Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread James Therrault
On Oct 22, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 11:59 PM, glen glenst...@yahoo.com wrote: The make do's is what what life is about. Since I done the do's all my life (not just computers) , I don't know what I would do without them. -- Seriously

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Sarge3041969 electron25...@aol.comwrote: I am kinda wondering what we are supposed to do with all of these old Macs now that Apple has deemed them as useless? Maybe they will go the way of the old Mac Classics with everyone trying to make aquariums out of

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Powermac
Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. If you are poor stick to an older used PC you can get for little money. Also learn to work on your own machines when they fail, this means buying some basic tools and using google to find fixes. The fact is the computer indistry doesn't care

I give up what is a smurph?

2010-10-23 Thread smac0031
I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are. You should realize you're talking to Poppa Smurph here. Just Curious -- 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

Re: I give up what is a smurph?

2010-10-23 Thread Chance Reecher
Smurf is the nickname for the BlueWhite tower PowerMac G3s. Chance On 10/23/10 12:41 PM, smac0031 wrote: I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are. You should realize you're talking to Poppa Smurph here. Just Curious -- You received this message because you are a

Re: I give up what is a smurph?

2010-10-23 Thread Bill Connelly
On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:41 PM, smac0031 wrote: I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are. You should realize you're talking to Poppa Smurph here. Just Curious Try looking through Mactracker: http://www.mactracker.ca/ Its free. -- You received this message

Re: Interesting Vintage Website

2010-10-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Vic vma...@gmail.com wrote: On Oct 22, 3:48 pm, Arnel Tuazon a.tua...@gmail.com wrote: On 22/10/10 4:14 PM, Bill Brown thunder...@mindspring.com wrote: Wow!! Take a look at this stuff!! A little expensive for a hard drive, eh? Bill

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Dan
At 6:55 AM -0700 10/23/2010, Powermac wrote: Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. Back in the 68k and PPC days, low end to me was any Mac not current. These days, low end to me is all 68k and PPC Macs, plus all Macs with x86 processors - current and previous. The fact is

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/20 17:03, Eric Herbert so eloquently wrote: This sounds awful since I've been an Apple user since birth (Parents bought their first Apple 2 weeks before I was born!) but if Apple goes ahead with this kindergarten approach they show on Lion, I may consider running Windows. Don't do

Re: I give up what is a smurph?

2010-10-23 Thread Peter Haas
On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:41 AM, smac0031 wrote: I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are. Smurfs, NOT smurphs, the cartoon character, are blue and white. Smurfs, the G3 PowerMac, are also blue and white. For quite a while Smurfs were among the most affordable

Re: I give up what is a smurph?

2010-10-23 Thread Powermac
BW G3's are also the last of the ADB equipped macs, so if you have a bunch of adb stuff you still want to use (drawing tablets etc) then a BW G3 is nice to have around. On Oct 23, 1:49 pm, Peter Haas peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:41 AM, smac0031 wrote: I've seen

Re: Interesting Vintage Website

2010-10-23 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? There was a very expensive 5MB Winchester hard drive for the Apple II series,. I don't remember what the interface was, but believe it was proprietary. The first Apple

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Powermac teozen...@gmail.com wrote: Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. If you are poor stick to an older used PC you can get for little money. Also learn to work on your own machines when they fail, this means buying some basic tools and

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/20 10:50, john Carmonne so eloquently wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Fluxstringer wrote: Lion ? Will Lion be compatible with PPC G5? Don't we wish. On second thought, maybe not. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 6:25 PM + 10/23/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Powermac wrote: Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. If you are poor stick to an older used PC you can get for

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 6:25 PM + 10/23/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Powermac wrote: Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. If you are poor stick to an older used PC you can get for

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/20 12:55, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I went to the Apple site to watch the streaming video of the presentation and was rudely greeted with this: Streaming video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Safari on iOS 3 or later. I'm on a PPC G5 with 10.5.8 and

Re: Interesting Vintage Website

2010-10-23 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 23, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: What were the HDs for the Apple and early (Plus, SE, etc.) Macs? There was a very expensive 5MB Winchester hard drive for the Apple II series,. I don't remember what the interface

Re: Lacie disappearance

2010-10-23 Thread joan
Ah, I shut down, unplugged, replugged and WALLAH! They showed up on my desktop! Immense thanks! On Oct 21, 4:58 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Oct 21, 2010, at 6:53 PM, joan wrote: Have just reorganized my office and in the process of cord management, unplugged the

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread John Callahan
(snip) Recently I had the temerity to ask what all the conversation about IS the world about to change ? is and although I have read thousands of comments about the subject failed to receive an answer. Either no one knows or I have somehow done something to offend the Lords of the Manor

Re: Interesting Vintage Website

2010-10-23 Thread Doug McNutt
At 11:19 -0700 10/23/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. I'm pretty sure there was one - MacBottom? - that connected to the 19 pin D connector for an

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Dan
At 5:40 PM -0400 10/23/2010, John Callahan wrote: Recently I had the temerity to ask what all the conversation about IS the world about to change ? is and although I have read thousands of comments about the subject failed to receive an answer. Either no one knows or I have somehow done

Re: Interesting Vintage Website

2010-10-23 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 23, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: At 11:19 -0700 10/23/10, Bruce Johnson wrote: The first Apple hard drive was a serial drive that connected to the Appletalk port on the original Macs. I believe it may have been SCSI on the inside. I'm pretty sure there was one -

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread John Callahan
On Oct 23, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Dan wrote: GUI A graphical user interface (GUI), often pronounced gooey,[1] is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with programs in more ways than typing such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or

Re: Quicksilver Issue

2010-10-23 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Oct 17, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, my machine just shut down and when I fired it back up this is what was sent to Apple In plain english what is the issue Kernel loadable

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Powermac
Still have that 8500 case and the machine works great, but I have moved on to a G4 1.25Ghz Quicksilver for my fastest hobby mac (I am still a PC user for boring work related stuff). While I don't use the 8500 daily like I used to, that machine has been 100% reliable using the same components I

Curiosity Sastisfied. So That's What a Smurf is.

2010-10-23 Thread smac0031
That answers my question. 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 netiquette guide is at

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM, John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.comwrote: (snip) Recently I had the temerity to ask what all the conversation about IS the world about to change ? is and although I have read thousands of comments about the subject failed to receive an answer. Either no one

Re: IS the world about to change ?

2010-10-23 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
I took a video project to the talent's home tonight. They brought out an early Intel Mac laptop. The files were Quicktime. The small resolution overview played fine. The wide screen HQ files were only 1024 wide or so but played haltingly. Yuck! And streaming video off youtube was a joke. I do