Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #369 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 16 Nov 99 Volume 16 : Issue 369 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#506/15-Nov-99 [*] AppleScript to "Touch" file modification dates [*] Felt Tip Sound Studio 1.1.2 [*] New Touch-3D Version 2.1 Released - Now Create Real 3D Models! [*] Patcher for The 11th Hour 1.0 [*] runTime Memory Checker 1.0 [*] Serial Logger 1.0 [*] Shadow Maker 1.1.0 [*] ShareDraw 2.02 [*] Sherlock NoBanners 2.0 [*] SimpleImage 3.0.1 [*] SimpleStrat 1.1.0 [*] SmartWrap 1.6 [*] SmartWrap 1.6J - Japanese version [*] Smitholution Font 0.9b [*] Startup Doubler 2.5.1J - For Faster Start-Ups! (Japanese Version) [*] Steve's Alerts [*] StickyClick 1.2 [*] Stuffboss v.1.0 [*] Sunny One 1.0.2 [*] Super NewsGroups 1.0.3 Archiving newsgroups and html conversion [*] TechTool 1.1.9 [*] TechTool Pro 252 Updater [*] The Atomic Mac 3.5.5 [*] The Reading Mouse 1.2 [*] The Talking Mouse 1.2 [*] TIFF tool 1.0 68K [*] Tile Switcher 1.2.3 [*] Tile-it Icons 2.3 an application to put a PICT in a window or desktop [*] TimeLabel 1.3 [*] TimePlan 1.0 Filemaker Pro template [*] Trade Assist 1.5.1 PPC [*] Trajecmulator 1.0 E [*] TransCryptor 2.1.1(F) - shareware [*] TrashMan 4.0.5 [*] URL Manager Pro 2.6b1J - Japanese Version [*] VideoZoom 2.0 [*] VisualFont 2.5 [*] Vocab 1.5.5 [*] Win2MacRusLE [*] WizCalc 0.33 Freeware [*] World Clock CSM 2.7 (French version) [*] World Clock CSM 2.7 (German version) Archive Abstracts in Info-Mac Digests Outlook Express 5.0 vs. Eudora Pro 4.2.2 (Q & C) 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. 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #369" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:00:00 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#506/15-Nov-99 TidBITS#506/15-Nov-99 Good intentions make excellent paving stones this week, with warnings about= a utility that circumvents a crucial bit of Mac OS 9's error checking and a= security hole in Outlook Express 5.0. In other email news, Adam announces= his new book on Eudora and explains how to use Eudora in multiple user= setups, and this week's poll asks about your favorite Mac email client.= Finally, Warren Magnus contributes the first part of an overview of USB= mice.=20 Topics: MailBITS/15-Nov-99 Quiz Results: PRAM Got Ya Down? Eudora 4.2 Book & Multiple Users Pointing the Way with USB Mice, Part 1 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-506.etx; 29K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Bill Davis Subject: [*] AppleScript to "Touch" file modification dates This is a simple AppleScript that will set the modification date of any files dropped on it to the current date and time, similar to the Unix "touch" program. Suggestions are also provided on customizing it in several ways. [Archived as /info-mac/touch.hqx; 7 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Lucius Kwok Subject: [*] Felt Tip Sound Studio 1.1.2 Sound Studio is a shareware application that allows you to record and edit AIFF sound files on your Mac. It is disk-based, multithreaded, and capable of recording while running in the background. It has a visual waveform editor for precise cut-and-paste editing, and several filters for modifying the audio. It also features audio fades, amplification, a Crop command, and more. Version 1.1.2 works on 68K Macs and can now open files on read-only discs such as CD-ROMs. The shareware registration fee is $25. Lucius Kwok lucius@felttip.com http://felttip.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/sound-studio-112.hqx; 876 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: julian@sierra.net Subject: [*] New Touch-3D Version 2.1 Released - Now Create Real 3D Models! New Touch-3D Version 2.1 Released - Now Create Real 3D Models! It includes several new unfold layout functions and much improved import/export filters. This program is only available on the Mac. Introduction Designers have always used models to visualize their ideas. In the past models required craftsmanship and a lot of time consuming manual work. Then along came computers with completely new and exciting sets of applications for computer graphics, computer aided design, 3D modeling and rendering. These programs have great power for creating photo realistic images, having color, surface structure, shadows, and so on but... The problem is that these images remain in the computer and even when they simulate 3D are still only in the 2D world. Designers prefer physical models that they can see, feel and touch. Like a picture is worth a thousand words, one model is like a thousand pictures and can give a much more concrete cognition of an object. This is what Touch-3D is all about. A three dimensional object is first designed on screen and can be unfolded automatically to maximize the use of any building material. Boats, tents, buildings and any 3D object you can imagine is first designed on screen and using the smart unfolding algorithms in the program, unfolded and then printed out. Once printed and cut along the edges, the model can then be folded back together to create the actual physical 3D object. This is a lot quicker, easier and less expensive then carving a wooden model or moulding from plastic or clay and allows for quick changes and updates. Touch-3D is easy to use and comes with a powerful range of drawing and modeling tools, allowing you to create sophisticated 3D models. Experienced Mac users will feel at home right away with the interface and all the tools. Touch-3D compliments other 3D, photo and illustration programs and adds a new dimension to their abilities. [Archived as /info-mac/touch-3d-21.hqx; 355 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu Subject: [*] Patcher for The 11th Hour 1.0 About this patch for The 11th HourÐ The 11th Hour has a problem running on Macintoshes that don't have a native resolution of 640X480 and cannot change that resolution to 640X480Òfor instance, the PowerBook 3400. When it is run on these types of machines, it creates a white window that covers the entire screen and inset against this screen lies the program's display. Gameplay becomes annoying and eye-fatiguing. This patch changes the program so that it creates a background window that is black rather than white. Patching also changes the vers resource to indicate 1.0.1. Included is also the routine that was patched. Use at your own risk. No warranties implied. I'm not responsible for any damages that may result due to the use of this program. Tested on MacOS 9.0. tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu 24 October, 1999 I'm grateful for the following people and entities, without whom this patch would not be possible: Steve Jasik for MacNosy, Michael Hecht for ResCompare, Trilobyte/Virgin Interactive for The 11th Hour, Apple Computer for Macintosh, and California State University, Chico. [Archived as /info-mac/the-eleventh-hour-patch-10.hqx; 44 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Stephan Subject: [*] runTime Memory Checker 1.0 The runTime Memory Checker is a utility which monitors memory usage in MacroMedia Director 6 and 7. It allows you to locate and solve memory problems during authoring and during runtime! Pricing and availability RunTime Memory Checker is priced at US$ 30. You receive a personal registration code when you make the payment using the enclosed "Register" application or trough our secure payments service at http://www.whitemedia.com. Memory Checker is available from our website, as well as several online archives. Occiasionally, you may find our software included and distributed on third-party CD-ROMS. (No special permission is needed for inclusion and distribution of this software.) [Archived as /info-mac/run-time-memory-checker-10.hqx; 95 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Aaron Proman Subject: [*] Serial Logger 1.0 Serial Logger 1.0 Copyright(c)1999 by Aaron Proman and Inversiones Staarcom C.A. All rights reserved Serial Logger is a program to record serial data. It can record from multiple ports and begin recording on launch - useful after power outages. Features include -Attempts to resume last state of connection/logging on launch -Manage up to 10 serial ports simultaneously -Allows cross-feed of data from one port to others -Can use 'Classic' drivers or run Open Transport native -PowerPC/68k native System Requirements -System 7.1 or later -if using Open Transport, version 1.1.1 or later -200k RAM for 680x0 processors (340 for PowerPC) 500k suggested $10 Shareware http://www.staarcom.com/software/ [Archived as /info-mac/serial-logger-10.hqx; 346 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Cthulhu Subject: [*] Shadow Maker 1.1.0 Shadow Maker is a simple utility for placing shadow effects on pictures. You take a large base image and place a smaller floating image above that. You can then change the placing of the shadow on the base image; as well as changing the shadow's darkness and sharpness. [Archived as /info-mac/shadow-maker-110.hqx; 444 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Michael Peirce Subject: [*] ShareDraw 2.02 ShareDraw is a full feature drawing application for the MacOS distributed using the shareware system. It isn't crippled or limited in anyway - you can try all its features without spending any money up front. All we ask is that if you find it useful, please send in your registration. ShareDraw Features: ShareDraw has many more features than can be described in this short file. A few features of special note are its multi-copy effects, powerful gradients, graphics library support, color blends, text binding to any curve, a very handy live help system, project management, 24-bit color, rulers, grids, and PICT or EPS file export. Use the live help feature to see how each menu and tool works. The online help system (always enabled in unregistered copies) will explain how all the tools and menus work. Review our electronic User Guide for detailed instructions on how to use the more advanced features. [Archived as /info-mac/share-draw-202.hqx; 1772 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Andrew Watters Subject: [*] Sherlock NoBanners 2.0 Sherlock nobanners 2.0 11/10/99 This is a simple ResCompare patch that removes all banners from Sherlock 2 (actually v. 3.0.1, included with OS 9). The patch will only work with Sherlock 2. The patch works by changing the PPob resource of Sherlock, which makes the banner window invisible and only one pixel wide. The program is free and it may be included on all media at no charge. For more information, visit http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~awatters - Andrew Watters awatters@ucla.edu [Archived as /info-mac/sherlock-no-banners-20.hqx; 21 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Chris Wood Subject: [*] SimpleImage 3.0.1 SimpleImage is a simple but powerful image- and movie-viewing application that lets you view all the most popular image and movie formats, like JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, TIFF, PICT, PNG, MPEG, AVI and more in a single, sleek application. With SimpleImage you can o Organize