Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 01 Aug 97 Volume 15 : Issue 157 Today's Topics: [*] Apple Logo Startup/Desktop [*] ATPM 3.07 [*] Coffee Break 3.0.1 F [*] Common Objects Of Activities Of Daily Living [*] DT Pic - Argos.jpg [*] DT Pic - Eclipse.jpg [*] Ephemerid 1.1 [*] LetterRip 2.0 Mailing List Server [*] MakeItGrow 1.9DEMO.sit [*] Memetic Verses.sit [*] Reanimator 1.0.1 [*] UCB-Logo 3.3cf 604e Processor [A] ARA and OT [A] Substitute for Speed Doubler "Smart Replace" [Q] PCMCIA Flash Memory for the MP2K [Q] Virtual PC - using Token Ring Card? [Q]MAC OS 8 and PC compatible Card Airborne and Full Impact Alternative to ARA? ECD's Audio Not Working Flushing an AppleShare Autolink (Q) Formating text in calculation field in FileMakerPro Info-Mac Digest V15 #155 Mouse alternatives? Netscape 4.0 feature Q Looking for Mac check-out system Refresh rate Sound Manager question The Info-Mac Network operates by the volunteer efforts of: Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, Matt Bauer, 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. 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 #157" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:08 -0700 From: Steven@NewWorldMedia.com Subject: [*] Apple Logo Startup/Desktop Here is the startup screen/desktop image I use on my Macintosh PowerBook 3400. It is a black background with a raised Apple logo in the middle and the words Macintosh PowerBook 3400c below it (although a few minutes in Photoshop in it could say anything you would like)! Enjoy! Steven J. Tryon Vice President Marketing New World Media http://NewWorldMedia.com [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/pb-startup-screen.hqx; 130K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:04 -0700 From: rplcs@ix.netcom.com Subject: [*] ATPM 3.07 About This Particular Macintosh (ATPM) is a fun monthly chronicle of the Macintosh experience written by and for everyday users. It includes humorous anecdotes, short stories, product reviews and commentaries by Macintosh owners and users about our favorite personal computer. This is issue 3.07 for July, 1997. ATPM is published with DOCMaker 4.7.5 so that it can be easily read as a stand-alone document by just about any Macintosh. More information is available at our Web site . [Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/about-this-partic-mac-307.hqx; 1066K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:17 -0700 From: ThomasReed@aol.com Subject: [*] Coffee Break 3.0.1 F Enclosed is the French version of Coffee Break 3.0.1: QU'EST-CE QUE COFFEE BREAK ? C'est une application simple calculee pour vous obliger a faire des pauses regulieres dans votre travail sur Mac, de la sorte vous reduisez vos chances de souffrir d'un "Dommage du au Stress par monotonie" (Repetetive Stress Injury - RSI - en anglais). Vous pouvez fixer un "temps de travail" pendant lequel Coffe Break est en arriere-plan et affiche un compteur qui donne le temps restant a travailler; vous determinez aussi une duree de "temps de pause" (temps de sommeil) pendant lequel vous etes force de quitter votre clavier... Pour toute information, voir l'aide en ligne incluse dans le programme (Choisissez "Aide" du menu Fichier, ou "Aide de Coffee Break" dans le menu Bulles d'aide, ou encore pressez soit  ? - soit la touche Aide si vous avez un clavier etendu). A noter que le fichier SimpleText "Docu. de Coffee Break 3.0.1" correspond a la sauvegarde au format "TEXT" de l'aide en ligne. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/coffee-break-301-fr.hqx; 224K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:12 -0700 From: chelling@esn.net Subject: [*] Common Objects Of Activities Of Daily Living Common Objects is a HyperCard stack which trains recognition of common objects found throughout activities of daily living. It is designed to be accessible through keyboard/mouse, touchscreen, or single switch scan (mouse mode). It also provides a Lesson Summary to track individual consumer progress. Common Objects Of ADL works best with HyperCard 2.0 or later. In order to display color appropriately, HyperCard=92s preferred memory size should be set to 2200K or higher. [Archived as /info-mac/app/common-objects-of-adl-hc.hqx; 975K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:05 -0700 From: pbuko@uclink4.berkeley.edu Subject: [*] DT Pic - Argos.jpg The planet Argos sits on the edge of a blue nebula. Simple and serene. Image is 832 x 624, millions of colors, and in maximum-quality JPEG format. Feel free to resize the image to your liking, but distribute it anywhere in original format only. Enjoy! -Peter M. Bukowinski, Computer Resource Specialist College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley pbukowin@ced.berkeley.edu [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/argos.hqx; 105K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:06 -0700 From: pbuko@uclink4.berkeley.edu Subject: [*] DT Pic - Eclipse.jpg A solar eclipse seen looking up from between two trees. Image is 832 x 624, millions of colors, and in maximum-quality JPEG format. Feel free to resize the image to your liking, but distribute it anywhere in original format only. Enjoy! -Peter M. Bukowinski, Computer Resource Specialist College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley pbukowin@ced.berkeley.edu [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/eclipse.hqx; 366K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:14 -0700 From: bean@info-mac.org (Mike Bean) Subject: [*] Ephemerid 1.1 Ephemerid 1.1 This control panel allows you to display the current date and time as a block calendar and ananalog clock in a pop-up window. To use this feature, place this file in the Control Panels folder and then restart the computer. WorldScript-aware (Japanese, Chinese, ...). Requires MacOS System 7.0 or later. Michel MARIANI Mikaeru Software [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/ephemerid-11.hqx; 136K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:16 -0700 From: mayall@fogcity.com Subject: [*] LetterRip 2.0 Mailing List Server LetterRip 2.0 is a Macintosh mailing list server. You can use LetterRip for discussion or announcement lists. LetterRip can manage lists with tens, hundreds, or thousands of subscribers. Setting up and administering LetterRip is amazingly simple. It's honestly possible to be up and running in less than 10 minutes. Features like digests are as easy as clicking a checkbox. New LetterRip 2.0 features include: * Support for full or part-time Internet connections (SMTP or POP) * Message banners and footers for ads or instructions * Scripting support * Message processors to expand built-in capabilities Other features include: * Unlimited number of lists and subscribers * Remote administration using email or an administration program * Easily modified custom responses for each mailing list * Lists can be private * Bounced mail management * Optional mail routing via an SMTP mail server * Import and export subscriber lists * Operates behind firewalls using domain aliases High performance features include: * SMTP server optimized for sending high volumes of email * Outgoing messages are sorted by domain * 68K and PowerPC (PPC) native for maximum performance * Multi-tasking using the Macintosh Thread Manager * Configurable number of incoming and outgoing connections * Native Open Transport support Requirements: * Mac OS 7.0 or later. Mac OS 7.5 or later is recommended * 68030 or later processor including PPC processors * 2 MB of free random-access memory (RAM) * 10 MB or more of free disk space * Open Transport (OT) 1.1 or later This is the full version of LetterRip. After installation, LetterRip will run for 30 days without a registration number. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/letter-rip-20.hqx; 2625K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:13 -0700 From: spicerj@island.islandnet.com Subject: [*] MakeItGrow 1.9DEMO.sit MakeItGrow 1.9 is a garden layout package for your Macintosh. It will allow you to lay out a garden up to 200' x 200', using 96 of the most common types of vegetables, herbs, and fruits, 52 common flowers, and 44 water lillies, rushes, and grasses. Each icon is drawn in the correct scale for the spacing required for the plant. The program also supports line drawing in eight colors, for garden boundaries, etc, plus a wide selection of fill patterns and the ability to draw circles, rectangles, and rounded rectangles, as well as text entry (with support for font, size, and style selection), in either the vertical or horizontal mode. The grid is fixed at 6" per square, or 15 cm, allowing for a 200'x200', or about a 65x65 meter plot. Features: * Zoom (Max 16:1) * Plaintalk (if installed) * Select and move items * Balloon Help * Printing (both vertical and horizontal) * Floating Palettes for selection of plants * Unlimited windows (within available memory) * Exporting of plots as either PICT or to the clipboard * Creation of Estimated Yield based on the number and type of plants in the plot * Drawing of lines, circles, rectangles with fill patterns * Creation of a text list (export all text entered in the plot) * Text entry (vertical or horizontal), with support for font, size, and styles John Spicer Dragon Electronics 6946 West Coast Rd Sooke, BC V0S 1N0 (250) 642-4354 [Archived as /info-mac/app/make-it-grow-19-demo.hqx; 1769K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:10 -0700 From: poetink@inlink.com