From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:50 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1820 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 21 June 2009 Number 1820 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Playing MP3 : Ed Durrant 2 Re: Playing MP3 : Alan Duval 3 MFP's : Alan Duval 4 Re: MFP's : John Angelico" 5 Re: MFP's : Voytek Eymont" 6 Re: MFP's : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:16:17 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Playing MP3 Glenn Montgomery wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently wanted to play some MP3 files but don't have any software >> to do so. What software would I require? >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >=== >> > Hi Alan, > > Try z! at http://dink dot org/z/ . It works very well > > Regards, > Glenn > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > If you're looking to play direct from a website z! is very good (although it's look and feel is somewhat dated). If you are looking to simply play from files on your harddisk, if you can find a copy of Warpamp (perhaps from Hobbes), it resembles more the early versions of winamp. -- Cheers/2 Ed Checkout my new (WIP) eComStation Australia Podcast - search for eComStation at iTunes or Podcastblaster dot com or add the RSS feed http://feeds2.feedburner dot com/eComStationAustralia to Thunderbird. Don't miss the tenth Warpstock Europe at Stralsund 12-15 November 2009 check out - http://www.warpstock.eu for details. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:40:14 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: Playing MP3 Glenn Montgomery wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I recently wanted to play some MP3 files but don't have any software >> to do so. What software would I require? >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Alan >> >> > Hi Alan, > > Try z! at http://dink dot org/z/ . It works very well > > Regards, > Glenn Thanks Glenn. I downloaded and installed it and it works well. Don't like the maroon colour and it took me a while to figure out how to open a file stored on a USB stick. The screen instructions didn't work but after playing with various key strokes I was able to get to the files and open them. Regards, Alan -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:22:59 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: MFP's Hi, My present HP960C has served me well for some 10 years. I had some trouble recently but it turned out to be due to faulty exchange refill. However it made me wonder what I would buy if the printer packed up. Most makes seem to be producing multifunction printers now. Has anyone been able to get these working with eComStation? Regards, Alan Duval -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:54:29 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: MFP's On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:22:59 +1100 Alan Duval wrote: > >Hi, > >My present HP960C has served me well for some 10 years. I had some >trouble recently but it turned out to be due to faulty exchange refill. >However it made me wonder what I would buy if the printer packed up. >Most makes seem to be producing multifunction printers now. Has anyone >been able to get these working with eComStation? > >Regards, > >Alan Duval Hi Alan. I would recommend staying clear of them for a couple of reasons: a) the printing functions are usually OK in OS/2, but the other functions can be fiddly to get working - we have a printer/scanner/copier, where the printing and copying are great, but scanning can only be done as an ftp file transfer, which took some TCP/IP knowledge to set up (the docs were mostly unhelpful as they were all for Windows) b) lots of units are built to a price these days, and the quality of a multi-funtion unit must suffer by definition compared to a printer only unit c) if one function fails, you either live without it (thus reduced usefulness), or you take the unit in for repair (meaning all functions are unavailable until the service is done) If you need colour, I would look at colour lasers which are getting cheaper (but where the OS/2 drivers may be a problem for a while) or the newer inkjets with more colour tanks which provide better results but at higher cost in ink usage. Someone said that on a per ml basis, inkjet ink is the most expensive liquid on the planet! Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:26:58 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: MFP's > On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:22:59 +1100 Alan Duval wrote: > If you need colour, I would look at colour lasers which are getting > cheaper (but where the OS/2 drivers may be a problem for a while) or the > newer inkjets with more colour tanks which provide better results but at > higher cost in ink usage. just bought HP Color Laser with ethernet and USB i/f $450 retail, saw similar HP unit at DSE for 299 (USB only) -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:28:11 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: MFP's Alan Duval wrote: > Hi, > > My present HP960C has served me well for some 10 years. I had some > trouble recently but it turned out to be due to faulty exchange refill. > However it made me wonder what I would buy if the printer packed up. > Most makes seem to be producing multifunction printers now. Has anyone > been able to get these working with eComStation? > > Regards, > > Alan Duval > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > HP Officejet 6310 all-in-one (printer, fax, scanner, copier, memory card reader, network device). Memory card reader works as soon as you connect the USB cable. The Printer works under the current release of CUPS for OS/2 using either the USB connection or via the network. I have not tried to get the scanner to work using TAME/SANE yet as I can simply put and SD card in the reader and scan to that and then read the data from the card! Copier obviously is stand alone and works well. Ditto Fax machine component. (I don't use PC-Fax type connectivity). Cheers/2 Ed. -- Cheers/2 Ed Checkout my new (WIP) eComStation Australia Podcast - search for eComStation at iTunes or Podcastblaster dot com or add the RSS feed http://feeds2.feedburner dot com/eComStationAustralia to Thunderbird. Don't miss the tenth Warpstock Europe at Stralsund 12-15 November 2009 check out - http://www.warpstock.eu for details. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===