Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #57 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 11 Mar 98 Volume 16 : Issue 57 Today's Topics: [*] 3D-FloppyMaker 1.0 - Freeware [*] A game! (blobs) [*] Agean 2.0 Sea Battle [*] AOL Dialer Util [*] Cinnamon WebMaster Suite 1.1.3 -- Specialized HTML Editor [*] Club MID v1.0.6 [*] Cool Filemaker Buttons 1.0 [*] CustomCompanyFolders 1.0 [*] Dark Steel [*] Disk Charmer 3.1.1; disk erase/copy/verify utility [*] DollyDotsBeetle 1.1 for Kaleidoscope [*] DollyDotsFunky 1.1.2 for Kaleidoscope [*] Drive Monitor 3.1.0 (PPC) [*] ExaChess Lite 1.2 [*] FeatherGIF 1.9.1 - Web transparency filter [*] FontBook 3.2 (e) FAT [*] Forum 1.1. Updated Roman Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Forum Red 1.1 Updated Roman Kaleidoscope Scheme [*] Gingham for Kaleidoscope [*] Holy Roller [*] Hoo-Re 1.0 Egyptian Kaleidoscope Scheme [*] HyperCard Game [*] India Ink 1.4.1 - stylized Photoshop halftones [*] Lhasa for Kaleidoscope [*] MacCDDBv0.8 [*] MacWaves v2.0 IRC Soundplayer Utility [*] NameSplitter 1.2 (FileMaker utility) [*] New FuzzyFind for FM 1.2 [*] NewsWatcher 2.22+jp1 patch [*] QuizzAllemand 2.5.3 [*] QuizzAnglais 2.5.3 [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 2.0 [*] Spider And Web: a text adventure [*] The MacLocksmith 2.1.0 FAT; file-folder-disk protection [*] WebPalet [A] Re: Eudora compatible multiple user e-mailer [A] Simple compiler wanted [A] WIN95 Help Files [A]: how to destroy files? [Q] Networkable Scanner? 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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 #57" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:16 -0700 From: Accentgra@aol.com Subject: [*] 3D-FloppyMaker 1.0 - Freeware 3D-FloppyMaker is an AppleScript application which will replace any default or custom floppy icon with a simple and neutral 3D one. The new icon is created and supported by your system's Finder, and so will occupy -0 (zero!) bites- on your floppy disk. System requirements: - System 7.1 or better. - "File Visibility" scripting addition (freeware by Mark Alldritt) which should be placed in the "Scripting Additions" folder inside the "Extentions" folder of your "System Folder". (As soon as Mark Alldritt has authorized the free distribution of the a. m. scripting addition, it is included in this package accompanied with Mark's original ReadMe file.) For more information, please read the ReadMe file. Thanks, Pavel Bondarovski [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/3d-floppy-maker-10.hqx; 10K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:27 -0700 From: gafvert@kagi.com Subject: [*] A game! (blobs) Ok, here's a shareware-game that I've made! It's kinda puzzle/board/arcade type and yeah, it's all about blobs :) Like put it up on your sites ! /Lars Gafvert [Archived as /info-mac/game/blobs.hqx; 986K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:26 -0700 From: candr5@earthlink.net Subject: [*] Agean 2.0 Sea Battle Agean is a 1 player sea battle game of luck and skill that can be very addictive. You strategically place your ships on a board, as does the computer opponent. Your objective is to sink all of the computers ships before it sinks yours. System requirements: * System 7.xx * 2 MB of RAM * Color monitor =46or more information, please read the =91Read Me=92 file enclosed, or emai= l questions to candr5@earthlink.com. Thanks, Randy Jarrell Splinter Software candr5@earthlink.com [Archived as /info-mac/game/agean-20.hqx; 523K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:47 -0700 From: patrickbores@mail.geocities.com Subject: [*] AOL Dialer Util AOL will only let you redial a number 5 times before giving up. With AOL Dialer Util, you can make AOL redail 255 times! [Archived as /info-mac/comm/aol-dialer-util.hqx; 15K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:51 -0700 From: DustynK@aol.com Subject: [*] Cinnamon WebMaster Suite 1.1.3 -- Specialized HTML Editor Cinnamon WebMaster Suite is a very compact, yet highly-specialized HTML text editor for color Macs. This version of CWMS (1.1.3) fixes several bugs and has the same new features as v1.1.2: * (new in 1.1.3) Includes several additional useful files * Ability to make selections using Shift-Arrow Keys * New "Colorize tags" option updates the colorization of tags in altered documents * Ability to cancel Colorization of Tags if it's taking too long to the previous features including: * Smart Comments * Automatic recognition of tags and comments * Colorization of text, tags, and comments * Automatic capitalization of tags * Automatic special character filtering & conversion to ISO-Latin codes * Insert Color feature uses Apple Color Picker and automatically converts to HTML hex codes * and more! CWMS is a product of Cinnamon Soft, which is a division of Cinnamon Computer Products Visit our website at: http://members.aol.com/dustynk/cinnamonsoft/ or email me at: dustynk@aol.com Please email me; I would like to hear what you think no matter what you think! [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/cwms-1131.hqx; 79K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:22 -0700 From: setsu@tcp-ip.or.jp Subject: [*] Club MID v1.0.6 Club MID is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play standard MIDI files. One window holds one standard MIDI file, and displays it's current tempo, System Exclusive status, Control Change status and Voice Name, Panpot, Pitch Bend, Level for each MIDI channel. List window can have up to 32640 MIDI files to be played back sequentially, or random order. This application is best for those who wants to be with music all the time. Features : Fat Binary. Macintosh Drag and Drop support. GM, GS, XG format compatible. 