Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #132 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 23 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 132 Today's Topics: [*] [ANN] Fuffy 2.1.1 [*] ACDSee [*] Any Requests? 1.2 [*] Color Jig [*] Deathmatch [*] Deathmatch Revisited [*] DragThing 2.9 release [*] DT Calculator [*] Dungeon [*] EXAMwHELPdemo Submission [*] iGregs Icons [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.7 [*] Much To Do About Nothing 1.0 [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 - Exclusive notepad with many features [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 Sv - Exclusive notepad (Swedish version) [*] Pocket Album v1.1.3 [*] States3000 v1.0 [*] StdMap 3.7 [*] SynchPPP 1.1.1 - Auto-Synchronise an application with yourPPP connection [*] SysEx 4.5.2 [*] TaskMenuBar 2.1.2 [*] Udana 1.3 [Q] FAX software G4 Networking NTFS vols larger than 2GB? 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The Score Sheet can now only be shown in a multi-player game, while command-keystrokes entered while the dice are rolling no longer result in score entry into an inappropriate category. Fuffy is a simple yet addictive multiplayer dice game for the Macintosh, similar to yahtzee, yatzee, kniffel or yacht. The aim of the game is to make scoring combinations of dice, by selectively rolling a set of five dice. Features of Fuffy include: full 68K compatibility, multiplayer capability (up to four players at one time), a hints function to help you play, ability to undo your moves, keyboard shortcuts, a floating Score Sheet, a Hall of Fame to record high scores, fun sounds, a customisable interface, full balloon help, and Fuffy is intuitive and easy to use. Comprehensive help is provided by way of HTML files, which take advantage of (but do not require) Apple Help technology. Further features available in the registered version include full keyboard shortcuts, auto hints (where hints come on automatically after every roll) and automatic rolling of the dice at the start of every round. Fuffy is distributed as shareware, with a single player licence fee of US$15. "Fuffy is...thoughtfully and elegantly designed...And if you're like me, this one will bring back good memories of afternoons at Grandma's. Seriously" - MacWorld GameSpace July 2000 For more reviews and comments on Fuffy, including customer comments, please visit http://www.fuffy.com/reviews.html Please email mail@fuffy.com if you require more information on this game. [Archived as /info-mac/game/fuffy-211.hqx; 1496 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: "Brian Piepgrass" To: Subject: [*] ACDSee ACDSee for Mac is a high-speed, full-featured image viewer / browser that displays pictures and digital images in high resolution. Brian Piepgrass, ACD Systems Web Promotions Specialist Come meet the ACD Systems team! Photokina, Cologne, Germany, Sept. 20 - 25, Hall 5, Floor 1, Aisle G, Booth 009 Comdex, Las Vegas, Nov. 13 - 17, South Hall Level 1, Booth L7541 MacWorld, San Francisco, Jan 9 - 12, 2001, Hall A, Booth 433 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/acdsee.hqx; 2129 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Greg Weston To: Subject: [*] Any Requests? 1.2 Any Requests? is a voice-controlled interface to play your MP3 collection on demand. You can turn even the oldest PowerMac into a dedicate jukebox, or leave it running in the background on 604s and up to play music any time you want without having to switch apps. Release 1.2 of Any Requests? includes: - Better handling of ID3 header variants. - Support for QuickTime playback. - A new Music Browser window to help organize your collection. - Better track list printing. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/any-requests-12.hqx; 97 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: MacMaJig@aol.com To: Subject: [*] Color Jig Color Jig is a simple freeware SuperCard Player project to grab colors information, Hex and RGB values, from your screen and preview HTML colors. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/color-jig.hqx; 103 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Miguel Faria To: Subject: [*] Deathmatch Please place in game/com/wolf An easy 30-level Wolf. scenario. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/deathmatch.hqx; 136 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Miguel Faria To: Subject: [*] Deathmatch Revisited Please place in game/com/wolf Easy 30 level scenario update of Deathmatch. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/deathmatch-revisited.hqx; 188 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: James Thomson To: Subject: [*] DragThing 2.9 release Enclosed is a copy of DragThing 2.9, to update Info-Mac with the latest version. This multiple-language installer should replace any existing English, French, German, Italian and Japanese versions of DragThing on Info-Mac. DragThing is an application dock designed to tidy up the icons littering your desktop. Simply drag an application from the Finder onto an empty square in a dock and then drag documents onto it as normal. In addition, the docks can contain files, folders, disks, servers and URLs, and there is also an option to display the currently running processes in a special dock. Version 2.9 adds support for drawing the docks in the style of the current Theme or Kaleidoscope Scheme on 8.5 or later. This release is packaged as a multiple-language installer with support for English, French, German, Italian and Japanese. DragThing is shareware, at $20 a copy, and is a free upgrade for existing registered users. DragThing requires at least System 7.5.5 (8.0 or later recommended) and a Macintosh with a minimum of a Motorola 68020 or PowerPC 601 processor. Storing URLs in docks requires the Internet Config extension to be installed, version 2.0 or later. The official DragThing web page is also available at you can download the latest version of DragThing there and get all the up-to-date news and information. