Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #335 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 07 Sep 99 Volume 16 : Issue 335 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#496/06-Sep-99 (Q) Video Capture on a Wallstreet (Sept. 1998 model) 128MB Dimm in 65oo/55oo Systems...? 630CD sees only 12MB [A] 630CD sees only 12MB [A] Blocking animated graphics in web browsers [A] info about movie viewer [A] MP3 tag editing [Q] Page Scrolling Key Patch [Q] PB G3 ID? [Q]: Multiplatform messenger??? Blocking animated graphics in web browsers Blocking animated graphics in web browsers Cable modem paranoia? Cable modem paranoia? cgi's for Netpresenz Color Stylewriter Pro--Missing ink cartridge error message Fwd: [Q] Unable to sort Bookmarks in NS 4.0.8? Fwd: cgi's for Netpresenz Fwd: Symbol font ignored in Mac Internet Explorer 4.5 How many IDE drives can a desktop G3/300 have? (Q) HyperCard stacks/Standalones as droplets? info about movie viewer Is this list up and running again? long filename problem Mac OS 8.6 unable to rebuild the desktop PowerComputing & G3 upgrades PowerComputing & G3 upgrades Replacing hard disk on Performa 5200 Script Extension for setting file modification date Sherlock network errors Source for Hard Drive Want old MIDI software for Mac SE What Happened to Info-Mac Digest?! WordPerfect to HTML 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. Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. 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Matt= Neuburg also weighs in with a Tools We Use column on Menuette, which= replaces menu names with icons, and we cover releases of GraphicConverter= 3.7, MacTuner 2.1, SoundJam 1.1, Adobe InDesign, and LetterRip Pro 3.0.6.= =20 Topics: MailBITS/06-Sep-99 Tools We Use: Menuette Back to Class with the Power Mac G4 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-496.etx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:55:06 -0500 From: a brody Subject: (Q) Video Capture on a Wallstreet (Sept. 1998 model) Dear Digest readers, I have lots of old video cassettes in VHS format, and wondered what would be the cheapest solution to convert all of them over into Sorenson video based Quicktime files using my Powerbook G3 233 with 512k backside. I noticed two intriguing cards at http://st3.yahoo.com/powerbook1/ircapforpb24.html and http://st3.yahoo.com/powerbook1/ix3droadrocket.html Now do you know if either of these cards come with all the necessary software for video capture? I just want to do direct video capture with no image enhancement. It's just so I can watch the old shows that I have recorded before their image quality get's loss due to wear of the VHS cassette. The reason I want to do Sorenson, is that I saw the quality of the movie trailers which I assume use Sorenson, and the fact that a 2 minute 480 x 320 resolution video could be stored in as little as 6 MB. Is Cinepak equal in compression and quality to Sorenson? I have QuickTime 4.0 Pro, and 192MB of RAM. I assume that other than the video capture card and software I will have all I need to play these Quicktime films. Is there anything else I might need? What is the quickest capture rate that I can get the VHS at, assuming I play through at normal speed. I.e. what framerate should I use? And what resolution preserves quality good enough to be expanded to 1024 x 768 resolution? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 21:35:26 +0200 From: applescript.collect@gmx.net (ben gurion) Subject: 128MB Dimm in 65oo/55oo Systems...? Hi, i heard rumors it was possible to use128 MB Dimms in the 65oo/55oo series machines. Anyone doing this succesfully ?...and if so, EDO or not..? thanx for any hint.. ben g. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Sep 99 08:44:12 -0000 From: Udo Huth Subject: 630CD sees only 12MB >Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:40:02 -0700 >From: David L Hirschberg >Subject: 630CD sees only 12MB > >Hi, > >I tried installing a 16 mb chip into a Mac640CD. The mac only shows >12mb after it is rebooted even though there should be 20mb (4 is on >the motherboard). > >I almost remember there was a jumper that had to be pulled so it >would see more memory. Just open the "Memory" control panel and set "32 bit addressing" to "On" -- no need for a jumper or such... Udo Ceterum censeo Microsoft esse delendam ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 20:52:48 -0600 From: Robert Zimmerman Subject: [A] 630CD sees only 12MB David, I think your problem is that