Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #176 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 01 Oct 98 Volume 16 : Issue 176 Today's Topics: [*] 3dpaddle131 [*] Babylon Mac 1.5 [*] Bubblomania 1.5.4 [*] Coffee Break 3.2.1a [*] Creative Minesweeper [*] DarkLight 1.1 [*] Desktop Magician [*] Esprit Desktop Patterns [*] GraphicBrowser [*] Griff's Icons Set #21 [*] J&H Plugins 2.0 Mask Filter for PhotoShop [*] Kool Icons [*] MIDI Pack'en 1.1.6 [*] Musee' Kaleidoscope scheme [*] MyEyes 2.3.2 [*] Mystic Textures V [*] Oliva 1.1.1 [*] Oliva 2, a Scheme for Kaleidoscope 2 [*] PandoCalendar - Customizable desktop calendar for your Mac. [*] PictTrasher 1.1.2 [*] QT Pad 1.0.2 [*] SimpleImage 1.5.1 - An image and movie viewer [*] StarrReport icon set [*] The Grandeur that was Rome Kal. scheme [*] TidBITS#447/21-Sep-98 [*] ULTIMATE MUSIC PLAYER 1.5.5(E) [*] Watermelon Cursor [*] Yellow Extensions Toolkit 1.0 [*] YellowEdit 1.0.0 "Insufficient System Memory to Run Word" (Q) 13 PCI slot G3, and 7 PCI slot G3 Powerbook [Q] Epson via JetDirect to Ethertalk? [Q] PowerBook 540c and date Dual-Port SCSI Disks? Font Prints G3 Hard Drive partitions? iMac Printing Problems LaserJet 6P printer my friend has a small (OK, so maybe it's NOT so small) problem... Need help with seemingly Finder-related CD-R burning problem Plain Talk, Speech Recognition and a PC Card modem Recovering files overwritten by Save startupscreen Viewing AVIs on a Mac? 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We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #176" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:09 -0700 From: mtdiamond@erols.com Subject: [*] 3dpaddle131 3d Paddle Bash! version: 1.3.1 This shareware game is a 3d version of the classic pong game, with customizable computer opponents. It requires Color Quickdraw and a 68020 processor. It runs well on most Macs, with the option to run in fewer colors to get full performance on older machines. This is a maintainance release, fixing uneven performance when running on AV Mac's. Replaces all earlier versions, such as 3dpaddle.* and 3dPaddleBash1.0.5.* [Archived as /info-mac/game/3d-paddle-131.hqx; 122K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:38 -0700 From: nitehawk@ccomm.com Subject: [*] Babylon Mac 1.5 Babylon Mac is a K2 enhanced color scheme for use with the Kaleidoscope control panel. It is based upon the popular television series Babylon 5. It comes complete with custom folders, trash, sounds, cursor, and desktop pattern. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/babylon-mac.hqx; 4033K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:12 -0700 From: jochen.deschepper@student.kuleuven.ac.be Subject: [*] Bubblomania 1.5.4 Lord Jochen from Swordlord today announced the release of version 1.5.4 of Bubblomania, his fast arcade/action game for the Mac. What is Bubblomania ? Bubblomania is a fast arcade/action game with subtle gameplay. The player has to move a pin on top of the screen to catch the colorful bubbles, which are rising faster and faster. There are lots of different bubbles. Some of them are containing bonus points, lasers, bombs, or other stuff. And offcourse there are killer bubbles to make your life miserable! To obtain a highscore, you need to discover some tricks and secrets. But most important: be concentrated and keep cool! Bubblomania is US$10 shareware. It's available from the Bubblomania Homepage and all major Macintosh shareware ftp sites. System requirements: Any MacOS compatible computer with a PowerPC processor running System 7.0 or later, and a color monitor with at least a 640*480 resolution at 8 bits. Features - Extra bubbles and backgrounds can be added as separate files, which are available from my homepage. - Extreme Action Mode option : an easy way of cheating. Combined with the 'Difficult game', 'Always shaking' and 'Fast as lightning' options, this game will blow your mind! - The maximum framerate is set to 32 frames per second... - The score limit in the unregistered version is removed, so people can practice the complete game... What's new in Bubblomania 1.5.4? - added Swordlord info in game and readme - nicer introscreen - finally added support for AppleEvents Availability Bubblomania 1.5.4 is now available for download at , and very soon on all major Mac shareware ftp sites. Contact information: Jochen De Schepper [Archived as /info-mac/game/bubblomania-154.hqx; 1277K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:29 -0700 From: thomasareed@earthlink.net Subject: [*] Coffee Break 3.2.1a Coffee Break is a $6 (US) shareware application designed to prevent Repetetive Stress Injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, by forcing the user to take periodic breaks. It is quite customizable to allow the user to decide how strict it should be. Coffee Break requires System 7 or better. Some features require System 7.1 or better. For more information, e-mail the author at