Re: Are powermac g4 still useful?

2012-01-02 Thread Dennis Myhand
Every day. It is the storage server for my network. DA 500 MHz dual processor 1.5gigs of RAM OS-10.4. Your bad English is better than my students normal speech. Peace, Dennis On 1/2/2012 11:40 AM, gira93 wrote: Hello everyone! Hi would like to know if someone here still uses his Powermac

Re: Sharing Printer and Public Folder From G-4 to Win 7

2011-12-19 Thread Dennis Myhand
Printer sharing and personal file sharing. On 12/19/2011 11:39 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/12/18 10:43, Dennis Myhand so eloquently wrote: I am trying to share my printer and public folder from a G-4 DA running 10.4 to a windows 7 machine. The windows 7 machine lied and said the printer

Sharing Printer and Public Folder From G-4 to Win 7

2011-12-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
Hi: I am trying to share my printer and public folder from a G-4 DA running 10.4 to a windows 7 machine. The windows 7 machine lied and said the printer installed but nothing prints. I cannot see the public folder on the Mac. I went into system preferences and turned these on. Have I

Need a List Nanny To Contact Me

2011-06-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
I need a List Nanny to contact me. I need some type of address to contact Dan with, if that is possible. Thanks, Dennis -- 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 list FAQ

Re: Good time machine alternative for Tiger on a DA 733

2011-03-15 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 3/15/2011 3:03 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: I think a good time machine would be a perfect thing to have! Think of what you could do with it! (Thank you. Thank you very much.) Will you be here all week? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Clean My Mac - Minecraft and Servers

2011-03-06 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 3/6/11 7:09 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Justin and all ~ My son has been playing with three of his friends online with one of the friends setting up his PC as a server. We're on the edge of my knowledge base here, have never set up a Mac as a server. But maybe the gameplay lags have to do

Re: G4 933 Quicksilver

2011-02-26 Thread Dennis Myhand
Ya know, I understand your point, Yersinia, but I think you're a little over the top in presenting it. On 2/26/2011 8:37 AM, Yersinia wrote: On 2/25/11 10:00 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Hi. I have a 2002 G4 933 Quicksilver. It has a 250 gb (Seagate) and a 128 gb (WD) ide drive, 500 gb sata

Re: Need to Ping HP laserjet 8000dn on Jetdirect Network with Mac Powerbook (OSX 10.5.8)

2011-02-03 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 2/3/2011 7:49 PM, Clmtyne wrote: If any one has any knowledge about this. According to HP I need to ping my HP Laserjet's Jet direct card with the Powerbook (OSX10.5.8). Any one familiar with how to do this. If you know the IP address of the printer you can open a terminal window and type

Re: Need to Ping HP laserjet 8000dn on Jetdirect Network with Mac Powerbook (OSX 10.5.8)

2011-02-03 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 2/3/2011 9:43 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/02/03 19:20, Dennis Myhand so eloquently wrote: If you know the IP address of the printer you can open a terminal window and type ping and the address That's handy, but is there a way to stop it short of closing the window? Tina ctrl and c

Re: the big knot thingy?

2010-12-25 Thread Dennis Myhand
-Original Message- From: Brian Fuelleman fontgee...@yahoo.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:03:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: the big knot thingy? Those act as binders to keep the pairs of audio cables together, they also help you, the user to know by touch

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was Embiggen on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. I don't remember any of that. I will

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 5:31 AM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: No, it was Embiggen on the Simpsons episode I saw. That can't be right... I need the subtitle text on that, please! Episode number ? Which character uttered the phrase? This requires some careful research. *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/21/2010 10:43 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: *Lisa the Iconoclast* is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season. I misspelled Cromulent. My apologies. Here is the line: A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. It is used

Re: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...

