Info-Mac Digest Fri, 29 Aug 97 Volume 15 : Issue 184
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FROM : rontwerp@worldonline.nl
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:15 -0700
[*] "3coll2rev": a Kaleidoscope Color Scheme + 2 dt-textures,
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A submission for the Macintosch software-archive. "3coll2rev" is a Color
Scheme for the Kaleidoscope (interface) Control Panel. It's an update
for "3coll2". More 'smoothed' colorscales in windows, buttons, lines and
scrollbars. Included 2 desktoptextures.
Works fine with Kaleidoscope 1.6 and MacOS-system 7.1 (and up?) on a LC475.
Viruschecked with Disinfectant 3.7.1
Rene van den Berg.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/3-coll-2-rev.hqx; 106K]
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FROM : jparris6@netpath.net
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:18 -0700
[*] "Styles" Elegance Argent color scheme for Kaleidoscope
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This is a separate release of Elegance Argent, an updated and corrected
midnight blue and silver version of one of the schemes in my Elegance
set, with custom folders and trash. I have also included desktop
textures. Compressed by BinHex.
Regards,
Janet Parris
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/elegance-argent.hqx; 165K]
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FROM : jparris6@netpath.net
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:19 -0700
[*] "Styles" Greek Key color scheme for Kaleidoscope
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This separate release of Greek Key, a part of the Patterns color scheme
set, has been updated and tweaked in the buttons and menu/menubar
resources. It includes custom default folders and trash, and I have also
included desktop textures which were not available in earlier versions.
Compressed by BinHex.
Regards,
Janet Parris
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/greek-key.hqx; 182K]
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Achtung Spitfire DEMO
Copyright ©1997 Big Time Software, Inc.
developed by BIG TIME SOFTWARE
published by THE AVALON HILL GAME COMPANY
Full program version available in software stores by late
August 1997! It's a "hybrid" CD-ROM that contains
versions for Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 all
on one disc.
Please check the Big Time website for more information, software
updates, and more!
http://www.bigtimesoftware.com
Achtung Spitfire is a turn-based strategy game of air combat over
western Europe during the first half of World War Two, 1939-1943, with
special emphasis on the classic Battle of Britain in 1940. You can fight
single air battles, fly historical missions, or serve an entire tour of
duty (tours of duty are disabled in the demo). Take command of one
fighter in a dogfight or a whole squadron of front-line airplanes
through the early years of the war. All of the pilots and airplanes
under your command have unique skills and characteristics that affect
how they fly in combat. In the campaign, you select the pilots and
weapons and make coordinated battle plans. You choose the tactical
maneuvers in swirling dogfights. This is not a flight simulator—you do
not need fast reflexes with a joystick. All you need is tactical smarts.
Note: Windows 95 users should turn off their "task bar" because it will
obscure parts of the game window.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/achtung-spitfire.hqx; 15635K]
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Blit 2! is an animated puzzle game. You try to drag pieces of the puzzle
back into the right positions before the timer runs out. Not a simple
computerized jigsaw, Blit 2! features animated puzzles, with objects
(bouncing balls, swimming fish, buzzing bees, etc.) that move around the
puzzle background continuosly while you are working to solve it. Many of
the levels require you to watch the objects move through different pieces
to figure out where they go.
The free trial version of Blit 2! has 10 levels, while the registered
version ($15) has 21 total levels.
Blit 2! is the sequel to the puzzle game release by Maverick Software
back in 1992. The updated version features new graphics, more levels,
more features (clear high scores, jump to any level, skill levels, etc.),
PowerPC support, and has been updated to work with Mac OS 8.
Requirements: PowerPC or 68K Mac (68040 recommended), System 7.0 or
later, 2 megs of free RAM.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/blit-2.hqx; 904K]
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ake a trip back through the mists of time to faraway lands and
strange places! Play the challenging and educational "EuroHist!®"
game for the Macintosh. Point and click, arcade style, graphics-
intensive game. Learn the history of Europe, and have fun at the
same time!
68000 series and Power PC
System 7.x or later
2 MB free RAM
By Torpedo Software®
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/torpedo
Email: torpedo@compuserve.com
[Archived as /info-mac/game/eurhist-10.hqx; 269K]
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FROM : mfiske@bright.net
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:20 -0700
[*] Fake-8: redemption for '030 users!!!
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THIS IS FOR THE '030 USERS!!!...
If you've taken a look at the screenshot yet, you've probbly been under
the wrongful assumption that you were looking at, without a doubt, a
brand spanking new Mac OS 8 desktop. I mean, look ath the 3-D Finder
icon in the menu bar... how can it not be OS 8?
In reality, you are looking at a System 7.5.5 desktop. I've enclosed are
a few Apple-original OS 8 icons which I painstakingly extracted from a
few Mac OS 8 demos/screenshots. Both the "Internet" and "Mail" icons can
be easily pasted onto an alias of your favorite browser and mail program.
