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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 01 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 121
Today's Topics:
[*] Diet Sleuth 3.0.0
[*] HAPPY HOWLIDAYS Kaleidoscope 2.0+ scheme
[*] HTML OptimizerPro 1.7.2
[*] LinkGardener 1.0
[*] MacTypingTutor 4.7.7
[*] Mulligan's Golf Personal 1.0.7 Demo
[*] Principia
[*] Sound Studio 1.3, an audio editor
[*] VisualKeyboard 1.1
an almost crashed G3
Clipboard & EPS conversion & memory
Font crash requires system wipe
OS9 and usb and zip
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: Chris Smolinski <csmolinski@erols.com>
To:
Subject: [*] Diet Sleuth 3.0.0
Diet Sleuth 3.0.0:
Diet Sleuth is a nutritional database and personal health logbook for
the Macintosh.
Diet Sleuth allows you to keep track of what foods you eat each day, and
their nutritional value. For each day, you select the foods you have
eaten, and the number of servings of each. Diet Sleuth will
automatically calculate your caloric intake, fat grams, carbohydrates,
fiber, protein, cholesterol, along with sodium, potassium, and calcium.
You can select from over 5000 different foods from 21 catagories,
including fast food, lunchmeat, junk food, seafood, and baby food. In
addition to the included food groups, you can create and edit your own
foods in a separate catagory. You can also create a catagory of favorite
foods to quickly access commonly used foods. A built-in Recipe Editor
allows you to quickly enter a custom recipe, with the nutritional
information automatically calculated, based on the ingedients.
You may also track your weight, and estimate your percent body fat, and
calories burned, along with your projected weight loss. Graphing
functions are also available.
The URL to download a copy of Diet Sleuth is
http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/diet.html
Shareware, $35. Evaluation copy allows 30 days of use.
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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
Macintosh Software
[Archived as /info-mac/data/diet-sleuth-30.hqx; 1086 K]
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: royerm <royerm@gate.net>
To:
Subject: [*] HAPPY HOWLIDAYS Kaleidoscope 2.0+ scheme
Happy Howlidays is a Kaleidoscope 2.0+ scheme to put you in the
Christmas spirit...holly, poinsettas, and puppies (and a few kittens)
with brighten your desktop with holiday cheer.
-Martha Royer
See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here:
http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml
Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/happy-howlidays-ks.hqx; 782 K]
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: Ton Brand <Ton_Brand@spidernet.nl>
To:
Subject: [*] HTML OptimizerPro 1.7.2
HTML OptimizerPro 1.7.2
What it is: Tool to check and optimize your web pages
Author: Ton Brand
Company: Ton's Software
License: shareware US$8.00
Computer: PowerPC
MacOS: 7.5 or later
Abstract:
HTML OptimizerPro's main function is to save space on your web pages by
removing unnecessary characters and tags, making parsing the page by a
browser more efficient.
Four other useful functions of HTML OptimizerPro are:
(1) Checking the so called tagged pairs, i.e. the tags that always have to
appear together with their end tags. Further, IMG tags are checked for WIDTH,
HEIGHT and ALT attributes. ALT attributes can be added if missing, with or
without string.
(2) Checking the validity of the internal links.
(3) Marking dangling tags and missing attributes to find them quickly.
(4) Converting special characters to the &....; notation.
New in this update is an improved search function for converted special
characters.
HTML OptimizerPro is a PPC application and requires MacOS 7.5 or later.
--
Ton Brand
Ton's Software
http://www.spidernet.nl/~ton_brand
[Archived as /info-mac/text/html/html-optimizer-pro-172.hqx; 1057 K]
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: Dave Horlick <davebob@mindspring.com>
To:
Subject: [*] LinkGardener 1.0
Link Gardener lets you edit and manage Internet Location files. You can
change their URL. You can convert them to Netscape Bookmarks or MS Internet
Shortcuts and back. You can check your links to see if they are good, and
post the results to each file's Finder Comments. You can convert an HTML
file or Cyberdog Notebook into a new folder full of Internet Location files.
