Re: MDD Dual G4 Startup woes

2015-06-09 Thread Peter Devlin
On 09/06/2015 05:46, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: I have a dual G4 MDD with a startup problem. It¹s been ³finicky² for a while, requiring holding the power button for a few seconds to start up ­ and not a soft touch at that; when I say ³holding² I mean *holding*/*pushing* hard ­ so

Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive

2015-04-20 Thread Peter Devlin
On 20/04/2015 11:39, William Tomcanin wt8091...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone manually cleaned the laser lens on their DVD drive?  I'm tempted at this point to remove the drive, take it apart and attempt to clean it manually until a replacement arrives. I understand that the lenses on the

Re: Text display on TV problem

2015-04-20 Thread Peter Devlin
On 20/04/2015 10:56, geraldcornish geraldcorn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I need to create a version of a booklet for display on flat screen tv (not HD) and having trouble making text visible - it displays as broken lumps mostly undecipherable. I am exporting spreads from InDesign to VIDEO_TS

Re: Using AGP 8x card in AGP 4x ADC compatible slot

2014-01-07 Thread Peter Devlin
On 06/01/2014 23:51, Manoah F. Adams mhfad...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm trying to upgrade my Quicksilver 2001 800DP video from the stock nVidia GeForce2 MX 32MB card to an nVidia FX 5500 (8x AGP). After finding that it wouldn't boot with the new card (that is not even into firmware

Re: ios7 growing pains

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Devlin
On 25/09/2013 21:47, Peter Devlin pdim...@mail.com wrote: I should add that the iphones I have updated to ios7 are not new - both are the iphone 4 so it was a surprise that they would no longer connect to the itunes 10 in Leopard they previously had no problem with as all backups, playlists

Re: Activity monitor shows CPU running at 100% all the time....

2013-09-26 Thread Peter Devlin
On 25/09/2013 13:54, spilrules t...@tomstock.us wrote: Recently I noticed the fan running at full speed for quite some time on my G4 powerbook 12 1.33 mhz which I thought was unusual as it did not seem to run very long in the past. I checked the activity monitor under utilities and discovered

Re: ios7 growing pains

2013-09-25 Thread Peter Devlin
On 25/09/2013 16:33, Don Wakefield dtp...@yahoo.com wrote: Since my eMac 125 is relegated to iTunes 10 as the maximum, and since Apple has dictated iTunes 11 or greater to be the only versions able to communicate with my newly installed  ios7 on my phone,  I am at a loss to figure how to get

Re: ios7 growing pains

2013-09-25 Thread Peter Devlin
On 25/09/2013 18:24, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Yes, there's a workaround: Buy a newer Mac more often than every ten years 8-P I saw a MacBook Pro in the swap list today capable of running the latest version of iTunes for $250. That eMac is now 8 years, nearly 4 OS

Re: Quicksilver- Graphics card won't go in Tab Slot

2013-08-02 Thread Peter Devlin
On 01/08/2013 16:46, TriumphNut rbt...@owc.net wrote: I have two quicksilvers. The one with the 125GB Sonnet Daughterboard went out. Think the fan Quit and it Toasted the Chip. I Pulled the Ram, the 5 port USB2 PCI card, the 4Port Firewire PCI card and the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with 32MB

Re: Spillage on keyboard - broken beyond repair?

2013-01-17 Thread Peter Devlin
On 17/01/2013 02:44, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: The aluminum keyboards are difficult to disassemble; they're completely glued together. It's possible to remove the keys and springs to enable a more thorough clean - here's a charming Apple ichild with a demo...

Re: G5: 3 blinks and no boot

2013-01-16 Thread Peter Devlin
On 16/01/2013 18:20, Valter Prahlad valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Of course, the high temperature of the chip - and consequent stress - only makes the problem worse. The high temp of the chip may be due to a poor solder connection - I have reflowed ball grid arrays on graphics card

Re: Access Problem from TV to Mini

2013-01-03 Thread Peter Devlin
On 03/01/2013 11:48, Gary D. g.dea...@web.de wrote: More info: The TV has an Ethernet connection but it is too far away to string a cable. I've tried TV ­ WLAN ­ Router ­ Ethernet ­ Mini as well as TV ­ WLAN ­ Router ­ built-in Airport ­ Mini, all to no avail. I have assumed that both should

Re: Access Problem from TV to Mini

2013-01-02 Thread Peter Devlin
On 02/01/2013 16:47, G. E. Dearth g.dea...@web.de wrote: What model TV is it? I'll bet it's looking for a particular Windows-based service, but there may be ways to use a Mac with it. Panasonic TX-L37ETW5 (may be a specific German designation but there should be a US equivalent). Would

Re: Access Problem from TV to Mini

2013-01-02 Thread Peter Devlin
On 02/01/2013 18:39, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: The OP connected it to the network, it just didn't see the Mac; it was, as I surmised, because it's lookg for something other than iTunes sharing. Doesn't it work the other way either? From the mac to the tv via connect

Re: Follow-up: ADC - AGP video card issues for MDD and G5

2012-12-18 Thread Peter Devlin
On 18/12/2012 18:35, frrob fr...@earthlink.net wrote: Finally, my second question, which may be moot, but: has anyone ever tried to somehow adapt the ADC connector of one of these G5 ADC cards to the ADC connector of an MDD? It seems to me that it could be done and could work. The ADC

Re: Throwing in the Towel

2012-12-16 Thread Peter Devlin
On 15/12/2012 16:32, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: I bought that 9800 for a friend's G4 466mhz Tower and never used it because I couldn't flash the rom... I maxed the ram, put in a 250G 7200rpm HD (only reads 128G) and a new DVD super drive and installed Tiger. They had this

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-10 Thread Peter Devlin
On 10/12/2012 02:41, frrob fr...@earthlink.net wrote: Hello again everyone! Again, thanks for all the feedback and suggestions. Sooner or later, when you keep banging your head against a wall, you reach a point of saying f*%k it. It's not worth the trouble. I am about at that point. I

Re: Testing HD Performance RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Devlin
On 16/07/2012 03:37, t...@prismnet.com t...@prismnet.com wrote: What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under 10.4 or 10.5. I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby, RAMometer. I use Memtest on my dual 1.25 MDD with 2 GB of ram and 10.5.8 - although

Re: OT - How do you get a TextEdit file with half inch margins?

