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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 01 Aug 97 Volume 15 : Issue 157
Today's Topics:
[*] Apple Logo Startup/Desktop
[*] ATPM 3.07
[*] Coffee Break 3.0.1 F
[*] Common Objects Of Activities Of Daily Living
[*] DT Pic - Argos.jpg
[*] DT Pic - Eclipse.jpg
[*] Ephemerid 1.1
[*] LetterRip 2.0 Mailing List Server
[*] MakeItGrow 1.9DEMO.sit
[*] Memetic Verses.sit
[*] Reanimator 1.0.1
[*] UCB-Logo 3.3cf
604e Processor
[A] ARA and OT
[A] Substitute for Speed Doubler "Smart Replace"
[Q] PCMCIA Flash Memory for the MP2K
[Q] Virtual PC - using Token Ring Card?
[Q]MAC OS 8 and PC compatible Card
Airborne and Full Impact
Alternative to ARA?
ECD's Audio Not Working
Flushing an AppleShare Autolink (Q)
Formating text in calculation field in FileMakerPro
Info-Mac Digest V15 #155
Mouse alternatives?
Netscape 4.0 feature
Q Looking for Mac check-out system
Refresh rate
Sound Manager question
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:08 -0700
From: Steven@NewWorldMedia.com
Subject: [*] Apple Logo Startup/Desktop
Here is the startup screen/desktop image I use on my Macintosh PowerBook
3400. It is a black background with a raised Apple logo in the middle
and the words Macintosh PowerBook 3400c below it (although a few minutes
in Photoshop in it could say anything you would like)!
Enjoy!
Steven J. Tryon
Vice President Marketing
New World Media
http://NewWorldMedia.com
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/pb-startup-screen.hqx; 130K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:04 -0700
From: rplcs@ix.netcom.com
Subject: [*] ATPM 3.07
About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) is a fun monthly chronicle of the
Macintosh experience written by and for everyday users. It includes
humorous anecdotes, short stories, product reviews and commentaries by
Macintosh owners and users about our favorite personal computer. This is
issue 3.07 for July, 1997. ATPM is published with DOCMaker 4.7.5 so
that it can be easily read as a stand-alone document by just about any
Macintosh. More information is available at our Web site <www.atpm.com>.
[Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/about-this-partic-mac-307.hqx; 1066K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:17 -0700
From: ThomasReed@aol.com
Subject: [*] Coffee Break 3.0.1 F
Enclosed is the French version of Coffee Break 3.0.1:
QU'EST-CE QUE COFFEE BREAK ?
C'est une application simple calculee pour vous obliger a faire des
pauses regulieres dans votre travail sur Mac, de la sorte vous
reduisez vos chances de souffrir d'un "Dommage du au Stress par
monotonie" (Repetetive Stress Injury - RSI - en anglais). Vous pouvez
fixer un "temps de travail" pendant lequel Coffe Break est en
arriere-plan et affiche un compteur qui donne le temps restant a
travailler; vous determinez aussi une duree de "temps de pause" (temps
de sommeil) pendant lequel vous etes force de quitter votre clavier...
Pour toute information, voir l'aide en ligne incluse dans le programme
(Choisissez "Aide" du menu Fichier, ou "Aide de Coffee Break" dans le
menu Bulles d'aide, ou encore pressez soit ? - soit la touche Aide
si vous avez un clavier etendu). A noter que le fichier SimpleText
"Docu. de Coffee Break 3.0.1" correspond a la sauvegarde au format
"TEXT" de l'aide en ligne.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/coffee-break-301-fr.hqx; 224K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:12 -0700
From: chelling@esn.net
Subject: [*] Common Objects Of Activities Of Daily Living
Common Objects is a HyperCard stack which trains recognition of common
objects found throughout activities of daily living. It is designed to
be accessible through keyboard/mouse, touchscreen, or single switch scan
(mouse mode). It also provides a Lesson Summary to track individual
consumer progress.
Common Objects Of ADL works best with HyperCard 2.0 or later. In order
to display color appropriately, HyperCard=92s preferred memory size should
be set to 2200K or higher.
[Archived as /info-mac/app/common-objects-of-adl-hc.hqx; 975K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:05 -0700
From: pbuko@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Subject: [*] DT Pic - Argos.jpg
The planet Argos sits on the edge of a blue nebula. Simple and serene.
Image is 832 x 624, millions of colors, and in maximum-quality JPEG format.
