Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #72 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 28 Mar 98 Volume 16 : Issue 72 Today's Topics: [*] "Styles" Spring Plaid for Kaleidoscope 1.8.2 [*] 2nd_encounter [*] amerika [*] autoZIP - Mail List Manager for FMP [*] Block Buster V.0.02 [*] Catch the Bunny III [*] Enigmatic Movements 1.0 [*] EyeQ, Browser Multimedia Manager [*] Firebird for Kaleidoscope [*] fontasee 2.0e update [*] IliCon HD&Trash Icons [*] John's WP GREP 1.1.2 [*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.1.1 (680x0)--Wicked-Fast Graphics for Quick [*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.1.1 (PowerPC)--Wicked-Fast Graphics for Qui [*] Lines&Kinetics [*] Project Magellan Demo 2.02 (horizontal space shooter) [*] Super fun pack [*] Zap'T'Balls II 1.0 (Q) menubar internet timer and status bar (Q)Extensions Manager 5300 printer port problem [A] Missing(??) floating point coprocessor [A] System 8.1, G3 + Apple RAM Disk [A] tcp on standalone [A] Videophones on the Mac [Q] Audio CD troubles on Motorola clone [Q] Experience with MS Office 98 [Q] How to combine modem bandwidth Any way to convert MooV to MPEG w/o card? Can you have two(2) Control Strips? Coax from 10baseT ethernet on a G3 (A) Coax from 10baseT ethernet on a G3 (A) converting MS Word documents to PC character sets Cross-Platform Word Processors? Fax Software (A) Followup - Aladdin Systems friendliness Help! Can't Get Epson Printer & Wacom Tablet to work together.. Info-Mac Digest V16 #67 Info-Mac Digest V16 #68 Kaleidoscope & Navigator Office 98 PPP and credit card nos. Quirky Mail Issue Reverse-Alpha List View 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. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #72" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:36 -0700 From: jparris6@netpath.net Subject: [*] "Styles" Spring Plaid for Kaleidoscope 1.8.2 Spring Plaid is a pastel neutral plaid color scheme for Kaleidoscope 1.8.2 and above, complete with folders and trash, desktop patterns, and a matching cursor. Shareware. Thanks much. Janet [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/spring-plaid.hqx; 121K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:51 -0700 From: filmman@pacificnet.net Subject: [*] 2nd_encounter Laz's 2nd Encounter is a scenario for Wolfenstein 3D (3rd Encounter or full commercial version). Laz [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/2nd-encounter.hqx; 223K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:53 -0700 From: filmman@pacificnet.net Subject: [*] amerika Amerika the Beautiful is a scenario for Wolfenstein 3D (3rd Encounter or full commercial version) that features new sounds and graphics. Laz [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/amerika.hqx; 650K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:58 -0700 From: darren@pacific.net Subject: [*] autoZIP - Mail List Manager for FMP autoZIP Mail List Manager autoZIP is a FileMaker Pro database application designed to easily create and maintain mailing lists. To use this shareware program you must have FileMaker Pro 3.0 or 4.0 installed on your computer. Features: - Auto enters city and state based on zipcode entered. - Simple Duplicate Detection processing. - Simple error checking to help remove or edit bad records from your list. - Allows you to maintain mulitiple lists with easy. - Simplified letter generation . - List view that allows you to easily sort records. - Custom Preferences allow new records to automatically have a zipcode entered, a specific list or code assigned. - Simplified label printing. - Easy to import many different mailing lists. You may you these templates on the commercially available CD-ROM. Please let me know if this happens. Darren Seay darren@pacific.net [Archived as /info-mac/data/autozip.hqx; 1249K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:43 -0700 From: john_barton@hotmail.com Subject: [*] Block Buster V.0.02 This is my latest game for the mac, a decent version of the old turbo breakout game, where paddles hit blocks... 1/2 players... colour, fairly decent mac needed. I attached the game... Dr Roy Barton Lecturer in Education School of Education and Professional Development University of East Anglia NORWICH NR4 7TJ, UK Tel: 01603 593155 Fax: 01603 593446 [Archived as /info-mac/game/block-buster.hqx; 284K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:45 -0700 From: cyntech@trump.net.au Subject: [*] Catch the Bunny III Copyright February 1998. By Kim Maisch, Cyntech Software http://cyntech.home.ml.org/ In this exciting, colourful game, animals pop up out of holes, and you must click on them before they disappear. See how long it takes for you to catch all 20 animals. This game would be ideal for people wishing to gain better hand-eye co-ordination and quick reflexes. It is also great for people who just want to plat a fun game! The Catch the Bunny III file that you download needs to be expanded with Stuffit Expander. Whats new in version III? - 4 animals (3 new ones!) - Rabbit, Skunk, Possum and Snake. - 9 new, higher quality scenes! - Great new music! - New sounds! - Advanced high scores (contain points aswell as times) - Easier e-mail creditcard registration. - High scores not restricted in shareware version. - Much more fun! In Catch the Bunny III v2, the only new thing is different read-me files and registration files due to some mistakes in those files. Requirements: - Atleast 7MB of Hard disk space (10MB for best performance) - Approximately 4MB of available ram - Colour Macintosh ( 640 X 480 size, 256 colours or better) For more information, see http://cyntech.home.ml.org/software/software/bunny3.html [Archived as /info-mac/game/catch-the-bunny-iii.hqx; 5063K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:47 -0700 From: JOCHEN.DESCHEPPER@student.kuleuven.ac.be Subject: [*] Enigmatic Movements 1.0 What is Enigmatic Movements? The object of Enigmatic Movements is to move the colored tiles until each row or column has the same color. You can choose the boardsize between 4x4 (piece of cake) and 10x10 (very difficult). Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy to complete the board, but the real challenge is to do this in the least number of moves possible ! The game also keeps statistics of 10 different players, allows you to choose between different sets of tiles, and lets you choose the background color... Enigmatic Movements is US$15 shareware. Users can register on-line or with the Kagi Register application. Requirements: Enigmatic Movements should run on any Mac or compatible (68K and PowerPC native) with system 7.0 or better. If it doesn't, please let me know !!! Minimum RAM requirement is 1MB, preferred is 1500KB, when you're screen is set to millions of colors... Availability Enigmatic Movements 1.0 is now available for download at , and very soon on all major Mac shareware ftp sites. Contact information: Jochen De Schepper Support & Press Contact World Wide Web [Archived as /info-mac/game/enigmatic-movements-10.hqx; 434K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:39 -0700 From: eyeqsales@intervu.net Subject: [*] EyeQ, Browser Multimedia Manager Fast Track improves the throughput rate of multimedia file delivery over the Internet. With the InterVU Network and Fast Track, browsing embedded videos on the World Wide Web becomes fun and easier. For the average user, InterVU-hosted files delivered with Fast Track are delivered at 80% or better of rated modem speed, rather than the typical 20% to 30% of modem speed. The Fast Track feature measures the InterVU delivery rate from each InterVU delivery center to your computer. At the end of the test a video server is selected to provide you with the best overall video download performance based upon your Internet connection. Each time you click on a video or other multimedia file which is hosted on the InterVU Network, you are automatically redirected to your optimal delivery center to receive the highest performance from your Internet connection. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/eyeq-multimedia-manager.hqx; 401K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:35 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Firebird for Kaleidoscope Hi, Please post "Firebird Kaleidoscope scheme" on your recent additions page. Thank you, Martha Royer [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/firebird-for-kaleidoscope.hqx; 639K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:56 -0700 From: wment3@earthlink.net Subject: [*] fontasee 2.0e update Here is version 2.0e of fontasee, I have added many features and options and made it 32 bit clean. Version 2.0e changes - it is now freeware 1. added buttons where useful, no longer require you to goto the menus when working with edit field for banners and headings. 2. added many new menu options and condensed some. 3. Fixed problems going to a 32 bit clean compiler, did not like my old workarounds and caused many unpredictable problems. 4. Converted program to freeware - use it if it helps 5. Added a mouse locator - always active and will show you where the mouse is on the screen (coordinates) 6. Added an Alpbetical listing (split by letter, all fonts under that letter will be a sub menu) Also now has ascending and decending menus for fonts. When printing banners and headings this allows you to select fonts from the pull down menus rather than having to remember the font numbers. 7. And many other new options. [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontasee-20e.hqx; 204K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:38 -0700 From: ilona@cyberrealm.net Subject: [*] IliCon HD&Trash Icons The set contains 61 icons:Hard Disk icons with their matching Trash icons in six different colors in four groups, Plain, Technoish, Glassy and Other. Good for hard disk partitions or stand alone. The appropriate ResEdit files are also included if you know how to use them. Ilona Melis Email: ilona@cyberrealm.net IliCon: http://www.cyberrealm.net/~janos [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/ilicon-hd-trash-icons.hqx; 164K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:32 -0700 From: jcr2@cornell.edu Subject: [*] John's WP GREP 1.1.2 This Applescript and macro adds regular expression search capability to WordPerfect 3.5.x. Search for patterns of text as well as literal text. Dramatically enhances your ability to find information in documents. Free. May be included on Info-Mac, AMUG and UMich CD's. John Rethorst [Archived as /info-mac/text/wp/johns-wp-grep-112.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:40 -0700 From: ssample@larisoftware.com Subject: [*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.1.1 (680x0)--Wicked-Fast Graphics for Quick LightningDraw/WEB is the powerful, intuitive illustration software for creating killer web graphics. With its natural drawing tools and sophisticated Photoshop-style transparency effects, LightningDraw/WEB is "a great addition to any Macintosh Web artist's software collection," says InfoWorld. Save your web-ready art as GIFs, JPEGs, and fast-downloading QuickTime 3.0 vector graphics. LightningDraw/WEB purchasers receive a comprehensive electronic manual, free unlimited technical support, automatic notification of product updates and special discounts on other Lari products. Visit for information, updates, and a gallery of artwork created with LightningDraw/WEB. LightningDraw/WEB requires Mac OS 7.5 or later. Lari Software Inc. http://www.larisoftware.com Tel: 919-968-0701 Fax: 919-968-0801 Sales: sales@larisoftware.