WTB G3 ibook
G'day all Looking for a someone upgrading from G3 ibook Please reply off list or by tel 9437 3168 0407 194 165
Re: The Incredibles
I was in Big W the other day and saw a Disney computer game for The Incredibles It has the label Built for Mac OS X 10.2 So I parted with $38.93. Brought it home and tried to install it on one of the Macs running with OS X 10.3.9. Guess what? Its installer doesn't want to run. That's incredible. I did manage to get the program to run by clicking its Icon in MacResources, but it's buggy. Any polite suggestions would be appreciated. Best wishes, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/2004/ Perhaps you should have bought The Credibles :-)
Re: John Currie on TV May 12
There's a beaut pic of WAMUG's own John Currie in today's Melbourne Age promoting the ABC's Ten Days to Victory programme coming up at 8.30pm on Thursday 12. Dudley Gager At Starbucks Swanston St Melbourne G'Day all I haven't seen the production yet but it is in two parts and I understand I feature in the second part which is to be on ABC Channel 2 on the Thursday 19th at 8.30. Don't forget to support the Oscar nomination for next year :-)
Panorama downloading
G'day all Anybody having difficulty in downloading Panorama should note the following information from Jim Rea in relation to a problem raised by potential user Cheers John I've downloaded the sitx file twice now... but each time, it decompresses to within 5 seconds of completion... then sits there. Just let it sit. Eventually it will complete - it may take a few minutes (one customer reported over 20 minutes). Another option is to use Stuffit Expander 8 if you can get your hands on it. It will unstuff it right away. Jim Rea Jim Rea is to Panorama what Bill Gates is to Microsoft Wind the big difference is Jim actually wrote and continues to enhance the program http://www.provue.com/panoramatestdrive.html
Re: Database on OS X
Dear WAMUG'ers, For those interested in databases for the Mac platform I suggest a quick look at this interesting article: http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08018 If the author's name was not given I would have sworn that it was written by our very own John C! Regards, Philippe For those on the list who don't know who Philippe is referring to, I am the John C nutter who happens to believe that Panorama is a more versatile data base than FMP for many if not most purposes . If you need a multi user data base or one which can readily be searchable on the Web you may have to wait until June. There are ways and means of doing both these things with the current version however they have relied on third party software which has been sold and allowed to wither on the vine. Jim Rae proprietor and program writer has been working on the OS X version of Panorama which was launched last year. Concurrently he has been working on the enterprise edition which will build into Panorama multi user and interactive web facilities.The beta version exists and is being tested by the gurus. Jim has promised its launch June or July this year. Panorama being RAM based is blazingly fast. Unlike FMP and other disk writing data bases it does not assemble its reports by retrieving data from the disk on the basis of indexed fields. eg I have a data base of some 40,000 records of descriptions of photographs and other details held at the Aviation Heritage Museum . I can search and find all the records which begin with, end with, contain , equal etc. etc. in 50 fields (none of which are burdened with indexes) in a split second with scanned images if required. How much space does this file occupy? 5.3 mbs. Having found the information I want I can display or print it in pre designed forms (list or card) or if I wanted a one off presentation I could design and print a form on the fly which may be discarded by not saving the data base when I close. The background to the Tidbits article is a review of Panorama V which appears in the April ? issue of US MacWorld The reviewer one William Porter is apparently a long time FMP developer who has a number of books on FMP to his credit. This was not revealed by MacWorld and has not unnaturally called into question the motives behind the faint praise and flawed review. My one great regret as a member of WAMUG is that I have not persuaded a single member to give Panorama a go. I assure you that is my fault not Panorama's. Like Apple and Microsoft it is a David and Goliath situation unfortunately in this case Apple is the Goliath . PROVUE is along with Microsoft the only surviving software company from the inception of Macintosh . Check it out at http://www.provue.com/ Cheers John
Re: Just as I thought...we're in a different world
All of the messages so far on this topic have been unaustralian that is despondent and accepting of our lot. Telling each other why it should be so rather than why it should change. Does Steve know about our plight ? Can we do something about it ? Cheerup
HP Laserjet 2500 Disk
G'Day all At the Aviation Museum we have an HP LaserJet 2500 Printer I do not recommend it . My present problem is however to replace the Master CD disk which has been lost stolen or misplaced. Anyone out there with the CD which could be copied. Any recommendations regarding firm or people who will service the beast. TIA John
Adobe Acrobat
G'day gurus Anybody using Acrobat 6.02 ? It gets some wide ranging good and bad reviews on Version tracker. What alternatives are there for producing book type text and images on CD or DVD TIA John
Re: Anybody with an iPod ?
