Keith Palmer
Excuse the intrusion but I thought I'd send out a mass mail as I've received numerous enquiries as to what I'm up to. As you are aware Greg Satti purchased Zytech at the end of April and since then we've been developing what we term the WA Online project (which by chance has sort of become the WA NT Online project) whose catchphrase is - Building information bridges for Western Australian Communities. Bunbury Online is the initial rollout of the WA Online project so please take a look at this first-up site at - http://www.bunburyonline.com We've secured domain registration in the form of Town Online for the following Western Australian centres - Broome, Bunbury, Busselton, Carnarvon, Collie, Coral Bay, Dampier, Derby, Esperance, Exmouth, Fremantle, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Kununurra, Mandurah, Manjimup, Margaret River, Moora, Northam, Perth, Port Hedland and Wyndham and additionally Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory. In early 2005 WA Online will rollout Busselton Online and Alice Springs Online (and possibly Darwin Online). The Busselton site, whilst being modelled on the existing Bunbury site will employ a far broader range of online facilities including an Online Accommodation Booking service, e-commerce store-builder, tour guides, events, attractions, food and restaurants as well as car and flight bookings. Alice Springs and Darwin are contracted sites and will be owned by local Aboriginal Corporations who will operate these sites as a commercial business unit. These sites will feature an online guide to Aboriginal organisations, Government offices and health services. The centrepiece of each site will be an online Art Craft shopping Centre where each Corporation will sell their own art worldwide but also have the facility to rent out space within their art centre to other operators, and thus produce a new revenue stream. Struggling Aboriginal artists will receive regular contract income for their paintings, and other positions within the business operations are created for other persons. WA Online creates each Town Online site as an individual, standalone website rather than simply being a subset of a national or statewide site. We term these national models as top-down design whilst we describe our operation as a bottom-up model. That means we provide individual servers for each location ensuring that each site has the fastest possible access times and search speeds. Neither does a user need to navigate down through a series of steps to reach a local, regional WA location only to find there's no or little local information or suffer a system crash on the way. W've also spent a great deal of time on search engine visibility and in an extremely short period we have raced up the charts. Already on Google in a search for Bunbury webcam, Bunbury Online holds 18 of the first 19 returned listings including every single one of the 10 listings on page 1 of the Google.com results. Please take a look at the Bunbury site if you have any feedback or questions I'd love to hear from you. The webcam is a little slow at the moment whilst we transition our ADSL plan (Telstra have come onboard as a major sponsor) but if you check back in a couple of weeks you should see that you are getting the full streaming potential of the webcam. For those that are interested the camera is an Axis 2130R which prior to the release of the latest top-of-the-line Sony camera was probably as good as you could get. In the meantime if you feel you have an appropriate business or organisation listing suitable to the Bunbury area or would like to buy or sell online, please make use of the Bunbury Online services - they're FREE !! All the best and thanks for the various enquiries and good wishes received over the past few months. Keith Palmer WA Online: Building Information bridges for Western Australian communities PO Box 342 Bunbury WA 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: 160gb External Firewire Drive only showing 128GB in disk utility
Yes you are using an old Oxford Bridge. It won't matter what capacity drive you put in this enclosure, you'll only see 128GB. Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 On 29/10/2004, at 2:15 PM, Mark Secker wrote: was it formatting/reading as a 160 before? in the same case? not all oxford chip sets support greater than 128G drives This is truely bizarre. My 160gb firewire drive is now only reading as 128gb drive. As far as I can see it's using an Oxford chipset. Any ideas? Adam Mark Secker Computer Support Officer
Re: Power adapter
Hi Peter We are bringing some in from Taiwan that will be AUS$65 inc GST. They are probably 1-2 weeks away at this stage (thanks to Taiwan's recent typhoon). Both Greg @ Zytech and Daniel @ MacWizardry will be carrying this product. We'll also have some generic-style power adaptors available as well and these will be cheaper again. On 02/09/2004, at 7:15 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I am hoping to buy another AC power adapter for my TiPB 15in 867. The Apple store ones are very expensive when factoring the exchange rate, GST and shipping costs. Are there alternatives available here? Any experiences to relate? I found one at ClubMac in the USA, an MCE Portable AC Power Adapter for $US43.99. I can have it shipped to me via my sister in Seattle. [I am aware of the 3 pin plug thing but that is not an issue.] So, does anyone have one of these adapters? Any experiences to relate? also, any comments on ClubMac as a retailer? Thanks . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: No ibooks?
From what I've heard there is pretty much no stock of any product in Australia not just iBooks. (Of course, I'd be happy to hear that what I've been told, is incorrect.) On 19/08/2004, at 6:54 PM, Mrs C wrote: What is going on with there being no ibooks available for purchase in Australia. I have a student where I work who wants to purchase one and has called Eastern states places, WA places and all over Oz and there isn't one to be had. Why is Apple doing this to us (and our resellers who will no doubt be adversely affected by this)?! Mrs Nathalie Collins Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
FS: FireWire cases
I'm just cleaning out old warranty stock and have some 3.5 and 5.25 FireWire cases that may be of interest. Details are - 3.5 FireWire aluminium case - $65 3.5 FireWire plastic case - $55 5.25 FireWire (and some combo USB2) case for CD/DVD - $65 There's also a brand new (still in the sealed bag) Hitachi (IBM) 185GB 3.5 drive - $169 Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: Maxtor OneTouch backup drive
I should point out my comments are about Maxtor external FireWire drives specifically. I don't know how they've designed their bridge but they've had all sorts of problems. Some of the newer, big Maxtor (BARE) drives have had good comments such as the SATA drives that Craig is using but BEWARE the 80 120 in the unit you mention. I've just had a look at the spec sheet for the one-touch backup drive and it is a real joke. It appears that pressing the button launches Retrospect Express which ships with the drive. You get charged a premium price for pressing the button rather than your mouse. Hi Cal There are some really bad user reviews for these units. I'd also be very wary of Maxtor drives generally. I'm currently using a pair of 250GB SATA Maxtor disks and I'm pretty happy with them. My array of five Seagate SATA disks is going very nicely in the server here, too. I had bad luck with Western Digital last year (three drive deaths out of seven drives) but that was apparently just one bad batch. Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: Maxtor OneTouch backup drive
Hi Cal There are some really bad user reviews for these units. I'd also be very wary of Maxtor drives generally. On 19/05/2004, at 8:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Where is the best place to purchase a Maxtor OneTouch backup drive? Thanks, Cal Conkey Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: MS Office Mac Registration
Office 2004 has shipped to Australian Microsoft distributors this week so you should see the new version in stores any day now. Greg at Zytech has the details for the upgrade if you need it - it's only $9.95 for recent purchasers. I have been trying unsuccessfully to register my upgrade from Office 2001 to Office Mac v.X on line. It requires getting a passport to the MS sites. I did this but when I tried to sign in it kept saying the password was incorrect. I tried using Exploder instead of Safari, still no go. But I could use the password to sign in to Member Services and cancel my account! Anyone know what the problem is? I did not tick the box to say they could share my email address with other sites but I presumed this was optional. Diana Sounds like a typical ms bug really. Inexplicable. Sorry I can't offer any advice. Can you sign in under any other circumstances, like while using windoze? Good Luck Paul Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: Carbon Copy Cloner Q
or you can try SuperDuper! - http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ On 13/05/2004, at 3:07 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi every1, I've been attempting to make bootable clones of a number of computers but the results are not bootable. I have set the preferences to 'Make the Target Disk Bootable' to no avail apparently. I have also set it to repair disk permissions on the origin disk. (v.2.3 of Carbon Copy Cloner, OSX 10.3.3) Any suggestions as to where I'm going wrong here? Kevin Phyland Wycheproof P-12 College. Yes, I haven't had much luck with CCC either. Usually what I do is create the clone and then do an archive and install over the top of that. Although it makes it a very time consuming process. If you're trying to do it in a lab situation you might want to have a look at setting up an Apple Software Restore image instead. The instructions for manually doing what CCC does are at http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html Have fun, Shay Keith Palmer 7 The Strand Bunbury 6230 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900
Re: LOading Omnipage SE
