Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 21 Nov 98 Volume 16 : Issue 211 Today's Topics: [*] killer-dice-146.hqx [*] awesome-resurrection [*] bedlam-2-106 [*] BeHierarchic3.1.1 [*] Brickles Deluxe v1.1 [*] Burn 2.5 [*] Bye-Bye Bill [*] CDArchAndPlay-15.fp3 [*] China Cat True Type Font [*] Compact Maps Set 5 [*] data-rescue-211-fat.sit (a data recovery tool for crashed volum [*] data-rescue-211.sit (a data recovery tool for crashed volumes) [*] Diet Sleuth 2.0.4 [*] Ejecter 1.0 - Eject disks while files are open [*] Festive Desktop Patterns [*] FretPet 2.0.1 - A unique QuickTime music tool [*] Gerry's Mandelbrot Set v1.2 (Fractal image/movie generator) [*] GIFConverter 2.4.4 [*] GIFConverter 2.4.4 [*] Grafyxx for the Macintosh v1.3 [*] Guillotine 1.0b2 [*] Icon Archiver 4.0 - Powerful Icon Database for 8.5 [*] Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers Version 1.0.1 [*] LibraryCataloger1.1.0 tracks books and articles: [*] LogEditor [*] Mackintosh kaleidoscope scheme [*] MacLaunchIt 1.0 [*] macspice3f4-ppc-25b [*] NOVA 3.0.1 68K Submission [*] NOVA 3.0.1 PPC [*] OneApp CineSlider 4.1 - Slideshow for movies [*] PageSucker-Mac-2.0.sit.hqx - Web Hierarchy Downloader [*] PhotoCat 2.3 [*] PlayerPRO 5.0b2 [*] problemtracker-101 [*] QuickEditor [*] ramBunctious 1.3.1 SE [*] Romanian fonts for Newton [*] StatDoctor [*] StoryProject 4.0.3 [fiction writing outliner] [*] SwitchRes 1.5.1 - english version [*] Troi Grabber Plug-in 1.0 for FileMaker Pro [*] TrueKeys v3.2 release [*] Ultra Recorder 2.4.1 [*] Web Confidential 1.1r2J - Japanese version 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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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Michael Bean, Liam Breck, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, and Shawn Bunn. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. 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 #211" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:50 -0700 From: gypsy@stsi.net Subject: [*] killer-dice-146.hqx Killer Dice 1.4.6 How good are you? Try your luck and hone your skills to razor sharp with this poker dice game. Sound effects and lots of options (single, double and triple games). High scores take you to the "man who knows all" for your fortune. Over 1000 fortunes for registered users, a lot less for the rest of you ;-) Must be played in color. Tested on PowerMacs and old but faithful gals as far back as LCII's & Performa 400's. Macintosh.....Shareware $10. Version 1.4.6 fixes some minor bugs and allows greater compatibility with system 8.0 and above. [Archived as /info-mac/game/killer-dice-146.hqx; 916K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:54 -0700 From: copperfield@worldnet.att.net Subject: [*] awesome-resurrection Awesome Resurrection v1.0 36 Wolfenstein 3D Scenarios Wolfenstein may be six years old, but it isn't dead yet. Here are 36 scenarios created by me and other Wolfenstein scenario authors to get you hooked back onto Wolfenstein 3D. =46eaturing.... Castle Wolfenstein Beta-20 action-packed, challenging, and thrilling levels. My latest scenario to date. Certainly one of the best scenarios out ther. Also with... Dragon Cavern, Spear of Destiny, Arena of Death, Auf Wiedersehen Adolf, Beavis and Butt-head's Dog, Boy Meets Unidentified Humanoid, Bring Home the Cheese, Call in Sherlock Holmes, Castle Claustrophobia, Castle Xeen Dungeon, Cooka Shoots a Cow, Four Giants and a Pistol, Fresh Prince of Castleview, Hans Runs for His Life, If You Look Closely Enough, Just Crazy About Killing, Let's Play Tag, Mutants' Lair, Nous Sommes Moche, Ogre/Nazi Blowout, Operation-Annihilate, Pinky and the Brain Conquer, Road Runner Madness, Rumble in the Bronx, Se=F1or Yap Gets Angry, Take Your Pick-Life or Death, The Diary of a Moose, The Killer Yodelers, Tiger Cavern, Treasure Hunt Deluxe, Treasures for Breakfast, Wild Fat Boars, WolfMade, and The Shadow Men Requires the full version of Wolfenstein 3D If you don't have Wolfenstein 3D, e-mail me at copperfield@worldnet.att.net Visit my site at http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1568/wolf.html Enjoy! Josh Mills copperfield@worldnet.att.net [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/awesome-resurrection.hqx; 2021K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:44 -0700 From: Jeff@GroundZeroSW.com Subject: [*] bedlam-2-106 Bedlam 2 is a fast action, arcade-style game with forty-five levels of blistering game play. Mankind has been virtually wiped out by an extraterrestrial armada! This shoot'em up game play puts you in theseat of the XJ-777, code-named "Annihilator". Only you can help save the solar system from ruthless alien domination. As you blast away at the invading forces, your ship moves along the bottom of the screen trying to avoid a barrage of enemy firepower, collisions with attacking ships and the occasional chunk of floating space debris. By racking up points along the way, you earn much-needed extra ships, and can even capture hunks of gold bars released when you've demolished the ships of some of the greedy trespassers. Other fun and nasty surprises materialize during your long mission to free our galaxy from this evil infestation. Bedlam 2 contains over 10 music tracks utilizing QuickTime technology, tons of sprites, high-quality "stereo" sound effects, and several full 256 color images. The many exciting and nerve-wracking features are sure to challenge your senses and give your mouse finger a workout. Version 1.0.6 is highly recommended, especially for MacOS 8.5. An updater for Bedlam 2 v1.0.4->v1.0.6 is available from our website. Bedlam 2 v1.0.4 is required for the updater. Version 1.0.6 changes include: - Fixed a memory bug from 1.0.5 which caused Bedlam 2 to crash on some Macs. Note: v1.0.5 was a short-lived release. Version 1.0.5 changes included: - This version is MacOS 8.5 compatible. - Better memory management. - Lower memory requirements (almost 700k lower than previous versions). - Holding down mouse button after destruction of last mothership will skip the winning scene credits. - Faster drawing to screen (blitting). - Other minor tweaks. More information about Bedlam 2 is available at our web site . [Archived as /info-mac/game/bedlam-2-106.hqx; 4794K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:05 -0700 From: Fabien@Octave.net Subject: [*] BeHierarchic3.1.1 BeHierarchic is one of the first Apple Menu enhancer. BeHierarchic will work on any Macintosh model from a Mac Plus up to the latest PowerMacintosh with system 7.0 to and including 8.1. The current version, BeHierarchic 3.1.1 is a minor upgrade to enable DeepLevel on the new G3, Powerbook G3 and iMac. If DeepLevel works fine on your system, you can skip this upgrade. BeHierarchic will also work on Mac OS 8.5, but it provides no support of the new user interface theme included with the new system's appearance manager. After installing BeHierarchic Control Panel, when you click in the Apple, it lets you display submenus for each folder, folder alias or server alias located into your Apple Menu Folder. What BeHierarchic will do for you : Display more than five level of sub menus. Change the font and size used to display the Apple Menu. Display small icons using their label color in the submenus. Menu items grouping and sorting. Create a 'Desktop Folder' item where you will find your disks and documents located on the Desktop. Collect recently used files and folders. Enhance the opening of a file or folder by using modifier keys. Instant swapping of the contents of the Apple Menu. KeyQuencer support. BeHierarchic is a Shareware priced at USD$10. