[For Sale] Upgraded Apple G5/1.8DP, $1000
Hi all, One of my Macs is looking for a new home - it's a G5 tower with the dual 1.8Ghz processor, all the usual specs plus: - 2GB RAM - 450G HDD (two drives) - Pioneer DVR-111D DVD burner It's currently running OS X 10.4.10, and all the original boxes/CDs/ manuals are included. Some pics are here FWIW: http://www.zeva.com.au/ G5/, please note MONITOR IS NOT INCLUDED - that one has already gone to a new home. (For the observant, yes it's the same machine I advertised a few months ago - my brother ended up borrowing it for a while after his laptop was stolen!) Feel free to email with any other questions :) -- Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For sale: G5/1.8DP system
Hi all, Having recently taken delivery of my new Mac, I'm looking to sell the old workhorse! It's a G5, dual 1.8Ghz processors with all the usual specs plus: - 2 gig RAM - 450G HDD space (two drives) - Upgraded DVD drive to Pioneer DVR-111D (the old DVDR used to experience buffer underruns!) - Samsung 173P monitor (17" LCD , 1280x1024 res, no dead pixels - one of the best 17" LCDs around!) Keyboard and mouse are as new, having spent their life still in the box (I have an aftermarket kbd and mouse). It's currently running OS X 10.4.10. All original boxes/CDs/manuals included. Some pics here: http://www.zeva.com.au/G5/ Asking $1500 for the lot, drop me a line with any other questions! Kind regards, Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fwd: Free iMac 266 (has gone)
The iMac has now gone, thanks. -Ian Begin forwarded message: From: Ian Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 3 February 2007 9:50:18 PM To: "WAMUG Mailing List" Subject: Free iMac 266 Hi all, I've got an old blueberry iMac 266 here which is pretty much free to good home, in case anyone can use it! All in good working order with keyboard, puck mouse and currently running OS 8.6. Shoot me an email if interested.. -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Free iMac 266
Hi all, I've got an old blueberry iMac 266 here which is pretty much free to good home, in case anyone can use it! All in good working order with keyboard, puck mouse and currently running OS 8.6. Shoot me an email if interested.. -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE]: Adobe Design Collection
Hi all, Due to upgrading to OS X, a client of mine has an Adobe Design Collection package for OS 9 for sale. This includes: • Adobe Photoshop 6.0 • Adobe InDesign 1.5 • Adobe Illustrator 9.0 • Adobe Acrobat 5.0 As well as instruction manuals (still in original shrink-wrapping) and the stylish (?) black box. AFAIK it's usually cheaper to buy the whole design collection for OS X than to upgrade all the components, but I expect a lot of people out there are still under OS 8/9, and this might suit perfectly. Or buy this and just upgrade to the latest Photoshop, still cheaper than Photoshop by itself! I've put a picture up of what's in the box here: http://www.focal.net.au/design_collection.jpg It was purchased for about $2400, asking price is $1100 inc GST - it was a business purchase so a tax invoice will be supplied. Please email me off list if interested! :) -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE]: 256MB PC133 SO-DIMMs
Hi all, Due to having just upgraded the RAM in my TiBook, I have two 256MB SO-DIMMs looking for a new home(s), only 6 months old, asking $75 each including delivery & installation if you need it. Please email me off-list if interested! -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
TiPaint
Hi all, Does anyone have any experience ordering from TiPaint.com, in particular how long the stuff should take to get here? I ordered some touch-up paint just over a month ago and am now starting to wonder where it's got to! -Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE] Netgear DG824M wireless router
Hi all, I have one Netgear DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem/Router looking for a new home. It is a 4-in-one device which includes: - ADSL modem - Internet router with Firewall - 4-port 10/100Base-T auto-sensing ethernet switch - Wireless 802.11b gateway (100% compatible with Apple Airport networking!) Full specs are here: http://www.netgear.com.au/products/prod_details.asp?prodID=165 It's near new and working perfectly, with almost 11 months warranty remaining, but it's just superfluous to our needs. Australian RRP is $599, asking price is $385 ono. It was a business purchase so this includes GST, and it will be supplied with tax invoice. I'm happy to deliver it for free (inside the metro area, anyway...) Please contact me off-list if interested! Regards, -Ian H
