Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 11:46:37 PST From: The Info-Mac Moderators Reply-To: Info-Mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #67 To: info-mac@sumex-aim.stanford.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Thu, 13 Mar 97 Volume 15 : Issue 67 Today's Topics: [!] This is the last digest for a while [*] ALXSCR11.HQX [*] Andy's 3D Modern Cursor v1.0 [*] AppleSOS-joke1.2beta [*] Archimedean v. 6.0 [*] Bill's Zip Disk Icons [*] Copland 7 Color Scheme - Freeware [*] csOTPPP [*] CyberGold 1.1 [*] GNTAX96.hqx [*] Marathon MacOS Screen [*] MatheEg 6.0 [*] OT/PPP Strip 1.0b2 [*] Photoshop Dither Filter package, v1.6 (dither-filter-16.hqx) [*] Point4 Demo version 1.3 [*] RecCleaner10.hqx [*] Sherlock Holmes Icons [*] SimpleLogger1.0 [*] SuperSaver 1.0 [*] X-Files startup [*] Yours, Love, Sincerely 2.0.1 Change of e-mail address Cheap Printer Shootout Eudora problem FreePPP & SCSIProbe 4.0 Clash Info-Mac Digest V15 #58 Japanese keyboard Latest version of Word Microsoft File PB 100 batteries? PB 5300ce & Port Problems RFreePP and Modem Speed - Re: Info-Mac Digest V15 #58 Sensitive data & equipment Salvage System 7.6: Type 11 errors System software for Mac Plus (R) Upgrade possibilities for a MacII (q) DOS emulator!!!!!! The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Matt Bauer, Brian Wessels, Liam Breck The Info-Mac Archive is available at 50 public and private sites around the world. For the site list, request it by mail (address below), or try: Also accessible by ftp. Help files and indexes are also in info-mac/help/. Administrative queries & info: Articles for digest publication: Files for inclusion: To submit a file greater than 800K, or to avoid submitting by (and segmenting for) email, send email describing the file to and upload it to: -- username/password macgifts/macgifts at info-mac.org As with emailed submissions, non-text files must be binhexed. See our new WWW site: , where you can find all of this info and more! The Info-Mac digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Quarterdeck corporation. StarNine develops Internet server software for the Macintosh, including World Wide Web and e-mail publishing systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #67" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:18:18 -0600 From: Gordon Watts Subject: [!] This is the last digest for a while Sumex-aim is now closed! I hope we gave you enough uploads to ponder during our hiatus... We will be back soon, and the first digest will contain a "[!]" message with instructions on how send us mail. Cheers, Gordon (info-mac moderator) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:37 -0700 From: alexsavage@hotmail.com Subject: [*] ALXSCR11.HQX This is Alex's Scripts 1.1, a set of 4 scripts that mainly do things at specified times. It installs to: MacHD Desktop Alex's Scripts 1.1 TimeScript DropQuit DropLaunch Scanner ReadMe ------------ For details, see the readme file. (C)1997 Alex Savage [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/alxscr-11-as.hqx; 44K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:14:14 -0700 From: 100400.1725@compuserve.com Subject: [*] Andy's 3D Modern Cursor v1.0 Andy's 3D ModernCursor is a fix for cursor boredom :> [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/andys-3d-modern-cursor.hqx; 19K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:43 -0700 From: dave@terminal.cz Subject: [*] AppleSOS-joke1.2beta Please include this in your archive and feel free to place it on your CD-Rom. Wow! I need your help! I have just found a means to record my sounds at a higher sampling rate (thus better quality) and shrink them down to even smaller than the originals recorded at a lower sampling rate. So I've redone the entire AppleSOS Joke Sound -- better, funnier, longer, and yet smaller! My machine has no problem playing it... How about yours? Please read the Readme. If this works out, all of the Wacked Sounds of the past & future will be better and smaller! Be sure to check out my new Software Page and the updated Wacked Sounds page for updates & requests: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/software.html http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/wacked.html Dave Ulrich dave@terminal.cz daveulrich@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/8264/ My sounds are copyrighted to me and may be uploaded anywhere or included on any CD-Rom as long as they remain unaltered and include the "ReadMe" file. [Archived as /info-mac/art/snd/apple-sos-joke-12b.hqx; 359K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:40 -0700 From: xpolakis@hol.gr Subject: [*] Archimedean v. 6.0 Archimedean : This is a DocMaker format stand-alone document containing stuff related to great Archimedes (quotations, poems etc). Antreas P. Hatzipolakis Sfakianos@EuropeMail.Com xpolakis@prometheus.hol.gr http://users.hol.gr/~xpolakis/ [Archived as /info-mac/art/archimedean-60.hqx; 247K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:04:41 -0800 From: billk3@anv.net (Bill Kesler) Subject: [*] Bill's Zip Disk Icons Here they are.......So use 'em and be happy!!! Any Comments? billk3@anv.net or BILLK23@aol.