5.25" Fire & USB Enclosure?

[Antony N. Lord]

Anyone out there stocking / seen a USB + FireWire 5.25" enclosure? 
(Sarotech does one from memory.)


Some of the older machines here (iMacs) don't have FireWire ports and 
we'd like the new backup drive to work with as many machines as 
possible!


Cheers, Antony.

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Re: telstra line disconnections

[James Kunz]

you could have a line quality problemeg if i have my setup in
bayswater then the modem runs on 28.8k max but very stable, if i
shift to balcatta with the exactly the same setup then the modem spins
up to 44k but with some disconnections.
also not all 'citizens' in perth can have adsl.that's another
telstra limit!! also a sign of poor lines & old exchange equipment
in useJames

Chris Burton wrote:
> 
> Hi muggers
> 
> I have been experiencing an annoying problem each time I dial up to
> the net (G4 800, 9.2.2), and am wondering if others have the same.
> 
> About 2-3 minutes after being online I am disconnected. I have to
> re-dial again, and then Im on for as long as I want...about 30min
> until I log out. This happens every single time I dial up!! It costs
> me 2 phone calls instead of one. I have been in my present house for
> nearly 3 years, with the same isp and phone connection on a 56k
> internal modem. No problems until about 3 months ago. Telstra advised
> me to ask my isp how to reduce the data transfer rate of my
> modem...that was the problem!? I have changed my modem software back
> to V34, but my download speed dropped to 2k/sec from 5k/sec...Im sick
> of that slow speed. No problems like this last year...same set up.
> 
> A friend of mine, who is running with a different ISP has had exactly
> the same problem. He rang telstra and really gave it to them. The
> problem has stopped for him!! He mentioned to me that a few years ago
> a person in Qld looked into a similar problem and found that telstra
> was using some sort of 'pinging' software to test lines and this
> caused disconnections.
> 
> What is going on here...does anyone experience the same?
> 
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated
> 
> regards
> 
> chris
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[Software] Tired of M$? Try OpenOffice

[Nathalie Collins]

Tired of the Microsoft Office Monopoly?

Read this!
(From the NY Times by David Pogue)



MICROSOFT once ran a great ad for Office, its business-software cash cow. It
went something like this: "Over 94 percent of the business world uses
Microsoft Office. What are we doing wrong?"

It was true: the programs of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, Outlook) seemed as permanent in our lives as the sun, the moon and
Windows error messages. Its rivals ‹ I.B.M.'s Lotus suite and Corel's
WordPerfect suite, for example ‹ were pretty much the same thing for pretty
much the same price, and never posed much of a threat. The world waited for
a contender that was so compelling, people might actually consider filing
for Microsoft divorce.
Advertisement

Now there is one. It's called OpenOffice, and it has a killer feature: it's
free. 

Like Microsoft Office, OpenOffice ‹ whose official name is OpenOffice.org
1.0 ‹ comes with a word processor, a spreadsheet program and a slide-show
program. It lacks an e-mail program and database, but does have a powerful
graphics program and a Web-page editor. Amazingly, all this fits in
a 50-megabyte download from www
.openoffice.org. You have your choice of 27 languages and three operating
systems: Windows, Linux or Solaris. (A Mac OS X version is in the works.)

How could such a sweet suite be free? OpenOffice is what's called an
open-source project: a carefully orchestrated group effort by programmers
all over the world, donating their time and talent to making a dent in the
Microsoft monopoly.

That's not to imply that the software isn't polished, stable and fast; it
is. Still, if the notion of global-community-as-software-company makes you
uneasy (who gets the call for tech support?), you can also buy a boxed copy
of the software from Sun, which started and coordinates the OpenOffice
project. For $76 ‹ compared with $580 for the full Microsoft Office ‹ Sun's
version, called StarOffice, offers a few goodies the free version lacks,
including extra fonts and clip art, a printed user manual, a database
program and, above all, a phone number for (fee-based) technical help.
Corporations can buy StarOffice in large quantities for as little as $25 per
copy. 

The timing couldn't be more interesting. Already, there have been rumblings
of discontent in the Microsoft Office congregation, thanks to new twists in
Office XP that some find disturbing. For example, Office is now
copy-protected, meaning that you can't use it until you've "activated" it
(transmitted or phoned in your serial number to Microsoft) ‹ a feature that
prevents its being installed on more than two computers.

That business about corporate discounts may be even more important. When
you're the person in charge of installing a new Office version on 500 or
5,000 PC's, the expense and disruption can be a major migraine. It's as if
you're recommending heart transplants for everyone in your family at once.

Until now, when companies wanted to upgrade, Microsoft offered discounted
upgrade kits. That will end on July 31. After that, Microsoft will offer
Software Assurance, a program in which companies pay Microsoft an annual fee
for the right to upgrade if Microsoft releases a new version of Office. That
may be a money-saver for companies that religiously upgrade, but it's a
pricey proposition for companies that skip Office generations ‹ especially
because Microsoft may not, in fact, unveil any new versions at all during
the three-year contract. (Companies may choose not to take part in this
program, but then when a new Office version comes along, they'll have to buy
all new copies instead of upgrade kits.)

