Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #110 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 10 Jun 97 Volume 15 : Issue 110 Today's Topics: [*] Baseball Stats (multi) [*] Baseball Stats (Basic) 1.1 [*] CLASS ACTION: OBTAIN REFUND FROM AOL [*] Elixir [*] explorer-301-romanian.hqx [*] FunKeys 1.5 [*] Get Item Info Strip 1.0 [*] Grand-Mere disait' - Gestionnaire d'arbres geneal [*] GURL Friday - URL manager [*] Helium 3.0 [*] Macintosh Application Development Essentials 1.0.1 [*] MacWaves 1.7.2 - IRC Utility for Macintosh [*] netbots-20.hqx (Internet Agent Program) [*] Personal Budget Database of FMPro3 [*] PhoneCodes-TimeZones 3.3.3 [*] Referencer [*] SerialControl 0.1 [*] Some Guy animation [*] Talk 1.1 [*] The Mac Channel 1.0b4 68k [*] The Mac Channel 1.0b4 PPC [*] TidBITS#383/09-Jun-97 [*] URL Manager Pro 1.4v6J - Japanese Version [*] WarpSearch CGI 2.6 [*] WhatRoute 1.4 [*] WhiteBoard (Q) Advice for buying a new computer 7300/7.6.1 System Tools [A] Annoying Menu Bar Delay [A] Networking with Ethernet [Q] PB100 [Q] Slow Text & Navigator A question abt. Open Transport recc. for Power Mac 8200/120/7.5.5 Blank PDF pages Decode MIME-messages manually Decode MIME-messages manually Eudora error messages Need Software to pinpoint miscreant PB 140 Question PB 5xx upgrade card Performa to Power PC upgrades Really annoying monitors & sound problem Sound extraction from CD SVGA monitor possibilities windowshades The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, iam Breck The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try: Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/. 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We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #110" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:33 -0700 From: rrempel@MTS.Net Subject: [*] Baseball Stats (multi) Baseball Stats for the Mac (multi) version 1.0 * A Filemaker database that tracks baseball statistics. Using the Internet, the database can be updated daily. This multi version is not tied to one particular web site which allows for easy adaptability; statistics can be imported from a variety of sources. This version is for those who require flexabilty and adaptability. * Requirements: Filemaker 3.0v4 or later, Applescript 1.1 or later. * Pricing: $10 for a single user * Visit my web site (http//www.kagi.com/rrempel/default.html) for more information Ramon Rempel rrempel@mts.net [Archived as /info-mac/data/baseball-stats-multi-11.hqx; 532K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:29 -0700 From: rrempel@MTS.Net Subject: [*] Baseball Stats (Basic) 1.1 Baseball Stats for the Mac (basic) version 1.1 * A Filemaker database that tracks baseball statistics. Using the Internet, the database can be updated daily. This basic version is tied to one particular web site (not as adaptable as other versions but simpler to use) * Requirements: Filemaker 3.0v4 or later, Applescript 1.1 or later. * Pricing: $10 for a single user * Visit my web site (http//www.kagi.com/rrempel/default.html) for more information Ramon Rempel rrempel@mts.net - feel free to use this file on any cd-rom collection. - this file replaces 'Baseball Stats for Mac (Basic)' AND 'Baseball Stats FM 2.0' [Archived as /info-mac/data/baseball-stats-basic-11.hqx; 479K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:37 -0700 From: jrussell@marketplace.org Subject: [*] CLASS ACTION: OBTAIN REFUND FROM AOL For AOL users who are eligible for a refund or free service from AOL under the Class Action lawsuit settlement ... The Filemaker Pro 3.0 shareware program CLASS ACTION ... a tiny little Filemaker Pro program whose only purpose is to autOmate writing the two letters you need to send to AOL to get your refund or free service. Best of all, it is absolutely 100% FREE. at ... http://members.aol.com/jimborus [Archived as /info-mac/data/class.hqx; 27K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:49 -0700 From: edtliha@edsvhs1.ericsson.se Subject: [*] Elixir Elixir is an extension which makes mac programs be able to show Chinese/Japanese/Korean text even without language kits or a localized MacOS. The major usage of Elixir is to surf Internet in Chinese/Japanese/Korean with Netscape. The attached file is the binhexed installer of Elixir version 1.0.2. Best Regards, Hao Li 1997-06-06 [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/elixir-102.hqx; 1118K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:28 -0700 From: april@macb033.rrzn.uni-hannover.de Subject: [*] explorer-301-romanian.hqx Internet Explorer 3.01 supports Central/East European languages with the exception of Romanian. Use this patch to modify Internet Explorer 3.01 so that you can read Romanian web pages as well. ResEdit is required. Andreas Prilop [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/explorer-301-romanian.hqx; 6K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:55 -0700 From: LOTTSIM@aol.com Subject: [*] FunKeys 1.5 FunKeys Version 1.5 Copyright (C) 1996-97 by Alex Rampell FunKeys is an incredibly useful utility for the Macintosh. What FunKeys allows you to do, basically, is "program" those function keys on the top of your keyboard to do things. (The keys F1, F2, F3, F4, etc. They are only on extended keyboards, which most Macs have). Most of us Mac users never even use those things, as they are unsupported by many programs; FunKeys not only gives them a use, but it also makes them really useful. With FunKeys installed, you can program all 15 of them to either open files/applications, execute AppleScripts, envoke macros (FKEYs), or even type text. For example, F1 can open America On-Line, F2 can open Microsoft Word, F3 can turn off the sound, F4 can quit all open applications, and F5 can type "Sincererely yours." It's entirely up to you. In order to take advantage of the AppleScript functions, you will need to have System 7.5 or later installed; otherwise, you can simply use FunKeys to open your favorite applications and FKEYs at a blast. Hundreds of FKEYs are freely available from sources such as America On-Line, Info-Mac, and other Mac software sites. FKEYs have normally been installed to Command-Shift-x keys. FunKeys can also switch over to a certain application if it is already running. And, best of all, you can still use the Function Keys for their regular uses, at the same time that FunKeys is running. Version 1.5 adds many new features, such as the ability to open any kind of file, not just applications. This includes Control Panels, Documents, and Sounds---everything. It also allows different Function Keys to type text. