Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #138 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 04 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 138 Today's Topics: [*] Bird, Dog, Cat, Fish [*] Default Folder D-3.0.6 - German Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] Default Folder DK-3.0.6 - Danish Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] Default Folder F-3.0.6 - French Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] Default Folder J-3.0.6 - Japanese Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] Default Folder N-3.0.6 - Dutch Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] Multilingual e-mail software "Magellan" 1.2.1 [*] Multilingual HTML Editor "Unisite" 1.0.4 [*] MultiMode 3.7.0 [*] QuickFinance [*] What Do You Know 1.0 [A] Appletalk resetting to other connection mode [A}] Boot off a FireWire HD? [Q] Appletalk resetting to other connection mode Appletalk resetting to other connection mode Eudora is a bust Eudora is a bust Eudora is a bust??? FAX software How can I reload the Apple disk driver software Info-Mac Digest V17 #136 internal 56K modem for PB G3 Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C) Print shop delux Why Use A Mac?? The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #138" ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jen Maher-Bontrager To: Subject: [*] Bird, Dog, Cat, Fish A freeware group of animal folder icons. Birds, Dogs, Cats and Fish in various colors. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/bird-dog-cat-fish.hqx; 53 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder D-3.0.6 - German Open/Save dialog enhancement This is the latest version of Default Folder, localized for German-speaking users by Christoph Sahm. Default Folder D-3.0.6 should replace any previous German-language versions of Default Folder in the archives. Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306-de.hqx; 940 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder DK-3.0.6 - Danish Open/Save dialog enhancement This is the latest version of Default Folder, localized for Danish-speaking users by Mogens Thyregod. Default Folder DK-3.0.6 should replace any previous Danish-language versions of Default Folder in the archives. Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: For other shareware titles localized in Danish by Mogens Thyregod, please visit: ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306-dk.hqx; 935 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder F-3.0.6 - French Open/Save dialog enhancement This is the latest version of Default Folder, localized for French-speaking users by Philippe Bonnaure. Default Folder F-3.0.6 should replace any previous French-language versions of Default Folder in the archives. Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: For many other shareware titles localized in French by Philippe Bonnaure, please visit: ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306-fr.hqx; 979 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder J-3.0.6 - Japanese Open/Save dialog enhancement This is the latest version of Default Folder, localized for Japanese-speaking users by Takanori Taniguchi. Default Folder J-3.0.6 should replace any previous Japanese-language versions of Default Folder in the archives. Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306-jp.hqx; 1030 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder N-3.0.6 - Dutch Open/Save dialog enhancement This is the latest version of Default Folder, localized for Dutch-speaking users by Filip Roose and Ton Brand. Default Folder N-3.0.6 should replace any previous Dutch-language versions of Default Folder in the archives. Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306-nl.hqx; 1149 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Sep 2000 From: "MAKI Enterprise Inc." To: Subject: [*] Multilingual e-mail software "Magellan" 1.2.1 Magellan is fast and easy-to-use full multilingual e-mail client software for MacOS. You can correctly send and receive any languages available on the Internet. Not only Unicode, but new MultilScript format is supported. 'View' will rearrange messages as you wish without moving them to folder. Features: multi-account, Text Clip, Skip mail, encode/decode auto-select, View, clickable URL, etc. MAKI Enterprise Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/magellan-121.hqx; 1123 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Sep 2000 From: "MAKI Enterprise Inc." To: Subject: [*] Multilingual HTML Editor "Unisite" 1.0.4 Unisite allows you to write html files in any language on the Internet and create multilingual web sites easily. Unisite has full Unicode support and a built in professional HTML editor. You can create web documents even in languages previously unavailable on the internet. *Automatic language selection. You do not have to do any language formatting. Simply drag and drop text into the Unisite window and the html file will be multilingual. If any single language is used, Unisite will automatically select the most appropriate encoding. *Multilingual Find feature. More powerful than all other high-end word processors or