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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 28 Jan 99       Volume 16 : Issue 250

Today's Topics:

      (A) Drive Setup and Unsupported Drives
      (C) Eudora tip - multiple e-mail accounts
      Apple Enet Extension
      DAT to Mac connections
      G3/300 E-net woes
      HELP! Casio BOSS and Macintosh assistance needed!
      Info-Mac Digest V16 #249
      Info-Mac Digest V16 #249
      LaserWriterSelect 310
      Modifying CD-ROM driver with ResEdit
      Powerbook 5300ce
      REQ: Information on Pippins.
      SCSI to Ethernet
      SPELL CHECKER
      system sound turning itself off
      Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:21:00 -0000
From: "Tucker, Bryan (NMSVAX36)" <bryan.tucker@baesema.co.uk>
Subject: (A) Drive Setup and Unsupported Drives

Thanks to all the respondents.  Here's a quick summary:

>> I have a Maxtor LXT213SY c.200Mb hard drive but can't get it to be
>> 'bootable'.

And yes it does have a valid system folder on that drive. 

>> I think (and this is pure speculation) that I need to run Apple's Drive
>> Setup to make the disk 'bootable', but the application reports that it
>> can't modify an 'unsupported drive'.

No. is is not a condition.

There is a jumper that controls the spin up at power on time but that was 
already in place.

The problem turned out to be that the driver was not configured to autoboot.

The disk was being picked up by the control panel SCSI-Probe which mounted 
the disk once the system was up and running.  Now with the driver configures

to Autoboot and Bootable it works fine.

A helpful URL was passed along by Dave Trautman who says that it's a worthy 
source of information and tips.  Here's the location for the MacIIsi
machine.

<http://www.macintoshos.com/macintosh.museum/mac.ii.series/
mac.ii.series.f.html >

Regards.

Bryan 
Tucker.

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:58:52 -0600
From: Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
Subject: (C) Eudora tip - multiple e-mail accounts

At 7:00 PM -0500 1/23/99, abrody@smart.net wrote:
> Dear Digest readers,
> Eudora Pro now, at least with version 4.1b60, supports multiple
> e-mail accounts.

The method described has worked with Eudora for years.   It's not new 
in 4.1b60.  My wife and I have used it since Eudora 3.something.

We actually use the two-Eudora-folders method, which allows us to 
keep our mailboxes totally separate.  However, the method of 
operation is the same.

> Remember you have to quit Eudora before you change accounts.

Not on my machine using Eudora 3.x -> 4.1b61 under MacOS 7.6 -> 
8.5.1.  If I've started Eudora using the alias to my account, and 
have a raft of mailbox windows open, then when I double-click on 
Katie's Settings alias all my mailboxes are closed and her inbox is 
opened, with all her proper settings loaded.  I switch back and forth 
on a regular basis without quitting Eudora at all.

chazl
Once you take away my right to speak, everybody in the world's up shit creek.
                          - Ice-T; Freedom Of Speech [just watch what you say]
Chaz Larson     -     chaz at visi dot com     -     http://www.visi.com/~chaz

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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:13:24 -0500
From: Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu>
Subject: Apple Enet Extension


A couple of y'all have talked about problems that may be related to the
"Apple Enet"
extension. I looked into my 8.5.1 System Folder and found both Apple Enet and
Ethernet (Built-In) extensions. Huh? I went to the font of all such
knowledge, the
excellent shareware Informinit. This is what informinit says about Apple Enet.

>Apple Enet 10/100D extension: provides support under Mac OS 8.1 for the
>10/100
>Ethernet PC card supplied with the PowerMacintosh G3 Server.

Right. My 7300/180 is really a G3 Server with a 10/100 Ethernet PC card.

I wish.

I, for one, have to wonder what the Apple installer was thinking when it
put that
extension in my System Folder.  I flushed that puppy to no detriment.

I also wonder about an extension the Apple installer put on my PB5300cs that
killed networking from a boot disk through my Dayna PC Card.  But that's
another snarl.

In my case, having "Apple Enet" didn't do any damage that I noticed.
Removing it
changed nothing that I care about. But apparently it really does a number
on some
of your machines.

