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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 20 May 99       Volume 16 : Issue 303

Today's Topics:

      [*] TidBITS#481/17-May-99
      (A) Finding a laserwriter driver?
      (C) Norton and MacOS 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6 do not mix
      (Q) Golive gos nowhere
      (Q) HP inkjet printer and scanner for Mac use?
      (Q) Schulschrift TT font?
      *Retraction?
      [A] missing buttons in Office 98 (8.5.1)
      [C] LocalTalk Bridge
      [Q]PB540c upgrade
      Accelerating HyperCard
      Appearance 1.1 prefs
      Computer Use Software
      Creating audio CDs
      ERROR "-36 I/O error": how to recover a broken file?
      Fwd: Brain damaged Sherlock can't find files
      Fwd: Query
      HELP! I killed two Powerbooks!
      HELP! I killed two Powerbooks! - part 2
      Info-Mac Digest V16 #302
      Is OS 8.6 Worth The Trouble?
      Laserjet 5M & iMac /R)
      MSIE won't show graphics
      NameRegistryLib
      Out of Memory (R)
      Photoshop 3/4/5 and JFIF comments
      Problems choosing a menu item
      QT4 and infomac digests
      Query
      repeated PPP dial-up: the solution
      Subject: [A] Accelerating HyperCard?
      VRML for Macintosh
      WinZip (R)

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors <editors@tidbits.com>
Subject: [*] TidBITS#481/17-May-99

TidBITS#481/17-May-99

Who needs a Web browser to surf the Internet? Mac OS 8.6's URL Access opens=
 new vistas for Internet-savvy scripts, and Geoff Duncan opens the lid on=
 its substantial new capabilities. Also this week, Adam adds a few more=
 suggestions for mailing list manners, and we report news of Netscape=
 Communicator 4.6, OpenGL and Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Mac OS, plus the=
 upcoming arrival of iMacs next to the vacuum cleaners and socket sets at=
 Sears.=20

Topics:
    MailBITS/17-May-99
    Putting URL Access Scripting to Work
    Mailing List Manners 102

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 15:47:07 -0400
From: a brody <abrody@smart.net>
Subject: (A) Finding a laserwriter driver?

Dear Digest readers,
Incredibly, Apple has included quite a few laserwriter drivers in MacOS
8.6.    Here is a list of them.

LaserWriter
LaserWriter 12/640 PS
LaserWriter 16/600 PS
LaserWriter 16/600 PS Fax
LaserWriter 16/600 PS-J
LaserWriter 4/600 PS
LaserWriter 8500
LaserWriter Color 12/600 PS
LaserWriter Color 12/600 PS-J
LaserWriter Color 12/660 PS
LaserWriter II NT
LaserWriter II NTX
LaserWriter II NTX v50.5
LaserWriter II NTX v51.8
LaserWriter II NTX-J v50.5
LaserWriter IIf v2010.113
LaserWriter IIf v2010.130
LaserWriter IIg v2010.113
LaserWriter IIg v2010.130
LaserWriter Personal 320
LaserWriter Personal NT
LaserWriter Personal NTR
LaserWriter Plus v38.0
LaserWriter Plus v42.2
LaserWriter Pro 400 v2011.110
LaserWriter Pro 405 v2011.110
LaserWriter Pro 600 v2010.130
LaserWriter Pro 630 v2010.130
LaserWriter Pro 810
LaserWriter Pro 810f
LaserWriter Select 360
LaserWriter Select 360f
LaserWriter Select 610

Found these in the Printer Descriptions folder inside the System Folder's
Extensions folder while trying to clean up space.

If yours is on this list, you should be able to pick Laserwriter8 from the
Chooser, and select the model on the list.

If you are missing one of these printer descriptions, please let me know,
and I could e-mail you it.

Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net

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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:14:07 -0400
From: a brody <abrody@smart.net>
Subject: (C) Norton and MacOS 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6 do not mix

Dear Digest readers,
I know I have posted this before, but it seems more people aren't getting
the message, if I look at issue #301.    If you carefully read the readmes
of 8.1 you will learn that there are major problems with running Norton
Utilities on MacOS 8.1.   How major?   Disk btrees get corrupted, sometimes
to the point that you get a Type 41 error and when you reboot all you get
is a flashing ? disk.   Often when you boot from CD-ROM after getting the ?
disk, you will find that the hard disk isn't even visible on the desktop.
People have posted on earlier digests that they had similar problems even
with Norton Utilities 4.0.3 (the latest version).   If the latest version
has this much trouble, you can imagine how much trouble people who haven't
upgraded are having.    I for one put the 8.1 upgrade from Apple's website
when it was released on my PowerMac 7200.  I exhibited all these symptoms
after checking my disk with Norton Disk Doctor 3.2.1 (which was the only
version I was aware of available at the time).   Net result, a Mac
technician 60 miles away from my home could not recover the data on the
drive, and had to reformat it.    Luckily I had made a backup one month
before, but still one month of data was lost.  The 8.1 upgrade available
from Apple's website doesn't even ask you whether or not you want HFS+.   I
can only assume that it put it on because the documentation on Symmantec's
website later on said it had trouble with HFS+ systems.  But if that were
the case, then why didn't I have to reformat my hard disk upon upgrading to
MacOS 8.1?   Usually in order to get HFS+ one has to reformat one's hard
disk.   So either Norton simply can't handle MacOS 8.1 or higher, of Apple
found a way with the upgrade to give you HFS+ without reformatting.   Which
do you think is more likely?

Point being if you plan on getting a machine with MacOS 8.1 or higher, or
are about to upgrade to 8.1 or higher, trash Norton Utilities and its
associated files first, and then install.   Otherwise you will be in for
headaches ad infinitim.

By the way, probably the only reason why Norton still makes software for
the Mac is because they are the only company to make a reliable virus
detection utility now with free updates. Virex stopped offering free
updates after Virex 5.8.1.   I'll say this much, if it weren't for Norton
Anti-Virus I would be the first person at the Better Busieness Bureau
complaining that Symantec hasn't been shut down for making bad software.

Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 07:49:49 -0400
From: a brody <abrody@smart.net>
Subject: (Q) Golive gos nowhere

Dear Digest Readers,
Two rather serious bugs in Adobe GoLive 4.0 I have found.   First of all,
if you toggle from source mode (showing HTML) back to WYSIWYG mode on a
page, the entire page contents disappear!   Next time you save the document
it has only a heading in it.    I can't figure out what in my HTML is
causing this, but if you download the source to

http://www.smart.net/~abrody/astronomy.html

and switch to the source button, edit the source by enterring a few spaces,
and switch back to layout mode, you get  a blank page.   On Pagemill and
HomePage this was never the case.

Secondly more of a bug in not implementing a feature correctly, it is
impossible to batch check remote links while viewing the remote links on a
website.   You might be able to check a few links, and then it stops.
Often times the verify remote links menuitem is greyed out.

So how do I fix these problems?

Here is a $300 WYSIWYG editor that can't even properly allow the editing of
HTML source, and doesn't follow its predicessor Adobe Sitemill in being
able to verify remote links.

So what is going on here?

Thank you.
Sincerely,
abrody@smart.net

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:47:33 -0700
From: Mark Allen <Mark.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov>
Subject: (Q) HP inkjet printer and scanner for Mac use?

The computer folks around here only want to allow me to buy HP peripherals.
For an inkjet printer, they offer the HP Deskjet 895cxi that now has ver.
1.0 for the Mac driver. For a scanner, they offer the HP Scanjet 6250cxi
"with Scantastic Mac." Does anyone have any experience using one or both
devices on a Mac system, in particular, an iMac or b/w G3? Does anyone have
any specific information on the performance of these HP peripherals
vis-a-vis designed-for-Mac peripherals, the Epson inkjet printers and Astra
(?) scanner? If our computer folks are making a bad decision--the
alternative products are more compatible with Macs or in general provide
better performance, I would be very interested in getting specific details
that I can pass back to them.

