Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #323 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 21 Jul 99 Volume 16 : Issue 323 Today's Topics: [*] "Cosmic Rocker" Alert Sound (16-bit/44kHz) [*] "Cosmic Rocker" Alert Sound (8-bit/22kHz) [*] 37thResEx 2.0.2; the resources extractor. [*] 3D Terrain Mapper v0.1.7 [*] Amadeus II [*] AOL/AIM Phader [*] AOL/AIM Phader [*] Arnold - Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator for the Macintosh [*] Audio Visualizer v0.8 - An audio frequency spectrum display [*] Audiocorder 1.0.0 - allows your Mac to act as an audio [*] AutoCat 2.3 - Finnish version [*] AutoCat 2.4 FR - Catalog Different [*] Black & Bleu v1.1 - Macintosh error code analyzer/diagnostic [*] BookCovers v1.1.2 (formerly BookMarks v1.0) [*] Bouquet Nouveau Kaleidoscope scheme [*] Boy with Nintendo Desktop (17in) [*] BTV - view full-screen video from any video digitising source [*] Burning Monkey Solitaire II [*] ChaosCastle 0.9 - A scrolling shoot-em-up [*] Chess Rating Calculator 1.0 [*] ClippingNamer 1.0.3 - helps you manage clippings [*] Colonisation 4.0 [*] ColorMusic 1.1 [*] ConMail 1.3.1b0 [*] Countdown Reminder v1.5 [*] CyberRay 1.5.1 [*] Cyclone 1.0 - Text Encoding Conversion Utility [*] DGen: - dolid Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Macintosh [*] Eartraining-262.hqx [*] Easy Accents [*] eContact 1.1.1 [*] Ephemerid 1.2 - Pop-Up Calendar & Clock - Freeware [*] epsConverter 1.4.1 [*] Eyes 1.0 [*] EZCalendar v1.01 released! [*] FileShield SDK 1.0 [*] Jin's Color Scheme, "B.T" [*] MaBaSoft releases Euro Assistant Pro 2.0 [*] TidBITS#487/05-Jul-99 Info-Mac Digest V16 #321 Looking for simple spreadsheet/database Media Player for Mac is BUGGY One ISP - Two Users Recording a SCSI copy CD? What kind of hardware upgrade do I need? 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. Email Addresses and Instructions: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with subscribe in the Subject line. * To unsubscribe, send email to with unsubscribe in the Subject line. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. 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The guitar plays a 3-note upward scale progression with a wah effect and subtle stereo delay, creating a short, attention-grabbing sound The "Cosmic Rocker" alert beep is available in both 16-bit/44.1kHz and 8-bit/22.5kHz versions and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds web site along with tons of other free Mac sounds at: This file is freeware and may be redistributed freely providing it is unaltered and includes the accompanying document. Note that a portion of this archive is information concerning Clixsounds products and services. Contact Information: Internet: email@clixsounds.com Support: support@clixsounds.com Sales: sales@clixsounds.com America Online: CLIXSOUNDS World Wide Web: http://www.clixsounds.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/cosmic-rocker-16-bit.hqx; 1057K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:51:52 -0700 From: "Clixsounds" Subject: [*] "Cosmic Rocker" Alert Sound (8-bit/22kHz) Rock into the future with the "Cosmic Rocker" alert sound, a hi-fidelity stereo recording of a space age-sounding electric guitar. The guitar plays a 3-note upward scale progression with a wah effect and subtle stereo delay, creating a short, attention-grabbing sound The "Cosmic Rocker" alert beep is available in both 16-bit/44.1kHz and 8-bit/22.5kHz versions and can be downloaded here or at the Clixsounds web site along with tons of other free Mac sounds at: This file is freeware and may be redistributed freely providing it is unaltered and includes the accompanying document. Note that a portion of this archive is information concerning Clixsounds products and services. Contact Information: Internet: email@clixsounds.com Support: support@clixsounds.com Sales: sales@clixsounds.com America Online: CLIXSOUNDS World Wide Web: http://www.clixsounds.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/cosmic-rocker-8-bit.hqx; 425K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:06:52 -0700 From: yellowsoft@iol.it Subject: [*] 37thResEx 2.0.2; the resources extractor. 37thResEx is a useful application for seeing, extracting, copying and transferring resources from files. By means of it you may: - view all types of resources into files; - view all resources of determined type; - view resources contents; - know resources attributes; - gather resources infos; - copy individual resources or whole types into already existing files or into new ones; - modify attributes of copied resources; - modify attributes of original resources; - remove from files individual resource or whole types; - check the Resource Fork integrity. 37thResEx can also convert resources of type 'snd ', 'TEXT', 'PICT', and icon families into double-clickable files: - converted Icon families show theirs own icon on the desktop; - converted 'snd ' resources become sound files; - converted 'TEXT' resources become styled text files - converted 'PICT' resources become pict files. Last, but not least: by means of hot key, you may achieve directly the Conversion dialogs, without opening the file-related window. Moreover, if you launch 37thResEx by using this feature, after completing its job it quits itself automatically. 37thResEx is Internet Config, Drag Manager, Balloon Help and Navigation Manager aware, moreover it's Appearance savvy. It requires at least System 7 to run. Author: Rocco Moliterno mailto:yellowsoft@kagi.com http://yellowsoft.tsx.org 37thResEx page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/7162/resex.html What's new in 2.0.2 version - Code optimized for better performances. - Improved Internet menu. - Addresses update. - Removed registration form from About Box. - Added Registrations folder. - Added Support folder. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/37th-resex-202.hqx; 346K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:04:17 -0700 From: jobeck@lightlink.com Subject: [*] 3D Terrain Mapper v0.1.7 This program is a development release of my freeware 3D Terrain Mapper. She makes wireframe models of land (or ocean floor, if you like) given user GPS and depth above/below sea-level. If the mirrors aren't working for some reason, your subscribers can download it from me at http://www.lightlink.com/jobeck/3D.sit Jared Beck jobeck@lightlink.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/3d-terrain-modeling-017.hqx; 224K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:04:13 -0700 From: Martin Hairer Subject: [*] Amadeus II Amadeus II is a shareware thet allows to process sounds easily on a Macintosh. It provides tools like the reduction of background noise, the generation of precise sonograms and spectrum analyses as well as many standard features (filtering, echoing, and so on). It also provides more professional functions like direct-to-disk abilities and the processing of 24Bit sound. System and material requirements are: MacOS 8.1 or later and a PowerPC based machine. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/amadeus-ii.hqx; 512K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:06:53 -0700 From: "Mike Margolis" Subject: [*] AOL/AIM Phader This Phader is a fun little AOL/AIM utility that allows you to chat/IM more colorfully. You can control the style, font, size, and many other aspects of the text, but most importantly, you can gradient your text! You can send messages that smoothly change color from red to yellow to green, or whatever colors you choose! For more information check out http://mike.axisproductions.com/phader/ [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/aol-aim-phader-10b3.hqx; 27K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:03:05 -0700 From: "From:\"Mike Margolis\"" Subject: [*] AOL/AIM Phader This Phader is a fun little AOL/AIM utility that allows you to chat/IM more colorfully. You can control the style, font, size, and many other aspects of the text, but most importantly, you can gradient your text! You can send messages that smoothly change color from red to yellow to green, or whatever colors you choose! For more information check out http://mike.axisproductions.com/phader/ [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/aol-aim-phader-10b3.hqx; 27K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:02:36 -0700 From: Richard.Bannister.titan@indigo.ie Subject: [*] Arnold - Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator for the Macintosh Amstrad CPC/CPC+ emulator for the Macintosh. Includes all you need to get started, as well as a copy of the Voyage93 demo, so you can see what Arnold can do out of the box. (PPC only). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/arnold-101.hqx; 1229K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:48:26 -0700 From: "Alfred L. Poy" Subject: [*] Audio Visualizer v0.8 - An audio frequency spectrum display Written by Alfred L. Poy Version 0.8, 10-May-1999 What is Audio Visualizer? Audio Visualizer is a program which analyzes and displays the frequency content of sounds, such as music from a CD. The program shows the frequency content of both the left and right channels of stereo sound. The program performs its calculations in "real time" and lets you see the results as the sounds are being played. System Requirements The Audio Visualizer program requires a Power Mac to run. I think that it should work on any machine with at least a 100 MHz PowerPC 601 processor. It may even run on an 80 MHz PPC 601. System software version 7.5 or later is recommended. Alfred L. Poy apoy@worldnet.att.net [Archived as /info-mac/gst/audio-visualizer-08.hqx; 266K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:01:56 -0700 From: Chris Smolinski Subject: [*] Audiocorder 1.0.0 - allows your Mac to act as an audio Audiocorder is a VOX program which allows your Mac to act as an audio recorder. It allows you to set the volume that the sound must reach to begin recording, and the volume at which it should end recording. It also allows you to set the trigger length for the start and stop values, which helps you to eliminate recording short bursts of sound or ending the recording process during a short pause (such as in normal speach). Each sound file is stored in AIFF format, a Macintosh standard sound format. The audio is sampled at 22 kHz, with a sample size of 8 bits. The name of each file contains the date and time (down to seconds) the recording began. Shareware: $20 Chris Smolinski - Web URL: http://www.blackcatsystems.com Macintosh Software, Shortwave Radio, Spy Number Stations [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/audiocorder-100.hqx; 386K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:01:53 -0700 From: autocat@tubular.net Subject: [*] AutoCat 2.3 - Finnish version AutoCat 2.3 - Finnish version - Shareware $15 Catalog Different AutoCat Home Page: http://tubular.net/autocat/ Online Registration: http://order.kagi.com/?OL Author email: autocat@tubular.net Finnish version by Janne Moilanen: janne.moilanen@mail.suomi.net AutoCat got 4 mice at Macdownload. Highligths: - Catalog all your removable volumes in a very Macintosh way. - Navigate through your catalog directly from the Finder. - Navigate through your catalog from Open/Save dialogs. - No application to launch to navigate through your catalog. - Use the Finder's 'Find' command to