Check the cupboards!

[David Peake]

Hi folks,


Haven't made a post to the group for a long time now but still reading in the 
background...

I've got an old Macintosh SE and a Macintosh Classic which I'm looking to 
connect up to re-live some old black-and-white games.

Since moving house I've lost a few bits and pieces it seems and I'm missing 
both the ADB cables used for connecting the keyboard to the Mac.

I've also got an old external SCSI hard drive however I can't find an SCSI 
terminator (remember these)!?

So anyone willing to check their "old tech cupboard" please let me know if you 
have any ADB cables, SCSI cables/terminators (or old keyboard/mouse and any 
other suitable parts for that matter) that you'd be willing to sell me.


Thanks in advance.
David.

P.S. I saw Peter Hinchliffe offered some SCSI cables recently so I've sent him 
an email too.
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Re: Free: - Sonnet Crescendo PCI G3 450MHz/1 M & 19" Acer CRT monitor

[David Peake]

Hi Brian,

If you still have the Sonnet card it would fit perfectly into my Mac  
museum/collection.


David.

Sent from my iPhone

On 15/05/2010, at 2:24 PM, Brian Scott  wrote:



Hi,

This Sonnet Crescendo PCI card suits PowerMacs 7500 through to 9600  
plus others

- OS X Ready - Mac OS 9.1 Compatible.

It is unused, still in it's box and sealed in it's bubble. Comes  
with floppy disk and manual.


For some Mac museum perhaps.

The monitor still works OK but it's quality doesn't compare to my  
iMac;)


Both items together or separately will need to be picked up from  
Subiaco.


Cheers

Brian



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Hi Kevin,

I've got a CD-ROM (tray-load) removed from an iBook G3 here. CD-RW or CD-RW/DVD 
(combo) was an option at the time.

Regards,
David.

On 06/02/2010, at 9:01 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> Hoping someone has a functioning CD ROM for a 800mhz G3 iBook.  This machine 
> has a tray loader CD which  will not accept a CD.
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> Not sure if this model will take a CD-RW  or a DVD-ROM?
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I've got a damaged G5 tower here with that requires two new CPU's (dual 1.8) - 
the graphics card is possibly still usable and worth a try if it helps.

Let me know.


On 25/01/2010, at 5:48 PM, Roger Kortas wrote:

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> Hi mark
> 
> The card I have is a ATI Radeon 9800xt/256mb.
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> it has 1 x DVI and 1 x VGA
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Apologies everyone, that was meant to be off-list *blushes*



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> How much?
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> On 10/12/2009, at 9:07 AM, Craig Bruce wrote:
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Re: New iMac wanted

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How much?



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>> to be delivered by xmas.
>> My usual supplier is having trouble getting hold of one (despite order being 
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>> Does anyone know where I can get one before xmas please?
>> ta
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>> 
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>> 
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Re: Built in speaker not working

[David Peake]

Hi Kevin,

May be a silly question but have you tried an alternative boot volume  
to give you more of an idea whether this is software or hardware  
related?


Startup a similar Mac you've got there that DOES have sound as a  
FireWire Target, connect the two and boot one of the 'sus' Macs off  
the 'good' startup volume and see if you regain sound.


David.




On 13/11/2009, at 2:30 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote:



Robin,
Thanks for the suggestion, however that is not the problem.

The sound dropped on both of them out before I scrounged up some  
speakers to plug into the tower(s).


cheers

Kevin



I think you should check the output socket. It sounds as though it  
is not properly resetting when you take the external line plug out.  
Hence isolating the internal speaker.
It is generally the spring contact not properly reseating, due  
either to mechanical failure aka breaking, or dirt on the contacts.


hope this helps

robin



On 13/11/2009, at 11:24 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:



I am refurbishing a couple of G4 Towers and suddenly the built-in  
speaker is not producing any soundstartup chime or iTunes. The  
sound is fine when I attach external speakers.


At this stage I am thinking it is a piece of software I have  
loaded on both machines?.


I will check the software extras on both machines, but meanwhile,  
has anyone experienced similar before?


Thanks,

Kevin


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Re: Snow Leopard, MacPro & RAID

[David Peake]

Ray, you can setup a software RAID on a MacPro under Snow Leopard for  
RAID0 (stripe) or RAID1 (mirror) with Disk Utility just as you have  
done before. You only need the additional RAID card to create more  
advanced level of RAID (such as a combination of mirror and stripe).


As far as I'm aware, the drives capacity (and/or manufacturer) don't  
HAVE to be identical at all, you will just find that the two slices of  
the RAID need to be the same. For example, you can use a 200GB drive  
and a 320GB drive, but your mirror RAID will only ever be able to be  
200GB. It is recommended to use the same size drives, only so you're  
no wasting capacity as you would in the above instance.


For an increased safety level in an ideal world, you would want to use  
the same capacity drives from the same manufacturer but a different  
production batch.




On 01/11/2009, at 5:24 PM, Ray Forma wrote:



I am currently running MacOS 10.4.11 (Tiger) on my G5 Mac. With two  
hard disks installed I am able to run them as a mirrored RAID set.  
This gives me a form of internal backup in case of hard disk failure.


I am considering updating to MacOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and a  
current MacPro, the one with the Nehalem processor. Does anyone know  
if Disk Utility will still allow me to set up a mirrored RAID set on  
such a MacPro, assuming I fit two identical hard drives. Note that I  
am NOT planning to get the A$1000 plus raid card for the MacPro.

