Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #86 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 13 Apr 98 Volume 16 : Issue 86 Today's Topics: [*] DaemonCron Lite 1.0.1 - 20k cron daemon freeware [*] Digital Diary v1.8.5 [*] MacDim 2.0 - small screensaver/dimmer [*] multiplehostpresenz101.hqx [*] Scorpion BarCode 1.20 [*] Sleeper D-3.0.2 (repost) - German version of Sleeper (Q) Apple Data Detectors 1.0.2 problem (Q) Configuring Netscape 4.05 to invoke Eudora 4.0 (Q) Control Panels (Q) Onescanner Grey and MacOS 8 [A] Unix on a Mac IIfx [A]: Slow connect (Windows better?) [Q] Charting Durations in Excel address book Belated thanks re: terminal emulation help Calendar Desperately seeking LaserWriter II NT info how to read e-mail attachment from PC How to remap a key? (A) OS 8.1/HFS+ oddities Power Goo problem refusal to restart! serial port expansion Sound turned off System 8.1 question 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. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . 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 . Submissions must be made by the author or with permission of the author. 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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 #86" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:32 -0700 From: dcoshel@pobox.com Subject: [*] DaemonCron Lite 1.0.1 - 20k cron daemon freeware This small daemon plays sounds, posts messages to the screen, and will launch applications (including AppleScript applets) on any schedule you set. Possible uses include screaming clocks, counted quarter-hour chimes (e.g., three backward bongs at :15 after, one backward bong at :45 after), nagging yourself, launching Netscape at 3 A.M. to drive your cat nuts, whining soulfully when someone else is using your computer, turning your house lights on or off (requires wiring and additional stuff not provided), doing things at startup or shutdown, listening to your ex's dead dog bark every now and then, and so forth. Hey, it's daemonic! Use your imagination! Those who already know what this is about will see other possibilities, of course. One I find useful is the ability to launch apps in a particular order at startup. The only thing in my Startup Items folder is DaemonCron Lite. DaemonCron is freeware for private use. Corporate, educational or government users should buy the one-time, flat-rate, world-wide license for US$15. Requires System 7.5.5 or better. Requires ResEdit or Resorcerer for configuration, and you should be comfortable with no-holds-barred system spelling bees when you configure launchfile names. ;-) David C. Oshel http://soli.inav.net/~doshel/daemon.html mailto:dcoshel@pobox.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/daemoncron-lite-101.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:36 -0700 From: GTA@canadawired.com Subject: [*] Digital Diary v1.8.5 DIGITAL DIARY (v1.8.5) Activity and Decision Organizer for the Macintosh INTRODUCTION System Requirements: System 7 and OS8, Mac Plus or better (including PowerMa= c), 2 megs free RAM, =B11 Meg disk space Demo available for downloading from our web site at 'http://www.yaletown.com/gta' Digital Diary is a project management center that gives you fingertip access to the current status of any of your projects, allowing you the ability to go back to see all activities on all projects on any day you choose. On a complex project, there could be a dozen or more separate issues being dealt with at the same time, each of which has its own distinct status and decision process. Wouldn't it be great to be able to pull up the history of each of these issues at any time? Digital Diary organizes note entries into project and day files so that current reports of all activities on any given day or project can be instantly viewed. Projects are organized under user-defined categories in a hierarchical pop-up menu. Projects can be easily transferred between categories, making it ideal for use as a convenient project status indicator. Entries are identified with a header containing the type of activity, project name, category, note number, and date and time of entry. 'To do list' entries will pop up to remind you of unattended items at a chosen future date. Versatile report generation can gather, for example, all notes of a given activity type or project status. US$30.00 Demo version available for free downloading from "http://www.canadawired.com/gta" GTA Data Services; #202-1260 Hamilton St.; Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2T= 2; tel: 604-682-6929 fax: 604-682-2383 E-mail: GTA@canadawired.