Yosemite G3 issues, upgrade questions and Tiger startup script

2010-11-16 Thread Mac User #330250
Hi there! ### # Specs: # Apple Power Mac G3 Blue White (Codename “Yosemite”) #PowerMac1,1 #Rev.1 system board (faulty CMD646 IDE chipset!) # 350 MHz G3 (PowerPC 750) # 1.0 GB of PC100 SDRAM # 32GB CF drive as main boot drive (using a CF-to-IDE adapter) # ATi Rage 128

Re: Yosemite G3 issues, upgrade questions and Tiger startup script

2010-11-16 Thread Mike Linnett
Howdy, I don't know enough to answer everything, but: The fans on all my smurfs stay on when asleep, agreed, this is annoying! I assume you're running tiger? Camino has been acting up for me lately, and even the optimised build seems slower than safari, which never used to be the case! I'd

Re: Yosemite G3 issues, upgrade questions and Tiger startup script

2010-11-16 Thread Mac User #330250
Thanks! The fan thing is normal then. That at least makes my Yosemate act like normal. The G3 (750) optimized builds of Firefox and Camino work correctly for me. Don't know about the performance they used to have. And yes, forgot to clearly mention, I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.11 with latest

BW: Is It or Isn't It? (Silly Senile Question). . .

2010-11-16 Thread Yersinia
Hi Listers, The current running thread about Yosemite BW upgrades made me wonder if MY BW was also a Yosemite. I never knew its codename for sure like I did my old G3 Beige desktop, the Gossamer. My BW is the 450 MHz one, and Everymac.com says it's based on Yosemite architecture but doesn't

G5 RAM in a Mac Pro

2010-11-16 Thread M Christol
Will RAM from a G5 work in a Mac Pro? I guess it's slower? thanks -- 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 Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

2010-11-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Tom wrote: Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than an iMac or Mini, because I'd like to just switch my two 1 TB hard drives from the

Re: G5 Dual processors not bad?

2010-11-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 14, 2010, at 8:15 AM, ah...clem wrote: On Nov 12, 11:51 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I got ASD 2.5.7 and upon booting and selecting the Thermal calibration is says calibration not needed. And It will not allow the initiation of the calibration operation, however the

Re: G5 Dual processors not bad?

2010-11-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 14, 2010, at 2:38 PM, Andy wrote: Off topic, but I filled my coolant system with this oil that doesn't harm the components inside. Can you provide detailed instructions on the refilling process.? Also where do you buy the O-rings and the coolant? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent

Re: G5 PM temps

2010-11-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/11/13 11:48, John Carmonne so eloquently wrote: Now that all's well on my PM G5 Dual 2.7 with new heat sink I want to know what to think about temp ranges on the CPU's. The limit says 181.4F they are running at 141.F to 162.F CPU A is

Re: BW: Is It or Isn't It? (Silly Senile Question). . .

2010-11-16 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 16, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Yersinia wrote: Hi Listers, The current running thread about Yosemite BW upgrades made me wonder if MY BW was also a Yosemite. I never knew its codename for sure like I did my old G3 Beige desktop, the Gossamer. My BW is the 450 MHz one, and Everymac.com

Re: BW: Is It or Isn't It? (Silly Senile Question). . .

2010-11-16 Thread Peter Haas
On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: A 450MHz BW is shown there along with the 300 and up ... Yosemite, Yosemite 1.5 and Silk names The BW was made in three different variations, using two different cases and two different motherboards. 1) First version (possibly

Re: Drag and Drop in eMail

2010-11-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 15, 2010, at 5:36 PM, gifutiger wrote: However in OS X 10.6.4 eMail 4.3, the drag and drop doesn't work. Does anyone else on this list use the drag and drop feature in eMail? If so does it work and is there some flag that I've missed setting? I've compared my eMail 3.6 on my G4

Bug Reporting

2010-11-16 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/16 09:12, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: I'd report this as a bug to Apple I've tried to report bugs in security updates but I could never find a PoC. How do you report a bug to Apple? Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR Gnome/Ubuntu

