Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey All… I've been experimenting with linux and thought I'd try installing it on a Sawtooth I had sitting around collecting dust. The machine was running just fine before I tried installing Ubuntu. I got almost through the installation and the installer decided that my DVD was faulty. Several

Re: Linux Aftermath

2012-06-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Ah! Thank you sir! I'll give that a try right now. Amanda On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: I've tried just about everything I can think of. Have I fatally munged the Sawtooth somehow? Has anyone else run into this issue

Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Amanda Ward
On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote: On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's? Everything I read says I have to have an Intel

Re: Leopard on an 800MHz eMac (ATI)? (... and stuff)

2011-03-26 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Joe... On Mar 26, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Joe Duran wrote: On Mar 26, 2011, at 8:38 AM, iJohn wrote:l I was wondering if anything other than performance might go wrong if I moved her eMac to Leopard? Technically it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of 867MHz, but it's not very far off.

Re: GIFs Preview

2011-01-24 Thread Amanda Ward
IIRC you need to open the .gif with a browser or a program specifically written to view animated gif files. Amanda On Jan 23, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: I downloaded some GIFs that contain motion but Preview never shows that. Is there some setting I am missing or do I need

Re: Ungrateful Apple abandons older Mac service

2010-12-12 Thread Amanda Ward
On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:20 PM -0600 12/11/2010, James Therrault wrote: Even if you got zapped, it would only be a momentary discomfort. Lotsa voltage but notta lot of current... ROFLMAO. Arg, 'tis a nice tingle. (Down Periscope - the radio guy providing power to

Re: G4 DP 450 Gig-E issues

2010-12-05 Thread Amanda Ward
On Dec 4, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Dan wrote: At 10:01 PM -0500 12/4/2010, rtows...@aol.com wrote: 1. Pulled video card, ram HD, replaced pram battery. Still no beeps/chimes/fans or HD spin. 2. Power Supply shows no 28v so guess it's the supply. Sounds like it. Going looking for one now :-(

Re: install osx 10.5

2010-11-30 Thread Amanda Ward
I'm running Leopard on a Sawtooth with a 1.6 GHz G4 from OWC, with 1 GB ram, runs great! (Not a great as it did on my Intel iMac, but really good) Have Leo on my 733MHz DA, with 1 GB ram. Runs okay... a bit slow, but okay. Mostly use the DA for network storage and burning videos. @ On Nov 30,

Re: G4 Sawtooth problem

2010-11-20 Thread Amanda Ward
On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Powermac wrote: I snagged a G4-400 Sawtooth in the hopes of upgrading it to a dual G4-500. Unfortunatly I didn't know you need a Uni-n rev 7 or higher for the setup to work (the machine boots into OS 9.2.2 fine and System profiler shows 2 x 500 CPUs with cache,

Re: Getting there

2010-11-18 Thread Amanda Ward
Paul... On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died. -- Richard Diran And I thought I had an anti-green thumb! ;-) Amanda -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: Getting there

2010-11-17 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Paul... On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Paul Stamsen wrote: Over the weekend I managed to gunge up my BW to the point where a re-install was necessary. I've gotten as far as 10.2.3 and can get no further, despite good copies of 10.3.3. I cannot seem to find the right version of

Re: Getting there

2010-11-17 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Larry... On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I installed OSX 10.4 on my old Smurf and XPostFacto was required. 10.2 (Jaguar) was the last OS version that was fully supported on the Smurf. Larry I have two BW machines that would respectfully disagree. Installed

Re: Getting there

2010-11-17 Thread Amanda Ward
On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Mike Linnett wrote: On 17 Nov 2010, at 20:37, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Larry... On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I installed OSX 10.4 on my old Smurf and XPostFacto was required. 10.2 (Jaguar) was the last

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-08 Thread Amanda Ward
Ah... a Grape iMac. I have one of those in Rev. D... 333 Mhz. His name is George. Nice vintage-ish machine. Use it for work... word processing and spreadsheets, nothing heavy. He just looks so much better than those blockish winderz boxen everyone else has! Amanda On Nov 8, 2010, at 3:14 PM,

