USB Question

2010-08-22 Thread Stephen Conrad
Eeep! I plugged a Targus 4-Port hub into another of my UB Hubs (it i powered) and now that Hub appears to have died. Now That hub i plugged into another Hub and has always worked fine. So, I then plugged the Targus into one of the UB port on my G4 Quickilver (OS X 10.4.11) and now that one seems

latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread MnDel
I am thinking to move on from my fearless old sawtooth to a mini, but I'm not ready for the jump to 10.5. From what I read on this Apple page the latest models that are fully compatible with 10.4.11 are the mid 2007 models http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159 (versions no later than MB139xx/A)

Re: eSATA transfer speed

2010-08-22 Thread Dan
At 10:27 PM -0500 8/21/2010, Kris Tilford wrote: On Aug 21, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Dan wrote: SeriTek 1V4 is SATA I, 1.5 Gbps burst, 150 MB/sec (1.2 Gbps) nominal on a good day. This isn't exactly right. Copied below [snip] SeriTek/1VE2+2 The card in question is a 1V4 not a 1VE2+2.

Re: USB Question

2010-08-22 Thread Dan
At 7:05 AM -0500 8/22/2010, Stephen Conrad wrote: I plugged a Targus 4-Port hub into another of my UB Hubs (it i powered) and now that Hub appears to have died. Now That hub i plugged into another Hub and has always worked fine. Perhaps the Targus has a short? So, I then plugged the Targus

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Chance Reecher
On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:21 AM, MnDel dsmn...@gmail.com wrote: I am thinking to move on from my fearless old sawtooth to a mini, but I'm not ready for the jump to 10.5. Why? From what I read on this Apple page the latest models that are fully compatible with 10.4.11 are the mid 2007 models

Re: Digital Audio Processor Swap

2010-08-22 Thread James Therrault
On Aug 21, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Sarge3041969 wrote: Hey all, I have read through some of the older threads for info, but could not find anything quite like this so here goes: I have a G4 digital audio 466mhz system that I would like to do some upgrades to, but nothing extreme. I want to start out

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Peter Haas
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Chance Reecher wrote: Your CD set is not compatible with any intel Mac. It only has PPC code on it and won't even boot let alone install. The only 10.4 disc with Intel code (I think) is a later release of 10.4 Server. 10.4.8 was made as Intel. Possibly also as

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Dan Palka
On Aug 22, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Peter Haas wrote: 10.4.8 was made as Intel. Possibly also as Universal. My understanding is that Intel Macs are not installable from any retail Mac OS X Tiger install set, and especially not from a PowerPC Mac mini restore set. Regards, Dan Palka Info-Mac

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Peter Haas
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Dan Palka wrote: ... and especially not from a PowerPC Mac mini restore set. Well, that is definitely a given (a PPC-only install DVD). But there exist 10.4.x universal installers. I am pretty sure I have one, somewhere. -- You received this message because

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread John Carmonne
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Chance Reecher wrote: Your CD set is not compatible with any intel Mac. It only has PPC code on it and won't even boot let alone install. The only 10.4 disc with Intel code (I think) is a later release of 10.4 Server. Where can I find a copy of 10.4 server?

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Peter Haas
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:27 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Where can I find a copy of 10.4 server? LEM is the best place. ePay is always a possibility. Even with 10.5 Server, the installation DVDs were Universal. At least the one I bought is Universal. -- You received this message because

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Dan Palka
On Aug 22, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Peter Haas wrote: Even with 10.5 Server, the installation DVDs were Universal. At least the one I bought is Universal. All retail Leopard sets are universal. This was not the case for Tiger because upon Tiger's initial release Intels didn't exist. Since every

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Dan
At 8:55 AM -0700 8/22/2010, Peter Haas wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Chance Reecher wrote: Your CD set is not compatible with any intel Mac. It only has PPC code on it and won't even boot let alone install. The only 10.4 disc with Intel code (I think) is a later release of 10.4 Server.

