Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #233 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 04 Jan 99 Volume 16 : Issue 233 Today's Topics: (A) Color StyleWriter 2500 (A) Home controls (C) New modem scripts for Remote Access-OT/PPP 6500 Sound Probs [A]: Difference between AV and non AV, differences between minitower and desktop chooser on pwrbook 1400 to connect to Cw 1500 CloseView missing in German OS 8 CloseView missing in German OS 8 differences between MT and desktop Epson Stylus Color 740 technical printing question help needed. Fix for sluggish Netscape 4 under OS 8.5 Fix for Suitcase 3.0 crashing OS 8.5 Freezes/Please Help Fwd: OS 8.5 Themes and Patterns Fwd: Trouble with icons Highlight colour changes? What gives? Home controls how to use two printers on a G3 how to use two printers on a G3? Info-Mac Digest V16 #232 Info-Mac Digest with Cyberdog Looking for a font Macintosh 'ping' application Note pad not working OT/PPP with V90 modem OT/PPP with V90 modem OT/PPP with V90 modem OT/PPP with V90 modem palm pilots and other handheld's re using freeppp 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. Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. If that fails, try using the list maintenance form at before contacting us. * Please send administrative queries to . * To submit files for the archive, email the binhexed file with a description to . 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #233" ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 99 06:13:29 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (A) Color StyleWriter 2500 Roger Wise writes: >All of a sudden, when I try to print with my StylerWriter 2500 I get a >message that says the ink cartridge is missing or not installed correctly. >I have done the usual things, eg: trashed printer prefs; rebuild desktop; >zapped pram; cleaned cartridge; and even put in new. Has anyone had this >happen to them? What did you do? TIA Roger: You don't mention if you've addressed the dialog boxs' complaint. Have you tried removing the darn ink cartridge and re-installing it? I always have to do it three or four times 'cause I can never get it right first time. Maybe I'm a klutz but they always look right but rarely work. - Scott Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:01:19 -0800 From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: (A) Home controls > writes: >>I was wondering if anyone knows of a Mac software that can be used >>to monitor and control household appliances, lamps, etc. If this type of >>software exists, is it reliable? > The technology is well-established and known as X-10. Probably the best place to look is , you can also check the Home Automation Product Guide , and Berkeley Integrated's . ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 15:06:48 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (C) New modem scripts for Remote Access-OT/PPP Dear Digest readers, Hidden in the depths of the MacOS 8.5 CD-ROM I found a treasure trove. User contributed modem scripts. Included are scripts for: E-Tec UFOMate P1414MX Farallon ISDN PC Card GVC288 INS_Mate_V-3DSU_64k LinkCom 33.6 Megahertz & USR Panasonic TO-CAF288.CCL Trust Communicator 28K8 USR x2 USR_Sportster_Voice Viking Netlink 33.6 CCL ZyXEL Modem Scripts Combine that with the default set and additional modem scripts in the installer there are scripts for these modems as well: 3Com Impact Analog 14.4 3Com Impact ISDN 56K 3Com Impact ISDN 56K MLPPP 3Com Impact ISDN 64K 3Com Impact ISDN 64K MLPPP Apple Personal Modem (works with PowerMac 5200/75 built in modem) Apple/GV 56k AT&T Dataport 288 AT&T KeepInTouch Best Data Smart One 28.8/33.6 Dayna CommuniCard 28800 Farallon ISDN PC Card ARA 56K Farallon ISDN PC Card ARA 64K Farallon ISDN PC Card PPP 56K Farallon ISDN PC Card PPP 64K Farallon LAN/Modem PC Card Farallon Netopia 56K Farallon Netopia 64K MLPPP GeoPort/Express Modem GeoPort/Express Modem CNG Global Village 28.8-K56 Global Village Gold/Silver/Merc Global Village Platinum/Gold II Global Village x2 GV 28.8/33.6 for ARA 2.1 OT/PPP Hayes 33.6-1.4 (57.6) Hayes Accura 288 Hayes Accura 56K Hayes Optima 288 Megahertz CruiseCard 14.4 Megahertz CruiseCard 28.8 Metricom Ricochet Wireless Microcom DeskPorte Fast/288 Microcom QX/4232bis Motorola BitSURFR 56K Motorola BitSURFR 56K MLPPP Motorola BitSURFR 64K Motorola BitSURFR 64K MLPPP Motorola ModemSURFR 28.8 Motorola Power/Lifestyle 28.8 Null Modem 115200 Null Modem 19200 Null Modem 57600 Null Modem 9600 Practical (7.x-57.6) 33.6 Practical Peripherals V.34 Supra 144 Supra 288/336 Supra 336/V.34 ARA CCL rev.1 Supra 336v+/336e/56e Supra 56 V90 TDK DF2814 Telebit QBlazer U.S. Robotics High Speed US Robotics Universal USR script for ARA 2.x USRobotics x2 copy Zoom V-Series If you need one for a modem you have and can't find the script on your system, just e-mail me at the address below. I can't guarantee that it will work, but if one does work, it is definitely cheaper than buying a second modem. Hope this helps. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 05:14:53 -0600 From: Will Wagers Subject: 6500 Sound Probs Hi, I have a Mac 6500/300 and the microphone and associated sound output just stopped working. I initially had a lot of crashes and resulting file problems and may have clobbered a file. But, I reloaded Ringmaster and it didn't help. Anyone know how to get back where I was? Thanks Will Wagers hyle@gte.net "Reality is the best metaphor." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 04:36:47 -0600 From: Trevor Zylstra Subject: [A]: Difference between AV and non AV, differences between minitower and desktop Michael B. Luskin wrote: > I am thinking about converting my huge record collection to cds, since > many records are historic and not replaceable.. Is this a realistic > goal, using a cd writer on a Macintosh, with my Marantz amp and > preamp, or is it really not possible. Certainly it is possible. Let's see... using a Power Mac you've got 16 bit analog inputs (good) with noisy analog to digital convertors (not so good), so I'd recommend a sound card. A common choice is the Digidesign Audiomedia III for PCI Macs, or the Audiomedia II for Nubus Macs. Hook the line outputs of the amp into the analog inputs of the soundcard (or if you don't mind the noise floor) into the computer with a standard dual RCA cable. Next, dump the sound from the record album into the computer. You will need a sound editing program that can do that, such as Sound Designer II, Bias Peak, SoundEdit 16, or Sonic Solutions. This will take at least as much time as the album, plus cleaning time, flipping time, etc. so figure an hour and a half average per album. You will need approximately 650 megabytes of free hard drive space, and it is always safer to have a lot extra, so figure at least a gigabyte. Use the program that you used to get the sound into the computer to edit off extra junk at the front and end of each side of the album, connect the two sides into one whole, and put in markers for where each song begins and ends. This process and the necessary time will vary with each program, but unless you go all out and get Sonic Solutions, expect it to take at least another hour and a half. You also need a program to burn the actual CD such as Toast, Jam, or Masterlist CD. Sometimes the markers (called P and Q codes) for song beginnings and endings are added in the burning program, sometimes they are imported from your editing program. Adding the markers will of course add extra time to the process. Time for burning the CD will vary with the speed of your burner, but assuming a 2x burner, estimate an average of a half hour. So, it will probably take roughly four hours of work on your part to do the transfer of each album. Definitely possible, but for a huge collection it is probably cheaper for you to buy new CDs for those available. Good luck, Trevor Zylstra ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 99 09:55:19 +0000 From: Subject: chooser on pwrbook 1400 to connect to Cw 1500 Can anyone help. I have recently had a new hard disc installed at great expense and the company installed system 8. I can now no longer connect to my 1500 printer, I have reinstaalled the priner software apparently successfully, but When I select the printer inthe chooser and click on setup printermodem port I get a message asking me if i want to share the printer whatever i then do I am then offered set up again. So I cannot set it up. I have a TDK modem inthe lower pc card slot which is selected. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:09:24 -0800 From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: CloseView missing in German OS 8 At 7:40 PM +0100 on 1/1/99, Edgar Haegele wrote... >Hello, > >I=91m running German Mac OS 8.1 on a UMAX Apus 3000. > >Since my vision is impaired, I need the CloseView control panel to >magnify and invert the screen. >Can anyone tell me, where to download a OS 8 compatible (US) version of >CloseView? I guess, such an up-to-date US Closeviev would happily >cohabitate with the German system software. > >Thanks & a happy new year! >Edgar I heard a few months ago that the Apple group doing programming and interface design for disabilities was eliminated as part of Apple's cost-cutting. Sorry. I don't know if that control panel is currently available in the US version of OS 8.5.x. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 11:44:10 -0600 From: Gib Henry Subject: CloseView missing in German OS 8 >Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:40:02 +0100 >From: EdgarHaegele@t-online.de (Edgar Haegele) >Subject: CloseView missing in German OS 8 > >Hello, > >I'm running German Mac OS 8.1 on a UMAX Apus 3000. > >Since my vision is impaired, I need the CloseView control panel to >magnify and invert the screen. Actually, CloseView was one of the main >reasons for me to stick with the Mac platform. Unfortinately, recent >German localizations of the Mac OS come without CloseView (I searched >the CD ROM.). > >So I've installed CloseView from my old US Mac OS 7.5., but this >combination makes the system rather unstable - frequent screen freeezes. >"The application Finder has quitted unexpectedly.", as Norton Utilities >tells me. The old CloseView is definitely the culprit. At least, >Conflict Catcher does think so. The CloseView version offered by Apple >Co. for download on their Disability Connection web site is of no help, >since it's even older and causes a system crash right at startup. > >Can anyone tell me, where to download a OS 8 compatible (US) version of >CloseView? I guess, such an up-to-date US Closeviev would happily >cohabitate with the German system software. You won't find any file named "CloseView" by scanning the Mac OS 8.x CDs, because the files are compressed into "tomes." CloseView is not part of the standard Mac OS 8.x installation, but CloseView v7.2.1 (June 20, 1997) can be custom-installed from the MacOS 8.1 CD. If you try to custom-install it from the Mac OS 8 CD onto Mac OS 8.1, you may or may not encounter a problem (it SHOULD work ok). Using the Mac OS 8 disc (I don't have 8.1, but it should be similar), bypass the installer umbrella program, which opens various installers in sequence. You want to go direct to the system software installer. Open the folder named "Software Installers," then "System Software," then "Mac OS 8," then open the Installer icon. If you're using the 8.0 CD, ignore the message that it cannot install on the current 8.1 disk (it's true for easy install, but not necessarily for custom install). Choose Custom Install, then Universal Access, and you'll see CloseView. Hope this helps. Cheers, ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:16:09 -0800 From: "Daniel O'Donnell" Subject: differences between MT and desktop At 4:41 PM -0500 on 1/1/99, Luskin@aol.com wrote... >I am thinking about converting my huge record collection to cds, since many >records are historic and not replaceable.. Is this a realistic goal, using a >cd writer on a Macintosh, with my Marantz amp and preamp, or is it really not >possible. It's doable, but it will be a labor-intensive project requiring some considerable audio engineering and drive storage space. Check the Tidbits Talk archive for a long discussion thread about this. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 22:47:37 -0400 From: mb@bigfoot.com (mb@bigfoot.com) Subject: Epson Stylus Color 740 technical printing question help needed. Hi, Can someone please email me at: mb@bigfoot.com I need help in printing a booklet. How does one print odd pages only, then even pages only. I want to print odd pages only on the fronts and then even pages only on the back. I am using an imac, Filemaker Pro 2.0, and an Epson Stylus Color 740. Would sure appreciate any advice that would help me do this. Thanks. Sincerely, Michelle Billine mb@bigfoot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:38:22 +0000 From: "Chris Reed, BBR" Subject: Fix for sluggish Netscape 4 under OS 8.5 I too have suffered from Netscape 4 being intermittently sluggish under OS 8.5. However, I've eliminated the problem by deselecting the 'Iomega Driver' extension and using my pre-8.5 FWB Tools to run my Zip drive instead. Hope that helps others in the same situation! Chris Reed c.s.reed@bbr-online.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:51:14 +0000 From: "Chris Reed, BBR" Subject: Fix for Suitcase 3.0 crashing OS 8.5 As others have described, I've also had trouble with Suitcase 3.0 causing system crashes under OS 8.5, notably on shutdown/restart. However, I've eliminated the problem by deselecting the 'Folder Actions' extension. Hope that helps others in the same situation! Chris Reed c.s.reed@bbr-online.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 99 17:19:52 -0500 From: Peter Goodman Subject: Freezes/Please Help >Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 15:27:34 +0000 >From: "Simon Hardeman" >Subject: More freezes under 8.5 & 8.51 > >Is this just me? I'm running 8.51 on a PB 1400cs which behaved well with >every system prior to 8.5. Now I get freezes if, in the file selector >dialogue box in any program, I click too quickly to select a volume or >folder. The cursor still moves, but the only way to make progress is to >force quit the program. This then seems to leave a bug which necessitates a >full restart. Very irritating. This happened in 8.5 too. Any suggestions? > >Simon Simon: I'm having a *very* similar problem on my Power Computing Power Center 210 Mhz system. It