Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #145 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 28 Jul 98 Volume 16 : Issue 145 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#440/27-Jul-98 (A) OT bps measurer? (Q) Font management question (Q) My Mac won't shut down! [A] Scanning resolution [A] video editing, hmtl pics [A] WORD 98 File Formats [A] WORD 98 File Formats [A]: WORD 98 File Formats [A]:Audio capture/input -- Vinyl to CDR [Q] Looking for a Font Called Hog Book Anarchie 2.0.1 twice as fast as Fetch on Cable internet Attachment (R) beware of ScanAce DiskCopy Problem EUDORA Address Book madness EUDORA Address Book madness Fwd: Q: Applescript task Info-Mac Digest V16 #144 Japanese Keyboard Mapping My Mac won't shut down! Net configurations for 68K Macs Net configurations for 68K Macs PNG Q: Applescript task Q: Performa hard disk upgrade? 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Topics: MailBITS/27-Jul-98 Macintosh PageMill Lives The Battle of the Bouncers, Part 2 TidBITS Talk & the TidBITS Talk Archive [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-440.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 12:36:56 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: (A) OT bps measurer? AGNetTools might be able to help, several tools (e.g. ping, traceroute, name) http://www.aggroup.com/ -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 06:19:11 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: (Q) Font management question At 1:03 PM -0700 7/22/98, Mark Allen wittily wrote: > Upon installing a variety of graphics and greeting card preparation > programs, I am wondering whether I have exceeded the number of fonts the > system can have at any one time. I saw a error message about having more > than 128 fonts. (I am currently running OS 8.1 on a Power Mac 7500). > > Is the system limit 128 files in the font folder or 128 font families (some > files seem to be the same font but one is normal, one is bold, etc.)? I don't remember what the exact number is, but I have run into the problem. The limit has to do with the number of font suitcases and including any fonts not in a suitcase. it does not include any PS type 1 files, but does include the bitmaps for any Type 1 Fonts. My solution was to combine some fonts into one suitcase. For example I put all of the standard Apple fonts that are installed with the OS into one suitcase. Then I put all of the MS fonts that came with Internet Explorer into another, etc. > How can I check how many font (families?) that the system sees? So don't worry about font families, just count the suitcases and put all of the fonts in to a suitcase if they aren't already in one. > What is the best way to manage more than 128 font (families?)? Can one > activate groups of fonts and deactivate other groups without rebooting? In > particular, can this activation/deactivation be tied to launches of > particular programs? You need to reboot as far as I know unless you want to use Suitcase or Master Juggler, both commercial solutions. > Are there recommended freeware/shareware applications to do this > activation/deactivation on the fly or, if necessary, upon rebooting? There is one at least that I know of Fonts Manager(tm) 3.7.3, or what ever the current version is, check the Info-Mac mirror near you and look in the fonts directory. > Thanks for whatever advice is offered! > > Mark Allen I personally don't use Fonts Manager, but it didn't give me any reason not to use it. Just that I don't have an opinion on it beyond that it will do the job after a reboot. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 01:21:15 -0500 From: Will Wagers Subject: (Q) My Mac won't shut down! My 6500/300 8.1 does something very similar, but it *seems* to follow some sort of program bomb (it definitely happens under different apps). There is a glitch followed by the Finder cycling as Christine reports. I thought it was related to Internet use until I saw her report. Something as innocuous as moving things to the trash seems to trigger it under unspecified circumstances. Surely, someone has seen this problem before--I just got the computer. >Help! My Power Macintosh 6500/250 occasionally develops a tic that goes >like this: > >I select "Shut down." The Mac seemingly re-opens the Finder, cycling >from a blank desktop back to a full, ready-to-go Finder. The only way I >can shut down is to cut power. Sometimes I've been able to short-circuit >this loop by selecting "Sleep," waking up the computer, then selecting >"Shut down," however this doesn't always work. I'm not sure, but I think >it may be connected to my use of QuarkXpress - it seems to happen more >often when I've been in this program. Any ideas? > >Christine Ilas >cristi@voyager.net Will Wagers hyle@gte.net "Reality is the best metaphor." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 08:28:15 -0400 From: Jonathan Bauer Subject: [A] Scanning resolution Brian Wessels wrote: > >> Just bought a $99 UMAX scanner, and it is definitely a good deal. Only >>problem >> is, I can't find any common sense guidelines on what scan resolution to >>use. My etc. >> >> My need: Maybe a primer on the best approach to scanning and using scanned >> material. The hardware and software vendors tell you how to do things, but >> assume you know what you're going to want. Not an unreasonable assumption >> until prices fell so every shmoe like me could start scanning their >>photos into Try http://www.callamer.com/bplawler There were some excellent articles in PDF format on exactly the subjects you raised, complete with illustrations. /jonathan mailto:jhbauer@akula.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:15:48 -0400 From: NOSPAMrjen@mindspring.com (Robert Jen) Subject: [A] video editing, hmtl pics Brian Wessels wrote: > My need: Maybe a primer on the best approach to scanning and using scanned > material. The hardware and software vendors tell you how to do things, but > assume you know what you're going to want. Not an unreasonable assumption > until prices fell so every shmoe like me could start scanning their >photos into > documents. A priceless (and free!) tutorial by Wayne Fulton (thanx!) is at: http://www.scantips.com/ Ed Ver Hoef already noted that 200 dpi is usually sufficient for most purposes (and the primer will tell and show you that that is about the resolution of a photograph anyway!). Alas, the bundled scanning software I have doesn't support most of the options they recommend using. I may have to bite the bullet and upgrade at some point... Robert Jen (rjen@mindspring.com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:14:56 -0400 From: Tony Green Subject: [A] WORD 98 File Formats >Alright! I don't think that I am TOO thick.... but WORD 98 for Mac has me >confused & frustrated. > >I have created WORD TEMPLATES (stationery) and saved them as read-only files. >I have come back in later sessions and opened the same files. >i have edited the text in the documents and gone to SAVE the files >BUT, WORD greys out the SAVE AS FILE TYPE pull down menu and shows (greyed >out) "Document Template" (and, won't let me change to another format) > >Question: How on earth can I convince WORD to let me change the file type >to "Word Document"? What I think you want to do is just use the template to make a new document, but Word thinks you want to edit the template itself. I assume you've created a Word template (i.e., originally did a Save As "Document Template") and that it is saved in the "Templates" folder... To use the template to create a new document: 1. Don't "Open" the template, but choose "New..." from the File menu (don't use the Command-N keyboard shortcut, which will open the Normal template, and don't double-click the template in the Finder). 2. You will see the New dialog with a tabbed interface allowing you to pick from among the many templates. Yours is probably under the General tab along with "Normal." 3. Select the template and click OK. Now it will open as "Document1" and you can Save or Save As in any format. To edit the template itself: 1. "Open" the template itself directly from inside Word or by double-clicking the icon (this is what it sounds like you're doing). It will open under its original name. 2. Edit it and just choose "Save." It will remain a template. It is in this case that you can't "Save As." Another way to do this is to create your "template" as an ordinary Word document--NOT a "Document Template"--and choose "Get Info" for the icon in the Finder. Click "Stationery Pad," which will cause the document to open a copy of itself which you can Save As. That way you can put the "template" anywhere you want (not just in the factory-authorized Word templates folder) and just double-click on it. Hope this helps, Tony ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 05:35:47 PDT From: "Randall G. Floyd" Subject: [A] WORD 98 File Formats Dudley, I've found this really irritating as well. For some reason, if you double-click a template to open it, word assumes you want to edit the template, and won't let you 'Save As...' to any other file type. There's two solutions. The first is to either put it in Word's template folder, or to put it in your own template folder (specifying that folder in preferences). Then, select 'New' from the 'File' menu and you'll be presented with a dialog box to select a template. When you select one, make your changes and then 'Save' or 'Save As...'