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/bills-zip-disk-icons.hqx; 83K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:14:10 -0700 From: asimov@stealth.net Subject: [*] Copland 7 Color Scheme - Freeware Copland 7 is a free color scheme for Greg's Kaleidoscope (version 1.0.x) which makes your Mac desktop somewhat reminiscent of System 7.x, with a Copland-esqe look and feel. Windows, Menus, Scroll bars, progress bars, buttons, icons (after restart), checkboxes, radio buttons, etc. are all made, to as much an extent as possible, to be a System 7-heavy mixture of the two GUIs. One nice feature is the ability to change the Accent Color, which changes the color of the progress bar, scroll bar tab and the menu color highlight - a nice-looking feature, if you ask me :) Scott Naness Staten Island, NY Color Scheme Web Site: http://www.stealth.net/~asimov/win95.html [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/copland-7-color-scheme.hqx; 24K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:06:01 -0800 From: hcir@alaska.net (Rich Allen) Subject: [*] csOTPPP csOTPPP is a control strip module for automating logging on and off the Internet. With csOTPPP you can open/close up to three applications and the PPP session with just one click. System requirements: * System 7.5 * Control Strip control panel * Apples's OT/PPP For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our Web page: http://www.alaska.net/~hcir/csOTPPP.html Thanks, Rich Allen Allen ReSearch http://www.alaska.net/~hcir/ I give permission for my program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/ot-ppp-cs.hqx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:14:12 -0700 From: harvey@ampsc.com Subject: [*] CyberGold 1.1 CyberGold 1.1 is a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme, based on CyberCop, with polished-gold enhancements. To use it, you must have the Kaleidoscope control panel installed (Kaleidoscope is shareware by Greg Landweber, available from http://greg.math.harvard.edu). Simply place CyberGold in the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder which is in your Extensions folder, open the Kaleidoscope control panel, and select CyberGold from the list of color schemes. You may use and distribute this file freely, as long as the entire folder and contents are kept together, and this "Read Me" file is included in the distribution. Visually compelling graphics for your Web site and/or print media. Let us help you create a presence on the Internet no matter what your level of computer expertise or your advertising budget. Competitive rates. Amazing results. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/cybergold-11.hqx; 86K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:50 -0700 From: antcliff@norfolk.infi.net Subject: [*] GNTAX96.hqx This is an EXCEL 5 Spreadsheet to be used to calculate your 1996 Federal Taxes - enjoy. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/gntax-96.hqx; 20K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:45 -0700 From: rklak@junction.net Subject: [*] Marathon MacOS Screen Marathon inspired MacOs progress screen replacement [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/marathon-macos-screen.hqx; 292K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:42 -0700 From: xpolakis@hol.gr Subject: [*] MatheEg 6.0 MathEg v. 6.0 : This is a DocMaker format stand-alone document containing a collection of mathematicians epigrams. May be included on Info-Mac CD-ROM. Antreas P. Hatzipolakis Sfakianos@EuropeMail.Com [Archived as /info-mac/art/math-eg-60.hqx; 289K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:43:55 -0800 From: djw@ici.net (Dennis J. Wilkinson, II) Subject: [*] OT/PPP Strip 1.0b2 OT/PPP Strip is a control strip module allowing you to control and monitor the state of Apple's implementation of PPP for Open Transport. It is freeware, but not public domain: please see the Read Me in the archive for further information. It requires OT 1.1.1 or better, OT/PPP 1.0, and AppleScript to be installed. Dennis [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/conn/ot-ppp-strip-10b2.hqx; 53K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:14:18 -0700 From: hull@cs.uiuc.edu Subject: [*] Photoshop Dither Filter package, v1.6 (dither-filter-16.hqx) This is version 1.6 of the Photoshop Dither Filter package, a collection of two filters for Adobe Photoshop that dither color or grayscale images to black and white so that they can be printed on a bilevel device, such as a laser printer. When