Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #141 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 06 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 141 Today's Topics: 9600MP ->G3/G4 MP? [A] How can I reload the Apple disk driver software Eudora is a Bust -Redux- Hard drive advice Looking for Processor Data Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C) pps extensions Print Preview Utility ? Print Shop Substitute Supraexpress 33.6/288.á Zip disks Zip disks Zip disks 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. 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Thanks, John ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 03:05:57 -0700 From: "Dan O'Donnell" To: Len Whyte Subject: [A] How can I reload the Apple disk driver software At 8:09 PM +1100 9/1/00, Len Whyte wrote: > >Does anyone know another way of booting the machine without >referencing the hard drive, and of then brute force updating the hard >disk driver? Can you boot from the start up CD and then "Update Driver"? >Hoo boy, how much easier it is with a SCSI disk than an IDE unit! Off the record, I agree... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 05:35:48 -0400 From: macman@kyol.net (Chazzz) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Eudora is a Bust -Redux- I appreciate the response to my post. You were kind enough not to bash me -too hard-. I realize this is personal opinion, and that's what I expressed. For what it's worth, I've been on the hunt for the Penultimate email client (oxymoron, I know). I've used MailSmith/PowerMail/OE/Netscape/IM&N/Eudora and now SweetMail. None of the clients crashed my Mac, save Eudora. I can't therefore, believe it's my machine. I've started using SweetMail. This little program is very powerful, customizable, exceedingly fast and easy to use. It DOESN'T crash my Mac. It is in beta and has a few things I'd like to see included in the final version. The author is busy working on it and is open to ideas. It costs $18. Take a look at this one. I have no interest in this other than I truly believe I've found the Holy Grail! -- Charles Cusumano ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:24:01 -0400 From: Jude Giampaolo To: Ezra Nathan , Info-Mac digest Subject: Hard drive advice I'm pretty sure the PowerCenters are SCSI only machines and as such will not work with ATA drives without additional hardware. At 7:22 PM +0100 9/3/00, Ezra Nathan wrote: >I am looking to add a larger capacity hard drive to my PowerComputing >PowerCenter 150 and I have found one being offered for a very good price. It >is a > BARRACUDA ATA 10.2GB ATA 3.5LP 8.6MS 7200RPM >Does anyone know if this will go in my machine and, if so, what its >performance will be like? Will it be dead easy to put in? > >Thanks, >> Ezra -- Jude Giampaolo http://prozac.eeap.cwru.edu/jude/ "Corn Nog?" jude@prozac.eeap.cwru.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:03:25 -0400 From: "Steele, John" To: "'digest@info-mac.org'" Subject: Looking for Processor Data This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0177C.BBBB4610 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Folks, Does anyone have URL pointers or programs to recommend that describe the differences or advancements in processors? I'm hard-pressed to describe the difference between PPC, G3 and G4. Thank you, John Steele Technical Services Manager Towson University Towson MD 21252 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0177C.BBBB4610 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Folks,
 
Does anyone have URL pointers or programs to recommend that describe the differences or advancements in processors?  I'm hard-pressed to describe the difference between PPC, G3 and G4. 
 