. Either one will prompt you with the save dialog box. Note, however, you *have* to select 'New' from the 'File' menu with the mouse, you can't just hit Command-N. That's something else I find *really* irritating; A keyboard equivalent that is in fact *not* equivalent, but does something different than the mouse-selected menu. The second option is to check the 'Stationery Pad' box in the 'Get Info' dialog box for that template file. This will cause Word '98 to open it as a new document based on that template when you double-click it. If I remember correctly, it seems like Word supported Stationery in this fashion in one release, then didn't in the next, and now apparently does again, so this may or may not work in future versions. Good luck, Randall >Alright! I don't think that I am TOO thick.... but WORD 98 for Mac has me >confused & frustrated. > >I have created WORD TEMPLATES (stationery) and saved them as read-only files. >I have come back in later sessions and opened the same files. >i have edited the text in the documents and gone to SAVE the files >BUT, WORD greys out the SAVE AS FILE TYPE pull down menu and shows (greyed >out) "Document Template" (and, won't let me change to another format) > >Question: How on earth can I convince WORD to let me change the file type >to "Word Document"? > >CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS >Suite 207 at 37 Store Street >Bloomsbury, London WC1B-4AA >UNITED KINGDOM > >Telephone 0044.(0)7050.028.797 >Facsimile 0044.(0)171.242.6087 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 14:07:32 -0700 From: David Pelton Subject: [A]: WORD 98 File Formats Greetings and Salutations No, you aren't thick -- it is just that templates (new in Word 6 and Word 98) are different from Stationary. (I am making the rest of reply generic for anyone who might be curious, so please accept my apologies if I discuss things that you already know) Stationary is a file format that allows you to create new documents like the last one. The best way to think of this is like a pad of paper that all have the same design, and you keep grabbing the next page in this endless supply of pages when you want to write a new document. In practical terms, you can double click this document and a new untitled document with the same features of the original is created. By the way, you don't need to save the Stationary as read only, the only way to replace the original is to save a file with the same name in the same location. In essence a file saved as a Template is the same thing -- new untitled documents that look like the original are created from it. However, Templates are more powerful and work in a different way. Templates are like the name implies - a master from which to make copies from - which also implies that opening the Template (the master) allows you to change it. As such it itself is not designed to be saved as other types of documents (as Dudley discovered), rather it is designed to have new documents created from it. How Word uses a template: From the File menu choose the New Command. There you will find a list of all the templates that are installed on your machine in up to two locations (more on that in a minute). Word installs a set of templates for various purposes and there are more in the Value Pack, and you can also make your own. When you choose one of these templates, Word creates a new untitled document based on that template. Word looks in up to 2 locations for templates. Under the Tools menu choose the Preference command and then the File Locations tab. Word will look for templates in the locations set by the User Templates and Workgroup Templates. In the folder chosen, Word will set tabs on the File New dialog for any folder that has Word templates in it. Templates in nested folders will appear in the tab for the Parent folder. Why use a template rather than a stationary file? This is all personal preference. I use Templates because I sometimes share them with Windows users and because I like some of the added "muscle" that a template has. You see a template can store macros, AutoText Entries, Keyboard shortcuts, Menu changes, and toolbar changes -- none of which a stationary can do. Plus I like a rather clean desktop, so I don't want stationary cluttering it up (nor do I want to dig for a stationary file) -- but like I said, that is personal preference. Let me give an example of how I use my templates. In my Templates folder I have a folder entitled Rugby. In there I have templates for Letterhead for the Club, the referee society, the union, and the national committee that I am on. So instead of naming the file in a manner that makes it appear at the top of the list (as a Word 6 user would need to do to make it easily accessible at the top of the list of templates), all my rugby templates are grouped together. Now the most compelling reason why I like this over Stationary - each of these templates have AutoText entries and menus specific to their function. So instead of cluttering up my Normal template (which is always available), Each of these templates hold items that are specifically useful for it (such as certain boilerplate text that I might use occasionally but don't want on every document). I hope this was helpful without being too long winded. David Pelton > ---------- > From: Dudley Warrington Thomas[SMTP:thinktank@easynet.