Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #209 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 29 Dec 00 Volume 17 : Issue 209 Today's Topics: (A) Internet Explorer and Java [*] Angle Doubling (this time with file) [*] Arcs & Sectors [*] Box & Whisker Drill [*] Chac 1.1.1 [*] Evaluating Crossnumber Puzzles [*] Extension Overload v5.6.1 [*] Fraction Puzzles [*] GLMStat 5.3.1;Generalized linear models [*] Jedit4.0.3 For Classic Mac OS - Powerful Text Editor [*] Jedit4.0.3 For Mac OS X - Powerful Text Editor [*] Linear Systems Beams [*] Percent-O-Rama [*] Pizza Party Puzzles [*] Pocket Album v1.1.5 [*] SimpleEnvelope 1.5 [*] SndSampler 4.4.2 [*] Sound Warehouse v1.0.3 [*] SweetMail 2.05 [*] SweetMail 2.05f2 [*] Triangle Types accessppp english version Need Help Creating a Mult-Mac Bootable CD Need Help Creating a Mult-Mac Bootable CD Sound Utility formerly called "D-[something]" The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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I had to point IE to the Java Libraries in the Extensions Folder: In IE open: Edit - Preferences Select: Web Browser Select: Java Under Class Path click: Add Navigate to and select: Extensions/MRJ Libraries Click: OK Quit IE IE should no longer return Java errors, but will not display some Java sites that Netscape will correctly display (for example, my bank's web site). IE uses MRJ; Netscape does not, but rather its own java runtime environment. The MRJ is not fully compliant with the latest version of Java. Various web sources indicate it will not be fixed until OS X. BTW, this fix, of course, does not keep my Mac from crashing from time to time when Entourage and IE are running at the same time; nor does keep MS Office 2001 (all apps) from "freezing" every 10-30 minutes on my PB G3 (apple/clover + enter unfreezes). cheers, emil ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Angle Doubling (this time with file) Program name : Angle Doubling Description: Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students write and solve simple algebra problems, then manipulate the vertices of an on-screen triangle so that it matches given information about its angles. Gary Smith gsmith@polymathlove.com. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/angle-doubling.hqx; 112 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Arcs & Sectors Arcs & Sectors Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Given the radius or diameter of a circle, and the measure of a central angle, students must find the following: the area of the circle; the area of the sector defined by the central angle; the circumference of the circle; the length of the arc defined by the central angle. All answers are rounded to the nearest hundredth. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/arcs-and-sectors.hqx; 104 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Box & Whisker Drill Box & Whisker Drill Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use sets of data to construct on-screen box and whisker plots. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/box-and-whisker-drill.hqx; 167 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Dec 2000 From: Warren Anderson To: Subject: [*] Chac 1.1.1 This is an update to my Maya Calendar for the Mac. Version 1.1.1 fixes some minor bugs in version 1.1. Warren Anderson [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/chac-111.hqx; 312 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Evaluating Crossnumber Puzzles Evaluating Crossnumber Puzzles Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program. Students solve crossnumber puzzles by evaluating simple expressions. Program uses only positive integers. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/evaluating-crossnumber.hqx; 113 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: Teng Chou Ming To: Subject: [*] Extension Overload v5.6.1 Extension Overload is an extensions, control panels, control strip modules and contextual menus management application. It offers detail information of 4103 extensions and control panels, control strip modules and contextual menu items in your system. It also lets you activate and deactivate them, so that you can always easily tailor your system to your current requirements. In addition, Extension Overload includes a useful collection of helpful information and tidbits. Extension Overload Features * Allows you to enable and disable you Extensions, Control Panels, Control Strip Modules and Contextual Menu Items on the fly without going to the system folder. * Allows you to preview, enable and disable fonts. * Provide detailed descriptions of 2800 extensions, 1021 control panels, 191 Control Strip Modules and 91 Contextual Menu Items both from Apple and from other companies. * Covers extensions and control panels from System 7, 7.5, 7.6, Mac OS 8, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.0 and 9.0.4, iMac, G3 and G4. * Searching for a particular extensions, control panels, control strip modules and contextual menu items within the database can be done either by name or description. * Searchable system error codes to help make your troubleshooting process easier and faster. * Generate reports to keep track of your extensions and control panels. * Extension Overload wiill warm user if ObjectSupportLib was found in Mac OS 8, 8.5, 8.6 and 9. User will be able to click 'Delete' to Delete. 