Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 05 Jan 98 Volume 16 : Issue 1 Today's Topics: (Q) PB3400 and Umax Astra 600S (Q) TCP/IP Errors 8x CD-ROM like a 2x [*] PictureSnooperV1.3 AutoSearch/Download Binaries Off NewsGroups [A] PB3400 and Umax Astra 600S [A] Help: system error 11 with QT [A] Macs and PC network [Q] Epson printer slow with Appletalk card [Q] pmac G3 - IDE [Q] SupraFax 144 [Q] VRAM memory utility needed applescript batteries in keyboards? batteries in keyboards? Beware of NewerTech (RANT) Compact Pro Config PPP 2.x and Apple Event Manager Contextual Menu help needed..... Customising Now UpToDate printouts? FoxBase and MacOS 8.0 Getting rid of Now Utilities Getting rid of Now Utilities Green display on a 15" Multiscan Help Me...help me...AppleTalk Quandry Help with monitor I think it stands for Miserable Irritating Dehumanizing Interfaces Info-Mac Digest V15 #286 Info-Mac Digest V15 #289 Keyboard questions mac compatible fax/printers Mac weatherstation (Q) Macs and PC network Mystery Attachment Mystery attachment?? new 56KB internal modem no cut and past with Navigator v4? Print Preview in Internet browser Punch Clock SAM 4.5 and "big" apps Sick SCSI port Sound Manager question Startup problems Title Bar Truncation & Netscape Freezing (Java!) Word's old Screen Test YOU KNEW THIS WOULD COME The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . 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I called UMAX Tech Support twice for help; the second consultant described a jumper on the board inside the scanner. The jumper adjusts the scanner's sensitivity to electrical signals on the SCSI line. It seems that the PowerBook doesn't quite drive the line the same way that a desktop unit does, and UMAX "never expected" that people would hang scanners off PowerBooks. If your Astra has such a jumper, try connecting the neutral pin to the ON pin. PS: When I added an Jaz drive to the SCSI chain, everything went south again. My current arrangement is to attach the driver or the scanner, but never both at the same time. David L. Gorsline | Reston (Fairfax County), Virginia nouveau@cais.com | http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4753 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 09:57:05 -0800 (PST) From: Avrum Lapin Subject: (Q) TCP/IP Errors I'd like to thank all those who responded. In searching with Alta Vista using Advanced Query under the topics TCP/IP and Errors and MacIntosh I found a 59K file called Mac OS Error Codes (unfortunately I did not save the path). Within that file is a list of MacTCP Error codes which told me that the error code 23005 meant "connection closing" When I advised the support guy at my ISP he talked to his supervisor and then they fiddled with something (they would not tell me except to say it was UNIX code) and that fixed the problem. I'm inclined to agree with Doug Hardie that the ISP's server was not allowing enough time to complete the connection Avrum Lapin Upland., CA ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 97 11:50:24 +0000 From: Ked Shayer Subject: 8x CD-ROM like a 2x Hi, My 8x PHILLIPS PCA80SC V4-9 CD-ROM reader runs movie clips from Riven and Myth like it was a 2x, I have tryed it with and without CD-ROM toolkit acceleration with no sucess, PLEASE HELP!!! TIA ----------------------- Ked Shayer The Avara & Myth "Amacus" Proud member of the Euro and House of Xavier clan/order(s) c.shayer2@ukonline.co.uk ----------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:04:58 -0700 From: Qsys@kagi.com Subject: [*] PictureSnooperV1.3 AutoSearch/Download Binaries Off NewsGroups Tired of waiting for pictures to download? Searching for that perfect ClipArt, or Raytraced Images (or other binary file), but can't stand searching through GigaBytes of Postings? That is why I wrote PictureSnooper!! PictureSnooper is an Application that Searches UseNet NewsGroups for binary files, while you are having dinner, at the movies, or even sleeping. These binary files are usually pictures (and sometimes executables and HTML files). After finding a binary file, PictureSnooper downloads the file, decodes that file, and saves that file to the directory of your choice for later viewing. New Features since version 1.2: * MacOS 8 Appearance Class Support. * MIME format messages. * Expanded Messages. * Download/Filter Newsgroup List from Server * Fixed Problem with Server Authentication * Bug Fixes Requires: * System 7.0 or Later. * Macintosh with the Thread Manager Extension (Later System Versions Have ThreadManager Built In). * Access To A News Server Through Your Internet Provider. Thanks, Michael QSys Software e-mail: Qsys@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/picture-snooper-13.hqx; 1114K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 97 19:57:16 -0500 From: Domenico Bettinelli Subject: [A] PB3400 and Umax Astra 600S >My problem is getting a Umax Astra 600S to work with a PowerBook 3400: Hans, Your problem may be related to an internal terminator setting made at the UMAX factory. While this hasn't been a problem for me, it may be what is causing your problems. Check out the following web site for more information: -- Domenico Bettinelli, Jr. Catholic World News ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 97 14:01:40 -0600 From: Andrew Minuhin Subject: [A] Help: system error 11 with QT Frank , have you tried giving your Movie Player more memory? #11, I believe, is alocation error. --Andrew Minuhin (Analyst/Programmer) University of MN, Medical School, USA e-mail: minuhin@tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 97 14:19:02 -0600 From: Andrew Minuhin Subject: [A] Macs and PC network Sorry, Paulo, no cheap solutions, you can have an NT server, >>4.0 with services for the macintosh $400 Novel can give you similar results, though I am not as familiar with it Peer to Peer solutions start @ > $100/machine However, as far as your secretary is conserned, if you can train her how to use a PC Exchange (standard part of her system) your PC users would be able to read her files. Just use the good old sneakernet. --Andrew Minuhin (Analyst/Programmer) University of MN, Medical School, USA e-mail: minuhin@tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 97 12:20:07 +0000 From: Richard Platt Subject: [Q] Epson printer slow with Appletalk card I=B9m using an Epson Stylus Color 800 with an Appletalk network card. = The printer runs VERY slowly =8B much more slowly than with a = direct-connect cable (ie not using Appletalk). Obviously I=B9d expect = some slowdown, but a letter-sized colour picture is taking 20 minutes = or more