Thanks!

Mark Allen

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 21:16:54 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: (Q) Schulschrift TT font?

At 4:28 PM -0400 5/10/99, Don Webb wittily wrote:

> Can anyone help?  I'm inquiring on behalf of a colleague.  If you can
> reply directly to me as well as to the digest, I'd be much obliged.
>
> As the query notes, it's possible that the Schulschrift font exists
> under another name.
>
> Don Webb
> <DonWebb@Netcom.Ca>
>
> -- (query) --
>
> << I am looking for a TrueType font.  I want something that CLOSELY
> resembles the Austrian model handwriting (Schulschrift 1995).  There
> is a sample at gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/~muhr/oedt/schulsh2.jpg
>
> << I have already searched a lot of free font sites and have either not
> found it or not recognized it when I saw it.  The biggest problem
> seems to be the letter "t".  The letter "f" is also unusual. >>

Not familiar with the typeface if it exists.

Have you checked out The Scriptorium site? Commercial fonts, but there are
demos/shareware versions available.
              <http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium>
Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny <mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 11:02:49 -0500
From: David Brand <dbrand@utmem.edu>
Subject: *Retraction?

Ever submit a question to info-mac digest and then immediately find the
answer youself and wish you hadn't submitted that newbie-esque post?  I
just did.  The answer was right in front of me.  I'm not sure of the proper
channels through which to ask the moderators for a retraction, but I'm sure
I'll find out.
Sorry.
David Brand
dbrand@utmem.edu

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 13:01:37 -0400
From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <sysadm@zws.com>
Subject: [A] missing buttons in Office 98 (8.5.1)

>I upgraded to 8.5.1 (clean install), then used MS Office updater from their
>site.
>The Yes/No dialogs are now sans buttons.  Luckily, a "Y" or "N" usually
>gets what you want, but I remember some dialogs had 3 buttons...?
>Anyone else see this behavior?

Yes, and it is not a simple Office<->8.5.1 conflict. If you are using Speed
Doubler or Apollo then I suggest you disable them both. I hit some really
odd conflict situations on my blue G3 here at work. Apart from various other
goodies, I had Office 98 (no update), 8.5.1, Apollo and Speed Doubler (8.5.1
compatible version). I didn't get any options in pop-up menus in Office!
Then I applied the update, and menus started to work but the Style drop-down
list was empty. I ditched Apollo and the Style list started to work. In the
meantime I noticed that the ATI accel extension wasn't loading, and the
culprit was Speed Doubler. After removing that, I replaced Apollo and
basically the whole system is much faster and has none of these quirks now
that Speed Doubler is gone.

-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
Embedded Engineer, Pragmatic Designs Inc
Port Chester, NY

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 22:35:11 -0400
From: Murph Sewall <MSewall@alumni.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [C] LocalTalk Bridge

On 4/29/99 7:25 AM -0700, Brian Wessels wrote:
>Would anyone like to
>offer any testimonials, caveats, etc., regarding LocalTalk Bridge?

I downloaded it and compared it to LaserWriter Bridge. Same creation date,
same modification date, same number of bytes... hmmmmm :-)
-Murph

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 16:12:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Xianofeng . Duan MLBP CON" <duanx@Picard.ml.wpafb.af.mil>
Subject: [Q]PB540c upgrade

Hi, all!
I have been using a PB540c and it never failed me (of cause occasional 
system crashs happened). Now I am thinking:
1) Is it worth to upgrade it to a faster PowerPC with bigger HD?
2) If the answer to 1) is yes, then does anyone here know any 
resources for doing it?
Thanks!