Methodshop, which offers iPod tech support and repairs, cites several stories in its warning about a surprisingly common iPod toilet trap: Wow, the toilet dropping appears to be a common problem! I hope the toilet was full of clean water. Always wait until the iPod is completely dry before plugging it in, or using it. Water and electricty don't mix. It might work fine after it dries out. Cross your fingers. If you are having issues like the Folder icon or Sad Face, you should probably try to erase and restore it. That might work if the hard drive just got a little whacked. However, you may need to replace a few parts inside depending on what exactly happened. Sounds like a great business opportunity, producing a new accessory iPod water wings
Trojan Horse
This story in TidBits didn't get much of a mention on the list Was it an April Fools joke John Although 1999 seems an eternity ago, some things never change, and today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it would be standardizing all of its computing functions on Macs running Mac OS X. As with the Army's decision back in 1999, the reason is security. Even though Microsoft continues to block holes in Windows, we've seen an ever-increasing number of worm and virus epidemics that have turned millions of Windows-based PCs into zombie spam generators and resulted in many billions of dollars of damage and cleanup costs. Therein lies the difference since 1999. Although DHS remains concerned about the security of its internal and external Web sites, the real worry today is that the entire department could be crippled by a virulent Windows worm or virus. The Army was merely embarrassed by their Web site being modified, but a worm- based attack on DHS computers could seriously compromise the agency's ability to respond to a terrorist attack. DHS has been particularly concerned about such attacks, issuing an alert in March about a Windows program called Phatbot that brings peer- to-peer networking concepts to malicious software. Needless to say, the announcement is good news for Apple Computer, since it will entail the purchase of hundreds of thousands of Macintosh systems. Apple stock rose $4.01 on the announcement as Wall Street took account of the future earnings. It's important to remain realistic about the effects of DHS switching to Mac OS X. In the past, Macs have been largely free of worms and viruses at least in part because Macs weren't generally used in interesting places (interesting, that is, to the sort of people who write malicious software). Targets don't get much more prominent than DHS, and I fully expect to see more hacking effort aimed against Macs in the near future. Apple is not unaware of this possibility either, and has already started advertising for additional security engineers, as evidenced by the job posting below (Apple ID required for login).
Subscriptions
G'Day all from the ex-treasurer Some members have been asking about subscriptions . As you will recall we have been moving towards the situation where all subscriptions expired on a common date, namely 31st December each year. The majority of members subscriptions expired last December 31st There are a few that have paid in advance of that date. The subscription for ordinary members is $30 The subscription for students is $20 The subscription for Corporate members is $190 Payment where due can be made by cheque or money order to WAMUG Treasurer Post Office Box 514 Wembley Post Office 6913 Alternatively you can pay by Bank transfer to BANK WEST WAMUG ACCOUNT is BSB 306075 and Account number 4197787 So that we can identify who the payment is from please include your Name and/or Member No in what is known as the narrative. WAMUG does not run raffles. We conduct ballots to select members worthy of some special recognition.
Re: http://bigpondmusic.com/home.asp
On 16/01/2004, at 10:06 AM, L Pohl wrote: A telling quote from Justine Milne, BigPond managing director: iPods don't (work with BigPond Music) - that's Apple's device and it's an Apple ambush, I guess the question is would you be prepared to bet against Microsoft? I wouldn't, Mr Milne said. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/ 0,4057,8396912%255E15306,00.html Ambush ??? And this jerk is the MD of bigPond. Shudder. I've even seen one journalist refer to Apple's Proprietary file format. Proprietary?? AAC is part of the MPEG4 standard. With which particular non-proprietary standard does WMP comply? What's wrong with just using MP3? WMP recognises it, and it actually works on MP3 players! All of them! And we wouldn't be stuffing around with all this platform rubbish. Who would have thought that the old platform wars would be resurrected in the online music scene. Music files have historically been among the most platform-agnostic around, and here we have all sorts of companies (it's not just Telstra) doing their utmost to make sure their fare will not work on the iPod. Being a tin ear i don't understand all this, however,. Does this mean that HP have bought themselves a Lemon ipod not an Apple iPod ? It would not seem to be in Telestra's commercial interest to act this way. As we still own 51% perhaps it's a matter which should be drawn to the Ministers attention ? Now I'll go back to listening to Peter Dawson on my 78 gramophone. John
Re: wamug mail - multiple repeats
On 26/10/03 6:14 PM, Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is everyone experiencing this, just bigpond customers (or just me!). from Daniel Kerr It's all working fine here. I use my domain name but run it through iinet. So no duplications from this end. All working fine here too. Dial up connection with Highway1 Apart from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Autoreply: wamug [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Currie
Re: Data Bases
There is another data base for the Mac besides FileMaker It's called Panorama and has been going since 1985 with constant improvements of course ! RAM based and relational It is blazingly fast. Requires considerably less space than FileMaker or any other data base for that matter.Cross platform , the only change you need to make is add the extension .pan to your files .I am currently running a 35,000 photographic catalog application at the Air Force Museum at Bullcreek with 50 fields takes up 5 Mb Search and select on any field takes moments.Displays jpeg images as thumbnails or any size you choose. Check it out at http://www.provue.com
Re: Water cooling for your G5 laptop
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60733,00.html Note that Apple cooperated with the research. Have fun, Shay -- Could it be connected to a coffee maker ?
