Colour Classic goes POP

2005-12-27 Thread darren burbidge
looking at the 575 anologe board mod, Will it be cheaper? Help! Cheers in advance Darren PS I am in the UK -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL

Re: Boot Partition Selection

2005-12-22 Thread Darren
Thomas wrote: I formatted another drive and used used System Picker to change between system folders from different partitions and it worked. I'm not exactly sure what was fixed in the process, since I used the same formatting tool with the other drive I formatted. System Picker, like a

Re: Boot Partition Selection

2005-12-19 Thread Darren
Thomas wrote: I used HD SC Setup 7.3.5 to format and partition the drives. I also tried System Picker, but it doesn't show any selectable drives...I'm guessing this utility is to pick through mutiple systems on one partition, not among different partitions. What is the proper procedure for

Re: Mac Classic ll hard drive question ...

2005-11-23 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 22 Nov 2005, at 04:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC, HFS supports 2Tb drives, but the following URL has relevant information: http://chrislawson.net/writing/macdaniel/010219cl.shtml (Copypasted for your laziness ;) ) How Large a Drive Does My Mac Support?

Re: Clock chipping a SE/30?

2005-11-21 Thread Darren
Anthony Moss wrote: Does anyone have any information on how to clock chip a SE/30 to make it run at 25MHz? I have a IIsi that I can raid for parts. http://homepage.mac.com/schrier/mhz.html for info, the 2 replys earlier are correct. The si differs as it has more than one crystal oscillator

Re: Mac Classic Problem - Not Solved...

2005-11-16 Thread Darren
Tom Lee wrote: Hey everyone. It's seems as though the address errors have returned. I may have to go back and check every single disk again. In any case, someone has been nice enough to send out a Mac Plus. All it needs is a keyboard and mouse. I'll find one somehow. I'll keep everyone

Re: Antwort: Re: Booting a Classic II from SCSI Zip

2005-11-05 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you want to use a zip-drive for booting, then there must be a driver on the zip disk. Use Iomega Tools 4.2 when formatting your disk. Iomega-Tools places a hardware-driver on the disk. This driver is used to access the scsi-device when booting from this disk.

Re: Color Classic Upgrade using an 575 motherboard

2005-09-16 Thread Darren
Gary Danko wrote: You have an Amiga? That is great! :) I have an Amiga 2000 with an 060/50 and an Amiga 4000 with an 030/25. Both are mint condition. :) I also have an Amiga 3500 prototype as well! Sweet! 2x1200 030/50 and 040/50 and several 500's, they sorta go with the on topic macs. I

Re: Color Classic Upgrade using an 575 motherboard

2005-09-15 Thread Darren
Gary Danko wrote: Use OS 8.1. It is more stable and does not require any enablers. 7.1 is faster, cleaner, no fat and will do 96.8% of what bloated 8.1 will do. 8.1 is eye candy, while its the last supported 68k OS it is IMHO a bit heavy for all but the fastest 68k macs unless required by

Re: Color Classic Upgrade using an 575 motherboard

2005-09-15 Thread Darren
Gary Danko wrote: My CC is a real 040/33.. Not bad at all. Thats right, not bad. My amiga's now 040/50 and it does run OS8.1 for the hell of it, wonder why apple never made a highend 68k. Oh, did anyone use the 030/50 or 040/50 or 060/50 in a product line rather than just xlr8er card,

Re: Color Classic Upgrade using an 575 motherboard

2005-09-14 Thread Darren
Louis Labrie wrote: Stuart I am also in needs of these please, for my Color Classic. http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/enablers.html -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info:

Re: Mac Plus with A+ mouse

2005-09-07 Thread Darren
Sean Billings wrote: You can make simple converter cables that allow you to use Amiga or Atari ST mice, I have them detailed on my site. Thank you. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list

Re: Totally OT: A very happy Monday to all Australian list members - ignore

2005-08-29 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: I thought you might need something to cheer you up! ;-) Remember the fat lady? Stuart in England, leaving US and Canadian members mystified, no doubt. very ot. ;-) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac

Re: vintage apps

2005-08-05 Thread Darren
Gianluca Abbiati wrote: Hi everybody, I'm looking for Feathers space and MacASM, the first is a great 1985 game and the second is the first assembler compiler for the mac. Anybody knows where is possible to find them? I already contacted the producers with no reply. Thanks Underdogs

