Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #91 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 15 May 97 Volume 15 : Issue 91 Today's Topics: [*] "Bullseye" Email Sound (Mono) [*] "Bullseye" Email Sound (Stereo) [*] AceMan's Design's [*] Airports For Newton Release 3 [*] Aqua Regia - K-Scheme (1.5.1) [*] Baseball Stats for Mac (basic) [*] BatMac StartupScreen [*] Bob [*] Bob [*] Box 1.2.1 for Kaleidoscope 1.5.1 [*] Cone of Silence 1.0b1 - Stops key capture [*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.7.0 [*] Jerry's Cursors II [*] Mac Repair Sound 1.0 [*] MPEG Multiplexer 1.0b1 [*] PhotoMovie 2.0 - standalone multimedia projectors. [*] PopChar Pro 1.01 [*] PowerPCheck 3.2J FAT (Japanese version) [*] Prisim's Animatron II [*] Screen Gear [*] Scrollites "Gold 2.0" for Kaleidoscope 1.5 [*] Talk 1.0 [*] Tidy It Up ! II 1.0 [*] Typical 1.0 [*] Wacked Spam Snds (Eudora) 1.0 [*] Windows97 Presentation 1.0 [*] Xtension Overload 2 (Q) how to tighten PB520 hinge? MacOS 7.6 and 32-bit addressing Printing every other page-Is it possible? The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, iam Breck The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try: Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/. Administrative queries & info: Articles for digest publication: Files for inclusion: To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to and upload it to: -- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed. See our new WWW site: , where you can find all of this info and more! The Info-Mac digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Quarterdeck corporation. StarNine develops Internet server software for the Macintosh, including World Wide Web and e-mail publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #91" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:40 -0700 From: email@clixsounds.com Subject: [*] "Bullseye" Email Sound (Mono) "Bullseye Email Sound" Add a bit of action to the arrival of new email with the "Bullseye Email Sound," a dynamic sound file designed for use with email clients like Claris Emailer or Eudora. This System 7 sound file announces your new mail with a preluding hum that quickly turns to a surprizing zoom from left to right and suddenly bursts into a vibrating impact, sounding similar to an arrow lodging into wood. The sound is 2.0 seconds and is a great alternative sound for your email client. The "Bullseye Email Sound" is available in both Stereo and Mono versions and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds WWW site, along with over 100 other freeware sounds, at: This file is freeware and may be redistributed freely providing it is unaltered and includes the accompanying document. Note that a portion of this archive is information concerning Clixsounds products and services. Contact Information: Internet: email@clixsounds.com Support: support@clixsounds.com Sales: sales@clixsounds.com America Online: CLIXSOUNDS World Wide Web: http://www.clixsounds.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/mon-bullseye.hqx; 140K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:42 -0700 From: email@clixsounds.com Subject: [*] "Bullseye" Email Sound (Stereo) "Bullseye Email Sound" Add a bit of action to the arrival of new email with the "Bullseye Email Sound," a dynamic sound file designed for use with email clients like Claris Emailer or Eudora. This System 7 sound file announces your new mail with a preluding hum that quickly turns to a surprizing zoom from left to right and suddenly bursts into a vibrating impact, sounding similar to an arrow lodging into wood. The sound is 2.0 seconds and is a great alternative sound for your email client. The "Bullseye Email Sound" is available in both Stereo and Mono versions and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds WWW site, along with over 100 other freeware sounds, at: This file is freeware and may be redistributed freely providing it is unaltered and includes the accompanying document. Note that a portion of this archive is information concerning Clixsounds products and services. Contact Information: Internet: email@clixsounds.com Support: support@clixsounds.com Sales: sales@clixsounds.com America Online: CLIXSOUNDS World Wide Web: http://www.clixsounds.