you have 32 bit addressing turned off in your memory control panel. Try turning it on and restarting your Macintosh. This problem goes away if you have System 7.5 or later. zimmie >Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:40:02 -0700 >From: David L Hirschberg >Subject: 630CD sees only 12MB > >Hi, > >I tried installing a 16 mb chip into a Mac640CD. The mac only shows >12mb after it is rebooted even though there should be 20mb (4 is on >the motherboard). > >I almost remember there was a jumper that had to be pulled so it >would see more memory. > >Can someone in the know send me the info? > >Thanks, David >hirschberg@stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 13:26:51 +0200 From: Hans Rudolf Schelling Subject: [A] Blocking animated graphics in web browsers Jacob Palme asks: >Blocking animated graphics in web browsers > >Is there a way to block animated graphics in Netscape and Explorer on >the Macintosh. I would prefer something which does not remove them, >just stops them from animating, or even better, lets me control whether >they should animate or be still. Jacob: WebFree does most of what you want. Fetch it at one of the Info-Mac mirror sites, e.g.: ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch//mirror/info-mac/_Internet/web/web-free-11.hqx Hope that helps. -Hans ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:54:13 +1200 From: "Nigel Stanger" Subject: [A] info about movie viewer On Tuesday, 31 August 1999 1:52:24 AM, Manuel J. Matos (Manolo) wrote: > Does anyone know a Mac movie viewer for the Advanced Streaming Format > from Microsoft (extension .asf)? As far as I know, Microsoft NetShow does this, although I've never been able to find an ASF file in order to verify it. You should be able to download it from Microsoft (don't have a URL handy, sorry). ===================================================================== Nigel Stanger, mailto:nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz Dept Information Science, http://strange.otago.ac.nz:800/ University of Otago, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:19:03 +0200 From: Matti Haveri Subject: [A] MP3 tag editing >From: "D. Scott Beach" > >there any way to open an .mp3 file and edit the tags? Try commercial utilities like N2MP3 or mp3 tool 0.9.9. -- Matti Haveri ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 13:42:45 -0500 From: Gib Henry Subject: [Q] Page Scrolling Key Patch Frustrated by applications which don't recognize the PgUp/PgDn keys, I once found an application patcher which would make selected applications recognize them, probably by simulating a keyclick in the upper or lower part of the scrollbar, respectively. Now I need it again, but can't find it. Can anyone tell me its name or point me to it? Thanks! Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:19:04 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: [Q] PB G3 ID? I'm looking at buying an older PowerBook G3, the 233Mhz 14.1" screen model. However, the first rendition only had one screen resolution available, and the next version was capable of 3 resolutions. I need the 3-resolution version, but how do I know which is which without turning it on? I'll probably buy one from one of the many used computer dealers, and the ones I've called so far can't (won't?) tell me what version they are selling. They don't want to bother turning the thing on (for which I don't blame them, really, since they have a lot of stock, etc., etc.) The Apple spec pages don't give any clues on how to solve this problem. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 08:28:37 +0200 From: Ernst Niggli Subject: [Q]: Multiplatform messenger??? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_Iyejh7wQ1MVEyzGnd96Ffg) Content-type: text/plain; x-mac-creator=4D4F5353; x-mac-type=54455854; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hello all, I am trying to find a messenger (similar to ICQ, AIM) running on MacOS and Win95/98 but not requiring access to the Internet. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks Ernst --Boundary_(ID_Iyejh7wQ1MVEyzGnd96Ffg) Content-type: text/x-vcard; name=niggli.vcf; charset=us-ascii Content-description: Card for Ernst Niggli Content-disposition: attachment; filename=niggli.vcf Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT begin:vcard n:Niggli;Ernst tel;fax:+41 31 6314611 tel;work:+41 31 631 8717/30 (Lab/Office) x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://pylwww.unibe.ch/~niggli/ org:University of Bern;Dept. Physiology adr:;;Bühlplatz 5;Bern;;3012;Switzerland version:2.1 x-mozilla-cpt:;3 fn:Ernst Niggli end:vcard --Boundary_(ID_Iyejh7wQ1MVEyzGnd96Ffg)-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:15:21 +0100 From: Ian Goldby Subject: Blocking animated graphics in web browsers >Is there a way to block animated graphics in Netscape and Explorer on >the Macintosh. I would prefer something which does not remove them, >just stops them from animating, or even better, lets me control whether >they should animate or be still. > >I would also like to stop advertisement pop-up-windows, but is it >possible for software to separate desirable and unwanted pop-up-windows? iCab will do the first part. It's a small and fast browser still in development, but in my experience no more crash-prone than Netscape. Go to Preferences:HTML Display for the GIF animations. It can also filter out banner ads - Preferences:Image Filters. Best of all, it is free at the moment. Pop-up windows are more of a problem. I never visit a GeoCities site, for this reason, but there other sites that offend in this way besides GeoCities. I did see a control panel, but I can't remember the name. Usually, if one appears, I close it with the mouse before any content appears, and, I hope, before it has a chance to freeze my machine. Ian ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:36:37 -0400 From: Diane & David Turner Subject: Blocking animated graphics in web browsers Try WebFree, a $20 shareware control panel that does all this, and more. It's available through Info-Mac, download.com, shareware.com, or directly from the author at . David Turner Centerville, OH "Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids" >Is there a way to block animated graphics in Netscape and Explorer on >the Macintosh. I would prefer something which does not remove them, >just stops them from animating, or even better, lets me control whether >they should animate or be still. > >I would also like to stop advertisement pop-up-windows, but is it >possible for software to separate desirable and unwanted pop-up-windows? > >I have heard rumours that something called "client-side proxies", >for example Muffin, can do such things. Do anyone have any experience >with such tools on the Macintosh? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 12:25:39 -0700 From: "Chambers, Ed" Subject: Cable modem paranoia? I would be. Don't enable guest access to anything. Turn off FTP servers if you don't need them, etc. Don't enable web sharing. Cable modems create a local network which your neighbor could access your system from. On the other hand Macs have been shown to be one of the most secure OS's provided you do what I mentioned above. Turning off File Sharing makes you 99% protected providing you don't have other things like above on. Ed Chambers mirror@info-mac.org On Friday, August 20, 1999 1:12 PM, Frank Ripp [SMTP:Frankr@mdli.com] wrote: > I just got my PowerCenter 166 hooked up to a cable modem. > This Mac is not part of a network, and I don't have File Sharing > turned on. I now have a fixed IP address, as opposed to a dynamic > address that changed every time I used to make a dial-up connection. > > Should I be worried about firewalls and intruders trying to > access my Mac? I read somewhere about people being able to > access their neighbor's Macs and Printers via the Chooser. > > I need a reality check here - is any of this paranoia justified? > > Any info will be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, Frank (frankr@mdli.com) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 06:08:43 GMT From: Jan@Bytesmiths.com.gov (Jan Steinman -- jan AT bytesmiths DOT com [remove .gov]) Subject: Cable modem paranoia? >From: Frank Ripp >I just got my PowerCenter 166 hooked up to a cable modem. >This Mac is not part of a network, and I don't have File Sharing >turned on. I now have a fixed IP address, as opposed to a dynamic >address that changed every time I used to make a dial-up connection. > >Should I be worried about firewalls and intruders trying to >access my Mac? I read somewhere about people being able to >access their neighbor's Macs and Printers via the Chooser. If you aren't operating any services, then you really have nothing to worry about. If you're only running AppleTalk services, you probably still have little or nothing to worry about. If you're running AppleTalk over IP, then there may be some paranoia justified. I don't know this for a fact with your particular cable