Re: Printing to a non-IP printer connected to Windows box
For this kind of stuff, the best resources are: www.macosxhints.com www.macwindows.com re: printing, attaching your printer to the mac(hence directly printing from your mac) and printing from windows via sharing might be better. I found a hint for that a few weeks ago on macosxhints.com: -- 10.3: Print from Windows XP to a shared Mac printer Mon, Feb 16 '04 at 08:55AM • from: tvkeller There have been hints for that using Jaguar and CUPS. In Panther, it works without any special work under the hood -- just switch on Printer sharing and Windows sharing in the Sharing preferences panel. In Windows, add a new network printer; you can find it by browsing. But now the important thing: When Windows asks to select a driver for the printer, select any PostScript driver like the Apple LaserWriter or Color LaserWriter instead of the printer model you're using. -- Regards Dave On 21/02/2004, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Adam Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Printing to a non-IP printer connected to Windows box Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:41:47 +0800 Bought myself a cheap Epson C63U the other day which comes with drivers for Mac OS X and Windows but there's something I just can't do. My Windows box is my home, on all the time computer, which my printer is connected to. I'd like to print to it using Windows sharing from my powerbook. But for the life of me I can't get this set up. The driver just doesn't show up when choosing a Windows Shared printer. Any advice? Oh, and Epson refuses to support it. (Their response: Mac AND Windows? mental support breakdown) Adam ___ Dorothy Parker They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm
palms and macs
Anyone who is as concerned as I about the loss of mac support with future palm handhelds is strongly encouraged to sign the petition here: http://www.petitiononline.com/palmmac3/petition.html Dave - To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person. - Bruce Lee
Re: Bluetooth mice - right handers need only apply
Adam, Avoid the Microshaft one - it really sucks. Lawsy battery life and issues with pairing etc, although apparently fixed by the latest microsoft drivers. the logitech is good, but lawsy for left handers. a good bluetooth mouse with scroll wheel I've seen is the belkin one - only just came on the market. Check it out: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process? Merchant_Id=Section_Id=200583pcount=Product_Id=157641 Unfortunately also a right handers mouse only. I'm glad Apple isn't so biased - think different and all. . (left handed) dave On 16/02/2004, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: From: Adam Yap [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bluetooh mouse Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 07:58:28 +0800 Guys, I'm looking for a bluetooth mouse to twin to my 15 Albook. Love the Apple option but of course lack of scroller and second and third mouse buttons is a pain. The two suggestions are the Microsoft one and the Logitech MX900. Anyone with any experience with these (or the Apple one I guess) or can suggest any others? Adam Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. -Socrates
attention all palm/mac users
If you weren't aware, palmone in their infinite wisdom have just decided to no longer develop syncing/desktop software for macs. Their new OS, PalmOS 6 (Cobalt) will specifically not sync with macs out of the box. additionally, older versions of palm desktop will not work with newer handhelds: http://www.brighthand.com/article/Whats_Not_in_Cobalt This means that in order to sync any future PalmOS 6 devices, one need to purchase software from a third party such as missing sync. This is indeed a stupid and sad decision to come from palmone. If I had known that 6-12 months ago I wouldn't have bought a new palm. I might as well go out and buy a detested microsoft pocketpc - the same situation exists for those (requiring a third party software application to sync) I suspect many of their customers are like me and stuck with palm through the good and bad times (ie microsoft's incursion on palm territory) simply because they were mac friendly. Well, no more for me. My next handheld will NOT be a palm unless they reverse this decision. For those that think handhelds are on their way out to be replaced by ipod/phones etc, I for one sincerely don't think so. As a junior doctor i rely on my palm for the latest drug info and treatment guidelines. Medical software for phone OSes or other gadgets is non existent. Additionally, interference caused by mobile phones, while not an issue with most hospital wards/departments, are still an issue in coronary care units and other areas where pacemakers are prevalent. Anyway, I digress. Bottom line: For those like me who are rather irritated and angry about this decision, I encourage you to write to palm and make yourself heard as I am. I think this is the only avenue left to help knock palmone to their senses. Here are the appropriate addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] And to send comments to the palmsource marketing department: http://www.palmsource.com/contact/write_os.htm [palmsource.com] Dave Choy As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. - Leonardo da Vinci
Re: G5 to PC was a hoax
Hey everyone, That story someone posted about some dude turning his G5 into a pc that gave some people nightmares etc etc has turned out to be a hoax. While I thought it was real, i didn't really care since you'd have to be an absolute loser to do that. Take a look: http://www.overclockers.com/tips1133/ Dave
Re:photo quality colour laser printer
