Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 07 Apr 98 Volume 16 : Issue 82 Today's Topics: [*] Andrew's Disk Copy 6.2 Scripts dcscripts-15.hqx [*] Convert Latin-3 (Esperanto & Maltese) RTF files Mac <-> Windows [*] CookWare3LM [*] Cool Blue Deluxe Folder Icon Creator 1.6.1cb [*] CoolViews 1.1 - Enhance the OS 8 Finder [*] Desktop Resetter 1.0 [*] FavoritesfromBookmarks [*] Gold&Wood, a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme [*] ImageAlchemy2.2 [*] NortonFix [*] PALotto 2.0 Pennsylvania Lotteries manager. [*] PictureBank-Lite-311 [*] PlastFEM 1.2.1 - Finite Element Program [*] PlastFEM D-1.2.1 - Finite Element Program (German Version) [*] Platinum&Wood, a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme [*] SOHOMaster 2.1 [*] SOHOMaster 2.1 [*] StartupQuote 1.2 [*] StartupQuote 1.2Fr [*] TitleTrack CD Player 1.23 (68k) [*] TitleTrack CD Player 1.23 (PPC) (A) AppleScript question (A) Program to quit programs [!] Note about ListStar Log Files [!] Server errors fixed, please read! [A] how to read e-mail attachment from PC [a] Force-quit -- another solution [A] PowerCenter Problems [Q] Experience with MS Office 98 Error 41 - Finder error Help: adding RAM to PB540c HFS+ questions how to read e-mail attachment from PC Info-Mac Digest V16 #81 Mozilla G-3 Woes new version BanzaiSlider, newton gps talking sliding maps OS 8.1 and HFS+ oddities Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? 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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 #82" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:03 -0700 From: andrew@patsy.demon.co.uk Subject: [*] Andrew's Disk Copy 6.2 Scripts dcscripts-15.hqx Sent: 4/2/98 4:51 PM Received: 4/2/98 8:24 PM To: archivist@info-mac.org Announcing the necessary update to Andrew's Disk Copy 6.2 Scripts. Versions 1.5. These scripts provide access to Apple's Disk Copy 6.2 segmenting feature; only available via AppleScript. Segmenter 1.5 allows you to segment a large image into your chosen number of segments. Floppier 1.5 allows you to segment a large image into 1.4 MB floppy disk size parts for easy archiving/backing up using the excellent New Disk Image Format. New features since the first public release: Primarily fixes to ensure correct use of these scripts. * Disk Copy version checking; * Pre-segmenting image checksum verification; * Image format checking; * Creation of a "Segmented Images =9F" folder on the desktop for the segment= s; * Inclusion of Greg Meece's Floppy Archiver 1.2; * Improved Read Me instructions; * Other minor improvements. System requirements: Primarily the requirements for Disk Copy 6.2. * System 7.0.1 or later; Mac OS 8.1 for HFS+ images; * AppleScript 1.1 or later installed. =46or more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed. Thank you for your time. Andrew McNaughton. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/dcscripts-15.hqx; 38K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:49 -0700 From: Andreas.Prilop@altavista.net Subject: [*] Convert Latin-3 (Esperanto & Maltese) RTF files Mac <-> Windows This package contains mapping ("translation") tables for both Add/Strip (info-mac/text/add-strip-322.hqx) and PowerReplace (info-mac/text/power-replace-63.hqx). These tables enable you to convert RTF and text files with special Esperanto and Maltese characters between MacOS and MS Windows. Every self-respecting word processor should be able to read and write RTF (Rich Text Format). Thereby you can transfer documents in Latin-3 characters (Albanian, Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Maltese, Spanish, Turkish) *with complete formatting* between Macintosh and MS Windows. [Archived as /info-mac/text/convert-esperanto-rtf.hqx; 53K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:04 -0700 From: mitchel@cts.com Subject: [*] CookWare3LM CookWare3LM for 15" monitors. CookWare isn't just another FileMaker Pro cookbook - customers have said it's the best one they've come across. CookWare doesn't have a lot of fields to fill out, making it much less time consuming and easier to use than other cookbooks, yet gives you excellent multiple search capabilities. Download recipes from USENET or the WEB and then drag and drop into CookWare - simple. The interface is easy to use and nice looking. You won't have the feeling of being lost in this program but at the same time it's quite comprehensive. It includes 280 hand-picked, wonderful recipes (no "filler" recipes). More are available. Req. FileMaker pro 3. If you have a 13" monitor you can download CookWare3 and other FileMaker Pro Software at: http://www.kagi.com/pcargo/ [Archived as /info-mac/data/cookware-3lm.hqx; 357K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:58 -0700 From: davebailey@usa.net Subject: [*] Cool Blue Deluxe Folder Icon Creator 1.6.1cb The Cool Blue Deluxe Folder Icon Creator uses the new Cool Blue icon set posted at the Icon Factory and the very nice Deluxe Folder Icon Creator utility for creating custom folder icons to allow you to create really nice looking Cool Blue custom folder icons. Yes, this is a hack. Neither the author of Deluxe Folder Icon Creator nor the author of the Cool Blue Icon Set had anything to do with the release of this little applet. The DFIC has been modified to use the Cool Blue Icon Set as its template for creating new folder icons. However, with a DFIC update not having been released in years and Cool Blue Icons being as cool as they are, it seems the natural combination. The Cool Blue folder set works quite well with the DFIC applet to create custom Cool Blue icons for your desktop! Since the Cool Blue set already has replacements for all your system folder and standard icons, this allows you to create customized folders for your other applications and/or utility sets. Check out some of the examples I have included to get ideas for your own icons. I hope you enjoy it, and that it works great for you, but since it is a hack, you use it at your own risk and no guarantees are made about the operability of the software. Don't write me or the other authors if it doesn't work. Have Fun! Dave Bailey davebailey@usa.net PS- The Icon Factory is incredible! (no, they didn't have anything to do with this applet either, so don't bother them.) http://www.iconfactory.