Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #59 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 11 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 59 Today's Topics: (Q) Using MacOS X and DSL [*] Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 emulator [*] Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 emulator [*] QIF Convert 1.5 - Adding Categories to QIF Files [*] QIF Web Extract 1.4 - Extracts Investment Transactions [*] SweetMail 2.08f15 Does ANYONE have Aqua Blooper Piper? iMac adapter Networking Mac w/ PC OS X--What's root password saving favorites Self-Mounting Images 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #59" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:18:50 -0400 From: Alan Stein To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Using MacOS X and DSL I currently connect via DSL through SNET. Under MacOS 9, the connection requires an application called Enternet 300. My question is whether anyone knows whether that application will continue to work under MacOS X and, if it won't, whether it will still be possible to use the DSL connection under MacOS X and, if so, how? -- Alan Stein a.stein@snet.net ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2001 From: Roland Lieger To: Subject: [*] Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 emulator Power20 2.0 - Commodore VIC-20 Emulator Enjoy your favorite Commodore VIC-20 games on your Power Macintosh! Visit the Power20 homepage at: http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~rlieger/Power20/index.html Power20 2.0 emulates all parts of a VIC-20 at highest precision for optimal compatiblity: Power20 emulates all important features of a real VIC-20 such as: - MOS 6502 CPU Emulation (incl. Illegal Opcodes) - VIC (Video/SoundIC) Emulation (Scanline-Based, incl. all Video Modes, Full Sound Emulation) - VIA Emulation (incl. Timers, Interrupts) - Optional Original VIC-20 Keyboard or Macintosh Keyboard Layout - Joystick (both via real ADB Joysticks and Keyboard mapping), Paddles and Lightpen emulated - ROM Cartridge files - CPU Level 1541 Floppy Disk Emulation. Can handle most fast-loaders and special floppy tricks. - ROM Level 1541 Disk Drive emulated (*.D64, *.X64 and ZipCode files supported) for fast and easy disk access. - Direct Access to Macintosh File System (both *.C64 and *.P00 files supported) - Tape Drive (Datasette) emulated (*.T64 and Lynx files) - TapeDisk: *.T64 and Lynx files can also be used on disk drives - Power20 can write GZ compressed tape and disk files, saving space on the Mac HD. - Printer Emulation (Text only) For maximal ease of use, Power20 features: - Dialogs and Dokumentation in English and German - Drag & Drop mounting of Disks. - Drag & Drop copying of files between drives. - View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games with a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands. - Transparent access to ZIP and GZ compressed disk and tape images - View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games with a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands. - Built in Monitor/Debugger for an inside view of VIC-20 code. - Cut & Paste makes it easy to 'type' long listings into the VIC-20. - Optional hidden menubar for maximal VIC-20 feeling - Run several VIC-20's at once - Balloon Help for all menus and dialogs - Navigation Services for easy file selection [Archived as /info-mac/app/power-20-20.hqx; 966 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2001 From: Roland Lieger To: Subject: [*] Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 emulator Power64 3.0 - Commodore C64 Emulator Enjoy your favorite Commodore C64 games on your Power Macintosh! Visit the Power64 homepage at: http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~rlieger/Power64/index.html Power64 3.0 emulates all parts of a C64 at highest precision for optimal compatiblity: .) Full MOS 6510 CPU Emulation (incl. Illegal Opcodes) .) VIC (VideoIC) Emulation (nearly Cycle-Exact, or Scanline-based, incl. all Video Modes, Sprites, Soft-Scrolling, Raster Interrupts, Sprite Collision, Open Top/Bottom/Left/Right Borders) .) Antialiased Video to resemble the blur of a TV-screen .) SID (SoundID) Emulation (incl. Waveforms, Envelopes (ADSR), Ring-Modulation, Synchronisation, Filters, Resonance, Samples) .) CIA Emulation (incl. Timers, Interrupts, Time of Day, Alarm) .) Optional Original C64 Keyboard Layout or Macintosh Keyboard Layout .) Joysticks (both via real USB/ADB Joysticks and Keyboard mapping), Paddles and Lightpen emulated .) C1541 Disk Drive emulated (*.D64, *.X64 and ZipCoded files supported - Mount GZ, ZIP or LHA compressed files without manual decompression) .) Direct Access to Macintosh File System (both *.C64 and *.P00 files (also GZ, ZIP or LHA compressed) supported) .) Tape Drive (Datasette) emulated (*.T64 and Lynx files) .) Power64 can write GZ compressed tape and disk files, saving lots of space on the Mac HD. .) Printer Emulation (Text only) For maximal ease of use, Power64 features: .) Dialogs and Dokumentation in English, German, French and Spanish. .) Drag & Drop mounting of Disks. .) Drag & Drop copying of files between drives. .) View the Directory of a Disk or Tape Drive. Load and run games with a simple double-click. No more typing BASIC commands. .) Built in Monitor/Debugger for an inside view of C64 code. .) Cut & Paste or Drag & Drop makes it easy to 'type' long listings into the C64. .) Special Optimisations for GEOS 2.0. (faster disk access, custom printer driver, etc.) .) Optional hidden menubar for maximal C64 feeling .) Power64 can show the current keyboard layout in window. This makes it easy to find graphic characters on the Mac keyboard. .) Run several C64's at once .) Balloon Help for all menus and dialogs [Archived as /info-mac/app/power-64-30.hqx; 1478 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2001 From: John Woodward To: Subject: [*] QIF Convert 1.5 - Adding Categories to QIF Files QIF Convert converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the description of each transaction. It is useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF file, just drop it onto QIF Categories. You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on downloaded QIF files. QIF Convert converts each transaction in the QIF file by: 1) Deleting any existing category, and adding a category associated with the transaction's description; 2) Removing the plus sign from transaction amounts (because not all versions of Quicken allow plus signs); 3) Optionally adding an indication that the transaction has cleared; 4) Optionally extracting a check number from the description (unless the transaction already has a check number) and using it as the check number that Quicken will recognize; 5) Optionally changing the description and category to values associated with the combination of the original description and the amount; and 6) Optionally allowing you to confirm the transaction, where the description and/or category can be changed, or the transaction can be deleted. You have the option of store transactions from one ore multiple accounts in the same output file. System requirements: * System 7.5.3 through 9.1 For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or visit the QIF Convert Web page: http://homepage.mac.com/jplw/QIFConvert.