Re: OT: Having brain cramp while trying to record analog audio into 'puter

2003-12-19 Thread Bob
There are a lot of programs you can get to capture analog sound and convert into various file formats. I like Amadeus II. It's shareware at, I think, $25. It's great and seamless with OS X. A lot of sound editing features for such cheap price. I've been using it for about 5 years and there has

OT: Having brain cramp while trying to record analog audio into 'puter

2003-12-19 Thread Sid Barras
Hi gang, Maybe a post here will unfreeze my brain stall: I have a cable running from my stereo system, from the tape "audio out" via phono plugs, into an adapter that winds up as a mini stereo jack which I've plugged into the jack on the back of my G4 tower. I can turn on the sound control panel a

Apple released Battery Update 1.1

2003-12-19 Thread R Farrington
Apple released Battery Update 1.1, which enhances the performance of a battery to ensure that full capacity is available for a PowerBook or iBook. The Battery Update supports the following products: iBook (Dual USB), iBook (late 2001), iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM), iBook (32 VRAM), iBook G4 (12-inch), Po

Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?

2003-12-19 Thread Roger Shufflebottom
At 7:32 -0800 19/12/03, Kayla wrote: > Please advise and suggest on current market for external hard drives. Is the largest that I can afford the best course of action? I don't want something > cheap that will fail, so I'm willing to invest in myself and my future. I've been using a 120GB La Ci

Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?

2003-12-19 Thread Kayla
> Please advise and suggest on current market for external hard drives. Is the > largest that I can afford the best course of action? I don't want something > cheap that will fail, so I'm willing to invest in myself and my future. > > All aid and guidance appreciated. Thanks, Tivo > Hi Tivo, I g

Re: Any way to import video into a Wall Street Powerbook?

2003-12-19 Thread Illovox Media
> I would just like to say that, while not a very fast machine, the > wallstreet is able to do dv video. I never tried under OS X, but on > OS 9, with a clean disk partition for video capture on the internal > hd, I had good results doing dv video - no noticeable dropped frames, > and good quality

Re: Any way to import video into a Wall Street Powerbook?

2003-12-19 Thread Luis Sequeira
>>If you have other experiences with video on wallstreets I'd be most interested to hear as I have a PDQ, or wallstreet II, myself. H. . . I'm sure you gotta be dropping frames all over the place !!? -VDO21 . I would just like to say that, while not a very fast machine, the walls

Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?

2003-12-19 Thread tivo
> On Dec 18, 2003, at 10:26 PM, Les Riess wrote: > >> I am >> thinking about getting a portable external firewire drive, 40, 60, or >> 80 >> GB, mainly for backing up my important files and also for moving data >> between the 2 computers. > > I'm about two keystrokes away from pulling the trigger

Re: Is an external Hard Drive a good solution?

2003-12-19 Thread Brian Lalor
On Dec 18, 2003, at 10:26 PM, Les Riess wrote: I am thinking about getting a portable external firewire drive, 40, 60, or 80 GB, mainly for backing up my important files and also for moving data between the 2 computers. I'm about two keystrokes away from pulling the trigger and buying an OWC Nep

iBook Logic Board Failures

2003-12-19 Thread Andrew Main
If you have had trouble with a 2001+ iBook, you might want to check this out. The Dual-USB iBook is overall an excellent design, but a serious problem with logic boards has become apparent. One of my clients bought an iBook G3 a year ago which had to go back to Apple three times due to logic bo