Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #196 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 12 Sep 97 Volume 15 : Issue 196 Today's Topics: 3400 & Scanning... 3400 & Scanning... [!] Digest 188... oops! [A]: OS8 Random Freezes..... [Q] MAC-OS - German-localized? International-English? [Q] MAC-OS - German-localized? International-English? [Q] OS8 and Audio CDs Access PC formatted zip disk Annoyance: MS Office and Generic Documents Arabic System Software CD Sound Dialer FKEY replacement? DOS Compatibility Card & CD-ROM DOS Compatibility Card Installer disk image wanted Fake-8 Extension makers... Future Direction of Info-Mac (fwd) Illustrator fix for Postscript error Info-Mac Digest V15 #195 Japanese to English OS Laserwriter slow printing on OS8 older shrinkwraps OS8 Freezes - Solved Power Poker Printing from Quadra to Personal LW NT Problem with MacOS8 and Internet Config Problems with GEOPORT/Express Modem Q950 parts Re. two questions... (changing Finder icons) Statistics and OS8 Supporting the Archive UART on Performa 575 URGENT: Techtool 1.1.5, OS8, & PB5300 What is this group for? What is this group? What is this group? What is this group? What is this group? Where to find System 6.0.7 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 #196" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:48:44 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: 3400 & Scanning... "Steven J. Tryon" wrote: > In the case of the Microtek, the software doesn't see the scanner on the > SCSI chain. It does it's own little SCSI check and shows something at > that SCSI id, but instead of putting in information about the device, I > see just a string of small square boxes. Did you go to the choser and select the Microtec software and determined at what SCSI ID the software should look for the Scanner? I know it's weird, but it's necessary. Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 06:47:44 +0100 From: bbr@fdgroup.co.uk (Chris Reed, BBR) Subject: 3400 & Scanning... "Steven J. Tryon" wrote: >I have a PowerBook 3400c (200MHz version) that I have been trying to >connect to a desktop scanner. I have tried with the Umax Astra 600s (two >separate scanners) and the Microtek ScanMaker E3. Each time, some sort >of weird SCSI thing takes place. [snip] I had a similar problem when I first connected my Umax Apus 3000 PPC clone to my Umax Vista S8 scanner - everything acted up like I had a faulty SCSI cable, even though everything worked fine with my existing LCII. Couldn't believe there'd be such hassle connecting two devices from the same manufacturer! Anyway, I was aware that the Apus 3000 uses the same motherboard as the Apple 5400/6400, as a specific patch was supplied by Umax on their System CD. Then I saw on the Umax website a different patch advertised to make Apple 5400/6400s work with Umax scanners - something about the SCSI clock being slightly out of synch on that motherboard. I put two and two together, downloaded and installed the patch, and it solved the problem - it may or may not be of use for your situation. For reference, here's what the 'read me' from the patch says: >Important Information >About the 6360/64xx/54xx Update > >The 6360/64xx/54xx Update corrects problems that may occur with external >SCSI devices and adds support for additional Ethernet network protocols. >The Update is designed for use with the following Power Macintosh and >Performa models: > >* Macintosh Performa 6360 >* 64xx series Macintosh computers, such as the Macintosh Performa 6400 and >the Power Macintosh 6400 >* 54xx series Macintosh computers, such as the Macintosh Performa 5400 and >Power Macintosh 5400 > >Fixes and Features Provided by this Update > >The 6360/64xx/54xx Update provides the following corrections and features >for 6360, 64xx series, and 54xx series Macintosh computers: > >* Fixes problems with using some external SCSI devices, such as external >hard disks, scanners, or removable storage devices. > >* Fixes problems with printing to a Personal LaserWriter SC or LaserWriter >II SC printer. >Apple recommends using QuickDraw GX and the LaserWriter II SC GX printer >driver with LaserWriter SC printers because there are known problems with >the non-GX LaserWriter SC printer driver. You can install QuickDraw GX >from the system software CD-ROM disc that came with your computer or >download the software from the Apple Software Update sites on the Internet >via , America Online, or CompuServe. > > >* Adds support for additional Ethernet network protocols. If your computer >uses the optional Ethernet CS II card to provide Ethernet networking, the >6360/64xx/54xx Update installs files that provide support for the MacIPX >and Local Area Transport (LAT) network protocols. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:07:46 -0500 From: "Gordon Watts (Info-Mac Moderator)" Subject: [!] Digest 188... oops! Hi, No, that wasn't an effort to make you life a little more interesting. I was clearly asleep at the wheel when I let that hyno-sex article through in digest 188 (so... how many of you missed it and are now going back to look it up, eh!? :-)). Sorry about that. And, yes, we do look at every message before it is put in the digest; no messages are ignored. Sometimes we hit the wrong key, however... Cheers, Gordon. -- Gordon Watts, Info-Mac Moderator (gordon@info-mac.org) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:50:37 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A]: OS8 Random Freezes..... >I have installed OS8 and the AppleVision 1.5.3 update on my system. My >configuration is as follows: > >PowerPC 7500 with Apple 132Mhz daughter card upgrade >1mb L2 cache from PowerLogix >HDT 2.0 formatting my Non-Apple Quantum 500MB HD Very possible that these drivers may not be OS8 compatible. >32 MB RAM >Ram cache set to 34 MB Do you mean Virtual Memory? Make sure you have RAM Cache set to at least what the defaults are. -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:00:34 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: [Q] MAC-OS - German-localized? International-English? Thomas Rohde wrote: > Now, many ppl talk of certain incompatibilities/idiosyncrasies of > machines/non-/localized OS. Esp. it is said that US-English OS won't run, > or give problems, with international machines. ISDN, VIDEO, GEOport, > whatever. I am running Internatrional English system software on my desktop computer and US English on my Powerbook (bought in the USA). No problem so far. The only advice: Don't mix systems on one single machine (e.g. 7.6 German and a 7.6.1 Updater English on top of it). Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:52:11 +0200 From: Sven Luetkemeier Subject: [Q] MAC-OS - German-localized? International-English? At 16:57 +0200 09.09.1997, Thomas Rohde wrote: > Now, many ppl talk of certain incompatibilities/idiosyncrasies of > machines/non-/localized OS. Esp. it is said that US-English OS won't run, > or give problems, with international machines. ISDN, VIDEO, GEOport, > whatever. I use US-versions since 7.6 on two "German" macs: a PowerBook 190 and a PowerMac 7500/100 (recently upgraded to a 604/150). I didn't run into any problems, but I didn't use features like Geoport or Video in/out. I just tried Apple Video Player and one can still choose PAL, even with an US-system. So, video editing in the PAL format doesn't seem to be a problem. Regards, Sven ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 07:56:36 -0500 From: Charles Pearce Subject: [Q] OS8 and Audio CDs On several of the machines that I have installed OS8 (including my own), the "Monitors & Sounds" control panel "forgets" its setting from startup to startup. This means that in order to play an audio CD, the user (including myself) has to go into the control panel, change the input from "microphone" to "internal cd." When the computer is restarted, it reverts back to microphone. This happens on my Power PC 8100AV, a 7100 and several Performa 6115. Any ideas on why this does this and how the control panel can be set to remember the settings? Thanks. Charles Pearce (pearce@ksu.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 00:25:35 +0100 From: tina wright Subject: Access PC formatted zip disk Can anyone help me? I want to access a PC formatted zip disk but can't seem to - it won't even mount it - the same applies to a PC formatted syquest - any ideas? I can read normal PC disks fine. Tina ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:19:53 -0500 From: Miles Abernathy Subject: Annoyance: MS Office and Generic Documents Last night the departmental guru installed Micorsoft Office (Word and Excel only, not Microsoft Office Mangler) on the Mac of a friend of mine. He is running System 7.1, 16 megs of real RAM, virtual memory on. The applications might have been installed via Timbuktu. Today his documents are all generic. They show the correct icons, but they show as "document" in the Finder list views (even ClarisWorks docs). Double clicking on a document brings up the "can't find an application for this" dialog box. He rebuilt the desktop (3 times). Restarting with Shift key doesn't help. Opening a doc from within Word makes it into a Word document again, but only for a few minutes...then it reverts to generic status. I don't find anything about this at www.macfixit.com, and Microsoft's web site is verrrry slow. Anyone got a solution? Miles Abernathy, miles@mail.utexas.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:01:32 +0100 From: anton@gugu.usal.es (Antonio Fernandez Martinez) Subject: Arabic System Software Recently, I've finally retired my trusty SE, and now I own a new PM-5400. In the ol SE, I have the system 7.1 with the arabic as a secondary language, obtained throught the Arabic System. My question is anybody knows where can I find an Arabic System for the PM-5400? (an internet address would be preferred). I gues that I need 7.5.3 or later. Thanks in advance Antonio Fernandez-Martinez, Ph. D. Mathematics Department Salamanca University Postal address:Dpto. Matematica Pura y Aplicada Pza. La Merced 1-4, 37008 Salamanca Spain telephone n=BA: +34 - 23 - 29 44 59, =46ax: +34 - 23 - 29 45 83 e-mail: anton@gugu.usal.es ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:18:00 -0500 From: Craig Farmer Subject: CD Sound Hope this is an easy question to answer. I have a Powermac 8100. For the first time I decided I'd play a music CD thru the systems speakers. Following the HELP instructions, I set Sound Input to CD-ROM and clicked on "Play Through". In the Apple CD Player, the track plays but I do not hear any sound. What am I doing wrong? Tnanks to all..... cfarmer@intertv.