Re: Booting off of a CD with a compact mac

2005-08-05 Thread Darren
Thomas wrote: Hi All, This discussion started on another thread, but I thought I'd move it to a separate topic. How is it possible to boot off of a CD drive with a Plus or SE/30? I have tried on an SE/30 and Classic with an old Apple CD drive and they would not boot off the CD. I have

Re: SE CD-ROM

2005-08-02 Thread Darren
Ian Nixon wrote: I can't figure out how to make a CD in Mac OS X that would be bootable to a classic environment. I'm not sure if there is a way...I worked my derrière (:-P) off and wasted 10 CD-Rs trying to make an OS 8.6 (bootable) CD for my 7200 last year, using my iMac G4 (10.3.5 at

Re: Upgrading an SE's HD

2005-07-30 Thread Darren
Jeff Walther wrote: Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:05:25 +1000 From: Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Niven wrote: SCSI Mac hard drives need to be non-parity. But termination is probably the most critical thing. Why, if a drive comes from one mac as a boot disk and is inserted into another

Re: MacTracker

2005-07-30 Thread Darren
Bryan Kattwinkel wrote: on 7/29/05 2:08 PM, Dr.O.M.Betz wrote: ... MacTracker ... download the program which is a must for every Mac aficionado IMHO ... The Mac version of MacTracker requires Mac OS 9.2.x or later. It sort-of runs on 9.1 but your Mac will invariably crash shortly

Re: OS X AppleTalk myths

2005-07-30 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 30 Jul 2005, at 07:23, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote: on 7/28/05 3:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... i.e. OSX won't see your System 7 AppleTalk Macs. This is a myth. ALL versions of OS X support AppleTalk over Ethernet. They all work fine with AppleTalk-only

Re: OS X AppleTalk myths

2005-07-30 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 30 Jul 2005, at 12:23, Darren wrote: we have the ashes yet again, how dull. One match does not make a series. It's not over till the fat lady spins. If he can stay off the phone long enough its in the bag. You need 4 wins. :( not going to happen even without rain

Re: Upgrading an SE's HD

2005-07-29 Thread Darren
Lavode wrote: Hi List! I have a straight SE (not an SE/30), and it has an 80 mb HD that I want to put a 2 GB drive into. I can't get the SE to recognize the drive. The drive was in a 7300 running OS 9.x in it's previous life, so I put the new drive into an old PowerComputing tower running

Re: Upgrading an SE's HD

2005-07-29 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: SCSI Mac hard drives need to be non-parity. But termination is probably the most critical thing. Why, if a drive comes from one mac as a boot disk and is inserted into another mac as a boot disk would you even consider jumpers and termination? Same setup but the 7300's

Re: www.apple-history.com / printers...??

2005-07-28 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you do if none of the systems you own has a modern enough operating system to run MacTracker? The highest Mac O/S I use is 7.6. The highest Windoze O/S I use is '98 SE. Download the pc version! :) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by

Re: www.apple-history.com / printers...??

2005-07-28 Thread Darren
Dylan McDermond wrote: On Jul 28, 2005, at 7:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you do if none of the systems you own has a modern enough operating system to run MacTracker? You upgrade. Nah, upgrading every 6 months is for mac users, find a older version. More than

Re: User Interface Clarity!

2005-07-19 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Not everybody is a Mac fanatic here! :-) At least, I'm not (even if I do like Macs), and many other guys aren't. And I dissagree that the User Interface thing is off-topic: the main reason why System 6 is adorable is its simple and clean user interface, which places

Re: floppy drive cleaning?

2005-07-16 Thread Darren
Kenneth Smith wrote: There once was a time when the link to the FAQ was posted at the end of each email that was sent out from the list, and now I am wishing I had it bookmarked. If someone has the link, please post it again to the list. My question is likely addressed by the FAQ, and I'll

Re: User Interface Clarity!

