In article <1i95jwu.m0em5k1ln6n78N%rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Rifty
<rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Emma Grey <gone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for joining in, Rifty. If there's one thing I can't tolerate,
> > it's intolerance :-)
>
> Me too! Just can't stand it! :) But I also do understand the annoyance
> of people with what they feel is spam.
>
Yes, but spam is unrelated garbage. Andrew's posts are not unrelated,
and due to his unfailing regularity, we all know where we can buy [!] a
version of Filemaker Pro 4! Like with Radio National's summer programs,
we know the words off by heart! It's harmless, obvious and avoidable,
and if these complaining dudes are as established as they claim, they
ought to know how to kill-filter posts. And the posts are clearly
labelled; they don't have to read them!
> I've been in newsgroups online for nearly 20 years now (starting when I
> had a 300 baud modem and each character came onscreen about as fast as
> you could type.) Invariably, Mac users as a group are incredibly
> helpful people and it is rare that I haven't got useful assistance from
> someone over almost that long with aus.computers.mac.
Can't quite match you there! But yes, our mac group is generally
friendly, and I - for one - would like to keep it that way.
>
> > All the best to you and yours for the holidoze.
> >
> > Emma
>
> Compliments of the season to all in this group. Now we can have a long
> irrelevant discussion as to whether religion should be brought into a
> Mac group. But then owning a Mac is a bit like a religion, isn't it? And
> as for Christmas hey, let's keep religion out of Christmas I say! :)
>
> Cheers to all,
>
> Rifty.
No problem! It's a Nordic winter festival anyway, hijacked by the
Christians and rebadged - assimilated? I don't think I dare go to
Woolies for while though; if I hear any more Chrimboid muzak I shall
.... be indelicate!
>
> Serious question..... I have a MacPro in a big fat box which I have
> never looked at closely except to plug things into various ****ts. It has
> space for 3 more internal SATA drives. If I bought one of these (and I
> gather there are cheaper alternatives to Apple ones) how hard is it to
> get into the box and install it? I am a real chicken at attepting to
> open computers still under warranty but these are surely designed to be
> opened and things dropped into spaces. Does anyone do this sort of thing
> routinely?
Yes. It's unbelievably easy. Nothing like cracking the case on an SE/30
which was my Rubicon. As far as my knowledge goes, it's even easier on
your flag****p than my G4 tower. Drives have two connectors - power and
data - and the plugs are moulded in such a way you CANNOT go wrong. If
you want to be cautious, make sure you discharge any static from your
body by first touching the power supply casing, don't touch anything
you don't need to, and restrain the urge to remove dust. Tiptoe in and
tiptoe out, and you'll be fine.
Cheers Rifty.
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