Re: Beige G3 hd formating

2008-09-22 Thread Dan A. Currie
Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Stro wrote: On Sep 22, 5:56 pm, Dan A. Currie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stro wrote: Greetings, I have a beige g3 desktop that I am trying to put a larger hard drive in. I can get the g3 to see the hd when I start up

Re: List of updates to get from OS 10.4.0 to 10.4.11

2008-12-07 Thread Dan A. Currie
Player is 4.6.5. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists

Duplicating

2008-12-15 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello, I would like to store a copy of my wifes MacBook HDD on my MDD computer. How do I copy her HDD to one of my storage drives? TIA, Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

2008-12-24 Thread Dan A. Currie
Greetings to ALL here who have been there when needed, may you have a *VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS* and a most *PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!! Enjoy the following and please pass it along to those you care about. http://heavens-gates.com/50s/whitechristmas/ *

Re: Quicken no more? Need something else,... what?

2008-12-27 Thread Dan A. Currie
Cliff wrote: On Dec 24, 7:38 pm, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using Quicken 2007 for quite some time and now come to find out that they're not going to make an update to it. So we're looking for something like it that works really well? what do you use? how do you

Re: Steve Jobs Oh My

2009-01-17 Thread Dan A. Currie
that all of us Mac Fans and Fanatics can enjoy and use the fruit of his ideas and labors. The thought of a world without Macs would be too horrible to contemplate. Dan A. Currie, Jr. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End

Re: Headless G4 tower/server

2009-01-18 Thread Dan A. Currie
Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback Let me know how that works for you. I was thinking along similar lines with my old Beige G3. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low

Re: What is the best Super Drive for G4 Sawtooth running at 450Mhz?

2009-01-26 Thread Dan A. Currie
handle this drive? For $2.00 more get the Pioneer, it is plug and play and works nicely ... I have both a DVR -116 and a DVR-107 in my MDD. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List

Dual Monitors?

2009-01-26 Thread Dan A. Currie
another ATI Radeo 9000 PRO card? Never tried or done this before. Help!! Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus

Re: Good dvd ripping software??

2009-01-27 Thread Dan A. Currie
jonas ulrich wrote: I am looking for a good dvd ripping software that will rip tv shows. I've tried handbrake mactheripper. -Jonas I use MactheRipper to rip DVD's ... how are you going to rip TV shows ... just copy and burn them to DVD ... that is what I do. Dan Currie

Startup Partition

2009-01-29 Thread Dan A. Currie
partition on one of the other drives but EXACTLY what do I install on it so that I can use it as a Start up Disk for Disk Utilities. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those

Re: Startup Partition

2009-01-29 Thread Dan A. Currie
Charles Davis wrote: On Jan 29, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All, I have read this LEM article about partitioning http://lowendmac.com/tech/partition.shtml but it doesn't quite answer my question. I have 3 HDD in my G4 and would like to be able to clean them using

Re: best browser now

2009-01-31 Thread Dan A. Currie
, Firefox, and Safari but I always return to my favorite. Netscape. I have been using Netscape since version 2.something and have now been using 9.0.0.6 for years and have had NO problems. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-05 Thread Dan A. Currie
when I mentioned that I was concerned about shock damage from the impact. BTW, Kyle, send me your pics ... I want to see my twin!! I will keep the group updated about the outcome. Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Damaged G5!!

2009-02-07 Thread Dan A. Currie
Kyle Hansen wrote: On 2/6/09 11:52 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com Broadcast into the ether: Well you just made a liar out of me. I remember now that a weird pic did show up on a LEM list last month. I had put it out of my mind. It was wholly inappropriate! And

Extra HDD

2009-02-07 Thread Dan A. Currie
some of the older MAC software. Any particular place or order to install in the case? Should the jumpers be set to MASTER or SLAVE since it will have an OS on it? General advice accepted!! TIA, Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
. darn tiny fonts. ok. Coffee is ready. - Dan. Ooo!! Someone forgot to eat his Wheaties ... or maybe he ate his Weedies this morning!! God is gonna get you!! (the other Dan) Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
STE3120024A ATA Bus PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-116D ATA Bus WDC WD1200JB-00FUAO WDC WD2000BB-00FTAO The little 6GB has three settings - MASTER, SLAVE and SPECIAL. I have it set for SLAVE. Solutions and advice appreciated?!? Dan Currie

Re: Satan before coffee

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
, build a K-Mart sized house and retire? Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Len Gerstel wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: Hello All and Dan, Here is what I have - a G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6, 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. A more important