****************************************
Xiaofeng Duan, Ph.D.
AFRL/MLBP, Bldg. 654
2941 P St. Ste. 1
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
duanx@Picard.ml.wpafb.af.mil
****************************************

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 05:06:57 +0000
From: Marlon Deason <marlond@earthlink.net>
Subject: Accelerating HyperCard

Just a quick thanks to all the numberous people who responded to my
request for help with HyperCard. I got many useful tips. I have never
been so excited about HyperCard. I had no idea there were so many happy
HyperCard users.

It turned out that getting the latest HyperCard player and giving it
generous RAM requirements did the trick. I was also able to rebuild my
HyperCard database files to make searching them faster. 

Thanks all

Marlon Deason
marlond@earthlink.net

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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:13:07 -0500
From: David Brand <dbrand@utmem.edu>
Subject: Appearance 1.1 prefs

OS 8.6s URL support, The iDo script scheduler, and the auto single webcam
script.  Truly a remarkable combination bringing the world to my desktop
every hour.  TidBITS
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1999/TidBITS#481_17-May-99.etx>
turned me on to this remarkable combination, but alas, I cannot find a way
to force the Appearance manager to always center the automatically
downloaded webcam pictures on my desktop.  When they load as blown up
images, they look terrible.  Sure I can open the control panel and change
it to the centered on screen option each time, but how much fun is that?
Clearly this is not an earth-shattering problem for me, but just maybe
someone knows how to fix this problem (perhaps by modifying the script
itself!)
David Brand
dbrand@utmem.edu

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 21:01:05 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: Computer Use Software

At 8:55 AM -0700 5/9/99, Greg Zuck wittily wrote:

> Is anyone familiar with software that  will monitor what programs run,
> when and for how long. I would like to know who uses the computer and
> what they do.
>
> This would be my kids I'm talking about here. Their devotion
> (obsession?) to things digital has resulted in some pretty complicated
> rules to manage the available computer time...more time for educational
> projects than Myth, etc..and its getting difficult to police. The Sec
> General of the UN is getting tired of us asking him to intervene in
> disputes and I thought there was probably some SW out there that would
> do the trick.
>
> What I have in mind is each kiddo logging in so the user is defined. The
> programs they use would be logged and an activity log would be generated
> for each user.
>
> Alternatively, software that increased the hours in a day would work.
>
> TIA Greg

Yooz 1.62 US would do it I think <http://perso.club-internet.fr/pcardon/>

Available on the Info-Mac Mirrors.
Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny <mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 01:10:06 -0700
From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
Subject: Creating audio CDs

I am trying to use Toast to create an audio CD in the first session and a
set of files in the second session.  When I create the first session on the
CD it works fine on the mac and a CD player.  After I add a ISO second
session, the CD player can handle the disk, but the mac only sees the
second session.  If I start up audio player, the CD spins for a long time
and it takes about 4 minutes to get ready to play.  Once play starts its
immediately complains about the CD format.  Everything associated with the
CD runs very slow.  Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?  Thanks,

-- Doug

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 19:00:45 +0200
From: Paolo Bartoli <pbartoli@iname.com>
Subject: ERROR "-36 I/O error": how to recover a broken file?

Recently I've loaded a very important QuarkXpress file from a backup CD.
I can't read anymore the file  and I get the error -36 "I/O error".
I know this error means that the file is corrupted (like having somehow
trashed the file on HD).
What puzzles me is that I have multiple copie of the same file on different
backup CD and get the same error everytime!
I'd like to try to recover at least a part of the file somehow. Which
utility applications can help me out??

**   Arch. Paolo Bartoli
**   pbartoli@iname.com
**
**   http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba

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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 05:23:13 -0700
From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
Subject: Fwd: Brain damaged Sherlock can't find files

Someone asked:

>I am running 8.5 on a G3. My system is quite stable with the exception
>of Sherlock. I created an index for Find By Content and Sherlock makes
>many errors. For example:
>1) It misses files containing a particular key word and
>2) It gives files that don't contain particular words.
>Apple claimed that it was a problem with my machine so I reinitialized
>my drive and did a clean install. When that did not cure the problem
>they said that some of my 12,000 text files are corrupted and cannot be
>searched.
>I need to be able to search for words in my files and if Sherlock can't
>hack it I need to find out what can.