The "3-D Finder" icon, with a little ResEdit-ing of your System 7 Finder
and System files, can be pasted into their icon resources. I've been
running my system for about two weeks now with no glitches since I
applied the patches, but you can never be too careful with ResEdit. If
you DO decide to patch your system with the "3-D Finder" icon, do so at
your own (however minimal) risk. I accept NO responsibility from damage
that may occur to a patched Finder/System files.
In order to get what Apple's calling it's new "platinum" appearance,
download (and REGISTER) Greg Landweber's Kaleidoscope/Aaron*. Marc
Moini's Smart Scroll* blesses you with active, proportionally-thumbed (a
feature Apple doesn't plan to implement until the first Rhapsody-release)
scrolling. If you were excited about the prospect of displaying an
entire picture across your desktop, Decor 3.0.4* will do the trick, but
if you're attached to your desktop patterns, expand your collection by
downloading TableCloths 2.0 (created by, uhm, me)...
*available at this site
If, after registering all of the great programs mentioned above, you've
still got some money burning a hole in your pocket, Speed Doubler by
Connectix (http://www.connectix.com) allows multitasked copying/deleting,
and, if you download the FREE trial of Now Utilities 6.7
(http://www.nowutilities.com) you will (at least until you register, and
you WILL register) have the ability to create TABBED windows, all without
the system software that we were all denied.
Good luck, have fun, and remember you don't need OS 8...
the icons/desktop pattern in this collection is the property of Apple
Computers, Inc. All other software mentioned in this literature is the
property of respective owners.
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/fake-8.hqx; 68K]
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Announcing the beta release of the GIF Utility Pack!
The GIF Utility Pack is a friendly, powerful set of 3 drag and drop
utility programs for optimizing, analyzing, and previewing animated GIFs
or static GIF images. These utilities allow users to easily optimize
their GIFs or animated GIFs to maximize the speed and performance of
animations, while minimizing load times and maintaining compatibility
with all popular Web browsers.
GIFBatcher 1.0b2:
Reduce your GIF files to the smallest possible size with our state of the
art Web Smart GIF compression algorithms. Set a variety of options
including, but not limited to: color palette, background color, comment,
compression level, interlacing, and loop count. Get a Batch off with
GIFBatcher!
GiffyView 1.0:
Make yourself aware of download times. The most glorious animation may be
large enough so that most users move on instead of waiting for it to
load. Set the transfer speed and watch your animations download in
'virtual time'. You're shown percentage downloaded, total load time, and
more.
GIF Analyzer 1.0b2:
Everything that can be set for a GIF animation file or individual frame
can be viewed with this utility. This tool should delight any technical
person out there in the breadth of information it provides.
System Requirements:
* Power Macintosh or Macintosh with 68030 processor or higher
* 4 MB of RAM or more
* System 7.0 or higher
* 256 Color Monitor or greater
* QuickTime 2.5 or greater version
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit
our Web page: <http://www.totallyhip.com/products/index.html>
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/gif-utility-pack-10b2.hqx; 1111K]
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FROM : howard@hgea.org
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:38 -0700
[*] Hail! 0.77
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This game is still in beta version and probably has various bugs but I
still think it's better than most arcade games and very original.
To win you avoid falling blocks and climb the growing piles of blocks to
the top.
This is the first game I wrote on the Mac.
I have put off posting this game for almost two years now.
I originally wrote it on a Mac Plus which had recently
gone defunct. I made a few cosmetic changes and
now it doesn't run superfast on faster machines.
Anyway there are still some bugs that I don't know how
to fix. I don't even know what causes them. They are
relatively minor, though.
This game seriously slows down the computer.
I haven't a clue why it should do this. I would
suggest quitting after you are done playing so
that you don't end up wondering why the computer
seems so sluggish. Even when it's in the background
it somehow slows down the computer...
Anyway, it doesn't slow down the computer when
it's not running. It's also not very big. Personally
I still like this program more than a lot of action
games on the Mac... But I'm not going to be non-biased.
I don't really like action-games that much...
At any rate, I would have modified some minor mistakes
except that I'm too lazy to correct a few simple problems
with ResEdit- I don't feel like downloading it at the moment.
In case you're wondering, Phil Arahp is a name I made up.
Don't ask me why. People do stupid things when they program
at three o'clock in the morning...
In case you do want to e-mail me... That's probably one
mistake I should fix, but I won't bother... If you really
don't care about sending me e-mail, then you probably
wouldn't be reading this anyway... My address is (at least
until I graduate which should be ~1996, I guess.)
keniwasa@wam.umd.edu
Ken Iwasa
Tuesday 2 November 1993
[Archived as /info-mac/game/hail-077.hqx; 17K]
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FROM : gyld@in-touch.com
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:26 -0700
[*] JPEG Transmogrifier
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JPEG Transmogrifier was the first ever utility for the Macintosh to
convert several different image formats to progressive JPEG. Progressive
JPEGs have recently leapt to the forefront as the premiere solution for
on-line graphics, such as those used on the World Wide Web.
