FreePPP problems
I'm having problems using FreePPP to connect to iinet. Up until now, it's been great! I've never had a problem. Then some time between connecting on Sunday (with no problems) and trying to connect yesterday, the program appears to have spontaneously combusted on me. I can dial up fine. A connection is established like usual. But it will only connect to iinet for less than a minute before the connection is dropped again. During that brief time, I get error messages from Netscape saying that there is no network socket established, while Eudora says 'Error involving Domain Name System 701; An error occurred while initializing Open Transport Internet Services'. So I've tried reinstalling Open Transport to fix the problem; reinstalling FreePPP 2.6.2; reinstalling the OS (9.2.1); and switching the internal modem configuration from V90 to V34. But none of it made any difference. Out of sheer desperation, I changed tactics and went through the Remote Access internet setup that comes with the OS. And that works fine (hence I'm able to actually send an email for help!). But I'd like to fix the FreePPP problem if I can. I saw on the MacFixit forum that some people were having problems with FreePPP running through the authentication process too fast for the ISP to keep up with. But I don't think that is the problem because the program tells me that a connection is established -- it just doesn't seem stable. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have a b+w G3, running 9.2.1, 256 MBs ram, 56K internal modem. Claudia. :) -- = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Due to intense mind fog, all thoughts have been grounded.
price on hd
Hi Can anyone give me a price on a 20Gb internal HD for a PB G3/333 Lombard (pre FW)? Would like to replace my current 4Gb, and put it into a expansion bay module so that I can boot from it. Thanks Angus
Disappearing printer
I've been getting intermittent problems with a Canon BJC printer disappearing from the USB port of an iMac. Tried re-booting, re-installing drivers, re-starting, zapping PRAMs, changing cable, changing USB port etc etc. Apple System profiler and Chooser still tells me no device is attached. Took the printer to a service centre and they say it's fine on a PC box (don't want to know about iMacs, of course). Any suggestions? -- Dr J.M. Cummins Anatomy, Div. Vet. Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University GPO Box S1400, Perth Western Australia 6849 Tel. +61-8-9360 2668 Fax +61-8-9310 4144 E mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Furor arma ministrat Madness supplies the arms - Virgil
Re: Disappearing printer
At 10:12 AM +0800 1/11/01, Derek Ellerton wrote: Hi Jim and WAMUG folks. What version of the Mac OS are you using? 9.2 Also, do you have a USB hub handy, that you can try plugging the printer into? Or perhaps, can you try the printer on a different model Mac? And just to confirm, you're using the USB ports on the side of the iMac, not on the end of the keyboard? Tried both with a different USB cable but with no luck. That's when we thought it must be a printer hardware problem Cheers. Derek. I've been getting intermittent problems with a Canon BJC printer disappearing from the USB port of an iMac. Tried re-booting, re-installing drivers, re-starting, zapping PRAMs, changing cable, changing USB port etc etc. Apple System profiler and Chooser still tells me no device is attached. Took the printer to a service centre and they say it's fine on a PC box (don't want to know about iMacs, of course). Any suggestions? -- Dr J.M. Cummins -- Derek Ellerton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Officer, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't take a moment to look around, you could miss it. (Ferris Bueller) -- Dr J.M. Cummins Anatomy, Div. Vet. Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University GPO Box S1400, Perth Western Australia 6849 Tel. +61-8-9360 2668 Fax +61-8-9310 4144 E mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Furor arma ministrat Madness supplies the arms - Virgil
Re: Disappearing printer
Hi Jim and WAMUG folks. By any chance, did the problem start occurring after you upgraded to Mac OS 9.2.x? If so, have you had a look through some of the extensions in the Extension Manager control panel, and turned off *everything* that you don't need (e.g. RioUSB, PalmUSB (if you're not using a PalmPilot) etc. Also, did you do a 'dirty' (over-the-top) install, or a clean install to Mac OS 9.2? Have you tried doing a 'clean' install on your computer, to see if the printer works then? There may well be a USB-driver conflict or similar, that has occurred since your OS upgrade. Cheers. Derek. Hi Jim and WAMUG folks. What version of the Mac OS are you using? 9.2 Also, do you have a USB hub handy, that you can try plugging the printer into? Or perhaps, can you try the printer on a different model Mac? And just to confirm, you're using the USB ports on the side of the iMac, not on the end of the keyboard? Tried both with a different USB cable but with no luck. That's when we thought it must be a printer hardware problem Cheers. Derek. I've been getting intermittent problems with a Canon BJC printer disappearing from the USB port of an iMac. -- Derek Ellerton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Support Officer, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't take a moment to look around, you could miss it. (Ferris Bueller)
