Re: Microsoft Excel and MAC OS9.1
On Thu, 2002-07-04 at 17:50, Bob Howells wrote: Onno Benschop wrote: This is for personal Senior Citizen use. Needs to interact with other family members. Obviously if I ran a business I would have the need and the dollars to dash out to upgrade it all in one go. I understand your sentiment. The challenge is that you have a machine with MacOS 8.6 and you've spent money and upgraded it to MacOS 9.1. At the point you handed out your money to upgrade one part of the equation, you were likely not (made) aware that there was an impact in other working parts of your computer. Backward compatibility, eg. the ability to run newer stuff on older stuff is not the same as forward compatibility, the ability to run older stuff on newer stuff - since things may have changed. So the old version of Excel will do things in a way that worked on MacOS 8.6, but break when the next version of the OS comes around. So, when you hand out money to upgrade something, that is generally only the very beginning of the spending spree, hence my comment at the bottom of my original message: If it works, don't fix it. -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
eBusiness and Communication Paper
Hi All: I recently wrote a 4 page report about WAMUG for my postgraduate eBusiness and Communication course. I interviewed Matthew for the report, and when I showed him the final version he suggested I make it available to those on the list who may be interested in it. It is called In Breach: Breaking Online Group Discussion Norms and discussed the events of February 2002 when posting guidelines for the list were formulated. If you send me an email off list, I will email it to you in plain text format. Regards, Nathalie -- Nathalie Collins Post Office Box A176 Australind WA 6233 Phone/Fax: (08) 9796 0509 Mobile: 043 989 1997
Landscaping on Macs
I have a friend who is interested in buying a computer for his studies in landscaping. Does anyone know if there are any decent programs for this on Macs and what they price at. I'm trying to convince him to buy a Mac as he knows nothing about computers and it will save him a lot of trouble later on. Ruben A. Franke
firwire hard drives
hi has anyone had experience with pyro 3.5 hard drive? are they reliable, compatible with OS9.2 imacs? What of other firewire drives, any recommedations? thanks kate
Modem Disconnections..... Internal Modems
Good Morning, Just found this info about Modem Disconnections, thanks to Macintouch. It specifically says it relates to internal Modems, and there are other references I have not read yet. Talks about problems with some ISP equipment changes as the cause of the disconnections. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106928 Have fun. Bob
Re: Any ISP recommendations?
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Phillip Arena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I've had it up to 'here'.no...HERE! with my ISP and am shopping around for a reliable service that is not going to drop out every second. I have a few recommendations already..thanks guys...but wish to shop around a bit more. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. We just moved to Westnet after several years with Iinet and are really impressed at the great service. Their phone support, whilst not 24/7 is knowledgeable, and (this is comparing regional POP's mind you) their connection is faster than iinet's was. I would also agree with Matt that Highway 1's service is exceptional too. I think you'd be very happy with either of these ISP's. Cheers, Meg
Free web site hosts?
Could I have some suggestions on the best free web site hosts please. Regards, Paul.
Re: Landscaping on Macs
I have a friend who is interested in buying a computer for his studies in landscaping. Does anyone know if there are any decent programs for this on Macs and what they price at. I'm trying to convince him to buy a Mac as he knows nothing about computers and it will save him a lot of trouble later on. Ruben A. Franke You might want to have a poke around at http://www.architosh.com/ Also, Doug Wilson asked the same question back in May 2000, so he may have some suggestions. Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! Opinions for hire [POQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord
TFT/LCD monitors
hi all considering a 15 flat panel for a second monitor on a G4 a few questions: my only extensive experience with LCD is the screen on my lombard powerbook... how does the current crop compare to this 3 year old technology? also is there a difference between TFT LCD? how do graphic designers / scan operators out there feel about the comparison between CRT LCD? is a CRT still necessary for image manipulation/scan correction, or are the CRTs consistent enough? Thanks for any feedback Greg
Re: Free web site hosts?
On 5/7/02 10:16 AM, Paul Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I have some suggestions on the best free web site hosts please. Regards, Paul. Google is your friend. Use it well. http://www.google.com/search?q=Best+Free+Web+Hosts Regards Matthew Healey -- Matthew Healey Information Systems Western Orthopaedic Clinic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (08) 9489 8700 Fax: +61 (08) 9381 8300 Suite 213 25 McCourt Street Subiaco 6008 Western Australia
Re: TFT/LCD monitors
also is there a difference between TFT LCD? TFT (Thin Film Transistor) screens are 'Active Matrix' which are much better quality (and much more expensive). You'll probably find the contrast on a desktop screen to be much better than on a laptop screen. Links at http://www.macintouch.com/resolution.html http://www6.tomshardware.com/search/search.html?category=allwords=lcd http://www.dv.com/features/features_item.jhtml?LookupId=/dv/xml/feature/2001/delancie1101 may be useful. Have fun, Shay (awaiting OLED displays) -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! Opinions for hire [POQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord
Re: Free web site hosts?
