Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #52 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 26 Mar 01 Volume 18 : Issue 52 Today's Topics: (A) finding linked archive files [*] anAtlas - locates places on Earth [*] DataMover 1.1.1 -- move data between Hypercard and other databases [*] EvenLand.sit [*] GLMStat 5.3.4;Generalized linear models [*] image-sxm-166-1.hqx [*] K25KComp.sea.hqx [*] People(tm) 2.4, Personal Information Manager [*] TimeZonesHC 1.08 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezones including DST [*] Virtual Composer version 2.7.9 [A] CD-R error: "Please insert a recordable CD" [Q] Hex editor wanted [Q] Hex editor wanted [Q] PostScript compatible printer/fax needed Airport Network Hex editor wanted I love info-mac! I love Info-Mac! Info-Mac Digest V18 #51 Non-PostScript Printers Oracle software on the Macintosh PDF to text? Postscript Files Postscript Files Zip drive and old 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 . Downloading and Submitting Files from the Info-Mac Archive: * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at: * Search the archive via the MIT HyperArchive at: . * To submit files for the archive, email the binhexed file with a description to . Submissions must be made by the author or with permission of the author. 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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 V18 #52" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:16:29 -0500 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (A) finding linked archive files Dear Digest readers, A previous poster had asked if it was possible to find direct links to the archived files on info-mac. Well http://digester.et.tudelft.nl/frames/ has the digest viewed as a webpage with links on archived documents. Additional mirror sites for the archived public domain software of info-mac (comp.sys.mac.digest) can be found at http://www.index-site.com/imacarchives496.html I've made an effort to include only the most up to date links on that latter page. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit an internet index of 14 topics and over 1000 links at: http://www.index-site.com/ All links verified monthly. ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Harry Hooie Creations To: Subject: [*] anAtlas - locates places on Earth anAtlas Version 1.5 http://www.harryhooie.com/anatlas/ anAtlas is a simple yet powerful tool for locating places on Earth. Detailed results are listed and displayed on a map of the world. anAtlas can search its local database of over 60,000 places, or search more comprehensive databases via the Internet. Highlights: - Search local or Internet databases - Find cities, states, provinces, countries, airports, caves, churches, schools, etc. - See results displayed on a full color map - Link quickly to Internet resources such as maps, weather, and imagery - Find distances between locations by setting a "Home Base" - Work with your own data by simply dropping or pasting it into anAtlas System Requirements: - PowerPC - Mac OS 8 or 9 - 9 MB of available RAM anAtlas is currently free, although Harry Hooie encourages users to register anAtlas for US $10 to encourage continued development. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/an-atlas-15.hqx; 3408 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Peter Brigham To: Subject: [*] DataMover 1.1.1 -- move data between Hypercard and other databases Although Hypercard by its very nature is structured as a database, there has been no universal way to move data back and forth between Hypercard and other databases ù until now. DataMover is designed to move data between Hypercard stacks and databases such as FileMaker or Palm applications like JFile or HanDBase ù or even an Excel file or MS Word table. With this stack you can extract data from any other stack into a text file, with user-defined field and record delimiters. Such text files (the most commonly used type of which is the CSV or "comma-separated values" format) can be read or imported by FileMaker or Excel or converted by easily available applications to your favorite Palm database format. DataMover can also import data from CSV files (or similar text files using other delimiters) generated by any database into any suitably designed Hypercard stack. In fact, you can also transfer data from one stack to another. Export data from selected fields in one stack as a delimited text file, then import some or all of it into a second stack. DataMover allows you to move data between any two stacks ù even very different ones ù without having to custom-script a solution. Freeware -- copyright 2001 Peter M. Brigham -- pmbrig@mediaone.net Requires Hypercard 2.3+, works on System 7.0+ [Archived as /info-mac/data/datamover-111.hqx; 23 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Joe Hammons To: Subject: [*] EvenLand.sit Attached is Even Land.sit "Even Land" is a HyperCard freeware program that allows children of all ages to strengthen their thinking skills by trying to