The Transmogrifier is a FAT binary and will run on both PowerPC and 68K
Macintoshes.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/jpeg-transmogrifier.hqx; 213K]
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FROM : gyld@in-touch.com
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:33 -0700
[*] JPEGiT! for Macintosh
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JPEGiT! for Macintosh is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in enables you to
output and read progressive JPEGs from the most popular and powerful
graphics programs.
The plug-in is a FAT binary and will run on both PowerPC and 68K
Macintoshes. The plug-in works with Adobe Photoshop version 3.0+ and
other graphic programs which support Photoshop file format filters.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/pshp/jpeg-it.hqx; 219K]
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FROM : KEQ8DOLENCK@unl.ac.uk
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:39 -0700
[*] Lenny and Rita [HyperCard interactive adventure
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Lenny and Rita is an interactive adventure, featuring a private detective in
LA, doing what fictional LA detectives do best: looking for a hot cookie of a
damsel in distress. It's fun, in color, with some good sound effects, and a
slightly crooked storyline. Recently featured as the Freeware Fink of the Week
on the award-winning Mac Fink site. This is version 1.2, now distributed as a
stack to ease downloading.
System requirements:
Color Macintosh
System 7 or greater
HyperCard Player 2.1 or greater (with 2MB memory partition set in the Finder)
2MB application RAM
4.1MB disk space
Enjoy!
Karl Dolenc
keq8dolenck@unl.ac.uk
http://www2.unl.ac.uk/~keq8dolenck/kd.html
[Archived as /info-mac/game/lenny-and-rita-hc.hqx; 2450K]
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FROM : ssample@larisoftware.com
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:27 -0700
[*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.04b (68k)--Killer Vector Graphics for the W
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LightningDraw/WEB is the innovative, Mac-only product for creating killer
vector graphics for the web! Apply special effects such as
Photoshop-style transparency to your existing graphics and clip art, or
easily create stunning new graphics. Rotate text to any angle, or even
edit text in perspective, Star Wars-style--and in any language supported
by the Mac OS. LightningDraw's powerful, natural drawing tools such as
the Reshaper, make it "a great addition to any Macintosh Web artist's
software collection," says InfoWorld.
Save your web-ready art as GIFs, JPEGs, PICTs or as QuickTime 3 vector
media. LightningDraw gives you a head start on QuickTime 3 graphics with
direct support for the fast-downloading, new QuickTime vector format
ideally suited for the web.
LightningDraw/WEB purchasers receive a comprehensive electronic manual,
free unlimited technical support, automatic notification of product
updates and special discounts on other Lari products.
LightningDraw/WEB's Export as QuickTime 3.0 command will be activated
when QuickTime 3.0 ships. Until then, users can save in any of the other
formats supported.
Visit <http://www.larisoftware.com/> for information, updates, and a
gallery of artwork created with LightningDraw/WEB.
LightningDraw/WEB requires Mac OS 7.5 or later.
This package should replace LightningDraw/WEB 1.0.4a (68k),
/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-104a-68k.hqx
Ta,
-Stephen Sample
Technical Support
Lari Software Inc.
Stephen Sample
Lari Software Technical Support
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-104b-68k.hqx; 5109K]
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FROM : ssample@larisoftware.com
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:29 -0700
[*] LightningDraw/WEB 1.04b (PPC)--Killer Vector Graphics
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LightningDraw/WEB is the innovative, Mac-only product for creating killer
vector graphics for the web! Apply special effects such as
Photoshop-style transparency to your existing graphics and clip art, or
easily create stunning new graphics. Rotate text to any angle, or even
edit text in perspective, Star Wars-style--and in any language supported
by the Mac OS. LightningDraw's powerful, natural drawing tools such as
the Reshaper, make it "a great addition to any Macintosh Web artist's
software collection," says InfoWorld.
Save your web-ready art as GIFs, JPEGs, PICTs or as QuickTime 3 vector
media. LightningDraw gives you a head start on QuickTime 3 graphics with
direct support for the fast-downloading, new QuickTime vector format
ideally suited for the web.
LightningDraw/WEB purchasers receive a comprehensive electronic manual,
free unlimited technical support, automatic notification of product
updates and special discounts on other Lari products.
LightningDraw/WEB's Export as QuickTime 3.0 command will be activated
when QuickTime 3.0 ships. Until then, users can save in any of the other
formats supported.
Visit <http://www.larisoftware.com/> for information, updates, and a
gallery of artwork created with LightningDraw/WEB.
