Re: Airport N + dialup?
On Jul 14, 9:52 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: Please let us know how the 11n performs with the 2nd drive. Try to stress test it a bit - accessing both drives at the same time, then again, from multiple Macs, then again while running some network speed tests. I'm interested in seeing if the 11n has enough hamster power to really serve the drives AND do wi-fi at full speed... Also, you may get different results depending on whether you are using the 2.4GHz or the 5GHz band. Shouldn't the 5GHz be faster? And with the early 2009 AE, would this be the automatic default band selected by the box? Al Poulin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Airport N + dialup?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Also, you may get different results depending on whether you are using the 2.4GHz or the 5GHz band. Shouldn't the 5GHz be faster? My understanding from the little I've read about this over at www.smallnetbuilder.com is that 5GHz can be better if there are sources of interference in the 2.4GHz band. (Typical examples are cordless phones or a microwave or a baby monitor.) It's also potentially better in the sense of not interfering if you want to use 802.11g and 802.11n simultaneously. If your 802.11n is in the 5 GHz band it can't interfere with 802.11g. 5 GHz is potentially worse in that you apparently won't get as much range using it, at least with current radios. The throughput using either band should be roughly equivalent. You can potentially get a slight throughput improvement by using 40 MHz bandwidth (channel bonding?) versus the standard specified default of 20 MHz. But that comes at the cost, at least in the 2.4 GHz band, of greater interference with existing protocols. (The WI-Fi standard default of using 20 MHz is sometimes referred to informally as a good neighbor policy.) There are two other problems with using 40 MHz. First, it appears to only work well close in. As the distance of the client increases, the throughput relationship can flip and 40 MHz can perform *worse* than with 20 MHz. The other problem is that your wireless client just may not support it. If this is the case then there is clearly no reason to enable it since it could only make things worse, not better. Apparently my early 2008 white MacBook does *not* support 40 MHz bandwidth, only the default of 20 MHz. This surprised me. And with the early 2009 AE, would this be the automatic default band selected by the box? Who knows? That's at least one of the reasons I'd like to read a review of the latest AE by a more comprehensive testing site like smallnetbuilder. I believe they have requested test hardware from Apple but have not heard anything back. I find this strange because Apple has supplied them with test equipment in the past. I found at least the following (historical) reviews. October 15, 2007 AirPort Extreme dual-band/single radio 11n http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30188/96/ July 16, 2007 Apple TV http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30095/80/ December 17, 2004 Apple AirPort Express 802.11g http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/24714/80/ If you know of a review of the new early 2009 dual radio AE that goes into more technical details than the usual online review, I'd really appreciate being pointed towards it. -irrational john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
SOLVED? Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?
On Jun 24, 2009, at 7:23 AM, John Martz wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Ralph Greensfrea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: As Peter said, the connectors for 2.5 and 3.5 SATA drives are the same. But, the power draw is almost always a lot more on the 3.5 drives. A single USB port can supply 2.5 watts(.5 amps at 5V). My understanding when I read Jeff's note was that his enclosure was powered from an external 5v 12v AC-DC power supply, not from the USB port. What was confusing to me about Jeff's situation is that apparently the 2.5 drive worked with USB (and I assumed also with eSATA ... though he may not have checked this). However, when he put the 3.5 drive into the enclosure it did not work with USB but it *did* work via eSATA. If it was strictly an enclosure power supply issue then I would expect the 3.5 drive to never work in the enclosure. Or USB to not work for either drive. I can't come up with a good rational for why the 3.5 drive would work with eSATA but *not* work with USB, other than possibly the 3.5 drive exceeded some GB capacity limit of the SATA-USB adapter/converter?? Oh, well. Maybe it's gremlins? Makes as much sense to me as anything else at this point. -irrational john Or maybe it's simply that I used the wrong cord (from wall to power supply?)... yes, it now works. Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Anolog to Digital
Hey, I have a G4 MDD 887 Dual and want to copnvert old VHS to Mp4 or Quicktime format. What is the best hardware set up for this? I have seen reviews on Pinicle and a Fire wire one. -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Airport N + dialup?
