HA!yeah I bet someone swapped the mice around, too funny!
On Apr 16, 2010, at 6:37 AM, flags wrote:
New 20-30 iMac lab w/ wireless mice. Problem: Imac 1's mouse controls
iMac 7, etc. is there a quick/simple fix?
Sounds like someone moved all the wireless mice around between the
On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Justin The Cynical wrote:
The M wrote:
I'll look into that. I googled NVidia FX5200 and I saw a really cheap
256MB card but it was PCI. Do pci graphics cards work with the MDD's?
You can't compare Apples and oranges. And Microsoft is the orange here.
Hmm?
My G4 had issues with youtube vids even with a 1.8GHz processor upgrade 1.5GB
RAM and a Radeon 9600 video card.Flash is just very poorly implemented.
Try click to flash, it'll force H.264 if available that seemed to help out a
lot on my machine (not to mention stopping all the flash ads
hook it up to the stereo and use it for iTunes music streaming. I had a
powerbook 3400c for internet radio streaming in the basement, that I just
upgraded to my old G4 tower since we got a new intel mini.If I ever get
power to my garage I might put the 3400 out there since I have an
I had ours cut way down, but I keep it a little more open now, got to watch it,
don't want to miss any potential clients.
only downside to spam is sifting through all the crap in the SMTP logs when we
encounter an issue with the server. Thankfully that's rare.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:14 PM,
You asked:
So, G-Group: Why are you (still) PowerPC-based Mac users?
personally, all about money. If I had some I'd have a new mini as a
home computer not an over worked QS.Most of my gear is hand-me-
down leftovers, right now crossing my fingers I may end up with a
G5 with
I always advise people to avoid the Quicksilver. They seem to be the
ones that suffer dead power supply problem. Particularly the 733mhz
like I have which is now a door stop. Just go on ebay and see how
many you find described as: parts only or won't power up or
powers up then shuts down
Are you sure the OP is talking about an MDD though?
This is not the case, at least with my model (FW800). I tested this
config with a borrowed RAM module last night. The computer boots, and
reads the RAM as the full 1GB. HOWEVER, it causes some serious
instability, primarily in the form of
Since I have not really been keeping an eye on the swap list for a
while i don't really know where I stand now on the sale of some gear
here at work. Short story, large client went bye bye now we have
more computing power than we need.
so we've got a G4 xserve, pair of G5 xserves,
On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:31 PM, John Niven wrote:
--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com wrote:
so we've got a G4 xserve, pair of G5 xserves, (dual 2 and
dual 2.3)
all xserves have fiber channel cards, and all xserves have
full
drivebays(G4 has three 750GB and an 80, G5s have
On Sep 23, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Sep 23, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Make sure you don't take the extra step of dropping the hard drive
onto the concrete floor like I did one time. :-)
I thought we all had to do that once. It was some sort of
Speaking of ATi cards.
I've got a G5 version Radeon Pro 9600 64MB card that has the pins
taped to work in my Quicksilver 733. It works, but usually it does
not want to work on startup, screen does not turn on. but if I hit
the reset a few seconds after the ethernet links up(router on
just taking parts out. takes a little time to snake the wires out and
put the new ones back in. Straight forward replacement though...
A thought on the MDD power supplies though, I had a second one fail
Monday. Only two so far, but both were the last model MDDs made
(the 2003
IIRC it's just a two wire momentary on switch.get a basic one from
your local electronic supply store (used to say radio shack, but they
carry so little of that kind of stuff any more) Only think to think
about is if you need to take the computer apart in the future so: A)
make the
, one large black, one small red one small
black. I'm guessing that the two small wires get the switch, then what
do I do with the bigger black wire? Jeff
On Aug 26, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Sam Macomber wrote:
IIRC it's just a two wire momentary on switch.get a basic one
from
your local
I've never had one fail.
3 months ago or so I gave away 6 of those G4s (kept some parts and yes
a spare PS, but gotta hold onto that until the last old G4 is gone)
It appears the power supply died in the G4/500DP I gave my Dad.
I've been checking eBay and other places for a replacement
Now I wish I still had that link to that website that listed the pin
outs of all the G3/G4 power supplies. I used it to hack a BW G3
supply to work with a newer G4... but no ADC.
