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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 05 Feb 99       Volume 16 : Issue 255

Today's Topics:

      [*] TidBITS#465/01-Feb-99
       (A) SPELL CHECKER
      (A) iMac 266 & Epson 440 Printer
      (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      (Q) Math flash card software
      (Q) More Powerbook Questions
      (Q) Stuffit Deluxe contextual plugin not registered?
      4 serial ports on an iMac!
      <no subject>
      [A] How to create a small network?
      [A] How to create a small network? 
      [A] video mirroring and the Powerbook
      [A] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300
      [A]: DAT to Mac connections
      [A]: DAT to Mac connections again
      [A]: Net problem with 8.5.1
      [Q] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300
      A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
      addressbook on infomac no good?
      Antivirus for Performa 630
      Apple Enet Extension
      APPLE ENET--NEEDED IN OS8.5?
      Audio filter question
      Bookmarks
      Default e-mail application
      HELP! Casio BOSS and Macintosh assistance needed!
      Help! Keeps re-connecting to ISP!
      Imation SuperDisk for iMac
      Info-Mac Digest V16 #254
      Info-Mac Digest V16 #254
      Mitsubishi Diamondtron 21" monitors...
      Netscape 3.0
      Old Mac Colour Monitor on new G3?
      Printing Over an NT Network
      setting view defaults in Word 98
      Stuffit Deluxe 4.5
      Word 6.0.1 Mac OS 8.5.1

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TidBITS#465/01-Feb-99

Netscape and Microsoft have updated their Web browsers recently, but are
you taking full advantage of the new features? This week Adam looks in
detail at what's new and improved (or new and lousy) in the two Web
browsing behemoths. Also this week, Jeff Carlson examines eMerge, a program
that lets you use mail merge features for personalizing email. In the news,
Connectix updates Virtual Game Station despite being sued by Sony, and Bare
Bones releases BBEdit 5.0.2.

Topics:
    MailBITS/01-Feb-99
    Legitimate Direct Email eMerges
    Driving the 4.5 Web Browsers

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:13:22 -0500
From: Maurice Mike McNeil <mmcneil@bbn.com>
Subject:  (A) SPELL CHECKER

I am currently using the Eudora 4.1 beta and 8.5.1 with no problems. 
Love the new features of both!! Eudora 4.1 Search is worth the 
upgrade by itself, beta is free until released.

<http://www.eudora.com>

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:29:49 -0700
From: "dave.trautman" <dave.trautman@home.com>
Subject: (A) iMac 266 & Epson 440 Printer

In Info-Mac V16 #254 - Glenn Heilemann <gheilema@cswnet.com> wrote:

>In chooser, when printer is selected, nothing shows up in the "connect to =
"
>area. I have been told that something about "USB" should be there.
>
>Have tried trashing the Epson pref. files and reinstalling the software bu=
t
>have same results.

This is quoted directly from the InformINIT 8.1:

=80 LocalTalkPCI extension: under Mac OS 8.1, 
Apple completely rewrote the implementation of LocalTalk networking for 
the PowerMac G3 series. This rewrite is PowerPC-native and Open 
Transport-based, and supposedly fixes problems with slow LocalTalk 
network performance on the G3 models. The new LocalTalk implementation is 
provided via this extension. It is only useful on PowerMac G3 desktop 
models. NOTE: after installing OS 8.1, which installs this extension, 
some users are not able to print to, or sometimes even connect to, 
LocalTalk printers. Users are also sometimes unable to see file servers 
on a LocalTalk network, and the affected machine may not appear to other 
users on the network. Disabling this file may alleviate these problems.

See if this helps.

Dave Trautman
EncycloMEDIA Ltd.

"Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives.  If it's a Mac, he'll 
tell you.  If not, why embarrass him?" 
      =AD Tom Clancy

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:12:02 -0500
From: Vincent Cayenne <vin@audiophile.com>
Subject: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

> Dear Digest readers,
> In a surprise that shouldn't have been, I got a message from Eudora
> Pro 4.1b60 today that it was about to expire in a week.    How did it
> come as a surprise?
>
> 1. I downloaded the beta after it was recommended by Mac Network
> News, and used Anarchie Pro to do so.
>
> 2. Unfortunately the readme the did not state that it would expire
> after a certain period of time.
>
> 3. Unfortunately the about window did not state that it would expire
> after a certain period of time.
>
> 4. The only place it did so was on the Eudora web page.    But since
> I had downloaded it with Anarchie, bypassing the notes on the web
> page I had no notion until the week before the expiration was set,
> that it would do so.
>
> So what have we learned here?   Always go to the web page first of
> the publisher of the software before downloading a beta.  It may be
> only there that it states that the beta is time expiring.
>
> Now I am in potential trouble with a customer for not warning him of
> this expiration.
>
> Never share beta software with customers unless you are 100% sure it
> won't expire.

By the very nature of it, beta software is in a state of transition. 
Part of the rationale for the distribution of beta software is to 
provide the developers with useful feedback from users. As such, 
Eudora has a mailing list or two, and a newsgroup (or two) devoted to 
it. Any of these resources would have provided you with the 
information that the beta _would_ expire, when it was due to expire 
and, most importantly, where to get newer versions. the version you 
_gave_ to your customer was superceded by b61 and again today by b68.

> The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports:
> web pages
> automated spell checking
> ability to read the listserv version of the digest
> and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta.
> And that costs money eventually, or time downloading and installing
> the new beta.

Beta software carries the possibility of instability - there is a 
non-beta earlier release version of Eudora Pro. By thinking of it as 
stable you are setting yourself up for more disappointment later on. 
This is stated rather more forcefully in the read me documents and 
even the splash screen displayed before you install Eudora Pro beta! 
I hope you didn't tell your customer that you were installing stable, 
beta software. That's an oxymoron.

By the way, Eudora Pro is not free. Even the beta carries the 
assumption that you've registered a non-beta version. Info on the 
home site.

I'd suggest subscribing to the Eudora on the Macintosh mailing list - 
List-Subscribe: <mailto:eudora-mac-on@wso.williams.edu>. Lurk awhile, 
read the FAQ's, no more surprises (I wish :-)

>
> Not to mention the new beta installs an old version of QuickTime on
> top of your old version, so you have to move your newer extensions
> out before installing Eudora.

I have installed each new version of Eudora without any impact on my 
QuickTime - are you sure you're not quoting info referring to 
Internet Explorer v4.5 ?

