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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 10 Oct 97 Volume 15 : Issue 217
Today's Topics:
(Q) SOCKS Client available for MAC??
?Network Software Selector?
[Q] Lost events - help needed
[Q] Type 3 Errors from Hell!
[Q] VT220 ctb tool
Directory Assistance II Replacement
Eudora Plugin
IOMUG Digest - 28 Sep 1997 to 29 Sep 1997
LW Select 360 RAM [Q]
Mac OS 8 and the '040 processor (again)
Mac OS 8 monitor energy saving
MacTools & OS/8
MacWrite to Word to PC
Need Circuit Design/Sim Software for Mac
New Computer Blues
newton time navigator
password saver
Performa 405 battery
PowerComputing Future?
Q: Hard Drives
QuickCam & FileMaker ?? Help!
REQ: MountImage or equivalent?
saving html files
Sys8 Et c
What is this group? - The good old days
When to buy a new powerbook
Will Suitcase fix this Macintosh font problem?
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:35:46 -0400
From: Sheldon Forde <sforde@trinidad.net>
Subject: (Q) SOCKS Client available for MAC??
At work we have our own intranet which uses a firewall to prevent
security breaches. As is the case in most companies, the macintoshes
here are poorly supported, with only a few dedicated persons like myself
fighting to ensure it's survival.
Getting to the point of my question though; I want to use some programs
like Pointcast, ichat pager and Ircle. However, these programs are
unable to recognize the network. (we have ethernet connections).
According to one of my colleagues, he says that those programs are not
'Socksified' and therefore cannot communicate socks to the routing
server which controls everything in and out. I verified this by trying
some of the programs on the PC's we have, same problem. To get around
this he said I need to get a socks client such as Sockscap. Sockscap is
only for PC's to my knowledge, and efforts to locate a mac version have
proved futile to date. I have only been able to locate a socks server
named SOCKS 1.0.1 which does not fill my needs.
Can anyone tell me whether a macintosh version of a socks client
exists and if so, how/where I can get it. Alternatively, does anyone
have a solution as to how I may overcome this problem. (Incidentally, we
have no problems with Netscape or ftp).
Please sends any suggestions or solutions to me or post on the Info-mac
digest.
Thanx in advance.
Sheldon Forde.
++++ Great minds think alike ++++
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:22:07 -0700
From: Bob Durst <durstb@ava.bcc.orst.edu>
Subject: ?Network Software Selector?
It trying to install Open transport on an older machine (IIci running
7.0.1), I've run into the problem of the application Network Software
Selector appearing as a document rather than an application. Of course this
means that one can't switch between MacTCP and OT. Anyone got a fix for it?
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 13:47:46 +0100
From: John.Bull@ansa.co.uk (John Bull)
Subject: [Q] Lost events - help needed
I have a Mac problem that is driving me crazy. Any ideas?
I have been plagued with a continuing problem where the event system
appears to get into a confused state. This is most noticable with Microsoft
Word 5.1a where the "I" bar cursur does not change to an arrow when moving
off the Window. Other symptoms generally appear as being an event behind,
so that extra mouse clicks are needed to perform other simple actions, such
as to bring up a dialogue box or print a document. Eudora also gets into
trouble, with the Window not "filling up" with information. When I try to
shut the machine down I get a system message "Cannot close down because
application unknown refuses to quit".
Re-boot usually clears the problem until next time something screws the
system up. But I have to re-boot about 5 times a day.
I have a Powerbook 1400c, with OS 7.5.3 and a fairly huge set of
applications, including Now 6.7 and Norton 3.1; all mostly, apparently,
reputable commercial software.
Any help appreciated, before I resort to a yucky box with Windoze!
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:15:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: earlyd@erinet.com (Dwight Early)
Subject: [Q] Type 3 Errors from Hell!
Gang,
I'm getting Type 3 errors upon executing Word 6 and PowerPoint 4 (Execl 5
works now after several reloads of MS Office).
I check the IM Archives, got the Type Errors FAQ and did the following
o Rebuilt the desktop
o Zapped PRAM
o defrag'd the disk
but to no avail.
I've reloaded MS Office serveral times. Used Extention Mgr to play the
Extention Game. But, No Joy!
Whatsa fella to do? Real Audio went Tango Uniform the other day.
All sane advise is greatly appreciated. 'Cause next stop is to reformat
the disk and start from scratch.
