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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 12 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 144
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#547/11-Sep-00
[*] OSL_DD Watchdog
[*] QIF Categories 1.1 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription
[*] SweetMail 1.9.3
[*] SwitchRes 2.4.1J - Japanese Version
Desktop Printer Icons missing
G3 won't boot from CD or Zip
Microtek E3 scanner and Adaptec 2940UW
PC Zip Disks and Macs
remote shutdown?
remote shutdown?
Zip disks
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@macevangelist.com
Subject: [*] TidBITS#547/11-Sep-00
TidBITS#547/11-Sep-00
Use Eudora? Thinking about using Eudora? A detailed look at the
unusual features in the just-released Eudora 5.0 anchors this
week's issue, and Kirk McElhearn returns to BookBITS with a review
of Newton's Telecom Dictionary. New releases include BBEdit 6.0,
Default Folder 3.0.7, and VSE Link Tester 3.1, and we report on
the surprising results of last week's poll on 68K Macintosh usage
and present a vocabulary quiz for this week's brain tester.
Topics:
MailBITS/11-Sep-00
BookBITS: Telling the Bits from the Bytes
Eudora 5.0 Reads Your Mind
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-547.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/issues/2000/TidBITS#547_11-Sep-00.etx>
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-547.etx; 32K]
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Date: 12 Sep 2000
From: Ton Brand <Ton_Brand@spidernet.nl>
To:
Subject: [*] OSL_DD Watchdog
OSL_DD Watchdog
What it is: AppleScript that watches your extensions folder for unwanted
ObjectSupportLib and Macintosh Drag and Drop.
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: freeware
Abstract:
Some applications install an obsolete library 'ObjectSupportLib' (OSL) or an
obsolete extension
'Macintosh Drag and Drop' (DD) in the Extensions folder. Since the
introduction of Mac OS 8, ObjectSupportLib is integrated in the system
software and since system 7.5 Macintosh Drag and Drop is built in also.
The obsolete files could lead to strange effects or even crashes. So is would
be useful to check after every third-party software install procedure whether
ObjectSupportLib and/or Macintosh Drag and Drop was wrongfully added. OSL_DD
Watchdog does this for you, after you have put the program or its alias in
the Startup Items folder (which is in your System folder).
[Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/osl-dd-watchdog.hqx; 12 K]
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Date: 12 Sep 2000
From: John Woodward <jplw@softhome.net>
To:
Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.1 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription
QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or
credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the
description of each transaction. It is
useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit
card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF
file, just drop it onto QIF Categories.
You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for
files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on
downloaded QIF files.
QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on
it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category
obtained by looking up the transaction's
description in a mapping database, or getting the category from the
user if not found in the database; 3) removing the plus sign from
transaction amounts (because not all versions of
Quicken allow plus signs); and 4) transferring all other parts of
each transactions to the output file. You can convert the input file
in place or chose a different output filename.
System requirements:
* System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9
* Macintosh with at least 4 MB of RAM
For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or
visit the QIF Categories Web page:
http://jplw.homepage.com/QIFCategories.html
[Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-11.hqx; 87 K]
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Date: 12 Sep 2000
From: sweet@kagi.com (S.Ichise)
To:
Subject: [*] SweetMail 1.9.3
SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides
most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has
multiple POP3 accounts, very high-speed searching, filtering,
templates, powerful-editor and many useful functions.
System Requirements:
* System 7.5 or later.
* 4MB of Memory.
* OpenTransport, Thread-Mgr and Appearance-Mgr.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-193.hqx; 1005 K]
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Date: 12 Sep 2000
From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com
To:
Subject: [*] SwitchRes 2.4.1J - Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the SwitchRes package.
SwitchRes is a little utility that will allow you to switch the
resolution of all your monitors. You can access to all the resolutions
of all your displays in a simple, customizable menu. SwitchRes
incorporates features from the Monitor Resolution, Monitor BitDepth, and
Video Mirroring Control Strip Modules bundled with your system. You can
use its menu in the Menu Bar, use its provided Control Strip Module, or
click on the Finder Desktop with its Contextual Menu Plugin.
SwitchRes has an extensive list of features:
*You can show and use all available resolutions of your video card, not
just those limited by your monitor. For example, 20 video modes are
available on my PowerMac 7300 internal video board. Enjoy your Apple 15"
monitor in 1024 x 768, or 640 x 480 in 120Hz !
