Re: Anti Trust Hackin' back . Psystar answers and stands firm.

2008-08-29 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Aug 28, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Dan wrote: At 8:26 AM -0700 8/28/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: WOW. Pystar must have hired SCO's legal team. That's 'epic fail' territory. I donno. I think it has a shot. *Someone* *somewhere* needs to challenge the crap

Re: Considering a G5

2008-09-02 Thread Ted Treen
- Original Message From: Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 2 September, 2008 1:39:30 PM Subject: Re: Considering a G5 At 4:21 AM -0700 9/2/08, dc posted: I have read reports that some run ungodly hot and loud. Is this particular to a certain

Re: Database report writing program

2008-09-05 Thread Ted Treen
On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Doug Burton wrote: I'm looking for database or spreadsheet software with very good report writing capabilities. I need to be able to print a strip of address labels for my mail case (I'm a rural mail carrier). I presently use a word processor, but making

Re: Leopard 10.5.5 Update is out today

2008-09-16 Thread Ted Treen
I have a mixture of G5 8-core MacPro machines at work - so I downloaded the 600MB+ Combo update for use on each/all. No problems or issues as yet. Ted --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

Re: 'Cheapest Software Anywhere' web site reliable?

2008-09-19 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Terry Hirsch wrote: Their URL is: http://cheapestsoftwareanywhere.com. They say they purchase the unused software keys from volume buyers...an interesting approach. Also not legal. This is pirated software...an appropriate topic

Re: how do I remove power supply from sawtooth

2008-09-20 Thread Ted Treen
glueski wrote: So I am parting out my AGP Sawtooth and I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the power supply out! Can someone help with photo of some kind. I think everything else is out of the case. thanks! Laura Hi Laura, Have replied direct with instructions. Hope it

Re: Beige Powermac G3 with FW 400

2008-10-02 Thread Ted Treen
Gus wrote: To effectively run Panther or Tiger you'll need to invest in an ATI Radeon video card because of a video bug that effects the onboard Rage video. You can also enable Quartz Extreme with a Radeon card using PCI Extreme 3.1, which will really speed up some graphics

Re: External drive won't mount on 10.2.8 after mounting on 10.5 system

2008-10-09 Thread Ted Treen
- Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 4:00:01 AM Subject: Re: External drive won't mount on 10.2.8 after mounting on 10.5 system I was (and am) careful to eject the drive from the

Re: External drive won't mount on 10.2.8 after mounting on 10.5 system

2008-10-09 Thread Ted Treen
, Ted Treen wrote: For what it's worth, the error that verify on 10.2 shows is Invalid Leaf record count (it should be 1 instead of 0) Why are you using verify rather than repair? You should repair the file system, and then it should mount normally. So are we to not use an external hard

Re: PC RAM?

2008-10-09 Thread Ted Treen
- Original Message From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 2:56:03 PM Subject: Re: PC RAM? On Oct 9, 4:07 am, Simon Royal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter I know the differences between SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, 144pin, 168pin,

eSATA question

2008-10-25 Thread Ted Treen
Hi all, A (hopefully simple) question - rooted in my previous SCSI paranoia. I have, in the 90's, seen mobo's fried due to the switching on/off of attached SCSI devices whilst the Mac was running. I was almost obsessive about the sequence - power up SCSI device, power up Mac, and in reverse,

Re: See You Later...

2008-11-12 Thread Ted Treen
Dan wrote: At 3:21 PM -0800 11/11/2008, Simon Royal wrote: Well after being told this is a PowerMac list, I have joined the iMac list for my eMacs. See you later, it has been good while I was here. Stay subscribed to all the LEM lists. Most of the knowledge and activity is on

Kernel Extensions

2008-12-07 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, When I moved up from my Sawtooth to a dual G5 2GHz, I took the SATA drives (2 x 320GB) from my heavily-modded G4 and installed them in the G5 - running 10.5.5. Over a period of time, I have tried odd bits of freeware/shareware/demo software - from trusted sources only - some of which

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

2008-12-07 Thread Ted Treen
Paul wrote: I saw another Mac running 10.4 that had DVD player 4.6.5. I'm not sure where that came from. I upped my 10.4 disk to 10.4.11 in the usual increments (always by using combo updates) and I have DVD player 4.6.5 I can only assume it came with one of the combo updates: I believe

Re: 10.5.6 Update Available

2008-12-16 Thread Ted Treen
This might just be co-incidence (haven't yet tested it through multiple restarts) but my InDesign CS3 (5.0.4) now hides on apple-H, which has always been a bugbear. Maybe - just maybe - some of the other quirky-rather-than-fatal conflicts 'twixt Leopard InDesign CS3 might have been sorted.

