Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #78 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 02 Apr 98 Volume 16 : Issue 78 Today's Topics: (A) secret about box (Q) Epson 800 or 1520 or Something Else [Q] mystery file sysKas.5957 [Q] Selecting startup disk at restart? Apple Remote Access Server 2.1 on MacOS8 ? Experience with Word 98 Freeware or Shareware? Info-Mac Digest V16 #75 Omega (?) Screen Shots Small Networks Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? ZIP Problem 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 think I want something on a card, though if I understand correctly, I could download a dictionary onto a memory card bought separately (? correct me if I'm wrong, please!). Can anyone recommend a particular dictionary, or a source of Newton books, on cards, or not? Daly ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:23:37 -0400 From: Chris Gervais Subject: (A) secret about box In Apple's quest for Mac OS 8.x stability, they pretty much eliminated all of the cool Easter Eggs that previous system software versions had. I thought they had taken out the Breakout game a while back... Chris >Back in System 7.5.2 it was possible to use the "Secret About Box" easter >egg to get a nice picture of Cupertino with a flag that you could play >with. Anybody know if it is still possible on a PowerMac 7200 to get that >easter egg in MacOS 8? How would one get it? I tried the ResEdit hack of >the System file, and only got the older Secret About Box Little Break Out >game. Surely the Cupertino flag game is still available somewhere in >MacOS 8. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:55:46 -0800 From: glaston Subject: (Q) Epson 800 or 1520 or Something Else I've been using an Epson SC800 for awhile and I like the output a lot, although the driver can be cranky. I make images from PhotoShop or Enhance or Illustrator on the order of 100-125 megs, but not professionally and not under any production deadlines. Recently, I have wanted to be able to make bigger images, like 11x14, so I have been considering getting an Epson 1520. I'd appreciate the collective wisdom of the community in this decision. I once read about banding problems on the 1520. I also understand that the Photo model will print larger than 8.5x11. Is the six-color ink a better way to go, or are the ink cartridge costs prohibitively higher than for the 800/1520? All insights and experiences appreciated. TIA Glaston -Mind how you go. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:14:55 +0100 From: "Manuel J. Matos (Manolo)" Subject: [Q] mystery file sysKas.5957 I would like to know if someone has heard anything about an invisible file named sysKas.5957 It shows up in the System Folder of the IDE disk from a PPC 4400/200 and seems to be created at shutdown. The file type is TEXT, the creator is Anon, and the size is small (688 bytes); it does not contain any resource, only some gibberish text. The IDE disk is a 2 Gb partitioned in two equal parts with FWB HDT 2.5, and the machine is running system 8.1. Thank you in advance for any help MJMatos, Coimbra, Portugal ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 09:43 +0000 (GMT) From: "Tucker, Bryan" Subject: [Q] Selecting startup disk at restart? I have a PowerMac 6100/66 with System 7.6.1, but that may be irrelevant. Is there a way to select the startup disk at restart using a key combination or similar? I know that Command-Option-Shift-Delete will bypass the internal hard drive, but I'm looking to switch to the RAM disk (with a copy of a minimal system) after a crash, but this is not picked up. I also have a non-Apple hard disk on the SCSI bus, but this is not detected until after the system is loaded. Any suggestions? Bryan Tucker Bryan.Tucker@baesema.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:34:36 +0000 (EZT) From: Nico.Rozendaal@NP.UNIMAAS.NL Subject: Apple Remote Access Server 2.1 on MacOS8 ? Hi, We have an AppleShare server here (IP 5.0.2) at our department, running MacOS 8.0. Now, is it OK to install the ARA-Server (version 2.1) on that server, so that users can make modem-connections to it ? TIA, --- Nico Rozendaal, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (nico.rozendaal@np.unimaas.nl) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:22:02 +0100 From: Jacob Palme Subject: Experience with Word 98 Microsoft Word 98 is very clever at helping users of older versions of word to move their customization (menus, keyboard commands, macros, etc.) from older versions of Word. This facility did, however, cause a problem for me. When I installed Word 98 the first time, the customization was not working at all. After some thinking I found out the cause and what to do about it. The cause was that I had more than one "Normal Template" from Word 6 in different folders. Only one of them was the one I was really using, the other ones were old backups. The Normal Template is where Word stores its customization information. Apparently, Word 98 found the wrong Normal Template and thus did not customize correctly. To avoid this problem, I did the following: (1) Uninstalled Word 98 (2) Searched for all files with the file name "Normal", the file type "WTBN" (= Word Template) and the creator "MSWD" (3) Deleted all but the right one (4) Emptied trashed (5) Installed Word 98 again This solved this problem for me. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 01:47:16 -0500 From: jrr7@cornell.edu (Jonathan Rynd) Subject: Freeware or Shareware? Ian.Goldby@powertech.co.uk wrote: > Seconded! > > Can I suggest that an abstract form is placed on the info-mac web site, to > make it easier for contributers to ensure they have included all the vital > information about a submission. I can't even work out what a program does > from some of the abstracts I read. > > Ian I'd love for this to be the case, but unfortunately, there's no way to force authors to use this form when contributing. And it would take too much work for the moderators to fix it all, is my guess. -- Tired of getting junk email? You can take back your mailbox! See http://www.mcs.net/~jcr/junkemaildeal.