ThomasReed@kagi.com, or visit the Coffee Break web page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~thomasareed/shareware/coffeebreak/ -Thomas Personal web page: http://home.earthlink.net/~thomasareed/ Pixel Pen web pub. guide: http://home.earthlink.net/~thomasreed/pixelpen/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/coffee-break-321a.hqx; 242K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:15 -0700 From: Cagsoft@aol.com Subject: [*] Creative Minesweeper Creative Minesweeper lets users create and save minesweeper-style games. Registered users can save up to 13 games, differing in size, number of targets, errors allowed, method of scoring (by number of targets or time), and whether all recent scores or just best scores are remembered. "Cheats" can be enabled which help users find "target-free" cells or areas. Advanced users with a graphics program can create their own game PICTs and premises. Features are illustrated in five ready-to-play games, including three with graphics which break away from the "exploding mines" motif. Help menus and balloon help available. Creative MS is shareware. Requires: Mac or Mac-compatible, PPC, color monitor, MacOS 7.1 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/game/creative-ms-10.hqx; 581K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:40 -0700 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: [*] DarkLight 1.1 From: Steve Sulzer Subject: DarkLight 1.1, a Kaleidoscope color scheme DarkLight 1.1 for Kaleidoscope 2 is a tri-tone classic grayscale color scheme for apple lovers. It is easy on the eyes. All 18 color accents are active with the original Kaleidoscope gold tone used in place of the OS8 green-gold accent. The scheme features custom tabbed pop-up windows with an apple motif, and the package includes several desktop/window patterns to match and instructions on how to get more. Latest version has been upgraded to Kaleidoscope 2 and has the new LSF and SSF tabs, optional Perfect OS 8 folders, new alert windows, color-reversed scroll thumbs (dark to light) and some minor fixes. Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/dark-light-11.hqx; 105K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:31 -0700 From: info.aladdinsys.com Subject: [*] Desktop Magician Desktop Magician - helps you manage your desktop by creating sets of files and folders that can be moved to or from the desktop at anytime. Aladdin Desktop Magician can also quickly restore the positions of your icons on the desktop. If you change your monitor resolution or accidentally select "Clean Up Desktop", Aladdin Desktop Magician can put everything back just the way you like it. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/desktop-magician-101.hqx; 555K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:35 -0700 From: mfauve@icx.net Subject: [*] Esprit Desktop Patterns Functional Art for your Macintosh desktop . . . For those of us who spend hours in front of monitors, here are some desktop patterns that are pleasant to work by. Enjoy this 11th collection in a series of 20 by Melinda Fawver. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/esprit-desktop-patterns.hqx; 276K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:04 -0700 From: ktakeshi@kagi.com Subject: [*] GraphicBrowser GraphicBrowser - is the program which supports multi-thread and helps you to manage your large image files in efficient way. When you drag and drop any folder into the GraphicBrowser's icon, contents of the folder will be displayed on the left box such as below. If you click a folder in the box, its contents will be displayed on the right. You can see that "Name", "Modification Date", "Dimension" are displayed on the below. In addition, "Depth", "Resolution", "Format", "Creation Date", "Image Size", "Size", and "Label" can be also displayed. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/graphic-browser-160.hqx; 2407K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:52 -0700 From: griff@snet.net Subject: [*] Griff's Icons Set #21 Griff's Icons Set #21 System Requirements: Any Mac Size : 54 KB There are 30 icons in this set, and I hope that they will help you spruce up your desktop. These icons are copyrighted and are shareware ($10.00) and can be included on any CD as long as the readme file is included and you send me notification of its being included! If you have any questions direct them to: griff@snet.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/griffs-icons-set-21.