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[David Peake]

Hi David,

I'm hoping to get some type of gallery/website up one of these days  
with a few old-school Apple systems/projects.


Thanks to those who have already contacted me offering various items,  
the response has been great so far!


David.



On 08/10/2009, at 6:08 PM, David Moyle wrote:



Sounds interesting! :)

Love to see some photos or a weblog if there is a significant build- 
up! :)


In my eyes I imagined vintage as one of the Apple CRT Studio  
Displays! :) (Clear, swivel models from the early 00's)


Cheers,

David Moyle
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I'm building up a retro system and need an Apple CRT with the DB-15  
connector or the HDI-45 - Who remember's those beasts!


I had an old Apple 14" stashed in the shed for such a rainy-day  
project but of course it no longer works...


If anyone has any old beige Apple CRTs, specifically the 17" Apple  
CRT or 14" Apple CRT (with the built in speakers) that would be  
pefect.


As you might guess they're not worth anything these days, but if  
you've got one that works you would like to offload to a good home,  
please let me know, I'm happy to make a 'donation' also.


Who said "you'll be lucky" ???

David.



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Apple CRT

[David Peake]

I'm building up a retro system and need an Apple CRT with the DB-15  
connector or the HDI-45 - Who remember's those beasts!


I had an old Apple 14" stashed in the shed for such a rainy-day  
project but of course it no longer works...


If anyone has any old beige Apple CRTs, specifically the 17" Apple CRT  
or 14" Apple CRT (with the built in speakers) that would be pefect.


As you might guess they're not worth anything these days, but if  
you've got one that works you would like to offload to a good home,  
please let me know, I'm happy to make a 'donation' also.


Who said "you'll be lucky" ???

David.



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Meeting tonight...

[David Peake]

Hey WAMUG,

Long time reader/posted but I'll be attending my first WAMUG meeting  
tonight, should be good!


Particularly interested in seeing the Apple TV demo as I'm looking to  
get myself one in the not too distant future.


Will I need to become a donating member tonight? If so, who do I need  
to go see first up to sign up?


Regards,
David.



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[David Peake]

While we're all getting nostalgic, if anyone has a Mac Plus, Mac SE,  
or similar vintage Apple Mac sitting dormant under a coating of dust  
in their shed, I'd be more than happy (as a collector) to offer a good  
home and/or donation if required.


Used to love our old Apple IIGS, so simple but (don't laugh)  
impressive at the time. Does anyone remember the popular "PrintShop"  
application and other older software by Broderbund?


David.



On 27/08/2009, at 11:21 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote:


but can you imagine in 1979
apple II+ with 64k ram & a great floppy drive with 150kbytes  
capacity & dos 3.3 operating system


then in 1984 the apple IIc with 128k ram & floppy drives with 720k  
capacity, prodos 9 operating system

there was appleworks allready well known
and the first steps to a graphical interface/mouse appeared in the  
updates


James

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On 26/08/2009, at 22:53, Joe Mastrella wrote:

Greetings! My first Mac was a IIVX 32MZ processor, 3 gig HD. I paid  
just under 2000  dollars US including an HP printer. Then I decided  
to upgrade the memory. I paid 200 dollars for 20 mega bites of  
ram.That's right, 20 mega bites

of ram. We have come a long way since then.

Cheers, Joe

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Bill Parker   
wrote:


If only Bob. My first one was an SE   or some such name. 
Megabytes were unheard of.   Nothing to do with telephones,   
ethernet or anything else. The little beast just sat there on  
the desk but it was BLOODY sight easier to use than the DOS   
machine my neighbour had.   But I had hypercard!


And,  I know someone who still uses OS8 because the music software   
is better.


Sounds like a Monty Python sketch about licking t'road  ...ey  
up Obadiah...


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[David Peake]

I thought I would try... I have a soft spot for the PowerMac 5500 and  
still have a black Directors Edition.


After some research, it's the Sonnet Crescendo L2 G3 card I require  
rather than the Nubus or PCI variant.


Would be the type found in a Performa or PowerMac 4400, 5400/5500,  
6200/6300, 6400/6500 or a Twentieth Anniversary Mac.


Indeed Bob, a rare animal by the looks, even on ebay!




On 20/07/2009, at 1:13 PM, Robert Howells wrote:




On 20/07/2009, at 12:38 PM, David Peake wrote:



Long shot, but does anyone have or know someone with an old (Sonnet  
or otherwise) G3 upgrade card for a PowerMac 5500/6500 etc lying  
around gathering dust that they're willing to part with?


For that Mac it looks like you need a Sonnett Crescebdo/Nubus G3  
card for 6500

Cannot tell about the 5500

A rare animal !

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Long shot, but does anyone have or know someone with an old (Sonnet or  
otherwise) G3 upgrade card for a PowerMac 5500/6500 etc lying around  
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My G4 MDD 1.25 kernel panics at startup with my Belkin PCI USB card  
installed so I would recommend pulling it out and seeing if that stops  
the issues.



On 22/05/2009, at 2:29 PM, mince and pud wrote:


thanks Bob and Rob

One pci - usb ports - been there for years without trouble, but  
thinking back I remember some sort of sleep problems way back.


Bob - I'll try some experimental sleeps

thanks again

Alastair


On 22 May 2009, at 06:49, Rob Findlay wrote:


Could be hardware. Any PCI cards in it?