outwit the computer in a difficult take away game. The free HyperCard Player is required. [Archived as /info-mac/game/evenland.hqx; 138 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Ken Beath To: Subject: [*] GLMStat 5.3.4;Generalized linear models GLMStat is a Macintosh-based statistical program for analysing generalised linear models. It provides a macintosh interface and includes many of the features of other programs. Features of GLMStat are - spreadsheet style data entry - factors may be represented as either integers or strings (categories) - Normal, Poisson, Binomial and Gamma models with appropriate links and specification of convergence and aliasing parameters - Scatter and Residual plots - Matrix scatterplots - Box and Whisker plots - Frequency distribution histograms - Descriptive statistics. - Output of deviance, parameter estimates, residuals and parameter correlations - Saving of data files complete with all model specifications. - printing of data, graph and results. - Missing values - Online Help (under the apple menu) and a brief User Manual. - includes example data files for most examples in two of the texts. - Individual licences available for $US25. 10 User Site Licences $US100. Site licences $US200. World site licence $US500. Payment in $US through Kagi Shareware. - Registration includes free upgrades to version 6.x Unregistered copies are fully functional except that Save and Save As are disabled and there is a usage period of 3 months. Version 5.3.4 - fixed registration bug This is a free upgrade to all GLMStat registrations. Current versions of GLMStat are always available at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kjbeath/glmstat.html [Archived as /info-mac/sci/glm-stat-534.hqx; 1003 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Steve Barrett To: Subject: [*] image-sxm-166-1.hqx Image SXM is a version of the public domain image analysis software NIH Image that has been extended to handle the loading, display and analysis of scanning microscope images. Image SXM supports images from the following systems: Burleigh Instruments Digital Instruments NanoScope DME Rasterscope Gatan DigitalMicrograph (DigiScan) JEOL SEM, WinSem and SPM Klocke Nanotechnik SPM and SNOM LEO SEM Molecular Imaging Noran Vantage Omicron and Omicron SCALA Oxford Instruments TOPSystem Park Scientific Instruments Philips Quesant Instruments RHK Technology ThermoMicroscopes TopoMetrix Vacuum Generators WA Technology Zeiss LSM To keep up to date with news of the latest version of Image SXM, check the web page http://reg.ssci.liv.ac.uk/ If you have problems, or any comments or suggestions for new features that you would like to see in future versions of Image SXM, then please email me. Steve Barrett March 2001 S.D.Barrett@liv.ac.uk [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/image-sxm-166-1.hqx; 3563 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: "C.K. Haun" To: Subject: [*] K25KComp.sea.hqx The Kurzweil Companion is your remote interface to the best keyboards in existence, the Kurzweil K2500/K2600! The Companion allows you to control your K2500/K2600 from your Macintosh. This both saves wear and tear on the K2500/K2600 buttons) and it allows you to work more efficiently. Take the simplest task on your Kurzweil. You've just created a new program, or layed down the first track in a sequence. The K2500/K2600 wants a name for this new object, and you sit there for 5 minutes spinning the data wheel or pecking at the keypad to enter "Rad Piano" or "Techno Song". Forget it! Now just reach over to your Mac keyboard and type on a normal keyboard! And that's just the start. The Companion allows you to see your K2500/K2600 screen remotely, allows you to enter numeric data for things like frequencies, select programs from a complete, searchable list instead of 8 crowded lines, export the list of objects in your machine, and more and more! The Companion also adds some additional MIDI controllers, a ribbon, an X-Y touchpad, and so on. Brought to you by C.K. Haun and Ravenware Software. The Kurzweil Companion is free. System requirements: Any Macntosh running System 7.5 or later (68K or PowerPC). The Companion works with the OMS MIDI software package (freely available from OpCode) or the latest FreeMIDI in OMS emulation mode from MOTU. A two-way MIDI connection between your Mac and K2500/K2600. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/k25kcomp.hqx; 373 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Steve Collins To: Subject: [*] People(tm) 2.4, Personal Information Manager People (tm) is the popular and powerful, full-featured personal information manager (PIM) for Macintosh that makes organizing client, personal and calendar information easy. It's an integrated address book, calendar and more. This friendly organizer offers lots of room for details, has loads of intuitively placed contact management features and delivers total Internet integration (e-mail, Web links, etc.). It's no wonder beginners rave about People's simplicity and experts love its depth of features. For more information, visit http://www.brewstersoftware.com or e-mail Brewster Software at info@brewstersoftware.com People(tm) is a shareware application that runs on OS 7, 8, 9 and X and requires 8 MB available RAM. People(tm) underwent a major user interface uprgrade with version 2.4. People(tm) is available for inclusion on commercial CD distributions and archives with written permission from Brewster Software. [Archived as /info-mac/app/people-24.hqx; 2101 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Mar 2001 From: Oscar van Vlijmen To: Subject: [*] TimeZonesHC 1.08 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezones including DST This HyperCard stack by Oscar van Vlijmen can show the time in ALL known time zones, taking the daylight saving time (summertime) into account. Enter a time, set a few time zones, and this stack will compute the correct time in the set time zones. From base time to zone time and vice versa. If you enter a date as well, the correct daylight saving time corrections (summertime) are taken into account. This version can show up to 12 timezones simultaneously. This stack is a Macintosh application of the TZ UNIX timezone database, but only for the current timezone information, not the historical information. This stack is updated from TZdata2001a. What is so special about this stack? * You can find information about ALL known time zones of the world. The database has 411 zone cards. * ALL known information about daylight saving time (summertime) is included. * Calculations are made with a precision of one minute, even in the case of a transition from summer time to winter time (or vice versa) right now. * The information is extremely up to date. * You can study and change all information yourself, nothing is hidden. Freeware; not to be used for commercial applications; not on CD-ROM's. Internet page: http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/time-zones-hc-108.hqx; 100 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Mar 2001 From: Doctor Morpheus To: Subject: [*] Virtual Composer version 2.7.9 Virtual Composer is a virtual music editor and QuickTime Musical Instruments executor designed for complex polyphonic music. The latest version of this program can always be downloaded from: What's new in this version: *Added partial animation. *Event loop now faster. (Checks menu states only on serious events and eliminated alternate GetNextEvent calls). *Added another Gulliani Study. *Added Weiss Fantasia per Liuto. *Small optimizations and corrections on export unit. *Added option to register by solving a cipher. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/virtual-composer-279.hqx; 838 K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:09:49 -0500 From: "Peter J. Paul" To: Richard Glover , Info-Mac Subject: [A] CD-R error: "Please insert a recordable CD" on 3/18/01 2:42 PM, Richard Glover at rglover@lunarpoodle.com wrote: > I have a baffling CD-R problem. Each time I try to write a CD, the > recorder refuses to recognize the disk I insert. I have tried > multiple brands and colors, but no luck. What is most baffling is > that it just decided to do this after functioning fine for some > months (but only about a dozen disks burned) and have changed > nothing. I have tried compressed gas (in the can) to see if dust had > accumulated, but no such luck. Any suggestions appreciated. Think it > is DoA? > > Config: 603e machine, int. SCSI Philips CDD2000, Toast 4 (and have > tried toast 5.0b6). I had the same experience (although different hardware). I suspect an extension conflict but have not bothered to isolate it because a fix I discovered is easier. When you place the blank CD-R in the Read light flashes. As soon as the light stops flashing you have a window of a few seconds to click "Write" within Toast. Don't wait too long or the blank CD-R will eject and you'll get an error message. Of course if anyone knows the reason Richard and I are seeing this problem please chime in. Peter J. Paul http://come.to/pjp pjp@cheerful.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 18:26:19 -0600 From: Cliff Crouch To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] Hex editor wanted At 10:13 PM -0500 03/21/2001, Ron Crans wrote: >Quadrivio's General Edit Lite 1.1 has worked very well for me. > > > > > From: "T Koyn" >>I am looking for a utility that will display files as HEX/ASCII and allow > >changing of any byte in any file by entering ASCII or HEX data. Another possibility might be HexEdit: Cordially, Cliff Crouch -- * * * * * * * * * * Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. --Ecclesiastes There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will. --WS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:16:38 +0100 From: muki pakesch To: "T Koyn" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] Hex editor wanted At 23:53 -0600 15.03.2001, T Koyn wrote: >I am looking for a utility that will display files as HEX/ASCII and allow >changing of any byte in any file