I've experienced exactly the same - haven't heard of one yet that has worked. On 20/04/2004, at 9:19 AM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Hi all, Just loading Coreldraw Graphics Suite 11. All the photopaint, draw, rave stuff downloaded, but also included was Omnipage SE. I thought this might be an improvement on my present software, but it get almost to the end of the install and stops with Error -61 Anyone got any ideas? I'm running my flatpanel imac, with Panther Rosemary Horton Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Citibank
In relation to various past discussions relating to online banking this is probably the best (read worst) I've encountered Today I tried to set up an account with Citibank for their advertised Online Cash Manager for my son Matt who has just had an 18th birthday. You can only apply and transact one of these accounts online but the tradeoff is a 5.4% interest rate. The problem is, that each time you attempt the online application you can only get about 75% through the process before encountering a blank screen. After 3 attempts I decided to phone Citibank direct. They asked if I had a Mac and then told me that you can't apply for an account if you use a Mac. I asked them if they could mail out an application but I was told you can only apply online and before we did the hole in my bucket routine they added but you can only get an account if you have a PC. They said that they don't know how to make their website work with a Mac a truly amazing comment from what the largest bank in the world? Their email contact is [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you feel inclined. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Formatting Thumb Disk
Hi Bob You should just be able to do this in Apple's Disk Utility simply by selecting MS-DOS File System. Due to a set of special circumstances I let my 128MB Thumb Disk be reformatted to Mac OS Extended to overcome a problem. Now I wish to reformat it back so that it can be seen on a PC as well as the Mac. Of course I did think the machine that formatted it to Mac only would be able to do that. Does not seem to be possible. Does anybody know what I can use to do this Format please ? I cannot find a Mac utility that will both recognise the Drive and provide a format in MS-Dos.. I think that's what it needs to be ! ? Thanks Bob Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Formatting Thumb Disk
Get to a machine running OS X (10.3.x) and a quick format in Disk Utility will do the trick On 26/02/2004, at 11:57 AM, Robert Howells wrote: Thanks Keith, but It is formatted Apple extended and I need to go to MS-Dos . The Disk Utility with OS9.2.2 is DRIVE SETUP 2.0.7 This is on an iMac, and the iMac recognises the Thumb and Drive setup also recognises the drive but says unsupported so there are no options to format. Hi Bob You should just be able to do this in Apple's Disk Utility simply by selecting MS-DOS File System. Due to a set of special circumstances I let my 128MB Thumb Disk be reformatted to Mac OS Extended to overcome a problem. Now I wish to reformat it back so that it can be seen on a PC as well as the Mac. Of course I did think the machine that formatted it to Mac only would be able to do that. Does not seem to be possible. Does anybody know what I can use to do this Format please ? Bob Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Diskwarrior
Hi Rod I've forwarded the problem to Alsoft to see what they have to say in the meantime you can check their support database at - http://askal.asecureserver.com:591/FMPro?-db=AlsoftSupport-lay=Main- format=AlsoftSupport-search.html-view On 23/02/2004, at 9:38 AM, Rod Jurich wrote: Hello all, Just bought Diskwarrior and not able to boot from CD. Keith Palmer has given me a work around, but can anyone tell me if they have had similar problems. Having to change statup disks takes time, I would prefer to boot from the CD. Any advice appreciated, thanks. OSX.2.8 G4 1280ram Regards, Rod 0 Rod Jurich Associates Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Where do I find Hard drive jumpers etc
I've put some in the mail to you today - should be with you Monday On 13/02/2004, at 3:17 PM, Robert Howells wrote: Hello wamug, Cab somebody direct me to a source of jumpers and links as used in Seagate IBM hard drive jumpers etc. Also I have a IBM LVD drive which requires a special LVD terminator ( No it is not ONboard ) Description clearly says to be installed external. Suggestions where this might be obtained would be appreciated. Drive will run OK on OS9.1 but OSX is more finciky. TIA Bob Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?
Hi Nat Just on the way out so it will be brief - I've had 3 x 15 Ti PowerBooks (myself) and now have a 1.33GHz 17 Aluminium PowerBook. Quite simply the 17 is great. I was skeptical about moving from a Ti model to the Aluminium but since purchase I've never regretted the move. I've taken out the standard 4200 RPM drive and put in a 7200RPM drive and this machine is very quick - no G5 but it would really compete with a bog standard G4 desktop. Cindy still has a TiPB 400MHz with 4200 RPM drive and there is a massive difference in performance between the 2 machines. There's nothing I don't like about the 17 - even the backlit keys are neat in low-light environments (and for me, at least, the extra monitor area is a real bonus I doubt you would be disappointed. Oh and it fits very neatly in my brief case on its odd excursion. On 07/02/2004, at 12:57 PM, Mrs C wrote: Hi: I am considering my next Power Book purchase and am thinking about going to the 17 model. It is really a contest between the upper-level 15 or the 17. Could anyone out there who uses a 17 or has experience with both machines send me an email on or off list with their personal opinion on what was best for them and why? Some information about my situation: 1. I am currently using a Ti PB 400 Mhz which is getting slower and is subject to some wear and tear; 2. I use Adobe and Macromedia projects and am getting into iMovie and may, in the next few years, be thinking Final Cut Pro; 3. I take my Mac EVERYWHERE including to work, overseas, on trips, etc--long battery life and durability is important to me; 5. I am debating whether an extra 2 of screen is worth the price differential; 6. I am not at all motivated by having the latest technology or what other people think--I want a good, durable machine which will take me through the next 3-4 years. 7. I work at a university and am therefore eligible for academic price. Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions. Nat Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: iPod pushes Apple to profitability
Maybe we should consider where Apple might be today had Steve Jobs not returned to Apple approx 8 years ago. On 16/01/2004, at 5:31 PM, Ryan Schotte wrote: Cash at the end of the period totalled $US4.8billion, up $US225million from a year ago. That's a whole ocean of liquid asset :) So it's safe to say they're still not going anywhere for a while... Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: 2.5 HDD
Hi Angus Best drive/best value around at present is the 7200RPM 60GB Travelstar. They are super-fast, super-quiet drives . on our website and in stock. On 06/01/2004, at 9:52 AM, Angus Russell wrote: Hiya I have been using a LaCie 6GB pocket drive that has died on me. Can anyone give me prices on a new drive - the casing is fine. Reckon I am looking at a minimum of 40GB for a 2.5 drive. Many thanks Angus Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: mail and password
As far as I know this is a Telstra Bigpond issue. There was a utility fix for this eons ago but the later releases of Mail were supposed to have addressed this problem. However, it seems to have resurfaced and is so annoying I've diverted my Telstra mail to our zytech mailserver so Mail doesn't check the Bigpond server at all (which I know won't solve your problem). Anyone else? On 10/12/2003, at 12:01 PM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote: I remember someone else getting a similar problem to me on the list but I cannot find it :-( I keep getting the message :- Enter Password for Account [EMAIL PROTECTED] The POP server pop-server.bigpond net .au rejected the password for user mmccall2 Please re enter your password or cancel Like a good boy I do it but 5 secs later it does it again-- and again---and again. The password is correct ,and my mail keeps coming through. Can anyone help please? Mac OS X .3.1 Ibook 500 Mac The other one! Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: mail not deleting from server
Go to PreferencesAccountsAdvanced and check the delete mail from server option. Then select immediate. Should do the trick. On 08/12/2003, at 6:17 PM, AquaTerra Ventures wrote: Hi Everyone I am using 10.2.8 and Mail, and SpamSieve to sift my spam. However I seem to be unable to delete downloaded messages from the server, and keep on downloading the same messages. Angus Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: imac ram and OSX?
Hi Stewart A 256MB RAM ($99) should suffice for what you want to do. Yes RAM prices have basically doubled in the time you quote although they have come down around 10-15% in the last month or so. The RAM you are chasing has increased in price in this period. Though prices move up and down marginally each week, what we are currently experiencing is a relatively stable price for most RAM products. We will continue to see RAM for the older Macs slowly increase as production for these modules is wound right back. A generalisation but RAM for the G5's is already about 5% cheaper than the older G4's despite it being twice the G4 price when the G5's were introduced. You can expect this gap to continue to widen over the next few months. Take some heart though, RAM for an older iMac (tray load) is now $183 for a 256MB DIMM or about double the price for the equivalent RAM for a G5. On 26/11/2003, at 9:35 AM, Stewart Woods wrote: A couple of quick questions for anyone who has time.. Have just taken delivery of an old slot-load 400mhz imac with 128Mb Ram I'd like to run osx on this (nothing intensive apart from games (benchmark Warcraft 3!) How much extra Ram do I need to obtain realistically 'liveable-with' performance (or should I just leave it in OS9?) Following on from this - is it me or has the price of RAM gone through the roof? I bought some for a Quicksilver last year from zytech but the prices for all RAM seem to be a lot higher than then ($400 for an imac, then $200 to put a 512k stick in?) Stewart Woods Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: imac ram and OSX?
