Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #95 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 12 Jun 00 Volume 17 : Issue 95 Today's Topics: [*] Abyzed Adjectives 1.0: a language resource. [*] Abyzed Nouns 1.0: a language resource. [*] Abyzed Verbs 1.0: a language resource. [*] Alias It 1.0 [*] Chocoletters 1.5.7 a puzzle game [*] Chocoletters 1.5.7 French version [*] Dhammapada 1.1 [*] DupliMizer 1.5 [*] Flashcard Wizard - Advanced Flashcard Software [*] Folder Compare 2.0 Released [*] FontBuddy 2.0 [ftp:FontBuddy-2.0.sea.hqx] [*] GestLab 1.1 - The ultimate Gestalt Manager tool [*] GestLab F-1.1 - L'outil ultime du Gestalt Manager [*] GetChar FKEY 1.04 [*] iOrganize 2.5 - A multipurpose organizer : NotePad, Address Book, [Q] PB G3 - Centris connection? Crash-happy blue-and-white G3 Info-Mac Digest V17 #94 lost hard disk space Using Files on a mac by a PC? 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The collection is presented as plain text files which can be imported into a database. It is primarily a British-English collection but it includes some help for users who want to adapt it to American-English. Adrienne Forbes The appropriate directory for this software is likely to be /packages/info-mac/_Education/_Language. This software can be freely distributed on CD-ROM or other media. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/abyzed-adjectives.hqx; 235 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Forbes To: Subject: [*] Abyzed Nouns 1.0: a language resource. This freeware collection contains 37,100 English nouns and their plural forms. It is a resource for people working on language projects. The collection is presented as plain text files which can be imported into a database. It is primarily a British-English collection but it includes some help for users who want to adapt it to American-English. Adrienne Forbes The appropriate directory for this software is likely to be /packages/info-mac/_Education/_Language. This software can be freely distributed on CD-ROM or other media. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/abyzed-nouns.hqx; 331 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Forbes To: Subject: [*] Abyzed Verbs 1.0: a language resource. This freeware collection contains 8,600 English verbs and their inflected parts, including 400 irregular verbs. It is a resource for people working on language projects. The collection is presented as a plain text file which can be imported into a database. It is primarily a British-English collection but it includes assistance for users who want to adapt it to American-English. Adrienne Forbes The appropriate directory for this software is likely to be /packages/info-mac/_Education/_Language. This software can be freely distributed on CD-ROM or other media. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/abyzed-verbs.hqx; 175 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Michael Risgin Jonas To: Subject: [*] Alias It 1.0 Alias It version 1.0 -------------------- Alias It is a $5 shareware utility that enables you to create multi-alias files, allowing you to open more than one file with a click of the mouse. You can create aliases of any Macintosh file, similar to the existing alias feature on the Macintosh OS. The main difference is that Alias It enables you to store multiple aliases within a single, double clickable file. Alias It is a drag and drop utility. You simply drag the file, or group of files that you want aliased onto the Alias It icon and it creates a multi-alias file. Once created, you can simply double click it and watch it open the group of files for you. The files will be opened in the order that they were added. There is no user interface other than what the Finder provides. Two versions of Alias It are provided. A System 7 version using the older two-dimensional icons, and a System 8 or later version, using the newer three-dimensional icon set. More info available on the following website: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/orchardsw If you have any questions or comments please send email to: 102670.1653@compuserve.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-it.hqx; 44 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: pierre07 To: Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.5.7 a puzzle game Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of paths and the time spent to finish. You can see examples at: http://perso.club-internet.fr/pierre07/pages/chocopage.htm Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files. You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files. What's new in version 1.5.7 ? - You can move the already placed tiles in the grid by Option-Click'n'Drag. - You can shift all those tiles in one go with the arrow keys. Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi. Pierre Durand 14 rue de Montenegro 71200 Le Creusot France http://perso.club-internet.fr/pierre07 [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-157.hqx; 743 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: pierre07 To: Subject: [*] Chocoletters 1.5.7 French version Chocoletters is a puzzle game. You have to find how the computer mixed up 36 letters and figures in a 6 by 6 grid. To succeed you may ask for paths leading from one letter to another. With several paths you can deduce the positions of the letters. The score depends on the number of paths and the time spent to finish. You can see examples at: http://perso.club-internet.fr/pierre07/pages/chocopage.htm Chocoletters should run on all of the 68020 System 7 + Quicktime Macintoshes and later with a 640x480 color screen or more. You need Quicktime 3.0 to hear good sounds in Midi files. You need Quicktime 4.0 to play mp3 files. What's new in version 1.5.7 ? - You can move the already placed tiles in the grid by Option-Click'n'Drag. - You can shift all those tiles in one go with the arrows keys. Chocoletters is a $10 US shareware. Payments handled by Kagi. ChocolettersVF 1.5.7 is the French version. Pierre Durand 14 rue de Montenegro 71200 Le Creusot France http://perso.club-internet.fr/pierre07 [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/chocoletters-fr-157.hqx; 745 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Brian Kelley To: Subject: [*] Dhammapada 1.1 Dhammapada--The Essential Dharma version 1.1 The Dhammapada is a collection of 423 Buddhist verses, arranged into 26 chapters by topic. It is said by many to contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings, and is one of the best-loved works in the Pali Canon. This application generates a verse of the Dhammapada each time it is opened, making it a nice addition to the Startup Items folder. In addition, the entire text of the Dhammapada is available for browsing and reading in the conventional, linear way. Individual verses and chapters can be saved as text files and printed from the File menu, and the Edit menu allows copying of the text. If you encounter any unfamiliar terms, there is a "Useful Definitions" item under the Apple menu. Version 1.1 was updated to use Navigation Services This application is offered as a free gift of Dharma. ³ [Archived as /info-mac/info/dhammapada-11.hqx; 1627 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] DupliMizer 1.5 DupliMizer 1.5 What is it? AppleScript program that duplicates and optimizes your entire web folder in one pass. Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: shareware US$8.00 MacOS: 7.6 or later Abstract: DupliMizer is an AppleScript program that duplicates your web folder and optimizes all the web pages contained by it. Drag your web folder to the program's icon and your whole web site is optimized in one pass! There is a limit to the hierarchical depth that DupliMizer can handle: EIGHT levels, which must be sufficient in practically all cases. A detailed log is available. You need the Scripting Addition (osax) "ACME Script Widgets". New is you have 5 preference settings plus info on the time that's needed to do the job. MacOS 7.6 or later is required. -- Ton Brand Ton's Software http://www.spidernet.nl/~ton_brand [Archived as /info-mac/disk/duplimizer-15.hqx; 116 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Konrad Mitchell Lawson To: Subject: [*] Flashcard Wizard - Advanced Flashcard Software Flashcard Wizard (0.95) is a flashcard application with dozens of features, most powerful of which are its "Interval Study" features. To help students study for long term retention of information, Flashcard Wizard's Interval Study features spreads review of information over longer periods of time. Designed originally to assist in the study of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, Flashcard Wizard is fully compatible with non-Roman scripts any any of the Macs Language Kits if installed. The application is fully customizable to every user's study needs with almost a dozen preference panels, import/export options, and over a hundred preferences. Flaschard Wizard comes with with online and offline help files, balloon help, and tooltips to help new users and those who wish to master Flaschard Wizard's more advanced features. A PowerPC with system 7.5 or greater is required. The program is $18 shareware. After July 1st users have 50 uses of the program at which time Interval Study and User features will disable until registration. Help files, awards, reviews, screenshots, and