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/behierarchic-311.hqx; 121K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:46 -0700 From: ken@winograd.com Subject: [*] Brickles Deluxe v1.1 I am the author of Brickles Deluxe, a Mac shareware game. I have attached to this message the latest, just released version of Brickles Deluxe, known as v1.1. Please place it in the games directory. The file has been virus checked. Please delete the older version of this same game. You currently have the old version in: /info-mac/game/brickles-deluxe-10.hqx. Kill it, please. Thanks, Regards, and please let me know if I can answer any questions or supply any additional info. Ken Winograd [Archived as /info-mac/game/brickles-deluxe-11.hqx; 319K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:05 -0700 From: mike@thenextwave.com Subject: [*] Burn 2.5 I'm pleased to announce the latest release of Burn, version 2.5. Now fully Macintosh 8.5 and Mac OS HFS+ file system compatible. Enhance your privacy by securely deleting data from your computer. Most people don't realize that emptying the trash does not erase the content of the file being deleted. Burn solves this problem by overwritting the file's data before deleting it. Burn features user specified erase patterns and number of passes. Burn 2.5 fixes a problem where erase free space would not erase more than 2 gigabytes of free space from drives that had more free space available. Burn 2.5 has also been thoroughly tested with Macintosh OS 8.5 and the new Mac OS HFS+ file system. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/burn-25.hqx; 132K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:48 -0700 From: benstommes@cybermail.net Subject: [*] Bye-Bye Bill Here's the new version of Bye-Bye Bill. [Archived as /info-mac/game/bye-bye-bill.hqx; 733K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:17 -0700 From: bean@info-mac.org (Mike Bean) Subject: [*] CDArchAndPlay-15.fp3 CDArchAndPlay-15.fp3 Abstract: --------------------------------- CDArch&Play 1.5 is a FileMaker Pro template which manage all your AudioCD. Store and search all information such as author, title, track, track time, total time, country, year, price, date of purchase, cover... Look up in lyrics, insert cover automatically, choose disc random, and, the most important thing: control your CD-Rom (play, pause, next track, previous track, stop, eject, directly from FileMaker with a remote control visible in all layers. The new version has the following features: - Volume control added; - Better graphic interface, even in Lyrics; - Changed into a relational database for more efficiency; - Export/Import scripts added; - "Rate" field added; - Custom Preferences, even in Lyrics; - Better help; - A new powerful search engine in Lyrics has been added; - Correct support for multiple pages in Lyrics. Available in English and Italian. ---------------------------------- I'll send them via ftp. Thank you. Best regards Carmine La Valle [Archived as /info-mac/data/cdarchandplay-15-fp3.hqx; 1088K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:03 -0700 From: dogstar@kagi.com Subject: [*] China Cat True Type Font Chinacat is a fully featured truetype font, based on the hand lettering/printing style of the cartoonist and comic book artist Hunt Emerson. It comes in two styles - Regular and Thin The Chinacat font is Shareware and copyright 1998 Dogstar, it is completely functional and not disabled or crippled in any way, you can register it using the enclosed application or online at: http://order.kagi.com/?Q8X Updates and the latest revisions to this and other Dogstar fonts are available at: http://www.mamba.demon.co.uk/dogstar [Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/chinacat-tt.hqx; 204K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:57 -0700 From: copperfield@worldnet.att.net Subject: [*] Compact Maps Set 5 Compact Maps Set 5 All of my Compact Maps I've ever created. Quick-paced, packed with enemies, exciting, and a thrill to play. More than 30 scenarios included. Enjoy! Josh Mills http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/1568/wolf.html copperfield@worldnet.att.net [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/compact-maps-5.hqx; 1521K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:07 -0700 From: sdem@wildbits.com Subject: [*] data-rescue-211-fat.sit (a data recovery tool for crashed volum Note: 1) FAT version - a 68K version is also posted. 2) Version 2.1.1 replaces version 2.0.2. It handles Japanese and other non-Roman scripts. Bugs were fixed and new features were added. Data Rescue is a tool for recovering lost Macintosh volumes. It recovers files and folders from crashed hard disks, floppy disks, or removable cartridges. Recovered data are saved to another medium, leaving the original disk untouched. The main interest in Data Rescue is that the strategy for finding lost files is original, different from the strategies used by other tools like 'Norton Utilities'. Not only will it find your data in situations where the other tools fail, but it will recover them in a much better condition, restoring icons, dates and even folder hierarchy. The shareware fee for Data Rescue is $39. Until you register your copy with a personnal code, you can only recover 1 file per session. This allows you to test Data Rescue and check that it helps you in your particular situation. Works on all Macs, needs System 7 or better. Compatible with MacOS 8.5 and HFS+. Can be distributed freely for non-profit purposes in the form of this archive. Documentation included, updates at [Archived as /info-mac/disk/data-rescue-211-fat.hqx; 376K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:09 -0700 From: sdem@wildbits.com Subject: [*] data-rescue-211.sit (a data recovery tool for crashed volumes) Note: 1) 68K version - a FAT version is also posted. 