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/dragthing-29.hqx; 3111 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller" To: Subject: [*] DT Calculator DT Calculator is a no-frills scientific RPN calculator (24k disk space). I don't know who wrote it but the file was created on June 15, 1990 and it still works. I believe it's not supported and free but please let me know if there are still any shareware claims. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/dt-calculator.hqx; 15 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Miguel Faria To: Subject: [*] Dungeon Please place in game/com/wolf A 3 level Wolf prison adventure. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/dungeon.hqx; 117 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Ray Shapira To: Subject: [*] EXAMwHELPdemo Submission Info-Mac Archivist: EXAMwHELPdemo.sit.bin has been sent to you today, Aug 9. The EXAMwHELPdemo.sit.bin is 1373312 bytes. New educational test making computer software program demo from DORAY MEDIA. Teachers, now you can create your own computerized multiple choice tests in hypercard on your mac. Your choice of many colors for cards, color pictures and movies and much more. Works with any 2.x version of hypercard on any Mac. EXAM w HELP gives students practice taking exams with help getting the correct answers. Sample exam and help stacks included. Atlanta Symbol Font, a great font for HyperCard, provided free. Keywords: educational tool, test making, hypercard program, exam with help, automated scripts, color, grading, Atlanta Symbol Font Automated scripts and documentation for exam and help stacks preparation not included in demo. EXAMINATION, a program for giving actual graded exams not included. Raymond Shapira DORAY MEDIA, LLC medrs@doraymedia.com 404-634-4207 [Archived as /info-mac/edu/exam-w-help.hqx; 1960 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Greg To: Subject: [*] iGregs Icons Hi, iGregs Icons contains 211 icons that I hope you'll love. These icons are free, but I would appreciate it if everyone would check out my web site, www.iGregs.com. These are 256 color icons that should work on any Mac. Enjoy! Greg e-mail: igregs@yahoo.com webpage: http://www.iGregs.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/igregs-icons.hqx; 253 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.7 MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play & manage standard MIDI files. Player window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find capability. What's changed : - Crashed while playing playlist on 68K Macs -> fixed. Features : Fat Binary. QuickTime support. Macintosh Drag and Drop support. GM, GS, XG format compatible. 32part Standard MIDI File playback support. Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only) This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-107.hqx; 438 K] ------------------------------ Date: 20 Aug 2000 From: Gordon Worley To: Subject: [*] Much To Do About Nothing 1.0 This is a simple to do program for the Mac. It offers no frills, just lets you add items, edit items, and delete items when you finish them. It was made using MacPython, and then turned into a regular Mac application. It is licensed under the GNU GPL. Requires a PPC Mac. [Archived as /info-mac/app/much-to-do-about-nothing-10.hqx; 1444 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" To: Subject: [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 - Exclusive notepad with many features NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 (English version) NotePad Deluxe is a fast, powerful, multi-purpose notepad for Macintosh. Features include a page browser with extensive drag and drop, find with replace, local/global text formats, quick-find, labels, lock, built-in encryption (Blowfish), context menus, a useful tab ruler with real tabs, a floating database palette, spell checking through the Word Services system, and web links. Yet the interface is userfriendly and carefully polished. Version 2.0.1 fixes some bugs and makes some other small changes: - Fixed bug where too many notes could be deleted with the context menu - Fixed conflict with Kaleidoscope Distribution: Shareware $25 System Requirements: System 7.5 or later http://www.ibrium.se/npd.html Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/text/note-pad-deluxe-201.hqx; 1319 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Aug 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" To: Subject: [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 Sv - Exclusive notepad (Swedish version) NotePad Deluxe 2.0.1 Sv (Swedish version) NotePad Deluxe is a fast, powerful, multi-purpose notepad for Macintosh. Features include a page browser with extensive drag and drop, find with replace, local/global text formats, quick-find, labels, lock, built-in encryption (Blowfish), context menus, a useful tab ruler with real tabs, a floating database palette, spell checking through the Word Services system, and web links. Yet the interface is userfriendly and carefully polished. Version 2.0.1 fixes some bugs and makes some other small changes: - Fixed bug where too many notes could be deleted with the context menu - Fixed conflict with Kaleidoscope Distribution: Shareware $25 System Requirements: System 7.5 or later http://www.ibrium.se/npd.html Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/text/note-pad-deluxe-201-se.hqx; 1249 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] Pocket Album v1.1.3 Pocket Album