I think they're all slightly different and I would not risk it until
I found out for sure...
-sam
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
One thing Sun could assemble, fairly readily, would be a killer
large-enterprise messaging solution. A far more scalable back-end
server than Exchange, coupled via an instant-push-delivery
But we can discuss this to death and it won't change anything. S,
I'll just keep on truckin' with my ancient G4 Gigabit 400...
JT
(Who wonders at times why not hook up the 1.25GHz Powerbook to use
as a
main machine)
I decided on a processor upgrade for my QS, 1.8ghz. Buys me a
Apple does really know how to make people upset, obviously you
wonder why real businesses don't use Macs. It's because Apple does
stuff like this. I mean look at Microsoft and how they keep
supporting older hardware.
That is not at all true. I work for a couple of LARGE (300+)
Well, that remains to be seen of course. very reliant on retail, so
see how the summer goes. *crosses fingers*
-sam
Just feel lucky you still have a peak season!
regards
Iain Thornton
--- On Tue, 9/6/09, Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com wrote:
I'm gonna have my hands full
If I were the head of a sizable operation that invested in the latest
G5s I would be letting Apple know loud and clear that I am not a happy
camper.
well we're small so complaining won't change a thing with apple.If
10.6 plays nice with 10.5 I think we'll be fine and we'll just run
Glad i told my uncle to just buy a new mini rather than fix his G4
mini. :)
Was planning on upgrading our home computer in a year or so any
how...as it is 10.5 and my QS G4 (with a 1.8GHz upgrade) is just
fine for surfing the web, checking my email, serving A/V to my AppleTV
and using
On Jun 3, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote:
Why would you pay 18.5K for a set of B Os when you can spend a mere
$500.00 for a pair of Klipsch bookself speakers which is more than
anyone will ever need?
The same people who buy
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Bruce Johnson
john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/01/
linksys_router_remote_takeover/
Certain Linksys routers are vulnerable to remote takeovers if you
know
the username/password. Bad things can happen if your
On May 27, 2009, at 8:44 AM, diane wrote:
At 7:59 AM -0700 5/27/09, Al Poulin wrote:
On May 27, 9:31 am, diane di...@mathermotorsports.com wrote:
Hey, one other huge question, will the UPS work in a non-grounded
outlet?
No. And never use a cheater adaptor to bypass any ground with
lawn, palm tree and some roses up front)
http://tinyurl.com/rarxs8
my place before that (this one was a rental)
http://tinyurl.com/ryvqxf
-sam
On May 27, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Sam Macomber wrote:
or get lucky and have a metal box and BX all the way to the panel.
Hook one of the ground adaptors
I just got a store brand 4 port USB 2 card (dynex or something) from best
buy for my quicksilver. Works fine, computer goes to sleep fine
little pricy in the store, but I didn't want to wait :) can find them
cheap on ebay etc.
-sam
I have a G4 (Sawtooth) upgraded w/ a 1.2 GHz OWC
)
single 500GB HDD (on sonnet card)
pioneer 16x DVD-R
Sam Macomber wrote:
I just got a store brand 4 port USB 2 card (dynex or something)
from best
buy for my quicksilver. Works fine, computer goes to sleep fine
little pricy in the store, but I didn't want to wait :) can find
them
you'd be surprised what gets left on drives
I once got an 850 at a yard sale, with one drive in it. turned out to
be 1/2 a RAID 1. I looked on it and found the computer was from a
medical lab and was full of medical records!It was too small to be
of any use to me, so I took it apart
Ok, so as much as I wanted a new iMac the money just isn't there so
for the time being I threw together a machine from parts that we were
getting rid of at work.After much fiddling to get OS9 on the
machine to update the firmware on the PATA card(royal PITA) it seems
to be all
Really whole thing is a gigantic PITA. should see the stack of old
drives I've collected from old machines we've sold or given away here
at work.
-sam
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On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:03 PM, insightinmind wrote:
On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:01 PM, insightinmind wrote:
On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Sam Macomber wrote:
Ok, so as much as I wanted a new iMac the money just isn't there
so
for the time being I threw together a machine from parts that we
On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:30 PM, insightinmind wrote:
On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Sam Macomber wrote:
I'll try pulling the USB card tonight... Also have to deal with my
AppleTV, gone all wonky on us...