Feel free to resize the image to your liking, but distribute it anywhere in
original format only.
Enjoy!
-Peter M. Bukowinski, Computer Resource Specialist
College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
pbukowin@ced.berkeley.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/argos.hqx; 105K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:06 -0700
From: pbuko@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Subject: [*] DT Pic - Eclipse.jpg
A solar eclipse seen looking up from between two trees.
Image is 832 x 624, millions of colors, and in maximum-quality JPEG format.
Feel free to resize the image to your liking, but distribute it anywhere in
original format only.
Enjoy!
-Peter M. Bukowinski, Computer Resource Specialist
College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
pbukowin@ced.berkeley.edu
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/eclipse.hqx; 366K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:14 -0700
From: bean@info-mac.org (Mike Bean)
Subject: [*] Ephemerid 1.1
Ephemerid 1.1
This control panel allows you to display the current date and time as a
block calendar and ananalog clock in a pop-up window. To use this
feature, place this file in the Control Panels folder and then restart
the computer.
WorldScript-aware (Japanese, Chinese, ...).
Requires MacOS System 7.0 or later.
Michel MARIANI
Mikaeru Software
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ephemerid-11.hqx; 136K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:16 -0700
From: mayall@fogcity.com
Subject: [*] LetterRip 2.0 Mailing List Server
LetterRip 2.0 is a Macintosh mailing list server. You can use LetterRip
for discussion or announcement lists. LetterRip can manage lists with
tens, hundreds, or thousands of subscribers.
Setting up and administering LetterRip is amazingly simple. It's honestly
possible to be up and running in less than 10 minutes. Features like
digests are as easy as clicking a checkbox.
New LetterRip 2.0 features include:
* Support for full or part-time Internet connections (SMTP or POP)
* Message banners and footers for ads or instructions
* Scripting support
* Message processors to expand built-in capabilities
Other features include:
* Unlimited number of lists and subscribers
* Remote administration using email or an administration program
* Easily modified custom responses for each mailing list
* Lists can be private
* Bounced mail management
* Optional mail routing via an SMTP mail server
* Import and export subscriber lists
* Operates behind firewalls using domain aliases
High performance features include:
* SMTP server optimized for sending high volumes of email
* Outgoing messages are sorted by domain
* 68K and PowerPC (PPC) native for maximum performance
* Multi-tasking using the Macintosh Thread Manager
* Configurable number of incoming and outgoing connections
* Native Open Transport support
Requirements:
* Mac OS 7.0 or later. Mac OS 7.5 or later is recommended
* 68030 or later processor including PPC processors
* 2 MB of free random-access memory (RAM)
* 10 MB or more of free disk space
* Open Transport (OT) 1.1 or later
This is the full version of LetterRip. After installation, LetterRip will
run for 30 days without a registration number.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/letter-rip-20.hqx; 2625K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:13 -0700
From: spicerj@island.islandnet.com
Subject: [*] MakeItGrow 1.9DEMO.sit
MakeItGrow 1.9 is a garden layout package for your Macintosh. It will allow
you to lay out a garden up to 200' x 200', using 96 of the most common
types of vegetables, herbs, and fruits, 52 common flowers, and 44 water
lillies, rushes, and grasses. Each icon is drawn in the correct scale for
the spacing required for the plant. The program also supports line drawing
in eight colors, for garden boundaries, etc, plus a wide selection of fill
patterns and the ability to draw circles, rectangles, and rounded
rectangles, as well as text entry (with support for font, size, and style
selection), in either the vertical or horizontal mode.
The grid is fixed at 6" per square, or 15 cm, allowing for a 200'x200', or
about a 65x65 meter plot.
Features:
* Zoom (Max 16:1)
* Plaintalk (if installed)
* Select and move items
* Balloon Help
* Printing (both vertical and horizontal)
* Floating Palettes for selection of plants
* Unlimited windows (within available memory)
* Exporting of plots as either PICT or to the clipboard
* Creation of Estimated Yield based on the number and type of
plants in the plot
* Drawing of lines, circles, rectangles with fill patterns
* Creation of a text list (export all text entered in the plot)
* Text entry (vertical or horizontal), with support for font, size,
and styles
John Spicer
Dragon Electronics
6946 West Coast Rd
Sooke, BC V0S 1N0
(250) 642-4354
[Archived as /info-mac/app/make-it-grow-19-demo.hqx; 1769K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:10 -0700
From: poetink@inlink.com
Subject: [*] Memetic Verses.sit
Here is Memetic Verses, an electronic chapbook.
