Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/5/09 12:54 PM, "Dan A. Currie" Broadcast into the ether: > Thanks to ALL and UPS has agreed to pick it up tomorrow and inspect it. > The seller is also in contact with me. He said that he could "replace > the legs" but that was before I sent him the pics ... now I think that > he is rethi

Re: OT Woz News

2009-02-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Woz-Lands-Chief-Scientist-Gig-at-SSD-Firm-66103.html > > Woz Lands Chief Scientist Gig at SSD Firm > > By Chris Maxcer > MacNewsWorld > Part of the ECT News Network > 02/05/09 3:21 PM PT > > Fusion-io's

OT Woz News

2009-02-05 Thread Stephen Conrad
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Woz-Lands-Chief-Scientist-Gig-at-SSD-Firm-66103.html Woz Lands Chief Scientist Gig at SSD Firm By Chris Maxcer MacNewsWorld Part of the ECT News Network 02/05/09 3:21 PM PT Fusion-io's newest technical advisor is none other than Apple's other Steve. Steve Wozn

Re: Thumb Drives --- interesting problem

2009-02-05 Thread Charles Davis
On Feb 5, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > Charles Davis wrote: >> I have several 2GB SanDisk units. >> One of which I an using to keep archival copies of 'Software Update' >> items. >> >> 2GB --- lots of space, everything going well. >> Quite useful to have copies of 'install packages'

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread dorayme
On Feb 6, 12:45 pm, dorayme wrote: > > Date: Thurs, Feb 5 2009 1:04 pm > > From: "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" > > > This is the first time I have seen rich text mail with pics on a LEM > > list. Cool, we're finally in the new millennium 9 years later. > > I thought I was missing out on something ot

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Dana Collins
On 2/5/09 3:27 PM, Kyle Hansen of pi...@speakeasy.net sent > > On 2/5/09 10:46 AM, "Dan A. Currie" Broadcast into > the ether: > >> Hello ALL, >> >> I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I won on >> eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread dorayme
> Date: Thurs, Feb 5 2009 1:04 pm > From: "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" > > This is the first time I have seen rich text mail with pics on a LEM > list. Cool, we're finally in the new millennium 9 years later. I thought I was missing out on something others were seeing! I get the digest in plai

Re: Thumb Drives --- interesting problem

2009-02-05 Thread Clark Martin
Charles Davis wrote: > I have several 2GB SanDisk units. > One of which I an using to keep archival copies of 'Software Update' > items. > > 2GB --- lots of space, everything going well. > Quite useful to have copies of 'install packages' and 'updates'. Very > handy to NOT have to download th

Thumb Drives --- interesting problem

2009-02-05 Thread Charles Davis
I have several 2GB SanDisk units. One of which I an using to keep archival copies of 'Software Update' items. 2GB --- lots of space, everything going well. Quite useful to have copies of 'install packages' and 'updates'. Very handy to NOT have to download the same LARGE update just because I

Re: 2002 iMac Flat Panel, boot in OS 9.2.2, not 9.2.1

2009-02-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 5, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Mullin9 wrote: > 2002 iMac Flat Panel, boot in OS 9.2.2, not 9.2.1 > While it boots in OS 9.2.2, and boots in OS 9.2.1 CD install with OS > 9.2.2 update, > it can't do the OS 9.2.1 install (this Computer is'nt supported), but > it'll do the 9.2.2 update from the OS 9.2

2002 iMac Flat Panel, boot in OS 9.2.2, not 9.2.1

2009-02-05 Thread Mullin9
2002 iMac Flat Panel, boot in OS 9.2.2, not 9.2.1 While it boots in OS 9.2.2, and boots in OS 9.2.1 CD install with OS 9.2.2 update, it can't do the OS 9.2.1 install (this Computer is'nt supported), but it'll do the 9.2.2 update from the OS 9.2.1, Do you have the Mac OS 9.2.2 install CD, NOT the

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread James E. Therrault
Dan A. Currie wrote: > Hello ALL, > > I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I won on > eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY > DROPPED IT!!! > > It seems to boot up and function nicely but the case wobbles and just > generally looks bad!

Re: Which SATA PCI adapter will work in a MDD?

2009-02-05 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:14 PM, PeterH wrote: > That appears to be a Silicon Image-based card. > > Si I has a very responsible approach to MacOS ... nearly all (if not > all) their products have MacOS drivers available for download. Silicon image cards aren't bootable in PPC Macs, and perhaps not in

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread glen
- Original Message > From: Dan A. Currie > >> If it wasn't damaged when the shipper released it to UPS, they should > >> have insured it. If they didn't, it was a *very* bad move. I'd take it > >> up immediately with UPS, and quickly - they usually give you a limited > >> timeframe

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Dan A. Currie > wrote: >> Hello ALL, >> >> I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I >> won on >> eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY >> DR

irc:// -- how to open in non-browser application?

