Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #322 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 02 Jul 99 Volume 16 : Issue 322 Today's Topics: (C) Norton Proof positive [A] AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?! [A] filing card utility [A] One ISP account - Two users [A] PB G3 and GSM phones (cont'd) [Q] One ISP account - Two users Boot, but can't reboot Burning Mac readable CDs on Windows EIDE Master/Slave on a StarMax? Fwd: Looking for simple spreadsheet/database Info-Mac Digest V16 #321 The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Printer driver for both platforms is release 9.4. Although the print is OK, and the dual connection allows me to hook the printer up to a PC as well, the Mac printing has always taken a long time - with or without the PC attached - and can cause system hangs. The problems seem particularly pronounced when printing from Freehand (v5.5 -8). Virtual memory is on at default settings, 64mb of ram. Only HP drivers are loaded and these can hog anything up to 40mb while printing, even with relatively simple files. Now, I've heard that Freehand can cause problems because it converts files to Postscript, and obviously there's not much point with a DeskJet, but if there are any workarounds or settings that would help the situation, I'd be grateful if someone can point me in the right direction. Incidentally, although the Mac/PC combo has worked well in the past, upgrading to driver 9.4 seems to have created a conflict. Previously the Macs would not notice that there was a PC connected to the printer, but the Windoze 9.4 has added a toolbox for aligning and cleaning cartridges, which is didn't have before. Now, the Macs report the serial port already open after the PC has accessed the printer. Problem can be solved by switching the printer off and on again but I've gone back to the Win98 version of the driver which doesn't have the toolbox and quits printing cleanly. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:24:03 +0000 From: Martin Shovel Subject: (C) Norton Proof positive Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:20:47 -0400 From: a brody Subject: (C) Norton Proof positive On Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:30:45 +1000 Terry Murphy wrote on the digest issue #316: >Subject: How do I fix the disk's extents tree? >I have run both Norton SpeedDisk and Norton Disk Doctor on my HDD recently and >have received the following slightly alarming message. >"A part of the disk's extents tree (node #2) was found to contain some invalid >information (file number out of order). >NDD cannot fix this problem" >I'd certainly appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. >Thanks in anticipation >Terry Murphy Dear Digest Readers: This is the very problem I alluded to a couple digests ago about Norton not being trustworthy with MacOS 8.1 or above. Please folks, if you need to repair your hard drive, backup your data frequently, and use Disk First Aid. If Disk First Aid doesn't work, reformat the hard drive. That is the only safe way to go about this with MacOS 8.1 or above. You ask for proof that Norton can cause problems, look at this post above. These disk extent tree errors are the very errors I got with Norton Disk Doctor which were followed by a Type 41 error and a reboot where there was no hard disk visible. Whatever you do, don't get Norton Disk Doctor to repair your Mac, unless you have MacOS 8.0 or earlier. Norton Utilities is not to be trusted. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ I recently bought DiskWarrior (an internet download from www.alsoft.com, $69.95 and worth every cent!) and having used it on 3 different machines, I'm speechless! It is, without a doubt, the single best repair utility available for the Mac. It is simple to use, incredibly fast, stable and amazingly effective. All the machines I've run it on are much faster and more stable. I ran it on an iMac (HFS Plus) with system 8.5.1, which already had a copy of Norton 4.0.3. Every time Norton was run it found a disk error that it was unable to cure. After using DiskWarrior I ran Norton again and, surprise surprise, no problems found. DiskWarrior specialises in one function, but it happens to be the main function that Mac users require for a quiet life i.e. instead of patching the original disk directory like other utilities (an approach that can often cause more problems than it cures), it quickly builds a new replacement directory using data recovered from the original directory. Normally, you would have to reinitialize your disk to achieve the same end. When Norton finds major problems that require starting from another volume (i.e. cd) to fix, they are always disk errors of some description. By running DiskWarrior on a regular basis you can keep your hard drive in rude health! Regards, Martin Check out my two Web portfolios: My Homepage: http://www.shovel.dircon.co.uk/ My Contact Creative Club page: http://www.contact-uk.com/MartinShovel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 09:49:47 -0400 From: JEFF_BILLMAN@HP-USA-om41.om.hp.com Subject: [A] AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?! Gib, I bought a Kinetics/Shiva/Intel/whatever Fastpath 4 to bridge my home ethernet and Localtalk. I picked it up for $5.00 on eBay. Downloaded the software from Shiva's web site and away we go. There are software only solutions available like Apple's Localtalk Bridge program. Localtalk Bridge was a for sale kinda program and I think it has been discontinued. The freebie Laserwrite Bridge program won't help since you want to access devices other than Laserwriters. I think I rememeber some other software only "bridges" but I don't have any info on them. Hope this helps. Regards, Jeff Billman Hewlett Packard DML PCC > Is there one? > > We want to transition to EtherNet on the iMac, but don't yet want to give > up on our laser and inkjet printers which connect via AppleTalk (LocalTalk). > > Alternatively, is there an