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| /\ __//\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \__/ Community |
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| \/____/\/_/\/_/\/_/\/____/ Volume #05 10/07/96 |
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This file is best viewed in BBEdit 4.0.1, Monoco Size 9.
--------------------- Welcome to the NEW EMC! Back from its death in early
Word From The Editor: 1996, we plan on having this be a year-long project.
--------------------- EMC now has its own distribution site, as this will
get the information spread out to the entire community
a lot faster than before. We will also have a distribution bot floating
around irc. Distribution information can be found in the next section of this
issue.
EMC's purpose is to inform any elite Macintosh users in the community of all
new releases, tricks, tactics, what-have-you. There are sections dedicated
to new programs, new games, new software features, and other informational
pieces from authors.
DO NOTE: I, or any other authors of EMC will NOT support Microsloth products
for the Macintosh. I will not write any articles regarding "cool" MS
software, because no such thing exists.
Please distribute this file to other elite sites, and check back on our web
page for new monthly issues.
- Freakman
¥ Thanks to: ¥
Wackadoo - for providing a website for NTBBS and EMC, and for all of your
other 31337 skills. ;)
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EMC Distribution:
¥ WWW: http://altitude.firsttech.com/ntbbs/emc.html
¥ FTP:
¥ IRC: EFNet - #emc - nick: emcCTCP
(/ctcp emcCTCP xdcc send #N N=Volume #)
¥ E-mail: If you would like to become a part of the EMC mailing list,
please send e-mail to freakman@altitude.firsttech.com. When
new issues are released, you will be sent a compressed archive
of the newest EMC.
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EMC is for informational purposes only and takes no responsibility for
actions its readers take.
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1. Warez - Week in Review.............This month's hot releases
2. Games - News & Reviews.............This month's games & their ratings.
3. Articles...........................Articles, Advice, and the like.
4. Internet...........................What's happening on the scene.
5. Ads................................For Sale, BBS Ads, urls, etc.
6. Closing............................Monthly wrap-up
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* Releases for the Month *
(file sizes are listed in the archive's compressed state)
[--------- File Name ----------] [- Size -] [- File Type -]
AppleInternetMailServer 2.0a8 351 kb Commercial
Claris Organizer 2.0 3.0 mb Commercial
Drive Setup 1.1 156 kb Freeware
HackersHelperOct96 293 kb Private
HackUserOct96 98 kb Private
InformantÆOctober 195 kb Private
LaserWriter 8.4.1 4 mb Freeware
LaundroMac 1.1.1 176 kb Commercial
Marathon Anvil/Forge 1.0fc2 1.3 mb Freeware
PowerBookPassword killer 78 kb Private
OpenTransport 1.1.1b8c7 2.2 mb Freeware
OT/PPP 1.01c9 2.1 mb Freeware
SAM 4.5 1.7 mb Commercial
ShadowBot1.0tr36 137 kb Shareware
Scripter 2.0 624 kb Commercial
Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 --> 4.0.1 663 kb Commercial
SpeedDoubler 1.3.1 176 kb Commercial
System 7.5.5 Update 3.0 mb Freeware
The SN# Gen 1.1.5 59 kb Private
Virtual Pool 1.0 [k] 98 kb Private
Warper + [k] 624 kb Commercial
WordPerfect 3.5.2 Updater 1.9 mb Commercial
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* Releases for the Month *
(file sizes are listed in the archive's compressed state)
[--------- File Name ----------] [- Size -] [- File Type -]
Virtual Pool 1.1 mb Commercial
Warcraft II 30+ mb Commercial
Warcraft II Expansion Pack 566 kb Commercial
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¥ Macintosh IRC Bots ¥
After wasting a night of studying in search of a stable, functioning,
still supported Macintosh IRC Bot, I came across a bot called
ShadowBot, created by John Bafford.
ShadowBot, to my surpise, was still being worked on by John Bafford,
and only after two days of testing there was a new beta available
for downloading.
I had tested QwertyBot, StealthBot, SeekerBot, and a few others, all
to find dissapointing. A few of them were ripoffs of original code
from an older Mac irc bot. Non of them were stable, most would
freeze after changing a few things in the preferences. ShadowBot
is extremely stable.
ShadowBot is very similar to setting up a BBS. You create a userlist,
and each user can have different access levels on the bot. I won't go
into detail on access levels, but there is also an extensive shitlist
that you can create--very helpful when dealing with a channel filled
with lamers.
If you are interested in running a bot on IRC, check out ShadowBot's
homepage at: http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~jbafford/shadowbot/
Here you will find an e-mail address for support for registered users,
links to pages that list servers that support IRC bots, and a few other
helpful things. As of now, John Bafford is developing a page for
ShadowBot scripts.
¥ Ircle 2.6 Pre Releases ¥
Having trouble with the alpha release of Ircle? Join the crowd. It seems
as if after 2.6a16, the program went to hell. 2.6a19 and 2.6a20 don't
have functioning DCC transfers. If you're looking for a stable version of
2.6, find 2.6a16 somewhere and get an SN# for it. You'll be pleased.
