On Feb 8, 2010, at 6:12 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote:
I've never seen them before.
A phrase of wisdom:
If it sounds too good to be true, it is
Trite as it is, it will serve you in good stead.
Keep an eye on places like DealNN http://www.dealnn.com/ for deals
on software and hardware.
If you
On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:53 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
Hi All
I want to buy a 5v power adapter that I can use on most of my stuff
ilke external FW USB drives and Pc cards cards and such. I want to
get some that work across the board, Is there something like this I
can get?
John Carmonne
Yorba
On Feb 8, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Ricardo Sevilla wrote:
I HIGLY recommend you take a little trip down to your local
Radioshack and pick up a tube of Arctic silver compound. I have used
this in all my computers including PCs. It works great. As far as
that white compound goes...
Seconded
On Feb 9, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:53 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
Hi All
I want to buy a 5v power adapter that I can use on most of my stuff ilke
external FW USB drives and Pc cards cards and such. I want to get some that
work across the board, Is there
On Feb 9, 2010, at 10:00 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
On Feb 9, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:53 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
Hi All
I want to buy a 5v power adapter that I can use on most of my
stuff ilke external FW USB drives and Pc cards cards and such. I
-Original Message-
From: t...@io.com t...@io.com
To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 8:39 am
Subject: Re: 5v power adapters
The adjustable adapters do not adjust their voltage automatically.
There's a switch on the front for that. The amperage is as Len
On Feb 9, 2010, at 8:00 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
OK so do you trust the multi votage, multi tip ones?
It's a simple enough circuit, and as long as you pay attention to tip
polarity, Id trust 'em ok, I guess.
And I assume you would buy the highest amp out put? Do the devices
adjust to
...The bulk of this message was originally posted in Oct 2008. What
follows is updated.
Adobe is now offering a public beta of Flash Player 10.1.
When Flash 10.0 came out, Adobe did a lot of yammering about how much
better than 9 it was, etc. Our subsequent testing had mixed results.
I was getting ready to write this last night when the power went out. I
attempted to use the candle method to reflow the solder, which was an epic
fail. The problem is worse now. Oh well, thank you all for your help, I've
learned a lot about the iMac G5, and will keep my eyes open for a
And then there's this ...
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100208/adobe-flash-for-mac-is-getting-better-really/
I didn't know what to make of the supposed quote/claim
In Flash Player 10.1 we are moving to CoreAnimation, which will
further reduce CPU usage and we believe will get us to the
On Feb 9, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Dan wrote:
Adobe is now offering a public beta of Flash Player 10.1.
When Flash 10.0 came out, Adobe did a lot of yammering about how
much better than 9 it was, etc. Our subsequent testing had mixed
results. Since then, there have been a number of updates
At 10:07 -0700 2/9/10, Bruce Johnson wrote, and I snipped:
To a point you can connect a device to the correct voltage and a higher
amperage and everything will work just fine.
That to a point can be significant, though probably not for computer
peripherals that need the supply connected all of
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Charles Lenington macso...@tds.net wrote:
Has anyone heard of this company or done business with them? Is the
software legit? I need CS4 but I'm leery.
http://priorismanotes.net/
Try GIMP. GIMP is like open source version of Photoshop. Note:
GIMP Requires
Problem inst of 10.5 on this:
Tower may be sawtooth G4 450 MHz box with AGP Graphics on a card.
12 Gb hd 470 Mb, Zip, fd, DVD/cd Drive, all are Apple branded.
will not let me.
Was there a rule about speed or a way around it?
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Yes... 10.5 will not install on a G4 with less than an 867 MHz CPU. That
said, you can fool the installer by going into Open Firmware and specifying
867 MHz as the processor speed. That will let the installer do its thing and
then revert to the actual speed on reboot.
It will run at lower speeds,
On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Robert Christensen wrote:
Has anyone heard of this company or done business with them? Is the
software legit? I need CS4 but I'm leery.
http://priorismanotes.net/
Try GIMP. GIMP is like open source version of Photoshop. Note:
GIMP Requires X11. Here is a link to
On Feb 9, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Problem inst of 10.5 on this:
Tower may be sawtooth G4 450 MHz box with AGP Graphics on a card.
