Re: G4 Quicksilver question

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
never mind. i am no longer posting buying/selling posts. omg i forgot that rule sorry guys. o_0 On 4/9/10, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > Wait, how about this. I have a SCSI controller card Ultra66. It is > completely compatible with macs, and it goes into the PCI slot. It > basically had 2 EIDE plugs

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
That can work, depending on what external HDD you bought. You see, i have a western digital "digital book" 500GB HDD extrnal that plugs in through firewire, but it will not be seen from my Mac at startup, because I haven't read on the box that it sad "Requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later odr for windo

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:59 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: BUT as you pointed out, a USB XHD will not start up. NOW, is there any USB XHD that does NOT have their own power supply and so can start up? These external USB HDs WILL boot. You must attach the HD prior to booting and have it fully powered

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-09 Thread Jonas Lopez
--- On Thu, 4/8/10, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: From: Mark Sokolovsky Subject: Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:18 PM I have successfully booted OS 9 from a USB flash drive before, but here is why i was able to. External US

Re: [Bulk] Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Dan
At 7:08 PM -0400 4/9/2010, iJohn wrote: My personal take on Dan's post is why can't the SAFARI folks at Apple investigate the problem, verify the source, and, if appropriate, open up a problem with WebKit. *nod* Was some law passed while I was napping which prevents development organizations

Re: Performance Evaluation

2010-04-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, M Christol wrote: Is there a site that lays these machines out side by side ? You can look at the XBench archives or the GeekBench archives. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - wit

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

2010-04-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 9, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: I have a PCI Radeon 9200 and a AGP Radeon 9800 Pro already installed to run three displays. You might want to check whether Quartz Extreme is working using Quartz Extreme Check 1.2. Normally no PCI cards are enabled for Quartz Extrem

Re: Safari taking a long time to load web page after restart.

2010-04-09 Thread Gus
Safari started acting up again.. I trashed the prefs and reset the homepage.. Still sitting there without loading. Any good lightweight RELIABLE web browsers out there? I tried firefox, it seems to have a big problem keeping its links in order. I drag a bookmark and next time i visit it it has

Re: [Bulk] Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Peter
Or you just go to: http://webkit.org/quality/reporting.html and report the Bug yourself. ;-) Peter M. Sent from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: iJohn Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:08:43 To: Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak? My personal take on Dan's post is why c

Re: [Bulk] Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread iJohn
My personal take on Dan's post is why can't the SAFARI folks at Apple investigate the problem, verify the source, and, if appropriate, open up a problem with WebKit. Was some law passed while I was napping which prevents development organizations from trying to get bugs fixed in critical external c

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

2010-04-09 Thread Frank J. R. Hanstick
Hello, Actually no. I have a PCI Radeon 9200 and a AGP Radeon 9800 Pro already installed to run three displays. The information was just to inform on a Quicksilver power supply for anyone interested. On Apr 9, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: OK then. Are you ready to buy it? O

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Peter
I think the difficulty here is that different parts of the software package fall under different license agreements. Webkit is open source, I believe. Safari is under Apple license Peter M. Sent from my BlackBerry® -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group fo

RE: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

2010-04-09 Thread Stewie de Young
> > OK then. Are you ready to buy it? > > On 4/9/10, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: > > Hello, > > The Quicksilver has a 340 Watt power supply. > > > > On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > > > >> lol I happen to have a good video card. I can let it go for $50. > >> > >> Compa

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Dan
At 2:47 PM -0700 4/9/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: Dan would get the same response if he complained about a memory leak in Apache, or something messed up in gcc. So if Toyota bought those gas pedals from GM, people should simply be referred to GM - the fact that their Toyota car crashed isn'

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 9, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: Hmm... and here I thought Apple was a happy go lucky nice giant. Apple is an awesome company when it comes to products, but sometimes their employess can turn their backs on us. "Not my problem that Safari has a memory leak." Seriously, if it

Re: Safari taking a long time to load web page after restart.

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
ok. I don't use Safari 4.0 on any of my powerpc machines, becuase i am a heavy multitasker, and normally I have about 10 tabs open. one on my email, other on my friend's website, and so on... It takes WAY TOO MUCH out of my system to run safari 4.0. In fact, i have a PM G4 Graphite with Leopard on

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
OK then. Are you ready to buy it? On 4/9/10, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote: > Hello, > The Quicksilver has a 340 Watt power supply. > > On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > >> lol I happen to have a good video card. I can let it go for $50. >> >> Company: Nvidia >> Model: GeFo

Re: G4 Quicksilver question

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Wait, how about this. I have a SCSI controller card Ultra66. It is completely compatible with macs, and it goes into the PCI slot. It basically had 2 EIDE plugs on it, and it breaks that 128GB limit. I have used it before, i flashed it after i pulled it out of a Windows NT 4 server. It works nicely

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
The reason why iMovie '09 works faster on your PM G5 Gorka, is because it has dual-processor technology, so it runs as if it has two processor cores. Here is an approximate comparison of processors today: PowerPC G5 Quad 2.5Ghz = Intel i7 Quad core 2.93Ghz PowerPC G5 Dual 1.8Ghz = Intel Pentium du

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Hmm... and here I thought Apple was a happy go lucky nice giant. Apple is an awesome company when it comes to products, but sometimes their employess can turn their backs on us. "Not my problem that Safari has a memory leak." Not my problem? Well, what can I say? The world is falling apart faster t

