Date: Fri, 20 May 94 10:35:28 PDT From: The Info-Mac Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #76 To: info-mac-list Info-Mac Digest Fri, 20 May 94 Volume 12 : Issue 76 Today's Topics: [*] 500 Cards v0.9.3 [*] Alice 2.4b2; offline xrs, qwk, bluewave reader [*] Amtrak North East Corridor schedules [*] Animorpher 1.0 [*] Castles:S&C Crowning Guide [*] ChunkJoiner 1.1; Join a group of files into one [*] credits-display-101-updt.hqx; hc credit dialog updater [*] csmp-digest-v3-027 [*] csmp-digest-v3-028 [*] Delete MerryXmas; HyperCard Merry Xmass info and killer [*] demo - StoneTable; List manager dropin replacement [*] dialog-display-20.hqx; hc windowing software [*] Disk Charmer 1.4.7; Prevents writing w/out password [*] DiskLocker 1.0v1; Write lock a disk with password [*] DiskLocker; Write lock disks with password [*] FaberFinder 4.1.2 [*] fracppc10b1.hqx; Mandelbrot Set Generator for PPC [*] FrontDoor v1.1.7; Network access control [*] GTQ Scripting Lib; 65 AppleScript extensions [*] Halma 1.0 (source code); Solitare like game [*] Halma 1.0; (solitare like board game) [*] Hellcats/Leyte FAQ, Version 2.5 [*] Hex Keyboard [*] HyperGrapher v1.0' [*] LifeMaker 2.1 Cellular Automata Program [*] MacHTTP 1.3 [*] Macintosh Models List (mac/misc/documentation/macfactstwo940516.txt) [*] Macintosh screensaver Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) v2.1 [*] Midi Typer 1.0 [*] More Electronic Greeting Cards [*] Morph 2.01 PPC updater [*] nancys-textures-grp-5.hqx [*] Notebook Maker; Convert text into stand alone application [*] PowerBook Insomnia v.3.2; Helps 'memory-effect' on batteries [*] Right On Time 2.6 [*] ScriptRunner1.04; Run scripts [*] SetupPartitions 1.0.3; Hard partition Apple SC disks [*] Slot Machine v1.0; a HyperCard based game [*] Solution for 'The Journeyman Project' [*] Sounds Helper 11v1; Play sounds in background, rec long sounds [*] speedometer-powerbook520sit.hqx; Blackbird performance [*] Speedometer 4.0.sea (Fat Binary) [*] Spheres!; place pipes, balls in the holes game [*] Strange Ways #9 for mac [*] Symbionts 2.4.1; Detailed info on loaded extensions [*] Symbionts 2.4.1; Update -- info on loaded extensiosn [*] Telnet2.6.1d1 Source Code [*] Tiggr's Clock 1.0 [*] Timekeeper 3.1 demo; track time spent on projects [*] UnderWare 1.0->1.0.1 updater [*] UUParser 1.72 [*] Word StdFile Color Icon Patch; Add color icons to file dialog [*] xupdater-101v2.hqx; Update software Perspectives xcmd/xcmds (Q) Disk capacity limits - 80MB just ain't enough! [FWD] [D[D[DApparent Bug in System Update 3.0 Accellerators + Frame Buffers for SE An alternative to MountImage1.2b2 Application monitor? Book available for MPW? (A) Calendar CD-Rom Setup DataScan equivalent [A] Email for Daynafile makers (q) File Server Shut Down ??? GL viewer for the mac Info-Mac Digest V12 #75 InterSLIP Invisible name Laserwriter NT Repair Mosaic (Q) NEC SW 2 90 toner cartridges Networking Problems NisusWriter 4.0 PB100 Battery lifetime? Power User CD-ROM Printer Selection without Chooser (R) problems with System update 3.0 (C) Problem with ZTerm Quadra 605 on an inverter (A) Re-MountImage1.2b2.warning Record Button Soft-PC and MS-DOS Kermit SuperATM Conflicts with Network Connection? Help! SURGE ARREST Unable to access mailto: links using NCSA Mosaic Wanted: Drag & Drop text encryption (A) Why is DayStar PPC card so expensive? (R) Yamaha Speaker Problems (Q) The Info-Mac newsgroup is moderated by Bill Lipa, Gordon Watts and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac archives are available (by using FTP, account anonymous, any password) in the info-mac directory on sumex-aim.stanford.edu [36.44.0.6]. Help files and indices are in /info-mac/help. Mail articles for inclusion in the digest to info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send binaries to be placed in the archives to macgifts@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. Send administrative mail to info-mac-request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 14:41:36 +1300 From: COBOhoLic! Subject: [*] 500 Cards v0.9.3 500_Cards version 0.9.3 - This release replaces all previous versions. 500_Cards pits you and your computer partner against an all computer partnership in that favourite ol' card game; 500 - first team to 500 wins (or first to -500 looses!). I'll avoid making any grand promises about the computer players abilities - they're okay but can/will be improved. The card-table window fits snuggly on a 9" monitor though more recent macs get the advantage of colour! New in this release: * Added a LEVEL menu which allows you to select how 'confident' the computer players are. There are four levels: Safe, Brave, Reckless & Frenzied. The default is Safe and previous versions played just to the brave side of safe. * Computer player bidding is (re)balanced to get them away from going no trumps all-the-time. (I think I've finally got the balance about right, comments?) * Reworked the main event loop to speed up the computer players. Much Better. * Fixed a couple of graphics and GUI consistency problems. * Edited the ReadMe! file using SimpleText - if you don't have it then get the new Hardware System Update (version 3) from Apple. (NOT me!) The good news - I've tested this game on a Classic, a Colour Classic and a LC475 (all running Syst7) and the thing works just fine. Macs running System 6 (but with _WaitNextEvent) should also be fine. The better news - I've fixed the problem with PowerMacs (heck - it looked like 8bit colour to me but 16bit+ colour offworlds need more memory than the game has). 500 runs fine on at least a 6100, though you could mistakenly think the computer players are playing Snap! given how fast they throw down their cards!!! (Hmm, I might have to slow the game down for the PowerMacs...) Denis A. Birnie [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/500-cards-093.hqx; 41K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 11:06:49 -0500 From: ehfm@midway.uchicago.edu (Eric Hoffmann) Subject: [*] Alice 2.4b2; offline xrs, qwk, bluewave reader This archive contains the latest incarnation of Alice, an offline .XRS, .QWK, or BlueWave reader. Alice may also be combined with a FidoNet mailer program (Charon/Formula One) to form a complete Macintosh FidoNet "Point" setup. Alice is not yet fully compatible with the Power Macs. Please go over the "Read Me" files for additional changes as well as information on configuring the new BlueWave option. Shareware $15 Author: Michael Keller of "Mine Design" [Archived as /info-mac/comm/alice-24b2.hqx; 800K] ------------------------------ Date: 17 May 94 11:10:00 EDT From: "MATTHEW MITCHELL" Subject: [*] Amtrak North East Corridor schedules These are two text-format files containing the complete May 1994 schedules for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains. You can open them with a spreadsheet or database program to get the schedule for trains in your area. Data entered by Dennis Rockwell and edited by Matthew Mitchell The authors assume no responsibility for errors and omissions, but we have tried to check it carefully. Amtrak schedules are subject to change without notice. Call 1-800-USA-RAIL for current information. A project of the members of The Railroad List, rec.railroad, and the Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers, PO Box 7505, Philadelphia, PA 19101. A complete set of Amtrak timetables in 75-column text format, suitable for including on Gopher systems, will be released very soon. Contact for information. Compressed with Compactor: may be freely distributed as long as they remain in complete form with the README file attached. Permission to include in Info-Mac CD-ROM granted, but these files are expected to be outdated in November 1994. [Archived as /info-mac/info/nms/amtrak-nec-schedule.hqx; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 10:34:41 -0400 From: jtc1@cornell.edu (John T. Chapman) Subject: [*] Animorpher 1.0 [I am not the author of this, but am passing it on to Internet sites with author's permission. This file is _only_ useful to users of Ray Dream Designer 3.x. - John] Animorpher (C) 1994 by Michael Frazier. Shareware $25. Snipped from ReadMe file: >Animorpher (C) will allow you to do animation and three dimensional morphing >with Ray Dream Designer (C) 3.0.x. It takes two keyframes you create in >Designer and calculates the between frames. You then render the frames >using the Designer batch queue. Animorpher (C) is not a plug-in. It is a >separate application that operates on Designer documents. Enjoy! [Note to moderators: please post in Macintosh graphics or 3d graphics utilities area.] [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/animorpher-10.hqx; 165K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 11:42:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "POU LEE (THE MUG@UH FELLOW)" Subject: [*] Castles:S&C Crowning Guide A Crowning Guide to Castles: Siege & Conquest Version 1.0 May 1994 Please direct all comments and additional tactics and strategies to "poulee@cs.uh.edu". This guide is written presuming players are playing the "Impossible" level with "Geographic" product distribution. Hence if one comprehends the winning approaches elucidated in this guide, one should have less trouble applying them in the lesser playing levels. Another assumption is that players are role-playing the Valois ruler. Introduction CS&C is an excellent strategy game that has tremendous play and replay values through the many carefully and splendidly accomplished implementation of game elements. Computer City sells it for $39.95 versus $49.94 in Software Etc in Houston. This player has played as the Valois King, Yoyoboy, to be declared King of Bretagne by The Pope in the month of January, in the year 1819 after the death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with the rating Emperor (points above 12000) in the Impossible level. The following is an excursion of the fine points King Yoyoboy has gleaned through those tumultuous years of intense administrative, diplomatic and military maneuvering. General recommendations: 0. 1 to 4 combined Infantry and archer will cost 1 gold and 1 food to maintain. 5 - 9: 2 of each. 1 to 4 knights will cost 2 gold and 2 food to maintain. 5 - 9: each. IMHO, this is the result of the "round-up" algorithm used and a glitch since 5 I/A units should still cost 1 instead of 2 gold/food. 1. Save game often. 2. Use "Save as..." to create saved games of different names every year or two. This allows one to restart from games dated not long but long enough ago in cases of terrible decisions or strategies that have doomed one's current game. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/siege-and-conquest-guide.txt; 11K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:03:54 +0100 From: simula3@di.unito.it (Fabrizio Oddone) Subject: [*] ChunkJoiner 1.1; Join a group of files into one ChunkJoiner is a small utility that lets you join (concatenate) any group of files in a single piece. Select the files you want to join, and drag&drop them onto ChunkJoiner. ChunkJoiner works on any Macintosh, but it **requires** System 7 or later. Life is easier with a drag&drop interface. New in 1.1: Various fixes; new handy option if your e-mail gateway splits long messages; now saves its preferences. Enjoy yourself and remember the $5 shareware fee! -- Fabrizio Oddone simula3@di.unito.it Leaving Real Soon Now for a poorly timed vacation; do not expect answers to bug reports, fan e-mail, etc. until June 7th, 1994. