Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #12 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 22 Jan 02 Volume 19 : Issue 12 Today's Topics: [*] droids-14.hqx [*] frog-xing-15.hqx [*] Prometheus 1.3 [*] The Fontz 3.3 [*] Time Ballz 2.0 [A] No power key on Apple Pro keyboard [A]Big 9.1 and OS-X install problem Installing iPhoto OS7 aps on OS9? The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V19 #12" ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jan 2002 From: James Shaw To: Subject: [*] droids-14.hqx Droids is an updated and supercharged strategy game based on the classic Mac game of Daleks. As you battle your way through the many and varied levels, the androids get smarter and smarter and more technologically advanced. You'll have to come up with ever more clever and ingenious ways to "retire" them. Along the way, you'll get some help from other members of the Jayhawk Clan, but it is ultimately up to you to become the Savior of Terra! Droids requires: System 7.0 or greater; at least a 68020 Mac; 256 colors or greys; a 640 x 480 display; Sound Manager 3.0; 5 Meg of RAM; and 1.5 Meg of hard disk. Droids is shareware and costs $15. [Archived as /info-mac/game/droids-14.hqx; 1254 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jan 2002 From: James Shaw To: Subject: [*] frog-xing-15.hqx Frog Xing is a well-paced arcade game in which you guide a frog across a highway and a river to dock on the other side. You can catch bonuses along the way to score extra points. Frog Xing has a nostalgic look to it, with a tip of the hat to the classic arcade games. With both traditional and new sound effects and a hopping music score, the gameplay is addictive and should be fun for both novices and arcade experts. Even children will enjoy watching and helping the frog cross to the other side. Frog Xing requires: System 7.0 or greater; preferably a 68040 Mac; at least 16 colors or greys; a 640 x 480 display; Sound Manager 3.0; 2.5 Meg of RAM; and 1.2 Meg of hard disk. Frog Xing is shareware and it costs $15. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/frog-xing-15.hqx; 1367 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jan 2002 From: James Shaw To: Subject: [*] Prometheus 1.3 Prometheus is a challenging arcade game for the Mac. It requires swiftness, strategy, and a little luck to capture territory on the playfield, as a sweeping firestix holds you at bay. With over 30 levels of increasingly challenging gameplay, Prometheus will keep you enthralled for hours. Prometheus includes both a single-player and a two-player game. Prometheus requires: System 7.0, a 68030 or better Mac, a 640 x 480/256 color monitor, Sound Manager 3.0, 4.5 MB RAM, 2.5 MB HD space. Prometheus is shareware and costs $15. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/prometheus-13.hqx; 1818 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jan 2002 From: Terry Findlay To: Subject: [*] The Fontz 3.3 Product Name: The Fontz Version: 3.3 Type: Shareware Category: Font Tools Release Date: January 20, 2002 System Requirements: OS 8 to 9.x, 6MB RAM Purpose: The purpose of The Fontz is to make finding that special font for a particular project as fast and e Description: The Fontz is a versatile font utility that allows you to browse your existing fonts, see what they look like at different type sizes, styles and colors, and even group them in like categories using a "wysiwyg" group maker. For fast and easy browsing run either a manual or an automatic font slide show where you can change size, color, style, and even the display text while the slide show is still in progress. You can view or print out individual fonts, or any of your font groups. The Fontz offers a combination of focused feature set and low price. A great deal for anyone, publishing professional or otherwise, who wants to find fonts quickly or organize their fonts easily. Main Features: Create Font Groups View manual or automatic font Slide Shows Choose between mulitple font browsing options Access premier font websites from within the program New in this version: - Display window features: - run a font slide show - background and text color selection - character or text display - add fonts directly to group - add fonts to group during font slide show - Fontz viewer window: - faster and smoother scrolling - access display window - interface enhancements Product URL: http://www.ttpsoftware.com/fontz/fontz.html Download URL: http://www.ttpsoftware.com/fontz.sit Home Page: http://www.ttpsoftware.com Contact: contact@ttpsoftware.com [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/the-fontz-33.hqx; 808 K] ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jan 2002 From: Travis McLeskey To: Subject: [*] Time Ballz 2.0 Time Ballz 2.0 Time Ballz is a screen saver module for Mac OS X that displays a clock. The current time is displayed in "HH:MM" or "HH:MM:SS" format. Each digit is composed of a matrix of small 3D shapes which rotate to form numerals. Several shapes are available, including one Christmas-themed New in this version: * Added "Heart" scheme * Removed code that crashed with non-standard graphics cards * Added "Random Set of Ballz" option * Added "Color Shift" option, along with "Random hue shift" * Added "Fill Screen with Ballz" option * Added "Clock Centered on Screen" option * Added "Fancy Transitions" option * Added "Half Size" option REQUIRES: Mac OS X LICENSE: Shareware US$2. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/timeballz-20.hqx; 2216 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:28:35 -0500 From: Ken Laskey To: "tony stanton" Subject: [A] No power key on Apple Pro keyboard >and, for that matter, how does one restart a G4 without turning the power >off if it hangs (which, of course, they still do) push raised button in front (next to dimpled button) about a third of the way up from the floor. -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:25:56 -0500 From: Ken Laskey To: John McGibney Subject: [A]Big 9.1 and OS-X install problem John, Your problem is the third party memory you installed. Mac OS before 9.1 was more forgiving. The full explanation and a potential fix comes from Glenn Anderson and his DIMM First Aid. Try http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=10415 for the full explanation and software. I called back my RAM supplier and they honored their warranty and swapped for RAM without the problem. -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:22:28 -0600 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: "L. & M. Oppenheimer" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: Installing iPhoto At 12:18 PM -0500 1/18/02, L. & M. Oppenheimer wrote: >When I download iPhoto I get a file named iPhoto.dmg. How do I install the >application from this file? That's an OS X disk image. Double-click it; Disk Copy will launch and a new "disk" will mount on the desktop. You'll find that most OS X software is distributed in this fashion. It should be pretty self-explanatory from there. I believe there's a single file on the disk that you'll double-click to install ["iphoto.pkg", if memory serves]. I'd be more specific, but my OS X machine is at home right now. Hope this helps. chazl -- I'm gonna tell my son to grow up as pretty as the grass is green and as whip-smart as the English Channel is wide... - Liz Phair, Whip Smart Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:45:38 -0600 From: Chaz Larson To: p00bare , digest@info-mac.org Subject: OS7 aps on OS9? At 8:35 AM -0600 1/20/02, p00bare wrote: >I have some homemade aps that run fine in OS7 but not in OS8 or OS9. I >can't run OS7 on my G3. Is there any trick that might make my aps run? I'm afraid not. Well, I take that back. There's one thing you could try. vMac will emulate a Mac Plus on your G3, much like Virtual PC emulates a PC. It may allow you to run System 7 on the virtual Mac Plus, where you could then run your old software. Software that is incompatible between 7 and 8 probably made some bad assumptions about things that Apple changed in later revs of the System software. Such incompatibilities most likely cannot be fixed except by rewriting the application. One possibility is memory addressing. System 7 [or one of its flavors] introduced 32-bit memory addressing, where all 32 bits of a memory address were used. Prior to that point only 16 bits were used. Applications that worked under 32-bit addressing were called "32-bit clean". For some time, the Memory control panel offered a toggle for turning 32-bit addressing on and off to allow 32-bit unclean software to run. This toggle went away at some point, and the system always runs in 32-bit mode now, so 32-bit unclean software won't work at all on modern Mac OS. Just one example. Perhaps vMac will solve your problem, though. chazl -- I'm gonna tell my son to grow up as pretty as the grass is green and as whip-smart as the English Channel is wide... - Liz Phair, Whip Smart Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************