On 4/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you still trying to run 7.6!?! Well no wonder you've got so many > problems! :-)
I've downloaded 7.0 & 7.1 - I'll give those a try soon, as well. But there's something pleasing about having the latest OS it will run and the earliest side-by-side and dual-booting; something that is missing from intermediate versions such as these. I'll try to create a bootable Zip disk and give them a whirl on there. > As for working around CRTs, my bloated corpse is likely going to be found > one day laying next to a compact, but I have seriously never heard of anyone > dying from such a shock. I'm all for preventative safety, but seriously: has > anyone ever known anyone who suffered such an injury, much less death? Well, erm, now that you come to mention it, no... Not /died/. I think I've heard a couple of tales of nasty jolts but that's all. And it is a tiny tube and only a mono one. I'm going to have to soon, anyway. Firstly, the screen image is gradually shrinking with time into a letterbox shape & I want to adjust it to fit the CRT. Secondly, the machine now has to be power-cycled 2 or 3 times to get it to start up. 1st time, it's dead; 2nd & sometimes 3rd goes, I get broken black & white vertical bars. Not as clear as the dreaded Simasimac but it's much the same. I fear I have leaky capacitors; my volume is now very quiet as well. So I'll need to clean the board, maybe even get someone to replace the caps for me - my soldering is pretty poor. I fear the poor old girl is slowly dying. :-( > P.S. the Carson reference was mainly referring to talk shows in general > (which I know you have) [Nod] Oh yes. In fact, I have an idea they've even showing Letterman regularly now - he's one of yours, I believe. Not my sort of thing. I miss natural history documentaries, the odd feature film and some of the better comedies; that's all. > -- much easier to visit for 90 minutes than sustain > side-splitting comedy. SNL tends to take a simple improvisational idea and > go way beyond the logical conclusion in order to fill the time. It's > mind-splitting instead. Monty Python was what, 1/2 hour? Very funny stuff! [Nod] I see what you mean & take your point. -- Liam Proven On a freshly-overclocked Beige G3, now running at 333Mhz (11% improvement) on an 83MHz front-side bus (25% improvement) with the backside cache tweaked to 222MHz (33% improvement). It's much snappier now! 8-) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
