Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #111 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sun, 16 Jul 00 Volume 17 : Issue 111 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#538/10-Jul-00 (A) Mac OS 7.6 screen shot (opinion) G3/G4 upgrade for 7300 (Q) QuicKeys 5.0 any more stable? [*] [*] Mac06-1.0-Basic.hqx [*] fractal-domains-137.sit.hqx Fractal Domains - Fractal [*] FTP VideoClips Pro v.2.0.2 [*] Kineticon 1.7.1 - Animated icons on your desktop! [*] Kineticon 1.7.1J - Animated icons on your desktop! (Japanese Version) [*] METAL v1.6T [*] PhotoCat 3.1 E [*] Tess 1.04 68K - Symmetric Drawing Program [*] Tess 1.04 PPC - Symmetric Drawing Program [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0J - Japanese Version [A] Opcode down? AppleCare Renewal Can't start under 9.0.4? Replace Enabler! G3 Motherboard. G4 DVD-ROM/RAM Opinions? Lowering Startup Chime Sound pilot/mac grading Raster View/ Efit Replacing serial port on Quadra 630 Subject: Studio display problem What about the Coldstone Game Engine? 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. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #111" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@sempermac.com Subject: [*] TidBITS#538/10-Jul-00 TidBITS#538/10-Jul-00 The Macworld Expo season is starting, and we offer tips on figuring out what you'll want to do and see at Macworld Expo and in New York City. Also this week, Adam starts an article series on Hacking the Press, Matt Neuburg looks at the outliner Inspiration 6, and we put out the call for more translators. New releases include an important patch for Word 98, FileMaker Pro Web Companion 5.0v5, ATM Light 4.6, and PowerMail 3.0.4. Topics: MailBITS/10-Jul-00 TidBITS Translators Needed! Macworld NYC 2000 Events Inspiration 6 More Inspiring - To Kids Hacking the Press, Part 1: Why Bother? [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-538.etx; 30K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:38:30 -0400 From: Theresa Freilicher To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (A) Mac OS 7.6 screen shot To: "D. Scott Beach" From: Theresa Freilicher Subject: (A) Mac OS 7.6 screen shot I recommend ScreenCatcher: It works like the familiar Shift+Command+3. >------------------------------ >Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 09:22:36 -0400 >From: Allan Hunter >To: "D. Scott Beach" >Subject: (A) Mac OS 7.6 screen shot > >>Ken Lehmann,Xerox860@aol.com asks: >>>I have a performa 6400, which when loaded with 7.5.3, does fine with >>>taking a >>>picture of the screen, Shift + Command + 3. This puts the picture on the >>>hard >>>disk, with a label "Picture l" and so on, as many pictures as desired. >>>Now my daughter recently loaded OS 7.6, and of course, the screen shot >>>doesn't work >>>any more. I get a copy of the screen on the 'clipboard', but can't >>transfer >>>this material from the clipboard to any other file, such as a word >>>processor, >> >printer, etc., and frankly I miss the Shift + Command + 3 combo from OS >>>7.5.3. Any ideas? >> >>Ken: >>I can't see why it wouldn't work. However, as a work around, try "Flash It >>3.02" by Nobu Toge from back in 1993; a screen capture utilitiy that lets >>you do all sorts of cool things with screen captures. Doesn't fare so well >>under OZS 8 and newer but it should be OK for you. I can send it if you >>can't find it. >>- Scott. >> > >Doesn't far so well? I use it all the time under 8.6 and haven't had >any problems with it. I can scarcely imagine life without Flashit! >Wonderful utility. > >-- >Allan Hunter > > > Ciao, Theresa ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jul 2000 09:54:24 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" To: "Info-Mac Digest" Subject: (opinion) G3/G4 upgrade for 7300 "Tony Stanton" asks: > >I've heard that it is possible to install a G3 or G4 motherboard in a older >Mac, like our 7200 and 7300s. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I >would go about this, and whether it is practical to attempt such a thing. Tony: The 7500, 7600, 7300, 8500, 9500 and their server versions had their processors on a daughter-card that plugged into the motherboard. They can be exchanged for another card. The 7200 had its processor directly on the motherboard. The whole motherboard would have to be upgraded or perhaps someone (Sonnet Technologies, Newer Technologies?) makes a processor upgrade that plugs into a PCI slot and bypasses the original 601 processor. I upgraded my 7600/132 to be a 7600/G3-318 with a Powerlogix G3 card. That quadrupled my speed according to MacBench. In practical terms I really have seen a 4 times increase in processor intensive tasks like encoding MP3s or running Photoshop filters. The price was right (almost a year ago) and are even lower now. I recommend it. - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:01:41 -0400 From: "abrody@smart.net" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: (Q) QuicKeys 5.0 any more stable? Dear