On 22/05/2009, at 11:57 AM, mince and pud wrote:


Hi all

I can find lots of discussions on kernel panics on waking from  
sleep, but nothing on the following.


I thought I would try putting my G4 1.25g 10.3.9 to sleep instead  
of shutting down every night, but on 2 of the 3 times I've tried  
it I get an immediate kernel panic. Apart from the obvious 'don't  
sleep it, shut it down' can anyone shed any light?


thanks
Alastair


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[David Peake]

Hi Pat,

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately the computers I'm offering do  
not meet their requirements. All are over 6 years old and none have  
17" monitors...


Thanks anyway!

David.



On 30/04/2009, at 10:20 AM, Pat wrote:

Murdoch University has a booming service in rehabilitating old  
computers and giving them to deserving people for free.  It is  
called the '8 Ball  Programme' and can be found on the Guild website:


http://www.guild.murdoch.edu.au/services/8ball/


Cheers,
Pat

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Free iMacs

[David Peake]

I have a number of older Macs I'm looking to offload. Please reply to  
me off-list if you wish to pickup something. Sorry, no post.


There are keyboards and mice too, but will only be available on a  
first-in, best dressed basis and are limited.


Most things have an OS already installed, but I'm not going to make  
any guarantee as to what version exactly and that it won't need work/ 
reinstalling. I'll help where I can.


I'm only offloading these as they are doubles in my personal  
collection, they are not junk/broken/irreparable.


Please, only contact if you are genuinely interested however. Thank  
you all. David.



Older PPC:
* 6100/66

* 7200/90

* 7200/120

* 7300/180


G3/G4 tower:
* G3 Blue and White - (400MHz, 128MB RAM, 6 GB HD)

* G4 Graphite "Server" - (500MHz, 128MB RAM, DVD, no HDD)

* G4 Graphite - (400MHz, 128MB RAM, 10 GB HD + Apple CRT)


iMac G3's:
* Tangerine iMac - 233 MHz, 192 MB RAM, 6 GB HD, CD-ROM

* Tangerine iMac - 233 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 6 GB HD, CD-ROM

* Lime iMac - 233 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 6 GB HD, CD-ROM

* Lime iMac - 266 MHz, 192 MB RAM, 6 GB HD, CD-ROM

* Grape iMac - 266 MHz, 128 MB RAM, no HD, CD-ROM

* Blueberry - 333 MHz, unknown HD and RAM


* Blueberry iMac - Slot lading 350 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB HD, CD- 
ROM


* Blueberry iMac - Slot loading 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB HD,  
DVD-ROM, FireWire


* Strawberry iMac - Slot lading, 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB HD,  
DVD-ROM - WONT POWER ON



* Ruby iMac - Slot lading, 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HD, DVD- 
ROM, Mac OS X Panther


* Indigo iMac x2 - Slot lading, 450 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HD,  
DVD-ROM, Mac OS X Panther


* Indigo iMac x2 - Slot loading, 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB HD,  
DVD-ROM, Mac OS X Panther




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Re: MS Office X updater - found!?

[David Peake]

Hey Peter,

I've got here a copy of a 10.1.5 updater for Office X Mac.

It's 6.3 MB, let me know if you would like a copy.

David.



On 16/04/2009, at 8:47 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 16/04/2009, at 8:35 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:

Does anyone out there in WAMUGLand still have a copy of the last  
(most recent) update file for M$ Office X? It is no longer  
available on the Microsoft site (M$ having dropped support for it  
some years ago).


The issue is the Entourage database on a client's machine. She has  
just bought a nice shiny new 20" iMac, but the Entourage database  
on her old iMac is corrupt. The issue seems to be that the original  
version of Office X could only handle a maximum database size of  
2Gb (at which point the database ceased to function), but that this  
limit was fixed with an update. The problem is not so much with the  
old email messages, but with the addresses in the Address Book. I  
have tried several measures: importing into Entourage 2004, running  
a little shareware app called Entouraid, rebuilding the database  
under Entourage 2004, all to no avail. My feeling is that if I can  
update the Office X on her original iMac and THEN rebuild, the  
problem may go away.


I would be very grateful t hear from anyone who might have a copy  
of the original updated file hanging around. I'm hunting around  
through some of my old MacFixit CDs and various other ancient  
resources, but I'm keen to deal with this more quickly than that  
process is going to take!




I think I've found it myself! I have a copy of the Office 10.1.4  
Update on my old G4. Can anyone confirm if this was final release?  
(I knew that keeping all these old updates might pay off  
someday   :-) )


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Free printers

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Does anyone want a free Apple LaserWriter printer?


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Re: Very Old Disks

[David Peake]

For anyone interested: I used a Mac Classic (running system 6) using  
the internal floppy drive as well as an Apple badged external floppy  
drive.


In the process of getting a compact Mac up and running, I found that  
none of my SE's boot anymore (hard drives have all failed) - Another  
story, but does anyone have an old Mac SE sitting in a cupboard  
somewhere?


Anyway, the trick is (as someone else mentioned) to put a bit of  
sticky tape over one of the small square 'openings' in the corner of  
the floppy disc so that its format can be recognised correctly in the  
Mac Classic.


I then transferred the data to a 'modern' 1.44 MB floppy disc, Mac  
formatted using the Mac Classic, which could then be read in an  
external HD USB floppy drive connected to my MacBook Pro.


