Re: Sad day...

2011-10-07 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:02 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:14 PM, gifutiger gifuti...@gmail.com wrote: The strangest thing though is that I haven't seen or read any comments fro The Woz (Steve Wozniak) Woz was interviewed live on the Today show this morning. I think the

Re: Unsubscribe

2009-08-25 Thread Doug Burton
On Aug 25, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 20:11 -0700 8/24/09, Fabian Fang wrote: On Aug 24, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Phil Spencer wrote: Oops I meant to say unsubscribing doesn't work the address doesn't exist I've been trying to escape this list since it magically reappeared for days

Re: Quicksilver hardware problems

2009-08-16 Thread Doug Burton
gsacks wrote: On Aug 16, 9:33 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:35 PM -0700 8/15/2009, gsacks wrote: 733 mhz Quicksilver bad RAM and a bad hard drive Both were bad?! Yes, one stick of memory was bad (as per memtest) and the hard drive had errors that I

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 1:03 PM, MacGuy wrote: ok, got this 2.5 sata drive plugged into this 3.5 enclosure... question: can the power supplied to the 3.5 enclosure be too much for this 2.5 drive? (what I'm doing is testing the enclosure to see if it's good, and the only drive I have to use is a

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 7:55 PM, John Martz wrote: As for the one I'm having troubles with: http://www.icydock.com/ product/mb664us-1s.html It has esata.. and funny that you'd ask, yes it worked great via esata connection. And lastly, no, it's not under warranty. Jeff OK, I'm stumped and

Re: sata 2.5 plugged into a 3.5 sata enclosure?

2009-06-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:24 PM, insightinmind wrote: I honestly don't know why the thing works with everything BUT 3.5 drives using the USB interface? just strange. Is the size of the drive that's not working, making it push on something USB internally, that is shutting down that

Re: VHS to DVD

2009-06-02 Thread Doug Burton
On Jun 2, 2009, at 5:10 AM, Ralph Green wrote: Howdy, Tom Baker pointed you to one device. That is a reasonably expensive unit. I saw devices a few years ago for around $100 that would do what you need. I was looking at those devices seriously at the time, but never bought one. I

Re: OS 10.5

2009-05-23 Thread Doug Burton
On May 23, 2009, at 3:55 PM, lbte...@aol.com wrote: Is upgrading a 867 MDD to 10.5 advisable or let it alone? Bailey Owning the same computer I would have to say stay with 10.4. I tried 10.5 on an upgraded DA (1.6 Ghz) and it seemed sluggish to me. So much so that I decided to not

Re: iTunes needle stuck

2009-05-19 Thread Doug Burton
On May 19, 2009, at 2:46 PM, joe wrote: On May 19, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 19, 2009, at 10:29 AM, joe wrote: I've been having the weirdest iTunes problem. On certain songs, it sticks --it will literally play the same roughly 1 second part of a track over and

Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-12 Thread Doug Burton
Mine says 4-6 hours, must be a huge demand. Just a message from Doug... http://groups.google.com/group/hq-a + A home for the Hackintosh community. To subscribe to the HQ-A group, send email to hq-a +subscr...@googlegroups.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-12 Thread Doug Burton
On May 12, 2009, at 5:53 PM, 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

Re: Yet another iTunes question

2009-05-11 Thread Doug Burton
On May 11, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 9, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Doug Burton wrote: In the iTunes DJ, using the album view, is there anyway to change the number of upcoming and/or recently played songs? Multiples of 5 are okay if you have a bunch of screen real estate

Re: LOOKING FOR A POWER MAC G3 AIO TO PURCHASE

2009-04-22 Thread Doug Burton
On Apr 22, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Rick wrote: I'm searching for this specific Power Mac - but since it's so old (98) is hard to find. Anyone know where one might be available? Thanks! Rick You might try posting on the Swaplist, they show up there from time to time. HTH Just a message from

Re: Upgrade Question

2009-04-03 Thread Doug Burton
On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I

Re: Weird screen saver issue.

2009-04-01 Thread Doug Burton
On Apr 1, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Apr 1, 2009, at 6:25 AM, Arnel Tuazon wrote: I noticed a problem yesterday with my screen saver. I've set my screen saver to collage using my iPhoto library. The screen saver works during the first time period of inactivity, but after

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 11, 2009, at 12:48 PM, 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?

