Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #363 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 13 Nov 99 Volume 16 : Issue 363 Today's Topics: (C) Data Detectors. [Q] how to set up a Headless Mac Bad Apple experience COPERNIC DarkSide screen saver for the Mac IDE Hard Drives in beige G3 PB infrared and system clock changes after upgrading to system9 VirtualPC-Windows95 or 98? VirtualPC-Windows95 or 98? why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? 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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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 #363" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 10:18:52 -0700 From: Neil Fiertel Subject: I wrote on Nov 3 this query...I received at least 60 replies to my question from all over the planet...Most had some very useful obervation and four had the identical solution that I had found on my own by playing around with the Toast software that I had missed the first few times around... All of the letters had ways to make the problem diminish and many had interesting software solutions that I had not encountered before. They are all very much appreciated. I have been stymied by the inability to make a compatible CD-rom of jpeg files to be accessible from either a Mac or a Windows machine. I burned the disks using Toast with the ISO 9660 file format and found that they were fine for the Mac but with a Windows machine there did not appear to be the jpg suffix required for the software to identify and open the files. It was necessary to copy them over to the Hard Drive and then add the suffix for some reason. Can anyone shed some light on this? I am in a bit of a bind to get the solution to this pronto as I must produce a number of disks this month. Is there another way to accomplish this compatibility using Toast? Please contact me directly with advice on this issue as I need a rapid reply if possible. Thanks in advance to anyone with a solution!!!! nfiertel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Regarding my inability to produce a universally readable CD with jpeg images using Toast...problem solved! I found that there were options in Toast that I had missed as they are hidden under the data attribute which does not have to be accessed in general usage of the software. Within that are options to select for MS_DOS only, Windows Joliet and Mac as well as translations from one to another in terms of file naming. One can also choose as I did the option of all the file name extensions so that any and all machines can access the files by seeing only the file naming convention suitable to the OS in use. This works well. Further to that I found that using ISO 9660 so that the CD would be Windows compatible set up as the default the open file format available with ISO. This is a distinct problem for older drives that will not read the open format. This is the case with many 2X speed readers. There is another option in the ISO 9660 format which is not the default CD-XA but instead one should choose CD-ROM. In this way one gets a closed and fully compatible CD for pretty much any PeeCee as well as Mac machine so long as all the filename attributes are also installed at the same time. I wish to thank the dozens of people who tried to help me with all kinds of great advice and software options for renaming and so forth. Info-Mac really is a great resource of good Internet Citizens. One of the last idealistic place on earth.... "Just three rusty strands of barbed wire from the North Pole" -Neil Fiertel (1941 - ?) "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." - Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Professor Neil Fiertel (nfiertel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca) or (nfiertel@ualberta.ca) FAB-3-98 Department of Art and Design University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G-2C9 The content of all my correspondence is my own and does not reflect the opinions the University of Alberta or the Department of Art and Design ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:28:38 -0400 From: feldspar@cryogen.com (Antaeus Feldspar) Subject: (C) Data Detectors. > Date: 11 Nov 99 06:50:58 -0500 > From: "D. Scott Beach" > Subject: (C) Data Detectors. > > >Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 19:26:19 -0700 > >From: "Dr. James K. Butler" > >Subject: ADD > > > >A little while back I posted some information about the Apple Data > >Detectors (ADD). They consist of a control panel, an extension and > >AppleScript. Most people have not heard about them, but they are a FREE > >addition to the OS and they can be downloaded from the Apple site. > > Dr. Jim: > I've been using them since they were first introduced and think they're > great. They're particularly good for extending the life of older software. > For instance, we use FirstClass 3.x at the publishing company where I work > but it's not really an internet mail client; even with the addition of SMTP > gateways. With ADD we can make it sort of act like a modern mail client in > as much as we can make it URL aware. > I'd like to see someone come up with a data detector module that would > allow modem dialing from text containing phone numbers. > - Scott I have to follow this up and say that I got interested enough by James Butler's praises of ADD to download them and try them out myself. I have not regretted doing so; why Apple has abandoned this jewel is a bizarre mystery. Who knows... -jc -- * -jc IS *NOW* feldspar@cryogen.com * Home page: http://members.tripod.com/~afeldspar/index.html * The home of >>Failed Pilots Playhouse<< * "Better you hold me close than understand..." Thomas Dolby ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 20:33:02 -0500 From: Dwight Early Subject: [Q] how to set up a Headless