Re: Import PPC 'Address Book’ into 'Contacts' on MBP?

2017-04-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 4/22/17 11:25 AM, Ruth Banks Conahan wrote: Is there a way to import a PPC 'Address Book’ file into 'Contacts' on Intel Macbook Pro? The data files are in a back-up of the PowerMac G4 hard drive on a G-Drive mini external drive. I haven’t been able to import the data from the external drive

Re: Fix or Replace 1GHz G4

2017-04-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 4/20/17 7:27 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: The G4 was great, but in my case, the power supplies died, and 4 G4s went to Mac heaven. Did you try the pc atx power supply hack? -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs

Re: New (to me, of course) iBook G4. A few questions.

2017-01-31 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/31/17 9:35 AM, Michael Moreau wrote: Hey there guys and gals. I just picked up (for $8, the price of a power adapter), an old iBook G4 in fairly decent condition. The battery still holds a 3 hour charge and it boots and works well. It's an 800mhz with 256mb of RAM, a standard CD-ROM

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

2016-07-27 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/23/16 4:43 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 7/22/16 5:24 PM, JackMacWindows wrote: Hello, I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a floppy drive to read Jack I have some usb zip drives if you need one. Do you have a SCSI card in that DA? Use of a SCSI zip

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

2016-07-23 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/22/16 5:24 PM, JackMacWindows wrote: Hello, I have an old Power Mac G4 Digital Audio, and I would like to add on a floppy drive to read Jack I have some usb zip drives if you need one. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: Add normal floppy drive to Power Mac G4?

2016-07-23 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/23/16 2:43 PM, Thomas Fritsch wrote: there is one option. if you have a PC w/ one. to read/write Mac Floppies, you can grab TransMac for it but if teh floppies you have laying arund are allready in MS-Dos/FAT16 Format, then the point's Moot. On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 1:04 PM,

alg5 accidentently deleted a folder and emptied trash

2016-03-06 Thread Charles Lenington
Bruce oh wise and wonderful My daughter accidententally deleted a 100+/- gig folder and emptied trash. Is there a way to get it back? I can't remember how or if possible. G5 10.5.8 -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5

Re: google spam

2015-09-18 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/17/15 4:51 PM, 'Glen' via G-Group wrote: A couple of year ago I received call from a guy "from Google" who wanted to update my business site (now retired) . He had a good presentation and I let him run is pitch. He even used FLASH to to take control of my browser showing me how he could

google spam

2015-09-17 Thread Charles Lenington
Has anyone received phone calls from google wanting to set up a business account/web site? -- -- 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

Re: 16:9 displays possible on MacOS 8.6

2015-07-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/10/15 9:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jul 8, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Neil Hughes neil.hugh...@tesco.net wrote: Having just introduced my BW G3 PowerMac to its first non-CRT display, I've hit a problem. It's an AOC 2050 20 monitor with a native resolution of 1600x900. In OSX 10.4 (via a drive

SYBA SD-SATA-4P

2014-08-16 Thread Charles Lenington
I bought (local pc store) this 4 port sata raid card because the box said OS 10.5 and up. After fighting it for a week I emailed SYBA. their reply Dear Customer, The box for this card was designed for a series of controller cards. Some of which did support Mas OS 10.5+. Unfortunately this

Re: iMac G5/2ghz 20 random sleep

2014-06-14 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/13/14, 4:51 PM, les simo wrote: Hi All, My iMac G5 OS X 10.4.11 has been running flawlessly for 11/2 yrs. Suddenly it randomly completely shuts down. I can start with power switch, but it soon shuts down again. I opened the case, cleaned thoroughly and inspected caps. All pristine. Power

Re: an iPhone 3 question: sorry about that

2013-12-07 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/7/13 8:33 AM, Murray Woods wrote: I would appreciate someone redirecting me to the correct forum. My iPhone 3 (?) has all of a sudden stopped receiving mail on my home wireless connection, although it still sends it and Safari works. Mea culpa, about the forum. Murray Woods this is a

