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Re: Help me! My Performa is sad
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Thu, 25 Apr 2002 04:11:11 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry writes:
> Thanks to Chris and Calum, I've got a beautiful Macintosh Performa 580 CD
> siting on my desk (next to my IKEA KIMSTA and IVIKEN).
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> http://www.apple-history.com/quickgallery.html?where=580.html
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> Imagine my delight when the Digital Camera I bought (off Calum) came with a
> DB9 to Apple Serial connector. Joy! Perhaps it's possible to connect the IR
> Tower. Okay, yes, so I did that.
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> Then I got MacNQC. On my PC. Because the PC is what's connected to the
> internet. Yeah.
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> http://homepage.mac.com/rbate/MacNQC/index.html
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> So I download that.
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> c:\downloads\MacNQC2.2.4.sit.hqx
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> Uh, yeah. What is that.
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> So I download stuffit expander for PC. Then I extract it.
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> c:\downloads\Aladdin Expanderª 5.5 Installer
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> Right. Um... okay. So I copy that onto a PC formatted disc, because the
> Performa can read PC formatted discs. I take it over. the file has a PC icon
> on it. The Performa doesn't want to touch it with a 7 metre pole.
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> ARGH!!
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> How the heck do I get MacNQC on my Mac, via my PC!? I don't have Stuffit
> Expander on my Performa, because I can't get it on it. Does anyone have a
> Mac in the Toronto Area, who could unstuff MacNQC (off the aformentioned
> URL) and burn it on a CD or copy it onto a Macintosh formatted disc? I'll
> obviously trade you or pay you for the disc...
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> ::sigh::
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> Iain
Hmmm...sounds to me like you need a self-extracting version of Stuffit Expander.
If you can't locate one via their website, contact me and I'll see what I can
do. Keep in mind that this is MUCH easier if you have the Performa hooked up to
the internet. :) Let's see what we can do to fix your problem, shall we?
-Dave
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| (...) Also, MacOS always puts a generic PC floppy icon on floppy disks coming from DOS/WIN. Did you actually open the volume after it mounted to see if your file was there? It's likely just fine. (Unless the situation is as below...) (There's a lot (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: Help me! My Performa is sad
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| "Dave Johann" <legomecha@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:Gv3vMn.MzG@lugnet.com... (...) Expander. But... :) Where does such a program exist? How would I get it from my PC to my Macintosh? (...) can (...) up to (...) I have absolutely NO CLUE how (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Thanks to Chris and Calum, I've got a beautiful Macintosh Performa 580 CD siting on my desk (next to my IKEA KIMSTA and IVIKEN). (URL) my delight when the Digital Camera I bought (off Calum) came with a DB9 to Apple Serial connector. Joy! Perhaps (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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