Ircle 2.6a16 sometimes has trouble opening multipel channels, but this is
occasionally. I won't go into detail on new features of Ircle, but fealt
it was necessary to provide this info to anyone testing out pre-release
versions of 2.6. For the latest versions of Ircle, get them from the
homepage: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle
¥ Kaleidescope 1.0b5 ¥
Looking to give your Mac that always wanted custom look? Here's your
answer. K-scope is a control panel with Greg's Buttons and Aaron built
in, and with a few new features. There are (currently) 4 different
color schemes that you can choose from. However, the author is not
distributing any inforamtion on how to make your own color scheme (why,
we do not know). An SN# should be floating around so that you can
get rid of the annoying shareware message at startup, aside from that,
get it from their homepage:
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/">Greg's Homepage
¥ HTML Development ¥
Time and time again I hear, "What is the best HTML program?" Simpletext.
However, Simpletext has a 32k barrier for files, if a file exceeds that
length, Simpletext will no longer open it. This calls for BBEdit 4.0.1.
Not only is BBEdit 4.0.1 a basic text editor, it has several short cut
buttons in a separate menu for HTML developement. Very slick, and very
handy for commands that are a pain in the ass to conintually type.
¥ Warper + [k] ¥
This sweet pre-release ware allows for customizing of your Mac's desktop,
menus, menu bar, trash can icon, and system sounds. Very cool desktop
patterns, and the final version is supposed to have four times the amount
of patterns to choose from.
As of now, there are about a dozen different 'themes' you can choose from,
and the really cool feature of this ware is that it blends the desktop
pattern theme into the menu bar--no more one flat color, you actually get
part of the background in the menu bar! What's also cool about this
program is that it allows you to customize the menu bar by picking any
pattern you want, without having to select a desktop patter. You can also
choose between system sounds, folder icons, trash can icons, and Apple
icons (in the menu bar).
If you see this ware, get it! It's somewhat compatible with
Kaleidoscope. The menu bar patterns, trash can icons, and Apple Menu
icons stay the same in all applications, but Kaleidoscope takes control of
pull down menu colors and highlighting colors in any open applications.
It's cool to mix and match Kaliedoscope themes with Warper themes, try it
out!
¥ System 7.6 (aka Harmony) ¥
To clear things up with this System 7.6 thing, here you go, lamers:
- Yes, it will work on a 68k mac. Remember, System 8 is
going to be PPC native?
- No, it's not stable yet. It's due out in January of 1997,
you can figure out how early it really is in its testing
stages.
- Should you run it on your Mac? No. Unless you want to
deal with something completely unstable. It's stupid to
play around with pre-release system software, especially
system software that's still in its developer release
stages. Do not run it unless you have another HD that you
can spare to run this version of the OS on.
¥ System 7.5.5 ¥
Several people in #macfilez have complained that System 7.5.5 is
completely unstable/unreliable. I find this hard to believe. I'm
running it successfully on a 7600/120. Of course, I don't have
hundreds of lame extensions in the way of my system. Here's a few
suggestions of what you should use to get System 7.5.5 up and
running successfully:
- Format your HD with HDT 2.0.1
- Install System 7.5.3 with Unity. Do a *complete* install
on a freshly formatted HD.
- Update to System 7.5.5
- Update your LaserWriter software to 8.4.1
- Update Colorsync to v2.1 GM
- Update OpenTransport to v1.1.1b8c7
- Use MacSLIP 3.0.4 or FreePPP 2.5v2 for SLIP/PPP connections
- Check your system with Norton 3.2.1 or MacTools 4.0.4
- Update Stuffit Deluxe to v4.0.1
- Install Data Recovery Toolkit 2.0.3
- Install SpeedDoubler 1.3.1
The above is basically a guaranteed safe and stable system, no
matter who you are. I've run the above setup on a 7600 and
a 6100 without any problems, I suggest you do the same.
¥ Finder Copying & Related Utils ¥
SpeedCopy 1.3.1 - A good idea, but still needs a lot of work.
Maybe this will be cool once everything is native and the
System is actually good at doing multiple copies at once, but
for now, I'll keep my regular Finder copying than let
SpeedCopy eat up my files. There are still several
incompatibilities with SpeedCopy 1.3.1.
Aladdin's Copy Util - Was cool at first, but proved to be a tad
bit on the slow side. Aladdin's Desktop Utils were cool
when it was originally called SpeedyFinder. Unfortunately,
those days have passed.
Finder Copy - This is, hands down, the fastest way to copy files
to a floppy disk. But who uses floppies anymore? Most copy
utils take advantage of using the control-drag method to
temporarily disable the copy util.
CopyDoubler 2.0.7 - Aside from featuring this copy program in
issue #2, I'm going to take back what I originally said. Copy
Doubler has several useful features, one that is really helpful
when doing HUGE network copies--copy verification. This has
saved my ass several times when copying large quantities of
files from HD <-> Syquest, HD <-> Zip, HD <-> Jazz, or HD <->
HD on a network. It even has scheduled copying times, and the
latest version is enhanced for the PCI Macs--very slick.
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What's new on the scene:
¥ MacKali ¥
A very cool control panel with a lot of potential. With the Kali server,
you are able to play network games with other Macintosh users over the
internet! I haven't tried this out yet, but obviously speed is the most
important concern and whether or not these games will actually be able
to be played with all the usage the server will be getting.
For those of you who have tried it, send us a message and let us know
how it works and which games work the best! You can check out the MacKali