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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 24 Jun 97 Volume 15 : Issue 124
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#385/23-Jun-97
Re: Info-Mac Digest V15 #123
[A] Audio -> AIFF
Desktop rebuild / SCSI problems with 7.5.5
DOH! Zip drive hangs system on copy!
Email frustration!!
Eudora Actions
IrTalk to IrDa "upgrade"
Microsoft Excel macro
News server
PB5300/system7.6.1/PowerportPC Card modem...doesn't work
RE Unimplemented trap
Reply to "email frustration"
Type 11 errors
Unknown sad mac code
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:42:14 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
Subject: [*] TidBITS#385/23-Jun-97
TidBITS#385/23-Jun-97
Concerned about Macintosh security? This week, Adam takes another look at
Microsoft Word macro viruses and Geoff examines some of the motivations
behind Macintosh Web server challenges (plus notes creative techniques for
cracking them). We also have news about Adobe SiteMill 2.0, and the second
part of Tonya's coverage of HTML editors. This week, she checks out
PageSpinner's competition: World Wide Web Weaver, BBEdit, and Alpha.
Topics:
MailBITS/23-Jun-97
More on Macro Viruses
The Mac Security Challenge Fad
Spinning the Web Part 2: PageSpinner Meets the Competition
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-385.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#385_23-Jun-97.etx>
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-385.etx; 30K]
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:29:38 CDT
From: "Tom Kirke (312) 413-5539" <U33515@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Info-Mac Digest V15 #123
> From: "Chris Gervais" <cg601@user1.channel1.com>
> My question is: does anybody know of some way to safely dispose
> or recycle CD-Rs?
We are sending our old CDs to:
Alternative Plastic Services
c/o DADC Recycling Program
200 Brown St
Lawrenceburg IN 47027
Contact: Joe Parks 812-462-8323
These are ground up & reprocessed into new CDs.
Tom Kirke
<tomkirke@uic.edu>
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Date: 23 Jun 1997 11:35:40 -0700
From: Victor Eijkhout <eijkhout@math.ucla.edu>
Subject: [A] Audio -> AIFF
I asked in a previous info-mac about my troubles in converting
audio CD tracks to AIFF. (Symptom: glitches and popping noises
in the resulting file.)
Here's the solution to my problem:
make sure the CD rom drive is of a high enough speed. I still have
an old 2X drive, and apparently that one was not able to sustain
the required data rate. Toast (the new 3.5 version! check it out!)
reported buffer underruns. And these happened even in simulation
mode, so it's really the reading, not hte writing that's the problem.
Using my CD-R unit (the $500 model from APS) as a 6X reader
made all my problems go away. Unfortunately, now I can't use the
Toast feature of copying directly from audio CD to CD-R until
I upgrade my CD rom drive which I'm loath to do.
Victor.
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:48:49 +0100
From: Trevor Harris <harrist@lamp.ac.uk>
Subject: Desktop rebuild / SCSI problems with 7.5.5
I have a PowerMac 7100/66 running system 7.5.5 with an external CD-ROM
tower (drive and hard disk) for cutting CD-ROMS. This configuration causes
me two problems.
1. Ever since system 7.5.3 I have been unable to achieve a consistent
data transfer rate for CD-ROM production. This has necessitated the
(re)installation of the original system 7.1.2 on the external drive and
booting from that when cutting CDs. Despite many months of investigation
there is no other solution to the problem. I am using ANUBIS 2.54 for
external drive formatting and it is reportedly SCSI 4.3 compliant.
2. I am unable to rebuld the desktop when booting from system 7.5.5
using either the cmd-option startup keys or by Norton Disc Doctor 3.2
'Rebuld desktop' menu option. I can only rebuild ther desktop when booting
with system 7.1.2.
Any thoughts welcome on either of these problems.
Trevor Harris, Lampeter, UK
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 02:47:40 -0700
From: Mark Hurty <hurty@idiom.com>
Subject: DOH! Zip drive hangs system on copy!