Al

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:51:36 +0900
From: "Allan Sutherland" <allan@kyushu-ns.ac.jp>
Subject: DAT to Mac connections

Hello,

Can anyone advise the most efficient way to connect a DAT recorder digitally to a mac G3 to enable smooth
data transfer to burn audio CD-Rs?

Thanks for any advice.

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:32:42 -0500
From: Vincent Cayenne <vin@audiophile.com>
Subject: G3/300 E-net woes

> get crashes with 8.5.1 plus Office 98 (updated for sys 8.5) plus 
> stuffit deluxe 5.0.2.

Possible contributory factor (and consequent tip): Turn off/get rid 
of the SpaceSaver part of StuffIt, __nothing__ is compatible with it!

Vincent Cayenne

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computers.
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:45:07 GMT
From: crashboy98@home.com (Michael Hainsworth)
Subject: HELP! Casio BOSS and Macintosh assistance needed!

I have a Casio B.O.S.S. personal organizer and a Macintosh connection kit.
These things are pretty old, but the BOSS has worked just fine for me.
It's been forever since I backed it up, and now can't... I recall the
serial port settings were wierd, and I've forgotten them. Now I simply get
time-out errors on the BOSS, or (if I'm lucky!) on both the BOSS and the
"Casiolink" software from Travelling Software.

Anybody have any current experience with this? If so, please reply by
email. I'm pretty desperate to get my data out of this thing.

Thanks,
Michael

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:46:11 -0500
From: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9?= <martin@lynx-nsw.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #249

> Subject: G3/300 E-net woes
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 08:59:06 -0600
> From: David Brand <dbrand@utmem.edu>
>
> Hi folks.
>         I was thrilled when my new G3/300 arrived.  I took advantage
> of Apple's free memory offer for educational institutions and as such
> have 96Meg available.  However...Aside from having to replace a bad
> power supply, a bad keyboard (' elp me t ere is no " "!), and a bad
> floppy drive, I have had terrible crashing problems with minimal
> non-system software installed.  Conflict Catcher 8.0.4 suggests that
> if I turn off networking I'll be fine, but that really isn't an
> option for me.  I have reinstalled 8.5.1 a couple of times (clean,
> and disposing of "previous" folders) and get crashes with 8.5.1 plus
> Office 98 (updated for sys 8.5) plus stuffit deluxe 5.0.2.  I was
> curious when I saw Al Bloom mention "Stuffit going Dixie while I have
> Microsoft Office Manager active.  Interactions that don't seem
> possible, but that are very real."  I believe he was referring to
> older versions of both packages, but was not sure.
> My shaggy G3 question:  Is it possible that our lousy WAN (lots of
> problems at both the University of TN and the VA medical center)
> could be causing my machine to crash but not others?  Is the
> networking arm of my 300MHz G3 any different than say a 233 or 266MHz
> G3 of which there are a dozen or so working around here with 8.5.1?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Full System details at   http://www.utmem.edu/personal/dbrand/ASPreport=
.html
> Thanks!
> -David
> David Brand
> dbrand@utmem.edu
>

Does these crashes occured while you are connected to the network only?
Does it occured also while starting up or while shutting down?
Does the mouse cursor hang and you can't restart the machine using keyboa=
rd
command?
I'm not sure but if it's the case, the crashes you are experimenting does=
 not seem
to be software related.
Have you tried to reformat and reinstall everything from scratch?
If yes, and it didn't make any differences I would suggest to replace the=
 memory
that was installed for another one and test it.

Martin Ren=E9
martin@lynx-nsw.com

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:08:14 -0800
From: "Tracey Adams" <bikracer@macconnect.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #249


>Subject: (Q) SPELL CHECKER
>
>At 1:05 PM -0500 1/23/99, Mark H. Bowersox wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a spell checker that can be downloaded or what 
>> ever to use
>> with Microsoft outlook express?
>
>Maybe Newer Technology's SpellTools?

Um...so what's wrong with the spellchecker that resides under the "Tools"
menu item in Outlook Express?

