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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 13 Dec 99       Volume 16 : Issue 382

Today's Topics:

      (C) Security certificates in Web Browsers
      (Q) portable printer
      (Q) Saving Remote Access configurations
      [*] Martha's Folder Icons III
      [*] OpenWith CMM v1.1.1
      [*] Polish Verbs 2.2.2 - foreign language learning
      [*] ResetSerialChannel 1.1
      [*] Solar Game
      [*] SSIParser
      [*] Tribute to W. Morris
      [*] Worlds Apart: a text adventure
      alternative to expensive scsi drives
      Big Icons
      erratic CD drives
      Help!!! Need scanner driver

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:00:41 -0500
From: a brody <abrody@smart.net>
Subject: (C) Security certificates in Web Browsers

Dear Digest readers,
After much ado about nothing I read something rather interesting. 
Internet Explorer 4.5 or earlier and Netscape versions earlier than 
4.0.5 for the Mac both have outdated security certificates installed 
together with the new ones.   Even if you apply the 128bit patch. 
It's easy enough to edit the certificates and get info on them in 
your web browser's preferences, but many people don't know they 
should do that by the end of the year for many certificates.   A lot 
of websites will be inaccessible if those certificates expire then. 
So do view your certificates, and delete any that will expire soon, 
or have already expired.   It will mean less aggravation later on 
with statements saying the certificate has expired.

Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 17:30:04 -0500
From: Rich Garella <rich@garella.com>
Subject: (Q) portable printer

The fairly limited world of portable printers seems even more limited when
it comes to finding one that will work with a Mac.
Has anyone found a solution that will let me travel and print from my G3
(no USB port) without spending an extra $100 for that special cable and its
software?
I'm thinking about the Canon BJC-80 (kind of pricey at $300 but certainly
compact) but as far as I can tell I would have to pay a $100 extra fee for
having a Mac, as it seems no manufacturer has bothered to make a portable
printer for Macs. Any ideas?

___________________________________________________________
Rich Garella -  rich@garella.com - New York
http://www.garella.com/rich
(for job-related or urgent weekday e-mail: rgarella@bridge.com)

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Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:47:30 -0500
From: Tom Fortmann <info-mac@fortmann.org>
Subject: (Q) Saving Remote Access configurations

Whenever I upgrade the OS, all my Remote Access and TCP/IP 
configurations disappear.  The only way I know to save them is very 
tedious: export them individually to files and then import them after 
the upgrade.  Does someone know a better way?  Where does the OS 
store that information?

Tom Fortmann

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Date: 13 Dec 1999
From: royerm <royerm@gate.net>
Subject: [*] Martha's Folder Icons III


Martha's Folder Icons III is my third set of freeware icons sifted from
some of my Kaleidoscope schemes. Enjoy and try out my schemes!
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/marthas-folder-icons-3.hqx; 451 K]

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Date: 11 Dec 1999
From: Frederick Cheung <fred.cheung@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: [*] OpenWith CMM v1.1.1


Requires PPC and Mac OS 8 and above
OpenWith CMM is a contextual menu plugin that allows you to open documents 
with applications other than their creators, by placing a submenu in our 
contextual menu, with a user defined list of applications.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/cmm/open-with-cmm-111.hqx; 11 K]

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Date: 12 Dec 1999
From: Jacek Iwanski <jaceki@use.pl>
Subject: [*] Polish Verbs 2.2.2 - foreign language learning


'Polish Verbs' is a module for the 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N Lookup'
programs. It will be useful to English speakers who are learning Polish.
You can use it for looking up words, practising vocabulary, conjugation,
and aspects of verbs . It consists of more than 6,000 fully conjugated
verbs. The unregistered version has limitations.

You can download the latest versions of the 'Verbs & Nouns' and 'V&N
Lookup' applications from <http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes> or
from the Info-Mac mirror sites.

Jacek Iwanski.

