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Info-Mac Digest             Fri, 23 Jul 99       Volume 16 : Issue 327

Today's Topics:

      [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5
      [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 F (French version)
      [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 I (Italian version)
      [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 N (Dutch version)
      [*] Millennium Bug 1.0.2
      [*] MIMEconvert 1.07
      [*] Mindscope's Word =?iso-8859-1?Q?Trilogy=A91998?= ,1999 Mindscope 
      [*] MiniBookv1.1 68k
      [*] MiniBookv1.1 PPC
      [*] MoviePhile 2.2
      [*] Mr. Fixitup version 4.0
      [*] Ms. MacPerson 1.1
      [*] NameCleaner 1.9.7 - Cross-platform file naming and typing
      [*] TidBITS#488/12-Jul-99
      [*] TidBITS#489/19-Jul-99
      [A] audio cd's
      [A] audio cd's (writing them)
      [A] filing card utility
      [A] Help!  Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up
      [A] Looking for simple spreadsheet/database
      [A] One ISP account - Two users
      [A] PB G3 and GSM phones
      [A] Rebuilding the desktop
      [A]Re: Quicktime and processor speed
      [C] Writing CD ROMS & FAQ info
      [Q] Quicktime 4.0 and 68040?
      AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?!
      Battery problems on PB1400cs
      Burning Mac readable CDs on Windows
      Error -17995 with OE4.5
      Fwd: [A] AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?!
      HELP: Connecting a LocalTalk Printer to a G3?????
      ICQ
      Looking for simple spreadsheet/database
      MacLinkPlus
      netcaster
      Netsacape to IE
      Norton proof positive
      Norton Proof positive
      Norton Util Woes
      on-line investing
      transporting Powerbooks on motorbikes
      What hardware upgrade do I need?
      What kind of hardware upgrade do I need?
      What kind of hardware upgrade do I need?

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:44:56 -0700
From: Barbara Canino + Marco Damaschi <marco.damaschi@galactica.it>
Subject: [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5


What is Quit CSM?

You often run several applications at the same time and wish you could quit
them without having to activate them?
You would like to know their memory sizes and have your largest unused
memory block always under your eyes?
You would love to quit and restart the Finder and quit background-only
applications?
If so, then Quit CSM is what need.

With Quit CSM you can:
- quit applications without having to make them active: you can quit a
single application, all background applications or all running applications;
- quit and restart the Finder;
- quit background-only applications;
- display the largest unused memory block or the memory in use;
- show application sizes;
- enable a hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip;
- hide the background applications and show all running applications;
- automatically hide the front application before each context switch
(requires MacOS 8.0 or higher);
- restart and shut down your computer.

What's new in Quit CSM v1.7.5?

- The "Quit All BOAs" command has been added to the advanced Quit menu. It
enables you to quit all running background-only applications.

- Quit CSM displays application icons in the Quit and advanced Quit menus
(requires Mac OS 8.0 or higher or System 7.5 or higher with Appearance
Init).

- The previous version of Quit CSM introduced the possibility to enable a
hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip. Now the "Use large hot
spot" option has been added. Default hot spot size is 3x3 pixels, while the
large hot spot is 10x10 pixels. This option is useful when a screen wrap
extension or a high screen resolution are used.

- The "Hide Front Application before Switch" option is now saved across
restarts.

- The Memory Bar Color menu has been introduced. It is displayed by
command-clicking Quit CSM in the Control Strip when the memory bar is
visible and enables you to switch to a different memory bar color.

- The "Quit CSM Options" dialog box has been completely re-designed.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ma-ba-soft-quit-csm-175.hqx; 283K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:44:53 -0700
From: marco.damaschi@galactica.it
Subject: [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 F (French version)


You often run several applications at the same time and wish you could quit
them without having to activate them?
You would like to know their memory sizes and have your largest unused
memory block always under your eyes?
You would love to quit and restart the Finder and quit background-only
applications?
If so, then Quit CSM is what need.

With Quit CSM you can:
- quit applications without having to make them active: you can quit a
single application, all background applications or all running applications;
- quit and restart the Finder;
- quit background-only applications;
- display the largest unused memory block or the memory in use;
- show application sizes;
- enable a hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip;
- hide the background applications and show all running applications;
- automatically hide the front application before each context switch
(requires MacOS 8.0 or higher);
- restart and shut down your computer.

What's new in Quit CSM v1.7.5?

- The "Quit All BOAs" command has been added to the advanced Quit menu. It
enables you to quit all running background-only applications.

- Quit CSM displays application icons in the Quit and advanced Quit menus
(requires Mac OS 8.0 or higher or System 7.5 or higher with Appearance
Init).

- The previous version of Quit CSM introduced the possibility to enable a
hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip. Now the "Use large hot
spot" option has been added. Default hot spot size is 3x3 pixels, while the
large hot spot is 10x10 pixels. This option is useful when a screen wrap
extension or a high screen resolution are used.

- The "Hide Front Application before Switch" option is now saved across
restarts.

- The Memory Bar Color menu has been introduced. It is displayed by
command-clicking Quit CSM in the Control Strip when the memory bar is
visible and enables you to switch to a different memory bar color.

- The "Quit CSM Options" dialog box has been completely re-designed.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/maba-soft-quit-csm-175-fr.hqx; 285K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:44:51 -0700
From: marco.damaschi@galactica.it
Subject: [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 I (Italian version)


You often run several applications at the same time and wish you could quit
them without having to activate them?
You would like to know their memory sizes and have your largest unused
memory block always under your eyes?
You would love to quit and restart the Finder and quit background-only
applications?
If so, then Quit CSM is what need.

With Quit CSM you can:
- quit applications without having to make them active: you can quit a
single application, all background applications or all running applications;
- quit and restart the Finder;
- quit background-only applications;
- display the largest unused memory block or the memory in use;
- show application sizes;
- enable a hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip;
- hide the background applications and show all running applications;
- automatically hide the front application before each context switch
(requires MacOS 8.0 or higher);
- restart and shut down your computer.

What's new in Quit CSM v1.7.5?

