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Info-Mac Digest             Mon, 11 Sep 00       Volume 17 : Issue 143

Today's Topics:

      [*] HTML Rename! 2.00
      [*] Memory
      [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.9
      [*] Office Building- Epic Banana
      [*] QIF Categories 1.0 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription
      [*] Runestone
      [*] SweetMail 1.92e
      [*] Things
      [*] Web Confidential for Mac 2.1J - Japanese Version
      [*] Web Confidential for Palm 1.1J - Japanese Version
      [A] pps extensions (oops!)
      alternative to Print shop deluxe (was discontinued software)
      Deskjet 500 with Mac
      DHCP, OT, and Beige G3
      Eudora is a Bust -Redux-
      HELP NEEDED for my 8100/
      pps extensions
      pps extensions
      pps extensions
      pps extensions
      Printing from USB to HP6MP?
      Supraexpress modem
      ZIP disk "life"
      Zip disks
      zip disks - reformatting as Mac (C)

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Date: 10 Sep 2000
From: Expandable Language <tparker@xlanguage.com>
To: 
Subject: [*] HTML Rename! 2.00


HTML Rename! 2.00 for Power Macintosh
v2.00, 31-Aug-2000
Shareware with a 30-day trial, US$29

HTML Rename!(R) eliminates the problems encountered when moving files
between DOS/Windows, Macintosh, UNIX and CD-based file systems. By changing
file names (case, length, and invalid characters) and fixing corresponding
links in HTML code, HTML Rename! ensures that files and web pages will work
on any operating system.  HTML Rename! automatically makes these changes to
an entire site in one batch process.  HTML Rename! also removes orphan
files from a web site.

HTML Rename! can be freely redistributed in its original archive format.

Terence M. Parker
Expandable Language
http://www.xlanguage.com
support@xlanguage.com

[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-rename-20.hqx; 1599 K]

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Date: 9 Sep 2000
From: Joe Hammons <hammo@softcom.net>
To: 
Subject: [*] Memory


    Memory is a standalone shareware educational application for kids to
improve visual memory as well as reading letters of the alphabet and
learning 700 high frequency words.

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/memory.hqx; 647 K]

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Date: 10 Sep 2000
From: Takashi Suzuki <setsu@tcp-ip.or.jp>
To: 
Subject: [*] MIDI Warehouse v1.0.9


MIDI Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to
play & manage standard MIDI files. Player window holds one standard MIDI
file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control
Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI
channel. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files to be
played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up
to 2,147,483,647 MIDI files with sort & find capability.

What's changed :
 - Strange behavior after MIDI file is removed from Database window -> fixed.
 - Now you can copy contents of MIDI file(s).
 - Better looking on 16 depth gray scale display.
 - Crash possibility running whitout OMS -> fixed.

Features :
 - Fat Binary.
 - QuickTime support.
 - Macintosh Drag and Drop support.
 - GM, GS, XG format compatible.
 - 32part Standard MIDI File playback support.
 - Navigation Services support. (PowerPC only)

This application requires :
 - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC
 - System7.6.1 + QuickTime 3.0 + Appearance Manager or later
 - OMS (Open Music System) -- If you use external MIDI tone generator
 - MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments

-- T.Suzuki

[Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-warehouse-109.hqx; 440 K]

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Date: 8 Sep 2000
From: The Foltz Family <foltz@sacoriver.net>
To: 
Subject: [*] Office Building- Epic Banana


In Office Building, you are Tom, the new intern. Starting in the lobby, you
are free to walk around and do whatever you wish. Talk to co-workers, shred
important papers, etc. There are consequences for your actions, however...

Created by Gib Foltz of Epic Banana.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/office-building.hqx; 7161 K]

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Date: 8 Sep 2000
From: John Woodward <woodward@kagi.com>
To: 
Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.0 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription


QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or 
credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the 
description of each transaction. It is
useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit 
card web sites before importing them into Quicken.  To convert a QIF 
file, just drop it onto QIF Categories.
You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for 
files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on 
downloaded QIF files.

QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on 
it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category 
obtained by looking up the transaction's
description in a mapping database, or getting the category from the 
user if not found in the database; 3) removing the plus sign from 
transaction amounts (because not all versions of
Quicken allow plus signs); and 4) transferring all other parts of 
each transactions to the output file.  You can convert the input file 
in place or chose a different output filename.

System requirements:
* System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9
* Macintosh with at least 4 MB of RAM

  For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or 
visit the QIF Categories Web page:

http://jplw.homepage.com/QIFCategories.html

[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-10.hqx; 199 K]

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Date: 9 Sep 2000
From: Support <support@divinitysw.com>
To: 
Subject: [*] Runestone


    Divinity Software presents Runestone, a game that is simple enough for
all ages, yet difficult to master.

    The object is simple; make a combination of four or more stones to
create a "natural." Each stone has one of four different runes, which can be
one of four different colors. With two stone shades on top of that, there
are many different stones and many ways to win. Throw in wild stones and the
possibilities become endless. Be the first to create the required number of
naturals and you win a round. Win the required number of rounds and you've
won the game!

    Runestone features:

    - 16 bit color with real-time blending
    - Two to four human or computer players
    - Three levels of computer intelligence to test your skill
    - Numerous game options to customize Runestone to your liking such as
changing the board size or even the requirements to win a game.
    - A clean, easy to use interface which takes advantage of larger
monitors by displaying more of the game board at once.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/runestone.hqx; 1490 K]

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Date: 11 Sep 2000
From: sweet@kagi.com (S.Ichise)
To: 
Subject: [*] SweetMail 1.92e


SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides
most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has
multiple POP3 accounts, very high-speed searching, filtering,
templates, powerful-editor and many useful functions.

System Requirements:
* System 7.5 or later.
* 4MB of Memory.
* OpenTransport, Thread-Mgr and Appearance-Mgr.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-192.hqx; 1004 K]

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Date: 9 Sep 2000
From: Joe Hammons <hammo@softcom.net>
To: 
Subject: [*] Things

   Things is an educational game where kids of all ages can learn to
classify 20 different things ranging from states and reptiles to
capitals and mammals.  It is freeware and requires HyperCard Player to
run.
 

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/things.hqx; 66 K]

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Date: 11 Sep 2000
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To: 
Subject: [*] Web Confidential for Mac 2.1J - Japanese Version


This is the Japanese version of the Web Confidential for Mac OS package.

Web Confidential is an intuitive, easy-to-use program for
managing user IDs, passwords, registration numbers, and the like.

While Web Confidential is suitable for a wide variety of personal data,
from credit card numbers to serial numbers, Alco Blom designed Web
Confidential particularly for the World Wide Web in mind. "Increasing
numbers of Web sites maintain some form of user registration," points
out Blom.  "You may not realize it, but in the course of time you may
registered at a couple of dozen sites.  Do you remember the passwords
you entered for all of them?"

Web Confidential allows Web surfers to store URLs, user IDs, and
passwords in one secure location. Web Confidential can automate the
process of logging into a password-secured Web page by automatically
passing URL, user ID, and password to your Web browser.

For opening pages containing personal account information at commercial
sites, Web Confidential allows you to automatically fill in WWW Forms
with user ID and password fields.

To ensure the personal information stored in Web Confidential remains
confidential, the program's password files can be encrypted using
state-of-the-art encryption technology.

Changes in version 2.1

Easily changing the category of a card. 

You can do this now in one of two ways: 

*a) Use the 'Transfer To' submenu of the Card menu 
*b) Hold down the Option key while selecting a category from the Category popup menu 

Released the Japanese versions of Web Confidential for Palm, and the Web Confidential
for Palm conduit.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-21-jp.hqx; 513 K]

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Date: 11 Sep 2000
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To: 
Subject: [*] Web Confidential for Palm 1.1J - Japanese Version

This is the Japanese version of the Web Confidential for Palm OS package (Mac OS version).

"Web Confidential is easy to use, secure, and well-integrated" - Adam C.
Engst, TidBITS (Web Confidential for Mac review)

Web Confidential is an intuitive, easy-to-use program for
managing user IDs, passwords, registration numbers, and the like.

