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Info-Mac Digest             Thu, 07 Sep 00       Volume 17 : Issue 142

Today's Topics:

      [*] Pads 1.0.1 - Note Pad/Stickies Replacement for the Macintosh
      [A] zip disks - reformatting as Mac
      difference between PPC, G3 and G4.
      Eudora is a Bust -Redux-
      Looking for Processor Data
      pps extensions
      pps extensions
      Zip disks
      Zip disks
      Zip Drive

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Date: 7 Sep 2000
From: "Dennis C. De Mars" <demars@mminternet.com>
To: 
Subject: [*] Pads 1.0.1 - Note Pad/Stickies Replacement for the Macintosh


Pads is a simple replacement for the standard Note Pad and Stickies
applications. This is a bug fix release (see the version history for
details).

Pads is as simple to use as either Note Pad or Stickies, yet provides
significant new features. Pads gives users the ability to organize their
notes and use them more effectively.

Features:
- Notes can be given titles.
- Notes can be categorized.
- Pages can be "torn off" so that multiple pages can be viewed at
  once (like Stickies). These tear-off pages can be closed later
  without destroying the original notes.
- Standard Macintosh features such as styled text and drag-and-drop
  editing are supported.
 
Pads is a shareware program. It is not restricted in features or
time-limited in any way. The fee for a single user license is $15.

The Pads web site is at:

<http://www.fractaldomains.com/pads/>

Inquiries and feedback should be directed to:

pads@fractaldomains.com or demars@kagi.com

The author of Pads is Dennis C. De Mars, who also created Fractal Domains,
a popular shareware fractal program for the Macintosh.

[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/pads-101.hqx; 993 K]

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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:52:05 -0400
From: Rich Garella <rich@garella.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [A] zip disks - reformatting as Mac

Ezra wrote:
>Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
>Format? Are there any drawbacks?

Yes, but you should absolutely use Iomega's Zip Tools to reformat them
instead of using the Finder. If you do a regular Finder reformat, the
resulting disks (in my experience) are not reliable. Using Zip Tools, you
end up with a disk that seems to be the same as one originally sold as a
Mac disk.

Also, Dave said:
>...can anyone give me a good reason why we
>even have ZIP's in Macintosh format?  Why not just have them in PC
>format, and be able to use them on either platform?  Kinda like
>CD-Roms.

This is the same issue that arose with floppies. In a mixed Mac/PC
environment where files must be frequently shared, it makes some sense to
simply format all the disks as PC disks.
The only reason that I have discovered not to do this is that if you ever
have to start up a Mac with the extensions off, the Mac will not be able to
read the PC-formatted disks, much less boot from them. If this situation
arises, you will be in desperate straits and you will wish you had
formatted the disk as a Mac disk!

Cheers,
Rich

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:48:53 -0400
From: RobD <rob.durnford@sympatico.ca>
To: "Infomac To Digest Reply" <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: difference between PPC, G3 and G4.

Quoting The Info-Mac Network and possibly previous message on 9/6/00 
12:32.

>Folks,
> 
>Does anyone have URL pointers or programs to recommend that describe the
>differences or advancements in processors?  I'm hard-pressed to describe the
>difference between PPC, G3 and G4.  
> 
> 
>Thank you,
> 
> 
>John Steele
>Technical Services Manager
>Towson University
>Towson MD 21252

Try Mackido.com
He does a great job of describing the architecture differences and 
advantages.

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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:25:24 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell" <danod@pacbell.net>
To: macman@kyol.net (Chazzz)
Subject: Eudora is a Bust -Redux-

You missed Mulberry and (I think) Musashi...

At 5:35 AM -0400 9/6/00, Chazzz wrote:
>I appreciate the response to my post. You were kind enough not to 
>bash me -too hard-.
>I realize this is personal opinion, and that's what I expressed.
>For what it's worth, I've been on the hunt for the Penultimate email 
>client (oxymoron, I know).
>I've used MailSmith/PowerMail/OE/Netscape/IM&N/Eudora and now SweetMail.
>None of the clients crashed my Mac, save Eudora. I can't therefore, 
>believe it's my machine.
>I've started using SweetMail. This little program is very powerful, 
>customizable, exceedingly
>  fast and easy to use. It DOESN'T crash my Mac. It is in beta and 
>has a few things I'd like to
>see included in the final version. The author is busy working on it 
>and is open to ideas.
>It costs $18. Take a look at this one. I have no interest in this 
>other than I truly believe
>I've found the Holy Grail!
>--
>Charles Cusumano

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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:29:00 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell" <dano45@spamcop.net>
To: "Steele, John" <jsteele@towson.edu>
Subject: Looking for Processor Data

Look around on Motorola's site and you should find far more than you 
want. Start at
<http://www.mot.com/> and go from there.

