Re: upgrade wallstreet

[Vicki Andreotti]

> Hello
> i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
> and where is the best deals
> Thanks

I just bought the Crescendo/WS G4 CPU Upgrade 1MB L2  for $388 + $7.50
shipping from www.tahoeperipherals.com
Vicki



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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Carsten Marx]

Hi,

first i'd like to say hello to all.


I have also a great problem with 10.2.4 on my iBook 800.
I can't change the network-location without restarting my Ibook. When i 
change the location there are many printouts at the console like this:

Feb 15 10:25:38 bion configd[110]: DHCP en0: INIT transmit failed

Feb 15 10:25:47 bion configd[110]: bootp_session_transmit: 
bpf_write(en0) failed: Message too long (40)

Feb 15 10:25:47 bion configd[110]: DHCP en0: INIT transmit failed

Feb 15 10:25:56 bion configd[110]: bootp_session_transmit: 
bpf_write(en0) failed: Message too long (40)

anyone some idea what is the problem there?

btw , this is since 10.2.3!


greets

carsten



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Re: CD Burner?

[David M. Ensteness]

> I hate MS's business practices but I love some of their Mac (and 
> Windows
> unfortunately... IE 5.5 is perhaps the best browser available on any
> platform) software. Microsoft Excel is unparalleled in functionality 
> and
> customisability. Apple is a large, public corporation, and, as such 
> has no
> accountability to the public. As in any public corporation, including 
> the
> Enrons and Microsofts of the world, shareholders reign supreme so 
> unethical
> behaviour is to be expected once in a while (although, not tolerated). 
> Apple
> isn't anything special in that regard. FYI I've been a 'faithful' Mac 
> user
> since day 1 (well, ok, 6 months -- September 1984).

I just can't agree on the MS products, I think that while Excel and 
Word are very functional they are full of bloat, they use much too many 
resources for what they offer, and they simply aren't worth the money 
asked for them. IE, I can't stand it as a browser millage seems to vary 
more on browsers than anything else but for me IE is the bottom of the 
heap.

I also disagree on the notion that shareholders cause a company to be 
unethical, your examples here and later in your post note several 
companies where the shareholders were among the harmed, not the 
beneficiaries. Enron for example, shareholders were financially ruined. 
And it was not the company that did the harm, it was a select group of 
executives, all of whom have been let off the hook while America begins 
to blame companies - SEQ imposing fines on companies for business 
practices after the Sr. management has been replaced only harms the 
worker bees, and it was not them who committed the wrong. But that is 
another email topic all together.

> The most odious behaviour on Apple's part wasn't the 3rd party RAM 
> problems
> but the B&W FirmWare upgrade.

I already addressed this rant, I am familiar with the models in 
question and I do not see this the same way.

> Because, IIRC, the comment was that there was expanded support for 
> CD-RWs.
> Certainly not in my experience (of course, I reject anecdotal evidence 
> most
> of the time so my n=2 isn't useful either ;).

As I offered I could post the links to the Knowledge Base or you could 
go look it up.

>> Actually Mac OS X v.10.2.x does do multi-session discs, there is an
>> AppleCare doc on it. If you are referring to the OS, if you are
>> referring to a specific utility such as Backup then the answer may be
>> different.
>
> Cool! That's a new development :)

Its about two to three months old [the release of the AppleCare doc on 
it, the feature has been available for much longer than that].

> This was an *after-market*, *irreversible* change, made to the computer
> without notification of the users affected. It probably resulted in 
> only a
> few 100 additional sales, but resulted in lots of negative commentaries
> about their business practices.

That is kinda my point, the people running Apple are not complete 
idiots, and unlike the Apple of the mid-90s they do seem to own 
calculators, I would say that the firmware updates were not meant to be 
as malicious as you made them out in your original posts.

