Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > May be this would be better asked on a router forum? > You could try the General Wireless Discussion section of http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com You'd find limited experience with Mac's there, but they would understand the windows and ro

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > On 5/13/10 1:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> On May 13, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: >> >> What could have changed? >>> >>> The battery is lower on charge, and is drawing more amperage than >>> before. The limit is 50

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Richard Gerome
I made a mistake it was the end of 2001 I got that OS 10 disc... So I would have to say the G3 iBooks and iMacs were the last to just come with OS 9 (or somewhere in the middle of the G3's before the G4's) then I think they started to come dual boot 9 and 10 with Classic after that but I cou

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Richard Gerome
Are you asking when the last computer came out with ONLY OS 9 without OS 10??? Or when they stopped putting OS 9 in them??? If it is the last with only OS 9 I would have to say maybe the end of 2000, because this is when I got it for my Clamshell when it first came out it was OS 10 and the

Re: They're dead, Jim...

2010-05-13 Thread Richard Gerome
This is a great tip for your wire (nest) mess: Go to a auto parts store and get some ignition wire looms that snap open and shut... Reorganise those wires with the looms to keep them all separate from one another and the wires that are way too long fold them up and use some twist ties or wir

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Clark Martin
On 5/13/10 1:34 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 13, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: What could have changed? The battery is lower on charge, and is drawing more amperage than before. The limit is 500mA total per USB port unless you have an external USB hub with its own power supply.

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On May 13, 2010, at 10:45 PM, iJohn wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: His machine see's my wireless connection SSID, so is it my Mac that isn't configured just right? Is this the Win7 laptop which sees your Wireless Access Points (WAP) SSID Yes. If I

Re: Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: > His machine see's my wireless connection SSID, so is it my Mac that isn't > configured just right? Is this the Win7 laptop which sees your Wireless Access Points (WAP) SSID -irrational john -- You received this message because you ar

Re: They're dead, Jim...

2010-05-13 Thread ===( )8>
Bruce Johnson writes, Try it stand-alone: connect a known-good keyboard and mouse to the Mini. Reboot the mini in safe mode. See what happens.> WOW! It worked FINE stand-alone! :-O It booted up in Safe Mode (keyboard was fine when it asked for my password), I moused around with it a little,

Allowing a Windoze 7 Laptop to Access my Wireless Network

2010-05-13 Thread Bill Connelly
I set up my wireless Versalink router using my DA Dual 533 G4 under OS X 10.5.8. My new roomie's iTouch is seen by my router's browser window, but I cannot see his Gateway Laptop running Windoze 7. I give the iTouch permission to connect using its Mac Address, but no Mac Address shows up

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread Michael G.M.
>On May 13, 7:24 pm, dorayme wrote: > You see! The QS 933 has a soul! No wonder I keep mine going and work   > it every day. That latest Macbook on the desk over there -->   > cries in vain to be used and is waiting for the day my G4 dies, but   > what can I do? I cannot abandon this sprightly

Re: They're dead, Jim...

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 13, 2010, at 5:00 PM, ===( )8> wrote: > Hiya Listers, > > Oh no! I THINK that BOTH USB ports in my Mini died! :-O Is this possible, > they could both go at the same time? Or am I missing something? OK, here it > is... Ka-snippo. Macs can act all weird when they don't have a kb and/or

They're dead, Jim...

2010-05-13 Thread ===( )8>
Hiya Listers, Oh no! I THINK that BOTH USB ports in my Mini died! :-O Is this possible, they could both go at the same time? Or am I missing something? OK, here it is... This is the same Mini from the other day (1.5 GHz/1 GB RAM/Tiger 10.4.2). Remember the KVM wires got discombobulated when

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread dorayme
On 14/05/2010, at 7:40 AM, g3-5-list+nore...@googlegroups.com wrote: Topic: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss James Morgan May 13 10:32AM -0400 ^ Don't do anything drastic to your quicksilver yet. I have two MDD G4's and both of them are cranky when it comes to starting up. One of them show

