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From: [e-mail] (Tony Lindsey)
Subject: Mac*Chat#091/29-Sep-95

Mac*Chat#091/29-Sep-95
======================

Welcome to Mac*Chat, the weekly electronic newsletter biased
  toward Mac users who are production-oriented professionals.  Other
  Mac users may find many, many items of interest as well.  I'd enjoy
  hearing your feedback and suggestions.  Unfortunately, due to the
  massive numbers of messages I get every day, I can't guarantee
  a personal reply.

  Tony Lindsey, <[e-mail]>.
  <http://www.cts.com/browse/xxltony>

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See the end of this file for legalisms and info on how to get a free
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Any [comments in brackets] are by Tony Lindsey.

Topics:
Highlights Of This Issue
Editor's Notes
Warning - Archive Your Data And Old Program Versions
Magneto-Optical Drive Prices Drop Again
Jaz Drive Info Wanted
The Biggest Mac Newsletters
Hover Bar
Tips For AOL Users - Getting And Installing Apple Software Upgrades
First Virtual Feedback
Syquest And Iomega Drives
Technical Section Starts...  Here
Organizing Netscape Bookmarks
The Upcoming PNG Image-Format
Legalisms
Free Subscriptions To This Newsletter

Highlights Of This Issue
------------------------
  I mention a concern about your archived data's value after only a
  few years, Track down APS's web site (at last) and mention how
  the price of my favorite drive has dropped again, I ask for more
  gossip about the Jaz drive, and brag about Mac*Chat's status
  among its peers (and how to find them).  Kelly Clark tells us
  about a really nice shareware program, I continue my series of
  articles on how to get the most out of the Internet, a correction
  (and an opinion) concerning First Virtual, we deeply discuss
  several external drive types, we find out that Netscape really
  DOES have a built-in way to arrange bookmarks hierachically, and
  we learn more about the proposed replacement for the GIF
  file-format.

Editor's Notes
--------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  Well, it's been an interesting week - The first few days of
  opening the door to donations (see issues #85 and 90) have been
  very busy for me, what with sending-off instructions and
  de-bugging the procedures.  I'll have more news about this later
  on, but let's say that the experiment has been quite a nice
  success so far.  MANY thanks to everybody who wrote and said such
  nice things!

  -----------

  I find myself being asked the same question over and over lately
  - "Is Apple going to die, like everybody tells me it will?"  Now,
  I know we've covered this pretty thoroughly in past issues, but
  here's my newest thought:

  There are twenty million Mac users on earth that would rather
  chew-off one of their own limbs than switch to Windows.  Apple is
  NOT going to die!  There is a sports-competition mentality at
  work here.  It's not enough for one team to get more points,
  there seems to be a desire to see the other team LOSE, and lose
  big.  Somehow, I think I lack the gene that makes me want to
  smite enemies and grind their bones for my bread.  :->

Warning - Archive Your Data And Old Program Versions
----------------------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  I've been getting a lot of questions lately about the long-term
  dependability of storage media.  Personally, I've been satisfied
  with the ten-year-plus reputation of my magneto-optical disks
  (see back-issues 58, 62, 70, 74, 76, 77, 81 and 84).

  I've been telling people that media longevity is good, but it's
  also very important to consider whether your data can be accessed
  later on.  As a good example:

  PageMaker 6.0 just came out.  I sincerely doubt that it will read
  the elderly PageMaker 3.0 or 4.0 data files I've been squirreling
  away for years.  I do my best to translate the old files to the
  newer format (a real pain in the butt) but I also keep a copy of
  my older programs, just in case.  Consider using ShrinkWrap (see
  issues 78 and 90 and below) to archive your original program
  diskettes onto optical cartridges.

Magneto-Optical Drive Prices Drop Again
---------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  - By the way - I heard that the price on my Magneto-Optical (MO)
  drive had dropped again, so I called APS and confirmed it.