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-111-68k.hqx; 3321K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:42 -0700 From: ssample@larisoftware.com Subject: [*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.1.1 (PowerPC)--Wicked-Fast Graphics for Qui LightningDraw/WEB is the powerful, intuitive illustration software for creating killer web graphics. With its natural drawing tools and sophisticated Photoshop-style transparency effects, LightningDraw/WEB is "a great addition to any Macintosh Web artist's software collection," says InfoWorld. Save your web-ready art as GIFs, JPEGs, and fast-downloading QuickTime 3.0 vector graphics. LightningDraw/WEB purchasers receive a comprehensive electronic manual, free unlimited technical support, automatic notification of product updates and special discounts on other Lari products. Visit for information, updates, and a gallery of artwork created with LightningDraw/WEB. LightningDraw/WEB requires Mac OS 7.5 or later. Lari Software Inc. http://www.larisoftware.com Tel: 919-968-0701 Fax: 919-968-0801 Sales: sales@larisoftware.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-111-ppc.hqx; 3378K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:34 -0700 From: claros@uma.es Subject: [*] Lines&Kinetics Application Lines&Kinetics Version 1.0 Update Mars 98 Author M.G. Claros Literature Embnet.News 5, 7-9 Disk size 125 Kb RAM Size The minimum requested by HyperCard Description A graphic way to calculate linear regressions with normal or logarithmic data, the doubling time of a microbial culture, and the kinetic parameters for an enzyme reaction. Notes Lines&Kinetics is a HyperCard Stack programmed in HyperTalk. It requires HyperCard (Player) 2.1 or later and the Home stack provided with Lines&Kinetics. The describing article is include in the Home stack that accompanies the program stack. Is is also available at http://www.ie.embnet.org/embnet.news/vol5_1/kinetics.html Although I have done my best to ensure that this software is error free, I am not responsible for any misfortune you may suffer whatsoever caused through the use of Lines&Kinetics, being they incidental, consequential or otherwise. So, Lines&Kinetics is supplied "as is": it comes without any warranties, express or implied, of any kind, including fitness for purpose and merchantibility. You may find some bugs too, or things lacking which should be included. If you have comments, I would like to know them, but I do not assure to be able to fix them. You can distribute this software freely. Dr. Manuel G. CLAROS claros@uma.es Dpt. Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular claros@cica.es Facultad de Ciencias Fax: (34 5) 213 20 00 Universidad de Malaga E-29071 Malaga (Spain) [Archived as /info-mac/sci/lines-kinetics-10.hqx; 84K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:48 -0700 From: zinger@cloudnet.com Subject: [*] Project Magellan Demo 2.02 (horizontal space shooter) Plaid World is proud to announce the official release of our new game Project Magellan, a high resolution, horizontal, space shooter for the Mac OS including 68K and PowerPC CPUs. Two years in the making, Project Magellan is a high speed space shooter in the vein of R-Type and Raiden 2. The Story: On the 1000th year anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan's trip around the world, the United Earth Government, in a commemorative gesture, commissioned an armada of space ships to explore the universe. Shortly after embarking on their quest, the armada was attacked by a mysterious alien battle cruiser. In response to this unprovoked destruction of one of the armada's ships, two assault fighters were launched to engage the enemy. The alien battle cruiser soon turned to flee through a nearby worm hole, with the two fighters in pursuit. Now trapped in another dimension, the two fighters are faced with the continuous onslaught of hordes of alien craft. Project Magellan Demo requires: * A Macintosh PowerPC or a 68040 CPU. * 8 MB of free RAM for 8 bit color play or. - 5 MB of Real RAM + 3 MB of virtual memory or RAM Doubler. * 14 MB of Free RAM for 16 Bit Color or - 8 MB of Real RAM + 6 MB of virtual memory or RAM Doubler. * A 256 ( 8 Bit ) color monitor 640 x 480. * System 7 or greater. Chris Dillman Plaid World Software, http://www.plaidworld.com, pws@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/project-magellan-demo-202.hqx; 5084K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:50 -0700 From: Ksnyder267@aol.com Subject: [*] Super fun pack Super fun pack is a great game pack for kids and adults. It includes a colorful game, a fighting game, a concentration game with funny faces and sounds,space shooter,and a sidescrolling game.If you register you can get advanced cross platform versions of each game now.Requires mac and some games require quicktime . [Archived as /info-mac/game/super-fun-pack.hqx; 1000K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:03:55 -0700 From: titan@indigo.ie Subject: [*] Zap'T'Balls II 1.0 Zap'T'Balls II 1.0 - is an arcade game for the Macintosh. Runs on any Macintosh, 68K or PowerPC, with a 256 colour 640x480 screen. Zap'T'Balls will set your monitor to 256 colours automatically when you run it. The objective of Zap'T'Balls is to destroy all the bouncing balls on any given level. When a large ball is hit, it splits into two medium sized balls; a medium sized ball splits into two smaller balls; and when the smaller balls are hit, they disappear. Once all the balls have been destroyed, you will progress to the next level. The player is controlled using the mouse, both to move and to fire your gun. Contact with the bouncing balls is immediately fatal and should be avoided. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/zap-t-balls-ii-10.hqx; 5168K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:11:26 +0100 From: "Guy Brooker" Subject: >Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 10:19:18 +0000 >From: dave reeder >Subject: OS country versions > >Hi > >This ought to be an easy one, but I can't find an answer! I'm running >MacOS 7.5.2 US version and need to know if an upgrade to OS 8 also needs >to be US or whether a UK upgrade would work. Thanks. >Dave Reeder dreeder@rewrite.demon.co.uk >Managing Editor, Corporate Publishing International >58 Lattimore Rd, St Albans, AL1 3XW, UK >t: +44 (0)1727 866341 f: +44 (0)1727 846432 No trouble. MacOS 8.0 is a complete new install, replacing everything that was in 7.5. Back up your 7.5 System folder beforehand, and do a clean install. Copy over only the extensions you need for your applications. If are able to a full backup, and boot from the 8.0 (or 8.1) CD. It is a good time to do a reformat of the disk before the install, or at least perform a defragmentation on the disk. Good luck. Greetings to St. Albans (I grew up in Bricket Wood, though I'm now based in France - sorry can't pop round to give a hand!) Guy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:26:02 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) menubar internet timer and status bar Dear Digest readers, Every once in a while I run across this menubar statusbar that gives a current data throughput status bar in the menubar as well as the time spent online. Yet I can't for the life of me find out what is the source of this program? What do i need in order to get that menubar program? Does it work with OpenTransport/PPP? Does it work with MacOS 8? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:27:21 +0000 From: James Mills Subject: (Q)Extensions Manager Since changing to system 8 on our Performa 6360 I am unable to use Extensions Manager.When I start up with the space bar down the first extension (Disinfectant v. 3.7.1) doesn't load nor does custom Startup screen.All the other extensions and panels then continue to load as normal and I end up in the finder without the Extensions Manager ever opening. Has Apple changed the Extensions Manager or is something out of whack? Jimmy Mills ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 13:46:09 +0700 From: Rich Garella Subject: 5300 printer port problem Hello brilliant and generous experts! My PowerBook 5300 is having a problem= identifying the printer. I choose the appropriate driver, and select= Printer-Modem port. When I try to print using a StyleWriter 1200 or 1500,= the printer whirs a bit--but then PrintMonitor stops on the Identifying= Printer stage, and a box comes up with the message: The printer is not responding. Make sure the printer's power cable is plugged in. [it is] Also make sure the printer is connected to the modem port or use the Chooser to select the printer port. [there's only one port] I last used this port successfully with an ImageWriter in Philadelphia about= three months ago. Since then I've been traveling, and only tried it once,= with an HP Laserjet in San Francisco, on a Farallon PhoneNet connector.= That didn't work, but I thought it was an AppleTalk problem. I think I have narrowed it down to something wrong with the modem/printer= port itself. I've already tried the following in seemingly countless permut= ations: - three different cables - three different printers (SW 1200 and 1500, and a LW) - both OS8.0 and System 7.5.5 (on separate partitions) - AppleTalk on and off - AppleShare, File Sharing and the like installed and not installed.=20 The Apple LaserWriter Utility failed to find a printer (then I switched to a= different computer and it worked fine). In desperation I've even sprayed= WD40 into the port. Is there anything else I can do before concluding that either the port has a= bad connection, or that there is something wrong with the board somewhere?= I live in Cambodia where there are no expert technicians and few spare= parts, and I am loath to open my baby up if there's little chance of fixing= it. Is there any other fairly simple way of connecting a printer to a PowerBook?= Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Rich Garella =3D=3D garella@libertynet.org =3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D http://www.libertynet.org/~garella =3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phnom Penh, Cambodia =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 98 07:57:26 +0000 From: Richard Platt Subject: [A] Missing(??) floating point coprocessor Bob Galbreath wrote that >I use a drawing/illustration program called Canvas from Deneba Software... >... on my Mac IIci (20meg memory, Sys >7.5.2). Recently I have started getting "bomb" placards which say: >floating point coprocessor not installed. >Continue / Restart >Clicking either Continue or Restart is ineffectual. >The bombs do not result from any predictable series of operations or the >use of any specific file. Tech Tools says my floating point coprocessor >IS installed. This error message is not nearly as specific as it sounds, and there are some other problems that can generate it (ie it's not unique to machines that have no FPU). Someone more knowledgeable than I will probably be able to point you to a Tech-note or something that tells you more. I'm afraid that your best option is to try and deal with it the way you would any other system crash. Everyone has their own preferences, and I'll email you mine directly. Richard Platt Telephone: (44) 1892 890741 Fax: (44) 1892 890951 The Old Squash Court, Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst, Kent, United Kingdom ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:20:14 -0500 From: Jonathan Shaw Subject: [A] System 8.1, G3 + Apple RAM Disk >Each time I RESTART the G3 I am warned that this will cause all files on >the RAM disk to go away. So I copy everything to the HD, restart and >have to move it back out there. This was not needed on my older >PowerMac. That's