Re: Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Well, I tried installing Tiger (10.4.11) last night and it did not work. Therefore I assume it's an antenna problem. Therefore I will move along to Plan B, the USB wifi dongle. The good news is I now seem to have two perfectly good Airport Extreme cards to sell on the Swaplist. Maybe I should

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-15 Thread Dan Ziegler
I think I have found (at least one) culprit. Looking in the CrashReporter log, Process: DashboardClient [1171] ... Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0003ffc0 Crashed Thread: 0 Plus whenever I start Dashboard it triggers the

Re: can't print from os9 classic from g4 mdd

2011-04-15 Thread rogerd095
On Apr 15, 12:37 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 14, 2011, at 12:17 PM, rumble wrote: there are no options for me in the pagemaker print menu to save as a PS file. It's not in the print menu. Set up a desktop prionter with a Laserwriter ppd. In the print

Re: Nullriver's MediaLink Leopard on a G4

2011-04-15 Thread Jonathan Smith
I have Java 1.5.0_28 Why don't  have the latest? (Digital Audio Dual 533 with Leopard   10.5.8 ...) that is the latest for Leopard. 1.6.0_24 is the latest for Snow Leopard. I thin you have had it with PS3 media server's latest. Stick with the older version. -- You received this message

Re: Nullriver's MediaLink Leopard on a G4

2011-04-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I have Java 1.5.0_28 Why don't have the latest? (Digital Audio Dual 533 with Leopard 10.5.8 ...) that is the latest for Leopard. 1.6.0_24 is the latest for Snow Leopard. It may be possible to install Java 1.6 on Leopard?:

Re: Leopard on my iMac

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 15, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Dan Ziegler wrote: I think I have found (at least one) culprit. Looking in the CrashReporter log, Process: DashboardClient [1171] ... Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0003ffc0 Crashed

netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Barney Guzzo
Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac. -- 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

Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Clark Martin
On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac. Pretty sure it has to be Intel. There is a knock off of SilverLining which I installed on a machine but the web page

Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac. Yank the motherboard and PS out of the case, install a compatible intel mobo, make into a very mac-esque Hackintosh

Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread peterhaas
Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac. It is a Netflix issue. Micosoft's Silverlight is available for PPC Macs, but Netflix won't support anything except Intel Macs (and, of course Intel Hacks, after making a

Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
Now we are talking! On Apr 15, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac. Yank the

Re: Nullriver's MediaLink Leopard on a G4

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Connelly
On Apr 15, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I have Java 1.5.0_28 Why don't have the latest? (Digital Audio Dual 533 with Leopard 10.5.8 ...) that is the latest for Leopard. 1.6.0_24 is the latest for Snow Leopard. It may be

Re: Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-15 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/04/13 19:22, Clark Martin so eloquently wrote: There was one or more versions of the PowerBook that had problems with WiFi range. It was basically a design error (AFAIK). Your model is from around that period but I don't know specifics. This means that you may never get acceptable

Re: Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-15 Thread peterhaas
For the OP perhaps a 'repeater' would solve your problem? Alas, many of the Broadcom (and perhaps other) WiFi sticks are power-hungry. Some, in my experience many Broadcom Mini-PCI-e sticks, will degrade over time, thereby necessitating a replacement. The first indication of the impending

Re: Nullriver's MediaLink Leopard on a G4

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Connelly
On Apr 15, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Apr 15, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 14, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I have Java 1.5.0_28 Why don't have the latest? (Digital Audio Dual 533 with Leopard 10.5.8 ...) that is the latest for Leopard.