Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 28 Jan 00 Volume 17 : Issue 7 Today's Topics: (Q) Eudora (v. 4.2.2) cache folder (Q) Math flashcard program with voice entry? [*] 3DMF for MATHEMATICA 1.3.1 [*] AD Launcher 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module [*] ATPM 5.12 [*] CardSaver 2.0 [*] ChaosZoom 1.0 - MacDim screensaver module [*] ClickLock! 1.0.1 [*] ConvertTextInfos version 1.0.4 [*] Font Explorer 1.2 - Explore your fonts [*] GLMStat 5.0.3;Generalized linear models [*] Iconographer 1.0.2: 32-bit Icon Editor [*] iMorph [*] Invoice Builder 2.0.1 [*] Language Reader 1.6.1 - foreign language learning [*] MacDICT 1.0 [*] MacDim 2.2.1 - screensaver/dimmer with many features [*] MacOSTray 1.1b4 - a MacOSX-like desktop tray [*] Molecules 1.1 - MacDim screensaver module [*] Organizer 2.8.1 [*] Painting 1.6.5- A fabulous graphics editor [*] PixelGallery 1.0 - MacDim screensaver module [*] PlayFreeLotto 7.0.1 [*] Polyominoes 7.0 [*] Power Windows 2.1 [*] PowerReplace 6.6; powerful text conversion utility [*] Scorpion BarCode 1.60 [*] ShadeCluster 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module [*] Sound Byte 1.2.2 [*] Sound Byte 1.2.5 [*] TetraTrap 1.1 [*] TimeLabel 1.4 [*] Tunnelvision 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module [*] WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES DOCUSCRIPT 2.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO [*] Web Confidential 1.3.1J - Japanese Version [*] WebEvent 3.22 [*] Word List Maker 2.1.9 - text utility [*] YP Force Magnetique 1.0 (physics, french version) [*] YP Magnetic Force 1.0 (physics) [*] YP Vecteurs 1.0 (mathematics-physics, french version) [*] YP Vectors 1.0 (mathematics-physics) Default Page Size under OS 8.6 Default Page Size under OS 8.6 - Curioser and curioser .... LocalTalk Bridge--does it work? Problems with MacOS 9 and PMac G4/AGP, ATM, Apple Guide, Mac OS 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 the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . Downloading and Submitting Files from the Info-Mac Archive: * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at: * Search the archive via the MIT HyperArchive at: . * To submit files for the archive, email the binhexed file with a description to . 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The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by AOL who is responsible for our having the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #7" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:27:00 -0800 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Eudora (v. 4.2.2) cache folder My question relates to the Eudora (v. 4.2.2) cache folder. Is there any user-adjustable setting that controls the maximum number of items to be saved in this folder before items start to be deleted? Thanks! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:51:28 -0800 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Math flashcard program with voice entry? Does any math flashcard program exist that accepts voice entry of answers? Any recommendations? Thanks! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: RoboDog Subject: [*] 3DMF for MATHEMATICA 1.3.1 The '3DMF for MATHEMATICA' is software for QuickDraw3D Metafile and MATHEMATICA. It contains QuickDraw3DViewer and MATHEMATICA packages "QD3D`QuickDraw3D`*". QuickDraw3DViewer is a tool to show, convert, and printout 3DMF files. And the MATHEMATICA packages "QD3D`QuickDraw3D`*" are designed to IMPORT and EXPORT 3DMF. There are two modes ( Text and Binary ) and three types ( Normal, Stream, and Database ) in QD3D. QuickDraw3DViewer supports conversion among these formats. In some case, it's useful to save an object as a plain text. A user can save a file for 'Simple Text', 'CodeWarrior', and 'MATHEMATICA'. MATHEMATICA 4.0 is supported. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/3dmf-for-mathematica-131.hqx; 1369 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] AD Launcher 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module AD Launcher 1.1.1 AD Launcher is a MacDim screensaver module that launches the freeware and shareware AfterDark modules. This PPC/68k stand-alone program can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later Main changes in v1.1.1: - Fixed the bundle bit - should now appear as a real program - Now opens the present folder in the select folder dialog At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/ad-launcher-111.hqx; 208 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Chris Turner Subject: [*] ATPM 5.12 December 6, 1999, Etna, NH (http://www.atpm.com)--The holiday season is upon us, and as the staff of About This Particular Macintosh presents our December issue, we wish you the very best during this time of joy, and for the new year to come. Kicking things off in this month's Apple Cider, Tom Iovino awaits the upcoming year 2000, and looks back on 1999 with some Random Saved Thoughts regarding Apple, Microsoft, football and parade balloons. Publisher Michael Tsai examines the current state of Macintosh software from Microsoft, and as usual, doesn't pull any punches. David Ozab continues his Segments piece, this time with a look at "MIDI and the Mac" in this month's How To. Networking guru Matthew Glidden, of "Three Macs and a Printer", continues his 10-part series on networking your Macs with part 5, "Mixing Ethernet and LocalTalk Networks." For