- The "Quit All BOAs" command has been added to the advanced Quit menu. It
enables you to quit all running background-only applications.

- Quit CSM displays application icons in the Quit and advanced Quit menus
(requires Mac OS 8.0 or higher or System 7.5 or higher with Appearance
Init).

- The previous version of Quit CSM introduced the possibility to enable a
hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip. Now the "Use large hot
spot" option has been added. Default hot spot size is 3x3 pixels, while the
large hot spot is 10x10 pixels. This option is useful when a screen wrap
extension or a high screen resolution are used.

- The "Hide Front Application before Switch" option is now saved across
restarts.

- The Memory Bar Color menu has been introduced. It is displayed by
command-clicking Quit CSM in the Control Strip when the memory bar is
visible and enables you to switch to a different memory bar color.

- The "Quit CSM Options" dialog box has been completely re-designed.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/maba-soft-quit-csm-175-it.hqx; 285K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:45:00 -0700
From: Barbara Canino + Marco Damaschi <marco.damaschi@galactica.it>
Subject: [*] MaBaSoft releases Quit CSM v1.7.5 N (Dutch version)


What is Quit CSM?

You often run several applications at the same time and wish you could quit
them without having to activate them?
You would like to know their memory sizes and have your largest unused
memory block always under your eyes?
You would love to quit and restart the Finder and quit background-only
applications?
If so, then Quit CSM is what need.

With Quit CSM you can:
- quit applications without having to make them active: you can quit a
single application, all background applications or all running applications;
- quit and restart the Finder;
- quit background-only applications;
- display the largest unused memory block or the memory in use;
- show application sizes;
- enable a hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip;
- hide the background applications and show all running applications;
- automatically hide the front application before each context switch
(requires MacOS 8.0 or higher);
- restart and shut down your computer.

What's new in Quit CSM v1.7.5?

- The "Quit All BOAs" command has been added to the advanced Quit menu. It
enables you to quit all running background-only applications.

- Quit CSM displays application icons in the Quit and advanced Quit menus
(requires Mac OS 8.0 or higher or System 7.5 or higher with Appearance
Init).

- The previous version of Quit CSM introduced the possibility to enable a
hot spot for showing and hiding the Control Strip. Now the "Use large hot
spot" option has been added. Default hot spot size is 3x3 pixels, while the
large hot spot is 10x10 pixels. This option is useful when a screen wrap
extension or a high screen resolution are used.

- The "Hide Front Application before Switch" option is now saved across
restarts.

- The Memory Bar Color menu has been introduced. It is displayed by
command-clicking Quit CSM in the Control Strip when the memory bar is
visible and enables you to switch to a different memory bar color.

- The "Quit CSM Options" dialog box has been completely re-designed.

[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ma-ba-soft-quit-csm-175-nl.hqx; 284K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:44:46 -0700
From: jcr2@cornell.edu
Subject: [*] Millennium Bug 1.0.2

Returns the months, days, hours and minutes until the year 2000 (most often
called the millennium, although some dispute exists). An optional message
includes Apple's y2k web site for more info.

Free. May be included on AMUG, Info-Mac and UMich CDs.

John Rethorst

[Archived as /info-mac/app/time/millennium-bug-102.hqx; 11K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:44:41 -0700
From: zac <zac@pixelgeek.com>
Subject: [*] MIMEconvert 1.07

A long overdue update to MIMEconvert.

The new version has two main changes

Version History

1.07
Added drag and drop to text window
Added Append to Same File command

You can now drag text files to the text field in MIMEconvert to llow for
quick and easy conversion. As well you can now repeatedly append data to
a file once you have already selected it with the Append command

What does it do?

MIMEconvert will:

remove MIME "mail" characters; the "+" and "&" symbols
convert hex encoded characters
save converted text to new files
append converted text to existing files
remove Submit, Reset or any other tag you specify
convert to tab delineated or any other form of single character
delineation

As usual MIMEconvert is free of charge

email: zac@pixelgeek.com
WWW: http://www.pixelgeek.com/

[Archived as /info-mac/cmp/mime-comvert-107.hqx; 874K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:40:09 -0700
From: mindscope@ashtonservices.com
Subject: [*] Mindscope's Word =?iso-8859-1?Q?Trilogy=A91998?= ,1999 Mindscope 


Mindscope's Word Trilogy�1998,1999 Mindscope Software.

License: Shareware $20

Mindscope's Word Trilogy is 3 fun word games in one! Form words out of
scrambled letter tiles, catch colorful bonus blocks, and time spinning
letters in each of the games to achieve victory! The first game is
'Scrolling Challenge', where the player has to get as many words as
possible while they fall faster and faster! The second game is 'Under
the Red', for those who like the slower, more strategic games. 'Under
the Red' asks the player to empty all of the tiles on screen until there
are none left above the red line.. don't get caught without words! The
third game in the trilogy is the hectic, fast paced 'Red Line Fever'.
Every word you score pushes a descending red bar upward, keeping you
above the line of defeat! Don't get mental block!

CD-ROM/Magazine companies must notify me before including this program
in their media.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/word/mindscopes-word-trilogy-10.hqx; 4007K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:40:08 -0700
From: FMR@thewiredshark.com
Subject: [*] MiniBookv1.1 68k


Release Date: 7/2/99
Requirements: System 7.1 or higher
Macintosh Computer
Memory: 2 MB of available Memory recommended.
PPC or FAT version
File size: 460k (68k) and 602k (PPC)
Shareware: US $ 1.00

What is MiniBook:

MiniBook is a handy address book and  You don't need to have a degree in
business management to use it, the simple usage of MiniBook makes it
perfect for the AppleMenu Items Folder. MiniBook is designed not to be a
corporate contact management tool, rather an address book for everyone
to handle. And heck, for US$ 1.00 it sure beat's the $ 80 programs which
take a lifetime to learn and to take advantage of all those features is
in itself quite a task.