32part Standard MIDI File playback support. This application requires : Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC System7 + QuickTime or System7.1 or later Apple MIDI Manager or OMS (Open Music System) MIDI tone generator or QuickTime Musical Instruments -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/club-mid-106.hqx; 197K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:42 -0700 From: dermot@pronet.net.au Subject: [*] Cool Filemaker Buttons 1.0 Here's a great set of buttons guaranteed to improve any database. Simply paste them into the database that you're working on and define them as a button - too easy. For the ridiculously low price of $5 you get a great collection of pictorial buttons in various sizes. Not to be missed. Don't miss Cool Filemaker Buttons 2.0 out soon . . . dermot@pronet.net.au [Archived as /info-mac/data/cool-filemaker-buttons.hqx; 328K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:18 -0700 From: RDBow@Pitnet.net Subject: [*] CustomCompanyFolders 1.0 CustomCompanyFolders 1.0 Hello, and thank you for downloading this shareware product. I hope the name wasn't to mis-leading. I'm trying to say that with letters from the alphabet I can create a lot of custom designed initialized folders. They could be: 1. Your Name (short like Al, Ann, Joe, Pat etc.) 2. Your initials (2 to 3 with or without periods) 3. Your company logo (with initials only, like MMI, MM Inc., in-line straight or slanted) 4. Computer related folders like Inits, EXTS, Apps, Inet etc. So I've just included a set of A thru Z folders for $2 sharerware and an invitation for you to contact me with your ideas of what type of "custom" folders you might like. It's kind of like that key chain rack of names you see in gift shops when traveling............. Your standing there shuffling through to see if they have a "JIM" left that you could buy. Some suggested uses for these $2 shareware "Initial Folders" that I hope you'll purchase: Use the "A" folder on the desktop or anywhere, for aliases, or Applications. Use "C" for Cyberdog or "D" for Downloads. I think you get the picture. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/custom-company-folders.hqx; 58K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:19 -0700 From: wnosaj@flash.net Subject: [*] Dark Steel Dark Steel is a cool metalic mac icon set. First when first released, the Mac OS came with those bland, blue folders. Logically icons to replace these blue miseries popped up. First came different colored versions, then we were introduced to 3D liked beveled versions. After getting bored with the limitations of folders, people progressed to shapes other than folders. When I came into the icon world I wanted to get everything out of the 2D folder concept before moving on to other areas of icon design. Since Epoch Icons was brought into this world I have been bringing all types of cool 2D and 3D folders to your desktop, but here is one of the last and finest 2D "3D" folder set. It features metallic and glass icons that are so real you can almost feel the cold, dark metal on your desktop. >From pure beveled metal to distorted, eroded, cracked, and tarnished metal fantasies. The set includes a couple of mini-series: -Dark Steel -Gold -Dark Metal -Mirrors and -Misc. Metal email: wnosaj@flash.net website: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/6319 [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/dark-steel.hqx; 273K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:40 -0700 From: fabrizio@home.com Subject: [*] Disk Charmer 3.1.1; disk erase/copy/verify utility Disk Charmer is a neat utility that lets you conveniently erase and copy disks, and handle disk images in DiskCopy and DiskDup+ format. If you have Mac OS 8.1, you can now use the Mac OS Extended format (a.k.a. HFS Plus) and even set the minimum allocation block size. Disk Charmer lets you create larger disks: you gain 8K on 800K disks, 18K on HD disks, 1.5MB on Zips. At least System 7 is required. Help Balloons are everywhere. Disk Charmer has a nice, modeless interface. It fully supports drag&drop. It supports the handy "Undo" feature we all know and love. Disk Charmer was recently mentioned in MacWEEK: New since version 3.1: * Attempts to work around the infamous Apple Menu Options bug (thanks to a kind, knowledgeable soul...) * The Make disks larger option now creates slightly "less larger" disks that cannot be corrupted by Mac OS 8.1 (see the separate document for details; thanks, Fran=E7ois Grieu). -- Fabrizio