Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #131 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 23 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 131 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#544/21-Aug-00 (C) Eudora vs. Outlook (C) Eudora vs. Outlook (Q) Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server (Q) Techworks airstation? [*] AliasMenu 2.1.1J - Japanese Version [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.6 [*] Mortgage Maker 2.2 [*] Pepper 3.0.1 released [*] Presidents3000 v1.01 [*] Scheduler 2.1 [*] Slider 1.0.4 [*] Smart Scroll 3.7J - Japanese Version [*] TimeZonesHC 1.05 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezonesincluding DST [A] Power Mcintosh 720075? Automatic Login Woes (Summary) Caller ID Utility Help: drivers for Sportster 28.8 PCMCIA modem needed Intel PowerMac 7200 Sort menus by Label USB and Serial Why Use A Mac?? 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Read on for how to expand the viewable image on most CRT-based displays. Also in this issue, Matt Neuburg reviews weighs in with a review of IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition software. Major releases this week include Interarchy 3.8, an updated and renamed version of Anarchie, and Adobe GoLive 5.0, the latest version of the powerful Web design package. This week's poll: which futuristic technologies do you most want to see become reality? Topics: MailBITS/21-Aug-00 Maximize Your Monitor Talk Is Cheap - ViaVoice Enhanced Edition [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-544.etx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:17:16 -0400 From: Allan Hunter To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: In V17 #130, "Topper" asked >Is it possible for apple operating systems to run on an >IBM compatible PC (Intel with Pentium). As I am wanting to run something >other than >windows?? Actually, believe it or not...yes! But not without some limitations (e.g., won't execute PowerPC code), and you need a ROM... But what better use for Intel hardware? :) http://www.emulators.com/softmac.htm -- Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:11:01 +1000 From: Geoffrey Heard To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (C) Eudora vs. Outlook At 8:32 PM -0400 15/8/00, abrody@smart.net wrote: > >Dear Digest readers, >For those of you not wanting to go to Eudora because you think it is >costly compared to Outlook some things you may have not known. >Eudora has a free version that is as capable as Outlook in many ways. AB mentioned 14 points. There is also the fact that Eudora comes in three versions -- 1) fully paid, fully featured 2) Free, fully featured, sponsored with the postage stamp ad. in the corner of yourscreen. 3) Free, features limited, no ads. Take the 3) option, add the free SpellTools , and you'll be scratching to beat Eudora unless you want multiple personalities. AB failed to mention the add-ons available. SmartWrap Text is one -- removes hard returns at end of lines, cuts out unnecessary spaces, etc. (SpellTools also does these things, but not all in one go) to convert your email to "real" text. It also comes with a function to do this in the clipboard, so it works outside your emailer. -- cheers, geoff Geoffrey Heard - GH&A Public Relations Demand Indonesia return the 100,000 East Timorese held hostage in West Timor. Demand Indonesia pay reparations to the East Timorese. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:20:53 -0400 From: Ken Laskey To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (C) Eudora vs. Outlook --------- previous message ----------- Dear Digest readers, For those of you not wanting to go to Eudora because you think it is costly compared to Outlook some things you may have not known. [snip] I'd like to second the comments by abrody. I have a paid version of Eudora and find it well worth the cost. Outlook? You get what you pay for. One other issue is that being less "tightly integrated" with the rest of the Microsoft products, Eudora is less susceptible to the current rounds of email transmitted viruses and doesn't carry the seeds of more malicious viruses which are expected. -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 13:30:11 -0400 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server Dear Digest readers, While browsing my backups I ran across two programs I never realized I had before. Microsoft Netshow and Personal Web Server. They appeared to be installed by Explorer 4.0.1. Does Netshow support any formats Mediaplayer 6.3 doesn't support? Is Microsoft Personal Web Server a true web server one can run on a Mac? I've never really been able to use the MacOS 9.0 Personal Web Server either. Is there a way with either personal web server to setup one's domain name. Or do I need to pay for Webstar or a similar package if I wanted to do this on a Mac? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly: http://www.index-site.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:41:06 -0400 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Techworks airstation? Dear Digest readers, Anyone see any reviews yet of Techworks Airstation? It is $50 cheaper than the Airport baystation, and supposed to be able to do the same thing on the same frequencies. I have a DSL connection on my Wallstreet, and would like to be able to connect wireless through my house, and wondered if it mattered if I got the Lucent or Farallon card to go in my PCMCIA port. Does one take more battery power than another, and will the airstation broadcast to these cards? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Come visit my mini Yahoo at. All links verified monthly: http://www.index-site.com/ ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] AliasMenu 2.1.