Re: Performance Evaluation

2010-04-09 Thread Chance Reecher
Head over to db.xbench.com. Find your model of PowerMac G5, click "set as comparison baseline," then "compare to other systems," and find the quad-core Mac. It'll put one machine's ratings in red and the other in blue, making the comparison very simple. HTH, Chance M Christol wrote: I want

Performance Evaluation

2010-04-09 Thread M Christol
I want to compare the performance of a dual 2.5 ghz G5 to a new quad core mac without buying the newer one. Is there a site that lays these machines out side by side ? I have found some that kinda do thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Dan
At 1:08 PM -0700 4/9/2010, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Dan wrote: So while Sam and Dean have been up to their eyes in demons, whores, and grumpy angels, Apple got back to me about the leak -- not their problem go talk to the webkit guys. Nice. Developers telling an end-

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Dan wrote: So while Sam and Dean have been up to their eyes in demons, whores, and grumpy angels, Apple got back to me about the leak -- not their problem go talk to the webkit guys. Nice. Developers telling an end-user to follow thru with bugs on THEIR pro

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
I have never had a single problem editing to a USB 2 drive ever. And if I went to FW I would spend the money on FW 800. they are really fast. But give me solid state any time I can afford it. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:36 PM, John Musbach wrote: > On 4/9/10, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread John Musbach
On 4/9/10, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > Try using a USB > external or a big thumb drive as resource and work space. Yeah I bet the > slow HD is the prob. if a slow HD is the problem, a USB external will definitely not help because USB is only fast in bursts. If you're going to go tge exter

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote: > > > > You mention nothing about RAM or project settings nor about where you >> placed >> the files used as resource. All of this and more effects the speed and >> reliability of an edit. >> I have very little experience with iMovie b

Re: Safari 4.0.5 memory leak?

2010-04-09 Thread Dan
At 6:24 PM -0400 3/15/2010, Dan wrote: Anyone seeing a memory leak in Safari - it's just growing and growing? When first launched, Safari is using about 20MB real, 145 MB virtual, here - according to Activity Monitor. Open and close pages, and the sizes just go up, never back down. Tried pul

Re: G4 Quicksilver question

2010-04-09 Thread Sri Gupta
Note that the QS won't support a G4 pulled from a MDD system, you need to look for a G4 pulled specifically from a QS or earlier (or an upgrade card, but for the most part I find them overpriced; you can buy a 1.6ghz G4 upgrade card for $199, or a dual G4 1.25 ghz MDD off ebay for $209...) Check t

Re: G4 Quicksilver question

2010-04-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: You know what? you could've partitined it! It could only read 128GB of partition space at a time, so why don't you put that 250GBHDD back in there, and put in (2) 125GB partitions. Because that WONT WORK. You either need to use a hack lik

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-09 Thread t...@io.com
On Apr 8, 11:00 am, Jonas Lopez wrote: > Ext Seagate 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4 > > 1. There is a limit on hds, something like 180 Mb, but does this apply to > External USB drives? Shows on dt as 500 ok. The limitation, when it exists, is caused by the controller hardware and/or fir

I got a pismo g3 400 for a project, your thoughts and help welcomed.

2010-04-09 Thread Baha Ata
I got a pismo g3 400. without screen and hd. case broken but all other hardware is ok. I plan to obtain a Pismo screen from ebay and convert it to a picture frame with iTunes server ability or pre-anfi. I am curious about RF... Do u know any RF remote commander for it, or i need stick with RF us

Re: G4 Quicksilver question

2010-04-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:24 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > You know what? you could've partitined it! It could only read 128GB of > partition space at a time, so why don't you put that 250GBHDD back in there, > and put in (2) 125GB partitions. Also, if you want to "beef it up", use > LeopardAssist

Re: Ext 500 Gb USB Drive Issues on 450 MHz G4

2010-04-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > look you guys, if you want leopard to run on a G4 processor slower than > 867Mhz, you don't need some serious hacking... lol who would hack just to > install leopard. > > Just download LeopardAssist. It basically allows leopard to install

Re: Safari taking a long time to load web page after restart.

2010-04-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:56 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > I know the latest version addressed the memory leak, but the thing is, I have > a G3 iMac with Tiger on it, and I can't install the latest version of safari > on it. I guess safari will only come into use on my PM G4 with Leopard. Mark I hav

Re: graphics card for Quicksilver 2002

2010-04-09 Thread Frank J. R. Hanstick
Hello, The Quicksilver has a 340 Watt power supply. On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: lol I happen to have a good video card. I can let it go for $50. Company: Nvidia Model: GeForce 6800GT Model series: GeForce 6 Slot: AGP 4x-8x VRAM: 256MB DDR2 MFG. DATE: November 20

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
I searched my gmail trash extensively to see what I had missed here. Thinking I had lost a thread. But none found. People was commenting their experiences with the iMovie suite. So I threw mine! Your subject line mentions a " G5 1.8GHz tower " but the post mentions two other machines ? ? ?

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Gorka L Martinez Mezo wrote: > A few months ago I prepared a 22min video with iMovie 09 in a 2008 15in > MacBookPro. Using an AVCHD camera, it truly taxed the system. All worked > well except for a 3min clip out of synch. I tried everything to try correct > it but

Re: G5 1.8GHz tower doesn't work w/video well

2010-04-09 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
A few months ago I prepared a 22min video with iMovie 09 in a 2008 15in MacBookPro. Using an AVCHD camera, it truly taxed the system. All worked well except for a 3min clip out of synch. I tried everything to try correct it but to no avail. The same clip mounted flawlessy in a dual 2GHz PowerM