On Jul 15, 2009, at 9:04 AM, John Martz wrote: Apparently my early 2008 white MacBook does *not* support 40 MHz bandwidth, only the default of 20 MHz. This surprised me. That may need the $1.99 update you had to buy. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Airport N + dialup?
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: That may need the $1.99 update you had to buy. I don't think so. Mostly because as far I know 802.11n support for this version of the MacBook was baked in when it was released. It was released at the beginning of 2008 and support for 802.11n was already present in a number of Apple (and other company's) products by that time. No? -irrational john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Anolog to Digital
*Wayne...the first thing that you need is a Video Card - NOT A GRAPHIC CARD - ( PCI captured ) your MDD have two ( 2 ) 1394 DV port for digital captured already but this port don't help to much with you VCR your best choice... tray to buy a compatible PCI Analog Captured Card with RCA conectors... Software? THE BEST - Final CUT Pro or Final Cut Express($99)... if your Mac have a Single or Dual Processor with 887 Mghz its Ok but check the RAM you need at least 1 Gb of Ram...one more thing the Hard Drive...you need a Slave HD with more than 100 Gb...don't try the G4 USB for attach a HD or some model of external captured hardware...keep in mind G4 came with slow 1.0 USB port and you need 2.0 high speed port . If you have a external HD with DV1394 port capable them you can make the captured to this HD..be sure if a 7200 rpm HD. any other question...ask! sorry for my english. NOTE: Some Old fashion Graphics Card from ATI came with RCA or analog captured port in a Mac version.*ebay it a good option for try to find it. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I have a G4 MDD 887 Dual and want to copnvert old VHS to Mp4 or Quicktime format. What is the best hardware set up for this? I have seen reviews on Pinicle and a Fire wire one. -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Anolog to Digital
I have a Graphics with card with RCA inputs from a Beige G3. Would this work? I will pull it and see if it will even fit. The issue would be software. I have 2 gigs RAM and a 500 gig HD 72000. I plan to get an additional 500 gig for video.. Thanks for suggestion. I was thinking of firewire box like set up. On 7/15/09, Miguel Garcia Gell maggel...@gmail.com wrote: *Wayne...the first thing that you need is a Video Card - NOT A GRAPHIC CARD - ( PCI captured ) your MDD have two ( 2 ) 1394 DV port for digital captured already but this port don't help to much with you VCR your best choice... tray to buy a compatible PCI Analog Captured Card with RCA conectors... Software? THE BEST - Final CUT Pro or Final Cut Express($99)... if your Mac have a Single or Dual Processor with 887 Mghz its Ok but check the RAM you need at least 1 Gb of Ram...one more thing the Hard Drive...you need a Slave HD with more than 100 Gb...don't try the G4 USB for attach a HD or some model of external captured hardware...keep in mind G4 came with slow 1.0 USB port and you need 2.0 high speed port . If you have a external HD with DV1394 port capable them you can make the captured to this HD..be sure if a 7200 rpm HD. any other question...ask! sorry for my english. NOTE: Some Old fashion Graphics Card from ATI came with RCA or analog captured port in a Mac version.*ebay it a good option for try to find it. On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I have a G4 MDD 887 Dual and want to copnvert old VHS to Mp4 or Quicktime format. What is the best hardware set up for this? I have seen reviews on Pinicle and a Fire wire one. -- Sent from my mobile device -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Analog to Digital
On Jul 15, 2009, at 10:29 PM, Wayne Garrett wrote: I have a Graphics with card with RCA inputs from a Beige G3. Would this work? I will pull it and see if it will even fit. The issue would be software. I have 2 gigs RAM and a 500 gig HD 72000. I plan to get an additional 500 gig for video.. Thanks for suggestion. I was thinking of firewire box like set up. The AV input/output card from the Beige G3 won't work in any other Mac. Why not use the Beige to convert the VHS to digital? I believe the real resolution of VHS is only 640x480, and the Beige can handle this fine in OS 9. You'd probably want to convert the file format to something more compressed, and you could do this on the MDD to save time. If you use the Beige to import analog-to-digital, it'd be best to have the optional 4MB VRAM card installed. Another cheap option is if you have a digital camcorder with analog input jacks? Many or most can perform the analog-to-digital conversion as a passive pass-thru device. You'd attach the VCR to the camcorder analog input jacks, and then a Firewire cable to the digital output and use iMovie to import the digital stream. If you were going to buy a Firewire digital capture box which can be pricey, you may be able to find a camcorder for somewhat similar prices that would give a lot more usability in the long run. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Leopard Mail.app issues
