Re: BigBorther 4 and the Mac

2004-05-03 Thread Craig Ringer
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 21:46, Matthew Healey wrote: rational well-thought-out television I'm a little puzzled. Did we ever have rational, well thought out television in the first place? I realise there are degrees of bad (I recently got rid of my TV, having found that TV had passed the point

Re: Photo Scanner suggestions

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 30/04/2004, at 9:28 AM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi, Hoping for advice. I want to buy a scanner to digitise some or all of my photo collection, both from photos and from negatives. I have been looking at the Epson 1670 photo scanner (cost about $260). Is this a good model? Are there any

Re: home laser printer recommendation.

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 30/04/2004, at 1:18 PM, Mark Secker wrote: Does anybody have a recommendation (or from the retailers on list - a quote) for a small home laser printer - my experience is more office printer orientated. I have an academic user who requires a home laser printer to replace her now obsolete

Re: Airport compromised warning

2004-05-03 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 02/05/2004, at 12:18 AM, Cameron MacFarland wrote: Ever since I upgraded to Airport 3.4.1 I've been getting a weird error when downloading. The wireless network appears to have been compromised and will be disabled for about a minute. Then of course the network doesn't come back up

Re: Edit Mpeg4?

2004-05-03 Thread Rob Davies
Not sure as never used imovie will attempt later today, but from a quick google people acknowledge 2gb limit per clip, so just stop before this limit or it should just start another clip if you are capturing from dv. Then join clips and export via quicktime for your mpeg4 file. On Sun, 2004-05-02

How to network a G4 and original iMac

2004-05-03 Thread gary dorn
new G4 with Os 10.3 original iMac with OS 8.6 how do I set up a network connection between these two computers, as my attempts have failed . i can set them to connect in via OSX, but not in 8.6? I have a crossover cable and need to keep the iMac @ 8.6 (even though it has 9.2 and 10.2.8

ext HD to firewire and USB

2004-05-03 Thread gary dorn
Howdy, I've got a Icecube external hardisk I have it permanently connected to a G4 via apple DV screen via firewire OS 10.3 I also have it connected to a rev A iMac via USB OS 8.6 ( using USB mass storage 1.3.5 extension) now if I turn on whilst all is connected the disk volumn will only

Re: Apple Certified Portable Technician Course In Perth In May 2004

2004-05-03 Thread logrythm
On 02/05/2004, at 4:21 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: accident and emergency room procedures Sounds to me like you're eminently qualified to become an Apple techie. Good luck doing the training. More like a windoze techie with that sort of experience, although that would require grief counseling

Re: ext HD to firewire and USB

2004-05-03 Thread Malcolm J McCallum
Hi, sorry about the 'coood' in the nose, i will be interested in the answer to this question, Thaks ;-) Mac On 03/05/2004, at 9:37, gary dorn wrote: Howdy, I've got a Icecube external hardisk I have it permanently connected to a G4 via apple DV screen via firewire OS 10.3 I also have it

Re: ext HD to firewire and USB

2004-05-03 Thread Rod
On 3/5/04 9:37 AM, gary dorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, I've got a Icecube external hardisk I have it permanently connected to a G4 via apple DV screen via firewire OS 10.3 I also have it connected to a rev A iMac via USB OS 8.6 ( using USB mass storage 1.3.5 extension) now if I

List name

2004-05-03 Thread Adam Hewitt
Hi All, Could whoever manages this list make the subject automatically add the list name in front of it, ie. Subject: [WAMUG] List name? I get absolutely sh*tloads of SPAM and sometimes messages from my lists get tagged as SPAM and it makes it very hard to quickly browse my SPAM folder without

Re: Edit Mpeg4?

