Re: Bali Mac installation

[Matthew Healey]

On 01/11/2004, at 2:24 PM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote:

Seems we have all we need to get this going --- could we have it on 
the list of 'To Do ' on next wamug meeting Matt

Mac


Sure,

Just let me know exactly what you want to do and we can do it.

- Matt

Re: Bali Mac installation

[Malcolm J McCallum]

I am willing to treasurer of Monies raised and organize to get this to 
said tech.

Mac
On 01/11/2004, at 3:06 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote:

Seems we have all we need to get this going --- could we have it on 
the list of 'To Do ' on next wamug meeting Matt

Mac
On 01/11/2004, at 12:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If it is help to anyone or any process, I am a WAMUG member based in 
Bali and would be happy to assist in this venture. Please contact me 
offline if you wish; currently I am in Perth til 8th November


Cheers
Miles Humphreys

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Malcolm,

I have talked with Miles Humphreys and he has offered help in Bali as 
he is stationed there. How he can help has not been determined yet.


I am not a member of WAMUG merely a subscriber to the list, so it is 
not for me to initiate actions.


As far as that particular school goes, the macs that are installed 
there will get minimal maintenance and once the die they could be 
replaced.  The staff and students have no background in computers but 
a teacher from another school with PC knowledge lives directly 
opposite the PS and has offered to help.He has an email address 
and I have emailed him since returning without any reply.


I suppose one avenue of support could be to raise a small amount of 
money for a technician to take a look at them when needed. A competent 
tech would charge something like A$10 per hour and I guess the 
foundation would transport him to the school,; although I am not sure 
of that.


I am willing and happy to facilitate any assistance given to this or 
other schools.



regards

Kevin Lock
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Malcolm McCallum
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Re: Bali Mac installation

[Malcolm J McCallum]

Seems we have all we need to get this going --- could we have it on the 
list of 'To Do ' on next wamug meeting Matt

Mac
On 01/11/2004, at 12:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If it is help to anyone or any process, I am a WAMUG member based in 
Bali and would be happy to assist in this venture. Please contact me 
offline if you wish; currently I am in Perth til 8th November


Cheers
Miles Humphreys

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Re: Attachment format

[Craig Ringer]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 09:14, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> On 31/10/2004, at 10:54 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:
> 
> > This request is the opposite to the more common one of how to open 
> > received mail attachments.
> >
> > I need to send an attachment to an email so it can be opened and read 
> > by PC-using recipients. The attachment will be a kind of an 
> > information sheet and ideally will have more than one font size and 
> > bold typing as well as regular.
> > Is there any way I can set up the format using TextEdit [or Tex-Edit 
> > Plus] so the PC-ers can read it? I do not have Word of any description 
> > or any other word-processing app?
> 
> TextEdit in Panther can save (and open) in Word format. For what you 
> need, it will serve very well. If you don't have Panther, TextEDit can 
> still save as RTF which pretty much any modern word processor can read. 
> RTF preserves text and paragraph formatting.

Sending documents in Word format isn't really the best manners unless
you _know_ the PC user has Word. It might not be too bad an idea to
provide an RTF, or send Word with a PDF copy as well.

> You can also use the "Save as PDF option" from the Print dialog, but 
> there's no guarantee that the recipient will have Acrobat Reader 
> installed. This is not uncommon with Windows machines.

On the other hand, Acrobat Reader is a free download. Word most
definitely is not - and the free Word Viewer is getting decidedly long
in the tooth.

> > If the answer is no, then if I just write a standard letter format 
> > using TextEdit and add .doc at the end of the title of the document 
> > does that ensure that at least PC-users can open it and with the 
> > original paragraph set out and formatting in place.
> 
> No. The PC will just try to open it as a Word file and fail. Not only 
> that, the file will actually have a Word icon and confuse the heck out 
> of the recipient into the bargain.

I actually get messages like this (generally from mac users, perhaps
because its harder to change file extensions under Windows) a lot at
work, so it's an important thing to understand. Changing the file
extension does not change anything about the data, it just changes what
the PC will _expect_ the file to contain. It'll open it in a different
program which won't understand the file, and the recipient will usually
tell you that your "document was corrupt" or some-such.

