Re: [G3-5]Re: Removing Open Superdrive from top menu

2010-02-15 Thread MaGioZal
On 2/12/10 12:39 AM, Bill Connelly at billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: open your System Library CoreServices Menu Extras and double click on Eject.menu item Thanks for the tip, man! I though Apple had dropped this kind of utility... -- MaGioZal. http://facebook.com/magiozal/ --

Re: printing problem

2010-02-15 Thread tina
On Søndag, 14/2 2010, 04:14, Ken Daggett wrote: On 14 Feb 2010, at 02:06:41 PST, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: out of the blue (at least it seems that way to me) I can't print to my samsung color laser printer, but get an error message: recoverable: Unable to connect to printer; will retry in 30

Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread Stephen Conrad
No condemnations please I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox don't seem to be able to do so

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:38 AM, MaGioZal wrote: Well, I think it is not *exactly* that way...;-) The most important thing to remember is that non-VIA USB 2.0 PCI cards (like the NEC I am using here) will do work on Mac OS 9, because these cards are backward-compatible. Obviously there is no

Re: printing problem

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:02 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: the cable was in, but not all the way now it works again - big thanks for pointing me to the obvious When stuff I have stops working, I look for my cats. They know exactly what they did, but they never confess anything. If you have cats,

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: No condemnations please I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox don't seem to be able to do so

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread Brian Christmas
On 15/02/2010, at 10:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: No condemnations please I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox don't seem to be able to do so

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 6:43 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: As a last resort, and if you don't mind low resolution, do a partial screen capture with Command-Shift-4. Or alternatively Grab will do a Selection as a screen grab. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Greetings, Here is the problem: I need to install an old music notation program onto my Dual 500 mgz G4. This computer does not have a disc drive. I have a LaCie external floppy drive that can only read HD floppies. The software I need to install shipped on low density discs. How do I

HP 870 Cse on iMac G3

2010-02-15 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All Any one know how to make an HP 870Cse printer work on a iMac G3? 10.4.11 and 9.2.2. Gimp- Print allows 1 copy after 2 garbage copies and then the printer is no longer recognized, like the darn driver fell off. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you

Re: printing problem

2010-02-15 Thread tina
On Mandag, 15/2 2010, 12:36, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:02 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: the cable was in, but not all the way now it works again - big thanks for pointing me to the obvious When stuff I have stops working, I look for my cats. They know exactly what they did, but

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread tina
On Mandag, 15/2 2010, 12:09, Stephen Conrad wrote: No condemnations please I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox don't seem to be able to do so

Re: installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread Richard Gerome
If you can't find the download on the internet maybe you can have someone download it on their desktop and e-mail it to you as an attachment??? Or you might be able to do it from a computer in the Library... -Original Message- From: Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net Sent:

Re: installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: Greetings, Here is the problem: I need to install an old music notation program onto my Dual 500 mgz G4. This computer does not have a disc drive. I have a LaCie external floppy drive that can only read HD floppies. The software

Re: installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread John Niven
I have a working Quadra 950 (33MHz 68040 !!!) equipped with the standard internal floppy drive and with a SCSI cd burner I installed in it. It runs OS 7.6.1 and is just the sort of thing you'll need. Email me and I'll do it for you :-) Are you sure you can run that old s/w on a G4? --- On

Re: Downgrade from iMac/10.6 to PM G5/10.5

2010-02-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 14, 2010, at 6:47 PM, Timo V wrote: For the record, I have used MobileMe and Time Machine for a year, now. Never had to use those backups, though, and assume they won't restore anyway! I don't know about Mobile Me, but it's quite easy to restore from a Time Machine backup. --

Re: installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread John Martz
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:57 AM, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: Are you sure you can run that old s/w on a G4? Given my luck with older floppy disks, my question would be whether or not the OP is sure that his media can still be read. One of the biggest reasons I stopped using floppy

Re: DL DVD burning

2010-02-15 Thread Bill Connelly
On Feb 14, 2010, at 5:16 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Bill try one more thing, Make a DVD of that .iso on a 4.7 GB single layer and see if it plays on the set top Using a smaller * ** ** DVD, I tried MDR, but got a bad iso file (wouldn't play properly from my HD). I admit

Re: Downgrade from iMac/10.6 to PM G5/10.5

2010-02-15 Thread Baha Ata
I had time machine backup, i got powerbook 15 inch 1.67 and restore its 10.5 to the core2duo 17 inch 2.33 without not big problem. now it works.. just i reinstall some applications because of native Intel i wish to use... and some serial input for some programs other than everything is same with

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:38 AM, MaGioZal wrote: On 2/9/10 7:38 PM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Also, in my mind there isn't really room for an ATA card in a Beige. With only three PCI slots, you need one for the Radeon video card, one for a USB card, and one for a Firewire card.

