Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread J M
Sounds like a mouse crying. Pass that sucker onto your kitten or cat, makes an excellent play toy. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:32 AM, jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.comwrote: I just obtained a Kensington StudioMouse Wireless mouse and it makes a high pitched whining noise. Can this be

Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread Ted Treen
Satisfied meeces rarely whine: I was going to suggest cheese, but I thought I'd be flamed by a Nanny for irrelevancy. Still might be, of course... Ted From: J M jm50...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 26 January, 2009 11:05:15 AM

Re: Best DVD writer for an MDD?

2009-01-26 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Yawg ( + )!( + ) You might want to try: http://www.patchburn.de/ As this might be able to fix your SuperDrive problem. Another thought is How Many Times Have You Changed The Region Code on Your SuperDrive? Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Jan 25,

Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 26, 2009, at 6:24 AM, Ted Treen wrote: Satisfied meeces rarely whine: I was going to suggest cheese, but I thought I'd be flamed by a Nanny for irrelevancy. Still might be, of course... Ted Whining and Dining sounds like a solution ... Or asking Kensington: maybe it needs to be

Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread insightinmind
More Seriously: Are its batteries inserted in the right direction? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Need suggestion for video-ing desktop

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Greetings all, Looks like I need to record some desktop control actions for class demonstrations. I know good ol' Snap Z Pro does this fairly well, but does anyone have better suggestions from yoour experiences? Not experiences but here's

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread Alexander MacLeod
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Mike Baker psufa...@yahoo.com wrote: I was thinking of getting the Samsung 20X DVD Super-MultiDrive with Lightscribe software from OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/). I would replace the existing DVD player/CD writer

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread Dan A. Currie
Mike Baker wrote: I was thinking of getting the Samsung 20X DVD Super-MultiDrive with Lightscribe software from OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/). I would replace the existing DVD player/CD writer in the front 5.25 bay with it. Can the Sawtooth

Re: Need suggestion for video-ing desktop

2009-01-26 Thread Robert MacLeay
On Jan 25, 10:12 pm, Dana Collins dlcatft...@verizon.net wrote: Looks like I need to record some desktop control actions for class demonstrations. I know good ol' Snap Z Pro does this fairly well, but does anyone have better suggestions from yoour experiences? I have used IShowU with great

Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello All. I am driving an G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / 2 -120 GB and 1 - 200 GB HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X 10.5 and an Apple 17 LCD display. I want to get another one of these LCD monitors and run dual displays ... how do I connect them to the MDD? Do I get an adapter? Do I get

Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Claudia Regina
Hi everybody! I'm new in the list and in the mac world. I'm brazilian (so sorry for the bad english) and I purchased a powermac G4 runing mac os X tiger (10.4). I have a website where you can find out more about me (little problem: the english version is still coming xD) www.claudiaregina.com and

Re: Recommend a Scanner

2009-01-26 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 26, 2009, at 2:02 PM, PaperSmyth wrote: Hi, Guys. Can anyone recommend a currently available artist quality scanner that will work with my G4 MDD running OS X 10.3 (and probably will upgrade to 10.4)? I did check the archives, but the related topics are a little dated. Thanks.

Re: Recommend a Scanner

2009-01-26 Thread Dan
At 11:02 AM -0800 1/26/2009, PaperSmyth wrote: Can anyone recommend a currently available artist quality scanner that will work with my G4 MDD running OS X 10.3 (and probably will upgrade to 10.4)? I did check the archives, but the related topics are a little dated. Take a look at Canon's

Re: Recommend a Scanner

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:02 PM, PaperSmyth wrote: Hi, Guys. Can anyone recommend a currently available artist quality scanner that will work with my G4 MDD running OS X 10.3 (and probably will upgrade to 10.4)? I did check the archives, but the related topics are a little dated. By what

Re: Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread George Hozendorf
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All. I am driving an G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / 2 -120 GB and 1 - 200 GB HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X 10.5 and an Apple 17 LCD display. I want to get another one of these LCD monitors and run dual displays ... how do I

