Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #119 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 28 Jul 00 Volume 17 : Issue 119 Today's Topics: (A): Raster View/ Efit [*] 800-SAY-WHAT 2.1v2J - Japanese Version [*] AppWatcher Lite 1.0J - Japanese Version [*] AutoSaver 1.0 [*] ComicSaver 3.0 [*] DatePaster 68k 1.0 [*] DatePaster PPC 1.0 [*] Extension Overload v5.2 [*] GXMask 1.0.1J - Japanese Version [*] MacLaunchIt 1.2J - Japanese Version [*] MoonMenu 1.2r1J - Japanese Version [*] MoreFinderPrefs 1.0J - Japanese Version [Q] X server recommendations Help needed Problematic TCP+PPP settings (C) 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #119" ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jul 2000 07:28:49 -0400 From: "D. Scott Beach" To: "Info-Mac Digest" Subject: (A): Raster View/ Efit >From: "Sales Department" > >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. >Thanks, >John H. Valentine >Digital Imaging >The Drafting Clinic Canada Ltd. John: I thought the tiff format was pretty easily viewed with a wide variety of Mac programs. I'd try GraphicConverter by Thorsten Lempke. It can read tiff files saved with either Mac or PC headers. Is there anything unusual about this particular format? - Scott Remove the "spamless" to return eMail to me. Scott Beach Toronto, Canada ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] 800-SAY-WHAT 2.1v2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the 800-SAY-WHAT package. This version updates the documentation and registration information. Ever get tired of trying to figure out what numbers to dial when you see those cute 800 numbers such as 1-800-SOS-APPL? Now you can easily decode the numbers with this handy shareware application from Maui Software. Instructions: *Double-click on a number in the list to decode it. *The phone list in 800-SAY-WHAT is built from a text file called "phone list" that must reside in the same folder as the application 800-SAY-WHAT. Open the file "phone list" with SimpleText and add more numbers to the file. The last character must be a carriage-return. If you use another application to edit the phone number file, be sure to save the file as text-only. [Archived as /info-mac/info/800-say-what-21-2-jp.hqx; 207 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] AppWatcher Lite 1.0J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the AppWatcher Lite package. AppWatcher Lite is a simple utility for working with processes (applications, control panels, etc.) on your Mac. With AppWatcher Lite you can bring processes to the front, track and kill processes, including the Finder. Killing a process frees up valuable RAM for other applications. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/app-watcher-lite-10-jp.hqx; 565 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: rich To: Subject: [*] AutoSaver 1.0 AutoSaver 1.0 is a stand-alone application that creates a database to keep track of all of your automobiles' service history. Information such as the automobile1s service records, mileage, service companies, service provided, amount paid, and other key attributes may be entered. This demo version is free and will only run for 30 days until payment of the $10 registration fee is made. http://www.best.com/~shiro/savers/AutoSaver [Archived as /info-mac/data/auto-saver-10.hqx; 3272 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: rich To: Subject: [*] ComicSaver 3.0 ComicSaver 3.0 is a stand-alone application that creates a database for comic book enthusiasts to keep track of their collections. Information such as the title of the comic, number, manufacturer, price paid, value, condition, and other key attributes may be entered. There is even one space per entry where a downloaded or scanned piece of photo image can be displayed. This demo version is free and will only run for 30 days until payment of the $10 registration fee is made. http://www.best.com/~shiro/savers/ComicSaver [Archived as /info-mac/data/comic-saver-30.hqx; 3472 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: "Satinder S. Sidhu" To: Subject: [*] DatePaster 68k 1.0 DatePaster is simple utility that allows you to select any date and copy its long form to the system clipboard for pasting into any application that allows text to be pasted in. DatePaster has no side-effects other than what it puts on the clipboard. In particular, it does not change or reset your system date. **** Why DatePaster? **** One of the minor annoyances of life is receiving a message announcing some event on some date, such as "We will have a picnic on June 15, 2000." This immediately sends the receiver looking for a calendar to find out what day of the week June 15 falls on. Wouldn1t it be nicer if all senders took the trouble to put the weekday in their messages? For instance, "We will have a picnic on Thursday, June 15, 2000." A few do this, but sometimes end up making mistakes that result in further, "Oops!" messages. I wrote DatePaster to help me be a good citizen-communicator. It gives you a floating window in which you can easily select any date and click a button to copy its long form (including the weekday, of course) to the clipboard for pasting in your documents. ** DatePaster is freeware; it may be used and distributed freely, including by storing it on file servers and magazine, user group and Info-Mac CDs. I retain the title, ownership rights, intellectual property rights, and all other legal rights. ** [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/date-paster-101-68k.hqx; 391 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: "Satinder S. Sidhu" To: Subject: [*] DatePaster PPC 1.0 DatePaster is simple utility that allows you to select any date and copy its long form to the system clipboard for pasting into any application that allows text to be pasted in. DatePaster has no side-effects other than what it puts on the clipboard. In particular, it does not change or reset your system date. **** Why DatePaster? **** One of the minor annoyances of life is receiving a message announcing some event on some date, such as "We will have a picnic on June 15, 2000." This immediately sends the receiver looking for a calendar to find out what day of the week June 15 falls on. Wouldn1t it be nicer if all senders took the trouble to put the weekday in their messages? For instance, "We will have a picnic on Thursday, June 15, 2000." A few do this, but sometimes end up making mistakes that result in further, "Oops!" messages. I wrote DatePaster to help me be a good citizen-communicator. It gives you a floating window in which you can easily select any date and click a button to copy its long form (including the weekday, of course) to the clipboard for pasting in your documents. ** DatePaster is freeware; it may be used and distributed freely, including by storing it on file servers and magazine, user group and Info-Mac CDs. I retain the title, ownership rights, intellectual property rights, and all other legal