  The 230-meg external drive has dropped from $799 to $499.95 in
  steady increments of $100.  Are there other good, solid,
  dependable MO drives available for less?  I've been recommending
  APS because I've had good experience with client support from
  them.

  APS Technologies (800-677-3294/816-920-4109)
  e-mail: <[e-mail]>
  Updates, etc.: <ftp://ftp.apstech.com/Pub/>
  Web site (at last!): <http://www.apstech.com/>

Jaz Drive Info Wanted
---------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  Also, has anybody gotten the Jaz drive yet?  (see issue #87).  I
  want to know all about how well it works, and stuff like street
  price.  I want your impressions!

The Biggest Mac Newsletters
---------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  If you'd like a good idea of how fast Mac*Chat is growing, and
  who its sister publications are...

  The following location on the Web tells you how to subscribe to
  any of 7,000 electronic newsletters, covering just about any
  topic.

  <http://www.tile.net/tile/listserv/most.html>

  If you view the list of the most-popular newsletters, you'll
  notice something interesting.  Out of the top-thirty newsletters
  and discussion lists, there are only three that are specifically
  about a particular type of computer hardware or operating-system.
  ALL THREE are Mac-related:

  - TidBITs is #3

  - Mac*Chat is #14 at the moment, though it tends to go higher and
  lower at times.  Not bad for something that has only been widely
  available on the Internet since October of last year!

  - Info-Mac Digest is currently #28.

  Interestingly, the Windows 95 discussion is #65!

  Don't you think there's a story in there somewhere for one of the
  Mac magazines to cover?

  For those who aren't familiar with those two other mailing-lists,
  TidBITs is an excellent newsletter that I've shamelessly copied
  in many ways.  It's more technically-oriented (and not quite as
  gossipy).  You can trust Adam and Tonya Engst's good word.  For
  more info, send e-mail to <[e-mail]>.

  Back-issues may be found at

  </info-mac/per/tb/>

  The Info-Mac Digest is a very long listing of the new
  freeware/shareware software and information arriving at the many
  Info-Mac sites all over the planet.  It also contains people's
  feedback and notes.  It's more reading than _I_ can keep up with,
  but it may work well for you... For more info, send e-mail to
  <[e-mail]>

  Back-issues may be found at

  </info-mac/per/im/>

Hover Bar
---------
  By Kelly Clark <[e-mail]>

  Regarding your "Grinder" article for AOL users...for those who
  like that uncluttered look, how about a nifty little program
  called "Hover Bar"? I use it and love it.

  </info-mac/gui/hover-bar-123.hqx>

  You can find it just about anywhere. I think I picked it up on a
  local BBS. It placed #1 in system enhancements in the 1995
  MacUser Shareware Awards.

  Here's what they say:

  Hover Bar - Guy Fullerton's program launcher for System 7.5 ($5)
  is way too cool. Among its features are a floating program-launch
  palette and multiple clipboards.

  Here's what _I_ say:

  When I open my internet connection from my apple menu, Hover Bar
  appears on the screen. I can drag and drop it anywhere I want and
  I can place the bar vertically or horizontally. If it "gets in my
  way" I just use command-escape and it disappears! The same key
  combination brings it back again. Hover Bar is the answer for
  those of us who like "neat" desktops. By clicking a tiny icon I
  can log in, go to FTP, IRC Homer, Netscape, Newsgroups,
  Eudora...for uploading and attaching chores I simply drop the
  file in question onto DropStuff, Sound App or Stuffit Expander.
  All this (and more, if I wanted...I used to keep Claris Emailer
  on "the bar" for example) on one small neat little bar that comes
  and goes with one keystroke combination. I love it!

Tips For AOL Users - Getting And Installing Apple Software Upgrades
-------------------------------------------------------------------
  By Tony Lindsey <[e-mail]>

  In issue #90, I explained how to get two of the most-important
  "Grinder" programs.  If you have followed the instructions and
  are ready to continue, then please consider following along with
  these next steps.  Why?  Because you're going to have to deal
  with the awkward, messy parts of the Internet at some point, and
  the example I use below makes a very good tutorial.

