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MEETINGS SCHEDULE ............................................................................................... 3

STRAIGHT FORWARD from the Presiden t ............................................................... 3

Board, General Meeting Minute s ............................................................................ 5-8

SIGS-IBM, Intermediate, Advanced, Database; Novice Grou p ............................... 8

SIG-INTERNET, SIG-Databas e .............................................................................. 9, 10

SIG-Macintosh/Performa/PowerMAC/PowerBoo k ................................................. 10

GURU, a Must Have, by Phyllis Evan s .................................................................... 12

M.S. Office Application License Conflicts, by Jean Blievernich t ........................ 12

SEMCO Online Discussio n ....................................................................................... 13

Big Deals, by Bob (the Cheapskate) Clic k .............................................................. 13

On The Horizon, Win95 Tuneup Part 3, by Ron Murawsk i .................................... 16

Stopping Spam: More Important Than You Think, by Ken Fermoyl e .................. 20

Upgrades Make Sense Part 3, adding drive storage space, Fermoyl e ................ 21

Problems Afflict Some UDMA Hard Drives, by Ken Fermoyl e ............................. 23

Mac Basics, When to Panic, compiled by Walter Minke l ...................................... 24

MacWorld Daily Tips, Hits & Tips, by Chris Bree n ................................................ 28

Tim’s Top Tips, by Tim Thoma s .............................................................................. 32

FrontPage 97, web Publishing, by Ken Fermoyl e .................................................. 33

Resource Person s ..................................................................................................... 35

DATA BUS Deadline (10th day after meeting); Calendar Of Event s .............. 36, 37

SEMCO BULLETIN BOARD “AD ” ............................................................................ 38

MAP, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, ROCHESTE R ......................................................... 39

DATA BUS

Official Newsletter

SouthEastern Michigan

Computer Organization

Volume 24 FEBRUARY 1999 Number 2IN THIS ISSUE

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SEMCO OFFICERSPresident Steve Yuhasz (734) 953-3794Vice President Tim Mauro-Vetter (248) 634-8924 (eve)Secretary Pat Kreiling (248) 338-3834 (day)Treasurer Roger Gay (248) 641-8245

NEWSLETTER STAFFEditor Beth Fordyce (248) 626-5105Editorial Assistants: Phyllis Evans (313) 532-3634; Bob Clyne (810) 387-3101Publisher Phil “Vic” Charns (248) 398-4465Calendar—Other Groups Tim Mauro-Vetter tm31@chrysler.com

SIG (SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP) CHAIRPERSONSSIG-INTERNET Home:248/544-8987(eve) Brian Brodsky (248) 395-0001,ext 228SIG-IBM: CoChairman Tom Callow (248) 642-1920 (9-5)

CoChairman Warner Mach (313) 326-0733SIG-IBM INTERMEDIATE Tom Callow (248) 642-1920 (9-5)SIG-ADVANCED Franz Breidenich (248) 398-3359SIG-DATABASE Larry Grupido (810) 664-1777 ext 151NOVICE-IBM GROUP Rotating Chairmen

APPLE: SIG-MAC: Chrmn Harold Balmer (248) 682-2335Apple Ambassador Harold Balmer (248) 682-2335Technical Assistant Phyllis Evans (313) 532-3634

The SouthEastern Michigan Computer Organization (SEMCO) is a non-profit groupdedicated to providing information, education and a forum to computer users (profes-sional and amateur) and other interested individuals. Membership in SEMCO is open toall individuals 18 years or older. Persons under 18 years may become members throughthe sponsorship of a parent or guardian. Dues $25/year include monthly DATA BUS,access to SEMCO’s Message Service, and free personal ads.

All SEMCO correspondence should be addressed toSEMCO - P.O. Box 707 - Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0707

Web site: http://www.semco.orgE-mail: semco@oakland.edu

General information: (voice) answering device in Royal Oak (248) 398-7560

DATA BUS is published monthly by SEMCO as its official newsletter. Mail DATA BUSnewsletter copy to: Editor, 29823 Fernhill Dr., Farmington Hills, MI 48334; 0r e-mailbeth_fordyce@macgroup.org. Editor is responsible for contents and control of theDATA BUS. Materials published herein may be used for non-commercial purposes only,without further permission of SEMCO or the authors. Entire contents copyright ©1999,SEMCO.

SEMCO does not condone in any way the illegal copying of copyrighted computerprograms and will not tolerate such practice at any club function.

Your mailing label and membership cards list the month and year your membershipexpires. A DUES DUE message may appear on the newsletter back cover page twomonths before your subscription expires. Newsletters will not be sent after the month ofexpiration. Back issues may not be available. Renew your membership as early aspossible to avoid missing any newsletters.

This publication was created using Adobe PageMaker 6.5, donated by Adobe Systems, Inc.Other Macintosh technology used: Apple LaserWriter Select 360 and Performa 6200; AdobePhotoshop LE2.5.1; Microsoft Word 5.1; Iomega ZIP Drive; Epson ES600-C Scanner; VisioneerPaperPort Vx scanner, Casio QV-11 digital camera.

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STRAIGHT FORWARD!from the President

Steve Yuhasz

It is 1999 and 2000 is practically hereIs it the beginning of the end or theend of the beginning? In my mind it isneither. The Year 2000 certainly is nothe beginning of the 21st Century. Fothis to have been true, CalendarCreators (no pun there) would haveneeded to begin their 1st year as 0.Since our current Calendar system dnot begin with a year known as zero,2001 is the beginning of the 21stCentury and the 3rd Millennium.Though some claim that our currentcalendar also has a mistake and thatthe 21st Century actually began 4years ago.

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“Few plan to fail, even fewerplan to succeed.”Anonymous, from APCUG/Reports, January 1999

SEMCO MEETINGSSunday,

February 10, 1999Board Meeting 12:00pmGeneral Meeting 1:30pmSIGS IBM/MAC Mtgs 1:45pmSocial Period 3:15pmIBM Novice Group 3:45pmSIG-IBM Intermediate 3:45pm

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In any case, what one must remember is that no matter how one looks ait, (many ancient civilizations look ateven the current year differently), ayear is what WE make of it. There isnot an object or being running arounthe world with a big numeral two andthree zeros behind it that will come tosave or haunt your spirit.

So, with this in mind, I must saythat it does help us mere mortals tomark our lives by using some systemof measurement—something thathumankind has created. So, I havethus defined a slogan, “SEMCO: ACommunity Organization HelpingPeople for the 21st Century andBeyond.” This catchy phrase is meanto get one’s attention, but is alsomeant to state that I believe SEMCO

ELECTION RESULTSPresident:

Steve Yuhasz 28Vice President:

Tim Mauro-Vetter 23Bob Clyne (Write-in) 4Jerry Comptois (Write-in) 1

Secretary:Pat Kreiling 28

Treasurer:Roger Gay 28

SIG ELECTIONSSIG-IBM Co-Chairmen:

Tom Callow & Warner Machre-electedSIG-IBM Intermediate:

Tom Callow electedSIG-Advanced:

Franz Breidenich re-elected

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will help countless generations ofpeople to come. So what is SEMCOand who will do that? You and I areSEMCO and you and I will do that byhelping one another help our fellowbrothers and sisters in the south-eastern Michigan Area. If one thinksglobally and acts locally, it is a goodway to start such a partnership fortomorrow.

More succinctly, what are the waysin which we can remain focused andmake our dreams a reality?

We can remain focused first througour goals. Increasing membership isour number one priority, but it is notsimply to add members for the sake numbers. This would be as silly asfearing my fictitious number 2 beastwith three zeros following behind itchasing you around the block onDecember 31st. No, rather we mustgive meaning to membership by“Telling ‘Em About SEMCO!” Whatdo we tell them?• We tell them about the great DATABUS Newsletter that Beth Fordyceputs together each month with greatarticles submitted by volunteers suchas Betty MacKenzie and Art Laramie• We tell them about the “solutionsgiven” during SIG-IBM’s Questionand Answer period from your fellowSEMCO MEMBERS that would haveotherwise taken numerous frustratinghours and expensive phone calls torectify through various vendors.• We tell them about the great com-puter news briefs that Tom Callowgives us each month in SIG-IBM thawould have otherwise taken manyhours of time to find from your localreading source and still may havemissed. (Also, less I forget to mentioTom is nearly burning himself out

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each month trying to find presentersand putting on presentations byhimself.)• We tell them about the generousvolunteers such as Dawn Sanzi a newmember (imagine that!) who broughtBread, Butter, & Spinach Dip; LeslieTerner who brought Cake & CookiesRoland Maki who brought Cupcakes& Fruit Bars; Bob McCall whobrought Donuts & Muffins; Newslet-ter Editor Beth Fordyce who broughtcheese; Secretary Pat Kreiling whobrought cheese logs & crackers; andlast but not least Pat McCabe whobrought Nut bread in January, all tomake your SEMCO Sunday brightduring our Social Period.• We tell them about our SIG-Data-base group that has many experts inthe field of record keeping who couldenlighten anyone with the group’sleader, Larry Grupido, who puts a lotof time and effort into this SIG.• We tell them about SIG-Macintosh—a group that does not taktheir computers as just anotherappliance and has members such asTim Mauro-Vetter who brings his owniMac Computer in from home to sharwith members, and Harold Balmerwho has given so much of his timepresenting for this group and is nowthe group’s leader.• We tell them about Vic Charns whonever asks for anything, but alwaysgives of himself to make sure that theDATA BUS gets to YOUR house ontime, sometimes personal delivery.• We tell them about SIG-Internet, theSIG that has its own devoted leader,Brian Brodsky who, since almost itsinception, has been unselfishly doingpresentations himself EVERY monthabout a different Internet Topic.

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• We tell them about people like TimMauro-Vetter who ran for VicePresident of SEMCO when calledupon and never gave it a secondthought. Congratulations to TIM!!!!

Most of all, tell them that we arehere and that WE WANT them toJOIN our GROUP. If each one of usbrings just one new member to ourgroup, we will double in size

Won’t you help do your part to“Tell Em About SEMCO”? Convinceat least one person in life to join thisyear and we will increase membershby 100% by 2000 !!!!!!! Not only thatbut for every new member you bringinto the group, you will get anadditional month of free membershipin SEMCO!

So, tell everyone about SEMCO!!Until next month, keep looking

Straight Forward!

P.S. Pop Quiz: Can you name the 4SEMCO Goals? You never knowwhen your President might ask you!INCREASE MEMBERSHIP by 100%by 2000, BE THE PREMIERINTERNET USER GROUP in theDetroit Area, help with COMMU-NITY SERVICE, and ATTAIN501(c)(3) status.