Oddone Lake Forest, California United States of America mailto:fab@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/authors/fab/ [Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-charmer-311.hqx; 154K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:07 -0700 From: quadrand@club.tip.nl Subject: [*] DollyDotsBeetle 1.1 for Kaleidoscope DollyDotsBeetle for Kaleidoscope DollyDotsBeetle is a colorscheme for Kaleidoscope 1.5 and up, but it has been optimized for Kaleidoscope 1.8.2! It's a variation on DollyDots for Kaleidoscope, inspired by details on products. A lot of products have details that are a kind of dimples, we call those dimples DollyDots... =97The Dollydots were a dutch girl band in the eighties, but I liked their name and thought it was an appropriate name for dimples in a product, there is no dutch word for those kind of dimples in a product=97 DollyDotsBeetle is a colorscheme that uses the Be WDEF and is inspired by consumer products (we are product designers!), so we made the buttons work like real buttons and the scrollbar thumb slide like a real slider. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/dolly-dots-beetle-11.hqx; 167K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:08 -0700 From: quadrand@club.tip.nl Subject: [*] DollyDotsFunky 1.1.2 for Kaleidoscope DollyDotsFunky for Kaleidoscope DollyDotsFunky is a colorscheme for Kaleidoscope 1.5 and up, but it has been optimized for Kaleidoscope 1.8.2! It's a variation on DollyDots for Kaleidoscope, inspired by details on products and the MacOSZone, visit them at . A lot of products have details that are a kind of dimples, we call those dimples DollyDots... =97The Dollydots were a dutch girl band in the eighties, but I liked their name and thought it was an appropriate name for dimples in a product, there is no dutch word for those kind of dimples in a product=97 DollyDotsFunky is a colorscheme inspired by consumer products (we are product designers!), so we made the buttons work like real buttons and the scrollbar thumb slide like a real slider. Install it and experience DollyDotsFunky for Kaleidoscope!!! Let us know if you like it! [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/dolly-dots-funky.hqx; 153K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:41 -0700 From: jude@ruf2ece.ee.psu.edu Subject: [*] Drive Monitor 3.1.0 (PPC) Drive Monitor 3.1.0 (PPC) is a replacement for any Drive Monitor 3.x.x (PPC) Have you wondered how much free space you had on the different drives that are mounted on your MacOS system? Wonder no longer. Drive Monitor displays a window that lists the vitals for all of the currently mounted drives. [Drive Monitor 3.x is PPC only, users of 68k based machines may be interested in one of the 2.x versions. DM 3.x also requires MacOS 8.0 or newer.] This was originally just a little program I threw together when I couldn't sleep. (I think it might of had something to do with the seven cups of coffee I had...) It is now MacOS 8 Savvy, supporting some of the cool new appearance manager features. __It now also supports volumes larger than 2GB properly.__ Well, lets see.... What does it do? -Sort by whatever field you want -Only show the fields that you are interested in -Displays the names of all mounted volumes -Displays the size of each of the volumes -Displays the amount of free space on each volume -Turns the entry for a volume red (default color) if it exceeds 90% capacity -Indicates if a volume is locked. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/drive-monitor-310-ppc.hqx; 22K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:30 -0700 From: r.exner@trl.oz.au Subject: [*] ExaChess Lite 1.2 ExaChess Lite is a freeware version of ExaChess, a full-featured chess database for the Macintosh. ExaChess Lite provides most of the features of ExaChess in a version suitable for maintaining a personal games collection, and is free. This release, version 1.2, adds several new features and fixes a number of bugs. The new features include a Copy Position command to copy the current board position as a picture, and a facility to search a database for games between players over a particular Elo rating. See the Release Notes for full details. ExaChess now has its own web page! For the latest information about ExaChess visit . The features of ExaChess include: - Direct support (without conversion) of ChessBase, NICBase, and PGN databases, as well as ExaChess's own database formats. - Search across all databases or just a single database file by player name, event, year, result, ECO code, opening name, position, partial position, material, special game features, or any combination of these. - Shows ECO code and opening name for each game and statistics for all matching games. - Finds and allows easy removal of duplicate games from any database. - Resizable, customizable 2-D color board with smooth animation. - Flexible game parser that handles free-form text input, both algebraic and descriptive, including move and position evaluations, variations and text comments. - Records full tree of moves. Switch to variation or return to main line. - Shows