Re: 10.5.6 Update Available

2008-12-16 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 16, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Ted Treen wrote: This might just be co-incidence (haven't yet tested it through multiple restarts) but my InDesign CS3 (5.0.4) now hides on apple-H, which has always been a bugbear. Adobe has been screwing

Re: Odd Behavior for a G5 Optical Drive Thread changed??

2008-12-17 Thread Ted Treen
nylahotti...@aim.com wrote: Okay, 10.5.6 finally made my system usable with Leopard (NO Glitches anywhere and it's heavily upgraded and mix 'n matched). I have an identical HDD to the one i'm booting from and want to keep perfect, or go back to this very day if there's any issues later

Re: TOPIC: Apple Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-17 Thread Ted Treen
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: What many here have said for a long time finally makes a ZDnet article. http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3192tag=nl.e539 Someone here who took umbrage at those who wanted a low cost Machine to run an Apple OS derided them as wanting Cheap Kit, Cheap Kit?

Re: TOPIC: Apple Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-19 Thread Ted Treen
From: Dan dantear...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 18 December, 2008 3:56:53 PM Subject: Re: TOPIC: Apple Psystar Why it came to be At 10:44 PM + 12/17/2008, Ted Treen wrote: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: What many here

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-19 Thread Ted Treen
From: insightinmind billycarm...@verizon.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 18 December, 2008 8:28:54 PM Subject: Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues? On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:15 PM, nestamicky wrote: insightinmind wrote:

Re: TOPIC: Apple Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-19 Thread Ted Treen
MIKO .. wrote: OK, really, who cares about arguiing over claims? Can I buy a cheap Mac-compatible machine with the power of a Mc Pro or not? I'll NEVER be able justify affording the $3000+ for a barebones Mac Pro! Suze Orman already DENIED me. LOL Yes. I'll NEVER be able to justify

Re: TOPIC: Apple Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-19 Thread Ted Treen
MIKO .. wrote: On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:57 AM, Ted Treen wrote: If Apple's business model works for them - and it certainly appears to - then it's better for all of us if they continue to thrive, and not go belly-up like so many other companies who have tried too hard to be all

New Aluminium Keyboards

2008-12-21 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, Ihave been considering one of these to go with my new (to me) G5. I use one occasionally at work on a MacPro and rather like them. However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers at bootup don't

Re: New Aluminium Keyboards

2008-12-21 Thread Ted Treen
...@pharmacy.arizona.edu mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Ted Treen wrote: However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers at bootup don't work

Re: Test to list

2008-12-28 Thread Ted Treen
Jonas Lopez wrote: This is a test to the list - if it is received please reply to me. It even got to the UK. Ted --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: FireWire 800 MDD chimes but won't start up.

2008-12-30 Thread Ted Treen
From: jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 29 December, 2008 8:16:15 PM Subject: Re: FireWire 800 MDD chimes but won't start up. This happened to me just the other day on my DP500MHZ. I unplugged it and plugged

Re: Was The question of the day? Now, Very old file, newer Mac

2009-01-17 Thread Ted Treen
Kyle Parish wrote: It's possible that they are different formats but I doubt it. If you have OS9 Environment installed on the emac than the old files should work. If not, then try OpenOffice.org. On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP The

Re: FW: [iomug] Steve Jobs Liver Transplant?

2009-01-17 Thread Ted Treen
J.M.P.Hissel wrote: -- Van: Randy B. Singer ra...@macattorney.com Beantwoord: io...@yahoogroups.com Datum: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:06:48 -0800 Aan: io...@yahoogroups.com Onderwerp: [iomug] Steve Jobs Liver Transplant?

Re: Kensington Wireless Mouse Whining??

