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Info-Mac Digest Wed, 10 Feb 99 Volume 16 : Issue 258
Today's Topics:
[*] TidBITS#466/08-Feb-99
(C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
(Q) Modem for Classic
(Q) New G3 with old peripherals
(Q) Non-LocalTalk Printer on Network
(Q) RealPlayer G2 too buggy for viewing
An easy to make Powerbook mistake
Copy Problems
G3/400 Gives 450 Mhz Pentium II a run for its money
Help Finding a program
How to convert JPGs to Slide Show
iMac joystick recommendation: ADB adapter vs. usb
installers
ITALY, ANYONE?
Mac II wont boot
Music software for Macintosh
Music software for Macintosh2
One Logon Per Bootup
Outlook Express
PB1400cs screen problem in Costa Rica
Printing Over an NT Network
Problems with Powerbook G3 and wall projectors
Putting back Apple HD Driver on Apple HD
questions about archive...
running PC games on a G3/233 Powerbook or OrangePC 620 on a
Searching with Sherlock
to stop the control strip
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:00:00 -0800
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Subject: [*] TidBITS#466/08-Feb-99
TidBITS#466/08-Feb-99
If you haven't investigated Mac OS 8.5's Sherlock, you'll find Kevin
Savetz's introduction to searching the Internet a good start. Also
this week, Adam traces the rise and fall of eMediaweekly and offers
an installment of Tools We Use. The news abounds with updates,
including Norton Utilities, PowerBook G3 modem software, Virtual PC,
StuffIt Expander, and KeyQuencer, plus bits about Connectix's battle
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Topics:
MailBITS/08-Feb-99
eMediaweekly Folds After Five Months
Tools We Use: Desktop Resetter
Elementary, My Dear Sherlock
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Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 03:02:36 -0800
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: (C) A Cautionary Tale - Eudora is time expiring
At 1:39 AM -0500 2/1/99, abrody@smart.net wittily wrote:
> Dear Digest readers,
> In a surprise that shouldn't have been, I got a message from Eudora
> Pro 4.1b60 today that it was about to expire in a week. How did it
> come as a surprise?
>
> 1. I downloaded the beta after it was recommended by Mac Network
> News, and used Anarchie Pro to do so.
>
> 2. Unfortunately the readme the did not state that it would expire
> after a certain period of time.
>
> 3. Unfortunately the about window did not state that it would expire
> after a certain period of time.
>
> 4. The only place it did so was on the Eudora web page. But since
> I had downloaded it with Anarchie, bypassing the notes on the web
> page I had no notion until the week before the expiration was set,
> that it would do so.
>
> So what have we learned here? Always go to the web page first of
> the publisher of the software before downloading a beta. It may be
> only there that it states that the beta is time expiring.
>
> Now I am in potential trouble with a customer for not warning him of
> this expiration.
>
> Never share beta software with customers unless you are 100% sure it
> won't expire.
>
> The sad thing is, the only stable e-mailer for the Mac that supports:
> web pages
> automated spell checking
> ability to read the listserv version of the digest
> and multiple e-mail accounts is Eudora Pro 4.1beta.
> And that costs money eventually, or time downloading and installing
> the new beta.
>
> Not to mention the new beta installs an old version of QuickTime on
> top of your old version, so you have to move your newer extensions
> out before installing Eudora.
>
> All other e-mailers crash once you exceed a certain folder and or
> file limit for mailboxes.
> All other e-mailers lack some or all the specific features mentioned above.
>
> I have tried Outlook Express 4.5. I have tried Eudora Lite 3.1.3l.
> I have tried Netscape Communicator 4.0 through 4.5, and Netscape
> Navigator 3.0.x. I have tried Cyberdog. I have tried Claris
> E-mailer.
> What left is there to try?
>
> And why can't those free e-mailers get it into their heads that
> features cost money, and features when not released right can cause
> crashes? Rhetorical, but if this message could only go to the
> publishers of those free e-mailers, maybe we would see a better
> e-mailer for the Mac.