opening tree (next moves for any opening position) with stats from the database. Quickly find matching games for any opening position. - Supports play against the database or against external 'chess engines' via Apple Events, including ZZZZZZ (supplied), Crafty, GnuChess, and MacChess (available at Mac and chess Internet archive sites). ExaChess Lite omits a few features of ExaChess and is restricted to showing the first 256 or 128 games only of larger databases. Permission is granted for ExaChess Lite to be included on the Info-mac CD. Rolf. (r.exner@trl.oz.au) [Archived as /info-mac/game/exachess-lite-12.hqx; 1219K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:23 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] FeatherGIF 1.9.1 - Web transparency filter FeatherGIF is a filter for Photoshop and other paint programs that lets you easily add complex transparency effects to GIF images for the Web. Version 1.9.1 has zoomable previews, savable settings, and fixes a minor display bug. FeatherGIF lets you create soft edges, see-through gradients - even automatic dropshadows and cutouts, and all effects will let a web page's graphic background show through properly. FeatherGIF is shareware for Macintosh. To see the results, and to check for updates, visit http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aa731/feathergif.html. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/feather-gif-191.hqx; 253K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:36 -0700 From: matthias.kahlert@stud.fh-regensburg.de Subject: [*] FontBook 3.2 (e) FAT FontBook 3.2 (e), FAT FontBook is a nice, tiny MacOS font utility. FontBook helps you to keep track of your installed fonts, especially symbol or dingbats fonts. FontBook let's you print reference cards for your most-used fonts. On these reference cards you can find out all the different key combinations. It contains a table with entries for all characters: e.g. what key is printed when you press shift-alt-F or shift-5, etc. Or do you know the key code of the big dot in the Helvetica font? And, since version 3.0, there are many other nice example pages, that help you to find the right font in the right time. Some other features of FontBook: - MultiPrint: Print all installed fonts with a few mouse clicks - more than 20 example layout pages - Save or Copy the entire page as a PICT file - Choose any font from the system or from a disk (without installing it!) - and many, many more... FontBook 3.2 fixed some bugs in FontBook 3.1 and FontBook 3.0. And I added a lot of new features like MultiFont pages (up to 75 fonts per page), some new layouts, enhanced printing capabilities, etc. BTW: FontBook is also available in German! Matthias Kahlert mailto:mkahlert@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/mkahlert [Archived as /info-mac/font/util/fontbook-32e.hqx; 685K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:10 -0700 From: pce@ncal.net Subject: [*] Forum 1.1. Updated Roman Kaleidoscope scheme Forum (Gold) 1.1 is an updated shareware Midnight Hour Graphics Kaleidoscope color scheme, part of the "Capital Express" scheme group that includes Agora and Hoo-Re. This update makes the features OS-8 compatible and includes minor cosmetic fixes. A one-time $10 shareware fee entitles users to use all MHG schemes and receive registered users-only schemes free. To run these schemes you need the $20 shareware control panel, Kaleidoscope, created by Greg Landweber, and a monitor capable of displaying at least 256 colors. MHG schemes can be seen at http://www.mother.com/~pce or e-mail pce@ncal.net. The author must be contacted and provide written permission before distribution of any MHG schemes via any media, including CD-ROMs. Midnight Hour Graphics and Research pce@ncal.net http://www.mother.com/~pce Thoroughbred Gallery http://www.mother.com/~pce/TG/ThoroughbredGallery.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/forum-11.hqx; 190K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:11 -0700 From: pce@ncal.net Subject: [*] Forum Red 1.1 Updated Roman Kaleidoscope Scheme Forum Red 1.1 is an updated shareware Midnight Hour Graphics Kaleidoscope color scheme, part of the "Capital Express" scheme group that includes Agora and Hoo-Re. This update makes the features OS-8 compatible and includes minor cosmetic fixes. A one-time $10 shareware fee entitles users to use all MHG schemes and receive registered users-only schemes free. To run these schemes you need the $20 shareware control panel, Kaleidoscope, created by Greg Landweber, and a monitor capable of displaying at least 256 colors. MHG schemes can be seen at http://www.mother.com/~pce or e-mail pce@ncal.net. The author must be contacted and provide written permission before distribution of any MHG schemes via any media, including CD-ROMs. Midnight Hour Graphics and Research pce@ncal.net http://www.mother.com/~pce Thoroughbred Gallery http://www.mother.com/~pce/TG/ThoroughbredGallery.