to print. MacPing reported that the printer is dropping some = 6% of packets sent to it? Does this indicate a problem with the = network card? How can I speed up printing? Richard Platt Telephone: (44) 1892 890741 Fax: (44) 1892 890951 The Old Squash Court, Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst, Kent, United Kingdom ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 17:01:32 -0600 From: jacobs@fox.minot.com Subject: [Q] pmac G3 - IDE Can anyone tell me with certainty if the G3 shares an IDE channel between the CD and HDD? I work with Gateway systems (hey, it's just a job) which have two separate IDE channels, supporting two drives each. The reason is because I picked up a 'broken' CD-ROM 6x, which turned out to be working fine, and am looking to install it. There's only one connector on the cable, but I see no mention of whether they share a bus or not. It appears that both drives are jumpered for 'master' but I could be wrong about the cdrom. There are two separate connectors on the motherboard, which makes me wonder... If they do have separate buses, 2 drives per chain would be supported, right? (I know, I'd need a different cable) I've tested the 6x by itself, and the G3 reads it just fine... I just had to take the 24x off the chain first. Thanks.. -Derek Jacobs ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 13:22:27 +0100 From: "Gregory M. Gabriel" Subject: [Q] SupraFax 144 First of all: thanks to all the people who responded to my previous questions. And now for something completly thesame: Recently I was able to purchase a 144 SupraFaxModem for quite a good price from a friend. My friend, who uses a PC, bought it from a MacUser and she saw the modem functioning correctly on that person's Mac. However in order to let it work on a PC you have to send a special AT string to the mode (AT&F2). So she came to me, we hooked up the modem to my Macintosh and send the initstring using Zterm. The modem did some LED flashing and afterwards it didn't respond and my Mac said that he couldn't find the modem any more so we guessed that tyhe thing was now configured for use with PC. However, when the modem was attached to her PC and she went through the wizard to install the thing, Windows95 (*shiver*) claimed he couldn't find it. We toyed and tweaked with the settings but no result whatsoever. She now has another modem and I got that Supra144. So far the pre-history, now for the problem. The SupraFaxModem 144 can be used with Macintosh if you send an AT command directly to the modem namely AT&F1. I did this severald times but all the response I get is some faint flickering from the LED. The modem responds to standard AT commands like ATDT etc. but when I wish to use it with PPP or from something else then a Terminal program my Mac claims it couldn't be founbd and that I should check all connections etc. My questions are: - did someone encounter thesame kind of problem before and did you find a remedy? - is there a hardware way to reset the modem? Any help on this would be very much appreciated. Gregory Gabriel ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 11:44:56 -0500 From: "W. R. Wing" Subject: [Q] VRAM memory utility needed Can anyone point me to a utility that will let me find out how much VRAM my system thinks it has? I opened it up to install one of the NewerTech G3 accellerators (this requires pulling the mother board to remove the presently installed cache memory), and I sort of suspect I may have bumped one of the two VRAM strips. A pointer to a spec sheet that maps VRAM, screen resolution, and color depth would be an acceptable answer. Thanks in advance, Bill William R. Wing wrw@ornl.gov 423-574-8839 Network Architect for the Oak Ridge National Lab ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 15:11:18 -0500 From: macman*@*eagleweb*.net (chazzz) Subject: applescript Actually there IS a book called AppleScript for Dummies. Apple has a user guide installed with the AS on your computer. And finally. MacAddict (issue# 7-March '97) gives a very clear tutorial for writing AppleScripts. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 97 01:13:18 -0800 From: Dan Frakes Subject: batteries in keyboards? Tito and Shari Poza wrote: >Are you sure about this? Just yesterday, I read an article in a back issue >of MacHome Journal about the two types of available keyboards (hard contact >and capacitating) which stated that what the post you responded to was >correct (that there are batteries in keyboards). Well, I can't say that there is no keyboard on earth that uses batteries ;-), but I've worked on every keyboard Apple has made, and none of them have batteries inside... Dan frakes@kagi.com InformINIT: http://cafe.AmbrosiaSW.com/DEF/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 10:34:50 -0600 From: Mike Rasberry Subject: batteries in keyboards? >> No keyboards have batteries. >> > Are you sure about this? Just yesterday, I read an article ... I've opened several keyboards (but far from all the different models). None that I've opened had batteries. -raz ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 14:47:03 -0800 From: Chris Schram Subject: Beware of NewerTech (RANT) I am posting this message to comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.misc & the Info-Mac Digest (with a courtesy copy to techsupport@newertech.com). Please forgive me if you have to read this twice. I was really jazzed that Santa had left me a Newer Technologies MAXpowr Citation 233MHz PPC Upgrade card. After a not very long time the jazz turned to a sour dirge when I discovered that the new card extended at least a half-inch above where the top of my low-profile PowerCenter 120's case would be. Hmmm. I rechecked the docs (*EMPHASIS* added my me): > Power Computing PowerWave, PowerTower, PowerTower > Pro, PowerCurve, PowerCenter, & PowerCenter Pro > > Note: This section of the MAXpowr Citation > installation manual deals with the installation > process for *ANY* Power Computing computer. Within > the family of Power Computing, there are no less > than 13 separate models, all with a variety of > chassis types and configurations. As you can well > imagine, detailing the installation process for 13 > separate Power Computing computers would be quite > an undertaking. So, in an attempt to save paper, > development time, and the sanity of our technical > writers, we have combined this section to > incorporate all Power Computing machines. > > We will be illustrating, in detail, the > installation process for the PowerTower Pro. > However, the same process will be followed for *ANY* > Power Computing