Tuesday, May 30, 2017

 

In computing, we are in a race to catch up with the past.

One can't find a Crossover cable anywhere. Bill Gates and Intel were So determined to give us speed to see all the fancy advertisements, that simple Network between 2 home computers to get some work done is next to impossible. We are back to the age of the sneakernet.


Wednesday, May 24, 2017

 

Apple Talk network

I remind myself that you have to have a crossover ethernet cable to network between two different computers.
I'm having problem with my Asante Talk (AppleTalk to Ethernet) converter that I bought on E-bay from a German site, I think.  I've tried connection via the "e3" port, with its TCP\IP, and it didn't work.  Next I must try with the "Ethernet integree" port on my Tiger.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

 

The Chooser, AppleShare, and TCP/IP Problems connecting Tiger to PowerPC with System 7.6.1

Remember the "Chooser" in System 7.5, etc?  Well, I think I remember that when you do an AppleTalk network, you have to plug the AppleTalk cable into the printer port, not the Modem port on the back of the Macintosh.  It seems that even back in those days, you had to be connected to at least a dial-up internet connection to be able to configure your AppleTalk network --just to transfer files from the old Mac to the new Tiger Mac.

Vous vous souvenez du "Sélecteur-The Chooser" dans System 7.5, etc.? Eh bien, je pense que je me souviens que lorsque vous effectuez un réseau AppleTalk, vous devez brancher le câble AppleTalk dans le port de l'imprimante, et non le port du modem à l'arrière du Macintosh. Il semble que même à l'époque, il fallait être connecté à au moins une connexion Internet à distance pour pouvoir configurer votre réseau AppleTalk - juste pour transférer des fichiers de l'ancien Mac vers le nouveau Tiger Mac.

تذكر "منتقي" في نظام 7.5، وما إلى ذلك؟ حسنا، أعتقد أنني أتذكر أنه عند قيامك بشبكة أبليتالك، يجب توصيل كابل أبليتالك بمنفذ الطابعة، وليس منفذ المودم في الجزء الخلفي من نظام التشغيل ماسينتوش. يبدو أنه حتى مرة أخرى في تلك الأيام، كان عليك أن تكون متصلا على الأقل الاتصال الهاتفي عبر الإنترنت حتى تكون قادرة على تكوين شبكة أبليتالك الخاص بك --just لنقل الملفات من ماك القديمة إلى النمر ماك الجديد.

Monday, May 15, 2017

 

Mac Plus

How small the programs were.  In Writer+, by a French guy with an Italian name, I was able to run WriterPlus on a Mac PowerPC running system 7.1, after barely able to run it to read and Save as..to a floppy disc.  The Mac Plus took only DD floppies.  But the Mac PowerPC can read the DD (double density) disks and create IBM compatible disks on HD floppies. The PowerPC formats the HD (High Density) floppies in what Apple calls MS Dos.

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

 

Note sur Kindle

Kindle and KDP, Kindle Direct Publishing, does not support non-latin scripts, like Arabic.
Create Space does, however.  This gives another reason why the book form is important today, and it also explains why the tablet fad in the Arab world is limited to texting in Latin script, just as desktop computers and e-mail programs were, with the exception of the early Macs, until Windows XP came along in about 2000.

Monday, August 08, 2016

 

advice on connecting your telephone

Now, in 2016, S Africa is more known  for Rooibos, not Cuito Canavale, although it should be still known for that. For me S  Africa will be the preference for analog of Bror, my CELTA teacher, and
Nelson Mandela in Detroit, where he was cheered by Dearborn's Yemeni Arab community after
his visit the Ford Rouge (where the make Mustangs)

with a land line, you can still send and receive faxes by simply hooking up   your Mac Power PC, or a Windows--up to Windows 7--laptop.

dial 1014 france Telecom with your already owned pre-paid French SIM, or  go to the Orange internet site and   choose the formule "fixe" for 17,94 euros and Orange will call you.

I still haven't figured out if and what is the number and ISP settings to go on the internet with

Wednesday, May 04, 2016

 

Heureusement que je ne me suis pas abonne a "open" +mobile d'Orange

Bonsoir,

Si vous voulez garder votre ligne fixe classique (branchée sur la prise murale) pour l'alarme, il n'est pas possible d'avoir internet + ligne fixe + mobile. Les offres internet + mobile sont des offres open et il n'est pas possible de garder sa ligne fixe classique.

Cdt
Citation de Pierre Dac :

Avec de la méthode et de la logique on peut arriver à tout aussi bien qu’à rien.

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