2004-05-03 Thread Susan Hastings
imovie's 2 gig per clip has not been a problem for me so far. That must be more than 20 minutes of straight filming, 'cos I've had clips of 20 minutes or so without any problems. imovie breaks the film up into clips automatically, and would probably warn you of a limit. This is taken straight

office for OS 9 which version

2004-05-03 Thread BART RAFFAELE
Hi all I was wondering which version of Office ran on OS 9 thanks

Re: office for OS 9 which version

2004-05-03 Thread Rod
On 3/5/04 11:21 AM, BART RAFFAELE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I was wondering which version of Office ran on OS 9 thanks -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Matthew Healey
On 03/05/2004, at 11:14 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote: Hi All, Could whoever manages this list make the subject automatically add the list name in front of it, ie. Subject: [WAMUG] List name? I get absolutely sh*tloads of SPAM and sometimes messages from my lists get tagged as SPAM and it makes

Re: BigBorther 4 and the Mac

2004-05-03 Thread Mark Secker
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 21:46, Matthew Healey wrote: rational well-thought-out television I'm a little puzzled. Did we ever have rational, well thought out television in the first place? I realise there are degrees of bad (I recently got rid of my TV, having found that TV had passed the point

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Onno Benschop
On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 14:25, Matthew Healey wrote: On 03/05/2004, at 11:14 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote: Hi All, Could whoever manages this list make the subject automatically add the list name in front of it, ie. Subject: [WAMUG] List name? I get absolutely sh*tloads of SPAM and sometimes

RE: BigBorther 4 and the Mac

2004-05-03 Thread Oldham, Toby
Hmm, this may simply add more weight to the TV's for DVD only argument, but The West Wing, The Sopranos, Angel (well this season anyway) and (every now and then) Alias are fun shows to watch. Futurama was good of course, and I enjoy new episodes of the Simpsons ... and there's always the Movie

Re: Photo Scanner suggestions

2004-05-03 Thread Mark Secker
On 30/04/2004, at 9:28 AM, Rob Phillips wrote: Hi, Hoping for advice. I want to buy a scanner to digitise some or all of my photo collection, both from photos and from negatives. I have been looking at the Epson 1670 photo scanner (cost about $260). Is this a good model? Are there any

Re: office for OS 9 which version

2004-05-03 Thread Mark Secker
Hi all I was wondering which version of Office ran on OS 9 Office 2001 was the last classic Microsoft Office - the other Office suite Open Office is OSX only ;) -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS

'cpe'

2004-05-03 Thread Malcolm J McCallum
Hi wamuggers, can some guru enlighten me as to what the 'cpe' stands for at the beginning of net work address? TIA Mac

Re: 'cpe'

2004-05-03 Thread Luke Brown
Malcolm J McCallum wrote: Hi wamuggers, can some guru enlighten me as to what the 'cpe' stands for at the beginning of net work address? TIA Customer Premise Equipment?

iPhoto books

2004-05-03 Thread Severin Crisp
IPhoto4 has a very nice built in facility for making books of photos for display or peeling off as PDFs or whatever. However it is too cute for it's own good and sets the photos out on varying numbers per page which you have to manually edit to change. There seems no way of saying, for

RE: 'cpe'

2004-05-03 Thread Kathy Quinlan
Ask Bigpond as they seem to use it in their IP addies for users Regards, Kat. -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm J McCallum Sent: Monday, 3 May 2004 3:49 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: 'cpe' Hi wamuggers, can some

OT humor: what digital camera's are not for....

2004-05-03 Thread Mark Secker
unless you like distracting your flat mates concentration http://www.dieselsweeties.com/archive.php?s=942 -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is

Re: 'cpe'

2004-05-03 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:51:10PM +0800, Luke Brown wrote: Malcolm J McCallum wrote: Hi wamuggers, can some guru enlighten me as to what the 'cpe' stands for at the beginning of net work address? TIA Customer Premise Equipment? In answer to the original

Re: 'cpe'

2004-05-03 Thread Malcolm J McCallum
I shall take up Kathy's suggestion and ask bigpond, will get back to wamug with the answer ;-0 Mac On 03/05/2004, at 16:56, James Devenish wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:51:10PM +0800, Luke Brown wrote: Malcolm J McCallum wrote: Hi wamuggers, can some guru

8) Canon printer will not print.

