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Macintosh—It Just Works! 1 Macintosh—It Just Works! 1 The Newsletter for the Huntsville Macintosh Users Group in Huntsville, Alabama October 1999 might be causing conflicts, and (3) disable sleep in software on her machine just before this problem, Minutes of the the Energy Saver panel. Marius said that he had but removed it immediately when this problem Informal Meeting heard some conflict (I did not quite get the details) started. The group suspects some kind of a exten- that just turning off the sleep for the hard drive might sion conflict (the biggest source of problems). September 25, 1999 solve the problem without having to turn off the Maybe the installation of the new software put an by John McDonald sleep for the display. But, of course, the idea of extension on her system that she is not aware of? Janice Wright (our President) began the meeting at having a PowerBook go to sleep is to conserve iMac Not Starting Up 10:00 a.m.. battery power without having to shut down. Maybe Some friends of Janice have an iMac that will almost Things of Interest Lee can tell us which, if any, of these suggestions complete the start up process but fails at the last worked at the next meeting. second. It will boot with the extensions turned off Tennessee Valley MacExpo OS 8.5 Stops 6200 from Printing (hold down on the Shift key while starting the Janice gave a report on the progress of our efforts Another member reported that he had problems machine) so the group had to conclude that it was (along with Larry Stram of Mac Resource) to have a with a 6200 Mac after installing OS 8.5. The printer an extension conflict. Someone mentioned that the MacExpo here in the Tennessee Valley. An area in stopped working. He tired everything he could think order extensions load up can be an important factor the South Hall of the Von Braun Center has been of to get the printer to work. Finally he backed up the in the problem free operation of a computer. (I had rented and the date for the MacExpo is scheduled for information on the hard drive, did a low-level format a conflict with the drivers for my SyQuest and my the last Friday and Saturday of January (28th and and installed the OS 8.5 and all of the software that Iomega Zip. The SyQuest drivers, called HDT, loaded 29th). was on the machine. The printer works now. (I had before the Iomega and tried to control the Zip drive. Dealer for Hiwaay a problem with a 7500 at work, it never really I added a “z” to HDT so it would load last and it Keith Putnam (our Apple Ambassador) informed stopped working but some really strange things solved the problem.) the group that our status as a Dealer for Hiwaay was would happen. We finally did a low-level format, Blank Screen in question (according to letter from Hiwaay) but installed the operating system and software, and the Marius reported that a screen on one of his comput- that he would call the person in charge. machine was okay after that.) ers came up blank. He went through all kinds of Book from Epson 2GHz Chip checks trying to find what was wrong. Turned out to Epson is selling a book (on-line) called “Buying an Ink Word is that Motorola has a G5 chip in the works that be a bad adapter on the monitor cable. Jet Printers for Dummies.” It is available for $3 at will produce a 2 giga-hertz Mac by the year 2002! Reformat High-Density as 800k http://www.epson.com/whatsnew/ Modem Not Responding Gene Wiggins had some kind of problem that I did promotions/dummies.html Janice was having problems getting on-line. The not get (I can’t listen and write at the same time). program told her that the modem was not respond- The solution involved reformatting 1.4 meg disks to Website Marius (our WebMaster) reported that the server at ing. The only thing that worked was to uninstall the 800k. This can be done by covering the hole oppo- Fax software which she did not think she had in- site the lock on a high density disk. When you place A&M is still having problems. The web site is up but stalled. It worked for awhile but the problem keeps such a modified disk in the Mac, it allows you to it will not be stable for awhile. Please be patient until Marius has a chance to work on the problem. coming back. If she runs the software that uninstalls erase the disk and format it as an 800k. the “Fax Stuff” software she can get on line but it only Disk Warrior Group Buy? Flashes lasts awhile. One member had heard that Fax Stuff Steve Applebaum asked about the group buy for had some problems but if she is not running it how “Disk Warrior.” Gene Wiggins responded that he