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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 03 Jun 97 Volume 15 : Issue 103
Today's Topics:
[*] Sensory Overload Lvl 7 Music For Tetris Max!
[*] AVI-to-QT Kit 1.1
[*] CombiNumerals - circled numbers dingbat font
[*] Daleks ET 1.0
[*] Drill v1.2
[*] Eldacur Anteak 1.5.2, an earth-tone Kaleidoscope scheme
[*] EV-Edit 2.1
[*] Find In Files 1.2J - Japanese Version
[*] Frosty 2.0 Photoshop 3 Plugin
[*] GIF Blast 3.0
[*] Heroes of the Black Tower
[*] How to Pickup Women
[*] Manual Maker 2.3 (a standalone document maker)
[*] Manual Maker 2.3J (a standalone document maker)
[*] MatrixHelper 2 Demo
[*] Metronome68k1.0
[*] MetronomePPC1.0.
[*] MPW Editor Substitute/Quaid Update
[*] onescan111.sit
[*] Painting 1.0.3 - A graphics editor
[*] Pattern Manager 1.5
[*] Robert Rhino-interactive story for kids
[*] Rosie - enhanced Finder font
[*] SimpleText2Html 1.0
[*] Slider 101
[*] SolitaireTillDawn32.sit.hqx
[*] Squishy Pack, Kaleidoscope color schemes and patterns
[*] TE+ 2.0.1
[*] The Kaleidoscope MU Schemes Collection
[*] Tuner68k1.0.hqx - Guitar tuner with 3 tunings
[*] TunerPPC1.0
[*] V&N Lookup 1.0 - foreign language learning
[*] VCD Player 1.2.1 Updater
(Q) Intermittent problems with Zip drive
(Q) Way to make Fax terminal beep on received fax?
Audio CD glitch on Centris 610
Excel Textbox limits problem
Finder substitute like Windows Explorer
kaleidoscope request
MacWeb and Proxy Servers
microsoft works4.0 on powermac
Pointer Freezes - Problem Solved
tape drive
The unscratchable itch?
web page management
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:38 -0700
From: sshertzer@aristotle.net
Subject: [*] Sensory Overload Lvl 7 Music For Tetris Max!
CyberKnight Technologies has just released another great music file for the
game, "Tetris Max" Sensory Overload Lvl 7 Music for Tetris Max is here!
Download at the info-mac archives, or at: http://www.aristotle.net/~sshertzer
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/sens-ovrld-music-lv-l7-4t.hqx; 235K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:26 -0700
From: jk@esperance.com
Subject: [*] AVI-to-QT Kit 1.1
Attached is the latest revision of AVI-to-QT Kit. I added a bit more
documentation and added 'vers' ID 2 resources to unify the kit and allow
Extensions Manager 4.0 to group the codecs, I also made sure to get the
latest codecs from Intel.
Note that any AVIs that use the Indeo Video Interactive(a.k.a. Indeo
4.x) codec cannot be played on a Mac at all, as Intel has not yet
released such codecs for the Mac.
P.S. No, I do not know of a way to convert a QuickTime movie to AVI
format, tell your PC using friends to get QuickTime for Windows ;)
Please direct all correspondence regarding this package to
<mailto:support@esperance.com>.
Joel Klecker (mailto:jk@esperance.com)
<URL:http://www.esperance.com/> The [US] Senate trying to govern
cyberspace is analogous to King George believing he could still govern
the colonies even though he had never been there. -- John Perry Barlow
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/avi-to-qt-kit-11.hqx; 221K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:43 -0700
From: seanc@mvd.com
Subject: [*] CombiNumerals - circled numbers dingbat font
CombiNumerals is a "dingbat" font that lets you create any circled number
between 0 and 99 in either solid or hollow circles. You can even create
circled numbers with leading zeros. Very useful for people creating
documentation, Web graphics and instructional material, for example. It's
available in both TrueType and Type 1 formats. Freeware.
Sean Cavanaugh
Author, Digital Type Design Guide
http://www.mvd.com/seanc
[Archived as /info-mac/font/combi-numerals.hqx; 92K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:34 -0700
From: cft1@pop.pitt.edu
Subject: [*] Daleks ET 1.0
This is a simple implementation of Daleks, a old game first written (as far
as I know) by John and Walter Wu (although I didn't use any of their source
code). You are being chased around by very stupid robots who want to kill
you for some strange reason. (You probably forgot to back up their memory
cores last night, didn't you? How inconsiderate!) Fortunately, these
robots are complete idiots. They always head straight for you, and with a
little strategy, you can cause them to crash into each other, turning
expenisive machinery into piles of rubble. (always a good time!)
...
Version 2.0 should also include sound and a little animation, maybe the AI
if I've gotten anywhere with that...
...
Requirements:
I think anything with a 640x480 screen will do fine, but I could be wrong.
Just try it and find out.
Freeware or Shareware:
If you've ever written any shareware or freeware software for the Mac
community, this is free. I've used a lot of shareware that I never paid
for (I'm an unemployed high school Junior, what do you expect?), so this is
the best payback I can muster for now. (along with any other software I
write in the near future)
However, if you've never contributed anything to the Mac community, and
this is your most favorite game in the whole world, just give me something
in return. A buck or two would be really cool, but I'll take whatever you
think it's worth (email a really funny joke or some pick up lines maybe?)
