Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #270 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 10 Dec 97 Volume 15 : Issue 270 Today's Topics: (A) What's the Status of Java on the Mac? (A)Finder Preferences File Damage (Q) Problem reading floppy disks (Q) What's the Status of Java on the Mac? (Q)Finder Preferences File Damage [A] Tri-Data Ethernet driver [A] Finder Preferences File Damage [Q] ZTerm and High Speed Modems [Wanted]: Good archival compression util [Wanted]: Good archival compression util Apple 21'' Mono monitor w/ Centris 650 problem Attaching files to email for Win95? Color StyleWriter 2200 Accessories email viruses email viruses Eudora addresses FileMaker Pro Question Looking for Twain? MATH CO-PROCESSSOR FOR MAC CLASSIC II Math Coprocessor / Norton Utilities Errors / SCSI ID for Modem Init site OS8 & Screen Snaps Woes PCMCIA modems and price differences 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 . 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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 #270" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 97 14:42:07 -0500 From: Chris Gervais Subject: (A) What's the Status of Java on the Mac? >I seem to remember that quite a few months ago the 1.1 version of the Java >Development Kit from Sun was supposed to be available for the Mac. I got >around to looking for it again the other day and saw no mention of it on >Sun's web site, which also indicated that the now long obsolete JDK 1.0.2 >was for Mac OS 7.x but *not* OS 8, leaving us out in the cold. The Macintosh Runtime for Java environment (MRJ) is up to version 2.0 supporting JDK 1.1.3 and is currently in beta-testing. Windows JDK versions are up to 1.1.5 to fix some Win32-specific bugs (I believe). If you go to and sign up for the MRJ developer's list, you'll be notified when new MRJ versions become available and instructions on how to download are provided. I wouldn't spend too much time looking for anything Mac-related on the java.sun.com site. They have very little info and only distribute Java code in .ZIP format for Window and .TAR for UNIX. I've been pretty successful in downloading Windows .ZIP files and using the classes with MRJ though. MRJ 2.0 is looking really solid...so far I've developed three in-house standalone Java applications that look like a well-behaved Mac OS application developed in C/C++/Pascal. Hopefully I'll be releasing a freeware app (an Extensions Manager on steroids) written entirely in Java as soon as MRJ 2.0 is released to the public so stay tuned! Hope this helps, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:24:56 -0500 From: Rick VanDerveer Subject: (A)Finder Preferences File Damage >As result of running Tech Tools (and subsequenty Norton Utilities) on my >PowerMac 6500/225 with OS 7.6.1, I discovered that I have a damaged Finder >Preferences File, which "should be replaced with a back-up copy". This >would explain why new settings in the "Views" control panel only worked >until the system was restarted, when everything reverted to default. > >Question: how do I do this? If I throw it away, will a new one be >automatically set up? After a recent HD crash and the painful rebuild of >all data, I am a little scared to play around! Fear not! Simply trash the Finder Prefs and immediately restart. The system will create a new one, and you don't loose any major settings. Corrupted Finder Prefs are fairly common. It's nothing to worry about. -Rick --- 'Networkable Mac Games' -- Your source for multiplayer gaming on the Mac. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:52:41 -0800 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Problem reading floppy disks My problem with reading floppy disks, about which I posted a question earlier, has evolved to this point: I have a disk that I can read in any startup configuration, except when I start with the SHIFT key down (all extensions off). This is the opposite of what one would expect if there were a software conflict with the system software. Does anyone have an idea of what could be the cause of the problem as described above? Thanks! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:06:33 -0600 (CST) From: Chaz Larson Subject: (Q) What's the Status of Java on the Mac? If you go here: You'll find MacOS Runtime for Java 1.5.1, and it's SDK, both of which are compatible with MacOS 8. They do not yet implement the 1.1 Java spec. MRJ 2.0 will do this; it is available as a developer seed now, and is suppsed to ship with 8.1. chazl - 12.9.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:07:10 -0600 (CST) From: Chaz Larson Subject: (Q)Finder Preferences File Damage At 9:22 AM -0400 12/9/97, Laurence Hawkins wrote: >...I have a damaged Finder >Preferences File, which "should be replaced with a back-up copy". >Question: how do I do this? If I throw it away, will a new one be >automatically set up? Yes. If you don't have a backup copy of your Finder Preferences file, just trash the broken one and restart. A new one will be created. chazl - 12.9.