Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 11/22/09 6:44:03 PM, janespra...@comcast.net writes: > Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old G3 iMac? > If so, how do you do it? > > At present, I think using an Ethernet cord is the only way. But I am > hoping that I am wrong

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread Kasey Smith
I have seen a 400MHz model without a slot too. On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > > On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > >> Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old >> G3 iMac? If so, how do you do it? >> &

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread Kasey Smith
Look on the back of the iMac. If it has a door with a coin latch, open it. Look inside for a slot On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old G3 > iMac? If so, how do you do it? > > At present, I th

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 22, 2009, at 3:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old G3 iMac? If > so, how do you do it? > > At present, I think using an Ethernet cord is the only way. But I am hoping > that I am wrong. > > jane

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread Glen McKnight
On 22 Nov 2009, at 23:43, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old G3 > iMac? If so, how do you do it? > > At present, I think using an Ethernet cord is the only way. But I am > hoping that I am wrong. > > ja

wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-22 Thread janesprando
Is it possible to connect to the internet wirelessly with an old G3 iMac? If so, how do you do it? At present, I think using an Ethernet cord is the only way. But I am hoping that I am wrong. jane -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Hardwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-21 Thread MacDiva
s > >> the 10.5.xOSmachine. You don't find that setting in 10.3.9.  That > >> does not need to be set explicitly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9. > > >> Am I right? > > >> On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus wrote: > >>>> As it happens, I found

Re: Hardwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread John Musbach
itly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9 . >> >> Am I right? >> >> >> On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus wrote: >>>> As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. >>>> the G4 >>>> has ”windows sharing among the options, the

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread John Callahan
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:22 PM, MacDiva wrote: > I FINALLY DID IT! By Myself! > Would some one be kind enough to tell me what "Harwiring" refers to. Thank you, John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they went. --Will Rogers extreme po

Re: Hardwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread Bill Connelly
d that to be set in order to have the XP access > the 10.5.x OS machine. You don't find that setting in 10.3.9. That > does not need to be set explicitly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9 . > > Am I right? > > > On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus wrote: >>> As it happ

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread MacDiva
machine. You don't find that setting in 10.3.9. That does not need to be set explicitly- don't know why - for the 10.3.9 . Am I right? On Nov 20, 12:48 pm, Gus wrote: > > As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 > > has ”windows sharing among

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread Gus
> As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 > has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to > dig to find out how to do that. I thought the sharing options had more to do with the OS version of the software more so than the platfor

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread MacDiva
d out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 > has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to > dig to find out how to do that. > > After looking in the Internet and finding the same problem over and > over and no one providing the answer, I looked at

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread John Musbach
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM, MacDiva wrote: > The internet corrupts my XP! I sincerely doubt that. :) -- Best Regards, John Musbach -- 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 M

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-20 Thread MacDiva
that room, > > which I dom't > > want to do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. > > > Now, with   some twicking of parameters and > > resetting the DYNEX > > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one > > remaining > > connection that is not

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
I FINALLY DID IT! By Myself! As it happens, I found out how to make this happen in the iMac. the G4 has ”windows sharing among the options, the iMac does not. You have to dig to find out how to do that. After looking in the Internet and finding the same problem over and over and no one

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread Clark Martin
> Now, with some twicking of parameters and resetting the DYNEX > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining > connection that is not working: > > The XP cannot see the iMac. > > I added the iMac to ”Network Places“ in the Windows XP and it shows &g

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
o do, hence, the DYNEX ethernet router. > > Now, with   some twicking of parameters and > resetting the DYNEX > router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one > remaining > connection that is not working: > > The XP cannot see the iMac. > > I added  the iMac to ”N

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
s and resetting the DYNEX router, the G4 can see the XP, but I have only one remaining connection that is not working: The XP cannot see the iMac. I added the iMac to ”Network Places“ in the Windows XP and it shows up, but I can only see FAXES and PRINTERS. The setting of the Imac allows it

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
WAN = wide area network (the internet) LAN = Local area network (your home network) Both can be wireless or hardwired. --- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva wrote: > I do not want to connect to the > DSL... wireless. I want to create  a > physical LAN -- You received this message because you are a mem

