Re: dvd/cdrom for G3 + PRAM (was) Re: Hi! newbie...
James; What happens is, when the power adapter is plugged in, at some point it was probably bumped, which causes a crack on the logic board itself, where that little round port attaches to the logic board. the only Apple sanctioned solution is to replace the logic board. you may be able to take the computer apart (not for the faint of heart) and solder bridge that broken connection. I used to do Apple service so I saw this happen a lot. No real way to avoid it happening when someone bumps it, that is the weakest point and it breaks. From what you described, that sounds like the problem. Having a Apple service center check it out would confirm my observation, but it maybe a costly repair. Which G3 is it again? I have a bronze Keyboard G3, the one with firewire on the logic board, that was only the logic board left on it. You're welcome to it, if it would work for you. Geoffrey Stormzand storm.Consulting 702.493.9400 Las Vegas, NV USA On Dec 27, 2003, at 7:24 PM, James Mandy wrote: Geoffrey, thanks for your reply... How can I check the fault? Should I open the machine or take it to a service center to be looked at? Thanks, - Original Message - From: Geoffrey Stormzand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 1:11 PM Subject: Re: dvd/cdrom for G3 + PRAM (was) Re: Hi! newbie... Sounds like the problem with you powerBook, and the batteries is actually a problem with the connection on the logic board where the charger plugs in. If that little port is broken the computer will still function but won't charge. that would also make you PRAM setting not hold. because that batteries aren't getting charges. On Dec 26, 2003, at 7:46 PM, James Mandy wrote: Hi James and welcome to the list. I can't help you with the cd drive but if you're bandwidth-challenged, I've got the latest 3 YDL isos (3.0.1) here and could burn them for you if required. Regards Larry Pohl Larry, thank you for your kind offer, I run a 512k link at home and have already down'ed and burned the ISO's ready for my YDL installation experience. Very eager to get it cranking... I also require new PRAM for the powerbook, doesnt keep date/time, settings, etc. painful... new battery (or two), more ram, and a new HDD, sheesh, add all that up and it's probably a new ibook... :) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: SCSI and powerbooks
The connection is called HDI-30, there are actually 2 different cables, one for normal SCSI connections which is light gray, the length is about 10 inches, the other which is required to use the powerbook in SCSI-Target mode is a dark gray and the cable length is only about 4 inches (sorry don't know the metric conversion). The difference in these 2 cable is only one pin, which tells the computer that is or is not the SCSI-Target cable. There is also an adapter (HDI-30 to - DB-25) that you can get that has a switch so you and toggle between the 2 type, normal and SCSI-Target, then you just connect a normal SCSI cable to the adapter. As with any SCSI device you should always have the computer off, not asleep when connecting to it. Geoffrey Stormzand macintosh.Virtuoso storm.Consulting 702.493.9400 On Dec 27, 2003, at 1:37 PM, David de la Hunty wrote: I have one of these adaptors, are we talking about a 6x6 array say 1 x 1.5cm rectangle? Mine was bought about 3 years ago with the intention of burning backups at day's end, on the fly. I soon found out I could compress and ethernet it to my home computer with a 24x burner and not worry about my ancient 2x CD burner. So the adaptor is still in its box and has never actually been used. You can have it cheap if you like... say, I don't know, $30 plus postage? Cheers David -- Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:39:50 +0800 From: Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SCSI and powerbooks I note that older G3 powerbooks have a SCSI connector which does not look like the normal one. What is the adapter called to match the normal SCSI cable and what are the plugging/unplugging precautions. Severin Crisp -- __ Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) Fax (08) 9842 9650 (Int'l +61 8 9842 9650) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.albanyis.com.au/~sev/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Phil's story
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 05:19:09 +0800 From: Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: House burglary tonight My house got burgled tonight. I fell asleep really early tonight, whilst laying on my bed watching tv. I didn't mean to doze off so early, and so hadn't locked the front door. I woke up at about 3:30am and noticed that there was someone in my bedroom (I live alone). In that first few seconds I have recognised that there were two unfamiliar people in front of me, looking as startled as I was. I look to my left, where my Apple PowerBook G4 laptop normally is, and notice that it's gone. Alarm sets in as I realise that these people in front of me are stealing from me, and have got my PowerBook. I jump up SNIP Subject: Re: OT: House burglary tonight Hi Phil, I don't know if this is any help, maybe, maybe not, but go around to the hock shops and describe your camera. Chances are new digi-cams don't come in too often, and maybe there will still be images on the camera's SNIP When my car was stolen the child seat was taken when the car was abandoned and I was told to check out the hock shops for it. No