Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #192 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 23 Oct 98 Volume 16 : Issue 192 Today's Topics: (A) Monitoring TCP/IP communication (QA) Norton Update released [Q] Turn Word98 hyperlinks off? American Macs in Europe AVI downloaded files Catalog problems with Eudora 4.0 Control Strip management? Cyrillic conversion [Q] Desktop Pictures Enforcing Quotas of PPP Usage Eudora Pro Address Book crash [Q] Free PPP and OS 8.1 (R) Help! Convert Database to Quark 3.3 How to View TidBits Files? iMac as a server ? logic board upgrade? Need to update browser! newton connectiton utilities sleeping mac The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Subject: (A) Monitoring TCP/IP communication Jacob Palme (Stockholm University and KTH) writes >Is there any way in which I, on a Macintosh, can monitor >the communication between an application and a server. For >example, I would like to be able to see the exact lines of >text which are sent by Netscape when accessing a URL and >the exact lines returned back from the HTTP server. Take a look at "Web Client Programming with Perl" from O'REILLY Books by Clinton Wong. The book starts out with viewing the server, client dialog by Telnet by logging into the server, port 80. The book is primarily about constructing a client in Perl on a UNIX system, but it is also the best reference abut what the client and server are saying behind our backs. As far as seeing what netscape is really doing I'm still looking. Bruce Nagel US Army ARDEC Picatinny Arsenal NJ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:19:58 -0400 From: abrody Subject: (QA) Norton Update released Dear Digest readers, Some may have read about Norton's continued problems with newer operating systems than 8.0. Just recently Norton 4.0.1 was released to address a lot of those issues include those with FWB version 2.5.x: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/files/num/norton_utilities_version_4x_for_m acintosh.html The question is, can we safely assume that we can now buy Norton, add the patch and start defragging our HFS+ MacOS 8.1 and 8.5 volumes? I have not used Norton since February because of a hard disk failure that came from HFS+ being installed on my machine, and my running Norton. Does it matter than TechTools Pro 2.0.1 has already been run on the machine? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 07:27:03 -0500 (CDT) From: ljr Subject: [Q] Turn Word98 hyperlinks off? My wife (the same one using the powerbook 3400C from my previous TCP/IP settings question) does a lot of documents that require her to put email addresses in them. Word98, doing the best it can to be modern, makes all the email addresses she types into hyperlinks. We have dealt with the issue that she doesn't like it turning them blue and underlining them. That's a style issue, and we changed the default hyperlink style to non-underlined black text. Unfortunately, they still act as hyperlinks. Whenever the cursor gets near them, it turns into the pointing 'open hyperlink' finger cursor, and it infuriates her. She has a great deal of trouble editing them, moving the text, etc. without having it opening Eudora and trying to do a mailto. I looked everywhere and was unable to find anywhere in the help, options, or preferences a way to turn OFF hyperlinks being active in Word98. I am hoping that it is a simple thing I'm missing. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Lyman Green (daerid@io.com) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:06:11 -0400 From: Sabaki Subject: American Macs in Europe A friend of mine from Europe wants to buy a Mac in the USA and take it with him to Europe. He has several questions: 1) Do the iMac and G3 Macintoshes have clever power supplies that can be used with 110 V and 220 V outlets? 2) Same question about monitors? Are there any specific brands that can or cannot be used with both 110 V and 220 V? 3) Will the modems that come built in with some G3 models typically work or not work in countries such as France, Holland or Italy. If not, are there adaptors to make them work with the local phone system? 4) Is it possible to buy from Apple here and, in case of problems, go to a European Apple repair shop and have the American warranty honored? Could this also work with mail order outlets such as the MacZone? Thanks very much for your help, Sabaki ------------------------------ Date: 21 Oct 1998 18:17:14 GMT From: pwwwayne@aol.com (Pww wayne) Subject: AVI downloaded files I hope I've come to the right place; I'm new at this. I am using MacG3 with OS8.1 and AOL 4.0. I have downloaded from the net "AVI" files (mostly movies). What are these and how do I access/open these for viewing? Or can someone send me to the right source for help? Thank you. Wayne pwwwayne@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 22:19:56 -0400 From: Louis Bergeron Subject: Catalog problems with Eudora 4.0 Hi, I have a catalog problem with Eudora 4.0. Everything that gets in the incoming folder I have designed creates a problem when moved or trash. The link with the catalog becomes faulty. I can see that with Norton when the names of the faulty files are indicated and those files were in the incoming folder. I am using the last version of Internet Config. I'm on System 8.1. I did not have that problem with Eudora 3 if I remember well. I