Re: Dumping inventory

2017-03-06 Thread M Christol
Highway 61? sorry On 3/6/17 12:53 PM, Dan Cottler wrote: Hi All, My circumstances have changed; I'm no longer able to do Mac repairs & consultant work. And I’ve moved to new place, that has no storage space. Time to dump my Macs (mostly G3 and G4 machines), parts, etc. Besides LEM Swap

Re: Your Browser has been locked up! Send $300 to...

2013-12-06 Thread M Christol
I heard these guys have a tech support page to help people pay. Even if it's not true, it's a good story. -- -- 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: New Forums

2013-03-26 Thread M Christol
On 3/25/13 7:37 PM, Koralatov wrote: On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 15:39, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: that said, yes, this is worrying, and a forum, or a bunch of fora will never ever work as fluent and convinient as the mail lists, and I also miss an explantion about that No, they won't. It also

Re: Linux question

2012-11-16 Thread M Christol
On 11/15/12 9:58 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: Was there an A/UX version of Photoshop? No. It ran under the Finder on the Mac side. found it - not A/UX, it ran on Solaris. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Old Software Packaging

2012-11-15 Thread M Christol
Is there any market in old software packaging? I know there's a lot of collectible stuff out there but - RayDream 3D boxes? I'm anal enough to want to keep the software, I'm just wondering about the packaging. thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Linux question

2012-11-15 Thread M Christol
Here's some http://penguinppc.org/about-2/distributions/ From the installation there should be some method to install productivity software but I am not sure how far back that goes. Hope you have plenty of hair to pull out. On 11/15/12 5:34 AM, Ben Kernan wrote: I have a g-4 400 (sawtooth

Re: Old Software Packaging

2012-11-15 Thread M Christol
I just filled up the recycling bin. Made enough room on the shelves to get the crap up off the floor. On 11/15/12 1:23 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 9, 2012, at 4:51 AM, M Christol chris...@fuse.net wrote: Is there any market in old software packaging? I know there's a lot of collectible

Re: Linux question

2012-11-15 Thread M Christol
On 11/15/12 12:42 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Most software for Linux is (more or less) freeware. You will likely use 'yum' commands to load software. -- 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

Re: Linux question

2012-11-15 Thread M Christol
On 11/15/12 5:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Also Apple is one of the few companies to have produced version on both sides of the Great Schism; between System V and BSD. OS X is based on the BSD line (why the Califoria Board Of Regents copyrights are there) but A/UX, Apples FIRST Unix, was a

Weak Blacks

2012-06-15 Thread M Christol
I posted a few weeks ago about a G4 450x2 not displaying blacks well on a Viewsonic LCD monitor shared with a newer PowerMac that displayed fine. I poked around upped the refresh rate from 59.7h to 74.9h and it looks a lot better. dunno why :-) -- You received this message because you are a

G4 450 x2 Video

2012-05-25 Thread M Christol
My trusty G4 450 x2 display is losing blackness - the type shadows in images are a dark to medium grey. I am assuming this is the ATI Rage 128 Pro dying. I am assuming this is what I should replace it with: http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=158type=Videosort=a Does this sound

Re: G4 450 x2 Video

2012-05-25 Thread M Christol
On 5/25/12 12:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 25, 2012, at 9:11 AM, M Christol wrote: My trusty G4 450 x2 display is losing blackness - the type shadows in images are a dark to medium grey. I am assuming this is the ATI Rage 128 Pro dying. Video cards don't die this way...monitors do

Re: NOOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

2012-05-16 Thread M Christol
On 5/15/12 11:52 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: http://perian.org/ Horrible horrible news... =8-O ...That they're open-sourcing it properly and letting the community support it? I think that's great! I think so too, but let's say there never is another version of Perian, ever. Perian served its

Re: Linux on MacPro

2012-02-18 Thread M Christol
On 2/17/12 10:11 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 17, 2012, at 5:47 AM, Edward Treen wrote: Hi all, I am using 10.7.3 on my MacPro (4,1 - March 2010) - 12GB RAM, 4 x 1TB drives., Radeon 4780 512MB Graphics. I use VMWare Fusion 3 Windows 7 for the odd times I need Windows , and it all seems

Re: G5 service

2012-02-16 Thread M Christol
Did you price the repair by Apple or an authorized repair place? On 2/16/12 1:19 PM, JohnV wrote: I'm about to dive in and replace the power supply in a G5. Caveats? suggestions? warnings? JV -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: hd

2011-11-26 Thread M Christol
On 11/26/11 10:37 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Nov 26, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Baldassare Guzzo wrote: PM G4 933 with lots of goodies. I have an external enclosure that I want to add a sata drive to use as a back up. Did hard drive prices just jump up like 30% in the last month or is it my

