Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-11 Thread Dan
At 10:17 AM -0700 5/7/2011, jsmanson wrote: I have a scanning application that I want to run in Os9/Classic Mode. 6 days with no reply. Why? Because you haven't bothered to provide any concrete information. You don't mention what Mac hardware. Or PCI card. Or which vers of OS 9. Or

Re: G5 Logicboard

2011-05-11 Thread Gottick International
Thanks for the offer. Unless I'm killed by postage I might just as well take you up on it. Just to understand the market. These are not any new boards out there for these machines? Those that can be found are salvaged ones with replaced capacitors? I've suffered the dreaded G5

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

2011-05-11 Thread Jerry Kemp
What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC? At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw. Jerry On 05/10/11 15:58, Alex Barnes wrote: PPC linux has terrible 3rd party support. Most versions of software say linux

Re: G5 Logicboard

2011-05-11 Thread Jonathan Smith
A search on ebay (uk) shows two new g5 boards, one for a 17 imac and one for a pro, both £400. Capacitor repair kits are available for £13. It's a matter of soldering on 31 capacitors. Give the cost of parts, the time and faff on, Andy TheMac's offer of £60 is reasonable. -- You received this

G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread ag
My DP G5 running OSX 4.11 fails to wake up the monitor on start up. Monitor at the moment is a Dell flat panel but it was the same with my old Apple studio monitor. G5 chimes happily but monitor's amber light stays amber and fails to go green. I use a DVI/VGA connector, and linking my G4

Re: G5 Logicboard

2011-05-11 Thread Gottick International
So the US ones I saw that come at around 150 USD and are labelled used may just as wel have the crappy capacitors still on? A search on ebay (uk) shows two new g5 boards, one for a 17 imac and one for a pro, both £400. Capacitor repair kits are available for £13. It's a matter of

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Dan
At 12:22 PM +0100 5/11/2011, ag wrote: DP G5 running OSX 4.11 fails to wake up the monitor on start up. Monitor at the moment is a Dell flat panel but it was the same with my old Apple studio monitor. Ok. So it's not the display. G5 chimes happily but monitor's amber light stays amber

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

2011-05-11 Thread Doug McNutt
At 19:18 -0500 5/10/11, Jerry Kemp wrote: What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC? At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw. I think the OP's original problem was the fact that Adobe Flash and other byproducts

Re: G5 Logicboard

2011-05-11 Thread Jonathan Smith
Not necessarily. But the likelihood of them popping on any used motherboard is greater with age and more so in the case of the G5's. I would never repair a pc motherboard, just throw it away, it's not cost effective. But with the prices for the G5's being so high, I recommend you get your

G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread t...@io.com
Since the Mac Mini Group appears dead, I guess I'll post here... I bought a G4 Mini about six months ago to use as a compact iTunes server for the house, replacing the big hulking Beige G3 tower I've been using. I'm finally configuring the thing and have a few questions. 1) Does anyone know

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

2011-05-11 Thread Alex Barnes
I tried it. And hated it. I don't know why though... On May 10, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jerry Kemp wrote: What happened to Yellow Dog Linux PPC? At least at some point in the past when Apple was still on PPC, that was the Linux to run, if you needed to run it on Apple hw. Jerry On 05/10/11

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread t...@io.com
On May 11, 11:23 am, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: If I do anything with this SCSI idea I'll need an Airport card or combo Airport/Bluetooth card from which to reverse engineer the connections.   Anyone have a dead one they'd like to dispose of? Failing that, is there an inexpensive source

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread peterhaas
If I REALLY wanted SCSI on my Mini, I would adapt the top slot of the riser (the one for the optical drive) first to standard IDE, and second to SCSI using a SCSIDE card, available from ACARD. The Acard product converts a SCSI host to an IDE device. I would need the opposite conversion.

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread peterhaas
If I do anything with this SCSI idea I'll need an Airport card or combo Airport/Bluetooth card from which to reverse engineer the connections. Anyone have a dead one they'd like to dispose of? Failing that, is there an inexpensive source of these cards or have they become expensive? If I

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread t...@io.com
On May 11, 11:47 am, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: If I REALLY wanted SCSI on my Mini, I would adapt the top slot of the riser (the one for the optical drive) first to standard IDE, and second to SCSI using a SCSIDE card, available from ACARD. The Acard product converts a SCSI host to

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread peterhaas
Peter, the Acard product, such as the 7720U let's one put a newer IDE device such as a new IDE hard drive into an older computer equipped with a SCSI interface. So, for example, one can put a 750GB PATA drive into an old SE/30 on the SE/30's SCSI bus. This would be the opposite situation.

