Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #120 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 01 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 120 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00 (C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades (Q) Conflict Catcher 8.0.7 patch doesn't work (Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program [*] Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer 1.1 [*] Filter Organizer 1.0.7 [*] halloween icons [*] Haunted House Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0 [*] MacWise [*] Mimic 1.1 - memory game [*] Rainbow Painter 1.9.1 [*] Smart Window 1.6 (68k) [*] Smart Window 1.6 (PPC) [*] Spring FLower Icons controlling a remote Mac Eudora Filter Dinosaurs? Faxcilitate??? Help: Java stopped working Library Card Catalogue Wares needed Netscape Questions PowerCentre 132 CD not working Problematic TCP+PPP settings USB/SCSI peripherals [Mac OS 9.0.4 SCSI problem] X server recommendations (R) 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. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #120" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@sempermac.com Subject: [*] TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00 TidBITS#541/31-Jul-00 We wrap up our Macworld Expo NY coverage with an issue full of show superlatives. Read on for bits about the most interesting hardware, the coolest software, and the most disgusting events. In the news, we cover Napster's legal woes, and the releases of Retrospect and Retrospect Express 4.3, Now Up-to-Date & Contact 3.9.2, and useful Palm and Handspring updates. Finally, if you think you know the Mac OS, try this week's diabolical quiz. Topics: MailBITS/31-Jul-00 Macworld Expo 2000 NY Hardware Superlatives Macworld Expo 2000 NY Software Superlatives Macworld Expo 2000 NY Other Superlatives [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-541.etx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:12:37 -0400 From: "Douglas W. St.Clair" To: "abrody@smart.net" Subject: (C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades The comments made below are accurate. I guess the question is one of strategy. For example I wanted a sound studio. Digidesign Pro sound cards are expensive (several thousand dollars). Used NuBus versions of the cards cost a lot, lot less than the current PCI versions. If you want to set up a high quality studio for a lot less then an 8100, accelerator, and cards like these is a bargain. I would suggest that there are similar NuBus systems that could serve an advanced amateur or low budget professional operation in many fields like the example cited above where specialized NuBus cards have been replaced with PCI cards. But the analysis below is accurate if you are going to set up and expand a basic system. I also have placed one large drive (1 gig) and two used smaller (500 meg) drives in the three bays. By creating a stripped RAID array with the two smaller drives I have improved the speed of my disks for about $45/drive. I also added 128 Meg of used memory , to the 32 meg that was there, for $1/meg. In the end I have a system that would have cost me more than $10,000 a few years ago for less than $1000. I never intend (or expect to need) to expand it. The software revisions will stay where they are the hardware will also be run until it dies. Since most silicon components die in the first few weeks, if they are going to, I expect the system to run indefinitely. The mechanical parts, disk, mouse, keyboard, fan, etc. are my major concerns. Doug At 8:30 AM -0400 7/25/00, abrody@smart.net wrote: >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:30:24 -0400 >From: "abrody@smart.net" >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: (C) one caveat about 8100 Newer upgrades > >Dear Digest readers, >On a previous digest a user recommended upgrading the 8100 with a G4 >Newer upgrade card. They mentioned "all the expandability." All >that expandability is worth nothing now that Nubus is nearly extinct. >Nubus cards are not available for airport, USB, or firewire, IDE >drives, there are PCI cards for all these standards. Not only that, >but the bus of the PDS slot is not as wide as a true G4 making many >of those Altivec functions useless since they still go through the >narrow PDS connector. Granted places like http://www.midwestmac.com >do offer Nubus specialty cards, none of them include the new >standards of today. If you really want a G4 you can still get SCSI, >and get all the new standards in a desktop G4, and a one year >warranty to boot with an optional Applecare 2 year extension. And >if you have a hardware related issue, Apple will make housecalls on >desktop machines under warranty. So before you start investing in >upgrade