AutoStart CD
G'Day All How do I get a CD to autostart on a series of pages text and pics in other words a documentary written in HTML . I assume its a piece or pieces of software which opens the whichever Browser is present. Could someone point me in the right direction TIA john
Re: Fragmented dick problem
Most of my messages are about augmented dicks, not fragmented
Re: Linux 1, Microsoft nil
Not quite 1-0 On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:54, Phillip McGree wrote: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-07-13-microsoft-linux-m unich_x.htm Linux took on Microsoft, and won big in Munich Onno Benschop wrote Stories of the death of Microsoft were greatly overrated because the machines will be running VMware, which allows them to run Windows :-) While I'm no fan, reporting accurately appears to still be a challenge for some... Accurate reporting is extremely rare. as is accurate comprehension. The original article did not say Microsoft was dead, merely that it had an attack of German measles which could possibly become leprous John
RE: West Australian Wednesday (9.7.2003) Today section - Beat Bug
Sorry to say as the site says it is over... I myself work at ecu and we did not hear about this ACMC until it was already underway General rule: News(free) is what has happened- Advertising (costs) is what is going to happen John
G5 features
For those of you that dont get Macopinion Some mouthwatering details of the G5 http://www.macopinion.com/columns/engine/03/07/10/index.html John
Re: X-10 Unit's Available at DSE
Here's one for the home automators : I received an e-mail from Eon3 today informing me that Dick Smith Electronics PowerHouse stores now carry some of the Eon3 X10 modules / starter kits. Many of the modules are $30 cheaper than buying from Eon3 direct! Cool. Now I can control the house from my mobile phone via bluetooth :) Pretty soon you wont need to go home at all
LaserWriter II
I have three LaserWriter II's which have gone to join Caxton, printing out the angel's rosters Any body want the cadavers for parts - letter boxes - boat anchors ? email or ring me 9437 3168 0407 194 165
Re: March Meeting - AGM
Matt forgot to mention that you must also be a financial member. If you intend to pay at the meeting please have the right cash or a cheque AND send me an email to say that you will be paying at the meeting This will enable me to do the paperwork beforehand and ensure that YOUR NAME is in the hat. The PO box will be cleared on Tuesday morning WAMUG Treasurer Post Office Box 514 Wembley Post Office 6913 Welcome to the WAMUG Annual General Meeting for 2003. The first part of the meeting will be taken up with the election of the WAMUG Committee for 2003. This will be followed by our usual Q7A session. Peter Hinchliffe will be giving us a demo of the new Freehand MX software from Macromedia. Matthew Healey will be demoing a game of some description. That is assuming the US postal service can deliver it on time. Finally, we will be giving away FIVE, yes FIVE prizes. Fifth prize is two boxes of blank CD's worth $40 from Daniel @ MacWizardry Fourth prize is a copy of Norton AntiVirus woth $50 also from Daniel @ MacWizardry Third prize is a $50 voucher from Chris @ AppleCentre Mt Hawthorn. Second prize is a $100 voucher from Chris @ AppleCentre Mt Hawthorn. And finally, first prize will be a brand new 10GB Apple iPod. You have to be present to win the second, third, fourth and fifth prize. Check out our web site for further details. http://www.wamug.org.au - Matt
OS-x tip
OS-X tip from my Panorama list Sorry if its already well known One last nugget I would like to mention that you can find in OS X that may have escaped some. If you go to the System Preferences and International panel and click the Input Menu tab, there is a checkbox next to the Character Palette item. If you click this on, you will have an icon now in the menu bar just to the right of Help which will give you access to this really great utility. The Character Palette is where you can view and select all the font characters available in all your fonts including the unicode items and a whole bunch of special symbols. You can view all the available symbols for instance and click on the one you need. Then click the little down arrow at the bottom and a panel drops down with a font selector. Now if you click the box to show only fonts containing selected character, the font menu will only contain fonts with this symbol. Once you find the character and font you want, you can click the Insert button to drop it into the current application document. How to get there under OS-X 10.24 Go to International Preferences, click on Inpu Tab, slide blue scroll capsule to the top of the scroll bar,find Character Pallette at top of list of of languages, click check box at left, see icon appear in menu bar at top of screen, experiment with it, enjoy.
