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Info-Mac Digest             Wed, 10 Jan 01       Volume 17 : Issue 216

Today's Topics:

      .mix files
      [*] TableText 1.0.2 - Table to text and back
      [Q] Software for Disk defragmentation
      FaxSTF
      Modem connect speed!
      PCI, AGP and Gigabit Ethernet G4s

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 10:26:55 -0800
From: Herb Kroemer <kroemer@ece.ucsb.edu>
To: Info Mac Digest <digest@info-mac.org>
Subject: .mix files

Having once posted an inquiry about how to open .mix files on the 
Mac, I keep getting inquiries about the answer to my own question, so 
I better post the answer:

They belong to Microsoft's "Picture-It,"  a Windows-Only program for 
editing photographs. Although it does not exist for the Mac (and I 
don't have a PC), I was able to run it with tolerable speed on my G3 
under "Virtual-PC" with Windows 95.

Herbert Kroemer
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California at Santa Barbara

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Date: 8 Jan 2001
From: Gideon Greenspan <gdg@sigsoftware.com>
To: 
Subject: [*] TableText 1.0.2 - Table to text and back


TableText is a program for the Mac OS which allows tabular information to 
be represented, manipulated and scanned as plain text. With it, you can 
convert spreadsheets and tables to ASCII text with ease.

TableText can be used for email messages, source code comments and 
cross-platform documentation. It also allows text to be converted back 
into tabular form, for importing into a spreadsheet, word processor or 
database.

Version 1.0.2 adds support for Microsoft Entourage. TableText continues 
to also work directly with Eudora, Emailer, Outlook Express, Mailsmith or 
PowerMail.

Sig Software - http://www.sigsoftware.com/

[Archived as /info-mac/text/table-text-102.hqx; 269 K]

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 01:30:33 -0900
From: "Tim Judd" <tjudd01@hotmail.com>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: [Q] Software for Disk defragmentation

Hi, I'm having trouble finding some software to defragment the MacOS hard 
drive.  I've seen Symantec produce a package called "Norton Utilities" that 
has this disk "optimizer" or defragmenter.  And as far as I can tell, they 
are the only manufacturer for disk defragmentation utilities?

Who, if anyone, also produces disk defragmenters?  I know there *were* 
others, but that was OS 7.x days.  :)  I'm using OS9.0.4, and want to 
defragment.  Suggestions please.

Thanks in advance,

--Tim J.

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:43:44 EST
From: ElectionUSA@aol.com
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: FaxSTF

Can anyone help me get the FaxSTF installer. 

I can't send faxes anymore on my Powerbook 150 presumably because I have lost 
the "STF toolbox".  Help???

Thanks

Charlie

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Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 12:57:11 +0000
From: me@none.co.uk.invalid (Lobo)
To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org
Subject: Modem connect speed!

Setup... MacSurfer 56k; OS 8.6; 64mb installed RAM.

Initially I was using Open Transport/ PPP (OT/ PPP) with Apple Remote
Access (ARA) and getting varying connection speeds of >45k. Since
installing FreePPP and using the 'generic modem' setting -as opposed to the
recommended script for the MacSurfer- I CONSISTENTLY connect at 57,500.

Is it possible, nae even necessary, to get a 'generic' connect script that
will work with OT/ PPP?

Thanks.

Lobo.

ta reply, rub oot -Lobo- from... peter@plalp.-Lobo-freeserve.co.uk

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:33:42 -0600
From: "L. Rugolo" <L.RR@verizon.net>
To: digest@info-mac.org
Subject: PCI, AGP and Gigabit Ethernet G4s

G4 owners have mentioned that their machines were either PCI or AGP. 
There is a third model, the G4 Gigabit Ethernet, which can be 
identified by the ADC connector in the top PCI slot, Slot-A (AGP). 
For info see "Power Mac G4: How to Differentiate Between Models" at:
<http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n58418>

. . . and "Apple Displays: DVI to ADC Connector Cable Overview" at:
<http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n25171>

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