Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #55 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 04 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 55 Today's Topics: [A] Text File Conversion [*] [*] DiskSurveyor 2.0.1 [*] abstract for iView MediaPro [*] Cyclone 1.4.1 Carbon [*] Cyclone 1.4.1 Classic [*] DupliMizer 1.8 [*] Jokemail v1.0--a java-based email sender [*] Kineticon 2.0.3 - animated icons on your desktop! [*] Kineticon 2.0.3J - animated icons on your desktop! (Japanese Version) [*] LockOut 3.1J for Mac OS 8 & 9 - Japanese Version [*] METAL v1.7a [*] Orbit 1.3.4 [*] PandoCalendar 5.6 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] PandoCalendar 5.6.1 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] SweetMail 2.08f13 [*] VCD Player 1.4.7 - Full Screen VCD Player - Johnny CN Lee [*] YA-AutoPoster: Mac Usenet autposter [A] Hex editor wanted [Q] Changing Max Open Files parameter Cookie problem PocketDrive Lacie Firewire Running script on wake? 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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 V18 #55" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:14:40 -0800 From: Denny Davis To: "T Koyn" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Text File Conversion At 11:53 PM -0600 03/15/01, T Koyn wittily wrote: >I am wondering if there is a utility that will change between Mac/Unix/DOS >text formats by drag and drop and that will preserve the date on the file >instead of changing it? Best I can think of are these: BBEdit Lite is a free application that does text processing and it will do it, and also Tex-Edit Plus shareware text ediitor will do this. Not quite what you wanted. <<>> Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: Tom Luhrs To: Subject: [*] [*] DiskSurveyor 2.0.1 This much improved version of DiskSurveyor has many new features and enhancements -- more information displayed, a new Filtering mode, faster disk scanning and improved memory management to name a few. DiskSurveyor is a utility designed to provide relief to frustrated computer users with cluttered hard drives. It doesn't promise to make your hard drive any bigger, but it does show you, *GRAPHICALLY*, what's using up all that space. Click on a folder and zoom in for a closer look. Or zoom back out. Shift-click on a folder, and it brings up the ACTUAL folder so you and can drag the "offending" files to the Trash or your backup volume. Create DiskSummary files that list all the files found on CDROMs or any other volume. No longer will you have to waste valuable time navigating through folder after folder trying to figure out which files need to be archived or trashed to free up precious disk space. Version 2.0.1 fixes a problem with reading the file size correctly for files larger than 2 gigabytes. [MacOS 9 and later allow files larger than 2 GB] System Requirements: System 7 or greater and at least 256 colors (or shades of gray) are recommended. PPC processor -- (68K version available at ) Shareware: $15 (US) DiskSurveyor. A different way to look at your hard drive and CDROMs. Tom Luhrs TwiLight Software http://twilightsw.com [Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-surveyor-201.hqx; 406 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: julian miller To: Subject: [*] abstract for iView MediaPro iView MediaPro is a brand new media management software. - Essential software for digital camera users (Sony, Olympus, Nikon, etc.) - Essential software for PhotoShop users (the ultimate PhotoShop accessory) - Essential software for artists - Essential software for professionals in desktop publishing Based on the very successful iView Multimedia the new iView MediaPro allows you to manage, organize, find, view, play, print, convert many different types of media files on your computer. MediaPro also has an awesome slideshow that can play music and have up to 16 photos or movies onscreen simultaneously. Beginners can enjoy its ease of use instantly and professionals will find its power fulfills their needs. This program is powerful, practical and fun. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/iview-media-pro.hqx; 1884 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: Tomasz Kukielka To: Subject: [*] Cyclone 1.4.1 Carbon Cyclone is an application for text conversions. It is based on Apple's Text Encoding Converter engine, which is a part of recent Mac OSes. Requirements: - Power Macintosh and - Text Encoding Converter 1.3 or later and - Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x with CarbonLib or - Mac OS X. It is a FREEWARE. Highlights include: - Macintosh, Unicode, ISO, DOS, Windows, and other encodings - unlimited size of converted files - multiple file conversions - clipboard conversion - scripting via AppleScript - Carbon build runs natively in Mac OS X Changes in version 1.4.1: - Fixed a bug preventing proper conversion of little-endian Unicode files (coming from PC). Tomasz Kukielka [Archived as /info-mac/text/cyclone-141-cb.hqx; 315 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: Tomasz Kukielka To: Subject: [*] Cyclone 1.4.1 Classic Cyclone is an application for text conversions. It