Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #353 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 20 Oct 99 Volume 16 : Issue 353 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#502/18-Oct-99 (A) call Eudora under Netscape (was: ...change default browser?) (A) Menus drop down/stay down (Q) Fujitsu or other document scanner (Q) Recommendation for Mac ADB optical mouse (Q) VirtualPC and PC networking 1400 battery etc [Q] Clear memory cache in Netscape [Q] Mystery AirPort card A Readme file worth reading ->Action Menus conflict with Quickeys Action Utilities GoMac 2.0.3 buggy Application Launch Ambiguity ATM & OS9 Clear memory cache in Netscape default mailto: Netscape-->Eudora FlexCam S-video to RCA cable Nevermind How to convert WriteNow4 files to Word97 MacOS vs. WindowsNT Menus drop down/stay down MP3 encoder Old iMac and Firewire OS9 and clones QuicktimeVR to VRML Replacement S-Video to RCA converters for PowerBooks TCP/IP Question turning int. 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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 #353" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#502/18-Oct-99 TidBITS#502/18-Oct-99 Bitter about Apple's speed reductions for the Power Mac G4 line, or merely= confused about what's happening? Matt Deatherage examines the hullabaloo to= determine what went wrong and why. Adam reports back from a day at Internet= World, and in the news we cover Apple's $111 million quarterly profit and= the releases of Keyspan's Digital Media Remote, Action Files 1.5, and= SoundJam MP 1.1.1. This week's poll: How much does digital video editing= interest you?=20 Topics: MailBITS/18-Oct-99 Report from Internet World NY 1999 Speed Dips for Power Mac G4s [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-502.etx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:07:27 -0400 From: Diane & David Turner Subject: One possible solution to this and other similar problems trying to mount DOS partitions on a hybrid CD ROM (short of investing in an emulation program) is available in the Info-Mac archive. It's called Iso-No-HFS, and it suppresses the loading of the mac partition when booting the CD. It's available at: Just a satisfied user >... The neat stuff is on a PC partition, unmountable under MacOS. David Turner Centerville, OH "Insanity is hereditary...you get it from your kids." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:15:46 +0200 From: Eduard Hoenkamp Subject: (A) call Eudora under Netscape (was: ...change default browser?) >I want it to launch Eudora rather than using Communicator's mail component. Run the following script: tell application "Netscape Communicator=81" register protocol "CSOm" for protocol "mailto:" end tell So open the Script Editor, paste this text in it, press 'check syntax' (it will ask where your netscape is located) and press 'run'. Eduard. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:23:54 -0400 From: Dwight Early Subject: (A) Menus drop down/stay down Many thanks to those of you replied. My original questions was: >"What's the name (and URL if you have it) of the program that gave the >menu drop down/stay down capability to Sytem 7.x?" The answer you all gave was StickyClick. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it at the usual sites. Fortunately, Nigel Stanger volunteer his work computer which, as I discovered has a multitude of neat stuff. Thanks Nigel. --Dwight Early P.S. If you want to get StickyClick, give Nigel a shout at mailto:nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:51:31 -0700 From: "Laszlo Lakits" Subject: (Q) Fujitsu or other document scanner We're considering getting a higher-end Fujitsu auto-feed document scanner, but Fujitsu claims they don't "make it for the Mac". They only have drivers for Win95-NT, OS/2. Some third party programs on SGI. Does anyone know of a Mac driver or Photoshop plug-in? I really don't want to get a Windows machine just for this. If reasonable, we'll pay for the driver. The model is 3097 or 3096. Thanks for any help -- Laszlo Lakits Technical Manager Klasky Csupo, Inc. http://www.klaskycsupo.com lakits@klaskycsupo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:58:05 -0700 From: Mark Allen Subject: (Q) Recommendation for Mac ADB optical mouse Does anyone have a recommendation for a Mac ADB optical (no rolling ball) mouse (preferably one-button)? Thanks! Mark Allen ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:27:34 -0400 From: a brody Subject: (Q) VirtualPC and PC networking Dear Digest readers, When I hook up my Mac to a PC using VirtualPC's Netbeui network setup, for some reason data transfered over the network neighborhood has files that become uppercase in their filenames. Does anyone know how to preserve the case of Windows 95 filenames transferred over to Windows 98 VirtualPC? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:25:09 +0100 From: "SimonSays" Subject: 1400 battery etc > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3023173509_425366_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > From: John Brownie > Subject: Battery or AC power? > > A somewhat related question: Since I upgraded the PowerBook with a > Newer Technology G3, it seems to chew up much more battery power > while asleep. If I put it to sleep with a full battery in the > evening, I only get a few minutes of power when I use it in the > morning - MyBattery reports it as around 90% of charge or so when I > get the low battery warning. Any ideas what's going on? > I have a feeling this isn't to do with the hardware upgrade. Since I upgraded to 8.5 I've had exactly the same problem - the machine dims the screen etc and then sleeps when there is loads of power left. I know (from newsgroup replies) that other 1400 8.5 users have it also, but nowhere have I found a solution. Anyone any ideas? Simon H --MS_Mac_OE_3023173509_425366_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: 1400 battery etc > From: John Brownie <j-m.brownie@sil.org.pg>
> Subject: Battery or AC power?
>
> A somewhat related question: Since I upgraded the PowerBook with a
> Newer Technology G3, it seems to chew up much more battery power
> while asleep. If I put it to sleep with a full battery in the
> evening, I only get a few minutes of power when I use it in the
> morning - MyBattery reports it as around 90% of charge or so when I > get the low battery warning. Any ideas what's going on?
>

I have a feeling this isn't to do with the hardware upgrade. Since I upgrad= ed to 8.5 I've had exactly the same problem - the machine dims the screen et= c and then sleeps when there is loads of power left. I know (from newsgroup = replies) that other 1400 8.5 users have it also, but nowhere have I found a = solution. Anyone any ideas?

Simon H --MS_Mac_OE_3023173509_425366_MIME_Part-- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:34:27 -0500 From: "T.E. Roberts" Subject: [Q] Clear memory cache in Netscape Check out NavCom Cache Control, a small but effective shareware application. I think this will solve your problems. Go to http://www.io.com/~jackb/ for information and downloading. T. E. Roberts Sarasota, Florida ====================== In response to: Subject: [Q] Clear memory cache in Netscape Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 03:26:44 +0000 From: Marlon Deason I have used Netscape for years an have honed my settings down to exactly how I want them. However, since upgrading to Mac OS 8 a few years back, I find that I rarely have to shut down my computer. Since I have a PowerBook, I often just close the lid and let the system disconnect my network/PPP connection and put the system to sleep. Upon waking the computer, I simply reconnect to the Internet and continue on my way. I have long ago discovered that the harddrive in my machine is slower than RAM. So I set Netscape to run with no files being saved to the HD cache (ie. HD:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape=83:Cache). Rather, I set Netscape to the maximum RAM usage (under the get info comments) and let it store all of the files downloaded from the Internet internally. This works great, up to a point. At some point, usually after several days of surfing, Netscape will complain that it is out of memory. I usually cannot load any further pages into Netscape until I quit and restart. I already know how to clear the HD cache for Netscape, what I would like to be able to do is clear the internal RAM cache which is stored in the running application. If I could delete the cache while Netscape is still running, I could get some marathon sessions on the net. The only info I have to go on is that there is an obscure command which lets you view files stored in the internal (RAM) cache. Something like about:internal cache (?) Thanks for any info Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:12:44 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: [Q] Mystery AirPort card >From looking at pics of the AirPort card offer in the CompUSA and Sears flyers last week and from pics of the internal port uploaded to the internet, Apple's secret new port looks a lot like a vnnila PCMCIA slot. Does anyone on the list have the details of the slot? Apple seems to like having a lot more control over what you can add to your machine and who you can buy it from. Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:24:56 -0400 From: a brody Subject: A Readme file worth reading ->Action Menus conflict with Quickeys Dear Digest readers, Poweron Software's Action Menus was just released, and I can say from having QuicKeys 4.0 on MacOS 8.6 I was rather shocked when I rebooted to find that Action Menus started me out with nothing more than a cursor, a help-tip window, and a Type 10 error. The next reboot all I got was a flashing busy cursor to pointer at the Apple menu in an endless loop. So I turned it off, and read the readme that came with it. Sure enough it states QuicKeys has certain keystrokes that duplicate its function and could cause a conflict. That disclaimer should be on their website, and their advertisements to the registered people of previous software. Not in the readme. Now that I've purchased the product not knowing it has the conflict until after I purchased it I am asking for a refund....we'll see if that happens. Another problem I found is that GoMac doesn't like Stuffit Deluxe 4.5's extensions, or for that matter Microsoft Excel 5.0. In the former a lot of programs cause the Finder to quit unexpectedly, and the latter Microsoft Excel will not load if the toolbar is visible. I am aware there are upgrades, but these are too costly at the present time. I am beginning to think Power On software needs to do more beta-testing before releasing their products to the general public. I will endeavor to read all readmes now before installing the software if it is at all possible. So buyer beware....all is not what it seams, and do read those readmes. They aren't meant to be placeholders on your hard drive for no reason. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 18:25:06 +0100 From: me@none.co.uk (Lobo) Subject: Action Utilities GoMac 2.0.3 buggy In article <7u3cro$jp7$1@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu>, moderator@info-mac.org (The Info-Mac Moderators) wrote: >Action Utilities GoMac 2.0.3 has a very serious problem. While being >a nice alternative to the windows 95/98/NT toolbar on the Mac, if the >toolbar is active you can't quit from many open applications. This >is regardless of if auto-hide is enabled or not. If I try to quit >from many applications, the cursor starts to twirl a clock, and then >"The Finder has unexpectedly quit" error appears on my screen. I >even tried renaming the GoMac extension to ZGoMac to no avail. So >load order of INITs doesn't matter in this case. I've tried e-mailing >action utilities but all I get is an automated reply. Turn off the >toolbar, or disable the extension, the error doesn't happen in the >same programs. >Please somebody help. Not sure if this is of any value but I'm using GoMac 2.0.2 and Action Files 1.5 without problem. PowerPC 5500; OS8.6. Lobo. ta reply, rub oot -Lobo- from... peter@plalp.-Lobo-freeserve.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:44:20 -0700 From: Herb Kroemer Subject: Application Launch Ambiguity Certain Type/Creator combinations are shared by related but different APPLication. For example: WDBN/MSWD: Different versions of MS Word (like 5.1 and 98) TEXT/CARO: Acrobat and Acrobat Reader Question: What controls which application is launched when I double-click a document with such multiple parents, if neither of the parents is already open? In both of the above examples, I need one of the two parents 95% of the time, but when I simply double-click on a document, the "5%" parent launches. This is a big nuisance, which forces me to employ a different launching procedure 95% of the time. I know of course that there are various other ways to get the desired application to launch; but none of them is as simple as just double-clicking the document, and I would like to control the double-click procedure itself. Herb Kroemer ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:01:56 -0500 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" Subject: ATM & OS9 chazzz, a reader of the digest, helpfully wrote: > I just read that ATM is coming out with a fix for the problem. > The article is found at Yes it is. I didn't know of this site and found a heartening article by searching ATM there : http://www.maccentral.com/news/9910/15.atm.shtml I guess Adobe's guess for November was when they first got discouraged and that's the worst time to guess anything. ;-) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 23:02:39 +0200 From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino) Subject: Clear memory cache in Netscape > > Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 03:26:44 +0000 > From: Marlon Deason > Subject: [Q] Clear memory cache in Netscape > > Upon waking the computer, I simply reconnect > to the Internet and continue on my way. I have > long ago discovered that the harddrive in my > machine is slower than RAM. So I set Netscape > to run with no files being saved to the HD cache > (ie. HD:System Folder:Preferences:Netscape=83:Cache). > I'd use a different strategy: I'd use an external cache but in the RAM Disk, so ypu can simply delete them dragging them to the trash. -- Ciao, \+----------+ "La risposta e` dentro di te... Vittorio --| : ) o | ...MA E` SBAGLIATA!!!" /+----------+ - = http://fly.to/risorse/ = - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:42:39 -0700 From: Kathy Brunetti Subject: default mailto: Netscape-->Eudora > >But how does one set the default mailer? When I click a mailto link >on a web page (in Netscape) I want it to launch Eudora rather than >using Communicator's mail component. I've already got EP set in >internet config as the default. -Bob Get an applescript from Eudora at http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/scripts/NS_Eudora.sit According to the Eudora Web site: If you're using Eudora Pro for Macintosh version 3.1 or later, download this applescript (~1k) and run it. A window will open; simply follow the path to your local Netscape application and double click. Netscape will now use Eudora when you click on a mailto link. It works for me using Eudora Pro 4.2 *************** Kathy Brunetti ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:00:52 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: FlexCam S-video to RCA cable Nevermind > I hope you didn't rush to buy that FlexCam video cable I alerted people to > in a recent Digest, which I hoped would allow me to feed the S-Video output > from my PowerBook to the RCA jack on my AV receiver. It turns out there is > more than one kind of S-video connection, and the Apple one is not the > normal one. This cable doesn't work. The Apple variety has more pins, > evidently combining both image and sound. If the normal S-Video cable has fewer pins, won't it still fit the S-Video+Audio socket? It just wouldn't transfer audio. You could pair the normal cable with a line out cable or line to RCA spliter. Just a thought Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:25:27 -0500 From: "Tapas Kar" Subject: How to convert WriteNow4 files to Word97 From: Tapas Kar Subject: How to convert writenow4(MAC) files to MS Word Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:29 AM Hi I have more than 500 documents (files) in WriteNow version 4.0 and like to convert all of them to MS-Word97 version by a single click. How to do this either in MAC or after transferring all files to my PC and then convert them ? Thanks. Tapas -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Tapas Kar, Ph. D Department of Chemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-4409 Tel: 1-618-453-6485(Office)/6433(Lab) Fax: 1-618-6408 Email: tapaskar@siu.edu or tapas@risky3.thchem.siu.edu -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Tapas Kar, Ph. D Department of Chemistry Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-4409 Tel: 1-618-453-6485(Office)/6433(Lab) Fax: 1-618-6408 Email: tapaskar@siu.edu or tapas@risky3.thchem.siu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:20:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Banana Subject: MacOS vs. WindowsNT I'm writing a paper for my class and was wondering if anyone could tell me why MacOS is better than WindowsNT? Ann Barnard abarnard@carroll1.cc.edu --------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 22:50:16 -0700 From: Denny Davis Subject: Menus drop down/stay down At 10:00 PM -0400 10/17/99, Dwight Early wittily wrote: >Gang, > >What's the name (and URL if you have it) of the program that gave the >menu drop down/stay down capability to Sytem 7.x? > >TIA > >--Dwight Couple of utilities do what is wanted, best that I have found is StickyClick. I don't recall where I found it. Do a search for it. If necessary I will send a copy of it. Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. ICQ#5066430 Blessings, Denny ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:26:44 +0100 From: "SimonSays" Subject: MP3 encoder Does anyone know of a serviceable freeware/inexpensive shareware MP3 encoder? TIA Simon H ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:09:30 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: Old iMac and Firewire Jorge wrote: > I have a 333MHz iMac , which does not have such FireWire capability > Does anyone know of the chances/possibilities of putting/adding a > Firewire port in it? I'm afraid it is just not possible to add FireWire to your iMac. The first two varriations of iMac (rev. A and B) have