> HOWEVER, this was a notable irreversible change, made for *no purpose* 
> other
> than to prevent the B&W from competing with their (at the time)
> brand-spanking-new G4 PCI, which, as you explained did not add anything
> notable from a performance POV.

Any proof that it was the *only* reason for the firmware update? Can 
you show that the update did not do anything else and as you said had 
*no purpose* other than harming customers? You have said this several 
times, I questioned how you could know that was the case earlier. I 
would like to know if there is any way for you to determine that the 
firmware was only meant for that purpose or if you simply conclude that 
based on your perspective.

> And, it was done _WITHOUT_ notifying the
> user of the consequence -- if it was so important that G4 support not 
> be
> provided because it destabilised the B&W then Apple would and *should* 
> have
> mentioned it in the release notes.

Well, one could make a strong argument that much like 604s no working 
under Jaguar Apple has maintained that 3rd party processor upgrades are 
not in anyway supported by Apple, based on that, why should they have 
acted differently?

>  The fact that third party manufacturers
> managed to safely and *very* successfully over-come the FirmWare patch 
> only
> provides support to the contention that it was not in fact a patch to
> improve the quality/stability of the B&W after-market, but merely a 
> way to
> *sabotage* a perfectly functional computer.

They over-came as you said, they did not reverse the patch, as we do 
not know what else the firmware update was meant to do, and the upgrade 
OEMs were not interested in altering any other affects it had, it seems 
that their "over-coming" should not have had any quality or stability 
impact. Your claim of "sabotage" is not wel

Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Eric D.]

on 2/15/03 7:30 PM, Christopher D Helmkamp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary in the logs.  A full
> spash-screen message telling me to hold down the power button or hit
> the reset button appeared on the screen at wake.  It was transparent
> (so I could see the desktop behind it), with a less-transparent white
> box directly in the middle.Is this what happens on an OS X kernel
> panic?  (I've never had one before, but if it is, it sure beats some of
> the crashes my Linux boxes used to undergo.  Leave it to Apple to have
> an "elegant" way to crash!)  Or is this something else?  Indeed, what
> is it?
> 
> On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 07:09  PM, Eric D. wrote:
> 
>> Well, since you're a former UNIXer would the Kernel Panic logs be of
>> use to
>> you?
> 

Yep, those are OS X 10.2.+'s kernel panics :) The kernel panic logs are
easily accessible from the Apple System Profiler (now easily accessible
itself from the About this Macintosh dialogue box.

Eric.


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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Andre Ruegg]

Been running 10.2.4 on my iBook 800. No kernel panics here. Seems a bit
faster. My shared dial-up connection actually behaves better now. I am happy
with 10.2.4. 

Andre
> 
> Eric,
> 
> I'm running a Pismo 400/768RAM/30HD and everything seems to be running fine.
> Infact, its running a little snappier. Sleep function seems to work
> immediately, instead of the long delay in 10.2.3. No panic windows, no
> trouble with my broadband, nothing but smooth sailing.
> So far, I like the upgrade.
> 
> vic
> 
>> Hello, has anyone else had problems with OS X 10.2.4 and kernel panics? The
>> update installed fine on my machine (Pismo/400 0.5 GB) but I've had two
>> panics in the past 24 hours -- one was apparently related to dial-up (I had
>> just been disconnected from the web when all of a sudden I had the panic
>> screen pop-up). The second time the computer wasn't quite asleep (screen
>> blank, HD spinning) and I pressed F12 to eject the disk to wake the machine
>> up. No response and eventually I get fed up of waiting and give the machine
>> the three finger salute. When I check the log a second kernel panic was
>> logged precisely at the time I pressed F12.
>> 
>> Huh? Before the upgrade it was working flawlessly (no panics). I dread the
>> thought of having to wipe the HD and start again from scratch so I'm hoping
>> it's just teething pains.
>> 
>> Eric.
>> 
> 


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Re: CD Burner?