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:08 -0700 From: hiro@b.email.ne.jp Subject: [*] J&H Plugins 2.0 Mask Filter for PhotoShop 'J&H Plugins' package contains a seris of plug-ins for Adobe PhotoShop. Thay will work as filter plugin to mask whole or some square part of your pictures. The masking method of these modules are all reversible. When you want unmask it, you can do it by use the same filter on it again. System requirements: * System 7.0 or later *Adobe PhotoShop v2.5 or later * Macintosh 68k or PowerMacintosh with RAM for PhotoShop. * 900kb of hard drive space. For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our Web page: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/b/monkeybusiness/ Yours truly. Hiro FUJIMOTO [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/jh-plug-ins-us.hqx; 1249K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:49 -0700 From: dorian283@geocities.com Subject: [*] Kool Icons This is a download for two Kool sets of copland style icons. Dorian's !cons. The first set name is Dorian's Icons , second is Dorian's Icons II. This download is worth it so take a look. If you liked to visit the Kool Page the web address is http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Campus/4784/. Hope you like them. Cheers, Dorian Gorski P.S Visit the Kool Page [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/dorians-icons.hqx; 125K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:01 -0700 From: setsu@tcp-ip.or.jp Subject: [*] MIDI Pack'en 1.1.6 MIDI Pack'en is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to keep system exclusive data in files. (Universal MIDI Librarian) When this application receives system exclusive MIDI data, new window will open and show you the data size and manufacturer. MIDI Pack'en can handle any kind of system exclusive data. Features : Fat Binary. Apple Script recordable. Macintosh Drag and Drop support. Inline input support for Japanese text. Navigation Services support. (PowerPC Only) This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later Apple MIDI Manager or OMS What's changed in v1.1.6 Couldn't be launched on PowerMac without NavigationLib -> fixed. -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/midi-packen-116.hqx; 198K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:45 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Musee' Kaleidoscope scheme Please post Musee' for kal. 2.0 on your recent additions page. -Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/musee-kaleidoscope-scheme.hqx; 708K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:32 -0700 From: fedefil@fub.it Subject: [*] MyEyes 2.3.2 What is MyEyes? MyEyes draws on the menubar a pair of eyes constantly following the cursor movement. Using a control panel you can modify almost every aspect of the eyes (color, position, behaviour). MyEyes also supports plug-ins (External Eyes Sets), giving users the opportunity of designing their own eyes icons and/or use icons made by other people. System requirements 68020/030/040 or PowerPC; 80 KBytes free memory for the extension; Mac OS 7.1 or later; Color QuickDraw. What's new in MyEyes 2.3.2? General: - Updated External Eyes Sets: "Comic Eyes". - A fake External Eyes Set named "Built In" has been added to allow selection of the Built In Set from the Finder. Control Panel specific: - Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Edit menu commands issued using command-key equivalents to be ignored. Extension specific: - Fixed a bug that caused Apple Events to be ignored on 68k machines. Installation The MyEyes package is distributed in form of an "Installer" application. To install MyEyes just launch the installer and follow the simple instructions. It is recommended to restart your computer after installation. Distribution MyEyes is 10$ shareware. You can distribute MyEyes freely, provided that you leave the software and the accompanying documentation unchanged. You can include MyEyes in CD-ROMs and other software collections only by previous agreement. Thanks and best regards. Federico [Archived as /info-mac/gui/my-eyes-232.hqx; 488K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:37 -0700 From: mfauve@icx.net Subject: [*] Mystic Textures V The Mystic Texture collection includes 10 volumes of digital art textures created from scanned original watercolor paintings, computer generated art and Photoshop with plug-ins. By Melinda Fawver. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/mystic-textures.hqx; 529K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:46 -0700 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: [*] Oliva 1.1.1 Oliva 1.1 is an update of my original Oliva scheme. It is for Kaleidoscope 2.0 or higher. It features many changes, mostly from my new Oliva 2 scheme including: a new menu bar, apple icon and pull-down menus; LSF and SSF resources and new OS8 style olive-toned folders and cursor, plus the OS8 list view resources; integrated desktop pattern, window pattern and finder colors. This release still has the traditional windows, dialogues and alerts of the original with a few minor changes in shading here and there, and it is "Dr. Pimento" tested and approved! Version 1.1.1 changes the cursors slightly to make them blend with the desktop. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/oliva-111.hqx; 63K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:48 -0700 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: [*] Oliva 2, a Scheme for Kaleidoscope 2 From: Steve Sulzer Subject:Oliva 2 for Kaleidoscope 2 Oliva 2 is a complete reworking of my original Oliva scheme, for Kaleidoscope 2.0 or higher. It features popup window tabs (instead of traditional full width windows) as its theme on all windows, movable dialogues and movable alerts. All the tabs and popups in the scheme follow the popup window design motif, plus: a new menu bar, apple icon and pull-down menus; new LSF and SSF resources and new OS8 style olive-toned folders and cursor;the OS8 list view resources;and integrated desktop pattern, window pattern and finder colors. This release is "Dr. Pimento" inspired, tested and approved, and it is easy on the eyes and easy to use. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/oliva-2.hqx; 99K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:34 -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. You can also attach notes to specific days for past or future events, and have PandoCalendar automatically plot the days you work. Great for people who don't have a Monday-Friday work schedule! Version 3.3.1 - Added the "Clicking just activates PandoCalendar" option. Fixed a bug where PandoCalendar would sometimes mess up the status of balloon help, and another bug in the alias code. Panda Systems http://www.PandaCorner.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/pando-calendar.hqx; 563K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:05 -0700 From: marcb@dircon.co.uk Subject: [*] PictTrasher 1.1.2 PictTrasher is a small application that you can use to quickly browse through any image files you have. Decide which ones you want to keep and which ones you want to get rid of. A Trash button is provided and moves the file to the Trash. You can choose to empty it later. Yes, the name of the programme is somewhat misleading. This version fixes some problems, particularly for Kaleidoscope users and adds some minor features (sorting in chronological order, keyboard shortcut for full screen mode, opening folders from the File menu and it is now friendlier towards the rest of the operating system). Marc [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pict-trasher-112.hqx; 158K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:59 -0700 From: setsu@tcp-ip.or.jp Subject: [*] QT Pad 1.0.2 [QT Pad 1.0.2] Can you remember where is your favorite movie files? QT Pad is the solution. QT Pad is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to make up library of QuickTime movie file. One window, ie. one file, can hold references for 50 movie files. Just a click to playback movie files. Features : Fat Binary. Macintosh Drag and Drop support. Navigation Services support. (PowerPC Only) This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/qt-pad-102.hqx; 135K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:06 -0700 From: chriswd@nemaine.com Subject: [*] SimpleImage 1.5.1 - An image and movie viewer SimpleImage is a simple but powerful image- and movie-viewing application that lets you view all the most popular image and movie formats, like JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, TIFF, PICT, PNG, MPEG, AVI and more in a single, sleek application. (Some file types may require QuickTime 3 or a Power Macintosh.) With SimpleImage you can o View images with or without scrollbars o Transform images and movies by rotating and reflecting them o Crop and zoom images o View images and movies full-screen or in a slide show o Create Snapshots -- small files you can double click to reopen groups of windows exactly the way you left them With QuickTime 3 SimpleImage can also be used as a simple conversion utility, with the ability to save both images and movies in several formats. SimpleImage is Mac OS 8 savvy, correctly adopting the new Mac OS 8 look and making extensive use of contextual menus. System Requirements Macintosh with a 68030 processor 3 MB of free RAM Monitor capable of displaying 256 colors System 7.5 QuickTime 2.5 Strongly Recommended Power Macintosh Lots of free RAM Monitor capable of displaying thousands or millions of colors Mac OS 8 or later QuickTime 3.0 or later Version 1.5.1 fixes printing bugs and incompatibilities with System 7 and 68k Macs. Version 1.5 adds a bunch of new features, including o Snapshots -- small files you can double click to reopen groups of windows exactly the way you left them. o The ability to view images and movies full-screen or in a slide show. o The ability to change the zoom level of images in scroll-bar view. o The ability to export movies. o The ability to choose how SimpleImage handles offscreen bitmaps. SimpleImage is $20 shareware. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/simple-image-151.hqx; 659K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:54 -0700 From: Ikthusian@aol.com Subject: [*] StarrReport icon set Do you think that you've heard just about as much as you can stomach about this big mess in the good ol' U.S.? Well, here's more. And it's Mac icons, even. have a nice day ... ik ---> brought to you by the Eschatalogical Art Carnival and Travelling College of Postmodern Magnetic Healing f | e | e | l | b | e | t | t | e | r | s | e | e | t | h | e | e | n | d now featuring shameless commercialismo de host <--- http://members.aol.com/ikthusian ikthusian@aol.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/starr-report-icons.hqx; 25K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:42 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] The Grandeur that was Rome Kal. scheme Please post "the Grandeur that was Rome" for Kal. 2.0 on your recent additions page. -Martha Royer -- [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/grandeur-that-was-rome.hqx; 495K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:12:01 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#447/21-Sep-98 TidBITS#447/21-Sep-98 Curious about bandwidth? This week Adam looks at The Race for Bandwidth, a new book he edited for the late Cary Lu. Those installing Ethernet networks should read on for useful details and resources to add to last week's Ethernet primer. News this week includes a Macintosh mailing list database, USB devices from Keyspan, and Aladdin's Desktop Magician, plus upgrades for FileMaker 4.1, Web Confidential 1.0.2, Virtual PC 2.1.1, and Norton Utilities 4.0. Topics: MailBITS/21-Sep-98 More Ethernet Network Details The Race for Bandwidth [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-447.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:35:02 -0700 From: nori-hi@ba2.so-net.ne.jp Subject: [*] ULTIMATE MUSIC PLAYER 1.5.5(E) ULTIMATE MUSIC PLAYER version 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is a software synthesizer/player for Apple PowerMacintosh. It is able to play Standard MIDI files as a software synthesizer. As for the tone,there are the GM/GS musical instrument. and an compatibility of Roland SC88/55. And that is easy to replace and edit all tones. Please try cool 'Demo song'. Just drag & drop it and push 'PLAY'. I am very confident that it will satisfy you. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: -PowerMacintosh.I recommend at least a 133MHz/603e or faster. -System7.0 or later. -10000-15000K free memory. -Support 32000/256 colors. -Don't run Virtual Memory. FEATURES: -Sound quality 44/22/11KHz 16bits Stereo. -Support Standard MIDI file format 0/1 -GM/GS musical instrument. -Sound compatibility of Roland SC88/55. -Requires No special hardware. -Play up to 256 simultaneous channels. -Support multiple samples for 1 instrument. Noriyuki Higa (e-mail:nori-hi@ba2.so-net.ne.jp) [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/ump-155.hqx; 3261K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:57 -0700 From: bortz@palacenet.net Subject: [*] Watermelon Cursor This is the newest cursor from me Bryan Bortz :+)! Hope you like it! bortz@palacenet.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/watermelon-cursor.hqx; 100K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:28 -0700 From: yellowsoft@iol.it Subject: [*] Yellow Extensions Toolkit 1.0 Yellow Extensions Toolkit allows you to write extensions used by YellowEdit and other applications supporting this kind of extension. The project example is for CodeWarrior Pro 3. Inside its sources you may find all explaining notes you want. Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@geocities.com http://yellowsoft.home.ml.org/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/yellow-extension-toolkit.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:34:18 -0700 From: yellowsoft@iol.it Subject: [*] YellowEdit 1.0.0 YellowEdit is a powerful styled text editor based on WASTE text editing library. It's SHAREWARE. After a trial period of one week it switches itself to Lite version. The Lite version has some special features disabled, but it's FREEWARE. You may register at any time the version you're using. All WASTE based applications have some common feature: No 32K text size limit. Built-in undo. Full WorldScript support. Double-byte/bidirectional scripts support. Built-in inline input support. Multi-styled text. Drag-and-drop text editing. Translucent Drag-and-Drop. Embedded objects. Real tabs. Fully justified text. Command-clicking of URLs (by using Internet Config). YellowEdit offers a lot of additional features like: Support of files of type 'TEXT', 'ttro', 'PICT', 'JPEG', 'JFIF','TIFF', 'PNTG' (MacPaint), '3DMF' (QuickDraw3D), 'sfil', 'MooV' (QuickTime). Support of SimpleText documents also with PICT and Sound resources. Insertion of supported files inside existing texts, also by drag-and-drop of desktop icons onto open windows. Date-time insertion. On the fly sound creation-insertion. Advanced text selection. Ability to keep several clipboard instance. Dos/mac/unix text conversion. Support of dos/mac/unix line