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 14, 2010, at 9:53 PM, MaGioZal wrote: On 1/23/10 10:41 AM, Mac User #330250 at macuser330...@gmx.net wrote: My experience is different, since all the Macs I have make a lot of noise. The most silent Power Mac I own is the G5 Late 2005 which has liquid cooling (even though it is

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:38 PM, MaGioZal wrote: On 1/24/10 1:55 PM, Dan at dantear...@gmail.com wrote: Not crazy about the iMac G4 design (too many with limp necks). But I really like the rest of the iMac designs over the years. Very cool. sigh. Now if only they were easier to repair. Good

Re: DL DVD burning

2010-02-15 Thread carmonne
On Feb 14, 2010, at 5:16 PM, John Carmonne wrote:    Bill try one more thing, Make a DVD of that .iso on a 4.7 GB single layer and see if it plays on the set top      Using a smaller * ** ** DVD, I tried MDR, but got a bad iso file (wouldn't play properly from my HD).    I

Re: printing problem

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:36 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:02 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: the cable was in, but not all the way now it works again - big thanks for pointing me to the obvious When stuff I have stops working, I look for my cats. They know exactly what they

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread Ken Daggett
On 15 Feb 2010, at 07:31:48 PST, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: ctrl-click the image choose view page info choose media in the dialog window in top part of the window, you'll now have a list of media in the page scroll down to the pic you want click the save as button this is for firefox -- Hey!

Re: DL DVD burning

2010-02-15 Thread Bill Connelly
On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:21 PM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: Does the single layer play all the way on your set top? I haven't actually played it in its entirety ... did skip around the dvd's menu and it went around as expected. Maybe play the last item in the menu, and see what happens?

Re: printing problem

2010-02-15 Thread Diane
On Mon, February 15, 2010 12:25 pm, Kasey Smith wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:36 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:02 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: the cable was in, but not all the way now it works again - big thanks for pointing me to the obvious When stuff I have stops working,

Re: DL DVD burning

2010-02-15 Thread Carmonne
In a message dated 2/15/10 9:29:49 AM, billycarm...@verizon.net writes: On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:21 PM, carmo...@aol.com wrote: Does the single layer play all the way on your set top? I haven't actually played it in its entirety ... did skip around the  dvd's menu and it went around as

Re: installing older software

2010-02-15 Thread Mel
You should be able to buy a used and sometimes new external floppy drive that connects via your USB port.  They have been offered for sale from time to time for about $5.00 to $15.00 plus shipping off the L.E.M. swap list. --- On Mon, 2/15/10, Richard Gerome onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote:

Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
A couple of questions about hard drives and synching. I have a dozen IDE hard drives of assorted sizes and makes from 4GB up to 250GB that maybe one or two are definitely bricks. When I hook them up in an external enclosure some show up in Disk utility (only the first line, the second does

iTunes music folder synching

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
I am trying to consolidate old hard drive and disc back-ups from many years and computers, the biggest issue is the iTunes Music folders. I know I can select them from within iTunes and consolidate, the problem with that is I will get a boatload of duplicates. My question, is there a way

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Samuel Macomber
$ problems seems to be the underlying reason in the majority of statements in this thread. Otherwise I suspect most of us would buy new Macs and not regret the move. well, unexpected tax return this year (loss of income took me down a tax bracket) equals a brand new mac mini on my desk.

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Yeah, I have a USB2 card here in my PowerMac thats all black and has an NEC chipset. Works fine in OS9 on the BW but not on the Molar Mac (beige G3). Yes, and I now remember WHY that is. The Beige Macs had an earlier implementation of the

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:32 AM, mark ray wrote: Looking around the web I am reading that since I am using (a PowerMac G5 with) Leopard 10.5.8, that may be causing the problem. Highly unlikely. It has been suggested that I check them while running Tiger or even Panther. Largely BS

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread mark ray
Thanks Bruce that's why I was asking. These were all from macs I have had in my studio and upgraded over the years. one or two may have come from an external case. I will check out your suggestion, thank you, appreciate your advice. mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com On Feb 15, 2010,