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/polish-verbs-222.hqx; 898 K]

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Date: 12 Dec 1999
From: Lance Drake <lance@drake.org>
Subject: [*] ResetSerialChannel 1.1


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ResetSerialChannel is FREEWARE - there is no charge and distribution
is encouraged under the condition that nothing about the application
or accompanying documentation be changed.  
----------------------------------------------------

ResetSerialChannel is a utility application that will help you
get back on track if, for some reason, the application you are 
using to communicate via a serial channel dies, is 'forced-quit'
or otherwise abandons one of your serial channels without it
being closed.

The result is that when you attempt to re-connect, the request fails 
because the operating system reports to your application that 
the serial channel is already in use.  

Of course, this is not so.  In some cases, it is required that you 
reboot the computer to alleviate this situation.  That is, until now.  

Launch ResetSerialChannel, select the serial channel you wish
to reset, click on the reset button and the channel is 'closed'.
If an error is encountered, the number of the error is reported
in the messages area.  

If the channel was already closed, this is reported to you which
may seem like useless information, but it can be a clue to the 
fact that, perhaps, there is something else wrong with your setup
such as a cable connection, power to your modem, etc.  

As noted in the instructions, if you were connected via Apple
Remote Access, PPP or some other connection intermediary, you
should tell that software to 'Disconnect'.  Do this as you 
would normally do when finished with your connection.  

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Please eMail
lance@drake.org

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Due to time and legal considerations, technical questions concerning 
serial connections, modems, etc. cannot be entertained.  Apologies,
in advance are hereby offered to those with such problems.
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[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/reset-serial-channel-11.hqx; 243 K]

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Date: 12 Dec 1999
From: Joe Hammons <hammo@softcom.net>
Subject: [*] Solar Game


Solar Game  requires HyperCard player to run.

How many planets can you locate on the screen in one
minute?  Also, children of all ages can learn interesting facts about
our nine planets.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/solar-game.hqx; 94 K]

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Date: 12 Dec 1999
From: Ian Goldby <Ian@iangoldby.free-online.co.uk>
Subject: [*] SSIParser


SSIParser version 0.1
Freeware
Should work with System 7 onwards, 68k or PPC. Only tested with System 7.5
on an LC475.

Abstract
========
SSIParser is a quick and dirty application to help web developers who use
Server Side Includes on their web site. It enables you to test your pages
before uploading them to the web server, by parsing the special SSI
instructions in the file and generating a new file representing what the
server would actually send to the client. As far as I know, this is the
only freeware program available
for the Mac OS that will do this.

I wrote it for my own use, so it is not a polished product, although it is
straightforward to use. There is no guarantee that the behaviour will be
exactly the same as obtained on your web server, but it is a useful
preliminary check before uploading. Use at your own risk. I hope you find
it useful.

Ian Goldby
<http://www.iangoldby.free-online.net>

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/ssi-parser.hqx; 20 K]

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Date: 13 Dec 1999
From: royerm <royerm@gate.net>
Subject: [*] Tribute to W. Morris


This Kaleidoscope 2.0 scheme pays tribute to the art and design of
English artist William Morris. Please post on your recent additions
page.
-Martha Royer
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/tribute-to-w-morris-ks.hqx; 877 K]

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Date: 11 Dec 1999
From: Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@eblong.com>
Subject: [*] Worlds Apart: a text adventure


Worlds Apart: An Interactive Fugue
By Suzanne Britton (tril@igs.net)
http://www.igs.net/~tril/worlds/

Getting Started

This is a TADS game, and therefore requires a TADS or HTML TADS
run-time. This package includes HyperTADS 1.1.3, which is an HTML TADS
interpreter for the Macintosh based on HTML TADS 2.5.1. It should be
everything you need to play the game.

If HyperTADS doesn't suit you, there are other TADS interpreters for the
Macintosh. Check the TADS Page at http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/tads/ for
advice on how to obtain and install the right interpreter for your
system.

If you are not using HTML TADS or HyperTADS, you should set your display
to use a fixed-width font if you can. Otherwise, formatting will look
odd in a few places.

If Interactive Fiction is a new thing to you, or you just want to
refresh your memory, you can get some general playing instructions
within the game by typing INSTRUCTIONS. Specific information on Worlds
Apart is available by typing ABOUT, and hints are available via the HINT
command.

