Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #218 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 10 Oct 97 Volume 15 : Issue 218 Today's Topics: [*] AutoHide 2.3 [*] Connecticut Firearms laws Newton book - GUN_CT.sea.hqx [*] Control Freak 1.1 [*] Convert Central European RTF Files Mac <-> Windows [*] Convert Cyrillic HTML Files [*] Convert Cyrillic RTF Files Mac <-> Windows [*] Convert Greek RTF Files Mac <-> Windows [*] CrystalMaker 2.1.6 demo [*] CrystalMaker Desktop Textures [*] csmp digest Vol 4 No 041 [*] Dark Matter 2: Intensive Matter [*] DocJet 1.3.0; Launcher utility. [*] Engrenage Planetaire 1.0.1 [*] FAR Part 61 Newton book - FAR61.sea.hqx [*] FAR Part 91 Newton book - FAR91.sea.hqx [*] Geometria Noir icons [*] gpower212 [*] Halloween! 1.0 - A Kaleidoscope color scheme [*] IADs For WhatURL!? [*] Icons [*] JW's Textures 3&4 [*] JW's Textures 5&6 [*] Kaleidoscope Classic Pack 1.7.2 [*] MacScene 1.1! [*] map-maker-112.hqx [*] Michael's Desktop Patterns [*] Neatnik 2.0.1 [*] Planetary Gear 1.0.1 [*] RandoTop 1.0 - simple random desktop pics 540c flickering [A] PC SCSI CD-Rom drives to our beloved Mac? A sad day Apple 15" Greyscale Monitor Autosave for Word 5.1 / Flow Diagrams Bluish tint on Sony Multiscan monitor Converting text files to settext Drive Setup 131 (C) Error message n=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=ba_10?= gestalt traps... Grayscale Portrait monitor looking for FormZ mailing list Netscape 4.01-StandAlone News readers Technical questions for you Way to automate this process... The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, Liam 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 #218" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:39 -0700 From: Michael.C.Tilstra-1@tc.umn.edu Subject: [*] AutoHide 2.3 Automaticly hides the control strip when the menubar is hiden. Also has a HotKey for hiding the control strip. Mike Tilstra TaDPoL tils0007@tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~tils0007/ Sanity is the playground for the unimaginative. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/auto-hide-23.hqx; 8K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:37 -0700 From: aps@ieee.org Subject: [*] Connecticut Firearms laws Newton book - GUN_CT.sea.hqx Enclosed in the file is a book for Apple Newtons, that contains firearms laws for the State of Connecticut, downloaded from the State's web site, September, 1997. There is a rather complete table of contents included. The packages uses 104kb on the Newton and can be downloaded from a Mac to a Newton using any of the available package installers. (However, the package file is about 240kb on the Mac!) This Newton book was created using Newton Press 1.0. As such, the book doesn't scale to the larger display sizes of some Newtons (MP2000, etc.); lobby Apple to come out with a newer version that does! This package is freeware, and I disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including those of merchantability and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WHEN IN DOUBT, ALWAYS CHECK WITH A LAWYER OR KNOWLEDGEABLE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Feel free to send problem reports or comments to aps@ieee.org. Please feel free to include this package (with this note) on any CD-ROM publication. Armando Stettner Simsbury, Connecticut, USA [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/gun-ct.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:40 -0700 From: lance@drake.org Subject: [*] Control Freak 1.1 Control Freak 1.1 - This PPC application allows the User to make adjustments to the display settings of an Apple Video input system. They are then saved so that they may be quickly called up at a later time. Why would you need an app like 'Control Freak'? The "Apple Video Player" application does not have a 'Hue' control (as of this writing) and this was the initial reason for creating it. Additionally, other video related applications little or no adjustment of the video input signal. In some apps, there is not offered control over the full range of some parameters. Also, the selector for whether the video input is from a realtime video source such as the video output of a tuner versus the playback of a video tape from a VCR is not always supported in all apps. If this is not set properly, the image can be considered completely unviewable. Hardware Support Limitations: This app only works with Apple Macintosh PowerPC models: 7500, 7600, 8500, and 8600. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/control-freak-11.hqx; 328K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:21 -0700 From: pri@mac1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de Subject: [*] Convert Central European RTF Files Mac <-> Windows This package contains mapping ("translation") tables for both Add/Strip (info-mac/text/add-strip-322.hqx) and PowerReplace (info-mac/text/power-replace-625.hqx). These tables enable you to convert RTF files with Central European characters between MacOS and MS Windows. Every self-respecting word processor should be able to read and write RTF (Rich Text Format). Thereby you can transfer documents in Central European characters (Croatian, Czech, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian) *with complete formatting* between Macintosh and MS Windows. Version 2.1 contains improved mapping tables and further hints for troubleshooting. [Archived as /info-mac/text/convert-ce-rtf-21.hqx; 37K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:23 -0700 From: pri@mac1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de Subject: [*] Convert Cyrillic HTML Files This package contains mapping ("translation") tables for both Add/Strip (info-mac/text/add-strip-322.hqx) and PowerReplace (info-mac/text/power-replace-625.hqx). These tables enable you to convert Cyrillic