Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #379 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 09 Dec 99 Volume 16 : Issue 379 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#508/06-Dec-99 (A) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader (Q) Can't print while on-line (Q) Macintosh Modem Dilemma? (Q) Macintosh Modem Dilemma? (Q) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader [*] Abstract for ATPM 5.11 eDOC version [*] Amadeus II v2.2r3 [*] comp.sys.mac.comm FAQ (v 2.1.8) Dec 1 1998 [*] Cool Address Book 2.1 [*] CuliDataBase 5.5 (68K) [*] CuliDataBase 5.5 (PPC) [*] Decoder 2.0.7 [*] Dune Eternity [*] EasySwitcher [*] Email Merge 1.8 - Easy customized Email Merging [*] Festival kaleidoscope scheme [*] FontBuddy 1.3.1 [FontBuddy-1.3.1.sit.bin] [*] FotoPage Pro Demo [*] FracGen1.0(PPC) FractalGenerator [*] Golden Age Kaleidoscope scheme [*] HCtoWWW 2.00 HyperCard to HTML Translator [*] Holiday Lights 5.0 [*] HTMLTagwriter33 [*] HTMLTagwriter33 [*] HTMLTagwriter33 [*] iLiner 1.0 submission [*] Masculine Angel with Snake (17in) [*] Masculine Pushing Angel (17in) [*] Newton Dances with SONY? [*] PlayerPRO 5.4 FR - FRENCH Version [*] PlayerPRO 5.4 G4 - optimized for G4-Altivec PowerMacs! [*] POPThing 1.4 An idea for a utility Changing Font Family Names Info-Mac Digest V16 #378 ISDN Routers(Recommend a christmas present for me) LC 575 error code NN and Saved WWW Pages permanent email address problem Please help Powerbook 5300ce/117 Manual Printing to an HP Laserjet 4 plus RandomPassword Sony's DCR-TRV510 and the Macintosh 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. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. If that fails, try using the list maintenance form at before contacting us. * Please send administrative queries to . 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #379" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 21:00:00 -0800 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#508/06-Dec-99 TidBITS#508/06-Dec-99 A vacation is usually a retreat from work, but can you take a holiday= without disrupting your business? Mac shareware author Gideon Greenspan= offers his tips for carrying his company on his back throughout Asia. Plus,= Arthur Bleich returns with advice on buying digital cameras, and we note= revisions to Apple's Power Macintosh G4 line, and the releases of= QuarkXPress 4.1, ListSTAR 2.0, Frontier 6.1 Trexar's MacWasher, and an= update to Microsoft Office 98.=20 Topics: MailBITS/06-Dec-99 Working Off the Beaten Track Digital Camera Buying Guidelines, Part 1 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-508.etx; 33K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:42:53 +0700 From: Sumeth Chaochuti Subject: (A) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader At 5:32 AM -0500 on 12/06/99, Steve Weyer wrote: > I had run into similar(same?) problem a year or two ago; > > (we can usually solve it by downloading a postscript patch to the printer > (their "solution 4")) Steve, Thank you, this seemed like the best answer to my problem; and yet after I have loaded the patch to my printer the PostScript error still persists. Only this time the error is different from the time before the patch has been applied: ERROR: stackunderflow OFFENDING COMMAND: show STACK: ( ) -savelevel- So I guess I either have to take this up with Adobe's support or try to get a copy of older Reader (v. 2.5?) just for printing purpose. Best regards, Sumeth ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:16:52 -0600 From: Rick VanDerveer Subject: (Q) Can't print while on-line >I have discovered a strange "feature" i remote access. > >I have my Imac DV SE connected to a Powermac 7200 and HP Deskjet >870Cse via ethernet using appletalk. The printer is connected via an >ethernet-to-localtalk adapter. > >Everything works fine until I connect to the internet, then I can't >print from the Imac. > >I connect to the net via the buit-in modem through my employer, Rice >University, and when I log on, all the appletalk zones at Rice show >up in the chooser and my local printer driver becomes unavailable. In >the appletalk control panel there are options to chose "ethernet >built-in" or "remote only". Switching the two does not change the >situation. It would seem that the the "ethernet built-in" option does >not work correctly. It should also be mentioned that the problem >exist with both OS 8.6 and OS 9 despite an apple rep's assurance that >it wouldn't happen in the latter. Has anyone had the same experience? >Is there a fix or a work-around? > >Hannes Hofer This is consistent with my experience and from others I've read on the 'net. (I haven't confirmed MacOS 9, but after your report I have no reason to believe that it's fixed). I wish Apple would fix it. -Rick --- 'Networkable Mac Games' -- Your source for multiplayer gaming on the Mac. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 04:31:27 -0700 From: Ted Logan Subject: (Q) Macintosh Modem Dilemma? To Eric: >From the way your message is formatted, I'd guess you're not extensively experienced with modem communications, email, and such. In that case, you probably should not use anything except a 3ComUSRobotics 56k V90 external "Faxmodem" (so called) because it is the strongest modem in the field. I've used USRobotics modems for 15 years with unvarying success. Bad phone lines can defeat any modem, however. So first call your phone company and ask them to send a repair person to check the *outside* connections (if he comes inside you'll have to pay). Then ask the repair person if he would recommend a new line (actually pair of lines) to give you better modem service -- tell him you're thinking of upgrading to 56k. Most local telephone repair persons are more knowledgeable about modem connection problems locally than anyone else. They have saved my bacon more than once in large cities and small towns around the country. If your telephone repair person tells you you're out of luck getting better wire, try the 3ComUSR56k anyway, but make sure the purchase is returnable in case it doesn't help. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. (Lake Havasu City, Arizona) Consultant to The Parthenon Publishing Group (New York, London, and Casterton) Email: tedlogan@ctaz.com At 9:50 AM -0400 on 12/3/99, Eric wrote: > Hi, > > I have a specific technical question about the purchase of a new modem. > > We recently moved into a section of our state with apparently rather anti= > quated > phone lines. There are intermittent problems connecting to my ISP. One of= > the > symptoms that seem to indicate there is =93trouble on the line=94 is diff= > ering > connection rates. E.g., if I use PPP to connect I get messages like =93Co= > nnecting > at 12000=94, =93Connecting at 9600=94, etc. Keep in mind that this is a m= > odem > configured for 14.4K. After LOTS of troubleshooting (checking and recheck= > ing > software settings, comparing complaints from other folks in my area, etc.= > ), the > current theory is that the phone lines are so old that my poor old 1994 L= > ineLink > 14.4 modem can=92t deal with the degraded signal quality. > > I=92m running a PowerMac 266 MHz G3 (beige) running System 8.1. Would upg= > rading to > a new 56k modem POSSIBLY solve this problem? If so, what model(s) might y= > ou > suggest? I=92m hoping that error correction technology has improved since= > I bought > my first modem in =9194. The technical specs on my old LineLink state tha= > t the > Error Correction is =93MNP-5=94. The specs on some of the newer modems st= > ate that > they feature =93MNP-5/MNP-10=94 Error Correction, so I hope that translat= > es to an > improvement. > > Also, my ISP is V.90 capable. I don=92t know if that is part of this equa= > tion or > not. > > Thanks, > Eric Richards > ericrich@olg.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 05:01:43 -0700 From: Ted Logan Subject: (Q) Macintosh Modem Dilemma? Afterthought to Eric: If you get a new modem you probably won't be able to use the same initiation string for your current modem. For the 3ComUSRobotics 56k you will need the "U.S. Robotics High Speed" modem script if you want to run it off OT/PPP. The script comes with Mac OS 8.1 and higher, I believe, in your Extensions->Modem Scripts file and is selected in your Modem control panel. If you're using 7.6.1 or earlier, use Free PPP with AT&F1&D0 as your initiation string (Free PPP also works with 8.1 and up to 8.6.1, I think). Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. (Lake Havasu City, Arizona) Consultant to The Parthenon Publishing Group (New York, London, and Casterton) Email: tedlogan@ctaz.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 05:32:00 -0500 From: Steve Weyer Subject: (Q) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader >From: "sumeth@technozone.co.th (Sumeth Chaochuti)" > >Subject: (Q) PostScript Error when printing from Acrobat Reader >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 22:27:58 -0500 > >I can view pdf files w/o any problem but cannot print them with my >Acrobat Reader 3.01 (Centris 650/OS 7.6.1), whereas my colleages can >print them from their PPC w/o any problem. The Desktop printer will >always report PostScript error and when I had the detail printed out; I >find: > > ERROR: typecheck > OFFENDING COMMAND: status ..... I had run into similar(same?) problem a year or two ago; here's an article from the Adobe support database: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/7c42.htm PostScript Error "typecheck" When Printing from Acrobat Reader 3.01 or Exchange 3.01 Issue When you print from Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01 or Acrobat Exchange 3.01 to a PostScript LanguageLevel 1 printer (e.g., NEC Silentwriter 2 model 90, Apple LaserWriter II NT, HP LaserJet IIP, HP LaserJet lll series), the printer returns the PostScript error, "typecheck; OffendingCommand: status." ... (we can usually solve it by downloading a postscript patch to the printer (their "solution 4")) Steve ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Chris Turner Subject: [*] Abstract for ATPM 5.11 eDOC version This is the eDoc version of About This Particular Macintosh 5.11. ------------ November 2, 1999, Etna, NH (http://www.atpm.com) - The leaves are turning colors, and so turn is the staff of ATPM - green with envy that is over the Power Macintosh G4 and Apple Cinema Display. Luckily for our readers, issue 5.11 of About This Particular Macintosh isn't as hard to find as the latest hardware from our favorite fruit company. This month, Mac maestro David Ozab continues his insights into the musical side of the Macintosh with the second part of his Midi and the Mac. This issue also sees a bit of a theme - fonts! Publisher Michael Tsai offers a comprehensive overview of fonts on the Mac in his column, Personal Computing Paradigm. Michael also reviews the font utility, Font Agent. David Spencer spins a wicked web of font searching in this month's About This Particular Web Site, and Shareware Editor Bill Lovett presents a plethora of font utilities for your enjoyment. Networking guru Matthew Glidden, of "Three Macs and a Printer," talks about something we all need once and a while - security. His fourth article of the 10-part series is "Dealing with Your Network's Insecurities." We're sure Matthew offers more help than just telling you how to build your network's self-confidence. Robert Paul Leitao returns to close out his tenure this year with Apple, Kids, and Attitude. Robert looks back at some of the predictions he made in ATPM 5.01 regarding Apple's business practices and financial future, and how they turned out. He also discusses the recent Apple flip-flop on shipping G4s, and we look forward to his return in ATPM 6.02. Tom Iovino and Mike Shields tie in some elaborate analogies in their respective columns, Apple Cider, and On A Clear Day... Tom tells us the things he's thankful for in the Mac world, and Mike laments the passing of his French Toast Crunch cereal while bringing us the latest on the Mac in Hollywood. We don't know how they do it, but they manage to pull it off. Scott Feldstein talks about computer buyer types in his column, User Preference, while David Ozab explores the Instrument Interface in a Segments piece. After you check out the staff reviews of the new iBook, Font Agent, Cruise Control, Spy Fox 2, and Auction Action Tracker, make sure you digest our new Update section, where we provide updated information on items we've reviewed in recent issues. ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/atpm-511-srd.hqx; 1547 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Martin Hairer Subject: [*] Amadeus II v2.2r3 Amadeus II is a powerful tool designed to manipulate, create and analyze sounds. The main features of version 2.2 are: - Direct-to-disk abilities. This allows you to manipulate sounds of any size without running out of memory if there is enough disk space left. - Multiple undoing and multiple scraps. - Sounds can be marked in order to facilitate navigation in huge documents. - Long processes can be interrupted during their execution; several processes can be launched at the same time. - Support of many compression formats (MACE, a-Law, mu-Law,...) and sound qualities (16Bit, 24Bit, stereo...). - Real-time spectrum and oscilloscope; generation of sonograms. - Includes the first release of the Amadeus Toolbox, which allows you to create your own external filters. And many more. Release 3 fixes incompatibility problems with some extensions and old versions of MacOS 8. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/amadeus-ii-22.hqx; 1553 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Bruce Grubb Subject: [*] comp.sys.mac.comm FAQ (v 2.1.8) Dec 1 1998 David Oppenheimer has given me his kind permission to continue the comp.sys.mac.comm FAQ. This version should replace the prevous version and is compressed in the Stuffit 5.0 format. Updated information: [2.5] What do file suffixes like .hqx, .sit, .bin, etc ... mean and how can I convert such files back to normal Macintosh applications and documents? [Archived as /info-mac/comm/info/csm-comm-faq.hqx; 39 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: timbobo@flash.net Subject: [*] Cool Address Book 2.1 Cool Address Book 2.1 ¨ May-July 1999 by Tim Bobo of Image Works Plus Cool Address Book is a powerful, stylish, and easy to use address book for the Macintosh. It features easy importing & exporting, fast entry with auto-formatting, multiple category indexes, screaming fast search, web application linkage support, web site HTML export, iMac themes, a full help system, and much more. It can handle thousands of records, prints labels, address lists, and envelopes, and can hold pages of notes with each record. On top of all this it only cost $10 to register and all future updates are FREE. [Archived as /info-mac/data/cool-address-book-21.hqx; 1844 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Ton Brand" Subject: [*] CuliDataBase 5.5 (68K) CuliDataBase 5.5 (68K) What it is: Recipe management tool for food lovers Author: Ton Brand License: shareware Computer: All Macs Mac OS: 7.5 or later Abstract: CuliDataBase is an application for managing culinary recipes, supporting Apple Guide Help and QuickTimeü. There are PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the 68K version. New in Version 5.5: * Possibility to enter e.g. 1 1/2 in stead of 1.5 for ingredients' measures, without misleading the scaling arithmetic ( so 1 1/4 cup becomes 2 1/2 cups when scaling up to twice the number of servings, for example). * Possibility to print a menu for the dinner table. * Possibility to print a mini-cookbook (several recipes on one or more pages). * Choice of three background colors, extendable with plugins. * Fixed a number of bugs. A simple click with the mouse lets you put ingredients on a shopping list. Recipes can be scaled up or down according to number of servings, while the singular or plural form of the ingredients' names is taken care of as well, so '1 bay leaf ' will become '2 bay leaves' or vice versa. This works in English, French and Dutch. To illustrate your recipes, you can import pictures of dishes. Finally, you've got a list with culinary terms that you can extend yourself, and an Internet menu that you can modify to go to your favorite sites. An unregistered copy of CuliDataBase is fully functional, apart from the export and print functions, and some minor details. -- Ton Brand Ton's Software http://www.spidernet.nl/~ton_brand [Archived as /info-mac/data/culi-database-55-68k.hqx; 1078 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Ton Brand" Subject: [*] CuliDataBase 5.5 (PPC) CuliDataBase 5.5 (PPC) What it is: Recipe management tool for food lovers Author: Ton Brand License: shareware Computer: PowerPC Mac OS: 7.5 or later Abstract: CuliDataBase is an application for managing culinary recipes, supporting Apple Guide Help and QuickTimeü. There are PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the PPC version. New in Version 5.5: * Possibility to enter e.g. 1 1/2 in stead of 1.5 for ingredients' measures, without misleading the scaling arithmetic ( so 1 1/4 cup becomes 2 1/2 cups when scaling up to twice the number of servings, for example). * Possibility to print a menu for the dinner table. * Possibility to print a mini-cookbook (several recipes on one or more pages). * Choice of three background colors, extendable with plugins. * Fixed a number of bugs. A simple click with the mouse lets you put ingredients on a shopping list. Recipes can be scaled up or down according to number of servings, while the singular or plural form of the ingredients' names is taken care of as well, so '1 bay leaf ' will become '2 bay leaves' or vice versa. This works in English, French and Dutch. To illustrate your recipes, you can import pictures of dishes. Finally, you've got a list with culinary terms that you can extend yourself, and an Internet menu that you can modify to go to your favorite sites. An unregistered copy of CuliDataBase is fully functional, apart from the export and print functions, and some minor details. -- Ton Brand Ton's Software http://www.spidernet.nl/~ton_brand [Archived as /info-mac/data/culi-database-55-ppc.hqx; 1314 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Etresoft" Subject: [*] Decoder 2.0.7 Decoder 2.0.7 - This is a drag and drop program that will decode MIME (Base64), UUencoded, AppleSingle, MacBinary (I, II, and III), and BinHex files. Just drop the files onto the application and it will determine the correct encoding scheme and decode accordingly. Decoder 2.0.3 can decode even the most corrupted MIME file. Works great with newsreaders and AOL e-mail. Thousands of satisfied users. Requires: System 7, Internet Config 1.2 or later, PowerPC or 68020 machine. A Windows version is also available. [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/decoder-207.hqx; 662 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: nms@paston.co.uk (Gordon Phillips) Subject: [*] Dune Eternity Dune Eternity is an adventure game based upon The Chronicles of Dune by Frank Herbert, It contains original music and graphics. Dune Eternity was developed on World Builder on a macintosh performa running system 7.5. Dune Etenity is fully tested but may cause some problems on system 7.6 and above, hence v1.