[Archived as /info-mac/game/daleks-et.hqx; 89K]
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 09:07:39 -0700
From: visser@chem.vu.nl
Subject: [*] Drill v1.2
Drill 1.2
Drill is a simple and efficient freeware program to drill list of
words, as all highschool students have to do to learn a foreign
language.
Enter the words you want to learn and their translations, and exercise
until you know them. It should be pretty obvious how to use the program,
the only skill required (or to be developed) is some typing experience
.... The order in which the words are asked has been optimized to learn
them as fast as possible. Using checkboxes you may restrict Drill to ask
only certain words, for example only words you are having problems with.
Version 1.2 contains a small bug fix and provides Import and Export
options
using tab delimited text files. Please note that these new features are
largely untested, comments are welcome.
Enjoy, and let me know what you think of it or which improvements you
would like. I will try to fix any bug which comes to my attention!
Permission granted to include Drill on a Info Mac CD-ROM.
For other CD-ROM collections please contact me.
Olivier Visser,
e-mail: visser@chem.vu.nl,
Latest version at: http://tc.chem.vu.nl/~visser/drill
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/drill-12.hqx; 388K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:10 -0700
From: brons@eldacur.com
Subject: [*] Eldacur Anteak 1.5.2, an earth-tone Kaleidoscope scheme
Eldacur Anteak=81 is a Kaleidoscope 1.5 color scheme. If you don't have
Kaleidoscope 1.5, it won't do you much good.
Anteak is the latest incarnation of a color scheme that I have used for
several years on X Windows, NT and Macontosh systems. It uses various
earth-tone colors originally based on old fashioned ink, parchment and
hardwoods. The intent is to be pleasing, easy on the eyes and easy to
read.
Eldacur Anteak=81 and Eldacur Technologies=81 are trademarks of Eldacur
Technologies. The Eldacur Anteak module is copyright =A9 1997, Jim
Burrows. All Rights Reserved.
It is distributed as freeware. You may redistribute it so long as you
include this ReadMe file, do not modify the module or this ReadMe, and
do not charge for it. Specificially, I give permission for it to be
included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM.
=46or more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit my
Web page:
http://www.eldacur.com/~brons/EldacurAnteak.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/eldacu-anteak1.hqx; 42K]
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 09:07:38 -0700
From: climax@grfn.org
Subject: [*] EV-Edit 2.1
EV-Edit is a scenario editor for Ambroisa's popular space adventure
game, Escape Velocity. EV-Edit takes advantage of Escape Velocity's
incredible flexibility by allowing anyone to create their own scenario.
This version is a vast improvement against the previous version 1.2 on
Info-Mac. Many in-between versions have existed and been replaced. 2.1
has been available elsewhere for 3 months now.
http://users.aol.com/Burgr/evedit.html
Ben Chess climax@grfn.org
[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/ev-edit-21.hqx; 456K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:00 -0700
From: ChrisLi@bridge1.com
Subject: [*] Find In Files 1.2J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the Find In Files package.
Find In Files is a Mac shareware application that searches a set of
files (or all files) for some text. Available for 68K and PPC.
Why would you use Find In Files? Here's an example. Suppose you have
100's of Microsoft Word files, and one or more of them has some
information you need. You could open every one of the files and search
them by hand, or use Find In Files to search for you. Simply enter some
key words, enter the creator and file types (or click the Select File
button, and open any file to get the creator and file type), enter the
folder where the search should begin, and click on Search. Find In Files
returns with a list of text snippets and the files that contain the text
snippets.
Christopher Li Bridge 1 Software English to Japanese Online Software
Localization and Management mailto:ChrisLi@bridge1.com
<http://www.bridge1.com>
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:31 -0700
From: nwcs@delphi.com
Subject: [*] Frosty 2.0 Photoshop 3 Plugin
Frosty is an image manipulator. It takes the selected area and does an
algorithm on it and produces a snow like effect on the image. The amount of
snow can vary according to the intensity you select. You can choose between
1 and 99 percent. The effects can be different according to the type of
graphic you are applying the filter to. On simple pictures Frosty acts like
a 'find lines' filter, adding frost along the edges. On more complex
graphics, Frosty adds the 'snow' more evenly. In a sense, think of it as
this: the snow goes into the 'pits' of the image.
The 'snow' color is the current background color you currently have selected.
This is a Adobe Photoshop version 5.0 filter. That is, it works with all
programs that use Photoshop plug-ins compatible with version 3.0 of
Photoshop and higher. The filter has native code for both 680x0 and PowerPC
based Macintoshes. I don't have a 680x0 Mac anymore so I cannot test it but
it is based on the same code. If there are any problems, please let me know.
What's different since 1.0 (a.k.a. New Features)
* Frosty is now a version 5 Photoshop filter
* Previews in the dialog box
* Numbers based on percent, not levels
* Fat binary, supports PowerPC and 680x0
* Faster algorithm
* Works if you have multiple layers in your document
* Placed in the 'Noise' menu now instead of 'Stylize'
* Better documentation with example!
Frosty was written by Neil Schulman, nwcs@delphi.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/frosty-20.hqx; 2452K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:27 -0700
From: itdept@altrex.nl
Subject: [*] GIF Blast 3.0
This is GIF Blast version 3.0. GIF Blast is a lossless GIF compressor.
It is shareware written by Eric Toonen.
