At 9:58 PM -0700 8/31/2009, Paul wrote:
That reminds me - is there a way to write protect an external drive?
Most (maybe all) of them don't have a hardware switch.
I haven't seen a hardware write-lock in years.
Most file systems support a software write-lock but it's just
that - software.
At 9:45 PM -0700 8/31/2009, Paul wrote:
I have had great success recovering 400 gb of data from an external
firewire/ethernet drive via a G4 on OS 9.2.2
With Disk Utility?
Disk Utility is Apple's repair tool for Mac OS X (actually it's Unix's fsck).
The classic Mac OS (9.2.2) would use
It is - having iomega's zip or jaz drives and the software they provide.
That can be downloaded for free, but you have to become a member.
iomega.com
That reminds me - is there a way to write protect an external drive?
Most (maybe all) of them don't have a hardware switch.
A good way of write protecting is burning the entire content to CDs or DVDs and
lock them away.
Then you can sweep the disk by re-formatting.
Lars
At 9:58 PM -0700 8/31/2009, Paul wrote:
That reminds me - is there a way to write protect an external drive?
Most (maybe all) of them don't have a
Don't forget the Nortons - version 8 works on X systems,
but DO NOT use a version 5 for journaled disks.
At 9:45 PM -0700 8/31/2009, Paul wrote:
I have had great success recovering 400 gb of data from an external
firewire/ethernet drive via a G4 on OS 9.2.2
With Disk Utility?
Disk
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Subject: Re: Next for PPC?
Date:Dienstag, 1. September 2009N
From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
At 12:27 AM + 9/1/2009, Peter wrote:
However, there will be some drawbacks too. Software development will
be
There are MILLIONS of PowerPC based Macs still in service. As long
as XCode can produce Universal binaries WHY would anyone want to cut
off that much of their userbase? Reducing userbase == lower income.
agreed but on the other hand, a particular company will look at how
much rev loss
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Subject: dual G5 2.5 problems continue
Date:Dienstag, 1. September 2009N
From:amoriellja...@att.net
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
...
Unfortunately, it still won't boot and now has a new error message during
the hardware test: AHT Error
The success was achieved using
Data Rescue II from PROSOFT
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On 8/31/09 5:08 PM, Paul wrote:
inding a USB
2.0 card (much faster) that lets you boot might take a bit of work.
Paul, would you please say how this is really done? I know it's a
complex process in windoze.
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At 10:12 AM +0200 9/1/2009, WhyOSX wrote:
Don't forget the Nortons - version 8 works on X systems,
but DO NOT use a version 5 for journaled disks.
No. DO NOT put ANY of the Norton products near your Mac. Period.
They are KNOWN to corrupt HFS+ volumes on OS X. It's so bad they
couldn't fix
Steve Conrad writes,
And I was thinking of the USS Prometheus which has Multi-Vector Attack
mode :P
That's NX-74913. Thanks for clarifying. :-)
~Yersinia.
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At 12:05 PM +0200 9/1/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote:
So, opposed to your theory: if the userbase is constant -
reducing compatibity (with older computers) == higher income
When an app becomes incompatible with your computer, you go look for
a different app. You only go back to the vendor that
At 3:16 AM -0700 9/1/2009, Kshitij Rajkumar wrote:
There are MILLIONS of PowerPC based Macs still in service. As long
as XCode can produce Universal binaries WHY would anyone want to cut
off that much of their userbase? Reducing userbase == lower income.
agreed but on the other hand, a
On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote:
Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm
From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the
path to
effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :)
Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community.
Norton is pretty bad for Windows, too. You're better off finding free
stuff than using Symantec products.
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Subject: Re: Next for PPC?
Date:Dienstag, 1. September 2009N
From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
At 12:05 PM +0200 9/1/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote:
So, opposed to your theory: if the userbase is constant -
reducing compatibity (with older computers) ==
Let's cut out the stereotyping! It's nasty and insulting and
it's wasting the time of this site which is trying to be helpful...
Indifference is a weapon of mass destruction.
Michael J. Amato
can...@comcast.net
On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:
Well, I think
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mac User #330250macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
I guess Apple is going the Intel-only path because for Apple this means that
people will _have to_ buy a new Mac.
Of course, I don't actually know anything about why Apple went with
Intel CPUs. But IMO it had little
Is Firefox having problems resolving domain names?
Sometimes
In Terminal, please issue the following commands then copy the whole
results and paste 'em into a reply here:
Dan,
Here is the information you requested:
Last login: Mon Aug 31 05:48:14 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
was wondering..
IfI wanted to use wireless on a 350 MHZ PCI runninng 10.3 do I have
to use Airport or will a third party vendor acrd work as well. What
about the USB type or wireless adapters? I saw a processor upgrade
that allows you to put a G3 1000 MHZ processor in place of the G4.
At 3:28 PM -0400 9/1/2009, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
Larry-Edens-Computer-2:~ larryeden$ dig @208.67.220.220 www.google.com
You need to hit return after that last line, as you didn't include
the return when you copied. Please do the whole three commands again.
- Dan.
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Greetings,
I have an Adaptec AHA-2930B(Mac) that prevents my G4 from waking from
sleep. I have removed the card and the Mac sleeps and wakes on
demand.
So, if I want to connect my external SCSI drives, what do I need to
install? I use the SCSI very infrequently, so my question is more
On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:47 AM, iJohn wrote:
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Mac User
#330250macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
I guess Apple is going the Intel-only path because for Apple this
means that
people will _have to_ buy a new Mac.
Of course, I don't actually know anything about
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:51 AM, yersi...@cybernex.net wrote:
Steve Conrad writes,
And I was thinking of the USS Prometheus which has Multi-Vector Attack
mode :P
That's NX-74913. Thanks for clarifying. :-)
~Yersinia.
:)
All my HDD, Bernoulli disks, etc. are named after Starships
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--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote:
I have an Adaptec AHA-2930B(Mac) that prevents my G4 from
waking from
sleep. I have removed the card and the Mac sleeps and
wakes on
demand.
I prefer ATTO pci cards. They are natively supported in OSX but also ATTO have
--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
The software system I'm using for about a decade now is
Linux. I grew up with
it since Kernel 2.2 ended and 2.4 started. Now we have 2.6
and a completely
different developement model, so I doubt I'll see 2.8
anytime soon.
John Niven wrote:
--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote:
The software system I'm using for about a decade now is
Linux. I grew up with
it since Kernel 2.2 ended and 2.4 started. Now we have 2.6
and a completely
different developement model, so I doubt I'll see
Jasiu wrote:
was wondering..
IfI wanted to use wireless on a 350 MHZ PCI runninng 10.3 do I have
to use Airport or will a third party vendor acrd work as well. What
about the USB type or wireless adapters? I saw a processor upgrade
that allows you to put a G3 1000 MHZ processor
Lawrence David Eden wrote:
Greetings,
I have an Adaptec AHA-2930B(Mac) that prevents my G4 from waking from
sleep. I have removed the card and the Mac sleeps and wakes on
demand.
So, if I want to connect my external SCSI drives, what do I need to
install? I use the SCSI very
On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
Lawrence David Eden wrote:
Greetings,
I have an Adaptec AHA-2930B(Mac) that prevents my G4 from waking from
sleep. I have removed the card and the Mac sleeps and wakes on
demand.
So, if I want to connect my external SCSI drives, what do
Howdy,
Some people run Linux on Macs because they appreciate some advantage of
Linux as an OS and like some physical characteristic of the Apple
hardware. It may be styling. The BW G3 case is the best looking
consumer tower PC ever made, as far as I am concerned. At one time,
Apple hardware
I was given a non working powermac g4 with a sonnet 1.8GHZ upgrade in it.
The problem is that it won't install any os. With leopard it just says that
the install failed. could not validated the basesystem package. I have
tried replacing the optical drive, using a different installer to no avail.
I'm not sure about the sleep problem and this is a wild stab; but some of the
ATTO series such as the 320 SCSI UL3D card might work.
--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:
From: Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net
Subject: Re: Ultra-SCSI on a G4
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date:
Jonas Ulrich wrote:
I was given a non working powermac g4 with a sonnet 1.8GHZ upgrade in
it. The problem is that it won't install any os. With leopard it just
says that the install failed. could not validated the basesystem
package. I have tried replacing the optical drive, using a
Hey Ralph,
Which laptops are you talking about??? I have 4 clamshells one I bought
brand new, the only problem I ever had was with the brand new one which was a
demo display from Sears when they used to sell them... I had to have the HD
replaced 6 months after I got it and it was because
On Sep 1, 1:07 pm, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote:
So, if I want to connect my external SCSI drives, what do I need to
install? I use the SCSI very infrequently, so my question is more
about getting an education than solving a problem.
Why don't people give a list of their
Howdy CoolKat,
Yes, I was referring to the Intel laptops. The PPC laptops seem to
have been solid designs, for the most part. I just got a G3/700 iBook
and it works very well and looks very nice. I have seen speculation
that Apple let Intel design at least the first generation of x86
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