Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #260 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 29 Nov 97 Volume 15 : Issue 260 Today's Topics: [*] Calendar Conversion-MacOS program [*] HeartWood [*] Personal_Calendar (Q) AC adaptor on PB 5300c 6300-6500 tv/-video cards 7200 Upgradability (Q) [MarcsTalk 001] MacPlus Mouse wanted [MarcsTalk 005] MacPlus Mouse wanted [MarcsTalk 033] SORRY! [Q] Some features of 630 DOS/Compatible Configuring Mac Clock To Atomic Clock Via Modem dead motherboard in PowerBook 170 FileMaker Print to File? HELP Sloooow Ethernet with Megahertz Cruise Card Info-Mac Digest V15 #258/Al's DE Rant internal floppy drive 1.44 LC 475 problem....date time LocalTalk Color StyleWriter 2500 problem old SE and an HP printer Problem displaying Floppy files under MacOS8 Quicken 98 Startup Screens Summary [Genealogy] unix -> eudora mail converter [Q] Unknown extensions, need identification 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. 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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 V15 #260" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 12:37:22 -0700 From: PandaSystems@PandaCorner.com Subject: [*] Calendar Conversion-MacOS program Calendar Conversion is a small program that converts dates between the Gregorian, Julian and, Jewish calendar systems. Version 1.2 - Added monthly calendars, cancel buttons, and reduced the size of the conversion windows. Version 1.1.1 - Fixed a bug in the Jewish Calendar code on 68K(68020-68040) processors. Version 1.1 adds support for mutiple windows. For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our Web page: http://www.PandaCorner.com/ Thanks, Panda Systems http://www.PandaCorner.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/calendar-conversion-12.hqx; 105K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 12:36:40 -0700 From: lajones@snet.net Subject: [*] HeartWood HeartWood=81 (Release 3.0) is genealogy with a human face. HeartWood is a program for both the serious researcher and the amateur family historian. Graphically based, HeartWood can Add, Change, or Find information about your family tree by the simple "click" of an Icon. The program will actually draw your family tree for you! The program integrates the easy display of precious family pictures with "thumbnail" photos directly on a person's record. Unlike traditional programs that simply display names and draw confusing lines among these names, HeartWood will draw a tree of icons for easier understanding and more enjoyment. And with release 3.0's addition of the unique "Family-Go-Round", enjoying and understanding multiple generations of families has become even easier! Complete documentation of all HeartWood capabilities is integrated into the online Help features. HeartWood produces all traditional reports like Pedigree Charts, Lineage Charts, etc. The program supports importing/ exporting of data in both GEDCOM and simple text formats. Hardware requirements are a PowerPC base Macintosh (or Clone) and 4 MB of memory. HeartWood is shareware and available for $35. Contact HeartWood Software Inc., P.O.Box 5190, BayView Station, Bridgeport, CT 06610 Tele: (203) 374-7481, email=3D heartwood@snet.net. =46or more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed. Thanks, Larry Jones HeartWood Software Inc. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/heartwood.hqx; 2770K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 12:37:24 -0700 From: kotka@powernet.net Subject: [*] Personal_Calendar Personal_Calendar is an Microsoft Excel 5.0 template for creating calendars with your personal holidays or schedules. Extremely simple to use, comes with color code instructions. Just enter dates and holidays or schedules, click and print. Prints out 11"x 8.5" monthly calendars. Good thru the years 1905 to 2078. Thank you, Jim Kotka [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/personal-calendar.hqx; 113K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 23:06:02 +0900 From: Tito and Shari Poza Subject: (Q) AC adaptor on PB 5300c I've had a PowerBook 5300c for about 2 years and recently have been having problems getting the AC adaptor to work. I bought a new AC adaptor which seemed to go bad quickly. It smoked and melted (it looked like it had been bent slightly afterwards) while my husband was jiggling it around trying to get it to work (I have since told him not to do this!). We replaced the melted AC adaptor with yet another new one but still continue to have problems getting the AC adaptor to make contact and provide power continuously. The problem appears to be that contact isn't being made but *not* because of broken wires in the adaptor (perhaps because the jack on the back of the computer is bent, dirty or suffering some sort of other problem). My questions are: 1. Is this a "known" problem with the 5300 series (along with all the other problems)? 2. Am I unlucky with the adaptors or do I need to replace the jack on the back of the computer? 