started under MacOS 8.0 (I never upgraded to 8.1). The problem has survived an upgrade to 8.5, upgrade to the newest FWB HD Toolkit SCSI HD drivers, CDROM Toolkit, DIsk First Aid picks up no problems, Virex (just purchased) picks up nothing. I suspected FWB CDROM toolkit since the problem often occured just before or just after it's ICON appeared in extension loading. I've torn off the enclosure and made sure every connector and memory module is seated well twice. I've zapped the PRAM from power-on many times. The problem started as a failure to boot on power up--extensions started to load but then stopped somewhere during the process; doing a single reset from the keyboard (Control-Command-Powerkey) caused the system to boot always. Thenonce I got it up, the system was reliable. But the problem progressed to where even a keyboard reset may not boot the system--even several resets. This past Saturday (1/2/98), I did a clean 8.5 install. Things seemed OK, I started loading 3rd party soft- ware from scatch, then rebooting. When I loaded Stuffit 5.0 and rebooted I got a failure to boot. I disabled True Finder Integration, but the problem persisted. The freeze can now occur at system startup or after booted when changing programs or folders quickly as yours (Simon's) seems to The only SW I can think that I installed just prior to the problem was Palm Pilot Desktop SW, which often had difficulty Syncing and was ripped out--I think. I'm pretty much at the end of my rope now. My system at home, a Power Computing Power Tower 200 Mhz (non-Pro) system has almost the same SW comfiguration, and it behaves fine. Hard disk problem? I'm doing things by trial and error right now. It's extremely time consuming and that's our most precious resource these days. I can't afford to just start going into a parts swapping mode and don't really want to send it in for repairs--which it may not need. *Any* help would be appreciated. Email me direct (and post) if you'd prefer. TIA, Pete ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:22:47 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: OS 8.5 Themes and Patterns John King asked: >I've been adjusting the new Appearance Control Panel in 8.5.1 to fit my >likes/dislikes. There are numerous patterns that I will NEVER use. However, >unlike the earlier desktop patterns, I can't seem to remove these... they >appear to be one with the system. Has anyone found a way to eliminate some of >the patterns that come with 8.5? I agree that it is very annoying not to be able to do a simple delete of the patterns. But here is a little tutorial on how to delete the built-in patterns using ResEdit. Note that before you follow the instructions on this page, you should look at your collection of pattens and write down the names of the ones you want to get rid of and have the list ready when you do the ResEdit magic. http://www.resexcellence.com/11-23-98.shtml >Second question involves the new "Themes" folder. There is one theme, >Platinum. I have a "theme" from Kaleidoscope, and I would like to apply it to >the Mac. I suspect this is impossible without Kaleidoscope. But for the >bigger picture, is there a way to add themes? People have to create themes and distribute them just as they do with Kaleidoscope themes. Kaleidoscope themes require Kaleidoscope to work. Appearance themes are separate items and are installed in the folder called Theme Files inside the folder called Appearance, inside your System folder. There have been a couple of Apple themes available on the web, but they were themes that someone found and posted - Apple did not officially release them. I tried two of them and had trouble with my computer right away, and dumped them. Here's the URL for the place I originally downloaded a couple of them. They are no longer posted, as they belonged to Apple and were not legally distributed. However, you can get replacement SoundSets there for for Appearance Control Panel. http://themes.hellyeah.com/ I still run Kaleidoscope and have no problems with it under 8.5. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:28:04 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: Trouble with icons Bob Wall asked: >I would like to change the icon for my trashcan. I call up info on the >trash can and click the icon picture and nothing happens. Any ideas? >The same goes for the icon for my Supra PC card. I was, however, able >to change the icon for my Hard Disk. You can change the trash using ResEdit, but an easier way is using the shareware program, Dumpster, available at: ftp://mirror.apple.com//mirrors/Info-Mac.Archive/gui/ Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:21:07 -0700 From: James Bucanek Subject: Highlight colour changes? What gives? At 9:29 PM -0700 1/2/99, Dieder Bylsma wrote: >sometimes my higlight colour changes from turquoise to grey...and >eventually resets itself (or not) back to turquoise. Any ideas why? >Changing screen resolutions, changing colour depth doesn't seem to be able >to revert to my 'user-defined' colour. This is under system 8.5.1 (also >seen under 8.5) >>> Short Answer >>> You may not be running JPEGView per say (as Bruce Giles suggested), but I'll bet you are running some other graphics programs and your monitor is set to 256 colors. Quiting the other application will probably resolve the problem. Restarting certainly would. >>> Long Answer >>> In 256 color mode your computer uses the electronic equivalent of "paint by the numbers". The video card uses what is called a hardware color look up table (CLUT). It's a palette of the 256 colors that can be displayed on the screen at one time. To draw a pixel with a particular color, the computer writes the index value (0 to 255) of the color into a byte in the screen buffer. The video hardware then reads the index and looks up the actual (24 bit RGB) color in the table. To invert a color the computer takes the complement of the index value (0 becomes 255, 1 becomes 254, 2 becomes 253, etc.). The palette manager tries to organize the palette so that complementary colors are at complementary indexes in the table. Index 0 is white and 255 is black. If index 40 was light green then index 215 would be dark magenta. The Macintosh palette manager also has a special complement formula used for text that results in the text and background changing to those you have selected in the Appearance Manager control panel. However, all of this breaks down when another application changes the color palette. Many graphic applications request that the palette manager change the entries in the CLUT so that it can display colors other than those in the default 255 palette supplied by the operating system. When this happens, the palette manager *tries* to keep the color and text inversion consistent using whatever colors it has been given by the application. But there are limits and sometimes it's just impossible. Imagine a color palette that consisted entirely of shades of sepia. You're highlight color might be light blue, but there isn't a blue color anywhere in the palette. In situations like these, the palette manager just does the best it can. Sometimes quiting the other graphic application solves the problem since the OS will (should) forget about those colors and go back to using it's standard colors. Of course, restarting the computer reloads everything from scratch and would certainly resolve any anomalies left in the CLUT by an application. James Bucanek ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:58:53 -0000 From: Mike Trapp Subject: Home controls Egidio Leitao writes: >I was wondering if anyone knows of a Mac software that can be used >to monitor and control household appliances, lamps, etc. If this type of >software exists, is it reliable? Try Xtension. It uses Applescript to control X-10 and X-10 compatables and rund on a Plus with 7.1 and applescript. Until Next Time, /// /@ @\ Trapper @ricochet.net ( ) <<-----oOOO---( )---OOOo------ Your Information Went Data Way ----->> (best view with a mono-spaced font) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 10:52:57 -0500 From: Marlon Deason Subject: how to use two printers on a G3 > I have a G3 Mac, with an external modem. I use an Apple Personal Laserwriter, > and also own an Apple Laser Writer II. Yes you can, if you want to create an AppleTalk network. Phone wire is part of it but, What you need are PhoneTalk connectors. PhoneTalk connectors are dongles with two RJ11 (telephone) jacks on one end and an AppleTalk serial plug on the other. You can find these in the Mac catalogs, but not as often since the adoption of Ethernet. Two of the more well known makers are Asante and Farallon. You will need three PhoneTalk connectors to complete this job. First plug one PhoneTalk connector into your Mac's printer port. Next plug a length of phone wire into an empty RJ11 jack. Run the length of phone wire to the first printer and connect it with a second PhoneTalk connector. Now plug in a second length of phone wire and run it to the last printer and connect it with the third PhoneTalk connector. Do not make a ring. All that is left to do is turn on AppleTalk in the chooser and you are done. If you have an older Mac sitting around in the basement or a closet, you can add it to your network also and it can share the two printers. Even a Mac that is too slow to work on can still make a great print server for those jobs that would otherwise bog down your working Mac. Simply copy the file to the older Mac and open and print it from there, this leaves your Mac free to work. Good Luck Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 07:38:37 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: how to