Re: Hard drive recommendations

2008-09-02 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:40 PM, diane wrote: I am looking to increase hard drive space in my G4 1.42DP Any thoughts on brands? I may go up to a full terrabyte, they are not that expensive all things considered. No matter what drive manufacturer is mentioned, someone will swear at it, and

Re: Hard drive recommendations

2008-09-02 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 2, 2008, at 11:08 PM, diane wrote: I never would have looked at Fry's! I thought Outpost became a Tweeter affiliate years back, is Tweeter now affiliated with Fry's? I bought from them back in the mid-90's. Is dealmac the best place to search for deals? Thanks again, Diane

Re: Hack for Leopard install?

2008-09-06 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 6, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Dana Collins wrote: On Sep 6, 11:21 am, Dana Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I know this topic elicited much response/discussion in the past, but now I have reasons to pay attention. I seem to recall that there was a hack developed that

Re: Hack for Leopard install?

2008-09-06 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 6, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Dana Collins wrote: To clarify, this was the first experiment/attempt at booting Leopard and what I anticipated was an unsupported machine. Hence, i may have more success on my other upgraded G4s. This unit in question is a G4 Yikes (PCI Graphics) Bingo! I

Re: Warning about Some LEM Folks

2008-09-06 Thread Len Gerstel
to send a message to the group asking for a list nanny to contact you. Thanks to all the members for making the LEM lists successful. Len Gerstel List Nanny G3-5, PCI and LEM lists --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End

Re: PayPal Fraud...?

2008-09-13 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 13, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Mel wrote: --- On Fri, 9/12/08, Carl Nygren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Carl Nygren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PayPal Fraud...? To: G3-5 List g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 10:31 PM Hello all, I was going to log on to PayPal

Re: Artwork missing in iTunes 8.0

2008-09-13 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:38 PM, insightinmind wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:19 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Now I'm curious as to why your collection is in the form of aiff? Being a musician is your ear that good to hear the difference between aiff and 192 bit MP3? I would think a decent sized

10.4 update also available

2008-09-16 Thread Len Gerstel
Will all the talk about 10.5.5, which installed flawlessly on my DA, I thought I would let the other classic using holdout know that there is a security update for 10.4.11 also out there and restarted 1 time with no issues. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: New to Macs...what software should I have?

2008-09-18 Thread Len Gerstel
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:30 PM, LinuxMercedes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm new to macs (Ok, correction, I am new to OSX-running macs =]) and I just bought a MacBook. What apps/utilites/etc. are good for me to install? I'm just trying to track down important things to have that

Re: Will a larger drive slow my G4 down?

2008-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:00 PM, diane wrote: A few weeks ago we talked about larger drives and SATA cards in my G4 1.42DP, 2gb ram I have a 120gb in there now and was thinking about 2 500's (to mirror or something). I was going to go to SATA for upwards compatibility. The question is,

Re: Another RAM Question

2008-09-23 Thread Len Gerstel
it again. What machine is it? Between the Mac model you have, the total amount of ram installed and what System Profiler identifies it as, we should be able to determine what type of ram it is and the size without opening the case. It is in a Mac, isn't it? Len Gerstel

Re: I was just given a G4 733 tower

2008-09-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 27, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Charles Davis wrote: On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:15 AM, CCorsair wrote: Thanks this all good info.. question.. If i move to 10.5 will i be able to run the older video editing software? the person tha gave me the system said he want to make sure we keep that part

Re: Difference between G4 733s?

2008-09-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 27, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Tom wrote: Do both 733s, the DA and the QS, fail to recognize internal hard drives larger than 128 gigs? Natively, neither supports large hard drives. There have been discussions on the list about a way to hack it. The other main difference between a DA and

Re: Keyboard skins for original USB iMac KB

2008-09-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Sep 29, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:16 AM, GrammarGeek wrote: I'm LEM and Googled out on this, so I'm hoping some of you can help. I'm looking for skins/protectors for about half a dozen original USB keyboards that shipped with the iMac G3s back in the

Re: Buy/Sell lists?