break. Bookmarks for any individual document. Documents statistics. Directory popup. Live scrolling. SmartScroll support. Occurrences counting. Text manipolation: uppercase, lowercase, word-caps, sentence-caps, smart quote, strip diacrictics, Rot13. Individual documents preferences. Auto indent. Showing/hiding colors. Mono styled text option. Set/unset, on the fly, "ReadOnly" file. Searching and opening of text selection (simple hypertext feature). Advanced Search/Replace features (also across windows). Advanced windows management. Support for external extensions (Plug-Ins 1) to increase its capacity (a SDK for writing extension is included). Creation (and usage) of 3 kind of external module ( Plug-Ins 2): 1) predefined styled texts insertion; 2) styled HTML tags insertion; 3) opening of the front window by using different applications (i.e. if you're using YellowEdit for HTML programming you should easily view your page by using your preferred browser or check the html code by using your preferred html validator). Ability to cooperate with ThinkReference and ToolboxAssistant. Ability to cooperate with CodeWarrior. SpeechManager support. Catalogs creation: you may create catalogs of disks and folders by using the proper menu or by dragging disks and folders on the YellowEdit icon (Catalogs + Search/Replace + Open selection + Count occurrences + Doc statistics =3D useful catalog utility) . Last, but not least, YellowEdit may create YellowView 2.0 application. YellowView is a multi-page, stand-alone document viewer having all of YellowEdit features (but don't allow writing or changing). And much more=8A YellowEdit is Appearance Savvy and requires at least System 7 to run [Archived as /info-mac/text/yellow-edit-10.hqx; 612K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:17:18 -0400 From: ljr Subject: My wife is using a PB 3400 we recently purchased and I would like to find some way to automate with a double click on an alias or script on the desktop to switch between TCP/IP settings. When she is near phone lines she needs TCP/IP to be set to PPP, but when she's on her University's campus, she can plug right into their network. This means that she needs to be on the 'ethernet' settings of TCP/IP. I am aware that one can just pull up the configs and choose the config you need, but this is a bit more complicated than my wife needs to get. A script would be excellent. Thanks in advance if you'd write directly to my email: daerid@io.com Lyman Green ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:13:17 +0100 From: Mike Blackwell Subject: "Insufficient System Memory to Run Word" The same friend with the CD-ROM AVI problem is also trying to run Microsoft Word 5.1a on his PowerMac, with 16MB physical RAM and 8MB used as virtual memory (total: 24MB). System software (7.6.1) takes up about 11MB. Most of the time, it will tell him there is insufficient system memory to run Word, and the usual tricks (quitting and trying again; reducing Word's preferred memory size; launching another app first; rebooting; etc.) don't seem to work. No other apps are open at the time, other than Speed Doubler 8 and CE Toolbox, which are background apps for Speed Doubler and Quickeys, respectively. All I can do is tell him to reboot with extensions disabled, which works every time, but of course disables all the cool extensions I installed to make the Mac easier for him to use (he's a computer novice). Are there any fool-proof ways to make Word 5.1a launch reliably? And I know extra physical RAM would be a big help, but that will have to wait for some funds at his end. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:29:46 -0400 From: abrody Subject: (Q) 13 PCI slot G3, and 7 PCI slot G3 Powerbook Dear Digest readers, OK what's the catch, why haven't I heard of http://www.magma.com before? Why hasn't anyone told the people who worry the G3 comes with too few slots that there is a solution at http://www.magma.com. Specificly at: http://www.magma.com/pci/pci713rm.htm http://www.magma.com/pci/pbgs7dt.htm It would seem that not only is there a solution to the G3 slot problem, there appears to be one where you don't have to be stuck with the fact Apple is claiming it won't run MacOS X on anything other than a pure G3 processor and having too few slots to go with it. Is there something about this company that is so unkosher that the desktop publishing industry has been silent to "MacWorld" about it? Because it would sure seem to resolve a lot of issues "MacWorld" claims exist that wouldn't if what this company reports to be selling are true. This would mean an OrangeMicro card can be attached to a Powerbook, and that a 3dFX card could as well. This would mean that you could have your firewire card, your DVD controller, your OrangeMicro card, your USB card, and still have room to attach another 3 - 8 monitors to one machine. Sounds too good to be true, but is it? :-) Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:40:36 -0500 From: Larry Pickett Subject: [Q] Epson via JetDirect to Ethertalk? Has anyone tried connecting an Epson 3000 printer to the net with a HP JetDirect rather than Epson's device? _______________________________________________________________________ Lawrence K. Pickett, Jr. Ed. D. Phone: (314) 516-6011 Assistant Director Fax: (314) 516-7317 Office of Computing & Networking Services University of Missouri-St. Louis e-mail:Larry_Pickett@umsl.edu 8001 Natural Bridge Road, 127 SCCB Larry_Pickett@acm.org St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:33:00 -0400 From: hope@eat.spam (Joni Hope Julian) Subject: [Q] PowerBook 540c and date My friend Kim bought a PowerBook 540c when they were new. She has ALWAYS had a problem with the date on this PowerBook. I, of course, suggested the battery and take it in for service while under warranty. She took it in, and said the techs had it open and tinkered, and that batteries (PB battery and the bitty internal battery) are fine. So, since it's had this problem since it was new, and the batteries are good according to all tests, we don't think the answer to this problem is "battery" -- as is so common to a date problem. Symptom: If she shuts down, and leaves the PowerBook off for more than a day, she loses time. It used to go back to (she thought) April 1st, 1901, but I convinced her that it could have be that 01/01/1904 date. Then I taught her how to do a clean install (to System 7.5 with Update 2.0 for a result of System 7.5.3). After that point, the date would reset to 04/25/1972 at 2:43 PM. Both before and after the clean install, she would occasionally get a date around 1940 or 1945 -- she doesn't remember, but it's always the same apparent date (within limits of her memory). Her PowerBook is almost always plugged in at work, or sometimes at home. She rarely uses the battery alone. So, does anyone else have any ideas what would cause this behavior? I'm out of ideas. TIA, - Joni hope at bme dot unc dot edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:18:55 -0700 From: "A. R. White" Subject: Dual-Port SCSI Disks? I am working on a project which involves porting Linux-PPC to a PowerPC 603 which is part of a semi-embedded system without an Ethernet connection. It occurred to me that a dual-port SCSI disk would serve to transfer applications and data from a development Power Macintosh running Linux to the semi-embedded system. Has anybody ever heard of such a disk -- better yet, has anybody used one? Please mail directly to me; no use cluttering up the Digest. Thanks for your indulgence. A. R. White USC/Information Sciences Institute 4676 Admiralty Way Marina Del Rey, California 90292-6695 (310) 822-1511, x162 (310) 823-6714 facsimile Internet: nomdenet @ ISI.edu ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Sep 98 17:37:12 GMT From: Bob Cooke Subject: Font Prints Dear Info-mac There seem to be dozens of font display programmes all of which do different things other than the thing I want! Can someone direct me to a programme which will print out the font name only, in that font, and let me put lots of fonts on one page? There are lots of programmes that let me print unusual characters and whole pages of fonts but all I want is a sampler to look at! If people Email me privately I'll post a summary if any-one else is at all interested in this. Thanks Bob in Mozambique bob@concern.uem.mz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:09:30 -0400 From: Neal Lipschutz Subject: G3 Hard Drive partitions? I've received much conflicting advise on how I should format my 6 Gig HD. Should I bother to make two 3 Gig partitions or just leave it as one giant HD. If I go with two 3 Gigs does it matter where I place my System folder, Data, Internet applications. Thanks for any help you might give. Neal neallip@frontiernet.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:53:51 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: iMac Printing Problems Friends have an iMac & Epson 600. They have downloaded all the recent upgrades from Apple and still cannot print. Any ideas? -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:06:28 -0400 From: "Gino J. Piazza" Subject: LaserJet 6P printer Wednesday, September 23, 1998 1:03 PM Hi, can you use the LaserJet 6 printer on a Macintosh? I know you can if you use Infowave's PowerPrint, however does one NEED to purchase PowerPrint? In other words, can the LaserJet 6 printer be used as is with a Mac (I'll be using it on a Quadra 800, no network). By the way, if I were to use a package like PowerPrint, would the LaserJet 6P printer give me good output? Do you think I should also consider Stylescript? Regards, Gino J. Piazza ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 98 00:18:38 -0500 From: Mark Fiske Subject: my friend has a small (OK, so maybe it's NOT so small) problem... Folks: A friend of mine just got a VERY nice PowerBook Duo 280c from a corporate auction, and he got a great deal