2009-01-26 Thread Ted Treen
Satisfied meeces rarely whine: I was going to suggest cheese, but I thought I'd be flamed by a Nanny for irrelevancy. Still might be, of course... Ted From: J M jm50...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 26 January, 2009 11:05:15 AM

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Ted Treen
From: Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 3:41:31 PM Subject: Overstuffing ram slots I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max ram is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently

Re: Apple jumped the shark...

2009-03-05 Thread Ted Treen
Ah fer crying out loud, this is their summary: While we're still impressed with the Mac Mini's ability to pack so much into a tight package, Apple can't get away from its PC competitors that offer more features for less money. If saving space and the Mac OS are dominating factors,

Re: Hackintoshes and PCs

2009-03-06 Thread Ted Treen
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com mailto:lgers...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, Talking about Hackintoshs are completely off topic on this list. There are many places on the web where you can get that information,

Re: Hackintoshes and PCs

2009-03-06 Thread Ted Treen
PeterH wrote: On Mar 6, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Ted Treen wrote: Don't see quite how Windows is relevant to G3-G5 systems, but maybe my horizons are limited... Apple's very own Windows cards run perfectly on a G3. Perhaps even a G4. Why buy a Ferrari and install a truck engine? My

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Ted Treen
Ralph Green wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:13 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:28 AM, abrock wrote: http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/product.html?sec_iid=33972 BIOS? Says it supports Apple

Re: iMac G5 Crashing

2009-03-17 Thread Ted Treen
From: Ivan Marsh jalopycomput...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 11:38:00 AM Subject: Re: iMac G5 Crashing Funny you should mention leopard as I am running 10.5.6 there. I don't have a tiger disk handy to try but I'm

Re: 10.5 on PB G4 1ghz

2009-03-21 Thread Ted Treen
Debra Platt wrote: Will 10.5 run OK on a PB G4 15, 1ghz with 1.5 gb ram? I am upgrading the hard drive and was thinking about making the switch while I'm spending the time. I use Adobe CS occasionally. Will upgrading the ram from 1.5 gb to 2 gb help that much? Thank you for any responses!

Re: pooched iMac G5

2009-04-01 Thread Ted Treen
From: Sam Macomber s...@macomber.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 1 April, 2009 3:15:07 AM Subject: Re: pooched iMac G5 Hasn't been moved from the desk since we got it new. Today was the first time it's been opened to test another RAM

Re: Good advice

2009-04-28 Thread Ted Treen
Len Gerstel wrote: On Apr 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10218 Five Tips for Reading Mac Security Stories. Thanks Bruce. It basically reiterates what I have told people. CURRENTLY all Mac security issues are variants of the PEBKAC

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-12 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 12, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Mine says 4-6 hours, must be a huge demand. I think Apple's servers are getting hammered. It just failed downloading twice for me, which is a first. Oddly mine (for an Intel iMac 1st gen) was 449 MB, not 256

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner Question

2009-06-05 Thread Ted Treen
Not sure if CCC does incremental backup:- SuperDuper certainly does. Ted Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Do you think Jeff means incremental backup? Back up just what's changed? I am considering buying a bootable drive to do this, but again don't want to backup everything continually. I think

Re: It is official, we are orphans.

2009-06-08 Thread Ted Treen
Stephen Weber wrote: Apple does really know how to make people upset, obviously you wonder why real businesses don't use Macs. It's because Apple does stuff like this. I mean look at Microsoft and how they keep supporting older hardware. From, Stephen Oh come on - you mean just like

Re: Can I put an intel duo core processor in my g4?

2009-06-16 Thread Ted Treen
matt.strim...@gmail.com wrote: And if not maybe tell me what kind of up grades I need? I mean I just wanna run lepord properly. I am on tiger You can run Leopard on your g4 if it has an 8xxmhz processor and a stick of 512 of ram. You will not have a happy experience with less than

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-18 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: Will dead/lack of a PRAM battery keep a Gigabit Ethernet G4 system from turning on? A dead PRAM battery stopped my G4/400 booting, and the same thing happened to a G4/867 at work. IT (PC boys) diagnosed a dead mobo. He He

Re: setting a default browser

2009-06-25 Thread Ted Treen
From: Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net I have several browsers on my BW G4 running 10.4.11 Firefox is set as my default browser. How do I change this to another browser? I want SeaMonkey to be the default. Larry Believe it or not, you set your

Re: BW startup error

2009-07-06 Thread Ted Treen
From: Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 6 July, 2009 1:19:03 PM Subject: BW startup error I've just bought a Sonnet Encore G4/500 upgrade for my elderly but 100% reliable Rev 1 BW G3/400. (I want to try Mac OS X

Re: Return to PowerPC?

