Date: Thu, 9 Jan 97 06:46:56 PST
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Info-Mac Digest Thu, 9 Jan 97 Volume 15 : Issue 10
Today's Topics:
[*] Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras 1.3.2
[*] Disk Charmer 3.0.8; disk erase/copy/verify utility
[*] DSM Player (FAT)
[*] Folder icons
[*] Fractals 1.0
[*] FreePPP Password Decoder
[*] HipHop House Rave Metal
[*] HOTLINE 1.1b19 68k
[*] HOTLINE 1.1b19 PPC
[*] Hotline Server 1.1b19 (68K)
[*] Hotline Server 1.1b19 (PPC)
[*] Johns WP File Manager 2.1
[*] ListWrangler .03 (complete) AppleScript list helper
[*] ListWrangler .03 (mini) AppleScript list helper
[*] Loquor - a 'speaking menus' extension and control panel
[*] Lord of the Deck 25 -> 26 Update
[*] Lunar View 1.1 (Viewer for moon phases)
[*] MacOS 15" Startupscreen, Blue Spirals
[*] md2sub1.3cw3
[*] Pardon My Icon Folders
? Running Netware on DOS compat card
[Q] Installing 2nd internal IDE drive on a Perf. 6205?
Answer: MS Exchange Client for Macintosh says NT Exchange server not
available
Can anyone run Britannica CD?
Italian mac mailing list
LC II expansion/CD-Rom/external HD
Mac Classic list
PC Fonts on Mac?
POWER COMPUTING related mailing list
Prices for used Macs
Software for IMPACT 030
Souping up a 660 AV
VM performance
Wanting help with CodeWarrior
What can I do with QuickDraw GX?
Yooz nationnal versions
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:36 -0800
From: lewisda@tuns.ca (Dave)
Subject: [*] Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras 1.3.2
Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras 1.3.2
Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras is a set resources for Kaleidoscope.
Kaleidoscope is a shareware control panel by Greg Landweber and friends.
Included in Dave's Kaleidoscope Extras are four original color schemes, a
desktop pattern, desktop PICT and a couple of other goodies. The color
schemes included are called Kronos, Lake Road, Mercury and Mondrian. Kronos
is a graphite colored hi-tech scheme. This scheme is similar to Eclipse but
was made more "Hi-Tech" like by adding "Hi-Tech" titlebar buttons, scroll
arrows, scroll thumbs and recolored menus based on screenshots of the
"Hi-Tech" MacOS 8 theme. Mercury is a silver colored scheme with lots of
nice shiny buttons. Lake Road is a dark forest green scheme for that
outdoorsie look. Mondrian, inspired by the De Stijl artist of the same
name, is a grey scheme that uses primary red yellow and blue for buttons.
Version 1.3.2 of Dave's Kaliedoscope Extras is a minor release to address a
problem with the silver folders patch. It also has a few minor tweeks.
lewisda@tuns.ca
http://www.tuns.ca/~lewisda
David Lewis
January 1, 1997
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/dave-kaleidscope-extras-132.hqx; 303K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:45:22 -0800
From: jegues@iol.it
Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 3.0.8; disk erase/copy/verify utility
You don't have to wait for Copland to initialize disks in
background...
Disk Charmer is a neat utility that lets you conveniently erase and
copy disks, and handle disk images in DiskCopy and DiskDup+ format.
Disk Charmer lets you create larger disks: you gain 9K on 800K disks,
19K on HD disks, 1.5MB on Zips.
At least System 7 is required.
Help Balloons are everywhere.
Disk Charmer has a nice, modeless interface.
It fully supports drag&drop.
It supports the handy "Undo" feature we all know and love.
New since version 3.0.7:
* disk name truncation should be handled more gracefully when a
non-Roman script system is in use
* e=7Fject disks=8A now works with any ejectable disk, not just floppies
* linked with MoreFiles 1.4.5
New since version 3.0.6:
* disk names are properly truncated when dealing with foreign file
systems (MS-DOS, ProDOS)
* now works with Zip disks (it stopped working probably due to a change
in the Iomega Driver)
Don't forget to check out my Web pages!
=46abrizio Oddone <mailto:fab@kagi.com>
http://www.kagi.com/authors/fab/
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-308.hqx; 152K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:39 -0800
From: demos@komkon.org (Dmitry Boldyrev)
Subject: [*] DSM Player (FAT)
Enclosed is a NEW shareware mod/mtm/s3m player for Macintosh PowerPC
and 680x0: DSM Player 1.02; and FREEWARE DSM API libraries for 68K and
PPC to be used in any software at all.