awful! I wonder why Apple changed this... >Does anyone know of this feature or a work around? Not sure... >Does anyone have a recommended free or shareware replacement that >maintains the RAM disk persistence? There is a shareware program called AppDisk that is probably good for your situation. It allows you to make a RAM disk as necessary (i.e., without rebooting) and it stores the RAM disk into a file when you quit AppDisk, so that it is restored the next time you run it. The best thing for you might be to put an alias of it in the Startup Items folder. I'm pretty sure it's in the info-mac archives. You could also use Shrinkwrap to do the same thing. I think ShrinkWrap is commercial now, though (bought by Alladin, www.alladinsys.com). Keep in mind, though, that both solutions will not let you boot your machine from the RAM disk, and you cannot optimize (for example) the drive that the RAM disk file is contained on. Hopefully, someone else knows of a better solution! >Thanks, >qb > > quattleb@niehs.nih.gov -Jonathan {;-) Visit for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:03:30 +0100 From: "Guy Brooker" Subject: [A] tcp on standalone >Hi, > >I'm trying to operatoe tcp/ip on standalone, that is, I have a mac at >home, not connected to any net, and I want to run a web server on it. I >want to test some CGI scripts I'm writing, and for that I need a web >server. I tried installing apple's personal web sharing (from the OS8 >CD), problem is tcp seems to be shutting down all the time, I assume >because its not connected to anything. I set tcp/ip to use the ethernet >port (though nothing is connected to it) and gave a bogus ip no. but that >didn't work. I also tried to set tcp/ip to use freePPP, without letting >freePPP connect to anything. > >Anyone knows how do I get tcp/ip to work without actually connecting to >the net? > All you need to do is select the 'Connect via' to Appletalk (MacIP) in the Tcp/Ip control panel. Set up the dummy IP address, and you're on. You can even manage to resolve IP names by setting up hosts file (there is a button on the tcp panel to select the file) which lists against names and IP addresses. If you don't do that, you'll only be able to access your web server through your numeric IP address or 127.0.0.1 If you have problems to use MacIP over your AppleTalk connection, you can even set up a dummy Appletalk device, so you don't tie up a serial port, or send packets down your ethernet network. There are a couple of drivers available on the network, I've used them both successfully. One is called Dummy adev from the University of Melbourne (I have v2b1) which is available on the site that distributes CAP Columbia Appletalk Package. The other one is called Remote Only, and is from Apple, and is available from the Apple ftp site under Open Transport 1.1.1 Extras. Simply place one of those extensions in your extensions folder, and then you'll have a new device available in the Appletalk control panel. Select that, in addition to MacIP in Tcp/ip and you are truely standalone! I find that Location Manager (Mac OS 8.1) is invaluable for switching between this and other configurations in a flash. Good Luck ! Guy ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:25:00 -0500 From: Jonathan Shaw Subject: [A] Videophones on the Mac >Hello Info-Mac people, Hi! >My brother will be moving to Cupertino soon (congrats Kerry!) and I want >to set up a way to do videophone-like communication with him. Forgive me >if I am mis-using the terminology here. Is this possible with today's >technology? If we both have Macs and digital cameras, can we send both >picture and sound across the web and have real-time communication? Thanks >for your advice. Yes, you can use a really cool app called CU-SeeMe. It was developed by some folks at Cornell, and it is free (their version is free; a commercial version is also distributed under the same name). The web site is . If you are using a modem to connect to the Internet, or if the connections between you and your brother are extremely slow, than you may find yourself having a very low frame rate, choppy audio conversation. If this is the case, try conferencing with the video turned off to see if that improves it. Also, lower the rate of the audio by selecting a compressor that sends smaller block sizes per second of audio. >Kim Bohannon -Jonathan {;-) Visit for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:30:07 -0500 From: Jordan Adema Subject: [Q] Audio CD troubles on Motorola clone I have a Motorola StarMax 4000/160 clone with a 8x Hitachi CD-ROM drive. When I upgraded to System 8.1, I kept the old Apple CD-ROM extension (version 5.3) per the instructions on Motorola's web site. However, I noticed that with Virtual Memory or RAM Doubler version 1.6.2, audio CD's cause the computer to essentially freeze upon insertion. Does anyone know of a different CD-ROM driver I can use, or if a newer version of RAM Doubler would help? Ideally I could get some sort of patcher for free :) Thanks, Jordan Adema (jadema@grfn.org) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 21:36:28 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: [Q] Experience with MS Office 98 Jim Hardwick asked: >Has anyone installed 98 yet? Care to share experiences, cautions, etc? I have installed Office 98. I've used it for about a week or two. I love it. The applications open in about 4-5 seconds. The files are the same as those produced by Office on Windows, so absolutely all formatting, fields, graphics, and so on, cross over between platforms without any translation needed at all. The little assistant (what we get instead of that awful paperclip on Windows) is so cute I sometimes start Word just so my daughter can watch the assistant for awhile. (I know that sounds stupid, but wait until you see him!) It is very friendly. You can go into a mode where you are producing Word 5.1a documents, even using the Word 5.1a toolbar, if you need or want to. It is amazingly easy to install. I have finally let Word 5.1a go, as I really don't need it any more. Word starts so fast that I no longer even need special little word processing utilities. If you have specific questions, please ask. I am extremely happy with Office 98. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:21:18 PST From: "Bailey Ford" Subject: [Q] How to combine modem bandwidth I have created a small LAN in my apt building and we have 4 modems connected to 4 powermacs. Has anyone ever heard of a method by which we could share the bandwidth of these modems? What I have in mind is this: each of the macs could log on (which can be done remotely via timbuktu) to its isp. A piece of software could then run on each of these machines to cooperatively distribute the requests for data as needed by the group. This would dramatically improve bandwidth for the individual at times and would never diminish the bandwidth for anyone. I would love to hear what people think of this? If there are no solutions, would any programmers care to discuss how this might be done? yours, bailey ford gt4577d@prism.gatech.edu ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 18:25:02 -0500 From: "hazelNut" Subject: Any way to convert MooV to MPEG w/o card? Well is there. I know Sparkle does the opposite, but there's got to be a way to go MooV->MPEG without a card or an expensive graphics suite. Steve Wright ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:11:21 -0500 From: Hart & Associates Fine Art Subject: Can you have two(2) Control Strips? Can you have two control strips on your desktop at the same time. I have tryed just to copy the control panel but the pref. file remains the same. (only one for both) And it doesn't produce two control panel anyway. The reason that I would like this is I love CSModuals but I have so many they don't fit on the screen. I would like to separate them to: 1- Those I use a lot. 2- Those I need but use less. So if you have a program, a simple solution or even some resedit type of thing. Info-mac seems to know how to do anything and everything. Thanks in advance -- David Hart Hart & Associates Fine Art Canadian Distributor of Limited Edition Prints, Posters and Hand Coloured Original Etchings http://www.globalserve.net/~hartsart mailto:hartsart@globalserve.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:24:23 -0500 From: Dwight Early Subject: Coax from 10baseT ethernet on a G3 (A) At 9:39 AM -0500 3/25/98, Al Bloom wrote: > [SNIP] >I just checked the G3 specs. No AAUI port. You can sure tell that >Steve (I know what's good for you) Jobs is back. The only approved >ethernet is of the 10baseT persuasion. Looks like one must buy a >PCI card and eat up a slot for 10base2. That'd cost maybe half again >as much as an external adaptor (Dayna's is $60 at Macwarehouse). > >I'm sort of glad our last machine upgrade was to a mere 604e machine. >We didn't have the extra $100 (net) expense of chucking a perfectly >good 10base2 dongle and buying an internal card. Al, once again, you have astutely called a duck a real quacker! This is even more amazing when you realize every Windoze machine comes with a 10/100 EtherNet Card since most network gurus are upgrading their hubs and routers to 100BaseWhatever. Multimedia and video conferencing over networks is here, and Apple lost sight of the transportation vehicle. Ironically, Apple's QuickTime caused it to happen. BTW, on DoD's Desktop V small computer requirements contract, we can outfit our desktop PeeCees with 10/100BaseWhatchamacallits PCI cards for $19. That's 19 Bucks, Sports Fans! Hmmmm. On a similar note, I've just networked by two Macs with 10BaseT. Got a nice little Kingston EtherRX SOHO hub ($40) connecting my 8600 and IIsi (DayStar 040). The 8600 is running IPNetRouter (still in alpha, but getting stronger with each release) so both machines can surf the 'net via the 8600's modem. Use the hub approach so when Daughter #1 returns home from college, her PowerBook 520 can plug right in. Next stop, sharing the Espon 800 printer. Stay tune for Film at 11! Al, there's hope yet for us olde Mac guys! But, not for product design at Apple. --Dwight Early ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:54:42 -0500 From: "Alexander W. Lynn" Subject: Coax from 10baseT ethernet on a G3 (A) While not specifically a solution for the G3 I have had to do many such "media" conversions. There are external adapters to do exactly what you want. I actually had to go the other direction 10Base-T in the walls and 10Base-2 (thin net) built into the computer. There are some more esoteric ones as well, 10Base-FL, etc. Hope this helps. Alexander W. Lynn Ph: (907) 488-3549 1728 Lovdahl Lane Fax:(907) 488-8035 Fairbanks, Alaska, 99712, USA E-Mail: alynn@hipas.alaska.edu fsawl@aurora.alaska.edu Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024/874C190D 1997/03/09 alynn@hipas.alaska.edu -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3 mQCPAzMiTjkAAAEEAKPEjzfaKO9NGiGD70lqsxDuPrlPCtetlYPpqF3VZ1wQZF6H WbEglfWa3RxE4WqCU3cPzoMVYU4YG054M/EuP6ewT23znR9nEyVUIkrfMY/9Pn5K imu4yTgd/e5Ap0ORvtqEx6FmbJQDnkNJrBEbSuZz7BnjDdnfJGDf9SOHTBkNABEB AAG0FmFseW5uQGhpcGFzLmFsYXNrYS5lZHWJAJUDBRAzIk46YN/1I4dMGQ0BAeDM BACRlHsEECqot71Idb/Bev5bL/bSZsucTq84FBMwRxYF9ZDRp+0OOvGM8KNoRa6b omSO6dRHYWyH1mJWRMby+nM3bIk2+JvooITT3oDeIor1nI1so71aiE0jBamX082N KqmY2kK8vMew1x1w3fhI41jWPlH4XPkvX83dXeq+VIdIWQ== =Wk7X -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 21:20:23 -0500 From: Jonathan Shaw Subject: converting MS Word documents to PC character sets >The word processor I normally use for big jobs is MS Word 4. I've done a >large book in it, and would like to hand the thing to some readers with >Gates