Re: Communicating to my iphone

Sorry it snot an easy idea, but it's all that comes to mind as nothing i could test or do would be valid as i only still have my aging iphone4(non-S), but i cant be certain, You might be able to do something w/ Linux. the most upto date distro i think available for PowerPC's is Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1

Re: Linux (Ubuntu MATE) on G5 tower?

ok i havent powered it up in awhile and apparently the GPU was upgraded before i got mine this actually has the 6600 Nvidia card and not the 5200 (this brought me alot of trouble w/ noveau drivers) if theres too many issues no ones really gotten around w/ this GPU i'll just stick w/ this or will

Re: Dumping inventory

some still working devs for Classic (OS9 and older.) might be intrested , i came across the devs for Bugdom 1 are looking for a Machine that still runs OS9 for them to play thier own older games. so could contact them w/ something. On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Dan Cottler

Re: Partitions corrupted on a drive

i'm not super certain and Mght cause more problems than it'd solve but there are partitioning tools in UbuntuMATE that should work on your Powermac Model After you'd install hfstools (which can still be done in an liveCD Session) On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Bruce Johnson

Re: G5 Beeps, no startup...

i Hate to Hijack where are the CPUS located on a Dual G5 Model? (it sparked me to re-paste my G5 w/ Artic Silver) as for the OP, it could be a Dying PSU or bad Ram, try to locate an older PC that used DDR2 Ram, and Run Memtest86+ On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Kris Tilford

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

there is one option. if you have a PC w/ one. to read/write Mac Floppies, you can grab TransMac for it but if teh floppies you have laying arund are allready in MS-Dos/FAT16 Format, then the point's Moot. On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 1:04 PM, wrote: > > > I am aware there is

Re: salvaging a semi-dead G3,

knowledgeable. :/ On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jul 19, 2014, at 12:02 AM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: found a G3 sittin on the road in desperate need of some TLC, to see the internal display has been Necked (this its not going to work

salvaging a semi-dead G3,

found a G3 sittin on the road in desperate need of some TLC, to see the internal display has been Necked (this its not going to work anymore,) is it possible to run the mac w/o its internal Monitor? if it is how do i go about removing its power and Data connections so i can rely Soly on the VGA

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

ok this is weird ... the install breaks the moment it needs CD 2. (it says There were errors durring install try again later) On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Apr 12, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Xion Dracari xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: however w/ this iMac

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

reformatted the HDD again cleaned off my disc and it installed properly , Now to connect it to the net and grab all the updates ! thanks for the help. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Apr 12, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote

Re: Balky HDs vs SMART data

could always use a spare Sh*t beater windows PC (runnin linux or a Live-CD) to do SMART Checks. its what i do to keep my aging G3 in line. On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.eduwrote: On May 1, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: The

Re: Classic Environment

umm now its been ages since i really messed with classic, but wasnt classic removed from 10.5/.6/.7 ? i know it was from .7 as 10.7 was Intel Only thus unable to run anything from PPC macs. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.comwrote: I wish to run Photoshop

Re: Games for G3's?

im a puzzle Solver/RPG type of person though i love games like Sam Max , Monekyisland and what not :3 On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, t...@io.com t...@prismnet.com wrote: On Apr 30, 1:06 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Xion Dracari wrote: well i