Re: Networking LCs

2005-07-27 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On 27 Jul 2005, at 18:46, Kyle Koerner wrote: Thanks for the advice - everyone! I may eventually go with Ethernet PDS cards (but I understand you need a right angle adapter, which I don't have). For some reason, hitting the power key does nothing on the LC III. I tried putting its HD

Re: A lighthearted observation...

2005-07-17 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On 17 Jul 2005, at 16:53, Ian Nixon wrote: Here's the Plus in Star Trek... And if you watch the mouse really closely you can see where Scotty is missing a bit of finger. He lost it on the Normandy landings. They used stunt fingers for the transporter sliders. aedan -- Vintage Macs is

Re: free Mac SE (sort of)

2005-05-18 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On May 19, 2005, at 0324, Allan Hunter wrote: I know someone who on a lark decided to boot his Mac from a Travan backup tape cartridge. After half an hour of squeaking and skwonking, the screen showed the smiling Mac but she didn't have the patience to see if it would go all the way to

Re: Database Program

2005-02-06 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On Feb 06, 2005, at 01:41, Ian P. Nixon wrote: I'm thinking of opening a business for repairing Macs, and I need to obtain Database software. I have already thought of HyperCard, but was wondering if anyone had a version of FileMaker, or any other kind of Database software, that would run on a

Re: booting from CDROM (OT)

2003-10-29 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On Oct 30, 2003, at 01:14, Tracy Keirns wrote: Or one of my favorites... Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks. Seen on Slashdot, Give a man a fire and he is warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he is warm

Re: RE--Electrical rates for router/server for using a macIIci

2003-02-08 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On Saturday, Feb 8, 2003, at 08:14 Europe/London, carolyn a atkinson wrote: I have a LCIII that I keep on all the time because the color goes out, and I do not know at this time if it is hardware or software, Do you mean that when you turn it off, leave and turn it back on later the screen

Re: Gauge PRO...

2002-12-07 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
On Saturday, Dec 7, 2002, at 23:00 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: At 17:58 -0500 on 07/12/02, Gail Vass wrote: Oh, I got my stuff, but he screwed me on shipping costs and was a real *dick* Explain the vulgarity in the above. Well Dick Van Dyke can cause all kinds of problems with

PowerBook 145 PSU

2002-10-07 Thread aedan mcghie/scotland
A friend has been given a PowerBook 145 with no PSU. Is there an alternative generic PSU available or does he need to get the right one from the PowerBookGuy? aedan A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. http://homepage.mac.com/aedan

Re: OS copyright

2002-08-01 Thread Aedan McGhie/Scotland
This story just doesn't ring true. Microsoft make their newest software available cheap for schools ( As a student I bought new, licensed, XP and Office for $6 each) True but one of the things the US DOJ brought up was that when a new version comes out they increase the price of the old one

Re: List Nanny checking by :)

2002-07-17 Thread Aedan McGhie/Scotland
--- Aedan McGhie/Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just wanted to send you all an e-postcard from Sctoland and say hi. It's not THAT hard to spell Scotland. Probably is when you're full of haggis and ale. Or even whisky. aedan -- Apple iMac G4 - Flat Out Cool http

Re: List Nanny checking by :)

2002-07-16 Thread Aedan McGhie/Scotland
I just wanted to send you all an e-postcard from Sctoland and say hi. It's not THAT hard to spell Scotland. aedan -- Apple iMac G4 - Flat Out Cool http://homepage.mac.com/aedan/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Where ?

2002-07-08 Thread Aedan McGhie/Scotland
Anyway , all he wants to use it for is as a word processor but I can't find one anywhere . Tex-Edit http://www.tex-edit.com/ for bare bones and the lite version of Nisus http://www.nisus.com/ for more complex. aedan -- Apple iMac G4 - Flat Out Cool http://homepage.mac.com/aedan/ --