>
> All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or
> file limit for mailboxes.

Most problems of this type can be remedied by allocating more memory 
to the email client application.

> All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above.

I agree - I love Eudora Pro's feature set.
>
> I have tried Outlook Express 4.5.  I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l.
> I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape
> Navigator 3.0.x.    I have tried Cyberdog.  I have tried Claris
> E-mailer.
> What left is there to try?

Popover, Musashi, PowerMail, MailStrom - I prefer and use Eudora but 
there're others...

>
> And why can't those free e-mailers get it into their heads that
> features cost money, and features when not released right can cause
> crashes?

TANSTAAFL
>    Rhetorical, but if this message could only go to the
> publishers of those free e-mailers, maybe we would see a better
> e-mailer for the Mac.
>
> Sincerely,
> abrody@smart.net

And, by the way: latest beta of Eudora Pro 4.1.

<ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/eudorapro/mac/english/beta41/epro41b68.hqx>

I'm not sure of the expiry date :-)

---
All things are filled full of signs and it is a wise man
who can learn about one thing from another.  -- Plotinus

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 99 15:44:16 -0800
From: "B. J.  Major" <bjbear@ibm.net>
Subject: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

In reply to:

>
>Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 01:39:29 -0500
>From: abrody@smart.net
>Subject: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
>
>Dear Digest readers,

[snip]

>The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports:
>web pages
>automated spell checking
>ability to read the listserv version of the digest

I don't know what you mean (exactly) by the "listserv" version of the 
digest, but I still use Claris Emailer 1.1.v3 on a daily basis and have 
no problems receiving and reading digest versions of every Macintosh 
discussion list I currently subscribe to.

I have tried (and in fact, have Eudora Pro 4.01 installed on my hard 
drive as well as Emailer and I don't like the way Eudora breaks down the 
messages from the digest into smaller sub-messages which when "replying" 
to only reply to the sender and not the list, without including the list 
address manually.  Your mileage apparently varies....

I will grant you that Eudora has some nice features like the spell 
checker, etc. within it for use, but its advantages are few for me and 
don't outweigh its disadvantages.  I prefer the way Emailer is structured 
and I like the browser window it provides for the listing of messages 
rather than Eudora's In and Out boxes.  "To Each His Own"...

I have also found out through much experience with Eudora Lite some years 
ago that the settings file (and in my case the Nicknames file as well) 
was prone to corruption rather easily.

>and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta.
>And that costs money eventually, or time downloading and installing 
>the new beta.

Why not just go to a software store or open up a Mac catalog and buy 
Eudora 4.01?  Yes, it costs money, but you then would not be spending 
time downloading.

>All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or 
>file limit for mailboxes.

Emailer has never crashed on me.  And since I purge email on a monthly 
basis, the piling up of huge folders of messages is not a problem for me. 
 There are only certain messages that need to be mandatorily kept.

>All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above.

Eudora is not perfect, either.

>I have tried Outlook Express 4.5.  I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l. 
>I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape 
>Navigator 3.0.x.    I have tried Cyberdog.  I have tried Claris 
>E-mailer.
>What left is there to try?

I think perhaps it would be best for you to pick one that is best for you 
above all others, accept what limitations it has, and be done with 
switching programs all over the place.  No one piece of software "has it 
all"....

>And why can't those free e-mailers get it into their heads that 
>features cost money, and features when not released right can cause 
>crashes?  

Everyone knows that you take your chances when installing and using beta 
software.

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 14:08:58 -0800
From: Jerry Wilcox <Jerry.Wilcox@ucop.edu>
Subject: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

abrody@smart.net wrote:

>Dear Digest readers,
>In a surprise that shouldn't have been, I got a message from Eudora 
>Pro 4.1b60 today that it was about to expire in a week.    How did it 
>come as a surprise?
>
>3. Unfortunately the about window did not state that it would expire 
>after a certain period of time.

Not quite correct. The about window DOES tell you roughly when the beta
expires. For example, beta 61 showed the following in the about window:
                 4.1b61-2.99
indicating that it was going to expire in February, 1999. The current
beta (as of 2/1) shows
                 4.1b68-3.99
indicating that it will expire in March, 1999.

>4. The only place it did so was on the Eudora web page.    But since 
>I had downloaded it with Anarchie, bypassing the notes on the web 
>page I had no notion until the week before the expiration was set, 
>that it would do so.

The web page does not, as far as I can tell, tell you WHEN the beta
will expire. The date which appears by the download link is the date
that beta was made available. The text above does clearly state that
ALL betas are time-expiring.

>Now I am in potential trouble with a customer for not warning him of 
>this expiration.
>
>Never share beta software with customers unless you are 100% sure it 
>won't expire.
>

IMHO, you should be in trouble with a customer for giving him a beta
without warning him of the ramifications of such software and knowing
whether or not it was an expiring beta. I would NEVER put beta software
on a client's machine unless it were absolutely necessary and unless I
had documented in writing the risks and benefits of using such
software.

Just my $.02 worth.

-- 
Jerry Wilcox == Jerry.Wilcox@ucop.edu
I don't speak for the University and it doesn't speak for me.

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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 08:53:09 -0800
From: Mark Allen <Mark.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: (Q) Math flash card software

Does anyone have a recommendation for an introductory arithmetic flash card
application that is available--freeware, shareware, commercial.

Thanks!

Mark Allen

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 99 13:02:33 CST
From: Mike Sisson <sisson_md@brutus.vought.com>
Subject: (Q) More Powerbook Questions

Thanks to all of the responses I got to my question about fixing up a friend's
Powerbook 5300ce. The consensus seemed to be that 64Mb or RAM is a good thing
if trying to use Office 98. I will recommend doing that. Modems got a mixed
response. Some loved Global Village and some didn't. My friend ended up getting
a GV PC Card v.90 modem. Installed great but when I tried to flash the PROM, it
fried. GV Tech Support said that it was nothing I did -- he gets several calls
a day like mine. Also told me that I really didn't need to flash the PROM. The
prior firmware version was actually probably better. I'm still trying to figure
that one out!

I have a couple of more questions:

1.) How difficult is it to add memory to a 5300ce. I am fairly technically
inclined but I've never been inside a Powerbook. Are instructions available
anywhere or am I better off leaving this to an Apple Authorized Service Center?

2.) The screen is very difficult to open and close. So much so that the LCD
display has separated from the bezel at the bottom. (It appears that it was
originally attached with some sort of double-sided foam tape.) Can I repair
this and can I loosen up the hinge so it opens easier? Or am I better off
taking it to someone else?