LightningDraw/WEB requires Mac OS 7.5 or later.
This package should replace LightningDraw/WEB 1.0.4a (PPC),
/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-104a-ppc.hqx
Ta,
-Stephen Sample
Technical Support
Lari Software Inc.
Stephen Sample
Lari Software Technical Support
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/lightningdraw-web-104b-ppc.hqx; 5168K]
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The Mac QB Office Pool Manager is a highly acclaimed application that
will run your office pool for you, saving you hours of tedious work. It
prints a weekly players Entry Form, a pre-game Master spread sheet with
all the players picks, and a post game Master spread sheet, showing how
each player did, who won, the payoff, etc.. It also tracks the player
standings and player account records. It can also create complete Web
pages so you can run your pool on the Internet. File contains Mac QB
Office Pool 3.0.3S, manual, starter files, and step by step instructions
for setting up your pool and pool Web pages.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/mac-qb-pool-manager-303.hqx; 607K]
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If you have a PowerMac with QuickTime version 2.5 and the QuickTime MPEG
extension, you can play full length movies on your Mac using this
application.
MovieCD Player knows the format of both CD-i and VideoCD disks. Just
launch the application and insert a movie CD.
MovieCD Player features:
o - fast forward
o - slow motion
o - reverse playback
o - skip ahead 1 minute
o - skip back 1 minute
o - volume up/down
o - pause
o - elapsed time and frame rate
When you quit the application, it will even remember where you left off,
a great feature for plane flights!
All functions are controlled via the keyboard, although not the best
Macintosh interface, it works great for movie presentation.
I have tested MovieCD Player on a PB1400/183 and a PowerMac 9500 180/MP.
On the powerbook I get about 7 frames a second, on the 9500 I get around
21.5.
Search the web for places to purchase the videos, I bought mine at:
<http://www.cdmovies.com/>
This software is e-mail ware, drop me an e-mail if you use it. This
software copyright 1997 by Jeffrey G. Backes. All Rights Reserved
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/mov/movie-cd-player.hqx; 59K]
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One day Mr. Cat finds that his wife has been taken by the evil Madison's
Cat. He must find her fast. Madison's Cat live deep underground and Mr.
Cat is going to have to get through many caves to get his wife back. Can
he do it?
[Archived as /info-mac/game/mr-cats-quest-143.hqx; 356K]
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Pro Predictor predicts the outcome of each week’s NFL games: it tells
you who is going to win each game, by how many points, and the
approximate score. Over the last eight years, it has had an accuracy
rate of 65-75 percent in predicting the weekly winners. It can also
project ahead and tell you who is most likely to make the play-offs and
who’ll win the Super Bowl!
But, perhaps its best feature is its record keeping. With Pro
Predictor, you have an encylopedia of NFL facts right at your finger
tips. All you have to do is enter the scores each week. File contains
Pro Predictor 4.0.1S, a manual, and data files for the years 1992 to
1997.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/pro-predictor-401s.hqx; 546K]
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FROM : ranke1@llnl.gov
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:22 -0700
[*] SoundApp 2.4.1 - sound player and converter
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I'm happy to announce the availability of SoundApp 2.4.1. SoundApp is the
premiere sound playback and conversion utility for the Macintosh. It is
suitable for use as a sound-playing helper application with any of the
popular WWW browsers, in addition to managing a collection of favorite
sound samples and stand-alone usage. SoundApp remains freeware, so you
may use it at no cost. Information regarding licensing the conversion
and playback routines can be found in the internal "About SoundApp..."
documentation.
SoundApp has been mailed to the popular "macgifts" list, and should
appear on Info-Mac and the University of Michigan's archive sites in a
few days. In addition, you can download it directly via the WWW from:
<http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~franke/SoundApp/>
Changes to SoundApp 2.4.1 include:
* Fixed a problem with the OMS output device getting corrupted in the
Preferences dialog and changing the output device no longer requires
quitting SoundApp to take effect,
* SoundApp now recognizes two more file types as MP3 files: Shockwave's
and MacAmp's,
* Incorporated new MacAmp MPEG playback code which now handles MPEG
Layer II,
* Slipping around in an MPEG Layer III file now no longer resets the
volume to 100%, removed a slight glitch with some low bit-rate MPEG
Layer III files and improved disk reading for smoother playback,
* Fixed a glitch when jumping around in a MPEG Layer I file which would
result in some odd noise,
* Fixed a problem playing sounds that are less than 100 ms long and MPEG
Layer I files less than 64K.
SoundApp requires the following:
* At least a 68020 or PowerPC-based Macintosh (sorry 68000 users!),
* System 7.0 or greater, and
* Sound Manager 3.1 or greater (3.1 can be obtained from Apple, 3.2
is part of System 7.5.3 or greater and 3.2 is part of QuickTime 2.5).