Also, be on the look-out for volunteeopportunities and rewards this year.I’m sure the board will be giving outvouchers for free raffle tickets or $1off of membership to those memberthat help out at upcoming events suas the May 18-19, 1999 Novi ExpoShow. Ö

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The meeting was called to order byPresident Steve Yuhasz at 12:03pm.Present: President Steve Yuhasz,Vice President Jerry Comptois,Treasurer Roger Gay, Secretary PatKreiling, DATA BUS Editor BethFordyce, SIG-IBM Co-ChairmanWarner Mach, SIG-Intermediatechairman Tom Callow, SIG-AdvanceChairman Franz Breidenich, SIG-Internet Chairman Brian Brodsky,SIG-MAC Chairman Harold Balmer.President’s Message: Steve Yuhaszdiscussed his proposed goals forSEMCO and would like us to get bacon the path to achieving those goals.Treasury: Roger Gay reported abalance on hand of $3129.10. TheDecember membership is 164. The1998 budget was submitted. TomCallow moved that the budget beapproved as submitted. The motioncarried. Tom Callow moved that wereinstate last year’s audit committee.The motion carried.Newsletter: The deadline for Januaryis the 20th. The resource list has beeupdated. It was suggested thatHardware-DOS be changed toHardware-IBM Clone.SIG-IBM: This month’s topic will bevoice recognition programs. TomCallow will be the presenter. He willdemonstrate three different programsFebruary’s program may be JackLockman doing a presentation oninvesting on the Internet.SIG-IBM Novice: Harold Balmer willhost today’s session. Steve Yuhaszwill host February.

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SIG-IBM Intermediate: Tom Callowwill do a presentation on ACT.SIG-Mac: This month’s meeting willbe on iMac. February’s topic will benetworking.SIG-Advanced: The Decembermeeting had 7 people in attendanceFranz Breidenich was re-elected aschairman. The meeting is held on thfirst Monday of each month.SIG Internet: This month’s topic willbe Forte Agent reader. February’stopic will be bookmark utilities. Therewill be no March meeting due to aprevious commitment for the libraryroom.SIG-Database: The group has a newlocation. Please see the map in theDATA BUS.Discussion Area: The discussion areaon the web page is up and running.Due to some changes if you have tharea book marked you will need tochange it.Volunteer Opportunities: A backuprefreshment person is needed in casWarner and Steve don’t make it.

Jerry and Meine will continue asgreeters. New nametags need to bepurchased.

We still need someone to chair theNovi Expo Show event. The dates aMay 18 and 19.

Two volunteers are needed to helpTom Callow with his February 17presentation at the Macomb Library.The Macomb Library is located atM59 and Garfield.Internet Committee: The nextmeeting will be at Brian Brodsky’sworkplace on January 25 at 7pm.

NEW BUSINESSTom Callow will do a program forJack Lockman’s investor group onJanuary 23.

Steve Yuhasz will contact JohnTatum regarding the 501(c)(3) effortthis month.

The 1999 SEMCO Board andVolunteers Dinner has been postpondue to inclement weather. It isrescheduled for January 23 at BethFordyce’s house.

Tom Callow reported that every-thing is in place for today’s elections.

Steve Yuhasz suggested that webecome involved in some morecommunity activities. Working withschools, retirement communities, andhome schools were suggested. We winvestigate the possibilities and havefurther discussion when more infor-mation is gathered.

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The meeting was called to order byPresident Steve Yuhasz.Present: President Steve Yuhasz,Vice President Jerry Comptois,Treasurer Roger Gay, Secretary PatKreiling, DATA BUS Editor BethFordyce, SIG-Internet Chairman BrianBrodsky, SIG-IBM Co-ChairmanWarner Mach, Intermediate chairmanTom Callow, SIG-Advanced Chair-man Franz Breidenich, SIG-MACChairman Harold Balmer, PastPresident Bob Clyne.Treasury: Roger Gay reported abalance on hand of $2858.90. TheDecember membership status is 166.SIG-IBM: Tom Callow will be doinga demonstration of Partition Magicfrom PowerQuest. Mr. Callow is still

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waiting to hear from Microsoftregarding a future presentation.IBM Novice Group: Bob Clyne willbe the host of the January meeting aFranz Breidenich will host theFebruary meeting.SIG-Mac: Harold Balmer reportedthat upcoming presentations would biMac and networking.SIG-Advanced: Chairman FranzBreidenich reported that 10 peopleattended the multi-topic meeting.SIG-Internet: Chairman BrianBrodsky discussed the decline inattendance. The next meeting topicwill be favorite Internet sites. Presi-dent Steve Yuhasz suggested that wutilize the Internet in everything wedo. Some concrete items for our website are videotapes of meetings andlibrary presentations, the PCTALKinterview, and Bill Gates MicrosoftPics. It was also suggested the Intersite be made accessible to all.SIG-Database: No report at this time.Social Hour: This continues to be agreat success due to the generouscontributions of so many members.Discussion Area: Bob Clyne reportedthat a few registrations have been loduring the transfer to our new site, bin general things are going well.Volunteer Opportunities: Thefollowing opportunities are still open:• Backup refreshment person• Greeters• May 1999 Novi Expo Show volun

teers needed• Volunteers to help Tom Callow atthe February 16 presentation at theMacomb Library

NEW BUSINESSRoger Gay moved that we form anominating committee with BobClyne as chairman. Brian Brodsky

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The next stop in the SEMCOLibrary Circle tour will be theMacomb Library on February 16,1999. Birmingham, Farmington Hillsand Auburn Hills are all possiblefuture sites.

The 501(c)(3) effort is continuingwith the help of John Tatum and BoCostello.

The 1999 SEMCO Board andVolunteers Dinner will be held atBeth Fordyce’s house on January 2

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The SEMCO general meeting wascalled to order by President SteveYuhasz at 1:30pm. He opened thefloor for nominations of officers. Thefollowing nominations were made anaccepted:Treasurer: Roger GaySecretary: Pat KreilingVice President: Tim Mauro-VetterPresident: Steve Yuhasz

Ballots will be prepared anddistributed by Tom Callow and BethFordyce.

President Steve Yuhasz thankedeveryone for their volunteer work anreminded all members to Tell ’emabout SEMCO!!!

The meeting was adjourned at1:45pm. Ö

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by Dr. Wm. Agnew

President Steve Yuhasz opened thmeeting at 1:30pm with 35 memberspresent and welcomed one newmember who had just signed up. Thecurrent membership is 165.

He announced that the VolunteersDinner had been postponed fromJanuary 2 to January 23 because of snowstorm. He also said that addi-tional volunteers are still needed: abackup refreshment coordinator,greeters for the Sunday meetings, anew lead organizer for the Novi Expo

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Steve said that one of the goals ofSEMCO is to help the communitywith computer matters, and that heespecially wanted to assist people inthe community to get connected to tinternet. Thus he would like to hearfrom members any opportunities tohelp organizations like schools to dothis. One suggestion came from theaudience immediately.

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NEXT MEETING TOPIC:Tom Callow to demo how to createyour own personal network toconnect your PCs at home usingWindows 95 or Windows 98.

SIG-IBM1/10/99

Tom CallowWarner Mach

NEXT MEETING TOPIC: Faxingwith your computer. Chairman TomCallow to demo how to use yourcomputer and faxmodem to send andreceive faxes..

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SIG-ADVANCED1/4/99

Franz Breidenich

The January 4, 1999 meeting startedwith the election of the chairperson othe SIG for the year 1999. FranzBreidenich was reelected.

We then had our usual wide-rangediscussion on many different topics,not all computer related.

Due to poor weather conditions on7 people attended, but one of thosefaces belonged to Roger Gay who win the hospital two days earlier.

The next meeting will be heldFebruary 1, 1999 at 6:45pm at theTroy Public Library. Ö

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Rotating Volunteer Chairperson

NEXT MEETING:Leader: Franz BriedenichQ&A, member-directed discussion.

For TaxSee

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First on the agenda was the discussof future meeting topics. In FebruaryBrian will demonstrate bookmarkutility(s); there will not be a meetingin March because of a Libraryscheduling conflict. A question andanswer session was next.

The group had their annual electiofor chairman. Brian Brodsky was re-elected.

Brian began his discussion of FortAgent newsreader. Forte’s web siteURL is <http://www.forteinc.com.>Forte has a freeware package calledFree Agent. Forte Agent is $29 for thelectronic version or $40 + $5shipping for the shrink wrappedversion.

Forte Agent has the followingfeatures that are not found in FreeAgent: user defined folders;spellchecker; kill and watch lists;more search capabilities; sorts andfilters; mime support; cross-postmanagement; launch URLs; andcustomizable toolbars.

Brian demonstrated how to set upthe program. Agent has 3 panes: agroup list; a message list and thecurrent message. You can also makany of these panes full sized. Brianwent online and refreshed the group

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list of over 33,000. The groupsearched the group list by using thefind and find next tool buttons. Theyalso subscribed to groups of interestby selecting the group and using thesubscribe tool button. After, the groulist was limited to just the subscribedgroups by using the Group... ShowGroups and Folders... SubscribedGroups and Folders.

Then, Brian got the headers in thesubscribed groups using the corre-sponding tool button. After you havethe headers you can retrieve and reaa message by just double clicking aheader. You can also select theheaders and press the Mark forRetrieval tool button in all of thegroups and then press the Get MarkMessage Bodies tool button.

The last thing Brian showed washow to set up the automatic purgingproperties through the Group...Default Properties... What to Purge..menu option.

February 15 Meeting Topic: (3rdMonday) Brian will demonstratebookmark utility(s).

In March, no meeting.Contact: Brian Brodsky, Res. 248/

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Custom Business Systemsoffices (a subsidiary ofCorrell Porvin Associates,CPA).

One of our members, EdDolikian, works there andhas reserved the next thredates for us in their conference room. A map is below

Upon entering the build-ing, proceed to the 15thfloor. Exit the elevator andturn right, the CPA firmwaiting room is straightahead.

MACINTOSH, PPERFORMA,

For a map to the location or to beadded to the database group mailinlist, please send me an e-mail and Iwill forward the map to you. Our nexmeeting date is on the third Wednesday of the month, February17.Larry Grupido, lgrupido@tir.com,(810) 664-1777 ext 151. Ö

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MACINTOSH MEETINGby Dr. Wm. Agnew

Chairman Harold Balmer opened thmeeting at 1:45pm with 13 memberspresent. He mentioned that the largeuser of Macintosh computers inMichigan is Ameritech, where mostare involved with producing theYellow Pages. He then introducedTim Mauro-Vetter who demonstratedhis iMac computer for the group.