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, July 16, 1998 6:37 AM > Subject: WORD 98 File Formats > > Alright! I don't think that I am TOO thick.... but WORD 98 for Mac has me > confused & frustrated. > > I have created WORD TEMPLATES (stationery) and saved them as read-only > files. > I have come back in later sessions and opened the same files. > i have edited the text in the documents and gone to SAVE the files > BUT, WORD greys out the SAVE AS FILE TYPE pull down menu and shows (greyed > out) "Document Template" (and, won't let me change to another format) > > Question: How on earth can I convince WORD to let me change the file type > to "Word Document"? > > CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS > Suite 207 at 37 Store Street > Bloomsbury, London WC1B-4AA > UNITED KINGDOM > > Telephone 0044.(0)7050.028.797 > Facsimile 0044.(0)171.242.6087 > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 18:05:36 -0500 From: Trevor Zylstra Subject: [A]:Audio capture/input -- Vinyl to CDR Jesse Hinson wrote: > I would like to be able to connect my record turntable to my Power > Tower Pro 250 to capture an audio signal to my drive and produce (for > my own use) CD of some older vinyl records. > > Do you know of a board or device that has RCA-in jacks so I can make > that connection. > > Also, please make a suggestion of the software that would be best > suited for this operation. I am currently a user of TOAST by Adaptec, > but it doesn't support that type of signal. Turntables cannot be hooked up directly to a computer sound card. You MUST have a preamp that is designed to handle vinyl records. You may hook up the outputs of the preamp to the RCA inputs of some power macs (I'm not sure if the Power Computing machines have RCA inputs or not), otherwise a good sound card like the Digidesign Audiomedia III will definitely work (and sound better, as well). Their website is: http://www.digidesign.com/ If you buy the Digidesign card, it will come with software that will allow you to capture the sound from your turntable. Otherwise, I sort of like Bias Peak, of which you can download a demo at: http://www.bias-inc.com/ Then, you can burn the CD with the copy of Toast that you already own. Trevor Zylstra ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 06:29:35 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: [Q] Looking for a Font Called Hog Book At 2:38 PM -0400 7/20/98, Keith E Gatling wittily wrote: > I just got a letter from a friend of mine done in a font she said is called > Hog Book (there's also a Hog Bold). She said she found it while playing >around > in Word Perfect 6.1 for Windows (yeah...one of them), but doesn't know any > more than that about where it came from. > > I'd really like to get my hands on a copy of that font. Does anyone out there > know its parentage and where I can find it? > > I did the obvious and checked the archives, but didn't see anything with a > similar name. > > Hmm...for that matter, does there exist a "master database of fonts" anywhere > out on the web? > > Thanks! > > keg > > * mailto://keithgatling@usa.net http://www.bigfoot.com/~kgatling * The font maybe only a Windoze TrueType Font. So you would have to search for Windows Fonts and have you looked at the Web sites for free fonts? There are several out there. There is not master list that I know of, you might try the search engines. If you want I can send you a long list of URLs for them. Anyway once you find the font, you can easily convert it to Mac TrueType with a converter utility. I have one of them, it's TTConverter 1.5 and it does a good job. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:06:02 -0400 From: "abrody" Subject: Anarchie 2.0.1 twice as fast as Fetch on Cable internet Dear Digest readers, I've been using Fetch 3.0.3 for many years now, especially since I had trouble with Anarchie crashing my PowerMac 7200/75. This morning I thought I'd give Anarchie another try. What a difference. A 10MB file downloads in well under a minute on cable internet. Fetch on the other hand might take 2 to 5 minutes to download the file on cable internet. By the way, the site I was downloading from was Netscape! Download speeds on Anarchie were about 150 - 180k bytes per second on an @home network connection. I was lucky if I was able to get 88k bytes per second on Fetch. And I thought all FTP programs were the same. How is Anarachie able to be so much quicker than Fetch? Which brings me to another point. http://www.macdownload.com files seem to only be available via the web. Any idea where the ftp site is for those files? Downloading via the web, on cable internet I am lucky if I can get 12k bytes per second. So if I can get these files via ftp I won't have to wait as long. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 12:47:01 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Attachment (R) JAMES BRUNSWICK wrote: > Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #141 > > The attachment with this issue cannot be opened > by my NETSCAPE BROWSER,because Netscape doesn't > provide a plug in for the format used in the attachment. > QUESTION = why send a file to a mac user, in a mac related ezine, > in a format that a mac cannot access ? A Mac can perfetly "access" an info-Mac digest. You may need to (a) check your settings of Netscape, or (b) use a real E-Mail application such as Eudora Light 3.1.3 (freeware). When the settings are right, you get one continuous text file, not an attachment. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:24:47 +0000 From: "dead nancy" Subject: beware of ScanAce hi, everybody. if you're in the market for a cheap scanner, i'd avoid the ScanAce from Pacific Image. the mac/pc hybrid cd didn't actually contain the correct mac drivers or software. the driver (from their web site) wouldn't work with photoshop. their software (also from their web site) was corrupt. i submitted my problem to their web site, and was told i'd receive an answer in 24 hours. i didn't. when i finally got through to tech support, they told me of an alternate download site which didn't exist, then promised to mail me the software, which they didn't. that's when i started making many crank calls to their message center. xox, dead nancy http://www.merkins.com/ fear the hoover! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 15:15:37 +0930 From: Burr Dodd Subject: DiskCopy Problem Have been trying to open Disk Copy which I downloaded from an Apple mirror site. I can get to change into by dropping it onto Mac Binary II+ but when I try to open I get a -39 error. Doesn't seem to matter if I download from another mirror. Stuffit Deluxe doesn't seem to help. Would be most grateful for any suggestions. Burr Dodd ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:01:11 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: EUDORA Address Book madness Dudley Warrington Thomas wrote: > Can someone please explain to me HOW ON EARTH one goes about creating an > address book entry and creating an alias of that account under a group > directory. (1) You did not specify which version of Eudora. I'll tell you how to do it with Eudora Light 3.1.3. (2) Why "how on earth"? Dou you not expect to write e-mails in heaven? ;-)) > In other words, if John Smith was a friend and an employee of ACME TOOL & > DYE and I wanted to have an entry for John Smith but also wanted a "group > address" to mail everyone that is associated with ACME TOOL & DYE how would > I go about accomplishing this? Create an entry for John Smith and call it "John", and put his real e-mail address into the address field. Create an entry for Mike Jones and call it "Mike", and put his real e-mail address into the address field. Create an entry for ACME... and call it whatever you like. Put the short names for "Mike" and "John" (and others) into the address field for ACME. It's simple, isn't it? Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 16:35:42 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: EUDORA Address Book madness At 2:41 PM +0100 7/16/98, Dudley Warrington Thomas wittily wrote: > Can someone please explain to me HOW ON EARTH one goes about creating an > address book entry and creating an alias of that account under a group > directory. > > In other words, if John Smith was a friend and an employee of ACME TOOL & > DYE and I wanted to have an entry for John Smith but also wanted a "group > address" to mail everyone that is associated with ACME TOOL & DYE how would > I go about accomplishing this? > > All replies appreciated > > CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS > Suite 207 at 37 Store Street > Bloomsbury, London WC1B-4AA > UNITED KINGDOM > > Telephone 0044.(0)7050.028.797 > Facsimile 0044.