Microsoft Cures Virus Propagation!
Hi all, I just installed the new version of M$ Office. Now when I receive an email with an attachment, Entourage puts up a dialog which says something like Are you sure that you want to open this? It might contain a virus. Well, I'm sure that the stock prices over at Norton, Virex, McAfee etc are plummeting even as you read this. Ta, Andrew
Re: AirPort Express pricing and availability
What exactly does it do and how many pheripals can be connected to it and last but not least is it self powered or do you still need a power adapter reason i asking is i would like to be able to network my epson all in one and maybe a few other things eg kodak digital camera and dock and other stuff On 09/06/2004, at 11:03 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: Hiya, The recommended retail price for the new Apple AirPort Express is $219, and initial product shipments are expected late July. Regards, Phil -- --- --- Sent from the Apple PowerBook G4 of: Phillip McGree Web: http://www.phil.net.au Perth, Western Australiahttp://www.perthcomedy.com Mobile Phone: 0418 922 500 Macs for sale - new and secondhand http://www.themacshack.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: miniature spirit level? sort of OT (analog accessory for digital camera)
just buy a string line level that wayu yo have string for those handy things and a spirit leve; for what you want On 09/06/2004, at 5:22 PM, Kathy Quinlan wrote: Mark Secker wrote: Mark, Why not buy a couple of cheap spirit levels from your favourite hardware store. Line levels are about $2-5 (and are probably sourced from that very factory in China - love the Chinglish translation). Pull the spirit levels apart to get the tubes then mount them in some hobby acrylic on a known level surface to calibrate, then put some double sided tape on the base. Should be all done for less than $12. Alternatively, find a mate with a broken spirit level and use that for because the smallest spirit level I could find vial was still at least 2 1/2 cm long and 4 or 5 mm diameter and these blister levels are only about 4mm across and only about 2 mm high and most are built in to long levels are glass. though using full size vials would add a certain Bladerunner'esque retrofit appearance to a digital camera. ;) and what's wrong with their engerrish... it's better than mine and it's my first language :) Their English is better than my Chinese ;o) if you want the ultimate in level I can sell you a few linear sensors that will give you spot on level only cost $1K each lol (they are mil spec) Regards, Kat. Todays Quote: What is wrong with an internet toilet ? -- --- K.A.Q. Electronics Website: www.kaqelectronics.dyndns.org IM: Yahoo: PinkyDwaggy MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Everything Electronics Phone: 0419 923 731 --- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: AirPort Express pricing and availability
On 10/6/04 12:10 AM, Murdoch Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly does it do and how many pheripals can be connected to it and last but not least is it self powered or do you still need a power adapter reason i asking is i would like to be able to network my epson all in one and maybe a few other things eg kodak digital camera and dock and other stuff Hi Murdoch It basically does the same as an Airport Base station, but is smaller and has an audio line in. This means you can plug it into a stereo and play your songs onto it via iTunes 4.6 (when released) without the need for a computer to be plugged into your stereo. It has one USB port which is for sharing printers, so it won't share you camera and dock etc unfortunately. It plugs into a powerpoint and comes with those cables, so it's ready to go. Because it's small and has an ethernet port it will also be good for travellers to have wirelss access in hotels. For more info have a look at http://www.apple.com.au/airportexpress/ I hope that helps! Email me offlist if you require more info. Kind Regards Daniel Kerr --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
Re: G5 Pricing and Specs
Yeah whats up with that. Apple always seem to be behind with graphics cards. PCs always seem to have faster AGP and their graphics cards always seem to have more RAM. I'm not sure if high amounts of video RAM is important to performance but surely the AGP speed makes a difference when it comes to upgrading a card. Ruben Not good either. No PCI-Express slots which means no GeForce6 or Radeon X800 No PCI-Express slots which means still only one decent graphics card per machine. Most top-end video cards come with 256MB's RAM or more these days. Still only one optical drive. What happened to 3Ghz in 12 months Shipping In July? Right just like the XServes were shipping in March. - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
TCP/IP LAN (9.x)
Dear WAMUG, Can anyone help me out with a good link or reference? I have an OS 9 based LAN (because the software I need to run is still Classic). I am thinking of buying a scientific device which is based around a WinDoze computer running WinXP. It has USB and Ethernet connections and can export its printout to an Excel spreadsheet. The manual also describes logging in using a LAN intranet TCP/IP method, ie with a browser, but I can’t get it to work. I have no experience with TCP/IP in a LAN under 9 though I have done it in 10.2.x. Is it possible to share files and log into an XP computer on the same ethernet LAN? What do I have to do to the g3 Macs on the network to enable it? Or do I have to run a computer under Panther, and my app under Classic, to get the networking going? Thanks for any advice, David de la Hunty.
