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From: WelshGas on 12 Jun 2010 01:02
On 11/06/2010 17:58, in article
1jjxobx.162cydt1lg1e0wN%nemo(a)erewhon.invalid, "John Hill"
<nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote:

> Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I've just checked (for the first time, I didn't know this existed)
>>> and mine is the same, last updated 30/11/2007
>>
>> The last time this happened to me, in OS10.3something, the currency
>> rates server had broken, or lost the link. The fault lasted a very long
>> time- I think the commercial arrangement involved had collapsed,
>> something of that order.
>>
>> Going by that experience, I'd say finding an alternative source would
>> make sense. For the past several years I've used the Dashboard widget
>> instead.
>
> I tried to download that from the Apple repository, and got:
>> Oops! We seem to have run into technical difficulties and cannot complete
>> your download request. It could be that the download link you tried to
>> access has changed and the developer forgot to notify us. Want to let us
>> know so we can get it fixed? Send us an email or make your way back to
>> Downloads for any other downloads you need.
>
> According to the download page, the post date was 1 June 2010, so they
> probably didn't get the set-up right. Put I did get it from Palple's
> Software.
>
> Now to try it...
>
> John.
>
Seems to be working now. Just updated at 0555hrs 12/6/2010. Ver 4.5.2
running in 10.63.

From: John Hill on 12 Jun 2010 03:33
Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> > I have had few problems with OSX in the ten years I've been using it -
> > and as far as I can remember all of them have had printer software
> > problems as the root cause.
> >
> > HTH,
> > John.
>
> Ah, not quite the symptoms I'm getting, which is random unavailability
> of the printer. I'm beginning to suspect hardware rather than software;
> besides, it isn't an Epson.

A problem I have with the SX105 on both my iMac and Anne's PC (and
especially with the latter) is that the printer sometimes becomes
unavailable when the computer has been to sleep. Either it says "No
connection" or it just hangs, thinking it is sending data to the
printer.

Curiously, this doesn't affect the scanner (it is an all-in-one), which
works perfectly even though the printer hangs.

Is this anything like your situation? A throw-away remark I read some
time ago suggests that it is endemic among printers.

It can easily be remedied by turning the printer off and on again. But
some printers do a head check when you do this, which wastes ink. I have
found with the SX105 that I can rectify the problem as follows. Hold the
docuent, Pause Printer, unplug and replace the USB connection, Resume
Printer and Resume the document.

John.

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From: John Hill on 12 Jun 2010 03:33
WelshGas <welshgas(a)virginmedia.com> wrote:

> On 11/06/2010 17:58, in article
> 1jjxobx.162cydt1lg1e0wN%nemo(a)erewhon.invalid, "John Hill"
> <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've just checked (for the first time, I didn't know this existed)
> >>> and mine is the same, last updated 30/11/2007
> >>
> >> The last time this happened to me, in OS10.3something, the currency
> >> rates server had broken, or lost the link. The fault lasted a very long
> >> time- I think the commercial arrangement involved had collapsed,
> >> something of that order.
> >>
> >> Going by that experience, I'd say finding an alternative source would
> >> make sense. For the past several years I've used the Dashboard widget
> >> instead.
> >
> > I tried to download that from the Apple repository, and got:
> >> Oops! We seem to have run into technical difficulties and cannot complete
> >> your download request. It could be that the download link you tried to
> >> access has changed and the developer forgot to notify us. Want to let us
> >> know so we can get it fixed? Send us an email or make your way back to
> >> Downloads for any other downloads you need.
> >
> > According to the download page, the post date was 1 June 2010, so they
> > probably didn't get the set-up right. Put I did get it from Palple's
> > Software.
> >
> > Now to try it...
> >
> > John.
> >
> Seems to be working now. Just updated at 0555hrs 12/6/2010. Ver 4.5.2
> running in 10.63.

Working here now (08.12 on 12/06/2010). It must have been a temporary
glitch, then.

John.
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From: Gwynne Harper on 12 Jun 2010 09:58
John Hill <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote:

> Can anyone suggest how to get it giong? Or perhaps tell me that it
> won't?

Even more oddly, I've just looked at my calculator and the update button
worked exactly as expected, exchange rates now dated today.


Gwynne
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From: J. J. Lodder on 12 Jun 2010 11:06
Sn!pe <snipe(a)spambin.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> John Hill <nemo(a)erewhon.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I recently re-installed Snow Leopard from scratch (printer problems as
> > ususal)
> >
> > I tried to do a currency conversion (from USD to Sterling) in the
> > calculator.
> >
> > It said that the coversion rates were last updated 30/11/2007! And what
> > is more, it won't update when I press the button.
> >
> > According to Get Info, I have Calculator 4.5.2, created and modified 6
> > July 2009 07:17
> >
> > "Help", alas, doesn't.
> >
> > Can anyone suggest how to get it giong? Or perhaps tell me that it
> > won't?
>
> I've just checked (for the first time, I didn't know this existed)
> and mine is the same, last updated 30/11/2007
>
> Calculator version 4.5.2 (97), OS X 10.6.3 build 10D573

No problems here, updates just fine.
(and has always done so)
Might be a problem with your internet access,

Jan
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