Re: Finding a v.90 modem for a G3 B/W

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
I have a G3 Tray Loader Bondi $30.00 (negotable) plus shipping, with the Modem. If your interested. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: This G3 is for someone on an extremely limited budget, who's mainly using the computer for email. Otherwise, broadband would make

Re: Finding a v.90 modem for a G3 B/W

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
Does'nt have a Keyboard or Mouse, but It does start up. The Disk Drive works. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Kyle Parish parishky...@gmail.com wrote: I have a G3 Tray Loader Bondi $30.00 (negotable) plus shipping, with the Modem. If your interested. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Paul

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 27, 2008 12:55 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Steve Jobs Oh My

2009-01-16 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Anne Keller-Smith earth...@ptd.net wrote: I hope he gets better soon, such a unique individual. Just needed to vent. I also have some Apple stock - groan. __ Perhaps of interest;

Re: Safari RSS vulnerability: pay heed!

2009-01-16 Thread dorayme
Date: Thurs, Jan 15 2009 11:58 am From: Bruce Johnson On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I'm unsure whether that simply means it's running, or if Safari is selected as the default browser. Windows Safari 3.2.1 (525.27.1) is different from OS X Safari 3.2.1 (5525.27.1).

Re: Password change

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 15, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Woody wrote: -Original Message- From: gda1...@aol.com Sent: Dec 14, 2008 8:24 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Password change I have a clamshell i book and I need to change the password and I have forgotten hows tgo do so: if I ever

Re: Safari RSS vulnerability: pay heed!

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:08 AM, dorayme wrote: Date: Thurs, Jan 15 2009 11:58 am From: Bruce Johnson On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I'm unsure whether that simply means it's running, or if Safari is selected as the default browser. Windows Safari 3.2.1 (525.27.1) is

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Tom wrote: Safari is faster but doesn't have the AdBlock plug-in that squelches most of the ads on webpages so effectively. I'd go back to Safari if it did. Ascii shall receive: http://fsbsoftware.com/index.html click on the SafariBlock link on the left.

Re: Playing AAC+ on a Mac

2009-01-16 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I wonder if a current WMP for Mac would work with this or a similar plug in . That would be ironic, if WMP under OS X played AAC+ better than

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread Dan
At 11:11 PM -0800 1/15/2009, Tom wrote: This combination of Firefox and OS-X crashes on me every day. It happens after Firefox has been in use for a few hours, often idle in the background. The sign of an oncoming crash is new webpages appearing with scrambled text or error messages. Sounds

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread Dan
At 8:15 AM -0700 1/16/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Tom wrote: Safari is faster but doesn't have the AdBlock plug-in that squelches most of the ads on webpages so effectively. I'd go back to Safari if it did. Ascii shall receive:

Re: Safari Slow to open

2009-01-16 Thread Dan
At 5:21 PM -0500 1/15/2009, Wilton Shaw wrote: OS 10.5.6 eMac memory? free HD space? My Safari browser has recently slowed way down whenever I try to open it. The blue filler takes 30 seconds or more to fill in the horizontal bar. This happens no matter what I try to open. I tried cleaning

Re: stripped screw RAM cover iMac

2009-01-16 Thread Steve R
At 4:22 PM -0800 1/15/09, glen posted: - Original Message From: Steve R mailing.lists.2...@gmail.com My new RAM arrived this morning to upgrade the refurbished iMac (aluminum) and when I turned it over, I immediately saw that the phillips head screw has been stripped. I even

Re: stripped screw RAM cover iMac

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Steve R wrote: I burned at second disc at 6x but Toast still burned 1x/2x. Is there any reason whatsoever changing RAM should have affected burning speeds? Should/Could I have done a PRAM reset on the restart? Sadly yes, bad ram could be doing that. Get memtest

Re: stripped screw RAM cover iMac

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Steve R wrote: I burned at second disc at 6x but Toast still burned 1x/2x. Is there any reason whatsoever changing RAM should have affected burning speeds? Should/Could I have done a PRAM reset on the

Re: stripped screw RAM cover iMac

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
I've used vise-grips to get ahold of a screw head and loosened it that way. The worse thing that could happen is for the grips to slip off. If you have vise-grips that come to a point, like needle-nose pliers, they may work better if the screw head is not too accessible. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at

Re: Steve Jobs Oh My

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
This may be good fortune for Apple. Hear me out before you want to lynch-mob me. This situation actually may help Apple out by giving another person the chance to step up and become recognized before Jobs does retire. This probably will get Apple consumers and investors used to the Idea of