printing to a laser printer, the dithering algorithms in these filters may be superior to the halftoning algorithms that are built into Photoshop. Why is that? Laser printers suffer from a problem called dot gain: isolated black pixels on the printed page are larger than they "should" be. In fact, a certain amount of dot gain is unavoidable: since the dots that a laser printer makes are round, each dot has to overlap slightly with its neighbors so that the laser printer can produce a solid black. What this means is that most laser printer output is slightly darker than it should be. In practice, most laser printers produce dots which are somewhat larger than this minimum necessary dot size, making the problem even worse. The two filters in the Photoshop Dither Filter package compensate for dot gain when they halftone an image. For more information see the enclosed README file or the web page, http://pertsserver.cs.uiuc.edu/~hull/halftone/ The files in this archive were checked for viruses with Disinfectant 3.6. The file belongs in gst/grf/pshp/dither-filter-16.hqx and replaces dither-filter-10.hqx which is already there. The package is freeware. David Hull (dlhull@uiuc.edu) [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/dither-filter-16.hqx; 43K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:47 -0700 From: denece@i1.net Subject: [*] Point4 Demo version 1.3 Point4 software is a total management application program offering a complete and expandable software solution for the construction loan disbursing and construction industries. Unlike other available software packages, which are an unrelated and unproductive package of different programs combined creating double and even triple data entry, the Point4 Office is a single management-based application with optional productivity and work group modules available to meet the needs of any business regardless of size or type. For more information on Point4 software please view our web page at www.i1.net/~denece. [Archived as /info-mac/app/point4-demo.hqx; 8905K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:38 -0700 From: creality@earthlink.net Subject: [*] RecCleaner10.hqx Announcing the release of "Recent Cleanup 1.0". Do you like Apple's Recent Applications menu, but find that installers and other items make it difficult to find what you are looking for? Recent Cleanup is a control Panel that allows you to remove items from the Recent Applications menu that match certain keywords you define. For example, to remove installer applications, simply enter the keyword "install" in the control panel (you may define as many keywords as you wish). All entries in the Recent Applications menu that contain the word "install" will be removed at startup, or when you press the command-option-c (the hot key sequence). System requirements: * System 7.5 or alter For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit our Web page: http://www.creality.com/rc.html Thanks, Robert Chancellor Crystal Reality Software http://www.creality.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/recent-cleanup-10.hqx; 145K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:14:16 -0700 From: rklak@junction.net Subject: [*] Sherlock Holmes Icons Sherlock Holmes inspired Icon Set [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/sherlock-holmes-icons.hqx; 39K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:32 -0700 From: paulinyi@fisica.ufmg.br Subject: [*] SimpleLogger1.0 SimpleLogger - For use with any finger server, such as "Fingerd". SimpleLogger registers the time of restart into a file called "Last Log" in the preferences folder. Just put the program at startup folder, and configure finger to locate "Last Log". There is no graphical interface: it updates the file, and then it quits. (C) by Zoltan Paulinyi. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/simple-logger-10.hqx; 7K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:48 -0700 From: dstoll@atlcom.net Subject: [*] SuperSaver 1.0 SuperSaver 1.0 is an enhanced notpad utility great for storing software registration codes, recipies, phone messages, or any other miscellaneous information. Notes are organized with convenient pull-down menus. Date-dependent notes are attached to a calendar for easy retrieval. SuperSaver is shareware $15. This demo is limited to 5 saved notes prior to registration. SuperSave It!!! Danny Stoll dstoll@atlcom.net [Archived as /info-mac/app/super-saver-10.hqx; 1717K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:46 -0700 From: tdecervens@dial.oleane.com Subject: [*] X-Files startup Adriaan Tijsseling [mailto:at@cogsci.soton.ac.uk ] posted a package at info-mac (MacXOs)..with his kind permission I made some modifications .....and add my son's favorite one ( i done it for him: 10 years and real addict...) StartupScreen = mine StartupScreen1= Adriaan's