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
I do not want to connect to the DSL... wireless. I want to create a physical LAN On Nov 19, 10:51 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, MacDiva wrote: > > > The LAN  port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. > > ?? > > Typically these sorts of routers have a WAN p

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread John Niven
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, MacDiva wrote: It is a router, NOT a switch. It is a DYNEX 10/100M Router. Looks like that has one WAN port and four LAN ports. Your computers should be plugged into the LAN ports and the WAN should be empty. You might want to do a factory default reset (do you have the i

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:41 AM, MacDiva wrote: > The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. ?? Typically these sorts of routers have a WAN port (for connecting to the cable/dsl modem) then (usually) four LAN ports for the local network. -- Bruce Johnson University of A

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
The LAN port is empty. All computers are connected to A port. On Nov 18, 1:42 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:16 PM, MacDiva wrote: > > > The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the XP. I had wired the > > XP to the router with a simple ethernet cable, but I could see fro

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-19 Thread MacDiva
It is a router, NOT a switch. It is a DYNEX 10/100M Router On Nov 18, 1:29 pm, John Niven wrote: > --- On Wed, 11/18/09, MacDiva wrote: > > > I want to make a physical LAN by > > wiring 3 computers to a network > > router. > > Is it a router or a switch?  If you don't know the answer then tell u

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:16 PM, MacDiva wrote: > The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the XP. I had wired the > XP to the router with a simple ethernet cable, but I could see from > the LEDS that it was not in the network, so I wired it with a > crossover cable to therouter. Fine, now

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-18 Thread John Niven
--- On Wed, 11/18/09, MacDiva wrote: > I want to make a physical LAN by > wiring 3 computers to a network > router. Is it a router or a switch? If you don't know the answer then tell us the make/model number. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for tho

Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

2009-11-18 Thread MacDiva
e. (1) Ethernet router to which all 3 PCs below are hardwired (2) a 10.5.8 OS, 2.66 GHz, Intel core 2 Duo Imac (3) Windows XP PC (4) G4 PPC notebook, 10.3.9, 800 MHz There seems to be a problem with the XP seeing the iMac and the G4 seeing the XP. The two Macs talk between them, the problem is the

Re: iMac crashes

2009-11-16 Thread Dan
g the right version. Maybe dump all its prefs. What else do you have plugged into the USB ports? At 10:21 AM -0800 11/12/2009, hosemonkey wrote: >iMac slot-loader 450mhz 256mb Ram Syst. 10.4. Did you fully update it, or is this Mac OS X 10.4.0? You mention in your original posting that you

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-12 Thread Gus
for netboot, you will find the explanations by many who have gone this route to get the classic environment to load under OS X. >From my understanding of the process, netboot will install under OS X. Hope this helps. On Nov 10, 6:59 pm, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a Ruby Red iMa

Re: iMac crashes

2009-11-12 Thread hosemonkey
I have no clue what this means, I'm not sure if this is the info that you need, but here it is: Wed Nov 11 08:25:25 2009 Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x09BC5884 PC=0x1D3BA988 Latest crash info for cpu 0: Exception state (sv=0x21469C80) PC=0x1

Re: iMac crashes

2009-11-12 Thread Dan
At 10:21 AM -0800 11/12/2009, hosemonkey wrote: >iMac slot-loader 450mhz 256mb Ram Syst. 10.4. Did you fully update it, or is this Mac OS X 10.4.0? >I am trying to use a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter using Ralink >driver for that adapter. I have used this combo sucessfully in the &

Re: iMac crashes

2009-11-12 Thread Peter Kim
I have not had much success using usb wireless adapters with older iMacs. The mac drivers tend to be buggy, and the usb 1.1 bus on the iMac tends to be a bottleneck. I've seen more success with iMacs running ubuntu with linux drivers, but it's still relatively slow because of the bu

iMac crashes

2009-11-12 Thread hosemonkey
I have an iMac slot-loader 450mhz 256mb Ram Syst. 10.4. I am trying to use a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter using Ralink driver for that adapter. I have used this combo sucessfully in the past. But... with this old girl, every time that I attempt to open the wireless utility, I get a screen that

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-12 Thread Lawrence David Eden
ails, >so I quit the installer. What did I miss doing? > >The iMac firmware is up to date. > >Jane > Jane, A Clean Install is what you want. It creates a new System Folder, and that folder will be OS 9. You will then have Classic on your iMac. Larry -- You received this

