Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #244 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 19 Jan 99 Volume 16 : Issue 244 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#463/18-Jan-99 (Q) Eudora e-mail to AOL problem (Q) Trouble getting ahold of the Macinsearch.com webmaster (Q) Trying to save a vintage MacII [Q] Application Switcher Applescripts (Mac OS 8.5 help viewer) [Q] Hunt the event eater [Q] Text Clippings and MacOS 8.5.1 Adobe Type Manager 4.0.2 and MacOS 8.5.1 CDROM eject button Couple Questions Disabled sound output under OS 8.5 Giving away older stuff to help the Macintosh community Looking for beta testers mac access modem port problems New G3 questions Newton Battery Packs Optimizing G3s Personal experiences with the G3 Powerbook Powerbook keyboard problems Scriptorium Update #59 - Too Much New Stuff Starmax CD Problems Startup with File sharing on? strange font behaviour transfer rate app Unrecognizable pdf files Used Laptop 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 #244" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:00:00 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#463/18-Jan-99 TidBITS#463/18-Jan-99 Macworld Expo news continues this week, with all the information we couldn't fit in last week. (Baby.) We all pitch in for our regular Macworld Superlatives article, and Jeff Carlson looks at the various Palm-related products on display at the show. (Baby.) In the news, Apple announced at $152 million dollar profit, Fog City released LetterRip Pro 3.0.4, and oh, did we mention that Adam and Tonya had a baby, Tristan Mackay Engst? Topics: MailBITS/18-Jan-99 Macworld Expo SF '99 Superlatives Palm Shows More in Hand at Expo Please Welcome Tristan Mackay Engst [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-463.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 11:56:50 -0600 From: Glenn Sowell Subject: (Q) Eudora e-mail to AOL problem I have two internet accounts, one at work and one at home. From my work account I can use Eudora 4.0.1 to send e-mail to my brother on AOL. He gets it just fine. >From my home account (with COX@HOME) I use the same version of Eudora and my e-mail never reaches him - no bounce back, no nothin'!. If I use the e-mail program in Netscape, the e-mail arrives. My e-mails to other non-AOL sites seem to arrive ok, so I think my basic settings are ok. I talked to the techs at COX@HOME, but got told that they only support Netscape. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can look for the source of the problem? Thanks. Glenn sowell@unomaha.edu (work) sowell2@home.net (home) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:28:02 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: (Q) Trouble getting ahold of the Macinsearch.com webmaster Dear Digest readers, I have had trouble finding the right e-mail address to send a message to the http://www.macinsearch.com webmaster. I e-mailed webmaster@macinsearch.com and that message bounced. Anybody know how to reach them? I found a serious programming error in their web page and wanted to let them know about it. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:22:47 -0700 From: "dave.trautman" Subject: (Q) Trying to save a vintage MacII [ warning - long story ] Last summer I welcomed the arrival of my AV G3 tower and I've been a giggling speed demon ever since. Having successfully appleshared my older machine to the G3, I transfered all the files from my vintage Mac II's Quantum 350 drive and spent the summer filling up all the other available space on the G3. Last month I decided to reformat and reclaim the drive from my Mac II. I booted up ol' Charlie and marvelled at how solid that 7.6.1 was after all this dormant time. Having confirmed there was nothing to save on the old drive I proceeded to try and reformat the internal. I booted off an "emergency" floppy which had OS 7.5.3 on it and Silverlining 5.8.3 to use. I wanted to re-combine all the divided volume space into a single volume. I also thought I might run the Apple Disk utility afterward and re-install the Apple Drivers because this drive could "perhaps" join me at the G3 level. But I was only dreaming. I didn't sit and watch the reformatting as such but I did see it begin and glanced sidelong at it working away through two read-write tests without an error or bad sector showing. When I halted the testing and wanted to go right to re-formatting I got reports of incompatibility with the drivers and -- did I want to "fix" this. Foolishly I acted before really thinking deeply (or taking into consideration what drivers might already be on the disk). When a follow-up dialogue reported no success in installing the drivers and suggested I re-boot I had no other option but to consent. Since that moment I haven't seen the drive in question appear on any re-started, zapped, or finagled desktops. DFA does not see the drive when I can boot and Apple's Disk utility sees no SCSI drives connected to the machine. There are many times when I power up and see a double boot on the monitor and then I hear the dreaded