modified StartupScreen2 = Adriaan's modified + Mulder and Scully in the background mailto:tdecervens@dial.oleane.com [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/xscreens.hqx; 1187K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 19:46:35 -0700 From: jonathan.baumgartner@rscs.net Subject: [*] Yours, Love, Sincerely 2.0.1 This is a minor bug-fix update for Yours, Love, Sincerely 2.0. Specifically, it fixes a problem with the "Launch at System Startup" and "...in the Background" options not working properly. thanks, jon [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/yours-love-sincerely-20.hqx; 101K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 09:23:33 -0700 From: Ernst Kolster Subject: Change of e-mail address Hello friends: Just to let you know that I have a new e-mail address: kolstere@cadvision.com. If you had send me an e-mail in de last 3 weeks, please send it again to my new e-mail address. Sorry for the inconvenience, I don't know what happened with the previous server, my old e-mail address was: kolstere@cuug.ab.ca I could not get any connection. Thanks, Ernst Kolster ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:25:53 +1100 From: Bill Stanford Subject: Cheap Printer Shootout Info-Mac Digest V15 #59: Steve Christensen >I have to get a printer for my Mom's Perf. 600CD. The best deals that I can >find for a new color inkjet are between a HP 600 for about $190 or a Apple >SW 1500 for about $200 after the $50 rebate. So what's everybody's opinion? >Which is the better printer for about the same money. Myself, I just >ordered a Epson Stylus Color 500 for my computer based on it being Editor's >Choice in Macworld mag. Steve, wonder where the balance will fall on this one... I have to say, I've always felt unhappy selling a HP printer - I've had two Deskwriters and liked them both. Both are still running fine in new homes... But I've always felt happy selling Apple low end printers... these include an Imagewriter II and a StyleWriter 2400... I've always had that "glad to see the back of you" feeling! (The 2400 with those little flimsy color ink carts!!) [This dislike doesn't in any way include the 'classic' LaserWriters... I was using an NTX the other night, reminded me of my old love for them... I'm now running a HP LaserJet 6PM myself, but I'm still nostalgic for the good old heavies...] So grab that HP 600 - your Mom will love it. (My own mother-in-law has our 2400 - I feel the bad vibes whenever she looks at it!) Good luck with your Epson - the drivers sound like they need work; and there are new ones at: http://www.epson.com/connects/ftp1.html bill ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:49:02 -0500 From: David Roche Subject: Eudora problem hi folks, The printer icon on my Eudora Pro icon bar has been replaced by a generic document icon. Does anyone know why this would happen, and how I might fix it?? The printer IS printing fine, by the way, through other applications... thanks, David Roche -- David Roche Email : droche@eurekanet.com Home Page : http://www.eurekanet.com/~chandler ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 20:55:27 -0100 From: tina wright Subject: FreePPP & SCSIProbe 4.0 Clash Hi there - I was just wondering if anyone was having problems running FreePPP 2.5v2 and SCSIprobe 4.0 - when I load SCSIProbe at startup it stops FreePPP from loading - strange.... Tina Wright http://www.call-us.demon.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 97 16:33:55 +0000 From: Ked Shayer Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #58 T'works for me, you should get a dialog box coming up at startup, if y'don't, try re-downloadin' it. >>RamCharger (does this work at all??) --------- Ked Shayer For your enjoyment this sig. is much shorter! Please visit my Web Page, http://www.thenerve2.com/ca/KWEB/ --------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 19:03:52 +0900 From: davidyon Subject: Japanese keyboard Hi from Japan! I recently had the good fortune to have been given a rather nice keyboard . I like the feel of it but it,s a japanese keyboard made for a japanese system with all attendant squiggly bits! MY question is there a way to change the layout of this keyboard. I have US keyboard layout but doesn*t seem to work. Any ideas gratefully received Thanks, Dave ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 17:12:11 -0500 From: Scott Coats Subject: Latest version of Word >1. Does anyone know the highest version number associated with Word 5 for >the Mac? Word 5.1a >2. Quite some time ago there was a message in info-mac about some firm >located (I believe) in the Seattle area that sold used (Mac?) software >including even unopened shrink-wrapped programs. I have lost the reference. >If anyone knows of this or similar organizations and could supply me with >the name, address, telephone no. and or e-mail or