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/cool-blue-deluxe-folder-ico.hqx; 179K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:53 -0700 From: support@quadratic.com Subject: [*] CoolViews 1.1 - Enhance the OS 8 Finder CoolViews is a utility that adds functionality and visual enhancements to the MacOS 8 Finder. With CoolViews installed, you can reorder and resize columns in Finder window list views, get rid of shaded sort columns and row separators, set global list view preferences, override the date and time formatting used by the Finder, and even enable "secret" columns. MACOS 8 IS GREAT. AND WITH COOLVIEWS, IT'S BETTER THAN EVER! Every preference in CoolViews is customizable. You can use as much or as little of its functionality as you need: from the simplest enhancement to a complete overhaul of the Finder's windows. If you want to shorten the date used in Finder list views, decrease the column widths, and eliminate the lines separating rows, you can do that. If you want to completely override folder-specific list view preferences, use funky background colors in your windows, and add columns showing the creator and type of every file, you can do that too! Versions of CoolViews are available for both PowerMacs and 680x0 Macs, and in Japanese as well as English. CoolViews is compatible with MacOS 8.1 and works with other appearance-modifying utilities like Kaleidoscope. WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 1.1 CoolViews 1.1 introduces a number of changes that make it even cooler than before. Much of the interface has been redesigned. For example, CoolViews now includes a "mock" Finder window that allows you to visually modify the columns in Finder list views. The most significant new feature is the ability to reorder columns. You can also now resize (and reorder) columns without globally overriding column visibility. Also, in addition to removing the separators between rows in Finder window list views, you can now choose to colorize the separators instead. We recommend that all CoolViews users upgrade to version 1.1. ABOUT QUADRATIC SOFTWARE Quadratic has produced several shareware and freeware titles for the Macintosh, including the popular cursor-focusing utility "Sloop". For more information about Quadratic Software or its products, visit the Quadratic web site at or send email to . This is the English version of CoolViews. Other versions are also available. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/coolviews-11.hqx; 660K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:54 -0700 From: goddfadda@home.com Subject: [*] Desktop Resetter 1.0 Do you keep your most used programs and files on your desktop for easy access? Ever accidently choose Clean Up in the Finder or find that after you played that fun game which switched your monitor resolution, your icons got all screwed up and thrown all over your desktop? Especially after you just spent all that time placing them nice and neatly? Desktop Resetter will 'remember' where you keep your icons, and if they ever get moved, just run this program and it will automatically re-arrange them to the positions you had set them to! It'll even do it in the background. If you have an '040 processor or better (PPC), it will probably only take about 2 seconds or so. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-resetter-10.hqx; 73K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:07 -0700 From: Etrax@koyote.com Subject: [*] FavoritesfromBookmarks Do you ever wish that your Internet Explorer favorites were the same as your Netscape bookmarks? I did. I usually run Netscape Navigator but occasionally use MS Internet Explorer but didn't have the bookmarks available that I was accustomed to using. Running this Applescript will replace your Internet Explorer "Favorites" file with your Netscape Navigator "Bookmarks" file on your hard drive. When started, it gives you a choice to backup your old favorites file or delete it. Backups are given a random number filename and stored in a newly created folder, "Backups of Favorites." The next time you start Internet Explorer, it will recognize this new Favorites file and convert it to its own format. All the Netscape bookmarks, including folders, remain intact. Explorer 4.0 adds its own formatting and icons automatically. Software and Hardware Requirements: Internet Explorer 3 (or above); Netscape Navigator 3 (or above); Applescript extension; System 7 (or higher); and any Mac that can run the above software. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/favorites-from-bookmarks.hqx; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:55 -0700 From: agrapha@agrapha.com Subject: [*] Gold&Wood, a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme Gold&Wood 1.8 is a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme that combines the beauty of natural wood grains with the elegance of polished gold frames and buttons. This color scheme includes built-in window-shade =93up=94 and =93down=94 sou= nds, custom wooden system icons, and (when using MacOS 8) custom tabs for pop-up windows. Also included in this package, are matching patterns for your desktop and window backgrounds (when using Window Monkey). To use this color scheme, you must have at least Kaleidoscope 1.5 or greater installed (Kaleidoscope 1.8 or greater will allow you to use all the built-in features). You may use and distribute this file freely, as long as the entire folder and contents are kept together, and this "Read Me" file is included in the distribution. This package can be freely distributed in electronic form on computer networks. It cannot, however, be distributed by other means (such as printed form, on magnetic media, or on CD-ROM) without permission from the author. Visit AGRAPHA (http://www.agrapha.com/) for ideas on designing your Web site and for free graphics to download. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/gold-wood.hqx; 185K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:01 -0700 From: allanh@kallisti.com Subject: [*] ImageAlchemy2.2 Image Alchemy is an image format converter featuring support for over 80 file formats, batch processing, ICC profiles with ColorSync, and direct output to devices such as Encad NovaJets, HP DesignJets, and HP PhotoSmart printers. This is a fully functional demo that will run for 30 days after the first launch. $79.95. A demo of the PostScript version, featuring the ability to read PostScript and PDF files, is also available, as is a full manual, at http://www.handmadesw.com/hsi/installmac.html. This demo may be included on commercially available CD-ROMs of the archives. -- Allan N. Hessenflow allanh@kallisti.com Finger allanh@gate1.kallisti.com for PGP key [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/image-alchemy-22.hqx; 2280K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:09 -0700 From: deric@flash.net Subject: [*] NortonFix NortonFix is a disk repair utility which repairs HFS+, Mac OS Extended, volumes corrupted by Norton Utilities. By Deric Horn deric@flash.net www.flash.net/~deric deric@flash.net [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/norton-fix.hqx; 19K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:12 -0700 From: foxcat@mindspring.com Subject: [*] PALotto 2.0 Pennsylvania Lotteries manager. PALotto is a hypercard program to manage your Pennsylvania Keystone, Wildcard, Cash 5, Big 4 and Pick 3 Lottery games. Play lots of games or manage lottery pools? Yes? Then PALotto is for you! Built in help explains features for each PA lottery game. Enter your tickets into gamelists and let PALotto do the rest. Version 2.0 adds mouse-clickable entry boards for Keystone, Wildcard and Cash 5 games, a preferences dialog, some logic fixes and cosmetic enhancements. PALotto is free. Enjoy! Andy Burns PALotto also resides at http://www.mindspring.com/~foxcat/PALotto.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/palotto-20.hqx; 230K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:05 -0700 From: corte.rappis@ninive.com Subject: [*] PictureBank-Lite-311 PictureBank 3.1 is a FileMaker 3.0/4.0 companion application that greatly extends FileMaker's image handling capabilities. It allows FileMaker Pro users to create and customize their own image databases, using all the power and flexibility of FileMaker Pro while providing many useful tools. System requirements: FileMaker Pro 3.0 or later, System 7.1 or later, AppleScript and QuickTime 2.5 or later. Supported graphics formats currently include PICT, JPEG, GIF, SGI, QTIF, PhotoShop, and MacPaint. TIFF and EPS is supported through the Claris Translators mechanism, and PNG is supported if the appropriate QuickTime Graphics Importer is installed. More formats will be added when other importers become available. New in PictureBank 3.1.1: - PictureBank now supports the TIFF and EPS format through the Claris Translators, but if they are not installed, PictureBank works alike. [Archived as /info-mac/data/picturebank-lite-311.hqx; 895K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:52 -0700 From: df@mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de Subject: [*] PlastFEM 1.2.1 - Finite Element Program PlastFEM is an easy to use finite element program. It is especially useful for learning, but not limited in the size of the problems that can be dealt with. It can solve elasto-plastic behaviour of material in a plain stress state. It features a mesh generator and graphical post-processing. It is available in German, too. Minimum requirements: 68020 processor and System 7.0 Special versions for coprocessor and PPC are available. Shareware. PlastFEM v1.2.1 contains some bug fixes. Please read the Read Me file included or look at http://www.mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de/mech/Dirk/PlastFEMe.html for additional information. Dirk Froehling df@mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de [Archived as /info-mac/sci/plastfem-121.hqx; 991K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:51 -0700 From: df@mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de Subject: [*] PlastFEM D-1.2.1 - Finite Element Program (German Version) PlastFEM D-1.2.1 is the German version of PlastFEM 1.2.1. PlastFEM is an easy to use finite element program. It