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-convert-15.hqx; 240 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2001 From: John Woodward To: Subject: [*] QIF Web Extract 1.4 - Extracts Investment Transactions One important feature that continues to be missing from Quicken for the Macintosh is the ability to import investment transactions from brokerage firms. QIF Web Extract addresses this problem by extracting transactions from brokerage website transaction history pages and converting them into Quicken Interchange Format (QIF). The resulting QIF file can then be imported into Quicken. To use QIF Web Extract, you display your transaction history in your web browser. You then select the entire web page (or the frame of the page with transactions), and copy it into the clipboard. Then run QIF Web Extract, which extracts the transactions you specify from the clipboard. To be able to accomplish this extraction, QIF Web Extract needs to know what securities and accounts you have defined in your Quicken file, and it needs to know how your website presents its transaction information. You need to export your securities and accounts from Quicken, and QIF Web Extract needs to learn about your website. QIF Web Extract has the ability to learn about a wide range of websites. However, no guarantee can be made that any particular website can be learned. Since different browsers encode web page information copied into the clipboard in different ways, the specific web browser used is a factor in determining whether QIF Web Extract can learn a particular website. QIF Web Extract has been tested with and works with both Internet Explorer and Netscape. System requirements: * System 7.5.3 through 9.1 For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or visit the QIF Web Extract Web page: http://homepage.mac.com/jplw/QIFWebExtract.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-web-extract-14.hqx; 181 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f15 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.1 or later. (PPC/68K, including MacOSX) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-208f15.hqx; 2089 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:26:09 +0100 From: To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: Does ANYONE have Aqua Blooper Piper? I am after a game I once purchased around 8 years ago called: Aqua blooper Piper. It was either developed by Casady & Greene or were the main distributors. I have searched their website, all over the web, ftp, search engines , hotline, carracho ect. I cannot believe it's not out there somewhere.. Unfortunately, I no longer have this piece of software but would like to obtain it for my kids as I recently found an old Mac in the garage which I would like to give to them. I would greatly appreciate it if you could e-mail it to me or point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance pumpkin_king@ntlworld.com ICQ: 19605786 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:46:17 -0700 From: Paul Brians To: wsu-macusers-list@listproc.wsu.edu, digest@info-mac.org Subject: iMac adapter I recently inquired about getting line-level audio into a G4. The solution I found in the discussion forums on Apple's site is the Griffin iMac Adapter, a USB interface that costs $35 plus shipping. -- Paul Brians, Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:21:15 -0600 From: John Sample To: Subject: Networking Mac w/ PC We have a couple of Macs on an ethernet hub which is connected to a highspeed ISP. We also have one PC connected to the same hub which my wife uses for internet access. Through the hub, the Macs can "see" each other and we can share files. Is there a way to do this between the Macs & the PC? Thanks in advance, Chip Sample Littleton, Colorado ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:28:46 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: OS X--What's root password The root password is the password selected when setting up the initial user on the Mac during the OS X install process. Contrary to most Unix systems you do not, in fact, _cannot_ call this account 'root';the actual 'root' is not allowed to log in to the GUI screen. The way you access root functions is via su, as you've found. If you don't remember this password, well, I suspect highly that you are hosed with a cap H. Forgetting or losing root password on a system generally means a re-install. ON Unix systems with user partitions on separate disks, this is a recoverable, though time consuming error. I do not know what re-installing OSX onto a single partition will do to user files. There are hacker tools to gain root access once an account on the system has been compromised, but I've no clue what rootkits are available, if any, for OSX yet. > Subject: > > OS X--What's root password > From: > > "Marc Baime" > Date: > > Sun, 08 Apr 2001 04:21:07 GMT > To: > > comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org > > > When I bring up a terminal in OS X and try to su to root I have had no luck > guessing the password. What is it? Please email me at mbaime@gte.net. > Thanks! > > Regards...Marc Baime ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:57:17 +0100 From: Ezra Nathan To: Info-Mac digest Subject: saving favorites Hello> I'd like to save the favourites in Internet Explorer onto a zip drive lest something happens to my HD (which happens from time to time). I know that saving 'Bookmarks html' for Netscape is what to do with that browser; where is the equivalent of IE to be found and what is it called? Thanks, > Ezra Nathan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:30:01 -0700 From: Andrew Merenbach To: Subject: Self-Mounting Images I have always wanted to make a self-mounting image with a license screen, of the kind with which Apple distributes software updates and packages. Is that possible? -- Andrew Merenbach -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************