Re: Digital Video Camera

[Greg Satti]

Hi Rod,

You may find some useful information on this site.  They have many brands
listed with quite a number of opinions as well.

Cheers



Kind regards,
Greg Satti
Zytech - www.zytech.com.au
PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230
Ph (08) 9721 1125
Fx (08) 9721 1126
Mo 0423 558 636

On 16/11/05 12:48 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi WAMUGers
> I think i have to purchase a Digital Video camera for school before the end of
> the year.
> I have around $1300 to spend.
> I have been happy with the Sony that we have had for a few years.
> Canon seem very good.
> The Panosonic 3CCD range sound good. Especially for indoor shooting.
> 
> Any advice would be appreciated please.
> 
> Do I still have to ensure they have firewire, dv in/out?
> or is USB 2 now fastt enough?
> 
> ta
> 
> Rod Blitvich
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Re: New Powerbooks

[McCallum Malcolm]

There is nothing wrong with a 600 iBook that an extra turn of speed  
woiuld not cure :-0

mac
On 16/11/2005, at 2:17 PM, Rod wrote:



On 16/11/2005, at 2:04 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:


On 16/11/05 1:59 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I've also just picked up my new 17" PB  and  WOW!
It's incredibly fast and so smooth.
And it looks really cool to 


That's what I felt about a Mac Classic in about 1990.

Cheers, Paul.

And that's what I'd feel about a new 20" iMac...if I could get  
hold of one ;-)


(I'm bitter and twisted 'cos there's no stock and I'm stuck using a  
600Mhz iBook as my only Mac at home!)


Seeya

Rod!

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Re: Digital Video Camera

[Shay Telfer]

Hi WAMUGers
I think i have to purchase a Digital Video camera for school before the end of
the year.
I have around $1300 to spend.
I have been happy with the Sony that we have had for a few years.
Canon seem very good.
The Panosonic 3CCD range sound good. Especially for indoor shooting.

Any advice would be appreciated please.

Do I still have to ensure they have firewire, dv in/out?
or is USB 2 now fastt enough?


You will not regret having Firewire. Unlike USB, it's designed from 
the outset to support video. I don't think you'll find many Pro DV 
cameras that offer USB2 as an option.


Have fun,
Shay
--
=== Shay  Telfer 
 Perth, Western Australia   Technomancer  There are many worlds and many
 Opinions for hire  [POQ] tales, but not much time
 http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord - Roland of Gilead

Re: Router doubling?

[Shay Telfer]

Greg Sharp wrote:

A switch is much better than a hub. Switches are now dead cheap and result
in a faster more efficient network.


You forgot 'more secure' :)

Have fun,
Shay
--
=== Shay  Telfer 
 Perth, Western Australia   Technomancer  There are many worlds and many
 Opinions for hire  [POQ] tales, but not much time
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Number for Michelle S - regarding cheap laser printers

[Gavin Criddle]

Can someone please email the number for Michelle that was posted in the
latest digest email, regarding cheap laser printers?

Thanks,

Gav

Gavin Criddle
IT Officer
Humanities IT Services
Curtin University of Technology
t: +61 08 9266 7237
e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: bin file

[Peter Sealy]

On 16/11/2005, at 6:42 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote:


Peter

What I'm saying is that it doesn't need to be opened or  
decompressed.  It is

the binary file that loads on to the Sipura - as is.

I haven't personally performed a firmware upgrade but I am reliably  
informed
you use the web interface, click the browse button on the upgrade  
page to
select the .bin file (on your Mac) and voila!  This is how we do it  
on the

Linksys PAP2 which, as I said, uses the same or similar firmware.

I hope this works.


Thanks Greg

There is no upgrade page on the web interface. However someone else  
told me that the firmware upgrade via the downloaded zip file is only  
possible using a PC. The Sipura handbook also mentions firmware  
upgrading for PCs only. So it seems for some reason I am stymied. But  
thanks for your time anyway. I shall put it all back onto my VOIP  
provider!

.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA

Address Book and Mail

[SevCrisp]

Mail seems to reference my Address Book happily and correctly except  
for Company addresses.  In these cases, typing the name fails to  
bring up the required entry and I have to go specifically to Address  
Book from the menu bar.  For some, but not all such entries, the  
address is remembered and comes up on later occasions.  Is this a  
known bug or am I missing some setting?  Nothing I can see seems  
relevant.