is especially useful for learning, but not limited in the size of the problems that can be dealt with. It can solve elasto-plastic behaviour of material in a plane stress state. It features a mesh generator and graphical post-processing. Minimum requirements: 68020 processor and System 7.0 Special versions for coprocessor and PPC are available. Shareware. Please read the Read Me file included or look at http://www.mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de/mech/Dirk/PlastFEM.html for improvements over the previous versions and for additional information. Dirk Froehling df@mech.mb.uni-dortmund.de [Archived as /info-mac/sci/plastfem-121-de.hqx; 1240K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:57 -0700 From: agrapha@agrapha.com Subject: [*] Platinum&Wood, a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme Platinum&Wood 1.8 is a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme that combines the beauty o= f natural wood grains with the lustre of platinum frames and buttons. This color scheme includes built-in window-shade =93up=94 and =93down=94 sou= nds, custom wooden system icons, and (when using MacOS 8) custom tabs for pop-up windows. Also included in this package, are matching patterns for your desktop and window backgrounds (when using Window Monkey). To use this color scheme, you must have at least Kaleidoscope 1.5 or greater installed (Kaleidoscope 1.8 or greater will allow you to use all the built-in features). You may use and distribute this file freely, as long as the entire folder and contents are kept together, and this "Read Me" file is included in the distribution. This package can be freely distributed in electronic form on computer networks. It cannot, however, be distributed by other means (such as printed form, on magnetic media, or on CD-ROM) without permission from the author. Visit AGRAPHA (http://www.agrapha.com/) for ideas on designing your Web site and for free graphics to download. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/platinum-wood.hqx; 159K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:06 -0700 From: susans@primenet.com Subject: [*] SOHOMaster 2.1 SOHOMaster 2.1 (demo with full-functionality) is a purchasing, invoicing, inventory updating, shipping and contact management database. It is cross-platform, networkable with a powerful database engine (FileMaker Pro) running underneath. It includes contact management, follow-up, quote generation, mass mailing and label printing and an excellent and easy-to-use interface. SOHOMaster 2.1 includes an extensive Help system to help Small and Home Offices with all business functions. SOHOMaster 2.1 has been virus checked by SAM. SOHOMaster is CheapWare ($99.00) and has documentation and CD available. [Archived as /info-mac/data/soho-master.hqx; 4448K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:14 -0700 From: susans@primenet.com Subject: [*] SOHOMaster 2.1 SOHOMaster 2.1 (demo with full-functionality) is a purchasing, invoicing, inventory updating, shipping and contact management database. It is cross-platform, networkable with a powerful database engine (FileMaker Pro) running underneath. It includes contact management, follow-up, quote generation, mass mailing and label printing and an excellent and easy-to-use interface. SOHOMaster 2.1 includes an extensive Help system to help Small and Home Offices with all business functions. SOHOMaster 2.1 has been virus checked by SAM. SOHOMaster is CheapWare ($99.00) and has documentation and CD available. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/soho-master.hqx; 4448K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:11 -0700 From: riff@pobox.com Subject: [*] StartupQuote 1.2 StartupQuote displays a new quote at each startup. Unlike other 'fortune cookie' programs, the quote is REALLY displayed at startup; no INIT, a new StartupScreen file is simply built by the StartupQuote application. StartupQuote is distributed as shareware. By registering at Kagi, you'll get an unlock code that will allow you to add new quotes, remove or edit existing ones, import/export quotes text files. However the software is fully fonctional with its pre-installed quotes set. Version 1.2 adds customization of the background picture. StartupQuote 1.2 has English default quotes, StartupQuote 1.2Fr has French default quotes. The official StartupQuote web page is at: http://www.pobox.com/~riff/shareware/startupquote/index.html [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/startup-quote-12.hqx; 160K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:10 -0700 From: riff@pobox.com Subject: [*] StartupQuote 1.2Fr StartupQuote displays a new quote at each startup. Unlike other 'fortune cookie' programs, the quote is REALLY displayed at startup; no INIT, a new StartupScreen file is simply built by the StartupQuote application. StartupQuote is distributed as shareware. By registering at Kagi, you'll get an unlock code that will allow you to add new quotes, remove or edit existing ones, import/export quotes text files. However the software is fully fonctional with its pre-installed quotes set. Version 1.2 adds customization of the background picture. StartupQuote 1.2 has English default quotes, StartupQuote 1.2Fr has French default quotes. The official StartupQuote web page is at: http://www.pobox.com/~riff/shareware/startupquote/index.html [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/startup-quote-12-fr.hqx; 147K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:53:59 -0700 