[FOR SALE]: G4/450DP + 15" LCD
Hi all, Due to upgrade I am looking to sell my G4/450DP, specced as follows: - G4 dual 450Mhz processors - 1 gig RAM - 80 gig Seagate Barracuda IV 7200rpm hard drive - Internal Sony 40x24x10 CDRW drive - Apple 15" LCD display (no dead or dodgy pixels) With all original CDs, books and boxes. In my own speed tests against a 700Mhz G4 iMac, this machine came out almost 50% faster on average! Asking $2750 complete or $2100 sans monitor, please email me if interested. Ian Hooper -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[STILL FOR SALE!] G4/450DP and iMac G4
Hi all, Just a quick post to say that my G4 and my friend's iMac are still available, and as such we've lowered the asking price as follows: Apple G4/450 dual, 384MB RAM, 80G HDD, internal Sony 24x CDRW, $2190 iMac G4/700, 128MB RAM, 80G HDD, combo drive (DVD/CDRW), 15" TFT, $2690 Both with all original boxes/CDs/etc. Please email or phone (0419 197 949) if interested! Regards, Ian Hooper -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for another 7 days)
[FOR SALE]: Apple iMac G4/700 (combo drive)
Hi all, Due to the release of the new G4s, a friend of mine is selling his iMac he purchased a few months ago. It is specced as follows, including about $500 worth of upgrades: Apple iMac G4/700Mhz Combo drive model (DVD & CDRW) 15" LCD screen (no dead pixels) Upgraded to 512MB RAM in the top slot (still has a free RAM slot) Upgraded to 80GB internal hard drive Pro speakers Pro keyboard & mouse More information on this model is found here: http://www.apple.com.au/imac/specs.html (model M7677X/B) Comes with all the original box/CDs and receipts, all as new with the majority of its 12 month warranty remaining. RRP on these models is currently $3295 with 128MB/40G, asking price (including upgrades) is $3150 ono. Please get in touch with me by email or on 0419 197 949 if interested. Or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if my mac.com account expires first. ;) Regards, -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[FOR SALE]: G4/400 & Monitor
Hi all, My brother just bought a house and as such has asked me to find a buyer for his G4 system, as follows: Apple G4/400 (gigabit ethernet) - 192MB RAM - 30G 7200rpm HDD - 13G 5400rpm HDD - Internal 100MB Zip drive - Sony E220 (true flat CRT) 17" trinitron monitor (only 6 months old) Asking price is $2500 (ono), please email me if interested! Also, I came across my old serial MIDI interface the other day - now that I've gone to USB, it's no use to me so if anyone wants to give it a new home (free) let me know. Cheers, Ian
Filemaker Pro 5
Hi list, A quick Filemaker Pro 5 question, is there some easy way of setting the number of significant figures in a calculation field's output, e.g to show 2.00 dollars? Using 'Precision' works fine but omits the trailing 0's... ideas? -Ian
Re: Flat Screens for DTP
Hi Anton & list, Well I do a fair bit of DTP/web work, and I use one of Apple's LCD desktop displays - my eyes are thanking me for it and I can't imagine ever going back to a CRT! The colour fidelity on the new LCDs is incomparably better than the old Lombard/Pismo displays (I used to own a Pismo), and is definitely good enough for most all DTP stuff. At the same time, if you're doing a lot of colour pre-press work, the experts all reccomend running a (second) CRT monitor - even just a 15" that supports ColorSync - for proofing, since LCDs are still a bit too 'warm' sometimes. My 2 cents :) -Ian >I must admit I don't spend a lot of time behind many flat screens >aside from the one in my Lombard. Its usually a nice Sony CRT or at >the other end of the scale, aging Apple Multiscans. > >The question is this : > >Is there anyone out there using flat screen displays for DTP or, more >importantly, graphics design where colour is important. > >It still seems to me that CRT is "the way" for print / graphics design. > >I'd be interested to hear what the WAMUGers think! __ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Think of how stupid the average person is and realize that half of everybody is stupider than that. -George Carlin
[FOR SALE]: iBook 600!