>
> Sincerely,
> abrody@smart.net
You might try Mailsmith from Bare Bones Software, I use Eudora Pro 4.02
myself though.
Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 12:54:41 -0800
From: Paul Brians <brians@mail.wsu.edu>
Subject: (Q) Modem for Classic
A graduate student of mine wants to get a modem to use with her Mac
Classic. She uses Pine for e-mail and doesn't expect to be doing anything
other than e-mail through her dial-up connection, so she doesn't need the
latest model. Are there any restrictions as to cabling, etc. to look out
for as she shops for a cheap used modem?
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
brians@wsu.edu
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians
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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:11:20 -0800
From: "Don, Cathy Jo and Cory" <chesnuts@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: (Q) New G3 with old peripherals
A tax return is on the way and the check has "G3" written on it but I'm
having a difficult time make a decision on the new (USB, firewire) models
vs.the old (adb, serial, scsi, floppy) version.
I like the idea of the faster internal bus and the built in graphics
acceleration of the new models but I'm having a hard time figuring out if
my peripherals will work with it.
We have an external scsi zip, brand new GV 56k modem, Color Stylewriter
4000 and midi hookup. The answers I have gotten from local Mac dealers
indicate that the cost of adding cards and etc. to a new G3 to accomodate
the old peripherals would make it cheaper to get new, USB compatible ones,
not likely under current economic models.
Has anyone had any experience with making the old technology work with the
new technology? I've checked iMacintouch and other sources as well as local
retailers, but I suspect the situation is still too new to have shaken out
yet.
If you will email me directly I will be happy to summarize for the list.
Don
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 99 14:54:55 -0500
From: TCS <tcs@technologist.com>
Subject: (Q) Non-LocalTalk Printer on Network
If I put a Mac with a serial printer connected to it (say a
non-LocalTalk, non-Ethernet Stylewriter of some sort connected to the Mac
in standard fashion, with a serial cable) on a small home Ethernet LAN
with 2 other Macs, will the other 2 Macs be able to share the printer
(since the printer can be connected only to a mac and not the hub)?
SERIAL PRINTER
I
I (serial cable)
I
MACINTOSH MACINTOSH MACINTOSH
I I I
I I I (ethernet cables)
I I I
E T H E R N E T H U B
Since we know that this sort of connection works when the serial device
connected directly to one of the Macs is a modem (to share internet
access),
MODEM
I
I (serial cable)
I
MACINTOSH MACINTOSH MACINTOSH
I I I
I I I (ethernet cables)
I I I
E T H E R N E T H U B
it seems that a similar setup for another serial device (printer) set up
could be operable, albeit maybe not terribly speedy. Will it work at all?
TIA,
Lor
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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 20:17:29 -0500
From: abrody@smart.net
Subject: (Q) RealPlayer G2 too buggy for viewing
Dear Digest readers,
Granted it is a preview release, but this is so buggy is as to be
laughable. Anytime I try to increase the screen size to double, it
freezes the mouse pointer and goes nowhere. This on a G3/233 Wall
Street Powerbook with @home cable internet. So what gives?
Anybody found a way to stabilize RealPlayer G2 so it won't freeze,
and it will give you a big enough display that you can see what is
going on? Not to mention it is a 70 day demo. Thank goodness it
told me that much. Anybody hear anything new from the folks at
Real?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:38:06 -0500
From: abrody@smart.net
Subject: An easy to make Powerbook mistake
Dear Digest readers,
As I found out with the Powerbook G3, it is possible to cause
instability inadvertently. Here's how:
1. Shut down after pressing the mute button or having the volume set to zero.
2. Restart from the power button
3. Assume that it is taking too long to restart, and hit the power
button again.
So you ask what is wrong with this picture?
The machine actually has started up, it just hasn't displayed
anything on screen. To speed this process up, hold down the shift
key for two seconds and let go. Do NOT press the power button again
after pressing it once. The reasoning behind this, is that once
you press the power button, you need to shut down the Mac properly
from the Special menu before you can turn it off again. Otherwise
the drivers that did start up upon pressing the power button have a
chance to corrupt from an improper shut down.