Hi, My recommendations for a Colour laser are (1) Tektronix - high priced but reliable and cheap cost to run (need to add $600 postscript option) http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?PART:F5630#Tof (2) - I trust epson over HP for support http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?PART:G8733#Tof (3) HP - well they are one of the leading printer manufacturers and their colour laser is keenly priced (though the cartridges aren't cheap) http://www.ht.com.au/Scripts/xworks.exe?PART:F9812#Tof these are not that cheap but they all have the following in common: (1) Postscript printer language (2) Network port built in If you make sure these two are in the coulor laser you buy, you will not be as reliant on drivers from the manufacturer. Some printer manufacturers, especially HP, have a bad reputation for failing to release new drivers when a new version of Mac OS comes out. My trusty HP 2100 laser which I bought back in 1997 still runs on 10.3.2 because it has the 2 features above. Dave On 31/01/2004, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:48:23 +0800 Subject: photo quality colour laser printer From: Eugene [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Wamuggers, any suggestion for colour laser printer? Priority #1 is photo quality OS X compliant. Not important is text, speed, networking, duplexing, A3. regards Eugene - Now hang on an minute, we're not signing anything unless it's a contract - Homer Simpson
Re: iLecture Streamed Audio and QuickTime Question
For people interested in saving streams for personal viewing, this step by step guide may be useful courtesy of my rapidly no 1 website, macosxhints.com: Save 'unsavable' QuickTime movies (revisited) Wed, Jan 21 '04 at 09:50AM from: bschmwsii Back in 2001, macosxhints published a really neat solution for saving QuickTime (QT) movies from web pages (please see: Save 'unsavable' QuickTime movies for the details). However, the advent of Panther and one of its new menu features (Go to Folder...) has made saving QT files even simpler and requires no UNIX knowledge. General: As noted in the original hint, the first thing to do is to make sure that Save movies in disk cache has been activated. This is accomplished by opening System Preferences, then clicking on the QuickTime icon. Next, check Save movies in disk cache, then close System Preferences. You will only need to do this once. From now on, it will continue to cache the QT files. [robg adds: Go to Folder isn't new with Panther, so this revised non-UNIX method should work just fine in previous OS X releases.] Step 1: Using any web browser (I tested this using Safari), play a QuickTime movie from a website that typically does not allow you to save the movie. This will place a cached copy of the QT movie in the folder /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/. Step 2: Switch to the Finder. Under the Go menu, you will see Go to Folder A dialog box opens that asks you to enter the path name to the folder you want to go to. Type in /tmp/501/TemporaryItems/. The Finder will present you with a window showing all of the files that are temporarily stored in this folder. Typically, you can't see this folder without using UNIX commands via Terminal. Step 3: Look thru the files until you find one that starts with the name QTPluginTemp. It will have bunch of other random numbers and letters in the name -- just ignore those. For the sake of this example, let's call this file: QTPluginTemp3763600. So now: 1. Move (or copy) the file to any folder you like. I have one called Downloads that I use. 2. Click on the file and press the Enter key so you can rename it. 3. Rename the file to MyMovie.mov (you can use replace MyMovie with any text that you like, but the .mov part is critical!) 4. Click Enter again to make the new name stick 5. A warning box will pop up asking Are you sure you want to add the extension .mov to the end of the name? Then it goes on to explain all of the scary things that could happen if you do this. Take a chance! Click Add. Notice that Panther not only renamed the file to MyMovie.mov, it also automatically changed the icon and made the default application to be QuickTime Player! So all you have to do now is get the popcorn, double click the file and watch the movie! No muss, no fuss and no UNIX code! If you download QT movies a lot, then another time saver would be to make an alias to the TemporaryItems folder so that you don't have to do Step 2 every time. For the really fancy among you, you could write an AppleScript, and attach it to the TemporaryItems folder using FolderActions, that would look for new files that start with QTPluginTemp and automatically move them to a special folder for later processing of Step 3. Heck, if you are really adventurous, you could write an AppleScript, that performs Step 3, then Step 2 and you would never have to touch the file at all! But this exercise is left to the reader. Don't you just hate that?! On 28/01/2004, at 5:04 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Richard Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: iLecture Streamed Audio and QuickTime Question Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:43:20 +0800 Murdoch University is using iLecture to provide streamed audio for selected units this year. This is helpful to external students like me who can't get to lectures because of work commitments. As the explanatory material on the iLecture site at Murdoch states, students '...have the option to use either QuickTime or Windows Player. If you are using a Macintosh computer, try QuickTime. If you are using a Windows machine, try Windows Player. Select the appropriate bandwidth from the drop down menu next to the media player your computer supports. The play window will appear. You can start the lecture by clicking on the start button. If you want to listen to a later part of the lecture or go back to an earlier part, you can use the slider. You will need to allow iLecture a little time to stream the part you need'. I've tried the demo site at Murdoch and can play the test lecture live. It would, however, be useful if I could save each lecture to my hard drive for review purposes (and to minimise wastage of bandwidth). Anyone got any ideas as to whether it is possible to save these lectures to disk under QuickTime? I'll delete them at the end of semester for
Re: Automated FM radio recording
Are there any FM tuner cards that work with 10.3.x? not out yet but soon. does what you want: http://www.streetwise.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1899 (Griffin FM radio shark) USB though, not a pci card dave When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. -Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Canon i250 and Panther?
