Re: PowerMac G4 (DA) wiring clutter

2009-09-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 16, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Heck, you may find a computer repair place will give 'em to you for free if you ask politely. You could probably find them at http://www.digikey.com or perhaps http://www.alltronics.com. There's an unending

Re: Smurf

2009-09-08 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Sep 7, 2009, at 11:13 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: At 7:43 PM -0400 9/7/2009, Len Gerstel wrote: On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:09 PM, dorayme wrote: How do you find out on Google, if you don't have inside knowledge, why some models were called smurfs? This is a good example of what we need

Re: Smurf

2009-09-07 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 7:43 PM -0400 9/7/2009, Len Gerstel wrote: On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:09 PM, dorayme wrote: How do you find out on Google, if you don't have inside knowledge, why some models were called smurfs? This is a good example of what we need to make sure we are teaching the next generation of

Re: PowerMac G3 wont boot after Tiger effort

2009-07-10 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jul 10, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Po-en Tsai wrote: On 11/07/2009, at 12:16 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Yank the pram battery. Press the CUDA switch. Wait 15 minutes, re- insert PRAM battery, press cuda switch again, boot. In the quoted post, Bruce says to press the CUDA button twice

Re: How to capture streaming video

2009-06-25 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Somehow my dvr did not record a show that I regularly watch . However, the network has it on their website. Is it possible to capture the show on my computer? How can I do that? I have a Powermac G5 with the latest updates to the OS and Safari. I use Cosmopod it works with Safari 4. Free

Re: PRAM battery?

2009-06-18 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
If you have an accessible cold water ground, and that cold water system is continuous throughout the premises, you have some hope of the ground being reasonably low resistance. The focus of the NEC is fire safety [ * ] , and their code is a minimum from that point of view. There are better

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
everybody is never going to be happy. :-) Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts. I get it, I don't mind switching back forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 click process to switch. Is there a mail client that lets you choose when, say, right clicking the reply button ?

Re: Lightning Season

2009-06-14 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Each fire marshall has their own interpretation of the code and what is important in it. We also go some strange observations, ones that couldn't have been although things may have got lost in translation. For me the tricky part was to locate power strips with long cords, upwards of 25'. --

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-11 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: I did try without Keyboard or Mouse with no difference in action. Still boots to OF. It certainly appears something in the hardware is fried. I'd start with the stuck light on the power button, but in the long run the firmware

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-11 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
For now at least I can still limp along with an occasional boot through OF. And don't be surprised if other things start acting up on this computer... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Hi Bruce; Thank you for reminding me. I do have

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-10 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
I doubt it...this sounds like something's fried. With luck it's the USB devices: the keyboard or the mouse. You can try unplugging them and just powering it up with the front button, see what happens. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-10 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
It would seem that whenever I apply power by plugging in the power cord the circuitry that expects to see the light off at this time sees it already lit thus corrupting the boot process. What ever normally happens between first ON button push and the final Bright Light when the Boot

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-10 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jun 9, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: I got as far as If it still boots onto OF after that, unplug every device but the keyboard mouse and monitor, if it STILL boots into OF try a known good keyboard and mouse. Now I have to borrow a known good USB Keyboard. Try

boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
computer: Dual 500 GigE, 2 gig ram, 250 Gig SATA, 80 Gig ATA. Had a power outage yesterday for about 2 hours with computer running idle while I was away from the computer. When power came back the computer restarted by itself into Open Firmware. I entered mac-boot and the computer booted from

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Booting into Open Firmware should NEVER be taken as a good sign or something to be just gotten around. Try unplugging the SATA drive and see if it boots normally into the 80 gig drive. If it still goes to OF, remove the SATA card and see what happens. If it still boots onto OF after that,

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
How about CUDA reset, or removing the battery for awhile, and/or opt- cmd-P-R type of resetting PRAM? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio Thank you Bill, I tried opt-cmd-P-R with no effect I have a CUDA reset

Re: boot problem after pwr outage

2009-06-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jun 9, 2009, at 3:17 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: Then I entered reset-nvram and at the ok I entered reset-all. Here's one long shot, try: set-defaults reset-all Another long shot would be a bad keyboard perhaps? (or USB problems) Kris; Thank you but set-defaults did not fix

Re: Can Camino bookmarks be exported into Safari 4?