Or you can leave the volume up just enough to know that it has
started up. Either way:
1. Press the power button, then the shift button if you shut it down earlier.
Another point, Don't close the Powerbook screen until after it has
blackened from a Shut Down. Otherwise the Powerbook will attempt to
go to sleep, which eats up batteries.
You can also shut down from the power button when you have
information on screen.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:33:11 -0500
From: Holleran Greenburger <holleran@penguin-works.com>
Subject: Copy Problems
That translates to meaning there is a bad file name associated with the
afflicted files.
Try to fix it with Norton Disk Doctor or Disk First Aid.
>Re: copy problems: Power Mac 7500, OS 7.5.5, 48 MB
>
>When I try to copy a file to either the desktop or to a removable
>Cartridge, I sometimes get one or both of the following messages:
>
>1) The file "Whatever" couldn't be read because it cannot be found. Do you
>want to continue copying?
>
>Or:
>
>2) The file "Whatever" couldn't be read, because an error of type -37
>occurred. Do you want to continue copying?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:32:08 -0500
From: abrody@smart.net
Subject: G3/400 Gives 450 Mhz Pentium II a run for its money
Dear Digest readers,
http://www.apple.com/powermac/splash/opendoor.html
Shows the Bytemark tests comparing a G3/400 to a 450Mhz Pentium II.
Compare 13.3 to 6.2. More than twice as fast. :-)
No difficult arithmetic here!
Share with all your Mac hating friends this page, and maybe, just
maybe you might win over a few converts. Not to worry, I've been a
Mac guy since the beginning, even when I couldn't have a Mac for five
years.
Rumor has it, the G4 due out later this year is 16 times faster than
a Pentium II. I wonder how much faster is it than a Pentium III?
Need software to prove your point? Apple has finally published the
12,000 Mac products online at:
http://guide.apple.com/usindex.html
But of course you all know this. If you didn't, share these
tidbits with your non-Mac know-it-all friends. Another link for
fun: http://www.ameritel.net/lusers/abrody/mac.html
Yosemite should be renamed. How about Hermes?
Sincerley,
abrody@smart.net
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Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 16:23:00 +0000
From: "Wayne Stouth" <wstouth@earthlink.net>
Subject: Help Finding a program
I'm looking for a program to put time limits on internet use. When I was
on the other side of the fence (Wintel) I had a program that allowed me to
give several people access to my internet connection. It keyed off the
modem connection. Each person had their own password. I could assign a
given daily time limit for each user. Before the modem dialed a box popped
up asking the user name and password. Five minutes before the time expired a
message popped up warning the connection would be shut down. It also
offered the ability on that message box to pull up a Administrator override
box. In that box you typed the master password this allowed infinite time in
case the person was in the middle of a download when the time was up. Does
anyone know of a similar program like this for the Mac Platform?
<wstouth@earthlink.net>
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:37:20 -0500
From: mitch.barker@gses.com
Subject: How to convert JPGs to Slide Show
Howdy,
I have about 15 JPEG format graphics which I'd like
to assemble into a "slide show". Ideally it should
end up as a quick time movie or other cross platform
format.
I tried importing the graphics into a movie using the
Apple Video Player, but the resultant movie, could not
pause at each picture, and some pictures were skipped.
1. Is there a way to force the movie to pause at each
picture? I would also like to be able to manually
move from picture to picture with the next and
prev buttons.
2. Any other suggestions for assembling pictures into
a movie or slide show?
3. Is there more capable movie editing software which
will allow me to do what I need?
Thanks.
Mitch
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 22:57:57 -0500
From: Michael Holtzman <holtzman@stjohns.edu>
Subject: iMac joystick recommendation: ADB adapter vs. usb
Greetings, all. I am expecting a new iMac any day now, and I need a
recommendation for a joystick. I have a Gravis MouseStick II (ADB). Should
I get an ADB to USB adapter, or go for a new USB joystick? (I'm not a hard
core gamer, so I don't need the latest and greatest .. I just want a decent
controller).