I generally get the users to save such files in a network-accessible
directory and use the `file' utility found on most Linux and UNIX
systems (probably OS/X too) to identify what the real file type is, then
convert it to something our users can work with.

The single most frequent case is people renaming MS Word documents to
'.pdf' and thinking it's made a PDF. It is beyond me why they don't
attempt to open their "PDF" to make sure it worked before sending it to
us...

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Re: Bali Mac installation

[MilesHumphreys]

If it is help to anyone or any process, I am a WAMUG member based in Bali and 
would be happy to assist in this venture. Please contact me offline if you 
wish; currently I am in Perth til 8th November

Cheers
Miles Humphreys

Re: Attachment format

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 31/10/2004, at 10:54 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:

This request is the opposite to the more common one of how to open 
received mail attachments.


I need to send an attachment to an email so it can be opened and read 
by PC-using recipients. The attachment will be a kind of an 
information sheet and ideally will have more than one font size and 
bold typing as well as regular.
Is there any way I can set up the format using TextEdit [or Tex-Edit 
Plus] so the PC-ers can read it? I do not have Word of any description 
or any other word-processing app?




TextEdit in Panther can save (and open) in Word format. For what you 
need, it will serve very well. If you don't have Panther, TextEDit can 
still save as RTF which pretty much any modern word processor can read. 
RTF preserves text and paragraph formatting.


You can also use the "Save as PDF option" from the Print dialog, but 
there's no guarantee that the recipient will have Acrobat Reader 
installed. This is not uncommon with Windows machines.


If the answer is no, then if I just write a standard letter format 
using TextEdit and add .doc at the end of the title of the document 
does that ensure that at least PC-users can open it and with the 
original paragraph set out and formatting in place.


No. The PC will just try to open it as a Word file and fail. Not only 
that, the file will actually have a Word icon and confuse the heck out 
of the recipient into the bargain.



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FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

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Audio

[Ken Jackson]

Steven, you may need to add some software program once you figure your
connections out.
If you have no luck & it's important to you send me the cassette & I'll
convert it for you.
Regards,

Ken

> I have an old audio cassette, the track on which I want to turn into a 
> digital file for burning to CD, DVD, etc.
   
 
 
 
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Re: Audio cassette recording to Powerbook?

[Onno Benschop]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 07:31, Steven wrote:
> Hoping one of the keen audio techs can give me a hint or two please?

You have two challenges:
  * Getting the wires connected.
  * Getting the sound level correct.

The two are related in that one type of connector implies the voltage
associated with it and thus the sound level.

The simplest solution is to connect your RCA Play connectors via a cable
to the sound-in port on your laptop. A simple $5 converter cable, to be
had from Dick Smith, Jay Car, Altronics or Tandy will do the trick. (RCA
stereo to 3.5mm jack stereo). (Please note that I don't have your
PowerBook handy, so I'm only guessing that Apple hasn't changed its mind
and moved away from a 3.5mm stereo jack :-)

Of course you'll then actually need to record the sound, but that is for
others to advise you on :-)

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Re: Audio cassette recording to Powerbook?

[Rob Davies]

Morning Steven,

On 1 Nov 2004, at 7:31am, Steven wrote:


Hoping one of the keen audio techs can give me a hint or two please?

I have an old audio cassette, the track on which I want to turn into a
digital file for burning to CD, DVD, etc.

At my disposal I have a 17" 1.5GHz Powerbook running 10.3.5.

I also have a Sony MiniDV Handycam DCR TRV17E. I thought the an 
obvious 1st
step would be to connect the Handycam to the Powerbook via S-Video 
cable.


I also have a c1982 vintage Technics RS-M205 tape deck on which to 
play the

audio cassette. It has a couple of pairs of what I think are called RCA
plugs coming out of the back, labelled Line In and Line Out. There's 
also
another odd looking port labelled REC/PLAY, with whatever plug that 
feeds
into it being about a centimetre diameter - I doubt that I'd have a 
plug for

this anyway.