-01 [Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/dune-eternity-1-01.hqx; 975 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Qsys@kagi.com Subject: [*] EasySwitcher If you are tired of always moving the mouse to the upper right of the screen to change between open files, or to hide open applications, EasySwitcher can help. EasySwitcher allows for Macintosh users to have the one good feature of Windows users (plus a few things you can't do on a Windows machine). By pressing Control-Tab you will get a Dialog that shows all your applications that are running (Icons). You can toggle through your applications to bring that application to the front. Easy Switcher doesn't stop there! * EasySwitcher is NOT an Extension. Thus, it can be started and stopped like an application at anytime (without having to restart your machine). * EasySwitcher 'Watches' what applications you are using, and keeps them only a few key strokes away. So that Switching between 2 applications is quick and easy. * EasySwitcher even has a hot key to Hide the front application. This helps keep your desktop clean from cluttered windows. System Requirements: * System 7.1 or Later. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/easy-switcher.hqx; 535 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Gideon Greenspan Subject: [*] Email Merge 1.8 - Easy customized Email Merging "Email Merge... doesn't even claim a slogan but for simplicity and price it's hard to beat." - says Robin Lind of WebPointers Online! Email Merge is a program for creating mailings of individualized email messages. It takes a database and an email message template, and combines the two to create customized email messages. Email Merge can be used for invoicing, sales, debt recovery, student grading, and even personal messages. The potential uses are endless. Email Merge imports directly from FileMaker Pro (3.0 or later), can verify outgoing messages, email addresses and attachments and has database features, included sorting and finding duplicates. Full help is included. Version 1.8 adds support for Outlook Express 5.0 and Mailsmith. Email Merge can use Claris Emailer, Microsoft Outlook Express, Qualcomm Eudora or Bare Bones Mailsmith. Versions of some of these are freely available on the Internet. (c) Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/email-merge-18.hqx; 713 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: royerm Subject: [*] Festival kaleidoscope scheme Please post "Festival" color scheme for Kaleidoscope 2.0+ on your recent additions page. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/festival.hqx; 660 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Vincent Jalby Subject: [*] FontBuddy 1.3.1 [FontBuddy-1.3.1.sit.bin] FontBuddy 1.3.1 [1999/11/11] by Vincent Jalby, vjalby@kagi.com http://members.aol.com/FontBuddy/ Product description -------------------- FontBuddy is a font viewer. It shows all characters of any installed font. It also gives keystroke(s) to access special characters. It can print font samples and font index. It is easy to use, optimized for screen use, and MacOS 8.6 savvy New in this version ------------------- * Unicode for Symbol and Zapf-Dingbats corrected. * Symbol and Dingbats character names. * 0-255 character range (instead of 1-256). * New menu "Window". * Crashing bug (Finder quit or crash when accessing Menu bar) when Instant Palm Desktop (menu) extension is loaded. System Requirements ------------------- FontBuddy should run on any Power Macintosh under MacOS 7.5 or later. (MacOS 8.x preferred.) FontBuddy 1.3.1 supports keyboards of the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada (CSA, Fr, ISO), Denmark, Spain (Std, ISO), Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Swiss (Fr, Gr), Sweden, UK, US. It also supports MacOS 8.6 Dvorak. Shareware Fee ------------- FontBuddy is distributed as Shareware. Shareware fee : a License for a single user costs $10, a Site License costs $50, a WorldWide License costs $100. This software may be included on the commercially available CD-ROM of the archives. [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-buddy-131.hqx; 907 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: "Joe Stoner" Subject: [*] FotoPage Pro Demo FotoPage Pro simplifies and speeds up the process of making Photoshop Contact Sheets, up to ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TIMES and works with versions 3.0 upwards. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/fotopage-pro-11.hqx; 194 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Laurent Thil Subject: [*] FracGen1.0(PPC) FractalGenerator I could have call it Yet Another Fractal Generator, but choose not to. Yes you guess, the sole purpose of this program is to calculate fractal pictures.The subject is not new but FractalGeneration bring enough features for you to be interested in using it.This version off FractalGeneration is freeware. Need a PowerPc Mac and MacOs 8.0. The attachement can be included on commercially available CD-Rom. L.Thil [Archived as /info-mac/sci/frac-gen-10.hqx; 1326 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: royerm Subject: [*] Golden Age Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Golden Age Kaleidoscope scheme on your recent additons page. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/golden-age.hqx; 584 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: Fran‡ois Le Ralle Subject: [*] HCtoWWW 2.00 HyperCard to HTML Translator HCtoWWW is an HyperCard to HTML Translator. It allows to translate all text contained in a stack to HTML page(s) with many options including styles, HTML hypertext links, URL detection, automatic Titles, T.O.C., image tags and more. See the documentation for more information. This release can generate FRAMES and include many corrections and improvements It is distributed as shareware, with both English/French interface. Requirements : HyperCard 2.3 or player, System 7.1 or greater. mailto:francois.leralle@bigfoot.com (Le Ralle) http://www.flr.claranet.fr/HC/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/hc-to-www.hqx; 471 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Tiger Technologies Subject: [*] Holiday Lights 5.0 Holiday Lights decorates your Macintosh for the holidays. It's an entertaining application that places flashing light bulbs around the edge of your screen, as though a (well-insulated) elf crawled into your computer through the disk drive slot and stapled them there. The lights flash in the background while you continue to work, so it's not just a screen saver. The "bulbs" include standard Christmas tree lights, Valentine's Day hearts, Thanksgiving turkeys, chili peppers, shamrocks, dreidels, stockings, holly, snowmen, happy faces, and more -- and you can create your own bulbs using ResEdit or a similar program. For even more seasonal joy, Holiday Lights includes cheery background music (you can add your own MIDI files) as well as built-in festive screen savers to put you in the holiday spirit. Holiday Lights is an application, not a system extension, so it won't cause extension conflicts. It is compatible with System 7.1 or later, including Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. Version 5.0 adds the ability to display bulbs above all other windows and improves the appearance of the screen saver, adding background pictures and text messages. Shareware, $19.95. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/holiday-lights-50.hqx; 1533 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: ALEXANDER.THOMAS@student.kuleuven.ac.be Subject: [*] HTMLTagwriter33 HTML TagWriter is a HyperCard-based HTML editor. The interface features floating palettes with hierarchical pop-up menus which make it easy to insert tags. Editing tags is even easier with the contextual pop-up menus: simply press Control and click on a tag to edit: you'll get a pop-up menu with all possible attributes for that tag! Also included are: text importer & converter, clickmap maker, local image & link-checker (single file and exhaustive), dynamic embedded files, tables-of-contents and multi-column tables, support for style sheets, ASCII conversion, and much, much more. Lots of parameters can be set to your own taste and commonly used links, files and e-mail addresses can be used from user-defined lists. Included with the stack are an elaborate help, an introduction to HTML, a tutorial, HTML tips, version history and a troubleshooting FAQ. For the latest version, check out http://cryogen.com/dr.lex/tagwriter Requirements: HyperCard or the HyperCard Player 2.0 (or newer, 2.4.1 recommended) [Archived as /info-mac/dev/html-tagwriter-33-ppc.hqx; 1117 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: ALEXANDER.THOMAS@student.kuleuven.ac.be Subject: [*] HTMLTagwriter33 HTML TagWriter is a HyperCard-based HTML editor. The interface features floating palettes with hierarchical pop-up menus which make it easy to insert tags. Editing tags is even easier with the contextual pop-up menus: simply press Control and click on a tag to edit: you'll get a pop-up menu with all possible attributes for that tag! Also included are: text importer & converter, clickmap maker, local image & link-checker (single file and exhaustive), dynamic embedded files, tables-of-contents and multi-column tables, support for style sheets, ASCII conversion, and much, much more. Lots of parameters can be set to your own taste and commonly used links, files and e-mail addresses can be used from user-defined lists. Included with the stack are an elaborate help, an introduction to HTML, a tutorial, HTML tips, version history and a troubleshooting FAQ. For the latest version, check out http://cryogen.com/dr.lex/tagwriter Requirements: HyperCard or the HyperCard Player 2.0 (or newer, 2.4.1 recommended) [Archived as /info-mac/dev/html-tagwriter-33-68k.hqx; 897 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 1999 From: ALEXANDER.THOMAS@student.kuleuven.ac.be Subject: [*] HTMLTagwriter33 HTML TagWriter is a HyperCard-based HTML editor. The interface features floating palettes with hierarchical pop-up menus which make it easy to insert tags. Editing tags is even easier with the contextual pop-up menus: simply press Control and click on a tag to edit: you'll get a pop-up menu with all possible attributes for that tag! Also included are: text importer & converter, clickmap maker, local image & link-checker (single file and exhaustive), dynamic embedded files, tables-of-contents and multi-column tables, support for style sheets, ASCII conversion, and much, much more. Lots of parameters can be set to your own taste and commonly used links, files and e-mail addresses can be used from user-defined lists. Included with the stack are an elaborate help, an introduction to HTML, a tutorial, HTML tips, version history and a troubleshooting FAQ. For the latest version, check out http://cryogen.com/dr.lex/tagwriter Requirements: HyperCard or the HyperCard Player 2.0 (or newer, 2.4.1 recommended) [Archived as /info-mac/dev/html-tagwriter-33-fat.hqx; 1596 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Ian Subject: [*] iLiner 1.0 submission We have uploaded iLiner 1.0.sit. to the ftp://macgifts:macgifts@info-mac.org/ archive today. Product Abstract iLiner 1.0 lets you: 1) summarize text in any application 2) brainstorm ideas in a powerful outline processor 3) export outlines directly to QuickTime slide presentations. The trial version is 1.5 MB in size and will run for 14 days. [Archived as /info-mac/text/i-liner-10.hqx; 1544 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Kent Bulmer" Subject: [*] Masculine Angel with Snake (17in) This is the 17" version of a Macintosh desktop background that I've created for the Mac. This one is of an angel choking a snake. The image dimensions are 832x624 and the file format is PICT. You really should have a 16 bit monitor (32000 colors or better) to see it at it's best. All my desktop images along with variable sizes of this image (Mac&PC) are available on my website: http://inkwell.bmgconsultants.