is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to view picturefiles. Not just only browsing the files, this application works as librarian and format converter. One window, i.e. one file, can hold 24 picture files and some comments for them. Pocket Alubum accepts these picture format with QuickTime 4.0: BMP, FlashPix, JPEG, GIF, Macromedia Flash, MacPaint, PICT, PhotoShop, PNG, SGI Image, QuickTIme Image, TIFF, TARGA Can convert to these picture format with QuickTime 4.0: BMP, JPEG, MacPaint, PhotoShop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime Image, TGA, SGI Image, TIFF What's changed : - If a picture file has preview PICT, the image is drown first, then start loading larger image. - When printing paper size is smaller than image size, the image is automatically sized to fit. Features : Fat Binary. Drag & Drop support. Navigation Services aware. (PowerPC only) This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC System7 + QuickTime 2.5 or later [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pocket-album-113.hqx; 276 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: Ken Winograd To: Subject: [*] States3000 v1.0 States3000 v1.0 Released! Merrimack, New Hampshire, August 8, 2000: Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates announced today the release of version 1.0 of a fun Macintosh shareware game called States3000 (Windows version available soon). States3000 is a new take on the classic hangman word guessing game we all played when we were kids. It's the easiest way to learn about all 50 US States. It features colorful, non-violent graphics, digitized sounds, synthesized speech, State pictures and information, and special options especially designed for visually challenged users. States3000 is "secretly educational". It's played for fun, but you can't help learning. Included in States3000 is a new "knowledge area". This area will include information associated with each of the States, including a picture of the State and where it is located within the United States. You'll also learn the names of the State Birds, Capitals, Flowers, Nicknames and Trees. States3000 includes Multi-Level Winning Streak Score Boards, allowing students and family members alike to keep track of winning streaks. Separate score boards are kept for each difficulty level, so users can compete against users choosing the same difficulty level. States3000 requires a Macintosh (PPC-only.) States3000 for Windows will be available soon. States3000 for Macintosh is available now. For more information, or to download or securely register the program, please visit the States3000 web page at: Information: http://www.winograd.com Quick Download: http://www.winograd.com/States3000.sit.hqx Contact: Ken Winograd (ken@winograd.com) [Archived as /info-mac/game/states-3000-101.hqx; 670 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Aug 2000 From: "James D. Meiss" To: Subject: [*] StdMap 3.7 ***StdMap version 3.7*** StdMap runs on any PPC mac with MacOS 8.5 or later. If you have a 68K Mac or do not have MacOS 8.5, get an earlier version (e.g. 3.4). What it does Standard Maps displays the dynamics of several "area preserving" mappings. It will also find periodic orbits, cantori, and stable and unstable manifolds of any (symmetric) periodic orbit. It allows you to iterate curves, single step along orbits, etc. For more info see: [Archived as /info-mac/sci/std-map-37.hqx; 125 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: Sander Tekelenburg To: Subject: [*] SynchPPP 1.1.1 - Auto-Synchronise an application with yourPPP connection SynchPPP monitors the status of your PPP connection to the Internet, no matter how that connection was initiated. When it notices a connection, it will immediately launch the application you told it to launch. When it notices you disconnected, it will quit that same application. Use: Can be nice to make sure you always check your mail when you're on-line; or to always have ICQ running when on-line; or to always have a counter running (nice if you're being charged per minute for your on-line time); or to always have your server running when on-line; or... you get the picture ;) System Requirements: - Mac OS 8.6 - AppleScript needs to be installed Legalese: SynchPPP is $10 shareware. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/ppp/synch-ppp-111.hqx; 83 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Steve Grace To: Subject: [*] SysEx 4.5.2 SysEx Universal MIDI Librarian By Steve Grace Version 4.5.2 - August 2000 SysEx is a free MIDI librarian program for the Macintosh. SysEx can transmit and receive system exclusive (sysex) messages via MIDI and can save and load these messages to and from disk. SysEx now features user-configurable settings to specify a pause between system exclusive messages when transmitting and to specify the receive buffer size, which can now be as large as 1024 KB (1 MB) and as small as 64 KB. SysEx requires a Macintosh computer with a 68020, 68030, 68040, or PowerPC processor, System 7.0 or greater, and Opcode Systems' OMS (version 1.2 or greater) or equivalent (some versions of Mark of the Unicorn's FreeMIDI, including versions 1.34 and 1.35, can emulate OMS). For more information visit the SysEx home page at http://www.pobox.com/~sgrace/sysex/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/sys-ex-452.hqx; 232 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: Hugh Kawahara To: Subject: [*] TaskMenuBar 2.1.2 TaskMenuBar is a control panel that uses the empty space on the menu bar for many operations such as launching and switching applications, and opening files. Because it only uses the menu bar, unlike other utilities, it will never obscure or be obscured by other windows. The version 2.1.2 supports drag and drop of "promised" files. Requires System 7.1 or later including OS-8 and 9 with a 68K or PPC processor. Shareware fee: $15. Hugh Kawahara kawahara@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~kawahara/taskmenubar.