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Tim’s iMac is a Version B with a G-3, 233 Mgherz processor, 6 Mgs ofvideo RAM, and System 8.5. He saidit cost him $1299, but the price is nowdown to $999. He outlined his wholehome computer system on a chart,which included the iMac, a Performa6200, printer, scanner, CD burner, Zidrive, and a hub that networked it alltogether. With this system it is possi-ble for his two daughters to playgames simultaneously on differentcomputers using the same CD in theiMac. Currently, Tim is unable to prinfrom his iMac directly to the printerand must transfer documents to thePerforma 6200 before printing. He islooking for a cable adapter that will le

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him go directly to the printer, andHarold said that if there’s not one nothere will surely be one soon becausall kinds of peripherals and adaptersare coming from manufacturers for thiMac. However, it was mentioned thaa newer-model used printer might becheaper than a cable adapter. It wasalso mentioned that Terry White’sMacGroup Detroit is having a swapmeet January 24, 10am to 2pm at thSouthfield Civic Center Parks & RecAuditorium. It costs $3 to get in, butlots of deals will be available.

Tim pointed out that the scriptingfunction in System 8.5 is very useful,among other things, allowing him toeasily back up both his computers atonce.

There are some negatives to theiMac that Tim mentioned: The CDdisk drive is noisy; the speakers beininternal to the computer have somebackground noise; and the USB portlimit the expandability until moreperipherals with USB connection goon the market. The lack of a floppydisk drive doesn’t bother Tim becaushe can always use the drive in thePerforma 6200 that is networked tothe iMac.

Tim strongly recommended the booMac Secrets which comes with a CD-ROM for $50. There is a lot of soft-ware in the CD in addition to the textof the book. Included are: Can Opener, Graphics Converter, MacLink PluClean Install Assistant, and manyother applications. The book lists thespecifications for every Mac that hasever been produced, tells about everextension in the Mac system and suggests which can be eliminated andwhich not, and also how to eliminateduplicates. Teach Text is a common

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At various times in Tim’s presenta-tion his iMac surprised the audienceand spoke up spontaneously withvocal comments such as:

“Don’t listen to this guy. He doesn’tknow what he’s talking about.”

“Help! I’m in this computer andcan’t get out.”

“OK, I’ve had enough. Shut up.”Tim showed how these statements cbe recorded for playback at specifictimes using the Date & Time controlpanel in System 8.5.

Other tips offered during themeeting were:

Beth: She had trouble trying to in-stall System 8.01 on her 6200CDPerforma and went back to her earlie7.5. She recommended System 8.5only be used when it comes alreadyinstalled in a new computer. Butsomeone else had a professionalinstall System 8 on an older computeand it has worked well.

Harold: It is rumored that Apple isworking on a G-4 processor still fastethan the G-3.

Harold: An external hard drive is thway to go if you need extra storagespace.

The meeting ended at 3:43pm withround of applause in appreciation forTim Mauro-Vetter’s presentation.Ö

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GURU - A Must Haveby Phyllis Evans

GURU is an acronym. It stands forGUide to Ram Upgrades and it is anapplication which provides you withinformation concerning the memoryupgrades that are possible for everymodel of Macintosh that has ever bemade. It also includes memoryinformation on all Apple LaserWriterprinters and many of the Macintoshclone computers. In addition to RAMinformation, GURU gives you all sortof valuable information, includingwhich PRAM battery each computeruses, how many slots are available,cache, ports—you name it, GURU hait. This is a must have for all Macusers.

Cost? Nothing! This is a great piecof freeware distributed by NewerTechnology and updated twice a yeaIt comes under the heading of freeadvertising for Newer RAM. A copyhas been added to our disk library, byou can also download it at: http://www.newerram.com/New_Folder/guru.html √√√√√

FEBRUARY MAC MEETING:1:45pm, Room 168: Harold Balmerto demo networking in your home oroffice.

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Jean BlievernichtIn some instances when you installMicrosoft Office Applications and tryto run them, you may get a messagesaying there is “no license for thisapplication.” This happened to mewhen I got a new computer and gotMicrosoft Office SBE (Word, Excel,Publisher) installed as OEM softwareThen I tried to load Access and PowePoint from Office Pro 97. Theyseemed to install ok, but when I triedto run them, I got the message aboutnot having a license for the applicatioand they wouldn’t run. I talked tomany people and tried a lot of things,but nothing worked, so I gave up andcalled Microsoft.

They gave me the name of a file Icould download from the Microsoftsupport web site. I did and it solvedthe problem very quickly. The file tosolve the problem is: AcLicn97.exewhich I got from:ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/ms/files. The Readme file says you musthave the full version of MS Office 97Pro or MS Access 97 installed on youcomputer first. I had MS Access 97installed on another partition and thefix worked. I no longer get the “Thereis no license” message and Access(and PowerPoint) are now running.The fix is stated to be for Access, butit also worked for PowerPoint for me.√√√√√

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If you are using a browser bookmarkto go directly to the SEMCO OnlineDiscussion and you created thebookmark before we moved theOnline Discussion host site fromEntex to NuTechs, you will need tochange the bookmark. A symptom ofa bookmark to the old site is that youare prompted for a user name andpassword immediately on arrivingwithout ever seeing the OnlineDiscussion home page. If you areexperiencing this problem, the easiessolution is to delete the old bookmarkgo to the SEMCO home page at http:www.semco.org, follow the link fromthere to the Online Discussion and thcreate a new bookmark. You can, ofcourse, just always use the link fromthe SEMCO home page to the OnlineDiscussion and not bookmark theOnline Discussion at all.

Remember, the Online Discussion a place to ask questions, relate yourexperiences, advertise items for sale,make suggestions for meeting topicsor for the improvement of SEMCO,etc. Most questions posted getanswered, although there are excep-tions when no one has a clue as to thanswer. Sometimes questions asked meetings that could not be answeredthe meeting are answered on theOnline Discussion. If you have aproblem with or question about theOnline Discussion, e-mail me atclyne@mich.com or phone me at(810) 387-3101. Ö

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DEALS COLUMNfrom the Deals Guy

Greater Orlando Computer UGby Bob “The Cheapskate” Click

Last month’s column was written insuch a hurry that a couple of thingsthat escaped proofing were correctetoo late for some newsletter deadlineSorry if you found either of themistakes.

There also was a problem with theOhio Distinctive offer. I had called fopermission to reprint the item and watold they would be delighted. Whenpeople called to order they were toldthe price was $10.00 instead of the$5.00 in their letter and you neededthe original letter, but I didn’t see thain my letter. When I called back tocheck out the problem, I finally talkedto the owner who said they wouldhonor any orders at the $5.00 price iit was submitted via a letter with thename of your user group and the metion of my column. It seems they onlytake orders by mail or their web site.will be only $5.00 + S&H using themail method. Personally, I think theyare losing lots of business using themail method. It’s been my experiencwith deals that a toll-free order num-ber would increase business greatly.As A Reminder: The Media Graph-ics special offer is still good. CallGeorge Rice or Chris Linney at MediGraphics - phone 1-800-679-6730(US) or 1-800-598-2037 (US &Canada). The Casady & Greene itemare also still good. Call Casady &Greene at 1-800-359-4920 or 1-831-484-9228 and mention this column.The JASC, O’Reilly Publishing andPower Quest items are ongoing.More on Corel Word Perfect SuiteMagazine: Brian Graham reads my

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column in a user group newsletter anhere are his own words in response the column: “I have more good newsabout the magazine (Word PerfectSuite) to report. But first, some clari-fications. You said (in the column),‘I’m still not clear on how the elec-tronic subscription will take shape.’ “The WP Magazine subscriptionprocess is identical to most electronicpurchases—from the main menu, yoare guided to a special, secureenvironment that keeps your transaction safe. On the purchase screen, yare prompted to enter your name andaddress to identify you in the WPMagazine subscriber database. “Next, you enter your credit cardnumber, the expiration date, and alogin name and password (with areminder phrase) to be used when yoaccess the publication. A one-yearsubscription (currently, the max) is$19.95, and far less expensive than original paper subscription. That’s assimple as it gets.

“The founder/publisher, AllenClark, posts a new column from timeto time at the website. Check out hislatest from the basic editorial soapbolocated in cyberspace at: http://www.wpsuitenews.com/emag/members/articles/1998/nov98/nov_ed.htm.”

There you have it from BrianGraham.Do You Know Your Way Around?I reviewed “Precision Mapping” acouple of years ago and presented itfor the members at a club meeting onnight. It received good comments anin fact, after looking over a couple ofother mapping softwares at the nextcouple of meetings, we liked PrecisioMapping best.

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In version 3.5, you simply click onwhere you are and where you want togo latitude/longitude coordinates.Decide the route you want, pick fromthe shortest, fastest, fewest turns, orset custom priorities.

After all that, click “Calculate” andin a few seconds you’ll know exactlyhow to get there. Text directions showwhere to turn, how far it is, averagespeed you’ll travel in this segment,and expected arrival time. Click on atext direction and you automaticallysee a detailed map of the intersection

Thumbnail maps have text direc-tions underneath. Use “pushpins” tohighlight points of interest on yourmaps with 22 different symbols, eachwith four different colors. Create up to209 categories. Hide or show differenlibraries at once on your maps.

New GPS interface lets you customize the Precision Mapping to fit yourneeds with simple click-to-pickmenus. Unique “Direction-Up” featureautomatically rotates your map soyour direction of travel is alwaystoward the top of your screen. Workswith almost all NMEA GPS receivers,although I’m told it won’t work withthe GPS receiver that is part of aDelorme package.

There’s more, but if this sounds likea winner to you, give Chicago Map acall at 1-800-257-9244 to buy thissoftware for just $29.99 + $5.00 S&Hin the Continental US. I talked toChris. If you own a previous version,the upgrade is $19.99 + $5.00 S&H.These prices were originally their lim-ited time offer and would haveexpired by now, but are extended forthe col-umn. Mention the Column sothey know how you found out. I havenot tried the Version 3.5. A bonus als

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on the CD is “3D CrunchMan” in 3Dwith digitized sound and awesomemusic.

As an aside, version 4.0 is expectearound May so you might ask aboutordering and waiting for that, or ifthey would provide a free upgradewhen it is introduced. Chris was notsure about what the situation would bat that time.No More “My Document FilingOnly” For Data Files Perhaps newusers aren’t quite sure what I’m talk-ing about. In Windows 3.x there wasno provision for where your data filesshould go, except often being dumpein with the program files. Not enoughuser groups teach members aboutproper HD management, includinggood ways to store your data files. Inother words, if you write a letter inyour word processor, where does it gwhen you save it and close the file? Windows 95 improved on that a bitby making the “My Documents”folder the default place for all datafiles and it was up to the user toimprove on that if desired. That’sprobably about as far as the explanation should go since many have theirown favorite way to store data files.Ask ten different people and you mayget ten different ways to do it.

