Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #152 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 12 Aug 98 Volume 16 : Issue 152 Today's Topics: [*] Pretty Scroll 2.0b2 - animate scrolling - Johnny C N Lee [*] TidBITS#442/10-Aug-98 [*] toontime (?) Bind fn to ctrl on a G3? (Q) Card for a second monitor (Q) Font organization utils? (Q) Timbuktu Pro and Network [A]: Quickbooks 4.0 Fatal Error message -- please help! [Q] Damaged master disks A: Problem with MO drive and PowerBook 160 app to catalog cd's App to catalog CD's? App to catalog CD's? Audio capture/input -- vinyl to CDR Ethertalk for two Fwd: (?) App to catalog CD's? Fwd: Eudora NOT recognizing plug-ins Help with CD graphics How does X-plane stack up to MS FS 98? Need Applescript to close all finder windows peeping, whistling monitor Problem Mac Problem Mac Q Memory for a 4400 (help) Shrunken System Font, Word 98 Triggers It Text reader with a bookmark WTB-8100/100 operator's manual 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 . Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. 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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 #152" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:07:15 -0700 From: johnny@johnnylee.com Subject: [*] Pretty Scroll 2.0b2 - animate scrolling - Johnny C N Lee Pretty Scroll 2.0 (c) Copyright 1997-1998 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved. info@JohnnyLee.com http://www.JohnnyLee.com/ Pretty Scroll - animates scrolling so you can follow the window & find last point easily Pretty Scroll is a control panel that animates scrolling. When scrolling through a document, it is sometimes hard to find the last point you viewed, especially if it was located near the end of the document. Pretty Scroll makes it easier. Because the scrolling process is animated, you can follow the movement and find the last point easily. What's new in 2.0? - Changed user interface -- Appearance Manager (Mac OS 8) savvy. - Added new feature -- Exclude Applications. - Changed scrolling algorithm -- Only visible part of the window is animated, and animation of scrolling is smoother. Thanks and Regards, Johnny C N Lee A Hong Kong Macintosh Developer johnny@johnnylee.com http://www.johnnylee.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/pretty-scroll-200.hqx; 627K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:02:06 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#442/10-Aug-98 TidBITS#442/10-Aug-98 After writing several articles about data security and the importance of a good backup system, Adam and Tonya find themselves putting that information to the test after thieves break into their house and abscond with a PowerBook. Also in this issue, Geoff explains in detail how to respond to spam, WebSTAR 3.0.1 ships, Qualcomm sells Now Utilities to Power On Software, Connectix updates RAM Doubler 8, and we announce a Chinese TidBITS mailing list. Topics: MailBITS/10-Aug-98 Responding To Spam Ripped Off! [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-442.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:07:17 -0700 From: typea@flash.net Subject: [*] toontime TOONTIME - is a font inspired by the distinctive lettering of a certain modern cartoon classic. The font contains many familiar characters, as well as some I created in the style of the original. Until now, this font has been difficult, if not impossible to find. Toontime is shareware. [Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/toontime-demo.hqx; 37K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 13:51:42 -0600 (MDT) From: svspire@telespin.com (Shannon Spires) Subject: (?) Bind fn to ctrl on a G3? Has anybody hacked a way to make the useless fn key on a G3 Powerbook function like a second control key? I use applications that require a lot of use of the ctrl key and I always hit the d**n fn key instead. Thanks, Shannon Spires svspire@telespin.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:47:01 +0100 From: Frazer Wright Subject: (Q) Card for a second monitor Now I have a G3, I hope to put into practise some of the intriguing possibilities of working with two monitors that Adam C. Engst outlined in TidBITS a few months back. I have an A4 Apple greyscale monitor as my main screen, and I now want to buy a card for the G3 that will power an old, but crisp 13 inch Apple Trinitron (Macintosh II era!) as number two monitor. However, a salesperson at one of the UK's leading mail order companies now tells me that none of the cards available new today will drive anything less than a 15 inch monitor. Is this correct? Or can I buy a low price card (I was looking at the Formac ProMedia cards) that will handle my 13 incher to give me dual monitors. I don't want to give up the superb sharpness and readability of the A4 greyscale, but switching plugs when I want to user Painter etc will become a chore - or worse, discourage use. Advice, exortations and recommendations welcomed. If direct to me, I will summarise for the list. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:50:19 -0400 From: Ron Buttiglieri Subject: (Q) Font organization utils? Hi Folks. I'm looking for a utility that will help me organize my font menus. I don't know if one (or more) exists, but I'd appreciate any feedback. What I'd like is the following: - The ability to allow me to organize my fonts into categories (submenus). i.e. "Script", "Sans", "Block", etc. - When font menus are displayed, each font name is displayed in its own typeface. Ideally, *all* apps would be affected... If either or both features exist, please let me know. If it makes no sense, or I'm crazy for asking, let me know that, too :). Thanks for any leads! -- Ron ron_b@110.net http://www.110.net/~p577 --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 02:56:55 -0500 From: Keith Hamilton Subject: (Q) Timbuktu Pro and Network Hello, Is there a way for me to access my whole network at work from home using timbuktu pro 4.5 with out having to use ARA. Is There a fix to use ARA and the sorry Global Village Express modem? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:26:02 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A]: Quickbooks 4.0 Fatal Error message -- please help! Mike, I don't have any experience with Quickbooks, it sounds like a corruption problem. Have you: 1) Checked your disk drive with Disk First Aid, TechToolPro, or Norton 2) Checked for Virus infections 3) Reinstalled Quickbooks 4) Installed any extensions or software coincident with this problem 5) Tried a backup of the file? -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:42:56 -0700 From: Leslie_Ballentine@sfu.ca Subject: [Q] Damaged master disks monte ferguson wrote: >... The >problem is that her original disk one to install claris emailer 2.0 is >damaged so she's stuck. Could someone who owns it send a disk image over? I >assure you the person in question is a licensed user. > This raises a more general question. Will the software vendor exchange a damaged master disk for a good one? Since what you buy is not the program, but a licence to use one copy of the program, it would seem that they OUGHT to provide this service. Does anyone know what are the practices of the various major software vendors? Leslie Ballentine Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C., Canada ------------------------------ Date: 8 Aug 98 19:07:40 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: A: Problem with MO drive and PowerBook 160 >I'm having a problem that really flusters me. I have an Olympus Power 230 >Mb MO drive as well >as a Iomega Zip drive. Both work fine on my Performa 5200 (running System >7.5.5), either >single or daisy chained. (snip) But the really weird >thing is it also happens when the MO drive is switched off (!). Disconnecting >it - the PowerBook >works fine. Connecting it - either on or off - the PowerBook does not get >past the splash screen. Markus: This sounds to me like a bad SCSI cable or bad termination. Try another cable and, if you're not already, maybe an active terminator - one of those smart ones that adjusts itsaelf and such. - Scott ************************** D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. ************************** ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:04:49 +0000 From: dead nancy Subject: app to catalog cd's :: I've backed up everything I own... :: utility... read all of the files on each CD... :: usable catalog... recommendations? i like cdfinder, available in the archives. it's been a reliable replacement for this ancient copy of on location i found that finally just died. good luck. dead nancy http://home.earthlink.net/~deadnancy/ see you in hell! --- CDFinder 2.1.1 CDFinder catalogs CD-ROMs, ZIPs, floppies, SyQuests, and everything else that turns (even your file server..) and allows you to search for anything in those catalog files. It is very fast, supports drag&drop, is PowerPC native (but also fast on any other Mac with at least a 68020 CPU), and is multi-lingual... CDFinder is shareware (15 US$ for a single user license, multi-user licenses are available). ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:04:12 +0000 From: LoboMACgrundy@enterprise.net (Peter Grundy) Subject: App to catalog CD's? In article <6qfkqk$ppb$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, moderator@info-mac.org (The Info-Mac Moderators) wrote: >I've backed up everything I own on eight CD's. I'd like to find a >cataloging utility that would read all of the files on each CD and >create a usable catalog. Any recommendations? Try *CatFinder* (V2.0.2?) which is Shareware and I think will do the job. Lobo. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 15:55:35 -0400 From: Richard Smykla Subject: App to catalog CD's? Ken, I've used Iomega's FindIt application that comes (free) with the Iomega Zip/Jaz Tools & Drivers software package, that can be downloaded at http://www.iomega.com/support/software/mac.html Preferences can be set to catalog only certain SCSI devices, or all, including your boot volume. Quite useful for automatic and up-to-date index keeping. Also allows quick searching for titles or pattern matching. Hope this helps. >From their webpage: Iomega Tools 5.5.1: This driver supports Iomega Zip and Jaz disk drives under the Mac OS versions 7.0.1 and greater (except 7.1.2). Richard Smykla rsmykla@pipeline.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 15:52:51 -0500 From: Charles Pearce Subject: Audio capture/input -- vinyl to CDR >Jesse Hinson wrote; > >>I would like to be able to connect my record turntable to my Power >>Tower Pro 250 to capture an audio signal to my drive and produce (for >>my own use) CD of some older vinyl records. >> >>Do you know of a board or device that has RCA-in jacks so I can make >>that connection. >> >>Also, please make a suggestion of the software that would be best >>suited for this operation. I am currently a user of TOAST by Adaptec, >>but it doesn't support that type of signal. >> >It is likely that the signal from a magnetic phono pickup is too week to >be used directly for this purpose, Also, there is a matter of the proper >equalization. But, one could use a mag phono preamp, or a hi-fi amp with >mag phone input. Then connect the line-out from the amp to the audio >input of the Mac. As for the proper plugs and sockets, Radio Shack, or >other electronic distributors, can supply the needed connectors and >adaptors. > >I don't think Toast will digitize the sound and save it as a file. There are >numerous recording programs, though. Quick Recorder is available from >the Info Mac Archives, and the shareware price is quite low. I have used >it. > >There is a problem though. In order to put the recorded music files on a >CD, the recording must be sampled at 44KHz. And, for fidelity, one would >want 16-bit digitizing. If you pick "stereo" mode, the sampling data rate >may be too high for saving to hard disk. I was digitizing songs from a CD, >and had to save the data into RAM disk in order to have a high enough >data-save rate. That means that one must have enough RAM disk space >to hold at least one complete song. With 80Meg RAM disk, I think I was >able to capture about 7 minutes of music. As each song was completed, it >was copied to hard disk. When I had enough "tracks" to fill a CD (up to >650 Meg) I used Toast to burn the CD. > >It will be interesting to see what other info comes in on this subject. > >croton@ridgecrest.ca.us >Cyrus Roton >Ridgecrest Apple User Group >Electronic Musical Instrument Technician > I recently digitized Sgt. Pepper from vinyl to CD-R (Yes, I know it's available at my local record store on CD, but it was the challenge that prompted me). I digitized each track from the LP using SoundEdit 16 Pro, saving to hard drive in AIFF format. I went from the phono to the Mac (G3 with A/V ports) through an amplifier, although an inexpensive stereo pre-amp would do just as well. I used the phono input to the amp and the output from the tape monitor. I burned the CD with Toast. With SoundEdit 16, I was even able to eliminate some of the LP "pops," but I gotta say, that's a pretty tedious thing to do. It may be my imagination, but I'm convinced that the sound quality from the LP to CD is better than going from CD to CD. Charles Pearce pearce@flinthills.com ------------------------------ Date: 8 Aug 98 19:37:52 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: Ethertalk for two >I've really got sick and tired of the lousy speeds of Apple-talk. I >frequently need to transfer files between my two Macs and so far I've used >a printer cable between the printer ports of the Macs but it's sooo >sloooow. Many times it's quicker just to throw in a floppy disk and do the >copying. > >However I've started to wonder if it isn't possible to connect the internet >ports directly to each other and in that way create a local (two computers) >and fast network. Do I need any (expensive) routers for this or is it as >easy as just plug in a cable ? Magnus: To use Appletalk over Ethernet (Ethertalk) instead of Localtalk, all you need is a crossover cable. That' an ethernet cable with the transmit and recieve wires crossed so no hub is required. - Scott ************************** D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. ************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:18:30 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: (?) App to catalog CD's? Ken Taylor asked: >I've backed up everything I own on eight CD's. I'd like to find a >cataloging utility that would read all of the files on each CD and >create a usable catalog. Any recommendations? I like Disk Wizard very much for that purpose. Or CDFinder. Daly Daly Jessup ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:21:51 