Virus Checked with SAM 4.5 and Y2k complaint.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mini-book-11-68k.hqx; 887K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:40:07 -0700
From: FMR@thewiredshark.com
Subject: [*] MiniBookv1.1 PPC


Release Date: 7/2/99
Requirements: System 7.1 or higher
Macintosh Computer
Memory: 2 MB of available Memory recommended.
PPC or FAT version
File size: 460k (68k) and 602k (PPC)
Shareware: US $ 1.00

What is MiniBook:

MiniBook is a handy address book and  You don't need to have a degree in
business management to use it, the simple usage of MiniBook makes it
perfect for the AppleMenu Items Folder. MiniBook is designed not to be a
corporate contact management tool, rather an address book for everyone
to handle. And heck, for US$ 1.00 it sure beat's the $ 80 programs which
take a lifetime to learn and to take advantage of all those features is
in itself quite a task.

Virus Checked with SAM 4.5 and Y2k complaint.

[Archived as /info-mac/app/mini-book-11-ppc.hqx; 1050K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:40:07 -0700
From: thechris@mindspring.com
Subject: [*] MoviePhile 2.2


MoviePhile 2 is a shareware database useful for keeping track of your
video collection - whether it consists of movies (any format), tapes of
television shows, home movies, QuickTime movies, or whatever. It is
available for both Macintosh and Windows as a stand-alone database
(i.e. no other software is required).

Features:

      VHS Label Printing
      QuickTime Movie Import and Playback
      Scheduling Reminders (for when you don't want to miss that
      important event)
      Tons of Useful Fields

You can enter, search and sort information about the movie title, cast,
rating, your personal evaluation of the movie, it's genre, whether it's
widescreen or pan & scan and more. If you taped it off of some source,
you can enter data as to what that source was, whether there are
commercials on the tape, the quality and speed of the recording and
more.

You loan your movies out sometimes? You don't have to wonder any
more who has which movies - let MoviePhile take care of that for you.

Do you have to use all of these features for MoviePhile to be of use to
you? No. If all you want is something to keep track of the movies in your
collection and who they are on loan to, MoviePhile is great for that. All
the other features are there when you need them.
_________________________
Got Videos?
Got Movies?
Get MoviePhile
http://www.moviephile.com

[Archived as /info-mac/data/movie-phile-22.hqx; 3354K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:40:06 -0700
From: "Richard MacLemale" <maclemr@gte.net>
Subject: [*] Mr. Fixitup version 4.0


Mr. Fixitup is a program that allows students to practice their editing
skills in a fun, interesting way.  Skills include editing, keyboarding,
and use of technology.

Features:
� Custom created 3D rendered artwork throughout program.
� Comes with 20 custom lessons
� Over 100 new lessons can be added by the teacher
� Prints a color certificate with cool car art when a lesson is completed
� Emphasizes proofreading skills such as checking for proper
capitalization, punctuation, homonyms, and more
� Allows students to practice editing skills using technology within the
classroom
� High motivation - students love it!

[Archived as /info-mac/edu/mr-fixitup-40.hqx; 4110K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:38:48 -0700
From: lakovic@graphicaindustria.com
Subject: [*] Ms. MacPerson 1.1

According to Marge Simpson, Ms. Pacman struck a blow for women's rights
in the early 80s. Somehow, this forgotten abstract gem never found its
way to the Mac...until now.

Beautiful renderings, outrageous intermissions, remarkably faithful
gameplay, and a host of 'insanely great' surprises give Ms.MacPerson a
full 90s facelift and an altogether new life.

If you're a video game fanatic, or if you've always wanted more
non-violent yet wonderfully fun abstract shareware games for your
Macintosh, or if you're an ardent feminist, this is a definite
must-have...everything from the name to the 'real' story behind baby
MacPeople has been corrected for the 90s. It's quite simply a barrel of
laughs and a beautifully addictive action game to boot!

System requirements:
7MB of free memory and any color Macintosh, but 68040 or PowerPC
strongly recommended.

Visit:
http://www.graphicaindustria.com/interactive for other exciting and
whimsical games.

[Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/ms-mac-person-11.hqx; 6657K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 01:38:15 -0700
From: Gideon Greenspan <gdg@sigsoftware.com>
Subject: [*] NameCleaner 1.9.7 - Cross-platform file naming and typing


"If you have to exchange files between a PC and a Mac, NameCleaner is an
indispensable tool" - Carolyn Bickford, MacDownload

NameCleaner is a popular, industrial-strength utility to manipulate file
names and types. Batch-rename and retype entire folders or disks quickly
and easily. It is specially designed to move files to and from foreign
file systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows95, Windows NT, NetWare
and Unix.

NameCleaner includes built-in mappings for over 100 PC Extensions and
Macintosh file types and provides a full report of all cleaning
operations. "Cleaners" are available for a multitude of functions, such
as mapping DOS extensions to and from Mac Type/Creator codes, filtering
file names for other operating systems, rule- or dictionary-based
capitalisation, find and replace phrases, append file information such as
date or size, and more.

Version 1.9.7 adds dozens of mappings between PC extensions and Macintosh
file types, improves logging functionality, and is available in a special
scheduling version.

(c) Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/

[Archived as /info-mac/disk/name-cleaner-197.hqx; 327K]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
Subject: [*] TidBITS#488/12-Jul-99

TidBITS#488/12-Jul-99

Think you can hack it? If so, check out Adam's article on the results of the=
 annual Hack Contest at MacHack and how these software zealots continue to=
 push the boundaries of what Macs can do. Also this week, Adam starts a=
 two-part article on what's new in the recent Eudora 4.2 update. In the=
 news, we note Power On Software's acquisition of Now Up-to-Date and Now=
 Contact, and the releases of updates to graphics utilities Snapz Pro and=
 PhotoGIF.=20

Topics:
    MailBITS/12-Jul-99
    Eudora Pro 4.2 Continues to Deliver, Part 1
    The MacHack Hack Contest 1999

<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-488.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1999/TidBITS#488_12-Jul-99.etx>

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-488.etx; 30K]

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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
Subject: [*] TidBITS#489/19-Jul-99

TidBITS#489/19-Jul-99

Everyone wants a few specific capabilities from their email application;=
 check out the second part of Adam's look at Eudora Pro 4.2 for a feature=
 that reveals the vast number of attributes in this powerful program. Also=
 this week, Matt Neuburg reviews Deneba's graphics application Canvas 6, and=
 in the news, we look at Apple's $203 million quarterly profit, the=
 SETI@home client 1.06 and BBEdit 5.1.1. Next week: Macworld Expo in New=
 York!=20

Topics:
    MailBITS/19-Jul-99
    Eudora Pro 4.2 Continues to Deliver, Part 2
    Picture Yourself: Canvas 6

<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-489.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1999/TidBITS#489_19-Jul-99.etx>

[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-489.etx; 30K]

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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:35:21 -0700
From: "Daniel O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
Subject: [A] audio cd's

Toast won't allow you to adjust the delay or the fade between tracks, but
Jam will.
I can't answer your second question from memory, but will have an answer
next week if you still need it.

