Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #116 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 25 Jul 00 Volume 17 : Issue 116 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#540/24-Jul-00 [*] AutoCat 2.8.2 - Catalog different [*] CDFinder 2.8.1 [*] CRefDynGenStrArray JUL24_00 [*] Default Folder 3.0.6 - Open/Save dialog enhancement [*] MultiMode 3.5.0 [*] Nigiri-zushi (Japan) 1.1.1 - CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square [*] QXP Photobook 1.1.2a [*] SC Server Switch [*] Screen Catcher 2.0 - screen capture utility with "Catch-All" [*] UltraLingua DE-ENG 1.21 German English Dictionary [*] UltraLingua ES-ENG 1.01 Spanish English Dictionary [*] UltraLingua FR-ENG 2.32 French English Dictionary [*] UnCoverIt 1.3 [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.4 - foreign language learning Netting Two Macs? Pagination problems in Word 98 WordPerfect scrolling speed 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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Topics: MailBITS/24-Jul-00 New iMacs, Multiprocessor G4s, and G4 Cubes Can Innovation Become Business As Usual? [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-540.etx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:16:21 +0100 From: "Tony Wylie" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: YES! I thought it was just me! I have a PowerCentre 132 and my cd drive stopped working some months ago. I tried various drivers and scsi mounters to no avail and thought it had just died, but I've recently upgraded to system 9 (wow) and I used an external scsi cd drive to do it. The PowerCentre will quite happily boot up from a system cd but it won't even look at anything else. I've tried disconnecting the internal cd and runnning the external at the same scsi address but it just won't see non bootable cd's. Both the cd drives are recognised by scsi probe, drive setup and fwb mounter, but nothing I can do will make ordinary cd's mount. It's really annoying and I can't think my way out of this one. I am going to buy a G4 soon, but I would like to conquer this problem jsut so it doesn't beat me. Tony ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: olivier lebra To: Subject: [*] AutoCat 2.8.2 - Catalog different AutoCat 2.8.2 - Shareware $15 Catalog different. AutoCat Home Page: http://kebawe.com/autocat/ Online Registration: http://order.kagi.com/?OL Author email: autocat@kebawe.com AutoCat got 4 mice at Macdownload, Tucows and FileDudes. Highligths: - Catalog all your removable volumes in a very Macintosh way. - Navigate through your catalog directly from the Finder. - Navigate through your catalog from Open/Save dialogs. - No application to launch to navigate through your catalog. - Use the Finder's 'Find' command to search your catalog. - Works in the background. - Appearance-savvy, Navigation Services-savvy. AutoCat works with all PowerMacintosh with Mac OS 7.6 or better, but it's optimized for Mac OS 9. AutoCat can be included in CD-ROMs. Happy AutoCataloging! [Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-282.hqx; 565 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: "Norbert M. Doerner" To: Subject: [*] CDFinder 2.8.1 CDFinder is a very fast and powerful tool to create catalog files of your hard disks, floppies, ZIP's and anything else that spins. It has a great user interface and very useful search functions. CDFinder supports drag&drop and requires at least a 68020 or PowerPC CPU. While System 7 is required, CDFinder is also fully compatible to MacOS 9. A special feature is the multi-lingual user interface (German/French/English/Italian/Swedish/Chinese). http://www.cdfinder.de New features in CDFinder 2.8.1: - Fixed a bug that could cause CDFinder not to find the catalog folder. Instead CDFinder claimed that there were no files in the catalog folder. - Fixed a crashing bug in the Find window on some PowerPC machines with MacOS 8.1. - The main window allows the change of a name directly inside it! - Added AppleScript support to get the infos of the Found Items. - In the main catalog window, CDFinder will now use a different sort method. CDFinder will now also do a secondary sort by name if the main sort is by any other value. - CDFinder now has a new application and also a new document icon! You may need to rebuild your desktop file to see it. Contact: Norbert M. Doerner Mozartstr. 