2009-02-05 Thread Steve R
Is there a way to have an irc:// url automatically open in a dedicated IRC app, Snak specifically? I'm pretty sure my fogged mind remembers doing this in the past but I'm not getting it to work now. I've installed RCDefaultApp preference pane, verified irc:// should open in Snak but continuing

Re: Problem with M-Audio Revolution 7.1

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Eric, I forgot to mention: I'm using my Rev. 7.1 card with the M-Audio driver ver. 1.4.0 under the latest Panther version and ver. 1.4.1 under Tiger on my beloved MDD G4 1.25 GHz. It might be that you'll need an earlier version of the M-Audio shitware to get your card going under whatever version

Re: Problem with M-Audio Revolution 7.1

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Eric, I forgot to mention: I'm using my Rev. 7.1 card with the M-Audio driver ver. 1.4.0 under the latest Panther version and ver. 1.4.1 under Tiger on my beloved MDD G4 1.25 GHz. It might be that you'll need an earlier version of the M-Audio shitware to get your card going under whatever version

Re: Problem with M-Audio Revolution 7.1

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Eric, I forgot to mention: I'm using my Rev. 7.1 card with the M-Audio driver ver. 1.4.0 under the latest Panther version and ver. 1.4.1 under Tiger on my beloved MDD G4 1.25 GHz. It might be that you'll need an earlier version of the M-Audio shitware to get your card going under whatever version

Re: Problem with M-Audio Revolution 7.1

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Hi Eric, The M-Audio drivers are buggy as hell. And the M-Audio support for Macs is non-existent. The Rev. 7.1 card sounds very good anyway IMO. You just have to fiddle about with the different M-Audio driver versions. Open up the Apple System Prefs and the M-Audio Revolution 7.1app at the same t

Re: Problem with M-Audio Revolution 7.1

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Hi Eric, The M-Audio drivers are buggy as hell. And the M-Audio support for Macs is non-existent. The Rev. 7.1 card sounds very good anyway IMO. You just have to fiddle about with the different M-Audio driver versions. Open up the Apple System Prefs and the M-Audio Revolution 7.1app at the same t

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Dan A. Currie wrote: > Hello ALL, > > I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I won on > eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY > DROPPED IT!!! > > It seems to boot up and function nicely but the case wobbles and

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Dan A. Currie
Isaac Smith wrote: > On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > > >> If it wasn't damaged when the shipper released it to UPS, they should >> have insured it. If they didn't, it was a *very* bad move. I'd take it >> up immediately with UPS, and quickly - they usually give you a lim

Re: Default Icon View???

2009-02-05 Thread Clark Martin
jonas ulrich wrote: > This is driving me insane. I set the icon view on a certain folder and > then click "all windows" and then I go to another folder and the view is > different Switch it to "All Windows" FIRST then make the change. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh /

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Isaac Smith
On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > > If it wasn't damaged when the shipper released it to UPS, they should > have insured it. If they didn't, it was a *very* bad move. I'd take it > up immediately with UPS, and quickly - they usually give you a limited > timeframe in which t

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 2/5/09 10:46 AM, "Dan A. Currie" Broadcast into the ether: > Hello ALL, > > I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I won on > eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY > DROPPED IT!!! > > It seems to boot up and function nicely but the case

Re: Default Icon View???

2009-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:01 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > This is driving me insane. I set the icon view on a certain folder > and then > click "all windows" and then I go to another folder and the view is > different-Jonas Either the Finder prefs are messed up, or the window you went to was

Re: Which SATA PCI adapter will work in a MDD?

2009-02-05 Thread PeterH
On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:06 PM, yawg wrote: > I find the SeriTek card quite expensive. I find all FirmTek cards to be overpriced. > > I found this instead which looks very promising. The seller claims his > card is bootable under Panther: > > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&i

Re: Which SATA PCI adapter will work in a MDD?

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Hi, > I am using a SeriTek SATA card in my MDD. It is bootable. It runs in > PCI slots as well as PCI-X.http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1ve2plus2/ I find the SeriTek card quite expensive. It's also not clear if the SeriTek card will work flawlessly under Panther. I'll try out the ICIDU PC

Re: Which SATA PCI adapter will work in a MDD?

2009-02-05 Thread yawg
Hi, > I am using a SeriTek SATA card in my MDD. It is bootable. It runs in > PCI slots as well as PCI-X.http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1ve2plus2/ I find the SeriTek card quite expensive. It's also not clear if the SeriTek card will work flawlessly under Panther. I'll try out the ICIDU PC

Default Icon View???

2009-02-05 Thread jonas ulrich
This is driving me insane. I set the icon view on a certain folder and then click "all windows" and then I go to another folder and the view is different-Jonas --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
If it wasn't damaged when the shipper released it to UPS, they should have insured it. If they didn't, it was a *very* bad move. I'd take it up immediately with UPS, and quickly - they usually give you a limited timeframe in which to register damage complaints. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Br

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: > Hello ALL, > > I am NOT a happy camper!! I just took delivery on a G5 2.5 that I > won on > eBay and somewhere in transit UPS dropped it ... I mean they REALLY > DROPPED IT!!! > > It seems to boot up and function nicely but the case wobbles a

Re: DBAN on Macs??

2009-02-05 Thread Bruce Johnson
Things that make you go "Hm..." An item in today's MacOSXHints about securely erasing files included this link which is a scholarly paper on this exact topic. They looked at hard drives with atomic force microscopes, measuring the 'residual' data that is s

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-05 Thread KP
You'r, most likely, better off to stick 4 1GB sticks of RAM in anyway. On Feb 4, 9:41 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Feb 4, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: > > > I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max > > ram is 4GB, 1 gig per slot.  I am currently maxed out,

Re: Seagate HD firmware update

2009-02-05 Thread Gary D.
> > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Paul wrote: > > Anyway, if I may, why are so many (not all) of my G3 posts coming   > through with most text underlined? Looks like an anchor closing tag   > in HTML is being forgotten in the manufacture of the digest... > > -- > dorayme This results from for