Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #194 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 24 Oct 98 Volume 16 : Issue 194 Today's Topics: [*] Acid Daze Two.sit [*] AppleScript Utilithingies, a few AS utilities. [*] Application Switching Manager v1.1.0 [*] Beached 1.3 [*] Beached II 1.1 (Tropical Adventure/Strategy Game) [*] Blobs 2.0 [*] CoCo 3.0 DEMO [*] ConvertMachine 1.0.2v1J - Japanese Version [*] Cross Platform 1.0.1 - Mac to Windows Consultant [*] Eartraining 2.6.1 [*] Eartraining 2.6.1 [*] Easy Writer 3.5 [*] FeatherGIF 1.9.7 - Web transparency filter [*] FGP15UD [*] Finnisch V&N 1.0 - foreign language learning [*] FractalDesigner 1.21 [*] Harmony Noel PPC [*] HVS Animator [*] HVS ColorGIF 2.0 [*] HVS JPEG 2.0 [*] iMac iCon by Pixelhaus! 67k [*] iMacGeddon1.5.sit [*] India Ink 1.4.7 - stylized Photoshop halftones [*] Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers 1.0 to 1.0.1 Patch [*] KidsGames 1.0 (68K) [*] KidsGames 1.0 (PPC) [*] LeFranglophile1.03.cpt Bilingual French-English dictionary [*] MacTypingTutor [*] MacTypingTutor4.5.1 [*] MarathonSounds2.sit [*] Midi Delay 3.0.1 fat-A Realtime Midi Effects Application [*] Mohunt 1.0b0 [*] mykonos101 [*] OrgASM 3.1 (MPW Tool) [*] Overload [*] PreSchool Playtime Vn 3.0 [*] QT Pad v1.0.3 [*] QuizEditor [*] ramBunctious 1.3.1 (a Mac OS RAM disk) Available Now [*] Solitaire House 1.0 [*] Tesselation 1.26 - seamless tile filter [*] Uspuzz98 [*] Vespasian 2.0 T1 - a freeware uncial typeface [*] Vespasian 2.0 TT - a freeware uncial typeface [*] Which Number is Increasing? 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #194" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:37 -0700 From: phil.long@ecm.emap.com Subject: [*] Acid Daze Two.sit Acid Daze Two is a messed-up font: broken down, but still readable. A bit 'Raygun' in feel, perhaps. Good for headlines, and quotes. Use big and bold, scattered accross your document for maximum effect. Also includes samples of other fonts available. Look through the archive for freeware fonts Cropper, Fontastic-samples, Rennacs and Scratch, too. [Archived as /info-mac/font/acid-daze-two.hqx; 528K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:14 -0700 From: jimbob@linex.com Subject: [*] AppleScript Utilithingies, a few AS utilities. AppleScript Utilithingies, a collection of utility scripts. A screen saver runner for JPEGView. Merge text files. List every file of a folder or disk. Faux TJ Horse. Although these have been well tested on my 6100/66 - G3 with no problems, it is possible that you may experience errors or crashes on your setup. I cannot be responsible for any damage caused or data lost while using these. Cheers Jim Yost jimbob@linex.com [Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/applescript-utilithingies.hqx; 38K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:09 -0700 From: kamprath@kagi.com Subject: [*] Application Switching Manager v1.1.0 This file should be put in your "Macintosh Development Tools" section. The Application Switching Manager (ASM) is a public API installed by both ClaireWare Software's Program Switcher control panel (http://www.kamprath.net/claireware/program_switcher.html) and Binary Software's PowerSwitch control panel (http://www.binarysoft.com/psmac/psmac.html application with advanced process management and window management services, abiding by any settings that the user may have set in either Program Switcher or PowerSwitch. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/asm-110.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:19 -0700 From: mboxall@whitley.unimelb.edu.au Subject: [*] Beached 1.3 After a mysterious boating accident, you find yourself stranded on a small tropical island. Life isn't so bad here: there's food, wood, and gold for the taking, so why leave? Well, even paradise has its dark moments, and this particular paradise is about to be wiped off the map by a hurricane. Your newfound life of leisure has turned into a lesson in bare survival. Avoid starving to death, chop wood, build a boat, and get off that sand pile. Before you leave, you might even have enough time to line your pockets with the gold that still litters the island. Requires: System 7.0 or later 68020 or faster 256 colours/greys Version 1.3 includes an overhaul of the graphics and gives the user the ability to move their player with the mouse. [Archived as /info-mac/game/beached-13.hqx; 311K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:21 -0700 From: mboxall@whitley.unimelb.edu.au Subject: [*] Beached II 1.1 (Tropical Adventure/Strategy Game) Whilst travelling out on the open sea, your boat sinks. You, and two others are washed onto a tropical island. The island is a paradise, with trees, bananas, coconuts, and vines. However, you suddenly remember the long range weather forecast. A tornado will form in this area in about one week. You must work hard to build a raft to get off the island, but also make sure you keep alive by eating, drinking and sleeping. The other survivors must build their own rafts too. You must decide if and when you help them, or if you line your own pockets with gold. This is, of course, the sequel to Beached. The object of the game is still the same, but there have been major changes made to the gameplay. There are now other survivors on the island controlled by the computer. The sequel also has much better graphics, and some important improvements to the interface. Requires: System 7.0 or later 68020 or later or PPC 256 colours/greys Version 1.1 has an added 'Auto-Help' feature, making it easier for new players to understand the game. Also, clicking on your own player will now bring up a popup menu, allowing an easier method to select menu items. [Archived as /info-mac/game/beached-ii-11.hqx; 401K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:22 -0700 From: gafvert@kagi.com Subject: [*] Blobs 2.0 A fun and really addictive strategy game featuring lots of animation, 3D-rendered graphics and sound! visit the Blobs web-site at http://www.foxchange.com/blobs Lars Gafvert [Archived as /info-mac/game/blobs-200.hqx; 871K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:09 -0700 From: visu@euronet.nl Subject: [*] CoCo 3.0 DEMO short description: CoCo 3.0 DEMO Color Correction plugin for Photoshop =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D CoCo 3.0 DEMO by VISU technologies web: http://www.visutechnologies.com email: mailto:visu@euronet.nl CoCo is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop enabling selective color correction. Users (or old users) of High-End Pre-press systems will immediately feel at home. CoCo is not only for the proffesional to perform selective color corrections. It is simply the best and simplest way to do selective color correction. It even won a Seybold Editors Award in 1996 because of it breakthrough work in bringing High-End Color correction tools to the desktop. So far CoCo hardly changed. The main reason was that Photoshop itself had to improve before the plug-in could. Now that time has come and we think you will like what we did to CoCo. According to our major customers CoCo has always been a great product, and it is even better now. System Requirements: Power Macintosh, Apple System Software 7.5 or newer and Photoshop 4.0 or newer. Demo The latest version of this powerful color correction plug-in is version 3.0. You can try out the full version of CoCo 3.0 for a limited period of 30 days= . New in 3.0 Instantaneous Preview Previews spanning more than one screen Preview zooming and panning 3D GUI and docking palettes in conformity to Photoshop ColorSync=81 support Lab image mode support Mask Support Color Corrections panel list Simultaneous and Sequential corrections User definable defaults for correction and ink-sets User definable range and default range Improved performance Undo support where appropriate Selective color correction without masking Shows the effect of an unlimited number of simultaneous color corrections in the preview before rendering Standard and special printing inks can be simulated, as well as the color of the paper [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/coco-30.hqx; 1763K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:00 -0700 From: ChrisLi@bridge1.com Subject: [*] ConvertMachine 1.0.2v1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the ConvertMachine package. ConvertMachine is a batch processing utility to convert sound format files to a desired type. This means it performs one or more of the following without user interaction: decompression, resampling (sample rate conversion), mixing (stereo to mono) and compression. You don't need to worry about what format the file is in; all you specify is the desired output format. Finder Sound files (sfil), AIFF files, WAVE files, AU Mu-law and linear, QuickTime Audio (Movies) and Sound Designer II files can be freely converted. You can save your popular Settings under as a menu item or as a separate Settings file. The common web formats are flagged and ready to use as defaults, such as audio/basic mono 8kHz mu-law. After conversion files can be automatically sent to SoundMachine for playing. It needs at least QuickTime 2.1 and Apple's Sound Manager 3.1 or later. If you have installed System 7.5.3 then, no worries, you have these. If you want to get these or later extensions visit Apple's web site (grab QuickTime 2.5 which includes Sound Manager 3.2.1). Changes in version 1.2 *Added an Import/Export... item under the File menu which permits importing of Audio CD tracks and the like (this feature was available in 1.0.6 but removed in 1.1). *SoundDesigner II files with higher sample rates are now correctly exported. Christopher Li Bridge 1 Software English/Japanese Japanese/English Software Localization and Management mailto:ChrisLi@bridge1.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/conmach-121-jp.hqx; 246K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:06 -0700 From: gdg@sigsoftware.com Subject: [*] Cross Platform 1.0.1 - Mac to Windows Consultant Cross Platform provides information about how the programs and files on a Macintosh can be used with Windows-based computers. It also functions as an excellent disk-cataloguing tool. There are three main types of user who will need it : Users needing to share files with Windows-based computers, Macintosh users needing to work on Windows computers, and users wishing to catalogue and analyse the files on their computer. Cross Platform includes full help files, context-sensitive ActiveHelp and is fully multi-threaded (but doesn't need Apple Thread Manager). It requires System 7, supports drag and drop, and is 680x0 and PowerPC native. Version 1.0.1 introduces a few tweaks for Mac OS 8 compatibility and includes a new version of the Cross Platform Database. (c) 4th October 1998 - Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/ Gideon Greenspan Sig Software gdg@sigsoftware.com http://www.sigsoftware.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/disk/cross-platform-101.hqx; 250K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:49 -0700 From: LarsPeters@aol.com Subject: [*] Eartraining 2.6.1 Eartraining is a shareware program for Apple Macintosh. It features: =95Intervals (up to two octaves), =95Chords (5 different triads and 10 different seventh chords plus chord inversions), =95Scales (20 different scales (including all modes of the major and melodic minor scales) plus three self-defined scales), =95Perfect Pitch, =95sound output via -Mac (WaveTable sounds), -Mac (sampled sounds), -MIDI, =95a statistics (which can be printed and saved to disk) with rights and wro= ngs of each item. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/ear-training-261.hqx; 361K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:48 -0700 From: LarsPeters@aol.com Subject: [*] Eartraining 2.6.1 Eartraining is a shareware program for Apple Macintosh. It features: =95Intervals (up to two octaves), =95Chords (5 different triads and 10 different seventh chords plus chord inversions), =95Scales (20 different scales (including all modes of the major and melodic minor scales) plus three self-defined scales), =95Perfect Pitch, =95sound output via -Mac (WaveTable sounds), -Mac (sampled sounds), -MIDI, =95a statistics (which can be printed and saved to disk) with rights and wro= ngs of each item. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/ear-training-261-de.hqx; 366K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:57 -0700 From: platypus@peak.org Subject: [*] Easy Writer 3.5 No-nonsense handwriting program gives kids what they need Kids need to see how letters are produced. They can see the finished product all around them every day. Easy writer draws whatever letter or digit the user asks for in a realistic but completely correct way. Sound effects, an extra background, bombs and various inks give the kids just enough control to keep doing it. Easy Writer 1.0 was simple and fun way for kids to view animations of the manuscript letters being drawn with correct stroke and rhythm, and even try to imitate them on screen. Easy Writer 2.12 was colorized and jazzed up with sounds. Easy Writer 3.0 was a dog so you probably never saw it. Easy Writer 3.5 is bilingual (Spanish/English), incorporates cursive, has digits, and allows you to edit the alphabets. Easy Writer has the following shareware pricing: * Single user license, $10 per CPU * Site License $75 (roughly equal to 8 users) and covers all locations for your organization within a 10 kilometer radius of your site. * You can easily register online or use your credit card to register by email! C. R. Dick Platypus Software & Webworks http://www.platypus-share.com platypus@cyberjunkie.com [Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/ewriter-35.hqx; 2238K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:11 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] FeatherGIF 1.9.7 - Web transparency filter FeatherGIF is a filter for Photoshop and other paint programs that lets you easily add complex transparency effects to GIF images for the Web. Version 1.9.7 works faster on G3 computers and can exchange settings files with the Windows version. FeatherGIF lets you create soft edges, see-through gradients - even automatic dropshadows and cutouts, and all effects will let a web page's graphic background show through properly. FeatherGIF is shareware for Macintosh. To see the results, and to check for updates, visit www.flamingpear.com . [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/feather-gif.hqx; 264K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:43 -0700 From: bhuey@worldnet.att.net Subject: [*] FGP15UD Font Gander Pro 1.5/UD Font Gander Pro is the world's handiest font browser. Allows you to view and print font samples without first installing the fonts. With Drag-and-Drop simplicity, you can open and print whole folders or disks full of fonts at one time. Renders TrueTypes and Type-1's at high resolution, and works with any printer. Includes the Gander Quill editor - as friendly as any draw program - which allows you to design your own layouts featuring up to 99 fonts per page. This is the ONLY font sampler program that gives you these features. Version 1.5/UD signals a new stage in the program's evolution, with higher resolution output, more stability, and much quicker availablity via online payment at our website. Requires: System 7 or higher, MacII or higher. Home: *Inclusion on CD-ROM permitted* [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-gander-pro-15-ud.hqx; 568K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:03 -0700 From: jaceki@kagi.com Subject: [*] Finnisch V&N 1.0 - foreign language learning 'Substantive Finnisch' is a module for the 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup' programs. It contains: 452 basic words, formation of all 15 cases and possessive suffixes, about 69000 different words in total. More dictionaries are in preparation. The user can look up and learn basic Finnish words and furthermore question and practise derived words (declension). The dictionaries translate from Finnish to German, but non-German speakers might still find them useful for their information about derived words. Functionality 'Substantive Finnisch' offers the following possibilities through 'Verbs & Nouns': * Looking up the German translation of Finnish words * Looking up Finnish words fitting a German translation * Showing forms derived from a basic word * Tabular compilations according to grammatical criteria * Grouping of words according to various criteria Flexible exercises: * Translation Finnish - German * Translation German - Finnish * Questioning of derived words * Learning quiz for Finnish - German translation * Learning quiz for formation of derived words You can download the latest versions of the 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup' applications from: or from the Info-Mac mirror sites. Alexander Esser alexander.esser@pp.inet.fi [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/finnisch-verbs-and-nouns-10.hqx; 209K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:07 -0700 From: Martin.Hairer@math.unige.ch Subject: [*] FractalDesigner 1.21 FractalDesigner allows to generate extremely beautiful fractal images on a PowerMacintosh. It is powerful in the sense that it doesn't only generate Mandelbrot or Julia sets, but the user can enter any other iteration. This is achieved through a very fast integrated interpretor. It is also possible to change the color palettes