Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #254 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 01 Feb 99 Volume 16 : Issue 254 Today's Topics: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring (Q) Stuffit Deluxe contextual plugin not registered? (Q) video mirroring and the Powerbook [A]: DAT to Mac connections [Q] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300 Apple Data Detectors Apple Data Detectors Apple Enet Extension Bookmarks Bootable ZIP Disk Copy Problems Drives for Performa 6400/180 Drives for Performa 6400/180 Drives for Performa 6400/180 Electronic organizer via serial port to Mac G3 MT won't sleep Hard Disk Toolkit vs Zip disks A BIG JOKE Help with IRTalk on iMac How to create a small network? iMac 266 & Epson 440 Printer Info-Mac Digest V16 #251 Mapping software Modifying CD-ROM driver with ResEdit Netscape 3.0 PaperPortVX (Barlow) Printing Over an NT Network setting view defaults in Word 98 Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1 The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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How did it come as a surprise? 1. I downloaded the beta after it was recommended by Mac Network News, and used Anarchie Pro to do so. 2. Unfortunately the readme the did not state that it would expire after a certain period of time. 3. Unfortunately the about window did not state that it would expire after a certain period of time. 4. The only place it did so was on the Eudora web page. But since I had downloaded it with Anarchie, bypassing the notes on the web page I had no notion until the week before the expiration was set, that it would do so. So what have we learned here? Always go to the web page first of the publisher of the software before downloading a beta. It may be only there that it states that the beta is time expiring. Now I am in potential trouble with a customer for not warning him of this expiration. Never share beta software with customers unless you are 100% sure it won't expire. The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports: web pages automated spell checking ability to read the listserv version of the digest and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta. And that costs money eventually, or time downloading and installing the new beta. Not to mention the new beta installs an old version of QuickTime on top of your old version, so you have to move your newer extensions out before installing Eudora. All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or file limit for mailboxes. All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above. I have tried Outlook Express 4.5. I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l. I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape Navigator 3.0.x. I have tried Cyberdog. I have tried Claris E-mailer. What left is there to try? And why can't those free e-mailers get it into their heads that features cost money, and features when not released right can cause crashes? Rhetorical, but if this message could only go to the publishers of those free e-mailers, maybe we would see a better e-mailer for the Mac. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 17:48:18 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Stuffit Deluxe contextual plugin not registered? Dear Digest readers, I have Stuffit Deluxe 4.5 on CD-ROM, and installed it on a new machine of mine. The Deluxe application and the dropstuff documents went in OK, and I was able to plug in the serial number. But when it came to rebooting I got the message that the "Stuffit contextual menu item is not registered and could not load." But if I put in my serial number for Deluxe, shouldn't it register the contextual menu plugin as well? MacOS 8.5.1 FinderPop 1.7.6 and nothing else out of the ordinary. Readers note: I am aware 5.0.2 of Stuffit Deluxe has been released, but I am not yet willing to put another $80 towards it, not knowing whether or not the rebate will be paid for the upgrade. I've had bad luck with rebate based offers. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 11:03:52 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) video mirroring and the Powerbook Dear Digest readers, I see how to get an external monitor to mirror a Powerbook G3's screen, but I wondered, can I get an external monitor to act as a second screen the way desktop machines have been able to do for years with a second video card? Can I extend my desktop of my Powerbook? I do know of the Virtual Desktop program, but that has a tendency to crash my machine. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 11:45:13 +0100 From: Yvon Thoraval Subject: [A]: DAT to Mac connections > Allan Sutherland wrote: > >> Can anyone advise the most efficient way to connect a DAT recorder >> digitally to a mac G3 to enable smooth data transfer to burn audio >> CD-Rs? > > Buy an audio card such as the Digidesign Audiomedia III > (http://www.digidesign.com/main.html). This card (or other brands with > similar options) have a digital audio in and out on them. Using the > proper cable (either an S/PDIF cable or a _video_ cable with RCA ends) > connect the ins and outs on the Audiomedia III to the S/PDIF outs and > ins on the DAT recorder. Done. > > Trevor Zylstra that's a solution but not really cost effective =B0;-)) it's about of the price of a Sony DAT ... for a simple serial interface having less throughput than AppleTalk I've heard from a Sony's tech support that S/PDIF format could be=20 compatible with the (a)synchronous serial port (printer)modem. But it was only speaking about ... Someone does have deeper info ? Yvon Thoraval http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yvon.thoraval/ ICQ#27574215 #PsyChat sur UnderZ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 03:39:15 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [Q] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300 I have a few nagging questions for the hardware hackers on the list. If you or someone you know is a hardware hacker or you know the URL to a site with related info, please read on: 1. I have a PowerBook 5300c 32/100/500 and would very much like to replace the oscillator clock chip. It seems there was much more info available while these were 'top-of-the-line' PowerBooks but virtually none now. That seems really odd because no rational computer user is going to hack up his brand new machine, but you would think as the model falls further and further behind the latest and greatest there would be more interst not less. Has this been proven not to work? (i.e. the oscilliator also times other things than bus speed) 2. I bought the PowerBook 5300c 8/100/500 as opposed to the PowerBook 5300c 16/100/750 because I knew I would be adding RAM anyway and I thought I could save a few bucks (approx. $750). Little did I know at the time, but the PowerBook 5300c 16/100/750 has 1 MB VRAM. My model only has 512k VRAM. It seems really unlikely that Apple produced two drastically different logicboards to perpatrate this act of unkindness. Is there a way to add an additional 512k to my machine or remove the lesser chip and replace with a 1 MB? 3. The PowerBook 5300c 32/100/500 was originally design to be the first PowerBook to take advantage of Lith-Ion batteries. Saddly, after a particularly bad day in the lab a 5300 spontaniously combusted (no doubt while simulating the PowerBook running multiple gradient blurs in PhotoShop while wrapped in a wool blanket under a Sahara sun at noon, but this COULD be someones actual user conditions). So my PowerBook runs NiMH batteries instead. I have run from a friends 3400 battery (Lith-Ion) and my temp gauge did climb a little, but my battery life indicator was burried in the green all afternoon (roughly 3 hours). Nothing's to stop me getting a 3400 battery, but what is the real risk to my machine? Will the Lith-Ion battery charge in my machine? 4. What is the deal-i-oh with my particular IR port? The 190 didn't have it and I had high hopes for a lot of wireless fun with my PowerBook. Alas, I have used it exactly once to play a game of MazeWars (the demo app that came with my machine) with a friend and his 3400. I have heard that the IR portocol Apple is using has changed (and changed, and changed...) Is there a site that lays it all on the line about Apple and IR? AFAIK the PowerBooks 5300, 3400, 1400 and phat G3 had it as well as some Preformas, the Newton and the Rev A and B iMacs (but not the new fruity ones). what a mess. 5. Is it just me, or is there some sort of bandwidth limit imposed on my PC card slots? I am aware of my low power serial ports (gnash, gnash), but now that modems have reached 56k speeds, their drivers are asking the PC slot for 112000 (or some such) and then not being able to get it. Is there a governing body that decides PC slot protocols? 6. When the PC card bus was originally added to the PowerBook there was an explosion of products announced for it. I am currently researching a buying a Sony HandyCam, are there video input cards available that are compatible with the 5300's slower (non-Zoom port) PC cards and bus speed? 7. Does anyone have a source of supply for the cheap plastic door on the back of my PowerBook? Apple recently got smacked for discontinuing the free tech support it so loudly touted in the early '90s. So I figured I would try again to get my replacement door. Apple said that since my warrenty is up, I would have to get it locally. I cannot find anywhere here in NYC that will just sell me a door. Either they claim not to have it or they want me to drop of the 'Book and they will "install" it (i.e. bilk me out of some cash for the miniscule amount of labor. I have heard people who requested replacement parts from Apple while still under warranty were shipped poly bags of twenty doors each. Anybody got a spare? Feel free to email me direct Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/ ------------------------------ Date: 31 Jan 99 09:57:28 +0000 From: "Gavin" Subject: Apple Data Detectors On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 8:29 pm, you wrote: >Install the >contextual menu extensions alone from the MacOS 