Tracey

"Sometimes the need to mess with their minds outweighs the millstone of
humiliation" 
Fox Mulder 

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:01:10 -0700
From: kolstere@home.com (Ernst Kolster)
Subject: LaserWriterSelect 310

I have a LaserSelect 310, Performa 6400 (Mac OS 8.5.1), which I always
use, and a PM 6100 (Mac OS 8.5.1), which occasionally get used by my
grandkids to play games.
Since I installed Mac OS 8.5.1, the printer is not working, the chooser
said: "Check connection, etc.". 
I read somewhere, that the LaserWriterSelect 310 is not compatible with
the Mac OS 8.5 and also that this printer was terminated in January
1994.

I have heard that it is possible to make a connection between the 2
computers,

How can I do it, so that I still can use the printer?

Now I use floppies, it is not conviniece and limited.

Please advice.

Thanks in advance.

Ernst Kolster
Calgary, Canada

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:26:20 -0600
From: Lawrence Rugolo <artxe@showme.missouri.edu>
Subject: Modifying CD-ROM driver with ResEdit

Michael <coyle@resexcellence.com> had written a piece about using ResEdit
to modify the CD-ROM driver provided by MacOS 8.1 so that it would work
with all CD-ROM drives. I am having problems, so I wrote to him but have
not received a reply. Here's what I asked:

>Could you point me in the right direction? I have a PowerWave machine
>which will not allow me to use the CD-ROM driver provided by MacOS 8.1, so
>I attempted to modify the driver's resources by using ResEdit as described
>in
>  http://www.resexcellence.com/12-21-98.shtml
>
>However, the resource numbers in my copy of Apple CD-ROM 5.4.2 do not
>correspond to those shown on this web page. Any suggestions or help will
>be much appreciated.>

If someone knows about a different set of resource numbers to use in
ResEdit to bring about the desired results, would you please let me know?

[I have also posted this to IOMUG]

Thanks,

Larry

Lawrence Rugolo, Prof Emeritus, Univ of Missouri-Columbia
VOICE MAIL: 573/449-5504
FAX: 573/884=6807
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 09:57:27 -0500
From: Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu>
Subject: Powerbook 5300ce

On Tue, 26 Jan 99, Mike Sisson wrote

>I have a friend that has a Powerbook 5300ce that he wants to start using for
>business travel. While I have a lot of experience with desktop Macs, my
>knowledge of Powerbooks is somewhat lacking. It currently has 32Mb running
>System 7.x. He wants to add a PC card modem and bring it up to a current
>version of the OS. However, before I tell him to buy 8.5.1, I was wondering
>if this 117MHz 603e machine can run it at a reasonable level of
>responsiveness.
>His primary usage will be Office 98 and Navigator/Explorer and some email
>program.
>Can anyone offer a feel for how this setup will work?
>As far as modems, he is looking at buying a Performantz PC card modem from
>MacZone. Any good, bad, indifferent experiences? Any other suggestions?

I have a 5300cs set up as your friend wants. First off, the 5300 series
is finicky about modem cards. The Global Village doesn't work, but the
USRobotics/Megahertz (same company) works well. Dunno about Performantz.
That's a "house brand" that could be anything. I'd insist on a free
return if it is goofy on the 5300.

System? I'm running 8.1 right now, only because I've been too lazy to
put 851 on it. Yes, it is slow. Grab a sandwich while it's booting.

Office 98? 32meg? Hee. And hee. I thought 32m was plenty when I got
the beast, but I just got the biggest memory upgrade I could find for
it -- 48mb, for a total of 64mb. Otherwise you're into VM and running
even slower.

Hope this helps

Al

PS: Anyone want a 16mb memory card for a 5300?

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:55:25 +0000
From: Jason Binns <jason@e-marketing.com>
Subject: REQ: Information on Pippins.

Hi there,

I'm trying to find out about authoring bootable CDs for the Pippin (blast
from the past??).

