I want either the HP 895cse or the HP 895cxi to use with my new iMac. I can get the cxi for $20.00 cheaper. What is the difference? I have looked at the specs of both and they a…

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Most likely it is the same thing packaged differently to prevent price matching among retailers; Apple did something similar a while back with the Performas, selling the 637 to one…

They had different software packages bundled with them. One had business software and paper samples while the other had home software and paper samples. The hardware is the same. …

I have a 5500/225 that came without an ethernet card, and I just bought a new graphite iMac (Sweet!) to replace it. The iMac, of course, comes only with Ethernet. So, I bought the …

You need to use a crossover cable that has wires 1&2 swtiched on one end with 3&6. These are available anywhere ethernet cables are sold. If you are using a standard patch…

Hmm... how interesting! Can you tell me why this is?

Well, regardless of why I need a crossover cable (used to connect to hubs, I thought) instead of a regular patch cable, I purchased one this afternoon and I'm now downloading all 1…

The reason you need a crossover cable is that one pair is transmit and the other is receive. When you have a hub it connects those two pairs together. Without it you have to connec…

I am actually not confused, instead I am quite aware of the differences between a megabit and a megabyte. And, therefore, my calculations told me that 100 megabits is equal to abou…

Are you sure that it connected at 100Mbps? Did the lights light up 100 on both sides? Also, you don't get the full 12Mbps as their is some network overhead especially with AppleTal…

That makes sense... The light was on on the 5500, but the iMac doesn't have a light with its built-in ethernet. I can understand why the PCI implementation on the 5500 might be slo…

In my newspaper lab, we have 24 5500/225's with 100Mb/s ethernet cards that were put in about 3 weeks ago. The hub(s) are really nice professional models that always run at 100mb…

Does anyone use this PCMCIA card reader? I am thinking about getting one (Yes I have a digital camera) and want to know what are my best choices out there. I need one that reads …

when I try to print I get a message that says the cartridge was not installed properly. Re-install cartridge correctly. I've re-installed the cartridge numberous times but can't p…

It may be that you have touched part of the cartridge that doesn't like to be touched... (reminds me of the old r'n r band, the Tubes, they had a song titled "Don't touch me there…

i have a power mac6500 and performa 6200 (along with my imac at home) at a beauty salon. one in the front of the shop the other at the rear. what s the best way for an ignorant pe…

The best, cheapest, quickest way is PhoneNet...however slow it may be. They (any electronics/computer store) sell these kits (sure its a MAC kit) that have two plugs for your seri…

Has anyone tried or have the ORB drive by CastleWood. IS it worth getting? Thanks Garrett

I don't have one but there are mixed reports that I have read... and the driver(s) seem to be suspect... ORB has something like the Iomega Tools package that is suspect I have also…

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I have installed an Orb external SCSI drive on my Mac G3/266, OS 9. The driver (Castlewood Orb Driver v1.0.1) was installed from the Orb install CD that came with the drive. I down…

Anyone using an ORB drive with MacOS 9: After talking to Castlewood tech support this afternoon I was told that the problem I described in the earlier post over the weekend is a…

I have an ORB SCSI external running MacOS 8.6. I have found the drive good, but Castlewood's software marginal. However, a product called Hard Disk SpeedTools (v.2.5.1, Intech Soft…

I have had terrible luck with my ORB, until now. After months of suspecting bad hardware, the recently introducted Orb Tools 1.2.6 fixed *ALL* of my problems. All versions before…