Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #188 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 02 Sep 97 Volume 15 : Issue 188 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#395/01-Sep-97 [A] Re: Why is cursor pointed left? Adobe Nonsupport (C) Apple 14" Monitor...disassemble?? applescript to check e-mail on Netscape (Q) BOYCOTT ClarisWorks 5 Can HYPNOSIS really improve your Sensuality? Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? Dialer FKEY replacement? Disappearing Act Icon problem in 'About this computer' LC475 - Internal HD unable to mount. Mac OS 8 & Finder Crashes Mac OS 8 and Win95 filenames Navigator cache Need a SCSI Driver for Frog Systems 110 MB HD OS8 and WIN95 long file names patch-making... PowerBase 180 & System 8 Powerbook demands disk Powerbook demands disk [A] Q: "Caps Lock" extension for PB3400 Q: Menubar modem status for PB3400 Internal Modem Q: Powerbook demands disk SCSC cable SCSI-0 invisible to SCSI formatters [Q] Shareware Pascal Speakerphone Programs for the Mac? System 7.6 conflicts with Apple Personal Diagnostics 1.1.3? Thunder 7 Unwanted E-mail Using =?iso-8859-1?Q?=93PC=94?= Sportster on a Mac The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, Liam 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/. 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Topics: MailBITS/01-Sep-97 A Case for Clones The Official AT&T WorldNet Web Discovery Guide Successful Shareware, Part 1 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-395.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:30:30 -0700 From: carynkr.no.spam@gte.net (Caryn Roberts) Subject: [A] Re: Why is cursor pointed left? (A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest) In article <5u0oob$bdn$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 07:33:49 -0700 > From: "Paul [not \"Brian\"] Brians" > Subject: (Q) Why is cursor pointed left? > > All of a sudden the arrow cursor on my 7100/80 is pointing left rather than > right, both in applications and in the finder. I'm running System 7.5.3. > Scans with SAM 4.5.1 and Norton Disk Doctor 3.5.1 find nothing untoward. > I'm not aware of having changed anything. What's up? > > Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University > Pullman, WA 99164-5020 > brians@wsu.edu > http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians Huh?!? The Mac cursor has always pointed to the left. -- visit me at: To email me remove the ".no.spam." in my address. correct email: carynkr@gte.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 21:15:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: Adobe Nonsupport (C) Uncle Al, the kiddies' pal, is in high dudgeon this evening. Remember I asked about Leslye's inability to print heavy stock to our new LW 12/640's face-up output tray from PageMaker 6.5? I fear this was one of the very few times I didn't get a good answer from my I-M colleagues, so I called Adobe. On my own nickel. And 45 minutes of long distance time later, I didn't get a good response from those critters either. More specifically from that particular critter. She didn't seem to know that she was on the Macintosh line. Why does Adobe have separate Mac/Wintel numbers if their people don't know which is which? Sir, you should have a pop-up menu in the chooser setup to activate the face-up output tray option. Nope. Sir, you should be able to use the Apple dialog (and thus get the f-u option) by pressing CTRL-PRINT). Nope. Sir, you are being rude. No, dear heart. I'm telling you true. If you can't handle reality, get out of the tech support business. As I told the apparently sweet young thing, Apple's LW 12/640 is not from Fred's Finestkind Computer Printers and Chinese Takeout. It is mainstream. And the "Adobe" part of the copyright notice might indicate that her masters might have a stake in the PPD's correctness. Not to her. I'm ready to throw a fit, jump into it, and pull it in after me. What? is Adobe so powerful that it can play MicroSoft? Naughtyword you and the horse you rode in on, fella. We have your money. There's no competition. Bugger off. What a lovely attitude. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 15:58:45 +0000 From: *anthony@netcom.ca Subject: Apple 14" Monitor...disassemble?? HOW the hell do I take the cover off my Standard Macintosh Apple 14" monitor to get inside it? (The monitor came with my Mac IIvx.) There are 2 screws under the front of the Unit....and that's it. >:/ I have the special star screwdriver to remove them, but even with the screws removed, the top does NOT come off as I strugelled with it for over an hour. The Monitor is on the standard swivel stand as well...mabey this is the problem...and I can't even get that off. Someone PLEASE HELP!! I BEG YOU! On my Knees like a servile slave doing thy bidding. thankyou sincerely Anthony ---------- ->P.S. Remove the * symbol from my email address if replying. This is done to avoid Junk email.<- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:58:41 -0400 From: A BRODY Subject: applescript to check e-mail on Netscape (Q) Dear Digest readers, Anybody make an AppleScript that will open Netscape Communicator and check e-mail all with one function? TIA. Sincerely, abrody@vax.clarku.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 14:57:01 -0600 From: "Joe Kudrna" Subject: BOYCOTT ClarisWorks 5 Claris is a subsiderary to Apple created back in 1986(?) to make software for the Mac, thus you would expect Claris will support the products Apple produce. OpenDoc is one product. It is an excellent file-centeric system that is slow to catch on. Claris was making ClarisWorks 5 to use OpenDoc, but when Gil (not Apple) decided to reduce support (not kill) for OD, Claris pulled OpenDoc out of CW5, destroying some advanced features that _would_ allow it to rival Microsoft Office as a primary office suite. Claris's action are an INSULT to Apple and all those Macintosh fans who use Macs becuase it is the _Better System_ This is why ClarisWorks needs OpenDoc. 1. Java for Mac Uses OpenDoc to make Java run! If CW would need OpenDoc to run any Java, why remove OD when a user still needs it? 2. CW5 could be available NOW if Claris did not spend time to remove OD!! At least we would not have waited for CW5 for so long if OD was not planned in the first place 3. Mac version of CW5 is _$20 MORE_ over Windoze version. Why? I am VERY sure is it to recope the cost of OpenDoc developemt, that will not be included. CLARIS is FORCING loyal Mac users to pay $20 FOR NOTHING! 4. Microsoft Office offer OLE and ActiveX support with possible Java too. Claris Works offers NOTHING but cut and paste. At the least, there is a translator for OLE to OpenDoc, so CW should be linkable with MS Office Is that LOAD/CLEAR/CONCISE enough for you? To the point, Claris Corp. *seams* to be moving away from Mac and focusing more on Windows, perhaps under selling Window apps by charging more for Mac apps? If Claris was _truly_ the Mac friendly company (also owned by Apple) that they say the are, shouldn't they be supporting OpenDoc even if Apple may not develop it farther? DESPITE Apples stopping of development of OpenDoc, the fact is, OpenDoc IS FINISHED, O.D. WORKS, PRODUCTS ARE OUT THERE, JAVA NEEDS OpenDoc TO RUN ON A MAC. Those are very good reasons to keep OD in CW. Call Claris "Pre-sale Technical Support" at @ 1-800-253-6944, demand for OD in CW5! Yes, your opinion WILL COUNT. After waiting nearly 2 years for the next great version of ClarisWorks to come out while they smooth out the problems with OpenDoc , they break my trust (and the trust of THOUSANDS of others) in them by dumping OpenDoc and releasing a CASTRATED version. All that wait, for NOTHING. NOW they have the _gall_ of claiming it is an alternative to Microsoft Office?? Who do they think we are, children? OLE, ActiveX and Java, that is what MS Office has (Java is being added). ClarisWorks has _nothing, zip, nada_. Yes folks, while a Office user can combine all the world has to provide into Office, Works 5 users will forever be stuck with the _ancient_ Cut/Paste method. OpenDoc works _with_ Java. Thanks to the Macintosh Runtime for Java which NEEDS OpenDoc and an *Java applet player for OpenDoc*, OpenDoc containers can run imbedded Java applets NOW, not later like Office!. What's more, there is enough OD material out there to make it more than worthwhile to use! One of which is CyberDog 2.0. With OpenDoc, it is possible to play Java applets _within an container file_. In other words, OpenDoc offers NOW what everyone wants from a Mac and Java! And Java is becomming critical to future functions. See the OpenDoc sites (try: www.webintosh.com) for more details. One more note, ClarisWorks _cannot_ support Java without OpenDoc! Macintosh Runtime for Java 1.5 REQUIERS OpenDoc 1.0.2 for Java to run! By killing OpenDoc, Claris killed Java from the Works, there by making it a second rate substandard application not even worth looking at let alone consider buying. There is another method to support Java, but that requres finding and installing another program, risk compatability issues, and more trouble for the user. Claris is stupid to think that people will spend my hard-earned and limited money on just another _glorified_ version of its Works with nothing new to offer. I suffered the delays hoping for an AWSOME CW5, only to have my hopes dashed. I cannot justify such an expence when I will not get what I _planned_ for something else. Call them @ 1-800-253-6944, ask for ÒPre-sale Technical SupportÓ and tell them that you want ÒTHE WORKSÓ with your ClarisWorks 5.0, not some burger without the