and browse image and movie files graphically o View images with or without scrollbars o Transform images and movies by rotating and reflecting them o Crop and zoom images o View images and movies full-screen or in a slide show o Create Snapshots -- small files you can double click to reopen groups of windows exactly the way you left them SimpleImage can also be used as a simple conversion utility, with the ability to save both images and movies in several formats. Version 3 adds several new features, including o Browsers You can now catalogue, organize and browse your image and movie files with SimpleImage's new browser windows. o Editable, non-modal Snapshots Snapshots now open as browsers in regular (non-modal) windows and their contents can be edited. o Customizable Navigator palette The Navigator's thumbnail size, orientation and more can now be customized. o Contact sheets You can export browsers as contact sheets, with lots of options to tweak their appearance. o Random disk-based slide shows SimpleImage can now display the items in a disk-based slide show randomly. o New look From totally redesigned dialogs to new icons, SimpleImage 3 has a nifty new look. o Numerous other tweaks and improvements 32-bit thumbnail icon creation, New "Open Folder" and "Open Parent Folder" commands, support for JPEGView's non-destructive cropping, and more! SimpleImage is US $25 shareware. [Archived as /info-mac/simple-image-301.hqx; 1145 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Cthulhu Subject: [*] SimpleStrat 1.1.0 SimpleStrat is a simple hex based strategy game that is perfect for beginners to war games. You have four unit types: infantry, tanks, engineers, and artillery. You use your engineers to make other units which you use to explore a map and fight your opponent, who can be the computer, a local human, or somebody by email. [Archived as /info-mac/simple-strat-110.hqx; 550 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: "Sanford H. Selznick" Subject: [*] SmartWrap 1.6 SmartWrap(tm) Contains: 1. A Plug-in for Eudora and Eudora Light that analyzes and smartly wraps the text of poorly formatted incoming or outgoing e-mails with one click. 2. An application that performs a SmartWrap on the contents of the clipboard. 3. A BBEdit plugin for BBEdit, BBEdit Light, MailSmith, and CodeWarrior. 4. A Scripting Addition that can be used with Claris Emailer and Outlook Express. You know those really hard to read e-mails we all get? Those messages with horrible wrapping and indentation that make them unreadable? Well, SmartWrap takes care of all that! (I just couldn't take it any more, so I had to write it!) Run SmartWrap with a single-click over your hard to read messages and POOF! They'll be fixed. Your numbered lists will be spaced evenly, line breaks will be removed at the ends of lines, and your text will wrap naturally within the Eudora window. SmartWrap does much more than just remove quote (">") characters and line breaks like other utilities. SmartWrap actively analyses your text for paragraph breaks and applies combinations of four proprietary algorithms to wrap your text correctly. If you want a one-click utility that works just about perfectly, use SmartWrap. Please visit for more information! Thank you, Sanford Selznick [Archived as /info-mac/smart-wrap-16.hqx; 1066 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] SmartWrap 1.6J - Japanese version This is the Japanese version of the SmartWrap package. SmartWrap analyzes your text, detects paragraphs and lists within your text, and rewraps your text so it wraps naturally within your document or message. Products that SmartWrap (tm): Ñ SmartWrap (tm) the Eudora (tm) Plug-in wraps incoming and outgoing messages in Eudora (tm) and Eudora (tm) Light. Ñ×SmartWrap (tm) the Clipboard wraps any text you can copy to the clipboard. Ñ×SmartWrap (tm) the BBEdit Plug-in wraps text within BBEdit, MailSmith, and CodeWarrior. Ñ×SmartWrap (tm) the Scripting Addition adds a smartwrap command to AppleScript allowing you the ultimate in wrapping flexibility. (Works on older 68K Macintoshes too!) SmartWrap (tm)... Ñ Removes all quote marks from the beginnings of lines. Ñ Analyzes your text. Ñ Removes unwanted line breaks within paragraphs. (Paste text from e-mails perfectly into your word processor!) Ñ Re-Wraps your e-mails so they wrap naturally within the Eudora (tm) window. Ñ Works on In-Coming AND Out-Going e-mails! Ñ Works in Eudora (tm) and Eudora (tm) Light! ÑSmartWrap (tm) the Clipboard works on any text you can copy to the clipboard. Enjoy! Changes through 1.6 * Added AppleScript Scripting Addition module. * Fixed typographical errors in resources. * Added message to resources of all extensions in case they are double-clicked. [Archived as /info-mac/smart-wrap-16-jp.hqx; 1155 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Andi Subject: [*] Smitholution Font 0.9b This is a useful bitmap font-family. (roman, bold or capitals) Very small, but 100% readable. Saves screen-space when used for anything. More information than before on the same screen. You'll love it. It's best for the finder and screen-design at 72dpi. NOTICE: THIS IS PURE BITMAP, SIZE: 9! No TrueType, No Postscript. System Requirements: Mac with Finder. - Andreas Schmidt-R. Smitholution Entertainment http://home.knuut.de/smith [Archived as /info-mac/smitholution-font-09.hqx; 12 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Startup Doubler 2.5.1J - For Faster Start-Ups! (Japanese Version) This is the Japanese version of the Startup Doubler package. Startup Doubler: for faster