Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #173 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 18 Aug 97 Volume 15 : Issue 173 Today's Topics: [a] Classic programs... [Q] Clip Art Suggestions [Q] Disk Copying with Disk Copy 6.1.3 [Q] Load ROM into RAM Connecting two Macs to Internet using one IP address (Q) Evading FileGuard 2.5.2 Info-Mac Digest V15 #165 Info-Mac Digest V15 #165 Info-Mac Digest V15 #170 Info-Mac Digest V15 #172 Mac OS 8 incompatiblities Mac OS 8 Tips Tricks and Easter Eggs Mac sound player wanted MacOS8 and Gamma My PowerBook won't move!!! OS8 glitch Powerbook 180 and System 7.6.1 revisited Remote Only Remote Only - Ive Got it Speed Doubler 2.0.3 ThreadsManager? 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. 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Of course, that means I am volunteered to be her computer support person. My first assignment is to get her some clip art pertaining to schools, holidays, etc... The magazines have things such as Art Explosion (both a 40,000 and a 125,000 version), MasterClips 150,000, Corel MegaGallery, etc... Does anyone have any experience with these products or know of any others that might have a high percentage of the clip art falling into the above mentioned catergories. Also, I am of course willing to use freeware/shareware clip art; I just haven't found any that exists. Please expedite your replies. My continued marital bliss depends on my successful completion of this assignment. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:40:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Chaz Larson Subject: [Q] Disk Copying with Disk Copy 6.1.3 At 2:09 PM +0200 8/14/97, Andreas Frick wrote: >it seems to me that the new Disk Copy 6.1.3 from Apple no longer can >simply copy floppies as version 4.2 could. Is this right or can't I >read manuals? You're right. DiskCopy 6.1.3 can't copy a floppy without writing an image to disk as part of the process. chazl ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 97 06:31:37 +0200 From: Phil Hudson Subject: [Q] Load ROM into RAM I seem to remember a long time ago reading about an extension that would copy your ROM into RAM if you had enough RAM to fit it in, giving you a small but significant performance boost. Is there still such a thing (I see something like it is promised for MacOS 8.0.1)? Any thoughts on whether it's (still) a worthwhile procedure? >| Phil Hudson IT Consultant |< <| Phaleng Consultancies, Private Bag 00152, Gaborone, Botswana |> >| Email: phil.hudson@iname.com http://www.wp.com/hudson23/ |< ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:10:24 -0400 From: "Michael G. Schabert" Subject: Connecting two Macs to Internet using one IP address (Q) >Hi, > >I have a permanent Internet connection via a cable modem. The cable modem >plugs directly into the ethernt port of my Mac, however, I presently have >it configured so that the cable modem goes to a 5-port ethernet hub and I >have two Macs conencted to the hub. My provider has given me one fixed IP >address, so I can not use two computers on the network at the same time. Is >there a way of getting both computers working off one IP address. I thought >Vicoms SurfDoubler would be a solution but this seems to be configured so >that the Internet connection on one computer has to be either via PPP or >ISDN and does not cater for an ethernet connection via cable modem (it is >not really a modem, it is a Motorola Cybersurfer that connects to the cable >system and connects directly to a computers ethernet port). >Anyone have any ideas how I might get this to work. Please reply directly >if possible. Thanks. What you need is a router. There are both software and hardware versions of routers, and many (higher end) Enet hubs are also routers. The software router that comes to mind is AIR (Apple Internet Router), or the current AppleTalk IP (i think that's the right name). Basically, what you need is something that does what's called Network Address Translation. This works by using something called port redirection. Basically, it says that anything on ports aaa-bbb goes to (the standard ports on) computer 1 and anything from ports ccc-ddd goes to (the standard ports on) computer 2. So it takes info from the bogus IP addresses of computers 1 & 2 and sends the info out using just the real IP address of the router. Unfortunately, routers by themselves don't come all that cheaply. Most people or companies get the hubs with built-in bridging/routing if they need it. A lot of ISDN TA's from companies that specialize in bridges/routers (like Shiva, Cisco, & Ascend) come with this capability built-in (btw, ISDN Terminal Adapters are not modems either, & are very similar to your cable unit). Unfortunately however, your case is unusual. Normally, you connect a router between 2 distinct segments. Basically it's usually: computer ------------ computer \ / \ / router | Net with the router running interference between the Net and your lan. This is probably how SurfDoubler is set up (it looks for lan connection on ethernet & Internet connection on