chimes of failed RAM. If I take the Quantum drive offline the machine boots, runs and works pretty well (for a mini-system on a Disk Tools 1 floppy). When the drive is reconnected to the internal ribbon cable I get the four-note chime and then nothing. Now, to the question(s). What do the wise and wrinkled Info-Mac readers suggest to someone so bold as to be attempting such a resuscitation? How does one mount a stubbornly invisible hard drive which is likely in need of new drivers just to answer SCSI calls? I'm prepared to discuss [off the list should it bore those johnny-come-latelys with PPC technology] situations concerning MODE32, SCSI terminations, utilities, tricks, and voodoo to try and reclaim my faithful drive. I am hoping to install a 7.6.1 system onto an external 100 MB vintage drive which was married to the Mac II for many years. From this I hope to get more capacity to use serious diagnostic utilities and to attempt another reformatting of the 350 Quantum internal. Between now and then I would humbly accept any advice, experience or even sympathy from readers of this list who have served people like myself so graciously in the past. Messages beginning with, or containing "throw away the Mac II" are not welcome. Dave Trautman EncycloMEDIA Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada "For a list of ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." =8B Alice Kahn ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:30:58 -0500 From: shorton Subject: [Q] Application Switcher Applescripts (Mac OS 8.5 help viewer) Hi, In the Mac OS 8.5.1 help viewer, under application switching are links to a couple of applescripts for customizing the application switcher floating palatte. Does anyone know where these scripts acutally reside? I can't seem to find them and would like to modify one to open the app. switcher at startup to the lower left corner, horizontal view, in order of launch. Please reply to Thanks, Scott Horton ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:25:30 +0000 From: John Bull Subject: [Q] Hunt the event eater I am suffering from a problem where events go missing: On Word98, I have to double click the menus to get them to pull down. In a RealBasic program I wrote, I can only keep a thread running full speed if I sit and wiggle the mouse to create events - otherwise something eats them. The last time I had a problem like this it turned out to be NowAutoType (whether active or not) - removing it solved the problem. However, this time I can't think of anything similar that could be causing trouble. Any ideas - either on what it might be, or how I could go about finding it? Powerbook 1400c, OS7.5.3, lots of bits and pieces - Now Utilities, Speed/RAM doubler, extensions galore. John ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 07:28:03 -0500 From: shorton Subject: [Q] Text Clippings and MacOS 8.5.1 Hi, Since updating to OS 8.5.1 I can't seem to make a text clipping to the desktop. I've booted with extensions disabled and the same result, nothing happens. Drag and drop from document to document works just fine, even across different applications, but no clippings to the desktop. I noticed that I no longer have a "clipping extension" in my extensions folder unlike previous OS's, but I did not do any sort of custom installation. Any ideas? Please email to . Thanks, Scott Horton ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 21:48:10 +0100 From: Patrick Maes Subject: Adobe Type Manager 4.0.2 and MacOS 8.5.1 When ATM 4.0.2 is installed : if I open a file by double clicking it or via FinderPop I get very often a type 23 error message. The application that should open the file quits immediately with a type 23 error. It doesn't matter if I installed ATM in the System Folder or if ATM is opened by Adobe Acrobat Reader (3.0.1). Somebody else experiences this problem ? P.S.: I use a G3/300 with MacOS 8.5.1 (US). Best regards, Patrick Maes maes@macbel.be ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:41:44 +0000 From: Tim Iskander Subject: CDROM eject button Has anyone ever seen an extension that would detect the user pressing the eject button on the CDROM drive and send an apple event to the finder requesting it to eject the CD? If a PC can do it, Im sure the Mac can :-) If there isnt one, does anyone want to tackle writing one??? Tim Iskander p.s. Please reply in person as my news access is sporadic ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:22:28 -0500 From: Al Bloom Subject: Couple Questions A couple questions for you experts: 1. Apple Printer Utility: Am I missing something? I can't find a way to make APU change the Appletalk zone of a printer. I need the old LaserWriter Utility to actually do that. Well, actually, the last time I needed that feature (two weeks ago), I used the Xerox printer util that came with our N24 printer. Couldn't find LWU at the time. This is not critical. I can get around the problem. But I keep reading that APU can change a printer's zone, and I've never seen the option. 