Re: Disappearing printer
At 10:54 AM +0800 1/11/01, Derek Ellerton wrote: Hi Jim and WAMUG folks. By any chance, did the problem start occurring after you upgraded to Mac OS 9.2.x? If so, have you had a look through some of the extensions in the Extension Manager control panel, and turned off *everything* that you don't need (e.g. RioUSB, PalmUSB (if you're not using a PalmPilot) etc. Also, did you do a 'dirty' (over-the-top) install, or a clean install to Mac OS 9.2? Have you tried doing a 'clean' install on your computer, to see if the printer works then? There may well be a USB-driver conflict or similar, that has occurred since your OS upgrade. Hmm - good suggestion. Actually the problem DID start after the 9.19.2 upgrade. I'll check it out. -- Dr J.M. Cummins Anatomy, Div. Vet. Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University GPO Box S1400, Perth Western Australia 6849 Tel. +61-8-9360 2668 Fax +61-8-9310 4144 E mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Furor arma ministrat Madness supplies the arms - Virgil
Re: OS-X and Mail problems... - HELP...
on 10/31/01 7:28 PM, Wendy Austin Thomas Oswin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Mail in OS-X too (sorry Shay) I have no idea why your messages aren't being removed other than the suspicion that it could be a server problem, I have just returned from Scotland where I used a local server and all messages were removed from that server and they are also removed from my server here with no problems. Wendy I remember reading somewhere that this is a bug that shows itself if you have no extra mail rules set. -- 90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.
Re: OS-X and Mail problems... - HELP...
on 10/31/01 11:16 PM, Andrew Nielsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Known bug. You're using immature software. I'd reiterate Shay's comment, in which he wondered why anyone would _want_ to use Apple's Mail app at the moment... Even though it's still got a few bugs it's not bad software. For most people it's as full featured as they'll ever need. The phrase most people does not include a large portion of the regular contributors to this list. I normally get over 200 emails a day to 5 different email accounts. I know that some of the other people here get more than that. For the typical home user Mail.app is all they need though. -- Man is a dog's idea of what God should be. --Holbrook Jackson
Re: OS-X and Mail problems... - HELP...
At 12:21 +0800 01/11/2001, Doug Wilson wrote: on 10/31/01 11:16 PM, Andrew Nielsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Known bug. You're using immature software. I'd reiterate Shay's comment, in which he wondered why anyone would _want_ to use Apple's Mail app at the moment... Even though it's still got a few bugs it's not bad software. For most people it's as full featured as they'll ever need. The phrase most people does not include a large portion of the regular contributors to this list. I normally get over 200 emails a day to 5 different email accounts. I know that some of the other people here get more than that. For the typical home user Mail.app is all they need though. No argument from me. However it's equivalent to a 1.0 release, and my point was that it is still immature, regardless of whether its feature set is appropriate to any given group of users. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN 49 426 849 601 Tel: 0500 555 677 Consultants in Unix, Mac OS, Windows networking technologies
Re: OS-X and Mail problems... - HELP...
On 1/11/2001 12:26 PM, Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No argument from me. However it's equivalent to a 1.0 release, and my point was that it is still immature, regardless of whether its feature set is appropriate to any given group of users. This is true. To be quite honest, the entire OS is a 1.0 release. The bug list is a mile long, and the feature request list is even longer. Please don't forget that OS9 has had 15 years to get to where it is now. OSX (In it's current form) has only had about 2 or 3 years of really solid work. There are some VERY exciting things coming. It just takes time. :-) PS... January will be fun! Regards Matthew Healey -- Matthew Healey Information Systems Western Orthopaedic Clinic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +61 (08) 9423 8800 Fax: +61 (08) 9381 8300 Suite 213 25 McCourt Street Subiaco 6006 Western Australia
Re: OS-X and Mail problems... - HELP...