Mac What I really mean is how to have a mac run without a monitor? I have a IIsi that I want to run IPNetRouter and Timbukto and a Quadra 950 as a file server. Don't need monitors for those purposes once you get them up & running. I tried to bring up the IIsi w/o the monitor connected. Nothing. So, I plugged the monitor in and rebooted. The system came up in the black & white mode. Hmmmm, says he, what's the trick? Like Blanch, I depend upon the kindness of others. --Dwight Early ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:41:34 -0500 From: "Baker, Robert" Subject: Bad Apple experience I've heard of similar experiences with "The Apple Store" from several friends. The lesson here is if you buy Apple Products, don't buy them from Apple. The usual sources - CompUSA, MacWarehouse, Mac Zone - have proven track records that are more reliable. Regards, Rob rbaker@rwd.com -----Original Message----- From: Jook Leung [mailto:jook@360vr.com] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 4:26 PM Subject: Bad Apple experience GenevaI recently had an appalling experience with Apple Computer that has shaken up my loyalty and advocacy in that company. Friends will say I had always been an Apple junkie. My 128K Mac and first issue of MacWorld magazine have remained collectibles. And I've owned about every other model Apple Computer has ever made including the IIe and IIGS. I placed an order online at the Apple Store for an iBook laptop and AirPort after seeing it at MacExpo in 7/99. This was going to be my 4th Apple laptop purchase only because the AirPort technology was very cool. After a 3-month wait, the iBook arrived with no AirPort. Strike One. I had gotten an iBook with a screen that has a couple defective screen pixels, one that is stuck on RED and a couple inches from the center of the screen. Strike Two. After placing my third call to Apple Customer Service asking for a return or replacement, they continued to say " SORRY", a LCD screen such as mine with two bad pixels is within their guidelines as being acceptable. They said, "we can't help you" and offered no replacement and no customer satisfaction. Strike Three. As a digital-imaging specialist and consultant it hurts me to say this company has turned it's back on a loyal customer and will be losing another evangelist. I hope this story gets to the higher-ups and they realize this sort of thing is really damaging to Apple's market place and that Customer Service should also really care about customer satisfaction. Does Apple realize they are trading the cost of an iBook for many, many lost future sales? Or is it that they don't care any more. Beware of buying electronic products with LCD screens and CCD sensors. Manufacturers are slacking off on quality control and using units that are not 100% perfect. Two of my Nikon digital cameras had defective pixels and Nikon customer service replaced the components under their warranty policy. BTW, don't ever order from the Apple Store. They have a NO RETURNS - ALL SALES FINAL policy! Please forward this e-mail to the higher ups at Apple Computer. Thank you --------------------------------------------------------------- Jook Leung http://360vr.com 201 894 5881 fax: 201 894 5882 360VR Photography * 44A Honeck Street * Englewood, NJ 07631 --- 360 Degree Panoramic Images for Virtual Tours --- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:12:48 -0500 From: Louis Bergeron Subject: COPERNIC Hi to everyone, I have stopped using Sherlock because it was too long to specify the setups everytime. Copernic Plus is great and there are new 2000 versions available. Microsoft have an eye on the product or already bought it. Louis Dear Copernic User, It is with great pride that I am announcing the introduction of the latest version of our leading search tool: Copernic 2000. Starting now, our award winning Internet search tool will be available in three versions: Copernic 2000, Copernic 2000 Plus, and Copernic 2000 Pro. Copernic 2000 now provides the means to target searches on 55 search engines grouped into 6 categories, while Copernic 2000 Plus features 32 categories with more than 255 search engines. The completely new Copernic 2000 Pro version is the best solution to searching the Web for information. It is perfectly suited to those who require the ultimate search tool. Have you ever dreamed of a tool that is powerful enough to allow you to program your searches so that they are updated, for example, on a daily basis, while you are asleep? What would you say if, in addition, it were possible to receive e-mail, first thing in the morning, providing a report on new documents targeting your specific information needs? Well, all that has become a reality, thanks to Copernic 2000 Pro. This professional tool also allows you to automate operations such as validation of results, downloading of documents, and refining searches. Moreover, a spell-checker is now integrated, making your search experiences even more effective. Copernic 2000 Pro, the ultimate search tool, is available at the following address: => http://www.copernic.com/buy.html To upgrade your current version of Copernic 99 or Copernic 99 Plus, please read the instructions posted on our Web site at: => http://www.copernic.com/upgrade.html For more general information on Copernic 2000, consult our home page at: => http://www.copernic.com/ Sincerely, Andrew Ray Copernic Technologies Inc. http://www.copernic.com P.S. Thank you for using our products! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent exclusively to our users who indicated - during the installation of Copernic- a preference to receive notification of product news, updates and special offers from Copernic Technologies. Please do not respond to this message. This is a post-only mailing. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered. Instead, visit: http://www.copernic.com/contact.html If you do not want to receive future announcements, please unsubscribe by visiting: http://www.copernic.com/unsub/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Louis Bergeron C.P. 68 Granby J2G 8E2 Bureau principal-Main office (450) 776-1074 Fax (450) 776-1113 Bureau secondaire-Secondary office (450) 372-6614 #172 E-mail tiwi@lino.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:38:24 -0500 From: William Beckett Subject: DarkSide screen saver for the Mac I noted your list posting about "After Dark no longer?" I would suggest you look into "Darkside of the Mac" screensaver shareware. To quote from the manual: "DarkSide is a Macintosh application, and as such should be easy to use without documentation. It also contains full balloon help. However, complete documentation is available via the web at . In addition, this web site always contains the latest version of DarkSide, a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) about DarkSide, and other useful information." DarkSide will run After Dark screen savers. I don't know about OS9, but it has worked fine for all my system variations through OS 8.6 on a beige G3. Regards, Bill ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 09:18:30 +1100 From: Tony Curtis Subject: IDE Hard Drives in beige G3 I would like to add a second HD to my G3/233 beige desktop (thinking of a Quantum KA 13.6GB, 7200rpm) and the material around is confusing. I appear to have a 'Rev B' machine which is capable of supporting more than one IDE HD.(Beige G3/233 desktop with WD 4GB HD and PCI slot $F1 ATY,mach64_3DUPro video capability). There is no Zipdrive in the machine and I believe these Zips are ATAPI coming off ATA1 Bus as does the CDROM. The G3 workshop manual is also no help. It says the G3 has a SCSI CDROM (whereas System Profiler tells me that Internal ATA0 ID=0 has the WD 4GB and ATA1 ID=0 has the CDROM!) There is a 'spare' 40pin 'IDE'-type cable which exits the mother board next to the existing HD exit cable.There is also a 4-pin 'HD-like' power lead ready for 'something'. Guess the mounting for another HD is above the Zip bay since there are 'rails' there to accept a 'sled'. I have seen info which indicates 'master-slave' etc but this is (I thought) for HDs which are connected to the same IDE cable (?) If there are 2 HD controllers on the mother board and this 'extra' cable is for a second HD then should it be jumpered as 'Master' also? The question is are these cables for a Zip or for a second HD? Has anybody fitted a second IDE HD? If so how? Would a 7200rpm HD overload the psu? tony ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 09:48:04 -0800 From: David L Hirschberg Subject: PB infrared and system clock changes after upgrading to system9 Since upgrading to system 9 I have been unable to sync with my palmIIx using the infrared port. I have a PBG3/333 bronze keyboard with 192MB main memory. When I try to launch the infrared control panel I get the message "The infrared control panel cannot run on this machintosh because no infrared hardware was discovered." Is this a hardware or software problem. The other strange thing is that on wake up from sleep or start up my system clock leaps ahead 1 hour and sometime 2 hours. I have it set to PST (cuppertino) and set to update with a Time server when the clocks are different. Toggling the automatic daylight savings time setting makes no difference. Thanks, David hirschberg@stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:32:51 -0500 (EST) From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: VirtualPC-Windows95 or 98? In Info-Mac Digest V16 #362, Marian C. Poczobutt asked: >Does 98 run slower than 95, and are there any other costs or benefits? I recently installed Virtual PC 3.0 on my G3 Powerbook but I have never used an earlier verion so I can't make comparisons. Another question was: >Does VirtualPC recognize the serial ports on this adaptor, and if so does >it need the USB >support on the Windows side? The reason I bought Virtual PC was that I wanted to run some trip planing software with integrated GPS capability. I contacted Connectix tech support to find out whether the PC software would be able to see the GPS receiver and they said it would not. On the other hand, when I posed a question to the same effect on an Motorhome forum, I got a reply from someone who said he was using a GPS receiver which plugged in as a PCM-CIA card and the PC software, running under Virtual PC on a Mac, could read it. I ended up doing without GPS on a trial basis, figuring I would add it if I found I really needed it. A recent 10,000 mile two month trip showed me that I didn't really need it as much as I thought I would. Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:11:14 -0600 From: Pete Resnick Subject: VirtualPC-Windows95 or 98? On 11/11/99 at 8:28 PM -0500, Marian C. Poczobutt wrote: >I know that 98 offers USB support (with OS9), which brings me to my >third question. I plan on getting an iBook soon and will use the >Keyspan serial adaptor to connect devices such as a GPS unit to it. >Does VirtualPC recognize the serial ports on this adaptor, and if so >does it need the USB support on the Windows side? I'm guessing it >doesn't, since the serial ports show up on the Mac side. Here's what I hear from a friend at Connectix: If you add a USB->serial adapter to your system and install the included software which registers the "virtual serial port" with the Communications Resource Manager (CRMSerialDevices.h), it will show up in Virtual PC's preferences dialog and will be available for COM port emulation. So, yes, any Mac-compatible USB to serial adapter with the appropriate drivers should do the trick. pr -- Pete Resnick Eudora Engineering - QUALCOMM Incorporated ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 