those of you with a mixture of older and newer Macs that need to communicate with one another, this column is for you. This month's Art Department is a bit different, as our graphics guru Jamal Ghandour takes on a different form of art--music. Jamal walks you through how to burn your own music compilation CDs, turning your personal music collection into your own work of art. In this month's About This Particular Web Site, David Spencer presents a cornucopia of sites for your holiday viewing pleasure, from staff favorites The Onion and mp3.com to The Register, Digital Blasphemy, and more. Be sure to contribute sites you think other readers might be interested in by emailing David. Our Shareware Editor Bill Lovett has an extensive roundup of software that aids the Mac user in one of the staples of computer usage--installation. Check out Clean-Install Assistant, Yank, Tome Viewer, and Installer Observer. All make excellent holiday gifts for the Mac user in your life--with the exception of Yank, they are all free, and even Yank is inexpensive for what it does. The staff reviews a wide range of items just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping, including Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Football; N2MP3 from Proteron; nik Color Efex!; Guy Kawasaki's latest tome, Rules for Revolutionaries; the Rio Player 500; and Handspring's Palm OS PDA, the Visor Deluxe. A great gift idea this year is an ATPM t-shirt, available now. Check our web site for more details. Or you could really impress the ATPM reader in your life by winning him or her a t-shirt in this month's Trivia Challenge, Match the Monikers! ATPM's gift to you this holiday season is ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/atpm-512-pdf.hqx; 2170 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: rich Subject: [*] CardSaver 2.0 CardSaver is a stand-alone application that creates a database for trading card enthusiasts to keep track of their collections. Information such as the name of the card, category, manufacturer, price paid, value, condition, and other key attributes may be entered. There is even one space per entry where a downloaded or scanned piece of photo image can be displayed. This demo version is free and will only run for 30 days until payment of the $10 registration fee is made. http://www.best.com/~shiro/savers/ [Archived as /info-mac/data/cardsaver-20.hqx; 3083 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] ChaosZoom 1.0 - MacDim screensaver module ChaosZoom 1.0 ChaosZoom is a MacDim module that renders some incredible graphics on your screen. This is not a movie - it is real time, never ending calculations! ChaosZoom is a PPC stand-alone program which can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/chaos-zoom-10.hqx; 147 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: "Naoto Osato" Subject: [*] ClickLock! 1.0.1 I've updated mouse utility, "ClickLock!" on Osato Utility Room. This is its information. ------------------------------------------------------------ *Title: ClickLock! *Version: 1.0.1 *License: Shareware *Developer: Osato Utility Room *Developer e-mail: osato@kagi.com *Developer URL: http://www06.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ga2/soft_osa/en/index.html *Download URLs: http://www06.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/ga2/soft_osa/en/cl/software/Click Lock!_1.0.1.sit *UpdateInfo: ------ "ClickLock! CSM" is attached. You can switch ClickLock! function with ControlStrip briefly. ------ *Description: ------ Using "ClickLock!", you can drag if releasing button while dragging. ***With standard one button mouse as attached Macintosh!*** You can use ClickLock! with 3 functions. Press key while dragging, and you can drag if releasing button while dragging. DoubleClick and drag, and you can drag if releasing button while dragging. Shake cursor while dragging, and you can drag if releasing button while dragging. ------ *Other minimum requirements: PowerMacintosh System7.6 or later Standard mouse ------------------------------------------------------------ [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/clicklock-101.hqx; 621 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Cadili Subject: [*] ConvertTextInfos version 1.0.4 ConvertTextInfos 1.0.4 - $5 ConvertTextInfos is a program used to read the data send through a html page usually to your email address. The program format the data in a readle way for a text editor. ConvertTextInfos is a shareware you can use for 30 days, after that you have to pay your share fee. ConvertTextInfos version History 1.0.0: The first internet release. 1.0.0b2: Fix an error with the "Power Mac Debugger 2.1a1" (I have add the proper SIZE resources). 1.0.1b1: Fix an error with the "AppleEvent Manager" (the structure QDGlobals is now static). Add the support of AppleEvent (supports kAEQuitApplication and kAEOpenDocuments messages). Add a suffix (.out) to the processed file. Support multiple file with Drag&Drop. 1.0.3: In this version the program ConvertTextInfos has been totaly rewritten. The developping environtment now is CodeWarrior and the application is totally C++ designed. The file service now use the macintosh File Manager directly. Minor fixes: all the incompatibilities with the Drag&Drop Manager has been fixed. Now the DB no longer need to be rebuilted or the Mac OS Easy Open need to be custumized. The output file now have the type 'TEXT' and creator 'ttxt'. version 1.0.4: In this version the program ConvertTextInfos is Carbon revised. The new version is developped using the latest tools available at 12/1999 that is CodeWarrior 5.0.3, Carbon SDK 1.0.2b7 and UniversalInterfaces 3.3.1b2. The PPC version of carbon now uses the Navigation Services when available instead of the Standard File Manager. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/convert-text-infos-104.hqx; 471 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2000 From: Alexandre Trottier Subject: [*] Font Explorer 1.2 - Explore your fonts Font Explorer makes it easier and faster to find specific characters in a font. It shows all the characters of your fonts on a grid. Its zoom feature lets you see all the details of the glyphs. The key combinations required to produce specific characters are displayed, including key combinations that require multiple distinct keystrokes. Font Explorer also gives you the ASCII codes of all the characters in decimal and hexadecimal. A text entry field lets you preview and copy text in the selected font and style. And finally, Font Explorer has an elegant, 3D-style interface. Font Explorer is freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/font-explorer-12.hqx; 189 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Ken Beath Subject: [*] GLMStat 5.0.3;Generalized linear models GLMStat is a Macintosh-based statistical program for analysing generalised linear models. It provides a macintosh interface and includes many of the features of other programs. Features of GLMStat are - spreadsheet style data entry - factors may be represented as either integers or strings (categories) - Normal, Poisson, Binomial and Gamma models with appropriate links and specification of convergence and aliasing parameters - Scatter and Residual plots - Matrix scatterplots - Box and Whisker plots - Frequency distribution histograms - Descriptive statistics. - Output of deviance, parameter estimates, residuals and parameter correlations - Saving of data files complete with all model specifications. - printing of data, graph and results. - Missing values - Online Help (under the apple menu) and a brief User Manual. - includes example data files for most examples in two of the texts. - Individual licences available for $US25. 10 User Site Licences $US100. Site licences $US200. World site licence $US500. Payment in $US through Kagi Shareware. - Registration includes free upgrades to version 5.x Unregistered copies are fully functional except that Save and Save As are disabled and there are some limitations on usage. Version 5.0.0 - introduced string and category columns - category columns allow factors to have named levels eg mild, moderate and severe - extensive changes to simplify code for creating model matrices - Navigation services - changed name of Residuals command to Diagnostics and added leverage to output - in scatter plots 95% ci for fitted values shown using error bars if requested - export text command enhanced to allow choosing of columns (including those created during the fit process) and column titles and whether to only include the current subset - added command to display covariances of parameter estimates - and a lot of other minor changes Version 5.0.1 - fixes a bug which would cause missing values to be read as zeroes if all other values in a column were non-negative integer but some were zero or greater than maxlevels so column was converted to real Version 5.0.2 ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/sci/glm-stat-503.hqx; 1300 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Mihai Parparita Subject: [*] Iconographer 1.0.2: 32-bit Icon Editor Iconographer is a an icon editor. It allows you to both change the icons of items, as well as edit the icon resources used by various programs. Iconographer has been created from the ground up to edit the new, Mac OS 8.5+, 32-bit icons with 8-bit masks. In addition, it allows you to work with icons from other platforms (at this moment, Windows .ico files and Mac OS X Server .tiff files). Requirements: System 7.5.3 and above Appearance Manager (included with Mac OS 8.0 and up) A Power Macintosh New : 1.0.2 - Fixed a crash with the move tool. - Fixed cosmetic issues with pre-Mac OS 8.5 systems. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/iconographer.hqx; 390 K] ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jan 2000 From: "Cece Bell" Subject: [*] iMorph iMorph Gore, Bush, McCain, Bradley and Ventura all get MORPHED with this iMac, G3, G4 screensaver, which randomly morphs photos on the fly. A different goofy picture every time! When you get tired of the candidates just add pictures of your friends or, better yet, your enemies. For use with Darkside or Afterdark. It's Freeware from HCS. Include on any CD or other compilation. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/imorph.hqx; 741 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 2000 From: "Jonathan Hammer" Subject: [*] Invoice Builder 2.0.1 Invoice Builder 2.0.1 is a complete billing solution for the Macintosh. Version 2.0.1 incorporates many new features and improvements, such as: - Unlimited Invoices/Entries - Group invoices into groups - Faster invoice creation - Mac OS 9 support Invoice Builder requires Mac OS 8 and Microsoft Word (to create the invoices). It will work without Word, but you won't be able to access all the features. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/invoice-builder-201.hqx; 847 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Jacek Iwanski Subject: [*] Language Reader 1.6.1 - foreign language learning Language Toolkit Reader is an interactive multimedia program for language learning. It features the integrated use of text, illustrations, sound, QuickTime Movies, vocabulary, exercises based on text and sound, and notes on grammar. You use the program to access 'lessons' which are prepared separately. A teacher can prepare multimedia lessons for any target language by using the companion program 'Language Toolkit Writer'. An associated program 'Verbs & Nouns' gives access to additional support in the way of dictionaries, and offers the opportunity for further practice of inflection and translation at the level of single words. You can visit http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes to find more information. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/language-toolkit-reader.hqx; 2337 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Navdeep Bains" Subject: [*] MacDICT 1.0 MacDICT lets you access a growing number of databases, including Websters Dictionary, for free! Other databases include the US Gazetter and the Free Online Dictionary of Computing. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-dict-10.hqx; 652 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] MacDim 2.2.1 - screensaver/dimmer with many features MacDim version 2.2.1 MacDim is a popular freeware screensaver/dimmer for Macintosh. Features include dimming, program/module launching, energy saving, and password protection. The MacDim modules Fireballs 1.4.1 (shareware $5) and Blackout 1.0.3 are included. Main changes in v2.2.1 - Fixed and tested backlight on Powerbook - Now automatically enables program launching when a module is added - Fixed some minor bugs System requirements: System 7.0 or later At the present time these additional MacDim modules have been released: ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/mac-dim-221.hqx; 289 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2000 From: Jerome Tarantino Subject: [*] MacOSTray 1.1b4 - a MacOSX-like desktop tray MacOSTray 1.1b4 by Jerome Tarantino Nov. 1998 - Dec. 1999 Kind: Desktop Enhancement Minimum requirement: MacOS 9 Shareware fee: $10 Description: MacOSTray add a MacOSX-like tray on the right side side of your desktop to handle disks, servers and printers Bug Reports: Jerome Tarantino, mailto:tarantino@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/mac-os-tray-11b4.hqx; 64 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] Molecules 1.1 - MacDim screensaver module Molecules 1.1 Molecules is a MacDim module that displays and rotates models of real protein molecules as a screensaver. The proteins are described in pdb files, created and usually used by scientists. Molecules is a PPC stand-alone program which can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later Main changes in v1.1: - Fixed the mirror error (the molecules were mirrored) - Fixed a bug in an assembler routine - Added PPC only notice for 68k users At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/molecules-11.hqx; 616 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: sgandy Subject: [*] Organizer 2.8.1 The Organizer is a calendar, notebook, to do list, daily scheduler, phonebook, memo and fax maker. The memo maker is now "smart". It can auto magically insert your name and other details. The Organizer is a HyperCard stack, thus it requires HyperCard or HyperCard Player 2.x to be installed. The Organizer is shareware the cost is $10 for the year. Steve Gandy -- TeachTech http://users.aol.com/TeachTec1 [Archived as /info-mac/app/organizer-283.hqx; 220 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2000 From: Sarwat Khan Subject: [*] Painting 1.6.5- A fabulous graphics editor Painting 1.6.5 is the latest release of Sarwat Khan's fabulous $20 shareware graphics program. Painting is useful for creating everything from the simplest icons to the most breathtaking artwork. Painting has all the standard paint tools, plus special effects, support for multiple file formats, customised colour sets, graphics tablet support, intelligent 32-bit icon creation for documents, and much more. Painting 1.6.5 is a quick update to fix bugs introduced in 1.6.4 while saving documents. PowerPC, 68k and fat binary versions of Painting are available. For more information and download links, please visit the official web site at . Attachment converted: Mac OS:painting-1.6.5.sit.hqx (TEXT/BNHQ) (000709A8) [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/painting-165.hqx; 1011 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] PixelGallery 1.0 - MacDim screensaver module PixelGallery 1.0 PixelGallery is a MacDim module that works as an image viewer. When launched (by MacDim) it randomly displays images, one at a time, with some fading in between. Smooth! PixelGallery is a PPC/68k stand-alone program can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later, Quicktime 2.5 or later At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/pixel-gallery-10.hqx; 169 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Ton Brand Subject: [*] PlayFreeLotto 7.0.1 PlayFreeLotto 7.0.1 What it is: Game that simulates any lotto and calculates all chances Author: Ton Brand Computer: Any Mac with HyperCard