machines. I've only used a few characters beyond the ASCII set, >mainly smart quotes, but they don't come out right when my readers look at >the RTF I've generated. Is there a freeware utility to convert these into >whatever the Gates equivalents are? Many "Gates" machines have MS Word, also--just a newer version of it. They should be able to read your file with their version of MS Word, without you needing to convert it to a different format first. Even if they don't have Word, I believe Word Pad (an accessory that comes with Windows 95) will read the file. You _may_ need to save it in Word for Windows 2.0 format first, though. That should be an option for you in your Save As... box, the same way you chose RTF. If all else fails, go through and replace smart quotes with dumb ones. Use the Find/Replace feature to do this. Then save the file in "Windows" text format and they should be able to read it. BTW, RTF (rich text format) was developed by Microsloth. And you wonder why your file got munged?! :) -Jonathan {;-) Visit for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:58:38 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Cross-Platform Word Processors? Ted Logan asked, >I've taken on a new client who has no Macintosh capability but to whom I >need to send document files I have created *and formatted* that he can >print out of his Windows-based PC. He's in a university, so I assume he >has access to all the standard Windows wordprocessing software. Myself, I >use ClarisWorks for the Mac but figure I gotta get something else that runs >in both Macintosh and Windows and can exchange files readily. It depends on how much formatting you have done. If it's just basic bolding and underlining and centering type stuff, you can save as Rich Text Format (RTF) and it should look pretty good on his machine. Of course, the prince of cross-platform compatibility these days is Office 98. Your Word and Excel and PowerPoint files will be exactly the same format on either Mac or Windows, and both sides can open the same files without translation. If you have some money to spend on the project this would be my recommendation. Next to that, you can save in various flavors of MS Word right from the "Save As" dialog in ClarisWorks, including saving as "WinWord" format. That might do it for you right there. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 22:46:45 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Fax Software (A) bg4gls@loop.com wrote: > I have a Supra Express 288 modem which I use with the FAXcillitate > software that came with it. > ... > Is anyone in Info-Macland using fax software that they like? I'd be > pleased to hear about it. (I'm using a 68K Mac with System 7.5.2) You could try the shareware "ValueFax", which can be found in the Info-Mac archives. FaxSTF works okay for me on both the Powerbook 540c (with a Global Village internal modem) and the Centris 650 with PPC upgrade card. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 18:29:59 -0500 From: "hazelNut" Subject: Followup - Aladdin Systems friendliness Whoever it was (I must have trashed the reply par accident) who said the folks at Aladdin would be happy to disclose reg#/serial #'s to my registered apps, was absolutely right. Chalk one up for Apple and AOL going with a 100% customer-minded co. for compressed archive standards and installers (tho more and more I see the latter using MindVision VISE and VISE Lite). Just thought a few of you would like to know how it came out. Steve Wright ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:03:21 -1000 From: satin@lava.net (Tina) Subject: Help! Can't Get Epson Printer & Wacom Tablet to work together.. Aloha everyone! I'm having a major problem getting my graphics tablet and my printer to function properly together can anyone help me? Here are the details: I'm using a 9600/300 running System 8. I've got a modem, printer (Epson Stylus 800), and the tablet (Wacom 12X12), but only two serial ports. I tried an A-B switch but it caused crashing regardless of which two devices were hooked up together. Sometimes after switching from the tablet port to the printer port and restarting it simply caused the computer to hang-up in the start-up process as if it were searching for something. So right now, my printer is not being used at all because I've got the tablet hooked up. I'm trying to get the two devices working smoothly together without having to install a port card. I don't know if I should be using Port Juggler either. Has anyone experienced this? How do I go about hooking the two serial port devices up and working together the right way? PLEASE HELP!!!!!! Thanks In Advance Tina satin@lava.net -- ***Yesterday is the Today you can worry about tomorrow**** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 23:14:06 -0000 From: David Rowbory Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #67 >I'm trying to operatoe tcp/ip on standalone, that is, I have a mac at ... > >Anyone knows how do I get tcp/ip to work without actually connecting to >the net? there are instructions in the personal websharing readme files that tell you how to set up a loopback system so that you have the address 1.1.1.2 which goes nowhere but back to your system but it appears that you're online to yourself. I did that before I got my computer ethernetted at University. BTW, try getting Apple's latest version of PWS from their website. Version 1.5 is better than the one on the OS8 CD. As a related question, how do you write CGI scripts for PWS and how can I find out how to do this for PWS and other web servers? d David J. Rowbory Home: 84 Balmuildy Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow G64 3AP United Kingdom Term: Trinity Hall, Cambridge CB2 1TJ U.K. -- mailto:djr36@cam.