Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #30 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 09 Feb 98 Volume 16 : Issue 30 Today's Topics: (A) Location of Ad [!] Admin: Volunteer moderators needed [A] Free ISPs [A] more memory - slower Mac?? [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user [A] New Advertisement from Apple (Q) [A] OS 8 CD Drive Problem [A] Why not a NuBus modem? [A] Why not a NuBus modem? Apple's advertising campaign... CD Recorder drives Free ISPs Getting info off Classic with dead monitor Getting info off Classic with dead monitor Info-Mac Digest V16 #26 Info-Mac Digest V16 #26/Free ISP Key combination to bypass boot from internal HD? Last system to work on an LC Mac OS Installer Help? Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user (R) Need to buy "Video Card" OT 1.3 Bug/Not a bug PDS files please... help...? postnet font Q: more memory - slower Mac?? Re Bar codes generator Sales... searching for US postal barcode font spreadsheet -> database Spreadsheet to Data base Table of Contents for ClarisWorks 5 Docs Why not a NuBus modem? Word Macro Viri Word macro viruses Word: Documents automatically saved as Templates Word: Documents automatically saved as Templates Zip 100 Zip 100 Zip 100 ZIP/JAZ problems 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 . 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. 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 #30" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:40:22 -0500 From: John Buss Subject: >Hi: > >This is driving me crazy. Search as I may, I cannot find a font to generate >postal barcodes (U.S. Postal Service). I have wordperfect wasting 10 megs >on a drive because I can't prepare an envelope with a bar code in >FrameMaker. I have heard there's a windows font. Can it be that no one has >made a mac postscript (or truetype) font for the post office barcode? Say >it ain't so! I have a copy of Address Book by Jim Leitch (who passed away recently and was eulogized here on Info-Mac.) The latest version I found was 3.7.2. It includes an option for printing bar codes on envelopes along with addresses. I haven't used that option myself, but you may want to check into the program. Stan Yes it does have the facility and yes it does work. It will allow you to set the code in the traditional place and the "new improved" area. I can never figure out which is which! bussy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:58:32 CST From: "Tom Kirke (312) 413-5539" Subject: (A) Location of Ad > Probably too soon to be asking for it, but anybody know where I can > download the commercial that appeared on Primetime on ABC, on February 4th, > 1998? It's now at: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/features/ads/snailad.html It requires QuickTime. tom ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 12:28:52 -0800 From: Info-Mac Moderator Subject: [!] Admin: Volunteer moderators needed Hi folks, As you know, Info-Mac is an all-volunteer organization, and as with any all-volunteer organization, we periodically need new blood. If you're interested in helping out with Info-Mac, please send us a note. Right now, our main need is for someone to moderate the digest postings (which can probably be done in about 10-20 minutes every day or two) and read and reply to moderator mail (about the same time committment, though it can be handled slightly less frequently). However, we also have some plans for significantly improved archiving and Web access to our archives, and those plans will require additional help from people with Web design and scripting knowledge. cheers... -Adam ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 08:55:49 -0800 From: David Alan Grayson Subject: [A] Free ISPs In Info-Mac Digest V16 #26 EVerHoef@digizen.net wrote, >My daughter (who lives near Knoxville, TN) told me that on a recent >broadcast of ABC's Good Morning America they talked about ISPs that offer >free e-mail accounts, the hook being that you receive some number of >commercial messages in addition to your e-mail. She was interested in >trying it out but, unfortunately, at the time that they gave the names of >some of the ISPs, she was unable to write them down and counldn't remember >them when she had a pad and pencil available. If anyone could shed some >light on this topic, I'd be much appreciative. TIA > >Ed Ver Hoef Dear Ed, I have been looking into these. I have found three so far. Only one has a true ISP type connection. Juno (http://www.juno.com) Only works for PCs, but it has all of the software and a phone connection so you can get free e-mail if you have a modem and an IBM compatible. Hotmail (http://www.hotmail.com) and Yahoo mail (http://www.yahoo.com) then click on the word e-mail both offer free e-mail through a web connection. This works if you have a connection to the web, but does not alleviate the need for an ISP. If anyone can find something like Juno for the Mac I would love to hear about it. David Grayson This message is from David Grayson dgrayson@mysurf.com (formerly dgrayson@cnsii.com, dgrayson@ucla.edu, grayson@seas.ucla.