Now with version 3.0 it is finally accelerated for PowerPC!
GIF Blast is a compressor designed especially for GIF files. The usual file
compressors do not work on GIF files; GIF Blast does. Unlike JPEG
compression, GIF Blast does not loose image quality!
System requirements:
- Mac OS 7.0 or later,
- 68020 processor or better. (PPC native)
- 400 Kb of free memory.
Version 3.0 brings quite some changes from 2.0.9:
- Most notably, it is now PowerPC native, making it about three times
faster on PowerMacs.
- It now requires MacOS version 7 or higher so if you use MacOS 6.0.x
stick with 2.0.9 until you migrate.
- The file handling routines are rewritten, fixing a bug in the previous
versions with MacOS 7.5 and later that didn't allow you to open multiple
files while conversion was already started.
- The user-interface has been somewhat modernized.
- GIF Blast now correctly responds to Shutdown/Restart events in the
Finder.
Please open the About Box or read the accompanying 'Readme' file for more
information.
---
Eric Toonen (itdept@altrex.nl)
Altrex BV
Automatisering
Postbus 23
NL-8070 AA Nunspeet
http://www.altrex.nl
Tel: +31-341-274444 (Mobiel: 0654 912 422)
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gif-blast-30.hqx; 114K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:41 -0700
From: akko@enter.it
Subject: [*] Heroes of the Black Tower
The attached file contains Heroes of the Black Tower - a game scenario for
Sword Dream 3D version 2.1. This is the final version, and replaces the
public beta we uploaded on the Net in mid May '97.
Sword Dream 3D is a fantasy adventure gaming system. Old role playing games
had you play over a boring 2D map. In Sword Dream 3D, 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 accepts plug-in adventure
games, or "scenarios". Anybody can create a 3D scenario using the free
tools we are providing, which allow anyone to create new monsters, spell,
objects, buildings, traps, riddles, characters, music and more.
=46ull details on Sword Dream 3D are available at http://www.comenius.com/dr=
eam/
All other available scenarios can be downloaded from
http://www.comenius.com/dream/scenarios.html
[Archived as /info-mac/game/adv/sd3d-black-tower.hqx; 1375K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:09 -0700
From: nomsdos@ecentral.com
Subject: [*] How to Pickup Women
How to Pick Up Women is an INSTRUCTIONAL GRAPHIC ADVENTURE that has
taken years to write. Thanks to the help of some of the most beautiful
female bartenders in three cities, and lots of trial and error, this
program GUARANTEES you will soon be one of those guys that makes other
guys wonder "How in the world does he do it?". You can pick up women
that other men claim "must be gay" because they can't get the time of
day from them. And you do it without spending a single dime on them !!!
No matter how beautiful, stunning, or sexy she is, SHE CAN BE YOURS
using the little known knowledge comprized in this program. How to Pick
Up Women is designed to be entertaining as well as educational and
enlightening. Nine different stunningly beautiful women will guide you
through the "Six Steps to Success" and the "Seven Golden Rules". With
it's clever animation and clickable responses, "The Approach" will allow
you to practice on several major beauties and check your "SCORE" before
you ever leave your computer in search of the "REAL THING". "The 39
Classic Mistakes" will show you where men fail miserably at pick ups
and, knowing how to avoid those mistakes, will help you even more. The
program doesn't stop there. It goes on to "The First Date" which tells
you what places to avoid and why, how to win her over to you and have
her come back begging for more. Then it goes even further to "The
Second Date" which tells how to keep her once "the change has come and
she's under your thumb". WARNING -- This program may teach you things
that will cause you to have such a busy social life you won't have time
for your computer ever again !!! YES, it's big, but there is a lifetime
of knowledge, secrets, and information contained within. (Shareware
$15.00)
Harley Bradley
dba: MagicHat Shareware
http://www.ecentral.com/members/MagicHat/
P.O. Box 6302
Denver, Colorado 80206
(303) 680-2628
[Archived as /info-mac/info/how-to-pick-up-women-hc.hqx; 2084K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:03 -0700
From: jwwalker@kagi.com
Subject: [*] Manual Maker 2.3 (a standalone document maker)
Manual Maker is a simple application that converts a collection of
SimpleText files into a low-overhead standalone document called a Manual
Reader. Besides displaying styled text and embedded pictures, a Manual
Reader provides chapter and section menus and a Find command. Manual
Maker is free for personal, nonprofit, and educational use, and Manual
Reader documents may also be distributed under those conditions.
Version 2.3 adds dynamic scrolling. Also, pictures are positioned more
precisely like the way SimpleText does it.
James W. Walker <http://members.aol.com/jwwalker/>
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:02 -0700
From: jwwalker@kagi.com
Subject: [*] Manual Maker 2.3J (a standalone document maker)
This is the Japanese localized version of Manual Maker, a simple
application that converts a collection of SimpleText files into a
low-overhead standalone document called a Manual Reader. Besides
displaying styled text and embedded pictures, a Manual Reader provides
chapter and section menus and a Find command. Manual Maker is free for
personal, nonprofit, and educational use, and Manual Reader documents
may also be distributed under those conditions.
Version 2.3 adds dynamic scrolling. Also, pictures are positioned more
precisely like the way SimpleText does it.
