Re: Linux Aftermath

[Amanda Ward]

Ah! Thank you sir!
I'll give that a try right now.

Amanda

On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> 
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Amanda Ward wrote:
> 
>> I've tried just about everything I can think of. Have I fatally munged the 
>> Sawtooth somehow? Has anyone else run into this issue?
>> 
>> I would deeply appreciate any suggestions
> 
> Remove the PRAM battery.  Press the CUDA button a couple of times, let it sit 
> 30 minutes to overnight. Replace the battery, then press the CUDA once.
> 
> Will probably work after that.
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Linux Aftermath

[Amanda Ward]

Hey All…

I've been experimenting with linux and thought I'd try installing it on a 
Sawtooth I had sitting around collecting dust. The machine was running just 
fine before I tried installing Ubuntu.

I got almost through the installation and the installer decided that my DVD was 
faulty. Several more fruitless attempts and I decided to reinstall OS X 10.5.

The problem… Now I can't boot the Sawtooth from =any= Mac OS media. 
OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.0 go to a empty grey screen and nothing further happens. 
(Optical drive activity stops, as well)
OS X 10.4 and 10.5 go to the Apple on a grey screen with the spinning cog and 
nothing further happens. (The optical drive activity led stays lighted (with an 
occasional flicker).

I've let the machine churn for a couple of hours and no joy!

I've tried zapping the pram and resetting the Nvram. Trying to start in target 
disk mode ends with the machine shutting down.

The Sawtooth =will= boot to a linux cd!?

I've used three optical drives and tried three different hard drives. Next step 
is to pull my DA out of the closet and see if I can install an OS on one of the 
drives from the AGP.

I've tried just about everything I can think of. Have I fatally munged the 
Sawtooth somehow? Has anyone else run into this issue?

I would deeply appreciate any suggestions

Thanks,

Amanda 

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Re: netflix

[Amanda Ward]

On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote:

> 
> 
> On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson 
> wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
>>> Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.
> 
> Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
> supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too. 
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

Not quite. AMD -is- Intel compatible. Generally... any software that runs on 
Intel, runs on AMD. So perhaps a better phrase might have been Intel compatible 
only. Emulators? Not a clue, but the software would still see an Intel 
compatible "processor".

> Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
> parts will take more time
> than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
> ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
> these cases.

Probably true!

Amanda

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Re: Leopard on an 800MHz eMac (ATI)? (... and stuff)

[Amanda Ward]

Hi Joe...

On Mar 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Joe Duran wrote:

> 
> On Mar 26, 2011, at 8:38 AM, iJohn wrote:l
>> 
>> I was wondering if anything other than performance might go wrong if I
>> moved her eMac to Leopard? Technically it doesn't meet the minimum
>> requirement of 867MHz, but it's not very far off. So if the only
>> concern is how well it might perform it seems like it's worth trying
>> it to find out.
>> 
> I'm not sure Leopard will run on the 800mhz.  The minimum is stated at 867mhz 
> and I think the install disc will not proceed if it detects a slower 
> processor.  Tiger would be a good choice and will perform faster (at least 
> according to my subjective experiences with both on an eMac).  The main 
> reason I went to Leopard was to get iTunes 10, so I could continue to upgrade 
> and sync my iPhone OS.

You can fake the installer with an Open Firmware tweak to indicate a faster 
processor speed.
 I'm running Leopard on a DA/733 and it's okay, but it's like... my number 3 
machine after the Intel iMac and Sawtooth w/1.6 GHz upgrade.

Amanda

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Re: GIFs & Preview

[Amanda Ward]

IIRC you need to open the .gif with a browser or a program specifically written 
to view animated gif files.

Amanda

On Jan 23, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

> I downloaded some GIFs that contain motion but Preview never shows that. Is 
> there some setting I am missing or do I need another image viewer?
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Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

[Amanda Ward]

On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Dan wrote:

> At 8:20 PM -0600 12/11/2010, James Therrault wrote:
>> 
>> Even if you got zapped, it would only be a momentary discomfort.
>> Lotsa voltage but notta lot of current...
> 
> ROFLMAO.  Arg, 'tis a nice tingle.  (Down Periscope - the radio guy providing 
> power to the system thru his body).  I still have scars from a crt zap, in HS.
> 
> - Dan.
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No scars, but I'll never forget the sensation of getting zapped with the 208V / 
400Hz inside a launcher control console that was "supposed" to be powered down!

Amanda

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Re: G4 DP 450 Gig-E issues

[Amanda Ward]

On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Dan wrote:

> At 10:01 PM -0500 12/4/2010, rtows...@aol.com wrote:
>> 1. Pulled video card, ram & HD, replaced pram battery. Still no 
>> beeps/chimes/fans or HD spin.
>> 2. Power Supply shows no 28v so guess it's the supply.
> 
> Sounds like it.
> 
>> Going looking for one now :-(
> 
> The GigE and DA use the same basic supply.
> 
> When you get done gasping at the power supply prices, check this out:
> 

Nice. I ended up buying a parts machine (with P/S) for less than a power supply 
alone would have cost me. 

Amanda


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Re: install osx 10.5

[Amanda Ward]

I'm running Leopard on a Sawtooth with a 1.6 GHz G4 from OWC, with 1 GB ram, 
runs great! (Not a great as it did on my Intel iMac, but really good)
Have Leo on my 733MHz DA, with 1 GB ram. Runs okay... a bit slow, but okay. 
Mostly use the DA for network storage and burning videos.

@

On Nov 30, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:

>> Yes.  I am running 10.5 on a 933MHz QS Power Mac.
>> 
> 
> 
> Are you satisfied with the performance of 10.5 vs 10.4?
> 
> I have a Snakebite Dual 500 G4.  Would 10.5 improve the speed of my Mac or 
> slow me down?
> 
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Re: G4 Sawtooth problem

[Amanda Ward]

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

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Re: Getting there

[Amanda Ward]

Paul...

On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote:

> I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.  -- Richard Diran

And I thought I had an anti-green thumb! ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Getting there

[Amanda Ward]

On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Mike Linnett wrote:

> 
> 
> On 17 Nov 2010, at 20:37, Amanda Ward  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Larry...
>> 
>> On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
>> 
>>> I installed OSX 10.4 on my old Smurf and XPostFacto was required. 10.2  
>>> (Jaguar) was the last OS version that was fully supported on the Smurf.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Larry
>> 
>> I have two B&W machines that would respectfully disagree. Installed and 
>> running OS X 10.4.11 (Looked it up.) no problems.
>> 
>> Amanda
>> 
> 
> Me too, except it's been 3 smurfs. FireWire+DVD drive = supported by Tiger, 
> no?

One of the Smurfs has a DVD-R/RW DL. Hella slow recording DVD's, but then I 
don't need to have them burned in like 15 minutes!

Amanda

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Re: Getting there

[Amanda Ward]

Hi Larry...

On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:

> I installed OSX 10.4 on my old Smurf and XPostFacto was required. 10.2  
> (Jaguar) was the last OS version that was fully supported on the Smurf.
> 
> 
> Larry

I have two B&W machines that would respectfully disagree. Installed and running 
OS X 10.4.11 (Looked it up.) no problems.

Amanda

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Re: Getting there

[Amanda Ward]

Hey Paul...

On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote:

> Over the weekend I managed to gunge up my B&W to the point where a re-install 
> was
> necessary.
> 
> I've gotten as far as 10.2.3 and can get no further, despite good copies of 
> 10.3.3. I
> cannot seem to find the right version of XpostFacto. 3.0 won't see the discs, 
> 4.
> won't see anything.
> 
> I am so spoiled by years of painless Tiger I'm hopeless.
> 
> Anyone have a lot of patience to spare?  As near as I can tell, I got both 
> h/ds in
> pretty good shape.
> 
> And, less I've chosen wrong, I believe this would be the right list?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul


What sort of problem(s) you having with the re-install? Error messages? System 
Freezes? (Sparks, Smoke, Small Detonations? ;-> )
Shouldn't need XpostFacto to install up to 10.4 on the B&W.
You say "good copies of 10.3.3". Are those =Apple= disks or backup copies. That 
=could= make a difference as some optical drives refuse to play well with 
burned CD's or DVD's. Not as common these days, but the Smurf is a bit long in 
the tooth. Don't get me wrong... love the B&W. Have 2 operational and a parts 
machine.

Amanda

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Re: Blueberry iMac

[Amanda Ward]

LOL! I remember when I was waiting for a 340 MB drive to drop below $350... 
1994-ish. ;-)

Amanda

On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote:

> I have a larger HD for it that I can install.  6gigs just seems so 1990's.  I 
> will also probably boost the RAM.  I can get two more and a couple of 
> strawberry as well.  Will report on that later in the week.
> 
> Amanda Ward wrote:
>> Ah... a Grape iMac. I have one of those in Rev. D... 333 Mhz. His name is 
>> George. Nice vintage-ish machine. Use it for work... word processing and 
>> spreadsheets, nothing heavy. He just looks so much better than those 
>> blockish winderz boxen everyone else has!
>> Amanda

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Re: Blueberry iMac

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Ah... a Grape iMac. I have one of those in Rev. D... 333 Mhz. His name is 
George. Nice vintage-ish machine. Use it for work... word processing and 
spreadsheets, nothing heavy. He just looks so much better than those blockish 
winderz boxen everyone else has!