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:55:08 +0100 From: Peter McDermott Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #75 In article <6frjq9$dm7$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu> (Info-Mac Digest V16 #75), you write: >>Some of us (me, anyway :-)) who have to pay for our downloading costs would >>very much appreciate being told by software uploaders whether the file is >>freeware or shareware. > >I really have to second this emotion. It's galling when summaries do not >identify shareware. Some uploaders even solicit payment in categories that >are usually freeware, like desktop patterns. Personally I don't mind this so much, provided the programs aren't cripple-ware. I can try them out, pay for them when I can and sling them if I don't like them. What gets up *my* nose are those unusable demos of commercial programs that get posted, with some essential piece of functionality (like the ability to save) disabled. -- peter@petermc.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:18:44 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Fiske Subject: Omega (?) Hey folks, While playing with QuickTime 3.0, for some reason I was reminded at the software company Omega's attempt to create an alternate OS for ALL Macs. Does anyone know if they're still working on it, or did they fold? thanks in advance, Mark. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 23:03:00 +0900 From: Mizutani Subject: Screen Shots in article "Screen Shots" (on Info-Mac Digest Volume 16 : Issue 68) Ansgar Esztermann wrote: >>From: Ansgar Esztermann >>Subject: Screen Shots >> >>Hello, >>I remember reading about a screen shot utility that did not copy >>the screen contents as a bitmap but rather recorded the QuickDraw >>calls issued to build e.g. a window. Thus, it was supposed to >>provide a vector pict file. "PictPocket 1.3.2" must be what you want. It captures "vector" picture into the clipboard. You can find it on the nearest info-mac mirror. [/info-mac/gst/grf/pict-pocket-132.hqx] MIZUTANI Tomohiko / CXH01255@niftyserve.or.jp 98/04/01 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:25:38 +0200 From: Bob Cooke Subject: Small Networks Dear Info-Mac, I work for a small charity here in Mozambique where about 10 Macs are networked using Appleshare. One PC is connected to a modem and we use Eudora Light sitting on top of UUCP to access the internet. In Mozambique (although some do have it) it is not generally possible to access the web, or stay on line. You can only dial up and send and receive email. I would like a system whereby all network users can send messages to one terminal using different names, user1@concern.uem.mz, user2@concern.uem.mz and so on. When mail is received it goes to their copy of Eudora (or whatever) on their terminal. Only one PC would actually dial up and receive and send the messages. This would free up the one PC with Email and also give some privacy. I have tried using aliases and even once experimented with resedit (on a tip posted here) but to no avail. Any advice would be most welcome Bob in Mozambqiue "Et in Arcadia Ego" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:16:07 -0600 From: "Eric J. Andersen" Subject: Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? >>- What other accounting software are available for the Macs?? > >"Acumen" is one; it runs off 4th Dimension relational database software. >"MAS90" is another (written in Business Basic in versions ranging from >Windows and Mac to Unix). Both are advanced, sophsticated systems (MAS90 >is for CPAs but can be tweaked to run large organizations). Acumen is in >Arizona (New Mexico?), I believe. I think MAS90 is in or near Palo Alto. >An Internet search should bring them up easily enough. We use MAS90 here - it runs on an AIX RS/6000 box and all of the Macs use a simple Telnet session. however, I would be careful before you invest in this, apparently State Of the Art (the company that makes Mas90) is gradually phasing out the terminal based system in favor of a Wintel Client Server based system. I seem to remember quite a while ago Great Plains Software had an accounting system that ran on a Mac - I don't know how powerful it was, or whatnot, but it might still be a possibility. Eric Eric Andersen Continental Web Press Itasca, IL ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 23:23:03 -0500 From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: Stop Wintel invasion- Know good accounting software for Macs?? >Hello to anyone who knows or works with the accounting, > >My friend works for a company where they all use Macs. The accountants >currently use Flexware because it supports multiple users. They just >hired some new accountants. The new accountants (coming from PC world) >are disappointed with Flexware's speed and limited capabilities - maybe >due to the steep learning curve. They want to buy PCs so they can use >the software they are familiar with. > >My friend and I are afraid this is the beginning of the Wintel invasion. > >We need your help: >- What other accounting software are available for the Macs?? I'm no accountant by any stretch of the imagination but I have been helping a missionary group that is a Mac shop and they use Quick Books by Intuit. I understand they are quite satisfied with it. Ed Ver Hoef ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 18:25:05 -0500 (EST) From: Al Bloom Subject: ZIP Problem The ZIP saga continues. I got the replacement ZIP internal drive for my 7300 today from Club Mac. The ZIP Tools disk only showed the DOS partition. Again. But at least the drive would accept a disk. I played around. Same game with all but OS 8.1 extensions disabled. To make a long story shorter, turning off PC Exchange (2.2) was the only way to see the Mac partition if Iomega's CP and Extension were active. I trashed everything Iomega and restarted. Gee, there's the Mac install partition. OK, installed (This time it was the 5.4 version). Restarted afterwards, and the Tools disk again showed only the DOS partition. Oh bother! Had to turn off PC Exchange again to see the Mac side. Went to Iomega's web site in the fond hope of being able to pursue the problem. Wrong. They offer answering questions only by phone, and only if I'm willing to cough up $20 to do so. Uh thanks, no. As I said the other evening, this doesn't happen on Leslye's PowerTower. Only on my 7300. Both systems running OS of the 8.1 persuasion. Have any of y'all seen this oddity? Better, have you found a fix? Al Bloom -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************