Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-26 Thread bittin
Standard Xvid works kinda nice with Quicktime on my box: GeForce4 MX but flash etc sucks and hd - Original message - From: Clark Martin‎ cm...@sonic.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: wireless for powermac g4 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:43:34 -0800 On Jan 25,

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-26 Thread bittin
a bit offtopic, but thanks for the manual tips it even had manuals for iMac G3 and older things 3 - Original message - From: Kris Tilford‎ ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Microphone doesn't work? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:14:20 -0600 On Jan 25,

Re: Screen Redraw Errors / Artifacts in Safari

2011-01-26 Thread pdimage
On 25/1/11 15:10, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: Sounds like a possibility ... It has CI Software Support: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX: Chipset Model: GeForce4 MX Type: Display Bus: AGP Slot: SLOT-1 VRAM (Total): 64 MB Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de) Device ID:

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-26 Thread Manuel Marques
I recall that running AfterDark in OS 9.2.2 required a patched version, otherwise the settings application would crash every time it ran. I may have it lying around on one of my older machines (I may have installed it on my Gossamer), but I have to check... MM -- You received this message

Re: wireless for powermac g4

2011-01-26 Thread faithie999
great info--thanks! i happen to have a broadcomm mini-pci card that i had pulled from a dead dell laptop. i just ordered an adapter from ebay! thanks again ken On Jan 25, 12:21 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I recently acquired a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (867mHZ, 1.25 gb RAM) and am in

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-26 Thread pdimage
On 25/1/11 17:38, Yersinia yersi...@myfairpoint.net wrote: another lister mentioned wanting to run some vintage apps, and it brought to mind one VERY vintage app - After Dark. tho it's a stoopid waste of time and resources, i just have to ask - does anyone know whatever happened to berkeley

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-26 Thread Chuck
after dark wasn't frivolous. it prevented damage to the CRT, and apple didn't offer a similar thing... not equivalent to the app. now such things are superfluous because mac os has a screensaver app. people are very attached to after dark. for one reason it was one of the few animations people

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Chuck deadke...@gmail.com wrote: after dark wasn't frivolous. it prevented damage to the CRT, and apple didn't offer a similar thing... not equivalent to the app. now such things are superfluous because mac os has a screensaver app. And monitors, even CRT ones,

Re: frivolous question

2011-01-26 Thread Chuck
i was unaware that burn in issues were solved on CRTs, ( other than the solution of ceasing their manufacture) and ive seen burn-in damage to notebook screens. probably ancient notebook history. it makes sense to embed a solution in the monitor itself if it's needed. either way mac os has a photo

Re: Screen Redraw Errors / Artifacts in Safari

2011-01-26 Thread Dan
At 10:55 AM + 1/26/2011, pdimage wrote: It seems 'software' CI is the fallback so it may be your problem. My particular problem occurred with CI off when viewing zmags with their viewer at the Netto supermarket site - white banding was apparent across the pages - so perhaps Safari calls on

Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-01-26 Thread imrazor
Dual G5 Dilemma... I'm facing a dilemma about what to do with my (formerly) trusty dual G5. When I first got it used about two or three years ago, the package was damaged in shipping and warped the chassis, such that the G5 tilts to one side. Up until recently, the G5 worked fine in spite of

Re: Microphone doesn't work?

2011-01-26 Thread Andrew Liu Anderson
Dana Collins wrote: Jeff, you need a preamp for this style microphone, particularly if it has a long cable - Dana is correct. It's pretty safe to ass-ume that any microphone other than Apple's (Plain Talk?) microphone will need a preamp. Even if it has a battery in it, it's probably a

SATA upgrade for my Quicksilver 2002

2011-01-26 Thread Bill Connelly
I wanted to upgrade my QS 2002 to SATA, and follow my upgrade of my DA Dual 533 with a Firmtek Seritek 1S2 ... But ... According to owcomputing.com and bhphotovideo.com ... they are discontinued? Alternatives? They are available from Firmtek ... does this mean support for PCI slot Macs