computer. (from page 18 of the Newer Technology MAXpowr Citation Installation Manual; Version 1.0; Doc #: 0DC/MXC)) OK, they probably just packaged up the wrong card during the Christmas rush. I patiently waited until Monday when I could call tech support and get this matter straightened out. Mr. Tech Support Drone (TSD) informed me that the MAXpowr Citation card did indeed work in all Power Computing models, but would not fit in the low-profile case. Sinking feeling. (Aside: It was my understanding that the low-profile case was the more common configuration in the PowerCenter & PowerCenter Pro line.) I informed TSD that their advertising and documentation are downright misleading, if not outright fraudulent. TSD informed me that he would leave a note for the advertising department. He also mentioned that their G3 upgrade cards would fit quite nicely in the low profile case. I informed him that the G3 cards are over three times the cost of the Citation cards. He said Umm, Yeah. This exchange was starting to smell a lot like bait-and-switch, so I told TSD that I would be returning the card to its giver (hoping he could get his money back) and informing the 'net. That's the end of my Christmas story. Oh, one more thing. Has anyone out there ever found a fast 604e upgrade card that fits in the low-profile PowerCenter's case (and doesn't cost as much as a whole new computer)? Chris Schram -- schram@mail.coos.or.us -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 08:11:52 +0100 From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser) Subject: Compact Pro "Edward W. Ver Hoef" wrote: > I have Compact Pro, version 1.33 and have used it with great success on > many occassions to create self-extracting archives. A quick check on my (registered) copy says that the latest version is at least 1.51. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-56) 426 64 86 Obere Kirchzelg 12, CH-5430 Wettingen (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 98 23:33:34 -0400 From: sjwright Subject: Config PPP 2.x and Apple Event Manager Hi, Just curious: does one need the other to operate on a 68K Mac? I had taken my previous copy out of my INIT queue (practically off my system boot disk now that I think of it), and Config seemed to work OK for a while. Tonight I started up, went to connect to my ISP with the panel, and nothing happened. The same cdev worked fine when I booted from an identical (same SCSI driver, same OS, same level of Net panels/prefs/INITs installed) HD, and it worked fine. I reinstalled the s/w package I got from my ISP, and restarted per usual. Went to click on ye old "open" button in Config, and voila, instant PPP Progress window, annoying little icons and all. I launched my Extensions Manager, and second or third under Extensions was AEM. I wonder if anyone knows if dropping it before this recent reinstall may have disabled my Config. It probably doesn't help that last night I got caught twice in some peculiar part of the Web where every mouseclick brought up a new Java-scripted window (first go-round caused a bomb out of my browser, the second a screen freeze). Steve Wright ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Jan 98 13:08:00 -0800 From: "B.J. Major" Subject: Contextual Menu help needed..... I have been trying to add 3rd party contextual menu plug-ins. They are in the correct place within the "Contextual Menu Items" in the System Folder and I also have the SOMobjects extension for the 3rd party items installed in my Extensions Folder. The problem is, none of these new plug-ins ever show up when I go to use contextual menus--only the Apple OS 8 default ones are there. Am I still missing something that needs to be added to the System Folder? Any help would be appreciated--thanks. --bj bjbear@ibm.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 18:23:49 -0800 From: Rob Forsyth (by way of Info-Mac Subject: Customising Now UpToDate printouts? Now UpToDate (I have version 3.5) has some limited formatting options for the output of printed calendars. I'd be very grateful for any advice/experience on whether more elaborate customisation (through ResEdit hacks or whatever) are possible to increase the usefulness of the printed calendar pages for my particular needs. Of particular interest: (i) Can an (unchanging) PICT or other graphic be added in a fixed position on each page? (ii) With specific reference to the Day View, can the relative sizes and positioning of the various components of the printout (the to-do list, day's schedule) be altered? (iii) Can additional custom page sizes other than the preset organiser size options be accommodated? Please reply to me directly and I will summarise to the list. TIA Rob Forsyth ------------------------------ Date: 30 Dec 1997 10:01:15 -0500 From: Art Werschulz Subject: FoxBase and MacOS 8.0 Hi. My mother is running MacOS 7.6.1 on her computer at home. She occasionally needs to use FoxBase, which is AFAIK published by a company that is now extinct. She would like to upgrade to MacOS 8.0, but *not* at the expense of being unable to use FoxBase. Does anybody know whether the most recent version of FoxBase can run under MacOS 8.0? -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker Internet: agw@cs.columbia.eduWWW ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:49:25 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Getting rid of Now Utilities Jacob Palme asked: >BeHierarchic provides hierarchical menu searching, but only one menu (the >apple menu), Now Utilities allowed me to have many menus for different >purposes (templates, applications, files, etc.) > >SearchFiles searches for files by content, but cannot combine content and >other file properties, like search for fiels with a certain string in the >file name and then search the content of the found files. > >I have not found any replacement for the very useful Now SuperBoomerang, >which adds command to the normal file-opening dialogue to go directly to >recently accessed files and folders. > >ConflictCatcher replaces Now Startup Manager. > >Can anyone advice me on how to get the things I lack. Most important for me >is a replacement for Now SuperBoomerang, but also better alternatives to >BeHierarchic (allowing more than one user-customisable menu) and >SearchFiles (allowing more complex search conditions) would be very useful. UltraFind is an absolutely fantastic search utility and might fill the bill for you (I don't know - Now Utilities broke things on my computer every time I tried it so I can't compare). Default Folder might reduce the pain of the loss of SuperBoomerang. Or I think there's one called Back2theFolder that might serve. For BeHierarchic, I don't have any idea. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 18:20:05 +0100 From: Jacob Palme Subject: Getting rid of Now Utilities A few days ago I sent a question to info-mac about how to find replacements for Now Utilities, since Now Utilities does not work under Mac OS 8. Here is a summary of the replies I get. For SuperBoomerang substitution: ------------------------------- DefaultFolder (Shareware) or Back2TheFolder (Freeware) from URL: http://www.zdnet.com/macuser/software/ A nice comparison of these two can be found at URL: http://www.user-groups.com/Library/computers/TheFolder/Frolics.html I have only tested Back2TheFolder, and found one disadvantage compared to Now Utilities: It only lists recent files *created* with the same program, while Now Utilities lists recent files *readable* with the same program. This is an important disadvantage, since you often need this service when you have created a file with one program and then want to open it with another program. I have also combined BeHierarchic with Back2TheFolder by inserting the BeHierarchic recent-folders into the list of global folders in Back2TheFolder. This works quite well. For NowMenus substitution: ------------------------- Amico 2.1 (Shareware) For reorganizing the Apple Menu completed with divider line. or BeHierarchic (Shareware) or OtherMenu (Shareware?) FinderPop 1.5 (Freeware) For contextual menus (Control-Click on a document or folder in Finder) None of them does all done by Now Menus, since they do not allow me to add new menus to the menu bar. This would be a nice addition to BeHierarchic. Apollo gives one new menu, which you can configure to open any application or document using user-configurable menus. I was surprised that no one gave me the advice to use Apollo, since that is the only of the programs which allows me an additional menu in the menu bar. One advantage with Now Utilities is that it integrates several of these functions in one package. It would be nice if the above softwares were more integrated. For Now Quickfiler substitution: ------------------------------- UltraFind 2.5 for searching. It has a plug-in to index text files for very fast searches, and is thus even more powerful than Now Quickfiler. Or use the Apple-supplied Search program, and push the ALT key when opening it! It then opens upp hidden capabilities, but not as powerful as UltraFind. I have not looked for replacements for the file compression facilities in Now Quickfiler, I think there are several commercial softwares for this. My personal choices ------------------- Of the softwares above, I have chosen the following: BeHierarchic: To extend the Apple menu to get to folders, etc. Apollo: To get a separate menu to get to applications, in the right hand corner, close to the process menu. Back2TheFolder: To extend the file opening/saving dialogue. I have also installed UltraFind and FinderPop, but do not yet know if I will keep them. Acknowledgements ---------------- Thanks to advice from Stefano Stefani Jeff Parke Al Bloom WJ Shack Jeff Frankel Christopher Adams Len Wines ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jacob Palme (Stockholm University and KTH) for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 00:42:34 -0500 From: Holleran Greenburger Subject: Green display on a 15" Multiscan Steve, You're not alone. And it is the display itself. Your Mca is just fine. I'd recommend calling Apple first, and I hope that it's not too far out of warranty. I've seen dozens & dozens of these replaced for the same symptoms. Holleran Greenburger >Performa 6200 with a Apple 15" Multiscan monitor. The display has turned >green/yellow, and then back to normal colors, with anywhere from 5 to >45 minute intervals. It almost always starts up green and eventually may >go to normal. > >A look at comp.sys.mac.hardware.video (or somethign) shows others reporting >this problem. > >I tried opening my Mac up and cleaning the dust, to no avail. Is it the >monitor? Can it be fixed? Any news appreciated > >Steve Portigal ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 23:58:29 -1100 From: satin@lava.net (satin) Subject: Help Me...help me...AppleTalk Quandry Aloha and Happy New Year to everyone.. Can you help us? My roomate just purchased another computer...(we now have a PowerPerforma6230Cd running system 7.5.5 and the new one is a 9600/300 running system 8) The problem: we want to network the two computers. We were able to hook the computers together so that either one could acess the printer or the scanner, but we are having a problem with the internet connection. Mainly because we need AppleTalk, for the Performa (which somehow got dumped, I've no idea when or how) THE BIG QUESTION: Does anyone have any idea where I can locate a copy of AppleTalk for the Performa without installing the entire Performa system software all over again? The CD has become very buggy. ( And without upgrading to OS 8.0) I've looked everywhere and I just can't find a copy of AppleTalk . Please help...this is driving us nuts. ONE LAST QUESTION: Does it matter if the Macs are running different versions of the system software? (i.e 7.5 and 8.0). Can they still be networked together fluidly or is it simpler to have them both running the same thing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. Mahalo and Happy New Year!!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 05:47:55 -0500 From: Jack Law Subject: Help with monitor Seasons Greetings, A friend recently gave me a 14 inch Hewlett Packard color monitor. I want to use it with a Mac Quadra 604 and/or with a Supermac 600 603E/240 computer. I purchased the adaptor to plug the monitor into the back of the mac computers. I need help setting the 10 dip switches on the adaptor. Will they be the same for both computers? Do I need to download any drivers to run the monitor. Thanks in advance! Happy New Year! Jack Law jlaw@pop.kis.