Re: G4 Tibook 256 colors

2013-11-27 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/25/13 6:25 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Dan wrote: At 1:21 PM -0800 11/25/2013, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 25, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Dan wrote: At 9:00 AM -0800 11/25/2013, John AOL wrote: I have a G4 Titanium PowerBook that I need to display 256 colors when

Re: G5 Troubles

2013-07-29 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/29/13 7:20 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 29 Jul 2013, at 15:14:29 PDT, NODEraser wrote: Have you tried another hard drive? I had a Mini that would spin its fans up to max on powerup, but with a blank screen. It came back to life as soon as

Re: New Forums

2013-03-15 Thread Charles Lenington
On 3/13/13 20:42 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 14/03/13 02.06, t...@nehaia.dk ha scritto: I can't say I like this change, but I can definetly understand that a cms cms = -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Re: Sleep issue

2013-02-17 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/13/13 6:04 PM, diane wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:10 AM, No No grizzledgia...@gmail.com mailto:grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Diane: One, I assume you have set the energy control panel to never sleep, closed Preferences, open Preferences, reset sleep setting.

Re: G5: 3 blinks and no boot

2013-01-16 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/16/13 12:35 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: On 1/16/13 12:20 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 16/01/13 05:50, Cameron Kaiser ha scritto: snip- I was looking for an advice to improve the U3 temp, *without* disassembling the whole shebang. :-) Try tep fan either in bottom

Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

2013-01-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/10/13 08:09 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Dear Listers, I would like our Group to start including Intel Macs. I think that many of us are using old G3s, 4s and 5s as well as Intel models. Your thoughts? Larry Why, there is an intel group? http://lowendmac.com/lists/macintel.html

Re: G5 Quad Core Shaken Up in Transport

2013-01-03 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/3/13 02:34 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: Update: The PC Tech person reconnected all the wires, reseated the 11GB RAM, and hard drive connections, and such, and the machine started up for them. They were satisfied and sent it home with me. Then the same symptoms occurred for me: Shut down with

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/7/12 15:34 PM, frrob wrote: Hello! I have a MDD G4, 1.25 GHz DP, 10.5.8. Last night I installed a Radeon 9800 Pro 128M AGP (DVI) card, replacing the stock Radeon 9000 68M (ADC). My main motivation for doing this was to have a 128M card, so as to run snip=== Did you get a driver

Re: MDD G4 odd start/restart behavior - new video card

2012-12-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/10/12 22:14 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 11/12/12 03:41, frrob ha scritto: Valter: I would call an AGP card that draws 75 watts a power hog all right. It was the most powerful card of its times... power always has a price. ;-) If you can find an old AT power supply, they have

Re: PowerMac G4 Quicksilver

2012-11-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/1/12 22:33 PM, Buzzby wrote: I have a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver that I had sitting for about a year or two. I went to see if it still works but it turns on but that is all. Do you have any suggestions on what I should check for as to why it won't work? As far as I remember it did work

Re: G5 Repair - Next step?

2012-09-18 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/16/12 6:46 PM, DLC wrote: Greetings all, snip=== So, I'm inquiring from those in the know what the next step is. Alas, all keystroke related remedies (resetting PRAM, NVRAM, single user and verbose mode, C key for optical, etc.) are not an option - the boot-up mode does not get far

Re: Power output problem?

2012-09-16 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/15/12 10:39 AM, Frank Dutra wrote: I've had a lot more connected to a G4 than a couple of drives and a 9800. My guess is that your power supply is getting marginal. After 12 years likely the capacitors in the power supply have started going. You could recap the power supply or do an atx

Re: external wireless device for mac mini

2012-09-07 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/7/12 13:47 PM, cheryl wrote: my mac mini has no wireless device installed. I need an external device. Can anyone recommend one? Cheryl Harris Tehachapi, CA Have you tried the LEMswap list? http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html post a Want To Buy (WTB) for the internal part or an