Suggestions ?? Thanx.
Michael S. Holtzman
St. John's University (NY)
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:51:58 -0500
From: abrody@smart.net
Subject: installers
Dear Digest readers,
I'd like to create a series of disks for Mac users that has all the
software they need to get connected to the net with a particular
provider. I'd like to be able to have the installer automatically
put in the necessary software in the extensions, control panels, and
preferences folder.
I already have Stuffit Deluxe, but that doesn't seem to have an
installer feature other than to build .sea files which will extract
anywhere the user wants to. I am dealing with newbies here, who
don't know their desktop folder from their system folder, and their
Apple menu from their Apple key.
Such an installer should be able to detect if FreePPP was already
loaded, and remove FreePPP before proceeding with the installation.
It should be able to stop installing if InterPPP is present, and
inform the user to run Internet Valet setup, as the provider has
previously given users Internet Valet for its setup, which is as
simply an installer for those machines. Such an installer should
be able to recognize the operating system and model Macintosh being
used, and recommend upgrading before continuing if they have System
7.5.2 through 7.5.5.
If System 7.5.1 or earlier is in use, that installer should be able
to extract out and build a segmented Stuffit archive, after the user
puts in a series of disks.
Anybody know of an easy way to create such an installer that doesn't
cost any money?
If there is a way to easily edit Apple's own Installer that comes
with the operating system that might be the best option.
And before anybody recommends AppleScript, I have found certain cases
where AppleScript crashes some machines. It should work with
extensions disabled.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:25:14 +0900
From: Sato & Shaw <satoshaw@gol.com>
Subject: ITALY, ANYONE?
Dear Macophiles,
I will be moving to Naples Italy this coming Thursday, changing
jobs from my current position in Yokohama Japan. The Mac is a big
moneymaker in Japan, selling better than even in the states. Just
wondering if there're any fellow Mac users who have experience on living
and using Mac's in Italy. I'm interested in the usual litany of things:
Is the Mac popular in Italy? Are there good ISPs that understand what a
Mac is? Are there ISPs that understand English? Are there many stores
that sell Mac hardware? Are there Mac user groups? Are there good repair
shops around? Any info for this future pasta hall of famer appreciated.
Cheers (or should I say Ciao),
Ted Shaw
satoshaw@gol.com
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 22:39:01 +0000
From: Ian Burt <gonzo@communart.karoo.co.uk>
Subject: Mac II wont boot
Hi Macsters,
once more need forces me to come out of lurk mode and show my ignorance.
I help to run a couple of small cyber cafes and IT Resource Centres where
underprivileged kids can get some hands on experience. It is usually PC
cast off kit we get given to play with, but of late there has been a
breakthrough since word has spread there are Mac nuts about. There has
been an influx of Macs, well only two, but it's a start.
So I've had a Mac II since before Christmas which wont boot. It is about
eight years old and has 2MB RAM, plus 4 ext, RGB card, Ethernet and a
beautiful Radius Monitor, all 19 inches of it. Wont boot though.
Apparently it worked for years no problems then was put away after being
superseded. Guy who donated it says he tried to boot it one day and it
just stood there looking more like a door stop by the minute. His theory
is a dud I/O micro switch or a fuse gone. A German web site led me to
being told it may just be a battery needed. I hope.
If it is a write off there are spares to be salvaged, and I kinda fancy
having a 19 inch monitor myself to go with a Pios Keenya, Tanzania 4400
clone, 200 Mhz, 32 MB RAM. It wont just plug and play,,tried it. I guess
it needs the RGB card from Mac II? Or am I being unrealistic?
Any advice is most welcome.
TIA
Ian B
But you who walk facing the sun,what images drawn on the earth can hold
you?
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Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 03:22:26 -0800
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: Music software for Macintosh
At 3:43 PM +0100 1/26/99, Paolo Bartoli wittily wrote:
> I'm new to computer music, and I'd like to find shareware applications to
> compose/edit music and mix audio tracks.
> What is available on th shareware market?