Copying files to a Zip cartridge is causing my system to hang up. The
finder window shows the copy to be started, it reads the source then as
it is writing to the Zip, it just stops. The yellow light stays on, the
finder reports "writing to [name of Zip cartridge]" and nothing happens.
This usually happens on larger files or folders. Though it can happen
from time to time with tiny files. There's no way out other than
"control+commmand+shutdown." (I've tried "command+option+escape" with
no luck.) I'm running 7.6.1, Iomega Driver 5.0.3 (comes with the 7.6.1.
CD) on a 7300/200. Any Clues??
Thanks,
Mark Hurty
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 10:25:56 -0600
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: Email frustration!!
At 5:33 PM -0400 6/20/97, David Roche wrote:
>Is there any way that he can access the SAME email in both places, so that
>at any one time, all his email will be on both computers?
>
>Thanks in advance for any information...
It depends on his email client.
I use Eudora, and in the "Checking Mail" preference screen there's an
option to "Leave mail on server for <n> days".
If this is checked, and I check mail, the mail is left on the server, so if
I check again at home, I'll get the same messages.
I imagine Emailer has a similar preference. I have no idea about Netscape
Mail or Microsoft Mail & News.
chazl - 6.23.1997 - chaz@visi.com
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 11:59:18 -0500
From: "Bruce A. Bromberek" <bromberek@cems.umn.edu>
Subject: Eudora Actions
Hello all-
Is it possible to get Eudora to run an applescript in response to recieving
email with a specific subject line. I know I can filter based on subject,
but I'm stumped on how to start a script.
Thanks in advance
Bruce
Bruce A. Bromberek - U of M - Dept. of Che & Mat Sci
POLITICS - From the greek POLY meaning many and TICKS meaning little blood
sucking creatures
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 15:29:07 +0200
From: "Dr. Hans Krause" <krause@mdc-berlin.de>
Subject: IrTalk to IrDa "upgrade"
We got a brand-new HP LaserJet 6MP (IrDa port) in our lab, my PB 1400 uses
the IrTalk protocol. Is there a way to "upgrade" the PowerBook to IrDa, so
that both understand each other? Using drivers developed for the PB3400
(this port is IrDa) series? Or is it a problem of hardware?
Cheers,
Hans
krause@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:22:26 -0700
From: "Brenda F. Johnson" <johnson@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu>
Subject: Microsoft Excel macro
I am trying to write a macro using Excel 4.0 and am having a bit of a
problem. If anyone can help with this it will be most appreciated. I am
using a while loop like this:
While(current <= Total)
continue on
If I set total to be a fixed value the loop works correctly and stops once
current equals Total but I want
Total to vary depending on user input. The macro prompts
for total but pays it no attention and the while loop continues on until I
press escape.
I have defined Total as
set.name("total",1)
What am I doing wrong here and what do I need to add to this macro? Thanks
for your help
Brenda Johnson
johnson@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 21:19:15 +0000
From: grundy@enterprise.net (Peter Grundy)
Subject: News server
I'm looking for a bit of help/advice.
Because my ISP's news server can be slow and not always up to date with
messages I sometimes use a (public?) news server i.e. not my ISP's news
server. (I assume public but there is nothing in the server name to say
"public") Although I can receive newsgroups OK I am unable to post to them
as it comes back with a dialogue box which says,
"The news server returned an error. 440 Posting not allowed."
I don't think this is a NewsHopper fault but I wondered if you could
clarify
(a) is this situation _normal_?
(b) is there a way round this? (presently I have to transfer the outgoing
messages from the public outbasket file to my own ISP's file to allow me
to send the messages)
Thanks in anticipation of your assistance.
Lobo.
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 07:12:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: mark.evans@midplains.net
Subject: PB5300/system7.6.1/PowerportPC Card modem...doesn't work
Writing on behalf of a client:
Trying to get a client connected to our ISP. Using usual set up, I cannot
get PowerBook 5300/GV Powerport PlatinumPC Card modem to finish connection.
