On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 08:02 , Robert Lundqvist wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions, and yes, I've found these old system at the
suggested website. However, the files I receive after download are not
possible to open. They are listed as *.hqx files on the website, but
nothing
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You have a Q700 yourself or a IIci?
I've got both. The Q700 is rather limited with RAM
expansion because
it only has 4 simm slots to fill. Considering the
fact that it is
very hard to get 8 mb or higher 30 pin simms for
this model and
Guys Gals,
I'm serarching for a thing known as PLW SC/NT/NTR/LS Flowcharts that sorts out how
the paper feed works in a LaserWriter NT works. Anyone who knows where to find it or
knows the movement of all those little wheels and cogs by heart, please contact me.
Anders
The HellGame
Vintage Macs wrote...
From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my internet problem
At 01:59 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
Yet another reason not to use 7.5 or higher, since VM before 8.1 was awful.
How would you characterize VM in 8.1 and later, then?
Bob F
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--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wonder if the inability of 68Ks to turn off the
startup RAM tests is a
lack-of-software thing, or a
lack-of-hardware-support-for-it thing. With a
PPC-upgraded 68K, you can turn off the startup RAM
test with 8.5 or higher,
but the 8.5 Memory
Considering the fact that one can savely disable the fan in a LC as long
as one doesn't use the hard disk (often), I wondered about the Mac II,
which also has a 16 Mhz 68020 but in a much larger box.
What if I limit the machine to maximum 2 nubus cards and limit the use
of the hard disk to a
I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my SE/30 that plugs into the
CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it work in a IIci
It will not work without an adapter card.
The SE/30 PDS and the IIci PDS are *not* compatible.
Most accelerator cards were produced for the IIci PDS and
You probably did, because I remember downloading them in the
past with
success.
What version of Stuffit Expander do you use?
I tried both 4.01 and 5.5.
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Why are Asante network cards so cheep. Is it one to
stay away from?
jes
Because they're as common as dinosaur fossils in that
spot in Utah(?) that they built a building over so
palentologists could work year round. :)
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http://www.junkscience.com All the
--- rlf9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vintage Macs wrote...
From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my internet problem
At 01:59 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
Yet another reason not to use 7.5 or higher, since
VM before 8.1 was awful.
How would you characterize VM in
--- Goetz Hoffart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Daystar PowerCache 030 upgrade in my
SE/30 that plugs into the
CPU socket complete with cache and FPU. Will it
work in a IIci
It will not work without an adapter card.
The SE/30 PDS and the IIci PDS are *not* compatible.
Most
Anyone know where I can find Mac Playmate?
Jesse
At Hugh Hefner's house. You mean Mac Playmate not March Playmate? LOL
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 02:12 AM, the pickle wrote:
You shouldn't be running VM if at all possible anyway. Yet another
reason
not to use 7.5 or higher, since VM before 8.1 was awful.
I don't, I was just making the point :).
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On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 11:42 PM, Eagle wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 04:24 , Mark Benson wrote:
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:01 PM, the pickle wrote:
You can't, without something that speaks MacIP running on the server
end.
Well I solved that - IPNR talks MacIP :). I
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 02:11 AM, the pickle wrote:
At 02:55 +0200 on 10/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
System 6 makes a whole lot of difference. You won't believe how much
better it is than system 7 at I/O stuff. It is a totally superior
server
OS. I can't help it. It is
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 03:45 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Sys 6 is all well and good if you have a 1990 or earlier machine. It
Aren't those the machines this list is all about?
I quote from the FAQ...:
Vintage Macs is a forum for users of 68020 and 68030-based Macintosh
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 04:20 AM, Rob Jennings wrote:
Why are Asante network cards so cheep. Is it one to stay away from?
The only difficulty I have encountered is that some models are unable
to auto-negotiate with auto-switching 10BT/100BT hubs or interfaces.
For instance, I have
At 23:37 -0700 on 09/04/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
Now an 040 in the II/IIx/IIfx case with six NuBus
slots, 16 SIMM slots, built in 24bit video with
dedicated VRAM, built in Ethernet, fast SCSI II,
16bit 44Khz stereo audio in and out, THAT woulda
been a real killer Mac. ;) And it probably
At 02:37 -0400 on 10/04/02, rlf9 wrote:
How would you characterize VM in 8.1 and later, then?