2008-09-30 Thread Len Gerstel
Folks, This subject is now closed. It has nothing to do with the original question, which barely had anything to do with G3-5 Macs. If you wish to discuss Swap list rules, feel free to discuss them on the lemlists list or email Dan directly. Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Nanny G3-5

Re: Upgrading a DA 533

2008-10-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 4, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Doug Burton wrote: I just ordered a processor upgrade from OWC http:// eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MAXG47S1600/ and 2-512 Mb sticks of iRam from NewEgg for the extra DA I have sitting here in my room. I've never upgraded a processor like this

Re: Upgrading a DA 533

2008-10-05 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 5, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Doug Burton wrote: On Oct 4, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: SNIP The next upgrade I would get as soon as possible is a core image video card like the 9600. An upgraded video card will really make the interface snappy. Len I never really paid much

Re: Still Fuzzy TFT

2008-10-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 9, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Simon Royal wrote: -original message- Subject: Re: Still Fuzzy TFT From: Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09/10/2008 14:15 On Oct 9, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi. I still have a grainy picture on my TFT. It is hooked to a PowerMac G4

Re: 128GB Limit Question

2008-10-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 10, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi I have been trying to find the answer to this question, but to no avail. All G4s (and G3s for that matter) before the Mirror Drive Door suffer from the 128GB hard drive limit, but does my PowerMac G4 Sawtooth AGP Graphics have

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Steve R wrote: At 11:50 PM -0400 10/23/08, Charles Davis posted: On Oct 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Steve R wrote: I've googled galore and not found an answer. Maybe the simplest way to ask is, if I am using a USB hub for only one device, does the USB hub

Re: USB hub form factor

2008-10-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 24, 2008, at 10:54 AM, hackmiester / Hunter Fuller wrote: 2008/10/24 Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 9:58 AM -0400 10/24/08, Len Gerstel posted: So a USB device that is on, whether it is a printer with the power switch turned on or a mouse waiting to be moved, will draw power

Re: jpeg and gif coversion problem

2008-10-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:21 PM, Ray wrote: I am curious why a jpeg and a gif file from an OS X user would not open in my son's Window XP pro computer. They all opened in 10.4 Preview. It was also strange that the gif file could not be opened by Photoshop CS3 in my G4 running 10.4; I

Re: malware and web pages

2008-10-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 28, 2008, at 8:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Avoiding this malware doesn't seem to be as simple any more as simply not opening attachments from unknown senders. What's the safe way to secure a Mac (or any computer for that

Free memory question

2008-11-10 Thread Len Gerstel
I have a system memory question to refresh my personal memory. I have a DA with 1GB (1024MB) ram installed running 10.4.11. After running my system all day (I shut down every night) and not quitting any apps (13 are open), just closing the unused documents, the System Memory portion of

Re: Current HD costs update

2008-11-12 Thread Len Gerstel
A couple of weeks ago we were talking about upgrade SATA drives and that the many drives have hit the 10 cents/GB (US) point. Now that the Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11 SATA has hit $150 (latest deal includes a 4GB usb stick and free shipping), I thought I would warn people that Seagate is having

Re: Current HD costs update

2008-11-12 Thread Len Gerstel
On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Dan wrote: On another note... There are a lot of 1 TB drives going for $99 or less right now. Careful, folx! Many of them are LP size (normal 3.5 drives) but then they're 5400rpm instead of 7200 rpm! So they cannot keep up with their fast SATA or USB 2 or

Re: Display card and resolution support

2008-12-04 Thread Len Gerstel
messages, do not hesitate to contact one of the list nannies either by pinging one of us on the list, or contacting us off list. Len Gerstel [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Nanny G3-5 and PCI Mac lists --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Re: Command-option p-r

2008-12-05 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 5, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Yersinia wrote: Now the real challenge -- hands full on the keyboard, body twisted over to touch my nose to the power button on the Quicksilver (when I won't be able to tell where my hands are without being able to see, which I won't be able to do, and THEN

Re: Single 533MHZ processor upgrade to dual??

2008-12-06 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 6, 2008, at 7:52 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I just got a Digital Audio single 533MHZ powermac for $25 on craigslist. I know that Apple made a dual processor version of this same powermac. Can i put dual 533MHZ processors in it? -Jonas Yes, the dual 533 card will plug straight in,

Re: What Anti Virus?

2008-12-08 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Hi Great Ones, Do we worry about viruses on Macs? I know the problem is practically non-existent, but still. What do you all do? Bruce said almost exactly one year ago: As for security, there has been, to date ONE known exploit in

Re: CL2 CL3 RAM Mix?

