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Succumbing to a Mac attack
By Renay San Miguel
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(CNN) -- I'm not entirely sure, but my conversion to becoming a Mac person
may have started with Tom Clancy. 
The best-selling author was in the Headline News studio this year to promote
his latest book. Being a big fan of his thrillers, I introduced myself as he
was leaving. I told him I was a technology anchor. 
"What kind of computer do you have at home?" he asked. 
"Well, I have a Sony Vaio." 
Judging from the look on his face, you'd have thought I had said that his
fictional hero, Jack Ryan, was a liberal wimp. 
"You gotta get a Mac," he said, just before he whipped out his cell phone
and called in an airstrike on my apartment. 
OK, so I made up the airstrike bit. And maybe Clancy wasn't solely
responsible for my recent purchase of a PowerBook G4. But his answer did get
me thinking once again about Apple's computer products and the near cultlike
devotion they inspire in Mac enthusiasts. 

Apple's PowerBook G4 



I've been covering technology since 1997, which was shortly after Steve Jobs
returned to lead the company he originally founded in the 1970s. 
I was at a Macworld convention where Jobs brought back style and elegance to
the desktop computer with the iMac, those candy-colored, retro, all-in-one
computers that got all the other PC companies thinking outside the "beige
box." 
There was no doubt that Apple had an impressive focus on design, but what
about the computer itself? 
I had been previously scared off buying an Apple because of the lack of
application software and the prices, which were higher than many PCs. And
how intuitive indeed was the famously intuitive Mac operating system? 
Sure, I had had issues with Microsoft since Windows 3.1, but I was happy
with the new Windows XP operating system when it came to boot-up time and
managing digital music. 
Recent events helped me make a decision. Apple found itself cutting prices,
with the softening of the computer market; more software companies,
including Microsoft, are writing for Macs; the company opened up an Apple
store in Atlanta, Georgia, and my Sony Vaio notebook decided to do its
impression of the 2002-2003 Cincinnati Bengals. 

Apple's PowerBook G4 



The Apple store where I bought my PowerBook G4 Titanium laptop looks like
all the other Apple stores: You expect the late director Stanley Kubrick to
pop in and yell, "Action!" 
The clerk couldn't have been nicer as he showed off the Titanium's features,
including the new Mac OS 10.2 "Jaguar" operating system, complete with iCal,
a cool application that will fetch items off the Internet and stick them in
your calendar. The new Jaguar also supports my Internet service provider. 
So I walked out with the Titanium, thinking I had the new Jaguar happily
purring under my arm. But it wasn't. 
My Titanium was loaded with Mac OS 10.1.4. Apple says all Macs in their
stores should have Jaguar. If not, you can pay $19.95 for shipping and
handling and Apple will send a Jaguar update to you. But I would recommend
you make sure Jaguar is in the Mac you're buying before you walk out of the
store. 
Otherwise, I am thrilled with my Titanium, especially the light weight, the
slimness, the ultra-wide screen, the ease with which I can custom-burn CDs
with iTunes. 
After 10 years as a Windows person, the new Mac operating system does take
some adjustment, but not much. I even love the iPod, Apple's portable music
player, and not just for its ease of use. When you open the iPod box and
take out the player, there's a cellophane note stuck to the front that says,
"Don't Steal Music," in three languages. 
Nice touch, Steve. I'm sure both Tom Clancy and Jack Ryan would approve. 



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ADB beige old keyboard

[John Cooper]

Looking for an ADB keyboard in good nick, someone did get in contact 
who has 'heaps' of them for sale, but he can't be bothered telling me 
where he lives. So how can I buy one?


Anyone in the West Perth/South Perth area with one for $20 - $30 let 
me know offline please.


TIA

JC

Microsoft Office 2001 and OSX

[Peter Faulks]

I need help to automatically launch Microsoft Word 2001 when double 
clicking on a word document in OS 9.2


Having installed Office X in OS10.2
and I also still have Office 2001 in 9.2

When I double click on a word document in OS 9.2 I get an error message

To Use Microsoft Word your computer must
be running Mac OSX 10.1 or later.

Is there a patch or something that needs to be done so that my G4 
will open a word document in OS 9.2

I used to be able to double click a word document and automatically 
launch word ... without the error message? BEFORE I INSTALLED OFFICE 
OS X in 10.2

Once I open word 2001 I can open word documents in 9.2 by double 
clicking but I get the error message if I haven't first opened Word 
2001.

