Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #144 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 12 Sep 00 Volume 17 : Issue 144 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#547/11-Sep-00 [*] OSL_DD Watchdog [*] QIF Categories 1.1 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription [*] SweetMail 1.9.3 [*] SwitchRes 2.4.1J - Japanese Version Desktop Printer Icons missing G3 won't boot from CD or Zip Microtek E3 scanner and Adaptec 2940UW PC Zip Disks and Macs remote shutdown? remote shutdown? 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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New releases include BBEdit 6.0, Default Folder 3.0.7, and VSE Link Tester 3.1, and we report on the surprising results of last week's poll on 68K Macintosh usage and present a vocabulary quiz for this week's brain tester. Topics: MailBITS/11-Sep-00 BookBITS: Telling the Bits from the Bytes Eudora 5.0 Reads Your Mind [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-547.etx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 From: Ton Brand To: Subject: [*] OSL_DD Watchdog OSL_DD Watchdog What it is: AppleScript that watches your extensions folder for unwanted ObjectSupportLib and Macintosh Drag and Drop. Author: Ton Brand Company: Ton's Software License: freeware Abstract: Some applications install an obsolete library 'ObjectSupportLib' (OSL) or an obsolete extension 'Macintosh Drag and Drop' (DD) in the Extensions folder. Since the introduction of Mac OS 8, ObjectSupportLib is integrated in the system software and since system 7.5 Macintosh Drag and Drop is built in also. The obsolete files could lead to strange effects or even crashes. So is would be useful to check after every third-party software install procedure whether ObjectSupportLib and/or Macintosh Drag and Drop was wrongfully added. OSL_DD Watchdog does this for you, after you have put the program or its alias in the Startup Items folder (which is in your System folder). [Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/osl-dd-watchdog.hqx; 12 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 From: John Woodward To: Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.1 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based onDescription QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the description of each transaction. It is useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF file, just drop it onto QIF Categories. You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on downloaded QIF files. QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category obtained by looking up the transaction's description in a mapping database, or getting the category from the user if not found in the database; 3) removing the plus sign from transaction amounts (because not all versions of Quicken allow plus signs); and 4) transferring all other parts of each transactions to the output file. You can convert the input file in place or chose a different output filename. System requirements: * System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9 * Macintosh with at least 4 MB of RAM For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or visit the QIF Categories Web page: http://jplw.homepage.com/QIFCategories.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-11.hqx; 87 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 From: sweet@kagi.com (S.Ichise) To: Subject: [*] SweetMail 1.9.3 SweetMail is an internet e-mail client for Macintosh that provides most powerful features with sweet interface. SweetMail has multiple POP3 accounts, very high-speed searching, filtering, templates, powerful-editor and many useful functions. System Requirements: * System 7.5 or later. * 4MB of Memory. * OpenTransport, Thread-Mgr and Appearance-Mgr. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/sweet-mail-193.hqx; 1005 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] SwitchRes 2.4.1J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the SwitchRes package. SwitchRes is a little utility that will allow you to switch the resolution of all your monitors. You can access to all the resolutions of all your displays in a simple, customizable menu. SwitchRes incorporates features from the Monitor Resolution, Monitor BitDepth, and Video Mirroring Control Strip Modules bundled with your system. You can use its menu in the Menu Bar, use its provided Control Strip Module, or click on the Finder Desktop with its Contextual Menu Plugin. SwitchRes has an extensive list of features: *You can show and use all available resolutions of your video card, not just those limited by your monitor. For example, 20 video modes are available on my PowerMac 7300 internal