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:45:57 -0600 From: kane@urbana.css.mot.com (Patrick E Kane) Subject: [A] Tri-Data Ethernet driver I asked about software for a Tri-Data Systems Inc. Mac II Ethernet Interface card that I got for my old Mac IIsi. The answer is that that is one of the ethernet cards supported by MacOS 7.5.3. After coping the MacOS 7.5.3 CD to an EZ drive, hooking the EZ up to my IIsi and reinstalling the OS I am up on the net from my old IIsi. Thanks for the help! Pat --- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 23:08:44 +0100 From: Bo Bjulen Subject: [A] Finder Preferences File Damage At 09.22 -0400 1997-12-09, Laurence Hawkins wrote: >As result of running Tech Tools (and subsequenty Norton Utilities) on my >PowerMac 6500/225 with OS 7.6.1, I discovered that I have a damaged >Finder >Preferences File, which "should be replaced with a back-up copy". This >would explain why new settings in the "Views" control panel only worked >until the system was restarted, when everything reverted to default. > >Question: how do I do this? If I throw it away, will a new one be >automatically set up? Yes, many preferences files get damaged from time to time. They can be trashed and the application (Finder is an application, too) will create a new one when it is launched again.. You will loose the information stored in it, which might mean that settings revert to factory default or that registration data will be "forgotten", but Finder Preferences doesn't contain anything important. >After a recent HD crash and the painful rebuild of >all data, I am a little scared to play around! Well, play it safe: Put the file in the trash, restart the Mac and then empty the trash. -- Bo Bjulen mailto:bbjn@pobox.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:50:41 -0800 From: "Sisson, Mike" Subject: [Q] ZTerm and High Speed Modems I recently started using Z-Term with a Hayes Accura 56K modem. I have the modem set to show DCE-DCE connect speed. When I call a BBS and get a CONNECT 31200 or lower, everything seems to work fine. But, if I call and get a CONNECT 32000 or higher, after that all I get is a bunch of garbage. It really hoses up the Mac to the point that I sometimes have to restart to clear the serial port so that I can try again. I have checked the settings and all look to be OK (but obviously something is wrong). I have RTS/CTS handshaking on as well as XON/XOFF and I set the data speed to as high as ZTerm allows (which I believe is 230000). Any help in solving this puzzling dilemma would be appreciated. Mike Sisson sisson_md@vought.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:35:46 +0100 From: Thomas Rohde Subject: [Wanted]: Good archival compression util Dear Michael, you wrote: > I'd like to be able to archive some large files on my Mac (System >7.3). > [..] > Of course, I'd like to be able to uncompress them later. of course ;-) > Quicktime movies are among those files I'd like to compress. dunno whether you'll have much success with these, since QT already has some compression options. > What free/cheap utils will do this, and where would they be found? For "cheap" I'd suggest the wonderful "CompactPro", I don't know in which version it is now (1.5.1?), and -- more important -- I don't know whether the author is still developing it. You'll sure find it in InfoMac, somewhere, preferably under "Compression" or "Pack" or something like that. Lemme know if you don't find it, then I'll try and help. CompactPro is shareware. If you want to spill out a little more $$ and jump on the de-facto standard, then get the commercial product "StuffIt Deluxe 4.5" from Aladdin (get more info and sometimes special rebates @ aladdinsys.com). You'll also walk on the safer side this way, since StuffIt will be continued (at least I'd bet on that). I use it for all my archiving. It is a wonderful tool and gives you many options like de/compressing from the desktop with just a key combo or via simply appending ".sit" or ".sea" to your files/folders. Cool, huh? The folks at Aladdin also give out some of their drag-'n-drop utilities as shareware, as far as I know also "DropStuff". > Thanks for suggestions, you're welcome Hope this helps... Peace, Tom -- mailto:tom@bonobo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:29:15 -0600 From: baseball@overpriced.yep (Jeff) Subject: [Wanted]: Good archival compression util Try Compact Pro. Great pice of shareware. -- Jeff Johnson ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 97 22:55:47 +0000 From: Simon Bailey Subject: Apple 21'' Mono monitor w/ Centris 650 problem Would someone please tell me why the Apple Two Page Mono Monitor isn't working with my Centris 650? It's connected via original cable (plug comprises 3 x co-ax connectors + 2 rows x 5 pins) to the Mac II Workstation Video Card (WVC 1.0 - P/N 342-0245) designed for this display. I've tried each of the NuBus 3 slots. Although the card was produced way before the Centris, the standard Mac II Video Card works fine with this machine. The 2-Page card is not recognised by MacCheck or other diagnostic programs, tho' the Mac II card is. OS is 7.5.5. Quadra monitors extension is installed. I tried turning 32-bit and cache switch on and off, but no video on the 2-page. I installed the Two-Page card on a IIci and a Mac II and everything works fine. Is there any possible workaround for this setup? The card should give a 4 bit display, which would suit me fine. Otherwise, is there another, general purpose card compatible with this cable/monitor. Any help would be much appreciated - thanks. Simon Bailey ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:22:10 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: Attaching files to email for Win95? >I UUencode E-mail to Wintel people, and I've never heard one complain. In >fact, when I E-mail something to my Wintel machine at work, I do that, >and it looks just like an attachment that would have been sent from >another Wintel machine. There's nothing wrong with uuencode, assuming that you have nothing in the resource fork of your file. So, you can email a Word file using uuencode because everything's in the data fork. However, if you email an application, it will be destroyed because most of the code is in the resource fork. cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst --- "Eudora for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" available! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 97 13:10:46 CST From: Mike Sisson Subject: Color StyleWriter 2200 Accessories I work with a guy who buys computer parts by the truckload at auctions and then resells them. He deals only in PC type stuff, however. He recently came to me with some Mac equipment that found its way into a lot of PC components that he bought. The parts are an Apple Color StyleWriter 2200 Battery Attachment (M3618ZM/A) and two rechargable batteries for the Attachment (M4084G/A). (The Attachment itself already has a battery included.) He has no use for them and knows nothing about things Apple. He asked me (since he knows I'm a Mac-head) if I could find an interested party. I told him that this sounded like one of those things that Apple made but that really had no market. He said that he would even give them away to a good cause rather than trash them. We agreed that I would sell them for him to the highest bidder that I could find and that if I didn't get any bidders, he would agree to donate them to a school or charitable organization. So, I agreed to ask around. To date I have found no one that even owns a StyleWriter 2200 much less cares about making it portable. So I figured that I'd expand the search. Please contact me if you are interested in these items. No reasonable (or unreasonable)offer will be refused; including donating them to a bona fide charitable/educational organization. Mike Sisson sisson_md@vought.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:50:09 -0600 (CST) From: Chaz Larson Subject: email viruses At 6:42 PM -0600 12/5/97, John Bucy wrote: >My question is - is this still the case? Yes. The danger would be if you read your email in something like Microsoft Word, and an attachment to a piece of email contained a macro virus. However, note that in such a case reading the *email itself* does not spread the virus; reading the attachment does. The email isn't carrying the virus, the attachement is. chazl - 12.9.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:22:18 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: email viruses >In TIDBits#256 it was stated - CIAC says that at this time there are no >known viruses which can infect merely through the >reading of an email message. >My question is - is this still the case? Yes, as far as I know. The problem is that email clients receive 7-bit ASCII and don't interpret included code, so there's no way to include self-running code within an email message. The only way to become infected from an email message is if it contains a Trojan horse attachment that you run manually, at which point it's your own fault. :-) cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst --- "Eudora for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" available! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:27:43 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: Eudora addresses >I've just started using Eudora instead of Netscape for e-mail and I have >a couple of questions I hope someone can help me with. > >1) Is it possible to import an address book from Netscape 3 to Eudora 3? I don't know of any way to do this automatically, although I haven't researched it carefully. However, I did just take a look at the Netscape AddressBook.html file and the Eudora Nicknames file, and wrote a NisusWriter macro that can convert between them (I don't know if it's perfect, but it worked on my samples). If anyone wants the macro, just let me know. >2) How do you set up Eudora to deal with multiple mail accounts, without >manually changing the settings file each time. Definite FAQ here. :-) (Shamless Plug: I cover this and gobs more in my latest book, "Eudora for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" - you can learn more and see Eudora tips and news at my site at: ) The trick is to make a new folder, put a _copy_ of the Eudora Settings file in that folder, and launch Eudora by double-clicking on the Eudora Settings file. Then you can configure the second Eudora Settings file however you want. From then on, just make sure to launch Eudora by double-clicking the settings files (make aliases with different names and put them in your Apple Menu Items folder, for instance). cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst --- "Eudora for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" available! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 10:50:17 -0600 (CST) From: Chaz Larson Subject: FileMaker Pro Question At 12:39 PM -0500 12/6/97, Edward W. Ver Hoef wrote: >This means clearing out the values in several >fields within each record but doing nothing to destroy the record >structure, i.e., the fields will all continue to exist, they will simply be >empty. I can't think of a neat, non-brute-force way to do this. Repeat for each field you want to clear: 1. Find All Records. 2. Go to the first record. 3. Clear the desired field. 