Re: Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4?

On 14 March 2011 05:51, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > Why tape the pins 3&11, if this card doesn't feature ADC? > > It is because Apple wired those pins to something before the AGP spec was finalised for AGP Pro iirc, so causes electrical issues. -- http://www.geekgothgrrl.co.uk/ twitter: bionic

Re: Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4?

On Mar 14, 2011, at 12:51 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote: Why tape the pins 3&11, if this card doesn't feature ADC? The problem is related to using normal, non-ADC x8 AGP cards in x2 & x4 AGP ADC G4 Macs. Since the card you're citing, the Dual-DVI 9600 RV351, 128 MB VRAM is a x8 card from a G5

Re: Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4?

-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4? Date:Monday, 14. March 2011 From:dc To: "G-Group" > On Mar 13, 11:03 am, "Mac User #330250" wrote: > > I'm just wondering: will an ATI Radeon 9600 Dual-DVI AGP card work in > > (ever

Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4

Here's the lengthy Forum Thread that I spent way too much time discovering these simple truths: Apple: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa? threadID=1910640&tstart=57 M-Audio: http://forums.m-audio.com/showthread.php?t=3856 Thanks, Bill. Though I'm not looking to M-Audio for anything I'

importing iphoto files.

Thought I'd give this another try... Transferring iphoto files from my pismo to a g5. The pismo has iphoto 3 installed. The g5 has v.6 iphoto installed with the ilife 6 package. I burned the files onto cds using the burn feature on the iphoto 3. Today I think I was successful in impporting them

Re: Good time machine alternative for Tiger on a DA 733

Thanks. That is basically what I need it to do so I can make backups. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > I use Carbon Copy Cloner. (CCC). It's free, and will do a total backup. I'm > not sure how similar it is to Time Machine, but you CAN schedule backups > with it. > > I us

Re: When you really need to erase data...

Disk Utility in Mac OS X does the same thing (zeroing out drives) but you don't need a PeeCee. On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: > i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her > clients. i found this program > http://www.dban.org/"Boot n Nuke" > which yes,

Re: Good time machine alternative for Tiger on a DA 733

On 14/03/2011, at 2:14 PM, Scotty wrote: > Does anyone have a suggestion for a good alternative to time machine > that will run on my DA 733mhz Power Mac? > > My old quicksilver ran 10.5 and I am just looking for something that > can perform a similar function as time machine on Leopard. > Car

Re: Good time machine alternative for Tiger on a DA 733

I use Carbon Copy Cloner. (CCC). It's free, and will do a total backup. I'm not sure how similar it is to Time Machine, but you CAN schedule backups with it. I use a Hackintosh with two 1TB hard drives, and everyday at 4am the main drive gets cloned onto the other drive. -Jonas -- You received

Good time machine alternative for Tiger on a DA 733

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good alternative to time machine that will run on my DA 733mhz Power Mac? My old quicksilver ran 10.5 and I am just looking for something that can perform a similar function as time machine on Leopard. -- You received this message because you are a member of G

Re: When you really need to erase data...

Disk Utility in Mac OS X does the same thing (zeroing out drives) but you don't need a PeeCee. On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: > i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her > clients. i found this program > http://www.dban.org/"Boot n Nuke" > which yes,

Re: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 12-03-2011 5:46, jsmanson ha scritto: > If there is anyone out there with an install disk, OS 9.1, > specifically for the G4 Digital Audio, I'd like to hear from you. Whoops! Sorry, I did mean to send my answer (previous mail) directly to the original poster, not the List. :-/ I beg y

Re: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?

Il giorno 12-03-2011 5:46, jsmanson ha scritto: > If there is anyone out there with an install disk, OS 9.1, > specifically for the G4 Digital Audio, I'd like to hear from you. Well, I own a G4 DA, and I might have the disk you're looking for. :-) The disk set I have, contains four CDs: two grey

Re: Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4?

On Mar 13, 11:03 am, "Mac User #330250" wrote: > I'm just wondering: will an ATI Radeon 9600 Dual-DVI AGP card work in (every) > G4 Power Mac? Most but not all, according to the chart http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4

On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Sean Carroll wrote: Too bad the driver support has decayed so badly over the years. With a 1999 machine running a (largely) 2005 OS, I'm hoping for immunity from the decay. I'll try to glean from the archive how applicable the driver issues are to me. I have

Re: Wireless for G4 Power Mac

> What kind of wireless cards are there that I can buy? The most cost-effective is a true Airport Extreme (802.11a/b/g) Mini-PCI card (Broadcom chipset, the same as Apple uses) and a Mini-PCI-to-PCI adapter, purchased off of eBay, from Hong Kong. I have a dozen such combos here, and all have bee

Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4

so if you need a comprehensive archive it's best to use the archive at . Thank you. Sean Carroll slcarr...@me.com Power Mac G4 AGP "Sawtooth" 1.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 1 each SATA (750 GB) & PATA (160 GB) hard drives, gigabit ethernet & USB 2.0, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac

Skype 2.8 on G4 - does desktop share work?