Severin Crisp



Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
  Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
 email  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au
   &  http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp

Re: Router doubling?

[Greg Pennefather]

Paul

Switches are better generally but in your case it won't matter - but get a
switch anyway.  You might even struggle to find a hub these days.

Neither is passive ie. Both will require power.

And 15m is just fine.  Just make sure when you connect it all up that you
plug the router into the "uplink" (or similar) or MDI/MDIX port on the
switch.  Some switches have a button to change between MDI/MDIX - use the
position that turns the link light on on both the switch and the router.  Or
simply use a crossover cable.

Cheers

Greg


> From: Paul Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:38:19 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: Router doubling?
> 
> On 16/11/05 9:58 AM, "Greg Pennefather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> Absolutely.  But no need for a router - a switch or a hub will do just
>> nicely.
>> 
>> But when you say long, no longer than 100m otherwise you go out of spec for
>> Ethernet.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I want to connect  a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a
>>> router which is by the main broadband-connected computer.  No problems in
>>> this.
>>> 
>>> But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end
>>> of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards, Paul
>>> 
>>> 
> OK.  Hub or switch?  Vich vun is der best?  I don't know the difference.
> Are either passive, like not needing external power?  Only two computers
> would be involved at the end of the run, which is at a guess about 15 metres
> from the router/modem.
> 
> Cheers, Paul.
> 
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Re: bin file

[Greg Pennefather]

Peter

What I'm saying is that it doesn't need to be opened or decompressed.  It is
the binary file that loads on to the Sipura - as is.

I haven't personally performed a firmware upgrade but I am reliably informed
you use the web interface, click the browse button on the upgrade page to
select the .bin file (on your Mac) and voila!  This is how we do it on the
Linksys PAP2 which, as I said, uses the same or similar firmware.

I hope this works.

Cheers

Greg


> From: Peter Sealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:58:03 +1100
> To: Greg Pennefather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: bin file
> 
> 
> On 16/11/2005, at 2:08 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote:
> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> If it is firmware for you Sipura then it is likely that the .bin
>> file is the
>> firmware file.  We are doing a fair bit of work with the Linksys
>> PAP2 which
>> has Sipura firmware and the files are .bin.  Check with Sipura or
>> you VoIP
>> provider to confirm.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
> 
> 
> Greg
> 
> Thanks. Yes, I know that the firmware file is the .bin file. But I
> can not open/decompress it so I can install it.
> 
> 
> .
> 
> Peter Sealy
> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
> 

Re: New Powerbooks

[tuchwood]

On Wednesday, November 16, 2005, at 02:17 PM, Rod wrote:

And that's what I'd feel about a new 20" iMac...if I could get 
hold of one ;-)


(I'm bitter and twisted 'cos there's no stock and I'm stuck using a 
600Mhz iBook as my only Mac at home!)


Seeya

Rod!



Hey Rod  "SNAP"that's me too...waiting on a new 20" iMac and 
stuck using a 600MHz iBook

(mind you it's been a great little worker!)

I'm pretty sure the first 20" iMac in has got MY name on it...heh  heh!

Cheers
Neil

Re: New Powerbooks

[Mark Heeler]

The cool thing is knowing that (apart from people in R&D !), you have  
the best and fastest available in the world...


No Billionaire (even "that" Bill) can buy any Powerbook faster than  
what you have in your hands (well as long as you have

2Gb of RAM and the 7200rpm drive of course...).

You can't say that about a car or many other things in life...




On 16/11/2005, at 1:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Matt & Mac,

I've also just picked up my new 17" PB  and  WOW!
It's incredibly fast and so smooth.
And it looks really cool to 

Yep, I think it's second Heaven.

Ronni

On 16/11/2005, at 10:49 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:

Hi Matt,having just taken delivery of the same PB that I think you  
have including 2G Ram I am just blown away :-) Photoshop is  
incredible and I think I am in Heaven !

Mac
On 15/11/2005, at 11:28 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:

Just got my hands on one of the new "hi-def" Powerbooks. They are  
pretty swanky.


Note to all:

If you want a faster laptop, put in a new 7200rpm hard drive. It  
makes a BIG difference over the 5x00rpm drive, and a MASSIVE  
difference over the 4x00rpm ones.