Memetic Verses is a compilation of poems and fiction by John Freemyer &
Matthew W. Schmeer co-produced by Poetry Ink Productions and Shasta
Cognitive Writing Workshop.
We hope you enjoy Memetic Verses, and both of the writers featured in
Memetic Verses invite comments and constructive criticism of their work,
so support your local Internet Poets!
We give our permission for this file to be included
on the Info-Mac CD-ROM, with our usual stipulations.
Thank you.
Matthew W. Schmeer
<poetink@inlink.com>
[Archived as /info-mac/art/book/memetic-verses.hqx; 170K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:12:59 -0700
From: fedefil@fub.it
Subject: [*] Reanimator 1.0.1
Reanimator 1.0.1.
What's Reanimator?
Reanimator is a utility for automatically restarting all applications
and background-only processes killed by another process. A process is a
program running on your Mac. When you launch an application, you start a
new process. Desk accessories are also processes, while control panels
are treated as extensions of the Finder process (see the "Technical
details" section in the read me file for further info). There are also
processes that don't show up when running: they are called
background-only processes. Many shareware and freeware extensions run
as background-only processes. Reanimator itself, works that way. I'm
used to run a number of applications and extensions in the background
(D=E9cor, MyEyes, DragThing, Eudora and other occasional utilities) and I
was tired of relaunching each one of them after running an installer,
rebuilding the desktop using a dedicated utility or running a game
instructed to quit all other processes, including the Finder. Reanimator
accomplishes this task in a single, quick operation.
What's new in 1.0.1?
- Recompiled with CodeWarrior=AE Professional 1.
- Fixed B&W icons in both application and daemon.
- Fixed a bug that caused the application not to properly recognize the
absence of the folder named "Reanimator =9F" in the Preferences folder.
- Now Reanimator handles all kinds of applications, including new kinds
of Control Panel items and Apple Menu items (see the "Technical details"
section in the Read Me file).
- Now aliases created by the daemon have the correct Finder file types.
- The application's settings dialog is now movable.
- Improved error checking and handling.
- A few minor cosmetic enhancements.
- Added a "Technical details" section to the Read Me file.
System Requirements
68020/030/040 or PowerPC;
64 KBytes free memory;
Mac OS 7.0 or later.
Distribution
You can distribute Reanimator freely, provided that you leave the
software and the accompanying documentation unchanged. You can include
Reanimator in CD-ROMs and other software collections only by previous
agreement. Reanimator is FREEWARE, i.e., free of charge. However, it's
NOT public domain software.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/reanimator-101.hqx; 145K]
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:09 -0700
From: hotzi@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de
Subject: [*] UCB-Logo 3.3cf
UCB-Logo 3.3cf
(Berkeley Logo)
The progamming language logo.
Hardware Requirements: 68020,030,040 or PowerPC
Software Requirements: System 7 or higher
[Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/ucb-logo.hqx; 461K]
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Date: 30 Jul 1997 14:33:35 GMT
From: "Technical Support" <techsupport@excel.net>
Subject: 604e Processor
I am planning to purchase a new Macintosh computer in the next six months
and I am confused by the processors. Could anyone please explain the
difference between the 603e and the 604e processor? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of each? Which would you recommend?
If anyone can refer me to an article somewhere that explains all this it
would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the information.
Please e-mail me directly at hbiebel@excel.net
Harold
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:36:21 -0700
From: Maurice Mike McNeil <mmcneil@BBN.COM>
Subject: [A] ARA and OT
At 1:52 PM -0600 7/28/97, Bruce Carter wrote:
>>From: Anne H Toal <harwell@panam.edu>
>>Is it my imagination or is there really no way to get IP packets through an
>>ARA connection under Open Transport? Does an ARA module exist for OT so you
>>can tell OT to get its IP connection through ARA? Under MacTCP I used to do
>>IP over an ARA connection, no problem. What's up with that.
Couple of things to check, in the TCP/IP Control Panel:
1) Make sure you have the correct settings for Connect via. In our
current ARA setup, the server assigns the IP#:
Connect via: AppleTalk (MacIP0
configure: Using MacIP Server
IP Address: <will be supplied by server>
In a previous setup, we used assigned IPs, but only between .225 and
.256, e.g. 199.56.164.225.
Make sure your subnet mask, Router address, and Name server addresses are
all correct.
