Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #92 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 18 Apr 98 Volume 16 : Issue 92 Today's Topics: [*] =?iso-8859-1?Q?GEb=B8hrenrechner?= 3.0 [*] Announce: Assimilator 2.0 [*] ClickScripts 1.1 for HC [*] Digital Diary v1.8.6 [*] Eudora IC Helper v1.0 [*] Eudora Thai Tables 1.2 [*] Fetch-O-Matic 2.1 automated website maintenance via FTP [*] IcePick 4.0.3 - MacApp view editor! - IcePick-403-ppc [*] JICGlue 1.0b1 -- Java connection to Internet Config [*] MacAgent 2.10 [*] MacDim 2.0.1 - small screensaver/dimmer [*] More File Info CMM Plug-in 2.1.1-jp [*] MusicMentor 1.0 [*] Rabbit Base 1.0 PPC [*] Rects - DarkSide of the Mac module. [*] star-gate-111.hqx [*] SuperReplace 1.2; a text conversion utility [*] SwitchRes 1.3 (german version) [*] The EC Does It! Electronic Catalog (Q) HFS+ dilemma *New Video Card question 6100 & Newer Upgrade card... Computer monitoring via pings (or other mechanisms) erasing zip disks Info-Mac Digest V16 #90 Monitor Image Shrinking Sound turned off Word 98 The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. If that fails, try using the list maintenance form at before contacting us. * Please send administrative queries to . * To submit files for the archive, email the binhexed file with a description to . Submissions must be made by the author or with permission of the author. 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #92" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:38 -0700 From: Claudia.Richter@t-online.de Subject: [*] =?iso-8859-1?Q?GEb=B8hrenrechner?= 3.0 Geb=FChrenrechner Der Geb=FChrenrechner ist ein Programm zur Berechnung des g=FCnstigsten Anbieters bei Call by Call Verbindungen. Das Programm besteht aus einer Dialogbox. Im oberen Teil dieser kann man die gew=FCnschte Verbindung eintragen. Dabei wird automatisch die aktuelle Zeit, eine Dauer von 60 Sekunden und die Tarifzone 4 vorgeschlagen. Dabei wird automatisch der g=FCnstigste Anbieter im unteren Teil dargestellt. Diese Version ist keine Freeware mehr, sondern kostet 10 DM Sharewaregeb=FChr. Daf=FCr k=F6nnen Sie jetzt die Tarife selbst =E4ndern. Di= e Eingabe erfolgt wahlweise mit Angabe der Tarifzone, oder mittels der Vorwahl. MC Richter GbR Manfed und Claudia Richter Karlsbader Str. 25 64295 Darmstadt E-Mail: manfred.richter@big-biz.gun.de [Archived as /info-mac/app/gebuhren-rechner-30.hqx; 169K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:31 -0700 From: peter@stairways.com.au Subject: [*] Announce: Assimilator 2.0 Assimilator is designed for Macintosh lab situations where you want to make all the harddisk's in a lab look almost identical. When the Assimilator program is run on a lab Macintosh it will mount an AppleShare file server and then make the harddisk look more or less exactly like a pre-specified source folder on the server. It does this by throwing away (into the Trash) any files or folders that don't belong or are different and downloading any missing files. Icon positions, folder views, finder flags and so forth are all corrected on the client Macintosh to match the source folder. Although it is designed for student lab situations, it has also proven useful in other circumstances, such as for setting up newly purchased Macs or in testing or demo labs. New in version 2.0: * Powerful new customization features. * Handle multiple partitions. * Restrict to portions of volumes. * Support AppleShareIP over TCP/IP. * Support assimilation from CD and local volumes. * Execute protected scripts and applications. * Fixed several bugs. Assimilator requires System 7 and a harddisk. Assimilator is shareware, $10 per Mac or $500 for a site license. Version 2.0 is a free upgrade if you registered on or after 1 Jan 1998, otherwise the upgrade fee is 50%. For more information, see our web site at . Hope it proves useful, Peter & Jeremy. Assimilator v2.0 Copyright 1994-98 Peter N Lewis & Stairways Software [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/assimilator-20.hqx; 295K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:30:43 -0700 From: Beate.Schmidt@radiol.med.uni-giessen.de Subject: [*] ClickScripts 1.1 for HC With a few mouse clicks you can make your own HyperCard scripts. You do not have to be a HyperCard programmer to use or understand this stack! Have fun with it!! [Archived as /info-mac/dev/card/click-scripts-11-for-hc.hqx; 105K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:36 -0700 From: GTA@canadawired.com Subject: [*] Digital Diary v1.8.6 DIGITAL DIARY (v1.8.6) Activity and Decision Organizer for the Macintosh INTRODUCTION System Requirements: System 7 and OS8, Mac Plus or better (including PowerMa= c), 2 megs free RAM, =B11 Meg disk space Demo available for downloading from our web site at 'http://www.yaletown.com/gta' Digital Diary is a project management center that gives you fingertip access to the current status of any of your projects, allowing you the ability to go back to see all activities on all projects on any day you choose. On a complex project, there could be a dozen or more separate issues being dealt with at the same time, each of which has its own distinct status and decision process. Wouldn't it be great to be able to pull up the history of each of these issues at any time? Digital Diary organizes note entries into project and day files so that current reports of all activities on any given day or project can be instantly viewed. Projects are organized under user-defined categories in a hierarchical pop-up menu. Projects can be easily transferred between categories, making it ideal for use as a convenient project status indicator. Entries are identified with a header containing the type of activity, project name, category, note number, and date and time of entry. 