Yes - sort of there's a whole host of variations of most types of RAM and then when you have the right variety there's a whole range of quality. PC resellers will generally stock what is politely referred to as OEM RAM. This is RAM that has failed the exacting tests in the fabricators factory but will probably/maybe still work in most/some applications. A PC reseller will generally also stock a premium brand such as Kingston which will cost 2-3 times the price. The important thing is that you buy first grade RAM. Most resellers on this list won't stock anything else, because the cheapie brands break all too often and neither purchaser or reseller want this hassle. First grade RAM usually comes with a lfetime warranty and will be RAM from Hynix (Hyundai), Toshiba, etc. G3 desktops use PC-100, G3 iMacs can use PC-133 or PC-100 (PC-133 is newer and cheaper) except the original tray-load iMac which requires a special RAM DIMM. The only iMac to use SO-DIMM's are G4 iMacs and there are several varieties depending on the G4 iMac model. On 26/11/2003, at 2:32 PM, Kathy Quinlan wrote: Subject: Re: imac ram and OSX? Probably. I don't know what exact memory type they use, but any apple dealer should be able to tell you. It'll want PC100 SODIMMS. Your apple dealer can probably tell you more. Sorry... stuffed up editing. I meant to say: It'll want PC100 SODIMMS. Your apple dealer can probably tell you more. Are you sure ??? I thought SODIMMS were for laptops and note books and that all the desktops used just standard low profile DIMMS ? Regards, Kat. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Panther Disk Utility
Mine is fine but it does not allow me to install OS 9 drivers when initialising drives. On 05/11/2003, at 2:23 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: After a more or less stressfree clean install of Panther and a bit of pushing and shoving to get my peripherals recognised I have a much, much speeded up system though I still find Safari inferior to Explorer. Reboot goes like lightning compared with Jaguar. I can not too highly recommend the excellent Take Control... documents at http://www.tidbits.com and the many useful comments from MacFixit in recent weeks which prepared me for some of the pitfalls and made getting around problems so straightforward. Highly recommended reading for anyone who has not yet taken the plunge. The only thing apparently not working, strangely, is the new DiskUtility. It starts up fine then continues to show the spinning sunflower and Collecting Disk Information forever. Has anyone else had this one? Severin Crisp Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: The Panther Firewire problem
At this stage it looks like the problem only exists with some of the earlier Oxford 922 chips (with 1.02 firmware). The 922 chip is used in all combo (FW/USB 2.0 FW800/USB 2.0) configurations. If anyone on the list has a combo FireCube or IceCube drive or enclosure you can check your firmware version per the webpage below. You can also download the latest (1.05) firmware from the same page but please read the WARNINGS first. Our advice is that you make sure you have a backup of your external drive data and then just simply try it out with Panther. If there isn't a problem and you have firmware 1.03 or later I'd recommend that you proceed as normal. Remember the problem only occurs if you boot from Panther with the external combo drive connected so you can connect your drive after booting up your machine to copy data and check the firmware. http://www.macpower.com.tw/news/2003/10/30/112 On 03/11/2003, at 3:36 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: My reading tells me that disaster can strike after upgrading to Panther if Firewire Drives have the Oxford 922 chipset and firmware 1.02 or lower. Chipset 900 and 911 is apparently OK. OWC provide an upgrader for the firmware for some drives. How do I find what is in my 3 Firewire 400 drives? Apple System profiler recognises them but I do not seem to be able to get any more information than the existence of the drives. The three drives are all different and the markings on the cases are not very helpful. Advice please! Severin Crisp Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Rolling back a system software reinstall
Hi Mark You are fairly safe BUT what you should establish is what method of install option he chose at the outset. I would assume that he DID NOT choose to reinitialise the drive if he is now at the account setup, but rather a clean install which will account for the request for account info. You might point out your person the middle option which drops back in all your account info preferences. Hope all works out ok. On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Mark Secker wrote: a rather urgent call has just come to me about a researcher who, in an attempt to cure a problem with endnote has started off the OS X System Software re-install CD and has taken the process to the point of asking for account details before realizing some thing was amiss. I have told him to close the lid on his iBook (to put it to sleep) and to bring it to my office. Beyond this I'm not sure what to do... does the system re-install backup the old data before it installs a new system? or does it format the hard drive? ether case what's the recovery process? Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Diskwarrior 3 problems?
It means the new PowerBook requires at least 10.2.7 to boot up but your DiskWarrior CD only has 10.2.3 on it. There are a few options that spring to mind - 1. make a 10.2.7 (or .8) startup CD and copy DW3 onto this 2. partition your new PB drive into 2 volumes both with an OS so you can start up from one and repair the other 3. connect an external (bootable) hard drive Hope this helps. I have version 3 of DW which works great on my G4 desktop running OSX 10.2.6 and did equally well on my Pismo G3 500 running the same OS. I have since replaced Pismo with a new 15 PB, that came standard with 10.2.7! I didnt even know this had been released prior to the apparently troublesome 10.2.8. I have loaded DW onto the 15 and it shows the hard disk in need of some degree of clean up (26% messy!) Since DW cannot do a rebuild on the system disk I booted with the DW CD and it went nowhere...a blue blank screen with no DW! (this required a shutdown) I tried several times more, after a message saying I needed to uncheck the box in Get info on the CD icon, that says ignore ownership on this volume with still no joy. Does this mean that 10.2.7 is not compatible with DW 3 and that an update of DW is required? chris Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: PowerBook Pricing
Don't bother with the Microsoft product unless your reseller promises to refund your money if you are unsatisfied because you will be. If you are used to going to your computer and typing on the keyboard or moving the mouse and the cursor on screen moves then don't buy the MS product, these are now luxuries and things of the past. I've tried both and with incredible regularity neither would work without reseating the batteries or just generally pulling them apart. We have new Bluetooth keyboards and mice due in from Taiwan next week but I'll be giving both a full work out before we announce them as a shipping product and yes they'll be quite a bit cheaper than the Apple product. On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 10:17 PM, Doug Wilson wrote: on 16/9/03 18:11, Daniel Kerr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ***Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse*** $119 each Ouch. Considering I can get the M$ Bluetooth set for around $180 this is just a bit much. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: AutoCAD 2000_MAC version
For the latest on AutoCAD take a look at - http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/09/autodesk/ On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 08:46 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone out there know where I can get a copy of AutoCAD 2000 in a MAC version? many thanks Miles Humphreys Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: AntiVirus recommendations?
I'm going to need some help here??? Can't see a Mac (OS X) version of either of the previously recommended virus products. Even following the links from Virex (which has yet to attract a recommendation??) on VersionTracker take you to McAfee's page but there is no mention of a Mac product. ? On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 08:48 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 07:46 AM, Andy Dent wrote: Any recommendations? CSIRO use McCaffee internally (which finds lots of viruses in my email attachments, of course). I can recommend the MacAfee product. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Online Banking
It's been a while since online banking support was discussed but I've just had this from Westpac. I've sent them an email asking them to confirm that they are not interested in working with Apple so that Safari becomes fully compatible and if you are a Westpac/Challenge customer you might like to contact them also. Begin forwarded message: From: Westpac Online [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:40:50 PM Australia/Perth To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 200308190726 - Email an internet banking expert for Palmer Dear Mr Palmer Thank you for your email. There has been no change regarding the types of browsers that are compatible with the Westpac website. The browsers that are currently tested as being fully compatible with Westpac Internet Banking are certain versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape. For a list of the compatible versions I have included the following link: http:www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/ PBOB+operating+software Other browsers such as Apple Computer's Safari did not test as 'fully compatible' with all Online functions. We trust this information is of assistance Mr Palmer. Should you have any further enquiries, please contact us via email or call Internet Banking on 1300 655 505 or and select option 3 (available Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm AEST) and one of our Customer Relationship Consultants will be happy to assist you. Yours sincerely Suzie Chugg Customer Relationship Consultant Westpac Banking Corporation Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- additionalDetails : What is Westpac doing to make your Internet Banking 100% compatible with Apple Computer's Safari web browser? Currently the Pay Anyone feature does not work at all and there are a few other odd behavious. browserTypeOther: Safari Camino Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
HP printer
OfficeWorks have an HP 3325 inkjet printer going out for $49 GST inc which is less than HP's wholesale price. The ink cartridges alone have a wholesale price of $58 before GST so at this price it is a bargain. Plug'n'play in OS X great little printers. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Floppy weirdness and an unrelated Panther tidbit
Are your floppies formatted as Mac disks? If not try formatting a floppy as a Mac disk in Apple Disk Utility and see if this improves the copying speed. On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 04:35 PM, Toby Oldham wrote: I've used two TEAC USB floppy drives, and they both copy data under OS X (10.2.6) at about one third the rate of the same device under OS 9. They also take ages to appear on the desktop after they've been inserted. I chalk some of the general slowness to the USB tech, but the discrepancy between OS 9 and X? Go figure - I only use the things maybe twice a year though, so I'm not bothered. I remember floppy disk copying being faster under an earlier version of X ... maybe 10.2.4? OT, but If anyone is looking for an update on the most recent developer build of Panther, there's a cool thread in the AppleInsider OSX forum (which seems to be down at the moment) covering it. Native Exchange support in Mail and the Address book was touted at one of the new features ... cool for those who don't want to fork out for or use MS's Entourage Exchange solution (to be released in the US Summer ... sometime). Cheers, Tobes. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: G4 PowerBook power supply question.