serial). Your setup, however, looks like this: Net | computer ------------ computer \ / \ / router with the Net being a peered node on your lan. Most software-based routers want two separate interfaces for the two segments. This is why they want the Net connection to be on the modem or printer port. One thing they'll usually allow instead is 2 separate Ethernet cards, one for the CyberSurfer & 1 for the Net. To my knowlege, with your setup, your only options are to get a hub that is also a router, or get a second Ethernet card and a software-based router. You might want to check out the W3 pages of Shiva, Cisco, & Ascend (at least 90% of all ISP's use either Cisco or Ascend for their routing). You should definitely email Vicom & verify your info on SurfDoubler first, though, as that'd be the easiest/cheapest route (pun semi-intended). I hope this helps, Mike Bikers don't *DO* taglines. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:13:39 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: Evading FileGuard 2.5.2 USS01 wrote: > We have some dozen Mac SEs in inventory and after several years are >finding new > uses for them. Unfortunately, the Macs were formerly used in >student computer > labs, and access to the hard drive is restricted by an extension called > FileGuard 2.5.2, which requires a login ID and password. Of course >there is no > record anymore of what the ID and password are. Booting up with the >Shift key > pressed does not disable FileGuard. When "Volume protection" is set active, there is no way to get rid of FileGuard, unless you have the Master Password. (This is according to the FileGuard manual). Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:22:39 -0400 From: "Michael G. Schabert" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #165 >Sam wrote: >> >> I have a Performa 6300 with system 7.5.5 and I use FreePPP 2.5v2. >> I've installed Open Transport 1.1.2 but, if I try to connect with FreePPP, >> this alert appear: "FreePPP can not be used right now because it is not >> selected in the TCP/IP control panel." >> Naturally FreePPP IS selected in the TCP/IP control panel. >> I have the same problem using OT/PPP instead of FreePPP. > >I had the same problem. In the Apple Extras folder there is a little >known >program called Network Software Selector. When you run this, select the >button called "Use classic" or something like that. FreePPP will then >work. >This is about as unintuitive as anything I've ever found on the Mac. > >Ian Davis davis@wehi.edu.au Well, while this did allow you to use FreePPP, that's not what NSS is for, which may be why you found it to be unintuitive. The "Use Classic Networking" that you checked made it so that you are not using Open Transport at all. Instead, you are using the old MacTCP. This is no longer an option as of System 7.6.x and System 8. FreePPP should, however, work fine with all versions of Open Transport (at least through 1.1.2), and many people are happily using it. However, the current incarnation of OT/PPP is quite stable, and you will find that OT offers many advantages over MacTCP. For one, it's faster, and also, many utilities are written that will only work with OT. For example, there is no traceroute available at all under MacTCP, but many programs offer it under OT (such as PNL's great Mac TCP Watcher, formerly MacTCP Watcher). For Sam, if you're still trying to get FreePPP to work, I'd suggest getting TechTool and using it to both rebuild your desktop and zap your PRAM. Then try to select FreePPP, and it should work. HTH Mike Bikers don't *DO* taglines. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 08:49:19 +0200 From: Wladyslaw Los Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #165 > Sam wrote: > > > > I have a Performa 6300 with system 7.5.5 and I use FreePPP 2.5v2. > > I've installed Open Transport 1.1.2 but, if I try to connect with FreePPP, > > this alert appear: "FreePPP can not be used right now because it is not > > selected in the TCP/IP control panel." > > Naturally FreePPP IS selected in the TCP/IP control panel. > > I have the same problem using OT/PPP instead of FreePPP. > > I had the same problem. In the Apple Extras folder there is a little > known > program called Network Software Selector. When you run this, select the > button called "Use classic" or something like that. FreePPP will then > work. > This is about as unintuitive as anything I've ever found on the Mac. > > Ian Davis davis@wehi.edu.au Try to trash TCP/IP preferences in the folder Preferences in the System Folder. Then setup TCP/IP Control Panel. Wladyslaw Los Wladyslaw Los Curator of Medieval Art Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Al. Jerozolimskie 3, 00-495 Warszawa phone (22) 621 10 31 ext. 214 & 209; fax (22) 622 85 59 wlos@plearn.edu.pl ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 15:04:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Mercibeate@aol.com Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #170 Hi All, I'm having problems with my ADB Mouse II. When drag clicking, the mouse lets go of the object even though I am still pressing down on the button. I tried to get the mouse open to check the contact but couldn't figure out how to do so. Can this mouse be fixed, or would replacement be better? Any comments or suggestions are welcome. TIA, Rob Schilling (mercibeate@aol.