Re: PDA/Phone

2001-10-23 Thread Onno Benschop
At 20:40 22/10/01 +0800, Rod Blitvich wrote: Handspring are about to release a PDA/Mobile phone device. I'm interested in your opinions. Handspring released the Visor phone a full year before a European model was available, then a further six months before it was available locally. (FYI: USA

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread hinchlif
On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 07:41 PM, Mike Schmidt wrote: So many people seem really thrilled with OS X...am I the only one who is really dissatisfied? I am not a computer geek and find that I get really overwhelmed with all the different fixes that one could use to get OS X to

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread Goodall-Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 07:41 PM, Mike Schmidt wrote: So many people seem really thrilled with OS X...am I the only one who is really dissatisfied? I'm sorry you're having so much trouble with 10.1. My experience is completely the opposite to your

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread Shay Telfer
I haven't really noticed the big speed bump that many people seem to be reporting. Possibly you didn't put up with 10.0 long enough! My printer (an Oki 12/n) cannot be used with OS X; Yes, lots of drivers are currently MIA. Classic crashes completely (with bomb) quite frequently (though

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread Greg Pennefather
Hi Mike There is nothing wrong with saying that you don't like OS X and you don't want to use it. It's certainly a very personal thing and there is no right or wrong. OS 9.x and its antecedents are like old friends we have become totally familiar with and we love them despite their quirks. OS X

Fwd: Re: Fraction Fonts

2001-10-23 Thread Eugene de Gouw
Looking through Keycaps I have the font MS Reference 2 which has many fractions. Don't know when / where I got it I presume it installed with MS Office or similar. Eugene Yes there is at least one, can't think of the name at the moment. Have a search at google http://www.google.com/ or even

Re: Fwd: Re: Fraction Fonts

2001-10-23 Thread Onno Benschop
Anyone tried Insert Symbol? Also my version of Word automagically changes the three characters in sequence: '1', '/', '2' after I type a space into a single character. At 10:22 23/10/01 +0900, Eugene de Gouw wrote: Looking through Keycaps I have the font MS Reference 2 which has many

FW: Fraction Fonts

2001-10-23 Thread Greg Hosking
-- Forwarded Message From: Kevin Phyland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Fraction Fonts Hi Greg, I have one called SansFractions...try looking that up. Cheers, Kevin from Wycheproof. -Original Message- From: Greg Hosking[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon

recent probs

2001-10-23 Thread Craig Chappelle
do we all have anti-virus software? do we all turn it off when doing new/updated software installations? i cant help thinking that many of the 'bizarre' occurrences that have been mentioned on the list lately are typical of those associated with installing over the top of anti-virus software

For Sale - Revved Up Powerbook G3

2001-10-23 Thread Michael Anderson
Specs - 233 Mhz G3 12 Gb Hard Disk 160 Mb Ram CD Rom Removable Floppy Drive (hot swapable) 2 Type II PcCard slots New Apple (round) battery charger / ac adapter Firwire Card and twin lead 2 Modem cards and telephone leads PLUS SCI ZIp 100 Drive with Sci lead for powerbook All in working order

Test

2001-10-23 Thread Michael Anderson
-- Kind Regards Michael Anderson C.A. Strategic Avenues Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: Australia: 0438 899 222 Telephone Int'l: + 61 438 899 222 ** CONFIDENTIALITY The contents of this email(and attachments) maybe

more Ram for a 5500?

2001-10-23 Thread Toby Oldham
Hi all, I've recently given a friend of mine an April 1998 P/Mac 5500/225. I tricked the sucker out with x2 32 meg Dimms, but I'd like to really push this sucker to the limits of it's ability. I'm looking for either: x2 64MB RAM DIMMs - The guru lounge has this to say: NewerRAM: For your MAC

Re: OS 10.1 with no internet connection

2001-10-23 Thread Stephen Chape
Thanks to those who responded. I switched the modem to GV 56, but found I also had to uncheck do not wait for dial tone to connect. All is well so far ... I LOVE 10.1 !! On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 08:36 AM, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks . HELP !! I have am iMac 266 with OS 9.1.

Re: OS 10 or 10.1

2001-10-23 Thread Paul S
Hi Mike, Just a quick thought, when you trashed OS X, did you get rid of ALL the invisible files installed on your hard drive? Cheers, Paul -- Paul S [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mike Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:41:30 +0800 To: wamug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OS 10 or

Virtual PC

2001-10-23 Thread Ian Hooper
Here's a tricky one for the experts... Does anyone know if Virtual PC can use a USB to parallel adapter to emulate a real parallel port under Windows? Serial port emulation works quite successfully with a USB-serial adapter but I've never tried parallel... I need to program some

15 Apple Studio Display (ADC) for sale

2001-10-23 Thread Luke Oliver
A one-off; Please let me know if you have an interest. Cheers, L. -- _ Luke Oliver \ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] System Engineer \ Apple Computer Australia P/L \ Mobile AEST 0411 449 463 Level 9, 636 St Kilda Road \ Int'l

Re: more Ram for a 5500?

2001-10-23 Thread will
I've also been looking up EDO/FP ram as well and there are huge price differences around the shops. In aus the cheapest i have seen is around $140 aus for 64meg not that many suppliers still deal with it. Over in US prices vary from $240+ to $26US for 128meg which make them way cheaper than

iPod

2001-10-23 Thread Troy May
http://www.apple.com/ipod/