Re: SSD

other tricks. 10.3 and 10.4 natively support the B&W G3. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those usin

Re: Adding a second monitor

could change anytime. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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 part

Re: Some smarter people than I comment about Flash...

h Acronyms" to kinda parodize his response... YAMOA - Yet Another Mess Of Acronyms ROTFLMAcO - Rolling On The Floor, Laughing My Acronyms Off -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You

Re: Memory for G4 iBook

,just comfirming. Yes it can. If it's a 800MHz model you'll need Leopard Assist or some other trick to install it. Leopard won't, on it's own, install on a G4 with a CPU clock below 867 MHz. Clark Martin Redwood City, California Macintosh / Internet Consulting / Railfan &q

Re: VERY good hint today at MacOS X Hints

t3, etc), FAT (16 or 32), whatever the windows format is called or others. Clark Martin Redwood City, California Macintosh / Internet Consulting / Railfan "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Grou

Re: Firewire Target Mode?

t what I was warning about in my post. It is okay to have just two computers connected, either for Firewire networking or with one in Firewire Target Disk mode. But they can also be connected as long as they aren't doing any FW communications. Clark Martin Redwood City, California Maci

Re: Firewire Target Mode?

roblem, you can do this to setup Firewire networking. If you just have the two computers connected together it's not a problem. I wouldn't do it long term as you may forget and hook up a harddisk. Clark Martin Redwood City, California Macintosh / Internet Consulting / Railfan &

Re: .cdr .dmg. .img ?

them but they are close to the above). IEC is the same way. I agree about .iso extension. There are lots of things that are ISO so it doesn't make sense to name anything iso. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on

Re: 500 MHz G4 with PCI-ATA card for large drives - drives have disappeared

h it. Also try disconnecting one drive at a time (with the power off) and see if the other shows up. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are

Re: ibook G3 which linux?

I've just not yet gotten around to trying it out much. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: ibook G3 which linux?

at. You can get Debian at <http://www.debian.org>. Fedora would be another choice although the latest release is probably a little too much for the clamshell. <http://www.fedoraproject.org> -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a

Re: Target Disk Mode is new to me so the "it" means what

cameras is 4 pin. 6 pin carries the same signals as the 4 pin with the addition of power. FireWire 800 has a different connector with 9 pins. Firewire cables can have any one of the three connectors on either end. For more info: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire> -- Clark Ma

Re: Thinking about a quicksilver...

ys to discriminate between the models. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 d

Re: Replacement

n boot then try running Disk Repair on the HDs from Disk Utility. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Excessive cable charges and alternates?

icrosoft's Silverlight which is a competitor to Flash, so to speak. MS hasn't released a Silverlight that runs on PPC. There is Moonlight / Mono which is supposed to provide Silverlight support for Linux but it doesn't work with Netflix. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA,

Re: Will any usb/vga KVM switch work?

es require that the keyboard be plugged into a specific port on the switch. On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Jeffrey Engle wrote: I've been looking at some cheap KVM switches on ebay, will they work? or do I need a "mac compatible" version $$$? Jeff There are n

Re: Will any usb/vga KVM switch work?

the switch and the actual switch. On the electronic switches I haven't seen any signal degradation. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are

Re: Retirement time 4 HP LaserJet6 MP?

; servant? That's usually a sign the fuser needs replacing. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those usin

Re: no video on restart on G5 Quad. Help?

ely check System Preferences / Display and see what video mode it's trying to display in (width x heighth and vert sync speed). It's possible it is not one the monitor can display. Try changing it to something you know the monitor can handle. Also check your PRAM battery, it may

Re: Correct USB extension cable?

27;s keyboard > extension USB cables, have you? they've got an extra ridge of metal in > the connector, which means they can only be used with a keyboard. > I've used them with other than keyboards. What I found was that they couldn't be plugged into each other,

Re: Help diagnosing a hardware failure...lots of possibly helpful info.

HD booting so it's safe to restart at that point if needed. Keep debugging like this until you get to the point where you can disconnect one item and only one item and eliminate the problem. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated dr

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

t; volume. These add-in SATA cards all support >128GB drives, are not > affected by the limitations of the built-in, on main logic board, PATA > controller, or firmware limitations. The question involved a SATA drive with a PATA - SATA adapter connected to the on board PATA controller.

