Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #43 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 10 May 02 Volume 19 : Issue 43 Today's Topics: [*] Autolink 1.2 [*] CrazyEights 2.0 [*] ramBunctious 2.0J - Japanese Version [*] ScopeDriver 1.2.1 [*] Uno 2.0 [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - French version [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - German version [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - Spanish version [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5J - Japanese version [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.2 for Mac OS X connecting Personal Laserwriter 320 to an iBook File Exchange Questions Ice cube stops fan in Powerbook Titanium G4 Info-Mac Digest V19 #42 IR interference on Performa 6400 Missing font "Kidprint" Missing font "Kidprint" OnLine Trading Re : Ice cube stops fan in Powerbook Titanium G4 Why does an Applescript work on MacOS8 but freeze on OS9? 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V19 #43" ------------------------------ Date: 8 May 2002 From: ZiggySoft¿ To: Subject: [*] Autolink 1.2 AutoLink¬ is a program that allows the user to automatically reconnect broken links, lost because of change of directories, site reorganization, cloning templates, etc. Unlike other similar programs, AutoLink¬ isn't limited to reporting the broken link; rather, it searchesÒbeginning from your local root site directoryÒfor the new link, and optionally substitutes it for the broken one on your HTML page. This means, if your pages is full of links, it saves you hours of manual work. Version history 1.2b - Corrected documentation (thanks to Loyd W. Mowry) 1.1b - Corrected some minor bug 1.0b - First release ZiggySoft¬ Paul Consolo P.O. BOX 150 00040 Pomezia - ROMA (Italy) www: http://www.tricostyle.com/ziggysoft fax: 39/06/9108357 e-mail: ziggysoft@tricostyle.com [Archived as /info-mac/text/html/autolink-12.hqx; 1391 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 May 2002 From: Dawn MacLaughlin To: Subject: [*] CrazyEights 2.0 CrazyEights pits you against the computer in this classic card game. The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards before your opponent does. Any player left holding cards when another player goes out is penalized points for each card held. The game ends when a player's score exceeds the game limit; the winner is the player with the lowest score. CrazyEights features: * 2-4 player action * a variety of options to tailor game play and appearance) * save and load game capability * on-line help, including description of the rules of play * tracking of your win percentage Version 2.0 adds 3 and 4 player games, save/load game capability, and more. CrazyEights requires OS X 10.1.3 with Java 1.3.1 Update 1. CrazyEights is distributed as shareware. You may try out the game for 15 days, after which game play is disabled. A single-user license costs $10. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/crazyeights-20.hqx; 179 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 May 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] ramBunctious 2.0J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the ramBunctious package. ramBunctious 2.0 is a RAM disk program for Macintosh computers using OS X and later. (For RAM disks on OS 9 and below, please use ramBunctious 1.6.2.) ramBunctious 2.0 provides basic RAM disk functionality for OS X, including being able to read from and write to RAM disks originally created using ramBunctious 1.x on OS 9 or below. OS X's driver architecture is wholly different from OS 9 and below, so we basically had to start over from scratch to implement a RAM disk suitable for OS X. If you're used to ramBunctious 1.6.2, you may find yourself looking for features not yet available in ramBunctious 2. Our primary goal was to make available an OS X RAM disk program, and we anticipate adding features during future releases as long as there's a place for us in the OS X marketplace. Multiple disks available simultaneously and real-time write-through are two examples of features that were sacrificed for now in order to release an OS X RAM disk program. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/rambunctious-20-jp.hqx; 311 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 2002 From: "Stephen E. Hutson" To: Subject: [*] ScopeDriver 1.2.1 ScopeDriver allows the user to connect a Macintosh computer to a Meade Autostar, LX-200, or compatible telescope. We've avoided the temptation of creating yet another sky charting program to interface with your telescope, as there are many excellent interactive sky charts already available. Instead, ScopeDriver's interface is designed to enhance your observing, so that you can spend more time observing actual sky objects -- not staring at your computer's screen. ScopeDriver is the result of extensive user research, and it's being used by individuals and institutions worldwide. Our goal is to keep the focus on the actual night sky, and to do what we can in software to make your observing more productive and enjoyable. Features include: * Convenient and powerful locator interface to find tens of thousands of sky objects by Common Name, Bayer/Flamsteed designation, Constellation, and much more. * Observing list support. * Orbiting body entry. * An integrated, searchable observing log. * The ability to store and select an unlimited number of Observing Sites. * A user guide that has garnered high praise for its readability, content, and appearance. * The ability to synchronize your telescope's clock with your computer's clock (both date and time). * Protective mechanisms to help avoid slews that could damage your instrument, mechanisms to delay motor reversals, etc. *Customizable "Night Mode" display to preserve your dark adaptation. * Full keypad and mouse control of focus and slew motors, with compensation for mirror reversed and/or inverted eyepiece display. * And literally hundreds of other features. ScopeDriver is shareware. Additional details can be found in the documentation. I am the author, and I can be reached at Support@ADPartnership.net. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/scope-driver-121.hqx; 6288 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 May 2002 From: Dawn MacLaughlin To: Subject: [*] Uno 2.0 UNO is a game for two or more players in which the object is to get rid of all your cards before your opponent does. If you are the first player to go out, you are awarded the point values of all the cards still held by other players. The first player to reach a certain number of points (usually 500) wins. UNO uses a special deck of 108 cards that features number cards (0 through 9) and word cards. Word cards cause special actions when played (such as reversing the direction of play or causing an opponent to pick up cards and lose a turn). Each card in the deck belongs to one of four colors: Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow (colors are analogous to suits in a standard deck of cards) - except for wild cards, which have no specific color. A legal play essentially involves matching the color, number, or word of the previously played card. UNO features: * 2-4 player action * a variety of options to tailor game play and appearance * save/load game capability * on-line help, including detailed description of the rules of play * tracking of your win percentage Version 2.0 adds features for saving and loading games, plus other minor enhancements. UNO requires OS X 10.1.3 with Java 1.3.1 Update 1. UNO is distributed as shareware. You may try out the game for 15 days, after which game play is disabled. A single-user license costs $10. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/uno-20.hqx; 478 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 2002 From: Alco Blom To: Subject: [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - French version Web Confidential 3.0.5 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 - French version Web Confidential is the most powerful password manager on the Mac today. It organizes passwords and protects them with industrial strength encryption. It is also available for Windows and Palm operating systems. These are the main features of Web Confidential for Mac: Encryption : Industrial strength encryption (using BlowFish) Automation : Automatic entry of WWW Forms and automatic HTTP Authentication Integration : Access to your passwords in your browser and from the Dock Synchronization : Synchronization with your Palm via a Conduit Cross-platform : Binary compatible with Web Confidential for Windows Other new features: Password Generator : Generate random passwords and WEP keys easily Dock Menus : Have access to all your passwords via the Mac OS X Dock Help Book : A full reference manual right onder the Help menu Web Confidential is 22 Euro shareware. Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS 9. For more information about Web Confidential, please visit: Contact: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-305-fr.hqx; 2314 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 2002 From: Alco Blom To: Subject: [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - German version Web Confidential 3.0.5 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 - German version Web Confidential is the most powerful password manager on the Mac today. It organizes passwords and protects them with industrial strength encryption. It is also available for Windows and Palm operating systems. These are the main features of Web Confidential for Mac: Encryption : Industrial strength encryption (using BlowFish) Automation : Automatic entry of WWW Forms and automatic HTTP Authentication Integration : Access to your passwords in your browser and from the Dock Synchronization : Synchronization with your Palm via a Conduit Cross-platform : Binary compatible with Web Confidential for Windows Other new features: Password Generator : Generate random passwords and WEP keys easily Dock Menus : Have access to all your passwords via the Mac OS X Dock Help Book : A full reference manual right onder the Help menu Web Confidential is 22 Euro shareware. Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS 9. For more information about Web Confidential, please visit: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-305-de.hqx; 1958 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 May 2002 From: Alco Blom To: Subject: [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5 - Spanish version Web Confidential 3.0.5 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 - Spanish version Web Confidential is the most powerful password manager on the Mac today. It organizes passwords and protects them with industrial strength encryption. It is also available for Windows and Palm operating systems. These are the main features of Web Confidential for Mac: Encryption : Industrial strength encryption (using BlowFish) Automation : Automatic entry of WWW Forms and automatic HTTP Authentication Integration : Access to your passwords in your browser and from the Dock Synchronization : Synchronization with your Palm via a Conduit Cross-platform : Binary compatible with Web Confidential for Windows Other new features: Password Generator : Generate random passwords and WEP keys easily Dock Menus : Have access to all your passwords via the Mac OS X Dock Help Book : A full reference manual right onder the Help menu Web Confidential is 22 Euro shareware. Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS 9. For more information about Web Confidential, please visit: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-305-es.hqx; 2296 K] ------------------------------ Date: 10 May 2002 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Web Confidential 3.0.5J - Japanese version Web Confidential 3.0.5 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 - Japanese version Web Confidential is the most powerful password manager on the Mac today. It organizes passwords and protects them with industrial strength encryption. It is also available for Windows and Palm operating systems. These are the main features of Web Confidential for Mac: Encryption : Industrial strength encryption (using BlowFish) Automation : Automatic entry of WWW Forms and automatic HTTP Authentication Integration : Access to your passwords in your browser and from the Dock Synchronization : Synchronization with your Palm via a Conduit Cross-platform : Binary compatible with Web Confidential for Windows Other new features: Password Generator : Generate random passwords and WEP keys easily Dock Menus : Have access to all your passwords via the Mac OS X Dock Help Book : A full reference manual right onder the Help menu Web Confidential is shareware. Requirements: Mac OS X or Mac OS 9. For more information about the Japanese version of Web Confidential, please visit: Contact: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-confidential-305-jp.hqx; 3272 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 May 2002 From: MaBaSoft To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.2 for Mac OS X World Clock Deluxe for Mac OS X is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in a horizontal or vertical palette and in the Dock, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. World Clock Deluxe for Mac OS X runs in English, Japanese, German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian. System Requirements: World Clock Deluxe for Mac OS X needs Mac OS X 10.0 or later. Major New Features: - The Clocks palette can be transformed into a non-floating window, can be made transparent and can be quickly shown and hidden from any application using an editable keyboard shortcut. The palette's size can be reduced by using a smaller font and by hiding scroll arrows. - Clocks can now be hidden and rearranged by option-clicking them in the palette and dragging them. - In Mac OS X 10.1 or later clocks can be displayed rotating in the Dock icon. - The incompatibility with UFS volumes has been fixed: preferences are now stored and retrieved using the Mac OS X preferences system. - Multiple screens are now correctly supported. - Several interface improvements have been introduced. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/world-clock-deluxe-32-osx.hqx; 1295 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 09:11:54 -0400 From: Vincent Cayenne To: Maurice McNeil , Subject: connecting Personal Laserwriter 320 to an iBook >On 4/21/02 3:45 AM, "Alessandro Ludovico" wrote: > >> I need to connect it via usb, because i use the ethernet for an adsl > > internet connection. At 2:24 PM -0700 2002/05/03, Maurice McNeil wrote: >Not sure why using the ethernet for ADSL should keep you from using it for >the printer. You merely need a hub. Actually, he needs more than "merely a hub". He is correct in saying that he needs the Ethernet connection for his DSL connection. If he procured a simple hub, the odds are that he could not connect to the DSL modem while using just the hub. He can use a broadband router to effect the DSL connection and then he needs a hub or switch so that the Ethernet devices are connected. Your _recommendation_ is correct because most of the offerings combine the broadband router and multi-port hub (or switch) in one device. DSL line --> router/switch --> each other LAN device (printer, computer) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 10:57:11 -0400 From: Bull To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: File Exchange Questions Hello all, had a few questions someone here may know the answer to. All regard the Apple File Exchange control panel (v. 3.0.5, but applicable to most all versions I think). 1. The Internet Control Panel, Advanced tab, File Mappings does the same thing as the File Exchange control panel. Changes made in either modify the same file, File Exchange Preferences. Question: does it matter which one I use? 2. The Internet Control Panel appears pretty flaky after making more than one or two changes. Icons get all messed up, and duplicates of settings appear. Question: is this just me, or is the Internet Control Panel an unstable bit of software? 3. Some applications on first running advise you that they are able to handle certain file types, and ask you if you would like them to do so. If you agree the application changes the File Exchange Preferences for you. Well and good. Other applications apparently just go do it without your permission - Real Player comes to mind. Question: any way to restrict these rogue apps? Thanks yall, Bull ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 12:05:13 -0700 From: Maurice McNeil To: Jacob Palme , Info-Mac Subject: Ice cube stops fan in Powerbook Titanium G4 A somewhat drier solution is to raise the TiBook off the table ever so slightly, I put mine on metal rails about 1/4" and it runs much cooler. There is also a $230 rack for the TiBook and iBook, but that seems to be a bit overkill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 22:10:53 -0700 From: Michael Khaw