2010-12-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/20/2010 11:39 AM, Dan wrote: embiggening *shudder* It is a perfectly crumulent word! -- 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 list FAQ is at

Re: Was: Desktop wallpaper for that bigger screen...upscaling by any other name

2010-12-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/20/2010 6:37 PM, Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Dec 20, 10:02 am, Bruce Johnsonjohn...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: 'Embiggening', a slang term peculiar to one very small subset of people, aka an inside joke. Ignore it, I was being a bit cutesy. I believe that the correct term would be

Re: RJ 45 Aggravation Update

2010-12-19 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/19/2010 5:08 PM, smac0031 wrote: I finally got this work. Why this didn't work the first time or any of the other times, I don't know. Instead of cutting across cable with a utility knife I cut the insulation parallel with scissors and then cut the insulation away without taking a chance

Re: Easy way to monitor network traffic?

2010-12-14 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/13/2010 10:20 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 Yeah, but the cost is enormous! -- You received this message because you

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/12/2010 10:42 AM, James Therrault wrote: On Dec 12, 2010, at 9:05 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:20 PM -0600 12/11/2010, James Therrault wrote: Even if you got zapped, it would only be a momentary discomfort. Lotsa voltage but notta lot of current... ROFLMAO. Arg, 'tis a nice tingle. (Down

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/12/2010 1:34 PM, James Therrault wrote: My father once pulled the Number 1 plug wire from our '49 Dodge truck and plugged in my finger to the wire and started the truck. I still remember the look on his face when he grabbed the door handle, not realizing that I had my other hand on the

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
Since this was the time when gas in California was 14.9 cents per gallon, we didn't really pay much attention to the mileage a vehicle got. On 12/12/2010 5:33 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: The thing must've had terrible gas milage. On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: It was an old Ma

Re: RJ45 Aggravation

2010-12-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/12/2010 6:06 PM, smac0031 wrote: I couldn't get any of them to work. The existing network used to work, but when I tried these wall plugs I could never get more than three of the four pairs to work. I have a decent punch down tool and a little circuit tester which when you plug in the new

Re: Mac Mail and Qwest HD Internet

2010-12-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
On 12/11/2010 2:47 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: On 11/12/2010, at 3:14 PM, Toves wrote: Hello, folks. Has anybody had experience with getting Mac's Mail client to interface with mail.q.com http://mail.q.com? I can send mail out via smtp.q.com http://smtp.q.com, but Mac Mail times out on port

Re: Nanny note Re: 2 Questions

2010-12-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
. Attachments are. Grow up. Dennis Myhand -- 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 list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http

Re: PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'

2010-11-09 Thread Dennis Myhand
You might want to unplug it as well. If it is not the power supply, it is something else with a lot of juice running through it. You have a potential fire hazard. lrbarrios wrote: I just purchased a PowerMac G3 All-In-One from a flee market for $5. I was told that it works, so what the

RE: PowerMac G3 AIO 'snapping/popping'

2010-11-09 Thread Dennis Myhand
Yes, people have been killed screwing around with flybacks. You are looking at the potential discharge of tens of thousands of volts if you touch certain things together. At the least you are looking at the worst case of flash blindness you could never imagine. Unless you are skilled in CRT

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
Okay, I do have a Revision D 333MHz G-3, and I guess it is Purple. I depends on the light. Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 8, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Ashgrove wrote: have a purple (can't deal with the whole blueberry/indigo/Bondi thing: it's PURPLE) Uhh, if it's purple, you have a 'grape' imac,

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
name is George. Nice vintage-ish machine. Use it for work... word processing and spreadsheets, nothing heavy. He just looks so much better than those blockish winderz boxen everyone else has! Amanda On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: Okay, I do have a Revision D 333MHz G-3

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
-ish. ;-) Amanda On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: I have a larger HD for it that I can install. 6gigs just seems so 1990's. I will also probably boost the RAM. I can get two more and a couple of strawberry as well. Will report on that later in the week. Amanda Ward wrote

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
supply of comfortable, fully functional, three button wheel mice to choose from. I have been using multi-button mice since I first cut my teeth on UNIX. Do not intend to quit now. Thanks, Dennis Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Nov 5, 12:05 pm, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@ednaisd.org wrote: I have just