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:47:39 -0700 From: Brian Hall Subject: Dialer FKEY replacement? In article <5uhpq3$ecp$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, ahunter@earthlink.net wrote: > Does anyone know of a MacOS 8 version of Dialer FKEY, a simple and > speedy tool for taking the contents of the clipboard and throwing it at > your modem along with initialization string, so that your address book > will autodial without you having to pick up the handset? We're working on an update to PhoneWatcher (2.0) and this will be one of its features. There is a public beta available at http://www.markspace.com/phonewatcher.html and a mailing list that you can sign up for. We're currently at 2.0d7, with d8 coming out this weekend. If you join the list you can watch to see when that feature makes it in. Basically you will hit a user-defined hot key (not an FKEY) and it will dial the phone number in the selected text and make a note of the phone number called as well as time in the phone log. > NOTE: I *do* > have QuicKeys which *does* have a "dial" macro but it is pathetically > slow in comparison with the old FKEY. I want to be able to hit a > keystroke combo and have the modem start beeping immediately, not wait > for something to *launch*. Since PhoneWatcher has an extension to do the work, there is nothing to launch. If you want, you can later launch the app portion and see a record of your call in the phone log. > Under OS 8, Dialer FKEY jams the serial port requiring a > reset, and does not dial. What number did the FKEY use? 1-5 are used by the System in 8.0, whereas only 1-3 were used before then. Brian Hall Mark/Space Softworks ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:07:09 +0200 From: Mario Luoni Subject: DOS Compatibility Card & CD-ROM I have a DOS Compatibility Card on a 6100/66, and until recently evertything worked fine. However, when I wanted to reinstall it (for the x-th time, by the way), it coudn't read the CD-ROM anymore (and yes, I did install the "DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for DOS environment). The only thing I get is the following message (for all possible CD ROMs): CDR101: Not ready reading drive E Abort, Retry, Fail? Answering with A(bort does abort the attempt to read, R(etry does retry an infinite number of times, and F(ail entails additional messages: Volume in drive E has no label (after typing F(ail once) or Fail on INT 24 (after having chosen F(ail three times). The cntrl-Y to eject the CD doesn't work anymore either. I have to switch back to the MacOS to eject the CD. Is this a symptom for when the MacOS is monopolizing the CD reader? Maybe the installer disk has been corrupted, though I don't know when and wher this could have happened. So, if somebody knows how to get rid of this problem, I'd be very grateful. And secondly, if somebody would send me by email (or let me ftp) an image of the installer disks (1. DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for Mac environment, 2. MS-DOS installer disks, 3. DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for DOS environment), that would be very much appreciated as well. Thanks a lot in advance. -Mario ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:01:17 +0200 From: Mario Luoni Subject: DOS Compatibility Card Installer disk image wanted I have a DOS Compatibility Card on a 6100/66, and until recently evertything worked fine. However, when I wanted to reinstall it (for the x-th time, by the way), it coudn't read the CD-ROM anymore (and yes, I did install the "DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for DOS environment). The only thing I get is the following message (for all possible CD ROMs): CDR101: Not ready reading drive E Abort, Retry, Fail? Answering with A(bort does abort the attempt to read, R(etry does retry an infinite number of times, and F(ail entails additional messages: Volume in drive E has no label (after typing F(ail once) or Fail on INT 24 (after having chosen F(ail three times). The cntrl-Y to eject the CD doesn't work anymore either. I have to switch back to the MacOS to eject the CD. Is this a symptom for when the MacOS is monopolizing the CD reader? Maybe the installer disk has been corrupted, though I don't know when and wher this could have happened. So, if somebody knows how to get rid of this problem, I'd be very grateful. And secondly, if somebody would send me by email (or let me ftp) an image of the installer disks (1. DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for Mac environment, 2. MS-DOS installer disks, 3. DOS Compatibility Card Installer Disk for DOS environment), that would be very much appreciated as well. Thanks a lot in advance. -Mario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:15:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Fiske