*SwitchRes is totally configurable. You can define which resolutions are
really accessible, and which will require a confirmation.
×
*You can also create display sets which will allow you to change the
resolution and the depth of all your monitors with just one mouse click,
or just one key. With this new version, you can add scripts to display
sets. That gives SwitchRes the ability to launch a script with just one
key, or when an application is launched...
*You can assign a specific set to an application, so that every time you
use this application, your Mac will automatically switch to your
predefined resolutions. You will find this extremely useful for most
games.
×
*You can save the position of the icons and the windows on your desktop,
independently from one resolution to the other, unlike the Finder. The
configuration is restored at startup.
*You can script SwitchRes for resolutions and color depth changes.
SwitchRes is even recordable: When SwitchRes is running, every
resolution change is automatically recorded in the script editor
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/switch-res-241-jp.hqx; 628 K]
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:59:19 -0500
From: Glenn Sowell <sowell2@home.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Desktop Printer Icons missing
How do I make the Desktop Printer Icons visible?
I am running Mac OS 9.0.4 on an all-in-one G3. I have created icons
for several printers, but they don't show up. I can print to them. I
just can't see them.
I'm sure it's something obvious. Help
Thanks.
--
Glenn Sowell mailto://sowell2@home.com
Dept. of Physics
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE 68182-0266
USA
(402) 554-3724 (888) UNO-NASA (888) 554-3100 FAX
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:04:53 -0500
From: Stan Davis Potopa <prrcomm@nb.net>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: G3 won't boot from CD or Zip
I recently acquired a B&W G3 from a friend to babysit while he's overseas.
I want to initialize the hard drive and reinstall system software. However,
it won't boot from either the CD-ROM or Zip drive, both of which are
internal. I've tried all the standard troubleshooting fixes, including
removing an Adaptec PCI SCSI card. Nothing works. Vital statistics: B&W G3,
256 MB RAM, 6 GB internal ATA drive, OS 9.0.4, internal CD-ROM and Zip
drives, Adaptec SCSI PCI card. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Stan Davis Potopa
PRR Communications
2410 18th Street
Altoona, PA 16601-2534
Phone 814-942-4504
Fax 814-942-4541
prrcomm@nb.net
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:21:31 +0200
From: Christian F Buser <christian@rumantsch.ch>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Microtek E3 scanner and Adaptec 2940UW
Has anybody experience how to make a Microtek E3 scanner work
together with an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card in a blue/white G3 Mac?
Here are the relevant facts:
SCSI-card: Adaptec 2940uw, Firmware 4.1 (latest, to my knowledge)
Scan-software: ScanWizard 3.24 (also latest, per Microtek's pages)
SCSI signal is taken from the 50pin inside connector of the card, via
a miniature-connector and an adapter to the "standard" Centronics
50pin connector.
SCSI Probe 5.2 "sees" the scanner on ID 6 of the chain (there are
also 2 external harddrives on ID 2 and 4).
ScanWizard complains that there is no scanner connected (scanner is
switched on and connected).
Termination: Card is set to "wide-to-narrow"; when I put a terminator
at the end of the chain, the Mac won't start up; without terminator
at the end I have no such problem.
Microtek support recommended "upgrade to 3.24 of Scan wizard" ...
:-(( - anyone any other ideas?
Thank you and best wishes, Christian.
--
Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)
Look at <http://www.rumantsch.ch/christian/welcome.html>
Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly)
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:03:40 -0500
From: Charles Pearce <pearce@ksu.edu>
To: <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: PC Zip Disks and Macs
I feel obliged to warn folks about using PC formatted Zip disks in Macs.
In our labs we have all Macs and our university bookstore often sells
students PC formatted Zip disks. We have had some bad experiences with
certain applications--most notably Quark XPress 4.1 and Adobe PhotoShop
5.5--and files that are saved to the PC Zip. We have seen the files
become unopenable on the Mac and unrecovarable. I have actually witnessed
the files' icons changing from an XPress or PhotoShop document to a
generic PC document before my eyes. PhotoShop files created on a Mac and
saved to a Zip have disappeared from the "Open File" dialogue box, even
though they show up at the Finder level.
Thus, we have recommended to our students that unless they absolutely
have to have a PC formatted Zip disk in order to access their files on a
PC somewhere else, to stick with the Mac format.