Re: Tiger can write to NTFS drives?

2009-03-10 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 10, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:17 AM, pdimage pdim...@btinternet.com wrote: On 10/3/09 07:23, Paul pper...@gmail.com wrote: After looking at the NTFS drive after installing it in a PC, I saw that some OS 10 files, such as

Re: FIRE (For IM usage)

2009-03-08 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 8, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Dan wrote: At 7:47 PM -0600 3/7/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: How long can you be idle before Fire disconnects you? Also, where in the Prefs do I set how long to keep me logged in? Each service has an activity time-out. If the client maintains the protocol's

Re: Hackintoshes and PCs

2009-03-07 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 6, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Dan wrote: t's really getting tiring seeing (and answering) the same queries on different lists because our community is so spread out. Yea yea, I know. My whole reply belongs on the great blackhole, aka the

Re: Apple jumped the shark...

2009-03-06 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Steve R wrote: At 9:09 AM -0500 3/6/09, Dan posted: At 4:53 AM -0500 3/6/2009, Nikki Wraith wrote: Breaking Federal law? Err. IANAL, but I don't get it. You violate the EULA, which would maybe violate contract laws, but what federal law do you speak of?

Re: G3 Smurf file server - advice required

2009-02-26 Thread Doug Burton
On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Gukumatz wrote: Hi listers, I've decided to (attempt to) convert my rarely used G3 400mhz into a media file server (music and video) as I've not been at all impressed with the NAS boxes I've tried/researched, but I could do with a little help. The intention

OT printer help

2009-02-18 Thread Doug Burton
Can one of the laser printer experts on the list please take a look at a scanned page from my HP Color laserjet 2600n and tell me what I need to do to fix it? Contact me off list and I will send the image (504 kb JPG) to you via email, along with details of what happened. (504 Kb JPG)

Re: What File System on a G3?

2009-01-28 Thread Doug Burton
Make sure you are trying to open the actual file and not the ghost file which is created by the Mac OS. I know this from using a Mac file server and my Windows machines on the network. The ghost file should appears as almost grayed out in Windows file explorer. These files may be either

iWork '09

2009-01-24 Thread Doug Burton
I just downloaded the trial version of this and have been playing around in Pages. Does anyone know if the docs can be saved as PDF's, or does this take another app to do? Just a message from Doug... 1st Hack: GA-945GCMX-S2 - E4500 CPU (2.2 Ghz) - 2 Gb RAM - 7200 GS (256 Mb) 2nd Hack:

Re: iWork '09

2009-01-24 Thread Doug Burton
On Jan 24, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Tony Gamble wrote: On 24-Jan-09, at 1:26 PM, Doug Burton wrote: I just downloaded the trial version of this and have been playing around in Pages. Does anyone know if the docs can be saved as PDF's, or does this take another app to do? Just a message from

Re: Dumb Powerbook Question

2009-01-04 Thread Doug Burton
On Jan 4, 2009, at 1:23 PM, James E. Therrault wrote: I have an Aluminum Powerbook G4, 2GB ram, 1.25GHz processor that has a built-in microphone. I know how to turn the microphone on, set the levels how in the blazes do you record something? TIA, JT A very good question and the answer

Re: Disk Utility

2008-12-13 Thread Doug Burton
On Dec 13, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: On Dec 13, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Dan wrote: Just use Apple's Disk Utility. As Bill points out in his reply - it's available on the OS DVD, so you can use it to repair your boot volume. Or you can boot on your external clone/backup and

Re: Popcopy

2008-12-10 Thread Doug Burton
On Dec 10, 2008, at 7:52 AM, John Musbach wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Doug Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know of a clipboard utility by this name? I found it and downloaded it and it's just what I was looking for. Unfortunately it cannot be registered

Re: Single 533MHZ processor upgrade to dual??