Re: Moving Stuff to a New (to me) Machine

2011-01-26 Thread James Therrault
On Jan 15, 2011, at 8:14 AM, Al Poulin wrote: On Jan 14, 10:16 pm, James Therrault jetas...@netzero.com wrote: I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for suggestions as to 2.5 external enclosures to copy the contents of my current machine, (G4 Gigabit), to a 500GB

Re: Moving Stuff to a New (to me) Machine

2011-01-26 Thread James Therrault
On Jan 15, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: On 1/15/11 9:14 AM, Al Poulin wrote: On Jan 14, 10:16 pm, James Therraultjetas...@netzero.com wrote: I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for suggestions as to 2.5 external enclosures to copy the contents of

Re: Moving Stuff to a New (to me) Machine

2011-01-26 Thread James Therrault
On Jan 15, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 14, 2011, at 8:16 PM, James Therrault wrote: I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for suggestions as to 2.5 external enclosures to copy the contents of my current machine, (G4 Gigabit), to a 500GB SATA

Re: SATA upgrade for my Quicksilver 2002

2011-01-26 Thread Baha Ata
why not look on e-bay.. they are some SATA cards on there even with bootable ones. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.netwrote: I wanted to upgrade my QS 2002 to SATA, and follow my upgrade of my DA Dual 533 with a Firmtek Seritek 1S2 ... But ...

Re: SATA upgrade for my Quicksilver 2002

2011-01-26 Thread peterhaas
I wanted to upgrade my QS 2002 to SATA, and follow my upgrade of my DA Dual 533 with a Firmtek Seritek 1S2 ... But ... According to owcomputing.com and bhphotovideo.com ... they are discontinued? Alternatives? They are available from Firmtek ... does this mean support for PCI slot Macs

graphics update for power mac g4 (2001)

2011-01-26 Thread akhoff18
i am looking to get a new graphics card for my mdd. i currently have what came with the machine (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX ). i read that the ati radeon cards are great. what would be the best fit and give me the best viewing experience? do the radeon cards also have adc outputs? i have my g4 hooked up

Re: graphics update for power mac g4 (2001)

2011-01-26 Thread skinnie
If you are familiar with flashing video cards on PC's I would suggest you getting a geforce 6200 256MB DDR2 (brand: XFX p/n:PV-T44A- WANG ),flash it to be mac compatible and buying an dvi to adc adapter.That will set your for about 50eur for the card (bought New..used ones are about 30eur) and

Re: SATA upgrade for my Quicksilver 2002

2011-01-26 Thread skinnie
If you want sata for the speed,guess you must keep looking to pci cards,but if your main concern is the price of the sata hdds vs IDE ones,you can buy those cheap ide to sata adapters on ebay,they work on mac too... I bought one for my powermac,and it works well. -- You received this message

Re: Moving Stuff to a New (to me) Machine

2011-01-26 Thread Dana Collins
On 1/26/11 5:48 PM, James Therrault of jetas...@netzero.com sent On Jan 15, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: On 1/15/11 9:14 AM, Al Poulin wrote: On Jan 14, 10:16 pm, James Therraultjetas...@netzero.com wrote: I'm finally making the move into the modern age and am asking for

Re: Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-01-26 Thread skinnie
Optical Drive: any cheap one from a pc store will work...maybe you will need to use patchburn (I don't know for sure,guess it is OS dependent). Case: search for an used one ,maybe you can get it cheap. I would stay with it -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

2011-01-26 Thread Sean Carroll
Thanks, Ken. i inherited a sawtooth a few weeks ago, and decided to keep it and upgrade it so i could run leopard and lightroom 2. Being able to run Leopard would be a bonus. Ironically, an important asset of more CPU firepower for me would be the ability to run some *older* software (old

Re: Dual G5 Dilemma

2011-01-26 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/26 13:50, imrazor so eloquently wrote: Recently, however, the optical drive has quit ejecting properly. If you force open the tray, you can get it to eject with a paper clip, but that's rather inconvenient. FWIW my new old stock G5 DP had a similar issue without any chassis damage.