cards, just let the machine live till it dies, and save >enough money to buy a new machine when that day comes. And SVGA >comes standard on the new G4s so you can hook up cheaper displays, if >you don't mind not having Colorsync access. > >Sincerely, >abrody@smart.net >-- > >Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly: >http://www.index-site.com/ -- END *************** *************** *************** ********** Douglas W. St.Clair Tir na nOg 400 Burton Highway Wilton, NH 03086-5022 USA PH: 603-654-9321 FAX: 603-654-5440 CELL: 617-233-3387 or 617-beef-fur *************** *************** *************** ********** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:37:20 -0400 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Conflict Catcher 8.0.7 patch doesn't work Dear Digest readers, Casady & Green said they'd have a working update soon, and this has been over a month. I tried downloading the other day and it still doesn't work on Conflict Catcher 8.0.6. Macfixit's method of getting it to work doesn't seem to work. Any idea how to get it to work? I already have MacOS 9.0.4, and I am not going to downgrade my OS to make sure Conflict Catcher works. Please e-mail your reply to the address below. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly: http://www.index-site.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:13:04 -0400 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Wanted...a file cataloger program Dear Digest readers, I've tried File Buddy, Ultrafind, Blitz, Norton Fast Find, DiskDup+, Listfiles, and FileList+. All do some of what I want to do but none can catalog all my CDs. I want a program that can handle catalogs of over 50,000 files (you probably think I am nuts, but that's what has happened!) with catalogs that result in sortable listings of name, file size, date created, date modified, and version numbers for all files, and the ability to mark each CD with a tag number so I can tell which CD the files fall under. The program should work with a Powerbook G3/233 with 192MB of RAM using MacOS 9.0.4. I want to be able to eliminate the cases where I have more than one duplicate of all files. The trouble with most of these programs is that once they get to listings of this size, they crash with Type 1 or Type 11 errors. If somebody knows of such a program, please let me know via e-mail. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly: http://www.index-site.com/ ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jul 2000 From: Saint John To: Subject: [*] Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer 1.1 Brain-Sucker Productions is pleased to announce that Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer has been upgraded to version 1.1. Its companion application, Eudora Sound Mover, remains at version 1.0.1. New in this version: A user noted that the contextual menu for the Status column didn't reflect your preferred graphics: it was still the "new style" icons, albeit a little smaller. The problem was that the icons were stored in more than one location and more than one format-- "cicn" as well as "ics8/4/#" for those of you who know what resources are. This was fixed, and now when you click and hold in the Status column, you'll see the icons that you created! (Users who previously ran CEF to change their Eudora icons must run the new version to get this functionality.) A layering problem was also fixed, so that users of Systems prior to Mac OS 8.0 will be able to see all the icons. Availability and Contact Information Curmudgeon's Eudora Fixer v1.1 and Eudora Sound Mover v1.0.1 are packaged together, in the form of a StuffIt 5.0 archive, along with some useful mail-related sounds. This archive is available immediately from Brain-Sucker's website: . The author may be reached by surface mail at St. John Morrison PMB 7352 Philadelphia PA 19101 or by email at . The applications are not limited in any way for non-registered users. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/edr/curmudgeons-eudora-fixer-11.hqx; 1448 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: Timothy Wall To: Subject: [*] Filter Organizer 1.0.7 Filter Organizer allows customization of the filters/effects/plugins menu of Photoshop and/or other graphics applications. If you've got a zillion plugins you need to organize (and still have available when you run Photoshop), this is the utility you need. A 68k version is also available at http://www.tiac.net/users/twall/fo/filter-org.shtml. Documentation is included. Permission is granted for inclusion on CD-ROMs; only author notification is required. Tim Wall Wall Art Software twall@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/filter-organizer-107.hqx; 452 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] halloween icons Scary Halloween Folder icons to decorate your desktop. These are taken from my Haunted House Kaleidoscope schemes. Enjoy! -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/haunted-halloween-icons.hqx; 98 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] Haunted House Kaleidoscope scheme Don't be scared! Decorate your desktop for Halloween with a haunted house and ghostly icons....hear scary music when you hit the windowshade button...Enjoy my Haunted House Kal. 2.0+ scheme. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/haunted-house-ks.hqx; 793 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jul 2000 From: "macmn.com" To: Subject: [*] Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0 Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0 Mac's Talkin' Dictionary v3.0 is available in 5 different formats and is available for the Mac or Windows or DOS user. The dictionary contains definitions about ... Mac OS the Internet software programs (freeware, shareware and commercial) troubleshooting networking other features have been added such as... Apple Scripts Mac OS shortcuts (some you may have never heard of) SCSI and hard drive troubleshooting and more! For more information about and upgrades, go to... http://macmn.com/download.html or http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffsalt/download.html This program was created using Tom Bender's "Tex-Edit Plus v1.8.5" which is a great text editor and reads to you, using the Apple's Speech Manager. Version 4 will be a little more interactive with sound, music and multimedia. [Archived as /info-mac/data/macs-talkin-dictionary-30.hqx; 1214 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: Rich Love To: Subject: [*] MacWise MacWise emulates ADDS Viewpoint, Wyse 50, Wyse 60, Wyse 370, Televideo TV 925, DEC VT100 and Prism terminals. Esprit III color is also supported in Wyse 370 mode. MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal -- connected to a host computer directly or via modem. The emulators support video attributes such as dim, reverse, underline, 132-column modes, and graphic characters sent from the host computer, as well as enhanced Viewpoint mode. Features include phone list and dialer for Hayes-compatible modems, on-screen programmable function keys and more Runs on any Mac with OS 6.05 or later. Requires 1800K of memory. This demo is fully functional and lasts one week. It is $95.00 and can be purchased online at http://www.carnationsoftware.com/carnation/MacWise_Info.html [Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-wise.hqx; 920 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jul 2000 From: Elly To: Subject: [*] Mimic 1.1 - memory game Mimic is a "Simon" type memory game. Repeat the progressively increasing sequences by mouse clicks or keyboard control. Mimic displays your current game's progress, keeps track of your High Score for the Session, and once registered, remembers the Record High Score. Choose from five different styles of tones. You can always get the latest version of Mimic from Echozone Software at: http://www.echozone.com/software.html [Archived as /info-mac/game/mimic-11.hqx; 609 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jul 2000 From: Norbyte To: Subject: [*] Rainbow Painter 1.9.1 ABOUT THE NEW VERSION Improved image editing features: *The PICT loading is now up to 20% faster. *Misc. other optimizations. Other changes: *All references to Addiction Interactive have been replaced, sinceour company has changed its name to Norbyte. *We have a new domain, norbyte.com, so all references to our emailaddresses and web site have been updated accordingly. For more info, visit our home page at http://www.norbyte.com Or go to our Rainbow Painter page at http://www.norbyte.com/Rainbow.html ABOUT RAINBOW PAINTER Rainbow Painter is a unique painting and photo retouching program forthe PowerPC Macintosh. The unregistered version lets you try all features, with theexception of some effects and the export function. Any pictures you produce in the unregistered version are savedinternally, and can be exported when you have registered. FEATURES *Innovative design. *Unique user interface. *Let's you edit and view a picture in multiple windows simultaneouslywith individual magnifications and layer controls. *Up to 8 image layers with alpha/opacity channels. *More than 60 different effects and tools to use on your pictures. *Mask layer with special sets of tools and operations/effects. *Three different studios, where you may rearrange and add windows as you like. *Imports/exports Jpeg and PICT images, aswell as a few other formats. REQUIREMENTS Computer: A MacOS compatible computer with a PowerPC processor. Colors: Thousands (15bits) or millions (24bits). 