Re: Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

[alcrom]

 The members only raffle.

Regards from Alan.

Re: Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

[Craig Ringer]

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 20:52, Matthew Healey wrote:

> We are working on more reason to join though.

WAMUG used to do bulk purchases of gear (I remember a 56k modem
bulk-buy, for example - dark ages stuff). Does that still happen? 

I expect it might be harder to get discounts out of vendors these days,
but perhaps not as hard for Apple gear as for PC hardware, which is
almost zero margin already.

Craig Ringer

Re: Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

[Matthew Healey]

On 23/02/2004, at 5:06 PM, Adam Yap wrote:

Can someone tell me why I'd join WAMUG financially? Are there any 
benefits etc?


The never ending torment for the WAMUG Committee.

At the moment it's more of a good-will reason.

However, WAMUG does provide it's financial members with an ozmac.com 
email address which is essentially unlimited. Additionally, as soon as 
I finish upgrading the server we will be able to host home pages. It 
also pays for upgrades to our server.


We are working on more reason to join though.

- Matt

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Re: My Apple Bluetooth Mouse on Ebay - $15 No Reserve

[Adam Yap]

Ooops, here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2790001015

Adam

On 23/02/2004, at 5:54 PM, Adam Yap wrote:


Hey guys,

I just put it up on ebay. No reserve, it'll sell for exactly what the 
market is willing to pay for it. Currently at $15.


Adam

On 21/02/2004, at 3:44 PM, Adam Yap wrote:

Sigh... Winthrop won't take the return, so anyone is welcome to make 
me an offer on the  mouse.


Like I posted before, info on the mouse here:

http://www.apple.com.au/mouse/

RRP is $119. Make me an offer basically. Pickup from Nedlands or 
possible drop off depending where you are.


Adam


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My Apple Bluetooth Mouse on Ebay - $15 No Reserve

[Adam Yap]

Hey guys,

I just put it up on ebay. No reserve, it'll sell for exactly what the 
market is willing to pay for it. Currently at $15.


Adam

On 21/02/2004, at 3:44 PM, Adam Yap wrote:

Sigh... Winthrop won't take the return, so anyone is welcome to make 
me an offer on the  mouse.


Like I posted before, info on the mouse here:

http://www.apple.com.au/mouse/

RRP is $119. Make me an offer basically. Pickup from Nedlands or 
possible drop off depending where you are.


Adam


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Re: Filemaker Find mode

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 23/02/2004, at 1:25 PM, Bill Parker wrote:


Any Filemaker gurus out there that can answer this one?


I have a need to search in past records (1000's) (one field only) for 
fragments of letter sequences.



For example:   SLIGKV.

Searching for SLIGKV   finds all my previous entries,  but if I want 
just IGK - it will not work,


If my letter string is longer, makes no diff..   However, it does work 
with "SLI" but this is not always useful.  I tried previously to split 
my letter strings into 3   e.g. SLI GKV,  but this obvioulsy does not 
always work.



Any ideas would be gratefully recieved!


By default, FMP searches for the beginnings of strings, so you need to 
give it a bit of a hand with wild-card.characters. Try typing *IGK* 
(that's star-IGK-star) into your search field, or, more limliting, 
@@[EMAIL PROTECTED] The star (asterisk) symbol substitutes for any number of 
characters in a search string, while the @ symbol substitutes for one 
character at a time.


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Perth,  
Western Australia   Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

   Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

[Adam Yap]

Can someone tell me why I'd join WAMUG financially? Are there any 
benefits etc?


Adam

Re: WTB : G3 350, G4 400 or similar

[Robert Howells]

Oh Antony,  Don't I know about Sonnet cards.

I have just been through the most torrid time and have some answers to 
problems :


1.	OS9.1 instal disk loads Quicktime 4.   which causes conflicts.  You 
need Quicktime 6 version.


2.	Hard drive must be properly terminated,, you need to get a copy of 
the support document and work out the correct links.