System: PPC 8600/200 96MB/!MB Cache/4MB VRAM + lots of "stuff". Hmmm.
Haven't used Ext. Mgr to play with Open Doc.
Help!
--Dwight Early
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 11:35:22 +0100
From: "Anneke M.Th. Harbers and Ard Jonker" <a_team@dds.nl>
Subject: [Q] VT220 ctb tool
Where can I find a communications tool that emulates a VT220, or a comm
program that does VT 220 emulation _and_ is scriptable?
I have to dump command lines into some mainframe using VT220. Now I set the
clipboard to contain the command line, switch to a termy program, do a
manual paste, select all, copy and switchback, but it would be a real
relief if this cumbersome work could be automated. pls. reply by e-mail.
ard
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see also:
http://www.larisoftware.com/lovemacos8/
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 20:23:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu>
Subject: Directory Assistance II Replacement
Like many of you I've kept the old DA II through thick and thin and various
goofinesses. It was still working, most of the time, through Sys 7.6.1 on my
PowerMac 7300. It is not a happy camper under Sys8.
I'm also given to understand that the commercial option, Super Boomerang, is
not all that happy with Sys8 either. Hmmm. I've seen folk say the shareware
program "Default Folder" is a good replacement and is Sys8 friendly. But no
one ever said how or why something named "Default Folder" is a good thing.
I gave it a look, from my perhaps jaundiced view of loving DA II. I do not
like DF as much as I liked DA II, but it is sufficiently similar that I sent
in my $25 shareware fee within two hours of testing it out.
What did I like about DA II? It remembered not only my favorite folder within
an app, but also which file I had most recently accessed within that folder.
DF does that, too. If I want to step through a folder of pictures, say, DF
offers me the most recent PICT I opened as the default, so I need merely arrow
down to the next on the list. Just like DA II. This is such a no-brainer that
maybe even Apple might have considered it. Nope. The best Apple gives us is
the top of last folder accessed. And we have to remember and find the last
file we looked at.
That DF feature alone might have driven me to send in my $25.
But DA II had other features. You could erase a file. You could create a new
folder into which you could save a file. DF does that, rather less elegantly
than DA II to my mind. With DF one must key to some icons that are not what
I would call intuitively obvious. And DA II's erase becomes DF's "move to
trash" command. One must empty the trash afterwards.
DF gives one a "get info" feature that I had only seen via the "Get More
Info" extension. See every file attribute and change any at will. I think
GMI does it better.
I would not call DF perfect. I thought DA II was about as perfect as one
could expect in this imperfect world. My values. But with DA II dead, and
Now's SuperBoomerang apparently not breathing on its own either, I see
nothing better than "Default Folder." And it is pretty good.
Al Bloom
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 20:52:32 -0700
From: Douglas Anderson <un162@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Subject: Eudora Plugin
Hi,
I have a Eudora Plugin that makes it possible for Eudora to call up to our
local FreeNet which is a direct call in BBS.
I was wondering if their is anyone out there who would know how and could
make the Plugin work with Claris Emailer and the Window Version of Eudora?
I could send you the Plugin,
Thanks,
Doug.
Sincerely,
Doug Anderson
email:un162@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 07:37:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
Subject: IOMUG Digest - 28 Sep 1997 to 29 Sep 1997
John,
> Super Boomerang vastly increased the usefulness of the file
>open/save dialogs. It would bounce you back to the last folder you
>opened the next time you used the open/save dialog box; it kept a list of
>recent files/folders/applications used, which information was passed to
>Now Menus so you could access those recent files, etc. from the Now Menus
>iconic menus; and it also added features to the open/save dialog, such as
>utilitiy menus for deleting, changing names etc. of files, creating new
>folders, and showing the date and size of a file selected in the dialog
>box.
Thank you for taking the time to explain that! Now I do see. That sounds
pretty terrific. As you say, Default Folder seems to do much of that, but
not enough to make it a real "killer app". I am looking forward to Speed
Doubler 8, very much. I sure hope it doesn't follow Connectix's tradition
of making buggy early releases of things because Speed Doubler was finally
working for me by the time I switched to System 8 and had to let it go
again. I can't wait for the keyboard shortcut assignments. To me, not
having used Now Menus, that will be a real step up!