Subject: [*] Memetic Verses.sit Here is Memetic Verses, an electronic chapbook. Memetic Verses is a compilation of poems and fiction by John Freemyer & Matthew W. Schmeer co-produced by Poetry Ink Productions and Shasta Cognitive Writing Workshop. We hope you enjoy Memetic Verses, and both of the writers featured in Memetic Verses invite comments and constructive criticism of their work, so support your local Internet Poets! We give our permission for this file to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM, with our usual stipulations. Thank you. Matthew W. Schmeer [Archived as /info-mac/art/book/memetic-verses.hqx; 170K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:12:59 -0700 From: fedefil@fub.it Subject: [*] Reanimator 1.0.1 Reanimator 1.0.1. What's Reanimator? Reanimator is a utility for automatically restarting all applications and background-only processes killed by another process. A process is a program running on your Mac. When you launch an application, you start a new process. Desk accessories are also processes, while control panels are treated as extensions of the Finder process (see the "Technical details" section in the read me file for further info). There are also processes that don't show up when running: they are called background-only processes. Many shareware and freeware extensions run as background-only processes. Reanimator itself, works that way. I'm used to run a number of applications and extensions in the background (D=E9cor, MyEyes, DragThing, Eudora and other occasional utilities) and I was tired of relaunching each one of them after running an installer, rebuilding the desktop using a dedicated utility or running a game instructed to quit all other processes, including the Finder. Reanimator accomplishes this task in a single, quick operation. What's new in 1.0.1? - Recompiled with CodeWarrior=AE Professional 1. - Fixed B&W icons in both application and daemon. - Fixed a bug that caused the application not to properly recognize the absence of the folder named "Reanimator =9F" in the Preferences folder. - Now Reanimator handles all kinds of applications, including new kinds of Control Panel items and Apple Menu items (see the "Technical details" section in the Read Me file). - Now aliases created by the daemon have the correct Finder file types. - The application's settings dialog is now movable. - Improved error checking and handling. - A few minor cosmetic enhancements. - Added a "Technical details" section to the Read Me file. System Requirements 68020/030/040 or PowerPC; 64 KBytes free memory; Mac OS 7.0 or later. Distribution You can distribute Reanimator freely, provided that you leave the software and the accompanying documentation unchanged. You can include Reanimator in CD-ROMs and other software collections only by previous agreement. Reanimator is FREEWARE, i.e., free of charge. However, it's NOT public domain software. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/reanimator-101.hqx; 145K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 01:13:09 -0700 From: hotzi@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de Subject: [*] UCB-Logo 3.3cf UCB-Logo 3.3cf (Berkeley Logo) The progamming language logo. Hardware Requirements: 68020,030,040 or PowerPC Software Requirements: System 7 or higher [Archived as /info-mac/art/grf/ucb-logo.hqx; 461K] ------------------------------ Date: 30 Jul 1997 14:33:35 GMT From: "Technical Support" Subject: 604e Processor I am planning to purchase a new Macintosh computer in the next six months and I am confused by the processors. Could anyone please explain the difference between the 603e and the 604e processor? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Which would you recommend? If anyone can refer me to an article somewhere that explains all this it would also be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the information. Please e-mail me directly at hbiebel@excel.net Harold ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:36:21 -0700 From: Maurice Mike McNeil Subject: [A] ARA and OT At 1:52 PM -0600 7/28/97, Bruce Carter wrote: >>From: Anne H Toal >>Is it my imagination or is there really no way to get IP packets through an >>ARA connection under Open Transport? Does an ARA module exist for OT so you >>can tell OT to get its IP connection through ARA? Under MacTCP I used to do >>IP over an ARA connection, no problem. What's up with that. Couple of things to check, in the TCP/IP Control Panel: 1) Make sure you have the correct settings for Connect via. In our current ARA setup, the server assigns the IP#: Connect via: AppleTalk (MacIP0 configure: Using MacIP Server IP Address: In a previous setup, we used assigned IPs, but only between .225 and .256, e.g. 199.56.164.225. Make sure your subnet mask, Router address, and Name server addresses are all correct. Click on the "Options" button and make sure the "Active" box is checked in the dialog. I had a lot of problems with the "Load when needed" feature which were resolved when I changed it to "Active" 2) Are you using OT 1.1.2? It seems much more reliable and a free upgrade. 