=46rom the makers of MacMikMod -- now the mod player and engine with
excellent user and programming interface!
DSM Player 1.02 Features:
o Play list
o Accurate mod playing
o Digital-looking GUI
o Preferences
o Oscillscope
o Band Spectrum analyzer
o Two kinds of Linear Spectrum analyzers
o Drag-And-Drop everywhere!
DSM Engine 1.02 Features:
o C++ Easy-To-Use API
o Preloading dozens of music files into memory
o Loading MODs from: memory, resources, files
o 16/8 Bit Sampling
o Stereo/Mono/Surround Sound polyphony
o Multiple mixing freq modes
o SmatMix=81 task scheduling
o Multiple format support:
- ProTracker (MOD)
- Scream Tracker 3.xx (S3M)
- MultiTracker Module (MTM)
o Linear interpolation (for better sound quality)
o Surround sound: reverb, phase inversion, and stereo delay
Digital Sound Machine (DSM) (C) 1995-1996 Dmitry Boldyrev.
DSM Player (C) 1996 Dmitry Boldyrev.
CodeWarrior 9 FAT libraries, headers and example program included.
Sample song included.
Enjoy.
Dmitry Boldyrev
Dmitry Boldyrev <demos@komkon.org> | PowerPlant | http://amug.org/~demo=
s
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/dsm-player-10.hqx; 952K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:20 -0800
From: anders.larsson@mbox200.swipnet.se (Anders Larsson)
Subject: [*] Folder icons
Hi there,
When English is not my native language I hope that you are indulgent
towards my bad English. "Scanian Folders" is freeware, and it is mostly
designed for use by Swedes and Danes. The folders has pictures of the
Scanian flag, the oldest flag in Scandinavia. Scania is a Swedish province
with Danish heritage. I used ResEdit and Deluxe Folder Icon Creator to make
the icons. In the readme file you can read about the history of the flag,
or you can read about it on The Future of Scania Foundation's homepage on
URL
http://www.scania.org
Kind regards,
/Anders Larsson <anders.larsson@mbox200.swipnet.se>
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/scanian-folders.hqx; 16K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:02 -0800
From: s321477@student.uq.edu.au (Keiron Liddle)
Subject: [*] Fractals 1.0
This program generates fractals that can be saved, rendered as a three
dimensional image which can be saved.
Basically it can provide an image that can be coloured how you like and
saved or dragged to the desktop.
Also avaliable at http://student.uq.edu.au/~s321477/Fractals.html
Keiron Liddle
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/fractals-10.hqx; 698K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:45:43 -0800
From: mkb@cs.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: [*] FreePPP Password Decoder
I wanted to move my AT&T Worldnet account from FreePPP to OT/PPP,
but ran in to a problem: the Worldnet software automatically
configures the account and password info for FreePPP and never
tells you what they are. I spent an afternoon playing with the
FreePPP Preferences file, figuring out how to decrypt the password
info, and whipped up this little program, which will display all
of your FreePPP accounts and passwords. Useful if you want to move
accounts to a different computer, merge accounts, or switch to
something other than FreePPP (OT/PPP works great, by the way, and
seems a little faster).
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/free-ppp-password-decoder.hqx; 20K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:46:04 -0800
From: m603016@rhein-neckar.netsurf.de (Moritz Grund)
Subject: [*] HipHop House Rave Metal
Thats a cool sound. But you can only understand it when you speak german.
Have phun!
[Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/hip-hop-house-rave-metal.hqx; 719K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:25 -0800
From: hinks@netspace.net.au (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] HOTLINE 1.1b19 68k
HOTLINE - the coolest way to transfer files and conference with other
people on the net!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-client-11b19.hqx; 450K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:23 -0800
From: hinks@netspace.net.au (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] HOTLINE 1.1b19 PPC
HOTLINE - the coolest way to transfer files and conference with other
people on the net!
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-client-11b19-ppc.hqx; 479K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:45:30 -0800
From: hinks@netspace.net.au (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Server 1.1b19 (68K)
HOTLINE - the coolest way to transfer files and conference with other
people on the net!