2008-12-06 Thread Doug Burton
No, MDD is a completely different setup. On Dec 6, 2008, at 8:12 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: How do you get the quicksilvers processors to work? Will and MDD processor work? -Jonas On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 6, 2008, at 7:52 PM, jonas

Re: iTunes

2008-11-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 27, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Ray wrote: Are there any other alternatives than iTunes for the Mac? Perhaps i am missing something but I don't understand why there isn't a Now Playing window. So that as you play songs, they are generated in a Now Playing window. This is a common

Re: Plastics Care

2008-11-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 27, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi All... I have a question! I just got a monitor from Craig’s list, for free. It’s a 19” SGI, CRT. No, no not a Mac, but I’m using on my one of my Macs. What a beast... must be close to 50 pounds. Anyhow, some “security conscious”

Re: iTunes

2008-11-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Ray wrote: Just a message from Doug... is MusicMatch still active? It seems ever since Yahoo took it over, it went in obscurity. Version 10 is the last know version. Actually there used to be a Mac version and is still available.

Re: Popcopy

2008-11-23 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 23, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Andy wrote: On Nov 23, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Doug Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know of a clipboard utility by this name? I found it and downloaded it and it's just what I was looking

Re: Gold case?

2008-11-20 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Ian Moffatt wrote: On 20/11/08 04:24, Doug Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While searching for an external 5.25 firewire case I came across this at Computer Geeks. Can someone please tell me why this case cost right at a hundred bucks? Don't know but I

Gold case?

2008-11-19 Thread Doug Burton
While searching for an external 5.25 firewire case I came across this at Computer Geeks. Can someone please tell me why this case cost right at a hundred bucks? http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=F5U210-DTcat=CSE Just a message from Doug...

Re: OS X and OS X Server differences?

2008-11-12 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:04 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Dennis Myhand wrote: What is the difference between 10.4 and 10.4 server? Are they basically the same OS with Server being able to provide network resources to clients who log on? Or is there more to it than that? Thanks, Dennis

Re: Another annoyance

2008-11-07 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 7, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 7, 2008, at 10:00 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: My suggestion (which just came to me) is to write a small Applescript closing all finder windows that runs after your volume mounts in your startup items. I'm really rusty in AS, but

Re: Another annoyance

2008-11-07 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Dan wrote: At 6:47 PM -0500 11/6/2008, Doug Burton wrote: On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 3:20 PM -0500 11/5/2008, Doug Burton wrote: upgraded DA to Tiger [no further config information supplied] no further supplied because it's not relevant

Re: Another annoyance

2008-11-06 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Dan wrote: At 3:20 PM -0500 11/5/2008, Doug Burton wrote: upgraded DA to Tiger [no further config information supplied] no further supplied because it's not relevant. when [networked drives] mount the drive window pops up on the desktop and has to be closed

Re: How do you silence a G5's startup chime?

2008-11-05 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 5, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: You can use StartupSound System Prefenence Pane to control the startup sound volume level. http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/index.en.html Thanks much for the link Kris, I like to leave the volume level of my speakers up higher so when I

Another annoyance

2008-11-05 Thread Doug Burton
Since downgrading my upgraded DA to Tiger, I've noticed it runs better, a little quicker perhaps. But one thing bothers me a lot is the way that Tiger handles network drives which are mounted when starting up. It's fine that they are located on the desktop under the physical drives, but

Re: Administrator account name and password?

2008-11-05 Thread Doug Burton
On Nov 5, 2008, at 3:17 PM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: 2008/11/5 Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:34 AM, norm46 wrote: My G4 Mac with a 1 ghz processor and 1 gig ram has worked very well but as developed an annoying habit. When ever I try to click the

Re: How do you silence a G5's startup chime?

2008-11-05 Thread Doug Burton
The circuitry is nothing more than the jack that you put the plug into. When nothing is plugged in the internal speaker is wired into the audio out. As soon as you put a plug into the jack, the audio is then routed to that plug. It's pretty simple really. Just a message from Doug... On

Re: Mac OS on PC?

2008-10-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 25, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Doctor K wrote: Hi, I saw a message the other day which mentioned that a PC can run a Mac OS. My beloved Smurf bit it a while ago, and I've been using a Toshiba Satellite laptop, which I found as an unbelievable bargain ($20.00 plus a $25.00 ebay power

Re: Apple Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-10-26 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 26, 2008, at 12:34 PM, PeterH wrote: On Oct 26, 2008, at 2:02 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: Yes, please. General instructions: 1) Your choice of case and PSU (Antec 300 or better, with Antec 500 EarthWatts or better PSU), 2) Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L or similar mobo, 3) your

Re: USB card versus USB hub

2008-10-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 19, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Steve R wrote: Are there any advantages speedwise to having an internal multi-port USB card versus having an external multi-port USB hub (hopefully able to draw its power from the internal USB port)? My G5/1.8 has 3-480Mbps USB ports which may or may not

Re: When did this happen?

