Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #56 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 04 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 56 Today's Topics: ( C ) MacOS X first impressions (Q) Line-level audio into G4? [*] $tockóomp v1.0 [*] ACRONYMS Update List {3}Grape (2.1->2.2) [*] ACRONYMS v2.2 - A Casual Round-up Of Novelties in Your Message [*] CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (68K) [*] CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (PPC) [*] ImageViewer 5.42 (New Version) [*] LockOut 3.1J for Mac OS X - Japanese Version [*] Mac-Site-list, Version 4.6.7 [*] Mac500 Version 1.2 [*] PCalc 2.2.1 [*] PCalc F-2.2.1 (French) [*] Please upload Europrice 2.0 [*] PRESS RELEASE: Hang3000 v1.02 [Macintosh] [*] SweetMail 2.08f14 [*] TIM 1.7J Mac OS 8 & 9 - Japanese Version [*] TIM 1.7J Mac OS X - Japanese Version divX 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. 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Going by the book, you wouldn't know there is an installation method that can increase speed by 5 fold! Here it is: 1. Backup your data 2. Initialize your hard drive with Drive setup into two partitions, the first at least 2 GB, the second at least 1 GB. 3. Clean install using a MacOS 9.1 CD onto the second partition, either the one that came with your computer (if you have a new one), or install with the included 9.1 CD in the MacOS package if your computer came with an older version of MacOS. To do this you have to boot from the MacOS 9.1 CD. Restart. 4. Open Extensions Manager and copy the base 9.1 Extension set, and use this for your Classic startup. Add any printer drivers as needed during later restarts while in X. You won't need Stuffit Engine since MacOS X has its own carbonized version. 5. Now install MacOS X on the first paritition. The key here is that MacOS 9.1 update doesn't include necessary extensions which speed Classic, whereas the CD does, and that MacOS X public beta leaves behind invisible files which can make your install have all applications appear as folders. The method above should fix both of those. The only other fault was that at least on this G3/233 MacOS X itself tends to freeze if I have Dock magnification on and I pass my cursor over certain icons a certain way, and I still have to control-apple-reset, a force quit won't work. Leave Dock magnification off, and you are stable and fast as you could ever want. Here is the good news, printers that don't have drivers written for X yet will work with Classic apps if they are selected by the Chooser when you startup 9.1!. My Lexmark Z52 works on Appleworks 5! And what's more, my Cardbus USB card works too! Microsoft Office 2001 works, Photoshop 5.5 works. Games as old as Taskmaker work. Classic really is remarkably compatible. Classic can also be as fast, if not faster on the net when you have a broadband connection than 9.1. Amazing. The only reason to not switch is if you have a 3-D game you are waiting to be carbonized, or you must use VirtualPC and don't want to have to reboot in 9.1 to get to VirtualPC. Alas if you have Appleworks 6, you will need to wait for Carbon compliant printer drivers since Appleworks 6 loads into X. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 12:28:29 -0700 From: Paul Brians To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) Line-level audio into G4? The G4 tower has no audio in jack, making it difficult to do tasks like digitizing tracks from old LPs. What's the simplest high-quality interface that can convert a line-level stereo signal into something that can be input into the Mac? -- Paul Brians, Department of English Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-5020 brians@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~brians ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Dan Underhill To: Subject: [*] $tockóomp v1.0 $tockóomp is a simple, yet effective tool for doing all kinds of backwards calculations regarding stock purchase scenarios. It was designed to quickly help determine all kinds of information about making or evaluating a stock trade. It allows you to store saved setups with the click of a button and also will retrieve stock quotes from the internet and immediately calculate them right into the fields of interest (quotes are delayed 15 minutes). Another nice feature of $tockóomp, is that it can switch between performing LONG and SHORT position calculations at the click of the mouse. Want to know what the target price of a stock needs to be in order to reap a 5% return? Set the target on "Total Return %", type in 5, hit your TAB key and all the data updates telling you exactly where the price needs to be and what the exact profit will be. If shorting a stock, you can quickly find out exactly what your