use two printers on a G3? Michael, I think what someone meant by "three phone cords" was that you should just set up a LocalTalk network. You buy the LocalTalk adapters for about $12 each at a computer store. You plug one into each printer's LocalTalk port, and one to the printer port at the back of the computer. You connect them with (4-strand) phone cables (look at the end of the little plastic plug on the phone cord and make sure you see 4 copper cable-ends shining in there). They "daisy chain" - each adapter has two plug openings in it. So once the adapters are attached to each device, you run a phone cord from one plug in, say, the computer, to one plug in the first printer. Then get another phone cord. Plug one end into the second plug of the adapter on the first printer and run it to the first plug in the adapter on the second printer. Come to think of it you are now nearly done. You use the tiny terminators (plugs with no cord attached) that came with (or should have come with) the adapters, and use a terminator to fill the second plug in the adapter on the computer, and another terminator in the empty second plug on the second printer. Now you have a LocalTalk network. You will need to set your AppleTalk control panel to Printer Port (because you want the network to communicate via the printer port, using AppleTalk protocol). You should now be able to select either printer in your Chooser. Actually, I just downloaded, but have not tested, a piece of shareware called Printer Switch (got it at VersionTracker, as something updated for OS 8.5) that is supposed to let you switch printers from within applications without going to the Chooser at all. Please excuse me if I have "taught you how to chew soft bread" here! Daly >I have a G3 Mac, with an external modem. I use an Apple Personal Laserwriter, >and also own an Apple Laser Writer II. > >At the moment, I have the Personal Laser Writer hooked to the G3. However, I >have to change the forms trays very frequently, since I use several types of >stationery, often in the same packet. The volume of printing is not high, >usually less than fifteen pages a day, but it entails at least ten tray >changes. I would like very much to have both printers attached to the G3, so >that I could use them both. I would not want to print literally >simultaneously, but would like to be able to change the printer to which I >direct a print job through the chooser, or something like that. Much less >trouble than changing the paper trays. > >I notice that both printers have, in addition to the eight pin cable jack, a >29 or 30 pin connection jack. Would it be possible to daisy chain them, give >each a different name, and use the chooser to select which printer I use for a >particular print job. Someone on the Mac-l list told me I could do it with >three telephone wires (?), but gave me no more detail. The catalogs also have >a switch for printers. Would these be of any assistance. Or is it just not >possible to have two printers on a Macintosh. > >What does it mean to have the equipment networked. Could the computer and the >printers be networked, with the G3 the sole computer on the network? So that >I could easily direct a print job to either? > >The catalogs also have a USB switch for iMacs. Would I be able to use one of >these, to hook the two printers up? > >Thank you for the attention and help. > >And I hope all have a wonderful New Year. > >Best regards, > >Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 08:57:45 +0000 From: Garry Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #232 >Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 16:34:30 EST >From: Luskin@aol.com >Subject: how to use two printers on a G3? > > >I have a G3 Mac, with an external modem. I use an Apple Personal >Laserwriter, >and also own an Apple Laser Writer II. > >At the moment, I have the Personal Laser Writer hooked to the G3. However, I >have to change the forms trays very frequently, since I use several types of >stationery, often in the same packet. The volume of printing is not high, >usually less than fifteen pages a day, but it entails at least ten tray >changes. I would like very much to have both printers attached to the G3, so >that I could use them both. I would not want to print literally >simultaneously, but would like to be able to change the printer to which I >direct a print job through the chooser, or something like that. Much less >trouble than changing the paper trays. > >I notice that both printers have, in addition to the eight pin cable jack, a >29 or 30 pin connection jack. Would it be possible to daisy chain them, give >each a different name, and use the chooser to select which printer I use >for a >particular print job. Someone on the Mac-l list told me I could do it with >three telephone wires (?), but gave me no more detail. The