other information about Flashcard Wizard can be found at: http://www.foolsworkshop.com/fw.html [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/flashcard-wizard-095.hqx; 2591 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Michel Pollet To: Subject: [*] Folder Compare 2.0 Released Folder Compare allows a user complete control over the content of two similar folders. Unlike fully automated utilities, you, as the user, will be able to choose what to do with the differences found in the folders. Fully scriptable, Folder Compare will permit any customization. In fact, all file related operations are made using the MacOS Finder, from a user-customizable AppleScript. Folder Compare uses the latest technologies found in Mac OS 9, and a Carbon version is already ready to be released with MacOS X. Folder Compare is a $15 Shareware. Secure online registration is provided by Kagi's Secure Ordering Site Michel Pollet [Archived as /info-mac/disk/folder-compare-20.hqx; 360 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Vincent Jalby To: Subject: [*] FontBuddy 2.0 [ftp:FontBuddy-2.0.sea.hqx] FontBuddy 2.0 [2000/05/30] by Vincent Jalby, vjalby@kagi.com http://members.aol.com/vjalby/ French and Japanese versions will be available soon. Product description -------------------- FontBuddy 2 is a Font Viewer. It shows all the characters of any font. It provides keystroke(s), ASCII and Unicode for any characters. It can print samples of both installed and uninstalled fonts. It is easy to use and MacOS 9 savvy. New in this version ------------------- FontBuddy 2 is the new version of FontBuddy. It was almost completely rewritten. There are many new features and improvements, including: New user interface, New online help New font browser to view and print uninstalled fonts Better font information New "Font Inspector" to track duplicate fonts Support for ATM/Suitcase, Japanese 2-byte fonts, drag and drop, Support for any keyboard English, French and Japanese versions Localized printout in 10 languages And much more... System Requirements ------------------- FontBuddy 2 requires a Power Macintosh with MacOS 8.1 and later. Shareware Fee ------------- FontBuddy is distributed as Shareware. A license for a single user will cost $20 ($100 for a Site License, $200 for a WorldWide License). Upgrade from previous version costs $10. [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-buddy-20.hqx; 1141 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Jean-Pierre Curcio To: Subject: [*] GestLab 1.1 - The ultimate Gestalt Manager tool GestLab is a tool that allows you to check all Gestalt selectors posted by Mac OS or by any other piece of software. It is also a database including information about your system environment. You see not only some technical infos but also understandable interpretation of most codes (in English). There are too many features in GestLab to be listed here (a mini doc is included). You have to know that GestLab user interface needs at least Appearance Manager 1.0.1 (version found in Mac OS 8.1 and next). So, if your machine has at least Mac OS 8.1, use GestLab. With older systems, continue to use the older Gestalt.Appl. GestLab main goal is to maintain the more exhaustive Gestalt selector database. When using it, if your configuration is displaying info not yet in the database (what it is very easy to realize, this info is displayed in red), don't hesitate to send it to me: I'll analyse it and update the database for the next release. Your collaboration is essential in this domain. Version 1.1 features a database separated from application (database #6 included in this package), direct links to author's Web site to update database and application, modification of Gestalt values and better theme support. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/gestlab-11.hqx; 577 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Jean-Pierre Curcio To: Subject: [*] GestLab F-1.1 - L'outil ultime du Gestalt Manager GestLab est un outil qui permet d'examiner tous les selecteurs Gestalt postes par Mac OS ou n'importe quel autre logiciel. C'est aussi une base de donnees qui inclut des informations sur votre environnement systeme. Vous voyez non seulement des infos techniques mais aussi une interpretation comprehensible de la plupart des codes (en francais). Il y a beaucoup trop de fonctionnalites dans GestLab pour les lister ici (une mini doc est incluse). Il faut savoir que l'interface utilisateur de GestLab exige la presence de l'Appearance Manager 1.0.1 minimum (version incluse dans Mac OS 8.1 et suivantes). Donc, si vous avez Mac OS 8.1, utilisez GestLab. Avec des systemes plus anciens, continuez a utiliser le vieux