2) Version 2.1.1 replaces version 2.0.2. It handles Japanese and other non-Roman scripts. Bugs were fixed and new features were added. Data Rescue is a tool for recovering lost Macintosh volumes. It recovers files and folders from crashed hard disks, floppy disks, or removable cartridges. Recovered data are saved to another medium, leaving the original disk untouched. The main interest in Data Rescue is that the strategy for finding lost files is original, different from the strategies used by other tools like 'Norton Utilities'. Not only will it find your data in situations where the other tools fail, but it will recover them in a much better condition, restoring icons, dates and even folder hierarchy. The shareware fee for Data Rescue is $39. Until you register your copy with a personnal code, you can only recover 1 file per session. This allows you to test Data Rescue and check that it helps you in your particular situation. Works on all Macs, needs System 7 or better. Compatible with MacOS 8.5 and HFS+. Can be distributed freely for non-profit purposes in the form of this archive. Documentation included, updates at [Archived as /info-mac/disk/data-rescue-211.hqx; 299K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:22 -0700 From: cps@access.digex.net Subject: [*] Diet Sleuth 2.0.4 Diet Sleuth 2.0.4: Diet Sleuth is a nutritional database and personal health logbook for the Macintosh. Diet Sleuth allows you to keep track of what foods you eat each day, and their nutritional value. For each day, you select the foods you have eaten, and the number of servings of each. Diet Sleuth will automatically calculate your caloric intake, fat grams, carbohydrates, fiber, protein, cholesterol, along with sodium, potassium, and calcium. You can select from over 5000 different foods from 21 catagories, including fast food, lunchmeat, junk food, seafood, and baby food. In addition to the included food groups, you can create and edit your own foods in a separate catagory. You can also create a catagory of favorite foods to quickly access commonly used foods. A built-in Recipe Editor allows you to quickly enter a custom recipe, with the nutritional information automatically calculated, based on the ingedients. You may also track your weight, and estimate your percent body fat, and calories burned, along with your projected weight loss. Graphing functions are also available. The URL to download a copy of Diet Sleuth is http://www.access.digex.net/~cps/diet.html Shareware, $20. Evaluation copy allows 30 days of use. [Archived as /info-mac/data/diet-sleuth.hqx; 831K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:10 -0700 From: bane@columbus.rr.com Subject: [*] Ejecter 1.0 - Eject disks while files are open Ejecter 1.0 ----------- http://members.xoom.com/JeffScott/ By Jeffery Walker and Scott Bonner Copyright =A9 1997-98 Jeffery Walker & Scott Bonner All Rights Reserved What's it do? ------------ This small utility is used as an alternative way to eject removable volumes (ie. disks, cd, etc). It also has the Following Features: *Can eject shared volumes, which would normally require you to shut off sharing to eject it. *Great to use if you don't like to drag to the trash *If an application or file on the volume is open when you eject the disk, it will keep the app, and/or file open and untouched until you go back to at which time it will ask for the disk again. *Can remove disk images from the desktop =46uture Features --------------. * The ability to rebuild the desktop of the disk next time it is inserted * Automatically Quit/Close/Save open applications or files on the drive before it ejects * Rebuild your hard drive's desktop Known Bugs ------------ There are no know bugs at this time. Registration Information ------------- This program is shareware. The shareware fee is $5. Please help us pay our expenses. If you register we will send you the upgrade to later versions free and before everyone else. I know that doesn't sound like much, but we don't believe in serial numbers, and stuff to force people to pay. A Site License is also available and costs $50 (roughly equal to 10 users) and covers all locations for your organization within a 160 kilometer radius of your site (100 miles). One big advantage of a Site License is that you do not need to keep track of how many people at your site are using the software. A World-Wide License costs $1000 and it covers all locations for your organization on the planet earth. How to Register ------------- Paying for Ejecter is fairly simple. Open the Register program that accompanies Ejecter. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi. If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number. Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement. If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is: Kagi 1442-A Walnut Street #392-QGT Berkeley, California 94709-1405 USA You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical. If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment. Kagi can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end. Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed. Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi when the form is processed. CD-ROM and Web Site info [Archived as /info-mac/disk/ejecter-10.hqx; 118K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:14 -0700 From: mfauve@icx.net Subject: [*] Festive Desktop Patterns Functional Art for the Macintosh desktop . . . Here are some quality desktop patterns for the holiday season. Enjoy this collection of original designs featuring painterly and colorful textures. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/festive-desktop-patterns.hqx; 773K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:22 -0700 From: slur@map.com Subject: [*] FretPet 2.0.1 - A unique QuickTime music tool FretPet 2.0.1 by Scott Lahteine Shareware for Mac OS FretPet is a guitar-oriented musical sequencer and much much more. It features a unique 4-voice sequencer that allows anyone to instantly create great musical compositions. With some work you can make bad ones too. FretPet encourages you to play with musical ideas, explore connections across keys, and discover the harmonic logic and beauty of music theory, all while having a really fun time. ________________________________________________ FretPet's Stuffit archive contains: FretPet FAT ............. The FretPet Application FretPet Manual (HTML) ... The FretPet Manual README FretPet .......... The ReadMe File Demo Sequences .......... My Measly Attempts Register at eMania ...... Web Registration Bookmark Navigation .............. Navigation Services Library ________________________________________________ Changes in Version 2.0 / 2.0.1 - Oct / Nov 1998 Fixed bug for systems without Appearance Manager New tuning added Improved speed optimization Complete Balloon Help Four Channel Multitracking! Appearance Manager Support Navigation Services Support Enhanced Piano Palette Improved User Interface Numerous bug fixes and stability enhancements Eliminates all known conflicts with 3rd party INITs [Archived as /info-mac/gst/fretpet-201.hqx; 1532K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:32 -0700 From: gbeggs@escape.ca Subject: [*] Gerry's Mandelbrot Set v1.2 (Fractal image/movie generator) Gerry's Mandelbrot Set is a powerful, yet easy to use fractal image generator for the Power Macintosh with the Appearance Manager installed. If you've got Navigation Services installed, it'll take advantage of it. But it doesn't require it. It's also MacOS 8.5 savvy. Don't let the name fool you. This application renders more than just the Mandelbrot Set. It creates a variety of Fractals including: Julia Sets, IFS images, a Fractal Tree, The Lorenz Attractor, the Feignbaum Bifurcation diagram, The Newton's Method for finding the roots of a polynomial fractal, and Martin's Mapping (A.K.A. Hopalong). AND EVEN MORE THAN THAT, it creates QuickTime movies of any of the above fractals (except the tree). You can change just about any parameters over time! (common sense says certain ones can not change over time, however) This software is freeware, but if you plan on including it on a CD I'd appreciate a copy. Or at least let me know you're distributing it. Thanks! [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gerrys-mandelbrot.hqx; 369K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:37 -0700 From: kam@kamit.com Subject: [*] GIFConverter 2.4.4 gifcdocpdf.sit.hqx documentation in PDF form] GIFConverter is shareware, $30. It opens, saves, views, and modifies many formats, including GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PICT and a few more. GIFConverter also supports AppleScript. It is scriptable and recordable. It comes with some sample conversion scripts. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gifcdocpdf.hqx; 475K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:35 -0700 From: kam@kamit.com Subject: [*] GIFConverter 2.4.4 gifconverterfat-244.hqx installer, includes program and HTML documentation gifcdocsrd.sit.hqx documentation as a Self Reading Document gifcdocpdf.sit.hqx documentation in PDF form] GIFConverter is shareware, $30. It opens, saves, views, and modifies many formats, including GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PICT and a few more. GIFConverter also supports AppleScript. It is scriptable and recordable. It comes with some sample conversion scripts. For more information, see the web site at http://www.kamit.com/gifconverter/ Release notes for 2.4.3: * Documentation is now available online in HTML form. GIFConverter will display it in your web browser. See Online Documentation in the Help menu. The documentation has been updated to cover most of the 2.4 features. * There is a script in the Scripts menu for setting the desktop picture on MacOS 8.5. * When using an open box, GIFConverter recognizes files by their extensions and MacOS file types only. Use the GIFConverter AutoTyper (included) to change file types. GIFConverter will try to identify by examination any file that is dropped on it or given to it by an Apple Event. * GIFConverter now recognizes its own slide show documents. It also assumed that most other files were GIF files; this has been fixed. * GIFConverter is only available electronically; the diskette/manual options have been removed from registration programs and order forms. * PICT files sometimes had black backgrounds when read into GIFConverter; this has been fixed. * GIFConverter works around some system inconsistencies that caused problems launching other applications. * The size property of an image is now the "dimensions". This prevents a conflict with the size of a text character. GIFConverter will work with old AppleScripts, but you may need to change them to use "dimensions" if you recompile them. * The installer only requires System 7.0. It mistakenly required System 7.1.2, because it was based on the PPC-only installer (how embarassing!). * GIFConverter is no longer tested or supported on machines without Color QuickDraw. It now requires 68020 or newer. * I have a new P.O. Box address. Mail from the old box will be picked up for a time, then forwarded, and finally will stop working. I have no idea yet how long the Postal Service will forward for. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gif-converter-244.hqx; 2265K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:40 -0700 From: kelly@anagrafyxx.com Subject: [*] Grafyxx for the Macintosh v1.3 What's New in Grafyxx(TM) v1.3 Grafyxx v1.3 is fully compatible with both the iMac and System 8.5. In addition to the abundant features in Grafyxx 1.2 and before, several additional graphical file attributes are now displayed by version 1.3. These include: Layers, Copyright, URL, and Updated Applescripting. Grafyxx version 1.3 also correctly parses recent versions of popular software, including: * Adobe Photoshop 5.0 * Macromedia FreeHand 8.0 (generated EPS, not native) * Adobe Illustrator 7.0 (native as well as EPS) Grafyxx (formerly Pixx'r and Pixxler) is designed for prepress, BBS, and WWW professionals who need to manage and organized supplied graphics. Grafyxx "peeks" into graphic file types such as TIFF, EPS, PICT, GIF, JPEG, and more, revealing their hidden attributes, including clipping paths, transfer functions, size, color type, encoding, and much more. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/grafyxx-13-ppc.hqx; 564K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:13 -0700 From: jason.townsend@stanford.edu Subject: [*] Guillotine 1.0b2 Guillotine is a drop box that "decapitates" those ugly all caps DOS-like filenames. Just drop the offending files/folders on it, and the names will become all lowercase with the first letter of each word capitalized. Guillotine processes the complete contents of dropped folders. To make filenames all caps or all lowercase, just choose the appropriate item on the Options menu. Note: you may have to close and reopen the folder for the new name(s) to appear in the Finder. (Mac OS 8 does not have this problem.) Guillotine 1.0b2 changes: * Added support for Navigation Services. * Improved handling of contractions when capitalizing the first letter of each word. -Jason [Archived as /info-mac/disk/guillotine-10b2.hqx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:19 -0700 From: alm@montalcini.com Subject: [*] Icon Archiver 4.0 - Powerful Icon Database for 8.5 The Icon Archiver is an extremely powerful database specifically designed for easy icon storage and retrieval. It can quickly scan whole disks or folders and grab all the icons they contain, including those you won't ever see in the Finder and all icon archives created by other icon utilities. It can easily export them in most graphics formats, including the ones you need for your web pages. Drag & Drop is fully supported, so you can create or stick custom icons by simply dragging them around. All icons are compressed on the fly to save memory and disk space, and archives can contain a very large number of icons (unlike all other icon utilities which are limited to a few hundreds). Advanced features include removing duplicate icons, sorting them by shape, filtering them by size or color depth, and viewing them in many different ways. The Archiver includes native PowerPC code and its icon handling routines are highly optimized for maximum speed. Even if you hate custom icons, you'll be fascinated by the number of icons that come out of a typical shareware CD-ROM like the ones that are bundled with many Mac magazines. No matter what you use your Mac for, this is guaranteed to give you countless hours of fun and entertainment as well as a much nicer desktop. New in version 4.0: - Fully supports Mac OS 8.5. - The file format has changed to make it even more efficient. Icon Archiver archives are now smaller than StuffIt files. - Supported icon types include 32-bit and 48x48 huge icons. - Additional list views and