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/fun-keys-15.hqx; 173K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:59 -0700 From: firewalker@kagi.com Subject: [*] Get Item Info Strip 1.0 This control strip module allows you to simply set the informations on one or more file at ONE time! For example, you may set the kind of the selection to Stuffit Archive, modify the creation date of many files, set the Finder and resources flags... Just with one clic! Runs on any Macintosh with a control strip. The shareware fee is payable via Kagi. Firewalker http://firewalker.home.ml.org [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/get-info-strip-10.hqx; 286K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:31:21 -0700 From: micber@mail.club-internet.fr Subject: [*] Grand-Mere disait' - Gestionnaire d'arbres geneal Gestionnaire d'arbres g=E9n=E9alogiques. Interface graphique convivial, affichage compact, navigation hypertexte. Version fran=E7aise (ex=E9cutable = et manuel). Il existe aussi une version anglaise (gtm-us-218 - 'Grand Ma Told Me'). MacOS 7.5. [Archived as /info-mac/app/gtm-fr-218.hqx; 292K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:32 -0700 From: bucky@luckypro.com Subject: [*] GURL Friday - URL manager Welcome to GURL Friday - the terrific one-stop URL manager. Try this and you'll never look at another manager again. Grab, categorise with several different hierarchical systems, including Dewey Decimal, surf, e-mail, create HTML hotlists...name it, you do it with GURL Friday. Requires FileMaker Pro v3 (v2 compliant version at the web site) and AppleScript. http://www.charm.net/!bucky/gurl/gurl.html [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/relational-gurl-friday.hqx; 277K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:31:02 -0700 From: support@tigertech.com Subject: [*] Helium 3.0 Helium is a shareware program that improves Balloon Help on the Macintosh. With Helium installed, you can press a key combination to instantly see the balloon help for whatever's under the cursor on the screen, without having to turn Balloon Help on (and off again). You can also choose your own font and size for Balloon Help text, making it more readable. Finally, Helium lets you hide the Help menu (and show it for a moment when necessary). The new version 3.0 includes fat patches for PowerPC computers, adds a new toggle key combination, and is completely compatible with the forthcoming Mac OS 8. If you've been frustrated by Balloon Help in the past, you'll find that Helium now makes it usable! $12 shareware from Tiger Technologies, creators of the Mac shareware programs Window Monkey, Menuette, Speed Beep and Holiday Lights. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/helium-30.hqx; 164K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:24 -0700 From: gdg20@cam.ac.uk Subject: [*] Macintosh Application Development Essentials 1.0.1 MADE is a tiny package of C/C++ code which provides all the lowest-level needs for a Macintosh application. It is designed for people who are learning, or know how to program Macs, but don't have the time, energy or desire to write basic menu, event, memory and error handling routines. Despite its small size, MADE includes several features specifically designed to help the development process; allowing potential crashes to be caught before testing, and various methods to turn intermittent errors into ones that happen every time (perhaps you think that's a bad idea!) The other two areas in which MADE helps are AppleEvents and the Drag Manager. Despite the fact that some projects won't need these, they can be tricky to implement so they are in as switchable options. Version 1.0.1 clears up a couple of minor issues. Macintosh Application Development Essentials is shareware. (c) Gideon Greenspan - gdg@kagi.com Sig Software - http:/www.kagi.com/gdg/ [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/made-ap-dev-essentials-101.hqx; 89K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:51 -0700 From: aragorn2@earthlink.net Subject: [*] MacWaves 1.7.2 - IRC Utility for Macintosh Announcing the release of MacWaves v1.7.2! MacWaves is a fun and powerful AppleScript extension to the ever popular Macintosh irc client, ircle 3.0b, designed to automate several irc functions, and allow Macintosh users to interact with PC user on 'wave' channels. MacWaves is Freeware. Please read License Agreement for details/limitations. CHANGES FROM MACWAVES V1.7 TO MACWAVES V1.7.2 -fixes bug with handling of help file in newest beta version of ircle 3.0b -fixes bug with handling of some popups in MacWaves v1.7 Some features of MacWaves v1.7.2 *point-and-click playing of sounds on irc, either by private or channel ctcp *automatic inclusion of personalized message and file size in all ctcp sound *personalized notice for auto-greet and ctcp ping reply *private message filtering/blocking *automatic whois on notify *automatic dcc-sends of sound or binary files using the common irc formats: !nick wave.wav or @nick file.bin *fun,fabulous and ever-expanding popups file *extensive online help file System requirements: * System 7.5.3 or later * 68040 or Power Macintosh * ircle 3.0b8 and SoundApp v2.2.3 or later (see read me for information) * AppleScript and Scripting Additions installed in Extensions folder For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or contact me at aragorn2@earthlink.net Thanks, Aragorn2 RJSoftworks! aragorn2@earthlink.net [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-waves-172.