2008-12-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 9, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: On Dec 9, 10:36 am, insightinmind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Curious if CL2 will mix ok with CL3 with regards SDRAM (under OS X 10.5). CAS Latency. If you mix 2 speeds, they will run as fast as the slowest chip. Careful, I have some PC133

Re: PPC G4 Won't Upgrade from Panther to Tiger

2008-12-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 10, 2008, at 5:03 PM, JimInStuttgart wrote: Hello all, I wonder if anyone has encountered this problem: When I attempt to upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4, the auto-check program tells me System 10.4 cannot be installed on this computer. No further reason given. I own a Power PC G4

Re: Safari Firefox

2008-12-12 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Absolutely worst case scenario your ISP has been criminally negligent and hasn't updated it's DNS software to patch the horrible flaw that was discovered this summer, and they're being hacked. Here is a good article on the subject:http://

Re: Yosemite video card slot _ gone? _ follow-up _ sorted out

2008-12-14 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 14, 2008, at 2:47 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: Incidentally, it is possible that on an even more vintage PowerMac 7600 (with a Sonnet 1 GHz card) the ATI Rage 128 is faster than the 3dfx voodoo 3 3000? In fact, to rule out the ATI was badm I plugged it into the 7600 and I had the

Re: Alert sounds from where?

2008-12-15 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 15, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Dec 15, 2008, at 9:10 AM, insightinmind wrote: On Dec 15, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: this is truly embarrassing. A while back, I assigned an alert sound to something, and now for some reason I can't remember what

Re: 10.5.6 Update Available -also 10.4 security update available

2008-12-15 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 15, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: 10.5.6 is available And for those of us poor souls who still depend on Classic apps, don't have the MHz or the funds to go to 10.5, there is a Security Update (2008-008, 72MB) that is out for 10.4.x. Installed and there was only one

Re: basic OS X finder question

2008-12-15 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 15, 2008, at 3:41 PM, joe wrote: I've got a G4 Sawtooth running 10.4.11 Is there a way to copy the filenames in a given directory? I don't want to copy or move the files, but I'd like to get all the file names to put them in a text file. This is in 10.5, but I am pretty sure it

Re: basic OS X finder question

2008-12-16 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Dana Collins wrote: On Dec 15, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: This is in 10.5, but I am pretty sure it works in 10.4 also. In either list view or column view, select the items you want a list of, right click or control click on one of them and select

Perian Update

2008-12-17 Thread Len Gerstel
For anyone using Perian (and that should be everyone using Quicktime and running 10.4.7 and higher), they just updated it to 1.1.3. You can update from your Preference Pane or http://perian.org/. And, yes, this is an open source project with a 1.x release, believe it or not. Len

Re: Quiet Hard Drive recommendations?

2008-12-20 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Chris N wrote: Folks, I have a dual 1.25 G4 attached to a TV that doubles as my Apple TV substitute. It works great for streaming videos across a wireless network (now I have the security issues worked out...) but it has one problem. The hard drive

Re: Quicksilver 2002 no 128GB hard drive limit???

2008-12-29 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:49 PM, Donald Hall wrote: On Dec 29, 2008, at 3:18 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I have heard that there are two types of quicksilvers, the 2001 and the 2002. I heard that the 2002 didn't have the 128GB hard drive limit and the 2001 did? is this true? how do i know which is

Re: Organizing Menu Bar items?

2008-12-30 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Dana Collins wrote: Here's my question: remember in OS 9 one could reorganize the Control Strip modules by pressing the Option key and sliding them around? Is there anything comparable in OSX that allows one to manage the locations of all of these Menu Bar

Re: Organizing Menu Bar items?