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-11 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 11, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: > On Nov 10, 5:08 pm, Jim Scott wrote: >> On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:59 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: >> >>> I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, >>> 400mhz. I install

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-11 Thread Clark Martin
Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: > On Nov 10, 5:08 pm, Jim Scott wrote: >> On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:59 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: >> >>> I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, >>> 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatt

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-11 Thread Jane, (Portland, OR)
On Nov 10, 5:08 pm, Jim Scott wrote: > On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:59 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > > > I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, > > 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatted it to 10.4, that's the > > OS h

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-10 Thread Clark Martin
janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, > 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatted it to 10.4, that's > the OS her school runs on their iMacs.) > > I have also installed several learning games that n

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-10 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:59 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: > I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, > 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatted it to 10.4, that's the OS > her school runs on their iMacs.) > > I have also instal

Classic on Ruby Red iMac

2009-11-10 Thread janesprando
I have a Ruby Red iMac that i am setting up for a 6 year old. It is G3, 400mhz. I installed a new hard drive and formatted it to 10.4, that's the OS her school runs on their iMacs.) I have also installed several learning games that need Classic. However, whenever I try to open one of the

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-07 Thread Dan
At 5:58 AM -0400 10/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >[400-MHz] iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 Nice iMac. >The Mac takes a long time to get rid of the spinning circlethen >appears to load the OS. The spinning gear is part of the OS load - first it sniffs up the

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Hey Larry, >Does it just seem to take a very long time to boot or it doesn't >boot at all??? Also what it the processer speed??? I had this >problem with a 366 G3 Clamshell iBook and it was running Panther >10.3.9 so I down graded it to Jaguar 10.2.8 and the problem went >away... Now I kno

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Richard Gerome
the proc speed and I would always max the memory!!! CoolKat -Original Message- >From: Lawrence David Eden >Sent: Oct 6, 2009 5:58 AM >To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >Subject: iMac G3 won't boot > > >iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 > > > >The Ma

RE: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Stewie de Young
Is it the original hard drive ? If it is , it is past its used by date and maybe due for retirement. Stewie > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 05:58:45 -0400 > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > From: lde...@comcast.net > Subject: iMac G3 won't boot > > > iMac G3 wit

Re: iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 6, 2009, at 4:58 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Any advice, fellow Listers? Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at startup. If it gets to the login screen, just restart and it should be OK. If it doesn't get to the login screen, reboot and hold the Cmd-v keys for the verbose boot d

iMac G3 won't boot

2009-10-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
iMac G3 with 1 GB RAM running 10.4.11 The Mac takes a long time to get rid of the spinning circlethen appears to load the OS. However, before the task is completed and I can see the desktop, the Mac stops, leaving me with a blue screen. DiskWarrior found some issues and repaired them

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-24 Thread pdimage
On 23/9/09 18:50, "Jeffrey Engle" wrote: > > No firewire...on this imac. Jeff > On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Dan wrote: > >> Connect the iMac to another Mac via firewire Target Disk Mode then >> use CCC to slam the system over. I put Tiger on a stinky

Re: G5 PowerPC iMac on it's back?

2009-09-24 Thread thejeanbee
Thanks, Jim ... Sorry if this is a duplicate reply. Thought I'd thanked you earlier, but don't see my post. I'll set up a small fan and give it a try. Jean > Cooling air enters through the perforated vent on the bottom of your   > iMac and is blown out the top slit on

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jonas Ulrich
ause you wouldn't even > have to use xpostfacto. > -Jonas > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Dan wrote: > >> >> At 10:50 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >> >No firewire...on this imac. >> >> Ah. Then (memory issue notwithstanding) you

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Engle
e ram. Even if you only run 10.3. That would be the best > thing to run, because you wouldn't even have to use xpostfacto. > > -Jonas > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:50 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >No firewire...on this ima

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jonas Ulrich
u wouldn't even have to use xpostfacto. -Jonas On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:50 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >No firewire...on this imac. > > Ah. Then (memory issue notwithstanding) you have to disk swap or do > a real install. &

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Dan
At 10:50 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >No firewire...on this imac. Ah. Then (memory issue notwithstanding) you have to disk swap or do a real install. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You recei