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread carmonne
-Original Message- From: mark ray bluellama...@embarqmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 10:32 am Subject: Hard drives seen but not mounting A couple of questions about hard drives and synching. I have a dozen IDE hard drives of assorted sizes and makes

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:34 PM, mark ray wrote: Thanks Bruce that's why I was asking. These were all from macs I have had in my studio and upgraded over the years. one or two may have come from an external case. I will check out your suggestion, thank you, appreciate your advice. If

Re: PM G5 Firewire front port bad

2010-02-15 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Feb 14, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: On Feb 14, 2010, at 12:50 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Hi All I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7. The front panel Firewire port seems to have quit. A non powered device when plugged to it shows

Re: Pic question

2010-02-15 Thread John Callahan
On Feb 15, 2010, at 6:09 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: No condemnations please I just want to save the pics from this site and so far Safari and Firefox don't seem to be able to do so http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/7222508/

Re: Hard drives seen but not mounting

2010-02-15 Thread Stanton Mitrany
On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:32 PM, mark ray wrote: I have a dozen IDE hard drives of assorted sizes and makes from 4GB up to 250GB that maybe one or two are definitely bricks. When I hook them up in an external enclosure some show up in Disk utility (only the first line, the second does not show

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs? Date:Montag 15 Februar 2010N From:MaGioZal magio...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On 1/21/10 6:51 PM, Jonas Ulrich at jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: Yes,

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs? Date:Montag 15 Februar 2010N From:MaGioZal magio...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com YouTube videos here are COMPLETELY out of sync, even when they'e completely

Re: PCI Extreme! still worth the trouble for a PCI-only Mac?

2010-02-15 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: PCI Extreme! still worth the trouble for a PCI-only Mac? Date:Freitag 12 Februar 2010N From:Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com On Feb 11, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: Now I see that this

Re: PCI Extreme! still worth the trouble for a PCI-only Mac?

2010-02-15 Thread Bill Connelly
If you can find one, you'd be QE-happy with an ATI Radeon 7000ME. -- 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

Re: 5v power adapters

2010-02-15 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/15/10 11:21 AM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 21:00 -0800 2/14/10, Clark Martin wrote: On 2/14/10 8:14 PM, Bill Christensen wrote: At 10:07 AM -0700 2/9/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: If the river is too big (high amperage), the water wheel will work just fine, because it'll only use the amount of

Re: [G3-5]Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-02-15 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/14/10 9:38 PM, MaGioZal wrote: Apple is somehow schizo in its CPU designs: or it made them VERY EASY to open and upgrade (Centris 660/PowerMac 6100, LC I/II/III/Performa 475, PowerMac 8600/PowerMac Beige G3, Mac G4 Cube, Blue and White G3 and all other minitower CPUs before the G5) or

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Yeah, I have a USB2 card here in my PowerMac thats all black and has an NEC chipset. Works fine in OS9 on the BW but not on the Molar Mac (beige G3). Yes, and I now remember WHY that is.

Re: PM G5 Firewire front port bad

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:43 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I think I may have figured out that the port is bad. I've not troubleshot a G5 Firewire, but if Apple System Profiler shows only one bus (which mine does), and one port works and the other doesn't, then it's likely a cable or wire

iMac G5 iSight, freezes, kernal Panics, mouse/keyboard goes dead at times

2010-02-15 Thread Mullin9
What causes my iMac G5 iSight to freezes, have kernal Panics, and have my mouse/keyboard goes dead at times? I ve tried resetting PRAM, reinstalling Mac OS 10.4.2, updating to 10.4.11, I still have these problems. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: iMac G5 iSight, freezes, kernal Panics, mouse/keyboard goes dead at times

2010-02-15 Thread Clark Martin
On 2/15/10 10:35 PM, Mullin9 wrote: What causes my iMac G5 iSight to freezes, have kernal Panics, and have my mouse/keyboard goes dead at times? I ve tried resetting PRAM, reinstalling Mac OS 10.4.2, updating to 10.4.11, I still have these problems. How regular are these problems? If it's

Re: iMac G5 iSight, freezes, kernal Panics, mouse/keyboard goes dead at times

2010-02-15 Thread Mullin9
How regular are these problems?   once every 30 min to 2 hrs. Since you reinstalled the OS it's probably the HD itself is failing. I tested it with Apple test DVD that came with an iMac g5 iSight Results Lobo Passed HDD passed RAM Passed Video RAM Passed -- You received this message