of Apple moving to this new standard means that the >newer Macs can share all kinds of USB devices that were formerly for PCs >only--including mice, keyboards, external disc drives, printers, you name >it. In addition to the product you mention, there is already a >serial-to-USB converter attachment available for people who purchased the >older Palm serial cradle or cable and have a USB capable Mac. >--bj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 07:29:13 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? David Huston asked: >My wife and I use the same computer but we have different email >accounts. > >Right now, I have two separate Communicator folders on my desktop for >each of us. Is there any way we can use the same folder? Quit Communicator. Go to the Communicator folder on your computer. Inside it you should see a separate application called "User Profile Manager". Start it up and made a separate profile for the second user. Then, when you start Communicator, it will ask which profile you wish to use, and you can each have your own settings. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:15:12 +0200 From: EdgarHaegele@t-online.de (Edgar Haegele) Subject: How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? Hello David, part of the NS 4.5 package is a User Profile Manager (inside the NS folder). Open it, click on New, and it will walk you thru the entry boxes, you=91ll have to fill in. I=91ve 2 ISPs and 2 email addresses and it works fine. Best regards Edgar EdgarHaegele@t-online.de yogi.bear@mail.pz.pfaffenwinkel.de ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:32:30 -0300 From: "Andrew Reid" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #291 - How to set up 2nd email account on > > Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 06:45:50 -0400 > From: Irma > Subject: How to set up 2nd email account on Netscape Communicator 4.5? > > My wife and I use the same computer but we have different email > accounts. > > Right now, I have two separate Communicator folders on my desktop for > each of us. Is there any way we can use the same folder? > > I just can't seem to find any info on this in the documentation. > > Thanks > > David Huston > Cleveland, OH > dhuston@drfast.net Assuming that your different email accounts are with the same ISP, the procedure is painless and works quite well. Quit Communicator, then start the application "User Profile Manager" which should be found in the Communicator folder. Follow the instructions, and you should be in business. If your email accounts are with different ISPs, then you will have to use the location manager to point to the different setups, as well as the procedure above. As a side note it would be nice if this were tied into the location manager of 8.5. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:00:29 +1100 From: Peter Minter Subject: Loss of Office 98 Icons I am using a 7600 and OS 8.1. I recently installed MS Office 98, and while all seemed to be going fine for a few weeks, I have recently noticed that the icons of all Office 98 files have evaporated, leaving just a blank white page both on the desktop and any open windows. Can any one help me to understand and then fix this problem? thanks Peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:13:19 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Mac OS 8.6beta2 At 1:14 PM +0900 4/21/99, Allan Sutherland wrote: >Can anyone advise where it is possible to obtain Mac OS 8.6 beta2? Beta versions of Apple Software are distributed only to registered developers under a non-disclosure agreement. Distribution of seeded software to parties not covered by the same NDA is a clear violation of the contract one agrees to when becoming a registered Apple Developer; doing this would jeopardize one's status as a registered developer. 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 spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:13:24 -0400 From: Karen Wheless Subject: Mutual Fund Program for Macs Are there any Mac programs that will keep track of mutual fund investments, distributions, fees, etc., especially keeping track of these things for taxes? I know the latest version of Quicken will do this, but I was looking for an alternative. Thanks, Karen Wheless kwheless@rockland.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:28:28 -0700 From: Dave Del Torto Subject: PBkG3 Series DVD/TV woes I've got a PowerBook G3 Series 300Mhz machine with a DVD player and S-Video output, and I cannot seem to cause the TV Mirroring control strip to load properly, nor can I get any image (DVD or otherwise) to display on my 27" Sony Trinitron. On the (very) bright side, I can play DVDs (at least the ones in the right encoding formats) on the 14.1" Mac LCD screen and they look great. I've looked at the numerous documents, done extensive web-searches on "TV Mirroring", "DVD" and "S-Video" using the Sherlock plugins for Apple's various software update and TILs, and I'm not coming up with much except for a few readmes that seem to imply that this is a a "simple" plug'n'play process. A few items from my Research: "PowerBook G3 Series: Video, Graphics, And Sound FAQ" See: Questions 1, 3, 4, 5 and 9 "Apple DVD Software Read Me" See: "Connecting your computer to another monitor, television, or stereo receiver" Mac OS Info Center Help file: "cpextm.html" See: "What can I do with my external monitor and TV Out ports?" "Power Macintosh G3: Read Me" See: "TV Mirroring" "Power Macintosh G3: Confirming Video Output Using TV Mirroring" Well, it's not always a plug'n'play thing: I believe I have all the necessary equipment (4MB VRAM, $40 S-Video cable) and have set things as well as I can according to the conflicting docs (e.g.: I'm at 1024x768 simulsync resolution: don't see how to set it at 720x480) without TV Mirroring, which seems to make the TV resolution and other settings accessible only via the control strip(?). Here are some questions, if anyone can answer one (or all): Q1: Has anyone had similar problems displaying DVD or S-Video on a TV and if so, how did you get it to work? Q2: Does anyone know of an app or CDEV that affects the same settings as the "TV Mirroring" c-strip module? Q3: Could "Video Mirroring" or "SystemAV" be conflicting with "TV Mirroring"? Q4: Has anyone else upgraded the Apple DVD Player from 1.0 to 1.1 and found that it did not play ANY DVDs, then had to backgrade to 