search your catalog. - Works in the background. - Appearance-savvy, Navigation Services-savvy. What's new in AutoCat 2.3 - 'Eject after cataloging' option. - 'Autoscan when inserted' option. AutoCat works with all Color PowerMacintosh with Mac OS 7.6 or better, but it's optimized for Mac OS 8.5. AutoCat can be included in CD-ROMs. Happy AutoCataloging! [Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-23-fn.hqx; 262K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:06:53 -0700 From: "olivier lebra" Subject: [*] AutoCat 2.4 FR - Catalog Different AutoCat 2.4 - Version francaise - Shareware $15 Catalog Different AutoCat Home Page: http://tubular.net/autocat/fr/ Online Registration: http://order.kagi.com/?OL Author email: autocat@tubular.net French version by Philippe Bonnaure: http://perso.pacwan.fr/bonnaphil/ AutoCat a obtenu 4 souris a Macdownload. Points forts: - Cataloguez tous vos supports extractibles façon Macintosh. - Naviguez dans le catalogue directement a partir du Finder. - Naviguez dans le catalogue a partir des dialogues Ouvrir/Enregistrer. - Aucune application n'est necessaire pour naviguer dans le catalogue. - Utilisez la commande 'Chercher' du Finder pour effectuer des recherches dans le catalogue. - Travaille en tache de fond. - Compatible avec Appearance, compatible avec les Services de Navigation. Les ameliorations apportees a AutoCat 2.4 - Option de catalogage d'icones personalisees Configuration materielle - Un Macintosh couleur avec le Systeme 7.6 ou ulterieurs. AutoCat peut etre inclus dans les CD-ROMs. Bon AutoCatalogage! [Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-24-fr.hqx; 253K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:58:08 -0700 From: GC Rice Subject: [*] Black & Bleu v1.1 - Macintosh error code analyzer/diagnostic Demo copy of newly released version of Black & Bleu (v1.1). Black & Bleu is an Macintosh error code analyzer/diagnostic tool that shows Apple's explanation of all of the common and most of the unusual Macintosh OS error codes. Black & Bleu(tm) now contains about 3000 error codes. Many have detailed explanations and remedies available. This update provides: * Enhancement of all "User Oriented" detailed explanations with additional information. * Addition of a way to distinguish between error codes that use the same number. * Addition of the name of the system component that is associated with the error (such as QuickTime). * Addition of a way to list only those errors that are associated with a specific system component. * Over 400 new error codes. * Many more detailed explanations. This is the most comprehensive list of error codes and remedies currently available anywhere. A free error analysis by one of our experienced developers is available for errors that don't have a detailed explanation. This service is available to anyone, at no charge, even if you haven't purchased Black & Bleu(tm). Explanations give users detailed information in 2 categories: * a Non-technical User orientation * a Programmer orientation The Non-technical User explanation is presented in a way that someone without a programming background can understand. The Programmer explanation is written in VERY technical terms that usually includes source code that demonstrates the error. To fully understand the Programmer explanation, the user should be familiar with Macintosh programming (in C or C++). System Requirements Mac OS 7.0 or later 1.7 MB of disk space 0.8 MB of RAM Availability Black & Bleu(tm) is available from our web site: http://www.bleurose.com as a free fully functioning demo. The demo can be launched for a total of 3 times before it expires. Otherwise it is an exact copy of the commercial version. If the license key is purchased and applied to the demo copy, the demo is converted directly into the commercial version. Price $34.00 U.S. dollars (electronic version) $46.00 U.S. dollars (CDROM version, includes shipping and applicable taxes) Special upgrade pricing is available for current customers. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/black-and-bleu-111.hqx; 1156K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:58:05 -0700 From: Ken Ferris Subject: [*] BookCovers v1.1.2 (formerly BookMarks v1.0) This is an update of the program BookMarks v1.0. Mostly the name has been changed to satisfy Kagi, as there are many programs with the name BookMarks, so now we have BookCovers v.1.1.3 with new documentation and graphics and some minor fixes. BookCovers is a simple book database program, for storing references to all the books you read. If you have ever got to the point where you can't remember the name of a book that you read a while back, or maybe you're at the used book store and you see some good prices on your favorite authors books, but... hmm...maybe I've already read Tom Clancy's oldest save the world book. Or did I just see the movie. (aren't they all made into movies?) Which was it? Well this program is designed with you in mind. (actually I wrote it for myself originally) BookCovers will allow you to catalog all your book reading, past and present. Entering as much info or as little info as you want. (You must however at least have a title to the book) You can save the Title of the book, the Authors name, the Type of book it is, comments of yours about the book, the date you read it or finished reading it and it also has a place to enter the books ISBN number, if you like. BookCovers also has a simple printing facility, allowing you to print out your listing of books, for those of you who can't have enough paper to read. BookCovers comes with itÕs own installer and will automatically install the program, the Read Me file as well as a Docs file and