Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


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§ ita § - Aug 22, 2005 3:05:56 pm PDT #4148 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Engadget 1985.


DCJensen - Aug 22, 2005 7:41:26 pm PDT #4149 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

Which reminds me. I've upgraded my old 7600 g3/300 to a Umax s900 (9600 Mac) with a g3/333. (Thanks ND!)

The problem is I have no video card that is compatable with OSX. Every single card I have (okay three) is okay in os9, but will not boot (using XpostFacto) to OSX.

It worked fine with the 7600's old built-in video, but now? nada. I used all settings in XPF, too.

Anyway, I need a cheap or used video card that will work in this until I can afford an upgrade.

If anyone has an old Mac PCI video card they would like to donate/sell, let me know at dcjensen at gmail dot com. I don't want to invest much more in this Machine, as I hope to buy something modern within the year. (Crossed fingers).

Anyway, lets see what you got, Buffistas! heh.


§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 3:34:10 am PDT #4150 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The TiVo 7.2 beta is finished, it seems. Desktop 2.2 is out, and I can only hope they're pushing the 7.2 updates speedily.

7.2 priority request.


le nubian - Aug 23, 2005 5:01:31 am PDT #4151 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Thanks ita! Awesome.


le nubian - Aug 23, 2005 5:05:43 am PDT #4152 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I need printer recommendations. I'm interested in a laser, but...I'm wondering if the price is prohibitive. I have an oldish compaq all-in-one printer right now and it is okay, but it isn't very quick printing.

I would love a legit copier/printer combo that didn't look too ugly.

Anyway, I looked around the internet for an hour+ and I can't find any good recommendations.


Tom Scola - Aug 23, 2005 5:08:13 am PDT #4153 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Brother makes good, cheap laser printers. (Assuming you're just interested in B&W).


le nubian - Aug 23, 2005 5:10:54 am PDT #4154 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

At this point, that might be the case. I don't print in color enough to justify the extra cost.


Ginger - Aug 23, 2005 6:14:04 am PDT #4155 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've had the previous generation of this Minolta PagePro [link] for about 18 months and I'm pretty happy with it, particularly considering the price. The paper tray isn't very well designed, but it works.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 23, 2005 10:18:45 am PDT #4156 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I have another Access/Filemaker question:

I have students who are paying for a class, sometimes with two payments. I need to calculate, for each student, the total they have paid, and then the total they owe.

This is what I did in Filemaker:

I would create a calculation field which added them together. I could then put this on a report, and it would show me who owed what.

There doesn't seem to be an equivilent of a calculation field in Access, and I am not sure I know the right terminology to use the help.

I tried, in a report putting in a text box that said "= [Payment 1]+[Payment 2] in the details section. It doesn't show up on the report if there is anything entered in either the Payment one or the Payment 2 fields. It shows up as $0 if they haven't paid.

Any clues?


DXMachina - Aug 23, 2005 10:36:24 am PDT #4157 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Sophia, calculations in Access are done either in queries, or in controls on forms or reports. For example, if you have two numbers in the table, say [payment1] and [payment2], you would create a control on the report with the control source equal to "=[payment1]+[payment2]".

You could also do the same as a field in a query, and just use the query as your data source for the report.