HTML files between different character sets used on the Internet: MacCyrillic, ISO-IR-111 (KOI-8), ISO-8859-5, Windows-1251, IBM866 (Code Page 866), Unicode. Thereby you need to write your Cyrillic HTML files only with "native" Macintosh fonts but you can present them on the WWW in other encodings. Version 2.1 contains improved mapping tables. [Archived as /info-mac/text/convert-cyrillic-html-21.hqx; 81K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:24 -0700 From: pri@mac1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de Subject: [*] Convert Cyrillic RTF Files Mac <-> Windows This package contains mapping ("translation") tables for both Add/Strip (info-mac/text/add-strip-322.hqx) and PowerReplace (info-mac/text/power-replace-625.hqx). These tables enable you to convert RTF files with Cyrillic and English characters between MacOS and MS Windows. Every self-respecting word processor should be able to read and write RTF (Rich Text Format). Thereby you can transfer documents in Cyrillic and English characters *with complete formatting* between Macintosh and MS Windows. Version 1.6 contains improved mapping tables and further hints for troubleshooting. [Archived as /info-mac/text/convert-cyrillic-rtf-16.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:25 -0700 From: pri@mac1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de Subject: [*] Convert Greek RTF Files Mac <-> Windows This package contains mapping ("translation") tables for both Add/Strip (info-mac/text/add-strip-322.hqx) and PowerReplace (info-mac/text/power-replace-625.hqx). These tables enable you to convert RTF files with Greek and English characters between MacOS and MS Windows. Every self-respecting word processor should be able to read and write RTF (Rich Text Format). Thereby you can transfer documents in Greek and English characters *with complete formatting* between Macintosh and MS Windows. Version 1.6 contains improved mapping tables and further hints for troubleshooting. [Archived as /info-mac/text/convert-greek-rtf-16.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:27 -0700 From: David@crystalmaker.co.uk Subject: [*] CrystalMaker 2.1.6 demo CrystalMaker 2.1.6 demo version For folder: math-sci Keywords: science, crystallography, geology, physics, chemistry, crystal structures CrystalMaker is a program to generate, display, and manipulate all kinds of crystal and molecular structures in stunning, photo-realistic color. CrystalMaker features real-time, mouse-driven rotation, and interactive screen tools. This is a demonstration version of CrystalMaker 2.1.6; it is a fat binary: runs native on Power Macintosh and on your regular Mac. This program will read from any CrystalMaker-2 file, and we've included a selection of crystals and molecules here, plus more information about using the program. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/crystal-maker-216-demo-fat.hqx; 1285K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:48 -0700 From: David@crystalmaker.co.uk Subject: [*] CrystalMaker Desktop Textures Crystal desktop textures For folder: /gui/textures Keywords: graphics, desktop textures, crystals Enclosed are 31 graphics clippings which can be dragged-and-dropped into the Desktop Patterns/Pictures control panel to give 3D-looking crystal structures on your desktop. The graphics were generated using CrystalMaker-2: a MacOS program for generating, displaying and manipulating all kinds of crystal and molecular structures in stunning, photo-realistic color. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/crystal-desktop-textures.hqx; 297K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:33 -0700 From: owner-csmp@ee.mcgill.ca Subject: [*] csmp digest Vol 4 No 041 Today's Topics: CMM SDK Current Timezone ? Hierarchical menu? Macintosh Audio Compression Metrowerks Code warrior Microseconds Pageflipping on the Mac? Question: Fast Disk Read SetCursor and cursor management TextEdit and arrow keys [Q] OS8 Headers [Q]: Changing textfonts of dialog items [Q]Finding trap names... cron on a mac? gmake or nmake for the Mac? how to get SIOUX to be more like a thread? The Comp.Sys.Mac.Programmer Digest is moderated by Mark Aiken (marka@ee.mcgill.ca). The digest is a collection of article threads from the internet newsgroups comp.sys.mac.programmer.help, csmp.tools, csmp.misc and csmp.games. It is designed for people who read news semi-regularly and want an archive of the discussions. If you don't know what a newsgroup is, you probably don't have access to it. Ask your systems administrator(s) for details. If you don't have access to news, you may still be able to post messages to the group by using a mail server like anon.penet.fi (mail help@anon.penet.fi for more information). Each issue of the digest contains one or more sets of articles (called threads), with each set corresponding to a 'discussion' of a particular subject. The articles are not edited; all articles included in this digest are in their original posted form (as received by our news server at ee.mcgill.ca). Article threads are not added to the digest until the last article added to the thread is at least two weeks old (this is to ensure that the thread is dead before adding it to the digest). Article threads that consist of only one message are generally not included in the digest. The digests can be obtained by email, ftp or through the World Wide Web. If you want to receive the digest by mail, send email to majordomo@ee.mcgill.ca with no subject and one of the following commands as body: [Archived as /info-mac/per/csmp/csmp-digest-4-041.txt; 71K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:59 -0700 From: wnosaj@flash.net Subject: [*] Dark Matter 2: Intensive Matter Get your FREE mac icons here! With the success of the multi award-winnng Dark Matter, here is an all new expansion to that fantastic