Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 08 Jan 98 Volume 16 : Issue 4 Today's Topics: Batteries in Keyboards [*] "Styles" Bunnies for Kaleidoscope 1.8 [*] Conbelin - knotwork clip art [*] Fetch-O-Matic 2.0.3 automated website maintenance via FTP [*] Hyperize v2 [*] IC 1.2 (updated) [*] India Ink 1.4 - stylized Photoshop halftones [*] Mac INIT Strings (mis.sea) [*] RoyalOrchid+ 1.5.6 - Kaleidoscope [*] TidBITS#411/05-Jan-98 [A] Files Directories [A] further questions on networking to NT [A] Os8 CMM [A] PPC Microphone [A]: Print preview in Netscape [Q] OS8 CMM [Q] print missing under Netscape 3.0 [Q] Ti-35 Problem Battery in IIci Beware of NewerTech (A) Cd-ROM Drive problem... Cd-ROM Drive problem... Claris Folder missing in MacLinkPlus 9.0 CM help needed...... Desktop Patterns? Filemaker Pro: text file input to specific field? Files Directories further questions on networking to NT Info Info Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 mpw available for free? Navigator 4.0.4 Performa 6116CD question Personal LaserWriter LS & Ram Personal LaserWriter LS & Ram (A) PM 7500 & 21" Colour Display PPP Connect Problems Quicken 98 R2 rhapsody SCSI SAM 4.5 and "big" apps switching printers epson 600 <-> LW Select Web Page Maker 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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Note: I've been in computers since the time we could refuse to go to staff meetings. tom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:37 -0700 From: jparris6@netpath.net Subject: [*] "Styles" Bunnies for Kaleidoscope 1.8 Bunnies has a softer-colored menu, the added resources new to Kaleidoscope 1.8, such as larger grow boxes, barber-pole progress bar, added texture, written-in trash and folders. Shareware. Email: jparris6@netpath.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/styles-bunnies.hqx; 104K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:05:07 -0700 From: feorag@antipope.org Subject: [*] Conbelin - knotwork clip art Conbelin is a selection of clip art inspired by knotwork patterns on the "Great Wheel Cross of Conbelin" at Margam Abbey in Wales. The images are all 300 dpi b/w TIFFs suitable for laser printing, and compatible with most DTP packages. Freeware. bb Feorag [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/conbelin.hqx; 336K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:57 -0700 From: film2@emedia.net Subject: [*] Fetch-O-Matic 2.0.3 automated website maintenance via FTP Fetch-O-Matic is a new approach to automated website maintenance via FTP. Fetch-O-Matic allows web authors to freely create and update files locally without needing to keep track of their work, and then automatically catalog the alterations and update the website. Fetch-O-Matic differs from other available synchronization and maintenance schemes in that it does not require any local machine to have a complete site copy. For example, one might decide to grab a few pages and change them (and/or add some new files) from a Powerbook. Later, the site copy on the primary machine can be quickly brought up-to-date with just two clicks - without having to remember what was changed or open the Powerbook. Fetch-O-Matic is extremely easy to use. Novice web authors in search of a simple way to update a personal web page won't be intimidated by its power. Experienced hands will find that previously dreaded operations such as multi-file search and replace, with the subsequent headache of tracking down and uploading scattered altered files, are rendered painless. Transfer errors such as uploading/downloading to the wrong directory are a thing of the past. If several people are maintaining a site they are protected from treading on each other's updates. Fetch-O-Matic was conceived and developed to fill a need in servicing a large site (http://www.filmscouts.com). Uploads and downloads of thousands of files at once have been performed with ease. But even on a site with just a few pages, Fetch-O-Matic will ease the updating chores. Fetch-O-Matic requires Dartmouth's FTP client "Fetch", AppleScript, the scripting addition Jon's Commands, and, optionally, Alessandro Levi Montalcini's "List Files" (providing a significant speed improvement for large sites), all of which are readily available online. Fetch-O-Matic runs on any Mac OS machine with reasonable (8mb+) RAM running System 7 or 8. It runs in the background. It is shareware with a single-user license fee of $20. There is a free 30-day trial period. The complete documentation is available online at the Fetch-O-Matic home page, http://www.filmscouts.com/software/fom.html *** Version note: v. 2.0.3 incorporates new features, bug fixes and improvements to the User Guide.