and to save them for further use. The latest version allows to compute pictures of any size and resolution and to save them as PICT files. I would be very glad if you could put this file onto your server. Thank you very much, Martin Hairer [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/fractal-designer.hqx; 1090K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:02 -0700 From: platypus@peak.org Subject: [*] Harmony Noel PPC Harmony*Noel is a rewrite of Mac*Sings*Noel, that cheesy but amazingly popular 1995 noise toy that used Plaintalk Text-To-Speech to serenade you with your favorite Christmas carols. As the title suggests, the 1997 version painstakingly...eh, or is that painfully... renders those old faves plus a few more in luscious four-part harmony. Lots more graphics, too. Naturally you can select whatever voices you want to sing soprano, alto, tenor or bass. Check out Boing on tenor with Zarvox on bass. You need Plaintalk 1.4 or better [free from Apple] and probably at least 4 Megs, System 7. Shareware $5. As is, no warranties. There is a 68K version and a PPC version. You can hear a sample of this lovely harmony on the webpage http://macinsearch.com/users/platypus/shareware/harmshot.html Colleen Dick platypus@cyberjunkie.com http://www.platypus-share.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/harmony-noel-ppc.hqx; 1677K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:08 -0700 From: sgust@megsinet.net Subject: [*] HVS Animator HVS Animator is a free, full-featured utility for the creation of animated GIFs. For 15 days after installation, the optimization features of HVS Animator Pro are enabled. HVS Animator Pro uses a variety of optimization strategies to improve the download time of GIFs without compromising image quality. Frame differencing provides absolute minimum data rates; HVS (human visual system) fixed palette reduction algorithm and dither provide excellent quality even at much lower color counts; lossless optimization makes best use of compression in GIFs without sacrificing image quality. Version 1.03 adds a loop count field. http://www.digfrontiers.com/anim.html [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/hvs-animator-lite.hqx; 483K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:13 -0700 From: sgust@megsinet.net Subject: [*] HVS ColorGIF 2.0 HVS ColorGIF 2.0 is a plugin for Photoshop and plugin-compatible paint programs which produces highly optimized, compact GIFs using the HVS algorithm. It allows advanced control of color tables, transparency, dithering, gamma and thresholding. All features are enabled in this demo for thirty days after installation. Version 2.17 is fully compatbile with Adobe Photoshop 5, and offers improved color reduction for palettes of fewer than nine colors. http://www.digfrontiers.com/color2.html [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/hvs-color-gif-20.hqx; 735K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:14 -0700 From: sgust@megsinet.net Subject: [*] HVS JPEG 2.0 HVS JPEG 2.0 is a plugin for Photoshop and plugin-compatible applications which creates high quality JPEGs typically 45% smaller than Photoshop-standard JPEGs. All features are enabled in this demo for thirty days after installation. Version 2.21 is fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop 5. http://www.digfrontiers.com/jpeg2.html [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/hvs-jpeg-221.hqx; 954K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:35:47 -0700 From: dave@iconfactory.com Subject: [*] iMac iCon by Pixelhaus! 67k This is the newly updated and more accurate version of the very first iCon of Apple's new iMac design. It also includes two bonus iMac icons, one "turned on" and one featuring an iMac running Apple's eWorld... well... one can dream, can't one? :-) Please note: This pixelhaus iMac icon is freeware, but it is *not* in the public domain. pixelhaus maintains all rights in perpetuity. You are free to use this icon on your personal computer or on non-revenue-generating personal websites, but it cannot be used commercially or re-distributed in any way without express permission. Permission is granted for inclusion on the commercially available Info-Mac CD-ROM, as long as the entire file, ReadMe and all, is included with the icon. This includes incorporation into third party software and use in Kaleidoscope Color Schemes. The best idea is to ask us beforehand. We are usually fairly flexible. If you do not know how to customize the icons on your Mac, there is a wonderful tutorial on the the subject at the Iconfactory's website at: www.iconfactory.com Please enjoy the icons and visit the pixelhaus often. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/imac.hqx; 67K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:24 -0700 From: rudis@mindless.com Subject: [*] iMacGeddon1.5.sit iMacGeddon is a game in which you throw iMacs out of the windows of a pickup truck trying to hit as many Bill Gateses as possible - all to the tune of some fahn yankee hillbillie music! YEEHAW!! Changes in version 1.5: - Error dialog doesn't come up at the beggining anymore - Music actually works now More info at http://members.home.net/2827052607 [Archived as /info-mac/game/imac-geddon-15.hqx; 6120K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:16 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] India Ink 1.4.7 - stylized Photoshop halftones India Ink is a filter for Photoshop that gives you over a dozen exotic ways to convert color or greyscale images to unusual black-and-white halftones. Suitable for image stylization or black-and-white printers, most styles offer variable line weight, warping, gamma, and scaling. Version 1.4.7 now works faster on G3 computers. It includes a utility that lets youexchange presets with the Windows version. Special modes work in