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

2010-11-16 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 15, 2010, at 6:21 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they s different I continue to delve into the various differences on my several Mac presentations. When viewing a DVD, even in FULL SCREEN presentation, the picture is perfect, not a pause or

Re: DVD, Webcam, Pix, and Images: why are they soooo different

2010-11-16 Thread Peter Haas
On Nov 16, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: DVD's are encoded via MPEG2, which is an asymmetric codec: it's significantly less computationally intensive to decode versus encode. (this is how it was developed to be, to allow cheap DVD players. Also why it takes iDVD all night to encode a

Re: BW: Is It or Isn't It? (Silly Senile Question). . .

2010-11-16 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: BW: Is It or Isn't It? (Silly Senile Question). . . Date:Dienstag 16 November 2010N From:Yersinia yersi...@myfairpoint.net To: G-List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com The current running thread about Yosemite BW upgrades made me wonder if

Re: Time Zone setting ???

2010-11-16 Thread Charles Davis
Yeah!! Wracking the brain to remember the keystrokes --- it's been a while since I needed to try that. [Apple-Option-P- R hold for three or more chimes!!] OR [Ctrl-Option-P-R hold fore multiple chimed] One of those will do the trick, and I ca remember it for a few months!! ;-)

Re: Bug Reporting

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Christmas
On 17/11/2010, at 3:15 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/11/16 09:12, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: I'd report this as a bug to Apple I've tried to report bugs in security updates but I could never find a PoC. How do you report a bug to Apple? Tina G'day Tina

Re: Time Machine on Carbonite?

2010-11-16 Thread Dan
At 4:25 PM -0800 11/13/2010, John Carmonne wrote: Does any one know if Time Machine can be used on a service like the Carbonite off site backup service. No. Services such as Carbonite use a proprietary interface into their cloud. AFAIK, Time Machine requires a locally connected or an AFP

Re: Bug Reporting

2010-11-16 Thread Dan
At 7:48 AM +1100 11/17/2010, Brian Christmas wrote: How do you report a bug to Apple? https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/wa/signIn You need to be an Apple Developer tho'. It's a frebie And keep around full documentation to the bug - text files, screen shots, etc.

Re: Time Zone setting ???

2010-11-16 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/16 07:22, Charles Davis so eloquently wrote: Yeah!! Wracking the brain to remember the keystrokes --- it's been a while since I needed to try that. [Apple-Option-P- R hold for three or more chimes!!] OR [Ctrl-Option-P-R hold fore multiple chimed] One of those will do the trick,

Re: Bug Reporting

2010-11-16 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/11/16 15:13, Dan so eloquently wrote: And keep around full documentation to the bug - text files, screen shots, etc. Be prepared to hear little to nothing from Apple for days, weeks, or even months. Then, when you do get a reply, realize it's a horrible automated system, where the

Re: Bug Reporting

2010-11-16 Thread Brian Christmas
On 17/11/2010, at 12:59 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/11/16 15:13, Dan so eloquently wrote: And keep around full documentation to the bug - text files, screen shots, etc. Be prepared to hear little to nothing from Apple for days, weeks, or even months. Then, when you do get a reply, realize

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

2010-11-16 Thread Tom
Thanks John Felix. I think I can probably use Time Machine (from an external backup drive) to restore the disks if I have to repartition them. I used TM that way before when an internal drive died and it restored the replacement exactly, though it took a long time. Regards, Tom -- You

DVD Functionality for Beige G3

2010-11-16 Thread James Chapel
Although I discussed this briefly in an earlier topic on this list, I'm about ready to break down and buy a DVD drive for my Rev. A Beige G3. This came about because I recently ran across the much-sought- after Bordeaux personality card, one of the ways to allow DVD video playback on this machine.

Re: DVD Functionality for Beige G3

2010-11-16 Thread James Chapel
Thanks to some research, I seemed to have significantly narrowed down my options. This page turned out to be particularly helpful: http://www.os9forever.com/DVDPlayer.html ...as did this paragraph: This hack does not enable the hardware decoder card found on some Rage 128 Pro Apple OEM cards.