Daly
Daly Jessup mailto:jessup@san.rr.com
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 08:03:58 -0400
From: Jonathan Bauer <jhbauer@akula.com>
Subject: LW Select 360 RAM [Q]
Hi:
I have a nice used LW Select 360 - so no documentation. It has stock
7Mbytes RAM but will take a 16 MByte SIMM upgrade. Can anyone enlighten me:
How to install the new SIMM (where on the motherboard & how to open) and,
will it help (speed up) printing postscript pages with lots of formatting
(my feeble understanding of postscript is that the printer has to convert
what comes from the computer into a postscript program for each page).
Simple wordprocessing pages with one or two fonts is quick enough, but more
complicated pages cause waits. don't mind waiting, but since SIMM's are not
expensive any longer, thought I'd upgrade.
thanks in advance for your help!
/jonathan
mailto:jhbauer@akula.com
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 19:41:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mark Fiske <mfiske@nike.heidelberg.edu>
Subject: Mac OS 8 and the '040 processor (again)
Actually, I suppose ANYONE with OS 8 could help me out here.
thanks again,
Mark.
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 16:01:34 -0400
From: Steve Ruegsegger <ruegsesm@eecs.umich.edu>
Subject: Mac OS 8 monitor energy saving
I just installed Mac OS 8 on my PM 6100. I have two problems with my monitor.
1. I can't get my energy star compliant monitor to go into "standby" mode.
I've tried both the Sleeper shareware program and Apple's Energy Monitor
control panel.
2. I want my screensaver to dim the screen (20% brightness, for example).
However, none of the screen savers can do this UNTIL I open the Monitors &
Sounds control panel and toggle the color settings (thousands to 256, then
back to thousands).
Any ideas or similar situations? Thanks.
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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 01:07:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu>
Subject: MacTools & OS/8
Maybe there *are* some unalloyed joys in this world.
I'm far from alone in bemoaning that the latest MacTools Pro dies a foul
death under OS/8. I said the other day that all I had left that worked
were the old DiskEdit, FileEdit, and FastCopy.
Today I was pretty sick of work and decided to make my own long weekend
by knocking off Friday. Hey! I've over six weeks of accrued annual leave
and can only keep seven. After taking Leslye out to dinner I surfed the
net to catch up on things Macintosh. Yeah, I'm goofy.
MacFixit (www.macfixit.com) had a fascinating item about MacTools Pro. The
last version (four point naught) that'd work under OS/8 is hiding in plain
view in our own I-M archives. In FastCopy's proprietary disk image format.
The files are in the "disk" directory: mactools-emergency-disk.hqx and
mactools-optimizer-disk.hqx. If you have FastCopy, or can get it from a
close personal friend, that's all you need to get those two pieces of
MacTools Pro that will run under OS/8.
The method: Use FastCopy to make a floppy disk of either app. Copy the
Finder from the floppy to your HD. Make a copy of your Disk Tools floppy.
Drag System and Enabler from the DT System folder and trash everything
else (DFA, Drive Setup Lite, the System Folder). Copy the "Finder" from
your HD to the floppy. It isn't really a Finder. It is the MacTools app.
That's the way CPS implemented boot floppies.
I made DiskFix and Optimizer boot floppies that way this evening. It seems
DiskFix reports spurious "resource fork" errors -- invariably for Finder
Preferences and for *some* other files. Norton 351 reports no such errors.
Optimizer seems to work OK. Or I wouldn't be writing this note. I'd instead
be spending these wee hours of Friday recreating my HD from backup tape.
Al Bloom
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:49:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lee062449@aol.com
Subject: MacWrite to Word to PC
I don't know if this is the place to ask this, but if not could you direct me
appropriately, please? A longtime Mac user friend has been convinced she
should replace her 7yr old Mac with a pc. She is a japanese language
translater. Somebody told her there is much more Japanese
accessible/available for pc's. Her work is on MacWrite, but the salesman
assures her that Word will automatically transfer all her files. Is this
true? Is there more Japanese for pc's and will MacWrite become Word? Many
thanks.
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Date: 3 Oct 1997 16:20:20 GMT
From: slutes@bcm.tmc.edu (Steve Lutes)
Subject: Need Circuit Design/Sim Software for Mac
I need a mac program for circuit design and simulation. I'll be doing
both analog, digitial and mixed signal design.