Click on the "Options" button and make sure the "Active" box is checked
in the dialog. I had a lot of problems with the "Load when needed" feature
which were resolved when I changed it to "Active"
2) Are you using OT 1.1.2? It seems much more reliable and a free upgrade.
3) Assuming the ARA connection is working fine otherwise, get your sys
admin to recycle the AppleTalk <-> Ethernet link (e.g. Gatorbox)
good luck
-----|-----
0-0
(_)+
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:49:53 -0700
From: Daniel Solomons <daniel@oo.net>
Subject: [A] Substitute for Speed Doubler "Smart Replace"
>Is there a substitute for the "Smart Replace" function of Speed Doubler out
>there?
I recommend UpToDate, available on this archive. It's more versatile than
SpeedDoubler and much less of a drain on your system.
Daniel Solomons
daniel@oo.net
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:12:30 -0400
From: Dave Reiser <dbr@ptd.net>
Subject: [Q] PCMCIA Flash Memory for the MP2K
At 15:16 -0400 7/28/97, jacobs wrote:
>I'm considering getting an extra bit of storage for my fairly new
>Messagepad 2000. Now, what's advertized for it ('4MB Newton Flash...') is
>a bit expensive ($199 US?) and I was considering going elsewhere to buy
>the cards...
>
>I ran into a delimma. How much will NOS 2.1 support on a PCMCIA card? Is
>4 the limit, or could one go as high as 8, 10, 15, or even 40MB? (I'm not
>planning on the 40 - I'd like to get an 8 or a 10 MB.)
>
>Also, the unit has 1 MB of DRAM... is there a way to expand that?
>
[snip]
I just received my 8MB card (AMD series D) from Hamilton Hallmark (got
their toll free phone number from the AMD web page on nonvolatile (aka
'flash') memory. It was $191 + a whopping $22 for UPS ground shipping. I
guess that's what I get for going closer to the source. So far all I've
done is initialize the card. The MP2K had no complaints.
The Apple labelled 4MB card I have is an Intel Series 2 flash card. Intel
has a newer Series 2 Plus set of cards that shares a power use
characteristic with the AMD series D cards: they use the same amount of
power for word wide (2 bytes at a time) read/write operations as they do
for single byte at a time operations. And that power use is a little less
than the old cards use for single byte operations. If the Newt uses word
wide operations, the new cards will use about half as much power as the
older cards. I haven't figured out how to tell if my excursion into Intel
and AMD tech sheets has done me any good...
The AMD D series are 5V only (AMD web page claims that means any Newton OS
2.x device). The Intel 2 Plus are automagically 3.3, 5, or 12V cards --
meaning they'll work with any Newton.
I couldn't find the quote, but I believe Apple said the MP2K didn't support
cards bigger than 10MB. However, I'm pretty sure I've seen folks in
comp.sys.newton.?? talk about using 20MB cards successfully. The Newtons do
slow down with larger memory cards (it all acts like system memory in that
regard, rather than bulk storage).
A couple places to try for memory card purchasing: ClubPDA or PDADirect.
Time to load some Landware fonts...
Dave Reiser
dbr@ptd.net
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 17:11:49 -0400
From: John I Quebedeaux Jr <johnq@intersurf.com>
Subject: [Q] Virtual PC - using Token Ring Card?
Hello all,
As much as I know how to use/break Windows95 (I'm an instructor)...
Connectix's documentation for its Virtual PC is extremely sketchy for
anyone trying to do something that is a little out of the norm - like use
a Token Ring card in his Mac instead of the built in Ethernet. They claim
as long as the Mac can use a device - the PC side should be able to use
it also.
Hold it! I'm an Evangelist in disguise as I have a Mac 6500/250 at work
and a PB5300c at home. My wife has a 7200/120 and an LCIII. The kicker in
every class is when the students finally ask me what kind of PC I'd
recommend... <big smile> "Well, I have a Mac at home..." and usually have
my Power Book to actually show them what it can do to dispel all those
pesky myths because I get all the typical objections of not enough
software, technology, Apple going out of business, etc... and even my 1
1/2 year old PB5300c is impressive enough to wow them. Apple really needs
to set the public record straight about its products, available software,
and technology. I digress...
Ok, my question is - has anyone managed to use Virtual PC on a Novell
network using a PCI or NuBus Token Ring card. I'd like to know how.
Connectix hasn't answered my e-mail.
Thanks,
John Q. -- Send replies to: johnq@intersurf.com & I can summarize for the
list.
