Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #268 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 04 Mar 99 Volume 16 : Issue 268 Today's Topics: [*] CCalendar Converter.. [*] Dist.xls [*] Pairs 2.0.0 [*] password please [*] Sinic Lunar Calendar [*] TidBITS#469/01-Mar-99 [*] Triangle.xls [*] Whereppc (A) New Harddrives?? (A) Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels (Q) B/W G3 minitower: sound input and output (Q) Backup hardware recommendations (Q) Microsoft Media Player (Q) NUM okay now? (Q) Removable drive advice sought (Q) Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels (Q) Wall Street's 2nd battery? [A] Any c++ compilers for Mac? [A] Help: PB150 won't find PPDs [A] Managing Netscape Messenger Mail [A]: crashing [A]: Measurement Conversion Software [Q] Robotics curriculum/resources [Q]pcmcia ethernet card A 7200 upgrade at last? Any c++ compilers for Mac? Audiomedia II cards on a Centris 610. Claris email difficultiesI DropStuff for SITD5 Owners (C) Excel 5.0 auto quits upon launching (Q) Greyscale adaptor for an SE-30? Info-Mac Digest & Easy View Launcher background color? Managing Netscape Messenger Mail Managing Netscape Messenger Mail Measurement Conversion Software Netscape History OE Replies OS 8.5 and Word98 Printing OS RAM utilization and VM? Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels Ugly Wintel styles Underlining In Menu Labels Underlining in Menus Video problems w/NewerTech G3 upgrade cards 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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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Michael Bean, Liam Breck, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, and Shawn Bunn. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. 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 #268" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:23:00 -0700 From: joseph@nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de Subject: [*] CCalendar Converter.. CCalendar Converter is a utility for conversion between often used calendars. In this version (1.01), it supports the conversion between Gregorian, Julian, Sinic (a.k.a. Chinese, as PRC insists), ISO, Islamic, and Hebrew calendars. Many festivals are also supported so that you can easily find when is Easter, Orthodox Easter, Chinese New Year, Hanukkah, and Ramaden. You can also find the sunrise/sunset time and the moon phase in the city where you live. CCalendar Converter is a $15 shareware. -- Joseph C.H. Chen Computer Science Department, University of Hamburg http://nats-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~joseph/ +49-40-5494-2523 (O) +49-40-2517827-1 (H) [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ccalendar-converter.hqx; 758K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:22:55 -0700 From: jcopado@azstarnet.com Subject: [*] Dist.xls DESCRIPTION This is a little application I created using Excel and Visual Basic. It enables the user to determine the distance between 2 geographic points. Each point consists of latitude(degrees, minutes,seconds,N/S) and longitud(degrees, minutes,seconds,W/E). This file is in Excel 97 format. [Archived as /info-mac/app/dist.hqx; 51K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:23:03 -0700 From: engaging@gte.net Subject: [*] Pairs 2.0.0 Pairs(tm) 2.0.0 is a freeware screen saver for After Dark that presents pairs of text strings in random order from a Pairs pack, displays associated images, speaks(!), comes with "101 Marketing Ideas" pack, is extensible with free packs from Engaging Media(tm), and is customizable with your logo art and packs. New features since version 1.2: * Pairs 2.0.0 requires 2.0-compliant Pairs packs. * Pairs Customization Kit replaces customization service. System requirements: * System 7.5.1+ * After Dark 3.0d+ For more information about Pairs, please visit http://www.engaging.com/en_so_pairs_world.html . To subscribe to the Pairs Announcements List, start at http://pairs_announcements.listbot.com/ . Thanks, Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D. Engaging Media http://www.engaging.