IBM may also have info; though their current iterations of the 
PowerPC architecture differ from Mot's and Apple's preferred G4, IBM 
is again making the Mot version for Apple. If you're really 
interested, take a look at the differences between IBM's and Mot's. 
FWIW, I think the Power3 (the IBM version) is better.

At 5:03 PM -0400 9/5/00, Steele, John wrote:
>
>Folks,
>
>Does anyone have URL pointers or programs to recommend that describe the
>differences or advancements in processors?  I'm hard-pressed to describe the
>difference between PPC, G3 and G4. 
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>John Steele
>Technical Services Manager
>Towson University
>Towson MD 21252
>

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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 20:32:48 -0700
From: "Dan O'Donnell" <dano45@spamcop.net>
To: Beth Trachtenberg <betht@earthlink.net>
Subject: pps extensions

The .pps is the extension for Microsoft PowerPoint. There are no 
translators for it. You will need PowerPoint for Macintosh, which is 
available only with Microsoft Office 98, which is in the process of 
being upgraded to MS Office 2000 (Mac). Sorry about that.

At 6:38 PM -0400 9/5/00, Beth Trachtenberg wrote:
>A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses
>Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3
>powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
>
>Beth Trachtenberg

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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:08:35 -0400 
From: "Coradeschi, Tom [AMSTA-AR-FSP-G]" <tcora@pica.army.mil>
To: infomac <digest@info-mac.org>,
Subject: pps extensions

The .pps files are PowerPoint slide shows. You need PowerPoint to view them.

Tom Coradeschi
tcora@pica.army.mil

> ----------
> From: 	Beth Trachtenberg
> Sent: 	05 September 2000 06:38 PM
> To: 	Infomac
> Subject: 	pps extensions
> 
> A friend sent me email attachments with a .pps extension. I know he uses 
> Windows but is there a way for me to view these files on my Mac G3 
> powerbook? Do I need a certain translator and where can I get it? Thanks.
> 
> Beth Trachtenberg
> 
> 

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:54:31 -0700
From: Bill Rausch <brausch@owt.com>
To: Dave Thomas <cdprinting@earthlink.net>
Subject: Zip disks

Dave Thomas said:

>To take this a step further, can anyone give me a good reason why we
>even have ZIP's in Macintosh format?  Why not just have them in PC
>format, and be able to use them on either platform?  Kinda like
>CD-Roms.
>

Just a guess, but you probably can't boot from a PC formatted disk.  Another possible reason is legal/illegal characters in filenames?

-- 
---
  Bill Rausch, Mac, Unix, Windows Programmer

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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:07:02 -0700
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=954?= <jayfourtib@yahoo.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Zip disks


The Info-Mac Network wrote:

> Subject: Zip disks
> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:37:37 +0300
> From: Matti Haveri <matti.haveri@sjoki.uta.fi>
> To: digest@info-mac.org
>
> > Is it possible to re-format a 100Meg Zip disk from a PC format to a Mac
> > Format?
>
> Yes. You can also do it vice versa with the latest Iomega Tools.
>
> > Are there any drawbacks?
>
> No. You only have to ask your PC friends to get a Mac if you plan to
> share files on ZIP disks ;)

This formatting problem is really dependent on what type of Mac the questioner
has. If it's an IBM compatible, re-formatting can be handled by the Erase Disk
command in the
Special menu of the menu bar in the finder. When Erase Disk is chosen, you get
the option of choosing just how you want the disk formatted. But if the Mac is
IBM compatible, there's
no need to re-format since the machine will handle the disk with no problem AND
you get a couple more megs of storage that Mac formatting doesn't give you.
I've bought and used
IBM/PC formatted disks with no problems with compatibility. Sharing files with
the PC crowd is, thusly, no hassle, especially when combined with Mac to PC
translators.

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Date: Wed,  6 Sep 2000 13:40:45 -0700
From: tpom@eircom.net
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: Zip Drive


Hi all 
A friend has hooked up a ZIP drive   IOMEGA, to my powermac ,
hoping to download software. No icon shows on the desktop. My
Mac is indifferent to this Zip drive . Do I need Software or
what? ANY IDEAS / Thanks again for all advice re modem. 
Tom Murphy

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