** [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/fetch-o-matic-203.hqx; 513K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:25 -0700 From: jcj@mail.usyd.edu.au Subject: [*] Hyperize v2 Hyperize2 is a standalone drag-and-drop application that converts plain text documents into HTML. Hyperize2 does what is required to duplicate, as far as practicable, the structure and appearance of your text on a Web page. Hyperize2 creates pages, frames, or fragments of HTML code from files that are dropped on it or opened interactively, or from text on the Clipboard. It arranges for HTML formatting commands that reproduce your document's structure in terms of paragraphs, lines, indents and, to some extent, columns. It also translates characters which are special either to HTML or to the Macintosh into HTML-acceptable equivalents. If you've used Hyperize 1.1 before, you'll notice the following new features: Hyperize2 runs native on a PowerPC. Hyperize2 can now create whole pages, frames, or fragments of HTML-encoded text. Hyperize2 can now read from and/or write to the Clipboard. Hyperize2 is much smarter than its predecessor about indentation, and somewhat smarter about columnar layouts. Hyperize2 has two new formatting options. They concern whether leading white space on a line is intended to introduce new paragraphs or new column-aligned list items, and the distance between column stops. Hyperize2 stores its default preferences in a preferences file, and allows the user to create secondary settings files for particular types of task, such as hyperizing justified text fragments or whole program listings. These files can be opened from within the application or double-clicked to launch the application with their settings. Hyperize2 lets you browse for documents and applications when setting the File Creator for its output files. It also allows you to choose an output file name and location that's different from the default. Hyperize2 works on any type of Macintosh with System 7 or later. It can run in about 128Kb of memory, in which any number of files of any size can be processed. Operations involving the Clipboard require more, according to the size of its contents. The (fat binary) application itself is about 64k. Freeware. Feedback is appreciated. Dr Jason Johnston mailto:jcj@mail.usyd.edu.au http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~jcj fax: +61 2 9519 6184 [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/hyperize-2.hqx; 51K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:27 -0700 From: fabian.lidman@swipnet.se Subject: [*] IC 1.2 (updated) Intelligent Chaos (IC) is a simple tool which allows You to study the emergence of chaotic behaviour in the logistic equation and related iterations. Of course there already exist plenty of programs that makes beautiful chaotic graphs, but You will never understand chaos theory without looking at the actual numbers. That is what You can do with IC, in great detail. The equation used is a*x*(1-x), but in future versions, you will be able to change this. The chaotic parameter (a) is given the default value 3.5699, that is just below the point where chaos sets in, but the idea is of course that You should let i vary from 2 to 4. Use Balloon help to get info about the controls. The included CrossBasic sourcecode shows how the execution of the formula works. This version is about 100% better than 1.1, and has many bugfixes, together with a lot of new features. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/ic-12ppc.hqx; 170K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:45 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] India Ink 1.4 - stylized Photoshop halftones India Ink is a filter for Photoshop that gives you over a dozen exotic ways to convert color or greyscale images to unusual black-and-white halftones. Suitable for image stylization or black-and-white printers, most styles offer variable line weight, warping, gamma, and scaling. Version 1.4 adds special modes that work in color, as well as a zoomable preview, saveble presets, and a randomizer. India Ink is shareware for Macintosh. To see the results, and to check for updates, visit http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aa731/indiaink.html . [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/india-ink-14.hqx; 256K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:55 -0700 From: mark@mrdataworks.com Subject: [*] Mac INIT Strings (mis.sea) Mac INIT Strings 2.0 Mac INIT Strings is a freeware utility that displays a list of modem INITialization strings categorized by manufacturer and model. All of the strings are meant for use with a Macintosh computer. Version 2.0 now allows you to test an INITialization string with the modem currently connected to your Macintosh computer. This requires the use of the Apple Serial Tool which is part of the Apple Communications ToolBox (CTB). The installer will place a copy of the Serial Tool in your Extensions Folder