2. AppleShare Muckup Responsibility: I have this situation with my secretary. Using Personal File Sharing, she can put anything she wants on my machine and get anything from my machine. When I try to do anything from/to her machine from my machine, the "copy" box shows up and does absolutely nothing. I have to power down my machine and restart. And still can't get anything to or from her. I wiped Appleshare PDS and Appleshare Prep from her machine. No change. I wiped both files from my machine. No change. This is depressing. I suspect a new system install on one of the machines might be salutary. Not a trivial chore. Do any of y'all know a rule of thumb for which machine is mucking up the file transfer? Or maybe some better diagnostic techniques? Thanks for your help Al ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:45:56 EST From: Mercibeate@aol.com Subject: Disabled sound output under OS 8.5 Hi All, Just upgraded to OS 8.5 and have noticed a difference in the way sound out is handled. I used to keep a mixer plugged into the sound output jack on the back of the mac. I was still able to listen through the mac's built-in speaker under 7.6.1. Now, in 8.5, when the mixer is plugged-into the sound output on the back of the mac, the internal speaker is disabled. Is there any way around this? Thanks, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:31:51 -0500 From: Louis Bergeron Subject: Giving away older stuff to help the Macintosh community Hi, Like many readers of Info-Mac, I have a lot of older system, softwares, utilies and documentation, which could be useful to some Macintosh users. For example, those still working on older machines with System 6 could switch to System 7 for free. I have the whole kit plus lot of books. Likewise, those on System 7 could benefit from free System 7.5 from those now on 8.1 or 8.5 Myself, I have given over a lot of stuff. I think this should be done instead of letting the softwares and documentation sleep in a box. Is there a WWW site to post such offers? Are newsgroups a good place for this? Louis Bergeron Louis Bergeron C.P. 936 Rouyn Rouyn-Noranda Qc Canada J9X 5C8 Telephone-Phone (819) 764-3862 Telecopieur-Fax (819) 764-3758 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 19:25:08 -0800 From: Blake Ward Subject: Looking for beta testers We're putting the finishing touches on a revolutionary new application for keeping track of your web browsing history and we're looking for beta testers. The application uses Apple's Information Access Toolkit (AIAT is also used by Sherlock) to index all of the words in every web page you visit. Later, when you want to revisit any page that you've ever visited in the past, you only need to type in a couple of words that describe that page to quickly return to it. It will be compatible with System 7.1 and later, PowerPC or 68K, MacTCP or OpenTransport, and any version of any web browser (including AOL's), so we're looking for beta testers that use a wide variety of systems. We're interested in testing the application with novice computer users who only occasionally surf the web and power users who visit hundreds of pages a day. If you're interested in beta testing this exciting new application, send a message to bward@scruznet.com with "beta test" in the subject line. Please include a brief description of your experience level and your computer system, including which MacOS version you have installed and which browser version(s) you typically use. We'll contact you in a few days with more information. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:24:41 -0500 From: whumph@prodigy.net (frank) Subject: mac access hello, i'm seeking assistance: the facts: i committed myself to teaching someone what i know about Photoshop. we need access to a copy of Photoshop 4.0 and a PowerMacintosh fast enough to run it. the access is for training in Adobe Photoshop &, if it can be worked out, use of the computer for photo-illustration work once his training has advanced. there's no funds: the access would need to be free or compensated for in some non-monetary fashion (barter for services?) given what he wants to use it for, bare minimum requirements are: either a 233MHz 604-based machine or a G3, with 128MB of RAM; a 17" (viewable) monitor and the video RAM to display millions of colors; a 4GB hard drive; and a copy of Adobe Photoshop 4.0 (not a copy of someone else's). ideally, a 266MHz G3 with 288MB of RAM and a 21" viewable monitor with the video RAM to display millions of colors would allow for experimentation and growth. i say "access" because he & i are in different parts of the ny-nj metro area, so the resolution of this situation could be use of a machine at location(s) and on a schedule to be determined or the arrangement of receiving into his possession a machine similar to that previously described. any leads would be tremendously appreciated; systems and components near what we're seeking are a huge help, too! please cross-post and/or redistribute this as you see fit. please respond by Thursday, January 21, 1998 at 1:00AM Eastern Standard Time (US) and let me know what you would like in return. thank you very much! frank whumph@prodigy.