Digest readers, QuicKeys was supposed to be able to linked to GT Interactive's VoicePowerPro's command structure, but I never figured out how to make it do so, and I wonder if 5.0 makes it any easier. In QuicKeys 4.1 I found my toolbar icons would vanish, and sometimes I would crash trying to activate one of the icons on the toolbar, with a Type 1 error. Also QuicKeys doesn't appear to automatically search for updated applications except on reboot, I wonder if I can make it do that at anytime. Icons of applications I updated will disappear from the toolbars, and I have to remake the macro, and then put it in the toolbar if I want it in the toolbar again. The toolbars can only stretch one column or one row, meaning that they can overflow with icons, and have to stretch off screen at times. This is especially a problem if you setup the toolbars as click and go style, and then are forced to switch when you want to add new items. If they had a way to scroll icons on the toolbar when they went off screen that would be great. Another thing I'd like to see is balloons that would appear over toolbar icons stating what macro keystroke is necessary to launch the QuicKey represented by the icon. Is it any more stable on MacOS 9.0.4 than QuicKeys 4.1 on an ADB based Powerbook G3? Does 5.0 address all these changes? Thank you. Sincerely, abrody@smart.net -- Check out over 800 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" To: Subject: [*] [*] Mac06-1.0-Basic.hqx Dear Mac and Mac06 friend, release 1.0 of Mac06 is available! Mac06 is a POSIX (UNIX) emulation running on top of MacOS. Mac06-1.0-Basic.hqx is the freeware kernel. For more sophisticated applications, other shareware packages are required. Please have a look at http://www.dsitri.de/news/20000521Mac06-1.0.html for a Press Release, http://www.dsitri.de/projects/mac06/mac06.html for a Description, and http://www.dsitri.de/projects/mac06/doc/documentation.pdf.hqx for Extended Download and Installation Instructions. Thank you very much for continued support of Mac06, H. Nikolaus Schaller [Archived as /info-mac/dev/mac06-10-basic.hqx; 742 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: "Dennis C. De Mars" To: Subject: [*] fractal-domains-137.sit.hqx Fractal Domains - Fractal Fractal Domains v1.3.7 Fractal Domains is a fractal image generator for the Power Macintosh. It has several options for producing striking and unique variations of fractal images, and includes advanced features for producing high-quality images. Version 1.3.7 contains minor bug fixes; details are in the version history. Fractal Domains features include: - Generation of Mandelbrot and Julia sets - Generation of fractals based on any rational function - Generation of Newton and Halley fractals - Editable color maps - Options for generating dwell values (Escape Time, Continuous Potential, Angular Decomposition , Distance Estimation ) - Orbit Trap Fractals, - Options for dividing fractals into regions with distinct color maps. - Real time preview window for Julia images - Professional features for quality image generation including: Full support for 24-bit color images. Image rendering with anti-aliasing. Spooling large images to disk. Export images in PICT, PNG, TIFF or JPEG format. Divide image into tiles under the user's control. A full manual and many sample parameter files are included. Fractal Domains is shareware. A large subset of the features are unrestricted, but some advanced operations require registration, and although all images can be generated, some of them can be saved only with a registered copy. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/fractal-domains-137.hqx; 2178 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: Ken Ferris To: Subject: [*] FTP VideoClips Pro v.2.0.2 VideoClips Pro Diamond Jim Development is happy to announce the release of VideoClips Pro v.2.0.2. VideoClips Pro is a simple video (movie) database program, for storing references to all the videos you watch. If you have ever gone to the video rental place and brought home a video that you watched four months beforeą hmmąor maybe I saw it in the theater a year agoąor was it I just read the book, one of Tom Clancy's save the world books (aren't they all made into movies?) For this last problem see my other program called BookCovers. VideoClips Pro will allow you to catalog all your video watching, past and present. You can save the title of the movie, the series title and number, the writers name, the directors name, the name of the studio, the producers name, the movies genre, its run time, the media's format, itĘs ISBN number, the movies rating, the year it was released, it's sound format, the actors names, comments of yours about the movie, the location where the movie is at, your own catalog number and a place to enter who has borrowed the movie and when. VideoClips Pro also has a simple printing facility, allowing you to print out your listing of videos. VideoClips Pro comes with itĘs own installer and will