Re: Firewall

> From: Nicholas Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:40:49 +0800 > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" > Subject: Re: Firewall > > > >> From: Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:22, Peter Sealy wrote: >>> The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is

Re: Firewall

> From: Onno Benschop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:22, Peter Sealy wrote: >> The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is incorporated in it >> which I assume is a type of firewall system/technology. Do I need any >> other firewall? Is turning on the OS X 10.3.4 Firewall

Re: New computer; can't print

On 21/6/04 4:12 PM, "Tim Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Rod, > > on 21/6/04 3:30 PM, Rod at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Maybe Gimp Print is worth a shot: >> > Done. > Works a treat. > Thanks for the tip. > > How can I pass this tip throug

Re: Firewall

On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 20:22, Peter Sealy wrote: > The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is incorporated in it > which I assume is a type of firewall system/technology. Do I need any > other firewall? Is turning on the OS X 10.3.4 Firewall in the Sharing > system prefs sufficient or is

Re: New computer; can't print

Try the Epson website for a new driver or something that someone else has incounted, unless you've tried this. > - Original Message - > From: "Tim Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: New computer; can't print > > >

Firewall

I have recently connected to ADSL via a Linksys WAG54G wireless modem by ethernet. I am not yet using the wireless capability as I haven't yet got an adapter card but I hope that will be forthcoming in a week or so. The modem's User Guide says that NAT technology is incorporated in it which I

Re: New computer; can't print

Thanks Rod, on 21/6/04 3:30 PM, Rod at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Maybe Gimp Print is worth a shot: > Done. Works a treat. Thanks for the tip. How can I pass this tip through to Apple? Clearly there is a problem with their driver for the Epson 740 w

Re: New computer; can't print

Hi Tim! On 21/6/04 3:18 PM, "Tim Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Rod, > > on 21/6/04 2:33 PM, Rod at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'd be very surprised if your 7600 is running 10.3.4, unless you have a >> G3/G4 upgrade card, tons of ram and Xposto or some other OS X booting >> facili

Re: New computer; can't print

Thanks Rod, on 21/6/04 2:33 PM, Rod at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd be very surprised if your 7600 is running 10.3.4, unless you have a > G3/G4 upgrade card, tons of ram and Xposto or some other OS X booting > facility. Highest OS a native 7600 can go to (without hacks) is 9.1. O ye of little

Re: New computer; can't print

Hi Tim, On 21/6/04 2:15 PM, "Tim Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a lovely new toy - eMac running OSX 10.3.4 hooked up to my Epson > 740 printer. But it won't print to it. > > When I print to the printer from my PowerMac7600, also running 10.3.4, it > works fine. > I'd be

New computer; can't print

Hi, I've got a lovely new toy - eMac running OSX 10.3.4 hooked up to my Epson 740 printer. But it won't print to it. When I print to the printer from my PowerMac7600, also running 10.3.4, it works fine. The eMac is seeing the Epson, in fact picked it up automatically in Printer Setup Utility wi

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

On 21/06/2004, at 10:05 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: For those who'd like a nice mouse without having to put money in Microsoft's coffers, OfficeWorks had Logitech optical mice (2 buttons + scrollwheel/button) for $29 last week. Don't know if they're still on sale. I use one of these and my hands

Re: Old computers (was Re: Voodoo Cards)

I guess I might I'd get rid of it if someone made me an offer on it. It still works and has software disks with it. The games on the Apple II are pretty funny but for some reason they don't seem to hold up for me against some of the other ones about today. While I'm on this issue I may as we

Footnote on Dying SuperDrive

Recently I wrote to the list asking what I should do about a SuperDrive that started having trouble spinning and made noises. The advice was that it wasn't worth trying to have it repaired, and I should buy a new one. So I bought a new one. I gave the old one to someone at Uni who makes minia

still Keychain Probs

Thanks for the suggestion of Keychain First Aid. Unfortunately, it didn't work. This is the message it produced: Repair started Checking keychain configuration for Pat (user ID=501) Home directory is /Users/pat Checked login keychain Checked password for ~/Library/Keychains/pat Passwor

Re: has this Harley owner seen Matrix 2?

On 21/6/04 1:18 PM, "Mark Secker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > duh say damn auto fill put Wamug instead of War (Western Australian Riders) I thought it was quite funny anyway! And it does have a Mac link - the Matrix trailers have been shown at the WAMUG meetings in the past ;-) Seeya Rod!

