Re: Heavy thumbs required for G4 iBook space bar

2009-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2009, at 1:43 AM, Dwight Hines wrote: iBook G4, 14inch, 1.33gHz, OS-X.5.8, Leopard -- Space bar not registering unless heavy thumbs work, getting tiresome andsolotsofwords run together. Suggestions? 1) fix space bar on keyboard (probably best idea, may require parts?) 2) if

QS PSU in Gig-E?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all, I am just looking at this spare Quicksilver Power Supply, and noticing that it has a much bigger wattage of 344W vs the 220 in the Gigabit Ethernet PowerMac. Is it possible to swap? Would there be any reason/benefit to swap? Thanks!! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a

Re: How to configure an airport base station snow?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Thank you all so much! The ABS is up and running! -Jonas On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 23, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: If you're using 10.4 or 10.5 the Apple Airport Setup software that comes with your system will

Re: Heavy thumbs required for G4 iBook space bar

2009-12-24 Thread Richard Smallwood
On 24 Dec 2009, at 1:43 AM, Dwight Hines wrote: iBook G4, 14inch, 1.33gHz, OS-X.5.8, Leopard -- Space bar not registering unless heavy thumbs work, getting tiresome andsolotsofwords run together. Suggestions? Check for item/gunk under space bar. Remove space bar by gripping upper

Re: Heavy thumbs required for G4 iBook space bar

2009-12-24 Thread Richard Gerome
It sounds like a problem with the keyboard??? You can try some electronics cleaner on it and a can of air... If that doesn't do it then try another keyboard-Original Message- From: Dwight Hines Sent: Dec 24, 2009 2:43 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject:

cheap external hard drive hookup ??

2009-12-24 Thread jfMac
Some time ago, someone (I think it was Bruce) recommended an inexpensive cable/adapter for hooking up external dives. I thought I bookmarked it, but... Does anybody know if the link below is an example of the reccomended solution? http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2020cat=CBL and if not

Re: cheap external hard drive hookup ??

2009-12-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 24, 2009, at 11:09 AM, jfMac wrote: Some time ago, someone (I think it was Bruce) recommended an inexpensive cable/adapter for hooking up external dives. I thought I bookmarked it, but... Does anybody know if the link below is an example of the reccomended solution?

Re: cheap external hard drive hookup ??

2009-12-24 Thread Bill Connelly
Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter The Swiss Army Knife of Disk Connectivity...Turns Any Bare Drive Into An External Storage Solution!! https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Camino mucho problema

2009-12-24 Thread John Carmonne
Hi all I recently started using Camino as my main browser. I really like it over Safari However I'm getting an annoying glitch on some media items that I try to open This is an example http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=5mCzgDf_lCZ3uKBDkKLY2_dqmD4_S0yFUserName=Unknown When I

Re: cheap external hard drive hookup ??

2009-12-24 Thread John Martz
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter The Swiss Army Knife of Disk Connectivity...Turns Any Bare Drive Into An External Storage Solution!! https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/

Re: What is the shelf life of inkjet ink?

2009-12-24 Thread Dan
At 8:31 AM -0800 12/24/2009, Jonas Lopez wrote: I want to buy 1 l of inkjet ink for the printer on my Mac, but this $ 40 purchase has a question: what is the shelf life of inkjet ink? We usually buy a year's worth at a time. I donno what the actual rated shelf life is, but I've had two year

no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-24 Thread Hal
Hi all. I'm new to the group, but have been a member of some of the other LEM groups for a while. I've been having a problem with my G5 Quad that I hope I can get some insight on. It's running 10.5.8, though this problem has been consistent across OS versions. When I restart the G5, it reboots

Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

2009-12-24 Thread Stanton Mitrany
Our HP LaserJet6 MP is producing secondary images following the initial image of text within general blotching concentrated primarily down the middle of each page. Is this inexpensively remedied, or is it time to retire this faithful servant? Merry Christmas, and thanks! stanton -- You

Re: Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

2009-12-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 24, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Our HP LaserJet6 MP is producing secondary images following the initial image of text within general blotching concentrated primarily down the middle of each page. Is this inexpensively remedied, or is it time to retire this faithful