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: Eudora NOT recognizing plug-ins Dudley Warrington Thomas asked: >Just installed EUDORA PRO 4 (upgrading from the demo) and the Plug Ins no >longer work. > >(I've rebuilt the desktop, duplicated the old Eudora Pro folder & run the >'new' Eudora -- which runs fine excepts that it does not recognize the plug >ins) Try putting the plugins into the Eudora Stuff folder rather than in the PlugIns folder and see if that helps. (If they aren't already there!) Daly Daly Jessup ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:47:40 +1000 From: Stephen Peilschmidt Subject: Help with CD graphics I have recently purchased a CD burner and I am considering how to go about archiving and cataloging photos. The archive will be for general usage - no high end graphic use that requires drum scans and huge files. Some of my specific questions are: right,left,out1. what is the best format to scan the photos (GIF, TIFF, PICT, Photoshop) I guess this is a tradeoff between file size and scan quality. 2. what would the best scanning resolution be - again I assume that a setting of around 100dpi would produce adequate results but it is a trade off. 3. is there any good cataloguing software out there that people can recommend - perhaps on the InfoMac archives - or would doing something in FileMaker be better 4. a further consideration is that the CD remain accessible for a reasonable time - what I mean by this is that I would like to access the images for a reasonable amount of time (ie 5 to 10 years) with standard equipment ie a Mac of some form that will undoubtedly be updated - I guess I want to guard against technology creep making the CD unusable. 5. not that I am a great user of PeeCees - but would it be possible to make the CD cross platform. I would welcome any suggestions or passing on personal experiences in undertaking a similar project. Regards Steve ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 16:01:12 -0400 From: "abrody" Subject: How does X-plane stack up to MS FS 98? Dear Digest readers, All of a sudden I discover what seems like what I have been looking for all this time. I have not seen a single review of X-plane, even though I subscribe to "MacWorld" and the info-mac, yet from the looks of their web site it looks like they have a genuine flight simulator comparable to Microsoft. Yet recently I read an article that links up to their web page saying Flight Simulators are making a comback on the Mac. Is this true? The ability to fly with realistic weather and scenary, as well as designing your own planes in a simulator on a computer has been the strength of Microsoft's product, but unfortunately they haven't upgraded it since version 4.0 for the Mac. Since that time, the Windows version has been upgraded to 98. How good is X-plane's scenary, and how realistic is its simulation? Does it cover airports around the world with Navigational aids? Does it have a slew-mode like Microsoft's Flight Simulator? Are there features you can find in Microsoft and not in X-plane? Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:41:56 -0400 From: Michael Holtzman Subject: Need Applescript to close all finder windows Greetings. The subject says it: I need an Applescript to close all Finder windows (including tabbed folders). Thanx in advance. Michael S. Holtzman Information Technology holtzman@StJohns.edu St. John's University (NY) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 12:24:09 -0600 From: jacob reichbart Subject: peeping, whistling monitor You're describing something familiar. I'd suspect the flyback transformer. It's ayoke of wire windings around the narrow tail on back end of the crt. Very high voltage. Sometimes the transformer can be replaced, (under warrranty if you're lucky). Often the problem starts at only a certain frequency and temperature. It might stabilize or get worse. In either case, DO NOT OPEN UP THE MONITOR CASE. Have it repaired or replaced. on Wed, 5 Aug 1998 22:00:02 +0100, adrian strack wrote: >Apparently my monitor makes a very high whistling noise. Fortunately I do >not hear it, but everybody else does and often I have to close the door of >my room because of it. When I set the monitor darker, the noise is reduced. >What can it be and how can it be eliminated? Help is very welcome. >Adrian Strack ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:15:44 -0400 From: Michael Blair Subject: Problem Mac "Output dsj" , on 8/7/98 3:33 PM you wrote: >Hi, > >Sorry if this is inappropriate in the newsgroup but I need some help. > >I've got an LC630 with system 7.5.3. > >Whenever I start my machine, my apple menu bar starts blinking and I get a >constant beep and it doesn't stop. I can still use my machine if I turn my >sound off (The menu just keeps blinking and blinking)... > >Does anyone know what might be causing it? Dennis: Sounds suspiciously like what happened when an alarm was set in the old alarm desktop accessory (DA), but I don't recalled if the alarm clock was still around in system 7.5.3. If you have alarm clock or something similar installed, just open it and cancel the alarm. If you don't have alarm clock istalled, something else is demanding attention... Michael Blair ======================================================================= Blair Technical Communications Tel: (514) 989-8713 106 - 3500 Atwater Avenue Fax: (514) 989-7521 Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3H 1Y5 Email: mjblair@total.