The is the Server. Make sure you grab the latest client too.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-server-11b19.hqx; 302K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:28 -0800
From: hinks@netspace.net.au (Adam Hinkley)
Subject: [*] Hotline Server 1.1b19 (PPC)
HOTLINE - the coolest way to transfer files and conference with other
people on the net!
The is the Server. Make sure you grab the latest client too.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hotline-server-11b19-ppc.hqx; 319K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:31 -0800
From: jcr2@cornell.edu (John Rethorst)
Subject: [*] Johns WP File Manager 2.1
This set of enhancements for WordPerfect 3.x includes these macros that operate
on all open files or, if none are open, on all files (or aliases) in a specific
folder:
*Batch Macro Processor: run a macro on all files
*Global Find and Change: change text (and attributes) for all files
*Combine all files into a new one
plus these macros for generally more flexible and powerful file
handling:
*Frequent Filer: a dynamic menu of all files or aliases in a folder,
for quick access.
*Workset: opens all files in a folder at once.
*Save and/or print all open documents with one keystroke.
*Rename all files in a folder (append any string to existing names).
*Rename folders according to date or to day of the week - for rotating
backups or other date-relevant operations.
Free for non-commercial distribution and use. May be included on UMich
and Sumex CDs.
John Rethorst
[Archived as /info-mac/text/wp/johns-file-manager-21-wp.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:46:24 -0800
From: zold@sirius.com (Christopher R. Green)
Subject: [*] ListWrangler .03 (complete) AppleScript list helper
ListWrangler is an application built in FaceSpan, with a little hacking
thrown in. It is pollware, which means that if you use this software, I
would appreciate it if you sent me email telling me what you think of it.
What do I need to use ListWrangler?
You need AppleScript installed on your mac.
[Note: Also available, in the same archive site that offers this file, is
the ListWrangler "mini" application, which requires the FaceSpan Extension,
but is substantially smaller (about 120K versus about 1000K). Information
on where to download the FaceSpan extension is given in the "FS readme",
included in the ListWrangler folder.]
Why would I want ListWrangler?
ListWrangler is only useful if you work in AppleScript, and want a way to
manipulate large lists of strings in quick and somewhat sophisticated ways.
Using ListWrangler is almost like having "whose" clauses to use to
retrieve list (of strings) data.
Read the "readme"s!
Good luck,
Chris Green
zold@sirius.com
[Archived as /info-mac/text/list-wrangler-complete-as.hqx; 680K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:46:44 -0800
From: zold@sirius.com (Christopher R. Green)
Subject: [*] ListWrangler .03 (mini) AppleScript list helper
ListWrangler is an application built in FaceSpan, with a little hacking
thrown in. It is pollware, which means that if you use this software, I
would appreciate it if you sent me email telling me what you think of it.
What do I need to use ListWrangler?
You need AppleScript installed on your mac, and the FaceSpan extension
(version 2.1 or higher only! - information on where to download the
FaceSpan extension is given in the "FS readme", included in the
ListWrangler folder).
[Note: Also available, in the same archive site that offers this file, is
the ListWrangler "complete" application, which does not require the
FaceSpan Extension, but is substantially larger (about 1000K versus about
120K).]
Why would I want ListWrangler?
ListWrangler is only useful if you work in AppleScript, and want a way to
manipulate large lists of strings in quick and somewhat sophisticated ways.
Using ListWrangler is almost like having "whose" clauses to use to
retrieve list (of strings) data.
Read the "readme"s!
Good luck,
Chris Green
zold@sirius.com
[Archived as /info-mac/text/list-wrangler-mini-as.hqx; 117K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:11 -0800
From: etomlins@rohan.sdsu.edu (tomlinson)
Subject: [*] Loquor - a 'speaking menus' extension and control panel
Enclosed is my Stuffed, BinHexed submission of "Loquor",
version 1.0. "Loquor" is a small system extension (accessed
through a small, control panel-like application that runs on
Macintoshes that have Apple Text-to-Speech software (e. g.
MacinTalk) installed on them. With Loquor installed, the
titles and selected items of almost any application's menus
(including popup menus) will be "spoken" in a desired MacinTalk
voice.
Cheers,
- Ernest Tomlinson
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/loquor-10.hqx; 29K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:42 -0800
From: rrome@connix.com (rrome)
Subject: [*] Lord of the Deck 25 -> 26 Update
Lord of the Deck is the Macintosh deckbuilding program for
the popular card game Magic: The Gathering. It has a nice
interface, fast implementation, support for collections, testing
features, and much more.
