Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #117 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 02 Jun 98 Volume 16 : Issue 117 Today's Topics: [*] Cathay-Red Kaleidoscope scheme [*] "CAthay" Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Aardvark Professional 1.0.5 for Kaleidoscope [*] AliasMenu 2.0 [*] AppleWindows 2.0.2 [*] Autostart Worm Cleaner lite 98/05/22 [*] Ballistik 6.0_e (fat) [*] Bielle-Manivelle 1.0.5 (french version) [*] BouncyOS 1.1.1 for Kaleidoscope [*] Box 1.2.9 for Kaleidoscope [*] Calculate Size CMM Plug-in 1.0 and 1.0J [*] Celtic-Knot Kaleidoscope scheme [*] CESLab2.8.sit.hqx: 3-D cardiac electrophysiological simulator [*] Desktop Resetter 1.2 [*] DockZone 1.0.6 update [*] Glidel 3.7b2 France [*] Glidel 3.7b2 U.S. [*] Icon Archiver 3.0 - the best icon database for the Mac [*] IdleTime init [*] KvLsPatterns1.sit.hqx - Mac Desktop Patterns [*] KvLsPatterns2.sit.hqx - Macintosh Desktop Patterns [*] More File Info CMM Plug-in 2.2 and 2.2J [*] PandoCalendar - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] Restart Controller 1.0.0 68k [*] Restart Controller 1.0.0 ppc [*] strtupicndblr-10.hqx (Q) PowerBook 160 vs System 7.6.1 Afterdark Backup driver for Lacie (?) Curve fitting Find file in OS 8.0 Dialog boxes (Q) FTP (Q) Integrating Macs with Win NT ISO LaserWriter II NT Tech/Service Info Netscape & helpers problem Outlook Spell Checker Random stalls update (I) Rescinding Holdout Status on FinderPop / OS8.X Riven vs MAXpowr PRO G3? scsi manager shortcut TechTool Pro 203 (C) That @#$! paperclip WORD 98 ZIP External to ZIP Internal? 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. For more information, visit the Info-Mac Web site at . 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #117" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:51 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Cathay-Red Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Cathay-Red Kaleidoscope scheme on your recent additions page. Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/cathay-red-for-kaleidoscope.hqx; 354K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:53 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] "CAthay" Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Cathay Kal. scheme on your recent additions page. -Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/cathay-scheme-for-kal.hqx; 402K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:46 -0700 From: neil.green@netmatters.co.uk Subject: [*] Aardvark Professional 1.0.5 for Kaleidoscope Aardvark Professional is a colour scheme for Kaleidoscope 1.8 or later. It's free, and is loosely based on Apple's Platinum appearance, only with all the copyright infringement taken out. Brought to you by BouncyWare - almost a company, but without the tax breaks. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/aardvark-pro-105.hqx; 26K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:21 -0700 From: bw@xlii.org Subject: [*] AliasMenu 2.0 AliasMenu is a control panel that adds customized menus to the menu bar. These menus work like the Apple menu: Each menu has a corresponding folder and the menu automatically reflects the folder's content. The menu name can be replaced by a custom mini-icon, to get a nice layout or to save room in the menu bar and add more menus. AliasMenu 2.0 has a host of new features: * Menus are now present in all opened applications. * Menus can be added after the application's menus, or inserted before. * Keyboard shortcuts are always active and can use any modifier key. * Items of any kind can be put in a menu: folders, applications, documents, servers, scripts, and even URLs. Use AliasMenu to create several cross- application bookmarks menus, always available. * Multiple launching: launch several items with a single keystroke or menu command. You will find a full description of the new features at: . AliasMenu is a $25 shareware. Secure online registration through Kagi is available. Encrypted e-mail registration and other methods are available from within the control panel. System requirements: System 7.0 or better, PowerMac or any Mac with color capabilities. Benoit Widemann [Archived as /info-mac/gui/alias-menu-20-cdev.hqx; 244K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:22 -0700 From: hadleysw@ornl.gov Subject: [*] AppleWindows 2.0.2 AppleWindows is a freeware utility that makes the application menu (up in the right hand corner) much more usable. It: - lets you switch between applications with a modifier+left and right arrow - lets you switch between open windows of an application with a modifier+up and down arrow - makes the application menu heirarchical so you can jump between open windows of an application - makes different areas of your screen hotspots to pop up the application menu. (I set the outside of my screen as the hot spot so get the application menu by just moving the mouse pointer to the edge and clicking) - lets you set popup command keys for the application menu to popup anywhere with a mouse-click (I use ctl+shift+click) It was written back in 1993 by Hiro Yamamoyo but still works like a charm even up to OS 8.1. Unfortunately, it was so well written it hasn't been updated since then and so has dropped off of the Info-Mac lists (althugh still on the UMich archives). I'm resubmitting this with the permission of the author; I'm just a very satisfied user. Stan Hadley [Archived as /info-mac/gui/appl-windows.hqx; 49K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:14 -0700 From: tnharris@iname.com Subject: [*] Autostart Worm Cleaner lite 98/05/22 Autostart Worm Cleaner lite =========================== Release 98/05/22 Version 1.0.1 The Autostart Worm Cleaner lite is an Applescript that removes known autostart worms. This release recognizes: - Autostart worm 9805 - Autostart worm 9805-B - Autostart worm 9805-C The script requires the scripting additions Jon's Commands and Processes (part of Script Tools). It should run on any system with AppleScript installed. Copyright 1998, Tom N Harris [Archived as /info-mac/vir/autostart-worm-cleaner-lite.hqx; 14K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:16 -0700 From: Dl2xap@aol.com Subject: [*] Ballistik 6.0_e (fat) Ballistik 6.0_e (fat) by Helge Peters ( Ballistik_6.0_e.hqx ) This software is shareware and in english language (a german version is also avaible). The program containes 8 different functions for sports shooters, hunters and reloaders: 1. Calculate the energy and impulse or factor of bullets and get statistics. 