Subject: Fake-8 Extension makers... To those who were/are interested in making an extension for '030 computers that makes them use the new 3-D Finder/System suitcase icons from my Fake-8 icon set, Fake-8 RE (ResEdit) is available from Info-Mac. All I ask is that I be sent completed extensions for trial/approval and that the completed extension be 100% freeware. thank you send attachments to: mfiske@mail.bright.net Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 05:27:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Subject: Future Direction of Info-Mac (fwd) Greetings: Following are some assorted feelings and some ideas which I've seen in part in recent postings, but which haven't quite clicked in my mind. I would love to see the list offer both digest and non-digest versions. I'm also in favor of somewhat of a separation of the discussion and archive portions of the list. * Non-Digest: Discussion messages are sent to the submission address, approved, and go directly to the members of the list. This will allow the list to gain some of the immediacy of a newsgroup, and should make participation easier, since one can simply reply to a message, and will be able to quote, etc- without having to cut and paste from the digest. I prefer single messages to bulk digests, as I can read each message as I have time, whereas with a digest I either have to sit down and read the entire thing, or read half and never come back because the message is no longer flagged as new and I forget about it. A good portion of users on this list have some form of mail filtering either in place, or lying dormant in their email client, just waiting to be put to use. I use a Pine/Procmail combination myself, and find that it works wonders. Those who do not have the ability or inclination to filter are free to join the digest list. Archive additions go out in their own digest of sorts daily as needed. * Digest: Similar setup as is currently, with archive submissions in one digest, discussion in another. So I guess what it would work out to be is thus: The info-mac list would be available in digest or non-digest form. The info-mac-archive list would be available in digest form only. (there's actually no reason why the archive list couldn't go out in non-digest form, except for the fact that it is very likely done en masse anyways) Just some suggestions from someone up *way* too early, -jeff -- Jeff - jeff@tcnet.org PGP Public Key available at http://tcnet.org/~jeff/pubkey.txt ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 11:31:17 +0100 From: Lars Subject: Illustrator fix for Postscript error I was just about to ask for help in this forum, when I found the answer in TidBITS. I think you also want to know, so here is the story: PROBLEM: Illustrator 7.0 has a bug; when printing a PageMaker or QuarkXPress document with Illustrator 7.0 EPS-pictures, you get a Postscript error. SOLUTION: Update to 7.0.1. At this writing moment, there is only an update for the US version. Local versions is about to pop up soon (I hope). You will find the US update at this address: http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/3df2.htm SOURCE: TidBITS #396. TidBITS is a free, weekly online newsletter about the Macintosh community that you *absolutely* should subscribe to! (As well as Info-Macs newsletter...) It delivers short, well written information about what is going on in the Macintosh hemisphere. You will get it by e-mail once a week (have no fear for junk mail). Sign up today at http://www.tidbits.com/ Be careful out there, Lars ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 15:28:16 -0600 From: "Scott A. Gorman" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #195 Hello once again, thanks for all the input as to how to get Local Talk to work...I was never able to find the problem, but I was able to borrow a hard drive from my dad so I could manually put everything on it and then hook it to my new computer. Anyway, thanks again for all of your help! new question: could anyone help me find a couple of applications? First, I'm trying to find a password recorder so I don't have to remember ALL of my passwords for everything that requires passwords--Opera News, Firefly, BMG, Columbia House, etc... anyhow, I'd like to find something that would automatically (not an absolutely necessary feature) bring up my password to any certain website so I don't have to go searching for it... Second, I am also looking for an app like Oil Change that would alert me to new updates of software I currently have so that I could update it on the web. I have seen ads and reviews on shareware products like this but I cannot seem to locate those now...when I need them. Anyhow, any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!!!! Scott If music be the food of love, where's the buffet line? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:28:37 -0500 From: "Michael Busha" Subject: Japanese to English OS Hello, I am thinking about trading my OS (Japanese) for the new and only English OS8 because I don't use the Japanese much anymore and can get the Kanji Kit if that changes. The problem is that the dealer here in Tokyo where I bought my computer says that the processor is different in the machine I bought (Apple 8500/120/48) and an English OS cannot be used. I doubt that but have no other information. Does anyone know? Is there a difference? As far as I know I can do a clean install of OS8 after maybe reformatting the HD. I did it for my LC 575 and had no problem. Thanks for your help. Michael Busha Kanazawa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 09:20:38 -0000 From: Larry MacDonald Subject: Laserwriter slow printing on OS8 I've got very poor throughput on my Laserwriter using system 8. What once took 30 secs. now takes a few minutes. Any thoughts? Larry MacDonald ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:23:52 -0500 From: "Matt Neuburg" Subject: older shrinkwraps It seems that with the advent of ShrinkWrap 3 (/disk/shrinkwrap-30.hqx), earlier versions of ShrinkWrap have been purged from the archive. Is this fair? The older versions were freeware/shareware. This new version is commercial; what is posted is a 15-day self-disabling demo. Many people may not wish to purchase it; why should they be robbed of their chance to download a perfectly good working freeware utility? Just my 2 cents - m. matt neuburg, phd = matt@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt apertam in mentem inrepit sapientia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 07:25:32 +0100 From: "Rick D. Wintheiser" Subject: OS8 Freezes - Solved Thank you for your input on my "difficulties". As you can well imagine I was under great pressure from my twin, 5 year olds to get it going! After several days I have been crash free by doing the following: 1. Turn OFF Virtual Memory - hit with increased memory requirements but liveable. 2. Disk Cache to Default (1024) I am constantly amazed by our Mac community and its ability to help each other. Thank you again and Kick Butt! Rick WIntheiser ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 01:27:55 +0000 From: d.frampton@philosophy.bbk.ac.uk Subject: Power Poker Andrew, Don't know if you can get a demo off the web, but it is by Todd Ouzts from Scenaro Software, through Electronic Arts (PO Box 7578, San Mateo, CA 94403-7578. Tel: 415 572-2787). And the full game is great - find it and buy it. all the best, Daniel. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:52:04 -0500 (CDT) From: jmp@shoe.wustl.edu (Jerome Peirick) Subject: Printing from Quadra to Personal LW NT I find myself in a position of wanting to print from an old Quadra to an equally old Personal LaserWriter NT. If I turn off AppleTalk, I can connect a plain old 8 pin printer cable between the two and everything works just fine. However, when I turn AppleTalk back on and try using LocalTalk adapters, the printer doesn't show up in the Chooser. Frankly, I'm stumped. The Quadra is running System 7.1 and only has 8 meg of RAM. The dedicated application that the machine runs takes up about 5 meg of that RAM, so upgrading the OS is only a possibility if we upgrade RAM as well. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance for the help. Jerome Peirick jmp@shoe.wustl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 12:56:19 +1000 From: Ian Davis Subject: Problem with MacOS8 and Internet Config I'm clearly doing something silly, so I'd be grateful for advice. I have a Performa 6300CD and previously used FreePPP under system 7.5.5 to connect to the PPP server at work from home. This script waited for the login prompt, sent my ppp_username, waited for the Password: prompt then sent the password. After this the PPP session ran nicely. Since installing OS8, I don't seem to be able to get OT/PPP to do the same thing. To generate a script you first have to run a successful manual login session. So following the instructions in the guide I run a manual session in a terminal window, put in the right answers to the prompts, but the server won't allow me to connect. As a result I can't generate a script and of course can't run a PPP session. I have checked all the relevant numbers, addresses, capslock key etc. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong here? Any advice gratefully accepted, email is probably best. Ian Davis davis@licre.ludwig.edu.au ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:04:18 +1100 From: Michel Jorda Subject: Problems with GEOPORT/Express Modem Hi everybody. I try to install a second Hand Geoport on my PowerMacitosh 7200, running sys 7.6, and I'm totally confused with the numerous extensions/Control panels I may use. until then , I did succeed in running the express modem, but Megaphone is unable to find the geoport. Therefore, no fax/voice application for the device. By the way, the geoport don't answer to phone rings. I use: Express Modem 1.5.5 Geoport for PowerMacintosh F1.0.2 Telephone Mgr 2.0 Geoport is on the modem port as required. A DeskWriter is on the printer port Any expert advice will be much appreciated ! Michel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:08:04 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: Q950 parts I was given