Re: has this Harley owner seen Matrix 2?

duh say damn auto fill put Wamug instead of War (Western Australian Riders) -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ "Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossibl

has this Harley owner seen Matrix 2?

or maybe it was Star Wars II -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ "Only he who attempts the absurd is cap

Re: slow imac

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 17:40, Robin Belford wrote: > After you have run diskwarrior, I suggest you download and run YASU > (free) and get some more memory, say 512 MB ($). More RAM is (almost) always good :-) Especially if you're running any Classic apps, you'll want more than 256MB. -- Craig R

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 17:27, James Devenish wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 05:07:58PM +0800, Gordon Campbell wrote: > > I always find it curious that Apple does have better functionality in > > some areas and in others has remained stubbornly behind, despite it

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

Of all the things Microsoft produces there's really not much debate that they do make a very nice mouse. :) Gordo For those who'd like a nice mouse without having to put money in Microsoft's coffers, OfficeWorks had Logitech optical mice (2 buttons + scrollwheel/button) for $29 last week. Don

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 09:12:18AM +0800, Gordon Campbell wrote: > Of all the things Microsoft produces there's really not much debate that > they do make a very nice mouse. :) Apart, perhaps from the "IntelliMouse 1.2A PS/2 Compatible", which is what I'm using at th

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 09:07:23AM +0800, Mark Secker wrote: > the puck mouse and the new one are dreadful ergonomically Okay, there must be something wrong with me. I have no bones problems with the puck mice! I don't mind the puck mice at all! I find them comfortab

RE: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

to be quite blunt I usually ensure that any new mac here is purchased with a 3 or 5 button scroll wheel MS mouse (or equivalent). my favorite trick with the 5 button stroller mouse is to put expose´ on the two side buttons and scroll button Of all the things Microsoft produces there's

Unicode

I am using Entourage as an email client. When I reply to an email from one friend in France, I get a message saying that it must be sent in unicode which some servers cannot handle. I do not know what this is. How do I change it from unicode so that I can be sure my friend gets the reply? Lloyd

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

I make no bones abut the fact that I love apple's designs even , yes, even the eMac is starting to look slightly better than my "ummm OK I Guess" initial reaction (particularly when on the lexan stand)... but I have never been able to get around any Apple mouse post tear drop ADB the puck

Re: Old computers (was Re: Voodoo Cards)

Throw outs Apple Classic carry case -last used as a cool bag for cold stuff whilst shopping -great actually are you saying your throwing this out or your going to throw this out If your throwing it out can I catch it? I have one along with a couple of SE/Classic Targus bags and being padded

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:22:21AM +0800, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > The only perplexing thing for me is the fact that Apple have built > support into MacOS X for 2 buttons and a scroll wheel, but still do not > provide the hardware. Although mice might be a "specia

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

On 20/06/2004, at 5:27 PM, James Devenish wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 05:07:58PM +0800, Gordon Campbell wrote: I always find it curious that Apple does have better functionality in some areas and in others has remained stubbornly behind, despite it being obvio

Re: Old computers

Hi Reg, On Monday, June 21, 2004, at 05:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Paul On 20 Jun 2004, at 3:42pm, Paul Mulroney wrote: Well, it was truly dead - no hard drive, no ram, no floppy disk, no backup battery, and I don't think it actually chimed on power on either. My SE/30 is dead too (won

Re: slow imac

This is sort of relevant but what does Indexing do to the hardrive? Would anyone gain anything from it? Anyone wanting to search the contents of every document in an indexed folder reasonably quickly would. As to when someone would want to do that? Not sure. Depends on how good/bad your filing

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

> Having said that, I still dont think a three button mouse is three > times better than an Apple brand mouse. Never really use much the second button on my mouse, but can't live without the scroll wheel. Bought an Apple bluetooth mouse but can't give up the MacAlly's scroll wheel (and can't live

Re: Mouses (or Mice) [was: Re: Numeric keypads]

On 20/06/2004, at 5:43 PM, John Taylor wrote: On 20 Jun 2004, at 5:27 PM, James Devenish wrote: The one that springs to mind is the single button mice. Pretty much every Mac user I know has gone out and bought a two button mouse for use with their Mac. I have to admit this is one area whe