  These steps work best if you try to connect to AOL while the
  Eastern USA is going through the very early morning hours or late
  at night...

  - Sign on to America Online
  - Pull down the "Go To" menu and choose "Keyword"
  - Type "internet" (without the quotes) and hit Return
  - Click on "ftp"
  - Click "Go To FTP"
  - Scroll down to "ftp.info.apple.com" and double-click on it
  - If it allows you in, maneuver through the directories until you
  get to

  Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macintosh

  and you'll see the different categories of system software.

  You can cruise around and look at the various items available for
  downloading, but what would be a good choice?  For folks who are
  using System 7.1, I strongly recommend going even further down
  the directories until you find:

  System/Other_System/System_Update_3.0_1.4MB.sea.hqx

  This is a very, very good thing to have for System 7.1 users -
  it's not commonly available through other means, and you won't
  come to any harm if you install it.  However, it needs to go
  through three changes before you can actually install it.

  Download that (2.4 megabyte) file onto your desktop, quit from
  America Online, and you'll find that the file you downloaded has
  a filename that ends with ".hqx" - That means it's stored in a
  special, "binhexed" format, and needs to be translated.

  - Drag that file on top of Stuffit Expander Alias until it
  darkens, and let go.

  That's it.  The file gets translated, and the old, useless copy
  goes away.

  In this case, that leaves you with a file called "System Update
  3.0 (1.4MB).sea"  This is a compressed, Self-Extracting Archive,
  so double-click on it to extract its contents onto your desktop
  again.  You can delete the ".sea" version.  We're done with it.

  You will now see a folder called "System Update 3.0 (1.4MB)"  It
  contains two files that end in ".image," meaning that they are
  files that mimic diskettes.

  We're about to upgrade System 7.1 to its enhanced, less-buggy
  version, so please re-start and hold down the Shift key until you
  see "Welcome to Macintosh - Extensions Off."  This avoids
  unpredictable installation errors.

  highlight the two "image" files, and drag them on top of
  ShrinkWrap.  Suddenly two diskette icons pop up on your desktop,
  as if you inserted two diskettes into several diskette drives.
  The "diskette" called "System Update 3.0 Disk 1" will
  automatically open, showing you a program called "Installer"
  Double-click on it, and follow the instructions.  After
  re-starting, you won't need those "image" files any more.
  Tedious to get all the way through this, yes, and awkward, but it
  works once you know how.  I hope somebody learned something
  useful!

First Virtual Feedback
----------------------
  By Ken Laws <[e-mail]>

  From issue #90:

  > Also, a fee of 29 cents per
  > transaction plus 20 percent of the seller price is deducted.

  That should be 29 cents plus 2%, or plus 8% for transactions via
  First InfoHaus.

  Sellers should also be aware that it usually takes about 100 days
  before payment is received from FV.  There's a built-in wait of
  91 days to get around possible refusals to pay billed charges on
  the buyer's monthly statement, plus a delay of up to a week for
  small transactions to accumulate (to $10) before FV makes a
  deposit to the seller's account.  That deposit incurs an
  additional $1 charge.

  It does seem like a good system, though.  I've signed up, to take
  credit payments for my weekly Computists' Communique
  advanced-technology research newsletter.

  [I heard from several folks who wanted to complain that I'm
  spreading too much Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt, by expressing
  personal reservations about transferring credit-card information
  over the Internet.  Having hung around with some VERY sociopathic
  young hackers, I know their capabilities and philosophy.  Maybe
  THEY wouldn't misuse the VISA numbers they cleverly stole from
  you and 50,000 other people, (and it HAS happened), but they also
  wouldn't think twice about making that same info available to any
  scoundrel on earth.  Yes, I'm paranoid, but mostly when it comes
  to protecting my readers.  Enough said.]