>
> ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli
> ** pbartoli@iname.com
> **
> ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba
SoundEffects v0.9.2 by Alberto Ricci <http://www.riccisoft.com>
PlayerPRO <http://www.quadmation.com/>
Both of them are available on the Info-Mac Mirrors as far as I know, which
is where I would get them.
Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>
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Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 14:15:15 -0800
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: Music software for Macintosh2
At 3:43 PM +0100 1/26/99, Paolo Bartoli wittily wrote:
> I'm new to computer music, and I'd like to find shareware applications to
> compose/edit music and mix audio tracks.
> What is available on th shareware market?
>
> ** Arch. Paolo Bartoli
> ** pbartoli@iname.com
> **
> ** http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba
In the latest MacAddict of March 1999, they have a feature on music for
the Mac and the featured application is Myriad Software's Melody Assistant
3.0.1 and included on the MacAddict CD is Myriad Software's Melody
Assistant 3.0.1
So I would say get Myriad Software's Melody Assistant 3.0.1 which is $15
shareware.
Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>
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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 16:02:01 -0800
From: Gerry <speak@primenet.com>
Subject: One Logon Per Bootup
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I've asked before on usenet but have never managed to get any significant
aid on this.
I logon via TCP/IP to a server, do my business and log off, an hour later I
try to log on and it simply sticks at the "establishing communications
phase? It has ALWAYS done this going back to 7.5, i'm now at the newest OS
at 8.5.1. Using Eudora or Netscape or
whatever.
Every once in a while I can manage to get logged on successfully the 2nd
time if I connect directly rather than letting the program itself establish
it's own communication. But then the server never responds to my requests
for send/receive mail, usenet, whatever. Two different modems completely
different. Changes in initialization string. Turning modem off and on.
Using PPC 7600, Microcom or Cardinal modems, FreePPP 2.6.2, OT-TCP/IP
2.0.2, OS 8.5.1.
Any ideas on this?
\\\--- Gerry
---------------------------------------------------
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>I've asked before on usenet but have
never managed to get any significant aid on this.
I logon via TCP/IP to a server, do my business and log off, an hour
later I try to log on and it simply sticks at the "establishing
communications phase? It has ALWAYS done this going back to 7.5, i'm
now at the newest OS at 8.5.1. Using Eudora or Netscape or
whatever.
Every once in a while I can manage to get logged on successfully the
2nd
time if I connect directly rather than letting the program itself
establish
it's own communication. But then the server never responds to my
requests for send/receive mail, usenet, whatever. Two different modems
completely different. Changes in initialization string. Turning modem
off and on.
Using PPC 7600, Microcom or Cardinal modems, FreePPP 2.6.2, OT-TCP/IP
2.0.2, OS 8.5.1.
Any ideas on this? </fontfamily>
<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><smaller>
\\\--- Gerry
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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
-- George Bernard Shaw</smaller></fontfamily>
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 13:41:22 +0900
From: "Magnus Hoek" <mbh@sophie.q.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Subject: Outlook Express
Hi there everybody
I just decided to dump my old trusted Eudora and installed Outlook Express.
In relation to this I have a couple of questions...
1) Where are the E-mails saved. What files ? I need to know what to
backup...
2) Is it possible to import Eudora mailboxes to new Outlook Express
mailboxes. I really don't want to forward all those old E-mails while there
are thousands of them...
TIA
Magnus
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Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 15:15:26 -0600
From: Rick King <rking@midusa.net>
Subject: PB1400cs screen problem in Costa Rica
Please help me!
I'm in Costa Rica on a work trip and unable to get phone calling card
to work, so I'm sending this via a friend to try to find a hardware
saavy mac person to help diagnose my screen problem.
Two weeks ago, my PB 1400cs (OS 8.5, 44Mb) fell off a bedside table onto
a concrete floor and the screen became almost unreadable. There are no
outward signs of trauma to the casing and I believe it hit on the right
side (I saw the modem card eject).