Is there anyone out there with a source of information on how to do this?
Or even better experience in doing so?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes

Jason Binns
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 18:04:57 +0100
From: "Dewey Markham, Jr." <dmarkham@insat.com>
Subject: SCSI to Ethernet

Hello folks,

	Here's hoping that someone out there can help this fellow a long way
from home....

	I've just signed up for Internet access by cable with France Telecom,
the national phone service here (I'm in Bordeaux).
	No problem, except that I was told to get an Ethernet card with a
RJ-45 connection.
	No problem, except that I'm using a PowerBook 180 which doesn't have
an Ethernet port.
	No problem, I can use the SCSI port for the connection; Asant=E9 (and
probably others) make slotless Ethernet controllers, although none of them
are available here in France.
	No problem, I can order one from one of the mail-order houses in the
States.
	Here's the problem: what do I order?
	Since this will be a long-distance affair, I want to be sure that I'm
getting exactly what I need since exchanges will be costly and complicated.
Naturally, salespeople at the local Mac shops can't help me since they have
no experience of material that isn't on the French market; the technicians
at France Telecom can't help me, since they are equally clueless.
	The fact that I'm using a Powerbook doesn't necessarily mean that I'll
be plugging the device directly into the HDI-30 port--it'll be going into
the back of a Zip 250 drive that is already connected to the PowerBook's
SCSI port, so I'll be using a 25 Pin D-Sub connection (this means that the
Ethernet device will have to be able to be terminated). The ADB port is
available.
	I'm not entirely sure about the sort of network connection France
Telecom is providing (although they did indicate that it would be a 10BaseT
connection).
	My main concerns are: 1) whatever I get will be suitable for use with
my PowerBook 180 (68030 microprocessor), and 2) that the device will take
whatever connector France Telecom is likely to use to have at the end of
their cable (RJ-45?).
	Anyone have any ideas of what material would be best suited for my
needs? Any timely help will be greatly appreciated, as the technician will
be coming to install the cable modem on February 16 and I'll need a little
time to get whatever material over here from the States.

Much thanks,
Dewey

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:31:41 -0800
From: Cyrus Roton <croton@iwvisp.com>
Subject: SPELL CHECKER


At 1:05 PM -0500 1/23/99, Mark H. Bowersox wrote:
> Does anyone know of a spell checker that can be downloaded or what 
> ever to use with Microsoft outlook express?

Here is a nearly universal, inexpensive method; Keep your favorite word
processor open with a blank document while you are typing into any program
which does not have a spell checker (i.e., email, news, etc.). Do a quick
copy-paste from that program to the word processor, check spelling, and
copy-paste back to the other program (replacing the original, un-corrected
text). Or, save a step, by doing the original typing via the word processor,
then copy to the email program. Once you get used to that, it does not use
much extra time.

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:34:48 -0400
From: Mod Dog Internet Services <bwhite@moddog.com>
Subject: system sound turning itself off

I'm running system 8.0 on a G3 with an Applevision 750 monitor. About 2 or
3 times a week, the system sound will somehow turn itself off. In the
Monitors and Sound control panel, sometimes the system volume will have
been turned all the way down, and sometimes it's still set properly, but
regardless the volume won't play until I restart.

In addition, occasionally the monitor will flash or flicker like a strong
electric charge just ran through it, but continue to operate ok. I've
checked all the cables and they appear to be connected just fine.

Is this an indication that something really bad might happen, or should I
not be too worried about this?

Thank you.

Brian White

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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:39:43 +0800
From: wannam@pc.jaring.my (A.M. Wan Nik)
Subject: Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1

I might have missed this if it has been discussed before.

Recently I upgraded my 7200/120 machine's OS to run on Mac OS 8.5.1. I
didn't do a clean installation. Following that I found that I couldn't run
my Word 6.0.1 program. I tried to reinstall my Word but without any success
of running it.

When the Word icon is double clicked, the only screen that appears is the
'opening' to Microsoft Word version 6.0.1 with the usual picture of the pen
and the legal stuff at the bottom. The watch appears but the hands never
rotate. The screen just hangs there.

Appreciates any help.

Wan Nik A. Mustafa
wannam@pc.jaring.my

Dr. Wan Nik Ahmad Mustafa
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