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:57 -0700 From: klephacks@kagi.com Subject: [*] netbots-20.hqx (Internet Agent Program) [Note: this replaces netbots-11.hqx in the archives] Attached is NetBots 2.0, a shareware Internet agent program for Mac OS. In 1996, NetBots gave system administrators and end users a powerful way to accomplish tasks on the Internet without human intervention. NetBots 2.0 builds on the capabilities of the previous version with the following new features: - enhancements to the standard PortBot, PingBot, and FingerBot - an all new WWWBot that will check for web page updates - support for the /robots.txt web crawling security standard - concurrent execution of bots through the Thread Manager - AppleScript support so bots can talk to other applications - a new "Bot Manager" acts as a visual representation of the bot queue - more options for controlling the behavior of bots - totally redesigned interface and friendlier documentation - 50% more bevels! NetBots 2.0 is a useful tool for web surfers, system administrators, and anyone who uses the Internet on a daily basis. It can help you monitor remote hosts, alert you when a friend logs in, send you email when a site becomes available, reload a page when it changes, and much more. NetBots is available for download immediately from the KlepHacks web site at: . NetBots 2.0 was written by Scott J. Kleper, a sophomore at Stanford University. The program is shareware. After a brief evaluation period, the user is asked to pay a fee of $15 using the included "Register" application. Inquiries and suggestions are welcome via email to [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/net-bots-20.hqx; 1201K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:41 -0700 From: nchamnon@ratree.psu.ac.th Subject: [*] Personal Budget Database of FMPro3 PSBv1.fp3 (PersonalBudget.fp3 v1.0) is a FileMaker Pro 3 database. You can use this file to collect payment and income data, and also to calculate a total budget and balance in any period time. 10 US $ shareware fee. This file can be distributed with any media including CD, web page, etc. Thank you, Chamnong Nopparatana (nchamnon@ratree.psu.ac.th). [Archived as /info-mac/data/personal-budget-10-fm.hqx; 46K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:44 -0700 From: mross@antigone.com Subject: [*] PhoneCodes-TimeZones 3.3.3 Have you ever received a phone message and not known if it's still "business hours" where the call came from? Or planned to call your nephew in Harare and not known if he would be awake yet? PhoneCodes/TimeZones is an update to my previous Area Codes/Time Zones. It is a DocMaker stand-alone application which provides all kinds of useful information. It lets you pinpoint where an area code or country code is located and what time it is there. Conversely, it lets you look up area codes for major cities in the US and Canada and international country codes for all the countries in the world. Version 3.3.3 is an interim release which is up-to-date on the latest Area Code additions. Look for version 4.0 coming soon with detailed world Daylight Savings Time information. The reference ftp site for the latest released version is: ftp://ftp.antigone.com/pub/pctz/ New in version 3.33 (06-Jun-1997): - Added new Area Codes 228 435 450 660 740 781 785 831 850 931 978 - Updated info on Area Codes 323 724 734 925 949 Future plans: - More exact daylight savings time information - City codes for countries which require them Phone Codes/Time Zones is freeware, but it is not in the public domain. Inclusion in freeware collections is prohibited unless written authorization is obtained from me specifically for this purpose. It was created with DocMaker. I only claim copyright on the text within. Please send comments, corrections and updates to: Michael Ross mross@antigone.com [Archived as /info-mac/data/phone-cdes-time-zones-333.hqx; 67K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:29:47 -0700 From: Greenbergg@aol.com Subject: [*] Referencer Referencer 4.03 is the popular Filemaker Pro 3 bibliographic database that stores, organizes, and categorizes many types of references (articles, books, audio, video, software, CD's etc.). Referencer also aids in formatting the references into three major professional styles (APA, AMA, and MLA). Referencer is designed with a 3-D interface and has button-driven ease of use. POWERFUL ORGANIZING DATABASE Using multiple options, you decide how to categorize and describe each reference: 1) a general reference type (software, book, film, etc.), 2) Category (e.g., art, medicine, etc.), 3) Keyword(s), and 4) text (e.g., abstract). References can, therefore, be organized in many ways and you can search and develop reference lists using many different types of criteria. A popular Referencer feature is the automatic pop-up picture of the reference type (software, book, film, etc). FORMAT REFERENCES INTO 3 MAJOR REFERENCE STYLES Referencer provides assistance with three major formatting styles (APA and AMA styles for scientific and medical formatting, MLA style for writers and other researchers). When you need an abbreviated periodical name for an AMA style reference a file of over 850 journal