3) Assuming the ARA connection is working fine otherwise, get your sys admin to recycle the AppleTalk <-> Ethernet link (e.g. Gatorbox) good luck -----|----- 0-0 (_)+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:49:53 -0700 From: Daniel Solomons Subject: [A] Substitute for Speed Doubler "Smart Replace" >Is there a substitute for the "Smart Replace" function of Speed Doubler out >there? I recommend UpToDate, available on this archive. It's more versatile than SpeedDoubler and much less of a drain on your system. Daniel Solomons daniel@oo.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:12:30 -0400 From: Dave Reiser Subject: [Q] PCMCIA Flash Memory for the MP2K At 15:16 -0400 7/28/97, jacobs wrote: >I'm considering getting an extra bit of storage for my fairly new >Messagepad 2000. Now, what's advertized for it ('4MB Newton Flash...') is >a bit expensive ($199 US?) and I was considering going elsewhere to buy >the cards... > >I ran into a delimma. How much will NOS 2.1 support on a PCMCIA card? Is >4 the limit, or could one go as high as 8, 10, 15, or even 40MB? (I'm not >planning on the 40 - I'd like to get an 8 or a 10 MB.) > >Also, the unit has 1 MB of DRAM... is there a way to expand that? > [snip] I just received my 8MB card (AMD series D) from Hamilton Hallmark (got their toll free phone number from the AMD web page on nonvolatile (aka 'flash') memory. It was $191 + a whopping $22 for UPS ground shipping. I guess that's what I get for going closer to the source. So far all I've done is initialize the card. The MP2K had no complaints. The Apple labelled 4MB card I have is an Intel Series 2 flash card. Intel has a newer Series 2 Plus set of cards that shares a power use characteristic with the AMD series D cards: they use the same amount of power for word wide (2 bytes at a time) read/write operations as they do for single byte at a time operations. And that power use is a little less than the old cards use for single byte operations. If the Newt uses word wide operations, the new cards will use about half as much power as the older cards. I haven't figured out how to tell if my excursion into Intel and AMD tech sheets has done me any good... The AMD D series are 5V only (AMD web page claims that means any Newton OS 2.x device). The Intel 2 Plus are automagically 3.3, 5, or 12V cards -- meaning they'll work with any Newton. I couldn't find the quote, but I believe Apple said the MP2K didn't support cards bigger than 10MB. However, I'm pretty sure I've seen folks in comp.sys.newton.?? talk about using 20MB cards successfully. The Newtons do slow down with larger memory cards (it all acts like system memory in that regard, rather than bulk storage). A couple places to try for memory card purchasing: ClubPDA or PDADirect. Time to load some Landware fonts... Dave Reiser dbr@ptd.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 17:11:49 -0400 From: John I Quebedeaux Jr Subject: [Q] Virtual PC - using Token Ring Card? Hello all, As much as I know how to use/break Windows95 (I'm an instructor)... Connectix's documentation for its Virtual PC is extremely sketchy for anyone trying to do something that is a little out of the norm - like use a Token Ring card in his Mac instead of the built in Ethernet. They claim as long as the Mac can use a device - the PC side should be able to use it also. Hold it! I'm an Evangelist in disguise as I have a Mac 6500/250 at work and a PB5300c at home. My wife has a 7200/120 and an LCIII. The kicker in every class is when the students finally ask me what kind of PC I'd recommend... "Well, I have a Mac at home..." and usually have my Power Book to actually show them what it can do to dispel all those pesky myths because I get all the typical objections of not enough software, technology, Apple going out of business, etc... and even my 1 1/2 year old PB5300c is impressive enough to wow them. Apple really needs to set the public record straight about its products, available software, and technology. I digress... Ok, my question is - has anyone managed to use Virtual PC on a Novell network using a PCI or NuBus Token Ring card. I'd like to know how. Connectix hasn't answered my e-mail. Thanks, John Q. -- Send replies to: johnq@intersurf.com & I can summarize for the list. ----- John I. Quebedeaux, Jr. e-mail: johnq@intersurf.