2. Statistic Analysis of hit pictures. 3. Calculate the flight path of a bullet. 4. Calculate the recoil energy. 5. Store and manage shooting results. 6. Timer for dry-training. 7. Conversion Units (14 range). 8. Measuring the time between shots (with and without a timer). Please read the manual Ballistik.doc (enclosed the program) for more details. It's allowed to store this program on CD-ROM. E-Mail: Helge_Peters@MagicVillage.de WWW: http://members.aol.com/dl2xap/ [Archived as /info-mac/sci/ballistik-60e.hqx; 422K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:19 -0700 From: ch865@freenet.carleton.ca Subject: [*] Bielle-Manivelle 1.0.5 (french version) (This is the French version of YP Slider Crank 1.0.5) Un simulateur de piston actionne par une bielle-manivelle. Mise a Jour: Mai 1998 Auteur: Yves Pelletier Email: pelletier@kagi.com ou ch865@freenet.carleton.ca WWW: http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ch865/ Prix (Shareware): $15 US Mots-Clefs: Enseignement de la physique, sciences, cinematique, rotation, mecanisme, genie mecanique, simulation, vecteurs, graphiques. Description du logiciel: YP Bielle-Manivelle simule le mouvement d'un piston actionne par une bielle-manivelle. La manivelle est en mouvement de rotation uniforme (vitesse angulaire constante), ce qui entraine un mouvement de va et vient assez complexe pour le piston. La longueur relative de la bielle et de la manivelle peuvent etre modifiees par l'utilisateur. Pendant l'animation, il est possible de voir les graphiques de la position du piston en fonction du temps, de sa vitesse en fonction du temps, et de son acceleration en fonction du temps. Les vecteurs representant l'acceleration instantanee, la vitesse instantanee et la position peuvent egalement etre traces directement sur l'animation. Bugs corriges dans cette version: - Un bug qui necessitait une quantite excessive de memoire RAM lorsque le programme etait utilise sur un tres grand ecran (plus de 15 pouces) a ete corrige. Yves Pelletier pelletier@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/pelletier [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-bielle-manivelle-105.hqx; 228K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:48 -0700 From: neil.green@netmatters.co.uk Subject: [*] BouncyOS 1.1.1 for Kaleidoscope BouncyOS is a colour scheme for Kaleidoscope 1.8 or later. It's free, grey, has an awful lot of custom Finder icons, and is the sort of scheme you could use every day, if you felt so inclined. Brought to you by BouncyWare, the company that isn't a company, but just looks like one from certain angles. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/bouncyos-111.hqx; 91K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:50 -0700 From: neil.green@netmatters.co.uk Subject: [*] Box 1.2.9 for Kaleidoscope Box 1.2.9 is a colour scheme for Kaleidoscope 1.8 or later. It's very red, and very free, and comes to you courtesy of BouncyWare, the company that isn't a company at all, but is really two aardvarks and a ferret working in perfect harmony. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/box-129.hqx; 18K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:23 -0700 From: hide@soon.com Subject: [*] Calculate Size CMM Plug-in 1.0 and 1.0J Calculate Size CMM Plug-in is the MacOS 8 Contextual Menu Plug-in that makes it easy to calculate the total size of the selected items (files and/or folders). It has been difficult to calculate the total size of the multiple folders and files without using special utility program. Now, with Calculate Size CMM Plug-in, it's just a simple Control+Click from the Finder. < Features > * It can calculate the total size of selected folders and files. * It can include invisible files (such as folder's custom icon) for the calculation. You can get more precise size than Finder's "Get Info" dialog. * It can display the progress information while calculating. * You can cancel the operation any time during the calculation. * By setting the progress information display mode to OFF, it can performe high speed calculation. - Mailware - System Requirements: * OS: MacOS 8 * Hardware: PowerMac * Software: Contextual Menu Extension, SOM Objects for Mac OS For more information, please read the documents enclosed. by Hide Itoh [Archived as /info-mac/gui/calculate-size-10-jp.hqx; 36K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:54 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Celtic-Knot Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Celtic Knot Kaleidoscope scheem on your recent additions page. Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/celtic-knot-kaleidoscope.hqx; 302K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:18 -0700 From: mls@cesinst.com Subject: [*] CESLab2.8.sit.hqx: 3-D cardiac electrophysiological simulator CESLab 2.8 is a comprehensive, high-performance freeware cardiac electrophysiological simulation system for the Power PC, oriented towards educational users and researchers. It is capable of rapidly simulating complete cardiac cycles in high or low resolution 3-D models, displaying the cardiac activation and recovery processes in color animation. CESLab is highly configurable, allowing the user to edit the geometry and electrophysiological characteristics of the heart model, as well as the torso model in which it is embedded. Simulated ECG and VCG can be displayed, as well as animated BSPM (body surface potential maps). Please send questions or comments to mailto:mls@cesinst.com. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/ces-lab-28.hqx; 2359K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:25 -0700 From: goddfadda@home.com Subject: [*] Desktop Resetter 1.2 Do you keep your most used programs and files on your desktop for easy access? Ever accidently choose Clean Up in the Finder or find that after you played that fun game which switched your monitor resolution, your icons got all screwed up and thrown all over your desktop? Especially after you just spent all that time placing them nice and neatly? Desktop Resetter will 'remember' where you keep your icons, and if they ever get moved, just run this program and it will automatically re-arrange them to the positions you had set them to. It also works good as a startup item. Just drop an alias in your startup items folder. Whenever your Mac boots up, it will re-arrange your icons instantly. What's New? Desktop Resetter now features an entirely new engine. It will support any icons on the desktop, such as cd's, shared volumes, aliases, folders, etc. The new engine is 25% to 90% faster depending on the machine and amount of icons on the desktop. -- Nick D'Amato http://members.home.net/goddfadda/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-resetter-12.hqx; 121K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:27 -0700 From: objectivesw@kagi.com Subject: [*] DockZone 1.0.6 update Objective Software announces the maintenance release of DockZone 1.0.6. * Version 1.0.6 (98/05/24) - added the possibility to change the bevel size for the Dock border (from 1 to 6 pixels), - added the possibility to choose between 3 types of background for the Dock: either full color, or utility pattern (i.e. the pattern used for instance by the Find File application), or gradient (wow, you should see that!) - this last feature is only available when your screen displays color in 24 bits. DockZone delimits an area on the right side of your main screen, where the volumes and the trash are usually located, giving your Desktop a BeOS or Rhapsody look. The control panel lets you customize the dock colors and its width. Support: mailto:objectivesw@kagi.com Author: Harry Alloul Price: $10 (shareware, see docs for more info) Register: http://order.kagi.com/?HL&S Info: http://www.planete.net/~objectiv/ Have Fun! All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/dockzone-106.hqx; 93K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:28 -0700 From: gberkovi@imaginet.fr Subject: [*] Glidel 3.7b2 France Glidel est une extension qui sert, a partir de la selection du Finder, a : - declencher les actions correspondants aux articles du menu Fichier, - ouvrir des documents par des applications ne les ayant pas crees, - mouvoir ou copier la selection, - creer des alias de la selection. Nouveautes de la version 3.7b2 : - Compatibilite avec les nouvelles possibilites du tableau de bord AliasMenu 2 (merci Benoit Widemann), - Renforcement du code, - Preparation automatique d'un contact avec l'auteur par courrier electronique (merci Benoit Widemann) dans A propos de Glidel... Gilles Berkovitch gberkovi@imaginet.fr [Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-37b2-fr.hqx; 120K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:29 -0700 From: gberkovi@imaginet.fr Subject: [*] Glidel 3.7b2 U.S. Glidel is a system extension that extends the Finder's drag-and-drop abilities within System 7 and beyond. You can select any icon currently visible, either on your Desktop or in an open folder, and drag it to: * The Open, Print, Get Info, Sharing..., Duplicate, Make Alias, Put Away options (and Reveal Original starting with system 7.5) on the File menu; * Any application or folder in the Apple menu, including those accessible via a third-party hierarchical menu utility such as BeHierarchic, NowMenus, HAM, or OtherMenu; * Any currently running application, via the Application menu on the right-hand side of the menu bar. New in version 3.7b2: - Compatible with the AliasMenu 2 control panel new fonctionnalities (thanks to Benoit Widemann), - Improvement of the code robustness, - Automatice set up of the e-mailer (thanks to Benoit Widemann) to get the author in touch via About Glidel=8A Gilles Berkovitch gberkovi@imaginet.fr [Archived as /info-mac/gui/glidel-37b2.hqx; 125K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:32 -0700 From: alm@montalcini.com Subject: [*] Icon Archiver 3.0 - the best icon database for the Mac Program: Icon Archiver 3.0 FAT Author: Alessandro Levi Montalcini Price: $25 (shareware, see docs for more info) Register: http://order.kagi.com/?67 Download: http://www.montalcini.com ------- THE BEST ICON DATABASE EVER SEEN ON THE MAC ! ------- The Icon Archiver is an extremely powerful database specifically designed for easy icon storage and retrieval. It can quickly scan whole disks or folders and grab all the icons they contain, including those you won't ever see in the Finder and all icon archives created by other icon utilities. It can easily export them in most graphics formats, including the ones you need for your web pages. Drag & Drop is fully supported, so you can create or stick custom icons by simply dragging them around. All icons are