Re: Exporting Photos to camera
Does anyone know how I can export a photo to my Canon Powershot A200
camera from my hard drive?
Running OS 10.2.2
Checked Apple help and WAMUG archives.
Thanks to all
Ruben A. Franke
Isn't that like putting milk back in the cow ? {:«)
OS X Tips
Sorry if this site has been mentioned before However it does contain some information which may make your transition to OS X easier http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/macintosh/story/0,24330,3404830,00.html John
Re: New MacOS X reference book
On this topic pc world Mini Books have produced a booklet and CD on OS X Cost is $13.95 and its available at newsagents One of the sub headings on the booklet is BUYING A PC SEE THE LATEST FROM APPLE FIRST! John For those looking for the definitive MacOS X reference book, the answer might be MacOS X in a Nutshell, just announced by O'Reilly. At over 800 pages, it looks like pretty good value at around $US35.00. Hope it doesn't take tool long to reach local bookstores. For more details check out http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxian/index.html -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
WAMUG Subscriptions
G'Day All Some members have been asking about subscriptions . As you will recall we have been moving towards the situation where all subscriptions expired on a common date, namely 31st December each year. Payment where due can be made by cheque or money order to WAMUG Treasurer Post Office Box 514 Wembley Post Office 6913 Alternatively you can pay by Bank transfer to BANK WEST WAMUG ACCOUNT is BSB 306075 and Account number 4197787 So that we can identify who the payment is from please include your Name and/or Member No in what is known as the narrative. The following Members subscription expired on 31st December , 2002. To renew their membership they should pay $30.00 100 ABBOTT, MR CHARLES 925 ANDERSON, MR MICHAEL 840 ARMSON, MR MIKE 1052AUSTIN MS WENDY S 1067BELFORD ROBIN 981 BENPORATH, MR BEN BRUCE 301 BENSCHOP, MR ONNO 172 BETHELL, MR CECIL 717 BIUNDO, MR FRANK 1049BLAKE MR NEIL 918 BOND, MR MERVYN 1051BOTMAN MR PETER 546 BOTTERILL, MR NEIL 1024BREDEN STUART 569 BRILL, MR ELLIOT 985 BROOKES, MS JO 1054BROWN MS RONDA 977 BURTON, MR CHRIS 1044CHAPERON MR CHRIS 958 CHAPERON, MR GERARD 712 CHAPERON, MR PHILIPPE 997 CHAPPELLE, MR CRAIG 1046CLIFF MR MARK 872 COCKBAIN, DR TONY 591 COLLISSON, MR RAY 1030CONNOLLY MS JEANETTE 23 CURRIE, MR JOHN 375 CURTIS, MR PETER 967 DORN, MR GARY 730 DYMOCK, MR WAYNE 961 ELLERTON, MR DEREK 1074FALVEY, MR MATT 974 FAULKS, MR PETER 22 FENTON, MR ALAN 800 FLETCHER, MR TED 392 FORMA, MR RAY 1023FOX JACK 70 GAGER, MR DUDLEY 362 GIBSON, MR BRIAN 549 GLADWELL, MR ALLEN 780 GOODALL-SMITH, MR PHIL 1072GOSATTI MR STEFAN 960 GREEN, MR GRAHAM 899 HARRIS, MR MARCUS 931 HASTINGS, MS SUSAN 916 HEALEY, MR MATTHEW 5 HILL, MR MARTIN 802 HINCHLIFFE, MR PETER 757 HIRST, MR RAY 995 HOLBECK, MR ADRIAN 1028HOLMES MS JILL 867 HOWELLS, MR BOB 1058HUNTER MS LARISSA 1057JACKSON MR KEN 816 JAECK, MR HORST 1073JAMES Ms Diana 971 OHNSTON, MS DENISE 746 ONES, MR WARREN 784 JURKIEWICZ, MR HERB 955 KERR, MR DANIEL 951 LAVINGTON, MR RODNEY 383 LAW, MR TIM 920 MARGIO, MR JOHN 1038MASOLINI MS TERRI 167 