Is there a fix or is microsoft playing silly buggers?

Details__

Macintosh G4 dual processor 450Mhz 256mB RAM 30gb H/D

Systems 9.2.2 and OS 10.2 running Office 2001 and Office X
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Re: 1 G of iDisk?

[DJ Grafix & Design]

on 17/10/02 20:20, Steven Tan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone who has .mac can help confirm this? Hmm.. seems like Apple wants
> to reward their customers!.. :-)
> 
> Steven


Some account get it and others don't. It's probably a misconfiguration on
Apple's end. The other half's account had it for two days before the 14th
and she's not even a paying member. Neither of my two accounts showed more
than the normal amount.

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

[Trevor Lee]

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. > I'll 
probably buy my own ethernet modem (rather than buy as part of the
> ISP's installation). 

I'm curious as to why you would do this? Most ISP's sell modems for 
less than you can buy them for at 'reputable' stores. Also, if you 
purchase a type modem which the ISP does not sell themselves, they 
will offer little or no support. As you are talking about Dlink, you 
shouldn't run into any problems, however unless you can get the 
modem substancially cheaper than from the ISP, I don't see the 
advantage.

>Not knowing too much about the technical aspects of
> such things, the D-Link DSL-300
>  seems to be a 
>popular model, and the one I'm planning on buying, but any comments 
>or views (good or bad) would be appreciated, especially if anyone 
>thinks I'm making a wrong choice.

The 2 main ethernet modems which are sold in Australia are the Dlink 
300 and the Alcatel Speedtouch Home. You wont have any trouble at 
all with these 2 modems, as 'everyone' knows how to use them. 

However, be aware that at least 1 ISP (iiNet) actually have their 
own custom firmware on the Dlink 300's they sell, so be careful.

> The other thing that points me in the direction of a D-Link DSL-
>300 is that it's a modem that Internode 
>http://www.internode.com.au> sell, and the people at Internode seem 
>to me to know what they're talking about moreso than some of the 
>other ISPs.

Again, you can't go wrong with the Dlink 300 or Alcatel modems.

> I've just noticed that D-Link also have a slightly higher priced 
DSL-300+
> . The 
>difference as far as I can tell being, from their web site "The DSL-
>300+ also has a PPPoE and PPPoA client built-in to the unit, saving 
>the customer the requirement to have a PC running at all times with 
>a seperate PPPoE/PPPoA client, to keep the ADSL circuit alive." I'm 
>not sure what that means exactly, but what's the practical benefit 
>over a DSL-300 for a user such as myself?

There are 2 main types of ADSL. Bridged or PPPoE/PPPoA
See many previous postings in the archives re: this, and the 
problems that have been encountered, and solved with the PPP 
products. Different ISP's in Australia use different methods. 
Highway 1 use Bridged, iiNet use PPP (for their Bliink range at 
least), Westnet and Arachnet use PPP, etc, etc

Basically, the difference is...

Bridged: Plug in modem, type in your static ip address details in 
Control Panels/TCP IP, and start browsing

PPPoE/A: Plug in modem, Install PPP software, Configure PPP 
Software, Connect to ISP via PPP. Start Browsing

Having it on the modem will help you, as you do not have to install 
the software on your mac. Instead you configure the modem with your 
username and password.

> Then there's the DSL-500 Router
> . If I'm mostly 
a home
> user, can someone tell me in layman's terms what benefits a DSL-
500 Router will bring me given that...

Basically, the main advanage is that it enables you to share the 
ADSL between more than 1 computer. There are other uses, but that is 
the one you are more interested in.

> (1) When I upgrade to a newer model Mac it might be useful to have 
>the old one remain online as well. Will the DSL-500 Router do 
>things that a DSL-300 together with my existing Lantech WorkLink 
>Hub/9 Ethernet 10Base-T Hub won't?

Yes, you will be able to share ADSL without any hassles. You can 
share it other ways, but a router is 'much' less hassle, trust me.

> (2) I might be in a position where I'll need to regularly hook 
into an employer's network (ie. connecting to the office from home).

Depending on what method you are using, it can vary, but generally, 
you shouldn't have any problems. Ask this list, or the person you 
end up buying your modem from. Be aware though, check with you ISP 
that they don't block any ports that that software may be using


Highway 1 do not block any ports and do not limit any ADSL 
connections in any way, and we use Bridged, not PPP


I hope this has been helpful to you. 

