Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #109 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 16 May 98 Volume 16 : Issue 109 Today's Topics: [*] DarkLight 1.0.2 [*] AliasCrony 2.1.0; Alias management. [*] B'9 Shine 1.0 [*] ChatNetv2.1 [*] Converter [*] Diablo set for kaleidoscope [*] MaBaSoft Quit CSM 1.3.2.sit [*] PrompterPro 68k 1.0 DEMO [*] PrompterPro PPC 1.0 DEMO [*] QuickEncrypt 3.0; a flexible and secure encryption utility. [*] Tubular Chrome 1.0 for Kaleidoscope [*] Twistory 1.0 PPC - History Browser [*] Very Green Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Word Search 2.1.0 (68K) [*] Word Search 2.1.0 (PPC) (Q) adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? Auto save in Word 6 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 #109" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:25 -0700 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: [*] DarkLight 1.0.2 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: DarkLight 1.0.2, a Kaleidoscope color scheme DarkLight 1.0.2 for Kaleidoscope 1.8.X 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. Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/darklight-102.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:40 -0700 From: yellowsoft@geocities.com Subject: [*] AliasCrony 2.1.0; Alias management. AliasCrony is the ultimate alias manager. It has several features: - Since aliases of applications lose the capability to have files dropped on, when the original is on a different volume, AliasCrony can create SuperAlias, a new alias kind, having drag capability always active. - It can create aliases or SuperAliases and put them into specific predefined folders, when you're using the Drag&Drop mode. From its menus, instead, you can select the destination folders by using a speedy way. - It can update aliases (also as SuperAliases) on the fly or else through its menus. - It can add, to aliases, some useful custom icon, freeing a bit of space on desktop (as before: you can add the custom icon on the fly or else by using the proper menu). -You may configure any action of above through preferences and change them with one keystroke before creating aliases or SuperAliases . - It can scan all on-line volumes to create lists of: a) attached aliases, b) unattached aliases, c) aliases and originals on different volumes. -It can scan also individual folders-disks. The created lists return useful infos about the aliases found, moreover, from these lists, AliasCrony can do several actions: a) retrieves and shows aliases and originals. b) links/updates/deletes/moves aliases. c) shows the Finder's Info window, about aliases and originals. d) updates aliases of applications to SuperAliases. e) trashs the whole aliases list. AliasCrony is Internet Config aware, Appearance Savvy and requires at least System Seven to run. Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/7162/ New since version 2.0.2 Unique FAT version. Added Preferences dialog. Ability to call Preferences dialog before opening a file. Appearance savvy. Spin cursors. Linked with MoreFiles1.4.8. Linked with Internet Config API 1.4. Notification Manager support. New Alert routine. Removed custom controls. Removed the "Finder bug"alert. Better disk event management. Multi window. Better "trash all" management. Removed old HotKeys. Updated e-mail address. Updated web site address. Revisited and changed lot of code for better stability. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/alias-crony-210.hqx; 126K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:24 -0700 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: [*] B'9 Shine 1.0 From: ssulzer@midcoast.com Subject: B'9 Shine, a Kaleidoscope color scheme B'9 Shine 1.0 for Kaleidoscope 1.8.x is an ocher and gold color classic scheme that shines benignly. Care has been taken to keep the different elements in the scheme easy to use and tasteful. B'9 Shine features a custom tabbed pop-up window, and the package includes desktop and window patterns. Freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/b9-shine-10.hqx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:42 -0700 From: elstech@elsinc.com Subject: [*] ChatNetv2.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 9, 1998 CONTACT: Mitchell Martin (mailto:elstech@elsinc.com) ChatNet v2.1 Adds Numerous IRC Enhancements Gainesville, Fla. -- ELS, Inc. has announced the release of ChatNet v2.1 which features numerous Internet Relay Chat enhancements. ChatNet enhancements include total compatibility with Mac OS 8.x, a simple interface for sending and receiving WAV sounds, and display of all text colors supported by IRC. Many new IRC preference options have been added including the ability to enter and remember logoff, quit, finger, and Userinfo messages. A new updated IRC Servers list is provided for easy access to the most popular IRC networks. DCC file transfer problems have been corrected. Since ChatNet's initial release in 1995, there have been many Macintosh IRC client competitors that have tried to enter this very popular market, but ChatNet remains the simplest Macintosh interface to chat and send