This file updates version v2.5 to v2.6.
Changes made since v2.5
The Mirage expansion was added (however, I [the author] decided not
to spend the time summarizing the card texts, instead putting
the time into version 3.0 of the program).
Lord of the Deck requires a Macintosh running System 7.0 or
later.
Please note I am not the author. Thye author is Kirk Hedden, he may
be contacted at hedden@cs.utk.edu or look at
<http://www.cs.utk.edu/~hedden/magic.html>
where a full copy of the program is.
Romulo Romero
rrome@connix.com
[Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/lord-of-the-deck-25-to-26.hqx; 85K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:44:33 -0800
From: destross@PioneerPlanet.infi.net (Jeff Destross)
Subject: [*] Lunar View 1.1 (Viewer for moon phases)
Lunar View 1.1 is the most recent update to the popular moon phase viewing
program. Users may view the current phase of the moon or find the lunar
phase for any date and time between the years 4000 BC and 4000 AD. Text
and graphic output. Elegant interface. An excellent tool for the
professional or amateur astronomer. Requires a color Macintosh running
System 6 or later.
[Archived as /info-mac/sci/lunar-view-11.hqx; 182K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:30 -0800
From: parsec@umcsun2.umd.umich.edu (Michael Skora)
Subject: [*] MacOS 15" Startupscreen, Blue Spirals
A "StartupScreen" bearing a fancy MacOS Logo with a cool background
designed by me. It is designed for a 15" monitor at 832x624 pixels
resolution and 256 or more colours.
OK to include on the Info-Mac CD-ROM
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/mac-os-blue-spirals-screen.hqx; 344K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:24 -0800
From: woodsl@thnet.com (Steve Wood)
Subject: [*] md2sub1.3cw3
The file md2sub1.3cw3.sit.hqx is for ClarisWorks 2.1 and 3.0 only.
MATH DITTOS 2: Fact Controlled SUBTRACTION for Special Learners is a group o=
f
ClarisWorks documents designed to allow students to compute while learning t=
heir
facts. The fact bars, strips, etc. included on each page include all and
only the
facts used on the page. The worksheets are designed to be as uncluttered as
possible, with large numbers and very few problems on each page. All facts
presented in a factstrip or factbar are tested at least once on the page.
Emphasis is usually given to the newest facts. No other facts should be on t=
he
page The "zero minus zero" fact is assumed, and if necessary, should be
directly taught.
MD2:FCSfSpL is unique in that it is published as a series of computer docume=
nts,
and in that it supplies comprehensive fact support. This feature allows
students
who have not, or can not, master their facts to continue learning the=
process of
subtraction.
NEW in version 1.3:
* There are now separate versions for the ClarisWorks 2.1/3.0 file format
and the
newer ClarisWorks 4.0 format. This solves some problems with graphics and
columns
that the Claris file converters (excellent tools, by the way) couldn't quite
handle.
* Only basic Macintosh TrueType fonts are used--Times, Geneva, and Helvetica=
.
* Fact support now on ALL pages. Word Problem page facts correspond to their
worksheet counterpart.
* New, more attractive and less distracting header graphics.
* Flashcards that complement the program are included in the registered
versions only.
* A few technical corrections have been made, including correcting a few
inaccuracies in the answer sheets (ouch-hate that), rephrasing of some word
problems, and better grouping on problems.
MATH DITTOS 2: Fact Controlled SUBTRACTION for Special Learners is=
protected by
U.S. Copyright registration, =A91995 Steven L. Wood. The "distribution
version" may
be freely copied and distributed in its original form with all accompanying
documentation. Registered users are granted the right to modify these materi=
als
for their own use only. Registered users may also generate paper copies for
their
own individual classroom use. Distribution to a whole staff, school, or
system is
prohibited. Volume discounts and site licenses are available.
This distribution version may be reposted only in its entirity.
swood@kagi.com
http:members.aol.com/SWood91617/welcome.html
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/math-dittos-2-sub-cw3.hqx; 594K]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 02:47:14 -0800
From: jeffz@inch.com (Jeffrey Zeldman)
Subject: [*] Pardon My Icon Folders
Replace those drab default folder icons -- or tired Copland and (wanna)Be
folder icons -- with fifteen swingin' icon folders adapted from the "Pardon
My Icons" collection at http://www.zeldman.com/icon.html.