requiring you to restart your machine after the installation process is complete. Mac INIT Strings was built with Mac OS 8 and is therefore, Mac OS 8-compatible. You will need at least System 7.1 and 4 MB of physical (installed) memory in order to use Mac INIT Strings. Since Mac INIT Strings is freeware, you agree to use the utility at your own risk by reading this document. MRD offers no technical support for this utility by e-mail, facsimile nor telephone. If you do however, have comments on Mac INIT Strings, please feel free to e-mail MRD at support@mrdataworks.com. * If you find an INITialization string that does not work correctly, please send an e-mail to support@mrdataworks.com. * If you know of an INITialization string that is missing from the Mac INIT Strings database, please send an e-mail to support@mrdataworks.com. Thanks and most of all - have fun. That's what the Mac's all about. Long live Apple! Mountain Ridge Dataworks North Vancouver, BC, Canada WWW: http://www.mrdataworks.com E-Mail: admin@mrdataworks.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/mis.hqx; 312K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:34 -0700 From: awong@iper.net Subject: [*] RoyalOrchid+ 1.5.6 - Kaleidoscope RoyalOrchid+ Version 1.5.6 for Kaleidoscope 1.8 [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/royal-orchid-plus.hqx; 43K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 22:53:48 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#411/05-Jan-98 TidBITS#411/05-Jan-98 Looking forward to Macworld Expo? Keep reading to find out about parties and other events at the Expo, and to get a preview of Photoshop plug-ins likely to be demoed. We have details about new versions of Conflict Catcher, Mac OS Runtime for Java, Virtual PC, and two new products billed as boosting Web browsing speed. This week also marks the beginning of a multi-part review of 3Com's PalmPilot Personal. Topics: MailBITS/05-Jan-98 Macworld Expo Events Plug into Macworld PalmPilot, Part 1: Hopelessly Devoted [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-411.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 09:23:03 -0700 From: Sailen Black Subject: [A] Files Directories >Please tell me how I can create a file containing a list of the files in a >directory or folder, using 7.5.5. Use BBEdit. Open a new file, and under the Edit menu is the Insert command which lets you put a folder listing into your text file. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 09:57:46 -0600 From: Andrew Minuhin Subject: [A] further questions on networking to NT Ken, first make sure that you have an NTFS partition. Use File Manager to create a new directory, call it McAndrew (or give it any other name you'll remember). Select it. From MacFile menu select Create Volume, when it comes up it will have the McAndrew information in it. At this point you may hit OK, beware that this will make that volume available to all, or you can play with permissions, volume security and user limits. Note, you may also change the volume name from McAndrew to McKen, ot anything else you desire, and that's the name your Mac users will see in their chooser (IN ALL CAPS). From then on setting up a subdirectory within your Mac Volume is a snap. (File Manager is part of your "administrator" tools. At 3:35 PM -0500 1/6/1998, Ken Laskey wrote: >First, thanks to all who answered my original post in early December. >Activating SFM worked fine except that the only thing visible to me on the >NT server is the Microsoft UAM Volume with an AppleShare folder and some >UAM info. The volume is write-protected. The sys admin hasn't quite >figured this out yet. How do I get access to all the other NT files? Is >writing to the server possible? > >Thanks again, > >Ken > >Ken Laskey >SAIC M/S 2-3-1 >1710 Goodridge Drive >McLean, VA 22102 >(703) 827-4940 >(703) 821-1134 (fax) --Andrew Minuhin (Analyst/Programmer) University of MN, Medical School, USA e-mail: minuhin@tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 19:28:46 -0000 From: Patrik Montgomery Subject: [A] Os8 CMM On 98-01-06 10:30, Info-Mac used quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity to draw the conclusion that: >I don't know if anyone plays 'Creatures' but I do. It's a wonderful little >artificial life program, even though it's a bit of a lumpy port to the Mac >side. > >There is one wee problem - to move certain things like the first creature >egg to the incubator, you have to control-click to pick it up. > >Guess what that conflicts with on a G3? Contextual menus. > >Is there a program or a resedit hack that can be used to reassign the >contextual menu key? Or, is anyone familiar with the 'Creatures' program >enough to know if a fix or something is forthcoming? There are several ways, but the (IMHO) best is to get Apple Data Detectors 1.0.2 from Apples website. That