2009-07-07 Thread Ted Treen
t was true back then. Problem was all the old 68k code in the old MacOS. Back in '98 a mac with Linux felt like flying compared to the macos crawling. The argument had absolutely nothing to do with the OS running on the system. The industry comparisons between RISC and CISC were made on

Re: Sonnet Encore ZIF G4

2009-07-11 Thread Ted Treen
Lodewijk wrote: I bought a Sonnet Tech Encore ZIF G4 Processor Upgrade Card for my Power Mac G3, but it (the power mac) crashed. I'm planning to buy a Power Mac G4 AGP graphics to replace my old G3. My question is: does my Sonnet Card work with this computer? In a word, no. The G4 does

10.5.8

2009-08-05 Thread Ted Treen
Out now. Ted --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Flash woe(s)

2009-08-23 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, Possibly OT - in which case I humbly apologise to the Nannies, but I use CS3, and have a .swf (and its .fla) which I am trying to convert to .flv. Flash CS3 doesn't seem to have an export to .flv - or if it does, I can't find it in the program or in Flash Help. Any Flash-experienced

Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options

2009-08-26 Thread Ted Treen
From: d p xolmu...@gmail.com To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 9:27:55 AM Subject: Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options Does nayone have any experience between these two: 1. Mercury Extreme G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 Cache. (I'm

Re: Question regarding non-mac monitors/display

2009-09-03 Thread Ted Treen
From: Swigart, Kurt A [NTK] kurt.a.swig...@sprint.com Subject: Question regarding non-mac monitors/display Hello, Quick question, request for advice. I was wondering what are some of the pros and cons and/or pieces ( cables/etc…) that I would need to

Early 2005 G5 Dual 2GHz

2009-09-24 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All,Has anyone any knowledge if there's any restriction of disk capacity for Early 2005 G5 Dual 2GHz towers?TIATed

Re: Early 2005 G5 Dual 2GHz

2009-09-24 Thread Ted Treen
Alexander MacLeod wrote: On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ted Treen ted.tr...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi All, Has anyone any knowledge if there's any restriction of disk capacity for Early 2005 G5 Dual 2GHz towers? TIA Ted None at all. My first generation PowerMac G5 has

Re: No Script

2009-10-19 Thread Ted Treen
Hey Ralph, Right click??? Are you using a PC??? How do you right click on an Apple computer??? What you are talking about here sounds really great!!! But I can't right click... CoolKat Kat, (Or can I call you Cool?) Use any old PC USB mouse you can assign the right-hand button

Re: Attempting to send ClarisWorks spreadsheet via email

2009-10-28 Thread Ted Treen
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide

Re: receipt reply required for each message

2009-11-15 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 15, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: Is anyone else getting the acknowledgement message for all messages that nestami...@gmail.com sends to the list? I have not been getting these, so it's not everyone. Ive been getting them in the

New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, I have an early 2005 G5 dual 2.0, maxed out at 4GB RAM. I want to put some huge drives in it, and am looking at Samsung F3 1TB 7200rpm drives. There are places (in the UK) where I can get the Samsung F2 1.5TB drive for not a lot more, although it's only a 5400rpm drive. I'd be

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-26 Thread Ted Treen
iJohn wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Kasey Smithkasm...@gmail.com wrote: I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. It used to make a bigger difference than it does now with the newer, higher bit density

Re: Mouse Question

2009-11-27 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: snip That is a joystick. Yes. A joystick ON a mouse. Even Dr. Moreau would declare this an experiment too far. ROFLMAO Thanks Bruce, your last sentence really brightened a dull day... (I'm stuck at home getting over swine flu but still tele-working...) Keep the

Re: Leopard or Tiger?

