Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #69 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 26 Apr 00 Volume 17 : Issue 69 Today's Topics: (A) installing memory in Performa 635CD (C) Using a PC IDE card in a 7600 .exe files [*] ACE! 1.7.3 - An extendable save game editor [*] C3DAppearance 1.0.0 [*] DupliMizer 1.0.1 [*] iStream.sit.hqx [*] Pillbug Golf 2.0 - Learn about points, slopes, and angles while you putt! [*] PowerToto 1.1 ITA [*] RaceBuilder 1.5.1 [*] RaceBuilder 1.5.1 German Version [*] Submittal of HyperCard Investment Tracking Program [*] Ticker Strip 1.0 [*] Timewaster Collection 1.5 [*] Udana 1.2 changing systems Connecting 2 Macs (was re: DSL) DSL Connection for two computers formatting USB hard drive How do I disable TCP/IP of a machine through C code? Info-Mac Digest V17 #68 installing memory in Performa 635CD Internet Explorer 5 Font Problem Macally Keyboard Glitch One technical help needed 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 . 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Scott Beach" Subject: (A) installing memory in Performa 635CD jennyrt@halcyon.com (Jenny Tenlen) asks: >My school received several Performa 635CD donations, and as defacto Mac >"expert" I've been given the task of upgrading them. All has gone well >until I tried to install the memory upgrade I purchased for them - how to >get the casing open! I've installed memory on my Performa 6116CD (the >pizza box) and newer G3s with no problems - the casing comes off easily, >with easy access to the RAM slot. But I can't seem to figure out how to >open up the 635CD. I'm told it is very similar to the LC/Quadra/Performa >630. I'd like to avoid taking it to my local computer shop, where they >charge $25 per computer to install RAM. Any help is much appreciated. Jenny: I think all those Performa models are the same. There should be a pair of Philips screws on the back of the case to the right and left of the ports. If you remove them, the plastic cover snaps off from the bottom 3 or 4 inches of the back of the case and behind it the whole main board slides out like a drawer. Good luck. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 07:09:25 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (C) Using a PC IDE card in a 7600 Bruce Johnson asks: >I need to add more disk space, and I just saw a Promise Ultra ATA IDE >card for $35. Coupled with the insanely cheap prices of ATA HDD's (I've >seen 15 gb drives for ~$200) and the dwindling availablity of SCSI >drives (other than huge fast ones that cost as much as a new MAc) I'm >looking hard at this to solve my space problems. >Will this work? Anyone know how to make it work? >Is it as simple/stupid as plugging it in? >(I'm running system 8.6, btw) Bruce: ACARD sells them for Mac, but they're in Asia. I think you can mail-order them. http://www.acard.com/ At $35, the Promise Ultra ATA IDE card it may be worth buying one just to see! - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 18:42:23 -0400 From: Morgan Kochel Subject: .exe files > Eric Sherry wrote: > >> Any suggestions on how to translate .exe files from a pc to a mac? I have a >> Mac G3 and when I receive email from friends, they send attachments as .exe >> files (which is a pc file). Is there any way to convert the file so I can >> view from my mac. Any help is appreciated.. And if it's a "Happy99.exe" file that you keep getting in email, it's a virus. Fortunately, it can only harm PCs, but if your friends have PCs and they're sending this to you, it's without their knowing it. Their computer will do this in secret if they have the virus on their computer. If this is the case, you might want to let them know. Morgan ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Richard Drysdall Subject: [*] ACE! 1.7.3 - An extendable save game editor ACE! allows you to edit the 'save game' documents created by many commercial and shareware games (these documents are referred to as 'characters' by some games). Additionally, ACE! allows you to print details of these save games. ACE! is freeware. ACE! will run on any Macintosh or MacOS compatible computer. It requires a minimum of System 7.0 or higher, 850k of disc space, and 512k of free RAM (preferred 1.5 MB). Version 1.7.3 adds modules for Ferazel's Wand and Secret of the Silver Blades. This archive has been checked for viruses. Permission is given for this archive to be included on the Info-Mac CD ROM. Richard Drysdall. [Archived as /info-mac/game/ace-173.hqx; 634 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Jeff Beeghly Subject: [*] C3DAppearance 1.0.0 This archive should be placed within the _Development/_Library directory. C3DAppearance ia a PowerPlant class (and methodology) to add a simple 3D appearance to your PowerPlant applications without clobbering the Appearance Manager. With PowerPlant 1.9.3 (CodeWarrior Pro 5), if your application uses PowerPlant's 3D appearance classes, you are not only using PowerPlant's wrapper classes for the Appearance Manager, but the Grayscale library as well (in case the Appearance Manager isn't present). What a waste! If you have a simple application (one that only uses push button, check box, and radio button controls) - use C3DAppearance instead. For more information, go to http://www.connectexpress.com/~sd/Jeff_Beeghly/ [Archived as /info-mac/dev/lib/c3d-appearance.hqx; 8 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Ton Brand Subject: [*] DupliMizer 1.0.1 DupliMizer 1.0.1 What it is: AppleScript droplet that duplicates and optimizes your entire web folder, including nested folders 8 levels deep, in one pass! Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: shareware Computer: PowerPC MacOS: 8.6 or later Required: Osax 'Acme Script Widgets' Abstract: DupliMizer is an AppleScript program that duplicates your web folder and optimizes all the web pages contained by it. Drag your web folder to the program's icon and your whole web site is optimized in one pass! There is a limit to the hierarchical depth that DupliMizer can handle: EIGHT levels, which must be sufficient in practically all cases. So that lonely page that resides eight levels deep in a far-away sub-folder is also optimized. A detailed log with tab-delimited data is saved to DupliMizer's parent folder. DupliMizer needs on average 5 seconds to optimize one file (on a 225 MHz computer). Mac OS 8.6 or later is needed because of the AppleScript Update that came with it. You also need the Scripting Addition (osax) "ACME Script Widgets". [Archived as /info-mac/disk/duplimizer-101.hqx; 111 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Michael Juarez Subject: [*] iStream.sit.hqx Please post this file under the Communications section on your server. -- Michael Juarez mike@arcticsw.com Phone: (925) 367-4178 -- Arctic Software http://www.arcticsw.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/istream.hqx; 1693 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: "Curry" Subject: [*] Pillbug Golf 2.0 - Learn about points, slopes, and angles while you putt! Curry K. Software Pillbug Golf 2.0 Learn points, slopes, and angles while you putt! Pillbug Golf features pleasant graphics, challenging problems, and engaging game play to give students fun, practical experience with these math skills. Version 2.0 adds a nine-hole course, a funky high scores screen, saved games, new and improved music, speech, a player's guide formatted for printing, and fixes for a couple of glitches in previous versions. PowerPC required, >100 MHz recommended. Plays great on iMac! $12 shareware, 1MB download. Website: http://www.kagi.com/curry -- For including in shareware collections such as CDs, contact author as indicated in the Read Me file. [Archived as /info-mac/game/pillbug-golf-202a.hqx; 1284 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Marco Tenuti Subject: [*] PowerToto 1.1 ITA PowerToto 1.1 is a complete software package to build systems and bet strategies for several lotteries and bets. This release is completely in Italian, but we are working hard to have it available in French and English. You may create systems based on repetitions for games such as Totocalcio, LotoFoot Matches and Totosei,from one column to 13 triplets. You may even create systems based on combinations, such as Totogol, SuperEnalotto, and Lotto with ennuples from one to 90 numbers. The biggest strength of PowerToto is its speed: it can generate and constraint systems in real time and it is even able to reduce systems in few seconds with PowerMacintosh computers. Main features list: - several constraint methods - system reductions - import and export facilities - boolean operations between systems - different views of systems (combinations view, system summary, constraint icons, grouped view) - groupings of columns - advanced versatility of dialogs - supported Drag and drop - Italian Lotto's Archive - Inspector floating window - reads files from TotoTurbo, Silvergol, and Lingotto - support for Swiss Lotto, Toto-X, Toto-R, Loto Joker and more to come - support for Formula 101 - multithreaded application based on Thread Manager - internal download of archives through TCP/IP System requirements: - System 7.5 (best with MacOS 8.1 or newer) - 68030 processor (best with PowerPC) - 8 MB for PowerToto [Archived as /info-mac/game/power-toto-11-it.hqx; 2831 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Dierk Seeburg Subject: [*] RaceBuilder 1.5.1 RaceBuilder(c) is a multilingual shareware software package geared towards race directors of sport events like 10K runs, swim meets, triathlons and many more. Using RaceBuilder(c) race directors like yourself can manage a race event from A to Z. Thanks to its adaptability RaceBuilder(c) can be customized for managing a wide array of race events, as well. FEATURES - Relational database design - Superior organizational tools and checklists - Customizable Entrant database - Race Clock and Entrant Timing - Multiple and customizable divisions and categories - Budget