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-08 Thread Amanda Ward
of strawberry as well. Will report on that later in the week. Amanda Ward wrote: Ah... a Grape iMac. I have one of those in Rev. D... 333 Mhz. His name is George. Nice vintage-ish machine. Use it for work... word processing and spreadsheets, nothing heavy. He just looks so much better

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-07 Thread Amanda Ward
This might get you started... http://lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml HTH, Amanda On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: Uh...I am 53 years old and still have most of all ten fingers (some shorter than others, your finger mileage may vary) and I have not intention of doing

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-07 Thread Amanda Ward
have checked About this computer but that does not give the processor or processor speed. How do I find this out? Been a LONNG time since I did anything below 10.2 Amanda Ward wrote: This might get you started... http://lowendmac.com/imacs/index.shtml HTH, Amanda -- You received

Re: Awesome mod...

2010-11-02 Thread Amanda Ward
On Nov 2, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: Well, mine's graphite, not tangerine, but at a local hacker space it was compared to a toilet seat. Josh Now =there= would be a mod! 'Specially if you could incorporate a small thermal printer into the machine. ;-) Amanda -- You received

Re: back up generator question

2010-10-30 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Cliff... On Oct 29, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: We live in a rural area where power outages occur commonly. I just purchased a 800 Rated Watts/900 Max Watts Portable Chicago Electric Generators

Re: Most reliable G4 tower model , least reliable

2010-10-30 Thread Amanda Ward
On Oct 28, 2010, at 6:28 AM, Powermac wrote: Now that time has gone by we should have an idea what the most and least reliable G4 towers are. Seems to me that ADC equipped towers have issues with power supplies, other then that I don't know. What do you guys think? While not in the same

Re: Apple inside?

2010-10-25 Thread Amanda Ward
On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/10/25 14:48, Andrew Liu Anderson so eloquently wrote: Sorry in advance if this is a bring-down for some folks. It's just time that our world, Apple fans included,

Re: Plain text format

2010-07-19 Thread Amanda Ward
Wasn't this supposed to go away? Amanda Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: James Therrault jetas...@netzero.com Sender: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:09 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Reply-To:

Re: Change machine specific installer requirements

2010-07-17 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jul 17, 2010, at 10:33 AM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 17, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Dan wrote: At 5:33 AM -0700 7/16/2010, John Carmonne wrote: Recently someone posted the method of fixing machine specific install disk to work on any machine. What I'm referring to is a disk that comes

Disc Burning

2010-07-17 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi All... Any recommendations for an external disc burner for an iMac G5 (maybe Intel iMac) to do DVD/DL and lightscribe? Thanks, Amanda -- 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

Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!!

2010-07-15 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jul 15, 2010, at 5:11 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 15, 2010, at 4:44 PM, James Therrault wrote: On Jul 15, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: G4 Power Mac M5183 up grades!!! Date:Donnerstag 15 Juli 2010N From:

Re: iMac weapon!

2010-07-09 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Jeff... On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I just got a first gen iMac G5... put a disk in the hummer, when to eject it and the iMac spit the thing half way across the room!! (small room) is it the felts that have worn out? or what is the problem? doesn't make me want to

Re: IBM HDD clicking

2010-07-07 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi John On Jul 7, 2010, at 7:08 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have an IBM Deskstar 3.5 Apple logo HDD 82 Gig that decided not to boot or even show on a desk top I can hear it spinning but it constantly clicks. Is this a canidate for the trash heap? John Carmonne Yorba Linda

Re: IBM HDD clicking

2010-07-07 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:27 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi John On Jul 7, 2010, at 7:08 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have an IBM Deskstar 3.5 Apple logo HDD 82 Gig that decided not to boot or even show on a desk top I can hear

Re: Leopard is sloooooow to boot...