color, and a randomizer lets you find new ideas fast. India Ink is shareware for Macintosh. To see the results, and to check for updates, visit www.flamingpear.com . [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/india-ink.hqx; 280K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:26 -0700 From: jhs@CS.Princeton.EDU Subject: [*] Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers 1.0 to 1.0.1 Patch The Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers 1.0.1 patch will upgrade your copy of Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers to version 1.0.1. This version fixes a bug which caused version 1.0 to crash on some machines. The patch should be applied regardless of whether or not you encountered the bug. It applies to both 68K and PPC users. ---Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers Patch---- [Archived as /info-mac/game/jewel-of-arabia-101-patch.hqx; 153K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:27 -0700 From: dstoll@atlcom.net Subject: [*] KidsGames 1.0 (68K) KidsGames 1.0 (68K) KidsGames is a collection of 25 non-violent, non-competitive, educational games for children aged 3 to 6 years old organized into 5 categories (Animal Identification, Reading Readiness, Math Readiness, Phonics, General Skills). KidsGames can used with children who are developmentally on track or with children of all ages in need of remedial work. KidsGames is an ideal educational software product for the home (including home school), learning center, or school. Children may play the first game in each category without any limitations. However, you must license the product to have access to all 25 games. System Requirements: MacOS-compatible computer running system 7.1 or greater; 020 or greater processor; 8 MB RAM (Virtual Memory OK); 14MB available disk space More information can be obtained at http://www.cyserv.com/dstoll/index.html or by emailing dstoll@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/kids-games-68k.hqx; 11604K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:29 -0700 From: dstoll@atlcom.net Subject: [*] KidsGames 1.0 (PPC) KidsGames 1.0 (PPC) KidsGames is a collection of 25 non-violent, non-competitive, educational games for children aged 3 to 6 years old organized into 5 categories (Animal Identification, Reading Readiness, Math Readiness, Phonics, General Skills). KidsGames can used with children who are developmentally on track or with children of all ages in need of remedial work. KidsGames is an ideal educational software product for the home (including home school), learning center, or school. Children may play the first game in each category without any limitations. However, you must license the product to have access to all 25 games. System Requirements: MacOS-compatible computer running system 7.1 or greater; 020 or greater processor; 8 MB RAM (Virtual Memory OK); 14MB available disk space More information can be obtained at http://www.cyserv.com/dstoll/index.html or by emailing dstoll@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/kids-games-ppc.hqx; 11744K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:04 -0700 From: caudron@netinfo.fr Subject: [*] LeFranglophile1.03.cpt Bilingual French-English dictionary Le Franglophile is a thorough French-English dictionary, containing some 100,000 entries, including slang, literary usages, and tens of thousands of secondary entries -- all displayed at blazing speed. A special reverse translation feature helps zero in on the right expression. It even provides English pronunciation via voice synthesis (PlainTalk). It is a must for anyone working with French and English translation or bilingual documents. Fully functional in shareware mode, it can run on as little as 400 K, and requires about 6.6 mb of disk space. Designed for technical, casual, and educational uses. French/English, English/French, French-English, English-French. MacOS 7.1 and greater, Fat binary, shareware. more information on http://w3.dunkerque.com/franglophile/ thanks Philippe Caudron [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/le-franglophile-103.hqx; 1633K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:52 -0700 From: wroger@tiac.net Subject: [*] MacTypingTutor MacTypingTutorDv4.5.1 replaces MacTypingTutorDv4.5, for Power Macs Now with window graphics that show well on all Power Macs. Now with typewriter sounds (turned on or off) that make your keyboard sound like a real typewriter. Users with older Macs should download MacTypingTutor4.3 or earlier versions; search with keyword: wroger. MacTypingTutor Dvorak is great for beginning typing students. It lets you use a keyboard layout designed for faster typing. For example, compare typing the word "the" on Dvorak vs. typing "the" on the regular keyboard (no hand movement necessary on Dvorak). Most modern computers will let you type on Dvorak (if you set the machine for Dvarak typing). But just in case, the Apple-approved Dvorak layout is included in this package (free from the non-profit organization, Dvorak International). Just add it to your System folder and it's there to be switched off or on, as needed. MacTypingTutor itself uses five integrated work areas that together teach correct finger placement and memorization of the keyboard keys. Practice exercises focus on single letters, letter and number sequences, words, sentences, paragraphs, and free typing. The program offers a spelling checker, user-defined speed goals, score sheets, time tracking with rest signals, and many other helpful features. MacTypingTutor comes in the regular version, a special keyboard version (Dvorak), a French version, and one-handed versions (left or right). This download is the regular version. MacTypingTutor takes advantage of the recent Apple System Software improvements for Power Macs. MacTypingTutor let's you hide or show: your typing, screen-keyboard, and feedback reports. You can adjust difficulty level from very easy to hard (this is a good feature for children). Program automatically remembers your work-preferences from session to session. All five modules in download version of MacTypingTutor work, although there are features in each module that are limited is use. Download and begin by testing your current typing speed. And if you choose to, hear what it sounds like to type on a real typewriter. wroger@tiac.net wroger@aol.com W. Rogers, Practical Press, Box 754151, Parkside Station, Forest Hills, NY 11375 USA Wm. Rogers Practical Press wroger@tiac.net [Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-typing-tutor-dv-451.hqx; 404K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:51 -0700 From: wroger@tiac.net Subject: [*] MacTypingTutor4.5.1 MacTypingTutor is great for beginning typing students. It uses five integrated work areas that together teach correct finger placement and memorization of the keyboard keys. Practice exercises focus on single letters, letter and number sequences, words, sentences, paragraphs, and free typing. The program offers a spelling checker, user-defined speed goals, score sheets, time tracking with rest signals, and many other helpful features. MacTypingTutor comes in the regular version, a special keyboard version (Dvorak), a French version, and one-handed versions (left or right). MacTypingTutor comes in the regular version, a special keyboard version (Dvorak), a French version, an English version with a French keyboard-layout (AZERTY), and one-handed versions (left or right). **This download is the regular version. wroger@tiac.net wroger@aol.com W. Rogers, Practical Press, Box 754151, Parkside Station, Forest Hills, NY 11375 USA Wm. Rogers Practical Press wroger@tiac.net [Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-typing-tutor-451.hqx; 403K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:36 -0700 From: tedebair@geocities.com Subject: [*] MarathonSounds2.sit This the Marathon Sounds v2.0 for MacOS 8.5, using Sounds from the classic game Marathon to liven up your Mac. This file is in no way supported by bungie, heck, I doubt they even know about it! [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/mthn/marathon-sounds-2.hqx; 1053K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:05 -0700 From: jonwitte@cybernex.net Subject: [*] Midi Delay 3.0.1 fat-A Realtime Midi Effects Application Midi Delay does many of the same things as a hardware digital delay and more...The program uses hardware digital delay terminology (such as delay time, decay and feedback) making it very intuitive to use for most electronic musicians. In this version of Midi Delay the user gets 15 seconds of delay time, and 10,000 repeats (feedback) on the main delay and 16 multitap delay sections that allow 15 seconds of delay time on each tap and the ability to send the taps on different midi channels and/or to different midi instruments. The multitap section can be fed to the main delay for further processing and cool looping effects. Controllers can be turned ON and OFF for each tap and the main delay via Midi Delay's Controller Matrix window. The main delay and each tap can be transposed up or down by as much as seven octaves in half step increments. This version also sports a keyboard splitter, reverse decay switches for all taps and the main delay, and sustain pedal control over the reverse decay. Midi delay supports Apple's Quicktime Musical Instruments v2.0 and higher as an output source. All settings in Midi Delay can be saved as a preset file and loaded later for instant recall of all parameters. Midi Delay can also save your favorite setup as a default starting setup. Requirements - A Mac with a 68030 processor or greater running System 7.5.1 and up with 6 megabytes of extra ram. Midi Delay is a fat binary application, which means it has native code for both the 680xx family of processors and the PPC family of processors (601's, 603's, 604's and G3 750's). A 14 inch monitor or larger is recommended, but not required. A midi sound module and midi controller are also required as well as a midi interface to connect the controller/module to the computer. (Midi interface, midi controller and sound module may be the same device or in the form of computer software such as Quicktime Musical Instruments). Midi Delay also requires Opcode's OMS v1.2.3 or higher (Current Version - 2.3.5) or Apple's Midi Manager v2.0.2 or higher. OMS v2.3.5 can be Downloaded for FREE from: http://www.opcode.com/downloads/oms/mac/ Midi Manager 2.0.2 Download (FREE) from: http://swupdates.info.apple.com/ Using OMS 2.3.5 (or Opcode's Latest Version) with Midi Delay will produce the best results and allow you to use all of Midi Delay's features with a minimum of effort. -- Jon Witte - Music Machine Studio http://www2.cybernex.net/~jonwitte/ -- [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-delay-301-demo.hqx; 1494K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:35:58 -0700 From: mohunt@home.com Subject: [*] Mohunt 1.0b0 Mohunt 1.0b0 Mohunt is a C source code for QuickDraw3D based Quake model viewer. Requirements: * Power Macintosh with at least 15 MB of free RAM * QuickDraw3D * Navigation Services (part of MacOS 8.5; if you have an earlier system you need to install it seperately) * Metrowerks CodeWarriorPro 4.0 (to compile the source code) Mohunt is released as public domain. No virus infections were found - checked with Disinfectant 3.7.1. --- gerard ziemski gziemski@julian.uwo.ca [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mo-hunt.hqx; 1325K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:40 -0700 From: astalder@webshuttle.ch Subject: [*] mykonos101 Mykonos is a screen font that comes (so far) only in two sizes: 9 point and 13 point. Mykonos 13 is intended