James W. Walker <http://members.aol.com/jwwalker/>
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:08 -0700
From: hussamd@skyenet.net
Subject: [*] MatrixHelper 2 Demo
Matrix Helper 2.0
Performing Various Matrix Operations
Release date: 5/28/97
Matrix Helper is an application to help with basic matrix operations
like inverting, row-reducing, solving a system of linear equations and more...
The application allows the user to create a matrix and perform several
operations on it.
New in version 2.0
* Total rewrite of the code from C to C++ using Symantec C++ with visual
architecture. This enabled various GUI improvements to the application.
* Floating windows to provide shortcuts to menu options.
* Spreadsheet-like window interface for viewing and entering matrix cell
data.
* Demo version could be unlocked with a key, otherwise the application
is limited to a 3x3 matrix.
* Added LU decomposition of a matrix.
* Custom text and background colors.
* Variable precision when displaying cell values.
* Multiple windows interface. Each matrix exists in its own window.
* The console interface was removed from the application.
and more...
This demo version is limited to 3x3 matrices. The full version is
limited to 1000x1000 but can be increased by special request.
Please circulate and distribute this demo version.
This application can be included on the archive's CD-ROM
Thanks
Hussam
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:18 -0700
From: david@reddoorint.com
Subject: [*] Metronome68k1.0
Metronome 1.0 for 68k Macintosh
This gadget will have you playing perfect rthythm in no time. The
Metronome features:
Tempos ranging from 40 to 240
4 selectable click sounds (click, stick, rim shot, wood block)
3 selectable time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
Versions are available for Macintosh, Power Macintosh, Windows 95, and
Windows 3.x.
This Metronome is distributed as freeware. It is part of the Multimedia
Guitar series from Red Door Interactive. For more info on great Guitar
software visit Red Door Interactive at http://www.reddoorint.com/
Mail to info@reddoorint.com
Call 1-800-949-2983.
Also check out Red Door Interactives Tuner and Guitar Shop programs.
Copyright =A9 1996 Red Door Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/metronome-68k-10.hqx; 1317K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:21 -0700
From: david@reddoorint.com
Subject: [*] MetronomePPC1.0.
Metronome 1.0 for PPC Macintosh
This gadget will have you playing perfect rthythm in no time. The
Metronome features:
Tempos ranging from 40 to 240
4 selectable click sounds (click, stick, rim shot, wood block)
3 selectable time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4)
Versions are available for Macintosh, Power Macintosh, Windows 95, and
Windows 3.x.
This Metronome is distributed as freeware. It is part of the Multimedia
Guitar series from Red Door Interactive. For more info on great Guitar
software visit Red Door Interactive at http://www.reddoorint.com/
Mail to info@reddoorint.com.
Call 1-800-949-2983.
Also check out Red Door Interactives Tuner and Guitar Shop programs.
Copyright =A9 1996 Red Door Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/metronome-ppc-10.hqx; 1441K]
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 09:07:41 -0700
From: shak@market1.com
Subject: [*] MPW Editor Substitute/Quaid Update
Hate MPW's built in editor? Technicolor patch doesn't satisfy your syntax
coloring cravings? Hate digging through endless numbers of folders to
find the directory MPW is in just to drag a file over to your favorite
text editor so that you can enjoy it's nifty editing features? Well fret
no more! This little Tool/Script combination will allow you to open any
file from MPW or ToolServer's command line in the editor of your choice
simply and quickly so that you can get straight to work. You choose which
editor you'd like to use instead, and away you go.
Requires: System 7, PPC processor, basic ResEdit skills.
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/quaid.hqx; 289K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:33 -0700
From: han@lava.net
Subject: [*] onescan111.sit
This Plug-In for Adobe Photoshop (>=2.5.1) allows the user to drive an
Apple OneScanner or Color OneScanner. Version 0.1 was wildly hacked
together in a moment of frustration with the Ofoto/Photoshop juggling
process
Written by Richard Parr in 1994. Still works today.
If you rename this to be "Apple Color OneScanner" you can get the old
OneScanner's to work with the current OneScanner Dispatcher software
that ships with the 600/27 and 1200/30 models.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/one-scan-111.hqx; 21K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:29 -0700
From: sarwat@interlog.com
Subject: [*] Painting 1.0.3 - A graphics editor
As its name implies, Painting 1.0.3 is a new painting program. It's
especially useful for creating and editing graphics. Painting has all of
standard paint tools, including a variable sized paint brush (up to 50
pixels wide!), flood fill and lasso tools. Painting also has a "Paste New"
command for making new documents from the clipboard, customizable color
sets, and support for creating JPEG files.
For more information, check out <http://www.interlog.com/~sarwat/painting/>.
Painting can be put on the info-mac CD-ROM.
Sarwat Khan Brampton, Ontario
sarwat@interlog.com http://www.interlog.com/~sarwat
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/painting-103.hqx; 582K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:30 -0700
From: Sterling_Augustine@shdor.org
Subject: [*] Pattern Manager 1.5
With the myriad of other desktop pattern installers out there, why
another desktop pattern manager? Simple: none of them had the features
that I wanted.
Pattern Manager-displays patterns with their names in a
user-sizable grid, installs patterns into the System File, and sets the
utilities pattern (which other desktop pattern installers don't do). It
fully supports drag and drop between files, the Scrapbook, the Finder,
and any other program that supports drag and drop. It has the best PICT
importer available, and, remarkable for a desktop pattern manager, it
has resizeable windows. It also has a nifty pattern information window
and can change the background pattern periodically.