A couple days ago I lost the ability to send email in Mail.app from one specific account. I'd changed nothing for many years, so this was a surprise. I'd had intermittent problems with my ISPs mail server from time-to-time over the years, so I mistakenly assumed it was the ISPs fault. Eventually I got around to troubleshooting, and my Tiger Macs were still sending email fine, so I knew it was a problem with my Leopard G5. The solution seemed strange. In the Mail.appPreferencesOutgoing Mail Server (SMTP):Edit Server List... window, if I selected the Advanced tab, when Use default ports(25,465,587) was selected I was unable to send email. When I used Use custom port: and used port 25 (one of the defaults), now email would send. I thought this was strange, but I didn't care, it worked. This afternoon Mail.app crashed when I wasn't doing anything with it, it was open in background. Just now I went to send an email and it wouldn't go. When I went to the AccountsAdvanvedUse custom port: I was shocked to see the port had changed from 25 to 587 by itself. Bizarre. I changed it back to 25 and the email sent fine. I don't understand why the default port settings refuse to send, especially when I'm using one of these default ports as a custom port setting which works? I also don't understand how or why the custom port that I just set within the preceding 12 hours could change itself to a different port setting? This would seem to imply a preferences corruption issue, but I don't want to trash the mail preferences which might be more involved than the simple solution that's working for me now. I've had 3 Mail.app crashes in the past 3 days. I did a Combo Update reinstall to attempt to refresh any issues. The last crash was after the Combo Update had been applied. I'm thinking this may be a haxie issue, there was an update to FruitMenu that preceded the first crash. All the crash reports look basically the same: Process: Mail [288] Path:/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail Identifier: com.apple.mail Version: 3.6 (935) Build Info: Mail-935~1 Code Type: PPC (Native) Parent Process: launchd [172] Date/Time: 2009-07-15 20:47:20.006 -0500 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: 88CF7898-E88C-4A1D-B7D4-6A41417E9DF6 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x8c5f5f54 Crashed Thread: 5 Application Specific Information: -[AccountStatus _refreshAccountStatus:] -[AccountStatus _refreshAccountStatus:] -[AccountStatus _refreshAccountStatus:] Thread 0: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b701f8 mach_msg_trap + 8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b7711c mach_msg + 56 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation0x946ee524 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1812 3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x961b59d4 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264 4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x961b57f8 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 412 5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x961b5638 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 84 6 com.apple.AppKit0x94ff27a4 _DPSNextEvent + 596 7 com.apple.AppKit0x94ff215c -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 112 8 com.apple.AppKit0x94febe18 -[NSApplication run] + 736 9 com.apple.AppKit0x94fbc81c NSApplicationMain + 440 10 com.apple.mail 0x000f3884 0x1000 + 993412 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b701f8 mach_msg_trap + 8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b7711c mach_msg + 56 2 com.unsanity.ape0xc00022a8 __ape_agent + 296 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91bb20c4 _pthread_start + 316 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b701f8 mach_msg_trap + 8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b7711c mach_msg + 56 Thread 3: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b701f8 mach_msg_trap + 8 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b7711c mach_msg + 56 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation0x946ee524 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1812 3 com.apple.Foundation0x94921a20 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) runMode:beforeDate:] + 168 4 com.apple.Foundation0x9492c314 -[NSRunLoop(NSRunLoop) run] + 72 5 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x003baaf4 -[RSSInterchange _runManager] + 1760 6 com.apple.Foundation0x948f3d6c __NSThread__main__ + 1004 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91bb20c4 _pthread_start + 316 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91b76c0c __semwait_signal + 12 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91bb346c _pthread_cond_wait + 1580 2 com.apple.QuartzCore0x96662110 fe_fragment_thread + 48 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91bb20c4 _pthread_start + 316 Thread 5 Crashed: 0
