Re: Ebay

[andy baker]

When things are too cheap to be good I would be cautious - there are a lot
of scams on ebay...

Andy

On 26/3/04 10:12 AM, "Jude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Slightly off topic, but is it 'safe' to buy things from Ebay?  I just
> noticed a dual 2gig G5 with 500 gig of 7200rpm drives, an apple 23
> inch cinema display and all the other bells and whistles going for
> $3800.
> 
> It has been up for seven days, has about six hours to go and has no bids on
> it.
> 
> How do you know that you're not buying stolen goods? It sounds pretty
> sus - I figure that combination to be more like $8000 worth.
> 
> Any good/bad/don't even think about it stories about Australian ebay?
> 
> cheers
> Jude
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Imacs and magnetic fields

[andy baker]

I hope someone can help - I've just moved to Perth from the UK - I have a
12' powerbook which is running fine, but when I plugged in my blue slot
loading imac (512mb ram, 10.3) last night (after waiting 6 weeks for it) the
colours on the screen were all skewy (greens in the corners, pinks, etc). I
had a look at the apple website and it said that imac crt displays were
configued to the particular hemisphere they were produced and sold - hence
the magnetic fields in the southern hemisphere are completely different to
the northern. LCD displays are not affected.

My question is - is there anyway round this - I will try updating to mac os
10.3.2 tonight - (the firmware is already 4.1.9)  - I have tried deguassing
(the imac does it on startup automatically) - is there a manual way to
deguass it? Will it get better?

Also the clock keeps reseting to January 1970 - that's not the pram battery
is it? - I thought it was a problem with Mac os 10?

Cheers
Andy

Re: Kinda [OT] Look out all your Atari Game lovers,...and more games,...

[andy baker]

If you have a look at

http://www.emulation.net/

You can find hundreds of emulators you can run on the mac from amigas to zx
spectrums. Although getting the game roms is another thing.

Andy

Re: timbukto for OSX

[andy baker]

I can't remember how to set it up exactly, but it is a really useful
application. 

Before christmas someone I know had tried to install mac os 10.3 onto an old
imac, without upgrading the firmware - result was the screen went black and
nothing happened. What I had to do to save it was take the hard drive out
and put it into a blue and white g3, it then worked fine - I then installed
timbukto onto it with the imac firmware and set it to start up
automatically. Then I put the hard drive back into the imac and started it
up. After a few minutes I could access the computer from timbukto running on
my blue and white g3 over the network - I upgraded the firmware over the
network and it all works fine now!

Like I say, once set up, it is very useful - I've never tried apple remote
desktop. One thing though - I could not use the latest os x version of
timbukto to do this - it was the older os 9 version (because the imac was
still running 9).

Cheers
Andy


On 24/2/04 12:47 AM, "gary dorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Howdy folks,
> I've been communication with a fellow BOA (
> http://www.BOA-research.com) user who is in Chicago  which has a 14
> hour time  difference. Our windows of communication are limited to
> mid morning and late evening our time.
> 
> We have both downloaded timbutko  so that we can have a look at each
> others screens and he can run through a few tasks whilst I watch and
> learn and swap notes
> We havn't worked out how to set it up yet on either machine
> (powerbook with ADSL, and new G4 with Panther and modem)
> 
> Has anyone else on the list used timbukto
> can you suggest any tips on how to set it up and make a good connection
> would this be the way to go,or are there other or better alternatives
> ? apple remote desktop?

Re: Off Topic... Live in Australia.com

[andy baker]

Having just emigrated to perth (3 weeks ago) I would recommend using an 
agent. We used one and they did help a lot with form filling and certain 
problems that arose during our application. Shop around - some agents charge 
a lot less than others. It took us 18 months to apply (this was increased 
due to my wife falling pregnant, so we had to wait to get our x-rays done 
for the medical. If you have any questions, give me a mail.

Cheers
Andy



From: Robert Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WAMUG Mailing List" 
Subject: Re: Off Topic... Live in Australia.com
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:53:30 +0800

Geoffrey,

Have you looked over this site ?



Bob

On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 03:46  PM, Geoffrey Stormzand wrote:

We are planning our Australian scouting trip for June, already have the 
vistors VISA. If all goes well we would like to immigrate to Perth in the 
fall or at the latest around the beginning of next year. Does anyone have 
an opinion of liveinaustralia.com and the service they offer?  Is the 
money they charge for navigating thru the immigration process worthwhile? 
Would you recommend another such service or can all this be done without 
the assistance of such companies??  Does anyone know how long the 
application process takes? I've seen talk of sponsors, but don't know what 
that entails.


Thanks for the help

Geoffrey Stormzand
storm.Consulting
702.493.9400
Las Vegas, NV USA
http://mac.stormconsultingLV.com


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Re: Off Topic... Live in Australia.com

[andy baker]

Having just emigrated to perth (3 weeks ago) I would recommend using an
agent. We used one and they did help a lot with form filling and certain
problems that arose during our application. Shop around - some agents charge
a lot less than others. It took us 18 months to apply (this was increased
due to my wife falling pregnant, so we had to wait to get our x-rays done
for the medical. If you have any questions, give me a mail.
Cheers
Andy

On 10/2/04 3:46 PM, "Geoffrey Stormzand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> We are planning our Australian scouting trip for June, already have the
> vistors VISA. If all goes well we would like to immigrate to Perth in
> the fall or at the latest around the beginning of next year. Does
> anyone have an opinion of liveinaustralia.com and the service they
> offer?  Is the money they charge for navigating thru the immigration
> process worthwhile? Would you recommend another such service or can all
> this be done without the assistance of such companies??  Does anyone
> know how long the application process takes? I've seen talk of
> sponsors, but don't know what that entails.
> 
> Thanks for the help
> 
> Geoffrey Stormzand
> storm.Consulting
> 702.493.9400
> Las Vegas, NV USA
> http://mac.stormconsultingLV.com
> 
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12" powerbook power adapter

[andy baker]

Does anyone know where I could get a power adaptor for a 12" powerbook and 
the cost of one of these.

Thanks
Andy

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12" powerbook adaptor

[andy baker]

i need to get hold of an australian  12" powerbook power adaptor  - any 
ideas on where and what price?


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[andy baker]

I have a 12' powerbook and need to get an australian power adapter for it. 
Any ideas of cost and where to get one?


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