Re: Kinda OT but hoping someone here knows...

2018-06-19 Thread John Ruschmeyer
The first two generations of iPod were Firewire only (both charge and sync). The 3rd generation iPod added the ability to sync over USB, but still needed FW to charge. This was the first version of the iPod to sport the 30-pin connector. The 4th and 5th along with the iPod Mini could charge and

Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors

2012-06-23 Thread John Ruschmeyer
It's still a pretty tough order. VirtualPC has been out of production since the Tiger era (it is technically not fully compatible with Leopard). Moreover, it presents a fairly simple hardware model which is mainly designed to satisfy Microsoft OSs. As a result, it is highly likely that it does not

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-05-01 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.comwrote: im a puzzle Solver/RPG type of person though i love games like Sam Max , Monekyisland and what not :3 Which brings us to the subject of installing SCUMMvm and playing the old LucasArts and Sierra classics. -- You

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Old G4 grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: I plan to use a 9800 XT or Pro (I have 3) and am also interested in what those draw, as I might also use a flashed RIVA TNT. Sorry if this is a silly question, but is the Riva TNT OSX-compatible or are you talking about

Re: G4 Cube

2012-02-23 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Kyle Hansen pi...@speakeasy.net wrote: Really? I have 22 of them here collecting dust. Really? What would it take to get them into the hands of enthusiasts? --waves hands JR -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Beige G3 RAM

2012-02-17 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:27 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: It does not matter whether the sticks are single- or double-sided. It DOES matter that the sticks are all low-density. 256 MB sticks which are high-density will report themselves as 128 MB. I suppose there are also pathological

Is there a limit on number of ATA buses

2012-02-17 Thread John Ruschmeyer
I have a dual 1.0 MDD. Until recently, I was running a drive with Leopard (SATA with ATA bridge) ont the fast bus and an older ATA drive with Tiger on the slower bus. I recently installed a generic Sil3112 1+1 card that I had flashed with Mac firmware from Weibe and moved the Leopard drive over

Re: G3 + Tiger: iTune 9?

2012-02-14 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.netwrote: Hi! I’ve upgraded my G3 BW software installation using a G4/G5 – (I’ve put the HDD from the G3 temporarily into a G4 and a G5 for updating its installation). On the G3 I had iTunes 9.0.3 running okay, even

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Any possibility of sharing some details of your alternative use? I think I speak for a lot of people who would be interested in hearing how to get continued mileage out of our PPC systems and/or help our own local communities. Perhaps we can all share ideas. One thing I'm also a bit curious

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM, David W. Morris bbh...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure I can share the alternative use here on this list, as it involves running an alternative OS, not an Apple MacOS. Since I am relatively new here and have already made a few mistakes in posting messages, I

Re: 10.4 or 10.5 for a G4

2011-12-23 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Neal wnle...@southwind.net wrote: I need to go to 10.4 or 10.5 on the G4 I am using. It runs at 350 MHz and has 1 Gb of SDRAM. Since 350mhz is the absolute bottom of the G4 line, I have to ask. Is this a G4 with AGP graphics (Sawtooth) or one with PCI

Re: PPC Flash Player UPDATE NEWS

2011-12-04 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Fortunately, there's a solution. This seems crazy, but they're saying that the current version and all previous versions that were Intel only actually work fine on PPC Macs, the problem is that Adobe's installer won't

Re: Zip drive on an MDD G4

2011-12-03 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM, David W. Morris bbh...@gmail.com wrote: Both Mirrored Drive Doors were replaced with the lower door having a slot for the Zip drive and being fixed in place, non-opening, plus it came with the 5.25 to 3.5 bracket to position the Zip drive in the right place to

Zip drive on an MDD G4

2011-12-02 Thread John Ruschmeyer
I recently became the owner of a dual 1.0ghz G4 MDD. In looking at the various specs online, I see references to a Zip-250 drive as an optional item. Out of curiousity: 1) Has anyone ever actually seen an MDD with a factory Zip? 2) Does it use a special bracket/door or is it just a normal desktop

Re: Zip drive on an MDD G4

2011-12-02 Thread John Ruschmeyer
the CD/DVD burner or opted for a USB Zip drive. On Dec 2, 8:55 am, John Ruschmeyer jrusc...@gmail.com wrote: I recently became the owner of a dual 1.0ghz G4 MDD. In looking at the various specs online, I see references to a Zip-250 drive as an optional item. Out of curiousity: 1) Has anyone

Re: Java 1.6

2011-10-31 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Jesse St.John jesselorenstj...@gmail.comwrote: On Oct 31, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Oct 31, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Gottick International wrote: I thought I ask you folks instead of all the experts roaming the internet. I run x.5.8 on an

Re: Quieter fans for a Quicksilver G4?

2011-08-30 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Something worth checking... On some of the G4's, the power supply fan has a guard that is part of the PS casing. However, there is also a guard molded into the back panel of the tower. Supposedly, things get quieter if you remove one or the other; prefereably the metal one in the PS casing. John

Re: Network burning?

2011-04-16 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On 4/16/11 1:49 PM, PETER WARNER pe...@petermwarner.com wrote: Hey All, I would like to burn something with Toast onto a Dual Layer DVD. I have Toast on my Dual 450 Gig Ethernet, and I have a Dual Layer capable Super Drive in my Lombard... As far as I know there is no way on earth to get a

RE: Fink

2010-12-16 Thread John Ruschmeyer
From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Juran Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:17 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fink I tried Fink on my first OS X installation (Panther). Since Fink has a much smaller set of package

Re: G4 Sawtooth problem

2010-11-21 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Powermac teozen...@gmail.com wrote: I snagged a G4-400 Sawtooth in the hopes of upgrading it to a dual G4-500. Unfortunatly I didn't know you need a Uni-n rev 7 or higher for the setup to work (the machine boots into OS 9.2.2 fine and System profiler shows 2

Re: Differences between single and dual G4 Quicksilvers

2010-10-16 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 19:11 +0200, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: Differences between single and dual G4 Quicksilvers Date:Samstag 16 Oktober 2010N From:Peter Haas peterh...@cruzio.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com I always

Re: Over clocking G4

2010-10-13 Thread John Ruschmeyer
400mhz can also be a Sawtooth (AGP, non-gigabit) model. Don't know about gigabit. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Illirik Smirnov illir...@gmail.com wrote: 400MHz would be a Yikes! model. PCI GFX, AGP GFX, or Gigabit Ethernet is unknown. -- You received this message because you are a

Need help with a disk problem

2010-08-26 Thread John Ruschmeyer
I have a PowerBook G3 (Pismo, 500mhz, 1GB RAM) which has been running under 10.4 for some time. Recently, though, I've noticed some disk-related problems which I could use some help with. The first problem appeared during an update for Office 2004. Like most installers, it popped up a

RE: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working?

2010-08-20 Thread John Ruschmeyer
From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Carmonne Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 8:16 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Gigabit G4 Tower + Leopard = Not working? On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Dan Palka wrote: I tried multiple

RE: weird USB - Firewire bridge

2010-06-13 Thread John Ruschmeyer
I one got something similar in a set of USB adapters. In my case, the kit came with a retractable USB A male-to-A female adapter (extension cable) and a set of various adapters to convert the extension cable into a dedicated purpose cable; this included a pair of RJ-45 ends to turn the cable into

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?

2010-06-12 Thread John Ruschmeyer
And this is where the whole thing breaks down into fairy land... Here we have a host system of a PPC G4 @ 400mhz emulating a DUAL-CORE processor of a completely different architecture at approx. 4x the clock speed of the native processor. This defies all common sense whatsoever. I can maybe buy

Re: Do you need a ROM Patch for BW G3 if G4 Zif is installed?