version includes a command for turning off the Contextual menus in an application - you find it in the help menu. Patrik Montgomery http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18713/ multitasking, n - the computer equivalent of schizophrenia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 19:28:48 -0000 From: Patrik Montgomery Subject: [A] PPC Microphone On 98-01-06 21:31, Info-Mac used quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity to draw the conclusion that: >The microphone that came with my Mac LC III does not seem to work with my >Performa 6116. Do I need a different microphone? Thanks in advance for >any helpful responses. Yes, you need a special microphone called the PlainTalk Microphone. You can order it from Apple. LC III uses the old version of the microphone that is incompatible with PowerMacs (among others). Patrik Montgomery http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18713/ multitasking, n - the computer equivalent of schizophrenia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 98 02:34:11 -0000 From: Jan Bjorn Taranrod Subject: [A]: Print preview in Netscape Print preview is printer sofware dependant - on Macs and on PCs too. I have a HP printer and it has a button under the Print and = Cancel button in the Print dialog box. HOT TIP/Workaround: You can use fax software with support for = preveiws. You have to switch between your ordinary printer and the = fax via Chooser=B4s awkward interface thoug. Jan Bj=F8rn Taranr=F8d, Norway. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 01:40:14 -0600 From: jacobs@fox.minot.com Subject: [Q] OS8 CMM I don't know if anyone plays 'Creatures' but I do. It's a wonderful little artificial life program, even though it's a bit of a lumpy port to the Mac side. There is one wee problem - to move certain things like the first creature egg to the incubator, you have to control-click to pick it up. Guess what that conflicts with on a G3? Contextual menus. Is there a program or a resedit hack that can be used to reassign the contextual menu key? Or, is anyone familiar with the 'Creatures' program enough to know if a fix or something is forthcoming? Thanks... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:08:31 -0500 From: Ken Laskey Subject: [Q] print missing under Netscape 3.0 I have unpredictable but reoccurring (and reproducible) print problems from Netscape. At times, I will be printing a multi-page document and it will print fine, print a number of pages at about 1/10th scale (an impressive demonstration of the printer resolution), and then back to full scale. At other times, the bottom part of a page will be blank (dropping those lines) and the next page will start printing fine. In either case, if I download the HTML source, delete the HTML for the surrounding pages, save the file, reopen in Netscape (looks like the original), and then print again, I get the whole page at full scale. Any suggestions? Ken Laskey SAIC M/S 2-3-1 1710 Goodridge Drive McLean, VA 22102 (703) 827-4940 (703) 821-1134 (fax) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:24:04 -0600 (CST) From: William Arsenault Subject: [Q] Ti-35 Problem My brother just got a new 266 G3 (lucky him!). He has a TI-35 laser printer. However, the new Mac with OS 8.0.1 can not see the printer. Any suggestions. The printer does not show up in the chooser at all. All connections are good and all cabling can be used on his old Mac to use the printer without a problem. I also have a TI-35 on an older Mac with OS 8 with no problems using it. It uses the standard Laser Writer driver. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TIA, Bill Arsenault william.k.arsenault@lmco.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 21:00:03 -0700 From: Robert Zimmerman Subject: Battery in IIci Where is the battery in the IIci? When I pop the lid off the box, I can see lots of parts, but I don't see where the battery is. Is it under the drives, and if so, how hard is it to remove them to get access to the battery? For that matter, do I need to unsolder the old one to put a new one in? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 16:52:25 -0600 From: Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov (Bryan Walls) Subject: Beware of NewerTech (A) (A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.misc) In article <68rg1q$1ga$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: >> Power Computing PowerWave, PowerTower, PowerTower >> Pro, PowerCurve, PowerCenter, & PowerCenter Pro >> Note that the PowerCurve was only ever shipped in the Low Profile format. They didn't start shipping full-size desktop or mini-towers till after they'd renamed the PowerCurve the PowerCenter. And yeah, lots of cards will work in the processor slot with the top off. I agree, that's not what they said. That's like saying Marathon