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Info-Mac Digest Fri, 03 Aug 01 Volume 18 : Issue 105
Today's Topics:
[*] Archer 1.0
[*] DoubletScan340.hqx
[*] easy beat 1.3
[*] File Type Jig
[*] ForgotIt_1.3_Classic.sit.hqx uploaded
[*] ForgotIt_1.3_OSX.dmg.sit.hqx uploaded
[*] Google Plugin for Sherlock
[*] Hold Up 1.0
[*] image-sxm-167-2.hqx
[*] PandoCalendar 5.7.2 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac.
[*] QXP PhotoBook 3.0.1
[*] Sherlock Nobanners for Mac OS 9.1
[*] SpeedApp 2.1.3J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack Classic 3.4J - Japanese Version
[*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.4J - Japanese Version
[*] Virtual Composer version 2.8.8
printing extended characters on Tektronix printers
serial/usb question
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Mike Trivisonno <mtriviso@bellsouth.net>
To:
Subject: [*] Archer 1.0
Archer is the first OS X application from Eridanus, Inc.
Archer is a small, fast, and easy-to-use slide show player for OS X.
Archer allows the user to combine audio, video, and still-image files in
the same slide show. Archer lets you have multiple slide shows running
at the same time.
For more information, please see the Archer web page:
http://www.eridanus.com/products/products.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/archer.hqx; 1184 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Giuseppe Giunto <giuseppe@hyperbolicsoftware.com>
To:
Subject: [*] DoubletScan340.hqx
Doublet Scan is a great program to find all the duplicate files on
your hard disks.
At last! A great program to find all the doublet files on your hard disks.
It's very easy to use: Load the directory of your hard disks and Scan
for the "doublet" files... after these two easy steps, you'll be able
to select all the doublet files you want to eliminate and move them
to the trash...
What's new version 3.4.0
Added compare the content's option in the "Custom Search" window.
Fixed bug of type 1 (bus error) in the "Action Batch" window.
Fixed other minor bugs.
Localizations available at: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Japanese
French
Download page: http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/download.html
Direct links:
http://www.hyperbolicsoftware.com/programs/DoubletScan340.sit
ftp://ftp.hyperbolicsoftware.com/DoubletScan340.sit
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/doublet-scan-34.hqx; 1592 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2001
From: easy beat Support <easybeat-support@unisoftwareplus.com>
To:
Subject: [*] easy beat 1.3
This is easy beat version 1.3
easy beat is a music authoring program for professional musicians and
hobbyists. The main features of easy beat are:
- easy to use (hence the name)
- no extra hardware or software needed for playing and composing
- up to 16 tracks plus a metronome track
- Internet search for MIDI files
- supports all instruments provided by QuickTime and/or an external
synthesizer (including General MIDI, GS, and XG)
- multiple views (score, drum, keyboard, TAB, chords, controllers)
- tempo controller
- import and export of standard MIDI files
- export of QuickTime movies and AIFF files
- plays your song in the background while you edit it or work
with other programs
- single-track real-time recording (requires a MIDI adapter
and a MIDI instrument)
- stylistic variations (shuffle style, arpeggio, delay, ...)
- built-in guitar tuner
- ...
What's new in easy beat 1.3?
- There is a new "tempo view". This is is a global controller view that
can be used to define tempo variations over a song. All changes made
in this view are relative to the "nominal tempo", as specified in
the tempo field.
- The Metronome track is now called the "Master" track and has two
possible views: One is the usual metronome view, the other is the
new tempo view.
- View types can now be switched with a pop-up menu in the individual
track headers.
- easy beat now displays the playing position while playing selected notes.
Problems Fixed:
- easy beat sometimes issued a false virus alert.
- While a selection was playing, playback could not be stopped.