management - Summary and statistics functions - PR management - Apple Speech support - Sponsorship management - Phone dialing integration - Automatic data entry, e.g. city & state (for Canada & USA) with given postal code - Extensive documentation - Built-in Internet links, e.g. to RaceBuilder(c) website for latest info - Multilingual (English, German, more on demand) - English and German Text-to-Speech CONTACT INFO Please visit RaceBuilder(c)'s web site at for the latest version, pricing and contact info. RaceBuilder(c) was developed with Filemaker Pro¬ and requires a licensed copy of at least version 3.0 on the machine running it. Due to Filemaker Pro¬'s cross-platform compatibility it can be used for both Windows and Macintosh. This file may be included on commercially available CD-ROMs as long as no money except distribution costs is charged for it. [Archived as /info-mac/data/race-builder-151.hqx; 3420 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Dierk Seeburg Subject: [*] RaceBuilder 1.5.1 German Version RaceBuilder(c) ist ein mehrsprachiges Shareware Software Paket f–r Renndirektoren von Sportereignissen wie 10 Kilometerlèufen, Schwimmveranstaltungen, Triathlons und vielen mehr. Mit RaceBuilder(c) kÜnnen Renndirektoren wie Sie ein Rennereignis von A bis Z managen. Dank seiner Anpassungsfèhigkeit kann RaceBuilder(c) auf eine breite Vielfalt von Rennereignissen zugeschnitten werden. FUNKTIONEN - Relationales Datenbankdesign - åberlegene organisatorische Hilfen und Checklisten - Zuschneidbare Teilnehmerdatenbank - Rennuhr und Teilnehmerzeitnahme - Mehrfache und zuschneidbare Divisionen und Kategorien - Budget Management - Zusammenfassung und Statistikfunktionen - PR Management - Apple Speech Unterst–tzung - Sponsoren Management - Telefonwahl Integration - Automatische Dateneingabe, z.B. Stadt & Staat (f–r Kanada & USA) bei gegebener Postleitzahl - Ausf–hrliche Dokumentation - Eingebaute Internet Links, z.B. zum RaceBuilder¨ Web Site f–r neueste Informationen - Mehrsprachig (Englisch, Deutsch, mehr auf Anfrage) - Deutsch und Englisch Text-to-Speech CONTACT INFO Bitte besuchen Sie RaceBuilder(c)'s Web Site unter f–r die neueste Version, Preise und Kontaktinformationen. RaceBuilder(c) wurde mit Filemaker Pro¬ entwickelt und erfordert eine lizensierte Kopie von mindestens Version 3.0 auf der Maschine, auf der RaceBuilder(c) lèuft. Aufgrund der Cross-Plattform Kompatibilitèt von Filemaker Pro¬ kann RaceBuilder(c) sowohl auf Macintosh als auch auf Windows benutzt werden. Das RaceBuilder(c) Paket darf auf kèuflich erhètltlichen CD-ROMs vertrieben werden, so lange kein Geld daf–r verlangt wird auºer Vertriebskosten. [Archived as /info-mac/data/race-builder-151-de.hqx; 3421 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: "Riley J. Elwood" Subject: [*] Submittal of HyperCard Investment Tracking Program "This is the latest version (9.1) of the Investment Tracking and Plotting (IT&P) HyperCard program that was very favorably reviewed back in March 1989 by MaCazine as one of the finest they had seen. This is a financial program with market indicator database current through 3/12/2000. Version 9.1 replaces all previous IT&P versions through 8.1 and is fully compatable with HyperCard up through ver 2.4 and is Y2K compliant. Shareware $20. If you have investments, you will appreciate this program, give it a try! Excellent Shareware support. Keywords: Investment, Plotting, Graphing, Vestment Graph, Stocks, Market, Funds, Financial, Finance" Riley Elwood [Archived as /info-mac/data/itp.hqx; 294 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Rob Minerick Subject: [*] Ticker Strip 1.0 Vortimac Brings Stock Ticker to Control Strip (South Bend, IN - April 24, 2000) - Vortimac Software is proud to release the first of it's Macintosh software products, Ticker Strip 1.0. Ticker Strip offers a convenient method of tracking all of your favorite stocks. While other stock tickers clutter your desktop with an additional window to display their quotes, Ticker Strip displays all your quotes in the most convenient place possible - the Control Strip. Placing the ticker in the Control Strip allows it to be visible in all applications, without losing the precious real estate that is your screen. Ticker Strip 1.0 is $12 shareware, and and available for PowerPC based Macintosh computers running MacOS 8.51 or better. More information and screen shots can be found at http://www.vortimac.com/products.html. Vortimac Software was founded in 1999 to create quality software products for the Macintosh platform at reasonable prices. We offer software that is simple, yet powerful, while carrying on the Macintosh tradition of offering a superior user experience. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/ticker-strip-10.hqx; 148 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: stefan schramm Subject: [*] Timewaster Collection 1.5 system requirements: mac or windows computer running filemaker pro 3.0 or later, quicktime, color monitor. tired of software that pretends to save you time? at last, here's one that doesn't: introducing the timewaster collection, a set of games that can truly waste your time. just when you thought that database applications are only good for writing invoices or logging assets. here's what's included: Ñ the mean 'one': a rolling the dice game that will drive you nuts. best played against humans, but playing against your computer also possible. timewasting factor: 8 Ñ starwhiz: an outer space adventure for the nostalgic at heart and wasters of time. plenty of cliches included. save the galaxis, not your time. timewasting factor: 9 Ñ lab virus: remember that terrorist in the lab? he's back and he will relentlessly attack your health (and your time). timewasting factor: 7 Ñ magic numbers: this one is unlocked upon registering the timewaster collection, so no further information is given. timewasting factor: 10 [Archived as /info-mac/game/time-waster-15.hqx; 1825 K] ------------------------------ Date: 26 Apr 2000 From: Brian Kelley Subject: [*] Udana 1.2 The Udana is a collection of short sutras, each culminating in a short verse uttered by the Buddha. "Udana -- Exclamations of Buddha" randomly generates one of those verses each time it is opened, making it a nice addition to the Startup Items folder. Additionally, clicking on the quotation will generate a new verse. The verses can be saved as text files, and printed from the "File" menu. Version 1.2 was updated to use Navigation Services "Udana -- Exclamations of Buddha" is made available for free, as a gift of Dharma. Note: this version should replace earlier versions in the archive Brian Kelley mailto:bkelley1@nycap.rr.com CompleatMac Software http://home.nycap.rr.com/compleatmac/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/udana-12.hqx; 859 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:58:42 +0100 From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" Subject: changing systems On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:47:42 +0300, "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com> asked: >I need to run a specific piece of software from time to time which is >not compatible with my current OS (MacOS 9). So from time to time I >would like to work under MacOS 8.1 (I have iMac 233 MHz) > >A while ago (before MacOS 9) I used the system picker which was >working fine. Now with OS 9 I'm out of luck. > >Can somebody give me an advice on this matter? The solution I used, but which is probably not applicable by you, is that when I first got my machine I partitioned the disk into six - onto two of which I installed systems. (The second was really just a backup.) It started on 8.5 and then I dabbled with 8.6 while having the old one on the backup partition. Then I moved both to 8.6. Then I tried 9 - and still am, to some extent. So I have a dual-boot machine. This I suspect doesn 't answer your problem. It's a bit of an Irish answer - "If you want to get there, then you really shouldn't start from here." But you might be able to have an external disk - Zip or similar? - with a lower system from which you could boot. The problem is that you need a rather different set of extensions for 8.1 - some of the OS9 ones just won't work. Alternatively, what about just booting off the 8.1CD that came with your iMac? >(I do need OS 9 for most of my work so downgrading system software is >not an option). Not only that, it's a royal pain and easy to mess up. best Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Independent newspaper on the Web: http://www.independent.co.uk/ It's even better on paper Live in the US? Get a new worldview: http://www.independenceavenue.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:44:27 -0300 From: "Marshall, Scott" Subject: Connecting 2 Macs (was re: DSL) A great way to connect 2 Macs and share information is described in the Nov. '99 issue of MacAddict, "Save Your Old Data With EtherTalk." This basically describes connecting 2 computers via an ethernet hub, or easier still, simply with a specially modified ethernet cable. They even describe how to modify the cable earlier the same issue (page 28, "Make Your Own Ethernet Crossover Cable.") The only caveat is that, as readers pointed out a couple of issues later, they had the instructions slightly wrong: you should be using green and green and white wires, NOT blue and blue & white. Wherever you see blue, use green. I'll summarize the process below. 