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/ster-bullseye.hqx; 247K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:45 -0700 From: aceman@aloha.com Subject: [*] AceMan's Design's AceMan's Design's This file has 7 pictures in JPEG format created by me Aaron Roessler using Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5 Aaron [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/acemans-designs.hqx; 507K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:42 -0700 From: j5rson@prairie.lakes.com Subject: [*] Airports For Newton Release 3 May 14, 1997 -- Mankato MN -- For Immediate Release Iverson Software Co., of Mankato, MN, is pleased to announce Release 3 of Airports for Newton. The newly revised NewtonBook contains over 9,200 codes used to identify airports (such as ORD for Chicago-O'Hare, IL, USA). The previous version had over 5,000 and was considered one of the most complete references of airport codes available. It is available as Shareware $10.00 US, and can be found on Iverson Software's website at http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/business/ebooks.html. -- Jeffrey D. Iverson 507.386.6208 weekdays Iverson Software Co. 507.625.7355 evening/weekend 21 Devonshire Pl. j5rson@prairie.lakes.com Mankato MN 56001-4984 http://prairie.lakes.com/~j5rson/ [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/info/airports-3.hqx; 170K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:48 -0700 From: monde@sirius.com Subject: [*] Aqua Regia - K-Scheme (1.5.1) Enclosed is a colour scheme for the Kaleidoscope 1.5.x control panel. It is an adventure in various shades of bright greenish-aqua. Also includes 2 matching desktop pattern clippings. Aqua Regia 1.0 does not include Finder or Trash icons; these will appear in a later version. This scheme is Freeware, as such things (IMHO) should be. Demi Monde & Deekoo L. Defenestration: http://www.sirius.com/~monde demi monde: monde@siriusYEEBLEyeebleYEEBLE.com (Squelch yeebles to reply) defenestration: http://www.sirius.com/~monde favourite newsgroup: alt.alt.alt.alt.alt [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/aquaregia.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:56 -0700 From: rrempel@MTS.Net Subject: [*] Baseball Stats for Mac (basic) Baseball Stats for the Mac (basic) version 1.0 * A Filemaker database that tracks baseball statistics. Using the Internet, the database can be updated daily. This basic version is tied to one particular web site (not as adaptable as other versions but simpler to use) * Requirements: Filemaker 3.0v4 or later, Applescript 1.1 or later. * Pricing: $10 for a single user * Visit my web site (http//www.kagi.com/rrempel/default.html) for more information Ramon Rempel rrempel@mts.net Notes to archivist: -please put this file in the 'data management' directory -this file replaces both the 'Baseball Stats FM' and the 'Pitchers Stats FM' files. -feel free to include this file on any cd rom collection [Archived as /info-mac/data/baseball-stats-basic.hqx; 476K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:47 -0700 From: jmiles@brigadoon.com Subject: [*] BatMac StartupScreen BATMAC StartupScreen is another MovieMac creation. To use it delete everything but "StartupScreen" (without the quotes) in the title and drop in your system folder [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/batmac-startup-screen.hqx; 123K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:19:12 -0700 From: rmurphy@ruralnet.net.au Subject: [*] Bob =DD=DD=DD You take control of secret agent Bob. =DD=DD=DD Two years ago an a= lien ship attacked earth. We defeated them. Now we hear that some aliens survived and are building an advanced base underground on earth. =DD=DD=DD Y= ou must defeat the aliens with the help of technology we stole from them last time. You have an energy gun, and a rather cool suit. Be careful, we believe the aliens may have humans and all sorts of monsters on their side. [Archived as /info-mac/game/bob.hqx; 428K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:30:39 -0700 From: rmurphy@ruralnet.net.au Subject: [*] Bob =DD=DD=DD You take control of secret agent Bob. =DD=DD=DD Two years ago an a= lien ship attacked earth. We defeated them. Now we hear that some aliens survived and are building an advanced base underground on earth. =DD=DD=DD Y= ou must defeat the aliens with the help of technology we stole from them last time. You have an energy gun, and a rather cool suit. Be careful, we believe the aliens may have humans and all sorts of monsters on their side. [Archived as /info-mac/game/bob.hqx; 428K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:50 -0700 From: N.Green@derby.ac.uk Subject: [*] Box 1.2.1 for Kaleidoscope 1.5.1 Here's the latest version of my decidedly red colour schemes for Kaleidoscope 1.5. As ever, these schemes are completely free to everybody except Bill Gates, who I suspect uses a Mac for his daily work (well, he couldn't very well use Windoze day in day out, could he? Nobody could, surely). Feel free to include these and all the other Bouncy Schemes on any CD-ROM you can find. They deserve to be released into the community, Doctor. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/box-121.hqx; 52K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:48 -0700 From: pmessias@parkbenchsoftware.com Subject: [*] Cone of Silence 1.0b1 - Stops key capture Cone of Silence 1.0b1 Abstract: Cone of Silence is an application that blocks key capture programs while it is running. There are many utilities out there that save all key strokes to a file. The purpose of these programs (usually) is to save anything you have been typing in case of a system crash. The downside is, malicious users install them on other peoples machines (public labs, etc.) and gather information like passwords to network services. This is a MAJOR security issue. Cone of Silence can be used to ease some of the fears associated with using public access machines. While I can not claim that this program guarantees security in all cases, it does do a good job with every method of key capturing I have found. I carry Cone of Silence around myself, whenever I must use a potentially insecure machine. This is the first public beta release - I have done extensive testing on my system - but not on too many other different systems. Requirements A MacOS compatible computer System 7 or greater ADB Keyboard (Apple or equivalent) - If there is enough interest I may do a version for older non-ADB keyboards (Mac Plus etc.) Shareware: $10 - Site License $200 ($100 for educational institutions) Cone of Silence may be distributed on shareware collections. Paul Messias Park Bench Software http://www.parkbenchsoftware.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/cone-of-silence-10b1.hqx; 185K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:19:07 -0700 From: jbkezer@ix.netcom.com Subject: [*] Jeremy's Control Strip Modules 1.7.0 Jeremy's Control Strip Modules Release 1.7.0 Author's email address: jbkezer@kagi.com Jeremy's Control Strip Modules is a package of Control Strip Modules, designed to work with Apple's Control Strip software. The modules are: * Jeremy's CPU speed CSM - Displays current clock speed in MHz, or indicates relative full/reduced clock speed with tortoise/hare icons. You can also select the clock speed after you restart. * Jeremy's Battery CSM - Replaces Apple's Battery Monitor module, but displays more battery information in a smaller area! Also displays hard drive status, modem status and remaining battery time. * Jeremy's Clock CSM - Displays the current time. Via a popup menu, you can customize the appearance of the display. * Jeremy's Sound Volume CSM - A direct replacement for the Sound Volume module provided by Apple. The icon shows the current volume setting in both numeric and pictoral form, so you don't need to bring up the menu to determine the current volume. * Jeremy's Sleep CSM - A direct replacement for the Sleep Now module provided by Apple. Via the popup menu, you can select whether or not to bypass the dialog that appears when AppleTalk is active. * Jeremy's Battery Time CSM - Displays Apple's remaining battery time on PowerBooks that are capable of it. It can also "learn" the battery life on any model of PowerBook, or display the elapsed battery time. * Jeremy's Temperature CSM - Displays the internal temperature of a PowerBook Duo or PowerBook 500 series. * Jeremy's Application CSM - Displays a count of currently running applications and DA's. Also has popup menu that lets you select foreground application. * Jeremy's AppleTalk CSM - Replaces Apple's AppleTalk CSM, but displays more information. * Jeremy's EnergyStrip CSM - Replaces the PowerBook or Energy Saver Control Panel, and lets you adjust power conservation settings from the Control Strip. * Jeremy's Power Countdown CSM - Shows how much time remains before power conservation features activate. Release 1.7.0 introduces the Power Countdown CSM. Shareware; $10 registration fee suggested. See enclosed documents for more information. Jeremy's home page: http://members.aol.com/jbkezer/ Macintosh shareware: http://members.aol.com/jbkezer/shareware.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/jeremys-cs-modules-170.hqx; 263K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:19:09 -0700 From: jerry_nairn@supermac.com Subject: [*] Jerry's Cursors II Hi, Folks this is a collection of Animated cursors I've done over the past few years. This is the best collection of color cursors of which I'm aware. Some of these cursors represent the finest animation possible in 16X16 pixels. I've done cursors rather than Zipples for two reasons: 1) "Zipples" requires a shareware fee. "CursorAnimator" does not. 2) Cursors are useful. Zipples are not. These are all in CursorAnimator files, and can easily be used with that Control Panel, which you can find most places where you can find Mac Shareware. Of course if you're handy with ResEdit, you can find lots of other ways to use them. Most cursors contain both black and white and color versions. These cursors are freeware for personal use. If you'd like to use any of them in a commercial product, please contact me for permission first. I'm jerome@earthling.net, Jerry Nairn. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/jerrys-cursors-ii.hqx; 60K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:39 -0700 From: dave@terminal.cz Subject: [*] Mac Repair Sound 1.0 This is a fun sound file concerning Mac repair. Dave Ulrich http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/software.html [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/mac-repair-snd.hqx; 391K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:52 -0700 From: jones_ju@hccai.hcca.ohio.gov Subject: [*] MPEG Multiplexer 1.0b1 MPEG Multiplexer 1.0b1 is a program (beta version) that will take MPEG-I audio and video files (streams) and combine (multiplex) them into one file (system stream). This program was ported (with permission) from the UNIX version created by the Multimedia Communications Lab, Boston University. It may be included with any CD ROMs or other means of distribution. -Robert G. Jones jones_ju@hccai.hcca.ohio.gov [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mpeg-multiplexer-10b1.hqx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:19:11 -0700 From: ivan@netanday.it Subject: [*] PhotoMovie 2.0 - standalone multimedia projectors. PhotoMovie is an easy-to-use pict and Quicktime movie projector, which can create standalone multimedia projectors. This version fixes some minor bugs, and adds some new features. PhotoMovie requires: System 7.1 or newer, QuickTime and a minimum of 2200K of random access memory (RAM) for its own use. PhotoMovie is shareware, if you use it for more than a week or two, please register your copy. PhotoMovie cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination with any other product, without the author=92s express written permission. PhotoMovie may be distributed on CD-ROM shareware collections without restrictions, provided that the original package is included. =46or more information, please read the enclosed Read Me file. Ivan Gobbo PhotoMovie Team [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/photo-movie-20.hqx; 858K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:46 -0700 From: popchar_support@unisoft.co.at Subject: [*] PopChar Pro 1.01 PopChar Pro 1.01 - is the successor of the freeware control panel PopChar Lite by Guenther Blaschek. In addition to what PopChar Lite already has to offer, PopChar Pro sports improved compatibility with certain applications, faster than the freeware version, essential parts PopwerPC native, floating window for quick access, customized display of individual fonts, predefined and custom character arrangements, recognition of QuickDraw GX fonts, manual font selection. PopChar Pro requires System 7 or newer and an 68020 processor or better. PopChar Pro is distributed by UNI SOFTWARE PLUS. This submission contains the PopChar Pro Installer that will ask for a serial number. If you don't have a serial number, the installer will create a full-featured but time-limited demo. The demo version is not crippled in any way; it just expires in about two weeks after the installation. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/pop-char-pro-101.hqx; 977K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:20:01 -0700 From: ishi@NetLaputa.or.jp Subject: [*] PowerPCheck 3.2J FAT (Japanese version) PowerPCheck 3.2J is the Japanese version FAT VERSION - CONTAINS BOTH 680x0 AND NATIVE POWERPC CODE * PowerPCheck is a cool drag & drop utility that looks for native PowerPC code inside applications, control panels, extensions and all other executable files. It can check individual files as well as folders or entire disks; it inspects both the data fork and the resource fork of each file and creates a detailed text report of all the native code it finds. Version 3.x can also remove the PowerPC or 68K code from the inspected files. New in version 3.2: - Changed the report generation options to allow customized reports for specific kinds of applications (68K, PPC and FAT). Switched the payment method to Kagi. Recompiled with CodeWarrior 11. This is $10 shareware. Have fun and support Alex. The Japanese versions of Alessandro's programs are available at: http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~alm/alm_files.html ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini/localized/ Haruka Ishi ishi@NetLaputa.or.jp May 8, 1997 [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/power-p-check-32-j.hqx; 188K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:59 -0700 From: rgriffin@mail.erols.com Subject: [*] Prisim's Animatron II Prisim's Animatron II! Here it is, our second animation starring our hero Joe Average! He gets a little beat up but that's okay he's only a cartoon character! I personally don't like this animation even though I helped make it, but you might like it. We also have (or will have) more animations and programs at our web site, we also have two comics which change every week. So check us out at: www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6187 By the way: You'll need HyperCard 2.x or HyperCard player to view this animation. On a Power Mac it may be really fast. [Archived as /info-mac/art/book/prisims-animatron-ii-hc.hqx; 398K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:20:01 -0700 From: lance@development.innovatech.com Subject: [*] Screen Gear From: (Lance D. Hagans) lhagans@kuentos.guam.net Subject: Screen Gear 1.0 - Screen Saver that does more for your Mac! Announcing the release of Screen Gear 1.0! Screen Gear is a shareware ($15) application that is a screen saver and a simple presentation tool for the Macintosh that allows you to play back pictures and QuickTime files all at the same time. It's a breeze to use. System requirements: * Macintosh computer running System 7 or newer * QuickTime * Minimum 1 MB of free RAM * Minimum 1 MB of free hard disk space. For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our Web page: http://www.screengear.com.gu/ Thanks, Lance Hagans DigiWerks http://www.screengear.com.gu/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/screen-gear-10.hqx; 504K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:19:08 -0700 From: layne@blueskyheart.com Subject: [*] Scrollites "Gold 2.0" for Kaleidoscope 1.5 Scrollites "Gold" is a unique color scheme for Kaleidoscope 1.5. "Gold" features what I call "glassies" in place of the usual scroll buttons and window widgets. Each one looks like a colored jewel and is quite realistic. Shareware, $10. Your one-time registration fee entitles you to all versions of Scrollites, including future versions. A Register program is included for easy registering over the net with a credit card. Visit my website for other flavors of Scrollites. Layne Karkruff Blue Sky Heart Graphics http://www.blueskyheart.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/scrollites-gold-20.hqx; 160K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:36 -0700 From: tommy.widenflycht@scoop.se Subject: [*] Talk 1.0 Talk is a tool for Cron, also avaliable on Info-Mac. It speaks the string entered using the Speech Manager. HappiWare-if you like it, remember to smile. :-) Tommy [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/talk-10.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:37 -0700 From: rolfk@vetvir.unizh.ch Subject: [*] Tidy It Up ! II 1.0 Tidy It Up ! attempts to solve the ever growing problem of System Folder clutter. This version includes settings for System 7.6 ! It does so in a "cosmetic" way, i.e. by regrouping the icons according to a set of categories. The program is very safe to use, since it doesn't patch anything and ultimately accomplishes automatically and painlessly what you could very well do manually if you are willing to spend the required time and effort. Files are sorted alphabetically by name in each category. A file's category is determined by its Type, Creator and name. Tidy It Up ! creates one file per category, just to act as a label for it on the left hand side of the window. Each category name is preceded by a special token to allow easy grouping of categories when viewing them by name. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/tidy-it-up-ii.hqx; 328K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:54 -0700 From: nctrost@pobox.com Subject: [*] Typical 1.0 Typical is a quick and simple utility that lets you alter file and creator types. First, you make copies of the tiny (12k!) Typical application and rename them to the type/creator combos you want (i.e. ttro-ttxt for TeachText Read-Only, PICT-BABL for Pict files from Debabelizer, etc.). Then, you just drag the file(s) for conversion onto the appropriate Typical icon! You can do single files, multiple files, or convert a whole folder at once by dragging and dropping. Typical also has an undo feature to let you undo your alterations if you make a mistake. Runs on any Mac with System 7.5 or later. Shareware, but no crippled features, annoying messages or guilt-trips. Support from Typical from the author (linoleum@pobox.com) or at the official Typical home page at: http://homepages.enterprise.net/nctrost/software/typical/typical.html Simple, small, fast and useful. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/typical-10.hqx; 85K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:58 -0700 From: dave@terminal.cz Subject: [*] Wacked Spam Snds (Eudora) 1.0 For those who got a kick out of the Wacked Eudora Sounds... Here's a new set requested by the infamous Demi Mode that concerns the much despised "spam." Now you can have fun filtering your spam and not be so irritated. This includes the tutorial from the original as well. And the sounds are easily identified by a leading "(S)" before each name. Enjoy. Any new sounds and some individual ones, as well as some other miscellaneous stuff may be found on my new software page: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/software.html Feel free to upload these sounds anywhere and include them on any CD-Rom as long as they remain unaltered and include the "Readme" file. Dave Ulrich Wacked Wares http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/wacked-spam-snds-eudora.hqx; 339K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 21:08:44 -0700 From: dave@terminal.cz Subject: [*] Windows97 Presentation 1.0 Well here is the funniest Wacked Sound I've made yet and every Mac user on the planet (as well as PC user) should hear. I won't carry on because as usual, I doubt Info-Mac will post it as I suspect they don't like my sense of humor. But if they