Re: Zip drive on an MDD G4
yep, I have 2 smurf's with zip100, functional. Unfortunately, have no need ... so if your close to omaha.. On Dec 3, 2011, at 11:31 AM, David W. Morris wrote: I have a MDD G4 PowerMac and wanted a Zip drive for it, so I found one on eBay. It makes it easy to Sneaker Net files between my MDD and a bunch of my other old computers that also have Zip drives, but I don't have connected to my local network. I already had a Zip drive to install in my MDD, but to get the faceplate for my MDD, I had to buy the faceplate and the Zip drive together and ended up getting a Zip 750 drive with the faceplate. Both Mirrored Drive Doors were replaced with the lower door having a slot for the Zip drive and being fixed in place, non-opening, plus it came with the 5.25 to 3.5 bracket to position the Zip drive in the right place to line up with the slot hole in the MDD faceplate. Not sure how many were sold with the Zip option, but you can probably find one for sale on eBay or Craigslist in your area, if you look long enough. -- 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
Re: G4 Cube and Quicksilver
On Dec 3, 2011, at 4:01 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 3, 2011, at 1:39 AM, Roger Faulkner wrote: I recently acquired a Cube, tower 2 monitors through a freebee day at one of the Mac forums I frequent. Free except for fairly hefty shipping. Everything powers up but only to the point of the dreaded flashing '?'. Does this indicate a need for install of a fresh OS or perhaps HD problems? PS: the grandson (16) is intent on learning Macs from the ground up and this acquisition was with that intent, but need to get him launched to make that available. Sorry if this is too wordy. That sounds like a loose video card or missing RAM. No, actually it doesn't. The flashing question mark is quite explicit: no bootable system can be found. This could be from a bad hd, a corrupted System folder or non-installed system entirely. That's it. The solution to this problm is that Roger needs to get an OS system disk to boot from, then further diagnostics or system re-install can be done. For the Cube, 10.4 is probably the most painless version to look for. -- 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 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 Cube and Quicksilver
On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 3, 2011, at 4:01 PM, John Carmonne wrote: That sounds like a loose video card or missing RAM. No, actually it doesn't. The flashing question mark is quite explicit: no bootable system can be found. This could be from a bad hd, a corrupted System folder or non-installed system entirely. That's it. The solution to this problm is that Roger needs to get an OS system disk to boot from, then further diagnostics or system re-install can be done. For the Cube, 10.4 is probably the most painless version to look for. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Oh I took it to be the flashing light on the Cube power switch or the ADC display. If a start up disk is also a problem then a Fire Wire external drive with a known working APM OS9 or OS 10.4 to 10.5 will boot it. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- 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
Rolling Back to Panther OSX
Hi, I'm having an issue using Final Cut Express 2 where I cannot capture footage for more than 5 mins without the window freezing up. After some digging it would appear to be because FCE2 needs to utilise an older version of quicktime. My G4 MDD came pre-loaded with 10.4 and I had (or I have since upgraded to) a newer version of Quicktime and thus this problem. SoI have picked up the MDD original install discs for peanuts and may roll back to 10.3.2 to solve the Quicktime issue. Any major drawbacks I should be aware of in using the older OS? Looks like my iphone and iTunes will not sync in 10.3.2. Thought about getting an old ibook just for music and iphone etc. I've been through the other software I use and seems to be older versions of everything that's important. What about browsers? I started using TenFourFox so that will have to change. Camino? If I had the cash I would just get a G5 and FCE4 or whatever but need to make best of what I have. Cheers, Evan -- 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: Rolling Back to Panther OSX
On Dec 4, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Avid_Fan wrote: My G4 MDD came pre-loaded with 10.4 and I had (or I have since upgraded to) a newer version of Quicktime and thus this problem. SoI have picked up the MDD original install discs for peanuts and may roll back to 10.3.2 to solve the Quicktime issue. Any major drawbacks I should be aware of in using the older OS? Looks like my iphone and iTunes will not sync in 10.3.2. Thought about getting an old ibook just for music and iphone etc. I've been through the other software I use and seems to be older versions of everything that's important. I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 on my Macs, but I also have Tiger 10.4.11 on another partition. When I do audio work, I use Tiger since my M- Audio 2496 PCI card only seems to function up to but not including Leopard. Maybe you could do a similar thing for your Panther application? But you would already need another partition for Panther ... maybe add another SATA drive? -- 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: Rolling Back to Panther OSX
On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: I'm running Leopard 10.5.8 on my Macs, but I also have Tiger 10.4.11 on another partition. When I do audio work, I use Tiger since my M- Audio 2496 PCI card only seems to function up to but not including Leopard. Maybe you could do a similar thing for your Panther application? But you would already need another partition for Panther ... maybe add another SATA drive? My Dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD PowerMac arrived from the eBay seller with MacOSX10.2.1 and MacOS9.2.2 installed on the same partition, which I thought was strange, but it worked. I later installed 10.5.8 on a separate partition and MorphOS2.7 on yet another partition. When using the boot with the Option key depressed function to get to the boot selector screen, it would not show the MacOS9.2.2 option to boot from. Only the MacOSX10.2.1, MacOSX10.5.8 and MorphOS2.7 boot partitions would show up. To boot into MacOS9.2.2 I would have to choose it from the Startup Disk option in the System Preferences. Now I am in the process of setting up separate hard drives for each OS, instead of partitions on one drive. Since MorphOS2.7 is so small and efficient, it will easily fit on my 6gb hard drive pulled from a G3 iMac and have tons of room for files and applications. I will put MacOS9.2.2 on a 120gb drive and MacOSX 10.5.8 on my 160gb drive. I might even set up Ubuntu PPC 10.10 on yet another hard drive, since the MDD G4 PowerMac easily holds 4 hard drives, but that might be just a waste of space and extra heat producing hardware since I hardly ever use Linux. -- 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