There are several shareware programs that search for text in files. One is
called Word Hunter, another is called Find Text, another is UltraFind and
another is RetrieveIt.
If you have a large hard drive, it can take awhile, but it can be done.

Daly

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 05:26:06 -0700
From: Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com>
Subject: Fwd: Query

Bob Brown asked:

>A friend recently sent me a file compressed with WinZip on his PC. The
>file was too large for a single floppy and split itself over two floppies.
>Is there a way I can reconstitute the original file from these two
>floppies?

Ddi you try copying the contents of the floppies to your hard drive, then
double-clicking the first one? If you have StuffIt Expander on your hard
drive, it might UnZip and "reconstitute" them for you. Or get the shareware
ZipIt - with UnZip. Perhaps it would do it for you.

Daly

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:17:22 +1200
From: "Markus Winter" <m.winter@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: HELP! I killed two Powerbooks!

Hi all,

it seems I have the "black magic touch" - I touched two Powerbooks and both
"went away":

Case 1: PowerBook 150 - worked fine. I put it to sleep, later unplugged the
mains adapter. Next day plugged in the mains adapter again - no start-up, no
sound, no nothing!

Case 2: PowerBook 520c - worked fine. I put it to sleep. Next day I try to
start up - the hard disk starts spinning, the MacOS start up screen appears,
then everything stops (it starts up and runs fine from an external Zip drive
but can't find its hard disk - tried Norton Utilities, Mount Everything,
etc).

Anyone got any idea what is happening? Am I cursed? Should I forget about
ever getting a G3 PowerBook?

Any help and ideas very much appreciated.

Markus

P.S. Answers please via e-mail to:  m.winter@auckland.ac.nz

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 23:27:15 +1200
From: "Markus Winter" <m.winter@auckland.ac.nz>
Subject: HELP! I killed two Powerbooks! - part 2

P.S. I should have left my fingers off it - now the PowerBook 520 only shows
a floppy with a question mark in it ...

Markus

P.S. Answers please via e-mail to:  m.winter@auckland.ac.nz

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 14:03:30 +0800
From: Chris Bautista <gutti@nettaxi.com>
Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #302


>Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:47:21 +0100
>From: Ezra Nathan <ezra@watchit.demon.co.uk>
>Subject: difference between Netscape 4.08 & 4.5?
>
>
>Hello>
>
>Can anyone tell me what is the difference between Navigator 4 and 
>Communicator 4.5? I know that by using the latter one can send and 
>receive messages. This is not a facility I particularly want, as I 
>prefer my browser to open Eudora for me to handle my mail. Is 
>Communicator quicker at downloading pages from the www.? Does it 
>offer features that Navigator 4.08 does not (apart from mail and 
>conferencing features)? Or can anyone direct me to some review or 
>website where the differences between the two are itemised.
>
>Thanks,

Speaking only according to my experiences!

Navigator 4.08 has a stronger 128 bit compression, according to US laws 
is illegal to export or download on non US soil.  Ironicaly I didn't even 
had trouble downloading it here from manila =))

I suggest that you stay away from Navigator 4.08 and just use the latest 
ver. 4.51 browser. 
Even if your are just gonna use for plain web browsing have no plan of 
using the built in Email client and Web page maker. 

That is if you wanna enjoy the latest and greatest in multimedia on the 
web like Shockwave, Real Audio and Quicktime. 

The Quicktime 3 and 4 beta internet plugins dont even work on Nav 4.08.  
Its a MIME settings thing that needs to be updated,  Communicator 4.51 
already licked that thing up. 

the Horror Stories:

On  Nav 4.08 I had lots corrupted file dowmloads with .bin <binary> file 
extensions but no problems with .hax <binhexed> files.  Think about all 
the wasted online time I had dowloading those files on my slow 14.4k 
modem.