New in version 1.5:
A new pattern information window. You can see the pattern at actual
size, scroll it unlimited distance in any direction, see it's
dimensions, the bit-depths it will properly display at, and assorted
other nifty things.
Pattern Rotater. Drop this background only application in your
extensions folder. Set it's preferences from within PatMan, and Pattern
Rotater will change your background pattern periodically. From once per
second, to once per week. Never get tired of that same old background
pattern day-after-day.
The usual assortment of bug-fixes.
Sterling Augustine
See the ReadMe for distribution restrictions.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pattern-manager-15.hqx; 590K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:46 -0700
From: maggie2@ais.net
Subject: [*] Robert Rhino-interactive story for kids
Robert Rhino is a small application for younger children, (from 2 1/2
years old) being introduced to a computer. It is easy to use and a great
tool to introduce children to the Macintosh computer environment. It
takes the reader through a short story with colorful paintings, photos, and
poems, with large interactive buttons.
System Requirements:
Robert Rhino requires a Macintosh with 68020 or better, System 7.0 or
later, and Quick Time 1.5 or latter. The size of the application is
814k. It requires color Macs only.
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed with application.
Thank you,
Laurel Nimmer
http://www.cl.ais.net/maggie2
Email: maggie2@ais.net
Http://www.cl.ais.net/maggie2
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/robert-rhino.hqx; 982K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:44 -0700
From: seanc@mvd.com
Subject: [*] Rosie - enhanced Finder font
Rosie is a hand-tuned screen font designed as a replacement for Geneva.
It's much more attractive and readable for Finder Views (using the Views
control panel) and is slightly more compact. Once you switch to it, you
simply can't go back to Geneva. Freeware.
Sean Cavanaugh
Author, Digital Type Design Guide
http://www.mvd.com/seanc
[Archived as /info-mac/font/rosie.hqx; 51K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:06 -0700
From: danwr@halcyon.com
Subject: [*] SimpleText2Html 1.0
This is SimpleText2Html version 1.0, Copyright (c) 1997 Dan Wright.
SimpleText2Html is shareware (US$16) - see enclosed "Read Me" for
details.
SimpleText2Html requires any Macintosh, Power Macintosh, or clone with
at least a 68020 processor. SimpleText2Html is accelerated for Power
Macintosh.
SimpleText2Html converts SimpleText (and other text documents) into HTML
format for display in web browsers. SimpleText2Html also converts
embedded pictures into a suitable format.
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:36 -0700
From: ck@ravenware.com
Subject: [*] Slider 101
Slider is a fun, challenging, puzzle game!
Your goal is to slide key blocks to a gool.
Easy? Not when there are wall, bombs, reversing blocks, and other
troublesome blocks are in your way!
The game comes with 50 levels, and a built-in editor for you to create your
own levels to challenge your friends!
Macintosh System 7 or later, 500k RAM, color only.
C.K. Haun
ck@ravenware.com
Current release: Postcards from the Undermind
Contact Ravenware Music for purchase or distribution
Ravenware Music HTTP://WWW.ravenware.com/music
Ravenware Software HTTP://WWW.ravenware.com/sware
[Archived as /info-mac/game/slider-101.hqx; 200K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:37 -0700
From: rick@kagi.com
Subject: [*] SolitaireTillDawn32.sit.hqx
Solitaire Till Dawn is the premiere card game collection for the
Macintosh. Version 3.2 contains 32 different games, including favorites
such as Klondike, Golf, Pyramid, Canfield, Forty Thieves, and Spider,
along with other more exotic games and even a few created expressly for
Solitaire Till Dawn itself.
This release adds the game "Eight Off" and includes a few recent bug
fixes, including fixes for a crash at startup and for problems that
prevented profiles and preferences from being correctly saved. It also
contains these features from earlier versions: beautiful professional
graphics including many different window backgrounds and card designs,
"smart cards" that zoom to their destinations with a single click,
unlimited undo and redo of moves, the status bar that shows your
progress and statistics at a glance, early win notification, Am-I-Stuck,
"Magnetic Mouse" option for playing without typing or clicking (great
for RSI relief!), and sound effects.
Shareware US $20, by the author of The TIlery and Scarab of RA. Requires
System 7.0 or later.
Info-Mac may include this program in their CD-ROM collections.
Rick Holzgrafe
Semicolon Software
rick@kagi.com
http://www.semicolon.com/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/solitaire-till-dawn-32.hqx; 1092K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:14 -0700
From: harvey@ampsc.com
Subject: [*] Squishy Pack, Kaleidoscope color schemes and patterns
Squishy Pack is a set of four Kaleidoscope color schemes, and three
Desktop Pattern clippings to enhance your Mac OS windows and desktop.
The four color schemes are variations of the original Squishy, and were
created in response to requests from some people who found the
original=92s yellow text and highlights a bit too bright.
The four variants are:
Squishy Yellow which uses the original yellow text and highlights.
Squishy White which uses white text and highlights.
Squishy Gray which uses light gray text and highlights.
Squishy Squash which uses pale yellow text and highlights.
To use the Kaleidoscope color schemes, you must have the Kaleidoscope
1.5 (or greater) control panel installed (this color scheme will not
work with Kaleidoscope 1.0). Kaleidoscope is shareware by Greg
Landweber, available from http://greg.math.harvard.edu.