In addition, the following optional items are recommended:
* QuickTime 2.0 or greater for QuickTime support (2.5 preferred),
* The Drag Manager for drag and drop use in the Play Lists (part of
System 7.5 and later),
* A PowerPC-based Macintosh for MPEG support and better performance.
SoundApp is fully compatible with MacOS 8 and now comes with a "Read Me" file.
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/snd/sound-app-241.hqx; 1019K]
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Take control of one of six (of more with cheats) star ships. Battle each of
the others in one on one combat. But be careful of the space station.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/star-fighters-141.hqx; 680K]
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FROM : jparris6@netpath.net
DATE : Thu, 28 Aug 1997 08:47:16 -0700
[*] Styles" Eagle color scheme for Kaleidoscope
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Eagle was originally released in a set. This is a separate release of
just Eagle, which has customized Eagle system folders and trash and
spread eagles in the windows and scrollbars, with gold scrollwork. It
also includes textures for the desktop. Shareware. Compressed by BinHex.
Regards,
Janet Parris
jparris6@netpath.net
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/2460 (MamaDragon's Lair)
http://members.tripod.com/~SlvrDragon/kaleidoscope.html (Styles
Kaleidoscope Color Schemes)
http://members.tripod.com/~SlvrDragon/index.html (The Silver Dragon
Website)
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/GemstoneLady/index.html (GemstoneLady's Mine)
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/eagle.hqx; 178K]
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A set of four desktop pictures based on typographical characters.
Requires OS8.
Ted Compton
compton@equinox.shaysnet.com
[Archived as /info-mac/gui/txtr/typo-graphics-2.hqx; 165K]
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Announcing the release of WebPainter 2.0!
WebPainter is an application that allows you to animate graphics for use
on the World Wide Web. WebPainter 2.0 is designed for the novice or
professional, includes a friendly interface and supports JPEG and PNG
graphic formats. This demo unlocks to a full version after purchase.
New WebPainter 2.0 now provides even more artistic control and increased
creativity - whether you're creating Web images and animation for
personalized home pages, or professional quality multimedia for the World
Wide Web.
Incredibly Easy to Use:
Integrated interface for easy tool and palette changes. Extensive
tutorials covering animation practices and principles. Many beginners
started created animations in under an hour.
Extensive importing and exporting capabilities:
Supports open standards for batch importing and exporting of all your
favorite file formats: Animated GIF, GIF frames, PICT, PICS, Sizzler,
PNG, JPEG Photoshop layers and more.
Comprehensive Tools:
All-in-one Web graphics editor and animation tool. Includes unique
animation tools: onion skinning, foreground/background layers, cel strip
window, multiple cel editing and inspector windows and robust paint
tools, custom color palettes and enhanced transformation tools.
Total GIF building tool:
Easy editing of animation settings such as interlacing and transparency
preferences and speed and time delays. World-class GIF compression
algorithms.
Animated GIF Previews:
Preview your GIF animations at different modem speeds
System requirements:
* Power Macintosh or Macintosh with 68030 processor or higher
* 4 MB of RAM or more
* System 7.0 or higher
* 256 Color Monitor or greater
* QuickTime 2.1 or greater version
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit
our Web page: <http://www.totallyhip.com/products.html>
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/webpainter-20-demo.hqx; 4130K]
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Announcing the release of WebPainter SE!
WebPainter is an application that allows you to animate graphics for use
on the World Wide Web. WebPainter SE is designed for the novice or
professional, includes a friendly interface and supports GIF, JPEG and
PNG
graphic formats. This shareware version is a scaled down version of 2.0
and can be purchased using the Kagi system.
Incredibly Easy to Use:
Integrated interface for easy tool and palette changes.Get started
creating animations in under an hour.
Extensive importing and exporting capabilities:
Supports open standards for batch importing and exporting of all your
favorite file formats: Animated GIF, GIF frames, PICT, PICS, Sizzler,
JPEG and more.
Comprehensive Tools:
All-in-one Web graphics editor and animation tool. Includes unique
animation tools: onion skinning, foreground/background layers, cel strip
window, multiple cel editing and robust paint tools, custom color palettes
and excellent transformation tools.
System Requirements:
* Power Macintosh or Macintosh with 68030 processor or higher
* 4 MB of RAM or more
* System 7.0 or higher
* 256 Color Monitor or greater
* QuickTime 2.1 or greater version
For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed, or visit
our Web page: <http://www.totallyhip.com/products/index.html>
[Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/web-painter-se.hqx; 3032K]
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FROM : "Paul [not \"Brian\"] Brians" <brians@mail.wsu.edu>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:12:06 -0700
(A) Cursor's always pointed left.
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Ok, so I have a cold. I was sleepy. I don't know what happened. That
left-pointing cursor just looked wrong to me all of a sudden. It's always
pointed left.
Never mind.