Regards

Trevor Lee




> 
> 
> I'd be grateful for any opinions.
> 
> Thanks! Steven 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

1 G of iDisk?

[Steven Tan]

Hi all,

Anyone who has .mac can help confirm this? Hmm.. seems like Apple wants 
to reward their customers!.. :-)

Steven


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Re: Remote Servers - idisk & Dave

[Shay Telfer]

PowerBook 333, OS 9.2.2

1) I once had my idisk set to mount at startup - but now I've become
sick of the disconnection notices so I mount it only when needed.
However despite doing the "use the chooser to mount the already
mounted volume and uncheck the startup checkbox" trick it still
persists and everything else stops loading until that window is dealt
with.


If it's like a normal AppleShare valume you need to delete the 
AppleShare Prep file, and the contents of the 'Servers' folder inside 
the System Folder. Possibly also remove the iTools prefs.



2) If one of my mounted PC volumes (mounted with Dave) crashes / is
disconnected my machine hangs a good 90 seconds before telling me the
volume is no longer available. Is there no faster way around this
aside using X :)


Servers falling over is traditionally likely to be fatal to pre-Mac 
OS X systems :(


Have fun,
Shay
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Opinions for hire [POQ]
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Remote Servers - idisk & Dave

[Antony N. Lord]

PowerBook 333, OS 9.2.2

1) I once had my idisk set to mount at startup - but now I've become 
sick of the disconnection notices so I mount it only when needed. 
However despite doing the "use the chooser to mount the already 
mounted volume and uncheck the startup checkbox" trick it still 
persists and everything else stops loading until that window is dealt 
with.


2) If one of my mounted PC volumes (mounted with Dave) crashes / is 
disconnected my machine hangs a good 90 seconds before telling me the 
volume is no longer available. Is there no faster way around this 
aside using X :)


Cheers, Antony.


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Re: SCSI Probe for OSX

[Shay Telfer]

Is there a utility like SCSI Probe for OSX that allows you to scan
the SCSI bus and mount devices that were not switched on at startup
time? I find that under OSX I need to have my LaCie CD writer or my
UMAX scanner (both SCSI devices) switched on at startup to be sure
they are recognised in OSX. There is no such problem if I boot into
9.2 so it is not a SCSI chain problem per se. The devices are both
on an Adaptec SCSI card and I am running SCSI helper so that the CD
writer is recognisable at all.


You can probably do it from the command line. Try man'ing one of

mount(2), fstab(5), mount_afp(8), mount_cd9660(8), mount_cddafs(8),
mount_devfs(8), mount_fdesc(8), mount_hfs(8), mount_msdos(8),
mount_synthfs(8), mount_udf(8), mount_volfs(8), umount(8)

(Ah, the joys of Unix :)

Alternatively try sleeping the machine and see if the devices appear 
after it wakes.


Or try Apple's Disk Utility.

Have fun,
Shay
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Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies!
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SCSI Probe for OSX

[Severin Crisp]

Is there a utility like SCSI Probe for OSX that allows you to scan 
the SCSI bus and mount devices that were not switched on at startup 
time? I find that under OSX I need to have my LaCie CD writer or my 
UMAX scanner (both SCSI devices) switched on at startup to be sure 
they are recognised in OSX. There is no such problem if I boot into 
9.2 so it is not a SCSI chain problem per se. The devices are both 
on an Adaptec SCSI card and I am running SCSI helper so that the CD 
writer is recognisable at all.

Severin Crisp

Otherwise, OSX is fantastic!
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mail problem

[Ian Bacon]

This may just be the lamest question ever answered on this list, but 
here goes.


I was using OSXs email program to view my email, I clicked on a link 
(to ilisten) embedded in an email message, and then only the email 
message titles were displayed - the email message was no longer 
displayed in a split screen. OK, what happened? I looked at all of the 
menu options, I searched through mail help, but found nothing. How do I 
get my split screen, message title and body back?

inkjet refill kits

[Kevin Lock]

I have changed printers from an HP600 series printer to a Canon S750 
and the refill kits I have are apparently not compatible with my new 
printer.


If anyone wants kits, both Black and colour, to suit HP 600 series 
printers, please contact me for a good deal.


