Re: Disk Utility and 1TB hard disks

2009-03-04 Thread yawg
Hi, Disk Utility finished checking my big disk from my Panther partition. I don't know how long it took - I left my computer on all night - but it finished all right and found no problems. Thank you. Regards, Jörg. On Mar 4, 7:17 am, Aaron aa...@macuser.fastmail.fm wrote: At 19:57 -0800

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-04 Thread Lawrence David Eden
What is UAE? Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer... ? Using UAE or various other schemes Amigo OS works on all modern PC and Mac hardware. How modern is that? Also there are some crazy underpowered but super-overpriced Amiga OS motherboards out there. Only for those with

Re: swapping processors

2009-03-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I am still working on transferring from an old computer (Beige) to a newer 450mhz G4. I have an Encore Zif upgrade in the Beige that should also work in the G4. Does that mean that I can take the ZIF from the (I hope I have the

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-04 Thread Mark
Government offices of The United Arab Emirates have, apparently, standardized on Amiga systems. Lawrence David Eden wrote: What is UAE? Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer... ? Using UAE or various other schemes Amigo OS works on all modern PC and Mac hardware. How

2 Monitors, a Radeon and an NVIDIA (was Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting)

2009-03-04 Thread Yersinia
Aaron writes, The Radeon 9200 will drive two monitors by itself! From the manufacturer's web site: Advanced Dual Display Support Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates Specifications ... Integrated TV-Out supports up

Re: Recent upgrade to OS X issues

2009-03-04 Thread saxman_IN
When you say you can't get past the screen are you saying that it freezes up? If so have you tried just letting it sit and see if it will eventualy load? Sometimes that works for me. -Jonas It freezes, the cursor will move around the screen, but I can't select or click anything. I let it

installing 9.2

2009-03-04 Thread Stro
Greetings, I teach at a small church run school and get acquired some g3 iMacs. The iMacs have OS 10.3.9 on them. I have software that only runs under 9.2 that the students use. Is there a way I can install 9.2 without having to reinstall 10.3? Thanks, Lee

Re: installing 9.2

2009-03-04 Thread Ken Daggett
On 4 Mar 2009, at 08:02:16 PST, Stro wrote: Greetings, I teach at a small church run school and get acquired some g3 iMacs. The iMacs have OS 10.3.9 on them. I have software that only runs under 9.2 that the students use. Is there a way I can install 9.2 without having to reinstall

Re: installing 9.2

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 4, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Stro wrote: Greetings, I teach at a small church run school and get acquired some g3 iMacs. The iMacs have OS 10.3.9 on them. I have software that only runs under 9.2 that the students use. Is there a way I can install 9.2 without having to reinstall 10.3?

Re: Well, they STILL don't have a modern computer...

2009-03-04 Thread Al
On Mar 4, 7:13 am, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: What is UAE? Wikipedia is your friend: UAE Amiga Emulator coresystems GmbH - low-level development at its finest. www.amigaemulator.org/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages Al Poulin

True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU board being advertised as being for a Lombard:

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-04 Thread dc
The PSU fans are 60mmx60mmx25mm. Read the xlr8 guide (link in previous post) before you tackle the PSU, it's a little tricky. On Mar 3, 4:05 pm, MacGuy macgu...@gmail.com wrote: ok, so it sounds like i don't need to buy anything else other that the   fan itself. Also, I'd like to replace the

Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Evan Wilson
I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple Portrait Monitor (c. 1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor running from slot #1. Slots #3 and #4 presently run various Firewire and USB peripherals. Apple's manual

Re: 2 Monitors, a Radeon and an NVIDIA (was Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting)

2009-03-04 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Yersinia yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: Aaron writes, The Radeon 9200 will drive two monitors by itself! From the manufacturer's web site: Advanced Dual Display Support Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Cyrus
I have personally worked extensively with both Lombards and Pismos; and it is indeed impossible to swap motherboards. The keyboard and trackpad plugins are completely different, the Pismo has a much larger heatsync, and an AirPort card slot, and two FireWire ports instead of a SCSI port. To

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread jonas ulrich
I have worked on my two Lombards. Just the other day I put in more ram which required removing the processor, and the connection is completely different from the picture on ebay. There were upgrade cards made, but i don't know how fast they were, and that isn't one for a lombard. -Jonas On Wed,

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread PeterH
On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Bruce - in Orlando wrote: I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU board being advertised as being for a Lombard: http://cgi.ebay.com/Processor-Board-Apple-PowerBook-G3- Lombard-500Mhz- Used_W0QQitemZ140304439019QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Evan Wilson wrote: I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! No, what you need is a VGA-DB15 adapter to run a Mac Monitor off of a VGA port. Be exact when looking for this, most searches will get you the other way, to connect a VGA

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Cyrus
No one ever made a PCI card that offered the old Mac DB15 video standard. Not true, I happen to have one that I use in my 7500. I can provide a picture if you don't belive me. I have also used it in a G4 tower to diagnose a problem. Plus, it sounds like he already has a monitor connected to his

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread jonas ulrich
Bruce, are you looking for a motherboard for a lombard? I have a lombard or two that I could sell you. -Jonas On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Bruce - in Orlando wrote: I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Evan Wilson wrote: : I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card (or equivalent) to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple Portrait Monitor (c. 1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor running from slot #1. Slots #3 and