Requires System 7.0 or higher. Free! More to come.
JEFFREY ZELDMAN PRESENTS http://www.zeldman.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/pardon-my-icons-97-01.hqx; 39K]
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Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:08:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott <THOMAS09@SNYCORVA.CORTLAND.EDU>
Subject: ? Running Netware on DOS compat card
I am trying to run Netware on a Power Macintosh 6100/66
with DOS compatibility card.
The only problem I forsee is that I need a driver for the eithernet
card.
I read once that using softwindows and trying to run netware you
needed etherspc.com as the driver.
That doesn't seem to work here.
Any Ideas???
Thanks
Scott Thomas -- Macintosh Support - SUNY Cortland
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 21:48:56 +0100
From: Martin Jourdan <Martin.Jourdan@inria.fr>
Subject: [Q] Installing 2nd internal IDE drive on a Perf. 6205?
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Paul Bickford <bickford@jimmy.harvard.edu> wrote:
>I was trying (and failing) to install a 2nd internal IDE drive on my
>Performa 6205, and was wondering:
> a) is it possible?
No. The Apple IDE interface is a bit crippled and can support only one drive.
BTW, since this is cc'ed to the list, does anyone know whether is it the
same for the internal IDE interface in Power Computing's PowerBase or
Lotorola's StarMax Mac clones ?
Martin Jourdan
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Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 12:35:44 -0500
From: cnt1@psu.edu (Norman Turrill)
Subject: Answer: MS Exchange Client for Macintosh says NT Exchange server not
available
Thanks to those who replied to this problem. The two proposed solution
were not correct, but were helpful because they provided a clue as to what
the problem really was.
The problem was that the Exchange NT server was named differently in our
Domain Name Server (DNS) and in the NT WINS. In DNS it was named MSG01 and
in WINS it was named PSUHMC_MSG01. The Exchange client on our Macintosh
could get connected to the server using the DNS name (MSG01) for the
purpose of checking the mailbox name; however, it then stores the NT WINS
Exchange server name (PSUHMC_MSG01) in the "Microsoft Exchange Server"
properties within the client. It seems to later use this WINS name (rather
than the DNS name, MSG01, that we entered into the properties initially) to
locate the Exchange server. Since the Macintosh Open Transport uses
standard DNS name resolution and not the non-standard WINS, it could not
find the Exchange server and could not open the mailbox.
The (temporary) solution was to add the following record to the DNS to
provide an alias:
PSUHMC_MSG01 CNAME MSG01.HMC.PSU.EDU
Thanks again for your replies. I always appreciate the helpfulness of
USENET readers.
Regards,
Norman Turrill
The orginal posting was:
We installed the Microsoft Exchange Client for Macintosh application v. 4.0 on
a Power Macintosh running under System 7.5.5 and Open Transport 1.1.2 using the
TCP/IP protocol (not AppleTalk). However, we can't get it to read mail from
the Exchange server (SP2) running on Windows NT 4.0.
We can ping the server IP address OK. In the Microsoft Exchange Server
properties, we can enter the server name and the user mailbox name and push the
"Check Name" button, and it seems to find the mailbox just fine, because it
changes the server and mailbox names from the aliases to the full names and
underlines them. This same user mailbox works just fine from a Windows 95
Exchange client.
However, when we start the client application, a dialog box error is displayed
saying:
"Your Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable.
"You can retry connecting to the server using the network, or work
offline and connect using dial-up networking.
"Network problems are preventing connection to the Microsoft
Exchange Server computer. Contact your system administrator if this
condition persists."
The client then continues and gets other dialog error messages indicating that
the server mail folders are not accessible.
Any ideas on what is wrong?
Norman Turrill, Advanced Project Engineer
email: cnt1@psu.edu voicemail: 717-531-4435 faxmail: 717-531-5441
snailmail: Information Technology Dept.
Penn State Hershey Medical Center; PO Box 850; Hershey PA 17033
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:38:26 -0500
From: daiyanh@mindspring.com (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCR2s4NkJnQkBPOhsoQg==?=)
Subject: Can anyone run Britannica CD?
I have a similar problem with my BCD '95, though not as bizarre as yours.
I've been bugging Britannica for over a year (!) regarding this problem.