I recently installed the most recent version of Skype that runs on a PowerPC Mac on my dual 1.25 G4 MDD. This works fine for making voice calls and sharing text information using the chat function. However, when I tried to share my desktop the other party said the image was grainy to the poin

Wireless for G4 Power Mac

I have a G4 Power Pc. 450 mgs processor, 1gb ram 80gb harddrive. I want to add a wireless card. The other computer is a PC. I want to place a router on the PC and place a wireless card on the Mac. What kind of wireless cards are there that I can buy? -- You received this message because you are a

Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4

Too bad the driver support has decayed so badly over the years. With a 1999 machine running a (largely) 2005 OS, I'm hoping for immunity from the decay. I'll try to glean from the archive how applicable the driver issues are to me. I also like my music loud - it really helps me hear the d

Re: Core Image and Quartz Extreme

I finally have a video card that supports Core Image and Quartz Extreme. As an added bonus, it works. Which card would that be? Do you get better YouTube video too? And how about DVD video Just as a point of comparison, I'll mention that I've replaced the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB with a Ge

Re: Help - Anyone with OS 9.1 install disk for a G4 Digital Audio?

That could be the case - the firmware has been updated on this machine. I need 9.1 because I'm trying to get a pci-gpib card working in this machine, and 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 both give me heap errors/crash on stratup. The National Instruments website that has the drivers for this card say they support

Re: M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and Power Mac G4

> Well, it's an old sound card for an old machine. I'm not really   > counting on any support. Just looking for digital sound (music, not   > movies) that's a cut above and more control over it (no real   > complaint about the stock card), future speaker options, and also   > headphone volume that

Re: When you really need to erase data...

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Yersinia wrote: > However, if I was going to sell my hard drives, > I would definitely 35-Pass erase them first. Well, if it makes you feel better and you've got the time for it, then why not? But my purely personal point of view is that it's a waste of time and e

Re: Thunderbird mail

On Mar 13, 2011, at 9:00 AM, Norm wrote: > In my backup files I have several folders for Thunderbird > which are nor showing up in my Thunderbird app. How do I get these > files from my backup to my Thunderbird app? If the folders are pesent in the correct location for mail foldes (iic it's in

Thunderbird mail

I was having problems for months with 2 finders showing up when I forces quit anything so I put in my install disc and erased my HD. Everything works great now even permissions work now but I do have a problem. In my backup files I have several folders for Thunderbird which are nor showing up in

Re: CCC and USB: Preparing New HDDs

On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Yersinia wrote: > > Now I know that the only way a CCC'ed external backup is actually bootable, > is if you're trying to boot an INTEL Mac with it; non-Intel Macs like mine > need Firewire to boot from an external, which I no longer have (the only > enclosure I co

Re: When you really need to erase data...

At 9:01 PM -0800 3/12/2011, Robert MacLeay wrote: One cannot help wondering about the size of the market for machines designed to shred 19,000 hard drives over the course of an eight hour day. Every day. High cycle capability simply means that the machine is sturdy, really. Like business prin

Radeon 9600 from G5 – possible upgrade for G4?

Hello! I'm just wondering: will an ATI Radeon 9600 Dual-DVI AGP card work in (every) G4 Power Mac? The specific card, from a Power Mac G5: Part Number: 661-3545, 661-3545-R, 661-3435 Model: 630-7151, 630-7231, 630-7067, 631-0047631-0079, 631-0119, 109-A58503-20, 109-A585503-20, 102A5851220 Pro

Re: CCC and USB: Preparing New HDDs

On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Yersinia wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I think this is probably a quickie -- nothing's broken, nothing's critical, > I'm still in the "thinking" stage concerning installing bigger internal HDDs > in my Quicksilver (HDDs I purchased almost 2 years ago so you see how > "

CCC and USB: Preparing New HDDs

Hi Listers, I think this is probably a quickie -- nothing's broken, nothing's critical, I'm still in the "thinking" stage concerning installing bigger internal HDDs in my Quicksilver (HDDs I purchased almost 2 years ago so you see how "critical" this really is huh? LOL) My 2-HDD QS 867 is CC

Re: When you really need to erase data...

On 3/13/11 7:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/"Boot n Nuke" which yes, is a DOS boot disc/DOD-level erasing program, but if you have a PC around you can install your old Mac HD into i

Re: When you really need to erase data...

i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/"Boot n Nuke" which yes, is a DOS boot disc/DOD-level erasing program, but if you have a PC around you can install your old Mac HD into it and when Boot n Nuke starts you can ch