Custom made all-in-one shell for PowerMacs

2009-06-29 Thread Mullin9
Dear sir Do anyone make a casing that looks like an oversized iMac G4, yet accept Powermac G5 logic board, the one that have the LCD that pivot, but the base is larger to accept the lobo from a G5 tower, but it's still round, or at least round-cornered.? thank you

Re: Custom made all-in-one shell for PowerMacs

2009-06-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:46 AM, Mullin9 wrote: DoES anyone make a casing that looks like an oversized iMac G4, yet accept Powermac G5 logic board, the one that have the LCD that pivot, but the base is larger to accept the lobo from a G5 tower, but it's still round, or at least round-cornered.?

Re: 800 MHz Sonnet G4 Zif

2009-06-29 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Recently acquired a Sonnet 800 MHz ZIF upgrade for a G3 BW. I need some install/user guide type info. Searching Google and the Sonnet support was not helpful. Does anyone have a link to a user guide or could someone sent a .pdf -- provided Sonnet ever provided one. I do have a white jumper

Re: Beige G3/233 now mute

2009-06-29 Thread Lawrence David Eden
On Jun 27, 6:34 pm, insightinmind billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Jun 27, 2009, at 1:33 PM, leighkimmel wrote: Recently the PRAM battery on my faithful old G3/233 desktop died. When I put in a new battery and started it up, I suddenly had no sound. No startup chime, no system

Re: Custom made all-in-one shell for PowerMacs

2009-06-29 Thread Jagger De Leo
On Jun 29, 3:01 am, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:46 AM, Mullin9 wrote: DoES anyone make a casing that looks like an oversized iMac G4, yet accept Powermac G5 logic board, the one that have the LCD that pivot, but the base is larger to accept the lobo from

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 28, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 27, 2009, at 7:51 AM, Dan wrote: System log seems to be gone already for yesterday Use Console.app. And click the More Logs button. Click the reveal arrows until you get to /var/logs, you can see previous System logs there.

Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-29 Thread Adam
This is a lovely 700Mhz G3 (the last G3 made) that has no trouble running 10.3 with 500MB of RAM. Normally. Alas it has started to fail, and in ways that defy ready diagnosis. I'm hoping someone here can help. With increasing frequency, the computer shuts down without warning. The video goes,

Re: Any replacement keyboards

2009-06-29 Thread trag
On Jun 28, 10:41 am, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I did not say the $595 models were under the Products tab. But look at their home page, about half way down. There are three models at that price.http://matias.ca/products/index.php Oh, my. There they are. Those are

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-29 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Adam wrote: This is a lovely 700Mhz G3 (the last G3 made) that has no trouble running 10.3 with 500MB of RAM. Normally. snip With increasing frequency, the computer shuts down without warning. The video goes, there is an audible thunk, and the hard drive goes

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, insightinmind wrote: com.firmtek.driver.UltraTek133P_48(3.0)@0x5b5000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x4b4000 This is a problem with the ATA card or ATA card

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-29 Thread Po-en Tsai
On 30/06/2009, at 3:30 AM, Adam wrote: With increasing frequency, the computer shuts down without warning. The video goes, there is an audible thunk, and the hard drive goes silent. It's definitely not just the video that's out. Im not completely sure, But could it be a harddrive problem?

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread insightinmind
On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, insightinmind wrote: com.firmtek.driver.UltraTek133P_48(3.0)@0x5b5000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x4b4000

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, insightinmind wrote: com.firmtek.driver.UltraTek133P_48(3.0)@0x5b5000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.6.0f2)@0x4b4000

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-29 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 29, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Po-en Tsai wrote: On 30/06/2009, at 3:30 AM, Adam wrote: With increasing frequency, the computer shuts down without warning. The video goes, there is an audible thunk, and the hard drive goes silent. It's definitely not just the video that's out. But could

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread PeterH
On Jun 29, 2009, at 12:08 PM, insightinmind wrote: I'm considering FirmTek's SATA as a replacement later this week ... along with a 1TB Seagate. If on a G4 Mac, and possibly also a G5 Mac, all you really need is an OWC or LaCie SATA card, which is very cheap.

Re: Can this G3 iMac be saved?