Player Mac OS: 7.5 or later License: freeware PlayFreeLotto is a freeware game that you can use to discover the chance of winning the first prize in a Lotto. You can also find out what is your chance to win other Lotto prizes or nil. But PlayFreeLotto offers more. You can simulate any Lotto and play your favorite numbers as if it were for real, but at no cost ! You can start a series of up to 100,000 drawings to find out if and when you could have won the first prize, or a lower prize. Further, you can use PlayFreeLotto to evaluate the relation between statistical chances and reality, which will make clear to you that playing Lotto to get rich is more likely to make you poor. Required to use PlayFreeLotto is HyperCard (Player) 2.2 or higher. [Archived as /info-mac/game/play-free-lotto-701.hqx; 154 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2000 From: Kevin Gong Subject: [*] Polyominoes 7.0 If you like puzzles and thinking games, you'll love Polyominoes! Polyominoes 7.0 is a challenging game based on polyominoes. A polyomino is a piece made up entirely of squares connected edge-to-edge. For example, a domino is a polyomino with 2 squares. In Polyominoes, you can use pentominoes, tetrominoes, trominoes, hexominoes, or create a set of your own pieces! Polyominoes is really four games in one. * In GAME mode, you have a very interesting strategy game in which you try to put the last piece on the board. The pieces can be flipped or rotated in any manner. You can use any of the 100 different boards, or create your own boards! * In CHALLENGE mode, you're provided with a position from the game mode in which you're challenged to find the winning move (and one always exists, no matter how hard it is for you to find it!). It's similar to chess mate-in-x puzzles. If you give up, the computer will show you how it's done! * In JIGSAW PUZZLE mode, you can try to place all the pieces on any of the boards. providing countless hours of jigsaw puzzle fun. * In SPANNING PUZZLE mode, you try to "span" the board with the fewest number of pieces. The program keeps track of all of your best efforts. Compatibility: Polyominoes is compatible with MacOS versions 7.0 through 9.0 and with both 68K and PowerPC machines. Polyominoes is Shareware, $10.00 registration fee. Polyominoes is Copyright 1990-2000 by Kevin Gong (kevin@alum.calberkeley.org). Please visit the Polyominoes Web Site at http://members.aol.com/KevinGong3/poly/ for more information. [Archived as /info-mac/game/polyominoes-70.hqx; 973 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2000 From: Greg Landweber Subject: [*] Power Windows 2.1 Power Windows 2.1 -- January 3, 2000 by Greg Landweber, coauthor of Kaleidoscope The Power Windows control panel lets you drag entire windows instead of dotted outlines. It offers both solid and translucent window dragging and is the only such utility to support the Finder's popup windows (aka tabbed windows or drawers) introduced in Mac OS 8. Version 2.1 now supports a limited form of multitasking during solid dragging, which lets background applications redraw the windows that were initially covered. It also fixes minor glitches with translucent dragging and with Kaleidoscope. The shareware fee is $10 (registered users of 1.x can upgrade for $5; registered users of version 2.x do not need to pay an upgrade fee). [Archived as /info-mac/gui/power-windows-21.hqx; 100 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Han Subject: [*] PowerReplace 6.6; powerful text conversion utility Announcing the release of PowerReplace 6.6! PowerReplace is a powerful text conversion utility. It does the conversion using a small file called "Filter". The syntax of filter is very easy to understand. PowerReplace is also an utility to build text conversion application. It can create small stand-alone daughter-application called "SelfReplace", who makes your favorite conversion more easily and efficiently. PowerReplace can replace character (including NULL, CR, LF, TAB) or string by any other string. By use of the asterisk-sign(*) representing any indeterminate string, it can replace also a string only whose two extremities are known. It supports all character set, hexadecimal string and regular expression(pattern) for find/replace. New features (ver. 6.5 -> 6.6): - Developer version available. If you buy the developer version for US$500, you can distribute your own SelfReplace as shareware. Developer version contains a small program to generate user code for your SelfReplace. - Fixed the long time wait bug when convert folder containing many files of different types. - Increase partition memory for SelfReplace. It seems that MacOS 8.5 or later asks more memory. For more information, please read the Readme file enclosed, or visit my web page: http://www.kagi.com/guoniu Thanks, Guoniu Han [Archived as /info-mac/text/power-replace-66.hqx; 1127 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2000 From: Tech Support Subject: [*] Scorpion BarCode 1.60 Scorpion BarCode 1.60 The Scorpion BarCode software helps with easy creation and printing of all major bar code symbologies in EPSF or PICT file formats including EAN-13 (With or without Add-On codes), EAN-8, EAN-128, UPC-A (With or without Add-On codes), UPC-E, Code-128, Code-93, Code-39, Codabar, ITF (Interleaved Two Five), ISSN, ISBN, PostNet (5 digit / 9 digit / 11 digit), RM4SCC, Pharmacode and MSI. With drag and drop simplicity plus