Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've inherited an old 1970's Ford LTD with a big 500 ci engine that > gets about 6 mpg. It too is "perfectly good usable", but it wastes > money in gas, pollutes the air, and carries enough momentum to kill > people driving more fuel efficie

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors > just so you could spend money on an LCD? Sometimes spending money actually saves money. In the case of LCD monitors, the payback period in electricity saving is enough to

How do I hook my Apple Monitor to my VCR and watch TV?

2008-10-24 Thread Jim Snyder
I want to come out of my VCR and watch TV on my Apple flats creen monitor. Anyone know where I can get such an adapter to make that possible? Thanks everyone! Jim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 L

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I reiterate from yesterday, recycle these, or remove/disable the CRT and use an LCD with them. Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors just so you could spend money on an LCD? I am using a Sony VAIO monitor (a Tri

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Mel
I'll give it a try but not right away. Mel --- On Fri, 10/24/08, insightinmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: insightinmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ... To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 1:50 PM

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Mel
I might try the XPostFacto 4 Help to 'fix' the problem - I.E. to see if it will allow an adaptec PCI card such as a 2940UB et al to enable me to boot from an external HD. Problem is I haven't the foggiest notion of how to use XPostFacto 4 Help. I've downloaded, printed and will study the follow

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Mel wrote: > I might try the XPostFacto 4 Help to 'fix' the problem - I.E. to > see if it will allow an adaptec PCI card such as a 2940UB et al to > enable me to boot from an external HD. Problem is I haven't the > foggiest notion of how to use XPostFacto 4 Help

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Bruce If we listened to every scare tactic we would never do anything. There are wifi scares, computer scares, mobile scares. You have more chance of getting hit by a bus or mugged in the street. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Sub

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On the health side, studies have shown that for children, the risk of > childhood cancers is as high as 2 for users of CRT monitor. This means > your child may double their chances of cancer from prolonged use of > CRT monitors. (2) I'm sorry b

Re: Upgrading a bootable drive...

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: > To feather clarify the issue, the bootable drive in question is an > internal drive tied to the ATA bus. > > I'm rig is a Dual 1 GHZ, Power PC, G4 (QuickSilver 2002). Plug in the drive, and use Carbon Copy Cloner (free) or SuperDuper (not

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:13 PM, insightinmind wrote: > CCC did not seem to successfully bless the OS X copy, although the > CCC Log says differently ... it did not show up under Startup Disk > Items when connected via USB2, but it did show up when connected by > FW400. Then your Mac won't start up

Fwd: Where did the Speed Go?

2008-10-24 Thread Wilton Shaw
Begin forwarded message: > From: Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: October 24, 2008 11:31:36 AM EDT > To: Wilton Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Where did the Speed Go? > > At 7:43 PM -0400 10/22/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: Please show me the results of: dig phl.speakeasy.

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/24 Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: > >> >> 2008/10/24 Steve R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power s

Re: Upgrading a bootable drive...

2008-10-24 Thread Al Poulin
On Oct 24, 2008, at 4:16 AM, g3-5-list group wrote: > == 1 of 1 == > Date: Thurs, Oct 23 2008 5:02 pm > From: Richard Ramsowr > > > To feather clarify the issue, the bootable drive in question is an > internal drive tied to the ATA bus. > > I'm rig is a Dual 1 GHZ, Power PC, G4 (QuickSilver 200

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: > > 2008/10/24 Steve R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: >>> So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power >>> switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will dra

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/24 Steve R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: >> So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power >> switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A >> USB device that is not turned on like a printer or scanner w

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: > So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power > switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A > USB device that is not turned on like a printer or scanner with the > power switch turned off or power bri

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Mel wrote: > I use a 667 MHz G4 DA 1.5 GB SDRAM with OS 10.4. 11 installed. When > I bought this machine it had an Adaptec 2906 PCI card in it to > which at different times I connected three SCSI external HDs which > have 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.11 respectively

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger & a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:49 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 12:14 AM, insightinmind wrote: > >> the backup volume was formatted on my QS under Leopard > > I don't believe Leopard's version of Disk Utility allows you to add > the OS 9 drivers? Without these OS 9 drivers, your OS 9 in

Re: Current HD costs (was Re: Confusion about the different update files)

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 18, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 12:04 PM -0400 10/18/2008, Len Gerstel wrote: >> Yep, they have broken that barrier for SATA drives. OWC has a new one >> with 3 year warranty for $99 plus shipping at: >> >> http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_MRP.cfm?ID=10836&Item=SAMHD103UIY > > hum.

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Steve R wrote: > > At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: >> On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: >> >>> I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way >>> to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the >>

Re: hard drive orientation (horizontal v. vertical)

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 9:23 PM -0400 10/23/08, Al Poulin posted: > > So, it seems safe for Steve, the original poster, to move his external > drive from horizontal to vertical, right? That's how I'm interpreting the thread. I'll let you know if the data falls off the platter onto the floor ;-) Thanks Steve R --

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Steve R wrote: > > At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: >> On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: >> >>> I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way >>> to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the >>

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Kris I have been using CRTs for over 15 years and not suffered from heachaches or eye strain. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message- Subject: Re: Family Of eMacs From: Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 24/10/2008 13:20 On Oct 24, 20

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: > On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: > >> I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way >> to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB >> hub act as a pass-through cable extender so that i

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Simon Royal wrote: > All for £125 delivered. Bargain. I disagree. Yesterday I cited that LCD monitors literally "pay for themselves" in electricity saved. You're being "penny wise and pound foolish". The savings for one display over 5 years (in 2005 energy costs

Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Well after a terrible few weeks of Macs I have finally sorted them all out. I have just replaced the PowerMac G4 400mhz (which was to replace my dead Intel iMac) with an eMac 1.25Ghz with 1GB of RAM. The iMac G3 500mhz has been replaced with an eMac 800mhz with 512MB for my son and bought a s