set. Along with all new matter, including Gold Matters, and Texture Matters, come the icons from 1.0 enhanced with Photoshops distortion filters. Also included is a preview for the upcoming set, Dark Matter 2.1 Brought to you by Epoch Icons: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/6319 [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/intensive-matter.hqx; 136K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:42 -0700 From: yellowsoft@iol.it Subject: [*] DocJet 1.3.0; Launcher utility. DocJet is a wonderful utility for opening any file type, folders, disks. You can instruct DocJet to use alternative applications to open each file type. You can also link any given application to a choosed key: when you open items, while holding down that key, all your items are opened by the linked application. Last but not least, DocJet can directly open any file type, including cdevs, desk accessories, disks, folders, simply by typing a key. You can, naturally, leave DocJet open and act directly by means of its buttons or by using the Drag Manager, but it's very cool when used on the fly: it performs its action then quits itself automatically. Besides, DocJet is very very easy to configure. At last, you can remove any alias from your desktop and leave there DocJet only... It's Internet Config aware and requires at least System 7 to run. The DocJet 1.3.0 package contains both 68K and PowerPC versions. Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@iol.it http://users.iol.it/yellowsoft New since version 1.2.0: PPC version. Drag Manager support. Opener isn't more "Finder Scripting Extension" dependent. Added ability to configure and use all features while DocJet is already open. A Master Application opens all files dragged. Added Internet Menu. Added Notification procedure. Changed preferences internal formats. Rewritten the whole code, reducing application size and improved its efficiency. Better keys tracking. Improved list window look. Internet Config aware. Improved registration form. Improved registration procedure. Removed window zooming. Removed custom controls. Removed User's Manual window. Removed Printing Menus. Changed E-Mail. Changed Web page address. Linked with MoreFiles 1.4.6. Removed ability to delete records on the fly. Updated documentation. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/docjet-130.hqx; 162K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:31 -0700 From: ch865@freenet.carleton.ca Subject: [*] Engrenage Planetaire 1.0.1 This is the french version of YP Planetary Gear. YP Engrenage Planetaire 1.0.1 Un simulateur de systeme d'engrenage planetaire. Auteur: Yves Pelletier Email: pelletier@kagi.com ou ch865@freenet.carleton.ca WWW: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ch865/ Prix (Shareware): $15 US Mots-Clefs: Enseignement de la physique, sciences, cinematique, rotation, mecanisme, genie mecanique, transmission, simulation, animation, rotation, vitesse, automobiles. Description du logiciel: YP Engrenage Planetaire est un didacticiel pour MacIntosh, pour l'etude du fonctionnement d'un systeme d'engrenage planetaire. (ce logiciel n'a rien a voir avec l'astronomie). Un systeme d'engrenage planetaire est un mecanisme constitue d'un certain nombre de roues d'engrenage: le pignon central, la cage des satellites, et la couronne. La transmission automatique d'une automobile utilise un train d'engrenage planetaire pour transmettre aux roues la puissance du moteur, tout en controlant la vitesse angulaire et le moment de force transmis. On fait varier le rapport des vitesses (ou des moments de force) en bloquant l'une ou l'autre des trois parties du mecanisme. Au moyen de ce logiciel, vous pouvez observer le mouvement d'un systeme d'engrenage planetaire quand une de ses composantes est bloquee. Vous pouvez egalement calculer le rapport entre la vitesse angulaire d'entree et la vitesse angulaire de sortie lorsqu'une de ses composantes est bloquee. Appareillage requis: YP Engrenage Planetaire fonctionne sur n'importe quel ordinateur Macintosh fonctionnant sous Mac OS 7.0 ou mieux. Il necessite environ 900 Ko sur le disque rigide et exige 800 Ko de memoire vive. Le logiciel est compatible avec les anciens modeles munis d'un microprocesseur 68000 (Mac Plus, Mac Classic), mais les simulations sont plus lentes. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-engrenage-planetaire.hqx; 639K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:35 -0700 From: aps@ieee.org Subject: [*] FAR Part 61 Newton book - FAR61.sea.hqx Enclosed in the file is a book for Apple Newtons, that contains Part 61 (Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors and Ground Instructors) of the U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR PART 61) and is current through Amendment 61-103 as published in the Federal Register on 7/30/97. There is a rather complete table of contents included. Some expired special FAR's (SFAR) have not been included. The packages uses 340kb on the Newton and can be downloaded from a Mac to a Newton using any of the available package installers. (However, the package file is about 768MB on the Mac!) This Newton book was created using Newton Press 1.0. As such, the book doesn't scale to the larger display sizes of some Newtons (MP2000, etc.); lobby Apple to come out with a newer version that does! This package is freeware, and I disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including those of merchantability and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WHEN IN DOUBT, ALWAYS CHECK WITH A CFI. Feel free to send problem reports or comments to aps@ieee.org. Please feel free to include this package (with this note) on any CD-ROM publication. Armando Stettner Simsbury, Connecticut, USA [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/far-61.hqx; 125K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:36 -0700 From: aps@ieee.org Subject: [*] FAR Part 91 Newton book - FAR91.sea.hqx Enclosed in the file is a book for Apple Newtons, that contains Part 91 (General Operating and Flight Rules) of the U.S. Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR PART 91) and is current through Amendment 91-254 as published in the Federal Register on 4/9/97. There is a rather complete table of contents included. Some expired special FAR's (SFAR) have not been included. The packages uses 480kb on the Newton and can be downloaded from a Mac to a Newton using any of the available package installers. (However, the package file is about 1MB on the Mac!) This is my first NewtonBook (and first share/freeware submission!), created using Newton Press 1.0. As such, the book doesn't scale to the larger display sizes of some Newtons (MP2000, etc.); lobby Apple to come out with a newer version that does! This package is freeware, and I disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including those of merchantability and FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WHEN IN DOUBT, ALWAYS CHECK WITH A CFI. Feel free to send problem reports or comments to aps@ieee.org. Please feel free to include this package (with this note) on any CD-ROM publication. Armando Stettner Simsbury, Connecticut, USA [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/far-91.hqx; 232K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:56 -0700 From: Ikthusian@aol.com Subject: [*] Geometria Noir icons Mac icons even Sam Spade would love. The third in my series of Geometria icons, these are b&w geometric unidentifiables for your personal desktop intrigues. Oh so many more icons are available at my humble site. Please visit. Have a nice day. Brian Brasher ikthusian@aol.com http://members.aol.com/ikthusian [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/geometria-noir-1.hqx; 74K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:29 -0700 From: buchner@cogpsy.uni-trier.de Subject: [*] gpower212 The new version fixes a problem that surfaced with MacOS 8. The program is free. Support is partial. The file has been checked using Disinfectant 3.7.1. I would greatly appreciate if you could make this file available on your Mac archive. Thanks. This is what G*Power does: G*Power performs high-precision statistical power analyses for the most common statistical tests in behavioral research, that is, t-tests, F-tests, and Chi^2-tests. G*Power computes (a) power values for given sample sizes, effect sizes and alpha levels (post hoc power analyses), (b) sample sizes for given effect sizes, alpha levels, and power values (a priori power analyses), and (c) alpha and beta values for given sample sizes, effect sizes and beta/alpha ratios (compromise power analyses). The program may be used to display graphically the relation between any two of the relevant variables and it offers the opportunity to compute the effect size measures from basic parameters defining the alternative hypothesis. A guide to G*Power is provided via the www at http://www.psychologie.uni-trier.de:8000/projects/gpower/how_to_use_gpower.html Axel Buchner Phone: +49 651 201 2959 FB I - Psychologie Fax: +49 651 201 2955 Universitaet Trier Universitaetsring 15 D-54286 Trier Germany e-mail: buchner@cogpsy.uni-trier.de [Archived as /info-mac/sci/gpower-212.hqx; 320K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:54 -0700 From: mf105@clic.net Subject: [*] Halloween! 1.0 - A Kaleidoscope color scheme Halloween! 1.0 is a color scheme to be used with Kaleidoscope. The scheme is at his best at least at 256 colors. A text file describing the scheme is included in the folder. Thanks. Marc Fournier L=E9vis, Qu=E9bec [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/halloween-color-scheme.hqx; 70K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:46 -0700 From: Michael.C.Tilstra-1@tc.umn.edu Subject: [*] IADs For WhatURL!? Nothing to fancy about these, just a bunch of Actions for Apple's Internet Data Detectors. Each file will bookmark that type of data in WhatURL!?. Mike Tilstra TaDPoL tils0007@tc.umn.edu http://umn.edu/~tils0007/ Sanity is the playground for the unimaginative. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/what-url-iads.hqx; 20K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:58 -0700 From: HenryKuo@aol.com Subject: [*] Icons HenryKuoicons2 - The second set of icons for your desktop comfort from HenryKuo@aol.com. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/henry-kuo-icons-21.hqx; 88K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:49 -0700 From: jwalsh@mcia.com Subject: [*] JW's Textures 3&4 Jerry Walsh Fringewood Design http://www.mcia.com/~jwalsh/ JW's Textures 3&4.hqx This is a binhex stuffit archive containing 50 desktop textures in two files, each containing 25 textures. The files are for use with Desktop Texture Suite 2.1 and require the Texture Installer application. The application can be found in the gui (User Interface) folder of Info-Mac and its mirrors. This archive is freeware. These files may be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM's. These files may be distributed freely without restriction, as long as the ReadMe file accompanies them. This folder was checked for viruses with Disinfectant and Virex. For further information, see the ReadMe file upon download in the archive's folder. Thanks, Jerry Walsh [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/jw-textures-3-4.hqx; 403K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:50 -0700 From: jwalsh@mcia.com Subject: [*] JW's Textures 5&6 Jerry Walsh Fringewood Design http://www.mcia.com/~jwalsh/ JW's Textures 5&6.hqx This is a binhex stuffit archive containing 50 desktop textures in two files, each containing 25 textures. The files are for use with Desktop Texture