response 1 of 85:

Sep 4 17:50 UTC 1999

A problem has developed when I am using the Netscape (ver 4.61) Composer
and go to the desktop File menu to save, the system freezes, and a short
while later I get a dialogue saying Netscape quite because of a type 1
error, etc. It just requires depressing the mouse button with the
File name in the desktop menu to make this happen. It works OK to
use the various key commands to save, open, close, etc, but not to use
the menu.

I have reinstalled the System and Netscape 4.61, run Disk First Aid and
Norton Utilities, and rebuilt the desktop, all to no avail. The only new
software I have installed before this problem began was MacInTax, though
it did not begin right away after that, but has slowly been getting
more persistent. [I composed a number of pages before this problem
shut down my ability to use the File menu to do so.]

Any suggestions?

response 3 of 85:

Sep 25 10:57 UTC 2000

I once formated a 4 gig HD on a Mac Plus.  The formatting application
split it into two 2 gig logical drives.  My 486 barfed when I tried
to format a 1 gig AT drive on it.  Needed to get a EIDE card to make
it work (Or use some goofy software that fooled the IDE card.)

response 5 of 85:

Jun 12 13:30 UTC 2003

It sounds like something in the slideshow is triggering a memory leak in
your copy of PowerPoint.  You might check Microsoft's website to see if
they've released a service pack for your version.  I know there are two
service packs out for Microsoft Office 2000 that fix multiple bugs, but
I don't know anything about 98.

response 7 of 85:

Jun 13 03:35 UTC 2003

I downloaded and installed all available updates for MS Office (including PP)
from Mactopia (MS does not support the Mac on their website). No improvement.
I'll try gull's suggestions next.

response 9 of 85:

Dec 18 18:17 UTC 2003

Since we are being forced by CAEN and ITD to adopt SSH for connection to
their servers, I've been trying out MacSSH. I encounter the problem of the
default Color to be white on black. I can turn that around for each
session with the Color option in the Session menu, but I would like to
make the change permanent. Can I do this in MacSSH? I have been using
BetterTelnet ( and NCSA before that), in which the default option is black
on white, so I wonder why white on black is the MacSSH default.

More generally, is there a way to have all choices in Session to be
attached to their respective Favorites, since you have to make Session
choices independently for each Favorite you choose? There are some
overlapping options in the Favorite options, but not all are present in
the latter. 

response 11 of 85:

Dec 19 06:54 UTC 2003

I tried to change color in preferences - only an "Ansi Color" button
is available and I played with the color selections there a bit, but
they had no effect on the screen white-on-black default. The FAQ at
the website has one question re colors, but it doesn't make sense. 
(I'll take you up on a private exchange when I've exhausted experimenting
with this thing....8^})

response 13 of 85:

Dec 19 15:41 UTC 2003

I hate black-on-white for terminals, personally.  It's like staring at a
light bulb.

response 15 of 85:

Dec 19 18:04 UTC 2003

I used to use black on cyan exclusively.  Right now, I have five terminal
windows open, with five different background colours:

        local machine:  black on white
        login.itd:      black on cyan
        cyberspace:     black on cyan (with a little less yello)
        grex:           blaock on peach
        new grex:       white on blue

I like the black on shades of light-blue best.

response 17 of 85:

Dec 19 19:03 UTC 2003

I usually use white on black.  I think the nicest displays to look at
were the old amberchrome ones, but when I try to duplicate that
yellowish-orange color on an RGB monitor it comes out with a bit too
little contrast for my taste.

response 19 of 85:

Dec 21 05:20 UTC 2003

I seem to recall reading that yellow on black provides the greatest contrast.
in any case, it's what i usually use, although sometimes I go with other light
colours, such as bright green or bright cyan, on black.

response 21 of 85:

Feb 10 16:02 UTC 2004

Ideally I would still be running a monochrome monitor, P39
green is not bad. The amber phosphor that Wyse used on their
text terminals was very restful. I also really liked the red
gas plasma display I used on a Compaq i386 luggable.

For terminal windows on Macintosh I tend to go for white on
a very dark (almost black) background, with an even brighter
white for 'bold' text.  On X I use white on black.