2005-07-15 Thread Darren
NODEraser wrote: You know, I'm really tired of all this Mac vs. Windows crap. The reason I joined these lists was to get some insight on fixing up my old Macs. I don't really give a frack whose interface is better, or which processor architecture is superior. I use all platforms, all

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-07-04 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RANT: (not directed at you) A while back a lister posted a link to another blog-type site like Jaghouse and Applefritter uses, set up for old Macs. These are much better for this kind of troubleshooting and while I do not want drive traffic from LEM and I realize these

Re: Classic macs and capacitors

2005-07-04 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 4 Jul 2005, at 09:43, Darren wrote: Be sure to always post a complete faq link relating to a topic, the nanny gets upset at me if I just post http://macfaq.org/index.shtml just me, lucky I guess. Aha! So Darren is a re-incarnation of the pickle

Re: Apple Freeware (Re: Classic II Sound Problem)

2005-06-25 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: On Jun 24, 2005, at 6:36 AM, Darren wrote: It's pretty certain that they won't even support Classic on the Intel Macs at all. The emulators around now all work best on ppc, no surprise there - much faster. Classic support will suffer alittle, there is alot

Re: Classic II Sound Problem

2005-06-24 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I agree, emulators are the way to go. Unfortunately Apple does not officially support them and in fact, if any of the various emulators out there actually took off commercially, I think Apple would crack down on them. Many of the developers are fearful of this and

Re: Apple Freeware (Re: Classic II Sound Problem)

2005-06-24 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:31 AM, Darren wrote: I first tried ShapeShifter in 97 or 98, you know now it as Basilisk II. Shareware the eventually freeware for the amiga. I was under the impression that Basilisk II was based on the UAE (Unreliable Amiga Emulator) source

Re: GuyProfiles.com email message...

2005-06-21 Thread Darren
Brian Harding wrote: Actually, I doubt it's anyone on the list. More likely is a trojan or worm that has found it's way onto a list member's hard drive and is simply plucking addresses from their Inbox, or in this case, their Compact Mac inbox. Since they've both been targetted at folks

Re: Sorry

2005-06-16 Thread Darren
J.S. Garrison wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: J.S. Garrison wrote: Mebbe I oughtta test more often. Looking like spam to me, you want to knock it off now?? ~~~ I'm one of the longest-subbed members of this list. It's with a guaranteed

Re: Sorry, Need To Send A Test 'Mail

2005-06-15 Thread Darren
J.S. Garrison wrote: Mebbe I oughtta test more often. Looking like spam to me, you want to knock it off now?? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info:

Re: Sorry, Need To Send A Test 'Mail

2005-06-15 Thread Darren
Darren wrote: J.S. Garrison wrote: Mebbe I oughtta test more often. Looking like spam to me, you want to knock it off now?? :) No worse than the other replies. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html

Re: Sorry, Need To Send A Test 'Mail

2005-06-15 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 15 Jun 2005, at 08:30, Darren wrote: Mebbe I oughtta test more often. Looking like spam to me, you want to knock it off now?? That was quite uncalled for, Darren, certainly without a smiley at the end. Accusing people of spamming is off-topic for this list

Re: AppleTalk OSX and earlier

2005-06-05 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure you can ... select OS 8.1 Base then select only the needed Remus extension and it will prompt you to make a new set. But it seems like based on the Apple TIL articles that Any version of OS8 can access OSX, just not vice-versa. Of course OSX Macs are connected via

Re: 128k Manufacture Date

2005-05-31 Thread Darren
Dylan McDermond wrote: On May 30, 2005, at 6:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody got a 128k made before February 7th 1984? Is there a link to deciphering the serial to find manufacture date? http://macfaq.org/serial.html from http://macfaq.org/index.shtml which you should all know.

Re: 1GB Compaq SCSI Hard drive

2005-05-29 Thread Darren
Sean Billings wrote: Just found scsi probe and tried it, it says the bus is not terminated, so if some sort of external termination could be made on the internal 50 way cable the drive possibly could work, there is no SIL sockets on the drive itself so I assume it performed some sort of powered

Re: HFS CD-R burning on PC

2005-05-28 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Hi, folks! Maybe this is a bit in the border of the list's topic, but as the target machine for this is my Classic II, I think it's still inside. Up to now, I have use an external SCSI hard drive and a USB-to-SCSI converter in oder to copy files from my PCs to my

Re: Anyone interested in...?

2005-05-28 Thread Darren
Phil Hosie wrote: On 28/5/05 11:06 PM, Antonio Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I see that, it's more a matter on how you take it than a matter of money. After all, it's a hobby, just as classic cars aficionados. Agreed!...there is nothing more satisfing than to get a old compact,

Re: 1GB Compaq SCSI Hard drive

2005-05-27 Thread Darren
Sean Billings wrote: Scsi-probe and a hacked version of hd sc setup. I did try the patched version of hd sc setup but it couldn't see anything either. Yes but have you tried to see the drive with scsi probe or mt everything ? Better to see the drive before looking for format tools, John's

Re: 1GB Compaq SCSI Hard drive

2005-05-26 Thread Darren
Sean Billings wrote: Hello, I've just got hold of a 1GB SCSI Compaq Harddrive and thought I would see if I can get it to work, but I can't get MacEnvy or Lido to recognise it on the SCSI bus, is there anything I can try? Scsi-probe and a hacked version of hd sc setup. -- Compact Macs is

Re: ROM Images? Tips?