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 98 09:58:06 +1100 From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Subject: [A] more memory - slower Mac?? >I'm baffled - I had a Performa 5200 with 16 Mb RAM (2x 8 Mb 72 pin simms) >running along >nicely (even when using SoftWindows 3.0 for the data analysis program my Wow. "Agonizing" is the best adjective I can think of for my work 5200 running Virtual PC. >using) ... and then the low memory prices got me to up the memory to 40 Mb >(1x 8 Mb, 1x 32 >Result: Everything seems to be slower! Starting applications, opening There are three possibilities I can think of here, which I will list in increasing order of "weird-n-wonderfulness" : 1. Pagefile fragmentation. When you put in the extra RAM, your virtual memory file blew out to at least 40Mb. This may have fragmented it, reducing performance. Defragment your hard disk and see if there is a noticeable speed increase. 2. L2 cache limit exceeded. The 5200 shipped with 256K L2 cache. The CACR may be set up in such a way that (for instance) only the first 32Mb of physical memory can be cached by a 256K module. I believe it's possible to upgrade this model to 512K L2, but you'd have to check with your Apple dealer. Pulling the 8Mb and running with just 32 may help this. This sort of problem was fairly common on 486-based PCs. 3. Timing conflict between the two SIMMs. 8Mb SIMMs are an "odd" size, and having to support 1S in one slot and 2S in another slot may have done Strange Things to your P5200's DRAM controller. Pull the 8Mb SIMM and see if the performance is better with just the 32. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Certified Apple Engineer) Home: Resume: ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:24:34 -0600 From: Glen Hoag Subject: [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user In Info-Mac Digest V16 #27, Allan Hunter wrote: >I have only ever ethernetted using 10base2, aka "thin coaxial" or "thin >ethernet", and done it all daisy-chain, peer-to-peer. No complexities >there, just run the wires from box to box and stick terminators at each >end, kinda like SCSI chaining. > >I have reason to believe that setting up a 10baseT ethernetwork may lie in >my future, and from things I've read I gather that > >a) daisy-chaining isn't the most common arrangement; most people use a hub >of some sort and the individual boxes are hooked to the hub; and Actually, with one exception, all 10BaseT networks are created in a star arrangement with a hub. (Oops... two exceptions if you count Farallon's EtherWave stuff.) > >b) if there are only 3-4 computers and you really don't NEED a hub, you >CAN'T just daisy-chain them, you have to...uh, *do something* to the wire, >like...uh, cross it over somehow? If there are *two* computers, you may connect them to each other with a crossover cable. However, there are sometimes problems getting the Macs to recognize that the network is there, so a hub is often handy here, too. > >c) either you don't terminate them or they terminate themselves or you do >but no one talks about it for some reason It's not a bus or daisy-chain arrangement. 10BaseT is about point-to-point connections. (computer to hub, or, as I mentioned in (b), computer to computer) Any termination is the responsibility of the network card or hub port. > >d) there's a newer standard called 100baseT which is much faster but you >can use the same basic wiring, only the card (and/or Mac AAUI-to-interfact >transceiver?) must change? The only thing you keep when you move from 10BaseT to 100BaseT is the cabling. For large installations, this is a major cost in both material and labor. Hubs and cards must be changed. You wouldn't be able to use the built-in Ethernet on a Mac with 100BaseT, as there is a 10Mbps controller on the motherboard; the AAUI transceiver is only to allow flexibility between 10Base2 and 10BaseT. There are some 10BaseT/100BaseT hubs that would allow you to upgrade your network one port at a time. You could convert your file server to 100BaseT while leaving the workstations at 10BaseT until they need the higher throughput. Glen Hoag hoag@ro.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 19:12:33 -0500 (EST) From: Ethan Benatan Subject: [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user Q was for basic info about using 10BaseT cabling, for someone who has used ThinNet. Patricularly regarding the need for hubs. With 10BaseT, you can connect exactly two devices without a hub, by purchasing or making a crossover cable. Unless you are experienced at it, I'd strongly suggest purchasing one. More than two devices requires either a hub or special devices to allow daisy-chaining. If you do this, just plug and go, like an AppleTalk cable. Crossover cables are not easy to find in retail stores.... The only daisy-chain solution I have first hand experience with is Farallon's (OOPS! make that Netopia's) Etherwave technology. I have had good luck with it but you can only get to 7 or so devices on a chain (but you can always add a hub), and it can be harder to maintain and troubleshoot such a