Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #110 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 18 May 98 Volume 16 : Issue 110 Today's Topics: Noisy Performa 5200 adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? (A) adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? (A) Auto save in Word 6 (A) Black border around monitor (A) Converting PC files To Mac with System 7.1? Is it possible? (Q) movies from mac to NT? (Q)Cable Modem Conniction [A] adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? [A] Configuring Mac for newbie [A] Configuring Mac for newbie [Q] PlainTalk and Performa 575 [Q] Zip Plus--not? a file at infomac dealing with the Hong Kong worm... AppleTalk and TCP/IP cannot use desktop pictures for jigsaw puzzle Compare program (diff) for Mac? Converting PC files To Mac with System 7.1? Is it possible? Corrupted StuffIt Archive Decoding an .icl file? english speech recognition EXE. files EXE. files Fwd: EXE. files G3 vs PII Getting a Thinkpad to talk to a Personal Laserwriter 320 I need Datebook/Touchbase 4.2 large text document Mac IIsi and Monitor My problem connecting a powerbook and a mac via scsi disk mode revisited Netscape Navigator - Dialing in from different *locations* Norton and 8.1 Open Transport 1.1.2/Mac OS 7.6.1 OT/PPP Configurations (Q) pentium II, pc hp laserjet 4L on a mac? Performa 630CD Start-up Problem Printing Netscape 2 up PROBLEMS CONNECTING GCC PLP II PRINTER TO PM7300/180 Providing for NoFrame Browsers Random stalls (Q) SCSI Disk MOde Questions Stylewriter 2200 & 8.1J-Any problems? Symantec GreatWorks to any other format conversion Tech Tool Pro 2.0.2 (C) Texas Instruments OmniLaser 2108 with Mac? 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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 #110" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 10:05:47 +0000 From: MWINTER@srv0.bio.ed.ac.uk Subject: Noisy Performa 5200 Hi all, my Performa 5200 has become increasingly noisy over the last 6 months (hummmmm) up to a point where I find it very difficult to concentrate on my work? Does anyone have a suggestion about what might be the course and what I can do about it? TIA Markus Edinburgh ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 15:25:47 -0700 From: bc979@lafn.org (Doug Hardie) Subject: adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? > How do you hook up an external keyboard to a G3 powerbook or a 3400c? I > want to be able to use the new colorsync monitors with our powerbooks. > What about programs that use adb dongles? The PB 3400c has a ADB port on the left side at the rear near the foot button. Its behind a small door that opens downward, and is almost invisible. -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 09:36:48 -0400 From: Eric Sackett Subject: (A) adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? David L. Hirschberg wrote: >How do you hook up an external keyboard to a G3 powerbook or a 3400c? There is a small door on the left side that covers the ADB port. It isn't grouped with the other input/output sockets. Eric Sackett Dennis and Sackett Design ________________________________________ eric@ds-design.com 301-258-2650 phone www.ds-design.com 301-258-2674 fax ------------------------------ Date: 16 May 98 21:57:35 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (A) Auto save in Word 6 "Quattlebaum.Bill" wrote: >As is clearly documented, the Auto Save Every ___ Minutes in MS Word 6 for >Mac is not a true full save. Under V 5/5.1 there was an init one could use >to actually force a CMD-S full save. But I don't recall what it was or know >if a new version exists. Bill: If you dis-allow fast saves you'll get a full save (compatible with Quark XPress etc.) and then you could try installing "Hi's Universal Saver". From his Web site: "Hi's Universal Saver is a little application which runs quietly in the background and automatically saves your work at an interval which you select. It should work with any application that has a Save command (word processors, painting, drawing, database and many, many others)." and his site is at: http://members.aol.com/wilsonware/ . I hope this helps. - Scott ************************** D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. ************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:26:52 +1000 From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Subject: (A) Black border around monitor >quickly. Thanks, all! My latest is this: my Performa 475 has suddenly >developed quite a wide black border around the edges of the screen. If you >have any idea how I can get rid of it please let me know. This cannot be >adjusted through the monitor control panel, as far as I can see. This >happened after I downloaded some Chinese language software called Elixir. I I was one of the respondents to the previous post. In the case I was discussing, the problem is definitely a hardware one - and the workaround (it is NOT a fix) is to adjust the monitor's internal geometry controls. If you are *POSITIVE* that the symptom appeared for you IMMEDIATELY after installing this Elixir program, then it may have altered your monitor refresh rate. I can't see why it would want to, but anything's possible (except skiing through a revolving door). Try in this order : 1. In Monitors and Sound, change "Recommended" to "All" so you can see all the available refresh rates, and see if there are any settings shown that fix your problem. 2. Trash Display Preferences, restart, zap PRAM, and see if the problem disappears. 