2005-04-22 Thread Darren
Al Dowd wrote: Dyson shows up on late-night cable channels, touting his device that generates 1000 times the force of gravity! Knew to what you were referring, but enjoyed the possible ambiguity. :) Al D. Stuart Bell wrote: On 21 Apr 2005, at 22:55, Al Dowd wrote: Aside to Stuart: Dysoned

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-14 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: On 4/13/05, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our first ppc had both installed I'm fairly sure it was called Network and lived in the apple extras folder. Hmm. I've disabled OT using Extension Manager, copied in MacTCP and it works, significantly quicker, too

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-14 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: I have to re catalog my commodore/amiga software, may I send you a list of names of the programs I am refering to offlist? Do you have Tracers, published by Microillusion? One good turn deserves another. I'll relist what I have and contact you offlist by the weekend.

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-13 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: On 4/13/05, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing wrong with the shell, It's... ideosyncratic, to say the least. I know DOS, CP/M, VAX-VMS, Unix, Acorn RISC OS and more I couldn't make head or tail of it. No help, no nothing. Still, it is venerable. :) funny, I

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-13 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: On 4/13/05, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are third party VM programs, all very fussy none remain installed, yet the mac emulator has no problem if the cpu is right, no (e) I have to say I'm finding your writing rather hard to follow. It would really help if you

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-13 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: OK I'll type slower for you. You can install programs that will give the amiga virtual VM. You can't, because the API that would have allowed you to usefully take advantage of VM got screwed up by early application developers who didn't use it, so it was never turned

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-12 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: Got my first Miggy about 6-7yr ago. Lovely machine, weird GUI, incomprehensible CLI. Must get OS 3.9 one of these days. I also want to try to run a Mac emulator on it sometime. Nothing wrong with the shell, the GUI is completely customizable. Fusion is the only mac emulator

Re: Surfing on a Classic II

2005-04-12 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: I did it! ...Gosh. Yay. Same here with a Classic but a bit of time has past. ;) You can't actually *do* very much, can you? You can do more than me I'd imagine. I'm now tempted to try changing the MacOS 7.6.1 install - which after /considerable/ grief I managed to move

Re: running 2 HD's simultaniousley

2005-04-09 Thread Darren
Jack Gallemore wrote: ISTR that Apple had issues with master/slave arrangements on IDEs. LowendMac confirms that (http://lowendmac.com/500/lc580.shtml). Look at the 'Cautions' paragraph. Jack Could you please CUT the crap before replying. As you wish to quote Lowend try reading

Re: Master of sarcasm :-)

2005-04-05 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: I don't know about the Dayna version but the Asante ENSC requires a driver to be installed. It's on a floppy from Asante. I think it needs a minimum of OS 6.0.7 - I've used it in a Classic II with OS's from 6.0.8L to 7.6.1. I prefer the first :-) Best regards,

Re: Why do you like them?

2005-04-02 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: You are correct, it runs Tru64, Old RH or MDK, all 64-bit. MDK? There's an alpha port of Mandrake. Debian may be a better option. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list

Re: Why do you like them?

2005-04-01 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: Microsoft never released a 64-bit version of NT for the Alpha. We have been a DEC/Compaq/HP partner since before the Alpha existed, and we've never got our hands on one... they're all 32-bit, with 32-bit-only APIs. Do you have some non-released software? I'd love to see a

Re: Why do you like them?

2005-04-01 Thread Darren
Liam Proven wrote: You know, I got offered such a machine by a friend recently, for free - but I turned it down. I haven't got the room nor any real use for it. For some reason, it doesn't push my cool kit button; I don't know why... I dont know why either, room is a big requirement, new

Re: Gamba?

2005-03-11 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: That is very, very naughty of them. Or someone. After all, someone could make an almost complete collection of the very old System discs which Apple used to allow Gamba to have on his site. Then they could burn them to CD for posterity. Just think how many people - even those

Gamba?

