Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/23 Charles Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You end up with several 'cable ends' lying near the USB port, just plug in the correct (wanted) one. This is the only way to do this, I think. My situation is different. My USB hub has my printer, MIDI cable, calculator link cable, and Bluetooth

Re: Formatting Mac Disk for a PC

2008-10-24 Thread Paul
Don't use FDISK if you're trying to get NTFS format (it's too old) - use a Windows 2000 or XP or Vista boot CD to do the partitioning, and use either the CD or a running system to format the drive. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Mel
I use a 667 MHz G4 DA 1.5 GB SDRAM with OS 10.4. 11 installed. When I bought this machine it had an Adaptec 2906 PCI card in it to which at different times I connected three SCSI external HDs which have 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.11 respectively installed.  I could read/write to and from each of

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Simon Royal wrote: All for £125 delivered. Bargain. I disagree. Yesterday I cited that LCD monitors literally pay for themselves in electricity saved. You're being penny wise and pound foolish. The savings for one display over 5 years (in 2005 energy costs,

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB hub act as a pass-through cable extender so that it need

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Charles Davis
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Steve R wrote: At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB hub

Re: hard drive orientation (horizontal v. vertical)

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 9:23 PM -0400 10/23/08, Al Poulin posted: So, it seems safe for Steve, the original poster, to move his external drive from horizontal to vertical, right? That's how I'm interpreting the thread. I'll let you know if the data falls off the platter onto the floor ;-) Thanks Steve R --

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Steve R wrote: At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB hub

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:49 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 24, 2008, at 12:14 AM, insightinmind wrote: the backup volume was formatted on my QS under Leopard I don't believe Leopard's version of Disk Utility allows you to add the OS 9 drivers? Without these OS 9 drivers, your OS 9

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Mel wrote: I use a 667 MHz G4 DA 1.5 GB SDRAM with OS 10.4. 11 installed. When I bought this machine it had an Adaptec 2906 PCI card in it to which at different times I connected three SCSI external HDs which have 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.11 respectively

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Steve R
At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A USB device that is not turned on like a printer or scanner with the power switch turned off or power brick

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A USB device that is not turned on like a printer or scanner with the

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: 2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power. A

Re: Upgrading a bootable drive...

2008-10-24 Thread Al Poulin
On Oct 24, 2008, at 4:16 AM, g3-5-list group wrote: == 1 of 1 == Date: Thurs, Oct 23 2008 5:02 pm From: Richard Ramsowr To feather clarify the issue, the bootable drive in question is an internal drive tied to the ATA bus. I'm rig is a Dual 1 GHZ, Power PC, G4 (QuickSilver 2002). Oh,

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
2008/10/24 Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: 2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power switch turned on or a

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:13 PM, insightinmind wrote: CCC did not seem to successfully bless the OS X copy, although the CCC Log says differently ... it did not show up under Startup Disk Items when connected via USB2, but it did show up when connected by FW400. Then your Mac won't start up

Re: Upgrading a bootable drive...

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 23, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: To feather clarify the issue, the bootable drive in question is an internal drive tied to the ATA bus. I'm rig is a Dual 1 GHZ, Power PC, G4 (QuickSilver 2002). Plug in the drive, and use Carbon Copy Cloner (free) or SuperDuper (not

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On the health side, studies have shown that for children, the risk of childhood cancers is as high as 2 for users of CRT monitor. This means your child may double their chances of cancer from prolonged use of CRT monitors. (2) I'm sorry but

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Simon Royal
Bruce If we listened to every scare tactic we would never do anything. There are wifi scares, computer scares, mobile scares. You have more chance of getting hit by a bus or mugged in the street. Simon --- www.simonroyal.co.uk and www.nmug.org.uk (sent using Nokia E71) -original message-

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread insightinmind
On Oct 24, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Mel wrote: I might try the XPostFacto 4 Help to 'fix' the problem - I.E. to see if it will allow an adaptec PCI card such as a 2940UB et al to enable me to boot from an external HD. Problem is I haven't the foggiest notion of how to use XPostFacto 4 Help.

Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ...

2008-10-24 Thread Mel
I'll give it a try but not right away. Mel --- On Fri, 10/24/08, insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Permissions Question, CCC 3.1.2 under Tiger a few more Qs ... To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 1:50 PM On

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I reiterate from yesterday, recycle these, or remove/disable the CRT and use an LCD with them. Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors just so you could spend money on an LCD? I am using a Sony VAIO monitor (a

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 24, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Ummm, why would you want to scrap out perfectly good usable monitors just so you could spend money on an LCD? Sometimes spending money actually saves money. In the case of LCD monitors, the payback period in electricity saving is enough to

Re: Family Of eMacs

2008-10-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 10/24/08, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've inherited an old 1970's Ford LTD with a big 500 ci engine that gets about 6 mpg. It too is perfectly good usable, but it wastes money in gas, pollutes the air, and carries enough momentum to kill people driving more fuel efficient