Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #89 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 13 Jun 01 Volume 18 : Issue 89 Today's Topics: [*] Area Puzzles [*] Digital Diary v2.2 Project and Activity Organizer [*] DoubletScan332.hqx [*] DropDate 68K 1.0 [*] DropDate PPC 1.0 [*] GnuGo Mac Pack 0.5 [*] GrafEq 2.10 PPC - Mathematical relation graphing software [*] iStream1.4.2.sit.hqx - MP3 Streaming Server [*] QuickTTest 1.6 [*] RPN Calculator V1.05 [*] Submission [*] TidBITS#583/11-Jun-01 OS 9.1 Powerpoint 2001 Book utility for monitoring internet access thru ISDN router 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #89" ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Area Puzzles Program Name: Area Puzzles Category: Education / Math Description: Middle school (grades 5 through 9) math program. Students are shown a ten by ten grid "sprinkled" with numbers. Students must fill the grid with rectangles so that each rectangles contain one "sprinkle" number that matches that rectangle's area. There are twenty puzzles in the program. Gary Smith gsmith@polymathlove.com. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/area-puzzles.hqx; 142 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: "Eric Rojo" To: Subject: [*] Digital Diary v2.2 Project and Activity Organizer Author: Eric Rojo e-mail: eric@ceiarchitecture.com web site: www.macintoshproducts.com download URL for fully working demo: www.macintoshproducts.com/downloads/Digital_Diary.sit Digital Diary (version 2.2) allows fingertip access to the activity history and current status of any project, with the added ability to view all activities on all projects on any particular day. On a complex project, there could be a dozen or more separate issues being dealt with simultaneously, each with its own distinct status and decision stream. Digital Diary helps keep track of all this by providing a convenient way of recording and automatically organizing this information. While most personal information managers focus on scheduling and contacts management, Digital Diary focuses on keeping an organized record of your activities and decisions, allowing you quick and easy retrieval of a project's history. Versatile report generation can organize your data in any manner you choose. System requirements: 68k and PPC Mac running System 7 and up, including OS9. Price: $20 The demo will allow 75 notes to be entered, after which the note recording function will be disabled until the ID code is entered. The ID code is delivered by the author by e-mail within 24 to 36 hours after payment has been made through one of several on-line software distributors or to the author directly. [Archived as /info-mac/app/digital-diary-22.hqx; 1800 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: Giuseppe Giunto To: Subject: [*] DoubletScan332.hqx What's new version 3.3.2 Fixed bug of type 1 (bus error) in the "Mark" window Fixed minor bug in the "Custom search" window. Fixed minor bug in the "Change Attribute" window. Fixed other minor bugs. Localizations available at: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html Japanese French Download page: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html Direct links: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/programs/DoubletScan332.sit ftp://ftp.hyperbolicsoftware.com/DoubletScan332.sit [Archived as /info-mac/disk/doublet-scan-332.hqx; 1588 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: "Satinder S. Sidhu" To: Subject: [*] DropDate 68K 1.0 Welcome to DropDate. This simple utility presents a one-month calendar in a global floating window that can appear above the windows of any application. You can change the year by pressing the UP and DOWN arrows and select the month from a popup menu. It can, therefore, serve as a simple calendar on your desktop. However, DropDate does more than just show a calendar. You can drag-and-drop the long form (with weekday, of course) of any date into any application that accepts text drops by starting the drag from the desired calendar cell. Why DropDate? One of the minor annoyances of life is receiving a message announcing some event on some date, such as "We will have a picnic on June 7, 2001." This immediately sends the receiver looking for a calendar to find out what day of the week June 7 falls on. Wouldn t it be nicer if all senders took the trouble to put the weekday in their messages? For instance, "We will have a picnic on Thursday, June 7, 2001." A few do this, but sometimes end up making mistakes that result in further, "Oops!" messages. I wrote DropDate to help me be a good citizen-communicator. Entering the date with correct weekday is as simple as dragging the desired date and dropping it in the target window. ------ ** DropDate is freeware; it may be used and distributed freely, including by storing it on file servers and magazine, user group and Info-Mac CDs. I retain the title, ownership rights, intellectual property rights, and all other legal rights. ** If you re having problems using DropDate, contact me and I will do what I can to fix them. If you like DropDate and find it useful, I will appreciate receiving