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 21:10:25 -0500 From: Allan Hunter Subject: I think it stands for Miserable Irritating Dehumanizing Interfaces Oh please, oh PLEASE there has to be SOMEONE on this lousy planet who speaks and understands to some limited extent both human languages and also this horrid thing called MIDI?? Well, OK...MIDI is not necessarily horrible. Anything that lets you encode the sequence of notes and note-durations and assigned instruments that make up Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture and send it around as a less-than-40K file, and your friends in Australia or Venice or wherever can hear it is pretty darn cool. And Apple deserves lotsa kudos for QuickTime Musical Instruments, which means you don't need external equipment! So, yes, I love MIDI...potentially. If only we could connect. You see, I speak the language of a music composer who just happens to have found this method of putting music down and sharing it across network. I can speak of pitch and duration of a note, and the tone quality it has (does it sound like a piano or a harmonica?) and where in the overall passage of time of your composition it appears (this note is coming in a split-second before this one, and I don't want it to, so I should be able to drag it over this way a bit). MIDI and the people who are of its world seem to have their own priorities and a set of languages that match, and the software I've had the chance to play with is written for THEM. Oh please. If I want to know about events I'll read a newspaper. STMP? Patch? GM is a car company, isn't it? You don't understand, I have "QuickTime Musical Instruments". I just wanna write music. Meta-events? Oh gee, here's a menu titled MIDI, how informative...Send dump? C'mon, somewhere in this wilderness of menu commands and popup menu icons there has to be something that lets me ASSIGN VOICES, make this one here be a piano and that one there be a bell, yes? Is that a "track assignment"? Perhaps a "channel patch"? Hmm, I *did* manage to find volume, they call it...(you ready?)...velocity! (No, it doesn't make the beats go by faster, I'm still looking for that one too). Beat-down hold for command? Control change? (I know some conservative politicians who might be interested...) Poly pressure? Use note-off events? Aww, c'mon! I feel like a compleat MIDIot. The one I'm currently trying to make use of is the shareware MIDIGraphy. I once bought expensiveware Opcode Musicshop and still have it though not the most recent edition thereof. I am downloading a demo of Mark of the Unicorn's Freestyle as I write this. At this point I just want a way to assign the damn voices, ideally in MIDIGraphy, which otherwise I am able to use even though it intimidates me a lot for a piece of shareware. I might be quickly drawn to good commercial software, though, if it prints staff music, lets you set key and time sigs, gives you on-the-fly options for note durations when you are putting new notes into place, and keeps all the physical-equipment and multiple-pieces-of-physical-equipment complicated stuff off on some window I'm not forced to look at while I concentrate on composition. I do like the "piano roll" interface, which is by far my preferred interface for composing. At the worst I might consider working with multiple programs each of which is good at different things, kinda like visual artists speak of having to have both Freehand and Illustrator for vector work. Any person of compassionate inclination who knows MIDI, and particularly MIDIGraphy, and who can walk me through the things I do not understand without trying to teach me things I do not wish to know about, please email and I will send my firstborn and dedicate my compositions. Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 19:42:30 +0000 From: Peter McDermott Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #286 In article <68567r$iag$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu> (Info-Mac Digest V15 #286), you write: >Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 20:49:22 -0500 >From: macman@eagleweb.net (chazzz) >Subject: Norton vs Disk Essentials > >Ted, Credentials don't mean squat. It's personal experience that tells >all. I have both Norton's and DE. I've used both and both have performed >well. Yeah, I've used both as well. I've had Disk Essentials totally trash a hard drive on me. Never had Nortons Disk Doctor do it yet. That said, I believe the version that was trashing hard drives has been fixed now. >HOWEVER, DE gets deeper into your files than Norton and IMHO gets >the job done better. Well, it certainly *appears* that way from the respective animations. However, if getting deeper means it's doing even more destructive damage, that's hardly a recommendation at all, is it? -- peter@petermc.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 97 23:48:09 +0100 From: Patrik Montgomery Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #289 On 97-12-30 21:31, Info-Mac used quantum mechanics and the General Theory of Relativity to draw the conclusion that: >I hope someone will let us know if I'm wrong, but I think Sound Manager >functionality was rolled into System 7.5. If that's true, removing it is >fine. And to prevent the problem from recurring, you could create a folder >with the name Sound Manager, then lock it. This way, future installers >might not try to install the extension. Hope this helps. Cheers, One version of the Sound Manager (I don't remember which) is rolled into System 7.5. Another, older, version is rolled into 7.1. There is a version of the Sound Manager rolled into every System file for a number of versions back. The reason many games install one is that the they might need a function that only some versions of it supplies. E.g. pre-3.1 Sound Managers are not native PPC. Pre-3.0 cannot handle multiple sound channels (maybe they can handle 2, I don't remember. They can't handle 3 anyway). The latest version is AFAIK 3.2.1 which is the one that comes with QuickTime 2.5. This is the most stable and functional Sound Manager and should always be used. What might cause problems is when a game that require e.g. Sound Manager 3.0 installs that one on top of a System that has a later one built in. In this case crashes might happen as the later system might not support the old Sound Manager that has now replaced the new one. All these problems are solved by downloading QuickTime 2.5 and using that Sound Manager. If QuickTime 2.5 is included in your system, don't bother - you already have the right Sound Manager. Sorry for the rant. I just felt that this needed to be cleared up. Patrik Montgomery http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-18713/ multitasking, n - the computer equivalent of schizophrenia ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 15:11:19 -0500 From: macman*@*eagleweb*.net (chazzz) Subject: Keyboard questions Contributing editors from MacWorld have stated on more than once that you CAN unplug the keyboard and run it under water to clean it. just let it dry out for a couple of days. NOW, if there are keyboards out there with batteries as some posters have stated, then I wouldn't do it. I tried it with my Apple II keyboard a couple of years ago and after