the Register Application, onto your hard disk. Before registering BookCovers, you will be limited to entering only 10 books. The PPC version of BookCovers requires a PowerPC computer running version 7.6.1 or greater of Mac OS. A 68k version is in the works and will be offered at a later date. BookCovers is offered as shareware. You may register BookCovers via the included Register Application from Kagi. A Single User License costs $10 per user. To contact the author, that would be myself, Ken Ferris. I can be reached at . BookCovers version 1.1.3 BookCovers Blurb version 1.5 [Archived as /info-mac/data/book-covers-113.hqx; 1808K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:58:03 -0700 From: royerm Subject: [*] Bouquet Nouveau Kaleidoscope scheme Bouquet Nouveau Kaleidoscope 2.0 scheme decorates your desktop with Art Nouveau style flowers and patterns. Please post on your recent additions page. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/authors/martharoyer.shtml http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/authors/martharoyer2.shtml http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/authors/martharoyer3.shtml [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/bouquet-noveau.hqx; 1202K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:07:52 -0700 From: manetas@manetas.com Subject: [*] Boy with Nintendo Desktop (17in) This is the 17" version of a Macintosh desktop background that I've created for the Mac. This one is from an oil painting called Boy with Nintendo controller-1998. The image dimensions are 832x624 and the file format is PICT. You really should have a 16 bit monitor (32000 colors or better) to see it at it's best. More paintings are available on my website. http://www.manetas.com [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/boy-with-nintendo.hqx; 76K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:08:40 -0700 From: Ben Subject: [*] BTV - view full-screen video from any video digitising source BTV version 2 ------------- Author: Ben Bird - benbird@softhome.net BTV Home page - http://members.tripod.com/~benbird/btv Date: July 1999 BTV is a application that allows you to easily view full-screen video from any video digitising source. It was originally written for the IXTV (TurboTV) card however it has been successfully tested with a number of video sources. Features of BTV: g Full-screen video with no menu bar at 640x480 s Automatic monitor resolution switching to 640x480 and back to the original resolution on quit a Multiple monitor support - play full screen video on one monitor while you work on another s Can grab a frame of the video and save it as a PICT file Can be set to disable background processes so no interference by screensaver or powersaver a Can adjust size of picture with arrow keys d Can hide the mouse a Can spin down hard disks for less noise [Archived as /info-mac/app/btv.hqx; 40K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:09:15 -0700 From: Colin Lynch Smith Subject: [*] Burning Monkey Solitaire II Burning Monkey Solitaire II: : Monty Zuma's Revenge! This popular and wacky game features... -5 different decks of cards. -All of the most popular solitaire games including KLONDIKE, CANFIELD, FREECELL, PYRAMID, and our unique version of 52 PICK-UP! -Full statistics. -World's most extensive cheating mode. -Ability to replay specific game. -Headache inducing soundtrack. -Will play your MP3's via Quicktime 4! -Easter eggs. -Rude jokes, noises, gestures and odors... (okay, okay, you have to supply the odors). -Most disturbing "Boss Coming" screen ever. -All in all, the coolest, prettiest, funniest solitaire game ever inflicted on a Mac audience! Burning Monkey Solitaire will run on any PowerPC with Thousands of Colors. Brought to you by FREEVERSE SOFTWARE, premier maker of card and board games for the Mac! WWW.FREEVERSE.COM [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/burning-monkey-ii.hqx; 7273K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:53:33 -0700 From: Nicky Subject: [*] ChaosCastle 0.9 - A scrolling shoot-em-up ChaosCastle is a simple shoot-em-up game: just destroy everything without getting killed yourself. By collecting falling coins and various bonuses, you'll get access to zones with many scrolling levels. You'll meat dangers of any kind, mineral, vegetal and animal as well as fights against monsters. Hidden items will allow you to use additional weapons and to increase their power. Other features include: o Loading and saving of games o Plays in colors or dithered black&white in many resolutions o Simple graphics allowing a lot of animation o Many physical effects such as magnetism, doppler effect, gravity, inerty, mirrors, fire, water, self-directional weapons, ... o OS-friendly o Shareware System requirements: o Any Macintosh with at least 1MB of ram. o Works best with a Quadra and System 7.5 or better. Web page: http://members.xoom.com/ChaosCastle/index.html or http://ChaosCastle.webjump.com/index.html Nicky University of Fribourg (CH). [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/chaos-castle-09.hqx; 448K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:53:33 -0700 From: Edmund Boyd Subject: [*] Chess Rating Calculator 1.0 The Chess Rating Calculator is a Macintosh program which calculates the rating change that follows a single match between two rated chessplayers. That's it. It's a one-trick pony. It won't make you a better player; it'll just confirm how bad a player you really are! ;o) It's a 68K application and should run on any Mac. [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/chess-rating-calc-10.hqx; 240K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:53:32 -0700 