a dead Quadra 950 (on start-up I get four tones rising and then four tones going down). The drives have been removed, the RAM is gone, etc. All I have is the case, the motherboard, and the power supply. Anybody want some spare parts? Need a nice power supply cheap? A 68040 chip? I'll probably keep the motherboard to show student what one looks like. Any other ideas? jerry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 10:49:50 BST From: Ian.Goldby@powertech.co.uk Subject: Re. two questions... (changing Finder icons) >First... > > how does one go about making an extension that, say changes the > appearance of the trash-can? > .... >private e's only (my news-reader's temporarily broken), >Mark. The easiest, but least safe way of changing the Finder icons (including the Trash can) is to edit the icons held in the Finder itself with ResEdit. There is a much safer way, and again, it doesn't need a system extension. If icon resources with the appropriate resource numbers are stored in the Finder Preferences file, then they are used instead of the standard Finder icons. If you trash the Preferences file by mistake (with ResEdit for example), you can just delete it and the Finder will generate a new one. So, copy the Finder icons from the Finder file into a copy of the Finder Preferences file using ResEdit. Then just edit the icons as required, an delete any you didn't change. You can then distribute the Finder Preferences file for others to use. Note that a minor snag is that when people copy your customised Finder Preferences file into their own Preferences folder, they will lose any old preferences settings they had in the Finder, like default icon size, font, etc. But these are easy to change back manually. Alternatively, you could distribute a ResEdit file containing the icon resources (appropriately numbered) for people to copy to their own Finder Preferences file with ResEdit. It's not hard to do, but some people are uncomfortable with using ResEdit. I certainly would not use an extension to change the icons though. Ian. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:50:49 -0600 From: Joel Carranza Subject: Statistics and OS8 Does anyone know of a good stasticis program thad does regression lines of various forms(linear,power, quadratic). I really need one. Also, does anyone know of any apple menu config extensions that are compatible with OS8. Thanks.... Joel "energetic apathy" Carranza jcarranz@msms.doe.k12.ms.us http://msms.doe.k12.ms.us/~jcarranz/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:10:19 -0500 From: kevjones@cei.net (Kevin Jones) Subject: Supporting the Archive Dan Frakes wrote: >However, I personally like the archive >info. I _really_ appreciate getting a regular list of new files posted to >the archive, and would not be terribly disapppointed if that's all the >digest was... not because I don't like normal messages, but because >normal messages can be found on any list, but the software archive >updates can _only_ be found here. Semi-ditto. Having others then take the archive/discussion combine to the web provides nice one-stop shopping for my Mac shareware and info needs. I'm running an old machine or two or three, so the current app stagnation / K'scope saturation doesn't discourage me as much as it would if I had invested in a recent Power Mac. But that is part of the larger 'Whither Apple?' question. In short, for what it's worth, I-MD in its traditional form suits me fine--like comfortable old mocs. I imagine most of us who subscribe also browse other Mac sources for info, and while there's some overlap, I don't see the need to revamp. That broader influences on Apple and the Internet are reflected in I-MD 'quality' is not a Digest-specific problem. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:28:01 -0700 (PDT) From: bc979@lafn.org (Doug Hardie) Subject: UART on Performa 575 I have a Performa 575 that has blown its UART on the serial port several times. Previously the machine was under warrantee and Apple replaced the digital board. However, the warantee has expired and I don't want to pay that much for a single chip. Does anyone know if that chip is socketed or if not, how many layers are in that area of the board. If its only a 2 layer board and the pin holes are plated, then the old technique of cutting the chip and sucking the pins out will work. Thanks, -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:36:13 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: URGENT: Techtool 1.1.5, OS8, & PB5300 We have had one incident where Techtool 1.1.5 was used on a PB5300 which had just been upgraded to OS8. The PB worked fine for three days, Techtool 1.1.5 was used and the system became corrupted. We have not verified this with a second attempt (for obvious reasons). -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:06:25 -0800 From: prosoul@orca.bc.ca Subject: What is this group for? Al Bloom wrote, > > >Is anyone else as distressed as I at the direction that I-M seems to >be taking? I-M used to be a community. The digests we get lately seem >all or mostly postings of software of varying general utility. I dunno >about