an undocumented port (mezzanine) which was intended for a DV/DVD upgrade which Apple never produced. The slot was removed from the next two varriations (C and D). The new iMacs have a new motherboard design with dual USB controllers, standard PC-100 RAM slots, a video out port and two FireWire ports. There is no other port on your machine which supports high enough transfer rates to handle a FireWire bus. Sorry Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:00:43 -0400 From: "chazzz" Subject: OS9 and clones Has there been any talk of OS9 compatibility with clones? I have a PowerBase 200 with a PowerLogix upgrade card G3 750. Thanks, Charles Cusumano ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:16:28 +0000 From: Marlon Deason Subject: QuicktimeVR to VRML Joni Julian wrote: > I'm no longer current with either of those formats, but I doubt a > converter exists because the formats are very different. In rough, quick > terms, QuickTimeVR uses a cylinder panorama of constant radius while VRML > specifies a 3D object in 3D space. The conversion would similar to > converting a Photoshop to AutoCAD, from 2D -no matter how clever- to 3D. > There's interesting research along these lines, and it can be done, but I > am not aware of any easy and readily available software. What about Kai's er... MetaCreation's new software Canoma? Does it support both of these formats? If so it may be possible to import one and export the other. If not check it out anyway, if can take images as input and create a virtual space simular to the way QTVR works. Marlon Deason marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:46:44 -0700 From: Paul Brians Subject: Replacement S-Video to RCA converters for PowerBooks Jose Dominguez of VideoWare succeeded in burrowing through Apple's tech support pages to discover that the S-Video to RCA adapter I needed to play DVDs on my PowerBook and display them on my TV was shipped with the PB in the first place (the manual implied you needed to buy one). I didn't know what it was when I first got it and had misplaced it--but now it's found, and working. It's important to note that most video monitors won't show anything until you reset the resolution to 640x480. If you leave your PB set at the default 1024x768, which is what you do when driving a data projector, it won't work. The adapter is model "7-pin SVideo-RCA," and does not use a standard S-video connector: there are seven pins instead of four. VideoWare now has replacements of this rare and crucial beast for sale for $26.99. This is the only place I've found that knows about it and can actually supply it. See . I've been very pleased with the service I've gotten from VideoWare. Paul Brians, Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:16:10 -0600 From: Ted Logan Subject: TCP/IP Question Running OS 8.1 on a G3, I need to be able to switch between two ISPs for email and Internet service (different domain names and DNS addresses). It's probably obvious, but I can't figure out how to get two TCP/IP options. I see "Select hosts file" in TCP/IP Setup but don't know how it works. Advice urgently requested and most gratefully received. Ted Logan Logan Writing, Inc. tedlogan@busprod.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:17:12 -0400 From: "Douglas W. St.Clair" Subject: turning int. HD into ext. HD and Linux Nigel You are wrong you can (and I have) create a series of disk that appear as one. I am right now running on a 4 Gig drive that was made from two 2 gig drives. >On Friday, 15 October 1999 1:45:11 AM, Saint John wrote: > > > To combine drives, you need to make a "RAID Array." This is a special > > way of formatting and handling a number of hard drives so that they appear > > to be a single unit. > >While this is correct, you wouldn't be able to create a 2GB volume out of >four 500MB drives using this approach -- it doesn't work that way. Instead, >you'd get a single 500MB volume with better access times and greater >resistance to disk failures or data loss (depending on how you set things >up). > >snip... >===================================================================== >Nigel Stanger, mailto:nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz >Dept. of Information Science, http://strange.otago.ac.nz/ >University of Otago, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. END *************** *************** *************** ********** Douglas W. St.Clair Tir na nOg 400 Burton Highway Wilton, NH 03086-5022 USA PH: 603-654-9321 FAX: 603-654-5440 CELL: 617-233-3387 or 617-beef-fur *************** *************** *************** ********** -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************