Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #29 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Mon, 21 Feb 00 Volume 17 : Issue 29 Today's Topics: (C) Voice Power Pro - has finally made real voice recognition for [*] MoonMenu 1.0 [*] RK Ancient Fonts 1 [*] SimpleSlide 1.5 (update to the slideshow viewer) [*] SplitsVille 1.0.1 [*] Tape 1.1.2 - Mac OS 9 Package Creation Tool [*] TaskMenuBar 1.1.0 [*] Time Palette 4.0 [A] Re: Uh oh, dead battery! [A]: USB Printers on a Network Cabbages and Kings crashes when waking from sleep with OS9 PB G3/300 Battery Problem Unimplemented trap! USB Printers on a Network 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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Unlike Viavoice it dictates all statements into any text writing window whether it be an e-mail client, chat client, or word processor the same way. No time is wasted copying text over from a clipboard window. It has the potential to do 120 word per minute recognition, and builds from a 30,000 word dictionary to 120,000 words, and even more if you want to train it to do that. It will also react to QuicKeys and Applescripts according to its documentation, though I haven't figured out how to integrate those options. This product has been around the UK for a couple years, and now has arrived in the U.S. Amazingly, it works on any Powermac from the 6100 (4400 through 5400 as well)* on up, that has a sound input port or source. It even works with MacOS 7.5.3 and 9.0, and all the operating systems in between. The big surprise is that its box and CD both show Dragon Systems logo even though Dragon Systems has said they won't develop for MacOS 9.0 or earlier anymore. Apparently they licensed the i technology from Dragon, and are still using its logo. This product was just released last month in the U.S. with vocabulary specific to our style English. It is available today from MacMall as Product#603441 by calling 1-800-217-9492. At $250 it may seem a bit steep, but it comes with a microphone headset, and all the documentation to get started right from the training to the usage of it, it comes with a lot more features than the competition that exists today. One small bug it has is that it won't allow desktop pictures in any MacOS. This entire post was written using my voice! Sincerely, abrody@smart.net * Sadly, it won't work on the Powerbook 5300 or 1400. Check out over 700 internet sites updated monthly at: http://www.index-site.com ------------------------------ Date: 19 Feb 2000 From: "Sanford H. Selznick" Subject: [*] MoonMenu 1.0 MoonMenu is an extension that adds a small moon in the current lunar phase to the right side of your menubar. It serves as a subtle, unobtrusive reminder that there's an entire universe out there, even without your web browser. In addition, registration choices include an optional donation to a very worthy cause... promotion of K-12 science education by the National Academy of Sciences. We're very pleased to be able to support such an important program. We also had an "out of this world" time writing it, and we hope you like it. MoonMenu has been tested extensively on old and new Macintoshes with MacOS 8.1 or later. It uses a minimum of your computer's CPU power so it won't slow your machine down. Be sure to visit for more information! [Archived as /info-mac/gui/moon-menu-10.hqx; 664 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Feb 2000 From: "Reinhold Kainhofer" Subject: [*] RK Ancient Fonts 1 TrueType fonts for Mac for ancient scripts including Sanskrit, old Greek with accents and spiritus, Meroitic (demotic and hierglyphics), old Persian cuneiform, Ugaritic cuneiform, and transscription fonts for these. Sample files are included in the archive. [Archived as /info-mac/font/tt/rk-ancient-fonts.hqx; 260 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Feb 2000 From: dbronson Subject: [*] SimpleSlide 1.5 (update to the slideshow viewer) SimpleSlide is a slideshow viewer. It does slideshows. ThatØs all it does. There are a few options, but only a few. You give it a folder, it scans it and all subfolders for GIF, TIFF, PICT or JPEG files and QuickTime movies, and then it flashes them on the screen one after another until you ask it to stop, it runs out of memory, your computer explodes, or the world ends. This version is PowerMac only and needs MacOS 8.5 or greater. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/simple-slide-15.hqx; 542 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Feb 2000 From: "Keith Turner" Subject: [*] SplitsVille 1.0.1 SplitsVille is an easy to use file splitter and joiner. SplitsVille breaks large files into smaller pieces so you can transfer them to other Macs via floppy disk, email, or other means that can't support large files. SplitsVille also has an automatic reassemble feature that allows the file pieces to be reassembled by simply double clicking on the first piece without having the SplitsVille application present. This way you don't have to transfer the SplitsVille application along with the file pieces in order to put the file back together again at its final destination. SplitsVille is shareware and costs $10. SplitsVille supports 68K and PowerPC Macs running System 7 or better. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/splits-ville-101.hqx; 217 K] ------------------------------ Date: 21 Feb 2000 From: Public Access Software Subject: [*] Tape 1.1.2 - Mac OS 9 Package Creation Tool Tape 1.1.2 - Mac OS 9 Packge Creation Tool. Tape quickly and easily creates Mac OS 9 "packages" which are simply special folders reformatted to be treated as a single file under Mac OS 9. Tape can convert folders into packages with optional pre-flighting which checks for mistakes or potential problems with the target folder before processing. The included BoxCutter CMM operates independently of Tape to remove the package setting for any folder on any PowerPC-based Mac running Mac OS 8 or newer. Tape requires a PowerPC-based Mac running Mac OS 8.5 or newer. Tape will [Archived as /info-mac/disk/tape-112.hqx; 137 K] ------------------------------ Date: 18 Feb 2000 From: Hugh Kawahara Subject: [*] TaskMenuBar 1.1.0 TaskMenuBar is a control panel that uses the empty space on the menu bar to switch and launch applications, and drag-and-drop files on applications. Because it only uses the menu bar, unlike other utilities, it will never obscure or be obscured by other windows. New features on version 1.1.0 includes: 1) Detailed controls over the position, spacing, sorting order and appearances of the icons on the menu bar. 2) Add stationary applications by drag and dropping applications or aliases. 3) You can suppress displaying certain types of apps, such as control panels. 4) Compatible with Apple's appearance themes and Kaleidoscope. 5) Stationary applications on volumes other than the start-up disk, including removable media, will appear as the media are mounted. Requires System 7.1 or later including OS-8 and 9 with a 68K or PPC processor. Shareware fee: $10. Hugh Kawahara kawahara@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~kawahara [Archived as /info-mac/gui/task-menu-bar-11.hqx; 91 K] ------------------------------ Date: 19 Feb 2000 From: "Trygve Inda" Subject: [*] Time Palette 4.0 Time Palette facilitates international communications by calculating the local time for any location in the world. With an atlas of 10,000 cities, Time Palette performs detailed time calcualtions and properly adjusts for different Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) systems to provide a level of accuracy unmatched by other applications. Other features include... * Set reminders to alert you of various events in other time zones. * New 12 and 24 hour analog clocks. * Plan your international calls for the best time. * Estimate your frequent flier milage for an upcoming trip. * Moon phase, times of sunrise, twilight and more for any place and date. * New projections and revised political map. * Adjustable zoom levels, and sun & moon map shading for any date and time. * Search for locations by city or country. * Links to a GPS receiver with GPSy software (available separately). * A vastly improved interface with the latest MacOS look and feel. * Multiple languages in a single application. * Faster performace, less memory and a smaller file size. Beyond these features, Time Palette vividly depicts the current areas of day, twilight, night and moonlight on three different world maps (topographical, satellite and political). In addition, it is the only product of its kind to support thirteen unique map projections, allowing you to view the world as never before. http://www.timepalette.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/time-palette-40.hqx; 4572 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:25:43 -0500 From: Dwight Early Subject: [A] Re: Uh oh, dead battery! The battery you need is: Maxwell ER3S or Radio Shack 23-026 Call your local Radio Shack stores first to see if its in stock. The Radio Shacks in Malls have a more complete stock than the local stores. Cost about $10. Most of the PRAM battery cases have an open cap top. Just pop it off, remove old, put in new. Caution: If your battery's not dead, go get the new battery first, then replace it. The Mac's have the capability to hold enough juice to allow you time to replace the battery w/o losing the PRAM settings. Good luck! --Dwight Early P.S. Go to Newtech's web site and get GURU. It has memory, battery and other neat stuff about Mac computers and Apple printers. Try http://www.newerram.com/ftp/GURU28.hqx Another good utilitiy is PRAM Battery Checker 1.02 http://www.polar-orbit.com/ At 6:06 AM -0500 2/15/00, Allan Hunter wrote: >It would appear that after 8 years of Mac ownership, I finally