losing large amounts of bodily fluids awaiting the outcome, ALL WAS WELL. I don't claim to be in the know, but I know what I know ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 17:11:27 +0100 From: abuahmed@earthlink.net (abuahmed) Subject: mac compatible fax/printers Does anyone know of a machine which is Mac compatible which features a fax and printer all in one, much like the HP model 500 or 570 for windows?? If you know of one similarly priced please email me.. Thanks abuahmed ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 13:56:33 -0500 From: abrody1@mail.ameritel.net Subject: Mac weatherstation (Q) Dear Digest readers, Anybody aware if there is a serial port, or PCI card based weatherstation product available for PowerMacs? I'd like to be able to monitor the high and low temperatures outside from midnight to midnight, and possibly other weather readings too. But the key is I'd like to see the min-max from the previous day's midnight to midnight time frame. It should be able to run on my PowerMac 7200/75 with System 8. If anybody is aware of a separate non-computer based option that does the same thing for under $100 that would be great too? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody1@mail.ameritel.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 21:05:47 -0800 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Macs and PC network I have solved this at my work where the machines are all Unix and Windows machines on an ethernetwork. I bought ($10, my own money, just to keep the Mac there) the shareware NetPresenz. It was very easy to set up. As long as the Mac has a static IP address, you are set. I set up a folder on the Mac called "Public" and put everything on the Mac into it. You set the hard drive to NOT shared, but the Public folder to shared. You can set it up as an FTP server and as an an HTTP server and a Gopher server, though I don't even know what that means. Anyway, once the server is set up (very intuitive) you can put an alias to NetPresenz into the startup items folder in the System folder so it runs each time the computer is set up. And to make the Mac convenient for its main user, you can make an alias of each top-level folder on the hard drive, and put the alias outside of the Public folder, where the real folders now reside. So the user can access all the folders just as she did before, but the real things are inside the magic Public folder that is serving to the rest of the network. Also, as a note, I left the System folder outside the Public folder. That way, it is not available for other people to mess with. Feel free to write to me personally if this leaves you with more questions. But NetPresenz is available everywhere as shareware and is the deal of the century if you need to be serving files from a Mac on a network. Our Windows users use a shareware ftp client called, I think, WS-FTP or something like that. They choose the host type as "Mac Peter Server" or something like that (sorry, writing at home, from bad memory). We have been very happy with this setup and the Mac has been incredibly useful as it is the one machine that can translate everything, read everything, that never fails on the network. Lowly little Mac. The engineers have even stopped laughing at it. Daly >My department at the university has all computers connected to the same >ethernet network. Recently it was decided to dispose the mac computers as >the network was mainly PC. One of the reasons was that PC users could not >have acess to Mac disk (and files) use by the secretary. Can anyone point >me some kind of sofware that could make computers visible to each other in >this network.It should be preferably shareware as otherwise it will be >dificult to convince the department responsible to not let the macs die. > >Tanking you in advance > >Paulo Lemos (pal@ip.pt) > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 11:19:53 -0800 From: mark hurty Subject: Mystery Attachment > > Date: Thu, 25 Dec 1997 21:02:37 -0500 > > From: Allan Hunter > > Subject: Mystery attachment?? > > > > Got an email from someone I don't know. Had an attachment with a .vcf > > suffix on it. By default, BBEdit opened it. I emailed the individual > > only > > to be told shortly after that this individual's account does not exist. > > > > Text content of the .vcf file is like so (with names removed): > > > > begin: vcard > > fn: Lastname, Firstname > > n: Lastname;Firstname > > email;internet: username@domain.net > > x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 > > x-mozilla-html: FALSE > > version: 2.1 > > end: vcard > > > > Anyone got a clue as to what this was supposed to have been? > > I suspect this is a greeting card, quite possibly in a pee-cee only format, > possibly video (i.e., _V_ideo _C_ard _F_ormat?). You might try it with > Virtual PC or SoftWindows. However, you might also be a little wary since > pee-cee's can pass virii this way. Also, these cards are usually sent in > the name of the sender, but actually from (or by) a greeting-card service, > so check the headers, and if so, inquire of the service. Hope this helps. > Happy new year, and cheers, > -- > Gib > Actually the .vcf file is a virtual card format file attached to email messages by (among other) Netscape's Messenger. It contains information about the sender of the email. I believe the format has cross platform functionality, but must be supported by the email program you are using. The greeting card files you are referring to are usually .html files. Mark ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 13:51:28 -0800 From: wormey@eskimo.com (Space Case) Subject: Mystery attachment?? On Dec 30, 3:31pm, Gib Henry wrote: >> From: Allan Hunter >> Got an email from someone I don't know. Had an attachment with a .vcf >> suffix on it. By default, BBEdit opened it. I emailed the individual > >I suspect this is a greeting card, quite possibly in a pee-cee only format, >possibly video (i.e., _V_ideo _C_ard _F_ormat?). You might try it with I suspect it's more like Virtual Card Format. You get them with Netscape (maybe I.E. as well, dunno, I'm not familiar with it) if you go into Preferences:Mail & Groups:Identity and set the "Always attach Address Book Card to messages" button. Of course, if you do that, you'll want to set up your Card. :) ~Steve -- Steven R. Allen - wormey@eskimo.com http://www.eskimo.com/~wormey/ Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man. -- Trotsky ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 10:05:17 -0500 From: Frank & Peggy Rens Subject: new 56KB internal modem I have a Performa 6400/180 which came