Infinitity will run on a Windows machine -- if there is a Mac sitting on the Windows machine. >That's the end of my Christmas story. Oh, one more thing. Has anyone >out there ever found a fast 604e upgrade card that fits in the >low-profile PowerCenter's case (and doesn't cost as much as a whole new >computer)? > Check out OtherWorld at . They have higher speed PCC cards. I'm not sure which ones (if any) are low profile, though. I think some are. Also, at least one of the card manufacturers make a card that is full height, but has a perferation you can break off so it will fit in a low profile case. I've lost track of which. I currently have a 150MHz 604 in my PowerCurve, making it a PowerCenter 150. I'd like a 200e or so, if the card would fit and the price is right. It's already tempting, at ~$200. -- Bryan Walls My Words are not NASA Policy EB12 MSFC, AL 35812 Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 20:47:10 -0700 From: Robert Zimmerman Subject: Cd-ROM Drive problem... >I have a Performa 630 CD with 32 Meg of RAM and System 7.5.5. >Inserted CD-ROM does not appear on the desktop. >SCSI Probe is showing the internal drive as present. >I tried to rebuild the desktop and clean the drive with a lens cleaner CD, >all without results. >Is there anything else I could/should do before replacing the CD-ROM drive? Make sure you have the CD-ROM Extensions (Apple CD-ROM, Apple Photo Access, Audio CD Access, ISO 9660 File Access, and Foreign File Access) loaded at startup. If the CD-ROM is a Mac CD-ROM, all you really need is the Apple CD-ROM extension. Cheers, zimmie ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 22:49:20 -0400 From: Mustafa Ziyalan Subject: Cd-ROM Drive problem... I have a Performa 630 CD with 32 Meg of RAM and System 7.5.5. Inserted CD-ROM does not appear on the desktop. SCSI Probe is showing the internal drive as present. I tried to rebuild the desktop and clean the drive with a lens cleaner CD, all without results. Is there anything else I could/should do before replacing the CD-ROM drive? Thanks! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 16:22:21 +0200 (EET) From: pa39742@uta.fi (Paula Autio) Subject: Claris Folder missing in MacLinkPlus 9.0 According to DataViz WWW-pages MacLinkPlus9.0 should install (on 68k -computers)"MacLinkPlus Bridge 68k" that is placed in "Claris Translators Folder" that is placed in "Claris Folder" that is placed in System Folder. My MacLinkPlus 9.0 does not do this. I found MacLinkPlus 68k on the last installing disk and created the above mentioned folders for it and placed them all in System Folder. This did not make MacLinkPlus 9.0 work. I have Mac Color Classic (68030, 4/40) + System 7.1. Paula ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 98 08:48:30 -0800 From: "B.J. Major" Subject: CM help needed...... I have been trying to add 3rd party contextual menu plug-ins. They are in the correct place within the "Contextual Menu Items" in the System Folder and I also have the SOMobjects extension for the 3rd party items installed in my Extensions Folder. The problem is, none of these new plug-ins ever show up when I go to use contextual menus--only the Apple OS 8 default ones are there. Am I still missing something that needs to be added to the System Folder? Any help would be appreciated--thanks. --bj ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:55:09 -0500 From: "Fraser J. Goodmurphy" Subject: Desktop Patterns? A couple of months ago I grabbed q REALLY NICE set of Desktop Patterns from the Hyperarchive. The set included three or four shades of a grey marble and some great antique and handmade papers. I looked through the hyperarchive but I couldn't find this specific set. Has anyone seen it? Fraser ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 17:16:49 +0200 From: ELB Subject: Filemaker Pro: text file input to specific field? This may not be the best forum for this question, but I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to import a text file into a specific field of a given record in FileMaker Pro 4.0? In case you're curious: I've got scanned text which needs to go into a specific field of a record- while other fields of that record describe where this text came from (this info is entered manually). If I can't find a solution, good old "copy & paste" and/or "drag and drop" will have to suffice- but I was hoping to be able to automate this a little... MUCH TIA, E. Blasberg ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 20:08:02 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: Files Directories >Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 15:22:56 -0600 >From: tedlogan@busprod.com (Ted Logan) >Subject: Files Directories > >Please tell me how I can create a file containing a list of the files in a >directory or folder, using 7.5.5. I have File Buddy but can't figure