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Short Startup Time, Enormously Long Login Time 3 23 (7/7/2005 12:34:04 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hey all, As of the last few months, my PowerBook G4 12" (1.33GHz, 768MB RAM, 10.3.9) has been exhibiting an excessively long delay between login and desktop accessbility. The bootup is extremely fast, but af... Wendell

Weather Retrieval App For Console? 2 18 (7/2/2005 9:20:17 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Hey all, Just a quickie: Is there a console app out there which will fetch & display display local weather conditions? I'd like to tie something like that into my command prompt ie: CHI 68� / MachineName:~ ... Wendell

12" Powerbook G4 Crashes (Power Dies/Black Screen?) When I Unplug Power 1 51 (6/28/2005 7:53:16 PM) comp.sys.mac.system About 5-7 minutes into being in battery mode, my Powerbook G4 just goes black. Pressing the power button resets the machine, so it's not going to sleep... Today is the first time this has ever happened, and m... Wendell

Mail.app - Corrupt Mailbox Problem (Force-Rebuild) 3 35 (6/28/2005 6:12:28 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hey folks, I have a mailbox in Mail.app which seems to contain one message that is causing the entire app to quit. When I'm looking at my mailboxes, it seems to have no new messages. But when I click on that... Wendell

Headless Beige G3 Desktop (OS 10.2.8) -> 256 Color Problem 3 66 (6/21/2005 4:39:12 PM) comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc Hi folks, I'm trying to setup a headless beige G3 that I can VNC into. Everything is working fine aside from the problem of video resolution & color depth. Without a monitor attached I seem to be able to get... Wendell

Object of "Zeppelin" (Synapse Software) 0 101 (5/29/2005 9:48:35 PM) comp.sys.cbm Hey all, Does anyone have a scanned copy of the manual, by any chance -- or vivid memory of the objectives of that title? :-) I'm playing through this thing, picking up keys, weird blue orbs, blowing up bubb... Wendell

Russian C64 Games? 4 82 (5/18/2005 1:31:48 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hey folks, Does anyone know if there were any C64 games actually made IN Russia? I know there were plenty of games for the various Spectrum clones, but what about breadbox and friends? -Wendell -- ph: 773... Wendell

Running A C64 Board In An Emulator? 1 122 (5/18/2005 1:19:30 AM) comp.sys.cbm Hi folks, I was wondering, has anyone made any progress in getting a C64 board running entirely from within an emulator, accessible from the outside via telnet or actual modem hardware? Would be totally awe... Wendell

Shared USB Printer Unresponsive (Mac OS X) - Must Restart Mac To Restore? 0 24 (2/8/2005 9:16:21 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a really annoying issue with my shared USB printer (Lexmark Z23 via MacOS X 10.3.7). It seems that it will work normally for a few days and then suddenly be unresponsive to prin... Wendell

Looking for a few badass Python coders (Chicago). 0 13 (1/15/2005 1:37:19 AM) comp.lang.python Hello everyone, I am currently involved with a project involving instant messengers and social networks. We really need some talented individuals to help our team out with some Python code. Your work would b... Wendell