File synch

2001-10-24 Thread Nathalie Collins
Hello all: Can anyone recommend a freeware or shareware utility which will synch files the way my palm does as opposed to the way the file synch control panel does? It seems the file synch control panel will not overwrite older files with new ones; it just places files which don't exist in both

The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Daniel
Hi All From http://www.macnn.com --snip-- iPod introduced: audio, MP3 player Apple's special event began slightly after its 10:00 am anticipated start time with Steve Jobs recapping Apple's digital hub vision. Jobs then introduced the iPod, a digital audio player with a 5GB drive (1000

Re: File synch

2001-10-24 Thread Goodall-Smith
Nathalie Collins wrote: Hello all: Can anyone recommend a freeware or shareware utility which will synch files the way my palm does as opposed to the way the file synch control panel does? I use a program called 'FolderSynchronizer' who have a current version for operating systems up to

OS X

2001-10-24 Thread Michael
Thank you to all of you who responded to my gripes...especially a few who went through my issues in detail! I completely trashed and reinstalled EVERYTHING (a clean install)...but a slimmed down version of OS 9.2.1, leaving out many applications that seem to only be extras. So far not too many

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Andrew Nielsen
And at US$400, is anyone here planning to rush out and buy one? No doubt the price will reduce over time, but it's hard to figure out just what market this product is aimed at. Maybe Cube owners. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd

Re: File synch

2001-10-24 Thread hinchlif
On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 07:56 AM, Goodall-Smith wrote: Nathalie Collins wrote: Hello all: Can anyone recommend a freeware or shareware utility which will synch files the way my palm does as opposed to the way the file synch control panel does? I use a program called

Re: Virtual PC

2001-10-24 Thread Onno Benschop
At 19:32 23/10/01 +0800, Ian Hooper wrote: 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? If you have the Windows drivers for such an abomination (:-), then I see no reason why it wouldn't

Re: Netscape 4.75

2001-10-24 Thread Barry Johnston
Many thanks to Phil and James for your reply to my question regarding attachments on emails. I did look in the applications section of the preferences and found that there wasn't any reference to the attacment that I was trying to open. Many thanks Barry Johnston.

RAM pricing

2001-10-24 Thread Onno Benschop
FYI: Continued discussion about differences in RAM pricing is in *my opinion* fruitless. There are too many variables to consider for a simple message that reads: I saw cheap RAM over at Joe Bloggs Warehouse. To give you some idea of why things *appear* to be so different: RAM pricing from

ipod movie

2001-10-24 Thread Bart Raffaele
-- Hi all with the annoucement of ipod i quickly when to the site to download the quicktime movie commerical , but having problems downloading it's taking forever for the quicktime plugin to come into action and other site no problem,must be bank up with everyone trying to download. Is

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Troy May
Andrew Nielsen on 24/10/01 10:03 AM, wrote: And at US$400, is anyone here planning to rush out and buy one? No doubt the price will reduce over time, but it's hard to figure out just what market this product is aimed at. Maybe Cube owners. I loved the look of the Cube so maybe I'm the wrong

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 11:06 +1000 24/10/2001, Troy May wrote: Andrew Nielsen on 24/10/01 10:03 AM, wrote: And at US$400, is anyone here planning to rush out and buy one? No doubt the price will reduce over time, but it's hard to figure out just what market this product is aimed at. Maybe Cube owners. I loved

Ipod connections

2001-10-24 Thread Brett Carboni
Does anyone know if you could set up an iPod for use in a car stereo, ie to replace the CD/tape unit? How would it work. Could the iPod send sound to the amp in the car? Would be valuable for me to have a car unit that I could take out at night to reduce theft. It *is* pricey, and I *wish* it as

CAD/Design Software?

2001-10-24 Thread Stefan is...
Hello Can anyone on the list recommend/suggest software suitable for CAD, Drafting or Design for the purpose of drawing furniture in 2D and 3D? I am aware of software like AutoCAD etc., but I'm trying to justify the continued existence of Mac's in our office. I have heard of TurboCAD - is it

Re: Ipod connections

2001-10-24 Thread Shay Telfer
Does anyone know if you could set up an iPod for use in a car stereo, ie to replace the CD/tape unit? How would it work. Could the iPod send sound to the amp in the car? Would be valuable for me to have a car unit that I could take out at night to reduce theft. Get a CD to tape converter that

Re: CAD/Design Software?