2009-12-07 Thread Ted Treen
I believe you'll find Tiger somewhat more responsive, but do watch for S/W (apps/utilities) requirements etc. Enjoy it Ted --- On Mon, 7/12/09, mythmaker18 mythmake...@yahoo.com wrote: From: mythmaker18 mythmake...@yahoo.com Subject: Leopard or Tiger? To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com

Re: Looking for Older Onyx

2009-12-09 Thread Ted Treen
yersi...@cybernex.net wrote: Hi Listers, Google was unable to help me find an OLDER version of Onyx. I need one to run on my G4 Mac Mini, which is and needs to stay on 10.4.2. The earliest Onyx I was able to find for Tiger required 10.4.3 minimum. I have Onyx 1.7.5 running on my Quicksilver,

Re: Photo printing problem ?

2009-12-12 Thread Ted Treen
glen wrote: - Original Message From: Cliff Redigerredicl...@yahoo.com ject: Photo printing problem ? MiniG4 Tiger 10.4.11 Epson Artisan50 Adobe InDesign CS2 I recently purchased an Artisan50 Epson color printer, Designed some holiday cards in InDesign

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Ted Treen
Jorge Quiroz wrote: Ok, your mac can go up to 10.4, but you'll need a retail disk (not an specific machine disk) you can put any standard IDE DVD ROM in your Power Mac( mine has a LG SuperMulti DVD Burner with dual layer support), you can get a WiFi PCI Card to connect to wifi networks,

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

2009-12-24 Thread Ted Treen
Clark Martin wrote: Hal wrote: Hi all. I'm new to the group, but have been a member of some of the other LEM groups for a while. I've been having a problem with my G5 Quad that I hope I can get some insight on. It's running 10.5.8, though this problem has been consistent across OS

Re: Double HDD stacking in G3 and G4

2010-01-11 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Dan wrote: Data is like gas. It expands to fill all available space! YA! If there's room, I try to fill it! heh. A proper carrier is best, but in a pinch -- I use cardboard separators between the drives, to create an air flow gap, and

Re: Problem: Checking Extended Attributes file

2010-01-19 Thread Ted Treen
Jonas Lopez wrote: System: G4 tower with X= 10.4 and 10.2 and 9 for that matter. Decided to run using safe mode by using Apple+S at start up. At command line after the # entered /sbin/fsck -y ran just fine in 10.4 but had this problem in 10.2: . . Checking Extended Attributes file Invalid

Re: shut down pop-up

2010-01-22 Thread Ted Treen
From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 22 January, 2010 13:40:55 Subject: Re: shut down pop-up On Jan 22, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Jan 21, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Jan 21,

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-22 Thread Ted Treen
Sorry, I came late to this thread. Original question - Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs? Multiple answer(s): 1) Wife won't let me buy a Mac Pro - she thinks things like housing, food etc are a priority. 2) Even if wife were in agreement with idea, bank manager wouldn't be. 3)

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

2010-02-01 Thread Ted Treen
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 31, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Mark wrote: SVG, OGG, MP4, Mozilla Bruce Johnson wrote: Two Johns: Gruber and Welch take on the Flash issue, both germane to discussions we've had here recently regarding crappy online video... OMG WTF??!! YGAC, ROFL YGAC???

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

2010-02-02 Thread Ted Treen
From: Stewie de Young stewies...@hotmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 1 February, 2010 23:57:05 Subject: RE: Some smarter people than I comment about Flash... Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 22:55:57 + From: ted.tr...@btinternet.com To:

Re: New keyboard verses Old Tiger

2010-02-17 Thread Ted Treen
From: Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 23:09:35 Subject: Re: New keyboard verses Old Tiger On Feb 16, 2010, at 4:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: There's been firmware updates for these keyboards,

Re: 10.5 on a G5

2010-02-19 Thread Ted Treen
John Carmonne wrote: On Feb 19, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Ted Treen wrote: John Carmonne wrote: On Feb 19, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Trickster wrote: Hey guys, Everyone was a big help on my last post about moving a hard drive, thank you much for everything. Wanted to get peoples opinions

Odd message is System Log

2010-03-21 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, On my G5 Early 2005 Dual 2.0, 4GB RAM, 10.5.8, an odd message has recently appeared in the System Log (after Startup) , viewed through Console. Message is repeated many times (between 6 and 20+ ish) and reads:- Mar 21 16:29:37 TedsG5 kernel[0]: { 41 910440}

