Re: G4 Question

2009-08-24 Thread Dan
At 11:16 PM -0500 8/24/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: >Periodically when using my G4 Quicksilver with either Firefox or >Safari and I have a few tabs open I get the spinning beach ball. The >sites are email or ones like The Daily Kitten. >What might cause this? The SPOD indicates that the browser wa

G4 Question

2009-08-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
Periodically when using my G4 Quicksilver with either Firefox or Safari and I have a few tabs open I get the spinning beach ball. The sites are email or ones like The Daily Kitten. What might cause this? Also, do I want to use Dashboard? -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 "The time has come fo

Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-24 Thread Kris Tilford
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Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-24 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Phil Spencer wrote: > Oops I meant to say unsubscribing doesn't work the address doesn't > exist I've been trying to escape this list since it magically > reappeared for days Those who have participated in this thread and wished to leave this list have all been

Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-24 Thread Phil Spencer
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Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-24 Thread TOM BRACKEN
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2009-08-24 Thread Phil Spencer
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Re: What OCR for Leopard?

2009-08-24 Thread Dan
At 4:04 PM -0700 8/24/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > > What OCR software packages are there which run well on OS X 10.5 > > Leopard? Any favorites? > >You can roll your own: After seeing Al's OP... I mention

Re: Boot Camp

2009-08-24 Thread Dan
At 1:32 PM -0700 8/24/2009, Mike Baker wrote: >I have a MacBook White Core 2 Duo running Leopard. It has Boot Camp >on it. Which version of Windows would give me the best bang for the >buck? Putting cooties on a perfectly good Mac is never a "best bang". - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; So

Re: Best way to clone a hard drive to use as a start-up drive?

2009-08-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > > On Jul 28, 6:19 am, Bill Connelly wrote: >> >> I would suggest not using the Block Level Copy, but use the File Level >> one. > > I agree. >> >> If you Block Level Copy a 60GB to a 750GB, the 750GB will look like a >> 60GB hard drive. > > So m

Re: Cloning Hangs G4 Quicksilver 867

2009-08-24 Thread Clark Martin
On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:12 PM, yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: > > Hiya Listers, > > With all the wonderful praise all over this list and the Net in > general > I've seen for both Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper, I'm totally and > completely shocked to say I'm having this problem -- I can't clone

Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-24 Thread Stephen Weber
To unsubscribe you have to send a email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Stephen Weber On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Michael Marsden < michael.marsde...@virgin.net> wrote: > > > > > > -- www.maryland157.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

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2009-08-24 Thread Michael Marsden
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Re: Sonnet Encore upgrade for desktop beige G3

2009-08-24 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, It has been several years, but I did the same upgrade to a Beige G3. I had trouble installing OSX with the G4 in place. The OS was version 10.2, I believe. I put the G3 back in place for the install, then installed the G4 enabler from Sonnet, and put the G4 back in the system. It ran we

Re: Cloning Hangs G4 Quicksilver 867

2009-08-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Aug 24, 2009, at 8:12 PM, yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: > > Hiya Listers, > > With all the wonderful praise all over this list and the Net in > general > I've seen for both Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper, I'm totally and > completely shocked to say I'm having this problem -- I can't clone

Cloning Hangs G4 Quicksilver 867

2009-08-24 Thread yersinia
Hiya Listers, With all the wonderful praise all over this list and the Net in general I've seen for both Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper, I'm totally and completely shocked to say I'm having this problem -- I can't clone with either one of these programs, and worse, they crash the Finder. T

Re: Sonnet Encore upgrade for desktop beige G3

2009-08-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Gorka Martinez Mezo wrote: > > * First of all, has someone tried this upgrade before? Any tips? The Zif upgrade works just fine, but you need to reset the mobo jumpers. OWC has a handy chart: This applies

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Aug 24, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > > John Niven wrote: >> I think you will "see" only 128GB on your new harddrive (you can >> still use it). Much better to buy a SATA pci card and then you can >> use a modern large HD. >> > > QuickSilvers are maybe on the large drive support.

Re: Boot Camp

2009-08-24 Thread Stephen Weber
Windows 7 is coming out on October 22nd you might want to think about getting that. I'm currently running Windows 7 and it's one of the best Microsoft OS's. Stephen On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: > > > Because of all the problems with "Vista" I would be running XP...

Re: Boot Camp

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Gerome
Because of all the problems with "Vista" I would be running XP... But running any windows OS on an Apple will open you up to viruses and you will need protection... Rich -Original Message- >From: Mike Baker >Sent: Aug 24, 2009 4:32 PM >To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >Subject: B

Re: What OCR for Leopard?

2009-08-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > > Dual posting here, no answer after two days on two other LEM lists. > > What OCR software packages are there which run well on OS X 10.5 > Leopard? Any favorites? > > I've seen references to Omnipage Pro X for Macintosh and Readiris > as indepen

Sonnet Encore upgrade for desktop beige G3

2009-08-24 Thread Gorka Martinez Mezo
A couple months ago I bought in eBay an used 500MHz Sonnet Encore ZIF card to upgrade a Beige desktop G3. The seller send me a pdf file with the installation instructions but nothing else. Due to work/burned computer/personal issues I wasn`t able to have a close look to the upgrade intil now.