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Claudia Regina claudiaregina.f...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody! I'm new in the list and in the mac world. I'm brazilian (so sorry for the bad english) and I purchased a powermac G4 runing mac os X tiger (10.4). I have a website where you can find out more

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Claudia Regina wrote: I'm new in the list and in the mac world. I'm brazilian (so sorry for the bad english) and I purchased a powermac G4 runing mac os X tiger (10.4). I have a website where you can find out more about me (little problem: the english

Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread jonas ulrich
The batteries are new and inserted correctly. The mouse works great. It's just the whining noise.-Jonas On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:21 AM, insightinmind billycarm...@verizon.netwrote: More Seriously: Are its batteries inserted in the right direction? *Bill Connelly* *artsite:*

Re: Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Dan A. Currie wrote: Do I get an adapter? Do I get another ATI Radeon 9000 PRO card? Your Radeon 9000 Pro should support dual monitors (assuming you're currently using the ADC port?) Just get an LCD with DVI and plug it in. If you're already using the DVI

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Claudia Regina
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

Cool plugin

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
Click to Flash, a webkit (and safari-compatible) plugin to display any flash content on a web page as a gradient. To play the flash content, click on it. http://code.google.com/p/clicktoflash/ A nicer way of controlling Flash in your browser...see the content, but not the ads, for

Re: Recommend a Scanner

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:43 PM, PaperSmyth wrote: I intend to use the scanner for full-color detailed artwork and the ability to scan photos would be a plus, of course. I don't really think I'll be scanning 3D since I do all of that via photos, but if you can recommend something that can do

Re: Shot Self in Foot, Need First Aid

2009-01-26 Thread Jack Countryman
Easy enough to make a hole where you need it...using a small drill. The mechanical eject switch is there on the front of the stock cd/dvd drive mechanism. On 1/26/09 4:20 PM, tonycd tonyl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: No hole in my Quicksilver, KP. On Jan 25, 3:54 pm, KP

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread kocho
ALEX AND OTHER GROUP MEMBERS I have to replace my super drive whose tray doesnt open with an internal super drive. Is it difficult to take out the existing one and to put in new one? Not done heavy technical intervention except adding new RAMs,, Any manual to ease my task.. Powermac G5 dual

Re: Shot Self in Foot, Need First Aid

2009-01-26 Thread insightinmind
On Jan 26, 2009, at 4:20 PM, tonycd wrote: No hole in my Quicksilver, KP. On Jan 25, 3:54 pm, KP parishky...@gmail.com wrote: If its a G4 than there is a small pin hole on the right side of the tray. Use a straitened paper-clip to push the small eject button in the pin hole while the

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) I replaced the original CD/DVD player that came with my G4 AGP Graphics 350Mhz with a Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S202N - Disk drive - DVDRW (R DL) / DVD- RAM - 20x/20x/12x - IDE - internal - 5.25 - LightScribe - (Refurbished) which I got from newegg.com for $21.44

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread PeterH
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:38 PM, kocho wrote: I have to replace my super drive whose tray doesnt open with an internal super drive. Is it difficult to take out the existing one and to put in new one? Not done heavy technical intervention except adding new RAMs,, Any manual to ease my task..

mail problem

2009-01-26 Thread Linda
I recently up graded to OS 10.5.6. But a feature of mail no longer seems to be working. I used to be able to select a mail box and do a search and if the word I'm using was in the body of the email it would come up as part of the search. Now when I do a search only the emails with the

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread Mike Baker
There is a video on OWC's site showing how to do it. Looks fairly easy. --- On Mon, 1/26/09, kocho symlkrb...@yahoo.com wrote: From: kocho symlkrb...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz? To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Monday,