The pattern clipping files can be drag-and-dropped into the open window
of the Desktop Patterns or Desktop Pictures control panel, and used as
your desktop background.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/squishy-pack.hqx; 201K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:05 -0700
From: TomBB@aol.com
Subject: [*] TE+ 2.0.1
NEW -- Tex-Edit Plus 2.0.1 is extensively scriptable and
recordable! There is a new Show Invisibles command. Word
Services are now supported. 2.0.1 fixes a bug seen when
the "Scripts" folder is missing. See the Revision History
for all the other improvements and fixes.
RECENT CHANGES -- Tex-Edit Plus is PowerPC native (fat).
Extensive multi-file search and replace capabilities have
been added.
DRAG and DROP -- Apple's Drag Manager is supported. Give
it a try! Drag and Drop requires System 7.5+ or System 7.x
with the Macintosh Drag and Drop extension.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-201.hqx; 630K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:12 -0700
From: daix@francenet.fr
Subject: [*] The Kaleidoscope MU Schemes Collection
Kaleidoscope MU Schemes Collection (June 1st, 1997)
by David-Artur Daix
<mailto:daix@kagi.com>
<http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~daix/index.html>
David's Kaleidoscope MU Schemes Collection contains two color schemes for
use with Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later and is meant as a demo of my
Kaleidoscope Color Schemes Collections, also available from Info-Mac
(look in the gui/ks directory for the following files:
kalscp-hitech-schemes-16.hqx, kalscp-pattern-schemes-16.hqx and
kalscp-silver-schemes-16.hqx).
The color schemes included in this collection have been enhanced to take
advantage of the new and more powerful Kaleidoscope 1.5 color schemes
format and require Kaleidoscope 1.5 or later. They also offer full Smart
Scroll compatibility and include support for TigerTech's Window Monkey
control panel.
The latest versions of my shareware will always be made available on the
Info-Mac and Umich sites and mirrors, on AMUG and on DOWNLOAD.COM. You
can find links to those sites on my home page located at
<http://persoweb.francenet.fr/~daix/index.html>.
You can also go to DOWNLOAD.COM <http://www.download.com> and launch a
"Power search" <http://www.download.com/Mac/Search/Power/> for my name
(just enter "Daix" in the "publisher/author" field). That will bring up
an up-to-date list of my programs.
Thanks for supporting the shareware system!
(David's Kaleidoscope MU Schemes Collection may be included on the
Info-Mac CD-ROM. It has been checked with SAM 4.5)
David-Artur Daix
<mailto:daix@kagi.com>
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/kalscp-mu-schemes-16.hqx; 237K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:22 -0700
From: david@reddoorint.com
Subject: [*] Tuner68k1.0.hqx - Guitar tuner with 3 tunings
Guitar Tuner 1.0 for 68k Macintosh
This is a great little gadget that allows you to tune your guitar in one
of three popular tunings: Standard, Drop-D, and Half Step Down. Simply
click the string you want to tune and match your guitar string to the
sound. Great workout for the ear! Also check out Red Door Interactives
Metronome and Guitar Shop programs.
This Guitar Tuner is distributed as freeware. It is part of the
Multimedia Guitar series from Red Door Interactive. For more info on
great Guitar software visit Red Door Interactive at
http://www.reddoorint.com/
eMail: info@reddoorint.com
phone: 1-800-949-2983.
Versions are available for Macintosh, Power Macintosh, Windows 95, and
Windows 3.x.
Copyright =A9 1996 Red Door Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/tuner-68k-10.hqx; 2531K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:24 -0700
From: david@reddoorint.com
Subject: [*] TunerPPC1.0
Guitar Tuner 1.0 for PPC Macintosh
This is a great little gadget that allows you to tune your guitar in one
of three popular tunings: Standard, Drop-D, and Half Step Down. Simply
click the string you want to tune and match your guitar string to the
sound. Great workout for the ear! Also check out Red Door Interactives
Metronome and Guitar Shop programs.
This Guitar Tuner is distributed as freeware. It is part of the
Multimedia Guitar series from Red Door Interactive. For more info on
great Guitar software visit Red Door Interactive at
http://www.reddoorint.com/
eMail: info@reddoorint.com
phone: 1-800-949-2983.
Versions are available for Macintosh, Power Macintosh, Windows 95, and
Windows 3.x.
Copyright =A9 1996 Red Door Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/tuner-ppc-10.hqx; 2654K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:48 -0700
From: jiwanski@alpha.luc.ac.be
Subject: [*] V&N Lookup 1.0 - foreign language learning
V&N Lookup is a simple program to search the 'Verbs&Nouns' dictionaries.
The search is performed on many databases simultaneously. The program
can be used in a combination with any text based application because it
searches for every word (shorter than 23 characters) that is copied to
the clipboard. To learn more about the 'Verbs&Nouns' databases you
should download the program 'Verbs and Nouns' available from the same
places as this application. The application 'V&N Lookup' is a part of my
'Foreign Language Toolkit' project. To try out the program you can
download not-protected databases and play with them. The examples of
them are:
Italian Verbs -
<ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/info-mac/edu/lang/>
Italian Nouns -
<ftp://mirrors.aol.com//pub/info-mac/edu/lang/>
English Dictionary -
<ftp://ftp.pht.com/pub/mac/pht/e/english-dictionary.sit.hqx>
Jacek Iwanski.