Syquest And Iomega Drives
-------------------------
  By Doug Huebner <[e-mail]>

  An issue or two ago, someone was asking about the Syquest EZ135.
  I had ordered a Zip drive from one of the Mac mail order places
  and was told I was #2000 on the waiting list and they had just
  received an shipment or 40 (out of 440) that they ordered in
  April. While talking to them I noticed the Syquest drive. They
  said it would ship in two weeks. So I switched the order. (I also
  noticed that Best Buy had an adequate supply of Zip drives on the
  shelf)

  The drive came as promised, although the spare disks are
  back-ordered. It is about the same size as the Zip drive, but the
  media, instead of being a "fat" floppy, is a small hard disk
  platter in a "jewel case" much like a CD (or the larger Syquest
  media.)

  I plugged it in, inserted the disk, turned on the computer and I
  was in business. Easy as that. (This is a small lie. Since I am a
  "read instructions last" person, it took me a bit to figure out
  the little handle on the drive had to be pushed all the way to
  the right.)

  The only problem?? is that the disk is half full. There is some
  demos and some "lite" versions of some software packages. An
  interesting one is a video type demo for two products by Dantz.
  The animation itself is just OK. But each comes in four versions:
  English, French, German and Japanese. Now you can learn to say
  "lost data" in four languages.

  After clearing most of that stuff off, I got to start using the
  drive. (Where do you backup stuff from a backup disk so you can
  use it to backup what you bought it to back up?) The disk seems
  fast and, as far as I can tell, transparent in terms of it
  looking like any other hard disk.

  I ran a program called "Speedometer" to check the speeds of the
  disks. My internal (an older Quantum 120) scored 0.68. The
  external Quantum 340 came in at about 1.1 and the Syquest at 1.2.
  (This is on a Mac IIcx)

  The box had no designation as Mac or PC specific. The floppy that
  came with it was PC format and had some Mac software on it (which
  I never got to work.) There were two very brief instruction pages
  included - one for Mac and one for PC. So the question arose, can
  you use the media to transfer files between Macs and PCs?

  I called Syquest about transferring files between Macs and PCs
  using the EZ135. I was told that From PC to Mac, the normal file
  translators work. Going toward the PC, you need an extra third
  party program that can run anywhere from $50 to $150.

  I really like the drive, I just wish the rest of the media would
  come as I filled up the first disk within a few minutes.

  ---------

  By Kass Johns, Electronic Publishing Systems Integrator
  <[e-mail]> <http://www2.csn.net/~kassj>

  Regarding issue #89's question by George M Harris, Philadelphia
  <[e-mail]>

  >>I'm wondering if anyone has done a comparison between these two
  drives, as I'm preparing to buy a backup system in a few weeks.
  The Syquest appears to be slightly cheaper per megabyte, and is
  significantly faster. On the other hand, the Zip comes w/ backup
  software. Any other comparisons?

  <<

  On my site

  <http://www2.csn.net/~kassj>

  you will find the "Which SyQuest Should I Buy?" FAQ. [Frequently
  Asked Questions file]  Near the end of the FAQ is a short
  discussion of Zip vs. EZ135--some pros and cons to consider
  (including the fact that the Zip drive has non-standard SCSI
  technology). The actual FAQ is at

  <http://www2.csn.net/~kassj/SyQuest.html>

  I am not an employee of SyQuest.

  FYI--SyQuest Technology, Inc. has their corporate site at

  <http://www.syquest.com/>

  Re: Backup apps and removables...

  I don't know which backup apps support SyQuest, but I have heard
  that auto backup routines may not be compatible because of the
  several-step eject, insert routines. I do not use auto backup
  apps myself, so don't know the answer.

  If you have to have a mass backup which now requires multiple
  cartridges, maybe it is time to seriously consider the new 1GB
  removables coming to market. One quick drag/copy of your internal
  disk icon, then go to lunch!