MCCALLUM, DR MALCOLM 234 MCDONALD, MR LAURIE 346 MCGOVERN, MR ALAN 1065MORRIS MR GORDON 1029MOSS MS JUNE 959 MULRONEY, MR PAUL 962 MURRAY, MR MIKE 883 MURRAY, MR STEVEN RUBEN 1071NEWTON MR SHANE 901 NIELSEN, MR ERNIE 993 NOLL, DR BOB 436 NOVAKOVIC ALEX 1068PALMER MR SCOTT 177 PARKER, MR ALARIC 963 PAUL, MR DAVID 457 PEDALINA, MS VIKKI 979 RAFFAELE, MR BART 930 RAYNOR MS MAUREEN 898 EID, MR IAN 25 RICHARDS, MR MACK 896 RISBEY, MR BRIAN 1059SCHMIDT MR MICHAEL 980 SCOTT, MRS PAT 478 SEYMOUR, MR MIKE 942 SHAFFER MR LEON 1021SHEERER MR DOUGLAS 684 SIMPSON, MR STEPHEN 1042SMITH MS LEEANN 892 STEVENS, MRS MR DIANA 426 STORER, DR ROB 467 SZAFRANSKI, MR KONRAD 151 TAYLOR, MS FAYE 105 TELFER, MR SHAY 861 THOMPSON, MR JOHN 964 TROESTER, MR PAUL 820 ROUCHET, MR PHILIP 956 VAN DER MEY, MR PAUL 952 WEEKES, MR JOHN 976 WHITE, MR LLOYD 988 WHITELY, MR REG 188 WILSON, MR TONY 644 WOOD, MR JOHN 1066WOODS MR STEVE 949 WOODS, MR KEN The following members are financial to 31st December 2003 1086BEARNE, MR JUSTIN 1087BEATON MR RYAN P 945 CONAGHAN, MR IAN 937 CRISP, PROF SEVERIN 1085HAWKINS. MS TANIA 567 HOMANN, MR DON 1082HUMPHREYS MR MILES 986 KAM, MR DARREN 1088MURRAY MR PETER 406 SCHOTTE, MR MARK 737 SCOPA, MR CHRIS 1002SOUTHERN, MS CAROL 595 SPARROW, MR PAUL The following members have paid part of the subscription for 2003. they will make themselves financial to the end of the year by paying the amount shown against their name 1031ASH MR FRANK$15.00 1081BODDINGTON MR T $7.50 1017COLLINS, MRS NATHALIE $27.50 1084DICK MR W Peter $15.00 1077GLENDENNING MR WAYNE$15.00 1083HEALEY MR COLYN $7.50 623 JAMES, MR VLAD $22.50 1075MERCER TERRY MR $15.00 1080POOLE-JOHNSON SUSAN MS $7.50
SAFARI PROBLEM
Copy of email received this morning off my Panorama QA lis Subject: Be Careful!!! Several MacInTouch readers pointed out an Apple online discussion - Danger! Danger! Danger! - warning that Option-clicking a link in Safari has the potential to wipe out the user's home directory in Mac OS X: I option clicked on a link in Safari to test a download. The download changed to the name of my home directory as it was downloading. It saved into my User folder. In the blink of an eye, it removed, destroyed, evaporated, my entire Home directory, including the desktop which disappeared along with days of work projects that were on it! Safari itself disappeared because it was on the desktop. My multi-gig directory was suddenly only 32 k. Of course, all of my work files, financial records, etc. are in my Home directory; by some quirk of fate, I had just backed up work files other than those on the desktop to another drive. Yikes!!! Maybe we should wait for others to beta test this!!!
Re: [OT] Power filters
This post is slightly off topic, so please respond off-list. A friend of mine has a fairly large boat which he takes to Rotnest on fairly regular basis. He has a television and VCR on this boat and this is where the problems are starting. I suppose if its necessary for schoolies to go to Rottnest to drink to excess, its okay for adults to go there to watch television ! Rottnest was my holiday haunt for over 35 years. One of the greatest feelings I can remember was stepping ashore and casting off the mainland burdens.