Amanda

On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote:

> Okay, I do have a Revision D 333MHz G-3, and I guess it is Purple.  I depends 
> on the light.
> 
> 
> Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
>>> have a purple (can't deal with the whole
>>> blueberry/indigo/Bondi thing: it's PURPLE) 
>> Uhh, if it's purple, you have a 'grape' imac, one of the 'multiflavored' 
>> ones released after the first gen, iconic Bondi iMac.
>> Blueberry/Indigo/Bondi are all very definitely shades of blue. System 
>> Profiler (which is in the Utilities folder) should tell you what the speed 
>> is, possibly even the model.
>> I know SP dates back to OS 7 (at least), so it is there in 8.6.
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Re: Blueberry iMac

[Amanda Ward]

 Another page from Low End Mac...

http://lowendmac.com/macdan/05/0202.html

On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote:

> This doesn't really tell how to determine if it is a Rev A, B, C, or D.  
> Well, it does, but it does not really give you a way to determine which 
> hardware you have.  I have checked "About this computer" but that does not 
> give the processor or processor speed.  How do I find this out?  Been a LONNG 
> time since I did anything below 10.2
> 
> Amanda Ward wrote:
>> This might get you started...
>> http://lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml
>> HTH,
>> Amanda
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Re: Blueberry iMac

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This might get you started...

http://lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml

HTH,

Amanda

On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote:

> Uh...I am 53 years old and still have most of all ten fingers (some shorter 
> than others, your finger mileage may vary) and I have not intention of doing 
> anything to a mouse with an x-acto knife!  I will use a M$ Intelli-mouse or 
> something like that and keep the puck for looks. I mean, how hard is it to 
> upgrade the processor, memory, and hard drive?  I want to make it go faster, 
> not work on a mouse!  How do I find out which revision it is?  It is a tray 
> loading model, not slot loading. and it is running 8.6
> 
> 
> Ralph Green wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>  I'll start with the mouse.  It can be upgraded to a LED mouse, but it
>> is a pretty fair amount of work.  The easiest route is to find a small
>> LED sensor mouse and transplant the guts into the puck mouse.  You will
>> need an exacto knife and some putty.  I would not call those special
>> tools, but I suppose that depends on what you are used to using.
>> Good luck,
>> Ralph
>> On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 15:05 -0500, Dennis Myhand wrote:
>>> I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and
>>> Blueberry puck mouse.  How difficult is it to upgrade these?  It looks like
>>> a sealed unit.  Do I need special tools?  Thanks, Dennis
>>> 
>>> Dennis Myhand
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Re: Awesome mod...

[Amanda Ward]

On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Joshua Juran wrote:

> Well, mine's graphite, not tangerine, but at a local hacker space it was 
> compared to a toilet seat.
> 
> Josh

Now =there= would be a mod! 'Specially if you could incorporate a small thermal 
printer into the machine. ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Most reliable G4 tower model , least reliable

[Amanda Ward]

On Oct 28, 2010, at 6:28 AM, Powermac wrote:

> Now that time has gone by we should have an idea what the most and
> least reliable G4 towers are. Seems to me that ADC equipped towers
> have issues with power supplies, other then that I don't know. What do
> you guys think?

While not in the same league as most of the machines mentioned, I have a 
Sawtooth that has been running 24/7 for over 5 years. It was my main machine 
till the Intel iMac followed me home a couple of years ago. ;-)
Now doing duty as a file server on the network.

Powerlogix 1.6 GHz cpu
2 GB ram
2 x 120 GB HD
500 GB USB drive
4 port USB 2.0 pci card
DVD-RW DL

Amanda

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Re: back up generator question

[Amanda Ward]

Hey Cliff...

On Oct 29, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote:

> We live in a rural area where power outages occur commonly.
> I just purchased a 800 Rated Watts/900 Max Watts Portable  Chicago
> Electric Generators
> 
> http://www.harborfreight.com/800-rated-watts-900-max-watts-portable-generator-66619.html
> 
> in hopes of having back up power to run our WiFi ISP antenna,
> computers and a light or two.
> But, then I seem recalling that there are possible issues in the type
> of power a generator provides and the type computers like to receive.
> 
> Comments and advice appreciated.
> 
> Cliff

There are a few things to consider. A backup generator (or DC to AC invertor) 
might provide a square wave output that your electronics might not like. I had 
one such invertor that trashed the PS for my Sony laptop several years ago. 
I don't know the generator you purchased, but lower end units can provide power 
with spikes/transients that could play havoc with electronic devices. Using a 
UPS to filter the output might be a good idea.

Not saying you have a problem, just offering a couple of thoughts if you do!

We used to have the "dreaded" rolling blackouts, here in the SF area, a few 
years ago and I had three huge Fortress UPS units to keep the systems running. 
Fortunately, those blackouts are a thing of the past.

Amanda

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Re: Apple inside?

[Amanda Ward]

On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Tina K.  wrote:
On 2010/10/25 14:48, Andrew Liu Anderson so eloquently wrote:
Sorry in advance if this is a bring-down for some folks. It's just  
time

that our world, Apple fans included, do a little slw-dn,
back-up & re-evaluate our values.

Not at all. I'm very happy with my PPC Macs (except for Flash of  
course) and there isn't a day that goes by that I'm not tempted to  
upgrade from Leopard to Tiger. By the time I see an Intel Mac, or  
Hackintosh, the Mac OS will probably be up to 10.9… iCougar?


We have lots of cats left on the list:

Asian Golden Cat
Fishing Cat
Wildcat (many varieties)
Sand Cat
Geoffroy's Cat
Serval
Caracal
Cheetah
Margay
Iriomote Cat

Jaguar & Leopard (used)
Black Panther (Panther has been used)
Puma (used)

Lynx
Bobcat

Lion (used)
Tiger (used)

--
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Henrietta, MO 64036


Let's not forget Tabby and Calico! ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Plain text format

[Amanda Ward]

Wasn't this supposed to go away?

Amanda

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-Original Message-
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Sender: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:09 
To: 
Reply-To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Plain text format


On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> Please  Content-Type text/plain
>
> describes a mail message that, as delivered, contains zero, nada,  
> no, precisely no, information about the font and size in which the  
> email was sent.

You're missing the entire point.  I never implied that such  
information was ommitted.


> The font used for display by the client software is totally,  
> absolutely, firmly, decided at the time the display is prepared as  
> a screen image.

I have never implied such as well.

JT





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Disc Burning

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

Any recommendations for an external disc burner for an iMac G5 (maybe Intel 
iMac) to do DVD/DL and lightscribe?

Thanks,

Amanda

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Re: Change machine specific installer requirements

[Amanda Ward]

On Jul 17, 2010, at 10:33 AM, John Carmonne wrote:

> 
> On Jul 17, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Dan wrote:
> 
>> At 5:33 AM -0700 7/16/2010, John Carmonne wrote:
>>> Recently someone posted the method of fixing machine specific install disk 
>>> to work on any machine.
>> 
>>> What I'm referring to is a disk that comes with a particular machine and 
>>> when I try to install it tells me it "can't work on this machine" I know 
>>> the system is all the same but you're stuck with using it only on the 
>>> machine it came with. I need to remove what ever it checks for. Like a 
>>> helper program?
>> 
>> You're asking for assistance in pirating the Mac OS.
>> 
>> Unacceptable.
>> 
>> Nannys?
>> 
>> - Dan.
>> -- 
>> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
> 
> 
> Pirating? I bought and paid for and own this stuff plain and simple.
> 
> John Carmonne
> Yorba Linda USA
> Sent from my MBP

Perhaps a read through the SLA is in order.

Amanda

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Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

[Amanda Ward]

On Jul 15, 2010, at 5:11 PM, John Carmonne wrote:

> 
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:44 PM, James Therrault wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jul 15, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
>> 
>>> --  Original message  --
>>> Subject: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!
>>> Date:Donnerstag 15 Juli 2010N
>>> From:John Carmonne 
>>> To:  g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
>>> 
 466 is  kinda slow, if you can get a faster processor cheap I'd sure do
 that too. Hard to get a DVD to play on 466.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I play DVD(s) without any problem whatsoever on my 400MHz Gigabit running 
>> 10.4.11, 768MB RAM and 123 Rage Pro (16MB VRAM) on a 22" Samsung flat screen.
>> 
>> Everything would run better if I were to upgrade to a full 2GB RAM.  The 
>> other big thing is hard drive rotational speed.  The original Apple 20GB HD 
>> sucked big time and was replaced with a 120 GB Western Digital 7,200 rpm 
>> unit...  Big improvement!
>> 
>> Even so, I can play any DVD that I can rent, (or buy on the cheap!), borrow 
>> or...
>> 
>> JT
> I can play DVDs in the optcal drive on a 500 with nothing running, need all 
> 500 processor or the stumbling begins. DVD image plays smoothest
> 


I was able to play DVDs on a B&W with a G4/450 CPU. Not too bad, but I had to 
close almost everything first.

Amanda

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Re: iMac weapon!

[Amanda Ward]

Hey Jeff...

On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

> I just got a first gen iMac G5... put a disk in the hummer, when to eject it 
> and the iMac spit the thing half way across the room!! (small room) is it the 
> felts that have worn out? or what is the problem? doesn't make me want to use 
> the superdrive much ha ha! Jeff

I have one of those beasties as well. I really wasn't aware of the disc 
spitting problem till I ejected my first DVD. Didn't go far at all... just 
sorta rolled out of the drive onto the desktop -> floor. I was a little 
surprised, but thought it rather funny. My solution, when I'm too lazy to reach 
across the desk to grab the disc, is a wicker Easter basket with a microfiber 
towel right under the drive slot.

Enjoy your G5!

Amanda

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Re: IBM HDD clicking

[Amanda Ward]

On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:27 PM, John Carmonne wrote:

> 
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Amanda Ward wrote:
> 
>> Hi John
>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 7:08 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All 
>>> I have an IBM Deskstar 3.5 Apple logo HDD 82 Gig  that decided not to boot 
>>> or even show on a desk top I can hear it spinning but it constantly clicks. 
>>> Is this a candidate for the trash heap?
>>> 
>>> John Carmonne
>>> Yorba Linda USA
>>> Sent from my MBP
>> 
>> I have a 250 GB Deskstar with the "dreaded" clicking (and nothing else). 
>> That was a warranty replacement for a 120 GB Deskstar  with the "dreaded" 
>> clicking (and nothing else) which, itself was a warranty replacement for 
>> another 120 GB Deskstar  with the "dreaded" clicking (and nothing else)! 
>>  The 250 is still under warranty, but I began to sense a pattern 
>> and said something much like "Screw them".
>> 
>> Amanda
> 
> 
> 
> How do I know if I have a warranty? Mine was made in 2002. I really haven't 
> used it much but nothing's forever:-)
> 
> 
> John Carmonne
> Yorba Linda USA
> Sent from my MBP

There should be a date code on the drive label. IIRC the drives had a 5 year 
warranty.

I went through quite a hassle getting the replacements. I talked to sales 
people, customer service folk, technical support types and (though I'm not 
positive) a janitor or two. 
Hitachi "Support": "Have you run the diagnostic program on the drive?". 
Me: Well no, I can't because the drive doesn't work.  
Hitachi "Support": "We can't offer a replacement without the results of the 
diagnostic!" 
Me: Excuse me... what part of DFW don't you understand??
Hitachi "Support": "Oh! Let me connect you to our 'something or other' 
department. "


Though I don't know who made the drives in the iMac and my netbook, I've made 
sure there no other Hitachi drives in my house. Except for one quite nice 250 
GB paperweight. 