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/forumred-11.hqx; 189K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:12 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Gingham for Kaleidoscope "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller "Life is biology. Biology is really chemistry, chemistry is really physics,physics is really math, and math is really hard!" http://members.icanect.net/~royerm/ royerm@icanect.net [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/gingham-for-kaleidoscope.hqx; 142K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:32 -0700 From: tedward@inetworld.net Subject: [*] Holy Roller Welcome to HolyRoller!2.0 This is a simple little program, for gamers mostly, that provides a working random number generator based on the standard gaming dice. It should run on any Mac out there, and it has been tested on many models. Version 2.0 has improved functionality, a better random generator, and preferences. tedward@m-net.arbornet.org [Archived as /info-mac/game/holy-roller-20.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:14 -0700 From: pce@ncal.net Subject: [*] Hoo-Re 1.0 Egyptian Kaleidoscope Scheme Hoo-Re 1.0 is a shareware Midnight Hour Graphics Kaleidoscope color scheme, part of the "Capital Express" scheme group that includes Agora and Forum. A one-time $10 shareware fee entitles users to use all MHG schemes and receive registered users-only schemes free. To run these schemes you need the $20 shareware control panel, Kaleidoscope, created by Greg Landweber, and a monitor capable of displaying at least 256 colors. MHG schemes can be seen at http://www.mother.com/~pce or e-mail pce@ncal.net. The author must be contacted and provide written permission before distribution of any MHG schemes via any media, including CD-ROMs. Midnight Hour Graphics and Research pce@ncal.net http://www.mother.com/~pce Thoroughbred Gallery http://www.mother.com/~pce/TG/ThoroughbredGallery.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/hoo-re-10.hqx; 187K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:29 -0700 From: rtolman@cablelan.net Subject: [*] HyperCard Game Subject: This is a HyperCard game, complete with very detailed instructions to build it. "The Differences Game" is a game I made to teach my Grade 6 students HyperCard skills. The game comes with all scripting and many useful hints. The instruction manual is a standalone, printable document. The game consists of a title page linked to game cards displaying three levels of skill. Two pictures are shown on each game card, one with "Differences" you have to pick out. As you find and click on the "Differences", points will be scored automatically. Be careful, if you click in the wrong area, points will be removed from your score. Have fun. Ray Tolman rtolman@cablelan.net R & M Tolman Osoyoos B.C., Canada 1973 240Z IZCC #1015 Classic 240Z Register #40 PowerMac OS 8 [Archived as /info-mac/game/differences-game.hqx; 499K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:25 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] India Ink 1.4.1 - stylized Photoshop halftones India Ink is a filter for Photoshop that gives you over a dozen exotic ways to convert color or greyscale images to unusual black-and-white halftones. Suitable for image stylization or black-and-white printers, most styles offer variable line weight, warping, gamma, and scaling. Version 1.4.1 has special modes that work in color, as well as a zoomable preview, saveble presets, and a randomizer. A minor display bug is now fixed. India Ink is shareware for Macintosh. To see the results, and to check for updates, visit http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aa731/indiaink.html . [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/india-ink-141.hqx; 259K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:15 -0700 From: royerm@icanect.net Subject: [*] Lhasa for Kaleidoscope "Life is biology. Biology is really chemistry, chemistry is really physics,physics is really math, and math is really hard!" http://members.icanect.net/~royerm/ royerm@icanect.net ********************************************************************* [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/lhasa-for-kaleidoscope.hqx; 239K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:20 -0700 From: tyen@earthling.net Subject: [*] MacCDDBv0.8 MacCDDB is a program that checks an internet server for the tracknames of the audio CD currently in the computer. The tracknames are saved in a file, where the Apple CD Audio Player can read them. This saves you from having to type them in yourself :) Requirements: o System 7 or later o OpenTransport o CD-ROM drive Version 0.8 fixes a major bug, where the program would not be able to update the CD Remote Programs file. yen --- tyen@earthling.net http://tyen.home.ml.org/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/maccddb-08.hqx; 59K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:48 -0700 From: aragorn2@earthlink.net Subject: [*] MacWaves v2.0 IRC Soundplayer Utility Subject: MacWaves 2.0 - Desktop and IRC Sound Playing Utility for Macintosh Announcing the release of MacWaves v2.0! MacWaves is a soundplayer utility for Macintosh that automates management, enjoyment and sharing of all your sound files both offline and