Re: Batteries for LCs
Thankyou to those who replied about batteries Best buy was Battery World South Street Myaree $10 + GST = $11 John
Batteries for vintage Macs for Timor
G'Day Anyone point me to a supplier of the stubby round battery used in the LC range Dick Smith used to have these but have discontinued apparently TIA John
Re: re Harvey Norman HP Printer
I don't wish to preempt next week's mailer but you may see a HP Mac compatible inkjet printer for $69 including USB cable! Does that mean we have reached the point where it's cheaper to throw out the printer and buy a new one than to replace the ink cartridges? Have fun, Shay Yes we have reached that point and I wonder whether something can be done about it via the ACC Professor Fels etc I think I would be safe in saying that inkjet cartridges are the only items associated with the computer industry which have actually increased in price in recent years. Anyone want to start a petition John
Re: 35mm Slide (Film) Scanners
At 12:08 +0800 3/12/2002, Antony N. Lord wrote: Anyone out there using an A4 scanner with a 35mm film option? I'm not looking for a pro slide scanner ($$$) - just something to capture the occasional slide. I looked at the Canon 12502UF http://www.canon.com.au/products/scanners/scanners_low_medium_volume/canoscand 1250u2f.html but it looks like there's no Mac drivers. It must run under OS 9. Any input warmly welcomed! DevDepot has a special on this week At 22:00 -0800 1/12/2002, DevDepot Deals wrote: This week DevDepot is featuring the VST SmartDisk 2700 dpi film scanner, a USB 2.0 device (works with USB 1.1 also) that creates high resolution digital images directly from film negatives or slides. On sale for only $199 (20% off it's regular price) the SmarkDisk is a chance to rescue family memories, to pull them into your digital film collection. http://www.devdepot.com/scanner http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Scanners/SmartScan2700.asp They look like quite a good product and support OS 9. Their OS X support was meant to be due in September, but a brief check of their web page shows it's not listed there yet. Thats 199.95 US Dollats
Re: Modem problems
On 11/11/02 5:17 PM, Lloyd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason when I re-entered my connection details after changing ISP I had a similar problem. I'm not sure if it is the same as yours, but in my TCP/IP control panel it had changed to connecting via ethernet rather than PPP. I couldn't connect at all however, but I did get the continuous attempts and all the same noises. Regards, Kelly I have an iMac with a built in modem. I am using OS 9.2.1 and Entourage. A problem has developed just recently when connecting to my server. When I start the connection I hear a cracking noise like static before the usual modem scream starts. Then the screaming goes on and on with repeated attempts to connect. When I do connect I often get disconnected quickly. It happens when connecting by Remote Access and when connecting by clicking on Send and Receive in Entourage. There is no other phone connected to this line. I have tried it with both Webace and iiNet and the problem is the same. It is my machine. The modem scripts are: Apple Internal 56k, (both v34 and v90), iMac Internal 56 (v34 only) and Apple personal modem. None seem any better. I have changed modem scripts and trashed the modem preferences. It is a sometimes thing. This try, no problems, next try no connect. Is there some piece of the software I should reinstall or some other preference I should trash? Or does is sound like a wonky modem? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
JunkMail
Since Tuesday last week I have had over 80 junk emails. 34 people are convinced I need a lower mortgage 11 ubiquitous porn merchants, most of whom are trying to convince me that now I don't need a credit card any longer to share in the delights they are offering 8 believe they can enlarge my penis by 27% (sic) with a herbal pill (it would have to be a heavy pill with a string attached) 6 are worried about my baldness 7 think I am overweight 2 claim to have been very impressed with my website (I havent got one) but believe they could help me to improve it 1 bloke wants to share his secrets with me on how to pick up beautiful women And last but not least (I shouldn't be telling you this because it was personal and confidential) Chief Eseimoku from Nigeria has chosen little old me, so long as I can convince him of my transparency and negotiate an appropriate commission to be his agent in the matter of a deposit of 49.5 million US dollars which he will put in my account . I was tempted by this, because with appropriate commission of say 10 million AUS I wouldn't have to worry about my baldness, fatness and short penis. I don't think I would have any trouble attracting beautiful women and best of all, I could get Onno to do my websites. The problem is how could I explain it to my bank manager . After more than 100 years of free compulsory education it is as SBS says a truly amazing world we live in
Re: Netscape 7.0
Hi All, Netscape 7.0 is new on the scene and first impressions of the Browser is that is as fast or faster than Explorer 5.1 on OS9.1 Also has some interesting new features for browsing multiple pages. But be warned: It is a ,bigger download than first impressions. Not sure just how much but must be 15 to 20 megs Bob Relevant Extract from TidBits Netscape 7 is a free 19.2 MB download for users of Mac OS X, or a 155K active installer for users of Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x (where the eventual installation needs approximately 36 MB of disk space). [JLC] http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns7/relnotes/7.html
OSX Hints
G'day all Just found this site through another list May be of interest to Jagwire jocks http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020901083220804
Printers scanners