1) Make an ethernet crossover cable. Cut a standard blue ethernet cable in half. Using a wire stripper or knife, peel back the blue insulation and you will see 8 wires. We only need 4 of them: solid orange, solid green, white with orange, and white with green. Tape the others back out of the way with electrical tape. Strip the 4 wires about 3/4 of an inch, exposing bare wire. Cross-connect (wire together) the solid green in one half to the solid orange in the other, and vice versa. Do the same with white with green and white with orange, and vice versa. Careful not to have any bare wires touching. Use electrical tape to wrap the exposed, intertwined wires, then wrap the whole thing back up. Now you don't need a hub. 2) If they aren't already activated, go into your Macs' control panels and activate File Sharing and EtherTalk. After restarting, go to the AppleTalk control panel and select "Ethernet" as your connection. Open the file sharing control panel and define the network name of your computer and start file sharing. It takes a few seconds to start up. You'll probably need to get info on your hard drive or other volumes to define that it can be shared. Open the "Users & Groups" control panel to define access priveleges for guest users versus named users and so on. When all that is done, connect your computers with the crossover cable, go to the Chooser and select AppleShare. The name you gave your other computer should show up in the window. Select it and hit "OK." It will go to a new window giving you a choice of what is shareable on that computer. Select the volume you want (it will only do one at a time, but you can go back and share to more volumes simultaneously). DO NOT check the box which selects the option to mount that shared volume upon startup, unless you plan to have these computers connected all the time. That's it. I've used this myself to back up info from old computers to new and vice versa, to install software and so on. It's a lot faster than AppleTalk. Obviously I won't be held responsible for any negative outcome as a result of your trying the above; if you're not confident about cutting up wires and the like, don't try it. Buy a hub- they're not that expensive- and do it that way. A hub also allows you to connect more than 2 computers at a time. Good luck! Scott M. superiorstudio@hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 07:11:00 -0500 From: WJ Shack Subject: DSL Connection for two computers On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:46:02 -0700, "David J. Fischer" wrote: >I'm about to have DSL installed on Saturday. Is there a hardware device that >will allow me to connect two computers (an old PowerPC and a GS laptop?) I >don't want to necessarily run them simultaneously, nor do I want to make the >old PC a "server." But if I use it as a server, can I connect the laptop >using AppleTalk? Both are running System 9.0.4. -------- End Quote -------- There are hardware and software solutions. I use IPNetRouter (www.sustworks.com), a software solution, with a home network of 3 Macs and a PC. It works just fine, the only drawback being that the computer running the router has to be on to use any of the other computers. http://www.macintouch.com/ has an extensive discussion of hardware solutions with offerings from Linksys and MacSense primary the most popular choices. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 11:07:20 -0700 From: Sandro Corsi Subject: formatting USB hard drive I recently bought a USB hard disk enclosure for IDE drives. I put into this enclosure an IDE drive I already had, and the drive (previously formatted with Apple's Drive Setup while connected internally to a G3) shows up as expected on the desktop. HOWEVER... I needed to re-partition the drive, and to my surprise I discovered that Drive Setup does not see it. I have tried with the enclosure connected to just about everything I could find (a G3 with buil-in USB ports, a PowerBook with a CardBus USB adapter, a 7200 with a PCI USB adapter), and I also tried versions of Drive Setup that came with Mac OS 8.1 through 9.0. The result is always the same, I can't get to the drive to reformat it. The vendor has helpfully offered to take the enclosure back, mentioning that "We have had customers return the USB to IDE enclosures for similar reasons." As a workaround, I took the drive out of the enclosure, put it back inside a G3, re-partitioned, then returned it to the enclosure... something I'm not looking forward to doing very often. Can anyone tell me if this problem is to be expected of all USB drives, and if not, what formatting utility will work? TIA, --Sandro Corsi ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:10:28 +0530 From: rkdeshpande Subject: How do I disable TCP/IP of a machine through C code? Guys, Can I enable/disable TCP/IP of a machine through the C code running on Mac? Can I know the appropriate toolbox calls? Any pointer will be appreciated. Regards Rahul Deshpande ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:17:38 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #68 At 8:32 PM -0400 4/25/00, The Info-Mac Network wrote: >Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:46:02 -0700 >From: "David J. Fischer" >Subject: DSL Connection for two computers > >I'm about to have DSL installed on Saturday. Is there a hardware device that >will allow me to connect two computers (an old PowerPC and a GS laptop?) I >don't want to necessarily run them simultaneously, nor do I want to make the >old PC a "server." But if I use