Re: Odd message is System Log

2010-03-21 Thread Ted Treen
Dan wrote: At 4:35 PM + 3/21/2010, Ted Treen wrote: G5 Early 2005 Dual 2.0, 4GB RAM, 10.5.8 Message is repeated many times (between 6 and 20+ ish) and reads:- Mar 21 16:29:37 TedsG5 kernel[0]: { 41 910440} UniNEnet::restartReceiver Is this indicative of a problem I should

Re: EDIT: A good and cheap video card

2010-03-28 Thread Ted Treen
Stewie de Young wrote: The Radeon 9800 series are about the best value for money. The nvidias are faster ( 6800 and 7800s ) but also quite a bit more expensive too. I have a MDD with a flashed 9800XT - 256mb and while a hot running card , it is a good performer. If you go this route , remove

Re: Safari unexpected quits on iMac g3

2010-04-18 Thread Ted Treen
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I happen to also have a Graphite g3 iMac 600Mhz, so I can help here. If the program is quitting unexpectedly, try making sure that you aren't running too many programs at once. Also, update safari to version 4.0.3 using the software update program in system preferences.

Re: Is there usenet interface possible for this group?

2010-04-19 Thread Ted Treen
View from the UK, FWIW. Given a choice, I'll stick with the email format. I do visit certain forums, and participate therein; but the format of; the people belonging to; and the education received from this list greatly exceeds the value of all the forums put together. Just my two

Re: Digitizing ?

2010-04-21 Thread Ted Treen
Find someone with an old OS9 system who also has a copy of Adobe Streamline, import the picture, and then tidy it up in Illustrator. (Unless you fancy loading image into Illustrator, opening a new layer, then tracing it. Doesn't like like it would be too much of a job. Ted

Re: Question about Tiger DVD Install Disc???

2010-04-29 Thread Ted Treen
Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I know Apple decided to trust it's users, but the thing is, If they only provide one license when you buy a DVD (let's say it's OS X SL), why does it still allow you to install even though the license was only supposed to be used once? Pray tell me how in God's name

Re: Opera 10.53

2010-05-03 Thread Ted Treen
Volume:MacHD Boot Mode:Normal Computer Name:TedsG5 User Name:Ted Treen (tedtreen) Time since boot:26 minutes I use Opera as my default browser:- About Opera reports:- *About Opera Version information* Version10.53 Build8343

Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text

2010-06-14 Thread Ted Treen
From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 14 June, 2010 4:45:38 Subject: Re: Will PowerPC be forever obsolete?/ RICH Text On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote:

Apple Store closed for update

2010-06-15 Thread Ted Treen
Looks like new toys coming... Ted -- 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 list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at

Re: Apple Store closed for update

2010-06-15 Thread Ted Treen
From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010 11:56:34 Subject: Re: Apple Store closed for update On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Ted Treen ted.tr...@btinternet.com wrote: Looks like

Re: Burn .mkv file to DVD

2010-06-23 Thread Ted Treen
Dan wrote: At 7:01 AM -0700 6/23/2010, John Carmonne wrote: I have a movie that's a .mkv file 4.46 GBs I want to burn it to a DVD but I can't get Toast 10 to see it as an image I also tried Toast 8 and 6 still no cigar. Is this spometing I can do? An easier but probably longer way way to

Re: CPU Temp?

2010-06-30 Thread Ted Treen
From: Daniel Stewart daniel.stewart...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 June, 2010 7:45:02 Subject: Re: CPU Temp? I tried this. This app and every other one I have tried do not give CPU temp for my Quicksilver, only HDD temp. On

Re: plain text please

2010-07-18 Thread Ted Treen
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: Metered service? Who has metered service? The UK? If that is the only thing available that is what you go with but then why bother at all. A phone call would be preferable. And hopefully the post office is still around. Most of us in the UK are on ADSL or

Re: Yikes G4, Can The Computer Chime and still have a Bad CPU?