“File-Ex 98” helps power users withfile management and retrieval byautomatically adding functionality tothe “Open” and “Save As” dialogs ofWindows 95/98 applications. The“Auto-enlargement” feature allowsmore files to be displayed at once,minimizing the need to scroll thewindow. I wouldn’t plan on theenlargement feature for anything elseespecially not the size of ... yourmonitor’s screen.

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by Ron Murawskithe_murs@pipeline.com

submitted by Betty MacKenzieIn the last two months, I have coverehow to organize a hard drive to makbackups easier, the importance ofinstalling the latest update files andwhere to find them, ways to gain bacsubstantial hard drive space, and hoto make Win95 more secure and mostable. This month we learn how tomake Win95 fly as fast as it can.CMOS SettingsParadoxically, the first place to lookfor performance enhancements is nowithin Win95—it is in your CMOSsetup. Most BIOSs will flash some-thing like “Press DEL to enterSETUP” as you boot. Press the magkey (or combination), enter yourCMOS setup and check these settin“CPU Internal Cache,” “ExternalCache,” “IDE 32-bit Transfer Mode,”“System Bios Cacheable” and “VideBIOS Shadow.” Any of these, ifmisconfigured, can destroy perfor-mance. If any are set as “Disabled,”you can change your slow, lumberinturtle into a blistering, supercharged

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A CPU upgrade is a viable alternative if you have a Pentiummotherboard and an older, slowerCPU. A Pentium 100 upgraded to a200 MMX OverDrive processor willcost about $250. Non-Intel processowill cost less. You might expect thatthe improvement ratio would be 2 to1, but it yields half that. The bestperformance enhancement is realizeby replacing older 75 and 90 MHzPentium chips. I have found thatmotherboard-CPU upgrades outper-form CPU-only upgrades by asubstantial margin.

If you have an older hard drive ofless than 1 GB in size, a newer drivewill yield better performance. Thetransfer rates and seek times of thenew drives can give up to 15%improvement throughput. This willspeed up Win95 boot-up, as well asprogram load and save times. Win95

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struggles to find small, unoccupiedspaces on drives that are almost full.newer, larger drive with lots of freespace can outperform a stuffed-fulldrive by a factor of 2 or more. New3.2 GB hard drives can be had for lethan $200. The newest hard drivessupport ultra-DMA transfers that, intheory, operate twice as fast as non-ultras. I find they are not twice as fasbut they do perform noticeably bettethan non-ultras. A new motherboardsupporting ultra-DMA transfers alongwith a properly configured Windows95 (you’ll need version 2.1, whichalso has support for USB) will acceshard drives faster than you think ispossible.

All the hardware improvements inthe world won’t speed up a slowmodem. Some modems have flashROMs that can be upgraded bysoftware to either 33.6 or 56K speedCall your modem-maker or go to theappropriate web site to find out if anupgrade is available for your model.New modem prices are lower thanever before. If you spend any time aall on the Internet, you should get thefastest modem you can afford. Keepmind that until recently there were twmutually incompatible types of 56Kmodems available. The new 56Kmodem standard is named v.90, andyour new modem should support it.Your local telephone company maylimit your modem options becauseyour street wiring may not allowanything faster than 28.8 connectionspeed. Converting from telephonemodem to cable modem is usuallymore affordable than may seem. Youcan drop the extra telephone linecoming into your house, and yourmonthly ISP provider fee. Together

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To check for this condition, fromWin95 choose “Start,” “Settings,” and“Control Panel,” double-click the“System” icon, then select the“Performance” tab. If the list boxbelow “Select an item...” states anydrive is using “MSDOS compatibilitymode,” then real-mode drivers existfor this drive. Removing them fromConfig.sys and/or Autoexec.bat willspeed up all Win95 accesses to thisdevice. You must reboot for theremoval to have an effect. Sometimeremoval will re-enable a lost functionCD recordable drives will typically beable to write only when no real-modedrivers are present.

The most common commands inConfig.sys and Autoexec.bat thatcause the DOS slowdown problem aSmartdrv and Mscdex. Delete orremark out any lines containingSmartdrv or Mscdex references.Deletion of Mscdex lines will renderyour CD drive invisible whenever youchoose to “Restart in MSDOS mode.Adding “REM” at the beginning ofeach line mentioning Mscdex ispreferable if you occasionally work inMSDOS mode because you canalways remove the “REM” to makethe real-mode drivers functional aga

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Or, put anything removed fromAutoexec.bat into Dosstart.bat in youWindows directory. This file is runwhen restarting in MSDOS mode.Windows 95 BottlenecksAlmost all Win95 speed improve-ments will be realized from ControlPanel’s System program. Once agaifrom Win95 choose “Start,” “Set-tings,” and “Control Panel,” double-click the “System” icon, and select th“Performance” tab. If Win95 asks“Restart Windows now?” answer“No.” Choose the “File System”button. Make sure the read-aheadoptimization slider is set to “Full.” Ifyou have more than 16 MB of RAM,change the typical role to “NetworkServer.” This will allocate a largerchunk of memory as a filename cachfor disk requests. Be advised that thichoice can sometimes slow you dowdue to a bug in Windows 95 v. A. (Se<http://www.idg.net:4000/story_3157.html.>) Choose “Apply” ifyou made changes, then choose the“CD-ROM” tab. Move the slider to“Large” for Supplemental cache sizeand change the Optimize accesspattern to “Quad-speed or higher.”Again, if you made any changes,choose “Apply.” Now choose the“Troubleshooting” tab. Make sure noboxes are checked. Choose “Apply” you made a change. Now choose th“Okay” button to again return to“Performance.” Choose the “Graph-ics” button. Make sure Hardwareacceleration is set to “Full.” Nowchoose “Okay.” If, at any time, Win95prompted you to restart, do so now.

Most motherboards come with a“Bus Master” disk. Bus Master is aWin95 device driver that controls theoperation of IDE hard drive transfers

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You’ll get better disk performanceif you defragment your hard driveregularly. How regularly? Certainlywhenever fragmentation is more than10%. Disks with little free space needto be defragged more often. I defragmonthly whether I need to or not. Torun Defrag, choose “Start,” “Pro-grams,” “Accessories,” “SystemTools” and then “Disk Defragmenter.(If the program is missing from yourStart Menu, you can try entering“Defrag.exe” into the “Start” “Run”text box. If it doesn’t launch fromthere, you’ll have to install it fromyour Win95 CD.) Choose the driveyou want to defragment and choose“Okay.” Now choose the “Advanced”button. Make sure the displayedchoices are “Full defragmentation,”“Check drive for errors,” and “Savethese options and use them everytime.” Choose “Okay” and proceed todefrag your drive by clicking the“Start” button.

Keep in mind that Microsoft’sDefrag program is nothing more thana dumbed-down version of NortonSpeedisk. If you can afford NortonUtilities for Win95 it is well worth theprice. The Speedisk program candefrag in such a way that the mostcommonly accessed files that do notchange are placed near the beginninof the hard drive (Win95 exe and dllfiles) and the files that change mostoften (databases and active docu-

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Another Norton Speedisk feature iits ability to defrag your Win95 swapfile. You can defrag your swap filewithout Speedisk if you have morethan one logical hard drive. Here’show: From Control Panel’s Systemprogram, choose the “Performance”tab, then “Virtual Memory.” Click theradio button next to “Let me specifymy own virtual memory settings.”Choose a different drive than what t“Hard disk” text box indicates.Choose “Okay” and restart Win95.Now Defrag the drive where the swafile used to be. After defragging,change the swap file location back twhere is was originally. After restart-ing the computer, your swap file willbe perfectly defragged.

Now that your swap file is defrag-ged, it would be a shame for it to stafragmenting once again. You canprevent this by yet again going intothe virtual memory section and fillingin for both minimum and maximumsize a number (in megabytes) that istwice the size of your computer’sphysical RAM. This assumes, ofcourse, that this much disk space isactually free. This will not only pre-vent future fragmentation, but will enforever those eerie pauses with thehard drive churning away as Win95resizes the swap file. If you have twophysical IDE hard drives, putting youswap file and Windows on separateIDE channels will lessen bus contention and speed up access. SCSI drivwill not benefit from this layout.

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Permission to reprint with appropriate credit ishereby given to non-profit organizations.Ron Murowski is a computer consultant from StatenIsland, New York. Feedback or advice for futurearticles is invited. You can read “On The Horizon”online at <http://www.castlemall.com/ron.>(C)Copyright 1998 by Ron Murawski Ö

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Stopping Spam:More Important Than You

Might ThinkA Ken’s Korner Book Review

by Ken FermoyleMost of us know by now that Spamisn’t just a Hormel canned meatproduct. Today, “spam” also meansany kind of unrequested, unwantedemail or newsgroup article sent inbulk over the Internet. Some peoplemerely regard it as a nuisance.Unfortunately, Internet spam is muchmore than that.

Spam is not something we caneliminate simply by clicking on“delete.” It poses a serious problemfor the cyberspace community, one wshould all recognize and work tocombat. The best weapon I’ve foundso far is a new book, “StoppingSpam,” from O’Reilly & Associates(www.oreilly.com).

Authors Alan Schwartz and SimsoGarfinkel have done an excellent jobof explaining how and why spam is amajor headache. More important, thedescribe practical ways in whichindividuals and organizations can usto combat this insidious menace.

“Spam messages waste theInternet’s two most precious re-sources: the bandwidth of long-distance communication links and thtime of network administrators who

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keep the Internet working from day tday. Spam also wastes the time ofcountless computer users around theplanet.” They point out further thatspammers increasingly use fraud ancomputer abuse to deliver theirmessages.

They also present disturbing figureon the amount of spam jamming theNet today, and warn that the volumeincreasing. The reason? Spam isprobably the lowest-cost form ofadvertising available—to thespammer, that is. Unfortunately, itcosts everyone else far more than mof us realize.

One especially interesting chapterexplains how messages are sent acrthe Internet, possibly the best andmost detailed explanation of theprocess I’ve read to date. It alsocovers the methods spammers use t“harvest” email addresses and explothe system in other ways.

The most valuable sections of thebook, however, are the strategiesSchwartz and Garfunkel offer to helpstop the flow of spam. Some of theirsolutions are technical; some arepolitical. They tell how to use filteringand active responses to foil spammeplus how to track down and respondspam sources. Tools and informationon web sites, programs and documementioned in the book are referencein an 8-page appendix.