2001-10-24 Thread Shay Telfer
Hello Can anyone on the list recommend/suggest software suitable for CAD, Drafting or Design for the purpose of drawing furniture in 2D and 3D? I am aware of software like AutoCAD etc., but I'm trying to justify the continued existence of Mac's in our office. I have heard of TurboCAD - is it

Compressing Down

2001-10-24 Thread Houghton
Hi i was just wonderin if someone could help me out on the subject of compression.I have alot of edited video footage which i would like to store but it is way to big.8.58gig i was just wondering if anyone knew how to compress it down to a manageable size. Thankz

RE: CAD/Design Software?

2001-10-24 Thread Darren Kam
You might want to try ArchiCAD - version 7 however is surprisingly slow - even on a dual 800Mhz G4. GraphiSoft has promised a Mac OS X version, (in fact they were willing to say that version 7 was OS X compatible) but it has yet to surface. The 3D object language, GDL, is a great way to draw

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Matthew Healey
Something to remember is that this machine doesn't compete with the Rio or anything like that. It competes with the Creative Nomad Jukebox. That thing sells for about $1000 I think. The iPod is a damn fine creation and is also MUCH smaller than the JukeBox. Don't forget you can use it as a

Re: Compressing Down

2001-10-24 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi i was just wonderin if someone could help me out on the subject of compression.I have alot of edited video footage which i would like to store but it is way to big.8.58gig i was just wondering if anyone knew how to compress it down to a manageable size. Thankz If you're talking video

Re: Ipod connections

2001-10-24 Thread Greg Hosking
Stores data in FireWire disk mode does anyone know the disk format of the iPod? HFS, HFS+, iso9600 (yeah, right!) seems like this is an apple - only product, only charging from an apple firewire bus stuff? I guess the idea is that you have all this cool stuff that only works with an apple

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Greg Hosking
Oh, and as soon as one of the surgeons here saw it, he wanted me to order one. So yes... They will sell. true if it could RECORD too, I'd be handing my cash over right now!

Re: iPod connections; format car stereo

2001-10-24 Thread Derek Ellerton
Hi WAMUG folks. The iPod FAQ available on: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html dodges around the question below. However, it does mention you can start your Mac up direct from the iPod, and the iPod comes complete with a system folder pre-installed. How nice of Apple :) On the last page of

Re: CAD/Design Software?

2001-10-24 Thread Jon Hunter
Archicad is a great piece of CAD software but comes at a price (approx $7000/licence). If you are looking at something more affordable try Deneba Canvas or VectorWorks (ex MiniCAD). I think that both these 2 have announced OSX versions. I can't really agree with Darren Kam saying that

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Troy May
I was trying to find out what a 5GB 1.8 hard drive is worth and the best I can find is US$356.00 does anyone know if you can get cheaper? If this is the case then adding FireWire and MP3 playback seems to make the iPod's US$400.00 reasonable (if you've got that kind of dosh to spare). Matthew

Re: iPod connections; format car stereo

2001-10-24 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi WAMUG folks. The iPod FAQ available on: http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html dodges around the question below. However, it does mention you can start your Mac up direct from the iPod, and the iPod comes complete with a system folder pre-installed. How nice of Apple :) And also importantly

iMovie

2001-10-24 Thread deniscollins
Hello all, I have an iMac and I'm trying to use a Sony Handycam TRV330, I'm using Firewire and I tried to start a new project with iMovie and I still get the blue screen that says camera disconnected. i have the handy cam on play and it still doesn't let me import the camera video while it

Re: Telstra Online Billing

2001-10-24 Thread travis_253
Yes, I was successful the second time I tryed. I use Netscape 4.7? on OS9.2= . I use it to see how much of my plan I have used during a month. Works wel= l once it's up and running. Some points to note: • You cannot use Explorer! (IE doesn't support digital certificates) • After failing to

Re: iMovie

2001-10-24 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 03:50 + 24/10/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have an iMac and I'm trying to use a Sony Handycam TRV330, Check that iMovie is set to use PAL, not NTSC. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Starfish Technologies Pty Ltd http://www.starfish.net.au/ ACN 076 426 714 / ABN

Re: iPod connections; format car stereo

2001-10-24 Thread Troy May
Derek Ellerton on 24/10/01 1:53 PM, wrote: However, it does mention you can start your Mac up direct from the iPod, and the iPod comes complete with a system folder pre-installed. How nice of Apple :) I've said this to someone else already today but just how cool would it be to walk into the

