Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #67 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 24 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: [*] /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-704-print.pdf.sit.hqx [*] 3d Brick Bash! 2.0 [*] Barres: BarCode drawer for EAN13 and UPC [*] Book of Decks v2.5.7 Submission [*] CDFinder 3.1 for Mac OS 8.5 - 9.1 [*] CDFinder 3.1 for Mac OS X [*] Club MID v1.1.6 [*] CSM Pack 1.2 [*] Fool's Lexicon, Education, Chinese & Japanese Dictionary Client [*] Gene 4.3.3 [*] Jedit4.0.7 For Classic OS - Powerful Text Editor [*] Jedit4.0.7 For Mac OS X - Powerful Text Editor [*] K1 Librarian v1.1.5 [*] Magellan 1.8.1 [*] P-in-P 1.2 - Always-on-top Video Player - Johnny CN Lee [*] PlayerPRO Freeware 5.8 (MacOS X Version) [*] Simpsons The Game 3.0 [*] TidBITS#577/23-Apr-01 [*] WordPerfect DocCompare 2.0.1 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 #67" ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: "A. Lee Bennett, Jr." To: Subject: [*] /info-mac/art/zine/ATPM-704-print.pdf.sit.hqx This is the print-optimized PDF edition of the April 2001 issue of ATPM. About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) is a free monthly e-zine about the *personal* computing experience. If you prefer a screen-optimized PDF or an offline Webzine format, visit to download current and past issues in your preferred format. The contents of ATPM 7.04 are as follows: Columns Apple Cider: Brand Spankin' New Beyond the Barline: An iMac for Any Mood About This Particular Web Site Segments: Report on the Microcomputers in Education Conference How To: Networking the Macintosh Cube Reviews Movie Magic ScreenWriter 2000 v. 4.0.1 Sony DPP-SV55 Printer SPSS 10.0 Sweet P 1.1 Virtual PC 4.0 Extras Desktop Pictures: Icicle Formation and Winter in South Hampton [Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/atpm-704-print.hqx; 2345 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: M Diamond To: Subject: [*] 3d Brick Bash! 2.0 This game is a 3D version of the classic break-out game. Version 2 has many improvements, is PPC-native, and is freeware. It requirements a PowerMac, OS 8 or greater, and 4 MB memory available. Does NOT replace version 1.4, which is for 680x0 Macs. OK to redistribute, including Info-Mac CD archives. [Archived as /info-mac/game/3d-brick-bash-20-ppc.hqx; 248 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Frederic PAVY To: Subject: [*] Barres: BarCode drawer for EAN13 and UPC Barres version I.1.1.1 "Barres" is a small software to make a drawing of EAN13 and UPC Bar Codes. Use of the program is very easy: you type the code in the dialog box, choose the type EAN13 or UPC, click OK and the Bar Code appears on a window and is also copied in the scrap for use/print with another program. System required: All Mac/Power Mac with Mac OS from 7.0 to 9.1 Antilog http://antilog.free.fr/ For all information mailto:antilog@kagi.com This program is shareware, if you use it, you can register for the small fee of 10 $ http://order.kagi.com/?4UA to pay on line (secured payement) (c) Antilog & Jean-Thibault GUEUX 1998/2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Start for Info-Mac Only My program could be included on a CD-Rom, but please contact me before. This program should be put on Business/BarCode directory Frederic PAVY ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/barres-v-i11.hqx; 103 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Jonathan Scott To: Subject: [*] Book of Decks v2.5.7 Submission A deck building assistant for the game Magic: the Gathering by Wizards of the Coast (Version 2.5.7 - Updated through 7th Edition 4-16-01) [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/book-of-decks-257.hqx; 4212 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: "Norbert M. Doerner" To: Subject: [*] CDFinder 3.1 for Mac OS 8.5 - 9.1 CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to catalog your hard disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, floppies, ZIPs and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires a PowerPC CPU. While System 8.5 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 9.1 and Mac OS X. A special feature is the multi-lingual user interface (German/French/English/Italian/Swedish/Chinese). Together with CDWinder 1.1 for Windows, this is a special cross platform, network solution to catalog disks and CD-ROMs on a Macintosh and a PC. The new version can be obtained from the CDFinder Homepage . A single user license of CDFinder is $20, multi user licenses are available. New in CDFinder 3.1: - CDFinder now runs smoothly in MacOS X as a Carbon application. - CDFinder finally displays catalog contents hierarchically, just like the Finder does. - Several visual interface elements had to be updated for the Aqua look of Mac OS X. - New Get Info windows for catalog folder display a lot of interesting statistical information. This version requires a PowerPc and at least Mac OS 8.5. Contact: Norbert M. Doerner Mozartstr. 