Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #280 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 31 Mar 99 Volume 16 : Issue 280 Today's Topics: (A) Menu screen capture (A) New AVI player for the Mac (Q) Anybody know of a drop PICT-> GIF converter? (Q) BUYING COMPUTER (Q) Eudora Pro 4.0 Deliver button? (Q) Full Impact (Q) No Free Macintosh internet Service Providers? (Q) PCI Expansion Adaptor? (Q) Word 5.1a and OS 8.5 and LW NTX .cpt file (A) .vcf file... (A) 5200 Internal Modem? 5200 Modem [A] Zip problem - solved [Q] Dog Show Software A: GV's New 56kb V.90 Modem Script (C) Appleshare error (Q) Are boardswaps/LBU's still available for Quadras? coding attachments disappearing printers Finder unexpectedly quit under unusual circumstances (Q) Font and other questions Help: PB150 won't find PPDs (R) Is there a Way to hack Netscape????? Please Help......... Java errors with Netscape Communicator 4.5 Mac version of USPS postage statement applet MacOS 8.5.1 & Word 6.0.1 making external hard disk Need help cusomizing Netscape..... Need help with Modem Speed on New G3...it sucks.... New Iomega Stuff (Arrgghh!) Norton lost data [was: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268] P400 won't see floppy or Hd, chimes of death Pagemaker Question? (R) Powerbook 5xx Motherboard Replacement Powerbook 5xx Torx Driver Recording problems, the mystery of the vanishing HD. Sherlock error message -908 SIMM module(128MB EDO) startup memory check in 8.5 Turning On MacIIx Power Supply USB Modems w/o Drivers Zip problem! (R) 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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My client wants me to produce a PowerPoint PC presentation consisting of supplied scanned photos, scanned floor plans, text and two short audio recordings. I'll need to provide a navigation system of buttons to be able to find almost 300 different floor plans and photos. Plus they also want their logo done as a screensaver. Everything supplied will be in PC format. I have a Mac. Can I do the project with Virtual PC and copies of Illustrator, Photoshop and PowerPoint for PC? Is there anything else I'll need? What do I need for the screensaver? Help needed asap. TIA. ________________________________________________________________ Gord Shlanger Creative Alliance 47 Sycamore Drive Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 5V3 (905) 707-9300 (tel) (905) 886-1506 (fax) gord@inforamp.net or gordshlanger@email.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:43:11 -0500 (EST) From: 5040@unforgettable.com Subject: Do you have a cat? Mine is called Mehudi. Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 22:20:58 +0200 To: digest@info-mac.org From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com> Subject: SMS messages Dear list, I'm looking for URL that permits to send free SMS messages to GSM phone. I know that this URL exist I just can't find it (even thought I've searched the web). With best regards, Peter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:40:40 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (A) Menu screen capture Dear Digest readers, I haven't been able to do this before, although it might have been available as early as MacOS 8.0. The command-shift-4 key combination to screen capture a section of the screen allows you to capture a menu that is selected. Just don't let go of your mouse button when you select the top of the menu and use your other hand to select those three keys simultaneously. After that a crosshair (+) will appear which you can then point the mouse to the upper left hand corner and drag to the lower right hand corner of the area you want to capture. I know it works on MacOS 8.5.1 on a Powerbook G3. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 21:09:17 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (A) New AVI player for the Mac Dear Digest readers, Awhile back I remember reading somebody moaning over the fact that they couldn't read AVIs on their Mac. A new player has just entered the market that does both QuickTime and AVI and that is "Play it Cool." http://www.maccentral.com/news/9903/17.playitcool.shtml has all the news about it. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 01:32:07 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Anybody know of a drop PICT-> GIF converter? Dear Digest readers, DropStuff gave me a wonderful idea for a program, if one hasn't been made already. Why not drop a pict file over an icon and convert it to a GIF. Options for such a program should be whether to dither the picture, whether to make it a transparency, and which GIF format should be used. Anybody made a program like that yet? GraphicConverter doesn't seem to do it though. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 23:56:20 -0500 From: "Mark H. Bowersox" Subject: (Q) BUYING COMPUTER Hello all, In the spring I'm looking to buy a new mac. Now I am running a POWER MAC 7300/200 WITH MAC OS8.5.1. I am using Microsoft office 4.5.1, Internet explorer and outlook express. I also run a lot of Kids EDU. programs. I am also looking into buying a flat bed scanner in the near futher. The only other thing that I might undertake with the computer is web page for my mothers Antique Tractor club. I connect to the internet through my work by modems. I just wanted to give you folks some info as to what I do and am looking to do so you can provide me some good help. I was looking at buying a G3. Any comments? Can you get the PC card in the G3 or does it come with it or should I buy the virtual PC software? Would this be a good machine for what I want? I was told that I should upgrade this POWER MAC with a new board. Any comments there? There is a place here that sells rebuilt macs that i was thinking about checking into to help lower the cost and maybe get a faster one yet. Any comments there? Thanks people any thing that you can provide me as to good points and bad points will be gladly taken as I don't want to screw up since I don't know that much about the new macs. I love the power mac since i installed 8.5 Glad I bought this machine . -- Mark H. Bowersox CO-GENERATION PLANT OPERATOR I&C TECHNICIAN BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY bowersox@bucknell.