While Web Confidential is suitable for a wide variety of personal data,
from credit card numbers to serial numbers, Alco Blom designed Web
Confidential particularly for the World Wide Web in mind. "Increasing
numbers of Web sites maintain some form of user registration," points
out Blom.  "You may not realize it, but in the course of time you may
registered at a couple of dozen sites.  Do you remember the passwords
you entered for all of them?"

Web Confidential allows Web surfers to store URLs, user IDs, and
passwords in one secure location. 

To ensure the personal information stored in Web Confidential remains
confidential, the program's password files can be encrypted using
state-of-the-art encryption technology.

Web Confidential for Palm is a solution to keep your data secure while
you travel with your Palm and need access to your confidential data.

Web Confidential for Palm is supplied with a Macintosh Conduit, so that
you can synchronize your data with your Mac.

[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-palm-11-jp.hqx; 148 K]

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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 06:37:35 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
To: Beth Trachtenberg <betht@earthlink.net>
Subject: [A] pps extensions (oops!)

Oops, my mistake. The PowerPoint extension is actually .ppt and not 
.pps as I originally replied.
I'll be more thoughtful in the future.
Sorry about that

<begin original>

The .pps is the extension for Microsoft PowerPoint. <snip>

At 6:38 PM -0400 9/5/00, Beth Trachtenberg wrote:
>A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
>Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
>powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
>
>Beth Trachtenberg

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:51:26 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
To: Ruth South McCreery <rsm@gol.com>
Subject: alternative to Print shop deluxe (was discontinued software)

Print Explosion is what I would recomend, I haven't used it personally it
does come with a 30 day guarantee I have bought other products from the
company that offers the product in question. Here is some of their PR note
on it.
---begin forwarded text
<snip>
>===== LOOK WHAT YOU GET! =====
>
>Need a birthday card in a hurry?  Looking to create an effective flyer for
>your business?  How about matching stationery sets featuring letterhead,
>envelopes, business cards. . . even fax cover sheets.  Print Explosion
>offers all this and more.  You get ...
>
>o  Easy-to-Use Mac Software to Create Greeting Cards, Signs, Banners and
>   More!
>o  4,000+ Professionally-Crafted Designs You Can Print on Any Paper
>o  50,000 Premium-Quality Graphics and 500 TrueType Fonts
>o  Includes more than 2,000 Ready-Made Greeting Card Designs
>o  Unique Crafts and Party Sets
>o  Templates for Avery, Paper Direct and Idea Art Paper Products
>o  Hundreds of Dazzling Special Effect Combinations
>o  500-Page Printed Catalog and User Manual
>
>And because Nova is committed to providing great software for the Mac, you
>can rest assured that Print Explosion is a real Mac product:
>
>o Import Virtually any Graphics File Including EPS, TIFF, PICT, JPEG and
>GIF files.
>o  Drag and Drop Graphics from Art Explosion browsers and other
>applications
>o  A Complete Help System Including AppleGuide, AppleHelp and Balloon Help
>
<snip>

>======================================================================
>
---end forwarded text

Check out their Web site if you like. :-}

Here is the ordering info, call and talk to them is what I would do.

1-800-395-6682 customer service advisors are available
Monday through Saturday from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM Pacific Time.

Nova Development Corporation
23801 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, CA  91302

Orders: 800-395-6682
818.591.9600
818.591.8885 FAX
http://www.novadevelopment.com

I have no connections at all to this company, i just thought that as a Mac
Software Company they deserved the PR. ;-}
--
Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 16:44:07 -0700
From: "Cyrus Roton" <croton@iwvisp.com>
To: "info-mac letters" <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: Deskjet 500 with Mac

Can someone tell me whether the HP Deskjet 500 can be used with the Mac Plus
(System 7.1), and what DIP switch settings to use.

Cyrus W. Roton
LCDR USN Ret.
MITA tech.
Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group

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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:10:51 -0700
From: Ted Logan <tedlogan@ispchannel.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: DHCP, OT, and Beige G3

I have the DHCP (cable modem) problem described in Apple Tech Note 
#25049 (http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n25049), which 
is the same as #60671.  The recommended fix is installing OT 2.6, but 
not for beige G3s below OS 9.0.  I have a beige G3 running OS 8.6 and 
don't wish to upgrade to 9.0.  My present OT is 2.0.3 (installed with 
8.6).