with a GV 28.8 modem installed. What is the preferred 56 flex replacement? Is there an internal one to replace the one that came with the system? Frank Frank and Peggy Rens 1-616-829-3878 21956 20 Mile Rd fr@michweb.net Tustin, MI 49688-8240 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 97 00:56:52 -0800 From: "Diane M. Ross" Subject: no cut and past with Navigator v4? >From: Jack Countryman >Subject: no cut and past with Navigator v4? >> >In Navigator 4 (in constrast to v 3) I find I cannot do the usual 'copy >to clipboard and paste elsewhere' since the Copy choice is either not >present in the edit menu or is not available (greyed out). I find I >really miss that, since I usually read digests and other larger posts >and don't want to save all of them to get a part. What solution are you >all using? Is there some add-on that fixes this, a preference >somewhere, or a separate program? I think I had such a program (don't >recall the name unfortunately) some time ago, but didn't keep it as I >didn't need it with v3. Now of course, I cant recall what it was or >find it. Ideas welcome, thanks in advance as always! This same problems came up on the MacTalk list. These are a couple suggestion that were offered. ...I had a problem much like this, for I found I could not highlight in order to copy and paste. Try the shareware, FunKeys 1.5, by Alex Rampell..It's a great little contol panel, now with in this little gem and included in the price of $10 Shareware fee is another program.....Text Capture 2.4. This FKEY allows you to "capture" uneditable styled text to the clipboard. ...I can highlight mine, but do need to drag it to stickies, or note book or clarisworks. Won't go to desk top. HTH Diane ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 08:29:22 +0200 From: Erik Schils Subject: Print Preview in Internet browser Hello Last week I sa somethin' on a wintel machine that made me a little (just a little ;-) ) jealous.... They were able to make a print preview in Internet Explorer or Netscape on a win95. Now I'm looking for a utility that does the same on my mac. WHy ? This would allow me to make a print preview of the page so I can see how the printed version will look like. I would like to make pages that look good with netscape but that also can be printed the way I want. A print preview utility would save me a lot of paper and time . Any ideas ? Thanks and Hapy New Year!! Erik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 22:55:13 -0500 From: "Lori J. Smith" Subject: Punch Clock Dear Info-Mac Is anyone aware of a simple program that I can install on the Mac that would act like a time clock. I want it to be able to keep track of my employees hours and to shorten the time it takes for me to figure out there pay. I have a single PPC Mac running MacOS 7.5.1 Thanks in Advance John ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Jan 98 23:33:42 -0400 From: sjwright Subject: SAM 4.5 and "big" apps Folks, Seeing as I value real-life experiences over the claims and twaddle = with which the s/w publishers pepper their manuals, I'd like to know = if anyone else has had it happen with SAM 4.5 that when it comes upon = a big (read: 100K+) application program during a scan, let's say, of = a whole disk, HD or partition, it puts an Error in the scan list = window with the Description "Unable to read all the code in this = file". Is that simply a quirk with SAM? Would increasing _its memory = partition make any difference? Also, I ran Norton (can't readily recall what v I have) on my IICX's = internal HD, fixed what minor stuff needed fixing, then ran SAM. Just = out of curiosity, I ran DFA 7.2, which spotted a missing Extents = B-Tree header. I'd hate to think SAM caused it, as the disk showed OK = after the Norton fixes. I usually run diagnostic apps booted from = another disk, in this case a Zip with a "clean" copy of my current OS = (7.1, so clean I didn't even turn on color in the Monitors panel). A = recent NDD of that disk showed it was fine & dandy. I think I may = have found a bug or a slight (read: negligible) incompatibility = between app, Mac model and OS version. Anyone have an intelligent = comment? Steve Wright sender is male. hazelnut is coffee. sjw. Forwards and replies welcome. No Spam. (on devrait tomber les lettres extras pour r=E9pliquer) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 21:08:19 EST From: LouCasa Subject: Sick SCSI port Hello all, My Q660AV has, I fear, a sick SCSI port. The symptoms are that although I can sense my external CD drive, disks do not appear on the desktop when inserted. Likewise, audio CDs do not play. An external hard drive hooked onto the SCSI simply freezes the startup operation. If I wait until startup is finished before turning on the hard drive, then try to examine it using Norton Disk Doctor, NDD can sense the drive, but then crashes when accessing it. If I open the computer and plug these devices (removed from their external boxes, of course) directly onto the internal SCSI, they work fine, including the audio CD part. I tried a new cable, same symptoms. So, then, my question would be: is there something I can do, or have done inexpensively to resurrect the SCSI port or is my motherboard toast even though everything else seems to be in operating condition? Thanks. Lou Casagrande LouCasa@aol.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 97 01:13:22 -0800 From: Dan Frakes Subject: Sound Manager question Gib Henry wrote: >I hope someone will let us know if I'm wrong, but I think Sound Manager >functionality was rolled into System 7.5. If that's true, removing it is >fine. And to prevent the problem from recurring, you could create a folder >with the name Sound Manager, then lock it. This way, future installers >might not try to install the extension. Different versions of Sound Manager are built into different versions of the System. The "latest" version of Sound Manager is 3.2.1. This version is built into OS 7.6.1 and later, but if you are using 7.5.5 or earlier, you should update to 3.2.1 via the QuickTime 2.5 installer. Dan frakes@kagi.com InformINIT: http://cafe.AmbrosiaSW.com/DEF/ ------------------------------ Date: 30 Dec 1997 08:25:49 -0500 From: Art Werschulz Subject: Startup problems Hi. When I start up my Mac (Performa 5200 running MacOS 8.0), I find that (1) I get a blank dialog box after all the extensions have loaded (i.e., a box with no text other than an "OK" button). This box goes away after a few seconds. (2) Various settings (appearance highlight color, mouse speed, time zone, date and time) have been reset to what appears to be "factory