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 18:58:12 +0100 From: donner Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #172 How do i make invisible files visible? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 00:44:44 +0100 From: Dan Lallouz Subject: Mac OS 8 incompatiblities Seems like I'm finding quite a few of these... There are a couple of things I can't seem to run under OS 8, most recently is Ofoto, scanning software for my Apple color one scanner. I've called Apple, and they can't find a way around it. Here's the problem: In order to scan using the color one scanner, one must use Ofoto scanning software, as no Photoshop plug-in is available. Well, the software loads fine, but when trying to change settings (ie: resolution, pixel depth, etc.), which are available only through popup menus, you can't! Specififcally, the popup menus don't pop up! I remember having seen a Pshop plugin for this scanner q uite some time ago, but I can't seem to find it. If anyone can find a work around for this problem (aside from using Sys 7.61, as I must presently do), or if you know where I can find this plugin, please respond. Thank you. Dan Lallouz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 23:16:36 -0400 From: bergerdg@aol.com (BergerDG) Subject: Mac OS 8 Tips Tricks and Easter Eggs For up to date Mac OS 8 tips tricks and easter eggs go to http://members.aol.com/OSEight ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:32:40 +0200 From: JLM.Benlliure@uv.es (Josep Lluis Mtnz. Benlliure) Subject: Mac sound player wanted In Info-Mac Digest V15 #168 (13/8/97), tracy@theatrics.com writes: > I need the ability to play a sound at he press of a hot key > combination no matter what program I am in. This will be > used to spiceup live software demonstrations. EXAMPLE; I am > drawing a picture in Photoshop. I press ALT + SHIFT 2 and a > car horn sounds. Maybe you should take a look at KeyQuencer, a macro utility that, among a lot of other things, has the ability to play sounds. It's really ease of use, and takes a very small amount of memory. From KeyQuencer's homepage: << 1997 MacUser Shareware Awards Winner! "Coolest Time Saver!" KeyQuencer Lite is the most powerful, easy-to-use, shareware, macro utility available. You can use it to create shortcuts, or "macros", that you can execute with a keystroke. These macros can do almost anything [...] Comes with hundreds of ready-to-use macros. This is the shareware version of KeyQuencer 2.0. >> There is also a commercial version, but for your needs the shareware Lite version should be enough. I don't remember right now if it's in the Info-Mac archives, but you can get it from Binary Software or from AMUG . ====== Josep Lluis Mtnz. Benlliure Universitat de Valencia (Spain, Europe) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:26:14 -0600 From: "Michael C. Zastrow" Subject: MacOS8 and Gamma >I have run into some compalability problems, and I am hoping that someone >may be of assistance. I'm not talking about my love life, I'm talking >about my 7100/66AV. With Mac O/S 8 the Gamma tool need not be in the Control panels folder to operate. On my powerbook I placed the Gamma tool on my desktop and an alias of it in the Start-up items folder. good luck, michael -- Seeing Specially Graphics, www.awbbs.com, home of a beloved 840AV :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 97 18:08:04 +0000 From: "c.shayer2" Subject: My PowerBook won't move!!! Can anyone help??? My PowerBook 5300/100(603e) is running at the speed of a 25Mhz LCIII(68030), can anyone think of a reason why? ------------------- Ked Shayer The Avara "Amacus" Proud member of the EURO clan c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk ------------------- "Squark, Squark" -Hector ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:04:24 -0500 From: Doc Hamilton Subject: OS8 glitch Probably been reported already, but after about an hour with Conflict Catcher's help, I threw away Cyberfinder. Anytime I clicked anywhere on the desktop, it would refresh itself. Works fine now. -doc "The artist STILL known as Doc" Doc Hamilton, K5RAX Internet: doc@mail.utexas.edu Radio-TV-Film Univ.of Texas Phone 512/471-9253 Austin, TX 78712 FAX 512/471-4077 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 20:34:58 -0400 From: "Michael G. Schabert" Subject: Powerbook 180 and System 7.6.1 revisited >Then I replaced the 16 MB-SIMM in the Powerbook (not from Apple) with the >original Apple 8 MB SIMM and the problems were gone. I had the Powerbook >examined in an Apple Repair Centre and their conclusion was the same as >mine. > >So the conclusion is : the kind of SIMM (manufacturer) has his importance. While I agree that it was undoubtedly the SIMM that was causing your pain, I have to disagree with your conclusion that it was the fact that the manufacturer was