Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #96 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sat, 24 May 97 Volume 15 : Issue 96 Today's Topics: [*] '60 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Guckl=F6cher?= in die Welt' [*] Blade 1.3 - Bevel & texture filter [*] Blender version 1.0, PowerPC [*] Bob1 .1.hqx [*] Bolo 0.99.7 better dialogs [*] Cassette Labeler 2.11 [*] CutXtra Lite 1.5 submission [*] Democracy in America-full text [*] ExtraPlugs 1.0 submission [*] GoMac 1.2 release: bug fix update [*] Grid Warrior 1.2.2 [*] Hornet Log Macintosh Abstract [*] johns Calculator 1.2 [*] KJV-Full text of King James Version [*] Origin of the Species-full text [*] OTChess 1.0b2 [*] Page! - For wannabe numerical pagers [*] PlugOne 1.0 submission [*] PowerReplace 5.7.2 [*] Rofonts [*] ScanPlot 1.5 submission [*] Series EE Savings Bond VALUES [*] SimpleTetris 1.0 [*] simulaton, a font. [*] Sleeper 2.1.1 - Sleep mode for all Macs [*] Slurpee 2.0 (text/data Newton/desktop transfer) [*] SOI [*] Starbases and numbers.sit [*] Starry Night 2.1.3 Manual [*] Starry Night plugin [*] VCD Player 1.1.0 [*] VCD Player SS 1.0.0 The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, iam 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. We'd also like to thank AOL, who has supplied the hardware the main info-mac machine runs on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V15 #96" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:42 -0700 From: andreas.rollinghoff@cl.adm.epfl.ch Subject: [*] '60 =?iso-8859-1?Q?Guckl=F6cher?= in die Welt' '60 Guckl=F6cher in die Welt' has been created with PhotoProject Author. PhotoProject contains photos in a compressed 'Pict' format. You must therefo= re have the System addition 'QuickTime' version 1.6 that requires the presence of a 68020 processor or better. You also need System 7.# or better; 2,5 MB (even better 3,5 MB) free in RAM (if your system contains many fonts you might nee= d more space in RAM and you might need to upgrade the RAM-settings in the Info-dialogue for PhotoProject). A color screen 14', (with a minimum of 256 colors, even better with 1000 colors) For a better performance turn off the virtual memory. The performance of Photoproject is better when you copy it onto your hard di= sk. PhotoProject consists of several parts and can only function if at least one= of the following parts are present in the same folder: 'DeutschInterface' (or at least one of the following translations help: =46ran=E7aisInterface, DeutschInterface, Espa=F1olInterface or ItalianoInter= face) 'SCREENENGLISH(2)' (or at least one of the following translations helps: ScreenFran=E7ais(2), ScreenDeutsch(2), ScreenEspa=F1ol(2) or ScreenItaliano(= 2)) All the photos that you want to show or see in PhotoProject have to be present in the same folder. With the author version of PhotoProject you may create your own project. Ord= er the CD-ROM: PhotoProject Author at: Andreas R=F6llinghoff Moyens Didactiques Rte. de Gen=E8ve 60A CH-1028 Lausanne-Pr=E9verenges EMail: andreas.rollinghoff@cl.adm.epfl.ch T=E9l=E9.:0041/ 21 / 803 58 00 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/foto-projekt.hqx; 4900K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:51 -0700 From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: [*] Blade 1.3 - Bevel & texture filter Now, create appealingly 'touchable' 3-D appearances with Blade, the Photoshop filter that combines textures with bevels. Blade puts you in control of lighting and surfaces, and offers an unmatched selection of edge styles. Quickly make eye-catching text, buttons, and more. Version 1.3 fixes an interface problem on 68K Macs, and uses less memory. It is also compatible again with Photoshop 2.5. Blade is shareware for Macintosh. Besides Photoshop 2.5 or later, it works with Color It, Fractal Design Painter, and Pixel Paint Pro. On the web, it can be downloaded from http://ccn.cs.dal.ca/~aa731/blade.html [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/blade-13.hqx; 455K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:10 -0700 From: knoll@blender.com Subject: [*] Blender version 1.0, PowerPC Blender Online, the "internet application" version of the popular CD-Rom. Blender features original games and quizzes, music reviews, movie reviews, full soundtrack, video interviews with rock stars and more. Requires an internet connection, 4 megs Ram and any PowerMac. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/blender-ppc.hqx; 1489K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:03 -0700 From: rmurphy@ruralnet.net.au Subject: [*] Bob1 .1.hqx Bob vs The Aliens! You take control of secret agent Bob. Two years ago an alien ship attacked earth. We defeated them. Now we hear that some aliens survived and are building an advanced base underground on earth. You must defeat the aliens with the help of technology we stole from them last time. You have an energy gun, and a rather cool suit. Be careful, we believe the aliens may have humans and all sorts of monsters on their side. Laurie Murphy rmurphy@ruralnet.net.au or: http://www.ruralnet.net.au/~rmurphy/ FoxChange Productions http://www.ruralnet.net.au/~rmurphy/FoxChang.html [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/bob-11.hqx; 538K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:01 -0700 From: moritz.grund@mannheim-netz.de Subject: [*] Bolo 0.99.7 better dialogs I love the Bolo game. But the dialog windows aren't very nice. Well, I've created a modified version of bolo in a patch. Look at the dialog windows! (c) Moritz Grund http://home.pages.de/~zed/ mailto:moritz.grund@mannheim-netz.de Its free! [Archived as /info-mac/game/bolo/bolo-0.997-better-dialogs-=8A.hqx; 64K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:23 -0700 From: moritz.grund@mannheim-netz.de Subject: [*] Cassette Labeler 2.11 new version of the cassette labeler. better navigation is the major change of the version. (c) Moritz Grund http://home.pages.de/~zed/ mailto:moritz.grund@mannheim-netz.de SHAREWARE! [Archived as /info-mac/app/cassette-labeler-211-hc.hqx; 124K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:46 -0700 From: Paolo.Manna@omnitel.it Subject: [*] CutXtra Lite 1.5 submission CutXtra Lite is the shareware version of a more extended software to drive plotters directly from inside a graphical software like Illustrator or FreeHand, adding them the possibility to produce vinyl cutted drawing and text for signmaking, using cutting plotters. The Lite version lacks the client/server architecture and the more sophisticated functions of the complete software, but it's anyway a full-fledged product: the handbook included describes both version, pointing out the differences. The release included is 1.5 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/cut-xtra-lite-15.hqx; 197K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:16 -0700 From: ax058@freenet.toronto.on.ca Subject: [*] Democracy in America-full text This archive contains the full text of the English translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", in setext format. The text is in 8-bit Mac encoding, without line endings: a carriage return indicates the end of a paragraph. Setext is a slightly enhanced text format. It can be read with any text editor/word processor, but looks best when viewed with a setext-compatible browser, such as Akif Eyler's EasyView . This archive is free for non-commercial uses and may be included on CD-ROMs. [Archived as /info-mac/art/book/dia.hqx; 899K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:47 -0700 From: Paolo.Manna@omnitel.it Subject: [*] ExtraPlugs 1.0 submission Last generation graphic software have the possibility to extend their functions via external modules: the plug-ins you've found here are some examples of such extensions. These small pieces of software are actually working with Adobe Illustrator 5, 5.5 and 6 & Macromedia FreeHand 5 & 7. Scale This item allows the "real-size" dimensioning of a drawing, choosing the reference point of the scaling. X-Height This filter works on a selected text object. It calculates the "real" text height (i.e. the height based on capital letters) of the first letter in the text block and allows to scale the text proportionally. Complexity This filter calculates some useful data on the objects selected. The perimeter and area are shown, and a relationship between these is taken as a complexity index for the drawing, useful when the cost of a job depends on such a parameter. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/plug-ins.hqx; 140K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:12 -0700 From: sales@proteron.com Subject: [*] GoMac 1.2 release: bug fix update We thought you might like to know that an update GoMac, version 1.2, has been officially released. Other than a few added key commands, there are no new features added to this version. In other words, there is no urgent reason to download version 1.2 unless you have been having problems with 1.1. We regret having to release another version so quickly but the seriousness of a few of the bugs required a quick reaction on our part. (details below) The new version has been appended to this email and is also available at: ftp://ftp.proteron.com/pub/ Please remember to remove the old version of GoMac when replacing it with a new one. :) If you do not wish to receive announcements about future GoMac updates, email us and we will take you off our list immediately. All the best, Mathew Caughron Proteron, L.L.C. 9600 East 150 Highway Kansas City, MO 64149 Here are the details about what is new in version 1.2: Adjustments in its terminology referring to the Keyboard Switcher due to a possible trademark infringement. Fixed a bug which