by entering ASCII or HEX data. HexEdit http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/dev/hexedit-120.hqx hth cheers, muki __________________________________________________________________ | muki pakesch | | | | mailto:mpakesch@t0.or.at http://www.t0.or.at/~mpakesch | |__________________________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:59:04 -0600 From: T Koyn To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] PostScript compatible printer/fax needed I am looking for a printer/fax combo that offers the following essential features in one unit: -Postscript printing. -Ability to receive faxes and transfer them to computer as a file. -compatible with Macintosh. There is flexibility in the following: -Can be laser or inkjet. Laser is preferred though. -May or may not offer option to scan documents into computer files. I looked at the Canon LaserClass 3170 series and they seem too bulky in size. I am looking for information on any other printers with the required capabilities. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:44:38 -0800 From: Buzz Bennetts To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Airport Network Hi folks: I have a brand new Titanium Powerbook G4 communicating nicely with an Airport base station, which is connected to my high speed (T-1) wireless (802-11b) internet provider through an Ethernet hub. Also attached to the hub is my older G3 Beige tower. Both computers talk fine (and fast) to the internet, but I have not been able to network them to talk to each other. I have read and tried to properly use Apple's official PDF on the matter: "Designing Airport Networks," but no luck. In general, I am a Mac expert, so I should not be having this problem. :-) Can anyone help? Thanks! Buzz Bennetts -- ______________________________________ If I can't take my Mac with me when I die, then I'm not going ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:37:31 -0500 (EST) From: Mel Halbert To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Hex editor wanted >(From Info-Mac v18 #048) > >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:53:38 -0600 >From: "T Koyn" >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: [Q] Hex editor wanted > >I am looking for a utility that will display files as HEX/ASCII and allow >changing of any byte in any file by entering ASCII or HEX data. > >Thanks for any leads. > ------------------------------ I have been using HexEdit 1.20 for many years. Copyrighted by Jim Bumgardner in 1993 and updated by Lane Roath in 1996, it is free and still available in the Info-Mac Hyperarchive. It works on my 6100/60 and 7100/80 under Sys 7.6.1 and on my iMac under OS 9.0. Mel Halbert ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 14:18:15 -0800 From: Bill Rausch To: "Timothy S. Watson" Subject: I love info-mac! > >Golly, my life would be made much easier if each submission >to the archive were accompanied with a link to the item in >the archive, so I didn't have to write things down. I would >use the archive much more, I am sure. > >Keep up the good work. I configured Fetch 3.0.3 under Customize->Preferences->Mirrors to use ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac for info-mac files. There are many other mirrors of course. To retrieve a file I just cut the pathname from the email program (i.e., the part starting with /info-mac and ending with .hqx), launch Fetch, and hit Command-V to paste it into Fetch's New Connection... dialog. It detects I'm pasting an info-mac path and fills in the host and path correctly and I just hit return. --- Bill Rausch, Software Development, Unix, Mac, Windows Numerical Applications, Inc. 509-943-0861 bill@numerical.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:45:21 -0500 (EST) From: Mel Halbert To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: I love Info-Mac! >(From Info-Mac v18 #050) > >Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 21:57:56 -0500 >From: "Timothy S. Watson" >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: I love info-mac! > >Golly, my life would be made much easier if each submission >to the archive were accompanied with a link to the item in >the archive, so I didn't have to write things down. I would >use the archive much more, I am sure. > >Keep up the good work. > >Tim > ------------------------------ Not sure I understand your problem. There's no need to write anything down. Just highlight the link with your mouse cursor, Copy it into your clipboard (use Cmd-C), then highlight the URL address field near the top of your browser (or use Cmd-L for its "Open URL" command), and Paste the link into your browser with Cmd-V. Mel Halbert ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:45:39 From: "Jim Huskey" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #51 ORIGINAL: From: Alex Brown Could anyone tell me of a program that would allow me to convert postscript (.ps) files into PICT (or even JPEG) graphics. JIM HUSKEY-->> First, some questions. How did you obtain the .ps file? That is, did you