[David M. Ensteness]

> I think the problem is that Apple has decided that it will upgrade CDRW
> drivers instead of adding new ones. In many, many cases, they'll just
> change one of the support plist files so that a certain model number is
> changed. Therefore, if you have the old model and they change it to a
> new model, then you're screwed. Usually, though, someone will go and
> fix it. Look at www.xlr8yourmac.com for tips, there are a lot of hacked
> CDRW drivers there.

Does Apple still maintain a page noting all the CDR/RW drives they 
support? That would help confirm or deny this as the case. I would go 
looking but my DL manager is using so much bandwidth that I can't load 
web pages ... dialup rules ...

> Remember the firmware update that killed a lot of third-party RAM? Then
> all Apple did was blame third-party RAM dealers instead of taking
> responsibility.

I never understood how Apple should take responsibility - if I sell RAM 
that does not meet Apple's specs, and then they make firmware changes 
for various hardware devices, and a side effect is that my RAM stops 
working, it seems that I should have sold RAM that complied with the 
guidelines ...

David


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Re: CD Burner?

[David M. Ensteness]

Wow, you are way too upset about things, seriously, I get pissed when 
things don't work, but I am always confused, if you feel Apple is to 
blame then why buy Apple stuff?

I am not saying put up or shut up, I am just confused, some people seem 
to say they feel towards Apple the way I do towards MS, and yet, 
because of how I feel I don't use MS products, yet many use Apple 
products and claim to feel constantly slighted, noting a timeline of 
abuse they feel they have suffered through.

To me things like Firmware updates make a lot of sense, I understand 
their purpose and it justifies their use. Blaming 3rd party RAM for not 
meeting specs ... well, that made sense to me as I believe that if 
hardware does not meet certain specs then how can anyone know how to 
support it?

Roxio complained that it was all Apple's fault that their Toast product 
did not work with Mac OS X for about 6-8 months. And yet, they released 
updates for Windows XP, when it is a documented fact that MS does not 
provide adequate documentation of their system underpinnings for 3rd 
party developers. I am not saying that Roxio was lying, I am not saying 
Apple did not have their act together, I am saying that developers 
enjoy the luxury of blaming Apple every time the *3rd partys'* product 
does not work. No one does that with MS, I don't think that its because 
its a true reason so much as a good excuse that they can get away with.

On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 12:55  PM, Eric D. wrote:

> OS X 10.2 killed support for my drive (& I have had that verified from
> another owner of the same drive): Sony 24/10/40 internal.

Question: Whose responsibility is it to support 3rd party hardware? Is 
it entirely Apple's or should the 3rd party be providing an update if 
there is an actual conflict between new system software and their 
hardware? I realize that Apple states what drives *Apple* supports, but 
Apple does it in conjunction with the 3rd party developers. Why are you 
aiming *all* the blame at Apple? Sony should be supporting their burner 
- if it doesn't work, then both companies are to blame.

> I also lost
> support for my USB burner along the way (don't remember which version 
> of OS
> X 10.x.x killed that! Fortunately I never used the internal burning 
> software
> except to gauge OS X's support for third party burners :)

So you update to the new version, and then use Apple's software in 
order to be able to complain at how poorly it does? And if the only 
thing you care about is support by Roxio via Toast then what do you 
care if Apple disables your burner or not, you just said you don't use 
their software anyways. Put these two together for me.

> Since it doesn't
> do multi-session back-ups or gives you any control over the CDs you 
> create
> it was next to useless for real back-up (other than if you wanted to 
> dump a
> whole lot of stuff to disk at once and that was pretty rare).

Actually Mac OS X v.10.2.x does do multi-session discs, there is an 
AppleCare doc on it. If you are referring to the OS, if you are 
referring to a specific utility such as Backup then the answer may be 
different.

> Of course... this is also the company that used AFTER-SALE FirmWare 
> updates
> to maliciously disable G4 updates in B&Ws, merely to prevent the B&W 
> from
> competing with the first generation G4 (which didn't add anything
> substantial to the design of the computer).