Sorry... haven't had a Hitachi/Deskstar rant in a long time. Felt good ;-)

Amanda

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Re: IBM HDD clicking

[Amanda Ward]

Hi John
On Jul 7, 2010, at 7:08 PM, John Carmonne wrote:

> Hi All 
> I have an IBM Deskstar 3.5 Apple logo HDD 82 Gig  that decided not to boot or 
> even show on a desk top I can hear it spinning but it constantly clicks. Is 
> this a canidate for the trash heap?
> 
> John Carmonne
> Yorba Linda USA
> Sent from my MBP

I have a 250 GB Deskstar with the "dreaded" clicking (and nothing else). That 
was a warranty replacement for a 120 GB Deskstar  with the "dreaded" clicking 
(and nothing else) which, itself was a warranty replacement for another 120 GB 
Deskstar  with the "dreaded" clicking (and nothing else)!  The 250 is 
still under warranty, but I began to sense a pattern and said something much 
like "Screw them".

Amanda

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Re: Leopard is sloooooow to boot...

[Amanda Ward]

Hey Michael...

On Jul 6, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote:

> Hi: I found a deal on a copy of Leopard, and updated my G4 DA. It's
> been extensively upgraded:
> 
> - 1.5 GHz OWC processor
> - 1.5 GB of RAM
> - DVD-RAM
> - Acard AEC6290M SATA card with a 160 GB HD
> - Reflashed Geforce 6200 256MB video card
> - USB PCI card
> - maudio Delta 2496 sound card
> - Sweet Multiport front panel
> 
> but the boot time has gone up to 3 min. 15 secs! It's about 20 sec
> just to the grey apple, another 60 sec of spinning gear, and then two
> mins plus of blank blue screen before the desktop shows up. A friend
> of mine here claims that this isn't normal. What boot times are folks
> seeing with 10.5.8? Is there some setup that I can change? I installed
> the drivers for the SATA and sound cards, but that made no difference.
> Does anyone have a clue what it's doing?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

I'm running an upgraded Sawtooth and boot time is about 45 seconds. Don't know 
if our machines are real comparable, but here is what mine has:

OWC 1.6 GHz CPU
1 GB Ram
DVD R/RW DL
Iogear 4 port USB2 PCI card
60 & 80 GB IDE HD's on the internal bus
A SCSI adapter of some sort... don't remember which. It doesn't work, but I'm 
too lazy to take it out.

Hope this can give you some basis for comparison...

Amanda

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Networking G4 and other Systems

[Amanda Ward]

Does anyone have a link to information on networking X with other operating 
systems? I'm okay with winderz, but am having trouble finding info on Solaris 
and Irix. This isn't mission critical... just trying to learn.

Thanks for any advice!

Amanda

G4 Sawtooth X 10.5
G4 DA X 10.5
G4 GigE X10.4
Sun Ultra 5 Solaris 9
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Re: Blue and White G4?

[Amanda Ward]

And, I believe, that's only for the higher speed CPU's. (Possibly the HS G3's)
I have 2 B&W machines upgraded with G4/450's (ZIF socket)  and they were decent 
machines. 

Amanda
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Subject: Re: Blue and White G4?

I know that's true for aftermarket G4 upgrades, but I don't think it
is for the Yikes! CPU. The Yikes! uses exactly the same motherboard
only without an ADB port so there's no logical reason why the bus
speed should be affected.

On May 18, 10:02 pm, "ah...clem"  wrote:
> IIRC, something else to consider is that installing a G4 in the B&W
> will reduce the clockspeed of the mobo from 100MHz to 66MHz, and the
> processor which gets its clockspeed from the mobo will likewise be
> reduced by a factor of 2/3.  so f'rinstance, a 450 G4 pulled from a
> yikes would actually run at 300 in a B&W.  my memory is fuzzy on the
> details, but if you want to read more about it, look on the powerlogix
> website, and check the page for their 1GHz G3 ZIF upgrade.  FWIW, i
> have one of those 1gig G3s in a B&W (because i have an old app runs
> under OS9 and requires a native ADB port for a dongle) and it screams.
>
> ah...clem
>
> On May 18, 12:24 pm, "John Ruschmeyer"  wrote:
>
> > A minor caveat on installing a G4 in a B&W. Before installing the G4, you
> > also have to install a firmware patch which removes the block on G4s. Also,
> > based on a bad personal experience, I'd be wary of installing a G4 from a
> > Yikes in a Rev. 1 B&W.
>
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Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

[Amanda Ward]

Ah... Excellent! I was kind of looking for such a thing for my iMac G5. It¹s
my media machine and I, too, hate getting up to switch progranms.

@


On 5/18/10 5:28 PM, "Jeffrey Engle"  wrote:

> I got this IR and software, works great with that apple remote you have!!!
> Jeff
> 
> 
> Apple Remote Control Solutions and more - Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
> <http://twistedmelon.com/mira/>
> 
>  <http://twistedmelon.com/mira/>
> On May 18, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Amanda Ward wrote:
> 
>> In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no
>> operating systems were indicated, tho' it said "Connect your PC with IR" or
>> something much to that effect. Dunno... forgot the brand name as I was
>> involved in a minor fender bender in the parking lot. I can go back and look
>> if'n ya want.
>> 
>> Amanda
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/18/10 1:03 AM, "Godai-kun"  wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a dual-800 Quicksilver which I'm using mostly as a media
>>> center.  Which means I am forever hauling a mouse and keyboard across
>>> the room to change channels, adjust volume, and so forth.  What I
>>> would like to do (since I know the Quicksilver doesn't have a built-in
>>> IR port) is to add one, so that I can use the Apple Remote that came
>>> with my MacBook.  Is this possible?  Is it even advisable?   I'd also
>>> be willing to do this via RF, but would prefer to keep whatever device
>>> I use as small as possible, which leaves out all of the huge
>>> multimedia keyboards I've seen on sale.  Anybody know of a device
>>> that's much smaller to do the trick?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your time.
>> 

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Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

[Amanda Ward]

In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no
operating systems were indicated, tho' it said "Connect your PC with IR" or
something much to that effect. Dunno... forgot the brand name as I was
involved in a minor fender bender in the parking lot. I can go back and look
if'n ya want.

Amanda


On 5/18/10 1:03 AM, "Godai-kun"  wrote:

> I have a dual-800 Quicksilver which I'm using mostly as a media
> center.  Which means I am forever hauling a mouse and keyboard across
> the room to change channels, adjust volume, and so forth.  What I
> would like to do (since I know the Quicksilver doesn't have a built-in
> IR port) is to add one, so that I can use the Apple Remote that came
> with my MacBook.  Is this possible?  Is it even advisable?   I'd also
> be willing to do this via RF, but would prefer to keep whatever device
> I use as small as possible, which leaves out all of the huge
> multimedia keyboards I've seen on sale.  Anybody know of a device
> that's much smaller to do the trick?
> 
> Thanks for your time.


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Re: what can i do with my old G5?

[Amanda Ward]

On 5/10/10 10:08 PM, "GT"  wrote:

> hey all!
> this is my first post as i am new here.
> basically this is what's up, i have a G5 that i use ocasionally
> (mostly just my nephew uses to watch youtube).
> my main computer is a macbook, but i would like get some kind of use
> out of the G5. I haven't done anything with it in a while, i once
> tried to install tiger (running panther right now) but i could't, it
> gave me some message about it not being able to install Mail. that was
> my last attempt of doing anything with it.
> one thing i have noticed looking into this topic, that i have
> experienced is the comp. not turning on but the fans go full blast. i
> just push the power botton till its stops i guess you all have
> figured out by now that i am no computer wizz!
> hahahahaha
> well any help or suggestions would be appreciated! thanks in advance!

I have an iMac G5 that, mostly, crunches s...@home work-units and serves as
as a media center. 

Amanda


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Re: I want to get a LCD monitor for my G4

[Amanda Ward]

On 5/10/10 2:17 PM, "TVirkkala"  wrote:

> My ViewSonic is a great monitor . . .
> 
>> 'any'.
>> 
>> VGA is VGA  is VGA, so any VGA compatible one is ok. Viewsonic does
>> make quite good monitors, so that's an excellent choice.
> 
> . . . but when I'd hooked it up to the VGA adapter off my iMac, its
> visual quality was NOT great. Only when hooked up to DVI on my G5
> tower or off my MacBook Pro (where it is now) does it look OK.
> 

I have a 20" Westinghouse LCD connected to my 20" iMac and it works great.
Be sure your display settings reflect the native resolution of the LCD or it
will look kind of cruddy.

My iMac displays 1680 x 1050, but the Westinghouse LCD only displays 1400 x
1050.

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Re: Right-hand mouse click is missing

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On 3/14/10 12:53 PM, "Bruce Johnson"  wrote:
> 
> Control-click has always called up the contextual menu (aka the 'right-
> click' menu) on Macs. There's a preference pane called FinderPop that
> will let you 'right-click' by holding down the mouse button for a
> preselected amount of time.
> 
> 
> 
> Back when I had a single button mouse, this was an indispensable piece
> of software for me. It dates back to the OS 8 days...
> 
> But by far the simplest solution is to get a cheap USB mouse with
> multiple buttons or a Mighty Mouse.

My favorite has always been a Logitech Trackman. The current one has right
and left buttons, scroll wheel/middle button and a track ball.

Amanda


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Re: Right-hand mouse click is missing

[Amanda Ward]

Control - Click should do what you want!
@


On 3/14/10 10:11 AM, "Jonas Lopez"  wrote:

> Right-hand mouse click is missing
> 
> Many newer programs have features that are available by way of the right
> click, but as I understand it, all the original Mac mice have the left click
> only.
> 
> Is their a way to create a right hand click by using some part of the
> keyboard? Be careful here, since some features do require both the keyboard
> and the right click, so we do not want to make a new problem out of a fix for
> a problem.
> 
> Buying new mice is a fix, but I am trying to make due with what I got.
> 
> JML
> 
> 
>   


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Re: 2 macs-1 monitor?

[Amanda Ward]

Not real sure. I don¹t recall seeing an LCD that works that way... I have 5
different ones.

