Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #380 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 10 Dec 99 Volume 16 : Issue 380 Today's Topics: re: (Q) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader (A) Netscape Navigator (A) NN and Saved WWW Pages [*] Mac Antenna Master 1.3.0 [*] OptimaHTML 1.6.1 [*] Tex-Edit Plus 2.7J [*] Todd's TextEdit 1.0 Freeware [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.1 - foreign language learning [*] ViaHTTP 1.6 [*] Wheel of the Teachings 1.1 [*] Yellow Error Reference (YER) 1.1.0 Busy signal with modem Date and Time Problem How to open Word files on my mac ? inferred palm sync with OS9 (Q) Mattel Microscope minidisc on mac G3 NN & web graphics 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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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 #380" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:32:02 -0500 (EST) From: Norman Friedman Subject: x-Also Etta, Morris, Ken and Ira Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:33:25 -0400 To: info-mac@starnine.com From: "Norman R. Friedman" Subject: Sorry, new request I previously wrote, >Using a Performa with internal 28K modem. I had the Mac connected >directly >to my telephone line which is not a dedicated line, just my home telephone >line. We have call waiting, but I have included in my IP telephone number >the *70 which cuts off the call waiting. Everything was working fine until >we had to move the Mac with all its attachments to our new home. Now >when I >plug the Mac into our phone line (which is working fine), I continuously >get a busy signal with the recording, "If you want to make a call---). I >have called the 800 number directly by phone and do get the connection >noises that are associated with modem connections. Everything, printers, >etc. are working fine. Suggestions please and thanks to all in advance. The problem is NOT a Busy signal, rather I get a note that I am not getting a DIAL TONE. and it sounds as if a phone is off the hook. Again thanks to all that sent responses and thanks in advance for any new suggestions. norm@helix.nih.gov ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 06:41:49 +0700 From: Sumeth Chaochuti Subject: re: (Q) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader Thank you all for so many responses to my posted question. I've been to Adobe site, downloaded the patch for PS level 1 printer, and found it still doesn't work. The PS error this time indicates some illegible font in the doc; and I've decided to go back to Reader 3.0 which, according to Richard Maxon, was written to work with PS level 1 printer. Best regards, Sumeth ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 99 05:59:04 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (A) Netscape Navigator Roger Wise asks: >I have downloaded Netscape Navigator 4.08 by using Netscape Communicator >4.61. It downloads 100%, but than when Stuffit is suppose to open nothing >happens. I can't figure how to save file and then unstuff it later. I >downloaded it with Anarchie and received the same result. Has this >happened >to anyone else, and what is the fix if any? PowerPc 6500 Roger: It could be that the Stuffed archive is in Aladdin's newer version 5 format and you are using an older version 3 or 4 flavour of Stuffit Expander. Try downloading the most recent Stuffit Expander from which I think is around version 5.13. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 99 06:06:21 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (A) NN and Saved WWW Pages Bob G. asks: >(B&W G3 running OS 8.6). I am switching from NN to MSIE in an >effort to rid my machine of all things Microsoft in an effort to end, or at >least reduce, crashes, screen freezes and hangs. >It seems that NN is not as feature rich as MSIE and I must admit >that I will miss MSIE. If, after I make the switch and remove all traces of >MSIE from my machine, my problems continue, I will most definitely switch >back to MSIE. >One of the things I will miss is being able to save a WWW page >along with its graphics. I see in NN that you have only two choices when >you save a page: text and source. I have tried both and found that once >you log off and open the saved page, there are no graphics. >Am I missing something? Is there in fact a way to save graphics in >NN saved pages?? Bob: Try "Web Devil" or "Web Sucker" that download all related graphics, backgrounds, sounds etc. with a given web page. I think that'll let you use Navigator and not miss Explorer. BTW, I think you'll find that Navigator crashes as much as Explorer. It's probably got more to do with the amount of RAM you've allocated to the browser. They like lots. Try doubling the memory you've given it and it'll probably crash a lot less. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: 9 Dec 1999 From: Chris Smolinski Subject: [*] Mac Antenna Master 1.3.0 Mac Antenna Master is an antenna design package especially suited for ham radio operators and other radio enthusiasts. It determines the design parameters for the following types of antennas: Cubic Quad Dipole Fat Dipole J-Pole Log Periodic Super J-Pole Vertical Yagi It also performs the following calculations: Coil Design LC Filter Design Transmission Line Loss Mac Antenna Master is native for both 68K and PPC systems. Shareware $15 Chris Smolinski - Web URL: http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software, Shortwave Radio, Spy Number Stations [Archived as /info-mac/comm/mac-antenna-master-13.hqx; 182 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Dec 1999 From: Nikita Zhuk Subject: [*] OptimaHTML 1.6.1 OptimaHTML is a professional tool for compacting your whole web site and reducing download time of HTML documents and images (with no any quality loss). OptimaHTML removes unneeded code and spaces from your HTML documents (and uses shortest possible tags) and