Apple Macs Breckland Google Group

Quicksilver Problem

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 17:15:36 UT

Hi.
A friend has a G4 Quicksilver 733Mhz tower running Tiger.
Everytime she boots it up, the DVD drawer opens. Any ideas on how to stop
it.
I have been into StartUp Disc and selected the hard drive as default boot
device, but it makes no difference. There is no other OS or bootable drives
on the machine.

Quake 2 Mac Wanted

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 21:45:27 UT

Hi.
I know this is a bit old, but back in my PC days I played nothing but
Quake 2. I did have it on the Mac once, but I don't know what happened
to it.
Does anyone have Quake 2 for the Mac. It is one of the greatest games
ever. Also if anyone has Quake I would be interested.
Regards
Simon Royal

New Free Group

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Tue, 10 Oct 2009 14:56:25 UT

Hi.
There is a new group for the Breckland area for giving away stuff for
free.
[link]
No moderators. No limit on posts (as long as they are legal). Wanted
whenever you want. Posts go on instantly.
Simon Royal
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Site: [link]. Twitter: [link]

Snow Leopard For Sale

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Mon, 10 Oct 2009 17:13:43 UT

Hi.
I am putting up for sale my Snow Leopard disc. It is on eBay if anyone
is interested in it.
[link]
Simon Royal
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Site: [link]. Twitter: [link]
. Skype: Simon-Royal. (PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD,

Web Domination

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Wed, 10 Oct 2009 22:04:25 UT

Hi.
I am on a mission to have a greater web presence, by having a page on
all the latest and greatest social sites (FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace,
Bebo) all pointing back to my website.
I just Googled my own name - yes I know how sad and self obsessed that
sounds - but I was pleasantly surprised and the results were better

Re: [AMB] Re: Welcome Ian

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Tue, 10 Oct 2009 12:29:24 UT

Ian

Well, it isn't a massively popular list. It is still growing.

I have been into Macs for the past 9 years and have owned around 25 in
the time ranging from Classics, LCs, iMac G3, PowerBook G4, eMacs,
PowerMac G3 and G4 towers and had an Intel iMac. I've been into
computers for about 16 years.

Re: Welcome Ian

iain.dow...@googlemail.com (Spawny) — Tue, 10 Oct 2009 12:25:19 UT

Thanks. Not sure how much I'll be able to contribute - I guess it all
depends on the subject of the postings.

I look forward to getting involved....

Iain

Welcome Ian

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Tue, 10 Oct 2009 12:17:35 UT

Hi.
We have a new member, please welcome Ian.
It is know to have another long term Mac user.
Simon Royal
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Site: [link]. Twitter: [link]
. Skype: Simon-Royal. (PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD,
SuperDrive, Mac OSX 10.5)

Re: [AMB] Re: Airport Card Wanted

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Fri, 09 Sep 2009 12:54:51 UT

Clive

The Buffalo card in my TiBook - which internally only takes an 11b
Airport card - is detected as an 11g Airport Extreme card.

It handles WPA beautifully. I was just wondering whether the rumours
of WPA encryption on the original Airport card was true.

I have no need for the higher speed of Airport Extreme. I don't do

Re: [AMB] Airport Card Wanted

music...@tesco.net (Musician) — Fri, 09 Sep 2009 12:43:23 UT

Hi,

On my old powerbook I tried many times to get WPA working without
success. Even now I have an old Win laptop which has a buffalo card
and that can only handle WEP. I have never managed WPA.

Sorry, I'm no help!

Clive.

Airport Card Wanted

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Fri, 09 Sep 2009 09:47:24 UT

Hi.
I am using a Buffalo WLI-CB-54G in my PowerBook PCMCIA slot. It is
great, it is recognised as an Airport Extreme card (giving me Extreme
speeds) and works without any drivers as it uses the same Broadcom
chip as Apples cards.
However, it is a bit unsightly, sticking out about an inch and it also

Norwich Apple Store... Opens This Saturday

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Tue, 09 Sep 2009 20:10:57 UT

Hi.
The wait is over. The Norwich Apple Store will open this Saturday.
[link]
Simon Royal
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Visit my Mac site at [link]. Follow me on Twitter
at [link]. Or Skype me on 'Simon-Royal'. (Apple
PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, SuperDrive. Mac OSX 10.5)

Re: [AMB] Re: Anyone want old Mac serial cables...

music...@tesco.net (Clive) — Sun, 08 Aug 2009 22:24:37 UT

Hi Simon,

At the moment, not much, but as we have to get rid of lots in the near
future there may be quite a lot.

I haven't yet sorted through things - they will come in dribs &
drabs... cables, bits & pieces, software, possibly an old iMac (GWO -
my son's) but all things later...

I know my wife still has a Griffin iMate which she used to use with

Re: [AMB] Anyone want old Mac serial cables...

m...@simonroyal.co.uk (Simon Royal) — Sun, 08 Aug 2009 20:36:14 UT

Clive

I love old Macs, don't think I am being cheeky, but what other stuff
are you clearing out.

Simon

Simon Royal
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Visit my Mac site at [link]. Or Skype me on
'Simon-Royal'. (Apple PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD,
SuperDrive. Mac OSX 10.5)

Anyone want old Mac serial cables...

music...@tesco.net — Sun, 08 Aug 2009 20:10:20 UT

Hello all,
I have two cables and a cable selector free to a good home. These are
old round style 8 pin serial connectors. The selector (switch box) is
half round with 3 socket outputs and a plug, and a switch to change
between the outputs.
If nobody wants them I will have to throw them eventually, as we are