You didn¹t mention what models the Macs were and what OS you¹re using. I¹m
using screen sharing on my Intel iMac to control a G5 iMac, 3 ­ G4 towers
and a G4 laptop.

Amanda


On 2/11/10 1:47 PM, "Jeffrey Engle"  wrote:

> Just a question here... and I believe that I'm right in saying that this will
> not work, but here goes my monitor has VGA & DVI connections, can these be
> used to hook up 2 macs? and simply switch between the two via the monitor
> buttons on the front?
> 
>  
> Jeffrey Engle
> Kamiah, Idaho 83536
> macgu...@gmail.com
> 
> 
>  
> 

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Re: Problem inst of 10.5 on G4 tower

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Yes... 10.5 "will not" install on a G4 with less than an 867 MHz CPU. That
said, you can fool the installer by going into Open Firmware and specifying
867 MHz as the processor speed. That will let the installer do its thing and
then revert to the actual speed on reboot.
It "will" run at lower speeds, but not install.

Your Ram and HD size may be problematic... possibly.

You can Google the process. It's early and I haven't had enough coffee to
recall the steps.

Amanda


On 2/9/10 10:31 AM, "Jonas Lopez"  wrote:

> Problem inst of 10.5 on this:
> 
> Tower may be sawtooth G4 450 MHz box with  AGP Graphics on a card.
> 12 Gb hd  470 Mb, Zip, fd, DVD/cd Drive, all are Apple branded.
> 
> will not let me.
> Was there a rule about speed or a way around it?
> 
> 
>   


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Re: Upgrade my Ge

[Amanda Ward]

Robert,

The B&W is a nice machine... I have two of them.

Lessee... You can max out the ram to 1 GB (4 x 256 MB)

There are some processor options. You can go to an Apple 450 MHz G3. You can
install a 450 MHz G4 CPU from the first gen. G4 machines... the Yikes/PCI
graphics. (Note: Going to a G4 CPU will most likely require a firmware
update to unlock G4 compatibility and it cannot be installed in OS X) There
are other CPUs available from suppliers such as OWC and Sonnet up to 1 GHz.
(My twin Smurfs have the G4/450 CPU and performed admirably)

Hard drives... The B&W has two different motherboards Rev. 1 and Rev. 2. The
Rev. 1 is ===notorious=== for being finicky with anything but the original
HD. The Rev. 2 resolved this problem. (To identify your system see:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/newfeatures.html)
The B&W is limited to to a maximum 128 GB, although this can be gotten
around by using an add-on PCI/IDE adapter card. (OR using external USB or
Firewire drives. At one point I had two 500GB USB drives connected.)

Optical drives: Since I upgraded my machines, things may have changed, but
at the time some DVD drives were not bootable in the B&W. Some research
would be prudent. FWIW, I found a Lite-On drive that was bootable and burned
all CD/DVD media. (Lite-On SHOW-1693S)

Graphics: The stock video card had 16 MB VRAM and, in my case, worked just
fine for most purposes. I did upgrade one machine to a Radeon 7500 (I think)
w/64MB VRAM, not so much for the extra video memory, but it had two video
outputs and I love having two displays to work with! ;-)

Wireless: There are some options here... check eBay. I only had wireless on
my B&W for a short period, because a ­ the network switch was less than a
foot from the machine and b ­ I needed the card for a peecee I was using for
a media center.
I was using a Netgear card with a driver from OrangeWare (~ $15)... Seemed
to work fine.

That¹s about all that comes to mind at the moment... Perhaps more caffeine
will jostle a thought or two loose!

Amanda

My Macs:

Mac SE Superdrive (Sylvester)
Powerbook G3/266 Wallstreet (Waldo)
iMac G3/266 (George)
Powermac B&W G3 w/G4/450 x 2 (Bruce and Bryce)
Powermac G4 Sawtooth 1.6GHz (Gregory)
Powermac G4 GigE dual 450Mhz (Gene)
Powermac G4 Digital Audio 733MHz (Dave)
Powerbook G4 15² Al 1.5GHz (Albert)
iMac G5 20² 1.8GHz (Warren)
iMac Intel 20² Core 2 Dou 2.4 GHz (Irving)

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Re: Upgrade G 3

[Amanda Ward]

Cool!! Which Mac do you have? Imac, PowerMac, PowerBook... Knowing that will
help with answering your questions!

Amanda


On 12/19/09 2:37 PM, "Robert Long"  wrote:

> Hey guys, I just got back my first mac, and it is in fine shape.  O S is 8.5.1
> Can I up grade to 10.4 Tiger?  I don't really stay in clasic.  Also how much
> ram can I carry and it doesn't have wifi ability.  What can I put in for
> that??
> 
> Robert Long
> 
>
> 
> Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it now.
>  

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Re: Leave Runnin? Or Not?

[Amanda Ward]

On 10/14/09 12:18 PM, "Lawrence David Eden"  wrote:

> 
> I used to turn my Mac off whenever I was not using it.  My intention
> was to save electricity.  However, a few months ago, I had some
> startup issues with my old Smurf and I began leaving the computer on
> because re-starts were traumatic.
> Those issues have all been resolved now (Thanks, DC), but I found
> that the convenience of having my Mac on all the time was worth the
> electricity I was burning.  I use sleep mode and my monitor sleeps
> too. I have not seen any difference in my electric bill.
> 
> 
> Larry

I leave my machines on all the time (5 Macs an' 3 peecees). Most of them are
running s...@home and while the iMac does boot up quickly, I just don't want
to wait! ;-)
Electric bill is only 'bout $67 a month, so I don't worry.

amanda



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Re: PowerPC speeds and the switch to Intel...

[Amanda Ward]

On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Dan wrote:

>
> At 12:52 AM -0400 10/10/2009, Dan wrote:
>> At 11:19 PM -0400 10/9/2009, Richard Gerome wrote:
>>>
>>> Isn't it true that the G5 was way too hot for the laptop???
>>
>> The PowerPC 970 (what Apple called the "G5") was physically too big,
>> too hot, and sucked too much power.
>
> After I replied, I remembered seeing a great mock-up of a thick  
> PowerBook G5.
>
> A picture is worth a thousand words!
>
>   
> >
>
> And the whole article:
>   
> >
>
> LOL
>
> - Dan.

Love it! (Secretly... I'd want one!) ;-)

But why stop there... A G5 with that tiny display? Let's scale it up  
for a 23 inch LCD! Then you could add a compartment for a few personal  
items and a change of clothes. Add a couple of wheels and a slide out  
handle and you have the perfect computer for that quick, overnight  
business trip!!!

Amanda - Yes, I'm awake way too early!

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Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

[Amanda Ward]

On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, MaGioZal wrote:
>
>>
>> The problem of the "spinning beach ball" doesn't occur with 10.4
>> itself, but
>> with the applications that run over it.
>
> which are waiting for "disk i/o, paging memory, or network data."
>
> The SPOD is the Mac's way of telling you "I haven't crashed, but this
> process is taking a lot longer than I expected, and I can't do
> anything until I get what I asked for, so I'm letting you know about
> it."

Heh... started my Powerbook this morning and got the spinning pizza/ 
beachball as things got up to speed. Then... the spinning just  
stopped! Just the static whirligig in the middle of the screen.  
Thinking the worst, I tried finding my mouse pointer and some how the  
SPOD had become the NSPMP (Non Spinning Pizza Mouse Pointer). Never  
saw =that= happen before... no pointing hand, no arrow... just the  
round colored object. It worked fine as a mouse pointer, but it was  
damn odd!!!

Amanda


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Re: Posting etiquette?

[Amanda Ward]

On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote:

>
>> Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm
>> From: "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio"
>>
>>
>> There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the
>> path to
>> effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :)
>>
>> Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community.
>
> Well, I think we need a new addition to tradition and I offer you
> some of my men. They are big, they are not well educated in the
> formal sense, they wear dark suits and shades and they will go around
> to have a little chat with anyone I say to.

Would their names be Vinnie and Guido? I've requested their presence  
on a few occasions. ;-)

> Now, who was that top-
> posting? 


Ah... The "Phoenix Stallion". The dead horse once more risen from its  
ashes.

I guess there are pros and cons for each posting style. Personally, I  
prefer top posting because that is the default of my mail program.  
BUT... it really matters little to me. If I feel the need to respond  
to a thread, I'll do so in the manner already established.

While the semi-regular threads on this subject make for interesting  
reading, in the =grand scheme= of things the debate seems awfully  
irrelevant.

Just my $.02 worth...
(Tax, title and license not included.)

Amanda

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Re: OSX10.4 on G3

[Amanda Ward]

On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:

>
> --  Original message  --
> Subject: Re: OSX10.4 on G3
> Date:Sonntag, 30. August 2009N
> From:Amanda Ward 
> To:  g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
>
>> On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Dan wrote:
>>> At 5:47 PM -0700 8/25/2009, Mullin9 wrote:
>>>> On Aug 25, 2:34 pm, steveoa  wrote:
>>>>> Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3 slot loader- 400Hz, 512  
>>>>> ram,
>>>>
>>>> The problem is the lack of RAM, 512 MB is just barely minimum, I'll
>>>> go for 1GB RAM for a useable Tiger 10.4 just put in another 512  
>>>> RAM,
>>>> and your OS will Install, It should.
>>>
>>> That's just not correct.  512 MB RAM is MORE MORE MORE than enough.
>>>
>>> Tiger runs just fine with 256 MB.  It purrs with 384 MB.  The rest  
>>> is
>>> gravy, per your particular app mix.
>>
>> I "started" Tiger on a B&W with 128 MB ram, but by no stretch of the
>> imagination could you call it "running". Bleah!
>
> How does Panther or even Jaguar run on your B&W?

 From Jaguar on, both Smurfs have had G4/450 processors. Jaguar ran  
great on the original G3, though both units had max ram.
Tiger ran quite well with ~G4 Inside~ and 1GB ram... even DVD playback  
was acceptable.
I have a Grape iMac 333 MHz that has Panther installed and it seems to  
run okay, but I seldom have the machine up and running. I =think= that  
machine has 128 MB ram... pilfering the extra for a notebook boxen.  
I've thought about trying to install Tiger on the Grape, but having my  
Intel iMac has moved that project way downward on the to-do list. ;-)

Amanda

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Re: OSX10.4 on G3

[Amanda Ward]

On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Dan wrote:

>
> At 5:47 PM -0700 8/25/2009, Mullin9 wrote:
>> On Aug 25, 2:34 pm, steveoa  wrote:
>>> Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3 slot loader- 400Hz, 512 ram,
>>
>> The problem is the lack of RAM, 512 MB is just barely minimum, I'll
>> go for 1GB RAM for a useable Tiger 10.4 just put in another 512 RAM,
>> and your OS will Install, It should.
>
> That's just not correct.  512 MB RAM is MORE MORE MORE than enough.
>
> Tiger runs just fine with 256 MB.  It purrs with 384 MB.  The rest is
> gravy, per your particular app mix.