on IRC. MacWaves v2.0 supports waves,aiff,midi and System 7 sounds. This release of MacWaves has taken on an all new look and feel! Now Macintosh users no longer need envy PC users online who have long enjoyed many choices in waveplayers. MacWaves v2.0 puts the Macintosh light years ahead of the PC in this department, right where it belongs! Some features of MacWaves v2.0 *new and easy to use GUI interface with a space-saving footprint on your desktop *MacWaves floats over your IRC windows---no switching between applications *user editable messages to associate with individual sounds *powerful new popup editor and convenient drop-down menu to play your popups *offline window to play and test your sounds, sound messages and popups *single-click sound playing from a convenient listbox that displays all your sounds *ability to play sounds within a dcc window--a MacWaves exclusive! *single-click autoget of any sound played online *automatic dcc-send of sound files to users online *random play of sound files offline or to 3 different channels simultaneously *powerful new Setup Assistant automates installation and setup of all preferences *automatically play and send sounds from multiple folders--a MacWaves exclusive! *personalized notice for auto-greet and ctcp ping reply *automatic whois of nicks on your notify list when they sign on *powerful shortcuts for private notices and ops notices System requirements: * OS8 or later * 68040 at 33Mhz with 16MB memory or Power Macintosh at 100Mhz with 24MB memory * ircle 3.0b10 and SoundApp 2.4.1 or later(see Release Notes for information) * AppleScript 1.1.2 enabled and Scripting Additions present in System folder For more information, please read the "Important Release Notes!" file [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-waves-20.hqx; 1316K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:45 -0700 From: Jeff@hermitage.com Subject: [*] NameSplitter 1.2 (FileMaker utility) This is a fully functional FileMaker Pro (version 3.0+) database for Windows or Macintosh. The file is designed to handle a situation where you have an existing database with a person's name in one field ("Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.") and you want to separate the components into separate fields -- "Dr.", "Martin", "Luther", "King", "Jr.". You can import the data from the single field of the original database into this Splitter, and it will divide the data into five fields -- title, first name, middle name, last name and suffix. You can then use the FileMaker Pro Lookup function to move the separated data back to the original database. This Splitter includes some sample data to show you how it will handle certain situations. You might play around with this data to see how the Splitter reacts. You should delete the sample data before importing your live data. More specific instructions are included in the database, but it's very easy to use, especially if you're familiar with FileMaker Pro. There is no fee for using this database. [Archived as /info-mac/data/namsplit-12.hqx; 61K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:44 -0700 From: m.uetzels@kleinofen.de Subject: [*] New FuzzyFind for FM 1.2 enclosed please find the brandnew "FuzzyFind for FileMaker Pro" software in version 1.2. (StuffIt Expander is needed.) Have fun! Marcel [Archived as /info-mac/data/fuzzyfind-for-filemaker-12.hqx; 642K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:50 -0700 From: mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp Subject: [*] NewsWatcher 2.22+jp1 patch [NewsWatcher 2.22+jp1 patch] This is a patch program to make a Japanese-enabling version of NewsWatcher 2.22, which was originally written by John Norstad of Northwestern University. This patchwork is free. Revison history: * 2.22+jp1, published on March 2, 1998. - Synchronized with the final release of NewsWatcher 2.22. - UUencoded binaries were not extracted properly, due to a problem with Japanese MIME transform. Fixed. Requires the original NewsWatcher 2.22, which is available at; ftp://ftp.acns.nwu.edu/pub/newswatcher/ See also my WWW page: http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/software/catalog.html Mizutori Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp -- Mizutori Tetsuya, Tokyo, Japan mailto:mizutori@nn.iij4u.or.jp http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~mizutori/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/newswatcher-222-jp1.hqx; 168K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:37 -0700 From: marc.honnorat@writeme.com Subject: [*] QuizzAllemand 2.5.3 QuizzAllemand 2.5.3 QuizzAllemand est un petit logiciel qui vous permet d'apprendre facilement les verbes forts en Allemand. QuizzAllemand vous propose un verbe en francais, et vous devez le traduire en Allemand, puis le conjuguer a differents temps. Si votre proposition est fausse, une correction est donnee. 