Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #344 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 04 Oct 99 Volume 16 : Issue 344 Today's Topics: (Q) Video apapter for headless 7100 Calendar software Compact Aero 2130 and Mac? Czech Mac Font needed File type for HTML: TEXT or HTML freezing iMac Hard disk failures (summary of replies) Info-Mac Digest V16 #343 INFOMAC re red bad solder joint on Apple 15 in display LP's to AIFF files continued MacGZip question MacGZip question Performa connection problems QuicktimeVR to VRML serial to parallel sound why no more share/freeware submissions 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 #344" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:03:47 -0400 From: "Michael S. Holtzman" Subject: (Q) Video apapter for headless 7100 Greetings. I would like to run a PPC 7100 without a monitor. (1) Anyone have a source of a suitable video adapter that will make the mac think that a monitor is attached? (2) Anyone know which pins need to be jumpered to achieve the same result? Thanx. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 08:49:12 -0600 From: "Nation, Bradley M." Subject: Calendar software Nigel Bevan asks: >We are looking for calendar software to run across Macs and PCs. > >We currently use Now Up-to-Date on the Macs, and although we have a PC >version we never found out how to share the calendar information, and the >PC version is nolonger supported. > >Chronos's Consultant would have been a good choice, but apparently there >are no plans to produce a version for the PC. >From: Bruce Johnson >Subject: Calendar software >Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:14:20 -0600 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain > > > > >A question just like this came up on the WinMac mailing list recently >(if it was you, Nigel, I apologize for duplicating the information) > >A higher end solution is to get On Technology's Meeting Maker. It's a >bit expensive, and wants to run on a server, but the calendars are >completely integrated across platforms, they have Newton and Palm >clients, and more importantly it works. The server can be hosted either >on a Mac or PC and is pretty maintenence free. We're running it on an >old 486 (upgraded from a 386 when the 386's motherboard died) and I have >to actually do anything with it once every 2 or 3 months or so. This on >a box running Win95!!! > >It's pricey, though, $950 for the basic system and 20 users, $800 for >each additional 10 users, with small breaks at 50 and 100 user licenses. > >A free solution is Netscape Communicator Professional, which includes a >calendaring compnent. You can't share calendars live without a fairly >pricey server, but it works fine on individual systems as a standalone >calendar. > >-- >Bruce Johnson >University of Arizona >College of Pharmacy >Information Technology Group >Does anyone know of any other solutions? The last two suggestions, FileMaker Pro and Meeting Maker are good However not having used FileMaker as a calendar, Meeting Maker is probably the best choice. It runs on a Mac as well. We had it running on a Mac classic and then a Mac II for years without any problems. It just runs! Both Mac and PC can see the calendars. Lotus Notes also supports both Mac and PC. Brad Nation Sandia National Labs bmnatio@sandia.gov Sincerely, Brad M. Nation ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 22:26:42 +0200 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Compact Aero 2130 and Mac? > > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:24:56 -0400 > From: Rodney Schmidt > Subject: Compact Aero 2130 and Mac? > > I am searching for any information about third-party software to access > my Compact Aero 2130 from the Macintosh. Is there a makeover of Windows > CE desktop services that can install on the Mac? Is there a solution to > desktop file sharing and communication with this wonderful unit? The world-famous japanese ingenuity has found a solution also for this problem: XIN/Xoutil Windows CE ! http://www.reudo.co.jp/english/epage.html -- Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e` dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E` SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ - = http://fly.to/risorse/ = - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:05:48 -0400 From: Rodney Schmidt Subject: Czech Mac Font needed Our School of Music uses PageMaker 6.5 to print all concert programs. For an orchestra tour that includes Czechoslovakia we need to prepare program notes in that language. A Czech keyboard emulator for Windows exists. Is there a Czech font for the Mac that can generate postscript for PageMaker printing? Please reply to me or to our technical support person below. Thank you! Rich Ramirez rramirez@ecu.campuscwix.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:07:22 +0200 From: Jacob Palme Subject: File type for HTML: TEXT or HTML An Internet draft (first stage of a future standard) says that the file type code for HTML documents on Macintosh should be HTML and not TEXT. Is this what Macintosh developers agree on? Will current Macintosh software handle this correctly? I have tested some of the software I have on my Macintosh. Word 98, Dreamweaver and BBEDIT treated the type code HTML correctly. Visual page 1.1.1 and Framemaker 5 both refused to open a file with that type code. But they are both older products, perhaps newer products can handle this type code correctly? The Internet draft, which I am referring to, can be found at ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/masinter/draft-connolly-text-html-02.txt and comments on it can be sent to mailto:ietf-types@iana.org ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:23:53 EDT From: DiskMan@aol.com Subject: freezing iMac I have 30 imacs on a 10bt ethernat, all NEw 333 imacs, but exery several minutes they "hang" and just kinda stop for a few seconds. I do NOT see any signs of Aappletalk (no arrows in the corner) and I have tried 8.5, 8.5.1, and 8.6. It seems to be worse on 8.6 cause now my regular ppc's do it as well. Aby ideas PLEASE