luck, but that was hardly surprising given it was worth bugger all. Best of luck. A friend of mine also had his wallet and keys stolen last night, from the house of one of his friends. Hope today gets better for you. So do I Phil. I had a v.expensive Nikon lens stolen from my truck around Christmas 2002. Not recovered but after reporting to the Midland police they said I might have a chance at the Cashies, so I hope you have serial numbers. Unlike me, you have much more chance of recovery because it seems camera gear of that sort is hard to fence locally so it goes east. ( I went to every hock shop - and gave them the number of the lens). Full description of Power Book, widely circulated won't go a amiss. It will surface somewhere and the potential buyers should be made aware. Best of luck in the search. Bill -- Dr Bill Parker RENEW - Scientific and Technical writing editing in energy and resources. Box 322 Mt Lawley WA 6929 08 9371 6373 0403 583 676 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: members.westnet.com.au/renew/
JPEGS
What I always do now, at home using Photoshop and OS9.2, is alter my image in Photoshop, colour corrections and sharpness, anything else you need to change, then resize it roughly. Then I open the image in Graphic Convertor and save it as a JPG there. It has an option to save it web ready with no resource fork. This reduces the file size hugely without reducing the quality for low resolution, email and web suited, images. This isn't going to tell you why the problem happens but it does offer a way around it. Graphic Convertor can be found on Version Tracker and has a free trial period with an option to purchase later. While I recommend paying for it, just because its good to do, you don't need to pay to continue it after the trial period is up. It seriously reduced my file sizes by about three quarters, sometimes more. Its worth a look, but obviously not for anything you will wantto edit or play with down the track. Only for web ready and finished images. Kind regards, Kelly Agree with Kelly as far as Photoshop. What happens next depends whether the pics are for publication. I work with a graphic designer on a couple of regular jobs and I am always getting the outputs of lo res digi cameras. We often do a preview with Graphic Convertor. Always, when going to Photoshop to manipulate the images the colour balance is different and not as good as Photoshop.So I'd recommend saving IN Photoshop - but whether as JPEG or other depends on what you want to do with the images. If you have the Rolls Royce.! Bill -- Dr Bill Parker RENEW - Scientific and Technical writing editing in energy and resources. Box 322 Mt Lawley WA 6929 08 9371 6373 0403 583 676 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: members.westnet.com.au/renew/
Re: Laser Printer
On 22/12/2003, at 9:11 PM, Bob wrote: I am currently printing with an Epson Styllus C41UX using OSX 10.3.2. The coloured ink is rarely used and I am getting sick of forever refilling the black cartridges or, even worse, incurring the expense of new cartridges. Not to mention head cleaning etc etc. I am now considering buying a basic laser printer (black only) or multi function centre which works, hopefully hassle free, with OSX 10.3.2. Any recommendations or good/bad experiences would be appreciated. Have a look at the Samsung ML-1710 if you want a low-priced (sub $400) Laser Printer. It comes with MacOS X drivers and prints at up to 16 ppm, and has a 250-sheet paper tray. Good value for basic black printing. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
Re: OT: House burglary tonight
Wow, It looks like people these days really don't care for Christmas spirit, eh? Glad to see you didn't lose your precious, Phil! My friend got his laptop, mobile phone and wallet stolen on christmas eve while he was sleeping. Eerily similar to Phil's story except they came in through the window. Thing is there were THREE people in the house and they all slept through it! I guess you really need good security these days. As for sleeping with your laptop, I am probably as geeky as the rest of you guys and gals, but that (for me) is just that little bit too far! My solution is to just use a kensington security cable on my powerbook, and attach it to something big, in my case the cable hole in my office table. I'm pretty sure they'll at least need to make some noise to get it out of there! Also if I slept with my pbook, I could well end up rolling onto it, as I have done with countless walkmans and other devices in the past and end up wrecking the display or something. While I like security, I don't know whether I'd go the whole hog with security grills etc. I am reminded of the vietnamese family recently who got burnt alive in their home. Their placed had security grills over all the windows so they couldn't get out through them and no one could save them either! All your really need is a good alarm with motion sensors and some pepper spray handy. The alarm will scare off 90% of burglars, the other 10% will try anyway regardless of your security measures. I've been robbed in a fully secured place - they just came through the roof instead! Dave On 29/12/2003, at 8:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:03:35 +0800 From: Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: House burglary tonight Yup, I'll be faxing all the pawnbroker shops in the next few days. And here I was thinking that I would never use the fax function in 10.3! And