yep - Canon i250 and Panther work for me. Actually, for me they were never broken in the first place. If you are having problems getting them to work may I suggest print center repair. Dave On 17/01/2004, at 5:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:08:10 +0800 From: Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Canon i250 and Panther? Anybody had any success with this yet.. I seem to recall that several other people had problems with their i250's once they upgraded to Panther. I've been checking the canon sight regularly and it apear that in the last week a new point release of the driver has come out. At the moment I've got my i250 borrowed out so I can't test it but can anyone else confirm that this now works? -- Japanese Proverb When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
Re: is iinet adsl ok?
I concur with Phil. I initially couldn't set up my billion router with them when i first got connecte. At 5:30pm I gave support a call and was pleasantly surprised to have the phone answered (1) within 10 seconds of dialling and (2) speak to a real live person rather than an automated response service informing me your call may be monitored the only downside is that they're a little clueless about macs (at least the person I spoke to.) However if you buy an ADSL modem/router this shouldn't present too much of a problem as these days such devices are web configured and deal with all your settings (PPPoe, NAT, user/password etc etc) -so if you have a problem even clueless pc people should be able to help. Dave On 17/01/2004, at 5:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I to have recently migrated to Westnet from iinet and the difference is a breath of fresh air... Not that I have had many questions but when I have phoned them, I get straight through to a person who has always been very helpful AND they follow-through and follow-up any problems. I also was getting many spam emails via iinet (who must have sold on my address). With Westnet I have not had one! Unfortunately big can sometimes mean being complaisant and the power of advertising can be the reason for iinet's success rather than the quality of the product and the service offered. Sometimes people just assume because the masses use it, it must be good. That's not true of us of course otherwise we would all have PC's, but we know better You really don't get any better publicity than word of mouth, that's why I am sending this. It's ore to promote the positives of Westnet than to burn iinet. Phil -- Japanese Proverb When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
Re: Abacus applecentre in Cannington is closed
Hmm, Gordo, I do not agree with you at all. I have been selling/supporting macs professionally for the last 5 years and privately for the last 15 years. In that time I have seen more earnest switchers from Microsoft windows NT/XP/2000/98 in the last 3-4 years of mac OS X than in the 10 years prior. I actually find it easier to get people to make the switch now than ever. Those that have made the switch have in fact become more devout mac users than me! The thing that differentiates mac OS X from your Linux/Unix etc is that end users never have to learn/see/use the command line or understand UNIX, meanwhile gaining the advantages of stability, and security that these type of systems afford. Additionally, i have yet to see or hear of a suite of consumer apps like iLife on the windows side. If you don't use these apps, then it probably won't matter, but for the majority that do it's like a breath of fresh air. you also forget the phenomenon called the iPod. I hardly call this a specialised product for a niche market of experts Dave On 17/01/2004, at 5:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I know this is probably gonna meet with some resistance, but here goes. I just don't see the Mac as a 'Joe Public' consumer product. I know that's the way Apple is tilting its marketing, but it's just not how I see it. I tend to see their products as basically UNIX workstations, mostly of interest to those who regularly use UNIX-style systems, or just happen to prefer them over Windows solutions. When I decided to start investigating a UNIX based laptop, I ended up deciding on an iBook, mostly because I could get a UNIX system on it without having to worry about hardware compatability issues, which was something that Intel-based laptops running Linux or FreeBSD, or any UNIX for that matter, couldn't offer. So in the end I've grown to see Apple as offering specialised products for a niche market of experts. I like their products, but I wouldn't recommend them to my end-user friends. Let the flame war commence. :P Gordo Microsoft® message Try Windows Media Player 9 today - It's more fun when we own your music and tell you what we want you to do with it
Re:Region Free DVD drives on iBooks