Re: Lost finder and desktop Indo

:) > > It might get you up to the point where things will work again enough > to finish the repair. > > If that doesn't work, you're looking at an Archive&Install of the OS. > Given the possibility of disk structure corruption I'd seriously consider

Re: Bluray revisited

the computer through to the display then probably not. But many TVs and monitors with HDMI inputs have multiple inputs so you could have the computer on one and the player on the other. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on t

Re: PCI _ SATA Controller cards

nstall and use and I've never had any trouble with it. My only problem with it is I'm looking to add more drives so I need more ports. <http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1s2/> -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated

Re: Power MacG4-AGP, Radeon 9000 video card can't upgrade to Tiger

ts of problems with it under Tiger. As a first test I'd pull the card and see how it boots. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a mem

Re: Sawtooth needs cuda press to start?

gt; dual 500 and i'll probably switch it back if I can get it to start > reliably again. > > Any clues as to why I'd need to CUDA it every time? A low or dead PRAM battery would be my first guess. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "

Re: annoying 'pause' on G4 MDD

7;t have a problem, it just taking a little bit of time for a disk to spin up when you access it. Either leave the Energy Saver option checked and leave them running all the time the machine is awake or uncheck it and put up with the delay. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Inter

Re: Fantom Drives

thing that > concerns me about switching to SATA. I'd love to see the speed boost > in my G3 with SATA though especially with PS and Snapz pro2. My MBP here has a 2.5" SATA-2 drive that shows up with SMART status verified in Disk Utility. Many (most, all??) external drives do not

Re: SATA for G4MDD

-SATA controller. I'd use this with the existing card allowing me to expand to external drives later, when needed. I'd replace the smaller drives with 1+ Tb drives. Currently one of the IDE drives has the OS installed on it but the next drive will likely take over that task. Th

Re: USB Backward compatibility

omputer both the hardware and software must support USB 2.0 in order to get USB 2.0 functionality with the peripherals. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because

Re: Dual Boot into Linux, OSX

Nestamicky wrote: > On 11/23/09 2:38 PM, Clark Martin wrote: >> I have Fedora on a separate partition on my G4. > Would you guys care to say which G4 you have. I'm ready to tryout a > Linux on my Sawtooth, cuz I'm sick and tired of how 'old' present day &g

Re: Dual Boot into Linux, OSX

eparate partition on my G4. I can select X or Fedora using the Option key on startup. The linux booter also allows the selection of X or Linux. I just checked and Startup Disk System Preferences only shows the Mac boot options. Debian behaves the same way. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, U

Re: Digital cameras, pocket camcorders and the Mac

n, the HD, produces a 1280 x 720 video so a faster machine will be needed to play the video. I just tried it on a 1.4GHz G4 Mini and the video was very choppy, unwatchable. Maybe a G5 could play it (to stay on topic.) -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "

Re: Harwiring G4 notebook to XP and iMac

ders using SMB. And make sure at least one Account is checked too. In Tiger this is in the System Preferences / Sharing / Windows Sharing. And make sure at least one Account is checked too (using the Accounts... button). Also check the firewall to make sure it is either off or the Windows s

Re: Showing my ignorance about OS 10.4 (on a Pismo)

ce pane you select the account and click on the "-" symbol down below. Make sure it's unlocked first. You will have the option of retaining the user folder or deleting it immediately. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designat

Re: Digest for g3-5-list - 25 messages in 8 topics

Allow my G4 to Run Flash?_ [2 WHY are you posting the digest to the list? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a gr

Re: Will a 1.6 GHz Processor Upgrade Allow my G4 to Run Flash?

t would except that an older version of Flash isn't going to play to many websites now. Most stuff out there tends to require the latest or perhaps the next to the latest. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the

Re: Will a 1.6 GHz Processor Upgrade Allow my G4 to Run Flash?

o make Flash even worse. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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 parti

Re: Powermac G4 1.2ghz powerlogix question with OS 9

ion keys as the computer is booting. It will come up with a confirmation message. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Grou

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

the history then the video card, CPU, HD and RAM may have been replaced. It's best to identify the model by fixed elements of the computer. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

an just make the old HD a slave drive and connect it to the internal interface along with the new HD. Some earlier video cards had VRAM upgrade ability but all the current crop I've seen don't. And those that did usually had propietary memory modules so availability would be iffy. --

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

. That sounds like when you formatted the HD from the OS X installer CD/DVD you did not select the option to include the OS 9 driver. This means that the HD is not accessible from OS 9 nor can it boot it. The fix for this is to reformat the HD and include the option. -- Clark Martin Redwood C

g3-5-list@googlegroups.com

eck the usual sources (e-bay, craig's list, surplus stores, etc.) for a G4 computer. You may be able to get a "new" computer for as much as the upgrade with a similar speed CPU and it will be better in other ways (faster bus, AGP graphics, large drive support, etc.).

