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MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 11, 2002 10:15
**************Welcome to MacGenius's Q+A************** IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 11, 2002 10:19
MacGenius's Q&A If you go to RatShack, you've got questions, they've got blank stares. Come to MacGenius, and the truth shall be yours. M@ckie IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 11, 2002 10:47
For More Info... My email address is IP: Logged |
mephisto Highlie Posts: 648 |
posted May 11, 2002 13:30
quote: so was I. IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 15, 2002 12:35
My first language was Basic. Then I learned C. But I hardly do any coding anymore since that great OOP program RealBasic came out. Yes, I code natively. Yes, RISC processors ROCK! Ask anything, I'll be glad to awnser it. MacGenius IP: Logged |
omega996 Geek Apprentice Posts: 46 |
posted May 17, 2002 07:23
quote: since we're in the same geographic area, do you know of any decent mac groups that get together? i was thinking about checking out the OC UG's mac meeting, but i dunno... IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 21, 2002 15:36
The [virtual] one I used to go to is IoMUG (Internet Only Mac User Group). It's nice because you don't have to go to all the meetings, it doesn't cost anything, and you can talk to the other people by sending email. I quit it, though, because I got too much junk. You might like to check it out There's also a REAL one called CHOMP who meet in La Verne every second Thursday of the month. (Send email to [email protected] for more info.) IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 24, 2002 10:08
Of course, you're in Brea...I don't know of any around your area. IP: Logged |
Ti Super Geek Posts: 180 |
posted May 24, 2002 17:59
If you are worried about remaining a newbie, I would recommend responding to this post. IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted May 30, 2002 10:35
Nice try, Ti...now I am [Drumroll please] GEEK LARVA! Ta-da! IP: Logged |
iballoondesign Assimilated Posts: 411 |
posted June 04, 2002 20:28
Oh MacGenius, at my workplace where they have all PC/IBM by use with DSL network by use ethernet. I wonder if I able to share/connect ethernet to my iBook (white edition)? I did open in Mac OS X by use network and change to ethernet and it won't connect. I asked the someone who setup network for PC, he said, he simple plug ethernet in all computer - no setup. Except on Mac! :-( ------------------ IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 05, 2002 12:30
If the PC network is setup, its easy - goto the Network Browser, then click on the Appletalk triangle, then click on the server you want. This trick applies for MacOS 9 or earlier...Sorry, a system error occured. "MacGenius" is not carbonized. Restart / Resume? MacGenius Hey, you said 'dang you' at my Mac G5 post so what do you expect? IP: Logged |
iballoondesign Assimilated Posts: 411 |
posted June 05, 2002 13:55
It doesn't work. Do I suppose I am use DHCP. Maybe NetGear FS108 doesn't support well, I guess? IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 06, 2002 13:15
Sorry, If this doesn't help I can't help you. A MacLab I often goto has about 60 (at last count) Mac G4's (500MHz dual-proc, OS 9) connected to the PC lab (600MHz P3) downstairs. There's a WinNT server that we can connect to by using the tactic described above. MacGenius IP: Logged |
Rednivek Alpha Geek Posts: 305 |
posted June 06, 2002 16:22
How do I create a ppp connection to the Internet for my Palmpilot, which has a bluetooth module, with a Mac running OS X? What software should I use? What hardware? Thanks, Mac Genius! IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 07, 2002 15:36
Actually, you don't need a Mac - as long as the PalmPilot has a modem. Detailed Instructions coming soon! MacGenius IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 09, 2002 20:26
OK Rednivek - Hardware Software Instuctions �ROCK and ROLL IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 12, 2002 03:18
how do i get my airport card to work in YDL 2.2 in an ibook ------------------ IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 18, 2002 14:08
---Please ignore this crap below--- IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 18, 2002 15:44
///start insulting rants
quote: hummmm..... i want to install an AIRPORT card (you do know what it is, eh?) in my IBOOK (a MAC LAPTOP) in YDL 2.2 (YELLOW DOG LINUX ) and it doesn't work becuase I CAN'T CONFIGURE IT WHICH I WHY I'M ASKING YOU (What is PREVENTING me_) i thought my post was rather self-explanatory, but if you are just stalling, i figured out how to do it, enduldge yourself in my (in)finite wisdom: cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth1 [ENTER] pico ifcfg-eth1 [ENTER] then quit pico, and make sure you have the wireless-tools package find out what the base station name is, then type
finally to make sure that the driver starts automatically, type if you used the hex key, use this also that would do it
quote: your response is a bit shaky macgenus....