Thank you very much
Steve Lutes
Center for Balance Disorders Rm. NA315
Dept of Oto
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
Voice: 713-798-6336
Fax: 713-798-8658
e-mail: slutes@bcm.tmc.edu
Check out GeometryID, a package for
linear or nonlinear system identification at:
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cfbd/geometryID/
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 15:35:37 -0400
From: Ed Ver Hoef <everhoef@digizen.net>
Subject: New Computer Blues
I just acquired a (to me) new computer, a Performa 6116CD. I moved all
my software from my older Quadra 605 to the new machine, upgrading to
PowerPC versions where appropriate. Things are going swimingly except
for a few problems. The most annoying is a problem with Eudora Lite. I
upgraded to the latest PowerPC version of the software. I can send mail
from this version but when I try to check for new mail, the window that
normally shows me the progress of the mail checking procedure opens for
less than a second and then closes again and nothing more happens. I can
send and receive e-mail through Netscape successfully. The older version
worked fine on
Does anyone have any suggestions?
In my previous seup I had an external Apple CD 600e CD drive. The
performa has a built-in CD drive. If possible, I would like to use them
both. However, I am unable to get the computer to recognize the external
drive. I have ensured that the SCSI ID is set to an unused number. When
I ask one of my SCSI search programs to tell me what is on the SCSI
chain, it skips right over the number to which I have assigned the
external CD. If it is not possible to have this second CD drive on the
system, I will look into replacing the built-in drive with the external
drive because the built-in is only 2X whereas the external is 4X.
Any help on either of these matters would be much appreciated.
Ed Ver Hoef
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 15:32:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul M Sheldon <psheldon@utdallas.edu>
Subject: newton time navigator
You may recall my post "alternate universe navigator aims honda in
time" that having a program that has routes allows estimated times of
arrival so that, by controlling your speed, you can stear your car in
time. Incidentally, I often find estimating when I will get there allows
me to slow down and takes a lot of the worry out of driving.
A recent version of a Delorme mapping program (Street Atlas USA
4.0 system 8 compatible program) has been most helpful to me as a
programmer for exporting routes and pictorial information. I am glad they
are allowing it to be easy for other programmers, especially newton
programmers like me, to coexist and you should be glad we needn't all buy
portable macs.
I have used the Newton Incorporated free NTK and documentation to
make what I call route parsers for both the older version SA3 and this new
SA4. Their program allows connecting by serial to GPS receivers which have
gone down in price. They sell trip mate and there is someone in China who
adapts NMEA sentences to their program. The Garlan gps receiver has a
price comparable to their whole package.
But, what happens if their data base misses some streets?
Enter http://www.mapquest.com
Just enter someone's address and zip code and download the map
and convert it to a pict to import to my newton program soup.
One could get a more up to date map from them through the volatile
internet. Volatile but slower if the streets are already laid in SA4.
I finished a route plan on my newton using a mapquest map I ported
there. My newton navigator allows alternate map sources and contains its
own route editor!
Anyone wanting to find out about how to get a beta version and be
on my team e mail me.
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Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 03:22:40 +0100
From: Hartmut Buhrmester <buhrmest@plexus.uke.uni-hamburg.de>
Subject: password saver
> With the large number of online pages now requiring usernames and
> passwords, I am looking for a method of remembering the these items for
> "auto login". anyone know of such an method, please let me know.
In Netscape Navigator, you can include the username and password into the
URL. For ftp links it looks like:
ftp://user:password@ftp.somewhere.com/
It should also work for http links, probably like:
http://user:password@www.somewhere.com/
--
Hartmut Buhrmester <buhrmest@plexus.uke.uni-hamburg.de>
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 00:09:36 -0400
From: Holleran Greenburger <holleran@crocker.com>
Subject: Performa 405 battery
Gib,
First, I'll correct you on one point, it is a black plastic housing, not metal.
Be sure the computer is off and that you are grounded.
At both ends of said housing, you will see a small amount of space after
the battery ends. Place a small screwdriver in there & pry the bottom of
the black housing -slightly- away from the battery. This should pop it off,
repeat on other end. Replace battery.
Holleran Greenburger
>A friend of mine has a dead battery in his Performa 405. Finding a =
>replacement is easy; getting the old one out is another matter. It is in =
>a black metal housing, and appears to be soldered in, but I'm not sure. =
>Can anyone tell me how to remove the housing? Thanks, and cheers!
>--
>Gib
>* 80% of "computer literacy" consists of typing ability, 80% of "data =
>processing" consists of sorting.
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 14:09:51 -0500
From: Bryan Walls <Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: PowerComputing Future?