Re: TCP/IP LAN (9.x)
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 08:01, David de la Hunty wrote: Dear WAMUG, Can anyone help me out with a good link or reference? I have an OS 9 based LAN (because the software I need to run is still Classic). I am thinking of buying a scientific device which is based around a WinDoze computer running WinXP. It has USB and Ethernet connections and can export its printout to an Excel spreadsheet. The manual also describes logging in using a LAN intranet TCP/IP method, ie with a browser, but I can’t get it to work. I have no experience with TCP/IP in a LAN under 9 though I have done it in 10.2.x. Is it possible to share files and log into an XP computer on the same ethernet LAN? What do I have to do to the g3 Macs on the network to enable it? Or do I have to run a computer under Panther, and my app under Classic, to get the networking going? Hmm, about three hundred different questions there, so I won't be answering all of them, but here's a start:-) You said that it allows logging in using a browser, so you won't need XP to do that at all. The manual for the device will no doubt talk about setting up it's IP address in one way or another. It might talk about MAC addresses, or default IP addresses, or the need of a setup program. The most likely scenario is that it has a default IP address. You need to set your computer up with an IP address next-to the default, so you can change the device IP address to something more sane. For example: If your computer IP address is 192.168.0.1 and the device is 10.10.10.10, then you cannot talk the device. So, change your computer's IP address to 10.10.10.11 and try to connect (while you're doing this you won't have Internet connectivity). If you can then connect, you can change the device IP to say 192.168.0.2 and change your computer back to the original 192.168.0.1 and you'll be laughing. If it needs a (windows) setup program to change the IP, visit your nearest friend with a Windows box and change the IP to something appropriate. If it talks about MAC addresses, then the simplest is likely to boot into OSX and use the arping command to ping the MAC address, so you can tell if it's working, the command will look something like this: * arping aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff * arping aabbccddeeff Where those letters come from the back of the box, the MAC address. There is another command, called arp, which looks something like: * arp -s 192.168.0.2 aabbccddeeff Which temporarily makes that device have that IP address. You'd best read the manual pages on those commands, man arping and man arp, before you start breaking things. This is not intended to be a complete answer, for that you'd actually likely need me to be there at the time, but there is enough stuff to assist your google searches :-) If you're completely stuffed and bamboozled, give me a call, but understand that I do normally charge for these services. Cheers, Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S27°52'30 - E151°16'25 (Millmerran, QLD) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - onno at itmaze dot com dot au
Re: Microsoft Cures Virus Propagation!
On 10/06/2004, at 12:09 AM, Andrew Schox wrote: Hi all, I just installed the new version of M$ Office. Now when I receive an email with an attachment, Entourage puts up a dialog which says something like Are you sure that you want to open this? It might contain a virus. Well, I'm sure that the stock prices over at Norton, Virex, McAfee etc are plummeting even as you read this. Ta, Andrew Well at least it asks! I was helping a client yesterday solve a problem with scanning and emailing documents on their XP Win2003/XP network. All email is routed through Exchange Server. I showed her how to scan several pages into a single stand-alone executable Paperport document, which could then be sent as an email attachment. A fine idea on the surface. She tried emailing it to a colleague sitting at the desk next to hers. He received the message alright, but his Outlook proudly announced that it was protecting him by refusing to allow the download of this dangerous attachment. No choices, no arguments, you just can't have it! And there is no obvious way overriding this behaviour without going back to Exchange Server. How this stuff continues to survive, and how people continue to put up with it, is increasingly amazing. Yet when you suggest that Macs might be an option to consider the shutters come crashing down. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Contacting Peter Hinchcliffe
Hi All! Does anyone know if Peter can accept emails at the moment? I have sent Peter a number of emails in regards to returning his Apple IIGS, but have not received a response. I notice there are postings here on the list from Peter, so I know he is around! Anybody else been able to contact Peter? Seeya Rod!