16 64546 Moerfelden-Walldorf Germany [Archived as /info-mac/disk/cd-finder-281.hqx; 1185 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: macgurutemple To: Subject: [*] CRefDynGenStrArray JUL24_00 STL-vector-based dynamic array of generic strings. Supports storing of Pascal&C style strings, STL strings and vector. All strings are kept in single storage buffer, tso even very large number of items will not cause memory management overhead. Occupies StringLen[0] + ... StringLen[n - 1] + 2*n*sizeof(size_t), in other words, CRefDynGenStrArray is really space efficient. Keeps additional reference table of real indexes. Thus, many functions will involve only operations with reference table. For example, Insert() actually appends item (what is much faster) and inserts only entry into reference table; Swap(), Move() and Sort() will cause changes only in reference table. Refer to http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ for more info. With best regards Andrei Verovski [Archived as /info-mac/dev/cref-dyn-gen-str-array.hqx; 65 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Default Folder 3.0.6 - Open/Save dialog enhancement Default Folder is a Mac OS 9 savvy control panel that enhances Open and Save dialog boxes to make it easier for you to manage files on your Macintosh. It provides many of the essential features of commercial utilities like SuperBoomerang, Action Files, and Directory Assistance, but without the infrequently used extras that take their toll in compatibility, memory, and CPU usage. In addition, Default Folder fully supports the Navigation Services Open and Save dialogs available in Mac OS 8.5 and higher, allowing you to access your recently used and favorite folders everywhere. Default Folder's time-saving Open and Save dialog enhancements allow you to: - Set up a default folder for any or all applications. - Switch among recently used folders from a pop-up menu. - Easily navigate to your favorite folders. - Share common sets of recent and favorite folders between all Open and Save dialogs, including Navigation Services dialogs. - Click on a Finder window to list its contents in an Open or Save dialog. - See available disk space and switch between disks from a pop-up menu. - Open the folder shown in an Open or Save dialog in the Finder. - Create folders, get information (including changing name, type, and creator), and move items to the Trash from within file dialogs. - "Rebound" back to the last file you used. - Make "Replace" the default option instead of "Cancel" when saving a file with the same name as an existing file. Default Folder will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. A complete description, details, and screen snapshots can be found at: Version 3.0.6 includes a fix for a bug that could cause Default Folder's preference file to become corrupted, a new popup menu for quick access to recent and favorite folder in the Finder, fixes for memory leaks in Navigation Services dialogs, and correction of a problem that could cause "click on greyed-out filenames" to fail in Navigation Services dialogs. Full details are available at: [Archived as /info-mac/gui/default-folder-306.hqx; 925 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Chris Smolinski To: Subject: [*] MultiMode 3.5.0 MultiMode allows your Macintosh to decode and transmit several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave radio. In the past, dedicated hardware, often costing hundreds or thousands of dollars, was necessary to demodulate and decode this transmissions. Today, you can use the processing power of your Macintosh to decode and display these modes, without any additional hardware, other than your Mac and a radio. MultiMode supports the following modes: Morse Code (CW) RTTY (Baudot) ASCII SITOR-A SITOR-B / FEC / NAVTEX SSTV (Slow Scan TV) WEATHER / SATELLITE FAX ACARS (Aircraft Communications) Packet PSK31 ALE (Automatic Link Establishment) DTMF, CCIR, EIA Tone Modes Hellschreiber Audio Spectrum Display / FFT Mode Requires a PPC Macintosh Shareware: $89 --- Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software [Archived as /info-mac/comm/multi-mode-350.hqx; 533 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Fuminori Takeda To: Subject: [*] Nigiri-zushi (Japan) 1.1.1 - CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square Welcome to CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square and thank you for your interest in nigiri-zushi in Japan. This is the updated version. This program will introduce you nigiri-zushi, a popular Japanese dish. More than 40 nigiri-zushi in my homeland are introduced with their ingredients by using color images and illustrations. I ported the content to a Hypercard stack. Incidentally, if you're making culture introductory/interchange programs to post on the InfoMac archives, would you name your program's subject line with a title that conforms to the "title (your country, province, or state) - CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square" rule? For more details, please read the "CULTURE INTERCHANGE Square ?" document. This program may be copied and distributed as long as it isn't altered and is distributed at no charge, but it may not be included in any commercial package. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you, Fuminori Takeda mailto: ftakeda@ike.tottori-u.ac.jp [Archived as /info-mac/data/nigiri-zushi-111.hqx; 4185 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: David Lloyd To: Subject: [*] QXP Photobook 1.1.2a QXP PhotoBook is a utility that lets you create image catalog files using QuarkXPress. It is ideal for creating catalogs of images or clipart. You can quickly create covers for CD libraries or use it to quickly print out a thumbnail of every image on a disk or CD. Using PhotoBook you can create QuarkXPress files of any size and which can contain any number of any image format supported by QuarkXPress, including PDF and Gif. PhotoBook can optionally include headers and footers and picture captions in any font you specify. Special header and footer tags can incorporate variable information such as date and time, folder names and page numbers. Captions can include image information such as file name, file size, file type and creation date. Also, there are options for color, and picture box frame widths and styles. Using drag and drop, PhotoBook makes cataloging images easy. After configuring, drag image files or a folderful of image files onto its icon to create QuarkXPress PhotoBooks. PhotoBook can be told to look inside subfolders as well. There is also an option to batch create many photobooks at a time. Other features are described in the manual. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/qxp-photo-book-112a.hqx; 1259 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Seth Lowe To: Subject: [*] SC Server Switch One thing PC StarCraft users have been able to do for a long time that us Macintosh users could not is to set the servers StarCraft uses on battle.net. Well, now we can. This is a simple and quick program that allows you to set the servers for use within your StarCraft battle.net sessions. Its really easy to use. Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/sc-server-switch.hqx; 370 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Jon Gotow To: Subject: [*] Screen Catcher 2.0 - screen capture utility with "Catch-All" Screen Catcher is a screen capture application capable of taking snapshots of screen images and saving them as PICT, GIF, or JPEG files. It also allows images to be captured to the clipboard or to Screen Catcher's own windows, where they can manipulated to change the color palette or reduce the number of colors in the image before copying or saving. This version adds a new "Catch-All" mode, which automatically scrolls the contents of windows to capture an entire document or web page, even if it's too long to fit on the screen. Version 2.0 also addresses printing bugs, adds a popup menu that gives you access to Screen Catcher at any time, provides a delay timer, and much more. A full list of changes can be found at: Screen Catcher will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 9.0.4, and is $25 shareware. More information about Screen Catcher, including a full feature list, is available at: -- [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/screen-catcher-20.hqx; 1008 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Philippe Caudron To: Subject: [*] UltraLingua DE-ENG 1.21 German English Dictionary Ultra Lingua German-English dictionary is a shareware, Nearly 250,000 indexed items. Indications of literary, slang, and vulgar usage. A reverse translation feature. English pronunciation by voice synthesis. Tables showing translations of numbers, expressions of time, geographical terms, as well as samples of correspondence. running on MacOS 7.1, 8.x, 9.x... more informations on www.ultralingua.com A special version is available for CD inclusion (can be run from a CD without installation...) best regards Philippe Caudron [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/ultra-lingua-de-eng-121.hqx; 2407 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Philippe Caudron To: Subject: [*] UltraLingua ES-ENG 1.01 Spanish English Dictionary Ultra Lingua Spanish-English dictionary is a shareware, Nearly 250,000 indexed items. Indications of literary, slang, and vulgar usage. A reverse translation feature. English and Spanish pronunciation by voice synthesis. Tables showing translations of numbers, expressions of time, geographical terms, as well as samples of correspondence. running on MacOS 7.1, 8.x, 9.x... more informations on www.ultralingua.com A special version is available for CD inclusion (can be run from a CD without installation...) best regards Philippe Caudron [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/ultra-lingua-es-eng-101.hqx; 2528 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Philippe Caudron To: Subject: [*] UltraLingua FR-ENG 2.32 French English Dictionary Ultra Lingua French-English dictionary (Franìais/Anglais) is a shareware, Nearly 250,000 indexed items. Indications of literary, slang, and vulgar usage. A reverse translation feature. English pronunciation by voice synthesis. On-line grammar reference for both French and English. Tables showing translations of numbers, expressions of time, geographical terms, as well as samples of correspondence. running on MacOS 7.1, 8.x, 9.x... more