Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #117 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 17 Jun 97 Volume 15 : Issue 117 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#384/16-Jun-97 7500/100 processer upgrade question [Q] AIFF Startup [Q] Discussion Group (web based) software for the Mac Appletalk with PPP?? Epson 800 HD Drivers Question Info-Mac Digest V15 #112 QuickTime - Mpeg QuickTime Talking heads on PC server to server- email on demand 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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Topics: MailBITS/16-Jun-97 Crossing the Platform Bar Spinning the Web Part I: Trade-offs and PageSpinner [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-384.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 11:02:44 +0100 From: Rick Wintheiser Subject: 7500/100 processer upgrade question I am thinking about moving up to 150mhz. Any advice? I've heard a lot of back and forth on cache cards, any fool proof advice? Finally, Macworks vs. MacCPU any good or bad news about them? TIA Rick ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 13:52:46 +0200 From: Samuele Cavadini Subject: [Q] AIFF Startup Can someone suggest an Init/control panel to play an AIFF sound in background DURING (NOT after) the Startup? Thx in adv Sam ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 10:15:55 +0100 From: "Antony D'Emanuele" Subject: [Q] Discussion Group (web based) software for the Mac I am looking for discussion group software that I can use on my web site. I have come across Interaction but is there anything else out there. I would like a web interface with facilities such as moderaed discussions and ability to archive messages easily. I presently use ListStar and have over 100 groups and would like to transfer these to a more elegant solution. Tony D'Emanuele University of Mancheste ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 10:10:12 +0100 From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: Appletalk with PPP?? >Is there a way for me to connect to my office computor (ethernet >connection) from home using Appletalk and OT/PPP (or Telnet)?? >I work at a university that supplies an ethernet connection in my office as >well as dialup internet access for home. A colleague and I have >successfully linked our Macs using Appletalk over our office ethernet >connection. At home, I use OT/PPP for internet access as well as >Microphone for telnet access of several servers. >Joe Spaeth >jspaeth@unm.edu Try setting up an ftp server on your Mac at work. NetPresenz is a shareware version that works very well. You can then exchange files with your Mac at work over the internet. You will need to use an ftp program at home to access your ftp server at work, such as Fetch. If you want to actually control your Mac at work from your Mac at home, the solution is Timbuktu Pro, which you can run on the Mac at work and at home. You need 2 copies, which are usually sold in pairs. They have a trial version you can use. Contact Farallon. Apple Remote Access is another way to connect to your Mac at work if you have a modem at each end. There is supposed to be a version that runs on TCPIP, but I don't think it is yet available. You can also run a Gopher server and a Web server with NetPresenz. You will need to know the IP address of your Mac at work. Your Mac at home is probably through a PPP connection, so the IP address changes each time you connect, making it difficult to run a server from home. In any case, you set up file sharing with passwords on your Mac at work to control access. Hope this helps, Ephraim Fithian http://www.epix.net/~fithian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 10:45:37 -0800 From: glaston Subject: Epson 800 I'm thinking about buying an Epson 800 and would like to hear from anybody using that printer. I presently have a Stylus Pro, which is pretty cranky sometimes, but the results are usually worth the effort. I don't do any professional or production work, I just manipulate photos and images for family and friends, plus the occasional small office project. I don't live where I can get a chance to compare the Stylus Pro and 800 output, so I'm really interested in whether the difference is so significant as to justify buying the 800. Also, is the PostScript option worthwhile? I will digest replies and post them later. TIA Glaston -Mind how you go. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 17:41:17 -0700 From: Jon Froines Subject: HD Drivers Question When I got a second 2.1G Quantum HD a whle back, I received an OEM version of FWB HD Toolkit PE with it. I used it to install and format the new drive. Without thinking much about it, I also had it update the drivers of my startup drive, a 1.0G quantum that came with the computer originally. Now both HDs show up as FWB Async version 1.7.8. Since it was an OEM version of HD Toolkit, I can't update to 2.0.x for free. I don't know much about HD drivers, so, what I'm wondering is: Should I make any attempt to revert to my Apple HD drivers? Should I just leave the current FWB stuff at OEM version 1.7.8? I know that the Drive Setup 1.2 on the MacOS 7.6 CDROM won't do it, I tried. I do NOT want to reformat my drivers or anything heavy duty like that. And while I'm asking, what the heck is the difference detween Drive Setup and Apple HD SC Setup? My system: PowerMac 7500/150MHz (daughtercard CPU replacement) 48M RAM/4X CDROM/System 7.6.1 TIA for any info on this or HD drivers in general... - JonYo (mailto:jonyo@wenet.net) (http://www.hooked.net/~jonyo/index.html) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 23:03:00 GMT From: bob@concern.uem.mz (Bob Cooke) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #112 I recently sent in the following query, >I have a query that has been troubling me for some time although this >really is of no consequence. > >I'm running a Powerbook 5300 16/750 with 7.5.5 and currently 102 extensions. > >Whenever I start up, the extensions appear as normal along the bottom of >the screen, however when the second row of extension starts, some of the >bottom row is overwritten. > Just to thank the many respondents who assured me this didn't matter at all. There is a freeware programme called "Iconwrap" sent to me by Al Bloom which fixes this. Thanks again for all you help, Bob in Mozambique ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 11:14:26 +0800 From: jmc@pacific.net.sg Subject: QuickTime - Mpeg Hi everyone, I'm new to this list and I don't know if my question could find an answer on this list, I don't even know if it is the right list... so, forgive me if it is not the right list and please, direct me to the right one. This is my problem: I have a Mac Performa 580CD and I want to be able to play movie from my CD ROM. I downloaded Quicktime 2.5 but it seems that I need QuickTime M-PEG. I did download that program but when I try to install it, it says that I need a PowerPC! Where can I find the right QuickTime M-peg program for my Performa 580CD? do I need something else? Thanks a lot to all Jean-Marc Charette ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 10:03:11 +0000 From: Roland Whitehead Subject: QuickTime Talking heads on PC I have to distribute a mixed platform information CD (more flexible than an Intranet as they can take it home etc.!) and have come into problems with a QuickTime TalkingHead type movie. On the Mac it runs smoothly and simply with the sound and video well synched. When flattened and played back on a PC the lip-synch is appalling. At some points the sound lags and at others it leads so there is now simple option of adding a delay before starting either the video or sound. I am completely stumped. I've tried MovieCleaner Pro. I've tried lots of different settings in MoviePLayer etc, even reducing the datatransfer rate to less than 70KBits/sec. We're using QT 2.5. We have lots of different PCs with lots of different speed CDs, all runing Win 95; they all have the same problem to a lesser or greater extent. Has anyone got any suggestions? Roland Whitehead CONTINUUM ID. UK. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jun 97 10:42:11 +0100 From: Rick Wintheiser Subject: server to server- email on demand Sorry for this "cross posted" message but I am at a dead end and NEED some help. I have a mail server located in another city. It is currently running UNIX and is responsible for both our InTERnet and inTRAnet in that facility. In my facility I would like to create an inTRAnet to handle our meager needs and give everyone local email accounts. To do this I would need to access, several times a day, the main server, (preferably an automated access), to down/upload all the messages. No other access is needed. I am going to use a Mac IICi for this process running EIMS to handle the intranet mail stuff. The best solution would be free/shareware as I am on a shoestring budget. TIA..... Rick -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************