Check this site out, I think someone posted it a while back http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/ should tell you all you need to know about region free on macs and how to get it going. Dave On 17/01/2004, at 5:06 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:12:27 +0800 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Gordon Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Region Free DVD drives on iBooks Does anyone know which model of DVD drives the current G4 iBooks are shipping with and if it's possible to make those drives region free? Any experiences anyone has had with getting region free on Macs? Gordo Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.Oprah Winfrey
Re: OT: House burglary tonight
Wow, It looks like people these days really don't care for Christmas spirit, eh? Glad to see you didn't lose your precious, Phil! My friend got his laptop, mobile phone and wallet stolen on christmas eve while he was sleeping. Eerily similar to Phil's story except they came in through the window. Thing is there were THREE people in the house and they all slept through it! I guess you really need good security these days. As for sleeping with your laptop, I am probably as geeky as the rest of you guys and gals, but that (for me) is just that little bit too far! My solution is to just use a kensington security cable on my powerbook, and attach it to something big, in my case the cable hole in my office table. I'm pretty sure they'll at least need to make some noise to get it out of there! Also if I slept with my pbook, I could well end up rolling onto it, as I have done with countless walkmans and other devices in the past and end up wrecking the display or something. While I like security, I don't know whether I'd go the whole hog with security grills etc. I am reminded of the vietnamese family recently who got burnt alive in their home. Their placed had security grills over all the windows so they couldn't get out through them and no one could save them either! All your really need is a good alarm with motion sensors and some pepper spray handy. The alarm will scare off 90% of burglars, the other 10% will try anyway regardless of your security measures. I've been robbed in a fully secured place - they just came through the roof instead! Dave On 29/12/2003, at 8:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:03:35 +0800 From: Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: House burglary tonight Yup, I'll be faxing all the pawnbroker shops in the next few days. And here I was thinking that I would never use the fax function in 10.3! And I'll be getting some cops that I know socially to keep an eye on recovered goods records. My emptied wallet was found around the corner from here this morning. Damn, that was my last $100 so now I'm left with $3.35 to my name and a bloody empty stomach! These kids are bloody experienced, even the hidden compartments that nosey girlfriends, etc, normally don't find had been gone through. Rather miffed about losing my camera though... now I can't take any photos of the ripper grazes that I've got on my right knee and hand from when I fell over whilst chasing the car down the road. Moral of the story... don't leave your PowerBook on your desk at night, always take it to bed with you! My geekiness/nerdiness paid off, I always take my PowerBook to bed at night (the cat to, but he always runs away as soon as he can). :-) I've been wondering all day if these kids will ever come back now that they have seen the masses of Mac stuff that I have in this house. But then again... I'm 6 foot tall, 118kg... big ugly fat bastard, particularly unattractive when running across the front yard at 3:30am in nothing but old underpants. Being chased by this huge pissed off pale bloke who's bare skin hasn't seen sunshine in many years must have had them at least a tad concerned. Would have been a classic for Funniest Home Videos... if I had the whole iSight thing set up I would still have lost my camera, but could have won a new replacement one with the video. Phil - Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.- Thomas A. Edison
Fwd: MPEG2 encoding to SVCD - use toast 6
Toast 6 Should do the trick. http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toast/features.jhtml Well worth the price of the software as it does soo much more than just burn discs. Take a look. Dave On 20/12/2003, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 15:26:54 +0800 Subject: MPeg-2 encoding on the Mac From: Paul Mulroney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone, I've created a movie on my mac using iMovie 3, and now I'd like to create a SVCD (since I don't own a dvd burner, and CD's are cheap and SVCD's play on a lot of dvd players anyway). To create SVCD's you need to have a mpeg-2 encoded file. I found a solution called TMPEG ENC, but it only runs on a PC. iMovie 3 will export AVI, Quicktime Movie, mpeg-4, and DV stream (amongst others), but not mpeg-2. So, at the moment I have to export the DV stream to the PC, then use the TMPEG ENC to convert to mpeg-2, and then use Nero to create the SVCD. I saw on the Apple site that you can buy a mpeg-2 player license for quicktime, but it doesn't say that if you buy this and/or upgrade to quicktime pro that you can encode mpeg-2. Is there a way to create SVCD's on a Mac, without having to use the dark side? I heard that Toast will create the SVCD layout, but there must be a Mac solution to do mpeg-2 encoding. All help greatly appreciated, Paul. -- Paul W. Mulroney - Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. -Socrates