rights. ** [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/date-paster-101-ppc.hqx; 661 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: Teng Chou Ming To: Subject: [*] Extension Overload v5.2 Extension Overload is an extensions & control panels management application. It offers detailed information of 3300 extensions and control panels 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 your extensions and control panels on the fly without going to the Extensions or Control Panelsfolders. * Allows you to preview, enable and disable fonts. * Provide detailed descriptions of 3300 extensions and control panels, both from Apple and from other companies. * Covers extensions and control panels from System 7, 7.5, 7.6, MacOS 8, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.0 and 9.0.4, iMac, G3 and G4. * Searching for a particular extensions or control panels within the database can be done either by name or description. * Searchable system error codes to help make your troubleshootingprocess easier and faster. * Generate reportsto keep track of your extensions and control panels. * A Tidbits menu that contains interesting tidbits of information including: - What is an extension, control panel, shared library? - Tips to speed up your Macintosh. - Easter eggs (little gimmicks hidden somewhere in thesoftware).- A guide on how toget software updates. New features in 5.2released July 22, 2000 * Containsdescriptions of 3300 extensions and control panels. * More URLs and emails have been updated * Better support for non English Mac OS. You can alsodownload Extension Overload from http://www.ExtensionOverload.com [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/extension-overload-52.hqx; 1360 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] GXMask 1.0.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the GXMask package. Some applications need the GXGraphics Extension installed in order to function correctly. Other applications (a few Desktop Publishing packages are the most common offenders) refuse to run if this extension is installed. This used to mean that you'd have to reboot your Mac to switch between applications, which isn't very friendly behavior. GXMask is a Control Panel which lets you hide the existance of the GXGraphics Extension from all applications other than ones you select (a list of applications which are known to need GXGraphics is included). This allows you to have GXGraphics installed, and happily use applications which would normally refuse to run with it installed. In all the cases I've tested, this has proven safe, since those applications don't call GXGraphics, so the fact that it's installed would have little effect on them anyhow. Do Not use GXMask with the full QuickDraw GX installation. It will keep GXPrinting from functioning correctly. GXMask is only intended for use with GXGraphics 1.1.6 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gxmask-101-jp.hqx; 53 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] MacLaunchIt 1.2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the MacLaunchIt package. MacLaunchIt is an application helper utility. MacLaunchIt: * Launches any application simply by entering part of the applications name. * Creates a list of all of your applications, which can then be launched. * Displays all currently running processes. This includes applications, control panels, background applications, etc. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/maclaunchIt-12-jp.hqx; 646 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] MoonMenu 1.2r1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the MoonMenu package. MoonMenu is a system extension that draws the current phase of the moon in the menubar. The menu, when selected, reveals a textual description of the moon phase, illumination percentage, the moon's age in days, and the current lunation number. MoonMenu also comes with an application that can compute the lunar data for any given date. Changes in version 1.2r1: * Corrected some strings in the extension. Changes in version 1.2: * Added minor increment buttons to application. Hold down option-key for four increments. * Added "Now" button to application. * All times are UT/GMT. Even for the menu. * Fixed Moon descriptor strings. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/moon-menu-12r1-jp.hqx; 845 K] ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jul 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] MoreFinderPrefs 1.0J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the MoreFinderPrefs package. MoreFinderPrefs - there is an alert that appears in the finder when you do something "dangerous". It asks you whether you really want to do the thing you've tried to do or not. Most often, the answer to the finder's question is "Yes, $#@%!" MoreFinderPrefs detects the finder asking you this question and automatically answers for you. MoreFinderPrefs works by matching the string that would have been displayed to the user (that's you!). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/morefinderprefs-10-jp.hqx; 37 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 00 09:29:50 +0100 From: Phil Hudson To: Subject: [Q] X server recommendations Hi all. I need an X server. What's available and what's good? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 07:49:45 +0200 From: Bjarne =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=E4ckstr=F6m?= To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Help needed On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:49:30 +0200, "Ramiro A. Varela" wrote: >I would like to know a method (as easy as possible) to command execution of >a program from another mac, both linked by Appletalk/TCPIP in our local >network. I need to run a simulation model which resides on a Mac G4, >consuming the resources of THAT G4 (processor, memory..). Simply double >clicking the application icon loads the program in the client. Easy and freeware: VNC (Virtual Network Computing) by AT&T Laboratories Cambridge, . /Bjarne. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:02:46 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Problematic TCP+PPP settings (C) At Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:34:55 -0400, Allan Hunter wrote: >I have a PowerBook (Wall Street) running 8.6 and I connect to the >internet differently depending on where I am: Ethernet (DHCP) at >work, DSL (Ethernet with static IP) at home, PPP various other >places. I therefore have several different TCP configurations which >I change as circumstance dictate using Command-K. ... I think while switching configurations using Command-K, you've accidentally changed something in some other settings... why don't you use the "location manager" control strip to change the settings? There you can change PPP, TCP/IP and many other settings with one single action. I do it on my PB-Wallstreet (also OS 8,6), and never had a problem. Good luck, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************