Not quite as bad. :)
It didn't really get *useful* until about 8.5-ish, but 8.1 is where I quit
using RAM Doubler and switched to Apple's VM for most stuff.
the pickle
FAQ
At 23:47 -0700 on 09/04/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
The DayStar control panel (at least for the Turbo 601)
has the feature to disable the RAM test. That works
back to system 7.5, which is the minimum System for
Yeah, but does it work without a card installed? ISTR the Daystar control
panels
At 08:49 +0200 on 10/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Considering the fact that one can savely disable the fan in a LC as long
as one doesn't use the hard disk (often), I wondered about the Mac II,
which also has a 16 Mhz 68020 but in a much larger box.
Well, it also has a monster PSU, which
At 10:52 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
I am trying to provide a solution I can easily hook another OS X machine
or a PC too should I have to. I am trying to create a flexible network
infrastructure not just a bit of wet string to talk to a few Macs. I
apologise again for swearing at you
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 12:49 PM, the pickle wrote:
Yes. You didn't say anything like the following before.
AppleTalk for file sharing but also use other *internal* TCP/IP
services, such as my Intranet server on MY LCIII. If you can make iCab
work via AppleTalk without TCP/IP so
At 13:12 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
I have definitely mentioned needing ahd having internal http somewhere.
I'm pretty sure you managed to hide it from Eagle and myself if you did :-p
trying to share the internet around this network (the whole point of
this thread - see the internet
At 06:01 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
I am curious about what networking topology Apple used for Apple Talk. Is
this star, bus, ring, or something completely different.
Although I'm hardly a networking guru, I'd say it's more of a ring than
anything else as far as the original Localtalk
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 01:18 PM, the pickle wrote:
At 13:12 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
I have definitely mentioned needing ahd having internal http somewhere.
I'm pretty sure you managed to hide it from Eagle and myself if you
did :-p
I quote (again) from a previous
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 08:18 , the pickle wrote:
At 13:12 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
I have definitely mentioned needing ahd having internal http somewhere.
I'm pretty sure you managed to hide it from Eagle and myself if you
did :-p
trying to share the internet around
The thread started by the list nanny began with this text:
I'm looking for a 56k modem for my LCIII or IIci. I don't have the IIci
yet but it eventually takes over as my server when I get it because 7.1
has less crap in it, which while being a bit limp as a desktop OS makes
it ideal for a
Bertie et. al. wrote:
I guess I have to keep a lookout for a new toner cartridge, like the
fixyourownprinter.com guy (Moe) suggested. Funny that they don't sell them.
It might help to know that a whole range of HP laser printers used the very
same cartridge. Like the HP Laserthing IIIp and 2100,
Marten wrote:
Considering the fact that one can savely disable the fan in a LC as long
as one doesn't use the hard disk (often), I wondered about the Mac II,
which also has a 16 Mhz 68020 but in a much larger box.
What if I limit the machine to maximum 2 nubus cards and limit the use
of the
Vintage Macs wrote...
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 02:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my internet problem
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- rlf9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vintage Macs wrote...
From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: my internet
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 03:12 PM, Eagle wrote:
However, we were originally saying that *DNS* is not necessary when
Internet connectivity is nonexistent. That is indeed true: you can use
hosts files on each machine, but it does get tedius. You can set up any
machine in your network
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Teri Pittman wrote:
into networking topics. The discussion does make me a bit curious. If
there are more good sites on basic Apple networking, please let me know.
Teri Pittman
Terry, check out threemacs.com http://www.atpm.com/network/
Great site with answers for you.
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 08:02 , Robert Lundqvist wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions, and yes, I've found these old system at the
suggested website. However, the files I receive after download are not
possible to open. They are listed as *.hqx files on the website, but
nothing
happens
At 17:25 +0100 on 10/04/02, mart wrote:
The mobo with the CPU and the RAM comes first, is my guess, followed by the
psu and the HD. Chips on Nubus cards can also get pretty warm. I'd snoop
around in there and try to determine what gets hot and what not.
