Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

2002-10-17 Thread Steven
I have an iMac Special Edition (G3) running MacOS 9.1, but will probably upgrade to a newer model and OSX soon. I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. The amount of dial-up disconnections Telstra kindly deliver will probably cover the cost anyway! I'll probably buy my own ethernet m

Re: WWW Site Weirdness

2002-10-17 Thread Shay Telfer
Loads fine in Mozilla 1.2a (MacOS X 10.2.1). Explorer 5.2.2 want to to download an "unknown file type" as per your experience. Very strange. A very quick perusal of the source code doesn't show any obvious problems. I know that Explorer sometimes has problems loading PNG files, but there doesn't s

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

2002-10-17 Thread Bob Howells
Steven, It is my experience that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by a slight modification to the Modem script. The values of S2=127 S7=150 S12=50 Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant connection. If you want to know where mail back to me Bob Steven

Still need help with values of used Macs!

2002-10-17 Thread Calvin Conkey
Sorry to keep after you guys, but I've only received one response from my query on the street value of a G3 266mhz and a G4 450mhz machine. I looked on eBay but found no help and that other local aussie website that sells used Macs didn't have any info on these either. Any rough guestimates?!

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

2002-10-17 Thread Shay Telfer
Steven, It is my experience that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by a slight modification to the Modem script. The values of S2=127 S7=150 S12=50 Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant connection. You don't need Modem scripts or S register settings

Re: Still need help with values of used Macs!

2002-10-17 Thread themenubar
Try looking at microseconds web site www.microseconds.com.au they have a list of their current trade in prices for older machines you can download this as a pdf file. Remember that these are trade in prices and not resale prices you should be able to sell it for a little more than they would buy it

Re: Still need help with values of used Macs!

2002-10-17 Thread Shay Telfer
Sorry to keep after you guys, but I've only received one response from my query on the street value of a G3 266mhz and a G4 450mhz machine. I looked on eBay but found no help and that other local aussie website that sells used Macs didn't have any info on these either. Any rough guestimates?! L

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

2002-10-17 Thread Bob Howells
Shay Telfer wrote: > >Steven, > > > >It is my experience > >that Dial Up disconnections can be almost eliminated by > >a slight modification to the Modem script. > > > >The values of > >S2=127 > >S7=150 > >S12=50 > >Inserted in the right parts of the script do wonders for a constant > connection

Internet Connection Program

2002-10-17 Thread Traveller
Hi, I have a problem with my Internet Connection Program (OS 10.1.5) - when the connection is lost no message is sent. Indeed the program still gives the impression that it is still connected. Can anyone help. Thanks.

DVD questions

2002-10-17 Thread Greg Hosking
Hi all I have a video project I would like to archive - it's about 16 Gb. If I get it burnt to a DVD as spec'd below: > DVD-18: This format provides for data storage on two layers on both sides of a > DVD optical-disc. Total storage capacity for DVD-18 is 17.0 GBytes. will the DVD drive in my g4

inkjet refill kits

2002-10-17 Thread Kevin Lock
I have changed printers from an HP600 series printer to a Canon S750 and the refill kits I have are apparently not compatible with my new printer. If anyone wants kits, both Black and colour, to suit HP 600 series printers, please contact me for a good deal. Kevin Lock Bicton

mail problem

2002-10-17 Thread Ian Bacon
This may just be the lamest question ever answered on this list, but here goes. I was using OSXs email program to view my email, I clicked on a link (to ilisten) embedded in an email message, and then only the email message titles were displayed - the email message was no longer displayed in

SCSI Probe for OSX

2002-10-17 Thread Severin Crisp
Is there a utility like SCSI Probe for OSX that allows you to scan the SCSI bus and mount devices that were not switched on at startup time? I find that under OSX I need to have my LaCie CD writer or my UMAX scanner (both SCSI devices) switched on at startup to be sure they are recognised in OS

Re: SCSI Probe for OSX

2002-10-17 Thread Shay Telfer
Is there a utility like SCSI Probe for OSX that allows you to scan the SCSI bus and mount devices that were not switched on at startup time? I find that under OSX I need to have my LaCie CD writer or my UMAX scanner (both SCSI devices) switched on at startup to be sure they are recognised in OSX.

Remote Servers - idisk & Dave

2002-10-17 Thread Antony N. Lord
PowerBook 333, OS 9.2.2 1) I once had my idisk set to mount at startup - but now I've become sick of the disconnection notices so I mount it only when needed. However despite doing the "use the chooser to mount the already mounted volume and uncheck the startup checkbox" trick it still persis

Re: Remote Servers - idisk & Dave

2002-10-17 Thread Shay Telfer
PowerBook 333, OS 9.2.2 1) I once had my idisk set to mount at startup - but now I've become sick of the disconnection notices so I mount it only when needed. However despite doing the "use the chooser to mount the already mounted volume and uncheck the startup checkbox" trick it still persists a

1 G of iDisk?

2002-10-17 Thread Steven Tan
Hi all, Anyone who has .mac can help confirm this? Hmm.. seems like Apple wants to reward their customers!.. :-) Steven [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Which brand ethernet DSL modem? Or Router?

2002-10-17 Thread Trevor Lee
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm about to upgrade from a dial-up account to ADSL. > I'll probably buy my own ethernet modem (rather than buy as part of the > ISP's installation). I'm curious as to why you would do this? Most ISP's sell modems for less than you c

Re: 1 G of iDisk?

2002-10-17 Thread DJ Grafix & Design
on 17/10/02 20:20, Steven Tan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone who has .mac can help confirm this? Hmm.. seems like Apple wants > to reward their customers!.. :-) > > Steven Some account get it and others don't. It's probably a misconfiguration on Apple's end. The other half's

Microsoft Office 2001 and OSX

2002-10-17 Thread Peter Faulks
I need help to automatically launch Microsoft Word 2001 when double clicking on a word document in OS 9.2 Having installed Office X in OS10.2 and I also still have Office 2001 in 9.2 When I double click on a word document in OS 9.2 I get an error message To Use Microsoft Word your computer mus

ADB beige old keyboard

2002-10-17 Thread John Cooper
Looking for an ADB keyboard in good nick, someone did get in contact who has 'heaps' of them for sale, but he can't be bothered telling me where he lives. So how can I buy one? Anyone in the West Perth/South Perth area with one for $20 - $30 let me know offline please. TIA JC

CNN.com - Succumbing to a Mac attack - Oct. 15, 2002

2002-10-17 Thread Marc Reygaert
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