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/task-menu-bar-212.hqx; 151 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 2000 From: Brian Kelley To: Subject: [*] Udana 1.3 The Udana is a collection of short suttas, each culminating in a short verse uttered by the Buddha. "Udana -- Exclamations of Buddha" randomly generates one of those verses each time it is opened, making it a nice addition to the Startup Items folder. Additionally, clicking on the quotation will generate a new verse. The verses can be saved as text files, and printed from the "File" menu. Version 1.3 offers improved support for printing, and adds an "Edit" menu. "Udana -- Exclamations of Buddha" is made available for free, as a gift of Dhamma. [Archived as /info-mac/app/udana-13.hqx; 859 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:57:31 -0400 From: Allan Hunter To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] FAX software What are y'all using for FAX software these days? I once had Delrina FAXPro Lite which came with a modem: baker's dozen worth of extensions and control panels, never could get it to work reliably, hated it. Later, I learned that the Apple Telecom software would work with a serial modem so I loaded it and found it tolerable: easy to use, and fewer patches to the OS, but very limited and klunky in its ability to accept instructions passed along from other programs. Now I use a PowerBook and I'll be damned if I want to haul around an external serial modem just to be able to use Apple Telecom software!! I'm looking for... a) cheap--freeware, shareware, or inexpensive commercial software b) plays nicely with the other S/W part I: an app rather than an extension would be nice although I have no problems with an old-fashioned RDEV (printer driver). Absolutely has to be able to FAX a document out from whatever application created it, natively, rather than having to copy and paste, or open as, or translate or, ::shudder:: retype it in some kind of custom FAX Composer software. c) elegant interface--FAXing should be as simple as printing from any application that can print. Switch "printers" to the FAX driver and to to File:Print. I do NOT want to have to put up with something obtrusive like a FAX dock or a whole additional FAX menu in all my menu bars! And I do not want to be forced to enter in the recipient's info in a separate address book program I would not otherwise use before being able to FAX to them! d) plays nicely with the other S/W part II: At a minimum, an ability to accept pasted input into FAX Number and FAX Recipient Name fields, and preferably the ability to accept AppleScript commands to FAX a given document to a recipient of FAX Number {variable} and FAX Recipient name {variable}. e) At least a limited capacity for spooling for the purpose of setting up a series of documents each of which has a recipient list and loading the series as a FAX run without additional user intervention being necessary. The Apple Telecom S/W dealt well with jobs once spooled (it would let you line them up and would redial them until they went through) but you had to send each one manually. -- Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 16:51:40 -0500 From: David Brand To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: G4 Networking Hi: Hi. We (a network of about 100 Macs in a University/Government biomedical research environment) are being forcefully "migrated" to use PC/Wintel machines on our 10/100BaseT Ethernet network. Many of us have refused (long story not worth going into), and are shortly to be placed on a newly installed gigabit-capable ethernet network. I am afraid that the IT admin (who has professed that he *hates* all things Macintosh) will be using a TCP/IP only strategy on the new network. This works fine for his NT environment, but not too well for our older AppleTalk-based Macs. The new "Network browser" that has arrived after OS 8.5 (I think) works perfectly well for remote servers, and functions in a manner that is very similar to our chooser under the "AppleTalk" listing, but only the newest G4 machines show up under the "Local Services" listing. My question is this: When we no longer have AppleTalk running on our network, and have only TCP/IP based services instead, will the G4 machines be the only machines that are displayed in our Network browser? If so, why, and what can we do to make our large crowd of iMacs and G3 beige models running under OS 9.0.4 function in the same manner? Is there some software that we can install that will give them TCP/IP based filesharing functionality like the G4s? We have checked the box to enable Filesharing over TCP/IP in the Filesharing control panel, but still only the G4s show up under Local Services, the rest under "AppleTalk" which may soon be unavailable in the new network. David Brand dbrand@utmem.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:27:45 -0700 From: Dave Del Torto To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: NTFS vols larger than 2GB? Hello, I'm making a new AppleShare volume on a 60GB NTFS partition to be accessed by Mac 8.6 users on an NT server. I get this error message: "The volume you are about to create is larger than 2GB. Some Mac clients may not function correctly if the size exceeds 2GB." I could be wrong, but I thought this limitation was fixed in MacOS 8.1: does anyone know how to increase the size of the share (as Mac users see it when they mount it), either by tweaking something on the NT server or on the Mac clients? dave -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************