Not accurate. The first generation G4 came in two varieties, both were 
available at the same time, and the primary one did in fact offer many 
benefits over the Blue and White G3. The Sawtooth based G4 allowed for 
booting from FireWire devices, 2x AGP graphics, higher memory and PCI 
throughput, Ultra ATA/66, AirPort, and internal FireWire. None of those 
were available on Blue and White G3s. Yikes! based G4s constituted the 
low-end of the Power Mac product line and were based on modified 
Yosemite [Blue and White] motherboards, they did not add anything 
substantial to the design of the computer, as you say. But, seriously, 
ask yourself how many people you know go shopping for a Yikes! G4? Even 
at the time of release the majority of interest and sales were targeted 
at the higher-end models *because* they introduced new technology not 
available on the Blue and White G3.

Blue and Whites had their 3rd party upgrade path disabled until the 3rd 
parties changed that, I am not arguing with that. But you make it sound 
like everything Apple does is a conspiracy to trick, deceive, and harm 
their customers. If that is the case, I do not understand why Apple is 
considered by the industry to provide the highest quality and service 
in their products [Consumer's Reports - the last four quarters 
straight].

> Fortunately, the upgrade cos
> have managed to disable the disabler but still, it's pretty repugnant 
> that
> they sabotaged the hardware, after ownership had been transferred away 
> from
> their control.

Sabotaged? Do you know how the firmwa

Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Christopher D Helmkamp]

Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary in the logs.  A full 
spash-screen message telling me to hold down the power button or hit 
the reset button appeared on the screen at wake.  It was transparent 
(so I could see the desktop behind it), with a less-transparent white 
box directly in the middle.Is this what happens on an OS X kernel 
panic?  (I've never had one before, but if it is, it sure beats some of 
the crashes my Linux boxes used to undergo.  Leave it to Apple to have 
an "elegant" way to crash!)  Or is this something else?  Indeed, what 
is it?

On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 07:09  PM, Eric D. wrote:

> Well, since you're a former UNIXer would the Kernel Panic logs be of 
> use to
> you?


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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Hal]

Rock solid stable on my machines; G4 Cube, TiBook 550, Pismo and iMac. 
on have crashed since the update.

-Hal
On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Eric D. wrote:

> Hello, has anyone else had problems with OS X 10.2.4 and kernel 
> panics? The
> update installed fine on my machine (Pismo/400 0.5 GB) but I've had two
> panics in the past 24 hours -- one was apparently related to dial-up 
> (I had
> just been disconnected from the web when all of a sudden I had the 
> panic
> screen pop-up). The second time the computer wasn't quite asleep 
> (screen
> blank, HD spinning) and I pressed F12 to eject the disk to wake the 
> machine
> up. No response and eventually I get fed up of waiting and give the 
> machine
> the three finger salute. When I check the log a second kernel panic was
> logged precisely at the time I pressed F12.
>
> Huh? Before the upgrade it was working flawlessly (no panics). I dread 
> the
> thought of having to wipe the HD and start again from scratch so I'm 
> hoping
> it's just teething pains.
>
> Eric.
>
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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Eric D.]

on 2/15/03 7:02 PM, Christopher D Helmkamp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> It's certainly not something I've done.  I don't screw with my computer
> that much, and when I do, I have a great deal of knowledge how to do so
> (former Unix programmer).
> 
> I was going to stay quiet and wait to see if it happened again before I
> said something, but looks as though my problems might be common to
> 10.2.4!
> 
> --Chris
> ibook 700 384MB X.2.4

Well, since you're a former UNIXer would the Kernel Panic logs be of use to
you?