options added for the new icons. - Individual icon comments are now available. - Icons can be sorted by identity (faster) or similarity. - New commands include Trim To Selection, selective Add and Remove Sizes, smart Picture Conversion options and more. - Sorting icons now flags an archive as modified. - Icon names are no longer truncated to 24 characters. - The Archiver starts up much faster when AppleTalk is on. - The ICO plugin correctly generates 16x16 and 48x48 icons. - Many other improvements were made, including better error reporting, smarter menu commands and more... [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/icon-archiver-40.hqx; 520K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:58 -0700 From: jhs@CS.Princeton.EDU Subject: [*] Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers Version 1.0.1 Jewel of Arabia: Dreamers is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) set in ancient Arabia. Jewel of Arabia takes the RPG to new heights by coupling a rich world and engrossing storyline with beautiful animated graphics. The game requires 13MB of memory and 15MB of hard-disk space. For more information, visit Quarter Note Software's web page at www.qnote.com. [Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/jewel-dreamers-101.hqx; 8436K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:25 -0700 From: tbarrett@thermotrex.com Subject: [*] LibraryCataloger1.1.0 tracks books and articles: Library Cataloger is an application to help you keep track of your personal library, and to help you create bibliographies for papers, reports, and other documents which include references. Library Cataloger requires system 7 or higher and both a PowerPC native and a non-PowerPC application is included. Only approximately 2 MB of free memory are required and approximately the same amount of hard disk space is needed. No Floating-point unit is required. This an application which I created to fill a need of my own. I consistently find myself forgetting which papers I have photocopies of. Also, just like everyone else who has to make bibliographies for papers, I hate having to go through my papers to get all the information required to complete the bibliographic entries. This application will help you keep track of the books and papers you have, and it will help you make bibliographies when you need them by exporting bibliographic data in plain text or LaTex format. Version 1.1 is a major upgrade to earlier versions. It has numerous bug fixes which make it much more stable. The user interface has been significantly redesigned to make it easier to use. You may now store more information about a book or paper, you may now add custom categories and types, and you can now also export to Rich Text Format (RTF). Todd Barrett 10690 Arbor Heights Lane San Diego CA 92121 tbarrett@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/data/library-cataloger-110.hqx; 705K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:27 -0700 From: mgregory@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au Subject: [*] LogEditor LogEditor allows you to log your sound and video tapes creating a FileMaker Pro database of transcripts and descriptions using the time code or stop watch time of in and out points for each log. Once all the information has been entered you can easily find any entry using keywords for the locations, characters or the transcripts. This searching facility is especially helpful when there is any time between logging and editing. You can also do a "paper edit" based on an order you choose by number. Using FileMaker's Sort function, just those records you have chosen for the edit can be ordered and then printed out. You can also print the entire log or a single record. You can export the records to a text file that can then be imported into a video editing program. Since LogEditor can be used on a portable computer away from the editing studio, logging can be done anywhere and the results can be easily transferred back at the studio. [Archived as /info-mac/data/log-editor.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:16 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Mackintosh kaleidoscope scheme Mackintosh Kaleidoscope 2.0 scheme is based on the work of the scotch designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Please post on your recent additions apge. -Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/mackintosh-kaleidoscope.hqx; 334K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:08 -0700 From: maui@mauisoftware.com Subject: [*] MacLaunchIt 1.0 MacLaunchIt is an application helper utility. MacLaunchIt: * Launches any application simply by entering part of the applications name. * Creates a list of all of your applications, which can then be launched. * Displays all currently running processes. This includes applications, control panels, background applications, etc. Shareware, $15. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/mac-launchit.hqx; 546K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:02 -0700 From: wilsona@earthlink.net Subject: [*] macspice3f4-ppc-25b macspice-3f4-ppc-25b.sit It contains the PowerMac-native version 2.5b of Spice3f4, a popular electronic circuit simulation program. PPC ONLY VERSION!!!! This is an update to MacSpice3f4 2.4 which adds the BSIM3 device models: BSIM3v3.2 and BSIM3SOIv1.3. It is being submitted as a beta version for verification of the new models. This version is pretty stable. Spice was developped by the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. This binary may be included on the archive CD-ROM. I would suggest the following directory to place the files: sci/ Thank you, Anthony Wilson [Archived as /info-mac/sci/macspice-3f4-ppc-25b.hqx; 1172K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:09 -0700 From: jgiles@chaoticsoftware.com Subject: [*] NOVA 3.0.1 68K Submission NOVA, first and foremost, is a very stable Screen Saver environment. It was designed to take up a minimum amount of RAM and work without the use of any nasty extensions that generally cause instability in the MacOS. NOVA provides three main services to the user: (1) eliminates the potential for phosphor screen burn-in, (2) provides security for your system, and (3) provides entertainment for yourself and those who work around you. Summary of what's new in 3.0.1: 1. Password security fix. 2. Password dialog shows cursor now. 3. Colorware Saverlet has been updated. 5. Swarms (PPC only) was updated. 6. Updated Clock saverlet to have a cooler "Digital" clock. 7. All Saverlets, the Launcher and Settings were recompiled with Codewarrior Pro 4. Requirements: System 7 or higher, 68K Macintosh (for PowerPC, see the PPC version) For further information: web: http://www.chaoticsoftware.com e-mail: chaotic@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/nova-301-68k.hqx; 2196K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:11 -0700 From: jgiles@chaoticsoftware.com Subject: [*] NOVA 3.0.1 PPC NOVA, first and foremost, is a very stable Screen Saver environment. It was designed to take up a minimum amount of RAM and work without the use of any nasty extensions that generally cause instability in the MacOS. NOVA provides three main services to the user: (1) eliminates the potential for phosphor screen burn-in, (2) provides security for your system, and (3) provides entertainment for yourself and those who work around you. Summary of what's new in 3.0.1: 1. Password security fix. 2. Password dialog shows cursor now. 3. Colorware Saverlet has been updated. 