Gestalt.Appl. Le but principal de GestLab est de maintenir une base de selecteurs Gestalt la plus exhaustive possible. Si, lors de son utilisation, votre configuration affiche des informations qui n'y sont pas encore (ce qui est evident, puisque ces infos sont affichees en rouge), n'hesitez surtout pas a me l'envoyer : je l'analyserai et mettrai la base a jour pour la version suivante. Votre collaboration est essentielle dans ce domaine. La version 1.1 propose une base de donnees separee de l'application (base #6 incluse dans ce package), des liens directs avec le site Web de l'auteur pour la mise a jour de la base et de l'application, la modification de la valeur des selecteurs et un meilleur support des themes. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/gestlab-fr-11.hqx; 589 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: "Bruno Di Gleria" To: Subject: [*] GetChar FKEY 1.04 GetChar FKEY 1.04 ¨2000, Bruno Di Gleria Via Basaldella 10 33100 UDINE - ITALY e-mail: mixage@kagi.com http://www.geocities.com/mixage This FKEY opens a window that shows all characters available in the current font. Select any character to insert it in the active document. GetChar FKEY 1.04 works on any Mac with system 7.1 or greater. GetChar FKEY is FREEWARE! New in release 1.04: Ç Under certain circumstances, the keyboard equivalents were not drawn properly. This has been fixed. Ç Mac OS 9 compatible. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/get-char-fkey-104.hqx; 20 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 2000 From: Bruno Blondeau To: Subject: [*] iOrganize 2.5 - A multipurpose organizer : NotePad, Address Book, iOrganize is a multipurpose application ($15 Shareware), aimed at replacing the MacOS NotePad. 3 modules are included : - NotePad : the first module of iOrganize was created to improve on the original system NotePad. Use iOrganize the same as you would the original NotePad, but with a lot of new features, as well as a clean and efficient user interface. Organize your notes in several categories, store email or web addresses (thanks to its ability to use your Internet applications), and even import your old NotePad file into iOrganize to make the transition easy. - ContactPad : Are you looking for an easy-to-use address book? Then ContactPad is what you are looking for! With many useful features, such as Internet links, it allows you to easily store everything you need. - AliasPad : Organize your files without worrying about their physical location on your disks. AliasPad tracks your files even if you move or rename them, in much the same way Finder aliases work. However, AliasPad lets you store as many aliases as you want in one centralized location, rather than multiplying countless desktop files! Use it as an application launcher, a small MP3 play list, or to organize files by their type or function, without having to regroup them on your disk. ithout having to regroup them on your disk. Requirements : - PowerPC only - MacOS 7.1.2 or +. Takes advantage of MacOS 8 and 9 features. iOrganize can be freely distributed (including on CD-Roms) as long as the package remains complete. Web Site : http://www.brunoblondeau.com/iorganize [Archived as /info-mac/app/iorganize-25.hqx; 878 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:30:15 -0400 From: Peter & Nancy Engels To: donwebb@attcanada.ca, digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] PB G3 - Centris connection? I suspect that your problem is due to the fact that the Centirs will not recognize or run under OS 8.5.1. As I recall, OS 8.0 is the last OS that will run on a 68040 machine. Pete ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 10:15:08 +0100 From: rlim@roughguides.co.uk (Richard Lim) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Crash-happy blue-and-white G3 It's been a very long time since I posted anything to this list, and the fact I'm doing so now indicates the level of frustration I've reached with the above problem. I'm the proud-ish owner of a refurbished blue-and-white G3 400/DVD, which replaced my ageing Performa 6200 (which is clearly where the pride comes in - the leap in speed, though predictable, is still pretty astounding). The problem is that my new G3 is the most crash-prone machine I've seen since the days of System 7.5.x. It crashes seemingly randomly - eg in the Finder, in the middle of an FTP transfer with Fetch - and hard, such that half the time you're not dropped into Macsbug, and the rest of the time you can get back out to the Finder only to have the machine freeze completely. The machine is running MacOS 9.0.4 (did a clean install), ATM 4.5.2, AppleScript 1.4.3. It crashes with base extensions, with or