2009-05-31 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
I tried and failed to find a way with Safari 3. Thanks as always, Tony --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Tony; Try exporting from Camino to Safari. Open Safari and Camino. In Camino Chose File/Export. Chose Safari in the Where Box and Safari in the Format Box. Click

Re: Can Camino bookmarks be exported into Safari 4?

2009-05-31 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Ernie, it grays out Safari -- whether it's running or not -- so I can't choose it in the Where box. No idea why. --Tony Camino 1.6.7 Safari 4 (which Software Update keeps trying to serve with the same 19 mb update over and over...?) 10.4.11 Hi Tony; Try this: From Camino export Bookmarks

Re: Sending e-mail problem

2009-05-11 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On May 11, 12:17 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: ? I haven't the slightest idea of what they're talking about there. This is commoncly called the 'outgoing' or SMTP server. Perhaps someone with Eudora experience can tell you. What does Eudora say in the help files?

Re: Replacing PS fan Quicksilver

2009-04-25 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:33 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Meghrouni Vince wrote: Does time unplugged diminish the voltage? What should I look for to avoid? I'm sure this may seem obvious, but it is not to me. I would suggest consulting an expert

Re: Replacing PS fan Quicksilver

2009-04-25 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Apr 25, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: Hi Bill; Do not feel abashed, there are many mysteries in Switch Mode power supplies. They gave me many 100 hour work weeks, intense headaches, sleepless nights and good pay for 20 years. The advent of Wall Worts and Bench

Re: Replacing PS fan Quicksilver

2009-04-24 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Apr 24, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Meghrouni Vince wrote: Does time unplugged diminish the voltage? What should I look for to avoid? I'm sure this may seem obvious, but it is not to me. I would suggest consulting an expert electrician ... and one that is familiar with computer power

Re: Erase a drive to sell

2009-04-06 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Apr 4, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: I am assuming all HD cases are made of Ferrous material. They're not, they're typically made of machined aluminum; in fact the technology used to make hard drive cases lead to the technology used to make MacBook Air and now the MacBook

Re: MailForge Re: What is the point of Mail.app??

2009-04-06 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
I have been using Eudora for many years with OS 8, 9 and X. I have no complaints. Are other Eudora users on the List dissatisfied with the program? What are your complaints and why are you interested in replacing Eudora? Larry I have been using Eudora from Eudora 1.3.1 to 6.2.4 (all of which

Re: Power supply tester

2009-03-17 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Hi Jeff, I have been in the electronic service business since 1954 in my judgment, you should buy a Volt-ohm-milliamp meter learn how to use it. It will be a lot more versatile. Regards Wm. --- On Tue, 3/17/09, MacGuy macgu...@gmail.com wrote: From: MacGuy macgu...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: Thermal grease?

2009-03-14 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On 14/3/09 02:32, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Overclockers who are set on defeating heat to preserve costly CPUs yet squeeze extreme clock counts out of them have been known to polish the CPU and heatsink with ever finer grades of wet or dry paper starting with

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 27, 2008 12:55 PM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor...@gmail.com Sent: Nov 27

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jan 16, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: That's odd. I have never noticed any messy lithium in WD-40. The WD-40 just evaporated from my GigE with no residue. And I have used it for years , since 1953, as a screw loosener and minor lubricator without any mess. According

Re: Plastics Care

2009-01-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius er...@verizon.net wrote: Leave it on there as a way to throw people off and change the password. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Woody woodyl...@earthlink.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Alexander MacLeod twocor

Re: Setting up External Firewire Drive for CCC

2009-01-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 9:45 PM -0800 1/8/2009, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: When I finally recovered from my monster crash of Dec 17and after an Write all zeros Erase I then installed 10.4.11 on my 250 Gig and partitioned my 500 Gig to 420 and 80 then realizing that the 500 Gig may have had physical problems I did

Re: Setting up External Firewire Drive for CCC

2009-01-08 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Jan 8, 2009, at 3:37 PM, nestamicky wrote: Al Poulin wrote: I want to use a 1TB external Firewire hard drive initialized in Apple Partition Map to make bootable clones of a PPC G4 iBook and two or three Intel Macs. Each source machine will have its own partition on the FW drive.