if there is a proxy, then it won't work unless you find out what it is, and enter it into your browser
quote: don't listen to him, what he is saying is absolute crap in os x you can type in a server address for SMB, but you can't connect to anything of a windows server without the use of a program like dave.... besides, that would in no way help you go on the internet IN MACGENIUS'S SET UP, he alludes that he is connecting to a win nt server, which has the option of loading appletalk.... not win 9x or win me or win xp or win 2k pro or anything else, and it takes server resources so most people don't enable it
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ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 18, 2002 15:55
in case of denial....
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MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 19, 2002 09:31
---Please ignore this crap above--- IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 19, 2002 10:12
quote: what? i answered the persons question and mine ------------------ IP: Logged |
uilleann Highlie Posts: 710 |
posted June 19, 2002 16:26
OK, MacGenius, a chance to prove your worth, if you can figure this one out. I'm using a 56k dial-up connection under Mac OS 9.1, with Remote Access 4.0 and Open Transport 2.7.6. Typically, the first connection of every day disconnects after something like 15 minutes, but all further connections are OK. I did e-mail my ISP, but the solutions they suggested made no difference or were generally unhelpful, and when I later replied, I heard nothing back. The thing is, though, that this never used to happen. My only guess is that it came about when I upgraded Open Transport via Software Update, but neither downgrading that, nor clearing my MacTCP DNR file, made any real difference, so I know neither what changed (ISP PPP server?) and what to do to fix it (maybe an alteration of my modem script?). So, any clues? - Uilleann IP: Logged |
iballoondesign Assimilated Posts: 411 |
posted June 20, 2002 12:05
Can apple computer connect with firewire with other apple computer? If so, how? ------------------ IP: Logged |
Bregalad Assimilated Posts: 396 |
posted June 20, 2002 16:51
quote: At the present time Apple does not recognize a FireWire connection as a network connection. Windows, on the other hand, does. Apple's approach is to only use FireWire to connect a Mac to a "dumb" peripheral and use the Mac to control that peripheral. This applies well to DV cameras, hard drives, CD burners, iPods, etc., but makes computer to computer connection impossible because both machines would be trying to control the other. It IS, however, possible to connect one Mac to another via FireWire. The trick is to turn one of the two machines into a "dumb" peripheral first. If you boot a modern Mac with the 'T' key held down on the keyboard it will boot into Target Disk Mode. Essentially your Mac boots up as nothing more than a hard drive (or drives). You can then plug the target mode Mac into a Mac booted normally and use its hard drive the same as you would any external FireWire drive. Target Disk Mode is a modern variation on SCSI Disk Mode, a very similar capability that used to be a special feature of PowerBooks. Back in the SCSI days Apple sold a special SCSI cable that would automatically trigger disk mode when a PowerBook was booted. Maybe in the future Apple will implement networking via FireWire, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Steve Jobs to change his view on this issue. IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 20, 2002 18:32
quote: elaborating, there are such usb products which will allow such a thing to happen, though they are terribly slow. (i found amac compatible one a long long time ago in a galaxy far away, but if you want, i suppose i could find it) My recommendatoin: a 10$ ethernet "cross-over' cable-It is a regular ethernet cable with some pins moved arround, so you can connect one computer dirrectly to another's ethernet card, without the use of a hub. If you buy a full duplex 100mb/sec fast ethernet cable, then your through put will be about 200mb/s idealy, which is about half of what firewire can provide, though this is cheaper and easier. Also, I believe that new(er) macs have "autosensing" ports, in which you can use a regular cable as a crossover, but I don't know what model started including this, so it's easiest just to get the crossover cable ------------------ IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 21, 2002 11:59
ilovemydualp4 uses INTERNET EXPLORER? Sheesh, and we know what's his next computer's gonna be. And he is so damn lazy that he is asking us what Fahrenheit 451 is about! if you don't want to read or watch it, don't. Just a suggestion. And don't go around asking us! IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 21, 2002 16:44