G'day all A friend is seeking my advice on purchasing a printer and scanner He has looked at the following Budget for two items around $800 he has iMac with 8.6 HP Desksjet 948C Printer HP Scanjet 5400C Epsom Printer Photo 810 Epson Scanners 1600 Perfection Anybody care to advance an opinion on relative merits I understand the Epson Printer has some potential problem because of circuitry built into the print head rather than the cartridge . Is this a real problem? TIA John
Macs for Timor
G'Day WAMUGGERS Mr Tony Trilling of the Booragoon Lions Club has been in touch regarding some 10 or so Macs that have been donated for despatch to Timor. They need checking out to see that they are functioning and have at least Claris works on so the kids can do word processing. If you can help let me know . Probably the best way would be to pick up one or two machines ( they are in the Melville area) and check them out at home. Alternatively I could possibly deliver to South of the river addresses . Please let me know by email ASAP John jmcurrie @highway1.com.au
Wanted iMac keyboard
G'day Anyone out there who has discarded their original (small) iMac Keyboard in favour of a bigger one who wants to sell or otherwise dispose of it ? John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ok here we go again
We spoke about this hoax in December, and here's a follow-up: Just heard on NPR that authorities have arrested 6 guys in Africa responsible for this scheme. About 2600 Americans fell victim to it. Does anybody have the Australian statistics on this I would like to compile a gullibilty index:-)
alias problem
G;Day Gurus et al Client has G4 System 9.1 and Iomega 250 zip drive The Iomega has stopped functioning will not read or write although green light shows for short period Question:- Does anybody in Perth service Iomega drives? Perhaps related problem is that he cannot create an alias of a folder or document. Message comes up The command could not be completed because it contains items that are in use Finder is the only app running. I have run Disk warrior which reports no problems Any suggestions ? TIA John
Re: Humour
on Monday April 22 Onno Benschop wrote after selectively quoting from my off list message Humour is a funny thing. Everyones funny bone is in a different spot. A trite cliche, totally unscientific and if it were true what a sad old world with nobody being able to share a joke with anybody. What Onno is trying to say is that not everybody shares his sense of humour , very few it seems. Stick to the facts Onno. Sincerely you are really very good at that onjay urriekay ..pig latin for John Currie
Re: Cataloguing issues
Onno wrote The best part is the licencing of a CD to distribute - *not*. AFAIK Filemaker standalone executables made with the developers tools don't need to be licenced. Shay Panorama has a basic fee of $ US 250 plus add on costs depending on size of the data base in terms of the number of forms (reports) and procedures (macros). For the case under discussion, at the outside another $US 50. For this you can make an unlimited number of copies with the freedom to change the images and the captions or any other data at any time John
Re: Cataloguing issues
At 12:20 +0800 05/04/2002, Shay Telfer wrote: Also, you can't put a PHP/SQL database onto a CD to distribute it to multiple users on multiple platforms if you ever decide to do so. FileMaker does this relatively painlessly. Then again, distributing CDs is such a dark ages model :-) It's easy to slap a database up on a web server, then it's always up to date. I think Jim Cummins is looking for a more static catalogue of anatomical images. Something which students could look at without having to get on the Web I have, of course, offered him a Panorama solution.tailored exactly to his requirements, inexpensive, and faster. However if you want to see Panorama used for images on the web check out http://www.hindsightltd.com/products/searchLynx.html try the links Demo and Customer databases at the bottom of the page John
re 10 gig iPod
G'Day Wamuggers Check out http://www.provue.com/ipodorganizer.html You can enter and edit the data in the Panorama iPod Organizer software itself or import data from your favorite database or contact manager software. Information can be organized into as many custom categories as you like: Contacts, Appointments, Travel, etc. Each category appears as an entry in the Artists menu on the iPod. The Panorama iPod Organizer requires no special software on your iPod. To transfer the data to your iPod the software exports the data as MP3 files compatible with iTunes. The next time you sync your iPod all of your contact information will be automatically transferred to the iPod. The organizer information is extremely compact -- in fact, 1,000 contacts will use less than 0.1% of the space on your iPod. Anyone with an iPod can use the Panorama iPod Organizer. But if you are also a Panorama owner you get an extra bonus you can convert any Panorama database into a source for iPod data! The possibilities are endless -- use your iPod to display parts catalogs, check lists, company directories, production schedules, anything you can fit on the iPod screen! The Panorama iPod Organizer is available now for an introductory price of only $19.95! Comment by Tid Bits after January MacWorld demonstration of above Most Brilliantly Sneaky Hack - Jim Rea of ProVUE was demonstrating the Panorama iPod Organizer, which lets you use your iPod as a sort of lightweight read-only PDA. It exports a Panorama database as MP3 files. These contain no music; what's important is their names and ID3 tag information. The result is that after you sync your iPod, your database entries show up organized hierarchically within the Artists folder (e.g. Artists - Family - Sister, and within that are the actual music files whose names are my sister's phone number and address). For $20, it's a cheap way to look cool and reduce the number of digital devices you carry.