'Disable' to Disable' and 'Do nothing'. * A Tidbits menu that contains interesting tidbits of information including: - What is an extension, control panel, shared library? - Tips to speed up your Macintosh. - A guide on how to get software updates. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/extension-overload-561.hqx; 1446 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Fraction Puzzles Fraction Puzzles Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. The program shows a series of 150 preset problems. Each problem has a blank, sectioned square and a given fraction goal. Students must shade the square to match the given fraction. The program allows students to draw lines on the screen, and to shade certain fractional parts. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/fraction-puzzles.hqx; 142 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Dec 2000 From: Ken Beath To: Subject: [*] GLMStat 5.3.1;Generalized linear models GLMStat is a Macintosh-based statistical program for analysing generalised linear models. It provides a macintosh interface and includes many of the features of other programs. Features of GLMStat are - spreadsheet style data entry - factors may be represented as either integers or strings (categories) - Normal, Poisson, Binomial and Gamma models with appropriate links and specification of convergence and aliasing parameters - Scatter and Residual plots - Matrix scatterplots - Box and Whisker plots - Frequency distribution histograms - Descriptive statistics. - Output of deviance, parameter estimates, residuals and parameter correlations - Saving of data files complete with all model specifications. - printing of data, graph and results. - Missing values - Online Help (under the apple menu) and a brief User Manual. - includes example data files for most examples in two of the texts. - Individual licences available for $US25. 10 User Site Licences $US100. Site licences $US200. World site licence $US500. Payment in $US through Kagi Shareware. - Registration includes free upgrades to version 6.x Unregistered copies are fully functional except that Save and Save As are disabled and there is a usage period of 3 months. Version 5.3.0 - fixed bug preventing execution on System 8.1 and earlier and bug which prevented display of Preferences in System 8.1 This is a free upgrade to all GLMStat registrations. Current versions of GLMStat are always available at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kjbeath/glmstat.html Ken Beath kjbeath@kagi.com [Archived as /info-mac/sci/glm-stat-531.hqx; 989 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Dec 2000 From: MATSUMOTO Satoshi To: Subject: [*] Jedit4.0.3 For Classic Mac OS - Powerful Text Editor The English version of the popular text editor in Japan. Supports AppleScript, Multi-Style, Split Editing Window, Multiple Undo, HTML Coloring, Sherlock FCB Search, Book Marking, Paragraph Formatting, Object Embedding (image, sound, Quicktime Movie and alias), Macro Menus, Read out and Recording, Summarizing, Unicode, Print preview, Sorting etc. Jedit is shareware: 2500 Japanese Yen (about $25) Hardware Requirement: + Mac OS 8.5 or later + Power Macintosh For more, visit our Web site: http://www02.matsumoto.co.jp/product/Jedit4/index_E.html [Archived as /info-mac/text/jedit-403.hqx; 3243 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Dec 2000 From: MATSUMOTO Satoshi To: Subject: [*] Jedit4.0.3 For Mac OS X - Powerful Text Editor The English version of the popular text editor in Japan. Supports AppleScript, Multi-Style, Split Editing Window, Multiple Undo, HTML Coloring, Sherlock FCB Search, Book Marking, Paragraph Formatting, Object Embedding (image, sound, Quicktime Movie and alias), Macro Menus, Read out and Recording, Summarizing, Unicode, Print preview, Sorting etc. Jedit is shareware: 2500 Japanese Yen (about $25) Carbon applicaion. This package supports SavePanel, 128x128dot Icon, and multi-language. Hardware Requirement: + Mac OS X Public Beta or later + Power Macintosh For more, visit our Web site: http://www02.matsumoto.co.jp/product/Jedit4/index_E.html [Archived as /info-mac/text/jedit-403-crb.hqx; 3453 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Linear Systems Beams Linear Systems Beams Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students manipulate weights on two balance beams to solve two simultaneous equations. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/linear-systems-beams.hqx; 105 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Percent-O-Rama Percent-O-Rama Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use mental math and proportional thinking to find common percentages (10% 5% 1% 15%, etc.) of a given number. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/percent-o-rama.hqx; 89 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Pizza Party Puzzles Pizza Party Puzzles Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students use hints to find what fraction of a pizza was eaten by each of five party-goers. Sample hints: "Judy had 2/5 of a pizza. Bill ate twice as much pizza as Judy." Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/pizza-party-puzzles.hqx; 134 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] Pocket Album v1.1.5 Pocket Album is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to view picture files. Not just only browsing the files, this application works as librarian and format converter. One window, i.e. one file, can hold 24 picture files and some comments for them. Pocket Alubum accepts these picture format with QuickTime 4.0: BMP, FlashPix, JPEG, GIF, Macromedia Flash, MacPaint, PICT, PhotoShop, PNG, SGI Image, QuickTIme Image, TIFF, TARGA Can convert to these picture format with QuickTime 4.0: BMP, JPEG, MacPaint, PhotoShop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime Image, TGA, SGI Image, TIFF What's changed in v1.1.5 : - Fixed the strange behavior when you drop multiple picture files at a time. Features : - Fat Binary. - Drag & Drop support. - Navigation Services aware. (PowerPC only) - Mac OS 8.5 Windows Manager aware. (PowerPC only) This application requires : - Macintosh with 68020 or higher / PowerPC - System7 + QuickTime 2.5 or later -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pocket-album-115.hqx; 278 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: Virgil To: Subject: [*] SimpleEnvelope 1.5 SimpleEnvelope is a FileMaker Pro database template designed to provide an easy way to store mailing addresses and to find and print them onto common #10 envelopes. Also supports Avery labels. SimpleEnvelope requires FileMaker Pro version 3.0 or greater. [Archived as /info-mac/data/simple-envelope-15.hqx; 122 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: John Smith To: Subject: [*] SndSampler 4.4.2 SndSampler is a simple-to-use yet powerful sound editing application for the Macintosh, chosen by author and Macworld columnist David Pogue for inclusion in his best-selling book, Mac Secrets. This awesome new version includes: PowerPC native fx, new filters, declicking, equalizer, toolbar, improved editing capabilities, drag-n-drop MP3 playback, dynamic range control, more! Here are some of SndSampler's more salient features: -Supports 8 and 16-bit, mono/stereo, sample rates up to 64 kHz -Extracts/saves sound resources from/to any file or application -Allows you to record audio data directly to your hard drive so you can create sounds bigger than RAM (great for CD-quality audio or dictation!) -AIFF segmenting for working on sounds that are bigger than RAM (great for making CDs) -Imports CD audio directly from the CD (use "Import" from the File menu) -Imports/exports: Sun, NeXT, WAVE, QuickTime movies, raw audio, more -Extensive batch processing capabilities -Automatic batch import ("ripping") of multiple CD audio tracks (see User's Guide please!) -Allows synching of sounds to QuickTime movies -Compression: MACE 3:1, MACE 6:1, ulaw 2:1, alaw 2:1, IMA 4:1, more -Many fx: echo, reverb, chorus, flange, pitch bend, dynamic pan, dynamic fade, tremolo, distortion, etc. -Extensive User's Guide in HTML format (please read!) Can also be downloaded from: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/9373/sndsampler.html [Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd-sampler-442.hqx; 2222 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: Takashi Suzuki To: Subject: [*] Sound Warehouse v1.0.3 Sound Warehouse is an application for the Macintosh which allows you to play & manage sound files. (MP3, AIFF, AIFC, WAVE, AU, Sound DesignerII and MIDI files supported) Player window holds one sound file, and displays it's time code, spectrum and level meters. Playlist window can have up to 2,147,483,647 sound files to be played back sequentially, or random order. Database window can have up to 2,147,483,647 sound files with sort & find capability. You can convert sound format. What's changed in v1.0.3 : - For AIFF files with non-compressed data, Plyer Window shows realtime waveforms. - In database window, sample size for over 16bit AIFF files were not coreect -> fixed. (To be honest, it's not my bug. QuickTime reported that they're all 16bit. :-) Features : - Power Application. - QuickTime support. - Macintosh Drag and Drop support. - Navigation Services support. This application requires : - Macintosh with PowerPC (G3, G4 recommended) - System8.5 + QuickTime 4 (QuickTime 5 recommended) -- T.Suzuki [Archived as /info-mac/gst/sound-warehouse-103.hqx; 398 K] ------------------------------ Date: 23 Dec 2000 From: sweetmail@mac.com (Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.05 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.5 or later. (including MacOSX public beta) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-205.hqx; 2044 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: sweetmail@mac.com (Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 2.05f2 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very fast searching, thread-view, filtering, templates, auto-wrap and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.5 or later. (including MacOSX public beta) * 4MB of Memory. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-205f2.hqx; 2045 K] ------------------------------ Date: 24 Dec 2000 From: "Gary Smith" To: Subject: [*] Triangle Types Triangle Types Middle-School (grades 5 through 9) math program written to provide skills in context. Students classify triangles based on sides and angles. Go to www.polymathlove.com for more free programs. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/triangle-types.hqx; 177 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:57:24 +0100 (MET) From: Bence =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Csern=E1k?