out >how to do this. > >In the old days "at the prompt" it was just >dir filename but now I dunno. > I know two ways, and there are many more, such as using utilities like Disk Wizard (a favorite of mine). But the easy way is to open a folder and select all, then Command-C (to copy the names of the enclosed items) and then open a text editor and Command-V to paste the names. That will give you a list of the top-level items in a folder. To get a complete listing of folders and subfolders and files within it, you can fire up BBEdit Lite, and click the third icon to the right of the pencil icon. Just see what's there. If you haven't seen this before, it may be a pleasant surprise! Daly ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 20:08:03 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: further questions on networking to NT Ken Laskey asked: >First, thanks to all who answered my original post in early December. >Activating SFM worked fine except that the only thing visible to me on the >NT server is the Microsoft UAM Volume with an AppleShare folder and some >UAM info. The volume is write-protected. The sys admin hasn't quite >figured this out yet. How do I get access to all the other NT files? Is >writing to the server possible? Someone tell me if I'm wrong, but I think I read recently that access to all the files on the server will be a feature of the next version of NT. Daly Jessup ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:14:16 -0600 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Info >I have a NuDesign external hard drive and just recently moved it from >one Mac to another. I am unable to find the software that came with the >hard drive so I am unable to install onto the new Mac. If this is a standard SCSI hard disk, you shouldn't need to do any software installation to get it to work on another Mac. Can you be more specific as to the nature of the disk and the specific circumstances of it's failure to work? chazl - 1.6.1998 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 17:32:52 -0700 From: Susan Foster Subject: Info I have a NuDesign external hard drive and just recently moved it from one Mac to another. I am unable to find the software that came with the hard drive so I am unable to install onto the new Mac. I have searched the internet looking for NuDesign, but have not been able to locate a company, only product reviews etc. If you know how I can access NuDesign on the net, please send the address to sfost@dnvr.uswest.net. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 22:36:43 -0400 From: "John E. Murphy" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 Hi Eric; Can you use OS8? When I read your question, I pressed print and it priviewed quite nicely, thank you!! John E. Murphy nfn02304@naples.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 19:28:51 -0000 From: Patrik Montgomery Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 On 98-01-06 21:31, Art used quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity to draw the conclusion that: >Hi. > >I am running MacOS 8.0 on a Performa 5200. I have noted the following >problems. > >(1) Certain settings are not being retained if the computer is powered > down for a while. These settings include the Date and Time > (including the Time Zone), the Mouse speed (including double-click > speed), the highlight color (in the Appearances control panel). > >(2) When I start up, a totally blank (other than containing an "OK" > button) dialog box appears on the screen after all the System > Extensions have loaded. This box eventually goes away (after > about 30 seconds or so). Clicking the OK button seems to have no > effect. > >Given the symptoms in (1) above, I replaced the battery. This changed >nothing. > >Does anybody have any suggestions here? Thanks. I think you'll have to reinstall the system. What you're describing sounds like a corrupt System file. Patrik Montgomery http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18713/ multitasking, n - the computer equivalent of schizophrenia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 98 19:28:49 -0000 From: Patrik Montgomery Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #3 On 98-01-06 21:31, Jenny used quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity to draw the conclusion that: > So, Sunday, when I went to turn on the computer (using the manual >button) I got the start-up chime and a blank screen. I waited a few >minutes, then tried to shut it off with the power-off key, but got no >response. So I then turned on the computer again manually, and this time >got a normal startup scree for two seconds, then it restarted (just as if >I were zapping the PRAM). This time, it started up normally, but sure >enough, the PRAM had been reset. I scanned the hard drive with Norton >Disk Doctor and Disk First Aid, and