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-lookup-10.hqx; 476K]
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:09:16 -0700
From: johnny@HK.Super.NET
Subject: [*] VCD Player 1.2.1 Updater
VCD Player 1.2.1
(c) Copyright 1997 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved.
What's new in 1.2.1?
- Bug fixed : The menu item "Resize Screen" was non-functionable, now
fixed.
Johnny C N Lee
A Hong Kong Macintosh Developer
johnny@kagi.com
http://www.hkstar.com/~snowyho/johnny/htmls/welcome.html
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/vcd-player-120-121-updater.hqx; 22K]
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 23:33:16 -0700
From: Mark Allen <Mark.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: (Q) Intermittent problems with Zip drive
Configuration: Power Mac 7500, Mac OS 7.5.5, AppleVision 1710AV.
In the past couple of days, I've been rebooting my system with different
combinations of system files activated. Sometimes when my Zip drive was
connected to the SCSI port (Zip drive either on or off), the system sounded
like it was booting up, but my screen would not come on. In these
situations, only disconnecting the Zip drive from the SCSI port would allow
a full bootup. And sometimes everything worked right. I have not been able
to identify the particular circumstances that lead to the problem.
Has anyone else had the problem of their Zip drive preventing the
AppleVision monitor from coming on? Did you figure out the particular cause?
Thanks for any insight that can be provided!
Mark Allen
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Date: 02 Jun 97 10:50:24 -0700
From: "FHOWARD.NC.COM" <FHOWARD@nc.com>
Subject: (Q) Way to make Fax terminal beep on received fax?
I have an duo 210 that wants an active retirement. I'm thinking of making
it a receive-fax machine, but would like it to Beep every minute or so when
it has received faxes. Has anybody done this? Thank you
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 21:23:21 +0200
From: "John.Park" <park@hal9000.ul.bawue.de>
Subject: Audio CD glitch on Centris 610
>programs no sound will come out of the speakers. Both programs recognize
>audio disks and behave as if they are playing them but no sound can be
>heard. I am chiefly baffled because the audio works great on all other
>types of CD's.
You didn't say whether your speakers are plugged into the back of the Mac,
or into the jack on the CD player itself. With my external non-Apple
CD-ROM, I have to plug the speakers into the CD player itself to listen to
audio CDs.
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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 01:09:20 +0300
From: ELB <elb1@netmedia.net.il>
Subject: Excel Textbox limits problem
Hi all!
I don't know if this is really the best forum for this problem (so if
anyone has a better idea where to post this kind of question I'm more
than open to suggestion), but:
I have a textbox on a spreadsheet (tho this problem seems to be valid
for cells as well) and I need to (and can) enter more than 255
characters into it manually. The problem comes in writing a macro to
manipulate this text. Whatever I do (Len, Textboxes(1).Text,
Textboxes(1).Characters(start,stop), etc.), I seem to hit a 255
character limit even though I've actually typed in more than 255
characters into the textbox.
Anyone have any idea how to get around this limitation in Excel 5.0 (or
7.0 on Windoze)?
Please reply to me directly as I'm not reading the digests as
religiously as I should...
MUCH Thanks and Gratitude in Advance...
E. Blasberg
elb1@netmedia.net.il
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 11:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Snow <djsnow@deltanet.com>
Subject: Finder substitute like Windows Explorer
Hello,
Several weeks ago, someone posted a request to find a Finder replacement
that mirrors the functionality of the Windows Explorer. I believe I've
found that program.
It's called "Greg's Browser", made by the same guy who created
"Kaleidescope." IMHO, it is MUCH faster and more convenient than scrolling
through the Finder in list view (or blasting through windows, using Apple
menu tricks, etc.). I give it two thumbs up.
Go to: http://greg.math.harvard.edu/ to check it out. The website has all
sorts of screen shots and other goodies. Oh yeah, it's $20.
HTH.
-David
aka Snowman
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Date: 1 Jun 97 17:05:34 -0400
From: "A BRODY" <abrody1@mail.ameritel.net>
Subject: kaleidoscope request
Dear Digest posters,
Anybody tried all the Kaleidoscope themes? With all the themes out there
isn't it time the people who posted themes gave a fuller description of the
theme? Or if somebody could try all the themes and make a Kaleidoscope
themes FAQ? I thought maybe something like this could be made:
theme name - aaron
icons - 3d icons in the closed light blue color
status bar color - can be changed to any you want
radio buttons - are indicated by a black checkbox
font - use Epsi Sans font
scrollbars - 3d with buttons using Color control panel's color.
window titles - gray in Copland style
etc....
It would be interesting in learning what makes each theme unique, and thus
retrieving the theme wouldn't be a waste of time, because then one can
decide whether or not one likes the theme idea before they get it.
Just saying "please post such and such a theme" doesn't tell the potential
theme user anything about it.
IMHO.
Sincerely,
abrody1@mail.ameritel.net
http://www.addis.net/~abrody
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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 19:35:48 +1000
From: Dwight Lemke <D.Lemke@bhm.gu.edu.au>
Subject: MacWeb and Proxy Servers
Ok Mac-gurus, I have a poser for you...