Re: mds 99%

2008-12-22 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 7:21 PM -0800 12/20/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: Snip: Does the: sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/* sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/* sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/* fix the Un-mountable Volumes? No. Those commands only deal with the Spotlight indices on functioning mounted volumes. Snip: Sometimes

mds 99%

2008-12-20 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
A process named mds running at Root is taking 99% of the CPU on my Dual 500 GigE. This is my fault for not running AHT immediately after my System Crashed a week ago. The crash consisted of the monitor going dark and on restart the monitor flashed briefly as the System. booted. This happened

Re: mds 99%

2008-12-20 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: A process named mds running at Root is taking 99% of the CPU on my Dual 500 GigE. This is my fault for not running AHT immediately after my System Crashed a week ago. Clip: My immediate problem is the mds Process using all the CPU and the curious fact

Re: mds 99%

2008-12-20 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Dec 20, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: A process named mds running at Root is taking 99% of the CPU on my Dual 500 GigE. I believe that is related to Spotlight. It will stop after awhile. Can't help you with the other ... going to bed ... good luck tomorrow? Bill

Re: mds 99%

2008-12-20 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 12:16 AM -0800 12/20/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: Dual 500 GigE. OS10.4.11 A process named mds running at Root is taking 99% of the CPU That's Spotlight, running from the root account. From your description, most likely the Spotlight index on one or more of your disk volumes has been

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-20 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 7:38 PM -0800 11/19/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: One limitation I have not seen mentioned recently is the practice of some TelComs of doubling their subscribers in remote rural areas by Pair Gaining the existing Copper Pairs that service the remote areas. Nasty practice. Not compatible

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-19 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 8:30 AM -0600 11/19/2008, lampbay wrote: I've been using the Apple USB modems with a slow dialup line and the best I get is 26400 - usually 24000. Ok. So your initial carrier speed is low. But then to what speed does it later retrain? IF the usable carrier remains that slow, over a V.90

Re: Help! I Wanna Crack A Lacie FW CDRW Case

2008-11-06 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
Update: The Case appears to be 100% plastic upon taking another look at it. Someone just advised to 'check under the feet' and that didn't bear fruit. My assessment -revised- is that the case is constructed of a 5 sided box with openings at front and rear for firewire jacks and the drive door

Re: Help! I Wanna Crack A Lacie FW CDRW Case

2008-11-06 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
is an empty space between the C and 514. It's a nice looking unit and has been problem free as a cd burner in the couple of years I've owned it. It would be much nicer to use it as a case for my dvd burner or as a HD case. Richard On Nov 6, 8:04 pm, Ernest L. Gunerius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: When did this happen?

2008-10-19 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
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

Re: Quick References for Cleaning G4 Acrylic Cases

2008-10-18 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
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: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudiohttp://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace:

Re: Dashboard call home

2008-09-16 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
At 12:33 AM -0700 9/16/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: I would actually like to disable Dashboard and all the Widgets if I knew how and knew enough about the consequences of that action.. Snip: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html (Make sure you download the one appropriate for your

Re: Dashboard call home

2008-09-09 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
the needed info to update . Updating software in the future can change this setting and you then will need to reset the message. Hope this helps. Will S On Sep 9, 3:52 pm, Ernest L. Gunerius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Little Snitch running all the time which allerts me when spam tries to home

Re: SATA cards was Re: Hard drive recommendations

2008-09-04 Thread Ernest L. Gunerius
On Sep 4, 2008, at 1:13 PM, diane wrote: I would go with PCI-E, more particularly the Silicon Image 3132 chip set. I can't do that in a G4 FW800 though, can I? For those who are stuck with PCI (not PCI-E) there is the Sil 3512 chipset PCI card. I have no experience with it, but the