2009-06-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Jim Scott wrote: But I've seen power demands by peripherals cause an iffy power supply to shut down a complete system. I agree, an iffy power supply is likely. Excessive heat can cause shutdowns if there is a cooling issue or an overheating component. I'm not

Re: 800 MHz Sonnet G4 Zif

2009-06-29 Thread glen
The Apple G4 enabler is installed, so do I also need the Sonnet firmware as well? I easily installed a similar ZIF upgrade on my BW. You MUST install the Sonnet software before installing your ZIF regardless of which OS is installed in your system. The Crescendo/Encore/ZIF

Re: GarageBand is in pieces on the garage floor

2009-06-29 Thread tonycd
I did an Archive and Install, but I didn't have much foresight. Once I saw that the OS itself was working properly, I ditched the old OS to save disk space (it's only a 30 GB hard drive). Thank you, though, for ideas much smarter than I am. On Jun 28, 8:34 pm, Bruce Johnson

Re: My DA Didn't Wake up from a recent Snooze ...

2009-06-29 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jun 29, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jun 29, 2009, at 9:11 AM, insightinmind wrote: com.firmtek.driver.UltraTek133P_48(3.0)@0x5b5000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.7)@0x491000 dependency:

Re: 800 MHz Sonnet G4 Zif

2009-06-29 Thread tortoise
On Jun 28, 3:40 pm, glen glenst...@yahoo.com wrote: Recently acquired a Sonnet 800 MHz ZIF upgrade for a G3 BW. I need some install/user guide type info. Searching Google and the Sonnet support was not helpful. You must remove the G4 Block which is in the Firmware (not the jumper block

Re: 800 MHz Sonnet G4 Zif

2009-06-29 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu OWC Computing has some good info online about ZIF upgrading in their support stuff. I found a rather generic pdf: encore_zif_trimanual.pdf which is 120 pp in three languages and cover a variety of Mac's.

Re: 800 MHz Sonnet G4 Zif

2009-06-29 Thread glen
- Original Message From: tortoise cymraeg...@gmail.com On Jun 28, 3:40 pm, glen wrote: Recently acquired a Sonnet 800 MHz ZIF upgrade for a G3 BW. I need some install/user guide type info. Searching Google and the Sonnet support was not helpful. You must remove the

OT?: Database/spreadsheet question

2009-06-29 Thread i...@sajego.net
Waay back in the day, I used filemaker for donor records and such at the small nonprofit where I worked. You created the fields, arranged them in a data entry form and then created forms for address lists, thank you notes, tax deductible receipts, so on and so forth. Very simple.

Re: OT?: Database/spreadsheet question

2009-06-29 Thread Clark Martin
i...@sajego.net wrote: Waay back in the day, I used filemaker for donor records and such at the small nonprofit where I worked. You created the fields, arranged them in a data entry form and then created forms for address lists, thank you notes, tax deductible receipts, so on and so

Re: OT?: Database/spreadsheet question

2009-06-29 Thread John Musbach
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:01 AM, i...@sajego.neti...@sajego.net wrote: Waay back in the day, I used filemaker for donor records and such at the small nonprofit where I worked.  You created the fields, arranged them in a data entry form and then created forms for address lists, thank you

Re: OT?: Database/spreadsheet question

2009-06-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 30, 2009, at 12:01 AM, i...@sajego.net wrote: Can anybody point me to a simple and relatively cheap database solution or some sort of spreadsheet template? You might consider using Google Spreadsheets to store your stuff in the cloud, and have it accessible from all computers.

G4 Gigabit ethernet ram

2009-06-29 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, Would memory pulled from a G4 Quicksilver work in a Gigabit Ethernet G4? It is PC133 memory and I know that memory generally works in PC100 systems, but I don't know if the G4 Gigabit is sensitive to the speed difference. Good day, Ralph

Re: G4 Gigabit ethernet ram

2009-06-29 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I think it would. Try it and see. That is my method. If I find some extra ram I put it in and see if it works. -Jonas On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Ralph Green sfrea...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Howdy, Would memory pulled from a G4 Quicksilver work in a Gigabit Ethernet G4? It is PC133

Re: G4 Gigabit ethernet ram

2009-06-29 Thread PeterH
On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Ralph Green wrote: Would memory pulled from a G4 Quicksilver work in a Gigabit Ethernet G4? It is PC133 memory and I know that memory generally works in PC100 systems, but I don't know if the G4 Gigabit is sensitive to the speed difference. No difference,