At 8:40 AM -0500 on 6/28/99, John Popowitz wrote...
>I bought a LaCie 4x8 CD-R  (Pioneer CW-7502) that supports packet
>writing. I use Toast 3.5.6 as the recording software. I want to know if
>Jam or any other software will allow me to adjust the time between audio
>tracks to either fade in and out without the two second delay. Toast
>says I can not. Also the Toast manual doesn't fully explain "closing" a
>session so that all the songs can be read on a home or auto cd player.
>It only reads the first track. I have used the "write session" button
>until the last song and then used the" write disk" button. Any help
>would be appreciated.  Thanks, John

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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 14:50:51 +0100
From: Ian Goldby <Ian@iangoldby.free-online.co.uk>
Subject: [A] audio cd's (writing them)

>From: John Popowitz <jopop51@warwick.net>
>
>I bought a LaCie 4x8 CD-R  (Pioneer CW-7502) that supports packet
>writing. I use Toast 3.5.6 as the recording software. I want to know if
>Jam or any other software will allow me to adjust the time between audio
>tracks to either fade in and out without the two second delay. Toast
>says I can not. Also the Toast manual doesn't fully explain "closing" a
>session so that all the songs can be read on a home or auto cd player.
>It only reads the first track. I have used the "write session" button
>until the last song and then used the" write disk" button. Any help
>would be appreciated.  Thanks, John

I haven't used Toast, but here are a few general comments:
1) Most consumer Audio CD players are not multi-session compatible. This
means that you *must* write the whole CD in one session. You cannot
successfully add more sessions at a later date. This is because the
information on the disk about what tracks were written in the first session
cannot be altered when you write subsequent sessions. Multi-session CD
players look elsewhere on the disk for information about subsequent
sessions, but most audio CD players do not.
2) The two second gap occurs because the laser is turned off and on again
briefly between writing tracks. With some software, there may be an option
to 'write disk at once' which will overcome this.
3) Closing a session: You need to do this before a CD can be read on most
Audio CD players. I think it writes the catalogue information for the
tracks.
4) Closing the disk is something different. It prevents additional sessions
from being added to a disk.
5) Packet writing is a red-herring. It is only really useful for data CDs,
and then only in recently manufactured CD drives. In packet writing, the
laser gets turned on and off all the time. If you put a CD recorded in this
way into a consumer audio CD player, it would probably end up a gibbering
wreck on the floor! Unless you are desparate to be able to copy files
individually to a CD ROM from the Finder and save directly onto a CD ROM
from Word etc, my opinion is that it is best avoided. (YMMV.)

Ian.

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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:41:49 -0700
From: "Daniel O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
Subject: [A] filing card utility

I've seen several file card managers in Filemaker Pro. Unfortunately I
don't remember exactly where they are (or were). However, there are a lot
of FMP-related sites on the 'net; check <http://www.filemaker.com/> and all
its pointers.

At 2:48 PM +0200 on 6/28/99, Andreas \"Maverick\" Frick wrote...
>Dear Readers,
>
>I am searching for a filing card utility to organize my notes.
>NewNotepad is nice but can not print reports but only single notes.
>Are there any good alternatives (also commercial)?
>
>Best regards
>
>Andreas
>

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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 21:29:28 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: [A] Help!  Desktop rebuilds (improperly) on each start up

At 11:17 PM +0100 6/19/99, Ian Goldby wittily wrote:

> >Sys 8.1, PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet).  Every time I boot up, the desktop
> >gets rebuilt, on its own, no user intervention.  But it's rebuilt
> >incorrectly.  The icons all look OK (not generic) but files are no longer
> >associated with their applications; click on a file and nothing happens,
> >click on an alias and the "...application that created it could not be
> >found" error pops up.  Amazingly (to me anyway), when I start up with
> >extensions off (Shift key down), the desktop does not rebuild and files
> >are now associated with their applications.
> <SNIP>
>
> >Howard Fried
>
> I had a similar problem recently with System 7.5.3 - The desktop rebuilt
> everytime I rebooted, but froze the machine before rebuilding finished.
> Starting with extensions off prevents the desktop rebuild. One of my
> desktop files was damaged and the Finder could not repair it. I tried usin=
g
> TechTool to delete the old desktop files. In my case, it failed, but it ma=
y
> work for you, and it's easy. If it doesn't work, delete the desktop files
> by hand. The desktop files are invisible. I have heard that one way to do
> it is to open Find File, then, holding down the option key, choose
> visibility is invisible. You can then drag the desktop files it finds into
> the trash and restart. If, like me, you can't drag the files to the trash,
> maybe you need to install Apple Script. Your final option is to use a
> utility like ResEdit to change the file attribute to make the desktop file=
s
> visible, and then drag them to the trash. This is how I did it.
>
> The first time you reboot, the Finder will create new desktop files from
> scratch, which should now be ok. Anything you previously set for files in
> the Finder's Get Info window will be lost, i.e. comments and memory
> allocations.
>
> Ian.

There are a couple of easier ways to delete the desktop files, one is to
use File Buddy, or use Trash=80Desktop 1.2.1. [I have both].

Personally I like Trash=80Desktop the best for this job, it is also
AppleScriptable which I feel is an important consideration in anything
that I use.

Demand more scripting capabilities when you buy and let the programmers
know it matters to you. :-}

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:47:52 +0100
From: Ian Goldby <Ian@iangoldby.free-online.co.uk>
Subject: [A] Looking for simple spreadsheet/database

Thanks to everyone who replied to my request for a program to help me store
tabulated data with more than Word 5.1's limit of 32 columns.