3. Assume it's a hardware problem which has coincidentally appeared right after installing Elixir, and either follow the directions in my earlier post, get someone else to follow them for you, or live with it 8-) -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Programmer) Home Resume ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 16:15:48 EDT From: JHeinem947 Subject: (A) Converting PC files To Mac with System 7.1? Is it possible? In Info-Mac#106, Wayne Crook , wrote: >I have an LC575 Mac with System 7.1 Operating System. It does not allow >me to convert PC files to Mac files. What software do I need? For this purpose, I use a shareware program called "Add/Strip". IMHO it works extremely well, it's fast and reliable. It's available in the Info-Mac Archive. It does all kinds of jobs, just anything one might think about when it comes to converting from PC to Mac, AND VICEVERSA ! It costs $ 25. (BTW, I have a PPC 8100/80 with System 7.1.2) Johannes Heinemann e-mail: jheinem@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 16:19:44 -0400 (EDT) From: wendell Cropper Subject: (Q) movies from mac to NT? We have a series of Quicktime movies that were based on simulation output. The movies were made by stringing a bunch of gif frames together. The movies play fine with the Quicktime player included with the mac OS. The problem is that we would like to move them to an Alpha NT 4.0 machine that is acting as our web server. The files are too big to fit on a floppy. We tried tranfering by FTP (through a unix machine to further complicate things) (zipped or not) and never got a playable movie out of it. I am guessing we might have a problem with file resource forks, but I don't know how to solve it. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to transfer the movies to the NT machine so we can serve them on the web. Wendell Cropper Center for Marine and Environmental Analyses Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, FL 33149-1098 phone: 305-361-4029 fax: 305-361-4077 email: wcropper@rsmas.miami.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 10:54:11 -0800 From: Greg Subject: (Q)Cable Modem Conniction I am interested in getting a hi-speed cable modem connection through my local cable TV company. I have a Quadra 605 with a 68040 processor. They claim this connection is 50 times faster than a 28.8k modem. However, Im sure this is based on a much faster processor than mine. So my question is how much does the processor speed contribute to the overall download rate? Or, how much faster will it be than my current 56k modem? Just trying to justify the $40 monthly access fee. Thanks, Greg mailto:gordko@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 07:35:01 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? There is a tiny little door that covers the adb port, I believe it is on the same side as the floppy, but could be wrong. It is toward the rear on the side. Just kind of feel around, pushing gently and you should find it. I don't have a G3 powerbook, but was shown by guys who do. I personally have a G3 powered 1400 :). Thanks! -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 13:13:20 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] Configuring Mac for newbie >System 8. I have never used Launcher. Is it a good deal for newbies? Any I recommend Launcher, we configure the school computer labs with launcher and it works like a champ. You can put stationery, applications, etc. Divide it into categories (e.g. net stuff, stationery) I actually use Launcher daily (12+ yrs of Mac use) and really find it much more elegant than putting stuff in Apple Menu. Thanks! -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 04:19:37 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: [A] Configuring Mac for newbie At 8:57 AM -0700 5/9/98, Kathy Brunetti wittily wrote: > I have just replaced my old faithful Quadra 650 with a shiny new G3. But I > have found a retirement job for Old Faithful--I am giving it to an 83 year > old friend who has never used a computer and who can't wait to start > e-mailing her grandchildren. I'd like to set it up so it is as easy as > possible to use and would appreciate suggestions from those of you who work > with folks who are new to computing. The 650 is very stable under system > 7.6.1 (heck, Netscape doesn't even crash ) so I don't plan to upgrade to > System 8. I have never used Launcher. Is it a good deal for newbies? Any > ideas on arranging folders or displaying icons? Which do you think is > easier (easier, not more powerful)--IE or Netscape? I prefer IE. > My friend is also someone who will actually RTFM. Can you suggest some > good introductory Mac or Internet books? (Yes, ACE, there's a certain > Eudora book already on the list...) The Dummies series has a book on Macs {Mac OS 7.6 for Dummies} and one on Internet I believe. I also like the Internet Starter Kit by Adam C. Engst and The Mac OS 7.6 Bible. > Thanks! > > ********************** > Kathy Brunetti > kbrunet@ns.net Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 14:42:22 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: [Q] PlainTalk and Performa 575 Is the built-in microphone on the Performa 575 a PlainTalk microphone? The specifications say the 575 has a PlainTalk-compatible jack (in back) and a built-in microphone, but does not say if the built-in mic is a PlainTalk mic or not. Also, if it is, what version of PT works best witht the 575 (now with 36MB RAM)? Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------ Date: 12 May 1998 14:09:06 -0700 From: "Andy Avins" Subject: [Q] Zip Plus--not? Subject: Time: 1:41 = PM OFFICE MEMO [Q] Zip Plus--not? Date: = 5/12/98 I recently heard that the new Zip Plus from Iomega has a new-found bug = and that it should not be used in a SCSI chain or used with a PowerBook = (that requires an adapter). Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks much for any feedback! --Andy Avins, MD, MPH Assistant Professor Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics University of California, San Francisco e-mail: andy_avins@quickmail.ucsf.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:26:01 EDT From: Luskin Subject: a file at infomac dealing with the Hong Kong worm... In yesterday's issue of infomac digest an entry talked about a solution to the Hong Kong worm. I thought the posting was a bit odd, but decided to download the thing anyway. The file did not appear on the site. I am curious why, and wonder if the file was some sort of spoof. In addition, its advertised length is 4418K, pretty big for a virus eradication file. Here is the file name from yesterday: info-mac/vir/eradicator.hqx What is up with this, and is it for real? Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 13:57:30 +0200 From: "Claes T. Malmberg" Subject: AppleTalk and TCP/IP The network administration dept. at my university doesn't like AppleTalk (or Mac at all...). In fact, it seems that after this summer they will not allow AppleTalk traffic on the Ethernet. So I want every piece of info on how you can have "encapsulated" (or what the English word might be) AppleTalk traffic on a TCP/IP network. Thanks! Claes T. Malmberg Vaxjo University / ITN ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 08:01:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Melanie Jo Watts Subject: cannot use desktop pictures for jigsaw puzzle Hello, I was forced to do a clean install of my system software on my powerbook 1400. Since then I have been unable to use the desktop picture file in my jigsaw. Usually, after clicking on the open command I navigate to the desktop picture file, pick a picture click open and the chosen picture appears in the jigsaw. After the clean install i opened the jigsaw and the sample pictures file, chose a picture then from the choice, chose translation from a jpeg graphic to a pict graphic with maclinkplus. But instead of the picture being displayed in the jigsaw a window came up saying the document could not be opened because the application desktop pictures could not be found. And the document could not be translated because of an unexpected problen -43. I have rebuilt my desktop, zapped my pram to no avail. Any ideas? Melanie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:32:47 -0400 From: herman@pop.uky.edu (Herman Collins) Subject: Compare program (diff) for Mac? I need to compare two text files. Something like the Unix utility diff (but with a Mac interface) would be ideal. Any suggestions? While I'm on the subject, I'd also like to have a utility that would compare two folders, possibly with sub-folders. It should tell me which files are not identical (data fork, resource fork, and finder info) and which files are not in one folder or the other. Is there anything like that available? Thanks! -- * Herman Collins * 128 McVey Hall * University of Kentucky * Lexington, Ky. 40506 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 04:11:11 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: Converting PC files To Mac with System 7.1? Is it possible? At 11:18 AM +0800 5/8/98, Wayne Crook wittily wrote: > Please Help. > > I have an LC575 Mac with System 7.1 Operating System. It does not allow > me to convert PC files to Mac files. What software do I need? > > I tried PC Exchange, but it didn't work because I needed to update my > operating system to 8.0+. I don't really want to do this. > > If you can help me or have a program that does this on an older system, > please let me know. Thanks so much! > > Wayne. To convert any graphic file I use GraphicConverter {shareware}, to convert sounds I use SoundApp {freeware}, for text files I use BBEdit, I use the XTND Translators and MacLink Plus for other kinds of files. What kind of files do you need to convert? Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:10:26 -0700 From: "Michael S. White" Subject: Corrupted StuffIt Archive Hello Everyone: I've encountered a corrupted StuffIt archive that I would like to be able to de-corrupt. Is it possible? I've heard of a utility on the Windows side that de-corrupts .zip archives. Is there such a utility for StuffIt archives? I have StuffIt Deluxe 4.0 and have not, as of yet, found anything useful pertaining to this on the Aladdin website. Any suggestions welcome. Michael S. White ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 02:04:01 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: Decoding an .icl file? At 1:01 PM +1000 5/1/98, George Barker wittily wrote: > I downloaded some icon files the other day and they turned out to be in > .zip format. I expanded them using UnZip, but to my disappointment the > resulting files carried an .icl suffix. I threw it at everything I had, but > to no avail. My curiosity is aroused - does anyone have a suggestion as to > how these files can be further converted in the direction of Mac-friendly? > > George Barker Did you try GraphicConverter? Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 22:33:19 +0100 From: david Subject: english speech recognition re: ---------------------- so: after thinking it would be an easy way to kill an afternoon, i downloaded and unsuccessfully installed apple's english speech recognition software. --------------------- I've been working/playing with english speech recognition and OS8.1 on a 8200/120 It works with this set up, i could do with a bit more speed and there is a dreadful feedback type noise if the sound input is set to "sound in" and speakable items is off, if speakable items is on the feedback is not a problem, if sound input is set to CD or none the feedback is not a problem. I don't think I had this problem with OS8, anybody got this problem/know how to fix it? Anybody doing anything radical/interesting with speech recognition? regards david dobedoe ------------------------------ Date: 14 May 98 07:35:23 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: EXE. files >Can anyone tell me of a way to get executalbe filws to work on a mac. that= >20= >is is >there a converter or plugin or something that will get these files to work? Bud: These require an Intel processor to run them. You can install an Intel processor on an expansion card in your Mac, but that's kind of expensive. The only way you can run them on a Mac's Motorola processor is to run them on an emulator (software pretending to be an Intell processor). Connectix makes one called Virtual PC and Insignia makes one called Real PC and another called Softwindows. There all kind of in the $75 to $400 range I think. Virtual PC with an OS (Win 3.1 or '95) costs us about $225 Canadian. - Scott ************************** D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. ************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:50:07 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: EXE. files bcasanova@sandc.com wrote > Can anyone tell me of a way to get executalbe filws to work on a mac. > that is is there a converter or plugin or something that will get > these files to work? Files with names ending on ".exe" are DOS or WINDOWS applications. you won't be able to use them unless you emulate a DOS or WINDOWS environment on your PC. There are several possibilities, for example: - Virtual PC - Real PC - SoftWindows Don't ask me which is better than the other, I use none of them, but surely each emulation has its Pros and Cons. Depending on what Mac you have, you can also add hardware (a DOS compatibility card, as it's called, from Apple or third-party vendors) which in fact is a "PC in a Mac". Best wishes, Christian -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 19:18:58 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: EXE. files Bud asked: >Subject: EXE. files > >Can anyone tell me of a way to get executalbe filws to work on a mac. that=20= >is is >there a converter or plugin or something that will get these files to work? Yes, you can buy SoftWindows or Virtual PC or Real PC and run Windows on your Mac. Then you can run the .exe files in that emulated Windows environment. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 00:45:46 +1000 From: "Stewart Smith" Subject: G3 vs PII >Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 00:45:40 +0000 >From: "dead nancy" >Subject: ESR, G3 v. PII > >hi, everybody. > >so: after thinking it would be an easy way to kill an afternoon, i >downloaded and unsuccessfully installed apple's english speech recognition >software. after nothing worked (mic not configured, they said, lying,) i >rtfm'ed and found that esr seems to know nothing about the switch to system >domination of sound control in os 8.1. so what's up? esr went to >newtonville? > >and: i read the byte benchmarks and believe the hype, but client's pentium >II 300 still opens photoshop before her g3 266 thinks about initializing >plug-ins. (both machines are simlarly configured; g3: disk cache is set to >default; vm set to mem + 1, and moto math lib is installed.) again: what's >up? The way the Power Mac handles Virtual memory is that by switching it on all your programs will take up less ram but take a little while longer to launch and in some cases be a tiny bit slower. Try turning VM off and see. Also try the tests on images to see the true speed. Trust me, nothing beats a G3. I have a 266 (and now there's a 300 :-() P.S. My friends Pentium 166 loads Shadow Warrior faster than his brother's 233mhz Pentium II. > >thanks for your support. > >dead nancy >http://home.earthlink.net/~deadnancy/ >see you in hell! --------------------------- Stewart Smith Advanced God at Purple Grapefruit web - http://vll.com/purplegrapefruit/ mail - purplegrapefruit@kagi.com ICQ - 6734154 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 15:30:32 -0400 From: John E Shaird MD Subject: Getting a Thinkpad to talk to a Personal Laserwriter 320 Hello, I have a small business in which I use three Macs and an IBM Thinkpad. The printers are the Epson Stylus 800 and an Apple Personal Laserwriter 320. The Thinkpad has drivers for the Personal Laserwriter 320 but the 320 only has an appletalk connection. Is there any way to enable communication between the thinkpad and the 320? Any help would be greatly appreciated. John ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 22:44:29 EDT From: Mercibeate Subject: I need Datebook/Touchbase 4.2 Hi All, I've been a long time user of Datebook/Touchbase 4.0, formerly of Now Software, and currently, apparently orphaned forever by Qualcomm's purchase of Now. I love this program but my version is dreadfully s-l-o-w. I understand that a much faster, Powermac native v. 4.2 was released but no longer supported or available. Any ideas on how or where to obtain this upgrade? Thanks, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:05:02 -0700 From: chesnuts@postoffice.worldnet.att.net Subject: large text document Thanks to all who responded, including D. Scott Beach, Mike Nolet, Maurice Mike McNeil, Philip Sharman (I hope I got you all.) The solution that worked best was provided by Anthony Stuckey, who provided me with an Applescript that segmented the file so it could more easily be opened and converted into a FM 4 