For more details, please see:
http://www.unisoftwareplus.com/products/easybeat.html
Requirements:
- Mac with a 68020 processor or better (PowerPC recommended)
- System 7.1 or newer (compatible with Mac OS 8.* and Mac OS 9)
- 2 MB of available memory (4 MB recommended)
- QuickTime 3.0 or newer (QuickTime 4 recommended)
********** ABSTRACT CROPPED **********
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/easy-beat-13.hqx; 6132 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2001
From: John Johnston <jhj@dircon.co.uk>
To:
Subject: [*] File Type Jig
File Type Jig is a SuperCard Project that can be used to change file and
creator types.
File Type Jig is $5 shareware but is unprotected so you only need to send
the money if you find it useful and want to.
SuperCard Player can be downloaded from:
<ftp://ftp.incwell.com/SuperCard/Updates/SCPlayer363.hqx>
SuperCard Player is freeware.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/file-type-jig.hqx; 157 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Erich.Rast@t-online.de (Erich Rast)
To:
Subject: [*] ForgotIt_1.3_Classic.sit.hqx uploaded
ForgotIt? 1.3 is an easy-to-use multi-document application for
managing passwords and Internet addresses. It uses strong Blowfish
encryption and SHA1 hashing to protect password lists and launches
even multiple URLs that belong to a password entry. ForgotIt?
supports full drag&drop, re-ordering of password lists, external
encryption plugins such as Rijndael (AES), uses SHA1 hashing,
built-in compression and many more features.
Author: Erich Rast <mrspock@kagi.com>
Price: USD $15 shareware fee
Requirements: Macintosh PPC, OS 7.6 or higher, at least 2 MB RAM
URL: http://home.snafu.de/erich/shareware/forgotit.html
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/forgot-it-13-ppc.hqx; 1199 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Erich.Rast@t-online.de (Erich Rast)
To:
Subject: [*] ForgotIt_1.3_OSX.dmg.sit.hqx uploaded
ForgotIt? 1.3 OS X is an easy-to-use multi-document application for
managing passwords and Internet addresses. It uses strong Blowfish
encryption and SHA1 hashing to protect password lists and launches
even multiple URLs that belong to a password entry. ForgotIt?
supports full drag&drop, re-ordering of password lists, external
encryption plugins such as Rijndael (AES), uses SHA1 hashing,
built-in compression and many more features.
Author: Erich Rast <mrspock@kagi.com>
Price: USD $15 shareware fee
Requirements: Macintosh PPC, OS X
URL: http://home.snafu.de/erich/shareware/forgotit.html
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/forgot-it-13-x.hqx; 1547 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2001
From: Horst Prillinger <h.prill@magnet.at>
To:
Subject: [*] Google Plugin for Sherlock
This is an update to my Google plugin, which enables Sherlock to search
Google, a powerful Internet search engine.
Please notice that I am not affiliated with Google in any way.
This replaces the file currently in the cfg directory, which no longer
works. Please remove the old version from your archives.
This plugin will automatically update itself if a newer version becomes
available. If it doesn't work right away after downloading, an update may
be available. Please wait three days (after which the automatic update
will occur), or check out my web site below for an update.
This and other Sherlock plugins can be downloaded from
http://www.aardvark.at/software/
Regards,
-H.P.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/google-src.hqx; 1 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Hold-Up <hold_up@mac.com>
To:
Subject: [*] Hold Up 1.0
Hello,
We would like to announce the release of a brand new personal finance
manager for MacOS 8.5 or later, or MacOS X Final (Carbon version): Hold-Up!
Hold-Up was created by Pierre-Olivier Latour and Didier Larue. It is
distributed as a shareware for US $20 (Basic version) or US $30 (Pro
version).
Like any other personal finance manager, you can manage several accounts,
enter an unlimited number of transactions, create scheduled transactions,
define categories, payment types...