12 Gb hd 470 Mb, Zip, fd, DVD/cd Drive, all are Apple branded.
will not let me.
Was there a rule about speed or a way around it?
Yes, you need
I do this via CCC. Get the system on the machine then use migration
Assittant to tranfer your stuff to the Leo.
John Carmonne wtmm
Yorba Linda USA
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On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Was there a rule about speed or a way around it?
Rule about speed = 867 MHz G4 CPU
Way around:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33657
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I was considering upgrading my beige mac memory to its max and
referenced Mactracker for the specifications. It says that the max
memory is 192MB (apple) and 768mb (actual). I am not sure I
understand what that means. What is the maximum ram you can put into
the beige G3 Desktop?
On a related
At 12:45 PM -0500 2/9/2010, iJohn wrote:
And then there's this ...
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100208/adobe-flash-for-mac-is-getting-better-really/
Yea. heh.
After Jobs slapped Adobe upside the head, Adobe's
CTO (Chief Technology Officer) responded with
this FUD-filled blogness:
At 10:49 AM -0700 2/9/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 9, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Dan wrote:
Adobe is now offering a public beta of Flash Player 10.1.
When Flash 10.0 came out, Adobe did a lot of yammering about how
much better than 9 it was, etc. Our subsequent testing had mixed
results. Since
On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Gus wrote:
What is the maximum ram you can put into the beige G3 Desktop?
768 MB total is the max, three 256 MB sticks of low-density PC66,
PC100, or PC133 SDRAM DIMM. Low-density means chips on both sides of
the module, meaning 16 chips total, 8 on each side;
On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:13 PM, Gus wrote:
I was considering upgrading my beige mac memory to its max and
referenced Mactracker for the specifications. It says that the max
memory is 192MB (apple) and 768mb (actual). I am not sure I
understand what that means. What is the maximum ram you can
768 MB total is the max, three 256 MB sticks of low-density PC66, PC100,
or PC133 SDRAM DIMM.
The 233Mhz Beige G3 desktop I recently resurrected (by simply changing the
PRAM battery!) has one 256, one 128 and one 32mb DIMMs since at least 2005
(when it was used for the last time).
I have
On Feb 9, 1:13 pm, Gus gusr...@comcast.net wrote:
I was considering upgrading my beige mac memory to its max and
referenced Mactracker for the specifications.
Any other practical tips I should know before proceeding?
There have been some reports (I don't know how reliable) of folks who
On Feb 9, 1:59 pm, Gorka L Martinez Mezo g...@gmx.net wrote:
BTW, I found it SLOW. It`s running Mac OS 9,1 and has one 40Mb IBM
DeathStar HD built in 2001 replacing the original 4Mb unit supplied with the
machine.
The built-in IDE on the Beige is only 16 MB/s. It just begs for an
On 2/9/10 7:00 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
On Feb 9, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 8, 2010, at 8:53 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
Hi All I want to buy a 5v power adapter that I can use on most of
my stuff ilke external FW USB drives and Pc cards cards and such.
I want to get some
It is a tad slow.. But what I am using it for it not that processor
intensive, however it does require the memory to run properly. Seems
it spends most of its time scrolling out to virtual, finally starts
thrashing, and then requires a hard reset. :(
So tiger with 192 mb doesn't get it done..
Thanks for tips!!
On Feb 9, 1:26 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:
On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Gus wrote:
What is the maximum ram you can put into the beige G3 Desktop?
768 MB total is the max, three 256 MB sticks of low-density PC66,
PC100, or PC133 SDRAM DIMM. Low-density means
On 2/9/10 10:25 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:
And while I'm at it there are too many of those cylindrical
connectors in the world. The plus and minus leads are often not
specified and you may not know if a device needs positive on the
center or the outside. There is also a pair, 3.2 mm comes to mind,
Seconded on the Arctic Silver recommendation, although the white stuff
will work just as well, you're not overclocking these things.
