News Archive for 01/04/22

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Black Cat releases Carbon Morse Mania

04/22, 11:45pm

Black Cat releases Carbon Morse Mania

Black Cat Systems has posted MultiMode 3.9.1, a minor update to the $89 software that allows the transmission and reception of morse code, slow scan TV, and other modes.

MaxBulk Mailer 1.7 gets improvements

04/22, 11:45pm

MaxBulk Mailer 1.7 gets improvements

MaxBulk Mailer 1.7 is a new version of the $10 shareware mail-merge and bulk mailer software. The new version adds POP authentication support, a new connection log handler, and other improvements.

Fontosaurus posts two new fonts

04/22, 11:45pm

Fontosaurus posts two new fonts

Fontosaurus has released two freely-downloadable ($2 "donationware") fonts: Enibrut and Uhope Deluxe.

Morsecode tutor for OS X released

04/22, 8:15pm

Morsecode tutor for OS X released

Black Cat Systems has released Morse Mania v2.0, its shareware morse code tutor for OS X that "helps you learn morse code at speeds ranging from 5 to 30 words per minute." [Classic, Carbon]

ReKey 1.0b1 modifies keyboard shortcuts

04/22, 8:15pm

ReKey 1.0b1 modifies keyboard shortcuts

ReKey 1.0b1 for OS X is a tool to help users modify keyboard shortcuts in any Cocoa application, allowing "users to change keyboard shortcuts in any Cocoa program, without actually modifying the application file itself."

Shareware match program for OS X

04/22, 8:10pm

Shareware match program for OS X

Master the Facts Multiplication for OS X v1.2.1 is $10 shareware educational program for math teachers that has "no-nonsense approach to aiding students in learning their multiplication facts."

MoreCalculator 1.0pr2: natural language calc

04/22, 8:10pm

MoreCalculator 1.0pr2: natural language calc

Pixits has released MoreCalculator 1.0pr2, a preview release of its "scientific calculator that allows you to enter your formulas and calculations in a natural way. Exactly like you are used to do on a piece of paper. It also supports unlimited number of variables. It has two drawers to store functions and variables for easy and fast access."

MPEG Power Professional—HD demo at NAB

04/22, 2:25pm

MPEG Power Professional—HD demo at NAB

HEURIS this week will introduce its new MPEG Power Professional—HD, its software solution for encoding "QuickTime files directly to ATSC HDTV resolution 19.2Mbps MPEG." It can also encode directly from AVI and OMF formats, offering HDTV encoding at 720p (and other popular formats) as well as transport multiplexing for HDTV applications. It is expected to ship early in Q4 of 2001.

Fixing Address Errors in Classic

04/22, 5:25am

Fixing Address Errors in Classic

James Rantanen writes about a workaround for address errors experienced by some when starting Classic: "The address error when starting Classic which appears when starting Classic can (as is already known) be fixed by removing Shared Library PPC, but through investigation I found that removing the font Zapf Dingbats also repairs the error. I f this doesn't work, try removing all of you Classic fonts and adding them back in a few at a time."

Samba X 2.0: Windows network sharing package

04/22, 5:20am

Samba X 2.0: Windows network sharing package

Samba X 2.0 now includes Samba 2.2 application in the OS X package for sharing OS X files on a Windows network (using the CIFS/SMB format).

PHP4, MySQL, PostreSQL for OS X binaries

04/22, 5:20am

PHP4, MySQL, PostreSQL for OS X binaries

Marc Liyanage has posted details on installing and pre-compiled binaries for PHP4, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and TCP Flow Recorder for OS X 10.0.

Shareware media player gets new MP3 engine

04/22, 5:10am

Shareware media player gets new MP3 engine

Ti-MP3 1.2, described as a "major" update, replaces the QuickTime playback engine with a new MP3 playback engine and includes minor bug fixes and other tweaks to the shareware MP3 player.

Son of Weather Grock 3.2: free weather app

04/22, 5:00am

Son of Weather Grock 3.2: free weather app

StimpSoft's Son of Weather Grok 3.2 fixes some minor issues, such as the arrow buttons on the preferences window, in the freeware Carbon application that displays weather conditions for cities from around the world using NOAA's data center information.

Fetch 4.0b8: another beta of ftp utility

04/22, 4:55am

Fetch 4.0b8: another beta of ftp utility

Fetch Softworks has released Fetch 4.0b8, a new maintenance release of the popular ftp utility for both OS X and Classic as well as older 68K machines. The beta version is available for [Carbon/Classic, 68K]

Volume Dockling 1.2 adds skin, pop-up support

04/22, 4:55am

Volume Dockling 1.2 adds skin, pop-up support

On-Core's updated dock add-on, Volume Dockling 1.2, adds new skin support, popup-like functionality, and mouse wheel support.