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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 23 Sep 99       Volume 16 : Issue 339

Today's Topics:

      (Q) How to adjust a Dayna EtherPrint T
      [Q] when will regular mailings resume?
      cache =?iso-8859-1?Q?=9F?= weirdness
      Capture 640x480 30fps video from an S-Video connector
      CGI Database
      Digital Cameras
      Does partitioning a G3's hard drive make it go faster?
      Fwd: }How to correctly upload {was Fwd:
      importing addresses to Netscape from Internet Explorer
      launcher problems
      MFS Format
      Powerbook G3(97) battery problems
      Print Spooling Errors on B&W G3
      Sherlock on my cable modem
      The function of info-mac, and the archive.
      Worldbook CD

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Date: 22 Sep 99 08:14:59 -0400
From: "D. Scott Beach" <sbeach@spamless.tht.net>
Subject: (Q) How to adjust a Dayna EtherPrint T

Folks:
We've got a couple "Dayna EtherPrint T Plus" ethernet to Localtalk bridges.
The software and manuals are long gone but I was able to find and d/l the
management software from ftp.dayna.com (their web site doesn't answer at
all). The devices are recognised by the software, but 3 of the 4 options
that can be set by the software are disabled. The one option that is
available is to select the network zone. The zone can be selected and set
and then the unit re-initialises but the changes don't take effect.
Does anyone know if there's an older version of the software that may be
more compatible with these older devices? Could it be because I'm running
Open Transport? How do I reset the EtherPrint box to factory defaults?
There are 2 DIP switches on the back of the box. What do they control.
So many questions. Help!
-0
 Scott

Scott Beach
Macintosh Support Specialist
Maclean Hunter Publishing Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario

Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me.
Scott Beach <http://www.front.net/sbeach/> Toronto, Canada

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:33:14 -0400
From: Ken Laskey <kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com>
Subject: [Q] when will regular mailings resume?

Like many who have written over the past few months, I miss not 
getting the regular Info Mac mail delivery and I was wondering what 
the status was of your upgrades.  I know I can access the archives 
over the Web, but I never seem to get around to that, and when I'm on 
travel is a perfect time to catch up on my backlog.  Will regular 
email distribution return any time in the foreseeable future?

Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:59:08 -0500
From: jamie <fuller@phoenix.aye.net>
Subject: cache =?iso-8859-1?Q?=9F?= weirdness

hi,

...I was recently trying to go through my netscape cache folder in the
preferences folder (path:OS8.1:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape �:Cache
�) to find a file that had been downloaded but not saved properly, and
wound up leaving the window open for a few more minutes...

...it was then, when in the background, that I noticed the folder would go
from 214 items to 284 items, and that this was due to many items in the
"Cache �" being duplicated...the odd thing is that this occurs between 1
and 3 times, then stops back at 214 items...

...I can also hear the disk being accessed during this period...it seems to
happen when some new program is started; for example, this occurs whenever
I minimize my control strip and then re-extend it...

anyone have a clue as to what is going on?

jamie

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:08:22 +1200
From: "Neville Thomas" <nevillet@clear.net.nz>
Subject: Capture 640x480 30fps video from an S-Video connector

> Is it possible to get a
> similar device for Firewire that doesn't necesarily require a firewire
> device?  (IE: Capture 640x480 30fps video from an S-Video connector via
> the Firewire port on the new G3s and G4s?)

No it ain't, without a "digitizer".
Your S-Video connector delivers analogue signals, your FireWire port accepts
digital signals.  So you must have a analogue-to-digital converter in
between.  Often called a video-capture card.
There are some external USB capture devices around, e.g. Video-clip" I
think.