email from you at [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/drop-date-68k.hqx; 412 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: "Satinder S. Sidhu" To: Subject: [*] DropDate PPC 1.0 Welcome to DropDate. This simple utility presents a one-month calendar in a global floating window that can appear above the windows of any application. You can change the year by pressing the UP and DOWN arrows and select the month from a popup menu. It can, therefore, serve as a simple calendar on your desktop. However, DropDate does more than just show a calendar. You can drag-and-drop the long form (with weekday, of course) of any date into any application that accepts text drops by starting the drag from the desired calendar cell. Why DropDate? One of the minor annoyances of life is receiving a message announcing some event on some date, such as "We will have a picnic on June 7, 2001." This immediately sends the receiver looking for a calendar to find out what day of the week June 7 falls on. Wouldn t it be nicer if all senders took the trouble to put the weekday in their messages? For instance, "We will have a picnic on Thursday, June 7, 2001." A few do this, but sometimes end up making mistakes that result in further, "Oops!" messages. I wrote DropDate to help me be a good citizen-communicator. Entering the date with correct weekday is as simple as dragging the desired date and dropping it in the target window. ------ ** DropDate is freeware; it may be used and distributed freely, including by storing it on file servers and magazine, user group and Info-Mac CDs. I retain the title, ownership rights, intellectual property rights, and all other legal rights. ** If you re having problems using DropDate, contact me and I will do what I can to fix them. If you like DropDate and find it useful, I will appreciate receiving email from you at [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/drop-date-ppc.hqx; 693 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: IceFlowr@concentric.net To: Subject: [*] GnuGo Mac Pack 0.5 The GnuGo Mac Pack offers two ways of playing the game of Go (also known as Igo, Baduk, and WeiQi) on any Macintosh (68k or greater, system 7 or greater): The GnuGo way, which is an _anymac_ compile of version 2.6 of the GnuGo program developed by the Free Software Foundation (see www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/ for more information), or the Mac way, which offers a GUI interface to play go against your Mac using the GnuGo engine. MacGnuGo 0.5 (the Mac way) offers 10 levels to the GnuGo engine, fancy board patterns and stones, and atari, capture, pass, and stone click sounds. You can watch moyo and your dragon status change in real time, as you move. You can play against GnuGo, yourself, watch GnuGo play itself, get hints, and get your current score . MacGnuGo 0.5 is freeware, and is free code. The source code is included. GnuGo 2.6, the engine, is free code as well. See www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/ or the README file for more info. Requirements: At least 16 Megs available (I know, it's huge. I'll fix this somehow.) System 7 or greater A Mac! MacGnuGo 0.5 is far from finished yet, but very playable. I wanted people out there to know that there's to be a front end to GnuGo for the Mac. So Enjoy! [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/gnu-go-05.hqx; 1384 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: Jeff Tupper / Pedagoguery Software Inc To: Subject: [*] GrafEq 2.10 PPC - Mathematical relation graphing software Here is a fully-functional evaluation copy of GrafEq 2.10 PPC, a program for graphing, and exploring, mathematical relations. It is designed to be used for learning and teaching high school math. Some of the new features: (for 2.10) * A French language interface is now available. * Sub-pixel computations are now performed using a multi-grid / recursive method instead of a regular grid / iterative method (with progressively finer grids / step-sizes). For some common graphs, such as y=logx over [-10,10] x [-10,10], verification efficiency has consequently improved by several orders of magnitude. * Better graphing of formulae containing common sub-expressions, especially when discontinuous operators are involved: see http://www.peda.com/grafeq/gallery/decimal_squares.html for an example. * Rich Text Format (RTF) encapsulation of formulae is now supported; this can help word processors vertically place formulae exported via the clipboard. * Exported views can now be exported as JIF or PCX files. See http://jeff.cafe.net/jif for more information about JIF. GrafEq 2.10 PPC requirements: Any PowerPC Macintosh Please send any questions, comments, or other feedback to us at peda@peda.com. The GrafEq web site starts at: http://www.peda.com/grafeq The included files may be redistributed via shareware CD-ROMs and shareware ftp servers and shareware web sites as long as they are not modified in any way. