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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 08 Jul 97 Volume 15 : Issue 136
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#387/07-Jul-97
(Q) Mac OS 8.0
(Q) software to kill animated gifs
[A] Mounting UNIX Drive
[A] No-command-key window folder hierarchy access?
[A] software to kill animated gifs
A handy thesaurus?
A Translator for MacWrite Files?
Beta Testers Wanted
Can't open Word files by double click??
dialing into UNIX
IE and Easy Open file confusion
Info-Mac Digest V15 #134
LaserWriter LS problem
Missing back issues
netscape and 7.6 crashes
Powerbook 190 monitor
powerwave problems
PPC upgrade for Powerbook 190
software to kill animated gifs
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 22:13:33 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
Subject: [*] TidBITS#387/07-Jul-97
TidBITS#387/07-Jul-97
Wondering what it would be like to own a Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh?
Tonya shares her one-day experience. Also in this issue, we note a new
version of Disinfectant, a low price for LetterRip 2.0, explain why Power
Computing plans to sell Intel-based computers, and highlight resources for
those interested in Internet security. Reviews this week include
Broderbund's Family Tree Maker and CyberStudio from GoLive Systems.
Topics:
MailBITS/07-Jul-97
The 20th Anniversary Mac Comes for Tea
I Dream of Genealogy: Family Tree Maker
Spinning the Web Part 4: CyberStudio
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-387.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#387_07-Jul-97.etx>
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-387.etx; 30K]
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 18:49:31 -0300
From: Antoine Margot <antoine@infocenter.com.br>
Subject: (Q) Mac OS 8.0
Hello !
Could anyone tell me if the new Mac OS 8.0 will run on non-Power PC machines ?
I have a Centris 650 that I would like to upgrade from System 7.1;
therefore, I would appreciate knowing if it is worth to wait OS 8.0 or if
OS 7.6 is my last chance of upgrade.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Antoine
Antoine O. Margot
Aracatuba-SP, Brazil
Antoine@infocenter.com.br
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 20:16:30 -0600
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: (Q) software to kill animated gifs
>is there software compatible w/ Netscape Navigator 2 and higher that
>will effectively kill those irritating animated gifs...?
You want WebFree, assuming that you're using OpenTransport.
I don't have a URL handy, but an AltaVista search on "webfree" should turn
it up.
chazl
July 7, 1997
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:32:47 -0400
From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com>
Subject: [A] Mounting UNIX Drive
On 97/07/06 at 17:41 -0500, Jason P. Torrey wrote:
>Does any one know if there is an ARA-like program out there that allows
>one to mount a UNIX drive on your desktop?
>
We use UShare on Suns for that purpose. It works reasonably well but
sometimes the DeskTop databases get corrupted. There is also the Columbia
Appletalk Package (CAP), but that seems a real pain to install and
configure properly (I have no personal experience with it, though). Rather
than running AppleTalk on a Unix machine, you might opt for running MacNFS
on the Mac (again, I have no experience with it and if I remember correctly
was fairly pricy).
The most elegant and stable solution seems the Xinet software that comes by
default on the SGI O2's. Even in demo mode one can mount Unix disks on the
Mac for an hour. It also allows one to mount Mac disks on the SGI (15
minutes in demo mode) and to print to AppleTalk printers from the SGI. I
have not tried printing, but the disk mounting between Mac and SGI works
like a charm.
Hope this helps,
Pieter Stouten
stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:15:16 -0400
From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com>
Subject: [A] No-command-key window folder hierarchy access?
Already my third mail to the digest today! I am turning into a real Al
Bloom here, albeit not of the funny persuasion <g>.
On 97/06/25 at 16:21 -0400, I wrote:
>The Finder pops up a hierarchy for a specific folder when one
>command-clicks the name of that folder in its window bar. There used to be
>a utility that allowed one to do that *without* pressing the command key,
>but I have not been able to find it. Can someone please give me a pointer?