editors; you can find text in any language with Unisite. *Text Clip is available as a Template to easily handle sets of html Tags. Of course Multiple languages are available in Text Clip. *Numerous Unicode editing functions. Compulsory Unicode conversion, Unicode paste, language conversion etc. *Web Browser Preview. You can preview your documents in a Web browser with a single click. System requirements Hardware Power Macintosh, with more than 2 MB memory OS version and others MacOS 8.0 or later, Text Encoding Converter 1.31 or later (1.5 is recommended.) Internet Control panel (or Internet Config 1.4 or later) For multilingual use Language Kits from Apple Computer or a localized system. (Mac OS 9.0 includes all Language Kits previously available as separate products as an optional install). MAKI Enterprise Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/unisite-104.hqx; 888 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Sep 2000 From: Chris Smolinski To: Subject: [*] MultiMode 3.7.0 MultiMode allows your Macintosh to decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave radio. In the past, dedicated hardware, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars, was necessary to demodulate and decode this transmissions. Today, you can use the processing power of your Macintosh to decode and display these modes, without any additional hardware, other than your Mac and a radio. MultiMode supports the following modes: Morse Code (CW) RTTY (Baudot) ASCII SITOR-A SITOR-B / FEC / NAVTEX SSTV (Slow Scan TV) WEATHER / SATELLITE FAX ACARS (Aircraft Communications) Packet PSK31 ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) DTMF, CCIR, EIA Tone Modes Hellschreiber Audio Spectrum Display / FFT Mode Requires a PPC Macintosh Shareware: $89 --- Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software [Archived as /info-mac/comm/multi-mode-37.hqx; 537 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Sep 2000 From: Edwin de Leur To: Subject: [*] QuickFinance QuickFinance is the easiest program for the Macintosh available to manage your personal finance. You can use it to track and reconcile the transactions of your bank, credit and savings accounts and see where your money goes. The program can handle a virtually unlimited number of accounts. QuickFinance will benefit anyone serious about controlling their finances. The ability to create post-dated transactions enables the forecasting of your financial position into the future. Even if you are new with accounting software, QuickFinance is the best solution to get started. QuickFinance features: - An intuitive user interface - Handles a virtually unlimited number of accounts. - Generating several reports and 3D graphs of your financial situation. - Exporting your data, for use in a spreadsheet - Support for quick data entry. The unregistered version lets you perform 50 transactions. QuickFinance is available for 68k and PPC systems. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/quick-finance.hqx; 1284 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Sep 2000 From: MacMuse@aol.com To: Subject: [*] What Do You Know 1.0 What Do You Know! 4.1 Test your knowledge in one of 3 exciting and challenging game formats. Climb the knowledge ladder for up to 15,000 points but beware, if you miss a question your points will ôfall backö to the previous level. Perhaps you would rather try to beat the clock and answer the question quickly for the maximum number of points. You will have some help because after 4 seconds the wrong answers will start disappearing one by one but so will your points. For the quickest challenge, compete against an opponent for the points. Only one of you can earn points for each question, so be quick! What Do You Know! comes with several ready-made quizzes but also includes the ability for users to create their own quiz games within the program. Great for the classroom, or for home use. Teachers and parents can, optionally, password protect the quizzes they create. StudentsÆ names are stored in the program and as they earn more and more points, they move up in rank which is indicated by a small icon in front of the playerÆs name. The program includes sounds and colorful graphics. Online help is available by choosing 'Help' from the Apple Menu after launching the program. Shareware $10. Site License $70. Registration documents included with the program. System Requirements Macintosh PPC processor 13ö Monitor (640x480) or larger System 7.6.1 or better 3.2 MB hard drive space 3 MB free RAM [Archived as /info-mac/edu/what-do-you-know-10.hqx; 1704 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:16:01 +0200 From: Paul DAGLEISH To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Appletalk resetting to other connection mode >I carry my Powerbook (with OS 8.6) with me and use Location Manager >to set me up for home, office, or whatever. I also use Eudora and >have it automatically check mail every 15 minutes. My problem is >that the Appletalk sometimes changes my configuration so that, for >example, my Ethernet configuration no longer is set to connect via >Ethernet but instead through the modem port. This happens when I use >my