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:32:34 -0500 From: Hannes Hofer Subject: [Q]MAC OS 8 and PC compatible Card After having been put on hold for 3 1/2 hours, hung up on, and lied to by various people at Apple's Tech Support (they also told me they have the best tech support in the business) I now turn to this forum with the hope that someone can help me. Until about 24 hours ago I was the happy owner of Power Macintosh 7200/120 with a 12" 100 mhz pentium pc compatible card. After having scurried all the literature I could find about a possible incompatability, I took the plunge and installed Mac OS 8. Result: I can no longer run the pc side of my computer. When I switch, I never get past the first screen where the pc counts up the memory. I tried to reinstall the compatability software (v.1.5) without success. I read somewhere that there is a v.1.6 out, but one guy at apple said that it was for the newer model only, and another guy there told me that it was just what I needed and that I could download it from www.info.apple.com where it doesn't exist. In short, I am, at least for now, stuck with totally useless $1000 piece of hardware that Apple apparently does not support. Has anyone out there had similar problems, and is there a solution for it? Hannes Hofer ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:34:29 -0400 From: A BRODY Subject: Airborne and Full Impact Dear Digest reader, Beware of Airborne based mail order. I just waited 7 hours to receive my keyboard, only to find out they don't have any backup people to deliver packages, they tried to deliver without leaving a note on my door, they did not attempt to call me when they couldn't deliver, they did not ring the doorbell when I was there, they did not notice a note saying it was OK to deliver, and MacWareHouse of all things won't refund the delivery costs associated with having to wait so long. If you can go Fed-Ex, do. On another topic, has anyone seen a Full Impact translator to Excel 5.0? No signatures here as apparantly the digest people don't want any. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 20:32:21 -0500 From: Terry Swensen Subject: Alternative to ARA? We have a sales office 3 hours away. We have them communicate with the accounting program on our server via 2 33.6 Supra modems and Apple Remote Access. We tried using an ISDN line and 2 Farallon ISDN Netopia modems but with ARA's limitations (can only use one B channel), it wasn't much faster than the 33.6 modems. We need the speed of the ISDN line. Is there a software alternative to ARA that will allow us to optimize the features of the ISDN setup? Terry Swensen tswensen@unicom.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 23:27:28 -0400 From: "Michael S. Silverstein" Subject: ECD's Audio Not Working While the multimedia part of a ECD (Squirrel Nut Zippers, 'Hot') works wonderfully, I cannot seem to get the audio portion to recognize the first track properly and continue to play properly. My computer plays regular audio CDs with no problem. This ECD can be played and cycled on a CD player with no problem. BUT to get this ECD to play on my Mac, I must launch the CD player (usually audio CDs play when inserted), choose any track but the first and in the middle of the track that is playing switch to the first track. The ECD will play straight through UNLESS I do something like launch or quit an application, then it just stops and I have to start it again as above. The ECD will not cycle from the last track to the first, but will stop on the last track. There is no problem with regular CDs. The error message is "This operation could not be completed. Please be sure you have loaded an audio CD and that the Apple CD-ROM drive has been connected properly". I have a Power Mac 7600 running 7.5.5 with 80MB of memory, all the appropriate extentions (Quicktime, CD driver) etc. and the same thing occurs when I restart with only 7.5.5 extentions. Thanks in advance for any advice on how to play the ECD. Michael Silverstein Materials Engineering Technion ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:19:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Chaz Larson Subject: Flushing an AppleShare Autolink (Q) At 5:42 PM -0400 7/28/97, Al Bloom wrote: >How on earth do I rid our machine of that automagic link attempt? The checkbox you seek is in the Chooser; connect to a given server, then next to each available server volume you'll find a checkbox: "Reconnect on startup". However, an easier way to undo this is to simply trash the "AppleShare Prep" file, which is in your Preferences folder. This has always worked for me, except in circumstances where it was Suitcase trying to connect. I have heard of one instance in which a full System reinstall was necessary. chazl - 7.30.1997 - chaz@visi.