or someone print to disk? (save as PostScript?) If so, I'd recommend you return to the original application and the source file (the one that got printed as a .ps file). If it's something like Illustrator (maybe FreeHand? my current version is 5.5), then you can actually save the file as a PICT or JPG or TIFF file. If you can't do anything in the above paragraph and you actually have a .ps dump, then I believe you can place it into InDesign (and maybe Illustrator 8/9?), and the PostScript parser will generate a new viewable/vector file. Then you can save it as TIFF (Illustrator) or something similar. Or if you have InDesign, save as EPS, then open in Illustrator and ...... (Or save it as PDF...) Again, if it truly is a .ps file, you can run it through something like Adobe Distiller and turn it into a PDF file. Now, if you have an EPS rather than a .ps, then your options are similar and greater. How this helps. If not, give me some more info, and I'll talk with someone at Adobe to see if we can't make something work. (If the file is neither sensitive nor huge, you could send it to me offline, and I'll take a look at it.) Best,,,,, _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 23:14:01 +0000 From: Norberto Jorge =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gon=E7alves?= To: Info-Mac Digest Subject: Non-PostScript Printers Hi, I got a G4 recently to the office where I share a gabinet with two collegues. Both of them use MS-PC and use a shared HP LaserJet 1100 printer, which is the only one is the gabinet. In this situation, I would like to print to this printer, too, wit. So far I don't manege to fine software to the Mac which permit to print the the HP LJ 1100. There is anyone who knows the existence of this software for the Mac? If so, I will apreciate to know. Thank you Norberto ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:05:12 -0500 From: Rick Schultz To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Oracle software on the Macintosh I am the senior Macintosh analyst at Oracle. I am interested in hearing from any who are present customers of Oracle using the Mac as either a client or using the Personal Oracle database. I am also interested in hearing from those who would become Oracle customers if Oracle upgraded their software to a recent (Mac OS 9 or X) version. Please email me at Rick.Schultz@oracle.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:47:13 -0500 From: Gordon Dohle To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: PDF to text? Aside from laborious copy/paste, is there a way to extract/save .pdf files to text or doc format so they can be opened in a text editor/wp? TIA Gordon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:28:04 -0800 From: "Jim Wickman" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Postscript Files >Alex Brown wrote: > >Could anyone tell me of a program that would allow me to convert >postscript (.ps) files into PICT (or even JPEG) graphics. +++++++++++++ Look for EPS2Pict, part of theshareware EPS Utilities [ackage from ArtAge. They're at: http://www.artage.com >===================================================================== >| Alex Brown ||e-mail: abrown@nimr.mrc.ac.uk | >| MRC-T, || : abrown@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk | >| 1-3 Burtonhole Lane, ||tel.: +44 (0)20 8 906 3811 x 6137 | >| Mill Hill, London NW7 1AD. UK.||fax.: +44 (0)20 8 906 1395 | >===================================================================== > >-------------------------------- -- -- Jim Wickman - - - Pasco WA A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:44:18 +0300 From: Michael Munyi To: Subject: Postscript Files Both Photoshop 5.0 (or later) and Illustrator 8.0 (or later) will open .ps files and export to different file formats. It's a pretty handy tip to know when you come across files that have been saved without a preview. Mike Munyi Subject: Postscript Files This might be a bit of silly question but.... Could anyone tell me of a program that would allow me to convert postscript (.ps) files into PICT (or even JPEG) graphics. Thanks in advance. Alex Brown. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:14:36 -0800 From: Greg Lyzenga To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Zip drive and old Mac Hi: I have an ancient Mac LC which is serving as a dedicated data acquisition machine for a seismometer. I would like to attach my SCSI Zip drive to it, but have been having trouble. SCSI utilities are able to see the drive at the correct SCSI address, and even know the volume name of the disk in the drive. However, I have been completely unsuccessful in getting the volume to mount. The LC is running System 7.5.5; is it possible that I need an *older* version of the Zip driver in order to be compatible with System 7? If so, where would I find it? The Iomega web site seems to only have posted the latest version for download. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated! - Greg Lyzenga -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************