startups! Startup Doubler makes for quicker startups: Its software acceleration compensates for sub-optimal disk performance to make extensions, control panel, the Finder and startup applications load faster. Save time each time you startup your Mac! Those seconds spent waiting while your Mac starts add up to a lot of time. Startup Doubler usually makes startups 20% to 50% faster, depending on the performance of your startup disk and the number of Extensions, Control Panels and Startup Items in your System. Changes in this version: *Adds support for Mac OS 9.0 *Improves performance when a large number of extensions or startup items are used *Enhances the program's ability to adjust itself to each system for best results *Fixes a startup freeze introduced with the short-lived version 2.5 *Misc. changes and fixes Startup Doubler runs on Mac OS 9.0 and previous versions (going back to System 7.0), and supports multiple extension sets. It is shareware, so you can try it for free then buy only if you like it. Registered users of previous versions may upgrade for free. [Archived as /info-mac/startup-doubler-251-jp.hqx; 158 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: "Steve Sauer" Subject: [*] Steve's Alerts Steve's Alerts is a collection of 225 freeware alert "beep" sounds for Macintosh. Requirements: System 7 or greater. Yes, Steve's Alerts is OS 9 compatible. Stuffit Expander 5.x. Notes: Due to a bug in the Mac OS, you cannot use this archive with Appearance extension version 1.02. You must use Stuffit Expander 5.x to expand the archive. You must use Stuffit Expander 5.1.4 with OS 9. Version: 1.1.1 License: Emailware freeware. Send me an email if you use them. Do not use these sounds without reading the "Read This" document and agreeing to the terms it contains. email: stevesauer@hotmail.com [Archived as /info-mac/steves-alerts.hqx; 2148 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz Subject: [*] StickyClick 1.2 StickyClick enables "sticky" pull-down menus for versions of MacOS prior to 8.0. It's no longer in the archives, but is still useful to quite a few people, as evidenced by a recent slew of requests for it in the Info-Mac digest. Note: I am not the author! -- Nigel Stanger, mailto:nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz Dept. of Information Science, http://strange.otago.ac.nz/ University of Otago, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. [Archived as /info-mac/sticky-click-12.hqx; 10 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Lars Cardell Subject: [*] Stuffboss v.1.0 Stuffboss v.1.0 demo (c) Lars Cardell e-mail: lars.cardell@telia.com A smart program. - Keeps your belongings in good order and tells you - among other things - how much you have paid for your belongings, the size of it and if there are any guarantee left. INTRODUCTION. - It½s very annoying to search through all the receipts to find out if a machine out of order still got some guarantee left. - Is there? - What size have our bookcase back home. Does it fit in now when we finally fond the house we really want to buy? - The insurance company would like to know the value of our belongings. - How much? - We are going to move. - Is there a simple way to mark all our cartons? All this and a bit more my program can help you find out. - TRY IT! - I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!! SYSTEM REQUIREMENT. A smart and healthy MAC. 68040 processor or later. System 7.0 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/stuff-boss-10.hqx; 1929 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Steve Sulzer Subject: [*] Sunny One 1.0.2 Sunny One for Kaleidoscope 2.1.x is a yellow and grayscale scheme inspired by the Sunny variation of Apple's Platinum interface for OS 8.5. It needs 1000 colors or more to look right. Sunny One features rounded windows with a mix of sunny yellow and grayscale shading for variety and eye relief, and it combines classic "tried and true" elements with newer Kaleidoscope 2 styling. This version features a few minor fixes and enhancements. Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/sunny-one-ks-102.hqx; 47 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Theo Subject: [*] Super NewsGroups 1.0.3 Archiving newsgroups and html conversion Super NewsGroups achives posts from dejanews and clean ups the posts in many ways. It can clean up badly wrapped lines, remove article numbers and many more text beautification features. Then it can mass convert the converted text files into html and activate http links, email links, and any url with http:// that it finds. Then it can index them and frame the indexed file. [Archived as /info-mac/super-news-groups-103.hqx; 954 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Jeff Baudin Subject: [*] TechTool 1.1.9 TechTool is the acclaimed utility that solves those incurable problems which elude other utilities. With TechTool you can: * Analyze your system file for damage. * Save file comments before clearing desktop database. * Zap the entire PRAM chip. * Delete the desktop file, the better alternative to rebuilding. * Clean your floppy drive (use with drive cleaning disk). * See the date your computer was manufactured and how many hours of use it has had. * View, print and save a multitude of information about your Mac. * Ability to save desktop database(s). * Employs TechTool Pro mandate restore routine. New to version 1.1.9: * Added support for US versions of system 9 * Added support for international versions of system 8.6 * Updated TechTool Pro information. TechTool requires System 7.0 or above Cost: None. Free gift from MicroMat Computer Systems. [Archived as /info-mac/tech-tool-119.hqx; 613 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: jeff@micromat.com Subject: [*] TechTool Pro 252 Updater TechTool Pro 2.5.2 Updater This application will update any version of TechTool Pro 2 to version 2.5.2. Update hilites: * New Rebuild Volume feature. * New CheckDrive feature. * New Technical Comparison feature. * OS 9 Compatibility. * New Mac Model compatibility. * New repair routines. [Archived as /info-mac/tech-tool-pro-update-252.hqx; 6034 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Chris Smolinski Subject: [*] The Atomic Mac 3.5.5 The Atomic Mac is a periodic table of the elements for the Macintosh. In addition to the usual information found in such programs, The Atomic Mac also contains a wealth of nuclear information on each isotope, including half life, decay mode, and daughter products. X-ray data (fluorescence and binding energies) is also available. A molecular weight calculator makes it easy to find the molecular weight of compounds. A shaded diagram showing the ranges of physical properties makes it easy to visualize relationships across the periodic table. Data is displayed for the following physical properties: Density Heat of Vaporization Heat of Fusion Specific Heat Thermal Conductivity Linear Expansion Coefficient Melting Point Boiling Point Atomic Radius Covalent Radius Magnetic Susceptability Electrical Resistivity Electron Affinity Electric Dipole Polarizability State (gas, liquid, solid) Photoelectric Work Function Electronegativity Crystal Structure Valence Shareware: $25 Chris Smolinski - Web URL: http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software, Shortwave Radio, Spy Number Stations [Archived as /info-mac/the-atomic-mac-355.hqx; 463 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Robert McNally Subject: [*] The Reading Mouse 1.2 The Reading Mouse 1.2 The Reading Mouse uses Apple's MacinTalk(tm) text-to-speech synthesis technology to read out loud ASCII text files of any size. You can use it to read electronic mail messages, articles, web pages, or entire books downloaded from the Internet because unlike SimpleText, there is no 32K limitation on how large a file you can open. You can pause the speech and resume it at any time, or skip easily from place to place in the text. You can save your place as a "bookmark", and return to the same position in the same document at a later time. The Reading Mouse will even use face files compatible with it's little sibling The Talking Mouse to create an on-screen animated character which reads to you, lip-syncing the speech generated by MacinTalk. Requires System 7.5, Speech Manager and PlainTalk installed, 800K RAM Minimum Home page at [Archived as /info-mac/the-reading-mouse-12.hqx; 601 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Robert McNally Subject: [*] The Talking Mouse 1.2 The Talking Mouse 1.2 The Talking Mouse uses Apple's MacinTalk(tm) text-to-speech synthesis technology to create an on-screen animated character who appears and talks to you throughout the day as you use your Mac. The Talking Mouse watches you as you work, and when you pause for awhile (you control how long) pops up and offers a wise or witty comment, actually lip-syncing to the speech. You can mix and match from different faces, sets of phrases, and PlainTalk voices to customize your character. The face files The Talking Mouse uses are compatible with its bigger sibling, The Reading Mouse. You can modify existing sets of phrases or create new ones easily using SimpleText, and you can even create entirely new animated faces. Requires System 7.5, Speech Manager and PlainTalk installed, 400K RAM Minimum Home page at [Archived as /info-mac/the-talking-mouse-12.hqx; 402 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Paul Kaiser Subject: [*] TIFF tool 1.0 68K TIFF tool is a Macintosh application for viewing the actual tags and their contents in TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) graphic files. This tool is helpful if you are developing an application that reads or writes TIFF files, or if you are just trying to understand the TIFF specification in general. [Archived as /info-mac/tiff-tool-68k-10.hqx; 541 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Lucius Kwok Subject: [*] Tile Switcher 1.2.3 TileSwitcher is a freeware application that shows you all the running applications on your system and lets you switch among them by clicking on one of its tiles. You can use the contextual menu to tell an application to quit and to hide a tile from view, and you can also position the tiles anywhere you want. Freeware. Version 1.2.3 contains updated contact information in the documentation and is in StuffIt 4.0 format. Lucius Kwok lucius@felttip.com http://felttip.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/tile-switcher-123.hqx; 40 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: appajt@nbnet.nb.ca (appajt) Subject: [*] Tile-it Icons 2.3 an application to put a PICT in a window or desktop Tile-iT Icons is an application that use the custom Icons of System 7.X to display pictures or text on the desktop or in any windows. Tile-iT takes any PICT from the clipboard, break it into 'Tiles', convert those tiles to icons, assign those icons to documents and finally arrange those documents so that they touch each other. In other words, a Tile-iT frame of 3 x 3 icons is composed of 9 documents each having a custom icon representing a portion of the original picture. [Archived as /info-mac/tile-it-23.hqx; 350 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:21:14 +0200 From: liebl@cccrew.com Subject: [*] TimeLabel 1.3 This is the 1.3 version of TimeLabel. It replaces TimeLabel 1.2. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------- Bernhard Liebl, Creative Construction Crew liebl@cccrew.com, http://www.cccrew.com ------------------------------------------------------------- [Archived as /info-mac/time-label-13.hqx; 743 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: rob Subject: [*] TimePlan 1.0 Filemaker Pro template Time Plan Calculator is a FileMaker Pro template. Use it to plan busy days, projects, presentations. Quickly calculates a list of activities in increments from 1 min to 12 hours. Unique mover buttons make it easy to insert and change the order of activities. Helps you hit target times with color-coded highlights. Instant help menu. requires: Mac System 7+ FileMaker Pro 4+ 180 Mhz + recommended Shareware, $10 US Rob Costin 584 Castro Street PMB 490 San Francisco, CA 94114-2594 [Archived as /info-mac/time-plan-calculator-10.hqx; 70 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 14:36:53 -0500 From: Tristan Perich Subject: [*] Trade Assist 1.5.1 PPC Trade Assist brings the stock market to your Mac's desktop! It offers many of the tools anyone, from the novice stock market enthusiast to the professional trader, needs to make smart trades. A graphic stock ticker scrolls automatically updating quotes from the web with color indicators to show you how the stock is doing. A tracking window displays customizable information for all of your tracked stocks in a chart. Detailed views of the stocks, including company news and graphs are available at a click. A holdings window tracks your current holdings and their current worth. Trade Assist stores all your old transactions in a history window as editable events. Also, you can preset alerts to notify you if a stock is performing a certain way by message or even by email. With all of these features and only a $25.00 price tag, Trade Assist makes it cheaper and easier to buy and sell stocks. [Archived as /info-mac/trade-assist-151-ppc.hqx; 1178 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: PRackette@aol.com Subject: [*] Trajecmulator 1.0 E Trajecmulator is a 3D simulator of particle movement : give the mass of the particle, its charge the coefficient of fluid friction, the initial velocity, the gravity, electrical and magnetic fields ans the angles of wiew to see the trajectory of the particle. You can also generate lists of numerical data... System requirements: Mac OS 7 1MB of RAM. 300KB on your hard drive. Resolution: at least 640x480 [Archived as /info-mac/trajecmulator-10.hqx; 300 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: bonda@worldnet.fr Subject: [*] TransCryptor 2.1.1(F) - shareware TransCryptor¬2.1.1(F) is a drag-and-drop text conversion utility designed to convert text files, including diactitical characters, from Windows (ISOLatin1) to Macintosh (MacRoman) encoding. To convert a text file, simply drag and drop it on TransCryptor's icon. Hardware and system requirements: * Any Macintosh supporting drag-and-drop. For more information, please read the enclosed ReadMe or Lisez-moi files. Thanks, Paul Bondarovski bonda@worldnet.fr [Archived as /info-mac/trans-cryptor-211.hqx; 320 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Kiran Wagle Subject: [*] TrashMan 4.0.5 TrashMan 4.0.5, written in 1993 by Dan Walkowski (who was at Apple at the time) still works fine under OS 8.6. It's a background app and a control panel and an application, so I expect it'll work forever--Macs are like that. :-) (This is not the same item as the other TrashMan in the archive, BTW.) The readme says "Place the 'TrashMan Emptier' on your desktop near your hard disk icons. Drop the 'TrashMan Controls' and 'TrashMan Engine' into your System Folder. Open the 'TrashMan Controls' control panel, and choose your settings. Restart your machine. Files will now be deleted from your trash after they are older than the specified time limit. To empty all the trash on a particular disk, drop the disk icon on the Emptier on your desktop." It's shareware, $10, but I have no idea how to contact Dan. Kiran [Archived as /info-mac/trash-man-405.hqx; 129 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] URL Manager Pro 2.6b1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the URL Manager Pro package. New in version 2.6 of the popular bookmark manager for the Mac is support for the the new iCab Web Browser and support for Apple's Keychain feature of Mac OS 9. URL Manager is now also Sherlock-aware, another feature of Mac OS 9. URL Manager Pro, the professional bookmark manager for the Macintosh for use with Netscape Navigator/Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer and iCab, gives users a more convenient way to manage bookmarks, E-Mail addresses and Newsgroups. URL Manager Pro 2.6 is Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9 savvy. It features support for the Keychain of Mac OS 9 and fully supports the new iCab Web Browser. URL Manager Pro can now track the History for multiple browsers concurrently. URL Manager Pro is available in English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Swedish and Spanish. URL Manager Pro has garnered many glowing accolades in the Macintosh press, including TidBits and MacWorld. "URL Manager is fast, slick, and easy." says Adam C. Engst, Tidbits. "Un des meilleurs utilitaires d'adresses sur le Net" says UniversMac. [Archived as /info-mac/url-manager-pro-26b1-jp.hqx; 1161 