is based on Apple's Text Encoding Converter engine, which is a part of recent Mac OSes. Requirements: - Power Macintosh and - Text Encoding Converter 1.3 or later and - Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x It is a FREEWARE. Highlights include: - Macintosh, Unicode, ISO, DOS, Windows, and other encodings - unlimited size of converted files - multiple file conversions - clipboard conversion - scripting via AppleScript Changes in version 1.4.1: - Fixed a bug preventing proper conversion of little-endian Unicode files (coming from PC). Tomasz Kukielka [Archived as /info-mac/text/cyclone-141.hqx; 313 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] DupliMizer 1.8 DupliMizer 1.8 What it is: AppleScript program that duplicates and optimizes your entire web folder in one pass. Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: Shareware US$5 Computer: any Mac Mac OS: 7.6 or later Required: Scripting Addition (osax) "ACME Script Widgets" Abstract: DupliMizer is an AppleScript program that duplicates and optimizes your entire web folder. Simply drag your Web Folder to the program's icon and all web pages are optimized in one pass! There is a limit to the hierarchical depth that DupliMizer can handle: Eight levels must be sufficient in practically all cases. A detailed log is available. In version 1.8 cgi code written as comment lines will not be removed from web pages whose file extension start with ".s", for example index.shtm. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/duplimizer-18.hqx; 116 K] ------------------------------ Date: 29 Mar 2001 From: "Wil Parrish" To: Subject: [*] Jokemail v1.0--a java-based email sender Attached is the abstract for Jokemail v1.0. This is a java-based email sender that gives the sender more control over the email fields. It probably belongs in the "communication" folder. The uploaded file is named "jokemail-v100.sit.hqx-2" It had to be retried after an aborted transfer attempt. URL:http://homepage.mac.com/macjokemail email:macjokemail@mac.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/jokemail.hqx; 84 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Mar 2001 From: Sherman Uitzetter To: Subject: [*] Kineticon 2.0.3 - animated icons on your desktop! Kineticon brings your Mac's motionless icons to life! Kineticon replaces normal, static icons on your Macintosh's desktop and in its windows with chosen animated icons Kineticon is fully configurable, allowing you to choose which icons should animate simply by enabling them Kineticon allows you to create custom animations which can be made to appear in place of any icon displayed by your Macintosh With Kineticon you will have THE COOLEST hard drive icon on your block! With Kineticon you will have THE CUTEST trash can icon in your neighborhood! And remember, if you don't like the included animations, you can easily make your own or download any of hundreds available at our web site! Changes in version 2.0.3 from 1.7.2: * Kineticon Editor has be renamed to, simply, "Kineticon" * Kineticon (Editor)'s user interface has been greatly simplified * It is no longer necessary to copy and paste icons in the Finder - Kineticon now handles this for you * Got rid of the "Kines (Disabled)" folder. All kines are now stored in the "Kines" folder, whether enabled or not * Other minor bug fixes System requirements: * 68K and PowerPC Macs supported * System 7.5 or higher (not Mac OS X - please be patient, it's a big job) * Color * Free RAM: at least 300K. More RAM is needed depending on how many animating icons are enabled * 2 MB of hard drive space (for the extension, Kineticon and animating icon files) License: This is a fully-working, 14-day, trial version which is converted to the full version with a license code For more information, please read the enclosed READ ME file. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/kineticon-203.hqx; 1889 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Mar 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Kineticon 2.0.3J - animated icons on your desktop! (Japanese Version) This is the Japanese version of the Kineticon package. Kineticon brings your Mac's motionless icons to life! Kineticon replaces normal, static icons on your Macintosh's desktop and in its windows with chosen animated icons Kineticon is fully configurable, allowing you to choose which icons should animate simply by enabling them Kineticon allows you to create custom animations which can be made to appear in place of any icon displayed by your Macintosh With Kineticon you will have THE COOLEST hard drive icon on your block! With Kineticon you will have THE CUTEST trash can icon in your neighborhood! And remember, if you don't like the included animations, you can easily make your own or download any of hundreds available at our web site! Changes in version 2.0.3 from 1.7.2: * Kineticon Editor has be renamed to, simply, "Kineticon" * Kineticon (Editor)'s user interface has been greatly simplified * It is no longer necessary to copy and paste icons in the Finder - Kineticon now handles this for you * Got rid of the "Kines (Disabled)" folder. All kines are now stored in the "Kines" folder, whether enabled or not * Other minor bug fixes System requirements: * 68K and PowerPC Macs supported * System 7.5 or higher (not Mac OS X - please be patient, it's a big job) * Color * Free RAM: at least 300K. More RAM is needed depending on how many animating icons are enabled * 2 MB of hard drive space (for the extension, Kineticon and animating icon files) License: This is a fully-working, 14-day, trial version which is converted to the full version with a license code For more information, please read the enclosed READ ME file. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/kineticon-203-jp.hqx; 2031 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] LockOut 3.1J for Mac OS 8 & 9 - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the LockOut package. This is the Mac OS 8 &9 version of TIM. A Mac OS X version is also available. Rated 4 stars at ZDNet! Rated 4 cows at Tucows! Rated 5 Dudes (highest rating) by FileDudes! LockOut is a simple application to help keep people from using your Mac while youØre away. LockOut helps keep your Mac safe from co-workers while at the office, and from your kids while at home. Once LockOut is activated, all anyone will see on your Mac is the LockOut security screen: *A valid password must first be entered to access your Mac *Messages can be left by others *Create your own custom voice warning *Easily activated with a customizable hot key *Activate automatically after a pause time *Monitor security warnings from anywhere in the world via e-mail. *And more... New for LockOut 3.1: *Power Manager. Now you can have LockOut spin down the hard disk when it goes into Lockout mode, or even schedule a daily shut down. Great for conserving energyü\especially important if you live in California! See the LockOut Settings to activate these new settings. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/lockout-classic-31-jp.hqx; 570 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: Marin Saric To: Subject: [*] METAL v1.7a METAL v1.7a is a 100% free extended BASIC language metacompiler. This is the newest version as of 03/31/2001. Visit for more information on METAL. One of the fastest BASICs around, METAL (Meta Language) has a rich command library that features: - tight QuickTime(TM) integration - amazingly fast Sprite System - sound, graphics, speech, math, system and file I/O routines - readily produces standalones - extensive documentation (reference & on-line help) - numerous examples for every type of use METAL is used in scientific research around the globe (quick calculations), in software development companies (for prototyping), in K-12 and higher education and, of course, by the beginners who are trying to enter the world of programming. METAL v1.7a features vastly improved compiler stability, better editor, better help system, tremendously improved error reporting, new loop constructs, new constructs for other types of flow control, binary file I/O and 37 new commands. Write to the author (Marin Saric) for any suggestions (there is a growing wish-list), comments, bug-reports, questions, contact or anything else at: sarimar@iit.edu Distribution: METAL is authorized for distribution on "free and public software archives," computer magazines and Shareware/PD CDs priced at $15 or less. Everyone else, please contact the author for permission. Also, the author recommends everyone planning the distribution to drop a note to the author nevertheless. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/metal-17a.hqx; 2767 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 2001 From: "Aaron Golden" To: Subject: [*] Orbit 1.3.4 Orbit is a program that shows the effects of gravity on bodies in space. The program is fully documented, comes with several example solar systems, is free and open source. Version 1.3.4 fixes lots of bugs, is faster, and allows you to see information about each system and the bodies in it on the fly. The flakiness of the animation has been fixed. It is now possible to make collision elastic. Author: Aaron Golden System Requirements: MacOS 7.5 and up License: Absolutely Free + Open Source :) Previous Updates: Version 1.2.8 is a leap ahead in all aspects of the program. It is now possible to save and open files from the program (without using the finder). The program runs much, much faster, and the blinking of the animation has been eliminated. It is now possible to make a planet stationary. It won't move no matter what. You can get some cool effects with this. As always, I added in a couple more systems for you to check out. Version 1.2.9 has cooler graphics, is faster, and fixes the bugs that made the tracking option get messed up sometimes. It also includes preferences. The new options are: Show about window on startup Show open dialog on startup Use a black background Draw a grid Version 1.3 fixes a couple bugs having to do with conservation of momentum and collisions between planets. The documentation has been updated and is more comprehensive. It is now possible to specify the radius of a body (instead of basing it on mass). [Archived as /info-mac/sci/orbit-134.hqx; 528 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Mar 