Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #55 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 09 Mar 98 Volume 16 : Issue 55 Today's Topics: 8.1 users with Norton, Anubus, APS, or Megaphone beware [A] Eudora compatible multiple user e-mailer [A] mouse problem [A] num-lock light [A] Strange file-renaming glitch [Q] Epson Stylus 800 Printer Drivers [Q] Epson Stylus Color printers [Q] Iomega vs SyQuest [Q] Jerky sound from Audio CD [Q] loosing parts of window names [Q] Multi User Claris Emailer? [Q] Simple compiler wanted [Q] Two monitors on one PCI card? a .ttf file? Beware of DiskEssentials, Part II CD could not be put away downloading text from web Eudora Pro 4.0: first impressions Fwd: Ejecting Flyer Cart on a Macintosh Geoport 28.8 on 840AV? how to destroy files? laserwriter pro 630 - thanks MAC addresses Printer disappearing off network Small Networks UPS protection for servers WallStreet emulation vs. 266 Pentium MMX WIN95 Help Files 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 . Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. 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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 #55" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:11:38 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: 8.1 users with Norton, Anubus, APS, or Megaphone beware Dear Digest readers, Oh my...My whole internal hard disk has been wiped out. Why? Norton can't handle HFS+ (the new file system that comes with MacOS 8.1). That's the final verdict from an Apple Service Technician I spoke to. Norton 3.5.3 won't try to diagnose an HFS+ formatted system, but earlier versions might. In the process a whole hard disk can get wiped. Hard disk nodes get zapped. The drive can no longer mount until it is reformatted. Master Directory Blocks are corrupted. As a result, all my e-mail received for the past month is gone forever. Luckily the rest of my software is backed up. Also I learned that Anubus drivers under version 4 are quite old. The one that came with APS Powertools 4.0.4 was 2. something. I was told not to install MacOS 8 on any Anubus driver versions earlier than version 4. Norton 3.2.1 is not recommended by this same technician for any MacOS versions after 7.5.5. On a side note, Megaphone, the software that comes with US Robotics Sportster Voice modems does not work with OS 8.1 either. In fact, the distributers of the latest version 2.0.9 (which is not what comes with USR modems) state they are working still on an OS 8.1 compatible version. Back to old OS 8 until these problems have been fixed. After a low level format the internal hard disk does work again fine. The moral of the story: before you upgrade operating systems, make sure with each company you have software from that their software version X works with OS version X. If that company has not tried it, consider yourself a beta-tester with all the risks that are imposed on one. Just thought I'd share with you what I had learned. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 15:50:26 -0600 From: Andrew Minuhin Subject: [A] Eudora compatible multiple user e-mailer >Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 22:01:23 -0500 >From: abrody@smart.net >Subject: Eudora compatible multiple user e-mailer (Q) > >Dear Digest readers, >I am looking for a Eudora compatible POP3/SMTP e-mailer that supports >multiple e-mail usernames and passwords without having to go into the >settings dialog box everytime I want to switch users. It should be able >to read Eudora folders and files, as well as create ones that Eudora is >capable of reading. I am using Eudora Pro 2.1.3 and can't upgrade. I >would prefer it, if it had frames where I could simply switch between >folders and user inboxes. Cyberdog did it, but then again it doesn't >create Eudora compatible mailboxes, it only can read them. >If at all possible, it should be freeware, and PowerMac native. > >Thank you. >Sincerely, >abrody@smart.net The method I prefer has the following advantages: 0 No swapping/resetting settings. 1. No user needs special instructions on how to open her/his mail. 2. No danger of errasing someone else's stuff, by accident. 3. No floppy disks have to be swapped. 