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
How do I determine what revision it is? Judith Berkowitz wrote: On Nov 5, 2:11 pm, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote: ... It is a tray loading model, not slot loading. and it is running 8.6 If it's tray-loading, it isn't a Blueberry iMac but rather a Bondi iMac. If it hasn't been

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
This doesn't really tell how to determine if it is a Rev A, B, C, or D. Well, it does, but it does not really give you a way to determine which hardware you have. I have checked About this computer but that does not give the processor or processor speed. How do I find this out? Been a

Blueberry iMac

2010-11-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis Dennis Myhand Technology Coordinator Edna ISD (361)782-9086 Fax (361)781-1002 Cell (361

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
. Good luck, Ralph On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 15:05 -0500, Dennis Myhand wrote: I have just locked on to a Blueberry iMac with Blueberry keyboard and Blueberry puck mouse. How difficult is it to upgrade these? It looks like a sealed unit. Do I need special tools? Thanks, Dennis Dennis Myhand

Re: VersionTracker folds

2010-09-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
Tina K. wrote: I came across that the other day when I was looking for an older version of something, one feature of VT that I did like. I've never been a fan of download.com/cnet and I really can't see myself ever using that site again, it's just awful. How can the Windows users stand it?

RE: USB to serial??

2010-08-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
John: I have used the following device with some success. Sabrent SBT-USC1M USB to Serial (9-pin) DB-9 RS-232 Adapter Cable. I ordered mine from directron.com out of Houston, TX, but that is because I am only about 100 miles away. HTH, Dennis in Edna, TX -Original Message- From:

Re: The anti-FUD, or what to read on Sunday morning

2010-07-25 Thread Dennis Myhand
James Therrault wrote: You'd just think that people would be a little smarter and make decisions based on verified facts. If people were smart there wouldn't be politicians or telemarketers. Peace, Dennis in Victoria -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: WTB Dual 500 MHZ Processor

2010-07-24 Thread Dennis Myhand
Jasiu wrote: Still looking for a dual 500 MHZ processor for my G4 Sawtooth. John Schiavone Jr Bangor, Pa I think you want the swap list. -- 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

OT:To Any Hams On The List

2010-07-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
Please contact me off-list if you are a Ham. Thanks, Dennis Myhand -- 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 list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

Re: plain text please

2010-07-17 Thread Dennis Myhand
Some people on this list do not have a 10 Megabit connection. Some are still on dial-up. Please be considerate of them. Eric Herbert wrote: I hate to be that guy, but might I ask why we're being asked to cling to a 1970's server technology in the 2010s? HTML and Rich Text emails have

Re: Change machine specific installer requirements

2010-07-16 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Carmonne wrote: Hi All Recently someone posted the method of fixing machine specific install disk to work on any machine. I didn't save that post and now I need to fix an image to allow it to work on a machine other than the one it's intended for. Any body know how to do this? It seemed

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

2010-07-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
Eric Volker wrote: On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 21:09 -0500, Dennis Myhand wrote: I once put Yellowdog on a G-3 266MHz. It looked and worked like Linux on a PC of that speed. When you have access to OS-X why in God's name would you want to put Linux on a G-5? OS-X is what happens to Linux when

Re: Cube vs TiBook reliablity

2010-07-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 11, 2010, at 9:57 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jul 11, 2010, at 11:03 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I found that the FW ports on the Genesys Logic inc. housings would not mount but the USB does. Genesys Logic should be avoided at all costs. I've never seen a Genesys

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

2010-07-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
Eric Volker wrote: I know you've stated that G4s are the best bet for LinuxPPC, but I only have a dual G5 and an Intel iMac at my disposal. Which version of Linux best supports the G5 and the Radeon 9700/Nvidia 5200 I have at my disposal? Fedora was a waste of time - graphics glitches with

Re: G4 video card compatibility

2010-07-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
I believe it will still work X 4. Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: Sorry just got the magnifying glass out and this ADC card is from a 466 MHz Digital Audio, not a Sawtooth! On Jul 12, 3:05 am, Deiniol ap Deiniol autolycus.mercat...@googlemail.com wrote: I've just got a 400MHz Sawtooth which has the

Re: I would like to flash this video card!