Neville Thomas, Auckland, New Zealand
_____________________________________
Macintosh B&W G3/300 128MB, CD, 56k V.90 modem.
Adaptec 2906 SCSI adapter-> Iomega Zip 100, Umax 610S Scanner.
Mac OS 8.6, ClarisWorks 5, Quicktime 4.0.3 Pro
Internet Explorer 4.5, Outlook Express 4.5.
___________________________________________

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:17:57 +1000
From: Richard Measham <rmeasham@newmediacorp.com.au>
Subject: CGI Database

Tina, all your CGI prayers can be answered at
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/

>I have a website that I would like a search engine for.
>Apart from using a long piece of javascript I understand that
>I will have to enter all my site info into a database and then upload it
>onto my site along with some cgi code to run it. Is this correct? If so then
>what database should I use and does anyone out there have a cgi search they
>would share?! Any advice would be appreciated as I'm new to cgi's and don't
>really
>know what to do!
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Tina

Cheers!
Richard Measham

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Rampage Multimedia (a division of Newmedia Corporation Pty Ltd)
Level 6, 608 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne 3004
http://www.newmediacorp.com.au
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:11:27 -0700
From: Tina <tina@call-us.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Digital Cameras

Hi - I'm looking for any advice anyone can give
me on digital cameras. I would like one for photographing
something as big as a large piece of furniture and as small
as a small ornament or piece of jewellery. I don't know anything
about these cameras and I don't want to waste my money on one
that is no good. I need this for selling items so the pictures have
tp be really clear and good quality. I'd really appreciate any advice
on this!

Thanks!

Tina

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:58:51 -0400
From: Frank Conte <fconte@WORLD.STD.COM>
Subject: Does partitioning a G3's hard drive make it go faster?

Is there any gain in efficiency from partitioning a G3's hard drive into
smaller segments?

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 19:11:17 -0700
From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
Subject: Fwd: }How to correctly upload {was Fwd:

Denny wrote:

>I am more familiar with Anarchie than I am Fetch, but I do know that both
>use InternetConfig so: In InternetConfig [or your Apple Internet Panel]
>make sure that MP3 files are entered in the list correctly as binary files.
>
>I know that Anarchie looks at this when determining what is correct for
>the "Automatic" setting,a nd I usspect that Fetch does the same.

Denny, would you be willing to explain in (extreme) detail exactly 
how to do this with the Internet control panel? I have continual 
confusions about how to choose settings for the items in there. I 
know about the advanced settings tab. I just don't know how to set 
things in there so they work. I don't see anywhere in there to choose 
"binary" for a kind of file, and I have no entry in there at all for 
MP3. I am talking about the "File Mappings" category in Advanced 
settings.

I have an MPEG, and an MP2, and two .mpg items, but no MP3, and I'd 
have no idea how to set the file type and so on for it. The two .mpg 
items, by the way, are different in that both DO have .mpg as the 
suffix, and MPEG as the type but one has mMPG as the creator (and is 
set to use Sparkle) and one has TVOD as the creator and is set to use 
MoviePlayer.

Is this a mess? I have QuickTime 4.0.2 on my computer.

Do you know how these should be set up? And how I should set up MP3? 
And where would you tell it to consider it a binary file? I don't see 
that option anywhere in the Internet control panel. Can you help a 
beginner with this? Thank you.

Daly

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:48:17 -0400
From: "Gino Landini" <cudjoeguy@prodigy.net>
Subject: importing addresses to Netscape from Internet Explorer

Hi
Someone answered this for me before but I lost the answer. 1.Where is 
the address book file (email) for Netscape located. Is it the abook.nab
file?
2. I can't figure out how to import the "contact" file (email addresses)
from IE into Netscape and have tried what Netscape suggests and have
changed the name of the file a number of times but Netscape says it
can't import this file. Help plse and thanks in advance.
Gino landini

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:43:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rita Balkin/Al Balkin <ritab@hargray.com>
Subject: launcher problems

When my mac loads I get the message that Launcher will not open due to
error -192. I have checked everything and reinstalled Mac OS8.6 (OS8.5 plus
download) and it will give me the launcher ONCE after installation and then
I keep getting the same messages on rebooting....any ideas?
Rita Balkin
ritab@hargray.com

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:32:22 +0000
From: "Cyrus Roton" <croton@iwvisp.com>
Subject: MFS Format

Subject: MFS Format
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Jean-Philippe Pellet" <jppellet@gmx.ch> wrote

> But I still have one problem: How can I mount and/or use old MFS (Macintosh
> Filing System -- the precursor of HFS) floppies on my G3? Disk Copy says it
> can't use this format, yet I still have such old floppies. How could I use
> them, or at least save what's on them? Could I download sort of a driver for
> MFS? Or a special program to convert my floppies?