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the AliasMenu package. AliasMenu is a control panel that adds customized menus to the menu bar. These menus work like the Apple menu: Each menu has a corresponding folder and the menu automatically reflects the folder's content. The menu name can be replaced by a custom icon, to get a nice layout or to save room in the menu bar and add more menus. AliasMenu 2 features: * Menus are present in all opened applications. * The number of menus is unlimited. * Menus can be added after the application's menus, or inserted before. * Keyboard shortcuts are always active and can use any modifier key. * Ordering menus and items is easy. Separators can be inserted and removed on the fly. * Items of any kind can be put into a menu: folders, applications, documents, servers, scripts, and URLs. Use AliasMenu to create several cross-application bookmarks menus, always available. * Multiple launching: launch several items with a single keystroke or menu command. * Automatic text typing: put a text clipping in a menu to 'type' its text in any application. * AliasMenu can trigger FKeys from separate files, allowing the use of an unlimited number of FKeys with user-defined key shortcuts. System requirements: System 7.0 or better, MacOS 8.1 or more is preferred. Hardware: Any Power Macintosh or any Macintosh with color capabilities. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-menu-211-jp.hqx; 280 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.6 MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play & manage standard MIDI files. Player window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find capability. What's changed : - Crashed just after launch on 68K Macs -> fixed. - Faster file loading. - Possible hang while loading MIDI files on low memory condition -> fixed. - Some Japanese label did not shown properly -> fixed. Features : - Fat Binary. - QuickTime support. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - GM, GS, XG format compatible. - 32part Standard MIDI File playback support. - Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only) This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later - OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator - MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-106.hqx; 441 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 2000 From: Nick Parlante To: Subject: [*] Mortgage Maker 2.2 Mortgage Maker lets you play around with the variables in a mortgage loan to find a combination that qualifies. That's all it does, but it does a nice job of it. The program is free for personal use. It computes the "qualifying ratios" that the banks use to rate loans. Its Backsolve feature answers questions like "how much house can I afford on this income?" or my favorite, "How much does my spouse/partner need to make for us to get into that house." It also handles refinances and estimates closing costs. For real estate or mortgage professionals, the program is a handy way to print quick estimates for clients. Mortgage Maker is free for personal use, $10 for professional use, and the package may be redistributed. mortgagemaker@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/mortgage-maker-22.hqx; 297 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 2000 From: Maarten Hekkelman To: Subject: [*] Pepper 3.0.1 released An update for Pepper has been released. This version 3.0.1 offers a couple of fixes for the minor problems that have been reported in version 3.0. As a bonus this new release contains Online help. About Pepper Pepper is a new and powerful text editor for MacOS. Pepper is an editor targeted at programmers, script coders and HTML writers, but since it is such a powerful and yet easy to use tool you can use it for any task that involves working with plain text. Among the unique features offered by Pepper are: Ñ×intelligent and extendable language support through addons with syntax styling as opposed to mere syntax coloring. Currently supported languages are: HTML (with JavaScript and PHP embedded), C/C++, Pascal, Oberon-2, Perl, Python, Rez, Shell, TeX Ñ identifier completion Ñ×incremental search Ñ ToolServer integration with stderr parsing Ñ×extensions and script extensions (apply a perl script to a selection e.g.) Ñ×fully configurable keybindings Ñ rectangular selections And of course Pepper offers all the features available in other major commercial text editors currently known on MacOS. Pepper is a descendant of the popular Pe for BeOS, an editor that has been used extensively by many, not only to write code but also novels and other books (Neal Stephenson and Scot Hacker e.g.). Pepper is more than a port, it offers many new features and interface enhancements when compared to its predecessor. System requirements for Pepper are a PowerMac running MacOS 8.6. Pepper can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.hekkelman.com/pepper-3.0.1.sit and from the various info-mac archives once it has arrived there. Pepper is sold as shareware, single license fee is USD 45, site license is USD 400 and upgrades from Pe for BeOS are available at USD 25. [Archived as /info-mac/text/pepper-301.hqx; 1416 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: Ken Winograd To: Subject: [*] Presidents3000 v1.01 Presidents3000 v1.01 Released! Merrimack, New Hampshire, August 10, 2000: Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates announced today the release of version 1.01 of a fun Macintosh shareware game called Presidents3000 (Windows version available soon). Presidents3000 is a "Presidential version" of the classic hangman word guessing game we all played when we were kids. It's an easy and fun way to learn all about the Presidents of the United States. It features colorful, non-violent graphics, digitized sounds, synthesized speech, Presidential pictures and information, and special options