database. By the way, it took about 5 hours for my Perf. 6200 to segment the 80mb file into 2mb pieces. I could almost hear the machine give a sigh of relief when I shut it down for the night. Once again the Infomac community has come to my aid. I can not thank you all enough!! Don ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 15:51:35 -0400 From: mao79@i-2000.com (Daniel Mao) Subject: Mac IIsi and Monitor I wonder if anyone has any suggestions to the following problem: A friend gave me a mac IIsi. I have three monitors at home and only one seems to work with it. I have a toshiba 17" monitor (the one that was original bundled with their infinia system) which I had original planned to give to my son for his pc. It works when connected to the mac, using two different adapters which I have. When i try to connect it to another monitor, an older 14" color multi-sync; with the same two adapters, it doesn't work properly. Utilizing different dip switch settings, the best I can get is a picture that will not hold horizontally. Now the funny part...I also have a 15" apple multi-scan monitor that can bundled with my performa 638CD; it's almost three years old and works fine. When i connect this monitor to the mac IIsi, i get nothing...a blank dark screen. Anyone know what's going on? After getting it to work with the toshiba monitor, I reset the video to 256 colors, which should then work on the apple monitor...but no luck. I hate to use the toshiba 17" with this unit...can someone help? FYI, the two adapters I have...one is one row with 10 dip switches, the other is a two row each with 10 dip switches. Various permutations all failed! Dan Pls email me at: Daniel Mao ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 22:50:27 EDT From: Luskin Subject: My problem connecting a powerbook and a mac via scsi disk mode revisited I went back to the dealer, and told them nothing happened when ran with the machines attached. We, and a couple of customer kibitzers, reread the section in chapter 14, pages 433-434, third edition of Mac Secrets, and still are not sure what to do. I called the dealership where I got the powerbook 180, and got contradictory advice about the terminator. It is not clear whether it is needed. If needed, it is an odd terminator, since it must terminate the SCSI cable AND connect to the desktop Mac. There is such a terminator, they think. They told me to try again, with a different SCSI number (I had used 2) in powerbook set up, so I tried 4.. A huge SCSI symbol marched across the screen. But, when I turned on the desktop machine, the icon for the powerbook did not appear. What could be wrong? Could the terminator is in fact needed? If this can be gotten to work, all powerbooks and desktop machines owners would be well advised to do it, since it promises to transfer data at terrific speeds. Thank you. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 14:38:40 EDT From: JHeinem947 Subject: Netscape Navigator - Dialing in from different *locations* Hello, as I use my internet browser both for business and for private purposes, I have to dial in from two locations, i.e. *work* and *home* ( from one and the same phone ) , because this allows me to get my telephone costs split up accordingly. In the AOL browser, this can be done very elegantly in the first dialog box, where one switches between the two locations with a simple mouse click. Very practical ! Now I want to use Netscape Navigator, but as far as I know, the only place to set the phone number for dialing is in MacTCP. I find this not only impractical for the access through the apple menu, but also too time-consuming to do several times a day. Apart from that, errors are made more easily . Is there a way to solve this problem with NN ? Is it possible to have a quick and easy way to choose and switch between phone numbers ? Perhaps with some plug-in ? BTW : Can Internet Explorer do this the way I need it ? FYI : I have a PowerPC 8100/80 with System 7.1.2 and Netscape Navigator 4.0.3. Thanks for any answer ! Johannes Heinemann e-mail : jheinem947@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:07:16 -0600 From: Ted Logan Subject: Norton and 8.1 After receiving warnings from several quarters that Norton Utilities for the Macintosh NUM 3.5.x won't work with Mac OS 8.1, I decided to call Symantec tech support, who say: NUM 3.5.2 is compatible with Mac OS 8.1, but if you want an 8.1 NUM boot disk (for a G3, for example), you need the NUM 3.5.3 replacement CD-ROM, which 3.5.x users may order from Symantec for the cost of Priority Mail shipping ($4.95). Currently on backorder, due to ship in "10-14 days." No current version of Norton Utilities for the Macintosh includes disk repair or optimization/defragmentation (Speed Disk) for HFS+-formatted disks. Indeed, for safety, you dare not use any version before NUM 3.5.2 with HFS+-formatted disks. At least 3.5.2 and later see HFS+ disks as remote volumes and won't attempt to repair or defragment them; earlier versions can cause HFS+-disk corruption problems that are not easily repaired. Symantec wouldn't give me a due date for the new NUM for HFS+ (previously announced for "fall," which someone reminded us runs until the end of the year) but allowed as how they are working on it "feverishly" and that betatesting should begin"soon." I guess that only leaves me wondering how come Apple's new HFS+ disks caught Symantec so much by surprise, apparently. Don't these people ever talk to each other? Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. tedlogan@busprod.