Best browser for OS 9.2.2 was.. iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Ok, since it's not gonna get OS X... what about a browser? the best one? Jeff On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:16 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >> I've got a 233mhz imac sitting here on my desk... the old puck mouse, >> 160mhz ram. curre

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Engle
No firewire...on this imac. Jeff On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Dan wrote: > Connect the iMac to another Mac via firewire Target Disk Mode then > use CCC to slam the system over. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Dan
At 10:16 AM -0700 9/23/2009, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >I've got a 233mhz imac sitting here on my desk... the old puck mouse, >160mhz ram. currently running mac os 9.0... I' never played with these >old guys, Is there a way to load tiger on it via another mac? Jeff Connect the

Re: iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Christopher Clarke
There is, but it involves removing the HD. For this Mac, youre better off with OS 9, unless you upgrade the RAM to at least 256MB and even then 10.3 Panther is probably a better bet. Chris. On 23 Sep 2009, at 18:16, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > I've got a 233mhz imac sitting here

iMac 233mhz & tiger? how?

2009-09-23 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I've got a 233mhz imac sitting here on my desk... the old puck mouse, 160mhz ram. currently running mac os 9.0... I' never played with these old guys, Is there a way to load tiger on it via another mac? Jeff --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received th

Re: G5 PowerPC iMac on it's back?

2009-09-16 Thread Jim Scott
On Sep 16, 2009, at 4:40 PM, thejean...@gmail.com wrote: > Anyone know if it would be harmful to my PowerPC G5 iMac to use it > while it's laying down on it's back for 5 days? I'm wondering if > there would be any cooling issues, or possible harm to the display, >

G5 PowerPC iMac on it's back?

2009-09-16 Thread thejean...@gmail.com
Hey, all ... Anyone know if it would be harmful to my PowerPC G5 iMac to use it while it's laying down on it's back for 5 days? I'm wondering if there would be any cooling issues, or possible harm to the display, with it in this position as long as I prop it up on stilts so

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Dan
At 7:17 PM -0400 9/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Booting into Safe Mode (by >>holding down the Shift key), clears the system and kernel caches then > >rebuilds them. After that just reboot normally. > >I tried Zapping the PRAM and doing a low level re-set (set-defaults), >reset-all). >

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Booting into Safe Mode (by >holding down the Shift key), clears the system and kernel caches then >rebuilds them. After that just reboot normally. > >- Dan. I tried Zapping the PRAM and doing a low level re-set (set-defaults), reset-all). Does that accomplish the same thing as your sugg

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Dan
At 1:06 PM -0700 9/6/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >Dan wrote: > > (Your possible HD issues aside) The "hang" at the spinning gear, >> after an Apple update, is usually because their installer farks the >> cache clearing task. This is a long outstanding standing bug >> that Apple just seems t

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Clark Martin
Dan wrote: > At 7:16 AM -0400 9/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >> I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running >> Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates, the G3 >> will not complete the boot process. It loads OSXbut never mounts

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Dan
At 7:16 AM -0400 9/6/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running >Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates, the G3 >will not complete the boot process. It loads OSXbut never mounts >my hard drive. I don

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Richard Gerome
g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >Subject: iMac G3 > > >I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running >Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates, the G3 >will not complete the boot process. It loads OSXbut never mounts >my hard drive. I don't kno

Re: iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: iMac G3 Date:Sonntag, 6. September 2009N From:Lawrence David Eden To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running > Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates,

iMac G3

2009-09-06 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I recently upgraded my iMac 450 mhz G3 to Tiger. After running Software Update and installing a variety of Apple updates, the G3 will not complete the boot process. It loads OSXbut never mounts my hard drive. I don't know what happened during the Software Update, but my iMac is us

Re: iMac G3 upgrade

2009-08-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:25 PM, SLiCk wrote: > I recently purchesed a tangerine iMac G3 233mhz at a garage sale for > $10. Seemed like a good deal even though there was no peripherals or > CD's. The machine boots perfect and it's loaded with lots of kids > programs and runs p

iMac G3 upgrade

2009-08-25 Thread SLiCk
Hi fellow mac enthusiasts! I recently purchesed a tangerine iMac G3 233mhz at a garage sale for $10. Seemed like a good deal even though there was no peripherals or CD's. The machine boots perfect and it's loaded with lots of kids programs and runs pretty fast considering. I just added

