Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #149 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sun, 20 Jul 97 Volume 15 : Issue 149 Today's Topics: [*] mega mind [*] Mister Monster Maker 3D 2.3 [*] Orion [*] Recall 1.1, the ultimate digital egg-timer [*] Rendered Desktop Pix [*] RICE v1.0b Restricted Interval Counterpoint Engine [*] tiggrs-clock-14-ad.hqx [*] trigo-121-ad.hqx [*] Ultimate NeXT Scheme 1.0B4 [*] Ultimate X Windows Scheme 2.0B1 [Q] Defeating junk email [Q] Defeating junk email [Q] Some Questions about MacLink Plus Convert Picture to Icons? Cookies Defeating junk email Defeating junk email Eudora Pro 3.1 & Netscape Info-Mac Digest V15 #147 problems unstuffing large file Sticky Menus telnet client wanted The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. 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We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #149" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:49 -0700 From: pavao@mail.telepac.pt Subject: [*] mega mind MegaMind 1.0 - is a game of logics. When you start a new game, the computer makes a secret code made of a combination of the 8 available colors. That code is represented by some pins like the one presented below. Those pins appear in the topmost row of the MegaMind Board. Your goal is to duplicate the exact colors and positions of the pins in the secret code. You start by filling the first row with pins that you drag from the trays. Rows are numbered from the bottom to the top, so you start by filling the row in the bottom of the playing board. While you're dragging a pin, you'll notice a green outline around the holes in wich you can drop your pin as you pass over them. Those green outlines will only appear if the hole you're passing over is a valid 'drop hole'. When you release the mouse button, the pin you were holding goes strait into the hole in wich you dropped it. [Archived as /info-mac/game/mega-mind-1.hqx; 127K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:51 -0700 From: akko@ilmioweb.it Subject: [*] Mister Monster Maker 3D 2.3 Mister Monster Maker 3D is used to create monsters, riddles, items, spells [and more] to be used in Sword Dream 3D. Sword Dream 3D is a three-dimensional adventure gaming system for the Macintosh. Your surroundings are in three-D (just like in Marathon=81, Doom=81 or Descent=81= ). Still, this isn't a shoot-em-up videogame: it's a think-first, act-later game. And it's fun for days, not minutes... Dream 3D is distributed under the shareware system: try it first, pay if you like it. New features for this version include: * MMM 2.3 allows you to define light sources in the 3D environment. You can design and place an object that will give off visible light - e. g. candelabra, torches, lanterns etc. MMM 2.3 also fixes all known bugs in previous versions. The Sword Dream 3D WWW site can be reached at http://www.comenius.com/dream/ There you'll find full details on the game, and will be able to download a copy. This software was created using Claris HyperCard. You'll need version 2.3 (or greater) of the HyperCard player to use it. Entities created with MMM should be placed in game scenarios using the "ScenarioMaker 3D" application, version DR6 or greater. ScenarioMaker DR6 is being released simultanously with MMM 2.3. Hardware requirements for MMM: any Macintosh with System 7 and 2 MB RAM free= . MMM is freeware and can be freely re-distributed. For more info, use e-mail. mailto:akko@ilmioweb.it [Archived as /info-mac/game/mister-monster-maker-23.hqx; 174K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:44 -0700 From: boss@netrover.com Subject: [*] Orion It is an extension that enhances the Mac user interface, with menu bar and folders and all. It is possible to install it instantly with the installer that I made. Please put it in your archive... Yes, I accept that it will be distributed in CD-ROMS :) I might add that I will be happy if I see it in a CD-ROM :) Michael Munger BOSS =A9 http://www.netrover.com/~boss/index.