Re: Minidisc to CD in OS X
Callum The best solution I have found for MD to Mac (and then CD i guess) is an Aussie made product called the Xitel MD Port I/O. Connects to the USB port and to the MD via the Optical line in/out. Take a look: http://www.xitel.com/product_mdpio.htm note that while officially Mac OS X is not supported, it *will* work. I'd recommend going to the page below and printing it out - it describes how mac users have got it working. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/audio/xitel_dg2_usb_digital.html I gather he's transferring this way because he doesn't have the original CDs or Mp3s anymore(or are they his own MD recordings?) ? He needs to buy an iPod! MD is dead, and even Sony knows it. They're scrambling to make a HD based player as we speak. Oh, and did anybody else notice that the Sony Central store in Perth stocks iPods! Need I say more? Dave On 19/12/2003, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:15:41 +0800 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mini disc to CD in OSX From: Callum Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey all, I have a friend wanting to transfer some minidisc recordings onto CD. What's the best way to accomplish this in OS X? He has a 15 TiBook, but has access to other Macs if necessary. Cheers! Callum Prior --- William Shakespeare Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
Re: power adapter for pbook
Brett, here is my recommendation. i assume you simply want a power adaptor that allows voltage switching so eg you can use it on the plane. http://www.streetwise.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=1334 this will adapt your powerbook to use the plane voltage. If you're after a power adaptor so that you can use one power supply for all your toys (powerbook ipod, phone etc) I think you will not be able to find anything. I found one product- the Juice adapter - but their web page doesn't load. always a bad sign. Take a look: http://www.macobserver.com/article/2003/03/19.2.shtml Your powerbook, phone, ipod etc should all be autoswitching though so you can use them overseas (just check it says 110-240V on the adapter somewhere) Re: Powerbook voltage switching: I assume you mean that the power adaptor that comes with your powerbook is auto switching between 110volts and 240 volts. I which case, yes it does so if for example you are going to the US all you need is one of those adaptors so you can physically plug it into the wall socket. Dave On 19/12/2003, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:37:27 +0800 Subject: Power adaptor for Powerbook From: Brett Carboni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for a multi voltage power adaptor to power my Powerbook and other misc things like phone charger. Have tried Dick Smith Altronics to no avail. Anyone know a good reasonable place to buy such things? Also, is the Powerbook voltage switching like other Macs so that I only need a different plug on the end? T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami -- Microsoft Windows™ - When do you want to crash today?
FOR SALE: HP2100TN Laser printer
Hey everyone, I have the following printer available priced for quick sale (Im moving soon and it won't fit in my new place!!) HP Laserjet 2100TN black and white laser printer 10 pages per minute Ethernet 10 base T networking built in 3 Trays (including feed) 2 x 250 sheets Infra red printing built in 1200DPI Adobe postscript level 2 extra 16mb RAM (total 24mb) Pristine condition - with all original boxes, manuals and even the plastic bags and ties they originally went into! more specs here: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp? objectID=bpl06416locale=en_UStaskId=101prodSeriesId=25469prodTypeId= 18972 $700 or nearest reasonable offer - must be sold by the end of this week (12th December) Please email or give me a call on 0403 536 981 or 9389 9778 if interested. Regards, David Choy
Re: mailbox creation issue in mail
Adam, I assume the IMAP thing isn't working cos you don't have a .mac subscription. Even so you can still make non IMAP folders. You actually want to create a folder on your mac rather than an IMAP folder. When you right click the sidebar and select new mailbox, just make sure that you select On my mac as the location of the new mailbox. THis will create a normal mailbox rather than an IMAP one. Hope this helps. Email the list again if you still can't get it working. Regards, Dave On 05/12/2003, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: essage-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mail rules and mailbox Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:20:27 +0800 I can't do that either...When I try and create a new mailbox it says Unable to create new IMAP mailbox...g Adam. On 04/12/2003, at 3:05 PM, Dave Choy wrote: - The novelist Tom Clancy sends e-mails with this signature line: 'Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If it's not, why embarrass him?'
