Internet on my PB170

2005-07-04 Thread colin hodder
Okay, I started to use my PB170 as my primary computer last summer and was trying to get it set up for email. However, I took it out one day when it was wet outside (I had it covered in plastic) but some water must have gotten in because I tried to start it everyday for a couple of weeks but

Re: Internet on my PB170

2005-07-04 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 04/07/2005 08:42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Also, is it possible to get online with the 170 over cable internet (I'm guessing no). It is possible. I have a couple of SCSI-Ethernet devices that plug into the SCSI port that I have used to access my network. It is OK for

Re: Internet on my PB170

2005-07-04 Thread Bob C.
I have replied to Colin off-list, but to get more information about StarGate, go to: http://www.krs.com.au/ for Kevin Raner Software... Click on the Products tab, and then there's a button for the Downloads page. This is for the most recent version (1.4.3) of StarGate. I use a much

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
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Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 3, 2005, at 4:32 PM, Geoffrey Davis wrote: the closest thing I ever had to a virus was putting on the thing that makes the computer get happy when you plug in the power cord, i did it to my wife's powerbook once... As I recall, there wee a bunch of novelty inits one dropped in

Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Cameron Kaiser
As I recall, there wee a bunch of novelty inits one dropped in the extensions folder that did amusing things; unable to control mouse, started scanning like an old BW TV (complete with snow), beeping, burping, brought up custom screens telling you your HD was deleting (complete

Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 4, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: As I recall, there wee a bunch of novelty inits one dropped in the extensions folder that did amusing things; unable to control mouse, started scanning like an old BW TV (complete with snow), beeping, burping, brought up custom screens telling

Re: Internet on my PB170

2005-07-04 Thread colin hodder
Keeping in mind that I am very computer illiterate, how does that work? Are SCSI ethernet devices common? Does it require a lot of difficult computer voodoo to get that working? Thanks. Colin the computer illiterate. From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: PowerBooks

Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Doc Holliday
Didn't that one come along with a bunch of other such inits in a book called Stupid Mac Tricks? I was system admin on a large Mac Plus network and one person bought the book and installed the init that disabled certain keys on the keyboard. She installed that on just about every computer on

Re: I'm CHRONOLOGICALLY an adult, BUT.... (was Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Doc Holliday
I remember MacBarf... I left it in my computer about ten minutes before I trashed it. Funny once or twice, but after that, embarrassing. What I personally liked was being able to get my Mac to play the The Good Morning Vietnam!!! clip from the movie. I was watching Independence Day on TV

Re: Internet on my PB170

2005-07-04 Thread Ken
My Reply follows quote. On 04/07/2005 14:13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Keeping in mind that I am very computer illiterate, how does that work? Are SCSI ethernet devices common? Does it require a lot of difficult computer voodoo to get that working? Thanks. Colin the computer illiterate.

Re: I'm CHRONOLOGICALLY an adult, BUT.... (was Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Whenever you emptied the trash, Oscar would come out of the trash can and sing a fragment of his 'I love Trash' song. Each time you emptied the trash he sang another verse, so the only way to get him to sing the whole thing was to repeatedly put things in the trash and empty it.

Re: I've seen FOUR Mac viruses.

2005-07-04 Thread Donna Hood Pointer
I used to have that one. It was really cute. Oscar the Grouch popped up when the Trash either emptied or had something in it--I don't remember which. I never had any trouble with it at all. It always made me smile when working on something intense. It's been a long time since I thought of that