>
I thank Bill Moore, Chuck Garrett, Daly Jessup, Mark Nagata, Chip McGregor
and A Brody for their useful responses. Suggestions were: PopupFolder,
Greg's Browser, TitlePop and Hierarchy. PopupFolder and Greg's Browser are
overkill for what I want. Indeed, Hierarchy was what I had been looking
for, but .... when I tried out the freeware TitlePop 2.4.2, I found it a
great little utility for getting instant access to all open windows in all
applications from any window's title bar! The only problem is that TitlePop
and Hierarchy seem mutually exclusive and I do not really want to give up
TitlePop. So, I hope that Jouko Pakkanen, author of TitlePop will modify
this handy tool a bit in that one can choose a modifier key combination to
invoke the popup menu so that I can use both TitlePop and Hierarchy. Just
this moment I found out that a much improved TitlePop 3.0 has been released
(check out: <http://www.datavasara.fi/titlepop/>), but I have not tried it
yet.
Cheers, Pieter Stouten
stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:22:13 -0400
From: Pieter Stouten <stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com>
Subject: [A] software to kill animated gifs
On 97/07/06 at 1:53 -0800, Doan Thiel Stafford wrote:
>is there software compatible w/ Netscape Navigator 2 and higher that
>will effectively kill those irritating animated gifs...?
>something that will stop all those spinning, flashing, NOTICEME!
>gifs...?
>
Some people do have an awfully short attention span <g>. Less than three
weeks I wrote:
>Does anybody know how to disable blinking in Netscape 3.01?
>
Thanks are due Chris Crow <cjcrow@m5.sprynet.com> and Daly Jessup
<jessup@san.rr.com>. They pointed me to WebFree, which in addition to
blinking can suppress advertising banners and animated gifs. WebFree can be
found at <http://www.falken.net/webfree/>.
Thanks,
Pieter Stouten <stoutepf@carbon.dmpc.com>
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:58:19 +0930
From: monib@adam.com.au (Monib Mahdavi)
Subject: A handy thesaurus?
Dear MacDudes,
For a while now I have been looking for a good thesaurus programme, a
stand alone utiltiy that I can just pop open when the need arises and type
a word into. Does anyone know of a programme like this. I can't recall
ever coming across one, however it appears strange to me that one would
not exist.
I would be forever greatful if anyone could inform me about such a
utility, shareware prefered however if need be I will invest in a
commercial programme.
Thanks for your time,
Regards,
Monib
monib@adam.com.au
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 23:42:48 +0200
From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser)
Subject: A Translator for MacWrite Files?
Miles Abernathy <miles@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> I have many 1985 original MacWrite files, and no way to read them. Word 6
> can handle MacWrite II files, but not the "classic" variety. I understand
> that MacWrite will not run on present-day Macs.
MacWrite Pro runs on the latest Macs. It uses Claris' XTND translators
to access other file formats. Claris has an XTND for MacWrite 5.0; don't
know if this works with still older versions. The Claris XTND can be
used in any XTND-capable application, as for example ClarisWorks.
Hope this helps. Best wishes, Christian.
http://www.access.ch/mus/members/cbuser -- cbuser@access.ch
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 23:04:44 +0100
From: Marc Mennigmann <mennigmann@cww.de>
Subject: Beta Testers Wanted
I'm looking for some Macintosh beta testers.
If you know the traps of your MAC and maybe have some beta testing
experience then I would like to hear from you.
To be considered for my team, please e-mail your name, address, phone
number, and your computer system configuration to <mennigmann@cww.de>.
Please include a brief summary of
your testing experience or why especially YOU are the beta tester I
need... =)
If you would like to see the current versions of the software that is
going to be tested in the future, please visit my website at
<http://members.aol.com/mennigmann/marc.html>.
Actually there is no release to be tested, but I would really like to see
my beta-testers team growing...
