Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Iamanamma
Honestly folks, the answer is not upgrade your Mac. I used to post why I had such a dinosaur still in service until I got sick of everyone ignoring what I wrote. There is a program on that computer that is vital to the operation of three very large and very expensive turret punches and one laser

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 29, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Iamanamma wrote: Honestly folks, the answer is not upgrade your Mac. I used to post why I had such a dinosaur still in service until I got sick of everyone ignoring what I wrote. There is a program on that computer that is vital to the operation of three very

Latest picture from a website?

2011-06-29 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Anybody know of an application that will look on a particular website (of my choice) and pick a newly posted picture to use as my desktop wallpaper? automatically? when I boot up? Jeffrey Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 macgu...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are a

Fan with molex on full speed Cap-i-ton?

2011-06-29 Thread Jeffrey Engle
simple question I think. I've got a MDD here on my desk, would it suffer ill affects, other than noise, if I unplugged the fan (CPU) from the connector on the logic board and went straight to the molex connector, plugged into the 12v side and ran that bugger full tilt? can it be done? can

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Iamanamma
Oh and another thing is they use hardware keys   Dongles on ADB ports. Don't get me started on the $2K dongles we need to use... -- 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

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread iJohn
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Iamanamma vsand...@neo.rr.com wrote: There is a program on that computer that is vital to the operation of three very large and very expensive turret punches and one laser cutter that are the life's blood of the business that supplies my paycheck. So ...

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Doug McNutt
At 06:25 -0700 6/29/11, Iamanamma wrote: Doug, thanks, but I already looked in the Startup Items folder. It's up there in my list of where it isn't. On my 8500 I mount external drives at startup by running an MPW script. MPW is on my startup list and I just use it's capabilities to mount my

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jun 29, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: Try that with Apple's bug reporter. If you didn't file the bug you can't see it. Apple is like the Wizard of Oz, they do everything behind a big black curtain, and then sell the end result as if it's magic. Ubuntu has everything out in the

Re: Fan with molex on full speed Cap-i-ton?

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: simple question I think. I've got a MDD here on my desk, would it suffer ill affects, other than noise, if I unplugged the fan (CPU) from the connector on the logic board and went straight to the molex connector, plugged into the 12v

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Iamanamma wrote: Oh and another thing is they use hardware keys Dongles on ADB ports. Don't get me started on the $2K dongles we need to use... Apropos my comments about DIY: the dongles protect the software, not the hardware. (at least normally) -- Bruce

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Iamanamma wrote: Peter, without knowing what this Mac is used for and why I need it, on what premise do you base your advice that it's time to upgrade to at least a Digital Audio? The premise is that it would be a much newer computer than the ones you're using,

Re: Startup Sequence

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Iamanamma wrote: Oh and another thing is they use hardware keys Dongles on ADB ports. Don't get me started on the $2K dongles we need to use... Also, again, if it's a serial thing, apparently Sheepshaver (a Classic emulator that runs under OS X) can use

Time Limits

2011-06-29 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello Here is what I want to do with my sons G4 MDD running 10.5.8! He ‘s on the computer WY too much and I want to limit his time and access. I want him to have access ONLY from 4pm to 8pm Daily. How do I set that up? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Time Limits

2011-06-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2011, at 12:46 PM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: Hello Here is what I want to do with my sons G4 MDD running 10.5.8! He ‘s on the computer WY too much and I want to limit his time and access. I want him to have access ONLY from 4pm to 8pm Daily. How do I set that up? Use the

Re: Time Limits

2011-06-29 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 29-06-2011 21:46, DAN A CURRIE ha scritto: He Œs on the computer WY too much and I want to limit his time and access. How do I set that up? Introduce him to several pretty (and loose) girls...? ;-D -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Time Limits

2011-06-29 Thread Clark Martin
On Jun 29, 2011, at 12:46 PM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: Hello Here is what I want to do with my sons G4 MDD running 10.5.8! He ‘s on the computer WY too much and I want to limit his time and access. I want him to have access ONLY from 4pm to 8pm Daily. How do I set that up? I don't