Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 08 Feb 01 Volume 18 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: 0S 9.1 on 6100 9.1 and Function Keys 9.1 and Function Keys 9.1 and Function Keys [*] QuoEdit 0.7.2r2 [*] ZEmailLite.cgi v1.0.1 [*] Zounds! for PalmOS and MacOS 68k [guess] software registration codes not retained after rebooting Answered: 9.1 and Function Keys Automatic Submission of Web Page Names & Passwords Finder memory Macromedia shockwave & shockwave8 new v. old G4s OS9.1 install on 6100/60? Parsing Text 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. 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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #26" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:19:30 -0500 From: deborah foss To: Subject: 0S 9.1 on 6100 > > > >>> Has anyone figured out how to install the OS9.1 update on a 6100/60? >Apple >>> claims that it can only be done from the 9.1 CD. Surely someone has >figured >>> out how to get around that, no? >> >>I think Apple's claim goes something like this: If you have a Power >>Macintosh 6100, 7100, 8100, or 9150 with a third-party accelerator card >that >>increases the speed of your computer, the Installer may not install Mac >OS >>9.1. And, also, that you cannot perform the update unless you update from >>Mac OS 8.5 or later. Note that the downloadable OS 9.1 is an updater >only, >>not a full install. >> >>If that is the case, I would suggest removing the accelerator, install >the >>update, replace the accelerator, and see if that works. Of course, I >would >>keep a backup of the previous system in case that does not work. > >Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried it and got exactly the same >error msg as when I had the accelerator card installed:-{ I found a method that only works if you have another computer on a network. I just transfered the new system folder over from my 7600/150 to the 8100/80 and then reentered the original control panel settings. Works fine. Probably would work if you burned the system folder to a cd-rom and then copied it also. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 08:14:14 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: "'David R. Steiner'" , Subject: 9.1 and Function Keys >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:21:30 -0500 >From: "David R. Steiner" >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: 9.1 and Function Keys > > >Greetings, > >I am using Eudora Pro 4.3.3 and I have always used the function keys >mapped to the toolbar buttons feature >[Special->Settings->Toolbar->"Map Function Keys to Buttons"] Recently >I upgraded my PowerBook to MacOS 9.1. Since that time, the F1-F6 >buttons work fine but the F7-F12 buttons no longer seem to map to >their respective functions. When I press one of them, I get a dialog >from the OS telling me that I "can set up the F7 through F15 keys in >the Keyboard control panel", yada, yada. > >This does not seem to be a problem under MacOS 9.0.4. > >Has anyone else seen this behavior and/or care to offer any >suggestions. (So far, Qualcomm tech support has not been much help) Open the Keyboard CP, click "Function Keys," and uncheck the "Use F1 through F15 as Function Keys" box. This exists in 9.0.4 too, but it wasn't turned on by default as I recall; who knows why they turned it on by default in the 9.1 installer, but in any case it's fixable by this unintuitive technique. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:34:51 -0500 From: "Michael G. Schabert" To: "David R. Steiner" Subject: 9.1 and Function Keys >Greetings, > >I am using Eudora Pro 4.3.3 and I have always used the function keys >mapped to the toolbar buttons feature >[Special->Settings->Toolbar->"Map Function Keys to Buttons"] Recently >I upgraded my PowerBook to MacOS 9.1. Since that time, the F1-F6 >buttons work fine but the F7-F12 buttons no longer seem to map to >their respective functions. When I press one of them, I get a dialog >from the OS telling me that I "can set up the F7 through F15 keys in >the Keyboard control panel", yada, yada. > >This does not seem to be a problem under MacOS 9.0.4. Apple changed the Keyboard Control panel. With OS9, you could map the function keys to open a file or folder _ON a USB Mac_. Since your PowerBook wasn't USB, that feature of the Keyboard Control Panel was turned off. With OS9.1, Apple allowed this to work also on ADB Macs. This is why you didn't have a problem before, but you do now. Both utilities are trying to control the Fkeys. Go to the Keyboard control panel. Click the "Function Keys..." button. At the top is a checkbox to let the control panel control the function keys. What it says just under that checkbox is that you can get the "raw" function keys by hitting them with the option key held down. > >Has anyone else seen this behavior and/or care to offer any >suggestions. (So far, Qualcomm tech support has not been much help) Hope this helps, Mike -- Michael G. Schabert, Mac Guy Miranda Graphic Systems, publishers of Graphic Power http://www.graphicpower.