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:28:47 +0000 From: jmarques@ip.pt (Joao Marques) Subject: Formating text in calculation field in FileMakerPro Hi all, I have a question: is there a way to format text in a calculation field in FileMakerPro? It seems the output of the field is always plain text... If anyone has an answer, please email me. Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 16:48:50 -0400 From: Frank LoCicero Subject: Info-Mac Digest V15 #155 Mike Blackwell wrote: > > I 'm looking for a program that will read and index every CD-ROM when Try Virtual Disk by LaCie. I there is a free lite version and a regular version. I got the lite version with my Syquest EZFlyer 230. Check out LaCie's site. F. Lo Cicero ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:53:06 -0400 From: bkirsch@voicenet.com (Barry J. Kirsch) Subject: Mouse alternatives? Can someone please suggest a mouse alternative for the Mac for RSI sufferers. Please email me directly and I will summarize. Thanks, Barry Kirsch bkirsch@voicenet.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 05:50:45 -0500 From: Monty Lee Subject: Netscape 4.0 feature >I am currently using Netscape 4.0 on my Q660AV, system 7.6.1 (soon to be 8), >and have experienced the following undocumented (and very annoying) >"feature": after editing my bookmarks, when I close the window (or leave the >window open and return to the browser window), Netscape automatically >alphabetizes the bookmarks, and it does so down the hierarchy of folders I >have set up. This is very annoying because I had listed my most used URLs >first (above a separator) in each folder, and the folders were not >alphabetical either. (It placed the separators at the top of the list.) Now >it is very difficult to find anything! Is anyone else experiencing this >effect, and is there any way to prevent it/turn it off? TIA. > Lou, I've been seeing the same thing every time I re-arrange my bookmarks. I've found that by immediately quitting Netscape and then re-launching it the alphabetizing is removed and the order is back the way I had it. Messing with the bookmarks before quitting will not let you revert it. I've been frustrated by this "feature" and others (the download window ALWAYS is in the upper left instead of where you move it to like Netscape 1 thru 3, and others). I've given the app 20mb memory and Java still causes it to crash daily. I have switched back to 3.01 where I have not had a problem in 2 days!!! Monty ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 07:27:03 -0500 From: Dick Kahoe Subject: Q Looking for Mac check-out system I'm looking for a Macintosh program that will manage the check-out (and check-in) of photography equipment for our lab. I found a program to do this on Windows quite some time ago and I'd use it, reluctantly, but I can't find any mention of anything like this on the web on either platform now. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:53:44 -0700 From: "John Vokey" Subject: Refresh rate Many of Apple's monitors are multi-scan (meaning they can be set to many different refresh rates), and 60-Hz is often one of the options. Similarly, many inexpensive VGA monitors can be used (via a simple adapter) with Macs, with, again, 60-Hz as an option. But, there is no guarantee that the 60-Hz raster scan of the monitor will be synchronised with that of the AC supply, so your problem may persist anyway. -- Dr. John R. Vokey, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 3M4 mailto:vokey@uleth.ca http://www.uleth.ca/~vokey ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 02:10:52 -0700 From: Jon Froines Subject: Sound Manager question Well. I feel sort of bad, because I ask a lot of Q's here, but have only had the chance to help others with their Q's a few times. Sorry. I have a very nifty program that emulates the operation of 2 Roland TB303 bass machines and 1 Roland TR808 drum machine. It outputs it's sound through the Sound Manager, the version of which is 3.2.1 on my PowerMac 7500/150/48MBram/System 7.6.1. My Mac has a stereo 1/8" output, and left and right RCA outputs. I get sound out of my little lame-o 1/8" plug, but not my RCA outputs. Is there any way to do get sound out of the RCA plugs? My Monitors and Sound control panel doesn't list any alternatives for output aside from the unchangeable "Built In", unlike the input, which has more than one option. Well, blah, this bums me out. Sure the 1/8" plug WORKS, but I'd much rather plug the RCAs into my mixer for ouput. Anybody know much about this Sound Manager stuff? Thanks mucho... - JonYo (mailto:jonyo@wenet.net) (http://www.hooked.net/~jonyo/index.html) -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************