Don't even touch  Communicator 4.5 get ver. 4.51 instead.  Its buggy and 
I had a lot of crashes and Type 1 and 2 errors.

HTH

Chris

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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:50:43 -0400
From: "John W. Steele" <jsteele@towson.edu>
Subject: Is OS 8.6 Worth The Trouble?

Friends,
Just wondering if anyone's installed the upgrade on a 6500 series
machine and if it's worth the 2 + hours of download time.  I can't tell
if it's aimed at the G3 series or the PPC 602 (?) crowd like me.

Curiously,
--
John Steele
jsteele@towson.edu

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:21:53 +0200
From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser)
Subject: Laserjet 5M & iMac /R)

Graeme Babbs <graeme@fizzindi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have a Laserjet 5 M which I want to direct connect to an iMac using 10
> base-t cable to the Jet Direct port on the back of the LaserJet. The LJ
> used to be on a network connected to IBM compatibles. Can anyone tell me
> if this is possible and if it is, can I have an idiot's step by step guid=
e
> to doing it please? I downloaded driver 8.6 from the HP site and installe=
d
> it, but the printer does not appear in Chooser. I feel I am missing
> something simple, but I can't figure out what.

Maybe you are missing 2 things

1) Make sure that in the AppleTalk control panel you have selected
"Ethernet" as the port to use.

2) Did you either connect the printer directly using a "crossover
cable", or are you using a hub between? You won=BFt be able to connect
with "standard" cable without a hub.

Best wishes, Christian.

--=20
Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)
Look at <http://www.mus.ch/members/cbuser>=20
"Ohne Dosen=F6ffner sind Konservendosen nur halb so praktisch"=20

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Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 21:17:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lisa Thompson <lthompson_usc87@yahoo.com>
Subject: MSIE won't show graphics

My MS Internet Explorer 4.5 has lost the ability to
display graphics from the web. This started after,
though not immediately after, I added a RAM module and
went from OS 8.1 to OS 8.5.1 (PowerBook G3 Series 233,
160 MB RAM).

The preferences are set correctly, ie. I have "display
graphics" checked -- there are no boxes with the
little graphics icons like I'd get if graphics were
disabled. There's just nothing but blank space. If I
open a local file from my hard drive, the graphics
show up fine.

When loading a web page, the messages at lower left
indicate that graphics are loading ("Receiving inline
GIF image..."). If I click on a place where I know a
graphic-link is supposed to be, I will be taken to the
appropriate location.

If I control-click on a place where I know a graphic
is supposed to be, I get a contextual menu that
indicates the graphic is loaded, ie. "Load missing
image" is grayed out, and I can choose to "Download
image to disk" and the downloaded file opens in a
graphics app with the expected image (but this is no
way to browse the web!).

I have tried deleting the cache, deleting cookies,
deleting Internet Preferences, and reinstalling the
Explorer package. While this once brought back the
graphics, it hasn't worked again. I have tried
fiddling with the preferences in many different
combinations, changed the RAM allocation from minimum
up to 25 MB, changed the display resolution up to
millions of colors. I have tried starting up with
minimal or base extensions. None of this helped at
all.

Anybody have any suggestions?

TIA,
LT
lthompson_usc87@yahoo.com

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Date: Tue, 18 May 99 16:46:38 +0200
From: Jean-Philippe Pellet <jeanph@vossnet.de>
Subject: NameRegistryLib

When I try to launch an application (Hotline Server), the
Finder tells me I can't because it needs
"NameRegistryLib." Do you know from where I can get that
(and what it is??)?

Thanks.

 -- Jean-Philippe

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:21:58 +0200
From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser)
Subject: Out of Memory (R)

"Paul Kleeberg, M.D." <Paul@Allina.Com> wrote:=20

> I have a PowerBook 2400c that has 80 MB of physical memory boosted to
> 160 with virtual.  Sometimes when I try to load another application,=20
> I get out of memory messages with the finder when there is lots of=20
> memory left...