2010-07-06 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Michael... On Jul 6, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: Hi: I found a deal on a copy of Leopard, and updated my G4 DA. It's been extensively upgraded: - 1.5 GHz OWC processor - 1.5 GB of RAM - DVD-RAM - Acard AEC6290M SATA card with a 160 GB HD - Reflashed Geforce

Networking G4 and other Systems

2010-06-26 Thread Amanda Ward
Does anyone have a link to information on networking X with other operating systems? I'm okay with winderz, but am having trouble finding info on Solaris and Irix. This isn't mission critical... just trying to learn. Thanks for any advice! Amanda G4 Sawtooth X 10.5 G4 DA X 10.5 G4 GigE X10.4

Re: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-19 Thread Amanda Ward
And, I believe, that's only for the higher speed CPU's. (Possibly the HS G3's) I have 2 BW machines upgraded with G4/450's (ZIF socket) and they were decent machines. Amanda Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: PM7500 jburke...@comcast.net Date:

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Amanda Ward
In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no operating systems were indicated, tho' it said Connect your PC with IR or something much to that effect. Dunno... forgot the brand name as I was involved in a minor fender bender in the parking lot. I can go back and look

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Amanda Ward
Apple Remote Control Solutions and more - Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software http://twistedmelon.com/mira/ http://twistedmelon.com/mira/ On May 18, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no operating systems were

Re: what can i do with my old G5?

2010-05-11 Thread Amanda Ward
On 5/10/10 10:08 PM, GT g.gtun...@gmail.com wrote: hey all! this is my first post as i am new here. basically this is what's up, i have a G5 that i use ocasionally (mostly just my nephew uses to watch youtube). my main computer is a macbook, but i would like get some kind of use out of the

Re: Right-hand mouse click is missing

2010-03-14 Thread Amanda Ward
Control - Click should do what you want! @ On 3/14/10 10:11 AM, Jonas Lopez jonaslo...@yahoo.com wrote: Right-hand mouse click is missing Many newer programs have features that are available by way of the right click, but as I understand it, all the original Mac mice have the left click

Re: Right-hand mouse click is missing

2010-03-14 Thread Amanda Ward
On 3/14/10 12:53 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Control-click has always called up the contextual menu (aka the 'right- click' menu) on Macs. There's a preference pane called FinderPop that will let you 'right-click' by holding down the mouse button for a preselected

Re: 2 macs-1 monitor?

2010-02-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Not real sure. I don¹t recall seeing an LCD that works that way... I have 5 different ones. You didn¹t mention what models the Macs were and what OS you¹re using. I¹m using screen sharing on my Intel iMac to control a G5 iMac, 3 ­ G4 towers and a G4 laptop. Amanda On 2/11/10 1:47 PM, Jeffrey

Re: Problem inst of 10.5 on G4 tower

2010-02-09 Thread Amanda Ward
Yes... 10.5 will not install on a G4 with less than an 867 MHz CPU. That said, you can fool the installer by going into Open Firmware and specifying 867 MHz as the processor speed. That will let the installer do its thing and then revert to the actual speed on reboot. It will run at lower speeds,

Re: Upgrade my Ge

2009-12-20 Thread Amanda Ward
Robert, The BW is a nice machine... I have two of them. Lessee... You can max out the ram to 1 GB (4 x 256 MB) There are some processor options. You can go to an Apple 450 MHz G3. You can install a 450 MHz G4 CPU from the first gen. G4 machines... the Yikes/PCI graphics. (Note: Going to a G4

Re: Upgrade G 3

2009-12-19 Thread Amanda Ward
Cool!! Which Mac do you have? Imac, PowerMac, PowerBook... Knowing that will help with answering your questions! Amanda On 12/19/09 2:37 PM, Robert Long texasche...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I just got back my first mac, and it is in fine shape. O S is 8.5.1 Can I up grade to 10.4 Tiger?

Re: Leave Runnin? Or Not?

2009-10-14 Thread Amanda Ward
On 10/14/09 12:18 PM, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: I used to turn my Mac off whenever I was not using it. My intention was to save electricity. However, a few months ago, I had some startup issues with my old Smurf and I began leaving the computer on because re-starts

Re: PowerPC speeds and the switch to Intel...

