Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #194 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Wed, 06 Dec 00 Volume 17 : Issue 194 Today's Topics: [*] Lurk Webcambrowser 3.9 [*] RAM Disk Backup 3.0 [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Dutch Version [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - French Version [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - German Version [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Italian Version [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Japanese Version Docking Stations for G3 PowerBooks? Treating Folders as Volumes, Part II 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, Ed Chambers, and Chris Pepper. America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #194" ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Joop Laan To: Subject: [*] Lurk Webcambrowser 3.9 Lurk Webcam browser 3.9 abstract What is it? As the name states, it's a webcambrowser. Use it the keep up to date with the NasDaq, or your favorite personal webcam. Why? Basicly this program is my first effort in programming with RealBasic. See http://www.realsoftware.com/ for details. Version history: Lurk 3.9 - New option to watch cam(s) in 'normal' seperate window. - New option to force reload of picture in seperate window. - Fixed a bug that caused Lurk to crash when leaving it running for several hours. - Fixed a bug that prevented changes made in the list of bookmarks to be saved correctly. - Cleaned up code to make the program respond faster. Lurk 3.8 - Now you can open a webcam in a window which will stay 'on top'. Even if you open other programs. - Made the main window more compact Lurk 3.7 - Never released. Only in development. Lurk 3.6 - A bookmarkfile to add or delete your own bookmarks Licence Lurk Webcam browser is distributed "as is". This means it is freeware! Basicly you can do whatever you like with it. If you like the program I'd like to hear from you. Send an email to the address listed below. Use the same address for any bugreports. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/lurk-39.hqx; 1001 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: John Rethorst To: Subject: [*] RAM Disk Backup 3.0 Backs up your RAM disk (or any disk) to a location you choose, and restores that backup to the RAM disk. Run at any time, or put in your Startup and Shutdown Items folders to automate. Optionally updates the backup automatically every 15 minutes, or whatever interval you choose. Optionally includes a temporary folder on the RAM disk which is not backed up, but created new at every startup. Set the RAM disk window and position of the temporary folder within it, and have that restored every time. New in this version: - Automatically renames your RAM disk - Optionally makes backups as Stuffit archives - Keeps any number of previous backups - Can skip backups, just delete contents and empty trash - Maintains backup log - Easy temporary disabling - Unlimited length of automatic intervals Free. Unsolicited comments from users include: "This thing is great! . . . cool . . . excellent . . . most easy to use . . . thanks a bunch for writing it . . . a great idea . . . a very handy applet . . . the scripts all worked flawlessly . . . thanks for a great set of AppleScripts! . . . very helpful . . . simple and reliable . . . excellent . . . it's GREAT. I don't know how I lived without it . . . thanks, John!! . . . thank you very much for your excellent RAM Disk Backup scripts; they are just GREAT !!! . . . be sure to pick it up [MacScripter.net] . . . Thanks a lot for your excellent work" John Rethorst [Archived as /info-mac/disk/ram-disk-backup-30.hqx; 357 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30.hqx; 515 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Dutch Version What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30-nl.hqx; 515 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - French Version What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30-fr.hqx; 516 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - German Version What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30-de.hqx; 510 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Italian Version What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30-it.hqx; 516 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Dec 2000 From: Marco Damaschi + Barbara Canino To: Subject: [*] World Clock Deluxe 3.0 - Japanese Version What is World Clock Deluxe? World Clock Deluxe is a powerful but easy-to-use time tool. It displays up to 24 clocks in the Control Strip, can show UTC and Internet Time, lets you assign labels and colors to clocks and allows you to add custom cities and time zones and calculate date and time conversions. For more info visit http://mabasoft.com/worldclock.html. * * * System Requirements World Clock Deluxe needs a Mac with 68020 processor or better, System 7.5 or higher and, for System 7.x.x, Appearance Extension. Control Strip, Extensions Strip (2.0bx or higher) and ACTION GoMac can be used as module host. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/world-clock-deluxe-30-jp.hqx; 518 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:29:18 -0500 From: Tom Coradeschi To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Docking Stations for G3 PowerBooks? Any recommendations out there for docking stations for the current G3 PowerBooks? The only one I've found so far is The BookEndz unit. Any others out there? -- tom coradeschi <+> tcora@skylands.ibmwr.org Skylands (NJ) BMW Riders <+> ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 08:32:33 -0600 From: "Gib Henry" To: jonrelay@napanet.net (Jon Bettencourt), Subject: Treating Folders as Volumes, Part II >Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 20:12:10 -0800 >From: jonrelay@napanet.net (Jon Bettencourt) >To: digest@info-mac.org >Subject: Treating Folders as Volumes, Part II > >OK, I see that a program that would mount a folder as a volume would be >very rare, as it's considered a "bad idea." > >Would it really be that hard to make one that does? No; Disk Copy (included with your system software) akready does. Use the Create Image from Folder (command-J). I understood you wanted a folder to be treated as a volume ("soft partition"); that's a different animal. >Why would it be a bad idea anyway? What makes it possible on a PC but not >on a Mac? It's not like I'm going to attempt to reformat a folder. If you just want to make an image from a folder, that's one thing. If you want a "soft partition," though, that's another. Soft partitions, from my limited understanding, lack many of the attributes and safeguards of "real" partitions, and it was user experience (aka "pain") that caused them to be labelled as a bad idea. >I guess I'll just go and make a bunch of disk images, as I see no other >alternative. I better get ready to weed out 48MB of stuff (to make room for >the disk images while the folder is there also). Once you've created a disk image from the folder, you don't need to keep the original folder too, so you wouldn't really be using significant extra space (maybe a little for Disk Copy overhead). Cheers, -- Gib Henry -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************