3. If I do need to replace it, does anyone have any idea what it's going to cost? 4. Any quick, easy and cheap ways to fix this? Any advice or comments would be very appreciated. Thanks, Shari ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:52:39 +0000 From: Klaas Meerstra Subject: 6300-6500 tv/-video cards Hi I've a Performa 6300 and a 6500 I want to take out the tv/-video cards and put them in my 6500 I tried to fit it in and that ok, but I don't have the guts to turn on my 6500 Somebody with expierience ?? cleasnot@cybercomm.nl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:00:04 -0500 From: abrody1@mail.ameritel.net Subject: 7200 Upgradability (Q) Dear Digest, Every Mac from the II until the 7200/75 was upgradable to at least the next level of CPU power with a NuBus expansion card. Every Mac since the 7200 has been upgradable by a daughtercard expansion, and even the Blackbird Powerbooks could be upgraded to PowerPC with a CPU swap. Now then why haven't I seen in the "MacWorld" magazine or anywhere else a 604 PowerPC upgrade for the 7200? It has 3 PCI slots, what makes it impossible to tell the computer's motherboard to ignore the 601 CPU and to accept a 604 or 604e in the PCI slot? Why hasn't anyone made a CPU upgrade for the 7200/75? Is there something in the 7200 that makes it inherantly none-upgradable? At the time I got the 7200, it would have cost an extra $500 just to get a 7500 putting it out of my price range. Now that maybe soon I'll be able to afford an upgrade I am wondering how and if any might finally be possible. Am I not alone in this anguish? Sure I can add on Cache cards, but that is a very limited speed boost. So I can max out my RAM at 256MB, but still it isn't the same as having a CPU that will support VirtualPC with Windows 95, or BeOS, all of which require at least a 603e processor. So someone please end this nightmare by making an upgrade path for the 7200/75. Motherboard swaps are too expensive. Please respond to my e-mail address: abrody@vax.clarku.edu concerning any info you might have on upgrades available. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@vax.clarku.edu abrody1@mail.ameritel.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 97 12:06:39 +0100 From: Marc Mennigmann Subject: [MarcsTalk 001] MacPlus Mouse wanted Hi! I'm looking for a mouse for my MacPlus. Any offers? Happy Thanksgiving, Marc -- Marc Mennigmann mennigmamm@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/mennigmann/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 08:17:54 -0500 (EST) From: Kevin Lee Subject: [MarcsTalk 005] MacPlus Mouse wanted How will a gravis mouse stick work? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 97 17:16:22 +0100 From: Marc Mennigmann Subject: [MarcsTalk 033] SORRY! SORRY FOR ALL THE LIST STUFF! My apologies for all the list trash you got the last hours. As you might know I made up two mailinglists some days ago. The first mail that started this thing I originally wanted to post via my simple 'News' list. The other thing I made wrong is, that I put all addresses of the 'News' list into the 'Talk' list too. Sorry for that. I will remove ALL addresses from the talk list NOW. If you want to subscribe to this list again (to have some conversation about my applications, as it was meant to be) you can come to my homapage again to subscribe. Sorry again & Happy Thanksgiving anyway, Marc Mennigmann -- Marc Mennigmann mennigmamm@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/mennigmann/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 23:06:36 +0100 From: "Gregory M. Gabriel" Subject: [Q] Some features of 630 DOS/Compatible I'm considering purchasing a LC/Performa 630 DOS/Compatible but I have some questions about some features of that Macintosh and I wondered if someone out there who knows more about that specific Mac than I do could provide me with some more information. Ok... the questions: - IDE. I heard wild rumors about it eg. that 512 MB is the limit and that you would need EIDE to access more and last but not least that if you are spoiled with SCSI, IDE would be a disappointment. Are any of these claims true or can I just pop in a 1GB hard disk when I finally managed to scrape the money together for it? What type of IDE (vanilla or Enhanced) does the LC 630 have? What do I have to keep an eye on while using IDE, eg. incompatible software, special drivers? - The PC Card contains a 486DX2@66Mhz (*shiver*) with 4 MB of RAM. Rumors and fellow MacUsers in my immediate vicinity say that when using this PC component there is a penalty on the overall system performance. Myth or Fact? Also, are there things I have to keep in mind when using it? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated... Gregory Gabriel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 97 21:32:08 -0600 From: Lanny Chambers Subject: Configuring Mac Clock To Atomic Clock Via Modem >>I am wondering what people would suggest to set my PPC 8100's internal >>clock to a Master (Atomic) clock. I have been using Jean-Pierre Gachen's >>AutoClock 1.4.4 for a while, but with my new Practical Peripherals 56k >>(x2) modem there is some difficulty and I can't seem to find AutoClock's >>author to discuss. > >It strikes me that for most Internet users, it's a lot easier to set your >clock using the Network Time Protocol, so you're only a few hops away from >an atomic clock. No need to mess with a modem or calling a number - just >run Vremya or Network Time (both of which are in the HyperArchive). However, AutoClock also adjusts your Mac's internal clock automatically whenever it's off by more than one second at startup--PLUS it does the daylight savings time thing. This is pretty useful if 1) you're a mere mortal and that's good enough accuracy for you (sheesh!), 2) you can't seem to remember to use Vremya on a regular basis, and 3) DST causes enough disruption in your life as it is. I also enjoy having my computer do this sort of thing (i.e., stuff it can do better than I can) on its own. The problem with the X2 modem probably stems from incompatibility with the slower 14.4k modem at the other end. One could try locking the modem port to a slower rate, or forcing a slower rate via init string (way fun in OT, fer shoor). Lanny Chambers (lanny@derived.com) St. Louis, USA Visit the Hummingbird Page: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:23:20 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: dead motherboard in PowerBook 170 Joni Julian wrote: > I have (had?) a PowerBook 170. While testing what I ~thought~ was an >external 2.5" SCSI HD case, I burned out one of the power transistors on >the motherboard, an IRFR 9020. Oddly enough, the PowerBook ran for >another week before shutting itself down, never to start again. The >scorch marks are convincing, so I blame the transistor and not other >causes. (I didn't do anything taxing after that SCSI test failed and >let the magic stink out of the power transistor.) The transistor seems >to be irreplaceable, so I need a new motherboard. The daughtercard and >other internals like 6 MB memory should be fine. I'm having some >trouble finding a replacement 170 motherboard, but I've seen a few >PowerBook 145B motherboard available. The PowerBook 145B fits in the >same case, has the same ID on the ROM, and has the same 25 MHz data bus. > My FPU is on the daughtercard, so can I just put in a 145B motherboard >with all the rest of my 170 and have a PowerBook 170 again? Or is there >some hidden gotcha waiting to bite me? Well, I have a PowerBook 180 that my daughter took to school, and someone crushed the electric box thing while it was in the protective carrying case, and the box thing pressed on the screen and ruined it, and it would cost $500 to replace it! So I have a PowerBook 180 motherboard and everything else. In fact, the Powerbook runs fine when attached to another monitor - it's really just the screen that was destroyed. Would a 180 motherboard fit into a 170?? Daly Daly Jessup mailto:jessup@san.rr.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 11:11:43 -0700 From: tedlogan@busprod.com (Ted Logan) Subject: FileMaker Print to File? I would like to print FileMaker Pro 3.0 reports to a file (or multiple files) as I used to do so easily years back in CP/M and early DOS, but have been told, "No can do." I understand why (I think) but figure someone somewhere has written a "Prnt2Fil" program for FMP. Suggestions welcomed. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. tedlogan@busprod.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 07:21:21 -0500 From: Claude Bellavance Subject: HELP Sloooow Ethernet with Megahertz Cruise Card I've recently installed system 8 on a PowerBook 5300. Since then, the XJAEM 3336 Megahertz Ethernet-modem PC card doesn't work properly. I re-installed the drivers from the originals diskettes. The computer now sees the Ethernet device, but the network goes really slooooowly (just like it was before with system 7.5.2)! It seems to me I've read something on that subject on InfoMac a few months ago. Thanks. Claude Bellavance ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:05:20 -0500 From: macman@eagleweb.net (Cusumano, Charles) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #258/Al's DE Rant [ A copy of this message has been posted to the newsgroup ] [ comp.sys.mac.digest ] I'd like to add my comments re: Disk Essentials. I had no problems loading or using the Program. I did run into the " ---you must use Disk Essentials to run the associated programs---- caution. Of interest is that you can't save your repaired files to the "disk you are repairing" so I just launched AppDisk and saved it to that--No problem. I also experienced the Norton/Disk Essentials fix-a-fix. Mine was a Volume Bit Map issue. I ran DE follo"wing each warm/ cold start and each time got a "Volume Bit Map error to fix. Was it real or not (I'd kinda vote for not).It did find a bunch of incorrectly