crashed with an unimplemented trap error at startup on 68K machines running System 7.6.1. =46ixed a bug in the handling of monitor rearrangment. GoMac should no longer "carve out" large portions of your monitor with unused gray space. Problems with games using 640x480 screens can now be solved by turning on Auto hide. D=E9cor should now only register a change in the monitor size when you turn Auto hide ON or OFF. An anomaly with the Finder where icons would sometimes stay visible when "Hide programs after switch" was turned on has been fixed. With Systems earlier than 7.5.3, the Shut Down feature now works properly. Note that holding down "Command-Option" while choosing "Shut Down=8A" will sleep the computer, holding down "Command-Control" will restart, and holding down "Command" will Shut Down without a dialog. An occasional problem with the coloring of GoMac should be fixed. Known problems in version 1.2: Conflict with the IMS TwinTurbo 128 graphics cards and GoMac 1.1. GoMac 1.2 does NOT fully address the problem, although turning on Auto hide may help to prevent it. Proteron http://www.proteron.com [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/go-mac-12.hqx; 107K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:04 -0700 From: smokin@ghg.net Subject: [*] Grid Warrior 1.2.2 Grid Warrior is a Mac-only arcade game. Move about the Grid of Death, destroying bad guys with instantaneous energy pulses. Smooth animation and cool sound effects make this game a lot of fun. This free demo includes the first three waves. The full version has many more challenging levels, and a high-score list. Grid Warrior now includes the ability to register by credit-card via the Kagi registration service. Requires: System 7, 8M RAM, 256 colors or more, 640x480-pixel monitor or larger, PowerPC or fast 68040 processor recommended. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/grid-warrior-122-demo.hqx; 565K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:55 -0700 From: cwoods@IntNet.net Subject: [*] Hornet Log Macintosh Abstract HORNET PILOT'S LOGBOOK for Macintosh Software to add to your Hornet 3.0 experience. WHAT IT DOES Mission records and notes database Kuwait Theatre Aircraft Info Mission Photo Album The Hornet Pilot's Logbook is designed to be a fun way of compiling various data regarding missions you've flown. Mission records can be kept and stored along with custom mission picts as well as tactical info and notes regarding each mission. The data entry section includes typing shortcuts to allow weapons loadouts / time / etc. and select data to be enter quickly. There are supplemental sections on aircraft in the Kuwait Theater and a mission photo album which holds picts of all 28 missions that can be user customized. THANK-YOU-WARE If you like this Logbook and want to keep it just send me something-email, favorite mission picts (160x120 only please), tips or tactics, replays, or better yet send GSC a thank you note that doesn't include any barbs about what they could have done better. Charlie Woods (aka CharlieFSU) VisionHeart Interactive email CharlieFSU@aol.com or Visheart@aol.com Please feel free to distribute the Logbook wherever you like but just let me know if you do and where. [Archived as /info-mac/game/hornet-log.hqx; 3856K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:38 -0700 From: wilhelm@gate.net Subject: [*] johns Calculator 1.2 john's calculator is an easy to use, powerful, scientific calculator. Expressions are entered, edited, and evaluated in a large, scrollable, scratchpad. This scratchpad fully supports standard text editor functions such as cut, copy, and paste. Scratchpad expressions can be modified and reevaluated. The size of the font used by the scratchpad can be set using the Size menu. All operations can be entered in the scratchpad by using the keyboard or calculator buttons. Buttons normally add parentheses and commas to their operations to show the number of arguments required by the operation. Buttons also provide other editing shortcuts. The calculator can be set to use radians or degrees. Results can be shown using either decimal or scientific notation. Numbers can be entered into the scratchpad using decimal or scientific notation. The type of decimal and number of decimal places used to show results can be set using the Decimal menu. Multiple lines can be evaluated sequentially using the multiline evaluation operator, allowing complex expressions to be broken into a sequence of simpler expressions. Variables can be used to simplify expressions. Variables can be used in multiline evaluations to store intermediate results. Scratchpad contents can be saved to a file for future use. Changes in version 1.2. Added the Size menu which is used to set the size of the font used by the scratchpad. The Decimal menu has be enhanced and the handling of decimal places