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:42:12 -0600 From: Ted Logan Subject: Open Transport 1.1.2/Mac OS 7.6.1 I recently upgraded a PowerMac 7100/80 from OS 7.5.5 with Open Transport 1.1.2 to 7.6.1 with OT 1.1.2. Both setups used/use Free PPP 2.6.2 to connect to the ISP over first-rate copper phone lines for which I pay Southwestern Bell a $3.50 monthly line conditioning fee for optimal modem connections (USR56k V.90 modems on both ends). Previously my dial-ins to the ISP were virtually problem-free. Now I'm experiencing intermittent connection problems -- reported by no one else among the ISP's clientele. Free PPP reports a connection but it's dropped at password stage. This may happen twice and on the third try the connection holds and communication is established. Sometimes I open Free PPP Setup and open TCP/IP only to close it with no changes because I read about a year or two ago that this worked for someone else, reason unknown. It seems to work for me now, too: if I can't connect normally with Free PPP, I open Free PPP Setup in the Free PPP Menu, open and close the TCP/IP panel without change, and then click on the "Connect" button. Works every time so far. All suggestions/commiserations gratefully received. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. Cleveland, Oklahoma tedlogan@busprod.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 09:00:29 -0400 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: OT/PPP Configurations (Q) Dear Digest reader, I would love to see a simple CMM, control strip, or menu adder that allows me to select from the different configurations set in when hitting apple-K in the PPP control panel. Anybody know of such a utility? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 18:55:19 -0400 From: "dead nancy" Subject: pentium II, pc hp laserjet 4L on a mac? hi, everybody. re: my perceptions of greater speed in opening applications on a pentium II 300 vs. a g3 266: thanks to everyone for their suggestions, but even with vm off, that pentium still opens and quits much faster than the mac. please, no more lengthy newbie-aimed diatribes on 1. mac supremacy or 2. speed tweaking. i believe in macintosh, and the machine is already running clean. it was really more an observation than a plea for help. here's the plea for help: recently acquired an old windows/dos-compatible hp laserjet 4L that i'd like to hook up to my mac. is it just a matter of proper cables and drivers, or is there platform specific hardware inside? thanks. dead nancy http://home.earthlink.net/~deadnancy/ see you in hell! p.s. steve jobs is funk queen of the west coast. p.p.s. more clear plastic! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 14:28:15 -0400 From: Laurence Hawkins Subject: Performa 630CD Start-up Problem Performa 630CD with 68040 and System 7.5.1 cannot restart. Whether "normal extensions", "System 7.5.1 only", or "Extensions off" are selected, start proceeds until desktop shows, when bomb message (unnumbered) appears saying "System error occurred, "Finder", floating point processor not installed". Only option is to restart, which gets me nowhere. Disk First Aid showed Disk damage, which it repaired. Have zapped PRAM and rebuilt desktop file to no avail. Restored system software from Performa CD, with no improvement. Unless I'm missing something, my only last resort is to erase HD completely and re-install everything. Have I missed anything? And why should System restoration not solve problem? Please reply also directly to e-mail: lhawkin@caribnet.net Thanks Laurence Hawkins ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:39:19 +1100 From: b.orourke@uws.edu.au (Barry O'Rourke) Subject: Printing Netscape 2 up I am using a G3 PowerMac (OS 8.0) and HP 6MP printer. I have been printing Web info 2 up on an A4 page from Netscape 3.01. Last week I loaded Office 98 and I am now unable to print Netscape 2 up. I cannot find a preference option to revert to my previous configuration. I reinstalled the HP printer drivers but this did not fix the problem. I'd be grateful for some advice, please. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 22:41:54 +0900 From: Ted & Megumi Subject: PROBLEMS CONNECTING GCC PLP II PRINTER TO PM7300/180 Dear Macophiles, I own a GCC PLP II printer, which I've had for about 8 years. It has been a very good printer for me, hasn't given me any problems the whole time. Late last year I purchased a Power Macintosh 7300/180 and OS8.0. Until tonight I didn't try to connect and use the PLP II since I also have a Color Stylewriter 2400, which served my needs. When I connect the PLP II to the 7300, the computer won't boot--it freezes with a blank screen showing only the pointer (which is also frozen). The boot process never even gets to the happy/sad Mac screen. I can shut down using the button on the front of the 7300. My computer has OS 8.0 (Japanese version) installed. I have GCC Printer Manager 4.1.3 installed. I verified that the SCSI ID of the computer's internal hard drive and internal CD ROM aren't the same as the PLP II. I changed the SCSI ID on the PLP II anyways. I connected the computer and printer using a 3 ft and 6 ft cable. I tried with an external hard drive between the computer and the printer, and then with only the computer and printer in the SCSI chain. I tried with an additional terminator connected to the back of the PLP II. None of these have solved the problem, every time the result has been the same. Previously I used this printer with a Macintosh Performa 550, with none of these problems. I was using System 7.5 something, also Japanese version, and printing came off without a hitch, so I don't consider the problem to be with the Japanese system. Folks, is there something which prevents the Power Mac 7300/180 from working at all with the PLP II? I cannot find a more up to date version of the printer driver than 4.1.3, which goes back to 1995. The problem is really vexing since the computer's boot up process is interrupted before it even starts. Please help, the Stylewriter is down now. Sincerely, Ted Shaw satoshaw@gol.