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Juergen.Mellinger@t-online.de (Jurgen Mellinger) Subject: [*] VideoZoom 2.0 VideoZoom 2.0 by Jurgen Mellinger, 1999 This control panel lets you zoom into PAL/SECAM formatted video input when using Apple½s low cost video in hardware as found in 630, 5300, 6200, or similar machines. Zooming into PAL/SECAM video will result in a clearer picture by reducing the amount of scaling that occurs. Version 2.0 introduces automatic adjustment of the system clock according to teletext time. VideoZoom requires System 7 and video in hardware with a Philips SAA 7xxx decoder/scaler chip. [Archived as /info-mac/video-zoom-20.hqx; 87 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Jean-Baptiste Quenot Subject: [*] VisualFont 2.5 VisualFont allows you to browse libraries of TrueType and bitmapped fonts that can be easily viewed, printed, listed or duplicated, and without restriction of number or size. VisualFont uses very few memory, the application is quite small, and it can still manage thousands of fonts. The new search engine is able to find all fonts contained in any folder and its subfolders, sort them, remove duplicates, and caches the search results to disk, so that you can stop the search process and resume it later. The rendering engine now displays and prints text using multiple lines, and has been greatly improved to fit professional needs. VisualFont uses drag and drop intensively, it can interact with the Finder, and uses the latest technologies provided with MacOS 8 and MacOS 9. VisualFont requires PowerMacintosh, System 7 and Appearance Manager. Jean-Baptiste Quenot jb.quenot@kagi.com http://www.esiee.fr/~quenotj/Ecran-Total [Archived as /info-mac/visual-font-25.hqx; 342 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: "'Cab software" Subject: [*] Vocab 1.5.5 Vocab makes learning foreign language vocabulary easy! Learning vocabulary is one of the hardest aspects of a foreign language. Easy and enjoyable to use, Vocab helps you quickly build the vocabulary you want. It has won praise from language-learners and teachers the world over. Vocab's intelligent test modes will help you learn words faster and more easily. Statistical analysis and problem word tracking options help you follow your progress. New features in Vocab 1.5.5 include slide shows, great for learning new lists as well as revising old ones. Vocab 1.5.5 also fills several feature requests made by users, improves double-byte language support and adds integration with the soon-to-be-released Vocab Scheduler. For more information, see http://cab.hypermart.net/vocab/ Angus Gratton 'Cab Software http://cab.hypermart.net/ [Archived as /info-mac/vocab-155.hqx; 2138 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Paul Bondarovski Subject: [*] Win2MacRusLE Win2MacRusLE is a drag-and-drop text conversion utility designed to convert Cyrillic text files from Windows 1251 to Macintosh (Apple Standard Cyrillic) encoding. To convert a text file, simply drag and drop it on Win2MacRus's icon. Hardware and system requirements: * Any Macintosh supporting drag-and-drop. For more information, please read the enclosed ReadMe or Lisez-moi files. Thanks, Paul Bondarovski bonda@worldnet.fr [Archived as /info-mac/win-2-mac-rus-le-101.hqx; 368 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: info@fillies.de Subject: [*] WizCalc 0.33 Freeware A handy, user-friendly and - most excellently - free software calculator for musicians Music vs. math, intuition vs. calculation. Here to bridge the gap between two disparate worlds is WizCalc. In a jiffy, this little tool figures out delay times for you and makes it easy to adapt loop speeds and sample rates or find MIDI controller numbers. Remember when you checked into math class and your mind checked out? Simply run WizCalc next to your sequencer and never again will you curse the shortcomings of a teenage attention span. Conversion and display options bpm --> ms, msec --> bpm, loops (speed, length, sampling rate, PB range), (pitch frequency >note number and vice versa, SMPTE time (ms--> fps). Plus a comprehensive list of all MIDI controllers and GM instruments. [Archived as /info-mac/wiz-calc-033.hqx; 500 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Barbara Canino + Marco Damaschi Subject: [*] World Clock CSM 2.7 (French version) What is World Clock CSM? You are a real globetrotter and spend one day in New York, one in Tokyo and one in Sydney? You live in a huge country? You have frequent contacts with people from other continents or foreign companies? World Clock CSM will then make your life easier. World Clock CSM is a clock for the control strip which lets you simultaneously display up to 24 different times. With World Clock CSM you can: - rotate the displayed clocks so that minimum Control Strip space is required (rotation speed can adjusted); - display Universal Time (UTC) and Internet Time (BMT); - configure your own cities and locations; - move and sort clocks by time and city name; - show date and weekday and apply different time formats to different clocks; - add frequently used cities to World Clock menu; - calculate date and time conversions. World Clock CSM is available in English, Japanese, German, Dutch, French and Italian. * * * What's new in World Clock CSM 2.7? - The "Time Converter" dialog box has been added: it lets you easily calculate corresponding dates & times in cities or locations belonging to different time zones. - Several problems concerning Internet Time have been fixed. First of all Swatch beats from @000 to @099 are now correctly