5. Swarms (PPC only) was updated. 6. Updated Clock saverlet to have a cooler "Digital" clock. 7. All Saverlets, the Launcher and Settings were recompiled with Codewarrior Pro 4. Requirements: System 7 or higher, PowerPC Macintosh (for 68K, see the 68k version) For further information: web: http://www.chaoticsoftware.com e-mail: chaotic@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/nova-301-ppc.hqx; 2267K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:24 -0700 From: oneapp@kagi.com Subject: [*] OneApp CineSlider 4.1 - Slideshow for movies OneApp CineSlider is a projector for movies, sounds and images. It's fast and easy to use. OneApp CineSlider lets you personalize the projection to adapt it to the most varied needs. You can create projections that are controlled manually or automatically. You can personalize the projection environment with colored backgrounds or patterns, use a soundtrack during projection, and display the names of the images and movies that are projected. OneApp CineSlider can handle a wide range of graphic and multimedia formats: QuickTime Movies, QuickTime VR Movies, AIFF audio files, and all the main graphic formats such as JPEG, TIFF, Pict, Photoshop, PNG, MacPaint, GIF, animated GIF, Windows Bitmap BMP and SGI. Using OneApp CineSlider you can create projections that can be distributed as standalone applications. These are so easy to use that anyone can launch them just by double-clicking. System Requirements: Mac OS 7.1 or later, QuickTime 3.0 or later. OneApp Software Home Page: http://www.kagi.com/oneapp/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/oneapp-cineslider-41.hqx; 2260K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:00 -0700 From: joel.francois@iname.com Subject: [*] PageSucker-Mac-2.0.sit.hqx - Web Hierarchy Downloader PageSucker (Version 2.0 - 10th November, 1998) PageSucker is a small utility that allows entire Web page hierarchies to be downloaded automatically. The pages will thereby be modified in such a way that they can then be viewed off-line (even after copying them to a CD-ROM or the like). Version 2.0 - lots of new features, better user interface, easy to launch on Mac and Windows. Main Features: - Strong URL filters to restrict the downloads to only the desired files. - Automatic rebuilding of the server's file system hierarchy on the client side. - Option to download only pages up to a certain recursion depth. - Multithreaded. More than one connection to a server can be opened at a time. - The names of the downloaded files are adapted to the local filesystem. - Written entirely in Java. There's a Macintosh and Windows 95/98/NT version. [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/pagesucker-20.hqx; 1022K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:42 -0700 From: Thierry.Maire@mcnet.ch Subject: [*] PhotoCat 2.3 PhotoCat - is a great tool for working quickly and efficiently with a large database of pictures. It's also the ideal tool to put one's holiday pictures in order. PhotoCat allows you to build catalogs of pictures easily, for example from a Photo-CD. All QuickTime compatible file formats can be read (along with BMP from PC's world). It also offers extended index and search capabilities which help you find pictures quickly. You can attach keywords to a picture, allowing for very accurate search of the catalog. Adding, exporting, deleting and transferring pictures are all very easy to do. Special tools are included to make catalog maintenance easy. PhotoCat 2 also provides many options for printing catalogs. Catalogs can be widely and easily distributed via the PhotoCat Player, a special addtional program. Thierry Maire CH-1545 Chevroux SWITZERLAND Tel/Fax 0041 (26) 667 18 10 _________________________________ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/photocat-23.hqx; 2964K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:25 -0700 From: rossetantoine@bluewin.ch Subject: [*] PlayerPRO 5.0b2 Player PRO 5.0b2 Music Software for Macintosh, PowerMac only. NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 5.0b2: * Support 255 instruments * Support 64 samples per instruments * Support 254 channels (tracks) (actually limited to 99 for GUI reasons) * Support stereo samples * Support instrument panning enveloppes * Quicktime 3.0 support * New MADI format with panning and channels informations * New sound driver, simplified and better sound quality * MacOS 8.5 savvy (navigation manager 1.0, appearance manager 1.1) * Adapted to support new G3 * Export to the new MacOS music format (you'll need PlayerPRO Quicktime Extension) * Many bugs corrected from b1 * Compiled with Universal Headers 3.2 and CodeWarrior 3.1 * Smart Scrolling savvy (Appearance Manager 1.1) * Live Scrolling (Appearance Manager 1.1) * OMS MIDI Driver updated to 2.3.4 (http://www.opcode.com) * Minor GUI changes * iMac savvy * New introduction price : 69 US$ for full version 5.0 with CD-Rom * Pre-Orders for version 5.0 are now available ! (Release in January 1999) * More new features to come with next release... [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/playerpro-50b2.hqx; 868K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:29 -0700 From: Kevin.Hayes@Kagi.Com Subject: [*] problemtracker-101 Problem Tracker 1.0.1 is Help Desk software designed to track clients and their problems or requests. Problem Tracker is networkable, cross-platform (MacOS and Windows95/NT) and multi-user aware. More information is available at Kevin Hayes [Archived as /info-mac/data/problem-tracker-101.hqx; 2459K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:30 -0700 From: quickeditor@hotmail.com Subject: [*] QuickEditor QuickEditor is a QuickTime video editor designed to perform common editing operations in the quickest and easiest way. It is a great tool for creating small , nifty movies you can publish on your web page, digital family album, and so on... Some of QuickEditor main features are: - Simple, "all-in-one-window", scalable interface. - Support (via QuickTime 3.0) for a variety of movie, sound and image formats ( including .mov, .avi, .mpg, .aiff, .wav, .au, .bmp, .jpg, .gif, ... ). - More than 100 Transitions and Filters to choose from. - Support for Sound and Music (QuickTime Midi) tracks. - Optimized for Mac OS 8.5 (support for Navigation Services' improved Open/Save dialogs ) - Balloon Help - Fully functional shareware, 35 US $ registration fee to access all the features. And more... Configuration required to run QuickEditor: - A PowerPC-based Macintosh ( does not run on 680x0 ) - MacOS 8 recommended, but runs on System 7.6 - QuickTime 3 ( available free of charge at http://www.apple.com/quicktime ) Distribution of QuickEditor: - Everyone is allowed to distribute unregistered versions of QuickEditor , as long as the original package is not altered . QuickEditor must always come with the bundled documentation . Please feel free to distribute it on CD-Roms, Web sites, FTP sites, ... QuickEditor's homepage on the Web: http://wild.ch/quickeditor/ Mathias Tschopp quickeditor@hotmail.