All in all, this is a valuable book onan important subject. Well written, itincludes technical material explainedin such a way that you don’t need adegree in computer science to get thmessage, but neither is it “Spam forDummies.” It will repay the thought-ful reader big dividends in usefulinformation. I recommend it for

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anyone who wants to learn more abospam and Internet messaging ingeneral. User Groups should consideadding it to their libraries.Stopping Spamby Alan Schwartz & Simson Garfinkel,1st Edition, October 1998. 204 pages,$19.95O’Reilly & AssociatesCambridge, MA - Phone: (617)354-5800,(800)775-7731Sebastopol, CA - Phone: (707)829-0515,(800)998-9938Email orders: order@oreilly.comCopyright 1998, Ken Fermoyle, Fermoyle Publica-tions. All rights reserved. For permission to reprintcontact kfermoyle@earthlink.net(Author’s Note: I feel that this book and its subject areof vital interest to the entire computer community.The book’s content deserves the widest possiblecirculation, no matter whether your platform of choiceis a Mac, PC or Unix workstation. I urge you to printthis review in your newsletters, post it on your websites and relay it to your fellow computer users, notbecause the review itself is important but because itcalls attention to an important message. KenFermoyle) Ö

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UpgradesThat Make Sense Part 3:

Adding Drive Storage Spaceby Ken Fermoyle

Author’s Note: This article was halfcomplete when I began hearing reports omysterious problems affecting some UltraDMA (also called ATA, Fast ATA, EIDEor DMA/3 3) hard drives. The number ofincidents was small, but not insignificant,so I felt I needed to investigate. See resuon Page 23. If you have direct knowledgeof any such problems, please e-mail me details at <kfermoyle@earthlink.net.> Iwill report new information in futurearticles.

Women say: “You can’t be too thintoo rich, or have too many silkblouses.” A computer corollary mightbe that a system can’t be too fast, hatoo much RAM or too much hard discapacity. One could argue the firstpremise in both cases. Being too thinmight mean anorexia, which isn’tgood, and a computer can have a

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faster, more expensive CPU (centralprocessing unit) than its owner needThere can be no argument, howeverthat you no longer need to be rich toafford lots of RAM and drive storagespace. (I haven’t priced silk blouseslately.) The entry level for RAM nowis 32MB and many new machinesoffer 64MB. Going to 128MB or moremay be indicated for servers or somehigh-end tasks, but is probablyoverkill for most of us right now.Running out of storage space often ione of the first limitations you run intowith an older computer, especially inthese days of ever-bigger softwareprograms. Fortunately, remedies todare easy, inexpensive and varied.

Large-capacity Ultra DMA (DirectMemory Access) drives can replace,or be used in addition to, existing hardrives in many computers. SCSI(Small Computer Systems Interface)hard drives are expensive, very fast,come in many varieties, but require aspecial interface board. Removable-cartridge Zip and Jaz drives fromIomega can be mounted internally orexternally (connected through aparallel port).

High-capacity drives, such as the120MB Super Drive, can replacetraditional 3.5-inch floppy drives. CDRW (rewriteable compact disk drivesare coming on the scene but are stillpricey. All have good and bad points

Ultra DMA drives these daysprovide huge capacities, are inexpensive (as little as 5 to 10 cents permegabyte), generally easy to installand are as fast as some SCSI drivesThey double disk read and writespeeds of earlier DMA drives from16.6MB per second to 33.3MB/sec.(Some UDMA drives that support

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UDMA also allows data transfers totake place with very little CPUinvolvement, which can mean betteroverall system performance. A veryfew UDMA drives have had problem(see sidebar) and buyers should beaware of a few cautions, but I believethey are the best current choices formass storage in typical home or smaoffice systems.

SCSI drives come in a bewilderingnumber of categories: Wide, Fast-Wide, Ultra Wide and the latest Ultra2 LVD (Low Voltage Differential).They need SCSI boards of varyingtypes (and prices) to provide maxi-mum performance.

Frankly, I feel that SCSI drives aregreat for servers, serious game-players, multimedia or high-endgraphics work and heavy-dutypublishing or video editing, but notnecessary for most users. They costlot: 50% to 100% or more than UltraDMA drives of similar capacity. (Onebig computer chain store near merecently sold an 8.4GB MaxtorUDMA drive for $179, while a no-name Ultra Wide SCSI drive went fo$299. Both were bare drive onlyprices so you would have to add thecost of a SCSI board unless youalready had one.) And a SCSI drivemay not be noticeably faster for thework most of us do most of the time.

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ently went belly-up late last year andIomega’s profits were down in 1998.Cartridges are not cheap and they aslower than UDMA drives.

High-Capacity Floppy drives andmedia cost about the same but havethe advantage of backward compat-ibility (i.e. they read and write to tra-ditional 3.5-inch floppy diskettes).CD-R/DVD drives may be a betterchoice as prices drop; let’s leave thefor a future column when they haveachieved a more mainstream status.

How about the UDMA drivecautions mentioned above? First, reads carefully. Drives advertised asbare drive only, common practice fosome large chain retailers (e.g. FryElectronics), normally don’t includeany cables, instructions, software(drivers and utilities) or mountinghardware. The latter come in full retapackages, which typically cost about$30-$40 more. You can usuallydownload drivers and utilities fromthe drive maker’s Website but unlessyou’re comfortable dealing withhardware and have some know-howthe retail package is your best bet. Tinstructions and installation utilityalone can be invaluable. If installinghardware is scary for you, ask abouthaving the drive installed or seek hefrom a knowledgeable User Groupmember. I have found that utilitiessuch as Seagate’s DiscWizard makeinstallation virtually painless IF youfollow the directions!

If you have a computer built in1997 or before, its BIOS likely won’tsupport a UDMA drive larger than8.4GB; most systems built after aboumid-1998 include such support.OnTrack’s Disk Manager may correcthis, but the easiest way to avoid

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problems with older computers is togo no larger than 8.4GB. Also, if yourun a WinTel system without Win-dows 95 OSR2.x or Win98 withFAT32, you must divide the drive intpartitions of no more than 2.1GB.PartitionMagic from PowerQuest isthe best tool for this job.

Not so incidentally, hard drivemanufacturers have some of the besmost helpful Websites around. Go toSeagate, <www.seagate.com>;Western Digital, <www.wdc.com>;Maxtor, <www.maxtor.com>;Quantum, <www.quantum.com>;IBM, <www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl.htm>; or Fujitsu,<www.fujitsu.com/harddisk.html.>

Hope this helps you expand yourcomputer horizons and gives youroom to grow! Ö

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by Ken FermoyleI first learned of some UDMA driveproblems in Win95/98/NT systemslast November from Brian LivingstonInfoWorld’s “Window Manager”columnist. He wrote: “There seems tbe a discernible minority of UDMAdrives that have been installed insystems that aren’t quite capable ofsupporting the maximum speedsUDMA can produce.” He suggestedthat the problems could result fromelectromagnetic interference on thesystem bus, poor flow control infirmware or hardware, or poor drivecircuitry.

Upon investigation I discovered thdifficulties ranged from failure tocomplete Plug and Play drive installation and slow-down/speed-up duringfile transfer, to extremely long

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Moreover, it appears that noteveryone who installs a UDMA harddrive is getting UDMA performance.Let’s take this situation first becauseit’s easy to check (1) whether yoursystem supports UDMA, and (2) if itdoes, whether DMA (Direct MemoryAccess) is enabled or not.

Click Start/Settings/Control Panel/System, then the Device Manager taand plus sign at left of “Hard DiskControllers.” If you see an entry thatincludes “PCI Bus Master IDEController,” your system supportsUDMA. If an entry reads “StandardDual IDE Controller,” no bus master-ing drivers are loaded and UDMA isnot supported.

While still in Device Manager, clickthe plus sign at left of “Disk Drives,”double-click a hard drive icon (not afloppy or removable-cartridge drive),and then click the “Settings” tab. Ifyou see a DMA box under “Options”and that box is checked, the computis configured for UDMA drives.

As for the other issues, I have twopieces of advice. First, a much moreknowledgeable expert than I, MarkStapleton (aka Sporkman), a mechacal engineer at Georgia Tech ReseaInstitute, has studied the complexproblems extensively. His take andthat of Micheline “Tink” Long, anauthor-writer who does a lot ofsoftware tech support work, appear oTink’s Website HYPERLINK <http://www.csiway.com/~tink/techno-talk—computer-and-softw/and-sundry/dmawhite.lwp/odyframe.htm> in theform of a White Paper prepared byStapleton. The paper covers thecomplex issues far better and more

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Second, all drive makers are nowaware of the situation and should hasuggestions, if not solutions, shouldyou have UDMA drive problems.Don’t hesitate to contact them. (SeeURLs in main article.) You might belucky enough to get a tech supportperson like Bill Rudock at Seagate,who helped me with a drive installa-tion problem (caused by my error inmisreading instructions ) and was thbest, most patient tech support guy Ihave encountered to date. Ö

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Mac Basics—When to Paniccompiled by Walter Minkelfrom Thousand Oaks (CA)

CVMUGprinted in Mouse Tracks

While reviewing a group of newbooks about Mac basics, it struck methat sometimes even power-user typforget about some of the basic stuffthat we can do to operate our Macswith less sweat and fewer hassles. Sthis month, I include two articlesabout basic stuff—the first, on what do when you have Mac problems,from Thousand Oaks’ (CA) CVMUGand the second, on useful Option Ketricks, from another PMUG, thePrinceton Macintosh Users Group.On When to Panic:

Macintosh is not unlike other com-puter platforms in its insidious abilityto occasionally reduce even thestrongest user to a mass of quiveringjello!

What do you do when you turn onyour Mac and absolutely nothinghappens? It is not unusual for anycomputer platform to figure out a wa

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If you have a Mac Plus, SE, SE/30,or Classic model it may be time totake your machine into your friendlyApple service center for a diagnosis. you bought a Performa call the 800service number and tell them to getright over to your house or office andfix your computer. Soon all Macpurchases will be receiving one yearfree in-home repairs.

If you happen to have a Mac IImodel, check to make sure that thekeyboard is connected to the ADBport on the back of your Mac. If youhave two ports, try the second.Remember that you have a powerswitch on the back of your computer.Try starting the computer by pressingthat switch. If nothing stirs life in yourmachine, rename it Lazarus and taketo someone who can help you.• The sounds of agony! Did you everwonder why it seems to take such along time for your Mac to actually dosomething after you turn it on? Well,the Mac must go through a series oftests to check out the computer beforit actually starts up. If anything iswrong, you could hear an ugly chord

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When I have been the target of thaterrible sound, I turn off the computerand go out for a short walk around mbackyard. I kick my dogs a couple oftimes, throw the cat across the room,and scream at my children. I thenreturn to my computer and try it againAmazingly, that procedure oftenworks. If the cacophony of doomoccurs once more, I check the lasthardware changes I might have madOnce the black aria sounded afterinstalling memory, once after a SCSIcable was changed, and another timeoccurred after installing a video cardin my IIcx. I removed the video cardand reseated it. Fired the computer uand everything was fine.

Should the gloomy air continue, it’soff to the Apple service depot.