Mariner <http://www.marinersoft.com/>
and Ambry <http://www.islandspirits.com/ambry/download.html>
were both suggested, being a shareware spreadsheet and database
respectively. I haven't yet tried either, but Mariner looks like it may be
worth having.

Many people suggested ClarisWorks/AppleWorks. This came bundled with the
Performa 475, but not with the LC 475 I have. Perhaps Claris/AppleWorks'
ubiquity explains the dearth of freeware/shareware options.

In the end, I may settle on pencil and paper as the easiest way to keep my
records. With a boot-up time of 0 seconds, no shareware fee, and no 32
column limit, it could fit the bill as well as any electronic offering...

Thanks again.

Ian

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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 22:49:17 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: [A] One ISP account - Two users

At 9:50 PM +0300 6/28/99, Rafi Saar wittily wrote:

> Basically, I have a single account with my ISP, but I received to e-mail
> accounts, so I'm setting up the second e-mail for my wife.
> This means that I make one modem call and log in once with a password, but
> then I can get e-mail for two different accounts that I have.
>
> I myself use Eudora Pro and I found that I can add personalities.  However,
> when I did that I found out that Eudora checks both my and my wife's e-mail
> and puts them both in the same Inbox.  What I really hoped was that we'd
> both have a seperate Inbox.
> I could set up a filter to catch her e-mail address, but that might also
> catch my own e-mail if my wife's also a recipient of that same e-mail.
>
> So I decided to set up Outlook Express for her own e-mail.  Once I managed
> to set up everything correctly with her login name, I found out that every
> time I launch Outlook Express, this Microsoft program isn't any different
> than any other Microsoft program and just tries to take control over my
> computer.  What I mean is that Outlook Express will replace all my Internet
> settings (of the Internet Control Panel) to the settings of my wife's
> e-mail, and all that without even asking if that's what I want.  I'm not
> even sure Eudora is checking those settings, but other applications might
> and I still want my own settings to remain in the Internet control panel.
>
> One solution that I found was to set up 2 settings in the Internet control
> panel, one for my wife and one for myself, and set the Location Manager for
> both our accounts.  Changing locations would on its own change the Internet
> settings.  Basically what I gain is that I can easily reset my own old
> settings.
>
> However, I would prefer to know if there's maybe another solution.  One of
> two things:
>
> 1) either Eudora Pro can actually put e-mail for different personalities
> inside different Inboxes.
>
> 2) maybe there's an option in Outlook Express to NOT override the Internet
> settings.

I doubt it . :-}

> Or, if someone has even another solution, I'll be very pleased to hear.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Rafi

I do use Eudora Pro 4.02, so I will address question #1.

I can think of two ways to approach this with Eudora Pro. One is if you
both use one copy of Eudora Pro, if you create a Filter for incoming mail
and put this first in the list so that no other filter will interfere.
Filter your mail based on the Personality and move to the folder that you
wish. If you want you could set up the filters to subdivide based on other
criteria also.

Alternative way is to use two copies of the Eudora Folder each with its
own Settings file. To do this you make a copy of the current Eudora Folder
and move both of them to other places. Make sure that you name them both
Eudora Folder. Now take a SimpleText file and name it Eudora Folder and
put it in the System Folder. Next make an alias to your Settings and make
an alias to your wife's Settings. Change the names of the alias files to
what ever you like ie. Wife's Settings, etc.

Next step is to double click on your wife's settings file and make her
settings the Main Personality settings instead of yours.

Now when you or her want to check mail, you would double click your
particular settings file and Eudora Pro launch with that setting active.

Which is the best way for you depends on how you like to work.

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 17:11:42 +1000
From: Glen Hawkins <glenhawk@ozemail.com.au>
Subject: [A] PB G3 and GSM phones

>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:27:48 +0100, "Charles Arthur, The Independent"
><carthur@independent.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:34:56 +0000, "Glen Hawkins" 
><glenhawk@ozemail.com.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>I have just brought a new G3/400 Powerbook and would like to connect the
> >>internal modem to my GSM phone (Nokia 6110).  I would rather not buy a
> >>PCMIA
> >>card as the PB already has a modem internally and not putting a new card in
> >>would be an advantage. Anyone with ideas or experiences with this sort of
> >>set up?
> >
> > I recently got a Nokia 6100 series mobile, which has an infrared port - as
> > I guess yours would. Your PB has an IR port. It should be feasible to get
> > the two to talk to each other, though word is that you''ll only 
>get 9600bps.
> >
> > I have been playing around with mine over the past few hours, and the IR
> > port can see the phone. No luck so far getting the two to talk though.
>
>Straight from Nokia's web site Q&A:
>
>Q: Does Nokia's 6100 series phones have infrared capabilities?
>
>A. No. The lens at the top of the phone is only a cosmetic feature and is
>not active in the US market.
>

Thanks but this doesn't make sense for two reasons:

1) My phone is a 6110 from Australia
2) When I turn IR on on the phone the computer recognises the phone 
so it must be sending some info

Cheers Glen

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:51:26 +0200
From: Eduard Hoenkamp <hoenkamp@acm.org>
Subject: [A] Rebuilding the desktop

You can download TechTool or File Buddy to do this for you. Eduard.

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:12:20 -0700
From: prosoul@dimensionarc.com
Subject: [A]Re: Quicktime and processor speed

>Dear Digest Readers,
>QuickTime Pro 3.0 on a Powerbook G3/233 with 512k backside cache
>flows smoothly through the Star Wars trailer without any bouncing.
>Yet when I run the same software on a 601/110 Nubus based Radius
>clone, it jumps all over the place from frame to frame even when I
>play all frames.   So the question is, what is the true minimum
>processor speed to achieve no sluggishness or bouncing using
>Quicktime 3.0, and/or 4.0?
>

Quicktime 3.0 plus includes some revolutionary compression codecs for the
web (Sorenson) that create great looking but small files. These codecs need
more processor speed that the standard compression to get there results.