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/grafeq-210-ppc.hqx; 2089 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: Michael Juarez To: Subject: [*] iStream1.4.2.sit.hqx - MP3 Streaming Server Introducing iStream, the new innovation in the internet-music industry. Finally, using an internet connection and your Macintosh, you can stream music to hundreds of listeners (permitting your Mac is powerful enough) in CD quality sound. Your chance to own your own radio station is literally right now. With the introduction of iStream from Arctic Software, anybody can become their own DJ. System Requirements: MacOS 8.1 or Higher Direct Internet Connection 6MB Hard Drive Space 45MB of Physical Memory Company: Arctic Software http://www.arcticsw.com/ Distribution Contact: Matt Hunter matt@arcticsw.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/istream-142.hqx; 935 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 2001 From: Steve Ashcroft To: Subject: [*] QuickTTest 1.6 QuickTTest is a statistical programme for calculating means, SEMs and SDs and for carrying out Student's t-test on the data. Its main advantage over other programmes is that data can be entered not only as individual data values but also as mean˜SEM or mean˜SD. Data can be entered not only from the keyboard but also by importing from a text file. Data and calculated results can be saved in a text file for editing with a word processor. Changes in this version Version 1.6 records the degrees of freedom in the t-test output window and in saved or printed files. Requirements QuickTTest runs on any Mac with any system from 7.6 up to and including 9.1. The programme is freeware. I give permission for QuickTTest 1.5 to be included on any commercially available CD-ROM [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/quick-ttest-16.hqx; 56 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 2001 From: Jeffry Baker To: Subject: [*] RPN Calculator V1.05 RPN Calculator is a simple yet robust RPN calculator for MacOS. It features a scalable interface via function palettes, a base converter window that can sync its input with the calculator's stack and the ability to handle complex numbers in every function that makes sense (e.g. not in factorial, int, frac, etc.). The calculator also features a 100 element stack and 8 user memories, all of which can survive a relaunch, if desired. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/rpn-calculator-105.hqx; 674 K] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 2001 From: Jonathan Scott To: Subject: [*] Submission Goal Checker 1.0 ¨2001 by Jonathan Scott A wonderful way of keeping track of your goals. Specify up to 12 goals. Report on them daily. Then, get feedback on your performance daily, weekly, or monthly in the form of grades. Attachment Converted: "H:\info-mac in\GoalChecker1.0.sit" /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/goal-checker.hqx; 1729 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, mac-l@sparky.listmoms.net, Subject: [*] TidBITS#583/11-Jun-01 TidBITS#583/11-Jun-01 Just when you think Apple has cornered the market on cool (with the PowerBook G4 Titanium), they up the ante by releasing the tiny iBook (Dual USB). Which would you choose? In local news, the Washington State Supreme Court upholds the state's anti-spam law, which reminds us: what ever happened to TidBITS's spam suit? Also, we pass on news of an AppleScript worm, a Microsoft Word macro security fix, and a Handspring rebate, plus we welcome Sustainable Softworks as a new TidBITS sponsor. Topics: MailBITS/11-Jun-01 Spam Damned in Washington State iBook or TiBook? [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-583.etx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:22:54 -0400 From: "Clare N. Shumway" To: mailto: Subject: OS 9.1 I just upgraded from OS 8.6 to OS 9.1 and have run into a problem, or at least a difference between thwe two, that is frustrating. With 8.6 I was able to access other applications while one was "working" (i.e. a download was progressing while I was typing a letter) With OS 9.1 I find that the download ceases or stalls until I quit the other application. Is this correctable or am I stuck with it? Clare Shumway ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:05:12 +0300 From: "Michael S. Silverstein" To: Info-mac Subject: Powerpoint 2001 Book I am looking for a well-written and well-illustrated book on Powerpoint 2001 that starts with the basics but will also demonstrate the full power of the program. I have only been able to find PC Powerpoint books on the internet. Can anyone suggest an appropriate book? Thanks!! michael silverstein materials engineering technion ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:48:14 +0200 From: Paolo Bartoli To: Info Mac Subject: utility for monitoring internet access thru ISDN router I'm looking for an utility application to monitor the access to internet thru an ISDN roter (Zyxel 100) that provides internet access to some Macs on a office ethernet network. I'd like to know who (which Mac on the office ethernet network) is on the Internet, control data flow, etc. Can you suggest me some software (maybe shareware)? Thanks! -- Paolo Bartoli ** Arch.Carlo Bartoli / Bartoli Design ** ** archbart@tin.it ** -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************