Or you can convert your file-based links into an HTML file.
It's your molded plastic log on the flume of the Internet!
Requires Mac OS 8.1 and MRJ 2.2 (which is included with Mac OS 9.0.4) or
better.
[Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/link-gardener-10.hqx; 297 K]
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: "Wm. Rogers" <wroger@tiac.net>
To:
Subject: [*] MacTypingTutor 4.7.7
MacTypingTutor is a great program for beginning typing students. It
uses five integrated work areas that together teach correct finger
placement and memorization of the keyboard keys. Practice exercises
focus on single letters, letter and number sequences, words,
sentences,m paragraphs, and free typing. The program offers a
spelling checker, user-defined speed goals, score sheets, time
tracking with rest signals, and many other helpful features.
MacTypingTutor can be used for regular typing or Dvorak typing. The
program also now offers "spoken prompts" and "talking keys" as an
option. There also are one hand versions for left- or right-handed
typing.
MacTypingTutor4.7.7 is for Power Macs only; download
MacTypingTutor4.3 or earlier for use on regular Macs.
Windows-TypingTutor version is also available for PC computers.
Ask for details about all program versions at wroger@tiac.net or
visit site at www.tiac.net/users/wroger--
Wm. Rogers, Ph.D.
Practical Press
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/mac-typing-tutor-477.hqx; 467 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2000
From: John Bishop <jb@mulligansw.com>
To:
Subject: [*] Mulligan's Golf Personal 1.0.7 Demo
Mulligan's Golf Personal 1.0.7
Mulligan's Golf Personal is a stats, recordkeeping and handicapping
application for the individual golfer. It provides easy entry and analysis of
a player's scores and scoring history, and supports an unlimited number of
players and courses. It tracks and computes handicaps according to a number
of popular handicapping systems, including USGA, RCGA, Australian and Callaway
handicapping.
The demonstration version is a limited-capability release of the complete
application, upgradeable by serial number to a full-featured version.
Mulligan's Golf Personal is also available on CD from Mulligan Software at
http://www.mulligansw.com.
Mulligan's Golf Personal requires a 68020 Macintosh or better, including PPC,
iMac, etc. running System 7.1 or later, Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9.
[Archived as /info-mac/data/mulligans-golf-personal-107.hqx; 3342 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2000
From: Oscar Bascara <ocb1@earthlink.net>
To:
Subject: [*] Principia
Principia is a novelty desk accessory featuring Sir Isaac Newton. Place
the Principia file in the Apple Menu Items folder within the System
Folder, or run it directly as a stand alone application if you like.
A window appears in the lower left corner of the screen containing an
image (one of three) of Sir Isaac Newton. The Apple icon in the menu
bar wiggles and then drops down bonking him on the head.
Oscar Bascara
[Archived as /info-mac/game/principia.hqx; 74 K]
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Date: 31 Jul 2000
From: Lucius Kwok <lucius@felttip.com>
To:
Subject: [*] Sound Studio 1.3, an audio editor
Sound Studio is an audio recording and editing app for the Mac OS. It allows
you to take full advantage of your Mac's built-in sound recording and
playback capabilities, to digitize your collection of vinyl and tapes, to do
live recording of audio, to edit new and pre-existing digital audio, and to
save your audio in AIFF or Sound Designer II format to be used in other
audio apps. And it all costs just US$25, if you decide to keep it beyond the
14-day trial period.
Version 1.3 adds Sound Designer II file format support, single-channel
editing, and sound input source controls. It also has many bug fixes and UI
tweaks. It requires Mac OS 8.5 and a Power Macintosh. See
http://felttip.com/products/soundstudio for details.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/sound-studio-13.hqx; 490 K]
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Date: 1 Aug 2000
From: Francesco Fumanti <visualkeyboard@yahoo.com>
To:
Subject: [*] VisualKeyboard 1.1
This package contains VisualKeyboard 1.1.
