Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / April 2004

I am a PC user, but recently picked up a Powerbook 190 (running System
7.5.2) for $10 and am trying to turn it into a basic functional
machine for word processing in conjunction with my desktop PC.
1. I am having problems loading files created in Word 95/97 (and

is it safe to put the vacuum to the insides of a mac?
mine is full of dust :/

Is it normal? Upgraded to OSX.3 (and updates) on a G4 .125ghz with
1.5gig ram, Rage 9000 AGP with a 2nd Rage Pro 8meg PCI card.
2nd pCI card not supported anymore!
Apps quit like never before.

I brought a OS 9.1 cd off ebay and my question is, dose it need a cd-key
number like window's, I'm a PC man myself and the OS 9.1 was for my son, I
emailed the guy I brought it off but didn't get replied,

How can I do this conversion?
I understand I should use ffmpegx, but what settings should I use? The
presets leave me with a Mov file and I need a VIDEO_TS so I can burn to
DVD.

I have just fitted a new Maxtor 200GB HD.
Followed all the instructions, but it only shows up as 128GB. I expect to
loose a few gig with caches etc, but not 72GB.
Any suggestions?

Friends have a loan iMac and now want to buy one.
After a minimum 333mhz, with a good bit of Ram and perhaps a printer etc
etc.
Anyone know of one for sale within the $350-$500 range?  Prefer Western

Upgraded 10.3 to 10.3.3 with a combo updater and my G4 now have an
intermittent shut down problems. Upon shut down I am getting grey screen
with a request to restart the computer.
G4 upgraded to 1.4 ghz

I have a ATI Radeon 8500 Mac Edition that I've been using in a G4 450
with Panther.
I've traded the G4 in for a G5 so I don't need the video card any
more.

at the moment my son has 32meg of ram in his iMac in the bottom slot, could
I put 128meg in the top slot to make a total of 160meg or would I have to
take out the 32meg module first.
Leon

I have the 2 machines connected via an ethernet hub and followed the
help given on the apple website.
While the Mac does acknowlege the presence of the pc on the network,
when I try to connect to the Mac from the pc,using the address given by

I need a little advice, I have a G4 400 Gigabit model with Revision 8
motherboard which supports multiprocessors.  I recently got a dual 500
board and installed it but the G4 won't boot.  No bong, nothing.  It
powers up, the power light comes on, and then nothing.  I have tried

Before I bought my first Macintosh (Powerbook with OS X 10.3) I
asked at two retail outlets selling Apple whether the Mac could
connect to a couple of Windows 98SE PCs that are networked over
Ethernet cable using NetBEUI protocol.  I was assured that the

I'm in the market for a cheap, reliable, digital camera which would
be compatible with my PowerMac G3 (OS 9.2.2). Mainly to provide
on-line images of items for sale. Any advice or directions? Thanks
in advance.