BUT here's why this product is way better than other products available now:
Contrary to others personal finance managers, Hold-Up has a nice and very
well designed user interface, and most important, it has exclusive features
like:
� powerful filters (which display only transactions that match some
criteria),
� multiple transactions edition in one dialog,
� automatic transaction name completion,
� dynamic notes (they popup under the mouse),
� a lighting fast search field,
� several skins (Platinum, Aqua...)...
And Hold-Up is very fast!
Even if you have never use your computer to manage your personal finance,
now you can do it easily!
Visit our web site to get an exhaustive description of the product and
download the demo (only 1 Mb):
http://www.hold-up.fr.st
[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/hold-up.hqx; 1389 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Steve Barrett <s.d.barrett@liverpool.ac.uk>
To:
Subject: [*] image-sxm-167-2.hqx
Image SXM is a version of the public domain image analysis software
NIH Image that has been extended to handle the loading, display and
analysis of scanning microscope images. Image SXM supports images
from the following systems:
Burleigh Instruments
Digital Instruments NanoScope
DME Rasterscope
Gatan DigitalMicrograph (DigiScan)
JEOL SEM, WinSem and SPM
Klocke Nanotechnik SPM and SNOM
Leica TCS
LEO
Molecular Imaging
Noran Vantage
Omicron and Omicron SCALA
Oxford Instruments TOPSystem
Park Scientific Instruments
Philips
Quesant Instruments
RHK Technology
ThermoMicroscopes
TopoMetrix
Vacuum Generators
WA Technology
Zeiss LSM
To keep up to date with news of the latest version of Image SXM,
check the web page http://reg.ssci.liv.ac.uk/
If you have problems, or any comments or suggestions for new
features that you would like to see in future versions of Image SXM,
then please email me.
Steve Barrett July 2001 S.D.Barrett@liv.ac.uk
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/image-sxm-167-2.hqx; 4428 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Panda Systems <PandaSystems@PandaCorner.com>
To:
Subject: [*] PandoCalendar 5.7.2 - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac.
PandoCalendar is a useful Mac-only program places a fully functional
calendar on your desktop. The look is completely customizable. You
can change the calendar font and its size, and the calendar's
background color; you can center the current week (so you are always
able to look back and ahead a full month at a time), display the
numerical number of the weeks of the year, display the calendar with
European style weeks (Monday being the first day and Sunday being the
last), assign notes to any day of the year by clicking on the day in
the calendar, and set alarms to remind you of time sensitive events.
You can also have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work.
Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule!
Version 5.7.2 - Worked around a bug in CarbonLib that could cause a
random Type 2 Error crash, when choosing a label.
Panda Systems
<http://www.PandaCorner.com/>
[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/pando-calendar-572.hqx; 1118 K]
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Date: 2 Aug 2001
From: David Lloyd <david@kanzu.com>
To:
Subject: [*] QXP PhotoBook 3.0.1
QXP PhotoBook is a stand-alone utility which aids QuarkXPress users to
compile catalogs of images very quickly with a minimum of setup and user
interaction. Catalogs are saved as QuarkXPress documents, with an option to
then save as Acrobat PDF files. Some uses for QXP PhotoBook are printing out
thumbnails of images contained in a folder, or cataloguing a CD library of
images to QuarkXPress files.
QXP PhotoBook accepts any image format accepted by QuarkXPress including PDF
and GIF, as well as formats not supported by QuarkXPress, such as Adobe
Photoshop files, by choosing to import the PICT preview of images, or by
using third party XTensions. Users create catalogs by drag and dropping
files or folders onto PhotoBook's window or icon.
Many formatting options are provided, allowing users to choose page size,
colors, fonts, captions and headers and footers. The fully featured caption
option can - by using simple tags - automatically write a variety of
information about the image to the caption, such as the file's name, size or
dimensions, and more.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/qxp-photobook-301.hqx; 1080 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Andrew Watters <awatters@ucla.edu>
To:
Subject: [*] Sherlock Nobanners for Mac OS 9.1
Sherlock Nobanners for Mac OS 9.1
2001-08-01
This is a simple ResCompare patch that removes all banners from Sherlock
version 3.0.2, included with OS 9.1. The patch will only work with
Sherlock 3.0.2. To remove banners from earlier versions, download the
other editions of Nobanners.