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 13, 2010, at 3:54 PM, coolr...@comcast.net wrote: > The subject pretty much asks the question. After the G5's came out, Apple released a revised MDD model that booted into a special-for-this-model-only version of OS 9.2.2. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy I

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Kris Tilford
You can use MacTracker to find these answers yourself. PowerMac G4 MDD iBook G3 900MHz 32MB VRAM PowerBook G4 1GHz -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at ht

Re: What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread Dennis Myhand
coolr...@comcast.net wrote: The subject pretty much asks the question. Also, which Mac last shipped with OS9? Wad it a G4? G3? r I remember working at a school in Texas (Willie Nelson's home town) and we received a new G-3 iMac in Red running OS9. That was in April of 2001. I think the nex

What was the last Mac to natively run OS 9?

2010-05-13 Thread coolrays
The subject pretty much asks the question. Also, which Mac last shipped with OS9? Wad it a G4? G3? r -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendm

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread Jason Brown
If the power supply were weak before the power failure, ie bulging capacitors, it would seem like the power failure caused it. Inversely, if the power surge that hit the system upon power restoration caused a cap to bulge, then that would also cause this, depending on the cap location and what r

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread James Morgan
I have been using my MDD G4 (not that far removed from the quicksilver) for months now with a startup button that sometimes flickers, dies and does not start (a problem that began after I accidently disconnected the power while it was running). But given a rest for a few hours it starts fi

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Clark Martin
On 5/13/10 1:17 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: This camera uses 3 AAA batteries and I have regular old alkaline cells in it . You might want to check this to be sure which is right for your camera. I have several small Sony cameras that use AAA NiMH

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > > > On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > > > > This camera uses 3 AAA batteries and I have regular old alkaline > > > cells in it . > > > > You might want to check this to be sure which is right for your > > camera. I

RE: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Stewie de Young
> > On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > > This camera uses 3 AAA batteries and I have regular old alkaline > > cells in it . > > You might want to check this to be sure which is right for your > camera. I have several small Sony cameras that use AAA NiMH > rechargeabl

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 13, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: >> >> What could have changed? > > The battery is lower on charge, and is drawing more amperage than before. The > limit is 500mA total per USB port unless you have an external USB hub with > its own power supply. I've seen this message before

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: This camera uses 3 AAA batteries and I have regular old alkaline cells in it . You might want to check this to be sure which is right for your camera. I have several small Sony cameras that use AAA NiMH rechargeable batteries. I think if

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > On May 13, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > > Today when I plugged the camera into the cord (which I leave plugged in) I >> got a Low Power Warning. >> > > Why is this? >> > > Most cameras not only transfer data but also recharge t

Re: I need advice on esata external

2010-05-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 13, 2010, at 2:40 PM, iJohn wrote: I think the answer to this question is "no" because I do not think a powerbook could boot from a GUID partitioned hard drive. But I'm not 100% sure so I thought I'd bring it up to see what the others had to say. PPC Macs can boot Leopard 10.5 from a GU

RE: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread Stewie de Young
> > > > Isn’t there anybody (company) that makes an adaptor so you can use a > regular PC power supply? I know I purchased a few years ago for my > Gigabit Ethernet G4s and they work fine. > > I purchased a regular ATX 20 (24) pin ps. > > I know the pinout is different for a QS, but I would th

Re: I need advice on esata external

2010-05-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 13, 2010, at 2:32 PM, iJohn wrote: In my experience it's much more common to use "disc" or "disk" with talking about optical media such as DVDs or CDs. In my experience the correct nomenclature is that an optical drive has a removable disc with a "c", and a hard drive is a non-remova

Re: I need advice on esata external

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Baha Ata wrote: > Lately i am thinking on put 2 fast and big HD on my 3.5 inch esata > cases... and replica with my 2.5 inch mobile devices. By the way, a question you did NOT ask but which I personally would wonder about is whether it would be possible to create

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Damian
Try using a USB extension cable connected to one of your USB ports instead of the keyboard USB port. On May 13, 2010, at 9:19 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: For the longest time I ran my digital camera off the left-hand USB pot on my KB (mouse runs off the other one) Today when I plugged the camer

