Re: Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

2004-02-24 Thread Ryan Schotte
On 23/02/2004, at 5:06 PM, Adam Yap wrote: Can someone tell me why I'd join WAMUG financially? Are there any benefits etc? The never ending torment for the WAMUG Committee. At the moment it's more of a good-will reason. However, WAMUG does provide it's financial members with an

timbukto for OSX

2004-02-24 Thread gary dorn
Howdy folks, I've been communication with a fellow BOA ( http://www.BOA-research.com) user who is in Chicago which has a 14 hour time difference. Our windows of communication are limited to mid morning and late evening our time. We have both downloaded timbutko so that we can have a look

[COMMPOST] Clearance Items Offered

2004-02-24 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All! After just getting back from New Zealand I thought I would start off with some clearance items I've been offered. Rather than list them all here you can download a pdf with the items and prices on it. Point your web browser to:- http://www.macwizardry.com.au/clearance_specials.pdf To

Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 12:13, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC. He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the files as the PC has no modem. Is there any quicker way to transfer the files? Craig Ringer wrote:

Re: CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines

2004-02-24 Thread Doug Wilson
I guess its fairly safe to assume you CAN'T really move an OS X install between machines with different hardware. What I really wanted to do was set up an OS X install (custom applications, setting, services) and move it to a new machine (with different hardware specs) which I haven't taken

PCI ethernet cards? was Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Mark Secker
According to my information the 5500 should have a ethernet jack... I recall that only the US budget model came without the ethernet card in the expansion port . if your 5500 doesn't have an external monitor port (or you don't mind loosing it for the period of transferring data) you will

Re: CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines

2004-02-24 Thread Mark Secker
speak to the guys at the School of Media at ECU - Steve Doyal (sp?... sorry Steve) gave a presentation about doing imaging at the last (first) X-World conference about how they did this and I'm sure they were imaging for multiple hardware basses. I guess its fairly safe to assume you

Re: timbukto for OSX

2004-02-24 Thread James Devenish
Hi, In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 12:47:18AM +0800, gary dorn wrote: We have both downloaded timbutko so that we can have a look at each others screens and he can run through a few tasks whilst I watch and learn and swap notes We havn't worked out how to set it up yet

Re: PCI ethernet cards? was Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Ryan Schotte
According to my information the 5500 should have a ethernet jack... I recall that only the US budget model came without the ethernet card in the expansion port . if your 5500 doesn't have an external monitor port (or you don't mind loosing it for the period of transferring data) you

Re: PCI ethernet cards? was Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Mark Secker
I have a black-cased 5500/250 that doesn't have built-in ethernet, and I'd be surprised if it is a US model. I put in an Asanté 10/100 PCI Ethernet card that was conveniently on eBay Australia cheap when I needed it. It's worked great. I guess my recollections and notes might be some what

Re: Mac OS 9 Apps Quitting

2004-02-24 Thread logrythm
Karen wrote: Hi, I am running Panther 10.3.2 and all of my Mac OS 9 apps just won't open. They try, but close straight away. As does Classic. This didn't originally happen a couple of weeks ago when I got my machine. What have I done. Should I reinstall the Mac OS 9 Apps into the Mac OS 9

Re: PCI ethernet cards? was Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread logrythm
Ryan Schotte wrote: I have a black-cased 5500/250 that doesn't have built-in ethernet, and I'd be surprised if it is a US model. The Black ones are the UK and/or The Director's Edition if I remember my lowendmac.com stuff correctly. Cheers Paul

Re: CCC / Moving OS X Between Machines

2004-02-24 Thread Shay Telfer
I don't think your assumption is correct. I've used Carbon Copy Cloner to move an OS X install from an iBook to a Quicksilver tower. The transfer went fine and the tower is running great. I've also used CCC to back up a flat screen iMac to an external hard drive and then booted a Mirror Dive Door

Re: timbukto for OSX

2004-02-24 Thread Warren Jones
I use TB2 a lot. Its a good prog and works pretty well. You'll need to make sure the right ports are opened through any router/firewall in the way. http://www.netopia.com/en-us/support/faqs/software/ tb2macfaq.html#firewall http://www.netopia.com/en-us/support/technotes/software/tb2mac/

Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Craig Ringer
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 06:39, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 12:13, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: A friend needs to transfer files from a Power Mac 5500/255 to a PC. He is doing it using a floppy and it is very slow. He can't email the files as the PC has no modem. Is

Remote Desktop

2004-02-24 Thread Adam Hewitt
Hi All, I had a problem a few weeks ago where my linux rdesktop client suddenly stopped connecting to our Terminal Server. After spending a few weeks on this issue I discovered that the TS issues a temporary CAL which lasts for 90 days, and after this expires the rdesktop client continues

CommPost: 50% off

2004-02-24 Thread Zytech online store
At this stage we've contained hard drive pricing but the 3-4% drop in the Aussie dollar already has drive vendors scrambling to lift prices. WD has already raised drive pricing across the board, brought on by demand outstripping supply of their drives so expect to see all drive pricing

Re: Why join WAMUG? Financially that is.