Charles Pearce
Kansas State University
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:02:31 -0400
From: "Joni Hope" <hope@maclaunch.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: remote shutdown?
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:51:18 -0400
Tom Coradeschi <tcora@info-mac.org> wrote:
> >tell machine "PowerBook_170"
> > tell application "Finder"
> > activate
> > shut down
> > end tell
> >end tell
>
> tell application "Finder" of machine "PowerBook_170" to
> shut down
>
> Works for me (I copied that out of a script I use to
> reboot my Quadra
> 950 email server remotely). Make sure that you have
> Program Linking
> enabled on the remote machine!
I *do* have program linking enabled on the PB170, and when I
tried that script it would not pass a syntax check. It
wanted EOL instead of "of" as in, of machine PowerBook_170.
I tried a few other prepositions, but only removing the
phrase, of machine PowerBook_170, worked. Obviously THAT
doesn't do what I want. I must be missing something else
obvious. I have a G4 with Mac OS 9.0.4 and AppleScript
(Script Editor 1.4.3). The PowerBook 170 is maxxed out with
8 Meg of RAM (I used to think that was plenty HA HA HA)
running System 7.1 to leave as much memory for applications
as possible. The PowerBook has AppleScript (Script Editor
1.1.1), and no AppleScript additions like Jon's Commands.
Say, I think that's it: System 7.1! I don't think direct
Finder scripting existed until System 7.5! Since I don't
run applications on this PowerBook anymore (can't see the
screen), I can convert to System 7.5 with LocalTalk Bridge
and still have a tiny amount of RAM to spare. What problems
does an AppleScript version mismatch cause?
Thanks, Tom! Now I know I can AppleScript ... and maybe I
can get a scriptable Finder!
- Joni
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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:25:05 -0400
From: Joni Hope <hope@maclaunch.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: remote shutdown?
I would like to accomplish a not-very-remote shutdown as cheaply as
possibly.
Here's my situation: I have a home AppleTalk network that has resisted
Ethernet. I have an AppleTalk-only LaserWriter IInt. I have an old
PowerBook 170 with a wonky display that won't stay fixed (I think the
monitor connection is not seating properly, but that's another story).
Since Apple's LocalTalk Bridge 2.1 is free, I use that on the PB170 for
printing and file sharing to the rest of the network from my Ethernet only
G4. It's simple, it's free, it just works, and I'm not using the PB170 for
anything else (can't really, since the screen is basically unreadable).
At the moment, I have ResEdit'd System 7.1 on this PowerBook 170 so that I
have a keyboard command to shut down. That means I have to open it to
access the keyboard every single time I want to turn it off. Sure I could
hook up an external ADB keyboard and leave the PowerBook closed, but then I
lose even more desk space. The reason to leave it shut all the time is to
regain that desk space.
What I would really like is a way to sit at my G4 and turn off the
PowerBook 170. I've got a 10 Mbps Ethernet connection to it (hub and
Asante Micro EN/SC to put Ethernet on the PB170), and I would prefer to
look at my G4 than a screwy 640x400 monochrome PowerBook display. I would
like to leave the PowerBook shut: I could turn it on by pushing the power
button on the back, and I wish I could turn it off using software on my G4.
I tried an AppleScript, but either my AppleScript skills are poor (I could
believe that since I do much more Unix shell scripting than AppleScripting)
or this is not kosher. (No applications are running. I tried a variation
that quit all apps first.)
tell machine "PowerBook_170"
tell application "Finder"
activate
shut down
end tell
end tell
What freeware/shareware/cheap/easy/clever/tricky ideas does anyone out in
Info-Mac land have? It's a Mac, it ought to be as convenient as I want!
Thanks a bunch!
- Joni
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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:44:55 -0400
From: Tom Coradeschi <tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org>
To: Christian F Buser <cbuser@mus.ch>
Subject: Zip disks
At 11:36 PM +0200 09/10/2000, Christian F Buser wrote:
>Ezra Nathan <ezra@cableinet.co.uk> wrote
>
>>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>>Format? Are there any drawbacks?
>
>Yes it is possible.
>No there are no drawbacks.
With one caveat: you cannot reformat a 100MB PC ZIP disk to Mac
format if you have a 250MB ZIP drive.
--
tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org
Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> <http://skylands.ibmwr.org/>
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