Re: iTunes redirects

2012-08-20 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/20/12 09:34 AM, spilrules wrote: Hi to all and thanks for keeping this going snip= Also perhaps Dan can let me know what a smurf is as I suspect it is not tech talk as I am familiar with most mac models. Just not sure of all the nicknames as I assume this is. I'll answer for Dan

Re: Update (solution) to HD boot problem

2012-08-01 Thread Charles Lenington
/ a tsstcorp DVDR DL and my MDD's and C2D mini. The Pioneer 219l bought in March died and 3 ups trips later they found another 219. TSST drives would work fine in shop but not after arrival at my house. Side note: Thank you OWC for bearing with me, to resolve issue. I'll order again soon. Charles

Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS::::: Re: Updates for Mac OS X?

2012-07-19 Thread Charles Lenington
I'm confused! Why did you reply to a completely different topic, changing subject On 7/19/12 1:13 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: -- Original message -- Subject: Re: Mac OS X Server 1.2 - WAS: Re: Updates for Mac OS X? Date:Friday, 13. July 2012 From:

Re: G4 QS (2002) power problem?

2012-07-10 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/10/12 8:21 AM, mythmaker18 wrote: My Quicksilver G4 has suddenly developed what I can only describe as a power problem. I have it configured with three hard drives and an optical drive.. Two hard drives (including boot drive) are connected to the standard hard-drive controller on the

Re: No video G5

2012-06-27 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/27/12 9:53 AM, Alex Sciortino wrote: I have reseated the ram and will be reseating the processors tomorrow. Did you test w/ the old ram? -- The Website your boss doesn't want you to know about!http://www.sfi4.com/8770421/FREE -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Anyone Else Buy Powerlogix 1.0Ghz G3 From Alan Cottrill?

2012-06-06 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/5/12 10:48 AM, t...@io.com wrote: He placed a FS ad in the LEM Swap list on Apr. 25th, and has claimed that he shipped it three different times, with various excuses afterwards, except the latest--haven't heard from him in over a week, after the latest claim of shipping. Needless to say, I

Re: HD remounts

2012-04-26 Thread Charles Lenington
On 4/26/12 12:50 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:33 PM, JohnV wrote: When an external HD drops off the screen (presumably after going to sleep) how does one get it to re-mount? You've got a USB issue here. First your iPod Touch isn't recognized, now you're saying your HDs are

Re: mozzilla demanding user to upgrade to tbird 11.1

2012-04-06 Thread Charles Lenington
On 4/5/12 7:02 AM, Brian Harding wrote: Scare tactics, direct links w/ no checking of system spec, caused lose of several years of mail (2006-2012). At least I use 3 computers to read mail, so it's an inconvienence. If you are running a MDD on 10.4.11, don't upgrade to t-bird 11.1. As long as

mozzilla demanding user to upgrade to tbird 11.1

2012-04-04 Thread Charles Lenington
Scare tactics, direct links w/ no checking of system spec, caused lose of several years of mail (2006-2012). At least I use 3 computers to read mail, so it's an inconvienence. If you are running a MDD on 10.4.11, don't upgrade to t-bird 11.1. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: Studio Display Monitor Broken Hinge

2012-03-05 Thread Charles Lenington
On 3/5/12 12:34 AM, Brian Fuelleman wrote: You might put in an ad in your local Pennysaver or local newspaper/want ad paper for a monitor, working or not, then you could swap out the stand. Another option might be going to a local art supply store and look at a Sidekick easel. They clamp on

Re: HD problem on my PowerMac G3

2012-03-05 Thread Charles Lenington
On 3/4/12 12:07 AM, Eleni wrote: Hi everyone, Have a PowerMac G3 400MHz with 1GB Ram and an IBM 60GB HD/7200rpm built 2001. On Mac OS 8.6 I had 17.8 GB left on my HD, I copied about 6GB uncompressed applications, and before installing them, I saw that I had only 1.7GB left!! Is there a