Suite 2.1 and require the Texture Installer application. The application can be found in the gui (User Interface) folder of Info-Mac and its mirrors. This archive is freeware. These files may be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM's. These files may be distributed freely without restriction, as long as the ReadMe file accompanies them. This folder was checked for viruses with Disinfectant and Virex. For further information, see the ReadMe file upon download in the archive's folder. Thanks, Jerry Walsh [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/jw-textures-5-6.hqx; 299K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:53 -0700 From: greg@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU Subject: [*] Kaleidoscope Classic Pack 1.7.2 Kaleidoscope Classic Pack 1.7.2 (October 1, 1997) The Classic Pack is a collection of the color schemes from the original Kaleidoscope 1.0.x distribution, updated to the new color scheme file format. These schemes require Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later (1.7.2 preferred). Version 1.7.2 fixes various minor glitches and reduces the file sizes. (Many thanks fo Neil "neely" Green for making these changes.) Free to registered users of Kaleidoscope. -- Greg Landweber greg@math.harvard.edu [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/classic-pack-172.hqx; 122K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:30 -0700 From: cvandeus@leland.Stanford.EDU Subject: [*] MacScene 1.1! MacScene is a program designed for the creation of high quality molecular images. MacScene reads in PDB atomic coordinate files and outputs scene files for the freeware POV renderer. Currently, MacScene includes the following features: fixes: MacScene no longer requires the Color Picker Shared Library. Rendering Options: Ball and Stick Stick VDW Sphere Ribbon Licorice Backbone Coloring Options: CPK colors Temperature factor Residue type Rainbow (residue number) Single color Structure Other options: Transparency control Ambient light control One or two auto placed lights in several locations real-time wire stick preview of molecule for camera placement Visibility control based on either distance factor or record type For more information, please read the README file, manual, or visit the web site: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~cvandeus/mypov.html Thanks, Chris VanDeusen http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~cvandeus cvandeus@stanford.edu [Archived as /info-mac/sci/macscene-11.hqx; 384K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:26 -0700 From: fred@twinmoon.com Subject: [*] map-maker-112.hqx MapMaker is a full-featured Macintosh imagemap editor with support for the enormously popular and efficient clientside maps as well as the good old serverside ones. With MapMaker you can easily open both jpegs and gifs (picts are also suported) and create a map by just drawing the objects on the image. Features in version 1.1.2: * Save maps in three different formats, NCSA, CERN and ClientSide * Test your maps without server in the testmode * Open and edit your old maps * Browse your harddrive for links (no need to know the exact path) * Opening of GIFs and JPEGs without QuickTime. MapMaker can PICTs too, if you for some odd reason would like to do that. * Zoom the image within the range of 25 - 500% * Select the creator of the outputfiles * Draw, move, duplicate, remove or resize ovals, circles, rectangles or polygons (sorry, no resizing of polygons). * Define alternative strings for users with non-graphical browsers in Clientside or HTML 3.0 * Specify a value for onMouseOver in clientside maps * Use the nohref-option in ClientSide maps For further information check http://www.twinmoon.com/mapmaker/ Sincerly yours, Fredric Eriksson TwinMoon fred@twinmoon.com http://www.twinmoon.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/mapmaker-112.hqx; 619K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:52 -0700 From: boss@netrover.com Subject: [*] Michael's Desktop Patterns One of the best ways to improve your Macintosh's interface is to have different desktop patterns that you can use. You just have to cut and paste those patterns I made in your control panel called Desktop Patterns under system 7.5 or Desktop Pictures under MacOS 8. It is a great way to complement an interface that was already better with products like OneStep, Kaleidoscope, Aurora, or other interface modifiers. Michael Munger [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/michaels-patterns.hqx; 336K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:43 -0700 From: KarlBunker@aol.com Subject: [*] Neatnik 2.0.1 Neatnik 2.0 neatens up your Mac Finder desktop by setting the location, size and "View" characteristics of folder windows. These characteristics can all be set by hand, of course, but Neatnik allows you to batch-process the contents of a folder (including all levels of enclosed folders), or an entire disk. For Mac OS 8 users, Neatnik can now set _all_ of the "View" characteristics of each folder it processes. This includes such things as whether "Keep arranged by..." or "Always snap to grid" is set, which column headings are included in list views, the Icon size, and so on. Ordinarily with Mac OS 8, these options have to be set individually for every folder; with Neatnik 2.0, you can set them for a batch of folders (or every folder on your hard disk) at once. Neatnik works on three basic sets of folder window properties: location, size and "View" characteristics. You can choose to change any or all of these properties. Folder window location: The folder window locations can be set to offset from their "parent" (containing) folder's location, so that successive levels of folders will open to "cascading", successively-offset locations on your desktop. Folder window size: Folder windows can be sized in any of three ways: given the same size as their parent folder, set to their "zoomed" size, or set to their "zoomed" height and given their parent window's width. Folder window "View" characteristics: This is the aspect of Neatnik that will be most useful to Mac OS 8 users. As noted above, with Neatnik you can set all the View characteristics for a batch of windows at once, rather than having to painstakingly set them one window at a time. Many Mac users find the "one window at a time" view-setting of Mac OS 8 somewhat of a mixed blessing, or worse. In addition to Mac OS 8 users in general, certain other groups of users will also find Neatnik particularly valuable. Those whose work involves a great deal of folder-navigation -- perhaps on disks received from other users -- will find Neatnik an indispensable tool for keeping things... well... neat! Producers of CD-ROM and other on-disk publications can use Neatnik to process the master copy of their disks before duplication, to ensure that the disk's folders will open in orderly and predictable locations on the end user's desktops. Neatnik is an application. It does not install any System extensions or "patch" the system in any way. Because it is a standard Mac application, rather than a simple compiled AppleScript, it has a sophisticated and elegant user interface for setting its various preferences. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/neatnik-201.hqx; 317K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:32 -0700 From: ch865@freenet.carleton.ca Subject: [*] Planetary Gear 1.0.1 YP Planetary Gear 1.0.1 A planetary gear train simulator. Author: Yves Pelletier Email: pelletier@kagi.com or ch865@freenet.carleton.ca WWW: http://www.kagi.com/pelletier Price (Shareware): $15 US Keywords: Physics teaching, sciences, kinematics, rotation, mechanism mechanical engineering, transmission, simulation, animation, speed, cars, automobiles. Program description: YP Planetary Gear is designed to assist teachers and students when they study the working of a planetary gear train. (this software is not related in any way with astronomy). A planetary gear train is a mechanism consisting of an assembly of meshed gears: the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gear. The automatic transmission in an automobile uses the planetary gear train to transmit power from the engine to the wheels at various controllable speeds and torques. The transmission of power is varied by locking one or the other of the three gears. With YP Planetary Gear, you may observe the motion of a planetary gear train when one of its parts is locked. The program also calculates the ratio of the angular velocities when one of its parts is locked. Required Hardware and Software: YP Planetary Gear runs on any Macintosh computer with MAC OS 7.0 or later. It needs about 900 Kb on your hard disk and 800 Kb of RAM. The software runs on older models with 68000 processors (Mac Plus, Mac Classic), but simulations are slower. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-planetary-gear-101.hqx; 626K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 07:04:45 -0700 From: sbrown2@iw.edwpub.com Subject: [*] RandoTop 1.0 - simple random desktop pics RandoTop is an AppleScript to set the MacOS 8 Desktop Pictures Control Panel to randomly choose images to display from a "user specified" folder. I got tired of seeing scripts that go were bloated, and absurdly overfunctional. Not much is needed to accomplish such a simple task.......so I wrote RandoTop, to keep myself happy. Now I share it with everyone. Requirements: Macintosh Computer running MacOS 8 with AppleScript=99 & the Desktop Pictures control panel installed. Hows it work?! Upon running this script it will prompt the user to choose the folder from which to choose the images. Each time you restart (or each time the script runs), the Desktop Pictures Control Panel will choose an image from this folder randomly. This script is freeware, and may be distributed freely as well as put on the Info Mac Archive CD-ROM (this includes any other CD-ROM archives as well). =46or more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit my Web page: http://www.edwpub.com/kindground/archive/randotop.html Thanks, -- Scott Brown -- Kind Ground **http://www.edwpub.com/kindground** [Archived as /info-mac/gui/randotop-10.hqx; 13K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 20:46:15 +0100 From: Michael Tikasingh (by way of Subject: 540c flickering Hi there! Via Altavista (search engine) I found your page: http://harad.et.tudelft.nl/IM56-15.html I'd like to know if there is anyone who has successfully repaired the display problem on the PowerBook 540c. I know of three 540c units which are all giving problems with flickering back-lights. Has anyone managed to figure out what the problem was (other than sending it to Apple)? By the way, I'm emailing you from the Caribbean, and the local AppleCentre is not very good with repairs, and I'm a technical person myself - the 540c, however really as me baffled! Mike Tikasingh Network Administrator Trinidad Guardian Newspapers http://www.guardian.co.tt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 13:47:16 +0200 From: M.W.Kooistra*at*stm.tudelft.nl@TUDRNV.TUDelft.NL (Marten Kooistra) Subject: [A] PC SCSI CD-Rom drives to our beloved Mac? At Fri, 19 Sep 1997 08:20:59, Marcel Aussendorf wrote: > is it possible to connect a (useal much cheaper) PC SCSI CD-Rom drive to > our beloved Mac? Is this hardware compatible or should I always look only > at Mac CD Rom-drives? Is there a difference at all and if so, what is it? Yes Marcel, that is possible. In fact, that's what I did two weeks ago with an old Hitachi single-speed CD-ROM player that I yanked from one of my brother's older PC systems. The problem is not the connection (SCSI