Re: Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

2009-12-24 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Our HP LaserJet6 MP is producing secondary images following the initial image of text within general blotching concentrated primarily down the middle of each page. Is this inexpensively remedied, or is it time to retire this faithful

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-24 Thread Clark Martin
Hal wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the group, but have been a member of some of the other LEM groups for a while. I've been having a problem with my G5 Quad that I hope I can get some insight on. It's running 10.5.8, though this problem has been consistent across OS versions. When I restart

Re: Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

2009-12-24 Thread Clark Martin
Stanton Mitrany wrote: Our HP LaserJet6 MP is producing secondary images following the initial image of text within general blotching concentrated primarily down the middle of each page. Is this inexpensively remedied, or is it time to retire this faithful servant? That's usually a

Re: Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

2009-12-24 Thread Dan
At 1:56 PM -0500 12/24/2009, Stanton Mitrany wrote: Our HP LaserJet6 MP is producing secondary images following the initial image of text within general blotching concentrated primarily down the middle of each page. Is this inexpensively remedied, or is it time to retire this faithful servant?

Re: cheap external hard drive hookup ??

2009-12-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:09 AM, jfMac wrote: Some time ago, someone (I think it was Bruce) recommended an inexpensive cable/adapter for hooking up external dives. I thought I bookmarked it, but... Does anybody know if the link below is an example of the reccomended solution?

Blue White Quartz Extreme Support?

2009-12-24 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hi all! Is there a way to enable Quartz Extreme on a Blue White 450MHZ G3? It would have a 128MB PCI video card. Thanks! -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The

Safari Using up Disc Space

2009-12-24 Thread Erik Hancock
Anyone having an issue with Safari consuming large volumes of HD space? I was given messages that I was out of HD space ­ in finder I was down to 300 MB but when I quit safari I found that I immediately had 3 GB then I was back to 5GB. I¹ll do a restart to clear the cache but running this from

Re: Safari Using up Disc Space

2009-12-24 Thread Dan
At 5:38 PM -0500 12/24/2009, Erik Hancock wrote: Anyone having an issue with Safari consuming large volumes of HD space? Mac? Speed? RAM? OS? Safari vers? I was given messages that I was out of HD space - in finder I was down to 300 MB but when I quit safari I found that I immediately had

Re: Blue White Quartz Extreme Support?

2009-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: Is there a way to enable Quartz Extreme on a Blue White 450MHZ G3? It would have a 128MB PCI video card. With any Radeon card or some nVidia you can enable QE using PCI Extreme 3.1: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8979/pci-extreme%21

Re: Camino mucho problema

2009-12-24 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Dec 24, 9:00 am, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: I recently started using Camino as my main browser. I really like it over Safari However I'm getting an annoying glitch on some media items that I try to open This is an example

Re: What is the shelf life of inkjet ink?

2009-12-24 Thread Thunder 1
Jonas, As one who has worked in a prepress printing facility for many years and was in charge of large format printers and their consumables, I can tell you a little about inks and inkjet cartridges. I have 2 currently working inkjet printers at home (I'm retired), both HPs. I have been buying

Re: Safari Using up Disc Space

2009-12-24 Thread Erik Hancock
Just Learned about Flash Block and will try it ­ that Adobe flash keeps killing the Browsers as well - Was at 300Mb now at 6.58GB after shutting down browsers and restarting. That¹s quite a big cache - will try to reopen sites and shee what happens. In activity Monitor ­ about 102% of Cpu goes

Re: Safari Using up Disc Space

2009-12-24 Thread Bill Connelly
On Dec 25, 2009, at 12:01 AM, Erik Hancock wrote: In activity Monitor – about 102% of Cpu goes to the Browser - not sure how that happens. I think its because: I usually have 10 or so pages with multiple tabs. I also tend to leave the app open rather than closing and

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-24 Thread Ted Treen
Clark Martin wrote: Hal wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the group, but have been a member of some of the other LEM groups for a while. I've been having a problem with my G5 Quad that I hope I can get some insight on. It's running 10.5.8, though this problem has been consistent across OS