Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #65 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 19 Apr 00 Volume 17 : Issue 65 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#527/17-Apr-00 [*] ConneXcellent 1.1 - dialup connection utility [*] Dragthing 2.7 J [*] Extension Wizard [*] FishCard 2.3 - flash card review software [*] FTP Wizard [*] Hefty FTP 1.0 [*] Jedit3.0.5 for PPC -- Powerful Text Editor [*] MacTypingTutor 4.7.5 [*] Recently Submitted File [*] Silver Vines Kaleidoscope scheme [*] VisualProjector v2.0.0 [Q] OS9 and Performa 6400 internal modem [Q] searching for an old mac game... found! Bookmarks: Netscape Comm. to IE Bookmarks: Netscape Comm. to IE Converting Bookmark Files Info-Mac Digest V17 #64 post script errors when printing? PowerBook 100 battery status report Printer Driver Shutdown problem TidBITS celebrates 10th anniversary of Internet publication Using a PC IDE card in a 7600? 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Adam commemorates the occasion of our tenth anniversary by passing on some of the lessons we've learned over the years. Geoff Duncan weighs in with a Tools We Use column on iDo Script Scheduler, and we cover the releases of Now Up-to-Date & Contact 3.9 (with Palm synchronization) and PowerMail 3.0. For this week's poll, tell us how long you've been reading TidBITS. Topics: MailBITS/17-Apr-00 Tools We Use: iDo Script Scheduler Lessons from Ten Years of TidBITS [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-527.etx; 28K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: Elly Subject: [*] ConneXcellent 1.1 - dialup connection utility Launch and quit applications automatically with your internet connection. ConneXcellent allows you to select up to four applications to launch automatically with your pre configured PPP dialup internet connection, and to automatically quit any or all of them when disconnecting. Registration: ConneXcellent is shareware, only costing $8. All future versions will be free to registered users. Requirements: Macintosh PPP based dialup internet connection Open Transport You can always get the latest version of ConneXcellent from Echozone Software at: http://www.echozone.com/software.html [Archived as /info-mac/comm/connexcellent-11.hqx; 848 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: James Thomson Subject: [*] Dragthing 2.7 J Enclosed is a copy of the Japanese language version of DragThing 2.7, to update Info-Mac with the latest version. This release was kindly translated by Yoshiaki Takahashi, Eric Miller, Gray Ginther, Gary Kellenberger, Sachiko K Harrison and Kenroy Harrison. DragThing is an application dock designed to tidy up the icons littering your desktop. Simply drag an application from the Finder onto an empty square in a dock and then drag documents onto it as normal.In addition, the docks can contain files, folders, disks, servers and URLs, and there is also an option to display the currently running processes in a special dock. DragThing is shareware, at $20 a copy, and is a free upgrade for existing registered users. DragThing requires at least System 7.5.5 (8.0 or later recommended) and a Macintosh with a minimum of a Motorola 68020 or PowerPC 601 processor. Storing URLs in docks requires the Internet Config extension to be installed, version 2.0 or later. The official DragThing web page is also available at you can download the latest version of DragThing there and get all the up-to-date news and information. Thanks, James [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/dragthing-27-jp.hqx; 2129 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: John Casasanta Subject: [*] Extension Wizard Stop throwing away documents you can't get to open! Have you ever experienced the problem where you download a document from the internet, receive one as an e-mail attachment, or copy one from a network and you just can't get it to open? Moreover, sometimes these documents will open, but in one of the last applications you'd want them to... ...well, Extension Wizard is a utility created to help end these frustrating situations! For more information, please visit our website at: [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/extension-wizard.hqx; 1927 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: David Mueller Subject: [*] FishCard 2.3 - flash card review software FishCard is a flash card review program. It will show you the question (one side of the card), then wait until you are ready, and show you the answer (other side of the card). The it supports multiple fonts and sizes, speech synthesis, and random order review. There is also a version for MS-DOS. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/fish-card-23.hqx; 36 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: "john simmonds" Subject: [*] FTP Wizard Applet to upload files via drag & drop using FTP client Fetch. Freeware. FTP Wizard is small easy-to-use, yet powerful AppleScript droplet that uses Fetch FTP client to seamlessly transfer files to a remote FTP server. Users may create multiple Applets for different FTP accounts and or directories. To use the ³Wizard² simply drag & drop a file or files onto it and it will upload your files to the appropriate FTP site. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/ftp-wizard.hqx; 586 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: Peter Job Subject: [*] Hefty FTP 1.0 Hefty FTP is a modern queue based FTP client for the Mac that: * Automatically retries connections * Automatically retries downloads and uploads * Automatically resumes transfers if possible * Can be transferring queued files to/from FOUR FTP servers simultaneously while browsing a fifth * Can download files off the Web using HTTP, with full reconnection/resumption capabilities * Gives you extensive control over your FTP sessions and transfers System Requirements To run Hefty FTP, users require the following 1. A PPC Mac running MacOS 8.5 or later. 2. 8mb free RAM. 3. Open Transport. 4. About 4MB of disk space. 5. An Internet connection. 6. A screen set to 1024x768 minimum. Shareware / Payment Hefty FTP is being released as shareware at a cost of US$ 35.00 per single user. Payment is throughy Kagi (http://order.kagi.com/?UYJ). Upon registration, users will be e-mailed their registration code allowing them unlimited usage of the software. Contact Information Peter Job pjob@kagi.com Kevin Brett ziggy@intekom.co.za Technical Support ziggy@icon.co.za Website: http://www.ziggy.speedhost.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/hefty-ftp.hqx; 1878 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: MATSUMOTO Satoshi Subject: [*] Jedit3.0.5 for PPC -- Powerful Text Editor The English version of the popular text editor in Japan. It supports Multi-Style, Multi-Splitable Window, Multiple Undo, HTML Coloring, Sherlock FCB Search, Book Marking Function, Object Embedding (image, sound, Quicktime Movie and alias), AppleScript, Macro Menus, Read out and Recording, Summarizing, Unicode etc. Jedit3.0 is a shareware. Hardware Requirement: + System 7.1 or later + Power Macintosh + Needs free memory of more than 2MB. Features: + Opens and Edits more than two files at once, and works with more than 32KB of files + Views a single document using more than two split views. + Displays line numbers, paragraph numbers and rulers. + Supports multiple Undo/Redo for all operations. + Supports Unicode and UTF8 text files. + Compatibility with multi fonts, multi styles, and multi color. + Inserts images, sounds, QuickTime, QuickDraw3D, and aliases into documents. + Opens, edits and saves SimpleText Read Only files. + Supports auto coloring for HTML tags, and drag & drop functions for URL path names. + Supports regular expressions (compatible to 2-byte characters) for search functions. + Supports multiple file search (which is commonly called 'Grep'). + Compatibility with Sherlock. Jedit3.0 can open a file and immediately jump to the chosen search word. + Bookmarks any area you select. The bookmarks are available in an index file. + Supports 3 types of line breaks for each OS (MAC, UNIX and DOS). Also supports and automatically identifies 8 types of encodings, such as MacJapanese (shift-JIS), JIS, EUC and Unicode. + Supports AppleScript. Most operations for editing text can be controlled by AppleScript. + Supports deep macro menus and macro windows. AppleScript can be registered as a macro command. + Supports "Internet Config." If you want to open an URL in the document window, click the URL with the command key down. In addition, you can paste your signature as set in Internet Config. + Supports Word Service. You can start your preferred spell checker, grammar checker and dictionary application from the menu bar on Jedit3.0. + Compatibility with contextual menus. You can register any AppleScript in the contextual menu of Jedit3.0. + Supports Language Analysis Manager. Allows you to convert kanji text to hiragana and speaks the Japanese text. ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/text/jedit-305-ppc.hqx; 2321 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Apr 2000 From: "Wm. Rogers" Subject: [*] MacTypingTutor 4.7.5 Note to school shareware-reviewers: As of April, 2000, MacTypingTutor is now also available in PC Windows version that can be ordered together with the Macintosh version for one fee. Note to individual users: You can have optional free delivery of MacTypingTutor by email, for registered copies. MacTypingTutor is a great program for beginning typing students. It uses five integrated work areas that together teach correct finger placement and memorization of the keyboard keys. Practice exercises focus on single letters, letter and number sequences, words, sentences,m paragraphs, and free typing. The program offers a spelling checker, user-defined speed goals, score sheets, time tracking with rest signals, and many other helpful features. MacTypingTutor can be used for regular typing or Dvorak typing. The program also now offers "spoken prompts" and "talking keys" as an option. There also are one hand versions for left- or right-handed typing. MacTypingTutor4.7.4 is for Power Macs only; download MacTypingTutor4.3 or earlier for use on regular Macs. Windows-TypingTutor version is also available for PC computers. Ask for details about all program versions at wroger@tiac.net or visit site at www.tiac.net/users/wroger Wm. Rogers Practical Press [Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-typing-tutor-475.hqx; 468 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: "Colin Parker" Subject: [*] Recently Submitted File I recently uploaded a game to your archive. The name of the game is Bob. It is a puzzle game, and the object is to collect all of the coins and leave through the exit. You have to be careful to avoid bombs, traps, and water. You can push things around, and even use your twin to help you with the solution. Requires Mac OS 8.0 or later Navigation Services Recommended(comes with 8.5) Mac OS 8.5 recommended The website is realness.virtualave.net Contact me at realmanppp@hotmail.com My name is Colin Parker The file is 231,169 bytes when un-binhexed [Archived as /info-mac/game/bashing-bob.hqx; 206 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Apr 2000 From: royerm Subject: [*] Silver Vines Kaleidoscope scheme Silver Vines is a grey scale Kaleidooscope 2.0 scheme that decorates your desktop with twisting ivy. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/silver-mini-vines-ks.hqx; 578 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 2000 From: Caerwyn Pearce Subject: [*] VisualProjector v2.0.0 "Visual Projector 2" gives Macintosh users a shareware alternative to version control systems with an intuitive interface. With Version 2, VCS databases can be created and manipulated, files can be checked in, out and shaken about in a intuitive manner. Visual Projector is a user interface for Apples SourceServer which is freely available from Apples web site. This release opens the world of source control via SourceServer to those outside of the programming fraternity. VisualProjector can be used easily for source management of web sites, word processor documents, spreadsheets, applescripts,etc. VisualProjector can be included on commercial CDs if required but must be the complete installer with all documentation. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/visual-projector-20.hqx; 773 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:45:06 -0700 From: Richard Glover Subject: [Q] OS9 and Performa 6400 internal modem Can anyone verify that OS9 is compatible with the internal modem (a 28.8 GeoPort in the comm slot?) in a Performa 6400. AOL 4.0 won't "see" the internal port under OS9. Welcome back, info-mac! -RAG +-------------------- R i c h a r d G l o v e r --------------------+ mailto:rglover@biap.com http://www.biap.com/rglover/ "You're just jealous that the voices only talk to *me.*" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 11:29:59 -0700 From: Wagner Truppel Subject: [Q] searching for an old mac game... found! Thank you to all the people who responded to my inquiry. Yes, Sokoban was what I was looking for. There are several versions available, but the one that I remember playing is: http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/NewSearch?key=Sokoban Thanks again! Wagner ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:28:05 -0500 From: WJ Shack Subject: Bookmarks: Netscape Comm. to IE On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:26:43 -0700, "Chris McVay/Karen McVay" wrote: >Hi, >I have been using the latest versions of both Netscape Communicator and IE >(don't ask why). I am wondering if there is a way to share the hundreds of >bookmarks I have in Netscape with IE? Also, I would like to share some of >those bookmarks with my wife's IE browser on her Windows machine. >Thanks for any help. >Chris/Karen McVay >chrism@efn.org -------- End Quote -------- To share bookmarks on the same computer make an alias of your Netscape bookmarks file, rename it "Favorites.html" and put it in your System/Preferences/Explorer folder. You can import Netscape bookmarks from a Mac to Netscape/PC. From there you can import to Explorer. However, the bookmarks file must first be converted to PC text file format. Because when using convertors that are supposed to convert Mac text files to PC text files. They may break up the header and you will get garbage on the PC. Instead use a text editor like Tex-Edit and do a global find (carriage return) and replace (carriage return line feed). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:39:51 -0400 From: RobD Subject: Bookmarks: Netscape Comm. to IE quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message abstract: >From: "Chris McVay/Karen McVay" >Subject: Bookmarks: Netscape Comm. to IE > >Hi, >I have been using the latest versions of both Netscape Communicator and IE >(don't ask why). I am wondering if there is a way to share the hundreds of >bookmarks I have in Netscape with IE? Also, I would like to share some of >those bookmarks with my wife's IE browser on her Windows machine. >Thanks for any help. That's easy. Easiest is use Import Favourites from File Menu of IE 5 then point to your Netscape Bookmarks. Or if you want to prune them Use Open File from File menu and browse to your bookmarks file in your Nertscape preferrences folder. Or duplicate it and put the copy in IE so it is easier to find. Then set up your folders and drag the bookmarks to your favourites folders. >>>-----------Reach me by ICQ# 7162477------------------<<< ~~~ Read my contributions ~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:58:24 -0400 From: Morgan Kochel Subject: Converting Bookmark Files Dear Chris, > I have been using the latest versions of both Netscape Communicator and IE > (don't ask why). I am wondering if there is a way to share the hundreds of > bookmarks I have in Netscape with IE? Also, I would like to share some of > those bookmarks with my wife's IE browser on her Windows machine. The best way I've found to do this is: 1. Open your Netscape Bookmarks file in any web browser by double-clicking on the Bookmarks.html file in the system/preferences folder. You should see a webpage of your bookmarks in the browser window. 2. Open the source of the file in your browser, and save the source as Favorites.html on your desktop. 3. Move the new Favorites.html that is on your desktop to the Explorer preferences folder and replace the old Favorites.html file. This can be done with any browser to convert your old bookmarks to the new browser -- but you have to know what the new browser calls its bookmarks (usually either Hotlist.html, Favorites.html, or Bookmarks.html). If you need further help, just email me at morgan_k@mac.com. Morgan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 21:03:20 +0100 From: Graeme Babbs Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #64 > > > Subject: laserjet4 driver > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:29:15 +0100 > From: Nancy Kwant > > Hi, > > I've got a question about connecting my laserjet 4 to my macintosh. I have a > printer cable for parallel to USB but now I need the driver for it. > Can anyone help me with this problem? > > greatings, > > Nancy Kwant > nkwant@zelexion.nl You should get the driver from either http://www.hp.com or http://hp.com I did it by using a crossover ethernet cable rather than USB. You should have an ethernet slot in your Mac and if you have an ethernet slot on your laserjet, a crossover ethernet cable isn't too expensive and frees up a USB slot. It MUST to be a cross over ethernet cable, a normal ethernet cable won't work (both ends "talking" at once - with a crossover cable the Mac "talks" the printer "listens"). HTH Graeme -- Graeme Babbs The Journey is the Reward is an archive of the MX5 email list available at http://www.fizzindi.demon.co.uk/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 21:57:47 -0400 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=C9rick?= Beaulieu Subject: post script errors when printing? Can someone PLEASE explain to me why i keep on getting post script errors while printing from MSword (office98) installed on my imac (running OS9) to my Personnal laser writer 640? -- Érick Beaulieu, c.o. Montréal, Québec Me connaître: http://www.bigfoot.com/~erickbo Mon travail: http://www.cam.org/~vcje Mon appartenance vocationnelle: http://www.bigfoot.com/~cointernet fax: (419) 791-4992 «Le soleil, avec toutes ces planètes qui gravitent sous sa gouverne, prend encore le temps de mûrir une grappe de raisin, comme s'il n'y avait rien de plus important.» Galilée (Galileo Galilei), 1564-1642, physicien et astronome italien. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:16:46 -0700 From: James Yao Subject: PowerBook 100 battery status report My PowerBook 100 left unused for 1 year. I assume my rechargeable battery is dead which may or may not be related to my question. I run the Battery Status report (Coming with System 7.1) and it does not indicate that the machine is using AC adapter. Instead, it shows that the battery is fully charged even after I took the battery out of the slot. I tried to reset PRAM by: 1. turn off the unit 2. took out the battery 3. flip the backup battery switch down 4. waited for 5 minutes 5. simultaneously press and hold "power reset" and "reset" buttons on the side (terminology for button names may not be correct)for 15 seconds 6. start the machine and hold CMD+OPTION+R+P until there is a beep 7. Machine started but battery status is the same I also checked my onboard fuse and it is still OK. Any help is appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:43:17 -0700 From: Helen Rousseau Subject: Printer Driver >I've got a question about connecting my laserjet 4 to my macintosh. I have a >printer cable for parallel to USB but now I need the driver for it. >Can anyone help me with this problem? Printer Drivers can usually be obtained from the maker of the Printer online. Helen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 22:22:05 -0500 From: Gib Henry Subject: Shutdown problem >Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 08:05:19 -0400 >From: Laurence Hawkins >Subject: Shutdown problem > >Running a PowerMac 6500/225 with 7.6.1, 64 MB RAM, OT v. 1.1.1, external >56K Supra modem and a Umax Scanner. > >For the past few weeks, whenever I attempt a shutdown I get the warning >"Shutdown could not be completed because the application 'unknown' could >not quit". As as result, I have to do the Control-Command-Power Key routine >to shut down. > >A shutdown soon after startup (e.g. startup, going online, downloading mail >with Eudora, and then closing the applications), gives no problem, but if I >have opened several applications, done some printing, etc., then the >problem returns. Suspecting extensions conflicts to be the cause of the >problem, I could try using Conflict Catcher to investigate, but the >procedure could take hours, as each test would involve a shutdown and >startup, and faking a "typical" session to get the problem to reappear. > >Any ideas? After getting the error message, try running something like ProcessWatcher or Quitter which will show you any faceless background applications or other processes still running, and allow you to kill them. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:58:00 -0700 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: TidBITS celebrates 10th anniversary of Internet publication Hey folks, Just a short note to let you know that this week's issue of TidBITS (#527) marks our 10th anniversary of publication, cementing our status as one of the oldest solely electronic publications on the Internet. Throughout this time, we've continued to concentrate on topics of interest to the Macintosh Internet community, distributing issues for free both in email, and once it appeared, the Web (via ). Our current approach is a multi-faceted publishing model that tightly integrates our original content with information polled from readers and moderated discussions among our most interested subscribers. To give you an idea of the scope of what we've done over the last ten years, we've published 527 issues containing over 4,500 articles by over 250 authors, including 209 reviews, 212 news articles, 198 how-to and informational articles, 138 analyses and commentaries, and 140 technology overviews (and over 1,000 older articles we haven't yet categorized). Plus, in its two years of existence, our moderated discussion list TidBITS Talk has carried almost 6,700 messages in over 1,000 threads. Each issue of TidBITS is also translated into five languages by teams of volunteers translators - you can now read TidBITS in Dutch, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. To commemorate the anniversary, I've written an article in this week's issue passing on a few of the lessons we've learned over ten years of publication. If you're interested in my thoughts about electronic publishing and running an Internet-based business that interacts with a virtual community, you can see it at: Thanks to all of our readers and to the Macintosh Internet community for all the support over the last ten years! cheers ... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst, TidBITS Publisher ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:17:27 -0700 From: Bruce Johnson Subject: Using a PC IDE card in a 7600? I need to add more disk space, and I just saw a Promise Ultra ATA IDE card for $35. Coupled with the insanely cheap prices of ATA HDD's (I've seen 15 gb drives for ~$200) and the dwindling availablity of SCSI drives (other than huge fast ones that cost as much as a new MAc) I'm looking hard at this to solve my space problems. Will this work? Anyone know how to make it work? Is it as simple/stupid as plugging it in? (I'm running system 8.6, btw) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************