2009-10-11 Thread Amanda Ward
On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Dan wrote: At 12:52 AM -0400 10/10/2009, Dan wrote: At 11:19 PM -0400 10/9/2009, Richard Gerome wrote: Isn't it true that the G5 was way too hot for the laptop??? The PowerPC 970 (what Apple called the G5) was physically too big, too hot, and sucked too much

Re: [G3-5]Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-09-14 Thread Amanda Ward
On Sep 14, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:28 PM, MaGioZal wrote: The problem of the spinning beach ball doesn't occur with 10.4 itself, but with the applications that run over it. which are waiting for disk i/o, paging memory, or network data. The SPOD

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-01 Thread Amanda Ward
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 tradition of community.

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-30 Thread Amanda Ward
On Aug 25, 2009, at 7:42 PM, Dan wrote: At 5:47 PM -0700 8/25/2009, Mullin9 wrote: On Aug 25, 2:34 pm, steveoa steve.oak...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3 slot loader- 400Hz, 512 ram, The problem is the lack of RAM, 512 MB is just barely minimum, I'll go for

Re: Hp printer quit printing

2009-07-27 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Jane, I'm running 4 HP printers in a mixed network. HP LaserJet 4000, HP DeskJet 6988, HP OfficeJet 4315 and an OfficeJet J4580... The LaserJet and the 6988 are working from network print servers and the two OfficeJets are connected USB. Only problems are that sometimes the network

Re: Any hope for my G5 tower?

2009-07-22 Thread amanda . ward
Peter Kim wrote: I left for the weekend, and returned to find out that the power transformer across the street had exploded while I was away. My DP G5 2Ghz(early 2005), was in sleep mode at the time. When I pressed the power button, the tower booted and worked fine- until the next day,

Re: One odd fastener for G4 Power supply

2009-06-21 Thread Amanda Ward
FYI... On Jun 21, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: Or years ago there were what were called 'Reed point' screws... As I recall, those also looked like a phillips, but the slots were shaped enough differently that a phillips would not fit. I don't recall exactly what the

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-18 Thread Amanda Ward
Bruce... On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Will dead/lack of a PRAM battery keep a Gigabit Ethernet G4 system from turning on? I took the G4 offline in January, and set it down for 6 months. This morning I went to clean it up and get it going, and plugged it all in

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-15 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jun 15, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 6/15/09 2:52 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com Broadcast into the ether: The moderator is a LEM list nanny and should know better than to start an off-topic discussion on this list instead of the LEM List, except that his desire to

Help (Way OT)

2009-06-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi All... There are a lot of serious tech folk out there. Can someone with Sun system experience contact me off-list? Many thanks and an apology! Amanda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

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

2009-06-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Matt... On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:06 PM, matt.strim...@gmail.com wrote: And if not maybe tell me what kind of up grades I need? I mean I just Sorry... I can't imagine any way that could work. Best bet to get the Big Cat working would be a processor upgrade. The minimum requirement is 867

Re: [G3-5]A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Amanda Ward
I'll follow whatever type of posting the message seems to generate... top, bottom, interspersed... fine with me. Just, please folks, trim some of the older stuff out of the message when the thread goes on for days. Just my $.02... California sales tax not included! Amanda The light at

Re: OS 10.5

2009-05-23 Thread Amanda Ward
On May 23, 2009, at 12:55 PM, lbte...@aol.com wrote: Is upgrading a 867 MDD to 10.5 advisable or let it alone? Bailey I'm running 10.5.? (Can't remember which iteration) on a DA 733 and it is quite usable. It is not way fast, but usable. I would keep 10.4.x unless Leopard has features you

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-13 Thread Amanda Ward
On May 13, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: I'm having trouble even connecting via Software Update. It sat spinning its Aqua Bar for an hour ... Could have changing my mobo affected my SLA connectivity? I didn't think Apple was so saavy/picky. I see the upgrades on the Apple site

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-13 Thread Amanda Ward
On May 13, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 13, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: One odd change noted... the icon for the Energy Saver Preference Pane changed from an incandescent bulb to a compact fluorescent bulb on my iMac, but not on the Powerbook!? Is the iMac

Re: OS X on iMac ?