201 verbes forts Allemands sont repartis dans 3 dictionnaires, par niveau de difficulte. QuizzAllemand est desormais vraiment compatible avec MacOS8. Marc HONNORAT marc.honnorat@writeme.com http://www.chez.com/chamane/emedia [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/quizz-allemand-253.hqx; 149K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:39 -0700 From: marc.honnorat@writeme.com Subject: [*] QuizzAnglais 2.5.3 QuizzAnglais 2.5.3 QuizzAnglais est un petit logiciel qui vous permet d'apprendre facilement les verbes irreguliers en Anglais. QuizzAnglais vous propose un verbe en francais, et vous devez le traduire en Anglais, puis le conjuguer a differents temps. Si votre proposition est fausse, une correction est donnee. 170 verbes irreguliers Anglais sont repartis dans 3 dictionnaires, par niveau de difficulte. QuizzAnglais est desormais vraiment compatible avec MacOS8. Marc HONNORAT marc.honnorat@writeme.com http://www.chez.com/chamane/emedia comments: This file replace : /info-mac/edu/lang/quizzanglais-252.hqx [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/quizz-anglais-253.hqx; 135K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:33 -0700 From: locowolf@txdirect.net Subject: [*] Sim Cinema Deluxe 2.0 Sim Cinema Deluxe is a simulation of the filmmaking process. In the game, you play a producer who owns a small production company. Your company must make many films to gain notoriety and respect from Hollywood and distributors. When making films, the game takes you through all levels of development. From cast and crew selection, to advertising, to determining the best time of the year to release your film. After release, not only will you have to worry about advertising, but also what film critics will say about your film. All of these things and more decide the box office performance of your film, which you'll follow as the weeks go by. Sim Cinema Deluxe also features an in-game cast and crew editor. System Requirements: PPC or 68k Macintosh System 7.0.1 or later Sound Manager 3.0 or later 2 MB of RAM 256 color monitor For more info on this program please visit my homepage. Shannon Schroeder locowolf@txdirect.net http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2556/ [Archived as /info-mac/game/simcinema-dx-20.hqx; 885K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:35 -0700 From: erkyrath@netcom.com Subject: [*] Spider And Web: a text adventure A vacation in our lovely country! See the ethnic charms of the countryside, the historic grandeur of the capital city. Taste our traditional cuisine; smell the flowers of the Old Tree. And all without leaving your own armchair! Spider And Web Interactive Fiction By Andrew Plotkin. (Again, not a time travel game.) Release 4 Spider And Web is copyright 1997-8 by Andrew Plotkin. It may be copied, distributed, and played freely. This application requires System 7, and 1.6 megs of free memory. If you don't have System 7, or you want a non-Mac version of this game, or you just want to try a different interpreter, please look in ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/. There are also lots of other text adventures there. If you wish to discuss putting this game on a CD-ROM, or anything like that, please contact: Andrew Plotkin (erkyrath@netcom.com) [Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/spider-and-web.hqx; 379K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:01 -0700 From: yellowsoft@iol.it Subject: [*] The MacLocksmith 2.1.0 FAT; file-folder-disk protection The MacLocksmith is an useful application to save your files from indiscreet eyes. It protects your files/folders quickly by using a strong encryption method and a password. Also it locks/unlocks disks by software flag. By using Special Keys you can activate some its extra ability: you can set/unset lock bit of files, lock/unlock names and, finally, show/hide files and folders. The MacLocksmith works very fast and can scan your disks looking for files to treat. It's Internet Config and Drag Manager aware moreover it's Appearance savvy. The MacLocksmith requires at least System 7 to run . Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@iol.it http://users.iol.it/yellowsoft New since version 2.0.1: Unique FAT version. Appearance savvy. Folders encryption-decryption. Notification manager support. Sped up encryption-decryption. Internet Config aware. To avoid troubles eliminated ability to hide disks. Minor changes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@iol.it http://users.iol.it/yellowsoft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/the-maclock-smith-210.hqx; 166K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:44:53 -0700 From: jcabello@giga.com Subject: [*] WebPalet I'm sending a utility that I make, WebPalet. It really is a web page that shows you all the colors that are web-safe, the colors that remain consistent across different monitors, operative systems and web browsers. Jorge L. Cabello [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/webpalet.hqx; 26K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:59:11 GMT From: casgrain.no.junk@ere.umontreal.ca (Philippe Casgrain) Subject: [A] Re: Eudora compatible multiple user e-mailer Andrew Minuhin wrote: [snip] > On the down side, however, it is slightly more involved then the other > methods -- up front and on the next upgrade. [snip