Re: Need help fixing iMac G3

2009-08-21 Thread Ted Treen
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Need Help fixing an iMac G3

2009-08-21 Thread Wm. Arnold
I have an iMac G3 350mHz that has a moving reddish background on the Rt. side ( the data is OK ). I have removed covers & moved & tapped without any result. I was in the electronic service business but never worked on monitors. Retired in 98. Any help will be app

Need help fixing iMac G3

2009-08-21 Thread Wm. Arnold
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Re: So-So ethernet in iMac G5 iSight,

2009-08-17 Thread Dan
At 9:36 PM -0700 8/15/2009, Mullin9 wrote: >What causes my ethernet in my iMac G5 iSight,to be on & off, >and not be dependable? Faulty ethernet cable. Dying interface - shorted or zapped by a power surge. >How also to test the iMac ethernet, without hooking up the DSL modem? >

Re: So-So ethernet in iMac G5 iSight,

2009-08-15 Thread Mullin9
How also to test the iMac ethernet, without hooking up the DSL modem? and check to see if it is working OK? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop

So-So ethernet in iMac G5 iSight,

2009-08-15 Thread Mullin9
What causes my ethernet in my iMac G5 iSight,to be on & off, and not be dependable? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular

Best Hard Drive for iMac G5 iSight

2009-08-14 Thread Mullin9
What is the best Hard Drive for iMac G5 iSight,? In term of I/O performance, Quality, & Dependability. I Heard that Maxter is what Apple use for it's new Macs, and Cheetah HDD is quite fast. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are s

Re: New HDD for iMac G5 iSight 1.9 GHz, fall of 2005 model

2009-08-13 Thread Mullin9
oward the other end. with the tiny 4 pin connector, left unplugged, and my iMac iSight booted right up, with just the Power/SATA ribbon connected. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for thos

New HDD for iMac G5 iSight 1.9 GHz, fall of 2005 model

2009-08-13 Thread Mullin9
on the bottom of the HDD toward the other end. do i need the tiny 4 pin connector , that's on the bottom of the HDD toward the other end. for the iMac iSight to properly boot up, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Lo

Re: Which iMac is best, of the G5 series?

2009-07-28 Thread Mullin9
On Jul 27, 9:03 pm, Jim Scott wrote: > On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > > > > > I found the original iMac G5, > > the iMac G5 ambient light sensor, > > and the iMac G5 isight, > > which is the best, most likely to hold up, ? > > "Best

Re: Which iMac is best, of the G5 series?

2009-07-27 Thread Jim Scott
On Jul 27, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > > I found the original iMac G5, > the iMac G5 ambient light sensor, > and the iMac G5 isight, > which is the best, most likely to hold up, ? "Best" is subjective, but the most likely to hold up is the iMac G5 iSight, whic

Which iMac is best, of the G5 series?

2009-07-27 Thread Mullin9
I found the original iMac G5, the iMac G5 ambient light sensor, and the iMac G5 isight, which is the best, most likely to hold up, ? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G

Re: 233Mhz G3 Imac

2009-07-26 Thread Clark Martin
Jorjo :) wrote: > You can Install Mac OS 10.3.9, your iMac can´t run 10.4 beacause it > doesn´t have FireWire, you can easily upgrade the HD and the RAM, if > you put a HD with over 128 GB of size, will not work. > With 96MB of RAm you can run 10.2 "jaguar" but it will

Re: 233Mhz G3 Imac

2009-07-26 Thread Jorjo :)
You can Install Mac OS 10.3.9, your iMac can´t run 10.4 beacause it doesn´t have FireWire, you can easily upgrade the HD and the RAM, if you put a HD with over 128 GB of size, will not work. With 96MB of RAm you can run 10.2 "jaguar" but it will be very slow. On Jul 26, 2:46 pm, Ja

233Mhz G3 Imac

2009-07-26 Thread Jasiu
My father just gave me a teal colored 233 Mhz G3 Imac. Here are the specifics: 233 Mhz G3, OS 9.2.2 96MB memory Machine ID 406. Can this machine be upgraded? How difficult is it to get to the insides of the computer? What's the latest OS it can run and how much memory can it use? T