I "started" Tiger on a B&W with 128 MB ram, but by no stretch of the  
imagination could you call it "running". Bleah!

Amanda

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Re: Hp printer quit printing

[Amanda Ward]

Hi Jane,

I'm running 4 HP printers in a mixed network. HP LaserJet 4000, HP  
DeskJet 6988, HP OfficeJet 4315 and an OfficeJet J4580... The LaserJet  
and the 6988 are working from network print servers and the two  
OfficeJets are connected USB. Only problems are that sometimes the  
network printers have to have the printservers reset.

Connected computers are an Intel iMac, 2-G4 towers, Powerbook G4, 2- 
wintel notebooks, 2-wintel towers, a Sun workstation and an SGI 540 4- 
CPU workstation... via wired and wireless.

Problems are very minimal.

Amanda

On Jul 26, 2009, at 10:21 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote:

> Stats: G5 iMac, running 10.4.11; HP Photosmart All in one 3200  
> series, connected directly to the iMac with USB
>
> Several weeks ago a friend's Hp printer stopped printing from her  
> iMac. She called HP and told them the problem. They told her a. to  
> call Apple   b.to buy a new printer from them  (the Photosmart is  
> only 3 years old!)
>
> So I tried to fix it.
> 1. I booted up in Single User. Still didn't print.
> 2. I ran Onyx. No help.
> 3. Tried to add the printer in the Set up and kept getting the  
> message;  error -service unavailable
> 3. uninstalled Hp stuff and re-installed; updated the software and  
> printer driver --- and it worked!
>
> Two weeks ago the printer again wouldn't print from Applications. I  
> tried all the above stuff, plus AppleJack. No luck. Each time I  
> tried to add the printer in the Set up, I got the error message. I  
> did a test page without using any Applications and it did print.  
> Uninstalled and reinstalled the software. Not successful this time.  
> So I called HP tech support. For $34.95, the person told me all  
> kinds of things to try  and I had already done all of them! She  
> said that it is Apple's problem then. I told her that she didn't  
> tell me anything new to try and the problem isn't fixed, so the  
> charge should be waived. Said she couldn't do that. However, after  
> contacting Apple for a solution, we could call back in 2 weeks  
> without paying again. I replied that I am advising my friend to buy  
> a new printer and make sure that it is not an HP!
>
> Has anyone had this problem with any printer, where it just quits  
> printing from Applications? If so, how did you fix it? Any  
> suggestions are welcome!
>
> Jane
>
>
>
> >


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Re: Any hope for my G5 tower?

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Peter Kim wrote:
> I left for the weekend, and returned to find out that the power 
> transformer across the street had exploded while I was away.  My DP G5 
> 2Ghz(early 2005), was in sleep mode at the time.  When I pressed the 
> power button, the tower booted and worked fine- until the next day, when 
> it suddenly went black.  The power supply tested okay with a voltmeter.  
> I've tried pulling ram, disconnecting drives, video card, processors.  
> It will power most of the time, but won't bong/post.  The one difference 
> is when I pulled a processor, I pressed the power button, and did not 
> get power.  I know it is not supposed to do this.  Any insight, 
> suggestions appreciated.

Get it repaired and bill the power company.  Seriously.

Indeed! A friend in Florida got her computer replaced by the power company.

Amanda
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Re: One odd fastener for G4 Power supply

[Amanda Ward]

FYI...

On Jun 21, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:

>
> Or years ago there were what were called 'Reed point' screws...  As I
> recall, those also looked like a phillips, but the slots were shaped  
> enough
> differently that a phillips would not fit.  I don't recall exactly  
> what the
> difference between those and the phillips...or for that matter  
> between those
> and the posidrive?

http://www.instructables.com/id/S1ZE2F7FOVXPGXD/

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Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

[Amanda Ward]

Bruce...

On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
> Will dead/lack of a PRAM battery keep a Gigabit Ethernet G4 system
> from turning on?
>
> I took the  G4 offline in January, and set it down for 6 months. This
> morning I went to clean it up and get it going, and plugged it all in
> andnot a damn thing happens when I press the power switch. No
> response at all.
>
> I cannot locate my %...@$@# multimeter right now so I can't test the
> battery, but I pressed the cuda, removed the battery for a while
> pressed the cuda and tried restarting it. Nada. Same if I remove the
> battery.
>
> I know that low PRAM batteries can prevent booting in at least Beige
> G3's, but I thought they  would all boot if there was no battery at  
> all.
>
> Anyone have a pinout of the switch cable? I'm wondering if I can
> bypass the switch assembly, take at least ONE thing out of the loop
> for testing, or is this just a dead PS? I've got some units I can  
> part-
> swap for testing, but they're at work, and I'm stuck at home today
> waiting on UPS.
>
> -- 
> Bruce Johnson
>
> "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai,  PhD

You do realize... it isn't "Talk like a Pirate Day"?

Amanda

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Re: Can I put an intel duo core processor in my g4?

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Hi Matt...

On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:06 PM, matt.strim...@gmail.com wrote:

> And if not maybe tell me what kind of up grades I need? I mean I just

Sorry... I can't imagine any way that could work. Best bet to get the  
Big Cat working would be a processor upgrade. The minimum requirement  
is 867 MHz (IIRC). There is a firmware hack to install Leopard on  
slower CPU's. I have it running on a Digital Audio 733 and it's  
okay... not great, but okay.

Which G4 do you have? That would help making suggestions.

Amanda

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Help (Way OT)

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

There are a lot of serious tech folk out there. Can someone with Sun  
system experience contact me off-list?

Many thanks and an apology!

Amanda

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Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

[Amanda Ward]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:

>
> On 6/15/09 2:52 PM, "Jim Scott"  Broadcast into  
> the
> ether:
>
>> The "moderator" is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to
>> start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List,
>> except that his desire to have things his way apparently is more
>> important than list rules, or protocol, or a previous decision by the
>> List Mom. If I were the List Mom, I'd either banish him or at least
>> moderate his posts for this infraction if not for his insurrection.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Running for my castle...the villagers are coming.

... armed with torches and pitchforks. ;-)
>
> -- 
> Kyle H. Hansen
>
> "It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black."

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Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

[Amanda Ward]

I'll follow whatever type of posting the message seems to generate...  
top, bottom, interspersed... fine with me. Just, please folks, trim  
some of the older stuff out of the message when the thread goes on for  
days.

Just my $.02... California sales tax not included!

Amanda

The light at the end of the tunnel... the headlight of the oncoming  
train!

On Jun 14, 2009, at 3:09 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote:

>
> On 6/14/09 3:02 AM, "Peter"  Broadcast into the  
> ether:
>
>> Ok, got that trimming part. Anything else?
>> Peter M.
>
> Not really.
> -- 
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>
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>
>
>
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Re: OS 10.5

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On May 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, lbte...@aol.com wrote:

> Is upgrading a 867 MDD to 10.5 advisable or let it alone?
>
> Bailey

I'm running 10.5.? (Can't remember which iteration) on a DA 733 and it  
is quite usable. It is not way fast, but usable. I would keep 10.4.x  
unless Leopard has features you can't live without! ;-)

Amanda
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Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

[Amanda Ward]

On May 13, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On May 13, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:
>
>>
>> One odd change noted... the icon for the Energy Saver Preference Pane
>> changed from an incandescent bulb to a compact fluorescent bulb on my
>> iMac, but not on the Powerbook!?
>
> Is the iMac an Intel system? That prefs pane may have been only
> updated on the Intel systems. Given that the Intel update is > 400
> megs and the PPC one is only 256megs would lend credence to that  
> theory.

Yup... the Intel iMac. I used the same download for both machines...  
not the combo, since both were X.5.6. Still, there would have to be  
different code for two different systems. They just have to make the  
PPC folk feel left behind. ;-)
Perhaps they should have changed the PPC icon to a lantern!

Amanda

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Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

[Amanda Ward]

On May 13, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:

>
> I'm having trouble even connecting via Software Update. It sat
> spinning its Aqua Bar for an hour ...
>
> Could have changing my mobo affected my "SLA" connectivity? I didn't
> think Apple was so saavy/picky.
>
> I see the upgrades on the Apple site ... I have 10.5.6 on my QS
> 2002 ... is the Combo the way to go?
>
> Anyone having any problems on a PPC G4? being that 10.5 leans towards
> Intel Macs ...

Just installed on an Al Powerbook 1.5 GHz/2GB/80GB. No problems so  
far. It did do one odd reboot during the restart, but everything seems  
to be okay.

One odd change noted... the icon for the Energy Saver Preference Pane  
changed from an incandescent bulb to a compact fluorescent bulb on my  
iMac, but not on the Powerbook!?

Amanda

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Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

[Amanda Ward]

On May 12, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Doug Burton wrote:

> Mine says 4-6 hours, must be a huge demand.
>
> Just a message from Doug...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a <+> A home for the Hackintosh  
> community.

Downloaded the 442MB version (!?)... ~ 5 minutes. Installed... ~ 4  
minutes. Reboot... ~ 3 minutes. No glitches thus far!

20" iMac, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB ram, 250 GB HD.

Amanda
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Re: OS X on iMac ?

[Amanda Ward]

On May 4, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> On May 4, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote:
>
>>
>> I have access (for a good price) to a lightly used iMac
>>
>> M5521
>> EMC 1857
>> 40 GB HD
>> 600 Mhz
>> 512 RAM
>> RN1144XIKOBFS06
>>
>> that might work as a data logger for our Oregon Scientific Weather
>> Station.
>> if it will run OS X so that I can run
>>
>> Weather Tracker
>> http://www.afterten.com/
>>
>> Comments on suitability of this iMac for my purpose are appreciated,
>> with any recommendations for necessary upgrading.
>
> Out of the box it'll run 10.3. 10.4 is likely to be sluggish in only
> 512 Megs ram, so I'd got 10.3.
>
> --  
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

I have 10.3.9 running on a Grape 333 MHz/ 256 MB ram and it works just  
fine.
Not really heavy use, but regular email, spreadsheets, videos and such.