If I'm not mistaken, the Star Wars trailer uses Sorenson, and there are
different versions of the trailer, but chances are, this is why it plays ok
one one machine and not on the other, depending on what version you
downloaded.

Jarome Matthew

Dimension Arc Media   	http://www.dimensionarc.com/media
Pro Soul Discs		http://www.dimensionarc.com/prosoul

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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 14:09:44 +0100
From: Ian Goldby <Ian@iangoldby.free-online.co.uk>
Subject: [C] Writing CD ROMS & FAQ info

There has been a lot of interest in writing CD ROMs recently. I mentioned a
GNU program that is available to write Mac HFS CD ROMs on a Windows
machine, and several people asked for more details.

The program is called mkhybrid, and can easily be found by doing an
internet search on that keyword. It can be downloaded from the following
URL, and the documentation is included in the downloadable file. There is
also a UNIX version.

<http://www.ps.ucl.ac.uk/~jcpearso/mkhybrid.html>

Note that I haven't tried using it. I had a brief look at the documentation
and thought it looked quite involved to create an HFS. It certainly isn't
drag-and-drop. In fact, it has a command-line interface. It can also be
used to generate ISO 9660 disks with the Rock Ridge extensions used by UNIX
to provide long file names and deeper directory trees. It appears that it
will do HFS and ISO 9660 filesystems on the same disk.

The following is a very useful and informative FAQ on CD ROMs, containing
all and more of the information you are likely to want to know. Pretty-well
everything that has been asked about CD ROMs on info-mac recenty is
answered there.

<http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/>

Ian

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 22:51:11 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: [Q] Quicktime 4.0 and 68040?

QuickTime 4.0 is out of beta.

My question is does it run on a Quadra 610 with a 68040?

Are there any features that QuickTime 4.0 will have as opposed to
QuickTime 3.0 which I have now on my Mac?

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 10:46:33 +0200
From: Eduard Hoenkamp <hoenkamp@acm.org>
Subject: AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?!

I had this problem myself, and I considered three alternatives:
1. Apple's Laserwriter bridge, which is free of charge, but I could not get
it to work with HP Deskwriter.
2. One of the Macs as printer spooler; connect to the serial port of the
Mac nearest the printer. There are several spoolers on info-mac to spool
from ethernet to the serial port (I found PowerSPrint).
3. Hardware solutions; second-hand boxes should be around since localtalk
is becoming obsolete. I just happened to find an old 'EtherPrint' from
Dayna. (You may need a transceiver, depending on your thick, thin, or UTP
ethernet).
Yours, Eduard.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 02:32:36 EDT
From: NCICCHECK@aol.com
Subject: Battery problems on PB1400cs

In response to: =93sjh=94 <rocknroll@lineone.net>=20

>I have a Powerbook 1400cs running 8.5.1. When running on battery power, I=20
get the=20
>=93you are now running on reserve power=85etc.=94 alert while I still have =
loads=20
of=20
>battery charge left (all seven bars in the control strip monitor). The=20
irritating=20
>thing is that the alert signals a dimming of the screen which I can't=20
reverse; I then=20
>have to work with a dimmed screen for the rest of my time on battery power.=20
NB=20
>this problem has persisted through (unrelated) processor and logic board=20
>replacements.=20
>Anyone have any ideas on how to rectify the problem?=20
>
>Simon Hardeman=09http://website.lineone.net/~simonhardeman=20

Sounds like the battery is dying. I had the same problem with my PB1400cs.=20
Only mine dimmed down with about 4 bars left.  I got a forced "sleep now" at=20
about 2 or three bars.  Usable time dropped to about 1 hour or less. Using=20
the "Battery Resetter" utility cured the problem for about 2 days. I finally=20
broke down and got a new battery. Supposedly the batteries last for 1-2 year=
s=20
even with proper recharging and resetting.=20

Hope this helps
John McGibney

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 22:47:18 -0600
From: "Stephen F. Kawalko" <s.kawalko@ieee.org>
Subject: Burning Mac readable CDs on Windows

At 2:06 PM +0200 7/2/99, Christian F Buser wrote:

> Ian Goldby <Ian@iangoldby.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately, ISO 9660 format only allows uppercase file names of 8
> >letters, plus a 3 letter extension. Whilst JOLIET allows long file names,
> >when you insert the disk in a non-Win32 machine, you'll just get the short
> >ISO 9660 file names. So you might just as well use ISO 9660, and make sure
> >you name your files carefully.
>
> Joliet also does not work when the CD is read on a Mac. You'll see=20
> the "abbreviated 8.3" filenames instead, and if the CD has HTML files=20
> on it, all links will appear broken...

...<snip>...

The is another Windows format for CDs called Romeo. As long as the filename
are 31 characters long or less, the filename names will be readable by a
Mac. Any filename 32 characters or longer will be truncated to the 8.3
style filenames.

Stephen F. Kawalko
s.kawalko@ieee.org

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 09:53:12 +0200
From: "Holger Schleicher" <hs@schnittstelle.de>
Subject: Error -17995 with OE4.5

Hi,

i frequently get the error -17995 when try to receive e-mail from our
IMAP-Server with Outlook Express 4.5.

Anyone knows what this means? I had this problem a while ago. Rebooting the
IMAP-Server solved this problem, but not this time though.

PLease reply to hs@catalox.de

TIA

Holger Schleicher

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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 16:17:46 -0700
From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
Subject: Fwd: [A] AppleTalk (LocalTalk) solution for iMac?!

Jeff Billman wrote the following:

>I bought a Kinetics/Shiva/Intel/whatever Fastpath 4 to bridge my home
>ethernet and Localtalk.  I picked it up for $5.00 on eBay.  Downloaded
>the software from Shiva's web site and away we go.
>
>There are software only solutions available like Apple's Localtalk Bridge
>program.  Localtalk Bridge was a for sale kinda program and I think it
>has been discontinued.  The freebie Laserwrite Bridge program won't help
>since you want to access devices other than Laserwriters.
>
>I think I rememeber some other software only "bridges" but I don't have
>any info on them.