-----
John I. Quebedeaux, Jr.
e-mail: johnq@intersurf.com
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:32:34 -0500
From: Hannes Hofer <hofer@ruf.rice.edu>
Subject: [Q]MAC OS 8 and PC compatible Card
After having been put on hold for 3 1/2 hours, hung up on, and lied to by
various people at Apple's Tech Support (they also told me they have the
best tech support in the business) I now turn to this forum with the hope
that someone can help me.
Until about 24 hours ago I was the happy owner of Power Macintosh 7200/120
with a 12" 100 mhz pentium pc compatible card.
After having scurried all the literature I could find about a possible
incompatability, I took the plunge and installed Mac OS 8. Result: I can no
longer run the pc side of my computer. When I switch, I never get past the
first screen where the pc counts up the memory.
I tried to reinstall the compatability software (v.1.5) without success. I
read somewhere that there is a v.1.6 out, but one guy at apple said that it
was for the newer model only, and another guy there told me that it was
just what I needed and that I could download it from www.info.apple.com
where it doesn't exist.
In short, I am, at least for now, stuck with totally useless $1000 piece of
hardware that Apple apparently does not support. Has anyone out there had
similar problems, and is there a solution for it?
Hannes Hofer
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:34:29 -0400
From: A BRODY <abrody1@mail.ameritel.net>
Subject: Airborne and Full Impact
Dear Digest reader,
Beware of Airborne based mail order. I just waited 7 hours to receive
my
keyboard, only to find out they don't have any backup people to deliver
packages, they tried to deliver without leaving a note on my door, they
did not attempt to call me when they couldn't deliver, they did not ring
the doorbell when I was there, they did not notice a note saying it was
OK to deliver, and MacWareHouse of all things won't refund the delivery
costs associated with having to wait so long. If you can go Fed-Ex,
do. On another topic, has anyone seen a Full Impact translator to
Excel 5.0? No signatures here as apparantly the digest people don't
want any.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 20:32:21 -0500
From: Terry Swensen <tswensen@unicom.net>
Subject: Alternative to ARA?
We have a sales office 3 hours away. We have them communicate with the
accounting program on our server via 2 33.6 Supra modems and Apple Remote
Access. We tried using an ISDN line and 2 Farallon ISDN Netopia modems
but with ARA's limitations (can only use one B channel), it wasn't much
faster than the 33.6 modems. We need the speed of the ISDN line. Is there
a software alternative to ARA that will allow us to optimize the features
of the ISDN setup?
Terry Swensen
tswensen@unicom.net
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:27:28 -0400
From: "Michael S. Silverstein" <michael@phys-server.phys.polymtl.ca>
Subject: ECD's Audio Not Working
While the multimedia part of a ECD (Squirrel Nut Zippers, 'Hot') works
wonderfully, I cannot seem to get the audio portion to recognize the first
track properly and continue to play properly.
My computer plays regular audio CDs with no problem.
This ECD can be played and cycled on a CD player with no problem.
BUT to get this ECD to play on my Mac, I must launch the CD player (usually
audio CDs play when inserted), choose any track but the first and in the
middle of the track that is playing switch to the first track.
The ECD will play straight through UNLESS I do something like launch or
quit an application, then it just stops and I have to start it again as
above.
The ECD will not cycle from the last track to the first, but will stop on
the last track. There is no problem with regular CDs.
The error message is "This operation could not be completed. Please be sure
you have loaded an audio CD and that the Apple CD-ROM drive has been
connected properly".
I have a Power Mac 7600 running 7.5.5 with 80MB of memory, all the
appropriate extentions (Quicktime, CD driver) etc. and the same thing
occurs when I restart with only 7.5.5 extentions.
Thanks in advance for any advice on how to play the ECD.
Michael Silverstein
Materials Engineering
Technion
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:19:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: Flushing an AppleShare Autolink (Q)
At 5:42 PM -0400 7/28/97, Al Bloom wrote:
>How on earth do I rid our machine of that automagic link attempt?
The checkbox you seek is in the Chooser; connect to a given server, then
next to each available server volume you'll find a checkbox: "Reconnect on
startup".
However, an easier way to undo this is to simply trash the "AppleShare
Prep" file, which is in your Preferences folder.
This has always worked for me, except in circumstances where it was
Suitcase trying to connect. I have heard of one instance in which a full
System reinstall was necessary.
chazl - 7.30.1997 - chaz@visi.com
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:28:47 +0000
From: jmarques@ip.pt (Joao Marques)
Subject: Formating text in calculation field in FileMakerPro
Hi all,
I have a question: is there a way to format text in a calculation field in
FileMakerPro? It seems the output of the field is always plain text...