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:27:49 -0600 From: "Brent N. Winkelman" Subject: modem port problems In the office we have a PowerComputer PowerTower. We're using a SupraExpress 33.6 external modem with version 2.3.1 fax software, and Apple's OT/PPP for internet connection. The trouble is that once a fax is sent from the CPU you can no longer get the modem port for OT/PPP unless you restart. Very annoying! We've tried FreePPP but it didn't help, and the operator prefers OT/PPP. Anyone point me to a possible solution? Brent N. Winkelman Bismarck ND ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:19:28 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: New G3 questions I am on the verge of buying a new G3, to go with my "old" 233 meg G3. And to replace a number of machines, a Se/30, a Mac IIvx, a LC/III... I am also ready to buy a G3 14 inch powerbook I understand that Apple is coming out with a number of new models of things, so let me ask a few questions. I use two laser printers, a personal LaserWriter, and a Laser Writer II, connected by local talk, to the G3. I really love the convenience of having both on. Will I be able to do this with the new machines, or do I want an "old" G3 without the USB stuff. I also use a 56 K external modem and a zip drive with this machine. I am really dubious about buying a machine that is gong to make all my systems unusable. If I hurry, I can buy a machine that does not have all this wonderful new stuff. Assuming I get a 300 meg desk top model, what do I do with the 10Base-T (?) stuff? Can I still use an external modem with this machine? And I think that a jazz drive, with its increased capacity, is better for my back ups, so I would not want it. I already have an external one anyway. Will I be able to hook up one of these. In passing, can anyone tell me why Apple is dong this to me and all its other users. Will I be able to use my 17 inch monitor with the new G3. Will I be able to buy one of the current 19 or 20 inch monitors for the new G3. Are there any parallel issues for the powerbooks. Can anyone tell me how much the new 14 inch powerbooks weigh, in contrast to the Apple 180c? I notice that my 17 inch monitor, which is an Apple 17 inch multiple display, has plugs for speakers. Does this mean I am audio visual cap[able, or what.... Thanks for the answers in advance. Michael B. Luskin ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 23:20:31 -0500 From: Dave Reiser Subject: Newton Battery Packs >The rechargeable battery on my Newton is beginning to age; unfortunately, >I didn't think to order spares when Apple jettisonned the Newton. The >Newton manual indicates that standard NiCad rechargable batteries should >not be used, so I apparently need to find an alternative. I >was unable to find Newton batteries listed at the Apple Store, MacMall and >MacWarehouse. Are there any suggestions out there (less expensive than >a Palm Pilot :-) ) for replacement battery packs for a Newton? >A S Hodel Assoc. Prof. Dept Elect Eng, Auburn Univ,AL >On leave at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center >http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~scotte A couple weeks ago, anyway, Smalldog (http://www.smalldog.com) had more than a dozen left. Dave Dave Reiser dbr@ptd.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:10:46 -0400 From: "Beth Ernst" Subject: Optimizing G3s I need to optimize the drives on our G3s. I've always used Nortons Speed Disk in the past but have read several negative articles on the new version. We are running OS 8.1, does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions, good or bad experiences they can share with me on optimizing. Only one of our machines is formatted HFS Plus, the rest are all Standard HFS. Your collective wisdom is much appreciated. :) Beth Ernst Fastline Publications - Looking for New or Used Equipment? Visit http://www.fastlinefinder.com for all your equipment needs. (800) 626-6409 bernst@fastlinepub.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 16:59:06 -0500 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: Personal experiences with the G3 Powerbook Dear Digest readers, I'd be interested to hear personal experiences with the G3/233 Powerbook with 14" screen. What have been the benefits and problems people have had after getting one, and is it really worth $2500? I am in a quandary, I don't need a new computer for what I do, but sometimes I wonder if I can do better than my reliable 7200/75. Also how fast is the SoftWindows 95 emulation on it. Will it for instance run Douglas Adams Starship Titanic at a reasonable speed, or EA Sports John Madden football. Please no responses from people who haven't yet tried it. Is it possible to add the DVD toolkit to it? Is it possible to add a 300Mhz processor to it once one can afford it? Are there any software packages that don't work on it? Does anyone have trouble using any of the following programs with it: Kaleidoscope WriteNow GoMac FinderPop Microsoft Excel 5.0 (yes I know 98 is out but I don't want to upgrade to it yet) After Dark 4.0.3 Clarisworks 4.0.4v4 Quicken 5 (yes I know 98 is out, but there is no reason for me to upgrade yet) DataViz MacLinkPlusPC 9.7 (10.0 is out...) Encore MIDI software HP 870 Cse printer drivers Nisus Easy Alarms 2.1 Adobe Pagemill 3.0 BBEdit 4.0 (yes I know 5.0 is out...) Stuffit Deluxe 4.5 (Yes I know 5.0...) I would rather not try to upgrade unless I know all my current software works with it. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:27:48 -0800 From: KR Subject: Powerbook keyboard problems Any ideas what might be wrong? My problem is certain keys on my pb 540c don't work. Bad Keys - 3 9 oO {[ |\ and return key I replaced the keyboard with a used keyboard from a friend who was parting out his 540c. Replacing the keyboard did nothing. Same keys out of service. Some variables to consider: 95% of the time I use an external keyboard and monitor from the 540c. I installed a new 167 mhz processor from Newer Technology a long time ago and I can't be certain the problems didn't start then. Though I don't think so. The 040 processor ran system 7.1. I currently system 7.5.5 I frequently run disk first aid, rebuild desktop, and run Norton Utilities Disk Doctor and Optimize hard disk. Is it possible that it could be somthing simple like a missing or corrupt extension? Please respond by e-mail as I will be posting this call for help to many groups. Thanks in advance, Kary karyavp@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:11:52 -0500 From: Dave Nalle Subject: Scriptorium Update #59 - Too Much New Stuff With the holidays and their aftermath we've bee a bit lax about getting updates out. As a result we've got all sorts of new stuff to report on, including new and updated sections on our site and two great new fonts. NEW FONT - MANTICORE Manticore is our first new font for 1999. It's based on an ornate style of gothic calligraphy used primarily in decorative signs and advertising in Germany around the turn of the century. It has many of the characteristics of a true medieval gothic hand, but is a more elaborate, extreme variaton on the style. I think you'll like it a lot. It's actually been on the site for about a week, but if you haven't spotted it yet, go try it out at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium SCRIPT FONTS PAGE ONLINE - PLUS SECRET FONT We've put a new page online devoted entirely to script fonts and nothing but script fonts. We get a lot of requests for different script styles, so we've gathered them all together in one place for easy reference, plus we've put together a special package of just script fonts at a reduced price. There's also a bonus demo font on this page. To check it out go to http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium/scriptfonts CELEBRATION PAGE ONLINE Our Celebration package has been available for a while, but it's been sort of a secret. Now that the wedding season is approaching we wanted to make sure it got some appropriate exposure, because it offers some excellent fonts and borders for weddings, anniversaries, parties and the like. You can find it at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/celebration NEW FONT LOCATOR ONLINE Everyone seems to have a hard time finding just the font they want, so in addition to our new search engine (http://www.ragnarokpress.com/search.html), we've put a special page online witha a complete alphabetical listing of fonts and links to see samples. The listing isn't actually 100% complete, but it does include every font we've released in the last two years, plus every older font we've updated during that period. We'll add the rest as we get them updated. Those who've already discovered it have apparently found it to be quite helpful. It's at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium/fontlist.html MASTER FONTS PAGE UPDATED For quite a while we've needed to bring the samples and info on our Master Fonts page up to date. We finally completed this update with the addition of information on three newer packages, along with nice samples. Check it out at http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium/masterfonts That's about it for now. Look for a new update soon, including news about the long awaited new issue of Scriptorium Magazine. Dave (as always, if you got two of these or want to leave the list, email me) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Digital Typefaces & Graphic Design Resources - The Scriptorium http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 17:46:03 EST From: Mercibeate@aol.com Subject: Starmax CD Problems Hi Folks, I use a Starmax 3000/180 at work (the only Mac in an all PC shop), running 7.5.3 and FWB CD toolkit software. I recently tried to update to 7.6.1 but the computer would not boot from a CD. I tried using "Startup Disk" and rebooting with the "c" held down, but no luck. I can tell the system is trying to access the cd at startup because I feel it spinning-up. BTW, the CD is accessible from the desktop _after_ bootup from the HD. Any suggestions on solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.. TIA, Rob ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:00:40 -0800 From: Chris Schram Subject: Startup with File sharing on? On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Jim Gaddis wrote: >I administer a computer lab at an elementary school with a mix of older Macs >(from Iicx to LC575). How can I make file sharing turn on every time I start >the computers? Some do, some don't; doesn't seem to matter if I had shut >down with File Sharing on or off. 1) One enabled though the Control Panel, File Sharing, should stay on until you turn it off. I believe that if you start File Sharing with the Control Strip, it will not be enabled when you restart. 