names automatically provides the proper abbreviation. Formatted reference lists can be printed or exported to a file that can be opened in a word processor. Referencer is ideal for writers, scholars, researchers, scientists, physicians, teachers, students and anyone needing to organize collections of information material. It is especially valuable for cataloging collections of articles from subscribed journals, other publications and media, for personal publications, and for organizations that want to organize reference collections and enable computer searches of the information. Many people have actually replaced their expensive commercial bibliographic programs with Referencer. Compare Referencer to any other bibliographic database for yourself. Referencer is inexpensive ($15.00) shareware. Free upgrade to registered users. Glen D. Greenberg 604 Radcliffe Court Newtown Square, PA 19073-1046 USA [Archived as /info-mac/data/referencer-4031.hqx; 295K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:31:11 -0700 From: jwcho@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr Subject: [*] SerialControl 0.1 "SerialControl" is application and hardware device to control external devices using Macintosh through serial port of Macintosh. It is really hard to interface something to Macintosh unlike old Apple II or IBM-PC. The slot of AppleII and ISA(or EISA) of IBM-PC(or compatible) has relatively simple structure and protocol. Currently PCI bus or direct slot of Macintosh is too complex for personal hobbyist to interface something like ADC, DAC, digital port. "SerialControl" might solve this problem somewhat. "SerialControl" is application(including sources) and hardware device(to make by yourself). It uses serial port and provides 8 TTL outputs and 8 TTL inputs with current circuit, but you can easily expand to interface to other device like ADC or DAC. You require special LSI CY233 from Cybernetic Micro Systems. Actually, CY233 is powerful LSI for serial-parallel conversion or network. "SerialControl" just utilizes one of its operation modes. Only demerit of this LSI is price. The price is $45 each(16$ per 1000) except S/H. Foreigner may pay more. This "SerialControl" is absolutely freeware. You can use this circuit, source, and application for your personal use(absolutely not for commercial use). If you are going to include in CD, magazine, FTP server, or web server(except Info-Mac archives and its mirror server), please let me know. If you have any questions, advice, comments, or corrections, please let me know. I'll really appreciate. Here is information about me. Jung-Wook Cho Email : jwcho@eekaist.kaist.ac.kr Fax : +82-42-869-3410 [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/serial-control-01.hqx; 110K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:31:16 -0700 From: jkentel@form-net.com Subject: [*] Some Guy animation Some guy is a hypercard animation from Below-Zero Software. www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1471/index.html [Archived as /info-mac/art/mov/some-guy-hc.hqx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:31:14 -0700 From: bbn@hem1.passagen.se Subject: [*] Talk 1.1 Talk is a tool for Cron. It speaks the string entered using the Speech Manager, with an user selectable voice (new in this release). Sincerely, Tommy Widenflycht [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/talk-11.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:35 -0700 From: info@macchannel.com Subject: [*] The Mac Channel 1.0b4 68k The Mac Channel 1.0b4 The Mac Channel is an information delivery system for the Macintosh. It allows you to receive the latest news, reviews, and articles about the Macintosh world. It requires about 2MB of RAM and 1MB of HD space. It works with both PPC and 68K Macs. If you want to learn more information be sure to visit our web site at http://www.macchannel.com. Thank you for using our software. The Mac Channel Team. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/the-mac-channel-68k-10b4.hqx; 575K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:38 -0700 From: info@macchannel.com Subject: [*] The Mac Channel 1.0b4 PPC The Mac Channel 1.0b4 The Mac Channel is an information delivery system for the Macintosh. It allows you to receive the latest news, reviews, and articles about the Macintosh world. It requires about 2MB of RAM and 1MB of HD space. It works with both PPC and 68K Macs. If you want to learn more information be sure to visit our web site at http://www.macchannel.com. Thank you for using our software. The Mac Channel Team. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/the-mac-channel-ppc-10b4.hqx; 589K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:13:59 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#383/09-Jun-97 TidBITS#383/09-Jun-97 Worried your Mac might be suffering from macro viruses? This week, we report on application-based viruses and how to defend against them. Also, we share a collection of scripts and tricks for Emailer 2.0 (plus tell you how to make an Ethernet crossover cable), note a hot new version of PageSpinner, and - rounding out the issue - guest writer Glenn Fleishman reports on recent upheavals in the Internet's infrastructure. Topics: MailBITS/09-Jun-97 Beware Macro Viruses Emailer Followup Border Wars on the Net [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-383.etx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:05 -0700 From: ChrisLi@bridge1.com Subject: [*] URL Manager Pro 1.4v6J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the URL Manager Pro package. URL Manager is a repository for your favorite Internet addresses or URLs (Uniform Resource Locators). URL Manager allows you to organize and collect URLs in a hierarchical structure. Organizing bookmarks between and within folders is easy with Drag & Drop. Drag HyperText links from your Web Browser to the URL Manager window to add a URL to the repository. To access a URL on the Web, Drag & Drop a bookmark to the window of a Web browser or double click. URL Manager is Internet Config savvy. URL Manager Pro adds tight integration with Navigator, Explorer, Anarchie, Fetch, Claris Emailer and Eudora. With URL Manager Pro you can add bookmark menus to the menubar of these applications. Also, URL Manager Pro adds the URL Manager shared icon menu to the menubar. With this menu you can create bookmarks for Web Pages from --within-- Navigator/Explorer, Add Notes, Grab All URLs on a Web Page or in an E-Mail message, Explore the Internet with a predefined set of Search Engines or start you PPP session with the Open PPP menu command. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/url-manager-pro-146-jp.hqx; 622K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:43 -0700 From: glen_stewart@associate.com Subject: [*] WarpSearch CGI 2.6 WarpSearch is a *fast* non-indexed TEXT and HTML search utility that functions in both local and CGI/ACGI modes. It works with any CGI-compatible Macintosh web-server, including NetPresenz, MacHTTP, WebSTAR, Quid Pro Quo, WebServer 4D, and many others. Speed tests on an old Mac IIci measure WarpSearch at over 500kb/sec and the newer PowerPC Macs perform far better. The bigger the files, the faster the search! This release adds support for installations having multiple System Folders. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/cgi/warp-search-cgi-26.hqx; 177K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:18 -0700 From: bryanc@ihug.co.nz Subject: [*] WhatRoute 1.4 WhatRoute 1.4 is a *free* Traceroute, Ping, DNS Query Tool for use with Open Transport Networking. It will not work with MacTCP or 'Classic' Networking. This release adds the following features: Choice of DNS Servers when using the Query function. This uses code ported from BIND 4.9.5. Flood Ping - for those that must!!!. Settable UDP Port for traceroute probes. TELNET Server for using WhatRoute functions remotely. Updated to current releases of WASTE and CWASTEEdit. Miscellaneous enhancements and bug fixes. For further information, please visit my Web site at Thanks Bryan Christianson -- Bryan Christianson email: Home Page: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/whatroute-14.hqx; 658K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:30:24 -0700 From: cliffmcc@blueglobe.com Subject: [*] WhiteBoard WhiteBoard provides a shared painting environment between two Mac's over the Internet. It was written by Cliff McCollum and is available for FREE. And no, there isn't a windows version available. This program was originally created mostly as a personal experiment in using Threaded networking under PowerPlant. Please be aware that printing isn't finished, it may have a few bugs, and isn't terribly pretty - but it does work. I completed WhiteBoard in November of 1995 and it had just been sitting around since then. One day, in a fit of computer cleaning, I stumbled across it on my hard drive: I had almost forgotten it existed. Rather than throw it out, I thought I'd give it away. Remember that this program is offered *AS IS*. I have only tested it on five or six different setups, though I expect it should work most everywhere. Please don't expect WhiteBoard to be commercial quality as I haven't polished it enough to release it as shareware. But it does work, and I'm sure that some of you will find it useful. Also, despite that fact that it is offered for free, WhiteBoard remains Copyright (c) 1997 Cliff McCollum. Feel free to distribute WhiteBoard however you please, so long as this "Read Me" file is included along with the program. System requirements: * System 7.5 or greater (or System 7.1 with the Thread Manager) * MacTCP or OpenTransport * A connection to the Internet [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/whiteboard-10.hqx; 398K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 09:38:32 +0100 From: "J. Eickhoff" Subject: (Q) Advice for buying a new computer Hello all, I dare to send this mail to the digest, although I might be flamed at, but it is a real question. I intend to by a new computer this late summer, and I really wonder which machine to choose, Mac or PC? In former time I really was a Mac fan, but in the meantime, the Mac already lies behind the PC. ...oh, not, not that Id be crazy to switch to windows, no the alternative is Linux! Please comment my following choice drivers and give me sime suppoert which architecture to choose: 1. One problem for me is that MacOS no longer is an adequate OS. It maybe has nice networking functionalities and a nice user interface, but it mostly dies when an application dies and things like upgrading (remember all the crazy cascade you have to go to get from 7.5.1 to 7.6.1) are absolutely no single bit more handy nowadays than on a PeeCee box. 2. I simply do not believe Apple any further word on dates for Rhapsody. Years ago it sounded Pink to come out, then what at that time they called system 8 and now Rhapsody. And the developers release still is to come out, not talking about dates for the public version. 3. Apparently Rhapsody also is to come on Intel, so why stick to a Mac? Who tells me, that in a year or so Apple still will stick to Motorola based architectures? 4. Topic Linux: I need a system where I can really do some performant SW development under C++. Under Linux no problem with gcc and all the development stuff. But MK-Linux for the mac apparently seems to be dead. The webpage hasnt been updated since march, the archive still is state April. On MK-Linux quite a number of tools from commercial developers are not available, e.g. Netscape Navigator, Star Office, Sniff+ etc. 5. A very important thing also is that I want to do some C++/Ada development and as far as I know so far GNAT has also not been ported to MK-Linux. 