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 19:29:47 -0400 From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: Providing for NoFrame Browsers I built and have been maintaining a website for my church for a year or so. Thus far I have not employed frames but I would like to do so. I have constructed (but not deployed) a version of our website that is fully frames-functional. My hesitancy in deploying this version is in providing for browsers that are not frames-capable. I believe I understand use of the requisite tages (i.e and ) but I have two specific questions for anyone willing to elucidate me on either one: 1. One of the benefits of using frames is to take the navigation out of the individual frames and putting it in a single directory frame. However, if I want the site to be usable to non-frames-capable browsers, how can I provide for intra-site links within the individual pages without having them clutter the page when viewed as a frame? For example, for a non-frames-capable browser, if my home page points to page A and I want page A to be able to point back to my home page, I normally would insert in page A a link to the home page. However, if I want that same page to be used in a frame structure, I don't want to show the redundant linkage because that information is already in my index frame which will be show all the time. Can I put the "Home" link within a - pair in page A? If I did that, would it be invisible when viewing that page in the frame structure but visible when viewing it via a non-frames-capable browser? 2. How can I test my site's performance for browsers which are not capable of supporting frames? Do I need to use such a browser or is it possible to tell a frames-capable browser to pretend it is not frames-capable? If so, how do I do that? If it is not possible, how can I find a non-frames-capable browser to use for testing? TIA Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 01:39:46 -0400 From: Donald Webb Subject: Random stalls (Q) Could you please help? I'm experiencing unaccountable stalls. They happen while working in applications, during startup or even at idle when no application is open. The stalls seem to occur at random intervals. The mouse is not affected and continues to move properly, although it can't do anything. At first I thought it was due to a malfunction in my APS external drive, but now it's happened even when the APS is offline. I'm running System 7.6.1 on a Centris 650 with 20 mb RAM, virtual memory off, and a screenful of extensions and control panels. The scsi chain is: CPU - Zip - Conner - APS - Apple CD drive - HP ScanJet P5. That's ideal; I've never been able to get all the devices on line at the same time. Might the combination of the Zip and external CD drive be a factor? I've heard that two removable media in a chain is a no-no, but I never had trouble when using System 7.5.1. Personal replies appreciated. Don Webb ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 18:14:44 EDT From: Luskin Subject: SCSI Disk MOde Questions I am trying to use SCSI disk mode with a power book 180 running 7.5.1, and a Mac IIvx running 7.5.5. I am trying to follow the directions in chapter 14 of the Mac Secrets book, and having little success. I wonder if I am misinterpreting the instructions somehow. First, the book tells me to buy a HDI-30 SCSI Disk Adapter Cable. I was told that I could buy an adapter that fits on one end of a standard 25 pin SCSI cable that attaches a zip drive to a G3, for instance. I did that. The adapter fits the description in the book, i.e., it has a switch that allows it to operate in SCSI or in DOCK mode. I opened the powerbook setup control panel, and choose the number 2, and selected it. And shut down both mac. Then I connected the cable, with the adapter at the power book end, to both machines. Here is my first question: I was told by someone at the Mac store that I do not need a terminator, whatever it is, to do this. So I tried to do this without the terminator on the "fat" end of the cable, which I assume means the Mac II end. When I turned the power book on, connected to the off Mac II, the disk that appears at start up had a question mark in it, and that was that. So the questions are: The book talks about both buying a cable and buying an adapter. Is the adapter, plus a 25 pin SCSI cable equivalent to the HDI-30 SCSI cable? In other words, is the HDI SCSI/DOCK adapter correct, or is there a cable to buy. Also, do I in fact need a terminator? I assume the store will sell me a terminator whatever it is... Is there anything else necessary? Thanks for the help. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 May 98 10:24:33 +0900 From: "Dr.Stefan Kukula" Subject: Stylewriter 2200 & 8.1J-Any problems? About a year ago we got a Powermac & a stylewriter 2200. The 2200 is a really nifty little portable colour printer, that gives great quality copy. However, it has an annoying tendency to turn itself off (environmentally friendly, but not user friendly) and takes up a printer port, when we'd like to be able to hook it up to appletalk. Anyway, the time has come to upgrade the system, from 7.5.5J to 8.1J. I've been checking the apple sites (US & Japan) and can't find any info on what the current recommended 2200 driver is. Does anyone know whether the 2200 driver as supplied a year and a bit ago in Japan is compatible with 8.1? I can't see why it wouldn't be, but we use the printer a lot, and if I upgrade our system, and switch the printer into "paperweight mode" my wife WON't be impressed... (Does anyone have a good source of info for this 'orphaned' printer? A suggestion for how to free up the printer port, other than by getting another computer, would be really appreciated, as would a way of stopping it turning off! All I've found on any apple site is the 1 page technical doc., with no drivers at all.) Stef Dr. Stefan Kukula Kobe Steel Mech.Eng.Res.Lab, Kobe JAPAN |My opinion s-kukula@rd.kcrl.kobelco.co.jp Tel/Fax:+81-78-99-25641/32056 |NOT Kobe http://www.kobelco.co.jp/ http://www.angelfire.com/co/kukula/ |Steel's [Dragonboat in Kansai: http://www2.gol.com/users/akukula/] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:19:06 +0100 From: Michal Balcerzak Subject: Symantec GreatWorks to any other format conversion Does anyone know how to automatically convert Symantec GreatWorks documents to any other format - mainly texts and spreadsheets. Since there are plenty of the documents, I don't want to open each and Save as... (and again, and again...). MacLink Plus doesn't support GreatWorks :( Michal Balcerzak ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 18:38:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: Tech Tool Pro 2.0.2 (C) I just got the new TechTool Pro of the 2.0.2 persuasion and sent the following note to MicroMat. Maybe some of y'all would be interested in my initial findings. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you, folks, for (1) sending my TechTool Pro 2.0.2 upgrade from 1.0.3, (2) waiting until TechTool Pro was solid before you sent it to me, and (3) including my serial number on the mailing label. The last is rather important. I didn't need a serial number to install 1.0.3, so I didn't actually have it anywhere else. If I might have the temerity to address the issue, a couple notes on installation. No, nothing was amiss with standard installation onto the boot HD on my 7300. And your CD booted on the 7300 right smart. However, I prefer to glom my emergency toys onto a single boot disc (Floppy disk if possible as the most general. M/O or ZIP disc for biggies). Tech Tool Pro is a tad largish for a boot floppy. Norton 3.5.2 isn't. Y'all might work on a critical subset that fits. Or not. At any rate, I have a boot ZIP for my desktop machine (and for my Powerbook) that pretty much has everything I can do to fix busted stuff. I could not install TTP onto that ZIP if I booted from HD. Your installer said there was a duplicate copy of the TT Protection CP and asked if I should replace it. Say what? That puppy only existed on my HD. You went to the active system folder instead of to the one on the disc I requested. Naughty. You did a proper install only after I booted from the ZIP. Then came the Powerbook's emergency ZIP. The "VST" drive isn't like a SCSI ZIP drive. Won't boot a desktop Mac. The VST boot ZIP doesn't have the horsepower to link into the home ethernetlet to install from your CD that is shared (the way I normally install software on the PB). Hmmm. What to do? First cut: copy the TTP folder on CD to the PB's ZIP. No joy. The PB booted from ZIP, and TTP asked for the CD. Second try was the charm: copy the TTP folder from the installed version on my desktop HD to the ZIP disc. Didn't even want my reg-no afterwards. I don't think I'm doing anything outre. If an HD goes Dixie, I want to be able to diagnose/repair it from an external. That your CD boots is great for machines that have integral CD-ROM drives. Doesn't help for my PB5300. It'd be useful if y'all (1) installed everything on the selected boot disk and (2) included instructions on coping with other machines. This is just a suggestion for improvement on what appears to be a great product. We've needed an alternative to NUM for quite a while. And Disk Essentials certainly wasn't. Y'all have done a good job with your freeware TechTool for many years. TechTool Pro seems to be a typically outstanding MicroMat product. BTW, I tested TTP2 the same way I tested Disk Essentials. Against Norton. DE found problems that it fixed. Norton found problems with DE fixes and fixed them. Ad infinitum. TTP2 found problems and fixed them. Norton did not find any problems with your fixes. Y'all may not be right, but you're consistent. Al Bloom cc: infomac ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 18:46:40 +1000 From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Subject: Texas Instruments OmniLaser 2108 with Mac? I recently inherited a TI OmniLaser 2108, a once-was-quite-high-end PostScript laser printer based around a Ricoh engine. Is there anyone using this beastie with a Mac? I downloaded the PPD from Genicom, but I can't get it to work with LaserWriter 8. I coaxed the printer's front-panel menu through to put it in AppleTalk mode, but on the back there are only Centronics, and 9-pin and 25-pin serial ports. I tried using a modem cable to the 25-pin serial port, which didn't work for AppleTalk (though I could use a term prog to print text OK). I have another, better laser for my Mac anyway, but if I can get this varmint working, it would be just the ticket for draft work. Also, does anyone happen to have a spec sheet for this printer? From reading the PPD, I guess it's 300dpi and has 512K of RAM, but I'd like to know more; e.g. RAM expandability. The mainboard is real hard to get out, I want to leave it in there unless I really HAVE to pull it. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (Programmer) Home Resume -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************