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/masculine-angel-and-snake.hqx; 291 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Kent Bulmer" Subject: [*] Masculine Pushing Angel (17in) This is the 17" version of a Macintosh desktop background that I've created for the Mac. This one is of an angel pushing something to the side...I never did think of anything for him to push :) . The image dimensions are 832x624 and the file format is PICT. You really should have a 16 bit monitor (32000 colors or better) to see it at it's best. All my desktop images along with variable sizes of this image (Mac&PC) are available on my website: http://inkwell.bmgconsultants.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/masculine-pushing-angel.hqx; 433 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" Subject: [*] Newton Dances with SONY? I believe that SONY at one time was worried about Apple computers playing their games. Here is a new speech synthesis instructive dance game that SONY (at least a new sort of "hearing aid") can play with Newton. If you are interested and already have Newton speech synthesis, check out my freeware and its idea. My "Dance" is a newton program that tells dance moves with or without coaching on how to do them. It plays the step list in random sequences so that you can learn to firm up your lead. The strongest most painful way to learn lead is to not have the woman hear what the move is your Newton says to you. She has no way of knowing except through your lead (unless you cheat and tell her what Newton said) what move is coming next. You will make mistakes, it will be embarrassing, with a kind partner you will learn. You may practice a subset of the full steplist and work up to the full steplist challenge. A dance partner might prefer to practice this "silent treatment" in private lest they associate the Newton program with public embarrassment. It can be learned! My partner and I have and we aren't afraid to use the Newton in public together. In the private partnering environment, the woman can more graciously suggest how the man's lead could be made less confusing, so that the man can learn the lead without an impartial arbiter. This is frightening at first outside the normal dance instruction context with the teacher superior and no such discussion allowed as disruptive to the rest of the class. This new context of discussion of dance with a partner is very very interesting to me. So, for best results, practice privately and make a hearing aide arrangement I have made. It is cumbersome and I wish SONY would make a spread spectrum connection to a wireless ear "dancing hearing aide". For my "el cheapo version", you can use a radio shack phone pickup and (use a candle, two mending braces, c clamps) bent piece of lexan to suction pickup onto near Newton speaker and run a earphone wire inside your shirt to your ear. The dance notes might be exceptionally meaningful only to me as I own the project and can constantly revise them. I am not out to teach you dancing, but rather the idea of my Dance package. When you get the idea, you might make it come alive with improvements. Maybe one of you will make a more fascile interface. Maybe someone will invent a forarm Newton holster so all screen buttons are readily accessible and it will be more "quick on the draw". Right now I have a side holster and ready access only to the on/off button. When a dance begins, I must take the newton out and choose the dance type while the nervous dance instructor complains I should get on with dancing. [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/newton-speech-dance-drill.hqx; 25 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Antoine ROSSET" Subject: [*] PlayerPRO 5.4 FR - FRENCH Version PlayerPRO est un logiciel complet d'Ädition de musiques (SoundTracker). Vous pouvez l'utiliser sur tous les Macs sans spÄcifications hardware particuliÅres. PlayerPRO peut charger et jouer les fichiers aux formats suivants: MOD, S3M, MIDI, MTM, MADH, MADG, MADI, OKTA, MINS, XI, PP, Fichier Extrait, MED, 669, IT, ULT, XM, son SystÅme 7, WAV, AIFF, AIFC, SoundDesignerII, MPEG, MP3, MuLaw, ALaw, AVI, DVC, sÄquences Quicktime, MAC3, MAC6, IMA4, MPEG layer I, II et III (requiert QuickTime 4.0), PAT (GUS), QDesign, RAW Data. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/player-pro-54-fr.hqx; 1821 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: "Antoine ROSSET" Subject: [*] PlayerPRO 5.4 G4 - optimized for G4-Altivec PowerMacs! Version 5.4 of PlayerPRO optimized for G4-Altivec PowerMacs! ONLY FOR G4 PowerMacs PlayerPRO is a complete music editing program (SoundTracker). You can use it with any Mac without any additional hardware. PlayerPRO can load and play the following music (and sound) formats: MOD, S3M, MIDI, MTM, MADH, MADG, MADI, OKTA, MINS, XI, PP, Clip File, MED, 669, IT, ULT, XM System 7 sound, WAV, AIFF, AIFC, SoundDesignerII, MPEG, MP3, MuLaw, ALaw, AVI, DVC, Quicktime Movies, MAC3, MAC6, IMA4, MPEG layer I, II and III (requires QT 4.0), PAT (GUS), QDesign, RAW Data. NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 5.4 (differences from 5.3): Ñ Compiled with CodeWarrior Pro 5.2 Ñ You can now choose between fixed or period speed for pan & volume enveloppes Ñ Crop function for samples Ñ Bit Depth function for samples Ñ PlayerPRO 500 $ US Prize continues! Ñ PlayerPRO now supports a full FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) Ñ An Equalizer (using FFT) Ñ New sound filters using FFT: FFT-Pitch shift and FFT-Hz filter Ñ PlayerPRO now supports multi-channel per tracks (actually limited to 99 channels) Ñ A new effect is now available 'G' (Note-Off) for the multi-channel mode Ñ A global panning settings is now available in the Mixer window [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/player-pro-54-g4.hqx; 1969 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Dec 1999 From: Navdeep Bains Subject: [*] POPThing 1.4 POPThing is a new email client that let's you check your mail without having to download every single message. It let's you connect and choose what messages to view and which to delete(VERY fast). 1.4 adds support for attachments [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/pop-thing-14.hqx; 1049 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:33:39 -0500 From: a brody Subject: An idea for a utility Dear Digest readers, You know how it is nice to load up files locally on your hard drive with your web browser. Well, what if...there was a way within Netscape to open the Finder Folder directly from Netscape that Netscape was browsing. Say you found an old bookmark file from Netscape that wasn't dead. Wouldn't it be nice to erase that bookmark file from the Finder, but while you either are still in Netscape, or have a way to open the Finder folder the bookmark file resides in? If somebody knows of such a utility, like an Applescript that could be run etc...please let me know. It has to be MacOS 9 compatible. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:13:33 -0800 From: Denny Davis Subject: Changing Font Family Names At 07:03 -0500 12/4/99, Keith E Gatling wittily wrote: >I've been playing with the demo of WYSIWYG Menus and considering it as an >alternative to MenuFonts. It does lots of things I like, but the one thing >where MenuFonts has it beat is in how it handles font names and font >groupings. > >MenuFonts allows you to change how the font names will display and even to >create your own families. WYSIWYG Menus, on the other hand, uses >information provided by the font publisher to determine what the font and >family names are, sometimes with very interesting results, and definitely >without the flexibility I'm looking for. > >So my question is, is there a way I can ResEdit the font name and family >name information in the individual fonts so that they show up the way I >want them to in WYSIWYG menus without screwing up the font mappings when I >move a file that uses those fonts to a machine where the font names have >been left alone (I'm assuming that as long as I leave the font numbers >alone, I'll be fine). > >Thanks for any help you can give me. > >keg > >* mailto://keithgatling@bigfoot.com >http://www.bigfoot.com/~keithgatling * >From the old Now WYSIWYG Menus: Unless they removed a lot of features, you should be able to the same with WYSIWYG Menus [maybe that this only works in the full version?], look at the menus in the control panel, select a font and the click the Font Info button, it looks like a magnifying glass btw. Here is where you can change the name that is used, and if you want to group a bunch of fonts, then name them like this Main Font Name: Decorative, Style Name: Chancery. Do one as Decorative: Old English, etc. You will have several fonts groups under Decorative now. You can change the Font Names in ResEdit, but this is easier. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:32:32 -0700 From: "Martin S. Zibulsky" Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #378 >Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 09:32:37 -0500 >From: Roger Wise >Subject: Netscape Navigator > > >I have downloaded Netscape Navigator 4.08 by using Netscape Communicator >4.61. It downloads 100%, but than when Stuffit is suppose to open nothing >happens. I can't figure how to save file and then unstuff it later. I >downloaded it with Anarchie and received the same result. Has this happened >to anyone else, and what is the fix if any? >PowerPc 6500 >TIA >Roger Hi Roger: This used to happen occasionally, until I recently did a more thorough check of the Helpers menu in Navigator and the Helper and File mappings menu windows in Internet Config 2.0.2. Immediate solution is to drop the downloaded undecoded file onto the Stuffit Expander Icon, while Communicator is still connected. Expander should auto launch, decode and unstuff the file, then quit. If you quit Communicator before doing so, that downloaded undecoded file will "vanish" with Communicator. An alternative is (while Communicator is still connected) to launch Stuffit Expander, then select the file you want it to decode and expand. Afterwards, you'll have to manually quit Expander. You need to set Stuffit Expander in Communicator's (later in Navigator 4.0.8) helpers menu window for decoding, unstuffing, etc. You should also do so in Internet Config's File Mappings and Helper's Menu, assuming you use IC. Setting it in IC will also have your email program and other programs like NewsWatcher, Fetch auto launch Expander to decode and unstuff downloaded compressed files. Am guessing that you need to do the same for Anarchie. You locate and select your current version of Stuffit Expander to perform the various functions needed. Also dump any earlier versions of Expander you may have on board. If you're using version Expander 4x, suggest downloading and installing the latest free version Stuffit Expander 5.5. Expander 5x will decode and unstuff previous stuffed versions of Stuffit files, also the 5x ones and a lot more. Stuffit 5 works fine, and seems to be the way to go for most people now. I also have Stuffit Deluxe on board, but set up to use Expander (smaller footprint) which uses less memory and launches faster. Stand alone Navigator 4.0.8 been working fine for over a year now. Emailer 2.0v3 takes care of my email, I use Fetch occasionally to quickly get and download files when Navigator gets hung up in heavy traffic. YA NewsWatcher takes care of my NewsGroup reading. Runing with a Powermac 7100/80, OS 8.1. Regards, Martin Zibulsky _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ superush@amug.org "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 14:16:23 +0100 From: Ked Shayer Subject: ISDN Routers(Recommend a christmas present for me) Hi. I am interested in buying an ISDN router which supports both Macintosh and Windows connections. It must support dial on demand and fax software would be a plus. It does not need POTS or a hub, just one 10 Base-T port to link to a hub. It must support both 64k and 128k connections with online switching between the two(pref. just by plugging/unplugging the appropriate phone connection). A firewall would also be a positive. I am looking at these routers, does anyone have experience with them or have a recommendation of a router which supports all the features above. Oh and I'd rather not spend more than the Cisco hub below. Netgear RH348: #226.99 can it be this cheap? Cisco 801 router 1xethernet + 1xISDN: #367 is quite expensive but maybe worth it? Else lancom 1100 office router: #324 good software for PC but what about Mac support. Only of the 3 which supports faxes. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 16:41:55 -0800 From: Hong Pham Subject: LC 575 error code Dear info-macers, My LC575 went bonked, it gave me a sad face and the code: 0000000F 0000000A after I tried a serial joystick (Mac FlightStick make by USA Identity). Is this bad BAD? Something went South beyond hope, or just something simple; like dead battery, ect...? I remember it happened some time ago too (I don't recall the error code) but after I reset the PRAM everything came back okaydokayed. Not this time. Please help! Cc a reply if you do post. Thanks, hp. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:55:23 -0500 From: Neal Blank Subject: NN and Saved WWW Pages >Am I missing something? Is there in fact a way to save graphics in >NN saved pages?? Unfortunately, no. Chalk up one, however reluctantly, for the boa constrictor of Redmond, WA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Neal Blank Writer/Photographer nealb@p3.net http://www.p3.net/~nealb/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 12:52:37 -0500 From: toby moore Subject: permanent email address problem Hi all, At last, after all the $$$ spent on my education, the university is finally doing something for me ;-). Arrangements have been made for alumni to have a permanent email address, with messages to be forwarded to the "real" email address/ISP. Great idea--now I won't have to send out tons of notifications when I change my ISP, just send the notification of change to the university. Now to my problem. The university Web site gives instructions for changing outgoing mail settings to indicate the permanent address--i.e., instead of , which is my "real" address, the permanent address will be indicated. Unfortunately, the instructions provided are for Netscape, IE, & Eudora--but not my beloved Emailer. How can I set the options/preferences/whatever in Emailer to reflect although I will actually be mailing from or another ISP? The instructions for Eudora, "1.From the browser menu bar, select the Personal Information drop down menu. 2.From the Personal Information drop down menu, select Tools 3.Double click on the Tools choice. This will display options below the Tools choice. 4.Select Options. 5.In the Return Address field on the right side of the window - type in your new e-mail address: {display field with new address}." don't seem to have parallels in Emailer. Or am I wrong? If anyone has used Emailer with a permanent email address, please let me know how you've done it. Thanks for any help, Toby... ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:01:49 -0500 From: "Craig Rosenhagen" Subject: Please help Maybe you guys can help, I'm looking for a good security program to put on a Mac G3. I'm a systems administrator at a library and this computer is being used by the public. I don't want the public to have access to the desktop or the C drive. If you know of any good programs, I'd appreciate it. Thank You, Craig ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:23:35 -0500 From: gelbert Subject: Powerbook 5300ce/117 Manual I recently obtained a Powerbook 5300ce/117 at a charity auction for an animal welfare group. The Powerbook has all its parts except for the manual. I have searched high and low on the Internet and have E-mailed Apple to ask how I might obtain or download a copy of the 5300 Manual. No luck with the former; no response from the latter. Does anyone know of a source for a Powerbook 5300ce/117 Manual? Gus Elbert Bakerton, WV gelbert@intrepid.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 00:23:31 -0500 From: "Douglas St.Clair" Subject: Printing to an HP Laserjet 4 plus This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01BF3F80.2047BF80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would like to print to an HP laserjet 4 plus printer. This is not a postscript printer. The the only drivers I can find at the HP site for Macintosh are Postscript. Is there are quickdraw or quickdraw GX driver that would let me print text to this printer via ethertalk? The printer does run ethertalk and apparently appletalk too. ****************************************** Don't vote. It will only encourage them. ****************************************** ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01BF3F80.2047BF80 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Douglas W. St. Clair.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Douglas W. St. Clair.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:St. Clair;Douglas;W. FN:Douglas W. 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It would be easy to write a search program that would try every word on that list in no more than a few seconds. Leslie Ballentine >Date: 3 Dec 1999 >From: "David C. Oshel" >Subject: [*] RandomPassword > > >It's hard to think up a password. Here's a random password generator based on >the old diceware idea, but I use a PRNG to pick out candidates from the >vocabulary list. > >Using dice to select one of 7776 words is perfectly random, but awfully >tedious. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:39:16 From: "Bill.lists" Subject: Sony's DCR-TRV510 and the Macintosh Gentleones, I recently bought a Sony DCR-TRV510 (a Digital8 camcorder with still picture RAM) and am disappointed, though not surprised, to see that their software, PictureGear Lite, only runs on PeeCees. PictureGear is the software that is used to "suck" still pictures out of the camera's RAM into the computer via a serial connection (though not FireWire, also supported by the camera, but only for moving video). A call to Sony got a knowledgeable, though perhaps misinformed, support person. He informed me that "the only way to get the stills out of the camera is with a PeeCee or Windows 95/98 shell." So far, no surprises. Could I have their information so that I could write my own software? No way. Hell would freeze over first. Still not surprising. Then the surprise. I asked him about Mac software and he told me that "it's a copyright issue (huh?) and it's tied up in legal. Macintosh (sic) won't provide the information we need to give to our engineering staff. That's Macintosh for you." Expressing incredulity got me nowhere--his brainwashing was complete. He countered that Sony "knows" there are third-party solutions out there, but Sony can't tell me anything about them, or, like me, can't find them either. Bottom line: Has anybody successfully written transfer software or know of the mysterious third-party source for this software? Many thanks for any help! Bill ----------------- Bill.lists@Eccles.net -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************