Early Reports on Coming OS X Update 10.3.3

2004-02-02 Thread Richard Kay
Early reports on the seeded version of OSX Update 10.3.3 have been posted on www.macosrumors.com and look promising. Here is a report from that site. START QUOTE 10.3.3 and Safari 1.2 receive ever-increasing kudos. The gamers have reported in and the thumbs are overwhelmingly pointing

Test Only

2004-02-02 Thread Rick Armstrong

Warning Messages

2004-02-02 Thread Rick Armstrong
I am getting warning messages from mailing manager daily - what are these?

Re: Virtual PC 6.1 and Panther

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 30/01/2004, at 3:01 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Can anyone tell me if VPC 6.1 will run properly under Panther (10.2.3)? I am thinking of upgrading from 10.2.6, but have a niggling suspicion that it may not? I see Microsoft has released VPC 7 though and am assuming this is what maybe

Re: photo quality colour laser printer

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 30/01/2004, at 9:48 PM, Eugene wrote: Hi Wamuggers, any suggestion for colour laser printer? Priority #1 is photo quality OS X compliant. Not important is text, speed, networking, duplexing, A3. I can recommend the HP Color Laserjet 2500L. Does a great job, works well with MacOS X

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 31/01/2004, at 3:57 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: Machine : 400Mhz iMac DV (Graphite) Machine was working fine with OS 9, decide to do a fresh install [with no OS 9], erase HD, partition, install 10.2 (with view to install 10.3) OS X works fine but machine hangs a few hours later. Restart

Re: Softwindows on OSX

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 01/02/2004, at 8:46 AM, Janice Rolf wrote: Hi I'm just about to switch to OSX and would like to know if I can use Softwindows 98 on OSX ? Have been using successfully with OS 8 to run various scientific software. Also will software written for UNIX just work on OSX or does it have to

Re: Expertise Req'd - S/ware development - linkages

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 01/02/2004, at 6:09 PM, Michael Anderson wrote: Can anyone point me in the right direction and / or give me some preliminary advice, as I am not a programmer. I cannot find any dental programs in Australia for the Mac environment capable of what is required below. A search of the

Re: Accessing files on NTFS server in OSX

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 01/02/2004, at 6:52 PM, John Winters wrote: Oh, BTW, no! My information Systems department will not solve the problem by switching on Mac services for NT ­ a breach of standard operating environment. This translates as ³we will tolerate your Macs, but we won¹t support them². I feel the

Re: iPhoto4

2004-02-02 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 01/02/2004, at 10:58 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: John is right, all the components now have to be purchased in the iLife package, rather than a download. I think its a bargain price for what you get (and a darn sight cheaper than Office that it is compared to in the advertising!). Note

Re: Eudora failure to highlight

2004-02-02 Thread Tom Lewis
Yes, same problem with mine. Maybe there is a virus on the loose which affects Eudora??? I had a look at the forum emails as suggested by Bob - many thanks - but no fixes available as yet. T Eudora 6.0.2 on my iMac lost its Blue asterisk for new unread email a few days ago. Have

Re: Warning Messages

2004-02-02 Thread Denise Williams
on 2/2/04 7:07 AM, Rick Armstrong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting warning messages from mailing manager daily - what are these? -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Frozen iMAC

2004-02-02 Thread logrythm
I can get as far as the desktop showing all icons as per normal with the keyboard and mouse as normal then she dies about 10 secs after the icons come on.. Any ideas? It was running perfectly until this fellow using Internet exp 5.1.7 started searching a series of databases. Then he said

Low end laser printer

2004-02-02 Thread Eugene
Can anyone help Rob? Ta Eugene Begin forwarded message: From: Lodge Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun Feb 1, 2004 7:53:33 PM Australia/Perth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Please foreward to list ..thx Hello all Can anyone from experience recommend a late model laser printer for light

Any sugeestions for disposing of the following?

2004-02-02 Thread Eugene
It's Rob again, can anyone help him? Eugene Begin forwarded message: From: Lodge Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun Feb 1, 2004 7:24:56 PM Australia/Perth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Our school has had many good years use of a score of LC575 and LC580 machines. It is now time to move

Re: Eudora failure to highlight

2004-02-02 Thread David Watkins
Generally the problem when Eudora misbehaves is that it has a corrupted Eudora Settings file. You will find your 'Eudora Settings' file inside your Eudora folder. Try by closing down the Eudora program and moving the 'Eudora Settings' file out of the Eudora folder, then when you re-start the

CommPost: drive maintenance

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Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Rob Findlay
From: Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 08:30:43 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Strange iMac Problems On 31/01/2004, at 3:57 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: Machine : 400Mhz iMac DV (Graphite) Machine was working fine with OS 9,

Re: Eudora failure to highlight

2004-02-02 Thread Bob Jackson
At 9:56 AM 2/2/04, David Watkins eloquently proclaimed... Generally the problem when Eudora misbehaves is that it has a corrupted Eudora Settings file. You will find your 'Eudora Settings' file inside your Eudora folder. Try by closing down the Eudora program and moving the 'Eudora

Good Items going Cheap(er)

2004-02-02 Thread Edward Arrowsmith
Thanks to all who enquired about individual items but I have a buyer for the lot. Best wishes edward For sale: 1 x Fantom Drives Firewire 16X CD Burner 1 x Zip Drive with 6 x 100 Mb discs 1 x Keyspan USB - serial dual adaptor 64 Mb P100 G4 RAM

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Rod Lavington
On 2/2/04 10:27 AM, Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chop One thing is sure. Your computer is dead. You logic board needs to be replaced. Not a word to any Windows users you know! I just thought I should point out that Anthony at Computer Trade Centre can fix this problem without

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Robert Howells
On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Rod Lavington wrote: On 2/2/04 10:27 AM, Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chop One thing is sure. Your computer is dead. You logic board needs to be replaced. Not a word to any Windows users you know! I just thought I should point out that

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Shay Telfer
But dealing with the logic board will require both knowledge and the facility to use the correct solder techniques. It's not like the old days. Ok, so now I'm concerned. I'd suggest that in all likelihood Antony doesn't need to resolder the machine, get a new motherboard, or even wave

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Antony N. Lord
First, try booting the machine with an external monitor. If that works, boot it into 9 and install the firmware patch. No, sadly that fails. Monitor comes up, turns grey then power fails. Alternatively, if you feel comfortable with it, disassemble the machine so that you can access the reset

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread gordonm
Quoting Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But dealing with the logic board will require both knowledge and the facility to use the correct solder techniques. It's not like the old days. Ok, so now I'm concerned. I'd suggest that in all likelihood Antony doesn't need to resolder the

Re: Strange iMac Problems

2004-02-02 Thread Antony N. Lord
You need a HD with OS 9 installed on it only, no hint of an OSX bootloader. An external monitor as suggested previously. If this was the case couldn't you just disconnect the HD and boot from an OS 9 CD? -- == =

OS 7.5.5 to OS 8.1 upgrade

2004-02-02 Thread John Weekes
Hi All A friend of mine has a Mac LC630 running OS 7.5.5. I'm told it can be safely upgraded to 8.1. My problem .. where to find a download source or copy of the OS 8 install program. Any help or advice would be appreciated. John -- John Weekes 13 / 244 Mill Point Road South Perth