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 07:31:09 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Eudora Pro 4.0 Deliver button? Dear Digest readers, All of a sudden I can't tell from where, everytime I check mail, the task progress window has a Deliver button that temporarily comes up before the inbox obscurs it. Yet when I go to my outbox, it doesn't show any pending delivery. I close my inbox window, and the progress window is already gone. It isn't until the next time I receive mail that I see this button again. Not just once, but everytime I check mail and there is mail for me. When there is no mail, no deliver button. If I am quick enough I do press the button. But I have to be quick as a G3. Only reflexes are that quick. So my question is, is there an attachment waiting for me at my server? Is it trying to send a message with an attachment? What is this Deliver button indicating? Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:58:20 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Full Impact Dear Digest readers, I believe I asked this question before, but nobody answered. Ages ago there was a spreadsheet by Borland called Full Impact 2.0.3s (made for the Mac). Sadly the spreadsheet doesn't work on 32bit addressing, and crashes every time I try to open it. I suppose I could try and open all my old spreadsheets on my LC, but that would take a lot longer than just being able to use them on my Powerbook G3. Anybody know of a way to get Full Impact translated to Excel 5.0? DataViz 9.7 doesn't. Surely there must be some way to translate this old spreadsheet format. Now if somebody could emulate 24bit addressing on 8.5, that would be great. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:06:23 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) No Free Macintosh internet Service Providers? Dear Digest readers, A few internet service providers with their own software packages have started to sprout up with free e-mail and web dialup access. There is NetZero, and owings-mills-aim-smart.com, and I am sure there are few others. But all only offer PC oriented software. Now granted there is Hotmail, NetAddress, Yahoo, Lycos, and a few others with free e-mail, but only if you already have a dialup. Now have I not searched hard enough, or is there no free dialup access available for the Mac? NetZero says their software for the Mac is due in 6 months. I have temporarily managed to get free access by being the Macintosh tech support technician for an internet provider. But for all those not technically inclined there should be a free dialup provider supported by its advertisers for the Macintosh. If anyone is interested in starting one in the Washington DC area, please e-mail me at the address below. I don't have the funding, but I do have the expertise in Macintosh networking. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 14:11:26 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) PCI Expansion Adaptor? Dear Digest readers, The Powerbook G3 Series was noted in the June 1998 issue of "MacWorld" magazine on page 64 as having a "PCI Expansion Adaptor" option under the description of the "I" item namely the Hot swappable 5.25 inch expansion bay. If this is true, then hardware developers have yet to make one, or it only exists in some obscure source. MacConnection has never heard of it. Now I do know http://www.magma.com makes a PCI expansion chasis, and maybe that is what "MacWorld" was referring to, but at costs of $1200, that is a bit steap. What is the PCI Expansion Adaptor, and where is the cheapest place to get it? Is there an adaptor that can be added onto it to allow the addition of OrangeMicro PC cards? Also on the same page it notes that the processor sits on a daughtercard, which in theory means it can be exchanged for another processor card. Is this true of even the 14" 233Mhz G3 Series with 512k backside cache? Anyone make faster daughtercards separate from the main machine that I could contact? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 07:32:43 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Word 5.1a and OS 8.5 and LW NTX Dear Digest readers, I have a friend who can't afford Word 6.0 let alone Office 98, and he is having trouble printing to his Laserwriter NTX using the Chaucer font, as it gives him an out of Memory error when he prints. Yet when he prints using the Geneva font it works fine. Anybody know of a Chaucer like font that is stable under MacOS 8.5 using a Laserwriter? By the way, I found that Word seems to work OK otherwise without the usual assortment of Microsoft INITs installed. Are there any particular INITs that should be installed? We had just moved him from MacOS 7.5.3, and still have the previous system folder from which to get those Microsoft INITs. He has an PowerMac 8100/80 with 32MB of RAM. Naturally, he can't just yet afford new memory either. I don't have Word 6.0 or Office 98. He even tried increasing the Get Info box by a 6000k. Now I seem to remember there was a patch to take Word 5.1a to 5.1e, or am I mistaken? Would that help? If it would, what is the ftp site I can get that patch from? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 11:59:35 +0100 From: Christian F Buser Subject: .cpt file (A) Gord Shlanger > Help! What's a .cpt file and what do I need to open it with? TIA. A compressed archive from Compact Pro. It can be de-compressed with Compact Pro (obviously), as well as with StuffIt Expander. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at "Nur Menschen, die lachen k=F6nnen, sind ernst zu nehmen" - Maurice Boykasse ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:02:01 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: .vcf file... (A) "Randall G. Floyd" wrote > What's a .vcf file=20 A "virtual visitor=B4s card", invented by Netscape and/or Microsoft to take up space on the hard drive. > and what do I need to open it with? Any application that can read text files (sipleText, BBEdit, etc.). Better still, just throw them away. They don=B4t contain any useful information anyway. And ask your correspondents to switch them off. Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)=7F Look at "Nur Menschen, die lachen k=F6nnen, sind ernst zu nehmen" Maurice Boykasse ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:50:38 -0800 From: "Antonich, James" Subject: 5200 Internal Modem? Anybody know the whereabouts of a good internal model for my Mac 5200? My 14.4 is driving me crazy? Jim Antonich Director of Programs (acting) Office of Continuing Education California State University at Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA 90032 Tel: 323-343-5964 or 5300 Palmer Canyon Claremont, CA 91711 Tel: 909-626-2616 jantonich@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 16:10:07 -0800 From: Jim Antonich Subject: 5200 Modem Any suggestions on upgrading to a new INTERNAL modem for my Mac 5200. The old 14.4 is driving me crazy. Jim Antonich ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:26:16 +0000 From: me@none.co.uk (LoboMac) Subject: [A] Zip problem - solved In article <7bs38m$762$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, moderator@info-mac.org (The Info-Mac Moderators) wrote: >From: Ephraim Fithian >Subject: Zip problem! > >>I have a PPC Macintosh; 550/225; 8GB HD; running OS8.5.1. >>Recently I removed the internal 2.1GB HD in favour of the 8GB now >>installed, and prior to that I had no problems with my Iomega Zip drive. >>However, since the swap over I am unable to start up the Mac -a blank >>screen only- with the Zip drive attached. If I disconnect the Zip >>everything is fine! The change of HD is the only thing that took place. >>I have checked the cables, connections, ID # and termination but still >>cannot solve the problem.> >>Any ideas what the solution may be? > >I have had the same problem with an LC475 (Q605) and a Q700 after >installing an internal non-Apple drive in SCSI-0. They would both boot off >a non-Apple external CD-ROM, but not the Zip. I tried old zip drivers and >new zip drivers. No solution found. Both worked fine when the internal >drive at SCSI-0 was an Apple drive, and would boot off a zip. Perhaps the >zip is using info from the internal apple drive's ROM to start up? > >Possible solution: keep the old 2.1 as internal drive and set up the 8 GB >as an external, but set it for start-up. This should allow the zip to also >serve as a start-up drive. > >Please post if you find a solution. > >Dr. Ephraim Fithian > http://www.enter.net/~fithian PROMLEM SOLVED... In a last ditch attempt I substituted the Zip and cable on another MAC and it turned out that the SCSI cable was faulty. A totally unrelated problem to changing over the disks but one which manifested itself after the change over! Lobo. ta reply, rub oot -LoboMac- from... plalp@-LoboMac-bigfoot.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:52:37 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: [Q] Dog Show Software Any recommendations on software to run a dog show? An accredited AKC show. Andy maybe a specialized solution to printing the catalog for said show? I can do it "by hand" but would like something more automated. Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:03:11 -0500 From: monte Subject: A: GV's New 56kb V.90 Modem Script (C) Al, I know I'm late in reading this post but since no one else has chimed in I thought I would add to your coments. The problems you noted with your Global Village modem affect ALL 56k modems. This is not a standard which is fully realized yet,in comparison to 33.6 connections. Hardware sits on a shelf for months meanwhile the modem firmware or the code used to communicate between the modem and the computer, the ccl file, usually needs to be upgraded. Why? Because the firmware on the modem boxes at your LAN, ISP has been updated in the meantime. It is an ongoing thing to try to improve performance and fix problems with modems that don't want to connect. The problems you outline: slow connections, disconnects are typical of old firmware or ccl files. Version Tracker is a great resource but there is also a page dedicated to 56k modems. Have you tried going to http://www.56k.com ? Among other things you can navigate directly to your modem manufacturers web page for ccl files and or firmware updates. I routinely check that site out for my customers. (Plus they tell you how to edit a ccl file.) On a side note, though I can sympathize with your frustration, I would not recommend a USR modem. I work in Technical Support for an ISP and we have more problems with that brand of modem than any other. In closing be verrrry glad you don't have one of those, expletive deleted, PC's. Most are shipping with Winmodems (think geoport). They're a royal pain to deal with and often perform at subpar levels. Heck numerous people have reported buying a new Gateway machine and the modem it ships with is slower the than the old machine's modem. Monte Ferguson >Yes, I gripe a lot. That's what curmudgeons do. But I also give credit where it is due (I hope). I just sent the following note to tech suppt at Global Village: > >I noted on VersionTracker the other day that you had just released the >version 1.1.1 modem script (GV V.90 Flex Preferred) for my new GV 56K >v.90 modem. I snagged it real quick. It wasn't supposed to help my >situation, but I was grasping at straws. > >The university's computing center (Virginia Tech, the vt.edu) recently >converted from 14.4kb modems and SLIP to 56kb V.90 modems and PPP. The >PPP part worked nicely with my old 14.4 Teleport Gold, so I got your >latest and greatest. And I applied the 2.20 ROM upgrade. And I could >not get reliable access to the university. Awful slow and more lack of >connection than not. I