Re: Buying a G5

2012-02-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/24/12 10:56 AM, Eleni wrote: I agree, limiting memory capacity to 1GB on Macmini G4 is very much crippling the system, however if you like to do simple tasks under Tiger, and browse the internet it is more than capable. People tend to linstall Leopard and I think that should even lower

Re: Audio

2012-02-14 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/13/12 3:16 AM, william Bowles wrote: A very easy way that involves no extra work is get a self tapping skew with a sharp point and screw it into the centre of the broke off jack plug then pull it out { make sure the screw is thinner than the port } causes no damage and is quick . a lot

Security Update 2012-001 and rosetta

2012-02-11 Thread Charles Lenington
Following quote was received on augd-requ...@lists.apple.com start Adam C. Engst (@adamengst) 2/3/12 9:52 AM If you use PowerPC-based apps that rely on Rosetta, DO NOT INSTALL Security Update 2012-001! Details at tid.bl.it/Ad6f8T Please RT! end -- You received this message because you are a

Re: ie 5.0

2012-01-29 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/14/12 2:41 PM, David W. Morris wrote: Many web browsers have the ability to spoof as different browsers. Maybe your web browser can spoof as ie 5.0? Sounds very strange that an employment form would only allow one browser to work in order to fill out the form? Even stranger that it

Re: OS 9.2.2 fro G4 MDD

2012-01-14 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/10/12 10:00 AM, Oliver Fairhall wrote: On 10/01/12 02:21, t...@io.com wrote: snip--- I currently have an ATI card, but have ordered a used TI 4600. Should be OK. I don't know if I have the latest drivers though. Nvidia don't seem to host these any more. I found a shop which has a

Re: Quicksilver optic drive

2011-12-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/22/11 12:25 AM, Roger Faulkner wrote: m8493 drive won't open. HD wiped and went to install new OS. Pro, Chicklet and Mcally keyboards all fail to open drive. No paper clip access. Ideas? Thanks -RF -- Do you have the menu bar icon turned on? Check list archives for instructions. I'll

Re: PCI Cards under OS X 10.5.8 vrs 10.4.11

2011-11-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/22/11 1:17 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 22, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Is it unusual for a PCI card to show up under 10.5.8, but when I boot the same machine under 10.4.11, it does not show up? It is an M-Audio 2496 Audio PCI card, which I have not yet installed the

Re: connectivity question

2011-11-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/21/11 5:22 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 15:24 -0700 11/21/11, Bruce Johnson wrote: About half of all prescriptions filled remotely in the US is done by fax machine. A fax cannot be falsified via a MITM attack like an email can, nor can it be as easily forged, and faxes, unlike emails,

Re: Fed up with Google changes on browsers in Tiger

2011-11-21 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/16/11 1:39 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Nov 16, 2011, at 12:57 AM, a1 wrote: I really need an email program I can suck my gmail out of Google without bothering anymore with their webmail. Use OS X Mail.app. There are several tutorials for setting up Gmail on Mail.app:

Re: iPad on New Laptop

2011-11-15 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/15/11 4:13 PM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: An iPad has been synced with a G4, the user is my daughter, she has her own iTune account. She has a MacBook, and has iTunes on it as well, so I suggested she move from the (family room) G4 to her own computer for syncing. What is the risk in syncing with

Re: looking to upgrade router at home

2011-11-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/7/11 5:26 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: This may be out of our bailiwick on this list, but here goes: DP 1.8 G5, running Leopard 10.5.8, 4 gigs ram, hardwired into the Airport extreme (saucer, model A1034) an iPad 1 2 or 3 iphones (if daughter is home) 2 mac laptops (when both girls are

Re: Poor Airport reception

2011-10-03 Thread Charles Lenington
A grounded outlet made no difference. I've read about ethernet via powerlines, but I'm not sure on how it works exactly. Do I need a free ethernetport on the router? Or is it like a wireless repeater? Greetings, Eelco. As a test take a 10 ft (or 1 meter) of wire and wrap 2 - 3 inches (7 - 8