files on the Internet or a Local Area Network. ChatNet is the only IRC client with ChatGuardian(tm) and ChatWatcher(tm) built-in and the only client that does not require a user to know any IRC commands. ChatNet offers two modes for chat. The IRC Mode allows chat and file transfer through an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Server. ChatNet acts as a client program providing a button oriented graphical interface for all IRC functions. There is no need to know any IRC commands. The AppleTalk Mode allows multiple Macintosh computers running ChatNet to chat or send files on a Local Area Network, with or without a Server. ChatNet's simple interface will be familiar to anyone who has used major online services and quickly learned by those who haven't experienced network communications. Users interact via public and private conferences, send private messages, and transfer files to each other. ChatNet provides security and control over the entire Chat environment to address concerns about material unsuitable for children. ChatGuardian and ChatWatcher preference settings give complete control over the ChatNet environment from completely open to very restrictive. ChatGuardian gives you control over channel access and message content by screening out words and phrases that are preselected. ChatWatcher keeps a log of all user activity. IRC Server access can also be controlled. ChatNet is the perfect tool for homes, schools, businesses, and departmental workgroups. Hold online group conferences or have one-to-one private communication. Workgroups can discuss project status, strategy, and reach each other for questions and answers at the click of a button. All communication can be saved or printed for later reference. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/chatnet-21.hqx; 1424K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:20 -0700 From: jello@ivic.qc.ca Subject: [*] Converter This is a basic units converter(currency,distance,temperature) that should run on any mac(Fat version) jf - Jello jello@ivic.qc.ca ICQ: 3892426 [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/converter.hqx; 488K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:27 -0700 From: robert@torget.se Subject: [*] Diablo set for kaleidoscope This is a very cool grey and colorful Kaleidoscope theme to be used with the popular Mac extension. Created by Robert Edvardsson 1998. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/diablo-for-kaleidoscope.hqx; 913K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:22 -0700 From: marco.damaschi@galactica.it Subject: [*] MaBaSoft Quit CSM 1.3.2.sit What is MaBaSoft Quit CSM? You often run more applications at the same time? You wish you could quit one or more applications without having to make them active first? You would like to know their memory sizes without having to display the About This Computer box? You would love to have your largest unused memory block size always under your eyes? If so, then MaBaSoft Quit CSM is what need. MaBaSoft Quit CSM is a module for the control strip that displays memory information (largest unused block and application sizes) and enables you to quit applications without having to make them active. You can quit a single application, all background applications or all running applications. MaBasoft Quit CSM is 5 US$ shareware. It available from the MaBaSoft ftp site at ftp://macware.erehwon.org/pub/by_author/MaBaSoft/Quit_CSM_1.3.2.sit and from all major Macintosh shareware ftp sites. System Requirements MaBaSoft Quit CSM runs on all types of Mac and needs System 7.1.1 or higher. Control Strip, Extensions Strip or Desktop Strip need to be installed. Minimum Extensions Strip version supporting Quit CSM is v1.5.2. --------------------------------------- What's new in MaBaSoft Quit CSM v1.3.2? The "Show Icon" option has been added: it gives the user the possibility of hiding Quit's icon, thus reducing the width of Quit's display. If the "Show Largest Unused Block" is unchecked, the "Show Icon" option is disabled and Quit's icon is always shown. An internal bug causing crashes when Extensions Strip or Desktop Strip are used as module host has been fixed. A mistake concerning Balloon Help has been corrected. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/mabasoft-quit-csm-132.hqx; 125K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:32 -0700 From: aaron@ilesa.com Subject: [*] PrompterPro 68k 1.0 DEMO PrompterPro 1.0 - is a telepromter designed with flexibility and ease of use in mind. It utilizes the Macintosh's powerful features and confirms to to its interface guidelines. In addition, it only requires small portions of RAM and hard disk space. PrompterPro has many unique features. It has a handy timing feature which automatically alerts you when your speech's time is almost used up. Color-coded indicators give you ample notice when your time limit draws near. Perhaps one of its most unique features is one that seems to rebel against the unwritten rule forbiding teleprompters from alowing styled text. PrompterPro has full support for multiple fonts, styles, and sizes. Also integrated is a full-featured text editor. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/prompter-pro-10-demo-68k.hqx; 499K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:33 -0700 From: aaron@ilesa.com Subject: [*] PrompterPro PPC 1.0 DEMO PrompterPro 1.0 - is a telepromter designed with flexibility and ease of use in mind. It utilizes the Macintosh's powerful features and confirms to to its interface guidelines. In addition, it only requires small portions of RAM and hard disk space. PrompterPro has many unique features. It has a handy timing feature which automatically alerts you when your speech's time is almost used up. Color-coded indicators give you ample notice when your time limit draws near. Perhaps one of its most unique features is one that seems to rebel against the unwritten rule forbiding teleprompters from alowing styled text. PrompterPro has full support for multiple fonts, styles, and sizes. Also integrated is a full-featured text editor. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/prompter-pro-10-demo-ppc.hqx; 545K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:43 -0700 From: info@dejal.co.nz Subject: [*] QuickEncrypt 3.0; a flexible and secure encryption utility. QuickEncrypt 3.0 Release 6; by David Sinclair. Drop a file on this application to quickly and securely encrypt it, or decrypt previously encrypted files. It supports two encryption formats; the original, and a new text-based one. It is very configurable and has many features, including support for files of an unlimited length, multiple worksets, user-controlled password limitations, default passwords, automatic encryption and/or decryption, verification of validity, the option of a standard source folder and various destination options, opening files once decrypted (via AppleEvents), self-decrypting archives, and more. Shareware, US$25. You can register via e-mail using your credit card: or . The latest version can be obtained from the Dejal Userware web pages: Requires Mac OS 7.0 or later; compatible with Mac OS 8. Major new features and changes in this release; see the version history for a full list of changes: o QuickEncrypt is now a "fat" application, i.e. it runs native on both 680x0 and PowerPC computers. o Implemented self-decrypting archives, which act much like the self-extracting archives of compression software, allowing someone without QuickEncrypt to decrypt a QE archive that you send to them. You can activate this new option via the Method page of the Worksets. o Implemented an archive viewer window. It is activated via the new Archive Window page of the Workset dialog, and includes a sortable list in a window, and two new menus. Files, folders, and their contents can be examined and decrypted individually or grouped. o Implemented a text-based encryption method. This works just like the original method, but encrypting files results in a text file, the contents of which can be pasted into the body of an e-mail message, similar to my Dejal Register application. This feature is controlled via the new Method page of the Workset dialog. o Added a Workset Picker dialog, so you can be prompted for a [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/quick-encrypt-30.hqx; 425K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:28 -0700 From: foxcat@mindspring.com Subject: [*] Tubular Chrome 1.0 for Kaleidoscope My first scheme for Kaleidoscope. Pretty good for a first attempt, IMHO. No folder/icon additives. For a preview, Tubular Chrome resides at http://www.mindspring.com/~foxcat Let me know what you think of it. Enjoy! Andy foxcat@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~foxcat I have a great memory, it's just short. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/tubular-chrome.hqx; 26K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:35 -0700 From: deboer-j@rmc.ca Subject: [*] Twistory 1.0 PPC - History Browser Twistory 1.0 PPC "Twistory" is a history browser. It displays the lifetimes and travels of historical figures, and dates and locations of historical events. It is a tool for keeping track of when and where things happened, and their relationships to each other. A resource of over 750 people, events and places is included. The database has a simple text format, so that more historical information can be added by any user. A complete description of the file format is included. The two main windows are the time-line window, which shows the lives and events against a variable time scale, and the map window, which shows people and events in their geographic locations during an interval of time. There is also a genealogy window, which shows the ancestors and descendants of the selected person, and a "This Day in History" window which lists all milestones occurring on a particular day of the year. The name "Twistory" was chosen because this program puts a "new twist on history." It is not intended - and cannot be used - as a substitute for proper reading and research into a historical period. Rather, it is meant to provide a way to keep track of the multitude of different peoples, dynasties, empires and developments throughout history. It is intended to answer questions