2010-05-23 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Reducing the bus speed is only required for some of the higher speed (i.e., 800mhz) third-party upgrades. It's actually the same for G3 and G4 upgrades at those speeds. Look at something like a 1Ghz G3 upgrade for for information. Now... For a simple upgrade like swapping in a Yikes! G4 into a

Re: BW G3 - G4 Upgrade Revisited.

2010-05-23 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Belkin definitely made an ADB--USB adapter (I have one around here somewhere) and I'm pretty sure of at least another brand.) John On 5/23/10 3:33 AM, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.com wrote: I've heard mention of a USB to adb adapter too, search the list archives? I think it was

Re: Do you need a ROM Patch for BW G3 if G4 Zif is installed?

2010-05-22 Thread John Ruschmeyer
You need a patch, even with the Zif from a Yikes! You do not need any additional software, however. The patch from any Vendor should work... Personally I prefer the NewerTech one (found it off a link from OWC's support page) which worked well for me when I did the same upgrade. John On 5/21/10

RE: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread John Ruschmeyer
A minor caveat on installing a G4 in a BW. Before installing the G4, you also have to install a firmware patch which removes the block on G4s. Also, based on a bad personal experience, I'd be wary of installing a G4 from a Yikes in a Rev. 1 BW. John -Original Message- From:

Re: I want to get a LCD monitor for my G4

2010-05-12 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 06:37 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 11, 2010, at 3:41 AM, icanswing wrote: Okay I googled the ATY Rage 28 Pro and it says resolutions up to 1920 x 1440. I also found out that this was standard video card for the Sawtooth. I didn't know I had a Sawtooth until

RE: Uses for a Wallstreet

2010-03-11 Thread John Ruschmeyer
That is his ebay id. I've never bought any Wally bits from him, but I have bought a couple of Lombard ones... he is just about the only seller I've seen who had the Lombard HDD tray and cable. Reasonable pricing and he will discount shipping on multiple items. John -Original Message-

Problems with BW G3 after attempted G4 ugrade

2010-01-02 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Up until recently, I was happily using a BW G3 (rev 1, 400mhz) which had been upgraded with a Melco G3/500 and a flashed Radeon 7000 PCI, all running under 10.4.11. On a bit of a whim, I picked up a used Apple G4/350 CPU from ebay with the idea of installing it in the BW and trying to overclock

RE: 1Ghz G3 upgrade?

2009-12-15 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Smurf= BW G3 (aka Yosemite) Flower= Flower-power iMac MolarMac= Beige G3 All-in-one (named for its shape) John -Original Message- From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Carmonne Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:36 AM To:

Re: Upgrading a Beige

2009-09-14 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sep 14, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: 'overclocking' is making a CPU go at faster than the CPU's rated speed. Putting in a CPU rated at a higher speed is, well, pretty much exactly what you just did on the BW :-) The speed jumper settings on the Beige are different steps than

Re: iTunes 9 PPC Macs

2009-09-10 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sep 10, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I wasn't offered iTunes 9 on my G3 iBook. A quick check of System Requirements shows no G3 support. Some are saying iTunes 9 runs on the G3, but slowly. I haven't tried iTunes 9 on a G3. It appears iTunes 8.2.1 is the final G3 version.

AGP G4 in a BW case

2008-12-22 Thread John Ruschmeyer
and use the existing drives, PS, etc. Based on my reading of the web, it seems like I might be able to get away with swapping in a Sawtooth motherboard, provided I also swap the back panel. Will this work (Sawtooth in a BW case/PS)? And, if so, have any of you done it already? Thanks. John

RE: same Yosemite with video troubles _ now I am trying a G4 processo?

2008-12-15 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Silly question, but did you remove the firmware block that prevents the BW G3 from using a G4? John -Original Message- From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Beniamino Cenci Goga Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:47 PM To: