Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul
Pretty much any HP laser printer with a model number 2000 is a well   made, reliable printer, any one with a number lower than that suxrox. Probably true, if you're talking about 4-digit model numbers, and not older models like the 4, 5, and 6 series (except for the top loading ones). II's

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul
Pretty much any HP laser printer with a model number 2000 is a well   made, reliable printer, any one with a number lower than that suxrox. Probably true, if you're talking about 4-digit model numbers, and not older models like the 4, 5, and 6 series (except for the top loading ones). II's

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul
Pretty much any HP laser printer with a model number 2000 is a well   made, reliable printer, any one with a number lower than that suxrox. Probably true, if you're talking about 4-digit model numbers, and not older models like the 4, 5, and 6 series (except for the top loading ones). II's

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Paul
I forgot before that the top-loading models have an L in the model name; e.g., 4L, 5L, 6L. D means duplex, M means Postscript-ready, and N network-ready. I don't know what the other letters mean, such at T or X or V or i. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

eMac Questions about Power Button

2008-12-29 Thread Paul
Suddenly I find myself with two eMacs discarded by other people glad to get rid of them. One of them has a wrecked power button, and that's where my questions originate. Do all the different eMac models use the same power button? On this one, it looks like the button plugs into a 3-pin

Best USB 2.0 PCI card for Quicksilver?

2008-12-29 Thread dorayme
Date: Sun, Dec 28 2008 5:15 pm From: tonycd I know there are a million of 'em. I'm also sure that some of them make needless problems. Any ideas which I should want? I bought a Belkin one for my QS and it has been great for years. -- dorayme

Re: Taping Cats

2008-12-29 Thread Jeff Bequette
It was a fun visual for a moment- but couldn't see how it helped the speakers.Happy New Year! Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com On Dec 28, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:28 AM -0500 12/27/2008, insightinmind wrote: My PCI Graphics G4 450oc Yikes! has a flaky Speaker Out plug ...

What About This Mac?

2008-12-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
Hello, I clicked on About this Mac in the menu and then tried to click on More Info, but this shows up gray so it doesn't respond. I've never had this happen before. Any suggestions? I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.6. Thanks Wilton Wilton Shaw whs...@verizon.net

Re: HP Printers not compatible?-was which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Jeff Bequette
Which HP printer did you have? When did they tell you this? Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com On Dec 28, 2008, at 8:15 PM, cheryl wrote: I emailed HP about my printer and they said it's not compatible with Mac OSX Leopard. I'm going to give it to my brother who's on a PC and see if he

My G4 Has Insomnia

2008-12-29 Thread Yersinia
Hi Listers, Time to have more fun with my G4 Quicksilver 867 (Tiger 10.4.9/OS 9.2.2 for Classic) here. I like to put it to sleep when I go to bed at night, and it always did (I'd click the mouse in the morning to wake it up) -- until the last two nights. But yes, there's been a significant

Re: What About This Mac?

2008-12-29 Thread Michael Kopp
At 9:13 AM -0500 29/12/08, Wilton Shaw wrote: Hello, I clicked on About this Mac in the menu and then tried to click on More Info, but this shows up gray so it doesn't respond. I've never had this happen before. Any suggestions? I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.6. Clicking on More Info

Re: What About This Mac?

2008-12-29 Thread Dan
At 9:13 AM -0500 12/29/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: eMac, using OS 10.5.6. I clicked on About this Mac in the menu and then tried to click on More Info, but this shows up gray so it doesn't respond. I've never had this happen before. The system couldn't find System Profiler.app Make sure it's

Re: Classic on OS10 Problem

2008-12-29 Thread Michael B. in Cincinnati
Chuck, About this Mac says that the OS9 drivers are loaded onto the new HD. Magic! - Michel B. in Cincinnati On Dec 29, 12:07 am, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: On Dec 28, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: Charles, thanks; but as I noted above, that box is checked.

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-29 Thread Sam Macomber
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

Re: FireWire 800 MDD chimes but won't start up.

2008-12-29 Thread jonas ulrich
This happened to me just the other day on my DP500MHZ. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and it worked.-Jonas On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Aaron wrote: My FireWire 800 MDD chimes once when I try to start it, and

Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread jonas ulrich
I have heard that there are two types of quicksilvers, the 2001 and the 2002. I heard that the 2002 didn't have the 128GB hard drive limit and the 2001 did? is this true? how do i know which is the 2002?-Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/29/08 3:18 PM, jonas ulrich of jonasulrich3...@gmail.com sent I have heard that there are two types of quicksilvers, the 2001 and the 2002. I heard that the 2002 didn't have the 128GB hard drive limit and the 2001 did? is this true? how do i know which is the 2002? -Jonas Hi Jonas,

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Donald Hall wrote: On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:18 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have heard that there are two types of quicksilvers, the 2001 and the 2002. I heard that the 2002 didn't have the 128GB hard drive limit and the 2001 did? is this true? how do i know which is

Re: Best Bookmark Organizer?

