Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #188 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 14 Oct 98 Volume 16 : Issue 188 Today's Topics: (Q) TCP Equivalent to Chooser Entry AppleShare [Q] Postscript errors with PDF files. [Q] What is the maximum length for a Serial Cable? Download Problem ergonomics software package Fast scrolling Have I got a memory leak? help needed i-Mac SCSI, ADB, and HP 870cse support Insufficient System Memory to Run Word Internet Explorer 4.0: CRASHES Movies! COnverters & MPEG need laser printer advice Please recommend a 3D Accelerator card for Open GL Rendering and Animation Problem printing to DJ870 via AT solved Set default editor with Sys 7.5? Signatures in NisusWriter Third-party CD Drives for PowerMacs Weird font behavior---Netscape vs Maple What is the Name? 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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 V16 #188" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:58:28 +0100 From: "J. Eickhoff" Subject: (Q) TCP Equivalent to Chooser Entry AppleShare Dear all, I am one of the decreasing number of, lonely Mac users in our company and life is getting harder for us. They recently stopped routing of apple talk protocol between the ethernet subnets and for getting data from a server in another building, I have to use clumsy ftp now instead of mounting the server volumes. Is there an equivalent to the AppleShare tool in the Chooser for doing the same stuff as with AppleShare not via Tcp/Ip instead? Does anyone know how NT Machines do it amongst each other? Because from an NT Box in our Net I can access all servers, also those in other buildings. Please help to avoid they find another argument against the few macs still remaining. Thanks, Jens.Eickhoff@dss.dornier.dasa.de ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 08:50:30 +0100 From: John Bull Subject: [Q] Postscript errors with PDF files. I frequently have solid Postscript errors when trying to dowload and print .pdf files with Acrobat. With the Apple 8.4.2 printer driver the problem persists, but I usually succeed if I drop back to 8.1.1. From previous postings, I suspect others have met with similar problems. I have tackled Adobe and Apple support about this but have met with prevarication and deafening silence.Does anyone know the background? Are there any preferred solutions? John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:31:36 -0600 From: "Phil A. Lefebvre" Subject: [Q] What is the maximum length for a Serial Cable? >I have an Epson PhotoEX that is hooked up to my printer port (on a Power >Computing Power Center 150) and I want to place it on a desk at the back of >my space. To do this the cable has to go quite a distance. > >Just wondering what the maximum length of the cable could be. I looked on >the Apple web site, but couldn't find anything. I have posed similar questions about Ethernet, ADB and monitor cables to a company called Cables-to-go, 1-800-826-7904 (http://www.cablestogo.com) and they knew what the limits were, and how to work around some of them. Try them. ________________________ Phil Lefebvre Northwestern University Chicago, IL 60611 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:56:30 -0400 From: "I.G." Subject: Download Problem Suddenly I’ve become unable to open downloaded stuff. The download seems to go OK but when I try to open whatever it is I get an Error “-39” message. Does anyone know anything about this phenomenon? BTW: I’m on a Mac PPC G3/266 and OS8.1 with a USR 56K modem, running Netscape Communicator 4.06 and have both StuffIt Expander 4.5 and ZipIt 1.3.8. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:53:21 -0400 From: James McElroy Subject: ergonomics software package The Human Factors Engineering short course at the University of Michigan last year included demos of two such anthropometric software packages: Jack Transom Technologies 201 S. Main Street, 10th Floor Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 761-6001 Deneb Ergo http://www.deneb.com/products/ergo/ergo.html I'm not sure if either of these packages have Mac versions, but you can always run an emulator... James >I'm looking for a software on human ergonomics, like the topics found in >Henry Dryfuss's "The Measure of Men" book. >As I'm an industrial designer, it'd be useful to have handy software tool >that lets you play with a "Dryfuss Man" (maybe integrated in CAD??) and see >what happens in the different postures of men. > >** Arch. Paolo Bartoli >** pbartoli@iname.com >** >** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba _______________________________________ James McElroy Bose Corporation User Interface Design mailto:mcelroy@bose.