The replies have been all very courteous, but I had hoped they fixed the
problem. Now I'm rather shocked to learn that they have not only failed to
fix it, but also made it even worse with the new version.
Whatever, the culprit in this problem with BCD '95 is the Britannica
Engine. I suspect that's also the case in yours. Under System 7.5 and
7.5.1, my B Engine works fine. But under System 7.5.3 and 7.5.5, it
doesn't work under normal conditions. By 'normal,' I mean without virtual
memory. If I turn VM on, then B Engine works fine. The Britannica company
blames Apple for this anomaly, as usual. So, my suggestion is to give it a
try with virtual memory on. Who knows? I might just work. Sorry if it
doesn't. At any rate, I'll join you on the bandwagon.
OBTW, what happens in my case is this: The program instruction in B Engine
jumps to the ASCII text just retrieved. If you didn't get it the first
time, I repeat: The program instruction in B Engine jumps to the ASCII text
just retrieved. Well, jus' in case, how 'bout this: The program
instruction in B Engine jumps to the ASCII text just retrieved! That's
what happens in my case. All those weird errors, therefore, come from CPU
executing the ASCII texts. (And what's more surprising, those ASCII texts
make pretty good machine instructions. Er, on 68k that is. Don't know a
thing about PPC assembly language :-() I've seen this kind of errors on
early Mac apps, but not recently, at least for last 7, 8 years until this
one. Though these old errors mostly came from stack overflows, I still
can't figure out this one. Seems to be much more complicated. Mac OS has
changed a lot since '84, you know. One last comment: B Engine was compiled
with Think C. I've seen some apps compiled with this that crash on certain
models of Macs.
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 17:48:39 CET
From: Nerino Fracasso <MC2676@mclink.it>
Subject: Italian mac mailing list
Ciao, an italian mac mailing list has been open.
If anybody wants to enroll the list this is the mode:
send mail without subject, with
subscribe Mac
in the body to majordomo@agonet.it
For any informations send mail to Blue@Mac.lover.org
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Ciao, e' appena stata aperta una mailing list per mac in italiano.
Se qualcuno si vuole iscrivere basta spedire una mail senza soggetto, con
subscribe Mac
nel corpo all'indirizzo majordomo@agonet.it
Per maggiori informazioni potete contattare il curatore all'indirizzo
Blue@Mac.lover.org
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Saluti a tutti
Nero
--- MacPress 2.2.Odev3-reg -> Nerino Fracasso
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 07:32:53 -0600 (CST)
From: mark.evans@midplains.net (Mark Evans)
Subject: LC II expansion/CD-Rom/external HD
Collective wisdom:
Santa did not bring a new mac or a winning lottery ticket, so I'm delaying
the obvious by expanding my trusty old LC II.
I've maxed the Ram and now I think I should expand the HD memory.
1) Any suggestions on types/makes/models of external HD's in the reasonable
range?
2) How about external CD-Rom drives? Makes/models? The manual details how
to daisy chain these devices together. Can any circa LC users lend their
experiences on this?
A friend tells me I can do both items for around $100 each. Really?
Post to me or the list. Thanks (in advance)!
mark
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terry Gwenn <sac40997@saclink.csus.edu>
Subject: Mac Classic list
Hello all,
Could someone tell me how to subscribe to the List for Mac Classic users.
Thank you in advance.
Terry
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 97 17:50:56 +0000
From: "Rick D. Wintheiser" <rickw@individual.eunet.pt>
Subject: PC Fonts on Mac?
I am using a custom written accounting package in SoftWindows 3.0. When I
go to print (we're in Portugal using special characters) all the nice
"boxes" drawn by the font come back messed up and many of the characters
do not display their correct accents. This often occurs using Excel in
Windoze and then taking the file to Excel in the Mac too. Any ideas on
how to change this? Thanks
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Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 13:15:18 -0600
From: bklemm@uh.edu (Bill Klemm)
Subject: POWER COMPUTING related mailing list
There is a new mailing list that may be of interest to
any who owns a Power Computing Power Center or any
Power Computing model.
subscribe:
majordomo@orpheus.music.uh.edu
(first line of text) subscribe powercenter
address problems or questions to bklemm@uh.edu (list owner)
If interest grows, more Power Computing lists will be started.