Re: 16x DVD burning in PowerMac G4

2011-10-01 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/29/11 5:04 PM, Tanner M wrote: Original Message Subject:Fwd: Submarine Racing - Awesome Pictures Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:40:49 -0400 (EDT) From: gil1...@aol.com To: dukedog1...@yahoo.com, macso...@brightok.net, j-lneb...@sbcglobal.net, tgain...@satx.rr.com,

Re: BW G3 freezes

2011-09-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/7/11 7:58 PM, Barry Levine wrote: Hello I'd appreciate any suggestions re almost daily freezes. Only occurs 1-2x per day, but that's enough! Another thought: Make sure case fan(s) is clean and working. And maybe replace heat paste on processor. -- You received this message because

Re: BW G3 freezes

2011-09-07 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/7/11 7:58 PM, Barry Levine wrote: Hello I'd appreciate any suggestions re almost daily freezes. Only occurs 1-2x per day, but that's enough! I run my office on a BW G3 450mhz, 512mb RAM, More ram will help, remember Data files can get big thus requiring more ram. PC 100 can be found

Re: Jobs II is over...

2011-08-24 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/24/11 9:21 PM, Dan wrote: At 5:02 PM -0700 8/24/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: The CEO is resigned, long live the CEO He can still do a lot of damage as The Chairman. 10:20pm, AAPL is down 19 points in after hours trading. About as expected. http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL -

Re: New iMac

2011-08-21 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/21/11 12:38 PM, Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel wrote: I've been looking for a new iMac. The new 2.7GHz quad core i5 21.5 inch monitor iMac is what I've got my eye on, but I can't find out if it has Snow Leopard on it. I don't want Lion at this time. Does anyone know for sure what OS and where

Re: G5 1.8 won't boot

2011-08-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 8/8/11 4:23 PM, Wayne Garrett wrote: My G5 boots only to the apple logo and gets stuck. It's fans tghen begin roaring! I tried command-option-P with no luck. I pulled the battery for a while and still no luck. I tried the option key at boot because I have a mirrored back up drive and

Re: Mouseball comes to life, keyboard dies

2011-07-31 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/30/11 5:07 PM, TVirkkala wrote: Would that early Apple ergonomics keyboard go through the dishwasher? Do you take apart the keyboard, or leave it intact? I just wrap cord around intact keyboard to keep it from tangling up in sprayer. -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Mouseball comes to life, keyboard dies

2011-07-30 Thread Charles Lenington
On 7/30/11 3:28 PM, Tom wrote: I think I just discovered something. I have a wired Apple mouse with one of those little trackballs on the top, the kind that eventually gets sticky and don't work. Well, the trackball on mine was typical: it didn't work. Sometimes I could get pages to scroll down,

Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3

2011-06-28 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/27/11 1:25 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 27-06-2011 19:27, Michael McMurtrey ha scritto: All is fine now, but sometimes I think there is as much witchcraft/black magic to these things as there is computer science. I have been a programmer and computer user since 1983. I did tech

Re: Hosts file wildcard

2011-06-13 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/13/11 12:28 AM, Tina K. wrote: I have a lot of entries in my hosts file for intellitext.com, each one having the name of a different website preceeding us.intellitext.com: livescience.us.intellitxt.com quizfarm.us.intellitxt.com space.us.intellitxt.com knowyourmobile.uk.intellitxt.com

Re: Xserve advice?

2011-06-02 Thread Charles Lenington
On 6/1/11 11:20 PM, Austin Leeds wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking of buying an Xserve to replace my old desktop PC (a Pentium III 733 MHz), but I've never used or even seen one before in person. I've heard they're usable as desktops, if you've got the room an snip Well since they stopped

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

2011-05-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 5/10/11 1:51 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: You can also go with Linux Mint 10. I prefer it to Ubuntu. You can build a cheap quad core system for under $500. Just get your parts form CompUSA. Oh sure, drive from OKC to where ever there is a CompUSA to buy parts from a store that laid me off in

wireless signal theft

2011-03-09 Thread Charles Lenington
I hope everyone with unsecured wireless networks takes todays report on NBC's Today show seriously. Luckily the FBI investigated enough that the owner of the open network didn't go to jail for pornography. Sure a password is inconvenient, but staying out of jail would be high on my list. I

