On 8/4/01 3:40 PM, " James S Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The tiny keyboard is easier than that mouse. I got an Apple Pro Mouse the day
> after I got my B&W. Remember that there is an ADB port on the B&W, so you
> could use any old Mac mouse/keyboard of your choice.
So true. My limited exposure to the puck mouse dissuaded me from even
test-driving it on my new machine. Thankfully, I am able to use my old
Kensington trackball in the ADB port. Unfortunately, I sold my old keyboard
along with my old computer, so I'll just have to make due with the tiny
keyboard until another AppleDesign keyboard comes my way.
> It is true that some sub-spec memory will not run with OS X. Since you can
> replace all 256MB with a single DIMM that's guaranteed to be up to spec for
> ~$30 USD, I'd suggest that you just replace it. Note that if you have access
> to a G4 AGP tower with OS 9 or greater, the Apple System Profiler (ASP) on it
> will tell you what type memory is in each slot. Shut down, put it your DIMMs,
> restart, take note of what ASP reports, shutdown again and discard the memory
> that will give you problems.
Wow, is it really that cheap? It certainly wasn't for my old 8500. I guess
I'll just get some new RAM. Thanks for the tip about testing the speed on a
G4. My only G4-blessed friend is out of town for an extended period,
however. Do you happen to know of any software that could accomplish the
same trick on my computer?
> As for the HDs, are they SCSI, IDE or one of each? OS X has been reported to
> have problems some SCSI cards and some SCSI drives. I wouldn't be surprised to
> learn it had troubles with mixed setups, either. If the 4 GB Quantum is IDE,
> that was the stock drive for the B&W G3s; it may just be going bad. I know
> that the 4 GB drive by mine died and was replaced with a 20GB one by the
> original owner.
Sorry. I should have been more specific. They're both IDE, and both just
received a clean bill of health from Norton and TechTool. Maybe the problem
experienced by the previous owner stemmed completely from the RAM after all.
> I'm not sure what you mean by 'not recognized the Finder'. Are you also trying
> to use it to read CDs? There is an extension that comes with Toast that
> enables that, but unless there's something wrong built-in CD-ROM, I'd
> recommend against enabling it. Allowing 2 extensions to manage one device has
> just caused troubles for me when trying to burn CDs, which is why I have a
> CD-R in the first place.
Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to do, and I actually got it to work
shortly after I sent off the email. I understand your concerns about
allowing two extensions to manage one device, but this setup allows me to do
things like what I'm doing now: watching a DVD whilst converting the
contents of an audio CD to aiff. Of course, I would never attempt to burn a
CD with this setup. Given that I can't seem to use Toast Titanium (and
therefore do other work on the computer whilst burning), I imagine that I'll
be burning under a pretty reduced extension set anyway, so I should be safe.
Thanks for all your help, and your very quick response.
Mitch.
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