2005-03-10 Thread Darren
Hi I was wondering if anyone here has had any contact with Gamba since november 1st 2003? The reason for the question apart from missing his input to the list the last time his site was updated was they same week of his last post to this or any other lem list I'm on, that together with a inbox

Re: SE/30 Upgrades

2005-02-28 Thread Darren
Luke Brennan wrote: I've now gone an evil route with another SE/30 shell.. Shoehorned in a 9 monochrome POS monitor (SVGA) and a Mini-ITX motherboard.. running WinXP.. Hi Luke. Have a look round for the Axion model CV-1053 if your after a colour POS to fit. To keep the one eyed mac users happy,

Re: structure of the disks themselves

2005-02-24 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: It's because of sector formatting. Here's a section of track, full of 1s and 0s: 10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010

Re: structure of the disks themselves

2005-02-24 Thread Darren
Peter da Silva wrote: On the Amiga, they wrote the entire track in one pass, so you only had to put the inter-sector gap at the end of the track. That gave you 1760K on a 2Mo flippy. You could also drop most of the sector headers by modifying AmigaDOS and get 1920K in a 2Mo floppy, so long as you

Re: 400/800k disks

2005-02-22 Thread Darren
Ian Nixon wrote: oh and tape over the 2nd hole. This method does not work for a long time. When I got my Mac II (my first Mac with an 800k drive), I tried this method, and no less than 10 minutes later, the disk didn't work. Do not use this method for backups or for any important

Re: Lost it

2005-02-22 Thread Darren
Ken wrote: - Try: http://www.macfaq.org/hardware/misc.shtml#Q2.8.12 The pickle hasn't been around here for some time, but his FAQ lives on. http://macfaq.org/serial.html This covers 400k 800k disks http://www.macfaq.org/hardware/media.shtml#Q2.3.2 Bookmark it and download the html version

Footers and offlist requests

2005-02-02 Thread Darren
What do you think nanny cause I'm sick of it, I mean how hard is it even for mac users? cheers -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users,

Re: Mail Program for my mac...

2005-01-22 Thread Darren
John Laughlin wrote: Brian, probably your best bet would be to find a copy of Eudora Light, 3.x or older. I'm still using 1.5.5 under 9.2.2, but that's on a completely off-topic machine. -J Hey Guys, I have a Macintosh Color Classic running System 7. Where can I find a good mail program for it,

Re: Screen-sharing with OSX?

2005-01-20 Thread Darren
j lindsey wrote: I have an aluminum powerbook running OSX.3.7, with a crossover ethernet cable going to my wonderful Color Classic running OS 7.5.5. I'm running the latest OT for 7.5.5, and internet sharing works over the X-over cable. The color classic connects to my home folder on X.3

Re: SimasiMac

2005-01-15 Thread Darren
Mike wrote: Hello, Firstly, Darren thanks for the SE/40 link , interesting reading indeed, now firmly bookmarked ! Thank Norman not I, a very nice person still subbed to the list with a project or two up his sleeve. I got my Axion 9 from the POS (point of sale) section in ebay. Worth a look

SE40 for Mike

2005-01-13 Thread Darren
Hi for anyone interested in my SE40 remark check http://www.macjag.de/index.html a very good site. Sorry Mike my junk filter ate the message, hope the link helps. Hi listers, thank you for your patience and your e-mails off-list - I put a description of my Macintosh SE/40 online now (its in

Re: Ok, now it won't work

2005-01-13 Thread Darren
Jake Norcross wrote: I got it working. . . and to prove it, here's my settings: Is that all I need to remember? I swear I wrote that down. . . You will require the DNS entry, I didn't see it in your last message? Appletalk is working? Good! Can't think of anything else of importance. Well done,

Re: Mini...

2005-01-12 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 12 Jan 2005, at 01:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: think itll work in a CC? It'll fit, no problem. But the CRT won't go beyond 640 x 480 and 10 LCDs get very cramped at 800 x 600. Several Mac OS X apps now want 1024 x 768, so you're into an external screen; what's the point?