was suspecting Norton AntiVirus 5 or Norton Utilities 4, but it seems to be more Eudora, because I disabled those two and the problem is similar. Louis Louis Bergeron C.P. 936 Rouyn Rouyn-Noranda Qc Canada J9X 5C8 Telephone-Phone (819) 764-3862 Telecopieur-Fax (819) 764-3758 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 17:45:45 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Control Strip management? Vincent Cayenne asked: >Is there any utility which gives Control Strip management capabilities as >Extension Manager does for Control Panels? > >I use Location Manager to orchestrate my use of a PowerBook 1400 in >multiple environments (home, client site, two different office locations) >and under different circumstances (acceptable noise levels, T1 or dial-up, >differing ISPs, etc. > >And now there's Contextual Menus Manager to help me deal with the CMMs. > >So is there anything for Strips? Conflict Catcher 8 lets you control a remarkable number of items in your system, including control strip modules, contextual menu items, fonts, apple menu items, and many others. Besides that, it is a remarkably helpful tool in general. I recommend it. Daly Daly Jessup ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 02:37:49 -0500 From: Donald Webb Subject: Cyrillic conversion [Q] This is a long shot: Does anyone know if it's possible to convert text typed in Cyrillic in phonetic equivalents on a qwerty keyboard to a standard Russian layout? Of course, the alternative is to learn the Russian keyboard. Donald Webb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:43:55 +0100 From: Tina Subject: Desktop Pictures Ok I've had this problem for ages now with Mac OS 8 and 8.1 I have a PM 8100/110 and the desktop pictures will appear for a split second when I choose them and then vanish and revert to a pattern instead, its driving me crazy, I've rebuilt the desktop, deleted finder prefs ....can anyone help me?!!!! Tina ------------------------------------------------------------ "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace" - Dr. Albert Schweitzer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 14:24:36 +1000 From: Daniel Lewkovitz Subject: Enforcing Quotas of PPP Usage I have multiple users of a single PPP account. The account is limited to 100 hours. Some of the users have been given a quota of 1 hour per day and others unlimited. I am looking for a tool which will force the usera to enter a unique password before connecting for example and then enforce their assigned time-limit. Logging and so on would be an added benefit. Any ideas? Daniel. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 02:28:40 -0500 From: Donald Webb Subject: Eudora Pro Address Book crash [Q] Problem: When I open my Eudora Pro 3.0 Address Book, Eudora quits. Details: The nicknames still work, and I can still add nicknames to the Address Book directly from a message. I just can't open or edit the Address Book. Possibly related problem: Netscape 3.0 no longer accepts downloads. It just quits. Technical data: Memory for Eudora Pro 3 is set at 2,500-3,000 k. Netscape is at 10,000-12,000 k. Other items open at the same time use about 1,600 k. Platform: Centris 650; 20,480 k memory RamDoubled to 40,960 k. Idea: Eudora and Netscape may have become corrupted somehow. If so, then a reinstall is in order. However, I suspect that a conflict of some sort may be the culprit. Any advice gratefully heeded. If you could copy to me as well as to Info-Mac, I'd appreciate that, too. Don Webb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:44:10 +0100 From: cbuser@mus.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Free PPP and OS 8.1 (R) Ted Logan wrote: > My local (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Apple/Macintosh dealer has said repeatedly and > adamantly as recently as last week that I should *never* install Free PPP > in any version on a G3 with OS 8.0 or higher and that if I could use it > successfully on my 7100/890 with 7.6.1 I was "one of the few who can make > Free PPP work on anything . . . all kinds of problems . . . not developed > by Apple," and so forth. I was told to use the OT/PPP control panel or > Internet Dialer (same thing) for all connections to the Internet. I installed FreePPP 2.6.2 as a dialler for OT on various Macs: - a Powerbook 540c (68k) with 7.6.1 (my Powerbook) - a Quadra650 with PPC upgrade card (PPC 601) with 7.6.1 (my desktop) - a Powerbook 150 (68k) with 7.1 (my wife's Powerbook) - an 8100/100 (PPC 601, I think) with 8.1 (in the office) - a Performa 53xx (PPC) with 8.1 (a friend's desktop) I think OT version is 1.1.2 on most, may be newer on the 8.1 macs. Everything works without problem. Just install OT first, then above it FreePPP 2.6.2 and select "Connect via FreePPP" / "Using PPP Server" in the TCP/IP control panel. I had first the Apple dialler in the office (8100/100), but this was not at all satisfying. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:49:31 +0200 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Help! Convert Database to Quark 3.3 > Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:51:24 GMT > From: phild@mum.edu > Subject: Help! Convert Database to Quark 3.3 > > Our University publishes a telephone directory. We have to > manually enter all the data into Quark Express 3.3 since > the prepress requires that. > > Since we keep the information in a database(DBaseIII now) > it would be far more efficient to somehow convert the > database into Quark's format. > > Is this possible? How do you do it? > The prepress guys didn't know, the manual doesn't mention > it, and I know very little about Macs. A very sophisticated solution would be: Open it with FileMaker Pro and using the scripting addition "Clipboard to QuarkExpress" (you can find it on http://applescript.apple.com) transfer that to the QXP format. But this is for an applescript-savy user... A long & dirty solution would be to save as tab-delimited text and replacing manually the tabs to the appropriate Quark tags for a table... -- Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e' dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E' SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ Enciclopedia d.Fantascienza: http://www.fantascienza.com/edf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:49:45 +0200 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: How to View TidBits Files? > > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:32:22 -0600 > From: Ted Logan > Subject: How to View TidBits Files? > > Probably asked and answered a hundred times, but how do I view TidBits > files on my hard disk? They are .etx files and seem to default to > something called Easy View, which I downloaded a year ago for some setext > files, but Easy View won't open the TidBits .etx files. I have to run > Claris Works to convert them, so I figure I'm missing a step somewhere. In the distribution of EasyView there is a little file called "Easy View collection" (more or less). Put it and the .etx files in the same folder. Open the tiny file. You'll see them all organized. -- Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e' dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E' SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ Enciclopedia d.Fantascienza: http://www.fantascienza.com/edf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 03:22:28 +0000 From: CITIDEP - Research Center Subject: iMac as a server ? Hi there, We are considering to use a iMac / 128 Mb RAM as a Web/Mail server, ethernet-connected to backbone, and to be managed thru remote link (internet). Does anyone has concrete experience on this? We are asking ourselves the following: 1) Will it perform well, in particular the IDE internal disk, on a few thousand hits / day (at very most), plug-ins for Data base access e.g. FileMaker and Lasso), eventually realtime quicktime broadcast or CuSeeMe reflector - kind of, etc. ? 2) Reliability of each combination: a) AplleShare IP b) MacOS 8.5 and WebTen + (which cheap/free Email server is there available)? c) MkLInux + Apache and usual unix server software tools 3) Availability of software tools for Mac OS 8.5 (Perl, C, Email servers, etc)? 4) Foreseen problems (crashes, remote management, configuration of upstream rooters, etc) ? Thanks, Pedro Ferraz de Abreu reply email to: pfa@alum.mit.edu http://gis.mit.edu/people/pfa/; http://www.citidep.pt/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:48:59 -0800 From: Mike McKay Subject: logic board upgrade? I would like to get involved in a general mac usenet. Can you refer me? I have a specific question. . . I'm looking for a 550 power mac logic board (M3395LL/A). Mac no longer supports it : ( Is there any available in another market? I have a Performa 550 with a 68030 processor. Too old and too slow. Mike McKay ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 15:49:47 +0200 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Need to update browser! > question is where can I find 7.6. I have searched Apple's site but to no > avail. Any help would be very much apperciated. Thanks in advance. You must pay for it. Try your local retailer (must be a bargain sale now. Provided you can find it). -- Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e' dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E' SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ Enciclopedia d.Fantascienza: http://www.fantascienza.com/edf ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:17:27 +0000 From: dead nancy Subject: newton connectiton utilities hi, everybody. i just acquired an old newton messagepad 100, but without the newton connectiton utilities, and i really need to install tetris. is this software commercial? i can't find it anywhere on the web, hotline sites or at ftp.apple.com. if it's still available, where can i find it? thanks. dead nancy http://www.merkins.com/ fear the hoover! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:11:37 +0000 From: dead nancy Subject: sleeping mac hi, everybody. :: I have a client whose 6500/275 keeps going to sleep when he leaves it alone :: awhile. He says it takes up to two minutes to wake back up. I put Energy :: Saver back into active status and expected to find that it had been set to :: sleep before it was disabled. But all options were off, and still the :: machine is sleeping after a period of inactivity. i had similar problems on both a g3 and a starmax clone. the only way to keep the machines from sleeping was to leave energy saver on and set not to sleep. removing the extension or disabling it resulted in narcolepsy. good luck dead nancy http://www.merkins.com/ skin for skin, all that a man has will he give for his life. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************