Amanda

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Re: Erase a drive to sell

[Amanda Ward]

Bruce...

On Apr 6, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Steve R wrote:
>
>>
>> I thought one of the ways security minded people ensured thieves and
>> law enforcement type people didn't gain access to their data was by
>> creating a magnetic loop around the doorframe of their designated
>> computer room so that the information on the drives was rendered
>> useless by the magnets??
>
> Only in Hollywood.
>
> This may work for floppies, but for things like flash RAM, as in USB
> sticks and the like, this has no effect.
>
> The one time Hollyweird got it right was in the Mel Gibson movie where
> he had thermite charges wired to the top of his drives.

Since the topic is erasing a drive to sell, the thermite solution  
might be problematic. But it is fun stuff to play with! ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Invisible drive

[Amanda Ward]

George...

On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:23 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote:

> I don't think this is off topic, but if someone does, my apologies.   
> I ran Boot Camp to make a windows partition and used rEFit to  
> provide a boot screen at start up.  The drive the window os is on is  
> not visible in the finder.  When I open Disk Utility it is visible,  
> but dimmed and named disk0s3.  When I do a find for the windows os,  
> it doesn't show up.  Could someone please tell me what's going on?
>
> George

Odd! I'm running 10.5.6 on an iMac, my winderz partition is visible  
and I can open it and look around inside. I'm not familiar with  
rEFit!? I just used boot camp to set up the winderz system, could this  
rEFit be causing your problems?

Amanda



> Mac OS X 10.5.6
> Mac Mini 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
> Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
>
>
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Re: Worms in clear plastic keyboard

[Amanda Ward]

I agree... dump the thing. Worms in your keyboard? Major Ick!

Amanda

On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Peter wrote:

> Honestly, I would just dump that thing in the nearest trash can.
>
> Peter M.
>
> Sent from my mobile device
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Connelly 
>
> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:53
> To: 
> Subject: Re: Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>
>
>
> It might be the larvae of moths, sometimes found in bird seed.
>
> Been feeding birds, lately?
>
> Maggots would probably only be found where there's decaying  meat ...
>
> Where flies have laid eggs ...
>
> Not a zoologist ... just from observing my birdseed and trash cans ...
>
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>>
>> It was a surprise to find upon inspection of the underside of the
>> clear plastic keyboard that indeed worms have invaded it. More
>> specifically, I would guess they are maggots – God I hade maggots!
>>
>> Anyway, what should I do about these yucky things resident in my
>> keyboard?
>>
>> Please help, as I don’t even want to type on it any more!!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Thermal grease?

[Amanda Ward]

Back on topic... I promise!!!

On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:08 AM, pdimage wrote:

>
> On 15/3/09 09:21, "Amanda Ward"  wrote:
>
>> I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck
>> to the processor.
>> Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart
>> somehow... the CPU is a ZIF and you can't get it back into the socket
>> because of the overhang of the heat sink.
>>
>> Amanda
>
>I've removed quite a few glued heatsinks. Firstly I put it in the
> freezer for an hour or so then I work carefully around the edges of  
> the seal
> with a thin blade or scalpel (oops another finger gone) until it  
> pops off.
> If it refuses to budge I put it back in the freezer for another hour  
> and try
> again - and so onalways works for me...

I have the aforementioned heat sink and CPU apart. What would be a  
good thermal compound to reassemble the beast?
I do have a dab of Arctic Silver from a former project. Think this  
would be okee dokee?
The chip doesn't seem to have any exposed circuitry... 'cept for the  
Bazillion pins on the underside. :-)

Amanda

Remembering my first computer had a 40 pin CPU! Yikes!

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Re: Thermal grease?

[Amanda Ward]

PETE!!!

On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:08 AM, pdimage wrote:

>
> On 15/3/09 09:21, "Amanda Ward"  wrote:
>
>> I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck
>> to the processor.
>> Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart
>> somehow... the CPU is a ZIF and you can't get it back into the socket
>> because of the overhang of the heat sink.
>>
>> Amanda
>
>I've removed quite a few glued heatsinks. Firstly I put it in the
> freezer for an hour or so then I work carefully around the edges of  
> the seal
> with a thin blade or scalpel (oops another finger gone) until it  
> pops off.
> If it refuses to budge I put it back in the freezer for another hour  
> and try
> again - and so onalways works for me...
>
> Pete

Yer awesome! A few hours in the fridge (got busy with housework  
don'tcha know) and they popped apart with a few pokes of the razor  
knife.
I wouldn't make such a fuss... it's a wintel box, but it is a P4-2.4  
GHz and not too much of a slouch. ;-)

Many thanks,

Amanda

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Re: Thermal grease?

[Amanda Ward]

Hey John...

On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, John Callahan wrote:

> At last, a voice of reason and acuity in this exercise in tedium.
> Also I take issue with this statement "the exhaust manifold comes off
> the sides of the engine, not down the middle..." Never saw an engine
> (V8) with the exhaust down the middle.
> John Callahan

Never saw a Chevrolet engine like that. Ford had an aluminum block,  
255 four cam racing engine with the exhaust ports facing the middle of  
the engine. 'Tis a rare bird and not very many ever saw street use. I  
saw one at a car show in Chicago many years ago.

Darned if I figure a way to work G-Processors or thermal grease into  
this observation... sorry nannys! ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Thermal grease?

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Hi Peter...

On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:42 PM, PeterH wrote:

> With over-application of Arctic Silver, for example, to a G4, there
> are power decoupling lines on the surface of the chip which can be
> shorted-out by such oozing.
>
> The "washer" which Apple generally applies to its processors can
> limit the intrusion of the conductive paste to those lines.
>
> However, over-application will usually get underneath the "washer"
> and be resistant to attempts to remove it.
>
> If you over-apply Arctic Silver, you are asking for trouble.
>
> If you over-apply silicone thermal "grease", there is no issue except
> for the mess.
>
> Pine-Sol®, applied full-strength, can dissolve most such "greases".
>
> And, as Pine-Sol is water-soluble, the excess "grease", then in
> suspension, will simply, and completely wash-off.

I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck  
to the processor.
Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart  
somehow... the CPU is a ZIF and you can't get it back into the socket  
because of the overhang of the heat sink.

Amanda
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Re: Monitor choices in Prefs=>Displays

[amanda . ward]

Bill,
*Snip*
It ain't *that* 
broke, so I don't want to do anything drastic and really break it. 
But I'm fine with doing a restart.

Thanks for any pointers.
-- 
Bill Christensen

Try "Detect Displays" in the displays preferences pane. My iMac wouldn't 
recognise my 2nd LCD till I did that.
Might help!?

Amanda
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Re: Clamshell issues??

[Amanda Ward]

On Feb 28, 2009, at 5:37 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:

>
> Is it possible to make verbose mode the default?

This link might be what you're looking for...

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/h/348

Amanda

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Re: Quite External Drive

[Amanda Ward]

On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> We just got a Seagate FreeAgent Pro drive in to serve as a utility
> backup drive, so we don't have to attache potentially infected windows
> systems to the network, and it is silent.
>
> Like "Is this thing really on??" silent.
>
> It's quite heavy, and the base is set on some substantial rubber feet,
> minimizing vibrations, too. A really well-made drive, so far (of
> course it's been on for all of 15 minutes now, so we'll see.)

I have two, Maxtor One Touch, USB drives, one 500 and one 250 GB,  
connected to my iMac and they're totally quiet... much like the Mac! :-)
Now... if I could just get rid of the darned lights on the front of  
the drives!

Amanda

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Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

[Amanda Ward]

Hi Claudia...

On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Claudia Regina wrote:

> Thanks guys!!!
>
> @Wallace, this link you sent was really helpful!!! =) My slot is AGP.
>
> @M. Hammad, I already have this one:
> ATi Rage 128 AGP 16MB Video Card  (VGA & ADC out) $29
> And I need something really really powerful (ok, as much as possible  
> xD), but thanks anyway!
>
> @Fabian, that's definitely an option, but I think about the dual  
> screen, if it's possible to do with this one.
>
> Anyway, thank you guys very very much! I'm on my way to understand  
> my mac better =]

I have a Sawtooth G4, the first AGP G4 model. From Ebay, I bought a  
Radeon 7000 (I think) with 64MB and dual VGA connectors. That drove  
2-20" LCD monitors. The setup worked well and I could watch a movie on  
one display and do my work  on the other. :-)

My Sawtooth is a 1.6GHz with 1GB Ram.

Amanda

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Re: question about a possible trade

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Just guessing here... If your wife says you can't make the trade and  
you do it anyway, the differences in machine specifications are going  
to the least of your worries. :-|

@

On Jan 23, 2009, at 4:25 AM, roger deghetto wrote:

>
> i found a guy that might be willing to trade his mdd dual 1.42ghz  
> specs are
> 512 mb ram 80 gb hd os x 10.2 for my mmd dual 1.25ghz specs are  
> 1.5gb ram 4 120 gb hdds wireless and a pci usb 2.0 card is this a  
> fair trade everymac says the dual 1.42 has an est retail of 575 to  
> 700 compared to mine 375 to 600 wifes telling me i cant do it what  
> do you guys think i should do?
> thanks
> roger
>
>
>
>
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Re: Headless G4 tower/server

[Amanda Ward]

On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

>
> wow, thank you for the info!, just curious.. what did you have to pay
> foe the 1.6 cpu upgrade and was it simple to install? any problems
> encountered? Jeff

It's been a while, but I =think= it was $239 at OWC. It was a  
PowerLogix brand. Of course I =had= to have it right away and paid for  
next morning shipping! ;-)
No... it wasn't hard at all. The only small problem was I had to take  
the fan guard off the heat sink to get to the mounting screws on the  
new CPU.
In summary...
Remove the two heatsink clips and heatsink on the old CPU. Remove  
three mounting screws. Lift off the old CPU.
Line up and connect the new CPU. Install three mounting screws. Find a  
power connector for the cooling fan.
Close him up. Power on. Blast off!

The only caveat, I think, is there could possibly be a firmware issue,  
but the more experienced folk lurking about could better address this.

Amanda

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Re: Headless G4 tower/server

[Amanda Ward]

Jeff...