Thank you in advance,
Marc Mennigmann
Author of 'Navigator Enhancer', 'Recall...' and 'THE BLOCK'
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 17:01:44 -0500
From: Joe Gard <joe.gard@dynetics.com>
Subject: Can't open Word files by double click??
Greetings all,
This is a new one for me. My boss can't seem to open Word 6.0 files by
double clicking on the icon any more. When we double click on the file,
Word is brought to the front, but won't open the files. Once inside Word,
however, we can open the files using the file:open command. We've tried on
floppies, his hard drive, and the network server and none of them work.
Any ideas or suggestions??
joe
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:30:04 -0700
From: "Tamas, Peter BGI SF" <Peter.Tamas@bglobal.com>
Subject: dialing into UNIX
I need to dial into a UNIX box and display UNIX apps on my Quadra. I
have heard that MacX 1.5 with a remote XDCMP option will do this.
For shopping around purposes, are there any other suggestions? Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 16:51:43 -0500
From: Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>
Subject: IE and Easy Open file confusion
On 7/7/97 14:34, Info-Mac (info-mac@starnine.com) wrote:
>There's weirdness on my desktop:
>Via Internet Explorer, I began downloading a file called Filename.sit (the
>name has been changed to protect the innocent), then I cancelled the
>download. Subsequently other files downloaded by IE are identified with
>KIND Filename.sit, which is not an application. The problem does not go
>away until I deactiviate the Easy Open control panel (using Extensions
>Manager).
>
>This is not a good thing. Can someone help with a solution? Thanks.
This may or may not be related to other damage IE wreaks on your Mac:
Look at your Internet Config file mapping prefs: the IE Virus(tm) added a
zillion entries that all point back to IE. To return everything to its
proper creator and icon, you'll have to laboriously delete these entries
one at a time in Internet Config, then rebuild your desktop. IE seems to
reinstate the unwanted changes every time it launches, too, so the best
prevention is dragging the IE folder to the trash, and good riddance.
Lanny Chambers (lanny@derived.com) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page: <http://www.derived.com/hummers>
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 11:08:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mel Halbert <halbert@mail.phy.ornl.gov>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #134
I recently subscribed to the list for the Info-Mac Digest. I did this
reluctantly because I didn't wish to add to your burden of supplying
Digests by e-mail, but it was the only way I could find to obtain them
reliably since the Digest is no longer being mirrored at any of the
archives I have checked (not even the MIT HyperArchive).
I have found a problem with #134 and another recent Digest. During the
display of the abstract of one of Chris Li's translations of software
to Japanese, the text changes over to an undecipherable group of
graphics characters. Only numbers are readable. These graphics
persist for all succeeding abstracts in that Digest and, in fact, any
further use of my computer (Mac Centris 610) acting as a terminal for
our company's Unix workstation, on which I am using elm to read my
mail. The terminal-emulation program I use is VersaTerm Pro, the
latest version. The only way I can restore normal behavior is to give
the command Reset Terminal in VTPro.
Melvyn Halbert halbert@orph01.phy.ornl.gov
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:55:54 -0500
From: Lawrence Rugolo <artxe@showme.missouri.edu>
Subject: LaserWriter LS problem
I'd appreciate any advice on this problem:
I have a Personal LaserWriter LS which does not
start up properly. When it is switched on, the
green ready light comes on immediately and is
steady, i.e., it doesn't blink. Before, when
the printer was turned on, the middle orange
light would come on first, blink for a few
seconds, and then the green light would come
on, blink for a few seconds and then become
steady, indicating it was ready to print.
The funny thing is that the printer still works,
even though the startup procedure is altered,
except that it won't print envelopes now, only
flat sheets of paper and 8 1/2 x ll inch labels
(a heavier stock).
Another thing: while printing, an ominous
clicking sound comes from the front corner of
the printer where the indicator lights are
located. Does anyone know what this all means?