computer without specifically changing to my a location and may or >may not be connected to processing email. > >Any idea what's happening and how to prevent it? > >TIA, > >Ken >-- > >Ken Laskey >kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com This happens when waking up from sleep with no physical ethernet connection. To stop it changing the setting, open the Appletalk Control Panel and set up your ethernet connection at the office. When you can see the Appletalk network and are sure everything is OK, go to Edit/User Mode... and select Administration. You will then see padlocks opposite the various settings. Click on the one opposite "Connect via:" to close it. Change back to a non-Administration User mode. This will prevent Appletalk from changing the connection method when changing situations. If you are not connected to ethernet you will just get a warning that Appletalk could not be started. You can do the same thing for other Appletalk configurations which are selected by the Location manager. Good Luck, Paul. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _/ _/ _/ Paul A. DAGLEISH _/ _/ _/ Projects & Techniques Division _/ _/ _/ Institut Laue-Langevin _/ _/ _/ B.P.156, 38042 GRENOBLE Cedex 9 _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ France tel:+33 (0)476.20.70.65 fax:+33 (0)476.20.77.00 mailto:dagleish@ill.fr Web page: http://www.ill.fr/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 11:41:12 -0700 From: "Dan O'Donnell" To: Dave Del Torto Subject: [A}] Boot off a FireWire HD? At 6:16 PM -0700 8/28/00, Dave Del Torto wrote: >FireWire Questions: > >I'm running OS 8.6 on a PowerBook G3 (the original "Wallstreet" G3 >from late 1998). A couple of months ago, my original 8 GB internal HD >died, so I upgraded to a new Toshiba 12 GB model. > >Unfortunately, I screwed up when I formatted it, and ended up with a >12 GB HFS drive with blocksizes that make it act like an 8 GB drive >again (doh!). When I re-do it real soon now, does anyone have any >suggestions? I was thinking of going with HFS+ and two partitions, >one 8 GB and one 4 GB, but never having used an HFS+ format, I'm not >sure the partitioning is even necessary. HFS+ is very beneficial with large hard drives. You don't need to partition the drive, just create a single large partition (12GB). The one caution is your old utility software - if you are using Norton Disk Doctor, any version prior to 3.5.2 will wipe out the directory and possibly the drive if formatted in HFS+. You must have 3.5.2 or later. The current 5.0.x is the best I've seen so far. > >Anyway, I needed to get a backup HD (DAT is way too slow), (Hmm, it works fast enough for my 20GB LAN, but as always ymmv.) >so I'm >thinking of buying a FireWire PCMCIA card and a FireWire hard disk >(30 GB ought to do it and the prices just dropped on the units that >will be available in a week). > >Questions: > >1. I've found a FireWire adapter for around $110 from Western Digital. > Does anyone know of any lower priced cards? > >2. Does anyone know if these FireWire cards are Type II cards? > Sales reps haven't been very definitive on this. The Wallstreet has > two PCMCIA slots, the lower one holds the Type II DVD decoder card, > leaving room for one other Type II card. > 2a. Macally (Mac only) > 2b. Newer Tech (Mac only) > 2c. Orange Micro (PC/Mac) > 2d. Western Digital (PC/Mac) > Looking at them so far, 2d is $110 and works on both platforms, > which could come in handy later. If anyone has one of these, please > let me know what you think. > >3. Can I boot off a FireWire HD? > I want to install MacOS 9 and start migrating software, but I can't > do what I need to if I can't boot off the FireWire drive. If I > can't then I have to bag this dream and go with a much more > expensive SCSI HD, which would suck because i then couldn't also > benefit from all the cool stuff one can do with a FireWire dingus. As far as I know we still cannot boot from a Firewire hd. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 05:10:55 -0400 From: Vincent Cayenne To: The Info-Mac Network Subject: [Q] Appletalk resetting to other connection mode At 11:55 AM -0400 2000/08/28, Ken Laskey wrote: >My problem is >that the Appletalk sometimes changes my configuration so that, for >example, my Ethernet configuration no longer is set to connect via >Ethernet but instead through the modem port. This happens when I use >my computer without specifically changing to my a location Actually it seems as though anytime AppleTalk starts up and determines that the Ethernet connection is not available, it switches to the local printer/modem port connection. This is irritating but I understand the rationale. What is reprehensible is that the **configuration** information is changed and no warning is communicated! So, to illustrate: 1. I set up a configuration (whereby I connect to the office LAN via Ethernet off the built-in 10-BASE-T port and have a fax modem on my printer/modem port). 2. I put the laptop to sleep and go to another location with no Ethernet connection available. 3. I wake the laptop, intending to switch to a different configuration which uses the modem for a dial-up connection to the net. 4. The saved configuration is **silently** changed to use the printer/modem port. 5. I switch to the desired configuration. 