Hi again everyone, yet another thing for sale *jeeze* last one I promise ;) A friend of mine who now lives in Sydney has an iBook he is hoping to sell. He had to change to a Sun Solaris instead for work, poor fellow... It's about 3 months old from memory so still under warranty of course, the 600mhz model (12.1" screen) with CDRW/DVD combo drive, plus an extra 256 megs of RAM i.e 384MB total. With all the original boxes, like new. These things are $3395 right now (without the extra RAM), if anyone wants it for $2950 please let me know asap (that's including postage from Sydney cos I told him I'd organise it at this end!) I thought that was a rather good price meself but I already have a G4 and having two computers is just silly. Wouldn't mind a new iMac though... just to sit on my desk looking purdy :) Cheers! -Ian __________ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Every absurdity has a champion who will defend it"
[FOR SALE]: Lots of peripherals
Hi everyone, Well, my sister finally got herself a new computer (a nice new iBook), and I have been given the dubious responsibility of finding a new home for her old equipment. It was quite a setup so I figured it'd be easier to sell in parts, as follows: (the CPU itself has already gone) - Epson Stylus Color 850 (serial printer), $250 - Apple 1710AV trinitron monitor, $200 - Panasonic 20x8 (internal) SCSI CD burner, $150 - Iomega external SCSI Zip drive, $75 - IBM 4G SCSI Hard drive (internal), $75 - Umax Astra 600S (SCSI) scanner, $75 - Avtec 33.6K (v34) external serial modem, $25 - RAM, 168 pin 5v FPM DIMMs, 4x16MB, 2x8MB $1/meg or $50 the lot Plus I'm a uni student so free delivery can be arranged in most cases, and I don't mind helping to install things where necessary. Check out http://www.ihooper.net/wamug for pictures of everything! Please contact me off list if interested in anything :) Cheers, -Ian ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hard work might not kill me but why take that chance?"
Re: FW: GMUG - IDE Hard Drive Upgrade
Firstly, the B&Ws used the IDE interface for the hard drives, not SCSI - IDE busses can only ever have two drives, a master and a slave. Compared to SCSI, it is a terribly nonscalable interface that was born in the overly price-competitive Wintel market to cut costs. I suppose IDE does a decent enough job these days, but no surprise that SCSI still dominates in all high-performance markets! I haven't heard about the problems with a B&W not recognising a second IDE drive, but just in case you might want to check the 6 gig drive and make sure it's not in Cable Select mode because this will have it claim the whole IDE bus. It's a jumper setting, as Reg says you're best going to the website of the manufacturer to get a listing of jumper settings. That, or just use the 30 gig drive set as the Master with no 6 gig drive... it's only 6 gig after all ;) And the other thing you can try, if you don't have an internal Zip drive, is to connect the second drive up (in Slave mode) to the available connector below your CD drive. This was always a great kludge to get a third drive in your G4, and the CD drive will definitely not be in CS mode. Best of luck getting it to work! -Ian On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 05:08 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Simon If both drives have same number then the computer doesn't know which one to boot, so it doesn't boot, in my belief. That knowledge is gained from putting 2x IGB 'Phil McGree' SCSI drives in a 7220 here recently. Eventually my son's girlfriend's father (a Fujitsu Systems Engineer) told me to go to the IBM website for instructions on changing SCSI number jumpers, as they were IBM disks. That I eventually did and heypresto it started! Reg Hi Reg: Our problem is we can't even get the machine to start up with the drive connected. I guess I will have to do without Simon's old 30 gig hard drive :-(. Nat -- Nathalie Collins Pico and Westwood Enterprises "Creative Marketing Solutions" Post Office Box 1394, Geraldton WA 6531 Mob: 041 201 3584, Ph/Fx: (08) 9965 3449 -- Forwarded Message From: Reg Whitely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:28:15 +0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GMUG - IDE Hard Drive Upgrade Simon Have you given it a different number? I know with SCSI drives you need to set a separate SCSI number or it won't be recognised. I guess IDE would need that too as all drives need separate numbers. Try using a program called Mt.Everything on the Mac to see if it can see it. If you like I can email you a copy. Reg Hi I am trying to upgrade Nathalie's B&W G3 with a second slave drive (Western Digital 30GB, 5400rpm). She currently has a 6GB master drive (Maxtor). Despite all efforts I cannot get the machine to recognise either drive when both are hooked into the IDE cable. However when the 30GB hard drive is taken off the IDE cable the machine starts without a problem. The 30GB drive has come out of my PC. I have been to the Western Digital web site and it says that these drives should work with Macs (as a slave drive) and as a master drive (when installed by Apple at the factory). The drive currently has a Windows and a Linux partition on it (but I don't see why this should matter). I just want to be able to recognise the drive and then format it. I set the drive up as slave and then switched to cable-select. The same thing happens. Is 30GB too much for the B&W G3's. That is about the only thing I can think of? Regards Simon