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/orion-10.hqx; 486K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:37 -0700 From: mennigmann@cww.de Subject: [*] Recall 1.1, the ultimate digital egg-timer What Is Recall? If you manage your appointments and other events with Post-it notes stuck to your computer because you think electronic appointment books are too complicated to be bothered with, then 'Recall...' may be for you. Designed to remind you of appointments and events happening the same day or within the next 24 hours, 'Recall...' sports a simple, intuitive interface. Simply click on the button that matches the time period after which you need to be reminded. New With This Version A new preferences dialog lets you switch the sound on and off, choose the sound to use for notification and set the default reminder title. With this preferences dialog you can choose the reference time for all reminders to begin with the application startup or with the click of a time-button. All sounds will now be played asynchronous. Two sounds are available from 'Recall...' itself : 'Recall (1)' which is the sound you will hear when opening the 'About'-box, and 'Recall (2)', just another funny noise... There are some new entries in the 'Edit'-menu. You can now copy my addresses to the clipboard with a single menu-selection; the Preferences dialog is also accessable with this menu. Requirements 'Recall...' v1.1 requires a Macintosh with a 68020 or better processor or a Power Macintosh, a minimum of 430K of available memory and System 7.1 or later. Registration Information 'Recall...' is shareware. You are permitted to use the application on a trial basis for up to 10 days. If you wish to continue using the product beyond that period, you must register by paying a fee of DM 10,- in German currency or $10 in U.S. currency cash. Otherwise you must remove 'Recall...' from your computer storage medium. For more information about 'Recall...' or for downloading please visit . [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/recall-11.hqx; 668K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:52 -0700 From: pbuko@uclink4.berkeley.edu Subject: [*] Rendered Desktop Pix This is a collection of 13 desktop pictures I created with KPT Bryce 2.0. Cave at Dawn Desert Pond Faint Mists Fantasy Island Flattened Clones Floating Sphere Low Moon Melted Sphere Mirror & Spheres Misty Shoreline Snowy Mountain Thaw Watery Each image is 832 x 624, millions of colors, and in max-quality JPEG format. Feel free to resize these images to your liking and distribute them anywhere in their original format. Enjoy! -Peter M. Bukowinski Computer Resource Specialist, UC Berkeley pbukowin@ced.berkeley.edu [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/bryce-rendered-dt-pix.hqx; 5978K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:48 -0700 From: jiwalker@postoffice.utas.edu.au Subject: [*] RICE v1.0b Restricted Interval Counterpoint Engine R.I.C.E. is a fully featured Macintosh application which helps a composer generate music for chamber music compositions. It is designed to be integrated in the compositional process and also integrated with existing commercial MIDI software. R.I.C.E. features exciting functions such as * A dynamic "Search, Audition, Accept" composing method. * A "Set Manager" which holds multiple sets of Interval Restrictions which control the 'sound' of your composition. * A "Performance mode" allows you to 'play' your music straight into a sequencer ready for transcription! * The "Analysis Manager" quickly analyses music you play in - making it simple to create more music just like it! * and a "Canon Manager" makes writing canon and self similar counterpoint *Very* simple. ;-) If you are wanting to control the 'sound' of your compositions, and make it easy to create instrumental and choral chamber music compositions without letting the computer make any decisions for you, R.I.C.E. is for you! This initial public version of R.I.C.E. is an attempt to create a composers sketchpad - where the computer does the 'hack work' quickly and accurately, leaving the composer free to make musical and compositional decisions unhinded. While R.I.C.E. certainly cannot cater for every compositional need, it begins bridge the gap between the human element in the compositional process and traditional 'data management' and 'graphic' programs such as sequences and notation software. R.I.C.E. is fully documented, and this archived copy has documentation in MS-Word format... there are other formats at the R.I.C.E. web page at : http://www.music.utas.edu.au/walker/software/rice/ricehome.html This program may be included on CD-ROM The following setup is recommended. 68040 or Power PC processor Thousands of colours. 