(0)171.242.6087 First make an entry for "John Smith", Eudora will make one for you if you have an email from someone if you go to Special-->Make Address Book Entry, or make one your self with the desired information by selecting Window--> Address Book. Make sure you have a nickname entered in that field and an email address in the "Address(es)" field. Once you have the "John Smith" entry made, in the Address Book make an entry for ACME TOOL & DYE and put the "nickname" for the "John Smith" entry into the "Address(es)" field of the ACME entry. Repeat step one and two for each one associated with ACME, with nicknames on separate lines in the "Address(es)" field of the ACME entry. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 07:32:49 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: Q: Applescript task Scott Horton asked: >Does anyone know how to do the following to help me automate finder >format backups of a few files. I wish to write a script that will drag >files from one window to another on another disk, thereby copying the >file to the new location. However, it will have to replace an older file >with the same name. My limited scripting skills have me stuck. Scott, there are several shareware tools that do just what you want. I think they come under the general category of "synchronization" software. They are available at various shareware sites. The names of a few are: FolderCompare SimpleBackup Synk Personal BU MacUpdate And there is PowerBook File Assistant from Apple. I'm sure there are many more that other people know about. Daly Daly Jessup ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 20:33:11 +1000 From: "Stewart Smith" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #144 >From: "Info-Mac" >Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #144 >Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 6:33 PM > >Is the system limit 128 files in the font folder or 128 font families (some >files seem to be the same font but one is normal, one is bold, etc.)? It is 128 suitcases. What I did a little while ago was to make suitcases (just by duplicating one and removing its contents) called A, B, C, D, E etc and put fonts starting with that letter in that suitcase. It works fine and keeps fonts neatly organized so you can see when new ones appear. --------------------------- Stewart Smith Advanced God at Purple Grapefruit web - http://vll.com/purplegrapefruit/ mail - purplegrapefruit@kagi.com ICQ - 6734154 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 18:12:49 +0900 From: Adam Getliff Subject: Japanese Keyboard Mapping This little problem has me stumped, and I wonder if anyone out there can help... I have a Japanese 1400, which I have changed to US OS8.1 with JLK. The keyboard maps OK with the Roman-JIS keyboard installed, but after a re-install Key Caps won't work. I get an error message 'Keyboard description not installed'. I know this is daft, but it used to work OK and I seem to recall an extension named Japanese Keyboard or something similar. I can't find this anywhere though - not on my Japanese 7.6 CD ROM, or in a 7.6J install, or the JLK CD. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Adam ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 13:31:18 -0400 From: "Z. A. Punjani" Subject: My Mac won't shut down! At 9:27 AM +0000 7/15/98, Christine Ilas wrote: >Help! My Power Macintosh 6500/250 occasionally develops a tic that goes >like this: > >I select "Shut down." The Mac seemingly re-opens the Finder, cycling >from a blank desktop back to a full, ready-to-go Finder. The only way I >can shut down is to cut power. Sometimes I've been able to short-circuit >this loop by selecting "Sleep," waking up the computer, then selecting >"Shut down," however this doesn't always work. I'm not sure, but I think >it may be connected to my use of QuarkXpress - it seems to happen more >often when I've been in this program. Any ideas? > >Christine Ilas >cristi@voyager.net It seems like you have a classic case of a corrupt Finder Preference file. Moreover, QuarkXpress may be causing the Finder Preference to become damaged or the program you're using to Sleep your monitor. I occasionally experience the symptoms you are and the solution is quite simple; take your Finder Prefs file from the Preferences folder in your System Folder and drag it to the trash. Do not trash it yet. Restart the machine and THEN empty the trash. You should have a new Finder Prefs file. This should at least clear the symptoms for awhile. Try disabling the sleep program for a bit and see if symptoms recur. Zafar A. Punjani E-mail: zafar@itw.