My new Uni uses a proxy server for Web access. At home, I log on with a
PowerBook 100, having had to return my beloved 3400c to the previous Uni
when I left. So, I must use MacWeb on that machine, as to my knowledge
there is no other browser it can handle. But, MacWeb has no option to set
it up to use the proxy server.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
-Dwight
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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 09:58:24 -0700
From: dingo@westworld.com
Subject: microsoft works4.0 on powermac
hi !
I CREATED A LIST ON WORKS (SPREADSHEET).FOR 2YEARS EVERYTHING WAS
FINE-NOW-WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT, WORKS FREEZES UP. EVERYTHING ELSE IN
WORKS IS FINE. IF THIS LIST (VERY IMPORTANT) IS CORRUPTED, CAN I RECOVER
IT, AND HOW ?
PLEASE HELP
THANKS
BODO
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:40:41 -1000 (HST)
From: cesar@lava.net (cesar)
Subject: Pointer Freezes - Problem Solved
I would like to thank all of you who offered suggestions to help
me with my pointer freezing problem. It is solved now, so I will
explain what I did that worked.
Lee Clawson and others advised that I:
1. Trash the Finder Pref's file.
2. Take everything out of the Start-Up Folder.
I did those things and they worked. However, it turned out that I had
two problems and didn't realize it. I don't know if they were caused by
the same source. Anyway, after I was able to start up without pointer
freezes, I still had the problem of crashes when I tried to open files
that were sent to me as attachments. When they crashed my pointer would
freeze. No window with a "Bomb" appeared, the pointer simply froze.
Sometimes the pointer would still move, but I couldn't do anything with
it, and none of my keyboard keys would function. The senders of those
attachments used MS Word on a PC with Windows 95; I use MS Word
ver. 6.0.1 on a Mac with System 7.5. Crashes seemed to occur during the
conversion process. Incidentally, I should have mentioned earlier that I
am using a Power Mac 6100/66 with 12 MB of RAM and RAM Doubler 2.
That was the first indication I had of this problem. Then I found out
that if I tried to write in a newly created MS Word file the same thing
would happen. Anyway, after carefully eliminating groups of extensions
I narrowed it down to one - CopyPaste 3.3. But eliminating and testing
extensions didn't work the first times I tried it. It worked only after
I cleared up my startup problem. I didn't believe CopyPaste was the
cause since I didn't have any difficulty with it with all my other
programs, including my email files; I use Eudora Pro.
So now, I am wondering if I should acquire another copy of CopyPaste 3.3
and try to use it, or look for something else. It worked for a month or
more with no difficulty, and the earlier versions worked well, so I am
thinking that the copy I had became corrupted somehow. I really like
CopyPaste and used it a lot. Perhaps an earlier version would be OK, not
ver. 3.3. I wonder if anyone else has had the same experience.
During the course of my trials I encountered an advertisement for
TechTools and downloaded their demo. This is not a request, but I hope
to read comments on Info-Mac about how well TechTools Pro performs. If
it works as well as the advertisement says it does it might have helped
me diagnose and solve both of my problems much sooner.
Lastly, if someone (Adam or Tonya Engst?) wants to write a chapter about
pointer freezes and would like to know what I have learned from all of
you I might be a useful source.
Thanks again,
Aloha,
Ed Cesar
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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 07:09:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: WGannaway@aol.com
Subject: tape drive
Dear friends,
I would like to use an inexpensive tape drive with my Mac for various
purposes, not just backup. The Iomega Ditto drive is an example of the
inexpensive ones available for the IBM-compatible family.
Can someone inform or point me to where I can learn about using one of these
on my (68040) MAc?
Sincerely,
Woodson Gannaway
wgannaway@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 19:21:15 +0200
From: "John.Park" <park@hal9000.ul.bawue.de>
Subject: The unscratchable itch?
My machine (7100, 72Mb, Sys 7.5.5) is attempting to test my sanity and
I'm failing the test...
I have an older NEC CD-ROM drive. I use their driver (DriveCD/NEC
5.31a - a control panel).
The peculiar behavioral abberation:
The CD-ROM works perfectly when I start my Mac from hard drive #2.
When I start from drive #1, it also works great except for one
annoying bug - it won't eject automatically; that is, after pressing
command-Y, the icon disappears but to eject the disk, I need to press
the eject button. With the other startup drive, it is auto"magic"ally
spit out.
I have performed the usual voodoo of throwing away the NEC prefs and
restarted with the same extensions (or fewer) than found on the
startup drive that does work, all to no avail.
Every time I'm forced to reach for that button, well, it's not
pretty.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
jp
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Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 17:49:50 -0400
From: A BRODY <abrody1@mail.ameritel.net>
Subject: web page management
Dear Digest readers,
I've been looking for a web page management software that does the
following:
1. scan a folder for .html files, and scans the contents of the html
files for
links to ftp://, gopher://, telnet://, and http:// sites.
2. Automatically try to visit each link in the folder's .html files,
and report back which links are dead, which ones auto-forward to other
sites, and the URLs they auto-forward to.
So far the only utilities available at the archives I am aware of that
do
this will only check http:// sites. I like the style of Big Brother
which makes an .html file with a table of each of the links that didn't
succeed, and allows you to organize the links alphabetically. If
someone could make something that does this for all URL types, I'd be
happy to pay for such a utility.
So does anybody know of a shareware demo of such a utility on the web?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
ABRODY@vax.clarku.edu
http://www.addis.net/~abrody
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