EMAIL them to me at davidd@mail.lake.denver.k12.co.us Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 01:50:29 +0900 From: Tito and Shari Poza Subject: Hard disk failures (summary of replies) I want to thank everyone who replied to my query about multiple hard disk drive failures among the Performas my company bought. Here was the consensus: The Performa series is not for business but consumer use and we are probably inflicting more wear and tear on them than was intended. I agreed and was aware of this but am not the one making financial decisions regarding what gets purchased. I cannot get my company to buy better models no matter how much begging and explaining I do. They replaced a failed LC 630 with a *used* Performa 4400 instead of even a cheap iMac. The people who control the yen (I'm in Japan) cannot be convinced to spend any more than is minimally necessary to put a box on a desk. Adding more RAM was suggested as a way of decreasing wear and tear on the hard disks. I felt this was a very good point but unfortunately the models we have have one expansion slot only and most of them are filled. Regular maintenance using Disk First Aid and Norton was mentioned by several people. This is a good idea. Unfortunately, most people reset a crashed Mac from the keyboard when they're in the middle of a working session and don't take the time to check it. I sometimes hear the start-up chime when someone's computer is restarted after a crash and ask them if it crashed so I can check it out. They lie to me and say it didn't! Some of my coworkers misguidedly feel they may be causing the crash and don't want to admit it carshed. Fortunately, with System 8.5, Disk First Aid runs automatically after a crash. In some of the replies I received, there was also a certain level of defensiveness about Macs and comments that implied that I thought PCs might be better. I don't know what I said that compelled people to conclude that I was suggesting that PCs would work out better but I don't believe that is so (however, our accountant does believe PCs are better). If we want to convince people who endorse PCs that Macs are better, the attitude in some of the replies I got probably wouldn't have helped to that end. I have to use both Macs and PCs at my job. I hold my nose and use Windows and love using even the slowest Mac. It seemed clear to me that my company is the victim of its own shortsightedness and penny-pinching nature. Unfortunately, they will blame the Macs rather than themselves. Shari ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 99 13:52:38 -0500 From: "Stephen J. Wright" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #343 Bob: I think if you have the StuffIt 5 "freebie" package (ie, StuffIt Expander 5.x and DropStuff, same version), the Aladdin translators also handle .gz's made with MacGzip (though I'm not sure of this). The only other utils I can think of are MacLinkPlus (typically available with installs of ClarisWorks 4+, and I believe OS8) and StuffIt Deluxe/Lite 4 or newer. You may also want to try setting your PCExchange and Internet Config prefs for .GZ extension files to something other than SimpleText. As a last resort, opening the .gz files from inside MacGzip may be your only option. Hope this helps Steve Wright On 10/1/99 3:32 AM, Info-Mac (info-mac@starnine.com) chiseled in the electronic asphalt: >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:55:46 +0000 >From: Bob Hansmann >Subject: MacGZip question > >Dear InfoMac subscribers, > I downloaded MacGZip a while back, and tested it, and it seemed to work >fine, so I compressed quite a few important files which I have saved to >a 100M Iomega Zip Disk. > After a major unrelated problem, I finally initialized my Hard Drive >and reinstalled everything, including MacGZip. > My problem is that when I expand any file, either previously compressed >or newly compressed with the newly installed version of MacGZip, the >document will not open up. I get a dialog box stating that the >"Application which created it cannot be found". Most of the docs are in >SimpleText, so the application can indeed be found readily! > Does anyone out there have experience with this problem? > many thanks in advance, > Bob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 11:18:30 -0400 From: RobD Subject: INFOMAC re red bad solder joint on Apple 15 in display quoting Jim (James G) Hardwick and possibly previous message abstract: >I have an old Radius 2 page color display that I was using with my IIci b4 >the hard drive failed, and I had to have a bad solder joint repaired. A >good local repair shop in Ashland, VA found & re-did it in one hour, $65. snip >My monitor lasted over 9 yrs b4 this problems showed up. Shame on Apple >for having a problem so soon. Apple used Sony OEM monitors. Who was at fault then? >>>-----------Reach me by ICQ# 7162477------------------<<< =80=80=80Read my contributions =80=80=80 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:45:00 -0400 From: Jim & Joan Subject: LP's to AIFF files continued there's been lots of good suggestions about transferring whole albums to AIFF files but as we all know, there are sometimes only a few gems on an album. Anyone out there know of an app for selectively transfering these gems to AIFF? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 08:13:28 -0400 From: Allan Hunter Subject: MacGZip question I think the GZip format itself does not preserve resource fork information such as file type and file creator. If you open SimpleText first and then go to File: Open, you will be able to open the files unless they are genuinely corrupted. You can also edit the file type and file creator using various utilities that exist for that purpose (I use Snitch, available in the Info-Mac archives) and reset your files so that the OS knows that SimpleText created them. > I downloaded MacGZip a while back, and tested it, and it seemed to work >fine, so I compressed quite a few important files which I have saved to >a 100M Iomega Zip Disk. > After a major unrelated problem, I finally initialized my Hard Drive >and reinstalled everything, including MacGZip. > My problem is that when I expand any file, either previously compressed >or newly compressed with the newly installed version of MacGZip, the >document will not open up. I get a dialog box stating that the >"Application which created it cannot be found". Most of the docs are in >SimpleText, so the application can indeed be found readily! > Does anyone out there have experience with this problem? > many thanks in advance, > Bob Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:10:48 -0400 From: Alan Stein Subject: MacGZip question At 9:55 PM +0000 9/29/99, Bob Hansmann wrote: > I downloaded MacGZip a while back, and tested it, and it seemed to work >fine, so I compressed quite a few important files which I have saved to >a 100M Iomega Zip Disk. > After a major unrelated problem, I finally initialized my Hard Drive >and reinstalled everything, including MacGZip. > My problem is that when I expand any file, either previously compressed >or newly compressed with the newly installed version of MacGZip, the >document will not open up. I get a dialog box stating that the >"Application which created it cannot be found". Most of the docs are in >SimpleText, so the application can indeed be found readily! > Does anyone out there have experience with this problem? Have you tried just opening them up from within SimpleText? My guess is that MacGZip didn't save the resource forks and thus the Finder has no way of knowing what application owns the files, but probably did save the data forks and SimpleText should be able to read them. Alan H. Stein alan@alanstein.com http://www.alanstein.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:02:53 -0700 From: Greg Lyzenga Subject: Performa connection problems Hi all: I've been wrestling with a problem for a few weeks now that really has me frustrated. Perhaps someone out there has had a similar experience and can offer some advice. At my suggestion, my sister-in-law bought a reconditioned Performa 5200, to use primarily for light-duty word processing and Internet access. (This model is an all-in-one unit based on a 90 MHz PPC.) She's not a particularly computer-familiar person, which means she's looking to me to figure out problems. The problem is that whenever we try to access the web, the modem connection abruptly hangs up. Sometimes this happens within a matter of minutes, or sometimes right away. This behavior has persisted after changing: (1) browsers between Navigator and IE, (2) ISP companies, (3) physical phone lines, (4) PPP software, (5) compression protocol, (6) clock battery, etc. The computer has an internal Global Village Teleport Gold IIv modem, and is running System 8.1. For what it's worth, Eudora seemed to work fine, as it stayed connected downloading email for over 30 minutes without ever dropping the connection. This problem has been eluding all my best sleuthing attempts, and my sister-in-law is starting to wonder why she bought the thing. Somebody please help me save the situation! Thanks a lot! - Greg Lyzenga ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 02:42:20 -0700 From: Dierk Seeburg Subject: QuicktimeVR to VRML Hi, Does anyone know of a converter from QuicktimeVR to VRML? Any hint is appreciated! Thanks, Dierk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 10:30:32 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson Subject: serial to parallel I > Subject: Oops, mea culpa (was: couple questions) > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 09:43:11 +0100 > From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" > Apparently my doltishness on another topic bugged Udo Huth > (over trying to connect a parallel plug MP3 player to a > PBook serial port.. > > >Good grief, man... > >You cannot connect a parallel device to a serial port. > > Without the right drivers. There are commercial packages and even freeware > I've come across which lets you connect PC parallel printers to serial Macs. > If you've come across a _software_ solution to driving a parallel device from a serial port without additional cables, I'd surely love to see that, freeware or no. If someone is handng out free converter cables, well, I'd like that too! That's one hell of an impressive hack, akin to plugging your SCSI drive directly into the serial port and getting it to work. AFAIK, GDT is the only company right now making the necessary hardware/drivers combination to attach parallel devices to macs. The focus on printers, but they _might_ have a driver to run something like the Rio. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:01:53 +1000 From: Jkars Subject: sound Hi to all the readers, After having collected and read all 342 Mac Digest numbers, I actally have a Query myself. I am in the process of converting all my reel to reel music, collected over the last 50 years, into MP3 format ready to burn onto CD's for safe keeping. However I seem to have collected an awful amount of noise in the process when I play it back in MP3 format. With what program can I delete the rumbles and noises and clicks and how do I do it on my "beige"G3. Also how do I convert my MP3 file back to AIFF for editing? I hope someone can put me straight. Thanks in advance. John Kars. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:58:51 -0700 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: why no more share/freeware submissions >The latest release news of share/free software was very helpful. >I should understand that the Info-Mac Digests are edited by volunteer, >but i'm not quite happy without them. We're trying to do a bunch of major moves that will improve the reliability this list and make our lives much easier, and one of those includes moving away from various scripts on our main Unix machine that are totally broken. Once we do that, announcements of new submissions should start appearing in the digest again. Files ARE being posted; the page below lists them in order. cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst, Info-Mac Senior Moderator -- -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************