defaults". Frinstance, the date is some time in 1956, the highlight color is black, and the timezone is unset. It was suggested that I replace the battery. I did. It didn't help. Suggestions? -- Art Werschulz (8-{)} "Metaphors be with you." -- bumper sticker Internet: agw@cs.columbia.eduWWW ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 03:48:00 -0600 From: mpark@kearney.net (Matt Park) Subject: Title Bar Truncation & Netscape Freezing (Java!) I apologize in advance for the long & wordy submission. I pray someone can help me with two current problems I'm expierencing. Preface: I have a Performa 6320...MacOS 8 first, and rather trivial: The last little bit of words in my title bars are being truncated. example: tthe title bar of this mail to window says: digest@info-mac.org...fine except the "g" is only partially visable. This is happening throught my sytem not just in any one application. I haven't tried to delete the Finder prefernces yet (I'm not sure that would help...I'll try it). Maybe some out there has had this happen before. second and most annoying (crippling): Netscape keeps freezing while loading pages. All the time. Just started last night for no aparent reason. I use Navigator 3.0.4 (don't like Nav4 because there is no mail with it...God only knows why they took such a large piece of functionality out of their program). For some time now everything will stop (including the "N" progress box in the upper right corner), seems like a freeze; but, after a few seconds it snaps back and things go about thier normal course. My new problem is different, in that no mater how long it sits nothing happens. I have MacsBug installed but I don't fall into it. When I invoke it and do a "stdlog" I get the usual jiberish then toward the end I get about forty lines the mention "Java" & "Font". Ahh...the oh so cool "Sun" spot. Everybody seems to think that Java's creation brought mankind out of the dark...I think its more like staring at the "Sun" too long, it makes everything else hard to do when you can't see. Enough with my poorly constructed puns & back to the issues! I personally don't understand what MacsBug is trying to tell me. I have Crash Recovery Macros (MacsBug crash macros rev 1a) for MacsBug 6.4.3 by Wolfgang McKeown. These allow me to escape most crashes without ForceQuiting/ForceResart/Killing the power. Seems much safer for my machine and data. When these feezes happen I can invoke MacsBug then hit F1 and this will quit the app and restart it by executing "EA # re-init current application". I can then continue to quit and shutdown or go on to use other app's with no aparent problems. Aparently this is not a serious freeze but just stops Netscape dead in it's tracks. I'm hope that someone out there can decipher some of the following BITS from a "stdlog". I can provide more to someone directly through email...I obviously can still use email without problems. I pasted the parts that seem most relevant & telling: MacsBug 6.5.4a3c1, © Apple Computer, Inc. 1981-97 NMI (user entered MacsBug on purpose) 31-Dec-97 2:11:42 AM (since boot = 22 hours, 51 minutes) Current application is “Netscape Navigator™ 3.04” Machine = 42 (PowerMac6200), System $0800, sysu = $01008000 ROM version $077D, $26F1, $0003 (ROMBase $40800000) VM is on; paging is currently safe NIL^ = $40810000 Stack space used = -4535060 Address 0519B858 is in VM file-mapped logical memory space The address is in a CFM fragment “NetscapePPCUS” [non-write exec] It is 002B2858 bytes from the start of the fragment PowerPC 603e Registers CR0 CR1 CR2 CR3 CR4 CR5 CR6 CR7 PC = 0519B858 CR 0100 0100 0000 0000 0000 0100 0010 0010 LR = 0514E834 <>=O XEVO CTR = 00000000 MSR = 00000000 SOC Compare Count Int = 0 XER 000 00 08 Disassembling PowerPC code from 0519B830 Java_netscape_net_URLStreamHandlerFactory_pSupportsProtocol_stub +22EF8 0519B830 blr | 4E800020 +22EFC 0519B834 addi r3,r3,0x0001 | 38630001 +22F00 0519B838 addi r4,r4,0x0001 | 38840001 +22F04 0519B83C subi r5,r5,0x0001 | 38A5FFFF +22F08 0519B840 cmplwi r5,0x0000 | 28050000 +22F0C 0519B844 bne Java_netscape_net_URLStreamHandlerFactory_pSupportsProtocol _stub+22ECC ; 0x0519B804 | 4082FFC0 Heap Zones #7 Mod 16979K 02A254C0 to 03ABA3BF “Netscape Navigator™ 3.04” ApplZone^ TheZon e^ TargetZone Checking all heaps The “Netscape Navigator™ 3.04” heap at 02A254C0 is ok Java_netscape_net_URLStreamHandlerFactory_pSupportsProtocol_stub +269A0 03ACA200 PPC 04EFA23C 03ACA1B0 PPC 050D3F10 Java_java_awt_Font_dispose_stub+3F8E4 03ACA150 PPC 04EFA66C 03ACA110 PPC 050D4100 Java_java_awt_Font_dispose_stub+3FAD4 03ACA0B0 PPC 050EFD88 Java_java_awt_Font_dispose_stub+5B75C If anyone can help me I will send you a pair of Java glasses. Sorry for the bad puns. Matt Park mpark@kearney.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 15:03:49 -0500 From: Jane Ann Tun Subject: Word's old Screen Test Hello When I used MS Word 4.0 on a Mac Classic, I loved Word's screen saver - called Screen Test under the Utilities Menu. It looked great, even on the small black & white screen. Now I have MS Word 6.0.1 on a Power Mac 8500, but Word no longer offers that wonderful Screen Test. Is there an address on the web that offers it for downloading? Or is it possible to find it on my old Word 4.0 floppy disks and somehow move it over to the Power Mac? I'd really appreciate any help. Jane ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 02:29:23 -0500 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: YOU KNEW THIS WOULD COME At 10:07 PM +0900 12/29/97, Shaw & Sato wrote: >Dear Macophiles, > > I've picked up a whole bunch of great suggestions from many of you >on good desktop patterns--thanks to those that I haven't already thanked >directly. Now, the next question of the moment, prompted by someone else's >note in Info-Mac a while back: Someone had made an Applescript script that >changed the desktop pattern or picture daily (I think), choosing new >patterns or pictures randomly. I would like to know how to do this as I >have so many patterns and pictures now, and want them to change just as >often as I start up the machine. Any hints? I ask this since I haven't >found any good books yet talking about System 8.0 (the version of Pogue's >"Mac Secrets" I just got from Amazon today still covers System 7.6). Many >doomo's in advance. > >Cheers, >Ted Shaw >satoshaw@gol.com Dear Ted, I believe your answer lies in a simple product called Rando Top which works via Apple Script and yes, is available from HyperArchive. Bon Chance! Zafar A. Punjani Please send mail to: zafar@itw.com -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************