Re: Contacting Peter Hinchcliffe
Hi Rod, Probably he wants to know if his wife still knows who he is and has pulled all the plugs and turned off his phone :-) Mac On 10/06/2004, at 8:38 AM, Rod wrote: Hi All! Does anyone know if Peter can accept emails at the moment? I have sent Peter a number of emails in regards to returning his Apple IIGS, but have not received a response. I notice there are postings here on the list from Peter, so I know he is around! Anybody else been able to contact Peter? Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
iTunes 4.6 released
Hi All Apple has released iTunes 4.6. ---quote--- Apple today released iTunes 4.6, which includes support for playing your music wirelessly using AirPort Express with AirTunes. It also includes a number of other minor enhancements. It is available via the Mac OS X Software Update. Apple first announced iTunes 4.6 on Monday and said that it would be available this week. ---end quote--- Grab it via Software update or Apple. http://www.apple.com.au/itunes/download/ Enjoy! Kind Regards Daniel Kerr --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh**
wonky photos - Re: miniature spirit level? sort of OT (analog accessory for digital camera)
just buy a string line level that wayu yo have string for those handy things and a spirit leve; for what you want I've found that when shooting from the LCD view finder of my A80 it's hard to get a quick shot off that's square (true vertical/horizontal) while I know you can fix it in Photoshop* when you re-frame the shot and most of the time that's fine and dandy but it's still a pain and sometimes it's so bad it's takes a sizable chunk out of the shot that you might not want to crop much. It's at it's worst when the you shoot with the LCD screen out and angled shooting with the camera at waist high or lower or over head like you do with medium format TLR camera. However most medium format TLR camera that I've used in the (distant) past had grids etched on their view finders to compose the shot and a couple had spirit levels built in. The problem doesn't happen when shooting through the optical view finder though because the view finder has cross hair type markings that help with alignment. I googled and found that it's not just me being wonky - even the professional digital camera reviewers get it with the A80 and other cameras that have flip out screens. Of course I'm not going to etch a grid on to the A80's LCD screen so a stick-on miniature spirit level seems to be the way to go. * which runs on my G4 Powerbook mac - Oblig On-Topic content requirement fulfilled ;) -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works)
Re: itunes headphones on Apple laptops
Hi Muggers, Does anyone know if there is a way to continue to listen to iTunes through headphones on a Powerbook or iBook with the lid closed? I'm thinking of plane rides for example, where you'd want to maximise battery time by not powering up the screen. I realise you can have the display go to sleep pretty quickly, but having it also closed is a bonus in some contexts. Try plugging the adapter for an external display into the machine, then start it up, or start it from an external USB device with the lid closed. This may fool it into starting up without powering up the screen. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Re: Microsoft Cures Virus Propagation!