WTB Power Book Adapter
G'Day all A near impecunious Japanese student has sought my help re a dead AC adapter for her 1400 Power Book Macintosh Power book 45W AC Adapter Model Number M4896 Is there a cheaper alternative than $200 Apple price Does anyone repair Anyone got one they want to sell TIA John
Subscriptions
G'Day all WAMUGGERS From The Treasurer Re Subscription Payments If you are into electronic banking you can pay your subscription on line The Account is at Bank West BSB 306 Account Number 075-419-778-7 So that I can identify who the payment is from please include you Name and/or Member No in what is known as the narrative. Please also send me an email to indicate that you have done it For those of you that are not members wishing to join - visit the web site www.wamug.asn.au Go to How to Join Send an email application form or if you prefer Print out the application form and send that by post. Remember Friday week 22 February is the deadline for notification that you intend to renew your membership or become a member for the first time . It would be nice to have the subscription paid on or before that date, however, I will take subscriptions in cash or cheque at the March meeting . IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE BARREL HOWEVER YOU MUST NOTIFY ME ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY 22 of February . The Subscription is $30 per anum. Good Luck John
Posting Guidelines
Robert Burns in 1785 wrote a poem entitled To a MOUSE (What appropriate prophetic foresight ! ) The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley What would you do if you went to the local Library and asked for a book and the person behind the desk said I know where it is but I wont tell you until you have searched the shelves, the paper catalog or the computer . Come back and see me when you have done all that John
Apple Prices
Youse young barstewards dont know when you're alive I paid $4000 in 1984 for my first 128k RAM Mac no hard drive and 400k floppy disks I paid another $4000 for the Mac Plus 1mb RAM still no hard drive I paid $10,000 for a MAC II Colour Screen !! 20 Mb hard drive !! Perhaps I should have waited But then if we had all done that youse would all be running Microsoft DOS from a command line Now as a pensioner I can't afford to upgrade my Performa 5400/160 send donations or handkerchiefs I would ask seriously however whether Windows machines are priced in WA lower than you would expect if you applied the Apple percentage to the USA prices for such machines John
Problems with IE 5 after upgrade to OS 9.22
This may be relevant From another list to which I subscribe A reason NOT to update: It seems that AppleScript v1.7, which comes with OS 9.2.2 (and OS X), has a problem when running scripts from the internal script menus of applications such as Entourage or Outlook Express under 9.2.2, although they run just fine in OS X. Scripts run very slowly or time out. Paul Berkowitz, who writes many scripts for these applications, reports on an Entourage mailing list that Other things in AppleScripts or applets will break in AppleScript 1.7 running in OS 9.2.2 (but are OK in AppleScript 1.7 in OS 10.1.1) - especially Finder calls and scripts which 'open for access with write permission' to create new files - they are no longer automatically text files, so they can't open or print by the Finder (which might time out anyway) unless you assign them a creator by the Finder (might time out) or just give them a .txt extension - then they're text files. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word Allen Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] XNS name: =Allen Watson AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson/ Don't know if this is the your problem, but it may very well be.
Treasurer's Address
G'Day All Please note that we have now moved into a new house likely to be permanent for a while I hope Dont think I could survive another move 176 Yangebup Road Yangebup 6164 Email and telephone remain the same [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9437 3168