Most banner programs simply alter the search plugins in your system
folder; this one modifies three resources in the Sherlock application
itself, displaying only gray space instead of an obtrusive banner. If
you would rather make the modifications yourself, you can use Metrowerks
Constructor.
Use this program at your own risk. I am not responsible for the
consequences. This program is free and may be distributed on all media
for non-profit use only. For-profit users should contact the author.
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sherlock-no-banners-91.hqx; 21 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SpeedApp 2.1.3J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SpeedApp package.
5 Cows (highest rating) at Tucows!
SpeedApp is the fastest way for to run an application on PowerMacintosh
computers! Using a shortcut, you can call from the Finder this pretty
utility (similar to Sherlock), typie an application name (or a
portion of it) in the main window and press the Enter/Return key on your
keyboard to quickly and easily launch the application you want to use.
Thanks to SpeedApp you don't need to touch your mouse for all these
steps. Using SpeedApp you will not need to open folders, or create
aliases anywhere to quickly and easily access your applications. Thanks to
SpeedApp you can run every application installed in your Macintosh
without needing to remember where it is!
System Requirements:
SpeedApp requires a Power-PC based Mac with Mac OS 8.5 or higher
installed and 2MB of available ram. SpeedApp also can be configured by
its extention, which allows pre Mac OS 9 users to configure Fkeys to run
it automatically. SpeedApp INIT also allow the Mac OS users to configure
a different keyboard shortcut than Fkeys.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/speed-app-213-jp.hqx; 1069 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack Classic 3.4J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchBack Classic (MacOS 8.5-9) package.
SwitchBack is a file synchronization and backup utility.
SwitchBack makes it easy and safe to synchronize two disks, so that both
contain your most recently updated documents. Simply choose two folders
to compare, and SwitchBack does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
The two folders can reside on the same or different disks, or on two
computers connected by a network, or even over the Internet. You can ask
SwitchBack to tell you in detail what it is doing, or let it go to work,
only advising you when there's a problem.
Change in this version:
*Carbonized, with a separate version for MacOS 8.5-9
*Includes the desktop folder in the synchronization
*Option to allow older source file to replace newer destination file
*Auto dismisses error log after 10 minutes
*Don't report if file busy when trying to delete a folder.
*Dims the source destination details when the target disk is not
mounted or the alias is invalid
*Only uses a temporary file when doing a two-way synchronization
*Logs sleep and shut down times
*Sound always plays, even if sync takes <20 seconds
*Improved 'ignore collisions' dialog
*When cancelling a document that has started automatically, it is
left open
*An editor can now be selected for viewing large reports (>32K)
OS X Specific Features
*Supports file and folder permissions
*Added support for long unicode file names
Bugs Fixed
*Fixed bug in navigation services with junk in the file type filter
*Disk size preflighting works again
*Unregistered versions show the registration dialog again
*Copying comments works again
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-34-jp.hqx; 233 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchBack for OS X 3.4J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchBack for Mac OS X package.
SwitchBack is a file synchronization and backup utility.
SwitchBack makes it easy and safe to synchronize two disks, so that both
contain your most recently updated documents. Simply choose two folders
to compare, and SwitchBack does the rest, quickly and painlessly.
The two folders can reside on the same or different disks, or on two
computers connected by a network, or even over the Internet. You can ask
SwitchBack to tell you in detail what it is doing, or let it go to work,
only advising you when there's a problem.
Change in this version:
*Carbonized, with a separate version for MacOS 8.5-9
*Includes the desktop folder in the synchronization
*Option to allow older source file to replace newer destination file
*Auto dismisses error log after 10 minutes
*Don't report if file busy when trying to delete a folder.