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread John Carmonne
On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Peter Haas wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Dan Palka wrote: ... and especially not from a PowerPC Mac mini restore set. Well, that is definitely a given (a PPC-only install DVD). But there exist 10.4.x universal installers. I am pretty sure I have

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 22, 2010, at 11:51 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I have 10.4 Universal but it will not install on a Mini. That's because 10.4 was never released as a Universal. It had a Retail disc, but it was PPC ONLY. Intel versions shipped with the machines they were intended to run on and

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Ashgrove
Del, Save Tiger for the fearless Sawtooth. Close your eyes and jump all the way to Snow Leopard. You'll never regret it. Tiger is still a superb OS, but Snow Leopard is not only superior, it's breathtakingly beautiful. As an added advantage, if you know your way around in Tiger, you won't feel

PCI graphics card for Yikes G$

2010-08-22 Thread Yikes owner
Hello to the group! I currently am running a 400mhz Yikes G4 with a 1GB ram with the stock ATI video card. I'm amazed that this computer is still viable for everyday casual use, 10 years after we first purchased it. But I don't like how it handles you tube and other streaming videos, the video

Re: latest mac mini for 10.4.11

2010-08-22 Thread Chance Reecher
On retail disc? As far as I knew no retail 10.4 was intel/universal. There were, of course, 10.4 Intel discs included with Intel Macs, if that's what you're referencing. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Peter Haas peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:07 AM,

Re: PCI graphics card for Yikes G$

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Yikes owner wrote: Hello to the group! I currently am running a 400mhz Yikes G4 with a 1GB ram with the stock ATI video card. I'm amazed that this computer is still viable for everyday casual use, 10 years after we first purchased it. But I don't like how

Re: PCI graphics card for Yikes G$

2010-08-22 Thread Dan
At 10:41 AM -0700 8/22/2010, Yikes owner wrote: 400mhz Yikes G4 with a 1GB ram with the stock ATI video card. don't like how it handles you tube and other streaming videos , the video is very choppy while the sound is fine. Try adding fmt=5 to the YouTube url. That tells YouTube to hit you

Re: eSATA transfer speed

2010-08-22 Thread ah...clem
On Aug 21, 6:33 pm, Eric Herbert wrote: You can only go as fast as the drive can read or write, whichever drive is slower.  3Gb/s is the maximum transfer rate the interface is capable of. Translates out to roughly 300MB/s.  The fastest hard drives on the market are only capable of reading at

Re: eSATA transfer speed

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:16 PM, ah...clem wrote: the difference between HD speed and interface speed has been discussed on these lists many times. as eric correctly points out, the SATA-II interface is capable of handling 3 GB/s. but, new HDs themselves currently have sustained read/write

Re: USB Question

2010-08-22 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 7:05 AM -0500 8/22/2010, Stephen Conrad wrote: I plugged a Targus 4-Port hub into another of my UB Hubs (it i powered) and now that Hub appears to have died. Now That hub i plugged into another Hub and has always worked

Re: PCI graphics card for Yikes G$

2010-08-22 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Eric Herbert wrote: due to the lack of an AGP slot on the motherboard, you can never have Core-Image or even Quartz-Extreme graphics. You can enable Quartz Extreme using PCI Extreme 3.1, and some PCI nVidia FX5200 and 6200 cards support Core Image over PCI on

Re: eSATA transfer speed

2010-08-22 Thread Kris Tilford
On Aug 22, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Dan wrote: The card in question is a 1V4 not a 1VE2+2. These are identical cards with different configurations of ports, the V4 has four internal ports, the 2+2 has two internal and two external ports. Otherwise they are identical cards. The specs

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-22 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Aug 21, 5:49 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Aug 21, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: If the cable is a VGA cable, and you have a DVI-to-VGA at the Mini,   then you're stuck unless you buy a DVI cable, which should give a   slightly crisper image on the monitor, as

Re: Mini G4 10.4.11 ViewSonic monitor resolution

2010-08-22 Thread Fabian Fang
On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: On Aug 21, 5:49 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: If the cable is a VGA cable, and you have a DVI-to-VGA at the Mini, then you're stuck unless you buy a DVI cable, which should give a slightly crisper image on the monitor, as well as

Re: PCI graphics card for Yikes G$

2010-08-22 Thread Eric Herbert
On Aug 22, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Eric Herbert wrote: due to the lack of an AGP slot on the motherboard, you can never have Core-Image or even Quartz-Extreme graphics. You can enable Quartz Extreme using PCI Extreme 3.1, and some PCI nVidia

Re: Digital Audio Processor Swap

2010-08-22 Thread Matt Rhinesmith
If you can't get the 733 working, you should at least overclock your CPU to 533 MHz. Mark Sokolovsky/Midnight Rider has instructions, and I posted them on the IMP blog at: http://impodcast.com Matt Rhinesmith Sent from my iPod touch -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GU d- s: a