2008-12-29 Thread Dan
At 2:54 PM -0600 12/29/2008, Bill Arnold wrote: Before I spend for a bookmark organization utility/app. what does the gang recommend? I've used both BookDog and URL Manager Pro. Heard good about both. The TidBITS folx seem to really like the latter. Personally, I got tired of them and went

Re: What About This Mac?

2008-12-29 Thread Wilton Shaw
I couldn't find System Profiler.app in /Applications/Utilities. Wilton On Dec 29, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:13 AM -0500 12/29/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: eMac, using OS 10.5.6. I clicked on About this Mac in the menu and then tried to click on More Info, but this shows up gray so

anyone have a 2002 powermac for sale???

2008-12-29 Thread jonas ulrich
I am looking to buy a powermac 2002 or later i don't care if it has ram or hard drive. just as long as it has a motherboard and power supply and works. -Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Ramsowr
Yes it's true... no limiting factor when it comes to hard drives As for tell which is which... I solved that problem by buying the dual 1 GB Power PC G4 aka Quicksilver 2002 the original QS never offered a 1GB Dual. And yes I'm running the most current OS X Tiger 10.5.6 In my mind the QS

Re: Best Bookmark Organizer?

2008-12-29 Thread Richard Ramsowr
Check out Free Mac Ware at http://www.freemacware.com/ They have a couple of freebees that do a great job... can't think of the name off hand but I know there there... Yours Rick Rick Houston --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread PeterH
On Dec 29, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: 2002 boards are often referred to by their part number 820-1342-b The older boards are 820-1276 or something like that. If it has the original processor, the 2001s without large HD support have 733, 867 and Dual 800 G4 processors. The

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread PeterH
On Dec 29, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: As for tell which is which... I solved that problem by buying the dual 1 GB Power PC G4 aka Quicksilver 2002 the original QS never offered a 1GB Dual. The 2002 was available with a dual 1.0 GHz ... the 2001 was available with a

Re: Best Bookmark Organizer?

2008-12-29 Thread Brian Durant
Bookdog has a weird interface, but is superb at what it does - just about everything. Syncing between browsers, syncing with Delicious and Google Bookmarks, etc. Brian On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Richard Ramsowr r.rams...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Check out Free Mac Ware at

Re: What About This Mac?

2008-12-29 Thread Dan
At 4:03 PM -0500 12/29/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: Please remember to BOTTOM POST and TRIM. On Dec 29, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:13 AM -0500 12/29/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote: eMac, using OS 10.5.6. I clicked on About this Mac in the menu and then tried to click on More Info, but this shows

Re: Best Bookmark Organizer?

2008-12-29 Thread jfMac
I've been using Foxmark on Firefox for more than a year; it syncs bookmarks between 4 macs. Never had a problem with the syncs. I think they now have it for Safari as well. Organization? that's something else, and I'm listening. jf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: Best Bookmark Organizer?

2008-12-29 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Bill Arnold wrote: Before I spend for a bookmark organization utility/app. what does the gang recommend? Sam Sam, URL Manager is great if you use multiple browsers or have reason to manage more than one Bookmark collection. Dale

Re: no sound

2008-12-29 Thread Charles Davis
Wild guess!!! Click on the Speaker Icon at the top of the screen (right side), is it maybe turned way down? Chuck D. On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Claire Hart wrote: My Powerbook is a 1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 with 2 GB of RAM running 10.4.11, purchased July 2004. About three weeks ago, the

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread insightinmind
Got Mactracker? http://www.mactracker.ca/ I like my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz ... always wanted one since they came out - the Dual nature sort of snagged me. Purchased it off eBay several years ago for around $500. Doesn't have the 128GB limit. Bypassed the limit in my Yikes! PCI Graphics by using

Re: Best USB 2.0 PCI card for Quicksilver?

2008-12-29 Thread tonycd
I thought of Belkin; I know from experience their quality is usually good. Have you run into any of the sleep mode problems, etc? On Dec 29, 12:19 am, dorayme dora...@optusnet.com.au wrote: Date: Sun, Dec 28 2008 5:15 pm From: tonycd I know there are a million of 'em. I'm also sure that

Re: Best USB 2.0 PCI card for Quicksilver?

2008-12-29 Thread PeterH
On Dec 29, 2008, at 4:42 PM, tonycd wrote: I thought of Belkin; I know from experience their quality is usually good. Have you run into any of the sleep mode problems, etc? I bought a Belkin from one of the big box stores many years ago. That USB 2.0/1.1 combo card with Firewire 400 has

Re: anyone have a 2002 powermac for sale???

2008-12-29 Thread Vic
On Dec 29, 2:07 pm, jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking to buy a powermac 2002 or later i don't care if it has ram or hard drive. just as long as it has a motherboard and power supply and works. -Jonas Try WTB (want to buy) on the LEMSwap list

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 29, 2008, at 6:41 PM, insightinmind wrote: Leopard is eye-candy rich. And speed slow on PPC CPUs. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -