Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #33 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 24 Feb 00 Volume 17 : Issue 33 Today's Topics: (C) John Madden 2000 & system requirements 1-1 conference Appearance Extension and Desktop Pictures? Cabbages and Kings DSL Firewalls DSL Firewalls DSL Firewalls DSL-Firewalls External IDE drives firewalls Firewalls FM Pro Server 3.0v4 and TCP/IP Font converters Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 ISO: A Programmer's Text Editor... PCI bus IDE controller cards? 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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The animation of the plays jumps around like crazy, I end up skipping 30 frames before I get to the next frame, and miss more than half the action. The cursor jumps away from where you point it to go so you have absolutely no mouse control. It obviously needs at least a G3/300 and/or ATI 128 graphics card minimum. The ATI LT Pro that came with the Powerbook G3/233 and the original iMac both are obviously too slow to handle this kind of graphics. Similarly Terminal Velocity's Fly! says it will work on lower processors, and yet it doesn't. It is obvious developers are ignoring the fact that there are many people with G3 processors and ATI LT Pro graphics cards who would like to play some of these games, but can't since the developers won't support the graphics card in their machine. Reading the fine print even further, some of these programs require a minimum of 16MB of video RAM, even though only desktop Macs support that. Developers should pay close attention to how the following games were developed as each has stunning animation with interactivity and do not require such high end graphics cards: Maxis Simcity 3000 Simon and Schuster's Douglas Adams Starship Titanic Cyan's Journeyman Project 3 A Legacy of Time Playstation games on Virtual Gamestation Not only that, Apple has built-in to the operating system some non-graphics card intensive gaming software that could easily be used. Quicktime VR is really good at virtual reality rendering, take a look at the freeby game that came with MacOS 8.0, called Gerbils! Quicktime with Sorenson compression, can compress video that can be displayed fullscreen at 1024 x 768 to be 2 minutes equaling a mere 6MB, this while the actual video is recorded at 380 x 240. Look at some of the movie trailers Apple is showing on their website. So please write the developers and tell them you want support for lower end graphics cards. Otherwise Powerbooks will be excluded until the ATI Rage Mobility card reaches 16MB of VRAM. Which even with the Pismo, they haven't reached, and even with the iXMicro Road Rocket it can't be reached. I am not going to purchase an iMac just so that I can play games...Somebody please make a better graphics card for the Powerbook, or a shell that tells these games to use the ATI LT graphics card on games that require higher graphics card, or I am going to have wait until I can afford a Powerbook past the Pismo to play these games. I don't want to have to revert to a PC laptop to play games either. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:58:39 +0900 From: Magnus Hoek Subject: 1-1 conference Hi there Would it be possible to both talk to (via the Mac microphone) and to see (via FireWire and a digital camera) another person over Internet. I've heard of software like Cumulus and SiteCam that let you transfer images "live" and Inet Phone that let you talk "live" but is there any solution if you want both. Or is this too much to ask for ? Chers Magnus Hoek ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:22:50 -0500 From: Saint John Subject: Appearance Extension and Desktop Pictures? An application I'm working on will require either the Desktop Pictures control panel or the Appearance control panel as well as the Appearance Manager. All of these are built into Mac OS 8.0 and later, or at least installed with the System; but Apple says that System versions as far back as 7.1 can use the Appearance Extension. Unfortunately they don't tell you where to get it. I'd like to send my customers with pre-8.0 Systems to a specific URL, but a search on the Tech Support-Software Updates site didn't show either of these files (Appearance Extension v1.0.3, and Desktop Pictures). Alternately, they might be bundled with the program, if that's possible and not too expensive. Relevant URLs for the information are and but neither explains where to get them from. +- Saint John | | +- Quod vidit audioamblitur? (Who watches the Walkman?) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:26:36 -0600 From: Gib Henry Subject: Cabbages and Kings >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:15:57 -0800 >From: glaston >Subject: Cabbages and Kings > [...snip...] >1) I'm moving to a G4, but my Personal LaserWriter 320 only has a >serial port and requires AppleTalk. It looks like an ethernet bridge >will cost me at least $100 and I don't know how well it will work. >Epson has a new laser printer for about $350, so it might be silly to >spend 1/3 of the price of a compatible printer for an adapter for my >old printer. Anybody have experience with ethernet bridges and/or the >new Mac Epson laser printer? I tried Apple's LocalTalk Bridge, but it wasn't usable. I have been unexpectedly delighted with my iPrint. I installed it in order to make an old HP DeskWriter and a DEClaser