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/chunk-joiner-11.hqx; 34K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 11:11:38 EDT From: Kevin Harris Subject: [*] credits-display-101-updt.hqx; hc credit dialog updater Software Perspectives - CreditsDisplay 1.0.1 Update CreditsDisplay is an XFCN for HyperCard which enables developers of stackware to place colorful credits dialogs into their software. Version 1.0.1 fixes a small bug relating to PICT resources and resource ID numbers. This update module requires XUpdater 1.0.1v2 or greater in order to update your existing CreditsDisplay 1.0 stack. XUpdater 1.0.1v2 is available from most online services and the Internet. Software Perspectives SPerspect@aol.com [Archived as /info-mac/card/credits-display-101-updt.hqx; 6K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 May 94 21:57:08 MET DST From: pottier@clipper.ens.fr (Francois Pottier) Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-027 C.S.M.P. Digest Sun, 15 May 94 Volume 3 : Issue 27 Today's Topics: Determining if user has a CD ROM drive Lex and Yacc for Mac Programmers PowerMac FP performance - interesting results???? Saving the floating Point Registers The NewWindow case Truetype font format specification: No longer available from Apple ?! [Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-027.txt; 79K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 14:13:10 MET DST From: pottier@clipper.ens.fr (Francois Pottier) Subject: [*] csmp-digest-v3-028 C.S.M.P. Digest Wed, 18 May 94 Volume 3 : Issue 28 Today's Topics: CRC-16 routine in C for native code CodeWarrior Gold Education Price How to write a bullet-proof lib? PixMap to mask Posting an event to another application? Shared memory... Unmounting all volumes? [Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-v3-028.txt; 60K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 21:40:28 +1000 (EST) From: jason@jolt.mpx.com.au (Jason Haines) Subject: [*] Delete MerryXmas; HyperCard Merry Xmass info and killer About This Document ------------------ This document contains information on * the Delete MerryXmas stack * the MerryXmas virus * how to use Delete MerryXmas * freeware legal information * contacting the author What is Delete MerryXmas? ------------------------ Delete MerryXmas 1.0 is a HyperCard stack that will check your stacks for the MerryXmas HyperCard virus. It can also install protection into your Home stack to detect and remove the MerryXmas virus automatically. Most (if not all) virus protection programs cannot detect this virus. What is the MerryXmas Virus? --------------------------- The MerryXmas virus infects stack scripts, starting with the Home stack, and any other stacks that you open thereafter. The virus infects HyperCard (and possibly SuperCard) stacks *only*. It does not infect any other files on your hard disk. How to Use Delete MerryXmas -------------------------- Delete MerryXmas 1.0.2 requires HyperCard version 2.1 or later, and at least as much free disk space as the size of the largest stack to be checked. 1. Double-click the Delete MerryXmas stack to open it. The stack immediately disinfects your Home stack, to avoid errors from an existing MerryXmas virus infection. 2. Click the Add... button. To add whole folders or hard disk volumes, hold down the Option key as you click the Add... button. Repeat step 2 to add stacks from more than one location. 3. Select the stacks you want to optimize. 4. Click Start. A grey bar shows the stack's progress through the list of stacks. When all stacks have been checked, a report appears. 5. Click Save. A dialog box appears for you to name the report. Click the Save button (or press the Return key). 6. Click Done. To stop the optimization at any time, click the Stop button. After confirming your action, Delete MerryXmas will stop checking stacks in the list, leaving the remaining stacks untouched. (At certain times, the Stop button is dimmed and the current process cannot be canceled.) Scripter's Note -------------- If you enjoy scripting in HyperCard as much as I do, you're probably quite likely to end up wanting to take it apart. A word of warning: Delete MerryXmas has been designed to work best in its original, *locked* state, so please tinker with an unlocked *copy* only. Also, unlocking Delete MerryXmas may result in its being infected, so please keep it locked. Legal Notice ----------- Naturally, I am not responsible in any way for any losses or damages resulting from your possession or use of this software. Please use this software exclusively at your own risk, and if in doubt, only use it on a backup copy of any stack. This software is Freeware, but is not in the public domain. It remains the property of, and is Copyright (c) 1994 by Simon Poisson. All Rights Reserved. XFCNs: FullSFPack, GetDir, GetFInfo, GetVInfo, and FullSFPack (c) Frederic Rinaldi. Simon Poisson ------------ FirstClass E-Mail: Simon Poisson,MacInTouch Snail Mail: PO Box 256 Darlinghurst NSW Australia 2010 Thank you for reading this document. Wednesday, 18 May 1994 [Archived as /info-mac/card/merry-xmas-info.hqx; 55K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 94 19:49 PDT From: stack@teleport.com (StoneTablet Publishing) Subject: [*] demo - StoneTable; List manager dropin replacement Contains an application which demonstrates the functionality of StoneTable. Also contains a feature list and ordering information. StoneTable is a replacement library for the List Manager and is available for use with Think C, Think Pascal, MPW C, MPW Pascal, and CodeWarrior C. Conversion from the List Manager is straight forward because StoneTable contains functions with similar names and parameters that are semantically equivalent. Often conversion is as simple as changing the prefix of a function name from L to TMX_ (e.g. LNew becomes TMX_New). StoneTable is royality free for applications. Functionality includes (partial list): - variable width columns/height rows - mouse down handling provides an optional interface for moving, copying, selecting, resize a column or row plus scrolling and editing text in a cell/title - columns and rows can have titles - the formatting (font, size, style, first line visible) and for/background color of cells can vary from cell to cell and for the title area as a whole - application defined LDEF like drawing module - sort columns or rows. The key type may be text, case insensitive text, numeric text, date text, or time text. - user written cell validation functions [Archived as /info-mac/dev/stone-table-demo.hqx; 84K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 11:11:45 EDT From: Kevin Harris Subject: [*] dialog-display-20.hqx; hc windowing software From: SPerspect@aol.com To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subj: DialogDisplay XFCN 2.0 Software Perspectives - DialogDisplay XFCN 2.0 Software Perspectives is pleased to release a major upgrade to DialogDisplay. DialogDisplay is a great way to integrate dialog windows in your HyperCard stacks. Version 2.0 adds a number of enhancements, including: our new Command Processor technology for easy control, text font, text size and text style support, plus much more. With DialogDisplay you can have up to three custom buttons and four custom text strings. DialogDisplay will also respond to mouse clicks in a PICT dialog item, in case you want a buttonless dialog. Use in public domain, shareware and commercial software requires a license. Please see the Licensing Information for details. Software Perspectives SPerspect@aol.com [Archived as /info-mac/card/dialog-display-20.hqx; 114K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 15:54:33 +0100 From: simula3@di.unito.it (Fabrizio Oddone) Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 1.4.7; Prevents writing w/out password Disk Charmer 1.4.7 lets you initialize (or verify) floppy disks. It *requires* System 4.3, and runs comfortably under System 6.x. It is able to create larger disks: you gain 8.5K on a 800K disk, 18.5K on a HD disk (if you keep one large file filling the disk, such as a Compact Pro or StuffIt segment). It has a "proprietary" bad sector lock out algorithm. Enjoy yourself and remember the $10 shareware fee! (To the moderators: do not remove this version from the archives, because the newer versions - 2.x - no more work under System 6) -- Fabrizio Oddone simula3@di.unito.it Leaving Real Soon Now for a poorly timed vacation; do not expect answers to bug reports, fan e-mail, etc. until June 7th, 1994. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-147.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 18:44:10 -0400 From: olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr (olivier lebra) Subject: [*] DiskLocker 1.0v1; Write lock a disk with password You must have just received DiskLocker 1.0. But there was a little bug. So, here is the version 1.0v1. olivier lebra olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr DiskLocker 1.0v1 by olivier lebra e-mail : - until June 1994 : olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr - From Sept. 1994 : olebra@cs.concordia.ca (I will spend a year in Canada !!!) DiskLocker allows you to lock a disk (hard or floopy). When a disk is locked, it is impossible to write to it, but you can ever read from it. You can lock or unlock disks only if you enter the correct password (you choose it the first time you use DiskLocker). [Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-locker-10v1.hqx; 92K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 12:51:44 +0200 From: olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr Subject: [*] DiskLocker; Write lock disks with password Hello, Could you put "DiskLocker" onto your archive ? This program allows to lock and unlock disks with a password. Many thanks. olivier lebra olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr DiskLocker=81 1.0 by olivier lebra e-mail : - until June 1994 : olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr - From Sept. 1994 : olebra@cs.concordia.ca (I will spend a year in Canada !!!) DiskLocker allows you to lock a disk (hard or floopy). When a disk is locked, it is impossible to write to it, but you can ever read from it. Y= ou can lock or unlock disks only if you enter the correct password (you choo= se it the first time you use DiskLocker). [Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-locker.hqx; 92K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:02:45 +0100 From: simula3@di.unito.it (Fabrizio Oddone) Subject: [*] FaberFinder 4.1.2 FaberFinder is Yet Another MiniFinder. Has "a lot" of features, though it is only 3K (the power of good old assembler). Read the enclosed note for details. FaberFinder 4.1 and later should **not** need the 128k ROMs (Mac Plus or later Macs). It works (at least) on my old, faithful Mac Plus under System 1.1, 2.0, 4.0, 4.3, 6.0.2, 6.0.8; you can use it under System 7.0 or later, but System 7 is not fully supported: you cannot launch desk accessories from the directory dialog box, for instance. FaberFinder may be useful for emergency disks, where space is at a premium. Read the enclosed note to learn more. Enjoy yourself and remember the $5 shareware fee! -- Fabrizio Oddone simula3@di.unito.it Leaving Real Soon Now for a poorly timed vacation; do not expect answers to bug reports, fan e-mail, etc. until June 7th, 1994. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/faber-finder-412.hqx; 13K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 22:02:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dennis C. De Mars" Subject: [*] fracppc10b1.hqx; Mandelbrot Set Generator for PPC This is the first beta version (1.0b1) of FracPPC, an application I am writing to generate fractals on Power Macs. Currently it is little more than a toy program: it won't allow fractal pictures to be copied to the clipboard or saved to PICT files, for instance. The major restriction presently is: it doesn't allow the color palette to be edited. But it is a good example of the speed with which fractals (in the case the Mandelbrot set) can be generated on the PowerPC. This version can ONLY run on Power Macs -- it will not run on 68K based Macs. - Dennis De Mars [Archived as /info-mac/app/frac-ppc-10b1.hqx; 198K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 12:37:49 --100 From: bkj@als.sdrborges.dk (Brian K. Jacobsen) Subject: [*] FrontDoor v1.1.7; Network access control This is an update for the file /info-mac/gui/FrontDoorv1.1.6.sit.hqx In my opinion it's more appropriate, if it's placed in the /info-mac/comm/net folder. Brian --------------------------------------------- FrontDoor v1.1.7 (C) 1994 by Brian K. Jacobsen Features: * Asks the user for username/password, and mount the volumes, which the user have access to, from up to 16 preselected servers. - which can be placed in different zones !!!!! - * ChangePassword on all servers which supports this * Password protected preferencepart * Optional: Paste ownername into username * Optional: Allow guestaccess * Optional: Change name of booting harddisk - the Optional's are set on/off in the preference-part Shareware: 1 Licens: US$25 - Site Licens: US$100 System requirements: * System 7 * A network with access to one or more AppleShare servers (Supports AFPVersion 1.1, 2.0 & 2.1) * If using zones, then Phase 2 Changes since v1.1.6: * Changed the doc-files (I was a bit to hasty to send out v1.1.6 - I included the wrong doc-files) * Added ExitDoor * Changed some errormessages, so they are a bit more informative * New registration form (there were some errors in the old one...) Doc in Microsoft Word v5.1 & ASCII [Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/front-door-117.hqx; 55K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 03:36:00 -0500 From: gtq1@cornell.edu (Greg Quinn) Subject: [*] GTQ Scripting Lib; 65 AppleScript extensions UMich archives: Please post the attached version 1.2 of the GTQ Scripting Library. The library contains 65 scripting extensions for Apple's AppleScript automation software. Thanks! Greg Quinn gtq1@cornell.edu Greg Quinn Internet:gtq1@Cornell.edu (subject to change soon.) [Archived as /info-mac/dev/gtq-scripting-lib-12-as.hqx; 249K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 14:06:36 -0400 (EDT) From: f8dy@netaxs.com (Mark Pilgrim) Subject: [*] Halma 1.0 (source code); Solitare like game Halma is a solitare board game in which you must move nine tiles from one corner of the board to the other in the minimum number of moves. 21 unique boards in all. This archive contains the complete THINK C 7 project and resource files. Application also available; check ftp sites or e-mail f8dy@netaxs.com. Finger f8dy@netaxs.com for complete program list. Copyright (C) 1993-4, Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General Public License" for licensing details. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/hamla-10-c.hqx; 214K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 14:05:46 -0400 (EDT) From: f8dy@netaxs.com (Mark Pilgrim) Subject: [*] Halma 1.0; (solitare like board game) Halma is a solitare board game in which you must move nine tiles from one corner of the board to the other in the minimum number of moves. 21 unique boards in all. C source code also available; check ftp sites or e-mail f8dy@netaxs.com. Finger f8dy@netaxs.com for complete program list. Copyright (C) 1994, Mark Pilgrim. Please read enclosed file "GNU General Public License" for licensing details. 640K memory, 96K disk, B/W or color monitors, system 4.1 or later. Sounds require system 6.0.7 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/game/halma-10.hqx; 93K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 09:42:15 -0700 From: Jack Repenning Subject: [*] Hellcats/Leyte FAQ, Version 2.5 Here's a new edition of the Hellcats/Leyte Gulf FAQ. This version adds a pointer to the updaters to fix the sound problems on AV and newer Macs. It should replace the old one in game/com/hellcats-faq.txt. Hellcats Over the Pacific FAQ/Tips FTP from: /info-mac/game/com/hellcats-faq.txt Posted to comp.sys.mac.games and the Info-Mac Digest Jack Repenning jackr@sgi.com Version 2.5 UPDATE May 18, 1994 by Jack Repenning (Patches for broken sound on certain Macs) [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/hellcats-faq.txt; 74K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 May 94 19:32:43 WET From: Michael Everson Subject: [*] Hex Keyboard I was editing a document recently and had to insert a large number of characters which weren't part of the Apple standard repertoire. I had code tables printed out and realized in a flash the solution to my problem: entry via hex address. The Hex Keyboard is based on the standard US System 7 keyboard, but new option-keys have been added. It's simple to use: type and press and the character at 4E will appear; and <7> yields F7; and so on. The keyboard works with Caps Lock on or off. To install it, drag it into your System Folder. If you think this is a godsend (as I did), I'd be glad to accept a shareware fee of $5. Michael Everson 15 Port Chaeimhghein I/ochtarach Baile A/tha Cliath 2 E/ire * Ireland ===== [Archived as /info-mac/gui/hex-kchr.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 94 13:46:35 MDT From: Bryan Scott Subject: [*] HyperGrapher v1.0' Dear Sirs: I was going through my hard disk and found this nifty little HyperCard graphic calculator. It graphs equations solved for x or y, supports zooming in and out, etc. I thought you might like to add it to the archives, or at least check it out. The BinHexed file is enclosed. -=Bryan Scott=- bscott@east.east-slc.edu IRC: SirBryan [Archived as /info-mac/app/hyper-grapher-10-hc.hqx; 35K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 21:22:30 -0700 From: Jesse Dean Jones Subject: [*] LifeMaker 2.1 Cellular Automata Program LifeMaker 2.1 is a cellular automata program for color Macs. Cellular automata (CA) can be thought of as mini-universes. The universe starts at some initial state and evolves according to a simple local rule. ConwayUs Game of Life is by far the best known CA. LifeMaker includes ConwayUs Life along with 32 other rules. Unlike most Life programs LifeMaker uses color, allows you to change the size of the RuniverseS, and lets you create your own rules. LifeMaker requires 32 Bit QuickDraw when used with System 6. 2.1 Changes: 1) Fixed a silly bug that caused crashes on some machines when LifeMaker started up. 2) Fixed a bug that caused Undo Eraser to crash occasionally. 3) Flushes the data cache after compiling a rule so LifeMaker works reliably on '040 machines. 4) Added support for recording the CA as a QuickTime movie. 5) Added balloon help to all of the menus and most of the dialogs. 6) Added HighLife rule. -- Jesse jesjones@halcyon.com [Archived as /info-mac/sci/life-maker-21.hqx; 222K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 12:13:30 -0500 From: cshotton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Chuck Shotton) Subject: [*] MacHTTP 1.3 Attached is version 1.3 of MacHTTP, the WWW server for Macs. This version of MacHTTP contains some substantial enhancements over previous versions. New features include: AppleScript and AppleEvent support - MacHTTP now ships with the runtime portions of AppleScript, making scripting available to all users. The AppleScript extensions distributed with MacHTTP are for use with MacHTTP and cannot be copied to or used on other machines without MacHTTP. - MacHTTP is now fully scriptable and recordable. Use AppleScript to view MacHTTP's dictionary for more details. - Several new AppleEvents have been added to allow MacHTTP to be monitored and configured from a remote workstation. User Interface Enhancements - Text can be copied from the status window using normal copy and paste functions. - MacHTTP now logs information on file sizes and displays a running total of bytes transmitted since the server was launched. New Functions - MacHTTP now supports "multi-threaded" transfers for TEXT and BINARY files. This means that MacHTTP now transfers multiple files simultaneously to more than one client. - PIG_DELAY and DUMP_BUF_SIZE commands have been added to the config file to allow users to fine tune MacHTTP's behavior for use over slow networks connections or on busy Macs. - A VERSION command was added to MacHTTP for use in the config file. This ensures that MacHTTP's config file matches the version of the software being run. Bug Fixes - Spurious transmission of CR/LF at the end of some binary files has been removed. This should correct problems with sending some types of files to Windows and Mac clients. - MacHTTP can now correctly launch aliases to applications. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/net/mac-http-13.hqx; 934K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 16:17:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "J. D. Sterling Babcock" Subject: [*] Macintosh Models List (mac/misc/documentation/macfactstwo940516.txt) Subject : Macintosh Models List (mac/misc/documentation/macfactstwo940516.txt) mac.archive.umich.edu and other archive sites: This is an update to /mac/misc/documentation/macfactstwo94mmdd.txt Please replace the following in your archive with this file. Dear Readers: Here is an update to the Macintosh Models List (AKA Mac Facts II). About this file: This is the Macintosh Models List (AKA Mac Facts II). It is a list of all the Apple Macintosh models, past, present, and future. The list provides as much information on each model that can fit on two lines. The attached Model List III has old Speedometer 3.11 speed ratings. I am looking for someone to update and maintain ML III. I may just drop the speed ratings soon (ML III). Requested information: 1. I would like to find out whether the internal speaker plays mixed, left, or right mono for all the models. Look in the second table, Internal ports, Speaker. If the entry for your machine is -, I need the information. If you want to help, please let me know if the internal speaker plays mixed, left, or right mono. I may consider making a stereo test sound available someday. 2. I need more information on SCSI speeds for the newer models. Look in the second table, Internal ports, SCSI. If you have this information, please email me. 3. What is the overall speed of the new macintoshes? Classic = 1.0. Two column format: There are now two tables per model so that each model has two lines of information. Note that I still stick to the 80 column wide format for easy viewing on terminal screens. You may choose to print it out on Unix using enscript -2rl or format it in a word processor as two columns so that the lines match up. Please email any corrections or additions to jdsb@ee.egr.duke.edu. Sterling [Archived as /info-mac/info/hdwr/mac-facts-ii-94-05-15.txt; 58K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 May 94 4:14:40 BST From: Lloyd Wood Subject: [*] Macintosh screensaver Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) v2.1 Here is the May 1994 update to my Mac screensaver FAQ. If you have any interest at all in screensavers, you will want to read this to find out what's happening in the funky wonderful world of Mac screensavers. A number of major changes since 2.0, which was back in February. A lot has happened, and been documented, since then. Worth a look, IMHO. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/screensaver-faq-21.txt; 140K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 22:14:21 +0100 (MESZ) From: pcastine@prz.tu-berlin.de Subject: [*] Midi Typer 1.0 [ Dear Mac Archivers, Hope the following will be of use to all those people who can't open the Midi Files they've downloaded. You'll probably want to put this in Utilities, but you might put a link to it in the Sound directory. ] Midi Typer is a drag-and-drop utility requiring System 7.0 or greater. It convinces your system that all those MIDI files you downloaded (or bought) really are MIDI files. It is smart enough to automatically distinguish between real MIDI files and Text files (such as "Read Me" documentation), so you can just drop the icon of a folder or disk on Midi Typer, and it will do the rest. You can also use Midi Typer to change the application that will open your Midi Files. [Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/midi-typer.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 20:47:48 -0800 From: Jim Emmons Subject: [*] More Electronic Greeting Cards Hi Y'all, Here are three more electronic greeting cards from Charles Marlowe. He says that one of these is for graduation, so right NOW! is the time to use it, I guess. I am not the author. Charles Marlowe's address should be in the documentation and under the apple. Enjoy! [Archived as /info-mac/app/electronic-greeting-cards.hqx; 417K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 20:08:17 -0800 From: chrisn@uclink.berkeley.edu (Christopher G. Nicholson) Subject: [*] Morph 2.01 PPC updater New Features - PowerPC support Morph now contains native morphing code for machines equiped with a PowerPC chip. Performance is approximately 2-4 times faster than on a Quadra 605 (25MHz LC040). - Faster morphing The morphing routine has been optimized to increase performance on all machines. Morphing is 50-100% faster than version 2.0. Bug Fixes - When creating a document from scratch, if the morph image window cannot be made the dimensions of the first image loaded (due to insufficient memory) the image will be 80x80 pixels (instead of 1x1 in 2.0). - Memory management has been improved to handle larger images better as well as low memory situations. - The Tool Palette is now correctly displayed during low memory conditions or when a Hewlett Packard DeskWriter printer driver is chosen. [Archived as /info-mac/grf/util/morph-200-201-updt.hqx; 276K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 14:14:21 -0700 (PDT) From: nschneid@netcom.com (Nancy Schneider) Subject: [*] nancys-textures-grp-5.hqx Nancy's ppats 5. This file contains a Read Me file and a ResEdit file with two dozen ppats for your desktop. They are 256 colors, 64x64 pixels. They look good with 256 greys; 16 or 4 colors/greys isn't all that great, but they'll work. Install them with ResEdit, Desktop Textures, BeforeDark, Wallpaper, or ClickChange. Those are the ones I know of. Compact Pro archive. The response for groups 1-4 have been very positive! If you want to know what my ppats are like, but have been intimidated by the size of the 1-4 archive (~270k?), try this smaller group 5 archive (~70k). Enjoy! It may be included on info-mac's CD-ROM archive. Enjoy! Nancy Schneider nschneid@netcom.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/grf/nancys-textures-grp5.hqx; 67K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 12:09:14 +1100 From: allan@goldenms.actrix.gen.nz (Allan Udy) Subject: [*] Notebook Maker; Convert text into stand alone application Hi, Please find attached NoteBook Maker. The standard blurb follows: Notebook Maker This application will allow you to take a standard Macintosh TEXT file of data, and create a stand-alone 'Notebook' application which includes that information in an easy to browse and search format. Notebook applications are designed so that you can easily distribute list based information to other Macintosh users. The low memory requirements mean that it is especially useful in lab situations where you can have lists of do's and dont's, helpful hints and so on. Once the Notebook application has been created, you can use Notebook Maker to add and delete topic entries, or remove and attach graphics to individual topics. Notebook Maker can also create 'Command Set' files for use with the application 'Commander' (of use to 4th Dimension developers only). Shareware: US$15 or one audio compact disk. Golden Micro Solutions P.O. Box 590, Blenheim, NEW ZEALAND allan@goldenms.actrix.gen.nz [Archived as /info-mac/text/notebook-maker.hqx; 132K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 09:19:35 -0800 From: Robert.Best@potsdam.edu (Robert C. Best III) Subject: [*] PowerBook Insomnia v.3.2; Helps 'memory-effect' on batteries This is the latest version of PowerBook Insomnia, a small utility used to help against built up 'memory-effect' on batteries** for the PowerBook 100 & 200 series*. The previous versions only supported the 100's series* or PowerBooks, this version now supports the 200 series too. This version of PowerBook Insomnia is freeware** * Excluding the PowerBook 100 itself ** See the included 'ReadMe' text file for more details. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/powerbook-insomnia-32.hqx; 11K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 01:26:38 -0800 From: jcovele@netcom.com (John Covele) Subject: [*] Right On Time 2.6 --========================_14427922==_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Right On Time is a personal time manager. It features a calendar, to-do list, reminders (alarms), and even a menubar clock. It supports repeating events, categories, digitized sound alarms, the new Speech Manager, and more. Right On Time contains the most-used features of commercial applications such as Now Up To Date, First Things First, DateBook, etc., yet is very easy to use, much smaller (both in disk space and RAM), does not require any system extensions, and costs much less. If you are at all interested in the various personal time managers, check this one out! Find out why MacUser magazine said "Right On Time, which combines a calendar and an event list, is probably the most elegant shareware to-do-list program available right now" (Jan. 1994 issue). Version 2.6 adds many new features and fixes some minor bugs. This version is limited to 5 events, but is otherwise fully functional. The unlimited version is shareware, $15. John Covele, keymaster5@aol.com, keymaster@eworld.com --========================_14427922==_ Content-Type: application/mac-binhex40; name="Right_On_Time_2.6.sea" [Archived as /info-mac/app/right-on-time-26-demo.hqx; 208K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 02:24:17 +0000 () From: root@mroh.gun.de (Michael Rohleder) Subject: [*] ScriptRunner1.04; Run scripts Here is a new version of ScriptRunner. It is in util/diskfile or so... [Archived as /info-mac/dev/script-runner-104.hqx; 432K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 15:44:16 +0100 From: simula3@di.unito.it (Fabrizio Oddone) Subject: [*] SetupPartitions 1.0.3; Hard partition Apple SC disks SetupPartitions is a neat utility that lets you create more than one Macintosh partition on a hard disk formatted with Apple HD SC Setup. It _requires_ at least System 6.0.4 to run. SetupPartitions lets you use true, "hard" partitions (as opposed to "soft" partitions). Quadra AV users will particularly appreciate SetupPartitions: in fact, it seems that the only driver exploiting the new awesome hardware capabilities of the AVs is the Apple one. So you want to format with Apple HD SC Setup. Since these days hard disks are pretty huge, you also want to partition. So you want SetupPartitions. No major code changes from 1.0.1, only a couple of fixes in the registration code; user interface adjustments & improved documentation. Enjoy yourself and remember the US$10 shareware fee! -- Fabrizio Oddone simula3@di.unito.it Leaving Real Soon Now for a poorly timed vacation; do not expect answers to bug reports, fan e-mail, etc. until June 7th, 1994. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/setup-partitions-103.hqx; 28K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 94 10:35:13 EDT From: Randy Vandermolen Subject: [*] Slot Machine v1.0; a HyperCard based game This is a HyperCard game based on the Las Vegas style slot machine (also called the 'One-Armed Bandit'). It has animation and sound giving it all the thrills of a real slot machine. Requires HyperCard 2.1 or later. Works best on faster Macs. Randy Vandermolen [rlv@sei.cmu.edu] Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University [Archived as /info-mac/game/slot-machine-10-hc.hqx; 153K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 16:56:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam E Schenker Subject: [*] Solution for 'The Journeyman Project' Dear Macintosh FTP archive adminstrator, Enclosed with this message is a copy of my Walk-thru guide for the CD ROM game 'The Journeyman Project'. Please place it in the appropriate game or text directory. Adam Schenker Department of Computer Science & Engineering schenker@suntan.eng.usf.edu University of South Florida [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/the-journeyman-project-guide.txt; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 12:36:08 +0200 From: olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr Subject: [*] Sounds Helper 11v1; Play sounds in background, rec long sounds Hi ! Could you replace "SoundsHelper 1.1" by "SoundsHelper 1.1v1" ? The program is attached to this mail. Thanks very much. olivier lebra olebra@aedi.insa-lyon.fr [Archived as /info-mac/snd/util/sounds-helper-11v1.hqx; 117K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 00:26:45 -0400 From: Jeffrey Oliver Breen Subject: [*] speedometer-powerbook520sit.hqx; Blackbird performance Here are Speedometer 3.23 machine records for the "BlackBird" PowerBooks 520 and 520c. Unfortunately I couldn't test a 540 or 540c. Enjoy! Jeffrey [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/speedometer-for-pb-520.hqx; 3K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 10:24:56 -0800 From: chrisn@uclink.berkeley.edu (Christopher G. Nicholson) Subject: [*] Speedometer 4.0.sea (Fat Binary) I am not the author. I downloaded this from AOL. The following is the README included in the archive. >>>>>>>>> This is version 4.0 of Speedometer. it supports the PowerMac in native mode and adds a number of new features. Unfortunately, there may be bugs as well. You should make a backup copy of any machine record files you want to keep secure before you use them with the new version of the program. Please send bug reports to SBERFIELD@AOL.COM. -sb [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/speedometer-40.hqx; 371K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 09:38:20 -0700 From: Jack Repenning Subject: [*] Spheres!; place pipes, balls in the holes game Here's Jonathan Wolf's shareware game "Spheres!", a place the pipes, direct the balls, fill the holes, where's that piece, no not that one, no not that one nonotthatoneAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! wild race to complete the level. Lots of levels, lots of challenges. You'll go nuts! This game was originally released about two months ago, but seems to have disappeared from Info Mac. (OK, OK, maybe I forgot to upload it....) The game unpacks playable; registration gets you an unlock code for higher levels. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/spheres.hqx; 706K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 21:05:52 -0400 From: zucker+@pitt.edu (Adam M. Zucker) Subject: [*] Strange Ways #9 for mac This is issue 9 of Strange Ways, the only electronic magazine devotes to the rock band KISS. This is a stand alone document (created with DocMaker) and requires nothing extra to run. All that is needed is a color Mac. Inside this month's issue: Tribute album news KISS On Tour in Texas in Chicago CD Discoveries Unreleased KISS Color Pictures Readers' Poll Results Digitized Samples much, much more Questions? Comments? Mail to: zucker+@pitt.edu Enjoy [Archived as /info-mac/per/strange-ways-9.hqx; 442K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 22:12:33 -0400 From: kevin@hardman.pdial.interpath.net (B. Kevin Hardman) Subject: [*] Symbionts 2.4.1; Detailed info on loaded extensions Symbionts is an extension that monitors the startup process. Symbionts displays the name and number of bytes of memory each system extension allocates from the system heap. The name and number appear beneath the extension's icon, and since the name is usually truncated, Symbionts also displays it in the menu bar. Symbionts even shows the icons for those extensions that don't normally reveal themselves. Symbionts Control is a control panel that sets the preferences for the Symbionts extension. It also allows the review of the information collected by the Symbionts extension. Additionally, the control panel is used to manage the loading of system extensions without having to dig around in the System folder. Extension can be enabled and disabled simply by double-clicking on the extension icon and name. Version 2.4.1 * Startup Items panel now shows memory usage for Applications, Desk Accessories, etc. that are still running when the control panel is opened. * Oops, I left a debugger trap in. Pressing the Trash button would produce unimplemented trap error or drop into the debugger. * Fixed problem which caused name to overlay icon during startup if 'Show extension name below icon' is checked, but 'Show extension size below icon' is not. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-241.hqx; 114K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 22:14:15 -0400 From: kevin@hardman.pdial.interpath.net (B. Kevin Hardman) Subject: [*] Symbionts 2.4.1; Update -- info on loaded extensiosn Updates Symbionts 2.3.3, 2.4b1, and 2.4 to 2.4.1 Symbionts is an extension that monitors the startup process. Symbionts displays the name and number of bytes of memory each system extension allocates from the system heap. The name and number appear beneath the extension's icon, and since the name is usually truncated, Symbionts also displays it in the menu bar. Symbionts even shows the icons for those extensions that don't normally reveal themselves. Symbionts Control is a control panel that sets the preferences for the Symbionts extension. It also allows the review of the information collected by the Symbionts extension. Additionally, the control panel is used to manage the loading of system extensions without having to dig around in the System folder. Extension can be enabled and disabled simply by double-clicking on the extension icon and name. Version 2.4.1 * Startup Items panel now shows memory usage for Applications, Desk Accessories, etc. that are still running when the control panel is opened. * Oops, I left a debugger trap in. Pressing the Trash button would produce unimplemented trap error or drop into the debugger. * Fixed problem which caused name to overlay icon during startup if 'Show extension name below icon' is checked, but 'Show extension size below icon' is not. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/symbionts-241-updt.hqx; 89K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 94 14:29:40 CDT From: mactel@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Mac Telnet) Subject: [*] Telnet2.6.1d1 Source Code Several people have asked me for the NCSA Telnet 2.6 source code. The source code for 2.6 is not available. However, the source code for 2.6.1d1 _is_ available. Don't let the "d" scare you. The primary difference between the 2.6.1d1 source and the 2.6 source is the addition of some macros and a few small changes so the source code will compile native for the PowerMacintosh. The changes are detailed in the readme file. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/ncsa-mac-telnet-261d1-c.hqx; 871K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 19:26:54 +0100 From: pooh@brokendrum.stack.urc.tue.nl (Ernst 'pooh' Mulder) Subject: [*] Tiggr's Clock 1.0 Tiggr's Clock 1.0, for AfterDark A friend of mine, called Tiggr, originally wrote this rather nice clock for his NeXT machine. So he deserves the credit. This clock is an arc ranging from the hour-hand to the minute-hand. I didn't look into Tiggr's source, but I figure that with Display PostScript the code was much neater that mine, I use Regions to create smooth drawing (instead of off-screen drawing) and the code is just like a plate of spaghetti... I contribute this module to Lloyd Wood, if it wasn't for him, I would have left my compiler alone today... Anyways, have fun! This is shareware. pooh@stack.urc.tue.nl History: 1.0: Initial release Got a Mac? Got a screensaver? Read the Screensaver FAQ by Lloyd Wood! Thanks to a name conflict it even mentiones my previous Screensaver called 'Trigo'. Check it out! :-) pooh ---- internet: pooh@stack.urc.tue.nl snail mail: Hoogstraat 214 5615 PX Eindhoven The Netherlands ---- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ad/tiggrs-clock-10.hqx; 8K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 94 6:29:00 PDT From: Info-Mac Moderator Subject: [*] Timekeeper 3.1 demo; track time spent on projects Timekeeper 3.1 from The PandaWare Company is an easy-to-use HyperCard-based time tracking application. This new version offers an improved interface over earlier versions. PandaWare Timekeeper is for anybody who charges clients for their time. It lets you keep track of projects you've worked on for different clients, and how much you're charging them for each activity you perform on a project. It offers extensive reporting, exporting and printing capabilities. Here are some of the useful features you'll find: * Lets you track time down to the tenth- or quarter-hour (your choice) * A virtually infinite number of clients, projects and activities are accessible with a mouse click * Lets you assign hourly rates to any activity * Automatically sums your time and charges on every project * Automatically creates summary reports for any project * Automatically creates daily timesheet reports * Data entry is easy -- just select items from lists * Lets you customize the data you record on each project * Lets you export data on projects to database, spreadsheet or other applications for incorporation into your own billing system There are many other features waiting for you to discover. This Timekeeper 3.1 demo offers every function available in the full working version. It tracks up to seven projects for up to 20 days. The files in this archive have been found to be free of viruses by Disinfectant 3.5. [Archived as /info-mac/app/timekeeper-31-demo.hqx; 116K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 May 94 21:42:44 BST From: Lloyd Wood Subject: [*] UnderWare 1.0->1.0.1 updater Users of UnderWare, the desktop animation/textures/AfterDark-compatible screensaver package, can update from version 1.0 to 1.0.1 with this updater. See the included textfile for detailed information on the fixes and changes. I am not affiliated with Bit Jugglers in any way. I have not been able to test this updater, as I have UnderWare 1.0.1. Comments/questions to juggler@netcom.com -- L. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/underware-10-101-updt.hqx; 216K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 09:11:59 -0700 From: jsl@netcom.com (John S. Lee) Subject: [*] UUParser 1.72 Description follows --------- UUParser 1.72 is now avaialble. This is a major upgrade to version 1.71, with many fixes, and additional features. UUParser is one of the easiest to use file strippers and uuencoders/uudecoders available for the Mac. It support several different encoding methods (mac->unix, unix->mac, AIFF->ULAW, AIFF->Linear), and is the fastest decoder avaialbe for the Macintosh. It can operate fully in the background (for unattended encoding/decoding of several files), and lots more! Here are some things you may want to know about UUParser: UUParser 1.72 & 1.8 features % Automatic stripping of header information from files "S"aved from a usenet newsgroup. % "Smart" uudecoding. Fully user configurable. % uuencoding of AIFF (sound) files is now supported. % uuencoding/decoding in PC, UNIX, and AIFF formats. % User control over output file location. % Join multiple text files for UUParsing & automatic decoding, from the menu OR the Finder. % Split any text file into multiple parts using the Split File function. % User configurable preferences. % Automatic scan of text files for anomalies. % Drag & Drop supported via System 7. % Parsing/uudecoding/encoding occurs in the background. % Decodes/encodes/parses/splits/joins ANY SIZE FILE, regardless of memory! % The FASTEST uudecoding/encoding available for the Mac! % Many other new features added, with updated documentation! *Version 1.72 is now the sharware version until further notice. [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/uu-parser-172.hqx; 107K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 18:28:27 -0700 From: Geoff Walsh Subject: [*] Word StdFile Color Icon Patch; Add color icons to file dialog Here's a quick patch I put together for Microsoft Word 5.1a after I got the new Apple System Update 3.0 for System 7.1. All this patch does is adds 'dctb' resources to the Word application for the Standard File Open and Save dialog boxes that Word uses. I don't like patching my applications, but after seeing the cool new small color icons in the Standard File dialogs, I had to have them in Word! Since this worked so well, I decided to package it up and share it with the rest of the world. The patch application was made with ResCompare and a separate ResEdit file with just the new resources is also included for those so inclined. Complete documentation is enclosed. This software can be used and distributed freely, but not for profit, provided all files are kept intact and not modified. Although free, this is not public domain and I retain the copyright to this software and documentation. Geoff Walsh gpw@cerf.net [Archived as /info-mac/app/ms-word-stdfile-color-icons.hqx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 11:12:15 EDT From: Kevin Harris Subject: [*] xupdater-101v2.hqx; Update software Perspectives xcmd/xcmds From: SPerspect@aol.com To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subj: XUpdater 1.0.1v2 Software Perspectives - XUpdater 1.0.1v2 Xupdater is distributed to Software Perspectives customers and online services to allow users to easily update existing Software Perspectives XCMDs or XFCNs. Updates are distributed in update modules which are utilized by this utility. This utility may not be distributed except with the permission of Software Perspectives. Permission is given to the info-mac archives to distribute this software online and on CD-ROM. Software Perspectives SPerspect@aol.com [Archived as /info-mac/card/xupdater-101v2.hqx; 86K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 09:24:52 +0100 (BST) From: "G.C.Q.Birch" Subject: (Q) Disk capacity limits - 80MB just ain't enough! We would like to increase the disk storage capacity on a MacIIvx by installing a second drive in the bay where the internal CD-ROM drive would normally go. I think I read once that the maximum size of disk that a Mac can address is 2GB, but I see adverts in Mac magazines for drives up to 3.5GB. Would someone kindly clarify the situation. By the way, is there a FAQ on buying and fitting hard drives? Please reply to me directly. Thanks in advance, -- Greg Birch Southampton, U.K. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 19:40:21 -0600 (CDT) From: Andrew Vernon Subject: [FWD] [D[D[DApparent Bug in System Update 3.0 On Wed, 18 May 94 08:27:26 EDT dcolores@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil said: >Loaded System Update 3.0 in my Mac IIfx (20 meg RAM, no internal HD, >boot from dual 150 bernoulli) to update System 7 Pro. Printed a file in >MS Word that uses Adobe's AGaramond Semibold and Semibolditalic True >Type fonts. File prints with bitmap jaggies as if ATM were not >installed. Same file printed two days earlier with smooth crisp >output. Same file printed today with another bootdisk that did not have >System Update 3.0 installed was also smooth and crisp. Only difference >in system configuration with the before/after prints is System Update >3.0. Other boot disk has essentially the same System 7 Pro folder as >the primary boot disk before its update. First, to clarify: Adobe Garamond is a Type 1 PostScript typeface, not TrueType. In fact, Adobe does not sell ANY TrueType fonts. >I don't know the cause but it appears that something in the System >Update 3.0 is interfering with true type font smoothing. I don't >understand ATM well enough to know whether it is involved, but its >configuration is the same on both disks, and it is active. > >Using ATM ver. 2.0.3 and LaserWriter driver ver. 7.0. First, call Adobe and get an upgrade to ATM 3.6 Version 2.0.3 doesn't like Apple's new Fonts folder and the update may cause the Mac to stop looking for fonts in the Extensions folder. Second, LaserWriter 7.0 is fundamentally wonky, and should have been replaced by a later version, such as 7.1.x by the System 7 Pro installer. You may even want to consider LaserWriter/PSPrinter 8.1.1 Another possibility is that your font may have gotten broken somewhere in the process. reinstall both screen and printer fonts from the original disk and see if it gets better. --Andrew Vernon (avernon1@ua1ix.ua.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 94 10:18:48 +0100 From: kevanh@lsl.co.uk Subject: Accellerators + Frame Buffers for SE Hello all, a quick question Are there any combined accelerators + mono frame buffers for my SE. Ideally I would like 68030 based with a resolution of around 1280x1024. I would like to get a faster Mac, but I have no use for color, fancy sound, and movies. All I do is wordprocessing, and spreadsheets, with output to a black and white printer. Many Thanks In Advance Kevan Heydon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 20:51:23 -0400 From: Murphy@sbaserv.sba.uconn.edu (Murph Sewall) Subject: An alternative to MountImage1.2b2 On Wed, 18 May 1994 08:53:40 -0500, Douglas Wyman wrote: >There is a piece of unauthorized and dangerous code >which frequently gets transferred from other archives >to info-mac like a staph infection from a carrier to a >salad bar. It appears that someone has, again, >obtained a copy of the control panel MountImage1.2b2 and >uploaded it "for our enjoyment". I recently downloaded "MungeImage" (an application) from the archives. I haven't tested it extensively, and it is limited to mounting one image at a time, but it seems to work fine. I trust its not afflicted with the corrupting bug? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 00:02:35 -0700 From: "Rodney S. Harl" Subject: Application monitor? Is there a utility available that will monitor time spent in various applications, record that information, and prepare a periodic summary? I'm interested in keeping track of usage for tax purposes, and hope to find a public utility to do just that. Thanks for any suggestions. Rod Harl U.C. Berkeley ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 13:59:16 -0400 From: mingo@panix.com (Charlie Mingo) Subject: Book available for MPW? (A) ajcarr@ccvax.ucd.ie (Alun J. Carr) writes: >Is there a book available which provides a simple introduction to the MPW >shell? Apple's manuals are intimidating to say the least, and I would like >to be able to do more with the MPW shell, other than use the canned >commands that come with my FORTRAN compiler. I have one such book: Joel West, Programming with Macintosh Programmers Workshop, Bantam, ISBN 0-553-34436-3, $29.95. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 17:57:48 -0700 From: Mark_Obsniuk@sfu.ca (Mark Obsniuk) Subject: Calendar I am looking for a way to generate a month calendar that would have a listing of events on it. This information would be basicly something like "9:00am Robi's Donuts Expert ride". I would also like to have a title (club name) and some contact information at the bottom. This would be printed on a 8.5"*11" paper. I have ClarisWorks. But have easy access to Filemakerpro, Freehand, Pagemaker, Excel and a few others but can not recall them. I would like this to be as easy as posible. But I could just draw one up and manualy make it. But I would prefer at least some form of automation. At least to create the calendar dates and borders. Thanks Mark ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 11:57:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Edward Palazzo Subject: CD-Rom Setup In Info-Mac Digest v12 #75 scotts@gdstech.grumman.com wrote: >I have a Centris 610 running System 7.1 with a built in CAI CD-ROM. >I've had 3 problems with the new CD-ROM software. > >1. If I try to install it, the installer crashes with an application error. >2. If I manually try to copy the files to my system folder, I get all > sorts of weird behaviour. System locks up...screen clears... >3. If I try to use the application, I get a message that the application > needs to be made bigger. If I do so with Get Info, the > min size goes to 0 and the preferred size goes to 4 MBytes. > Also, the app size changes to ~ 2 Mbytes. > >Any thoughts? Well, I can't tell you whether or not the software will work with your CD Rom (NEC's, for instance, seem to require a special driver), but I can confirm the Centris Problems. I have a Centris650 16/230, and have always had to install the CD Rom software manually...the installer has never worked properly for me. If you do this, make sure that you remove ALL vestiges of the old CD-Rom driver, as it may crash the machine. This includes foreign file system parts and all...they have compacted the software and it includes fewer extensions. What a pain. By the way, the latest Cd-Rom software from Apple is 5.0.1 Has any other Centris user had problems with the installer? -Edward Palazzo- epalazzo@jade.tufts.edu Technical User Consultant Macintosh Labs at Jackson Tufts University ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 94 09:55:33 JST From: paul@etlrips.etl.go.jp (Paul Fons) Subject: DataScan equivalent [A] I too bought DataScan back when it came out. There is a freeware equivalent software called DataThief (which is on Sumex I believe) that you should take a look at. It has automatic digitatization as well. It's resolution is limited to screen resolution and thus the maximum number of points is limited, but usually that is not a serious limitation. Dr. Paul Fons paul@etlrips.etl.go.jp ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 20:46:17 +0300 From: bnhirsch@dapsas1.weizmann.ac.il (David L. Hirschberg) Subject: Email for Daynafile makers (q) Hi, Does anyone have an Email address for the makers of Daynafile. I am looking for the latest extension for their drive. I am using 4.1 and it does not seem to be compatible with the Quadra 605. Do they have an FTP site? Thank you, David bnhirsch@wicc.weizmann.ac.il ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 94 17:00:00 +0200 From: rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch (Rolf Kocherhans) Subject: File Server Shut Down ??? How can I shut down AppleShare file server software on my PowerPC 7100 automatically. I have the Power ON/OFF control panel which is great, but there is a box coming up which notifies you of the time remaining until shut down. This box has an OK button which has to be pressed, our server has no screen and I would like it to shut down automatically. The box is also no alert box that's why I can not use the OkeyDokey controlpanel. Any help would be appreciated. Rolf _______________________________________________________________________________ ___/\_ | Rolf Kocherhans Internet : rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 23:53:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Zaf Subject: GL viewer for the mac Does anyone know of a gl movie viewer for the macintosh? Any help would be appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 22:36:00 -0500 (EST) From: SKUMAR%RDLV01@gmr.com Subject: Info-Mac Digest V12 #75 MAC IIci Microphone wanted Where can I get a microphone for a MAC IIci and for how much? The unit at home is from work and the original got lost or was never with it. Thanks -Sanjay Kumar ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 14:16:28 -0800 From: pslee@unixg.ubc.ca (Pearly S. Lee) Subject: InterSLIP I am trying to get InterSLIP to work, but am having difficulties. Can anybody provide info on how to write a gateway script for InterSLIP, and where can I get an ARA script for the US Robotics Sportster 14,400 Mac & Fax. Any input will be much appreciated. Thanks. Pearly Lee pslee@unixg.ubc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:22:03 GMT From: kenneth@u.tvt.se (Kenneth Pettersson) Subject: Invisible name Does anyone out there know if it is possible to hide the name of a folder/file so that it is represented only by it's icon? Kenneth Pettersson Phone: +46 480 808 45 Telia AB Fax: +46 480 277 69 Box 814 email: kenneth@u.tvt.se S-391 28 KALMAR SWEDEN ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 17:58:58 PDT From: Joel_Lingenfelter@bubbs.biola.edu Subject: Laserwriter NT Repair I have done EXACTLY what you ask (I think...) Here's the scoop: There is a big black plastic piece kind of on top with three screws in it. These screws are phillips, and are easy to get to. When I first examined the printer, it looks like the plastic part is actually part of a bigger assembly, but it is not. You must completely remove the three screws, this piece will come out, and you can get to your label. I tried to take more of the printer apart, and let me tell you: It's impossible to do without more information... I have taken apart Mac Plus', SE's, SE/30's, a million (ok, maybe not a MILLION) Mac II's, monitors, keyboards (got stumped by the adjustable), the Pro 810, the Pro 630 etc. and have never (except for the adjustable keyboard) been stumped like I was with the NT. There are a million screws and tabs etc. However, I recently aquired the service source CD, which has diagrams etc. of this printer. I haven't tried to take one apart yet with their directions, but they seem to be pretty complete... If you need to do more, let me know and I'll try to help. Let me know if this helps! Joel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 19:52 EST From: "Don't Panic!" Subject: Mosaic (Q) Dear Netters, Does someone have documentation from Mosaic? Where can it be found through FTP or Gopher? I would like to find a version that works on a 9600 BAUD Hayes compatible modem Macintosh LC System 7.0.0, to connect to a SunOS BBS with Internet access. I would to find out more about Mosaic to see if it fits into what I already do on Internet. Thank you. Sincerely, ABRODY@VAX.CLARKU.EDU ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 20:51:19 -0400 From: Murphy@sbaserv.sba.uconn.edu (Murph Sewall) Subject: NEC SW 2 90 toner cartridges On Tue, 17 May 1994 15:13:53 -0400 (EDT), William P. Krauthammer wrote: >I know this is a bit off-topic but can anyone recommend a reputable mail order >house that sells replacement toner cartridges for an NEC SilentWriter 2 90? Without checking specifically, I suspect you'll find one at MEI in Ohio 1-800-634-3478. I generally find they beat everyone's prices on supplies (disks, toner cardridges, disk storage boxes, etc.). The other low price supplier that usually can manage to find appropriate supplies is Elek-Tek in Chicago 1-800-395-1000. I've had excellent experience with both companies. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 08:22:57 -0500 (EST) From: ROB GALLINI Subject: Networking Problems I am pretty new to this stuff, and do not know the proceedures for searching back Q's & A's. Anyway, we have a lab consisiting of various Macs on a Novell 3.11 network. We cannot run Wordperfect (2.1) or PageMaker (5.0) on the network. Currently, we load 10 copies on all of the drives. Those of you who are network administrators can appreciate the problems with this. PageMaker told us we would have to get a program like "KeyServer" to run it on the net. I've contacted the vendor, Sasafras Software of Hanover, NH. to get more information on it. So, my questions are: 1) Has anyone else encountered this type of problem? 2) Has anyone else used this KeyServer software? What were your results? 3) Any additional tricks we need to try? As a point of significance, I am "crossing over" to the Mac environment from IBM-compatible PC networks. Please pardon any ignorance I am showing now or in my replies to you. Thank you for your help. Please respond by private e-mail to RGallini@Albion.EDU Rob Gallini, User Support Coordinator, Albion College. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 12:35:07 +0200 From: zviki@techunix.technion.ac.il (Zviki Cohen) Subject: NisusWriter 4.0 Hello ! I saw a posting a few days ago asking about the new version of Nisus. I got that version a while ago for Beta testing and I think it might be a good idea to share some of the new features with info-mac users. Note that this is a partial list of the features I found, I haven't worked with the package enough time to find everything since the version I got is too buggy (for my taste). The first thing you'll notice is that it requires more memory. This fat application (3.1MB of disk space - but that's probably because it's a debugging version) must have a large 3.5MB minimum partition to load, and since the tables and equations are done by external modules expect the memory demand to go even higher (600K for the tables maker for example). I think this means no more LCII 4/80 equipped people working on Nisus (and this is the common case here). As to speed, I didn't check that but on my 950 it seems quite like the Old version speed. At first site, everything is now in a cool 3D look. The window has been rearranged a bit - on the upper part there's only control on the ruler settings, while the "show rulers" moved down to the lower left corner of the document. On that corner you can also find an icon that pops up the whole "show" sub-menu and another one that pops up the "set clipboard" sub-menu, making the clipboard switching much more useful. Besides that there's also an icon that enables you to switch between editing the document, the headers/footers and the footnotes. The top of the vertical scroll bar is still used for working modes. You have the info bar, the regular ruler mode, the graphical layer, the page layout and the all new multimedia layer (which I will explain later). The menus changed a lot. There's no "Format" menu - instead some of the features moved to the "Tools" menu and the others, along with some new options, were gathered into an "Insert" menu. I think all the dialog boxes changed - all the model DBs are still model, but they now have a title-bar that can be used to move them around the screen. Most of the DBs have been rearranged and the global idea is that it looks much better. Most noticeable new menu features: * The File menu has an "Open Special" sub-menu that stores the last recently used files and some user definable files ("Essential Files"). A "Mail" sub-menu is also there to support AOCE (didn't try it, though). * The Edit menu now has a "Publish & Subscribe" sub-menu (which wasn't there is the regular Nisus edition we had) which supports all the regular options. A convert sub-menu has been added to allow all the Lower/Upper case conversions you might want. The "Tools" and the new "Insert" menu (formally "Format") has changed much. It seems (IMHO) that the options are now arranged much better (like the fact that "Synch. Scroll" is now under the Windows sub-menu rather than the Editing). * The index and contents are now found under sub-menus in the Tools menu. The contents hasn't changed much, but the index has many new features, including HyperLinks which allows you to jump to the right place in the text from the index. * The Macros sub-menu has new "Do Frontier" command. The company claims that AppleScript support is on its' way, too. * The Display sub-menu now has a DB for editing all the window display attributes and also line numbering formats. * The insert sub-menu has a "Table" and "Equations" options. The tables are generated by Tycho, which is a real excellent table maker. The Equations are done with MathType which is, IMHO, one of the best of its' kind. Both are supplied with Nisus. The insertion is in the OLE-like format: The menu option launches the application, you edit the object and when you close the window it is automatically inserted into the document. The next time you'll double-click the object, the application will launch again and a window containing the object will open so you can edit the object. Again, when you close the window the object will be automatically updated in the document. As I said before, this feature requires another applications to run, so it will consume more memory. This object embedding technology is nice, but it seems that a built-in tables option would be more comfortable. On the other hand, Tycho runs circles around the tables in Word, for example. * The insert menu also has "QuickTime" option. Also the insertion of graphics into the text layer is now called "Character Graphic" to avoid the confusions between graphic insertion into the graphic layer and graphic insertion into the text layer. * A whole new numbering sub-menu has been added. The numbering is for chapters, sections, subsections, sub-subsections, Figures, Tables, Equations and 6 more user definable. In order to create a new number you choose Insert->Numbering->the type of numbers you want. All types of numbers are configureable so you can change the title, units and everything else there is to change. It seems that they've done an excellent work on this one. * The insert date, time and document name are all under a "Variable" sub-menu with the date/time format setting. * The Style menu now has a Format sub-menu that includes formats which are not styles like "Keep in the same line" and "Reverse". There's also a "Gloss" option that let's you add a small super-script copy of the selected text. The Format option is also added to the Style Sheets - enabling formats like "Keep on the same page", "Contents" and "Hyphenate". * The Graphics menu now has a nudging and Grid options. The most noticeable graphic option is color. You can select a color for lines and fills. There's also a new object overlapping options like - add, subtract and blend. There's a new "Sound" layer which is used for voice annotations and speech (requires MacinTalk). When you record a sound it appears as a small icon in the text. When you're in the sound bar mode you can still edit text. The sound bar has the following options: * A pop-up menu for global sound set and the sound that is currently selected. This enables you to name the sounds you record and jump to them in order to play them. * A tape recorder buttons: Rec, Play, Pause & Stop. * A speech button that "talks" the selection/document. * A volume control. There's also a new "Sound" menu when this bar is activated. It includes: * Sound catalog - lets you catalog the document sound by sets and play or jump to any sound in any set (the sets are available from a pop-up menu in the bar). * Recorded sound quality & compression control. * Voice settings for MacinTalk/PlainTalk. * Playback & record options. You can record on words, sentences, etc. You can set the activation of the recording by manually, by a key or by simply voice activation (setting the voice activation/deactivation levels in the voice quality DB). I didn't get to check all those features since I find the interface a little awkward and I didn't have the manuals (since there were no manuals yet). I think this covers most of the new features in the new Nisus. I'm sure I missed some, maybe even some heavy options, but that's probably because I didn't work with it much. I don't know when this product is going to be released, but I now I have a beta from march and I know that there are still problems with the product so it might take it a little longer to come out. If you have any other questions I'll be glad to answer them. BTW, I'm in no way connected with Nisus Software. The opinions expressed here are mine. Zviki Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zviki Cohen Dept. of Education in Technology & Science Macintosh Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Development & Consulting Haifa, Israel E-mail: zviki@tiger.technion.ac.il Talk & Finger: zviki@ttmrm.technion.ac.il "No more war, no more blood shed" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 94 13:20:07 -0400 From: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal) Subject: PB100 Battery lifetime? I have a PB100, owned it less than 2 years, I have hardly used it as a portable in all that time. Yet the battery seems to no longer hold any charge. Ie if it sits for a couple of days it won't even boot without being plugged in. What is the standard life for the battery, or might I have a bigger problem? It seems to work fine when plugged in.....and the battery does charge according to the Battery application... thanks STeve ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 10:03:27 -0800 (PST) From: "Frank Ripp, Ext 1313" Subject: Power User CD-ROM Does anyone out there have any experience with the Power User CD-ROM drive? This drive is sold by MacWarehouse for $199, and is supposed to be double-speed (300k/sec) and Photo-CD compatible with an access speed of 370 Ms. This seems like a good price for this type of CD-ROM drive, especially compared to Apple's $399 model. Is this drive worth getting? Are there any compatibility problems with any of the current crop of CD-ROM-based games? I'd appreciate any informationn this drive - positive or negative. Thanks, Frank Ripp franr@mdli.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 19:58:12 +0200 From: cbuser@ezinfo.vmsmail.ethz.ch (Christian F. Buser) Subject: Printer Selection without Chooser (R) Tom Wilson (Tom Wilson) asked: >What I'd really like to see is a a print dialog box that has the >AppleShare Zone and Available Printer window so you could select where >you want the output to go each time you issue a print command. Default >would always be the one selected in Chooser. I don't know if it works in a multi-zone environment, but you can try PrintChoice, a shareware found on sumex and elsewhere. PrintChoice puts a menu item on the first line of the Apple Menu with a sub-menu list of all your pre-defined printers. Just select the one you like to use from there - no need to go to the chooser. Greetings, Christian. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 12:10:43 -0700 From: otani@netcom.com (Robert R. Otani) Subject: problems with System update 3.0 (C) > well i just installed the sys update 3.0 on my powermac 6100/80 and now > it crashes out whenever I tell it to EMPTY TRASH.. It works just fine on my 6100/60AV. From reading numerous posts in newsgroups, I've noticed that the complaints, not to my surprise, have come >From PowerMac owners who decided to increase the clock-speed of their CPUs. -=-=- Robert Otani / Tempe, Arizona / otani@netcom.com -=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 10:40:40 -0500 From: Kathomp1@facstaff.wisc.edu (Kevin Thompson) Subject: Problem with ZTerm Hello, I am having problems consistently while quitting from Zterm on my LCIII. The program works great except when I try and use the 'Command-Q' keyboard shortcut to quit. This hangs up the whole machine, and the only way out is to do a force-quit. (Command/Option/Escape). Has anyone else had this problem? I've tried a fresh copy of Zterm, no luck there, and reinstalled the System, etc. Does anyone know how to help? Thanks, Kevin Thompson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 11:36:27 -0800 From: kee@kagi.com (Kee Nethery +1 510 843 6140) Subject: Quadra 605 on an inverter (A) >I purchased a Quadra 605 to leave there permanently. To my great surprise, >it does not power up when connected to my inverter (DC to AC) on my solar >system. When I called Apple Technical support they informed me that this >problem had been reported previously and they had no suggestions for cures. Most of these Macs have switching power supplies and they should be able to eat just about any kind of power input. Maybe the spikes from the SCRs on your inverter are causing a problem with the switching power supply control circuitry. The solution might be to smooth the spikes. You could try a better quality inverter for use with just the Mac, get a UPS that does line conditioning or get a 1 to 1 isolation transformer that will tend to smooth out your sine wave from the inverter. If you wish, I have a scope you could borrow to monitor your supply voltage and see what is going into your Mac. Located in Berkeley, Kee Nethery ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 94 10:32 BST-1 From: Pindar Infotek Ltd Subject: Re-MountImage1.2b2.warning >From Pindar user Ian McCall Subject: Time: 9:26 am OFFICE MEMO Re:MountImage1.2b2.warning Date: 19/5/94 Since I've now been warned about v1.2b2, what is the latest acceptable version? Cheers, Ian --- Please make 'Attn:Ian McCall' the first line of your reply (not the subject) to ensure automatic forwarding to the correct Pindar user. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 09:06:24 MDT From: "Roger B. Marks" Subject: Record Button System Update 3.0 installed an extension called "Record Button." I haven't found any description of it in the docs. Anyone know what it does? I've been having a conflict since I installed this update and am trying to track down the problem. Roger Marks@bldr.nist.gov NIST/Boulder, CO phone 303-497-3037 fax 303-497-7828 ------------------------------ Date: 18 May 1994 13:55:09 -0800 (PST) From: "NAME \"Jan Zlendich, CSUF Mission Viejo Campus\"" Subject: Soft-PC and MS-DOS Kermit Is anyone out there using SoftPC with Windows able to use MS-Kermit with it? I have a Centris 610 with 20 megs of RAM. Am connected through the Mac's modem port to a campus-wide network that I use to connect to our campus VAX computer. When I use MS-Kermit on a PC, I type c and immediately see the network's menu. When I use MS-Kermit on the Mac I get the following error message: divide overflow. I have a feeling that that I am doing something stupid and would appreciate any available help from those of you who (unlike me) know what you are doing. Thanks in advance for any much-needed help. Jan Zlendich (jzlendic@fullerton.edu) California State University, Fullerton Mission Viejo Campus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 11:34:00 -0500 (EST) From: Larry Cunningham 466-0525 Subject: SuperATM Conflicts with Network Connection? Help! I would appreciate some help with the following problem: A few weeks ago, we connected my Mac IIci to a Token Ring network using the Apple 4/16MB Token Ring card and Apple's own Token Ring driver software. We also installed MacTCP and the other networking goodies we needed. When I tried to use my new network connection, I discovered that the Network control panel had been corrupted, and the Token Ring control panel couldn't "see" the Token Ring card. As a result, no networking. Using a (long!) process of elimination, I found that I had to de-install ATM 3.6 (SuperATM) and re-install all the networking software to get everything to work. Just turning off font substitution, or turning off SuperATM in the control panel, didn't help. Without SuperATM, my network connection works just dandy. I finally installed an older version of ATM (2.0.3), which seems to behave itself just fine, but I would like to go back to SuperATM. However, this network connection is more important. I have vague recollections of reading about network problems caused by SuperATM's polling a network for illegal copies of itself. Anyone have additional details? Any advice or additional information would be much appreciated. I've had no success getting any answers out of Adobe thus far. Thanks in advance for any help! Please respond directly to the e-mail address below, and I'll summarize for the net if there's sufficient interest. --Larry per_cunning@ohio.gov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 94 23:38:16 -0400 From: Louis_Bergeron@UQAT.UQuebec.CA Subject: SURGE ARREST What's the scoop on surge protectors these days? Do the more expensive ones really provide better protection, or would I be wasting my money? Jack O'Leary I just bought a APC Surge Arrest. The product is very well built. It includes a plug for my modem. They have eveything from low cost models to very expensive battery systems. They have a catalog that you can get at (800) 800-4APC in U.S. In Canada, the product is sold by MISCO in Ontario at a very good price. For example, suggested retail price U.S. for my product is 59.95$ and I paid 68$ canadian. Shipping is low cost. (800) 661-6472 in Canada. They have a fine catalog too covering every possible accessories. They even speak French! With the summer coming and all the electrical storms I think I did a good investment. Also there is a protection up to 25000$ U.S. if a system plugged on a APC Surge Arrest or any other specified APC product, is burned. The warranty is very specific and you have to read it to know exactly what you get. Louis Bergeron@uqat.uquebec.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 11:40:09 +0100 From: hdewolf@fss.fokker.nl (Hans de Wolf) Subject: Unable to access mailto: links using NCSA Mosaic When I click on a "mailto:" link in NCSA Mosaic (version 1.0.3), I receive an error message that Mosaic cannot access the document. Does anyone know if Mosaic supports mailto: links ? Thanks in Advance -- Hans de Wolf - Fokker Space & System B.V.- PO Box 32070, 2303 DB Leiden, NL hdewolf@fss.fokker.nl Tel. +31 (0)71 245878 Fax +31 (0)71 245835 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 06:42:56 -0600 From: mbrad@halcyon.com (Michael Bradshaw) Subject: Wanted: Drag & Drop text encryption (A) >My requirements are as follows. > > - I would like to be able to compose a plain text document in teachtext, >save it, then drop it onto the encryption application. > - the encryption app. should prompt for an encyption key then create an >encrypyted version of the document and save it or possibly copy it to the >clipboard. > - Decryption should be a matter of dropping the document, being prompted for >a key, saving the result and quitting. David, For starters, try Enigma 2.3.2 It does what you want and more. It should be available at most big mac ftp sites (like sumex - email me if you can't find it - I'll send you archie search results... ) It is freeware, and implements a limited version of DES. A full DES version is available for $15 - but ONLY within the U.S. (Encryption software above a certain level is considered munitions and is illegal to export) Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 12:29:24 -0400 From: rps@apollo.hp.com Subject: Why is DayStar PPC card so expensive? (R) >It seems to me that DayStar's PPC upgrade card is priced unreasonably to >about the same extent that their '040 and '030 cards are. Yes. Anyone have comments on the MacUpgrade MicroMac $99 25Mhz+68881 PDS upgrades to older 16Mhz boxes (wrt compatibility & performance) ? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 12:39:22 -0400 From: barnett@amnh.org (Bill Barnett-Interdepartmental Labs) Subject: Yamaha Speaker Problems (Q) Just tried out some Yamaha YST-M10 speakers on my Mac, expecting great things. Every time I hook them up, the left speaker keeps cutting out. I cannot believe it is the cable; fiddling with the plugs (which run in and out of the right speaker) cuts the left side in and out. I have just tried my 3rd pair (having sent the first 2 pair back). Upshot is that I cannot get stereo out of these stereo speakers. Has anyone else had similar problems with these speakers? Can anyone recommend stereo speakers at about the same price range ($80) that deliver acceptable sound and actually work? Many thanks in advance... -Bill Barnett (barnett@amnh.org) American Museum of Natural History, The City. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 16:20:11 -0400 From: "Charles A. Patrick" I have two queries. Query 1: Very recently I was able to get my hands on the Colour StyleWriter for part of a day. First I connected it directly to my PowerMac, via the printer port, and played with it. I printed a number of pictures using SuperPaint and IntelliDraw. I was very impressed with the results, but bear in mind that this was my first exposure to a colour printer! This initial test took about an hour. Then I connected it to an SE30, again via the printer port, in another office. Again it worked fine when run from the SE30 directly. However when I went back into my office and tried to print from my PowerMac, using the advertised printer sharing facility, it was no go. I spent the rest of the afternoon unsuccessfully trying to figure out what was wrong. When my friendly dealer representative arrived to retrieve the machine, I recounted my tale of woe, and he promised to check into it. Earlier today I was provided with the gen. First, the sharing facility only works with LocalTalk. My impeccable source tells me that a new version of the driver, which is available on AppleLink and which he will download for my benefit soon, allows the sharing facility to work with EtherTalk. In the course of this conversation I also learned some other interesting (at least to me) pieces of information: The StyleWriter II and the colour StyleWriter are directly (ie. without recourse to the Grey sharing device) usable on a LocalTalk Network. This last was a surprise to me, since I recall some exchanges on the net bemoaning some aspects of the performance of the Grey sharing software. I also specifically asked whether this meant that I could access the printer on EtherNet using EtherPrint, or the like, and was told that that I could. Could someone confirm this? Query 2: I am considering acquiring one of those dinky label printers for use by our office. As with the colour printer above I would need to be able to put it on the network to be accessed by all. I am just beginning to look into what is available and have already discovered that most of the three or four choices available are not even LocalTalk compatible, and their prices are certainly not dinky. I would appreciate hearing about any experiences with one or more of these devices. Thanks. Charles A. Patrick (patrcha@statcan.ca) International and Professional Relations Division Statistics Canada Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6 CANADA Tel: 613.951.8920 FAX: 613.951.1231 ------------------------------ End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************