compressed on the fly to save memory and disk space, and archives can contain a very large number of icons (unlike all other icon utilities which are limited to a few hundreds). Advanced features include removing duplicate icons, sorting them by shape, filtering them by size or color depth, and viewing them in many different ways. The Archiver includes native PowerPC code and its icon handling routines are highly optimized for maximum speed. Even if you hate custom icons, you'll be fascinated by the number of icons that come out of a typical shareware CD-ROM like the ones that are bundled with many Mac magazines. No matter what you use your Mac for, this is guaranteed to give you countless hours of fun and entertainment as well as a much nicer desktop. New in version 3.0: - Icons can now be rearranged at will inside an archive by simply dragging them around. - You can now add comments to an archive as well as a copyright string that's shown at the bottom of the window. Note that the new archive format can't be read by older versions of the Archiver. - Family views! You can now see all 6 members of each icon family in your archive windows. - A status icon tells you if the archive was changed and if it's got a comment or copyright string. Clicking on the icon displays the archive information window, option-clicking on it lets you edit the comments. - You can now stick icons on Finder items directly from archive windows. The Sticker window is still there for historical [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon-archiver-30.hqx; 441K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:34 -0700 From: jcr2@cornell.edu Subject: [*] IdleTime init The IdleTime INIT returns the number of clock ticks since the last keystroke, disk insertion, mouse movement or mouse click. Implements a Gestalt selector; the value is then available to your Applescript via the Finder or Jon's Commands. >From Userland Software. Per their ReadMe: "The INIT is completely free, you may distribute it unmodified with any software you develop, no royalty or license fee." John Rethorst [Archived as /info-mac/gui/idletime-init.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:44 -0700 From: penfold@ccs.neu.edu Subject: [*] KvLsPatterns1.sit.hqx - Mac Desktop Patterns This is my first collection of Macintosh desktop patterns. The patterns are stored as picture clipping files. The patterns are compatible with all versions of the Desktop Patterns control panel. -- Karl J. von Laudermann penfold@ccs.neu.edu http://www.geocities.com/~karlvonl/ Richard's PBeM Server ID: karlvonl [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/kvls-patterns-1.hqx; 36K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:45 -0700 From: penfold@ccs.neu.edu Subject: [*] KvLsPatterns2.sit.hqx - Macintosh Desktop Patterns Spruce up your desktop with Karl's amazing desktop patterns! In this, my second collection, there are 10 desktop patterns guaranteed to dazzle and amaze! (Well, I think so anyway :-) The patterns are stored as picture clipping files, and are compatible with all versions of the Desktop Patterns control panel (i.e., OS 8 is not required). Enjoy. -- Karl J. von Laudermann penfold@ccs.neu.edu http://www.geocities.com/~karlvonl/ Richard's PBeM Server ID: karlvonl [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/kvls-patterns-2.hqx; 130K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:35 -0700 From: hide@soon.com Subject: [*] More File Info CMM Plug-in 2.2 and 2.2J Have you ever thought these thoughts? * "I wish I could see the type and creator of a file easily." * "I wish I could change the type and creator of multiple files easily." * "I wish I could know the pure image size of a graphic file such as JPEG, GIF..., the size that does not include any resource data like thumbnail icon." * "I wish I could get the information on the graphic files, or wanted to view them quickly." * "It's a bit troublesome to open and close the 'Get Info' dialog to see the infomation of a file." * "I wish I could change the lock status of multiple files easily." * "I wish I could know the size of a big file in KB or MB rather than lengthy byte size." * "I wish I could restore the original memory requirements for an application that you have already changed before." * "I wish I could play the QuickTime movie right from the Finder without starting Movie player." More File Info CMM Plug-in is the MacOS 8 Contextual Menu Plug-in that realize such things. Main feature of this plug-in is to show the detailed information on the selected file to the contextual menu. However, it also allow users to set or change the following settings. * File's Type and Creator * FIle's lock status (ON/OFF) * Memory requirements for an application program * File's creation and modification date * Zap file's resource fork - What's new with v2.2 - v2.2 has added the following new features: * Capability of changing file's creation/modification date * Capability of zapping file's resource fork * Three new functions are added to the view image window (1) Copy image to the clipboard (2) Save image as a PICT file (3) Move image to the trash - Shareware ($10) - System Requirements: * OS: MacOS 8 * Hardware: PowerMac * Software: Contextual Menu Extension, SOM Objects for Mac OS [Archived as /info-mac/gui/more-file-info-cmm-22-jp.hqx; 197K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:37 -0700 From: PandaSystems@PandaCorner.com Subject: [*] PandoCalendar - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. PandoCalendar is a freeware Macintosh application that places a small customizable calendar on your desktop. The calendar may be customized by changing the frame, background color, text color, font, and font size. Version 3.1 - Adds QuickView Corners, Event Cycling, and customizing the abbreviations for the days of the week.. Panda Systems http://www.PandaCorner.