profits (or losses) are going to be in certain scenarios by setting the TARGET switch and SOLVE switch accordingly and seeing the result the moment you TAB. A built-in stock fractions table lets you perform at-a-glance conversions between dollar amount share prices and stock fractions in 1/64 increments by simply hitting Control-F (win) or Command-F (mac). With a click of your mouse you can copy and paste the fractions from the conversion table right into your field of calculation. No more manually typing in the long decimal. $tockóomp has 8 built-in "Quick Click" stored settings buttons. These quickly allow you to save your current values for a scenario, enabling you to input other values for perhaps another stock, yet giving you the ease of returning quickly to your previous scenarios without having to re-input all the data and settings again. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MAC: Apple Macintosh or compatible with a PowerPC, 68020 or greater processor, using Mac OS 7.5 or later. An internet connection via a modem, cable, DSL, etc. (needed only for "Quick Quote" button) [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/stock-comp-10.hqx; 2952 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Angela Brett To: Subject: [*] ACRONYMS Update List {3}Grape (2.1->2.2) Update List {3}Grape can be imported into ACRONYMS 1.0, 1.01, 2.0 or 2.1 so that your copy of the stack will have the 522 acronyms which are ACRONYMS 2.2 but not in earlier versions. It does not add any of the new features which are in ACRONYMS 2.2, just the 522 new acronyms. If you don't have ACRONYMS, you can download the latest version of ACRONYMS from http://acronyms.co.nz. The latest version (currently 2.2) already contains all the acronyms which are in this update list, so you won't need to download this as well. Update List Grape can take a long time to import into versions 2.0 and earlier of the stack - about 1 and a half hours on a 133MHz 603e. It takes less then ten minutes on a 350MHz G3, but if you have a slower Mac it would be better to just download ACRONYMS 2.2. I thought I'd fixed this problem in version 2.0, but I mistakenly uploaded an earlier version. ACRONYMS 2.1 and later versions import update lists much more quickly. [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/acronyms-update-21-22.hqx; 40 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Angela Brett To: Subject: [*] ACRONYMS v2.2 - A Casual Round-up Of Novelties in Your Message Changes in this version (listed in more detail at http://acronyms.co.nz/changes.html): * 522 new acronyms * You can now 'link' to other acronyms in the stack by sirrounding the acronym in * There are several changes to the HTML files which the stack can generate * When you add or import an incorrect acronym, the stack will tell you why it is not an acronym. * There is an easy way of entering long alliterations if you like them. [words and phrases in capitals are acronyms whose expansions are in the stack] The purpose of this FREEWARE HYPERCARD STACK is to provide an introduction to a MIRTHFUL use of ACRONYMS on the INTERNET. Have you ever wished you had a better alternative to LOL? Or thought "Who makes up these WITTICISMs?" Well anybody can, you can! Don't say you're JUST TOO BUSY! and you don't want to READ A MANUAL. You can create an ACRONYM out of ALMOST ANYTHING! You can make them from any old CLICHE, use them to tell people to SHUT UP, state that THAT'S NOT FUNNY, tell a GIRL that she's FEMININE, SMILE a SMUG SMILE or just find FLAWS in the MEMORY of a UNIVERSITY EINSTEIN. Take a DIRTY MIND, add a CHUCKLE, stir in a QUIP, and a QUANTITY of SNORTING, stick on a DISCLAIMER, and that's THE WAY THINGS ARE! You can politely tell people to PISS OFF, PUT A SOCK IN IT, BE CIVIL or tell them THAT'S CHILDISH. You can tell people that they're talking BOLLOCKS! And if you're ON A ROLL, you can create a HUMDINGER of a reply to someone who won't TRY ONSCREEN HELP. So who began this BIZARRE ADVENTURE through the ALPHABET? A CRAZED KIWI and an ABNORMAL IRISH man with a DIRTY MIND, who found themselves making up LAUGHTER ACRONYMS during their EPISTLES to the ANTIPODES - a sequence of combinations started when TONY MCCOY O'GRADY (MAXIOGEE) sent ANGELA BRETT AN EMAIL about his SLEUTHing in some of her SHAREWARE. They decided not to continue DOING NOTHING about their HILARIOUS ACRONYM stash, so they compiled them into this STACK, and in the process created a SUPERHERO called MACGIRL, her SIDEKICK KEYBOARD, and many DASTARDly VILLAINs. ACRONYMS is also on the WORLD WIDE WEB. Check out http://acronyms.co.nz to view all the acronyms - including new ones, download the latest update lists (which let you import new acronyms into the stack) and new versions of the stack, view the acronymist HALL OF