video board. Enjoy your Apple 15" monitor in 1024 x 768, or 640 x 480 in 120Hz ! *SwitchRes is totally configurable. You can define which resolutions are really accessible, and which will require a confirmation. × *You can also create display sets which will allow you to change the resolution and the depth of all your monitors with just one mouse click, or just one key. With this new version, you can add scripts to display sets. That gives SwitchRes the ability to launch a script with just one key, or when an application is launched... *You can assign a specific set to an application, so that every time you use this application, your Mac will automatically switch to your predefined resolutions. You will find this extremely useful for most games. × *You can save the position of the icons and the windows on your desktop, independently from one resolution to the other, unlike the Finder. The configuration is restored at startup. *You can script SwitchRes for resolutions and color depth changes. SwitchRes is even recordable: When SwitchRes is running, every resolution change is automatically recorded in the script editor [Archived as /info-mac/gui/switch-res-241-jp.hqx; 628 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 07:59:19 -0500 From: Glenn Sowell To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Desktop Printer Icons missing How do I make the Desktop Printer Icons visible? I am running Mac OS 9.0.4 on an all-in-one G3. I have created icons for several printers, but they don't show up. I can print to them. I just can't see them. I'm sure it's something obvious. Help Thanks. -- Glenn Sowell mailto://sowell2@home.com Dept. of Physics University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182-0266 USA (402) 554-3724 (888) UNO-NASA (888) 554-3100 FAX ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:04:53 -0500 From: Stan Davis Potopa To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: G3 won't boot from CD or Zip I recently acquired a B&W G3 from a friend to babysit while he's overseas. I want to initialize the hard drive and reinstall system software. However, it won't boot from either the CD-ROM or Zip drive, both of which are internal. I've tried all the standard troubleshooting fixes, including removing an Adaptec PCI SCSI card. Nothing works. Vital statistics: B&W G3, 256 MB RAM, 6 GB internal ATA drive, OS 9.0.4, internal CD-ROM and Zip drives, Adaptec SCSI PCI card. Your help is greatly appreciated. Stan Davis Potopa PRR Communications 2410 18th Street Altoona, PA 16601-2534 Phone 814-942-4504 Fax 814-942-4541 prrcomm@nb.net ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:21:31 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Microtek E3 scanner and Adaptec 2940UW Has anybody experience how to make a Microtek E3 scanner work together with an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card in a blue/white G3 Mac? Here are the relevant facts: SCSI-card: Adaptec 2940uw, Firmware 4.1 (latest, to my knowledge) Scan-software: ScanWizard 3.24 (also latest, per Microtek's pages) SCSI signal is taken from the 50pin inside connector of the card, via a miniature-connector and an adapter to the "standard" Centronics 50pin connector. SCSI Probe 5.2 "sees" the scanner on ID 6 of the chain (there are also 2 external harddrives on ID 2 and 4). ScanWizard complains that there is no scanner connected (scanner is switched on and connected). Termination: Card is set to "wide-to-narrow"; when I put a terminator at the end of the chain, the Mac won't start up; without terminator at the end I have no such problem. Microtek support recommended "upgrade to 3.24 of Scan wizard" ... :-(( - anyone any other ideas? Thank you and best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? (Petra Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:03:40 -0500 From: Charles Pearce To: Subject: PC Zip Disks and Macs I feel obliged to warn folks about using PC formatted Zip disks in Macs. In our labs we have all Macs and our university bookstore often sells students PC formatted Zip disks. We have had some bad experiences with certain applications--most notably Quark XPress 4.1 and Adobe PhotoShop 5.5--and files that are saved to the PC Zip. We have seen the files become unopenable on the Mac and unrecovarable. I have actually witnessed the files' icons changing from an XPress or PhotoShop document to a generic PC document before my eyes. PhotoShop files created on a Mac and saved to a Zip have disappeared from the "Open File" dialogue box, even though they show up at the Finder level. Thus, we have recommended to our students that unless they absolutely have to have a PC formatted Zip disk in order to access their files on a PC somewhere else, to stick with the Mac format. Charles Pearce Kansas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communications ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:02:31 -0400 From: "Joni Hope" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: remote shutdown? On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:51:18 -0400 Tom Coradeschi wrote: > >tell machine "PowerBook_170" > > tell application "Finder" > > activate > > shut down > > end tell > >end tell > > tell application "Finder" of machine "PowerBook_170" to > shut down > > Works for me (I copied that out of a script I use to > reboot my Quadra > 950 email server remotely). Make sure that you have > Program Linking > enabled on the remote machine! I *do* have program linking enabled on the PB170, and when I tried that script it would not pass a syntax check. It wanted EOL instead of "of" as in, of machine PowerBook_170. I tried a few other prepositions, but only removing the phrase, of machine PowerBook_170, worked. Obviously THAT doesn't do what I want. I must be missing something else obvious. I have a G4 with Mac OS 9.0.4 and AppleScript (Script Editor 1.4.3). The PowerBook 170 is maxxed out with 8 Meg of RAM (I used to think that was plenty HA HA HA) running System 7.1 to leave as much memory for applications as possible. The PowerBook has AppleScript (Script Editor 1.1.1), and no AppleScript additions like Jon's Commands. Say, I think that's it: System 7.1! I don't think direct Finder scripting existed until System 7.5! Since I don't run applications on this PowerBook anymore (can't see the screen), I can convert to System 7.5 with LocalTalk Bridge and still have a tiny amount of RAM to spare. What problems does an AppleScript version mismatch cause? Thanks, Tom! Now I know I can AppleScript ... and maybe I can get a scriptable Finder! - Joni --------------------------------------------------------------- Using a Macintosh? Get FREE e-mail and more at MacLaunch! http://www.maclaunch.com --- Discuss your favorite Macintosh Topics http://www.macboards.com --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 12:25:05 -0400 From: Joni Hope To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: remote shutdown? I would like to accomplish a not-very-remote shutdown as cheaply as possibly. Here's my situation: I have a home AppleTalk network that has resisted Ethernet. I have an AppleTalk-only LaserWriter IInt. I have an old PowerBook 170 with a wonky display that won't stay fixed (I think the monitor connection is not seating properly, but that's another story). Since Apple's LocalTalk Bridge 2.1 is free, I use that on the PB170 for printing and file sharing to the rest of the network from my Ethernet only G4. It's simple, it's free, it just works, and I'm not using the PB170 for anything else (can't really, since the screen is basically unreadable). At the moment, I have ResEdit'd System 7.1 on this PowerBook 170 so that I have a keyboard command to shut down. That means I have to open it to access the keyboard every single time I want to turn it off. Sure I could hook up an external ADB keyboard and leave the PowerBook closed, but then I lose even more desk space. The reason to leave it shut all the time is to regain that desk space. What I would really like is a way to sit at my G4 and turn off the PowerBook 170. I've got a 10 Mbps Ethernet connection to it (hub and Asante Micro EN/SC to put Ethernet on the PB170), and I would prefer to look at my G4 than a screwy 640x400 monochrome PowerBook display. I would like to leave the PowerBook shut: I could turn it on by pushing the power button on the back, and I wish I could turn it off using software on my G4. I tried an AppleScript, but either my AppleScript skills are poor (I could believe that since I do much more Unix shell scripting than AppleScripting) or this is not kosher. (No applications are running. I tried a variation that quit all apps first.) tell machine "PowerBook_170" tell application "Finder" activate shut down end tell end tell What freeware/shareware/cheap/easy/clever/tricky ideas does anyone out in Info-Mac land have? It's a Mac, it ought to be as convenient as I want! Thanks a bunch! - Joni ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:44:55 -0400 From: Tom Coradeschi To: Christian F Buser Subject: Zip disks At 11:36 PM +0200 09/10/2000, Christian F Buser wrote: >Ezra Nathan wrote > >>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac >>Format? Are there any drawbacks? > >Yes it is possible. >No there are no drawbacks. With one caveat: you cannot reformat a 100MB PC ZIP disk to Mac format if you have a 250MB ZIP drive. -- tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************