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dan wrote: At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Dan wrote: At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM 1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB (OS9.2) HDD's in that order. When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on their respective HDs but when

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
then was my 10.5 HDD. I am tired of fooling with it for now ... am way behind in Honey-dos from She who must be Obeyed. Later, Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Dan A. Currie wrote: When I try to boot up OS9.2 going through SP, it tries very hard to find OS9.2 - the old file folder is there flashing from the Picasso to ? mark about 5 or 6 times then it gives up and goes to 10.5

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-08 Thread Dan A. Currie
-dos from She who must be Obeyed. Al Poulin We are not talking at the moment ... boy it sure is nice and peaceful!!! Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4

Re: ... on a G4 MDD

2009-02-09 Thread Dan A. Currie
and inspiration. Dan Currie, BTDTGTDTS --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com

Applejack instructions

2009-02-22 Thread Dan A. Currie
jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote: I have been using AJ for years and as was recommended to me I restart using CMD - S and then type in applejack auto restart and 10 minutes later I have a spiffy NEW computer. Dan Currie Problem with Applejack instructions I want to use this and can read

iBook Tape recorder

2009-02-23 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello, I need to use my G4 iBook as a Tape recorder to record a meeting. Freeware suggestion!! Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: how can I lock G5 case ?

2009-02-26 Thread Dan A. Currie
system to lock it : locker, cable or wathever ? Thanks Louis Here is a site that seems to have solved the problem! http://www.sonnettech.com/product/maccuffpro.html Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low

Re: G3 Beige MT with Two IDE Hard Drives

2009-03-06 Thread Dan A. Currie
ron wrote: On Mar 4, 9:19 pm, rtows...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/4/09 8:31:11 PM, wmhatch...@gmail.com writes: I have inherited a Beige G3 Minitower with 2 IDE hard drives, The issue is that boot ups are very slow almost like the machine is searching for a startup

RAM ?

2009-03-07 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello All, I was looking around eBay for some RAM for a G5 2.5 dualie and it seems that RAM for the G5's is processor specific ... or is that my imagination? I saw RAM listed as - PM dual core 1.8, PM dual core 2.0, PM dual core 2.3, etc. What's up? Dan II

Re: G5 DVD Door

2009-03-09 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hosemonkey wrote: Thank you so much for all your help. Upon closer examination, I found the door to be binding on the outer case. A little gentle bending and everything is working fine now. The spring was indeed there, it simply could not overcome the binding force of the outer(perforated)

More drives?

2009-03-21 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hello All, What are your opinions about this little item?? http://www.sonnettech.com/product/g5_jive.html Dan Currie --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: List Nanny

2009-04-06 Thread DAN A CURRIE
MacGuy wrote: what thread are we referring to? On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Norm Rowe wrote: I think this political Reaganomics proved what every farmer knows: The only thing that trickles down is fertilizer! Please stop this s**t! Me too!?! What thread about politics?? Dan

Re: question

2009-04-11 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Doug McNutt wrote: At 21:18 +0200 4/11/09, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 11-04-2009 17:41, Dan, dantear...@gmail.com, wrote: LoBo = someone's invented term. Should be MoBo or Motherboard. Or may be: LoBo = LogicBoard. The more technical name of the object. MoBo = MotherBoard is

Airport Extreme Card?

2009-04-11 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I have upgraded to a G5 2.5 Dualie w/ 4GB RAM / 2 -320 GB HD’s and a 500 GB external HD / NETSCAPE 9.0.0.6 / OS X.5.4. I am currently connected to the internet with a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router, however the G5 is using a wired port connection as it has no Airport Card.

Re: HELP!!! Administrator deterioration SOLVED!!

2009-04-13 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Jim Scott wrote: On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:24 PM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: Hello All, What began as a simple Dashboard / Widgets question has rapidly deteriorated into a full blow catastrophe that I have 1) never heard of, 2) never encountered before (otherwise I could solve it myself) and 3

Re: Disk Utility - ? Answered

2009-04-17 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Is 3GB big enough for anything OS X 10.5? For a totally striped down system it's probably OK. I once had Tiger on a 2GB external Firewire HD just for repairing other Macs. It was a very tight fit, I think I

Re: Mail, Eudora T-bird

2009-05-05 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Nesta wrote: Can I get some opinions here please. I'm making a move and would like to know what others use and why. Thanks! For almost a decade I used Netscape's on board email. When Net 9.0.0.6 did not have email I found T-bird and have been very happy. Dan II