Cisco 675 log

2011-11-09 Thread M Christol
I connect to the internet through an ISP provided Cisco 675 connected to an Airport base station It seems to have crapped out a couple times lately. Does it have some kind of internal log I can access through the Airport? Turning it off for a minute turning it back on isn't rebooting it. I

Re: Image Scaling Software Needed

2011-10-22 Thread M Christol
latest version needs intel You can DL pirated torrents of old GF. I mean, if you really can't find a copy to buy, it's an option. On 10/15/11 7:28 PM, Brian Fuelleman wrote: You can get a free 30 day trial of the newest version at ononesoftware.com, though they've changed the name of the

Re: Stupified by Spotify

2011-07-19 Thread M Christol
On 7/19/11 4:22 PM, Dan wrote: Anyone using Spotify? What's your experience? http://www.spotify.com/ They recently started providing service in the USA. I signed up (free account) about an hour ago and so far, I'm stupified over how bad their software is! I haven't used an app this bad in

Re: Intel Mac PPC apps

2011-06-25 Thread M Christol
On 6/25/11 3:32 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Well, I'm seriously considering upgrading from my Mini G4 to an Intel Mini. A quick google suggests that with Rosetta or other such utilities one can effortlessly run PPC apps in Snow Leopard on an Intel cpu. Also, what about Classic apps. ?

Trinettes Johnson

2011-06-25 Thread M Christol
About the time the latest rash of bounced emails started, my ISP, Fuse, completely fell apart died. Hopefully their latest meltdown is ended. http://www.cincinnatibell.com/consumer/internet/fuse_dial_up/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

2011-06-14 Thread M Christol
On 6/14/11 1:13 PM, S T wrote: Most of my main concern tends to be regarding capture cards... how to get the video INTO the program I'm using, whichever that one will be. Apple tends to promote FireWire. Does your camera/s have that? -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Hello! and question from a relative newbie

2011-06-13 Thread M Christol
On 6/13/11 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:30 AM, S T wrote: My questions are basically how can I get the most out of this system? About the only upgrade left would be to get a SATA card and toss in larger, faster internal drives. I want to geet back into video

Re: You all have probably figured it out by now

2011-06-12 Thread M Christol
On 6/12/11 6:24 PM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 11-06-2011 21:44, Bruce Johnson, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu, wrote: but fuse.net is spazzing out again. I've gotten like 400 LEM list bounces dating back to january from someone there just this morning... Hello Bruce, Can you please explain what

Re: You all have probably figured it out by now

2011-06-11 Thread M Christol
Fuse sucks DNS is f*cking up again, too. On 6/11/11 3:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: but fuse.net is spazzing out again. I've gotten like 400 LEM list bounces dating back to january from someone there just this morning... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: help in SW ohio?

2011-05-26 Thread M Christol
Sandy Patton at Springfield Engraving might have something. Doubt it would be free. There was a place called Springfield Computer repair that offered mac services but their site appears to be down. Maybe somebody at Wittenberg? On 5/26/11 2:19 AM, ah...clem wrote: probably a long-shot, but

Re: Huge amount of bounced mail coming back from this list...

2011-04-20 Thread M Christol
On 4/20/11 12:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 19, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Thought I would share this that I just got from List Manager in reply to an email I sent: The group email is hosed again. We are aware of the problem. GMAIL and Yahoo frequently get hacked and this

DNS Crap with Safari

2011-03-05 Thread M Christol
I was getting hangs lags when loading sites with Safari. It was suggested that I put OpenDNS addresses in my network settings to fix the problem. It worked. Problem with that, tho, is that every so often OpenDNS blocks all sorts of stuff. YouTube, Vimeo, PhotoBucket, Flickr, FaceBook, MySpace,

Re: DNS Crap with Safari

2011-03-05 Thread M Christol
On 3/5/11 3:41 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote: On 3/5/11 11:03 AM, M Christol wrote: I was getting hangs lags when loading sites with Safari. It was suggested that I put OpenDNS addresses in my network settings to fix the problem. It worked. Problem with that, tho, is that every so often OpenDNS

Re: Do not understand how to send html emails on my G4 Mac

2011-02-24 Thread M Christol
On 2/22/11 7:27 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Do not understand how to send html emails I keep getting them and now I need to send one or so. How do you do this on my G4 10.4 using yahoo etc. Thanks for your help. JML I am not sure what your problem is. What are you using to compose the

Re: cancel

2011-01-13 Thread M Christol
Click on the link at the bottom of this post. It says: For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list When you get to that page, click on Edit My Membership in the right sidebar. On that page go down to the bottom of the right hand column click Unsubscribe.

