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    CFPlugInCOM.h

    Good news, after dropping SOMobjects, Apple have decided to adopt a language independent object model, ie COM and is even available on the iPhone. Bad news, how did they manage to screw up IUnknown::QueryInterface so badly? The normal COM passes the IID as a pointer, what did Apple do? Some...
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    LCD 512x384

    I have a 1024x768 LCD screen which I have connected to a KVM and then to a mac via a 10 switch vga-dongly-adapter.. Out of curiosity I tried using 512x384 mode and it came out crystal clear on the LCD screen. The other great thing is it's a simple multiple in both directions so doesn't look...
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    Beige G3 suspends in Jaguar, how do I waken it?

    My Beige G3 seems to suspend itself, I've tried to tell it not to. But to wake it what am I supposed to press? Power key on keyboard does nothing and power key on front of machine turns it off.
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    AFP, NTFS and SFM

    I'm updating my binhex and unbinhex tools to work on windows with Services For Macintosh AFP shares. Resource forks are held as a stream called "AFP_Resource" and the various other information including the finder info is in "AFP_AfpInfo". Doing the binhex is not problem because when I read...
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    Dead battery fix

    Most of my Macs have dead batteries... This neat little control panel fixes the most serious problem, even on Mac Classics connected to a MacIP network. http://main.system7today.com/software/networktime/networktime.html It even works on System 6.0.5.
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    Looking for the MacTerminal that uses Comms Toolbox

    I have a copy of the original MacTerminal, but does anyone know if the one that caused Apple to write the Comms Toolbox is available anywhere?
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