Re: Giant Sata HD bolluxes up my DA G4

2015-06-01 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 9:34:16 PM UTC-5, smac0031 wrote: I got a 2TB sata HD and Pata Sata converter for it to use in my DA G4 running 10.1.11. It's had startup issues for some time. It order to reboot it you have to use the button on the front. Same for shutdown. I just let it

Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive

2015-04-13 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:55:31 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote: Hello all, As the subject line implies, the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will no longer read DVDs. CDs appear to read ok, although burning is becoming problematic (50-50 chance of success). Can anyone suggest a

Re: Any one lookinbg for Clone parts

2015-02-25 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 5:50:46 AM UTC-6, CCorsair wrote: On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 9:47:23 AM UTC-8, tr...@prismnet.com wrote: On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 6:56:09 PM UTC-6, CCorsair wrote: I have some Mac clones from the classic time . 2 power computer system

Re: Any one lookinbg for Clone parts

2015-02-23 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 6:56:09 PM UTC-6, CCorsair wrote: I have some Mac clones from the classic time . 2 power computer system a nd few Motorola power Star 4000 systems all were working but been in storage in the garage. Which Power Computing systems do you have? Jeff

Re: Hard Drives

2014-06-03 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Monday, June 2, 2014 2:53:18 PM UTC-5, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:23 PM, Nestamicky nesta...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Most people simply go for size these days, but as Bruce and others have pointed, that could indeed be the curse. So, what tech

Re: Eudora replacement

2014-01-20 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Sunday, January 19, 2014 7:51:37 AM UTC-6, Jay Koutavas wrote: Now that MailForge is dead, I've been pondering... How many people would be interested in a faithful reproduction of Mac Eudora 6.2? 10? 100?, 1000? I would love to see a modern email client which mimics Eudora. I've

Re: ios7 growing pains

2013-09-28 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 3:25:06 PM UTC-5, Chance Reecher wrote: On 9/25/13 4:19 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: --You could always try a hack. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hq-a/ Seriuously. This is the way to go. You can easily get Mac Pro level performance for a third

Re: G5 thinks there are still two monitors attached, after removing one.

2013-07-06 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Sunday, June 30, 2013 1:23:13 PM UTC-5, PH wrote: what i did was de-solder the faulty regulator and attached 3 wires to the 3 contacts on the board the old regulator was soldered to. then i soldered the new voltage regulator to the proper one of the 3 new wires, wrapped the

Re: Power Mac forum at LowEndMac.com

2013-03-13 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Mar 13, 3:53 am, Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com lowend...@gmail.com wrote: We've started the process of migrating to WordPress forums, and today I'm announcing that the Power Macs (G3-5) forum is ready to go. Please go to http://lowendmac.com/forums/forum/mac-hardware/powerpc-macs/power-mac...

Re: MDD G4 Power supply recomendations?

2013-02-20 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Feb 20, 1:43 am, No No grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Joe and others: There is a New York company that rebuilds/repairs the G4 MDD power supply.  Just use Google to search for New York, G4 MDD, rebuild Power Supply.  They want about $80 for the job. All things considered, I bet

Re: Spillage on keyboard - broken beyond repair?

2013-01-18 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jan 17, 12:16 pm, Robert MacLeay rmacl...@gmail.com wrote: That said, I wish to insert a reality check: Even if you are successful, you will have spent a great deal of time and money, and will still wind up with a five year old keyboard. Shopping carefully, you can buy a decent used one

Re: SCSI issue has arisen

2013-01-17 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jan 16, 12:28 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 15, 2013, at 7:34 PM, t...@prismnet.com wrote: Do you remember where you got them?  Part number?   I would dearly like to get some $5 SCA=50 pin adapters with termination.   There are a bunch of 2.5 SCSI drives available

Re: SCSI issue has arisen

2013-01-16 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jan 15, 12:13 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:53 PM, t...@prismnet.com wrote: On Jan 13, 4:41 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: Beiges have onboard 50 pin SCSI. Just get one of the SCA to 50 pin adapters and plug into the fully

Re: SCSI issue has arisen

2013-01-15 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jan 13, 4:41 pm, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: Beiges have onboard 50 pin SCSI. Just get one of the SCA to 50 pin adapters and plug into the fully supported onboard scsi on the beige. These adapters are available on ebay for under $5 shipped. I am sure you can easily beat this

Re: Throwing in the Towel

2012-12-17 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Saturday, December 15, 2012 2:00:37 PM UTC-6, pdimage wrote: On 15/12/2012 16:32, Richard Gerome onecoo...@earthlink.netjavascript: wrote: So this left me wondering why so many put this 9800 in them??? Maybe someone here can tell me why they even use this 9800 card? When I go

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

2012-12-11 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Monday, December 10, 2012 10:14:08 PM UTC-6, Valter Viglietti wrote: Speaking of which, my MDD has the 360 watt PS. I have seen that there are 400 watt units also for the MDD. Any idea why the different versions? Is the 400 watt unit just a later version, or what? AFAIK, quite

Re: G4 MDD SCSI (pref non PCI)

2012-08-29 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:43:23 AM UTC-5, oli wrote: I think at this point, I will replace one of my Scope cards with an Atto SCSI adapter. I don't really know much about which adapter to go for, though Atto seems to be well regarded. Any advice on that? From memory, the SCSI

Re: G4 MDD SCSI (pref non PCI)

2012-08-29 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Aug 28, 11:43 am, Oliver Fairhall o.fairh...@gmail.com wrote: From memory, the SCSI maintains some level of backwards compatibility, as long as the appropriate cabling is used (eg SCSI 1 devices on SCSI 2 host). Thanks everyone for you help so far. Are there any suggestions for a

Re: G4 MDD SCSI (pref non PCI)

2012-08-28 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Monday, August 27, 2012 11:10:57 PM UTC-5, oli wrote: Hi, I was hoping for a SCSI adapter running from the Firewire 400 bus. Haven't found one though. These folks used to sell them: http://www.macgurus.com/store/ecom-prodshow/SCSIFR1SX.html but they're out of stock and at $140

Re: G3 iMac to Quadra 650 Ethernet?