--
Bill Klemm <bklemm@uh.edu> http://www.music.uh.edu/~bklemm/
University of Houston
finger:bklemm@orpheus.music.uh.edu for PGP public key
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:28:24 -0600
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: Prices for used Macs
At 8:28 PM -0800 1/6/97, Jon Froines wrote:
>Hi there. Does anyone know where I can find information on pricing some
>used Macs for sale? Maybe a sort of "blue book" for Macs like cars have?
The Used Computer Exchange:
<http://www.uce.com/>
Another source would be to do a DejaNews search for these models in the
*.forsale.* groups, which would give you some data points on what exaclty
people are asking for various configs.
<http://www.dejanews.com/>
chazl
01.08.97
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 97 01:27:17
From: "zws.com System Administrator" <sysadm@zws.com>
Subject: Software for IMPACT 030
I was just introduced to this digest by a Mac-pal and it seems the
ideal place to [re-]ask this question:
I'm looking for the enabling software for an Extreme Systems IMPACT 030
accelerator (that's an LC-PDS 32MHz 68030 w/optional 68882). I bought
one secondhand and without the software it's just a lump with lots of
pins 8-( If someone can point me to an ftp site that has this software,
or can email me a copy [stuffited, I receive my mail on a PC], I would
be extremely grateful!
-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards [Team OS/2]
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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 00:12:00 -0500
From: prr@soundcity.net (Stan Davis Potopa)
Subject: Souping up a 660 AV
Hi, Mac experts! Tell me if I'm crazy or not...
I've owned a 660AV for two years now, and am quite satisfied with it. It
has and oes everything I need. I'm expanding my audio production studio,
and, of course, have been haunted on the decision to upgrade. I realize
that Apple has essentially abandoned the machine, and in the next few years
68K Macs will fade into the sunset. But, since I like this baby so much,
I'm considering souping it up:
1) Adding maximum physical memory
2) Adding an accelerator card and/or upgrading the motherboard
3) Adding digital audio I/O
I think it's a very operable solution, but others say I should go Power
Mac/PCI. I'd like comments from anyone on the list; additionally, any
thoughts on further improvements would be welcome. My main practical
applications are Deck II and Adobe Premiere, with heavy use of Internet
Apps, QuarkXPress and Claris Works. Feel free to e-mail me privately.
P. S.: I'm also led to believe that the modem port speed on a 660AV is
higher than other 68K Macs. Is this true? And if it is, why can't I get
FreePPP to allow the use of the 230 kbps setting?
Thank you.
Stan Davis Potopa
PRR Communications
2410 18th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-2534
(814) 942-4504
prr@soundcity.net
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:28:58 -0600
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: VM performance
>I am shocked! Do you mean to say that I get a performance GAIN by turning
>on VM? In what way? My Performa 6400/180 gets slower when I turn on VM. IS
>this then another problem with my mac? (I was a PC-user only last year...
>8)
It depends on how you use VM. If you enable VM, set it to 1Mb over real
RAM, and don't make great use of that extra megabyte, thereby eliminating
or minimizing actual paging to disk, then you may see a modest performance
gain, due to the improved memory handling this allows for PowerPC native
apps. If you use 68K apps on your PowerPC machine, you won't see this.
If you set VM to expand your actual memory by quite a bit, and actually try
to use that memory, thereby maximizing disk paging, performance will suffer
a great deal.
If you actually use VM, performance will suffer. There's no question about
that. The fastest hard disk can't compare with real RAM. However, by
turning on VM at its minimal setting, and then not really making use of it,
you gain the enhanced memory management that VM allows, and avoid the
disk-paging hit.
This is certainly not going to be a significant perfromance enhancement,
but it is present.
>BTW. Is there any software out there that can help me "streamline" my mac?
>I'v fallen for the all too easy "just drop it on the system folder" and my
>computer crawls at times.
There's Spring Cleaning by Aladdin.
>(Not to mention that the whole system halts when
>the ppp-connection is established,
Try OT/PPP, which can dial in the background if you manually initiate the
connection.
>printing is halted when applications
>start,
Nothing to do about this until Rhapsody.
>fonts need to be supplied in two formats (screen and printer)
There's always TrueType.
chazl
01.08.97
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Date: Thu, 09 Jan 97 09:12:50 BST
From: Ian.Goldby@powertech.co.uk
Subject: Wanting help with CodeWarrior
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post a query like this - I can't access
Usenet.