modem, but it is most likely a "router" as opposed to a "bridge," and therefore blocks AppleTalk. Anecdotal evidence: I see no other machines in my Chooser. However, there's about a dozen show up on my subnet in a Winblows Network Neighborhood... :-) -- : Jan Steinman -- Jan AT Bytesmiths DOT com : Bytesmiths -- digital artistry : +1 503 635 3229 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 08:47:17 +0100 From: Roland Whitehead Subject: cgi's for Netpresenz On 02/09/1999 at 2:55 pm, sgandy wrote: > Does anyone know of a source for some simple cgi's that would work with a > Mac server using Netpresenz? I just need a search and a counter. I have used the same cgi's with Netpresenz, WebStar and WebTen so any should do the job - even Perl scripts if you have MacPerl installed... Roland Whitehead CONTINUUM ID ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 22:21:46 -0500 From: "Joe Kostka" Subject: Color Stylewriter Pro--Missing ink cartridge error message Would appreciate any suggestions on how to eliminate the error message "the magenta ink cartride is either empty or missing" for a Color Stylewriter Pro inkjet printer. (Yeah, I know it's an old printer). I've replaced the ink cartridge (two times) and cleaned the contacts from the print head to the ribbon cable amongst other things. The printer was sitting idle for about a year, and previously did not have this problem. Also, is there any source for print heads for this printer? Thx-Joe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 19:58:58 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: [Q] Unable to sort Bookmarks in NS 4.0.8? Fergus Lalor asked about how to sort bookmarks in Netscape: The only way I know to get it to happen automatically is to import your bookmarks from Netscape into URL Manager Pro, sort them as you wish, then export back to Netscape (or just keep using URL Manager Pro's own bookmark menu within Netscape, which is the method preferred by many people). This method I suggest is easy and will definitely do what you want. I believe that the description in the Netscape Help file applies to an older version of Netscape or to the Windows version. Something like that. It definitely does NOT match the Mac version of Netscape, just as you have observed! Daly >If I am to have any hop of keeping track of my very large collection of >Netscape bookmarks I need to sort them alphabetically within folders >created in the Bookmarks window, which folders are themselves arranged >alphabetically. Folders created within the Bookmarks window appear to be >automatically sorted alphabetically but I can find no way (other than >manual positioning) to sort the folder contents alphabetically. > >According tothe Nnetscape 4.0.8 On-Line Help file: >'The Bookmarks window contains a menu bar similar to that of >the Navigator window.' >and: >'The View Menu > By Name arranges bookmark folders and items within > folders alphabetically by name. > By Location arranges bookmark folders and items > within folders alphabetically by URL (disregarding URL > protocols such as HTTP and FTP). > By Created On arranges bookmark folders and > items within folders chronologically by the date the > bookmark was created. > By Last Visited arranges bookmark folders and > items within folders chronologically by the date the > bookmark was last displayed. > Sort Ascending arranges alphabetical views from A > to Z, chronological views from newer to older, and > numerical views from 1 to 9. > Sort Descending arranges alphabetical views from > Z to A, chronological views from older to newer, and > numerical views from 9 to 1. ' > >Despite this, in my version of Netscape, the Bookmarks window does not >- as seems to be implied here -have its own set of menus and none of these >menu commands appears in theView menu of the Netscape window when the >Bookmarks window is open and tothe front. I am using NS 4.0.8 on G3 >Minitower using OS8.5 but I have hadsimilar results on a PPC running OS 7.6. > >I am utterly frustrated and baffled. Can anyone help? > >TIA - >Fergus Lalor > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 19:30:29 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: cgi's for Netpresenz Steve Gandy asked: >Does anyone know of a source for some simple cgi's that would work with a >Mac server using Netpresenz? I just need a search and a counter. I get the idea from the section on "Counters" in Documentation Part I of NetPresenz that maybe counters are built in, and all you need to do is to put in the commands given in the documentation? I could well be (probably am?) wrong, but maybe that's all you need for the Counter part of your question. I don't have any idea about the searches, and wish I had time now to pursue it, but would love to know what you do learn about these things, if you could remember to info me when you have it solved. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 19:51:13 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: Symbol font ignored in Mac Internet Explorer 4.5 John McKinley asked: >A colleague is constructing web pages on a PC containing the Symbol font, >to set some equations. The pages work fine in IE and Netscape on his PC, >and in Netscape 4 on my PM7300, but the switch to Symbol is ignored in >my copy of Explorer 4.5. I have turned on the preference which allows >the page to specify fonts. I also downloaded the page to my Mac and tried >different fonts instead of Symbol by editing the HTML - some font changes >are accepted and some aren't, and I can't find a pattern to which is which. >What is going on? How can I get the correct font to display? One sure way would be for him to translate the files into PDF files before publishing them to the web. Another would be to make JPEGs of the pages and publish them as pictures rather than as text. Or maybe just the formulae could be JPEGs and the rest be text? Daly ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 14:31:20 -0700 From: David L Hirschberg Subject: How many IDE drives can a desktop G3/300 have? (Q) I opened up one of our G3/300's and it looks like there is room for another drive in there (maybe more). There is a multiplug power cord and at least one mounting site. Is the 6GB drive in there an IDE drive? I would like to buy one of the new cheap 20 GB IDE (Quantum QM320400CX-A) drives in it. Is there a way I can do this and still keep the other drive? Do I have to purchase a card or is there room for expansion? Thanks, David daneel@stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 11:43:47 +0100 From: David Rowbory Subject: HyperCard stacks/Standalones as droplets? > Is there a way to turn a stack or a standalone made with HyperCard into a > drop-launching thing? I want to be able to drop a folder on it and let What about using AppleScript as a droplet to get the list of files in the folder and pass that to HyperCard. AppleScript/HyperCard is something I'm just getting into and it's really a good combination. David -- David Rowbory - 2nd Yr Computer Science, Trinity Hall Cambridge CB2 1TJ All CompScis get timetables here--> http://thor.cam.ac.uk/~djr36/TTmake ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 15:06:55 -0400 From: Mike Kreachbaum Subject: info about movie viewer On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:52:24 +0100, "Manuel J. Matos (Manolo)" asked: >Hello: >Does anyone know a Mac movie viewer for the Advanced Streaming Format >from Microsoft (extension .asf)? >Thank you >MJMatos, Coimbra, Portugal Manuel, go to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/ie/macmediaplayer.htm and download The Microsoft Media Player. It works both with IE 4.5 (and maybe others?) and as standalone. Mike Kreachbaum "just an ordinary boy, playing with an extraordinary toy!" The box said Windows 98 or better, so I bought a Mac. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 17:48:13 EDT From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: Is this list up and running again? The title says half of it. What happened to the listings of new files at sumex? Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 14:22:41 -0400 From: "Betsy O. Fenti" Subject: long filename problem My husband made me a CD full of MP3s on his IBM. But I can't read the long filenames on my PowerMac. I heard there a way to read them using some system extension. But I don't know what it is or where to find it. Can anyone help me? Betsy rainbo@infoblvd.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 15:25:19 +0200 From: Paolo Bartoli Subject: Mac OS 8.6 unable to rebuild the desktop I noticed that Mac OS 8.6 on both PMac G3/266 and Powerbook G3/233 sometimes is unable to correctly rebuild the desktop, resultion in incorrect file icons and freezes of the Mac. I found lately this note to FileBuddy: "File Buddy 5 has been used extensively with Mac OS 8, 8.1, and OS 8.5. So far there are only two known problems: 1) The Finder may get confused and not display the correct icons after using File Buddy to rebuild the desktop. This is due to a bug in the Finder." Is the problem I noticed above linked to the FileBuddy note someway? Anybody experienced the same problems with MacOS 8.6? ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli ** pbartoli@iname.com ** ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:33:41 +0100 From: Steve Smith Subject: PowerComputing & G3 upgrades Hi Ezra I have a XLR8 G3 233MHz card in a PowerCenter 132 system. It runs a lot faster and was dead easy to install. My machine is a desktop model rather than a tower system, but it is effectively a tower on it's side, so I think it will be similar to yours. You can get specs of these machines from the Apple Web site by searching the TIL page for PowerComputing. You can't miss the daughter card though. It is fairly large with a big heatsink on it to cool the processor. Hope this helps. -- Cheers Steve Smith ___________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:23:58 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: PowerComputing & G3 upgrades At 5:07 PM +0100 8/25/99, Ezra Nathan wrote: >I've got PowerComputing 'PowerCenter' 150 (not a PowerCentre Pro) >which I would like to put a G3 upgrade card in. >I'm looking at the XLR 266 because here in the UK there are very >good deals for it. But no seller has been able to tell me whether my >machine will take this card, not even the distributor of the card. According to xlr8's website, the XLR8 MachSpeed G3 is compatible with the PowerCenter: >My handbook says that the Processor is 'upgradable via daughtercard' >but there are no instructions on how to change the daughtercard. Is >the daughtercard what I will change for a G3 card? Yes. I have a PowerCenter 120 which I upgraded with a PowerLogix 220 G3 card. It's a simple job. True, the PCC manual doesn't discuss it, but the upgrade card manual surely will walk you through it [my PowerLogix manual did]. Basically, you'll install the G3 card's support software, then shut down your machine, open it up, and look for the card with the big heat sink on it. This is the processor daughtercard. Take this card out, put your new G3 card in, press the CUDA reset button for 30 seconds [this is a red button on the motherboard near the processor card], then turn the machine back on. Done. >Also the handbook has a drawn picture of the inside of the machine >and the back of the machine but displays only one fan. My machine (a >minitower) has two fans. Does anyone know where I can find a >diagram of the inside of a PowerCenter indicating what the parts >are, especially where the daughtercard is and whether it can be >easily removed? Here's a link to the service manual for the PowerCenter minitower. It should cover everything: >Has anyone put in a G3 upgrade card in a similar machine? If so, >what has been the performance difference? Did you do the job of >installation yourself? The install is a piece of cake. The performance difference is generally significant. You may want to visit the message boards here: You'll find lots of PowerComputing owners who will be happy to offer their perspectives and case studies. chazl Once you take away my right to speak, everybody in the world's up shit creek. - Ice-T; Freedom Of Speech [just watch what you say] Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:45:00 +0200 From: Theo Vosse Subject: Replacing hard disk on Performa 5200 [[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] > Can anyone please provide instructions for replacing the > IDE drive of a Performa 5200. > 1) Does it have a front that pops off like a 630? (i.e. slots > below front panel, insert two long screwdrivers and lift). > 2) Is the hard disk mounted on plastic rails like in the 630? I have done this on a Performa 5300, which is basically the same machine. On the back you will find a panel you can take off (by removing two screws and "unclicking" two plastic thingies that attach the panel to the bottom of the casing). The screws are fairly normal. The hard disk is mounted on a standard plastic caddy. Simply remove the cables, put them aside and pull the plastic caddy towards you. The caddy is attached to the disk drive with two or three screws on the bottom. Beware! Not all IDE disks work with the Performa 5200. The first two disks I tried (both Quantum Fireball) didn't work at all. Later I found one which did work (Western Digital I think, but I cannot remember for sure). Write me if you would like to know. For the rest, standard advice: be careful, remove the power cord before doing anything (and