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Daniel
Hi All! According to the Apple Page the RRP on this is going to be $899, and not available until later in the quarter. On a comparison note MacSense do a similar product which is an MP3 JukeBox with 6GB of storage, which has an RRP of $899. It isn't as small as the iPod, but is still

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Doug Wilson
on 10/24/2001 14:46, Daniel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to the Apple Page the RRP on this is going to be $899, and not available until later in the quarter. On a comparison note MacSense do a similar product which is an MP3 JukeBox with 6GB of storage, which has an RRP of $899. It

Link Checker

2001-10-24 Thread chesnutt
Hi List, I am putting together a small web page which has a collection of links on it. I would like to set things up in such a fashion that I can periodically scan for broken or changed links. I know that there are a few shareware programs out there that do this, but the ones I have looked sdo

PhotoShop 5.5

2001-10-24 Thread braincells
Is there anyone interested in purchasing my copy of PhotoShop 5.5 ??? Cheers! Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Matthew Healey
On 24/10/2001 3:28 PM, Doug Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Steve may be losing it. There's no way I'd pay $899 for an mp3 player. Not even one as cool as this. iTunes 2 is nice though. A lot of people will though. I now have orders for 4 of them (In the space of 6 hours). Site unseen.

Re: more Ram for a 5500?

2001-10-24 Thread Murdoch Allen
Toby Oldham wrote: 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

From Spymac

2001-10-24 Thread David Dalgarno
http://www.spymac.com/ The new Apple i-Walk.

Re: Ipod connections

2001-10-24 Thread David Dalgarno
My tuppence worth. I tried to get an adapter to fit in my car tape/radio player in order to connect it to my portable CD player but they don't seem to make them for my Alpine car radio. It's therefore important to make sure that adapters work for your particular tape/radio before thinking of

Internet timer

2001-10-24 Thread Lloyd White
I am one of those poor people who only pay for 3 hours a day of internet access. I used to have a little Control Strip module that could be reset each day and kept record of the time I was on the internet. It kept the time continuously until I reset it. I could then see, after several

NY Times iPd review

2001-10-24 Thread Kevin Lock
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/24/technology/24APPL.html Sounds good. KL

Re: Internet timer

2001-10-24 Thread Philip Smith
Lloyd White wrote: I am one of those poor people who only pay for 3 hours a day of internet access. I used to have a little Control Strip module that could be reset each day and kept record of the time I was on the internet. It kept the time continuously until I reset it. I could then see,

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Paul S
Hi List (and Matt), I think the cube proved that you need more than just a good product to impress consumers, you need to have a good price as well. After all if you're looking at the toy market for yuppies (yes, I'll somewhat include myself here) you've got a lot of competition in this price

Internet problem with 10.1

2001-10-24 Thread Stephen Chape
HELP . please WAMUG folks !! Having upgraded from 9.1 to 10.1 last weekend, I have finally got my email working again with the assistance of a couple of fellow WAMUG members. Only it works in a strange fashion. By the way I am using an iMac 266 with 288 MB RAM. I can only connect if I

re-iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Bart Raffaele
-- Well thanks Steve! I was looking forward to a PDA but no no no ! By looking at the iPod you could see that if they tried a little bit harder it could of been a Newton , a little bit of iPod look bigger screen and color or mono oh well back to my Newton 2100 for now. I still belive

Re: The iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Phillip Arena
Yes, very nice, but again, the price simply makes me shake my head also. It seems like we are on a never-ending road of innovationa journey that generates dreams (many of us dream of owning an Apple this and that!!) but I'm concerned with generating productivity. I'm still proud of being a

Help with Rev.D iMac

2001-10-24 Thread Doug Wilson
Help with an iMac Rev.D iMac Rev. D 333MHz running 9.1 hard drive has been upgraded to 12 gigs I'm trying to get the iMac to boot from a system folder on the second partition of this machine after splitting the drive into two equal partitions. I backed up the 4.6 gigs of info on the original drive

Re: re-iPod

2001-10-24 Thread Shay Telfer
By looking at the iPod you could see that if they tried a little bit harder it could of been a Newton , a little bit of iPod look bigger screen and color or mono oh well back to my Newton 2100 for now. But what would you have to add to an iPod to turn it into a handheld computer that plays

Re: Internet problem with 10.1

2001-10-24 Thread Goodall-Smith
Stephen Chape wrote: HELP . please WAMUG folks !! Having upgraded from 9.1 to 10.1 last weekend, I have finally got my email working again with the assistance of a couple of fellow WAMUG members. Only it works in a strange fashion. By the way I am using an iMac 266 with 288 MB RAM.