You may have enough memory showing up in the "About this Mac..." dialog,
but the anount in "largest free block" may not be sufficient for your
application. Every application needs all of the memory in 1 single bit,
not distributed everywhere in the RAM. If you close all open apps and
re-open those which you need, you should be fine.=20

Christian.=20

--=20
Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)
Look at <http://www.mus.ch/members/cbuser>=20
"Ohne Dosen=F6ffner sind Konservendosen nur halb so praktisch"=20

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Date: Wed, 12 May 99 01:10:52 -0500
From: "Stephen J. Wright" <sjwright@splusnet.com>
Subject: Photoshop 3/4/5 and JFIF comments

Folks,

I would like to know, saying as I've seen "File created by Photoshop 4.0" 
etc. in GraphicConverter and JPEGView comment windows from time to time, 
if it is possible to enable the Mac versions of Photoshop (since the 3.0 
SDK was introduced) to create same.  I know from seeing a few PC-graphic 
software-created comments "save through" Photoshop (ie, show up in GKON 
and JPEGview comment windows the same as they were both before and after 
re-saving the file with Photoshop), and I glean from that -- maybe 
incorrectly -- that Photoshop Mac versions 3.0 and later know where 
comments go and tend by default not to wipe them out (as was the case 
with my previous version, 2.5.1).

I just want to know if it's possible to add the comment "File created by 
Photoshop 3.04" or whichever version I happen to be using.  I also had 
the thought occur to me that perhaps this is a default comment when one 
actually "creates" the JPEG, using a scanned pic as a source.  But then, 
why not also add it when an image created *in* Photoshop, like a crude 
drawing or desktop pic, is saved in JPEG format?  My thinking then 
reverts to "there's got to be a tweak or a patch somewhere that adds 
comments by version." If there's not there should be.

Anyone have any ideas?

Steve Wright
(the author <?!> of the "Brand-Me-GKON-Please" Applescript available on 
InfoMac.)

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 17:03:07 +0000
From: "Richard A. Wilson" <raw@flash.net>
Subject: Problems choosing a menu item

Excel 5.0a, Problems choosing a menu item. I am having strange results when
choosing menu items.

For instance:

a) Select "Data" menu, the drop down menu does not drop down all the way.
There are choices that still do not appear. If I slowly move the cursor
down to the last item showing, the additional items then appear above the
location of the cursor and I can then move the cursor back up and select
the item.

b) Select "Filter" from the above menu, the additional choices box appears
to the right and way below the arrow and can not be selected.

This condition is the same for all of the menus except that sometimes the
additional choices box is way above the arrow.

Appreciate any help.

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Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 11:04:45 -0400
From: Murph Sewall <MSewall@alumni.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: QT4 and infomac digests

On 4/28/99 8:42 AM -0400, Philo D. wrote:
>> read.  Now, after installing QT 4 the attachment has turned into a QT
>> movie. I can click to run the movie, and it runs thru all the messages
>> in
>> the digest, one text line at a time. It's a pain.
>>
>
>In the Quicktime control panel, try turning off Quicktime Exchange.

I've installed the QT4 Beta OS 8.5.1 and OS 8.6 without this problem (thank
goodness :-) I've been trying to figure out why my Eudora 4.0.2 isn't
experiencing this difficulty.

I AM reading inline graphics; I DO have Quicktime Exchange checked on.

A *possibility* that I haven't thought of before and haven't seen mentioned
is that under attachments I have "text files belong to" set to BBEdit (NOT
SimpleText). I'm wondering pointing text files belong to at something other
than SimpleText could make a difference?