meat. After all, why should _you_ pay $$$ for something and not get what you paid for? Joe Kudrna http://ogrady.com/pippin.stm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:41:05 From: Cheri@aol.com Subject: Can HYPNOSIS really improve your Sensuality? Is this the latest fad from California or is it really catching on like they say? Can Hypnosis really improve a dull love life? Does HYPNOSEX really make your senses more intense? What do you think? Cheri. << Life Publications' hottest product is HYPNOSEX! http://www.acoates.com/hypno >> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:06:23 -0800 From: tracy Subject: Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? >I have the chance to obtain a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 modem for a PC >(Wintel) and would like to use it with my Macintosh Performa 475. > >Is there a converter cable that can be purchased to hook the modem PC >cable to a Mac 9-pin mini DIN (I think) connector? > >Is Macintosh modem driver software available somewhere? I have >ClarisWorks, which knows about some modems. But I would also like to >use this modem for email (per another request of mine). Will I also >need separate modem driver software for an email application, say >Eudora? I just hooked up a Sportster 56k Fax Modem that came with PC software to my Quadra 660av. What you need is a 8M mini to DB25M cable that supports handshaking, (basically a Mac modem cable, if you had a modem connected before you may want to try that one) The drivers I used (I have System 7.6.1 with OT/PPP) are the ones that install when you install Open Transport. Just choose the correct one from the drop down box when you are configuring PPP. Tracy http://www.eskimo.com/~tracyr/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:34:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Chaz Larson Subject: Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? At 7:23 AM -0500 8/27/97, Michael Cook wrote: >I have the chance to obtain a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 modem for a PC >(Wintel) and would like to use it with my Macintosh Performa 475. > >Please let me know how, if possible, to do the PC to Mac conversion. Couldn't be easier. Go get a Mac -> modem hardware handshaking cable [should be less than $15]. The adapter may work, but I know that the cable will. Plug the modem into your Mac. Install some PPP software; I'd suggest OT/PPP, but I'm on a PPC and have never tried it on a 68K machine. Many people swear by FreePPP, which is available here: http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml Install MacTCP [or Open Transport TCP/IP], if it isn't already. Enter appropriate numbers in MacTCP [or TCP/IP] control panels and FreePPP setup [if using OT/PPP, select modem type in Modem control panel and enter phone number, username, etc, in PPP control panel] Should work now. No drivers necessary. chazl - 8.29.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:48:59 -0400 From: "Michael G. Schabert" Subject: Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh? >I have the chance to obtain a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 modem for a PC >(Wintel) and would like to use it with my Macintosh Performa 475. > >Is there a converter cable that can be purchased to hook the modem PC >cable to a Mac 9-pin mini DIN (I think) connector? Buy a Mac modem cable. It's that simple, & they're available everywhere. >Is Macintosh modem driver software available somewhere? I have >ClarisWorks, which knows about some modems. But I would also like to >use this modem for email (per another request of mine). Will I also >need separate modem driver software for an email application, say >Eudora? Modems don't use/need drivers. There are 3 exceptions to these. They are: 1) Apple Express Modem 2) Apple GeoPort Telecom Adapter (GTA) also called a GeoPod 3) Global Village The first 2 use drivers because they're only 1/2 a modem, & need software to be the whole modem. Global Village is just stupid. >Please let me know how, if possible, to do the PC to Mac conversion. Just buy the $5 cable & you're converted. HTH Mike Bikers don't *DO* taglines. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 19:35:59 -0400 From: Allan Hunter Subject: Dialer FKEY replacement? Does anyone know of a MacOS 8 version of Dialer FKEY, a simple and speedy tool for taking the contents of the clipboard and throwing it at your modem along with initialization string, so that your address book will autodial without you having to pick up the handset? NOTE: I *do* have QuicKeys which *does* have a "dial" macro but it is pathetically slow in comparison with the old FKEY. I want to be able to hit a keystroke combo and have the modem start beeping immediately, not wait for something to *launch*. Under OS 8, Dialer FKEY jams the serial port requiring a reset, and does not dial. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 20:02:11 -0500 From: Lawrence Rugolo Subject: Disappearing Act Since installing OS 8 a strange thing happens once or twice each session. When I click on an icon (disk icon in the Finder, or a folder icon) all windows and desktop icons disappear and everything comes to a stop until I click on the icon again. Then the windows reopen and the icons reappear and everything's fine again. The Apple Support rep suggests that there's a cdev or init conflict, but finding it would take forever. I don't have Conflict Catcher, but I'm not sure if it would identify this particular situation. Has anyone else experienced this? (My setup is: PowerWave 604/132, MacOS 8.0, 2GB hard drive, 64MB RAM.) Thanks, Larry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 97 21:31:19 +0200 From: Laurent Daloze Subject: Icon problem in 'About this computer' Hi all, I have a Performa 6200 CD. I've recently installed 7.6.1 to replace my 'old' 7.5.5. I re-initialized my hard disk before doing this and I installed a very clean copy of 7.6, then upgraded to 7.6.1. After the install process, the desktop was automatically rebuilt and now I have a strange problem that I didn't have under 7.5.5: when I choose 'About this computer', the System Software icon has become a generic document icon instead of the Finder icon. I also installed the the 'Process Manager' control strip and the Finder has a generic application icon, instead of the standard Finder icon under 7.5.5. I tried to rebuild the desktop again and checked my disk with Disk Doctor but everything seems to be OK. Anyone experienced the same problem? Note that it seems to be just a 'cosmectic' problem as the OS works very well. Thanks in advance, Laurent. Laurent.Daloze@ping.be http://www.ping.be/nin/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 21:38:45 +0800 From: csong@chgsg.pc.my (Ong Cheow Seng) Subject: LC475 - Internal HD unable to mount. Hello there! I have this LC475 which have NOT being in use for at least 8 months!= Recently when I turn on the power supply, I can hear the hard disk spinning= for a moment (about 10 seconds) before it decelerates to a stop. I am= unable to start-up from the internal hard disk. It looks to me that the= internal HD is not mounted at all. I have tried using other utilities but= still no luck mounting it.=20 Do I have a damaged HD drive which cannot be salvage at all? Can any gurus= out there please advise me? Thanks a lot. Regards, Ong Cheow Seng csong@chgsg.pc.my (Malaysia) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 20:55:43 -0400 (EDT) From: KingJohne@aol.com Subject: Mac OS 8 & Finder Crashes Greetings, I read Info-Mac regularly, but have not had cause to write... until now. I purchased a Performa 6400/200 recently, and got to upgrade free from 7.5.5 to 8.0 (yippee, I think). I did a Clean Install this weekend, and then started moving stuff over. Nearly immediately, I found the Finder crashing each time I moved something from onel folder to another, or took something to the trash. I've used Extension Manager to try to eliminate the problem, but without consistent success. The problem went away briefly, but then returned. I'm having to reboot after every drag and drop or drag and drop to the trash. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, John King kingjohne@gocougs.wsu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:28:06 -0500 From: Chris Gervais Subject: Mac OS 8 and Win95 filenames Andre, > I have a problem with exchanging data between the Mac and Win95. At > work > I am forced to use a Win95 system and I would like to keep the long > file > names when I transfer files using floppys from my Mac to Win95 and > back. > > I have heard of a program called DosMounter95, but it is rather > expensive. The new Mac OS 8 is not available here in Holland, could > anybody please verify if it reads Win95 (Joliet format) file names? You didn't here it from me, but the Mac OS 8 Update set to ship in November includes PC Exchange 2.0 which handles Win95/NT long file names and other aspects of the Windows VFAT file system. The localized versions of OS 8 for your regions should be out very soon! Cheers, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:10:35 -0800 From: Peter Kurpaska Subject: Navigator cache I would appreciate it if someone could help me with a problem I'm having with Netscape Navigator 3.0. The difficulty concerns the maintenance of a RAM Disk to hold the Netscape cache. For one thing, Navigator refuses to recognize the RAM Disk if it is not set to at least 1248K. And even when it is set that large, Navigator, upon the next startup, will often fail to fully acknowledge its existence in the cache dialog box in Network Preferences. The result here being that Navigator capriciously uses my hard drive instead of the allocated RAM for its cache. (I am trying to save my hard drive the pummeling it takes when it plays that role.) What I am asking is, is there a better way to accomplish my objective? I use a Performa 6115CD, 350HD, 24MB RAM, System 7.5.5, OT 1.1.2, no virtual memory. THANKS IN ADVANCE, peter k. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:49:39 +0200 (MET DST) From: Adrian Holland Subject: Need a SCSI Driver for Frog Systems 110 MB HD Hi, I have just taken my old mac, an LC II 8/40, out of storage with an external hard disk I bought from Frog Systems of Perth, Scotland, 5 years ago. I think they were the UK subsidiary of a US company. They no longer exist, or at least I can't find them (Web Search, Directory Enquiries etc). I cannot read or mount the disk, normally or with SCSI Probe. The problem is that Norton Utilities and Apple Personal Diagnostics tell me that the SCSI driver is damaged or obsolete. This is the first problem I have _ever_ had with this drive. There was a SCSI driver on a floppy The drive's and case's details are: Frog Systems, Inc Model: Z100.000 S/N: 105672 Case made in Taiwan Drive made by IBM Japan P/N 6128268 120 MB FRU P/N 6128298 MLC C27851 Model WDS-3158 Barcodes: 20782287 EE BISA0 141653 I really need some of the data on this drive as I forgot to back it all up before I put it into storage for 8 months. Can anyone help me with locating the SCSI driver or Frog Systems? Thank you, Adrian Holland Currently on contract to STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH, Bremen, Germany email: adrian@vts001.atlas.de ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:57:29 +0100 From: A.C.vanderHam@ET.TUDelft.NL (Andre' C. van der Ham) Subject: OS8 and WIN95 long file names Hi folks, With regards to my question: does Mac OS 8 support Win95 file names? I got the following answer: >OS8 does not read Windows 95 filenames. > >I bought DosMounter95, and you are right, it is expensive, but it works >well. In my case it paid for itself in a week. > >Good luck. Thanks David, for your advice. What a bummer Apple. I wish they would bundle that piece of software, it would have been a nice gesture towards Bill, wouldn't it? Read more about DosMounter95 here: Just thought you'd like to know about this before you get your hopes up. Cheers, Andre' van der Ham http://hyperdigest.mac.tudelft.nl/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 17:33:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Fiske Subject: patch-making... Hello: Does anyone know if there is a utility out there (freeware or otherwise) for making software updates/patches. I am primarily interested in the pathc making capability. private e-mail only Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:21:56 -0400 From: "Michael G. Schabert" Subject: PowerBase 180 & System 8 > I have a PowerComputing PowerBase 180, and I have System 8. I would >like to put these two together; however, the one time I tried, I had >disasterous results. > First - My system would not do a soft reboot to my internal IDE >drive. When it did reboot (from a system on my external SCSI drive), the >system did not recognize my internal drive at all. > Second - Eventually, it so messed up my internal drive that I >wasn't able to boot off of it at all, and indeed, I had to replace the >drive because it was totally hosed (not technical, I know, but...) >Fortunately, I had *just* backed everything up, so when PowerComputing >replaced the drive, and I installed it, it was relatively easy to go back >to MacOS 7.6.1. I think that you are blaming MacOS8 for something that wasn't its fault. It is absolutely, totally, impossible to ruin a drive via software to the point that it needs to be swapped. The absolute most damage you can do to a drive is to ruin the data on it so that it needs to be reformatted. A low-level reformat will clear any & all problems that an OS or a virus can give to a drive. You had a hardware problem. Software can pretend to be a hardware problem, but it can never give you one. Hth Mike Bikers don't *DO* taglines. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:08:20 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Powerbook demands disk Davefales1@aol.com wrote: > I have a Powerbook 540C running System 7.5. Whenever I restart, before I > can reach the desktop, a dialog box prompts me to insert a specific floppy > disk ( an old one that I no longer even use.) If I hit "cancel", the > dialog box goes away, and I'm at the desktop. How can I prevent this > dialog box from showing up every time I reboot? Let me guess. You have an alias in your startup items folder which points to the disk in question, right? So, throw that alias away, and everything will be fine. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:48:37 -0500 From: Gib Henry Subject: Powerbook demands disk [A] >Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT) >From: Davefales1@aol.com >Subject: Q: Powerbook demands disk > >Hi- > I have a Powerbook 540C running System 7.5. Whenever I restart, before I can >reach the desktop, a dialog box prompts me to insert a specific floppy disk ( >an old one that I no longer even use.) >If I hit "cancel", the dialog box goes away, and I'm at the desktop. How can >I prevent this dialog box from showing up every time I reboot? Check the Startup Items folder in the System Folder. Does it contain any aliases? Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 15:59:34 -0500 From: Taylor Leaming Subject: Q: "Caps Lock" extension for PB3400 Hi, I am looking for a "Caps Lock" system extention that works for a PB3400. I would like to have a visual cue in the menu bar that the CAPS LOCK key is toggled on. The problem: Apple's "Caps Lock" system extension does not work with the PB3400. This is probably since the PB3400's CAPS LOCK key has a little bitty light on it. However, from normal typing posture, you (at least myself) can't *see* if the key is lit from that viewing angle. Hmmmm... After using a PB1400 for a while (no lighted TAB key), I found that I rather liked the little icon visual cue. Anybody out there have some suggestions? Regards, Taylor ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 16:04:48 -0500 From: Taylor Leaming Subject: Q: Menubar modem status for PB3400 Internal Modem I am looking for some sort of visual status indicator (preferably in the menubar) for the PB3400 internal modem. This would be something much like you can find comes with the Global Village Powerport Pro modems. This visual indicator was frequently update, indicating if the modem is connected, the connect rate, some status lights the indicate the modem is *really* connected and maybe even a graphical indicator of the Transmit and Recieve activity. Basically, something that looks pretty much like the frontpanel of most external modems but with a bit more information. Unfortunately, with I find that I get dropped connections a lot with my PB3400's internal modem. I don't know about this until I get a time-out message from Eudora or Netscape, or one of my communi- ations applications crashes or gives me some sort of connection error. This is very frustrating and because I have an internal modem, I often can't tell if there is a lull in the exchange, or I have a dropped connection. Is there an enterprising soul out there with such a useful utility? - Taylor FYI: I have been using MacOS 8 on my PB3400/200, with FreePPP v2.6, with great satisfaction. I highly recommend both. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 10:35:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Chaz Larson Subject: Q: Powerbook demands disk At 12:23 PM -0400 8/27/97, Davefales1@aol.com wrote: > I have a Powerbook 540C running System 7.5. Whenever I restart, before I can >reach the desktop, a dialog box prompts me to insert a specific floppy disk ( >an old one that I no longer even use.) >If I hit "cancel", the dialog box goes away, and I'm at the desktop. How can >I prevent this dialog box from showing up every time I reboot? Does this happen when you boot with the shift key down to disable extensions? If so, some extension is trying to open a file on that floppy. Disable extensions until you find the culprit. I'd suspect things like Suitcase in this event. Is there anything in your Startup Items folder that points to this floppy disk? Is there an alias to something on this floppy disk in your Launcher Items folder? HTH, chazl - 8.29.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:14:14 -0500 From: bosox@moose.erie.net (Ronald W. Helminski, DMD) Subject: SCSC cable Does anyone know where I can find a SCSI cable like the one that comes with a zip drive (DB 25 male to DB25 male) but in a 6 ft length? I can't seem to locate one anywhere. TIA Ron Helminski ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 16:06:04 +0200 From: Hoenkamp-NICI Subject: SCSI-0 invisible to SCSI formatters [Q] X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I want to repartition SCSI-0 to install MkLinux. Apple's Drive Setup partitions, but not for Unix boot. The other SCSI programs I tried: Apple's own HD SC Setup, APS Tools, SCSIprobe, don't even see SCSI-0. Someone in the know?? I have a vanilla 5400 Performa, running OS8. Edward. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 16:24:42 +0300 From: Michael Green Subject: Shareware Pascal Anyone know of a shareware/freeware Pascal compiler? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 97 21:37:27 -0500 From: Richard Sukovaty Subject: Speakerphone Programs for the Mac? Are there any programs for the Mac that will let me use the speakerphone functions of my modem? Am using a Zoom ComStar XT SVD modem (PC version, bought at a local computer store when my other one quit on me. And for Michael Cook, who was asking about using a PC Sportster Modem, all I needed was a handshaking cable for the Mac - the modems all use the same connection on the modem side, only the connection on the computer (Mac or PC) is different). Zoom sent me Mac disks when I called, but only for basic modeming, they had no idea what programs to use for speakerphone function (even though they sell a Mac version of the ComStar). Richard Sukovaty cybrczch@inetnebr.com ------------------------------ Date: 31 Aug 1997 20:33:55 +0000 From: Mephistophilis Subject: System 7.6 conflicts with Apple Personal Diagnostics 1.1.3? Having just installed System 7.6 on my PM8200/120 I find that Apple Personal Diagnostics 1.1.3 consistently assures me that the directory structure on the internal hard disk is damaged. Neither Disk First Aid 7.2.3 (from the S7.6 installation CD), Norton Disk Doctor 3.1 or MacTools Pro 4.0 find any directory problems. Furthermore, if I boot the machine from an external HD *using System 7.5.5* and test the internal disk with Apple Personal Diagnostics 1.1.3 (same copy as used for the S7.6 tests) no directory problems are reported. Which application should I believe? If this is a known problem with APD 1.1.3 is a fix available or on the way? TIA - Fergus Lalor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:43:54 -0400 From: offen@weare.ro.med.umich.edu Subject: Thunder 7 I have a spell checker called "Thunder 7" by BaseLine Publishing. Does anyone know if they've gone out of business or have been bought out by another company? You can send your comments to "offen@umich.edu." Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:58:08 +1000 From: Glen Hawkins Subject: Unwanted E-mail I have noticed recently an upsurge in unwanted e-mail coming through to my account via sources unknown. I always request that my name is NOT put on these lists when I register software etc so they are a tad annoying. Is there a program that kills the sending computer? Or at least makes them weary of sending unsolicited E-mail to me in particular or the world in general? Mail filters don't work as they come under many names and I have several new peoples names E mailed to me frequently so filtering wont work. Cheers Glen ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 13:06:37 -0400 From: Jeff Frankel Subject: Using =?iso-8859-1?Q?=93PC=94?= Sportster on a Mac On August 27, Michael Cook wrote: I have the chance to obtain a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 modem for a PC (Wintel) and would like to use it with my Macintosh Performa 475. Is there a converter cable that can be purchased to hook the modem PC cable to a Mac 9-pin mini DIN (I think) connector? Is Macintosh modem driver software available somewhere? I have ClarisWorks, which knows about some modems. But I would also like to use this modem for email (per another request of mine). Will I also need separate modem driver software for an email application, say Eudora? *** I=92m no modem expert, but I don=92t think you=92ll have any problem if y= ou=92re using Open Transport on your 475. The reason is that the Open Transport instal= ler puts a folder called Modem Scripts in your Extensions folder. Included i= n the folder is a script called U.S. Robotics Universal. The scripts are acces= sed via Open Transport=92s Modem control panel. Just click the Setup popup m= enu and scroll down the list until you find the one you want, which in your case = will be U.S. Robotics Universal. This script worked just fine for me when I u= sed a 33.6 Sportster. If you are using Mac TCP instead of Open Transport, my recollection is that you will have to find out what the modem string is f= or the Sportster and enter it manually in one of the control panels. I reca= ll a list of modem strings available on the web courtesy of Adam Engst=92s Int= ernet Starter Kit home page. Otherwise, U.S. Robotics should be able to supply= this--maybe it=92s even buried in the manual somewhere. Mac modem cables are readily available from standard mail order sources. = You=92ll need a DB-25 male - mini-DIN 8 male high-speed modem cable. = Note to U.S. Robotics x2 users: I kept getting frequent disconnects usin= g the U.S. Robotics Universal script with the USR Sportster x2 modem. By luck = I discovered a collection of high-speed modem scripts on the Mac OS 8 CD-RO= M which must be custom installed. This collection includes a script for th= e x2, which ended the problem. -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA "Where the woodpecker pecks and the porcupine plays" -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************