improved. Thanks, John Wilhelm wilhelm@gate.net [Archived as /info-mac/sci/calc/johns-calc-12.hqx; 132K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:18 -0700 From: ax058@freenet.toronto.on.ca Subject: [*] KJV-Full text of King James Version This archive contains the full text of the King James Version (aka Authorised Version) of the Bible, in setext format. The text is in 8-bit Mac encoding, without line endings: a carriage return indicates the end of a paragraph. Setext is a slightly enhanced text format. It can be read with any text editor/word processor, but looks best when viewed with a setext-compatible browser, such as Akif Eyler's EasyView . This archive is free for non-commercial uses and may be included on CD-ROMs. [Archived as /info-mac/art/book/kjv.hqx; 1803K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:20 -0700 From: ax058@freenet.toronto.on.ca Subject: [*] Origin of the Species-full text This archive contains the full text of Charles Darwin's "Origin of the Species", in setext format. The text is in 8-bit Mac encoding, without line endings: a carriage return indicates the end of a paragraph. Setext is a slightly enhanced text format. It can be read with any text editor/word processor, but looks best when viewed with a setext-compatible browser, such as Akif Eyler's EasyView . This archive is free for non-commercial uses and may be included on CD-ROMs. [Archived as /info-mac/art/book/origin.hqx; 417K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:00 -0700 From: syd@netmanage.com Subject: [*] OTChess 1.0b2 OTChess is a network (or standalone if you prefer) chess game which I wrote as a demo. It allows two OpenTransport 1.1 or greater Macs to play against each other over the Internet. OTChess requires OT 1.1 or greater and can run on 68K or PPC Macs. This is a beta 2 release. Please send bugs to me as described in the release notes. It does not now how to castle. Shareware fees will get you castling, plus chat capability between players. Chess piece icons courtesy of Wim van Beusekom and used by permission). For more info see http://www.users.cts.com/crash/s/slogan. [Archived as /info-mac/game/brd/ot-chess-10b2.hqx; 141K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:09 -0700 From: Ian@3DRealities.com Subject: [*] Page! - For wannabe numerical pagers Page! 1.5b1 May22, 1997 -Information: This wonderful utility will accept numerics and text (text is changed into numerics using "pager-code") then send the message to any pager. It will also store your favorite pager numbers. -Requirements: * Applescript installed * Tokenize OSAX * Z-Term 1.0.1 * A Macintosh More information is enclosed in the archive. This application is emailware, let me know what you think! Ian White Ian@3DRealities.com Business: http://www.3DRealities.com Personal: http://lincoln.sjusd.k12.ca.us/usr/iwhite/ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/page-15b1.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:52 -0700 From: Paolo.Manna@omnitel.it Subject: [*] PlugOne 1.0 submission PlugOne is a plug-in module that follows the Adobe PhotoShop standard. It allows to drive and acquire images from all the Apple scanners (i.e. AppleScanner, OneScanner and Color OneScanner series) directly from inside the host software (Adobe PhotoShop & StreamLine, Quark XPress and, of course, Toothpick's RemoteScan & Scan!Plot): this way, the acquired images are immediately available for retouching, tracing, etc.. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/plug-one.hqx; 147K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:28 -0700 From: guoniu@math.u-strasbg.fr Subject: [*] PowerReplace 5.7.2 Announcing the release of PowerReplace 5.7.2! PowerReplace is a powerful text conversion utility using the Drag/Drop technology. It can replace character (including NULL, CR, LF, TAB) or string by any other string. By use of the asterisk-sign(*) representing any indeterminate string, it can replace also a string only whose two extremities are known. It supports all character set, hexadecimal string and regular expression(pattern) for find/replace. PowerReplace can create small stand-alone daughter-application called "SelfReplace", who makes your favorite conversion more easily and efficiently. New features since version 5.5: - Drop folder onto the application icon, - Restore filter file from SelfReplace, - Convert Clipboard from SelfReplace, - SelfReplace application code: 68K, PPC or FAT, - Simple Output File Name, - Specify input file. System requirements: - System 7.1 - Any Macintosh For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit my Web page: http://130.79.4.26/~guoniu/mac/ Thanks, Guoniu Han http://130.79.4.26/~guoniu/mac/ [Archived as /info-mac/text/power-replace-572.hqx; 756K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:06 -0700 From: ax058@freenet.toronto.on.ca Subject: [*] Rofonts