From: info@titletrack.com Subject: [*] TitleTrack CD Player 1.23 (68k) TitleTrack CD Player is the ultimate way to play music CDs on your Mac. When you load a music CD in your CD-ROM drive, the TitleTrack CD Player will automatically dial-up the internet and download information on that CD for display while you listen to the music! Skip to a song by clicking on its title; link to Web pages relevant to the music you are listening to with just a click of a button; and more! Version 1.23 adds the new feature of being able to generate detailed reports on the CDs in your collection. It also sports a new preferences window, with new options for users, plus a new registration form which include online credit card processing of the shareware fee ($15). It also fixes some minor bugs, and optimizes performance. Requires: OS 7.1 or later (OS 7.5.3 recommended), SCSI-based CD-ROM drive, Open Transport/PPP highly recommended For more information, visit http://www.titletrack.com Or, send e-mail to info@titletrack.com RiverSong InterActive [Archived as /info-mac/gst/title-track-68k.hqx; 683K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 03:54:00 -0700 From: info@titletrack.com Subject: [*] TitleTrack CD Player 1.23 (PPC) TitleTrack CD Player is the ultimate way to play music CDs on your Mac. When you load a music CD in your CD-ROM drive, the TitleTrack CD Player will automatically dial-up the internet and download information on that CD for display while you listen to the music! Skip to a song by clicking on its title; link to Web pages relevant to the music you are listening to with just a click of a button; and more! Version 1.23 adds the new feature of being able to generate detailed reports on the CDs in your collection. It also sports a new preferences window, with new options for users, plus a new registration form which include online credit card processing of the shareware fee ($15). It also fixes some minor bugs, and optimizes performance. Requires: PowerPC, OS 7.1 or later (OS 7.5.3 recommended), SCSI-based CD-ROM drive, Open Transport/PPP highly recommended For more information, visit http://www.titletrack.com Or, send e-mail to info@titletrack.com RiverSong InterActive [Archived as /info-mac/gst/title-track-ppc.hqx; 938K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 10:01:15 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: (A) AppleScript question My question was why an AppleScript would start up with a run or quit dialogue box on one computer but not on others. And the answer is... The "Never Show Startup Screen" box in the Save dialog wasn't checked on that one. Open the offending script in the Script Editor, choose "Save as..." from the file menu and in the *almost* standard file dialogue there appears two check boxes at the bottom. Check "Never Show Startup Screen". Thanks to John Rethorst, Bo Bjulen, and John Feinberg. Why I checked the box on three computers but not the fourth (and didn't realize it), Ill never know. As an interesting sidelight, John also wrote: Having said this, there is an even better way to create clickable icons that will launch Netscape and jump to a URL. They do the same thing as the AppleScript, but they run instantly (other than the wait as Netscape loads itself). If you paste this text into the Script editor and save it as an application, you can run it and create clickable URL launcher icons/programs: ---------------------------------- display dialog "This program will create a Netscape URL alias file" & return & return & "Please enter a URL" default answer "http://www.apple.com/" set url to (text returned of result)set urlAlias to new file with prompt "Alias File:"set urlAliasFile to (open for access urlAlias with write permission)write url to urlAliasFile close access urlAliasFiletell application "Finder" set file type obsolete of (urlAlias) to "URL " set creator type of (urlAlias) to "MOSS" end tell ---------------------------------- I think the spacing got a bit munged in transmission. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:58:31 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: (A) Program to quit programs In response to my request for a program that runs in the background and will force any running programs to quit after a few minutes of non-use, I received the following suggestions: Quit-it 1.2.3, The Tilery, ProcessWatcher 3.0, Quitter and one offer to write something if I couldn't find anything. Quit-it will ask the user if they want to quit after the last open window is closed, so that should work (except for students who dont know to click the quit button!). Quit-it is the only one that works automatically. However it doesn't work with E-Doc 1.0.21e which came with Haley Hahn's Internet Yellow Pages. Even with the "Try harder" option checked. Oh, well, it seems to work with everything else we have. My next problem is finding a way to pay for it since I work at a state institution and they insist in paying by purchase order... Thanks to Martin Eisler, Gordon Whitti, Gib Henry, Brooke Gravitt, and Jonathan Rynd. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:37:11 -0500 From: Hugh Lewis Subject: [!] Note about ListStar Log Files We at the Info-Mac would like to appologize for the messages many of you received over the last several evenings. An error occurred on the server and instead of sending the log files to the moderators, it sent them to a number of subscribers. The problem has been corrected and should not occur again. Thanks for subscribing to the Info-Mac Digest. Info-Mac Moderators ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Lewis Lewis Enterprises 512.930.0363 312 Derby Lane http://www.roundtuit.com Georgetown, Texas, 78626 hlewis@roundtuit.