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 98 18:21:23 -0400 From: leecdvm Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #68 >Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 08:23:00 +0000 >From: bg4gls@loop.com >Subject: Fax Software > >I have a Supra Express 288 modem which I use with the FAXcillitate >software that came with it. I like faxing from my computer but I HATE >THIS SOFTWARE! It works, but is very clumsy in its design and not >logical in its layout. I use it only because it is slightly better than >the FAXstf software which I previously used. Is anyone in Info-Macland >using fax software that they like? I'd be pleased to hear about it. (I'm >using a 68K Mac with System 7.5.2) >Bob Galbreath Go back to FaxSTF. I run it all day long and it never fails me. I also tried Faxcillitate and hated it more than taxes. PS ..... I have a SupraExpress 33.6 on a Quadra 605, and a PowerMac 6400. LeeCDVM : leecdvm@bigfoot.com "If people concentrated on the really important things in life there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." -- Doug Larson ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:08:48 -0800 From: Alan Akins Subject: Kaleidoscope & Navigator A while back, there was some discussion of, was it Type 10? system crashes which gave the error box with a Reset button which wouldn't work while in or exiting from Navigator. It was mentioned at the time that Internet Config 1.4 might be the culprit and one should avoid it like you would any x86 processor. Well, my experience has been dramatically different. Not only are Internet Config, Eudora, Netscape and Fetch very happy to work with each other, even changing to a different set of IC preferences on the fly works great. Don't even have to exit any of the applications to switch ISP's. I just installed Location Manager and it makes the switch even faster. So what makes my machine start crashing while using any TCP/IP connection? Kaleidoscope. I've disabled almost every INIT and cdev *manually*, not using EM because it just doesn't show you everything. I leave enough to enable an ISP connection. Add Kaleidoscope and the crashes start happening. This is with v1.8.1. Anyone else experience or can replicate this? #:^) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 23:39:41 -0700 From: Dick Landis Subject: Office 98 I have installed Office 98 without any problem. It takes out the old and puts in the new easily. I have yet to encounter a failure or conflict. All components are excellent in utility, format and speed. The manuals are concise and complete. The speed is especially impressive as it is native PPC. I have received many documents via the web in every posible Word format (PC and Mac) and they all come up flawless. I hestitate to say this, but Gates has done us good with this release. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:38:28 -0700 From: Dennis Helsel Subject: PPP and credit card nos. I'd like to use my powerbook to call long-distance (OT/PPP) while I'm traveling to reach my email back at the office. Usually there is a maze of access numbers and credit card numbers to navigate. I can use the configurations on my Powerbook (System 8.0) to put in the upfront access numbers and telephone number for the ISP, but how could I get the credit card number, which usually comes after I dial the phone no. for the ISP, to be dialed by the Powerbook? Or do I have to do this manually? There must be an easy way to do all this, even if a commercial utility, that augments the PPP and TCP/IP control panels. All information is welcomed. Thanks. Dennis Helsel dhelsel@usgs.gov ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:07:56 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Kurpaska Subject: Quirky Mail Issue I wonder if someone more knowledgeable than myself could assist me in diagnosing a quirky email issue. I am scratching my head over this one. The problem arises when I try to send mail using Microsoft's Outlook Express 4.0c. I have no trouble receiving my mail using the program, or sending email to myself or to anyone whose email address ends in "@concentric.net." Concentric is my ISP and resultingly my email address ends in "@concentric.net." Rest assured that the problem does not arise as a result of typing errors. All the network settings in Outlook's set-up panel are correct, as are the settings in my TCP/IP Control Panel, as verified by Concentric Support. Moreover, I am able to send the very same email message that Outlook cannot by switching to Claris Emailer or Eudora Lite during the same network connection. When I do attempt to send something, I receive an error message stating that "THE SERVER DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE RECIPIENTS. MAIL ERROR. UNKOWN ADDRESS." As much as I hate to admit it, I'd like to use this Microsoft email client. But I am stumped. Thanks in advance, Peter Kurpaska ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:53:05 -0500 (EST) From: Al Bloom Subject: Reverse-Alpha List View Someone asked today why his list view was suddenly in reverse alpha order. Here's the poop from MacFixit: > >We mention this tip in the Mac OS 8.1 Special Report, but we >still continue to get email asking about it. So it seems worth >repeating: > >In Mac OS 8.1, if you have a window in the Finder set to >display "as List," you may occasionally find that the files >in the window are listed in reverse alphabetical order (z >to a). This is not a bug. It is a new option in 8.1. There >is a "pyramid" icon in the upper right corner of the window, >at the end of the row giving the column heading names. > >Click this icon and the list of names will resort in their >normal order. Most likely, if the reverse sort was unintended >on your part, you probably unintentionally clicked the pyramid >icon on some previous occasion. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************