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Evan Wilson
In the dustup between Cyrus and Bruce, Cyrus is correct. The confusion is my fault. I could have written with more clarity. Evan Evan Wilson 6302 Mountain Park Cove Austin, Texas 78731-2611 (512) 215-8543 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Recent upgrade to OS X issues

2009-03-04 Thread jonas ulrich
maybe your installation disc is screwed up... whenever I install 10.4 it will usually freeze for a minute or so at one of those setup screens... what about firmware updates for the blue and white? -Jonas On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM, saxman_IN thbarn...@tds.net wrote: When you say you

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Doug McNutt
At 11:03 -0800 3/4/09, Cyrus wrote: No one ever made a PCI card that offered the old Mac DB15 video standard. Not true, I happen to have one that I use in my 7500. I can provide a picture if you don't belive me. I have also used it in a G4 tower to diagnose a problem. Plus, it sounds like he

Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
No - don't need another Lombard thanks. I was just thinking about having a little fun by clocking a 400 mhz CPU, and so was rummaging thru ebay just to see what was out there ... On Mar 4, 2:19 pm, jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, are you looking for a motherboard for a

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 11:03 -0800 3/4/09, Cyrus wrote: No one ever made a PCI card that offered the old Mac DB15 video standard. Not true, I happen to have one that I use in my 7500. I can provide a picture if you don't belive me. I have also used it in a G4

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Ross
On Mar 4, 10:37 am, Evan Wilson awilso...@austin.rr.com wrote: I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card to install in slot #2 of my Yikes!   to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple Portrait Monitor (c.   1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor running from slot #1.   Slots #3 and #4

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Evan Wilson awilso...@austin.rr.com I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple Portrait Monitor (c. 1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor running from slot #1.

G3 Beige MT with Two IDE Hard Drives

2009-03-04 Thread Will_i_am
I have inherited a Beige G3 Minitower with 2 IDE hard drives, one is ~20 Gb while the other is ~30 Gb. On one is MacOS 9.2 while on the other is MacOS 8.6. The issue is that boot ups are very slow almost like the machine is searching for a startup disk. The system is maxed out insofar as

G5 iMac

2009-03-04 Thread coolrays
I have an 2.1Ghz iSight iMac and about a year ago, I took it to the Apple Store because it wouldn't awake from Sleep or from a Restart/ Shutdown. The fans would start to blow loudly and the screen would remain black and I had to force a shutdown by holding down the power key. In order to

Re: G3 Beige MT with Two IDE Hard Drives

2009-03-04 Thread PeterH
On Mar 4, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Will_i_am wrote: Each drive is connected separately to one of the two IDE plugs on the motherboard. One shares this with the CD-ROM drive while the other doesn't share via its IDE cable. Is this the correct configuration for two IDE drives? Just wondering what

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-04 Thread tonycd
Some people question the bona fides of the SilenX. These guys do a terrific job, and I had very good luck following their recommendations: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page1.html --Tony On Mar 2, 7:11 pm, MacGuy macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I've been looking into a fan

Power Mac G3 Blue And White Upgrade info

2009-03-04 Thread Stephen Weber
Hello everyone, I finally got a replacement motherboard for my G3 Blue and White (Rev1). I need to know so some stuff about doing some upgrades to it: What is the Max Hard Drive Size I can put in it? What is the best video card I can get for it? What is the Max amount of RAM I can put in it?

Re: NVidia GeForce MX4 question

2009-03-04 Thread tortoise
On Mar 3, 9:11 pm, insightinmind billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:06 AM, tortoise wrote: ?Drivers? Os9 includes ati drivers but not nvidia. However nvidia is pretty friendly... at least for linux... found an os9.2.2 driver here:

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-03-04 Thread tonycd
It appears the interface in my FireWire enclosure is in fact dead. I've ordered a replacement case. But now, due to the good advices of Clark, Kris and the others on this board, I can do so in the knowledge that I actually need it and aren't just wasting my money. My thanks to all of you. On

Re: 160 GB hard drive in a G3 Beige

2009-03-04 Thread JEB
First, thanks to PeterH for his clarifications. And more importantly, thanks for the useful advice. I tried to follow his advice exactly, but seem to have gotten myself in deeper trouble in setting up this Seagate Barracuda 160 GB ATA 8MB 7200rpm HHD on my beige G3. I downloaded and installed

Re: I've heard of the silenX fan but...

2009-03-04 Thread MacGuy
wow, thanks for the article. wish I'd bought the Noctua ... think I will anyway:-) Jeff On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:31 PM, tonycd wrote: Some people question the bona fides of the SilenX. These guys do a terrific job, and I had very good luck following their recommendations:

Re: G3 Beige MT with Two IDE Hard Drives

2009-03-04 Thread RTOWSLEY
In a message dated 3/4/09 8:31:11 PM, wmhatch...@gmail.com writes: I have inherited a Beige G3 Minitower with 2 IDE hard drives, one is ~20 Gb while the other is ~30 Gb.  On one is MacOS 9.2 while on the other is MacOS 8.6.  The issue is that boot ups are very slow almost like the machine