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:30:17 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: "David R. Steiner" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: 9.1 and Function Keys At 5:21 PM -0500 2/5/01, David R. Steiner wrote: >When I press one of [F7 - F15], I get a dialog >from the OS telling me that I "can set up the F7 through F15 keys in >the Keyboard control panel", yada, yada. If you open the Keyboard control panel and turn off "Hot Function Keys", does that help? With HFK enabled on my machine, F12 in Eudora 4.3 brought up the dialog you mention. With it disabled, F12 brought up the print dialog. chazl -- Some nights I still sleep on the beach ... Remember when stars were in reach. Then I wander in early to work; spend the day licking boots for my perks. - The Who, Bell Boy Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 2001 From: Lyomei Sakai To: Subject: [*] QuoEdit 0.7.2r2 QuoEdit is a text editor for plain (monostyled) text that runs on System 7 or later. The archive includes both PowerPC version and 68K version. PPC: QuoEdit 68K: QuoEdit.68K Before you use, throw the unnecessary version away to the trash. And rename the 68K version to "QuoEdit" if you are using old Mac. Features: Intended to provide quick operations with simple interface. Supports AppleScript powerfully; also your tasks can be recorded and replayed by the scripting features. Some menus are customizable. Also up to three menus can be added. Supports regular expression search as well as multi-file search. Multiple levels of undo/redo for each document. WorldScript savvy. This version 0.7.2r2 fixed four bugs and it is (probably) the last free version. [Archived as /info-mac/text/quo-edit-072r2.hqx; 881 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 2001 From: Wayne Tempro To: Subject: [*] ZEmailLite.cgi v1.0.1 ZEmailLite.cgi 1.0.1 This is a free little CGI that parses an HTML form and returns the results to the end user as well as emailing a copy of the results to you. This program should work well with WebStar, Personal Web Sharing, QuidProQuo, MacHTTP and other similar Macintosh web servers. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/cgi/z-email-lite-101.hqx; 656 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 2001 From: cafe mocha To: Subject: [*] Zounds! for PalmOS and MacOS 68k Home Page: [I am the Author] http://www.geocities.com/surftao/zounds/zounds.htm Scanned: Norton AntiVirus Readme: (included in all archives) Zounds 1.0.1 -- "Shakespearean Insult Generator" "By Christ's Wounds" About... This is my first Freeware or Shareware application ever. I've been too damn busy working as a real developer all these years, so enjoy! The PRC file is all you need for the Palm (2.x and above) just follow the install info for your own Palm HotSync. Mac-Users benefit! The other files in the folder can be used on any (incl 68k) Mac! Just double click on the Zounds Icon and run your own mini-simulated Palm Pilot! I still retain all rights to this app and its contents. But it's free to distribute, for free only! Contact me for any questions :-) [Archived as /info-mac/game/zounds-101.hqx; 556 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:54:20 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: Wendy Farkas , Subject: [guess] software registration codes not retained after rebooting At 9:43 AM -0500 2/6/01, Wendy Farkas wrote: >Since upgrading to OS9.1, when I install new software on my PowerBook G3/400 >and enter the registration code, such info is not retained. When I quit the >program, reboot and restart the program, it acts as if it's unregistered >(prompts for a code again). Are you using Multiple Users now? Perhaps the software showing the problem is having trouble figuring out where to store its preferences file. One thing to try would be to disable Multiple Users and attempt to register the program. If that works, you may be able to move the preferences file from the System Folder into the desired User preferences folder [:Users::Preferences:]. chazl -- Some nights I still sleep on the beach ... Remember when stars were in reach. Then I wander in early to work; spend the day licking boots for my perks. - The Who, Bell Boy Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:39:13 -0500 From: "David R. Steiner" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Answered: 9.1 and Function Keys Greetings. Once again this list has come through where the vendor couldn't. Thanks to all who answered. The question [paraphrased]: Why don't the F7-F12 keys map to the Eudora toolbar buttons under MacOS 9.1? Answer: Seems there are changes to the way the Hot Function Keys work under 9.1. To fix go to the Keyboard control panel and click on the "Function Keys" button. Make sure that "Use F1 through F15 as Hot Function Keys" is unchecked. I still don't understand why this works since the F1-F6 keys (which are the ones that worked in Eudora) are the only ones with Hot Function Key Assignments in the control panel. Oh, well...at least Eudora is working the way I want again. Thanks again. -David- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 06:56:07 -0600 From: "Erica W. Hunter" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Automatic Submission of Web Page Names & Passwords Is there a freeware or shareware app which will store my different names and passwords to different web pages, and then recall and submit them automatically when queried by the browser? It seems like more web pages than ever are requiring verification, even if they're free, and I get tired of trying to remember what goes where, and then typing it in over and over. I tried keychain, but it's for apps apparently, and doesn't do what I am trying to describe. Thanks for any information you can provide. Sam M. Hunter smhdvm@ldd.