as a system font for menus, buttons, etc. It is designed to be easier to read than Chicago at high screen resolutions. To set Mykonos 13 as your system font, use, for example, Kaleidoscope (www.kaleidoscope.net). Mykonos 9 is intended as a matching font for viewing file names in the Finder. To set it as your view font, choose "Preferences..." from the "Edit" menu in the Finder (System 8.0 or later), resp. use the "Views" control panel (older System). Hope you like it, Alain Stalder (astalder@webshuttle.ch) -- Copyright and License Distribution of the Mykonos font with any kind of System Software requires permission by the author. Otherwise the Mykonos font is freeware and may be distributed free of charge with any other commercial or non-commercial software, provided the following copyright message is displayed in the product: Mykonos Screen Font =A91998 by Alain Stalder. All Rights Reserved. -- Version History 1.01 Added "non-printable" characters for menus to Mykonos 13. Added 'vers' resource. 1.0 Initial release (9 pt and 13 pt). [Archived as /info-mac/font/mykonos-101.hqx; 18K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:11 -0700 From: grh@hinton.demon.co.uk Subject: [*] OrgASM 3.1 (MPW Tool) OrgASM abstract: ******************* OrgASM is a set of files comprising a Universal Table driven Cross Assembler for all MicroProcessors. The assembler is a port of the DOS TASM with a graphic interface and EPROM downloading added. This suite runs under Macintosh Programmers Workshop (now supplied free by Apple) and may also be integrated into BBEdit using the ToolServer menu. All microprocessor tables are in external text files and may extended or customised by the user. Full information and the latest version is always available from: http://www.hinton.demon.co.uk/archive/macide.html ****************** [Archived as /info-mac/dev/orgasm.hqx; 140K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:31 -0700 From: tg_webmast@directtodave.com Subject: [*] Overload Here is an update of Overload, a game in your /game/ directory. The 2 Overload files you have up now, overload.hqx and overload_101.hqx, are obsolete and corrupted, respectively, and should be deleted. [Archived as /info-mac/game/overload-101.hqx; 1449K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:59 -0700 From: platypus@peak.org Subject: [*] PreSchool Playtime Vn 3.0 Preschool Playtime is a deceivingly simple program to teach letter, digit, c= olor recognition, and counting to those youngest of Maccers-that three-to-six age= d group. So simple anybody could program it-NOT! A successful program for t= his age group has to be utterly clean and absolutely responsive. It must= require no reading, no pulling down of menus, no constraint that the user stick to the front window. Stray clicks can not cause bad or dangerous things to happen. "Correct" clicks are encouraged by providing interesting sounds, bright colo= rs, and animations. That age old fascinator of human beings, the element of chance, is also used. "Incorrect" clicks are handled by gently guiding the youngster to click the correct item. (All these goodies carry a price: they make the stack BIG! There is no way around it. If your youngster can drive a mouse, he (or she) can get hours of entertainment from this program at the s= ame time he is acquiring letter, digit, and counting skills. At $10 shareware it's a bargain for you - much cheaper, less hassle, and more educational than an amusement park, and once you get your child started, it's hands off for you. ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH as Jard=EDn de Ni=F1os (incl. Documentation in Spa= nish). Documentation in Spanish is available for PreSchool Playtime on request. C. R. Dick Platypus Software & Webworks http://www.platypus-share.com platypus@cyberjunkie.com [Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/preschool-play.hqx; 2504K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:03 -0700 From: setsu@tcp-ip.or.jp Subject: [*] QT Pad v1.0.3 QT Pad - Can you remember where is your favorite movie files? QT Pad is the solution. QT Pad is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to make up library of QuickTime movie file. One window, ie. one file, can hold references for 50 movie files. Just a click to playback movie files. This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC, System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/qt-pad-103.hqx; 135K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:54 -0700 From: jweiss@teleplex.bsu.edu Subject: [*] QuizEditor QuizEditor JS is an application which allows educators to easily create self-scoring multiple choice quizzes for use with any Web Browser which supports JavaScript 1.1, (i.e. Netscape Navigator 3 or later, Netscape Communicator 4.x, Internet Explorer 3 or later.) Each quiz question is assigned four possible answers: only one of which can be defined as correct. Scoring is reported in a JavaScript- generated popup window and includes the correct answers for any question(s) a user may have missed. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/quiz-editor.hqx; 1054K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:07 -0700 From: bobc@oz.net Subject: [*] ramBunctious 1.3.1 (a Mac OS RAM disk) Available Now October 12, 1998 -- Clarkwood Software announces the immediate availability of ramBunctious 1.3.1. ramBunctious 1.3.1 is a shareware ($12) RAM disk program for the Mac OS. Its rich set of features lets you customize your RAM disks for your desired balance of speed, security, safety, and versatility. - You can have several RAM disks mounted simultaneously, limited only by memory available. - ramBunctious has a "write-through" option. When activated, everything written to the RAM disk is saved to a (real) file. This means that the next time you mount the RAM disk, all the contents are still there. This helps protect against data loss in the event of a crash or power failure. - ramBunctious uses normal application memory. This means that when you're done using a RAM disk, that memory is available for other applications to use. In other words, you don't have to reboot to reclaim the memory. - Each RAM disk may be configured to be mounted automatically during the computer's startup process. - These options, and more, are fully user-configurable for each RAM disk via a status/settings window. In addition to the settings, the status window includes LED-like access indicators that flash when the RAM disk is being read from or written to. - ramBunctious is fully AppleScriptable. What is new in ramBunctious 1.3.1? - Minor bug fixes - Appearance overhaul ramBunctious 1.3.1 is available now. Download links and more information are available at the ramBunctious web site: Inquiries, comments, and questions may be directed to: ramBunctious 1.3.1 copyright (c) 1995 - 1998 by Elden Wood and Bob Clark [Archived as /info-mac/disk/ram-bunctious-131.hqx; 278K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:33 -0700 From: ingemar@lysator.liu.se Subject: [*] Solitaire House 1.0 Solitaire House is a new multi-game solitaire card game for the Macintosh (68k and PPC). Solitaire House features 30 solitaire games, and perhaps more important, a scalable design that lets it fill just about any Mac screen. Most games only fill 640x480, but Solitaire House is just as happy in 800x600 or even more =96 or less! It also has the largest cards of any Mac solitaire game, and one of the prettiest sets of honor cards. Among the 30 included games are the well-known Klondike, Spider, =46reecell (here named Napoleon), Montana, Canfield, 40 Thieves and Pyramid. You will also find games you never played before. =46eatures: - Multi-step undo and redo. - Key commands for highlighting legal moves or specific groups of cards (e.g. all spades or all 5's). - On-line rules for all games. - Auto-saves the game when you quit. - 13 different music scores. - Supports individual user profiles for every user. - Fills just about any Mac screen, from 9" to modern high-res screens! - 5 card sizes, from tiny to the largest you ever saw on a Mac. - Works on any Mac. (68040 or PPC recommended. System 6.0.7 and up.) The game is shareware, $20. /Ingemar Ragnemalm [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/solitaire-house-10.hqx; 1458K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:17 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] Tesselation 1.26 - seamless tile filter Easily turn any graphic into a seamlessly repeating tile with Tesselation, a filter for Photoshop. Now you can make web-page backgrounds and texture maps for 3D graphics without detailed retouching. Create tiles of any size that repeat horizontally, vertically, or both, and control the blending of the edges. Version 1.26 works faster on G3 computers and shows a live image preview. You'll need at least Photoshop 3.0 or an equivalent. To check for updates, please visit www.flamingpear.com . [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/tesselation.hqx; 215K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:37:01 -0700 From: Torpedo@compuserve.com Subject: [*] Uspuzz98 Requires 680xx or PPC, System 7.x and later OK for CD ROM distribution Take a spin across the USA! Macintosh package of colorful and fun map puzzles for the states and capitals of the US. The puzzle pieces consist of states and star icons, which are dragged and rotated by the user to their correct position on the map. The timed game format holds interest and makes learning US geography fun. By Torpedo Software. Thank you as always, Sincerely, Matt Rilling Torpedo Software [Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/us-puzz-98.hqx; 174K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:46 -0700 From: feorag@antipope.org Subject: [*] Vespasian 2.0 T1 - a freeware uncial typeface Vespasian is an uncial typeface based on the script in an 8th century manuscript. Version 2.0 is a radical upgrade with the addition of lower case characters, accented characters and more punctuation. This archive contains the Postscript Type 1 version and should replace any earlier versions. [Archived as /info-mac/font/ps/vespasian-20-t1.hqx; 87K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:45 -0700 From: feorag@antipope.org Subject: [*] Vespasian 2.0 TT - a freeware uncial typeface Vespasian is a typeface based on the script in an 8th century manuscript. Version 2.0 is a radical upgrade with the addition of lower-case characters, accented characters and punctuation. This archive contains the TrueType version. [Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/vespasian-20-tt.hqx; 45K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:36:56 -0700 From: pshapiro@his.com Subject: [*] Which Number is Increasing? Which Number is Increasing? is a fun shareware math game that is most enjoyed by students from 1st to 3rd grade. The game was designed to help teach general number pattern recognition skills. It runs on any Mac from the Mac Plus on up. This game breaks new ground in helping students develop their "observational math" skills. The neat thing about the game is that it promotes mathematical conversations between students and their parents/teachers/mentors. It seems to have special appeal to mathematically gifted students, but was designed for use by all students. It's possible to use this game on a Mac without a hard drive, too. Further info, including animated GIF screen shots, can be found at the game's web page at: Thanks are owed to Bernie Benson and Scott Fenton for bringing this game to life. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/which-number.hqx; 1178K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************