like, "What else was happening in the world at that time?" and "Did A live at the same time as B, or before?" It is intended to provide the user with "the big picture." Twistory requires system 7, and does not yet run on 68k. It uses about 3 Mb of disk space, and needs about 2 Mb of RAM to run comfortably. With a large monitor or with many windows open, 4 Mb is better. Instructions are included in both TEXT and HTML format. Twistory is $10 (US or CAN) shareware. You may evaluate it for free. If you use it regularly, keep it for more than one month, or use it for presentation to a group, you should pay. If you feel so obliged, you may send the payment to the address included with the program. J. D. de Boer deboer-j@rmc.ca [Archived as /info-mac/edu/twistory.hqx; 264K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:30 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Very Green Kaleidoscope scheme Please post "very Green for Kaleidoscope" on your recent additions page. Thank you, Martha Royer -- "If you have it, you don't need anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter what else you have" Sir James M. Barrie on Love [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/very-green-for-kaleidosco.hqx; 340K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:37 -0700 From: james.graham@dial.pipex.com Subject: [*] Word Search 2.1.0 (68K) This version of Word Search fixes a major bug and introduces some new features Fixed bug that stopped program running under OS8 with "System-wide platinum appearance". Included "Export as PICT" facility where the word search can be exported as a PICT file or copied to the clipboard Increased speed of search creation when "Watch creation" is switched off. The program will now always try to construct a search even if the number of characters in the words is much greater than the number of available spaces. (In previous versions it would not attempt to construct a search if the number of characters was greater than 105% of the spaces available.) Introduced larger size coded fonts (18 point) as well as the existing 12 points Fixed various minor bugs and made minor cosmetic changes to some windows. System requirements: System 7.0 , or greater. A monitor (colour prefered) with minimum resolution of 640 X 480. 1024 Kb of RAM. For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed Thanks, Jim Graham [Archived as /info-mac/edu/word-search-210-68k.hqx; 574K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 08:47:39 -0700 From: james.graham@dial.pipex.com Subject: [*] Word Search 2.1.0 (PPC) Word Search creates word searches (now there's a surprise!). Unlike other such programs, however, this one has the following features:- * Create square searches from 8 X 8 up to 32 X 32. * Create searches in any user defined shape on a 32 X 32 matrix. * Up to 100 words can be inserted into each word search (depending, of course, on size of the search and the length of the words) * Use any font and size (from 9 point up to 30 point) for the words and the word search in the printed output. * Words can be placed in the word search to read in any of the eight possible directions. The user has full control over which directions are used. * Full control over spacing of the letters of the word search in the printed output. * Full control over spacing between the rows of words in the printed output. * Full control over the title at the top of the printed output page. * Full control over the instruction text on the printed output. * Words can be printed in a coded form with a key to allow the user to decode them. * Words can be printed in scrambled form (anagrams). * A cheat sheet may be printed showing the position of the words in the grid and the direction in which they are read. * The words alone may be exported as text for inserting into a word processor. * The words and word search may be exported as text for inserting into a word processor. * The search alone may be exported as a PICT for inserting into another document. System requirements Any Power PC Macintosh System 7.0 , or greater. A monitor (colour prefered) with minimum resolution of 640 X 480. 1024 Kb of RAM. For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed [Archived as /info-mac/edu/word-search-210-ppc.hqx; 664K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 10:43:26 -0700 From: "David L. Hirschberg" Subject: (Q) adb port on 3400'c & G3 PBs? There isn't one that I can see. How do you hook up an external keyboard to a G3 powerbook or a 3400c? I want to be able to use the new colorsync monitors with our powerbooks. What about programs that use adb dongles? Sincerely, David ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 14:32:33 -0400 From: "Quattlebaum.Bill" Subject: Auto save in Word 6 As is clearly documented, the Auto Save Every ___ Minutes in MS Word 6 for Mac is not a true full save. Under V 5/5.1 there was an init one could use to actually force a CMD-S full save. But I don't recall what it was or know if a new version exists. Anyone have suggestions? thanks, Bill qb Quattlebaum quattleb@niehs.nih.gov -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************