2008-10-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 19, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 18, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Well mine doesn't. It stays in the dock unless I click on the icon, which opens the queue. Then I close the queue and the dock icon goes away. On my BW running Panther the icon would pop

Re: When did this happen?

2008-10-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Donald Hall wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 18, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Well mine doesn't. It stays in the dock unless I click on the icon, which opens the queue

When did this happen?

2008-10-18 Thread Doug Burton
At what point did the printer popup icon in the dock lose it's ability to close once the print queue was empty? I know it closes itself in Panther, what about Tiger? I know it doesn't in Leopard. Just a message from Doug... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: Quick References for Cleaning G4 Acrylic Cases

2008-10-18 Thread Doug Burton
I use Goo-Gone, it works great Bill. Just a message from Doug... On Oct 18, 2008, at 7:57 PM, insightinmind wrote: Any quick hints on getting glue / tape-guck off the clear acrylic G4 cases? Mineral Spirits ok? I know acetone is not ok. Thanks Bill Connelly artsite:

Re: Quick References for Cleaning G4 Acrylic Cases

2008-10-18 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 19, 2008, at 12:08 AM, Charles Davis wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 12:00 AM, insightinmind wrote: On Oct 18, 2008, at 11:56 PM, insightinmind wrote: About the Goo Gone ... My partner brought me home some a short while ago ... per List Recommendations ... I see it has acetone in

Re: A eMail Issue

2008-10-15 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 15, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote: Evening all I trust after we all get our fill of the debate tonight... someone will be able to find a solution for me for my little eMail issue Somehow a while back, a small icon of a boxer dog stared popping up on my upper right hand

Re: Firefox

2008-10-15 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:30 PM, McGrude wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Stephen Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I updated tot he newest Firefox (2.0.0.17) Um... the latest Firefox is 3.0.3. I believe that's only for 10.4 and above. He must be using Panther as I just booted

Re: Need big LCD monitor recommendation for G5

2008-10-12 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 12, 2008, at 3:46 PM, RediG3-5 wrote: On Oct 12, 12:12 pm, James E. Therrault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom wrote: On Oct 12, 12:05 pm, Alex Smith (K4RNT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The two 22 LCDs I've worked with the most are the two that I'd recommend: Samsung SyncMaster

ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

2008-10-11 Thread Doug Burton
Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re- install the OS? Question 2: What is the advantage/disadvantage of using the DVI connection rather than the traditional VGA? Just some questions from

Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

2008-10-11 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Doug Burton wrote: Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re- install the OS? It was recognized Question 2: What is the advantage/disadvantage of using the DVI

Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

2008-10-11 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:37 AM, insightinmind wrote: On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Doug Burton wrote: Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re- install the OS? I installed an ATI Radeon 9800

No valid video device found

2008-10-10 Thread Doug Burton
G4 DA with Newer Tech 1.6 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb RAM, Rage Pro 128 video card, Acer 22 widescreen monitor, running 10.5.5 I popped in a Monk DVD and wanted to check out the new display. Imagine my surprise when I got the above message. I know the Rage 128 Pro card is crap, but one just like it

iTunes store question

2008-10-10 Thread Doug Burton
How do you de-authorize a computer that is no longer used for iTunes purchases? Someone told me this is possible, were they wrong? Just another message from Doug... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5

Re: No valid video device found

2008-10-10 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Doug Burton wrote: G4 DA with Newer Tech 1.6 Ghz CPU, 512 Mb RAM, Rage Pro 128 video card, Acer 22 widescreen monitor, running 10.5.5 I popped in a Monk DVD and wanted to check out the new display. Imagine my surprise when I got the above message. I know

Re: Still Fuzzy TFT

2008-10-09 Thread Doug Burton
I'm getting in on this rather late, but were you by chance using Flurry as your screen saver? The reason I ask is because I had a similar problem using a cheap LCD. I left it on with Flurry as the screen saver and started noticing the fuzzy looking image on the screen that you describe.