Any help for me?

Ted Logan
Logan Writing, Inc.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
tedlogan@ispchannel.com

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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 20:23:02 -0400
From: "Marlon Deason" <marlond@earthlink.net>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Eudora is a Bust -Redux-

I would have to say that the closest thing I have seen to a perfect Mac 
email client, is ... Microsoft Entourage. I can't believe I am saying it
myself. I have a deep resentment of Microsoft products and used exclusively
Netscape Navigator and email for about four years. I got a good look at MSIE
at Macworld Expo 99 and was sucked it. This year I saw Microsoft demo it's
successor to Outlook Express, Entourage. It supports integration with
Office, Word spell-checking, calendar and contact management.

Failing that, for anti-microsoft hold-outs, I would recommend Yahoo! mail.
It does most of the things you want email to do and you can access it
anywhere.

All other mail clients need serious updates to take things like Palm Pilots,
HTML mail and Spam/bulk mail into account.

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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 17:01:00 -0500
From: JAMES BRUNSWICK <jimages@interlog.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: HELP NEEDED for my 8100/

Hello everyone !
I'm asking for advice, because APPLE has stopped
suppoting the 8100 series.Simply put, my scssi scanner, rarely used, but
always present on the chain, is suddenly corrupting things in my Mac OS
8.6. Each time I boot up,  I lose acxcess to the startup disk. Disk
First aid + Norton declare the drive CANNOT be mounted, due to any
number
of new corruptions, nodes, keys, extros,
directory items of all sorts.
When scanner is pulled from chain, I boot up
cleanly.
How can I discover why the scanner disrupts
my OS ? Mu OS8.6 used to operate with this
scanner, and I've not changed anything, to my
knowledge.
ANY SUGGESTIONS are appreciated. I'm desperate.

regards,
Jim Brunswick

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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:38:19 -0400
From: Lisa Thompson <lthompson_87@yahoo.com>
To: The Info-Mac Network <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: pps extensions

There is a Mac PowerPoint Viewer application you can download here:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/default.asp?area=O98>

on 9/7/00 12:31 PM, The Info-Mac Network at digest@info-mac.org wrote:

> The .pps files are PowerPoint slide shows. You need PowerPoint to view them.
> 
>> A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
>> Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
>> powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
>> 

_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:11:21 -0400
From: RobD <rob.durnford@sympatico.ca>
To: "Infomac To Digest Reply" <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: pps extensions

There is also a PowerPoint Viewer though I have only seen it on Apple 
promotional CD's especially Apple Update CD's sistributed to vendors and 
sometimes available at product presentations.  

	INSTALLING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 98 VIEWER
To use PowerPoint 98 Viewer, it is *recommended* that you have:

 * A PowerPC processor with a clock speed of at least 120 MHz.
 * Apple System 7.5.5 or later.
 * 32 MB of RAM.
 * Color monitor or display supporting greater than 256 colors and
   640x480 resolution.

			Using Punctuation Characters in Folder Names May Cause Problems

Quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message on 9/7/00 
12:31.

>From: "Dan O'Donnell" <dano45@spamcop.net>
>Subject: pps extensions
>
>
>The .pps is the extension for Microsoft PowerPoint. There are no 
>translators for it. You will need PowerPoint for Macintosh, which is 
>available only with Microsoft Office 98, which is in the process of 
>being upgraded to MS Office 2000 (Mac). Sorry about that.
>
>At 6:38 PM -0400 9/5/00, Beth Trachtenberg wrote:
>>A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
>>Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
>>powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
>>
>>Beth Trachtenberg