8.5 CD-ROM using a >System Custom Installation, and then run the 8.5.1 updater, and then >everything should be fine again. The British version of the iMac is not supplied with MacOS 8.5 CD-ROM - it comes with two CD,s - one is called "iMac Software Install" and the other is called "iMac Software Restore" If you try to run the 8.5.1 updater a second time, the installer says "your iMac is already updated..." Anyway, if you go to the "keyboard" control panel, you can select both the US and British keyboard layouts. When you select the US keyboard layout, the contextual menu for the Apple Data Detectors appears when you hold down the control key. The upshot is, you can turn the contextual menu feature on and off by just changing keyboard layouts. I think this would work the other way around, if you have an American Mac, you could turn of the contextual menu by selecting the British keyboard layout. This is easier than turning off contextual menus in each application. All the "contextual menu enabler" extension does, is to add the "turn off contextual menus in application x" to the help menu. I hope this tip comes in handy.... ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jan 99 10:59:38 +0000 From: "Gavin and Pauline" Subject: Apple Data Detectors On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 9:31 am, I wrote: >Does anybody know why the Apple Data Detectors does not work to produce >a contextual menu on a UK iMac running S8.5.1? Graham replied: >Hello Gavin, > >I also have a UK iMac running OS 8.5.1 and having just read your >posting, I have discovered that ADD work if I select the US keyboard >layout in the keyboard control panel. > Yes, you can select *both* UK and US keyboard layouts and use the keyboard pull down menu (which appears when you have more than one layout active) to switch between the two. More info at: http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors/detectors.00.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:57:42 +0000 From: Michel Treisman Subject: Apple Enet Extension My experience doesn't agree with this. Running 8.5.1 on a 7300 I had difficulties getting on the net until I pulled Apple Enet, and imported Ethernet (Built-in) - not there previously - to replace it. Then all was fine, Mike ----------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Apple Enet Extension Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:01:59 -0800 From: Dan Frakes Al Bloom wrote: >"Apple Enet" >I went to the font of all such knowledge, the excellent shareware Informinit. >This is what informinit says about Apple Enet. > >>Apple Enet 10/100D extension: provides support under Mac OS 8.1 for the >>10/100 Ethernet PC card supplied with the PowerMacintosh G3 Server. > >Right. My 7300/180 is really a G3 Server with a 10/100 Ethernet PC card. Al: The information in InformINIT 8.1 is correct for Mac OS 8.1 :-) Under 8.5, Apple supposedly rolled all of the Ethernet drivers into one file, Apple Enet. At least that what Apple says! Try removing the _other_ Ethernet drivers and see if everything works right. P.S. InformINIT 8.5.1 will try to clarify this... too bad Apple didn't change the name of the file so as to avoid confusion. Dan@InformINIT.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 12:28:33 +0000 From: Harold Lietz Subject: Bookmarks I am running Netscape 4.5 on a Mac 6500/250 with OS 8.1. In order to select a bookmark I have to go to the "Edit Bookmarks" window and then make the selections. It will not respond to the Bookmarks window. Is this normal or do I have something wrong? I have tried to find a setting in the preferences with no luck. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:12:11 -0500 From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: Bootable ZIP Disk I have unsuccessfully tried to make a system 8.1 bootable zip disk to startup a Quadra 700 as well as an LC 475. The system installs correctly, and the zip disk mounts, but when I select it as the startup disk and restart, the computer defaults to the internal drive. The internal drive, which is not an Apple drive, has been formatted with Drive Setup 1.6.2. The zip disk was formatted with the latest Iomega software on an external zip drive. I have previously created startup disks using 8.0 without any problems. Is this a problem with 8.1? Anyhone have this problem? Ephraim Fithian http://www.enter.net/~fithian Quadra 700, 68 MB, 1 GB Micropolis 2210, CDROM, LC 475, 36 MB, 400 MB. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 13:30:15 -0600 From: "Richard A. Wilson" Subject: Copy Problems Re: copy problems: Power Mac 7500, OS 7.5.5, 48 MB When I try to copy a file to either the desktop or to a removable Cartridge, I sometimes get one or both of the following messages: 1) The file "Whatever" couldn't be read because it cannot be found. Do you want to continue copying? Or: 2) The file "Whatever" couldn't be read, because an error of type -37 occurred. Do you want to continue copying? Any help would be appreciated. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 16:22:00 -0500 From: "Paul J. Schinder" Subject: Drives for Performa 6400/180 : > >Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:28:42 -0800 (PST) >From: Jim Antonich >Subject: Drives for Performa 6400/180 > >I'd like to buy an external hard drive for my son's Performa 6400/180, but >I'm stymied by two questions: > >1. Can I buy him an external SCSI drive? (The machine has an internal IDE >drive.) If so, how large? Sure can. You can even buy him an internal one, since the 6400 has a top bay with an SCSI connector. That's where the 4 Gb SCSI drive in my 6400 lives. Externals will just plug into the SCSI connector on the back > >2. Will an external SCSI accommodate 220 volt current? He lives in Germany. It will if the specs say it will. Better make sure before buying. >Jim >jantonich@earthlink.net ------- Paul J. Schinder schinder@pobox.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 99 17:50:00 -0800 From: "B. J. Major" Subject: Drives for Performa 6400/180 In reply to: >Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 22:28:42 -0800 (PST) >From: Jim Antonich >Subject: Drives for Performa 6400/180 > >I'd like to buy an external hard drive for my son's Performa 6400/180, but >I'm stymied by two questions: > >1. Can I buy him an external SCSI drive? (The machine has an internal IDE >drive.) If so, how large? > >2. Will an external SCSI accommodate 220 volt current? He lives in Germany. > >Jim >jantonich@earthlink.net > >P.S. Any recommendations as to make and model? Jim: I have a Performa 6400/180 myself. I have TWO external drives attached to it; both made by LaCie. They perform very well. You attach them via the Mac's external SCSI port; they have nothing to do with the internal IDE hard drive. As for size, this machine can accommodate *many* gigabytes; both my external hard drives are a little over 1 gig a piece. I cannot answer your question on the power/voltage thing because I live in the U.S. and haven't had to deal with overseas voltages! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:58:41 +0100 From: Christian F Buser Subject: Drives for Performa 6400/180 Jim Antonich wrote: > I'd like to buy an external hard drive for my son's Performa 6400/180, but > I'm stymied by two questions: > > 1. Can I buy him an external SCSI drive? (The machine has an internal IDE > drive.) If so, how large? Yes, the Perfornma 6400 has an external SCSI connector. You can use any drive size (you mean capacity, not physical size of the box, I think). Some versions of the MacOS were unable to deal with drives larger than a certain capacity, but it is/was possible to circumvent this problem by partitioning the drive into several logical volumes. > 2. Will an external SCSI accommodate 220 volt current? He lives in Germany. This is not a question of the drive, it's a question of the power supply used in the drive enclosure. There are devices which need to be set to the correct voltage with a switch on the back, others have "universal, auto-switching" power supplies (they do not need any changes), and some can't be used with other voltage than where you bought them. You need to ask your vendor. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at "Wo Hunger herrscht, kann Friede nicht Bestand haben" - Willy Brandt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 03:12:13 -0700 (MST) From: Dierk Seeburg Subject: Electronic organizer via serial port to Mac Hi, I am trying to hook up a Texas Instruments PS-6800 electronic organizer to my Mac. This organizer can hook up to a PC with the serial port connectivity kit PS-6155. I bought VirtualPC and a serial adapter and hooked it up to my Mac only to find out that VirtualPC does not work with organizers other than PalmPilot. I contacted Connectix and they said, if enough people request a driver for the PS6155 they will make one: Anyone out there want one, too? Any other ideas? Please? Thanks! Please reply to DUMMY.ds@asu.edu without the "DUMMY" portion, thanks a lot! Cheerio, Dierk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:19:53 -0800 From: dannell@primenet.com (Andy Dannelley) Subject: G3 MT won't sleep Dear Digest Readers, I have a sudden problem with my G3 266 MT running system 8.1. All of a sudden (last couple of days or so) it just will not automaticaly sleep. It will still sleep when I select sleep from the special menu, but not by timeout. I have tried resetting the parameters in the Energy Saver control panel, I have thrown away the preferences and redone it, I have reset the parametes in the Energy Saver from the menu choice (Return to Defaults), and I have checked for other things than may cause insomnia, screen savers and such. I have used the Extensions Manager to eliminate all extensions except the G3 required extensions by selecting the Power Mac G3 Base option and resetting. I really don't know what else to try. Still no sleep. I would greatly appreciate any help solving this maddening problem. Thanks Andy Dannelley ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 18:07:21 -0500 From: Louis Bergeron Subject: Hard Disk Toolkit vs Zip disks A BIG JOKE