If you choose to open yourcomputer’s case and make changes adjustments, remember you may bevoiding your warranty in the process.Carefully read any instructionsregarding adding memory or cards.Most modifications are easier thanchanging a fuse on your automobile,but it does require you to follow someeasy precautions… like making surethat you are wearing a grounding straattached to your power supply, andthat you have turned off the computeand let it sit unplugged for at least fivminutes.

Remember that SIMMs can easilybe destroyed by static electricity.Eliminate as many sources of staticelectricity from around your computeas possible.• Everybody needs an emergencystartup disk. If you are one of thelucky Mac users who has a current

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system on floppy disks, one of thosedisks is called “Disk Tools,” and itallows you to start up your computerwhen, for whatever reason, yourdesignated startup disk refuses to obits marching orders. You can make aemergency start-up disk by simplyputting a Finder and System on afloppy disk. On that disk you shouldalso keep a copy of Disk First Aid, anApple Utility which is free and whichwill sometimes solve your problems.Disk First Aid will make minor repairsto a hard disk.

If you don’t have a copy of yourcurrent system on disk, you mightconsider buying the current version othe Apple System to solve futureproblems. Individuals who buy thesystem have access to a toll freetechnical support number for a year.you are a Performa user, you havedifferent problems. Apple has chosennot to supply Performa users withsystems disks but instead expects yoto backup your computer to floppydisks. Do so... and do it exactly asthey ask you to. If you should have trestore the data to your hard disk anit doesn’t work, call your servicecenter. Remember, they will come ouand repair your Performa withoutcharge for one year. You can also buNorton Utilities, a favorite with manyMac users; it ships with an emergencdisk that allows you to get yourcomputer up and running in anemergency. I personally would findlife less charming if Norton Utilitieswere to disappear... though I under-stand a new product from FifthGeneration called Public Utilities isgiving Norton a run for its money.• The Sad-faced Icon! If yourMacintosh starts up but you see a sa

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faced Macintosh Icon instead of thesmiling face, you are being told that ahardware or hardware-related problemis preventing your computer frombooting up. Shut down the computerand try to start-up from your emer-gency start-up disk. In a situation likethis it is pretty important that youremember what changes you mighthave made to your computer’s systemrecently. Perhaps you added incompaible drivers for SCSI devices, andbefore your computer will start up theway you want it to, you will have toremove them. If you added memory,make sure that you have installed theSIMMs properly.• The No Hard Disk Blues! Next toseeing nothing when you cue yourMacintosh, the most distressingexperience is seeing a blinkingquestion mark in the middle of afloppy disk icon because the computecan’t find your wayward hard disk.Sometimes the solution is easy. Nevereformat your hard disk unless youhave consulted a real expert. It israrely necessary to reformat a harddisk under normal usage. If you havevaluable data on a hard disk that willnot startup there are services that willrecover your data from an inoperablehard disk. Remember that all harddisks do eventually fail. It is importantthat you make backups of anyinformation that you do not want torisk losing. Do not turn off yourcomputer if you are only going toleave it for a couple of hours andreturn. Turning hard disks on and offdoes more damage than letting themrun. To conserve energy and yourmonitor, turn the monitor off but leavethe drives running.• If your start-up disk is external make

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—John Grzywacz-Gray in theCVMUG’s FatBits, May 1993

On Option Key Fun:Hold down the Option key while

pulling down menus, and you maydiscover some new choices. Addingthe Option key to click sequencesfrequently offers alternate choices,too. Here are some of my favorites.Finder Clean Up—With the Optionkey, this becomes Clean Up By Namalphabetizing your icons. By holdingdown the shift key, you can Clean Upjust the selected icon making it ontothe invisible grid.Close Box—Comm-W closes thewindow; Command-option-W closesall of them (or hold the Option key asyou click the close box).Duplicate a file—Drag-copy a file toanother folder on the same hard drivand it just moves it. Holding theOption key down while doing socopies it to the new location.Resize Box—In System 7, the resizebox resizes the window to fit the contents, but if you’d like to regress, andhave the window blow up to fill thescreen, just hold the Option key whileclicking anywhere on the title bar.Opening a folder—Hold the Option

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This collection of hints and tips wascollected (inspired) by the Daily Tiparchive from the folks at MacworldMagazine. If you have e-mail accessthey have several versions of helpfuinformation that you can subscribe toautomatically. The most obvious isDaily Tip, usually contributed byChris Breen. These have beenfrequently passed on to the ElectricSheep by CJ Hanes. I thought I wouuse some of them for this month’scolumn for those PMUG memberswho have not yet seen them, or likemyself, forgot them by the time Icame up with a place to use them!Note that each tip is labeled as to thlevel of Macintosh experience youwould be expected to have to becomfortable using this information.

—JANET DeVORE

DOWNLOAD MAC FILESTO A PC

LEVEL INTERMEDIATE

There’s a lot of confusion regardingthe proper method for downloadingMac files to a PC. Here’s how to goabout it with the Windows version ofNetscape Communicator. Surf to youfavorite Mac software site (we prefer

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http://www.macdownload.com) andchoose a file to download. You’ll beprompted to name and save the file.Follow the DOS 8.3 convention—aneight-letter name, followed by aperiod, followed by a three-lettersuffix. Because nearly every Mac filefound on the Internet is compressed the .hqx format, give the file thatsuffix—something likeBUBBAFIL.HQX—and save. Oncedownloaded, get the file to a Maceither via a network or a removabledisk. For files such as these to be recognized by the Mac you must have thPC Exchange control panel installedOnce the file is on the Mac it willappear to be a PC document but donlet that deter you. Simply open it withStuffitExpander and it will expand juslike any other .hqx file and reveal it-self to be a living, breathing Mac file.The Windows version of the currentAOL browser may report that it’sunable to download Mac files to yourPC. Never fear. Simply log onto AOLand then launch Netscape. You’ll beable to download the files throughNetscape via your AOL connection.

PHOTOSHOP 4.O ABOUT BOXLEVEL: BEGINNER

Adobe Photoshop’s About Box (thedialog box that results when youchoose About Photoshop from theApple menu) contains a few hiddentreats. For example:1) Hold down Command and selectAbout Photoshop to view the BigElectric Cat.2) Select About Photoshop and wait.The text at the bottom of the dialogbox will begin to scroll, revealingcredits. Wait until the end where youthe user, receive a special thank you3) Click on the Adobe icon to be take

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FIND FILE SHORTCUTSLEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Apple’s Find File utility can do muchmore than you think. For example:Drag a disk, folder, or bunch offolders to the Find Items pop-up mento search those items only. If you’vecanceled a search but want to seewhat’s been found so far, hold downthe Option key as you click Stop.Press the Command key when youclick Find to reveal a portion of theFind File window that details whereFind File is currently searching. Selethe Find File Shortcuts item from FinFile’s Help menu to see these andother Find File tips.FINDERPOP’S BEST SHORTCUT

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Turlough O’Connor’s Finderpop isone of the most useful contextualmenu utilities available. If you don’thave a copy, download it immediatelMy favorite feature of this feature-packed doodad is the ability to procedocuments via applications stored inthe Finderpop Items folder. Inparticular, you can quickly stuff andunstuff files and folders with a simpleControl-click. Here’s how: Place analias of Aladdin’s DropStuff andStuffitExpander in the FinderPopItems folder. Now, when you want tostuff or unstuff an item, Control-clickon it, navigate to the FinderPop menand select the appropriate Stuffitcomponent.

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FROM Z TO ALEVEL: BEGINNER

Observant readers running OS 8.1may have noticed a small pyramid inthe upper right corner of their openFinder windows when those windoware set to List view. What for art thouoh tiny triangle? This new buttonallows you to sort items in List Viewin forward- or reverse-alphabeticalorder. To employ it, simply select asList from the View menu and give thpyramid a click. What once read A-Zwill now read Z-A. You can find asimilar triangle in Claris Em@iler’sBrowser and Address Book windows

G3, 8.1, AND YOULEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

If you’re using a G3, running Mac OS.8.1, and your printer is connected vLocalTalk, you may be havingproblems. Specifically, the printer’sicon fails to appear in the Chooser.Apple has identified the LocalTalkPCextension as the likely cause for youtroubles. If you have this problem (ofind that your StyleWriter loses itsconnection with a similar setup)disable the LocalTalkPCI extension dragging it out of the Extensionsfolder or turning it off in the Exten-sions Manager. If luck is on your sidthe printer’s icon will return to itsrightful place in the Chooser.

GET FOLDER INFOLEVEL: BEGINNER

I’ll just bet you’ve done the followingClosed an open folder on your Mac’sdesktop just so you could then selecGet Info from the File menu (or presCommand-I) to see how many byteswere stored in that folder. I’m pleaseto report that there’s no need for thisrigamarole. Simply click in an emptyarea of the window (thereby ensurin

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GOMAC, GO!LEVEL: BEGINNER

Feeling just the tiniest bit envious ofWin95’s taskbar? You can cease youdeadly sinning by downloading a copof Sam Caughron’s $19.95 utility,GoMac. This control panel places aWindowsesque taskbar, complete wia pop-up Start menu, at the bottom oyour Mac’s display. More than just ahandy way to quickly switch amongapplications, GoMac also allows youto make this switch via keyboardcommand and provides the option toautomatically hide backgroundapplications. You can download youcopy at: http://www. macdownload.com.

QUICKTIME MUSICALINSTRUMENT REPLACEMENT

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Care to replace a sound or two inQuickTime Musical Instruments (theMIDI sounds supplied withQuickTime)? Easy as pie. ImportStandard MIDI File into MoviePlayerPro, select Get Info from the Moviemenu, choose Music Track from thefirst pull-down menu, and selectInstruments from the second pull-down menu. Now take a System sounfile (the kind of sound file found inthe System file) and drag and drop itonto one of the instrument names.Great googlymoogly, the instrument replaced by the sound file! The MIDIfile will now use this sound instead othe instrument sound you just re-placed. I tried this trick by replacing abass guitar with the sound of achicken cackling. Very interesting.

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BLIND COPYINGLEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

How many times has this happened tyou? You receive a party invitationvia e-mail that contains not only theinvitation but a long list of all theother people who have also receivedthe invitation. “Oh my goodness, youthink, “I can’t go to that party if Peteand Michelle will be there, I owe themmoney!” The rest of the partygoersmight have benefited by this uncom-fortable encounter if only the invita-tion’s sender had used this trick: Tosend a message to multiple recipientwithout these same recipients knowinwho else the message was sent to,place the recipients’ e-mail addressein the BCC: (Blind Carbon Copy)field of a new e-mail message.Because some e-mail clients won’tsend a message without an entry in tTo: field, place your own e- mailaddress there.