Re: USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 13, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Today when I plugged the camera into the cord (which I leave plugged in) I got a Low Power Warning. Why is this? Most cameras not only transfer data but also recharge the battery via USB. What could have changed? The battery is lowe

Re: I need advice on esata external

2010-05-13 Thread iJohn
I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, so apologies for posting some thoughts & questions which many not be helpful. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Baha Ata wrote: > I got a powerbook and macbook pro... I have been using 2.5 inch > external e-sata discs with express and pcmcia cards... My ho

USB Question

2010-05-13 Thread Stephen Conrad
For the longest time I ran my digital camera off the left-hand USB pot on my KB (mouse runs off the other one) Today when I plugged the camera into the cord (which I leave plugged in) I got a Low Power Warning. Why is this? What could have changed? -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 "The time h

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread geno.y
On May 13, 10:03 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On May 13, 2010, at 9:43 AM, lana wrote: > > >     I am a newbie . What description should I be looking for  the power > > supply. I see some on ebay but the descriptions are confusing and I'd > > rather not buy the wrong one. > > I have a guy who will

Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC

2010-05-13 Thread tsaec...@att.net
This may be a dumb question but can one flash an AGP card if you do NOT have a PC? Cause I'd love to upgrade this QS and $$$ is an issue. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power M

Re: Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC

2010-05-13 Thread dc
On May 12, 9:32 pm, deadwinter wrote: > Does anyone know if you can > flash ATI cards if you ONLY have, say, a G4 or G3 desktop with PCI > slots, and no access to a PC? Try looking here: http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html -- You received this message because you are a member of G-

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 13, 2010, at 9:43 AM, lana wrote: > I am a newbie . What description should I be looking for the power > supply. I see some on ebay but the descriptions are confusing and I'd rather > not buy the wrong one. > I have a guy who will do cheap labor for me on fixing computers if I buy t

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread lana
I am a newbie . What description should I be looking for the power supply. I see some on ebay but the descriptions are confusing and I'd rather not buy the wrong one. I have a guy who will do cheap labor for me on fixing computers if I buy the parts. F

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread lana
I'm a bit of a newbie. Is power supply a mother board? From: Nikki Wraith To: "g3-5-list@googlegroups.com" Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 10:18:53 PM Subject: Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss More likely to be the power supply. Other parts may be affected

I need advice on esata external

2010-05-13 Thread Baha Ata
I got a powerbook and macbook pro... I have been using 2.5 inch external e-sata discs with express and pcmcia cards... My home folders on external e-sata discs while my system remain on internal discs. 10.5 and 10.6 i have been using... I use them for mobility and become faster and bigger storage

Re: Ubuntu, G3, XPostFacto

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 12, 2010, at 11:26 AM, TVirkkala wrote: > > I don't really know if the optical drive is even working properly, at this > point. No evidence for it. > > Any ideas? (I forget, can one boot OS X from a Firewire optical drive?) > It does sound as if the Optical drive is foo. > I suppose

Re: quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 12, 2010, at 7:13 PM, ll wrote: > We lost power yesterday. My quicksilver has been on a really > good surge protector for two years. It wasn't enough this time > however. If I push the on button,a light shows,flickers and dies. The > machine never turns on. I am assuming my hardrive i

quicksilver 933 fried by power loss

2010-05-13 Thread James Morgan
Don't do anything drastic to your quicksilver yet. I have two MDD G4's and both of them are cranky when it comes to starting up. One of them shows the same symptoms you describe (push the button, a light shows, flickers and dies) anytime it has been improperly disconnected from the power s

Re: Safari

2010-05-13 Thread Peter
Webkit is good, even after 12 hours being open :-) PID COMMAND %CPU TIME #TH #PRTS #MREGS RPRVT RSHRD RSIZE VSIZE 687 top 4.0% 0:01.25 118 28 440K 200K 1032K18M 675 bash 0.0% 0:00.01 114 19 280K 196K 1004K 18M 67