Kevin Lock
Bicton

DVD questions

[Greg Hosking]

Hi all

I have a video project I would like to archive - it's about 16 Gb. If I get
it burnt to a DVD as spec'd below:

> DVD-18: This format provides for data storage on two layers on both sides of a
> DVD optical-disc. Total storage capacity for DVD-18 is 17.0 GBytes.

will the DVD drive in my g4-400 (gigabit) be able to read it back in?

Also, where might I get such a DVD burnt in perth?

cheers
greg

Internet Connection Program

[Traveller]

Hi,

I have a problem with my Internet Connection Program (OS 10.1.5) - when 
the connection is lost no message is sent. Indeed the program still 
gives the impression that it is still connected.


Can anyone help.

Thanks.

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

[Bob Howells]

Shay Telfer wrote:

> >Steven,
> >
> >It is my experience
> >that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by
> >a slight modification to the Modem script.
> >
> >The values of
> >S2=127
> >S7=150
> >S12=50
> >Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant
> connection.

>
> You don't need Modem scripts or S register settings for an ethernet
> connected ADSL modem.

Only Too true

However when somebody makes the atatement

>> I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. The amount of
dial-up
>> disconnections Telstra kindly deliver will probably cover the cost
anyway!

There is a strong suspicion that one of the driving forces for the change
could be the frustration of the disconnections.

Well, it's my opinion that the disconnections do not need to happen.


Have fun

Bob

Re: Still need help with values of used Macs!

[Shay Telfer]

Sorry to keep after you guys, but I've only received one response
from my query on the street value of a G3 266mhz and a G4 450mhz
machine. I looked on eBay but found no help and that other local
aussie website that sells used Macs didn't have any info on these
either.

Any rough guestimates?!


Lets take 5 (of my precious) minutes to look on ebay...

PowerMac G3 233MHz (Beige) **No Reserve** AU $200.00-   2h 38m
PowerMac G3 266MHz (Beige) **No Reserve** AU $240.00-   2h 44m
G3 350 128ram, 6gig, CD / DVD AU $760.007   10h 54m
Apple Power Mac G3/233MHz Desktop AU $230.006   12h 43m
Blue&White G3/300 6gig 64meg AU $625.00 1d 05h 39m
Apple Power Mac G3 233, 64 meg, 4 gig AU $167.5010  1d 08h 57m
Apple Power Mac G3 266 - 64 mb Ram, 4 gig hd AU $150.00	8 
4d 00h 44m


So, I'd say that the price is somewhere in the $200-300 range. In 3 
hours you'll be able to tell what the two Beige g3's at the top of 
the list sold for.


Determining the price of the G4 is left as an exercise for the seller :)

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Still need help with values of used Macs!

[themenubar]

Try looking at microseconds web site www.microseconds.com.au they have a
list of their current trade in prices for older machines you can download
this as a pdf file. Remember that these are trade in prices and not resale
prices you should be able to sell it for a little more than they would buy
it from you. Remember that the entry level iMacs originals Bondi are now
selling for around $200.00 over on the eastern side of the country but in WA
and SA you will find that they will fetch around $300.00 IN WA & SA you will
find that you will get more for your second hand goods as there are less
available for sale. Although recently in SA some group sold around 30 iMac's
(5 flavours slot loading) for $200.00 each plus gst.
Look in the trading post the classifieds and do a little of your own
research.

Regards,

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On 17/10/02 1:05 PM, "Calvin Conkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sorry to keep after you guys, but I've only received one response
> from my query on the street value of a G3 266mhz and a G4 450mhz
> machine. I looked on eBay but found no help and that other local
> aussie website that sells used Macs didn't have any info on these
> either.
> 
> Any rough guestimates?!
> 
> Thanks guys,
> 
> Cal Conkey

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

[Shay Telfer]

Steven,

It is my experience
that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by
a slight modification to the Modem script.

The values of
S2=127
S7=150
S12=50
Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant 
connection.


You don't need Modem scripts or S register settings for an ethernet 
connected ADSL modem.


Have fun,
Shay
--
=== Shay Telfer 
Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies!
Opinions for hire [POQ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord

Still need help with values of used Macs!

[Calvin Conkey]

Sorry to keep after you guys, but I've only received one response 
from my query on the street value of a G3 266mhz and a G4 450mhz 
machine. I looked on eBay but found no help and that other local 
aussie website that sells used Macs didn't have any info on these 
either.


Any rough guestimates?!