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:44:09 -0700 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: [!] Server errors fixed, please read! Hi all, This is important. As many of you know, we had a severe problem with our ListSTAR server at StarNine last week. Here's what happened. Apparently, the ListSTAR server ran out of disk space, which resulted in the address list files being damaged, causing several 159K ListSTAR Log files to be sent to many subscribers. Luckily, the list admin at StarNine was able to delete several thousand of the queued messages before they ever went out, so not everyone received the errors. Nonetheless, our sincere apologies for the unwanted messages. That said, let me add that these situations happen on occasion. No one's perfect, and things go wrong. Dealing with the problem itself is often tricky and time consuming. During these times, we really need people to help us by NOT reporting the problem over and over again, or, worse, being rude or insulting. Right now, we're sorting through literally hundreds of copies of this log sent back to the digest, some with rather offensive comments attached. Folks, please don't ever report a list problem or complain about a server error to a list. Just think what would have happened if Info-Mac wasn't a moderated list? Instead of receiving a couple of these errant messages, everyone on the list would be receiving those hundreds of copies, engendering even more complaints and pointless messages. All that sending such problems to the list does is worsen the problem, with the possibility of worsening it exponentially. As every copy of the digest says: * Please send administrative queries to . So, in the unlikely event that we should have another server meltdown, please consider two things. First, all the moderators subscribe to the digest and will be alerted to problems just like any other subscriber. We also have the benefit of logs and status reports and things like that to alert us to problems, so there's no need to report problems you suspect might be widespread. Second, if you must report a problem, report it to the administrative address of , not to the list itself. That way we can handle the mail far more easily than if it's clogging up our moderation system, as is happening right now. Thanks for your time. cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Publisher/Info-Mac Moderator -- ace@tidbits.com http://www.tidbits.com/ -- http://www.tidbits.com/adam/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:50:22 -0400 From: Diane & David Turner Subject: [A] how to read e-mail attachment from PC Charles Pieters wrote: >I got the following e-mail attachment, which I could'nt read: >name: xxxx.doc >type: application/msword >encoding: base 64 >I could save this document but could'nt open it. Even Maclink couldn't >translate it.What do I need for this ? Try MPack 1.5, available on the Info-Mac archive (cmp/mpack-15.hqx) David Turner Centerville, OH ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 00:05:06 PDT From: "Randall G. Floyd" Subject: [a] Force-quit -- another solution >You don't have to force quit the finder to do this; you just need Mac OS >Purge (freeware). Run it, and poof, your Mac has its memory back! > >I believe this is available from the Info-Mac archives. Or you can also write a really simple AppleScript to do it yourself. Write: tell application "Finder" quit end tell >Tired of getting junk email? You can take back your mailbox! >See http://www.mcs.net/~jcr/junkemaildeal.html Jonathan, this is an excellent site! Randall ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 10:59:30 -0500 From: Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov (Bryan Walls) Subject: [A] PowerCenter Problems In article <6gcoc1$pr0$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: >Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:27:44 -0600 >From: >Subject: > >I have a Power Computing PowerCenter 132. This computer has always been a >problem child. I have two major problems at this time. I hope to find a >way to fix them, but this is my last resort before I start replacing parts. > >1. My CD Rom does not recognize all of the time. It picks and chooses >when it wants to work. >2. My internal hard drive seem to be dead. I falls off. Sometime I get >the message "Disk error some data may have been lost." I can't seems to >keep it mounted. FWB, Norton and Diskaid are not able to help. I have >also tried a lowlevel format but it didn't work either. > >History >On this computer I have replaced the battery and have had problems with the >L2 Cache. > That sounds like bad SCSI magic to me. What do you have hanging off the chain? The SCSI chain on that machine is internally terminated on the motherboard. The internal drive and CD drive shouldn't be terminated (and almost certainly aren't). If you have external devices, the last one should be terminated. However, SCSI can be really wierd, even if you do things "right". You might try adding a feedthrough terminator to the external chain, just to see if it improves the situation. Note that a bad internal drive might be messing up the SCSI chain, though the other way around is more likely. A continuing cache problem could possibly be causing problems, if you're getting corrupted info written to the drive. This doesn't