Re: Mac SE on the net! (sortof)

2005-01-10 Thread Darren
Jake Norcross wrote: ok, now it won't even connect to the iBook. . . :( I also still can't get Eudora to work; everytime, it gives me the None of the dns servers can be found error. Any ideas? Make sure your ICS is running properly. Do you have a readme for setting up a static connection to it

Re: Mac SE on the net! (sortof)

2005-01-09 Thread Darren
Jake Norcross wrote: I may have done it. . . I'm using System 6.0.8 and an SE PDS ethernet card to connect; using Internet Sharing in Mac OS 10.2.8 through the ethernet port of my iBook. I can mount the drives, but I can't seem to get on the net with Mac WWW. I figure this is because MacWWW

Re: Advice for networking new CC

2004-12-10 Thread Darren
Joey Lindsey wrote: So I've gotten an LC ethernet card and a crossover cable, and my CC can see the Powerbook (OSX.3) in the chooser. When I try to connect, however, it says (something like) This server uses an incompatible version of afp. Please contact your administrator blah blah blah The CC

Re: This should work, but isn't...

2004-12-10 Thread Darren
Russell Shannon wrote: Have you confirmed that the bridge works Yes. The bridge works fine. Perhaps the version of AppleTalk that came with System 6.0 can't see past the bridge? Could it be a voltage problem? The bridge has its own power supply, though... Any and all ideas (except alien

Re: Classic, Networking and Internet

2004-12-06 Thread Darren
Dylan McDermond wrote: Now I've dedicated some time into reclaiming my youth. I haven't used a classic Mac OS in nearly 20 years, since I was in high school. My family had an upgraded 512k running as a Plus and Dad was a trailblazer in TeleCommuting to work with it. Just this week I've gotten a

Re: Classic, Networking and Internet

2004-12-05 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: To clarify, I think there are two issues here: 1. Can you use TCP/IP under 7.5.5? Im sure the answer is 'yes'. 2. Can SCSI-Ethernet adapters carry TCP/IP as opposed to 'pure' AppleTalk. I don't know the answer to that one. But there's no point worrying about question 1 until

Re: Old graphics/DTP software.

2004-12-04 Thread Darren
Marcin Wichary wrote: I am running a website, and part of this website is a collection of various application splash screens (http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/splashes). I was hoping that some of you here might have installed some of the following software on their vintage Macs: -

Re: hello

2004-11-30 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Julian Belistri ha escrito: can i install linux? Oh, I forgot to reply to that. I'm affraid there isn't an Unix that runs on a plain 68000. But I may be wrong. What I can say for sure is that both AUX (Apple's Unix), BSD and Linux require a 68030 or better processor. If

Re: hello

2004-11-29 Thread Darren
Julian Belistri wrote: well... is here somebody? i don´t write english, bacause i´m from Argentine. Yes there are somebodys here... Hi Julian English is all I speak as with many others here, I'm sure there is someone else who can speak Spanish so do you best with english and do it again in spanish

Re: Monster Mac

2004-11-20 Thread Darren
James Rice wrote: Anyone know anything about an upgrade board for a 128 called a Monster Mac from a company called Levco? I bought a 128 motherboard p/n 630-0101 that has a Monstar Mac board attached. Just curious if it needs special software or extension to run or if it's worth keeping. James Hi

Re: Browser for older macs

2004-11-20 Thread Darren
Greg Grady wrote: What kind of fun am I suppost to have at puremac.com 's www page? http://www.pure-mac.com/ http://www.pure-mac.com/webb.html You can find other browsers, earlier versions and 128 bit patches on Gambas site. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support

Re: Browser for older macs

2004-11-19 Thread Darren
Casolai ! wrote: Speaking of browsers, can I get idea's on which browser is best for my CC/575 setup? Its got 68040 cpu, 132mb ram, 4.3gig drive, and OS 8.1. I have heard of iCAN, but haven't tried it yet, are there any other fairly modern browsers that work on 68k? Java would be nice, but not

Re: Disk imaging software

2004-11-17 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Does DiskCopy 4 really make raw disk images with header? Nice! CiderPress lets you access without problem any raw disk image with header, given that you know the size of the header, and convert it to a headerless image. And if it didn't, it isn't too hard to write a

Re: Disk imaging software

2004-11-16 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Hi! Maybe it's a bit of off-topic, but as I intend to do it with my Classic, I think it's at least in the border ;-) . I have recently received a bunch of 3.5 (800 kb) Apple ][ disks. I'd like to create images of them, to be able to transfer them to my PC and use them with

Re: Disk imaging software

2004-11-16 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: My //e doesn't get much work, null modem cable? Anything on asimov that will help? My //e doesn't have a 3.5 drive :-( . If it had, I could read the disks without additional tools... Your saying you //e cant speak to other computers or you cant find a term program to use

Re: Disk imaging software

2004-11-16 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Darren ha escrito: Your saying you //e cant speak to other computers or you cant find a term program to use with a null modem cable. No, it's exactly the opposite problem. My //e has a working Super Serial Card, and I have already written a couple of programs that allow

Re: FTP Site...again

2004-11-07 Thread Darren
John-Robert La Porta wrote: After much time and effort I managed to get my FTP Site up again. If people could test accessing it, I would be grateful. It can be accessed at: ftp://24.47.77.81 Thanks a bunch, Currently no go John via web browsers or ftp clients. :( Timedout with both. I hope its

Re: MacTerminal?