Thanks guys,

Cal Conkey
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Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

[Bob Howells]

Steven,

It is my experience
that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by
a slight modification to the Modem script.

The values of
S2=127
S7=150
S12=50
Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant connection.

If you want to know where mail back to me

Bob

Steven wrote:

> I have an iMac Special Edition (G3) running MacOS 9.1, but will probably
> upgrade to a newer model and OSX soon.
>
> I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. The amount of dial-up
> disconnections Telstra kindly deliver will probably cover the cost anyway!
> I'll probably buy my own ethernet modem (rather than buy as part of the
> ISP's installation). Not knowing too much about the technical aspects of
> such things, the D-Link DSL-300
>  seems to be a popular
> model, and the one I'm planning on buying, but any comments or views (good
> or bad) would be appreciated, especially if anyone thinks I'm making a wrong
> choice.
>
> The other thing that points me in the direction of a D-Link DSL-300 is that
> it's a modem that Internode  sell, and the
> people at Internode seem to me to know what they're talking about moreso
> than some of the other ISPs.
>
> I've just noticed that D-Link also have a slightly higher priced DSL-300+
> . The difference as far
> as I can tell being, from their web site "The DSL-300+ also has a PPPoE and
> PPPoA client built-in to the unit, saving the customer the requirement to
> have a PC running at all times with a seperate PPPoE/PPPoA client, to keep
> the ADSL circuit alive." I'm not sure what that means exactly, but what's
> the practical benefit over a DSL-300 for a user such as myself?
>
> Then there's the DSL-500 Router
> . If I'm mostly a home
> user, can someone tell me in layman's terms what benefits a DSL-500 Router
> will bring me given that...
>
> (1) When I upgrade to a newer model Mac it might be useful to have the old
> one remain online as well. Will the DSL-500 Router do things that a DSL-300
> together with my existing Lantech WorkLink Hub/9 Ethernet 10Base-T Hub
> won't?
>
> (2) I might be in a position where I'll need to regularly hook into an
> employer's network (ie. connecting to the office from home).
>
> I'd be grateful for any opinions.
>
> Thanks! Steven
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: WWW Site Weirdness

[Shay Telfer]

Loads fine in Mozilla 1.2a (MacOS X 10.2.1). Explorer 5.2.2 want to to
download an "unknown file type" as per your experience. Very strange. A
very quick perusal of the source code doesn't show any obvious
problems. I know that Explorer sometimes has problems loading PNG
files, but there doesn't seem to be anything of this nature going on.


Typically this is caused by the server not having the appropriate 
MIME type mapping configured for the filename extension.


Have fun,
Shay
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Perth, Western Australia Technomancer It must be bunnies!
Opinions for hire [POQ]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord

Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

[Steven]

I have an iMac Special Edition (G3) running MacOS 9.1, but will probably
upgrade to a newer model and OSX soon.

I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. The amount of dial-up
disconnections Telstra kindly deliver will probably cover the cost anyway!
I'll probably buy my own ethernet modem (rather than buy as part of the
ISP's installation). Not knowing too much about the technical aspects of
such things, the D-Link DSL-300
 seems to be a popular
model, and the one I'm planning on buying, but any comments or views (good
or bad) would be appreciated, especially if anyone thinks I'm making a wrong
choice.

The other thing that points me in the direction of a D-Link DSL-300 is that
it's a modem that Internode  sell, and the
people at Internode seem to me to know what they're talking about moreso
than some of the other ISPs.

I've just noticed that D-Link also have a slightly higher priced DSL-300+
. The difference as far
as I can tell being, from their web site "The DSL-300+ also has a PPPoE and
PPPoA client built-in to the unit, saving the customer the requirement to
have a PC running at all times with a seperate PPPoE/PPPoA client, to keep
the ADSL circuit alive." I'm not sure what that means exactly, but what's
the practical benefit over a DSL-300 for a user such as myself?

Then there's the DSL-500 Router
. If I'm mostly a home
user, can someone tell me in layman's terms what benefits a DSL-500 Router
will bring me given that...

(1) When I upgrade to a newer model Mac it might be useful to have the old
one remain online as well. Will the DSL-500 Router do things that a DSL-300
together with my existing Lantech WorkLink Hub/9 Ethernet 10Base-T Hub
won't?

(2) I might be in a position where I'll need to regularly hook into an
employer's network (ie. connecting to the office from home).


I'd be grateful for any opinions.

Thanks! Steven 


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