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/digital-diary-185.hqx; 708K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:33 -0700 From: andreas@ibrium.se Subject: [*] MacDim 2.0 - small screensaver/dimmer MacDim version 2.0 MacDim 2.0 is a major release of the popular FREEWARE screensaver/dimmer for Macintosh. MacDim is a little but beautiful screensaver. It takes almost no memory. This control panel will protect your screen from burn-in and a too high power consumption. New in v2.0: - New interface - Enhanced module handling - Info/help system System requirements: System 7.0 or later, Color Quickdraw =46or more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright =A9 1996-98 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/mac-dim-20.hqx; 195K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:01 -0700 From: scottk@enterprise.scottk.ml.org Subject: [*] multiplehostpresenz101.hqx MultipleHostPresenz 1.0.1 Description: MHP 1.0.1 allows you to have one machine running NetPresenz server software pretend to be more than one host in more than one domain. For example, www.scottk.ml.org could be mhp.cajunmonk.ml.org. A different response is sent depending on which host is asked for. MHP 1.0.1 makes all prior versions obsolete. Price: $10 Author contact information: Scott Konzem scottk@mail.cajunmonk.ml.org http://www.cajunmonk.ml.org/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mhp-101.hqx; 81K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:38 -0700 From: DLetap@ScorpionResearch.com Subject: [*] Scorpion BarCode 1.20 Scorpion BarCode Version 1.20 Scorpion BarCode is a complete Bar Code creation utility that you can use to quickly create Bar Code images for use in other applications. The software supports the following symbologies: EAN-13 (With or without Add-On codes) EAN-8 EAN-128 UPC-A (With or without Add-On codes) UPC-E Code-128 Code-93 Code-39 Codabar ITF (Interleaved Two Five) ISSN ISBN PostNet (5 digit / 9 digit / 11 digit) RM4SCC Pharmacode Deepesh Letap Scorpion Research Ltd England [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/scorpion-barcode-120.hqx; 327K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 01:37:35 -0700 From: admin@stclairsoft.com Subject: [*] Sleeper D-3.0.2 (repost) - German version of Sleeper Sleeper is a control panel for desktop Macintoshes that spins down the hard disk, dims the screen, and powers off Energy Star compliant monitors after periods of inactivity. This reduces power consumption and quiets a Mac when it is not in use. Sleeper can also password-protect the screen and shut down a Mac if it has been idle for too long. Separate sleep times can be set for all features, and a hotkey can be used to put the Macintosh to sleep on demand. Unlike Apple's Energy Saver control panel, Sleeper does not require that a Macintosh have built-in power management capabilities, so Sleeper will support any model from the MacPlus to the latest PowerMacs. By not relying on Apple's Power Manager, Sleeper can also provide more options and more precise control, and does not suffer from the unreliability some users experience with Apple's Energy Saver control panel. Sleeper requires only 50K of RAM to provide all its capabilities. These features include: - Hard disk sleep - Energy Star monitor support - Password screen locking - A very frugal screen saver - Timed shutdown - Configurable hotkey options - Support for the Sleep command in the Finder's Special menu - Kaleidoscope and Mac OS 8.1 compatibility - PowerMac-native support for both IDE and SCSI disks - Support for multiple SCSI buses - Full SCSI Manager 4.3 compliance - Balloon help Sleeper will operate on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including Mac OS 8.1, and is accelerated for PowerPC. In addition to the standard internet archives, information and updates are available at: [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/sleeper-302-de.hqx; 362K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Apr 98 06:15:31 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: (Q) Apple Data Detectors 1.0.2 problem Dear Listers: I recently upgraded to the new version 1.0.2 of ADD and they stopped working. Now all I get when I select a URL in text is the the cursor trying to switch to the Contextual Menu cursor briefly then swithing back again repeatedly. I use FinderPop 1.5.9 so I thought it might be a conflict there. Disabling it doesn't help. I carefully removed all the system bits to ADD and re-install but that didn't help either. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Please C.C. me as Info-Mac only makes it to me sporadically. Thanks. - Scott --------------------------------------------------------- D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:23:22 +0100 From: Sak Wathanasin Subject: (Q) Configuring Netscape 4.05 to invoke Eudora 4.0 In Infomac digests V16 no 84, Kelly Alworth writes > Netscape support is apparently baffled, I've had no response from them in = 3 > days. Anyone know how to configure Netscape 4.05 to invoke Eudora Pro 4.0 > when a mailto: link is clicked? Hmmm. So much for tech support... Run the following AppleScript tell application "Netscape Communicator=81" register protocol "CSOm" for protocol "mailto:" end tell Similarly, to use (say) Fetch for ftp, do tell application "Netscape Communicator=81" register protocol "FTCh" for protocol "ftp:" end tell and so on. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:59:32 +1200 From: Isle Subject: (Q) Control Panels I have lost the use of sub-menus (only) on my 7.5.5, and corrupted several control panels and the chooser. Can anyone tell me how I can fix the former and where I can download the latter (the system disks were bundled and remain with the retailer). Thanks, Mike. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 21:51:15 +0100 From: Dirk Schoofs Subject: (Q) Onescanner Grey and MacOS 8 Dear I wonder if anyone could help me. I use a performa 6200 OS 7.6.1 and sometimes (more often) I select an extern hard disk with OS 8 (n) (Dutch version). Starting from my extern hard disk (OS.8) my computer doesn't recognize the driver from my (old) grey OneScanner. What is wrong I've downloaded several drivers but (last one version 3.0, but I also tried 2.0). With system 7.6.1 it works fine. I also tries the extension "OS8foto", but that didn't work out either. I hope I still can use my OneScanner (grey) with system 8. Can anyone help me? Dirk Schoofs Dirk Schoofs 03 774 51 90 Broekdam Noord 86 9150 Kruibeke ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:17:08 +0200 From: Marten Kooistra Subject: [A] Unix on a Mac IIfx On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:21:11 +0200 Klaus Schnathmeier wrote: > I have an old Mac IIfx which and I'm thinking to operate under Unix. > There are a couple of Unix flavors around for the Mac, but neither > NetBSD nor MkLinux seem to support the IIfx due to special > ASICs in this model. Both say they "might" in the future, but this is > not of much help for me today. > AUX did supprt this machine but it was commercial, extremely > expensive and does seem to be available any more. > Any recommendations for other alternatives ? Hi Klaus, I just saw your message in info-mac #74 (I'm chronically behind on reading IM) about unix for a IIfx. You're absolutely right; currently you're out of luck if you want to run any flavour of unix on that machine. MkLinux is PPC-only, and the BSD people didn't succeed in taming any of the IIfx's weirdified hardware. I do want to point out Linux-m68k to you. All Mac 680x0 machines tagged along with the m68k Linux port already underway for the other 68k machines (Amiga, Atari, VME). Actually, thanks to our resident kernel hacker Michael Schmitz, the newest release of the Debian distribution has Mac support built in . At the moment anything with an FPU is supported, except that 5396 SCSI, Sonic ethernet, Powerbook keyboards, floppy drives and of course the IIfx don't work yet. This means anything up to the IIsi (roughly) is fully supported (with the disclaimer that it is certainly not ready for prime-time). What does this mean for you? Well, luckily the IIfx is 'work in progress' for the Linux port. This means that a few people are looking into it (I'm one of them) and we're inching towards support for the IIfx. The biggest hurdles are the IOPs that Apple baked into this machine, and the VIA2 implementation they threw together (called the OSS). At the moment I have a kernel that boots all the way to a login prompt, but that's only because it ignores everything it doesn't know about, and without Keyboard, SCSI or ethernet support it's hardly useful. If you have knowledge or expertise which can be useful for the project, please join the mailing list (details on the website) or if you want to be kept informed about progress you can join the announcment list (idem). If you don't have time to spare (to wait or help out) your last resort is A/UX. Look for it at user group swap meetings or the like. I picked up A/UX (as part of an AWS 95 upgrade package) for free at a local meeting last month. I haven't installed it yet so I can't comment on its usefullness though. I could keep an eye out for another package if you'd like. good luck, -Marten Kooistra- M.W.Kooistra (at) stm.tudelft.nl ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:27:33 -0600 From: Rick VanDerveer Subject: [A]: Slow connect (Windows better?) At 7:27 PM -0600 4/9/98, David Roche wrote: >Hi folks, > >I'm using a PowerBook 1400cs with a 33.6 Megahertz modem, and I currently >use MS Internet Explorer 4. I've noticed that my connect speed doesn't seem >to be as fast as it should be. > >Is there a program available which would show my connect speed? The program >which dials-up for me, "Apple Internet Status" doesn't give this >information. > >And why is it that even after a web page has completely loaded, when I >scroll through it, the browser window is VERY slow to update, in a very >jerky manner? > >When I browse the web on a much slower Windows based machine at my job, web >pages scroll very smoothly, yet my machine scrolls web pages very >annoyingly slow, even after they've fully loaded. > >My machine has 48 megs of RAM, and I've devoted 7 megs of RAM >to Internet Explorer. I've tried adding even more, but it doesn't seem >to speed things up. I also use Ram Doubler 2, and Speed Doubler 8. I would suggest trying it with RAM Doubler & Speed Doubler disabled. I've seen in some rare instances where one or the other actually slowed things down verses straight Apple virtual memory and no Speed Doubler. I also suggest upgrading to 8.1, if you haven't already. And finally, I also recommend people to upgrade to Apple's OT/PPP dial-up software, because it is the -only- software that is fully PowerMac -AND- Open Transport native (all other software talks to the emulated MacTCP API that's built into OT for backward compatibility). I've set up a web page that talks about this further, and also explains step by step how to install and configure the software. Go to http://cafe.ambrosiasw.com/netgames/ppp.html hope this helps! -Rick --- 'Networkable Mac Games' -- Your source for multiplayer gaming on the Mac. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 13:09:50 -0400 From: Allan Hunter Subject: [Q] Charting Durations in Excel I've run into an Excel charting conundrum that seems beyond the scope of its resident wizard, and, so far, mine as well. Imagine you have a data set in which each record is for an event that has at least one start date and end date, and on some occasions more than one set of start dates and end dates. For events still in progress, an entry of today's date goes in as end date, so end date is really "most recent date for this duration". (Example: imagine a chart listing persons in charge at Apple and their start dates and end dates. Steve Jobs would have two sets of start dates and end dates). Being adequately clever with Excel, I am able to pivot the data so as to have records consisting of individual month&year with data for each record listing the parameter that was active at that time. (Example: now the left side of our spreadsheet has entries like August 1979, September 1979, etc, and a column called CEO says Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs....farther down it starts saying John Sculley, etc. Imagine also that there are other columns besides CEO--perhaps one for VP of Marketing, etc). So I have my choice of which way to view the data before trying to turn it into a chart. The desired chart ought to look something like this: Steve xxxxxx xxx John xxxxxxxxxxx Mike xxxx Gil xxx Woz xxxxx Heidi xxxxx Guy xxxxx xxxxxx Whoever xxxx Someone xxxxxxxxx Date: 79 82 85 .... (etc) 98 Dunno what you call them...duration charts? Like bar charts, I thought, so naturally I picked my way through all of the Wizardly options for doing bar charts. No go. The only format in which I could get Excel to make any vaguely coherent chart of the data was the "3D Area Chart", which resulted in a two-hilled Steve mountain and single-hilled mountains for most other folk, with the Heidi mountain partly obscuring the Gil mountain (or vice versa depending on the sort order at the time)...once you put enough entries into the table, the 3D Area Chart becomes a jumbled mountain range and you have no chance of telling at a glance who was in when or for how long. Anyway, I've tried everything I saw, to no avail. Anyone know how the heck to make these duration charts in Excel? [FYI, charting who is in charge at Apple is just an example, so offering me a totally different solution to representing THAT isn't gonna help me any. Real-life purposes have included graphing which people occupied each of 8 rooms in a rooming house; mapping which nations held a set of seats on various councils of the UN; charting which faculty members taught which certain specific courses over a span of years at a university department; and other such things as that.] Ideally, I'd like to custom color-code the duration bars, allowing me to represent additional data...to return to the Apple example, we could let red represent CEO, orange represent marketing, blue represent technology, and so on, see how that would work? So if Heidi Roizen comes in as CEO in 2002, she would have a second duration stripe over to the right and it would be a different color. At this point though I'd be happy to get it to duration-chart at all. Allan Hunter Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:50:10 -0600 From: Roland Silver Subject: address book I'm looking for a good address book that'll run on a Mac G3 under Mac OS 8.1. I've been using Address Book 3.7Op11 on a Quadra, but it has problems. -- Rollo Silver ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 98 14:59:16 -0700 From: Paul Mullen Subject: Belated thanks re: terminal emulation help Just thought I'd drop an open note of thanks to all those Info-Mac'rs that helped me out regarding my request several weeks ago for terminal emulation software. For background, I was looking for software to emulate a TVI950 terminal via a standard serial connection. Getting her local printer to print via the terminal window was a must, so full emulation seemed like the easiest route. Recommended packages to try included ZTerm, WhiteKnight, VersaTerm Pro, MicroPhone, and Vicom MultiTerm. Other ideas included SoftWindows/RealPC and a cheap and appropriate DOS solution, while some suggested using a freeware ANSI emulator and KeyQuencer to automate the various and sundry keystrokes. As it turns out, MultiTerm emulated the exact terminal I was looking for, and is still cheaper than the "solution" the real estate board sells for Macs. Thanks for all your help! Paul pmullen@gte.