6. MK-Linux might be the more modern architecture with the Mach Kernel, but what is it worth if it still is a developers release and SW is missing? Last year it sounded that a first official release would be out still before christmas 96. Now we are approaching the next christmas and no official MK-Linux release is even in sight. 7. If I compare the stability of my MacOS in office and at home to the stability of my collegues Win95 here in office, my macs are the unstable architectures! There is not a single bit of reason to be arrogant towards these Win users. Sometimes my Mac dies when Eudora accesses the net, sometimes it dies during Netscape use etc. And beware before flaming! Both at home and in office the system configurations and OS installations have been done by personnell from my Apple dealer - including check of system extensions and versions I use! So no self hacked dummy installations! 8. For PC Linux there is a Win emulation available so that for running homebanking SW etc. a compatibility also is available and in worst case you can boot win95 which you get with every PC box. So now, dont flame but help. One solution e.g. could be - although expensive - to buy a Mac and run PC linuc on a pentium card. But I so far did not get any hint, whether that would work and whether for Linux the appropriate drivers for graphic card, printers etc would be available. Another solution would be to go to a PC, basically run Linux, and if Apple really succeeds to get Rhapsody out, as it is intended to supply it also for Intel boxes, then to get back to the Apple OS again - besides Linux. It is your turn now. TIA Jens eickhoff@spacediv.dofn.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:21:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: 7300/7.6.1 System Tools Our office just got a new 7300/180. As is customary, I got the new toy. Yes, I know. Rough duty, but someone has to pull it. The reason for my getting new toys is that, being as close to a guru as we have, I should get the untried technology and stub my own toe. In this case that was a pretty good idea. The 7300 came loaded with 7.5 (Gag me with a spoon!) and was accompanied by a 7.5 CD-ROM for the 7300 *plus* a 7.6.1 CD-ROM in a separate package. I, of course, opted to install the 7.6.1 system. And I ran into a puzzlement. Of all the Systems on CD-ROM I've seen over recent years, this 7.6.1 puppy did *not* have a Disk Tools image on it. Gee, that's weird, says I. The one of the 7.6 persuasion I bought came with two floppies, one for "all" 68k machines and one for "all" PPC machines. And the CD-ROM itself came with disk images of each persuasion. It was not a particular surprise to find that the "any PPC" 7.6 Disk Tools would not boot the 7300. I looked at the Disk Tools created from the 7.5 CD-ROM for 7300, and found a "minimal" enabler. Gee, I hate those things. Minimal it might have been, but its 100K would not fit on a Sys 7.6 Disk Tools floppy. Methinks Apple is at it again. I really thought they had gotten their act together with their "any 68k" and "any PPC" boot floppies with the 7.6 system. And here comes the 7300 which apparently is of neither persuasion. Oh goody. I suspect I might be able to live without a floppy-bootable System. The new Norton (3.5) CD-ROM boots on the 7300. I'd feel better if I didn't know that the old MacTools Pro (not on a bootable CD-ROM) finds and fixes problems Norton can't even address. But I'm retro. Have I missed something? Is the 7300 another IIvx (one of which I fear we actually bought during the three days it was on the market)? Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:30:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Davbs@aol.com Subject: [A] Annoying Menu Bar Delay Re: >Every since one of the System 7.5 updates came out there has been an >annoying menu bar delay. When clicking on the menu bar (any menu) there >is a discernible .5 second delay. This seems minor, but because I access >the menu bar so much (sometimes over a dozen times a minute) that delay >ads up to almost an hour each day! >Does anyone know of any patch or system utility that can get rid of this >annoying delay? Thanks! Brett: Not sure if this will apply to you but... I have found that if I have too many files and folders on the Desktop or accessed via the AppleMenu (ESPECIALLY with the hierarchical AppleMenu option) I get a similar delay. I had put an alias for each of my drives in the AppleMenu thinking that I could access ALL my files thereby. It worked but gave a long delay anytime I accessed ANY menu item. Apparently the computer has to retrieve all that hierarchical file data each time you access the Menu bar (even if you don't move over to the AppleMenu). Dave davbs@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 16:19:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Ethan Benatan Subject: [A] Networking with Ethernet To connect exactly 2 machines via 10baseT without a hub, you need a crossover cable. Here's the pinout (I didn't draw it, I got it off the net). Note that you need the *crossover* pinout, not the straight through one. Ethan _____________ Ethan Benatan ethan+@pitt.edu http://www.pitt.edu/~ethan ============================================================== Normal Ether Hub to Computer Straight thru Cable |||||||| EtherTwist Hub End Computer End |||||||| |||||||| Signal Pin Pin Signal |||||||| Receive + 1 ------------ 1 Transmit + |||||||| Receive - 2 ------------ 2 Transmit - ------------- Transmit + 3 ------------ 3 Receive + | | Transmit - 6 ------------ 6 Receive - | -- | | | | | | | | | EtherTwist