Thanks again for the responses.

Mike

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:57:39 -0500
From: rob <rob.durnford@sympatico.ca>
Subject: (Q) Stuffit Deluxe contextual plugin not registered?

quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract:

>me to rebooting I got the message that the "Stuffit contextual menu 
>item is not registered and could not load."   But if I put in my 
>serial number for Deluxe, shouldn't it register the contextual menu 
>plugin as well?
>
>MacOS 8.5.1
>FinderPop 1.7.6
>
>and nothing else out of the ordinary.
>
>Readers note: I am aware 5.0.2 of Stuffit Deluxe has been released, 
>but I am not yet willing to put another $80 towards it, not knowing 
>whether or not the rebate will be paid for the upgrade.  I've had bad 
>luck with rebate based offers.
>
>Thank you.
>Sincerely,
>abrody@smart.net
The plug-in is not registering with the program because you do not have 
all the components for the contextual menus in the correct place or it is 
disabled by your extensions manager.  Check your ContextualMenuItems 
folder in your system folder to see if it is properly located.  Otherwise 
tell Finder Pop to refres menu to see if that helps.

I got my upgrade to Stuffit 5.).2 Delus for 29.95 US$ from Alladin's 
distributor via the net download!  You need to have registered 4.5 to get 
the upgrade price and you need to do it before the end of March.

         >---     (_o^o_)   -----   a wise ass -----<

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 23:54:27 -0500
From: Mark Fiske <mfiske@kagi.com>
Subject: 4 serial ports on an iMac!

Good Friends,

It may sound, impossible, but it's TRUE.  I managed it, and I'll tell you
how...

First of all, as near as I can tell, for the MOMENT, it can only work on
Rev. A or B iMacs, because it requires the use of the Mezzanine slot (to
be occupied by Griffin Technology's iPort).  I ALSO used an old Momentum
Port Juggler 4X, although I don't know why it wouldn't work with a POWER
Port Juggler as well.  As far as Momentum's new "Q" goes, I can't say for
sure.

The trick lies in the fact that you can NOT use Momentum's new Smart
Ports drivers.  The iPort control panel doesn't recognize them.  However,
with their OLDER drivers (like, say, 4.7.2), only the Chooser needs to
recognize the driver, which it does nicely.  I've got a Color StyleWriter
2200 AND a MIDI interface BOTH  plugged into my Griffin iPort right now,
as we speak.

Sincerely,

Mark Fiske
Fake-8 Technologies
<http://www.kagi.com/fake-8>

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 15:15:14 -0600
From: "Cody Kleven" <cpkleven@students.wisc.edu>
Subject: <no subject>

Hello.  I was wondering if there was a way to stop the control strip from 
moving places on the screen.  It seems to keep creeping upwards!  Is there a
way to move it or fix this problem?

Cody

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 19:15:24 +0000
From: Marlon Deason <marlond@earthlink.net>
Subject: [A] How to create a small network?

Note: This is not a complete answer.

Just in case you don't get an adaquate answer to your question (it will
involve quite a detailed answer). I decided to tell you what I know (not
a lot) and tell you where I would look for answers:

Yes, it can be done. TCP/IP can allow you to connect 2 PPC Macs, 2 PCs
and a Modern LaserWriter. To add the StyleWriter or an older
LaserWriter, you will need the AppleTalk bridge. AppleTalk Bridge lets
an AppleTalk enabled printer to show up on an Ethernet (i.e. TCP/IP)
network.

I would choose the faster of the two Macs and make it the server. Yes,
you will need a hub in addition to an Ethernet or NIC card for each
machine. I would recommend a 6 or 8 port hub, this will allow for
expansion. 

No, I don't think Dave or MacLan is required. You will need a good
TCP/IP server software to run on the faster Mac.

A good resource for small networks is:

Three Macs and a Printer
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~manos/network/

Goodluck!

Marlon Deason
http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 09:28:53 +0100
From: Eduard Hoenkamp <hoenkamp@acm.org>
Subject: [A] How to create a small network? 

I have experience with two products for making your own subnet on Mac
and Wintel. Both are commercial products that explain clearly how to set
up your network. They provide IP masquerading so that you can have one
incoming IP connection, but internet access for all machines on the
network. 
1. Vicom. (http://www.vicomtech.com)
2. IPNetRouter (http://www.sustworks.com)
Both products have (full but expiring) demos available.
I have used Vicom for about two years, and recently switched to
IPNetRouter.Both to great satisfaction. Eduard.

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 18:39:53 +0000
From: Marlon Deason <marlond@earthlink.net>
Subject: [A] video mirroring and the Powerbook

Unfortunately, Apple make a change in the video out hardware on all
PowerBooks begining with the 3400. Modern PowerBooks use the same video
out hardware as PC laptops (SVGA). This hardware doesn't support one big
'Virtual Desktop' like previous models.

There is one way to get the additional elbow room. IXMicro makes the
PowerBoost PC card which not only gives you an additional video out
port, but also provides video acceleration. Check it out.

Marlon Deason
http://home.earthlink.net/~marlond/macguerrillas/

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 15:36:15 PST
From: "Lewin Edwards" <larwe@hotmail.com>
Subject: [A] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300

>1. I have a PowerBook 5300c 32/100/500 and would very
>much like to replace the oscillator clock chip.

Not only has this not been proven not to work, it has been proven to 
work. Sorry I can't recall the exact details, but I believe the oscmod 
on the 5300 is 66MHz (divided by two to give bus speed of 33MHz). Anyway 
it will not be hard to find - there will be only one oscmod which is a 
factor of 99MHz. I know it's possible to run the machine at a bus speed 
of 40MHz. There was going to be a commercial kit for this, but physical 
difficulties in installation, combined with the late development of the 
product (the 5300 was already discontinued) canned it.

>the PowerBook 5300c 16/100/750 has 1 MB VRAM.

This is logical since TFT displays are capable of reproducing more color 
depth than DSTN.

>Is there a way to add an additional 512k to my machine
>or remove the lesser chip and replace with a 1 MB?

Theoretically you could add the extra RAM, but it is mechanically very 
difficult (you'll find they used surface-mounted SOJ DRAM) and there are 
most likely also one or more "jumpers" (surface-mounted zero-value 
resistors) which need to be moved. You'd need to physically compare two 
motherboards to find the differences. This one isn't feasible.