I'm trying to push my machine now to see if I can do it again. I'll try
running PhotoSlop and Virtual PC at the same time ;)

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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Christopher D Helmkamp]

On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 06:45  PM, Eric D. wrote:

> Hello, has anyone else had problems with OS X 10.2.4 and kernel 
> panics? The
> update installed fine on my machine (Pismo/400 0.5 GB) but I've had two
> panics in the past 24 hours

I would have to say I agree.  I have been running OS X since August 
without a single forced reboot.  Yet in the 24 hours or so since 
installing 10.2.4, I've had two:  once, finder locked up and even 
ssh-ing to my machine wouldn't allow me to get out of the mess, and a 
second time, after opening my ibook back up, I was greeted with a 
full-screen message (but certainly prettier than Windows blue screens) 
that I had to manually reboot.

It's certainly not something I've done.  I don't screw with my computer 
that much, and when I do, I have a great deal of knowledge how to do so 
(former Unix programmer).

I was going to stay quiet and wait to see if it happened again before I 
said something, but looks as though my problems might be common to 
10.2.4!

--Chris
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Re: OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Vic Duong]

Eric,

I'm running a Pismo 400/768RAM/30HD and everything seems to be running fine.
Infact, its running a little snappier. Sleep function seems to work
immediately, instead of the long delay in 10.2.3. No panic windows, no
trouble with my broadband, nothing but smooth sailing.
So far, I like the upgrade.

vic

> Hello, has anyone else had problems with OS X 10.2.4 and kernel panics? The
> update installed fine on my machine (Pismo/400 0.5 GB) but I've had two
> panics in the past 24 hours -- one was apparently related to dial-up (I had
> just been disconnected from the web when all of a sudden I had the panic
> screen pop-up). The second time the computer wasn't quite asleep (screen
> blank, HD spinning) and I pressed F12 to eject the disk to wake the machine
> up. No response and eventually I get fed up of waiting and give the machine
> the three finger salute. When I check the log a second kernel panic was
> logged precisely at the time I pressed F12.
> 
> Huh? Before the upgrade it was working flawlessly (no panics). I dread the
> thought of having to wipe the HD and start again from scratch so I'm hoping
> it's just teething pains.
> 
> Eric.
> 


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Playing DVDs off HD

[Eric D.]

Hello, I haven't tried this yet but is it possible to copy a DVD to your
machine and play it?

Also, can one copy individual files off the DVD and play those?

Thanks, Eric.


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OS X 10.2.4 stable?

[Eric D.]

Hello, has anyone else had problems with OS X 10.2.4 and kernel panics? The
update installed fine on my machine (Pismo/400 0.5 GB) but I've had two
panics in the past 24 hours -- one was apparently related to dial-up (I had
just been disconnected from the web when all of a sudden I had the panic
screen pop-up). The second time the computer wasn't quite asleep (screen
blank, HD spinning) and I pressed F12 to eject the disk to wake the machine
up. No response and eventually I get fed up of waiting and give the machine
the three finger salute. When I check the log a second kernel panic was
logged precisely at the time I pressed F12.

Huh? Before the upgrade it was working flawlessly (no panics). I dread the
thought of having to wipe the HD and start again from scratch so I'm hoping
it's just teething pains.

Eric.


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Re: upgrade Wall Street

[Andrew Johnson]

On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 04:52  PM, Gary Goldberg wrote:

>> Hello
>> i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
>> and where is the best deals
>
> I upgraded last summer from a G3/250 to a Sonnet Crescendo G4/500
> and from 8.1 to 9.1 at the same time. I got it for $375 at Mac Mall.
> Sonnet support is good but I've had occasional shutdown/restart freezes
> and don't know if they're OS- or CPU-related.
>
I too am looking for an upgrade to a 250mhz Wallstreet, The fastest 
I've been able to find were 450/500mhz G3/4s.
However, I remember at some point hearing about an 800 mhz G3 that was 
available, I think it might have been the Powerlogix Bluechip line, but 
I havent seen anything on their site about it... am I imagining things?