From: Paul Sexton Subject: [*] ClippingNamer 1.0.3 - helps you manage clippings Finder clippings are a wonderful idea that most people don't use because they're such a pain to deal with. Ever tried to find the right clipping among a bunch of "Text Clipping 1", "Text Clipping 2", etc? It's not too bad with one clipping, but more than a couple leads to long sessions in the Finder assigning useful names, wasting the time you saved. ClippingNamer helps you manage clippings. Without leaving your current program, you can: * Automatically assign a new name based on the (text) clipping contents. * Automatically create a thumbnail image (icon) for picture clippings. * Popup a dialog that lets you see both ClippingNamer's and the Finder's suggested names, and use either one or a new name you type. * Save text or picture clippings as SimpleText files instead. * Append text clippings to existing files/clippings instead of creating new. You can set any of these modes (or none) as the default, and invoke any of the others with modifier keys (completely customizable). There are several other convenience options as well. With v1.3.2 you can now: * Save the clipboard to a clipping via a new FKEY. * Save the clipboard (or current selection) to a clipping via a new Contextual menu. * Both accessories work even without ClippingNamer installed - they are free standalone utilities. Use either or both as you wish: they make notetaking much easier in programs that don't support dragging clippings to the Desktop, such as Internet Explorer. ClippingNamer is $10 shareware. See for this and other shareware products. Contact the author at [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/clipping-namer-13.hqx; 37K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:53:21 -0700 From: Paschoud Alain Subject: [*] Colonisation 4.0 Particularity of the application : This game works only with PPC processor. Version : 4.0 This is a simple strategic game, (with earth troops, ships and planes). But the particularity is that you only see just around your pieces. So surprise attacks can be very effective. Build your cities, choose what you will produce to attack enemy cities and armies. [Archived as /info-mac/game/colonisation-40.hqx; 382K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:53:18 -0700 From: "S.Hirama" Subject: [*] ColorMusic 1.1 What is ColorMusic? ColorMusic plays sounds with QuickTime software synthesizer, by converting a color to the pitch,velocity,duration of a note. You can also save your play as SMF (Standard MIDI File). System Requirements System7 or later QuickTime,QuickTimeMusicalInstrument2.5 or later [Archived as /info-mac/gst/color-music-11e.hqx; 51K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:10:26 -0700 From: gziemski Subject: [*] ConMail 1.3.1b0 ConMail is a simple POP3 email client that will periodically check whether you have waiting email. In case you do, you can use it to launch your email client. ConMail supports an unlimted number of email accounts. I have written ConMail because I liked some of the already existing Macintosh programs that feature similar functionality. Unfortunately, I do not like the way they display information. Moreover, I could not use them as they were shareware and I did not feel like paying for them. Therefore, I decided to write my own program and after some work I came up with ConMail. In order to run ConMail you need a PPC Macintosh with Appearance, Open Transport and Navigation Services installed. If you are running Mac OS 8.5 (Mac OS 7.1?) or later, ConMail should run without any problems. ConMail is released as public domain. The source code is included. No virus infections were found - checked with Disinfectant 3.7.1. To find out more about ConMail go here: [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/con-mail-131b0.hqx; 369K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:51:50 -0700 From: "Taylor Flagg" Subject: [*] Countdown Reminder v1.5 Countdown Reminder is a simple freeware utility that takes in an event and the date on which it occurs. It then automatically counts the number of days until then, displaying it in a neat little dialog box. It works best when placed in your startup folder. And yes, it is Y2K compliant. Updates from v1.1- * An Autoclose bug fixed * Date entered is saved and placed into change dialog * New checkbox allowing control of autoclose feature * More helpful ReadMe file [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/countdown-reminder-15.hqx; 113K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:51:48 -0700 From: Dan Gordon Subject: [*] CyberRay 1.5.1 CyberRay is an advanced 3D optical and particle beam simulator with good 3D graphics, comprehensive diagnostics, and a user-friendly interface. It is capable of modeling lens aberrations, charged particle motions in electromagnetic fields, photon trajectories in graded index materials, and more. The demo now includes several sample apparatus files. Runs on any Power Macintosh. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/cyber-ray-151.hqx; 312K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:11:24 -0700 From: Tomasz Kukielka Subject: [*] Cyclone 1.0 - Text Encoding Conversion Utility Cyclone is a new Macintosh application for text conversions. It is based on Apple Text Encoding Converter engine, which is a part of recent MacOSes. It requires a Power Macintosh, Sytem 7.5 or later and Text Encoding Converter 1.3 or later It is a FREEWARE. Highlights include: - Macintosh, Unicode, ISO, DOS, Windows, and other encodings - unlimited size of converted files - multiple file conversions - clipboard conversion - nice speed (thanks to Apple TEC) [Archived as /info-mac/cmp/cyclone-10.hqx; 234K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:43 -0700 From: "Richard Bannister"titan@indigo.ie Subject: [*] DGen: - dolid Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Macintosh Solid Genesis/Megadrive emulator for the Macintosh. Rather slow (G3 is needed for best results) but it features full sound support, as well as raster effects emulation. Freeware. (PPC only - G3 recommended). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/dgen-114.hqx; 349K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:17:07 -0700 From: LarsPeters@aol.com Subject: [*] Eartraining-262.hqx Eartraining is a shareware program for Apple Macintosh. It features: •Intervals (up to two octaves), •Chords (5 different triads and 10 different seventh chords plus chord inversions), •Scales (20 different scales (including all modes of the major and melodic minor scales) plus three self-defined scales), •Perfect Pitch, •sound output via -Mac (WaveTable sounds), -Mac (sampled sounds), -MIDI, •a statistics (which can be printed and saved to disk) with rights and wrongs of each item. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/eartraining-262.hqx; 379K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:17:06 -0700 From: lhf@visgraf.impa.br (Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo) Subject: [*] Easy Accents Easy Accents is a keyboard layout for easy accentuation. To get a-acute you type 'a instead of option-e+a. And similarly for other accents. The attached folder contains a ReadMe with more information. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/easy-accents.hqx; 3K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:17:05 -0700 From: "Sebastian Munz" Subject: [*] eContact 1.1.1 eContact 1.1.1 is a Adressmanaging Tool for everybody. It is based on FileMaker 4.0 and it is only avaible in GERMAN. You don't need the FileMaker-Programm to run this Application, because it is based on a Runtime-Version. You can use it to manage your adressdata, write eMails or normal mails, print adresslists, envelops or even adress-stickers. eContact 1.1.1 supports eMails, WWW-Adresses and a lot more. Just take a look. System requirements: * System 7.0 or later * 68040 better Power Macintosh with at least 16 MB of RAM * 3 MB on the hard drive * 15 Monitor with minimum 256 Colors [Archived as /info-mac/data/econtact.hqx; 2717K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:47 -0700 From: Mikaeru Subject: [*] Ephemerid 1.2 - Pop-Up Calendar & Clock - Freeware This control panel allows you to display the current date and time as a block calendar and an analog clock in a "pop-up" window which can be brought up on the screen at any moment using a customizable hot key. WorldScript-aware (Japanese, Chinese, ...). Requires Mac OS System 7.0 or later. --Michel (a.k.a. Mikaeru) MARIANI Mikaeru Software: [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ephemerid-12.hqx; 164K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:46 -0700 From: "Art Age News" Subject: [*] epsConverter 1.4.1 About epsConverter(tm) epsConverter is an award-winning Macintosh application from Art Age Software. epsConverter can read any portable Level 1 EPS file and convert it into an Adobe Illustrator file, suitable for editing with Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia FreeHand, Deneba Canvas or any other application that supports the Illustrator file format. epsConverter is great for editing EPS files from FreeHand, XPress, PageMaker, etc. You can also use it to convert EPS files into a format which Photoshop will import and rasterize (with patterns intact!). The documentation lists many other uses. Finally, an economical solution to the problem of incompatible and non-editable EPS file formats! Try it - you won't be disappointed. ------------------- System Requirements epsConverter requires a Macintosh computer with a 68020 or later processor (including PowerPC) running System 7.0 or later. Once registered, epsConverter is accelerated for Power Macintosh computers. To install epsConverter, simply double-click the epsConverter Installer icon, and follow the on-screen instructions. Pricing and registration details can be found in the package. --------------------- Version 1.4.1 Changes * Updated web site and email address * Default memory partition has been increased to allow use under MacOS 8.5 and later. ------------------- [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/eps-converter.hqx; 840K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:45 -0700 From: Wolf.Feather (feather7@ix.netcom.com) Subject: [*] Eyes 1.0 Eyes is a collection of clippings files of ten pairs of eyes. These work rather nicely as desktop patterns, and may surprise friends and co-workers who use your computer. However, if you do not like people staring at you, you might not want to use Eyes!!! [Archived as /info-mac/gui/eyes-10.hqx; 33K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:45 -0700 From: "John V. Holder" Subject: [*] EZCalendar v1.01 released! Announcing the release of the Mac-only utility EZCalendar (from the author of ScrapIt Pro, QuickScrap, EZNote, PopAddress and others)! What is EZCalendar? Have you ever needed to quickly jot down a note for a particular day on a calendar and be able to easily find it later? Ever wanted to have an alarm tell you a meeting is going to happen tomorrow or in an hour? Want an instantly accessible, password protected daily journal/diary? EZCalendar can do these things and more at the touch of a key (which will instantly bring up a calendar) without having to leave the application you are in! EZCalendar will also show you the phases of the moon, allow you to set yearly