Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #141 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 05 Nov 01 Volume 18 : Issue 141 Today's Topics: [*] MaxBulk Mailer OS X v2.1.1 [*] MaxBulk Mailer v2.1.1 [*] RPN Calculator 1.47 Carbon [*] RPN Calculator 1.47 PPC [*] Snak 4.8 Carbon [*] Tess 1.05 PPC - Symmetric Drawing Program [*] Wheel of Fortune game Bomb Cursor during startup, OS 9.2.1 Hypercard question Info-Mac Digest V18 #130 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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Some of the New MaxBulk Mailer 2.1.1 features: (Full list at bottom) - Conditional message contents depending on optional tags values. - Pro version optional tags can be renamed for each document/campaign. - Default Maxbulk optional tags can be renamed. - Mail delivery now can be scheduled. (Delayed mail delivery). - Preview is now much more accurate. (includes headers) Improvements:(Full list at bottom) - Opening and importing recipients list is now 75% faster. - Duplicate checking when importing is now 70% faster. - Styled Text to HTML conversion is now 40% faster. - Send button is back on MacOS X (Log panel). - Styled text: FTP, HTTP and mailto URLs HTML encoding support. - 'Send Anyway' button in line length checking dialog. MaxBulk Mailer is a full featured mail-merge and bulk mailer for Macintosh. MaxBulk Mailer is able to send commercial mailings to up to several thousands of emails address using a complete customizable tags set. MaxBulk Mailer is fast, fully customizable and very easy to use. It uses mailings as documents with configuration data, mailing text and mailing list built-in. MaxBulk Mailer handles both plain text and HTML documents. Maxbulk is perfect for sending: - Newsletters - Customer mailings ...etc... We value your feedback and we'd love to hear what you have to say. Please e-mail us at dev@maxprog.com with your comments and suggestions. (Be as descriptive as posible). [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/max-bulk-mailer-211-osx.hqx; 3167 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 2001 From: Stanley Roche To: Subject: [*] MaxBulk Mailer v2.1.1 ***Permanent X-Mailer SMTP Header to avoid spamming uses. Maxprog is proud to present a new release of Maxbulk Mailer, new version 2.1.1, available now on Maxprog website with several improvements, new features and bug fixes. Some of the New MaxBulk Mailer 2.1.1 features: (Full list at bottom) - Conditional message contents depending on optional tags values. - Pro version optional tags can be renamed for each document/campaign. - Default Maxbulk optional tags can be renamed. - Mail delivery now can be scheduled. (Delayed mail delivery). - Preview is now much more accurate. (includes headers) Improvements:(Full list at bottom) - Opening and importing recipients list is now 75% faster. - Duplicate checking when importing is now 70% faster. - Styled Text to HTML conversion is now 40% faster. - Send button is back on MacOS X (Log panel). - Styled text: FTP, HTTP and mailto URLs HTML encoding support. - 'Send Anyway' button in line length checking dialog. MaxBulk Mailer is a full featured mail-merge and bulk mailer for Macintosh. MaxBulk Mailer is able to send commercial mailings to up to several thousands of emails address using a complete customizable tags set. MaxBulk Mailer is fast, fully customizable and very easy to use. It uses mailings as documents with configuration data, mailing text and mailing list built-in. MaxBulk Mailer handles both plain text and HTML documents. Maxbulk is perfect for sending: - Newsletters - Customer mailings ...etc... We value your feedback and we'd love to hear what you have to say. Please e-mail us at dev@maxprog.com with your comments and suggestions. (Be as descriptive as posible). [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/max-bulk-mailer-211.hqx; 2549 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 2001 From: Jeffry Baker To: Subject: [*] RPN Calculator 1.47 Carbon RPN Calculator is a mathematically robust RPN implementation for Macintosh in two flavors: PPC and Carbon. No more 68k builds are planned, but V1.44a will remain available for 68k users. V1.47 is essentially a final quality program and is very reliable. Its features include: 100 element stack 8 memories Full support for complex number math Scalable user interface Statistics Systems of equations (up to 5 equations and 5 unknowns) Prime number search Factorization Prime factorization Fraction approximation to decimal expansions Base Conversion Function library (up to 200 user-defined functions) Constants (up to 200 user-defined constants) Simple help system [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/rpn-calculator-147-cbn.hqx; 1045 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 