it as a server, can I connect the laptop >using AppleTalk? Both are running System 9.0.4. This depends in large part on the specifics of your ISP. When I first got DSL, my ISP was USWest, and they used DHCP [at USWest's location] to give each machine that as connected to the DSL "modem" [a Cisco 675] its own IP. I ran like this with at least two computers connected for about a year. In terms of connections, all I needed was a cheap Ethernet hub. My current ISP is similar, except that they've configured the DSL "modem" to have a static IP of its own, and to act as a DHCP server for up to 20 or so computers attached to it. If your DSL ISP is instead going to give you a single static IP, with no addtional ones available, then you'll need to use something like IPNetRouter. Which will effectively make your PPC Mac do the same job as my Cisco 675 DSL "modem". I'd suggest you just ask your ISP how to go about it. They've answered that same question probably very single tim they've done an install ;). Running AppleTalk is an entirely different matter, that doesn't depe4nd on the specifics of the DSL connection at all. -- I'm gonna tell my son to grow up as pretty as the grass is green and as smart as the English Channel is wide... - Liz Phair, Whip Smart Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:19:03 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: installing memory in Performa 635CD Hello jennyrt@halcyon.com (Jenny Tenlen). At 12:07 -0400 24.04.2000, you wrote: >... But I can't seem to figure out how to >open up the 635CD. I'm told it is very similar to the LC/Quadra/Performa >630. Unless I am completely mistaken, there are 2 or 3 screws at the back of the computer which allow you just to slide out the whole mainboard. This should give you access to the RAM slots. Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Why should I buy a bed when all that I want is sleep? (Robert Lax) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:47:40 +0200 From: Hans Rudolf Schelling Subject: Internet Explorer 5 Font Problem --============_-1255369230==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >I've recently downloaded Explorer 5 and to my surprise >I've found that pages I have viewed in Explorer 4.5 and Netscape >that have been fine, are now showing fonts in a much bigger >size - including my own web pages. Has anyone else had this problem? >I'm not too sure what to do because if I decrease the font size it >will look tiny in other browsers - help!! Dear Tina This is not a bug - it's a feature! By default, IE now uses the standard resolution of Wintel PC (96 dpi) instead of 72 normally used by the Mac. You can easily change that in the IE preferences (language/fonts). Hope that helps. Hans --============_-1255369230==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Re: Internet Explorer 5 Font Problem
I've recently downloaded Explorer 5 and to my surprise
I've found that pages I have viewed in Explorer 4.5 and Netscape
that have been fine, are now showing fonts in a much bigger
size - including my own web pages. Has anyone else had this problem?
I'm not too sure what to do because if I decrease the font size it will look tiny in other browsers - help!!

Dear Tina
This is not a bug - it's a feature! By default, IE now uses the standard resolution of Wintel PC (96 dpi) instead of 72 normally used by the Mac. You can easily change that in the IE preferences (language/fonts).
Hope that helps.
Hans
--============_-1255369230==_ma============-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:49:20 -0500 From: Gib Henry Subject: Macally Keyboard Glitch >Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 13:35:37 -0400 >From: Ira Flatow >Subject: Macally Keyboard Glitch > >I recently installed a Macally ikey USB keyboard to my G4 450, running OS 9. >Even though I can start up the Mac via the startup key on the keyboard, the >other keys do not respond until I first pull out the USB cable from the port >on the back and then reinsert it. > >Any help? I was having the same problem with my original equipment iMac keyboard suddenly (i.e., 3 months after I bought it) and inconsistently, but the problem seems to have disappeared with the 9.0.4 update. I suspect it was introduced with one of the Software Updates that are nice, but undocumented--you never know just what's changed. I suspect is isn't the fault of your keyboard. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:07:47 +0530 From: rkdeshpande Subject: One technical help needed Can I get DAL extension? I am using Silverrun application to prepare a entity relations. There is an option in Silverrun to generate the DDLs and export them to a remote machine (in this case a Sun machine). To do this we require an extension called DAL extension. From where can I get this extension? If anyone has this extension then can you please send it to me through mail? Thanks in advance. Rahul Deshpande rkdeshpande@inf.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************