'To do list' entries will pop up to remind you of unattended items at a chosen future date. Versatile report generation can gather, for example, all notes of a given activity type or project status. These are actual unsolicited comments from users of Digital Diary: "I've downloaded and am using your Digital Diary and I like it a lot." M. Sher, U.S.A. "I have just used Digital Diary. It's so wonderful. I have been searching for such a program as Digital Diary because I want to manage concurrent projects." T. Takashina, Japan "I discovered your product Digital Diary on the MacUser Internet site and since using the product, I have been ecstatic. Finally, I've found a piece of commercial software that enables me to organize my life the way I desire. Digital Diary is absoluteley wonderful." J. Russell, Ph. D., San Francisco, CA "I believe that, at least for the academic community, Digital Diary can fill a niche not addressed by other personal organizers." M. Vidal, Biological Investigations Centre, Madrid, Spain [Archived as /info-mac/app/digital-diary-186.hqx; 710K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:24 -0700 From: goracke@u.washington.edu Subject: [*] Eudora IC Helper v1.0 Eudora IC Helper (and DropStrip-urlM) version 1.0, by Paul Goracke What it does ------------ With the release of v3.0 of Eudora (Light and Pro), QUALCOMM added a nice URL-launching feature. But it doesn't work well with Internet Config, a program I find very useful. Instead, they use internal aliases, which is fine as long as you only access your Eudora settings on one computer. If you use it on multiple computers, such as in a lab environment, you will need to find the appropriate helper the first time you click a URL on a different machine. That's where Eudora IC Helper comes in-it's a small standalone app which creates a Eudora plug-in containing resources which reflect your helper app choices in Internet Config. It does not modify the Eudora application, and it does not patch any traps. It's quite transparent, and makes an excellent Startup Item. It's not fancy, and doesn't have much in the way of a pretty user interface, but my goal was to have it small, functional, and as invisible to my lab users as possible. Requirements ------------ The enclosed applications require System 7.0 or higher. They are 68k-only, so they should run on any and all currently existing Macintosh that meets the system requirement. If you don't have Eudora 3.0 or higher and/or Internet Config, the programs will certainly run, but they won't be of much use. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/edr/eudora-ic-helper.hqx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:26 -0700 From: Andreas.Prilop@altavista.net Subject: [*] Eudora Thai Tables 1.2 These Eudora tables enable you to send and read e-mail in Thai. They can be used with any version of Eudora. Supported character sets are: MacThai, ISO-8859-11 (Unix), Windows-874 (MS Windows Thai), Code Page 874 (IBM Thai). Fonts are not included. If you need Thai fonts, please refer to . [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/edr/eudora-thai-12.hqx; 12K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:30 -0700 From: film2@emedia.net Subject: [*] Fetch-O-Matic 2.1 automated website maintenance via FTP Fetch-O-Matic (v 2.1) is a new approach to automated website maintenance via FTP. Fetch-O-Matic allows web authors to freely create and update files locally without needing to keep track of their work, and then automatically catalog the alterations and update the website. Fetch-O-Matic differs from other available synchronization and maintenance schemes in that it does not require any local machine to have a complete site copy. For example, one might decide to grab a few pages and change them (and/or add some new files) from a Powerbook. Later, the site copy on the primary machine can be quickly brought up-to-date with just two clicks - without having to remember what was changed or open the Powerbook. Fetch-O-Matic is extremely easy to use. Novice web authors in search of a simple way to update a personal web page won't be intimidated by its power. Experienced hands will find that previously dreaded operations such as multi-file search and replace, with the subsequent headache of tracking down and uploading scattered altered files, are rendered painless. Transfer errors such as uploading/downloading to the wrong directory are a thing of the past. If several people are maintaining a site they are protected from