have a Mac >with a dead battery: my 7100 get date and time amnesia if I turn off the >UPS. If I only shut down and leave the UPS running, it retains date and >time with no problem. That's the PRAM battery, right? > >Anyone know from whence I obtain a battery for a 7100, let alone have >familiarity with the replacement thereof? > >Allan Hunter > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:46:02 -0500 From: shorton Subject: [A]: USB Printers on a Network This is not from personal experience, but I understand that Epson has printer share software for both their lasers and ink jets, but they don't create desktop printers. So, as long as you are not running network software that demands desktop printers, you should be able to share a printer connected to a Mac on the network via the chooser. Good luck, Scott ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:15:57 -0800 From: glaston Subject: Cabbages and Kings I'd like the benefit of others' current experience in several purchases I need to make: 1) I'm moving to a G4, but my Personal LaserWriter 320 only has a serial port and requires AppleTalk. It looks like an ethernet bridge will cost me at least $100 and I don't know how well it will work. Epson has a new laser printer for about $350, so it might be silly to spend 1/3 of the price of a compatible printer for an adapter for my old printer. Anybody have experience with ethernet bridges and/or the new Mac Epson laser printer? 2) Anybody successfully using Via Voice on a G3 or G4? 3) How about desktop LCD displays, for brightness, accuracy? And do they have to be Mac-specific or can I choose from the bigger PC catalogs? 4) And lastly, anybody using an internet phone program, i.e. a program that lets you make long distance calls through your ISP to another person also using a Mac and the same program? Thanks in advance for the collective wisdom. -- Mind how you go. ---glaston ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:15:44 -0500 (EST) From: Nam-June Joe Subject: crashes when waking from sleep with OS9 Brian, I've encountered the same types of problems. I have a 2 week old G4/450, 128 MB RAM, OS 9. It seems like for me, I rarely encounter problems when I manually sleep the machine from the Special menu, but the machine crashes almost every time when I try to wake from when the machine sleeps due to inactivity. I also have the ProTV tuner card, and I thought that maybe it had something to do with my problems. Please let me know if you find anything out, and I'll do the same. Thanks, Nam > Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:32:48 -0500 > From: Mod Dog Internet Services > Subject: crashes when waking from sleep with OS9 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > I've got a one week old G4 tower (350mz, 128 ram, OS9) using 2 Apple > 17" monitors (ATI XClaim 3D Plus video card for the extra monitor). > > Frequently when waking from sleep I find that one of three things has > happened (most frequent to least): > > 1. the monitors come on, but all I see is the outline of the windows > I had open - the windows are completely blank (white) inside > 2. the monitors come on, but I don't have a visible mouse cursor and > nothing responds to any key combinations (I use Kensington Mouseworks) > 3. in one case, the monitors wouldn't come on at all > > In all cases, my only recourse is to hit the reset button on the G4 tower. > > Any ideas? I trolled through macfixit.com, Apple support and the ATI > site and didn't find anything related. > > Any help is much appreciated. > Brian White > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:39:18 -0600 From: Scott Holmstrom Subject: PB G3/300 Battery Problem Your issue with the batteries not charging is a known-issue with the original Powerbook G3 Series (Wallstreet edition) systems. There are a number of things within the power-flow that could be causing this. As follows are the most likely to least that I have run across being a technician. The first one is kind of long, but more often than not fixes such a problem: 1) The EMI shield next to the soundcard might be touching the metal in-port for the A/C Adapter, thus causing a short in the power flow. This does not do any damage at all to the system, but will cause batteries to not charge. When you insert a battery that is not fully-charged, normally you will see the LEDs on the batter light up after a few seconds. When they don't light up, then they're not charging. If this is the case, then the EMI shield may be the problem. If you are comfortable opening up your powerbook, then you'll need a Torx-8 Screw Driver and a flat-blade. You'll need to remove the batteries, pop the keyboard out, use a flat-blade screw driver (jewelers preferrible) to pop off the clutch-cover (this is where the sound/brightness/power buttons are, but be careful not to pry too much, or you could break it. It helps if you