At 1:45 PM -0600 on 9/22/97, Erik Hjelle wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm considering the purchase of one the PowerTower Pro models since
> they're dirt cheap now. My only question is this: Will the PTPro be
> fully compatible with future versions of the MacOS? Or will it be
> forgotten? Personally, I tend to think it would work with future OS
> versions but I wanted to see what others thought.
>
It will be supported for as long as the Apple 9600, which uses the same
Motherboard architecture (Tsunami). Which is basically what Rhapsody will
be developed on, I think -- it will certainly be available for this
architecture. So you're about as safe as an purchase you could make...
Bryan Walls My words are not NASA policy.
Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov (205)544-3311voice,544-5841fax
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 08:58:10 -0700
From: Robert Adams <rnadams@fix.net>
Subject: Q: Hard Drives
Hello everyone:
I have a Performa 475 which only needs one more thing before I am done
upgrading: an external hard drive (the 160MB internal is sadly inadequate).
I'm looking for something in the 250-500MB range, and since no one is
selling a new one that is less than 1GB new anymore, I'm considering buying
a used one.
Here's my question: I can get a refurbished drive in the above specified
range for between $39 and $100 (which is REALLY cool!), but I need to know
if I can expect any problems using an uninitialized drive (or a DOS/Windows
initialized drive). What do I need to get up and running?
Ant replies can be sent to me privately or to the list--I'll get them
either way!
TIA,
Robert Adams
<rnadams@fix.net>
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:51:50 -0400
From: "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com>
Subject: QuickCam & FileMaker ?? Help!
>Looking for a solution to use Connextix'x quickcam and FMP in a seamless
>fashion. We are a student body that wants to generate a database of our
>collective selves along with a photo of each student. We thoughtabout
>using a photo ID type of application but that is very limited in its
>capacity to collect the data we would want - and printing in a directory
>format not possible.
>
>Currently we would have ot use several separate applications just to get
>the image into the database - take the photo in QC, then go to something
>like P/Shop edit/crop/rename etc etc, then go over to FMP, and find the
>record, mess with importing the image and so on. This is a very cumbersome
>process, and extremely error prone!
>
>I contacted Connetic but their response was dismal said write apple
>scripts - we are not programmers! I think conceptually, we want the
>directness and simplicity of a photo ID program (and that capacity), but
>extended into a database so that we can after collecting a good deal of
>data, we can rearrange and print it into whatever directory formats we
>desire. Depending on how well we master FMP, we may use FMP as the
>application to print the database, or export it to Pagemaker or Quark -
>but........ we need simplicity here!
>
>Are there any third party applications etc out there that can accomplish this?
I don't quite understand why you would have to go to all that trouble to
get the picture into FMP3. The way I would do it is to open your database
and QuickPICT at the same time. Set up QuickPICT to save to the clipboard.
Then take the picture. As soon as you take the picture, switch into
FileMaker and paste it. I don't know why you would need Photoshop
edit/crop/renaming at all. Since you're using it for people's pictures,
just make sure that you take the pix with a "neutral" background.
Mike
Bikers don't *DO* taglines.
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 02:20:43 -0700
From: "S. Brewster" <brewster@gte.net>
Subject: REQ: MountImage or equivalent?
Hello fellow Mac-ers,
For quite some time now I have been looking for a program which will allow
me to mount a disk image instead of having to find a blank disc and copying
the contents of the image file to the floppy. I had a program years ago
that was called MountImage, by Steve Christensen [sp?] and it has
dissapeared from my files, however now I have a need for that capability
again. At the time, MountImage was beta, I believe 1.xB2? Is MountImage
still around, or is there an equivalent OS8-happy program or utility?
Thanks in advance.
--Scott
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Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 16:42:52 -0400
From: Brian White <bwhite@gnp-inc.com>
Subject: saving html files
Whenever I download an html file from Fetch to my desktop, it gets saved as
a Netscape file. When I try to change Fetch's save downloaded files
preferences (which is already set at TeachText) to SimpleText, it still
saves downloaded files as Netscape files and Fetch reverts the setting back
to TeachText. It only does this with html files.
Can anyone tell me what I can do to get Fetch to save downloaded files like
I want them, and not be forced to change them from Netscape files?
TIA
Brian White
bwhite@gnp-inc.com
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:37:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu>
Subject: Sys8 Et c
OK, I took the plunge and installed Sys8 on two of my machines (to date).
I despise Views. I can't imagine the workings of a mind that thinks any
given user likes to see anything other than what he or she likes to see.