Not surprisingly, a number of organizations aren't thrilled by the new plan.
In short, the arrival of OpenOffice and StarOffice is perfectly timed.

So how is the software itself? Critics have accused Microsoft of pilfering
ideas from its competitors, but wait till they get a load of OpenOffice.
This suite couldn't resemble Microsoft Office more if you ran it through a
photocopier. The menu commands, terminology and even keyboard shortcuts are
nearly identical. It's all here: tables, columns, edit tracking, multiple
simultaneous text selections, AutoCorrect, AutoFormat, squiggly lines
beneath misspellings and so on.

This shameless mimicry is a calculated move, of course, designed to make it
easy for people to switch from Microsoft to Open. You'll uncover what few
differences exist in one afternoon of fumbling.

The big question is compatibility: If OpenOffice can't read and save
standard Microsoft Office documents, it's dead in the water. No matter how
little you paid, it's not much use if you can't exchange files with the
other 94 percent. 

In general, OpenOffice scores very well here. On simple documents ‹ a book
chapter, a home-finance spreadsheet, your basic bullet-points slide show ‹
the translation is flawless. On complex documents, OpenOffice mangles minor
formatting: a dashed line between two cells of a t

Epson 670

[Dr Bill Parker]

I have a problem with my Epson 670 printer ( apart from the absolute rip off
for cartridges).

It seems to run as slow as, and if I try doing anything else whilst it is
being catatonic (you get the feeling I don't like this printer???) it
nearly always ends up with something falling over. Word 2000 documents take
an AGE .

MAC Bronze G3/333 192 MB RAM, OS 9.2.1. Surely thats enough grunt to do
simple print jobs? 

Epson settings - background printing ON.

Ideas? 


Bill

Wanted iMac keyboard

[John Currie]

G'day
Anyone out there who has discarded their original (small) iMac Keyboard in
favour of a bigger one who wants to sell or otherwise dispose of it ?



John
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Re: OT: music CD's in macs

[Dark Servant]

I've just had an interesting thought. Many modern Stereo systems have 
built in CD Burners. What would happen if you burned a copy of your 
pirate protected CD and then put the burnt copy in your computer?


Ruben A. Franke



Is the following article correct in saying that the Sony "anti-piracy"
methods "[snip] only crashes Apple Macs, so that's hardly an angry mob
[snip]":

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864366683.html

It appears curious that Sony would only take measures against the Mac
platform when it's highly cited that the MS platform is more widely 
used.
Anyone have any follow up info on this (I frequently listen to CD's in 
my

iMac whilst surfing/programming/Quaking)?

Thanks

Richard

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Re: music CD's in macs

[Bob Howells]

The following also talks about damage from these type of CD's.



Bob





Dark Servant wrote:
> 
> I wonder. Would it be able to crash the stable environment of OS X or
> would it only be able to target OS 9?
> 
> Ruben A. Franke
> 
> > I don't know from first hand experience, but I am told that it
> > doesn't only affect the Mac. and you can bypass it by applying a
> > black marker pen to the outer perimeter of the CD.
> >
> >> Is the following article correct in saying that the Sony "anti-piracy"
> >> methods "[snip] only crashes Apple Macs, so that's hardly an angry mob
> >> [snip]":
> >>
> >> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864366683.html
> >>
> >> It appears curious that Sony would only take measures against the Mac
> >> platform when it's highly cited that the MS platform is more widely
> >> used.
> >> Anyone have any follow up info on this (I frequently listen to CD's in
> >> my
> >> iMac whilst surfing/programming/Quaking)?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Richard
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Re: telstra line disconnections

[Bob Howells]

SEE comments in message :---

Chris Burton wrote:
> 
> Hi muggers
> 
> I have been experiencing an annoying problem each time I dial up to
> the net (G4 800, 9.2.2), and am wondering if others have the same.
> 
> About 2-3 minutes after being online I am disconnected.

IS IT REALLY THAT LONG that you are on line ? There is an automatic
disconnection by the outgoing exchange if the receiving exchange does
not send an "answer" signal. It is designed that way so that
unsuccessful calls do not hold the equipment forever. Timing is more
like 90 seconds plus or minus 50 %.



I have to
> re-dial again, and then Im on for as long as I want...about 30min
> until I log out. This happens every single time I dial up!! It costs
> me 2 phone calls instead of one. I have been in my present house for
> nearly 3 years, with the same isp and phone connection on a 56k
> internal modem. No problems until about 3 months ago. 

WHAT HAPPENED THEN ? 
Did you change computers, software or modem ???


Telstra advised
> me to ask my isp how to reduce the data transfer rate of my
> modem...that was the problem!? 

BULLDUST ! But you may have needed a different modem script ! ?

I have changed my modem software back
> to V34, but my download speed dropped to 2k/sec from 5k/sec...Im sick
> of that slow speed. 