2009-05-04 Thread Amanda Ward
On May 4, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 4, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: I have access (for a good price) to a lightly used iMac M5521 EMC 1857 40 GB HD 600 Mhz 512 RAM RN1144XIKOBFS06 that might work as a data logger for our Oregon Scientific Weather

Re: Worms in clear plastic keyboard

2009-03-26 Thread Amanda Ward
I agree... dump the thing. Worms in your keyboard? Major Ick! Amanda On Mar 26, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Peter wrote: Honestly, I would just dump that thing in the nearest trash can. Peter M. Sent from my mobile device -Original Message- From: Bill Connelly

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Peter... On Mar 14, 2009, at 2:42 PM, PeterH wrote: With over-application of Arctic Silver, for example, to a G4, there are power decoupling lines on the surface of the chip which can be shorted-out by such oozing. The washer which Apple generally applies to its processors can limit

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey John... On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, John Callahan wrote: At last, a voice of reason and acuity in this exercise in tedium. Also I take issue with this statement the exhaust manifold comes off the sides of the engine, not down the middle... Never saw an engine (V8) with the exhaust down

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-15 Thread Amanda Ward
PETE!!! On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:08 AM, pdimage wrote: On 15/3/09 09:21, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net wrote: I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck to the processor. Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart somehow... the CPU

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Back on topic... I promise!!! On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:08 AM, pdimage wrote: On 15/3/09 09:21, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net wrote: I have a CPU (Intel type) with a large heat sink that is firmly stuck to the processor. Any thought on getting the two separated. They should come apart

Re: Monitor choices in Prefs=Displays

2009-03-09 Thread amanda . ward
Bill, *Snip* It ain't *that* broke, so I don't want to do anything drastic and really break it. But I'm fine with doing a restart. Thanks for any pointers. -- Bill Christensen Try Detect Displays in the displays preferences pane. My iMac wouldn't recognise my 2nd LCD till I did that. Might

Re: Clamshell issues??

2009-02-28 Thread Amanda Ward
On Feb 28, 2009, at 5:37 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Is it possible to make verbose mode the default? This link might be what you're looking for... http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/h/348 Amanda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Quite External Drive

2009-02-04 Thread Amanda Ward
On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: We just got a Seagate FreeAgent Pro drive in to serve as a utility backup drive, so we don't have to attache potentially infected windows systems to the network, and it is silent. Like Is this thing really on?? silent. It's quite heavy, and

Re: Hi! New mac user + question =)

2009-01-26 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Claudia... On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Claudia Regina wrote: Thanks guys!!! @Wallace, this link you sent was really helpful!!! =) My slot is AGP. @M. Hammad, I already have this one: ATi Rage 128 AGP 16MB Video Card (VGA ADC out) $29 And I need something really really powerful

Re: question about a possible trade

2009-01-23 Thread Amanda Ward
Just guessing here... If your wife says you can't make the trade and you do it anyway, the differences in machine specifications are going to the least of your worries. :-| @ On Jan 23, 2009, at 4:25 AM, roger deghetto wrote: i found a guy that might be willing to trade his mdd dual

Re: Headless G4 tower/server

2009-01-19 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jan 18, 2009, at 4:18 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: If i turn on sharing in leopard (on any leopard compatible G4 tower), that's all I need to access a headless G4 tower? I don't think I need a keyboard/mouse plugged into it accept to boot it right?... then access from my laptop in the living

Re: Headless G4 tower/server

2009-01-19 Thread Amanda Ward
Jeff... On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Are you running tiger on the sawtooth and DA? and if not, how did you get leopard to install? what's your experience so far with it. Thank you. Jeff Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 I'm running Leopard on both. The Sawtooth has a

Re: Headless G4 tower/server

2009-01-19 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: wow, thank you for the info!, just curious.. what did you have to pay foe the 1.6 cpu upgrade and was it simple to install? any problems encountered? Jeff It's been a while, but I =think= it was $239 at OWC. It was a PowerLogix brand. Of

Re: Flash Drive Question

2009-01-15 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Steve... On Jan 15, 2009, at 1:03 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, a few things to sum up from all your replies. 1) I can drag files from the web page or the desktop to the Flash Drive (the 'Brute Force' method). 2) If I can do #1 the drives are not Write Protected 3) The one Flash

Re: Flash Drive Question

2009-01-14 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Steve... On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Mac OS X (10.2.9) Recently I tried to save a photo from a website to a Flash Drive and it won't let me I can see the Flash Drives on my Desktop but when I click Save Image As it only show this for options for where to put

Re: RAM prices going up??

2009-01-11 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: RAM manufacturers frequently move forward. By that I mean that if you order DDR2-3 it will be less expensive then PC-133 in most cases. There is like a RAM curve. Where cutting edge machines RAM cost a little bit more then machines

Un-Mounting Drive

2009-01-04 Thread Amanda Ward
plug the thing into a peecee, but I really don't want go that route. Suggestions? Thanks, Amanda Ward --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: My computer

2009-01-01 Thread Amanda Ward
On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:05 , Kris Tilford wrote: PowerMac3,3 is a Gigabit Ethernet model that's been fiddled with. It's either a Mystic (code name) that originally came as a single 400MHz that has been overclocked or upgraded with a single 450MHz CPU; or it's a Medusa2 or SnakeBite that came

Re: Merry Christmas

2008-12-25 Thread Amanda Ward
On Dec 24, 2008, at 6:56 , Kyle Hansen wrote: On 12/24/08 6:36 PM, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net Broadcast into the ether: Hi All, I've gotten a lot of good advice from the crowd on this list and just want to say thanks and wish everyone Happy Holidays. Oh, and for you pet

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi All, I've gotten a lot of good advice from the crowd on this list and just want to say thanks and wish everyone Happy Holidays. Oh, and for you pet owners... Fleas Navidad! Running away quickly Amanda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-23 Thread Amanda Ward
On Dec 23, 2008, at 12:50 , Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 23, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Sam Macomber wrote: Cool! I use a HP LaserJet 2100tn at home. got it for free, it was broken found a piece of case plastic in the toner cart roller. pulled it out and it worked great for a

Project

2008-12-11 Thread amanda . ward
Hi All, I'm looking for a project management app. for OS X. Nothing fancy... I have m$ project on a winderz 'book, but I find starting that thing up to be just too tedious. Any suggestions? Thanks, Amanda Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerry

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Amanda Ward
Lol On 12/8/08 4:17 , Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What we have to sell is a bracket to hold the lighter in front of the stream from the can. That, at least is how my crazy ex-room-mate used to kill cockroachesLysol makes a nice flamethrower. 8-) An old college days

Re: Plastics Care Followup

2008-11-27 Thread Amanda Ward
Heya Everyone... Many thanks for the replies!!! I tried several things and ultimately it was Goo-Gone and alcohol swabs that did the trick. THANK YOU! (Yes ³shouting² because y¹all are great!) At the risk of going deeper off topic with this... The monitor isn¹t the only thing I got. If anyone

Re: New to Macs with a FrankenSawtooth

2008-11-11 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Dennis... On 11/11/08 15:59, Dennis Myhand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I put together a Sawtooth from spare parts I got from the swap list and now have it running Jaguar with 512 megs of RAM. What I would like to know is, where do I get parts for this thing on the Internet? What if I

Out of the Blue

2008-11-10 Thread Amanda Ward
10.4.10 one with OS 9.2.2 Any suggestions? Thanks, Amanda Ward --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: Out of the Blue

2008-11-10 Thread Amanda Ward
On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:08 AM, insightinmind wrote: Thinking out loud ... Is 3GB rather small free space for Leopard? I'd try Safe Boot mode into Leopard (booting use Shift key down?), and, if successful, removing what you installed, and see what happens. Just thinking out loud ... someone

Re: Out of the Blue

2008-11-10 Thread Amanda Ward
Dan... On 11/10/08 09:38, Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gah. What's the deal with Unsanity's haxie? It seems to break a lot of things way too often! See this article for recovery steps: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1545 In general, you need to get in there somehow and wipe out

Re: Out of the Blue

2008-11-10 Thread Amanda Ward
Yeah... On 11/10/08 12:34, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 10, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Dan wrote: That's what happened. What I did was install Dock Detox for Entourage from Unsanity. gah. What's the deal with Unsanity's haxie? It seems to break a lot of things way too

Re: OS 10.3

2008-11-03 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Anne, On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:23 , Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Wondering the best way to get a copy of this - Apple sez they don't offer it anymore. Used or new? Ebay? Amazon? Is this legal? I'd go after 10.4 but I'd need a new processor. Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design G4

USB Drive Question

2008-10-27 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi All... I've been using some USB drives (Flash and Real Hard Discs) and something caught my attention. In disc utility a USB drive has 2 entries... the first shows the drive with the manufacturer's name ie... Hitachi and it has a MS-DOS FAT Volume Format, the second entry seems to be

Re: Which OS X install discs will work with a G4?