it came up clean. If I restart the >computer from the Special menu, it starts up normally, and my settings are >preserved, so I don't think it's a dying battery. It might very well be a dying battery - that's my guess. You see, when you restart from the Special menu, your computer doesn't turn off the power to your RAM circuits (this is the reason you can start from a RAM disk) so your battery is not involved in such a restart. On a cold start, however, there is no power to your RAM circuits (including the PRAM) and your computer relies on the battery to store your settings. A dead battery will result in a PRAM reset like you describe. Patrik Montgomery http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18713/ multitasking, n - the computer equivalent of schizophrenia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 03:03:09 +0000 From: Phil McIntosh Subject: mpw available for free? I have read recently in several places that Apple had made MPW programming environment available for free, but each time I go to the URL mentioned, it either does not exist or does not lead to anything which looks like the complete package. Can anyone clarify this for me? Is it necessary to download a number of separate files, and if so, what are the filenames? O r was the info about it being free incorrect? TIA Phil McIntosh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 98 19:28:23 -0700 From: David Zhong Subject: Navigator 4.0.4 Hi all, Has anyone experience problem with Navigator's Preference file? Navigator locked out every time whenever it reads Preference file in the startup screen. My only solution is trash preference file every time before I launch Navigator. I did not have this problem until two weeks ago, I have no clue what causes this. I tried Clean Install System, zap PRAM, rebuild desktop, run Norton Utilities, none of those seem to worked for me. My system is configured in the following way if it helps: OS 7.5.5 40 MB RAM(no virtual memory, RAM Doubler) PPC 7100/80 no SCSI devices ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 23:40:20 -0500 From: Jennifer Deason Subject: Performa 6116CD question You may very well have a bad/loose/dead battery. Although you bought your 6116 in '95 it may have been manufactured much earlier. I would check the battery, after all it will only cost a few bucks and the machine doesn't have to leave your desk. Also, you WILL eventually need a battery so it won't be money down the drain. Good luck ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 17:23:58 -0800 From: Douglas Anderson Subject: Personal LaserWriter LS & Ram Hi everyone! I've got a Personal LaserWriter LS. I hope this is not a dumb question, I have an extra 4mg simm (72 pin SIMM 80 ns) can I put that into my Personal LaserWriter LS? It says in the (User's Guide) that I can upgrade the ram to a meg, but if the 4mg simm (72 pin SIMM 80 ns) will fit why can't I do that? and is it a hard thing to do? Thanks, Doug. P.S. please don't come down on me to hard if this is a dumb question. I have learnt a lot from asking dumb questions ;-) P.S.S. If the 4mg simm won't fit does anyone know where I can get one of those 1mg simms? I've asked around and can't seem to find one anywhere. Sincerely, Doug Anderson email:un162@victoria.tc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 16:42:55 -0600 From: Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov (Bryan Walls) Subject: Personal LaserWriter LS & Ram (A) In article <68stjl$dl7$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: >I have an extra 4mg simm (72 pin SIMM 80 ns) can I put that into my >Personal LaserWriter LS? > >It says in the (User's Guide) that I can upgrade the ram to a meg, but >if the 4mg simm (72 pin SIMM 80 ns) will fit why can't I do that? and >is it a hard thing to do? > Nope. The memory upgrade doesn't take any kind of SIMM at all. It takes a chip. Or maybe four chips. But they are just ram chips, like the little chips on your SIMM. If you poke around on DejaNews, I think you could find the specifics. Installation is not a breeze, but isn't terrible, either. I posted how to do it once, but have sort of forgotten. I don't think it really buys you anything, though. If you're using the current driver (for PLW and LW300), I don't think it takes advantage of the extra memory anyway. And that driver is much better than any of the older ones, even so. If it helped me when I added it, I could never tell. -- Bryan Walls My Words are not NASA Policy EB12 MSFC, AL 35812 Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:30:10 -0500 From: Mike Craymer Subject: PM 7500 & 21" Colour Display I will soon be inheriting a Power Mac 7500/100 with the AppleVision 1710AV display. I also have an old Apple 21" Color Display (Model No. M3502). I tried getting the specs for the 21" display from the "Apple Facts Online" web