2MB disk space 3 MB of free RAM System 7.1 or greater OMS 2.x MIDI interface connected to MIDI Keyboard and or Sound Box, OR, Quicktime 2.5, with Musical Instruments Extension. Jirrah Walker. jirrah@poboxes.com jiwalker@postoffice.utas.edu.au http://www.music.utas.edu.au/walker/ [Archived as /info-mac/gst/midi/rice-10b1.hqx; 458K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:41 -0700 From: pooh@grafisis.nl Subject: [*] tiggrs-clock-14-ad.hqx Tiggr's Clock 1.4, for After Dark Replaces: tiggrs-clock-13-ad.hqx A friend of mine, called Tiggr , originally wrote this rather nice clock for his NeXT machine. So he deserves the creative credit. This clock is an arc ranging from the hour-hand to the minute-hand. I didn't look into Tiggr's source, but I figure that with Display PostScript the code was much neater that mine, I use Regions to create smooth drawing (instead of off-screen drawing) which is fast and results in a nice 'Multiple' colour effect. Anyways, have fun! This is freeware. pooh@iaehv.nl Changes since version 1.4: 1.4: * Introduced a switch to have the clock either bounce off the edges of the screen on its shape or on its maximum rectangle. * The clock's size is now relative to the screen resolution. * Updated tiggr's e-mail address. * Some small changes to vers, TEXT, STR and ICN# resources. pooh@iaehv.nl / pooh@grafisis.nl [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/tiggrs-clock-14.hqx; 12K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:43 -0700 From: pooh@grafisis.nl Subject: [*] trigo-121-ad.hqx This is a rewrite for AfterDark of a screensaver I wrote for the Apple ][ back in the old days. It's also FreeWare. It phase-shifts a plot of the function: x = cos (w1 * omega + f1) * cos (w2 * omega + f2) y = cos (w3 * omega + f3) * cos (w4 * omega + f4) pooh@iaehv.nl Changes since version 1.2: 1.2.1: * No changes to the code. Just updated my mail and eMail addresses and added a thumbnail icon for AfterDark 3.0 or better. pooh@iaehv.nl / pooh@grafisis.nl [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/trigo-121.hqx; 14K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:45 -0700 From: petermmpr@hotmail.com Subject: [*] Ultimate NeXT Scheme 1.0B4 Hello. This is maintence update for my Kaleidoscope Color Scheme called Ultimate NeXT. There are NO new features or additions, and the version number is still the same, however, this update fixes a number of small bugs that I missed earlier. This MUST replace any older version of the scheme you might have! All updates will be posted on my WWW site first: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/kaleidoscope.html Thank you! Peter J. Garlinski petermmpr@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/index1.html <- My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/kaleidoscope.html <- Updates Here [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/next.hqx; 130K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 15:11:47 -0700 From: petermmpr@hotmail.com Subject: [*] Ultimate X Windows Scheme 2.0B1 Hello. This is maintence update for my Kaleidoscope Color Scheme called Ultimate X Windows. There are NO new features or additions, and the version number is still the same, however, this update fixes a number of small bugs that I missed earlier. This MUST replace any older version of the scheme you might have! All updates will be posted on my WWW site first: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/kaleidoscope.html Thank you! Peter J. Garlinski petermmpr@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/index1.html <- My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6305/kaleidoscope.html <- Updates Here [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/xwin.hqx; 80K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:28:41 -0700 From: Chris Schram Subject: [Q] Defeating junk email On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Mark Hurty wrote: >Any clues on how to set mail preferences to bounce messages that are >junk? I would prefer to filter out messages at the unix level (when they >reach my ISP) but I would also use suggestions regarding auto-trashing >of messages once they reach my Mac. Bouncing junk email does little good because the and/or headers are often bogus, and they may just bounce right back at you. That said, here is a verbal description of the primary mail filter I use in Eudora Light. It will trash any Bcc'd message: Header does not contain AND Header does not contain Transfer to Here is a slightly less stringent filter. It allows the header: Header <> does not contain Transfer to Be sure to add all "positive" filters (Bcc'd messages you want to read) *BEFORE* any Trash filters. Example: Header <> contains Transfer to Keep your Trash window open for a week or so until you're sure things are working right, or create a SPAM mailbox, filter to it instead and review/trash it periodically. [Hope that the FTC and/or Congress apply the same rules to junk email that currently apply to junk FAX.] Chris Schram -- schram@mail.coos.or.us -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:57:43 -0400 