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 17:08:37 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: Net configurations for 68K Macs At 8:56 AM -0400 7/19/98, Matthew Mitchell wittily wrote: > A few digests ago, we had a question from someone with an LC who wanted to > know what browser would offer the best combination of features, > compatability, and performance. Let me take that one step further: what > would the most reliable networking setup for a 68K Mac look like? I'm > configuring a IIci to give to a non-profit org, and want to minimize > support calls I get from them. > > Dial-up connection: MacTCP? MacSLIP? FreePPP? Open Transport? Not sure about this part, they all work on a 68040. MacTCP or FreePPP, I think would be best. > Browser: MacWeb? Mosaic/Netscape? Opera? Netscape 3.04 or Internet Explorer (I use 4.01 on my 68040} > News: NewsWatcher? NewsHopper? NewsWatcher or MT-NewsWatcher > Mail: Eudora Light? Eudora Light 3.x.x Include FTP and Gopher and Finger possibly: For FTP: Anarchie 2.x, for Gopher: TurboGopher 2.0.3, and Finger 1.50 > And how would these vary among the different flavors of 68K, like '020 >or '030? The ones I list should be fine. Not real sure as I have a 68040. > We could go back to old editions of the digest, or maybe Adam Engst's > books, but there may be more recent software that still works with the old > generation of Macs. > > Unlike Windows-standard machines, there are a lot of ten-year-old Macs > still out there doing useful work. > > Matt Mitchell > mmitchel@libertynet.org Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:01:19 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Net configurations for 68K Macs Matthew Mitchell wrote: > what would the most reliable networking setup for a 68K Mac look like? > I'm configuring a IIci to give to a non-profit org, and want to minimize > support calls I get from them. > > Dial-up connection: MacTCP? MacSLIP? FreePPP? Open Transport? I recommend System 7.6.1 with FreePPP. > Browser: MacWeb? Mosaic/Netscape? Opera? Netscape 3.01 works for me reliably. > News: NewsWatcher? NewsHopper? MacSOUP, from Stephan Haller. Can also do mail, but Eudora Light has a bit more mail-features. > Mail: Eudora Light? Eudora Light 3.1.x or 1.5.4 (I don't have Eudora on a IIci, but I bet that 3.1.x works great on that machine) > Unlike Windows-standard machines, there are a lot of ten-year-old Macs > still out there doing useful work. True. We use a IIci with 7.6.1 and Stalker's CommuniGate software as a mail server in our company with about 30 users. Try running a mail server on a 386 PC... Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 06:48:01 -0600 From: Roland Silver Subject: PNG Is there a PNG reader for the Mac? -- Roland Silver ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 06:35:53 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: Q: Applescript task At 8:40 AM -0400 7/20/98, Scott L. Horton wittily wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone know how to do the following to help me automate finder > format backups of a few files. I wish to write a script that will drag > files from one window to another on another disk, thereby copying the > file to the new location. However, it will have to replace an older file > with the same name. My limited scripting skills have me stuck. Thanks, > Scott Horton Not looking up the syntax, I don't know the exact way to do it, but what you want to use is the "with replacement" option. Mostly when I move or copy files I use Jon's Commands which is a 3rd party Scripting Addition. If you are going to do any scripting I would advise you to join one or both of the Apple Scripting lists. There is one that is through Apple and another that is independent. I am subscribe to both of them and I think they are great. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:04:11 -0700 From: John Withers Subject: Q: Performa hard disk upgrade? Hello all. I have a Performa 6320 with a 1.2 GB internal disk which is quickly filling up. The questions I have are: 1) Can I add a second internal drive (I haven't opened the system >YET<) 2) What kind/size of drive can I replace the internal drive with and how would I go about moving the data from the first drive to the second? John Withers j2ce@aol.com (or) withers@semi.kcsc.mwr.irs.gov ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 12:37:14 +0100 From: Mike Blackwell Subject: Quickbooks 4.0 Fatal Error message I use Quickbooks 4.0 on a 240MHz PowerMac clone, 64MB/4gig, System 7.6.1, to do the bookkeeping for our company. Recently, when trying to edit an old invoice, QB threw up (appropriate euphemism, eh?) a dialog box reading: Fatal Error: V 4.0 M11 (M=1112, L=3800, C=43, V=-1 (FFFFFFFF)) I was able to (temporarily) bypass the problem by deleting the bad invoice, creating a new client listing with the same name, and creating a new invoice to replace the old one. However, when it happened again a couple