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/pando-calendar.hqx; 528K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:39 -0700 From: mc5230@mclink.it Subject: [*] Restart Controller 1.0.0 68k Restart Controller is a Macintosh utility to restart Macintosh computers automatically controlling if the conditions indicated by the user to restart are satisfied. In this way the computer can run unattended and restart itself when the prefixed conditions are satisfied. There are 3 conditions the program can check: 1) Time interval. The computer shuts down only inside a specified time interval. 2) Critical applications.The computer shuts down only if the applications indicated by the user as critical are not running. 3)Internet connection.The computer can't restart if an internet connection is up and running (the computer will restart if the internet connection drops). Combining these three conditions as the user prefers it is possible to automatize the moment when the computer will restart itself unattended. In this way a Mac server can be configured to run continuously with an internet connection up. If the Internet connection drops, the Mac will restart itself. If the Mac is properly configured to restart the connection at startup, the Mac will acquire the capability to restart and re-initialize all the settings by itself in case something goes wrong and the connection drops. When the user leaves the Mac, he can launch a series of tasks, backups, network jobs, communication tasks or everything else. He can also use a utility to launch tasks at night automatically as for example our CronoTask. When all the tasks are completed, if the specified time range is reached the Mac will be immediately restarted by Restart Controller. It is also possible to configure the Mac to restart at a prefixed time with no other conditions, or at a prefixed time only if critical apps are not running or also if a internet connection is down or both the conditions, and so on.. This is the PPC version Further info at the Tension Software web page at http://www.pair.com/tnet/tensionsw/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/restart-controller-68k.hqx; 159K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:40 -0700 From: mc5230@mclink.it Subject: [*] Restart Controller 1.0.0 ppc Restart Controller is a Macintosh utility to restart Macintosh computers automatically controlling if the conditions indicated by the user to restart are satisfied. In this way the computer can run unattended and restart itself when the prefixed conditions are satisfied. There are 3 conditions the program can check: 1) Time interval. The computer shuts down only inside a specified time interval. 2) Critical applications.The computer shuts down only if the applications indicated by the user as critical are not running. 3)Internet connection.The computer can't restart if an internet connection is up and running (the computer will restart if the internet connection drops). Combining these three conditions as the user prefers it is possible to automatize the moment when the computer will restart itself unattended. In this way a Mac server can be configured to run continuously with an internet connection up. If the Internet connection drops, the Mac will restart itself. If the Mac is properly configured to restart the connection at startup, the Mac will acquire the capability to restart and re-initialize all the settings by itself in case something goes wrong and the connection drops. When the user leaves the Mac, he can launch a series of tasks, backups, network jobs, communication tasks or everything else. He can also use a utility to launch tasks at night automatically as for example our CronoTask. When all the tasks are completed, if the specified time range is reached the Mac will be immediately restarted by Restart Controller. It is also possible to configure the Mac to restart at a prefixed time with no other conditions, or at a prefixed time only if critical apps are not running or also if a internet connection is down or both the conditions, and so on.. This is the PPC version Further info at the Tension Software web page at http://www.pair.com/tnet/tensionsw/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/restart-controller-ppc.hqx; 163K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:43:42 -0700 From: sato@het02.ph.tsukuba.ac.jp Subject: [*] strtupicndblr-10.hqx StrtUpIcnDblr is for everybody who wants to fill the startup screen with icons. Using this INIT, you can spend more time than normal startup. But don't worry, lazy MacOS becomes just lazier! Enjoy your waiting. You will find many icons that you've never seen before. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/strtupicndblr-10.hqx; 18K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 15:58:53 -1000 From: Jerry Levinson Subject: (Q) PowerBook 160 vs System 7.6.1 I tried loading System 7.6 and the 7.6.1 update onto my PowerBook 160 (8MB RAM). Everything seems to work OK except that the computer freezes whenever I try to either restart or shut down. When I boot from a 7.6 floppy, both restart and shutdown work. I have tried 7.6.1 with base extensions, no extensions, some extensions, no luck. I will keep trying whatever I can think of, but thought you might have... Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks, Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 19:20:05 +0000 From: Fred Klingeman Subject: Afterdark How can I get afterdark into my macintosh performa 630? If I try to use a screensaver, it says: "... can't find afterdark ...", so I think I need afterdark to use my screensavers. Can somebody help me? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:51:08 -0400 From: cjbe@globetrotter.qc.ca (Denis Tremblay) Subject: Backup driver for Lacie (?) Hi everyone, I'm using Laci driver like backup on cd's but i'm looking for software then it could split a to big file on two or three cd's. Actually i'm using DiskFit Direct but he try to write on cd, thing it's not possible because you have to use Toaste or DirectCd to writ on it. In short, i'm looking for something like DiskFit Direct "without initialization" There somebody coudl help me....I hope so Thank you for your help, Denis Tremblay cjbe@globetrotter.qc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 22:01:40 -0400 From: "Zoltan Tyeklar, Ph.D." Subject: Curve fitting Hi Netters, I am looking for a high-end curve-fitting/plotting program for the Mac that could fit experimental data on several independent variables, i.e., y(1), y(2),...y(i),...y(n); where the parameters to be determined are common in each equation [y(i)=f(x(1), x(2),..., x(m)]. The program should simultaneously optimize the parameters for all equations, providing the best possible fit for all the dependent variables [y(1)...y(n)]. I'd appreciate your help. Zoltan (ztyeklar@epixmed.com) P.S. Supposedly, Scientist, a peecee program, can do the job, but it is hard to believe that there is no software for the Mac that can do the same (or better) job. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 15:50:55 -0400 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: Find file in OS 8.0 Dialog boxes (Q) Dear Digest reader, I know I have asked this question before, but maybe since that time somebody has developed a compatible version. Default Folder I know allows you to keep aliases of folders you access frequently, and Instant Folder allows you to do the same from the Open/Save Dialog boxes. Last time I used Directory Assistance it crashed, but maybe I wasn't using the most current version. I've heard of Superboomerang doing the same, but is there a MacOS 8 compatible version that has a Find File within the Open/Save Dialog boxes? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 12:55:13 -0400 From: abrody@smart.net Subject: FTP (Q) Dear Digest Readers, I've asked this question before, but I have received very limited response. I have tried Fetch, Cyberdog, Anarchie, Vicom FTP, and the numerous Applescript based solutions, but none come close to emulating the AppleTalk interface. Essentially I would like an AppleTalk that does FTP. Does such a beast exit? I hear something like this might exist with MacOS 8.5, but I can't wait that long. Does AppleTalk IP, the commercial package, give one Mac folder icons for directories on NT web servers? Can one use AppleTalk IP to double click on a Mac folder, and see a Mac folder listing of what is on the NT web server? If not is there another package that does the same? I'd like to also be able to get access to my web server through all Open/Save dialog boxes, and not only BBEdit. Commercial or public domain, it doesn't matter. The web server is simply an internet provider using a Windows NT and a Linux server for web space. Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 10:28:54 -0400 From: Michael Holtzman Subject: Integrating Macs with Win NT Greetings. I have been asked to "fix all the Mac problems" here at St. John's University. These "problems" stem from having a minority of Mac users afloat in a sea of Windows NT servers. I need to fully integrate the Macs into our NT network. This means: 1 - login to NT network, and automatically access a newtwork home directory, and possibly one or more read-only (applications, data, etc) directories. A general login script would be a big plus. 2 - print to NT printers, and to local (directly attached or workgroup) printers. I don't think we'll allow Appletalk on our backbone, but within a workgroup its probably OK. 3 - some "low administration" method of providing software updates. This can be a "push", or a notification with instructions for a "pull" (i.e., installing over the network). 4 - providing other NT services (such as messaging) would be nice, but are not necessarily essential. Restrictions: No Appletalk on backbone. Prefer not to run AppleShare, but not entirely ruled out. Options: UNIX (Solaris) based solutions are acceptable. Thanx in advance for any suggestions / hints / pointers / etc. Please respond directly, and I will summarize for the list. Michael S. Holzman Information Technology holtzman@StJohns.edu St. John's University (NY) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 May 98 23:29:00 -0700 From: Paul Mullen Subject: ISO LaserWriter II NT Tech/Service Info Several weeks back I requested general info on a newly acquired brain-dead LW IINT, and as usual, the response was tremendous. I was sent (free of any charge) a copy of the old user's manual, and made an equitable trade that netted me a paper tray. All that great news aside, I'm still trying to figger out just what's wrong with it. I've been told that there was once alternative tech/service literature available for this unit, and that it might be able to help me decode the sequence the front panel indicator LEDs go through at start-up. Does anyone have any copies of this info available, or know of where I might go to find it? I've been to Apple's Tech Info Library, but it's mostly service bulletins and the like that are very specific to certain common problems. Thanks again! -- Paul pmullen@gte.