= To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: accessppp english version Dear info-mac users, I am desperately searching for the english version of the AccessPPP software, which allows you to dial in a windows NT RAS server AND then the server calls you back! Does anybody have the software (freeware)? The authors website contains only the Japanese version. Thank you Best regards Bence -- ------------------------------- http://www.bencium.hu ------------------------------- BENCIUM GRAPHICS - WEB - MULTIMEDIA - GRAFIKA -------------------------------- --------------------------------presents:----------------------------- http://www.webmodules.com http://www.i-q4u.com http://www.oncol.hu/indexopo.html http://www.jones.at http://www.weingenuss.at Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 21:19:37 +1100 From: Robyn Phillips To: Bill Waits , Info-Mac Subject: Need Help Creating a Mult-Mac Bootable CD on 20/12/00 1:47, Bill Waits wrote: > Could someone PLEASE give me some insight as to how to create a bootable CD to > be used with multiple PowerPC Macs (All capable of using MacOS 9.0.4)? Sure - I have recently succeeded in making a bootable CD which boots an original iBook (Blueberry), a firewire iBook (Graphite) and a desktop Beige G3. I started by creating a partition on my hard disk which was around 650mb (this was because I wanted to add other software and wanted to be aware of the size limit). If you have good backups, re-formatting and partitioning is a relatively painless procedure. You will have to boot from this partition, later in the process, so it is an essential starting point. I then restored my original data to it's new partition, did an easy install of OS 9.0.4 to the new 'CD Burning' partition using the Software install disk that came with the firewire iBook. I then compared the system folder on the newly installed partition with the system folder on the Software install disk. I labelled the components that were the same, and also dragged across a couple of items that weren't included with the installation (one of these was an extension called Insomnia?). What it then comes down to is that any part of the system folder that isn't labelled, ie wasn't part of the Software install disk, can safely be deleted (preferably, delete the files when you have not booted from this partition). I also compared the system folder of this partition to any other bootable CD I could find just to make sure I had everything I needed. If you boot from the partition after you have deleted unlabelled items, you will find some folders etc are recreated. Don't worry, as these are unlabelled and the system will work fine without them. Just remember to delete them before burning the CD. Booting from this partition at least once, and running each application, allows the appropriate preference files to be written. As I mentioned before, I also installed other software on this disk. My aim was to make an emergency disk so it has TechTools, Disk Warrior, Retrospect etc so that I can boot from this CD, fix any problems and then restore my backups. After I installed the software, I checked what it put into the system folder, labelled the essential parts and deleted unnecessary items. > I know that you need to use Toast (I have v4.1.2) and select "Make Bootable" > on the Data Setup, Actually, I didn't select this option. Instead, I selected "Files & Folders". I then clicked on the "Data" button, and then "Add". The first folder I selected to add to the CD was an empty folder titled with the name I wanted the CD to be called. Then I selected the System Folder and any other folders I required. I have managed to burn this several times (it took a couple of times to remember to set all of the preferences I needed for my software), and I didn't end up with any "coffee coasters" (I was using CD-RW). > I would appreciate any help or words of wisdom. Sorry for the lengthy "words of wisdom", but I hope this helps. Robyn ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 20:37:30 -0700 From: "Cyrus Roton" To: "info-mac letters" Subject: Need Help Creating a Mult-Mac Bootable CD Someone asked; >Could someone PLEASE give me some insight as to how to create a >bootable CD to be used with multiple PowerPC Macs (All capable of >using MacOS 9.0.4)? > There have been several suggestions offered. Here is what works for me. Using Apple's disk copy program, make an image of the OS9 CD (specify a read/write image, not read-only). Mount that image on your desktop. Open the mounted image and copy the Apple CD-ROM extension to the extensions folder of the System Folder of the mounted image. Remove unwanted files from the mounted image and add any desired files. Trash the mounted image, but retain the actual image file (which now will contain the changes made to its mounted counterpart). Then, use Toast to create a bootable CD from the image file. Your new CD will be bootable on various power Macs because it contains the system folder of the original bootable CD, and contains Apple CD-ROM in its extensions folder, and has an updated desktop file (created when it was mounted). I, too, had wasted several CDs until a member of my user group explained the above details to me. Cyrus W. Roton LCDR USN Ret. MITA tech. Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 21:58:44 -0800 From: Andrew Merenbach To: Subject: Sound Utility formerly called "D-[something]" A while back, there was a sound utility called D-Sound, D-Track, Digisound, or Digitrack, that loaded a list of sounds, assigned each a keyboard character, and played each whenever it's keyboard character was pressed. What was its name, and where can I get it? -- Andrew Merenbach -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************