While Kerr Avon would argue that heading of this article should read “What are “Orac” & “Zen”?”, I still feel that their apparent personalities rates them the right to be referred as “who”.

Either way you ask the question, the answer is the same – They are computer’s from the BBC sci-fi series, Blake’s 7, that ran from 1978 to 1981. Continue Reading

The December AUSOM meeting saw a surprise visitor to the Main Presentation – Luke Oliver, System Engineer from Apple Computer Australia and he bought along an iPod. Continue Reading

Do you receive either Microsoft Word or Excel documents from friends and colleagues via email or on floppy, but you don’t have Microsoft Office and thus can’t open them?

Do you have the same problem accessing ClarisWorks or AppleWorks Word Processor documents or Spreadsheets?

Well, now there is an extremely economical solution to open all these files on your Macintosh – Panergy’s icWord and icExcel applications. Continue Reading

The Apple Spec Database contains detailed technical specifications on virtually every one of Apple computers, displays, and printers introduced since 1978. These specifications include information about memory configurations, power requirements, video capabilities, built-in ports, software, sound capabilities, and logic board components.

The database was originally developed by Apple Computer but only covered Macintosh systems as it was designed for those who had a regular need for this kind of information, such as sales and support professionals. It also became an easy way for others to learn more about some of the products Apple has introduced over the years. Continue Reading

On Wednesday July 17 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York at 11:00pm Melbourne time, Apple Computer’s CEO, Steve Jobs, opened the Macworld Expo with his keynote speech. Continue Reading

When I first heard about AllAdvantage’s offer of “Getting paid to Surf the Web” I thought it had to be a scam and dismissed it. Besides they didn’t have a client that worked with the Mac.

That view has recently changed – I know people here in Australia who have been paid by AllAdvantage and a Macintosh version of the ViewBar software is now available. Continue Reading

The #1 Resource for Macintosh Software

VersionTracker is located at and its’ basic function is to provide a central resource of all the updates to Macintosh Software.

The site is updated hourly, has an extensive and searchable database, provides daily and weekly newsletters and reviews of new products. Continue Reading

This is the first of a series of articles on what you uses you can find for older Macintoshes.

In these articles, we assume that you already own at least two machines, one been an older Macintosh that you’ve owned for a few years and got a lot of use out of, and then a new machine you purchased recently as the other one was getting a bit long in the tooth. Since the introduction of the iMac, this situation has been come quite common, people have finally taken the plunge and upgraded from their trusting PowerMac 6100, or even from an LCII, to a nice sexy looking iMac. Continue Reading

On Wednesday January 10, 2001 4am Melbourne Daylight Saving Time (9:00am on Tuesday 9 in San Francisco) I joined nearly 40,000 people world wide to listen to Apple Computer, Incorporated’s CEO, Steve Jobs, open the MacWorld Expo 2001 San Francisco with his keynote speech.

The 40,000 “attendees” consisted of over 5,000 people packed in the Moscone Centre, San Francisco where the Expo was held and over 35,000 who viewed it via the live QuickTime webcast, which was the largest number of concurrent viewers for a scheduled, live Webcast. Continue Reading