Odds & Ends

Norton Utilities: FWB conflicts; FileSaver bugs? Maxim Muir updated to Norton Utilities 4.0.1 and updated to the latest version of FWB drivers. Norton still gave a "bad partition" error message when checking the drive. We have gotten other reports of persisting problems with Norton Disk Doctor. Several other reports indicate continuing problems related to FileSaver, especially crashes at Shutdown - possibly involving a conflict with the Control Strip extension.

Update: Dave Lewis (of Symantec) replies: "If Norton Utilities 4.0.1 found an error on a drive, then there is an error on the drive that needs fixing. NDD 4.0.1 may still find a problems in the DDM of HDT formatted disks (if the problem exists). NDD 4.0.1 will correctly repair these errors. This is noted in the Read Me for the NDD patch."

DiskImageCMPlugin and Explorer conflict Two reports agree that Apple's DiskImageCMPlugin 1.3 conflicts with Internet Explorer 4.01. The symptom is that, when you use Control-click to get a contextual menu, Explorer crashes. It may only happen if Apple Data Detectors is also installed. (Thanks, Jim Stocking and Marc Nothrop.)

Voodoo adapter The Windows version of Griffin's Diamond Voodoo card works on a Mac, if you get the Griffin NE 3D adapter. (Thanks, Dale Sorenson.)

Ultimate Rez conflict ixMicro told R.E. Kramer that the ix3D Ultimate Rez driver (1.0.5) conflicts with Portrait Display Labs MacPortrait.

GoMac 1.6 and Timbuktu Pro 4.7.1 reportedly still conflict With GoMac installed on a remote Mac, the Timbuktu Pro user cannot move or drag Finder icons on the remote Mac.

Netscape 128 and BankBoston HomeLink David Wolfe writes: "BankBoston HomeLink is incompatible with the 128 bit version of Netscape 4.5. HomeLink is aware of the problem. Their workaround is to override the browser test and go directly to the HomeLink site (or try http://32.97.75.146).

MacWEEK on Mac OS 8.5 Henry Norr reviews Mac OS 8.5 for MacWEEK.

Palm MacPac coming MacWEEK reports that the MacPac 2.0 update for Palm Pilots will be available on the Web, as a public beta version, sometime next month.

400MHz G3 card issues xclr8yourmac.com has a page that looks at the claim (previously mentioned here) that 400MHz G3 upgrade cards may be a problem - due to the 50MHz required bus speed and the 8X CPU ratio.

FoxTrot looks at the iMac Check it out. (Thanks, Dave Holst.) Update: This link no longer works (it did when I tried it over the week-end. Matthew Cohen found a route that will work (for the next few days anyway): "Go to www.nj.com, click on FoxTrot, then go to the October 21st strip via the pull-down menu."