Re: AppleWorks 6.xxx

2004-09-10 Thread Reg Whitely
You would need AW6 for Win before using this update I think. As far as I know AW6 for Win was never released in Australia. Help me please if I am wrong. Reg On 10 Sep 2004, at 3:22pm, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: Visit this site for the dark side version of AWS 6 http://www.apple.com.au/app

Re: ADSL setup

2004-09-10 Thread Dark Servant
Ok I've figured it out myself. Managed to connect and all. I think the problem with accessing the router was because I choose to save password for the login. I accessed the router with Explorer and it worked fine (normally use Safari) Ruben A. Franke I know this has been over so many times

Help needed - non-Mac matter though

2004-09-10 Thread J Philippe Chaperon
Dear WAMUG'ers, I know that this is probably not the right place to ask, but just in case one of our group can help with this request please. A friend on mine urgently need an AT 286 in good working order. His old 286 was used with a specialised application to run a machine he uses in his worksho

ADSL setup

2004-09-10 Thread Dark Servant
I know this has been over so many times before but I've searched the archive and can't find what I need. I'll be looking on the Australian broadband whirlpool to try and figure it out but I'll post this anyway so I don't have to wait longer if I'm unsuccessful. I've been trying to setup my dodo

Re: AppleWorks 6.xxx

2004-09-10 Thread Mervyn & Giuliana Bond
Visit this site for the dark side version of AWS 6 http://www.apple.com.au/appleworks/update/ Are there any cross platform people who have checked out the PC version? Merv At 9:04 PM +0800 9/9/04, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Merv On 9 Sep 2004, at 2:25pm, Mervyn & Giuliana Bond wrote: Has anyone wo

WTD: 8500

2004-09-10 Thread Rod
Hi All! If anyone knows of a 8500 Powermac going cheap (or trade for bits), can you please let me know! Seeya Rod! [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: homebrew "downpipe" wireless antenna

2004-09-10 Thread Shay Telfer
strangely this link was posted on a motorcycle group but it's pretty cool... http://members.iinet.net.au/~clark/FreeNet/Waveguide/index.htm#Downpipe I've got a couple of friends up in the hills who got one made and then we spent the day installing it and driving around with a pay TV Sat dis

homebrew "downpipe" wireless antenna

2004-09-10 Thread Mark Secker
strangely this link was posted on a motorcycle group but it's pretty cool... http://members.iinet.net.au/~clark/FreeNet/Waveguide/index.htm#Downpipe -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00

Subject: Is that right - SuperDrive no good for re-writable DVD ?! :-(

2004-09-10 Thread Matt Falvey
This is from the Macintosh iLife by Jim Heid: "Apple doesn't publicise it, but the SuperDrive can read from - and write to - rewritable DVD media, called DVD-RW ...but you have to trick iDVD, Here's how. double click the Burn button as you normally would and insert a DVD-R blank when iD

not right... allegedly Re: Is that right - SuperDrive no good for re-writable DVD ?! :-(

2004-09-10 Thread Mark Secker
la la la... you never heard this from me . tra la la la la as a hypothetical supposition mealy pondering on alternative possibilities I may have some time last year, allegedly, flashed the superdrive in a PowerBook I may or may not own, and possibly , allegedly, that may have allowed m

PCI Macs and OS9.2

2004-09-10 Thread Robert Howells
Good Morning People, At the meeting the other night I asked for suggestions about Radeon Vision card and OS9.1 . The statement was made and we all know that OS 9.2 is not meant to run on older PCI Macs such as the 7300. Hmmm! That is the official line ! In the search to a fix for my Visi

Anyone selling a second hand (or really cheap) Wacom tablet?

2004-09-10 Thread Adam Yap
My friend is looking for one, preferably with an airbursh tool. Size: 9"x12" or 12"x12" Preferably an Intuos or Intuos 2. She's mainly using for illustrating/colouring (manga + comic).

Re: Is that right - SuperDrive no good for re-writable DVD ?! :-(

2004-09-10 Thread Shay Telfer
So is that right? The SuperDrive doesn't allow you to take advantage of re-writable DVDs (ie. DVD-RW or DVD+RW? Or is there a way round this? Any tips appreciatedSteven There was a recent discussion of this on Macintouch: There's

Re: Is that right - SuperDrive no good for re-writable DVD ?! :-(

2004-09-10 Thread Rob Davies
Morning, On 9 Sep 2004, at 11:59pm, Steven wrote: So is that right? The SuperDrive doesn't allow you to take advantage of re-writable DVDs (ie. DVD-RW or DVD+RW? Or is there a way round this? Yes, this is true it is a DVD -R only drive which means it will not burn anyother disk except those,

Re: iMac G5 clone already out!

2004-09-10 Thread Brett Carboni
> However, the Lluon is certainly one of the better PC examples of that form > factor. > >> because they released it before the iMac that's how :) Let's hope Lluon doesn't sue Apple for copying *them* :-) Brett Carboni Tsunami "Wireless Sushi without Windows"

Re: Skype

2004-09-10 Thread Bob Jackson
At 1:23 AM 10/9/04, Steven eloquently proclaimed... Hi Michael I've used Skype now to call a few people on landlines, including UK & US calls. I'm finding there's a bit of a delay when conversing - not too much, but enough to disrupt the conversation regularly, and certainly lesser qua

Is that right - SuperDrive no good for re-writable DVD ?! :-(

2004-09-10 Thread Steven
Finally I've got round to looking into a little more detail what the SuperDrive can and can't don on my 17" 1.5Gz PowerBook. When I bough this PowerBook I assumed, seemingly incorrectly, that one of the good things about the SuperDrive was that I could do regular backups to DVD. My thinking that I