Re: Classic on Ruby Red iMac

clude Classic. I know my iBook G4 installer disk came with a Classic installer but I don't recall how it was handled, if it was an option in the main install or a separate installer file you had to run afterwards. If your installer doesn't have it you can download a 9.something installer

Re: G4 AGP with PCI USB 2.0

m as > well. You need to hit the PMU/SMC button on the motherboard, not do a PRAM reset when changing PCI cards. See: <http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10330118-263.html> -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "

Re: Radeon 9800 & Gig Ethernet

's. > Here are my specs: > > G4 Gigabit Ethernet Dual 450 > 1 Gig of matched RAM (4...@256 PC 133-333) > 6 port PCI USB 2 card > USB devices are mostly powered, or on a powered hub > Acer X183H 1360x768 @ 60Hz 18.5" WS monitor > ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Mac Editi

Re: Western Digital

ly 32 gig of storage > where the firewire shows 232 gigs. I have tried Disk Utilities on it to > no avail. What is going on and how do I fix it? > Norm FW will work on a G4, including boot up. I'd stick with that. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Con

Re: Easy on/off internet sharing shortcut?

Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> Jeffrey Engle wrote: >>> I use iChat quite frequently and find myself making the mad dash to >>> shut down "internet sharing" and or turning it on all the time... is >>

Re: Easy on/off internet sharing shortcut?

this which could then be put in the dock. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Gr

Re: hard drive speed in an iBook G4 12"

heat. So if it draws more power it will generate more HEAT and that means it will get hotter. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You r

Re: Question about USB ports?

ars on the previously untasked hi bus. If I switch it over to the other port it now appears on the same bus as the iSight. With a mouse plugged in to the first port, it shows up on the same lo bus with the BT controller. That is it is plugged into the same connector that the card reader

Re: Mac Mini "stuck" after it was working

ess there is something additional installed that is gobbling up memory. Try doing a safe boot. Installing more memory is easy enough (much easier than an iBook). And yes, more memory is a good idea. One thought, she didn't install any software from RoadRunner did she? The biggest mis

Re: No Script

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> got a whopping 64 megabytes of RAM in his.) >> "PC" and "Personal Computer" go back before IBM started dabbling in >> the >> field. > > Sort

Re: No Script

one of the lucky IBM employees to get one of > the first ones off the line at an employee discount. He'd splurged and > got a whopping 64 megabytes of RAM in his.) "PC" and "Personal Computer" go back before IBM started dabbling in the field. Neat trick, the origina

Re: Beige G3 - disable internal video

ine argument to self configure it. Then run Xorg with that argument. If that doesn't do it then you will need to create or modify the Xorg configuration file. A web search on this will give you a lot of help (that's how I did it). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh /

Re: Troubles waking from Display Sleep on MDD G4

ailed to wake up. The best way this would be done is via SSH or VNC (ideally both). But you can also try it using AppleShare or web browsing. An alternative is to disable the display sleep and see if the computer hangs up. -- Clark Martin Redwo

Re: Leave Runnin? Or Not?

that of when awake. Intel iMacs draw as much power (around 1W) whether asleep or off. This is based on actual measurements of power drawn. None of this is going to be noticeable on your electric bill, the computer being on or not gets lost in the noise. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, US

Re: How to watch VHS movies on my mac?

> I have an EyeTV 250+ that works well. I use it all the time for recording TV off the air. I haven't used it much for importing VHS but it does that too. www.macsales.com carries them. They often have refurbished units in their specials section for quite a bit less. -- Clar

Re: Find Problems

le like the old Norton Fast Find? I just tried it (under 10.5.6). Finder Find works okay but it doesn't find Hidden files. When you say you get nothing, what does that mean? Pressing Command-F doesn't bring up the Find Window or you it doesn't find files? You could always use

Re: G5 problem?

Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> System uptime in nanoseconds: 1166699408593 >>> unloaded kexts: >>> com.apple.driver.Apple02DBDMAAudio 2.5.8f1 - last unloaded 6914636545 >>> loaded kexts: >>

Re: G5 problem?

eed the card? The computer has a built in Gigabit Ethernet. Also it's possible the OS has a driver included for it. You also have a RALink Wireless Driver installed. This MAY be a source of trouble. If uninstalling the Asante driver doesn't solve it I'd try uninstalling the RALink --

Re: Camera Driver help

is > supported by Apple, but I am guessing at the iPhoto level, not OS. > Correct Use a flash card reader. For cameras that only support PTP this is the only way to access the pictures as on a disk. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, US

Re: PPC Geneaology software - what's best?

y, too). MY mom uses Reunion. She seems to be quite happy with it. I don't have much experience with it though. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~

Re: Help with a driver?

Jeffrey Engle wrote: > I just bought a Asante GigaNIX Gigabyte PCI Network card and I'm having > a fun time trying to find a driver for it. I'm using 10.5.8. Any ideas? Jeff Silly question, did you try installing it and seeing if the OS recognizes it? -- Clark Martin Redwo

Re: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> Charles Lenington wrote: >> >>> Now of course there is the "on purpose power up drive , quicky pull >>> power and drop on floor/ The noise is fun. We had a bunch of unde

Re: [Bulk] Re: Elgato EyeTV on a G4?

the RCA as a monitor for an MDD? or > my MBP? AND still use it to watch TV once I have cable? You don't want to use an analog TV as a monitor for a computer. The image will be fuzzy at best. If you use it at 640x480 it might be passable, depending on how soon you want to star

Re: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another

y (or at least add himself to a list for one). As he was opening up his new MBP to add memory to it I noticed the sleep light was pulsing so I advised him he might want to shut the computer down first. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'

Re: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> Make sure you don't take the extra step of dropping the hard drive >>> onto the concrete floor like I did one time. :-) >>> >> I thought we all had to do that once.

Re: Moving hard drives from one dual G4 to another

gt;> them into the 1.25mHz G4 and power it up. >> > > Yep. > > Make sure you don't take the extra step of dropping the hard drive > onto the concrete floor like I did one time. :-) > I thought we all had to do that once. It was some sort of requirement. You notice

Re: Video Driver Question.

> The description is a little wayward but the card seems to be pci - see > question at the bottom. The picture is PCI but the description says it's both PCI and AGP. Personally I avoid such vendors, they just don't know what they are talking about. But it's a little l

Re: Upgrading 400mhz Sawtooth

PCI bus even those built into the logic board. Off hand I don't know of a way to determine how an interface is connected. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~---

Re: iBook not displaying after screen......

ardware. PS, the G4 Book list is a better place to post this query. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this messag

Re: PowerMac G4 (DA) wiring clutter

Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Sep 16, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> Heck, you may find a computer repair place will give 'em to you for >>> free if you ask politely. >>> >> You could probably find them at <http://www.dig

Re: PowerMac G4 (DA) wiring clutter

of power supplies. > > Heck, you may find a computer repair place will give 'em to you for > free if you ask politely. > You could probably find them at <http://www.digikey.com> or perhaps <http://www.alltronics.com>. Also any GOOD local electronics store should

Re: Wireless 350 MHZ Yikes!

phone will change frequencies as needed to avoid interference so it might not cause a problem today but may tomorrow and then not again the next day (or hour). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --

Re: iTunes 9 & PPC Macs

fine. But from beginning to end was a major improvement. Following that thinking I'd still be using my Mac 512K. > > >> So, in the general experience of others, are the latest ITunes and QT >> updates >> recommended for Tiger on a G4 or not? >> >> Cliff --

Re: installing Classic over Tiger

golden. That's what I thought until I tried using the UMax software with an Astra 2400U scanner. It worked okay except some issue with permissions that was easy to work around. IIRC I did have to go into the Apps OS 9 folder and make the whole scanner app folder have full R/W access

Re: Classic Won't Stay On

s and can't figure out > for the life of me which one is for Classic. > > So...does it sound to any of you like a corrupted .plist for Classic is > my problem, and if so, which of the .plist's needs to be deleted? If > you think it's something else, kindly elaborate

Re: FAX from a Mac under OS X 10.5.7?

yself. Nice that my house came wired with six phone lines running around the house. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receiv