treading on each other's updates. Fetch-O-Matic was conceived and developed to fill a need in servicing a large site (http://www.filmscouts.com). Uploads and downloads of thousands of files at once have been performed with ease. But even on a site with just a few pages, Fetch-O-Matic will ease the updating chores. Fetch-O-Matic requires Dartmouth's FTP client "Fetch", AppleScript, the scripting addition Jon's Commands, and, optionally, Alessandro Levi Montalcini's "List Files" (providing a significant speed improvement for large sites), all of which are readily available online. Fetch-O-Matic runs on any Mac OS machine with reasonable (8mb+) RAM running System 7 or 8. It runs in the background. It is shareware with a single-user license fee of $20. There is a free 30-day trial period. The complete documentation is available online at the Fetch-O-Matic home page, http://www.filmscouts.com/software/fom.html Version 2.1 adds new features (most significantly, continuous unattended operation and the ability to add to an upload in progress), and works around a bug in Jon's Commands 2.0.3. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/fetch-o-matic-21.hqx; 577K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:30:41 -0700 From: s.graesser@computer.org Subject: [*] IcePick 4.0.3 - MacApp view editor! - IcePick-403-ppc Announcing the release of IcePick 4.0.3! IcePick is a Power PC native version of what was once the premier view editor for the MacApp application framework. IcePick allows programmers and non programmers alike to visually create their application windows. The resulting view resources can be used with the MacApp application framework to easily create a Macintosh program. Or the resources can run from with-in IcePick to test the look and feel of the user interface. This version replaces all previous commercial versions of IcePick from Sierra Software, including the 3.0b12 version. IcePick 4.0.3 is PPC only. IcePick supports 3.0 style views which are used in MacApp 3.0-3.3 and R10-12. IcePick is a shareware product. The $50 shareware fee can be paid via Kagi Shareware. Details are in the documentation. Bugs fixed since version 4.0.2 : * IcePick got into an endless loop when opening the registration dialog from the about box. * IcePick got into an endless loop when opening the DotR window for a view with more than 32K of text. * IcePick crashed when editing a TSmallIcon view. * IcePick crash when closing the attributes window aftering editing a view property. System requirements: * System 7.5 * Power Macintosh with at least 16 MB of RAM * 2 MB of hard drive space For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed. Thanks, Steve Graesser White Lab Consulting LLC Maker of IcePick, the MacApp view editor Longmont CO 80503-9007 USA email: s.graesser@computer.org vox: (303) 651-6889 fax: (303) 651-3172 [Archived as /info-mac/dev/icepick-403-ppc.hqx; 1160K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:22 -0700 From: mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp Subject: [*] JICGlue 1.0b1 -- Java connection to Internet Config JICGlue is a Java wrapper class library to connect with the Internet Config Extension, and retrieves the specified entries from its database. The query keys to operate on the database are email address of user and mapping information on filenames and their file types and creators. To run the program, it requires Macintosh Runtime for Java 2.0, and Internet Config Extension 2.0. A stub shared library JICGlueLib is written in C language using the Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 2, and its source code is released free in public. See also my WWW page: http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/java/index.html Mizutori Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan mailto:mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/jicglue-10b1-for-java.hqx; 168K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:17 -0700 From: jafl@alice.wonderland.caltech.edu Subject: [*] MacAgent 2.10 MacAgent 2.10 Helps authors (fiction, short stories, poetry, plays, even computer programs) track where they have submitted their work and what response they received. Also helps track royalty payments once a work is published. Easily finds submissions that haven't received a response. When you buy it, you will also receive the Guide to Successful Publishing. This is a demo version that lets you track one submission. John Lindal jafl@alice.wonderland.caltech.edu [Archived as /info-mac/data/mac-agent-210-demo.hqx; 163K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:40 -0700 From: andreas@ibrium.se Subject: [*] MacDim 2.0.1 - small screensaver/dimmer MacDim version 2.0.1 MacDim 2.0 is a major release of the popular FREEWARE screensaver/dimmer for Macintosh. Version 2.0.1 fixes a memory bug that could affect the Monitor & Sound control panel. MacDim is a little but beautiful screensaver. It takes almost no memory. This control panel will protect your screen from burn-in and a too high power consumption. New in v2.0.1: - New interface - Enhanced module handling - Info/help system System requirements: System 7.0 or later, Color Quickdraw =46or more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright =A9 1996-98 Ibrium HB Thanks, Andreas Rydh Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/macdim-201.hqx; 195K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:14 -0700 From: hide@soon.com Subject: [*] More File Info CMM Plug-in 2.1.1-jp Have you ever thought these thoughts? * "I wish I could see the type and creator of a file easily." * "I wish I could change the type and creator of multiple files easily." * "I wish I could know the pure image size of a graphic file such as JPEG, GIF..., the size that does not include any resource data like thumbnail icon." * "I wish I could get the information on the graphic files, or wanted to view them quickly." * "It's a bit troublesome to open and close the 'Get Info' dialog to see the infomation of a file." * "I wish I could change the lock status of multiple files easily." * "I wish I could know the size of a big file in KB or MB rather than lengthy byte size." * "I wish I could restore the original memory requirements for an application that you have already changed before." * "I wish I could play the QuickTime movie right from the Finder without starting Movie player." More File Info CMM Plug-in is the MacOS 8 Contextual Menu Plug-in that realize such things. Main feature of this plug-in is to show the detailed information on the selected file to the contextual menu. However, it also allow users to set or change the following settings. * File Type and Creator * FIle lock status (ON/OFF) * Memory requirements for an application program - What's new with v2.1.1 - v2.1.1 has fixed two minor bugs in the v2.1. It displayed the incorrect movie size (1 pixels bigger than the actual movie size). Also invalid movie error dialog missed the close button and user has to quit the Finder to dismiss the error dialog. - What's new with v2.1 - v2.1 has added the capability of playing QuickTime movie file right from the Finder. Also it now displays whether it the GIF is animation GIF or not in the graphic info menu. The new version has improved the performance by optimizing the internal code. - Shareware ($10) - System Requirements: * OS: MacOS 8 * Hardware: PowerMac [Archived as /info-mac/gui/more-file-info-cmm-211-jp.hqx; 179K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 12:30:34 -0700 From: angela@lazer.gen.nz Subject: [*] MusicMentor 1.0 MusicMentor is a shareware HyperCard stack to help music students learn to read written music quickly. Although intended especially for piano and accordian which use a keyboard, the principals can be applied to all musical instruments. MusicMentor shows a note on a music stave and asks the user to click on the corresponding key on the three-octave piano keyboard within a certain time. MusicMentor will continue to display notes until it reaches the user-selected number of notes per test, then it will give a percentage and show the results on a bar graph, as well as showing a list of the notes the user got wrong, seperated into left and right hands. The user can change the amount of time allowed for each note, and also decide whether to be tested on whole notes, sharps/flats, or both. The beginner can choose to have the note letters shown on the keyboard, while a more advanced player can have the letters invisible for a more challenging test. MusicMentor remembers and tests more frequently on the notes which the user got wrong previously. Music students should find MusicMentor useful for memorizing all the notes on the scale, including sharps and flats, and teachers should find the game useful for review with their students. System requirements: * HyperCard 2.1 or later * 219K hard disk space * 600x400 (or larger) black and white or color monitor MusicMentor may be included in any CD-ROM, provided I get a copy of the CD. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/music-mentor.hqx; 117K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:19 -0700 From: maverick@cyberramp.net Subject: [*] Rabbit Base 1.0 PPC Rabbit Base 1.0 is the only program that runs on PowerPC macintoshes and is PowerPC native. It tracks pedigrees, provides chore sheets and entry sheets, and has a calendar to save show dates and reminders. Bill Benjamin [Archived as /info-mac/data/rabbit-base-10-demo-ppc.hqx; 2769K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:43 -0700 From: stossj@mail.mpx.com.au Subject: [*] Rects - DarkSide of the Mac module. Rects is a module for DarkSide of the Mac that I wrote several years ago. It features a collection of multicolored rectangles zipping around, bouncing off the edges of your screen. Basically its your average screensaver module. Rects can be found in two versions - one for PowerMacs and one for 68k Macs. The 68k Mac version can be used on PowerPC machines also. Just put it in you DarkSide fader modules folder and select it as you default module. Rects is freeware. Requires DarkSide of the Mac (copyright Tom Dowdy). Jason Stoessel 20 Niagara Street, ARMIDALE, N.S.W 2350 Australia general: mailto:stossj@mpx.com.au alternate: mailto:stossj@idl.net.au academic only: mailto:jstoesse@metz.une.au software: mailto:stossj@kagi.com or mailto:stossj@mpx.com.au [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/rects-module.hqx; 17K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:20 -0700 From: kdraner@krs.com.au Subject: [*] star-gate-111.hqx Star Gate is a utility that allows easy transfer of files between PC and Mac, or PC and PC, via a serial link. If you need to transfer files between computers and don't want to bear the expense of network cards, transceivers and commercial network software then you need Star Gate. Star Gate is easy to configure and requires only a cheap null-modem cable. It can transfer whole directory trees and reconstruct the tree on the receiving computer. It also performs text translation so the line endings of text files are always correct for the receiving computer. The interface is simple and convenient. To send a file to another computer simply drag it to the outgoing directory and it will automatically appear in the incoming folder of the other computer. Forget about protocols, packets, CRCs etc. just drag your files! [Archived as /info-mac/comm/star-gate.hqx; 279K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:12 -0700 From: u-strasbg.fr Subject: [*] SuperReplace 1.2; a text conversion utility Announcing the release of SuperReplace 1.2 ! SuperReplace is a powerful text conversion utility. [What's it?] SuperReplace is a powerful application for creating text conversion utility, called "Filter". To use filter to do the conversion, just drag and drop input text files onto the filter icon under Finder.The syntax of filter is very easy to understand. [Easy to use] Using a bi-style editor, it doesn't use any special character unlike classical system. You can write " \ CR and TAB directly in your filter. An assistant helps you to edit filter. Non programmers as well as programmers can use it very easily. [Powerful] Very fast. Replace strings. Search regular expression(pattern). Insert variables in the output text files. Preferences for selecting input files. [Examples] SuperReplace can be used for reformating HTML file. You have saved a web page from Netscape as TEXT or as HTML, but you don't like the file format: The accents are missing for french accent letters, the format isn't compatible with your database or your text editor, you need to extract only a few lines, or any PC/Mac/Unix file format problem, multi-columns problem, tabulation and space problems... [What's New?] - Improved both the editor and the replace engine. - Added font for input text, output text, normal char and red char. - Added copy resource option. - Can save file as filter application or document. For more information, please read the Tutorial file enclosed, or visit my web page: http://www.kagi.com/guoniu Thanks, Guoniu Han [Archived as /info-mac/text/super-replace-12.hqx; 1054K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:34 -0700 From: madrau@ensic.u-nancy.fr Subject: [*] SwitchRes 1.3 (german version) SwitchRes is a totally configurable Control Strip Module. It is designed to simplify resolution changes. You can define which resolutions are really accessible, and which will require a confirmation. On PCI Macs, all resolutions available to your video card are shown. You can save the position of the icons on your desktop, independently from one resolution to the other, unlike the Finder. The position of the icons is restored at startup. You can assign specific resolutions of to an application, so that every time you use this application, your Mac will automatically switch to the predefined resolutions. SwitchRes is distributed as a $9 shareware. System requirement: * Every Mac with MacOS 8 should run SwitchRes * A multisync or SVGA display is useful, but not required... There are an english, a french and a german version. Stephane Madrau [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/switchres-13-de.hqx; 222K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:18:37 -0700 From: LouZinnit@aol.com Subject: [*] The EC Does It! Electronic Catalog The EC Does It! Electronic Catalog is an easy-to-use database program. It's ideal for both the novice and professional. No set-up time. It takes about an hour to master. On-the-fly editing. Change, alter and modify with little or no effort. More than ample storage space for your data. It's easy to locate items. Even if you forgot the name. Use it to catalog just about anything. The EC Does It! Electronic Catalog is a shareware program. The cost is $30.00. If you're not satisfied with the operation of this demo, you can keep it and view the catalogs you made. Requirements - Any Mac, Operating System: 7.0 or later, Hard Disk Space: 2Mb RAM: 1Mb preferred - 800Kb minimum [Archived as /info-mac/app/ec-demo-hc.hqx; 1356K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:04:34 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: (Q) HFS+ dilemma At 9:45 PM -0400 4/14/98, abrody@smart.net wrote: >Can a G3 machine be attached to an APS drive formatted with Powertools 4.1 >under MacOS 8.0? Yes. >I heard about some incompatibilities that either make it >impossible for an