I was able to continue work by renting an external monitor and adapter
cable (I have a 24 bit Newer video card installed) but when I return to
US Feb 10 I must leave the monitor here and then my problems begin all
over again--I will be traveling 2 more weeks in the US before returning
home to Charlottesville, VA. I hope to avoid renting a monitor in each
city, or buying one I don't need and schleping on planes.
My hope is to diagnose the problem by email and get the correct part by
mail (I have been repairing Kaypros since 1983, my Mac Plus, and
cleaned up a floppy on my PB 170 that people said couldn't be fixed). I
have taken, or seen taken, everything out of this computer but the
mother board.
Here's the situation:
When it boots, the grey screen is normal, the smiley mac is fine, but
when color enters the scene (the OS 8.5 logo) things get bad. I had
hoped that turning the display into a grey scale with monitors and sound
would work. It does not change anything.
There are vertical black and white streaks, anywhere from one pixel wide
to several pixels, which constantly shimmer, making vertical lines--like
a really badly scratched movie. As you know, the screen is divided into
top and bottom half, and the behavior in each half, while similar, is
independent, ie, the streaks do not usually line up with each other on
the two halves of the screen.
The desktop is relatively readable--the streaks are white (contrast and
brightness at max) and actually do line up in this instance only.
Windows are another matter. If small and relatively centered above and
below the horizontal center line, they can be read--are blood red,
tending towards black, the larger they are.
Menus are barely readable.
Application windows are similar--if I am able to find the rt lower
corner of a window (the top and bottom are not clearly defined, as the
streaking continues off top and bottom of screen at same width as
window) and drag it to half the monitor's height, and athen position it
evenly centered above and below the horizontal line dividing the two
halves of the screen, it becomes bright enough that I can then read it.
The Clue:
The shimmering vertical lines within any window ARE INDEPENDENT of
their screen location but stay fixed relative to each other's position
within that window, ie, when moving a window, the streaks in that window
move WITH the window, and they stay EXACTLY the same relative to each
other within that window, no matter where I drag the window on the
screen. For redundancy, because I think this is really important: The
streaking immediately to the right and left of the moved window stays
the same, but the streak patterns in the window move with the window.
Logic tells me that the problem is occuring at an earlier level than the
screen itself or the circuitry that generates the "sweep" for the
screen. (I'm talking CRT lingo here, not knowing LCD signal
technology--I'm an old vacuum tube tester from the 50s).
ICON, the authorized apple dealer at the University of Costa Rica, had
it for 5 days, initially reassuring me that it was likely a broken wire
to the display. That proved wrong (they didn't say how they thought so,
my spanish is not that good, nor their english, and they didn't know it
had a reset button either--another story). They didn't have another
mother board or a screen to test it with.
Not knowing what happens to the display signal at the point it is passed
off TO the video card (where it's OK) and when it arrives at the
screen, the streaks must be being generated at the level that generates
the windows for the internal display (but it seems odd that it would be
after the video card). I.e., since the external display is ok, there
must be some circuitry between the main logic board and the display that
generates the window info for the flat panel display. What I don't know
is of what components this circuitry might be comprised, and if it's
replaceable separate from the mother board.
I don't see how it could be at a later level if the streaks move around
with the window.
I'm in a remote town in Costa Rica, reachable only by email
<JWTravis@mindspring.com> which I check twice daily (with difficulty).
I hope this will make sense to someone who'll know exactly what part I
need.
thanks,
John W. Travis, MD, MPH
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:33:11 -0500
From: Holleran Greenburger <holleran@penguin-works.com>
Subject: Printing Over an NT Network
If it's a fully network-capable printer, simply select it in the chooser
like any Apple device, selecting first the Laserwriter driver, then the
device.
Ex: HP 5000N laser printer, in default mode, can be printed to with those
simple steps. For more demanding users, addition of the HP PPDs for that
specific printer may be desireable, but by no means required. :-)
>> I'm the only Mac on a NT network full of PCs. I'd like to print to the
>> network printer from my Starmax 300/180. Is this possible? If so, how do
>> I set things up?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>I can tell you that it's possible, because my office is a mixed Mac/PC
>network running off Windows NT, and we print to a variety of printers on
>the network. How to set it up is beyond my expertise.