automatically install the program and the Read Me file as well as a Docs file and the Register Application, onto you hard disk. Before registering VideoClips Pro, you will be limited to entering only 10 movies. The latest version of VideoClips Pro will be available at my site, which is at . I can be reached at . VideoClips Pro is offered as shareware. You may register VideoClips Pro via Kagi's online registration page which is at .You may also register via the included Register Application from Kagi. A Single User License costs $15 per user. A Site License costs $150 and covers all locations for your company to within a 200 mile radius of your site. A World-Wide License costs $1500 and it covers all locations for your company. VideoClips Pro version 2.0.2 PressRelease-VideoClips version 1.5 [Archived as /info-mac/gst/video-clips-pro.hqx; 1958 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: Sherman Uitzetter To: Subject: [*] Kineticon 1.7.1 - Animated icons on your desktop! Kinetic Creations, Inc announces the release of Kineticon 1.7.1! Kineticon brings your Mac's motionless icons to life! Kineticon is a system extension which replaces normal, static icons on your Macintosh's desktop and in its windows with chosen animated icons. Kineticon is fully configurable, allowing you to choose which icons should animate simply by enabling them within Kineticon's editor. Kineticon Editor (included in the Kineticon package) allows you to create custom animations which can be made to appear in place of any icon displayed by your Macintosh. With Kineticon you will have THE COOLEST hard drive icon on your block! With Kineticon you will have THE CUTEST trash can icon in your neighborhood! And remember, if you don't like the included animations, you can easily make your own or download any of hundreds available at our web site! Changes in version 1.7.1 from 1.7: * Implemented several interface enhancements to Kineticon's editor * Fixed a long delay when icons were dragged from the editor to the Finder * Added support for additional system-defined icons * Fixed other minor, cosmetic bugs System requirements: * Any Macintosh with at least a 68020 processor (PowerMacs recommended). * System 7.5 or higher. * Color. * Free RAM: at least 300K. More RAM is needed depending on how many animating icons are enabled. * 2 MB of hard drive space (for the extension, editor and animating icon files). * Faster Macs (such as PowerMacs) are recommended. License: This is a fully-working, 14-day, trial version. For more information, please read the enclosed READ ME file. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/kineticon-171.hqx; 1920 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Kineticon 1.7.1J - Animated icons on your desktop! (Japanese Version) This is the Japanese version of the Kineticon package. Kinetic Creations, Inc announces the release of Kineticon 1.7.1! Kineticon brings your Mac's motionless icons to life! Kineticon is a system extension which replaces normal, static icons on your Macintosh's desktop and in its windows with chosen animated icons. Kineticon is fully configurable, allowing you to choose which icons should animate simply by enabling them within Kineticon's editor. Kineticon Editor (included in the Kineticon package) allows you to create custom animations which can be made to appear in place of any icon displayed by your Macintosh. With Kineticon you will have THE COOLEST hard drive icon on your block! With Kineticon you will have THE CUTEST trash can icon in your neighborhood! And remember, if you don't like the included animations, you can easily make your own or download any of hundreds available at our web site! Changes in version 1.7.1 from 1.7: * Implemented several interface enhancements to Kineticon's editor * Fixed a long delay when icons were dragged from the editor to the Finder * Added support for additional system-defined icons * Fixed other minor, cosmetic bugs System requirements: * Any Macintosh with at least a 68020 processor (PowerMacs recommended). * System 7.5 or higher. * Color. * Free RAM: at least 300K. More RAM is needed depending on how many animating icons are enabled. * 2 MB of hard drive space (for the extension, editor and animating icon files). * Faster Macs (such as PowerMacs) are recommended. License: This is a fully-working, 14-day, trial version. For more information, please read the enclosed READ ME file. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/kineticon-171-jp.hqx; 2033 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: Marin Saric To: Subject: [*] METAL v1.6T metal-16t.hqx METAL v1.6 Turbo *Archivist, please put this in Development directory. *Also, please delete all the older versions of METAL. METAL v1.6T is a 100% free extended BASIC language metacompiler. This is the newest version as of 07/03/2000. One of the fastest BASICs around, METAL (Meta Language) has a rich command library that features: - tight QuickTime(TM) integration - amazingly fast Sprite System - sound, graphics, speech, math, system and file I/O routines - readily produces standalones - extensive documentation (reference & on-line help) - numerous examples for every type of use 4250 lines of hypertextual documentation are accessible at any time from the "Help" menu. Also, there is a printable METAL Reference with a small tutorial and a brief description of all METAL's functions. Thanks to the new QuickTime(TM) support, your applications can now use MPEG, MP3, JPEG, GIF, MOV, AVI and many other file formats. METAL is used in scientific research around the globe (quick calculations), in software development companies (for prototyping), in K-12 and higher education and, of course, by the beginners who are trying to enter the world of programming. What's new in METAL v1.6T (a brief summary): - 2x speed improvement - RunDirectLib subsystem: Direct screen access and Sprites. - QuickTime(TM) support subsystem - scientific notation, more math functions - formatted I/O - file managment: copying, renaming files - file managment: formatted output, improved reading, random access - resource fork management Distribution: METAL is authorized for distribution on "free and public software archives," computer magazines and Shareware/PD CDs priced at $15 or less. Everyone else, please contact the author for permission. Also, the author recommends everyone planning the distribution to drop a note to the author nevertheless. Write to the author (Marin Saric) for any suggestions (there is a growing wish-list), comments, bug-reports, questions, contact or anything else at: ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/dev/metal-16t.hqx; 2104 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: TM To: Subject: [*] PhotoCat 3.1 E Photocat ļ The picture cataloger Web Site: http://www.macinsearch.com/users/PhotoCat/Index.html PhotoCat is a great tool for working quickly and efficiently with a large database of pictures. It's also the ideal tool to put one's holiday pictures in order. PRESENTATION PhotoCat allows you to : Quickly Catalog whole disks, using flexible filter optionsč Easily Index records thanks to powerfull automatic mechanismsč Directly Manage the original image files from within PhotoCatč Widely Distribute slide shows and catalogs using PhotoCat Playerč Automatically Build web sites or FileMaker databases from catalogsč PhotoCat allows you to build catalogs of pictures easily, for example from a Photo-CD. All QuickTime compatible file formats can be read (along with BMP from PC's world, ART, etc). It also offers extended index and search capabilities which help you find pictures quickly. You can attach categories, keywords, a price, a comment, a description to a picture, allowing for very accurate search of the catalog. Finally PhotoCat provides many options to distribute databases of images. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE NEEDED Macintosh Computer System 7.0 or later, with QuickTime 2.5 or later and AppleEvent Manager on. The minimum configuration is a 68020 processor Color display with at least 256 colors Monitor size 14 inches or larger A minimum of 4096Kb RAM needed allocated to PhotoCat to run: 5096 Kb preferred. PhotoCat is optimized for OS 8 / 9, QickTime 3 / 4 and PPC processors. A fat edition and a speedy PPC one are available on PhotoCat Web Site. PhotoCat costs US$ 25 (single user license). There is a PPC edition also. You can download it freely on PhotoCat web site. Email: PhotoCat@Kagi.com (c) Thierry Maire, CH-1545 Chevroux, Switzerland, 1996-2000 [Archived as /info-mac/data/photocat-31.hqx; 2945 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: Jeff Tupper / Pedagoguery Software Inc To: Subject: [*] Tess 1.04 68K - Symmetric Drawing Program With Tess, you can quickly create attractive symmetric planar illustrations. While you draw, Tess will automatically maintain the symmetry group you have chosen; 11 rosette, all 7 frieze, and all 17 wallpaper groups are included. Illustrations may be saved using Tess  own cross-platform format or printed out using your own ink-jet or laser printer. Tess is shareware; unregistered copies are fully-functional, but are for evaluation purposes only until registered. Tess has an English and a French interface Recent changes: (changes since 1.03) * Smooth curves (elliptical splines) are now available. Curved regions (filled smooth curves) are also now available. A curve's control-point skeleton may be shown or hidden using the new "Show Skeleton" menu item in the "Object" menu. * Ellipses are now available. Ellipses are special cases of smooth curves (as elliptical splines are used for smooth curves) which initially satisfy the D2 symmetry group. * The new rectangle tool allows for easy creation of rectangles. Rectangles initially satisfy the D2 symmetry group. * Reflection lines and glide reflection lines for the current symmetry group can now be shown or hidden using the "Show Reflection Lines" and "Show Glide Reflection Lines" menu items in the "View" menu. * Reflection lines and rotation markers for selected symmetric objects can now be shown or hidden using the "Show Reflection Lines" and "Show Rotation Markers" menu items in the "Object" menu. * Selected objects can now be reflected, through a horizontal line, using the "Reflect" menu item in the "Object" menu. Tess 1.04 68K requirements: System 7, 2M RAM. Please send any questions, comments, or other feedback to us at peda@peda.com. The Tess web site starts at http://www.peda.com/tess The included files may be redistributed via shareware CD-ROMs, shareware ftp servers, and shareware web sites as long as they are not modified in any way. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/tess-104-68k.hqx; 333 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: Jeff Tupper / Pedagoguery Software Inc To: Subject: [*] Tess 1.04 PPC - Symmetric Drawing Program With Tess, you can quickly create attractive symmetric planar illustrations. While you draw, Tess will automatically maintain the symmetry group you have chosen; 11 rosette, all 7 frieze, and all 17 wallpaper groups are included. Illustrations may be saved using Tess  own cross-platform format or printed out using your own ink-jet or laser printer. Tess is shareware; unregistered copies are fully-functional, but are for evaluation purposes only until registered. Tess has an English and a French interface Recent changes: (changes since 1.03) * Smooth curves (elliptical splines) are now available. Curved regions (filled smooth curves) are also now available. A curve's control-point skeleton may be shown or hidden using the new "Show Skeleton" menu item in the "Object" menu. * Ellipses are now available. Ellipses are special cases of smooth curves (as elliptical splines are used for smooth curves) which initially satisfy the D2 symmetry group. * The new rectangle tool allows for easy creation of rectangles. Rectangles initially satisfy the D2 symmetry group. * Reflection lines and glide reflection lines for the current symmetry group can now be shown or hidden using the "Show Reflection Lines" and "Show Glide Reflection Lines" menu items in the "View" menu. * Reflection lines and rotation markers for selected symmetric objects can now be shown or hidden using the "Show Reflection Lines" and "Show Rotation Markers" menu items in the "Object" menu. * Selected objects can now be reflected, through a horizontal line, using the "Reflect" menu item in the "Object" menu. Tess 1.04 PPC requirements: Any PowerMac. Please send any questions, comments, or other feedback to us at peda@peda.com. The Tess web site starts at http://www.peda.com/tess The included files may be redistributed via shareware CD-ROMs, shareware ftp servers, and shareware web sites as long as they are not modified in any way. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/tess-104-ppc.hqx; 365 K] ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Tex-Edit Plus package. Tex-Edit Plus is a scriptable, styled text editor that fills the gap between Apple's bare-bones SimpleText and a full-featured word processor. It's fast, efficient, and has a clean, uncluttered interface. It's also great for cleaning up text which is transmitted over the Internet. Tex-Edit Plus features: PowerPC native (fat), extensive munging abilities, unlimited file size, Drag&Drop support, AppleScript support, Word Services support, Speech Manager support, picture handling, sound handling, movie handling, ability to create SimpleText Read-Only documents, and much more. System 7.0 or better required. NEW -- Tex-Edit Plus 4.0 represents a major upgrade, including many new features--all scriptable, of course! (This version requires MacOS 7.1 or newer.) Tex-Edit Plus supports unlimited undo and redo. A new "strikethrough" text style is supported. Flexible superscripting and subscripting are supported (in one point increments). "Text hiliting" is supported, allowing hiliter-like emphasis of any text. Tex-Edit Plus can read and write UTF-16 (unicode) text. The new file format is fully backward compatible with previous versions. Each paragraph can be formatted individually. These new paragraph settings include text justification (left, center, right, full), space above, space below, left indent, right indent, first line indent (or hanging outdent), and bottom border (in one of several line styles). Each paragraph can also have its own line spacing (in one point increments) and dominant text direction (useful for right-to-left scripts). Triple click now selects a paragraph (instead of a line) and quadruple click now selects all the text (instead of a paragraph). New preference options have been added to select default text color, to select default window background color, and to disable automatic keyboard/font synchronization (for non-Roman fonts). Pictures are now correctly centered when opening SimpleText read-only documents. "Translucent drag and drop" is supported. A confirmation alert appears when resetting all preferences. See the Revision History for a