chain than "star" wiring, via a hub. To be fair though I have had nothing but the best success with them, and nothing but great service and support from Netopia; I don't deal with anyone else for network hardware these days. This approach may not be cost effective any more with the decreasing cost of hubs (there are niche uses for them but I don't think yours is one). Small hubs are cheap (like $50-$100 for 4 or 5 port hubs) and you might be able to get a great price on a a small hub and a stack of cards, if you need them. This approach is inherently expandable, get a hub with a port for uplink to another hub (most do). BUY GOOD CABLES! Buy only Cat 5 if you can (cat 3 is theoretically sufficient for 10baseT, but don't skimp), and get them from a reputable vendor. Making your own is not cables likely to be cost effective for a small installation. The maximum single cable run is either 90 or 100 meters, I forget which- I think it is the longer one and I remember 90 for safety. Ethan _____________ Ethan Benatan ethan+@pitt.edu http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan ------- End of forwarded message ------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 98 09:58:09 +1100 From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Subject: [A] Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user >I have only ever ethernetted using 10base2, aka "thin coaxial" or "thin >ethernet", and done it all daisy-chain, peer-to-peer. No complexities >I have reason to believe that setting up a 10baseT ethernetwork may lie in >a) daisy-chaining isn't the most common arrangement; most people use a hub >of some sort and the individual boxes are hooked to the hub; and You might think 10bT is a star, but in fact the topography of a 10bT LAN is a bus, just like 10b2. However due to the nature of the media, the hub is a required accessory if you have more than 2 nodes. There are two types of 10bT cable - crossover and straight-thru. If you are connecting 2 nodes directly, you can connect them with a crossover cable. If you are connecting n nodes to a hub, you need straight-thru cables. A 5-port hub should only set you back about USD$70, judging by local prices. The hub is not a complicated or intelligent piece of hardware. You do not need to think about termination. And the reason people refer to LocalTalk as AppleTalk is because originally the entire thing, from port specification to protocol, was called AppleTalk. Sometime not terribly long ago, Apple split it up, and now AppleTalk refers to the protocol and LocalTalk refers to the interface. People who use the old term are either rubbing it in your face that they were doing this stuff when Moses was a boy, or they simply haven't worked on Macs for ages 8-) -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Certified Apple Engineer) Home: Resume: ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:53:11 +0200 From: Lionel Delaude Subject: [A] New Advertisement from Apple (Q) At 22:58 -0500 4/02/98, abrody@smart.net wrote : >Dear Digest readers, >Probably too soon to be asking for it, but anybody know where I can >download the commercial that appeared on Primetime on ABC, on February 4th, >1998? In case any of you missed it, Apple made a great comeback showing a >Pentium II on top of a snail, and then asking "Who has the fastest >processor on the planet?" > [snap] >A URL is all I really need. Here we go: http://www.apple.com/hotnews/features/ads/snailad.html Lionel Delaude (http://www.ulg.ac.be/lcfi/delaude/) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 15:09:11 GMT From: John Harkness Subject: [A] OS 8 CD Drive Problem In Info-Mac Digest V16 #26, Keith & Elizabeth Donner wrote: >Ever since I started using OS8 and now OS8.1, I can't startup from the CD. >I need to do this so I can use Disk First Aid and repair the Hard Disk. Any >suggestions? The Apple CD-ROM driver included with OS 8 has trouble with recognising some CD-ROM drives, Try using the driver from an earlier System version. The one included with System 7.6.1 worked for me when I had a similer problem. John ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 98 09:58:13 +1100 From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Subject: [A] Why not a NuBus modem? >I was just curious to know why Apple or any of the third-party hardware >and modem manufacturers never thought of making a NuBus-card modem for >the Macs that have NuBus slots. Or did one such mfr. try it and fail? I It was probably just never considered necessary, since most Macs have two serial ports (and there were extra NuBus serial port adapters available, I believe). >strange, as the II's were the first NuBus Macs, that there were Wintel >clones of the same market dates with PCI modem cards available, that PCI was not even a gleam in Intel's eye when the II series came out, and I have never seen nor heard of a PCI modem card - all the internal modems I've seen are ISA. There's rather a lot of overhead in making a PCI card, which isn't required on the much simpler ISA interface. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Certified Apple Engineer) Home: Resume: ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 13:46:05 -0600 From: Glen Hoag Subject: [A] Why not a NuBus modem? In Info-Mac Digest V16 #27, Steve Wright wrote: >I was just curious to know why Apple or any of the third-party hardware >and modem manufacturers never thought of making a NuBus-card modem for >the Macs that have NuBus slots. Or did one such mfr. try it and fail? Actually, there were at least a couple of manufacturers of NuBus modems. I once worked for Prometheus Products, who had a 2400bps modem on a NuBus card. It was never a big seller. The biggest problem with acceptance was that the Communications Toolbox wasn't released at the same time as the Mac II and nearly all communications software "knew" that a Mac had exactly two serial ports, so you had to install software that fooled your terminal package into thinking it was using the modem port. Glen Hoag hoag@ro.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 13:57:46 -0800 From: mark hurty Subject: Apple's advertising campaign... Different isn't always better, but better is always different. > I agree. Just consider: Apple has been driven to the wall by people's > frantic striving for standardization and they choose to emphasize as a > selling point the one thing that makes customers afraid of the brand: it's > different. > > How about better? > > Mel Martinez wrote: > > >Is it just me? Or does anybody else here think that Apple could do a hell > >of a lot better advertising testimonials like that, rather than begging > >folks to 'think different'? > > Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University > Pullman, WA 99164-5020 > brians@wsu.edu > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 16:06:09 -0800 (PST) From: bc979@lafn.org (Doug Hardie) Subject: CD Recorder drives I am looking for a CD recorder. There are a few listed in MacWarehouse catalog, which makes them easily available: LaCie 2x/6x recordable, LaCie 4x/8x recordable, LaCie 2x/6x rewritable, traxdata 2x/6x recordable, Traxdata 4x/6x recordable, Verbatim 2x2x6 rewritable. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with these drives or others that I should look at. Thanks, -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:31:19 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Free ISPs Go here for a list of them: chazl - 2.6.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:18:57 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Getting info off Classic with dead monitor At 8:54 AM -0500 2/3/98, Allan Hunter wrote: >Here's a 10. Take the drive out of the Classic and swap it for the HD of a >used Mac Plus. MediaGuide, Computer Exchange, PreOwned Electronics, Mac >Sale International, etc, generally have them for ~$50 and I've seen them in >garage sales for $5. The Mac Plus can't accept an internal hard drive. The SE was the first toaster Mac that would accept an internal drive. There were scary third-party addons ["Clip this board onto your processor..."] to put an internal hard drive into a Plus [anyone remember the HyperDrive?], but a plain-vanilla Plus had only the one external SCSI port. You'd still need the external case. An SE, though, could be used for this purpose. chazl - 1.31.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 16:50:11 -0600 From: Steve Christensen Subject: Getting info off Classic with dead monitor Re: Subject: Getting info off Classic with dead monitor Here's a 10. Take the drive out of the Classic and swap it for the HD of a used Mac Plus. MediaGuide, Computer Exchange, PreOwned Electronics, Mac Sale International, etc, generally have them for ~$50 and I've seen them in garage sales for $5. Allan Hunter Mac Pluses do not have internal hard drives. But some SE's do. Steve Christensen schriste@dia.net Williston, ND Some of the nicest people I know are CATS!!! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 14:18:35 -0800 From: EdKeith@lightside.com (Ed Keith) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #26 >------------------------------ >Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:35:18 -0500 >From: Stan Hadley >Subject: searching for US postal barcode font > >I have a copy of Address Book by Jim Leitch (who passed away recently and >was eulogized here on Info-Mac.) The latest version I found was 3.7.2. It >includes an option for printing bar codes on envelopes along with >addresses. I haven't used that option myself, but you may want to check >into the program. > >Stan > >>Hi: >> >>This is driving me crazy. Search as I may, I cannot find a font to generate >>postal barcodes (U.S. Postal Service). I have wordperfect wasting 10 megs >>on a drive because I can't prepare an envelope with a bar code in >>FrameMaker. I have heard there's a windows font. Can it be that no one has >>made a mac postscript (or truetype) font for the post office barcode? Say >>it ain't so! >> >>/jonathan >> >>mailto:jhbauer@akula.com > >Stanton W. Hadley mailto:swh@ornl.gov >Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bldg 4500-N, MS 6205 >P.O. Box 2008 Room G-28 >Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6205 (423)574-8018, fax:(423)574-8884 > >-------------------------------- There is a font called CODE-USPS on the FONTSPRO CD-ROM from Softkey ISBN 1-56434-298-0 - this disk is quite old however. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 21:34:14 -0500 From: Hart & Associates Fine Art Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #26/Free ISP No free ISP as I know of yet but.... free email and it works great see www.hotmail.com for all the details trah@hotmail.com -- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:54:24 +0100 From: Sebastiano Pilla Subject: Key combination to bypass boot from internal HD? I'm sure this is a FAQ, so I apologize early; I will save your replies. I need to know the key combinations to bypass booting from the Mac's internal HD: I must have scored a record number of reboots trying without sucess all the permutations of command, control, shift, etc. (no, I haven't got the etc. key yet ;-). Any suggestion? Regards Sebastiano Pilla ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:23:50 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Last system to work on an LC At 11:40 AM -0600 2/3/98, Bruce A. Bromberek wrote: >What is the last version of the MacOS that will run on a plain old LC? 7.5.5. chazl - 1.31.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 13:59:52 -0700 From: Peter Kurpaska Subject: Mac OS Installer Help? Recently I came across a freeware program called Mac OS Installer Helper 1.0b7 by Charles Wiltgen. After downloading it, however, I was unable to open the file and kept getting this message: "Unable to continue because script component would not open." I tried downloading the file again but again with the same result from the new file. My question is, Has anyone downloaded the file and used it successfully, and if so, from what address - or - could anyone tell me what's up with the above error message? Thanks in advance, Peter Kurpaska ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:34:53 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user At 8:06 PM -0500 2/3/98, Allan Hunter wrote: >a) daisy-chaining isn't the most common arrangement; most people use a hub >of some sort and the individual boxes are hooked to the hub; and Correct. Standard 10base-T can't be daisychained. Farallon makes a thing called the "EtherWave" that lets you daisychain a 10baseT network just like a LocalTalk network. If you're setting up a new network, though, a hub is more economical. >b) if there are only 3-4 computers and you really don't NEED a hub, you >CAN'T just daisy-chain them, you have to...uh, *do something* to the wire, >like...uh, cross it over somehow? Yyou can connect two devices using a crossover cable. This works for only two devices. You can't connect 3 things together this way, since you can't daisychain. >c) either you don't terminate them or they terminate themselves or you do >but no one talks about it for some reason No daisy-chain, so no external termination. Every device is self-terminating. >d) there's a newer standard called 100baseT which is much faster but you >can use the same basic wiring, only the card (and/or Mac AAUI-to-interfact >transceiver?) must change? Right. 100baseT is up to ten times faster that 10baseT. To use 100baseT with a Mac, you will need an ethernet card. No Macintosh supports 100baseT using its motherboard ethernet, to the best of my knowledge. chazl - 1.31.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 22:44:36 +0100 From: Christian F Buser Subject: Need 10baseT instrux for 10base2 user (R) Allan Hunter wrote: > a) daisy-chaining isn't the most common arrangement; most people use a hub > of some sort and the individual boxes are hooked to the hub; and Right. > b) if there are only 3-4 computers and you really don't NEED a hub, you > CAN'T just daisy-chain them, you have to...uh, *do something* to the wire, > like...uh, cross it over somehow? You can connect 2 computers via a crossover cable. Not more. > c) either you don't terminate them or they terminate themselves or you do > but no one talks about it for some reason No termination necessary. > d) there's a newer standard called 100baseT which is much faster but you > can use the same basic wiring, only the card (and/or Mac AAUI-to-interfact > transceiver?) must change? The cable must (or: should) be shielded. The 10baseT uses unshielded cable. > If from reading the above you are shaking your head and thinking "Stick > with what you know, you're clueless and it's complicated", I can probably > fudge my way through an excuse for going with 10base2 anyhow. I am not an expert either, but we use a 10baseT network in the office. A good idea to get info is from the makers of the ethernet equipment, for example, Farallon. When I needed to extend our network, I bought a small hub to connect 3 computers in an office where only 1 cable was available. In the package was a booklet explaining the basic things of 10baseT cabling, etc. Ask them if they could send you one upfront. > PS--irrelevant pet peeve--why the heck do people insist on referring to > LocalTalk networks (the ones that plug into your printer port) as > AppleTalk? This is Apple's fault. The present terminology was only introduced after many years where they called everything (hardware as well as the communications protocol) "AppleTalk". Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 13:51:59 -0500 From: Richard Smykla Subject: Need to buy "Video Card" >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 20:25:06 -0500 >From: Allan Hunter >Subject: Need to buy "Video Card" (noun. see definition 3) > >system 7.2 or something--I presume those G3 cards mean I will be dragged >(kicking and screaming unless Highware gets off their collective posteriors >and releases a PopupFolder upgrade) into the brave new world of System 8+. > >Allan Hunter > > > Allan, I, too, have missed PopupFolder since upgrading to System 8. After seeing a recommendation of a (freeware!) utility called FinderPop, I decided to check it out. It's called a "Contextual Menu Enhancer", and what it does, among other things, is give you the same heirarchical popupfolder-type menuing, and duplicates a number of PopupFolder features that I've missed since upgrading. Used in conjunction with a two-button programmable mouse, or the "Look Ma, No Hands" shareware utility (to circumvent the need for the use of the Control-key), I am once again navigating through nested folders with ease . . .here's the URL if you want to give it a whirl: http://bounce.to.turly OR: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2573/ Hope this helps. Rick Smykla rsmykla@pipeline.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:16:48 -0800 From: "Carl B. Constantine" Subject: OT 1.3 Bug/Not a bug >The above information was gathered today, monday, 2/2/1998. My >interpretation of events is that the release notes for OT were in error, >which lead to the initial belief that CC4.1 was causing the damage, when in >fact it was simply detecting the problem. Now CC4.1.1 both detects and can >fix the problem, or you could just use ResEdit to fix it, as I said >originally. Actually, as it turns out, I think it was a tidbits article (or rumors or something) that mentioned the extra 11 bytes, not the release notes. My mistake. Thanks for straightening me out ;-) -- Carl B. Constantine -- Stained Glass Software macman@islandnet.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 12:35:58 -0600 From: "John A. Cooper" Subject: PDS files What is the function of the files, whose names end in PDS, in System:Preferences:File Sharing? I suppose they refer to volumes that might have been shared in the past, and I presume I can delete them. Thanks. John Cooper jcooper@cellbio.wustl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 11:27:39 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: please... help...? Joe asked: >Can you please tell me what Mac program to use to view .ps files? Yes. You can use GhostScript or you can get Adobe's Acrobat Pro and use the "Distiller" application in Acrobat to open postscript files. It works wonderfully well. GhostScript lets you look at them, but is much clumsier. Distiller is a real winner and if you ever have to read postscript files on screen, I think it is without compare. It turns the postscript file into a .pdf file, readable with Acrobat Reader, so that anyone on any platform can read the file once you have translated it (by drag and drop). Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 21:38:02 -0500 From: Dave Reiser Subject: postnet font try ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/WordPerfect/WPMac/Macros/POSTNET.hqx for a postnet font. There is also a WordPerfect macro included for calculating the check digit etc. I haven't tried either the macro or the font yet, but the font suitcase includes a true type font and several fixed sizes. Dave Reiser dbr@ptd.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 15:56:17 -0600 From: garyfarm@pcii.net Subject: Q: more memory - slower Mac?? Hi Markus: Did you zap your pram and rebuild your desktop after installing your memory ? Preferably use TechTool. The latest version is 1.1.6 availible at Info-Mac and/or versiontracker.com Also you could try putting the 32 mb chip where the 8 mb chip is and visa-versa. It may make a difference. gary ********************************************************************** Hi all! I'm baffled - I had a Performa 5200 with 16 Mb RAM (2x 8 Mb 72 pin simms) running along nicely (even when using SoftWindows 3.0 for the data analysis program my professor insists on using) ... and then the low memory prices got me to up the memory to 40 Mb (1x 8 Mb, 1x 32 Mb) with the main aim to improve SoftWindows performance. Result: Everything seems to be slower! Starting applications, opening windows, runningSoftWindows (although I gave it 30 Mb and changed its delta cache size etc) Any ideas anyone? Help would be very much appreciated. Markus Edinburgh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:11:05 -0500 From: "Jim (James G) Hardwick CPA" Subject: Re Bar codes generator 98.02.06 1006est Not sure if this is what Hadley wants, but I note that my Claris Organizer sw generates postal