2012-07-10 Thread Peter Devlin
On 10/07/2012 03:10, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Listers, How do you get a TextEdit file with half inch margins? I have tried everything and did get a 1 inch margin, but no half inch, can you help or send an attachment (off list) of your work file. Version 1.4 on G4

Re: G4 MDD DVD drive compatibility; mounting HDDs in optical cage

2012-06-29 Thread Peter Devlin
On 29/06/2012 05:44, frrob fr...@earthlink.net wrote: Greetings! A couple of other questions: I have two DVD drives mounted in my G4 MDD. One of them, a Pioneer DVD-RW burner, is kaput. I would like to replace it with a new combo DVD-RW burner. Some such drives listed on eBay are

Re: Excessive fan noise - Quicksilver 2002

2012-06-27 Thread Peter Devlin
On 27/06/2012 11:24, William Tomcanin wt8091...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Recently I've noticed he fan on my Quicksilver G4 has been making much more noise than usual. I periodically clean the dust out of the interior and the ventilation ports, but the noise persists.. Can anyone

Re: ATI agp 7500 mac or not

2012-06-01 Thread Peter Devlin
On 31/05/2012 16:13, Valter Prahlad valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Certain parts of the rom are write protected if using a pc for the flashing - hence the vnc and panther - and the dvi port is kaputnice looking card though. If I got it right, after the flashing the DVI port is

Re: ATI agp 7500 mac or not

2012-05-31 Thread Peter Devlin
On 31/05/2012 03:44, Valter Prahlad valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it wrote: I have a ATI Radeon 7500 128MB DDR agp card it will not work in my agp g4 400mhz. How do kown if is a mac or othercard? If it still has the white factory label on the back you can use the ATI 102 number lookup to id

Re: ATI 7500 pc cards flash to work on g4

2012-05-04 Thread Peter Devlin
On 04/05/2012 05:56, Scott Stephens stauroli...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a power mac g4 and I get a ATI 7500 128 mb cards for PC my sons runs but I find A 256m for it, can I flash this card to make work in my G4, and wher can I get the rom I know apple put tne 7500 in some powermacs so a

Re: MDD Boot Problem

2012-03-12 Thread Peter Devlin
On 12/03/2012 02:03, glen glenst...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, I sincerely appreciate the reply.  Before I lay down the bucks for DW anyone else have other suggestions -glen A similar sort of thing happened to me years ago but in my case it was caused by the extended desktop prefs. My mac

Re: G4 10.4 or 10.5 looking for way to halftone a picture to print in BW

2012-03-06 Thread Peter Devlin
On 05/03/2012 09:50, James E. Therrault mjrtas...@gmail.com wrote: Back in the ancient computer days, I had a H/P Deskwriter that only had CMY (single cartridge) and it was the cat's butt then. Color work was not brilliant but I never had a bit of trouble with it. Later, I upgraded to a

Re: G4 10.4 or 10.5 looking for way to halftone a picture to print in BW

2012-03-04 Thread Peter Devlin
On 04/03/2012 03:03, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote: You do know that if you print using all three colors you get FAKE BLACK! I am not very sure what you mean there - RGB images like those viewed on a computer have no black at all - black is not in the spectrum. It's only when

Re: G4 10.4 or 10.5 looking for way to halftone a picture to print in BW

2012-03-03 Thread Peter Devlin
On 03/03/2012 03:34, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote: G'day Santa, Yes, iPhoto has in the EDIT mode a BW button, BUT THIS IS FAKE! Let me tell you why. All it does is print ALL COLORS and BLACK making a FAKE BLACK AND WHITE PIX. Not that it matters, but with the house in

Re: re-flashing video cards for use in Mac computers

2012-02-24 Thread Peter Devlin
On 23/02/2012 19:50, David W. Morris bbh...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have any experience in flashing a PC video card with the AGP slot connection for use in a G4 PowerMac (or G5 PowerMac), by installing it into the Mac and using a remote desktop program to display the screen on a

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-23 Thread Peter Devlin
On 23/02/2012 15:04, Jesse jesse.wm.wall...@gmail.com wrote: After much doing (using a hybrid of methods), I was able to flash the Radeon 7000 PCI graphics card to successfully work on the Mac -- currently I'm using v2.08 of the ROM and have noticed that neither QE or Core Image are being

MDD Dual quick fan noise fix

2012-02-16 Thread Peter Devlin
I have a G4 MDD dual 1.25 which I use for the internet and mail etc - has four internal hard drives and over a period of time the cpu temp has risen to the point where even at idle the main fan kicks up a noisy notch - the cpu temp for the kick up seems to be around the 56 celsius mark - idle cpu

Re: ATI Radeon 7000 Mac Version 32MB PCI video card not recognized on Sawtooth

2012-02-13 Thread Peter Devlin
On 13/02/2012 15:38, Jesse jesse.wm.wall...@gmail.com wrote: As some of you have suspected, the card was recognized when I plugged it in my PC. It won't display past the Windows XP startup screen, but I know that's something to do with not having the correct drivers. Bottom line: if it