Paul Brians, Department of English,Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-5020
brians@wsu.edu
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians
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FROM : Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 97 11:25:07 -0500
7.6.1 problems
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> I get numberous type 1 and/or type 3 errors
> -this is especially when I have the PPP running
> Netscape (301) and Eudora are usually the quitters, but I've seen
>others.
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> When I go to restart I get a freeze (loss of all control)
> -on one occassion a type 10 error box came up
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> Unable to access TCP stack and then trouble shutting it back down. (usu
>crash)
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> Corruption of Finder
> get message: System Error Occurred
> "Finder"
> Bus Error
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> or: System Error Occurred
> "Finder"
> CHK Error
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> -Replacing the Finder by itself usually alleviates most of my
>problems temporarily.
>
> Error type 2 while running Netscape
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> Temporary folder becomes visible in System Folder
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> Loss of TCP stability (in PPP) after sleep
>
>There are a few more problems that I have, but I feel like they are
>redundancies of these. A brief run down of my system is as follows:
>
> MacIntosh 9500/132
> 48 Mb RAM
> 2 Gb HDD
> ATI Exclaim GA Vid. Card
> 4x CD ROM
> floppy
> ext. Iomega ZIP drive
>
>I'm running system 7.6 updated to 7.6.1. I have clean installed it (twice
>recently and installing all ext's new, not just transferring over). I
>keep the Virtual Mem. off and the disk cache set to 512K.
Have you checked your HD with Disk First Aid and Norton Disk Doctor? Is
your SCSI chain properly terminated? Do the problems stop if you
disconnect the Zip drive? The Finder corruption sounds like it could be a
hardware problem.
You should be using Open Transport and OT/PPP (latest versions), not
MacPPP or FreePPP, and should set your disk cache to the default--512k is
too small. If you're using any Now Utilities extensions, try disabling
them. Try using Sleeper (shareware) to manage sleep functions. Give
Netscape at least 9 MB in Get Info.
Netscape occasionally quits on me without any error message, but that's
better than getting a pre-7.6.1 Type 11 bomb. Otherwise, 7.6.1 is
rock-solid for me, the best OS version I've ever used.
Lanny Chambers (lanny@derived.com) St. Louis, USA
Visit the Hummingbird Page: <http://www.derived.com/hummers>
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FROM : Dave van Dijk <exotica@xs4all.nl>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 05:28:25 +0200
Changing list-view in Mac OS 8?
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Is there a way to change list-view in Mac OS 8? I'd like to get rid of, or
replace/ rearange the "Date Modified" column and have list view display the
"Size" of my files in it's second column.
Dave van Dijk
Leidsekade 71-2
106DA Amsterdam
+ 20 6238694
exotica@xs4all.nl
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FROM : shorton@lr.net (Scott L. Horton)
DATE : Tue, 26 Aug 97 19:03:44 -0400
Code 39 Bar Code Font:True Type?
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Does anyone know of any shareware or freeware code 39 bar code fonts that
would be used on a quickdraw printer? Thus it must be true-type. Thanks.
<shorton@lr.net>
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FROM : "Chris Gervais" <cg601@channel1.com>
DATE : 27 Aug 97 14:13:45 -0500
Compressing MP3 Audio
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Does anyone out there know of any shareware/freeware utilities to convert
standard MacOS 'snd ' files into MP3 format?
Thanks,
Chris
cg601@channel1.com
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FROM : mlc@iberia.cca.rockwell.com (Michael Cook)
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 07:23:32 -0500
Converting Sportster modem from PC to Macintosh?
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I have the chance to obtain a USRobotics Sportster 33.6 modem for a PC
(Wintel) and would like to use it with my Macintosh Performa 475.
Is there a converter cable that can be purchased to hook the modem PC
cable to a Mac 9-pin mini DIN (I think) connector?
Is Macintosh modem driver software available somewhere? I have
ClarisWorks, which knows about some modems. But I would also like to
use this modem for email (per another request of mine). Will I also
need separate modem driver software for an email application, say
Eudora?
Please let me know how, if possible, to do the PC to Mac conversion.
Thanks a lot,
Michael Cook
mlcook@cca.rockwell.com
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FROM : Holleran Greenburger <holleran@crocker.com>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:52:37 -0400
Does my 7100 use a Display Card =?iso-8859-1?Q?8·24?= GC ?
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Unless you had that particular card installed after the fact, and you
should know if you did, your 7100 does not possess it. (Though it has the
Nubus expansion slot for one.)
>Me again,
>
>with a little question : how do I know if my 7100 have the Macintosh
>Display Card 8=B724 GC. pluged on that machine board,
>without the need to open the Mac case =8A
>
>Many thanks
>
>read you soon, Bissia at eyecon@mail.dma.be
>
>*****************************
>Beauty is a creation of love
>*****************************
>Visit artist Merel Mirage's Web pages at =
>http://art.cwi.nl/stedelijk/capricorn/mirage
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FROM : Holleran Greenburger <holleran@crocker.com>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 00:57:46 -0400
Formatting software?