Re: FAX from a Mac under OS X 10.5.7?

uickly find a better term for it than modem. But I'm pretty sure since it is "Digital" Subscriber Line that it's not really a modem (Modulator / Demodulator). It's more like a Terminal Adapter as in ISDN lines. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet

Re: installing Classic over Tiger

> from which to run Classic. Frustrating! If you boot from the OS 9 disk then you are running OS 9, not Classic. You can't be doing anything with Classic as that is run as a process under OS X. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting

Re: Which is a faster option?

multaneously, and I mean actually doing something not just sitting open in the background. And, hopefully, now that multiprocessing is here to stay it will become more common for programs to be written to take advantage of multithreading. -- Clark Martin

Re: USB 4-Port Hub

B section in Apple System Profiler. > > PS.I emailed Fastmail.fm about my issue and will let you know what they > say. > And Fastmail is??? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I

Re: Network Question

AppleShare Filing Protocol). Apple DID drop AppleShare over AppleTalk. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message bec

Re: Another way to do wireless?

s using one because of a faulty Airport antenna. I have a couple for use with a dish reflector to make a high-gain directional WiFi rig for boosting the range. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I&#x

Re: iMac G3

he computer. If Apple can't reliably reproduce the bug they can't very well fix it. I suspect in at least some cases it's due to either some file corruption or the effects of third party software (or both). -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting

Re: Was is das? Safari in Deutch?

ssues, > and I'll post a separate thread for dialogue. > Thank you all again. > Dana The 10.5.8 Combo updater does NOT require 10.5.7, that's what Combo means, it updates ANY 10.5 version. I just used the 10.5.8 Combo updater on a mini with a raw DVD install. -- Clark Martin

Re: Was there a main computer in 'Silent Running' ?

d better acting through > remote control than some actors do in living flesh. > > And I say they influenced the creators of Wall-E. He knew a good > archetype role when he thought it up. > Er, no remote control, just little people in costumes. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA M

Re: Network Problem

AppleShare and Windows Sharing too. www.versiontracker.com lists it. I believe there are different versions for Tiger and Panther. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~

Re: Xserve G4 (Tray Load) video card (and other) questions

d real well and I had no trouble after I had the XServe boot normally. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message beca

Re: iTunes shuffle question

ing else will. When I tried it on the 6100 it took 60 seconds for it to respond to the space bar and pause. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~~-

Re: Internet vulnerability

. Don't worry about what it says when you aren't doing anything, those numbers are usually not helpful. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~-~--~~-

Re: Is there a way to "Lock" email messages?

On Sep 4, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:16 PM, WhyOSX wrote: > >> >> Does anyone remember HAL ? >> A HAL 9000? > > Uhh, yes, but we're talking about reality, not fiction, here. > > I also remember : > > The Great Machine

Re: Internet vulnerability

On Sep 4, 2009, at 3:05 PM, George R. Hozendorf wrote: > > We all know how low the chance of getting a virus is on a Mac. But, > how vulnerable am I to prying eyes if I leave my browser open when not > at the machine or when the Mac is sleeping? It depends on what you've been doing and how "op

Re: Is there a way to "Lock" email messages?

Dan wrote: > At 10:44 PM -0700 9/3/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >> >> >> >> Yup! Absolutely a necessity! >> > ... and the kids too!! We all have aging Macs that work very well and >>> afford some level of privacy. >> His and hers Macs??? What

Re: Lombard power issues

t voltage for car use. And the only third party model requires cutting up an Apple adapter since they won't license the connector. Bad idea. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~

Re: Is there a way to "Lock" email messages?

erine I-Book "It's the Prettiest!" ;) I just got a Tangerine iBook. I do like the color and form factor. A lime or blueberry just wouldn't do. A Firewire charcoal would also be acceptable. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'

Re: Is there a way to "Lock" email messages?

?? What an odd concept. Here it's his, hers, hers, hers, hers, his, his, his, his, his, his... That's every one (me, wife, 3 kids) have a laptop and I have a few more. Hard to see getting by on just ONE computer. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulti

Re: Linux on PPC- which distro? ... and G3 project.

word protected admin account and an account for the kids to use. The worse the kids can do is totally trash the kids account which can always be recreated. I suppose having some tool like the dock in OS X that let's them select the app directly instead of having to navigate the Applica

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