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Steve Rogers wrote:

> 2a) Why does my 6200's TV need to use the 7.5.1 version of Apple Video
> Player (as supplied with the computer) rather than the latest one (which
> loses the sound on the BBC channels and keeps changing the screen size
> to "nearly maximised" or going into a bizarre palette?
> 
> 2b) Is this related to the fact that a friend's 5200 (originally Danish
> localised, now UK 8.0) can't get the sound for BBC at all, only a
> buzzing noise?  (I swapped the 6200 & 5200's video & tuner cards and
> thus proved that it's the 5200 itself that has this problem.)

Hmmm,  I have a 5200 and TV card.  I did have a "no sound" problem on all
channels which required an Apple warranty repair.  However if you are hearing
sound on other channels I'm stumpped.  My 5200 is running OS 8.1 and video
player 1.7.1.

The dutch bit might help: Europe uses a variety of different sound carriers
for PAL TV signals, we use PAL I or G    I think?   the dutch use PAL D or E
but I could be wrong!
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Steve Rogers <listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 1) Why does my Mac often take a look at whatever floppy disk is in the
> drive when I do something which has nothing to do with the floppy?  Is
> it something to do with Desktop files?

It's taking a look at the dektop file as it's looking for an icon or
creator code it doesn't know for certain itself.
> 
> 2a) Why does my 6200's TV need to use the 7.5.1 version of Apple Video
> Player (as supplied with the computer) rather than the latest one (which
> loses the sound on the BBC channels and keeps changing the screen size
> to "nearly maximised" or going into a bizarre palette?

Which are you calling the latest version? My 630 was dire with the video
player which came with OS8, but is back to its old self with 1.7.1 which
is part of OS8.1
> 


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In article <19980319163701204534@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:
>
>2a) Why does my 6200's TV need to use the 7.5.1 version of Apple Video
>Player (as supplied with the computer) rather than the latest one (which
>loses the sound on the BBC channels and keeps changing the screen size
>to "nearly maximised" or going into a bizarre palette?
>
>2b) Is this related to the fact that a friend's 5200 (originally Danish
>localised, now UK 8.0) can't get the sound for BBC at all, only a
>buzzing noise?  (I swapped the 6200 & 5200's video & tuner cards and
>thus proved that it's the 5200 itself that has this problem.)

Steve,
I have a very similar problem with a 5300, not working fully on latest
Video Player. Pity because there are Teletext enhancements which reverting
back sacrifices. No answers on Apples Performa site.
Jeremy K.

Steve Rogers <listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 1) Why does my Mac often take a look at whatever floppy disk is in the
> drive when I do something which has nothing to do with the floppy?  Is
> it something to do with Desktop files?

It always checks the drives when you go to the desktop. I work in a
repro house and you want to see it when you've got a Zip, CD, Jaz and
floppy in all at the same time! CDs are the worst, they seem to take
longest to spin up.

> 3) (Not a question) I've found a bug in ClarisWorks 5.0!  Copy text in
> the default font.  It always pastes in Helvetica even though it shows as
> the default font on the Clipboard.
>
You've too much spare time on your hands Steve :)

Alan Guest <alan@macropolis.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Steve Rogers <listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > 1) Why does my Mac often take a look at whatever floppy disk is in the
> > drive when I do something which has nothing to do with the floppy?  Is
> > it something to do with Desktop files?
> 
> It always checks the drives when you go to the desktop.

I've got a D2 CD-ROM drive which uses a driver that caches the desktop
files from the currently mounted CD-ROM, so when the OS wants to read
the desktop files from all mounted discs, it doesn't have to spin up the
CD-ROM because the needed data is on HD waiting to be accessed at high
speed.

Rowland.

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In article <1d68uaf.1iz0smqtemfehN@firthcom.demon.co.uk>,
filter@firthcom.demon.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:

>Speed Disk from the Speed Doubler series also does this, and FWB's
>CD-ROM toolkit makes a very good job of cutting out the wait for a
>CD-ROM by cacheing directory information, icons and a big chunk of the
>disk. Compatability with the newest Apple releases can be a problem

Doesn't Speed Doubler have a new version, SpeedDoubler8, for OS 8?

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In article <19980319163701204534@thebeast.demon.co.uk>,
listbox@thebeast.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers) wrote:

> 1) Why does my Mac often take a look at whatever floppy disk is in the
> drive when I do something which has nothing to do with the floppy?  Is
> it something to do with Desktop files?

You'll find that every mounted disk (including hard disks and CD-ROMS)
gets looked at at strange times for no apparent reason.

What's happening is that the disk cache (the one you set with the
'Memory' control panel) has run out of space and the Finder desktop
needs to refresh the Finder screen.  It needs to read the disk to
find out how to draw the things on the desktop.  It may need to do
this even when you don't have any folders open from that disk --
the disk icon itself might be a custom icon.

Simon.
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ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:

> Which are you calling the latest version? My 630 was dire with the video
> player which came with OS8, but is back to its old self with 1.7.1 which
> is part of OS8.1

Oh good - I'm using 8.0, so perhaps relief is in sight for me too.

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Alan Guest <alan@macropolis.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> You've too much spare time on your hands Steve :)

Tell me about it:}

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