All the time. I want to see the Fred folder this way and the Gladys folder
that way? I sort of hoped the lobotomy had worked. And where in ruddy red
naughtyword is the "staggered grid" option? Forget snap to grid if you have
more than three items in a folder. Line them up yourself or get a window
rather larger than your monitor.
I about half like Personal Web Sharing. I'd like it better if it were
documented. Apple has not only given up on printed documentation that
we geezer-codgers like, its online info doesn't tell you what you need
to know. I looked for a book. Two OS/8 tomes in Tech's bookstore. Each
devoted two pages to Personal Web Sharing. Not two *whole* pages, mind.
It is not a good thing when the books tell you less than Apple does. Bob
Levitus should be ashamed of himself (OS/8 for Dummies). I didn't recognize
the author of the other book (Mac OS8 -- or some such) and expected durn
little of him. And was not disappointed.
And the installer is a tad goofy. I specifically unchecked MacLink in
each of the two installs. I own MacLink 9.7, so please don't bother me
with your freebie. After the system install, my 7300 reported that I had
an expired demo copy of MacLink. I had to reinstall. The "demo" did not
at all like my real ID number and install code. No problem on the PB.
And it is official. MacTools Pro is dead meat under Sys8. Too ruddy bad.
I liked Trashback. The only MacTools that still work are three apps that
never made it to Pro: FileEdit, DiskEdit, and FastCopy. FileEdit is the
only app I know that will not only show me an invisible file but also let
me do something with it. Flush it, more than likely. DiskEdit is neat for
making boot floppies. Bugger the boot blocks to point both Finder and
Startup App to the name of whatever will fit on the floppy. And FastCopy
is all I have left that will copy a floppy to an unformatted disk, at
least on my 7300. Apple's DiskCopy throws a proper fit if I offer an
unformatted blank as the destination volume. With the inappropriate
message that it can only copy to an HD floppy. It *is* an HD floppy, you
moron program! Diskcopy pays no more attention to me than Apple does.
I knew Oscar the Grouch would never again rise from his trash can under
Sys8. The Muppet Masters pretty much trashed Oscar's daddy for copyright
infringement, so no development there. Bye, Oscar. It's been fun.
Do we have a "custom folder icon maker" left? I like putting custom icons
on my folders. My last best hope was Picon. It dies horribly under Sys8.
Don't bother looking. It's author no longer exists at Dartmouth. Nor does
the web site he pointed us to. Despite our best efforts, the sumbitches
do graduate. And move on to more rewarding pursuits.
And I'm still waiting for Stuffit Deluxe to deal with Sys8. The last rumor
I saw in a macmag was end-August. They didn't specify the year.
Is it only me? I seem to recall a large push to get compliant software
out the door when Sys7 was introduced. Very exciting time. And I spent
a lot of money back then to get current. Sys8? Who'll take my money?
Not even Apple. Remember I got Leslye a 7300 for her birthday last month?
It came with Sys761. Not installed. That'd be asking too much. I ordered
Sys8 for 10 or 11 bucks. Seven weeks later, nada. At least Apple didn't
bill my masterplastic. Hmmm. Can a CD-R burner copy Sys8? You betchum.
And the horse you rode in on, Apple.
And where, he asked, is the $200 rebate for buying the 7300? After seven
weeks, I called Apple and asked. My order was just entered into the system,
so I could maybe expect a check in another three weeks. Whoopie.
Al Bloom
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 20:58:17 -0400
From: Louis Bergeron <tiwi@lino.com>
Subject: What is this group? - The good old days
=46ollowing Al Bloom comment's in the month of September, I have to write. I
have been quite active in Info-Mac a few years ago, when it was possible to
subscribe to it and receive it by e-mail. It was a great time since the
Macintosh was king at the time and those poor soul on the IBM side where on
Windows 3.1 I think or even on DOS. In 1994, I left Canada and not back on
the internet before the end of fall 1995. I was quite surprised by all the
changes, mostly Netscape and so on. Also, Info-Mac had changed, but not
Tidbits (a good thing).
At the time I left Canada, Info-Mac was one of the only source of good
information about a problem. I remember quite well when System 7.0 and
after that 7.1 appeared, that it was discussed including the various
updaters. I am missing those heated, often useless debates, about Compact
Pro being .01 second faster then Stuffit compressing a file or saving 1k
more on a 100K file and so on.
