Re: OS 10.2 & HP drivers

[Shay Telfer]

I contacted HP because the HP set up assistant kept stalling when I tried to
install the latest available driver for an OfficeJet G85.




It appears that as of 23rd of August HP have posted some new drivers 
for Jaguar users. Although they don't list the G85, it might be worth 
a try (it does list improved speed as one fix) using the Deskjet 
drivers.


Thanks to Richard Jenkins for the tipoff.

Have fun,
Shay
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iMac DV display problem

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

Thanks for the help with the flat panel iMac problem. Now for the (much)
harder question.

I went to install Mac OS X 10.2 on my iMac DV (slot loading 400Mhz G3). It
installed OK, and I was really impressed with the new features etc.

I shutdown the machine, and when I started it up in the morning, the display
was all funny. It was an unnatural blue color, and the right hand side of
the display was all jagged, and the left hand side seemed to bow inward.

After a restart or two the geometry seemed to go back to normal, but the
colors seemed to "smear" to the right.

While I could still see a little of the desktop, I switched back to booting
Mac OS 9, and checked the monitors control panel. The contrast was wound up
to the max. I reset it back to about the middle, but things stil weren't
quite right.

After a restart or two later, the display wouldn't startup at all, even
though you could hear the hard disk startup, and it responded to pressing
the shutdown key on the keyboard.

I connected a spare PC SVGA monitor to the external SVGA output, but I think
I must need a multi-sync monitor, because something displayed on the
external monitor, but it was all out of sync.

I rang one apple shop, who said the "analog power supply board" was dead,
and that it'd cost $800 approx. to replace. They said that they've seen a
few of these recently.

I rang another apple shop, who said that it was a firmware problem, and that
updating the firmware had fixed it for other machines they've looked at
recently.

On the Low End Mac website, there's references to iMacs of about this
vintage having problems with the display.

I find it a strange co-incidence that it happens immediately after an
install of OS X on the machine.

Could this be a firmware problem? Has anyone experienced this before? All
suggestions appreciated

Regards,
Paul.

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Flat panel iMac freezing

[Paul Mulroney]

Hi All,

Some of you may recall I mentioned two meetings ago about my Flat-panel iMac
freezing sometimes.

Well, I took into an Apple Service agent, and found out that the mouse was
faulty. With a new mouse, everything is back to normal.

Thanks to all those who replied to my emails.

Regards,
Paul.
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10.2 DVD Player and burnt DVDs

[Rod]

Hi All!

Just wondering if anyone has had problems playing burnt DVD disks in 10.2.
I have tried disks burnt with iDVD as well as disks with a Panasonic
standalone burner. The disks have been the Apple branded variety.

I have searched the usual avenues (WAMUG archives, Kbase, Macintouch...) but
there is no mention of this problem.

Any thoughts before I escalate?

Seeya

Rod!
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Re: Arstechnica reviews 10.2

[Shay Telfer]

A worthwhile review of Jaguar:




Or even better, you could start on page 1!



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Arstechnica reviews 10.2

[Shay Telfer]

A worthwhile review of Jaguar:



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Re: appleworks 6

[Shay Telfer]

Appleworks 6 (os 9.2), when on a LAN, redraws all it's screens TWICE -
eg open Shortcuts, the list of shortcuts displays twice. Slows it down.
Hardware: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("pizmo") running 9.2.2 (same problem in 9.0.4).
Actually the whole computer works a lot slowly when on the network.
Other apps: various, including Timbuktu Pro 4.


It only does it when it's connected to the LAN?

I've seen double screen redraws happening under versions 9.x, I think 
it's because they re-jigged things to support the Classic environment 
properly when it's running under 10.



Also - my copy often crashes when I try to quit it: spinning wheel icon
for a while, then an error of type (whatever) and it "unexpectedly
quit". Furthermore, when it does this, it doesn't release the RAM back
to the system. Any of you gurus know what this means? Thanks heaps.


After an application unexpectedly quits, all bets are off (especially 
under pre-10 systems). You could try removing the Appleworks prefs 
and see if that helps.


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: PowerBooks for Sale

[Brett Bygrave]

Hi Everyone

Did you all enjoy the show last night...I did!

Anyway, thanks to everyone who got back to me about a PowerBook for sale.

My G4 PowerBook 667 should be arriving today.


Regards
Brett Bygrave

ASCOT SIGN Co.
Ph: (08) 9371 0077
Fax: (08) 9371 0778
Mob: 0417 912 808
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Web: www.ascotsignco.com.au