USB 2.0 PCI Card
Hi, all! I am new to the group and glad to know you are out there! I have a G4 PowerPC and even with the powered hub i added some of my devices aren't working (iPhone, IceCam2) Isn't this because ultimately the 2.0 usb is plugged into a 1.1 port? I purchased an iogear that was recommended not to cause sleep issues and am clueless as how to install it. Can anyone walk me through the procedure? -- 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 2.0 PCI Card
I am new to the group and glad to know you are out there! I have a G4 PowerPC and even with the powered hub i added some of my devices aren't working (iPhone, IceCam2) Isn't this because ultimately the 2.0 usb is plugged into a 1.1 port? I purchased an iogear that was recommended not to cause sleep issues and am clueless as how to install it. Can anyone walk me through the procedure? IF it is OHCI-compatible, and what board ISN'T these days, then it should work OOTB. -- 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
PPC Flash Player UPDATE NEWS
A few days ago Facebook instituted a script that checked the version of Adobe Flash Player before playing a flash video, and if the Flash Player version was not the most current version, it would give an error message saying you needed to update your Flash Player, and won't allow the video to play. I believe some other sites have also instituted this Flash Player test. Since Adobe quit supporting PPC Macs at v.10.1.102.64, and the current version is 11.1.102.55, it appeared that we PPC users were out- of-luck and seeing our access to Flash content being curtailed. Fortunately, there's a solution. This seems crazy, but they're saying that the current version and all previous versions that were Intel only actually work fine on PPC Macs, the problem is that Adobe's installer won't allow the installation. You need to manually move the current version of Flash Player.plugin into LibraryInternet Plug- Ins and then repair the permissions. You can trash the old version of the file, or compress it and save it as an old version. Once you manually install this and quit and relaunch your browser you'll have the latest Flash Player and no websites including Facebook will give you an error message about needing to update Flash Player. It works fine. The problem is you'd need an Intel Mac to get the current version from, or you can download it ready to install manually from here: http://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip I think this is a Godsend. We PPC users have struggled with lack of current Flash Player support long enough, I can't believe it's this simple, but it works, I've tried it. You can check your Flash Player version here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ After manually installing the current version, you'll see You have version 11,1,102,55 installed and be able to play Flash content on all websites without error messages. I'm relating this which I found on a new, obscure Facebook page called PPC Macs here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/PPC-Macs/196237210462236?sk=wall -- 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: PPC Flash Player UPDATE NEWS
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Fortunately, there's a solution. This seems crazy, but they're saying that the current version and all previous versions that were Intel only actually work fine on PPC Macs, the problem is that Adobe's installer won't allow the installation. You need to manually move the current version of Flash Player.plugin into LibraryInternet Plug-Ins and then repair the permissions. You can trash the old version of the file, or compress it and save it as an old version. Once you manually install this and quit and relaunch your browser you'll have the latest Flash Player and no websites including Facebook will give you an error message about needing to update Flash Player. It works fine. The problem is you'd need an Intel Mac to get the current version from, or you can download it ready to install manually from here: http://www.steelbin.com/**FPforFBPPC.ziphttp://www.steelbin.com/FPforFBPPC.zip If you read the ReadMe file which comes with the referenced Zip, then you get a slightly different version of what is going on. According to the file, the Zip actually contains a copy of the last PPC-compatible version which has then been hacked to report a later version number as required for the Facebook test. I think the assumption here is that while sites may look for a later version, they really only use features from the older version. John -- 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: PPC Flash Player UPDATE NEWS
On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:09 PM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: According to the file, the Zip actually contains a copy of the last PPC-compatible version which has then been hacked to report a later version number as required for the Facebook test. I think the assumption here is that while sites may look for a later version, they really only use features from the older version. Thanks for the clarification. I don't care what version it is, as long as it works. I hope whomever was able to change the version # can continue to issue such hacked versions in the future so we won't have to deal with dreaded error messages Upgrade your Flash Player when there are no updates available, and flash videos refuse to play. -- 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: PPC Flash Player UPDATE NEWS
On 2011/12/04 22:37, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:09 PM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: According to the file, the Zip actually contains a copy of the last PPC-compatible version which has then been hacked to report a later version number as required for the Facebook test. I think the assumption here is that while sites may look for a later version, they really only use features from the older version. Thanks for the clarification. I don't care what version it is, as long as it works. I hope whomever was able to change the version # can continue to issue such hacked versions in the future so we won't have to deal with dreaded error messages Upgrade your Flash Player when there are no updates available, and flash videos refuse to play. If only said person could fix the security holes while they're at it.. Tina -- Acceleron: HP Presario 2.8GHz Celeron D 2GB RAM Discrete graphics XP Pro Luxo Jr: iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 Worm: PowerBook G4 15 HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 10.5.8 Quadrophenia: Mac Pro Mid-2010 2.8 GHz QC 6 GB RAM Radeon HD 5770 1GB VRAM 10.6.8 -- 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