On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

> Are you running tiger on the sawtooth and DA? and if not, how did you
> get leopard to install? what's your experience so far with it. Thank
> you. Jeff
>
> Jeff Engle
> Kamiah, Idaho 83536

I'm running Leopard on both. The Sawtooth has a third-party 1.6 GHz  
CPU so there were no problems installing 10.5. The DA is a 733 and  
below the 867 cutoff, but I found a firmware tweak to fool the  
installer into believing the 733 is really an 867:
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html

The DA was never one of my main machines... ranks at the bottom of my  
active macs. Mostly I use it for network storage and crunching  
s...@home work-units. Still, when I use it directly for something, via  
screen sharing, the performance is adequate.

Amanda

Active Macs
iMac, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz
Sawtooth G4, 1.6 GHz
Powerbook G4, 1.5 GHz
Digital Audio G4, 733 MHz
==
Occasional Macs
Gigabit Ethernet Dual G4, 450 MHz
B&W G3, G4/450 MHz CPU
iMac G3, 333 MHz
Powerbook G3, 266MHz

... and a couple o' halfway decent peecees.

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Re: Headless G4 tower/server

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On Jan 18, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

>
> If i turn on sharing in leopard (on any leopard compatible G4 tower),
> that's all I need to access a headless G4 tower? I don't think I need
> a keyboard/mouse plugged into it accept to boot it right?... then
> access from my laptop in the living room.
>
> Jeff Engle
> Kamiah, Idaho 83536

Yup... that'll work just fine. I have a Sawtooth and DA running  
headless and access them from my iMac. I also connect to my Powerbook  
in the bedroom. It's not as smooth as sitting at the keyboard of each  
machine, but it works rather nicely just the same.

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Re: Flash Drive Question

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Hi Steve...

On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:03 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

>
> OK, a few things to sum up from all your replies.
>
> 1) I can drag files from the web page or the desktop to the Flash
> Drive (the 'Brute Force' method).
>
> 2) If I can do #1 the drives are not Write Protected
>
> 3) The one Flash Drive is a Kingston, the other is one I found and it
> is called Secure_II
>   A) Both have space left
>   B) I have another Kingston that is new in the package and another
> Flash Drive I got from Centrum (its pretty full so I haven't tried it
> on this machine)
>
> 4) So, a Flash Drive won't show up when you click "Save image as" on a
> website? For the record I am using Firefox but have also tried it with
> Safari and iCab (I still have Opera to try but if its like this with 3
> other browsers I doubt Opera would be any different)
>
> 5) Also, WHY would Apple make this the default setting? Don't they
> know people use things other than their HD to save stuff?
>
> Thanks for all your replies thus far! :)

When I mentioned the write protect tab, I was thinking of flash  
cards... The camera kind of things. So never mind there! :-)

Anyway, I can't recreate your problem. I have 5 flash drives (128MB to  
8GB) connected to a usb hub and they all appear in the save menu,  
regardless of the the setting of the triangle!
This is only in Safari... I don't have other browsers readily available.

Amanda

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Re: Flash Drive Question

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Hi Steve...

On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:

>
> Mac OS X (10.2.9)
>
> Recently I tried to save a photo from a website to a Flash Drive and
> it won't let me
> I can see the Flash Drives on my Desktop but when I click "Save Image
> As" it only show this for options for where to put it: Home,
> Documents, iDisk and Desktop
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --  
> Steve Conrad
> Henrietta, MO 64036

Probably a dumb question, but... is the flash drive locked to read  
only? The little slide thingy on the side?

Amanda

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Re: RAM prices going up??

[Amanda Ward]

On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:

> RAM manufacturers frequently move forward.  By that I mean that if  
> you order
> DDR2-3 it will be less expensive then PC-133 in most cases.  There  
> is like a
> RAM curve.  Where cutting edge machines RAM cost a little bit more  
> then
> machines out 3 months ago...machines a year old cost a little more  
> than
> machines from 3 months ago and RAM from machines 2 years back costs a
> fortune because it isn't being made anymore.  It's a common thing,  
> where
> people think that RAM for a machine 4 years old should be really  
> cheap, but
> they fail to realize that the industry has moved ahead and the  
> supply is
> low.
>
> My question would be, is your machine a generation older or newer  
> than your
> buddies?
>
> Kyle Hansen

I just picked up a 4GB kit for my iMac today at Fry's. It was Crucial  
ram DDR2 667MHz 2X2GB modules for $44.95. Saw the same thing on the  
NewEgg web site for $39.95.

Amanda

iMac 20", 2.4GHz Mfg July '08

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Re: Yes, there is such a thing as "too big"

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Hey Bruce...

> Give it a week or two, though and it'll feel just right. Then you'll
> work on someone else's system with an old 20" or, heaven forfend, a
> 17" screen at 1024 x 768 and you'll be all "What IS this puny thing I
> have to work with?? Let me get back to my *normal* computer!" 8-)

I'd love a 24 inch monitor, but it's a little out of my price range  
right now. However, I recently re-discovered the second VGA port on my  
video card and connected a second 20 inch LCD to my Sawtooth. Nope,  
it's not quite like having a 24 inch or larger display, but dual 20's  
are awfully handy.
I do a lot of financial work on m$ spreadsheets and have to transfer  
information over to m$ word files. Having the spreadsheet in one  
display and the word doc in another is great.

Okay... watching a movie on one display and slaying orcs on the other  
is a "small" consideration too! ;-) Jeez... I'm such a nerd!

Amanda

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Un-Mounting Drive

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

I have a fairly new Maxtor OneTouch 4P 250 GB external drive running  
from a USB 2.0 hub, from a PCI USB 2.0 card.
The system is a Sawtooth running X 10.5.6.
I want to use the drive to copy files from another external drive and  
initialize the second drive as a Mac file system and copy the files  
back.

The problem is... I can't initialize the drive. Disk Utility says it  
can't "unmount" the drive and I can't eject it because "The drive is  
in use. Try quitting applications." I can read and execute files from  
the 250, but I can't reformat the darned thing.

I suppose I might plug the thing into a peecee, but I really don't  
want go that route.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

Amanda Ward

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Re: My computer

[Amanda Ward]

On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:05 , Kris Tilford wrote:

> PowerMac3,3 is a Gigabit Ethernet model that's been fiddled with. It's
> either a Mystic (code name) that originally came as a single 400MHz
> that has been overclocked or upgraded with a single 450MHz CPU; or
> it's a Medusa2 or SnakeBite that came with a dual 450 or dual 500
> respectively and has been downgraded to a single 450MHz CPU. Either
> way, no model of Gigabit Ethernet ever came with this single 450MHz
> CPU, so something is amiss with this PowerMac.

Yup, the Powermac3,3 appears to be a Gig-E model and barring some  
strange slip-up at Apple was never offered with the 450 MHz CPU.

As a devout tinkerer, I suspect the Gig-E was fiddled with. :-)  
Someone wanting a bit more performance without paying for the more  
expensive dualie modules? Bought a Gig-E without a CPU and had a  
Sawtooth CPU handy? Several possibilities exist.

My AGP started life as a 350 and has been upgraded twice.

Tinkerers Unite! ;-)

Amanda

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Re: Merry Christmas

[Amanda Ward]

On Dec 24, 2008, at 6:56 , Kyle Hansen wrote:

>
> On 12/24/08 6:36 PM, "Amanda Ward"   
> Broadcast into
> the ether:
>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've gotten a lot of good advice from the crowd on this list and just
>> want to say thanks and wish everyone Happy Holidays.
>> Oh, and for you pet owners... Fleas Navidad!
>>
>> Running away quickly
>>
>> Amanda
>
> I would expect this behavior from Bruce, or maybe even Clark...but Ms.
> Amanda Ward?  You are so banned for posting an OT subject.

I do try ya know! ;-)

> Happy holidays.

And the same to you.

Now off to work. Yeah, it kind of stinks, but they pay me reasonably  
well and it =is= double time today!

Amanda

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Merry Christmas

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All,

I've gotten a lot of good advice from the crowd on this list and just  
want to say thanks and wish everyone Happy Holidays.
Oh, and for you pet owners... Fleas Navidad!

Running away quickly

Amanda

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Re: Which printer do you like?

[Amanda Ward]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:50 , Bruce Johnson wrote:
>
> On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Sam Macomber wrote:
>
>> Cool!  I use a HP LaserJet 2100tn at home.   got it for free, it was
>> broken   found a piece of case plastic in the toner cart
>> roller.  pulled it out and it worked great  for a couple of years
>> any how.I'm sure it got a quite a bit of use in it's past life,
>> prints are getting degraded now,   leftover toner from previous  
>> prints
>> ends up on the next couple of pages. can hardly see it when
>> printing just text, but if an image is in there it gets bad.
>
> It needs cleaning, but the 2100tn is a damn fine workhorse. That's our
> office's main printer.

I have an HP Laserjet 4000, extracted from a client's leaky, rodent  
and bug infested storage building. Printed with streaks, smudges,  
lines and blank spots. Rescued it from the dumper and took it home.  
Cleaned it out with compressed air, cotton swabs and dust free cloths  
everywhere I could get to. Put in a new toner cartridge and it's been  
giving me excellent prints for the last 5 years. Not heavy usage, but  
probably run 30-40 reams of paper through so far, plus envelopes and  
disc labels.

Also have 2 - HP 4315 AIO printers and a 6988 wireless, color printer.  
Never had any serious problems with HP... 'cept their ink cartridges  
cost too d**n much (Tho' the company reimburses me for much of it)!  ;-)

Amanda

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Permissions??

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All,

I just bought a Maxtor 250GB USB2/Firewire 400 external drive... Connected
via USB. I want to format (erase) it as Mac OS. The format fails, saying I
don¹t have the permission to do so. Ah... I have an administrator account,
so why?
Anyway, I log in as root. Try to format the drive and and I¹m told I don¹t
have the permission to do so. WHAT??? Who has more permission in =my=
computer than the root user

Sawtooth 1.6GHz G4
Leopard 10.5.5

Prolly something simple, but I HATE it when my computer tells me I don¹t
have permission to do something. Agh... I¹ll unplug you, you evil
machine!!! ;-)

Help???

Amanda

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Project

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Hi All,

I'm looking for a project management app. for OS X.
Nothing fancy... I  have m$ project on a winderz 'book, but I find starting 
that thing up to be just too tedious.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Amanda
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Re: What Anti Virus?