pry from the right-side near the "curve" of the display-hinge. Pry it up just a bit, then, with the keyboard remove, press forward on the clutch-cover on that side. It should pop-right off), remove the all of the black T8 screws on the bottom side of the case (make sure you remember what screws went where, as there are two longer ones that are meant for specific holes, and could damage the case if you put them in the wrong ones). Remove the Processor Card, the Modem. Then, there are four copper-colored screws, three beneith the clutch-cover, and one near the left side of the processor shield, just in front of where the modem was. After this, pull the top part of the case off. Once this is off, you'll notice a little bit of copper-looking "foil" like stuff next to where the AC adapter plugs into. If this is not flush up against the left-part of the plastic case, then there's a possibility that it's been touching the Adapter plug. Either bend it back, or simply tear the foil out a little bit. The EMI shield is there for a reason, but will not cause any negative affects if that small part of it is not there. I've done this before, without any bad things happening to the system. Once that is done, reassemble the powerbook, insert the batteries, and plug it in. A couple more bits of advice to help with the take-part/reassembly: To help pull out some of the cables, take a paper-clip, bend out one end, then use a pare of needle-nose pliers to bend a quarter-inch of the end perpendicular to the rest of it. Use this to pull up on the tabs of the ribbon-cables. Also, when reassembling the machine, you may find it difficult to get the keyboard back in all the way. In this case, place it as best you can, then press down on the center of the clutch-cover with your fingers, while sliding the keyboard in the rest of the way with your thumbs. This almost always works to get the keyboard back in. After this, you may have to reset the power-manager in order for your system to boot. Most of you know how to do that. In any case, if this fixes the problem, you should know almost immediately, because the LEDs on the batteries will light up, and register that they're charging. If this does not work... 2) The Sound-Card could be bad. This is one of the components that allows the Powerbook to charge batteries. The machine may operate fine otherwise even if the card is bad. 3) The PMU (power-management unit) Board, located on the left-underside of the palmrest could be bad. This again is a part of the Power-charge unit. 4) The Charge Card itself might be bad. This is the card that is located exactly between the two media-bays, at a right-angle to the rest of the machine. 5) The Crossbone might be bad. This is a card that is kind of part of the Charge card (I honestly can't remember the real name for the card, but my coworker techs and I usually call both components "the T-Bone assembly". 6) And if none of these work, there's always a possibility that it could be the logic board. As a note, make sure to take a good smell inside the thing if you do open it up. If you smell Ozone at all, then you probably have a burnt-IC, which means that there is definitely a bad hardware component somewhere, whether it's visible or not. Also, keep in mind that if you aren't comfortable opening this thing up, I highly recommend against it. These models are very finicky machines, and don't take kindly to strangers, if you know what I mean. If all else fails and you have the money, bring it into an Apple Authorized Service shop. As for it still being covered under warranty, that would depend on if they did actually replace a piece of the hardware, and only if it was replaced within the last 90-days. Apple will honor a 90-day warranty on any part replaced even if the unit is not under warranty. But, they will only replace _that_ part, not any other. Hope this helps. If you have more questions, feel free to reply to me off the list. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:26:35 -0500 From: Earl Atwood Subject: Unimplemented trap! I installed sys 7.6 and when I start up Netscape I get the error"Netscape Navigator"unimplemented trap. I've got a Performa 550 with 36 mgs of memory, a new battery. I reformatted the hard drive. System 7.6 and Netscape Navigator ver4.6 68k. Still get the same error message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:23:45 -0500 From: Dan Peck Subject: USB Printers on a Network >Can one buy one of the new USB printers (inkjet or laser), connect it >via the USB port to a Mac on a network (ethernet or localtalk), and >have it accessible to the other Macs on that network? > If it's an Epson, you can use EpsonShare 1.5.1 or EpsonShare Laser (http://www.epsonshare.com). I have installed it for several clients and it works just fine. For $24 (more for extra users), you can't beat it. 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