MacTuneUp

2009-01-26 Thread Da'Birdman
Hey, Listers! Does anybody have any experience with the software MacTuneUp? It's supposed to be a utilities program. Good, bad, so-so? Thanking you in advance for your opinions. Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine Beer Supplies --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread PeterH
On Jan 26, 2009, at 1:50 PM, gifutiger wrote: I replaced the original CD/DVD player that came with my G4 AGP Graphics 350Mhz with a Samsung Super-WriteMaster SH-S202N - Disk drive - DVDRW (R DL) / DVD- RAM - 20x/20x/12x - IDE - internal - 5.25 - LightScribe - (Refurbished) which I got from

Re: MacTuneUp

2009-01-26 Thread Dan
At 2:15 PM -0800 1/26/2009, Da'Birdman wrote: Does anybody have any experience with the software MacTuneUp? It's supposed to be a utilities program. Good, bad, so-so? SRP $29.99. Overpriced by about $29.99. Get AppleJack, OnyX, and CarbonCopyCloner - all trusted freeware. Those plus Apple's

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread 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

DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
Has anyone ever gotten DBAN http://www.dban.org/ to work on Macs. I just re-downloaded their alleged PPC iso, burned it, but I have never gotten it to boot. I keep finding references to it working but it never has for me, on a variety of systems. I'm looking for a happier medium between

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Claudia Regina
Thanks guys! I wish I could be that helpful, but as you can see I understand very few about all that xD Anyway, googling around I discovered this is my Mac: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_server_g4/stats/macserver_g4_400.html And I think it's pretty old to use all those powerful video

Re: Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread Clark Martin
Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All. I am driving an G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / 2 -120 GB and 1 - 200 GB HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X 10.5 and an Apple 17 LCD display. I want to get another one of these LCD monitors and run dual displays ... how do I connect them to the MDD? Do I

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread insightinmind
I like this little freebee for Mac comparisons: http://www.mactracker.ca/ in case you need more info on your Macs. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread Tom
On Jan 26, 4:14 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All. I am driving an G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / 2 -120 GB and 1 - 200 GB HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X 10.5 and an Apple 17 LCD display. I want to get another one of these LCD monitors and run

Re: Recommend a Scanner

2009-01-26 Thread aussieshepsrock
You might want to check out the Epson Perfection Series. I personally use the now discontinued 4870 Photo model which has a nice built in transparency adapter and film holders ranging from mounted 35mm slides (8 at a time), 35mm negative strips (4 at a time), 120 neg strips, and 4x5 (2 at a

Re: Shot Self in Foot, Need First Aid

2009-01-26 Thread aussieshepsrock
To NOT be very helpful: Don't Aim Higher or To The Midline When Next Handling a Shooting Device. Richard On Jan 24, 12:12 am, tonycd tonyl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Hi. (Deep breaths.) I have just received my G4 upgrade card (single 1.6 GHz 7447) from OWC. As the first step in failing to

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2009, at 5:21 PM, John Musbach wrote: On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Right now I'm cheating and using the 'Write zeros to the drive' even though our official policy is a 4-way overwrite. Yikes, I hope none of your colleagues

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, I use dban and have installed it for several customers. I have never seen it work on anything but a generic x86 PC, like those used for declining OSes like Windows or for Linux. You don't need a very up to date one, or an operating system installed. I have used it to wipe a bunch of

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Charles Davis
On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:42 PM, Ralph Green wrote: Howdy, I use dban and have installed it for several customers. I have never seen it work on anything but a generic x86 PC, like those used for declining OSes like Windows or for

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Hi Bruce; Are the G3s new enough for firewire external? If not, the same thing can be done with a SCSI external. Setup the external drive with a bootable OSX, boot that and run Disk Utility to wipe the installed drive. Well for that I

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-01-26 Thread Brian Christmas
On 27/01/2009, at 4:07 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 26, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Charles Davis wrote: Hi Bruce; Are the G3s new enough for firewire external? If not, the same thing can be done with a SCSI external. Setup the external drive with a bootable OSX, boot that and run Disk