[Amanda Ward]

Lol

On 12/8/08 4:17 , "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> What we have to sell is a bracket to hold the lighter in front of the
> stream from the can.
> 
> That, at least is how my crazy ex-room-mate used to kill
> cockroachesLysol makes a nice flamethrower. 8-)

An old college days distraction. Chasing ants with a can of deodorant and a
lighter attached attached by a rubber band.

Amanda



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Re: Plastics Care Followup

[Amanda Ward]

Heya Everyone...

Many thanks for the replies!!!

I tried several things and ultimately it was Goo-Gone and alcohol swabs that
did the trick. THANK YOU! (Yes ³shouting² because y¹all are great!)

At the risk of going deeper off topic with this... The monitor isn¹t the
only thing I got. If anyone is handy with SGI products, I have more
questions. Please contact me off list.

Thanks a bunch!

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Plastics Care

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

I have a question! 

I just got a monitor from Craig¹s list, for free. It¹s a 19² SGI, CRT. No,
no not a Mac, but I¹m using on my one of my Macs. What a beast... must be
close to 50 pounds.
Anyhow, some ³security conscious² individual wrote the system root password
on the front in black felt tip. Is there any way to remove this darned
blemish or, at least fade it a bit?

Thanks for any tips or advice!

Amanda

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Re: New to Macs with a FrankenSawtooth

[Amanda Ward]

On 11/11/08 17:16, "Dennis Myhand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Amanda Ward wrote:
>> Hey Dennis...
>> 
>> Is that Victoria, like... in Australia? Cool!
> 
> No.  It is Victoria, as in Coastal Texas, and it is usually hotter than
> hell, but for some reason this year we are getting an early winter.  The
> temp is down in the mid 80's.  For all you Celsiusians, that is about 30
> degrees.
>

Ah... The Lone Star State. I know that heat well. I was in the military and
spent many years at Ft. Bliss. Had to cover the interior of my car with
white towels so I could touch it to drive home in the afternoons.

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Re: New to Macs with a FrankenSawtooth

[Amanda Ward]

Hey Dennis...

On 11/11/08 15:59, "Dennis Myhand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> I put together a Sawtooth from spare parts I got from the swap list and
> now have it running Jaguar with 512 megs of RAM.  What I would like to
> know is, where do I get parts for this thing on the Internet?  What if I
> want to buy some more RAM?  What are the sites with memory and add-on
> cards for older, but still very useful, Macs?  Thanks, Dennis in Victoria

Is that Victoria, like... in Australia? Cool!

Anyway... I'm running a Sawtooth as my main machine. It's a little far from
its stock configuration.

I increased the RAM by cannibalizing some defunct peecees. Currently at 4 X
256 PC-133 - 1 GB.
The CPU is a Powerlogix G4/1.6 GHz obtained from OWC.
Internal hard drives (80 & 60 GB) are off the shelf units from Staples,
Office Depot, Radio Shack, etc...
DVD burner I got from a local computer repair shop. (Have to be careful...
Not all optical drives will boot a Mac.)
A USB 2.0 PCI card obtained from a local repair shop. (IOGear was the brand
name)
Until I bought Leopard (Which runs great!), I got my OS discs from eBay.

I'm guessing you are in Oz and may not have access to some of the retail
stores I mentioned, but I hope this gives you an idea of places to get toys
for your "toy"! ;-)

Amanda



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Re: Out of the Blue

[Amanda Ward]

Yeah...

On 11/10/08 12:34, "Kris Tilford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Dan wrote:
> 
>>> That's what happened. What I did was install "Dock Detox" for
>>> Entourage from Unsanity.
>> 
>> gah.  What's the deal with Unsanity's haxie?  It seems to break a lot
>> of things way too often!
> 
> This is unfair.

My bad. However, I "was" directed to the Unsanity download page from an
Entourage support page.
To be fair, there is nothing on the download page to indicate the
incompatibility. 
Clicking on the Support link takes you to a page with a link mentioning
compatibility with Intel Macs.
Clicking on =that= link, tho' I have a PPC Mac, takes you to a page
mentioning "the compatibility page for information regarding specific
products".
Click on =that= link and... Finally! You find out that, indeed, "Dock Detox"
doesn't work with Leopard.

So... While I didn't perform due research, I think Unsanity could have made
the information a tiny bit easier to find! ;-)

Amanda



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Re: Out of the Blue

[Amanda Ward]

Dan...

On 11/10/08 09:38, "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> gah.  What's the deal with Unsanity's haxie?  It seems to break a lot
> of things way too often!
> 
> See this article for recovery steps:
> 
> 
> In general, you need to get in there somehow and wipe out ApplicationEnhancer.
> 
> - Dan.

That did it!!! A million thanks!

Bruce and Bill... I certainly appreciate your assistance.

I downloaded that particular bit of software to keep Entourage from bouncing
it's icon all the time. I should have been a little suspicious when it had
no effect. 

Thanks again,

Amanda



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Re: Out of the Blue

[Amanda Ward]

On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:08 AM, insightinmind wrote:


> Thinking out loud ... Is 3GB rather small free space for Leopard?
>
> I'd try Safe Boot mode into Leopard (booting use Shift key down?),
> and, if successful, removing what you installed, and see what happens.
>
> Just thinking out loud ... someone else may have more reliable
> thoughts ...
>
>
> Bill Connelly
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> myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio

Bill and Bruce...

Can't get into safe mode. The system hangs before getting into the GUI.

The verbose output is chock full of "error", "can't" and "isn't"  
messages.

"can't determine dependencies"
"can't map module file"
"Has no explicit kernel dependency"
"isn't a valid mach-o"
"error mapping module file"
  Trying to boot safe mode stops with the following message:

"jnl: unknown-dev journal replay done"

Any insight from this?

I =kinda= suspect the system is hosed and while I can rebuild the  
thing, I =really= don't want to have to.

Amanda

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Out of the Blue

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

Leopard went away.

That's what happened. What I did was install "Dock Detox" for  
Entourage from Unsanity. I rebooted the system and got a blue screen  
with a mouse pointer. I can move the pointer around, but that's all  
that happens. I've seen this before and if I waited for a while, the  
desktop finally appeared. However, I waited an hour and 20 minutes  
and nothing.
I get no grey Apple screen, no spinning gear thingy... just the blue  
screen. I do have verbose mode in startup, but I'm not sure what I  
should be looking for there.

I booted from the Leopard DVD and ran disk utility. The utility  
reported two errors, file count and folder count. Those were repaired  
and the drive declared okey-dokey. Select the Leopard drive to reboot  
and I get the same result.

I can boot just fine from Tiger (Typing from there right now). The  
Leopard drive shows up on the desktop and the contents "appear"  
alright. Haven't tried booting 9.2.2.

Not sure what is going on with the system.

My Computer:
G4 Sawtooth
1.6 GHz Powerlogix CPU
1 GB SDRam
Leopard drive -> Maxtor 80 GB about 3 GB free Leopard 10.5.5
Tiger drive -> Maxtor 60 GB in two equal partitions. One with Tiger  
10.4.10 one with OS 9.2.2

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Amanda Ward


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Re: OS 10.3

[Amanda Ward]

Hi Anne,

On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:23 , Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

>
> Wondering the best way to get a copy of this - Apple sez they don't
> offer it anymore. Used or new? Ebay? Amazon? Is this legal? I'd go
> after 10.4 but I'd need a new processor.
>
> Anne Keller Smith
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> G4 Quicksilver 733mHz Tower
> 896 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, OS X 10.2.8
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Don't know what your usage might be, but I'm running Leopard on a  
Digital Audio 733 and it's fine for my uses. I suspect Tiger would be  
fine on your QS.

Amanda

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USB Drive Question

[Amanda Ward]

Hi All...

I've been using some USB drives (Flash and "Real" Hard Discs) and  
something caught my attention. In disc utility a USB drive has 2  
entries... the first shows the drive with the manufacturer's name  
ie... Hitachi and it has a MS-DOS FAT Volume Format, the second entry  
seems to be like a partition that can have any format. The disc  
utility entry for the drive looks like this... (Missing the drive  
icons and comments, of course!)

18.6 GB HITACHI_DK23CA-20 Media <-Can't erase
USB Portable <- Can erase

When I try to erase the actual drive, the top level, it never works...  
reverting to MS-DOS FAT. I can format the "partition" to anything Disc  
utility has to offer.

Is this normal? It's no big thing... just trying to understand the  
nature of the beast! :-)

Amanda 

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Re: Which OS X install discs will work with a G4?

[Amanda Ward]

Paul...

On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:42 , Paul wrote:

>
> On eBay, there are a lot of people selling OS X installers for
> specific hardware, and I'm wondering if any would work on my G4
> gigabyte system with a single processor. I'm looking for a way to get
> a copy of 10.4 inexpensively.

These discs should have remained with the system they were originally  
sold with. Selling them separately is somewhat less than proper.
=That= said... installing the grey, machine specific disc sets on a  
machine other that what they were sold with is pretty much a crap  
shoot. They might OR might not work. I suspect... the closer your  
machine family and the discs from another Mac are... the better your  
odds.

Amanda

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Re: Formatting Mac Disk for a PC

[Amanda Ward]

On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Dana Collins wrote:

> Hi Glen,
> Yes, formatting an additional drive on a PC is pretty goofy; it is  
> not hard
> once you know where to go, but even a modest search of "format hard  
> drive"
> at the Microsoft website gives a one a very quick trip to the  
> Twilight Zone
> - it's like MS does not want a novice to know this.
>
> Boot up Windoze normally, go to "Start" then "Run", and type in the  
> command
> "compmgmt.msc" (without the parentheses) and it will mount a hidden  
> utility
> that would be MS's version of Disk Utility. There the offending  
> 60Gig drive
> will be seen and able to be re-formatted.

There is an option in the GUI that allows the Computer Management app  
to show up in the main menu. It's under Start > Settings > "something  
to do with menus" and the check box is titled "Show Administrative  
Tools".
I can't remember the =exact= sequence, cuz' I'm stuck in a hotel a  
couple hundred miles from my winderz boxen.

Amanda

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Re: When did this happen?

[Amanda Ward]

Excellent!

That seems to have done the trick!

On Oct 19, 2008, at 1:11 , Donald Hall wrote:

>
> Click and hold on the icon in the dock (Control+Click, Right Click,
> also work).  See menu that pops up.
>
> -Donald Hall



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