From the MacBook Pro I moved the data from 1.44 MB floppy disc to CD  
for compatibility's sake.


The data can now be used under Mac OS X or Windows XP and the Word 5  
(or earlier) documents that were on the floppy discs are now on CD and  
completely compatible with Office '03 on Windows format which is  
interesting.





On 08/12/2008, at 10:50 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:

David has kindly agreed to take the disks and attempt to transfer  
the contents to CD on one of his collection of vintage macs. In  
return hopefully my client will donate his old mac to David's  
museum. Thank you all for the kind offers.

Rob

On 08/12/2008, at 5:28 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 08/12/2008, at 3:39 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:

That sounds like a good plan. How amenable would you be to me  
giving your details to my client to drop around the disks and make  
some arrangement to make it worth your while to do so? I would  
pass the disks back to him and let him deal with you directly if  
you were willing to do that.


And if that does not work I have a Mac LC475 which will loadOS  
7.1
and have an external SCSI hard drive and/or a scsi cd burner which  
might still work


Can put scsi external hard drive on to a G4   ( PCI scsi card )   
and then plenty of options .


Bob










On 08/12/2008, at 3:11 PM, David Peake wrote:

If it's going to be any help I have a collection of early Macs,  
and could probably get a 7.5 system up and running with a floppy  
drive and SCSI CD burner.


As long as system 7.5 will recognise 400k floppies then the data  
can either be moved to 1.44 MB floppies or alternatively, CD.


Seems straight-forward enough?




On 08/12/2008, at 3:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Rob,

They are probably 400K floppies which Apple support (partially)  
up to OS 7.6.1.
400K floppies are not supported in Mac OS 8 or later; you must  
copy the data onto an 800K or 1.44 MB disk.
For a very complete description of the limitations of System 7.x  
in handling 400K floppies  <http://support.apple.com/kb/TA47951?viewlocale=en_US 
>


If you can get a computer to read these floppies, the documents  
on them should be able to be 'Saved as Rich Text' RTF which  
could then be read by other operating systems.


What system is Kevin running on his Performa 6200? Might be  
worth a try.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/12/2008, at 2:41 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:


Thanks Ronni, they are Verbatim HD format.
We have an Imation drive here that reads 800k & I've also tried  
them in a Beige G3 with an actual floppy drive. Both these  
drives read floppies that we have here so I know they work.


The disks were written quite recently apparently and still read  
on the old Mac that created them so it's likely a problem of  
compatibility.


I think the problem is going to be that anything old enough to  
read them won't have any way of creating a medium that can be  
read on a modern Mac, except possibly using a SCSI CD burner.  
My problem is I can't justify how much I would have to charge   
a client to chase down an old Mac and do the converting so I  
hoped to find someone here who would take the challenge on a  
more amateur basis rather than simply saying no to the client.




On 08/12/2008, at 2:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello Rob,

If it was the Macintosh Plus, the machine may have had single- 
sided (400K) drives. Such disks are only readable in very old  
Macs.


What floppies are they? If you know someone who has an Imation  
SuperDisk Drive, they can read both 800K and 1.4 MB floppy  
disks.
However, they cannot read 400K floppy disks. So you'll need to  
find an old Mac if you have a 400K disk to read (kevin's 6200  
Performa might be able to).


Also ... the floppies could be corrupted. Floppy disks are  
only rated for data retention for 15 years.
Beyond that point, the probability is greater than 50% that  
data errors will render the data unreadable.


Cheers,
Ronni


On 08/12/2008, at 12:37 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:

I have a client with some floppies that were apparently  
written from a 1986 Macintosh. They contain some word/write  
documents he

Re: outright iphone purchase

[David Peake]

Haha well obviously, but rumor has (had) it, there wouldn't be an  
iPhone (hardware) update expected 'till 2010...




On 09/12/2008, at 1:38 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote:


Who said that! Apple will update when they want to.

Chris G
On 09/12/2008, at 1:34 PM, David Peake wrote:


I thought there wasn't going to be an updated iPhone until 2010?

It's likely that between now and then there will be a price drop  
though surely?




On 09/12/2008, at 1:11 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote:


Hi Adam,

I'd wait now until the MacWorld Conference Jan 5-9 2009. They will  
probably be bringing out a new phone anyway!!


Regards Chris G

On 09/12/2008, at 1:06 PM, Adam Hewitt wrote:

I didn't really want to go down that path as I would like the  
warranty
to be valid and I dont like spending that much money on ebay  
anyways.


I did find that JB Hifi will do it outright if you are a Telstra
customer, however they only do the 8GB version :(

Adam.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:36 PM, David Peake <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

Hey Adam,

Not sure if you would want to take this route, and you might  
have to be very
careful who you bid/buy from (to avoid scams like any ebay  
auction) but it

might be worth having a look on ebay?

I just bought a white 16 Gig 3G iPhone on there, factory  
unlocked and sealed

box for $930...

The last one went for $910 and the seller has 4 more...

There's 8 GB black 3G models new and used for much less, but  
more than $600.


Also I did look on "Perth Gumtree" which is an online Perth  
classified,
there's a few on there - used but cheaper than the prices you've  
been

quoted.

As always though, make sure you pay with a refundable method  
(such as

Pay-Pal) or pick up and pay cash...

Regards,
David.