It is an extension that creates a floating onscreen keyboard, so you
can type using the mouse.
It also includes a Read Me and Matt Slot's TextServiceManager Fix.
Requires: System 7.1 or later, 68k or PowerPC machine.
New in version 1.1 :
- sizable window
- second layout similar to qwerty
- shows icon when computer boots
Francesco Fumanti
visualkeyboard@yahoo.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/visual-keyboard-11.hqx; 166 K]
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:25:14 +0200
From: Paolo Bartoli <pbartoli@iname.com>
To: Info Mac <digest@info-mac.org>, Macmicrostation <Macmicrostation@hts2.org>
Subject: an almost crashed G3
Dear friends,
last friday a PMac Blue G3/350 (HFS+, Mac OS 8.6) almost crashed. The
internal HD is no longer visible on the desktop, and at startup
(startup with system CD) I'm being asked if I'd like to _FORMAT_ the
internal HD!
So I run Disk First Aid, and that's not of much help, even if it
reports a "BTree Node dimension not valid, 4, 0" error. Unfortunately
I can't repair the drive with Disk Firts Aid. I can still "see" the
HD name in Disk First Aid's window, as the HD is recognized by this
application.
What do you suggest? Have any handy utility that can help me recover
this hard disk?
--
** Arch. Paolo Bartoli / pbartoli@iname.com / bpxmb@tin.it **
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:30:38 +0400
From: Steve Pantony <steve@emirates.net.ae>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Clipboard & EPS conversion & memory
In Adobe Illustrator 8 , if i have a 3 Mb graphic open and copy it to the
clipboard, when I open Photoshop (in which I hope to post it) I get an error
message saying that the clipboard doesnt have enough memory.
There is 320Mb on the system and at this time about 200Mb free !
It looks like it is happening when the clipboard is converting to EPS
format.
Is there a way to allocate more memory to the clipboard or another solution
?
Many thanks
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 18:27:10 +0400
From: Steve Pantony <steve@emirates.net.ae>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Font crash requires system wipe
I have OS 9 on a G4 .
There are a couple of fonts that have dubious origins that if dragged into
the system folder cause a problem on the next reboot
The problem is a bomb with the message "not enough memory to load sound
manager"
If I then start without extensions, remove the font and restart the message
returns.
If I then disable the Sound manager extension , I get the same message with
another extension and so on.
I have tried reinstalling the system over the top, but it doesnt help.
In the end I wipe the disk and reinstall and away I go until I install the
font again .
Can anyone kindly explain why this can be happening and advise a simpler
remedy for the future
Many thanks
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 14:20:33 +0900
From: Ruth South McCreery <rsm@gol.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: OS9 and usb and zip
I have a new G4 Mac. A few days ago I prepared a 250M Zip disk with a small
version of the system so that I could boot from it to run Microsoft Office
when needed for a client without having it on my hard drive and messing up
my Word 5.1 settings.
That worked perfectly.
Yesterday I tried to do the same thing, and my Mac informed me that it
cannot boot from a Zip disk. It will not let me designate the Zip disk as
the startup disk.
Since it did boot from it only a few days before, I assumed that the
problem might be software I had installed in the meantime. That consisted
of ATM light (btw, even following the instructions to use the 4.5.2
updater, I cannot get ATM Plus to work--system crashes at restart) and the
updated version of ATR. Neither is giving me any problem.
Nonetheless, i turned both off. No difference.
The zip drive, a USB 250M drive, is plugged into a USB hub (labelled as
being by Hit's Communications) along with my TA/DSU connection.
Any suggestions?
Ruth S. McCreery rsm@gol.com
The Word Works t: +81-(0)45-314-9324 f: +81-(0)45-316-4409
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