Actually, LocalTalk Bridge is now free and can be downloaded at 
Apple's site. Go to tech support, software updates, and "browse" 
under "L" and you will turn it up. Here's the URL of the place I 
looked, but I think this is dynamic and won't work a second time, 
most likely. Anyway, you can get LocalTalk Bridge for free now, 
though it used to cost $100.

Daly
http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/62c10253abd2be98862566bb005fbe 
67/e48c7f50d7770cdc862567590081d444?OpenDocument

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Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 01:58:12 GMT
From: skaught@skaught.com
Subject: HELP: Connecting a LocalTalk Printer to a G3?????

HELP: Connecting a LocalTalk Printer to a G3?????

I want to get a new G3, but I want to connect my existing Apple
LaserWriter Select 360 to it.  It connects to my current Mac via a serial
adapter since it has one of those telephone-style wires and uses
localtalk.

Is there an adapter that will let me connect to the USB port on the G3?  I
think there is one that connects via the ethernet port, but I need the
ethernet port free for my cable modem!  Is there any way to connect this
any other way then ethernet?  I saw a USB to Serial adapter, but it said
it didn't support localtalk...sheesh!

Anyw help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!  Please reply via email.  Thanks!

Scott

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 21:43:05 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: ICQ

At 6:28 PM -0700 6/19/99, Dick Van Dyke wittily wrote:

> I have some friends that are urging me to get ICQ do you know of any
> that are for the mac.  I only found some for the PC.
>
> Neal Styka
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

There is a version of ICQ for Mac and has been for some time now. I use it
and it is fairly good also.

Just go to for http://www.icq.com/download/step-by-step-mac.html  and get
the ICQ installer, for some help http://www.icq.com/mac/help.html [though
you may not need it as ICQ is not hard to use] and there are others for
the Mac though not as popular as ICQ, PeopleLink
http://www.peoplelink.com/ and AOL Instant Messenger are alternatives. Or
you can get them all. ;-}

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 21:55:05 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: Looking for simple spreadsheet/database

At 10:09 PM +0100 6/23/99, Ian Goldby wittily wrote:

> I've been searching for a very simple spreadsheet or database for the Mac.
> I found several freeware ones for the PC, but no luck so far on the Mac.
>
> All I want to do is to store data in a table. I'm currently using MS Word
> 5.1, but I'm about to run into its limit of no more than 32 columns.
> Clearly, there is no justification for shelling out for a commercial
> product for such a trivial task! Needs to work on a 68k Mac (LC 475).
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Ian

There was something called BiPlane [or something like that} that was a
shareware spreadsheet program for the Mac. I don't know where you might
find it, but check around FTP.ShadowMac.org [I think that is the URL] they
keep a lot of older files online or you might find it on the umich mirrors
as they have older files.

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 17:58:38 +0100
From: Ezra Nathan <ezra@watchit.demon.co.uk>
Subject: MacLinkPlus

Hi>

I am having trouble with MacLinkPlus 10 which I have installed on my 
HD. Every time I try and open a Word 98 document it goes through a 
MacLink translation and opens up as Document 1, so if I make changes 
and try to save it goes through the Save As routine. I have looked at 
the manual for help but I cannot find a solution to the problem. 
Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on and what I can do about 
it?

Thanks,
> Ezra Nathan

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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 20:03:26 -0300
From: fcukier@mate.dm.uba.ar (Fernando Cukierman)
Subject: netcaster

I heard that there is a part of Netscape Communicator
called Netcaster that allows one to download a web site
and to work with channels.
But in the Netscape site I was not able to find Netcaster
in any version of Communicator for Macintosh.
I would appreciate any information about Netcaster
(especially how to obtain it)
or any other suggestion for downloading web sites.
Thanks a lot !
F. Cukierman

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Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 10:44:52 -0500
From: John Popowitz <jopop51@warwick.net>
Subject: Netsacape to IE

I have recently been crashing like crazy with Netscape and have not made
any recent changes. I want to know if there is an easy way to go to IE
without having to re do all my prefs and adds.
John

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 99 18:44:29 +0200
From: Udo Huth <udo.huth@auge.de>
Subject: Norton proof positive

>This is the very problem I alluded to a couple digests ago about 
>Norton not being trustworthy with MacOS 8.1 or above. 
If you use the right version for the job, Norton is a very reliable tool.
I use(d) it with MacOS 8.5.1 and I can still access all my partitions...

Udo
Ceterum censeo Microsoft esse delendam

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 02:32:41 EDT
From: NCICCHECK@aol.com
Subject: Norton Proof positive

In reply to:Martin Shovel <shovel@dircon.co.uk> 
Subject: (C) Norton Proof positive 

>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:20:47 -0400 From: a brody <abrody@smart.net> 

>On Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 22:30:45 +1000 Terry Murphy <tmur@ozemail.com.au> 
wrote on the digest issue #316: Subject: How do I fix the disk's extents 
tree? 
>I have run both Norton SpeedDisk and Norton Disk Doctor on my HDD recently 
and have received the following slightly alarming message. 

>"A part of the disk's extents tree (node #2) was found to contain some 
invalid information (file number out of order). 
>NDD cannot fix this problem" 
>I'd certainly appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. 
>Thanks in anticipation 
---
I'd like to add my own two cents worth. I've used Norton 4.0.x on systems 
7.6, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.5, very successfully. On drives formatted with Apple's 
driver, APS driver 4.0-4.1, and Silverlining versions 5.3-5.8. 

In over 4 years of using Norton I had only 1 problem that was obviously 
caused by Norton. About 2 weeks ago after checking out my hard drive. I 
couldn't reboot, the system froze as soon as the drive started to mount. It 
seems that Norton 4.0.3 and APS drive v4.1 don't seem to play well together. 
I believe its the APS driver that is at fault. 

When the APS drive was an external drive and I tried to mount it after 
startup using "Mount Everything" it ALWAYS caused a system freeze. But when I 
mounted another drive that was formatted with Silverlining 5.x, it ALWAYS 
mounted very politely, with never any problems. Norton seems very reliable 
but I'm sure that some of the various hard drive drivers out there are 
unstable, and that Norton finds these problems and sometimes compounds them 
rather than curing them.