2004-05-03 Thread bill parker
Subject: Re: Canon printer will not print. From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Try here : http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/ and here http://www.inkjetmall.com/store/ts/clogging.htm and here

G4 processor

2004-05-03 Thread Michael Bradley
Hi guys, I'm looking for a bit more speed out of my G4 sawtooth, it's currently a 350, and I was wondering if someone had updated and had a 400 or 450 lying around they wanted to sell...I know I can get much faster, but it gets abit expensive. Thanx Mike

Muxing, demuxing, and simple camera videos (Modified by Reg Whitely)

2004-05-03 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear Wamuggers I send this to the list as it may help Rob Davies and his DVD query, especially relating to reference to Gumby. It has a function to cut and edit such files I think. Try it anyway. Regards Reg ___ As sent to GMUG, UberMug and Maced lists: I was

powerbook or ibook?

2004-05-03 Thread Rosemary Horton
I'm seriously considering getting a laptop. The main reason is for presentations vi digital projectors at conferences often connecting to the net and for working on websites. What should I consider ibook or powerbook? Someone suggested there's not a direct connector to a projector from an

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi Wamuggers, Matt and Onno On 3 May 2004, at 1:17pm, Onno Benschop wrote: That should not be the case, since other mailing lists I subscribe to that also use Stalker as their mail server do have their subject configured with the list name in their subject. (One other I can think of, that even

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 18:25 +0800 03/05/2004, Reg Whitely wrote: I've found such prefix referencing to list mail very useful, and help shortcut the need to program otherwise sometimes complicated mail sorting preferences to individual mailboxes (using in my case, Apple Mail). Even without sorting to mailboxes,

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Matthew Healey
On 03/05/2004, at 1:17 PM, Onno Benschop wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 14:25, Matthew Healey wrote: On 03/05/2004, at 11:14 AM, Adam Hewitt wrote: Hi All, Could whoever manages this list make the subject automatically add the list name in front of it, ie. Subject: [WAMUG] List name? I get

[POLL] List subject

2004-05-03 Thread Matthew Healey
Hi all, here is a quick poll for you all. Question: Do you want [WAMUG] added to the subject line as a pre-fix of all emails sent to this list.? Reply to me directly, not to the list. Poll closes 5pm this Wednesday. After which I will announce the results and update the list accordingly.

[Meeting Reminder] - Tomorrow's Agenda

2004-05-03 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All A quick reminder for tomorrow's meeting. What you can expect: Normal Q A I am going to show off the new eyeTV400 from El Gato. Very good quality! Matt and Peter are going to show off Xgrid. Sounds very impressive. Joining computers together to share the load. Matt is going to show

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Kathy Quinlan
Andrew Nielsen wrote: At 18:25 +0800 03/05/2004, Reg Whitely wrote: I've found such prefix referencing to list mail very useful, and help shortcut the need to program otherwise sometimes complicated mail sorting preferences to individual mailboxes (using in my case, Apple Mail). Even

Re: List name

2004-05-03 Thread Matthew Healey
On 03/05/2004, at 8:37 PM, Kathy Quinlan wrote: Andrew Nielsen wrote: At 18:25 +0800 03/05/2004, Reg Whitely wrote: I've found such prefix referencing to list mail very useful, and help shortcut the need to program otherwise sometimes complicated mail sorting preferences to individual

Re: powerbook or ibook?

2004-05-03 Thread Richard Kay
On 03/05/2004, at 6:23 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: I'm seriously considering getting a laptop. The main reason is for presentations vi digital projectors at conferences often connecting to the net and for working on websites. What should I consider ibook or powerbook? STUFF DELETED New

Re: powerbook or ibook?

2004-05-03 Thread Craig Ringer
On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 21:34, Richard Kay wrote: My only complaint [aside from the absence of the G5], really, is the poverty of RAM on most of these models. 256MB doesn’t really cut it, and Apple clearly makes a dime or two at retail by selling customers another DIMM. My solution there