Rofonts is a large set of Romanian fonts for the MacOS. Romanian (a Romance language spoken in Eastern Europe) uses the Roman alphabet with a few additional diacriticals not normally encountered in standard fonts. Rofonts is a set of 13 fonts containing the full complement of diacriticals used in Romanian. Rofonts were made in 1990-91, i.e. before Apple produced a localised Romanian version of the MacOS. Consequently they do not follow the MacOS Romanian character encoding (see below for conversion). Most fonts are in both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType format. Additionally, the archive contains: - a keyboard layout to be used (in conjunction with Rofonts) for typing in Romanian on US (QWERTY) keyboards; - conversion settings/filters for Add/Strip and PowerReplace (both available on Info-Mac) to convert ASCII text between Rofonts encoding and MacOS Romanian encoding. These fonts are free for non-commercial uses; they should NOT be included on CD-ROMs. [Archived as /info-mac/font/rofonts.hqx; 7443K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:49 -0700 From: Paolo.Manna@omnitel.it Subject: [*] ScanPlot 1.5 submission Scan!Plot Lite is the shareware version of a complete package that can drive large format inkjet plotters from standard graphic formats (TIFF or PICT) or directly scanning a photo through a PhotoShop plugin for the scanner you're using. The big images produced are used in advertising and signmaking. The Lite version lacks some sophisticated functions (for example a freeform color calibration or different ditherings) of the complete one, but the quality is anyway good enough. The included handbook describes both version, thus allowing the user to choose if a better release is needed. Furthermore, a new PostScript version will be available beginning of June '97. The release included is the 1.5 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/scan-plot-lite-15.hqx; 433K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 06:24:09 -0700 From: GilF9@aol.com Subject: [*] Series EE Savings Bond VALUES CALCULATES the VALUES of Series EE (bought after '79) Savings Bonds. ONE MINUTE DOWNLOAD; ONLY ONE EVER NEEDED! Program can be accurate for decades without upgrades. Also calculates each bond's guaranteed rate, average market-based rate, yield-to-date, NEXT 12 MONTH'S RETURN, after-tax proceeds if sold, return needed from replacement to = bond's performance, & months to sell. NEEDS Excel spreadsheet V4.0 or later. Open from within Excel. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/series-ee-savings-bond.hqx; 56K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 06:28:42 -0700 From: aaa@interlink.or.jp Subject: [*] SimpleTetris 1.0 From: (Kentaro Tanida) aaa@interlink.or.jp Subject: SimpleTetris 1.0 Tetris is a puzzle game that the best knows. It's easy how to play; flip and move dropping sets of four pieces to struct rows. Enjoy great classical game as it was. New features since 1.0beta: * Now installed great original graphics * Tuned up delays for smooth key operation * Refrained flicker when drawing System Requirements: * System 7 or later * any Macintosh (I hope) * Works best with 256 colors monitor setting * 640KB of free memory space For more info, please visit my web page: http://home.interlink.or.jp/~aaa/ or contact via e-mail: aaa@interlink.or.jp Thanks, Kentaro Tanida http://home.interlink.or.jp/~aaa/ [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/simple-tetris-10.hqx; 148K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:07 -0700 From: mikel@buffnet.net Subject: [*] simulaton, a font. Simulation is a beat-up looking sans serif font. It *is* free. enjoy! jeni http://nstaff.sunyerie.edu/home/bus/pleskow/index.htm http://members.tripod.com/~rois [Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/simulation.hqx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:14 -0700 From: gotow@stclairsw.com Subject: [*] Sleeper 2.1.1 - Sleep mode for all Macs This is a resubmission of the English version of Sleeper, the popular "Energy Saver for the rest of us." While the German and French versions are already in the archives, the English version is missing for some reason. Sleeper is a shareware control panel for desktop Macintoshes and Power Macintoshes that dims the screen, powers down Energy Star compliant monitors, and spins down disk drives after periods of inactivity. This saves energy and reduces noise levels in your work area without forcing you to shut down your Mac. Because Sleeper does not rely on Apple's Power Manager, Sleeper will work on any Macintosh running System 7.0 or later, and does not suffer from some of the quirky behavior reported with Apple's Energy Saver 2.0. Sleeper is well suited for unattended operations as well as personal desktop use. For file servers, ftp and http hosts, and fax and BBS systems, Sleeper will wake