Re: Macs & Viruses? - Comments pls
Well, I think you are completely justified in not being cautious - I used to run anti-virus software but now I think it's a waste of time. I've been using Macs (a lot) for over ten years, I've dragged my Mac through the muddiest depths of the internet and back, and in all that time I've only ever come across one virus. In fact, it was about 6 years ago, arrived on floppy disk from a friend of mine, and it was not malevolent so it sat around my system for six months before I chanced upon it. I would think if there were virii to be caught by Macs, mine would have caught them by now, so personally I tell people never to worry if they have a Mac. I hope this gives you some confidence, Jon! -Ian On Sunday, December 9, 2001, at 04:37 PM, Paul S wrote: I'd like to know other peoples experiences, as I tend to be less cautious then most people. Cheers, Paul Hello all. having had a couple of advices from our ISP this week regarding viruses being intercepted in our email, I had been wondering the situation regarding Macs and viruses? My "iMac for Dummies" suggests us to be almost completely immune, with suggestion of a simple adjustment to protect from the only one the author knew of. I'm just wondering if anyone has more up-to-date info on the question. Have read back a way in the archive and confidence of immunity is quite high? Don't need a virus for Christmas, and they seem to be proliferating? Is there an effective Mac protection programme one should have, for Christmas perhaps? Best to all. Jon Price
Sheduled wake-up in OS X?
Hi, everyone! As beautiful as OS X is to use, there are quite a few things I miss... Not the least was the ability of OS 9's Energy Saver to wake itself up at a scheduled time - I would use the computer as an expensive alarm clock and have it play me some mp3s when it was time to get out of bed, much nicer than the incessant BEEP BEEP BEEP of my little alarm clock, that just put me in a bad mood for the whole day. A means of setting up something similar in OS X still eludes me, and I was wondering if any of the experts out there might know a way of doing it in X? Thanks in advance, -Ian
[FOR SALE]: Powerbook 400 Firewire
Hi all, Firstly many thanks to those who responded to my post about the 180c, it's nice to know the Mac community is so helpful! On another note, I still have my PowerBook for sale, and have dropped the asking price to $2500 (ono) in the hope of finding a good home soon! (I'm selling because I just got a G4.) It is specced as follows: Apple PowerBook 400 Firewire (Pismo series) 400Mhz G3, 64MB RAM, 6G HDD, DVD-ROM, 14.1" TFT display 2x Firewire, 2x USB, infra-red, sound in, sound out, VGA out, S-Video out, ethernet, 56K modem Picture of it at http://www.ihooper.net/laptop.jpg - all in excellent condition, supplied with original box & receipt. It will be in the Quokka this Thursday but I thought I'd offer it to WAMUG people first! Please email me off-list with any queries... Kind regards, -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems with a PB180c
Hi, all! A friend of mine is having some trouble with a dead screen on their PowerBook 180c, and I was wondering if anyone out there might be able to help. The main thing is to get all the information off it, and I have three possible plans: 1) Does anyone have a 180 or 180c they would like to sell? Preferably one with a broken motherboard/hard drive or something so they don't want too much for it! ;) 2) Does anyone have an old 180c or similar which they wouldn't mind me temporarily transplanting the old hard drive into so we can save everything off to floppy disk (it's a big ask, I know!) 3) Can anyone confirm whether or not the 180c can do SCSI disk mode? If so does anyone have a HDI-30 to DB25 scsi cable I might be able to borrow for a day? Please contact me off list if you can help, thanks in advance! Kind regards, -Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
[FOR SALE]: Powerbook G3/400