2010-07-20 Thread Ted Treen
pdimage wrote: On 20/7/10 08:19, Gusgusr...@comcast.net wrote: BUT!!! I am smart enough to know that I don't know everything. Is there something I am missing with this G4 - G4 swap? Thanks. For grins, I did drop the system clock from 400.. then up to 500 No change with the 500 mhz

Re: OS 9 Apps on G5

2010-08-02 Thread Ted Treen
Les wrote: Hi, I just received a PowerPC G5 1.8 DP desktop tower running OS X 10.4.11. I would like to run some old Apps like Hypercard and Final Cut Pro 2.0 on this machine. Do I need to install OS 9? Is this possible? Thanks Yes, 10.4 will support OS9 classic (10.5 won't) so you'll need

Re: Sawtooth freeze

2010-08-13 Thread Ted Treen
ah...clem wrote: On Aug 12, 9:31 pm, Midnight ridercoolmar...@gmail.com wrote: Don't ever plug in a monitor bigger than 17 in a card that is less than 32MB, because you won't like the performance at all, and it might freeze. That used to happen to me when I had my 23 dell plugged into my

Re: Sawtooth freeze

2010-08-13 Thread Ted Treen
Midnight rider wrote: dude! 256MB ATI Radeon 9650! Show me where I could get that! --  Sent from my PM G4 Sawtooth It's anyway, anyhow, anywhere you choose it. -Me Can't say:- I bought this early 2005 G5 dual 2.0 about 2 years ago, and all I've done is upped the RAM to 4GB, replaced the

Re: Sawtooth replacement

2010-08-16 Thread Ted Treen
From: Geke gevangaste...@googlemail.com To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, 16 August, 2010 12:40:33 Subject: Re: Sawtooth replacement I do think a MDD will last you at least two years, but you’re the only one who can decide... Here a few thoughts: - MDDs support harddisks

Re: G4 with no chime but instead folder with ?

2010-08-26 Thread Ted Treen
From: John Martz zjo...@yahoo.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 26 August, 2010 6:33:08 Subject: G4 with no chime but instead folder with ? On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Robert Long texasche...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello group, I got a G4 and

Re: G4 with no chime but instead folder with ?

2010-08-26 Thread Ted Treen
Gus wrote: The Chime usually comes up pretty early in the P.O.S.T. Long before it goes out and checks for the system. I would start to wonder if there wasn't an audio issue You can try reseting the pram and listing for additional chimes and see if you here them.. I would suspect that if

Re: Repairing permissions

2010-09-03 Thread Ted Treen
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:14 AM, ainsies wrote: G'day to all Have recently learned that repairing permissions on Tiger takes 48 seconds, on the same machine Leopard takes 56 minutes, can anyone let me know of the reason for tthe huge difference in times ? I have an iMag G5, 20 inch, 2.0GB

Re: Water Cooler Power Mac G5

2010-09-04 Thread Ted Treen
James Morgan wrote: Thanks for all the replies concerning the liquid cooled g5's. They were very helpful. I have a g5 and, turns out, it is air cooled. However, I am thinking of buying an air cooled 2ghz g5 to replace my 1.25 ghz MDD g4. Does anyone know if I can simply take the hard drives

Re: New install of OS 10.4 on G5 iMac

2010-09-09 Thread Ted Treen
Are they all the same model/processor speed? I think some machine specific disks are that specific. No, they are not tied to a machine's serial number. Len When I bought them they were all IMACG5 20/2.0GHZ/512/250 (Straight off the receipt from

Re: External Fax Modem for G5

2010-09-23 Thread Ted Treen
From: Arnel Tuazon a.tua...@gmail.com To: G-List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, 23 September, 2010 5:31:38 Subject: RE: External Fax Modem for G5 Hey folks, I have a late 2005 2.3GHz dual core G5. I wanted to get a fax modem for it and was told that my only option was for an

Re: Power Macintosh G3/266 tabletop

2010-09-26 Thread Ted Treen
Paul Cefola wrote: I have some questions regarding a Power Mac G3/266 machine. Is this the correct group to ask the questions to? Paul Certainly is: Fire away. Ted -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with

Re: Question about Power Mac G3/266 tabletop

2010-09-26 Thread Ted Treen
Original Message Subject:Re: Question about Power Mac G3/266 tabletop Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:43:36 +0100 From: Ted Treen ted.tr...@btinternet.com Reply-To: ted.tr...@btinternet.com To: Paul Cefola paulc...@buffalo.edu Paul Cefola wrote: Gents, I

Re: MDD G4 Power Supply variations

2010-10-07 Thread Ted Treen
James Morgan wrote: I bought one MDD G4, found I needed a second one, bought the second one a couple or three months later. Thereafter I used them both, side by side, rather heavily. So both received virtually the same use and they are almost the same age. I put in new battery

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