were to decide to, they have have permission to put it on their CD-Rom as long as the file remains un altered & includes the "Read Me" Dave Ulrich Wacked Wares http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/software.html [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/win97-presentation-10.hqx; 551K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 10:19:44 -0700 From: cmteng1@pl.jaring.my Subject: [*] Xtension Overload 2 Announcing the release of Xtension Overload 2.0 (Formerly known as Extension Overload) ! Xtension Overload reviews 471 extensions and 163 control panels that are commonly found in the Extensions Folder & Control Panel Folder on every Mac. For those who do not know much about extensions & Control Panel, this program gives you some insight so you can decide which ones are necessary for your computer and which are not. Extensions & Control Panels perform a number of activities on your Mac to make it more functional. However, some Extensions & Control Panels will do NOTHING but EAT UP MEMORY and it is sometimes difficult to know how much memory an extension will use (25K ? 105K ? 88K ? 800K ? .... ) because Extensions & Control Panels memory usage is volatile: They increase their memory when they are in use and shrink back when they are not. An Extension & Control Panel may take up only a little DISK SPACE, (maybe 13k) or as high as 1 MB or more. Worse, BUGS in an Extension & Control Panel can also crash and SLOW DOWN your computer. The best way of dealing with problematic Extensions & Control Panels is to drag them into the trash and dispose of them. But how do you know which ones are helping and which are hindering your machine's performance? Enter Xtension Overload, a helpful database that provides valuable information at your fingertips about some of the more common extensions you may have on your machine. It can help you if you are unsure of what a particular Extensions or Control Panels is for or what it does, and will help you decide whether you want it on your machine or not. Apple provides many Extensions & Control Panels that you don't always need as an option and service to the customer. For example, if your machine is not on a network, then you may not want the Network Extension installed on your machine. If you've disposed of the extension and connect to a local network at a later date, you can always recover that extension from the original system disk. Teng Chou Ming cmteng@kagi.com http://www.mir.com.my/~cmteng/overload.htm [Archived as /info-mac/info/sft/xtension-overload-2.hqx; 298K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 97 09:14:37 EDT From: gchen@atmel.com (Gabriel Chen) Subject: (Q) how to tighten PB520 hinge? I remember seeing a posting a while ago about a PB520/540 hinge snapping because it came loose. I have a PB520 with a loose lid and I am looking for directions on how to tighten it, but have not been able to find that previous posting. (FYI: I receive this digest via email and do not have easy access to the world wide web.) If someone could describe the operation in a few simple steps, I'd really appreciate it. I could probably take the whole thing apart to figure it out, but would rather not disturb the parts that are not broken. I have a torx wrench that opens the PB520 case. Are any other tools needed? If the hinge is tightened by tightening the two screws under the support "feet" in the back, then the hinge on my PB must be loose in a different way, because those screws are already tight... TIA, -Gabe ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 May 97 11:44:53 EDT From: eloise@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Eloise Kleban) Subject: MacOS 7.6 and 32-bit addressing Andrew Cohen writes with respect to MacOS 7.6 and 32-bit support: "The point here is that a MAJOR behavioral change has taken place in the OS without proper advertising. End-users don't want to be surprised like this, even though they understand that something like this aids to progress in the OS. Let's face it, it was sneaky. " *I* knew about the change! I think it was discussed in the Mac media and by Apple. Any time you upgrade your OS you should check to see if it supports your hardware - that's just computer common sense in my opinion. It certainly was not a "sneaky" change. I can't comment on Apple's phone support since I have never needed to use it. Eloise Kleban ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 19:42:28 -0700 From: jennyrt@halcyon.com (Jenny Tenlen) Subject: Printing every other page-Is it possible? > I checked a number of Mac programs. WriteNow 3.0, Nisus Writer 4.1.6, and > PageMaker 5.0 all have this feature. So does the demo version of Mariner > Write. SimpleText does not, which is no surprise since it falls in the > no-frills category. Word 5.0 does not, but it's both old and Microsoft. Both MS Word 5.1 and 6.0.1 have the ability to print odd and even pages separately. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************