3.	Sometimes leaving the normal cache IN helps , sometimes you need to 
take it out.


4. 	You are probably using the Sonnet Cache init.. latest version is 
2.0.3
	but you might do better with the PowerLogix Cache Profiler and init. 
(free at present)
	The Profiler allows you to set the cache speed.  There is also a 
procedure

to transfer the cache setting into OSX.

5.	Ram type can cause problems.  FPM is recommended in various docs but 
I currently have some EDO ( non FPM ) 	working in a mix.


6. 	There are other extensions that can be problematic. Get rid of all 
you don't need.


Currently I have a 7600 with G3/350 with 256 Mb
and a 7600 with G4/450 started with 128 ram now at 320.

All will work reliably when I finish setting the Extension Manager 
preferences

for OS9.1 when it is being used for Classic.

Oh and by the way I have managed to load OSX on a 9 gig drive 
partitioned, also
18 Gig drive partitioned and OSX on a 4.5 Gig drive with OS9.1 on a 2 
Gig associated.

The latter runs slow.

So if your search is unsuccessful you probably have some other options.

Bob



On Monday, February 23, 2004, at 02:55  PM, Antony N. Lord wrote:


I need a new desktop machine to base my home automation system around.

My old 9500/150 (with Sonnet G3 375 card and ACard ATA adaptor) just 
doesn't work reliably enough with OS X (via XPostFacto) - it always 
falls over when it gets to /devfs


If anyone knows where I can find a cheap G3 350, G4 400 or similar 
machine please let me know. Keyboard, mouse, monitor are not required 
and a HD isn't essential as I'll be transferring the old one.


Cheers, Antony.

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Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC. 
He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email 
the files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to 
transfer the files?


Mark & Neil

Thanks for the ideas. The zip idea is best, I don't think I could 
cope with Zmodem any more, used it yonks ago but it seems have to 
have been erased from my memory.


I think our friend has a zip drive on the Mac but if not we shall 
lend him our old one. Then copy the files to zip disks and I shall 
burn a CD for him.


Diana

can an undate from 8.6 to 9.0 be performed?

[Tom Lewis]

Running a G3 with 8.6 on it - would like to upgrade to 9.0.  Is this possible?

T

Tom Lewis, in beautiful Jervis Bay, NSW, Oz

Re: CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines

[James Mandy]

you assumed correctly.

- Original Message - 
From: Antony N. Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WAMUG Mailing List 
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 2:55 PM
Subject: CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines


> I guess its fairly safe to assume you CAN'T really move an OS X 
> install between machines with different hardware.
> 
> What I really wanted to do was set up an OS X install (custom 
> applications, setting, services) and move it to a new machine (with 
> different hardware specs) which I haven't taken possession of just 
> yet.
> 
> Cheers, Antony.
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WTB : G3 350, G4 400 or similar

[Antony N. Lord]

I need a new desktop machine to base my home automation system around.

My old 9500/150 (with Sonnet G3 375 card and ACard ATA adaptor) just 
doesn't work reliably enough with OS X (via XPostFacto) - it always 
falls over when it gets to /devfs


If anyone knows where I can find a cheap G3 350, G4 400 or similar 
machine please let me know. Keyboard, mouse, monitor are not required 
and a HD isn't essential as I'll be transferring the old one.


Cheers, Antony.

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CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines

[Antony N. Lord]

I guess its fairly safe to assume you CAN'T really move an OS X 
install between machines with different hardware.


What I really wanted to do was set up an OS X install (custom 
applications, setting, services) and move it to a new machine (with 
different hardware specs) which I haven't taken possession of just 
yet.


Cheers, Antony.
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Filemaker Find mode

[Bill Parker]

Any Filemaker gurus out there that can answer this one?


I have a need to search in past records (1000's) (one field only) for 
fragments of letter sequences.



For example:   SLIGKV.

Searching for SLIGKV   finds all my previous entries,  but if I want 
just IGK - it will not work,


If my letter string is longer, makes no diff..   However, it does 
work with "SLI" but this is not always useful.  I tried previously to 
split my letter strings into 3   e.g. SLI GKV,  but this obvioulsy 
does not always work.