On 09/12/2008, at 12:31 PM, Adam Hewitt wrote:


Sorry for replying to my own email, but I just found out that the
NextByte store (which my wife obviously thought was the "apple"  
store)
is actually doing the 8GB model for $1099 and the 16GB model  
for $1199

:(

Adam.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Adam Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>

wrote:


Hi All,

I have been lusting after and iPhone since it was first  
announced by
Steve Jobs at the keynote all those many moons ago, however I  
wasn't

able to justify the purchase to my wife. However after a nasty
accident involving my current o2 XDA and a washing machine I  
will
receive a couple of hundred dollars in insurance to put toward  
a new
mobile. Excitedly I called the local Telstra shop to see if  
they had

them in stock (which they do) only to be told that they don't do
outright purchases anymore and that it needs to go on a plan. I
currently have a telstra sim issued by my employer that I  
wanted to
use (hence going with a telstra outright purchase to prevent  
having to

get it unlocked) so getting a plan doesn't really work for me.

To my dismay it appears that they are all doing this now as I  
can find
no mention on any of the mobile company's selling them  
outright at
all. What I have been told is that I can get it outright from  
the
apple store for $1099 which seems slightly dirty given the  
$849 it was

previously.

Does anyone know whats going on here and what I need to do to  
get one?

I am finding all this very depressing :(

Adam.

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Re: outright iphone purchase

[David Peake]

I thought there wasn't going to be an updated iPhone until 2010?

It's likely that between now and then there will be a price drop  
though surely?




On 09/12/2008, at 1:11 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote:


Hi Adam,

I'd wait now until the MacWorld Conference Jan 5-9 2009. They will  
probably be bringing out a new phone anyway!!


Regards Chris G

On 09/12/2008, at 1:06 PM, Adam Hewitt wrote:

I didn't really want to go down that path as I would like the  
warranty

to be valid and I dont like spending that much money on ebay anyways.

I did find that JB Hifi will do it outright if you are a Telstra
customer, however they only do the 8GB version :(

Adam.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:36 PM, David Peake <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> wrote:

Hey Adam,

Not sure if you would want to take this route, and you might have  
to be very
careful who you bid/buy from (to avoid scams like any ebay  
auction) but it

might be worth having a look on ebay?

I just bought a white 16 Gig 3G iPhone on there, factory unlocked  
and sealed

box for $930...

The last one went for $910 and the seller has 4 more...

There's 8 GB black 3G models new and used for much less, but more  
than $600.


Also I did look on "Perth Gumtree" which is an online Perth  
classified,
there's a few on there - used but cheaper than the prices you've  
been

quoted.

As always though, make sure you pay with a refundable method (such  
as

Pay-Pal) or pick up and pay cash...

Regards,
David.





On 09/12/2008, at 12:31 PM, Adam Hewitt wrote:


Sorry for replying to my own email, but I just found out that the
NextByte store (which my wife obviously thought was the "apple"  
store)
is actually doing the 8GB model for $1099 and the 16GB model for  
$1199

:(

Adam.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Adam Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>

wrote:


Hi All,

I have been lusting after and iPhone since it was first  
announced by
Steve Jobs at the keynote all those many moons ago, however I  
wasn't

able to justify the purchase to my wife. However after a nasty
accident involving my current o2 XDA and a washing machine I will
receive a couple of hundred dollars in insurance to put toward a  
new
mobile. Excitedly I called the local Telstra shop to see if they  
had

them in stock (which they do) only to be told that they don't do
outright purchases anymore and that it needs to go on a plan. I
currently have a telstra sim issued by my employer that I wanted  
to
use (hence going with a telstra outright purchase to prevent  
having to

get it unlocked) so getting a plan doesn't really work for me.

To my dismay it appears that they are all doing this now as I  
can find

no mention on any of the mobile company's selling them outright at
all. What I have been told is that I can get it outright from the
apple store for $1099 which seems slightly dirty given the $849  
it was

previously.

Does anyone know whats going on here and what I need to do to  
get one?

I am finding all this very depressing :(

Adam.

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Re: Very Old Disks

[David Peake]

If it's going to be any help I have a collection of early Macs, and  
could probably get a 7.5 system up and running with a floppy drive and  
SCSI CD burner.


As long as system 7.5 will recognise 400k floppies then the data can  
either be moved to 1.44 MB floppies or alternatively, CD.


Seems straight-forward enough?




On 08/12/2008, at 3:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Rob,

They are probably 400K floppies which Apple support (partially) up  
to OS 7.6.1.
400K floppies are not supported in Mac OS 8 or later; you must copy  
the data onto an 800K or 1.44 MB disk.
For a very complete description of the limitations of System 7.x in  
handling 400K floppies  


If you can get a computer to read these floppies, the documents on  
them should be able to be 'Saved as Rich Text' RTF which could then  
be read by other operating systems.


What system is Kevin running on his Performa 6200? Might be worth a  
try.


Cheers,
Ronni

On 08/12/2008, at 2:41 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:


Thanks Ronni, they are Verbatim HD format.
We have an Imation drive here that reads 800k & I've also tried  
them in a Beige G3 with an actual floppy drive. Both these drives  
read floppies that we have here so I know they work.


The disks were written quite recently apparently and still read on  
the old Mac that created them so it's likely a problem of  
compatibility.


I think the problem is going to be that anything old enough to read  
them won't have any way of creating a medium that can be read on a  
modern Mac, except possibly using a SCSI CD burner. My problem is I  
can't justify how much I would have to charge  a client to chase  
down an old Mac and do the converting so I hoped to find someone  
here who would take the challenge on a more amateur basis rather  
than simply saying no to the client.