The only way I know to use software from 400K disks on the later Mac
systems, is to load them into an older Mac (older system), copy to 800K, and
then put them into the newer Mac. Of course, transfer by network might be
possible.  But, if the software requires the original diskette (a form of
copy protection), then I don't know a way to get around that.

Frankly, I have found very little of software that old to be worth the
trouble. Tell us which old software you want to run, and maybe some us can
offer more practical substitutes, or, might be able to assist you in moving
the old software to 800K disks.

Cyrus Roton <croton@iwvisp.com>
MITA tech
Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:17:49 -0700
From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
Subject: Powerbook G3(97) battery problems

>I have a 1997 G3 powerbook (3400 style case).
>
>Both the original batteries and a replacement I bought have a problem with
>secure seating.
>Just a minor jiggling of the battery while on battery power causes
>momentary loss of juice and the thing dies (screen goes kerflooey and
>machine hangs).
>It seems related to the little clip that holds the battery in, but may be
>in the leads inside, too.
>
>Anyone have this happen to them, and what did you do?  I've resorted to
>putting a rubber band around the near part of the case... but it seems
>silly to have one of the best computers around held together with a rubber
>band as if it were a bulging wallet!
>
>Also, I've see adds for both 3400 batteries and 3400/G3(97) batteries...
>The 3400 batteries are cheaper, but aren't they the same?

I have a 3400 and had it in for other work and the teck told me there was a
small rubber bumper that needed to be installed to prevent that problem.
It was covered under AppleCare.

-- Doug

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:15:34 +0100
From: mreddy@glam.ac.uk (Mike Reddy)
Subject: Print Spooling Errors on B&W G3

I keep getting errors when trying to print from an application. During the
spooling phase, an "Unknown Error" message appears, followed by the app
crashing (e.g. Word 98). I reinstall the OS, and the Laser 8.6.1 drivers
and occasionally this clears things up for a couple of print jobs, then
things go do-lally again. I am printing to a LaserWriter on another Mac,
and to several PC networked printers, using DAVE. The problem, once it
appears, occurs for all the printers. Any ideas?

-- 
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HOME TEL: +44 (0)1443 402 685 (Emergencies only)

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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 22:06:40 -0400
From: William Conable <wconable@pop.service.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Sherlock on my cable modem

Dear InfoMaccers:

Since I got my blissfully fast cable modem (Warner Cable RoadRunner), 
the Search Internet tab on Sherlock is greyed out and unavailable. 
Their tech support doesn't know much about Macs. Please reply to me 
directly at <conable.1@osu.edu> if you have any thoughts and I will 
summarize to the list. Thanks in advance.
Bill Conable
OSU School of Music

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:27:49 EDT
From: Luskin@aol.com
Subject: The function of info-mac, and the archive.

In today's info-mac email, and I am glad there was one today, Adam Engst made 
two points, both of which are questionable.

First, he said that the info-mac list does not serve a useful purpose any 
more.  I dispute that.  For some reason, even though I subscribe and post to 
mac-l and to the listserv of my local users group, I found, note, alas, past 
tense, that info-mac expertise was superior.  I have no idea why.  

Second, he says that the listparents are devoting their time to the archive.  
Not to my benefit, they don't seem to be.  I have posted a couple times, 
asking what happened to the synopses of uploads to sumex, and have gotten no 
reply.  

So again, what happened?  If it is on a new list, what is the address?

Michael B. Luskin

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:12:46 -0700
From: Buzz & Mary Bennetts <buzzb@presys.com>
Subject: Worldbook CD

Hi folks:

About a month ago, I posted a request for help about a problem I was
having with installing an entire CD on the local library�s iMac. Infomac
readers were very generous with their help, as always, and I received
about two dozen replys.

All replies had the same thread; use Shrink Wrap or Apple Disk Copy to
create a disk image of the CD(s). A couple of people were generous
enough to provide step-by-step in structions.

I used Disk Copy. Then, I put aliases of the disk images into the
startup folder (uncompressed) so the images (I installed 6 CDs) mount
very quickly on startup. There is a chance they will get �messed around
with� at the library, so I also put an alias to each into the apple menu
where library staff people can get to them easily. We shall see how it
works in the long(er) term. So far it has been fine.

I appreciate the help a lot, and the (small - Florence, Oregon - right
on the central coast - 6000 population) library appreciates it too.

Buzz Bennetts

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