I have been seeing exactly the same problem on my G4 PowerBook over the last few weeks. Nothing more to offer at this stage as I have loaned by battery to a friend whose battery (that I am currently using) is somewhat dodgey. I get my battery back on Wednesday so I'll see if the problem persists. On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:08 AM, Mark Secker wrote: Memory's just been jolted by the last list question (about g3 powerbook charging problem). Wondering if any other G4 PowerBook owners have noticed this little issue that I've had with mine and if so have any ideas? Some times when setting up/powering up the Powerbook when on mains supply there is no light on the (powerbook side) plug of the charger. while it is easy enough to fix by removing the mains side plug from the adaptor and plugging it back in again it doesn't seem to be caused by a loose connection been broken then remade as some times the problem arises when I switch off the power-board and switch it back on. The issue is not major in and of it's self but given that the resulting battery discharge is cumulatively diminishing my PowerBooks total battery life this could be an expensive issue in a year or so. I have not been able to find anything via Google or Apple tech site (though my search criterea might have been off) Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: G3 power supply question
Hi Susan, I'll need to do some more testing but no I haven't seen the warning either. On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:53 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: Keith I meant my question to go to everyone. When ibook goes to sleep 'cos battery is low, I'm not getting the warning that gives me time to plug in power. Seems since 10.2.6 installed this has gone. Is there a way to restore it? Cheers, Susan. On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:15 AM, Keith Palmer, Zytech wrote: I have been seeing exactly the same problem on my G4 PowerBook over the last few weeks. Nothing more to offer at this stage as I have loaned by battery to a friend whose battery (that I am currently using) is somewhat dodgey. I get my battery back on Wednesday so I'll see if the problem persists. On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 09:08 AM, Mark Secker wrote: Memory's just been jolted by the last list question (about g3 powerbook charging problem). Wondering if any other G4 PowerBook owners have noticed this little issue that I've had with mine and if so have any ideas? Some times when setting up/powering up the Powerbook when on mains supply there is no light on the (powerbook side) plug of the charger. while it is easy enough to fix by removing the mains side plug from the adaptor and plugging it back in again it doesn't seem to be caused by a loose connection been broken then remade as some times the problem arises when I switch off the power-board and switch it back on. The issue is not major in and of it's self but given that the resulting battery discharge is cumulatively diminishing my PowerBooks total battery life this could be an expensive issue in a year or so. I have not been able to find anything via Google or Apple tech site (though my search criterea might have been off) Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ -- 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/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Airport issues
Just in case anyone else suffers connection problems after installing the most recent Airport updater I had the exact same problem as listed below and here is the solution. Thanks to Robin Belford and the Macintouch website for this - [Michael Cashwell] Like Nick Perry and Henry Rexroad, I too installed both the Airport 3.1 and the 2nd version of the June security update on my 1GHz iMac last night to find that it totally trashed my Ethernet interface. I also noticed that many (most) fonts were not available. I tried fixing permissions, deleting receipts and installing older versions of those packages, etc. all without success. As I only use this machine to manage my Airport base station via the wired network (it doesn't even have an Airport card) I don't need the Airport kernel modules. So I did two things: deleted (sudo rm -rf) all the Airport kexts in /System/Library/Extensions/ and deleted the file /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache knowing the system would recreate it. Upon rebooting, all was well. I don't know which of those two things really did it, but perhaps this will help the others who are having this problem. It looks like Apple's slipping back into the bad habit of releasing poorly-tested updates. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: USB flash drives
Hi Meg If you can't format them under OS X then they don't comply with the USB standard or they are faulty. I know SanDisk had many problems with their units and ABSOLUTELY avoid the cheapie Chinese Flash Drives like the plague your Guru drive sounds suspiciously Chinese. Our units are made in Taiwan and I think we've had a total 3 pieces returned out of about about 2,800 sold and not a single one hasn't been able to be formatted on a Mac. Obviously your Flash Drive will work in cross platform mode but the data transfer speed on a Mac is seriously compromised. On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 05:32 PM, Meg Travers wrote: Just got another USB flash drive thingo - it's a pretty cheap nasty looking brand - Guru and I'm having some problems with both it and my old one (which is a slightly nicer brand - usbdrive - under OS X. In short - I can't format them in Mac Standard or Extended format. When I try (using Disk Utility), it fails to mount them and they remain unmountable unless I reformat them (DOS format) on a Windows box. I used the old one in OS 9, formatted it fine etc. But OS X seems to have a problem with them. Are there any special drivers I can download for these? The disc the new one came with only had Windows software, the old one came with nothing. Cheers, Meg Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Zytech
Thankyou to the number of WAMUG members who phoned me and subsequent postings. So that everyone is aware I had to have a weekend off as my son has had his TAFE course cancelled in Bunbury and we had to make an appointment at Swan TAFE in Perth on Friday. Unfortunately there was no solution offered by TAFE on Friday and we had to stay over to sort this out this morning (Monday). I'm back in Bunbury at 3pm today (and Matt has to shift to Perth to finish his course). I am now going through the several hundred emails and responding to all individually. Although we don't advertise it we normally do work 7 days and nights this is the first weekend this year I've had off so I'm sorry if this caused problems for anyone. I've only seen one email sent prior to this posting and that was on Friday. As I said we normally try to respond to emails within minutes but this email was answered today. I did have my mobile with me during this time and our office number was diverted to my mobile which, if is in use, diverts to a memo service and a number of WAMUG members did speak with me over the weekend thankyou again for your kind comments. If you are interested in DiskWarrior there are no copies available in Australia at the present moment with a new shipment due into Sydney within the next 48 hours. As soon as they arrive we will process orders and charge cards and send these out. For those of you who received copies from the first shipment DiskWarrior 3 is well worth the wait I've yet to find a machine that has not had at least one line of DiskWarrior red ink. On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 02:40 PM, Bob wrote: Hi All, I have been having a lot of difficulty in ordering DiskWarrior 3.0 from Zytech. My first e-mail enquiry was, so I was told, misplaced for over a week and subsequent e-mails to Keith Palmer have not been answered. This contrasts greatly with previous orders of other items which have been processed very efficiently. Is anybody aware of current problems with this business? Bob Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Fwd: [maced] Disk Warrior 3 (a Q - Quick review)
I've received a couple of questions regarding DW3 and dual processor machines. The problem and solution are detailed below, courtesy of the maced list. Begin forwarded message: One quick word of warning about DW 3, any Dual Processor MD G4 will not reboot correctly (this is an issue with the OS X System on the CD which was provided by Apple). The work around is to restart holding down the mouse button until the CD ejects. Michael Jed Dear All, As my copy did arrive on Friday I thought I'd give it a bash. PRO's a) It will boot your Mac in 10.2.3. b) It has a MacOS X version (3.0) and the MacOS Classic version on the same disc. c) It has a dead easy interface. After running (it took about 1 hour on one computer - about 5 minutes on another - so don't give up on it too early will you!) it found 173 errors more than the standard Disk First Aid. After running the boot up time seemed improved but maybe I was imagining this! At least it seems to work without doing something horrid. CONS - Missing - seems not to have MacOS X version of a Hard Drive Optimiser. Maybe (ha!) MacOS X doesn't fragment! Regards Q Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Safari Debugger
The issue of bank sites is a common one and not just a problem for Safari but also other browsers such as Camino and OmniWeb. It has had a great deal of discussion in this forum and I think it would be really nice if we could obtain some (even unofficial) feedback from within Apple that the matter is being addressed with the Safari development team. I've personally submitted feedback at the Safari site, as have many others, but haven't heard anything back of any kind other than that posted by list members. Has anyone heard any more? Is anyone from Apple prepared to volunteer to chase some feedback for us? After all, if Safari works on the Aust bank sites we can all relegate that other browser to the trash. On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 04:53 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote: I'm with you on this one guys as I use BankWest and would like Safari to work with it too. However, I think it's a bit rich of us to get annoyed with them when Safari is still a beta product. I have sent Apple feedback that Safari doesn't work with BW as it is likely a Safari problem. Let's wait for the final release of Safari before we get cranky with BW - in the meantime, keep Apple informed. Cheers Greg on 23/6/03 12:41 AM, Phillip McGree at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: let who know? Bankwest? Do you know how long it took for them to fix their site last time they stuffed it up and made it windoze-and-MIE-only (or something - I seem to recall they said Macintoshes don't handle Java correctly or the like) ? Sorry Phil, hose me down, I just don't have a lot of faith in Bankwest to check up on why Safari is not working... I think the response would be raucous laughter. He explained to me a while ago that the only reason that BankWest has even checked its site on Macs is because David is a Mac fan and checks things at home on his G3. The web site stats apparently only show a very minor percentage of Mac users. I've had a BankWest account since 1984, but over the last year or two have tended towards a Westpac account that I have, the primary reason being how bloody good the Westpac banking site is. Phil Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
10.2.x