bar codes on envelopes I print using it. I do not know of any particular font it utilizes to do so? For a trial copy of Organizer, see the Claris www site. (hope I sent this correctly, 1st time for doing so) jh ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 98 08:39:49 +0000 From: Ked Shayer Subject: Sales... Hi, I have some bundled(unopened) software: 1) Clarisworks 4 with manual 2) Presto software 3) I also have a LCIII microphone... offers please ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 19:44:32 -0600 From: Trevor Subject: searching for US postal barcode font Marlon Deason wrote in IM Digest V16#27: > I believe that if a Mac version does not exist, that you are in the > clear copyright-wise if you modify it in this way to run on a Mac. Since > no comercial Mac version was released, it is their loss if they choose > to ingnore the Mac market. Yippee free software! Sorry, but copyright does not go away that easily. However, if you own a fully licensed copy of the font for Windows, you _are_ allowed to modify it for your own use as much as you please. Trevor Zylstra ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:12:11 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: spreadsheet -> database At 4:05 PM -0700 2/5/98, Don Chesnut and Cathy Jo Cassidy wrote: >I have converted a mailing list that I recd in PC Excel format to a Mac >Clarisworks spreadsheet document. What I really need is the info converted >into a database format. Piece of cake. Save the spreadsheet as tab-delimited text. I selected "ASCII Text" from the menu in the Save As dialog. Create a new ClarisWorks database with the fields you need. Define them in the order in which they appear in your spreadsheet for maximum ease-of-import. Select "Insert" from the File menu. Select that text file you just created. In the dialog that comes up, make sure the field order matches; name -> name, address -> address, etc. you can drag the fields around if you need to. You see why defining the fields in the same order as they are in the spreadsheet is a Good Thing. Click "Insert". Wait. You're done. Filemaker Pro is similar, except you'd select "Import Records" instead of "Insert". BTW, you need to fix your return address in your email program; " Don Chesnut and Cathy Jo Cassidy" isn't a valid email address. chazl - 2.6.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 11:27:44 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: Spreadsheet to Data base Don Chesnut asked: >I have converted a mailing list that I recd in PC Excel format to a Mac >Clarisworks spreadsheet document. What I really need is the info converted >into a database format. Is there an Applescript, macro or suggestion on >how this can be done without laboriously copying and pasting each cell into >its corresponding field in the db? Yes. Just save the ClarisWorks spreadsheet document as a "DBF" file in the "Save As" dialog right in ClarisWorks. Then you can create a data base in ClarisWorks with a field for each column you have in the spreadsheet. With this empty new data base open, choose "Open" from the "File" menu and open the ".dbf" file you saved from the spreadsheet. You will be given a dialog box for mapping the data base fields to the spreadsheet columns. Just match them up so data from the columns go into the right fields in the data base, and you're home free. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 10:59:26 +0100 From: Martin Bertha Subject: Table of Contents for ClarisWorks 5 Docs Can anyone help me with a macro routine or at least ideas how to create some kind of macro routine to generate a Table of Contents in a (fairly large) CW text document? Help would be highly appreciated because I got stuck in my efforts. MB ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:39:52 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Why not a NuBus modem? At 4:07 PM -0500 2/4/98, sjwright wrote: >I was just curious to know why Apple or any of the third-party hardware >and modem manufacturers never thought of making a NuBus-card modem for >the Macs that have NuBus slots. Or did one such mfr. try it and fail? Hayes used to market a NuBus SmartModem, back when 2400bps was the Speed of Love. It might have even been MNP-5 capable. The only software that supported it was Hayes' SmartCom, so far as I know. chazl - 1.31.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:43:01 -0500 (EST) From: Al Bloom Subject: Word Macro Viri Having achieved some of my designated fifteen minutes of fame by discovering a particular Word macro virus first (last month), at least among the folk using Virex, allow this observer to note that nothing Microsoft offers does any good. Dunno about SAM. I got real bored with that program killing my computer with disgusting regularity last year and switched to Virex. Confusion to the French! Symantec is French! At best. I'm as pleased with the folks at Dr Solomon's (new Virex owner) as I am irrigated at the morons who create and propagate Word macro viri. They gave me easily followed instructions on how to safely send them a sample of the virus I found, and three days later my mailbox had a virus defs update that wiped the little sucker. Yes, I subscribe to Virex monthly defs update. The normal Jan 1 update didn't know about what I got. Tech Support shipped me a Jan 9 update that still didn't handle the problem. The Al Bloom Memorial Update arrived Jan 16. And was included in the Feb 1 automagic update. It is a ruddy nuisance, and it is a tad pricey, but I recommend subscriber service to anyone unfortunate enough to have to live with MS Office. And, as I found, even that ain't enough. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 16:01:05 +0200 From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com> Subject: Word macro viruses Can somebody advice me of program which will check for MS Word macro viruses, especially those imported from the IBM-compatibles (Windows 3.1, 95, etc.) Will Desinfectant 3.7 do the work. TIA Peter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 21:33:04 -0500 From: "Alan H. Stein" Subject: Word: Documents automatically saved as Templates >Christian F Buser said: >To REMOVE the virus, you can use Symantec's SAM v.4.5.1. > >> http://www.microsoft.com/msoffice/antivirus/word/wordprot.htm > >Has anyone really succeeded to download the patch? I downloaded the patch, but it didn't seem to do anything. Fortunately, only a handful of my files had been infected, so I re-saved them as Word 5.1 documents (since I believe that Word 5.1 doesn't support those infamous Microsoft Macros) and then removed and completely reinstalled Word. I seem to remember reading something about disabling Word's macro capability, but I can't find a way of doing so. Is there a way of doing so? Alan H. Stein stein@math.uconn.edu http://www.math.uconn.edu/~stein ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 11:27:40 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: Word: Documents automatically saved as Templates Michael S. Silverstein asked: >I have noticed strange behavior with WORD 6.01 that has not only happened >to me, but also to several colleagues. > >After opening a certain document received in the mail, or after trying to >make a template, every single document saved is saved in the template >format. They receive the template icon and not the normal icon. There is no >way to save a document normally under these circumstances. > >This is not a virus, and the only way to get out of it is to restore the >original NORMAL template. If any of the documents saved while things were >being saved as Templates are opened, then the whole thing starts again. > >This is a real pain. > >Does anyone know why this occurs and how to prevent it from occurring? Michael, It is a virus. You have a "Word Macro Virus" and I suggest that until you get it under control you cease passing your Word documents to anyone else, as their files will become infected as well. If you go to http://www.mcafee.com you can download a demo of the McAfee Virus Scanner and it will most likely clean the macro virus up for you and repair the files that have been affected. Or you can buy Virex. Or you can go to Microsoft's web site and download their macro virus tool. It only handles one kind of Word Macro Virus, but if that is the kind you have, you might get lucky. I would suggest trying McAfee or buying Virex, though. Did someone tell you it wasn't a virus? Because it definitely is a virus. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 21:35:04 -0500 From: "Alan H. Stein" Subject: Zip 100 Norman R. Friedman" asked: >Is it possible to change the "name" of "Zip 100" disks or do they always >remain zip 100? The names of Zip disks can be changed in the same way the names of floppies can be changed: simply click once on the disk by the name, type in a new name, and press the return key. Alan H. Stein stein@math.uconn.edu http://www.math.uconn.edu/~stein ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 15:53:14 -0600 From: garyfarm@pcii.net Subject: Zip 100 Hi Norm: Name the zip disk anything you want, the same wasy you change the name of a folder or 1.4 mb floppy disk gary ******************************************************** Is it possible to change the "name" of "Zip 100" disks or do they always remain zip 100? TIA and answers to norm@helix.nih.gov ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:41:05 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Zip 100 At 10:25 AM -0500 2/4/98, Norman R. Friedman wrote: >Is it possible to change the "name" of "Zip 100" disks or do they always >remain zip 100? Sure. Rename them just like you would any other disk. I just renamed one now. If you can't you may have filesharing turned on. chazl - 1.31.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 12:29:30 -0500 From: Murph Sewall Subject: ZIP/JAZ problems On 2/3/98 2:32 PM +0000, Jan Bjorn Taranrod wrote: >THE PROBLEMS WITH IOMEGA DRIVES: I read about your IOMEGA JAZ/ZIP Fussing with cables and software won't help if your Zip Drive has the "click of death." See: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,18877,00.html?owv -Murph -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************