2010-07-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
would show nothing). Is there some trick to getting a DVI display to work? And why does it say No Display when I am looking at a VGA Flat Screen? Thanks, Dennis -- Dennis Myhand Technology Coordinator Edna ISD 361-728-9036 (Office) 361-235-1944 (Mobile) -- You received this message because

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
wrote: On 28/6/10 20:09, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi All: I am looking to upgrade the video in my DA dual 533. I found the following card on eBay: MAC nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 AGP Video Card 128MB VRAM Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-nVidia-GeForce4-Ti-4600-AGP

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
Eric Herbert wrote: From what I understand, it goes like this: If you can manage it, upgrading to a Core Image capable card makes a major difference in how your Mac behaves. For further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Extreme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Image Well,

Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-06-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
Hi All: I am looking to upgrade the video in my DA dual 533. I found the following card on eBay: MAC nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 AGP Video Card 128MB VRAM Here is the link:

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-14 Thread Dennis Myhand
Dan wrote: At 9:01 PM + 6/13/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Why there is not a basic computer practices class I do not understand. Be comforted, that in the face of all irridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-14 Thread Dennis Myhand
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: I can understand that in an office drone paper shuffler who is on the IT lockout track. But media types of all persuasions who enter small or freelance operations and ignore the need of CPU and network system practices will be a burden to their bosses and

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-14 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Callahan wrote: I have tried to teach that very class for the last 7 years. Most of my students could not care less about what I am talking about. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com Why not start an internet course for a small fee I would be interested.

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Bruce Johnson You don't do computer support for ~600 faculty, staff and students, in addition to the myriad mailing lists I'm on. You would not believe what some folks consider acceptable for 'professional'

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Why there is not a basic computer practices class I do not understand. I have tried to teach that very class for the last 7 years. Most of my students could not care less about what I am talking about. They are there to fulfill the state requirements for

Re: weird USB - Firewire bridge

2010-06-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
No. It will run at the slower USB 2.0 speed. Whenever you are working with devices that work at different speeds your bottleneck will always be the slower device. Peace, Dennis Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Here's a good question. If i have a USB 2.0 external HDD and plug in the FW adapter, will

Re: Slashdot News Story | Google Reportedly Ditching Windows

2010-06-01 Thread Dennis Myhand
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Vic Mabus vma...@gmail.com mailto:vma...@gmail.com wrote: http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/01/011203/Google-Reportedly-Ditching-Windows?from=rss by rolfwind (528248) http://slashdot.org/%7Erolfwind on Monday

Re: 933 mhz G4 Quicksilver Powermac OS Linux or OS X?

2010-05-30 Thread Dennis Myhand
Scotty wrote: I have a used G4 Quicksilver w/1.25 GB RAM that I love and well it came with 10.5 installed but I have to re-install an OS on it. I don't have a copy of 10.5 , but I do have the Original OS 10.2 disk that came with the Quicksilver, A copy of 10.4 from my old Lampshade iMac G4 that

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-17 Thread Dennis Myhand
Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 17, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: What's up Listers? FoF ? ( fear of Facebook? ) More like DGAFFAF Don't give a flying f**k about Facebook. Also Get off my lawn you kids! :-p Facebook reminds me of all the reasons I hate blogs. Just

Re: OT. A Problem with IT

2010-05-15 Thread Dennis Myhand
Does anyone else see anything missing from the list of Affected Products? Like anything from Redmond, Washington, USA? Hmmm...? This list looks like a whole lotta bullshite! I work with M$, Linux and Mac OS-X on a daily basis. I am a certified Cisco Networking Instructor. This is pure

