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Welcome to the latest edition of Medicine Man. I am your virtual on-call Macdoctor. To ask a question - sorry, no house calls - just email me at help@macosjournal.com and ask your question! The page is open 24 hours a day, 8 days a week. This won't hurt a bit... I promise! This is my last Medicine Man column. Next month, you will see me in a new column that I hope you will all enjoy. Corby Stephens will be starting a new tech support column in the September issue. Thanks!
Question One, Uno, Ichi, Ein, E, Un, Um, and Echad Will a PCI internal modem work with my Mac? Answer One, Uno, Ichi, E, Un, Um, Echad, and Ein Unfortunately, the only answer I can give you is a negative one. To my knowledge there has never been a third party PCI modem on the market that is Mac compatible. This is rather peculiar because, as far as I can tell, there is a good deal of demand for one. In addition, it would be a rather simple task to write Mac drivers for a PCI modem that is PC-only. Part of the problem could lie in the fact that many PCI modems are "Win modems". "Win modems" are, in fact, not modems at all; they are simply a computer/telephone line interface. The software bundled with the "Win modems" does all of the modem processing. Since this software is tied very closely to the Windows operating system, it would be virtually impossible to port it to the Mac. If you would like to use a PCI modem with your Mac, feel free to contact a Wintel PCI modem manufacturer and explain your situation. You never know what a little activism can do! In the mean time, you'll have to settle for either a serial port or USB modem, depending on which your Mac can support.
Question Two, Dos, Ni, Erh, Zwei, Deux, Dois, and Shtiem Suddenly, my Finder displays all files/folders in reverse (z-a,10-1) order. For example, where it used to list filename "apple" before "zebra", and "2potato" before "1potato", and recent dates before old dates, now it's all the opposite. Yes, I've rebuilt my desktop and tried clicking on the header titles. Answer Two, Dos, Ni, Erh, Zwei, Deux, Dois, and Shtiem
Question Three, Tres, San, San, Drei, Trois, Três, and Shalosh I've been trying to update different software on my LCIII w/ extra 20 MB chip, but I've run into the problem of needing to get to a 7.5.5 system to use upgraded software. I have a 7.1 system now. Can you tell me where to find the updates for my system that I could download? Answer Three, Tres, San, San, Drei, Trois, Três, and Shalosh You are in luck. Normally, you would have to pay to upgrade from 7.1 to 7.5.5 but Apple, in all its usual altruism, has decided to make the necessary upgrades freely downloadable from its website. Unfortunately, the updates weigh in at nearly 35MB combined, so if you choose to download them, you'll be waiting for quite a while. But, if you are willing to wait, here is what you need to do: First download all nineteen parts of the Mac OS 7.5.3 update here. Next, follow the instructions and install this update. When you are up and running with Mac OS 7.5.3, go here and download and install the Mac OS 7.5.5 update. Woohoo! Your LC is now running a top-of-the-line, er, well, at least a more advanced, system software version.
Medicine Man's Prescriptions Apple USB Printer Sharing 1.0 Apple Airport 1.2 Kaleidoscope 2.2.3 Macromedia Freehand 9.0.1
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Don't
worry, you are not stuck in some twisted episode of The Twilight Zone.
On the contrary, your problem can be solved using a very down to earth
method. I suspect that this odd occurrence only happens in certain windows.
Am I correct? I thought so. (I enjoy answering my own questions. It gives
me a sense of confidence.) In every window that thinks the alphabet is
reversed, locate the pyramid-like icon just above the top scroll arrow.
You should see that the short lines in the pyramid are on the bottom and
the long lines are on the top. Click on the pyramid once, and... Voila!
The list order has returned to normal! Notice that the pyramid is now
right-side up. FYI, clicking on the pyramid to reverse the list order
of a Finder window is a great way to quickly access files whose names
start with letters at the end of the alphabet.