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/emp-200.hqx; 447K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:22:56 -0700 From: scottf@macconnect.com Subject: [*] password please Password Please =81 is a simple program that asks for a password at startup. It offers a limited form of security for the Macintosh user. It's only function is to provide two different users their own passwords on a single computer. It's free, it's simple, and it's self-explanatory. It was developed and tested on a 604e with OS 8.5.1. There are no guarantees that it will work on any other systems, but I have no reason to believe that it won't. Scott Fromherz http://members.macconnect.com/~scottf [Archived as /info-mac/app/password-please.hqx; 612K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:23:01 -0700 From: joseph@nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de Subject: [*] Sinic Lunar Calendar Sinic Lunar Calendar is an implementation of the traditional lunar calendar used in East Asia (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.) It was also the official calendar in Japan/Korea until 19th century. You can also find the 24 solar terms and sunrise/sunset time and the moon phase in the city where you live. Furthermore, the traditional fortune telling symbols (8-characters) are also calculated. You can convert dates between Gregorian calendar and Sinic lunar calendar with a click. Most Christian holidays (Easter, etc) are also included. SLC is a shareware $15. -- Joseph C.H. Chen [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/slc.hqx; 720K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:30:00 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#469/01-Mar-99 TidBITS#469/01-Mar-99 Claris Organizer returns! If you were a fan of Claris's personal information manager, you'll be pleased to hear it has been reincarnated as the Macintosh Palm Desktop, and it's free whether or not you use a Palm device. Also this week, Louise Bremner passes on the sights, sounds, and tastes of Macworld Expo Tokyo. In the news, Adobe reveals Adobe GoLive 4.0, a new Web browser called iCab emerges, and Default Folder 3.0.1 and Aladdin DropStuff 5.1 appear. Topics: MailBITS/01-Mar-99 Impressions of MacTokyo 1999 Palm Desktop Marks Return of a Familiar Organizer [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-469.etx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:22:58 -0700 From: jcopado@azstarnet.com Subject: [*] Triangle.xls DESCRIPTION This is a little application I created using Excel and Visual Basic. It enables the user to analyze a triangle. The user has several options depending on the data that the user has, example: 2 sides and 1 angle. This file is in Excel 97 format. [Archived as /info-mac/app/triangle.hqx; 75K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:22:59 -0700 From: bert.torfs@pandora.be Subject: [*] Whereppc WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? is a personal finance manager. It is the natural choice for people who frequently work with foreign currencies. Its multi-currency capabilities make it an excellent choice for tracking international stock portfolios. The total value of your portfolio in your own currency is constantly updated as you enter new shareprices or currency rates - WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? happily adds SONY quoted in YEN to AAPL quoted in dollar and gives you the result in your own currency. But unlike other stock trackers, WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? is capable of tracking all your earnings, posessions and expenses as well. Telling you how much you spend on your car last year is as natural for WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? as telling you how much you won because of last years rise of the dollar. WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? is capable of handling an unlimited number of accounts (registers), expense types (codes like 'Insurance', 'medical', 'rent') and transactions. A trial version (PPC and 68k) - limited to 100 transactions - and a user guide can be freely downloaded from users.pandora.be/bert.torfs WhereDidAllMyMoneyGo? costs 25 dollars, requires only 1.8 Mb of memory and 2 Mb of disk space. It is free to registered users of BelgoFisc. Bert Torfs. [Archived as /info-mac/app/where-ppc-104.hqx; 1584K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:36:04 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: (A) New Harddrives?? > Any recommendations for buying a new harddrive? My recommendation would be an aftermarket brand, with a 5 year warranty. Go for the highest speed you can afford. Not sure of the 8600 configuration, how many scsi devices can you mount internally. I would go internal if you have an open bay, it is definitely cheaper. If you do not have an internal bay open, you will need an external drive. You can install the newer, faster drive internally and put the old drive in the case as an external drive. The big problem with the exchange is installing the jumpers for scsi id and termination. > also, is there a specific brand of RAM that is best? or should i just > look for price? how about VRAM and cache modules? i want to upgrade it Try www.chipmerchant.com. They have configuration information and all of their memory is lifetime guaranteed. Prices are usually among the best. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:58:43 -0500 From: "Peter J. Paul" Subject: (A) Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels > After upgrading to OS 8.5.1, my menu labels all have that ugly Wintel style > of having the command characters underlined in the menu title. You know, > "File" has the "F" underlined. How do I turn it off? I'm not finding the > answer in Apple Help. Sounds like you're using Speed Doubler. If so, open the cdev, choose the Keyboard tab, and uncheck Keyboard Power. << Peter J. Paul >> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:03:32 -0800 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) B/W G3 minitower: sound input and output Hi again! I now understand that the new Apple blue&white G3 minitowers have minijacks for 16-bit sound input and output. I seek recommendations for reasonably high quality, reasonably priced microphone and stereo speakers that would work with such connections on the G3. Thanks! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:50:28 -0800 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Backup hardware recommendations Hi! I'm seeking recommendations for backup hardware: I want to do regular whole disk (up to 9 GB of files) unattended backups. Is there a removable media solution that is appropriate? I want to do archival (long-term) backups on key files (a few hundred MB's). Are rewritable CDROM drives as efficient as magneto-optical drives? Do the respective media have equally long lifetimes? Thanks! Mark ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:53:04 -0600 From: "Jean-Luc Brousseau" Subject: (Q) Microsoft Media Player Hi! I have tried to use Microsoft Media Player and it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone confirm that this program doesn't do a thing, or that it works... Do I need a special CODEC? PLEASE HELP ME! I'm using a 7100/80,104MbRAM, 256kL2, 56kUSRobotics. The site that I'm trying to access is at http://www.radio-energie.com/ under Radio En Direct, and CHIK. Thanks! Jean-Luc ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:38:33 -0600 From: Ted Logan Subject: (Q) NUM okay now? > When Norton Utilities for the Macintosh 4.0 was released, there were all > sorts of reports of bugs, including including data loss after using Norton > Disk Doctor 5.0. Has Symantec eliminated most, if not all, of these > problems in the 4.0.3 update? Yes. I use NUM 4.0.3 on a 7100/80 with OS 7.6.1 and on a G3 with OS 8.1. No problems. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. 210 N. 6th Ave. Cleveland, OK 74020-3203 Toll-free: 1-800-484-2957 (Access code: 3833) Fax & alternate voice: 918-358-5920 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:38:01 -0500 From: "Dominic F. Manno" Subject: (Q) Removable drive advice sought Does anyone on the list have any recommendations/comments/criticism about either the new Zip 250 or the Sony HiFD drives? I need a backup option for my 1GB hard drive. Tape drives or CD-R/CD-RW's are out of my price range, and an external HD seems too limited. I'm running OS 7.5.5 on a Performa 6220CD, 32 MB RAM, if that matters. TIA Dominic F. Manno dommanno@bellatlantic.com "If you understand, things are as just they should be. If you do not understand, then things are just as they should be." (Zen proverb) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:25:10 +0100 From: Philippe Bogdan Subject: (Q) Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels Hi Paul, I may be wrong, but are you using SpeedDoubler? SpeedDouble has a fonction called something like "Power Keys" which put command caracters undelined in the menu. If it's the case, it could be that the satandart preference for SpeedDoubler to have "Power Keys" on. Just a thought, Philippe D2V Communication (France) pbogdan@usa.net >From: Paul Brians > > After upgrading to OS 8.5.1, my menu labels all have that ugly Wintel style > of having the command characters underlined in the menu title. You know, > "File" has the "F" underlined. How do I turn it off? I'm not finding the > answer in Apple Help. > > Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University > Pullman, WA 99164-5020 > brians@wsu.edu > http://www.wsu.edu/~brians r ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:30:48 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Wall Street's 2nd battery? Dear Digest readers, On a couple occasions I accidently hit the flap of my Powerbook's battery when it was asleep. Both occasions I would put the battery back in and be able resume my work from where I started without rebooting. This happened while it wasn't even plugged in! So the question is, does the Wall Street have a second battery that gives it this ability, and is it one that needs replacing after a certain period of time? Also how much time do I have to put back in the battery before I have to reboot? Sometimes I wouldn't notice the battery was out, and then I would have to reboot the next time I put the battery in. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:09:27 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] Any c++ compilers for Mac? Also "Discover Programming" from Metroworks, about $80. They also have some nice discounts for students. -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:55:50 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] Help: PB150 won't find PPDs > My problem is this: Chooser can see the modem and set it up. It can also > see LaserWriter 8 and the HP Laserjet extensions. But it can't find the > HP4MP PPDs. I've re-installed the software, moved the PPDs out of the > Printer Descriptions folder, moved them back... and can't think of anything Is it possible that the Type or Creator on the PPDs is wrong? You could use Creator Changer to check and correct (Use the make like button). Another possibility, you may need to do a desktop rebuild, similar symptoms. -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:00:35 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] Managing Netscape Messenger Mail I believe that the files must be in the Netscape Preference Folder,=20 two possible configurations: Disk:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape =9F:Mail: Disk:System Folder:Preferences: Netscape Users:User Name:Mail -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ =20 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:07:33 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A]: crashing Couple of ideas: 1) Have you updated to latest ver of RamDoubler 8.0.1 2) Have you used TechTool or similar software to remove the Desktop File so that you get a completely clean rebuild. 3) Run Norton Disk Doctor -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:04:23 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A]: Measurement Conversion Software > Does anyone know of any shareware/freeware for the performance of > measurement conversions? The particular conversion I'm interested in is > footcandles to lumens and vice versa. I realize that it would not be > too difficult to put something workable together in a spreadsheet or > database, but I'm interested in something "pretty" that's pretty much > point-and-click for the end user. You might consider a couple of things: 1) Excel Spreadsheet with a dialog box 2) AppleWorks/ClarisWorks DB. You can design the interface to be very pretty point & click. Clearly the DB would be fairly simple, various conversion routines. All of that would be hidden to the user. Let me know if you need help. -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:05:14 -0500 From: CHAT Mac Lab Subject: [Q] Robotics curriculum/resources We hope to offer a robotics course to our senior (grade 12) students next year, but have been unable to find the hardware and software resources -- and curriculum guides -- which would enable us to teach the course in our Mac Lab. Several Wintel-based solutions have been uncovered; but so far, we've had no luck on the Mac OS side. If readers with relevant information would be so kind as to contact us directly, with their suggestions,we'll summarize their answers in a future posting. Thank you for your help. M.D. Arkin Computer Studies Department Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto 200 Wilmington Avenue Toronto, Canada M3H 5J8 office messages: + 1 416 636.5984 ext 221 office fax: + 1 416 636.7717 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 15:58:49 EST From: NCICCHECK@aol.com Subject: [Q]pcmcia ethernet card I want to add an ethernet PC card to my PowerBook 1400. I have an almost unbeatable deal with a PC only card from a friend (free). The problem is that its PC only so there is no Mac driver for this card. I was wondering if there was a generic driver available for PCMCIA type ethernet cards, or if someone created one for this card. Its called a "Combo PCMCIA Ethernet card" from LinkSys. They have no desire to write a Mac driver for this card and apparently that is the only thing stopping my PowerBook from using the card. I get an error message saying "the proper software to use this card is not present" but the card icon mounts and the name for the card shows up under the icon. I guess I'll have to break down and buy one. Anybody know of a cheap, reliable model? Thanks John McGibney NCICCHECK@aol.com NCICCHECK@worldnet.att.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:09:08 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: A 7200 upgrade at last? Dear Digest readers, Ok this seems like an old topic, but a PCI card to a G3 case sounds just like what might do the impossible. Upgrade the lowly 7200. Here is the link: http://www.totalimpact.com/index2.htm Comments? Anyone tried this system out on a 7200? Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:01:02 -0500 From: "Chris Gervais" Subject: Any c++ compilers for Mac? >> For an entry level c++ student, what are the >> good and inexpensive c++ compilers for Mac? One of the most complete solutions is Apple's Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW). These are the compilers that Apple uses to produce many of its system software components and they're free. Go to and you'll be able to download PowerPC and 680x0-versions of MPW and its related tools. While MPW isn't as nice as CodeWarrior, it is free and highly customizable. Chris G. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:15:54 -0500 From: "Douglas W. St.Clair" Subject: Audiomedia II cards on a Centris 610. Is anyone aware of any problems running Audiomedia II cards on a Centris 610? The configuration is "unsupported" but the main reason should be the Centris can accept a full length NuBus card without first removing the hard drive. With the harddrive re,moved and a NuBus adapter in place are there any known problems? END ************************************************** Douglas W. St.Clair (in New Hampshire) (in Massachusetts) Tir Na Nog 30 George St. 400 Burton Highway Newton, MA 02458-2309 Wilton. NH 03086-5022 PH: 603-654-9321 PH: 617-233-3387 or FAX: 603-654-5440 PH: 617-BEEF-FUR EMAIL: dwstclair@tellink.net WebSite: http://www.tellink.net/~dwstclair ************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:57:23 -0000 From: rob Subject: Claris email difficultiesI quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract: >From: bg4096419@my-dejanews.com >Subject: Claris email difficulties > > >I built a mailing list in Claris email in a group setting. Frequently I want >to mail a letter to the group and the mail sits queued. How do you get it >moving. Also how can one print out the group list. > >-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- >http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own > Just creat a new message via Mail Menu of Command N. Then click the magnifier icon next to the address box. Select and Click the Group icon in the Address book that appears. All the addresses in the group will appear in the new messages address window. Compose the message and select send now. This will immediately send the message or connect to your isp and then send the message. If the messace is qued and you want to send it the press Command K and you will have a dialogue box with various settings to select. Select at least the Send box (check Mark) and then click connect. This will send all qued messages that are not in the save as draft format. This message was sent with the latest in Apple email clients - Claris eM@iler2.0v3 'The Best Just Keeps Being Better than the rest' ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:09:37 -0500 From: Al Bloom Subject: DropStuff for SITD5 Owners (C) I was delighted to see that Aladdin came out with v5.1 of DropStuff. I fear I was less than delighted to see at the Aladdin web site that the utility cost a few bucks, even for those of us who bought SITD5. We certainly weren't mentioned. I got annoyed enough, and curious enough, this evening to download DS51 this evening. Yee haw! The naughtywording thing did not ask for a regno or a shareware fee. It knew my SITD5 identification number. Now why couldn't Aladdin have told us that? Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:33:15 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: Excel 5.0 auto quits upon launching (Q) Dear Digest readers, It was working just fine, and all of a sudden, today everytime I launch Excel it quits with no dialog box as soon as it launches. System 8.5.1 Powerbook G3/233 Wall Street 96MB of RAM Virtual Memory off Conflict Catcher 8.0.4 GoMac 2.0 Action Utilities 1.2 FinderPop 1.7.7 Is this odd or what is going on here? Please respond directly to me, as I don't always have time to read through the group. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:50:52 +0300 From: Michael Camp Subject: Greyscale adaptor for an SE-30? Greetings Digest Readers from Saudi Arabia! I have just rescued an SE-30. It had been functioning until very recently (with System 6, 80MB Hard drive, and 8MB Ram) as a server, but as the flyback transformer was faulty the old machine had been considered worthless, and had been replaced by a PC - I wonder if that will give nine years of faultless performance? Now repaired, and with a cleaned case, 32MB Ram, a 1GB Hard Drive, and OS 7.5.5, the SE-30 occupies an honored place as a fax server - but the old machine only displays in black and white. The March 97 MacAddict had an article which mentioned that a company called Xceed (still in business?) used to produce an adaptor for the 030 Direct Slot which would allow an SE-30 to display 256 greys on the nine inch internal display. (I don't wish to hook up an external monitor.) I would be most grateful if anyone could either sell me one or point me in the direction of a source. (Replies to my email address please.) Regards, Michael Camp mikecamp@saudi-online.