networking os91 to osx.8

my setup: old mac clone with os9.1 g4 powerbook with os x.8 i'm that far that from the powerbook i can login as user (same name password as in os91 logon) a window opens and shows all harddisk available now if i click onto one of the hd's it gets greyed out but i cannot find the icon

safari hints

did anyone ever came across this: Safari seems to be the Web-browsing choice of a new generation, leaving the good-for-its-time Internet Explorer far behind and relegating Mozilla and derivatives to experimental use. But are you getting the most out of Safari or just using the bare minimum

Re: watching TEDTALKS

in my case after loading the webpage, i had the offer to download the video, which i did (Bono's speech) 95meg later i unzipped the movie to a m4v file which played fine in quicktime. cheersJames On 01/11/2006, at 16:47, gary dorn wrote: here

Re: Mactalk Magazine - where to get it

i agree with Loyd the mag is worth reading it, i'm too tested the app widget, there is one drawback..the widget does not read apps which are in a folder (within the application folder) eg utilities, but may be in a future release keep the mag going. James On 26/10/2006, at 8:51,

Re: Friday mac Funny :-)

just my 2c to apples life cycle. in 1979 i bought an appleII+, 32kB ram, used it for 5 years 1984 a apple IIc came onto my table, was in service for 10 years with upgrades to 128kB ram, 4 disk drives, clock microsoft basic card (is actually still working) 1994 mac classic (b/w screen)

Re: Battery exchange - why second class service in Australia?

just a general hint: if you use the laptop w/o battery, you should borrow a ups to secure constant 240v supply, the battery serves partly as spike catcher thus your laptop is more stable with battery inserted... w/o battery the laptop reacts on variations spikes in the power supply

Re: OS upgrade

just my 2c i made the jump to os tiger.7 result i lost a lot of comercial/expensive software .had to !buy! upgrades in the range of total nearly $1000.- so check first if all you progs are tiger-proof or if you can get updates/upgrades for an reasonable price you may consider 10.3.9

Re: Powerbook 17 1.33GHz running 10.4.7 refuses to wake

i normally close the lid again, wait a few seconds to see the breathing light in the lock button, then open again and hit a key bear in mind tiger is a sluggish animal (as from my experinces) James On 18/08/2006, at 11:15, James Devenish wrote: Hi Brett, I think a root cause of

Surround-Enable Your MacBook

..could be of interest for all macbook users http://homeoffice.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp? id=56671 it's about how to get surround sound out of you macbook through the earphone socket! nicely done with pix James SAD Technic Video Productions, Electronic

Re: Surround-Enable Your MacBook

hi all i can confirm the url given by Roger points to the same article James On 13/08/2006, at 14:41, Roger wrote: Hi James That url didn't work but this one will. http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp? id=56671 Roger On 13/8/06 1:46 PM, James / Hans Kunz

Re: entourage

this email download blockage is not so strange, i had it with netscape communicater a few years ago... where as well only through webmail - deleting of certain emails you could download the rest it seems that from time to time improberly formatted email files are doing the rounds thus

Re: Projector screens in Perth?

you may find something in the range of office equipment i bought one with stand @ officeworks (for movie demos) but not as large as you mentioned you may consider painting the wall with white reflective (not to glossy) paint.. James On 02/08/2006, at 9:50, Rod wrote: Hi All! I am

Re: install a printer

thanks to all who responded send me files the whole problem boiled down to a missing (or corrupted) file: libSystem.B.dylib this file is only created during osx install checking the console it showed that all the imaging info/settings stored in that file was lost which caused cups to crash

Re: Satelite Query ?

i'm on adsl with 51.2 kB/s or 512 kb/s (with iinet) which seems much slower then your connection, i agree with another opinion to use power surge protection or uninterupted power / ups box (with battery in it) if you need 24h/7 connection, i normally disonnect my powerbook in the times i'm

install a printer

hi guys i try to install a hp laserjet 6L on os 10.3.9 powerbook 17 the print utility shows that a 6L is connected, but option-click add does not give me the advanced option try to acces the webinterface http://127.0.0.1:631 of cups gives me the error can't connect to server which means cups

Re: FYI iinet charges

hi guys i had that last year, i originally ordered broadband2 14 days after connection (during Dec 05) i suddenly received the message that iinet degrades my plan to broadband1 - 512k and on top iinet tryed to charge me the $20 degrading fee.. cheers James On 15/07/2006, at 12:44,