On 08/12/2008, at 2:15 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hello Rob,

If it was the Macintosh Plus, the machine may have had single- 
sided (400K) drives. Such disks are only readable in very old Macs.


What floppies are they? If you know someone who has an Imation  
SuperDisk Drive, they can read both 800K and 1.4 MB floppy disks.
However, they cannot read 400K floppy disks. So you'll need to  
find an old Mac if you have a 400K disk to read (kevin's 6200  
Performa might be able to).


Also ... the floppies could be corrupted. Floppy disks are only  
rated for data retention for 15 years.
Beyond that point, the probability is greater than 50% that data  
errors will render the data unreadable.


Cheers,
Ronni


On 08/12/2008, at 12:37 PM, Rob Findlay wrote:

I have a client with some floppies that were apparently written  
from a 1986 Macintosh. They contain some word/write documents he  
wants to convert to  a modern format. I've tried plugging in a  
USB floppy reader on Mac OS X and also putting the disks into the  
drive of an old G3 Powermac running system 9. In both cases I'm  
told that the disks can't be read.
I don't have any working older Macs left around the place and  
wondered if there was someone out there that would like to have a  
crack at reading the disks and converting the data. My client is  
happy to pay for someone to do this.

Cheers
Rob




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Re: Drowse or Sleep?

[David Peake]

Has anyone checked Apple's Firmware update database to check that all  
the latest patches relevant to G5 1.8 SP's are installed?




On 10/11/2008, at 10:16 AM, Susan Hastings wrote:

Hi all, the problem with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I have  
had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to networks,  
printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep  
when I'm not using them, unless I have something obvious happening,  
such as a file downloading.


This is unique to this computer - in my case a G5 1.8 SP, and I know  
its unique because of using a wide range of Macs. I can live with  
it, but thought it useful to share with Severin that this it might  
just be a quirk on these computers. If we could solve it, that would  
be great!


cheers, Susan.

On 09/11/2008, at 6:21 PM, James Devenish wrote:


Hi Severin,

Some programmes perform periodic activity which (intentionally or  
not)

will restart your Mac's time-to-sleep timer. For example, downloading
a large file will prevent your disk from going to sleep and thus
prevent your computer from going to sleep. Continuous file sharing  
and
internet chat logging can have this effect also, despite the fact  
that

you have walked away from your computer. Severin, if you close all
your apps and leave the computer for 10 mins, does it go to sleep? I
imagine it won't, but if it DOES, then you should try to identify
which programme is the culprit.

James

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Re: Finder not working

[David Peake]

There are three "Cache" folders in OSX.

Macintosh HD/System/Library/Caches
Macintosh HD/Users/*user*/Library/Caches
and
Macintosh HD/Library/Caches.

Move the contents of any of these folders to the trash (no need to  
empty trash however). All files and folders within the cache folders  
are safe *enough* to remove.


I know you may loose preferences such as any specifically changed  
default 'open with' settings for some documents and the computer will  
start up slowly after the first restart as the OS rebuilds these cache  
files.






On 27/10/2008, at 10:09 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote:



On 27/10/2008, at 10:04 AM, David Peake wrote:
Any particular ones or all of 'em?
Try deleting the contents of the "Cache" folders - usually works  
for me (if you can access them). You will most likely need to boot  
from another device though... Easy enough if you have another Mac  
and a FireWire cable!




On 27/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote:


Emac G4 1ghz running Leopard 10.5
Bought this computer about a month ago. Computer is in excellent  
nick and has been running perfectly. My wife installed a system  
update at the weekend (Auto Update)
Now the finder won't load (Endless spinning wheel),No folders or  
disc images onscreen-only desktop picture. Have tried repairing  
permissions (Can only access disc utility  via spotlight) The dock  
shows but does not activate anything except Dashboard. Spotlight  
indicates that all wife's folders and files are there. Zapped the  
PRAM - tried repairing permissions via disc utility on my Tiger  
install disc all to no avail. Am contemplating archiving Leopard  
and installing Tiger instead but am concerned about losing wifes  
folders and files.

CAN ANYONE HELP?
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Re: Finder not working

[David Peake]

Try deleting the contents of the "Cache" folders - usually works for  
me (if you can access them). You will most likely need to boot from  
another device though... Easy enough if you have another Mac and a  
FireWire cable!




On 27/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, Robert Miller-Eves wrote:


Emac G4 1ghz running Leopard 10.5
Bought this computer about a month ago. Computer is in excellent  
nick and has been running perfectly. My wife installed a system  
update at the weekend (Auto Update)
Now the finder won't load (Endless spinning wheel),No folders or  
disc images onscreen-only desktop picture. Have tried repairing  
permissions (Can only access disc utility  via spotlight) The dock  
shows but does not activate anything except Dashboard. Spotlight  
indicates that all wife's folders and files are there. Zapped the  
PRAM - tried repairing permissions via disc utility on my Tiger  
install disc all to no avail. Am contemplating archiving Leopard and  
installing Tiger instead but am concerned about losing wifes folders  
and files.

CAN ANYONE HELP?
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Re: How to transfer MacBook user content to MacBook Pro ?

[David Peake]

Won't be a problem. If you don't already have it - download "Carbon  
Copy Cloner" - it's an excellent clone tool and the best bit is it's  
free.




