Re: A minor tale of woe and ass-u-me ...

2009-03-10 Thread Paul
In the world of computers, most of us are so used to things being genuinely difficult that we're unprepared for when the solution is easy and obvious. Is it plugged in? Does the manual tell you how to do it? Does it just start working when you connect everything up?

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Paul
After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw that some OS 10 files, such as .trashes, had been written to it. Is there anyone else with an NTFS drive and a vanilla installation of Tiger (with no special utilities) who can verify that Tiger can indeed write to it? From

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: Interestingly, I read something that claimed that Windows 2000 can write to HFS+ drives, even though XP can't. Gives me another reason to feel smart for sticking with 2000 on PC's.

Re: Monitor choices in Prefs=Displays

2009-03-10 Thread Bill Christensen
At 10:04 PM -0500 3/9/09, Kris Tilford wrote: Whenever you play musical HDs you need to trash the SystemLibraryExtensions.kextcache and SystemLibraryExtensions.mkext files. Alternately, you could also use a utility such as Onyx to clean all the caches out, making sure to check to check the

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread pdimage
On 10/3/09 07:23, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw that some OS 10 files, such as .trashes, had been written to it. Is there anyone else with an NTFS drive and a vanilla installation of Tiger (with no special utilities) who

BW Hard drive

2009-03-10 Thread Lawrence David Eden
How large a hard drive can I use in a BW? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at

Re: BW Hard drive

2009-03-10 Thread PeterH
On Mar 10, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: How large a hard drive can I use in a BW? The ROM officially supports 131,072 MB, which equals 128 GB. As a practical matter, 120 GB is the largest trade size drive which is supported. However, using Hard Drive SpeedTools (OS 9 and

Re: BW Hard drive

2009-03-10 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:36 AM, PeterH wrote: On Mar 10, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: How large a hard drive can I use in a BW? The ROM officially supports 131,072 MB, which equals 128 GB. As a practical matter, 120 GB is the largest trade size drive which is supported.

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2009, at 12:23 AM, Paul wrote: Interestingly, I read something that claimed that Windows 2000 can write to HFS+ drives, even though XP can't. Gives me another reason to feel smart for sticking with 2000 on PC's. No, Win2K cannot write to HFS+ drives; back when I ran Win2K, I

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread John Musbach
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: No, Win2K cannot write to HFS+ drives; back when I ran Win2K,  I had to use MacDrive to get that functionality. You all might be thinking about this:

Re: BW Hard drive

2009-03-10 Thread PeterH
On Mar 10, 2009, at 8:26 AM, insightinmind wrote: As a practical matter, 120 GB is the largest trade size drive which is supported. I believe another way to get around the limitation, is to use a PCI IDE controller card that permits the larger drives. I have one that does not, an older

Re: A minor tale of woe and ass-u-me ...

2009-03-10 Thread nestamicky
Bruce Johnson wrote: Ok, so this weekend I became an object lesson for y'all. A couple of months ago, I got a neat little webcam from Woot.com, the Clique Hue. I went to their site Bruce and saw some cute cams. I'm curious though; how are these connected to the computer. I'm not

Problem with the List?

2009-03-10 Thread insightinmind
Responding to messages on the list, I'm getting: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - dcasp...@comcast.net etc. Is it just me, or is it a problem with the list? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace:

Re: Problem with the List?

2009-03-10 Thread Dan
At 1:05 PM -0400 3/10/2009, insightinmind wrote: Responding to messages on the list, I'm getting: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - mailto:dcasp...@comcast.netdcasp...@comcast.net etc. Is it just me, or is it a problem with the list? Not a problem with the

Re: Problem with the List?

2009-03-10 Thread Fabian Fang
On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:05 AM, insightinmind wrote: Responding to messages on the list, I'm getting: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - dcasp...@comcast.net etc. Is it just me, or is it a problem with the list? The problematic address has been temporarily

Re: A minor tale of woe and ass-u-me ...

2009-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2009, at 9:38 AM, nestamicky wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Ok, so this weekend I became an object lesson for y'all. A couple of months ago, I got a neat little webcam from Woot.com, the Clique Hue. I went to their site Bruce and saw some cute cams. I'm curious though; how are

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 10, 2009, at 9:28 AM, John Musbach wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: No, Win2K cannot write to HFS+ drives; back when I ran Win2K, I had to use MacDrive to get that functionality. You all might be thinking about this:

Re: Problem with the List?

2009-03-10 Thread Charles Davis
I suspect everyone has been seeing these. dcasp...@comcast.net is where the glitch is, a bounce notice back to GOOGLE is triggering the messages to everyone. JMHO [It's one of those 'Annoyances' that are best ignored. Eventually, they stop.] Chuck D. On Mar 10, 2009, at 1:05 PM,

Re: acceptable hard drives for G3 iMac?

2009-03-10 Thread Clark Martin
mythmaker18 wrote: Thanks, Clark. I just wanted to be sure, since I remember having overheating problems with some non-original-spec hard drives in the cramped 6100 case. I never had problems with HDs in a 6100 (lots of them) including up to 1Gb drives. The only system I ever had trouble

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:17 AM, pdimage pdim...@btinternet.com wrote: On 10/3/09 07:23, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw that some OS 10 files, such as .trashes, had been written to it. Is there anyone else with an NTFS

LEM Server Project Update

2009-03-10 Thread Dan
I believe, Dan, you meant to post this on G3-5-List or something? Discussion isn't permitted on LEM Swap. [my comments inserted, but leaving the rest untrimmed as the original wasn't posted on this list] Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:15:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan the listmom lowend...@gmail.com To:

WTB: Apple Universal Monitor Stand

2009-03-10 Thread Evan Wilson
Looking to buy an Apple Universal Monitor Stand (circa 1990). These are strong enough to support CRT monitors. Evan Evan Wilson 6302 Mountain Park Cove Austin, Texas 78731-2611 (512) 215-8543 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: WTB: Apple Universal Monitor Stand

2009-03-10 Thread Bob Whiton
Looking to buy an Apple Universal Monitor Stand (circa 1990). These are strong enough to support CRT monitors. Evan Has the LEMswap list been shut down? There has been a lot of buying/selling transactions on this list and the G4books list lately. Bob

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 10, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:17 AM, pdimage pdim...@btinternet.com wrote: On 10/3/09 07:23, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw that some OS 10 files, such as

Re: acceptable hard drives for G3 iMac?

2009-03-10 Thread jonas ulrich
i have had plenty of g3 imacs all with different upgraded hard drives. I had one that I would leave on for weeks on end. Never a problem.-Jonas On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: mythmaker18 wrote: Thanks, Clark. I just wanted to be sure, since I remember

Re: WTB: Apple Universal Monitor Stand

2009-03-10 Thread Bill Christensen
At 7:09 PM -0400 3/10/09, Bob Whiton wrote: Looking to buy an Apple Universal Monitor Stand (circa 1990). These are strong enough to support CRT monitors. Evan Has the LEMswap list been shut down? There has been a lot of buying/selling transactions on this list and the G4books list lately.