dated files which it fixed (all of these were Microsoft Internet Explorer cache files). Al failed to mention that DE comes with a separate floppy containing Disk Express II v.2.21a. It's a nice little HD optimizing program.It allows you to schedule regular file defrag's and optimizations. What I liked most is that you can run it without quitting everythig and starting up off of a CD/Floppy ala Norton. Just start a Ram Disk to save files to during the repairs. Cost is a little steep though. About $129. (as I recall) With Apple coming out with a HFS+ Driver, will this NEW version of DE work with it? I've got a call into RecallUSA. I'll keep ya posted. Check it out Charles Cusumano macman@eagleweb.net Power Computing Power Base 200/OS 8 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 21:30:37 -0500 (EST) From: brdicker@vt.edu (Dorothea Dickerson) Subject: internal floppy drive 1.44 I am looking for a replacement floppy drive for my MacIIci. Or perhaps an external one would work? All I have found so far is a $109 replacement drive. Any ideas? Costs? Thanks Dorothea Dickerson Scribio Writing & Editing 2722 Quincy Court Blacksburg, VA 24060 (540) 552-4732 ------------------------------ Date: 26 Nov 1997 22:32:23 GMT From: "E.D.F. Boegman" Subject: LC 475 problem....date time Can anyone help! Got some problems starting up a mac lc 475. After starting up it displays the message: "Date and time are not set properly" I've already zapped my PRAM and rebuild my desktop. Also replaced the battery. Someone told me there must be a reset button on the main board find it Any suggestions??? Also can anyone tell me which version of apples system software runs without problems on a lc 475 Greetings....and thanks Eus ebmacart@euronet.nl ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 01:50:21 +0100 From: Arild Eugen Johansen Subject: LocalTalk Color StyleWriter 2500 problem Dear person with knowledge: I am usually the one who helps people to do this and that with their Mac and this I have been doing faithfully for 12 years all the time. Now I am suddenly in need of help: I have a Color StyleWriter 2500 with an AppleTalk attachment so that I can print over LocalTalk. I've used the attachment and not used it depending upon whether I use StyleScript that I don't have for AppleTalk. But since System 8, whenever I try to Choose the 2500 directly from the Printer cable I am told that another application is using the port, after I have first been told to switch AppleTalk off. No matter what I do, I am not able to select the Printer port, it reverts back to Modem port. So then in order to work around it, I attached the AppleTalk adapter and thought I could try to print over the LocalTalk network. But no matter how much I try, I cannot remember how I get the 2500 set up as a network printer! Can anyone help me? Arild ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:23:21 -0800 (PST) From: Daly Jessup Subject: old SE and an HP printer I tried to help a lady tonight who had just bought an old SE from a former client of mine. (In fact, we had to call him about some diskettes while I was there, and he told me he had replaced the old Mac with a Pentium, and it was a big mistake - the Pentium keeps doing what it isn't supposed to and is driving him crazy). Anyway, she got herself a nice little Mac SE running MacWrite, MacPaint and MacDraw, and attached to an HP DeskWriter printer with no model number on it. It's OLD. When she prints, she's getting jaggies. I installed all the fonts I could find around using the Font/DA Mover, but I really can't remember much about these old models. Do the printer fonts stay right in the System folder? She was getting jaggies whatever she printed, though I brought home one of her documents to my nice modern PowerMac and printed to my Laser Printer and there were no jaggies at all. So I assume the problem is with the printer or its driver. Did those old DeskWriters always make jaggies, or do I need to find some special HP fonts to make it print better? One other thing - whenever she tried to print using Geneva 12, Helvetica 12 or Times 12, we'd get this flashing empty error message window - the kind that makes you restart the computer. I reinstalled her System 6.0.8 from a newly-downloaded copy I brought her, but couldn't run Disk First Aid because it wouldn't run. She also gets occasional "Address Error" messages, so I assume that I need to erase and reformat her drive. She's busy backing up to floppies. I was unable to find a SCSI connector at the back of the computer. I wanted to attach my Jaz drive. Did I miss it? Or did that model have no external SCSI port? Sorry for all the questions. I'd like to help her out, but I forgot too much. Oh, one last thing. She has the HP printer driver version 2.2. Does anyone know what is the latest version of HP DeskWriter printer driver that would work on an SE running system 6.0.8? And if you do know, do you know where I could get it? HP's site is way too modern for stuff like this. Whew! Hope someone can help with some of this! Daly Daly Jessup mailto:jessup@san.rr.