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 07:48:08 +0100 From: Ezra Nathan Subject: Netscape & helpers problem Hello> Can anyone help me out with a problem I'm having with Netscape? I've been using Netfinder with Netscape Navigator as the default ftp programme to get to an ftp site. I used Internet Configure to do this by putting Netfinder as a helper. I've decided that I don't want to use Netfinder any longer and would like to use Fetch instead. (I have found Netfinder to have problems with connections too often). I deleted Netfinder from the helper section of Internet configure and added Fetch instead. However, Netscape still opens Netfinder regardless. When I quit Netfinder and told Netscape (via an applescript) not to use it, Netscape tried to use Fetch but did not manage to open it. Netscape did, however, download what I wanted and then gave me the message it can be opened by using Fetch. Fetch didn't recognise it. I dropped it on stuffit expander to open/decode it. If this reads a little confused then it is because I am just that. I've never got a hang of Internet configure - the help file being very scant and essentially says "if you're not experienced, don't worry, we've done nearly everything you might want in default settings" Hmmmm. Maybe not quite so. Any help appreciated. > Ezra ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 14:02:42 -0400 From: Tony McWilliams Subject: Outlook Spell Checker After a new installation of a Macintosh G3, where MS Office 98 was installed instead of Office 4.2.1b, the spell check function of Microsoft Outlook does not work. Can anyone tell me why this happens? I know that Outlook and Exchange used the dictionary from the old Microsoft folder, but there is no Microsoft folder with Office 98? How do I reset Outlook to use the Office 98 dictionary? Any help is appreciated. Tony McWilliams tonymcw@erols.com 30 May 98 1400 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 02:17:05 -0400 From: Donald Webb Subject: Random stalls update (I) Thanks to all who wrote with suggestions concerning my external APS drive that was freezing the finder at random intervals. Extensive bench testing shows it's a double problem: (1) The power supply in the chassis is failing; it recycles erratically at periods ranging from 5 minutes to 2 hours. (2) The drive's scsi id selector has developed a bad #2 slot, which makes half the scsi id's inaccessible. The drive was originally an internal but put into a case at the company's suggestion. With a good deal of luck I'll salvage the data and get the drive repaired. Thanks again to Info-Mac'ers' offlist help. I only wish it had been a software problem or something easier to fix. Don Webb ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 00:32:30 -0400 From: Allan Hunter Subject: Rescinding Holdout Status on FinderPop / OS8.X The latest issue of MacAddict contains CDROM which (in turn) contains the (presumably) latest version of FinderPop. I put it on my old 6115 Performa, which was necessarily upgraded to OS 8 (and, given that, 8.1 as well), because the supervisor is springing for a NewerTech G3 upgrade card for it :-) So I installed FinderPop from the CDROM, remembering as I did so what a pathetic comparison it was to PopupFolder, which I considered to be the most divine and indispensible piece of interfaceware in a long long time. PopupFolder, as you may know, is not compatible with system 8. So I loaded it and rebooted and quickly discovered that FinderPop has matured gracefully and powerfully, and has done a hell of a good job of playing catch-up to PopupFolder. Now you get Contents right by the mouse-arrow whenever you click on a folder or volume. (It's still one more level of hierarchy to navigate through than PopupFolder, but at this point the customizability of the rest of the items on the menu start to outweigh the original complaint that I only wanted to see Contents of what I click on and FinderPop makes it difficult in comparison to PopupFolder. This is just no longer true. Meanwhile, Alsoft, the nominal owners of PopupFolder, have never returned my email messages or my insistent pelting of their email site, all of which were geared towards trying to extract a statement from Alsoft, re: are they or are they not going to develop an OS-8 compabible version of PopupFolder. Tonight I installed the upgrade sequence (commercial 8.0, free 8.1 upgrade) onto my 7100, and nuked PopupFolder and replaced its functionality with FinderPop v. 1.5.9. Alsoft: You have squandered what you had, including a rather chauvinistic following for PopupFolder, people who wanted what they had had in System 7 to work under OS 8. People who wqnted PopupFolder so badly they'd forego upgrading to MacOS 8 and stick with 7.X just to be able to use PopupFolder. I nevertheless wish you luck with the rest of your Mac-oriented product line. However, at this point I'm satisfied with FinderPop, so I don't need you. Allan Hunter Allan Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:47:29 -0700 From: Chris Schram Subject: Riven vs MAXpowr PRO G3? Posted to Info-Mac Digest and comp.sys.mac.apps This one has had me stumped all week! I am hoping someone out there has had the same problem and has been able to resolve it. Help! I dug out Riven in the early part of the week, having not looked at it since December, when I had walked through it (read: cheated) but hadn't really "played" it. I was surprised that it took "forever" to load (with constant CD-ROM activity) and once loaded, the opening sequence was mostly disjointed still frames with little or no sound. After the opening sequence, the small animations were choppy; sometimes clicks went unnoticed; sometimes the game seemed to get "lost." None of this crappy was evident last December. Since December I have Installed a MAXpowr PRO G3 card in my PowerCenter 120, removed the Level II cache (as recommended by NewerTech), added more memory and upgraded to OS 8.1. OK, process of elimination time. I