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/quick-editor.hqx; 1452K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:15 -0700 From: feelgood@ramona.nu Subject: [*] ramBunctious 1.3.1 SE Pressmeddelande fr=E5n Dr. Feelgood Dr. Feelgood sl=E4pper nu det revoltionerande ramskiveprogrammet ramBunctious 1.3.1-SE i svensk version. ramBunctious =E4r ett RAM-skiveprogram med m=E5nga v=E4rdefulla egenskaper. ramBunctious har lyckats eliminera nackdelarna och bibeh=E5lla f=F6rdelarna j=E4mf=F6rt med de flesta andra RAM-skiveprogram. Du kan sj=E4lv v=E4lja hur= du ska prioritera f=F6r att f=E5 r=E4tt balans mellan snabbhet, s=E4kerhet och m=E5ngsidighet. Du kan t.ex v=E4lja att l=E5ta programmet kontinuerligt spar= a till en h=E5rdskiva f=F6r att trygga dina data ifall datorn skulle krascha. = Du kan montera ett valfritt antal RAM-skivor s=E5 l=E5ngt minnet r=E4cker till. ramBunctious anv=E4nder samma minnesutymme som andra program, s=E5 minnet ka= n anv=E4ndas av andra program genast du l=E4gger tillbaka en RAM-skiva. Menyer, dialoger och f=F6nster =E4r gjorda s=E5 att det =E4r enkelt att kont= rollera en eller flera RAM-skivor. Om du har flera RAM-skivor monterade kan du ha olika inst=E4llningar f=F6r var och en. =C4ndringar fr=E5n version 1.2 till 1.3.1 * Det f=F6rinst=E4llda filnamnet f=F6r alias i Startobjekt kollas nu avseend= e antal tecken. * Inledande nollor skrivs nu alltid till bildfilen. * Utseendet (inklusive symboler och startbilden har gjorts om. * ramBunctious kan nu fullst=E4ndigt kontrolleras via AppleScript! Det finns med ett antal exempelscript. * En kryssruta Enbart RAM finns nu n=E4r RAM-skivor skapas. Inget h=E5rddiskutrymme kr=E4vs f=F6r bildfilen. * ramBunctious kommer nu ih=E5g namnet p=E5 ramskiveenheten =E4ven n=E4r enb= art RAM-minne anv=E4nds. * Dokumentationssk=E4rmen har avsev=E4rt f=F6rb=E4ttrats. =D6vers=E4ttning: Jens Kuhn Dr. Feelgood Pris: 100:- Som alla Dr. Feelgoods program =E4r det l=E4tt att registrera via postgirot eller ett vanligt inbetalningskort p=E5 posten. L=E4s mer ock ladda ner p=E5 v=E5r hemsida: . Ladda ner direkt: P=E5 < http://www.idg.se/online > hittar du info. om IDG/Online och d=E4r fi= nns =E4ven alla v=E5ra program f=F6r nedladdning Dr. Feelgood=AE http://www.feelgood.se (in Swedish) - Shareware translated into Swedish [Archived as /info-mac/disk/rambunctious-131-se.hqx; 325K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:04 -0700 From: case.42@osu.edu Subject: [*] Romanian fonts for Newton Hi Info-Mac. Attached are three Romanian fonts for Newton 2.1 (times, helvetica, courier), converted with permission by the author of Romanian fonts for Mac by Paul Hodor. File scanned with Norton AntiVirus for Mac 5.0.2. Thanks, Beau. Beau David Case, Assistant Professor and Librarian for Europe and Linguistics Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Avenue Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA tel. 614-292-2594 fax 614-292-1918 http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/claweb [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/romanian-fonts.hqx; 21K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:31 -0700 From: schiwall@netaxs.com Subject: [*] StatDoctor StatDoctor is a shareware golf statistics and game improvement program designed to allow the individual golfer to record, analyze, and improve their golf game. It may be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. System Requirements: * PowerPC with 16 MB RAM * 9 MB free disk space * A 68K version is available and those interested should visit the StatDoctor Web site for more information. Schiwall Scientific http://www.netaxs.com/~schiwall/statdoctor.html [Archived as /info-mac/data/stat-doctor-10-ppc.hqx; 3974K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:44:58 -0700 From: kdolenc@hotmail.com Subject: [*] StoryProject 4.0.3 [fiction writing outliner] StoryProject is a professional story development tool for writers of novels, plays, and screenplays. Using events, threading, and spotlighting it offers the non-linear tools suited to development of story structure, while providing transparent access to the linear product of your work. StoryProject is shareware; full details are in its Read Me file. This is version 4.0.3, featuring many improvements. Users of all previous versions should upgrade. System requirements: Apple Mac or Power Mac, 1.5-3MB free RAM, 3.5MB free disk space, System 7 or greater. Karl Dolenc -- Email: kdolenc@hotmail.com Website: http://www.kagi.com/kdolenc/storyproject/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/storypro.hqx; 1598K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:13 -0700 From: madrau@kagi.com Subject: [*] SwitchRes 1.5.1 - english version SwitchRes is an extension that allows you to control the resolutions of all your displays. A Control Panel is joined, which lets you change its preferences, and a Control Strip Module and a Contextual Menu extension are bundled. You can change all your resolutions with just one mouse click on the Finder desktop, or just by pressing one key. It also allows you to: ---------------------- * use *all* available resolutions of your video cards, not only those the MacOS choose for you * automatically switch resolution and color depth of all monitors when launching an application, and restore your settings when quitting * position the desktop icons where you want, at every resolution change and at startup * configure the menus by choosing which resolutions and what bitdepths will be displayed (Control Strip Module menu, Contextual Menu) and a lot of other features... SwitchRes requires MacOS 8, and a multisync monitor may be useful... Of course, SwitchRes works fine under MacOS 8.5 It is distributed as a $9 shareware, but you can try the application for 7 days. What is new in version 1.5.1: ----------------------------- Version 1.5.1 is essantially a bug-fixing version. It fixes the stupid bug where using Navigation Services could crash the control panel with a type-1 error. It also fixes a bug where the help menu of different applications could suddenly disappear when using SwitchRes' icon menu. Some games that were previously crahsing are now working (that includes games that were relying on the error code returned by the Display Manager). As for the features, it now uses PowerPC native patches, for overall speed; and adds support for proportional thumbbars in MacOS 8.5 What was new in version 1.5: ---------------------------- * All SwitchRes menus are definable independently: you can decide to show the depths only in the Control Strip Module and the resolutions only in the Contextual Menu, if you want * SwitchRes can restore the display and sound settings when an application quits [Archived as /info-mac/gui/switchres-151.hqx; 