  I manage my backups via organization of my hard drive. Folders
  for Apps, Utilities, Fonts, Comm, System and then Working.
  Backing up the first three folders only when something has
  changed or updated. Comm and System can fit on one cartridge and
  get more regular backup so updated address lists and prefs get
  regular backup. The Working folder gets the most frequent backup
  since I keep all my active files contained within (and they are
  easily contained within one cartridge). Then I don't have to
  backup the whole drive at once (using multiple cartridges), just
  the active parts. (And I am quite anal-retentive about backup--I
  do it religiously.)

  Do you _need_ the software that comes with the drive? Many folks
  are not aware that separate drivers for SyQuest cartridges are
  _not_ necessarily needed. They are just like hard disks. The boot
  drivers for your internal drive should mount the cartridges as
  long as they are inserted and spun up upon startup. Or you can
  force-mount using SCSIProbe. I see so many folks assume they have
  to have the drivers. SyQuest cartridges are just Winchester
  mechanisms in a removable case. Same media as a fixed hard drive!
  The last thing we all need are a bunch of extra extensions!

  The driver disks that come with my hard disks never see my floppy
  drive. I file them away and use my FWB Hard Disk Tool Keep in
  touch! program for all disk drives, no matter the vendor--I then
  have complete consistency.

Technical Section Starts...  Here
---------------------------------

Organizing Netscape Bookmarks
-----------------------------
  [Oh, my - I really stepped in it in the last issue!  I asked why
  Netscape didn't have some built-in method of arranging bookmarks
  in a hierarchical fashion.  I received 194 messages that told me
  that Netscape DOES contain such a feature.  I'm glad to know
  better (though I still prefer ClayBasket for its ease of use -
  Just drag stuff around with the mouse) and I'm very, very
  grateful for the kind tone of the letters.  Nobody called me an
  idiot or anything!]

  By Jerry South, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
  <[e-mail]>

  In MacChat #90, Sep 22., 1995, Tony was extolling the virtues of
  Claybasket for its capabilities to edit Netscape bookmarks. Tony
  also asked, " Why the heck wasn't this built into Netscape in the
  first place?"

  Well, it was and it is. Netscape has pretty much full capability
  to edit, sort, & organize bookmarks, but it seems that there are
  many of us who don't know about it. I learned of it from
  somewhere, quite possibly MacChat!  I don't recall the issue, but
  it was authored by Richard Irwin <[e-mail]>. I sent him
  an email requesting further info, and he kindly replied.  I'll
  try to explain below what I learned from Rich and others.

  **CAUTION** Before working on this, make a copy of your Netscape
  Bookmarks file called "Bookmarks.html" that resides in system
  folder/preferences/netscape folder. Call it something like "Old
  Bookmarks file" and leave it in there. You may screw something up
  while you're practicing/playing with editing your bookmarks as I
  describe below, so you can recover the original by trashing the
  corrupted Bookmarks.html file and renaming your "Old Bookmarks
  file" to Bookmarks.html. Remember, whatever modifications you
  make in the bookmarks list will be saved to the Bookmarks.html
  file when Netscape is quit, and whatever was in that file
  previously is erased.  When Netscape starts up, it looks for the
  default file Bookmarks.html in the Netscape Preferences folder.

  1. Select the "View Bookmarks" option under the bookmarks menu,
  or poke cmd-B. A dialog box will appear with many options.

  2. To create a header (such as "Mac Info" or "Web Searches" or
  "Fluid Dynamics"), choose New Header form the dialog box. Wait a
  second or two and the entry called New Header will appear in your
  bookmarks list just below the location of the highlight bar in
  the bookmarks window. BTW, you can position that highlight
  selection bar anywhere you want with the mouse. You can name the
  new header whatever you wish in the window called "name" in the
  right side of the dialog box. In fact, you can rename any
  bookmark or header in that window by selecting (single click) it
  in the bookmark window. It will appear in the name window, ready
  for editing.

  3. You can move the highlighted (selected) header up or down in
  the bookmarks list with the up/down arrows at the bottom of the
  bookmarks window. As you move your header up towards the top
  (bottom) of the window, you'll see it unindent (I know, that's
  probably not really an English verb) as it reaches the top
  (bottom) or another header. Play with it a bit to see the action.