catalogs also >have >a switch for printers. Would these be of any assistance. Or is it just not >possible to have two printers on a Macintosh. > >What does it mean to have the equipment networked. Could the computer and >the >printers be networked, with the G3 the sole computer on the network? So that >I could easily direct a print job to either? > >The catalogs also have a USB switch for iMacs. Would I be able to use one of >these, to hook the two printers up? I am not sure if you are entirely serious, but since it's not April 1st let's have a go. If the personal laserwriter is an SC, LS or 300 you can't network them (without another computer to act as host). If an NT, NTR or 320 you can and you would need three appletalk boxes and the cables that come with them. If they can't be networked you have several solutions that come to mind (and probably others that don't). 1. A switch box for the modem/printer. You would also need to use the chooser to select printers. 2. A switch box to select printer/printer. You would also need to turn Appletalk on and off in the chooser as well as select printers. 3. A PCI serial card which would have an additional serial port(s) such as the ones made by Keyspan. 4. If you don't use the modem a lot then an extension serial lead would enable you to easily change from modem to printer without getting behind the computer. A USB switch for iMacs wouldn't help. In fact I haven't seen one, I guess it is to allow two iMacs to use one printer. As a matter of interest does anyone know if you can connect two iMacs to one printer via a hub? garry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The box said 'Requires Windows 95,98 or better.' So I bought a Macintosh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 99 09:49:51 +0000 From: "Gavin" Subject: Info-Mac Digest with Cyberdog I find if I download the "info-mac" digest with Cyberdog, it gets truncated. But this does not happen if I use Eudora. Anybody got any ideas? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 19:48:28 +1100 From: Keith Ryding Subject: Looking for a font I am looking for a font that is the same as the PORSCHE car font. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks Keith Australia If you go through life with a smile on your face your probably not paying attention. to return mail remove the (#####) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 06:33:02 -0800 (PST) From: PwrSurge Subject: Macintosh 'ping' application I'm currently looking for a Mac App that will behave like the Win95/98 or unix command 'ping' It sends small ICMP ECHO_REQUESTS to a server, and gets the results. If there is one that's been created.. can I please have the URL? If there hasn't been, would somebody throw together an app that will do that? Thanks. --Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If the opposite of 'pro' is 'con' ... does that mean the opposite of 'progress' is 'congress'??" -- Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:12:41 +0000 From: Ezra Nathan Subject: Note pad not working Happy new year info-mac readers. I have lost the use of my note pad file. When I try to open it via the Apple menus (or directly) I get the message: >The document 'Note Pad File' could not be opened because the applicaton >that created it could not be found. Could not find translation extension with appropriate translation.< I recently made my HDs HFS+ (internal and external) using Alsoft's PlusMaker, but I am sure that the Note Pad File worked after I did so. Surprisingly I have a backup of the system folder on my external HD, but when I switch to that HD as the startup one I still get the same message that the Note Pad could not be accessed. Does anyone have an idea how I can get it to work again? And how could this glitch have occurred? I am running system 8.5.1 on a PowerComputing 150. Thanks, > Ezra ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:58:58 -0000 From: Mike Trapp Subject: OT/PPP with V90 modem On 2 Jan 99 11:05:21 +0000, "Gavin" wrote: > OT/PPP is known not to support V90. Try using "Free PPP" instead. I've been using OT/PPP with my 3Com X2/.v90 modem since I bought two modems for two different computers. The only thing I had to do was go to 3Com's websight and download their High Speed modem script. Once I put the CCL into the modem folder inside the Extensions folder, I seleted that script from the modem control panel and I connected at 56k speeds. So, I can testify that OT/PPP will indeed support 56k whether it is x2 or v.90. Until Next Time, /// /@ @\ Trapper @ricochet.net ( ) <<-----oOOO---( )---OOOo------ Your Information Went Data Way ----->> (best view with a mono-spaced font) ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 99 09:31:19 +0000 From: "Gavin" Subject: OT/PPP with V90 modem On 1998, Dec 30, Wed 9:32 