It's 'snappy'.

- Matt

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Spyder problem

[SevCrisp]

I am having a problem doing a monitor calibration with my Spyder,  
which I have used with no problems for many moons.   Everything goes  
normally until the last stage, where I am asked to save the profile.   
At this point it comes up with an error

 [-48FFDO/utils.c/986]
If I "OK" the error to clear it it comes back with a message that the  
calibration was completed and the profile created - but of course I  
have no saved file.
ColorVision suggested a) that the Spyder must be plugged directly  
into a USB port, not into a powered hub or b) that Sleep and Screen  
Saver need to be set to "never".  Predictably, these make no  
difference, as my normal setup has worked many times in the past.   
The only difference I am aware of is that this is the first  
reprofiling since going up to 10.4.3 from 10.4.2.  Both Optical and  
Precal are at the latest versions and, apart from this one sticking  
point, function perfectly.
Have any other Spyders out there anything to offer please, I am not  
happy with a monitor overdue for reprofiling!

Severin Crisp


Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP
   15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
  Phone  (08) 9842 1950   (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
 email  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Router doubling?

[Greg Sharp]

A switch is much better than a hub. Switches are now dead cheap and result
in a faster more efficient network.


-- 

All the best

Greg Sharp
President/Webmaster
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG)
http://www.australian.macusersgroup.org


On 16/11/05 4:38 PM, "Paul Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK.  Hub or switch?  Vich vun is der best?  I don't know the difference.
> Are either passive, like not needing external power?  Only two computers
> would be involved at the end of the run, which is at a guess about 15 metres
> from the router/modem.

Re: DV camera

[Brett Carboni]

Make sure you don't get the JVC Everio(?) It's a nightmare to import  
anything into iMovie (it just doesn't). Also it doesn't have firewire  
(which would explain the import problem). Had to use some programme  
that sounded like FFDeMux to convert the files after we (very slowly)  
imported them in.


Even Pogue gave them a bad write up in the New York Times.

My Sony works fine. Firewire rocks.

Brett
Tsunami
"Can't think of a tag line today"

On 16/11/2005, at 1:50 PM, Brian Risbey wrote:


Hi,

I have a Panasonic 3ccd video  - clear video, not wide screen or HD.
2.3 mega pixal photo/stills only average quality.
Has dv out and usb out. unit works well.

the NEC hard drive model may be easier to import and there are NO  
tapes required - ever as the advert says.


I think there are some widescreen & HD videos out there.

Re: New Powerbooks

[Rod]

On 16/11/2005, at 2:04 PM, Paul Weaver wrote:


On 16/11/05 1:59 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I've also just picked up my new 17" PB  and  WOW!
It's incredibly fast and so smooth.
And it looks really cool to 


That's what I felt about a Mac Classic in about 1990.

Cheers, Paul.

And that's what I'd feel about a new 20" iMac...if I could get hold 
of one ;-)


(I'm bitter and twisted 'cos there's no stock and I'm stuck using a 
600Mhz iBook as my only Mac at home!)


Seeya

Rod!

Re: New Powerbooks

[Paul Weaver]

On 16/11/05 1:59 PM, "Ronda Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've also just picked up my new 17" PB  and  WOW!
> It's incredibly fast and so smooth.
> And it looks really cool to 

That's what I felt about a Mac Classic in about 1990.

Cheers, Paul.

Re: New Powerbooks

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Matt & Mac,

I've also just picked up my new 17" PB  and  WOW!
It's incredibly fast and so smooth.
And it looks really cool to 

Yep, I think it's second Heaven.

Ronni

On 16/11/2005, at 10:49 AM, McCallum Malcolm wrote:

Hi Matt,having just taken delivery of the same PB that I think you  
have including 2G Ram I am just blown away :-) Photoshop is  
incredible and I think I am in Heaven !

Mac
On 15/11/2005, at 11:28 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:

Just got my hands on one of the new "hi-def" Powerbooks. They are  
pretty swanky.


Note to all:

If you want a faster laptop, put in a new 7200rpm hard drive. It  
makes a BIG difference over the 5x00rpm drive, and a MASSIVE  
difference over the 4x00rpm ones.


It's 'snappy'.