Authentication occurs, and then the line is dropped. Hours in the Global
Village phone system hell yielded a note about incompatibility with this
combo and system 7.6.1 -- which the client is using. They pledge a
software fix is in the works, but does any one have a homemade fix around
this until then?
Private e-mail okay. TIA
mark
(extra) Some irritating alarm clock icon keeps blinking over my apple icon.
Deleted the alarm clock file but it just keeps on blinking. What gives?
(extra-extra) I used to have a great little utility that would quit
accidentally launched apps just by clicking the mouse. What was its name?
Still available?
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 97 12:45:00 BST
From: Ian.Goldby@powertech.co.uk
Subject: RE Unimplemented trap
>Does anybody know what kind of system error is unimplemented trap? I'm a
>mac user, i got a Performa 630, when I try to run some software like the
>last one I dowloaded IPhone a window with this kind of error appears.
>Please help me. Thanks Monica
I believe it means that the Mac tried to call a Toolbox routine (you know,
the system routines that draw windows, operate Quicktime, listen to the
keyboard, handle networks, and almost everything else you can think of) that
wasn't there. This would happen if you are running an old version of the
System Software, or don't have installed certain extensions that you need.
See the documentation that came with the software to see what the minimum
version of the system it requires is, or what system extensions it needs. Or
it might just be a bug in the software.
Ian.
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 97 09:06:37 -0800
From: "B.J. Major" <bjbear@ibm.net>
Subject: Reply to "email frustration"
In reply to:
>Subject: Email frustration!!
>
>hi folks,
>
>I have a question.
>
>A friend of mine who owns a business recently got email accounts for
>himself and his employees. Naturally, he would like to check his email at
>home and at work. However, any mail that he checks at home is unavailable
>in his "In" box at work, and vice versa.
>
>Is there any way that he can access the SAME email in both places, so that
>at any one time, all his email will be on both computers?
>
>Thanks in advance for any information...
>
>David Roche
>
You didn't say what email program your friend was using, but in Eudora
(and probably in Emailer) there is definitely a box you can check in the
Settings menu which says "leave mail on server". If this box is checked,
the mail won't be deleted. However, the use of this is not recommended
generally because you can forget that you haven't deleted mail manually,
and your email box can fill up as a result.
--bj
Apple //-///-Macintosh user, supporter, and collector.
"He who stands for nothing will fall for anything." (Author unknown)
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 12:39:14 +0100
From: Trevor Harris <harrist@lamp.ac.uk>
Subject: Type 11 errors
I have a user with a PowerMac 8100/80 with 40mb RAM and two external third
party drives formatted with Anubis 2.54 (SCSI 4.3 compliant), running
system 7.5.5 who frequently gets type 11 errors. By frequently I mean once
every hour or even more often. They can occur when switching between
applications using the application menu (typically only running word 5.1,
Eudora 1.5.1, Netscape 3.0.1). This morning it happened in this way and
flagged up a Microsoft Word error. He also runs some image processing
software but not multi tasking due to these type 11 errors. He has
abandoned virtual memory as it only made matters worse.
I have tried reinstalling a clean system, reformatting drives etc but still
the errors keep coming. He has similar set up at home but seldom if ever
gets any errors at all. The finder heap is set to 256K using finder heap
fix
Is this a hardware or system software problem? Or could it be application
software? Could something be loose?
Any help appreciated.
Trevor Harris
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 97 20:15:49 +0100
From: Laurent Daloze <trent@ping.be>
Subject: Unknown sad mac code
>In trying to set it up, It responds with the following sad mad code (that I
>cannot find an explanation for);
> 0000000F
> 00000021
>
>Another symptom appears as horizontal lines (non-raster) across the screen
>that do not interfere with the mac face.
All I know is that 0000000F means that it is a software problem and that
your harware should be OK. Try booting from a external system disk, it
should give a new life to you SE. It worked with my LC II when my system
got corrupted.
Trent, trent@ping.be
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