I've had a problem with CodeWarrior that the support team at Metrowerks have
not been particularly helpful about, but which I am sure must be a problem
others have experienced too. My first question is: other than the Usenet
newsgroups which I can't access (we have a firewall), where can I find an
internet forum where I can post and answer questions on CodeWarrior? (I'd
rather not subscribe to another listserv because I have to keep my quantity
of incoming email low.)
My second question is in case anyone reading this knows the answer to my
specific query. Many ANSI C compilers include the non-ANSI getche() function
which is a non-line-buffered version of getchar(). Unfortunately,
CodeWarrior doesn't have this. So how do I read a single character from the
keyboard from the SIOUX window without having to wait for <return> to be
pressed? (Simple please - I'm not onto the Mac Toolbox yet!)
I asked Metrowerks support about this, and they said that they don't support
the getche() function, but will suggest it to the software engineers. But
there MUST be a simple way I can solve this now.
Many thanks in anticipation.
Ian Goldby
ian.goldby@powertech.co.uk
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 16:58:24 GMT
From: Pascal.Gaulin@cambridge.simoco.com (Pascal Gaulin 6335)
Subject: What can I do with QuickDraw GX?
Happy New Year to all of you!
I'll start 1997 with a rather philosophical question:
Since I installed System 7.5 a couple of years ago, I've got QuickDraw GX
running on my PowerBook 520c.
Now, I read several comments either on the net or in some MAC magazines about
the uncertainties of a future for this system extension.
Also, I only have 12 Mb of RAM, among which 5 are already used by the system
(7.5.5) and a very few third party extensions (GV modem, Claris Works, ...).
Now, I wish to install Open Transport for future Internet use. This will
probably need more memory while QuickDraw GX and its associated component
ColorSync take about 1 Mo...
I thought I was going to get rid of QuickDraw GX. The procedure is to scrap the
current fonts and restore the ones which are archived in the system folder. But
then I noticed I only have _ONE_ font archived. Where have gone the others???
Have they been scraped by the succesive system updates??? Shall I call Agent
Mulder?? I'm lost...
What do you guys think about that:
Is QuickDraw GX a must or can I live without it?
Do you personnally use it and why?
Is it worth the trouble to get rid of it and try to recover the lost fonts?
How would you do that, by the way?
Any help, advices and comments appreciated, thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Pascal.
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 19:33:28 +0100
From: pcardon@club-internet.fr (Pascal CARDON)
Subject: Yooz nationnal versions
Today, my program Yooz is registred by users in more than 17 countries
over the world, but this program is actually only available in
English or French language.
To be able to get more and more users, I want to create many
versions of my products in many native languages, ie. German, Italian,
Spanish ...
This project could applied to my other products like SPY,
POWEROFF SCHEDULER, DOCTRACKER ... generaly available in INFOMAC
archives.
Sure that, it would'nt be possible to create a specific version for
every languages, sure also that I will not be able to have an updated
version in all languages each time I make a new version of my products.
You can help me if you know english or french AND another language.
You sould be able to use a ressource editor tool like RESEDIT.
If you want to help me, please send me a mail !
Thank you ...
--
My HOME PAGE (direct access to Yooz)
http://www.club-internet.fr/membres/pcardon
(Pascal CARDON --FRANCE--)
Mon programme Yooz compte des utilisateurs enregistres dans 17 pays
differents, mais celui n'existe aujourd'hui qu'en version Francaise
et Anglaise.
Afin d'atteindre un nombre plus grand d'utilisateurs, j'envisage de
creer plusieurs versions de mes programmes dans differentes langues
comme par exemple l'Allemand, l'Italien, l'Espagnol, le Portugais ...
Ce projet peut aussi s'appliquer a chacun de mes autres produits tels
que SPY, POWEROFF SCHEDULER, DOCTRACKER ... generalement disponibles
sur les archives INFOMAC
Il n'est pas certain que je puisse realiser des versions dans toutes
les langues, il n'est pas certain non plus que toutes les mises a jour
sortent a chaque fois dans toutes les langues retenues.
Si vous maitrisez une autre langue, en plus de l'Anglais ou du Francais
et si vous savez manipuler un editeur de ressource comme RESEDIT, vous
pouvez m'aider. Si vous etes volontaire n'hesitez pas a me contacter !
MERCI D'AVANCE
--
My HOME PAGE (direct access to Yooz)
http://www.club-internet.fr/membres/pcardon
(Pascal CARDON --FRANCE--)
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