TIA -- Larry
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 12:57:44 -0500
From: "Lisa Bjarke" <Lisa.Bjarke@dfrc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Missing back issues
In Info-Mac Digest #124, Ian Goldby wrote:
> I've been trying to solve this one for several weeks now. I can't find
any
> of the recent info-mac digest back issues in the info-mac archive (under
> periodicals). Am I just being plain blind, or are they really not there?
> I've sent a couple of messages to the moderators (one a week ago and the
> other a fortnight ago), but no luck so far. I even sent a message to the
> digest about it, but it didn't appear. Let's see if this one does... In
case
> it is not obvious, it is issues 87 onwards that I can't find.
I too have not been able to find any back issues later than v15-086. I have
note seen any reply to Ian's query nor have I received a response to the
query I sent to hyper-prob@lcs.mit.edu on 6/17. Has anyone seen any back
issues later than 86? If so, where?
[You are so right. The digests are not lost. The problem is I've not
written the script to move the digests from the production area into the
archives. I know it seems like a trivial exercise, but it isn't as simple
as it sounds. It really needs about 2 hours of my time. I'll get to it as
soon as I can; I'm sorry it has taken so long!
-Cheers, Gordon]
Lisa
Lisa Bjarke
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
(805)258-3706 FAX (805)258-2842
Lisa.Bjarke@dfrc.nasa.gov
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 16:41:34 -0500
From: Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>
Subject: netscape and 7.6 crashes
>I have just installed System 7.6.1 on my Power Mac 6100 and I can no longer
>use Netscape 3.0.
>I can't log on to my ISP. I keep getting the error message that Netscape was
>unable to connect immediately upon trying to access my mail. It dosen't even
>try dialing out through Free PPP 2.5.2 first.
Doesn't this sound more like a problem with FreePPP? I also have a 6100,
7.6.1, OT 1.1.2, and Netscape 3.0, but I use Apple's OT PPP 1.0 instead
of FreePPP; I have no problems at all, aside from Netscape quitting
occasionally without crashing the machine.
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:29:00 -0700
From: "Tamas, Peter BGI SF" <Peter.Tamas@bglobal.com>
Subject: Powerbook 190 monitor
My Powerbook 190 intermitantly has a problem where the lower half of the
screen is grainy and distorted. Once in a while it works fine.
Suggestions?
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 14:31:59 -0500
From: bsegal@mcs.com
Subject: powerwave problems
hi all,
i just inherited a few problems. a powercomputing powerwave 120 (604 chip i
believe) that is at an all intel shop collecting dust, and suddenly they
need it up and running.
there seem to be a few serious software and or disk problems, so as a first
start i'd like to reinitialize the disk and reinstall 7.53 or 7.55. Do i
need any special drivers from powercomputing? or is it really a mac?
next, they are working on a novell ethernet network. the mac is physically
connected, but doesnt seem to know that. what do i need to get it to
recognize the network.
anything else you think i need to know about this machine?
tia
bsegal@mcs.com
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:31:49 -0700
From: "Tamas, Peter BGI SF" <Peter.Tamas@bglobal.com>
Subject: PPC upgrade for Powerbook 190
Does anyone know about a PPC upgrade for the Powerbook 190? It used to
have a "PPC ready" sticker on it when it was new. Thanks, Pete
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 16:31:17 -0500
From: Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>
Subject: software to kill animated gifs
>is there software compatible w/ Netscape Navigator 2 and higher that
>will effectively kill those irritating animated gifs...?
>
>something that will stop all those spinning, flashing, NOTICEME!
>gifs...? not from loading, just from moving (reading their files
>from my hard drive or cache)...? thanks! ds. =)
The WebFree control panel will prevent GIF89a animations from repeating
(they'll still play one time) under Netscape 3.0. I haven't tried it with
Netscape 2.0. With 4.01, sometimes it works, sometimes not. It works by
filtering the incoming modem stream, and can also suppress blinking text,
cookies, and tags containing text from an editable list (e.g., ad
banners).
Lanny Chambers (lanny@derived.com) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page: <http://www.derived.com/hummers>
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