Re: HD recommendations for 2002 Quicksilver G4

[James Knight]

Personally I would get a sata to ide adapter and get any modern small reputable 
ssd. Clone it with ccc or similar.

You won't have trim but with garbage collection on the drive and the bottleneck 
of the ide bus it should still be way faster and outlast the rest of the G4.

Last time i researched this all the actual IDE ssd drives had crappy 
controllers.
-James

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> On Jan 29, 2017, at 15:09, William Tomcanin  wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm sure that this question has been asked before, but I would appreciate 
> receiving any information regarding replacement / upgrades for my "old" 
> (original) hard drive.
> 
> I'm concerned that it has been with me for over 15 years.  How should I 
> replace and/or upgrade it?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
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Re: alg5 accidentently deleted a folder and emptied trash

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Stop using the hard drive immediately.

There are commercial utilities available. You will have to look for one that 
still supports 10.5 or has an older version available that will support 10.5. 
It's also possible that you could mount the disk from a more modern operating 
system and use such a utility from there.

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> Bruce oh wise and wonderful
> 
> My daughter accidententally deleted a 100+/- gig folder and emptied trash. Is 
> there a way to get it back? I can't remember how or if possible.
> 
> G5  10.5.8
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Re: best wifi solution for powermac Digital Audio

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I'm almost positive that my old d-link 802.11g pci card was supported on my 
DA g4. I'll check the model number later but finding one on ebay for peanuts 
should be easy.

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 Cheap solution is buy a USB 2.0 PCI card and use the USB WIFI adapter you’ve 
 been trying to use.
 
 Alternative is buying a PCI WIFI adapter, but finding ones that are supported 
 for PPC Macs under 10.4.11 may be difficult?
 
 I’m guessing there are some 802.11n WIFI adapters that work for PPC under 
 10.4.11 or 10.5.8., but it’s unlikely there are any current 802.11ac that 
 work correctly.
 
 On Apr 8, 2015, at 12:48 PM, T payne blindsa...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I've recently realized that the wifi adapter that I have been trying (on and 
 off, over the years) to use with my Digital Audio is incompatible because it 
 requires USB 2.0 ports. I've looked into the original airport card as a 
 solution, but I read that this was slow, though recognized natively. Is 
 there a better wifi card out there that will cooperate with a digital audio 
 (with OS 10.4.11) that would be faster and slightly more modern than 
 airport? thanks a lot.
 
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Re: WMV files on G4 Tiger

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Have you tried vlc? They have old versions for leopard and tiger.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

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 On Aug 6, 2014, at 12:24, geraldcornish geraldcorn...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hello all
 
 Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (2002) 800mhz, OS10.4.11 (Tiger).
 
 I used to play windows media files (.wmv) before I had to do a complete 
 reinstall after a disk crash.
 
 I thought it was via Real Player but that just gives me error -2048.
 
 My Quicktime is version 7.6.4
 
 Can someone advise what I should be using, please?
 
 TIA Ged
 
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Re: SATA Internal HD for G5

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You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular auction 
site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you. Personally I've 
had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is probably only a 
matter of time for them too.

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 I am looking to buy one or two new HDs for a newly acquired G5 DP 2GHz 
 machine.
 
 Any druthers between Seagate and Western Digital? (Or any other brand, for 
 that matter.)
 
 Ken
 
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Re: SSD in a G5

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Trim is outside the realm of possibility. Not sure If doing an erase free space 
procedure monthly or so would help a bit. Modern drive garbage collection is 
pretty good. Anybody got any benchmarks? I picked up a velociraptor to use in 
an old G4 rather than try to work through SSD issues.

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On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:58 PM, ah...clem boneheads...@gmail.com wrote:

 anyone had success putting an SSD in a G5 and getting the maximum speed out 
 of it?  issues i'm aware of include the native SATA-1 interface, which will 
 limit speed to a theoretical max of 187.5 MB/s, regardless of how fast the 
 SSD itself is.  the way around that is to use an expansion slot and a SATA-2 
 or SATA-3 controller.  problem is, i'm having a hard time finding a PCI-e 
 SATA-3 controller that's compatible and bootable.  i tried one of the 
 Apricorn Velocity Solo cards (PCI-e/sata-3 controller and carrier for 2.5 
 SSD), and it is indeed bootable in a 2009 MacPro, but it is invisible in my 
 G5 quad.  system profiler and disk utility don't even know it's there.  it's 
 supposed to work in ANY computer with a PCI-e slot.  waiting to hear back 
 from customer support.
 
 one bit of good news i can share is that at $43 (sans drive) it was an 
 appealing alternative to the much more costly Sonnet cards, and outrageously 
 expensive Accelsior cards, and it works flawlessly in a MacPro, delivering a 
 read/write speed of 480 MB/s (if your SSD is up to it), just not the G5 i 
 intended it for.
 
 anyone have any other suggestions, or success stories with other hdwe?  TIA 
 for all replies.
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Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

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I disagree. There are plenty of websites and resources available for Intel era 
macs.

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On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote:

 Dear Listers,
 
 I would like our Group to start including Intel Macs.  I think that many of 
 us are using old G3s, 4s and 5s as well as Intel models.
 
 Your thoughts?
 
 
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Re: imac g5 help needed asap

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It should display something if it is looking for the OS on the HD but doesn't 
find it. I would recommend these steps:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2094

To start. This will help narrow down the culprit.

-Doc Jimbo

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 i just bought a used 2004 imac g5 desktop and i dont know what to do. hears 
 my problem. when i plug the power, keyboard and mouse in and press the power 
 button the screen will either start up with the chime but stay black. you can 
 kinda, almost not at all, hear something getting power to it. after about a 
 minute or so you can hear that the fans have started up and are at full 
 speed. the mouse will light up but the keyboard wont. idk what to do. i just 
 bought this from a friends friend that said it just needs an os for it, but 
 idk but any and all help will be greatly appriciated. thanks
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Re: Linux question

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Im a slackware friend, but slackintosh hasn't had a release in 4 years. Might 
be dead.

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 try slackintosh, decent slackware derivative for ppc. or lfs..
 
 
 On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Ben Kernan bkpro...@yahoo.com wrote:
 I have a g-4 400 (sawtooth ?),1gig ram w/12  40 gig drives. Currently 
 running 10.4 on the 40. What flavor Linux could I put on the 12,  what 
 freeware would work with it,if any is available. This would be an educational 
 tool for me as I have a 24 iMac.
 I seem to remember something called Stone Suite as an early s/w package for 
 Linux...
 
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Re: Linux question

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If you upgraded the video, consider lubuntu. Otherwise xubuntu might be your 
best bet. Many people enjoy mintppc. 

Check out

http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/
http://mac.linux.be/
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/

For more info. Ubuntu basds installs may be a bit more bug free. Mint has a 
good forum support network.

Please report back on your decision and findings.

I'll let someone else chime in on educational stuff. Google tells me there is a 
ton.

-doc jimbo

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 I have a g-4 400 (sawtooth ?),1gig ram w/12  40 gig drives. Currently 
 running 10.4 on the 40. What flavor Linux could I put on the 12,  what 
 freeware would work with it,if any is available. This would be an educational 
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 I seem to remember something called Stone Suite as an early s/w package for 
 Linux...
 
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