When you do it, remember, this is really a 'less is more', 'a little
dab'll do yah' kind of deal.
For those CPU's squeeze out a drop a little bigger
On 2/9/10 12:23 PM, t...@io.com wrote:
On Feb 9, 1:59 pm, Gorka L Martinez Mezog...@gmx.net wrote:
BTW, I found it SLOW. It`s running Mac OS 9,1 and has one 40Mb IBM
DeathStar HD built in 2001 replacing the original 4Mb unit supplied with the
machine.
The built-in IDE on the Beige is
Gus,
When you're shopping for RAM for a Desktop Beige, make sure to buy
low profile RAM, as the full size sticks will not allow the top
portion of the casing to snap into place. I own one of these, too,
and it's been a problem in the past. OWC has these for less than $16
(no affiliation,
On Feb 9, 2010, at 2:23 PM, t...@io.com wrote:
The built-in IDE on the Beige is only 16 MB/s. It just begs for an
ATA-133 PCI card, although cable routing is a pain.
An ATA-133 card is going to be limited to ATA-66 speed because of the
bus limitations of the Beige. The only advantage of
On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Da'Birdman wrote:
Gus,
When you're shopping for RAM for a Desktop Beige, make sure to buy
low profile RAM, as the full size sticks will not allow the top
portion of the casing to snap into place.
There is a semi easy fix for this. The fan shroud for the power
It is a tad slow.. But what I am using it for it not that processor
intensive, however it does require the memory to run properly. Seems
it spends most of its time scrolling out to virtual, finally starts
thrashing, and then requires a hard reset. :(
I checked and saw the machine was
Another way to get quicker HD response is using XPF to boot from a
Firewire 400 external HD. This is cheap and gets rid of both the 1st 8 GB
limit and the 128 GB limit, which only the ATA-133 card would also do,
but normally at higher total cost and less usage flexibility.
Now you mention
On 2/9/10 2:23 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote:
Another way to get quicker HD response is using XPF to boot from a
Firewire 400 external HD. This is cheap and gets rid of both the 1st 8
GB limit and the 128 GB limit, which only the ATA-133 card would also
do, but normally at higher total cost
-Original Message-
From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:59 PM
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question
768 MB total is the max, three 256 MB sticks of
I think you mean 4GB and 40GB. My G3 here also has a 40GB in it :D
Yup! I was on RAM size mode while writing :-)
Gorka from Spain
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You could if there were such a thing. I've never heard of one. The
internal FW connector (on this card and on some PowerMacs) was intended
for FW drives, HDs whose interface was FW, not via an IDE convertor but
directly. Such drives never materialized.
Thanks for the answer! It makes a lot
On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote:
You could if there were such a thing. I've never heard of one.
The internal FW connector (on this card and on some PowerMacs) was
intended for FW drives, HDs whose interface was FW, not via an IDE
convertor but directly. Such
Jonas,
I know this is a couple of days late, but here in DC we are having our
highest snowfall total winter since 1870 and I have been without power
and away from the lists until today.
Please do not post attachments on the lists. There are still people on
dial up and some on metered
Ok, thanks for letting me know, I didn't know that. Yeah I'm actually
stuck on dial-up still... Oh well I guess thats what you get for
living in the middle of no where! In the future I will upload any
pictures to a website and provide the link.
Thanks,
-Jonas
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I want to eliminate the Top Sites Show All Bookmarks
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How can I do this?
What browser? Version? What operating system? Version?
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I want to eliminate the
Browser is Safari ver.4.0.4
OS is OSX 10.4.11
Wm.
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Subject: Re: How to
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 9:50 PM
On 2/9/10, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net
I want to buy a 5v power adapter that I can use on most of my stuff ilke
external FW USB drives and Pc cards cards and such. I want to get some that
work across the board, Is there something like this I can get?
I am surprised no one has mentioned getting a small bench power supply
and a
Mozilla announced they will drop tiger for future Firefox releases.
So, will Tiger using folks be forced to move up to Leopard?
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