am, "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller" wrote: > OT/PPP freezes Mac using v90 but not v32bis Gavin wrote: Try using "Free PPP" instead. >Gavin, >In response to your comp.sys.mac.digest post: >That is not correct. V.90 does work with OT/PPP. You just need >the right Modem script: > >http://www.smart.net/~abrody/modem_support.html > >should have the correct script for your modem. > >Robert Weeks wrote: >I use V.90 with OT. Maybe the problem is the scripts that GV supplies >with their modems. GV doesn't understand the v.90 speeds. > >Interested? > >I have a script that makes their modems work even though they claim >that "they work just fine." > >Bob Weeks Ira Altschiller wrote: >Hi Gavin, > >I came in late on the above thread but had a question in the same >general >vicinity: > >MacTcp, PPP, FreePPP are a mystery to me - what they do, what they're >for...who knows? I've been using configPPP with MacTcp and it was working fine with my v90 56k USR modem - the download speeds reflected the expected range for a 56k modem. > >Now that I've installed 8.5.1 and tried to use Remote Access (USR high >speed modem script) I've found a substantial slow down. I also can only >use PPP in the TCP/IP control panel in combination with Remote Access - >MacTcp gives me a "server error." > >Would you know- > >How do I get Remote access to work at the speeds of config PPP? > >Why doesn't Remote Access work with MacTcp? > >Does the modem script replace the init string I used with Config PPP? > >any help appreciated > >Ira ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 23:29:00 +0800 From: Gregory Chan Subject: OT/PPP with V90 modem On 1/3/99 5:32 PM Gavin wrote: >OT/PPP is known not to support V90. Try using "Free PPP" instead. untrue... OT/PPP *does* support v.90.... i know because i have connected at 50666kps with my USR v.90 faxmodem under OS 8.5.1. You just need the correct modem script for your modem. greg ^_^ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:46:50 -0600 From: Ted Logan Subject: OT/PPP with V90 modem OT/PPP *will* work with v90, but it needs the correct modem script. I have one for the USRobotics56kx2v90 I'll send on request (the "US Robotics Universal" modem script included with 8.1 won't work with v90s). But, like Gavin, I also recommend FreePPP, which has worked fine for me through Mac OS 8.1, if you can't get the right modem script for OT/PPP. And I'll say this again: Apple's modeming support is pathetic. They insist on making simple procedures complex, if not impossible. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. Cleveland, Oklahoma tedlogan@busprod.com At 11:05 AM +0000 on 1/2/99, Gavin wrote: > On 1998, Dec 30, Wed 9:32 am, "Dr. Stefan P. Mueller" > wrote: > > > OT/PPP freezes Mac using v90 but not v32bis > > OT/PPP is known not to support V90. Try using "Free PPP" instead. > > http://www.rockstar.com > > Modems originally supplied for use with the Mac may have been specially > made for it. There is NO standarization., and the pin configuation could be > different to that used for modems supplied for use with Windows computers. > If you get a new modem, it is advisable to get it from an outlet which will > also supply an Apple Mac to Hayes compatible modem connecting lead. > > I *nearly* bought a V90 modem yesterday, having forgotten about OT/PPP! > Let me know how you get on. > > The "G" man. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:59:01 -0000 From: Mike Trapp Subject: palm pilots and other handheld's on Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:11:26 +0000 susan mann writes: >i recently purchased an Everex palm size pc-it had many more features >than the palm pilot and had more screen space... >i realize that the palm pilot is the only one that is mac compatible >and am debating whether i will be able to function using a hand held pc >that is not compatible with my powerbook >one concern is that i cannot transfer info or back up - does anyone know >of a way for them to be compatible (the everex has a windows operating >system The only way a handheld PC runnig Windows CE is compatable on a Mac is through either SoftWindows95/98, Virtual PC running Windows 95/98/NT or an PCI card that contains a PC motherboard (like OrangeMicro's) again running Windows 95/98/NT. There is a theme to this.. :) Until Next Time, /// /@ @\ Trapper @ricochet.net ( ) <<-----oOOO---( )---OOOo------ Your Information Went Data Way ----->> (best view with a mono-spaced font) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 08:36:37 +0000 From: susan mann Subject: re using freeppp i also have a prob with the v90 modem and open transport(i have a powerbook 2400 os8) how do i disconnect this and where can i get the free ppp-- sue m "click butt" http://www.emagination.com http://www.hotcoupons.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************