of long and complicated method] There is a much simpler solution. Create a folder for each user. This folder can be anywhere on the hard disk, a network disk or even a floppy disk that the user carries with him/her. Find the file "Eudora Settings" that is probably located in your "Eudora folder" inside the system folder. Copy that file in each user's folder; you can leave its name as "Eudora settings" or, for clarity's sake, you can call it "Andrew's Eudora" or "Susie's Eudora" etc... For each user, double-click the user's settings file in the user's folder. This will start Eudora and, if it's already running, will replace the currently active settings file. Customize the settings (name, address, etc...) and voilą! Eudora has created all the accessory files and folders by itself. You are now free to move the users' folders, make aliases of the settings file for easy start, and upgrade your one copy of Eudora as often as you wish. Moral of the story: Start Eudora by double-clicking on its icon and it will look for its settings in the "Eudora Folder" inside your System folder (or to another location if you hack it like Andrew Minuhin explained). But start Eudora by double-clicking its settings file (which can be anywhere) and you can load any settings into one Eudora. Philippe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:00:01 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] Simple compiler wanted I would recommend CodeWarrior "Discover Programming Edition" for $79. It will support C/C++, Pascal, & Java in 68K native. If you want full capability (e.g. PPC & Win95/NT), the full compiler costs $450. Nice environment, I haven't done anything with a Mac interface yet, just file input & output + console output. Comes complete with books for each language. You also might want to consider the Apprentice series which includes a couple more languages (e.g. Python, Perl) and a variety of prebuilt librairies. Metrowerks at 1-800-377-5416 www.fortner.com for FORTRAN compiler -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:35:02 -0400 From: Chris Gervais Subject: [A] WIN95 Help Files >I know that this question may sound horrible even obscene but I wondered if >there is a program that will convert Windows 95 help files (*.HLP) to an >equivalent on the Mac (Adobe PDF, Apple Guide). Apple has a tool for its developers called the "Apple Guide Visual Authoring Tool" which is supposed to be able to read in Windows .HLP files and help you convert them to AppleGuide format (although I think you need to be a registered Apple developer to get access to it). You also might want to do a search for a product called "Guide Composer", it may offer this capability as well. Or you could look into the QuickHelp engine that Adobe, Macromedia and others use that bring the Windows Help functionality to the MacOS. IMHO, it's not an elegant solution (AppleGuide is much better...and cooler) but it does work. I think Altura Software wrote QuickHelp. Hope this helps, Chris ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:02:26 -0800 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A]: how to destroy files? You need to ZERO the disk space after you have deleted the trash. Two ways I know of, I'm sure there are more: 1) Norton Speed Disk and select the option to write zeros to empty disk space. 2) Speed Doubler has a "security erase" mode. -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 98 09:49:09 +0000 From: PHS Computer Lab Room 117 Subject: [Q] Networkable Scanner? [Q] Networkable Scanner? I need a scanner that can be easily shared by the 24 students on my network. The scanner is used primarily to scan color PICTs into Photoshop. Currently one computer is connected to the scanner, and the student using that computer has to stop working while someone does their scanning. Not efficient. I am aware of the HP networkable scanner, but I understand that is a grayscale PC only printer. The ideal would be a utility like ScanShare that would put the scanner on the network for choice in the Chooser, just like a printer. I have an old version of that software that I never did get to work properly. Anything else out there? ANybody using ScanShare? Dan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:05:33 -0700 From: oaads@dancris.com (O&A) Subject: Mac vs. PC debate forum on www I was sick of seeing the Mac vs. PC debates clogging usenet, so I created a forum on the WWW for you to debate on. Stop the Spam on Usent and fight for your fav. OS or CPU on the "Mac vs. PC debate forum" http://www.doitnow.com/~macman ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 07:12:08 -0800 From: Charles Zweig Subject: num-lock light > Does anyone know what it means when the (num-lock light) on the KeyBoard > comes on when I startup a program? (It doesn't happen with all my programs > just one or two). If you are trying to turn off the num-lock light in MSWord 6.x, press & hold the SHIFT key while depressing the num lock (clear) key. The num lock key is a binary switch controlling the numerical keypad and some additional functions. 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