seem likely to me, though. You can check that out by just removing the cache and reformatting the drive. If everything starts working, you'll know... If it's the motherboard, you're in trouble, unless you're still under warantee. I seriously doubt your problem has anything to do with the processor card, but Other World Computing is selling 604/150 cards for $32. That would make your machine a PowerCenter 150, which is basically what I'm running (I started with a PowerCurve). That would increase your bus speed from 45MHz to 50MHz as well as the processing increase, and might be worth thinking about anyway... -- Bryan Walls My Words are not NASA Policy EB12 MSFC, AL 35812 Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 98 14:43:37 +0200 From: Vittorio Barabino Subject: [Q] Experience with MS Office 98 >1. older versions of Office or its components (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) >will not read files saved in Office98 format, so users who use 98 at work >and an older version at home need to be trained to save their work in the >older format---no big deal. > NO! Word 5.1 can read Office 98 files: there is a converter. http://www.microsoft.com/MacOffice/ProdInfo/Office/CoExist.htm Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e' dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E' SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | - = ( ENCICLOPEDIA DIGITALE DELLA FANTASCIENZA ) = - | | http://www.fantascienza.com/edf/ (con motore di ricerca!) | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:22:28 +0200 From: Paolo Bartoli Subject: Error 41 - Finder error Error 41 - Finder error / can't load the Finder error dear info_mac readers, has anybody incurred in System Error 41? I'm currently working with PMac 8500/120, Mac OS 8.0. Strange enough, the error occurred without doing anything particular. As I tried to shut down the Mac after a normal work session, the Mac began to idle around, refusing to shut down. Then I restarted the computer with the keyboard combination apple-control-switch key. As soon as it restarted, I got the System Error 41. I resolved the problem installing anew the System, but why it all happened?? ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli ** pbartoli@iname.com ** ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:46:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Xianofeng . Duan MLBP CON" Subject: Help: adding RAM to PB540c Dear netters: I am going to add 32MB RAM to my 540c by myself. Before I put my hands on it, I really like to get some tips or advices about doing it from some experienced people. >From the review article of Macworld of Oct. 97, it says: "The easiest upgrades on the 540c are through an expansion compartment on the left side, where you can install a second battery or a PDS card. And if you remove three screws, you'll open up the guts of the 540c and be able--with varying amounts of effort and risk to your warranty--to upgrade the memory, add a modem card, and replace the hard drive with a bigger one (the 540c comes with a 320MB disk)." Now the questions are: Which are three screws? The ones on the left side next to the expansion compartment? Also, is it possible for one to change the system clock battery without too much work? Thanks in advance! **************************************** Xiaofeng Duan WL/MLBP, Bldg. 654 2941 P St. Ste. 1 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433 (937)255-9164 duanx@Picard.ml.wpafb.af.mil **************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 15:26:55 -0500 From: doozy@earthling.net.nospam (Philo D.) Subject: HFS+ questions Magnus Hoek wrote: > > Second, less important question. Just by curiosity I wonder... > > The advantage with HFS+ is that the block size is 4k. That means that each > file on the disk wastes at maximum less than 4 k, right ? > > Facts, when I do a "Get info" on my 2 GB disk I get the following: > Capacity: 1.8GB > Used: 1.5 GB on disk (1 645 883 392 bytes), for 15866 items > > So, how can one explain that I waste 1.645 GB - 1.5 GB = 145 MB for my > 15866 files. If I multiply 15866 files with 4k then I get 63.464 MB, which > is the number of maximum wasted space I should have. 1 GB is 2^30 bytes (1 073 741 824), not 10^9 bytes (1 000 000 000). So your 1 645 883 392 bytes is really 1.53 GB. So (rounded off) your data do not show any wasted space. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:13:45 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: how to read e-mail attachment from PC Charles Pieters wrote: > I got the following e-mail attachment, which I could'nt read: > name: xxxx.doc > type: application/msword > encoding: base 64 This seems to be an uu-encoded Microsoft Word document. Try with StuffIt Expander, if not you should download "Mpack 1.5" which can decode uu-encoded files. Should be in the info-Mac Archives. You still need an application which can read MS Word files. Is it possible that the doc is already decoded, but from a version of MS Word which is not recognized by your application, or MacLink (= Word 97 or so)? Best wishes Christian -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 10:38:59 -0500 From: Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov (Bryan Walls) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #81 In article <6gcoc1$pr0$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: >I installed a 32 MB memory module in my PowerBook 540c and now it will not >wake up after being put to sleep (or falling asleep on its