without VM, with or without additional fonts installed besides the ones OS 9 ships with, and with or without Macsbug (6.6). I have tried taking out the Power PC Enabler 9.0.4 as some people say it causes problems - that didn't help though. I was going to say it doesn't crash when I boot from the OS 9 CD, which would indicate an extensions conflict; that said, I have seen it crash once when booted from the CD - I was opening one of the Readme files in Simple Text and the machine froze. Having spent a few hours each day wrestling with the machine, I'm beginning to wonder if it could be some kind of hardware problem. It could, I suppose, be a defective DIMM (the machine has 128 Mb of memory and may have been upgraded at some point), though the memory clearly passes the tests on startup. The machine contains an Adaptec 2906 SCSI card and G3 stealth port adapter - it crashes whether or not the extensions for these are enabled. There don't appear to be any problems with directory structure (Disk First Aid doesn't report any - besides, I reformatted the hard drive with Drive Setup when I got the machine a couple of weeks ago, and have updated the disk drivers). Any suggestions on how to get this beast to behave would be appreciated (except for reverting to 8.6 - I never wanted OS 9, but you simply can't get hold of an 8.6 installer now; I do have the 8.5 installer/8.6 updater but they don't work on this machine). Thanks. R. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 07:07:49 +0200 From: Marc Heusser To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #94 In article <8hk6s7$11us$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu>, "abrody@smart.net" wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:28:35 -0400 ... > Subject: (Q) wanted, duplicator, and ftp server program info > > > Dear Digest readers, ... > > Free FTP servers are a plenty for the PC, but so far I haven't seen > one for the Mac, or know which PC FTP server is better than others. ... > > Thank you. > Sincerely, > abrody@smart.net Have you tried Netpresenz or in the usual mac archives? Shareware from Peter Lewis. Marc -- Marc Heusser; marc.heusser@heusser.com -- Marc Heusser marc.heusser@heusser.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:43:19 -0500 From: Chaz Larson To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: lost hard disk space > >Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 22:16:22 -0400 > >From: "abrody@smart.net" > >To: digest@info-mac.org > >Subject: (Q) lost hard disk space > > > >Dear Digest readers, >>Oh I am aware of the block/byte scenario on hard disks, but is that >>all there is to explain why hard drives from major manufacturers are > >losing up to 7% of their space every time they are formatted? Two main reasons. Marketing and Marketing. First: inflation of actual capacity for marketing purposes. Quantum, for one, uses a 1MB = 1000KB scale when figuring drive capacity for marketing purposes. The OS, on the other hand, uses 1MB = 1024KB. So, lets say you have a drive with a raw unformatted capacity of 10,000 KB. Quantum would describe this as a 10Mb drive [10,000 / 1000], while the OS sees it as a 9Mb drive [10,000 / 1024]. I believe Quantum does the same with GB; 1GB = 1000MB. This enables them to market a given drive with a bigger number on the box. Second: no allowance for format in marketed size. Drive manufacturers advertise the "unformatted capacity" of their drives, again to be able to put the largest possible number on the box. Formatting the disk takes up some space, which further reduces the amount of space available to store data. Add to these things the possibly considerable amount of slack space on the drive caused by a large allocation block size, and a drive which has a very large unformatted capacity can end up being full with considerably less data on it than one would expect. chazl -- Meet James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter. Dig him up and shake his hand; Appreciate the man! - They Might Be Giants, Meet James Ensor Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 08:54:45 +0200 From: "Walter Stroever" To: Subject: Using Files on a mac by a PC? Hi all, I have a PowerMac acting as a file server for a mixed Mac/Wintel network. Is it possible for a PC (using NT4) to use files located on a Mac? What software has to be run on the Mac (Shareware/Freeware) to achieve this? (I'm now running an ftp server, but it's not very friendly for the PC guys) TIA walter -- -------------------------------------------------- Walter A. Str÷ver VDE-VERLAG Merianstr. 29 D-63069 Offenbach E-Mail walter_stroever@vde-verlag.de -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************