Re: Dual Boot into Linux, OSX

2009-11-25 Thread Vic
On Nov 24, 9:49 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Nestamicky wrote: On 11/23/09 2:38 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I have Fedora on a separate partition on my G4. Would you guys care to say which G4 you have. I'm ready to tryout a Linux on my Sawtooth, cuz I'm sick and tired of how

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Nestamicky
On 11/22/09 4:41 PM, Glen McKnight wrote: I use mine fairly regularly, I use it to connect to others machines and show them various things or watch them and tell them where they are going wrong, and of course I talk to my family and friends. Glen...how do you do this? I thought the camera only

Broke the socket on the logic board of iBook g4 1.33mhz last night

2009-11-25 Thread Dwight Hines
It is irritating because I got to the airport/blue card that was causing the kernel panics and got it out and then noticed that I had pulled the socket right off the board when unhooking it. So, from just a few minutes surfing, it appears people want megabucks for working logic boards, even if

Re: G4 getting wonky with cpu hungry widgets.

2009-11-25 Thread Dan
At 6:48 PM -0500 11/24/2009, carter foreman wrote: G4 dual 1ghz 1.5 GB RAM, OS 10.4.11. Fully updated, Safari 4.0.4 also? Spotlight indexing enabled? Lately i have been having an issue with the widgets taking way too much cpu time. So i turned them off. Dashboard can be problematic. It

Re: Broke the socket on the logic board of iBook g4 1.33mhz last night

2009-11-25 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Dwight Hines dwight.hi...@gmail.comwrote: It is irritating because I got to the airport/blue card that was causing the kernel panics and got it out and then noticed that I had pulled the socket right off the board when unhooking it. So, from just a few

Re: Broke the socket on the logic board of iBook g4 1.33mhz last night

2009-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Dwight Hines wrote: It is irritating because I got to the airport/blue card that was causing the kernel panics and got it out and then noticed that I had pulled the socket right off the board when unhooking it. So, from just a few minutes surfing, it appears

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Came in this morning, plugged the battery back in, pressed the CUDA switch once, turned it on. Now it bongs, the fans rev up, then it shuts down again. Is this a bad PS or what? I've not got a lot of experience with this particular

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Does anyone know what the QS equivalent of this page is: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95064 No, but I recall seeing that the Gigabit Ethernet power supply can be dropped into a Quicksilver without modification, so that

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Christopher Icha
YEP! sounds like the dodgy QS power supply problem. I have one those 733mhz doorstops in my office. :0( On Nov 25, 2009, at 03:38 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: A professor dug his old quicksilver (M8493) out of storage (been there about 6 months) and it wouldn't start at all. Pressed the power

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Dan
At 10:13 AM -0600 11/25/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Does anyone know what the QS equivalent of this page is: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95064 No, but I recall seeing that the Gigabit Ethernet power supply can be dropped

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Dan
At 8:38 AM -0700 11/25/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: A professor dug his old quicksilver (M8493) out of storage (been there about 6 months) and it wouldn't start at all. Pressed the power button, it flashed, then went off. Fans didn't even start up. It had been running fine when it was put away.

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 25-11-2009 17:16, J.M.P.Hissel, jo...@xs4all.nl, wrote: I have had around 12 Quicksilvers and still 2 in use. Only had a bad power supply. Sorry must be: Only ONE had a bad power supply. Jo Hissel -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Christopher Icha
the 733's must be more prone to the bad power supply methinks. I have a 800mhz which is still fine. On Nov 25, 2009, at 04:30 pm, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 25-11-2009 17:16, J.M.P.Hissel, jo...@xs4all.nl, wrote: I have had around 12 Quicksilvers and still 2 in use. Only had a bad power

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 25-11-2009 16:56, Bruce Johnson, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu, wrote: Does anyone know what the QS equivalent of this page is: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95064 I cannot find anything like this on Apple's site. Bruce, you will find the answer in my e-mail to you

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Dan wrote: Is this a bad PS or what? I've not got a lot of experience with this particular model..this is the one with the weird-a** power supply, too, right? That storage area - was it damp at all? If the former, I'm thinking maybe the system dried out a bit

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-25 Thread Jane, (Portland, OR)
On Nov 22, 4:01 pm, cocc...@aol.com wrote: 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

Re: Quicksilver problems...

2009-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2009, at 9:52 AM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 25-11-2009 16:56, Bruce Johnson, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu, wrote: Does anyone know what the QS equivalent of this page is: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95064 I cannot find anything like this on Apple's site.

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Jane, (Portland, OR) wrote: 3) if you happen to either have already, or can get one easier, a wireless ethernet bridge also has to be included. It's a stand-alone device that connects to the iMac via the ethernet port, and allows it to send/ receive

Re: Need to install both Classic and OS-X on old iMac's new hard drive, but how?