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 27, 2008 12:55 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
Better yet, get some Dupont Non-Lithium Silicon spray (Lowes) which is the same thing as WD40 w/o the messy lithium. It simply disipates but leaves a teflon coating to protect. It's great for cleaning monitors for $4.00. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net

Re: Need advice on hard disk space on G4

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
You may need to move the files in that partition to a larger partition, then increase the size of that partition and move the files back if that is possible. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: I may be wrong, but what I was hearing is 'My system is

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread Paul
Another blocker add-on for Firefox is Flashblock, which puts up a little arrow that you have the choice of clicking if you want to see the Flash animation. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group

Re: Finding a v.90 modem for a G3 B/W

2009-01-16 Thread Paul
I already have an old 15 iMac with a built-in modem I could use, but the tower allows my friend to continue using her 17 screen. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Re: stripped screw RAM cover iMac

2009-01-16 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Steve R wrote: At 4:22 PM -0800 1/15/09, glen posted: AppleCare suggested going to my nearest Apple store, which isn't feasible given the distance and the weather. The service rep did manage to track down an authorised reseller/repair that wasn't listed on

Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Mike Baker
Someone earlier in a message had suggested an online Mac retailer but I can't find that email. What online Mac retailers does everyone recommend? I don't mean the Apple stores, but ones that cater to older Mac computers. I am aware of Other World Computing and retailer references on Low End

Re: Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Mike Baker wrote: Someone earlier in a message had suggested an online Mac retailer but I can't find that email. What online Mac retailers does everyone recommend? I don't mean the Apple stores, but ones that cater to older Mac computers. I am aware of

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
List-Id: g3-5-list.googlegroups.com Better yet, get some Dupont Non-Lithium Silicon spray (Lowes) which is the same thing as WD40 w/o the messy lithium. It simply disipates but leaves a teflon coating to protect. It's great for cleaning monitors for $4.00. That's odd. I have never noticed

Printer sharing with mac os 10.4 server??

2009-01-16 Thread jonas ulrich
I have used printer sharing with tiger before but not with server. When i go to the printer and fax settings there is no sharing tab. How do I share my printer??-Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5

Re: Printer sharing with mac os 10.4 server??

2009-01-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:27 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have used printer sharing with tiger before but not with server. When i go to the printer and fax settings there is no sharing tab. How do I share my printer?? Try System PreferencesSharing perhaps?

Re: Printer sharing with mac os 10.4 server??

2009-01-16 Thread jonas ulrich
Thanks but i already tried that. nothing-Jonas On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:27 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have used printer sharing with tiger before but not with server. When i go to the printer and fax settings there is no

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread dorayme
Date: Thurs, Jan 15 2009 11:11 pm From: Tom This combination of Firefox and OS-X crashes on me every day. It happens after Firefox has been in use for a few hours, Have you checked your HD via Disk Utility? Have you recently bought RAM or changed RAM or tested RAM thoroughly with a RAM

Re: Safari Slow to open

2009-01-16 Thread Wilton Shaw
On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Dan wrote: At 5:21 PM -0500 1/15/2009, Wilton Shaw wrote: OS 10.5.6 eMac memory? free HD space? My Safari browser has recently slowed way down whenever I try to open it. The blue filler takes 30 seconds or more to fill in the horizontal bar. This happens

Re: Safari RSS vulnerability: pay heed!

2009-01-16 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) A work around for this problem can be found at: http://brian.mastenbrook.net/display/27 A secondary benefit is that the work-around requires you to down-load a copy of RCDefaultApp RCDefaultApp allows you tochoose which application that you want to use as your default

Re: Admin password

2009-01-16 Thread Woody
-Original Message- From: George Hozendorf ghoze...@gmail.com Sent: Apr 20, 2008 12:15 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Admin password I plugged in my external DVD drive, but when I opened Tiger it told me I couldn't install it on the iMac, which is currently running

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: That's odd. I have never noticed any messy lithium in WD-40. The WD-40 just evaporated from my GigE with no residue. And I have used it for years , since 1953, as a screw loosener and minor lubricator without any mess. According to the

Re: Need advice on hard disk space on G4

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Davis
On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Kyle Parish wrote: You may need to move the files in that partition to a larger partition, then increase the size of that partition and move the files back if that is possible. Yup!!! The SIMPLE way, is to clone to a larger partition [Usually on another HD

Re: Printer sharing with mac os 10.4 server??

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:27 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have used printer sharing with tiger before but not with server. When i go to the printer and fax settings there is no sharing tab. How do I share my printer??-Jonas It is like called 'print server' not 'printer sharing' in the

Re: Safari Slow to open

2009-01-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: Is this URL slow to give an error? http://127.0.0.1/ When I click on the above URL I get the following note- Safari can't connect to this service. Go into Sharing and turn on Web Sharing. Again, Dan probably did this

Re: Printer sharing with mac os 10.4 server??