2008-10-26 Thread Amanda Ward
Paul... On Oct 26, 2008, at 1:42 , Paul wrote: On eBay, there are a lot of people selling OS X installers for specific hardware, and I'm wondering if any would work on my G4 gigabyte system with a single processor. I'm looking for a way to get a copy of 10.4 inexpensively. These discs

Re: When did this happen?

2008-10-19 Thread Amanda Ward
On Oct 18, 2008, at 10:01 , Doug Burton wrote: Turns out I did have one installed on the DA running 10.4.11, my network laser printer. I just printed a message from Mail and the icon popped into the dock with a piece of paper in front of it. When the item had been printed the entire icon

Re: Drives. Internal Or External?

2008-10-10 Thread Amanda Ward
On Oct 10, 2008, at 3:16 , Simon Royal wrote: Hi I have always had all-in-one Macs as my main machine so any drives added have always been external. Well now I have a PowerMac G4 'Sawtooth' making it easier to add hard drives and optical drives. I have a few queries. Firstly, I

Re: Sawtooth Processor Upgrade

2008-10-09 Thread Amanda Ward
Simon, On Oct 8, 2008, at 5:07 , Simon Royal wrote: Glen I have done some digging and the Sawtooth is quite hard to upgrade processor wise. I think maxxing it to its 2GB RAM limit is a better way to get better performance. I have already installed a 7200RPM hard drive replacing

Re: PC RAM?

2008-10-09 Thread Amanda Ward
Hey Simon... On Oct 8, 2008, at 7:18 , Simon Royal wrote: Hi. I've always bought Mac RAM. However, slap the word Mac on RAM and it's price hits the roof. Heh... just like parts for my, long gone, Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. An alternator for my little black 'Bird went from $125 to

Re: Replacing 8500/9500 with which G4?

2008-09-28 Thread Amanda Ward
On Sep 28, 2008, at 3:41 , insightinmind wrote: I need to let go of my 8500 and 9500 ... and replace them with an early model PowerMac G4 ... With all my PCI cards (2 ATI Radeon 7000MEs, Sonnet ATA/100 and Trio, USB/FW, ATTO ExpressPro SCSI, still working, and a good GeForce 4MX AGP card

Re: busted PowerMac G5 2.7 dual: Update

2008-09-17 Thread Amanda Ward
On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:52 , Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 17, 2008, at 5:06 AM, benjee wrote: Incidentally, I have just bought brand new Mac Pro 3.2 GHz for my business. It is fast but not that faster than the G5. Mere speculation Check what software you're using...if it's not Universal,

Re: router recommendations?

2008-09-13 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Jason... On Sep 11, 2008, at 8:41 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Netgear WGT624 wireless router attached to my dual G5 seems to have become unreliable. Apparently, it's having problems talking to ImOn's 5 DNS servers, because it find some websites successfully, but often produces an

Re: Free Windows Emulator in Alpha

2008-09-09 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi Al... On Sep 9, 2008, at 7:07 , Al Poulin wrote: Hello folks: Does anybody have experience with Q emulator, now at 0.9.0a89? OK for casual use? The web site has few user reviews, most back in 2006 with previous versions. Thanks, Al Poulin I've played with this on my 1.6 GHZ

Re: burning a DVD-R-W

2008-09-07 Thread Amanda Ward
Jane... On Sep 6, 2008, at 7:49 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you burn a DVD -R-W: 1. Can you delete stuff you have burned on it? Or is it there forever? If you are talking about an RW disc, yeah you can erase it and start over. AFAIK, this is an all or nothing deal. You can't remove