is SCSI, as long as everyone sticks to the ANSI specs) but the driver. The Apple driver will not work with drives that are not supplied by Apple; this much like Apple's HD SC Setup formatter software, but unlike that puppy fixing the CD-driver to accept non-Apple drives is not as easy as flipping a few bits. Actually that's what I've been trying to do for the last two weeks, but failed. Not that I needed to do that, though. In the info-mac/cfg/ directory you will find cd-sunrise, which will happily support your player. I have no complaints about that little driver, other than that it slows everything down if there's no disc in the drive at startup (but that might just be my own problem related to a 'unit attention' condition; I won't get into that) and that it doesn't support ISO 9660, audio or photo CD's (basicly only HFS). That was the reason why I was futzing with the Apple driver. FWB's CD-ROM Toolkit is the end-all solution in this case, but also a bit on the overkill side considering the pricetag... (260 guilders or something) Some closing arguments: why one would need a driver in the first place is beyond me, because as I stated above, SCSI is SCSI and so are SCSI commands. Also: I learned a lot about the Apple CD driver and am wondering if the changes that I made (which didn't make my drive work though) did some good. The drive I'm using is ancient and therefor not SCSI-2 compliant (only SCSI-1) which might be the problem I'm running into. I'd like to verify my assumptions so if anyone who has a non-Apple drive is willing to test my modified please let me know. Besides: I heard that the Apple CD driver that came with sys 7.6 will happily work with third-party drives. My source tells me this support was dropped when they updated the driver for sys 7.6.1. Needless to say that I'm interested in getting my hands on the driver that came with 7.6 to verify that rumor. If anyone could be so kind? ciao, -Marten Kooistra- visit the Linux-mac68k development site: http://www.maclinux.org/ PS: You'll need to clean up the spam-resistant email address to reply ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 09:03:33 +0100 From: Roland Whitehead Subject: A sad day Today has started badly. It has been announced on the main morning news bulletin, listened by the majority of the UK's professional people, that Microsoft's Bill Gates is to meet the UK's Prime Minister Tony Blair to talk about giving every school child their own email address by 2002 and substantially increasing the number of computers in schools. Microsoft is, of course, the best company to be talking to Mr Blair. They have the size and the money to do anything they want to to increase their market presence: purchasing a whole day's worth of "The Times" (surely the World's most established newspaper) and giving it away; publishing a series of sections as inserts in Sunday Newspapers; "giving" schools operating systems and internet software to get school children addicted to their style of working. Mr Blair is keen to mold himself as an international "presidential" player and Mr Gates is keen to present himself as a statesman so the two mixing to maximise their own aims is really pretty sensible. But doesn't this mutual backslapping also appear as an endorsement by the UK's government of Microsoft's products? Its at times like this that Apple, IBM, Sun, Acorn and all the other OS companies have to do something sensible in return. Couldn't Apple give Mr Blair an example of their worth? Couldn't Sun show him the benefits of Pure Java? Couldn't IBM show him how it can link schools together? Couldn't Acorn show how UK based computer technology can compete on a world scale? Come on Mr Jobs, you're supposed to be Mr Charismatic, instead of upsetting everyone, do something before its too late. Roland Whitehead CONTINUUM ID, UK ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:20:00 +0000 From: Hugi Thordarson Subject: Apple 15" Greyscale Monitor Does anyone here know if I can use the Apple 15" Portrait Monitor with an LC630? I would be grateful for any feedback you can give me Cheers Hugi Thordarson hugit@centrum.is ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 11:49:15 +0300 From: "Michael S. Silverstein" Subject: Autosave for Word 5.1 / Flow Diagrams I am looking for shareware/freeware that I had seen in the past but am not able to find: An autosave that I can use for Word 5.1 that saves in the background (the autosave in the programme is always interupting and asking me to OK a save). I seem to remember that there was a control panel that did this. A Flowchart programme. Thanks in advance for your help! Michael Silverstein Materials Engineering Technion ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 17:30:21 -0400 From: Patricio Mason Subject: Bluish tint on Sony Multiscan monitor I'm trying to connect a brand-new Sony Multiscan 100sx monitor to a brand-new PowerMac 6400. As a third-party display, the Sony Multiscan 100sx requires a video adaptor. This adaptor was set by the dealer and came with no instructions. After two weeks of use I'm getting a bluish tint which severely restricts normal use of the monitor. My guess is that adaptor dip switches may not be in the right position, but without instructions I'm working blind. I wonder if someone could suggest the proper dip switch positions for this monitor and computer. As this is only a guess, suggestions as to other causes of the bluish tint problem also welcome. Thanks in advance. Patricio Mason pmason@chasqui.mic.cl Santiago, Chile ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 10:13:07 -0400 From: noise@oil.ca Subject: Converting text files to settext I have a number of digest files from a mailing list I run that I would like to post for others to download. I'd like to format them as SetText (like tidBits) but am having a real tough time trying to find info on how to to such a thing. I have NISUS and I remember hearing about a Macro that would allow you to convert text to set text. Any help out there? Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 23:14:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: Drive Setup 131 (C) Snooping the "macfixit" web site this evening, I found that Apple has just released version 1.3.1 of Drive Setup. OK, I asked for a copy. No joy. Sorry, we're busy. For the hallibut I switched over to Ric Fords "macintouch" site, saw the same announcement, asked for a copy, and was connected immediately. To the 9th clone of Apple's ftp site. Methinks Ric might have a more flexible link than the one in macfixit. Attend, my children. The download was one of those goofy DiskCopy 6.1 images that are vaguely useful. Double-click the image (Only if you have 61) and get a virtual floppy on your desktop. I maintain that 61 was not one of Apple's more brilliant moves. Smarter than bringing Jobs back, true. But still goofy. Apple gives a whole lot of runaround as to how to actually use DS131. Seemed a bit much. Yup, both Sys8 Disk Tools (68k and PPC) floppies have plenty of room to replace the vanilla DS Lite 1.3 with the new 1.3.1 non-lite version. I did it. It worked. So why do the Sys8 DT floppies even have a "lite" version of DS? What is it, and why should we care? Enquiring minds want to know. Or not. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 97 02:31:46 +0000 From: "J. Marques" Subject: Error message n=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=ba_10?= Hi all, I've just unpacked my PowerMac 7300/166, System 7.5.5, 16 RAM, 2 Gb HD...= It keeps freezing and telling me there=B4s a system error id 10 (sometim= es 11). Anyone can help me? What's going on? Please email me. TIA. Joao. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 15:53:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Fiske Subject: gestalt traps... Could anyone tell me what System resources (Mac OS 8, specifically) house the gestalt traps? I was told by a mail-order rep. that OS 8 WOULD run on an '030 machine. Too bad it won't... By the way, I will be GREATLY appreciative of anyone who can help me here. Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 21:24:41 +0000 From: Hugi Thordarson Subject: Grayscale Portrait monitor Does anyone know if I can use the Apple Greyscale Portrait Monitor with the LC630 computer? Cheers Hugi Thordarson hugit@centrum.is ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 17:17:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: Paolo Bartoli Subject: looking for FormZ mailing list Can anyone help me find a Form Z mailing list? I'm looking for web sites and discussion forums about FormZ. TIA ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli pbartoli@pn.itnet.it ** ** pbartoli@iname.com ** ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 97 16:08:49 CDT From: C05803RB@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu Subject: Netscape 4.01-StandAlone Robert Browning c05803rb@wuvmd.wustl.edu Computer Services (Operations) 935-5317 Campus Box 1152,St Louis,Mo. 63105 I am able to access all my bookmarks from Netscape 3.01, however after downloading Netscape 4.01-StandAlone version from my Mac 7200/120 using OS 7.5.5 my machine locks up when accessing a few of my bookmarks using the new Netscape 4.01. It is always the same limited number of bookmarks that lock up the CPU. What am I missing here? You know, I'm all for progress, It's change I object to. Mark Twain ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 97 11:01:59 +0200 From: Remmy Tourment Subject: News readers Hello, Is there some news reader program (preferably shareware or freeware) that allows the connection to multiple news servers, and that is configurable in order to specify that the user wants to connect to server A to read newsgroup W, server B for newsgroup Y, etc... ? I am ashamed that a friend has such a program on his PC, and that I never found one for the mac.... Thanks in advance Remy Tourment ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:06:39 -0700 From: Sailen Black Subject: Technical questions for you Hello all, I am stumped by a monitor problem and hope someone out there might hold a clue. I have an Apple 16" Color Monitor and I'd like to run it faster and at a higher resolution than the default 832 x 624 pixel resolution. I had hoped I could add more VRAM to the on-board video and that would improve speed and resolution, but I see that the monitor's manual only says it runs at 832 x 624 and gives no other resolutions. It's not a multisync monitor. My questions are, will more VRAM increase (a) the display speed or (b) the resolution of this monitor? I don't care about pixel depth because I already get the thousands of colours my architectural program prefers. Thanks in advance. --- Sailen Black B.A., B.Arch. sblack@bc.sympatico.ca PGP --- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 19:52:28 -0700 From: "Brian M. Amira" Subject: Way to automate this process... Hello, I am looking for information on automating the following process for timed execution every night: 1. Dial into a host using term software. 2. x-modem download a file 3. logoff host 4. FTP upload the downloaded file to an internet ftp site. I have seen apple scriptable FTP clients, but I need apple scriptable term software for a complete solution. Can anyone recommend where to find an acceptable term program or maybe a scriptable software package that could do term & ftp? I would even accept ideas on another way to go about this that I have not even thought of yet! Please reply to me directly as I do not subscribe to this list. Thank You, -- Brian M. Amira amira@nevadanet.com http:/www.nevadanet.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************