336K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:34 -0700 From: peter@troi.nl Subject: [*] Troi Grabber Plug-in 1.0 for FileMaker Pro Troi Automatisering announces the final version of Troi Grabber Plug-in 1.0, for FileMaker Pro 4.0 (or later) on Mac OS. This plug-in gives FileMaker Pro the ability to grab a picture from a video input source and to put it directly into a container field. The use of this plug-in is only limited by your imagination. Here are some of the suggested uses: a webcam database, time lapse pictures, Yoga database(!), Easy casting, festival- meeting- or conference registration database, a security database. We've added sample databases, including a new Trade Show example, which shows the plug-in's ease of use. Also a User Guide is now included. Troi Grabber Plug-in is shareware and only available for Mac OS and costs $79 per user. Details on developer licenses and multi-user discounts can be found in the readme and on our web site. You can order licenses via our web site. System Requirements ------------------- Any Mac or Windows machine that runs FileMaker Pro 4. or higher. The plug-in works with any video input source that is compatible with QuickTime 2.5 or higher. This includes almost all AV Macintoshes and also the Connectix (color) QuickCam. For more information, please read the enclosed Read Me file, or visit our Web site at: . About Troi Automatisering Troi Automatisering is leading developer of cross platform FileMaker plug-ins, databases and utilities. For more information, visit our Web site at: . Peter Baanen Troi Automatisering Vuurlaan 18 2408 NB Alphen a/d Rijn The Netherlands [Archived as /info-mac/data/troi-grabber-plug-in-10.hqx; 405K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:01 -0700 From: xlz@kagi.com Subject: [*] TrueKeys v3.2 release TrueKeys is a Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK) 2-byte truetype font conversion utilities. What makes it different from other truetype utilities such as TTConvert 1.5 and TrueConvert 0.3b is that it generates its own cmap table for specified language encoding, and assemble the original font data into a new truetype. This strategy corrects some common PC font problems such as no Mac cmap table support, etc. When TTConvert or TrueConvert does not work for your font, you should seriously try TrueKeys. TrueKeys v3.2 is guarenteed to work with any Mac format CJK truetypes and Windows format truetypes (including TTC format). Key Benefits Convert Chinese/Japanese/Korean truetype fonts between Windows/Macintosh format. Add Apple Unicode encoding table to existing font to support's Apple's Unicode imaging technology. Convert Chinese/Japanese/Korean truetype fonts between popular encodings. GB2312 (used in Chinese PWindows 3.1/95/98, Macintosh)<-> Big5 (used in Chinese CWindows 3.1/95/98, Macintosh) GBK(used in Chinese PWindows 95/98, Macintosh) <-> Unicode 2.0 (used in Windows NT) Big5 (used in Chinese CWindows 3.1/95/98, Macintosh) <-> Unicode 2.0 (used in Windows NT) Shift-JIS (used in Japanese Windows 3.1/95/98, Macintosh) <-> Unicode 2.0 (used in Windows NT) KSC5601 (used in Korean Windows 3.1/95/98, Macintosh) <-> Unicode 2.0 (used in Windows NT) System Requirement MacOS and compatible personal computers with 68030 or better. PowerPC is strongly recommended. System 7.1 or later, MacOS 7.5.3 recommended. Minimum 8 MB RAM, 16 MB recommended. Minimum 8 MB free storage on hard drive. [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/truekeys-32.hqx; 1087K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:45:27 -0700 From: ecampbel@scf-fs.usc.edu Subject: [*] Ultra Recorder 2.4.1 Ultra Recorder is the premier application to record, play, and convert sounds on the Macintosh. Try it today! Ultra Recorder utilizes the power of Apple's Macintosh and QuickTime to provide unparalleled sound conversion, DISK BASED recording, and playback in ALL POPULAR sound formats. Ultra Recorder uses Apple's latest technologies including System 8's platinum appearance, QuickTime 2.1 and beyond, Navigation Services, and can control the GAIN SETTINGS of your recording device. Ultra Recorder is $20 Shareware. EJ Campbell EJ Enterprises E-Mail: ejc3@kagi.com WWW: http://members.aol.com/EJC3 What's changed from 2.4 to 2.4.1? This is a minor update to fix all known bugs in the current release. Error messages are now modless, fixes bugs while converting and playing sounds. Increased stabilitiy! [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/ultra-recorder-241.hqx; 808K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:46:37 -0700 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Web Confidential 1.1r2J - Japanese version This is the Japanese version of the Web Confidential package. This release supersedes the Web Confidential 1.1J release. "Web Confidential is easy to use, secure, and well-integrated"- Adam C. Engst, TidBITS For a review of Web Confidential by Adam C. Engst, read TidBITS 441 Where do you keep your confidential data? Like most people these days, you've probably got a growing number of user IDs, passwords, registration keys, PINs, serial numbers, and the like, stored in various places on your Mac or scribbled on miscellaneous pieces of paper around your home or office. When you stop and think about it, you probably have more of these pesky bits of information scattered about than you realize. The proliferation of the Internet is exacerbating this situation. Increasing numbers of commercially-oriented sites, such as the NY Times, require some form of registration even simply to view content. Other transaction-oriented sites, such as Amazon.com, or personalized newsites, such as My Yahoo, require passwords for personal services. Now there is a software program to manage passwords and the like: it is called Web Confidential. It uses an intuitive, easy-to-use cardfile metaphor which will enable even novice users to get up to speed in no time. Power users will find a large number of options to enable them to configure Web Confidential to meet their specific needs. If you are an enthusiastic Web surfer, you will be especially impressed at the tight integration Web Confidential offers with your favorite Internet applications, such as Netscape Navigator, Explorer, Eudora and Emailer. Web Confidential takes full advantage of the Mac operating system's outstanding facilities, such as Interprogram Communication and Shared Menus, to make Web Confidential work seamlessly with these programs. For creating pages containing personal account information at commercial sites, Web Confidential offers you the one-click convenience of its Password Shared Menu, saving you from the bothersome chore of having to retype your user ID and password each time you log in. Last but not least, Web Confidential permits you to encrypt your password files, protecting this sensitive information from prying eyes, using a state-of-the-art encryption algorithm. Your key can be up to 448 bits in length. Changes in this version: [Archived as /info-mac/data/webcon-11r2j.hqx; 365K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************