Recent experience with 10.5.6, says turn off all types of file
sharing
good thought. thanks
From: Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 3:15:07 AM
Subject: Re: pooched iMac G5
Hasn't been moved from the desk since we got it new. Today was the
first
time it's been opened to test another RAM module
From: Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 3:15:07 AM
Subject: Re: pooched iMac G5
Hasn't been moved from the desk since we got it new. Today was the
first
time it's been opened to test another RAM module in it, so RAM has
)
-sam
From: Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 3:15:07 AM
Subject: Re: pooched iMac G5
Hasn't been moved from the desk since we got it new. Today was
the first
time it's been opened to test another RAM module in it, so RAM
Computer in question is a 17 iMac G5 running 10.5.6 has been running
OS 10.5 for over 6 months flawlessly. This morning it started
crashing at random progressively getting worse. While it was still
functioning I ran disc utility disk checked out fine, repaired
permissions(was not much
it
w/o the keyboard and mouse attached, no change(so power cord only).
-sam
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com wrote:
Thermal cycle loosening of RAM card or other component/
Dirty slot?
Loose or bad connectors / cords ?
Has it ever been dropped
spotlight is so spotty...is there any other search utils out
there? that are cheap/free and actually work?All I want to do is
search file names.
We have a Lacie big5 netwrk disk with 100's of thousands of files on
it. for a while search worked, it took some time(fine by me at
I don't think any iPod can be converted this way...I have a first
gen 5GB iPod with a dead HDD and I can't just throw in a CF card
AFAIK I wish I could, got a new battery and a good FM transmitter
for it(old iTrip).
-sam
On Feb 14, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
My
On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:53 PM, George Hozendorf wrote:
As for exact firmware revisions that are bad, I've not seen this
list?
It appears they want you to run the program and have it tell you if
you need an update or not?
have a 6MP here, prints great, but the old dayna etherprint box
requires a non-switched ethernet port...so I've got an old 24 port
10/100 hub hooked up just for that one printer(only thing we already
had laying about at work)
On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Bruce wrote:
Hello,
That is entirely up to the wife, it's her computer.
Oh my bad. Are you getting rid of the emac?
-Jonas
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com
wrote:
Hey if you end up getting rid of that G4 tower I might buy it from
you...
I have a 700MHz eMac, I was just
On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:33 AM, Charles Lenington wrote:
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:29 PM, aussieshepsrock
ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com wrote:
HiYa Wallace,
Wikipedia was my first stop and while the entries I found were
info
snip---
Actually the
On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:38 PM, aussieshepsrock wrote:
Hello All! Original Poster Here. Looks like I've kicked up a diverse
conversation here. I think I've gleaned a great deal of thoughts from
what's been discussed and I'll check on the NIST info soon. I want to
comment on the RAW image
On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jan 7, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Sam Macomber wrote:
Since most consumer or even prosumer scanners and software
already interpolate the raw sensor data into TIFF format (there are
some that generate RAW type file, though the cost
Also, think about the time it takes to figure out which computer to
get, drag such from the store, drive to the seller's home, or wait
for it to be shipped, move all your files, get used to it, etc., etc.
I am upgrading my G4 just because I like it. I am keeping it for a
couple more years.
On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Dan wrote:
At 5:42 PM -0500 1/5/2009, Sam Macomber wrote:
On Jan 5, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Dan wrote:
At 1:55 PM -0800 1/5/2009, MIKO .. wrote:
The photo industry believes that the highest quality version of an
image is its RAW version, when available.
Each
On Jan 5, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Sam Macomber wrote:
On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Mel wrote:
snip
If I did a lot of writing, an older mac is the best. WriteNow and
a powerbook 180(best screen of the 1xx series IMO) spin down the
HDD and type away!
I'm looking to upgrade my self
On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Dan wrote:
At 11:35 AM -0500 1/6/2009, Sam Macomber wrote:
On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:20 PM, Dan wrote:
At 5:42 PM -0500 1/5/2009, Sam Macomber wrote:
From a pro perspective image quality of a TIFF is not good enough,
RAW is much better.
Never heard that before
On Jan 6, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Steve R wrote:
At 2:50 PM -0500 1/6/09, Sam Macomber posted:
I'd have let it sit in the box personally. They're sealed in well
enough to not allow much moisture in (as I recall from the two we got
at work there's a silica gel packet thiggy to help with moisture
On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:48 PM, Jeff Bequette wrote:
Jeff Bequette
jbeque...@tconl.com
On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Baha Ata wrote:
i recommend skip G4 tower series... and hunt for G5...
You may exchange your E700 with a AGP G4 and find a upgrade sonnet
card too... Mighter than 1000 Mhz
That's me every time I go home. 17 CRT at home(nice eMac CRT) and at
work I have a 30. (quite honestly I DO need it. beats the hell out
of dual 21 CRTs I used to work on.)
-sam
It depends on the local humidity, but I'd let it warm up 6-24 hours.
Give it a week or two, though and it'll
and they say NOTHING about other brands tested... to me that just
says 'hey, we think this is the best, look it burns at the fully rated
speed on our DVD burner yipee!'
a few years back i read a review that showed ALL their test data, it
was an insane amount of information (wish i
On Jan 5, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Dan wrote:
At 12:28 PM -0500 1/5/2009, Charles Davis wrote:
I think the usual failure mode these days, is a surface deformity of
some sort.
Surface deformities are mapped out during factory low-level
formatting.
Oxide formations are what causes most
On Jan 5, 2009, at 5:12 PM, Dan wrote:
At 1:55 PM -0800 1/5/2009, MIKO .. wrote:
The photo industry believes that the highest quality version of an
image is its RAW
version, when available.
Each company has its own variant of RAW. There will be no standard
any time soon.
TIFF is
On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:50 , Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Sam Macomber wrote:
Cool! I use a HP LaserJet 2100tn at home. got it for free, it was
broken found a piece of case plastic in the toner cart
roller. pulled it out and it worked great
Cool! I use a HP LaserJet 2100tn at home. got it for free, it was
broken found a piece of case plastic in the toner cart
roller. pulled it out and it worked great for a couple of years
any how.I'm sure it got a quite a bit of use in it's past life,
prints are
Oh yeah. having lived in the SW when I owned an Epson 740i I can
relate!Always liked to clog up when I need to print a paper for
class!
On Dec 22, 2008, at 7:27 PM, D Stubbs wrote:
We have run all the invoices for our biz for many years with what to
me is
the work horse of
In 1995 I paid $1,000 for my IIci 240MB HDD, 32MB RAM, Daystar
Turbo601/66 accelerator card, 10 BaseT ethernet, and 14 apple
monitor. I added a Supermac thunder/24 video card and a PAS 16 Audio
card. (those cost me $100)Sold my powerbook 180 to pay for it, as
I recall I still had
On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:54 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM, James E. Therrault
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
lampbay wrote:
Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not
the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer
At 9:24 AM -0500 11/12/2008, Len Gerstel wrote:
A couple of weeks ago we were talking about upgrade SATA drives and
that the many drives have hit the 10 cents/GB (US) point.
Seagate is investigating an issue where a small number of Barracuda
7200.11 (1.5TB SATA) hard drives randomly pause
At 10:40 AM -0400 10/29/2008, Sam Macomber wrote:
Server is 10.5, xserve G5, files are stored on an xRAID, shared
through AFP and spotlight search for the share point in question is
turned on.
problem is we've got small JPG versions of every image shot here
since
2003, stored in folders
Anyone know how to get search working right in 10.5 when searching a
server?
Server is 10.5, xserve G5, files are stored on an xRAID, shared
through AFP and spotlight search for the share point in question is
turned on.
problem is we've got small JPG versions of every image shot here
On Oct 22, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Bruce Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Oct 22, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
Can you hear that in the background? That is sound of the Linux
flavors creeping up to
RV042 is 10/100, so is the cheepie netgear...
On Sep 12, 2008, at 7:57 AM, Sam Macomber wrote:
I got a netgear G something for $10 or so on black friday last
year... works fine for my powerbook, Wii and DSs...No idea
how well the router works though just using it as a wireless
would struggle a bit, but max the RAM and it would
be usuable.
Simon
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Subject: Re: Which OS X on eMac 700
From: Sam Macomber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 06/09/2008 16:32
no 10.5 10.4 is slow enough
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