displayed using three digits. Then a bug, which could cause the time not to be correctly updated after a clock switched from Internet Time to a different time, has been fixed. Finally the "Show Internet Time" command doesn't anymore affect the current clock's time format (v2.6 hid seconds and AM/PM, if shown). - An incompatibility with Extensions Strip which could lead to registration problems under particular circumstances has been solved. [Archived as /info-mac/world-clock-csm-27-fr.hqx; 328 K] ------------------------------ Date: From: Barbara Canino + Marco Damaschi Subject: [*] World Clock CSM 2.7 (German version) What is World Clock CSM? You are a real globetrotter and spend one day in New York, one in Tokyo and one in Sydney? You live in a huge country? You have frequent contacts with people from other continents or foreign companies? World Clock CSM will then make your life easier. World Clock CSM is a clock for the control strip which lets you simultaneously display up to 24 different times. With World Clock CSM you can: - rotate the displayed clocks so that minimum Control Strip space is required (rotation speed can adjusted); - display Universal Time (UTC) and Internet Time (BMT); - configure your own cities and locations; - move and sort clocks by time and city name; - show date and weekday and apply different time formats to different clocks; - add frequently used cities to World Clock menu; - calculate date and time conversions. World Clock CSM is available in English, Japanese, German, Dutch, French and Italian. * * * What's new in World Clock CSM 2.7? - The "Time Converter" dialog box has been added: it lets you easily calculate corresponding dates & times in cities or locations belonging to different time zones. - Several problems concerning Internet Time have been fixed. First of all Swatch beats from @000 to @099 are now correctly displayed using three digits. Then a bug, which could cause the time not to be correctly updated after a clock switched from Internet Time to a different time, has been fixed. Finally the "Show Internet Time" command doesn't anymore affect the current clock's time format (v2.6 hid seconds and AM/PM, if shown). - An incompatibility with Extensions Strip which could lead to registration problems under particular circumstances has been solved. [Archived as /info-mac/world-clock-csm-27-de.hqx; 323 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:24:45 -0500 From: Tom Coradeschi Subject: Archive Abstracts in Info-Mac Digests Hello, all! As you have by now noticed, the listing of the abstracts for the newly added files at the Info-Mac Archives have returned! There were a few glitches along the way, and you will see some of the first batch replicated (look at the first batch which came out and you'll see that a bunch of them had no message body). I'm pretty sure that the problems have been fixed and that you will be seeing the abstracts on a regular basis. Remember, even thouugh the abstracts were not appearing in the digests for some months, files were (and are) still being added to the Info-Mac Archives on a regular basis, so you may want to stop by and see what's new! is a great place to start! tom coradeschi tcora@pica.army.mil ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:05:17 -0500 From: a brody Subject: Outlook Express 5.0 vs. Eudora Pro 4.2.2 (Q & C) Dear Digest readers, I thought I'd try Outlook Express 5.0 for the Mac, and see how it works. I really like its setup option to import all your Eudora e-mail. And it actually works. But, there is one thing I noticed with it that surprised me. Even though the View menu has internet headers, you can't auto insert full headers in your e-mail that is forwarded. When reporting spam this type of utility would be very useful, because spam reporting addresses always ask for full headers to be sent so they can find out who is sending the spam. As it is, I have to select Internet Headers when reading the mail, and copy it, and paste it into my forwarded message. Eudora allows me to select the Blah-blah button and all headers are forwarded automatically when I select forward. Obviously Eudora's spam reporting is easier, as it takes less steps. Has anyone found a way to make Outlook Express work this way? I also wonder if I can delete all the .toc folders that appeared in the Outlook window without losing my files? It appears they are empty in Outlook Express. It would be nice to get rid of all those TOC files if they don't ruin the integrity of my mail folders. Are there any advantages Outlook Express 5.0 has over Eudora Pro 4.2.2 besides the mail folders being integrated into the window that has the message topic and message contents? The fact it is free is nice, but I'd like to know if anyone has actually dumped Eudora Pro in favor of Outlook Express for any other reasons? By the way, I noticed there is no spelling checking in Outlook Express 5.0, unless I missed the menuitem somewhere. Also I noticed it has the same problems Eudora Pro has with HTML formatted e-mail forcing fonts to be too big to read, and often such e-mail will be so big that the e-mail window freezes. Granted one can Save as a message and open with a web browser, but this is one weakness I hate about the e-mailers. They don't understand straight HTML. Netscape Communicator for instance will crash on the number of folders I have, but neither Outlook Express 5.0 nor Eudora Pro 4.2.2 have difficulty with it. Outlook Express 4.5 did have difficulty with the number of folders I have. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************