Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #139 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 04 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 139 Today's Topics: [*] EjectDisk 3.1.5 - Eject disks of all types with a single key! [*] Enchanted Garden Kaleidoscope Scheme [*] GLMStat 5.2.0;Generalized linear models [*] Heart Folders [*] Loveletters [*] Mac Grayliner 2.2.0 [*] Mac OS Items Manager 2.0.1 [*] Mac-FTP-list, Version 4.6.0 [*] Number Theory [*] Sales Organizer 2.7 b [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.1J - Japanese Version [*] YP Circuits CC 1.0 (simulates an electric circuit, french version) [*] YP DC Circuits 1.0 (simulation of an electric circuit) Can't print: Netscape to HP Deskwriter 540 Can't print: Netscape to HP Deskwriter 540 discontinued software Hard drive advice Zip disks 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 #139" ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jason Anderson To: Subject: [*] EjectDisk 3.1.5 - Eject disks of all types with a single key! EjectDisk is an extremely useful application/extension combination. With the touch of a key you can eject any removable media from your computer, ranging from the humble floppy to the latest Jaz cartridge. You can even open the (empty) CD/DVD tray. EjectDisk is similar to the Command-Y function of the Finder in function only--unlike that command, EjectDisk can evict storage from your desktop from within any program, and you don't have to select the disk beforehand. Additionally, EjectDisk can be set to eject any CDs still in the computer when the computer is shut down. EjectDisk 3.1.5 fixes a bug which stopped EjectDisk working with internal IDE Zip/Jaz drives. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/eject-disk-315.hqx; 402 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] Enchanted Garden Kaleidoscope Scheme Enchanted Garden is a Kaleidoscope 2.0+ scheme to decorate your desktop with flowers and Victorian style art work on a soft green background. -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/enchanted-garden.hqx; 860 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Ken Beath To: Subject: [*] GLMStat 5.2.0;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 5.2.0 - HTML based help using apple help viewer or web browser - added graphing and export variable of constant-information scaling of fitted values - for Scatter and Box Plot creation a tabbbed dialog is used (if Apppearance manager is available) with panels for specifying axis and other options 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-520.hqx; 969 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jen Maher-Bontrager To: Subject: [*] Heart Folders A freeware group of folder icons. If you've ever visited the forums at http://www.sailormoon.org, you probably recognize these icons. They are light yellow manilla folders and each has a different colored heart on it. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/heartfolders.hqx; 682 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Jen Maher-Bontrager To: Subject: [*] Loveletters A freeware group of folder icons. If you've ever visited the forums at http://www.sailormoon.org, you probably recognize these icons. I find these icons to be an easy way to organize my personal files. -Maybe they'll work for you too! :) [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/loveletters.hqx; 26 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Chris Smolinski To: Subject: [*] Mac Grayliner 2.2.0 Mac Grayliner displays a map of the entire Earth, showing day, night, and more importantly, the terminator between day and night. Studies have shown that enhanced radio propagation occurs between two points which are both on the day/night terminator. Now with version 2.1.1, the locations of active NCDXF/IARU beacons can be displayed in real time, along with the beacon callsign, country, and location. This should be helpful for identifying DX openings. Mac Grayliner requires a Mac with a color display. Shareware: $15 Chris Smolinski [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/mac-grayliner-22.hqx; 460 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Sep 2000 From: Vincent Jalby To: Subject: [*] Mac OS Items Manager 2.0.1 Mac OS Items Manager 2.0.1 [2000/09/01] by Vincent Jalby, vjalby@kagi.com http://members.aol.com/vjalby/MacOSIM/ Localized versions are available from the HomePage. Product description -------------------- Mac OS Items Manager 2 is a system utility that allows to enable/disable Contextual Menu Items, Control Strip Modules, Apple Menu Items and Fonts. New in this version ------------------- Mac OS Items Manager 2.0 has many new features including: Ñ Improved user interface Ñ Support for Apple Menu Items Ñ Full customization of folders managed by Mac OS Items Manager Ñ Support for Drag and Drop Ñ New icons (by Yoshi Sakuma) Ñ Norwegian version Ñ And much more! Version 2.0.1 fixes a bug which prevents Mac OS IM to run, when one of the 4 supported folders is missing. It also fixes Danish Apple Menu folder name. System Requirements ------------------- Mac OS Items Manager 2 runs on any PowerMacintosh with Mac×OS×8.0 and later, in one of the following languages: Catalan, Chinese (Simpl. & Trad), Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish. It will be available in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Norwegian. Shareware Fee ------------- MacOS Items Manager is distributed as Shareware. A license for a single user will cost $9 ($45 for a Site License, $90 for a WorldWide License). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/macos-items-manager-201.hqx; 952 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: Bruce Grubb To: Subject: [*] Mac-FTP-list, Version 4.6.0 This is the latest edition (Sept 1, 2000) of the Mac-FTP-list and should replace version 4.6.0. The Mac-FTP-list lists over 120 mac anonymous ftp sites (some with notes), over 100 Mac web pages, and contains some instructions on how to use anonymous ftp and find files as well a format chart showing which programs decompress and decode which files. Also there is a section on how to use certain files. This Stuffit Deluxe 5.0 archive contains both the text and html versions of the Mac-FTP-list. To ensure that the columns in the Format Chart section line up correctly the document's text must be in a monospaced font such as Courier 10pt, Monaco 9pt, or a PC equivalent. Permission is given for this program to be included on the Info-Mac CD-ROM. Changes: cam.ca.tin.it changed to ftp.volftp.mondadori.com; Added sites/URLs: http://www.creativemac.com/; Defunct sites/URLs: None; [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mac-ftp-list-460.hqx; 81 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Sep 2000 From: jonrelay@napanet.net (Jon Bettencourt) To: Subject: [*] Number Theory Number Theory is a HyperCard stack for experimenting with number theory. It is expandable, already includes a couple of experiments to start with, and expands itself if you have HyperCard of 2.5 with the HigherMath extension. Number Theory was created by KES Software (http://kreativeentertainment.cjb.net) and is freeware. [Archived as /info-mac/sci/number-theory.hqx; 7 K] ------------------------------ Date: 4 Sep 2000 From: laulev@sympatico.ca To: Subject: [*] Sales Organizer 2.7 b Sales Organizer is an all-purpose management tool for the retail and sales industry. It manages inventory, invoicing and more. Enter your inventory and you are ready to work. Special requirements: FileMaker Pro 3 or more. You like Sales Organizer but you don t want to buy FileMaker Pro. Contact us to get a runtime version. Demo: some databases do not allow printing. gestabusiness@usa.net http://go.to/gestabusiness [Archived as /info-mac/data/sales-organizer-27b.hqx; 1423 K] ------------------------------ Date: 2 Sep 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.1J - 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 IN 4.0.1 -- Tex-Edit Plus 4.0.1 incorporates the newest version of the WASTE text engine, which eliminates several bugs. A bug noted during launch on certain systems has been fixed. A bug noted when opening SimpleText files that contain non-breaking space characters and no pictures has been fixed. TEXT files that start with 0xFEFF or 0xFFFE (BOM) are now automatically opened as unicode. AppleScript can now force change of the font text encoding (just like holding down the option key when selecting a font in the Font menu). VERSION 4 : 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). [Archived as /info-mac/text/tex-edit-plus-401-jp.hqx; 1409 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Sep 2000 From: Yves Pelletier To: Subject: [*] YP Circuits CC 1.0 (simulates an electric circuit, french version) This is the french version of YP DC Circuits. With YP DC Circuits you can build a virtual electric circuit including batteries, resistors and switches, and measure currents and voltages with an ammeter and a voltmeter. The circuit can be copied, printed or saved as a PICT file. Use it to learn about: Ohm's law, Kirchoff's law, series circuits, parallel circuits. System Requirements: YP DC Circuits runs on any Macintosh computer with MAC OS 7.0 or later. It needs about 300 Kb on your hard disk and 1 Mb of RAM. Yves Pelletier pelletier@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/pelletier [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-circuits-cc-10.hqx; 271 K] ------------------------------ Date: 3 Sep 2000 From: Yves Pelletier To: Subject: [*] YP DC Circuits 1.0 (simulation of an electric circuit) With YP DC Circuits you can build a virtual electric circuit including batteries, resistors and switches, and measure currents and voltages with an ammeter and a voltmeter. The circuit can be copied, printed or saved as a PICT file. Use it to learn about: Ohm's law, Kirchoff's law, series circuits, parallel circuits. System Requirements: YP DC Circuits runs on any Macintosh computer with MAC OS 7.0 or later. It needs about 300 Kb on your hard disk and 1 Mb of RAM. Yves Pelletier pelletier@kagi.com http://www.kagi.com/pelletier [Archived as /info-mac/sci/yp-dc-circuits-10.hqx; 264 K] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 15:23:10 GMT From: Michael Klein To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: Can't