16 64546 Moerfelden-Walldorf Germany [Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-finder-31-ppc.hqx; 1109 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: "Norbert M. Doerner" To: Subject: [*] CDFinder 3.1 for Mac OS X CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to catalog your hard disks, CD-ROMs, DVDs, floppies, ZIPs and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires a PowerPC CPU. While System 8.5 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 9.1 and Mac OS X. A special feature is the multi-lingual user interface (German/French/English/Italian/Swedish/Chinese). Together with CDWinder 1.1 for Windows, this is a special cross platform, network solution to catalog disks and CD-ROMs on a Macintosh and a PC. The new version can be obtained from the CDFinder Homepage . A single user license of CDFinder is $20, multi user licenses are available. New in CDFinder 3.1: - CDFinder now runs smoothly in MacOS X as a Carbon application. - CDFinder finally displays catalog contents hierarchically, just like the Finder does. - Several visual interface elements had to be updated for the Aqua look of Mac OS X. - New Get Info windows for catalog folder display a lot of interesting statistical information. This version requires Mac OS X Contact: Norbert M. Doerner Mozartstr. 16 64546 Moerfelden-Walldorf Germany [Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-finder-31-x.hqx; 1041 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] Club MID v1.1.6 Club MID is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play standard MIDI files. One window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Picth Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. List window can have up to 32640 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. This application is best for those who wants to be with music all the time. What's changed : - May crash when you close some window -> fixed. Features : - Fat Binary. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - GM, GS, XG format compatible This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later - Apple MIDI Manager or OMS (Open Music System) - MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments [Archived as /info-mac/gst/club-mid-116.hqx; 224 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Bob Clark To: Subject: [*] CSM Pack 1.2 **** What is CSM Pack? **** CSM Pack v1.2 is a $10 set of 6 modules for Apple's Macintosh Control Strip. These modules make day to day tasks easier. The modules include: * Peek-a-Boo Strip which controls how much CPU time the front application gets. * IP View displays the IP address currently assigned to your machine. * Open Tray helps you easily open the CD tray on PowerBooks and hard to reach desktop Macs. * Window Genie makes the desktop easily accessible by hiding or showing the application windows. * Open File Count displays the current count of open files on your machine. This can be helpful to gauge just how loaded down your computer is. It's also useful for QA type work. * Activate Strip is used to quickly activate your After Darkü compatible screen saver. **** What is new in CSM Pack 1.2 **** CSM Pack 1.2 introduces a Peek-a-Boo control strip which supports the Peek-a-Boo application by enabling the easy manipulation of how much CPU time the front-most application gets. Peek-a-Boo can be found at: CSM Pack 1.2 has an added feature for the Activate module. In addition to activating the screen saver from the control strip you can now turn the screen saver on and off. This is especially useful for extended operations such as burning CDs when you do not want the screen saver to activate. A bug was fixed which prevented the registration key from working under OS 9.1. **** Download and contact information **** A full demo version, screen shots, and ordering information is available at the CSM Pack web site: http://www.clarkwoodsoftware.com/csmpack Inquiries, comments, and questions may be directed to: csmpack@clarkwoodsoftware.com ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gui/csm-pack-12.hqx; 202 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Konrad Mitchell Lawson To: Subject: [*] Fool's Lexicon, Education, Chinese & Japanese Dictionary Client Binary submitted via ftp as foolslexicon.sit.hqx Description: Fool's Lexicon is a free Chinese and Japanese dictionary client using the public domain EDICT and CEDICT Japanese and Chinese dictionaries. The program includes help files, preferences, autopaste, and custom copy features. Partial, whole word, and whole term searches are all supported. Results may be transferred directly into other programs such as Flashcard Wizard. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/fools-lexicon.hqx; 4061 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: David Eppstein To: Subject: [*] Gene 4.3.3 This is the latest release of Gene, the shareware genealogy database and family tree drawing program for the Macintosh. Changes in this version: - Improved tree layout for horizontal ancestor and descendant trees, especially with verbose information - Added "Location" field to Document cards to improve import of IGI GEDCOMs - Gene now sorts citation cards in link panes by the name of the person or the document being cited - We rewrote Gene's picture handling code to fix crashing bugs and allow merging files with pictures - Many minor bugfixes primarily in report formatting [Archived as /info-mac/sci/gene-433.hqx; 1149 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: MATSUMOTO Satoshi To: Subject: [*] Jedit4.0.7 For Classic OS - Powerful Text Editor [File "Jedit407E.sea.hqx" uploaded to ] The English version of the popular text editor in Japan. Supports AppleScript, Multi-Style, Split Editing Window, Multiple Undo, HTML Coloring, Sherlock FCB Search, Book Marking, Paragraph Formatting, Object Embedding (image, sound, Quicktime Movie and alias), Macro Menus, Read out and Recording, Summarizing, Unicode, Print preview, Sorting etc. Jedit is shareware: 2500 Japanese Yen (about $25) In Rev4.0.7, a bug in the mark list window has been fixed. System Requirement: + Mac OS 8.5 or later + Power Macintosh [Archived as /info-mac/text/jedit-407.hqx; 2662 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: MATSUMOTO Satoshi To: Subject: [*] Jedit4.0.7 For Mac OS X - Powerful Text Editor [File "Jedit407EX.dmg.gz.hqx" uploaded to ] The English version of the popular text editor in Japan. Supports AppleScript, Multi-Style, Split Editing Window, Multiple Undo, HTML Coloring, Book Marking, Paragraph Formatting, Object Embedding (image, sound, Quicktime Movie and alias), Macro Menus, Read out and Recording, Unicode, Print Preview, Sorting etc. Jedit is shareware: 2500 Japanese Yen (about $25) Carbon application. This package supports SavePanel, 128x128dot Icon, and multi-language (English and Japanese). In Rev4.0.7, the keyboard response in Mac OS X has been improved, longer file names than 31 bytes has been supported, and several bugs were fixed. System Requirement: + Mac OS X Product Version (Build4K78) or later + Power Macintosh [Archived as /info-mac/text/jedit-407-ppc.hqx; 3163 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] K1 Librarian v1.1.5 K1 Librarian is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to make up library of voice data for K1. One window has one voice data, and you can open windows as many as you want. (It's only limited by partition size of the application.) When this application receives bulk dump MIDI data, new window will open and show you the parameter. You can keep 32 patches in one file, so it's easy to replace K1's internal patches. What's changed : - May crash when you close some window -> fixed. Features : - Fat Binary. - Apple Script recordable. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - Inline input support for Japanese text. - Navigation Services support. (PowerPC Only) This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later - Apple MIDI Manager or OMS (Open Music System) [Archived as /info-mac/gst/k1-librarian.hqx; 434 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: "MAKI Enterprise Inc." To: Subject: [*] Magellan 1.8.1 In this version of multilingual e-mail client Magellan features: -Unicode 3.0 support- -Index Search by Sherlock's Find By Contents feature- Index search by FBC: Find By Contents feature of Sherlock is available. This allows fuzzy keyword matching. -RightToLeft support- Indication and mail processing by RightToLeft, LeftToLight is available. -Cyrillic handling- Particular character is handled correctly. Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Byelarussian is handled individually. -RTL language handling- Right To Left expression is supported in Hebrew and Arabic. -Keep Paragraph option- Unnecessary line break is deleted in this option. You can copy and paste email message to other application program more easily. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/magellan-181.hqx; 1327 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Johnny CN Lee To: Subject: [*] P-in-P 1.2 - Always-on-top Video Player - Johnny CN Lee P-in-P 1.2 (c) Copyright 1998-2001 Johnny CN Lee, All Rights Reserved. info@johnnylee.com http://www.johnnylee.com/ P-in-P contains two modules: P-in-P Movie and P-in-P Live. P-in-P Live displays the digitized video on an always-on-top window. So you can watch your favorite TV or video tapes while working. P-in-P Movie is a QuickTime movie player. It displays the movie on an always-on-top window. So you can watch your favorite movie while working. P-in-P Movie supports drag-and-drop. Just drag the movie file and drop it onto its window or its icon, you'll get your movie on a "Picture-in-Picture" window. System Requirements - Mac OS 7.1 or later - QuickTime 2.5 or later What's new - Fixed a bug that P-in-P Movie can't be launched when QuickTime version is smaller than 4. - P-in-P will try to keep the whole window inside the screen when you change the window size. - P-in-P Movie now supports streaming movie files. Save the streaming movie from browser plug-in or from QuickTime Player. Then use P-in-P Movie to open the saved file. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/p-in-p-120.hqx; 122 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: Rosset Antoine To: Subject: [*] PlayerPRO Freeware 5.8 (MacOS X Version) This is the freeware version of PlayerPRO This is the CARBONIZED version, optimized for MAC OS X Minimum system requirements: - MacOS 9 or higher (MacOS X recommended) - PowerMac or iMac or PowerBook - 32 Mb of RAM Description PlayerPRO is a complete music editing program (SoundTracker). You can use it with any Mac without any additional hardware. PlayerPRO can load and play the following music (and sound) formats: MOD, S3M, MIDI, MTM, MADH, MADG, MADI, MADK, OKTA, MINS, XI, PP, Clip File, MED, 669, IT, ULT, XM System 7 sound, WAV, AIFF, AIFC, SoundDesignerII, MPEG, MP3, MuLaw, ALaw, AVI, DVC, Quicktime Movies, MAC3, MAC6, IMA4, MPEG layer I, II and III (requires QT 4.0), PAT (GUS), QDesign, RAW Data. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/player-pro-58-cbn.hqx; 2099 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: "Petter pn Nilsson" To: Subject: [*] Simpsons The Game 3.0 Here comes Simpsons The Game 3.0! it is a trivia game. [Archived as /info-mac/game/simpsons-the-game-30.hqx; 281 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, mac-l@sparky.listmoms.net, Subject: [*] TidBITS#577/23-Apr-01 TidBITS#577/23-Apr-01 Security holes in Mac OS X? That's right, and the first installment of our new column on Mac OS X explains how to shut them, along with looking at Mac OS X releases of Timbuktu Pro and ConceptDraw, a limitation of Mac OS X's FTP server, and a clever utility that puts a graphical interface on the Unix command line. We also look at Apple's extremely positive quarterly financial results and cover new releases of Eudora 5.1, BBEdit 6.1, and Acrobat 5.0. Topics: MailBITS/23-Apr-01 PowerBook G4 Titanium Propels Apple $43 Million Profit TenBITS/23-Apr-01 BookBITS: Me, My iMac and I - Three Books for iMac Users [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-577.etx; 33K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 2001 From: John Rethorst To: Subject: [*] WordPerfect DocCompare 2.0.1 Compares two WordPerfect documents using PERL and an advanced algorithm that finds a longest common subsequence (LCS) of two sequences. Marks differences between the documents quickly and precisely. Free. Requires MacPerl, also free, at ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch//software/platform/macos/perl/ or http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/mac/. [Archived as /info-mac/text/wp/wp-doc-compare-201.hqx; 31 K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************