Re: Mail rules and mailbox
Right click (or control click) the sidebar where your mailboxes are and select new mailbox. Name it WAMUG. it should appear in the drop down list when you create your mail rule. Dave On 27/11/2003, at 5:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: I am trying to setup my mail rules again and when I select 'move mail to' the directory drop down box only contains in, out, drafts or something similar? How do I get it to use my other directories such as WAMUG? Adam. - No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
Re:video conferencing
Hi HGriffiths, I'm afraid MicroShaft deliberately cripple mac versions of software such as this to make Windoze PCs look better. It wouldn't be hard for them to fix, but they couldn't care less. Another case in point is Windows Media Player, which they *heavily* push to the music and media companies as a secure way to distribute content, yet they are too lazy assed to get Windows Media up to scratch on anything other than recent versions of Windoze. (eg try looking at NHL video clips on a mac - not possible 'cos the player won't play them) Hence I try really hard not to use anything microsoft and support their endless quest to crush the compettition. Anyway, the good news is there *are * alternatives which work on both PC and Mac whic you can get your family to use. Here are some alternatives: (1) Download ispQ (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11619) which you can pay for once you check it works. Then your family can simply download icq for PC and use that instead of MSN messenger. (2) Yahoo messenger has video conferencing for mac and PC. Download the mac version and get your family to use it instead. http://messenger.yahoo.com/messenger/download/mac.html (3) Squidcam also has a version for both mac and PC (you didn't say whether you are using OS X - this program works for OS X only on the Mac or windows) http://www.squidsoft.com/squidcam/download.cfm. Some mac users swear by this program. (4) iVisit is available on both PC and Mac. http://198.170.245.60/framing/frameset3.html (5) OhPhoneX http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18544 is a mac OS X program that lets you video chat with pcs with netMeeting installed (a free microsoft program that your family should have already) (6) There are other alternatives, such as CUSeeMe but they're not free and your PC family would also need to buy it. I hope this was of some help. If any of the links don't work, go to www.versiontracker.com and you can do a search for them - they're all available from there. Regards, David Choy On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 03:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 19 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 05:35:54 - From: hgriff_hotmail_com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: internet based communication Hi, I am wondering whether anyone has any experience with connecting to XP/2000 computers via the internet, using say msn messenger, from an Imac. I have an Imac ( built in microphone, and Sony DV camera), and my family ( unenlightened though they are) are running wintel stuff. Thier version of msn messenger allows them to dial each other and use thier microphones/cameras to have a real conversation, seeing and talking to the other parties. I cannot join in. Can I offer them something else, or is there another program that will connect to msn messenger ( Jabber?? ) Help!! -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
FOR SALE : ibook still up for grabs
Hi everyone, I'd just like to inform everyone that the previous items I listed(airport card, base station, imac) here have been snapped up except for the iBook - which I have reduced to $850 for quick sale. Details are as follows: Apple iBook notebook(clamshell model) blueberry, 300mhz G3, 160mb RAM, 3 GB HD, CD ROM, int modem, exc cond David ph 93899778 I am also including a carry bag, scroll wheel mouse, mavis Beacon teaches typing 9 and MacLinkplus software.If anyone is interested, please reply by email or phone. Thanks Dave Choy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
For Sale: 17 iMac, Blueberry iBook, Airport
Hi guys, I'm selling some macs no excess to my requirements. If anyone is interested, email me or ring the number listed below. I'm listing these in the Sunday Times this sunday, so this is advance warning! (1)Apple iBook notebook blueberry, 300mhz G3, 160mb RAM, 3 GB HD, CD ROM, int modem, airport wireless card, exc cond $970 David ph 93899778 (2)Apple iMac 17LCD, 800mhz G4, 768mb RAM, 80GB HD, NVIDIA Geforce4 32mb video, Harman kardon speakers, DVD writer superdrive, as new $3700 (negotiable) David ph 93899778 (3) Apple Airport Base station(first version) inc int. modem, ethernet port for wireless network/internet (no WAN port) $260 David ph 93899778 If anyone is interested, I can sell the base station and the airport card together for $330. The Airport card comes with the carrier for installation into an iMac. Regards, David Choy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Nifty iPod accessory
There are other not so pretty solutions that have been available for over a year. I bought one at JB HiFi in melbourne (though the one in the Perth mall will order it in for you if you ask). It's called a zwave FM sound feeder and cost around $25. PLugs in to the headphone socket but just hangs off - it does not attach to the ipod like the iTrip. To answer ruben's question - setting it to the same frequency as one of the local station just results in your signal getting totally drowned out by the radio station. Even at close range, the radio station kills the signal. So some of the US sound transmitters aren't ideal 'cos you can only set to transmit from a narrow range, eg 88-89Mhz. I found tuning the transmitter in Melbourne was much more of a bitch than here (since there are less radio stations and interference) Alternatively, Altronics and Jaycar electronics sell a kit to make your own FM stereo transmitter, but the assembly is not for the faint hearted. Dave On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 02:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 7 Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:28:30 +0800 From: Dark Servant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Nifty iPod accessory Very cool. I would buy one if I could afford to buy an iPod. Wonder what would happen if you had it set to the radio station someone was listening to :P Ruben A. Franke Want to play your iPod through your car stereo? One solution might be: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/ Cheerio, Matt. Matt Huitson Dept of Psychology University of Western Australia Nedlands, WA 6009 Work: +61 89380 3639 Mobile: 0414 294 770 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.html Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.html Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Digest Number 1217