list of all the other improvements and fixes [Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-40-jp.hqx; 1410 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 18:47:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [A] Opcode down? Francois_Rossi asked <<< I wanted to download OMS 2.3.8 from Opcode's web site but it seems that the site is down (permanently?). Is there any ftp / web site where I can download this? >>> While Opcode the company is dead dead dead, some of the products can stil be upgraded (or purchased, though I don't recommend it) from www.opcode.com I just checked today (8 July 2000) , and found OMS 2.3.8 at http://www.opcode.com/downloads/ -- Tony __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail ū Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:08:12 -0700 From: Doug Hardie To: digest@info-mac.org, editors@tidbits.com Subject: AppleCare Renewal I had not seen or heard this before. Today I tried to renew my AppleCare Service Plan on my PowerBook 3400. It seems that last October Apple decided that non-G3 PowerBook AppleCare certificates will no longer be renewed or that for all units AppleCare will only be available for 2 years after the original warantee. I got both statements while on the phone trying to get it renewed. I find it amazing that AppleCare is not available after 3 years. For example, my PB 170 just had its first 2 failures this year. The top case locks broke so the display hangs quite loose. That would not have been covered by AppleCare anyway since its plastic parts. The mouse no longer functions and that would have been covered. Makes you wonder if the Apple quality going down so they have to drop support early? I have complained to Customer Relations but have no idea if anyone is really listening. -- Doug ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 20:39:12 -0500 From: Gib Henry To: Info-Mac List Subject: Can't start under 9.0.4? Replace Enabler! System: iMac DV SE, Mac OS 9.0.4 I had a strange Finder crash (The Finder has unexpectedly quit). On restart, it would freeze early in the startup process, even with extensions off. I had difficulty getting it to start with an emergency CD. Disk Warrior and Disk First Aid said no problems, but still no startup. Tech Tool 2.5.4 then reported a damaged enabler. Mercifully, I had a copy of the 9.0.4 update and used TomeViewer to extract a fresh copy of PowerPC Enabler 9.0.4. Bingo! Perfect restart. Just passing this on for what it's worth. Hope this helps someone. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 07:00:52 -0400 From: Chazzz To: Subject: G3 Motherboard. >I've heard that it is possible to install a G3 or G4 motherboard in a older >Mac, like our 7200 and 7300s. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I >would go about this, and whether it is practical to attempt such a thing. >tia Is it worth it? Absolutely! I have a PowerComputing PowerBase 200 that started out as a 603 and I added a PowerLogix G3 750 board and clocked it at 300mHz. It's a "screamer" now compared to its original form. It is a very simple procedure; instructions are included and you won't be sorry when you restart after the upgrade--Fasten your seat belt! -- Charles Cusumano ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:04:30 -0500 From: Jonathan Bauer To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: G4 DVD-ROM/RAM Opinions? Getting ready to take the plunge & order a G4. Any opinions on the DVD ROM or RAM drives Apple is offering? Better to get an external? Do they have an independent digital audio output or does it go through the computer for analogue output only? Thanks! Jonathan -- __________________________ mailto:jhbauer@akula.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 06:46:08 -0400 From: Chazzz To: Subject: Lowering Startup Chime Sound One of my long standing problems is to keep alert sounds loud enough while keeping the Startup Chime liveable. If I keep the volume of the alert sounds audible enough, the startup Chime blasts the speakers. In the Monitor & Sounds CP, I've increased the alert sounds volume to the max and have the system sounds about one half volume. Is there anyway to lower the chime in ROM and keep the alert sounds reasonably loud? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:26:02 -0500 (CDT) From: binyomin segal To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: pilot/mac grading hi all, i am about to make the dive into palm computing. one of the things i would like to do with the palm is my classroom record keeping - grades and attendance. for this to work, it needs to synch with a mac database. and of course, if it also synched with a windows maching that would be nice too. is anybody doing this with relatively straight forward software? (cheap too)? i certainly could write a system to do this all using filemaker and jfile and fmsynch - but that has a few disadvantages: 1.using filemaker! (panorama is much better) 2.writing the grading system from scratch - i could do this, but i'd rather not 3.all this while dealing with the constraints of the data input system that i am not very familiar with - it seems that somehow i will have to "flatten" the input on the pilot and then relationalize it on the mac. this last one - especially as i am really in the dark about the pilots abilities (and jfile) has got me particularly worried. any thoughts? tia ben bsegal@mcs.