Re: power outage causes loss of video dual 1.8 G5 update

2011-02-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/1/11 9:45 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: Luck of the draw or brief power outage causes loss of video. Really got lucky. Steps to resolve: 1. Safe boot - no luck 2. Zap P-ram - worked all normal so far. (Gotta get new batteries for 6 backups). Hopefully this will help others w/ same problem

Re: Powermac G4 mdd dual Strange noise???

2011-02-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 2/8/11 3:29 AM, Matevž Markovič wrote: Hy to everyone! Since I bought my Powermac G4 Dual 1.25 MDD, I can hear from time to time this very strange sound, believe it or not, like a bee. This sound has quite a high frequency, and it just stars for no obvious reason, lasting for about 1 second

power outage causes loss of video dual 1.8 G5

2011-02-01 Thread Charles Lenington
Luck of the draw or brief power outage causes loss of video. Really got lucky. Steps to resolve: 1. Safe boot - no luck 2. Zap P-ram - worked all normal so far. (Gotta get new batteries for 6 backups). Hopefully this will help others w/ same problem. -- You received this message because you

Re: Best place to buy pram batts?

2011-01-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/11/11 10:25 PM, Jeffrey Daile Engle wrote: Just the CPU, I don't use power strips. I use UPS units that said, I didn't ask for an economical place to buy batteries so that I could replace them in my own machines, but others:-) Jeff On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Charles Lenington wrote

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/9/11 6:53 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs

Re: Best place to buy pram batts?

2011-01-11 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/8/11 6:25 PM, John Carmonne wrote: 1/2-AA lithium batteries are made by almost everyone. SAFT, from France, Tadiran, from Israel, Maxell, from Japan, among many others. I buy mine from a computer recycler for US$1.00 apiece. I've never had a recycled PRAM battery which did not outlast

Re: List Mom request-sorry, again

2010-12-14 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/13/10 11:16 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 20 snip--- When LEM List was suggested ( oh, so kindly, rotflmao) as a venue it was also revealed to be the doorway to nowhere. Look at the group page. the last post was April 28th. And now it is oh so kindly

Re: List Mom request-sorry, again

2010-12-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/12/10 1:30 PM, DLC wrote: *sigh* Hi all, Sorry to be so thick about this, but I can't yet see how to get a hold of specific List moms for a specific group list (I can get to Dan, but how does one contact the specific list mom, or know who to reach?). I am having specific difficulties with

Re: USB Question

2010-12-05 Thread Charles Lenington
On 12/5/10 7:44 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net mailto:cm...@sonic.net wrote: Card? Do you mean the hub? - Nope, the card that the AC Adaptor came attached to. you might try thrift stores, etc. -- You received this message

Re: Question about Quicksilver

2010-12-03 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/30/10 4:42 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Twice in one day my G4 Quicksilver shut down snip--- Also, any ideas where I can get a DC5V power cord for a USB 4-Port Hub? It is a Belkin Model F5U014-OE So far Radio (Rat) Shack and Walmart are a bust for a power cord with changeable tips

Re: more than a flag?

2010-11-28 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/28/10 10:41 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: In Apple mail.app, is there a way to color mail received so that it makes it easy to find? flagging works but I'm limited to that and that alone? any ideas? mail.app add-ons maybe? Jeff Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 good question, you can't make

Re: How should a family of five share one computer?