CD CLEANINGLEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Audio CDs and CO-ROMs are fairlyrobust—you can badly abuse thesesilvery discs and they’ll continue todeliver. But occasionally one willacquire a severe enough scratch thabecomes unusable, or so you maythink. I recently tried a product fromEsprit Development Corp. (http://www.cdrepair.com) called C.D.Repair that is capable of bringingbadly trashed CDs back from the deadTo test this mild abrasive I created aseries of deep, squiggly scratchesacross the surface of an audio CD withe point of a paper clip. To ensurethat the CD was completely toasted Iadded a cross-hatched pattern ofscratches to the original scratches. Ithen attempted to play the audio CD

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RESETTING POWERBOOK G3POWER MANAGERLEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

The new PowerBooks are smart andcool but even these mighty machineare susceptible to the vagaries ofcomputing. Should one of theseaforementioned vagaries upset yourPowerBook to the point where it neeits Power Manager reset, here’s howto go about it: Turn off thePowerBook and then press the ShiftFunction, Control, and Power keys.This resets the Power Manager. Nowstart the PowerBook by pressing thePower key. You can also reset thePower Manager by zapping thePowerBook’s PRAM. Just hold downCommand-Option-P-R at startup.

COOKIES BE GONELEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

You’ve probably heard the term“cookie” tossed about in the course oconversations related to the web butmay be unclear on what they do andhow to avoid them. Here’s the scoopA cookie is akin to a marker placed ba web server on your Mac. Thismarker can contain such informationas your password for a particular siteas well as a list of other pages you’v

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visited on that site and/or server.Despite the dire warnings you mayhave heard elsewhere, a cookie doenot contain a list of every single siteyou’ve visited with your browser—aserver can only set cookies for linkson that server. Once you move toanother server, that cookie no longerkeeps track of your travels. Althoughcookies can be useful—particularlyfor maintaining passwords—you maywish to do without them. Here’s theeasiest way to avoid them: If you’reusing Netscape, open the “Netscapefolder (found inside the SystemFolder’s Preferences folder), locatethe file named MagicCookie, and drait to your desktop. This MagicCookiefile is where Netscape Stores cookieNow create a new folder within the“Netscape f” folder and name itMagicCookie. Netscape will now beunable to create a new MagicCookiefile because it believes one alreadyexists. Since the Mac can’t write datadirectly to folders, Netscape will beunable to accept cookies. You can pthis same trick with AOL 3.0 byopening the Browser Cache folderfound in the Preferences folder’sAmerica Online folder and replacingthe cookies.txt file. Likewise, replaceInternet Explorer’s cookies.txt file thalives within the Cache folder insidethe Explorer folder inside the Prefer-ences folder inside the System Foldeinside your startup drive inside thehouse that Jack built. Ö

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Mouse Droppings, October 1997(Conclusion of article from last month)

• In PageMaker 6.0 and 6.5, you can“zoom toggle” between FIT INWINDOW, 100% and 200%. In theFIT IN WINDOW view, COM-MAND/OPTION click with any tooland you’ll go to 100% view. Do itagain to go back to FIT IN WINDOWInclude the SHIFT key to togglebetween 100% and 200%.

If your Mac crashed & you must restart without first shutting down, youwill get a message on startup sayingyou did not shut down properly. Toavoid this message in the future, go the General Controls control panel auncheck “Warn me if computer wasshutdown improperly.” That’ll do it!• If you hate that pause betweenclicking on a Finder Icon’s name andbeing able to edit it, quickly move themouse pointer just outside the nameafter you click on it. This maneuverinstantly selects the text for editing.You can also click on the icon nameand then move the insertion point bypressing an arrow key. Pressing theUP-ARROW key moves the insertionpoint to the beginning of the name;pressing the DOWN-ARROW keymoves it to the end.• If you press a key and Photoshop 4doesn’t seem to react—or worse, itbeeps at you—it’s probably becauseit’s trying to apply the command to aactive option box. To get out of theoption box and return control to theimage window, press the RETURNkey.• Despite what the PageMill 2 manuasays, you can easily insert a row at ttop of a table. With the table selected

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hold down the OPTION key and movthe pointer over the top border of thetable. When the pointer turns into adown arrow, click the mouse. A newrow appears at the top of the table.• Do you ever wonder where someonis calling from, or the area code prefiof a particular city? Check theshareware program AreaCodeFinderQuicker than a telephone operator,AreaCodeFinder is a thoroughdatabase of—you guessed it—areacodes. Search by city, state, or areacode. A map will show you whereyou’re calling and the current time inthat city. <http:/ /www.macworld.com/software/Software.408.html>• Answers to FileMaker questions ofall types and levels can be had byjoining the FileMaker Mailing List.There are a good number of FileMakeusers on the list who can help youwith even the most complex solutions<http: / /www.blueworld.com /lists/>• Make navigation through AmericaOnline even more convenient by ad-ding FAVORITE PLACES to the Ap-ple menu. Save a FAVORITE PLACEsite as you normally do, by clickingthe heart in the upper-right corner ofthe AOL window. Then open yourFAVORITE PLACES window (selectFAVORITE PLACES from AOL’sGO TO menu), and look for the iconof the site you just added. Drag theicon to a Finder window, folder icon,or disk icon on the desktop; you arecreating a small file. If you double-click that file, you will go to the Sitejust as if you had clicked it in AOL’sFAVORITE PLACES window. Addthese FAVORITE PLACES files to afolder in your Apple menu, and they’lalways be available.

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• When you have a PageMaker 6.5document open with the arrow toolactive, do yourself a favor and pressthe TAB key. Presto! All open paletteare turned off, giving you a clear vieof your document, Press TAB again reactivate the invisible palettes.• For the estimated 25 million Ameri-cans who came aboard in the pastyear, the Web can seem a bit alien—especially when it comes to terminoogy. Learning at least a few words othe “web” language is the first step isurfing the net. Here are two commoWeb words.—Extension—an abbreviated code athe end of a file name that tells thebrowser what the file is, as in, amonothers, gif. aiff, or html (.gif is graph-ic; aiff means audio;, html is text).—Shareware—software available fodownloading from Web pages; if youlike the program, you’re asked to sein a nominal fee set by the author.(Note: You can find a slew of share-and freeware at<www.macworld.com/software>)• Netscape Navigator keeps a historfile listing all the sites you’ve visited.If you think it’s getting too big youcan delete it from your systementirely. Don’t worry.• When you’re mouse-deep inside abunch of nested folders in the Findeit’s easy to get confused. Can’t re-member the actual location of theactive window within your folderstructure? No sweat. Hold down theCOMMAND key and click on the titlefor the window. A pop-up menu willappear, with the entire path to thefolder shown, from the top of yourhard disk down to the window you’reclicking.• Digital cameras often produce dark

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photos, particularly when shootingindoors. Photoshop can fix thisproblem in only a few clicks. Selectthe lighting effects filter. Set theambient light to somewhere inbetween 20 and 50. Then, adjust theintensity between 5 and 15. This shifemphasis and adds depth to flatphotographs.• Hold down the “C” key on a PowerMac and members of the 630 familyto boot from a CD-ROM instead ofthe hard drive.• COMMAND/OPTION/SHIFT/DELETE forces your Mac to bootfrom an external drive or the CD-ROM drive. Ö

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Web Publishing withMicrosoft FrontPage 97

by Ken FermoyleReview may be a day late & a dollarshort...but not the book!I know, I know, FrontPage 98 is outalready, so why review a book onFrontPage 97?

First, a lot of people are still usingFP 97. Second, a new edition thatincludes coverage of FP 98 will stillbe substantially similar to the 97version, but with extra added attrac-tions. Third, author Martin S.Matthews establishes his credentialsthis earlier book...to the extent that Iwould buy the new one sight unseen

I started using the FrontPageapplication first, then got the book toreview. Reversing the procedurewould have been a smart move.FrontPage is not an extremely difficuprogram, but it is more capable—anthus more complex—than Webbuilding programs I had used before

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(e.g., Adobe PageMill). The structureof the book would have helped meapproach FrontPage in a much moreorganized fashion.

As the author says, the book “leadyou through the planning, creation,de-ployment, and maintenance of bointranet and Internet web sites withFrontPage.” Matthews includes geneous helpings of real-world examplesand step-by-step instructions.

Two criteria I always use in judgingthe quality and usability of anysoftware user’s manual are: how weit’s illustrated (with figures, not prettypictures), and whether or not it is weindexed. This book scores high onboth counts.

Figures, mainly screen captureshots, are used profusely and illustrathe instructions clearly. With them,you always know where you are inany procedure. You also know whenyou’ve gone astray because yourscreen display won’t match the one the book. Figures blend with the stepby-step instructions very well, makinthe steps easy to understand andfollow.

The index covers more than 15pages of rather small type (keepreading glasses or a magnifier handyou have tired old eyes like mine),and there is a goodly amount of crosreferencing.

The early part of the book containsbasic information, as the chapterheadings indicate: ExploringFrontPage, Using Wizards, UsingTemplates, Creating & Formatting aWeb Page from Scratch, Using Tabl& Frames, Working with Forms. Thefirst chapter is packed with interestinand informative detail about the Netand the Web. Matthews’ explanation

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Further along, the book delves intomore advanced topics: UsingWebBots, Importing & IntegratingFiles, Working with HTML, andDatabases and Security on the Web

Then comes Activating Your Websand, a bit later, Publishing Your WebPages, critical areas for novice sitebuilders. Most of us have had at leassome experience with creating pagefor print, but moving pages onto theWeb instead of a printer is a whole‘nother ballgame! Matthews’ step-bystep instructions on how to post yourpages to a Web host are detailed aneasy to follow. He covers posting boto hosts with FrontPage ServerExtensions installed and to hosts thadon’t offer such extensions.

One thing I liked very much aboutthis book is that it very successfullycovers a wide range of users and typof Web sites. It includes informationto help novices build sites of simple tmedium complexity, as well as helpfor experienced users whose goal is create more exotic sites for theirbusinesses. I know from experiencethat this is not easy to do. Of course,the fact that Matthews has almost 70pages to work with helps a lot.

Summing up, I wouldn’t hesitate torecommend this book, or later editionfrom the same author and publisher.has earned shelf space in my office.Title: Web Publishing with MicrosoftFrontPage 97Author: Martin S. MatthewsPublisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill(www.osborne.com)Price: $29.95 USA, $42.95 CanadaÖ

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COMPUTER RESOURCE PEOPLEThis is a list of members willing to be resources for

other members to call when they have hardware or soft-ware questions. Are you willing to help members learn?Which software programs are you familiar enough with?

It is not necessary to be an expert, but just have somefamiliarity with the program and be willing to help someone

starting to learn it. Please give this some thought andvolunteer at the next group meeting.