the drives up when they are needed and put them to sleep when they are idle. Sleeper is easily configurable; it provides hotkey control for on-demand activation of its sleep features, and separate delay settings for screen dimming, monitor power down, and disk sleep. Sleeper will work on any Macintosh running System 7 or higher, including System 7.6.1, and will spin down both IDE and SCSI hard drives. The screen saver feature requires a color-capable Macintosh, and Energy Star monitor support requires an Energy Star compliant Macintosh (any Mac on which Apple's Energy Saver control panel works) and an Energy Star capable monitor. Sleeper supports SCSI Manager 4.3 in native mode on all machines and requires only 26K of memory when operating. In addition to the standard internet archives, information and updates are available at the following web site. Also, keep an eye on the site for the Sleeper may be included on the Info-Mac and UMich CD-ROMs. Jon Gotow gotow@stclairsw.com St. Clair Software http://www.stclairsw.com/ Fax (330)549-3495 ftp://ftp.stclairsw.com/ [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sleeper-211.hqx; 260K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:40 -0700 From: weyer@kagi.com Subject: [*] Slurpee 2.0 (text/data Newton/desktop transfer) Slurpee 2.0 (22 May 97) transfers paragraphs or tab-delimited text between a text file and Newton soup entries via a terminal emulator and serial connection; type via keyboard to Newton fields, and print values and errors to terminal Keywords: data and text transfer, soup utility, keyboard, Inspector, terminal emulator, Newt, Newt's Cape Feature Summary: - transfer desktop text to/from Notes (and Outlines and Checklists on NOS 2.x) - import/export Names (examples provided) - import/export tab-delimited data via your desktop terminal emulator - use your desktop keyboard to enter text on your Newton - transfer graphics for applications in Newt Development Environment and books in Newt's Cape - versions for 1.x and 2.x Newtons Recent changes: - 2.x: import gray scale graphics; import/export packages - 2.x: larger binary objects - Note title, DUMP, misc. fixes Slurpee is shareware ($10). Registered users receive access to versions with faster transfer options, priority for answers and new features, help in testing custom soup and entry spec definitions. (Slurpee is free to registered users of Newt Development Environment or Newt's Cape. Slurpee source available to Newt users). Steve Weyer weyer@kagi.com http://www.netaxs.com/~weyer/newton/releases.html [Archived as /info-mac/nwt/dev/slurpee-20.hqx; 260K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:58 -0700 From: jgal@ath.forthnet.gr Subject: [*] SOI Soi version 1.0 Soi is a memory/logic card game with very simple rules, but quite hard to beat. The object of the game is to collect all four suits of whatever kinds you have, by asking other players. If the player you ask has the requested card, you get it. Otherwise, he continues doing the same. The game goes on until all quadruplets have been collected, and you collect points based on the face values of the kinds you collect. In the beginning of the game the action is basically random, but as questions begin to pop up, data pertaining to who has what cards starts being collected by all players. By taking advantage of this data, you can start collecting cards other people have. Because the computer transcends human memory by far, it is very difficult to beat it. So give it a shot, and be brave. And i you succeed in beating the game engine, i would like to hear from you! Enjoy. John Gallidakis, Localizer Specialist, Apple Computer, Greece. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/soi.hqx; 386K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:56 -0700 From: thunder@king.igs.net Subject: [*] Starbases and numbers.sit This is a custom question module for the "All Good Things..." freeware Star Trek Trivia game (Version 3.0) by Creative Thunder and Arrowsoft. It's theme is in regards to all those neat little numbers and starbases in the Trek universe. This is a tough module and should keep you guessing for a while. Visit the "All Good Things..." WWW Support site at for more items regarding this release and game. E.Maki [Archived as /info-mac/game/starbases-and-numbers.hqx; 14K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:32 -0700 From: tandersen@siennasoft.com Subject: [*] Starry Night 2.1.3 Manual This is the manual for Starry Night Starry Night is a tremendous tool for learning about the night sky that is being used around the world by parents, educators, amateur astronomers and those just beginning to discover the wonder of astronomy. Using Starry Night you can place yourself anywhere at anytime and experience an accurate recreation of the sky. Backyard skies, skies in other countries or the sky above Apollo 