AppleScript support, this complete utility software also provides templates for a custom labeling system. The Scorpion BarCode software also supports Balloon Help and Apple Guide to simplify the user experience. The Apple Speech Manager provides voice support through the Voice Assistance feature. The entire User Guide is built into the onscreen help. Full details available from or eMail [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/scorpion-bar-code-16.hqx; 377 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] ShadeCluster 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module ShadeCluster 1.1.1 ShadeCluster is a MacDim screensaver module that renders realtime shaded 3D clusters on your screen. ShadeCluster is a PPC/68k stand-alone program which can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later Main changes in v1.1.1: - Fixed the bundle bit - should now appear as a real program - Fixed a bug in an assembler routine - Modified the program icons At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/shade-cluster-111.hqx; 203 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2000 From: Chris Smolinski Subject: [*] Sound Byte 1.2.2 Sound Byte turns your Mac into a cart machine for playing sound recordings. Sound Byte is ideal for radio stations and audio/TV productions, to quickly and easily play a variety of recorded sounds, such as jingles, advertisements, songs, sound effects, and more. Sound Byte handles all of the audio formats supported by QuickTime, including: * AIFF * WAV * AU * MP3 Sound Byte comes in three flavors: Sound Byte Lite supports a single rack of carts, or up to 75 recordings total. Sound Byte supports five racks of carts, or up to 375 recordings total. Sound Byte Pro supports fifty racks of carts, or up to 3750 recordings total. Shareware: $79 Chris Smolinski - Web URL: http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software, Shortwave Radio, Spy Number Stations [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/sound-byte-122.hqx; 391 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jan 2000 From: Chris Smolinski Subject: [*] Sound Byte 1.2.5 Sound Byte turns your Mac into a cart machine for playing sound recordings. Sound Byte is ideal for radio stations and audio/TV productions, to quickly and easily play a variety of recorded sounds, such as jingles, advertisements, songs, sound effects, and more. Sound Byte handles all of the audio formats supported by QuickTime, including: * AIFF * WAV * AU * MP3 Sound Byte comes in three flavors: Sound Byte Lite supports a single rack of carts, or up to 75 recordings total. Sound Byte supports five racks of carts, or up to 375 recordings total. Sound Byte Pro supports fifty racks of carts, or up to 3750 recordings total. Shareware: $79 Chris Smolinski - Web URL: http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software, Shortwave Radio, Spy Number Stations [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/sound-byte-125.hqx; 393 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: RoboDog Subject: [*] TetraTrap 1.1 TetraTrap is an accessory using QuickDraw3D and QuickTime's special effects. In this 3D world, there are a plate, a sphere, and a gasket. The plate and the sphere are texture-mapped objects. The sphere spins and is trapped by the rotating gasket. The gasket changes its color as the time goes by. TetraTrap can load a still image file as the texture map. Various import formats that QuickTime supports are allowed. Special effects: fire, cloud, and water ripple, are shown in front of the view. Flying-thru is done by keyboard input. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/tetra-trap-11.hqx; 638 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2000 From: Bernhard Liebl Subject: [*] TimeLabel 1.4 TimeLabel 1.4 TimeLabel is a project managment utility to help you keep track of how much time you spend on projects. It's easy to use and integrated into the system through an additional menu in the menu bar, so you don't have to deal with floating windows or the like. System Requirements: 68K or PPC, System 7.1.1 or higher. Version 1.4 fixes some minor bugs, supports automatic session prompting and remembers the control's window settings. TimeLabel can be included in CD-ROMs or posted to any software archives or BBS's. For more information read the "Read Me" file. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/time-label-14.hqx; 688 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB" Subject: [*] Tunnelvision 1.1.1 - MacDim screensaver module Tunnelvision 1.1.1 Tunnelvision is a MacDim screensaver module that renders a variant of the classical demo tunnel object on your screen. Tunnelvision is a PPC stand-alone program which can communicate with the freeware control panel MacDim. Shareware $5 (or $20 for all our MacDim modules) System requirements: System 7.0 or later Main changes in v1.1.1: - Fixed a bug in an assembler routine - Added PPC only notice for 68k users At the present time these MacDim modules have been released: Fireballs, Blackout, ShadeCluster, Tunnelvision, AD Launcher, Molecules, ChaosZoom and PixelGallery. They can all be downloaded at: http://www.ibrium.se/macdim/modules.html For more information, please visit our web-pages at: http://www.ibrium.se/ Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Ibrium HB [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/tunnel-vision-111.hqx; 150 K] ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jan 2000 From: Vince Subject: [*] WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES DOCUSCRIPT 2.