was getting a tad frazzled. > >The 1.1.1 modem script solved the problem. I dunno what you did, but it >was a Good Thing. Connection (and disconnect) is markedly faster. And I >connect on the first try much more often than not. And I connect at higher >speeds (42-44kb) than with the old script. I suspect my unconditioned >phone line can't do better. Heck, I can remember when conventional >wisdom had it that 2400 baud was the best an unconditioned phone line >could do. > >I'm, if not ecstatic, certainly not frazzled. Thanks. > No, I'm not ecstatic. When I got my GV 56kb V.90 modem, I checked the GV web site and found (1) I needed the 2.20 ROM updater and (2) the modem script that came with the modem was fine. Wrong on (2) anyway. When I tried to register the modem with GV on the web, I needed a serial number that was not anywhere. I made up one (123456) that the dumb web form accepted, but I could not actually submit my registration. Netscape hung, big time, every time I tried. I wrote a note to GV tech support which was massively ignored. Had the 1.1.1 modem script not been posted on Versiontracker, and had I not known to check Versiontracker every few days, I'd be back to my 14.4kb modem and wondering who I might stick with the new GV 56kb. But all is now well. GV tech suppt may never see or respond to my note of thanks, any more than they responded to my cry for help of last month, but Uncle Al, The Kiddies' Pal, is a happy camper. But I can't help thinking US Robotics might have been a better choice. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:19:14 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: Appleshare error (Q) Dear Digest readers, Ever since I first made an Appletalk network connection to my 7200/75 from my Powerbook G3 series, I've found that turning off Appletalk gives me an Appleshare error upon startup. Now sure I can disable some of the Appletalk extensions to prevent that error, but that leaves me with an unstable system. File sharing is turned off, yet the error persists. File linking is off yet the error persists. The error occurs on my Powerbook G3/233, with MacOS 8.5.1, RAM Disk, and 96MB of RAM (no virtual memory, no RAM Doubler) and right during the startupscreen. Any idea of how to turn the error off without disabling any of the default Apple extensions? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 99 06:14:41 -0500 From: "Stephen J. Wright" Subject: Are boardswaps/LBU's still available for Quadras? Hello, Just wondered if anyone knew if boardswaps (ie, upgrades to 601/60 and 601/100 PPC motherboards) were still available, viable or even prudent. I know Apple slammed the door shut on that option years ago, but are there third-party alternatives out there still worth a buck? Steve Wright ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:39:45 +0000 From: Ezra Nathan Subject: coding attachments Hi InfoMac Readers> I'd like some advice as to how to code attachments to Windows users. There are some files in Word and Excel that I need to send to those who run Windows 97 or later and I know that Binhexing the documents will cause them problems because they won't know what to do with it. Is there a coding method that Windows users are familiar with and that their usual unstuffing software will be able to handle? Like UUencode perhaps? Has anyone experience with the procedure that they can advise me about? Thanks, > Ezra ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 15:49:09 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: disappearing printers I am using System 8.1 on a G3, with two laser printers, a laser writer II and a personal laser NT, hooked up by local talk. I put the icons for both printers inside the system folder. I noticed a few days ago that the laser writer II icon's outline was heavy. Then a small red stop sign, with a hand on it appeared on the icon. And then I got such a hand on the personal laser writer icon. And now neither printer will print. The desktop print monitor icon, inside the extensions folder, is shaded, as though it were in use. It is sitting beside the desktop printer monitor spooler, which has a normal appearance. The OpenOT icon is also shaded. Both printer descriptions are in the printer descriptions folder in the extensions folder. Printershare, PrintingLib, and Printmonitor are there, and do not seem to be in use. In the printer selector window of the control strip, there is a dot beside the personal laser writer. Both printers turn on, print the initial sheet of paper, and appear in the chooser when they are on. When I select either printer, and close the chooser, nothing happens, and when I go back into the chooser, the laser writer icon is unselected again. Any idea what my problem might be? Thank you in advance. mbl ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:35:04 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: Finder unexpectedly quit under unusual circumstances (Q) Dear Digest readers, I was merrily playing my Audio CD, and decided I wanted to move over a file to my Apple menu. The launcher happened to have an alias I put in it for the Apple menu and I dragged the file over there. The file was the HP DJ Open Chooser. Mind you the Launcher control panel was locked, as suggested by people in the past to make it work with MacOS 8.5.1. Upon dragging over the Apple Menu Items icon on the launcher this HP file, I got the crash. What's more the CD was still playing since the AppleCD audio player program was still open. Quit from the CD player, and all of a sudden all I had was a watch cursor and a pointer cursor flipping between each other. After about 2 minutes it finally asked me if I wanted to rebuild the desktop file, so I did. My first question, what would cause the Finder to unexpectedly quit when dragging an item over to the Apple Menu Items folder while aliased in the Launcher? Does having the Apple Menu Items folder aliased in one's Launcher items folder create any system instability? Can I drag items to folders in the Launcher menu, or should I only do that to opened folders? Was this the auto-start virus? Powerbook G3 Series/233 with 96MB of RAM, no virtual memory. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:51:15 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: Font and other questions I have had a font, MTExt, spelled correctly, upper case E, for a very long time, and I have no idea what it looks like any more. Its icon looks like an old Apple laser writer II from the side, and there are two small ones on it. When I double click it, I am told that it is a postscript font, and that I must put it into the fonts folder in order to be able to use it. Even though it is in the fonts folder, I cannot get it to display. Though it is sitting in the fonts folder, it is not available as a font choice in applications. In addition, it resists being dragged into any of the font suitcases. I tried to drag it into the fonts folder, in the resources folder, of the adobe acrobat 4.0 reader folder, which worked. But acrobat does not seem to want to allow me to select any text of any acrobat documents that I have, in order to change the display font. How can I use this font; how can I write or print in it; at minimum, how can I see what it looks like? Next, why is there a collection of fonts in the acrobat resource folder? I have the reader only, so I can't write anything. In addition, why are these fonts not in the fonts folder in the system folder? Are they useable for anything? I notice that many are identical to fonts in the system folder, except for the fact that they are postscript. Why is it that the Apple laser writer II seems to get along with postscript, while the personal laser writer NT does not. I have one of each hooked up to my machine. On a slightly different subject, I wonder what the modifications to the desk top laser printer icons tells me. The Personal LaserWriter NT icon has a red ball on it. And the LaserWriter II NT icon is heavily outlined. These icons remain as they are, whether or not the printers are on, or chosen. And what is the Apple desktop printer utility, stored in the Apple extras folder, do? What is the difference between "normal printing and use of the desk top icons. I always do my printing from inside the applications, and these icons are new to 8.0 or perhaps 8.1. I am interested in setting up a list for a small group I am a member of on one of the free hosting sites. However, I am told by one of them that I must have Java. I have Java on my machine, it is standard on 8.1, but how do I make it available in a way that would please both AOL and a host? I think that AOL uses Internet Explorer, but it is somehow embedded in the AOL system. Here at last is perhaps a good reason NOT to be on AOL. Finally, I should have been thinking about this year or so ago, but in general, do I want to be on 8.5 or 8.5.1 or am I just as well off here at 8.1? A simple answer, reflecting the dumb generality of the question, will do. Just like the kitchen in my favorite restaurant, there are things I prefer not to learn too much about. My brand new power book is using 8.5.1, perhaps 8.5, and I prefer uniformity somewhat.. Thank you for the help. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:01:54 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Help: PB150 won't find PPDs (R) Gary Bowering wrote: > My problem is this: Chooser can see the modem and set it up. It can also > see LaserWriter 8 and the HP Laserjet extensions. But it can't find the > HP4MP PPDs. I've re-installed the software, moved the PPDs out of the > Printer Descriptions folder, moved them back... and can't think of > anything else! Your chooser extension may be a different language version than your system, or you renamed the printer descriptions folder, for example, by adding a space in front or at the end, etc.=20 But you can easily manually select the PPD for your printer, and everything will work.=20 Best wishes, Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)=7F Look at "Nur Menschen, die lachen k=F6nnen, sind ernst zu nehmen" Maurice Boykasse ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:05:12 -0800 From: joe@joe.com (Jacky) Subject: Is there a Way to hack Netscape????? Please Help......... Please helpŠ. Iım currently working on this art project which requires me to use the Internet. Iım using Netscape 4.0 as the browser. I want to disable some of the buttons on the browser window. I donıt want the print and find button operating or be shown. I want the Back and Forward button to be active. Is there any way to turn some of those functions off? Iım using a Mac. The art piece with just use a trackball. I donıt want the viewer to have any access to the cpu and the other functions. Is there any way to do this? I remember there was a way to go about this but I forgot how to do this. Iıve tried using Resedit but everything I tried talking some of those buttons out it keeps crashing the application. Iıve tried writing a script for it but that didnıt work either. I really need help. My student show is coming up a 2 short weeks. I really want to stick to Netscape but if Explorer is a better choice, please let me know. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I would greatly appreciate any kind of help or suggestions. Art Student in need of desperate assistant Please reply to, monk08@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:26:10 -0800 From: Edwin Horneij Subject: Java errors with Netscape Communicator 4.5 I am sure this is a common problem, but I haven't managed to find anything applying to it on the Web. No doubt I am looking in the wrong places. Whenever my browser (Netscape Communicator v4.5) attempted to load a page incorporating Java my Mac (PowerMac 7200/120 with 64 MB RAM) used to freeze. This behavior persisted throughout several reinstalls of Communicator and 3 or 4 clean installs of the OS (OS 8.1), removing all third party system extensions, etc. Since reinstalling Communicator yet again after upgrading to OS 8.5 this behavior has improved. Now only Communicator freezes. I am able to force quit for a change -- what luxury -- and I even get an error message! "Type 10 (bus error)". What I would really like is a solution to my problem beyond disabling Java, but at this point I would settle for an informed explanation of what the heck is happening. I am on the verge of wiping my hard drive and reinstalling everything bit by bit, but I have the nagging suspicion it won't really do much good. Any help appreciated. Ed Horneij ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:17:31 -0500 From: Matthew Mitchell Subject: Mac version of USPS postage statement applet http://www.usps.gov/formmgmt/webforms/ Postage Statement Wizard is a Java "smart form" application that calculates postage for presorted and bulk mailings and prints completed postal forms. It's long been available in a Mac version, though updates tend to be a coupla months behind the Windows version. Comment from the developer follows: >We're aware that the forms are slow to open. This is mostly a function >of using the current Java technology on Macintosh. However, in future >releases, we'll do what we can to enhance performance. For future >releases, we will also create two different software downloads--one >including the Java support and one without it, for those of you who >already have the current Java files installed. > >We hope the new format will be helpful. Please let me know if you have >any questions. > >Peggy Hager >PS Wizard Customer Support Howzat!?! /_\ Matthew Mitchell, Newsletter Editor /[ ]\ Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers / | \ PO Box 7505, Philadelphia PA 19101-7505 / _|_ \ voice: 215-673-6445-message box 3, fax 215-885-7448 --------- http://www.dvarp.org mitchell@dvarp.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:14:49 -0500 From: "Edward M. Greenberg" Subject: MacOS 8.5.1 & Word 6.0.1 I just installed MacOS 8.5.1 and I now get the following message when I use the Open from the File Menu in Word 6.0.1: WordBasic Err=25 Out of Memory (Stack Space) I have no problem with new doc or with opening a doc by double clicking or by opening a doc by using the find file command. I have plenty of memory, no other apps open etc. Any thoughts out there or do I really need to upgrade to Word 98 for the mac Thanks in advance Ed Greenberg emgred@homemail.com -- Ed Greenberg I'd rather be fishing! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:05:56 -0200 From: Ken Rodgers Subject: making external hard disk Hello, I have a 8 gig scsi hard drive. I want to put this in a box and make it an external hard drive. Does anyone know a site on the web that could show me how to do this. I have a basic knowledge of electronic and I can be boxes, cables and power supplys, just need wiring diagrams and so on. Thanks in advance ken ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:13:45 -0800 From: joe@joe.com Subject: Need help cusomizing Netscape..... Please helpŠ. Iım currently working on this art project which requires me to use the Internet. Iım using Netscape 4.0 as the browser. I want to disable some of the buttons on the browser window. I donıt want the print and find button operating or be shown. I want the Back and Forward button to be active. Is there any way to turn some of those functions off? Iım using a Mac. The art piece with just use a trackball. I donıt want the viewer to have any access to the cpu and the other functions. Is there any way to do this? I remember there was a way to go about this but I forgot how to do this. Iıve tried using Resedit but everything I tried talking some of those buttons out it keeps crashing the application. Iıve tried writing a script for it but that didnıt work either. I really need help. My student show is coming up a 2 short weeks. I really want to stick to Netscape but if Explorer is a better choice, please let me know. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I would greatly appreciate any kind of help or suggestions. Art Student in need of desperate assistant Please reply to, monk08@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:11:30 -0800 From: joe@joe.com Subject: Need help with Modem Speed on New G3...it sucks.... To whom this may concern: I Œve just recently purchase a new Mac G3 (the blue and white one). I put a global village internal modem in it. My ISP is earthlink. Anyhow, my connection sucks. Itıs suppose to be a 56k modem and my speed and connection rate sucks. Iım using the latest version of the OS (8.5.1) with the latest Open Transport. My connection is not consistent. My average speed of connection is at 2.8k/sec at best. 3.3k/sec on a good day. Iım usually on it after 10:30p.m. On my old machine (Mac 7500 with a 33.6 global village modem) my speed was great. It was always consistent. Iım dialing in to a 56k supported line. What am I doing wrong here? Please help. I want to get better connection speed. Thanks for the your time. Your help and suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Monk08@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:39:02 -0500 From: Al Bloom Subject: New Iomega Stuff (Arrgghh!) Oh this is goofy. I downloaded Iomega's ZIP Suite 1.1.3 (03/99) today. Newer stuff. Iomega Driver 6.0.4, Iomega Drive Options 1.4.5, Copy Machine 1.3. Worked fine on my new PB G3/233, HD and boot ZIP. Went to put it on my desktop (7300/180) machine and wondered what was going on. If a ZIP disc is in the ZIP drive, the new Iomega driver is X'd out on startup from HD. A startup from HD without a ZIP disc in the drive yields a normal (un-X'd) Iomega driver medallion. If I boot the machine from a ZIP with the new driver on it, the Iomega driver is X'd out. If I remove the Iomega extension and CP from the ZIP disc, it boots my machine fine. Yeah, same thing happens if I "erase" the ZIP with the new Iomega extension, which should put the latest driver on the disc, yes? In no case am I blown out of the water. The machine