On 25/10/2008, at 6:01 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hi David,

Out of interest, do you know if this would work between G5 and G4  
iMacs - I
know intel to power PC isn't going to work, but what about different  
power

PC versions?

Reason I ask is my 800mHz G4 iMac is too slow to install Leopard  
directly,

but I have Leopard on a G5 iMac...

When I had a bit of spare time I planned on cloning to an old  
firewire drive
and just seeing if the G4 booted from it - but it would be nice to  
know if

anyone has already done this successfully!


TIA


Neil
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Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
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on 24/10/08 5:22 PM, David Peake at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Just to add - there will be no problem with cloning the drive between
two intel machines... I've done it literally 100's of times between
iMac's MacBooks, intel Mini's and MacBook Pro's...

Clone away!!!



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Re: How to transfer MacBook user content to MacBook Pro ?

[David Peake]

Just to add - there will be no problem with cloning the drive between  
two intel machines... I've done it literally 100's of times between  
iMac's MacBooks, intel Mini's and MacBook Pro's...


Clone away!!!



On 24/10/2008, at 5:15 PM, Kyle Kreusch wrote:


Hi Neil and Steven

Neil makes some valid points

Kyle's suggestion of cloning the drive over would be my preferred  
option if the two machines were identical - I have never tried it  
between two different models.


It should be perfectly ok As they are both laptop's

It would not be an option if say one was intel and the other was a  
G5. Assuming the are both intel machines


That is correct
They would both need to be the same architecture. Which they both are
As Apple never made a PowerPC-based MacBook or MacBook Pro

I would try and confirm with someone that they had done this before  
on two comparable machines - if so -go for it.


This is the main reason I think it should work As I have started a
iMac's Hard drive With a MacBook Pro Before and never had any problems

If you were able to clone the new system to an external firewire  
drive, just try and boot from it - if it boots up and all works OK  
you should be able to just clone it to the Macbook Pro.


Recommend you do this if you possibly can


You have a number of options to get your repaired Macbook Pro up to  
speed.


My preferred option would be a clean install on the repaired  
Macbook pro and

then migrate everything over from the current Macbook.


That would be my preferred option to



You say you don't want to do this because you don't have the original
install discs - have you tried using the install discs that came  
with the
new Macbook - typically they only work with the same model but I'm  
not sure
how Apple differentiates this - for example the install discs from  
an iMac
won't work with a Macbook but I don't know if the Macbook/Macbook  
Pro are
different - you could try it in my experience it will either work  
or say

something like "this software cannot be installed on this computer".


Unfortunately They are two separate sets of disks

Kyle

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Re: Emac ram

[David Peake]

Yeah, i've run an eMac 1.25 with 2 gig of RAM with no problems.


On 07/09/2008, at 11:27 AM, Jack/Bauer wrote:


Hi all

I have a eMac 1.25ghz they say it can handle two 1 gig mem sticks to  
give it
2gig ram,but they say on the Apple specs 1 gig max, has anyone put  
2gig of

ram with any known issues.

Thanks

Bart



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Re: Looking to Buy: Older Mac Equip.

[David Peake]

If James is not interested, i would like to be second in line for any  
old Mac stuff you're willing to offload?


David.


On 01/07/2008, at 3:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi James,  I'm about to toss out some SE30s and other obsolete Mac
junk.  Any use to you?

Paul.


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Re: freezing

[David Peake]

Can you please answer these two questions for me:

1. When it freezes, are you able to move the curser and does the  
screen saver continue moving or does it stop completely on the frozen  
saver?


2. Does the machine freeze if you open up the "grapher" application in  
the Utilities folder?


David.


On 25/06/2008, at 11:21 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 25/06/2008, at 10:43 AM, Ineke van Wel wrote:


Bob Howells and Ronni have put me on the right track
and I got rid of the offending screensaver.  However on
re-starting I left it for some minutes and returned to finan
Appole screensaver (forests) on the screen.  It was frozen, again.
I turned it off and this morning 'safe booted' it.  What I would
like to know, can I burn discs (back-up) whilst it is in safe-boot
mode?



Ineke van Wel   



Short answer ...   I do not know !  Suggest you try one !

But you may also wish to try turning off Screensaver !
Go to your System Preferences and look for Desktop & ScreenSaver .
Set the screensaver to never !

Alternate to using screensaver   ...  you could put the screen to  
sleep after a delay .

Go to System Preferences Energy Saver for that  !

Now be aware that with your problem ,
putting the screen to sleep might still incur a freeze when you ask  
the screen to wake .

It depends on the cause of the trouble .

Your problem could be  Software or Hardware related .

If it's software after you get all your data off and backed up ,
you could try running the Panther Combo update .. it can sometimes  
fix things up ... copy here



it's a 117MB download ,


or you could reformat the drive ,
then instal MAC OS X 10.3   (Panther)
and finally run the MAC OS X 10.3 COMBO update

After all that if you are still getting freezes that you cannot put  
up with it possibly is a Hardware problem


Good Luck

Bob






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Re: Lost Emails

[David Peake]

You need to browse to the desktop fodler, or the folder containing the  
mailboxes, not to the mailbox itself if that makes sense.