4. No need to be constantly afraid of reading someone elses mail, since no two users share the same "In" box. On the down side, however, it is slightly more involved then the other methods -- up front and on the next upgrade. The other disadvantage is that different-User Mailboxes, do tend to clutter your desktop. But this is an afterthought. Here it is: A. Duplicate Eudora as many times as there are users [minus one:], (don't forget the licence fee:). B. Change each Eudora's name to [ Eudora/Mailbox)] (ex: Andrew's Eudora OR Adam's Mailbox, OR Julie's Mail) C. Open each Duplicate copy of Eudora with ResEdit, find a STR# resource, open it, get down to the STR# ID=6200, scroll down to number 14, the one that says, "Eudora Folder"); Change that string to the name of that person's mailbox (ex: "Andrew's Eudora Folder" OR "Julie's Mail Box"). Watch out for file names longer then 30 char's. Save each and close. Not bad, abrody@smart.net? YMHO, HET ?? The result is that each user will have her individual mail folder, residing in the same system. Each mail box will be segregated, (but equal:), and there would be no danger of people messing up each other's mail, (unless they wanted to). As further precation, make Individual Eudoras forget their passwords, so if, in the worst case, you have someone that likes to dig through other people's Mail, at least, she will not be able to download fresh stuff. And you are all set. Good luck, Abrody --Andrew Minuhin (Analyst/Programmer) University of MN, Medical School, USA mailto:minuhin@tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 98 15:23:36 +1000 From: Ron Subject: [A] mouse problem On Tue Mar 3, Bob Rolston wrote: "The mouse on my computer is now erratic, moving around the screen" Have you tried removing the mouse ball and cleaning off the lint and muck from the rollers? a cotton wool bud dipped in methylated spirits does the trick. Ron van Vliet IT Education Officer Catholic Education Office - Parramatta, NSW ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:35:29 -0600 From: Andrew Minuhin Subject: [A] num-lock light > Does anyone know what it means when the (num-lock light) on the KeyBoard > comes on when I startup a program? (It doesn't happen with all my programs > just one or two). Num lock, just like a caps lock is a binary switch -- it's either on or off. You can set it either way inside MsWord, but outside of word, in some other programs, such as Eudora, it is not accessable and continues to be either lit or oFF no mater what you do. --Andrew Minuhin (Analyst/Programmer) University of MN, Medical School, USA mailto:minuhin@tc.umn.edu ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:41:04 -0500 From: Joseph Crowley Subject: [A] Strange file-renaming glitch >At 15:15 -0500 Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Joseph Crowley wrote: >> >> When she tries to rename a file through the standard procedure of >>clicking the file name, waiting for the text to become editable, and >>editing it, the text will *stop* being editable very abruptly, while she's >>still typing. > >I had the same thing happen to a user here at UVic. Restarting with >extensions off made the problem go away. > >It turns out that the user had a corrupted print document in the >PrintMonitor Documents folder (how it got there is a mystery). Desktop >PrintMonitor didn't complain about the document at all; but when I >restarted with extensions off, the old PrintMonitor complained. > >Trashing the corrupt printmonitor document and restarting solved the >problem. Hope it works for you. It works -- she did indeed have a 'lodged' spool file in the PrintMonitor Documents folder, and after removing the file and restarting, the computer's been working fine. Thank you, Peter, and to all those who offered suggestions. Info-Mac is da bomb! Joseph Crowley Computer Support Specialist jcrowly@mit.edu --Stamp out spam! http://www.cauce.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 11:38:10 -0500 From: Mike Vaughn Subject: [Q] Epson Stylus 800 Printer Drivers I am running a StarMax 5500/200 with MacOS 7.6.1 one partition, and OS 8.0 on another. I recently bought an Epson Color Stylus 800 Printer, and downloaded the latest driver (5.00AA) from the Epson wes site. I installed the driver in 7.6.1 with extensions off, and AppleTalk disabled, and after a couple of tried actually manages to print one page. When I came back the next day and selected the Epson printer in the Chooser (AppleTalk still off), the computer froze -- no falling into MacsBug -- and the system has been wierd ever since, with random crashes in various stable applications (like BBEdit and Stuffit Deluxe). I then tried to install the driver in MacOS 8.0, since the latest update was specifically required to work with 8.0. Again, a freeze when selecting the printed in the chooser, but now it fell into MacsBug 6.5.4(xx) and I was able to recapture some data with StdLog, though I can't really get any clues from it. Does anybody have experience with this printer/OS/computer combination? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mike Vaughn PS When I call the Epson 800 [:)] number, get a message "estimated time on hold ... 65 minutes" This is 'technical support' ?? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 19:28:21 -0500 From: Ephraim Fithian Subject: [Q] Epson Stylus Color printers Hi Dan, Here are my impressions. I will also post to info-mac. > I read some good things about the Epson Color Stylus 800 : > >* ethernet-networkable -> how is Epson implementation of this with the >adapter? Does the machine print faster? If you get the Epson Stylus RIP, and have the SC800 connected to a computer on the ethernet network, the RIP will broadcast to any other mac on the network that has client software (free) installed. Installing the RIP writes to the PROM in the printer, much different than StyleScript. This allows any mac on the network to print to the SC800. You don't need ethernet on the printer, just connect to the serial port and select with PSPrinter. >* color quality and print speed -> do they print out pages fast? how are >the colors for graphics work? For good quality color printing for student handouts or tests, I use the 720 dpi Plain Paper setting, with Hammermill Jet-Print 24# paper ($6.12/ream in quantity). At this setting with moderate color content, it prints 3 ppm, running on an 8600/200. For the best quality, I use Hammermill JetPrint Ultra Gloss at the 1440 dpi setting. I can't tell the difference from a photograph, using files that have at least 360 dpi resolution. For non-glossy, any of the coated ink jet papers are good. I used to run my SC800 at home on a Quadra 700/68MB, but it was horribly slow. My home mac, an 8600/300 prints similar documents on the SC800 about 100 times as fast. >* PostScript options -> I know that Epson offers a PostScript RIP >(software). Since I print alot from QuarkXPress, I need this feature. How >do images' quality change / reproduce? What about the resolution? The Epson Stylus RIP is good, although it needs 20-30MB of RAM to run. I print Pagemaker documents faster than in non PS mode. Quality is set in the features section of PM. I don't use Quark. >* Has anyone used these printers with StyleScript (new Freedom of the >press)? How are they using this software RIP? Does the quality suffer at >all? I own a previous version of Stylescript and could upgrade for $49, but for home I will probably buy the Stylus RIP for more money. Anyone know a good source? >* What about the cost of the consumables? Do the C M Y K inks come in >different tubes, or is it a one-shot replacement system (ie: waste alot of >unused ink because one color has run out)? There is a high capacity black cartridge and a CMY cartridge that is also used in the SC600. There is a place on the web that sells the black or color cartridges (Epson brand) for about $21 each. With moderate color content (3-10 small images), the cartridges last about 1000 sheets. If you want third party cartridges, you can order from Lyben, assuming their web page is up now. The third party cartridges seem to work as well as the Epsons, but they are only about $2 cheaper. They also sell refill kits for the original cartridges at a very low price if you don't mind getting your hands a little C, or M, or Y, or K. >Dan Lallouz Good luck, Ephraim Fithian http://www.enter.net/~fithian 8600/300MHz/98MB/4GB/4VRam/17se2/GV56kX2/ZIP/JAZ/CD24/SnapScan /EpsSC800/AsanteHub/Q700/25MHz/68MB/1.2GB/2VRam/MS15/ZIP/CD12 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 15:06:59 -0800 From: esther.r.michaels@usa.net (Esther Michaels) Subject: [Q] Iomega vs SyQuest Hi Macophiles! A couple of years ago we bought a SyQuest EZ135. Six months ago it began behaving strangely; we ended up sending it back for a replacement. Just before this, we also needed to send a couple of cartridges in for replacement. I'd have to say their customer support is NOT the best I've received. Their automated "expert" help system is a complete PITA -- I ended up telling it lies, just so I could get through to speak to a real person. That person was worse than useless, etc, etc, etc. FINALLY, and I have to say I suspect it was pure luck, I got through to someone who actually knew their stuff; this guy spent half an hour on the phone with me while I cycled the power on the SQ, restarted my Mac, etc, etc. My question is this: since the technology has now advanced somewhat from 135M, we're considering upgrading. And since the new SQ drives don't read the old 135M cartridges, it seems that we can also afford to choose to move to Iomega if we want. We have no experience dealing with Iomega and don't want to risk picking a company with worse customer support than even SQ has (if that's possible!). Does anyone have any advice regarding which company we should go with? Esther Michaels esther.r.michaels@usa.