web address, I'd sure >appreciate it. There are three major remarketers of Mac hardware: Sun Remarketing (Logan, UT) 800/821.3221 Pre-Owned Electronics (Bedford, MA) Wil Kleschinsky, 800/274.5343 x4418 Shreve Systems (Shreveport, LA) 800/227-3971 Orders We also resell quite a bit of Mac-related stuff. Send email to with "current" as the subject. You'll get the latest list of stuff in return (without being subscribed). Use "subscribe" as the subject to subscribe to the list. It comes out about once a month. Scott Coats Innovative Data Solutions ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:08:11 -0400 From: Pablo Roufogalis Subject: Microsoft File Last year I queried Info-Mac regarding Microsoft File files. The final answer, provided by Jim Upchurch is that File 2.0 can export data as tab- or comma-delimited files. File 1.0 can export only as tab-delimited files, in the form of Microsoft Word-merge files. Microsoft File doesn't run on 040 Macs with the cache on, reportedly. I have sucessfully imported the Word-Merge files into Panorama. I created the Word-Merge files using File 1.0 and an old SE. File 1.0 didn't run on my LC575 and didn's tried turning the cache off befor throwing File away. Many thanks to Jim, Mirko, Graeme, rfloyd, Cindy, and to Info-Mac. Pablo Roufogalis L. proufo@internet.ve ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 21:15:07 -0800 From: Chris Schram Subject: PB 100 batteries? Recently, "Castle, Mike" wrote: >Hi! > >I'm still using a PB 100. Unfortunately, the last of my four batteries is >dead and I'm not sure where to find new ones. Are PB 100 batteries still >available anywhere? I'd prefer the kind (internal lead-acid) that is >installed inside the computer, but I'm also curious whether VST ThinPack or >similar types of batteries are still available. Please suggest sources of >these batteries if you know of any. I just recently received a catalog from 1-800-Batteries [; 1(800)228-8374]. It would appear that they have exactly what you need. I am not a customer of that company, but my attendance at the recent Macworld Expo must have attracted their attention. My one misgiving is that their price for the lithium battery used on the IIsi motherboard seems a bit high. Chris Schram -- schram@mail.coos.or.us -- http://www.coos.or.us/~schram ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 15:58:30 -0500 From: "Christopher Root - 'rOotboy'" Subject: PB 5300ce & Port Problems Ever since I got a PowerBook 5300ce I have been getting the following dialogue every time I start up the computer and occasionally when I fire off some applications: "The Selected Port Name Is Invalid. Please Report This As A Bug." If I don't strike the OKAY radio button right away the system will freeze, so I can't walk away from the computer during startup. When the computer came to me it was running Mac OS 7.5.2, but I have recently upgraded to OS 7.5.5 (w/PPC Interrupt Extention) and am running OT 1.1.2. I have also added a Hayes Optima 33.6 PCMCIA Data/Fax PC Card modem. My assumption is that there is some OS confusion as to the PCMCIA modem/card, but beyond that I am at a loss. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Perhaps a reason and/or solution to make this go away??? Please feel free to email me privately at chrisr@magnet.com if you wish. And thanks in advance for any help! christopher root Technical Support Manager Magnet Interactive Communications Washington, DC ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 20:38:48 -0400 From: Butchi Nalajala Subject: RFreePP and Modem Speed - Re: Info-Mac Digest V15 #58 Bruce, I don't use Free PPP. But with "Config PPP", you could actually set the modem initialization string. I ran into the same problem before I upgraded the modem to a hardware one. The modem commands are documented in "Apple Telecom - User's Guide" in Appendix B. You could add these few commands to your "AT" string (after "AT") - "S37=11S46=136" S36 = 11 Sets attempts to connect at 14.4 K S46 = 136 Disables V.42bis compression. (138 enables it). Not sure how to disable compression and error correction altogether. With these, it becomes reasonably acceptable. But better solution would probably be to reinstall the Geoport software version that connected only upto 14.4 K. Pl let me know if I could be of any help! Butchi > FreePP and Modem Speed ("Bruce A. Bromberek" , 3/4/97 4:46 PM) > > Greetings- > > I currently use FreePPP to connect to my university account. My modem is a > GeoPort running w/ v3.0 of the geoport software. > > My problem: The university closed the 14.4 lines in favor of 28.8K+ lines. > Great I said. Now when I connect the software negotiates and I'm at 26.4. > Good I say. Then I try and do something, and find that at this high > connection speed, the Geoport has parasitically sucked too much processor > time. So while I save up for a