Hi, I have used Hard Disk Toolkit PE 2.5.3 to format and password zip disks to have only one driver. If I use only HDT, then I am asked for a password to access my zips disks that I want protected. However, and this is the BIG JOKE, if I use the IOMEGA driver, I can access the zip disks without any password. On the other side, the IOMEGA protection is such that HDT cannot mount it, because the protection is deeper, more at the driver level. On the other side, HDT seems to be a patch over the original zip driver, the same way it does when formatting a hard disk. So, be aware that your precious documents are not protected when using HDT on your zip disks. Louis Louis Bergeron C.P. 936 Rouyn Rouyn-Noranda Qc Canada J9X 5C8 Telephone-Phone (819) 764-3862 Telecopieur-Fax (819) 764-3758 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 15:53:01 -0600 From: "Eric L. Peters" Subject: Help with IRTalk on iMac Hi, all: I just purchased an iMac, and wanted to know if it is possible to network it via the infrared port with my Powerbook 1400. I know that the iMac uses IRDA, while the PB uses IRTalk (which is not IRDA compatible). According to both the AppleGuide and the Apple web Site, it IS possible to do this, but I have not been able to install IR Talk on the iMac using either the OS 8 or the OS 8.5 CD (the extension is there, but there is no way to select the IR Talk option). The AppleGuide file for the Apple IR File exchange program wants you to push the "Option" button in the Infrared Control Panel, but there is no such button. Any insights into this sloppy documentation by Apple? Am I SOL? TIA, Eric (E-Peters@csu.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 15:11:01 -0500 From: Mac User Subject: How to create a small network? I'd like to configure a small network. (I'm a Mac user). Please advise me how!!! (As if I'm a dumb computer user). The network contains two PPC and two Wintel machines. Also one laser printer (let say HP LaserJet for the matter) and inkjet (lets say Apple StyleWriter). Do I need a "HUB"? Do I need the software "DAVE", "MACLAN" or something else you recommend? If so, write to me a step by step answer. The answer should contain how to configurate each computer (what programs/application to use and how). Do I need a server? My default option is without a server. Can you draw/write how the network looks. Can I connect the InkJet to the network if so how? I need one connection to the Internet but I want access from all computers. The connection will be from the Mac machine but I'll appreciate if you can tell me how to do it from the Wintel machine too. I will be more then appreciate if you can reply your answer directly to me at somesolutions@hotmail.com so I don't need to connect to the news groups all the time. Thank you ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:11:58 -0600 From: Glenn Heilemann Subject: iMac 266 & Epson 440 Printer Just came from friends house, having problems setting up Epson 440 printer with his new 266 iMac. Still having problems even with help from Apple. Used driver that was in the iMac installation disk. Am able to get the driver to show up in the chooser, however when you select PRINT, the print dialog comes up just fine but when you press print , another dialog comes up telling to select printer from chooser. In chooser, when printer is selected, nothing shows up in the "connect to " area. I have been told that something about "USB" should be there. Have tried trashing the Epson pref. files and reinstalling the software but have same results. I would appreciate any help from all you iMac people out there. P.S. Apple told me that the 1.0 firmware update is already installed on this machine. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:07:56 +0100 From: Bernard Bel Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #251 > Allan Sutherland wrote: > > > Can anyone advise the most efficient way to connect a DAT recorder > > digitally to a mac G3 to enable smooth data transfer to burn audio > > CD-Rs? > > Buy an audio card such as the Digidesign Audiomedia III > (http://www.digidesign.com/main.html). This card (or other brands with > similar options) have a digital audio in and out on them. Using the > proper cable (either an S/PDIF cable or a _video_ cable with RCA ends) > connect the ins and outs on the Audiomedia III to the S/PDIF outs and > ins on the DAT recorder. Done. > > Trevor Zylstra There are much cheaper sound cards available now, e.g. Korg PCI 1212 or the famous recent Layla card offering 20 tracks at once for less than $1000, see ... Trevor, could you further explain how we can retrieve Program Numbers from the DAT tape so that they end up as track numbers on the CD? I understand that you need an AES/EBU interface instead of S/PDIF to capture program numbers. Is there any specific software that would store sections of the tape to separate tracks automatically? -- Bernard Bel Home page: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Compose Music on the Mac! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 07:02:20 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Mapping software Roland asked: >We need to plot trees and plants on a map of an arboretum (its run as a >charity to grow rare and distinguised non-fruiting trees in the UK) and to >be able to identify them pretty easily. Ideally this would be a cross >between some mapping software and a database. We can provide the hardware >but need suggestions for software. Any ideas? How about ClarisWorks? It has word processing, data base, drawing tools, and painting tools. Does that answer your needs? Daly ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:36:51 -0600 From: Lawrence Rugolo Subject: Modifying CD-ROM driver with ResEdit My thanks to Helman Philippe and Tony for providing the solution to my plea for help. Both suggested replacing Apple CD-ROM driver extension v. 5.4.2 with the older v. 5.3.1 which came with MacOS 7.6. Tony even provided me with the extension. That did the trick; I did not have to modify the resource forks with ResEdit. CDs now automatically open when inserted, just as they should, without using FWB CD-ROM Toolkit. Others with PowerComputing machines (or other Mac clones) who have this problem may benefit from this solution. Cheers, Larry ----original post---- > Michael had written a piece about using ResEdit > to modify the CD-ROM driver provided by MacOS 8.1 so that it would work > with all CD-ROM drives. I am having problems, so I wrote to him but have > not received a reply. Here's what I asked: > >>Could you point me in the right direction? I have a PowerWave machine >>which will not allow me to use the CD-ROM driver provided by MacOS 8.1, so >>I attempted to modify the driver's resources by using ResEdit as described >>in >> http://www.resexcellence.com/12-21-98.shtml >> >>However, the resource numbers in my copy of Apple CD-ROM 5.4.2 do not >>correspond to those shown on this web page. Any suggestions or help will >>be much appreciated.> > > If someone knows about a different set of resource numbers to use in > ResEdit to bring about the desired results, would you please let me know? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:17:02 +0900 From: Magnus Hoek Subject: Netscape 3.0 Hi there Anybody knows where I can get Netscape 3.0 for my slow and small 68k PowerBook 180 ? TIA Magnus Hoek ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 08:09:51 -0500 From: "chazzz" Subject: PaperPortVX (Barlow) Oops! Well this is one of those few things that will put a knife in the heart of the Mac. Never plug/unplug a SCSI device with the Mac on. You may assume from that what you will. I'd say, look for a new Scanner/MB. IMHO --Windoze was just been surpassed as the height of mediocrity by the announcement of Dan Qualye's Prersidential candidacy. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 00:40:18 -0500 From: Jeffrey Frankel Subject: Printing Over an NT Network > I'm the only Mac on a NT network full of PCs. I'd like to print to the > network printer from my Starmax 300/180. Is this possible? If so, how do > I set things up? > > Thanks, > > Rob > I can tell you that it's possible, because my office is a mixed Mac/PC network running off Windows NT, and we print to a variety of printers on the network. How to set it up is beyond my expertise. -- Jeff Frankel ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:28:08 -0800 From: Kathy Brunetti Subject: setting view defaults in Word 98 I prefer to use Word in the "Normal" view mode. However, it insists on opening up new documents, as well as files I receive from other people (and we do LOTS of file sharing) in "Page Layout" view. For ttheh life of me, I can't find a way to change that default. Anyone know? *************** Kathy Brunetti ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:53:26 -0800 From: Cyrus Roton Subject: Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1 At 7:39am +0900 1.28.1999, A.M. Wan Nik wrote: > When the Word icon is double clicked, the only screen that appears is the > 'opening' to Microsoft Word version 6.0.1 with the usual picture of the pen > and the legal stuff at the bottom. The watch appears but the hands never > rotate. The screen just hangs there. Glenn Anderson replied: >I had exactly the same trouble, with 8.5 then 8.5.1, on a 7100/80 AV. >Microsoft customer service here in Tokyo told me Word 6.0.1 is not supported >for System 8.5. This was of course after they had me try various little >tricks for 20 or 30 minutes while I paid for the phone call. They then >suggested I buy Word 98! I'm sticking with OS 8.1 and Word 6.0.1 for now, >but that 8.5 installer is still calling my name from the bookshelf where >it's gathering dust. And I did so like those little clicks and chirps.... Now, that is very interesting. I am having no trouble at all running Word 6.0.1 with OS 8.5.1 on my Umax C600 (603e.240). Actually, I use Word 5.1, because I prefer it, but I have Word 6 in case I need it. After reading the above letters, I tested Word 6.0.1 again, just to be sure. No trouble. Cyrus Roton MITA tech Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************