events (holidays, birthdays, etc.), appointments (and set alarms to remind you if you wish) and have a note (up to 32k of text) for each day of every year. Of course, you'll be able to search notes, yearly events or appointments with ease! Some uses for EZCalendar: * set alarms for events in the future. EZCalendar will remind you (minutes, hours or days) before the appointment is to happen! * keep a daily electronic journal (password protected if you like)! Bug fix in version 1.01: * Fixed bug, was not searching yearly events System Requirements. Min. System..: 7 on up (Works great with OS8.x!) Min. Hardware: Mac SE or better (Works great on PowerMacs!) Shareware....: $20 Author.......: John V. Holder email address: johnholder@aol.com Home Page....: http://www.northcoast.com/~jvholder [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ez-calendar-101.hqx; 271K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:44 -0700 From: jwood@ecpd.com (J. Wood) Subject: [*] FileShield SDK 1.0 FileShield SDK 1.0 Mindscope Software Freeware Now you can include support for unshielding FileShield 1.0 encrypted files in your software! This simple to use interface allows you to unencrypt '.icp' files in your application with a single command! Make sure that you include the 'UnShield.rsrc (DLOG)' resource file in your project, or your program will crash. This software was written and intended for Codewarrior Pascal. (Mindscope is not responsible for any damages that may result from using this software or including it in your application framework. We have tested the software thoroughly and no problems have arisen, but know that you use this at your own risk!) [Archived as /info-mac/disk/fileshield-sdk.hqx; 20K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:10:27 -0700 From: JinSan Subject: [*] Jin's Color Scheme, "B.T" B.T is dark and cool scheme. I have checked this program for viruses with NAV5.0.3. For more information,see read me file. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/bt-10.hqx; 173K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:15:46 -0700 From: Barbara Canino + Marco Damaschi Subject: [*] MaBaSoft releases Euro Assistant Pro 2.0 What is Euro Assistant Pro? Euro Assistant Pro is a multilingual currency conversion calculator for the Macintosh. With Euro Assistant Pro you can: - convert the 15 European Union currencies and 6 other "important" currencies (US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Austrialian Dollar, Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc and Norvegian Krone) to euro and back; - convert any national currency to any other national currency; - calculate multiple conversions (up to 12 currencies can be simultaneously displayed); - calculate and convert the result of algebraic expressions; - specify a base currency different from euro; - define up to 5 custom currencies; - edit or automatically update euro exchange rates over the Internet (Euro exchange rates are provided by OANDA (http://www.oanda.com) and are retrieved using OANDA Foreign Exchange Protocol); - import and automatically convert series of values stored in text files and clippings; - log and print conversions; - save or clip conversions to a text file. Euro Assistant Pro runs in 8 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and Finnish. System Requirements Euro Assistant Pro needs 68020 processor or better with System 7.5 or higher. Open Transport 1.1.1 or higher is needed to update euro exchange rates over the Internet. OT/PPP or any other Open Transport compatible PPP is needed for automatic dialing. Registration Euro Assistant Pro is shareware. Registration fees are: - Single User License: US$ 15 - Site License: US$ 150 - World-wide License: US$ 600 [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/euro-assistant-pro-20.hqx; 699K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors Subject: [*] TidBITS#487/05-Jul-99 TidBITS#487/05-Jul-99 Conferences tend to blur into one another, but after a timeless few days,= Adam concludes that MacHack takes the prize for the ultimate Macintosh geek= event. Also this week, Geoff Duncan reports on how to upgrade to Quicken 98= for free, and Jeff Carlson follows up on our Internet faxing coverage. In= the news, we cover Eudora Pro 4.2.1, WeatherTracker 3.0, Mac OS ROM Update= 1.0, WebSTAR Server Suite 4.0, and the withdrawal of FileMaker Pro 4.1v2.= =20 Topics: MailBITS/05-Jul-99 Own Quicken? Get Quicken Deluxe 98 Free Interest in Internet Faxing MacHack: The Ultimate Macintosh Event [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-487.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 12:31:36 -0500 From: JB Rephan Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #321 Daly, using that setup, the three computers could not use the internet at the same time right? They would have to alternate turns? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: connecting small network to the internet > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:17:27 -0700 > From: Daly Jessup > > David L Hirschberg asked: > > We have our 3 Macs connected to the internet by hooking a cable modem to a > hub, and all three Macs to the same hub. We pay our cable company (we use > the Roadrunner service) an extra $5 per month for each of the two extra IP > addresses, so for $55 a month we each have an individual cable account, > using the same cable modem. If you want to use modems and not cable, check > out Sustainable Softworks' IPNetRouter at http://www.sustworks.com/ > > That would let all three Macs share the same internet connection using > their modems. > > Anyway, I would think your best and easiest solution would be to put the > cable modem on the hub as well as the computers. Combining that solution > with IPNetRouter would let them all share a single cable modem account, if > that's what they prefer. > > Daly > > >I have some friends that have three imacs in their house. I am going > >to network them together with a small ethernet hub and set up a > >networked printer and scanner. > > > >I had question on how to hook them all to the internet. They all > >have 56k modems which can only attain 26kbs with the old wiring in > >the house. THe cost to upgrade the phone feed is steep (they have > >maxed out their 3 line feed and the feed is underground from the > >street). > > > >So what type of solutions are out there that would allow an internet > >connection? They looked into getting a 4th phone line so I guess > >they would be willing to pay about $75 a month for some type of phone > >solution. Would DSL be an option? They also have TCI cable which I > >think @home serves. Is there a way that 3 macs could be hooked up to > >a DSL or Cable internet hookup? > > > >Thanks, David > > > >hirschberg@stanford.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:15:56 -0500 From: rob Subject: Looking for simple spreadsheet/database >From: Ian Goldby >Subject: Looking for simple spreadsheet/database > > >I've been searching for a very simple spreadsheet or database for the Mac. >I found several freeware ones for the PC, but no luck so far on the Mac. Most people have a copy of Claris Works (Now Appleworks) that they use for this task. It has both a database and a spreadsheet module included. This message was sent with Apple email client - Claris eM@iler2.0v3 'The best just keeps being better than the rest' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:00:15 -0600 From: DrBlood Subject: Media Player for Mac is BUGGY Hi Digest readers, Some web sites, including my favorite (Twisted Tunes!) post their content in Microsoft Media Player format. Since the current version of Media Player for Mac (3.0b2.990305A) is *still extremely buggy*, I find it hard to access my favorite tunes. I thought I read somewhere that QT4 would support Media Player (xxx.asp or xxx.asf) files, but the player does not see downloaded files on my hard drive. Is there a conversion utility that will turn downloaded Media Player files into QT, or AIFF, or *anything* that can be played without the Microsoft Media Player for Mac? This is not to mention streaming files with Media Player. Can QT do this? It would be so nice. I thought the RealPlayer software was very stable, so I am disturbed when more and more sites are going to Media Player as the file type offered. I guess media content (and everything else) for Mac users is *still* a low priority for Microsloth. Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:15:01 +0000 From: Cathy Overton Subject: One ISP - Two Users I use Netscape Communicator, and manage the two accounts for one ISP - my husband has one user name and I have another. As long as I have “Use Internet Config” UNCHECKED in the preferences folder, I can enter the particular e-mail address under each user profile in the profile’s preferences folder. Netscape not only downloads and maintains separate folders for each mail account, but also keeps separate bookmark folders for each account. For most uses this works well for us. boverton@olynet.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 09:17:23 -0700 From: "Kathy Cardoza" Subject: Recording a SCSI copy CD? Hi everyone I am using Toast 3.5.6 to record CDs. I understood (or thought I did) that I could make exact copies of another CD that was in my internal CD drive. When I try to do this from within Toast using SCSI Copy, it does not recognize my internal CD drive. Does this only work for the external SCSI chain devices? I did manage to make an ISO9660 formatted CD and would like to just make an exact copy of that rather than having to figure out all the files again and set up the new CD the same way. Thanks in advance. Kathy ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:15:59 -0500 From: rob Subject: What kind of hardware upgrade do I need? quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract: >I have a Power Mac 6100/66 that I want to soup up a little. It now has 72 >MB RAM, and I will probably get a 1 MB L2 cache for it. I also want to do >something about my mac's speed when I am playing an MP3 file - it gets >slower than snails or molasses. It also slows down a bit when I am playing >midi files. I really like my computer music! Do I need to be saving up for >a processor upgrade? (or a new computer?) Or is there something else that >will help? (I am very ignorant about hardware.) > >I am hoping for a reply to this one as I have posted it twice on the Mac-L >mailing list with no response. I would save the money that you talk about spending on the l2 cache upgrade and go directly to Vimage or Sonnet G3 upgrade cards that fit in the L2 Cache slot. The G3 makes the L2 cache redundant since it is replaced with a much faster and twice as large, backside cache that is mounted on the cpu. Even a 266mhz Sonnet ($299) or 233 mhz card will run volumes faster than the cache increased set up. The other items that can speed up are an AVcard (hard to find now) to upgrade video performance. Otherwise I would sell my 6100 add the 299 that I would have spent on an upgrade card and buy an iMac 333. It is much faster that the sonnet upgrade scenario. You get a current operating system and a new (huge by comparison) hard drive and faster cdROM etc. "Due to unforeseen circumstances the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off." PC Help response? -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************