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:17:36 -0400 From: "Sales Department" To: Subject: Raster View/ Efit This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFEC14.4F7A9D40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there any software available to allow raster view/ edit of large = format scanned (TIFF) 1 bit binary images on the Mac platform. Please = let me know.=20 Thanks, John H. 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Is there any software available to allow raster = view/ edit of=20 large format scanned (TIFF) 1 bit binary images on the Mac platform. = Please let=20 me know.
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------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFEC14.4F7A9D40-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 00:11:26 +0900 From: "Keith Wilkinson" To: Subject: Replacing serial port on Quadra 630 Quadra 630 serial port has gone one-directional, will print but not receive (modem/TA), which part do I replace? TIA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 09:05:18 -0700 From: "Cyrus Roton" To: "info-mac letters" Subject: Subject: Studio display problem Robert Meade wrote; > About two days ago my 17 in Studio Display suddenly developed a mind of its > own. When turned on the screen remains dark until it is turned off and > then on again. I've done the usual things, rebuilt the PRAM etc. Any > suggestions? Since you mention rebuilding the PRAM, I assume that it is the computer you are turning off and immediately back on. I found the same problem with a Performa recently. The battery was dead, so startup did not occur properly, leaving the monitor blank. But, when turning off the machine and immediately turning it back on, there seems to have been sufficient charge stored in the circuit do make a proper startup. The owner continued using that process until he could buy a new battery. Cyrus W. Roton LCDR USN Ret. MITA tech. Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 13:16:49 -0400 From: Dee Brown To: Subject: What about the Coldstone Game Engine? Hi everyone. It's been a long time since the last version of the Coldstone Game Engine has been posted. It's because we decided not to release any more version of the Coldstone Game Engine until the final release so we could focus on the final delivery. The product is almost finished now. We are working on the final user manual as well as a complete step-by-step tutorial to create your first complete Macintosh game in one day! Some new cool addons and game editing tools made by Beenox will also be included in the final package. All these tools will also be available as stand-alone freeware applications from the Beenox web site. A cool new Macintosh role-playing game (made with the Coldstone Game Engine) should also ship at the same time featuring breath taking 3D rendered graphics and high quality music. Also expect some great surprises for all Mac gamers out there with the final release... The full release notes of the Coldstone Game Engine since the last beta release are miles long and they will be posted to the web site next week. We receive emails each days asking about the windows version of Coldstone. It will come. However, we will not work on it before the final release of the Macintosh version. We will focus on porting the engine first to give the possibility to Macintosh user to compile their games on both platforms. Things are going well and we feel confident that we will be able to deliver the final version to your door by the end of this summer. Macintosh gaming shall rules. WEB SITE: http://www.beenox.com/ ================================ For those of you that don't know what is the Coldstone Game Engine, it's the most complete solution for anyone that want to develop games on the Macintosh. This is the first development tool to give the user the capability to create a stand-alone game which looks and execute the way he wants. Nothing is beyond the user, he can design his own game interface (windows appearance, menus, etc.), put his own graphics, sounds and music in the game and much more. Stop wasting your imagination on developing scenarios for other games, create your very own with this professional game engine. ================================ Please reply directly to me if you have any questions regarding this email at deebrown@beenox.com. Regards, Dee Brown Lead Programmer, Beenox inc. Coldstone Developers ----------------------------- E-Mail: deebrown@beenox.com Web: http://www.beenox.com ------------------------------ -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************