- Matt

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DV camera

[Brian Risbey]

Hi,

I have a Panasonic 3ccd video  - clear video, not wide screen or HD.
2.3 mega pixal photo/stills only average quality.
Has dv out and usb out. unit works well.

the NEC hard drive model may be easier to import and there are NO  
tapes required - ever as the advert says.


I think there are some widescreen & HD videos out there.


My 2 cents

Brian

Re: Router doubling?

[Paul Weaver]

On 16/11/05 9:58 AM, "Greg Pennefather" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Paul
> 
> Absolutely.  But no need for a router - a switch or a hub will do just
> nicely.
> 
> But when you say long, no longer than 100m otherwise you go out of spec for
> Ethernet.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
>>
>> 
>> I want to connect  a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a
>> router which is by the main broadband-connected computer.  No problems in
>> this.
>> 
>> But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end
>> of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer?
>> 
>> 
>> In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router.
>> 
>> Kind regards, Paul
>> 
>> 
OK.  Hub or switch?  Vich vun is der best?  I don't know the difference.
Are either passive, like not needing external power?  Only two computers
would be involved at the end of the run, which is at a guess about 15 metres
from the router/modem.

Cheers, Paul.

Re: bin file

[Peter Sealy]

On 16/11/2005, at 2:08 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote:


Peter

If it is firmware for you Sipura then it is likely that the .bin  
file is the
firmware file.  We are doing a fair bit of work with the Linksys  
PAP2 which
has Sipura firmware and the files are .bin.  Check with Sipura or  
you VoIP

provider to confirm.

Regards


Greg




Greg

Thanks. Yes, I know that the firmware file is the .bin file. But I  
can not open/decompress it so I can install it.



.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA

Digital Video Camera

[rblit]

Hi WAMUGers
I think i have to purchase a Digital Video camera for school before the end of
the year.
I have around $1300 to spend.
I have been happy with the Sony that we have had for a few years.
Canon seem very good.
The Panosonic 3CCD range sound good. Especially for indoor shooting.

Any advice would be appreciated please.

Do I still have to ensure they have firewire, dv in/out?
or is USB 2 now fastt enough?

ta

Rod Blitvich

Re: bin file

[Greg Pennefather]

Peter

If it is firmware for you Sipura then it is likely that the .bin file is the
firmware file.  We are doing a fair bit of work with the Linksys PAP2 which
has Sipura firmware and the files are .bin.  Check with Sipura or you VoIP
provider to confirm.

Regards


Greg


> From: Peter Sealy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:58:10 +1100
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Re: bin file
> 
> 
> On 16/11/2005, at 11:01 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 16/11/2005, at 4:27 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a .bin file which Stuffit Expander [v9 and v10] will not
>>> open, saying the file is not encoded or compressed.  I am sure it
>>> is a compressed file. Any other ways to try to open the file?
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> .
>>> 
>>> Peter Sealy
>>> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
>>> 
>> 
>> Have you tried Stuffit Deluxe? A bit of a stretch, since there's
>> not much that SE won't open. Where did the file come from? Are you
>> sure that the file is in good condition, and that it was compressed
>> without errors in the first place (assuming it actually is a
>> compressed file)... and many other questions.
> 
> Thanks Peter
> 
> No I have not tried Stuffit Deluxe because it is my understanding
> that the app Stuffit Expander within Stuffit Deluxe is the same as a
> stand  alone Expander. Wrong? I have no need to buy Stuffit deluxe as
> I never stuff files and the free Stuffit Exp does the file opening
> requirements I do need.
> 
> The file I am trying to obtain is the firmware upgrade 3.1.7 for my
> Sipura 3000 VOIP unit. This file is a download from  www.sipura.com/support/index.htm> which gives a zip file which
> expands to an exe file and a .bin file. It is the latter i am trying
> to open. I have no trouble opening other files with my versions of
> Stuffit Expander so I assume Stuffit  Exp is not the problem. Indeed
> the zip file is expanded by the same Stuffit Exp. Many other folk
> have downloaded, expanded and then installed that file without
> trouble [subscribers to a Whirlpool forum]. My first thought was that
> I had a corrupt download but then firstly the zip file would not have
> opened [which it did so] and secondly other users would have reported
> the same problem [which was not the case]. I have repeated the
> download from that web site several times over the last two days with
> the same result.
> 
> Thus I seem to be stonewalled and I am looking for another app which
> will open a .bin file.
> 
> Any further thoughts?
> 
> .
> 
> Peter Sealy
> Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
> 
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Re: bin file

[Peter Sealy]

On 16/11/2005, at 11:01 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 16/11/2005, at 4:27 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:

I have a .bin file which Stuffit Expander [v9 and v10] will not  
open, saying the file is not encoded or compressed.  I am sure it  
is a compressed file. Any other ways to try to open the file?