Any ideas would be gratefully recieved!


Bill

FW: Mac TO PC File Transfer

[Neil Houghton]

> From: Neil Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:19:41 +0800
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer
> 
>>> A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC.
>>> He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the
>>> files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to transfer
>>> the files?
>>> 
>>> Diana
>>> 
> Depending on what other drives etc you have (or can borrow):
> 
> Several years ago when I used PCs at work and a very old (now) macIIvx at
> home, I used to use 100MB zip discs to move lots of files back and forth. I
> had a SCSI zip drive at home and there used to be a few zip drives connected
> to PCs at work.
> 
> Provided you formatted the disks for PC (which the Mac could still read)
> rather than Mac (which the PC couldn't read) this approach worked well for me
> and I used to keep one folder of work in progress synchronised between home &
> work by taking one zip disc to work in the morning & home at night.
> 
> As I recall transfer speeds between the zip drive and either computer were
> pretty quick.
> 
> Huge numbers of zip drives were sold so lots of folks still have them kicking
> around (to borrow) - or if this is more than a one-time-only file transfer job
> secondhand ones go for a song nowadays.
> 
Oh, I should have mentioned the drives came in three interface flavours:

parallel port   (which is what I believe you need for earlier PCs)
SCSI(which suits older, pre-USB, Macs)
USB (which suits newer Macs & PCs)

The 100MB discs work in any of the above drive types

> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Neil
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> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Fax: +61 8 9841 6137
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

[Neil Houghton]

>> A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC.
>> He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the
>> files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to transfer
>> the files?
>> 
>> Diana
>> 
Depending on what other drives etc you have (or can borrow):

Several years ago when I used PCs at work and a very old (now) macIIvx at
home, I used to use 100MB zip discs to move lots of files back and forth. I
had a SCSI zip drive at home and there used to be a few zip drives connected
to PCs at work.

Provided you formatted the disks for PC (which the Mac could still read)
rather than Mac (which the PC couldn't read) this approach worked well for
me and I used to keep one folder of work in progress synchronised between
home & work by taking one zip disc to work in the morning & home at night.

As I recall transfer speeds between the zip drive and either computer were
pretty quick.

Huge numbers of zip drives were sold so lots of folks still have them
kicking around (to borrow) - or if this is more than a one-time-only file
transfer job secondhand ones go for a song nowadays.


Regards


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Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

[Mark Scholmann]

If both are quite old computers (with no ethernet?, etc), you could set up
a "null-modem" serial cable (which could be another drama, trying to get
one?), and use a simple modem program (eg. "Blacknight" if it is still
around).

You can then set up a Zmodem transfer of files across the link, at the very
pathetic speed of about 115000 baud (about ~5-10k / sec... yes 'k').  You
can then work out that you may be able to transfer up to 500K per minute...
(if you are lucky).

I have done this to transfer about 50 MB's over a day or so (8100/110 to
PC)... and at the time it was the easiest and readily available means of
doing so.  File formats (ascii, binary, etc) can be an issue sometimes?


Otherwise, I am sure there is some Network (appletalk) set up that would be
preferable !!

Mark Scholmann




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From: "Diana & Graham Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2004 12:13
Subject: Mac TO PC File Transfer


> A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC.
> He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the
> files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to transfer
> the files?
>
> Diana
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Mac TO PC File Transfer

[Diana & Graham Stevens]

A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC. 
He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the 
files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to transfer 
the files?


Diana

Re: PB Power Supply

[Shay Telfer]

Hi guys,

Something to think about.

Back in 1988, I bought an old 2 drive SE, then in 1989, I came to 
Australia and Naturally I brought my SE with me. I looked at the 
back of the machine and there was a power tag, which told me that 
the SE was usable both with 110V/60Hz 240v/50Hz, and since my power 
cord came out of the back of my SE, and after many hours of 
consideration I figured out that all I needed to do was change my 
power cord. And every Mac since has had the same type of power 
supply.