1.0? Q5: Is there a possibility that (even though TechTool Pro 211 doesn't think so) my S-Video output port is somehow defective? Q6: Does this just fail on larger than 20" TV's, even with 4MB VRAM? dave ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 17:40:05 -0400 From: Kathleen Sipher Subject: QT and infomac digests Hi - For several years I have been receiving the Info-mac in digest form in Eudora Pro 4.x. I have been receiving the digest as an attachment, which is listed at the bottom of the info-mac email message, and all I need to do is double-click on the attachment name, and the digest opens as a new "mailbox" and I can scroll thru the "messages" opening the ones I want to read. Now, after installing QT 4 the attachment has turned into a QT movie. I can click to run the movie, and it runs thru all the messages in the digest, one text line at a time. It's a pain. Can anyone shed any light on this problem and suggest how to get it back working as in the past? THANKS- Kathleen Sipher _______________ Kathleen Sipher mailto:sipher73@slic.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:30:37 +0200 From: Paolo Bartoli Subject: raster graphics to vector graphics translation / KVEC Surfing the net I found this interesting and promising shareware application for the Mac (and many other platforms...), that (as the author says) translates grpahics to vector graphics. The other side of the moon is that KVEC's interface is command-line (even on the Mac!) and cryptic. I tried to traslate some files, but couldn't succed. Does anybody have more luck than me with KVEC? I think that raster graphics to vector graphics translation is a big issue for us. Do you know of other apps that translate for instance from raster to DXF? Some notes form the KVEC documentation: "KVEC is a shareware program that allows you to convert raster graphics to vector graphics. The newest version of KVEC and the current price list is always available in the following mailbox: (+49 961 61455) V34 (+49 961 6340838) ISDN or from http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kkuhl " or get it thru http://volftp.tin.it/i/dl.htm?/pub/mac/graphic/kvec_mac.hqx ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli ** pbartoli@iname.com ** ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 99 08:47:30 -0500 From: NicolasAnaFrancayMirko Subject: System 7.1 and a Macintosh SE? Hi: We have problems trying to instal System 7.1 on a Macintosh SE. What number is the highest the M SE can play? Thanks for your help. We try to StartUp with a kind of ways. and now we get the message: Sorry, a system error ocurred. "AppleShare" couldn't load MBDF To temporarily turn off extensions, restart and hold down the shift key. Thing that we do and can't get rid of that message. Any help will be appreciated. Our first Mac was a PowerBook 165c so we feel the M SE very similar but if we can escalate from 6.0.5 to 7 that would be great. Thanks for your help. Mirko _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ :+) ;-) 8-{=3D Nicol=E1s, Ana Franca y Mirko von Berner-S=E9rbolov Alvarez Correo y P=E1gina y = (52) 58127460 Tel=E9fono/Fax/Modem y (52) 58130498 Tel=E9fono/Fax (52) 54076576 Celular Ana Franca y (52) 54089793 Celular Mirko Mensajes al 5625.3865 clave Ana Franca 4076576 Mirko 4089793 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:46:40 +0100 From: "sjh" Subject: Un-delete-able Item In Trash Sometimes it works if you take the offending folder/file out of the trash (or wastebasket, as we in the UK prefer to call it!) and rename it, then trash it again. Simon ________________________________________________________________________ Get your free UK dialup Internet account at http://www.themail.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:15:59 +0100 From: Michel Treisman Subject: Unwanted startup message I am running System 8.1 on a 7100 powermac. The system was recently restored to my hard disk from a backup of it which I had on a removable Syquest cartridge. Since then, whenever the computer starts up, it asks me to insert the Syquest cartridge. I can click cancel and boot-up will continue, but I would like to get rid of this message for good. I have tried rebuilding the desktop, zapping the PRAM, trashing the Finder preferences, and I have run Disk First Aid, and TechTool Pro - some bundle bits required changing but nothing serious. Still it asks for its Syquest disk. Where is the information for this request hidden? How can I get rid of it? Should I hunt up hidden files on my hard disk and delete them, or will this cause more problems? Does anyone know? Mike -- Michel Treisman Department of Experimental Psychology South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UD UK Tel +44 (0) 1865 271319 Fax +44 (0) 1865 310447 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:16:31 +0100 From: Ian Goldby Subject: Web authoring - SSI help needed I'm developing a small web site that uses Server Side Includes (SSIs). My problem is that I can't preview the site before uploading it to the web server, because the SSI instructions do not get parsed when the files are simply loaded from my local machine. The problem is made slightly more difficult by the fact that I cannot personally access the server - I have to email the pages to the owner of the site for him to upload. So a process of iterative refinement is not practical. I have to get it right locally before sending the files to be uploaded. Is there any Mac software generally available (preferably freeware!) that will parse a locally stored set of pages that use SSIs before handing them to my browser for checking? Thanks. Ian Goldby (By the way, if you are a web author and haven't yet tried SSIs, check them out. They could save you a LOT of work. Keeping 'last updated' notices accurate, standard headers and footers, and text that changes according to the date/time becomes a breeze, and none of it is in the slightest bit dependent on the browser being used.) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:08:01 EDT From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: Who produces the following message? The Fax Manager could not find your fax/modem on the Modem Port. Fax receiving has been turned off. I get this most often at restart time. Is this done by some fax extension, or the Mac 8.1? Michael B. Luskin -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************