Don't forget, of course, to check out iTools/Homepage to see if it suits your needs. You don't need to use Apple's easy but restrictive page creation tools - you can use your own editor. On 5/7/02 10:16 AM, Paul Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could I have some suggestions on the best free web site hosts please. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Warren Jones http://homepage.mac.com/warrenj/ Parkwood, Western Australia
Where can you get a Cheap Mac
Hi I'm a new member and just wondering where I can get a cheap dual 1 GHZ system around perth I know the student price is $6,295 but can I get it cheaper?? Thanks Satch
Hi are the any Emagic Users on this list please email
Hi just wondering how many muso's here use Logic please email me
Bliink account
[Forwarded for Michael] For some reason I can't post to WAMUG, but thought that given the recent spate of messages regarding iinet, Bliink etc you may pass this on if you think it helpful. Today I received the DSL 300 modem for my Bliink account with iinet. I use OS X on a G3 PowerBook. I wanted a connection on a line shared with a fax machine. In order to do that, all I had to do was buy a double RJ12 plug from Dick Smith. Installation was easy, even though not covered by the manual that came with the kit because OS X has its own PPoE client as part of the operating system. There was one problem with authentication and that was solved by using my full email address in the username box, instead of my user name. Regards, Michael.
Wireless USB adapters
Does anyone have any experience with USB wireless (802.11b) adapters for older Macs, like the first iMacs. At home we have a Linksys access point and a PC (not mine) with a Linksys wireless PCI card. But we also have a Graphite iBook 366MHz (OS 9.2 10.1.5) which I¹ve found out that with an Airport card will work with the Linksys AP http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html Now the only machine we need to check out is the Rev A iMac. All the USB wireless adapters I¹ve seen are only for Win 98/Me/2000. Does any one know of any software that can make any of these work with the Mac? Any feedback appreciated. Note new email address, please update your contacts. ~ Michael Waldie Sales consultant Curtin Computer Shop Curtin University Bookshop Curtin University of Technology Ph: 08 9266 2700 Fax: 08 9266 3188 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Bliink account
on 5/7/02 13:49, Michael Hawkins (by way of Shay Telfer) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I received the DSL 300 modem for my Bliink account with iinet. I use OS X on a G3 PowerBook. I wanted a connection on a line shared with a fax machine. In order to do that, all I had to do was buy a double RJ12 plug from Dick Smith. Installation was easy, even though not covered by the manual that came with the kit because OS X has its own PPoE client as part of the operating system. There was one problem with authentication and that was solved by using my full email address in the username box, instead of my user name. Regards, Michael. This method of Authentication is needed for all ADSL providers in Australia as far as I'm aware. There's another provider here in WA onselling Westnet ADSL service and it's kind of funny because they have to enter [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of username or [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Re: Wireless USB adapters
Does anyone have any experience with USB wireless (802.11b) adapters for older Macs, like the first iMacs. At home we have a Linksys access point and a PC (not mine) with a Linksys wireless PCI card. But we also have a Graphite iBook 366MHz (OS 9.2 10.1.5) which I've found out that with an Airport card will work with the Linksys AP http://www.macwindows.com/airportpc.html Now the only machine we need to check out is the Rev A iMac. All the USB wireless adapters I've seen are only for Win 98/Me/2000. Can you either a) use an ethernet cable to plug the iBook into something else that's on the network (access point or whatever), or b) Stick an airport card in the iBook? You really want to avoid shunting ethernet over USB wherever possible, as you'll suffer a performance hit and be at the mercy of dodgy USB-Ethernet drivers. Good luck, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies! Opinions for hire [POQ] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord
Re: Bliink account
For some reason I can't post to WAMUG, but thought that given the recent spate of messages regarding iinet, Bliink etc you may pass this on if you think it helpful. Today I received the DSL 300 modem for my Bliink account with iinet. I use OS X on a G3 PowerBook. I wanted a connection on a line shared with a fax machine. In order to do that, all I had to do was buy a double RJ12 plug from Dick Smith. Installation was easy, even though not covered by the manual that came with the kit because OS X has its own PPoE client as part of the operating system. There was one problem with authentication and that was solved by using my full email address in the username box, instead of my user name. Still coming to you via dial-up, I was very interested in this message. We also have a fax sharing the line with the modem and we have done all the things mentioned. In addition one of the WA Solutions guys spent more than 1.5 hours here yesterday trying to connect to our new BLIINK account. He brought his Titanium laptop which can connect from other locations. The only extra thing he achieved, which I had not, was the ability to ping the iinet DNS Server as well as the IP address (nothing else pingable). But he could not obtain the iinet home page at that address or do anything else. Lots of talk to a Mac expert from iinet, and to a friendly Internet guru, all to no avail. I have now reloaded both OS X.1.2 and OS 9.2 after erasing the partitions. This because I fear something bad happened when I installed Virtual PC 5. I obeyed instructions and loaded it via