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1-Better to use Hard disk Toolkit, definately.
2-Since it is not an Apple drive, the formatting software provided by Apple
will be useless for it anyway.
Holleran
Longtime (very happy) user of Hard Disk Toolkit, on every drive I own. (16
volumes)
>Thursday, August 21, 1997
>
>Dear Blair,
>
> Hi, I have on order a Micropolis 9.1 gigabyte AV hard drive for my
>Quadra 800. Now for my question. On a drive that big do you think it is
>better to use Apple's formatting software or is it better to use
>somethiing like Hard Disk Toolkit?
>
>Regards,
>
> Gino J. Piazza
>
>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 01:18:29 +1000
>From: Jason Haines <matreya@tig.com.au>
>Subject: Using TCP/IP & PPP on an SE with 6.0.7
>
>Can anyone point me in the right direction to setup TCP/IP and PPP on an
>SE w/ 4MB RAM running 6.0.7? I have a friend who wants to use his SE for
>email. Is there an email client that runs under 6.0.7 with only 4MB of RAM?
>
>Jason Haines mailto:matreya@tig.com.au IRC: matreya #macintosh/oz.org
Old versions of Eudora work very well. Check out Qualcomm's site
<http://www.eudora.com/eudoralight/> for Eudora Light 1.3.1.
--
Bryan Walls My Words are not NASA Policy
EB12 MSFC, AL 35812
Bryan.Walls@msfc.nasa.gov
I am currently using Internet Phone made by Vocaltec with my Powerbook
1400cs but I notice the following problems:
a) this software does not provide camera images transmission neither a txt
message facility
b) when I receive (and more frequently when I talk), the messages are very
fragmented.
I believe this software was originally made for PC and the Mac version is
not as good as that. Is there anyone who could recommend anything better?
Thank you in advance
Nicola
eurolink@paston.co.uk
Hi there!
I have a problem with exchanging data between the Mac and Win95. At work
I am forced to use a Win95 system and I would like to keep the long file
names when I transfer files using floppys from my Mac to Win95 and back.
I have heard of a program called DosMounter95, but it is rather
expensive. The new Mac OS 8 is not available here in Holland, could
anybody please verify if it reads Win95 (Joliet format) file names?
Thanks in advance.
Andre' van der Ham.
http://digester.et.tudelft.nl/
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FROM : bsegal@mcs.com
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 13:06:15 -0500
multi platform cd woes
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we tried to make a multi-platform cd rom with an hp cd-r drive and
adaptec's cd creator software for windows.(using a novell network to
transport the files to the windows machine)
documentation was scarce and it seems that we have mungled the resource
fork on the app. all the docs seem to have more or less transported fine.
this cd is now in the hands of many people
1. is there any way (easy would be good) that the mangled file might still
be fixable. so that the people with the cd could somehow fix it themselves?
2. what is the right way to make a multi platform cd. we want to do this
again, and may even redo this one - any ideas?
3. is there software that will allow this hp cd-r drive (scusi) to work
with a mac - and then either make a mac cd or a multi platform cd?
help
email directly asap
tia
ben
bsegal@mcs.com
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FROM : Chaz Larson <chaz@visi.com>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:28:54 -0500
Need update information.
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>I own Ram Doubler 2.0.1, and I need to know if there is an updater that I
>need in order for it to work with system 8.
RAMDoubler 2.0.1 will work with OS8 with one small problem. On at least
some machines, it prevents the floppy drive from working. There is no fix
available as yet. If you never use your floppy drive, this may not be a
problem. ;)
>I'd also like to know if I could get any kind of speed benefit from Speed
>Doubler (I have an 040).
Not under OS 8. Of SpeedDoubler's three parts, the improved emulator does
nothing for your machine, and the other two parts don't work under OS 8.
Under 7.x, you'd get the benefit of the improved disk caching and the
faster copying.
chazl
I lost 91 messages on Netscape 3.0 Gold. I am running system 7.5.5. I
as out of the office for 1.5 weeks. When I came back, I downloaded my
messages from the server. Then my Mac 7500 crashed and I lost my
e-mail. They no longer exist on the server. Any suggestions on how to
get it back?
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FROM : Dave Reiser <dbr@ptd.net>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 23:29:33 -0400
PM 6.5 Printer Help (?)
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>Leslye was printing some rather thick stock from PageMaker 6.5 at noon to
>our new LW 12/640 and couldn't get it to print to the face-up output tray,
>so the stock came out a bit curly.