2010-11-22 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/21/10 3:36 PM, t...@savingus.org wrote: On 11/21/10 8:38 AM, Michael Emery wrote: This is a question about how to set up a Quicksilver dual so that a family can best use it, without disturbing the other family members parts. you forgot an important step. They need to lock up the OS X

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

2010-11-13 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/13/10 4:57 PM, Tom wrote: Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than an iMac or Mini, because I'd like to just switch my two 1 TB hard drives from the G5 into the

Re: ADC to DVI Adaptor

2010-11-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/12/10 10:26 AM, Tina K. wrote: On 2010/11/12 09:04, Ted Treen so eloquently wrote: it does have 2 x DVD connectors (one is dual-link) How can you tell that one is dual-link and the other is not? I have a 6800 Ultra that is dual-link but I don't know if it's just on one port or both.

Re: Differences between single and dual G4 Quicksilvers

2010-10-16 Thread Charles Lenington
On 10/15/10 11:46 PM, Powermac wrote: Is there a difference on the motherboards on the single and dual G4 Quicksilvers? Can you go from single to dual or the other way with no problems? Currently I have a QS2002 single G4-800 with no L3 cache that is about half as slow as my QS2001 with a

Re: How to replace battery in G4 iMac

2010-10-13 Thread Charles Lenington
On 10/13/10 2:33 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: HI List, I need to replace the battery in my G4 iMac. If you know how please email me directly. Thanks Wm, Look at the tear downs at macsales.com try the ram one, you should be able to get to battery. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: Quicksilver issue

2010-10-07 Thread Charles Lenington
On 10/7/10 8:33 PM, James Morgan wrote: My MDD G4's also only shut down when I was not using them. But after a while they began to occasionally refuse to start. Got a glowing light in the start button when I pushed it but no start. This progressed to no starting at all. The shutting down on

Re: Another Quicksilver Question

2010-09-30 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/30/10 12:09 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On Sep 29, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: I have a question regarding the CD-ROM drive Whenever I put in a CD with stuff on it (NOT a CD you buy with music on it) it is a crap shoot if the machine will recognize it. Some it gives me two

Re: External Fax Modem for G5

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/22/10 11:31 PM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: 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 external USB modem. However, I have read that my current OS (10.5.8) does not play well with external modems and that the

Re: SCSI PCI-controller for MDD

2010-09-15 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/15/10 9:45 AM, ah...clem wrote: the problem in OSX is not the controller, it's the fact that there isn't an OSX driver for that scanner. i'm not sure that the 2906 controller works with OSX either, but even if you got an OSX compatible PCI/SCSI card, it still would not see the scanner in

proper mic for iMic on a G5

2010-09-12 Thread Charles Lenington
I am trying to use iMic on a G5 with a headset w/ mic. All the sets I find so far, have a stereo mic plug. Has anyone seen a headset w/ a mono plug. Or will a stereo to mono adapter work? They are trying to talk on WOW via ventrilo. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: proper mic for iMic on a G5

2010-09-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 9/12/10 3:06 PM, Tina K. wrote: Charles Lenington wrote: I am trying to use iMic on a G5 with a headset w/ mic. All the sets I find so far, have a stereo mic plug. Has anyone seen a headset w/ a mono plug. Or will a stereo to mono adapter work? Why do you want a mono headset? A stereo

Re: I need help, connecting a extra HD to my G3 B W

2010-08-16 Thread Charles Lenington
Robert Long wrote: Hello group, I am trying to add an additional HD to my G3. Here is the info I copied from my machine. My G 3 is a blue I assume you mean blue and white - The rev 1 motherboards have a issue here only 1 drive can be used on the (IDE/ATA) hard drive bus. search the list

The other side of Plain text format or i want to forward a html

2010-07-24 Thread Charles Lenington
The other side of the issue is when I want to forward an html msg that I rcvd (off list) to a friend, there is no option in t-bird to include the pictures as in the original. I've tried changing prefs, but no change. I guess I'll have to install safari (updates and try it. Or is there a

office offer

2010-06-22 Thread Charles Lenington
For Military members of our list http://www.microsoft.com/office/offers/military/?CR_CC=10044 I am trying to get a clarification on retiree eligibility. -- 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

Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-06-01 Thread Charles Lenington
Dan wrote: At 6:41 AM -0700 5/30/2010, Bruce - in Orlando wrote: I just tried to go to my high school reunion social networking site (which is on Shutterfly). I seems that it requires Safari 3.0 or higher, EXCEPT 3.0.4. Naturally, that's what I have on my MDD running 10.4. Being a naturally

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-22 Thread Charles Lenington
that are connected to the Media Center every time I change the channel/volume, I guess it goes without saying that I don't want to walk into the other room to do the same thing. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net mailto:macso...@brightok.net wrote: That's

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Godai-kun wrote: I have a dual-800 Quicksilver which I'm using mostly as a media center. Which means I am forever hauling a mouse and keyboard across the room to change channels, adjust volume, and so forth. What I would like to do (since I know the Quicksilver doesn't have a built-in IR port)

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:32 PM, graphics...@columbus.rr.com mailto:graphics...@columbus.rr.com wrote: snip- Of course it is your choice. Dan Knight has something in mind there though. And a looser Mac related meeting place could be fun.

Re: battery charging problem on powerbook g4

2010-05-19 Thread Charles Lenington
Demetrius wrote: hi there, i could use some help, if anyone has any brilliant ideas... my 17 (1.67) powerbook isn't charging battery properly, it seems to snip-- You may get better answers on the G4books list (this list is for towers) http://groups.google.com/group/g4books -- You

Re: Ubuntu, G3, XPostFacto

2010-05-17 Thread Charles Lenington
TVirkkala wrote: I bought a G4 iMac at FreeGeek in Portland, a few days ago, and it came with Ubuntu installed. It appears to be the Jaunty Jackalope. Which G4? You don't specify, The early G4's had cdrom drives instead of dvdrom drives. -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-17 Thread Charles Lenington
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: snip- 0. Email is as slow as snail mail after facebook. beats me never compared In fact I bet you still only like plain text email, Yes can't see streaming video yes and your browser chokes on XML. ughh how can I tell? ff 3.x.x latest update --

Re: But Mini, I don't HAVE a Bluetooth Mouse!

2010-05-09 Thread Charles Lenington
===( )8 wrote: Hiya Listers, Can anyone tell me why my G4 1.5 GHz Mini (OS X Tiger 10.4.2, deliberately!) thinks I have a Bluetooth Mouse and insists I produce it? I had to restart my Mini because it locked up when I plugged my USB external HDT Try going into the bluetooth prefs and turn

Re: APC UPS?

2010-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
Michael G.M. wrote: Jack Countryman wrote: I've got a Tripp-Lite model that I've replaced the battery in twice now. I didn't really keep records, though I suppose I might be able to find when I paid for the batteries, but think they have lasted 2 to 3 years each. Of course, both times, I

Re: Target Disk Mode FireWire has lots of problems

2010-05-06 Thread Charles Lenington
Jonas Lopez wrote: Target Disk Mode FireWire has lots of problems SITUATION - attempting to get computer to work. The DVD rejects Apple branded install disk and two others, but CMD+S and CMD+V work just fine and the built in hd test shows it to be good. Note that it will not load using

Re: slow flash drive

2010-04-28 Thread Charles Lenington
John Carmonne wrote: Hi a\All I got a free 4GB Kingston USB flash drive at MicroCenter on Sunday just for walking in the door and giving my e-mail addy. I'm moving a 1.25 GB file from one machine to another and this thing is slower than the second coming it took about 30 mins., I'm not

Re: MySpace.

2010-04-25 Thread Charles Lenington
Nestamicky wrote: On 22/04/10 1:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: We manage all computer surplusing for the College. The newest Mac that's *ever* come through here was a 400 MHz Sawtooth with no drive, memory or power supply. If a prof decides to get a newer Mac it goes to a student or instrument in

Re: speakers,speakers,speakers...

2010-04-21 Thread Charles Lenington
Jeffrey Engle wrote: I have a G5 in the office, and I need *audio and video* in two places (in my case the living room on the other side of the wall and my office) all I need to do here is go through the wall in my office and I'm within easy access of monitor speakers out there. The video is

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