I'll be getting some cops that I know socially to keep an eye on recovered goods records. My emptied wallet was found around the corner from here this morning. Damn, that was my last $100 so now I'm left with $3.35 to my name and a bloody empty stomach! These kids are bloody experienced, even the hidden compartments that nosey girlfriends, etc, normally don't find had been gone through. Rather miffed about losing my camera though... now I can't take any photos of the ripper grazes that I've got on my right knee and hand from when I fell over whilst chasing the car down the road. Moral of the story... don't leave your PowerBook on your desk at night, always take it to bed with you! My geekiness/nerdiness paid off, I always take my PowerBook to bed at night (the cat to, but he always runs away as soon as he can). :-) I've been wondering all day if these kids will ever come back now that they have seen the masses of Mac stuff that I have in this house. But then again... I'm 6 foot tall, 118kg... big ugly fat bastard, particularly unattractive when running across the front yard at 3:30am in nothing but old underpants. Being chased by this huge pissed off pale bloke who's bare skin hasn't seen sunshine in many years must have had them at least a tad concerned. Would have been a classic for Funniest Home Videos... if I had the whole iSight thing set up I would still have lost my camera, but could have won a new replacement one with the video. Phil - Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.- Thomas A. Edison
Panther built-in disk maintenance
Here's a cool feature in Panther I didn't know about: it's called Adaptive Hot File Clustering, and is turned on by default. Here's a short description: - In general, it works like this: over a period of 60 hours, the file system keeps track of files that are read frequently (for a file to be considered as a hot-file, it must be less than 10MB and never written to). At the end of this period, the hottest files (i.e.. the files that have been read the most times) are moved to the ‘hotband’ of the disk (which is that part of the disk which is particularly fast given the physical characteristics of the disk). The size of the ‘hotband’ will depend on the size of the disk (i.e.. 5MB of hotband space for each GB of disk). ‘Cold’ files that were in the hotband will be moved out of the hotband to make room for the hot files. As a side effect of being moved into the hotband, the hot files are defragmented. Currently, Adaptive Hot File Clustering only works on the boot volume, and only for Journaled HFS+ volumes that are more than 10GB.” - To read the full article, go to http://www.apple-x.net/modules.php? op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=666mode=threadorder=1thold=0 -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer ServicesFileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
OT : Phil's story
Not experienced with the success of notifying Cash'Converters and the like, but I believe their procedures are to send a list (daily / weekly ?) of all incoming items to the police as part of their pawn-broker licence. So, if you have serial's and a good desciption with police it c/should help. Good luck, Mark Scholmann - Original Message - From: Bill Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Monday, 29 December 2003 6:48 Subject: Phil's story Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 05:19:09 +0800 From: Phillip McGree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: House burglary tonight My house got burgled tonight. I fell asleep really early tonight, whilst laying on my bed watching tv. I didn't mean to doze off so early, and so hadn't locked the front door. I woke up at about 3:30am and noticed that there was someone in my bedroom (I live alone). In that first few seconds I have recognised that there were two unfamiliar people in front of me, looking as startled as I was. I look to my left, where my Apple PowerBook G4 laptop normally is, and notice that it's gone. Alarm sets in as I realise that these people in front of me are stealing from me, and have got my PowerBook. I jump up SNIP Subject: Re: OT: House burglary tonight Hi Phil, I don't know if this is any help, maybe, maybe not, but go around to the hock shops and describe your camera. Chances are new digi-cams don't come in too often, and maybe there will still be images on the camera's SNIP When my car was stolen the child seat was taken when the car was abandoned and I was told to check out the hock shops for it. No luck, but that was hardly surprising given it was worth bugger all. Best of luck. A friend of mine also had his wallet and keys stolen last night, from the house of one of his friends. Hope today gets better for you. So do I Phil. I had a v.expensive Nikon lens stolen from my truck around Christmas 2002. Not recovered but after reporting to the Midland police they said I might have a chance at the Cashies, so I hope you have serial numbers. Unlike me, you have much more chance of recovery because it seems camera gear of that sort is hard to fence locally so it goes east. ( I went to every hock shop - and gave them the number of the lens). Full description of Power Book, widely circulated won't go a amiss. It will surface somewhere and the potential buyers should be made aware. Best of luck in the search. Bill -- Dr Bill Parker RENEW - Scientific and Technical writing editing in energy and resources. Box 322 Mt Lawley WA 6929 08 9371 6373 0403 583 676 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: members.westnet.com.au/renew/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: OT: House burglary tonight
On 29/12/03 8:07 AM, Dave Choy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, While I like security, I don't know whether I'd go the whole hog with security grills etc. I am reminded of the vietnamese family recently who got burnt alive in their home. Their placed had security grills over all the windows Which is a particularly dangerous situation. A better proposition from a Safety point of view is to place Security Grills only where Fly Wire would otherwise be placed. That should leave you with some glass to break for an emergency exit . And by the way, when you decide to Instal grills make sure that you have Them on each side of your house. That is, you need at least one grill on each of the North, South East West sides. For best ventilation you always need an outlet on the opposite side of the house to where the Inlet is So if the natural breeze is from the East, to get the best effect make sure you also open a window on the West side of the house. This might seem to be a natural action but I know there are a lot of us that forget to open that other window. Cheers, and keep cool Bob
Re: OT: House burglary tonight
On 28 Dec 2003, at 5:19 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: My house got burgled tonight. On 28 Dec 2003, at 5:19 AM, Phillip McGree wrote: My house got burgled tonight. Okay moral of the story people #1 lock your doors #2 dont chase them Phill be lucky they ran I have heard of lots of occassions were they havent and the homeowner is on their way to hospital after the incedent AND last but not least without sounding condescending sell all them motorbikes and get insurance for the house, YES i agree its bullshit but in these times we live in where the bad guy can sue you for injuries sustained while robbing your house is it worth it
Printer (driver?) disappeared!
Greetings all and best wishes for the season Have 17 inch Flat panel with Panther and an Epson Stylus Color 680. Had experienced some Printer not responding problems immediately before Christmas. Yesterday when I came to print there appears to be no printer in the system. However, I know its there because I can see it on my desk! Suspect that somehow the printer has been accidentally deleted. Can anyone advise please how I can prove to my Mac that I do have a printer? thanks muchly Sue Oliver
Re: OT: House burglary - Checking at Hock shops
Hi all It can be useful NOT to reveal to the 'hockers' that you are checking for stolen goods. I was given advice to look, identify quietly, note the sale number and details and report directly to police who would take the necessary action. Seems sometimes the 'offending' article/s can be removed from sale! After all which hockers would like to be alleged to be receiving stolen goods! Helpful hint I hope! Sue On 29/12/2003, at 9:59 AM, Bob Howells wrote: On 29/12/03 8:07 AM, Dave Choy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, While I like security, I don't know whether I'd go the whole hog with security grills etc. I am reminded of the vietnamese family recently who got burnt alive in their home. Their placed had security grills over all the windows Which is a particularly dangerous situation. A better proposition from a Safety point of view is to place Security Grills only where Fly Wire would otherwise be placed. That should leave you with some glass to break for an emergency exit . And by the way, when you decide to Instal grills make sure that you have Them on each side of your house. That is, you need at least one grill on each of the North, South East West sides. For best ventilation you always need an outlet on the opposite side of the house to where the Inlet is So if the natural breeze is from the East, to get the best effect make sure you also open a window on the West side of the house. This might seem to be a natural action but I know there are a lot of us that forget to open that other window. Cheers, and keep cool Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
cookies
Hello, I am buying software from the USA and they have asked me to send my credit card details in a cookie. Can anyone explain to me what a cookie is, Thanks Bill
Re: cookies
www.google.com.au: what are cookies? Web Definition: Cookies - Persistent Client-State HTTP Cookies are files containing information about visitors to a web site (e.g. user name and preferences). This information is provided by the user during the first visit to a web server. The server records this information in a text file and stores this file on the visitor's hard drive. When the visitor accesses the same web site again the server looks for the cookie and configures itself based on the information provided. www.netiq.com/support/fwr/glossary.asp - More definitions - Original Message - From: WILLIAM CRABB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 9:48 PM Subject: cookies Hello, I am buying software from the USA and they have asked me to send my credit card details in a cookie. Can anyone explain to me what a cookie is, Thanks Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Fwd: Phil's story
Phil, sorry to hear about the visitation you had. would also suggest we keep an eye out on ebay as this seems to be the modern way of fencing goods (no ID needed). Do you have serial numbers etc? Good luck with the search Lindsay