Cheers
.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA



Have you tried Stuffit Deluxe? A bit of a stretch, since there's  
not much that SE won't open. Where did the file come from? Are you  
sure that the file is in good condition, and that it was compressed  
without errors in the first place (assuming it actually is a  
compressed file)... and many other questions.


Thanks Peter

No I have not tried Stuffit Deluxe because it is my understanding  
that the app Stuffit Expander within Stuffit Deluxe is the same as a  
stand  alone Expander. Wrong? I have no need to buy Stuffit deluxe as  
I never stuff files and the free Stuffit Exp does the file opening  
requirements I do need.


The file I am trying to obtain is the firmware upgrade 3.1.7 for my  
Sipura 3000 VOIP unit. This file is a download from www.sipura.com/support/index.htm> which gives a zip file which  
expands to an exe file and a .bin file. It is the latter i am trying  
to open. I have no trouble opening other files with my versions of  
Stuffit Expander so I assume Stuffit  Exp is not the problem. Indeed  
the zip file is expanded by the same Stuffit Exp. Many other folk  
have downloaded, expanded and then installed that file without  
trouble [subscribers to a Whirlpool forum]. My first thought was that  
I had a corrupt download but then firstly the zip file would not have  
opened [which it did so] and secondly other users would have reported  
the same problem [which was not the case]. I have repeated the  
download from that web site several times over the last two days with  
the same result.


Thus I seem to be stonewalled and I am looking for another app which  
will open a .bin file.


Any further thoughts?

.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA

Re: New Powerbooks

[McCallum Malcolm]

Hi Matt,having just taken delivery of the same PB that I think you  
have including 2G Ram I am just blown away :-) Photoshop is  
incredible and I think I am in Heaven !

Mac
On 15/11/2005, at 11:28 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:

Just got my hands on one of the new "hi-def" Powerbooks. They are  
pretty swanky.


Note to all:

If you want a faster laptop, put in a new 7200rpm hard drive. It  
makes a BIG difference over the 5x00rpm drive, and a MASSIVE  
difference over the 4x00rpm ones.


It's 'snappy'.

- Matt

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Re: iDVD Problems

[Rod]

On 16/11/2005, at 10:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi guys,

We do video production at our office here in Perth and we have been 
doing some DVD production lately.  We have been using iDVD to do some 
simple menus and to burn the DVDs.  We have been finding a problem 
that occurs sometimes.  We have an opener on one of our productions 
that starts with a After Effects  montage of still images blending 
together.  Several layers of these.  Only in this part of the 
presentation, and only in PAL format we are getting a "shutter" effect 
(problem) happening on some of the still After Effects images. What 
could be causing this problem?  Some here are thinking that there 
might be a compression problem causing it and that perhaps DVD Studio 
Pro wouldn't have that problem.  What do you all think?


Is the After Effects montage in NTSC?  Remember NTSC is 29.97 frames 
per second, where PAL is 25 frames per second.  Might explain the 
skipping.



Seeya

Rod!

iDVD Problems

[info]

Hi guys,

We do video production at our office here in Perth and we have been 
doing some DVD production lately.  We have been using iDVD to do some 
simple menus and to burn the DVDs.  We have been finding a problem 
that occurs sometimes.  We have an opener on one of our productions 
that starts with a After Effects  montage of still images blending 
together.  Several layers of these.  Only in this part of the 
presentation, and only in PAL format we are getting a "shutter" 
effect (problem) happening on some of the still After Effects images. 
What could be causing this problem?  Some here are thinking that 
there might be a compression problem causing it and that perhaps DVD 
Studio Pro wouldn't have that problem.  What do you all think?


Thanks

Cal Conkey

Re: Router doubling?

[Greg Pennefather]

Paul

Absolutely.  But no need for a router - a switch or a hub will do just
nicely.

But when you say long, no longer than 100m otherwise you go out of spec for
Ethernet.