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread Clark Martin
John Niven wrote: > I think you will "see" only 128GB on your new harddrive (you can still use > it). Much better to buy a SATA pci card and then you can use a modern large > HD. > QuickSilvers are maybe on the large drive support. Those known as QS 2002 (introduced in 2002) do support large

What OCR for Leopard?

2009-08-24 Thread Al Poulin
Dual posting here, no answer after two days on two other LEM lists. What OCR software packages are there which run well on OS X 10.5 Leopard? Any favorites? I've seen references to Omnipage Pro X for Macintosh and Readiris as independent packages, and even OCR capability in Vuescan and Adobe Ac

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Gerome
Hey Tim, I had an experience a few yrs back on my 466 Clamshell but my screen burned... When I installed a new screen it ran fine for a couple months then one day it went into a shake and burned up again... It left a ghost image of the last webpage I was on both times this happened... So t

Re: Boot Camp

2009-08-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 24, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Mike Baker wrote: > > I have a MacBook White Core 2 Duo running Leopard. It has Boot Camp > on it. Which version of Windows would give me the best bang for the > buck? It depends on what you need windows for. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of

Boot Camp

2009-08-24 Thread Mike Baker
I have a MacBook White Core 2 Duo running Leopard. It has Boot Camp on it. Which version of Windows would give me the best bang for the buck? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Gochnour
It sits on the panic screen for about 30 seconds before it continues. It never reboots (no second 'bong' or anything! It IS weird! Tim On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Tim Gochnour wrote: > >> Now every time it starts up, it goes into the gr

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 24, 2009, at 1:38 PM, John Niven wrote: > > I think you will "see" only 128GB on your new harddrive (you can > still use it). Much better to buy a SATA pci card and then you can > use a modern large HD. Which G4 QS do you have? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Re: Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 24, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Tim Gochnour wrote: > Now every time it starts up, it goes into the grey screen of > death (the one that says the computer must be restarted by holding > down the power button.) If you leave it alone, it goes away and > starts up. How to get this screen to quit appe

Screen of death

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Gochnour
My son got a new USB wireless adapter for his MDD running 10.4.x. He stuck it in and restarted the computer before putting in any drivers for it. The computer went into startup mode then immediately shut down. Now every time it starts up, it goes into the grey screen of death (the one t

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread John Niven
I think you will "see" only 128GB on your new harddrive (you can still use it). Much better to buy a SATA pci card and then you can use a modern large HD. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, joan wrote: > From: joan > Subject: Installing new internal hard drive on G4 > To: "G3-5 List" > Date: Monday, Augus

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread Mel
Or use CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) to achieve the same result. Mel --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Robert Menes wrote: From: Robert Menes Subject: Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 10:13 AM On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM, joan wrot

Re: Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread Robert Menes
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM, joan wrote: > > We have a desk top G4 Quicksilver and want to intall a new 320 GB > Western digital hard drive. Does anyone know a site that will guide us > through the best way to do this? Is cloning the old hard drive onto it > the best? > Hi Joan, I used this

Installing new internal hard drive on G4

2009-08-24 Thread joan
We have a desk top G4 Quicksilver and want to intall a new 320 GB Western digital hard drive. Does anyone know a site that will guide us through the best way to do this? Is cloning the old hard drive onto it the best? thanks, Joan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: error 195 chowning network

2009-08-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 23, 2009, at 11:33 PM, John Musbach wrote: > > Hi I'm trying to chown Network on my family laptop so that I can > delete the network but when I do I get error 195 > (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/err.tif/). How do I resolve? Don't do that, you'll break it! "Network" isn't really a folde

Re: error 195 chowning network

2009-08-24 Thread Dan
At 11:33 PM -0700 8/23/2009, John Musbach wrote: >Hi I'm trying to chown Network on my family laptop so that I can >delete the network but when I do I get error 195 >(http://img44.imageshack.us/i/err.tif/). How do I resolve? Wha the heck are you doing to your system? You're trying to totall

Re: 10.4.11 upgrade for iBook G3/700

2009-08-24 Thread Dan
At 5:09 AM -0500 8/24/2009, Ralph Green wrote: >iBook G3/700 >10.4.6. I am downloading the 10.4.11 PPC updater now. Before I >install it, I'd like to know if there is anything I should be >worried about. Make backups. Let Software Update apply the combo and all the other updates - java, itune

Re: 10.4.11 upgrade for iBook G3/700

2009-08-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Ralph Green wrote: > It came with 10.4.6. > I am downloading the 10.4.11 PPC updater now. Hopefully you mean the 10.4.11 PPC COMBO Update? You won't be able to install the non-Combo update, it only updates 10.4.10 to 10.4.11. It's always a good idea to have a copy

10.4.11 upgrade for iBook G3/700

2009-08-24 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, I have a very nice iBook G3/700 now thanks to someone on the LEM Swap list. It is a nice upgrade from the G4/400 tower. The upgrade on that tower with a QS CPU did not work as well as I hoped, but I'll try again later. For now, I am wondering about OS upgrades. It came with 10.4.6. I