2004-10-23 Thread Darren
Andrew Holmes wrote: i was just wondering if there was some mac boot diskette (mac os or other) that would boot up to a command line interface with a basic word processor with save function that primarily is used as a serial terminal? unless im mistaken, isnt localtalk some form of serial?

Re: DART?

2004-10-22 Thread Darren
Mike wrote: Hi all, This might be ever so slightly OT, if so then I humbly apologise I have several 3.5 floppy disks formatted and written to, on a Lisa many years ago and there is some data on them that I wish to get back. I have no Lisa, but plenty of compact Macs ;-) It occurs to me that

Re: Sales and Wants now OK on the list - with strictconditions!

2004-10-18 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: This isn't a swap list. This is a mailing list about compact Macintoshes (all the Macs that have the same compact design and form factor as the original 128k). The point is that now we're allowing trade on monays. But all the seven days of the week (including mondays!) the

Re: What version of Dantz Retrospect would work with an Apple Macintosh IIci with 128Mb 2.0GB SCSI running Mac OS7.6.1 in conjunction with an external HP Surestore DAT8 Drive (HP C1533A)

2004-09-27 Thread Darren
Geraint Searle - Web wrote: Q1) Which version of Dantz Retrospect would work with the following setup ; Apple Macintosh IIci with 128Mb 2.0GB SCSI running Mac OS7.6.1 in conjunction with an external HP Surestore DAT8 Drive (HP C1533A) I think it should be Dantz Retrospect v4.0, although I am

Re: iMac CD-ROM in a compact?

2004-09-19 Thread Darren
Stuart Bell wrote: On 19 Sep 2004, at 04:50, Jeff Hubatka wrote: The FP iMac in my room uses a standard 5.25 inch drive, Now, I _am_ sceptical about that! ;-) 3.5? How wide is a cd? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac

Re: Speaking of LCDs in SE/30's...

2004-08-21 Thread Darren
Jack Gallemore wrote: From: Joshua Coombs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Speaking of LCDs in SE/30's... sorry Looking at the cheaper side... VIA Epia micro-itx mobos should fit, I can almost fit a standard micro-atx mobo with some work. Pear PC is nearing full functionality with OS X, really just

Re: interesting question

2004-07-29 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Darren ha escrito: I'll save you from a pile of links that say rawrite (dd) works with mac disk image files as I've tried and failed to get this to work on both nix and doze for vintage or compact macs. ymmv ;) It depends on what you understand a Mac disk image file

Re: interesting question

2004-07-29 Thread Darren
Antonio Rodríguez wrote: Hi, Darren. I'm sorry if I didn't explained well in my last e-mail. I did not intend to show you were wrong or you didn't know - which I actually don't believe. I only wanted to make clear the difference between DiskCopy and raw disk images, and between the utilities

Re: interesting question

2004-07-29 Thread Darren
Darren wrote: winrawrite which is of coarse rawritewin. bedtime obviously. ;) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto

Re: interesting question

2004-07-27 Thread Darren
Jason Fossella wrote: Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I've just tried writing a rawrite image with dd to a floppy- no go. Basilisk II can't see the floppy drive, because it's attached to the USB port, so that's also out. Yes, I guessed that would happen. :( I'm afraid I'm going to have to try

Re: interesting question

2004-07-26 Thread Darren
Jason Fossella wrote: No prob. My various problems have spanned about three threads at this point. I have a Mac Classic II. What's happened is, while installing Open Transport, I lost power. Now I get a ? disk icon when I boot, so I'm guessing the System Folder got corrupted when I lost power. I

Re: Mystic Networking Problems

2004-06-01 Thread Darren
Chris Hood wrote: Think we may be making some progress here guys. I went to install the driver from the link Darren sent me and I get a message saying that the item network cannot be deleted, move the file to another folder and try running the installer again. then I check the System folder where

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