V34 is 33.6k and the relative speed would be about 3.6k unless your
modem is now not matching the ISP setup and the compression is not
working right.


No problems like this last year...same set up.
> 
> A friend of mine, who is running with a different ISP has had exactly
> the same problem. He rang telstra and really gave it to them. The
> problem has stopped for him!! 

PERHAPS his was an answer signal problem that was fixed !

He mentioned to me that a few years ago
> a person in Qld looked into a similar problem and found that telstra
> was using some sort of 'pinging' software to test lines and this
> caused disconnections.

NORMALLY the line test software would be used once a day and usually
over night with the results fed to a maintenance centre the next morning.
I said NORMALLY !

> 
> What is going on here...does anyone experience the same?
> 
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated

1. DO YOU INITIATE APPLE REMOTE ACCESS TO DIAL UP,
or do you just launch a browser and let it initiate the dialling ?

2. Use a different working computer complete with its own modem
to try your line and see what the result is ! It may help prove
the line or your equipment setup.

> 
> regards
> 
> chris
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Re: music CD's in macs

[Dark Servant]

I wonder. Would it be able to crash the stable environment of OS X or 
would it only be able to target OS 9?


Ruben A. Franke


I don't know from first hand experience, but I am told that it
doesn't only affect the Mac. and you can bypass it by applying a
black marker pen to the outer perimeter of the CD.


Is the following article correct in saying that the Sony "anti-piracy"
methods "[snip] only crashes Apple Macs, so that's hardly an angry mob
[snip]":

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864366683.html

It appears curious that Sony would only take measures against the Mac
platform when it's highly cited that the MS platform is more widely 
used.
Anyone have any follow up info on this (I frequently listen to CD's in 
my

iMac whilst surfing/programming/Quaking)?

Thanks

Richard

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telstra line disconnections

[Chris Burton]

Hi muggers

I have been experiencing an annoying problem each time I dial up to 
the net (G4 800, 9.2.2), and am wondering if others have the same.


About 2-3 minutes after being online I am disconnected. I have to 
re-dial again, and then Im on for as long as I want...about 30min 
until I log out. This happens every single time I dial up!! It costs 
me 2 phone calls instead of one. I have been in my present house for 
nearly 3 years, with the same isp and phone connection on a 56k 
internal modem. No problems until about 3 months ago. Telstra advised 
me to ask my isp how to reduce the data transfer rate of my 
modem...that was the problem!? I have changed my modem software back 
to V34, but my download speed dropped to 2k/sec from 5k/sec...Im sick 
of that slow speed. No problems like this last year...same set up.


A friend of mine, who is running with a different ISP has had exactly 
the same problem. He rang telstra and really gave it to them. The 
problem has stopped for him!! He mentioned to me that a few years ago 
a person in Qld looked into a similar problem and found that telstra 
was using some sort of 'pinging' software to test lines and this 
caused disconnections.


What is going on here...does anyone experience the same?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated


regards

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Re: Reflections

[logrythm]

cresciniusa wrote:

> IF YOU LIKE TO READ SOME FLASHES ON THE FAITH WHICH
> ENRICHED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND HAVE HAD A BIG SUCCESS
> GIVING PEACE AND HOPE, GO TO WEB SITE
> http://digilander.iol.it/crescini and tell me eventual impressions
> of yours on
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> FIRST THREE FLASHES FOR EXAMPLE
> 1.) There is the historical proof the myth could not invent the
> cross. If by the heathen the cross roused a "social horror", by the
> jews aroused a shocking religious dismay. It is not a case that the
> first christians, in order that the preaching be jeopardised,
> represented the cross with an anchor, a plough, a mast, a man praying
> with open arms. How could man think that this way of diying should
> have been put in the myth by the christians selves ?
>
> 2.)If somebody should tell us of having seen a dead on the cross
> resuscitated, nobody would believe him. But if those persons who
> affirm it, could make miracles,then we would believe them. It is what
> happened to the Apostles. In order to be believed, they should obtain
> the power of making miracles. Without this power, the christianity
> couldn't have been born.
>
> 3.)Jesus says on the cross "my God, my God, why did you abandon me ?"
> these are words that can shock the reader. But then, why should they
> have been written if they weren't true?
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This is SPAM, in my opinion, and I would rather not see it on wamug again
thankyou.

Outlook to Entourage

[Callum Prior]

Howdy,

I've been trying to import some messages from my old Outlook 5.02 account
into my new Entourage account (which I've been using for the last 6 months
or so).

I've had a look through the archives to no avail, same with the Entourage
online help.

I understand it's possible to do when starting up entourage for the first
time / when you initially make the move, but what I'm after is the ability
to import these old Outlook messages into a pre-existing Entourage account
(with 1-2,000 messages stored away).

My concern is that if I try to Import into Entourage at this stage, the
current messages will be replaced.

Just hoping someone might be able to offer some advice.

Cheers!

Callum