2009-11-25 Thread Jane, (Portland, OR)
On Oct 1, 10:18 am, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: My mother-in-law, an elderly and stubborn lady (though nice) refuses to give up her old 1 GHz iMac (the half-soccer-ball novelty with the little monitor-on-a-stem sticking out of it) even though it dates from the Jurassic Period of computing and

Re: wireless internet on G3 Ruby iMac

2009-11-25 Thread COCCORP
In a message dated 11/25/09 12:07:35 PM, janespra...@comcast.net writes: The Ruby G3 iMac is a slot loading, 400 mHz, built in the summer of 2000. What is a wireless ethernet bridge? It's a stand-alone device (not running off computer like a USB dongle) that receives the wireless

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
I think at the lower end of the scale like a 16mb 2 x AGP vs a 16mb PCI card there would be very little difference but when you start to compare a 128mb PCI vs a 128mb 4 x AGP card there would be a much bigger disparity in performance. See here for a comparison

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Stewie de Young
within a reasonable budget! :) This is a nine years old machine and while nice to work with, is well past its prime. This is mostly a budget hobby project with the aim of turning it into a chepao gaming machine (within its limits) and kid computer. Gorka Gorka , I use my dual

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Len Gerstel
On Nov 23, 5:08 pm, Gorka L Martinez Mezo g...@gmx.net wrote: I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a friend. It is still used to play games and the original ATI Rage 128 with 16mb VRAM isn`t up to the task of running Medal of Honor as fluidly as it should.

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: Gorka , I use my dual 533MHz Digital Audio ( only about a year younger than yours ) - OS10.3.9 , 1.5Gb Ram, 256mb video card, 80gb + 120Gb HDs as my main machine 8 hours a day drawing CAD plans for houses. It is stable , fast ( fast

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Glen McKnight
On 25 Nov 2009, at 14:12, Nestamicky wrote: On 11/22/09 4:41 PM, Glen McKnight wrote: I use mine fairly regularly, I use it to connect to others machines and show them various things or watch them and tell them where they are going wrong, and of course I talk to my family and friends.

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Has anyone tried the 64mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro shipped with 2004 PowerMac G5s in older G4 towers? My friend`s G5 uses this card and I would like to know if it could be replaced by something better and moved to the G4 Gigabit. This would be a symbiotic move between the Macs! Searched Google but

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list __ Información de ESET NOD32 Antivirus, versión de la base de firmas de virus 4637 (20091125) __ ESET NOD32 Antivirus ha comprobado este mensaje. http://www.eset.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group

New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, I have an early 2005 G5 dual 2.0, maxed out at 4GB RAM. I want to put some huge drives in it, and am looking at Samsung F3 1TB 7200rpm drives. There are places (in the UK) where I can get the Samsung F2 1.5TB drive for not a lot more, although it's only a 5400rpm drive. I'd be

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Kasey Smith
I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Ted Treen wrote: Hi All, I have an early 2005 G5 dual 2.0, maxed out at 4GB RAM. I want to put some huge drives in it, and am looking at Samsung F3 1TB 7200rpm

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Ted Treen wrote: I'd be grateful if someone with greater techie knowledge than me could advise me on whether the fact that my G5 is SATA1 so 150Mbs as opposed to300Mbs SATA2 is going to mean the 1.5TB will not be noticeably slower in use. In real use there is

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread iJohn
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. It used to make a bigger difference than it does now with the newer, higher bit density platters. This article might be of

New SD camera card reader

2009-11-25 Thread Michael G.M.
My Dazzle card reader seems to have gone the way of all card readers. It won't mount or do anything though it shows up in system profile and not disk utility with my card inserted. These things seem to be about the cheapest cheepo-built peripheral I've ever shopped for. Can I get some

RE: New SD camera card reader

2009-11-25 Thread Stewie de Young
If the SD card is the only card you use then all you need is one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/SDHC-SD-USB-2-0-Memory-Card-Reader-for-2GB-4GB-8GB-16GB_W0QQitemZ320454208501QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item4a9c8f2bf5 I paid $2 for mine + post then bought another for my

Re: New SD camera card reader

2009-11-25 Thread Wtob327
I picked up the new SanDisk Image Mate All In One a few months ago after reading about it in the Shutterbug Magazine to replace my older, clunkier, San Disk reader. This one, which is about: 3/8 thick x 1 1/2 wide x 4 or 5 high and comes in two parts, the reader and a tiny three prong

Re: A question never asked? until now...

2009-11-25 Thread Michael G.M.
I believe you can use a standard equipped Digital camera or camcorder properly attached to your Mac for iChat and AIM. I've never bothered with it either though. I remember all the scares I was getting about iChat years back with the security issues. Screen sharing and ichat seem to be the domain

Re: New SD camera card reader

2009-11-25 Thread Michael G.M.
On Nov 26, 2:10 am, Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com wrote: If the SD card is the only card you use then all you need is one of thesehttp://cgi.ebay.com/SDHC-SD-USB-2-0-Memory-Card-Reader-for-2GB-4GB-8G... I paid $2 for mine + post then bought another for my Powerbook. Small, simple,