Have you tried using safari? IE which often downloads files as download.asp. I right clicked it in safari to download to disk and it worked fine, with a proper .mp3 file. If you still want to use IE I often find renaming the file with the proper extension (ie .mp3 in this case) works. Dave On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 04:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 7 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:05:20 +0800 From: Greg Hosking [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: quicktime/explorer question hi All OS 9.2.2, g4 quicksilver 800, explorer 5.1.6 site in question: http://www.mp3.com.au/track.asp?id=35432 some mp3 sites (like mp3.com.au) have some sort of system in place where you cannot download the file as such... obviously the data is downloaded, and you can play the file from within the browser, but as soon as you close the browser window, the data/file is gone. I have tried download link to disk which downloads a file called download.asp and is about the right size (5.5Mb) but will not play with itunes or quicktime player. I have even nicked the source code from the download page made my own html doc to download from... to no avail. how do I download the mp3 file for playback later? thanks in advance Greg -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Aussie search engine
My alltime favourite Aussie search engine is : www.anzwers.com.au uses yahoo as the search engine i think, but only looks up aussie stuff (unless you ask it to look up world stuff!). Pretty good even for searching for stockists of products etc. Regards, Dave On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 03:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:48:11 +0800 From: Robert Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Australian search engines? Can anyone suggest any good Australian search engines? The equivalent of google? Many thanks for everyones time. -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Aussie search engine whups
Whups. Just tried Anzwers it has been taken over by Yahoo anyway! My mistake. Dave Begin forwarded message: From: Dave Choy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Dec 17, 2002 4:01:53 PM Australia/Perth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Aussie search engine My alltime favourite Aussie search engine is : www.anzwers.com.au uses yahoo as the search engine i think, but only looks up aussie stuff (unless you ask it to look up world stuff!). Pretty good even for searching for stockists of products etc. Regards, Dave On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 03:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:48:11 +0800 From: Robert Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Australian search engines? Can anyone suggest any good Australian search engines? The equivalent of google? Many thanks for everyones time. -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Harvey Norman HP printer
Another point no one has mentioned: It pays to check out the price of the in carts before you buy the printer. HP carts cost in the range of $70-90 each. Compare this to Epson carts at around $40-50. Admittedly, you won;t find anything anywhere comparing the capacity of the carts, but it makes me think twice about buying cheap printers if the next time around I'll need to shell out twice the money just for replacement ink carts. Personally, while I think HP printers aren't too bad in terms of quality, if you look at the cost of the printer carts, the problem with OS X drivers that often don't get fixed for months, AND the fact that HP was very quick to abandon the Mac market only a few years ago at a whim, I personally would stand by epson any day. Epson even released drivers for their superseded laser only a few weeks ago Regards, Dave On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 07:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 3 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 22:40:26 +0800 From: John Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: re Harvey Norman HP Printer I don't wish to preempt next week's mailer but you may see a HP Mac compatible inkjet printer for $69 including USB cable! Does that mean we have reached the point where it's cheaper to throw out the printer and buy a new one than to replace the ink cartridges? Have fun, Shay Yes we have reached that point and I wonder whether something can be done about it via the ACC Professor Fels etc I think I would be safe in saying that inkjet cartridges are the only items associated with the computer industry which have actually increased in price in recent years. Anyone want to start a petition John -- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: ADSL internet connection on startup
I have been having similar problems with a client of mine's network. A computer running 9.1 could access the ADSL, but the other 2 (running OS X) kept dropping off. Then the whole lot would go. After reading some posts on Apple's discussion board I discovered that lots of other people were having the same problem with hardware routers. Apparently there is a bug with DHCP addresses in mixed Mac OS system environments. Anyway, I changed them all to Static IPs instead and this seemed to fix the problem. A few days later, the problem recurred, but only with the OS X computers. It turns out that the network sockets installed in the wall were faulty - switching the network cables between the two offline computers fixed the connection (even though both were originally offline) - I tested this using the NetInfo application in the utilities folder - after switching the cable, both ethernet connections became active. Try giving(both) a go. Dave On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 11:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ___ _ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:56:24 +0800 From: Michael Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ADSL internet connection on Start Up Hi All, I am having problems with my ADSL internet connection upon startup. Running OS X - 10.2.1, G4 867 - Quicksilver, lots of ram etc. When I