Actually, for a brief period some Macs had a switch on the back that 
you had to switch between 110 and 240V (and a big yellow sticker to 
alert you to this fact!). Fortunately the power supplies are 
auto-switching these days.


Have fun,
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Re: Diskwarrior

[Rod Jurich]

23/2/04 9:44 AMShay [EMAIL PROTECTED]

> 
> As noted on the DiskWarrior site, unless you've got the most recent
> CD you can't boot machines released after August 2003
> 
> 
> 
> Have fun,
> Shay
Thanks Shay, my G4 is 2002 vintage. This is the latest version of DW just
bought from Zytech.

This is a note found on above site which may help other purchasers when
buying the latest DW and have not yet updated to Panther.

"The original DiskWarrior 3.0 CD starts up from Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar).
If you order the new updated CD (containing DiskWarrior 3.0.1), it will
start up from Mac OS 10.3.2 (Panther), which has stricter start up
requirements than previous versions of Mac OS X. The hardware requirements
to start up from Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) are as follows:"

Regards,

Rod
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Mobile 043 997 4225

Re: Diskwarrior

[Shay Telfer]

Hello all,
Just bought Diskwarrior and not able to boot from CD.
Keith Palmer has given me a work around, but can anyone tell me if they have
had similar problems.
Having to change statup disks takes time, I would prefer to boot from the
CD.
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
OSX.2.8 G4 1280ram
Regards,


As noted on the DiskWarrior site, unless you've got the most recent 
CD you can't boot machines released after August 2003




Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Diskwarrior

[Keith Palmer]

Hi Rod

I've forwarded the problem to Alsoft to see what they have to say   
in the meantime you can check their support database at -
http://askal.asecureserver.com:591/FMPro?-db=AlsoftSupport&-lay=Main&- 
format=AlsoftSupport-search.html&-view


On 23/02/2004, at 9:38 AM, Rod Jurich wrote:


Hello all,
Just bought Diskwarrior and not able to boot from CD.
Keith Palmer has given me a work around, but can anyone tell me if  
they have

had similar problems.
Having to change statup disks takes time, I would prefer to boot from  
the

CD.
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
OSX.2.8 G4 1280ram
Regards,

Rod
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Keith Palmer
Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd
PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231
Phone: 08 9791 5556  Fax: 08 9791 5900
the online data storage & technology store -
http://www.zytech.com.au/

Diskwarrior

[Rod Jurich]

Hello all,
Just bought Diskwarrior and not able to boot from CD.
Keith Palmer has given me a work around, but can anyone tell me if they have
had similar problems.
Having to change statup disks takes time, I would prefer to boot from the
CD.
Any advice appreciated, thanks.
OSX.2.8 G4 1280ram
Regards,

Rod
0
Rod Jurich & Associates
Lot 231 Patersonia Road
Chittering WA 6084
PO Box 81
BULLSBROOK WA 6084
Voice+fax +61 8 9571 0330
Mobile 043 997 4225

Re: Wntd-digital cam driver

[Robert Howells]

I assume this is a "still " camera and not a video camera ! ?

In which case does it have a memory stick or the likes ?

Can you not use a card reader to download the photo's ?

Bob

PS:  Does Kodak have drivers for another model ?
Often they use the same drivers !
On Monday, February 23, 2004, at 08:14  AM, BART RAFFAELE wrote:


Hi all

I've borrowed a Digital Camera  KODAK DX 3215

I'm looking for the USB firmware dirvers so it can run on my mac.

Is there any software to dowload the pictures using OS 9.2.2

I've tried Kodak site but no luck with this model

Yes ! I really miss OS X when it comes to these factors.

Can anyone out there drive me in the right direction

thanks

Bart



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Wntd-digital cam driver

[BART RAFFAELE]

Hi all

I've borrowed a Digital Camera  KODAK DX 3215

I'm looking for the USB firmware dirvers so it can run on my mac.

Is there any software to dowload the pictures using OS 9.2.2

I've tried Kodak site but no luck with this model

Yes ! I really miss OS X when it comes to these factors.

Can anyone out there drive me in the right direction

thanks

Bart