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 15:39:39 +0000 From: dinosaur Subject: Problem displaying Floppy files under MacOS8 Hi there. Since installing MacOS8 the other day, I've had a curious problem viewing the contents of folders on some of my floppy disks. My PowerMac 7300/166 64/2Gb will write to them happily, but when it comes to displaying the contents of the folders it takes way too long. And it only really seems to happen with .htm files, but not .gif .jpg or .doc Word files. Most of the stuff I use with floppies is PC formatted stuff, as I use the disks to transfer web page documents to the PC's (yech!) at my university. I thought the problem could be some kind of incompatibility between PC Exchange and OS8, as it never happened before whemn I was running 7.5.5 . On some disks though, it will read and display them fine. On the duff ones, it gives me the watch symbol while it tries to display the icons, and I can't do anything else in the meantime. Please can someone help me out via email direct, Many thanks, James. -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | jAMES bEARD - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2511/ | | It's only talk. | +---------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 10:49:18 -0800 From: Buzz Bennetts Subject: Quicken 98 Hi Folks: The Mac community needs help with Quicken 98. There is no way to contact Intuit about it on their Web page, and calling their tech support is at our expense. Worst of all, though, is the fact that major problems have existed since it’s release. We have no way to know what, if anything, is going on. The problems are that Quickfill Memorized Transactions and Memorized Reports were deleted at conversion from Quicken 7. They cannot be reestablished. For me in my business, those are major problems. Quicken telephone support acknowledges the problems, but has no fix. The web site doesn’t even acknowledge the problems. We need both info from Intuit about progress, and a prompt updater to fix the problems. Any help you can give would be great for lots of us. Thanks! Buzz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:30:30 -0700 From: Don Chesnut and Cathy Jo Cassidy Subject: Startup Screens I have a folder full of Autotypers. Just drop the image file on the icon and it converts it to the type you want. One of them is a "startup screen" autotyper. I have no idea where I got it but it works. Maybe you could do a keywork search in one of the archives. The program "GIF Converter" also allows you to save images in the startup screen format. Just open and save. Hope this helps. Don ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 22:11:17 +0100 From: grundy@enterprise.net (Peter Grundy) Subject: Summary [Genealogy] I think I have replied personally to all who replied to my query about a geneaolgy programme. If I have missed you... sorry. Here is a summary of all the replies. The latest MacWorld (January 1998? on page 50) had reviews of three different Mac genealogy commercial programs. http://www.macworld.com/pages/january.98/Reviews.4118.html Check out Reunion (www.leisterpro.com). They have just put out a new version (5). Their web site has a demo. The latest version of Gene is 4.2; you can find it in the info-mac archives or at http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/gene/ One shareware product is Heritage 3.11. http://www.eskimo.com/~grandine/heritage.html A commercial program called Reunion. They just put out a new version (5). http://www.leisterpro.com Family Tree Maker which sells for $55-90 depending on sale prices, rebates, etc. Many people expressed their preference, but as there were many and varied I decided to let others investigate and decide for themselves. Hope this is OK. Lobo. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:16:43 +0100 From: polder@cpro.dlo.nl (Gerrit Polder) Subject: unix -> eudora mail converter [Q] I need a unix mailfile to eudora converter, anybody knows such program/plugin ? Thanks, Gerrit. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:54:05 -0500 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: Unknown extensions, need identification Hi all. This message is for all those who might be able to help me identify these extensions I have laying around in my System Folder. Also, please tell me if I need any of them as I'm trying to trim the fat off of my MacOS 8.0. It would be helpful if the application using the following were also identified together with the company to which each extension is proprietary like Apple or makers of RealPlayer etc. TR20d VDOWave MS Video Decoder VivoActive G723 Decoder VivoActive Siren Decoder VivoActive Video Decoder Voxware MetaSound (PPC) Voxware MetaVoice (PPC) Voxware VDK v1.1.6 (PPC) Voxware VDK v1.1.w (PPC) Cheers! Zafar A. Punjani Please send mail to: zafar@itw.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************