Also, there were those who never read manuals and posted sometimes rather
stupid questions whose answers could be found in the manual. Often, people
would indicate (I did) in which page of the manual the answer could be
found and such pleasant comments as RTFM. There were those alleged
allegations of piracy that often surfaced to those posting those dumb
questions. I remember when Al really flamed with a giant torch one of those
poor guys who asked a question which was so simple it was a joke. I
approved warmly his position adding even more and I was flamed in my turn
and the debate was on for a few days. Boy, those guys were tough like in
the Old West. Now, they are becoming soft.
It was the good old days, before we had those geniuses running Apple and
killing the clones which could save it. With 8 megs, you were in business.
Now with 36 megs and a 2.1 megs hard disk, I barely keep up. Also, my
machine is obsolete (a LC520 with a 68030, 2X CD, stereo). But, this is
another story. It is still a great machine with one of the best screen
there is (a nice Trinitron).
I feel very sad that in a future which is near I will be obliged to work on
this trash system which is Windows. I made my classes on a CP/M and DOS
machines and the Macintosh was a salvation. I recently worked on Windows 95
at the university and almost got sick. The display is so Mickey Mouse I was
back many years ago. I barely recovered after that experience. This is a
clear demonstration of the conspiracy of mediocrity in which we are now
sinking. People are accustomed to mediocrity. This Window's thing goes well
with McDonald's and all those other popular and mediocre products, with
Oprah, O.J., Montel, Geraldo and all those low class people we see on TV. I
simply cannot understand why someone not compelled to do so would freely
choose to work on that system. It have been already said, but I had to do
it also for posterity.
Good bye now,
Louis Bergeron
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 22:48:47 -0400
From: "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com>
Subject: When to buy a new powerbook
>I want to replace my old and somewhat slow Powerbook (5300 cs) with a newer
>and faster one. The fastest available today is the 3400c, which has a 603e
>processor at 240 Mhz plus level two cache.
>
>When will we wee Powerbooks with faster processors than 603e? Why no
>Powerbooks with 604e? Should I wait for this, or buy the 3400c now? What is
>a reasonable guess on when Apple will release a new, faster Powerbook than
>3400c?
>
>Please CC me personally, send the reply not only to Info-Mac, since my
>reading of Info-Mac is sometimes delayed.
The reason that you see the 603e-based PB's and no 604e-based ones is
simply that the 603e has major built-in power-managenent abilities whereas
the 604e was designed to screw power consumption in favor of speed. But,
don't worry, you're about to see some new blinding-fast powerbooks. This is
because one of the 2 next-generation chips is actually based on the 603e,
and as such, still includes the power management features. The
"Arthur"-based computers (also called G3) will offer amazing real-world
speed improvements, but the clock-speeds won't skyrocket like they are with
the Mach-5 chips (PPC 750).
HTH
Mike
Bikers don't *DO* taglines.
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:10:16 -0800
From: mike.blackwell@pnn.com (Mike Blackwell)
Subject: Will Suitcase fix this Macintosh font problem?
I have a Power Computing Power 100 (Mac clone) at work, 40 MB RAM, 1 gig
HD, System 7.6.1, RAM Doubler 2, RAM Charger 3. I use MS Word 5.1a, which
takes almost exactly three minutes to load. When I deactivate (by dragging
their suitcases out of the Fonts folder) the hundreds of fonts I have to
keep installed, Word launches in (are you sitting down?) five seconds. No
joke. I also have occasional delays of close to a minute (about 55 seconds)
when switching from one active app to another (usually when switching to or
from Photoshop 3.0.5, which is a memory hog of nightmarish proportions and
bloats the System heap as a matter of course). I've reduced some of the
delays by cutting back my Extensions and Control Panels to bare minimum (a
painful process), but they still occur.
I used to have Suitcase 3.x installed, back when I had System 7.5.3, but it
told me every font suitcase had Chicago in it, something ResEdit 2.1.3
confirms, amazingly enough. I store my bitmaps and TrueType fonts in
several massive suitcases, based on type (serif, sans, script, etc.), and
each one of them contains a resource for Chicago. How can this be?
I don't want to switch to Word 6 (which I understand is even worse), and I
can't reduce the number of fonts, since I use them all (every customer
seems to ask for a different font, and I deal with dozens of different
files every day), but am willing to consider any and all options. Should I
get the latest version of Suitcase? Font Juggler? Something else? Is there
a way to keep all the fonts "offline," and have them suddenly become
"available" only when a file asks for one?
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