My digests Mime decode as TEXT with Creator CSOm (i.e., Eudora) and I get a
Eudora mailbox icon.
-Murph

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Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 21:37:58 -0700
From: Denny Davis <cat999@netmug.org>
Subject: Query

At 7:07 AM -0700 5/11/99, Bob Brown wittily wrote:

> I was wondering If anyone could help me with this:
>
> A friend recently sent me a file compressed with WinZip on his PC. The
>file was too large for a single floppy and split itself over two
>floppies. Is there a way I can reconstitute the original file from these
>two floppies?
>
> If anyone can help I would be very greatful!
>

ZipIt 1.3.8 should do it. Not sure of the URL try
<http://www.softlock.com/zipit> or Check Info-Mac Mirrors or do a Search
on Shareware.com. Note there is a new ZipIt version in beta testing, you
might check with Tom Brown.

Curiosity killed the cat,
but satisfaction brought it back.

ICQ#5066430
Blessings, Denny
<mailto:cat999@netmug.org>

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:15:27 -0400
From: Gary Radice <gradice@richmond.edu>
Subject: repeated PPP dial-up: the solution

A couple of days ago I asked if anyone knew why my Mac kept trying to dial
the modem via PPP every minute or so, even when connected. The answer was
that I had Retrospect Client installed as a TCP/IP client, and apparently
it calls the nextwork frequently just to let the network know it is still
alive (my mother would love this guy). I had previously installed the
Client for backup to my lab Ethernet network, and it lived there peacefully
and quietly, but I recently took the machine home for the summer, where I
have only the modem. So, it kept trying to keep in touch with its buddies
back at work. (That's so sweet. Reminds me of ET).

Anyway, I dumped the Client: no more problems. Thanks to David, Scott, and
another David,
who all lead me in the right direction.

Gary Radice

"The great discoveries in science are not punctuated
with "Eureka, I've found it," but rather
"Hmmmm, that's funny...."   --Isaac Asimov

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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 08:34:23 -0000
From: rob <rob.durnford@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Subject: [A] Accelerating HyperCard?

quoting Info-Mac and possibly previous message abstract:

>Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 12:49:54 -0700
>From: "Dan O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
>Subject: [A] Accelerating HyperCard?
>
>
>I suspect those fast 68040 machines run 68k code faster than the 68020
>emulator on the PPC machines.
>
>HTH,
>DOD
>
>At 7:40 AM +0000 on 5/7/99, Marlon Deason wrote...
>>My office has several databases which run on HyperCard. Recently We
>>upgraded our Macintosh to a PowerPC from the '040 Macintosh which used
>>to run HyperCard. I am not seeing the blazing fast speed incease I was
>>hoping for.
HyperCard code would be handled better with Speed Doubler since it is 
improved emulation of 68K code that was its original claim to fame.  
Version 8.12 I believe is the latest.  I have used it for years and am 
happy with its stability and free updates to accommodate OS changes.

This message was sent with Apple email client - Claris eM@iler2.0v3
        'The best just keeps being better than the rest'

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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:31:23 +0200
From: Paolo Bartoli <pbartoli@iname.com>
Subject: VRML for Macintosh

Which is the best way to see VRML files on the Mac?
I downloaded Whurlwind (freeware) that works fine but has some limitations.
What else can I use to see these files?

**   Arch. Paolo Bartoli
**   pbartoli@iname.com
**
**   http://space.tin.it/arte/bpxba

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Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:22:01 +0200
From: cbuser@access.ch (Christian F Buser)
Subject: WinZip (R)

"Bob Brown" <rebel4@mailcity.com> wrote:

> A friend recently sent me a file compressed with WinZip on his PC. The
> file was too large for a single floppy and split itself over two floppies=
.
> Is there a way I can reconstitute the original file from these two
> floppies?

Should be possible with ZipIt 1.3.8. Look for it at
<http://www.awa.com/softlock/zipit/zipit.html>.

Christian.

--=20
Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland)
Look at <http://www.mus.ch/members/cbuser>=20
"Ohne Dosen=F6ffner sind Konservendosen nur halb so praktisch"=20

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