PowerBook Crashes could it have any effect. Janice had loaded some new when Waking Up had not been able to get a hold of the person Lee Jones reported that his G3 PowerBook will go to sleep but when he tires to wake it up the machine locks up on him. Suggestions were (1) trash the See the last two pages of this newsletter preference file (this can be cure for a lot of things), for information about our group. (2) disable the screen-saver utility he is using which 2 The Huntsville Macintosh Users Group Newsletter for October 23, 1999 Give-Away simearth (or any other sim game such as simant or The Contents of Lipmon Moy had a box of CD-ROMs produced by the simfarm). Marshall Space Flight Center on the History of Space Beginner - Listen Now 9/28/99 This Issue Flight that were available for free. Unless the rock you’ve been living under is particu- Presentation larly dense, you know that MP3 is one of the hippest HMUG Business and things happening in computerdom. I’ve recently Marius Schamschula gave a presentation on the discovered a $17.95 shareware MP3 player that is Information history and configuration of hard drives and various just as hip. It’s called Audion, is made by Panic, and methods of cabling a drive to a computer. ❑ Apple Ambassador’s Report ...........2 plays not only MP3s but audio CDs as well as network audio. It features beautiful skins (Panic Calendar of Events..........................7 Apple terms them “faceplates,” a three-mode design that Mac Attack BBS ..............................9 allows you to quickly switch between MP3, CD, and Ambassador’s net play; drag and drop playlist support; and an Minutes of the Informal Meeting ....1 Report equalizer. You’ll like it a lot and can find your copy Minutes of the Business Meetings ...6 at by Keith Putnam http://www.macdownload.com Membership Application ................5 For special offers mentioned in this article, or to request evaluation software, contact me via e-mail at Beginner - Bugged Officers and Volunteers ..................9 [email protected] or at my daytime phone by Cheating 9/29/99 number: 256-890-4549. Having trouble navigating your six-legged protago- Submissions to the Newsletter ........9 nist through Pangea’s Bugdom? Perhaps using these Submission Specifications ..............9 Aladdin Systems cheat codes would make the process easier: During play: Treasurer’s Report .........................8 Mac News The following is excerpts from a newsletter. ~ (tilde) + F1 to skip the current level. We Invite You to Join Us! ..............10 MacWorld’s Daily Tip ~ + F2 = win the game Reviews and Articles All tips contributed by Chris Breen ~ + F3 = Full Health These tips were gathered from MacWorld’s daily ~ + F4 = Full Ball Timer Oz Police Find Macs are Cheaper ...9 Mac Tip subscription. Subscribe/unsubscribe: ~ + F5 = Full Inventory Security Hole Uncovered http://www.tipworld.com/macworld/cgi- Beginner - Sherlock’s Other Brother in Palm Wireless Site ......................9 bin/sub.cgi/macworld/change.html 9/30/99 Beginner - On the Case 9/22/99 Mac OS 9 with its Sherlock II search engine is just You can quickly change the case of words you around the corner, but perhaps you’re itchy to try a search utility a tad more capable than the version of responsible since he got a favorable response about highlight in Microsoft Word. To do so, highlight one Sherlock you currently own. Look no further than the group buy. Keith Putnam has been trying too. word or more and press Shift-F3. When you first do this, every letter in the selected word is capitalized. Copernic 99, a search utility that allows you to Zapping the PRAM If you press Shift-F3 again and all letters in the simultaneously consult many of the top search en- One of the methods of solving problems on the Mac selection move to lower case. Press Shift-F3 yet gines on the net. Using Copernic 99 you can rifle is zapping the PRAM. This was not mentioned at the again and the first letter of every selected word is through information on the web and in newsgroups meeting but when I got to work Monday morning my capitalized. as well as snoop around for people’s email ad- 7500 with a G3 upgrade card would not start up. It dresses. You can find your free copy at Beginner - Drop would boot with the extensions off (Hold down the http://www.macdownload.com Shift key while starting up) but any other time it Your Drawers 9/24/99 would freeze just after putting up my desktop pic- Looking to organize your life (or at least the part of Beginner - Total your life found on your Macintosh)? Then it may be ture.
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