Presumably I take the RCA plugs at the end of the Line Out cord 
(coming from

the tape deck) and plug them into something else - unfortunately the
Handycam lacks RCA jacks. (I do have what I think's called an A/C 
connecting
cable, with a single jack into the Handycam at one end and three RCA 
plugs

at the other end for connecting to a VCR).

So can I use an amp or DVD player as a link between the tape deck and
Handycam? Or do I bypass the Handycam altogether?

I have a NAD C 340 Stereo Integrated Amplifier
, and a Panasonic DVD-K45 
DVD/CD

Player .

Any tips appreciated!

Many thanks...Steven



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Play the tape through a tape deck of which you have described 
connecting a Audio RCA male (usually two plugs red & white) to mini 
jack ( Small headphone plug) into your PB via the LINE IN connection on 
the left hand side of PB being the second along this side.


On the tape deck the cable will be connected to the line out side of 
which their should be a red & white female RCA or could be labelled 
left & right. Go to System Preferences and open sound click on line in 
and while tape is playing adjust the levels.


As you have not suggested what software for configuring the audio I 
would suggest downloading wiretap (free) from Ambrosia software this 
will record any sound playing through any device and save to your 
desktop, just go through preferences to set-up specifics. But, make 
sure file is being saved as 48 khz 16 bit stereo aiff then import into 
iTunes to create CD I would suggest maybe recording different 
songs/sounds as different files to allow compilation simplicity.


If you want editing capabilities of audio iMovie should be on PB this 
will allow some minor editing, otherwise their are many options ie 
Peak, FCPHD just depends on what you have at disposal or if it is an 
ongoing scenario their are trial versions available, so you can find an 
appropriate package?


http://www.ambrosiasw.com/news/

PS: install X11 and their is a vast array of Unix/Linux audio software 
available also check versiontracker for Mac specific.


Cheers!
Rob Davies
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subject-communtiy, especially the existence in the world of the 
manufactured objects." Sartre.

Audio cassette recording to Powerbook?

[Steven]

Hoping one of the keen audio techs can give me a hint or two please?

I have an old audio cassette, the track on which I want to turn into a
digital file for burning to CD, DVD, etc.

At my disposal I have a 17" 1.5GHz Powerbook running 10.3.5.

I also have a Sony MiniDV Handycam DCR TRV17E. I thought the an obvious 1st
step would be to connect the Handycam to the Powerbook via S-Video cable.

I also have a c1982 vintage Technics RS-M205 tape deck on which to play the
audio cassette. It has a couple of pairs of what I think are called RCA
plugs coming out of the back, labelled Line In and Line Out. There's also
another odd looking port labelled REC/PLAY, with whatever plug that feeds
into it being about a centimetre diameter - I doubt that I'd have a plug for
this anyway.

Presumably I take the RCA plugs at the end of the Line Out cord (coming from
the tape deck) and plug them into something else - unfortunately the
Handycam lacks RCA jacks. (I do have what I think's called an A/C connecting
cable, with a single jack into the Handycam at one end and three RCA plugs
at the other end for connecting to a VCR).

So can I use an amp or DVD player as a link between the tape deck and
Handycam? Or do I bypass the Handycam altogether?

I have a NAD C 340 Stereo Integrated Amplifier
, and a Panasonic DVD-K45 DVD/CD
Player .

Any tips appreciated!

Many thanks...Steven

Re: Attachment format

[Onno Benschop]

On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 10:54, Peter Sealy wrote:
> I need to send an attachment to an email so it can be opened and read 
> by PC-using recipients. The attachment will be a kind of an information 
> sheet and ideally will have more than one font size and bold typing as 
> well as regular.

Send a URL instead.


> Is there any way I can set up the format using TextEdit [or Tex-Edit 
> Plus] so the PC-ers can read it? I do not have Word of any description 
> or any other word-processing app?

No.


> If the answer is no, then if I just write a standard letter format 
> using TextEdit and add .doc at the end of the title of the document 
> does that ensure that at least PC-users can open it and with the 
> original paragraph set out and formatting in place.

No, a .doc extension is not the same as a TextEdit file.


Write a HTML document, put it on the web and send the URL to your users.

Onno Benschop 

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