Cheers

Greg


> From: Paul Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:46:09 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: Router doubling?
> 
> I want to connect  a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a
> router which is by the main broadband-connected computer.  No problems in
> this.
> 
> But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end
> of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer?
> 
> 
> In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router.
> 
> Kind regards, Paul
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Router doubling?

[Paul Weaver]

I want to connect  a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a
router which is by the main broadband-connected computer.  No problems in
this.

But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end
of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer?


In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router.

Kind regards, Paul

CommPost: Zytech newsletter/specials

[Greg Satti]

Hi all,

Be on the look out for our congratulatory email for our October
newsletter winner - it could be you!

Well they say you should practice what you preach and its exactly this
mantra that saved me from losing my entire email data several weeks
ago. But, having said that, I still learnt a valuable lesson - here's
what happened.

Several weeks ago, I applied the Microsoft Office 2004 SP2 and things
went totally haywire with Entourage. I know there's many people out
there who don't like Entourage and while instances like this certainly
have swayed me, I still believe it to be a great all round package that
does much more that just manage mail.

Well the patch for SP2 was applied, the computer rebooted and Entourage
failed to load. I checked that the file size was below 4GB, and then
attempted the repair. After several attempts I was in panic mode, and
turned to Microsoft support for help. We copied, moved, uninstalled,
reinstalled etc etc, only to find on starting up Entourage - nothing.
Microsoft suspected that my data file had been corrupt for some time
which is why it didn't start up properly - and thats where Microsoft's
support ended. But I kept calm (OK maybe I was calmer after an hour)
and reverted back to my backup which was a few weeks old, which was
certainly better than starting from scratch. I now understand why some
of you justifiably stay clear of Entourage.

The 2 lessons I learned from this were 1. Always make extra copies of
your data before you let someone else have a play, and 2. With mission
critical data, you can never be too safe and you should not only back
up, but keep different versions as well.

Now for something new - Sharp has developed a new LCD (liquid crystal
display) panel that is capable of showing different images when viewed
from the right or left hand sides. The panels are soon to go into
production and will make possible people being able to watch different
programs simultaneously, or computer screens capable of giving battling
gamers different views of the same game.

The screen works by displaying each image in alternating columns of
pixels, which also means the resulting picture has a lower resolution.

Onto our specials - we've started selling the Harmony remote control
from Logitech. These have a RRP of $399, but we have them as an
introductory special at $288. These would make a fantastic Xmas gift
(yes it is around the corner). Heres the link:


Need some flash drives with logo's on them, then check out these prices
for 128MB flash drives printed in one colour.  100 - $27.25 each, 200 -
$26.50 each, & 300 - $25.95 each. Please email for pricing on other
capacities.

We've also recently reduced the prices on our LaCie drives as well as
expanded the range. Check them out here:


New iPod Video: 30GB - $435 & 60GB - $575 - email us now.

250GB Firewire external drive **Special at only $299**


And lastly, with Xmas around the corner, check out the absolute
bargains on games on our home page - strictly while stocks last with
our supplier.


Till next time.

Kind regards,
Greg Satti - Zytech
PO Box 758
Bunbury WA 6230
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Re: bin file

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 16/11/2005, at 4:27 AM, Peter Sealy wrote:

I have a .bin file which Stuffit Expander [v9 and v10] will not  
open, saying the file is not encoded or compressed.  I am sure it  
is a compressed file. Any other ways to try to open the file?


Cheers
.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA



Have you tried Stuffit Deluxe? A bit of a stretch, since there's not  
much that SE won't open. Where did the file come from? Are you sure  
that the file is in good condition, and that it was compressed  
without errors in the first place (assuming it actually is a  
compressed file)... and many other questions.



--
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.

Re: New Powerbooks

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 15/11/2005, at 11:28 PM, Matthew Healey wrote:


Note to all:

If you want a faster laptop, put in a new 7200rpm hard drive. It  
makes a BIG difference over the 5x00rpm drive, and a MASSIVE  
difference over the 4x00rpm ones.


It's 'snappy'.



Notice any increase in heat coming from the faster drive?


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

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

bin file

[Peter Sealy]

I have a .bin file which Stuffit Expander [v9 and v10] will not open,  
saying the file is not encoded or compressed.  I am sure it is a  
compressed file. Any other ways to try to open the file?


Cheers
.

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA