Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-10 Thread Tina K.
On 2012/01/09 12:43, Doug McNutt so eloquently wrote: It has no problems with Eudora 5.1 which beats any UNIX mail program I have ever seen. The application uses a resource fork for its preferences and message directories. It will never be ported to Lion. And if it supported IMAP I'd still be u

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-09 Thread Doug McNutt
At 08:23 -0800 1/9/12, Joshua Juran wrote, and I snipped:: > >Those seeking an alternative OS for PPC Macs I would refer to Debian >GNU/Linux. > >http://www.debian.org/ > >An eccentric few[1] might enjoy using MacRelix on Mac OS 9 or earlier. It's >developed by me and distributed under the GNU

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-09 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jan 7, 2012, at 11:20 PM, David W. Morris wrote: I am not a part of the group of guys that develop MorphOS2.7 and I get no compensation for promoting it. The team of guys only make enough money from registrations for a bit of Pizza and Beers once in a while. Hardly what could be compa

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-09 Thread David W. Morris
I am not a part of the group of guys that develop MorphOS2.7 and I get no compensation for promoting it. The team of guys only make enough money from registrations for a bit of Pizza and Beers once in a while. Hardly what could be compared to most any commercial product. On Jan 7, 2012,

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-09 Thread David W. Morris
On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:50 AM, schaf...@comcast.net wrote: If Dave sounds like he's trying to sell you on the OS it's because he's a believer. Trust me, there's NO money to be made on the Amiga side of things. Just folks who think we were cheated out of a good OS years ago. So as an owner

Re: [Manager Comment] Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread JohnV
An Example, apparently... (amused and light-hearted observation aside, THANK YOU for the attention and your work here...) JV On Jan 7, 2012, at 1:54 PM, ftf wrote: Please trim your quotes to only essential words relevant for your comment. Habitual violators of our posting rules may be pla

Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Gene Henley
From: schaf...@comcast.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's If Dave sounds like he's trying to sell you on the OS it's because he's a believer. Trust me, there's NO money t

[Manager Comment] Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread ftf
oglegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:13:26 AM Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's Add me to the list of members who are getting tired to this guy trying to sell us on an OS thats (1) Commercial and (2) Craptacular. Nannies please get rid of this tripe. It doesn't bel

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Eric Hall
Advertising commercial products on the list in in extremely bad taste. If it was up to me, you would be outta here. And make no mistake - that is exactly what is going on here, folks.  Don't worry, I am done advertising now that I have answered for those members who ARE interested. -- You

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread schaffpa
d in hearing about it. In that spirit: Dave, is there a modern browser available for MorphOS? - Peter - Original Message - From: "Christopher Clarke" To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 9:13:26 AM Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac&#

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread David W. Morris
On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Christopher Clarke wrote: Add me to the list of members who are getting tired to this guy trying to sell us on an OS thats (1) Commercial and (2) Craptacular. I did not see my message make it to the list, but it apparently has. Don't worry, I am done advertisin

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Jesse
>>> - Original Message ----- >>> From: David W. Morris >>> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 8:11 PM >>> Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's >>> >>> >>> On Jan 6

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread schaffpa
cents. - Peter Amiga x6, Mac x3 - Original Message - From: "Gene Henley" To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 8:09:10 AM Subject: Don't Landfill old Mac's I am confused. this list is"G3-5-list" is it not? If there are OS syst

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Christopher Clarke
;> - Original Message - >> From: David W. Morris >> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >> Cc: >> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 8:11 PM >> Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's >> >> >> On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: &g

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Eric Hall
The op is promoting a commercial product. And this is not the first time.  From: Gene Henley To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:09 AM Subject: Don't Landfill old Mac's I am confused. this list is"G3-5-list"

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Jesse
e - > From: David W. Morris > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Cc: > Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's > > > On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: >> >> This list is the G3-5 List. It is usa

Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Gene Henley
Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:59 AM Subject: Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's Of course, I for one, am tired of hearing you shill this o/s. Perhaps a line in your sig, people can email you off list if they are interested. Thanks - Original Message - From: David W. Morris To:

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread John Carmonne
This is a sales pitch for a "Craptastic OS". It doesn't belong on the list. Please Nannie's? John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem On Jan 6, 2012, at 6:11 PM, David W. Morris wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: >> >> This list is the G3-5 L

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread Eric Hall
: Don't Landfill old Mac's On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: > > This list is the G3-5 List. It is usable software agnostic. Since MOST people > on the list run Mac OS, that is what the main knowledge base is. There are > other lists with more knowledgable *nix peo

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-07 Thread David W. Morris
On Jan 6, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: This list is the G3-5 List. It is usable software agnostic. Since MOST people on the list run Mac OS, that is what the main knowledge base is. There are other lists with more knowledgable *nix people on them. That being said, *nix talk is a

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 6, 2012, at 10:19 AM, David W. Morris wrote: > On Jan 6, 2012, at 6:47 AM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: > >> Any possibility of sharing some details of your "alternative use"? > Snip > Hello JR, > > I am not sure I can share the alternative use here on this list, as it > involves running an

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:19 AM, David W. Morris wrote: > > I am not sure I can share the alternative use here on this list, as it > involves running an alternative OS, not an Apple MacOS. Since I am > relatively new here and have already made a few mistakes in posting > messages, I am trying to

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread Joshua Lewis
I picked up a emac 1.25Ghz G4, usb 2.0 , combodrive 2004 model off the street nature stripe for free. Its amazing what people throw out on nature strip. Its works i wiped the hard drive reinstall mac os x 10.4 Specs it has 40gb hard drive, 1gb of ram it came with the machine that means it cheap

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread David W. Morris
That is true. I was lucky enough to find several dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD PowerMac's for about $35 each from a studio that had not used them in almost a year as they had already upgraded to Intel Mac's. On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:11 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: The faster dual processors are pretty expens

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread Jesse
Uh anybody landfilling 450mhz smurf. Donate it to me, that was my dream computer as a teenager, also a dual 1ghz QS lol highly unlikely amirite? Sent from my iPhone 4 On Jan 6, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > The faster dual processors are pretty expensive on ebay. Also, it m

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread David W. Morris
On Jan 6, 2012, at 6:47 AM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: Any possibility of sharing some details of your "alternative use"? I think I speak for a lot of people who would be interested in hearing how to get continued mileage out of our PPC systems and/or help our own local communities. Perhaps we

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread Jonas Ulrich
The faster dual processors are pretty expensive on ebay. Also, it might be worth finding a cheap power supply for, though sometimes those are as expensive as the whole computer. I imagine the parts especially processor board must still be worth > hanging on to? > > -- You received this message

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread JoeTaxpayer
David - these need to be fully working? Any value left in 1.25 Dual MDD with failed PS? You cannibalizing or only repurposing? I imagine the parts especially processor board must still be worth hanging on to? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those usi

Re: Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread John Ruschmeyer
Any possibility of sharing some details of your "alternative use"? I think I speak for a lot of people who would be interested in hearing how to get continued mileage out of our PPC systems and/or help our own local communities. Perhaps we can all share ideas. One thing I'm also a bit curious abo

Don't Landfill old Mac's

2012-01-06 Thread David W. Morris
Happy New Year all G-List members. I know that almost all of you would never throw away a good working G4 Mac, as we on this list know that they are still very useful computers. For those here that might be having trouble thinking of what to do with any of the Mac models listed below, if y