on it. Unfortunately, he didn't get the dock OR the floppy drive for the thing, so he has no CONVENTIONAL means of transferring files. Just recently, however, we started transferring files via modem. Last night, in about two hours, I sent him the System Folder off of the OS 8 disk that he also got at the auction. When he tried to replace the PowerBook's System 7.5.3 Folder with the Mac OS 8 one, he restarted, only to get that horrid flashing "?" floppy icon. Now, my question is this: with absolutely NO means of starting up from another volume, what is the next step he should take? Is there a cable available that attaches to that long, thin, weird-lookin' port on the back of the Duos that can be connected to a Zip drive? Is there some type of key-combination he should hold down during startup? What is the answer to this one? thanks, on his behalf, Sincerely, Mark Fiske Fake-8 Technologies. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Sep 1998 05:35:08 GMT From: "David Esmail" Subject: Need help with seemingly Finder-related CD-R burning problem Fellow software creators ... (Reply to: desmail@hyperion.com ) I've been experiencing a frustrating problem with burning hybrid ISO/HFS data CD-Rs on the Mac for several years and I'm looking for a solution or explanation. Mac software creators should readily understand the behavior I'm looking for my CD-R to exhibit. To give a simple example, when you do a Put Away on a floppy, whatever folders on that floppy that were open when you did the Put Away will re-open whenever you re-insert that floppy. This works flawlessly with floppies. With CD-Rs, however, I can't seem to get this behavior reliably. In general, I know that I must have the folder from within the HFS partition open when I burn the CD-R, but I can't find a way to make it happen everytime. The following things *can* help before burning the CD-R, but nothing has proven to be sure-fire: rebuilding the desktop, restarting the machine, re-opening the folder, waiting a long time for the Finder's latency, clicking on the folders, etc. It happens with GEAR and with Toast. It happens with HP burners and with S&F burners. I discovered today that it might additionally have something to do with the version of the OS. I created a CD-R today whose folder would open on a System 8 machine, but not on 2 different System 7 machines I tried. Personally, I think it's a Finder bug. Anyone have a response? Much appreciated! Reply to: desmail@hyperion.com David Esmail Engineering Services Manager Hyperion Solutions desmail@hyperion.com 650-572-8275 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 12:21:08 +1000 From: "Melvin Wilson Jr." Subject: Plain Talk, Speech Recognition and a PC Card modem I just discovered and installed Plain Talk 1.5 on my PowerBook Great software and the idea of speech recognition in a useful manner is cool! The problem I have however is that whenever I use my PC card modem the Sound-in setting changes from "Built-in microphone" to "PC-Card" or sometimes to none. So every time I connect to the internet I have to reset the Monitors and Sound control panel. It makes using Speech recognition very cumbersome. Does anyone have any recommendations as to how I can keep this from happening. Or maybe even a way to correct the problem via apple script. (Does Applescript have access to "sound-in"options? I'm unfamiliar with it, but willing to learn.) Any advice or recommendations are really appreciated. ____________________________________________________________ Mel Wilson Jr. mailto:melman@earthling.net "Everything Must Change" --- Bajoran Proverb "Think Different" Sent from a Apple PowerBook 3400c/240 ____________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 11:21:39 -0500 From: "John A. Cooper" Subject: Recovering files overwritten by Save We occasionally have a file where someone changes it, does a Save, but then realizes that they want the original file. Does any file recovery program have the ability to recover the previous version of the file? We have tried Norton Unerase without success. We know that some programs specifically create a backup file but we want to be able to do this for programs that do not offer this feature. TIA John Cooper jcooper@cellbio.wustl.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:55:32 +0700 From: "Brett Jordan" Subject: startupscreen got a g3 266 with a colorsync screen (17") can't get startup screens to work is this unfixable? or not thanks brett ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:07:02 +0100 From: Mike Blackwell Subject: Viewing AVIs on a Mac? A friend has a PowerMac clone and a hybrid CD-ROM containing dozens of AVIs, but Sparkle Fat, MoviePlayer, and GraphicConverter all choke and refuse to deal with them. Since some of them are in the tens of megabytes, converting them may take a very long time. Is there a way to view AVIs directly on a Mac? -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************