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 12:01:16 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Finder memory >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 20:03:47 -0800 From: Doug Hardie To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Finder memory How do you increase the memory for finder in OS 9.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presumably the same way you did under earlier OS versions, by changing the SIZE resource using ResEdit. obResedit warning: Work on a COPY of the Finder when you do this! However, I was under the impression that Finder's memory management had changed under 9.0, and that it did not need to be increased as it did under 8.x. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 18:12:53 +0000 From: Ezra Nathan To: Info-Mac digest Subject: Macromedia shockwave & shockwave8 Hello> In my extensions folder there is a Macromedia folder which contains a shockwave folder and a shockwave8 folder. It seems that the two folders have the same contents. Isn't shockwave8 an updated version of shockwave? If so, can I get rid of the shockwave folder? Thanks, > Ezra Nathan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 12:07:07 +0000 From: Ezra Nathan To: Info-Mac digest Subject: new v. old G4s fellow Info-mac readers> In layman's language, are there many differences between the old G4s and the new ones at entry level? The old G4 400MHz is now being sold at a reduced price, which makes it very attractive. The HD size and the amount of RAM does not bother me as I can easily add to and increase them. Nor does the MHz speed. But are the RAM chips the same for both Macs? Also, what speed difference (expressed in time) would I notice between, say, 400MHz and 500 MHz in programmes where MHz speeds really make a difference? Thanks, > Ezra Nathan ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:46:13 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: Subject: OS9.1 install on 6100/60? At 8:15 PM -0800 2/5/01, Cyrus Roton wrote: >As far as being able to update only from the CD, I did not find any such >warning. The download page for MacOS 9.1, , contains this statement: ----- Important Note: The 6100, 7100, and 8100 class Apple computers require a Mac OS 9.1 full install CD to upgrade to Mac OS 9.1. For more information about these computers please see Other Related Information. ----- This Tech Info library document: says [edited for space]: ----- A Mac OS 9.1 CD is required to install Mac OS 9.1 on original Power Macintosh computers. Affected computers 6100, 7100, 8100, 8115, Workgroup Servers 6150, 8150, 9150 The downloadable Mac OS 9.1 update available from Apple Software Updates (http://asu.info.apple.com) is not compatible with original (NuBus-based) Power Macintosh computers. ----- That all seems pretty unambiguous. That market segment is probably relatively small, so I can't imagine this is some arbitrary limitation put in place to sell more CDs. If they wanted to do that, they'd be better served to require iMacs to update from the CD or somesuch. >A final note; Apple offers a downloadable AppleScript applet, called, Remove >Temporary Items, which will eliminate the major reason for wanting to >upgrade above 9.04. > All the bug fixes and enhancements included with MacOS 9.1 are listed here: Whether any of them provide a reason to upgrade will depend on the individual, but I don't think it's fair to say that 9.1's single most important feature or fix is the Temporary Items folder handling. chazl -- Some nights I still sleep on the beach ... Remember when stars were in reach. Then I wander in early to work; spend the day licking boots for my perks. - The Who, Bell Boy Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: 07 Feb 2001 15:01:31 -0500 From: Bill Waits To: "Info-Mac" Subject: Parsing Text I would like to know if anyone knows of a drag-and-drop utility that will parse text for you (perferably with a preference for the amount of lines)? Let me explain...I have a list of about 1000 codes (1 code to a row). I would like to break that up into 100 code (i.e. row) chunks. I know that I can do copy/paste, and I wouldn't mind once or twice, but I will have about 2 of these a day, and after a while, that will get tedious. Any ideas would greatly be appreciated! Bill Waits Graphics IT Admin Year One, Inc. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************