FAME and honours list, subscribe to THE ACRONYM TIMES and more. [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/acronyms-22.hqx; 2064 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (68K) CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (68K) What it is: Recipe management tool for food lovers Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: Shareware US$8 Computer: 68K Mac MacOS: 7.0 or later Abstract: CuliDataBase is an application for managing culinary recipes, supporting Apple Guide Help and QuickTimeü. There are PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the 68K version. A simple click with the mouse lets you put ingredients on a shopping list. Recipes can be scaled up or down according to number of servings, while the singular or plural form of the ingredients' names is taken care of as well, so '1 bay leaf ' will become '2 bay leaves' or vice versa. This works in English, French and Dutch. To illustrate your recipes, you can import pictures of dishes. Finally, you've got a list with culinary terms that you can extend yourself, and an Internet menu that you can modify to go to your favorite sites. An unregistered copy of CuliDataBase is fully functional, apart from the export and print functions. [Archived as /info-mac/data/culidatabase-571-68k.hqx; 1113 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (PPC) CuliDataBase 5.7.1 (PPC) What it is: Recipe management tool for food lovers Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: Shareware US$8 Computer: PowerPC or iMac MacOS: 7.5.3 or later Abstract: CuliDataBase is an application for managing culinary recipes, supporting Apple Guide Help and QuickTimeü. There are PPC and 68K versions; with this you have the PPC version. A simple click with the mouse lets you put ingredients on a shopping list. Recipes can be scaled up or down according to number of servings, while the singular or plural form of the ingredients' names is taken care of as well, so '1 bay leaf ' will become '2 bay leaves' or vice versa. This works in English, French and Dutch. To illustrate your recipes, you can import pictures of dishes. Finally, you've got a list with culinary terms that you can extend yourself, and an Internet menu that you can modify to go to your favorite sites. An unregistered copy of CuliDataBase is fully functional, apart from the export and print functions. [Archived as /info-mac/data/culidatabase-571-ppc.hqx; 1305 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Kevin Wleklinski To: Subject: [*] ImageViewer 5.42 (New Version) I give permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD ROM. Description: ImageViewer is a powerful and inexpensive Mac-first, Mac-only multimedia application, which provides a complete set of image viewing, cataloging, browsing, and editing capabilities. ImageViewer supports all common image file types including animated GIF, JPEG, PICT, and TIFF, as well as movies, PNG and BMP (with QuickTime 3.0 or later). ImageViewer is great for quick and easy organization of images and movies, and includes support for image transfer from digital cameras, as well as, automated batch processing. ImageViewer makes extensive use of QuickTime, and fully supports video effects, which may be used as transitions between images in a slide show, to create multimedia presentations with flair! Save transition frames to create beautiful animated images. ImageViewer automates and greatly reduces the tedium of constructing HTML thumbnail pages ("contact sheets"). There are extensive options for creating html pages, which can be made "web ready" or used for platform independent local browsing. System Requirements: Any Macintosh compatible computer 32MB of RAM or more System 8.5 or greater (8.6 or higher suggested) QuickTime 3.0 or greater For more information, please view help files, or visit our web page: http://www.imageviewer.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/image-viewer-542.hqx; 2918 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] LockOut 3.1J for Mac OS X - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the LockOut package. This is the Mac OS X version of TIM. A Mac OS 8 &9 version is also available. Rated 4 stars at ZDNet! Rated 4 cows at Tucows! Rated 5 Dudes (highest rating) by FileDudes! LockOut is a simple application to help keep people from using your Mac while youØre away. LockOut helps keep your Mac safe from co-workers while at the office, and from your kids while at home. Once LockOut is activated, all anyone will see on your Mac is the LockOut security screen: *A valid password must first be entered to access your Mac *Messages can be left by others *Create your own custom voice warning *Easily activated with a customizable hot key *Activate automatically after a pause time *Monitor security warnings from anywhere in the world via e-mail. *And more... New for LockOut 3.1: *Power Manager. Now you can have LockOut spin down the hard disk when it goes into Lockout mode, or even schedule a daily shut down. Great for conserving energyü\especially important if you live in California! See the LockOut Settings to activate these new settings. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/lockout-osx-31-jp.hqx; 480 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: Bruce Grubb To: Subject: [*] Mac-Site-list, Version 4.6.7 This is the latest edition (Mar 31, 2001) of the Mac-site-list and should replace version 4.6.5 of the Mac-Site-list. The Mac-Site-list lists over 120 mac anonymous ftp sites (some with notes), over 100 Mac web pages, and contains some instructions on how to use anonymous ftp and find files as well a format chart showing which programs decompress and decode which files. Also there is a section on how to use certain files. This Stuffit Deluxe 6.0 archive contains both the text and html versions of the Mac-Site-list. To ensure that the columns in the Format Chart section line up correctly the document's text must be in a monospaced font such as Courier 10pt, Monaco 9pt, or a PC equivalent. Permission is given for this program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. Changes: None; Added sites/URLs: http://www.mackido.com/; http://www.ExtensionOverload.com/; Defunct sites/URLs: None; [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-site-list-467.hqx; 68 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: David Risvold To: Subject: [*] Mac500 Version 1.2 Mac500 is a Macintosh version of the popular card game Five Hundred. You and a computer partner play against two computer opponents. Mac500 allows you to choose some of the most popular variations of the rules of Five Hundred, and it keeps a history of games and bids won and lost by you and your opponents. You can name your players and change the bidding styles of the computer players. If you are new to the game, you can have Mac500 suggest bids and cards to play. Version 1.2: Ñ improves the bidding and playing of the computer players Ñ adds a concede/lay down option when one player has all trump and his or her opponents are out of trump Ñ adds an option to go to the next trick using a time delay or the space bar rather than the continue button Ñ moves the "Show Suggestions" options to the Options Panel in the Preferences Window, and other enhancements. The registration fee is $10 US. If unregistered, the program quits after 15 minutes each time you use it, and preference settings are not saved. Mac500 will run on a 68030 Mac with Mac OS 7.1 A PowerPC is recommended. David J. Risvold daveris@mac.com http://homepage.mac.com/daveris/mac500.html [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/mac-500-12.hqx; 1853 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: James Thomson To: Subject: [*] PCalc 2.2.1 PCalc 2.2.1, the latest version of my veteran scientific calculator application. It's a fully featured scientific calculator with support for hexadecimal and binary calculations, that works on Mac OS 8 and later, including Mac OS X. 2.2.1 adds a Reverse Polish Notation mode, support for octal numbers, and an improved Aqua interface on OS X, and more. It ships with a Carbon version for Mac OS X and CarbonLib 1.0.4, and a Classic version for Mac OS 8 and later in PPC and 68K flavours. This release of PCalc is shareware, that means you can download it and try it out for free, but if you like it and continue to use it you should pay the US $10 registration fee. For more information, check out the official PCalc website at: [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/pcalc-221.hqx; 1472 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: James Thomson To: Subject: [*] PCalc F-2.2.1 (French) PCalc F-2.2.1 is the French-language version of my calculator application PCalc 2.2.1, kindly translated by Philippe Bonnaure. For more information, check out the official PCalc website at: and Philippe's translation site at: [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/pcalc-221-fr.hqx; 1482 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Marco Tenuti To: Subject: [*] Please upload Europrice 2.0 Europrice 2.0 is a carbonized application that lets you convert any European national currency value in Euro and viceversa. It calculates even possible rounded values for market prices. You can use Europrice 2.0 with MacOS 8.1 or newer and MacOS X. What's new: - updated some cross rates - updated source to support also MacOS X - better manner to add other currencies - splash dialog revamped - save the position of the window [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/europrice-20.hqx; 450 