page but couldn't find anything on monitors this old. Before I try hooking it up, can someone tell me: (1) if the 21" display is compatible with the 7500, (2) the technical specs for the 21" display, and (3) opinions as to any practical pros and cons of one display over the other. For example, is higher resolution generally better than absolute size? (I do a lot of scientific plotting and some photo scanning and retouching.) I already have external speakers so the built-in AV speakers aren't of any concern. I also wouldn't use the built-in microphone much. TIA, Mike Craymer ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 16:53:11 +0000 From: mnolet@faille.unice.fr (Mike) Subject: PPP Connect Problems Hello there Info-Mac People I am having a slight problem with my ppp server. I have just recently moved and am now using a different ppp server. The problem is with the PPP connecting script. The server, once you connect, sends a message: CONNECT 2400 And then you have to wait about 5-10 seconds and then send a carriage return. That is where the problem lies. I have no way to tell my connect script to wait 10 seconds before sending a carriage return. Any solutions?? Currently I'm doing the connecting manually which gets QUITE annoying!!! Details: I'm using MacPPP 2.0.1 2400 Baud modem (yeah kinda slow!) PowerBook 180 Merci Beaucoup, Mike Nolet ------------------------------------------ "Only 56% of all French men use Deodorant" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 15:58:33 -0800 From: Buzz Bennetts Subject: Quicken 98 R2 Weeelll, the long awaited fix for memorized Quickfill and Report transactions is out, and it’s a complete failure on my PPC 7100/66, running OS 8. I ran the updater with extensions off, as directed, and it updated the application. Then, assuming everything would operate properly, I memorized about 50 transactions. Next, I quit the application and restarted it. As before, all but a few of the memorized transactions had disappeared, and those which remained were in multiples of five each. The only improvement was when I deleted the multiple transactions; this time the computer didn’t crash. Progress? I then declined to try to memorize any reports. It takes too long to select them. As before, there is no way to give this feedback directly to Intuit, except via telephone at my expense. And this inability to memorize transactions continues to be a major problem in my business. I hope you can post enough to get some attention. Thanks! Buzz Bennetts ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:37:20 -0800 From: Rick Sutcliffe Subject: rhapsody SCSI Rhapsody (and therefore the Blude Box) does not recognize my Adaptec card and the drive attached to it. Anyone have any suggestions? Rick Rick Sutcliffe Math/Cmpt Trinity Western University CDN Chair WG13, FAQ maintainer comp.lang.modula-2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 22:54:57 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: SAM 4.5 and "big" apps sjwright wrote: > if anyone else has had it happen with SAM 4.5 that when it comes upon = > a big (read: 100K+) application program during a scan, let's say, of = > a whole disk, HD or partition, it puts an Error in the scan list = > window with the Description "Unable to read all the code in this = > file". Is that simply a quirk with SAM? Would increasing _its memory = > partition make any difference? Yes it does. The default memory size is too small in my opinion. It works for me when I increase it (SAM 4.5.1). > (on devrait tomber les lettres extras pour r=E9pliquer) quelles "lettres extras"? J'en ai rien vu! ;-)) Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:18:23 -0600 (CST) From: Julius Rahmandar Subject: switching printers epson 600 <-> LW Select In my home setup I have two printers available, an Epson Stylus Color 600 and a LW Select 360. As you can guess I'd like to be able to switch printers back and forth easily, but there are problems; The Epson does not support Appletalk, and the LW expect Appletalk. Using a serial switch box doesn't is not optimal since I have to 1.) turnoff /turn appletalk depending which printer will be used, 2.)and select the proper printer in chooser, and of course 3.) the port switcher Does anyone have a better scheme? TIA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 10:36:06 +1100 From: rydingk@netspace.net.au (#remove spam#) (Keith Ryding) Subject: Web Page Maker Hello from australia I am looking for a public domain application that will create web pages incorporating aminated gifs. I just want to include some of those nifty MacBadges ones on my web page. Thanks in anticipation Keith Ryding Australia If you go through life with a smile on your face your probably not paying attention. to return mail remove the (#####) -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************