10+ MB of free hard disk space. COPYRIGHT NOTE Rainbow Painter is copyright 1999-2000 Norbyte HB. You are allowed to put the unregistered version of the program on anymedia you like, including CD-ROM and FTP etc. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/rainbow-painter-192.hqx; 457 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: Vincenzo Fazzi To: Subject: [*] Smart Window 1.6 (68k) Version 1.6 - New features - Added "Hide Control Strip during the drag" option. Version 1.5 features - Smart Window extends his functionalities to all applications; the user can now take advantage of Smart Window while dragging objects between windows of different applications, improving the way to work with multiple applications; - Two keyboard shortcuts let the user collapse one window or all windows of the same application while continuing the drag & drop sequence; -Automatic hide of the Control Strip (if present), giving to the user a greater viewable area; - Smart Window now forces the update of the windows, keeping clearer the context of the drag & drop operation; unfortunately, at now only the Finder supports this feature, but I hope in the near future an increasing number of applications will completely take benefit of Smart Window ;-) Description Smart Window helps the user to navigate the windows during a drag&drop operation. Moving a drag selection over a collapsed window's title bar, Smart Window will automatically expand that window, letting the user choose the drop location exactly (or continue the navigation using the Finder "spring-loaded folders" feature); as soon as the drag is completed or the user moves the drag selection over another window, the auto-expanded window will be collapsed again automatically. If the user moves the drag selection over a partially hidden window and the owning application is in the foreground, Smart Window will put in front that window, letting the user see its content entirely. While dragging over a normal window's title bar, the user can decide to collapse it pressing the Control key or collapse all windows of the application that owns that window pressing the keys Control + Option; depending on the user preferences, at the end of the drag&drop sequence, Smart Window will restore the status of all windows collapsed with one of the keyboard shortcuts. Smart Window is an application that works transparently and does not require a particular installation, so the user will never face extension conflicts. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-window-16-68k.hqx; 118 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: Vincenzo Fazzi To: Subject: [*] Smart Window 1.6 (PPC) Version 1.6 - New features - Added "Hide Control Strip during the drag" option. Version 1.5 features - Smart Window extends his functionalities to all applications; the user can now take advantage of Smart Window while dragging objects between windows of different applications, improving the way to work with multiple applications; - Two keyboard shortcuts let the user collapse one window or all windows of the same application while continuing the drag & drop sequence; -Automatic hide of the Control Strip (if present), giving to the user a greater viewable area; - Smart Window now forces the update of the windows, keeping clearer the context of the drag & drop operation; unfortunately, at now only the Finder supports this feature, but I hope in the near future an increasing number of applications will completely take benefit of Smart Window ;-) Description Smart Window helps the user to navigate the windows during a drag&drop operation. Moving a drag selection over a collapsed window's title bar, Smart Window will automatically expand that window, letting the user choose the drop location exactly (or continue the navigation using the Finder "spring-loaded folders" feature); as soon as the drag is completed or the user moves the drag selection over another window, the auto-expanded window will be collapsed again automatically. If the user moves the drag selection over a partially hidden window and the owning application is in the foreground, Smart Window will put in front that window, letting the user see its content entirely. While dragging over a normal window's title bar, the user can decide to collapse it pressing the Control key or collapse all windows of the application that owns that window pressing the keys Control + Option; depending on the user preferences, at the end of the drag&drop sequence, Smart Window will restore the status of all windows collapsed with one of the keyboard shortcuts. Smart Window is an application that works transparently and does not require a particular installation, so the user will never face extension conflicts. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-window-16-ppc.hqx; 120 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 2000 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] Spring FLower Icons Please enjoy this set of delightful flowery icons to decorate your desktop. They are taken from Spring Meadow kaleidoscope scheme.-Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/spring-flower-icons.hqx; 98 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 10:11:51 -0400 From: "Douglas W. St.Clair" To: rvarela@uvigo.es Subject: controlling a remote Mac Apple Network Assistant (by Apple) will do this as will Carbon copy and Timbuktu. All are excellent but not free. -- END *************** *************** *************** ********** Douglas W. St.Clair Tir na nOg 400 Burton Highway Wilton, NH 03086-5022 USA PH: 603-654-9321 FAX: 603-654-5440 CELL: 617-233-3387 or 617-beef-fur *************** *************** *************** ********** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:20:42 -0400 From: Allan Hunter To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Eudora Filter Dinosaurs? OK, I give up...what the heck are the tiny green dinosaur icons that appear to the left of many (but not all) of the custom filters that one sets up in Eudora? Hey, stop looking at me like that. There are TOO little green dinosaurs...no, I have NOT been smoking hemp compounds or animal tranquilizers! -- Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 00:14:42 -0400 From: Matthew Mitchell To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Faxcilitate??? I had a very frustrating phone call with the Supra modem people (Diamond Multimedia) on Friday. The fax software (Faxcilitate 1.7.3) hasn't worked since I installed System 8.6. Hadn't paid much attention to the problem until now, but recently, some junk fax #$@@$ been wardialing with fax tones, and I want to mallet his 'nads. The tech person from Diamond Legacy (the division that supports legacy products) confirmed that Faxcilitate 1.7 was not compatible with System 8.6. So I asked how to upgrade (I think they're up to 2 something). The guy had no idea, nor did his supervisor. They said they ship the software with their modems, but they don't know where the company that developed it is, and they didn't have any separate copies they could sell me. I repeated that back to them and told 'em that if I couldn't find anyone to sell me an upgrade, my only option would be to pirate the software. Nothing but silence in reply. So does anyone know who's responsible for Faxcilitate now, or where I can get the latest version? -- Dr. Matt --*** ***** **** ****** **** (tingz) mitchell@dvarp.org abuse@dvarp.org Spam-fighter's Hat Trick --BBB membership of Cyber Promotions --GTMI/Cyberpromo "spambone" --Cyber Promotions HQ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:06:43 +1200 From: "Markus Winter" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Help: Java stopped working Hi all, I've encountered a problem that got me stumped. We have two G3s, each with IE5, each with Microsoft Java and Apple's latest Java installed. Now all of a sudden Java stopped working on one of them. I can select both Microsoft and Apples Java on the one where everything works, but on the other one only Apple's Java is available but doesn't do anything. I re-installed IE5 and Apple's Java to no effect - and I'm running out of ideas ... Any ideas anyone? TIA Markus ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:06:59 -0400 From: Pat Pruyne To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Library Card Catalogue Wares needed Greetings, I am in search of a freeware or shareware application for a not-for-profit library book loan service. Basic book inventory and loan functions required. Thanks, Pat Pruyne http://mac.map.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:08:49 -0400 From: "Edward W. Ver Hoef" To: Info-Mac Article Subject: Netscape Questions I recently upgraded from version 4.7 to 4.74 and I have a few questions about things that seem different. 1. I used to go to a website (http://www.wmkvfm.org/index_ii.html) that streamed 40s and 50s style music via Real Audio. It worked fine under 4.7 but under 4.74 it never gets to the point where it actually makes the connection. Real Audio is shown in my tool bar as being known to the browser. What is wrong? 2. When I use Communicator to download my e-mail, the new messages are scattered seemingly randomly amongst the already read mail in my inbox instead of being placed at the end of the list. Any ideas why? What do I need to do to get them to appear at the end? 3. Is there any way to delete an e-mail I don't want to read (based on the subject) without actually having to open it? As soon as I click on the subject, preparatory to clicking the Delete icon, the message opens. Thanks to anyone who can help with any of these issues. Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:26:48 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: "Marlon Deason" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: PowerCentre 132 CD not working At 7:05 PM -0400 7/26/00, Marlon Deason wrote: >Quite a >while back Apple decided to stick it to the clone manufacturers and stop >supporting non-Apple branded CD-ROM drives. How they did this was basically >disable all of the brands of drives from their extension 'Apple CD/DVD >drive' that were not used as OEM Apple parts. In fairness to Apple, this is a misstatement of fact. Apple, prior to the existence of the cloners, did not support third-party hard drives or CD-ROM drives in their drivers. This dates back to the System 6 days. It's not something new that happened during or immediately prior to the cloning days. I remember dealing with it back when the IIci was a hot machine. There was one release of the Apple CD-ROM driver that supported non-Apple-labelled SCSI CD-ROM drives. This was the one [5.3, if I recall correctly] that shipped with MacOS 7.6. No previous or subsequent version has this support enabled by default. The referenced hacks apparently reinstate it. Recent version of Apple Drive Setup appear to have lifted the "Apple Firmware only" requirement on hard drives that HD Setup used to have, but Apple still does not actively support any drives other than those that Apple installs. There is no Apple-provided list of just which hard drives Drive Setup supports. chazl -- Bow wow wow yipiyo yipiyay bow wow yipiyo yipiyay. - George Clinton, Atomic Dog Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 04:15:26 -0400 From: David Turner To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Problematic TCP+PPP settings Hi, Allan, Possible solution 1: Does your PPP configuration include valid DNS server entries? At the bottom of the TCP/IP control panel is a box with the title "Name server addr:". Without a valid DNS server, you will get result similar to those you described. Possible solution 2: If your PPP connection is via Earthlink, try using the Earthlink Wizard which is available as part of the latest version of their Total Access software. This application will fix most configuration problems associated with TCP/IP, PPP and whatever else ails you. Possible solution 3: Try rebooting. Sometimes my Powerbook didn't recognize changes to the TCP/IP configuration under 8.6 until I rebooted. (.) seems to work much better in that regard. Hope this helps Dave At 8:41 PM -0400 7/27/00, Allan Hunter wrote: >Recently, and to my annoyance, PPP quit working. It dials, it >connects, it reports networking protocols as being active, but any >application requiring a working TCP connection (Eudora, Netscape, >etc) reports DNS failure or other inability to make a connection, and >complains that the current TCP is not set up properly. (Yes, the >Remote Access Control Panel is set up to insist on PPP and not ARAP). -- "Insanity is hereditary...you get it from your kids." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:21:14 -0500 From: "Gib Henry" To: "Info-Mac List" , Chazzz Subject: USB/SCSI peripherals [Mac OS 9.0.4 SCSI problem] >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:27:44 -0400 >From: Chazzz >To: >Subject: USB/SCSI peripherals > >If one hooks a USB to SCSI connector to run "old" peripherals" with a newer >Mac, can you daisy chain SCSI devices using that set up? Depending on which one you use: Microtek ExpressSCSI and Xircom PortGear 4-port multi-function, yes. However, be aware that Mac OS 9.0.4 has introduced some SCSI "issues," not present in 9.0, which cause those devices to fail with some SCSI devices, notably Zip drives and some scanners: ejecting a Zip drive causes freezes, the scanners don't work and may or may not cause freezes. Xircom's web site says Apple is aware of the "issues" and they are working to resolve them. Since both the devices I mentioned above experience the same "issue," I believe what Xircom says, which was also confirmed to me by Xircom. There are a couple of FireWire-to-SCSI adapters I saw at MacWorld, but at this point, they all permit only ONE SCSI device, no daisy-chaining (although you can have multiple $79 adapters online at the same time). Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:00:44 -0400 From: sdavidson@mac.com (Steve Davidson) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: X server recommendations (R) In response to Phil Hudson on 28 Jul >Hi all. I need an X server. What's available and what's good? eXodus meets both your specifications ("available" and "good"). I use it regularly. The publisher is Powerlan USA (800-541-7409, or www.powerlan-usa.com). -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************