11's lunar module are all available to you. Watch as the Sun sets from the surface of Mars. Witness a total eclipse of the Sun as seen from the Moon. Set time flowing at whatever pace you wish. See the stars as the ancient Egyptians saw them. Your only limit is your curiosity. Starry Night has just received a Human Interface Design Excellence (H.I.D.E.) Award from Apple Computer! We also have a 4 stars rating from MacWorld magazine in the June 97 issue, as well as a 5 mice rating from MacUser magazine! Starry Night 2.1 adds exciting internet capabilities to the program! Add a URL to any planet star or comet! Use our LiveSky web site to learn more about the objects you see in the sky! See our web site at http://www.siennasoft.com Tom Andersen Sienna Software Toronto Ontario Canada http://www.siennasoft.com tandersen@siennasoft.com 416 926-2174 [Archived as /info-mac/sci/starry-night-213-manual.hqx; 908K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:35 -0700 From: tandersen@siennasoft.com Subject: [*] Starry Night plugin starry-night-plugin-213.hqx - a plugin for telescope owners. This is the LX-200 plugin for Starry Night. It allows you to use Starry Night to guide a Meade Telescope using the LX-200 protocol. Starry Night is a tremendous tool for learning about the night sky that is being used around the world by parents, educators, amateur astronomers and those just beginning to discover the wonder of astronomy. Using Starry Night you can place yourself anywhere at anytime and experience an accurate recreation of the sky. Backyard skies, skies in other countries or the sky above Apollo 11's lunar module are all available to you. Watch as the Sun sets from the surface of Mars. Witness a total eclipse of the Sun as seen from the Moon. Set time flowing at whatever pace you wish. See the stars as the ancient Egyptians saw them. Your only limit is your curiosity. Starry Night has just received a Human Interface Design Excellence (H.I.D.E.) Award from Apple Computer! We also have a 4 stars rating from MacWorld magazine in the June 97 issue, as well as a 5 mice rating from MacUser magazine! Starry Night 2.1 adds exciting internet capabilities to the program! Add a URL to any planet star or comet! Use our LiveSky web site to learn more about the objects you see in the sky! See our web site at http://www.siennasoft.com Tom Andersen Sienna Software Toronto Ontario Canada http://www.siennasoft.com tandersen@siennasoft.com 416 926-2174 [Archived as /info-mac/sci/starry-night-info-genie-213.hqx; 123K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:53:44 -0700 From: johnny@HK.Super.NET Subject: [*] VCD Player 1.1.0 VCD Player 1.1.0 (c) Copyright 1997 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved. VCD Player simplifies the process to play Video CD on your Mac. Just launch VCD Player and choose 'Present Movie' and you get full screen Video CD (MPEG) playback. Options are handy to change. They are:- - Stereo, Left Channel, Right Channel -- for Karaoke or bilingual Video CD - High Quality - Clip Edges -- some Video CDs contain noises at screen edges, this option makes you watch more comfortable. You can choose which tracks to start on, just select the track you want under Tracks menu. To stop playing, just press the mouse button. What's new? - New option: Resize Screen -- VCD Player switches the screen to smallest resolution (if possible) when playback movie to enhance performance, it switches back to original resolution when stops. - New options: Repeat One, Repeat All and Shuffle. - You can pause the movie by press space bar once, then press it again to continue. - You can now eject Video CD within VCD Player. System Requirement: - Power Macintosh - QuickTime 2.5 or later - QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0 or later Johnny C N Lee A Hong Kong Macintosh Developer johnny@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/gst/vcd-player-110.hqx; 197K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 16:54:27 -0700 From: johnny@HK.Super.NET Subject: [*] VCD Player SS 1.0.0 VCD Player SS 1.0.0 (c) Copyright 1997 Johnny C N Lee, All Rights Reserved. VCD Player SS is a After Dark screen saver module to play Video CD on your Mac. Just choose VCD Player SS in After Dark and you get Video CD (MPEG) playback. Options :- - Audio: Stereo, Left Channel, Right Channel -- for Karaoke or bilingual Video CD - High Quality - Clip Edges -- some Video CDs contain noises at screen edges, this option makes you watch more comfortable - Shuffle -- play your Video CD randomly System Requirement: - Power Macintosh - QuickTime 2.5 or later - QuickTime MPEG Extension 1.0 or later - After Dark 3.0 or later Johnny C N Lee A Hong Kong Macintosh Developer johnny@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/vcd-player-ss-100.hqx; 113K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************