AutoCAD: Comptois, Gay, VetterGenealogy: CookIBM PC Hardware Issues: Clyne, Gay, Grupido, YuhaszIBM Windows Operating Systems: Clyne, Grupido, YuhaszInternet (browsers and mail): GrupidoLotus 98: Chmara, DillerMAC Hardware and OS Issues: Vetter, YuhaszMAS 90: DillerM.S. Publisher: KucejkoM.S. Excel: VetterM.S. Powerpoint: DillerM.S. Word: Clyne, Diller, Grupido, VetterNovell Netware: Grupido, YuhaszQuicken: Clyne, Gay, Vetter

TAX DEDUCTIBLEDONATIONS

Art Laramie, SEMCO member, isaccepting computers, computer

components, manuals and softwarefor the Rochester Lions Club

program that supplies disabledpeople with computers.

Contact Art at 248-398-7191

Chmara, Bob—248/540-6885, (Pager)Clyne, Bob—810/387-3101. 9a-10pComptois, Jerry—248/651-2504, anytimeCook, Steven—313/272-7594 evesJohn Diller—248/540-4382, evesGay, Roger—248/641-8245, 9am-10pmGrupido, Larry—810/664-1777 Ext 151Kucejko, Rick—248/879-6180, 6pm-10pmTim Vetter—248/576-7592, anytimeSteve Yuhasz—734/953-3794 eves

DONORS,JANUARY REFRESHMENTS

Warner Mach, CoordinatorPat KreilingRoland MakiPat McCabeBob McCallDawn SanziLeslie TernerBeth Fordyce

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FEBRUARY 1999 DATA BUS DEADLINE (10th day after meeting)

SEMCO & SIG DATA, & MEMBERS’ ADS - Deadline: Wed, Feb 24, 11:59pmMembers’ personal ads free. To mail, use Editor address on Page 2; e-mail addressbeth_fordyce@macgroup.org PLEASE send to arrive sooner than deadline if possible.BUSINESS ADS - Deadline: Second Friday monthly. Mail unfolded camera-readycopy; payment in full made out to SEMCO, to the Editor (address Pg 2).

Ad Rates and RulesFull pages are 5-1/2" wide x 8-1/2" tall; Make allowance for 1/2 "margins;Halftones to be screened at 85 dpi; Offset press used; No agent pricing;

Full-page/1-issue=$30;Full-page/6-issue=$150;Full-page/12-issue=$240Half-page/1-issue=$20;Half-page/6-issue=$100;Half-page/12-issue=$160Qrtr-page/1-issue=$15;Qrtr-page/6-issue=$75; Qrtr-page/12-issue=$120

SEMCO CALENDARFebruary 14 - SUNDAY (Meet 2nd Sunday) Location: Science Building,OAKLAND UNIVERSITY in ROCHESTER. (Map: inner back page)

SEMCO Board Meeting at 12:00 pm, Room 172. For Officers and SIGChairpersons. Other members are invited to attend.SEMCO General Meeting at 1:30 pm, Room 164. Pgm: Business Meeting.SIG-IBM (for IBM & compatible users),1:45 pm, Room 164. Pgm: TomCallow to demo how to create your own personal network to connect yourPCs at home using Windows 95 or Windows 98.SOCIAL PERIOD, 3:15 pm, Room 172. Refreshments! (If we areneat at this function, O.U. will allow us to continue.)NOVICE-IBM GROUP , 3:45 pm, Room 172. Pgm: Q&A, member-directeddiscussion. Leader: Franz Briedenich in February.SIG-IBM INTERMEDIATE, 3:45 pm, Room 164. Faxing with yourcomputer. Chairman Tom Callow to demo how to use your computer andfaxmodem to send and receive faxes.SIG-MAC (Mac/Performa/Power MAC), 1:45 pm, Room168. Pgm: HaroldBalmer to demo networking in your home or office.. Also Copy Session.

SIG-ADVANCEDFeb 1 - Monday, (Next: Feb 1) 6:45 pm (Meet 1st Monday), Troy Public

Library, Rm A, 500 W. Big Beaver Rd in Troy, at I-75 exit. Info: FranzBreidenich 248/398-3359. TOPIC: Wide ranging discussion of computers &computing.SIG-DATABASE Feb 17 - Wednesday, 6pm (Meet 3rd Wednesday) at Custom BusinessSystems offices (a subsidiary of Correll Porvin Associates, CPA). Info: LarryGrupido 810/664-1777 ext 151; lgrupido@traveladv.com. MAP: Pg 10SIG-INTERNET Feb 15 - Monday, 6:30pm (Meet 3rd Monday) Bloomfield Twp Public Libraryat Lone Pine & Telegraph Roads. Contact Brian Brodsky: Res. 248/544-8987(eves), or Work 248/395-0001, ext 228 for directions and more info. TOPIC:Brian Brodsky will demonstrate bookmark utility(s). March: No meeting.SEMCO March 14, 1999 - SUNDAY (Meet 2nd Sunday). TOPIC: Not available.

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CALENDAR-OF-EVENTSOTHER GROUPS

Tim Mauro-VetterTM31@daimlerchrysler.com

(to post monthly computer group info)

DCOM COMPUTER CLUB Feb 12 - Friday 6:30 - 8:30 pm (Meet 2nd Friday); Henry Ford C.C., Patterson TechBldg, Ford Rd/Evergreen, Rm T143, Parking Lot C. Info: Doug Piazza 313/582-2602*.DOS (Computer Users Grp of S.E.Mich.) Feb 13 - Saturday 7pm (Meet 2nd Saturday); Bryant Public Library, NW Cor.Mich.Ave. &Mason St.,Dearborn, rear parking/entrance. All MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, MS Win-dows PC-based software/hardware. Open/public. Info: Dennis Leclerc 313/255-2060.AAIICI (Amer. Ass'n. of Ind. Investors, Computerized Invstrs), Feb 27 - Saturday, 10am-Noon (Meet 4th Saturday) (not December); W. BloomfieldHuntington Bank, Orchard Lk Rd., S.of Maple Rd. Info: Jack Lockman at 313-341-8855or thunder@tir.comDelta Computer Club, Feb 25 - Thursday, 7pm (Meet last Thursday); Bay de Noc Community College,Escanaba. Info: Gordon Nelson, Pres & Editor at gnelson@up.net or 906/428-1014.GDOUG (Greater Detroit OS/2 Users Grp) Feb 4 - Thursday, (Next: Mar 4) 6:30pm (Meet 1st Thursday) (not Dec & Jan);Stardock Systems, Farmington Rd, N. of 6-Mile, Livonia; Info: Carolyn Kolaz, Pres at76460.3040@CompuServe.COM; map on Web: look-inc.com/gdoug.MacGroup Detroit, Feb 21 - Sunday, 3pm-5pm (Meet 3rd Sunday); Southfield Civic Center, 26000Evergreen Rd., Room 221. Info: Terry White, terry@macgroup.org or 313-571-9817.Web: www.macgroup.org TOPIC: Feb: Mac OS 8.5.1 Inside & Out, Part IIMacTechnics, (MAC user Group), Coffee 9am, SIGs 9:30am, Main meeting 11am. Feb 20 - Saturday, 9am-1pm (Meet 3rd Saturday); U of M, No. campus, EECS Bldg. &Dow Bldg. (see map on web: mactechnics.org). Info: Cassie at cassiemac@yahoo.com or313-971-8743.MCUG (Michigan Computer Users Grp), Feb 18 - Thursday, 7pm (Meet 3rd Thursday); South Lake Hi Sch., 21900 E. 9-Mile Rd,St. Clair Shores. (Park rear lot; enter rear door). Info: Steve Skinner, Pres, atsskinner@wwnet.net or 810-412-8241. Web: members.aol.com/mcugMichigan Apple Computer User Grp (Mac, IIGS, Apple II, some PC) Feb 10/11 - Wed/Thu, (Next: Mar 10/11) 7pm (Meet 2nd Wednesday & Thursday);Apple II/Apple-Works & Parent/Teachers Ed SIGS: 2nd Wed, 7pm, St Bede School, 12& Southfield; Mac SIG: 2nd Thu, 7pm, Troy Library, I-75 at Big Beaver, Info: Carl Pendracki 248/647-8871 or carlpen@aol.com. Web: Detroit.freenet.org/apple.SHCC (Sterling Hts Computer Club) Feb 2 - Tuesday, (Next: Mar 2) 7:30pm (Meet 1st Tuesday: not July/Aug); CarpathiaClub, 38000 Utica Rd, Sterling Hts, Rick Schummer shcc@aol.com or 810/997-1451.Web:member.apcug.org/shcc. TOPIC:SVCA (Saginaw Valley Computer Assoc.), Feb 11 - Thursday, 6:39-9om (Meet 2nd Thursday); Saginaw. Info: Kay Engelhartprogram chairperson at kengelhart@hotmail.com.Wayne State U. Mac User Grp Feb 13 - Saturday 10am-Noon (Meet 2nd Saturday); at Mich.com, 21042 Laurelwood,Frmgtn. Info: Lorn/JoAnn Olsen 248/478-4300 or Denny MeLampy 248/477-0190,denny@mich.com

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SEMCO MEETING - Sunday,February 14, 1999

SCIENCE BUILDING, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY in ROCHESTER

Note: Science Building is now our Permanent Home

SEMCO Board Meeting at 12:00 pm, Room172 - For Officers andChairpersons. Other members are invited to attend.

SEMCO General Meeting at 1:30 pm, Room 164. Pgm: Business Meeting(15 minutes in length).

SIG-IBM (for IBM & compatible users), 1:45 pm, Room 164. Pgm:TomCallow to demo how to create your own personal network to connect your PCsat home using Windows 95 or Windows 98

SOCIAL PERIOD, 3:15 pm, Room 172. Refreshments! (Reminder: We mustmaintain a neat environment.)

NOVICE-IBM GROUP , 3:45 pm, Room 172. Pgm: Q&A, member-directeddiscussion. Leader: Franz Briedenich..

SIG-IBM INTERMEDIATE, 3:45 pm, Room 164. Faxing with your com-puter. Chairman Tom Callow to demo how to use your computer and faxmodemto send and receive faxes.

SIG-MAC (All Apple Macintosh products), 1:45 pm, Room 168. Pgm: HaroldBalmer to demo networking in your home or office. Also Copy Session.

PUBLIC INVITED(Please copy this and the next page to post on your bulletin board)

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Driving north on I-75 (from Detroit), get off Exit 79 (University Drive), go righton University Drive to campus entrance. Go right at Squirrel Road traffic signal;left on Pioneer Drive; left on Library Drive; left into parking lot. Park; proceedup stairs at end of lot (or take circle sidewalk around stairs for handicap access).Science Building is straight ahead on right. Enter first set of glass doors (at SEcorner of building).

MAIN CAMPUS of OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

The meetings at Oakland Universityare sponsored by OU’s Academic Computer Services(ACS), and the student chapter of the Association of

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