print: Netscape to HP Deskwriter 540 I recently resurrected our HP Deskwriter onto our Power Mac G3 (Mac OS 8.6). I downloaded the latest HP driver (6.0.4), and everything seemed to work fine, UNTIL I tried to print something from Netscape (version 4.75). I get the following error: "a printing error occurred (-9363)". I tried to find this problem on the HP website, but ended up going around in circles. Is there a way to contact HP to report the problem, other than paying $2.50 a minute for phone support? Their email support is product based, and there is no category for DeskWriter printers. I also tried the Netscape website, and did manage to send an email to their support group. We'll see if I get a reply. If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, it will be much appreciated. My only solution so far is to use Microsoft IE. Michael Klein orlyjosh@mindspring.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 15:26:15 GMT From: Michael Klein To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: Can't print: Netscape to HP Deskwriter 540 I recently resurrected our HP Deskwriter onto our Power Mac G3 (Mac OS 8.6). I downloaded the latest HP driver (6.0.4), and everything seemed to work fine, UNTIL I tried to print something from Netscape (version 4.75). I get the following error: "a printing error occurred (-9363)". I tried to find this problem on the HP website, but ended up going around in circles. Is there a way to contact HP to report the problem, other than paying $2.50 a minute for phone support? Their email support is product based, and there is no category for DeskWriter printers. I also tried the Netscape website, and did manage to send an email to their support group. We'll see if I get a reply. If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, it will be much appreciated. My only solution so far is to use Microsoft IE. Michael Klein orlyjosh@mindspring.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 14:28:03 -0700 From: "Cyrus Roton" To: "info-mac letters" Subject: discontinued software Ruth South McCreery wrote: > I am seeking a Mac version of Print Shop Deluxe. Does anyone know of a > source of outdated, orphaned, or discontinued Mac software? > Broderbund has sold the program to Mattel, which no longer provides a Mac > version. They did very nicely send my friend the Windows version, but . . . > Are there other sites that deal in surplus, discontinued, etc. software? > My friend is sufficiently distressed that she is thinking of getting a > Windows machine, just to run that program. A far better solution than > coping with the eccentricities of Windowns, it seems to me, would be to > learn another program that has the same functions. > So, as an alternative, can anyone suggest a program that has card-making > functions similar to those of Print Shop? There is a program called "Announcements" which does all that Print Shop did, and more. It was published by Parsons Technology. But, they do not list it on their web site. I got it as a special offer from some other company, so, it may have been a close-out deal. I did some searching on the web and in a bunch of catalogs, and came up with only The Print Shop Publishing Suite, from Mindscape, listed in Mac Zone. But there is not enough info to tell what all it does. And Mindscape does not list it on there web site. I did find PrintMaster« Gold Publishing Suite For Mac, A collection of graphics, photos, and templates for all your Macintosh print creativity needs. http://www.mattelinteractive.com/store/product.asp?OID=4140173&SC=0120056015 &CID=4 I could not get a clear idea of whether it is very good for greeting cards. I often make my own greeting cards, using a graphics program, such as Canvas, PhotoShop, Graphic Converter, etc. If the program allows pasting in pictures, placing text, and rotating selected areas, you can easily make your own greeting cards. Of course, one needs a good collection of pictures, such as I have been collecting for my Mac user group over the years. I feel that if a company will not continue offering a program, which had been popular, and offers nothing else to take it's place, then it is not immoral to exchange copies of those programs. There is another alternative, and that is to use Virtual PC on the Mac in order to run Windows software. It's no fun, but it works. Cyrus W. Roton LCDR USN Ret. MITA tech. Chairman, Ridgecrest Apple User Group ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 19:22:44 +0100 From: Ezra Nathan To: Info-Mac digest Subject: Hard drive advice I am looking to add a larger capacity hard drive to my PowerComputing PowerCenter 150 and I have found one being offered for a very good price. It is a BARRACUDA ATA 10.2GB ATA 3.5LP 8.6MS 7200RPM Does anyone know if this will go in my machine and, if so, what its performance will be like? Will it be dead easy to put in? Thanks, > Ezra ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 19:37:46 +0100 From: Ezra Nathan To: Info-Mac digest Subject: Zip disks Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac Format? Are there any drawbacks? Thanks, > Ezra -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************