2012-08-18 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Monday, August 13, 2012 3:17:04 PM UTC-5, John Carmonne wrote: I have a G3 iMac 600 OS 9.2.2 and I need to connect it to a Quadra 650 OS 7.5.5 via Ethernet. I only need to transfer text files to and from the desk tops of the two machines, no internet or program sharing, only file

Re: Display Resolutions/Freq., MDD, R9000, Leopard

2012-08-01 Thread t...@prismnet.com
Andreas, thank you for the excellently detailed and informative reply. I won't have a chance to try it out before the weekend, but I wanted to post my thanks before the thread gets too stale. Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those

Display Resolutions/Freq., MDD, R9000, Leopard

2012-07-30 Thread t...@prismnet.com
I have an MDD hooked up to an older IBM (T85A) LCD and I can't get it to display in anything other than 1152 X 870 @ 75Hz. The display supports up to 1280 X 1024, and on the exact same machine, when I boot the Tiger volume, 1280 X 1024 works fine. But in Leopard, every resolution except 1152 X

Re: [G3-5]Re: G5 up and running, what about browsers?

2012-07-27 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:00:06 AM UTC-5, MaGioZal wrote: On 7/24/12 5:47 AM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: PatchBurn 4.0.5 can fix this issue in anything earlier than 10.5, so it really doesn't matter if the firmware says Apple or something else. PatchBurn is HIGHLY

Re: Tiger Install Stalls, MDD, Acard 6880M, Mirrored Drives

2012-07-17 Thread t...@prismnet.com
Acard Support's suggestion worked. When I disconnected the two Master drives, the Tiger installer ran flawlessly and quickly and installed to the slave array. When I reattached the Master drives the corresponding volume worked fine with the new Tiger installation on the Slave drives. And --

Testing HD Performance RAM In MDD Under X.4 or X.5

2012-07-16 Thread t...@prismnet.com
What do folks recommend to use to test RAM for defects in an MDD under 10.4 or 10.5. I guess I could boot into 9.2 and use the old standby, RAMometer. Also, what do folks recommend to test hard disk performance? I have here an MDD which has been working mostly trouble-free for years with 1.5

Tiger Install Stalls, MDD, Acard 6880M, Mirrored Drives

2012-07-12 Thread t...@prismnet.com
I've been banging my head against this one all week. Every time I try to install Tiger (retail DVD) to a mirrored volume on an Acard 6880M, the installation stalls at some point -- it's a different point every time. After some tens of minutes, maybe an hour, a message appears Please try to

Re: Tiger Install Stalls, MDD, Acard 6880M, Mirrored Drives

2012-07-12 Thread t...@prismnet.com
I did have a reply in my In box from Acard this morning. Kudos to them for supporting a product they no longer market! The suggestion was to disconnect the Master Array while trying to install Tiger to the Slave array which is kind of kludgy, but what the heck. I'll give it a try. At this

Re: http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list/t/6962b21faa23de6

2012-06-27 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 26, 7:34 am, No No grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: The Acard SCSI/IDE adapter was a great choice a few years ago. However, it is no longer economical. A few years ago there's were scores of them on Ebay for $30 - $40. Now it is difficult to find one for under $150. It's just two

Re: Fwd: Is SCSI DRIVE SAME AS UATA DRIVE?

2012-06-25 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 24, 12:42 am, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: If the budget allows, the ACARD adapter might be a better choice. Once I clocked a 78mb SCSI drive vs an 80gb ide on an ACARD adapter to see how much faster the SCSI drive was. It wasn't, the 80gb on the adapter beat the SCSI drive by a

Re: MDD, Gray Screen, Access Optical Drive?

2012-06-20 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 19, 2:37 pm, Cameron Kaiser spec...@floodgap.com wrote: S, looks like I'm probably at a point where I don't have a choice about replacing that hard drive(s) if I want to continue to use this machine, but how do I get the optical drive open so that I can insert an OS install

Re: MDD, Gray Screen, Access Optical Drive?

2012-06-20 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 19, 9:54 pm, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: But a much simpler solution is to hold down the mouse button on start up. I think holding down the F12 key (after the start up bong) works too. The F12 key wasn't working, but the mouse button did the trick. However, the machine isn't

MDD, Gray Screen, Access Optical Drive?

2012-06-19 Thread t...@prismnet.com
This 1.25GHz single processor MDD has been having problems for a few weeks. I've backed up everything on the hard drives, so that's good, but haven't had time to replace the drives, reinstall the OS's, move the files, etc. The short question is, how do I get the optical drive to open so that I

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

2012-06-07 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 6, 3:56 am, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: I don't see mention of this problem on the swap feedback list. Could you please point me at the Swap feedback list. I remember reading about it, and when this problem cropped up, I tried to find it, and failed. It's not a

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

2012-06-07 Thread t...@prismnet.com
On Jun 7, 8:40 am, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: A guy on Ebay pulled a scam like this on me---claimed several times to have shipped me a Mac, after all kinds of excuses for delay, the hospital one, bad weather, finally even provided a fake tracking number. But with Ebay and PayPal you can file