y'all, but I don't see much if any utility personally. Or much >interest personally. > >I just don't think the archive is all I-M should be about. > >Your comments? > >Al Bloom You mean we can talk about Mac related stuff on this group, and it's not just a promotional tool for Mac Shareware/Freeware/Software? Wow!! I've got a couple of threads that I'd love to see going on here, I mean were Mac users entering a new era of Apple, in a world dominated by ignorant, yet high and mighty pc advocates! My first query would be what kind of results have all you Mac clone owners had with the particular manufacturer you are using? There are some major differences between the clones, some good, some bad. I heard UMAX were one of the best designed... Any comments? My second interest would be in opinions from users in the music and audio industry on which PowerMac model and configuration under $2000 over 160 Mhz would be the best for audio production... (I know Performas were a problem due to something related to internal 8 bit audio conversion...) Sometimes it's good when people like Al speak up... Jarome Matthew Dimension Arc Media Pro Soul Production http://www.dimensionarc.com/prosoulproduction ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 10:28:33 -0400 From: Neal Blank Subject: What is this group? On 9/10/97 4:32 AM, Adam Engst wrote: >There are plenty of issues here to think about - what do people think >Info-Mac should, in an ideal world, be? (Note that that's not necessarily >what it has been.) I find the archive far more useful than the discussions. General Mac issues, as Adam noted, can be found on other mail lists. Keep the archive alive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neal Blank Writer/Photographer nealb@p3.net http://p3.net/~nealb/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:17:05 -0400 From: Allan Hunter Subject: What is this group? Beginning with the switchover from sumex, there has been a lost of "responsiveness" in the whole system. For awhile, posts went into oblivion, and even once Info-Mac was back online, the backlog must have been immense -- postings would take a long long time to appear. My guess is that at least temporarily people got out of the habit of posting questions and info requests to Info-Mac. Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 97 14:07:46 -0700 From: "TOM- P. Reilly" Subject: What is this group? "Allan M. Bloom" wrote: >I'm becoming progressively annoyed with digests that >are no more than ads for personally useless stuff going into the archive. If you are looking for discussions about increasing your productivity using the Macintosh, try subscribing to The Organized Macintosh (TOM) Digest. To learn more hop over to http://www.valpatken.com .... Patrick L. Reilly, Chief Gnome, Valpatken, Ltd., Chandler, AZ 'The Organized Macintosh- TOM' @ http://www.valpatken.com Subscribe to TOM news at TOM@valpatken.com w/Subj: TOM Me ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 10:45:21 -0400 From: KrishnaMohan & Bhuvaneswari Subject: What is this group? >We have talked about running Info-Mac as two separate lists - one for the >discussion and one for the archive postings. It would require some work, >but could be done. And then there's the question of if Info-Mac should be a >digest or a normal list (and if it would be way too much for for us if it >were a normal list). > >There are plenty of issues here to think about - what do people think >Info-Mac should, in an ideal world, be? (Note that that's not necessarily >what it has been.) I think that Info-Mac as two separate lists would be a great idea. Although there are some lists at www.solutions.apple.com [which are subject specific] , almost all the other lists are run by inividuals and people would feel much comfortable with a Community like atmosphere here & problems would be discussed in a global perspective on a wider subject spectrum in Info-Mac than other lists run by individuals. Best Wishes - KrishnaMohan. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 22:10:28 -0500 From: rgall@macollamh.ucd.ie Subject: Where to find System 6.0.7 Hi - hope someone can help me with a problem. I have an old Mac SE that I can't bear to part with (who can ever bear to part with an old Mac?). I still use it at home and recently was given a Brother HL-760 laser printer that is Mac compatible, but only with system 6.0.7. or later. Unfortunately my SE only has 6.0.4. I have tried a number of times to download 6.0.8 (via Netscape) from the Apple SW site but with no success. I keep getting a dialog box saying "Mac-binhex 40. Warning: unrecognised encoding" despite the fact that the files are meant to be self-extracting. When I continue with the downloading of the files they appear to be bugged in some way and there is no way to install the system files. The SE only has 1mb of RAM, so system 7.0 won't fit. So I can't use my fab new printer which is a pain. Can anyone help? Please reply privately to rgall@macollamh.ucd.ie I realy manage to read all of the info-mac digests. Many thanks Ruth Gallagher -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************