Hub to Hub Crossover Cable | __|_|__ | | | | | Hub 1 End Hub 2 End | | | | | | | | Signal Pin Pin Signal --------------- Receive + 1 ------------ 3 Transmit + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Receive - 2 ------------ 6 Transmit - Transmit + 3 ------------ 1 Receive + RJ45 Jack Pin Numbering Transmit - 6 ------------ 2 Receive - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 08:51:08 -0400 From: thomas09@SNYCORVA.CORTLAND.EDU Subject: [Q] PB100 I have a PowerBook 100 that seems to be suffering from old age... Suddenly one day it just didn't turn on. I tried calling Apple for assistance, they had me try resetting the power manager ( complicated process of holding down the reset and interrupt keys ) And all this does it make it flash and click a few times. The machine gets no pwer to the hard drive or any thing else for that matter. Any suggestions other than taking it to "An Authorized Apple Repair Center" ? Could this problem be caused by the small "watch cell" batteries being dead ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Scott Thomas ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 97 09:36:04 -0500 From: "Kevin L. Hames" Subject: [Q] Slow Text & Navigator Whenever I'm running Netscape Navigator, the speed of text entry slows to a crawl. For example, as I'm typing this line, it's taking 3 seconds from the time I press the key to the time when the character appears on the screen. Note that this problem affects _all_ applications, not just Navigator, but only appears when Navigator is running or has been run. The problem disappears when I reboot, and doesn't show up again until I launch Navigator. Here's my system configuration: Quadra 700 20 MB real RAM, 32 MB w/virtual memory System 7.6.1 w/Open Transport Netscape Navigator 3.0.1 I've tried the usual troubleshooting techniques, e.g. disabling extensions, clean system installs, etc., without success. I've also tried Internet Explorer, but ran into a different problem (it somehow continually triggers SAM scans; anyway, I prefer Navigator's user interface), so I'm not sure if it would have a similar problem. Has anyone seen or heard of this problem? Any and all suggestions are welcome. TIA! klhames@indy.navy.mil ------------------------------ Date: 09 Jun 1997 13:55:26 +0000 From: Mephistophilis Subject: A question abt. Open Transport recc. for Power Mac 8200/120/7.5.5 I'm currently using OT 1.1.1 on my PowerMac 8200/120/7.5.5 and am getting lots of crashes which appear (from MacsBug error messages) to be OT-related. Have I the correct version? Is there anything else I can do? TIA - Fergus Lalor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 10:07:40 -0500 From: "William D. Thompson" Subject: Blank PDF pages "I need to use documents .... in PDF. In every case, when I try to open "them with Adobe Acrobat Reader the correct number of pages are there but "they are all "blank. I have tried two different versions of ATM and Acrobat reader, all "with the same result...." Ran into the same problem myself recently - in both version 2.0 and 2.1 of Acrobat Reader, everything came up blank. After downloading version 3.0, it was all there! You can download version 3 of the Reader (free) at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Memo SchoolZone - the place for students at: http://smacc.net/SchoolZone/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:34:06 +0200 From: JLM.Benlliure@uv.es (Josep Lluis Mtnz. Benlliure) Subject: Decode MIME-messages manually Klaus Schnathmeier writes: > from time to time I get mails with MIME-encoded > characters (Umlauts), that had been received by > a non-MIME capable email-client. Right now, I > found no way to decode these messages to the > normal Macintosh charset, while they are already > on my desktop. It's certainly no solution to ask > the original sender for retransmittal, so I can > re-receive them with another client. > Any hint for a small conversion utility? Take a look at: There you will find a small AppleScript script named "DIGEST Restorer" that does this. You will also need TexEdit Plus, a shareware text editor that supports AppleScript. ====== Josep Lluis Mtnz. Benlliure Universitat de Valencia (Spain, Europe) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 20:32:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: Decode MIME-messages manually On Sat, 7 Jun 97, Klaus Schnathmeier wrote >from time to time I get mails with MIME-encoded characters (Umlauts), >that had been received by a non-MIME capable email-client. Right now, I >found no way to decode these messages to the normal Macintosh charset, >while they are already on my desktop. It's certainly no solution to ask >the original sender for retransmittal, so I can re-receive them with >another client. >Any hint for a small conversion utility? Klaus, I get that stuff all the time. One of my home base accounts is a mere IBM mainframe which doesn't know boo! about attached documents in any format. If the attached document is a binary, I'm out of luck. Most often, however, it is in one of three "text encoded" formats: UUE, HQX, or B64. I send them to my Mac as text and decode those with one of several utilities available from your friendly local I-M archive. A Base-64 attachment very often has no indication of what it is, save for some 65 characters of human readable gibberish per line. I use YA-base64 for that stuff. Stuffit Expander is marvelous for everything else. Especially the HQX'd files. If Stuffit doesn't like a UU-encoded file, I drop it on UU-Lite. An HQX file starts with "This must be decoded with binhex 4" A UUE file has a header with a "6xx" number and the file name. The programs I mentioned are in the "compression" section of the archive. If memory serves. Which it hasn't for quite a while. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 12:12:37 -0800 From: Paul Thompson Subject: Eudora error messages I am getting two error messages when I send a message to my server using Eudora. The first message says: couldn't read this -120 you cannot write to that (textw:52) and the second: could'nt read the signature file for that message 1 (mailxfer:823) In spite of these admonitions, my messages DO get accepted by the server and sent. Can anyobe please tewll me what's happening and how to fix? I did a big disk cleanup prior to this happening and I think I must have chucked out something, altho it all seems to be there still... All help appreciated and direct email to me would be welcomed. Thanks Paul zen@island.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 10:22:35 -0700 From: May Trieu Subject: Need Software to pinpoint miscreant We are a school with 75 Power Macs, Ethernet network, using AppleShare File >Server. Someone has been taking the mice balls from the computers. We >need a software that can tell us who logged in when and from what machine >so that we can catch the culprit. The software can run on each machine or >more easily, from the Appleshare server machine. Your help would be >appreciated. > >Thanks, > May ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 23:49:06 -0400 From: Keith E Gatling Subject: PB 140 Question Thanks to Marc Sira for his quick answer to my question. Seems that I just had to upgrade to System 7.1, take a look at its PowerBook control panel, and reset the options concerning processor cycling when the machine was idle. Piece of cake. Now all I have to do is bring this baby up to 8mb of memory from the current 4mb, and I'll be all set...that and finding a cheap small hard drive so my 4-yo daughter can actually use the old Plus that's sitting in her room. keg * mailto://kgatling@ican.net http://www.rochester.ican.net/~kgatling * ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 16:50:39 +0100 From: "J. Eickhoff" Subject: PB 5xx upgrade card Hello, Ive come to know that in the USA the PB5xx upgrade cards (Apple Power PC upgrade incl 8MB) are sold out at prices much lower than here in germany. I now still try to get one of these cards, but each source I come to touch, just a day before has sold out the last. Does anyone still know a serious source? TIA Jens eickhoff@spacediv.dofn.de ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 16:21:47 -0400 From: Mark Stephansky Subject: Performa to Power PC upgrades Hi All: Has anyone taken advantage of the upgrade path from performa to power PC that Apple has been forced to make available at a lower price? A friend of mine is wondering if the $600 + upgrade is worth it. TIA -Mark Stephansky ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 20:13:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: Really annoying monitors & sound problem On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Jon Froines wrote in part: >I've been having this problem for a while. I'm running system 7.6.1 on a >PowerMac 7500/150/48MB RAM/512k level 2 cache. When I attempt to open my >Monitors and Sound Control Panel, it says that it needs the SystemAV >extension, which , according to it, is missing or disabled. Jon, have you tried scanning your HD with Norton Utilities? I suspect a munged catalog. Possibly a munged system, but more likely a munged catalog. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: 08 Jun 1997 16:21:58 -0700 From: Victor Eijkhout Subject: Sound extraction from CD I'm having trouble reliably converting CD tracks to AIFF format. Sometimes it works, but often I get popping noises and skips. I've tried Movieplayer, Simplesound, SoundApp, and probably a few more. They all display the same behaviour. (Probably becuase they all use the same system routines, right?) I'm running 7.5.3 on a PPC8100, starting with minimal extensions, Quicktime 2.5. Any idea what can be the problem? Victor. -- http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eijkhout ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 21:41:30 -0400 From: Pat.Ellis@champlaincollege.qc.ca (ellis@champlaincollege.qc.ca) Subject: SVGA monitor possibilities I'm considering making my next Mac purchase (actually, Mac compatible) a Motorola StarMax 3000 computer. Coming with an SVGA monitor port seems extremely convenient. My question concerning that port is (forgive my ignorance here)... can the StarMax and MacOS handle any third party SVGA Monitor that is hooked up to the port (no special requirements) or would I need one that comes with a specific driver for it. I can get my hands on a really nice 17" Daytek (Daewoo group) SVGA monitor for $699 Canadian but, after looking through their web page, found no Macintosh driver software for it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Pat Ellis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:58:10 -0400 From: agraficas@macconnect.com (angela gomez-rubio) Subject: windowshades I once found a URL that had a collection of software which would run on older macs. I downloaded a program called "windowshades" which, when you double clicked on the title bar of a window, would roll up the window, leaving the title bar. Then to lower the window you just double-clicked on the title bar. It was great for keeping a tidy desktop, and I understand OS 7.6 has such a feature. I had the URL bookmarked but lost it when I had a system crash. I haven't been able to find the URL since- all I can remember is the page had something to do with "old Macs" and had a black background (I'm using an SE30 in B&W with system 7.0.1) Does anyone know where I can get a new copy? This time I'll back it up. Thanks, Ed Davies -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************