2009-01-16 Thread jonas ulrich
So how can I just share the printer on my private network?-Jonas On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:27 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have used printer sharing with tiger before but not with server. When i go to the

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor...@gmail.com

Re: Safari Slow to open

2009-01-16 Thread Dan
At 5:15 PM -0700 1/16/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote: Is this URL slow to give an error? http://127.0.0.1/ When I click on the above URL I get the following note- Safari can't connect to this service. Go into Sharing and turn

Re: Finding a v.90 modem for a G3 B/W

2009-01-16 Thread Wm. Arnold
Hi Paul, I have an internal modem for a BW G3. Send me your zip and I'll give you a price including shipping. Regards Wm. in Ohio --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: From: Paul pper...@gmail.com Subject: Finding a v.90 modem for a G3 B/W To: G3-5 List

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: That's odd. I have never noticed any messy lithium in WD-40. The WD-40 just evaporated from my GigE with no residue. And I have used it for years , since 1953, as a screw loosener and minor lubricator without any mess. According to

Re: Steve Jobs Oh My

2009-01-16 Thread Jonas Lopez
You are exactly right - it is the same problem the wonderful beach band known as the Beach Boys has had by failing to allow new, younger members to gradually overtake the band, replacing the older members and continuing with the band; sure the sound will change a little, but by and large, it

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod

Which video card should I buy for my smurf G3 for screen rotation?

2009-01-16 Thread whalerboy
Well, after searching, and reading, and searching, and reading I felt it was safe to ask this one as I have found no answer to my specific question I picked up an old 350mhz BW (running 10.4) to run out in my garage, basically as a glorified MP3 player and web browser. I have it sitting

Re: Which video card should I buy for my smurf G3 for screen rotation?

2009-01-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 16, 2009, at 10:08 PM, whalerboy wrote: So anybody out there get screen rotation working on any of these old gals? Yes, most Radeon will allow rotation depending upon the OS. I don't think rotation was available in MacOS 9.x. On early OS X versions there was an ATI utility called

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
None the less the Dupont teflon disipates in seconds and there is no residue, plus it works great. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: Leave it on there as a way to throw people

Kernel Panic on Cube

2009-01-16 Thread Vic Mabus
Help! I've always admired the aesthetic design of the Cube, which came out right after I bought my first Sawtooth (figures). I've watched the prices for years, anticipating the day when it would fall below the You paid how much? threshold. Having arranged a swap, I've got my Cube, nicely

Re: Which video card should I buy for my smurf G3 for screen rotation?

2009-01-16 Thread Clark Martin
whalerboy wrote: Well, after searching, and reading, and searching, and reading I felt it was safe to ask this one as I have found no answer to my specific question I picked up an old 350mhz BW (running 10.4) to run out in my garage, basically as a glorified MP3 player and web browser.

Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5

2009-01-16 Thread PETE
--- On Wed, 1/14/09, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: From: Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu Subject: Re: Mac OS 10.4.11 and Firefox 3.0.5 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 11:14 AM On Jan 14, 2009, at 11:18 AM, PETE wrote: I'm

Re: Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Kyle Parish
Here are some links to used Macintosh computers'. http://www.powermax.com/mac_trade_in?utm_source=Backbeat%2BMediautm_medium=web%2Badutm_content=trade%2Binutm_campaign=trade%2Bin http://www.macworld.com/ http://lowendmac.com/dealers/index.shtml

New RAM DVD Burner slow down (was....)

2009-01-16 Thread Steve R
Okay... here's what I've done so far. I ran memtest in single user mode, no problems found. I reran it on a regular restart, no problems found. I used the Hardware Test from the Restore DVD, no problems found. Internal DVD burner accepts 8x burn in preferences but still refuses to burn faster

Re: Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Paxton
Someone earlier in a message had suggested an online Mac retailer but I can't find that email. What online Mac retailers does everyone recommend? I don't mean the Apple stores, but ones that cater to older Mac computers. I am aware of Other World Computing and retailer references on Low

Re: Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:01 AM, Paxton wrote: Right now any G4 tower less than 500Mhz is $100. They have too many. The reason they have too many is the price is too high. I saw G4 Towers going for $30-35 last year at a local university auction, and the auction produced true prices in my

Re: Steve Jobs Oh My

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Conrad
Part of the problem is that way too many people associate everything about Apple (from Day 1 of the company) with Steve Jobs. They don't give credit to others who have been part of all that is Apple, preferring to think its all coming from the mind of Steve Jobs. Who invented the various iPods?