Re: Speakers for a G5

2009-06-03 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Dana Collins wrote: On 6/2/09 11:05 PM, Kris Tilford of ktilfo...@cox.net sent On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:28 PM, PETE wrote: I want to buy external speakers for my G5. Does anyone have suggestions? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250385330346 LOL - and

Re: Beige G3/233 now mute

2009-06-28 Thread DAN A CURRIE
leighkimmel wrote: Where is this reset button? I remember having to push the reset button when I changed the PRAM battery on my G3 iMac (man, but getting inside that baby was a chore and a half)., but I have no idea where it would be. Also, where would this voltage regulator card be? At

Upgrading an MDD

2009-07-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I wanted to upgrade my children's (my old) G4 MDD 1.25 Dualie, 2 GB RAM, OS10.5.4 to the 1.42 Ghz Dual processors and heat sink. The buss speed is 167 so I should have had no problems. However, when I swapped the processors, heat sinks (big brass one), pressed the cuda button and

Re: Upgrading an MDD

2009-07-25 Thread DAN A CURRIE
dc wrote: I wanted to upgrade my children's (my old) G4 MDD 1.25 Dualie, 2 GB RAM, OS10.5.4 to the 1.42 Ghz Dual processors and heat sink. The buss speed is 167 so I should have had no problems. However, when I swapped the processors, heat sinks (big brass one), pressed the cuda

iMovie / iDVD?

2009-08-26 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello, I am running a G5 2.5Ghz dualie with 4GB RAM, 2 x 320 GB HDD and using 10.4.11. I am currently using iMovie 5.0.2 and iDVD 5.0.1 with updates. I have edited my video in iMovie, with titles included. Now I want to make a DVD to play on TV. How do I get the iMovie to iDVD WITHOUT all

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community. Adrian Can I get an AMEN?! Dan II

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-02 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Amanda Ward wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote: Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM

Re: Is there a way to Lock email messages?

2009-09-03 Thread DAN A CURRIE
yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: Dan writes, His Hers Macs Yup! Absolutely a necessity! ... and the kids too!! We all have aging Macs that work very well and afford some level of privacy. Dan II --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Fan ?

2009-12-14 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I have had my G5 2.5 Ghz dualie wit 4 GBRAM running 10.5.8 less than a year so its' quirks are new to me. However when I try to view TV programs on Fancast or MSNBC the fans really take off. Is this normal operation? Dan Currie -- You received this message because you

Re: Can I erase one hard drive ?

2009-12-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
lanstrad wrote: I have a BW G3 on which I had installed a second HD. The old one is only 6GB and almost full... In System Preferences, I have set to boot from OS X 10.4.11 from the bigger drive (Mac OS 9 was formerly on the small drive so OS X also installed there first). The larger drive

Re: NANNY ! Re:

2010-01-28 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Paul wrote: The offending thread containing the spam (entitled [no subject]) is still there. This gives the appearance that the main purpose of Group Managers is to spew scolding flames at well-intentioned members, rather than doing useful

Netscape Mozilla Firefox

2010-02-11 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I have been using one version or another of Netscape since I got my first MAC (Performa 630CD) back in '95. Now that old horse is slowly fading away and slowing down. I have been getting acquainted with Firefox, but I would like to move my Netscape bookmarks over to Firefox.

Another Firefox ?

2010-02-17 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I am driving a G5 2.5 dualie, running 10.5 with .5TB hard drive space. I just made the move from Netscape 9.0.0.6 to Firefox 3.6 and while it was mostly a seamless transition, once I brought my bookmarks over an issue arose. Now when I click on BOOKMARKS on the menu bar the fans

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Jason Brown wrote: On 2/18/2010 7:30 PM, McGrude wrote: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, ah...clemboneheads...@gmail.com wrote: Have you heard the G5 DP fans run at full speed? I swear it's moved across the desk several inches when that happens. I think you will care about the noise.

Re: is thermal calibration necessary?

2010-02-18 Thread DAN A CURRIE
John Niven wrote: I think you mean the original G4 1GHz Xserve. They are just constantly loud. The latter 1.33GHz G4 are MUCH better. The G5 is only loud at start-up. NOT MINE! G5 2.5 Dualie ... the UP railroad had a gas turbine locomotive they called Big Blow! I think I bought it by

Re: FW: Ft. Hood

2010-02-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
John Musbach wrote: On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Robert Long texasche...@hotmail.com wrote: lots of spam What's with this? Nannies? I could've sworn we've received spam from this fellow in the past as well, maybe it's time to ban him? -- Best Regards, John Musbach Sounds good to

Re: G5 Information

2010-03-28 Thread DAN A CURRIE
John Carmonne wrote: On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Hi, I wanted to find out some information on a Power Mac G5 2.5 DP. I'm slightly confused on this. Someone is selling theirs. I read on EveryMac that these have the Liquid Cooling (that seems to be problematic) but

Digitizing ?