unneeded data from image files easily and fast. You can also add your own custom tags to be removed. OptimaHTML is also fast, whole folders are optimized in seconds. Make your site as fast as possible with OptimaHTML! [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/optima-html-161.hqx; 1009 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Dec 1999 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Plus 2.7J This is the Japanese version of Tex-Edit Plus. Tex-Edit Plus is a styled text editor that is especially adept at formatting text for transfer over the Internet. It is fast, efficient and uses little memory. Keep a copy in your Apple menu and an alias on the desktop for drag-and-drop operations. System 7 or better required. NEW -- Tex-Edit Plus 2.7 has vastly improved recordability, including recording of text entries. Several new AppleScript commands are implemented and many more properties are available. Search and Replace can now be done on a text selection. The AppleScript dictionary has been re-written. Up to 128 windows can be opened (memory permitting). This version is thoroughly Mac OS 9.0 compatible. See the Revision History for a list of all the other improvements and fixes. With Tex-Edit Plus you can: *Quickly create, edit and print styled text documents of unlimited size. *View and print TeachText or SimpleText read-only ("ReadMe") documents, including pictures. *Easily create your own SimpleText read-only documents, including pictures. *View and print color PICT files, such as those produced by draw programs or Apple's built-in screen snapshot utility. *Copy a selection from a PICT file, cropping the image for use in a word processor, etc. *Play QuickTime and QuickTime VR movies. *View, edit and print text documents created by virtually any word processor or computer. *Reformat downloaded e-mail or text, correcting word-wrap problems and removing extraneous, non-Mac characters. *Prepare text for upload to a BBS, so that people with MS-DOS systems can view the document as it was intended to be viewed. *Instantly quote a brief passage from received e-mail, allowing the sender to remember their original message. *Read any text document aloud, if you have Apple's Speech Manager extension. (Listen to a TeachText read-only file, for example, as the text and pictures scroll by!) *Quickly optimize a document for printing, substituting professional-looking typographical characters for generic, typewriter-era characters. *Create simple hypertext documents. *Insert attention-getting sound annotations to spice up ordinary inter-office mail. *And more... [Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-27-jp.hqx; 1041 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: stensbergt@hotmail.com Subject: [*] Todd's TextEdit 1.0 Freeware Todd's TextEdit 1.0 Freeware by Todd R. Stensberg - 1999 ToddØs TextEdit 1.0 is a free ware text editor program designed to open plain text files. So please donØt ask it to take out your trash, wash the dog or paint your house, because it canØt. Requirements and Trouble shooting 68k or Power Mac that works. If you have a problem with the application, just send me an email at stensbergt@hotmail.com The fine print Email it, delete it, call it Johnny, but please don't steal it and sell it for one million dollars. Have fun, Todd stensbergt@hotmail.com [Archived as /info-mac/text/todds-text-edit-10.hqx; 954 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Jacek Iwanski Subject: [*] Verbs & Nouns 2.4.1 - foreign language learning 'Verbs & Nouns' is an application for practising inflection, translation and pronunciation at the level of single words. Features include the opportunity to do various inflection exercises, and translation exercises in both directions; to record and play sound for single words; and to do exercises based on sound or pictures. The program keeps a record of exercises, and identifies the words that the student has difficulty with. Along with the program, you need a module for the target language concerned. The program can also be used as an authoring tool to write your own modules of inflected words for any language. A built-in 'inflection-generator' simplifies the addition of these words. A 'Find' feature allows the modules to be used as bilingual dictionaries. Ready-made modules are already available for certain languages. You can visit: to get more information. Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-241.hqx; 1948 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Dec 1999 From: bains@table.jps.net Subject: [*] ViaHTTP 1.6 ViaHTTP let's you start/resume HTTP downloads. 1.6 has a more Finder-like appearance, and adds support for Internet Config and Internet Explorer Changes betwenn 1.2(last version uploaded to Info-mac) and 1.6 include proxy support and a custom buffer size option [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/via-http-16.hqx; 689 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Brian Kelley Subject: [*] Wheel of the Teachings 1.1 "Wheel of the Teachings" is a gentle adventure game, incorporating Buddhist teachings. As you walk through a painted landscape, your goal is to find and collect all of the hidden wheels. Each wheel represents one spoke of Buddha's 8-Fold Path. For each 2 wheels you discover, you will then be able to find one of the Four Noble Truths. Along the way, you'll also find quotations from the sayings of Buddha, as well as mantras and sutras. "Wheel of the Teachings" is made available for free, as a gift of Dharma. [Archived as /info-mac/game/wheel-of-the-teachings-11.hqx; 1908 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Dec 1999 From: Yellowsoft Subject: [*] Yellow Error Reference (YER) 1.1.0 YER (Yellow Error Reference) is the most complete application to retrieve Mac's error codes. You should simply type the error number and then YER shows you the related error name and explanation just as stated by Universal Headers. When there are more than one error using the same number, YER shows you all existing definition. YER knows error codes defined in the following Headers: AppleGuide.h, ATA.h, CardServices.h, CFURLAccess.h, CMApplication.h, Connections.h, CryptoMessageSyntax.h, CTBUtilities.h, FileSigning.h, FileTransfers.h, Finder.h, FinderRegistry.h, FSM.h, GoggleSprocketDevices.h, GXErrors.h, GXMessages.h, JManager.h, MacErrors.h, MacTCP.h, NetworkSetup.h, OCEErrors.h, OCEMail.h, PMApplication.h, QD3DErrors.h, RAVE.h, RTLib.h, SCSI.h, SpeechRecognition.h, Terminals.h. YER is Internet Config aware and Appearance savvy. It requires at least System 7 to run. Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:feedback.yellowsoft@kagi.com http://yellowsoft.tsx.org YER page: http://www.geocities.com/yellowsoft/yer.html What's new in 1.1.0 version - Error codes from Universal Headers version 3.3. - Recompiled by using the newest compiler. - Recompiled with Interfaces-Libraries 3.3. - New desktop icon. - Minor changes. [Archived as /info-mac/data/yellow-error-reference-11.hqx; 440 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 99 22:00:42 -0500 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: Busy signal with modem "Norman R. Friedman" writes: >Using a Performa with internal 28K modem. I had the Mac connected >directly >to my telephone line which is not a dedicated line, just my home telephone >line. We have call waiting, but I have included in my IP telephone number >the *70 which cuts off the call waiting. Everything was working fine until >we had to move the Mac with all its attachments to our new home. Now >when I >plug the Mac into our phone line (which is working fine), I continuously >get a busy signal with the recording, "If you want to make a call---). I >have called the 800 number directly by phone and do get the connection >noises that are associated with modem connections. Everything, printers, >etc. are working fine. Suggestions please and thanks to all in advance. Norman: Maybe the modem is dialing too fast or starts dialing too soon. Try experimenting with some strategically placed commas. Maybe one or two at the beginning to give the line a chance to establish a dial tone. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 20:44:51 -0500 From: Patty and Art Subject: Date and Time Problem Hi. I'm running MacOS 9 on a beige 266MHz G3. As of late, time formats are looking screwy. The clock on the menu bar, for instance, is displaying 84043Ytpc (the Y really being the yen symbol, and the c really being the copyright symbol). I tried using the Date and Time control panel to fix this. It appears that D&T is using a Custom time format, rather than U.S. When I try to change it back to U.S. (or anything else), the system freezes. This happens regardless of whether any extensions are loaded. I have done the following things: (1) Reinstalled Date and Time from the CD-ROM. (2) Reinstalled the Core System Software from the CD-ROM (TechTool Pro 2.5.1 told me that there were problems with the System file). (3) Zapping the PRAM. (4) Rebuilding the Desktop. (5) Trashing the Date and Time preferences. None of these has helped. Suggestions? -- Patty and Art Werschulz http://members.home.net/agw/ 1 Marsh Street, Cranford, NJ 07016 (908) 272-1146 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 22:24:50 -0600 From: "Sam M. Hunter" Subject: How to open Word files on my mac ? > This must be amusingly fundamental to the veteran Mac users. > > Please, can anyone tell me how to open those email attachments > that are text files assembled in Microsoft Word programs ? > Is there a software utility for the Mac which will open text files of > this type ? > I perused the Microsoft website but found nothing there. > Advice is very much appreciated. > > Jim Brunswick - jimages@interlog.com Jim, Try downloading BBEdit Lite for this. It will open text files created by almost any source. Anarcho will work also, by opening the data fork, but is limited as to the size of the files. -- Sam M. Hunter smhdvm@ldd.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:10:03 -0800 From: David L Hirschberg Subject: inferred palm sync with OS9 (Q) I used to sync my palmIII to my PB/333 bronze through the inferred port before upgrading to System 9. Since the upgrade the only way I can do it is through the USB port. Has anyone else got this working? -Regards, David ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 11:28:02 +0100 From: "Professor Ian T. Young" Subject: Mattel Microscope Mattel (working with Intel) has released a "toy" microscope for about $100 that includes a video camera that connects to a computer through a USB port. The intention is that this device should be used with Wintel systems. USB, however, is USB and therefore it should be possible to use this microscope system with an iMac. The question is: Does anyone have a driver and/or program that connects the Mattel microscope to an iMac? Thanks for any possible help. Ted Young -- Professor Ian T. Young Delft University of Technology Chairman Lorentzweg 1 Department of Applied Physics NL-2628 CJ Delft URL: http://www.ph.tn.tudelft.nl/ The Netherlands Tel: +31-(0)15-278-5390 Fax: +31-(0)15-278-6740/7075 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 23:52:19 -0500 From: xavier steph Subject: minidisc on mac G3 Hi, I'd like to download some music from a minidisc sony md on my mac, do u know how i can do it? Thank's Xavier ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 17:47:29 +0000 From: Graeme Babbs Subject: NN & web graphics >Am I missing something? Is there in fact a way to save graphics in NN saved pages?? Click on the graphic and drag it to the desktop or an open folder on your hard disk. I can't be sure whether the page will include it when it opens off line but you will at least have the graphic. HTH Graeme -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************