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 21:51:51 +0800 (MYT) From: csong@chgsg.pc.my (Ong Cheow Seng) Subject: Problem Mac >I've got an LC630 with system 7.5.3. > >Whenever I start my machine, my apple menu bar starts blinking and I get a >constant beep and it doesn't stop. I can still use my machine if I turn my >sound off (The menu just keeps blinking and blinking)... > >Does anyone know what might be causing it? > >Thanks, >Dennis Denis, I believed the cause of your problem is the two volume-control button at the= front-right of the CPU casing. One of the volume control is jammed. You= should remove the front cover and set the button properly. As for the= blinking menu bar, I think you had set the "sound" control panel to its= minimum and it's always blinking because of the jammed sound control button= s. Hope this helps. Regards, Ong Cheow Seng (Malaysia) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:44:31 -0400 From: "W. R. Wing" Subject: Q Memory for a 4400 (help) Has anyone on this list succeeded in upgrading the memory in a PowerMac 4400/200? If so, who did you buy the memory from? I've been trying to expand the memory in my father's 4400/200 with notable lack of success. The unit came from Apple with two 16 MB single bank DIMMs. I'd like to add a single bank 32 MB DIMM in the third slot to get the total up to 64 MB. The memory used in the 4400 must be quirky (to put it mildly). The first attempt (Chip Merchant) wouldn't even fit in the slot. The second attempt (also from Chip Merchant) fit, but the Mac wouldn't recognize it. The folks there gave up, and refunded my credit card. I tried Cyberian Outpost next (Peripheral Enhancemets actually, they seem to have some sort of cross marketing deal). The 32 MB, single bank DIMM from Peripheral Enhancements is also a failure. It fits the slot, but no matter which slot it is installed in, the Mac boots and says it only has 32 MB of memory. The tech support folks at Peripherl Enhancements are convinced the 4400 is identical to a Motorola StarMax (Tanzania mother board) and they tried my memory configuration 2x16 + 1x32 in a StarMax they had in the back room where it worked like a charm. Help! Thanks, Bill Wing William R. Wing wrw@ornl.gov (423) 574-8839 Network Architect for the Oak Ridge National Lab ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:57:06 -0500 From: Jesse the K Subject: Shrunken System Font, Word 98 Triggers It Greetings, o wise ones. I'm running OS8.0 on my G3/233. After I launch Word98, the system font (Chicago) shrinks from 12 to very tiny. The menus shrink as well. Popup menus (like Popup Finder) also obligingly shrink, tho' they maintain their different font setting -- except in MSIE, where it changes to tiny Chicago. This tiny system font persists even after I quit Word98. After a while, 12 point resumes in some applications, but the menus stay short (as if whatever toolbox is controlling it thinks there's still tiny system font). What I've tried: Kaleidoscope off and on (both 1.8.2 and K2) ATM Deluxe off and on *all* extensions except the MS-required ones off and on. When I posted this to comp.sys.mac.appls, one person suggested that OT/PPP was the cause. But even with that out of the loop, it persists. Any ideas who's the culprit? -- Jesse the K -- Madison Wisconsin USA Where am I going, and how did I get in this handbasket? Jesse the K -- Madison Wisconsin USA -- Estimated # of calls made to Californian Al Nino since last year by people asking "Why are you doing this?": 100 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 16:39:22 +0100 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Text reader with a bookmark Hello, I'm reading some long e-texts on screen, so I need a text reader that allows to save the exact location of the last lines I was reading before quitting; so I could open the file and to be right there with no need to remember the line numbers. Do you know such a program? Many Thanks!! -- Ciao, +------------+/ Vittorio | ( : |-- +------------+\ "The Answer is inside you... and yet, that's wrong!" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:04:30 GMT From: agenda@softdisk.com Subject: WTB-8100/100 operator's manual Want to buy 8100/100 Power Mac Operator's Manual. Please respond via e-mail to agenda@softdisk.com Thanks Chuck -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************