Just come across this very (read VERY) neat OS X (Jaguar) tutorial and troubleshooting guide haven't seen it mentioned previously so take a peek - http://www.macattorney.com/tutorial.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
DiskWarrior 3
We are expecting DiskWarrior 3 in-house on Friday. Those that have ordered already should receive their copies on Monday . the WAMUG offer is $150 including GST delivery if you are still interested. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Nisus Writer Express
Yes they bought one of the first word processors developed for OS X (sorry can't remember it's name) and for over a year they've been redeveloping this absolutely beautiful Cocoa app. It is an absolute delight - the WP for the rest of us! On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 09:34 AM, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: Has anyone tried OS X word processor, Nisus Writer Express beta one or beta two?. In their newsletter they refer to good file exchange with PC Microsoft ware. Merv Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: template/stationary in Mail.app
Try MailTemplate - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19034 On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 10:44 AM, Greg Hosking wrote: Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows how to create an email template/stationary pad in Mail.app? Mail 1.2.5 OS X 10.2.6 Greg Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Hard disk error found with Disk Doctor
Hi Matt I wouldn't put great faith in Nortons either 100% accurately diagnosing the problem nor repairing it. Find a copy of DiskWarrior and run this. DiskWarrior will either repair your B-Tree problem or tell you that it can't be repaired in which case you will need to backup/copy off your data to another volume/drive and reformat the offending hard drive. Hope this helps. On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 02:23 PM, matt falvey wrote: Hi I have been trying to speed up my, 17 imac 800 by using Speed Disk. The Symantec Norton SystemWorks 2.0 book told me to run Disk Doctor first and then Speed Disk. I have run Disk Doctor and get this error message while it is checking directories - catalog contents A major error was found in a directory record in the catalog B-tree, node 13662m record 0. No parent directory found for Temporary Items The catalog b-tree us a data structure which keeps tarck of where files are stored on your disk (10,6,28) Norton recommends you fix I then tell it to fix and the the follwoing message appears; Norton disk doctor has come upon an unexpected problem and is unable to continue scanning the disk. Error found 23005 Please try examining the disk again. Matt Falvey Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
DiskWarrior 3
Stock is still a week or more away but we're happy to extend an introductory offer of $150 including delivery to WAMUG members only. If you'd like to go on the list just reply by email - thanks. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Bluetooth keyboard/mouse
Just typing this email from the middle of the room from my new MS Bluetooth keyboard - yes no wires, no infared. The setup took 2 mins to unpack thje keyboard and mouse and insert batteries and then about 5 secs for the Bluetooth assistant to find both the keyboard and mouse and pair to them. OK so who wants one or is it two you get a multi-button optical mouse in the deal. You also get a book for Windows XP users on how to get the thing to work . it's a shame Mac users don't get a book because you don't need one. The silly thing is this keyboard was made expressly for Win XP users but the setup on a Mac really is just as a simple as described. The very hardest thing was opening the battery door on the mouse. . and you get a Microsoft USB Bluetooth adapter which I haven't tried because the Zytech one works just fine, is about half (or more like one third) the size and has a 40 metre range ... I'll need a larger screen from back here. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Bluetooth keyboard/mouse
We're trying to get bulk pricing rates but at this point in time it looks like around $350 but that does include a shiny box, keyboard, Bluetooth adapter, 4 x AA batteries, another dingly-dangly that I didn't bother with and mouse. I think the mouse by itself is going to retail at $150 so it's so...so value. Having played with it for a while now, at this stage IntelliType Pro 3.1 doesn't see the Bluetooth keyboard so you can't go in and modify the keys like you can on other MS keyboards. So all the little silver buttons don't do anything yet but I'm sure this will be addressed in the next software release. MS haven't addressed this keyboard at the Mac market at all, it's positioned to be something really neat for the XP crowd who go through the process of installing Bluetooth, the dingle-dangles and setting everything up. It just so happens that both the keyboard and mouse are totally plug'n'play on a Mac. Yet another example of just how wonderful OS X is .. I've just off the phone to a friend who does presentations and he can't wait to get hold of at least the mouse. He couldn't believe that you didn't have to point it at a receiver or that it didn't matter if people got in the way of you and your presentation. For me, it's just nice to be completely free of cables. If I want some space I can just pick up my keyboard and park it anywhere I want. The downside is that you'll always need a couple of AA batteries close by just in case your run flat. I've included the MS info sites (with pics) - the keyboard and mouse are actually dark metallic blue - much bluer in real life than is depicted on the MS website - http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/keyboard/wodbt_info.asp http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/wiebt_info.asp On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 05:28 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: but Keith, how much do they cost Just typing this email from the middle of the room from my new MS Bluetooth keyboard - yes no wires, no infared. The setup took 2 mins to unpack thje keyboard and mouse and insert batteries and then about 5 secs for the Bluetooth assistant to find both the keyboard and mouse and pair to them. OK so who wants one or is it two you get a multi-button optical mouse in the deal. You also get a book for Windows XP users on how to get the thing to work . it's a shame Mac users don't get a book because you don't need one. The silly thing is this keyboard was made expressly for Win XP users but the setup on a Mac really is just as a simple as described. The very hardest thing was opening the battery door on the mouse. . and you get a Microsoft USB Bluetooth adapter which I haven't tried because the Zytech one works just fine, is about half (or more like one third) the size and has a 40 metre range ... I'll need a larger screen from back here. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: USB flash (pen drives) problem OSX 9.x
There are (or have been) some USB Flash Drives on the market in Australia that are not supported by OS X. If it doesn't show up without a driver in OS X I'd be flicking these back to the supplier. On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 11:17 AM, Mark Secker wrote: just some quick questions: USB flash (pen) drives should just show up on the desktop of OSX and OS9 macs shouldn't they? It shows up in the system profiler with the the following drive info: OSX unidrive OS9 USB Mas storage Driver But not on the desktop Interestingly on the Mac OSX machine (G4 tower - OSX 10.2.5) attempting to run disk utilities with the drive plugged in cause the whole machine to slow down to a virtual halt (but not freeze) and then would not shut down (had to use power button) Any ideas? Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 08 9791 5556 Fax: 08 9791 5900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Spam
Who is your ISP? I haven't received either and we are with Telstra. On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 02:22 PM, Paul Mac Phail wrote: I only just joined WAMUG again after an absence of a while and the day after I started receiving the Bioresonance Therapy spams. Cheers Paul Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Spam
For those that were counting that's 3 out of 3 for iiNet. On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Paul Mac Phail wrote: Iinet Cheers Paul Who is your ISP? I haven't received either and we are with Telstra. On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 02:22 PM, Paul Mac Phail wrote: I only just joined WAMUG again after an absence of a while and the day after I started receiving the Bioresonance Therapy spams. Cheers Paul Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Sony P800 syncing with Mac
Can't say too much without dobbing somebody in but you may see a syncing solution for the P800 prior to Panther. You can copy information Mac to P800 via Bluetooth but the iSync solution is obviously the way to go one never knows what might be around the corner. BTW the P800 is THE neatest phone I've ever used. On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 04:10 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 01:29 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Just saw a customer's Sony P800 mobile phone and was impressed. Perhaps this can do away with my Newton as long as it can import 8 years of contacts, recurring appointments and notes. Sony Ericssons are usually what Steve uses to demo iSync, so I'm sure it'll work with the Mac, the question is, how well? Dropping spreadsheets onto the phone might be a bit dubious though. The non-PDA SonyEricssons work fine. The P800 is quite a different beast. If you try and sync it with a Mac using iSync it will pretty much kernel panic every time. You should be able to sync the P800 when Panther rolls out. From what I have heard, you will be able to sync just about everything with it then. Matt Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Seagate HD
Hi Chris Yes the 8MB is cache and the SATA refers to serial ATA. There is no support for serial ATA on a Mac as yet, we've been looking at a couple of PC PCI cards but I haven't as yet started hunting down any of the Mac rumour sites about Mac support as yet. The word from Apple has been probably. On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 06:30 AM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi everyone could someone please enlighten me on the Seagate hard disks described with HDD 120GB SEAGATE 7200RPM 8MB SATA150 specifically the 8mb sata150. Is this an onboard disk cache to improve performance? kind regards and thanks for any support chris Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ -- Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Utils
There are quite a few (and varied) OS X utils on ChezMark this week take a peek - http://www.chezmark.com/osx/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Can't shutdown in OSX
In lieu of running DiskWarrior (OS X version due any day now) you might now (and on a regular basis) run MacJanitor (download at versiontracker.com) and on completion repair your permissions in Apple Disk Utility. This suggestion is purely a good maintenance tip but it has fixed a multitude of varied problems. I'll put details on the list as soon as we have pricing and availability on DiskWarrior 3. On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 11:28 AM, Justin Bearne wrote: I am running OS 10.2.4 on a G4 powerMac (old model, AGP). I only just installed OSX and have effectively gone straight to 10.2.4. The problem is that if I try to shutdown all the happens is the finder restarts. The same occurs if I try to logout, and if I select 'About This Mac'. I can only shutdown using the power button. The other problem is I cannot connect to other computers on the network. I can 'see' the computers but every time I try to connect it says connection terminated (or failed I think). Apart from that applications seem to run OK but slowly. Any ideas? Justin Bearne Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: CAD programme for Mac