If anyone has an answer, please email me.
Thank you.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 16:48:50 -0400
From: Frank LoCicero <onepoint@earthlink.net>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #155
Mike Blackwell <wcs@pnn.com> wrote:
>
> I 'm looking for a program that will read and index every CD-ROM when
Try Virtual Disk by LaCie.
I there is a free lite version and a regular version.
I got the lite version with my Syquest EZFlyer 230.
Check out LaCie's site.
F. Lo Cicero
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:53:06 -0400
From: bkirsch@voicenet.com (Barry J. Kirsch)
Subject: Mouse alternatives?
Can someone please suggest a mouse alternative for the Mac for RSI sufferers.
Please email me directly and I will summarize.
Thanks,
Barry Kirsch
bkirsch@voicenet.com
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 05:50:45 -0500
From: Monty Lee <montylee@netten.net>
Subject: Netscape 4.0 feature
>I am currently using Netscape 4.0 on my Q660AV, system 7.6.1 (soon to be 8),
>and have experienced the following undocumented (and very annoying)
>"feature": after editing my bookmarks, when I close the window (or leave the
>window open and return to the browser window), Netscape automatically
>alphabetizes the bookmarks, and it does so down the hierarchy of folders I
>have set up. This is very annoying because I had listed my most used URLs
>first (above a separator) in each folder, and the folders were not
>alphabetical either. (It placed the separators at the top of the list.) Now
>it is very difficult to find anything! Is anyone else experiencing this
>effect, and is there any way to prevent it/turn it off? TIA.
>
Lou,
I've been seeing the same thing every time I re-arrange my bookmarks. I've
found that by immediately quitting Netscape and then re-launching it the
alphabetizing is removed and the order is back the way I had it. Messing
with the bookmarks before quitting will not let you revert it.
I've been frustrated by this "feature" and others (the download window
ALWAYS is in the upper left instead of where you move it to like Netscape 1
thru 3, and others). I've given the app 20mb memory and Java still causes
it to crash daily.
I have switched back to 3.01 where I have not had a problem in 2 days!!!
Monty
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 07:27:03 -0500
From: Dick Kahoe <dk8841@cmsu2.cmsu.edu>
Subject: Q Looking for Mac check-out system
I'm looking for a Macintosh program that will manage the check-out (and
check-in) of photography equipment for our lab. I found a program to do
this on Windows quite some time ago and I'd use it, reluctantly, but I
can't find any mention of anything like this on the web on either platform
now.
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:53:44 -0700
From: "John Vokey" <vokey@uleth.ca>
Subject: Refresh rate
Many of Apple's monitors are multi-scan (meaning they can be set to many
different refresh rates), and 60-Hz is often one of the options.
Similarly, many inexpensive VGA monitors can be used (via a simple
adapter) with Macs, with, again, 60-Hz as an option. But, there is no
guarantee that the 60-Hz raster scan of the monitor will be synchronised
with that of the AC supply, so your problem may persist anyway.
--
Dr. John R. Vokey, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4
mailto:vokey@uleth.ca http://www.uleth.ca/~vokey
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 02:10:52 -0700
From: Jon Froines <jonyo@wenet.net>
Subject: Sound Manager question
Well. I feel sort of bad, because I ask a lot of Q's here, but have only
had the chance to help others with their Q's a few times. Sorry.
I have a very nifty program that emulates the operation of 2 Roland TB303
bass machines and 1 Roland TR808 drum machine. It outputs it's sound
through the Sound Manager, the version of which is 3.2.1 on my PowerMac
7500/150/48MBram/System 7.6.1. My Mac has a stereo 1/8" output, and left
and right RCA outputs. I get sound out of my little lame-o 1/8" plug, but
not my RCA outputs. Is there any way to do get sound out of the RCA plugs?
My Monitors and Sound control panel doesn't list any alternatives for
output aside from the unchangeable "Built In", unlike the input, which has
more than one option. Well, blah, this bums me out. Sure the 1/8" plug
WORKS, but I'd much rather plug the RCAs into my mixer for ouput. Anybody
know much about this Sound Manager stuff? Thanks mucho...
- JonYo (mailto:jonyo@wenet.net)
(http://www.hooked.net/~jonyo/index.html)
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