>NiMH batteries instead. I have run from a friends 3400
>battery (Lith-Ion) and my temp gauge did climb a little

The 5300 was modified so it won't charge LiIon batteries. Even if this 
wasn't the case, given that it's very easy just to leave your notebook 
charging and forget about it while you go to sleep or leave the house, I 
would regard any known conflagration hazard as an unacceptable risk.

>4. What is the deal-i-oh with my particular IR port?

Same as with the 1400. For software reasons it's not IrDA compatible. 
Only IrDA is supported in the modern day and age. About all you can use 
it for is IRTalk (LocalTalk over proprietary IR link).

BTW, the IR port on the Newton was pretty much useless for anything 
except Newton-to-Newton beaming of data snippets.

>5. Is it just me, or is there some sort of bandwidth limit
>imposed on my PC card slots?

The limit is due to the fact that the serial driver firmware in that 
model is 68k code and Apple felt that supporting 115k2 would overrun the 
machine. The 1400 inherited this problem also.

It is *nothing* to do with the PCMCIA cards or controller per se. It's 
purely a firmware issue. The UART in a PCMCIA modem is really in the 
modem card itself - there is nothing in the PCMCIA interface which can 
be said to be limiting the speed. The machine physically supports the 
higher speeds but you would need to write a custom hardware-level serial 
driver to exploit them.

>are there video input cards available that are
>compatible with the 5300's slower (non-Zoom port)
>PC cards and bus speed?

There were (though I doubt they're produced any more), but I don't 
believe any of them had Mac drivers.

>7. Does anyone have a source of supply for the cheap plastic
>door on the back of my PowerBook?

<http://www.sunrem.com/> if nowhere else.

>I cannot find anywhere here in NYC that will just sell me a door. 

NYC, eh? I'm moving to Port Chester, NY late March [INS willing]. While 
I was over in the USA earlier this month for the job interview, I spent 
an entire day walking around Manhattan checking out electronics 
supplies. Didn't see much Mac-related stuff. In fact, I saw more in 
Tacoma/Puyallup, which I also visited on my grand tour.

If you live in NYC or the environs, once I come over for good I'll be 
happy to do the 5300 accel modification for you.

-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards <http://www.zws.com/>
Realtime/Embedded Programmer & Embedded Eng

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 23:17:41 -0600
From: Trevor Zylstra <trevor@usinternet.com>
Subject: [A]: DAT to Mac connections

Allan Sutherland wrote:

>>> 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?

I responded:

>> Buy an audio card such as the Digidesign Audiomedia III
>> (http://www.digidesign.com/main.html).  This card (or other brands with
>> similar options) have a digital audio in and out on them.  Using the
>> proper cable (either an S/PDIF cable or a _video_ cable with RCA ends)
>> connect the ins and outs on the Audiomedia III to the S/PDIF outs and
>> ins on the DAT recorder.  Done.

Yvon Thoroval wrote:

> that's a solution but not really cost effective �;-))
> it's about of the price of a Sony DAT ...

In the US, you can pick up Audiomedia III cards with a version of
ProTools for $695, sometimes they go on sale for $595.  The cheapest
I've seen the low-end Sony DAT recorders go for is $995, and they go way
up in price from there. (Unless you are talking about a consumer model
that can't handle 44.1 KHz and is hamstrung with SCMS, then I have no
idea how much they cost.)

> for a simple serial interface having less throughput than AppleTalk

Throughput is not the issue.  Nor is the fact that it is serial.  See
below.

> I've heard from a Sony's tech support that S/PDIF format could be
> compatible with the (a)synchronous serial port (printer)modem.
> 
> But it was only speaking about ...
> 
> Someone does have deeper info ?

Sorry, but this is not going to work for a simple reason: S/PDIF is
realtime, based on a very stable clock rate (usually 44.1 or 48 KHz)
while the serial port sends data as fast as it can.  Even if someone
wrote a program to send S/PDIF via the serial port (not an easy task),
there would be no clock, and thus it would not work at all.  The DAT
machine has no way to assemble clockless numbers into sound. 

The only way it is possible to get this done for lower cost is to find a
lower cost card with digital ins and outs- which is completely
possible.  The Audiomedia III has  digital ins and outs, analog ins and
outs (with A/D and D/A convertors) plus DSP capability- overkill if all
you need are the digital ins and outs.  Look for alternative,
lesser-priced cards.  Maybe Korg or Lucid or Event?

Good luck.

Trevor Zylstra

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Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 00:08:59 -0600
From: Trevor Zylstra <trevor@usinternet.com>
Subject: [A]: DAT to Mac connections again

Bernard Bel wrote:

> There are much cheaper sound cards available now, e.g. Korg
> PCI 1212 or the famous recent Layla card offering 20 tracks
> at once for less than $1000, see 
<http://www.sweetwater.com/products/event/layla.html>...
> 
> Trevor, could you further explain how we can retrieve
> Program Numbers from the DAT tape so that they end up as
> track numbers on the CD?  I understand that you need an
> AES/EBU interface instead of S/PDIF to capture program
> numbers.  Is there any specific software that would store
> sections of the tape to separate tracks automatically?
> -- 
> Bernard Bel <bel@wanadoo.fr>

To really explain this would take a magazine article.  I'll try to
answer briefly, but I may have to skip some background info.  If you buy
a standalone CD burner (one that doesn't require a computer at all) like
a Marantz CDR 630, Fostex CR-200, or HHB CD-R800) you can go directly
from DAT to CD burner via S/PDIF and it will transfer track numbers from
DAT to your CD-R.  S/PDIF _does_ contain start ID's (and DATs don't have
end ID's).

If you are going from DAT tape into your Mac and then burning CD-Rs on a
SCSI CD burner it is dependent on the software that you are using
whether or not the start IDs are read from DAT.  S/PDIF and AES/EBU both
contain the IDs, but few programs actually get those off the DAT.  Why? 
I don't know.  Even Sonic Solutions, the creme de la creme of CD
mastering software, does not read those IDs. You simply add them after
the soundfiles are into your computer. (Which gives you more control of
placement.)  Sound Designer II, Soundedit 16, and Bias Peak all don't
read start IDs either.  If you have one of these programs you add start
and end codes in the software you are using to burn the CDR, like
MasterList CD or Adaptec's Jam. (Or the burning programs may get them
from something called a playlist, if that's the way you edited your
sound.)