VectorWorks On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 01:03 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: Is anyone out there using CAD on the Mac? Is there anything to rival Autocad which everyone seems to use on PC? TIA Rob Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
iLife
I've been waiting on my copy of (purchased) iLife which has yet to ship from Apple. They have just told me that there are no copies of iLife in Australia and they won't start shipping from Sydney until early-mid next week. H . Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Mail List Server
Take a look at BulkMailer from MaxProg - very good software and great support - http://www.maxprog.com/ On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 05:58 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: I have a few small lists here with 20 - 200 subscribers I use for work related mail outs. To be honest I'm sick of the advertising and flakiness of the likes of Yahoo and the lack of good mergin / automation in Eudora. Is there a nice application anyone can recommend for the mac (OS9) - ideally it supports merging multiple lists (and removing duplicate entries), auto subscribe and auto remove. I just want to be able to send e-mail to the users and have them add / remove themselves - no user posts are accepted to the list at this stage. Setting up a mail server / account at work for this purpose is no problem... All input warmly welcomed! Cheers, Antony. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: OT DV video cameras
Check the reviews at dpreview.com - the Panasonic cameras get a pasting On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 09:06 PM, Katinka Mills wrote: Hi all, I am stuck with choosing a camera. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Usb storage device
Yes in stock and on our site at - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pen/index.html On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Gordon Morris wrote: I have seen these little plugin storage devices that go into a usb port in computer mags. Called flash drives or something like that. Would these work to transfer files from a windows to a mac machine? Where can you buy them? You can burn cds but that time consuming and wasteful if you need to move files often. My daughter has her book on the pc in her room, but can only access the internet [one user adsl] on the mac. Yes, I guess you could network ...but ten miles of blue cable from one room to another ...and I HAVE NO CLUE HOW ..and my dodgy PC might corrupt my nice imac. These thumb drives work well on PC with Windows 2000 and XP. Windows 9x needs to have drivers installed first (of course!). You can format them as well. So if you did that (format) first on your PC and plugged it into the mac, the mac should see it as a PC disk. Drag and drop. I think I have seen Keith Palmer advertise these - but the going price is about $1/megabyte from most PC shops. Gordo Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Safari
It also works on the Qantas FF site (which I normally have to enter via IE) but is horridly slow at loading pages from this site. It does not support Westpac's Pay Anyone feature - the only browser I've found that does is IE. On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Roger P Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I have been using Safari since yesterday as as I said ANZ banking works fine and the only site so far that I have found that doesn't work is ple.com.au you can't select any more products once you have selected the first one. I have sent the bug report. We have to remember it is still in beta and all we have to do if give Apple feedback. There are some things missing but so far I like it. Roger Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Safari
I haven't tried the pay anyone feature as yet as I don't use it but I will try that to night. I do find it slow on some sites but I am only using a BW G3/300 so its to be expected. It also works on the Qantas FF site (which I normally have to enter via IE) but is horridly slow at loading pages from this site. It does not support Westpac's Pay Anyone feature - the only browser I've found that does is IE. On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 12:07 PM, Roger P Kortas wrote: Hi Guys I have been using Safari since yesterday as as I said ANZ banking works fine and the only site so far that I have found that doesn't work is ple.com.au you can't select any more products once you have selected the first one. I have sent the bug report. We have to remember it is still in beta and all we have to do if give Apple feedback. There are some things missing but so far I like it. Roger Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html -- 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/
Re: Anyone tried Safari yet?
Like most browsers it still doesn't support some of Westpac Bank's IB features - I use IE just to do banking, Qantas Frequent Flyer and a couple of others. No doubt others will add more sites unsupported, to this list. It looks pretty quick but first impressions don't shake Chimera as my browser of choice. On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since no one on the list has started this particular ball rolling yet, let me be the first to give it a nudge. I have been using Mozilla as my default browser for the last 6 months or so, and although I won't be giving it up yet, I must say I am very impressed with what Apple have come up with in Safari. It _is_ fast (much faster that IE, although there wouldn't be much point if it wasn't) and so far seems to be slightly faster than Mozilla, depending on the page. What do others think? Peter Hinchliffe Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: 17 powerbooks - what a great price!!
Remember that Samsonite now produce Bluetooth luggage so the PowerBook would be able to talk to the case whilst it is inside. The word from Apple Australia is that the 17 PowerBook are 6-8 weeks away. Interestingly nobody has RAM available for these machines right at the moment. BTW, what laptop bag do you get now for the 17 AlBook? One Samsonite suitcase to go??? Rod! Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: 17 powerbooks - what a great price!!
Bluetooth keyboards and mice are on their way, the only thing keeping them from the market at present is high pricing. No doubt this will come down quickly - I had a telephony products book from Taiwan today and it was full of Bluetooth headsets - there is an avalanche of Taiwanese companies getting into Bluetooth and this will drive the component price down. Once the Taiwanese start mass producing product you can guarantee the product has good a chance of being commodity/mainstream. On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 12:19 PM, Brett Carboni wrote: Also, now that they have built in bluetooth, will BT cordless mice work on them? (Personal hater of trackpads except in emergency). Brett Carboni Tsunami Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Airport Extreme
Hi Reg Forgot to forward this on - the full diagrams for fitting the AirPort range extender antenna can be found at - http://www.users.highway1.com.au/~rbelford/ABS/ABS_index.htm (courtesy Robin Belford) We can supply the Lucent range extender antenna if you cannot source them locally. On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 04:30 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: For all of you getting excited about new high speed AirPort Extreme . The new card is less than half the regular one - half size of standard business card. I note the new base station has USB port for USB direct printing AND (Keith take note here) a port for an external antenna to extend its range. Regards Reg Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Hard work being a customer
If the members are interested I'm quite happy to make CDR's available to WAMUG at our cost. We use Opti-40CD-R 80MINS/700MB (50 spindle pack) which are a top quality product and they cost us $20.50 into Bunbury. Have a talk at the next meeting - and if the committee wish to sell these at meetings we are only too pleased to assist. On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Hi Reg, folks, thought this might be of some help to those wanting CD's. I use them all the time in the studio. regards, Ken 80min/700Mb 40x Silver Unbranded CDR Stock only $39.70 (inc gst)per spindle of 100. 100% Guaranteed. Sorry delivery extra at these prices! Dick Smiths Geraldton have lunchbox of TDK coloured slimline disks at $19 for 25. That's not bad. Probably available closer to Perth for those who don't mind missing out on sunny balmy mid summer Geraldton climes! Reg A plug for Harvey Norman in O'Connor. They have single Imation CD-RW disks at a good price and 25 packs of coloured TDK CD-RW disks on special. Customers rule OK! Regards, Paul Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Sonyericson
Take a look at - http://www.sonyericsson.com/P800/worksmart.htm and there is also the zytech site with pre-order info at - http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/sony/p800/index.html We are expecting the P800 to be available in a few weeks. On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 09:01 AM, Sojourn wrote: There was some chat about the new phone from sonyericson and how it could interface with mac os x etc. Can someone tell me if you can enter addresses etc for contacts? I'm fed up with having contacts on my organiser and phone numbers only on my phone. Rosemary Horton Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Ram for G3 PowerBook
Hi Michael You can put 2 x 512MB DIMMs in your FireWire G3 PowerBook (Pismo) I'm assuming this is what you have. Here is an installation guide for installing the 512MB DIMM in the bottom slot - http://www.ramjet.com/g3nbottom.html The earlier Wallstreet/Lombard PowerBooks are limited to 2 x 256MB DIMMs. I have a G3 PowerBook 400 (Firewire) with 512 ram in top slot and 128 in bottom slot. After reading MacInTouch, I get the impression that OS 10.2.3 requires 256 meg ram (and perhaps no I.E. or I.E. Security Update). Is 512 the maximum for the top slot in the G3 PowerBook, and what's the maximum ram that I can put in the bottom slot? Michael Hawkins. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: PDF Problem
Hi Peter Account Edge only supports standard fonts for this feature so you'll probably find that it won't work until a later version of the software (maybe/perhaps). Unless you use one of their bog standard forms the email/fax feature just doesn't work. Hi all, I have recently tried emailing invoices from MYOB. I have set up an invoice with my logo as a black and white graphic (PICT format I think) and it looks fine on the screen and when printed. The problem is the logo doesn't appear in the PDF version which MYOB automatically produces. Any clues as to how I can get the logo to appear? A different file format perhaps? Thanks in advance and a Merry Christmas to all. -- Peter Bull Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Australian search engines?
