Hi there Everybody
I'm new to not only this sig but to also the Apple/Mac scene, having
been an x86 hardware tech since the early 80's. I have found that the "MAC
APPLE" people have a great attitude toward us newbies and are always willing
to give a helping hand and what knowledge that they can. It's just a much
more pleasant attmosphere to ask questions in.
Now since being a newbie, to all but my machines, my latest aquisition,
my beloved G3 B&W 450, 2 Power PC 5500/225 AIO's that I started out with
and my 8100av that I purchased on ebay (all on a whim just to see how the
other half lived) ,and I still very little knowlegde with these . I have
found that with the broader range of questions and differing machinesI hear
about here, I am learning a hell of a lot more about the platform itself
along with things I need or might run into on my G3 B&W(which I happen to
covet more than my AMD 3000+custome built and water cooled Machine btw).
So I agree, lets keep the sig as broad as possible in the area of "G
Machines" It really does help out us newbies alot and a special thanx from
me, a nobody, for all of the knowledge that you all do pass on to us.
John Adkins
Power MAC G3 B&W 450 rev 2, 160gb hd, zip 100, bootable Sony ATA DVD-Rom and
USB HP DVD+-RW, with 896 mb ram,3 256 sticks and one 128
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From: "Len Gerstel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [G] G4 Quicksilver
On Saturday, August 27, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
No. I'm not joining ANOTHER <bleep> list to satisfy other people's
increasing intolerance of anything that doesn't directly pertain to their
own systems. Sorry.
As for specialization is is quite helpful when your
saving the information as references and as long as it
doesnÕt get out of hand - example I could live with a
G4 site set up for QuickSilverÕs and another one for
MDDÕs. But I do agree that your example was way over
the top.
That's PRECISELY what I'm talking about! I think YOUR suggestion is way
over the top.
Instead of one place to ask a question and get a range of answers, you
would have everyone burrow down to their own little niche and pretend the
rest don't exist.
Evolution favors the generalist...I could have never amassed the knowledge
I have without having been around more knowledgeable folks in a broad,
broad range of topics.
I agree with you Bruce. These lists are not just hardware, but also
software related. And while many of the topics may be directly related
to a particular Mac, many apply to the full range of G Macs (not to be
confused with G-Men).
Whether it is each version of OS X becoming pickier about ram (gee-
maybe that 32 meg stick of pc 133 ram is what is causing the problems I
am having), or SCSI card bootability questions or software questions
that point out various gems that I may have missed that apply to
everything running X from a G3 233MHz beige to a dual 2.7GHz G5, I
prefer the wide range of topics that the generalized G-list carries. I
am always picking up things that apply to me, whether or not I need the
info now.
To follow from the thought above (separate QS, MDD and I assume DA,
GigE, Sawtooth, Yikes, B&W, Beige G3 lists) where would I have posted
a recent question about running MacDrawII on a beige (10.2.8) or DA
running 10.3.9?
(I am still trying to solve that issue, but had some good ideas)
Anyway, keep it to one list, unless we get up to 10,000 posters and
things get really out of hand trying to manage 100's of posts a day.
Len
Consulting:
If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made in
prolonging the problem.
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