informations on www.ultralingua.com A special version is available for CD inclusion (can be run from a CD without installation...) best regards Philippe Caudron [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/ultra-lingua-fr-eng-232.hqx; 2014 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: "Ilja A. Iwas" To: Subject: [*] UnCoverIt 1.3 UnCoverIt is a shareware application that automatically generates labels for different kinds of storage medias. Unlike other label printing applications you don't have to enter the name of the files on your disk manually. UnCoverIt places icons and file names automatically at the right place and the right size. You choose what files should be displayed on the cover. UnCoverIt 1.3 adds support for Audio-CDs, so all you have to do is naming the tracks, in case you macintosh doesn't already know their names. Currently these storage medias are directly supported: -CD-ROM -Audio-CD -Iomega ZIP -Iomega JAZ -Iomation SuperDisk -MO-Cartridges Version History 1.3 (2000-07-20) - adds support for Audio-CDs - adds support for background pictures - adds several new cover formats (SuperDisk, MO-Disks, JAZ) - added a manual (Acrobat PDF file) [Archived as /info-mac/prn/un-cover-it-13.hqx; 789 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 2000 From: Jacek Iwanski To: Subject: [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.4 - foreign language learning 'Verbs & Nouns' is an application for practising inflection, translation and pronunciation at the level of single words. Features include the opportunity to do various inflection exercises, and translation exercises in both directions; to record and play sound for single words; to do exercises based on sound or pictures; and to play various word-games. The program keeps a record of exercises, and identifies the words that the student has difficulty with. Along with the program, you need a module for the target language concerned. The program can also be used as an authoring tool to write your own modules of inflected words for any language. A built-in 'inflection-generator' simplifies the addition of these words. A 'Find' feature allows the modules to be used as bilingual dictionaries. Ready-made modules are already available for certain languages. You can visit: to get more information. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-244.hqx; 2019 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:35:53 -0700 From: jemmons@primenet.com (Jim Emmons) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Netting Two Macs? Hi, OK, I surrender. I just bought a new PowerBook - the first time I have owned two Macs at the same time - and I want to Ethernet it to my old (beige) desktop G3/266. But I still want my desktop to be able to use the modem to read Info-Mac. First question: What files do I need in my System Folder (Extensions/Control Panels) to make the two Macs talk with each other? How do I configure them to do the networking? Second question: How do I further configure/modify my systems to allow them to use their modems while talking with each other? Any help will be appreciated. Jim Emmons ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:20:09 -0500 From: "Gib Henry" To: Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@bsuvc.bsu.edu>, Subject: Pagination problems in Word 98 >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:37:30 -0500 >From: Brian Pickerill <00bkpickeril@bsuvc.bsu.edu> >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: Pagination problems in Word 98 > >Hello. This has been nagging me for a long time. Oftentimes, I have a >document that will print very differently depending on which Mac I am using >to print. The fonts, document format, print setup, ect... are all the >same, yet on one machine, it will paginate correctly, and on the other, a >line or three will spill off onto the next page. > >Any insights you have would be appreciated. Make sure you have Fractional Pixel Widths set the same way--either on or off--on each computer's copy of Word. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:01:18 -0700 From: John Rethorst To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: WordPerfect scrolling speed In article <8lhr1v$4he$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: > is there a way to slow down the scrolling speed in WordPerfect? On a G4 it > just goes "woosh" and you are at the end of your document ... An updater has just been released that does exactly this, as well as fixing the grayed-out Styles menu and other problems with OS 8 and 9. Download it at ftp://ftp.r8ix.com/WP-L_Stuff/WP%20Updater%20for%20OS%208%20and%209.sit (Depending on your browser, you might need to delete each of the "%20" in the above address, or change them to spaces.) You might like the WP mailing list. Subscribe on the web at http://www.r8ix.com/lists.html. There's a digest option. John Rethorst -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************