This work is copyrighted freeware.  The game package may be distributed
on all public archives.

Again, the Worlds Apart homepage is located at
http://www.igs.net/~tril/worlds/.  Check there for information on new
releases and system-specific versions of the game.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/worlds-apart.hqx; 1646 K]

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Date: 	Sat, 11 Dec 1999 01:01:33 -0700
From: Neil Fiertel <nfiertel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: alternative to expensive scsi drives

	I thought info-mac folks would be interested in my experience with
Makami Systems scsi drives as they are unique in that they use IDE/ATA
units with a scsi interface-ultra-scsi in fact of the 50 pin Centronics
variety. They also come with active terminators included.
	 Well, they work, are well built, deliver the goods and I think
with a bit more written material included will give any other company a run
for its money ( it had NO data sheet or instructions so for novices it
would be a bit of a problem).
	 You only need to run Apple Disk utilities to install drivers and
it is   off and running.  I noted when looking within that the circuits
seem to allow one to install other hard drives within it  if in the future
you had a larger or faster drive available of the IDE/66 variety.    It has
what I think to be a standard IDE cable connecting the drive to the
internal scsi interface card.  By the way, the power supply is a highly
shielded module and the fan is reasonably quiet.  The whole unit runs like
a Mercedes in both versions that I have. You can barely hear the drive
accessing data.  One of the units is a Quantum and the other an IBM and
both are 7200 rpm units. The great thing was the incredible pricing which
was half of the  scsi competition! For example the 34.2 gig IBM  external
in a metal case was under 700 USD!  Really.  I have nothing to do with the
company but took a gamble that paid off for me big time.  They are at
makamisystems.com.  If anyone else knows about their products or has
experience with their  burners, players, readers and drives let me know.
	I have had conversations with their people and they are very
helpful and willing to please.  It is just right for Mac folks though they
make units for the Dark Side also.

"Just three rusty strands of barbed wire from the North Pole"
	-Neil Fiertel  (1941 - ?)
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."
	- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

		Professor Neil Fiertel
(nfiertel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca)  or  (nfiertel@ualberta.ca)

		FAB-3-98
		Department of Art and Design
		University of Alberta
		Edmonton, Alberta
		Canada T6G-2C9
The content of all my correspondence is  my own and does not reflect the
opinions  the University of Alberta  or the Department  of Art and Design
	

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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 09:12:44 -0700
From: "Dibbern.David" <davidd@dpslake.org>
Subject: Big Icons

OK. I run a mac lab of 30 iMacs. All of them are 333mhz rev 2 Imacs, w/system 8.6 and have the new cd rom driver. The problem is sometimes, a they change the desktop and make the screen icons like bug square buttons link the launcher uses. I do not have launcer installed. I am using foolproof, but have never actually "seen" these icons change, kids just say "Hey, how come these are big buttons now?" Once they change, they don't go back. 

Anyone know why this happens and how to change them back to normal?  I deleted finder pref's and rebuild desktop, but nothing changes, 

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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:44:44 +0000
From: Ezra Nathan <ezra@watchit.demon.co.uk>
Subject: erratic CD drives

Hello>

Some while back I posted a please help message about the CD drive on 
my PowerComputing machine, the drive sometimes not reading CDs. I had 
many replies, a number saying that there has been a recorded known 
problem with the drives on PowerComputing machines probably caused by 
the powerful fans within. One said that a CD cleaner might improve 
the CD's performance. You can buy them from record stores and 
Computer outlets.
I am happy to report that it has done the trick for me: disks that 
wouldn't open now do so with an overall faster icon appearance on the 
screen. I recommend that any who experience CD drive reading problems 
get a cleaning device before doing anything else.
Hope this message is helpful.

Thanks and seasonal greetings,
>  Ezra Nathan

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 10:12:07 -0600
From: "Steve Garwood" <sterling.garwood@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Help!!! Need scanner driver

I have an HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner - the kind that does 35mm slides. I 
can't find Mac USB drivers for it. I've been using it under Virtual PC, but
wouold love to use it natively.

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