Re: G4 450mhz dual
The original HD is probably slower than a newer one; that’s why switching would make the system faster. He mentioned the real capacity, or let’s say he used real GB, not GiB; that’s how 30 GB became 27 and 160 GB became 150. In the other thread: I goofed about partitioning making bigger- than-128 GB drives work; fortunately the others corrected me. I think when you install the OS on the (internal) 160 GB, it will see only a 128 GB drive; on formatting, you can choose to install Sys 9 support; if you don’t, you’ll still be able to use Classic. It may be best to put the 160 GB in the place where the 30GB is now, but I would also keep the 30 GB inside, at least initially, just for convenience. You know the screw that holds the drive cage down to the bottom plate? It’s under the cables; loosen that and you can tilt the whole drive assembly and slide it out. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Learning PowerPC assembly on a PowerMac G4
Hy! I have a PowerMac G4 and I want to use it to learn PowerPC assembly. How do you recommend I should get started? I know one or two things about assembly in general (ok, maybe more :) ), but not about PowerPC assembly. I have a PowerPC reference manual, list of assembly languages, almost everything I need to learn from. Now I need to know how to approach this practically: which assembler, how to use, ... I have OS X 10.4 tiger, Xcode is 2.x . Thank you for your help! Matevž -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: USB stick read only
At 5:29 AM -0800 11/21/2010, Geke wrote: I never knew USB sticks were so fragile. Also interesting how hot- swapping is really rather hot, and how the OS tries to cater for hardware issues. Anecdotal... but I'd venture that many usb sticks go bad because people can't be bothered to (or don't know to) wipe off / clean the contacts or anything. The sticks gets stashed in fairly hostile environments - pockets, purses, etc, collecting crud. Shove 'em into the socket, they short out, gersparken, poof. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 450mhz dual
On Nov 22, 2010, at 5:49 AM, Geke wrote: In the other thread: I goofed about partitioning making bigger- than-128 GB drives work; fortunately the others corrected me. I think when you install the OS on the (internal) 160 GB, it will see only a 128 GB drive; on formatting, you can choose to install Sys 9 support; if you don’t, you’ll still be able to use Classic. I typically partition my 160 GB drives into four below-the-line partitions and one 25 GB above-the-line partition. Whether GB or GiB or whatever, the limit is 131,072 megabytes, period. In the older initializers, the space was allocated in megabytes, in the current initializers, the space is allocated in gigabytes and tenths and hundredths of gigabytes. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How should a family of five share one computer?
On 11/21/10 3:36 PM, t...@savingus.org wrote: On 11/21/10 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote: This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts. you forgot an important step. They need to lock up the OS X disk, away from kids. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How should a family of five share one computer?
On 2010/11/22 20:35, Charles Lenington so eloquently wrote: you forgot an important step. They need to lock up the OS X disk, away from kids. And set a firmware password. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard 10.5.8 PowerBook G4 15 HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB DDR Leopard 10.5.8 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How should a family of five share one computer?
Michael, The simplest, less convolute way to do this would be to set a single user account for all with administrative rights but to set a password that only the mom knows, and then scare her silly with horror stories about people who delete stuff on their computers. It may sound somewhat cruel, but there is nothing more dangerous than an overconfident, computer illiterate person. Tell her that Steve Jobs will personally come to her house and break her fingers, or something. The kids will manage all right. It's always useful to have a separate admin account that only gets used if the user account gets messed up. And I would keep its password to myself if I were you, knowing that you are most likely going to be their IT guy. Another scenario would be to enable fast user switching and set a non- admin user account for each family member, so they can have some privacy, although with parental controls strictly in place. Just my two non-professional cents... :-) HTH, Felix -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: G4 Sawtooth problem
Did you mean burns DVDs in 5 minutes? 5 hours seems a little slow. I put a 22x DVD burner in my Quicksilver, it burns DVDs pretty fast. Figured a dual g4-500 would have made a nice old OSX 10.3 machine for utility work. On Nov 20, 10:31 pm, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Powermac wrote: I snagged a G4-400 Sawtooth in the hopes of upgrading it to a dual G4-500. Unfortunatly I didn't know you need a Uni-n rev 7 or higher for the setup to work (the machine boots into OS 9.2.2 fine and System profiler shows 2 x 500 CPUs with cache, but OSX installs kernal panic on booting from the OS disk). So what would be my options other then sticking the single G4-400 back into the system? Are sawtooth motherboards with rev 7 chip common and cheap? Will a newer motherboard (GiGE?) fit and work with the old PS? I too snagged a Sawtooth looking to upgrade. Had a Uni-n 5. Damn! Went to OWC and picked up a single Powerlogix 1.6 GHz processor. That was my main machine till the Intel iMac followed me home. Still a strong machine and my backup. Burns DVD's in about 5 hours. I control the Sawtooth, a Gig-E and Digital Audio from the iMac. Amanda -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Any tricks for PCI video card in a Beige G3 MT?
So my heart lies somewhere in between the G's and the PCI Power Macs and as such, I'm the proud new owner of a Beige G3 mini tower complete with the keyboard, mouse, restore CDs, manuals, and box... for about $40. The caveat was the video was outputting lines. I received the computer today and like a kid at Christmas, set everything up for that trial run. The problem was just as described so I first tried removing the 4MB stick of SGRAM and it exhibited the same symptoms. Next up, I ran into the basement and pulled the video card out of my temporary donor Yosemite G3 (Ironic, I understand), powered the beige monster on and got excited when my LCD power LED changed from orange to green... for 3 seconds then back to orange and never came back. Am I missing a jumper or something of the like or is it time to track down a new MOBO? For good measure I threw the card in my G4 AGP and it works just fine. Any ideas? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: How should a family of five share one computer?
On 2010/11/21 10:37, Ashgrove so eloquently wrote: The simplest, less convolute way to do this would be to set a single user account for all Simple initially but in the long run it could become far more trouble as one user sets something (such as a home page, iTunes setting, etc…) and another user tries to fix it but in the process changes other settings and it just snowballs from there. I think a little effort now will save a lot of effort later. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu 10.10 Power Mac June 04 2GHz G5DP 8GB RAM GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256MB Leopard 10.5.8 PowerBook G4 15 HiRes DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB DDR Leopard 10.5.8 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