There may be a good software solution for someone who just wants a
direct dump including start IDs from DAT to CDR without other editing,
but I don't know it.  I'd suggest asking on the rec.audio.pro newsgroup.

Good luck.

Trevor Zylstra

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:50:50 -0500
From: Maurice Mike McNeil <mmcneil@bbn.com>
Subject: [A]: Net problem with 8.5.1

Some other possibilities:

1) Check the TCP/IP control panel Options and ensure "Load only when 
needed " is UNCHECKED.
2) We have experienced problems with TCPack installed by Norton for Live Update

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:08:03 -0500
From: Vincent Cayenne <vin@audiophile.com>
Subject: [Q] vivisecting the PowerBook 5300

> I have a few nagging questions for the hardware hackers on the list. If
> you or someone you know is a hardware hacker or you know the URL to a
> site with related info, please read on:

<snip>
> Is there a site that lays it all on the line about Apple and
> IR? AFAIK the PowerBooks 5300, 3400, 1400 and phat G3 had it as well as
> some Preformas, the Newton and the Rev A and B iMacs (but not the new
> fruity ones). what a mess.

Try MacFixit - predictably: <http://www.macfixit.com/>

<snip>
> 7. Does anyone have a source of supply for the cheap plastic door on the
back of my PowerBook?

<snip>
> Anybody got a spare?

I'm sure that I saw one offered on comp.sys.mac.portables just this 
week. Worth a look.

---
There is no better way to make sure the ones you love keep buying 
Macs than have them use a Windoze PC now and then. (P. Jones) 

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:09:47 -0600
From: Dave Martin <macdave@tamu.edu>
Subject: A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

abrody@smart.net wrote:
>In a surprise that shouldn't have been, I got a message from Eudora 
>Pro 4.1b60 today that it was about to expire in a week. How did it 
>come as a surprise?

I'm not trying to sound snotty, but your high expectations do sort of 
require a similar response.

Good question. I certainly would not expect a beta for a commercial 
product to be released for free with no limitations. Why would anyone 
actually pay for it, if all they have to do is download the last 
beta--which would probably become the "final candidate"--and never have 
to pay anything.

>1. I downloaded the beta after it was recommended by Mac Network 
>News, and used Anarchie Pro to do so.

A recommendation does not make it free, nor unexpireable. Perhaps Mac NN 
should have made the "BETA" status more prominant, and should have more 
clearly indicated the expiration, but they shouldn't need to. Public 
betas are completely free of guarantees--it could wipe your hard drive 
and the only one at fault would be the person testing it for putting beta 
software into actual use.

>2. Unfortunately the readme the did not state that it would expire 
>after a certain period of time.

So? It is not required of Qualcomm to state this in the readme file 
(heck, it's not required that they allow anyone outside the company to 
beta test, much less in a public manner).

>3. Unfortunately the about window did not state that it would expire 
>after a certain period of time.

Again, so? What if they forgot to update the About dialog resources, and 
the product shipped with "Expires blah blah blah" in there? Now, maybe 
they could have made use of such a tagline with time-expiring demos, but 
if they do not intend to do such a thing, why put it in the software?

>4. The only place it did so was on the Eudora web page. But since 
>I had downloaded it with Anarchie, bypassing the notes on the web 
>page I had no notion until the week before the expiration was set, 
>that it would do so.

So they are to blame for the method in which you downloaded the software? 
You downloaded beta software without going to their site and finding out 
what they were wanting from testers, or what problems they knew about, 
etc.? Sounds like you had no intention of BETA TESTING the software, only 
using it for free.

Admittedly, Netscape and Microsoft have both spoiled the term "beta 
test", with their use of public non-qualified tests intended solely to 
beat the competition to market saturation and get their new 
bastardizations of HTML in general use before the other browser-specific 
tags. They expected users to simply USE the unfinished product, not 
really test it (as the quality of the "final" releases prove).

>Now I am in potential trouble with a customer for not warning him of 
>this expiration. Never share beta software with customers unless you are
>100% sure it won't expire.

You passed on beta software of a commercial product to a client? Was this 
client planning to purchase the final version, and willing to take 
whatever risks using beta software might bring?

Your caveat should be "never share beta software". If they want to take 
the risks and TEST it for themselves, send them to the site to get it for 
themselves, and let THEM blame themselves if something goes wrong.

>The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports:
>web pages

HTML doesn't belong in email--use a web browser.

>automated spell checking

Spell correctly to begin with, and no problem. ;-P

Seriously, I do agree that being able to check the spelling on outgoing 
email can be important, if you feel the need. But hitting a command-key 
combination (like with Emailer) isn't that difficult.

>ability to read the listserv version of the digest

Not sure what you mean by this--are you talking about automatically 
splitting digests into separate messages? I personally prefer that 
digests remain in digested form, and Emailer has not problem doing so.

>and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta.

Emailer does this--the only reason I stopped using Eudora Light. I 
want/need that ability. This is--for me--the only thing of value in Pro 
over Light.

>And that costs money eventually, or time downloading and installing 
>the new beta.

The point of a beta test is that you stop using the old beta when a new 
one is ready to be tested. They don't want bug reports from versions 
they've already fixed.

>Not to mention the new beta installs an old version of QuickTime on 
>top of your old version, so you have to move your newer extensions 
>out before installing Eudora.

Now THAT is a problem whose blame can be laid squarely at Qualcomm's 
feet. No installer should EVER replace previous versions without user 
approval.

>All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or 
>file limit for mailboxes.

With all the mail, mailboxes, and such that I have, I've never seemed to 
have reached Emailer's limits to date.

>All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above.

There are probably features of Emailer or other email clients which 
Eudora Pro does not have, either, or performs in a different or 
less-graceful manner.

>I have tried Outlook Express 4.5.

Yuck. :-)

>I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l.

This has fewer features than Eudora Pro because it it the free version. 
If it had the capabilities of Pro, who'd buy it?

>I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape 
>Navigator 3.0.x.

IMHO, email should be done with an email client, not a web browser (just 
as HTML should be viewed with a web browser, not an email client).

>I have tried Cyberdog.

Darn shame that OpenDoc and Cyberdog are basically "dead". The concept 
was a good one, though even Cyberdog could have been better executed, 
with more available options and configurations to truly make it 
extensible for EVERY user's needs.

>And why can't those free e-mailers get it into their heads that 
>features cost money, and features when not released right can cause 
>crashes?

But what you are demanding from email clients are features, and expecting 
a commercial product to be "free" despite the inclusion of the features 
you want/need. By allowing people to download a beta when they have no 
real intention of testing the software--meaning the features are "not 
released right"--they are doing exactly what you are complaining about at 
the end, which is exactly the opposite of your complaints at the start.

Which is it--free email program with tons of features, or quality TESTED 
software that you pay for?

----------------------------------------------------
Dave Martin (Microcomputer Specialist)
Texas A&M University English Department
macdave@tamu.edu  *  (409) 845-8344  *  Blocker 218D

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 17:18:48 -0800
From: Cyrus Roton <croton@iwvisp.com>
Subject: A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

abrody@smart.net wrote:

>All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or 
>file limit for mailboxes.
>All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above.
>
>I have tried Outlook Express 4.5.  I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l. 
>I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape 
>Navigator 3.0.x.    I have tried Cyberdog.  I have tried Claris 
>E-mailer.
>What left is there to try?

Close your eyes, and make a guess---you guessed it, Microsoft Internet Mail
and News (3.0c). That is the one I use, and I don't like the others.

O.K., it does not have a spell checker, but if I am in doubt, I copy-paste
to my word processor and check spelling. Also, I do not need multiple user
capability, so I don't know if there is a way around that limitation. I do
not know what limitation, if any, there is on number of letters which can be
allowed to pile up in the in-box, but I suspect it is greater than the
number my server will accumulate if I neglect to check my mail once in a
while. Also, have not tried to create an excess of mail folders to see if I
can exceed whatever that limit might be. If someone else has better info on
these factors, I will be interested in learning.

I do not claim that IMN is the right choice for everyone. But, the question
was asked, "What left is there to try", so I answered it.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:51:16 -0800
From: Dan Frakes <Dan@InformINIT.com>
Subject: A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring

abrody@smart.net wrote:
>The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports:
>web pages, automated spell checking, ability to read the listserv version
>of the digest and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta

Well, if you don't need HTML in email (and many of us argue it shouldn't 
be there in the first place) there are lots of great email clients out 
there. And in terms of spell-checking, many people don't even use the 
spell-checkers in their email clients. Personally, the only spell-checker 
I ever use is SpellTools because it works in every application and even 
adds other amazing tools.

You do have a point about multiple accounts. Although Emailer is far and 
away the best at this. Too bad no other clients have seen that (rather 
obvious) light.

>All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or 
>file limit for mailboxes.

Not to seem too disagreeable ;-) but right now I'm using Emailer and have 
11,781 messages	in 115 folders. I doubt if many people can top me on that 
one ;-) I think most other quality clients (PowerMail, MailSmith, Outlook 
Express) will do just as well.

    -------------------------------------------
      Dan Frakes    mailto:Dan@InformINIT.com
            <http://www.InformINIT.com>
    -------------------------------------------

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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:56:14 EST
From: Luskin@aol.com
Subject: addressbook on infomac no good?

A few weeks ago, I saw the following program listed in the info Mac digest. 
/info-Mac/app/addressbook-40.hqx 

I have repeatedly tried to download it, but, when I try to unstuff the
program, I get a message to the effect that it may be damaged, and do I wish
to continue with it.  Of course, I say no.  Has anyone else experienced this
problem, and is the author of the program known (I can't read the readme, for
obvious reasons.)

Thank you.

Michael B. Luskin

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 07:57:49 MET
From: "Nadacia" <nadacia@anasoft.ana.sk>
Subject: Antivirus for Performa 630

Bratislava 2.2.99
Dear Sirs:
I have virus CAP (comming from a PC), my Mac is a Performa 630. Do 
you know an www address to download an anti-virus? 
Thanks,
Jakub Mata
sfes@internet.sk

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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:51:18 -0800
From: Dan Frakes <Dan@InformINIT.com>
Subject: Apple Enet Extension

Michel Treisman <michel.treisman@psy.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>My experience doesn't agree with this.  Running 8.5.1  on a 7300 I had 
>difficulties getting on the net until I pulled
>Apple Enet, and imported Ethernet (Built-in) - not there previously - to 
>replace it.  Then all was fine,   Mike

Thanks for the note, Michel. I got my info from Apple, but, once again, 
Apple's own info seems to be incorrect. I'll make a note of that in the 
next InformINIT.

    -------------------------------------------
      Dan Frakes    mailto:Dan@InformINIT.com
            <http://www.InformINIT.com>
    -------------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:02:58 +0900
From: Sato & Shaw <satoshaw@gol.com>
Subject: APPLE ENET--NEEDED IN OS8.5?


Dear Macophiles,

	I'm writing to clarify something.  I just got a new PB G3, and read
the two notes below, which seem to contradict each other (my apologies to
Dan and David).  When running OS8.5, should we have Apple Enet installed?
I don't use ethernet at all (at least up to now), although it may be a
possibility in the future.

Cheers,
Ted
satoshaw@gol.com

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Recently I posted a rather verbose description of a networking
problem that I was experiencing.

Al Bloom suggested ridding my system extensions of one called Apple
enet which he felt was inappropriately included in the list of
extensions installed in all G3s, instead of just the early G3 servers
for which it was written.  (This system apparently uses the "Ethernet
(Built-In)" extension in its place.)  I have been working now for 4
hours without a crash...a new record.  Only time will tell if this is
the real culprit, but I owe him a big "thank you", and also one to
all other thoughtful info-mac readers who took the time to reply to
me with insightful comments/suggestions.
I just wanted to post this follow-up on the off chance that someone
else may be experiencing similar difficulties.

-David
---
David Brand

dbrand@utmem.edu

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Al Bloom <abloom@vt.edu> wrote:
>"Apple Enet"
>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.

Al:

The information in InformINIT 8.1 is correct for Mac OS 8.1 :-) Under
8.5, Apple supposedly rolled all of the Ethernet drivers into one file,
Apple Enet. At least that what Apple says! Try removing the _other_
Ethernet drivers and see if everything works right.

P.S. InformINIT 8.5.1 will try to clarify this... too bad Apple didn't
change the name of the file so as to avoid confusion.

    Dan@InformINIT.com
<http://www.InformINIT.com>

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:56:30 -0800
From: Bob Durst <durstb@ava.bcc.orst.edu>
Subject: Audio filter question

Having recently purchased BIAS Peak LE I am disappointed that the light
version is missing a filter for taking out pops and clicks from recordings.
Only with the full blown version do they supply that particular filter.