Don't know about good but try - http://www.webwombat.com.au/ There's also links to other Aus search engines at - http://www.midcoast.com.au/%7Ettc/anzac2.html It looks like Matilda (search engine) may have gone walkies. On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 05:48 PM, Robert Morgan wrote: Can anyone suggest any good Australian search engines? The equivalent of google? Many thanks for everyones time. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Disk Warrior
DiskWarrior 3 is due out shortly - this will be an OS X native version. You can use 2.1.x at present but you must boot from a second volume in OS 9. Once DW3 is out we'll be carrying it on the website. On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 01:36 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: Is Disk Warrior native to OS 10.2.2 Does it matter that it isn't? Thanks Michael Hawkins. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: powerbook to mobile phone connection
For starters you are best off with a Sony Ericsson phone as you can use Bluetooth and iSync almost seemlessly. There are lots of OS X apps for the SE phones as well. You'll also need a Bluetooth adapter - $85 - and you can download iSync at - wamug@wamug.org.au On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 01:14 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi All I have just returned from a field trip with a few colleagues, all of whom had PC laptops for their work (I was the only one with a mac). They also had connection to their mobiles, one with a serial / usb adapter and the other using bluetooth. This is really new to me, but I was impressed as we were working from a very old house with no phone connections, or anything else for that matter! Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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! On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 11:44 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: I just purchased one @$79.00. There begins the problem. I am running 8.6 on the iMac I want to hook it up to and it requires at least OS9. It also comes sans cable...another $20.00 Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: powerbook to mobile phone connection
Well the group is a good start but this should have been - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/isyncpublicbeta.html and you can download iSync at - wamug@wamug.org.au On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 01:14 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi All I have just returned from a field trip with a few colleagues, all of whom had PC laptops for their work (I was the only one with a mac). They also had connection to their mobiles, one with a serial / usb adapter and the other using bluetooth. This is really new to me, but I was impressed as we were working from a very old house with no phone connections, or anything else for that matter! Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Big FireWire
Just an update on the issue of BIG FireWire drives that Martin raised about a week ago . Next week we will begin shipping 7200 RPM FireWire drives up to 400GB capacity. By mid December we will also introduce a 500GB 5400 RPM drive. Prices, etc will be on the Zytech site today if you are interested in following up. Thanks. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: Big FireWire
Already had a couple of enquiries ... the details are on our site now - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/ On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 01:57 PM, Keith Palmer wrote: Just an update on the issue of BIG FireWire drives that Martin raised about a week ago . Next week we will begin shipping 7200 RPM FireWire drives up to 400GB capacity. By mid December we will also introduce a 500GB 5400 RPM drive. Prices, etc will be on the Zytech site today if you are interested in following up. Thanks. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re fax software - Cocoa eFax
Some of those on the list may have tried it but there is an update on versiontracker today and it regularly receives good feedback - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/13028 On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 01:48 PM, Adrian Colley wrote: I'm running OSX with Office for same. I need to get some fax software - just basic stuff that will allow me to send Word documents. I know there is faxst in OS9, but I can't get it to work. Suggestions for an application that is simple and not going to cost arms and legs. Adrian Colley Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/ Get FREE business cards at - http://www.zytech.com.au/contact.html
Re: big, slower 3.5 or 5.25 bare HDs for archival storage?
Hi Martin There are a few things to consider first. Most importantly that if you put a 180GB drive in your FireWire enclosure you will have a 138GB drive !! This is because of the ATA-100 limit to this capacity although our FireCube enclosure can be flashed to accept higher capacity (SLOW) Maxtor drives. We are awaiting a new board that will also accept larger IBM drives - we are one of the VERY few outlets with stock of IBM's new 180GB drive. I can guarantee you won't get past 138GB on any 5.25 solution. Your solution then is to use a FireCube enclosure with a Maxtor drive . Shay Telfer is currently using a Maxtor 160 in one of these cases only problem Maxtor have just recently deleted all their BIG drives in favour of a new range they are releasing in about 15-30 days bottom line is there is no pricing OR availability. So as of today there is no off-the-shelf external solution effectively beyond 120GB drives. This will change next month with Maxtor's new range. Hope this helps well it doesn't really does it? On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 04:27 PM, Martin Hill wrote: Anyone have a recommendation for large capacity Hard disk chambers that would be good for archival storage. The requirements would be: low-cost per megabyte Slow! It needn't be fast access or transfer rates (not being used for online fast access, but rather off-line storage of material). 3.5 or 5.25 IDE ATA mechanism that can be slotted into a Firewire (1394) enclosure when needed. We've seen 120GB ATA hard disk chambers for as low as $369 which is a great price per megabyte ratio for a HD, but would love even larger capacities per drive. We've seen 200Gb chambers but these have 8MB caches and are obviously geared for speed and thus have a commensurately higher price ($899). We don't need a fast drive - 5400 rpm (or less!) with no cache would be fine - it'd still be faster than tape and we'd work off faster AV drives when actually capturing DV footage or editing it. We also don't care if it is a 3.5 or 5.25 mechanism. Using a 5.25 Firewire enclosure with it would be fine. Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Wanted to buy USB Cd Writer
These are in stock $333 On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 08:52 PM, Greg wrote: Looking for a External CDWRITER to suit a iBook G3 Im in Perth Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
iMacs auctioned tonight
There are about 50 x 333MHz iMacs that Apple Australia have delivered to Dove Auctions in Melbourne to be sold tonight. In that they haven't been advertised and the large number available they will probably go for next to nothing. Details are at - http://www.dovebid.com.au/Auctions/AuctionDetail.asp?auctionID=1557 If you can't find the lot details I have a list and can email these to you. It is not a web auction but you can place proxy bids. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Problem with Date/Time Setting
And PTHClock is much better anyway - there's an update on versiontracker today On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 08:25 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: System 10.15 Regardless of the fact that I have selected Australianin the International Preferences Date/Time settings my computer still insists on displaying the Month/Day/Year configuration and also remains Greyed Out when the Meneu Bar clock is expanded. I just cannot get used the American setting! Help please anyone?! Bob Miller-Eves As far as I remember you are stuck with it this way unless you use one of the third party apps to replace Apple's Date/Time settings. However 10.2 fixes this. Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: FIREWIRE HD CASINGS
We have these in stock $219 On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 10:18 AM, satch_23 wrote: http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/r_icecube/ Can anyone else here get it cheaper than $229 in perth?? Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Nigerian email scam
A couple of weeks back there was discussion about the spam regarding Nigerians wanting to give us all millions of dollars. There were also questions about how these people actually con you out of money the scam is fully explained (for those who may be interested) at - http://www.scambusters.com/NigerianFee.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Are these laptops bluetooth ready?!
We have USB Bluetooth adapters available and have just reduced the pricing to $89. On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 06:35 AM, Gary Roberts wrote: They require the USB Bluetooth adapter that is natively supported under OS X 10.2. We haven't tried it under OS 9.x yet. Gary Roberts I am looking at two laptops, the Powerbook G4 667mhz and the iBook G3 700mhz 14.1 inch. Are both of these machines or neither bluetooth conpliant? Help! Cal Conkey Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: keyboard wanted
Yes we are adding the Microsoft Office keyboard at $69 to go with the MS Optical wheel mouse we sell at $29. Both are Mac plug'n'play and, in addition, you can download the MS drivers to provide access to the extra features such as the scroll wheel on the mouse. On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 06:08 PM, Antony N. Lord wrote: A client of mine has an iMac with the small keyboard which he finds hard to use. Does anyone have a larger USB keyboard for sale or swap? I'm afraid not, but just about any USB keyboard will do. Plenty of good quality, low cost keyboards can be had at just about any large retailer (Harvey Norman for example) or one of several Apple Resellers. The only downside is the loss of the power key on some PC keyboards. The Apple Pro Keyboard is great to type on and nowonly $125 from Apple / an Apple Reseller. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
WTB: monitor
Mike Tunnecliffe phone 08-9430 4377 is chasing an old Mac monitor to buy - please call him if you have one gathering dust. He also has a LaCie SCSI CD-ROM burner for sale - give him a shout for the details. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: 10.2 oddity
Yes I've actually got a mirroe of my account having first selected the 10.2 upgrade option and then later having to do a full reinstall. I'm not having any problems with anything quitting but I don't like having a mirrored User account either. I've exhausted all ideas so far on trying to get rid of this. On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 12:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my 10.2 System Preferences there is a pane called Login. Whenever I try to access this, System Preferences unceremoniously quits. As I now have control over login preferences from Accounts and Login Items (now included in Other I suspect that Login is the legacy item from 10.1.5, which had been put back by the Clean Install and Archive option, and as such should be removed. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Archiving MAIL
You can go to any Mailbox (including the trash or sent mail) and select all and then Save As (text file). On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 11:35 AM, Tony Cockbain wrote: I currently use Apple's MAIL under OS 10.1.5. Is there any way of archiving old emails received by MAIL. I used to use Outlook Express Archive when I had Outlook Express as my email program under OS 9.1. Cheers Tony Tony Cockbain Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: iBot FireWire Web cam
Hi Steven Look on our website under cameras. On Monday, August 26, 2002, at 09:13 PM, Steven Tan wrote: hi, Anyone knows where I can get the iBot Firewire Webcam in Perth? Any Apple centres carry them here? Steven Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: ADSL ethernet modems