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:45:34 -0600 From: "Bill Shack" Subject: Info-Mac Digest & Easy View OE appears to strip out the settext markers. The only way I can get it to work is process the text and put the set text markers back in. I have a One Click button that I just drag the file onto and it does the work, but it would be easy to have Tex-Edit record an Apple Script that does it. You have to search for & "Date:" and replace it with "------------------------------" & & "Date:" and strip out "----------------------------------------------------------------------" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:20:17 -0500 From: "Dave Garrett" Subject: Launcher background color? Hey y'all! Setting the Launcher up to use panels by using subfolders is an old trick. Just put a bullet (option-8) as the first character of a folder name, and put it in Launcher Items; it becomes a panel. But does anyone know how to change the Launcher's background color? I am talking about the color in between the buttons. My Launcher is teal in the Applications panel and a light tangerine in the Utilities panel. Either color clashes horribly with my desktop pattern. I seem to remember a secret way to set control panel backgrounds, from the early days of 7.5, but I've no idea how it's done. I'm not afraid of ResEdit if that's what it takes. Thanks in advance, Dave dgarrett at shore.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 08:31:03 +0100 From: Philippe Bogdan Subject: Managing Netscape Messenger Mail Hi David, All the mail, news addreses etc. files are situated in your user file in Netscape preferences. juste copy your old user file in the Netscape pref, erasing the new before hands. It worked for me. Hope it'll work for you too, Philippe D2V Communication(France) pbogdan@usa.net >From: David Huston > > I am baffled by the filing/folder system in Netscape > Communicator/Messenger for 4.5. > > I purchased a G3 recently(heavenly!) and I wanted to transfer my old > stored messages from the old computer to the new one. But I can't seem > to do this. When I copy my Communicator folder onto a Zip and open it > up in the new computer, the message files are gone. It starts with a > blank slate. > > I've searched everywhere in my HD for the Messenger files, but they are > not visible. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:02:31 -0500 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Managing Netscape Messenger Mail All data files associated with Netscape (2.0, 3.0 and 4.0) are stored in the preferences folder in the system folder. Netscape has its own folder under preferences in there you will find: mail files bookmark list history list list of subscribed newsgroups the cache of temporary Internet files (.htm, .gif, .jpg, etc.) the magic cookie If you usse the user profiles system under Netscape 4.0 you will see multiple files one for each user. Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:57:30 -0000 From: rob Subject: Measurement Conversion Software quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract: >Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 21:40:53 -0500 >From: Jeffrey Frankel >Subject: Measurement Conversion Software > > >Does anyone know of any shareware/freeware for the performance of >measurement conversions? The particular conversion I'm interested in is >footcandles to lumens and vice versa. I realize that it would not be >too difficult to put something workable together in a spreadsheet or >database, but I'm interested in something "pretty" that's pretty much >point-and-click for the end user. > >-- >Jeff Frankel Try http://www.fifthwave.com/ and look for their calculator Convert which is shareware with a trial period. This message was sent with the latest in Apple email clients - Claris eM@iler2.0v3 'The Best Just Keeps Being Better than the rest' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 03:14:39 +0100 From: Mac Frog Subject: Netscape History In the URL field, just type: about:global Warning: - Older versions of Netscape Navigator (before 4.x) used to crash when the history was too big... - Also, it may take quite a *long* time before the list appears in the window... Be patient! ;-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do you believe in Macintosh? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:50:19 -0600 From: "Bill Shack" Subject: OE Replies There are a number of applescripts available at The Unofficial OE Page http://www.macemail.com/oe/ that provide much more flexibility in replies than that built into OE ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 07:22:01 -0500 From: "J. Feustle" Subject: OS 8.5 and Word98 Printing Excuse me if this subject has been beaten to death already but I'm a very recent victim of what appears to be an odd incompatibility. After installing 8.5 I found that every time I try to print from MS Word 98, the computer locks up. Could someone point me to a patch or a workaround for this problem. Thanks. Joe Feustle, jfeustle@uoft02.utoledo.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:36:39 -0400 From: chuck@adsourceone.com (Chuck Mora) Subject: OS RAM utilization and VM? While I consider myself somewhat knowledgeable about all things Macintosh, I have recently come across an oddity that really has me scratching my head... I am running OS 8.5.1 on my Powerbook 5300cs and recently upgraded my RAM to 56meg. When running 1meg of VM (which is the default I believe) the "About this Macintosh" window indicates that my system uses 12.2meg. When I turn off VM this figure jumps to over 20meg. It just doesn't seem to add up to me. Can anybody tell me why this is so? Thanks, Chuck Mora ------------------------------------------------- Chuck Mora - Ad Source One - chuck@adsourceone.com Marketing/Advertising Consultants to the IT Community http://www.adsourceone.com - 902.423.6594 - ICQ# 4307168 "Leap and the net will appear" ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:53:10 -0500 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Turning off Wintel-style underlining in menu labels I suspect that you have SpeedDoubler8 installed. Open the SpeedDoubler control panel and turn off Keyboard Power. Marlon Deason http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 16:19:29 -0800 From: Paul Brians Subject: Ugly Wintel styles Somebody just sent this hint. If you just go into Speed Doubler's command key menu and uncheck the boxes there, you lose the ability to use command keys with SD (unimportant for my purposes), and the underlining goes away. A lot cheaper than buying Retrospect. >Do you by chance have Speed Doubler installed? It was my experience that the >command character option was part of this utility. I have several computers >running 8.5.1 and I do not have the sympton you describe. But I did until I >removed Speed Doubler. It has compatibility problems with the new system, >which is a pity since I was using it for backups. I am now going to retrospect >(Dantz). Paul Brians, Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:37:34 -0500 From: Jeffrey Frankel Subject: Underlining In Menu Labels On Feb. 18, Paul Brians wrote: > After upgrading to OS 8.5.1, my menu labels all have that ugly Wintel style > of having the command characters underlined in the menu title. You know, > "File" has the "F" underlined. How do I turn it off? I'm not finding the > answer in Apple Help. > > I don't think this has anything to do with OS 8.5.1, Paul. The underlined initials of menu labels are a feature of Speed Doubler 8 from Connectix. Take a look in your Control Panels folder and I bet you'll find it. Switch to the Keyboard Power tab on the palette to see what modifier keys were selected to trigger the menu pulldown and menu item selection shortcuts. Different strokes for different folks, of course, but I find keyboard-powered menu navigation to be a terrific timesaver. -- Jeff Frankel Windsor, Maine USA "Where the woodpecker pecks and the porcupine plays" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:59:20 -0800 From: "Jim Wickman" Subject: Underlining in Menus If you have Connectix' Spped Doubler installed, check the Hot Key dialogue. It has a feature of underlining. Obscure, but there. Jim Wickman Pasco WA ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 14:15:46 +0000 From: Richard Platt Subject: Video problems w/NewerTech G3 upgrade cards Since upgrading my 7300 with a NewerTech MaxPowr G3 card, my screen image has been rather flaky. For instance, dragging and dropping a colour swatch in Aldus Freehand leaves a trail of colour across the screen. Switching applications sometimes leaves on the screen a white shadow of the app. window that was formerly at the front . Newer's web site acknowledges that this is a problem, and offers two solutions: A) replace 70 ns video RAM with faster 60 ns. If that doesn't work, try B) a new video card. Has anybody tried (A) on a 7300? Did it work? I don't want to have to buy a new video card if I can just get away with upgrading video RAM. Richard Platt, Kent, England Richard Platt Telephone: (44) 1892 890741 Fax: (44) 1892 890951 Old Squash Court, Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8BG, United Kingdom Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/richard.platt/ -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************