-Andrew


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upgrade Wall Street

[Gary Goldberg]

> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 12:08:21 -0500
> From: ap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: upgrade wallstreet
> Message-id: 
> 
> Hello
> i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
> and where is the best deals
 
I upgraded last summer from a G3/250 to a Sonnet Crescendo G4/500
and from 8.1 to 9.1 at the same time. I got it for $375 at Mac Mall.
Sonnet support is good but I've had occasional shutdown/restart freezes
and don't know if they're OS- or CPU-related.

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Re: v92-Mac ?

[Jeremy Derr]

On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 08:57 AM, David wrote:

> v92 is a recent feature in modems that allows phone pick-up from a
> dial-up internet conection. It requires call waiting service from the
> phone compnay. It is a feature of recent Macs with OS 10.2 released
> since last August or Sept 2002.
> Is v92 possible with an older Mac  powerbook.
> Has anybody upgraded an existing 56K modem v90  to v92 via a software
> download.
> Or has anyone bought a new 56K  modem  that delivers v92.
> Is such a beast available as a card ?
> These seem to be readily available  in the PC world.
> Zoom /Global village  claim  Mac v92 , but from my brief search  this
> doesn't seem the case in the real world.
>  From www.provantage.comBest Data modem  external Mac 56K v92  $66 
> U.S.
> Does anyone have experience with this ?
>
> I'm in the market for a Lombard  and upgrading if possible  to v92.
>
> It's looking like the simple solution is to just buy  a recent ibook .
>
> Such confusion over this v92 feature.

V92 is a hardware feature and, on most modems, isn't a software or 
firmware update. Some modems that were made as v.90 just a little 
before the v.92 standard was finalized have the required hardware and 
are, thus, firmware upgradeable.

That said... I know -VERY- few people with pleasant experiences 
regarding v.92's supposed benefits, and I haven't gotten it to work on 
any of my Macs, nor on my lone PC.


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Re: upgrade wallstreet

[KADaggett]

My Reply follows quote. On 15/02/2003 09:09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
said:  

>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ap)
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>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Hello
>i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
>and where is the best deals
>Thanks
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Hmmm. My Wallstreet is already a G3 (came from the factory that way). 
What are you trying to achieve?

Ken

Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.


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Re: Avi Format

[Roger Diggle]

2/14/03 11:36 PM James Rohde ever-so-carefully typed:  

>On 02/14/2003, James wrote:
>> I would like to get some feedback concerning avi format. Is there any 
>>way Quicktime Player can play videos in avi format? Is downloading a 
>>Microsoft product the only way, or is there a program that will convert 
>>avi so Quicktime can view it?
>>
>This from the QT Help pages:
>
>
>- - -
>"QuickTime can import multiple formats of several types of files. File 
>formats you can import include all of the following: 
>
>Video formats: AVI, DV, Motion JPEG, MPEG-1, and MPEG-4. 
>
>Audio formats: AIFF/AIFC, Audio CD, MP3, Sound Designer II, System 7 
>Sound, uLaw (AU), and WAV 
>
>Still image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG/JFIF, MacPaint, PICT, PNG, Photoshop 
>(with layers), SGI, Targa, FlashPix, and TIFF 
>
>Animation formats: 3DMF, Animated GIF, FLC/FLI, Flash, and PICS 
>
>Other formats: KAR (Karaoke), MIDI, QuickDraw GX, QuickTime Image File, 
>Text 
>
>To import a file: 
>
>Choose Import from the File menu. 
>
>For more information about supported formats, see the QuickTime Web site."
>
>- - -
>
>There are some options that come with the QT Pro version, but the pages 
>don't specify which (having gone to QT Pro a while back, I forget which 
>ones come with the standard player).
>
>BTW, the above info is for the MacOS 9.x/QT 6 version... Those running OS 
>X.whatever may need to clarify for X which formats are available under 
>Jaguar or other versions of X.