economical "bridge" between EtherNet and > LocalTalk that would support HP DeskWriters? > > A direct response to would speed things > immensely. Thanks! Cheers, > -- > Gib Henry > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 13:40:56 +0100 From: Richard Platt Subject: [A] filing card utility Andreas Try Hypercard Andreas wrote >I am searching for a filing card utility to organize my notes. >NewNotepad is nice but can not print reports but only single notes. >Are there any good alternatives (also commercial)? Put "urgent" in the subject line to send 30-word emails to my pager Richard Platt Telephone: (44) 1892 890741 Fax: (44) 1892 890951 Website: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/richard.platt/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 09:11:56 -0400 From: Florence Zeller Subject: [A] One ISP account - Two users --============_-1281201346==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 4:32 -0400 7/2/99, Info-Mac wrote: >Basically, I have a single account with my ISP, but I received to e-mail >accounts, so I'm setting up the second e-mail for my wife. >This means that I make one modem call and log in once with a password, but >then I can get e-mail for two different accounts that I have. Here is something that I got some time ago from Info-Mac or TIDBits: "Start Eudora, set it up for Bob's account. Quit Eudora. Rename the Eudora Folder in your System Folder to "Eudora Folder- Bob". Start Eudora again, configure it for Sue's account. Quit Eudora. Rename the newly-created Eudora Folder to "Eudora Folder - Sue" Within each of these folders, you'll find a "Eudora Settings" file. Make aliases to both Bob and Sue's Eudora Settings files, rename them "Bob's Mail" and "Sue's Mail", and put them wherever you want them. Double-click the one you want to use. In fact, if you start Eudora by double-clicking on Bob's Mail, and then want to read Sue's, you can just go to the Finder and double-click the Sue's Mail alias. You don't even have to quit Eudora. My wife and I separate our two Eudora configurations on the one Mac this way, and it works perfectly." I have been using this technique with my husband. We each have our mailboxes, settings, etc. We even have different background colors so that we know which account is open (see Settings - Fonts & Display). We keep each alias on the desktop so that it is very easy to switch from one to the other. Hope this helps, Florence --============_-1281201346==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" At 4:32 -0400 7/2/99, Info-Mac wrote: Basically, I have a single account with my ISP, but I received to e-mail accounts, so I'm setting up the second e-mail for my wife. This means that I make one modem call and log in once with a password, but then I can get e-mail for two different accounts that I have. Here is something that I got some time ago from Info-Mac or TIDBits: "Start Eudora, set it up for Bob's account. Quit Eudora. Rename the Eudora Folder in your System Folder to "Eudora Folder- Bob". Start Eudora again, configure it for Sue's account. Quit Eudora. Rename the newly-created Eudora Folder to "Eudora Folder - Sue" Within each of these folders, you'll find a "Eudora Settings" file. Make aliases to both Bob and Sue's Eudora Settings files, rename them "Bob's Mail" and "Sue's Mail", and put them wherever you want them. Double-click the one you want to use. In fact, if you start Eudora by double-clicking on Bob's Mail, and then want to read Sue's, you can just go to the Finder and double-click the Sue's Mail alias. You don't even have to quit Eudora. My wife and I separate our two Eudora configurations on the one Mac this way, and it works perfectly." I have been using this technique with my husband. We each have our mailboxes, settings, etc. We even have different background colors so that we know which account is open (see Settings - Fonts & Display). We keep each alias on the desktop so that it is very easy to switch from one to the other. Hope this helps, Florence --============_-1281201346==_ma============-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:23:37 +0100 From: "Charles Arthur, The Independent" Subject: [A] PB G3 and GSM phones (cont'd) On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:31:04 -0400, "Michael Blair" wrote: >On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:27:48 +0100, "Charles Arthur, The Independent" > wrote: ... >> I recently got a Nokia 6100 series mobile, which has an infrared port - >as >> I guess yours would. Your PB has an IR port. It should be feasible to get >> the two to talk to each other, though word is that you''ll only get >9600bps. >> >> I have been playing around with mine over the past few hours, and the IR >> port can see the phone. No luck so far getting the two to talk though. >Straight from Nokia's web site Q&A: > >Q: Does Nokia's 6100 series phones have infrared capabilities? > >A. No. The lens at the top of the phone is only a cosmetic feature and is >not active in the US market. 1) I'm in the UK, as my address suggests. 2) Straight from page 6.9 of the handbook that comes with the 6150e that I have: "How to send notes via the infrared link to another Nokia 6150e. Before you start any of hte IR procedures make sure teh recipient has activated his IR link and there are no obstructions between the infrared ports on both phones. Optimum distance between ports is one meter [sic]." And then quick instructions of how to do it. Menu option 9 gives "Infrared reception activated". On page 6.10: "You can ause your IR link to send or receive data from another 6150e phone. When using the IR link to your PC, only printers and PCs with compatible IR links can be used and must have the appropriate software... Due to differences in PC hardware and the way teh Nokia software interacts with the IR drivers directly, there are a number of PCs on which the Nokia 6150e IR comms will not function. Orange [that's the service provider] does not guarantee that this product will allow IR functionality with any particular PC." Clearly the capability is there. European readers may care to investigate further. Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Independent newspaper on the Web: http://www.independent.co.uk/ It's even better on paper ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 07:56:47 -0700 From: Helen Rousseau Subject: [Q] One ISP account - Two users >Basically, I have a single account with my ISP, but I received to e-mail >accounts, so I'm setting up the second e-mail for my wife. >This means that I make one modem call and log in once with a password, but >then I can get e-mail for two different accounts that I have. Eudora Pro can be set up for two accounts. Go to settings from the Special menu. Then Personality Extras, Note one account is dominant, add the other account. When asking for mail, hold down option key and select file from the menu to Check mail Specialty, then hold down command to deselect name, then wait for mail. Helen Rousseau hrousseau@macconnect.com ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jul 1999 14:19:21 GMT From: "Bryan Walls" Subject: Boot, but can't reboot I recently replaced a dying Micropolis drive in my 8500 with a Quantum Fireball. I now have three drives on the internal bus (2 are Fireballs, both 2GB), and one external. Since installing the new drive, I can no longer reboot the machine. If I try to restart, the machine hangs with a gray screen showing the cursor arrow. Sometimes the cursor is active, sometime not, but it never goes on to a happy mac (or to anything else). If I power down, the machine boots fine. The jumpers all seem to be right, and all the drives show up correctly. The original fireball is at the end of the SCSI chain, and is terminated. None of the other devices are terminated (on the internal chain -- the last device on the external bus is, of course). Any ideas on what is happening? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:06:03 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: Burning Mac readable CDs on Windows Ian Goldby wrote: >Unfortunately, ISO 9660 format only allows uppercase file names of 8 >letters, plus a 3 letter extension. Whilst JOLIET allows long file names, >when you insert the disk in a non-Win32 machine, you'll just get the short >ISO 9660 file names. So you might just as well use ISO 9660, and make sure >you name your files carefully. Joliet also does not work when the CD is read on a Mac. You'll see=20 the "abbreviated 8.3" filenames instead, and if the CD has HTML files=20 on it, all links will appear broken... >To get proper Mac filenames, custom icons, etc, you need to burn the disk >in Mac HFS format. I did find a GNU program to do this on a PC, but haven't >dared try it. The configuration looks horrendous. If you want to try it, >give me a shout. Could you let me know as well? Is this software able to produce=20 hybrid CDs with a partition for each OS, as you can do with Toast? What is the secret to produce "mixed/hybrid" CDs - say, with an=20 installer for an application in Mac and in Windows (16 or 32 Bit),=20 and files which are used by that applications? I think it would be=20 wise to have only 1 set of those files. At present I don't have a CD writer, but I might get one in short time. Christian. --=20 Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at "Ohne Dosen=F6ffner sind Konservendosen nur halb so praktisch"=20 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:51:24 -0400 From: Vilberg Subject: EIDE Master/Slave on a StarMax? I own a StarMax 400 clone which has two ATA connectors on the motherboard. One goes to the CD ROM and the other to the internal hard disk. Does anyone know if I can add a second HD by making the first the "Master" and the newbie the "Slave"? The HD that is already installed supports EIDE Master/Slave. Thanks in advance... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 06:25:00 -0700 From: Daly Jessup Subject: Fwd: Looking for simple spreadsheet/database Ian Goldby asked: >I've been searching for a very simple spreadsheet or database for the Mac. >I found several freeware ones for the PC, but no luck so far on the Mac. I like the one that comes with AppleWorks. If you have that, you're set. Otherwise, I found a demo version of a data base on line the other day. It is called "Ambry". You can find it at http://www.islandspirits.com/ambry/ It costs $25 if you decide to keep and register it. Daly ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:07:06 -0400 From: nau@cs.umd.edu (Dana Nau) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #321 >Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:50:16 +0300 >From: Rafi Saar >Subject: [Q] One ISP account - Two users > >Basically, I have a single account with my ISP, but I received to e-mail >accounts, so I'm setting up the second e-mail for my wife. > ... >However, I would prefer to know if there's maybe another solution. One of >two things: > >1) either Eudora Pro can actually put e-mail for different personalities >inside different Inboxes. You can do this very easily, by selecting the "Filters" item in the "Window" menu. This will let you create a filter that takes any piece of email that has your wife's address in the "To" line, and transfers it to a different mailbox. However, I think a better solution would be to forget about using personalities and filters altogether, and give your wife her own Eudora Folder. That way, each of you can configure Eudora to process your mail in whatever way you prefer, completely independently of each other. For details about how to create and use multiple Eudora Folders, see the Eudora manual. -- Professor Dana S. Nau | nau@cs.umd.edu Department of Computer Science | http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau and Institute for Systems Research | Phone: (301) 405-2684 U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 | Fax: (301) 405-6707 -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************