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAVES IN MOTION RELEASES DOCUSCRIPT 2.0 FOR FILEMAKER PRO New version includes improved script reporting and automatic problem detection Contact: Vince Menanno Phone: 602-956-7080 Fax: 602-956-6754 E-mail: info@wmotion.com Web: http://www.wmotion.com PHOENIX. December 17, 1999. Over the last few years, DocuScript has shown itself to be an invaluable tool for Filemaker developers looking to troubleshoot and document their projects. Now with improved script reporting and automatic problem detection, it has become even easier for developers to rediscover their scripts. Aim DocuScript at a FileMaker project and it will extract every script in every file and quickly generate a series of reports -- starting with an overview of the files in the project, right down to the individual script steps. Click on a reference to an external script, and DocuScript instantly jumps to that script. Move through scripts step by step, or let DocuScript trace through an entire script for you and build a hierarchical report of every instruction, every external script, and every recursion. One of the new features in DocuScript 2.0, and one that will appeal to anyone responsible for large FileMaker projects, is the small, but powerful Problem Dot. DocuScript now automatically searches through all your scripts and marks any file containing an error, including such things as broken relationships, missing fields, and missing layouts. Click on a file name and you'll find another Problem Dot next to each problem script. Click on a script and continue to follow the dots straight to the bugs. You can generate a Problem Report that summarizes all the problems found by DocuScript, or perform your own customized searches across all the files in your project. Search for a field name, a status function, or any of the standard FileMaker terms built into the DocuScript search engine. With all this script information gathered together, DocuScript is also the perfect tool for documenting your projects. You can add comments anywhere in the project database generated by DocuScript or easily copy ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/dev/docuscript-demo-20.hqx; 2101 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Web Confidential 1.3.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Web Confidential package. "Web Confidential is easy to use, secure, and well-integrated"- Adam C. Engst, TidBITS 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. 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. Web Confidential offers 448-bit encryption. Changes in version 1.3.1J: Mac OS 9 features a new version of the Keychain Manager (v2) and some modifications were made to Web Confidential to support it. Version 1.3.1 fixes a bug that would occur when importing from the Keychain under Mac OS 9. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-131-jp.hqx; 434 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Jan 2000 From: James Subject: [*] WebEvent 3.22 Here is a copy of our Macintosh web-based calendar and scheduling software. It runs on MacOS 8.0+ with the WebTen server software from Tenon Intersystems (www.tenon.com). We also have a MacOS X Server version that runs without any additional requirements. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-event-322.hqx; 585 K] ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jan 2000 From: Jacek Iwanski Subject: [*] Word List Maker 2.1.9 - text utility Word List Maker is a powerful and easy-to-use program, for generating sorted word-lists of several kinds from one or more text files. It can generate word-frequency lists, present the words in the reverse order of letters, indicate the number of letters contained in each word, or sort letters. You can use it to analyze texts, to make anagrams, word-frequency lists, various indexes, spelling lists, to analyze words by their endings etc. The spelling filter is included. The spelling dictionaries are available separately. The built-in grammar filter allows you to extract verbs, nouns, adjectives etc. from any text file. For more information about my software please visit: http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/text/word-list-maker-219.hqx; 1903 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Yves Pelletier Subject: [*] YP Force Magnetique 1.0 (physics, french version) YP Force Magnetique is the french version of YP Magnetic Force. YP Magnetic Force is a teaching tool for physics lessons. It simulates the magnetic force exerted on a particle moving in a magnetic field. The user can change the electric charge, the velocity and the magnetic field. The three vectors velocity, magnetic field and magnetic force are displayed in a three dimensionnal coordinate system which can be rotated in the desired orientation. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-force-magnetique-10.hqx; 262 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Yves Pelletier Subject: [*] YP Magnetic Force 1.0 (physics) YP Magnetic Force is a teaching tool for physics lessons. It simulates the magnetic force exerted on a particle moving in a magnetic field. The user can change the electric charge, the velocity and the magnetic field. The three vectors velocity, magnetic field and magnetic force are displayed in a three dimensionnal coordinate system which can be rotated in the desired orientation. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-magnetic-force-10.hqx; 252 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Yves Pelletier Subject: [*] YP Vecteurs 1.0 (mathematics-physics, french version) YP Vecteurs is the french version of YP Vectors. YP Vectors is a teaching tool for physics/mathematics lessons. It is used to learn about vectors and components. YP Vectors displays a vector in two dimensions, and its two components. The user can change the magnitude and the direction of the vector using the mouse. A window shows the numerical value of the magnitude, the direction, the x component and the y component of the vector. The user can change the scale used to draw the vector. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-vecteurs-10.hqx; 259 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jan 2000 From: Yves Pelletier Subject: [*] YP Vectors 1.0 (mathematics-physics) YP Vectors is a teaching tool for physics/mathematics lessons. It is used to learn about vectors and components. YP Vectors displays a vector in two dimensions, and its two components. The user can change the magnitude and the direction of the vector using the mouse. A window shows the numerical value of the magnitude, the direction, the x component and the y component of the vector. The user can change the scale used to draw the vector. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-vectors-10.hqx; 246 K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 14:21:42 +0100 From: "F.J. Lalor" Subject: Default Page Size under OS 8.6 Since I upgraded to OS 8.6 I find that the default page size in the Page Setup dialogue for is whereas I use . Up to S 7.6 at least (I didn't stay long enough in OS 8.5 to be sure) my experience had been that once another size had been chosen for an application the new setting persisted. Not so with OS 8.6 - a new size will persist only for the current document and then reverts to the default. The only work-around that I know of (suggested by another reader when I posted on this previously) is to create a stationery pad with the A4 size pre-set but this is not all that convenient for my purposes. Is there any way of altering the default setting? TIA - Fergus Lalor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:41:43 +0100 From: "F.J. Lalor" Subject: Default Page Size under OS 8.6 - Curioser and curioser .... Since my recent posting on this topic I did what I should have done straight off and consulted the latest edition of Mac Secrets. Yes - the problem is noted and a solution is provided. Choose a new page size in the Page Setup dialog and then the OK button. A new dialog box appears asking if you want to save the new setting as the default. Just click on OK and you're away for slates. Well ...... er, no, actually. The original 'factory' default setting *still* persists. Help .... please? 8-( Fergus Lalor ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 11:28:05 -0600 From: Gib@realpeople.com (Real People) Subject: LocalTalk Bridge--does it work? I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with experience using Apple's LocalTalk = Bridge software to grant Ethernet access to LocalTalk printers and = computers. When I try it, it keeps quitting with a "network numbering conflict." The = accompanying dox are pretty sparse, and I gather it's no longer supported = by Apple. The alternative seems to be a $99 box from Farallon or Asant=E9, but they = have restrictions as to the shape of the LocalTalk network (i.e., no = intermediate RJ-11 wall plugs, although intermediate computers are OK). Please respond directly to mailto:gibhenry@realpeople.com and I'll = summarize to the list. Cheers, and happy new millenium, -- Gib Henry The box said "Requires Windows 95 or better," so I bought a Macintosh. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:14:47 +0100 From: Paolo Bartoli Subject: Problems with MacOS 9 and PMac G4/AGP, ATM, Apple Guide, Mac OS I have found some problems working with MacOS 9 installed on a PowerMac G4/AGP/350: 1) Apple Guide on startup the Apple Guide icon is crossed as the extension isn't loaded. 2) Adobe Type Manager 4.5.2 It's installed with MacOS 9 (it comes bundled with the system. On startup, as with Apple Guide, the icon is crossed. After that I get an alert bow saying "Unable to install Adobe Type Manager because ATM needs more memory or other system resources" (or something like that - was translated from italian....). Even giving more memory to ATM doesn't solve the problem, and don't know about "other system resources"... 3) computer freeze Suddenly, apparently with no resons, the G4 freezes and I have to restart it. It happens with no regular time interval and with no relation to a particular application. 4) is it still possible to install MacOS 8.6? I'm running a PMac G4/AGP/350 that comes with MacOS 9. I have talked to different people getting contrastig answers. As I can understand, AGP G4 work only with MacOS 9, but some friend reported they're working with OS 9/G4 (with AGP??). Is there any official Apple source where I can find a list of System/Macintosh compatibility? TIA, ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli ** pbartoli@iname.com ** (pbartoli@libero.it) ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************