Does anyone know of a stand alone filter or other means to remove these
obnoxious noises from recordings that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?

-Bob D.
Builder and pilot of Kinetic Sculpture vehicle "Killer Tomato"
Top ten reasons why you should build a Kinetic Sculpture Vehicle:
#6 Graduate from hacksaw and soldering iron to plasma cutter and tig welder

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:25:49 -0800
From: Ed Keith <EdKeith@lightside.net>
Subject: Bookmarks

>I am running Netscape 4.5 on a Mac 6500/250 with OS 8.1.
>
>In order to select a bookmark I have to go to the "Edit Bookmarks"
>window and then make the selections.  It will not respond to the
>Bookmarks window.  Is this normal or do I have something wrong?  I have
>tried to find a setting in the preferences with no luck.

I have found this occurs when I get a verrrrry long list of bookmarks. Pack
your bookmarks into folders by topic, and they should start to work again.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:59:16 -0500
From: hstar <hstar@adelphia.net>
Subject: Default e-mail application

Greetings:

I'm running 8.5.1 on my G3/300.

I have tried to use the Internet control panel to set Claris Emailer as 
my default e-mail application. The control panel recognizes the presence 
of Emailer on my hard drive and when I make my selection and close the 
panel, it asks me if I want to save the changes I've made to the setup. I 
indicate "yes" but upon reopening the control panel, Outlook Express 4.5 
remains my email application.

On a whim, I tried to change my default browser from Internet Explorer 
4.5 to Netscape 4.5 - the same sequence of events happened.

Am I doing something wrong?  

Many thanks.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:11:26 +0900
From: Sato & Shaw <satoshaw@gol.com>
Subject: HELP! Casio BOSS and Macintosh assistance needed!


Michael,

	I also have a Casio BOSS (model SF-M10, 128K).  I have had it for a
probably five or six years.  When I bought it I vaguely remember being told
by Casio that they didn't have a connection kit for the Mac.  They only had
one for Windows, so I back it up on my work PC.  I would really prefer to
keep it on the machine at home.  Do you remember where you bought it?  Have
you talked to Casio?  I suppose I could back up into something like SoftPC
or other emulation software, but it's the cable that's the tough part.  I'm
very interested in your experience in correcting this, and anyone else's
story.

Cheers,
Ted
satoshaw@gol.com

- - - - - - -

> 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
>

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 20:54:37 -0800
From: nospam@imagina.com (Jan Steinman -- jan AT bytesmiths DOT com)
Subject: Help! Keeps re-connecting to ISP!

My Mac connects to my ISP as soon as I boot it, and when I disconnect
(using either Remote Access control panel or control strip), it
immediately re-connects.

It hasn't always done this. Recently, I started using Location Manager, so
I could switch betreen my ISP and my local LAN. But this still happens
even if I disable Location Manager! I've been all through the various
networking control panels, to no avail.

MacOS 8.5.1, PowerMac 9500 with 250MHz G3 card.

-- 
: Jan Steinman -- Jan AT Bytesmiths DOT com
: Spammers: please add:
:    <mailto:commercialemail@murkowski.senate.gov>
: to your list -- he threatened me for forwarding him your 
: spam with a protest against his pro-spam bill, so I'm sure
: he'd love to hear from you all! :-)

------------------------------

Date: 1 Feb 99 20:29:16 +0000
From: "Gavin and Pauline" <Hastings1066@btinternet.com>
Subject: Imation SuperDisk for iMac


Does anybody have any experience of using Imation SuperDisk with the iMac?

The Imation SuperDisk is very slow compared to the Iomega Zip, but against
that you've got the fact that it will read standard 1.4meg floppies.
Not being able to use floppies with the iMac that you can use other Macs is
a terrible nuisence.

I visited a computer shop to-day and the salesman said they were being
returned by users and exchanged for Zip drives. I have heard that the
reliablity issue with the Imation SuperDisk is dealt with by a new driver
which you can download off the Internet. 

If you have not seen one, I have inspected the Imation SuperDisk drive
closely, and it appears to be well made. The problem may only be the driver
software on the supplied CD.

I have inspected the iMac version of Iomega ZIP drive. This does not have a
SSCI interface. So, to transfer disks between Macs,  you would need to buy
an additional ZIP drive for each Mac you have. This is where the Imation
SuperDisk for the iMac comes in, since not all Macs can be networked or
fitted with Zip drives.

Disks for the Imation SuperDisk hold 120 meg (against 100meg for the Zip).
They can be stored in the same box as standard 3.5" floppies.  Access times
are about the same as for standard floppies.  A 1mb file takes  six seconds
to write and 4 seconds to read. At this speed the Imation SuperDisk is only
acceptable for occasional backups, but is does stored more data in a
smaller space.

Comments?

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:53:51 -0500
From: Harold Appel <fremontappel@tuna.net>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #254

Info-Mac said:

>At 7:39am +0900 1.28.1999, A.M. Wan Nik wrote:
>
>> 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.

I had the same problem until I disabled most of my extra fonts. I still 
havn't found the culprit but will activate them a few at a time and hope 
to find the one that's doing this.

Harold Appel

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:53:51 -0500
From: Harold Appel <fremontappel@tuna.net>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #254

Info-Mac said:

>At 7:39am +0900 1.28.1999, A.M. Wan Nik wrote:
>
>> 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.

I had the same problem until I disabled most of my extra fonts. I still 
havn't found the culprit but will activate them a few at a time and hope 
to find the one that's doing this.

Harold Appel

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:40:10 EST
From: Luskin@aol.com
Subject: Mitsubishi Diamondtron 21" monitors...

I am thinking about buying a 21 inch monitor.  My dealer has and recommends, I
am sure there is no connection, Mitsubishi Diamondtron monitors.  The model
91TXM is $1050.  And the MicroCenter store has two different models...

Two problems.  

First, I tried to look at the MItsubishi Diamondtron web pages.  Most are for
some reason in Chinese, and there seems to be no information whatsoever that I
could find by model number.  Does anyone know a good site to read about these
monitors.

I have always, for no particular reason, preferred to buy Mac equipment
instead of third party.  Thus no HP printers, etc.  I would prefer to buy an
Apple monitor just because, but is there a quality reason for the extra cost?

Does the following argument make sense:  The viewable horizontal length of a
17 inch monitor is 11 3/4 inches.  The viewable horizontal length of the 21
inch monitor is 15 1/2 inches, for a ratio of 0.76.  I usually use the 17 inch
monitor with 832 horizontal pixels.  I would use the 21 inch monitor with
1024.  The ratio is 0.81.  