real modem and retire the geoport I would > like to force a connection at a lower speed but it is not obvious how to > with FreePPP. > > My question: How can I force FreePPP to connect at 14.4 when both modems > are capable of connecting at higher speeds. > > Thanks in advance > > Bruce ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 14:22:14 -0500 From: "Jay J. Kahn" Subject: Sensitive data & equipment Salvage I'm sure that there are several system administrators out there on Info-Mac. I would appreciate any insights you folk can give me. I want to better understand what common business practices are for dealing with broken stuff with proprietary or sensitive info on them. My questions are about disposal and possible harvesting of components from failed desktop equipment for confidentiality, "salvage," or reuse. 1) Lets assume that some of your equipment fails with proprietary data or privacy-law sensitive data (a copy of your whole payroll, medical records, etc.) on it. Does anybody do anything special? How do you dispose of something you can't erase? Do you guys use commercial degaussers? Just take pliers, pull out the platter, put it in your fireplace in winter, and dispose/repair the rest? 2) What happens to "the rest" if its not going to be repaired? Are there any components in used PC/MAC systems today that have enough value to pay someone to remove from the system? Environmentally, what is the outcome for the rest? Does the burned-in old CRT end up in a landfill? Circuit cards too? How does all this work for a large-scale organization that has thousands of users and dozens of obsolete/failed systems each day? I encourage replies to me directly instead of INFO-MAC postings. Jay Kahn jkahn@mitre.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 11:25:03 +1100 From: Bill Stanford Subject: System 7.6: Type 11 errors Info-Mac Digest V15 #58: Lanny Chambers : >>I am constantly getting type 11 errors with the new system 7.6 on a >>powerbase 180. I am assuming it is some sort of compatibility issue with >>existing extensions. Here is the stuff I am running, has anyone else >>experienced any problems?: >> >>RamDoubler 2.0 >>RamCharger (does this work at all??) >>Now Menus >>Now Boomerang > >I've been using RAM Doubler 2 with 7.6 for three weeks now, and have not >seen a single Type 11 bomb. For that matter, each of the handful of >freezes I've had has happened while playing with beta software. I know >nothing about RamCharger, but I'd start by yanking anything with "Now" in >the filename. You're on your own with Speed Doubler, too. Or here's a second opinion ... I'm running 7.6 with the core Now stuff - being keyboard oriented, how could I not - and not running RamDoubler. SpeedDoubler 1.3.2 is burning along fine too. Most stable setup I've ever had I think... I've still got a nagging feeling that until Rhapsody, 1M of VM + real RAM is better. At least, it gives a few more choices than trebbled virtual RAM... bill ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 09:30:01 -0700 From: kreme@kreme.com Subject: System software for Mac Plus (R) On 3/10/97, Christian F Buser wrote: > Jerry KLinkosh wrote > > > I would like to know what is available for the Mac Plus. > > Looking for operating systems 6.0 or 6.8. for the Mac Plus. > > System 6.0.5, 6.0.7 and 6.0.8 work on the MacPlus, as well > as System 7.0.1 - I didn't try the newer releases of System 7. > > System 6 versions should be available on Apple's ftp sites > for free. Actually, 7.1 and 7.5 install fine on a Mac Plus. I have not tried 7.6. Of course, a lot of the added stuff (desktop printing, Open Doc, Open Transport) takes too much RAM, so I have only installed pretty minimal systems. However, 7.5 is quite stable on the Plus. -- | kreme@kreme.com \ Hasn't anyone ever told you you're a dog? | |ph://2009.722.303.1\ Snail://80209/South%20Gaylord/1015 | ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 10:29:35 -0800 From: "David L. Hirschberg" Subject: Upgrade possibilities for a MacII (q) Hello, I would like to upgrade an old Mac II so that it can run System 7.5, have the PMMU and install a new 1.4 HD drive. It does not have to do much (run word and print to a network, email). What is the cheapest way to do this? An upgrade to a IIFx is $250, but the price for 64 pin SIMMs that fit in the FX memory slots are $99/4mb and I need 4 SIMMs. Is there another way to do this? Is there a card that will upgrade the MacII to something like a 68040 and have slots for the cheaper memory (72 pin SIMMs)? Thanks, Daivd daneel@stanford.edu ------------------------------ Date: 13 Mar 1997 15:46:16 GMT From: nv96llu@ksk.sala.se (Lars Luthman) Subject: DOS emulator!!!!!! I'm looking for a DOS emulator for Macintosh. If you know where to find one, please mail me at: nv96llu@ksk.sala.se -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************