2001 From: Panda Systems To: Subject: [*] PandoCalendar 5.6 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. PandoCalendar is a useful Mac-only program places a fully functional calendar on your desktop. The look is completely customizable. You can change the calendar font and its size, and the calendar's background color; you can center the current week (so you are always able to look back and ahead a full month at a time), display the numerical number of the weeks of the year, display the calendar with European style weeks (Monday being the first day and Sunday being the last), assign notes to any day of the year by clicking on the day in the calendar, and set alarms to remind you of time sensitive events. You can also have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work. Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule! Version 5.6 - Carbonized PandoCalendar for Mac OS X. PandoCalendar is now a packaged application and requires MacOS 9.1 and CarbonLib 1.2 or greater. PandoCalendar has a new 128x128 32bit icon. You can now have multiple Daily Information Windows open at once. Reminders are now small global floating windows. You can now have more than one reminder open at the same time. Reminders can now play MP3s, MP2s, the audio track of QuickTime Movies, AIFF files, and Windows Wav files. Added anti-aliasing of the note ovals. You can now set the calendar row to keep the current week in. You can now set the delay time for the QuickView corner. A Windows menu has been added. The Frames folder can now be kept in the same folder as the PandoCalendar application. The Preferences window has been redesigned. You can now change the font used for Faith's Checkbook. Fixed a bug where an appointment that is set to display a reminder minutes or hours in advance, and the advance time extended into an earlier day, would be displayed a day late. Changed the Recurring Note list and the list in search result windows to use Apple's new DataBrowser control. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/pando-calendar-56.hqx; 942 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 2001 From: Panda Systems To: Subject: [*] PandoCalendar 5.6.1 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. PandoCalendar is a useful Mac-only program places a fully functional calendar on your desktop. The look is completely customizable. You can change the calendar font and its size, and the calendar's background color; you can center the current week (so you are always able to look back and ahead a full month at a time), display the numerical number of the weeks of the year, display the calendar with European style weeks (Monday being the first day and Sunday being the last), assign notes to any day of the year by clicking on the day in the calendar, and set alarms to remind you of time sensitive events. You can also have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work. Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule! Version 5.6.1 - Worked around a situation where PandoCalendar would not launch, complaining that "CarbonLib--NewSpeechChannel" could not be found, if the Speech Manager was disabled. Panda Systems [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/pando-calendar-561.hqx; 943 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f13 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.1 or later. (PPC/68K, including MacOSX) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-208f13.hqx; 1347 K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Mar 2001 From: Johnny CN Lee To: Subject: [*] VCD Player 1.4.7 - Full Screen VCD Player - Johnny CN Lee VCD Player 1.4.7 (c) Copyright 1997-2001 Johnny CN Lee, All Rights Reserved. info@johnnylee.com http://www.johnnylee.com/ VCD Player simplifies the process of playing video compact discs on your Mac. With most other players, you only get video in a tiny area of your screen, or in an area surrounded by a huge border of some sort. VCD Player smoothes the video playback process and allows you to watch full-screen movies in the MPEG format, without any headache-inducing distortion to make the movie unwatchable. There are various configurable options that control sound and playback, and just as with a sound-only CD player, you can control which track to start watching. VCD Player can remember where you stopped playing the movie after you quit the program, restarted your Mac, or even changed to another disc then changed back. System Requirements - Power PC - QuickTime 2.5 or later - QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0 or later What's new in 1.4.7? - Bug Fix: VCD Player no longer crashes when mounting VCD. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/vcd-player-147.hqx; 166 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Mar 2001 From: YA-AutoPoster To: Subject: [*] YA-AutoPoster: Mac Usenet autposter YA-AutoPoster is a Mac autoposter which aids you in posting a number of binaries to a Usenet newsgroup. It automaticaly creates your messages, complete with binary attachments, and then sends them on their way using YA-NewsWatcher. YA-AutoPoster requires Mac OS 8 or higher, and is distributed as a FAT application (works on 68k and PPC machines). YA-AutoPoster Website: http://yaap.valuemac.net [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/ya-auto-poster-16.hqx; 1223 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 03:09:47 -0800 From: Denny Davis To: "T Koyn" , digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Hex editor wanted At 11:53 PM -0600 03/15/01, T Koyn wittily wrote: >I am looking for a utility that will display files as HEX/ASCII and allow >changing of any byte in any file by entering ASCII or HEX data. > >Thanks for any leads. BrainHex 1.1 or HexEdit 1.20 are what I have and use. and ResFinder 1.0 or ResFind 2.5 for searching in the files if you need that ;-} <<>> Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:13:09 -0500 From: Allan Hunter To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] Changing Max Open Files parameter I am finding myself confronted with errors due to having too many total files open as a result of using Timbuktu. Generally I can remedy the situation by closing 2-3 applications so as to be able to launch Timbuktu without errors, or by quitting Timbuktu if it is one of the other applications that I need to use. Naturally, I'd prefer to hack the parameter that sets how many open files I can have, if this is a hackable parameter. Any clues? -- Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: 31 Mar 2001 10:39:29 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" To: "Info-Mac Digest" Subject: Cookie problem Dear List Readers: I've got a strange problem with my browsers. When attempting to access web sites that issue cookies (HoTMaiL, Freedrive, some business sites) I get the error that my browser isn't configured to accept cookies and I can't proceed. Well, I've checked and both Navigator and Explorer are configured to accept cookies just fine. I've deleted preferences and even tried accessing the net via a different ISP just to be sure they weren't being filtered. No change. I also tried setting my cookie preferences to require my OK'ing cookies as they were issued. That showed all sorts of cookies coming in (startling, really - you should try this.) but the sites still report the same error. Any ideas? If you can help, c.c. me directly as I often get way behind on the list reading. Thanks. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:04:45 +0200 From: Paolo Bartoli To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: PocketDrive Lacie Firewire I just bought a Pocketdrive Firewire external 20GB HD from Lacie and I'm having problems. The drive is connected via Firewire to a PMac G4/350 with Mac OS 8.6. Time by time I get some error box asking to disconnect and riconnect the drive. After that the drive work allright. Anyone had the same problem? Thanks -- Paolo Bartoli ** Arch.Carlo Bartoli / Bartoli Design ** ** archbart@tin.it ** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 19:43:17 -0500 (EST) From: movielover@iname.com To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Running script on wake? Hi, Is it possible to have something run automatically when the mac is awakend from sleep? Conceptually, I'm looking for something like a "Wake-up Items" Folder. Is there some sort of wake-up event that applescript recognizes? (...in which case I'm thinking I could just have a script running constantly in the background just waiting for this event) Thanks for any ideas. --------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 17:31:10 -0500 From: Christopher Eliot To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Servlets on Macintosh Can anyone point me to a way to implement Java Servlets on a Mac? Preferably as an extension to the personal web server, and free. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 19:56:00 -0500 From: Rob & Susie To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: style writer pro print head Looking for a print head for a style writer pro............ Can you help? Thanks ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 14:46:02 -0500 From: Tom Coradeschi To: Richard Subject: Vertus Player Richard wrote: >Does anyone have a "Vertus" player? I'd like to view some NASA pix and >other stuff, but they're in Vertus and Vertus no longer supports that >player. I've tried several (about 12) FTP sites after a search, and >they've all pulled their player files. Everyone is saying that Vertus is >no longer supporting the player. (As has the Vertus site as far as I can >tell.) I agree. Oh, that's Virtus . >Or, does anyone know of an app that will convert Vertus files to >Quicktime? I believe the Vertus (vrml?) files come with the extension >".wsb" ".wrl" or ".vpy" - I'm not sure. I suspect that a two-pronged approach may work best here. First off, see if NASA has the same files in alternate file formats (alternatively, tell them that the player is no longer available and ask them when they plan on completing the conversion process:-}). The second would be to contact Virtus and ask them what their plans are, given their high visiblity linkage from NASA, etc etc. It looks like a real stumper, that's for sure. tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************