Re: G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-20 Thread M Christol
On 11/19/10 8:49 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:19 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Nov 19, 2010, at 4:24 PM, M Christol wrote: I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. My G5 is VERY picky about how the RAM is seated. In my experience, all computers that require

Re: G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-20 Thread M Christol
On 11/20/10 1:01 PM, M Christol wrote: I rearranged the RAM 2 original sticks in the third position are not working the new sticks in the first slots are not working. Basically, anything I touch isn't working :-) ok, Basically, anything I touch isn't working was right. reseated everything

G5 RAM voltage

2010-11-19 Thread M Christol
I got some RAM to upgrade my G5 2.5x2 I believe I have it in right but it's not showing up. I noticed it's 2.6 volt the manual says to use 2.5 volt Is that gonna be a deal breaker? - xx 000

G5 RAM in a Mac Pro

2010-11-16 Thread M Christol
Will RAM from a G5 work in a Mac Pro? I guess it's slower? thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our

WinZip

2010-11-15 Thread M Christol
Is there any reason to get WinZip for Mac? http://www.winzip.com/mac/en/index.htm -- 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: Which used Mac to buy?

2010-11-13 Thread M Christol
I have not had any problems with CS3 on a MacBook Pro. On 11/13/10 3:25 PM, Bruce wrote: Hello Tom, Adobe CS1, CS2, CS3, have problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Adobe CS4 and CS5 have no problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Also, regarding Intel Macs, there is speculation that 10.7 Lion will drop

How to burn VIDEO_TS

2010-10-10 Thread M Christol
I downloaded a VIDEO_TS and cannot get it to DVD. Tried Disk Utility tried hdiutil makehybrid -udf-volume-name NAME -o ~/Desktop/name.iso ~/Desktop Apple DVD Player will launch but not play disk both ways. Sony DVD player says it's unsupported both ways. The VOB files play in VLC on Mac but

Re: How to burn VIDEO_TS

2010-10-10 Thread M Christol
thanks I did notice you need to delete all the other files on your desktop to do it the way I did. At least I have a clean desktop now. On 10/10/10 12:46 PM, Dan wrote: At 10:34 AM -0400 10/10/2010, M Christol wrote: I downloaded a VIDEO_TS and cannot get it to DVD. Tried Disk Utility

Re: Writing on the wall...

2010-08-25 Thread M Christol
Has Apple said anything about Safari's lifespan on PPC ? On 8/25/10 7:31 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://www.macnn.com/articles/10/08/25/technical.hurdles.impede.powerpc.support/ Firefox 4 will very likely be Intel only. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

KVM with G5 MT iMac

2010-07-17 Thread M Christol
Is there a way to rig a G5 MT iMac through a KVM switch use the iMac monitor for both? I am thinking about getting an iMac but my G5 is far from trashable. thanx -- 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: Importing WmV files to final cut pro

2010-06-08 Thread M Christol
FCP doesn't read .wmv natively. If you have Flip 4 Mac Pro it should work because that is a Quicktime Plug In. If you don't have the Pro version of Flip 4 Mac, it is probably just going to waste your time importing a file with a big ugly watermark. AFAIK, you have to pay money to interpret

G5 Wakes up Screaming

2010-05-09 Thread M Christol
A couple times now my G5 has woken from sleep the fans have gone into high gear. I have an Airport network. This time no other computers were on. I got this in my Logs/DirectoryService/DirectoryService.server.log : 2010-05-09 08:43:48 EDT - T[0xA0586820] - Sleep Notification occurred.

Re: Utube conversion

2010-04-20 Thread M Christol
I used TubeSock for awhile, but eventually the saved files quit wotking in QTPro. They worked in VLC. YouTube seems to have found a way to block TubeSock, too. John Carmonne wrote: Hi All Is there an application that will download a Utube movie and convert it to Quick Time so I can watch it

Performance Evaluation

2010-04-09 Thread M Christol
I want to compare the performance of a dual 2.5 ghz G5 to a new quad core mac without buying the newer one. Is there a site that lays these machines out side by side ? I have found some that kinda do thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Re: When Macs go evil

2010-02-25 Thread M Christol
Dan wrote: Does Limbaugh use/have Macs on his set? Many tv personalities are propped up by their, um, props. How much more evil would he be if he had no Mac? Saw a ruby iMac G3 on a zombie movie last night. - Dan. From what I have seen of radio studios, he probably has everything under the

Re: When Macs go evil

2010-02-23 Thread M Christol
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: Over the years, I think we've all taken note of Mac product placement in TV shows and movies. From Scotty talking into that mouse, to David Levinson using a PowerBook to upload a virus into the

OT Disk Catalog SW

2010-02-10 Thread M Christol
Anybody have any experience with Disk Cataloging software ? I am looking at CDFinder, a Mac application for cataloging removable disks ( more). http://www.cdfinder.de/ looks ok I guess the personal Cumulus is dead. thanks -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a