especially designed for visually challenged users. Presidents3000 is "secretly educational". It's played for fun, but you can't help learning. Learn the names of the Presidents and their Vice Presidents and First Ladies. Learn to recognize the faces of each of the Presidents. Learn their terms of office, their party affiliation, and the sequential ordering of the Presidents. Presidents3000 includes Multi-Level Winning Streak Score Boards, allowing students and family members alike to keep track of winning streaks. Separate score boards are kept for each difficulty level, so users can compete against users choosing the same difficulty level. Version 1.01 of Presidents3000 fixes a few of the Presidential facts presented. Presidents3000 requires a Macintosh (PPC-only.) Presidents3000 for Windows will be available soon. Presidents3000 for Macintosh is available now. For more information, or to download or securely register the program, please visit the Presidents3000 web page at: Information: http://www.winograd.com Quick Download: http://www.winograd.com/Presidents3000.sit.hqx Contact: Ken Winograd (ken@winograd.com) [Archived as /info-mac/game/presidents-3000-101.hqx; 908 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 2000 From: Joao Varela To: Subject: [*] Scheduler 2.1 Scheduler 2.1 is a FREE utility that will remind you of remember important meetings and launch applications on a given date and at a certain time. It can also be used to manage the launching of applications upon startup or when your computer has remaine idle for a certain amount of time. Scheduler 2.1 is able to launch (Apple)scripts, taking automation up to a new level. Scheduler 2.1 gives you many options of periodicity, including a way of customizing these options. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/scheduler-21.hqx; 457 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: "C.K. Haun" To: Subject: [*] Slider 1.0.4 Slider Freeware from Ravenware Slider is a fun and challenging puzzle game. The object of the game is to slide key blocks to a goal. Sounds easy enough, right? Not when there are walls, bombs, reversing blocks, and other troublesome obstacles in your way. Some of the levels that look ridiculously simple will have you tearing your hair out. With 50 levels and a built-in editor to create your own levels, this game will keep you busy for quite some time. Version 1.0.4 is now fully PowerPC native, runs in thousands of colors. This version is PowerPC only, any PowerMac running 7.0 or later. If you need a 68k version please go to the Ravenware website. [Archived as /info-mac/game/slider-104.hqx; 206 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Aug 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Smart Scroll 3.7J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Smart Scroll package. Smart Scroll: Scrolling speed control, Proportional scrollbar tabs and Live scrolling. Smart Scroll allows setting a comfortable Scrolling Speed in all situations and for all Mac models. Users of fast G3 and G4 Macs may now select text past the edge of a window before it speeds by, as well as navigate long menus with ease! And while Apple's "Smart Scrolling" concerns mostly the Finder, the original Smart Scroll brings Proportional Thumbs and Live Scrolling to applications such as Netscape, Emailer, AppleWorks, Word, and most system add-ons such as control panels. Version 3.7 features an all new scrolling control engine for improved smoothness. It also adds support for QuarkXpress and WordPerfect, and solves issues with PowerMail and a few other apps. Smart Scroll runs on Mac OS 9.0.4 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0). It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. Registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-scroll-37-jp.hqx; 231 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Aug 2000 From: Oscar van Vlijmen To: Subject: [*] TimeZonesHC 1.05 / HyperCard stack time in ALL timezonesincluding DST This HyperCard stack by Oscar van Vlijmen can show the time in ALL known time zones, taking the daylight savings time (summertime) into account. Enter a time, set a few time zones, and this stack will compute the correct time in the set time zones. From base time to zone time and vice versa. If you enter a date as well, the correct daylight savings time corrections (summertime) are taken into account. This version can show up to 12 timezones simultaneously. This stack is a Macintosh application of the TZ UNIX timezone database, but only for the current timezone information, not the historical information. This stack is updated from TZdata2000f. What is so special about this stack? * You can find information about ALL known time zones of the world. The database has 426 zone cards. * ALL known information about daylight savings time (summertime) is included. * Calculations are made with a precision of one minute, even in the case of a transition from summer time to winter time (or vice versa) right now. * The information is extremely up to date. * You can study and change all information yourself, nothing is hidden. Freeware; not to be used for commercial applications; not on CD-ROM's. Internet page: http://www1.tip.nl/~t876506/AboutTimeZonesHC.html Oscar van Vlijmen 2000-08-15 [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/time-zones-hc-105.hqx; 102 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:43:51 -0400 From: Ken Laskey To: tpom@eircom.net, digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Power Mcintosh 720075? The best source of this type of information is GURU (GUide to RAM Upgrades). I thnk this is available from the Info_Mac archives, but also their Web site is www.newerram.com. Besides RAM configurations, GURU contains loads of information on machine configuration. As a direct answer to your question, GURU