Re: Goodbye Power Macs! Or: Linux on Power Macs

2010-07-10 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Goodbye Power Macs! Or: Linux on Power Macs Date:Dienstag 06 Juli 2010N From:Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Are there any open source options for decent computer aided design - circuit

Re: Attatch PDF to mail PITA

2010-07-10 Thread Gary D.
On Jul 9, 5:54 pm, john CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote: can stop this is to Zip it. I'm sure I have a setting or something   wrong. Any one have the same problem? I have also had some strange things happening recently - maybe an update has screwed thing up. Have you tried right click or

Re: Attatch PDF to mail PITA

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:21 AM, Gary D. wrote: On Jul 9, 5:54 pm, john CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote: can stop this is to Zip it. I'm sure I have a setting or something wrong. Any one have the same problem? I have also had some strange things happening recently - maybe an update has

Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the Cubes have 1.5 GB Ram and the TiBooks have 1 GB Ram. Otherwise AFAICT all

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Dan
At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the Cubes have 1.5 GB Ram and the

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Mike Linnett
Obviously the cubes want you to give them to me! What sort of issues? Could it be worth cloning one of the ti book hard drives to one of the cubes? If all runs well from there, it probably means it's a hardware issue at least? Otherwise, take em apart and give everything (especially contacts) a

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Mike Linnett wrote: Obviously the cubes want you to give them to me! What sort of issues? Could it be worth cloning one of the ti book hard drives to one of the cubes? If all runs well from there, it probably means it's a hardware issue at least? Otherwise,

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Eric Herbert
The Cubes seem like one of those products that was a good idea at the time, but just poorly implemented. I've owned 2 450 MHz models and both have similar problems to what you describe. Both of mine were sent in for a switch repair procedure when they were new, so they don't have issues with

Re: To the dump!

2010-07-10 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
Monetize on the LEM SWAP list ! On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:38 PM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have just come into possession of 6 Mac Cpu's which are nearly identical with my DA G4. The newspaper I work for didn't know what to do with them. They didn't want to hassle with

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Dan
At 9:21 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 9:33 AM, Eric Herbert wrote: The Cubes seem like one of those products that was a good idea at the time, but just poorly implemented. I've owned 2 450 MHz models and both have similar problems to what you describe. Both of mine were sent in for a switch repair

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:21 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the Cubes have 1.5 GB Ram and the TiBooks have 1 GB Ram. Otherwise AFAICT all

Dual is dual is dual?

2010-07-10 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Is a G5 dual case is a g5 dual case is a g5 dual case? are they the same for all dual configs with exception of the last gen dual core models? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop

Re: Attatch PDF to mail PITA

2010-07-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:50 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I do believe these problems are from recent updates, I just haven't noticed till now. I want only the icon not the open PDF, and yes it works with two pages but that takes time and thought. Right click gives me a ZIP. Just be aware that

DiskWarrior boot question

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a G4 Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor. The problem I have is DiskWarrior 4 requires G4 up and a minimum 867MHz processor speed to boot from the disk The Cube was originaly 450 MHz. My Cube is now 1.2 GHz but it wont boot the DiskWarrior 4 disk . I have to use DiskWarrior 3.

Re: DiskWarrior boot question

2010-07-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 10, 2010, at 3:24 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a G4 Cube with a Sonnet 1.2 GHz processor. The problem I have is DiskWarrior 4 requires G4 up and a minimum 867MHz processor speed to boot from the disk The Cube was originaly 450 MHz. My Cube is now 1.2 GHz but it wont

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Dan wrote: At 9:21 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:45 AM -0700 7/10/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Eric Herbert
On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Dan wrote: Firewire can be twitchy. You using known good cables etc? And when you have problems, what is being thrown into the system log? It can be? I can't say I've ever had a problem with Firewire other than intermittent flakiness on the Cube. I

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Eric Herbert wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Dan wrote: Firewire can be twitchy. You using known good cables etc? And when you have problems, what is being thrown into the system log? It can be? I can't say I've ever had a problem with

RE: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Stewie de Young
I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the Cubes have 1.5 GB Ram and the TiBooks have 1 GB Ram. Otherwise

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: I have a question about the reliability of some Macs. I have two G4 Cube 500MHz and two Tibook 500MHz machines. The Cubes seem to be somewhat problem prone compared to the TiBooks. Both have the same 10.4.11 the Cubes have 1.5

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I agree with Mike. Clean all the contacts, and check to see if it is a hardware problem or a software problem. Since you know the Ti-books are reliable, use target disk mode and boot the cubes off of the Ti-Book's hard drive. -Jonas -- You received this message because you are a member of

RE: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Stewie de Young
Yes, Stewie that's my drill also, I just think maybe because all my cubes were somewhat used that maybe the logic boards are a little fuzzy. But the AHT and all the other stuff I have for testing always say OK, and I have a lot of different flavors:-) BTW thanks for the firmware info

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jul 10, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: Yes, Stewie that's my drill also, I just think maybe because all my cubes were somewhat used that maybe the logic boards are a little fuzzy. But the AHT and all the other stuff I have for testing always say OK, and I have a lot

Re: Hoover effect? (was iMac Weapon)

2010-07-10 Thread Illirik Smirnov
G5 iMacs are grand fun. See how far you can shoot disks, and customize your disks for better preformance. Challenge your friends. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Jack Countryman jcoun...@mac.com wrote: Here I

Re: Dual is dual is dual?

2010-07-10 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Nope. 2.5GHz single core dual processor and 2.7GHz single core dual processor have liquid cooling systems. Also, the later models use more power, so theres a beefier PSU. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Jeffrey

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-10 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 10, 2010, at 11:24 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Would the replacement of the port be the answer, is there an electronic issue from some controller on the board possible? The Cube boards aren't too costly but the PM G5 Dual 2.7 isn't that easy to find, so that's the one I want to repair.