*Dims the source destination details when the target disk is not
mounted or the alias is invalid
*Only uses a temporary file when doing a two-way synchronization
*Logs sleep and shut down times
*Sound always plays, even if sync takes <20 seconds
*Improved 'ignore collisions' dialog
*When cancelling a document that has started automatically, it is
left open
*An editor can now be selected for viewing large reports (>32K)
OS X Specific Features
*Supports file and folder permissions
*Added support for long unicode file names
Bugs Fixed
*Fixed bug in navigation services with junk in the file type filter
*Disk size preflighting works again
*Unregistered versions show the registration dialog again
*Copying comments works again
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/switchback-osx-34-jp.hqx; 242 K]
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Date: 3 Aug 2001
From: Ioannis <jgal@ath.forthnet.gr>
To:
Subject: [*] Virtual Composer version 2.8.8
It interfaces directly with Phil Taylor's abc editor BarFly (link
included) and even if you choose not to register, you can export as abc
and continue working with BarFly.
System Needs:
Color Macintosh
System 7.x or later
QuickTime 2.1 or later
4 MB of free RAM
New in version 2.8.8:
2.8.8: Major Update:
*Extended Virtual Keyboard window to accomodate a wider range of MIDI
values. The MIDI value range for this window is now [0..107].
*Added animation for the Virtual Keyboard window. If option "Animate
Symbols" is checked and this window is open, the keyboard keys will animate.
*Added Digital Overview window. This window provides a general
chromatic interval digital overview of the entire score. If option
"Animate Symbols" is checked and this window is open, the corresponding
digital streaks will animate.
*Changed Clipboard window drawing routines to use SetOrigin, for faster redraws.
*Added Goldberg Variations #5, 7, 10, 14, 19, 22 and several Canons.
(courtesy of JCL. See credits).
*Added a Prelude and Fugue of my own.
*Added Greensleeves.
*Added Chopin Prelude in E minor.
*Added Praeambulum.
*Added Courante from Partita in E minor. (courtesy of JCL. See credits).
*Added Small Prelude.
*More consistent Initalization for Virtual Keyboard window regions.
*Various small changes to accomodate increased animation requirements.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/virtual-composer-288.hqx; 1534 K]
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:35:28 -0400
From: Ken Laskey <KENNETH.J.LASKEY@saic.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: printing extended characters on Tektronix printers
Have you ever put a bullet into a Powerpoint presentation on the Mac
side but when your Windows folks print it out they get a yen mark? I
think I've got an extreme version of that problem. To see this, go
into Excel, enter the numbers 1 through 255 in one column and then
type =char(xx) in the next, where xx is a cell reference to the left
in the 1-255 column. This gives you the character that correspond to
the ASCII code. (Please correct me if I get any of this wrong.) Do
this several times and change the font to a different one for each
column (say one column Geneva and the next Times New Roman). Note
that the characters corresponding from 1 to 127 are the same for both
but the ones from 128 to 255 may be different. This is certainly
true when comparing Geneva and Times New Roman. In fact, if you
check 165, you see the bullet/yen switch. If you do the same thing
in Excel on Windows, you see that the Times New Roman may differ
between the Mac and Windows versions of that font.
Switching bullets and yens I can deal with, but on our Tektronix 740
and 750 printers (using the drivers from the Tektronix Web site), the
curly (smart) single and double quotes become unprintable. This is a
major problem when getting something written by somebody (most other
people) on Windows machines.
Any suggestions?
--
Ken Laskey
kenneth.j.laskey@saic.com
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:09:47 -0400
From: miriams@mindspring.com
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: serial/usb question
Is there any way (adapter?) for a seral port printer to work with a usb port?
I have a beige G3 with serial port burned out. Someone is suggesting I put a usb card in and buy a new printer. But I have a perfectly good Laserwriter Select 360 and an epson stylus pro xl.
anyhelp appreciated
Miriam
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