Re: They see you

i'm not suprised at all, there are webpages from where you can download java scripts and do the spying aswell..James On 19/04/2006, at 8:47, Paul Weaver wrote: Have a look at the Gridiron Club at http://www.gridironclub.org/grid/DesktopDefault.aspx Click System check to see what they

Re: 8 inch disk loading

thanks for all the responses, the problem was that i was thinking of a 8cm but writing of a 8 inch disk in the time between i could acces a manual in which i found a warning not to insert 8cm disks sorry that i caused a mixup with cm inch cheers James

8 inch disk loading

hi guys can i load a 8 inch disk into my power book drive powerbook g4 17 purchased 2 years ago thanks James

Re: Happy Birthday Apple

happy birthday Rosemary apples 30thyes could be right, the first apple was built in 1976/77 by jobs wozniak the first serie of apple I went out in 1978, i'm working with apple computers since 1979 (apple II+) cheersJames

Re: Internet Explorer 5.1 and iinet

use opera...for os9 iinet uses a lot of java scipts, your browser may not be capable to process them James On 22/02/2006, at 13:08, Rick Armstrong wrote: I am having trouble accessing the iinet webpage with Internet Explorer 5.1 on G4 OS9.2.2 and with Internet Explorer 5.2.3 on G5 OS10.3.9

have a read.....

are you ipod user?, then have a read..James Police warning for iPod users http://tinyurl.com/af5p8

Re: Interesting desktop idea from Sun

an important feature of 3d is that you can have more windows open at once without cluttering the screen you can move files from subfolder to subfolder (on an other volume) much easier the flip around write onto the back can be handy to store content description, which in turn may help in a

apple II stuff still av for 2 weeks

yes old apple // stuff still available .but only untill 11-2-6 morning 2 apple//e, 1 apple//gs, imagewriters, books, disks, drives, monitors... all for free to a good home voip 62625707 (w/voice mail) ph/f 9370 5307 mob 0414 421 132 skype barleeway SAD Technic U3 / 6

Re: VoIP with engin, iiNet and others?

to support Pauls comment: i did the same use Skype to talk for people in Italy Switzerland i have iinetphone iiphone combined with the broadband1 (budget4gig) try Skype, you can find me as barleeway do a test call happy new year James On 29/12/2005, at 22:36, Reg Whitely wrote: Dear

anyone interested in old gear

anyone interested in old gear apple II+ 1980 apple IIe 1981 cards, books, floppy disks all for free email me or call 0414 421 132 to arrange the pickup merry christmas to allJames SAD Technic U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307, 0414 421 132

drawing/grafix for panther/tiger

hi guys panther/tiger are fast animalsbut is there a useful grafix/drawing package available (eg corel draw for os9 osx.2) especially that can import corel draw doc's corel ( many others) stopped writing software for mac because apple makes to many changes when updating/upgrading the

Re: Clicking Drive of Doom

interesting... i'm still using that sort of drive for video applications, i checked once the webpage for tech data, where it confirms a very high power consumption plus the drives are not made for 24/7 continious use, my drives are most of the time disconnected run only for a few hours when i

Re: HD icon on desktop

have the same problem it's one of the many osx disadvantages make sure there's enough space in the top right corner when you shut down James On 25/11/2004, at 19:29, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: My HD icon usually lives on the top RHS of my desktop. For reasons unknown to me it has now

Re: ADSL Availability in Joondalup and Osborne Park

you are not the only one i'm on a commercial line (workshop) in bayswater cannot get adsl, i'm tied down to 28.8k because of !!!telstra a telstra technician confirmed this!! James On 14/11/2004, at 17:48, Dudley Gager wrote: G'day listers, Another one for Bob or anyone who knows what

Re: apple on Dateline ( SBS)

you maybe bemused about a laptop on tv screen... im using it in a radiostudio for reading the prepared scripts, i'm sure i saved 100 trees by now in not printing the scripts, what i'm missing is: i cannot connect the powerbook to the mixer desk play the music directly from there, i

Re: Audio cassette recording to Powerbook?

i'm using motu's digital perfomer as recording software (professional multichannel recording/editing) it works with the powerbooks internal sound sys very well and records @ 44.1k 16bit for cd's i transfer alot of vinils for radio productions... check the settings of audio/midi setup also

Re: Audio cassette recording to Powerbook? add on

i have to add to my previous posting in the recording software you may have to block the play through / patch through! especially if in out is connected to the same hardware it could cause a high frequency feedback thus erratic audio level behaviour James On 03/11/2004, at 10:59, John