6. Everything's fine until I have occasion to return to the first location/configuration when a) my LAN connection is hosed and b) my fax modem refuses to work (preempted by the AppleTalk connection)! Is there any way to prevent the configuration from being changed? Perhaps locking a file that represents the config info? Wiser heads must know... -- --- 'tis as said. [Reality is defined by being described] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:42:21 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Ken Laskey Subject: Appletalk resetting to other connection mode Ken Laskey wrote: >that the Appletalk sometimes changes my configuration so that, for >example, my Ethernet configuration no longer is set to connect via >Ethernet but instead through the modem port. The Powerbook doesn't like to restart and keep the Ethernet setting for AppleTalk if there is nothing connected in the Ethernet port. May this be the reason? Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 11:39:51 +0100 From: "F.J. Lalor" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Eudora is a bust >Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:59:26 -0400 >From: Chazzz >Subject: Eudora is a bust >After reading abrody's comments on Eudora, I decided to try it out. So >much so that I went to the paid version. What a mistake. Where shall I >begin-----, Not to knock your experience but ..... >1: UGLY GUI Looks fine to me >2: Non-intuitive I've never had to read the manual >3: One crash after another Never had a Eudora crash in ca. 8 yrs on many different Macs and under all systems up to 8.6 - and there are few applications that I can say that about. >4: Poorly written help manual See 2 above >5: Doesn't work with PopChar It always has done for me >6: cryptic Indeed - so cryptic, in fact, that I have no idea what you mean 8-) >7: --did I mention UGLY GUI? You did. Some of your litany of complaint concerns matters of taste and there's no point arguing about those. However, where 3 (crashes) and 5 (PopChar) are concerned, my experience and those of other Eudora users with whom I am familiar are sufficiently different from yours to suggest that Eudora itself is not the origin of the problem. Regards - Fergus -- -------------------------------------------------- Dr. Fergus Lalor, Senior Lecturer, Chemistry Dept., University College, Cork, IRELAND. Telephone: 353-(0)21-902317. Fax: 353-(0)21-274097 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:25:41 -0700 From: "Edward (Ted) Burton" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Eudora is a bust At 06:59 -0400 on 8/30/00, Chazzz spake about Eudora is a bust: > >After reading abrody's comments on Eudora, I decided to try it out. So >much so that I went to the paid version. What a mistake. Where shall I >begin-----, I am sorry you had your problem. My own experience has been entirely different. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 08:55:28 -0400 From: Ken Laskey To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Eudora is a bust??? Sorry Chazzz finds Eudora such a pain. I've used it for years, find it very stable and usually self-healing. I'd be interested on suggestions for a "less ugly" GUI but I find it very functional and not displeasing at all. Is it cryptic something? That may be true for real power uses (it can do an incredible number of things that are not in the manual), but I think it is usually straightforward to figure out. Just another opinion. ------ After reading abrody's comments on Eudora, I decided to try it out. So much so that I went to the paid version. What a mistake. Where shall I begin-----, 1: UGLY GUI 2: Non-intuitive 3: One crash after another 4: Poorly written help manual 5: Doesn't work with PopChar 6: cryptic 7: --did I mention UGLY GUI? OK, so beauty doesn't transfer to a good mail app, but it reallt strains the eye to look at it and work in it for any length of time. Microsloth is not a bad email client, but IE is not so good. I've gravitated to old faithful Communicator. The newest version renders pages faster and it comes with an------email program built in. If Eudora is the STATE of the art, I'm moving tomorrow. ------ -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:30:09 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Allan Hunter Subject: FAX software Allan Hunter wrote: >What are y'all using for FAX software these days? I once had Delrina >... >I'm looking for... > >a) cheap--freeware, shareware, or inexpensive commercial software ValueFax - shareware, in the Info-mac archives. FaxExpress Solo Light - commercial, bundled with many modems FaxExpress Solo - commercial FaxExpress Server version - commercial FaxSTF - commercial, a "light" version comes with some Macs I myself have only experience with FaxSTF (the "full-blown" version of it). Works okay for me, the "light" version is not that nice. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 20:09:35 +1100 From: Len Whyte To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: How can I reload the Apple disk driver software iMAC gurus: Now that I have creamed by brand new iMAC DV SE by replacing the Apple IDE disk driver with a third party product, I need to find a way of writing back the genuine Apple article. You see, the bogus driver is so broken that when the iMAC loads it, it hangs the machine. The worst thing is that it hangs during booting from a CD-ROM at the point where it loads the IDE disk driver! Does anyone know another way of booting the machine without referencing the hard drive, and of then brute force updating the hard disk driver? It seems a shame to have to replace the hard drive when it's not actualy broken and has just got the wrong driver software on it! Hoo boy, how much easier it is with a SCSI disk than an IDE unit! Len ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 07:17:06 -0400 From: Henry Seiden To: Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #136 I have sad (MAC) news for you. Power supply. There are lots of parts supplier on the internet check them out. -- If the internet has no boundaries, why do we need gates and windows? -- > From: The Info-Mac Network > Reply-To: digest@info-mac.org > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:32:22 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #136 > > From: Roland Whitehead > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:09:20 +0100 > To: Info-Mac > Subject: Q: 7100 won't start > > I have a 7100/66 that won't start. Pressing the power key on the keyboard or > the power button at the back right of the main box just results in a click - > the power light comes on on the keyboard and the indicator on the box gets > power but almost immediately power is shut of and the Mac won't go any > further - it won't even get to the start-up chime. The Mac was fine, it just > suddenly shut down last Friday and now it won't start. PRAM battery is still > showing 3.6v so should be fine - is about 2 years old. Before I rip it > apart, has anyone seen this before and was there a solution? > > Roland Whitehead ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:52:58 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Paolo Bartoli Subject: internal 56K modem for PB G3 Paolo Bartoli wrote: >I'm looking for a source where to buy a used internal 56K modem for >the PB G3. Any suggestion? A good idea is to look at . Don't be fixed at an internal modem; consider also the possibility to use a PC-card modem. They are cheap these days. Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:23:34 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: "abrody@smart.net" Subject: Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (C) "abrody@smart.net" wrote: >While browsing my backups I ran across two programs I never realized >I had before. Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server. >... >Is Microsoft Personal Web Server a true web server one can run on a >Mac? I've never really been able to use the MacOS 9.0 Personal Web >Server either. Is there a way with either personal web server to >setup one's domain name. Or do I need to pay for Webstar or a >similar package if I wanted to do this on a Mac? I used PWS once to set up a small "classroom network" for a web publishing course. The "server" was my old Powerbook 520c, and the clients were some PCs and some Macs of different model/make. For this setup, it was no problem to use PWS, but I doubt that using it as a "rela life" web server would be a good idea (although probably possible). I myself have set up a Mac-based internet server using WebTen from Tenon for Web and Stalker Internet Mail Server (SIMS) for mail services. WebTen is payware, SIMS is free. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:42:10 -0500 From: marion To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Print shop delux Have you tried doing a search on Ebay? Marion. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 02:49:58 -0700 From: Rick Karhu To: TCS , Subject: Why Use A Mac?? on 8/28/00 12:11 PM, TCS at tcs@technologist.com wrote: > On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, another Mackie wrote: > >> It's understandable that an IT dept might get a little annoyed with Macs >> because PCs do have a slight edge in terms of networking and that's the big >> issue with IT guys. > > Gee, I think it's a lot easier to add a Mac to a Windows NT network, than > it is to add a PC. That may be the case (in fact, I have no doubt), but from my observations sysadmin guys *generally* tend to be more familiar with PCs and therefore they favor that platform, easier or not. It's amazing to me how knowledgeable and technically informed some sysadmins are and how lost they are sitting in front of a Mac! "Okay, how do I do run a .bat file on a Mac?" "How do I map a network drive on a Mac?" "Is there a command line?" If only they knew how easy it was, but they would have to un-learn so much stuff that is required knowledge in the PC and Unix world. --Rick Karhu [v1.2 r+d>s TW 1/1/pw tinG 4- pp/oc TW 5 33] "The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad." --Salvador Dali 8^}| Spare Bricks Pink Floyd Webzine: http://sparebricks.cjb.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************