OS X so it would run under either system but I had a great deal of trouble and eventually de-installed and re-installed in OS 9.2 before I could get it working. Our WA Solutions friend will return and have another go in the near future. Mind you I wonder if our troubles are because we sent a rude message to iinet about our account. We applied for ADSL on 14/6 and were told it would take 2-3 weeks for Telstra to check the suitability of the line. On the 18/6 our password was changed without telling us. This was extremely inconvenient as it was the day Graham's mother died. After a harrowing day I tried to send some emails and could not connect. I hung on to the support line for over 30 minutes with no answer and had to give up. Next day after a phone call it was changed back. Eventually we were told on 24/6 that the account had been approved and that the modem would be sent to us with instructions. I sent an email asking that instructions for Mac would be sent. Answer: the instructions are the same for both PCs and Macs. UNTRUE the only instruction which might be construed as a Mac instructions says 'if you do not have a white or silver CD ring iinet'. When the modem arrived on 28/6 we had a blue CD and after finding no READ ME stuff on it we rang and found it was superfluous. Everything is done via your browser. We were still recovering from the trauma of the funeral so we did not try until Monday 1/7, list members know what happened - zilch. Then we found we were being billed for the new account from 18/6 when we did not even have the modem until 28/6. We sent an email mentioning the nit-wits who run the place and that charging for a service before it was supplied was fraud. This may be the reason we are being shut out! The accounts people have now agreed to only charge us from the time we first connected! This was 1/7 as far as they are concerned, though the link is still useless. And they have agreed to reverse the charge for our extra mail box which we no longer need. Despite telling them we no longer needed it they took the money for it on 30/6, even though our latest invoice indicated it would be taken on 12/7. We have not even mentioned that one of their support staff told me I needed a filter for every device on the line. I told him the only things on the line are the fax and the modem. I was told 2 filters were necessary and so we now have a spare one. I had no idea that the filters filtered out the ADSL frequencies and thus were anathema to the ADSL modem! Oh how I wish we had 'bitten the bullet' and abandoned our email address and gone to Highway One. Diana
Virtual PC Disk Image
In earlier versions of Virtual PC I always saved a copy of the disk image which I could use if there was a problem with the original. When I loaded Virtual PC 5 I could not find the disk image. Does anyone know if it is still there? I looked for an invisible file using Sherlock but could not identify it. A friend told me he obtained one by loading an older version which produced the disk image and then loaded VPC 5 over it. We have versions 2.0 (W 95), 2.1 (W 98), 3.0 (upgrade), 4 (W 98 ME) and 5 (W 98 SE). I don't remember if version 4 produces a disk image. Anyone know? Any suggestions? I recently bought a PC CD which is not visible to VPC 5 but the Mac can see it, and it does run on a PC. Maybe it is just the crummy Windoze 98 SE which they give you with VPC 5. Maybe I should add another disk and load Windows 98 from the CD I got with version 2.1. I am told they no longer supply Windows CDs for fear it could be used on a PeeCee. Ha bloody ha! Diana
Re: Bliink account
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], DJ Grafix Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This method of Authentication is needed for all ADSL providers in Australia as far as I'm aware. Not entirely true. Highway 1 and iiNets original ADSL, and a few other use a different method called Bridged This method requires no authentication whatsoever. The customers static IP is attached to your phone number at the exchange level. The HUGE advantage of this is that there is no software involved what so ever (except in USB modems to drive the modem of course). This means less to things to break/configure, thus being more reliable. Eg, for a Dlink 300, or Alcatel Ethernet modem, all a user would have to do is plug it in, and enter the static IP, gateway and subnet provided by the ISP. That is it. Nothing else to do whatsoever. Just start browsing. Regards Trevor Lee Highway 1 Internet Solutions
Re: Virtual PC Disk Image
On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 06:38 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: When I loaded Virtual PC 5 I could not find the disk image. Does anyone know if it is still there? I looked for an invisible file using Sherlock but could not identify it. Look at the bottom of the Edit Menu for the settings for your current Virtual PC. When the Settings window opens click on Disk 1, and click the Choose... button. This will show you where your active disk image is. Bear in mind that VPC 5 can have multiple Disk Images, and you can choose between them by setting up multiple Virtual PCs. I recently bought a PC CD which is not visible to VPC 5 but the Mac can see it, and it does run on a PC. Maybe it is just the crummy Windoze 98 SE which they give you with VPC 5. Maybe I should add another disk and load Windows 98 from the CD I got with version 2.1. I am told they no longer supply Windows CDs for fear it could be used on a PeeCee. Ha bloody ha! Yes, I can see how that would be a huge concern. Of course! Let's see...I've just bought this second hand PC and I need a copy of Windows 98. Why don't I just go out and spend twice the amount I would normally spend and buy a Windows emulator for a Macintosh, just so I can get the free copy of Windows that comes with it? I know I'll never use the emulator software, but boy, I've really put one over on Micro$oft :-) -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