HFS drive to see the data on an HFS+ drive, or vice >versa. Now which is it? The HFS+ filesystem is supported only by 8.1, so a machine running 8.0 and below will not be able to see the data on an HFS+ disk. So, if you initialize your external disk to HFS+, then your MacOS 8.0 machine will not be able to use it. 8.1 understands both file systems [HFS and HFS+] and can use disks initialized with either or both. All disks do not need to have the same file system. My 8.1 testing machine here has one HFS disk and one HFS+ disk. The HFS disk is the boot disk. >Please tell me this isn't so. Anybody have experiences? It isn't so. No need for panic. >If my applications are on my external APS drive, will the Open/Save dialog >box be able to see data saved on my internal drive, when the internal is >HFS+, and the external is HFS? Yes. In general use, you will not be able to tell which is the HFS+ disk and which is the HFS disk. The primary benefit to you will be the reduced allcoation block size, and its attendant disk space savings. From the file opening/closing/saving standpoint, the UI will not change. >Or if the applications are on an HFS+ internal drive, and I try to open >data on an HFS external drive will the dialog box be able to do it? Yes. >Also will CDs burnt with Toast software while still using MacOS 8.0 and HFS >be readable in a G3 that has MacOS 8.1 and HFS+? Yes. If such CDs were unreadable, this would prevent a machine running 8.1 from accessing any of the extant Mac CDs on the market, which would be bad. This is not the case. In short, your fears are unfounded. The more significant issue is the lack of disk repair tools that understand HFS+. Disk First Aid is currently the only one. Tech Tool Pro 2 is supposed to be shipping any time now, and it understands HFS+. Norton Utilities 3.5.1 will badly damage HFS+ disks if you let it try to repair one. chazl chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:22:20 -0500 From: Chaz Larson Subject: *New Video Card question At 10:57 PM -0400 4/14/98, Benjamin J Conable wrote: >nubus adapter for the pds slot in my [Performa 6116] >...Is there a source for this part? Sure. They're pretty easy to find. There's a guy selling two of them for $50 here: I searched at DejaNews for "6100 nubus adapter sale", and found oodles of them: You may want to consider the Apple HPV video card and adapter instead of the NuBus route. The HPV has better performance, and will probably be less than the NuBus card/adapter combo. These folks have the HPV carfd and adapter for about $50 each: Or, there's the PowerMac AV card, which would give you video in/out as well. These folks have it for $99: That should get you started. chazl chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:30:24 +0100 From: mnolet@faille.unice.fr (Mike Nolet) Subject: 6100 & Newer Upgrade card... Recently while looking through a MacZone catalog I saw an G3 upgrade for a Power Mac 61xx! I was baffled! Previously I had looked into buying a new chip for my PowerMac 6100/66 but had always found that it wasn't possible. So now my question is, does this really work? I also have a PC card in my PowerMac and would I have to take that out to use this new Newer G3 upgrade card? -Mike p.s. Please in reply to me directly as well as to the digest for I don't receive all info-mac issues... p.p.s. My system is: PowerMac 6100/66 16MB ram, 500MB hard drive with PC card.. p.p.p.s. While on the subject, I also have a PowerBook 180 which I absolutely LOVE (it might be old bit it rocks!) and I was wondering if there are any processor upgrades for it... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:55:01 -0400 From: Peter Galko Subject: Computer monitoring via pings (or other mechanisms) We have been having a bit of a problem here with breakins to professors offices and the theft of computers on weekend evenings. [Fortunately, these theives currently only steal Wintel machines, and leave the Macs alone!] Our Security Services is trying to deal with the situation by having our computers left on all the time and periodically pinging the machines to watch for machines that disappear when they shouldn't. It seems that Security Services are having some trouble locating software that would automatically inform them of such changes on the network...so they manually monitor the network at the moment. Does anyone know of (robust) software that could automatically generate warnings of computers that seem to disappear from the net in a real-time way? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Galko, Tel: (613)-562-5800 ext. 6204 e-mail: galko@site.uottawa.ca ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:08:54 -0400 From: Jonathan Shaw Subject: erasing zip disks >Never ever erase or initialize a Zip disk using the Finder. Allways use >the Iomega Software that came with your machine. Every Zip has its on >driver ON the disk, and it won't mount without it. First try do >initialize your disks with the Iomega programm, secondly read your >ReadMe's! Thanks, Tom! I did low-level initialize one disk with HDT. And I _may_ have erased the other 2 with the Finder, though I'd most likely use the Tools program to do that. With the latter 2 disks, they stopped working abruptly--they worked after the format and for some time later, but then stopped for whatever reason. Almost all the other disks have bad areas where the drive will keep "clicking" over and over for a while. Sometimes it finishes the read operation, but almost always the file is corrupt and nearly/totally unusable. However, if Iomega zip disks are subjected to problems when erasing them in the Finder, than Iomega needs to make this blatantly obvious somehow. For example, they could disallow the erase command, or present a warning dialog in the dialog. Since the zip disk has its driver on each disk, the driver should be able to patch that dialog. I can understand why one would need to go through a read me before using HDT on a disk, but the HDT documentation (if I remember correctly) said it was compatible with zip drives, and several people recommended using HDT's driver for all SCSI secondary (and random access tertiary) type storage devices. Your advice is very helpful, though--I will use the Tools program for all future zip disk erasures or initializations. P.S. I called Iomega tech support and they are shipping 3 new disks to me. For the other 17, I will go through each and find the bad ones, then send them to Iomega, who will then ship replacements to me. Their tech support was actually helpful in this matter! I was quite impressed. -Jonathan {;-) Visit for a good laugh. There are 3 kinds of people: Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 00:38:58 +0900 From: rsm@twics.com (Ruth McCreery) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #90 >Date: Tue, 14 Apr 98 17:03:43 -0700 >From: "Brian Wessels" >Subject: [Q] A database solution question > > >I have a question about creating a database of information. > >I'm basically trying to keep a bunch of short articles on a subject for >personal >use. For each article I want about seven fields of short information (one >to ten >words) such as Source, Date, Important Points, etc. Then I want one much longer >field to enter an abbreviated version of the article, several paragraphs >long in >most cases. Have you looked at FileMaker Pro? Infinitely flexible, very easy to use. It will do all you describe with ease. Plus, if you decide at some point that you need more fields or want to export the bibliographic info for, say, an article, it's easy to format that properly, too. And it indexes everything, for powerful searches. (I use FM Pro for our invoicing system, keeping track of URLs, maintaining client files and intake records, and analyzing research results, among other things.) Ruth S. McCreery rsm@twics.com The Word Works, Ltd. +81-(0)45-314-9324; fax +81-(0)45-316-4409 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:35:01 -0400 From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: Monitor Image Shrinking I have an Apple Color Plus 14" Display that I bought about 4 years ago. It seems to me that the image size has shrunk over time. The desktop image is now down to 9" in width, with a dark margin of 5/8" on either side to the edge of the mask. There is no external means for controling image size. I spoke to a repair technician from an local Apple support facility and he said the fee for adjustment would be on the order of $50. Rather than spending the money on such an adjustment, I am tempted to try the job myself and/or simply buy a new 15"or 17" display. Have any of you ever tried to adjust the image size on this type disply? Was it difficult? Where (inside the case) are the controls located? Regarding the purchase of a new display, I only use my computer (a Performa 6116CD) for home use and to maintain a couple of web sites so my needs are relatively simple and I don't want to spend a large sum. I would sincerely appreciate any suggestions you might have. Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:34:12 -0700 From: "Paul [not \"Brian\"] Brians" Subject: Sound turned off From: Ross wrote: >Paul Brians wrote of sound problems with CD's on his G3. Once in a while my >G3 will simply decide to reset the sound levels to zero on its own. I reset >and it will eventually zero them out. Don't have a clue as to why. >Ross I see it's not just me. Mine is not a G3, but a 7600/132 running 8.1. The last two times Netscape (what else?) crashed it, it rebooted with the "mute" box checked in the sound control panel. It would seem to be a system problem, not a hardware one. Anybody from Apple reading this? Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 11:44:09 -0400 From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: Word 98 I have Office 94 (I think). At any rate, it is the first one that came with Word 6. I have been considering upgrading to Word 98. If I upgrade to Word 98 (but not the entire new Office suite) will the new Word integrate with my current Office software? Or would I be better served by upgrading to office 98 even though I don't need Power Point at all and my version of Excel more than meets my spreadsheet needs? Ed Ver Hoef -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************