15:05:35 -0500 From: Steve Seiden Subject: why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? --============_-1269685338==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Gary, I asked this question of Adam Engst a while back. He replied, "... subscribe to the Eudora-Mac mailing list (linked on ) and ask there ..." There, without having to ask, I found a thread that led to a clear answer. This is a very useful Eudora site, giving me a real education in just the few days I have monitored it. If you sign up, switch immediately to e-mails in digest form (appears to be twice daily), or you will be buried. And the answer to this problem is: In the menu - Special/Settings/Hosts - Deselect the "Use mail-exchange records ..." options. The result is the SMTP server responds almost immediately. My delay was timed at 67 seconds before it found the SMTP host, and then about 11 seconds to send. Now the send is complete in about 15 seconds. Steve Seiden At 1:19 PM -0500 11/12/99, Info-Mac wrote: >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 16:08:28 -0500 >From: Gary Radice >Subject: why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? > >Whenever I send e-mail from Eudora on my bronze keyboard powerbook, there >is a delay of exactly 30 seconds while my computer searches for my smtp >server. Then the mail gets sent immediately. This happens both when I'm >connected to the network in my office and at home over the modem/PPP. > >Receiving messages is not a problem. It finds the server immediately (plus >or minus normal network delays) and sucks the messages down. > >But sending mail: exactly 30 seconds of wait, every time. I can switch to >other apps in the meantime but I can't go back to reading mail or doing >anything in Eudora until the 30 second search for the server is finished. >Very annoying. Any thoughts? > >This is running OS 8.6 and Eudora Light 3.5.5. > >Gary P. Radice gradice@richmond.edu >Associate Professor of Biology 804 289 8107 (voice) >University of Richmond 804 289 8233 (FAX) >Richmond VA 23173 http://www.science.richmond.edu/~radice --============_-1269685338==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Gary, I asked this question of Adam Engst a while back. He replied, "... subscribe to the Eudora-Mac mailing list (linked on <) and ask there ..." There, without having to ask, I found a thread that led to a clear answer. This is a very useful Eudora site, giving me a real education in just the few days I have monitored it. If you sign up, switch immediately to e-mails in digest form (appears to be twice daily), or you will be buried. And the answer to this problem is: right,right,left,leftIn the menu - Special/Settings/Hosts - Deselect the "Use mail-exchange records ..." options. The result is the SMTP server responds almost immediately. My delay was timed at 67 seconds before it found the SMTP host, and then about 11 seconds to send. Now the send is complete in about 15 seconds. Steve Seiden At 1:19 PM -0500 11/12/99, Info-Mac wrote: >Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 16:08:28 -0500 >From: Gary Radice < >Subject: why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? > >Whenever I send e-mail from Eudora on my bronze keyboard powerbook, there >is a delay of exactly 30 seconds while my computer searches for my smtp >server. Then the mail gets sent immediately. This happens both when I'm >connected to the network in my office and at home over the modem/PPP. > >Receiving messages is not a problem. It finds the server immediately (plus >or minus normal network delays) and sucks the messages down. > >But sending mail: exactly 30 seconds of wait, every time. I can switch to >other apps in the meantime but I can't go back to reading mail or doing >anything in Eudora until the 30 second search for the server is finished. >Very annoying. Any thoughts? > >This is running OS 8.6 and Eudora Light 3.5.5. > >Gary P. Radice gradice@richmond.edu >Associate Professor of Biology 804 289 8107 (voice) >University of Richmond 804 289 8233 (FAX) >Richmond VA 23173 http://www.science.richmond.edu/~radice --============_-1269685338==_ma============-- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 05:30:43 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? Gary Radice asked: >Whenever I send e-mail from Eudora on my bronze keyboard powerbook, there >is a delay of exactly 30 seconds while my computer searches for my smtp >server. Then the mail gets sent immediately. This happens both when I'm >connected to the network in my office and at home over the modem/PPP. I don't have Eudora Light, but do use Eudora Pro. In my settings (under Special menu) there is a category called "Threading" where you can choose a delay before sending. You might look at the settings relating to threading and see if that makes a difference. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 10:46:38 -0800 From: Darrell Greenwood Subject: why a 30 second delay sending e-mail? [[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] In article <80hm2m$cfu$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, Gary Radice wrote: >But sending mail: exactly 30 seconds of wait, every time. I can switch to >other apps in the meantime but I can't go back to reading mail or doing >anything in Eudora until the 30 second search for the server is finished. >Very annoying. Any thoughts? In Eudora Light 3.1.3, under Hosts, there is a check box labelled 'Use mail-exchange records (SMTP servers only)'. If that check box is checked, Eudora will deliver the mail directly to the SMTP server that the MX records indicate, with the delay you are experiencing. Cheers, Darrell -- Darrell Greenwood mailto:Darrell_Greenwood@mindlink.net Vancouver, BC http://www.nyx.net/~dgreenw/ -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************