Re: Macs

1999-02-06 Thread Joe Gracey
Karen Cunningham wrote: Not to beat a lame horse but: Joe Gracey said: I think it is a little bit unfair macs blah blah blah snipped All Right!! I knew I loved this man! Thanks for the showering of affection, but this thread should die a quick death, as it has no answer, no end

Re: What's that Mag? (was: Macs..beating)

1999-02-06 Thread Barry Mazor
Barry Mazor wrote: I'm sayng this as editor of a multi-platform computer magazine with no strong emotional attachment to any pile of wires and lights of any persuasion.! What mag is this? Joe Gracey Oh, sigh..I avoid talking about this much here, but some folks know. I'm editor-in-chief

Re: What's that Mag? (was: Macs..beating)

1999-02-06 Thread Joe Gracey
Barry Mazor wrote: Oh, sigh..I avoid talking about this much here, but some folks know. I'm editor-in-chief of Advanced Imaging snip So I'll be down for the Austin madness as per usual. Barry M. Ah ha! Using all them brains for something besides a hat rack, then! I'll see you here,

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-05 Thread Bob Soron
about it, literally everybody I know in the music business world-wide uses Macs and I daresay the majority of creative people in all fields use them. It is also a fact that a highly disproportionate number of internet users and web page authors use Macs. I firmly feel that it is a grave error

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-05 Thread Mike Hays
Bob writes: . Mike, you might also consider renting a Mac for a few days and getting it to work over a modem yourself -- then write up a help page for Mac users to follow. We'll have links to Mac user groups on site soon so that the issue of making the player work (I understand it has problems

Macs

1999-02-05 Thread Karen Cunningham
Not to beat a lame horse but: Joe Gracey said: I think it is a little bit unfair to characterize mac users as a tiny minority- if you want to be anecdotal about it, literally everybody I know in the music business world-wide uses Macs and I daresay the majority of creative people in all fields

Re: Macs..beating a dead horse

1999-02-05 Thread Mike Hays
Karen quotes Joe re: the users in the music biz and creative industry. literally everybody I know in the music business world-wide uses Macs and I daresay the majority of creative people in all fields use them. And the rest of us use PC's,as do the vast majority of the audience

Re: Macs..beating a dead horse

1999-02-05 Thread Barry Mazor
BTW, the 2.8% Mac user figure is an Apple number. Mike Hays Well it probably was...but it's also clearly out of date old news. With iMacs the number one selling personal computer month after month since last August, the Mac share has by almost all reports (hard as they can be to swallow)

TwangCast and Macs (was Re: Hay Check this out!)

1999-02-04 Thread Stuart Munro
Chad Cosper asked: This may have been covered at some point in time, but is there any way for us Mac users to access this? Any plans for Microsoft to release a Mac version of their player or is there one out there that I just haven't seen? There is a beta version of Media Player for the Mac.

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-04 Thread Stuart Munro
into Media Player doesn't work either. And then, Personally, I know exactly 2 people with Macs in a non workplace environment, hundreds with PC's. Better start checking those monthly iMac sales figures, Mike g. Other matter re Mac, Microsoft, etc.: Bill Silvers raises a good point: I'm pretty sure

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-04 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 4-Feb-99 Re: TwangCast for Macs by Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] As well, aren't there a few alternatives to these two that you TwangCast boys might consider? Shockwave, Audioative (both of which Carl Z's station use, if I'm not mistaken), Streamworks

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-04 Thread Joe Gracey
in the music business world-wide uses Macs and I daresay the majority of creative people in all fields use them. It is also a fact that a highly disproportionate number of internet users and web page authors use Macs. I firmly feel that it is a grave error to ghettoize us, which happens all too often

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-04 Thread Mike Hays
I think it is a little bit unfair to characterize mac users as a tiny minority- -- It is also a fact that a highly disproportionate number of internet users and web page authors use Macs. I firmly feel that it is a grave error to ghettoize us, which happens all too often. No offense intended Joe

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Owen Bly
Awright Mike!! Been waiting for this... Owen Bly Ranchero Records Oakland, CA There is a specific link on the TwangCast home page for the Mac users now. The server at Microsoft determines the user platform and sends them to the proper download area. So ... Mac users can click on the

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Todd Larson
Owen writes: I guess I should mention that the file comes in to your PC compressed and does need to be opened. You also may have to reboot. I don't know enough about Macs. The info I sent was from my tech guru, who thinks we should all know as much as he does.g NOW ONLINE, http

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Owen Bly
Todd writes: If anyone (Owen?) actually gets this working on a Mac, I'd love to know how. I've got the media player downloaded, but my browser will not activate it when I call up the TwangCast page. Mike: is your "tech guru" accessible? Off-list is cool, unless other Mac users are having

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread John Magee
for Macs Owen writes: I guess I should mention that the file comes in to your PC compressed and does need to be opened. You also may have to reboot. I don't know enough about Macs. The info I sent was from my tech guru, who thinks we should all know as much as he does.g NOW ONLINE, http

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Chad Cosper
Hate to add too much more headaches, but I am running OS8 and am having the same problems... Passed the Mac System 8 only info on to my tech guy. He'll figure something out and when he does I'll post it. Sorry for the inconvenience. Mike NOW ONLINE, http://www.TwangCast.com TM

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Pflash40
i have system 8.1 and it still doesn't work.any help would be appreciated...

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Barry Mazor
I haven't been able to get Twangcast with OS 8.5 on a 300 MHz G3 Mac either, and I had the Microsoft player weeks ago so I could tryand that's on either Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Explorer.. .The "real" problem, it appears, is that the endless beta "Microsoft Media Player for the

Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Mike Hays
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Re: TwangCast for Macs

1999-02-03 Thread Pflash40
well thanks for the efforts and will be lookin forward to microsoft or you guys working this all out