own). When I >press a key, the hard drive appears to spin (I can hear it) but the screen >never comes on. I have to do a restart using the power key, command and >control keys. There is no problem starting or restarting only waking it up. > >I removed an 8 MB module that was in it and put the new one in exactly as >the old one was positioned. I followed the instructions that came with the >new module precisely. There were no special reset instructions though. It >all seemed pretty easy and straightforward but... > >The 540c is running System 8.1 but I reinstalled System 7.1.1 (the original >System that came with it) and the same thing happened so I don't think it's >the System software. I'm open to the possibility that something aside from >the chip may be influencing it and causing a problem but haven't a clue >what it might be. > >Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. > I've had a similar problem on a desktop system (7100/80). I think the memory may just be a coincidence. I've seen some notes attributing a similar problem to a problem with certain disk drives (you might check out www.macfixit.com). I've gotten around it by using something besides Energy Saver for sleeping (I use PowerDimmer, a little extension from Power Computing -- there are some others out there). You might also try deleting the Energy Saver Preferences (probably not the problem) and zapping PRAM (a better bet, in this case). -- Bryan Walls My Words are not NASA Policy EB12 MSFC, AL 35812 Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:55:48 -0500 From: Behme Subject: Mozilla G-3 Woes Greetings! The recent transition from my trusty old LC630/40/7.6.1 to a G3/233/96/8.1 went amazingly well. Including hook-ups and complete file transfer, I was e-mailing and printing in well under two hours! Truly impressive! Except, unfortunately, for Netscape 4.04 and 4.05 (including the last bug-fix). Despite a clean install (not at the same time!) of both the stand-alone and Communicator versions and offering NS up to 20Mb to frollick in, it simply cycles through the start-up process, refuses to open and gives me consistent Error messages 1 or 2. The few times it does open, it works fine. NS 3.04 and IE 4.01, by contrast, are rock stable. I do like NS better than IE, but right now I have no option. Has anyone found anything similar? Is this a specific G3 or 8.1 problem? That would make me feel a lot better ;-) regards Eckhard Behme -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- Welcome To The Atlantic Rim! Nova Scotia, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 15:34:32 -0600 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" Subject: new version BanzaiSlider, newton gps talking sliding maps New version of BanzaiSlider should be tested and available early this summer. I have added a scrub gesture to delete menu items specifying points of interest, maps and routes. This scrub gesture augments my old route editor palette by allowing old route versions to be removed easily to avoid menu clutter (eg. hm-church1, hm-church2,hm-church3 becomes hm-church alone). I have already implemented display for landmarks in BanzaiSlider made in Steve Weyer's newt native development environment and a Landmarks editor rapidly prototyped in NTK. It remains to port this editor into newt. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:06:21 -0700 From: Rob Chapple Subject: OS 8.1 and HFS+ oddities I recently upgraded to OS 8.1 and reformated my hard disk to HFS+ on my Performa 6400/180. The Monopoly CD ROM game now cannot recognize/find the CD even when it is visible on the desktop and accessable with the finder. The game worked fine with OS 8.0 and seems to work (a bit unstable) under OS 8.1 on a Powerbook 1400/cs 166. I have done several reinstallations of the game, with no success. Have the drivers for the CD changed or what? Thanks in advance for your help. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 22:55:39 +1000 From: jach Subject: Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? >Hello to anyone who knows or works with the accounting, > >My friend works for a company where they all use Macs. The accountants >currently use Flexware because it supports multiple users. They just >hired some new accountants. The new accountants (coming from PC world) >are disappointed with Flexware's speed and limited capabilities - maybe >due to the steep learning curve. They want to buy PCs so they can use >the software they are familiar with. > >My friend and I are afraid this is the beginning of the Wintel invasion. > >We need your help: >- What other accounting software are available for the Macs?? > >The requirements are: >1. Multiple users. >2. Security - don't export reports out to Excel where changes are easily >made (the accountants' complaints). >3. Speedy (printing and calculations). > >Choices seem so limited for the Macs. MYOB does not seem to satisfy the >requirements. > >Thanks. Try this site for info on Mac Accounting. http://www.maccounting.com/ Also where i work we use a Mac product called Accounts Manager, which uses a Omnis 7 cube as its DB engine, we have over 10 users, PPC, and reliable. An Australian product which is developed by Amdata Systems ph. +61 2 9211 4488 fax. +61 2 9281 5500 James AUSTRALIA mailto:jach@fl.net.au http://www.fl.net.au/~jach/ =============================================================== The box said 'Requires Windows 95, or better.' So I bought a Macintosh. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************