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-21 Thread Charles Lenington
o, but I have seen http://www.thecapking.com/applg5.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/30825...@n06/3038393309/ http://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac'

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-21 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 21, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: > We need a replacement until I get the nerve to try replacing them. Did you see these repair kits: --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are su

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-21 Thread Charles Lenington
john wrote: > Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its > stock condition, and has hardly ever been used. They are asking > $300.00, with the original discs, box, etc. > If it was in Oklahoma I would be camping outside her door. My kid's G5 iMac

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-19 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Yah. Buy it. -Jonas On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio < fluxstrin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM, john wrote: > >> >> Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its >> stock

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-19 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM, john wrote: > > Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its > stock condition, and has hardly ever been used. They are asking > $300.00, with the original discs, box, etc. > I'm still in B+W world, and wonder how

Re: G5 iMac

2009-07-19 Thread Chance Reecher
Not a bad price for a G5, but I you can find Intel mac Minis for about the same price, and they're about twice as powerful. On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:21 PM, john wrote: > > Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale.  I think it is in its > stock condition, and has hardly

G5 iMac

2009-07-19 Thread john
Hi, Someone locally has a G5 iMac up for sale. I think it is in its stock condition, and has hardly ever been used. They are asking $300.00, with the original discs, box, etc. I'm still in B+W world, and wonder how good a deal/computer this is. Here are the specs she sent me. She do

Re: is iMac G3/400 faster than PowerMac G4/350?

2009-07-18 Thread Mullin9
> The PowerMac G4 is definitely faster. It has a G4 Processor, and even   > though the CPU Speed is 350MHz, it has more video ram than the iMac,   > and can take more ram in general. > Thanks for the advice --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this mes

Re: is iMac G3/400 faster than PowerMac G4/350?

2009-07-18 Thread Po-en Tsai
On 18/07/2009, at 5:04 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > I have a Powermac G4 350 (fall of 1999), with 13" trinitron CRT > 4 x 128 MB PC133 > 20 GB ATA/133 Hard drive > Video card with 16 MB VRAM, > > I found the iMac G3/400 (fall of 1999) blueberry > 2 x 128 MB PC133 > 20 GB AT

is iMac G3/400 faster than PowerMac G4/350?

2009-07-17 Thread Mullin9
I have a Powermac G4 350 (fall of 1999), with 13" trinitron CRT 4 x 128 MB PC133 20 GB ATA/133 Hard drive Video card with 16 MB VRAM, I found the iMac G3/400 (fall of 1999) blueberry 2 x 128 MB PC133 20 GB ATA/133 Hard drive Video card with 8 MB VRAM, Is the iMac G3/400 faster b

iMac G5 won't start up? ANSWERED

2009-07-06 Thread MacGuy
Dead power supply according to apple service source. Serial# W844655LPP8 iMac G5/20"/1.8GHz/256/160hd/SD/56k When I push the power button to turn it on, I get a light for approx. 1/2 second then all goes dead. nothing on the screen, no noise... completely turns itself off. Jeffrey

iMac G5 won't start up?

2009-07-06 Thread MacGuy
Serial# W844655LPP8 iMac G5/20"/1.8GHz/256/160hd/SD/56k When I push the power button to turn it on, I get a light for approx. 1/2 second then all goes dead. nothing on the screen, no noise... completely turns itself off. Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmai

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-30 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 30, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Paul wrote: > > Is the PAV board on any 500-600 MHz iMac compatible with the one in > question here? I'm asking because I have a bunch of scrap 500-600 MHz > iMacs that I want to get rid of, and I'd be glad to let go of a board > or two fo

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-30 Thread Paul
Is the PAV board on any 500-600 MHz iMac compatible with the one in question here? I'm asking because I have a bunch of scrap 500-600 MHz iMacs that I want to get rid of, and I'd be glad to let go of a board or two for cheap. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rec

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-30 Thread Paul
  > The usual culprit on this board is the flyback   > transformer (FBT), which powers the CRT as well as the video board.   > After a lot of running cycles, the thin insulation on the wires wound   > tightly inside the FBT breaks down, which causes intermittent shorts,   > which causes overheatin

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