turn on my computer - the network settings in system preferences indicate that the DSL-504 adsl router has been recognised and that I have been assigned a IP address. -I open a program such as eudora and the status thing just says connecting to server (or the like) it just stays like that for a while, then times out and says there was an error. -The same with IE, I open it up and it just keeps looking for server -The router's management software can be brought up by typing in the relevant IP address, and it says it is connected, other computers running off the same router are having no problems (they are a G4 Powerbook on 10.2.1 and a RevB iMac running 9.2.2) -So I reckon there is a problem or conflict with my system. The current way I get connected if to change my network location to another setting and then wait and then change it back to my network location setting for ADSL, but this is a hit and miss affair, often working but then sometimes requiring a restart. I end up spending ages connecting to the net which is a little annoying. I thought about ringing iiNet, but figured it would be probably more productive to first ask you guys. Cheers James [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: Colour laser printer
This is the one I've had my eye on since it was announced: HP 2500n - RRP $3,364 http://h50025.www5.hp.com/hpcom/AU_EN/color%20laser%20printers/ workgroup\hp%20color%20LaserJet%202500%20series\index.aspx the next one up is faster and has more RAM but is just out of your budget - $5,389 I've found HP lasers to be the most reliable (I've used the old Apple ones, Brother, Canon, Know people with Kyoceras, Lexmark etc - but nothing comes close). This should meet your specs though you didn't specify how many pages/month you would be doing, speed, or what minumum resolution you need (this one does 600 x 600 dpi wit reso enhancement) Dave On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 02:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 16 Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:24:55 +0800 From: Eugene de Gouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: colour laser printer Hi WAMUGERS can anyone recommend a networkable colour laser printer for relatively light duty work. Good quality photographic colour output essential. Priced around the $5000 mark. Mac compatible of course. Low cost of consumerables and duty cycle. -- regards Eugene de Gouw Coordinator of Computing Helena College Senior School *PO Box 52 Glen Forrest Western Australia 6071 (PH: : +618 9298 9100 2FAX: : +618 9298 8616
Re: ipod as a digital photo store ?
This is not a perfect suggestion, but there IS another way to store your photos without buying a new computer. Unfortunately you will need to buy another portable hard disk type device. The good news is they go for as little as $600. I'm thinking the Digital wallet fits your needs. It's a portable hard disk similar to the iPod but it has a PC card slot which accommodates an included adaptor for compactflash cards. You simply take your snaps on your digicam, whack the compactflash card into this device, it sucks your photos to a 5gb/10gb HD, you erase your card and off you go! No computer necessary. I have included a link below to the US manufacturer, thoug it is available in Australia (www.bits.com.au, just it's down at the moment) http://guide.apple.com/au/action.lasso?-database=macosguide- layout=cgi_detail-response=search/detail.lassoprodkey=42774-search I have had a look for iPod possibilities myself (going on a big trip myself), and come up with nothing so far. So I will have to get one of these as well. Hope this is of help! Regards, David Choy On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 11:45 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 13 Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:47:01 +0800 From: Mark Cliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ipod as a digital photo store ? Any suggestions on a way to make ipod and compact flash cards relate so that I can use an ipod as a store for digital pictures. the various flash card readers are mainly USB. I have a basic kodak digital with usb options are to purchae additional flash cards, burn to CD when possible overseas or link a card reader to an ipod. (if I win lotto maybe, but an ibook is not really really an option) anyone any suggestions?
Re: Networking PC to mac
Have a look on apples discussions board http://discussions.info.apple.com/ and look in other networking connectivity. The steps vary slightly depending on what PC OS and Mac OS you are running. I have done it the other way around using 10.2's built in internet sharing and a pc running Windoze XP. Instructions for this follow: Sharing an internet connection on a mac with a PC 1) Enable internet sharing in Mac OS 10.2: GO to system preferencessharinginternet enable internet sharing 1. Make sure that Internet sharing the personal firewall are both turned on. 2. Select the Firewall tab in the Sharing control panel 3. Click New; a dialog box will open up on the screen 4. For Port Name, select Other 5. Enter the port number(s) for the service the machine behind the firewall (the Win 98 box in my case) needs to access. For web access, this would be 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) 6. Enter a description (e.g., HTTP(S) ) 7. Repeat steps 3-6 for the remaining services. Potential ones to include for general Internet access are: NNTP (56, 119), POP (110, 995), and SMTP (25,465) For a Windows XP box: Go to network control panel and set up network connection using the network setup wizard. Select connecting to internet via another computer on the network Select network connection. Click on properties. connect to the internet on the mac. When connected, go to the network control panel in OS X and cut and paste the dns settings. paste these dns settings into PC (under properties of the selected network connection). You're done! Note some thigns (such as MSN messenger etc will not work on the PC unless extra settings are input. Hope this helps! Dave On Saturday, September 28, 2002, at 12:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 11 Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 00:55:30 - From: satch_23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Networking PC to New Mac Hi guys I have a PC that I use for the Internet and has modem etc how do I network my NEW Dual 867 to use the Net with the PC I have a NETWORK switch and all that etc I want to use my PC as the Gateway Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