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 24/02/2004, at 12:10 AM, Ryan Schotte wrote: Can you share any of these plans yet Matt? I've been wanting to become a financial member again -- my family's membership having lapsed a long time ago -- but I haven't been able to convince myself of why... The printed ROM, shareware sharing,

Re: timbukto for OSX

2004-02-24 Thread andy baker
I can't remember how to set it up exactly, but it is a really useful application. Before christmas someone I know had tried to install mac os 10.3 onto an old imac, without upgrading the firmware - result was the screen went black and nothing happened. What I had to do to save it was take the

Re: can an undate from 8.6 to 9.0 be performed?

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 23/02/2004, at 3:29 PM, Tom Lewis wrote: Running a G3 with 8.6 on it - would like to upgrade to 9.0. Is this possible? It's certainly possible. All you need is a MacOS 9 Install Disk. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth,

Re: PB Power Supply

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 23/02/2004, at 11:36 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: Actually, for a brief period some Macs had a switch on the back that you had to switch between 110 and 240V (and a big yellow sticker to alert you to this fact!). Fortunately the power supplies are auto-switching these days. The yellow

Re: Mac OS 9 Apps Quitting

2004-02-24 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 23/02/2004, at 11:10 AM, Karen wrote: Hi, I am running Panther 10.3.2 and all of my Mac OS 9 apps just won't open. They try, but close straight away. As does Classic. This didn't originally happen a couple of weeks ago when I got my machine. What have I done. What happens if you just

Re: Mac TO PC File Transfer

2004-02-24 Thread Diana Graham Stevens
Craig Ringer wrote: Ethernet is _definitely_ the way to go about this if you can. Mark Secker wrote: According to my information the 5500 should have a ethernet jack... I recall that only the US budget model came without the ethernet card in the expansion port . Graham checked it out,

Losing wireless connection

2004-02-24 Thread tom samson
At school we have a wireless connection and I have an Airport card in my iBook. The iBook is running 10.3.2 but it does not retain the addresses of the local network. I have to keep on reentering them every time i reconnect. can any one help? tom samson

[OT - but important] ATM card scam pictures

2004-02-24 Thread Rod Lavington
Hi All! I am sorry for those who think this is spam, but you may remember the ATM scam that has been doing the rounds. Some guy in England managed to find out what the scam was (after getting done over himself), and found the equipment that is used: http://atm.ev6.net/ (hopefully it

Re: Losing wireless connection - Keychain Happiness, and Separate network Location configurations

2004-02-24 Thread Derek Yeoh-Ellerton
Hi Tom and WAMUG folks. There are a couple of items to consider here, including: -do you have a separate location configured for your home and school (and any other) networks? If not, consider doing so. -have you got a working Keychain set-up, for your passwords etc. I've found that non-working

Holy Cow! An Apple TV Commercial!

2004-02-24 Thread Matthew Healey
Yes thats right. I almost fell over myself. Tonight at approximately 9:26pm there was an ad for the iPod on channel 10 during the Simpsons. That is the first Apple TV commercial I have seen in a LONG while!!! - Matt -- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0

Re: Holy Cow! An Apple TV Commercial!

2004-02-24 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 24/2/04 9:27 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes thats right. I almost fell over myself. Tonight at approximately 9:26pm there was an ad for the iPod on channel 10 during the Simpsons. That is the first Apple TV commercial I have seen in a LONG while!!! - Matt -- Yep

Re: Holy Cow! An Apple TV Commercial!

2004-02-24 Thread Warren Jones
I actually saw (probably the same) one last night about the same time. Amazing! On 24 Feb 2004, at 21:27, Matthew Healey wrote: Yes thats right. I almost fell over myself. Tonight at approximately 9:26pm there was an ad for the iPod on channel 10 during the Simpsons. That is the first

os9 Network puzzler

2004-02-24 Thread Wez
Seeing if any other mac users can shed some light on this prob. Got a G4 running Panther 10.3.2 and a G3 running 9.2.2 The G3 can see the G4's dropboxes just fine, but the G4 can't see anything on the network of the G3. Now i assumed this prob was from Panther since before that i can the G4