Go with Andrew's advice - avoid Enternet like the plague ... mind you if you ever need tech support they won't believe you that you've connected a computer to ADSL without it! The Telstra advantage is that they do give you the modem at no cost. If you go with the model below Andrew's there is no setup at all. Avoid the USB modems if you can - if you have ethernet go with this. On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 01:57 PM, Mike Seymour wrote: Kevin, when telstra put my hooked up my adsl they provided me with enternet. It works great with 9. However I switched to OSX not long after going broadband and don't need enternet as 10 has the software built in. Mike Seymour On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 01:41 PM, Kevin Lock wrote: Cool - thanks for the links Shay. It looks like iinet's $249 charge for the Dlink 300 ethernet modem is around $100 cheaper than some online stores, and around the price people are paying on ebay. Tobes. I have a home 'Blink' account with iimet using one of their DSL300 modems. After some initial problems where iinet tried to configure the modem to handle 8.6, the man came out and loaded a neat piece of software onto my iMac and we were up and running. The software is named 'EnterNet' and it seems like the way to go. Kevin Lock Bicton Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: ADSL ethernet modems
Oops yes sorry (nothing like a former Telstra employee to set us straight on pricing issues!) ... however, I think the modem that Andrew recommended is a DIY job and therefore you don't pay the setup. (I know Andrew and Robin in Busselton have both done this setup.) The Telstra guys will want to install Enternet and as I said keep this off your machine. Your Mac or Airport will connect direct to ADSL using PPPoE. Go with Andrew's advice - avoid Enternet like the plague ... mind you if you ever need tech support they won't believe you that you've connected a computer to ADSL without it! The Telstra advantage is that they do give you the modem at no cost. Errr! Not quite. You do pay an Instal fee to get the whole thing up and running which is at the... least ..amount if you have an initial contract of 18 months. Bob -- 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/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Westpac OLB
Yes spare a thought for the poor people supplying your Macs - YES I'm serious. I recently looked at the margins being offered retailers and I'm sure they actually lose money every time they sell a one-off low-mid range machine. If they can sell iMacs or iBooks 10+ at a time they probably just do ok. Please factor in the rent, wages, superannuation, advertising, capital setup costs of showroom and own equipment all those other overheads including the incidentals such as credit card commission (and yes the banks charge a commission on the GST component as well! which is effectively a second commission the retailer wears) and you would wonder why these people are crazy enough to do this??? Some retailers are already out there selling PC's, so adding Apple gear is just another way of increasing revenue at marginal cost. However, those guys who are brave enough to be out there championing Mac products deserve our absolute support even if they have to be crazy. By the way they probably have everything they own on the line (and I mean by way of a heavy-duty enforceable contracts, indemnities and securities) just to be able to supply us Macs. Maybe they can be crazy heroes! On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 03:52 PM, Rod wrote: Apple retailers make lots of money??? Are you sure about that Peter? Maybe you meant to say Apple, without adding retailer on the end! :-) Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Westpac OLB
I agree - their site is generally very Mac friendly. I'm happy to add my name to the list of people complaining - is there an email address to reply to Terry Powell at Westpac? On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 01:39 PM, Warren Jones wrote: This list seems a bit quiet today and, having just received this email after a curt entry to their suggestion box from me nearly 3 weeks ago, I though it might be fun to forward it on. It relates to their Other Accounts feature which is for Win and IE only that allows those users to access their other online accounts from the one Westpac login. Any suggestions on a reply? Anyone know of open technologies that might do the same thing? woz PS I'm actually very happy with the rest of their OLB services. Dear Customer, Thank you for your comments on the Other Accounts service within Online Banking. We understand your concerns and frustration at not being able to access the service via a Macintosh system. Other Accounts is run using ActiveX controls. The ActiveX component securely encrypts the customer information on to their personal computer and automates the customers' browser while using Other Accounts. At this time Macintosh computers do not support the use of ActiveX, which is why Macintosh customers are unable to use Other Accounts. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
FS: Projectors
If anyone is interested, Edith Cowan University Bunbury is selling 2 x Sony VP1252QM and 1 x Panasonic PT106 RGB projectors for $750 each. They were over $23,000 new and have just been replaced by the latest models. Contact Brian Ewart on 08-9780 7737 Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
FS: Power Macs
I have a friend wanting to sell his QuickSilver Power Mac ... details are - Power Macintosh G4 800MHz, 768Mb RAM, 40G, 24x CDRW, Radeon 7500 Dual. As new in box Purchased date: April 2002 $3150.00 ono Phone Nic on 0415 996 947 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also my son Scott is looking to sell his Power Mac as well - Power Mac G4 450MHz Dual Processor (ideal for 10.2) 1GB RAM + 1 x 30GB drive 1 x 80GB drive $2650 (will sell as 256MB RAM 30GB drive $2450) Phone Scott on 0418 946 387 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Mail-hub Telstra cable
I (and several others I know) are having the same problem with Telstra ADSL. It looks like the fault is with them rather than (the current version of) Mail. On Thursday, August 8, 2002, at 12:49 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote: Hi. Like Houston I have a problem :-(. Every so often I get my mail returned saying there is a problem with my SMTP settings . If I go away and come back sometime later without changing anything it works. I am using biege G3/300 Mac OS X Cable to telstra bigpond. Programme is Mail 1.1. My question is :- Is this my end or TELSTRA's end TIA Mac -- 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/ Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
CommPost: FireWire cards
This week we have both our FireWire PCI card AND FireWire PC slot (PCMCIA) card at 10% off. That's $53.10 for the PCI card and $89.10 for the PC Slot card. The FireWIre PCI card allows desktop users 3 external FireWire ports to access fast hard drives, video camera, fast card readers, etc and is fully compatible with both Mac and PC - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/pci/3port/index.html Our FireWire PC Slot (PCMCIA) allows notebook users the same FireWire capability but with 2 ports - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/pccard/index.html Unlike USB 2.0 FireWire speed does not fluctuate. Whilst USB 2.0 will have its place with standard peripherals, remember that if a USB 1.0/1.1 is connected to the same chain, all devices drop to USB 1.0 speeds. One reader in Canberra reports running tests with 17 FireWire devices connected to their laptop with maximum data throughput being maintained by all devices. We are now stocking both 4-6 pin and 6-6 pin FireWire cables in 1.8 metre lengths plus also 4.5 metre lengths - http://www.zytech.com.au/firewire/cables/index.html and if you are interested in Bluetooth . keep a watch on our website for new product announcements. Our Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse is now on the website and available ex stock. These mice are dual PS2 and USB and will run on both PC and Mac. For Mac OS X users they are simply plug'n'play, OS 9 need to download the MS Intellimouse driver. These mice are great value at $29 - http://www.zytech.com.au/usb/mouse/index.html We were going to add Kodak and Panasonic digital cameras to the website but their reviews have generally been so consistently bad that we have elected to remain carrying just Fuji FinePix. Throughout the range, Fuji reviews are consistently good with top notch opticals and ease of use always to the fore. A recent 2 megapixel shootout is at - http://www.macworld.com/2002/08/reviews/keller.html We have just repriced the FinePix A101 (1.3 megapixel) to $399 and FinePix A201 (2 megapixel) to $490 - http://www.zytech.com.au/cameras/fuji/index.html We've had many people contact us wanting information on making their FireWire hard drive cross-platform. There are several solutions including partitioning your drive or running Fat32, all of which have their drawbacks. One of the best solutions is to have your drive set up as a Mac volume but use a utility such as Here Now on your PC that will mount your Mac FireWire hard drive and allow you to read and write to your Mac files directly from the PC. There are other competing utilities that do similar things but as a starting point take a look at Here Now at - http://www.softarch.com/us/products/diskinterchange/diskchange.html Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Free POP Mail Accounts?
Maybe Shay should post the article explaining the move. After reading it myself I can understand the rationale employed by Apple. Indeed if they didn't employ it, there was the likelihood their stock would have been dumped big time. It was a question of the company surviving or upsetting customers. A massive sell-off of the company's stock (and the associated plummeting stock price) is the last thing Apple needs if this happened it could have likely been the beginning of the end. I know it sounds ridiculous that it is more important to please the stock market than your customer base, but in terms of the viability of companies like Apple, this is very true (in the US at least!). You'll remember that Apple did well under the Pepsi man (at least initially) he kept the stock market happy even though the innovation and product offerings went severely downhill. The decision by Apple is simply a corporate reality. On Friday, August 2, 2002, at 10:32 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: And the rest of us will leave, including us here in GMUG land who had a very nice little website running, supporting Apple products. so be it. Valé iTools and trust in Apple. Reg Well, given that the other option is Apple's financial status going down the tubes, and the company with it, it has to make these decisions. I'd rather have the Apple that I really haven't been able to trust for the past decade or so (and only loosely understand) than no Apple at all. Sad, but then that's what economic rationalism gets you. Have fun, Shay I find it hard to believe that Apple's financial survival depends on charging for iTools. If it continues to provide the service but charges and then most of the punters spit the dummy and don't sign up for the service - it still incurs the costs of providing the service, it doesn't bring in much revenue from it and it suffers the intangible (but real in terms of future revenue) cost of loss of customer loyalty. It doesn't sound like good business to me! Just my 2c worth. Neil Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Re: Sorry back again Compag HD
This is a SCSI not IDE/ATA (or SCSI-3) Barracuda from the Compaq system On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 05:26 PM, Tom Samson wrote: Sorry Back again I have picked up a Baracudda HD From a Compaq system and I am having trouble with the Pins for Mackintosh. I have been to the Seagate site tried their setup but my Pmac7600 still refuses to see it. Mount everything/FWD Hdtoolkit and SCSi Probe haven't helped can some one help me from here Tom samson Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
Tips support
I haven't seen this one listed before - http://www.inews.net.au/tips/macs.htm A bevy of tips, advice and help and an Australian site I guess they've stolen it from elsewhere. Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online FireWire data storage store - http://www.zytech.com.au/