days ago with a different client, I did the same thing, but I found I was unable to fix the problem. I am also no longer able to generate A/R reports (Aging Detail, Open Invoices, etc.), since I get the same (I think it's the same) fatal error message. QuickBooks tech support wants $35 just to answer the phone, so I'm turning to my less expensive alternatives. :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:59:38 -0400 From: Jeff Frankel Subject: Simple Applescript backup On July 20 Scott Horton wrote: >Does anyone know how to do the following to help me automate finder >format backups of a few files. I wish to write a script that will drag >files from one window to another on another disk, thereby copying the >file to the new location. However, it will have to replace an older file >with the same name. My limited scripting skills have me stuck. What a coincidence. I recently finished writing such a script, which will back up files and folders in a folder called Work in Progress on Disk2 to a folder called Backup Folder on Disk1. Let me know how it works for you. Here goes: tell application "Finder" if folder "Disk1:Backup Folder" exists then repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" try duplicate item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" to ¬ folder "Disk1:Backup folder" on error if class of item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" is folder then set yesNo to display dialog ¬ ("The folder " & name of item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress") & " already exists in your backup folder. Do you want to replace it?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button "No" else set yesNo to display dialog ¬ ("The file " & name of item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress") & " already exists in your backup folder. Do you want to replace it?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button "No" end if if the button returned of yesNo is "No" then "" else duplicate item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" to ¬ folder "Disk1:Backup folder" with replacing end if end try end repeat else make new folder at disk "Disk1" set the name of folder "Disk1:Untitled Folder" to "Backup Folder" repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" duplicate item i of folder "Disk2:Work in Progress" to ¬ folder "Disk1:Backup folder" with replacing end repeat end if end tell -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:39:08 -0500 From: "J. Trika" Subject: sound through reciever Infomac Subscribers- Can anybody inform me if there is a way for me to transport the sound that my mac produces through my personal receiver (Harmon Kardon) and then to my Infinity speakers. Thank you so much /jeev ptrika@dsg.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 20:43:35 -0400 From: "abrody" Subject: suggestion for web page verifier program Dear Digest readers, About a month ago, I received many interesting responses about this type of program and have tried them all to no avail. The closest I have come to the ideal remote link checker is Adobe Sitemill. Unfortunately it gets upset when it has to check over 500 links. The ideal program would take several HTML files in a folder and do the following: 1. See if connecting to the URLs in those files with prefixes of ftp://, http://, mailto:, or telnet:// yields any errors. If they are errors stating that the site doesn't exist it should report the site as not found. This checking procedure should be done to all the URLs in all the files once the folder containing the files is selected. Cyberstudio only checks those URLs that are visible on the page at the time the remote links are checked, meaning you have to scroll to a new set of URLs for additional remote link checks. Cyberstudio and Frontpage both will ruin IMG SRC links with added HEIGHT and WIDTH tags. Most other checkers only check http:// sites, except Adobe Sitemill and CyberStudio. BIg Brother and WebArranger to name a couple have this limitation. 2. Would allow the user to double click the URL from the checklist to launch a web browser. 3. Would allow the user to double click the file that holds the URL to open a web page editor with that file. 4. Would take the remote link check report and save it to a file that can be reopenned later in the day. Why should I check 500 links and have another 800 to go, and have to recheck the 500 links if I get interrupted? This is a limitation of all link checkers I have tried. 5. Sort by status of link, or only list those links that are dead or moved. If somebody has created such a program that will do all this, please e-mail me at the address below. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************