>--
>Jeff Frankel
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:02:26 +0100
From: Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>
Subject: Problems with Powerbook G3 and wall projectors
I have a Powerbook G3 with a built in 600x800 pixel screen.
I have problems connecting it to various wall projectors,
which have less resolution than 600x800 pixel.
The Powerbook G3 is obviously capable of sending out screen
control signals with less resolution than 600x800. When I
connect it to a CRT screen, it can do this. But when I
connect it to various wall projectors, it refuses to show,
in its menu of screen resolutions, anything else than
600x800.
Probably, if I could just set it to another resolution and
using the external screen only, all would work. The problem
is that it does not provide me with this setting option.
I have had the same problem with several different kinds of
wall projectors and with one system which converted the
signal to ordinary television video signals.
Can anyone help?
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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:02:49 -0800
From: Dieder Bylsma <bylsma@home.com>
Subject: Putting back Apple HD Driver on Apple HD
How do I go about putting back an Apple HD driver on an HD that was
perviously 'taken-over' by another drive formatting utility. Backing up and
reinitializing is an unpreferred option since all my 100s of aliases will
be broken and will have to be manually fixed.
--
Dieder Bylsma |
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Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:30:51 EST
From: Luskin@aol.com
Subject: questions about archive...
How quickly do files get uploaded to the archive. Four files listed today,
including
info-mac/font/amphiareocaps-font.hqx; 96K]
and
/info-mac/font/cuzco-regular-font.hqx; 220K]
do not seem to be in the AOL version of the archive. Should I look elsewhere?
Michael B. Luskin
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Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 20:40:16 -0500
From: abrody@smart.net
Subject: running PC games on a G3/233 Powerbook or OrangePC 620 on a
Dear Digest readers,
I have tried running Douglas Adams StarShip Titanic
and EA's John Madden Football 98.
I have tried this both with Softwindows 95 version 5.0 on a G3/233
with 30MB given to the Softwindows program, and with OrangePC version
3 on an OrangePC 620 card with 64MB of RAM. Neither allows me to get
past the Play Game button. The program abruptly quits upon clicking
play game, and gets me back to the Windows 95 desktop.
Now I have seen advertisements selling Virtual PC G3 with John Madden
98. Does it work?
I don't care how slow it is. How do I get John Madden to work?
Would getting a Mac Gravis gamepad make any difference? Similar
questions for StarShip Titanic.
Is VirtualPC G3 worth it? Does it come with Windows 95 or Windows
98 on disk, or do I have to use a separate copy of Windows 95 or
Windows 98?
Does Simcity 3000 work on any of these?
I hear also that Lego's Mindstorm is compatible with PCs with an
infrared transmitter. Does Apple's IrDa on a G3 Powerbook work with
the Mindstorm Lego bricks?
If the answer to any or all of these is no, then I implore any of you
developers who want to make it possible to run these systems to make
it possible on a Mac with emulation.
I'd be happy to buy the first system that works well for under $200.
But it has to work.
I do not want to purchase a PC.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 22:43:12 -0500
From: steina@e-math.ams.org (Alan H. Stein)
Subject: Searching with Sherlock
I need to find occurrances of a string containing a period, such as
index.html, within files on my hard drive. When I enter index.html as the
search term, Sherlock finds all files containing either index or html. Is
it possible to do any sort of boolean search or a search of a string
including special characters such as spaces and periods?
--
steina@member.ams.org http://www.alanstein.com
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 14:05:58 +0100
From: bromo@flashnet.it (Vittorio Barabino)
Subject: to stop the control strip
>
> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 15:15:14 -0600
> From: "Cody Kleven" <cpkleven@students.wisc.edu>
> Subject: <no subject>
>
> Hello. I was wondering if there was a way to stop the control strip from
> moving places on the screen. It seems to keep creeping upwards! Is there a
> way to move it or fix this problem?
Move it while pressing the option key
--
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