Airport for the BW G3

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Hello guys and gals, is it possible to put an airport card or will it support any wi fi? I hope to use it on my airport network at home. Robert Long _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich

Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Well I messed up on my other email. Question, is it possible to install an airport card in a G3 or is it possible to us it in wifi?? Robert Long _ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get

Re: Airport for the BW G3

2009-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Robert Long wrote: Hello guys and gals, is it possible to put an airport card or will it support any wi fi? I hope to use it on my airport network at home. Not enough information. What OS version? What Airport version? I'll give it a shot without the OS

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Po-en Tsai
On 28/12/2009, at 10:56 PM, Robert Long wrote: Well I messed up on my other email. Still seems kinda screwed. Question, is it possible to install an airport card in a G3 More specific? Machine name? or is it possible to us it in wifi?? Airport card gives you Wi-Fi? Thanks, Po-en Tsai --

Re: Airport for the BW G3

2009-12-28 Thread Andy
On Dec 28, 2009, at 3:06 AM, Robert Long wrote: Hello guys and gals, is it possible to put an airport card or will it support any wi fi? I hope to use it on my airport network at home. Not enough information. What OS version? What Airport version? I'll give it a shot without the OS

How to stop printing in progress

2009-12-28 Thread Dale Hoffman
I've just pulled the paper tray from our Apple Laserwriter because someone inadvertently launched a print job of indeterminate length. I'm getting continuous duplicates of a single page with over 100 printed so far. The job is in the printer's memory, shutting down the printer does not clear

Re: How to stop printing in progress

2009-12-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I've just pulled the paper tray from our Apple Laserwriter because someone inadvertently launched a print job of indeterminate length. I'm getting continuous duplicates of a single page with over 100 printed so far. The job is in the

Re: LaserWriter 16/600 (was Laserwriter 4/600 cartridge problem)

2009-12-28 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 27, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Murray wrote: I have an old LaserWriter 16/600PS which I bought used several years ago. It has given (and is still giving) me yeoman service. It prints better than either of my wife's HP (much newer) printers (they give a pixellated (?) print-out on angled

Re: Airport for the BW G3

2009-12-28 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Andy andy.the...@gmail.com wrote: Don't forget about Wireless Ethernet Bridges. Can be found in the UK for about 40GBP. You plug it into your Ethernet port and it connects to your wireless network. It will work with any Mac with an Ethernet connection. If you

Re: How to stop printing in progress

2009-12-28 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I've just pulled the paper tray from our Apple Laserwriter because someone inadvertently launched a print job of indeterminate length. I'm getting continuous duplicates of a single page with

Re: How to stop printing in progress

2009-12-28 Thread Dan
At 11:24 AM -0500 12/28/2009, Len Gerstel wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: I've just pulled the paper tray from our Apple Laserwriter because someone inadvertently launched a print job of indeterminate length. I'm getting continuous duplicates of a single page with

Re: How to stop printing in progress

2009-12-28 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Dan wrote: Depends on the job's size and the printer's memory. Len's soln will work if the job is still in the mac's queue. But we often find jobs are totally held within the printer. The soln then is to remove the paper tray, as you did (to create an error

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kasey Smith
I recommend grabbing a PCI card from headgapstore.com. You could also grab a USB dongle there, it it wont be as fast. The G3 BW itself does not have an airport slot. On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:56 AM, Robert Long wrote: Well I messed up on my other email. Question, is it possible to install an

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Hal
On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:44 PM, Jason Brown wrote: On 12/27/2009 8:47 PM, Hal wrote: Thanks for the quick response. I tried replacing the battery, and that seems to have cleared up some other issues I was having (prolonged blue screen on boot up), but it didn't solve the no video on

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Hal wrote: Interestingly, I tried the open firmware procedure described above, and when it rebooted, the screen stayed on the grey OF screen with black text while the computer rebooted, with no display. It's almost like it doesn't know the video card and

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Jason Brown
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Hal wrote: Interestingly, I tried the open firmware procedure described above, and when it rebooted, the screen stayed on the grey OF screen with black text while the computer rebooted, with no display. It's almost like it doesn't know the video card and

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

2009-12-28 Thread Hal
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:16 PM, Hal wrote: Interestingly, I tried the open firmware procedure described above, and when it rebooted, the screen stayed on the grey OF screen with black text while the computer rebooted, with no display. It's

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kasey Smith
On Dec 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Honestly, it's cheaper just to buy a 100ft ethernet cable than to get an AirPort card. It'll be multiple times faster too. But yes, it is possible to install the original AirPort B card in a BW. Could you please explain how you would go

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Chance Reecher
Darn. You're right. For some reason when I was writing that I thought I'd seen the connector in one, but I guess I got the BW confused with the G4 PowerMac. I just opened my BW, and sure enough, no connector. Your best bet would be to get a PCI card with a chipset that OS X recognizes as an

Re: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: Your best bet would be to get a PCI card with a chipset that OS X recognizes as an AirPort card. I still think ethernet is the way to go though. I think a USB 2.0 PCI card and a USB Airport dongle is better because you get both USB 2.0

RE: Airport card in a G3 BW

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Thanks Kasey and Chance and all the others. You don't know how much your expertise helps me. I am still a novice at macs but I love them. My forte is cooking. Chef Robert Long From: kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Airport card in a G3 BW Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:11:46 -0700 To:

I know I am a pest

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
All you great mac people,, I got some software off EBay for OS 9 and 9.2 and when I began to install it to fix some glitches 8.1, which is only my suspecions, I got a message that I need to update my firmware from my Instal disk which I did not get. I bought this unit about 9 years ago or

Re: I know I am a pest

2009-12-28 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/28/09 11:02 PM, Robert Long of texasche...@hotmail.com sent All you great mac people,, I got some software off EBay for OS 9 and 9.2 and when I began to install it to fix some glitches 8.1, which is only my suspecions, I got a message that I need to update my firmware from my Instal

Re: Airport for the BW G3

2009-12-28 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Robert Long texasche...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey John,  thanks, I am using a repeater with an ethernet opening for my wireless macbook pro and it works fine.  I am thinking of moving it closer to the BW G3 and connect by ethernet.  What do you think?? I'm not

Re: I know I am a pest

2009-12-28 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 28, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Robert Long wrote: I got some software off EBay for OS 9 and 9.2 and when I began to install it to fix some glitches 8.1, which is only my suspecions, I got a message that I need to update my firmware from my Instal disk which I did not get.' You might

Re: I know I am a pest

2009-12-28 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:02 PM, Robert Long texasche...@hotmail.comwrote: All you great mac people,, I got some software off EBay for OS 9 and 9.2 and when I began to install it to fix some glitches 8.1, which is only my suspecions, I got a message that I need to update my firmware from my

RE: I know I am a pest

2009-12-28 Thread Robert Long
Thanks Kriss, you are right OS 8.5.1 I had to get on and check again. I will try the firmware site Tuesdaythanks again. Robert Long From: ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I know I am a pest Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:45:03 -0600 On Dec 28, 2009,