have: -- Made sure the CD-ROM discs were clean. -- Trimmed Extensions to the minimum. -- Doubled Riven's memory allocation. -- Fooled with the MAXpower G3 Control Panel (1.3.2) settings. -- Swapped System software 7.5.3, 7.5.5, 7.6, 8.0, 8.1. -- Tried both QuickTime 2.5 and 3.0. -- Swapped Apple CD-ROM (5.3.1) and a couple versions of CD-ROM Toolkit (1.6, 3.0.2) and played with the various settings thereof. -- Jacked up the Finder's heap allocation. The only conclusive result that I have gotten from all this messing about is that Riven loads much faster under OS 7.5.x. The animation quality still sucks however. My only conclusion has to be that there is either some conflict between Riven and the MAXpower card or my CD-ROM drive has gone weird on me. I am kinda used to the speed improvement, so I'm unlikely to reinstall the old 120MHz 604 card. :-( I have searched the web for clues and have found nothing. Any ideas? Hints? Chris Schram -- schram@mail.coos.or.us -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 08:33:30 +0800 (SGT) From: sndscrpt@singnet.com.sg (Hardie & Mala) Subject: scsi manager Hi, I'm in dire need of scsi manager, the System 7.5 extension (or is it control panel??!!). If somebody could email this extension to me as an attachment I'd be eternally greatful. Thanks in advance, Hardie (sndscrpt@singnet.com.sg) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 19:28:44 +0200 From: Tony Hassel Subject: shortcut MacOs 8.1 shortcut to get to the finder from MS Word please ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 21:35:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Al Bloom Subject: TechTool Pro 203 (C) There are three firms towards which I maintain a warm fuzzy feeling: Dantz Virex, and Micromat. Most everyone else has given me cause to wonder if quality is job one. Yes, that includes LaCie, a firm that had been on my Good Guys list until a couple months ago. And Virex (Dr Solomons) is iffy. They haven't sent me my "automatic" subscription virus defs update in a long time. On floppy via my secreatry's subscription or by e-mail on my subscription. Oh well. Their web site works. I'll just forego sending them more money for services they have stopped providing. But I digress. I got a mail note from Micromat this weekend (It's automagic if you register. Even the freebie TechTool. And it's worth it) saying there was a 203r1 update to the 202 version of TechTool Pro they sent not long ago. I got it and am happy I did. The 202 persuasion of TechTool Pro was (1) a great improvement over the original TTP2 which got folk reminiscing over throwing money down the toilet for Disk Essentials and (2) not quite as good as it should be. Yes, TTP202 showed that a new DIMM for my secy's machine was killing her. Yes, the vendor argued not a bit after I told him what TTP202 said. But TTP202 said I had a goofy or mis-seated DIMM. I spent a few hours last week mucking with same and could not get TTP202 to crash reliably. Since I wasn't having problems, I just gave it up as a bad show. TTP202 goes goofy after 60mb? Maybe. I dropped a note to Micromat. Within a week comes TTP203r1. Tells me what I think I know. My RAM's fine. BTW, that's not on TTP's "dummies" check. Heck, that passed my secy's RAM. That's on the "expert" options RAM check. Max intensity. If your RAM can get past that puppy, your computer memory is lots better than your own. Al Bloom ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:17:20 +1000 From: Ian Davis Subject: That @#$! paperclip I have Office 98 running on my Performa 6300 (32MB, OS8.1, 100 MHz and working fine despite the recommendation for 120MHz or better). All in all it is a good package and a significant improvement on 4.2.1 with Word 6, and I would certainly recommend it. Interestingly, it was cheaper to buy a new academic version than to try to upgrade my old academic version. One area that has been improved greatly is help. When you need to use it, the popup help is quick and accurate. BUT: *surely* there must be a way to turn it off when you don't want it. The most annoying thing I encounter is when I start to write a letter. Every time I do it pops up and tells me I'm writing a letter, asking if I want help. If I did, I'd have asked for it. But to close the window, you have to move the mouse and cancel it: it's not possible to hit return or escape to close the window. I type quickly, so a lot of keystrokes get lost while the paperclip is unfolding itself. This is infuriating. Am I missing something that can do away with this? In the next version they have at least to add a default close action when the enter or escape key is pushed. Ian Davis davis@licre.ludwig.edu.au ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 02:21:39 +0100 From: Dudley Warrington Thomas Subject: WORD 98 Why on earth does Office 98 for Mac keep asking for the installation CD moments after I first open, access the spelling checker or go to add a border? (These peculiarities do NOT happen every time I perform the operation) CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS Suite 207 at 37 Store Street Bloomsbury, London WC1B-4AA UNITED KINGDOM Telephone 0044.(0)7050.028.797 Facsimile 0044.(0)171.242.6087 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 98 07:26:55 -0500 From: "Matthew W. Schmeer" Subject: ZIP External to ZIP Internal? Hi! Does anyone know if it is possible to take an external ZIP drive and make it an internal ZIP drive? I want to take an external ZIP drive I currently have and put it in a Centris 610 I recently acquired (no CD-ROM on the Centris). Is this possible, or am I wasting my time even thinking about it? Thanks in advance, Matthew Schmeer -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************