not Apple. Sometimes, even with the best Quality Control, bad SIMMs get through. Also, some computers are just naturally finicky about the SIMMs that they eat. All components are built with certain fault tolerances. Some SIMMs are plus or minus a bit on their power consumption or their refresh rate. By the same token, some computers use gold contacts, which forces you to use SIMMs with gold contacts. right,leftread:DON'T use SIMMs with gold contacts just because you think they're better, they'll be worse if that's not what your computer uses because you're mixing metals. You should just ask for an exchange from wherever you bought your SIMM. I got a bad 32MB SIMM from Bottom Line once, & they cheerfully replaced it with a new (good) one. Mike Bikers don't *DO* taglines. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 04:22:34 -0400 From: entropy@io.com (Kiran Wagle) Subject: Remote Only > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:13:34 -0700 > From: Jon Froines > To get this extension, you have to download the package called "Open > Transport Extras" (I hope I have the name right) from the same place on You can also install ARA 2.1, which is where I got Remote Only. ~ Kiran ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 23:40:54 -0400 From: Secret Squirrel Subject: Remote Only - Ive Got it >Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 17:13:34 -0700 >From: Jon Froines >Subject: Remote Only > >To get this extension, you have to download the package called "Open >Transport Extras" (I hope I have the name right) from the same place on >Apple sites that you can download Open Transport. It's in there. >Unfortunately, it's a hefty download of stuff just to get the little Remote >Only extension, well over a meg if I remember correctly. ---------AND----------- >Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:51:11 -0400 >From: "Michael G. Schabert" >Subject: Where is "Remote-Only"? > >>Michael G. Schabert (Tue, 5 Aug 1997): >> >> > you can get an extension from Apple called "Remote Only". >> > This allows you to turn on AppleTalk in a mode that doesn't >> > affect your serial ports. You put this in your extensions >> > folder, then in the Network (under classic) or the >> > AppleTalk (under OT) control panel, select Remote only >> > instead of your printer port. >> >> Could you please help me to find such extension?? I've tried in >>ftp.support.apple.com and other servers from Apple with no success at all. >>Anyone knows the exact URL? > >Hi Josep, >Sorry about the delay. Remote only comes with OpenTransport, and is in the >OT Extras folder. You can download the whole extras folder from apple, if >you don't have it. It's big, though, around 2MB for the 1.1.1 Extras (1.1.1 >& 1.1.2 both have the same version of Remote Only), Alternitively, you can send me an E-Mail to my personal address, and I will attach a BinHexed copy of that tiny INIT in a reply. Will save you a lot of download time for nothing. Please put in the Subject Line "Remote Me !". mailto:kennethh@mounet.com K Hubbard, CEO - Horken Stout=81 Ltd. -- Parent Company of: Digital Heroes=81 Software ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 09:40:07 -0700 From: Douglas Anderson Subject: Speed Doubler 2.0.3 Hello, I am looking for advice on a problem I seem to be having with Speed Doubler 2.0.3. I find that when I am downloading a file using a program called TeleFinder=81/User I get a lot of CRC Errors just when the Icon of whatever I'm downloading starts to show up on my DeskTop. This does not happen if I disable Speed Doubler 2.0.3. Also I can't really say that Speed Doubler 2.0.3 Doubles the speed of my Mac. Tests using (Norton System Info) read, over all 268 without Speed Doubler and 270 with Speed Doubler. Any Advice is most welcome, at this point I'm almost ready to try anything. Connectix did try to help me but to no avail. Now I think they want me to buy the new Speed Doubler 8 coming out in September, I only bought this version of Speed Doubler a month or two ago, and I guess I think it should work without having to buy yet again to get a version of Speed Doubler that does work :-( I am using a Mac Performa 6320 running System 7.6.1 Thanks for your time, Doug. P.S. I'm not bashing Connectix, I use Ram Doubler and it works very well. Sincerely, Doug Anderson email:un162@freenet.victoria.bc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 19:38:01 -0400 From: "Douglas J. Glick" Subject: ThreadsManager? I recently updated my Color Stylewriter 2500 Software. Now everytime I start up I get a warning that the Quicktime MPEG Extension can't load until I have either ThreadManager Extension or ThreadsLib (2.1.5 or later). The strange thing is that Conflict Catcher tells me that Quicktime MPEG Extension is loaded and I can't find either ThreadManager or ThreadsLib anywhere. Any ideas out there on what is happening here? Thanks, Doug Douglas J. Glick Department of Anthropology Blodgett 318 Maildrop 242 x7637 glick@vassar.edu http://vassun.vassar.edu/~glick/glick.html -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************