Old Floppy Drive

2003-05-19 Thread Adrian Skehan
I have an old friend in Melbourne who has a IIsi with a dead floppy drive, he's a WW2 vet. who is very attached to the old girl. I am in Perth so its a bit difficult to do much from here, if anyone in Melbourne (he lives in Prahran) who could help out please give Noel a call on (03)9529 6863.

Re: UPS

2003-05-19 Thread Matthew Healey
On Monday, May 19, 2003, at 09:29 PM, chesnutt wrote: Hello List, Does anybody on the list have views on particular brands of UPS. I am looking to purchase a cheapie (around the $300 mark) but the brands I looked at in Dick Smith and Tandy were all unknown to me - is there any make which is to

Re: UPS

2003-05-19 Thread Onno Benschop
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 21:29, chesnutt wrote: > Hello List, > > Does anybody on the list have views on particular brands of UPS. I am > looking to purchase a cheapie (around the $300 mark) but the brands I > looked at in Dick Smith and Tandy were all unknown to me - is there any > make which is

Disconnecting.... Disconnecting....

2003-05-19 Thread David de la Hunty
Anyone get this? Internet Connect abruptly (or on trying to dial up) hangs up the phone, and the text "Disconnecting..." streams in the menu bar, and that's as far as it goes - it doesn't quite hang up. Quitting Internet Connect does nothing as does quitting the Finder. The only way to get the

RE: UPS

2003-05-19 Thread Katinka Mills
> -Original Message- > From: chesnutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 19 May 2003 9:29 PM > To: Multiple recipients of > Subject: UPS > > > Hello List, > > Does anybody on the list have views on particular brands of UPS. I am > looking to purchase a cheapie (around the $300 mark

UPS

2003-05-19 Thread chesnutt
Hello List, Does anybody on the list have views on particular brands of UPS. I am looking to purchase a cheapie (around the $300 mark) but the brands I looked at in Dick Smith and Tandy were all unknown to me - is there any make which is to be preferred, or avoided at all costs?? On a related

Re: IDSN Line Connection

2003-05-19 Thread Onno Benschop
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 18:54, hank_mirtl wrote: > I've just had an IDSN line installed by Telstra since adsl or sattelite is > not > availible here. The tecki only installed the line but ew nothing about > connecting to my superdrive G4. I'm connected but still download at slow K's. > can anyone

Re: IDSN Line Connection

2003-05-19 Thread Trevor Lee
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "hank_mirtl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just had an IDSN line installed by Telstra since adsl or > sattelite is not availible here. The tecki only installed the >line but ew nothing about connecting to my superdrive G4. I'm >connected but still download at slow K

Re: Should I fit a ACARD AHard PCI Ultra ATA/133 PCI Interface to my 8600?

2003-05-19 Thread Geoffrey Richards
It works OK... but one minor inconvienience I cannot swap hard drives between the apple onboard ide and the acard controller, I have to erase the harddisk on the bus I want to use it on first :( Whereas I can move HD drives between apple onboard ide and firewire bays seamlessly, I guess a more e

IDSN Line Connection

2003-05-19 Thread hank_mirtl
I've just had an IDSN line installed by Telstra since adsl or sattelite is not availible here. The tecki only installed the line but ew nothing about connecting to my superdrive G4. I'm connected but still download at slow K's. can anyone tell me what I've done wrong. My ISP optus tells me that

Digital camera reviews

2003-05-19 Thread Paul Weaver
Thanks to all who sent me info on Sony memory Sticks. I have since discovered a pretty good review site for digital cameras at http://www.dpreview.com/ Well worth a look seeing as there is a flood of advertising for digital cameras on Perth TV and in newspapers and magazines at the moment. The si

Lego Mac

2003-05-19 Thread Warren Jones
What a cool idea! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2729209921 (scroll down for pictures) Maybe Apple could adopt the design. woz -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Warren Jones http://homepage.mac.com/warrenj/ Perth, Western Australia

RE: Sony memory sticks and software

2003-05-19 Thread Angus Russell
Hi Paul Have had a Sony DV for about 4 yrs now, which also came with a memory stick. Back then this was a huge pain as they only had a serial reader available for it so was not much use with a PB, or any Mac! However now you can buy a PC card that will read any and all of these media - memory sti

Re: modem redialling

2003-05-19 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 06:54 PM, David Hudleston wrote: > The problem began after I had the computer configured to connect to a > client's server on site. > regard > David Hudleston > > That's the problem. In order to make the connection your computer needs to start a TCP/IP connection. Wh