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 22:09:10 +1200 From: cschwarz@ca.sfu.cs (Carl Schwarz) Subject: [Q] Jerky sound from Audio CD When playing an audio CD on a Power PC 7220/200, the sound is often jerky. This even occurs when no other applications are being used on the computer. Not all CDs seem to be affected, but the same CD always seems to have problems. When a problem CD is played on a 'normal' CD-player, the sound is fine. Running System 7.6.1 with AudioPlayer 2.1. The computer is not on a network. I believe that my CD player in the computer is an 8x speed. What causes this problem and is there a fix for it? If you send me email directly, I will summarize and post on the digest. **** My email address is cschwarz@cs.sfu.ca - the reversal in the From: field is to deter spam **** Thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:30:42 -0600 From: Hannes Hofer Subject: [Q] loosing parts of window names Lately, something mysterious has happened to the bar at the top of my windows, both in the finder and within other apps. The names of the windows are being truncated by a few letters, regardless of the length of the name. An example can be seen on . Can anyone explain this phenomenon? I am running OS 8.1 on a Power Mac 7200. Thanks in advance. Hannes Hofer ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 98 09:41:05 +1100 From: Chris Moffatt Subject: [Q] Multi User Claris Emailer? G'Day, We have just purchased an Mac 7300 with Appleshare IP 5.0 Bundle etc... In this pack we received a 250 user licence of Claris Emailer 2. What we would like to be able to do is install a copy of this on 60 of our Macs. As each user 'roams' from one machine to another we would like for their email data to be stored in their home directory on the AppleShare server. We have tried doing this by opening Emailer from the preferences file but get a message 'Claris Emailer can not open files of this type'. We can do this using Eudora Light, but allot of the users have multiple email accounts that they would like to check at the same time, we don't really want to have to fork out for 60 copies of Eudora Pro, when we have a 250 user licence of Emailer. Any suggestions? Many Thanks Chris Moffatt Kayano Sport Timing Australia ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 15:19:45 +0100 From: John Bull Subject: [Q] Simple compiler wanted Can anyone recommend a compiler I could use to knock-up simple scientific programs - commercial software or shareware. I don't want to get involved with the operating system, nor have to write half an operating system before I can get going on my problem. Requirements: 1. Language - don't care - Basic, Pascal, Martian ... 2. - but wish to import scientific numerical recipies with minimal translation. 3. Floating point - must have - preferably multi-precision. 4. Good number formatting for tabular output. 5. Simple graphics for curve plotting, with colour if possible. 6. Require as high performance as possible - suggests non-interpretive. Nothing seems to offer good output number formatting any more. Algol68-R was about the best of breed for that! What has happened to the good old simple Basic compilers that one used to get on the old home micros? It seems that now one either has to be a pure consumer, or a serious applications developer. I want something just a bit more sophisticated than a super programmable graphics calculator. Thanks John ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 19:33:34 -0700 From: Jon Huck Subject: [Q] Two monitors on one PCI card? Does anyone know of a Mac PCI card that will let you run two monitors from just the one card? I want to add a SCSI accelerator card and I'm out of slots. I don't want to go as far as getting an expansion chasis. If anyone knows of the existence of such a card I would love to hear about it . Thanks, Jon Huck ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 00:02:55 EST From: Luskin Subject: a .ttf file? Someone sent me a .ttf file. I am almost certain that it is a true type font, since I asked about where I might get a copy of helvetica narrow. When I put it into my fonts folder, it did nothing, even after a restart. I suspect I have to do something with the file before the system recognizes it as a font. What is that something? Thank you. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: 6 Mar 98 09:26:57 JST From: phv00542@askic.kic.ritsumei.ac.jp (hartmann peter) Subject: Beware of DiskEssentials, Part II As a supplement to my report on DiskEssentials acouple of days ago, here is what I received from TotalRecall USA today (there will be some junk characters in the header since I use a Japanese mail client). I still would like to hear from users working with partitioned IDE drives, if the product works for them: === <625> inbox, 98/ 3/ 6 04:00 diskessentials Got Your Package 98/ 9/ 2 04:00 "Peter Hartmann" --- Dear Peter, We received your DiskEssentials package today along with your letter. We will be unable to process your return for a refund as the return is substantially outside our 30 day MBG. We will be returning DiskEssentials to you along with the latest version, v1.1.4 The issues that you address in your letter are taken care of with this version. Undoubtedly, there were problems with the orginal release of DiskEssentials, but I think that you will find the latest version both stable and reliable. Additionally, we plan on having a beta version of DiskEssentials ready sometime next week that is HFS+ compatable. Please bear with us, we will always do everything that we can to continue to work with you and make you happy. Please let us know how this latest version performs, and we appreciate you updating the email readers at the Info-Mac groups as well. Look for your latest version to arrive in the next 7-10 days, and we appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter. DiskEssentials Support ******************************** And below is what I replied. These folks are just, I donno wada saye... ******************************** This is entirely ridiculous. First of all, you promise a refund if DiskEssentials does not work and furthermore encourage me to wait and try the new version. It takes you weeks to send me the update, and the disk is damaged to to your insufficient packageing. V. 1.1.2.1 similarly does not work as promised. I give the product one more chance and do try v. 1.1.4 after I finally find it on the net since the URL where you told me to look for it is dead, and v. 1.1.4 does not work for me. I do tell you so and you obviously lack the capability to read my letter. Now you tell me that you send me v. 1.1.4 where everything is allegedly fixed. In fact: ridiculous. I will have MasterCard refund the amount paid. Furthermore, I will not be shy and tell everybody who wants to know my, of course entirely personal, experiences with your product and your company. Your company should find a place in one of Mr. Naders black lists. Think twice before considering this as blackmailing. Peter Hartmann Visiting Scholar Ritsumeikan University Kyoto, Japan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 15:51:34 +0900 From: Magnus Hoek Subject: CD could not be put away Hi there Gurus Have a small problem with my Powercenter Pro 210... When I try to dismount my CD (by dragging to trash) I get an error message stating that "the disk could not be put away because an error of type -50 occurred". Any ideas how I can force it to dismount ? If possible, please email to me directly: mbh@diag7x.naka.jaeri.go.jp TIA Magnus Hoek ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 10:14:24 +0100 From: Michael Rank Subject: downloading text from web When I download a long text document from the Web onto my hard disc and then open it in Clarisworks 2.1, it appears with lots of semi-blank lines which makes it hard to read (both for myself and anyone I email the document to), ie it has line feeds in all the wrong places. Is there any simple way of cleaning up such documents? This does't happen in Simpletext but some documents are too long for Simpletext to handle. Many thanks, Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 12:02:29 -0600 From: Pete Resnick Subject: Eudora Pro 4.0: first impressions Just to follow up to message a few days ago... On 3/1/98 at 3:41 PM -0600, Pieter Stouten wrote: >So what *DON'T* I like about Eudora Pro 4.0? > >* It only functions with the Appearance Extension/Application combo. > This is an integral part of OS 8, but can also be used with OS 7. > In my case, there was a very nasty three-way conflict between > Appearance SDK 1.0.2, Adobe Type Reunion 1.2 and Word 6.0.1. Almost every one of the Appearance conflicts that we have seen have been solved by an update available from the author. Since Word 6 does not seem to be a problem for anyone I've heard from, I'd check with Adobe. >* Related to the preceding, my Now Menus keyboard equivalents do not > work with Eudora 4. Since we have just bought Now Software, you'd think I could find out quickly what's going on with this, but I haven't gotten any specific information back from them on any potential problems. Let me know any specifics in private e-mail and I will pass them along to the guys in engineering over there. >* The interpretation of HTML is abysmally slow, seemingly much slower > than in 3.1.3 (although I never timed it with that version). NetBITS > issue #17 (a 66 kB document) takes 4 (four!) minutes to display on a, > admittedly probably overloaded, 