>
I have a suspicion this won't help much, but here goes:
I'm currently using LW 8.4.3 that came with OS8, but the print dialog looks
just like whichever one came with the 12/640 (8.3.2?). The setting for the
face up tray is under "Printer Specific Options", the last choice in the
Popup menu that is just under the printer selection popup in the print
dialog.
My memory is getting a bit fuzzy, but I think Apple did a sloppy job of the
PPD for this printer. I was trying to do something for a couple days
several months ago, and I think I came to the conclusion that the PPD
didn't have the info for some feature. It may well have been the face up
'tray', as I was having a devil of a time getting envelopes to turn that
last corner, and I didn't want to have to manually intervene every time I
had an envelope.
Maybe you could trick the printer by using the Apple print dialog to set
the default to the face up tray, print something that way, then switch to
the Adobe driver.
Just how thick was this stock? The manual only claims something just barely
past paper (50lbs comes to mind...). My feeling is the printer is probably
capable of much thicker than that, but I haven't had the courage (or really
the need) to push it.
Good luck.
Dave
Dave Reiser
dbr@ptd.net
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FROM : jemmons@primenet.com (Jim Emmons)
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 22:25:04 -0700
PowerBase 180 & System 8
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I have a PowerComputing PowerBase 180, and I have System 8. I would
like to put these two together; however, the one time I tried, I had
disasterous results.
First - My system would not do a soft reboot to my internal IDE
drive. When it did reboot (from a system on my external SCSI drive), the
system did not recognize my internal drive at all.
Second - Eventually, it so messed up my internal drive that I
wasn't able to boot off of it at all, and indeed, I had to replace the
drive because it was totally hosed (not technical, I know, but...)
Fortunately, I had *just* backed everything up, so when PowerComputing
replaced the drive, and I installed it, it was relatively easy to go back
to MacOS 7.6.1.
Does anyone have any suggestions about how to mate the two without my
previous disasterous results?
If not, I'll stick with 7.6.1 on my PowerBase 180, and keep my Quadra
800 running System 8.
Oh - thanks to the InfoMac crew for their long hours and dedicated
effort!
Jim Emmons | A Macintosh in a roomful of PCs is like
<jemmons@primenet.com> | a rose in the middle of a pile of male cow manure.
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FROM : Davefales1@aol.com
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:23:23 -0400 (EDT)
Q: Powerbook demands disk
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Hi-
I have a Powerbook 540C running System 7.5. Whenever I restart, before I can
reach the desktop, a dialog box prompts me to insert a specific floppy disk (
an old one that I no longer even use.)
If I hit "cancel", the dialog box goes away, and I'm at the desktop. How can
I prevent this dialog box from showing up every time I reboot?
Thanks!
David Fales
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FROM : "Michael M. Thomas" <mmthomas@orbitworld.net>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:17:21 -0500
Serial Port with PPC6100 DOS card
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Does anyone have a way to use the 6100 DOS Compatibility Card with a modem
on the Serial Port? The documentation says that the usual control line
signals (such as carrier detect) are not accessable to the DOS program, so
you have to modify the DOS program to not use those signals. Not much
chance of that.
For example, Juno, the free email software, expects to see those control
lines, and will not work.
By mistake I end up with Sony Discman PRD 650 Windows version.
(with PCMCIA Adaptec APA 1460 SCSI controler)
Is there any:
3rd party PCMCIA driver which understands this card + CDROM software (FWB ???)
Way of geting proper cable Discman -> PowerBook
TIA
Please reply directly:
Janusz Golawski
golawski@ikp.atm.com.pl
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FROM : Brian White <bwhite@gnp-inc.com>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:48:14 -0400
system memory creeping up
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Hi folks. I think I recall seeing this discussed before, but now it's
happening to me.
On a Powermac 6116, system 7.5.5, lots of extensions and cp's but almost no
crashes except for the occasional error 11. I've got 24mb's or real ram
plus Ram Doubler 2.
On startup, my system memory is around 8400k. Lately though, after opening
a few applications and working for awhile, the system memory will be up
around 11,400k. Even worse, both Netscape and MIE eventually slow to a
crawl and take over my system, making everything unresponsive for a few
minutes while the cpu churns away very noisely. Even if I quit applications
the system memory stays high and I have to restart to get it back down.
Neither MacTools Pro 4.0 or Diskfix report anything wrong.
Can anyone suggest what's wrong and what I need to do? Thanks.
Brian White
bwhite@gnp-inc.com
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FROM : Jason Haines <matreya@tig.com.au>
DATE : Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:11:49 +1000
Using TCP/IP & PPP on an SE with 6.0.7
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Can anyone point me in the right direction to setup TCP/IP and PPP on an
SE w/ 4MB RAM running 6.0.7? I have a friend who wants to use his SE for
email. Is there an email client that runs under 6.0.7 with only 4MB of RAM?
Jason Haines mailto:matreya@tig.com.au IRC: matreya #macintosh/oz.org