On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 08:20, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I showed her how to scan several pages into a single stand-alone executable Paperport document, which could then be sent as an email attachment. A fine idea on the surface. She tried emailing it to a colleague sitting at the desk next to hers. He received the message alright, but his Outlook proudly announced that it was protecting him by refusing to allow the download of this dangerous attachment. No choices, no arguments, you just can't have it! And there is no obvious way overriding this behaviour without going back to Exchange Server. That's how my mail server is configured, too - and for good reasons, in my opinion. First, I think emailing around executables is an inherently dodgy idea at best. No matter what platform you're on, the security implications are rather bad. Like many things on the Internet (like every server being an open relay) it's kind of cool and rather handy, but just not worth the problems it causes. In almost all cases, a non-executable non-scriptable document and a viewer download from a trusted source is a much safer approach. Second, the remote (and it is remote) risk of accidentally blocking a genuine attachment is massively outweighed by the volume of viruses not making it into the users' mailboxes and mail spools. No amount of user training can save you from ooh, what's this, *click* *click*. Our mail server quarantines stripped attachments for a week before chucking them out, so users have a chance to get them back if they want. This is made clear in the removal notice. I've never had a user ask. If you think that Outlook server is draconian, though - I just added .zip to the list of attachment extensions to be automatically stripped. Again, it's worth it and we can retrieve them if we need to. It's been in force for a month, and ... no user requests. Sure, it's stupid to have to do this sort of thing - but in the end, it's really not that bad. Also, if Macs were widespread, I expect I'd be wracking my brains trying to figure out how to block AppleDouble encoded Mac executables instead. I already block some UNIX script file types, just in case there's a flaw with our Linux desktop mail software. How this stuff continues to survive, and how people continue to put up with it, is increasingly amazing. Yet when you suggest that Macs might be an option to consider the shutters come crashing down. Sadly, macs aren't always the ideal solution to Windows security issues, despite their other attractive qualities. Price (OS upgrades, anyone?), staff familiarity, etc are all issues. Change is expensive, too. Then there's your network and servers to consider. Especially if people are locked into an MS network architecture, it can be quite expensive to change - and there isn't much confidence in MacOS X active directory support etc outside mac-user circles yet (at least, not in my experience). Remember that many sysadmins still hear Macintosh and think arrgh, AppleTalk, getitaway, getitaway! Some sysadmins will have also had one too many mac users telling them that macs will solve all their problems, when they /know/ they won't. Linux users tend to be much, much worse when it comes to this problem though. On the flip side, NetATalk 2.0 is _really_ nice if you have a Linux server, and makes looking after macs on your network considerably less painful (I'm comparing to Services for Macintosh on WinNT4, by the way). IMHO it's finally almost up to the standard set by Samba. For us, it meant that we didn't need to buy an XServe and could use our current SATA RAID storage server instead, so we should probably send those folks a thank-you cheque. -- Craig Ringer
Re: TCP/IP LAN (9.x)
Hi Dave It is possible to share files with XP using OS 9. But you will need additional software. The best I've seen (and used) or read about is Dave from Thursby (www.thursby.com). They used to have a download and free 30 day trial so you could check that out. It may well be that your device also uses Windows networking to export to Excel. So you would need Dave again. To access the device with a browser you could use any computer with a browser. So, if you have an OS X machine try with that. You will need to be in the same IP network (or subnet) as the device - so make sure your IP address is right. Let the list know if you need extra assistance in this area. A good resource for networking Macs and peecees is www.macwindows.com - you might get help there. If the device has a USB port you will need (I'm pretty sure) Mac USB drivers for it and these would almost certainly have to come from the manufacturer - so check that out. Just remember also that you don't have an OS 9 based LAN. You have an Ethernet based LAN so any machine with an Ethernet interface can communicate over it regardless of what it is. To do so will require a network protocol which, in yours and almost every case, will be IP. Again, any device will be able to communicate with others on the IP network if configured correctly ie. It has the right address - it doesn't matter if it is Win XP, Mac OS 9 or OS X. Cheers Greg From: David de la Hunty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:01:56 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: TCP/IP LAN (9.x) Dear WAMUG, Can anyone help me out with a good link or reference? I have an OS 9 based LAN (because the software I need to run is still Classic). I am thinking of buying a scientific device which is based around a WinDoze computer running WinXP. It has USB and Ethernet connections and can export its printout to an Excel spreadsheet. The manual also describes logging in using a LAN intranet TCP/IP method, ie with a browser, but I can¹t get it to work. I have no experience with TCP/IP in a LAN under 9 though I have done it in 10.2.x. Is it possible to share files and log into an XP computer on the same ethernet LAN? What do I have to do to the g3 Macs on the network to enable it? Or do I have to run a computer under Panther, and my app under Classic, to get the networking going? Thanks for any advice, David de la Hunty. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Fwd: Forwarded request
Could people please reply to this to the list as Warwick can't send
messages at the moment, but can receive them {weird}
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Hi Rosemary
I can’t seem to send an email to the list any more… I still receive
the emails though.
Would you be kind enough to find out what Linux Operating System would
run on a Macintosh PowerPC Performa 5400? Also where I might be able
to download a copy from…
Regards
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Rosemary Horton
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