7100/66. Yes, there is a performance nastiness about HTML interpretation that I fixed in 4.0.1 (currently in beta). But 4 minutes is over the top; I'd give Eudora some more memory, as my guess is that in addition to the slowness that I fixed, it's generally thrashing. >Also, links within a document (i.e. pointing to > sections within the document one is reading) do not work. Yes, I'll get to that at some point. >* Every major Eudora release seems to make unnecessary, superficial > changes to the GUI. This time, icons rather than letters are used to > indicate the status of messages (read, sent, forwarded, etc.). There was quite the internal battle in Eudora engineering about this. It's obvious who won. I won't go too deeply into my opinion of this, but suffice it to say I was not on the side that won. :-) > Normally, icons are preferred to text, but NOT when 1-letter acronyms > indicate perfectly what the status of mails is; much better than > greyish arrows that point every which way. Yup. I agree. Some people love them. > Mails that are not yet read or sent > have a relatively obtrusive bluish dot indicating their status. It used to be a black dot. I think this one is just as clear. > For > queued messages the "Q" is retained, but it has been turned into a > fuzzy anti-aliased image rather than a crisp and clear letter. The > distinction between the standard signature and no signature is also > very unclear (just lighter shades of purple). Why not use e.g. a red > capital N for "no signature" or a purple John Hancock with a red > cross or bar over it? I'll mention these to the "icon guy". > The icon representing priority is also very unclear. Why do think that? >* One of my big gripes is that the indication of how much empty space > mailboxes contain is not updated immediately when messages get > deleted. Neither is the status of mailboxes with unread messages > (indicated by underlining of the mailbox name) updated when all > messages have been read. Fixed in 4.0.1. >As to relevant new features, there are none. Personally, I think that >especially revision of the find/search tool is long overdue: It's top of the priority list for 4.1. pr -- Pete Resnick QUALCOMM Incorporated Work: (217)337-6377 or (619)651-4478 / Fax: (217)337-1980 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 14:56:54 -0500 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: Fwd: Ejecting Flyer Cart on a Macintosh Dear Syquest/Silverlining Users, When I remove the check on the Auto Eject box to prevent carts from Auto Ejecting once the drive icon is moved to the trash, I should be able to eject the cartridge ONLY when I hit the green eject button on the front of the EZFlyer 230. When I shutdown my machine, I should be able to eject the cart in the manner described above (depressing the green button), but, the cart doesn't eject. The only way to properly eject the cart at this point i.e. the Mac shows "It's now safe to shut down your Macintosh" with a dark screen, (short of using a needle on the emergency eject) is to restart the machine, at which point the cart starts to eject right away. Does anyone know why the cart doesn't eject after shutdown when I hit the green button? It used to under earlier versions of Silverlining. I'm presently at v 2.2 Lite or 5.8.2 for the full product. Zafar A. Punjani Please send mail to: zafar@itw.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 03:23:23 +0100 From: larsj@image.dk (Lars Christian Jensen) Subject: Geoport 28.8 on 840AV? I have downloaded the Geoport update 3.0 which should also make the 660 AV and 840 AV do 28.8 kbs - though the included Apple Read Me-files claims those machines are not able to increase speed. Never the less I have heard other 660 and 840-owners maintain that it actually works.=20 For some reason it=B4s not possible for me to make it work: Could someone give me some advise. I have installed the updater on top af the excisting Geoport 1.2-software, using system 7,1 and FreePPP 2.5v2. TIA Lars ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 17:55:49 EST From: Luskin Subject: how to destroy files? I am using Norton 3.2.1 with the 7.5 operating system on both a Mac IIvx and on a LC III. I have put a number of things into the trash, emptied the trash, and then used Nor ton unerase. The files come back. I then used Norton wipe and a utility I downloaded, burn. The files are still recoverable. I have gotten rid of all the Nor ton file recovery and optimization routines. I have also gotten rid of fast find and so forth. How do I kill a file DEAD? Why do neither wipe or burn work correctly? What do I have around that saves the files, so that they may be recovered. I have also tried putting half into a different folder, changing the names to names being used in the other folder, moving them, and getting rid of the resulting conflict. And doing it again and again. I still can recover the files. How do I get rid of confidential informatin once and for all. What extension or control panel might be hurting me? Thank you. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:32:52 -0600 From: bsegal@mcs.com Subject: laserwriter pro 630 - thanks thanks to all that responded about my broken laser printer. (and sorry that it has taken so long to respond, but as al bloom pointed out - it is not one of those weeks, it is one of those lifetimes.) anyway just to recap the lines on the pages were indeed caused by a printer cartridge gone bad in some way. replace the cartridge and voila. i did use an hp cartridge (in the laser writer pro 630) its the one for the 4, 4 plus, 5, 5m etc. there are a few advantages to hp. 1 in a pc world they are more available at discount places like sams club etc and 2 hp puts out different "sizes" (with more or less toner) so you can think short term and save a few bucks if cash flow is an issue. thanks again ben bsegal@mcs.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 06:55:56 -0600 (CST) From: Anne H Toal Subject: MAC addresses Does anyone know the name of a utility that shows MAC addresses of all Macs on a network? Thanks, -aht ------------------------------ Date: 6 Mar 1998 02:11:24 GMT From: "John F. Mansfield" Subject: Printer disappearing off network Hi there, has anyone had this happen to them and does anyone know how to fix it? We have an Apple Laserwriter 630 on our ethernet and the net is a mix of PCs and Macs. The printer keeps disappearing of the net neither the PCs or the Macs can print to it. The PCs are connected via a Netware server (which is using the Appletalk protocols) and the Macs are using straight Appletalk. The printer appears when first turned on, but disappears almost immediately Thanks for any help John Mansfield. jfmjfm@umich.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 98 16:09:20 GMT From: Bob Cooke Subject: Small Networks Dear Info-Mac, A few weeks ago somebody posted a question about a question about what Email software to use over a small Appletalk network. I believe they were going to choose Casady and Greene's Communigate. What happened in the end? What did they decide? I never saw the final outcome of the question. Can the person who posted this question let me know what they did in the end= =2E Thanks Bob in Mo=E7ambique ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:29:42 -0700 From: Bruce Carter Subject: UPS protection for servers We are about to buy some UPS systems to protect our servers (I've been advocating this forever, but it finally became policy from the upper stratosphere of the university). I'm mostly looking at the APC BackUPS and BackUPS Pro. I don't think we really need the intelligence of the SmartUPS, but I'm willing to be convinced. Any thoughts on these, or other battery backup/power conditioner/uninterruptable power supply systems? -- Bruce Carter, Division Manager Instructional Development Division SMITC, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 (208)385-1851@voice mailto:bcarter@mentor.idbsu.edu (208)385-1856@fax http://mentor.idbsu.edu/BruceCarter/home.html (208)384-2084@pager ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:56:20 -0600 From: Paul Kleeberg Subject: WallStreet emulation vs. 266 Pentium MMX I work for information services for a large health system. Many Docs like Macs but the geeks do not (I am both a doc and a geek). As a result I lug a PB 2400c and a IBM 560 everywhere I go. I have used SoftWindows95 on my PB and it is OK. But I need NT4.0 to run our automated medical record software and other "enterprise" applications for the times I do my dog and pony shows in the community. What I need is real head to head speed and compatibility information comparing WallStreet with an emulator running NT4.0 and a Pentium 266 MMX laptop. Compatibility and speed are crucial because NT based continuous speech recognition software will be among the apps I will be showing. Thanks for any help you can provide. Paul Kleeberg, M.D. Family Practice and Info Services, Allina Health System, 1375 Willow Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 21:17:26 +0100 From: "Gregory M. Gabriel" Subject: WIN95 Help Files Hi there, I know that this question may sound horrible even obscene but I wondered if there is a program that will convert Windows 95 help files (*.HLP) to an equivalent on the Mac (Adobe PDF, Apple Guide). Any help on this subject is highly appreciated, Sincerely Gregory Gabriel -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************