quote: well, apparently, mac genius doesn't want to redeem himself, he only wants to hold a grudge to me, but I can do that too, so it's ok. And btw mac genius.... in mac os x, the best browser out there in my opinion is ie 5.2 hacked to use google instead of msn search. omni web icab and opera are unstable/lack suport of many plugins, etc. netscape 6 just has problems..... though this is from msft, it's not like im paying for it, or supporting msft at all my 2 cents ------------------ IP: Logged |
Bregalad Assimilated Posts: 396 |
posted June 21, 2002 18:11
quote: Unfortunately you are supporting msft by filling server logs with IE entries and thus contributing to the belief that web sites need only be coded to work properly with one browser. It was the same way when Netscape produced the dominant browser and sites were "best viewed with Netscape Navigator". I do not want a one browser world no matter how good that browser is so I use a variety. My browser use by platform in order of frequency: IP: Logged |
uilleann Highlie Posts: 710 |
posted June 21, 2002 18:34
Quoting ilovemydualg4: well, apparently, mac genius doesn't want to redeem himself, he only wants to hold a grudge to me, but I can do that too, so it's ok. It would, nevertheless, be much better if this didn't have to be turning into a war zone. What I would think this is is that there is a reconfiguration that happens when you connect. And btw mac genius.... in mac os x, the best browser out there in my opinion is ie 5.2 hacked to use google instead of msn search. omni web icab and opera are unstable/lack suport of many plugins, etc. netscape 6 just has problems..... I certainly concur with Bregalad there, though. Despite some sites that my sister wants to see needing IE or Netscape (and MSN sends her to them, yes, she installed MSN on my Mac :P grr...buggy thing), and the same for iTools (iCab runs the plug-in, but that is not enough), I refuse to make iCab masquerade as IE or NS (although I might let it do so just for my sister's sites via filtering). I don't know either whether it'll make a scrap of odds (though there is a growing amount of alternative browsers around, especially in Mac OS X), or why sites demand you use IE or NS? I guess the latter is because the don't want the hassle of answering e-mails from people saying "your site won't do X, Y and Z in WhizzoWeb" or whatever. Not that I see why sites should ever be complicated enough that any browser should ever cause problems (KISS), except perhaps SSL. - uilleann IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 22, 2002 05:28
i think then that maybe it is aproblem with what your isp changed, and that needs to be reset the first tiem that you connect each day. btw, my browser doesn't id itself as internet explorer, when i hacked it to use google, i also changed what it ids itself as ------------------ IP: Logged |
Zwilnik Assimilated Posts: 431 |
posted June 22, 2002 11:20
Bregelad, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for Apple to allow Firewire to be used for networking, as Ethernet handles that a lot better (longer range and cheaper). It's only done on Windows because Windows users are too cheap to buy a $10 ethernet card as well as their firewire cards (whereas both are built in as standard on Macs). Firewire (or even SCSI) target disk mode is very handy though, especially if you have a Powerbook or iBook. IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 22, 2002 15:00
originally posted by ulieann: problems with 56K connection The first step is to figure out if your Mac or your account is the problem. Try loggin on from a different terminal, or change ISP's. IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 22, 2002 15:05
Oh, and by the way (ilmdg4) - let's not make this a war zone, but admiring my comic at the Suggestion box and then saying that what i'm saying is total crap, is a very, very stupid idea. IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 22, 2002 19:00
quote: 'never did, i can forgiv and forget if you can ------------------ IP: Logged |
MacGenius Super Geek Posts: 165 |
posted June 24, 2002 18:24
yeah you did...like my comic. Go to Forums > Suggestion Box > The official GC desktop picture and scroll to bottom. IP: Logged |
ilovemydualg4 Highlie Posts: 769 |
posted June 25, 2002 06:48
allow me to clarify- i denied calling it all total crap, but didn't deny complimenting your comic ------------------ IP: Logged |
Rednivek Alpha Geek Posts: 305 |
posted June 25, 2002 18:05
MacGenius... I want to use the Palmpilot via Bluetooth to the Mac and get ppp access. I dont want to use a modem, as I dont have one. How do I do this? What software config do I use to enable the bluetooth module on the Mac (with OS X) to give a ppp connection to the Palm? IP: Logged |
uilleann Highlie Posts: 710 |
posted June 26, 2002 03:43
Rednivek: I know I'll get flamed for posting this *G* but you did say, "How do I create a ppp connection to the Internet for my Palmpilot...What hardware?" One could argue that the answer to the question of what hardware you need would be... a Palm modem ;) *runs ducking* - uilleann IP: Logged |
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