has a 7200/100 but not a 75 Mhz version. -- Ken Laskey kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com ------------------------------ Date: 17 Aug 2000 07:50:35 -0400 From: Bill Waits To: "Info-Mac" Subject: Automatic Login Woes (Summary) Sorry for the delay in posting a summary, but I have had a lot of fires all at once to put out.... Anyway, I promised a summary regarding my question concerning stopping the attempt to automatically login when a Mac starts up. Previously, I had trashed the AppleTalk and AppleShare Prep files, but to no avail. The additional steps are that I should then reboot with AppleTalk turned off and not connected via Ethernet. It was also recommended that Mac OS v9.0.4 is better than v9.0 (I already had v9.0.4, so I can't validate/test that theory.....) Hope that this helps somone else.... Bill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:14:23 -0400 From: Ira Flatow To: Subject: Caller ID Utility With the demise of YoYo, can anyone suggest a similar device that will take its place, i.e. allow me to monitor my phone calls using caller ID, on a G4? Thanks. i.flatow ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 19:34:53 +1200 From: "Markus Winter" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Help: drivers for Sportster 28.8 PCMCIA modem needed Hi all, I inherited a Sportster 28.8 PCMCIA modem but have no disks with it. I downloaded the USR Universal driver, but that doesn't seem to have the right Xon/Xoff and Initialisation strings ... Anyone who can help me? Thanks Markus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 10:51:12 -0700 From: "Chambers, Ed" To: "'Topper'" , Subject: Intel No. Ed Chambers Cubic Defense Systems Inc ed.chambers@cubic.com www.cubic.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Topper [mailto:haha@doyawannaknow.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:29 AM > To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org > Subject: Intel > > > Is it possible for apple operating systems to run on an > IBM compatible PC (Intel with Pentium). As I am wanting to > run something > other than > windows?? > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:28:52 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: tpom@eircom.net (Tom Murphy) Subject: PowerMac 7200 At Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:41:46 +0100, tpom@eircom.net (Tom Murphy) wrote: >Is there such a mac as >A Power Mcintosh 720075? You probably refer to a 7200/75. Look for the technical details at Apple's database: http://www.info.apple.com/applespec/applespec.taf Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:08:59 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: "A.W. Neef" Subject: Sort menus by Label At Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:15:17 -0400, "A.W. Neef" wrote: >I like many of my menus Sorted by Labels. On my new iMac-DV-se (OS 9.0.4), >when I sort by Labels, the result is IN REVERSE LABEL ORDER. That is, the >"Nones" come first followed by the "Project 2's", Project 1's, etc ... and >ending with the "Essentials" at the bottom of the menu. > >What'd I do to REVERSE the Label order?? Klick on the small triangle near the upper-right corner of the window. It will rotate by 180 degrees and also change the sort order as a side-effect ;-)) Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:43:08 +1000 From: Robyn Phillips To: Subject: USB and Serial > From: "A.W. Neef" > > My new Epson 740 inkjet printer has both USB and Serial input > ports. My new iMac-DV-se (USB printer port) and my Performa-6205 > (serial printer port) sit side-by-side. I've planned to connect > both computers to the Epson through the two printer input ports, > leaving them both connected all the time. I do not have either > computer set for "background" printing. > > I will soon try it. But ... I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who > has used such a setup successfully ... I have both an iBook (USB) and PowerMac 7300 (serial) connected to my Epson 740 and I have not experienced any problems, although I rarely use both computers at once. Robyn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:21:32 -0500 From: "Casanova, Bud" To: "'digest@info-mac.org'" Subject: Why Use A Mac?? If anyone can offer me arguments on why Mac is superior to PC, I would really appreciate your input as I am a Mac person, but my IT dept. would like to see them disappear. I need valid reasons to keep them in my Creative Services dept. Please help me win the argument. Thanks Bud Casanova Senior Team Leader - Creative Services S&C Electric Company 773.338.1000 X2301 www.sandc.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:02:49 +0200 From: Roger Arditi To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Windows driver for Apple Laserwriter I have a problem which is related to Windows rather than MacOS but I am submitting it to you because it is likely to find an answer in the community of Apple users. I am a regular Macintosh user and I generally print on an Apple Laserwriter 16/600PS connected to an Ethernet/TCP network. Occasionally, I also wish to access this printer from a PC that is connected to the same network. The PC can print through TCP, but I need to install the appropriate Windows printer driver. I own a very old version of the driver and have been unable to locate a recent one, neither on the Apple web site nor on the Microsoft web site. Thanks for any help. Roger -- Pr. Roger Arditi, Ecologie des populations et communaut‰s, Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon, 16, rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France Tel. +33 1 44 08 72 15. Fax: +33 1 44 08 16 31 mailto:arditi@inapg.inra.fr ICQ: 70083929 http://www.inapg.inra.fr/ens_rech/bio/Ecologie/ecologie.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************