Speaking from (rather unfortunate)
At 13:40 -0400 on 10/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a question for you folks. I use Claris Works 3.0 on most of my Macs as
my Word Processor of choice. My wife is addicted to scrapbooking and I set
out to see if she could make a page via Claris Works drawing or Painting
program. Now why
The fan is noisy and keeping the lid on will reduce
the noise. I would try to hide the case inside an
enclosure but make it sure it's not too small (to
allow for air circulation).
Cheers
George
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 17:25 +0100 on 10/04/02, mart wrote:
The mobo with the
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 23:47 -0700 on 09/04/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
The DayStar control panel (at least for the Turbo
601)
has the feature to disable the RAM test. That works
back to system 7.5, which is the minimum System for
Yeah, but does it work without a card
--- Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am curious about what networking topology Apple
used for Apple Talk. Is
this star, bus, ring, or something completely
different.
AppleTalk is a protocol, not a cable or network
topology. The PhoneNet system using the serial
ports to daisy chain
George Mogiljansky wrote:
The fan is noisy and keeping the lid on will reduce
the noise. I would try to hide the case inside an
enclosure but make it sure it's not too small (to
Another possibility is to replace the noisy fan with a new fan of the same
voltage and displacement (cubic
At 14:25 -0700 on 10/04/02, kapnkid wrote:
replaced fans on hard drives and it is no problem. I have found some
inexpensive fans are quite noisy and some of the more expensive ones are
Another issue is older fans start to lose their bearings after thousands of
working hours. I've seen
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mart)
It might help to know that a whole range of HP laser printers used the very
same cartridge. Like the HP Laserthing IIIp and 2100, which are *years*
apart.This may extend your search area to PC suppliers as well.
This is great to know, mart! Thanks.
Bertie
Hello.
Like many others on this list, I do what I can to save old software from
extinction. For this and other reasons I frequently make software
archives on CD, and of course I want them to be well organised and
aesthetically pleasing. There is, for instance, a set of standard icons
that I use
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 10:00 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
Something else to test. Use the Power Central CP
for the 030 PowerCache and see if using just the
PowerMath switch does anything for integer and
floating point benchmarks. Supposedly that setting
redirects all SANE math calls
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 10:47 PM, the pickle wrote:
Another issue is older fans start to lose their bearings after
thousands of
working hours. I've seen identical fans from identical Macs that sound
totally different just based on how much use one has compared to the
other.
I
I have found a 56k USR FaxModem at a price I consider to be approaching
reasonable that is supported in the Mac. It uses a standard CCL for dial
up that, from what I can tell, was last modified in 1996. Big question
is will it work wit OT/PPP in Sys 7.1?
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On donderdag, april 11, 2002, at 12:56 , Mark Benson wrote:
I have found a 56k USR FaxModem at a price I consider to be approaching
reasonable that is supported in the Mac. It uses a standard CCL for dial
up that, from what I can tell, was last modified in 1996. Big question
is will it work
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 12:31 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Of course it will. Any modem will do. Modems are pretty generic.
Modems that are supposed to be not supported in the Mac can be made so
by generating a modem script. There is a program on Apple's ftp-site for
that.
I
(my reply follows quote)
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Mikael Jolkkonen wrote:
Does anyone know a good way of preventing the modern Finder from
converting icons during copy and paste? I'd really like a control panel
that lets me tell the Finder how it should handle the icons.
If not, do you have
At 00:38 +0100 on 11/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 12:31 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Of course it will. Any modem will do. Modems are pretty generic.
Modems that are supposed to be not supported in the Mac can be made so
by generating a modem script. There is
I was wondering if there was any way to use a PC CD Rom on a IIci?
jes
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Yeah... Any system above 7.5.3 should see it alright.
Marten
On donderdag, april 11, 2002, at 02:14 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering if there was any way to use a PC CD Rom on a IIci?
jes
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Claris Works jpg files
I have a question for you folks. I use Claris Works 3.0 on most of my Macs
as
my Word Processor of choice. My wife is addicted to scrapbooking and I set
out to see if she could make a page via Claris Works drawing or Painting
program.