John McGibney

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:09:40 -0600
From: mattjs <mattjs@flash.net>
Subject: Norton Util Woes

I've been reading your (abrody's) posts about NU compatiblitiy with 8.1 
or above. I can only give you my experience as a Mac user since 1991. NU 
does fix and prevent most damage. Even with 8.6.

If things get mega-seriously munged, as has happened to me many times (at 
one point I managed about 400 macs on a university medical campus) Norton 
occasionally is no help. You must format and start from scratch. This 
hasn't (knock on wood) happened for 2 or 3 years on any one of my three 
macs, nor in the high school lab I run now, with Norton's preventative 
help.

I have been critical, even on this list of components of NU, especially 
Norton Crashguard which I would avoid like the Hantavirus. I've also been 
critical of their belated response to HFS Plus. It was irresponsible and 
I believe it was because Symantic was and is basically in bed with the 
evil empire (read Microsoft).

A trick that I used to find helpful was to use Apple Disk First Aid in 
conjunction with NU Disk Doctor; sometimes this would solve problems one 
would not have on its own.

A word about TechTool pro. Not a bad product in my opinion for certain 
things, but the exact thing abrody accuses Norton of causing, taking a 
small disk error and eventually making it so I had to reformat, has 
happened to me while using TTP. Haven't used it since and am a relatively 
happy Norton user. But I keep it around hoping one day it will save me.

Finally, if you trust the stability and longevity of your software to NU, 
Disk First Aid or TTP, at some point you will be let down. Always back 
up, and be prepared to spend an afternoon formatting and reinstalling 
your favorite applications every few years. This should be done anyway. 
And take heart you don't have to do it nearly as often or have it take 
nearly as long as our Windows (and that includes NT) cousins.

Matt Smith

Matt Smith <mattjs@flash.net>
Valley High School Albuquerque, New Mexico

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 13:22:57 +0300
From: "Dr. Peter Stoyanov" <5040@unforgettable.com>
Subject: on-line investing

i would be grateful if list members share their experience with 
on-line investment with Mac computers, especially if living in a  bit 
out-of-the-road for this purpose places (Eastern Europe, China).
TIA
Peter

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:32:06 +1200
From: "Nigel Stanger" <nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz>
Subject: transporting Powerbooks on motorbikes

On Sunday, 27 June 1999 5:50:58 AM, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:

> Unless the Powerbook is well insulated from the vibration of the road (low
> frequency) and the vibration of the bike (high frequency), I don't think
> this would be good for it.
>
>>Anybody knows if the Powerbooks can stand a normal (ie on paved roads)
>>motorbike ride? Is there some part of the PB that'd suffer from motorbike
>>stress?
>>
>>**   Arch. Paolo Bartoli
>>**   pbartoli@iname.com

As far as road vibration is concerned I used to lug a PB100 around on the
back of my bicycle and it didn't seem to have any ill effects, and it used
to get shaken around quite violently. Not sure what sort of effect the
engine vibration would have. I think the 100 was a fairly sturdy little
beast anyway. I'm not sure how you'd get on with a more modern PB. Depending
on the sort of motorbike you might be able to do something in the way of a
backpack, perhaps.

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Nigel Stanger,               mailto:nstanger@infoscience.otago.ac.nz
Dept Information Science,            http://strange.otago.ac.nz:800/
University of Otago, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND.

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Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 08:13:32 -0700
From: Jessi Hance <hance@got.net>
Subject: What hardware upgrade do I need?

Many thanks for all the replies to my questions about upgrading my PM 6100
versus buying a new(er) computer. I am going to talk to the folks at the
local mac store to get more of an idea what would meet my needs, and of
what kind of trade-in deal they can give me.

You have all been so helpful, you know who you are.

Jessi Hance
<mailto:hance@got.net>

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Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:51:15 -0700
From: "Daniel O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
Subject: What kind of hardware upgrade do I need?

You'll see the most improvement on the 6100 by doing that L2 cache upgrade
(check the L2 Company, <http://www.mindspring.com/~l2co/>.
Adding a processor upgrade can be done, but you'll be better off in the
long run to just buy a more recent and faster computer, such as a 1998 G3.
The cost to upgrade (and problems induced) aren't really worth it, imo.

At 6:08 AM -0700 on 6/25/99, Jessi Hance wrote...
>I have a Power Mac 6100/66 that I want to soup up a little. It now has 72
>MB RAM, and I will probably get a 1 MB L2 cache for it. I also want to do
>something about my mac's speed when I am playing an MP3 file - it gets
>slower than snails or molasses. It also slows down a bit when I am playing
>midi files. I really like my computer music! Do I need to be saving up for
>a processor upgrade? (or a new computer?) Or is there something else that
>will help? (I am very ignorant about hardware.)

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Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 02:32:43 EDT
From: NCICCHECK@aol.com
Subject: What kind of hardware upgrade do I need?

In response to:  Jessi Hance <hance@got.net>

The only way to really speed up the 6100 is to add a G3 chip. You will see a 
4 fold speed increase in video and processing speed. Definitely worth the 
$400 or so upgrade price. You may be able to get a chip cheeper due to 
frequent sales. I put in a SonnetTech. 233mhz G3 and it was definitely worth 
the bucks. 1 note though most if not all G3 upgrades crash if the 6100 has an 
L2 chip installed. If and when you install the chip remove the onboard chip 
if one was installed. The G3 has one onboard anyway.

Hope this helps
John McGibney

>I have a Power Mac 6100/66 that I want to soup up a little. It now has 72 MB 
RAM, 
>and I will probably get a 1 MB L2 cache for it. I also want to do something 
about my 
>Mac's speed when I am playing an MP3 file - it gets slower than snails or 
>molasses. It also slows down a bit when I am playing midi files. I really 
like my 
>computer music! Do I need to be saving up for a processor upgrade? (or a new 
>computer?) Or is there something else that will help? (I am very ignorant 
about 
>hardware.) 
>
>I am hoping for a reply to this one as I have posted it twice on the Mac-L 
mailing 
>list with no response. 
>
>Thanks -Jessi Hance 	<mailto:hance@got.net> 

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