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: [Q] Defeating junk email At 7:56 AM -0700 7/16/97, Mark Hurty wrote: >Any clues on how to set mail preferences to bounce messages that are >junk? I would prefer to filter out messages at the unix level (when they >reach my ISP) but I would also use suggestions regarding auto-trashing >of messages once they reach my Mac. > >Mark Hurty >hurty@idiom.com Give Eudora Pro 3 by Qualcomm a shot. They have quite a few filtering criteria available. You can filter by header, by body content and even use simple if logic. If you must do this at the UNIX level, there are binaries such as filter and others which will work with elm and several other UNIX mail binaries. Take care ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:50:14 -0400 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: [Q] Some Questions about MacLink Plus At 10:50 AM -0400 7/15/97, Allan Hunter wrote: >Since Claris does not appear to be updating and improving its XTND >translator technology, I am strongly considering buying the translators >from DataViz, MacLink Plus. I'm wondering... > Dear Allan, As far as how fast the software is and detailed info, you have two official sources of information: 1) Call DataViz at 1 (800) 780-1466 and probably speak to presales. 2) Check out their web page at www.datawiz.com. If you're going to buy MacLinkPlus, DON'T!! According to the Apple Relations people, MacLinkPlus 9 will be included with the OS 8 CD... more justification for buying OS 8 ;) :)) Take care ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 12:02:50 -0400 From: Edd Marquart Subject: Convert Picture to Icons? On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Aaron Peckham asked: > What is the name of the utility that takes a PICT file as input and spi= ts > out a bunch of icons, arranged in a folder to reproduce the original file? The only one I've found is Iconizer 1.2, postcardware by John McLaughlin = of Canberra, Australia. Unfourtunately, I don't remember where I found it, but it might be available at: Edd Marquart New Jersey USA ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 02:06:37 +0200 From: "Johan W. Elzenga" Subject: Cookies > A number of programs exist to delete or alter the Cookie file of > browsers. Often the description suggests that Cookie file information > exists only for the benefit of the commercial provider. This is > not always the case. Some sites with login procedures, including NY > Times, will record your login and password in your cookie file if you > request this, which saves you the hassle of logging in each time. There is an easier way to achieve the same result, which is a very unknown feature of browsers: Did you know you can include your login-name and pasword in your URL? Suppose the URL is "www.nytimes.com". You can directly login by setting your bookmark to: "http://name:password@www.nytimes.com". Just set all your pasword-protected URL's this way and you never have to type a pasword again and you can safely delete your cookies each day. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 04:17:02 +0200 From: Michel Eytan LILoL Subject: Defeating junk email On 19-07-97 quoth Info-Mac pithily: > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 07:56:35 -0700 > From: Mark Hurty > Subject: [Q] Defeating junk email > > Any clues on how to set mail preferences to bounce messages that are > junk? I would prefer to filter out messages at the unix level (when they > reach my ISP) but I would also use suggestions regarding auto-trashing > of messages once they reach my Mac. > > Mark Hurty > hurty@idiom.com We all wish someone did have a solution to that! Only legislation will stop it. In the meantime, Join CAUCE (cf my .sig below) and go to the following Web pages: -- Michel Eytan eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr Help stop Internet spam! Join CAUCE: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 97 18:32:12 -0500 From: Lanny Chambers Subject: Defeating junk email On 7/19/97 14:32, Info-Mac (info-mac@starnine.com) wrote: >Any clues on how to set mail preferences to bounce messages that are >junk? I would prefer to filter out messages at the unix level (when they >reach my ISP) but I would also use suggestions regarding auto-trashing >of messages once they reach my Mac. I don't know nuthin' about unix, but here's what I do in Emailer: I created a mail action to sort all incoming messages addressed or copied to me into the "in" box, plus toss the 3 mailing lists I subscribe to into their respective folders (be sure to use whatever header field is appropriate: sometimes it's "from," sometimes another field). Anything that fails these tests gets passed directly into the "deleted" folder. Since hardly any spam email is addressed to a particular individual, this works quite well. I never see the offending spam at all, and it's automatically deleted when Emailer quits. I assume other email clients have equivalent internal utilities. Lanny Chambers (lanny@derived.com) St. Louis, USA Visit the Hummingbird Page: ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 23:41:22 +0200 From: Bo Bjulen Subject: Eudora Pro 3.1 & Netscape At 23.45 -0800 1997-07-15, David L. Ellis wrote: >I am having a problem making Eudora Pro my default e-mail program. I have >used a couple of applescripts, including the one recommended by Qualcomm at >the Eudora.com web page. They all work the first time, click on a "MailTo" >link in Navigator, and it opens a new message in Eudora. But, when I >reboot, it doesn't work anymore - I click on the "MailTo" link, and >Navigator's e-mail program pops up. What's going on? The Applescript adds two strings in STR# 2003 in the resource fork of the file Netscape Preferences, located in System Folder : Preferences : Netscape =9F. =46or some reason--and I have no idea why--there are cases when STR# 2003 is missing and then Netscape will not remember that it should use Eudora. You can use ResEdit to add an empty STR# 2003 to the file and then run the script, this will work in my experience. (Usual ResEdit disclaimer: work on a copy of the file and save the original somewhere else than in the folder it was in so you can replace it if something goes wrong). The script for making Eudora the default program is very simple, by the way: tell app "Netscape Communicator" register protocol "CSOm" for protocol "mailto:" end tell -- or "Netscape Navigator" for versions earlier than 4.0 -- Bo Bjulen mailto:bbjn@pobox.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 16:47:04 -0400 From: KrishnaMohan & Bhuvaneswari Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #147 > Yesterday I reformatted my hard-drive to get rid of some goblins and > ghoulies and accidentally deleted a program I need. With this extension > you click on the menu name (such as file) once and it will hold the > pull-down menu in the down position the way that windoze does. Great for > Powerbooks. For the life of me I can't remember what it was called! All I > know is it was freeware and I miss it. If anyone can remind what it is > called I'll be grateful. Just wait for a week. When you update to System 8, you will find that this function is integrated with the system. Best Wishes - KrishnaMohan. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:47:15 +0200 From: Christian F Buser Subject: problems unstuffing large file Dan Cross wrote > 25 megs stuffed, and the file format is .sit.bin). When I drag it onto > Stuffit Expander(4.01), the application opens, pauses briefly, then > closes again. It does not unstuff the file, or give me any type of > message. Try to double-click StuffIt Expander and open the file from within the application. Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser - phone (+41-81) 925 35 80 Casa Luscheina, CH-7151 Schluein (Switzerland) Look at ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 97 12:46:53 +0200 From: Tomi Radnoti Subject: Sticky Menus On 18 Jul 97 10:12:44 -0000 "James M. Bleifus" wrote: > >Hi Info-Macers, > >Yesterday I reformatted my hard-drive to get rid of some goblins and >ghoulies and accidentally deleted a program I need. With this extension >you click on the menu name (such as file) once and it will hold the >pull-down menu in the down position the way that windoze does. Great for >Powerbooks. For the life of me I can't remember what it was called! All I >know is it was freeware and I miss it. If anyone can remind what it is >called I'll be grateful. It's called "StickyClick". Tomi ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:12:41 -0400 From: "Zafar A. Punjani" Subject: telnet client wanted At 9:45 AM +0100 7/18/97, Trevor Harris wrote: >I am looking for a telnet client for the Mac that maps the PageUp, PageDown >keys etc. Nifty Telnet does not appear to be able to do this. What is the >recommended client for this purpose, now that NCSA Telnet has stopped >development? > >Trevor Harris, Lampeter, UK There is client by a certain Rold Braun called Better Telnet, which just went out of beta and is currently at version 1.0. It can be had by pointing your browser at http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/mac/telnet/ Cheers! -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************