On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 08:21 , Doug Wilson wrote: I remember reading somewhere that this is a bug that shows itself if you have no extra mail rules set. That is interesting - I have three extra mail rules set so perhaps that is why I haven't had the hassle. Worth a try for anyone with the problem. When I first got my TiBook I used Entourage under 9.1 but decided I liked Mail better (cleaner, brighter look) so switched over. I get about 170 Emails a day and Mail is more than capable of doing everything I want. Wendy Wendy Austin Thomas Oswin Coastal Road, Pomponette Beach Mauritius Island Tel/ans/fax 230 6257399 Mobile 230 2560182
[COMMERCIAL] New specials from Apple and iDVD2!
Hi All! Apple have come up with some great specials for the coming Christmas period! Firstly, if you purchase a 600Mhz or 700Mhz iMac, for an extra $99 you will receive a Kodak 3500 Digital Camera! This camera takes pictures up to 2.2 Mega pixel in size, has 3X digital Zoom and comes with 8 MB internal RAM. A great addition to your Digital Lifestyle! Secondly, purchase any Powermac G4 with an Apple LCD display and receive up to $1000 cash back from Apple! The offer is: - Purchase a 733 with a 15, 17 or 22 Apple LCD and get $200 back. - Purchase a 867 with a 15, 17 or 22 Apple LCD and receive $600 back. - Go for a Dual 800 with a 15, 17 or 22 Apple LCD and get the full $1000 cash back! The iMac offer lasts until the 21st of December, or while stocks last. The Powermac offer runs through to the 31st of December. And finally, iDVD2 was announced today. This is the upgrade of iDVD that Steve Jobs demonstrated at Macworld New York earlier this year. New features include: - Up to 90 Minutes on one DVD-R - Custom Motion Menus - Background MPEG encoding The specs needed to run iDVD2 are a G4 with a Superdrive, 256Meg of ram (384 recommended) and Mac OS 10.1 installed. The upgrade is $19.95 http://www.apple.com.au/idvd/upgrade Kindest regards Mike, Nick, Daniel and Rod! -- AppleCentre Joondalup 10/7 Delage St Joondalup WA 6027 Ph (08) 9301 5333 Fax (08) 9301 5444 ** iPod - 1000 bands in your pocket! **
Re: Email to fax / Fax to email
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know this question was asked about 2 months ago, but on looking through the archives, I haven't been able to find the message which I know had the answer... There were a couple of websites mentioned which allow a fax to be sent via email and vice versa...could the person who replied to the original question resend the information...I'd be very appreciative... Thanks! Michael Michaelsee message number 13368 in the Archives http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/message/13368. Cheers...Steven
Downloading Appleworks 6.2 for OSX
Hello there WAMUG folks, I have tried downloading Appleworks 6.2 for OSX from the Apple site and each time I get the file name nph-regita.pl in the Download Manager. Although the status indicates Transferring, the number of bytes downloaded remains at zero and there is no sign of activity. Any ideas please ? Or is there a better site to download this from ? Regards, Stephen Chape
5200 Hard drive replacement
I've recently been given an old Performa 5200 with a dodgy hard drive (only spins up about once in every 25 start-up attempts) so I've been looking to replace the drive. What kind of hard drives can be put in this machine? Apple's site says IDE (ATA) but are they the same kind of ATA drives as are used in newer macs or is there an older standard of ATA? Thanks Ben
MacSatellite 1.4
I have the same problem. All was going well with AudioGalaxy until the MacSatellite update. In the meantime I have switched back to Mactella but it is clumsy and slow compared to AudioGalaxy. Waiting, waiting ... Best wishes Edward Has anyone else been having trouble connecting since updating to MacSatellite v.1.4 ? I keep getting - 'Login Error : Wrong version, please update! Go to Menu File - AutoUpdate' When I do this, I get 'no update available'. I know v1.4 is the latest update my Preferences are still the same. Any light on this will be appreciated. Regards, Ronni