Re: OT. A Problem with IT

2010-05-15 Thread Dennis Myhand
If that is the case what is his complaint. I seriously doubt that it is a php script which is handling this process. It is most likely some version of a bash script. Like I said before, you will never convince this guy he is wrong about Macs. Peace, Dennis in Victoria Brian Christmas

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
coolr...@comcast.net wrote: The subject pretty much asks the question. Also, which Mac last shipped with OS9? Wad it a G4? G3? r I remember working at a school in Texas (Willie Nelson's home town) and we received a new G-3 iMac in Red running OS9. That was in April of 2001. I think the

Re: Dying GPUs?

2010-05-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
Michael G.M. wrote: O_o So, I should have kept my Tandy 1000 from like 20 years ago? Good grief... Actually, you can download FreeDOS, burn it to a cd and boot from it and do what you need to do. Peace, Dennis in Victoria -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

Re: place to sell my old G4

2010-05-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
InSaNeBoY wrote: ok, I'm sick of LEM Swap's moderation garbage.can't even revise lower pice and add more to a posting, than they give no way to try to 'appeal' the moderators whims, just gives me a bounced message when I try to email the list managers, than when I post to the group they

Re: Fwd: Iran war plot

2010-04-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Musbach wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: kathaksung kathaks...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Iran war plot To: totse to...@googlegroups.com 626. Iran war - Part of the March plot (2/21/2010) I'm sorry, did I miss something, or has

Re: I have an idea...

2010-04-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Here's a good question. When i run into a program (let's say it was Front Row)... I know how to install the code, but I can't see the PowerPC code or the intel code. When i open it in textedit or any other program, i get just a full page of codes. I am afraid of modifying

Re: I have an idea...

2010-04-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I perfectly understand that Snow Leopard is not supported at all under the PowerPC architecture, but what if i modified the code in the system? I do see a way that I can take the code from Leopard and put it in snow leopard. Then integrate Rosetta into the system to run

Re: I have an idea...

2010-04-20 Thread Dennis Myhand
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I mean really, it's not waaay too hard because I know what i'm doing. I know how hard it is because i developed an OS made from linux, and it took me 3 years to complete. Since Leopard and Snow Leopard files are similar in the way they work, fusing the codes together

Re: My quicksilver died on me.. help.

2010-04-17 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Carmonne wrote: On Apr 17, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Ok... but don't know... last time i got ripped off. The sellers live on feedback unless you've damaged the goods yourself I've never had a problem with eBay Mac sellers. But That's just me:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda

Re: OT; Apple in negotiation with AMD ?

2010-04-17 Thread Dennis Myhand
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I was just curious on how this is possible. I know that just any computer with OS X is not a Mac. It wo't feel like a mac, or work like one, or even come close to looking like one, unless you have a real mac. I only want to know how this is possible to shake out some

Safe Mode?

2010-04-03 Thread Dennis Myhand
How do I get to safe mode on a Mac G-4 DA with dual processors? I keep seeing references to safe mode and am wondering how one gets there. Thanks, Dennis -- 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

Re: EDIT: A good and cheap video card

2010-03-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
Rory wrote: On Mar 22, 8:23 pm, The M mstye...@yahoo.com wrote: How would I go about installing a new rom? Could I just flash the firmware? Sounds like a great card to me. Pretty much. This link will have everything you need to know: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/start I have a question

Re: EDIT: A good and cheap video card

2010-03-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 28, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: If it doesn't work, it'll just not work. Can't harm the mac. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs Cool. Thanks

Re: EDIT: A good and cheap video card

2010-03-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
I believe there is an ATI Radeon 9200, 128MB AGP version. If I could find one at a good price I will fore go the ROM flashing. I am not sure I have a need for any more card than this. And, I have to wait until the middle of next month to do any buying, so hold off on the offers. I will ask

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
driver and re-install the OS. Another question,I am thinking of buying a NEC EA231WMI DIsplay (full HD - 1920x1...@60hz),do you think,that the sawtooth with a 9700pro would be sluggish on the web browsing and so at that resolution? On Mar 13, 12:25 pm, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote

Re: OT 1966 iMac

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Can anyone tell me, do my eyes deceive me or is this an ad for a 1966 lampshade iMac doing iSight conferencing on the desk ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4431295044/#preview -- That is an ATT Video-Phone. We all knew we would all have one of

Re: OT 1966 iMac

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
Clark Martin wrote: On 3/18/10 4:23 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Can anyone tell me, do my eyes deceive me or is this an ad for a 1966 lampshade iMac doing iSight conferencing on the desk ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/4431295044/#preview

Re: OT 1966 iMac

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Carmonne wrote: On Mar 18, 2010, at 4:31 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Steve Jobs copied the Philco 1959 TV for the G4 Flower Pot. Okay. Showing my ignorance here. What the hell is a G4 Flower Pot? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: OT 1966 iMac

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Carmonne wrote: G4 flat panel iMac with goose neck LCD display Ah. Learn something every day. Gracias. -- 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 list FAQ

Re: OT 1966 iMac

2010-03-18 Thread Dennis Myhand
John Musbach wrote: Your link brings me to a photo of a man and his carpet!, not sure what that has to do with iMacs or iSights? On 3/18/10, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me, do my eyes deceive me or is this an ad for a 1966 lampshade iMac doing iSight

Re: Powermac G5 PMU revisited

2010-03-16 Thread Dennis Myhand
Okay, Eric. You are starting to repeat your self. This is the third copy of this message which has come through. Peace, Dennis on Spring Break in Victoria Eric Volker wrote: Just a random thought, but is there any way to convince a Mac to completely ignore the PMU once the machine is

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
You can look through the achieves of this list. It has been posted here withing the last two months. I know because I used it. I just don't remember what I did because there has been a lot happening in my life the last two weeks! Peace, Dennis skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
Look for Large HDD in a Sawtooth. I think that was the subject I used when asking. skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't found it... I am trying to make this machine really lowend on money,because: 1)I'll only use it on weekends 2)I am student

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
skinnie wrote: Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't found it... I am trying to make this machine really lowend on money,because: 1)I'll only use it on weekends 2)I am student and don't have much money. Here is the message. I could not find Overdrive so I did

Re: Upgrading a Sawtooth

2010-03-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
I could not find it anywhere. What I found called Overdrive was for USB drives so I went ahead and did the firmware hack. Works fine from what I can tell. A 320 Gig drives that I can see 312 gigs of. Sounds like the normal amount of false advertising. roman...@ideal-access.com wrote:

Re: Diagram for a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz mobo?

2010-03-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
Bill Connelly wrote: On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: That sounds like a 100microfarad, 6 volt electrolytic capacitor. But I could be mistaken. Let another on the list confirm that. Peace, Dennis in Victoria Yes, thanks ... looks like one of these: http

Re: Diagram for a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz mobo?

2010-03-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
That sounds like a 100microfarad, 6 volt electrolytic capacitor. But I could be mistaken. Let another on the list confirm that. Peace, Dennis in Victoria Bill Connelly wrote: On Mar 7, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: N3 100 6v Black band along one side of top ... maybe 2 pins?

Re: Who's using my network?

2010-03-06 Thread Dennis Myhand
Dan wrote: At 7:27 PM -0800 3/5/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: If you're both on the same network segment, you could do some packet sniffing - watch for when the throw rate gets high. I've seen a number of commercial (expensive) packages that will do this. Haven't noticed any free/inexpensive

Re: Question of contamination: virus defense, safety

2010-02-26 Thread Dennis Myhand
Actually, there is memory in the ethernet switch. But, like a G-3-5 Mac, it does not have the correct library files for the virus to do any damage. Jonas, take a pill, dude. EVERYONE who has responded to your question so far, including me, has answered the question you asked. You may not