Re: Gmail Question

2008-10-07 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 7, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 6, 2008, at 5:54 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: Hmmm, Iam logged into mail.google.com I gave up on Apple's mail client when you had to pay to use it (I assume this is right) He was talking about the Mail application in OS X which you

Re: Upgrading a DA 533

2008-10-05 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 5, 2008, at 8:43 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Oct 5, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Oct 4, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: SNIP The next upgrade I would get as soon as possible is a core image video card like the 9600. An upgraded video card will really make

Re: Upgrading a DA 533

2008-10-04 Thread Doug Burton
On Oct 4, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Oct 4, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Doug Burton wrote: I just ordered a processor upgrade from OWC http:// eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MAXG47S1600/ and 2-512 Mb sticks of iRam from NewEgg for the extra DA I have sitting here in my

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-27 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 20, 2008, at 9:09 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 20, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and I've yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my Hackintosh

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-20 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 20, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Reference this Bruce, I have a couple of these USB/IDE cables and I've yet to get one working on a Mac, or even my Hackintosh for that matter. Haven't tried them with Windows yet

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Doug Burton wrote: I had just recently replaced the OS drive with one from an identical DA because the original drive went south. Now another drive? I thinking a bad on board IDE controller or RAM, anyone

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 19, 2008, at 11:30 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Okay, originally I had two sticks of 256M RAM installed. Removing one and attempting to boot I get a bong, but then no video. HD's don't sound like they are coming up. Taking out

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS myself. Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many drives

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 Gb ATA OS drive. I'm leaning towards the PS myself. Oh yeah

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:59 AM, PeterH wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Oh yeah, that really points to the PS. That many drives will also generate a lot of heat, and the DA case just wasn't built to be a file server, you need more robust cooling for something like

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: As a file server, this DA is running 4-300 Gb SATA drives plus the 40 Gb ATA OS

Re: DA file server is toast!

2008-09-19 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:07 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:39 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Sep 20, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 19, 2008, at 12:56 PM, Doug Burton wrote: As a file server, this DA

DA file server is toast!

2008-09-18 Thread Doug Burton
Okay, this is getting bad. For a third time now my DA appears to have corrupted the OS drive. When I got home from a meeting I went to check the mail and found Chicken of the VNC could not connect to my DA. Went back to the computer room and turned on the monitor I have there just for

Re: Acronym Clarification

2008-09-13 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 13, 2008, at 9:41 AM, Lyle Syverson wrote: In another thread, JWinter[EMAIL PROTECTED] recently wrote, in part: BTDT. HTTS. Sounds like you've been given good advice. What does HTTS stand for? Searching for HTTS at http://www.acronymfinder.com/ gives this result: What does

Artwork missing in iTunes 8.0

2008-09-13 Thread Doug Burton
Does someone at Apple get their jollies from screwing around with iTunes? I worked long and hard to get all of the album artwork for my collection and now that I've upgraded to 8.0, half of it's missing! All of this for genius? Yeah, real genius losing my artwork, way to go Apple.

Re: Artwork missing in iTunes 8.0

2008-09-13 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 13, 2008, at 2:52 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Does someone at Apple get their jollies from screwing around with iTunes? I worked long and hard to get all of the album artwork for my collection and now that I've upgraded to 8.0, half

Re: Artwork missing in iTunes 8.0

2008-09-13 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:38 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Now I'm curious as to why your collection is in the form of aiff? Being a musician is your ear that good to hear the difference between aiff and 192 bit MP3? I would think a decent sized

Re: Artwork missing in iTunes 8.0

2008-09-13 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 13, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:47 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Oops, forgot to RTFM! Perhaps it will work better when I do what the instructions say to do. Yes. Another thing. It only does the specific playlist and selection, so to do your entire

Re: Database report writing program

2008-09-05 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 5, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Ted Treen wrote: 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

Database report writing program

2008-09-04 Thread Doug Burton
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 changes is very difficult when I need to insert a

Re: Database report writing program

2008-09-04 Thread Doug Burton
On Sep 4, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: 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