  3. Individual bookmarks can be maneuvered around in the bookmarks
  list by selecting them with a single mouse click, and moving them
  up or down in the list using the up/down arrows at the bottom.
  After you have created the headers you want, start moving the
  appropriate items into their spots with the up/down arrows. You
  will see the items indent when they reach a header. When they
  indent, they become part of the header's subgroup. Try it a
  little, you'll get the hang of it in one minute. All the items
  moved to a header will indent.

  4. Double-clicking on a header will expand/collapse items under
  it. This is very handy, because otherwise it would take many,
  many up-arrow clicks to maneuver a bookmark up through a
  fully-expanded list of a hundred or so bookmarks. When you have
  all your headers collapsed, you can move an entry around quickly,
  be it a bookmark or a header, as it only navigates the collapsed
  headers, and you will probably only have about ten of those.

  5. There are other option buttons to try that are fairly
  self-explanatory, but try them out. e.g., you can remove an entry
  by selecting it in the bookmarks window and poking the "Remove
  Item" button.

  6. Be careful when removing an item. If it's a header, you will
  be asked if you also want to remove everything under the header!

  7. In the future, when you wish to add a bookmark, note that
  selecting "Add Bookmark" from the main Netscape menu places the
  new bookmark at the very bottom of the bookmark list. You can
  move it quickly into its desired destination as described above
  by collapsing (double-click) all headers first. However, you can
  also do another trick: poke cmd-B (View Bookmarks), expand the
  header in which you wish to place the new bookmark, and select
  the spot just above where you want it to locate. Then poke the
  Add Bookmark button in the dialog box, and it will be placed just
  where you want it without any more moves.

  8. You can save several different Bookmark files and name them.
  You can save them using the "Export" button, using the standard
  Mac dialog. When you want to access them, choose "Import" from
  the View Bookmarks dialog, and the file will be inserted into
  your current bookmarks list. But **BE CAUTIONED**, that
  modification will become PERMANENT in the file Bookmarks.html
  when you quit Netscape. If you don't want that to occur, you must
  use the "Remove Item" button appropriately before you quit to
  restore the Bookmarks.html file to the condition you want.

  A little practice and you'll be a Netscape Bookmark-Editing
  Maven. No extra software needed.

  ------

  By Leong Mun Kew, Singapore <[e-mail]>

  I don't use Netscape on my Mac, having a direct internet feed on
  my Sun workstation. The netscape running on X-windows (Ver 1.1N)
  has that capability built in. Somewhat slow, but I speed up the
  outlining by editing the file outside Netscape myself.

  Also, with regard to Netscape palettes on X-windows, you can
  start up netscape with the -install option, which will force it
  to use a private colour map, i.e., it can always get the 6x6x6
  cube requested.

The Upcoming PNG Image-Format
-----------------------------
  By Tom Lane organizer, Independent JPEG Group, member, PNG
  development group <[e-mail]>

  In issue #90, it was said:

  > >>   2.  Use GIF (or soon, PNG) for icons, line drawings...

  PNG (pronounced "ping") is the Portable Network Graphics format,
  which is designed to be the successor to the once-popular GIF
  format. (Unofficially PNG stands for "PNG's Not GIF.")  GIF
  became decidedly less popular right around New Year's Day 1995
  when Unisys and CompuServe suddenly announced that programs
  implementing GIF would require royalties, due to Unisys' patent
  on the LZW compression method used in the GIF format. Since GIF
  had been showing its age in a number of ways even prior to that,
  the announcement only catalyzed the development of a new and
  much-improved replacement format. PNG is the result.

  The above text is lifted from Greg Roelofs' PNG page at

  <http://quest.jpl.nasa.gov/PNG/>

  which includes pointers to the full PNG spec, lists of
  applications known to support PNG, etc. etc. PNG is not very
  widely implemented yet, but that is changing rapidly.

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