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:53:24 -0600 From: Roland Silver Subject: Calendar I'm looking for a good calendar that'll run on a Mac G3 under Mac OS 8.1. I've been using WP Calendar on a Quadra, but it has problems: e.g. it unpredictably loses entries. -- Rollo Silver ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 98 14:59:31 -0700 From: Paul Mullen Subject: Desperately seeking LaserWriter II NT info Lucky me! I managed to acquire a brain-dead (doesn't respond to input) LaserWriter II NT a few weeks back. I'd love to try and get it running again, but I need a few items before I can begin diagnosing the illness. I'd like some sort of documentation (user's manual, service manual, info on common modes of failure), and I need a paper cartridge, and most likely toner, too. I've worn out Yahoo! and AltaVista searching for clues on this boat anchor, but thought I'd try the list before giving up. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Paul pmullen@gte.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 06:49:34 -0500 From: "Dennis L. Davis" Subject: how to read e-mail attachment from PC At 7:57 PM +0200 4/3/98, Charles Pieters wittily wrote: > I got the following e-mail attachment, which I could'nt read: > name: xxxx.doc > type: application/msword > encoding: base 64 > I could save this document but could'nt open it. Even Maclink couldn't > translate it.What do I need for this ? > > Thanks for helping me > -- > Charles Pieters > charles.pieters@advalvas.be Two suggestions StuffIt Exapander/DE {the version with DropStuff} or YA-Base64 1.2.9. With either of them you would drop the file on them and hopefully they will translate it to something you can open. Base 64 is a type of encoding BTW as it says. -- Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Blessings, Denny ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Moreno is attempting to convince the author of YA-NewsWatcher that there's interest in the new version. To register your interest send mail to John at with the Subject New YA. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:06:13 +0200 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: How to remap a key? (A) > I am in the UK and I want to be able to use both the UK pound sign and th= e > hash mark. I have two keymap options British or US. The British one gives > a UK pound sign for the key press and the US version gives a > hash mark for the same . >=20 > An ideal solution would allow me to use the British map but replace the > '=3DA7=3D ' with the hash. Easy.=20 First, quit all applications which are currently open and switch to any other keyboard layout than the British.=20 Then, click through until you find the system file (in the system folder). Double click it and you'll see a lot of keyboard layout files, among them also the British.=20 Drag the British layout file to some other place WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE OPTION KEY. This copies the file to the new location, keeping the old unchanged in it's place. Then, open the keyboart layout file with ResEdit and replace the key you like to change. It=B4s an easy work, just drag from the palette to the keyboard. Rename the keyboard file to something like "British modified". You need to unlock the "name is protected" (or similar) option before you can do this.=20 Then drag the modified layout file into the system file. From then on you'll have to files, one with the "official" and one with the "modified" version, and you can switch between them as you'd do with any other layout.=20 Good luck, Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 491 0877 Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:37:51 +0100 From: Sak Wathanasin Subject: OS 8.1/HFS+ oddities In Infomac digests V16 no 83, Ted Logan writes: > speaking, I asked about the Macintosh G3/300 and HFS+. The three Macintosh > salespeople in the store told me that I should leave the HFS+ formatting > disk "in the bag," when [read "if"] I get my new G3 because "no one who is > not a developer should attempt to use HFS+ yet, and probably not even most > developers. Too many unresolved issues. Wait." Were they speaking metaphorically? There is no "HFS+ formatting" disk: it's done by the Finder. I've had HFS+ formatted volumes for a few months now, and can report no problems with HFS+ other than the one with daylight savings time (http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n24452). It's horribly vexing to turn on your Mac in the morning to find that the stuff you wanted backed up wasn't because about 3GB of old files suddenly appeared to be an hour newer to Retrospect and so filled up the DAT. But it's not anything to lose sleep over. Not only do HFS+ volumes waste less space, they seem to be faster (nothing scientific, just the impression I get from watching Retrospect scanning the volumes), and FileSharing starts up very quickly. I have 6.5 GB (about 4 in use), and FileSharing starts up almost straightaway. Apple recommends (does anyone read those "Read me" files that the installer puts on their disk? They should...) that you not make your startup volume HFS+, and that is probably a good idea at this time unless you have an 8.1 boot CD or several 8.1 disk repair & boot floppies (in case one goes bad). ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 00:55:39 -0700 From: Chris Schram Subject: Power Goo problem On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, "Bas Slierendregt" wrote: >I just bought a copy of Kai's Power Goo, but every time I try to >start the program I get a bomb with the message" system error >occurred, unimplemented trap" and I have to restart again. >I try to run it on a Performa 6300 with 40 Mb of real RAM. Increasinf >the memory to the program doesn't help. > >Anyone a suggestion as to what could be the problem? If you have Virtual Memory (or RAM Doubler) active, try disabling it and see if that solves your problem. Contrary to what the manual says, VM is poison to Goo. Also check to see if axiom & axiom runtime are in your Extensions folder. You need those for Goo to run right. Chris Schram -- schram@mail.coos.or.us -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:41:28 -0400 (EDT) From: David Roche Subject: refusal to restart! Hi, Lately my Powerbook 1400 refuses to re-boot when I click on "restart", and refuses to shut down when I click on "shut down". Instead, the desktop clears, and then the desktop icons quickly come back ,as though it had gone through the entire startup process. This is not a continual problem, but it happens enough that I get worried. When I click on ctrl-apple-power, the computer reboots normally, however. But what can possibly be causing the strange problems of late? David ------------------------------ Date: 11 Apr 98 15:47:32 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" Subject: serial port expansion >From: Marc Leroux : >.....The Centris >610 doesn't have an ethernet connection, so we have to use localtalk. I >want to be able to run localtalk, a modem and a serial printer from the G3 >(3 devices, 2 ports). What's the best way to handle this? Marc: Are you sure there's no AUII port on the Centris 610 for a Friendly net adapter? Regarding the serial port problem; the cheapest way would be to have a switch box that let you plug in two or three devices to one serial port and then switch between them instead of wearing out your DIN 8 plugs and getting frustrated accessing the back of your Mac constantly. The next better method would be to use a hardware product like PortDoubler or Power PortDoubler that provide 2 or 4 ports in place of one. It comes with software that automatically switches ports for you. I'm afraid these two products require a PPC processor but I think there were earlier products that may have worked. The most expensive method would be to buy a serial card that plugs into the expansion slot and provides 2 or 4 more real serial ports that can be used simultaneously. These can be had from the folks at the Silicon Valley Bus Co. and probably others. I don't know if they likely carry anything that would fit your Centris' PDS slot or not. Good luck. - Scott --------------------------------------------------------- D. Scott Beach, sbeach@front.net A rabid Mac dude in Toronto. --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 14:22:47 -0700 From: "Paul [not \"Brian\"] Brians" Subject: Sound turned off Yesterday I was playing audio CDs in my 7600 (running system 8.1) until I left, when I ejected the CD and put the computer in sleep mode. When I tried to wake it up this morning, it had frozen and I had to reboot. From then on I had no sound. I tried all kinds of things, but after hours of trying I discovered that in the Sound control panel under "Volumes" the box marked "Mute" had been checked. I unchecked it and got my sound back. This may be a useful tip to someone in similar circumstances, but I wonder how it happened. Any ideas? Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 12 Apr 98 22:37:44 -0600 From: Jens Selvig Subject: System 8.1 question I have a PPC8500 with 272 megs of ram running system 8.1. My internal startup drive is partitioned into 3 volumes. The startup volume is HFS and the other two are HFS+. I installed System 8.0 and then upgraded to System 8.1. When I mount a volume, zip/floppy/jazz/CD the front most application is killed. When the front most app is the Finder, then the Finder just restarts itself. Onother symptom when this happens is my control strip won't start up. Through trial and error I have found that trashing the Finder preference file, Zap the PRAM and rebuilding the desktop files seems to temporarily alleviate the problem. Any suggestions? Later, Jens Selvig ...lost in Montana... -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************