Re: G5 Logicboard

2011-05-11 Thread Gottick International
If it is the reason for the failure of your motherboard, replacing them will be not only cheaper than a used replacement, but will certainly increase the chances of it lasting longer than a used one. So I figured. Glad you agree. Hope Andy pays you a percentage. ;-) -- You received this

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 11, 2011, at 6:22 AM, ag wrote: Disconnecting all USBs and pulling power cable for ten minutes improved matters but now I have to power up 3-4 times or just leave it to another day. I don't understand? You mean you have to reboot 3 or 4 times and on the 3rd or 4th time the display

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread t...@io.com
On May 11, 1:05 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: Peter, the Acard product, such as the 7720U let's one put a newer IDE device such as a new IDE hard drive into an older computer equipped with a SCSI interface.   So, for example, one can put a 750GB PATA drive into an old SE/30 on the

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread peterhaas
Here I was, looking at my ACARD 7720UW and I was thinking completely backwards. Thanks for setting me straight! No problem. I've been on the confused side often enough. I believe all ACARD SCSIDE devices are architected in the same way, or at least in a very similar way: a bi-directional

G4 MDD copper heatsink question

2011-05-11 Thread Roger Dickinson
I'm about to exchange the 24-fin aluminium heatsink in a G4 MDD dual 1.25 GHz (2002) for the more efficient copper heatsink from the 1.42 GHz MDD. One thing puzzles me, though : the bottom of the copper heatsink I have has some sort of gloop on each side of the heat pipe, just like that shown in

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread blindspot8888-smiths
Yes, Kris Just to make it clear, taking into account your remarks. The monitor will eventually fire up - might take two, three, four G5 power-ups, might have to leave it for hours and just sometimes it might come on immediately. Haven't successfully powered up in safe mode because you have

Re: G4 MDD copper heatsink question

2011-05-11 Thread Alex Barnes
That is thermal paste. It transfers heat to from the processor to the heatsink (I think you knew that). Do you have a URL where I could see the picture with the thermal paste? On May 11, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Roger Dickinson wrote: I'm about to exchange the 24-fin aluminium heatsink in a G4 MDD

Re: G5 monitor fails to fire

2011-05-11 Thread Alex Barnes
Have you checked the monitor cable? On May 11, 2011, at 2:59 PM, blindspot-smi...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Yes, Kris Just to make it clear, taking into account your remarks. The monitor will eventually fire up - might take two, three, four G5 power-ups, might have to leave it for hours

PowerBook Advice Sought

2011-05-11 Thread Michael McMurtrey
Don't know if this is the right list or not, but with the moderator's indulgence, I'll post anyway. I'm looking for a used, good-condition PowerBook that will run OS X (and, optionally, boot into OS 9 as well). Do listees have any recommendations, both as to model and a reputable source

Re: PowerBook Advice Sought

2011-05-11 Thread peterhaas
I'm looking for a used, good-condition PowerBook that will run OS X (and, optionally, boot into OS 9 as well). Do listees have any recommendations, both as to model and a reputable source for same? The need is primarily for research (i.e., note-taking) and scanning photos from various

Re: PowerBook Advice Sought

2011-05-11 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
PowerBook G3 Pismo. My personal favorite. Runs 10.4.11. Look online for good used model. On May 11, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Michael McMurtrey skyking...@verizon.net wrote: Don't know if this is the right list or not, but with the moderator's indulgence, I'll post anyway. I'm looking for a

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-11 Thread jsmanson
Thanks Dan - Let me help with more info. The GPIB card is a national Instrument PCI-GPIB/TNT card rev K I think. The mac is a G4 Digital Audio, I have both 9.2.2 and OS-X 10.4.11. The scanner is an Optronics Colorgetter 3 plus, using a program called Colorright Pro 2.0. I'll have to dig around

Re: G4 Mini: Wifi Slot?; IR Receiver?; Choice of DVDRW?; Max Memory?

2011-05-11 Thread Wayne Stewart
What about one of those SCSI to USB adapters? I know they also made SCSI to firewire adapters though I've never owned one of those -- 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