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 01:04 AM, the pickle wrote:
A few PC-specific modems simply cannot be made to work on Macs. USR
is a
good manufacturer, however, and should work fine. One note: £65 is a
bit
pricey for a 56K serial modem.
Find me a cheaper on in the UK that is guaranteed
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 01:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What if it is IDE ?
If it is an IDE CD-ROM drive you can buy a SCSI adapter or housing from
ACARD (I don't know who your local supplier would be) which will allow
you to use and IDE CD-ROM on hard disk on a Mac. They are not
I thought you meant the discs, now you are talking about the actual
device IDE should be possible using a converter. Those scsi-to-ide
converters are pretty common. Modern external scsi device often have
ide stuff on the inside.
On donderdag, april 11, 2002, at 02:20 , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
jes
- Original Message -
From: Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Vintage Macs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: CD Rom
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 01:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What if it is IDE ?
If it is an IDE CD-ROM
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 04:46 AM, the pickle wrote:
At 08:49 +0200 on 10/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
Considering the fact that one can savely disable the fan in a LC as
long
as one doesn't use the hard disk (often), I wondered about the Mac II,
which also has a 16 Mhz
At 01:32 +0100 on 11/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
oer there but we have to pay a little thing called VAT, at 17.5%, on
computer stuff here. That was including shipping, at £4 (24hr) as well.
Ah, right, forgot you guys have that nasty VAT. With that figured in, it's
not such a bad price after all.
At 20:20 -0400 on 10/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What if it is IDE ?
You could get an $89 card to make it into SCSI, or you could buy a SCSI
CD-ROM for $10 on eBay...
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At 02:40 +0200 on 11/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
converters are pretty common. Modern external scsi device often have
ide stuff on the inside.
Marten, are you OK? You've been making a lot of posts that haven't made
any sense or had any grounding in reality lately...
Modern external
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 01:42 AM, the pickle wrote:
At 01:32 +0100 on 11/04/02, Mark Benson wrote:
oer there but we have to pay a little thing called VAT, at 17.5%, on
computer stuff here. That was including shipping, at £4 (24hr) as
well.
Ah, right, forgot you guys have that
On donderdag, april 11, 2002, at 02:47 , the pickle wrote:
At 02:40 +0200 on 11/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
converters are pretty common. Modern external scsi device often have
ide stuff on the inside.
Marten, are you OK? You've been making a lot of posts that haven't made
any
At 02:58 +0200 on 11/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
My dealer told me that story about the external scsi devices. I supposed
he was right.
I think I am OK.
Mebbe it's your dealer who's been hitting the pipe again ... tell him to
stay away from that part of Amsterdam ;)
the pickle
FAQ
the pickle wrote:
My dealer told me that story about the external scsi devices. I supposed
he was right.
Mebbe it's your dealer who's been hitting the pipe again ... tell him to
stay away from that part of Amsterdam ;)
I'd suggest you'd require another substance before you'd believe it. :)
At 09:02 PM 4/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
At 02:58 +0200 on 11/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
My dealer told me that story about the external scsi devices. I supposed
he was right.
I think I am OK.
Mebbe it's your dealer who's been hitting the pipe again ... tell him to
stay away from
Yeah, but does it work without a card installed?
ISTR the Daystar control
panels don't work so well without an accelerator in
place.
Would be easy enough for someone to try. :)
Drop it in the control panels folder then see if it
will run. If it will, check the box to disable the
At 06:01 AM 4/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
I am curious about what networking topology Apple used for Apple Talk. Is
this star, bus, ring, or something completely different.
Eh? Asking about physical or logical topology? Physically, it can be bus
(using Localtalk or Phonenet, or 10base5/2) or star
since this came up, I'll jump right in with my question, which is
related:
last night I took my IIsi apart to some extent, in order to replace the
PRAM battery.
while i was in there, i took a good hard look around.
yug.
I don't know how long ago the last owner had this thing running, but
were
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