Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #256 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 25 Nov 97 Volume 15 : Issue 256 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#406/24-Nov-97 Banzai4800 talking newton gps maps and GTE internet phone book (A) >>>'s 5200 >>> [Q] FREEZE at Shutdown - 7600/132 [Q] Genealogy [Q] Problem Receiving Attached Text from PCs with Eudora Pro 3.x Accellerate an old IIfx Backup data to videotape? Configuring Mac Clock To Atomic Clock Via Modem EtherTalk and LocalTalk Eudora Internet Mail Server Help with old Norton Encrypt files Intel messes-up again! Internet Dialer and Internet Config Internet Phone Applications Mac Tutorial Part 2 Newer MAXpowr Pro Cards -- A Good Buy? opening a 636CD Power Mac 5500/225 & QuarkXPress Quick Update Note Remapping Keyboards Serious System 8/Appleshare Problem Video capture with PM7500 Virus help Will an AV card enable me to watch TV ? zip-drive problem 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. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. 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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 V15 #256" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 20:40:40 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#406/24-Nov-97 TidBITS#406/24-Nov-97 CD-ROMs rule this issue of TidBITS, where artist Bonnie Lebesch tells the story of how she self-published her CD-ROM, Stella and the Star-Tones. We also welcome our latest sponsor, CD-ROM publisher Soft Material and its flagship product, Pickle's Book. Geoff reveals keyboard shortcut secrets that deserve to be in every Mac user's portfolio, we look at the release of a new LaserWriter driver, and Tonya calls for Mac-related computer gift suggestions. Topics: MailBITS/24-Nov-97 Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickle's Books Spare Keys for Your Mac How and Why I Built My CD-ROM [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-406.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:23:17 -0600 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" Subject: Banzai4800 talking newton gps maps and GTE internet phone book Banzai4800, formally mispelled Bonzai, shareware $15 gets instructions and $5 more Street Atlas automated route parsers can be used with GTE's internet phonebook maps. http://superpages.gte.net Just use simpletext to turn the gifs into picts (imported to newton by my Macpicttonewton or Apple's Newton Press) and, for coordinate system construction, have a source of latlons like Street Atlas USA or aerial charts with matching features. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 97 08:54:40 GMT From: Ian.Goldby@powertech.co.uk Subject: (A) >>>'s Ecah time a message is forwarded, most emailers put a certain character, usually '>' in front of the forwarded text. Most mailers allow you to change this character. You omitted to mention which mailer you use, so I can't be any more specific - except to say that obviously, you can set it to no character at all. To get rid of existing '>'s in a message, use a text editor and use the replace function to change '>'s to blanks. You will then need to put in some marks of your own to make clear which is your reply and which is quoted from previous replies, and who wrote which bit. Personally, I'd leave the '>>>'s in. As a general rule, when quoting previous replies, it's best to only quote as much as you need to to put your answer in context. Try not to let the quote be longer than your answer, or you'll start to irritate people. Ian. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:15:11 -0500 From: "Norman R. Friedman" Asked this before and have not heard any answers. How to get rid of those annoying >>>'s when mail is forwarded and then would want to forward again. These >>>'precede each line. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:42:44 +0100 From: Marien Subject: 5200 Hello, does anybody know if it is possible to upgrade a Performa 5200 to a more up-to-date CPU? (I love everything of it, exept for the CPU) Thanks, Marien -- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 02:00:43 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: >>> Norm, If you use Eudora, you can forward mail without creating those symbols by using "Redirect" rather than forward. If you are receiving mail with the >>> in them, you can use any word processor to search for a ">" and replace it with nothing. Doing this with BBEdit Lite is extremely fast and easy. You would have to save the mail as a text file and then do the BBEdit trick with it, I think, though perhaps someone else knows a better way. Daly Daly Jessup mailto:jessup@san.rr.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:43:41 -0400 From: Robert George Daniel Subject: [Q] FREEZE at Shutdown - 7600/132 Dear Friendly Helpful Mac Community: My previously reliable Power Mac 7600/132 has developed the annoying habit, intermittent but frequent, of freezing when shutting down or restarting. I have tried the usual conflict resolution techniques (inconclusive) and have just reinstalled system 7.5.5 (conclusive: still freezing). The freeze occurs after the shutdown command is invoked (either via menu or power-key dialog), and all applications have quit, but before the Syquest EZ-135 spins down. I have two disk drives installed: a 1.2 GB Quantum Fireball_TM1280S (my startup disk) , and a 1 GB Seagate ST51080N. I have tons of memory (80MB) and available disk space, low fragmentation, and no disk errors. I've eliminated some of the usual culprits (After Dark for example is NOT to blame this time) but I'm still having trouble pinning this one down. Hints? Tips? Detailed step-by-step solutions? All welcome at Thanks a million, Bob. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:20:47 +0100 From: grundy@enterprise.net (Peter Grundy) Subject: [Q] Genealogy I have sourced a copy of Gene 4.0. but would like to know if there is later version, or another shareware or commercial alternative. Thanks. Lobo. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 16:47:38 +0000 From: Mephistophilis Subject: [Q] Problem Receiving Attached Text from PCs with Eudora Pro 3.x I seem to have no difficulty receiving text documents as attachments to e-mail messages using Eudora Pro 3.0 or 3.1. However attachments sent from PCs end up with the 'attached' text as part of the e-mail message itself - sometimes in plain text, sometimes garbage. Can anyone help? TIA - Fergus Lalor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:16:06 +0100 (MET) From: Klaus.S@gmx.net Subject: Accellerate an old IIfx Hi fellows, Just got hold of a used IIfx, which is in good condition albeight a little bit slow. Anyone who knows about an 68040 or PPC card, that can be operated in the fx's PDS-slot, the processor's socket or the NuBus ? Just speeding the oscillator to 20% or 25% does not seem to be worth the effort. Maybe, with an '040 I can even go for System 8. Klaus Schnathmeier --- Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 17:06:56 -0500 From: Rob Henerey Subject: Backup data to videotape? Does anyone know of a Mac solution involving backing up HD data to videotape with a video-out capable Mac? The peecee world has a current software/card combo called "Backer" and I remember from my old Amiga days that the Amiga could do it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:27:01 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher Root Subject: Configuring Mac Clock To Atomic Clock Via Modem I am wondering what people would suggest to set my PPC 8100's internal clock to a Master (Atomic) clock. I have been using Jean-Pierre Gachen's AutoClock 1.4.4 for a while, but with my new Practical Peripherals 56k (x2) modem there is some difficulty and I can't seem to find AutoClock's author to discuss. Please feel free to post to me privately at chrisr@magnet.com. Thanks in advance. christopher root _____________________"release the hounds!"________________________ Christopher Root Technical Support Mngr. f: (202) 471-5807 Magnet Interactive Communications v: (202) 471-5868 ____________ h t t p: / / w w w. m a g n e t. c o m _______________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 97 0:53:47 CET From: "Vittorio Dell'Aiuto" Subject: EtherTalk and LocalTalk > is there any available hack to support File Sharing and Program > Linking over an EtherTalk/LocalTalk hetero network? The "hack" is called LocalTalk Bridge, a commercial software by Apple itself. It's a control panel, you just install it on the machine physically connected to both networks (LocalTalk and EtherTalk) and every machine appears as belonging to the same network: it's totally transparent, you can't even tell which network medium is in use on a machine, apart from speed (LocalTalk remains a bottleneck, obviously). ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:39:28 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: Eudora Internet Mail Server >- Can EIMS 2.0 be used at all for dial-up connections or does it want a >permanent connection? EIMS 1.2 freeware obviously wants permanent >connection, but I did not see anything mentioned in the EIMS 2.0 >description. In theory EIMS 2.0 supports ETRN, which is a protocol for picking up SMTP email after being offline. >- Can EIMS be used to dial at pre-determined times, exchange messages >and hang up again? Or is it possible to do this with AppleScript? I think you have to control the connection separately from EIMS. >- The Qualcomm web pages don't say what the maximum number of users >(addresses) is, and how the number of users/addresses affects memory >usage. They only write: "even small organizations can have hundreds of >people using different aliases and host multiple domains". I don't know that EIMS is a heavy duty server, but it should be able to handle most normal offices. >- EIMS 2.0 is "sold electronically". Has anyone dealt with this purchase >method? And why can't I use it when I am not "inside the United States >and Canada", as Qualcomm writes? The one experience I had with software.net was for a Windows version of Eudora and it was a nightmare. I ended up cancelling the order and buying a physical copy from Cyberian Outpost. I presume others have had less trouble. cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Publisher/Info-Mac Moderator -- ace@tidbits.com http://www.tidbits.com/ -- http://www.tidbits.com/adam/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 08:59:11 -0700 From: Michael Dougherty Subject: Help with old Norton Encrypt files It has become *imperative* that I recover the data from approximately 100 old Norton Encrypt files, which were encrypted with the same password, using the FasCrypt [Norton proprietary] method. I have done some looking into the password scheme and am convinced that the keyspace I need to search is reasonably small - if I can find the details of the algorithm, I am secure about retrieving the data. So I think I have three alternatives: * Find someone who already knows the details of the algorithm [paradise]. * Find a scripting-type program which I can put onto the Mac and have it try passwords out of a list. [Something like, if this dialog box is up then enter the next line in this file; stop when this dialog box comes up. I'm not primarily a Mac user, so I'm not aware of how easy/difficult this would be.] * Learn Mac assembler and get a disassembler, and determine the details of the algorithm from the machine code. If anyone could help with any of these, including recommendations for programs to use for #2 and #3, or has an idea which I haven't thought of, I would be forever in your debt. Thank you for your time, Mike D. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 23:12:50 EST From: gelfling2@juno.com (Stephen R. Griswold) Subject: Intel messes-up again! Just saw this in a recent issue of a local Arts & Entertainment magazine (reference: The Hartford Advocate, November 20, 1997 issue, See web page www.hartfordadvocate.com for Online version) In the 'Quickies' column, (a bunch of small notes), on Page 5: -------------------------------------------- Just A Teensy Flaw Last week, the giant computer-chip manufacturer, Intel acknowledged a second design flaw in its wildly popu- lar Pentium computer chip. The "flaw" is no biggie; the average PC user won't come across it in everyday use, according to company officials. But malicious programmers could use it to freeze personal computers and network servers. The company says the flaw occurs in the Pentium and Pentium with MMX <---<<< Blank Area had Intel's microprocessors, MMX/Intel Inside/Pentium two of the most com- Logo mon chips found in personal computers world wide. -------------------------------------------- And people wonder why the joke of "the 'Intel Inside' label is a Warning Label", was made? (probably explains why the spell-checker keeps wanting to replace 'Pentium' with "Pennies'.) (for the record, I only have a 486DX-33 to do E-Mail) Stephen Griswold ... Gotta get that thing fixed... --:Captain Simian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:31:24 -0800 From: bc979@lafn.org (Doug Hardie) Subject: Internet Dialer and Internet Config I am experiencing some unusual problems with Internet Dialer and Internet Config. With Mac OS 8, Internet Dialer expects there to be an Internet Config for each Dialer Configuration. The Assistant apparently creates it when the dialer config is established. However, there appears to be no way to set the Web home page for these configurations. Hence, when I switch between dialer configurations, the web home page gets reset to all blanks. The assistants do not have any capability to add the data when they create the internet configs and Internet Config itself only appears to update a default configuration. Does anyone know how to update the other Internet Config configurations? -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 06:30:17 -0400 From: lhawkin@caribnet.net (Laurence Hawkins) Subject: Internet Phone Applications Can anyone recommend an application to use an Internet connection for worldwide phone connections. Net2phone is suitable only for 604 processors, and I have a 6500/225 with a 603e processor. Laurence Hawkins e-mail address: lhawkin@caribnet.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:06:28 -0800 From: bc979@lafn.org (Doug Hardie) Subject: Mac Tutorial Part 2 I am trying to find the Mac tutorial part 2. It is referenced on my performa, and the 2 OS versions I have on my 3400 (7.5.6 and 8). However, only part 1 is included on the CDs. Where can part 2 be found? Thanks -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 97 17:45:11 -0600 From: Jason Torrey Subject: Newer MAXpowr Pro Cards -- A Good Buy? Does anyone have any experience with the MAXpowr Pro card in the 8500? In particular, does anyone have any bad experiences with the card? I have read where some people with an 8500 using internal video had their video messed up (i.e. small groups of pixels blackened out). Thanks, Jason jtorrey@qni.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 16:47:15 -0600 From: Charles Stang Subject: opening a 636CD I need to replace the hard drive in a Mac 636CD. I can't for the life of me get the top off the machine to get at it. HELP. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 17:05:48 -0500 (EST) From: Zobby1234@aol.com Subject: Power Mac 5500/225 & QuarkXPress We purchased a PowerMac5500/225 on the 10/10/97 and loaded an old version of QuarkXPress (2.11). Since then we have been experiencing all sorts of wierd and wonderful things happening to the type when the documents are printed. We seem to get gaps in the text just like thi s . The trouble is that the problem is not consistant, in as much that if we print the document again it nearly always comes out perfect. As you can appriecate the problem is both frustrating and expensive. In the early days we were getting type 11 error message and system crashing. We hope you can shed some light on our problem Thanks Steve Smith ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 04:31:42 -0500 (EST) From: Dave Nalle Subject: Quick Update Note This is sort of an update to the last update. Digital River finally got the new font packages online. That means that it's now actually possible to order the second Christmas font and art package online, as well as several new single fonts, including Cochin Antiqua, St. Nicholas and Offenbach Calligraphic. You can link to the online ordering site or samples of these new fonts from the main page at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium. We've also updated another section of the site, and put a new shareware font online. The new area is the 'Arcana' area, devoted to ancient language fonts and magical/fantasy fonts. It includes a new shareware font called Malachim, based on a script supposedly used by angels. You can get to this new area at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium/arcana Have a good Thanksgiving... Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Digital Typefaces & Graphic Design Resources - The Scriptorium http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 20:00:11 -0700 From: Roland Silver Subject: Remapping Keyboards Jeffrey Scorsone quoted somebody as asking: Does anybody know of a good utility for remapping the Keyboard on the Mac? I want to switch the CapsLock and Control keys around. (been spending way too much time on a Sparc ;) ResEdit can be used to create a KCHR resource in the System file to do what you want. What you need to know is documented somewhere in Inside Macintosh. -- Rollo Silver ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 02:00:49 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: Serious System 8/Appleshare Problem Joe Warmbrodt wrote: >I've been experiencing a serious problem with Appleshare, System 8 and NT >servers. The problems began when we installed Sys 8 on our 3 macs in our >production department. > >The August 22 issue of MacFixIt reported our problem: > >>Mac OS 8 and problems viewing files in List View from an NT server . >>Robert Hammen writes that, when using Mac OS 8, "if you have a folder on >>an NT server with some number of items (seems to be >100) open in List >>view, the Finder constantly keeps redrawing the list, with varying numbers >>of items, increasing then decreasing." >>Another reader describes this same symptom as "the List View has a >>tendency to jump or jitter. What I mean is that files in the hierarchy >>will move up and down on the screen. Sometimes items inside the nested >>folders appear to double themselves for a second and then disappear again. >>It's really annoying since it makes it hard to grab hold of a file." > >This is what we've been experiencing. Later, the MacFixit Oct. 24th >reported: > >>NT list view glitch solution Previously we described a quirk with Mac OS 8 >>Finder displays in List View when looking at them from an NT server. >>Robert Hammen now writes that AppleShare Client 3.7.2 (from the AppleShare >>IP 5.0.2 upgrade) eliminates this glitch. Only problem is that this >>software is not yet in general public release. Watch for it soon. I wish I had a solution, but I don't. I just have a "me too," in that I experienced the same thing accessing files over ethernet from a Mac running OS 8 connected to a Unix network, not NT. So this problem isn't limited to NT. I will be very interested in hearing a solution. It does not, by the way, do it all the time and now that you mention it, I only noticed it after a couple of PCs running Windows NT were added to the (mostly Unix) network. Daly Daly Jessup mailto:jessup@san.rr.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:14:05 +1100 From: Glen Hawkins Subject: Video capture with PM7500 I am having trouble capturing video from a VHS PAL VCR> I have connected all the RCA cables top the back, set the appropriate settings in the Apple video recorder proggie and I get sound but no picture. Has anyone else captured video on their PM 7500 and have any ideas? Cheers Glen PS: PM 7500 with 604 upgrade accelerated to 132MHz, 128 bit video out card, 4.55 Gb Cheetah drive and 1 Gb drive attached to Adaptec fast wide scsi card 144 Mb RAM ------------------------------ Date: 22 Nov 97 17:55:32 +0100 From: "Hans Krause" Subject: Virus help Hey there, I caught this virus that converts Word 6.0 docs into templates (left lower status bar corner says: "Traced!"). Any help fighting this bastard? TIA --Hans-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 04:08:38 +0000 From: Joris Witteman Subject: Will an AV card enable me to watch TV ? Just wondering if buying an AV card for my 6100 will enable me to watch TV on it. I checked the apple TIL and it says "TV Tuner required". What does this mean? Please mail me at witteman@euronet.nl, i don't visit here much... Thanks in advance. Joris Witteman ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:29:33 +0100 From: Peter Peldan Subject: zip-drive problem Hello. I have a problem with two programs that comes with the Iomega Zip-drive: Tools and Copy Machine. Upon startup of these programs they just stop in some kind of waiting mode; no menu, no reaction to clicks etc. When shut off with MacsBug everything else works fine. Otherwise the zip-drive works fine. I have an external SCSI harddrive with Drive 7 drive, and an internal IDE harddrive with apple's drive. I have a Performa 5200 with MacOS 8.0 (US). The zip is first in the external SCSI chain with termination off and the external SCSI harddisk is second and last in the chain with termination on. I have even tried with extensions off, and get the same result. Peter -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************