The .avi format(s) is(are) a mess...
Yes QuickTime can play .avi much of the time, 
if it has the right codec available.  Not all 
.avi codecs seem to be available for the Mac.
**sigh**

I just spent a bunch of time trying to find a 
codec that would translate some .avi from a 
Latvian web site.  After rooting around for a 
couple of hours, I found a codec that gave me 
poor (better than "no") playback.  My sweetie 
went to her peecee to look at the same site 
and RealPlayer played a full-screen version 
of the stream that was higher quality than my 
6" square QuickTime playback.  Yet other .avi 
movies play back on my G3 with no problems.

Roger

This message produced with a minimum of 37% post-consumer recycled 
electrons.


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[ap]

Hello
i want to upgrade my wallstreet to a G3 or G4 any suggestions please
and where is the best deals
Thanks

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Re: new PB question

[Steve Fuller]

On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 04:50, Shayne Croy wrote:
> On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 10:14  PM, Steve Fuller wrote:
> 
> >  Lombard with 10.2.4 I had to purchase a firewire card for it so I 
> > could load up my new iPod
> 
> Which fire wire card? TIA

I bought an Addonics Model #: AEDCBFW. Worked like a charm right out of
the box with Jaguar. Only thing that I don't like is that it doesn't
supply power to the iPod, but I'm guessing that most Cardbus cards might
not do that. It has two of the standard 6 pin Firewire ports.

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v92-Mac ?

[David]

v92 is a recent feature in modems that allows phone pick-up from a 
dial-up internet conection. It requires call waiting service from the 
phone compnay. It is a feature of recent Macs with OS 10.2 released 
since last August or Sept 2002.
Is v92 possible with an older Mac  powerbook.
Has anybody upgraded an existing 56K modem v90  to v92 via a software 
download.
Or has anyone bought a new 56K  modem  that delivers v92.  
Is such a beast available as a card ?
These seem to be readily available  in the PC world.
Zoom /Global village  claim  Mac v92 , but from my brief search  this 
doesn't seem the case in the real world.
 From www.provantage.comBest Data modem  external Mac 56K v92  $66 U.S.
Does anyone have experience with this ?

I'm in the market for a Lombard  and upgrading if possible  to v92.

It's looking like the simple solution is to just buy  a recent ibook .

Such confusion over this v92 feature.

Thanks
David (Toronto)





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Re: new PB question

[Shayne Croy]

On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 10:14  PM, Steve Fuller wrote:

>  Lombard with 10.2.4 I had to purchase a firewire card for it so I 
> could load up my new iPod

Which fire wire card? TIA

  Shayne Croy


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Re: CD Burner

[csean]

>OS X 10.2 killed support for my drive (& I have had that verified from
>another owner of the same drive): Sony 24/10/40 internal. I also lost
>support for my USB burner along the way (don't remember which version of OS
>X 10.x.x killed that! Fortunately I never used the internal burning software
>except to gauge OS X's support for third party burners :) Since it doesn't
>do multi-session back-ups or gives you any control over the CDs you create
>it was next to useless for real back-up (other than if you wanted to dump a
>whole lot of stuff to disk at once and that was pretty rare).

Ah, so that's it. 10.2 killed support for YOUR drive, so not exactly 
a case of Apple "has been scaling back support for non-Apple CD-RWs 
in every release of OS X" as you said in your previous post.

The best way to check for supported CDRWs - and to find modified OS 
10.x Disk Burner and iTunes plug-ins for a particular drive to make 
it work in 10.x - go to www.xlr8yourmac.com and look under Drive 
Compatibility Database. There you'll find hundreds of user reports on 
specific drives with specific Macs, as well as links to the modified 
plug-ins that make most drives work with X Disk Burner and iTunes.

The original questioner, a Pismo owner, might also want to check out 
portable firewire CDRWs: e.g., the Lacie Pocket CDRW, which comes in 
different speeds (up to 24x burning, IIRC) and has had pretty good 
reviews. More expensive than non-portable drives though.

Chris

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