Subject: Info-Mac Digest V19 #68 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 15 Aug 02 Volume 19 : Issue 68 Today's Topics: [*] LifeLab 4.0 [*] Smiley's Challenge 1.0 [*] Smiley's Challenge 1.0 OS X Optical ADB Mouse? Recommendations for Software firewall? Spam Fire Subject: Optical ADB Mouse? 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. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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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 #68" ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 2002 From: Andrew Trevorrow To: Subject: [*] LifeLab 4.0 LifeLab is a software laboratory for experimenting with John Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata. LifeLab 4.0 is a Carbon application that runs natively on OS X. It also runs on OS 8.6/9.x if CarbonLib 1.3 or later is installed. This release has many new features: * Allows 1D rules (see what got Steven Wolfram all excited). * Supports various grid types: plane, torus, Klein bottle, etc. * Pattern editing/viewing/generating can occur at all power-of-two scales from 8 pixels per cell to 64 cells per pixel. * Pattern generation is about twice as fast. * Lots of cosmetic improvements. The shareware fee is $20. For more details see: http://www.trevorrow.com/lifelab Andrew Trevorrow (andrew@trevorrow.com) [Archived as /info-mac/sci/lifelab-40.hqx; 310 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 2002 From: MacMuse@aol.com To: Subject: [*] Smiley's Challenge 1.0 MacMuse Software, Shareware for Education, announces the release of Smiley's Challenge 1.0 This program is available for classic Mac (OS 8.1 - 9.x) or for Mac OSX. Smiley's Challenge 1.0 ...is an easy to learn, fun game for students and adults. Game 1 is called Find Smiley. The player must click on blocks in a grid to find Smiley using clues provided by colored lights. The player must, however, avoid the Badees which increase in number with each round. Bonus blocks can multiply your score. Students will learn to read clues and to üehalfüf a row in order to find the target as quickly as possible. Game 2 is called Capture Smiley. The player clicks on blocks in the grid to trap Smiley. The player may select either single click or auto-move mode for a fast paced game. A high scores list is available so players can try to beat their best scores. Online help is available in the game. The program includes sounds and colorful graphics. Shareware $7. Site License $50. Registration documents included with the program. NOTE: Smiley's Challenge is free to registered users of other MacMuse Software. If the program does not automatically register itself, please email for a registration code. [Archived as /info-mac/game/smiley-10.hqx; 3159 K] ------------------------------ Date: 15 Aug 2002 From: MacMuse@aol.com To: Subject: [*] Smiley's Challenge 1.0 OS X MacMuse Software, Shareware for Education, announces the release of Smiley's Challenge 1.0 This program is available for classic Mac (OS 8.1 - 9.x) or for Mac OSX. Smiley's Challenge 1.0 ...is an easy to learn, fun game for students and adults. Game 1 is called Find Smiley. The player must click on blocks in a grid to find Smiley using clues provided by colored lights. The player must, however, avoid the Badees which increase in number with each round. Bonus blocks can multiply your score. Students will learn to read clues and to üehalfüf a row in order to find the target as quickly as possible. Game 2 is called Capture Smiley. The player clicks on blocks in the grid to trap Smiley. The player may select either single click or auto-move mode for a fast paced game. A high scores list is available so players can try to beat their best scores. Online help is available in the game. The program includes sounds and colorful graphics. Shareware $7. Site License $50. Registration documents included with the program. NOTE: Smiley's Challenge is free to registered users of other MacMuse Software. If the program does not automatically register itself, please email for a registration code. [Archived as /info-mac/game/smiley-10-osx.hqx; 3393 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:20:31 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Allan Hunter Subject: Optical ADB Mouse? Allan Hunter wrote: >I have this notion that in the era before iMac and USB I used to see >ads for optical ADB mice for the Mac. Anyone verify this? Testify >as to their quality? I had one at my MacPlus long ago. It was called "A+" or "A-Plus", don't remember the name of the manufacturer. It was working quite well, but required a special "grid surcace". No idea whether that company still exists. Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Hilfe f’r Strassenkinder in Ghana: ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:21:53 -0400 From: gcbarry To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Recommendations for Software firewall? Hi Everyone, I have recently joined the cable modem generation, and feel a little nervous being online most of the day. I thought that I should probably set up a software firewall, and have tried the "NetBarrier" (http://www.intego.com/) free 30 day demo. It seems OK- but hard to prove that it "works", and at US$60, maybe a bit expensive. And Zonealarm does not make a Mac product. I'm running a beige G3 Mac under 8.6. Does anyone have any other products to recommend? I think Norton makes something, but they don't have a free demo. TIA, Carolyn ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 21:34:32 -0400 From: Louis Bergeron To: Subject: Spam Fire Discovered a new Spam killing program called Spam Fire following a lead by Adam Engst. Not bad at all because you can manage many accounts at the same time. It will give you a chance to check which emails are killed before purging them. You can rescue the emails and put the sender in your friend list. You can also import the whole address book from Entourage and other programs. The price is good. Www.matterform.com I tried also POP Manager which is good too but you have to manage each POP separately. The bounce function does not work well. Both programs are low cost and works well in general. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Louis Bergeron GRH Service Conseil C.P. 68 Granby Qc Canada J2G 8E2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:57:53 -0400 From: John To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Subject: Optical ADB Mouse? I just installed a USB Board into my PowerMac, so I can now use my optical mouse via usb, prior to that I used the same usb optical mouse via the ADB port with an adaptor from geethree.com it called the "Stealth" so it adapts a PS/2 mouse to ADB and those are easier to find. (PS/2 to USB) for your optical mouse. Hope that makes sense, anyhow it works for ADB machines. -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************