Another way of doing this is to do the opposite calculation and find the size
of a pixel.  For the 17", it is 0.0141.  For the 21", it is 0.0151.  

In either case, it seems as though the 21 has a larger character size, and
therefore combines marginally enhanced character size with more stuff
displayed.  Does this reflect reality?  

Thank you.

MICHAEL B. LUSKIN

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:42:00 +0000
From: Huw Rowley <huw@lunatic.co.uk>
Subject: Netscape 3.0

>From memory - and mine is neither interleaved nor very reliable - a good
place to pick up net essentials for the older Macs is the following site:

http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/toolbox/oldmacs/

One day soon, I'm going to rig up that SE30 as an e-mail terminal this way
. . .

Huw

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Creative Director
Lunatic Productions
Dorney, UK

____________________________________________
>> Magnus Hoek <mbh@sophie.q.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp> asked:
>>
>> Hi there
>>
>> Anybody knows where I can get Netscape 3.0 for my slow and small 68k
>> PowerBook 180 ?
>>
>> TIA
>> Magnus Hoek

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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1956 21:24:27 +0000
From: "Mike Reddy" <mreddy@glam.ac.uk>
Subject: Old Mac Colour Monitor on new G3?

I have just acquired a new G3 (the bondy blue kind with 350MHz processor) on
a strict budget, assuming that I could plug in my old monitor (a
bog-standard colour 15inch job I used with a Mac 660AV). I get no picture. I
am using the included convertor... Any ideas?

I am told that the old monitors will not work with the new machines, because
of the non-Apple PC oriented video cards. Is this true? I had gotten used to
just plugging the things in...

Mike

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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 00:02:42 -0500
From: Holleran Greenburger <holleran@penguin-works.com>
Subject: Printing Over an NT Network

If it's a fully network-capable printer, simply select it in the chooser
like any Apple device, selecting first the Laserwriter driver, then the
device.
Ex: HP 5000N laser printer, in default mode, can be printed to with those
simple steps. For more demanding users, addition of the HP PPDs for that
specific printer may be desireable, but by no means required. :-)

>> I'm the only Mac on a NT network full of PCs. I'd like to print to the
>> network printer from my Starmax 300/180. Is this possible? If so, how do
>> I set things up?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>I can tell you that it's possible, because my office is a mixed Mac/PC
>network running off Windows NT, and we print to a variety of printers on
>the network.  How to set it up is beyond my expertise.
>--
>Jeff Frankel

----------------------------------------------------------------------
If Microsoft made toasters... Every time you bought a loaf of bread, you
would have to buy a toaster. You wouldn't have to take the toaster, but
you'd still have to pay for it anyway.

Toaster'95 would weigh 8 tons (hence requiring a reinforced steel
countertop), draw enough electricity to power a small city, take up 95% of
the space in your kitchen, would claim to be the first toaster that lets
you control how light or dark you want your toast to be, and would secretly
interrogate your other appliances to find out who made them. Everyone would
hate Microsoft toasters, but nonetheless would buy them since most of the
good bread only works with their toasters.

If Apple made toasters... It would do everything the Microsoft toaster
does, but 5 years earlier.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 18:34:18 -0800 
From: David Pelton <davepel@MICROSOFT.com>
Subject: setting view defaults in Word 98

Greetings and Salutations

Word will default to the view that the document you are opening was last
saved in. If you are opening a new document, then it will create new
documents based on the view you were last in when you quit Word.
If you don't wish to quit Word, you can open the Normal template, save it in
a different view and close it. New documents will be in that view, until you
quit Word in a different view.

I hope this helps

David

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 20:45:41 -0500
From: Jeffrey Frankel <jfrankel@gwi.net>
Subject: Stuffit Deluxe 4.5

> Dear Digest readers,
> I have Stuffit Deluxe 4.5 on CD-ROM, and installed it on a new
> machine of mine.  The Deluxe application and the dropstuff documents
> went in OK, and I was able to plug in the serial number.  But when it
> came to rebooting I got the message that the "Stuffit contextual menu
> item is not registered and could not load."   But if I put in my
> serial number for Deluxe, shouldn't it register the contextual menu
> plugin as well?
>
>

I ran into this same problem a year ago when I first upgraded to Stuffit
Deluxe 4.5.  There was and hopefully still is a patch on Aladdin's web
site that fixes this.
--
Jeff Frankel
Windsor, Maine  USA

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 09:03:53 -0500
From: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9?= <martin@lynx-nsw.com>
Subject: Word 6.0.1 Mac OS 8.5.1

> Subject: Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:00:08 +0900
> From: World Link IR <worldlink@w.email.ne.jp>
>
> At 7:39am +0900 1.28.1999, A.M. Wan Nik wrote:
> > 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 s=
uccess
> > 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 t=
he pen
> > and the legal stuff at the bottom. The watch appears but the hands ne=
ver
> > rotate. The screen just hangs there.
> >
> I had exactly the same trouble, with 8.5 then 8.5.1, on a 7100/80 AV.
> Microsoft customer service here in Tokyo told me Word 6.0.1 is not supp=
orted
> for System 8.5. This was of course after they had me try various little
> tricks for 20 or 30 minutes while I paid for the phone call. They then
> suggested I buy Word 98! I'm sticking with OS 8.1 and Word 6.0.1 for no=
w,
> but that 8.5 installer is still calling my name from the bookshelf wher=
e
> it's gathering dust. And I did so like those little clicks and chirps..=
..
>
> Glenn Anderson
>
> ----------------------------
> World Link Discount Telecom IR
>
> Email:   worldlink@w.email.ne.jp
> Web:   http://www.mmjp.or.jp/worldlink.ir/
> ----------------------------

I have Word 6.0.1 and Mac OS 8.5.1 installed on 4 7200 series and 2 G3 an=
d MS Word work fine, but I did a clean install when I did the upgrade. Th=
e only bug that I've experimented a few times is when Word 6 is open with=
 other software, especially with QuickMail Lan client, you will freeze as=
 soon as you'll try to switch from one app. to
the other and that did occured with Mac OS8.1.
But in your case, have you trashed all the Word preferences before reinst=
all?
If you haven't do so, I suggest that you try because a corrupt preference=
s file can't be replace when you reinstall an application.

Hope this will help.

Martin Ren=E9
martin@lynx-nsw.com

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