2010-04-21 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I have an old U S Army patch that I would like to print on t-shirts for our small group. How do I convert a picture, scan of a cloth patch into a strictly digitized image with smooth likes and such like this. Thanks for the help and sorry about the images

Page settings

2010-06-30 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, Baby, dual 2.5 Ghz, G5, 4 GB RAM, 1.2 TB Memory, running OS 10.5.8 and Mozilla 3.6.6, has been percolating nicely now for a couple of years, but Monday something weird happened ... at least weird to me. I refreshed my home page on Mozilla ... and when it reappeared the page was

Re: Hello ! !

2010-07-03 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Chris House wrote: I have recently become the owner of a 4 x 2.5 Ghz PowerPC G5 Mac. Running os 10.5.8 Could anyone help me with advice on Java, there are some applications that won't run on this machine at present, due, it seems to out of date software. Is there any guide to the most up to date

Strange Behavior w/G5 and iMovie

2010-11-08 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, Been years since I posted here ... no problems with my G5 2.5 dualie with 4 GB RAM running OS 10.5.8 and iMovie 7.1.4 until NOW. I uploaded a short movie consisting of 5 scenes. Every time I try and import it to iMovie it unexpectedly quits. I have tried importing it 3 times and

MDD ??

2010-11-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello, Been years but I have a problem with my MDD, dual 1.25, 2GB RAM running 10.4. I unplugged it the other night during a t-storm, forgot to plug it back in and two days later when I did plug it in ... NOTHING! Pressed the power button on the monitor ... nothing. Pressed the power button

Re: MDD ??

2010-11-20 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Dead/dying pram battery. Pull power plug, pull battery, press and hold cuda reset switch for about 5 seconds, plug power in but leave battery out and hit power. See if that doesnt bring it to life. If it does, your battery is the culprit. *Thanks guys*, it worked ... thought it was that but

Dead computer??

2010-12-21 Thread DAN A CURRIE
My sons MDD 1.25 dualie 2GB RAM running 10.5 has died. We had a electrical storm a couple of days ago so I unplugged it, forgot to plug it in until today, when I did and pressed the start button, NOTHING! Put a new MB battery in it and pressed the button again, NOTHING! I have never had a

Re: Dead computer?? Still dead 2

2010-12-21 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 12/21/10 6:49 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:06 PM, DAN A CURRIE wrote: My sons MDD 1.25 dualie 2GB RAM running 10.5 has died. We had a electrical storm a couple of days ago so I unplugged it, forgot to plug it in until today, when I did and pressed the start button

Re: Dead computer?? Still dead

2010-12-21 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 12/21/10 6:25 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 12/21/10 7:06 PM, DAN A CURRIE of danc...@frontiernet.net sent My sons MDD 1.25 dualie 2GB RAM running 10.5 has died. We had a electrical storm a couple of days ago so I unplugged it, forgot to plug it in until today, when I did and pressed the start

Dead computer/ ITS ALIVE ... ALIVE!!

2010-12-30 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 12/21/10 8:37 PM, t...@savingus.org wrote: On 12/21/10 7:06 PM, DAN A CURRIE of danc...@frontiernet.net sent My sons MDD 1.25 dualie 2GB RAM running 10.5 has died. We had a electrical storm a couple of days ago so I unplugged it, forgot to plug it in until today, when I did and pressed

Re: Appleworks problem

2011-01-17 Thread DAN A CURRIE
On 1/17/11 7:44 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi Group, I would like to know what replaces Appleworks. I am using G4 G5 Power PC's with OSX10.4.11 I do not want to put OS9 on them. Wm I have a G5 2.5 dualie running 10.5.8 and I am currently using Appleworks 6.2.4 and have been for years with no

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

Maybe off topic?

2011-08-03 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Hello All, I have been running a G5 2.5 Ghz PPC Dualie with 10.5.8 using wireless internet through a Linksys WRT54G router for several years. Now the wife is worried about someone stealing our wifi. How do I set up the router to prevent this .. I know it is some sort of password but I can