4. With the cursor in the "target field", hit cmd-= or choose "Replace" from the Mode menu. 5. In the dialog that appears, confirm that you want to replace the contents of this field in every record with "". 6. Wait. 7. Go to step 1. You could script this, but if you're doing it as a one-time thing for a small number of fields, writing hte script would probably take longer than just doing it as above. Another option would be to export the fields you're interested in keeping, save an empty copy of the database, then reimport the exported data into the new empty DB. chazl - 12.9.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:44:49 -0800 From: Douglas Anderson Subject: Looking for Twain? Hello everyone, I've just got a new Scanner (Astra 1200s). I would like to use the (Twain) part of it. In my GenevaPreferences Folder I have a Twain Folder with The (Source Manager) for Twain. I am told that I also need to have The (GenevaTWAIN Data source files) that come with a TWAIN-compatible device. I have to think that the (Astra 1200s) is Twain-compatible, but I can't find any (TWAIN Data source files) on the CD that came with the Scanner. Can some one tell me where or how I can get this (These) files? and maybe a short word on how to use them. Remember, I'm new at scanning. :-) The software that came with the scanner: Adobe PhotoDeluxe 1.0, Presto! PageManager v1.2.5, VistaScan v2.3.7. Thanks, Doug. Sincerely, Doug Anderson email:un162@victoria.tc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 09:24:46 -0600 From: Butch Kemper Subject: MATH CO-PROCESSSOR FOR MAC CLASSIC II On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:44:16 -0800, Ellsworth H Harpole said: > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:44:16 -0800 > From: Ellsworth H Harpole (ELLSWORTH HARPOLE) (by > Subject: MATH CO-PROCESSSOR FOR MAC CLASSIC II > > LOOKING FOR SOURCE FOR A MATH CO-PROCESSOR FOR MY MAC CLASSIC II > > ELLSWORTH > harp0038@tc.umn.edu Try Mac-Resources, 409-775-7703 or buckey@mac-resource.com. They also can be found at www.mac-resource.com. Butch ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:21:06 -0600 (CST) From: Chaz Larson Subject: Math Coprocessor / Norton Utilities Errors / SCSI ID for At 8:38 AM -0800 12/7/97, bg4gls@loop.com wrote: >My questions are: >1. What's the deal with this "math-coprocessor" thing? It's an incorrect error message, possibly caused by an extension conflict or other broken software. Upgrading to 7.5.5 [I believe] is supposed to fix this erroneous error message. It won't fix the crashes, but you should at least get an accurate report of what is broken. >Am I supposed to have >one? Yes. >Is it a problem if I don't? If you don't that would mean someone had physically removed it from the motherboard. In that case, chances are the machine wouldn't work at all. >2. Are these "warnings" from Norton Utilities really something to be taken >seriously? Yes. I wopuld suggest backing the drive up, reformatting, and restoring. >3. Is my "improperly set" hard drive ID really a problem? No. Not aside from the possible braincell burner of having the internal disk set to a non-standard ID. For example, you might attach a CD-ROM externally and set it to ID 2 if you forget that the internal disk is already at 2. Technically, there's not a problem. >If so, can I reset it >myself? Sure. I can go into more detail if you want to do this. >4. Can / should I run System 8 on my IIci? MacOS 8 requires a machine with a 68040 processor; your Iici has a 68030, so you cannot run MacOS 8. chazl - 12.9.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 12:12:15 -0500 (EST) From: Behme Subject: Modem Init site Greetings! A few months ago, I stumbled across a site, which gave all the current modem inits for a great variety of manufacturers. I believe, I found it in TidBits, but a search of the archives proved unsuccessful. I lost all bookmarks and histories. Does anyone know this site and could send me the URL? THX Eckhard Behme ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:43:57 -0500 From: Pat Pruyne Subject: OS8 & Screen Snaps Woes Macs Rule, but... I've been flummoxed in my attempts to capture active window screen snaphsots to the clipboard under MacOS 8. The result: Clipboard: Empty What I've tried: -standard Mac Finder snapshot key combinations -Nobu Tonge's venerable Flash-It -ZMac's PIX -tossing out the Clipboard file -reinstalling MacOS 8 System components What works: capturing screen snapshots to a file (versus the clipboard) Hardware: 6300 System Software: Mac OS 8 Does anyone have similar experience and/or solutions? -Pat mailto:ppruyne@map.com http://www.map.com/Macintosh_Watering_Hole ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 14:29:05 -0800 From: "Adam C. Engst" Subject: PCMCIA modems and price differences >> I've been shopping for a PCMCIA card modem for my pb1400, >>and I've been frustrated by the price differential between mac and pc >>modems. For instance, why is a Mac Global Village 56k card ~$280 US, >>while the PC version of the same card is only $180 US. Is there any >>reason why I shouldn't just purchase the PC version to use on my mac? > >No Yes, the software (drivers). The hardware is undoubtedly the same, but you have to install Global Village software for your PowerBook to recognize the PC Card, and I'm almost certain that's the difference between the Mac and PC versions. cheers... -Adam -- Adam C. Engst --- "Eudora for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide" available! -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************