To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #42 > Subject: Why does an Applescript work on MacOS8 but freeze on OS9? > Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 10:51:35 -0700 > From: Michael Khaw > To: digest@info-mac.org > > The following lines... > > set myPick to {choose file} --returns an alias > set myInfo to info for myPick --info for is in Standard Additions > > ...work OK on OS 8, but on OS 9 the whole system freezes with the > rotating disc cursor (not rotating) at the second line. Force quit has > no effect. I have to use control+command+power to reboot. > > What am I doing wrong? What's the correct syntax/expression to use under OS9/OSX? > > Thanks, > Michael Khaw Someone on comp.sys.mac.apps diagnosed it as a bug in AppleScript 1.7, which ships with MacOS 9.2.2. Installing AppleScript 1.6 fixed it. Michael Khaw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 13:16:18 -0700 From: Peter Fleming To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: IR interference on Performa 6400 Can anyone help? My Performa 6400/200 sits about 3 feet to the right of my Sony 36" Trinitron XBR, and I have a Sony VCR under the TV. When I use my remote to control the TV or the VCR, it frequently causes my Performa to 1) Boot if it's off. 2) Shut down if it's running. 3) Quit or hide the Control Strip. 4) boot the Apple Audio Player. 5) wake up the monitors from 'sleep' under the SETI screen saver program, when the cursor is in the 'hot' corner. These actions occur when using the 'power' buttons or the volume control. I haven't been able to find any info on an infrared port on the Performa, either in the manual or searching TechInfo or TidBits. Does anyone know if this is an undocumented 'feature', or what? I'd dearly love to be able to turn it off via software, if possible, or a hardware fix if that's the only way. Thanks for any help, <> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:37:59 -0500 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: Jan van Schoot & Sjoukje Troost , Subject: Missing font "Kidprint" At 9:33 PM +0200 5/7/02, Jan van Schoot & Sjoukje Troost wrote: >I have had the font Kidprint on my computer. For unknown reasons it suddenly >disappeared. Can someone help me? I had the same problem a little while ago. I believe doing a google search of "kidprint mac font" turned it up for me. Yep, here it is: chazl -- If you begin to feel overload, consider your Earth ... what it feels ... - Hive, Ultrasonic Sound Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 14:05:14 +0200 From: Mikaeru To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Missing font "Kidprint" >I have had the font Kidprint on my computer. For unknown reasons it >suddenly disappeared. Can someone help me? I had the same problem once... The "Kidprint" font file itself is not a stand-alone file, it is actually part of a suitcase, so you cannot use Sherlock to search it on your hard-disk... You can find it, along with the fonts "Swing", "FrenchScript" and "Lydian MT" inside the suitcase "Palm Desktop Fonts" located in your usual Fonts folder. Still, "Kidprint" should appear in the Fonts menu of any application, otherwise it means that you may have to reinstall part of your original system... HTH, --Mikaeru ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:54:38 -0400 From: Stephen Zatuchni To: Subject: OnLine Trading Does anybody know which on-line trading firms are 100% Mac-compatible -- OS 9.2.2 AND OS X? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:44:39 -0500 From: "Paul M. Sheldon" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Re : Ice cube stops fan in Powerbook Titanium G4 Immensely cool! Thanks. I have a newton with no fan whatsoever and, when I keep it in a hot trunk, the display becomes unreadable or worse it crashes in its sleep. I have taken to nestling the think in a coat with some blue ice and I thought I was the only person in the world to live dangerously. You are a bold experimenter who will send the lawyers fleeing. The lawyers, Apple's lawyers, would not permit them to state such a solution unless it was thoroughly tested on a large population of people that actually cared. "What" these lawyers would say in horror "if the air humidity were to condense inside the TiG4 or newton and rust the circuit boards". We are the sort to boldly go where no lawyer has gone before. We are the sort to turn the TiG4 into something like "the cube" in a garage. We are the sort that provides a large population of people who care enough to risk such research, to live a life not entirely in warantee. We are the sort to wonder "What the heck is Quartz Extreme doing in the same box as Inkwell and how big a box is that and will it need a fan?" Tally ho, here we go, remember who we are! We're the bold users! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 22:11:53 -0700 From: Michael Khaw To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Why does an Applescript work on MacOS8 but freeze on OS9? in Info-Mac Digest > The following lines... > > set myPick to {choose file} --returns an alias > set myInfo to info for myPick --info for is in Standard Additions > > ...work OK on OS 8, but on OS 9 the whole system freezes with the > rotating disc cursor (not rotating) at the second line. Force quit has > no effect. I have to use control+command+power to reboot. > > What am I doing wrong? What's the correct syntax/expression to use under OS9/OSX? > > Thanks, > Michael Khaw Someone on comp.sys.mac.apps diagnosed it as a bug in AppleScript 1.7, which ships with MacOS 9.2.2. Installing AppleScript 1.6 fixed it. Michael Khaw -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************