Re: Large HD in a Sawtooth

2010-02-24 Thread Dennis Myhand
Hi Kris: I went the firmware route because I could not find Overdrive anywhere. Things worked perfectly. Thanks, again, Dennis Myhand -- 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

Re: Large HD in a Sawtooth

2010-02-22 Thread Dennis Myhand
Thanks, Kris and Stewie for the answers I was looking for. Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 22, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I just acquired a 320 GB HD for my Sawtooth FrankenMac. I know there is a 128 GB limit on drive size. What do I need to do to use the whole drive? Use an

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-08 Thread Dennis Myhand
Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 7, 2010, at 11:23 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: FIXED! I shimmed the Graphics Chip using Pennies! I stacked them under the gray cover, and then on top of the cover and then closed the computer up and it works perfectly!!! Thanks for help, you saved my computer! Using

Re: iMac G5 2GHZ Graphics Problem

2010-02-07 Thread Dennis Myhand
Back in the old days of CRT monitors, which were much like television sets, I turned a monitor on one day, and it was all green and blue and flattened and looked very much like this, even though all colors seem to be here. They are not balanced as the should be. This looks like a problem in

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-22 Thread Dennis Myhand
Bruce Johnson wrote: WOWZA, thats a large pile o'Urban legendosity. Uhh, no. A Lack of drivers for the SMC (which is the power control system for the laptop) merely means that yoiu get the fans on, and poor battery performance. But even on that note, you're wrong, because the Asus One

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
Kasey Smith wrote: I *AM NOT* kidding. Linux does not know how two work the CPU voltage part of the SMC chip, which makes electrons jump the electron paths in the CPU, eventually boring new paths and shorting out the CPU. This is pure, unadulterated, horse hockey. If there was enough

Re: Burning music

2009-12-21 Thread Dennis Myhand
Paul Stamsen wrote: I have burned some songs to disks and they play fine in a portable CD player (Walkman, kinda) but they will not play in my car - although regular music disks do. What am I missing? P. Some automotive CD players will not handle .mp3 files. How did you burn the

Re: Disk specific / Install specific?

2009-08-10 Thread Dennis Myhand
MacGuy wrote: here's the question We all know that the grey disks that come with each particular new mac are machine specific BUT once installed, is that installation still bound to that particular mac or can the hard drive theoretically be installed into any other mac

Re: Linux on Power Mac G5?

2009-08-09 Thread Dennis Myhand
Mac User #330250 wrote: Yes, I've downloaded OpenSUSE too. YDL I've never tried before. I installed OpenSUSE (the x86 version) on my mothers laptop and she's very happy with it. I know OpenSUSE and have also tried the PowerPC version on my Power Mac G4 MDD once. I'm not happy with the

Re: Linux on Power Mac G5?

2009-08-09 Thread Dennis Myhand
Kris Tilford wrote: The problem with OS X on a G5 is the fact that Apple is abandoning support for the PPC Macs One of the saddest days of my techno life was DEC selling the Alpha to Toshiba. My dearest desire was a 4 proc Alpha maxed out on RAM (Think it might have been 32 gigs or maybe

Re: Speakers for a G5

2009-06-03 Thread Dennis Myhand
Len Gerstel wrote: The same people who buy $500 wooden volume control knobs, $1300 speaker cables and $2500 tube amps for their iPods. I have to partially disagree here. In my youth (early 80's), when I had hair and good hearing, I could tell the difference between $200 pr KMart

Re: New to Mac - Just purchased used G4

2009-05-12 Thread Dennis Myhand
DEAR GOD SOMEONE PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD! THIS DEAD HORSE HAS BEEN FLOGGED ENOUGH! Baha Ata wrote: distribute: to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, esp. in a specified region or area. lend: to give (money) on condition that

Re: DSL Modem Question

2009-04-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
Doug McNutt wrote: ADSL is an acronym I don't recognize but you should look it up. ADSL is Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line and describes service which is unequal in data rate either up or down. 6megs down/1 meg up is a common ADSL speed. Peace, Dennis

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