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:54:15 -0500 From: momma@brainerd.net (morethanone) Subject: Fast scrolling lhutzler@earthlink.net (Roy Hutzler) wrote: > On my PowerMac 7300 with OS8.1, the scroll speed has suddenly jumped to > high speed so it is uncontrollable. I don't know what has caused your sudden jump, but the scroll speed of 604 and up machines is sometimes way too fast. Ultimately this needs to be addressed by the system software; clicking the scroll arrow gets tiresome. If an extension exists that explicitly allows setting scroll speed, I for one would like to know about it! -- Tony SST.MIDI.Mac.Rock.SciTek ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:36:55 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Have I got a memory leak? At 9:32 PM -0400 10/7/98, D. Scott Beach wrote: >Every now and then, I'll check my "About This Computer..." and find that >once the used RAM and the largest unused block get added up, I'm 10 or 20 >MB shy of my 80Mb. "largest unused block" is the culprit. That's not the *only* unused block. As apps are opened and closed, they fragment the free memory in your machine. Occasionally, some app may leave some memory locked somewhere even after the app quits, which will further fragment memory. By using a tool like "More About This Macintosh" or "Memory Mapper", you can see just where in memory your apps are, and get a better sense of memory usage. Here's a simplified example. Say you have 64Mb of RAM. Your System is using 10Mb, and when you open "About This Computer..." [ATC] right after boot it reports a largest unused block [LUB] of around 54Mb. You launch App A, which has a memory partition of 10Mb, then App B, which uses 2 Mb. Now, ATC reports a LUB of around 42Mb. Now you quit App A. ATC still reports a LUB of 42Mb, even though your total free memory is now 52Mb. The free RAM is split into two blocks, and ATC only tells you about the largest one. Opening one of the previously mentioned tools would show you that graphically. Memory Mapper More About This Macintosh >My work-mate tells me that without virtual running, the Modern Memory >Manager isn't used and that's why the numbers aren't kept track of quite >right. Does this sound right? The MMM is used in either circumstance, but without VM, the OS cannot use file-mapping for memory management with PPC native apps. This means that a PPC-native app will have to load all it's PPC code into RAM at startup, using more memory than it would under VM. For this reason, you may want to turn VM on and leave it at it's lowest setting [installed RAM + 1Mb], which should prevent it from ever hitting the disk but will give you the memory efficiency imporovements. If you Get Info on any PPC-native app, the info dialog will tell you how much memory would be saved by using VM. For example, Excel 98 uses 4Mb more without VM on. VM or !VM has no effect on how accurately the numbers are tracked or reported, to the best of my knowledge. chazl ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:09:14 +0200 From: Martin Bertha Subject: help needed Is there a way to connect a 500MB 2.5"-SCSI-drive (IBM) to a PB 170 externally? Both the PB 170 and the drive don' have SCSI-termination power. Any hint will be appreciated. Martin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:52:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Cyrus Roton Subject: i-Mac SCSI, ADB, and HP 870cse support abrody wrote; >The simple question is when, and who will have adaptors and drivers >available now to connect SCSI external hard drives and CD-R drives, ADB >keyboards, and Hewlett Packard 870Cse printers. Before I even think of the >i-Mac, I want to make sure the USB issue is a non-issue for the peripherals >I currently own. Also is there someone making just a plain SuperDrive for >USB? I don't want the Iomega Superdisk, seeing as I have had so many bad >experiences with removable hard disks I don't want a repeat, all I really >need is a 1.4MB floppy drive. The 120MB SuperDisk is overkill, and costs >too much. I think the SuperDisk is made by Imation, not Iomega. Also, I do not see how you consider a mere 120 Meg to be "overkill". It would take 10 of them to back up 1.2 Gb of hard drive. Many more to back up 4 Gb. As for what is available, check out several of the latest Tidbits issues. Lots of info there on the subject. croton@ridgecrest.ca.us Cyrus Roton Ridgecrest Apple User Group Electronic Musical Instrument Technician ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:49:46 -0400 From: Louis Bergeron Subject: Insufficient System Memory to Run Word A major problem with Word not just with System but with previous System is that Word was designed to work on older system like 6.0.7 and was rather limited in his memory management. In fact, it have problems using more then 4 megs. So, even giving more memory will not permit opening more documents. Louis > >>There is a problem with Word 5.1 on PowerMacs. You will get this message >>no matter how much memory you have on your Mac. You need >>FixWordSystemMemory 2.1 which should be available (for free) on any >>Info-Mac mirror. >> >>FixWordSystemMemory is a system extension that tries to fix a problem >>where Microsoft Word 5.1 (and perhaps 5.0 as well) refuses to startup, >>complaining that there is a lack of system memory. This usually happens >>if you >>try to launch Word immediately after rebooting your computer; running >>another application before Word will often solve the problem. The problem is >>that Word refuses to run unless there is a minimum amount of free space in >>the Macintosh system heap. In my experience it is a complete fix for the >>problem > > > Louis Bergeron C.P. 936 Rouyn Rouyn-Noranda Qc Canada J9X 5C8 Telephone-Phone (819) 764-3862 Telecopieur-Fax (819) 764-3758 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:50:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Cyrus Roton Subject: Internet Explorer 4.0: CRASHES dw thomas wrote; >Printing, opening certain sites causes IE 4.01 to crash. Please don't tell >me to go over to NN --i crashes too. I've used NORTON to diagnose the >System & get a clean bill of health. Any ideas on extentions that should be >removed that IE may not like or tips / other strategies on how to keep IE >afloat? Tell us what sites caused the problems, and some of us could try them and maybe get some idea of the problem. I have been using IE 4.01 for a whle and have had no problems. croton@ridgecrest.ca.us Cyrus Roton Ridgecrest Apple User Group Electronic Musical Instrument Technician ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:40:35 -0500 From: Fattah Subject: Movies! COnverters & MPEG Hi there! I've a question for you ! What's the best Tool for Movies! COnverters...etc. I got this movie which is MPEG! & I'm trying to convert it to Quicktime movie & when I do the converting it refuses & says: "INVALID TRACK", but the movie is playing fine with QUicktime 3.0! Can you direct me to a program that will Convert it to QuickTime ( I need to post that on the internet), or to CINEPAK (COPRESSION). Please e-mail me if you know: Cheers for Macs, Fattah ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:04:24 -0400 From: Mod Dog Internet Services Subject: need laser printer advice My wife needs a recommendation for an inexpensive, dependable, easy to use laser printer for a small Mac network. It's for a small dental office and doesn't need to be super fast or print hundred's of pages a day. I don't know much about laser printers so any advice at all would be appreciated. If you reply to the list, please cc me also. Thanks. Brian White bwhite@moddog.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:24:35 -0700 From: Jim Butler Subject: Please recommend a 3D Accelerator card for Open GL Rendering and Animation Can someone please recommend a mid-priced, sub $1,200 3D Graphic Accelerator card for doing rendering and animatino with OpenGL and QD3D. I use Lightwave, Strata Studio Pro and Bryce. Please do not recommend a GAME CARD; I am looking for a power tool. Thanks,-- Jim Butler ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 20:12:30 -0500 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Problem printing to DJ870 via AT solved This brings up my beef with HP printers... I work in an office full of PHDs (Push Here Dummies). Apparently, even the Mac is not easy enough for them. One of the problems I have is that the LaserWriter has an easy to use desktop printer icon. I have yet to find a way to add a desktop printer icon to my HP DeskJet 870. I even tried to run it from the Apple StyleWriter 4400 driver (it is very simular in style and inner workings) to no success. Any ideas? Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:43:18 -0400 From: "p.brown" Subject: Set default editor with Sys 7.5? Ken Wickwire said... -> Up to about Sys 7.1 one could use something called System7 Pac to change the -> default editor from the appalling TeachText to say BBEdit. With Sys 7.5 -> and presumably above, the old S7P doesn't do it. Anybody know how it can -> be done nowadays, with say Sys 7.5.3 (on a PPC or 68k)? -> Tnx kwick@mitre.org One of the third-party editors (either BBEdit or Tex-Edit, I forget which) once explained a way to do this using MacOS Easy Open. The only catch is you have to delete all copies of SimpleText from your hard drive(s). IIRC, after removing SimpleText you rebuild your desktop (preferably a "full" rebuild ala TechTool). You then open a SimpleText document from the Finder and will be presented with a dialog asking you to choose an application. Hopefully, your favorite text editor (along with every other application that can read text files) is listed and you can choose it. Do not choose any one that says "with QuickTime translation." From then on, any document that would otherwise opened with SimpleText will open with your selected application. However, if you have any disk on your desktop that contains SimpleText (as many install disks do), it will use that. * etienne@cfw.com * All opinions expressed are yours, you have only yourself to blame. * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:31:45 +0100 From: Frazer Wright Subject: Signatures in NisusWriter B Luskin wrote: >My signature was been scanned into a quark express file. How do I transform >this into a form that can be used with either word 6.0.1, or nisus 4.1? I >believe that this should be a graphics file... I do not have quark express, >but somehow I was able to get word perfect to open the file.. > >Somehow I was able to get it into word perfect several months ago, and used >it, but word perfect 3.5e is so flaky and quits abruptly so often that I am >getting ready to abandon it. I would love to be able to sign things in word >or nisus writer, and fax them from this computer. Try to convert the signature scan to pict format (Graphic Converter?). Paste it into the scrapbook. Copy and paste from there to the document in Nisus' graphics mode. Works every time for me. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 19:08:24 -0500 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Third-party CD Drives for PowerMacs > Obviously, apple has placed special checks in its drivers to ensure > that there are more sales of apple CD drives. If someone would > disassemble the driver and produce a patch that would disable > the checks, then it would be simple to use the apple driver with > any third-party CD-ROM. I believe that the main reason that Apple ceased support for every other CD-ROM drive under the sun is the fact that users would then demand Apple's quality technical support for their oddball (and cheaper) component. CD-ROM drive problems are the #2 reason for calls to tech support. #1, by the way, is floppy drive problems which Apple has eliminated with the iMac. Yes, it would be great if Apple wrote all the Mac drivers, but this is an expense that I don't think they can bear. This is something that even Microsoft is too cheap to do. BTW - Apple drives are third party drives (i.e. Sony), they've just been blessed with a recognized hardware id. Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:44:50 -0400 From: Benjamin Lotto Subject: Weird font behavior---Netscape vs Maple I have both Netscape Communicator v4.5 and Maple V R4 v5.4.0e and there's a weird font conflict. Here are the details. Of these two applications, whichever one I start first displays everything fine. The second one, though, has all kinds of odd font spacing, making the display pretty much unreadable. This happens even if I quit the first application before starting the second. I have problems no matter which font I use for display. (Currently I use Times for Netscape and I think that Maple defaults to Times. I tried other fonts, though, with the same results.) I have screen captures of some of the problems that I can e-mail to people if they want to see what this looks like. I've tried a bunch of things, but I can't seem to make this go away. I can't even figure out what's wrong! Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Lotto * Department of Mathematics * e-mail: belotto@vassar.edu Vassar College, Box 349 * phone: 914-437-7180 124 Raymond Avenue * fax: 914-437-7065 Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0349 * ------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:45:39 -0600 From: Keith Hamilton Subject: What is the Name? There is a liitle control panel or extension that will clear dialog boxes from your screen at a certain amount of time? What is the name of it? Where can I find it? example I have restarted my computer, but I have Pagemaker running. Now I get the popup that says: Don't Save Cancel Save The program I'm talking about hits return and the default button is than pressed. TIA Keith -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************