laser printer available to computers on our newly installed Ethernet. Based on the name, I was NOT expecting that it would also make LocalTalk computers available from the Ethernet (file sharing both ways). And all that without even a single restart! So, I've left the old LocalTalk network in place because it's still functional. Printing is faster, by the way, even though it's still going through a slow LocalTalk. Asante pre-sales support advised me their device wouldn't work if the LocalTalk was implemented with RJ-11 phone jacks (or equivalents); all jacks would have to be replaced with a wire directly to the LocalTalk device, then another wire back from the other side of the device into the wall and on to the next device. They also said the SAME limitatioin applied to their competitor, the iPrint. Boy, were they wrong! I'm a VERY satisfied iPrint customer. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:39:53 -0500 From: Dan Peck Subject: DSL Firewalls DoorStop 1.1 from Opendoor.com. >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:47:33 -0700 >From: Ted Logan >Subject: DSL Firewalls > >Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections >by DSL or cable modems? Dan Peck Milesquare Associates Living Traditions Member: Filemaker Solutions Alliance Old Time Music ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:24:01 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: DSL Firewalls >Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections >by DSL or cable modems? I can think of two programs off the top of my head: DoorStop, from Open Door Networks: http://www.opendoor.com/ NetBarrier, from Intego: http://www.intego.com/ cheers... -Adam -- ______________________________________________________________________ Adam C. Engst / / TidBITS Publisher, freelance thinker / _________________ NOW IN BOOKSTORES ________________ "Crossing Platforms: A Macintosh/Windows Phrasebook" "Eudora Pro 4.2 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:28:23 -0500 From: Buzz Subject: DSL Firewalls At 8:30 PM -0500 2/22/00, The Info-Mac Network wrote: >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:47:33 -0700 >From: Ted Logan >Subject: DSL Firewalls > >Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections >by DSL or cable modems? Two that I know of are NetBarrier by Intego, information is at: http://www.intego.com/buynow/. The other is DoorStop by OpenDoor Network Services Inc, information can be found at: http://www2.opendoor.com/doorstop/ ------------------------------------------------- Buzz ....life is too short to drink bad wine ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:17:59 +0100 From: Karl Antz Subject: DSL-Firewalls Ted Logan and Adam Gluckman asked on 22 Feb 2000 > Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections > by DSL or cable modems? > Does anyone have a recommendation of firewall software for personal use. > I'd > like to put a firewall in place before getting DSL. I've been using Intego's NetBarrier for several months now - and am very happy with it. You can configure it so it's tailored to your needs. cheers ka'l Karl Antz Albaniensgade 4,1th DK 2300 Koebenhavn S tel +45 3258 1630 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:09:20 -0500 From: gene nail Subject: External IDE drives I have noticed that several mac mail order suppliers offer USB cases (for about 80 or $90) into which you can buy and install bare IDE drives and simply plug them into any mac with a USB. I am planning to take this route and to use the 20+ gig IDE drive as a removal backup device. my question is, has any info mac readers taken this route, and what is their experiences, and also, because of the limited speed of the USB, would it make any difference whether the large IDE drive i purchase was a 5400rpm drive or is it worth spending a little more and getting a 7200rpm drive. any advice, suggestions, or experiences are sincerely appreciated. thanks in advance gene nail gnail@tds.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 03:40:36 -0700 From: Dierk Seeburg Subject: firewalls IPNetRouter by www.sustworks.com > Subject: DSL Firewalls > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:47:33 -0700 > From: Ted Logan > > Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections > by DSL or cable modems? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Fonts and firewalls > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:51:57 -0600 > From: Adam Gluckman > > Does anyone know of a utility that will convert Mac fonts for use on a PC > and vice versa? > > Does anyone have a recommendation of firewall software for personal use. I'd > like to put a firewall in place before getting DSL. > > thanks, > Adam ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:33:51 GMT From: tcs@technologist.com (TCS) Subject: Firewalls There is a software program called Door Stop. I cannot attest to its performance; however, if you find a download site via Sherlock, I believe they offer a time limited demo for you to try. lc In article <88vd82$1pct$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 11:47:33 -0700 > From: Ted Logan > Subject: DSL Firewalls > > Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet connections > by DSL or cable modems? > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:51:57 -0600 > From: Adam Gluckman > Subject: Fonts and firewalls > > Does anyone know of a utility