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Apr 2001 From: Ken Winograd To: Subject: [*] PRESS RELEASE: Hang3000 v1.02 [Macintosh] Hang3000 v1.02 Released! Merrimack, New Hampshire, March 26, 2001: Ken Winograd and Space-Time Associates announced today the release of a new Macintosh(tm) shareware game called Hang3000. Hang3000 is a word guessing game for the NEXT millennium. Hang3000 features colorful, non-violent graphics, digitized sounds, synthesized speech, dozens of built-in word categories, thousands of words, unlimited lists of your own words, options especially designed for visually challenged users, hinting and more. Hang3000 is optimized for the PowerPC. Version 1.02 of Hang3000 updates Oscar-related categories: Best Pictures, Best Actors and Best Actresses. Other minor changes. Hang3000 requires a PPC Macintosh and a screen resolution of 800 by 600 (or more). A version of Hang3000 for Windows(tm) is also available. Hang3000 is available now. For more information, or to download or securely register the program, please visit the Hang3000 web page at: [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/hang-3000-102.hqx; 1115 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: sweetmail@mac.com To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.08f14 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.1 or later. (PPC/68K, including MacOSX) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-208f14.hqx; 2141 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] TIM 1.7J Mac OS 8 & 9 - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the TIM package. This is the Mac OS 8 &9 version of TIM. A Mac OS X version is also available. TIM for the Macintosh: Time Information Management TIM is a simple shareware time-tracking and billing application. Use it to track and record your time while working on your Mac. Automatically calculated billing based on your Project, Activity, or Client hourly rates! Who uses TIM? *SOHO *Artists *Consultants *Engineers *Lawyers *Freelancers *Anyone who needs to keep accurate track of their time *Anyone who bills clients based on their time Key Features of TIM *Easy to use *Mac OS 8.1 and above (Mac OS X compatible) *Export time data for use in FileMaker Pro or any database application (template included) *Assign Projects, Activities and Clients *Much More... New for TIM 1.7: *Enhancement: Exporting TIM data, when "Export data in compatible format" is checked, the dates have a 4 digit year. This format is required for importing into most databases such as FileMaker Pro. *New: Proxy icons in the window menu bar. Now you can command-click the TIM window menu bar and get a pop-up menu of the file's location, just like you can in the Finder. *New: The TIM file password can now be linked to the KeyChain Control Panel. *New: Set a Budget, with a separate Budget window. Select Budget from the TIM File menu. *Bug fixes. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/tim-classic-17-jp.hqx; 837 K] ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] TIM 1.7J Mac OS X - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the TIM package. This is the Mac OS X version of TIM. A Mac OS 8 &9 version is also available. TIM for the Macintosh: Time Information Management TIM is a simple shareware time-tracking and billing application. Use it to track and record your time while working on your Mac. Automatically calculated billing based on your Project, Activity, or Client hourly rates! Who uses TIM? *SOHO *Artists *Consultants *Engineers *Lawyers *Freelancers *Anyone who needs to keep accurate track of their time *Anyone who bills clients based on their time Key Features of TIM *Easy to use *Mac OS 8.1 and above (Mac OS X compatible) *Export time data for use in FileMaker Pro or any database application (template included) *Assign Projects, Activities and Clients *Much More... New for TIM 1.7: *Enhancement: Exporting TIM data, when "Export data in compatible format" is checked, the dates have a 4 digit year. This format is required for importing into most databases such as FileMaker Pro. *New: Proxy icons in the window menu bar. Now you can command-click the TIM window menu bar and get a pop-up menu of the file's location, just like you can in the Finder. *New: The TIM file password can now be linked to the KeyChain Control Panel. *New: Set a Budget, with a separate Budget window. Select Budget from the TIM File menu. *Bug fixes. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/tim-osx-17-jp.hqx; 835 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:20:10 +0200 From: "Michael S. Silverstein" To: Info-mac Subject: divX How does one view divX on a Mac? Thanks! Michael Silverstein Materials Engineering Technion -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************