2) Perhaps some of your "older" Macs have dead batteries. Replace them. (The batteries, not the Macs.) 3) If the batteries are OK, you could plop a utility like ShareDevil in your Startup Items folder. Chris Schram schram@mail.coos.or.us http://www.coos.or.us/~schram/Chris/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:04:16 +0000 From: Ezra Nathan Subject: strange font behaviour Info Mac helpers> I have bought Adobe Acrobat. One of its features is that it converts an image file, which contains text into actual text, which saves space and allows you to say search the text part of a brochure or whatever for specific words. Anyway, I can't get this to work. I get a message saying that Font Arial Narrow can't be found. Now, I go into the Fonts folder in my system folder and start clicking on the various fonts suitcases therein. All of them open to show examples of the font in question EXCEPT Arial Narrow which comes up as a load of delete symbols. Strangely if you drag the font to the desktop it opens and you see text just as you should. I created a new suitcase by copying another one and moving the contents of Arial Narrow into it. Now you can open the fonts and they look OK. But after a restart I'm back to square one - the Arial Narrow font is garbage again. I haven't done anything with Acrobat in the mean time so I don't think that's the source of the problem. I haven't had any other problems relating to this and I don't need this feature of Acrobat, but now I come to check I find I don't have Arial Narrow available in any other applications - Eudora, Word etc. Any thoughts? Thanks, > Ezra ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:59:18 -0500 (EST) From: yesdnil@mmmiata.com Subject: transfer rate app For a few months I have been looking for a small app that will run with a small window that just shows my connection speed, rec and send speeds. i though i saw something once on the menu bar but i could be wrong. any ideas? thanks in advance! /scott ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:59:20 +0000 From: Philippe Marx Subject: Unrecognizable pdf files Hello, Whenever I get an PDF file from the Internet, it arrives in a strange format that is not recognized by Acrobat Reader. These pdf files are listed as document content_schedule.pdf. When I try to open them in the Finder, I get a error message, saying that the application content_schedule.pdf cannot open the file, and returning me -39 as error code. They can be opened, however, from Acrobat reader,with the open file command. When I check their file type and creator with one the Norton utilities (v. 3.2), they are usually listed as TEXT and CARO, which seems to be the regular type of an acrobat pdf document. These files don't have any acrobat file icon: they simply look like files in an unknown format. I'm using a french version of Acrobat=81 Reader 3.01, which itself doesn't bear the usual Icon. I've rebuilt my desktop a few times, without affecting the display of the applications or any of its documents 'icon. All this happens aboard a Powerbook 1400, with a System C1- 7.6.1 (French -Canadien system). Even a recent reinstall of the system didn't change anything to this problem= =2E Any clue would be appreciated Thanks, ______________________ Philippe Marx, Montr=E9al, Qu=E9 d241315@er.uqam.ca ______________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:03:58 -0500 From: Ed Ver Hoef Subject: Used Laptop I am interested in buying a used Mac-based laptop but know nothing about what I should get. I want to use it on travel in a motorhome for two purposes: (1) I want to be able to move my Quicken files from my desktop to the laptop and use it to keep track of financial data while on the road; and (2) I plan to get DeLorme's Street Atlas with associated GPS receiver to help in mapping. etc. The only concern wrt the Quicken requirement is to determine the best procedure for transfering files from one computer to the other. However, Street Atlas requires the following: 68030 or later, OS7.1 or later, 8Mb of Ram, 8 Mb Disk space, and a 650 Mb CD. In addition I would like the laptop to have a color display and have a modem (internal or external). What laptops would meet this requirement? Where can I find a table of typical used prices for laptops? TIA. Ed Ver Hoef -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************