Re: 160gb External Firewire Drive only showing 128GB in disk utility

its not so bizzare it comes from the dark side where everything has a limit for 3 years i used a sarotech external fw harddisk, a short time ago i fitted a 200gig drive what do i get: 128 gig max, so it is the fw interface that pins you down, from america i got new fw interfaces which can

Re: DVDs

best is use imovie or compressor to export/compress the file into m2v = mpeg2 format, then idvd will accept it and reformat the file into piece also creates special folders: audio_ts video_ts these 2 folders contain quite a number of .bub, .ifo. .vob files which are in fact content list your

more crashes after update

hi Wamuggers after updating to os 10.3.5 i'm experiencing more crashes than ever before does anyone has the same problem?? i have the problem especially during accessing a external firewire drive... yes i have seen the message published by Apple...but how can i verify if my 3 fw interfaces

Re: Copying a DVD

i'm using charismac discribe as cd/dvd burn utility, has a direct cd/dvd copy feature, can work with single drive systems, reads the lot into hd as image after eject ask for an empty disk holds image untill you go back to main menue, so you can make multiple copies very easy James On

Re: Good dealer - bad dealer

just make sure you get the mac including, software (system) and all! the necessary updates, i was in digilife mt hawthorn buying a powerbook and ended up with a unworkable machine, !!i had to pay for updates to get the powerbook working !! James On 05/08/2004, at 8:12, Mike Fuller wrote:

Re: Technically speaking.....

you cannot just change wires to get a scsi harddisk to work on a ata system, the internal (burned into the ic on the hd) software protocol is to different plus the formatting gives another headache, you can get scsi to ata convertersJames On 29/07/2004, at 19:30, Craig Ringer wrote: On

Re: Q: Left handed trackballs for G4 Powerbook advice?

check out kensington - orbit, i'm lefthand and usit for the last 3 years, it has 2 equally placed buttons and in the standard way (just plug in) the lhs button will do the same as on a single button mouse, the rhs button calls a menue, included software gives you the ability to select the

Re: Ibook Power Adaptors

or you find someone to repair it, keep in mind apple never sales spare parts... and another thing is do not leave them plugged in all the time, in that way you can extend the life greatly James On 01/07/2004, at 16:42, Phillip McGree wrote: Hiya Rod, They pretty much don't

Re: Largest Powerbook HD?

i have an 80gig drive in mine 17 book you are better off with an external (firewire) anyway or do you want to loose the lot when the hd crashes?... James On 29/06/2004, at 15:17, Brett Carboni wrote: Does anyone know what is the largest internal h/disk that the Powerbook 17 can

Re: Subject: Mouses vs trackballs

i'm using trackball for years, it takes far less desktop space than a mouse and you can cover a much larger screen area without lifting it aroundJames (it is a kensinton orbit trackball) On 22/06/2004, at 9:02, Vladimir James wrote: Another angle on the mouse discussion. All mouses have

Re: powerbook backup

hi guys how can i make a backup of my internal 80 gig drive in my 17 power book disk utility says: device busy and stops James SAD Technic Bayswater WA 6053 +618 9370 5307, 0414 421 132 http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas

Re: MacOS X 10.3.3

just my 2c it took 5h 30m for the 56.8 meg file it came down w/o a glitch and during the internet peak hours..not bad at all interesting is since the introduction of osx the size of updates went straight to 50 meg it looks alike we have 2 James in this group... James SAD Technic Video

Re: WARNING!

i think this is an automated membership control by wamug i received that as well, refreshed my list membership and that solved the problem it is to prevent the system from piling up old invalid adresses thus reducing bounce messages going back to wamug clogging up the mail boxes James

Re: Sparking Mac Plugs, Ericsson Phones, Bluetooth and Other Bits...

the sparks could be because the power supply box died, when you unplug you still have 330v stored in the box for 1 or 2 seconds, if parts (transistor or fuse) die then you get the sparks some smoke you are in for an expensive exercise...sorry i know since apple micro$oft had a work

Re: Mac OS X 10.3 install issues

i'm using a 17 powerbook, no install problems, but.you have to get a lot of updates panther renders a lot of !osx! software useless if you don't update..James On 09/02/2004, at 14:08, Mark Secker wrote: Has anybody noticed that running the OSX 10.3 installer causes an

Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

just my 2cents: i bought a powerbook 3 weeks ago for video edits grafix --- exellent it just took me along time to adjust to panther because it's so different from the os 9.xx be aware the system disk included has !old! versions of software thus makes the $6000 machine partly unusable i

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