 
Thank you,
 
 
John Steele
Technical Services Manager
Towson University
Towson MD 21252
 
------_=_NextPart_001_01C0177C.BBBB4610-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 03:15:23 -0700 From: "Dan O'Donnell" To: Christian F Buser Subject: Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C) At 10:23 PM +0200 9/1/00, Christian F Buser wrote: >"abrody@smart.net" wrote: > >>While browsing my backups I ran across two programs I never realized >>I had before. Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server. >>... >>Is Microsoft Personal Web Server a true web server one can run on a >>Mac? I've never really been able to use the MacOS 9.0 Personal Web >>Server either. Is there a way with either personal web server to >>setup one's domain name. Or do I need to pay for Webstar or a >>similar package if I wanted to do this on a Mac? > >I used PWS once to set up a small "classroom network" for a web >publishing course. The "server" was my old Powerbook 520c, and the >clients were some PCs and some Macs of different model/make. For this >setup, it was no problem to use PWS, but I doubt that using it as a >"rela life" web server would be a good idea (although probably >possible). Not long after the iMac first came out there was a guy in British Columbia (western Canada) who set up a regular website from an iMac with PWS. He solicited people to go to the site as he wanted to see what kind of load it would handle. Not too long after he relayed that he had a large number of hits and the system never went down. I think everybody was surprised. Unfortunately I don't remember anything other than this apocryphal story. However, I did look at the site myself and checked it with and it looked fine, and was in fact running from PWS. It wasn't just a simple text site either - he had assorted jpegs and several QTVR panos of the tourist sites in the area. Setting up as a domain shouldn't be too hard. Of course with OS/X things should become both easier and harder as it's BSD unix and thus should have everything you need built in. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:38:22 -0400 From: Beth Trachtenberg To: "Infomac" Subject: pps extensions A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3 powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks. Beth Trachtenberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:50:01 -0700 From: "Jim Wickman" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Print Preview Utility ? Is there a general purpose Print Preview utility out there someplace? I have in mind a utility that would allow me to see a reduce image of each page, to check margins and page breaks. Some printer drivers include that; my Stylescript, unfortunately, does not. TIA -- -- Jim Wickman - - - Pasco WA You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:26:51 -0400 From: Beth Trachtenberg To: Subject: Print Shop Substitute I also used Print Shop Deluxe for years but, a year ago, found another program that is even better. It does everything that Print Shop did and more! It is called Print Explosion by Nova Development Corp (www.novadevelopment.com). I'm confident your friend will be more than happy with it. Beth Trachtenberg Ruth South McCreery wrote: I am seeking a Mac version of Print Shop Deluxe. Does anyone know of a source of outdated, orphaned, or discontinued Mac software? Broderbund has sold the program to Mattel, which no longer provides a Mac version. They did very nicely send my friend the Windows version, but . . . Are there other sites that deal in surplus, discontinued, etc. software? My friend is sufficiently distressed that she is thinking of getting a Windows machine, just to run that program. A far better solution than coping with the eccentricities of Windowns, it seems to me, would be to learn another program that has the same functions. So, as an alternative, can anyone suggest a program that has card-making functions similar to those of Print Shop? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 17:00:28 -0700 From: tpom@eircom.net To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Supraexpress 33.6/288.á á Hi Folks á Thanks to all who offered help re Modem Supraexpress 33.6/288.á You kept me going in the dark times .á Problem was solved in a weird and wonderful way . á Slan á Tomá á á ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:20:43 -0600 From: Trebor Nesnarf To: Ezra Nathan , Info-Mac digest Subject: Zip disks At 12:37 -0600 000903, Ezra Nathan wrote: >Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac >Format? Are there any drawbacks? > >Thanks, >> Ezra === Hello Ezra, Yes and no, I do this all the time since I have never been able to buy a Mac formatted Zip disk here yet. Formatted capacity is about 94 Mbytes. Sincerely Robert Fransen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:08:27 -0700 From: Dave Thomas To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Zip disks >Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac >Format? Are there any drawbacks? > >Thanks, > > Ezra Yes, it is. And it works very well, and takes only about 10 seconds. I frequently move graphic files between the two platforms. I usually take my MAC Zips and format them to PC format, copy my files to the ZIP, and load them onto the PC. I must do this because the PC is not bright enough to recognize a MAC Zip, although a MAC has no problem reading a PC ZIP. I am not aware of any drawbacks to this. To take this a step further, can anyone give me a good reason why we even have ZIP's in Macintosh format? Why not just have them in PC format, and be able to use them on either platform? Kinda like CD-Roms. Regards, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:51:15 -0400 From: RobD To: "Infomac To Digest Reply" Subject: Zip disks Quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message on 9/4/00 20:32. >From: Ezra Nathan >Subject: Zip disks > > >Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac >Format? Are there any drawbacks? I've done it and the only consequence is that the label says its WinDos formatted. This may confuse the Wintel users if they try to view it. >>>-----------Reach me by ICQ# 7162477------------------<<< ~~~ Read my contributions ~~~ -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************