that will convert Mac fonts for use on a PC > and vice versa? > > Does anyone have a recommendation of firewall software for personal use. I'd > like to put a firewall in place before getting DSL. > > thanks, > Adam > > -------------------------------- > > --Info-Mac-Digest-- > > End of Info-Mac Digest > ****************************** ------------------------------ Date: 22 Feb 2000 16:26:46 -0500 From: David.Garrett@awl.com Subject: FM Pro Server 3.0v4 and TCP/IP Hi y'all, We are running FileMaker Pro Server 3.0v4 under OS 8.6 on a 7300 (with 256MB of RAM, if you care). Periodically (weekly or so) it stops responding to TCP/IP (although I understand it's really UDP that generates the initial catalog of hosts) and can only be accessed via AppleTalk or IPX. Some of the stuff I've read seems to suggest that this may have something to do with the DHCP lease issue with 8.6, but other TCP/IP applications on this Mac (e.g. Internet Explorer) work fine. Quitting FMPro Server and re-launching it solves the problem temporarily--no restart is needed. Since it is only a 7300 I would rather not put OS 9 on it. I suppose we could buy Server 5 but I thought I'd put the question out there: is this a known problem with a known (quick and cheap, I hope) solution? Many thanks in advance, Dave Garrett Addison Wesley Longman dave.garrett@awl.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:56:53 -0800 From: "Jim Wickman" Subject: Font converters There's a great utility called TT Converter which I've used successfully. The email address I have is: creed@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Try a search engine to find a download site. -- Jim Wickman - - - Pasco WA Only write "it's" when you mean "it is" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:35:11 -0500 From: Stan Hadley Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 >From: Adam Gluckman >Subject: Fonts and firewalls > >Does anyone know of a utility that will convert Mac fonts for use on a PC >and vice versa? > >Does anyone have a recommendation of firewall software for personal use. >I'd >like to put a firewall in place before getting DSL. > >thanks, >Adam The best known font utility is TTconverter 1.5, a $10 shareware from Chris Reed. A few others are available. One freeware one that only goes from Mac to PC is TTFontConvert 1.0. You can find a listing of various font utilities at http://www.eskimo.com/~pristine/font.html I found this site by using Sherlock to look for TTconverter. Concerning firewall software, I think the one most often recommended is IPNetRouter. You can find info and download it at http://www.sustworks.com/products/product_ipnr.html HTH Stan -- Stanton W. Hadley Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6070 (865)574-8018, fax:(865)574-9338 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:44:05 GMT From: Robert Boston Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 in article CB1575D4D198D311A3F800600803947E9F011B@scopent3.mar.hp.com, moderator@info-mac.org (The Info-Mac Moderators) at moderator@info-mac.org wrote on 2/22/00 7:30: > > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:29:18 -0500 > > > > From: Ted Logan > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:47:33 -0500 > Subject: DSL Firewalls > > Is firewall software available for Macs with fulltime Internet > connections > by DSL or cable modems? Take a look at DoorStop www.opendoor.com Robert Boston http://members.home.net/rsbjap ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:07:14 -0800 From: Doug Hardie Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #32 >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:51:57 -0600 >From: Adam Gluckman >Subject: Fonts and firewalls > >Does anyone know of a utility that will convert Mac fonts for use on a PC >and vice versa? TTConverter has worked for TrueType fonts from windows to Mac. It claims to work the other way but I have never tried that. -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:21:14 -0500 From: "Christopher Dickens" Subject: ISO: A Programmer's Text Editor... I've tried Alpha, TexEdit Plus, and BBEdit, but none of them seem to fit the bill as well as a program called UltraEdit on the PC. Does anyone know where I can find a great text editor for the Mac that offers the following features? * Customizable background and foreground colors * Customizable syntax highlighting to accommodate languages other that C, like VBScript commonly used in ASP, JavaScript, PERL, PHP, and anything else I can provide it with a word list? * Customizable font face/size * Searching a directory and all of it's subdirectories for files containing a string or regular expression * Regular expression search and replace * Open and edit files directly from an FTP server * Block highlight (rather than line based) for working with columnar data) I'd be willing to pay $50 for a product that did all of the above if I could find it. The best solutions is called UltraEdit for the PC at http://www.idmcomp.com, but no Mac version is available. Thanks! --Chris ------------------------------ Date: 23 Feb 2000 22:29:44 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: PCI bus IDE controller cards? List Folk: I thought I remember reading here that there is now a PCI bus IDE controller card available. I can't find the reference now. Does anyone know if such is available? - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************