2001 From: Jeffry Baker To: Subject: [*] RPN Calculator 1.47 PPC RPN Calculator is a mathematically robust RPN implementation for Macintosh in two flavors: PPC and Carbon. No more 68k builds are planned, but V1.44a will remain available for 68k users. V1.47 is essentially a final quality program and is very reliable. Its features include: 100 element stack 8 memories Full support for complex number math Scalable user interface Statistics Systems of equations (up to 5 equations and 5 unknowns) Prime number search Factorization Prime factorization Fraction approximation to decimal expansions Base Conversion Function library (up to 200 user-defined functions) Constants (up to 200 user-defined constants) Simple help system [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/rpn-calculator-147-ppc.hqx; 917 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 2001 From: Kent Sorensen To: Subject: [*] Snak 4.8 Carbon Snak is a program that will let you participate in discussions in Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channels. IRC channels are virtual meeting rooms on the Internet, where people all over the world can have real-time conversations. IRC consists of many different networks, often with thousands of channels, each focused on a location or subject, and anything that is typed into the channel will be seen by the other members. This makes it possible to have a real-time conversation with people all over the world. IRC is different from other chatting systems like AIM and ICQ in that it is intended for conversation within a whole group of people, rather than one on one. Additionally IRC fully supports private conversations between two people. Some of the most significant features of Snak: Uniquely flexible interface allows multiple channels in one window. Support for long file names on OS X. Two powerful scripting languages - AppleScript and ircII. Compatibility with many existing scripts written for other clients. Easy access to MP3 files offered in the MP3 IRC channels. A channel bar for easy switching between channels. A consolidated list and information window. A divided main text with resizable text and nickname areas for better text display. Nick completion and support for mouse scroll wheels. Version 4.8 features an improved window sharing option that stacks the docked channels in the window instead of tiling them. This new feature lets the active channel use the entire window area and the embedded channel bar shows you when the other channels receive text. The Nick completion has been improved and now works on the last word in the line instead of just the first. DCC transfer speed has been improved in version 4.8 and Snak now supports long filenames on OS X. DCC resume transfer speed calculations have been improved, and there is now the option to automatically rename incoming files when duplicates are found. This version contains many usability improvements, including the option of requiring the option key for stepping through the message history, changes to the way Snak uses saved preference files, automatic detection of lost connections, and an improved and simplified Setup Assistant. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/snak-48-cbn.hqx; 1864 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Nov 2001 From: Jeff Tupper / Pedagoguery Software Inc To: Subject: [*] Tess 1.05 PPC - Symmetric Drawing Program With Tess, you can quickly create attractive symmetric planar illustrations. While you draw, Tess will automatically maintain the symmetry group you have chosen; 11 rosette, all 7 frieze, and all 17 wallpaper groups are included. Illustrations may be saved using Tess1 own cross-platform format or printed out using your own ink-jet or laser printer. Tess is shareware; unregistered copies are fully-functional, but are for evaluation purposes only until registered. Tess has an English and a Korean interface Recent changes: (changes since 1.04) * A Korean interface is now available; the translation was performed by the Mathlove company of Korea. * Using the preferences, you can now choose the system of notation used to name symmetry groups: Fejes Toth notation, short crystallographic, full crystallographic, and orbifold notation are available. * A fundamental region or a lattice cell for the current symmetry group can now be shown by selecting either "Show a Fundamental Region" or "Show a Lattice Cell" in the "View" menu. When a lattice cell is shown, a thick line will display one axis of the lattice cell so that primitive and centered cells can be distinguished. These new display aides can help you understand crystallographic and orbifold notation. * Guides for mathematical terminology and symmetry group notation have been added: select "Terminology" or "Symmetry Group Notation" in the help menu to open a guide. * The amount of rounding or smoothing applied to the corners of objects can now be controlled by entering a maximum corner radius. This radius, specified in pixels or as a percentage of the distance between adjacent control points, controls the curvature of the circular or elliptical arcs used. * "Smooth" and "Sharpen" menu items have been added to the "Object" menu; selecting these items will increase and decrease the selected objects' maximum corner radii. * You can now enable and disable the stroking and filling of already created objects with the newly available fill and / or stroke buttons in the tool window. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/tess-105-ppc.hqx; 573 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Nov 2001 From: Harley N Bradley To: Subject: [*] Wheel of Fortune game Originally published on MacAddict's Magazine CD. This game has sounds provided free from the official Wheel of Fortune website. The characters are funny and entertaining. Comes complete with an Editor to make your own puzzle sets. Was shareware....now is FREEWARE. ENJOY. Hypercard or player required. [Archived as /info-mac/game/wheel-of-fortune.hqx; 983 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 23:56:04 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: "Info-Mac List" Subject: Bomb Cursor during startup, OS 9.2.1 Have you ever seen the cursor change to a bomb before?! My iMac DV SE had been acting erratically; starting from the internal HD or CD's including Apple's 9.2.1 CD and the DiskWarrior 2.1 CD, it froze before the INIT crawl. It would not recognize the "C" key on boot, and often wouldn't start from the CD even with shift-cmd-opt-delete. The only way I could boot was with extensions off from the internal HD. I was able to start from a FireWire external HD, but Disk First Aid, DiskWarrior 2 and TechTool 2.5.4 froze repeatedly while "fixing" the disk. I tried resetting PRAM and unplugging the computer (which caused the clock to reset to 1/1/04 despite a KNOWN good battery). Frustrated, I tried once more to boot from the internal HD. It again appeared to freeze before any extensions loaded. I left it alone for a couple of minutes, and when I returned, the pointer had turned to a bomb (ball with a lit fuse). Frustrated, I left the computer for about 10 minutes; on my return, the computer was beginning the INIT crawl--still with the bomb pointer! It then continued and booted, apparently normally (good enough for me to get this e-mail out anyway). Can anyone suggest what's going on here? All this has been since the ROM update (4.1.7 or .8 I think). Anyone have similar experiences, or any insight? Thanks! Cheers, ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 07:37:10 -0600 From: "Paul Phuong" (by way of Hugh Lewis) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Hypercard question Hi, I was at the info-mac.org site and found your note in regard to Mac's Hypercard application. By any chance you would be able to help me? Here is what I'm hoping to have accomplished. I have some data or records stored in an old Macintosh SE using Hypercard version 1.2.1, and would like to export them into a Microsoft database (i.e. Access). I'm sure this could be done but being that I'm a novice MAC user, it may take years and years, hee! Maybe there is a software out there i can purchase to export these Hypercard data and convert into some PC applications. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, PP php1@ntrs.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 19:58:18 +0000 From: Guy Hemmings To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #130 in article 9q8n1p$23m3$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu, The Info-Mac Moderators at moderator@info-mac.org wrote on 13/10/2001 6:30 am: > From: "[???]" > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:58:34 -0700 > To: > Subject: Outlook Express 5.02 problem... > > according to Jeffrey Alaimo ... > > [snip] >> However, now, when I open the program, in the left side panels, the INBOX is >> marked with 25 messages, even when it's EMPTY! The same problem also >> affects the OutBox and the Deleted Items Boxes. > [snip] >> To date, I've deleted and rebuilt the Desktop Database, twice. I've deleted >> the OE preferences files, zapped PRAM, virus-scanned with Virex 6.1 with >> October's update, all to no avail. I guess you have checked the View menu to ensure that you have not hidden 'Read' messages? Command-Y: "Show Unread messages only" will therefore hide any that you have read Guy -------------------------------- Guy@macs2u.freeserve.co.uk Macs and peripherals @ http://www.macs2u.co.uk 01524 735728 home office -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************