On 24/06/2008, at 9:57 AM, Clive Slater wrote:


Hi Ronni

I did as David suggested there is a POP mail box with Inbox , Sent,  
Deleted & Draft sections, when I copy these to my desk top and go to  
import them Mail>File>Import Mail Boxes I am getting an Error  
message "No valid mail for OSX files found"


Cheers

Clive
On 24/06/2008, at 9:43 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


Hi Clive,

Are you telling us that there is absolutely no Mail Folder in your  
User > Library > Mail?
Or no folder within the Mail Folder named '[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
"?


Cheers,
Ronni

On 24/06/2008, at 8:45 AM, Clive Slater wrote:


Hi Bob

I did as you suggested, no luck they have all gone. Any idea what  
happened to make them all disappear.


Thanks
Clive

On 23/06/2008, at 4:38 PM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 23/06/2008, at 3:47 PM, Clive Slater wrote:


Hi Group

G4 OSX 10.4.11

Last week Mail 2.1.3 crashed and all previously received and  
sent emails do not exist any more only this message


"The message from Kristie Walker  concerning "FW  
Comments from cargo force web site" has not been downloaded from  
the server. You need to take this account online in order to  
download it"


I am presuming that they are gone for good. Not Good!!
Is there any way to get them back.

TIA

Regards

Clive


Clive,
your mail may still be on your hard drive and only the index gone .

Check under   USER - Library - Mail for Pop mail ( I assume  
you are using Pop mail )

and see how big the folders are .

If you have size the mail is still there .

In your Mail drop dpwn menus under " mailbox  "  look for  
and action  " rebuild "


It may take a few minutes

Bob


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Re: EyeTV reception

[David Peake]

Glenn,

I've got an EyeTV and have found any station with the mini antennae  
attached is shocking (in Kalamunda).


However, i have attached a set of "bunny ears" to mine and have  
perfect reception on every station now.


Hope that helps.



On 18/06/2008, at 6:05 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote:


Just got an Elgato EyeTV 3.

Can the rod antenna get reception anywhere in Perth?

Or is an active antenna or roof aerial required?  If Active, where is
the best place to get these?

Thanks for any assistance.

Glenn Nicholas

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Re: PageMaker

[David Peake]

Another vote for InDesign here.

As others have mentioned, I'm sure it replaced PageMaker in Adobe's  
line-up.


Quark would also be an option, but InDesign would be the preference.



On 06/06/2008, at 10:37 AM, Skehan Adrian wrote:


Hi all,

A friend of mine is writing a technical medical book with lots of  
graphics etc. using word on a windows machine, how wrong can you  
get?  When I last did a project like that I used PageMaker which no  
longer exists.  Can anyone please advise me of a suitable  
alternative software and any info on publishing would be appreciated.



Regards,

Adrian

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Re: 32 MB, 168 pin EDO memory module

[David Peake]

Hi Yvonne,

Thanks for the advice, i will check up on that!!

Regards,
David.


On 04/06/2008, at 11:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


hi David

if i remember correctly the ram has to be the same in each slot

Yvonne

On 04/06/2008, at 9:52 AM, David Peake wrote:


Hi WAMUG mailing list users!

This is my first message out, so hope i get it right!

I have acquired an older, pre G3 PowerMac that I am restoring and  
am looking to upgrade it's memory.


As far as i can gather, it uses the older style 168 pin EDO modules  
and takes only 32 MB per slot.


Does anyone out there have any of this old RAM lying around or  
knows where it still may be available?


Any help is appreciated :)

Thanks all!

David.


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Re: 168 pin FPM memory modules forsale / giveaway

[David Peake]

Hi Geoff,

This sounds great! What would you like for them both? Also where  
abouts are you located? I live in Kalamunda, but work in Perth.


David.


On 04/06/2008, at 11:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


i have 2x 128meg 168 pin FPM memory modules
suitable for pci power macs, 7300, 7600, 8500, 8600 and more

similar to these:
http://www.oempcworld.com/OEMPCworld-com/128M-DIMM5V-BF.html
128MB 168pin FPM DRAM DIMM 16Mx64 non-parity buffered dampered gold  
leads

5 volts 60ns 4K refresh 16 chip count max 1.25 inches tall

-geoff


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Re: 32 MB, 168 pin EDO memory module

[David Peake]

Sorry all for not being more specific on what I had, however:

The PowerMac I have is a 5400/180, all in one machine.

RAM should be common to 5200/5400/5500, 6200/6300/6400/6500,  
7200/7300/7500 and 8500/8600/9500/9600 model Power Macintosh i believe?





On 04/06/2008, at 10:00 AM, Robert Howells wrote:



On 04/06/2008, at 9:52 AM, David Peake wrote:


Hi WAMUG mailing list users!

This is my first message out, so hope i get it right!

I have acquired an older, pre G3 PowerMac



But precisely which model ?   You should find it written on the case  
somewhere



Bob




that I am restoring and am looking to upgrade it's memory.

As far as i can gather, it uses the older style 168 pin EDO modules  
and takes only 32 MB per slot.


Does anyone out there have any of this old RAM lying around or  
knows where it still may be available?


Any help is appreciated :)

Thanks all!

David.


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32 MB, 168 pin EDO memory module

[David Peake]

Hi WAMUG mailing list users!

This is my first message out, so hope i get it right!

I have acquired an older, pre G3 PowerMac that I am restoring and am  
looking to upgrade it's memory.


As far as i can gather, it uses the older style 168 pin EDO modules  
and takes only 32 MB per slot.


Does anyone out there have any of this old RAM lying around or knows  
where it still may be available?


Any help is appreciated :)

Thanks all!

David.


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