Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / October 2003

Years ago I had a small application which worked with the browser to
open random pages on the net. Is there a similar application which will
work with modern systems?

I'm having trouble logging into Commbank with Safari under Panther.
Anyone managed to log in successfully?
Dale

As of this morning, it appears Australians can sign up to the iTunes
Music Store!!!
Meow

I see that panther is out now and it looks good.
I have noticed that with apple when software comes out like panther it has
"over 150 new features"
are they all hidden?

One of the ways in which I waste my spare time is archiving
captures from digital TV -- i.e., editing and transcoding
MPEG-2 streams.
At the moment I'm using mencoder on Linux and DivX Pro on Windows

As per my last post:
I need to find a screen replacement for a postal disaster which shattered
the screen on a 1400c Powerbook.
Anybody got one???

When saving something on our network at work, the highest point we can go is
called moof. Then we can click again and see the desktop.
Whats a moof - is this some inside joke at apple?
Robotman.

Latest Prices 24/10/2003:
All goods are used unless otherwise stated and are for
private sale:
I also buy/accept old gear if you have something (Sydney)

Do i have to buy jaguar as well?
Thanks, Robotman.

One of our macs has an intermittent problem - it won't boot and shoes a
flashing on and off blue globe icon the same as the network icon in osx.
Its an early g4 (500??)
It just flashes in the middle of the black screen but after turning on and

Im selling my B&W G3 400mhz mac.
Specs are - 9 gig scsi drive, cdrom, 128 megs ram, keyboard & mouse.
Standard setup
The cdrom is actually a 4x burner but it wont burner for some reason, works

I have one of the old, original iMacs (a powerpc g3 266Mhz) with a 64 MB Ram
upgrade... I¹ve recently got lots more gear for it, and it¹s beginning to
struggle speed wise...
Can anyone offer advice on upgrading? Is it worth it? I don¹t really have

Laser Writer Select  360 in good condition.
recently checked ok by apple service center.
prints a perfect test page. My new computer won't talk to it...
Sydney pickup only, sorry

I am using 10.2.6 and I treid to move folder to a USB  drive. (64mb)
I could not move the folder what so ever, an error kept coming up, but when
I opened that flolder and selected the contents (15 or so jpegs) they where
able to move across.

For sale:
'VST Technologies' USB External 3.5" Floppy Drive
Reliable and quiet.
Opaque or 'nearly see through' (matches G3, G4 & iMacs)