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Scanner software for Mac 43 265 (3/27/2012 9:59:53 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hi, .... I know, this is an often asked question, so I will ask it again because there seems to be no useful answer: Is there any useful scanner software for the Mac (Lion)? I found and tried this so far: ... iso

Restore key finally working again... 2 44 (4/3/2011 11:56:25 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... you may recall that I asked one day if the RESTORE key does somthing with the expansion port. Well, it seems, carts can react to the RUN/STOP+RESTORE combination somehow. I finally found the culprit... ISO

Another C64 Diag cart question 6 54 (4/3/2011 11:50:47 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... ok, one more question about the C64 diagnostic cart: I have a C64 without expansion port. Yes, something like that exists because it has been removed and cannot be put back. I would like to check i... ISO

9 VAC on User Port? 18 48 (3/17/2011 8:58:56 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... another power supply question: I have a 9 VAC 400 mA power supply. Would that do to drive the TOD and both User Port VAC lines in a C64? Is there any spec on how much power may be drawn from the Us... ISO

C64 diagnostic cart 8 66 (3/5/2011 11:24:06 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... I have a cart labelled: C64 DIAGNOSTIC V586220 This appears to be some hardware diag cart. I plugged it in and it seems to work. But it reports a number of things as broken which work fine. So I g... ISO

C64 CRT image resources? 21 34 (2/14/2011 1:11:40 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... I just got my Easyflash working but it seems to be able to only deal with normal and Ocean type cart images. Is there any resource where these two types can be downloaded? I find it pretty hard to ... ISO

Magic Mouse 9 47 (2/4/2010 8:38:26 PM) comp.sys.mac.misc Hi, .... I bought a Magic Mouse yesterday and I'm pretty impressed. However, I set the Tracking to the fastest possible but it's still not fast enough for me. Is there any way to make it faster somehow? Als... ISO

Black tons 2 159 (12/20/2009 1:07:43 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... just a small question: What are the black tons on the board labelled FB2, FB3 and FB4? Are those things diodes? From the schematics this definitely becomes not clear. Can someone enlighten me pl... ISO

C64 Video port: Documentation vs. real world... 6 108 (12/17/2009 5:23:03 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... the schematics says, pin 8 of the C64 video port deliveres +5V. Asking my multimeter confirms this. The handbook on the other hand says that pin 8 is not connected. Is that just a documentati... ISO

Phantom drive? 40 120 (11/5/2009 11:04:46 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi, .... I have a strange problem I never encountered before. With my C64C, I do LOAD"$",8 and it says SEARCHING FOR $, though no drive is connected. It sees a phantom drive though the DEVICE NOT PRESENT err... ISO

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CBM QuickLook generator for OSX 10.5+ 1 53 (5/22/2011 2:16:25 PM) comp.sys.cbm Having eventually enough, I wrote yesterday a QuickLook generator for all those D64s (and D71/81s). Thanks go to Per as it uses parts of his diskimage library code. OSX enabled among us may check the post at: ... silverdr7022 (5)

Poll : Which classic computer of the late 70s/early 80s is the best? 29 29 (6/24/2011 4:54:03 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hello, there used to be numerous flame-wars between Sinclair-, Commodore-, ATARI- users and users of other classic computers during the last 30 years and I've made a poll where you can decide which classic n... Mr.Umfrage (1)

PETdisk - new SD card drive for Commodore PETs 10 64 (9/17/2011 3:52:56 AM) comp.sys.cbm Wow, a micro-SD card drive for Commodore PET computers! PETdisk is now on the market in kit form for $25 US (not including shipping). PETdisk is made of two components, the primary board attaching to the IEEE-... rbernardo (564)

Scanner software for Mac 43 265 (3/27/2012 9:59:53 AM) comp.sys.mac.apps Hi, .... I know, this is an often asked question, so I will ask it again because there seems to be no useful answer: Is there any useful scanner software for the Mac (Lion)? I found and tried this so far: ... paul.foerster (180)

PET destruction 4 42 (4/1/2012 12:12:10 AM) comp.sys.cbm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYrOTV801rs Shame, but the guy sounds a bit retarded. ... notgonn (267)

Replacement for NeoOffice 35 92 (8/16/2012 10:33:03 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps I've been using NeoOffice for the last few years. I was all ready to send NeoOffice a payment for the first time, to get the latest version for Mountain Lion compatibility. But it seems that the NeoOffi... me9 (1609)

Need Help Removing "Recovered Messages" Mailboxes in Mail 1 29 (9/17/2012 8:41:06 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps HI. After restoring a bunch of emails from Time Machine, Mail now contains six hidden "Recovered Messages" folders. I know they're still there because I can choose them when creating a Rule. And I can al... not_my_email (37)

Can you change the language used by App Store? 15 32 (9/20/2012 3:03:48 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Because I live in the German speaking part of Switzerland, App Store speaks German to me. That is fine for normal use, but when it starts chucking EULAs in legal German at me I am not so happy. Today'... nospam9740 (1797)

MAC PDF to Word Converter 15 44 (10/3/2012 4:19:32 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps Could anybody suggest a good converter that will allow a pdf file to become an edible word document. I currently have desktopUNPDF installed; it converts the pdf to word, but you can't edit it. The word... goodmanp (51)

How do you an alphabetic list in Address Book under ML 7 87 (11/14/2012 10:53:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.apps My list appears to be in entry order, oldest first, and I can't figure out how to get it alphabetic. I seem to recall alphabetic was the default under Lion. I don't need lists in apparently random order. ... bob148 (549)