boots from HD and sees the ZIP drive and disc. The machine boots from ZIP disc. What does an X'd out extension mean any more? I wish I understood this stuff. Even more, I wish Iomega actually had a tech support address or phone number to address these questions. The arrogant naughtywords hide from us. Here, kid. Read a FAQ. How can they know what a FAQ is if they don't accept questions? Enquiring minds want to know. Al ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:00:23 -0600 From: Gib Henry Subject: Norton lost data [was: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268] >Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 23:22:22 -0800 >From: max >Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 > >I used the new Norton on my PowerMac 7100 and lost data galore. And I >had >scarcely finished installing the monster. Back to TechTool. > >Max Millar Hold on there, Max...what VERSION of Norton Disk Doctor and what VERSION of the system? Anyone using NDD version less than 4.03 with FWB Hard Disk Toolkit version less than 2.5.3 is asking for disaster. Same thing applies to certain earlier versions of Apple's disk formatter. The version numbers mentioned above have been entirely satisfactory for me. Cheers, -- Gib ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:14:30 -0500 From: carolynb@mindspring.com Subject: P400 won't see floppy or Hd, chimes of death Hello, I am trying to help my brother in law, so some of the information that I have is second hand. He has my old P400, so I know the system very well. He is running the P400 version of System 7 (or 7.1?), and recently did a partial re-install to replace some items that he accidentally deleted, but needs. He did the re-install while operating off of the HD system (not a floppy), so the Finder and System were not replaced because they were in use (I think that this is the source of some of the problem). His original problem was fixed. He then tried to use his AOL account and was able to logon, but was kicked off (he admits probably by AOL). At some point he re-installed AOL from a CD. While trying to re-logon, AOL crashed the machine, and when he restated, he got the chimes of death. He panicked and called me :) He lives in Florida, and I live in NY :P Well, whether we try to start from the HD or from the system utilities start-up disk or from a Norton Emergency disk, all we get is the chimes of death (I can hear it over the phone!) We think we zapped the PRAM correctly (what exactly is that key sequence to be sure?), and I had him remove and re-insert the battery just to be sure. Nothing. From what I can recall, the code under the dead mac icon at start-up indicates a software problem (I think he said 7-zeros and an "F" on one line, and 7-zero's and a "C" on the second line). Or does this indicate a hardware problem? I have heard the "chimes" way too many times, but I have never had the machine completely ignore the floppy drive. I don't know know what to tell him-I'm completely perplexed! Please help! He is totally depending upon our combined wisdom! Please feel free to contact me directly if you choose at carolynb@mindspring.com. I feel very bad for him, because I had been trying to lead him through this, and now he has nothing :( Thank you very much, Carolyn Barry carolynb@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:02:07 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Pagemaker Question? (R) "Melvin Wilson Jr." wrote: > Right now I am using a Mac with Pagemaker 6.5 on an NT network. Is it > possible to transfer Pagemaker files back and forth between both > platforms? On the Windows side they are using Pagemaker 6.0. =20 I think the file formats are different between PM 6.5 and 6.0, but saving the files in 6.0 format should allow the NT users to use them. Hope this helps. Best wishes, Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)=7F Look at "Nur Menschen, die lachen k=F6nnen, sind ernst zu nehmen" Maurice Boykasse ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:49:58 EST From: Boybert@aol.com Subject: Powerbook 5xx Motherboard Replacement Hello- I am interested in replacing the motherboard in my Powerbook 520c. The previous owner fried the Printer/Modem port by hot-swapping devices on it. I also wouldn't mind the slight performance increase I could gain by replacing the current board with a 540's, for instance. I have obtained a copy of the PB RUI, and the illusive Torx T8 screwdriver. The RUI, however gives very sketchy info on the 5xx series, and only really goes as far as RAM upgrades. I opened my Powerbook, and got as far as removing a board which appears to have the processor on it, as well as removing the hard drive and floppy drive. From there, I can't seem to disassemble it any further. Is anyone familiar with 5xx surgery, or know of a site or newsgroup where I could get some more information? Is this a feasible idea to begin with? I would rate myself as having medium-high 'surgery skills'. Thanks a lot, Jake Cross Boybert@aol.com == [jakecross@yahoo.com | Boybert@aol.com | kcross@gwi.net] [ICQ: 7195169 | AOL IM: Boybert | eBay: boybert] "Justice isn't blind -- she's just crosseyed" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:31:50 EST From: Boybert@aol.com Subject: Powerbook 5xx Torx Driver Hello- I have been reading up lately on Powerbook 5xx series maintenance, and it seems that the biggest problem people have is obtaining the proper Torx screwdriver to open the machine. I have seen them occasionaly on eBay, going for around $15. I found a great deal from Jensen Tools (www.jensen.com), the best tool supply company around. For $6.25, they carry a Torx T8 Driver, item #289-108 which is the perfect shape and length for operating on a PB5xx. Their website is easy to use, and they ship same day. Hope this helps someone, Jake Cross Boybert@aol.com p.s. I am not associated with Jensen Tools in any way :) == [jakecross@yahoo.com | Boybert@aol.com | kcross@gwi.net] [ICQ: 7195169 | AOL IM: Boybert | eBay: boybert] "Justice isn't blind -- she's just crosseyed" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:52:15 +0900 From: "Allan Sutherland" Subject: Recording problems, the mystery of the vanishing HD. Has anyone experienced any problems connected with Ultra Recorder any of the 2.4 versions? My experience, using a G3, 64mb RAM, 233 processor, system 8.5.1, with no additional extensions (strange or otherwise) installed, has been that the recorder suddenly seizes, the level bar is flickering its full length. As soon as I touch the keyboard the programme crashes then the computer will not respond to any input whatsoever. Trying to restart invokes the flashing question mark. Kill the disc and restart it is usually OK, but not always. On one other occasion after recording apparentlty succesfully, after shut down on restart the system could not find the hard disc. However, after leaving in exasperation. Returning after a long weekend the system started up with no apparent displeasure. Does anyone have any idea what might be happening here? All detective work, playing with extensions, reducing them to the MAC OS ones only, tweaking the controls, have brought no solution. One passing thought is that there maybe a problem with writing files onto the disc, which Ultra Recorder does. That even although there is 2.5gegabytes free on the hard disc this may be subdivided by fragmentation, result the recording stops on hitting an occupied segmant, beginning the steps leading to corruption. That is a guess, any ideas, any ill experiences? Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:35:54 +0100 From: Eduard Subject: Sherlock error message -908 See subject. Then my PPC 5400, 8.5.1 freezes. Anyone? Eduard. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:12:55 -0800 From: joe.kwon@vlsi.com Subject: SIMM module(128MB EDO) Dear Gentleman I am looking for EDO 128MB SIMM(72pin, 60 nsec) theseday. It seems to me it is very rare in the general market. If you have these items in stocks, I want to buy 5 of them. Please give me your Quote as quickly as possible. Thanks Joe Kwon T)408-474-5398 F)408-273-6367 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 15:40:58 -0800 From: jeg@polished-pixels.com (Dr. Julian E Gómez) Subject: startup memory check in 8.5 Does anyone know how to disable the startup memory check? The 8.5 Memory control panel has resources for turning it off, but what is the magic key combination to get that option to appear? -- Dr. Julian "a tribble took it " Gomez mailto:jeg@polished-pixels.com http://www.polished-pixels.com/ original member Apple Computer QuickDraw 3-D Team ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:38:21 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Counsil" Subject: Turning On MacIIx Power Supply Hello, I have a spare MacII/MacIIx power supply, and would like to use it as a bench supply for testing devices (hard disks, etc.). I have been trying to figure out how to turn the thing on, but have not had any success. Can anyone tell me how the supply is turned on through the mother board (hence, through the keyboard)? I would have thought a simple contact on a couple of the leads would do it, but I have not found the right combination, and have found ZERO voltages present at the connector. Strange... Thanks in advance for your help. (NOTE: Please copy any replies to "jcounsil@umr.edu" as I often can not read all the digests.) -Joe- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Joseph A. Counsil, Research Engineer, University of Missouri - Rolla | | Chemistry Department, jcounsil@umr.edu Phone: (573) 341-4397 | | 142 Schrenk Hall, Rolla, MO 65409 Amateur Radio: -= KB0FPD =- | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:22:05 -0500 From: Nathan_Danner@STEV.net (Nathan Danner) Subject: USB Modems w/o Drivers I am brand new on this list so please excuse any breeches in protocol.=20 Does anyone know if a USB modem without Mac drivers has any chance of working on a USB capable Mac? I have a US Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem Pr= o which works fine on the serial port but I am planning on upgrading to a B&W G3 and would like to use the USB port on the back of the modem rather than using a USB to serial converter. =20 (http://www.3com.com/client/pcd/products/prod-voice5605-pro.html) Since 3com does not make Mac Software for this modem they will not provide any answers about my configuration. Any help would be appreciated. Nathan Nathan Danner Technology Coordinator Arkport Central School 35 East Ave, PO Box 70 Arkport, NY 14807 (607) 295-7471 Nathan_Danner@STEV.net =80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80 He scrambled out on the first bank he came to, and he hopped home across the meadow with his macintosh all in tatters. --Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter =20 =80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80=80 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:02:15 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Zip problem! (R) me@none.co.uk (LoboMac) wrote: You hide your address - don't you like replies? ... > Recently I removed the internal 2.1GB HD in favour of the 8GB now > installed, and prior to that I had no problems with my Iomega Zip drive. > However, since the swap over I am unable to start up the Mac -a blank > screen only- with the Zip drive attached. If I disconnect the Zip > everything is fine! The change of HD is the only thing that took place. 1) Did you copy the whole old drive to the new one, or did you re-install system, and other things? In such cases, I take the simple way, just copy everything over and then it works as before. 2) May also be a termination problem. Is the internal disk SCSI? If so, make sure the term jumper on the internal drive is set. Best wishes, Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)=7F Look at "Nur Menschen, die lachen k=F6nnen, sind ernst zu nehmen" Maurice Boykasse -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************