>>>-----------Reach me by ICQ# 7162477------------------<<<

  ~~~ Read my contributions <www.insanely-great.com/>~~~

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 23:00:43 -0400
From: "Dominic F. Manno" <dommanno@bellatlantic.net>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: pps extensions

At 6:38 PM -0400 9/5/00, Beth Trachtenberg wrote:

>  >A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
>>Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
>  >powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.

To which Dan O'Donnell replied:

>The .pps is the extension for Microsoft PowerPoint. There are no
>translators for it. You will need PowerPoint for Macintosh, which is
>available only with Microsoft Office 98, which is in the process of
>being upgraded to MS Office 2000 (Mac). Sorry about that.

And Tom Coradeschi concurred:

>The .pps files are PowerPoint slide shows. You need PowerPoint to view them.

But there is a PowerPoint Viewer for the Mac, available for 
downloading (it is free) from the Evil Empire's web site. It will 
read a PowerPoint file.
-- 
Dominic F. Manno
dommanno@bellatlantic.com
"If we didn't laugh we would all go insane." - Jimmy Buffett

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Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:21:35 -0700
From: Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: pps extensions

> Subject: pps extensions
> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:32:48 -0700
> From: "Dan O'Donnell" <dano45@spamcop.net>
> To: Beth Trachtenberg <>
> 
> The .pps is the extension for Microsoft PowerPoint. There are no
> translators for it. You will need PowerPoint for Macintosh, which is
> available only with Microsoft Office 98, which is in the process of
> being upgraded to MS Office 2000 (Mac). Sorry about that.
> 
> At 6:38 PM -0400 9/5/00, Beth Trachtenberg wrote:
> >A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
> >Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
> >powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
> >
> >Beth Trachtenberg

Microsoft makes a free viewer program for Powerpoint files:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/default.asp?area=O98

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:30:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David L. Elliott" <delliott@mintaka.isr.umd.edu>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Printing from USB to HP6MP?

What is the best hardware solution to connect a Mac with USB ports
and Ethernet (IBook, especially) with a HP6MP Laserjet (PostScript)
printer?

David

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Date: Thu,  7 Sep 2000 15:21:07 -0700
From: tpom@eircom.net
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Supraexpress modem


As usual thanks for all advice. How I partly solved my Modem
problem is that I upgraded to system 8.1 and lo and behold the
software inside. 
I can now access the web but I used to have Eudora on my older
lc2.I transferred that and I am able to send messages out but
the sytem will not accept my password and I can't change it.and
I have to rely on Mailstart.com for incoming mail. Mailstart
does not deal with attacments.
Tom

-----
Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html )
The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:30:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Arthur Snoke <snoke@equake.geol.vt.edu>
To: Infomac To Digest Reply <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: ZIP disk "life"

I am told that a ZIP disk has a finite "life" and that when it is reached,
one can no longer read the disk.  Please dispell or clarify this rumor.

If one opens the iomega tools utility and goes to disk information, there
are two categories "Format Life Remaining" and "Disk Life Remaining" which
are 67% and 98% for the current disk.  What do these mean?

Also, it says my Iomega Driver is 6.0.6.  Is that current?  If not, is it
worth upgrading?

Thanks in advance,

Arthur Snoke
snoke@vt.edu

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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:36:26 +0200
From: Christian F Buser <cbuser@mus.ch>
To: Ezra Nathan <ezra@cableinet.co.uk>
Subject: Zip disks

Ezra Nathan <ezra@cableinet.co.uk> wrote

>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>Format? Are there any drawbacks?

Yes it is possible.
No there are no drawbacks.

On the package of MAC-formatted ZIPs, there is a sentence "PC users 
must reformat these disks to use them", on the PC disks package there 
is a similar sentence for use with Macs.

Christian.
-- 
Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)
Look at <http://www.mus.ch/members/cbuser>
Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly)

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Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 23:44:21 +0200
From: Christian F Buser <cbuser@mus.ch>
To: Rich Garella <rich@garella.com>
Subject: zip disks - reformatting as Mac (C)

Rich Garella <rich@garella.com> wrote:

>This is the same issue that arose with floppies. In a mixed Mac/PC
>environment where files must be frequently shared, it makes some sense to
>simply format all the disks as PC disks.
>The only reason that I have discovered not to do this is that if you ever
>have to start up a Mac with the extensions off, the Mac will not be able to
>read the PC-formatted disks, much less boot from them. If this situation
>arises, you will be in desperate straits and you will wish you had
>formatted the disk as a Mac disk!

No there is another reason. Mac files may have 2 "forks", data fork 
and resource fork (to say it simple - a mac file may consist of 2 
files with the same single name but different content, which belong 
together).  A PC formatted volume can only handle 1 fork per file.

Christian.
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