also the TV-cable if you happen to have one attached to your AV-card), beware of static electricity and these things. Good luck, Theo ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 08:49:27 +0100 From: Roland Whitehead Subject: Script Extension for setting file modification date I'm trying to set the last modified and created dates of files via AppleScript and haven't managed to find an AppleScript Extension to help me do this. I can write resources and read resources but not change the dates. Any ideas? Roland Whitehead CONTINUUM ID ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 21:59:01 -0400 From: Patty and Art Werschulz Subject: Sherlock network errors Hi. Platform: 266MHz G3 Beige Desktop, running MacOS 8.6.1. Often, when I do a Sherlock search, I will get a message saying that there was a network error. The search produces results, however. Has anybody seen this? What's the fix? Thanks. -- Patty and Art Werschulz http://members.home.net/agw/ 1 Marsh Street Cranford NJ 07016 (908) 272-1146 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:31:21 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Source for Hard Drive At 8:47 AM -0400 8/21/99, Mercibeate@aol.com wrote: >I'd like to add a 2nd internal drive to my 7350 for A/V recording. I >understand the internal SCSI bus is a SCSI-2 bus. However, I'm having >trouble locating a source for SCSI-2 drives. Can someone steer me in the >right direction? Any modern drive [last several years] is at least SCSI-2. You can use any SCSI drive with a standard 50-pin SCSI connector on it. An Ultra-SCSI drive with a 50-pin connection is fine, for example. You don't need to seek out any sort of special source. Any hard drive vendor can sell you a suitable drive. You may need to stop confusing the sales people, however. ;) Just ask for a SCSI hard drive with a 50-pin connection and you'll be fine [if they ask, that 50-pin connection should be low-density] Specifically, anything on this page will work: I have no connection to Other World other than as a satisfied customer. chazl Turn around! Turn around! There's something there that can be found! Turn around! Turn around! It's a human skull on the ground! - They Might Be Giants, Turn Around Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:02:04 +0100 From: Ian Goldby Subject: Want old MIDI software for Mac SE >I would like to give an old SE to my kids to attach to a small MIDI-capable >Casio keyboard. Is there any old MIDI software that can run on a 4MB SE >(running system 6 or 7)? Can someone point me to a source (either resale or >download)? > >Thanks in advance. > >David Allan An old SE is ideal for MIDI applications. You will need the Apple MIDI Manager software first of all, available from Apple's software updates site I expect. Note that it is no longer supported, but OMS, the replacement, will be less useful for legacy MIDI applications that you are likely to use. You will also need a MIDI interface. There are a couple of plans in the info-mac archive telling you how to make your own, if you are into electronics. Here are some ideas for MIDI applications that might work: Megalomania: Real-time effects processing MIDIScope: Trouble-shooting your MIDI setup MIDI Control: Send MIDI control messages MIDIGraphy: Shareware sequencer. Don't know if this will work on a small B&W screen. All these should be available for download from the internet. You may have to go to the Unich archive for some of them, as they seem to have disappeared from info-mac. Scour the info-mac midi folder - there's a lot there, and it is worth spending some time sorting through it. Ian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 16:05:20 +0100 From: Ian Goldby Subject: What Happened to Info-Mac Digest?! >From: "Adam C. Engst" > >Frankly, as a general Macintosh mailing list, the Info-Mac Digest >isn't serving any unique needs any more. What are these other Mac lists that I should be using instead? (I have to say that I have always found info-mac to be excellent, and would be sad to see it go.) Thanks. Ian ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 23:04:53 -0400 From: Dave Reiser Subject: WordPerfect to HTML Patty and Art Werschulz asked: > Does anybody have a freeware WordPerfect to HTML converter? It must > work well with tables. I haven't used it lately, but the now free WordPerfect 3.5e has a Save As HTML option. I don't know how well it does tables, though. Dave Reiser dbr@ptd.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************