Hi, everyone! Having recently upgraded to a G4, I am looking to sell my trusty G3 laptop, with specs as follows: PowerBook G3 (Pismo), 400Mhz G3 processor, 64MB RAM (up to 512MB), 6G hard drive, DVD-ROM drive, 14.1" TFT display (1024x768), InfraRed, 2x Firewire, 2x USB, sound in, sound out, VGA out, composite video out, ethernet, internal modem, PCMCIA slot I purchased this machine brand new in March last year while I was an employee at the (late) AppleCentre Cannington, it has worked flawlessly since and has been well cared for! The battery is still in great shape, and the screen has no dead pixels. It comes with the original box and invoice. I am also throwing in a USB keyboard for those of you who, like me, miss the numeric keyboard with a laptop, and an Apple Pro Mouse. I have uploaded a picture of the machine and accessories here: http://www.ihooper.net/laptop.jpg I would like to get $2900 for this package, please email me with offers or for further information. Cheers, -Ian ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Love your enemies just incase your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards." - R. A. Dickson
Couple of things for sale
Hi, all! In my ongoing quest to move away from SCSI, I have a couple of peripherals for sale: - External SCSI CD writer, 8x read 4x write (Panasonic drive), works great apart from a noisy fan (which could be replaced for about $20 if it bothers you), pic of the unit at ihooper.net/burner.jpg - 100MB SCSI Zip drive, pic at ihooper.net/zip.jpg Both devices supplied with power and SCSI cables of course, and carry my personal guarantee ;) Asking $80 each or $150 for both (ono), and I'm happy to deliver within the metro area, please email me if interested! Cheers, -Ian ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Anything can be made to work if you fiddle with it long enough"
Virtual PC
Here's a tricky one for the experts... Does anyone know if Virtual PC can use a USB to parallel adapter to emulate a real parallel port under Windows? Serial port emulation works quite successfully with a USB-serial adapter but I've never tried parallel... I need to program some microcontrollers from Windows over parallel and it would be nice if I could just do it under VPC! Thanks in advance, -Ian ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If your parents didn't have any children, there is a good chance you won't have any." - Clarence Day
[FOR SALE] iMac 266
Hi all, A friend of mine recently upgraded to a new iMac and as such is selling the old one, spec'ed as follows: Apple iMac 266Mhz (Rev B, bondi blue), 64 RAM, 6G hard drive (if my memory of Rev Bs serves me correctly..?), and all the usual USB/modem/ethernet/etc. Asking price is $800 ono, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if interested. Cheers, -Ian ______ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal and a good woman - or a bad woman, it depends how much happiness you can handle." - George Burns
[FOR SALE]: LW Select 360
In the words of Steve, "Oh and there's just one more thing..." We have an Apple LaserWriter Select 360 here which we'd like to onsell to someone who can use it - it cost about $2500 back in 1996, still works fine, and if someone wants it for $250 it's theirs. The 360 is a Localtalk printer, it can connect to an ethernet network if you get a Localtalk to Ethernet transceiver (such as an AsanteTalk), but those little boxes are about $250 by themself so I decided it wasn't worth me doing and would be more suited to someone with a Localtalk network, or just running off a single serial (older) Macintosh. Plus I don't mind delivering this one to the buyer, and can run a test print on site to show that it's working. Once again, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you're interested. -Ian __________ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper." - Quentin Crisp
Free to good home
Hi everyone, I have a few things old Mac things here I'm trying to get rid of, preferably to a good home - they're going in the bin next week! So any of the following are free to a good home if you come and pick them up. (I'm in Maida Vale, near Midland) 2x Apple ADB keyboards - Mac LC1 (complete and working - minus mouse ball, of all things...) - Syquest EZ135 drive (SCSI) - broken but maybe good for parts 5x EZ135 cartridges, working fine themselves as far as I know - hacked up LC630, cpu only, might be good for parts if anyone has one in need! - Apple Color Stylewriter Pro - not sure if it's working, definitely needs ink - A bunch of old MacAction / MacFormat cover CDs from about 1994-1998 - Apple 300i CD (internal SCSI) drive, 8x read - AUI to 10Base-T ethernet transceiver Please drop me an email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) if you want to come grab any of it. Cheers, -Ian __________ Ian Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hard work might not kill me but why take that chance?"