2008-12-30 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 30, 2008, at 12:10 PM, technophobic_...@comcast.net wrote: On 12/30, Len Gerstel wrote: On Dec 30, Dana Collins wrote: Is there anything...in OSX that allows one to manage the locations of...Menu Bar elements? Hold down the Command key, at least in 10.4.11 and you can

Re: IMac

2008-12-31 Thread Len Gerstel
On Dec 31, 2008, at 8:46 AM, George Hozendorf wrote: What is the latest version of OSX a G5 iMac will take? A G5 will take the latest OS Apple has released, 10.5 with all updates. The word on the street, and I do not know if Apple has officially confirmed it, but I think they have, is

Re: Intel question

2009-01-02 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 2, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Steve R wrote: At 9:01 AM -0700 1/2/09, Bruce Johnson posted: On Jan 2, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Steve R wrote: With Apple going the Intel chip route, I'm wondering if the chip on a purely Mac OS (and not being used for Windows) is faster/better for Mac

Re: Intel question

2009-01-02 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 2, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:44 AM -0800 1/2/2009, Kyle Hansen wrote: A few things that a lot of these other wise posters are failing to mention is the fact that IBM and Motorola have been letting Apple down with promises of this speed at this time for years. Did

Re: New 500G Firewire HD - folders or partitions?

2009-01-05 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:44 AM, D Stubbs wrote: I suppose it is some kind of 'virtual directory'? What makes no sense yet to me is how, say partition #3 could go bad, and not the others - if it they all bunched together. The following is vastly simplified, and there are a lot of exceptions,

Re: Suggested online Mac retailers

2009-01-16 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 16, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Mike Baker wrote: Someone earlier in a message had suggested an online Mac retailer but I can't find that email. What online Mac retailers does everyone recommend? I don't mean the Apple stores, but ones that cater to older Mac computers. I am aware of

Re: can't transfer files from Yikes G4 PCI graphics to mac mini-intel

2009-01-19 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 19, 2009, at 1:27 PM, arisinger wrote: please help me figure this out...can't use firewire- doesn't accept, don't have a working cd burner on th g4, bought an external hard disk that requires )X 10.4, so can't use that, Have you tried the HD? An external HD should be an external HD.

Re: Font question

2009-01-19 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 19, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Greetings all, Someone refresh my memory please: Is the printer resolution HQ 1200 comparable to Postscript 2 emulation? 2 completely separate issues. To simplify things: Printer resolution is how many dots per inch it puts on the paper.

Re: mdd copper heatsink on my 1.25?

2009-01-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Can I use the copper heatsink from a 1.42 on my 1.25 mdd? will it fit without modification(s).. Don't know on this. will the machine run too cold? Jeff I don't think you can get the processor too cold to work. Have you heard about the

Re: Endless problems with little windows on screen

2009-02-07 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 7, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Endless problems with little windows on screen I am not smart enough to know exactly what this is, but here goes: 1. A small square of about 3 inches comes bouncing across the screen, I have to stop and click the X button to make it go

Re: best browser now

2009-02-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Dan wrote: Firefox 3, the latest 3.1 beta, and Minefield all crash easily for me. Just curious Dan, where are you getting Minefield/ Shiretoko crashes? It has been fairly stable for me since it came out of the early pre- Alpha builds. I am using the main trunk

Re: Quicksilver question

2009-02-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 9, 2009, at 3:24 PM, mythmaker18 wrote: In other words, is the 2002's 800MHz processor (which lacked the L3 cache) compatible with the 867MHz 2001 machine? I don't want to fork over cash for a new processor when it might not even solve the problem! Yes, as a test procedure it is

Re: Interesting comparison of 500MHZ DP vs. 533MHZ 1.67GHZ single

2009-02-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 9, 2009, at 3:48 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: I found this test quite interesting. Me and my sister are addicted to a tv show called Prison Break. She owns the first two seasons, so I decided to make backup copies on my computer via Handbrake. There are so many discs that I decided

Re: Recent Documents on OS10.4?

2009-02-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: Hiyas! Thinking maybe 10.4 can pop up a Finder window with my most recently worked on documents so I'm not navigating all over creation first thing in the morning while sipping first coffee? Apple+Find? Or is there something else?

Re: Thin screen drivers required

2009-02-21 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 21, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Thin screen drivers required I was wanting to buy a new thin screen to replace the old CRT screen, but does it require a driver? I found one at the swap meet, but again, knowing nothing about them, do they need a driver or is it

Re: Applejack instructions violate log out

2009-02-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 22, 2009, at 6:16 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Yes there is a Readme with Applejack and in it is the following: Running this script while logged in as a user can crash your system So the question still is; HOW TO LOG OUT? The last item on the Apple menu is LOG OUT. Question is: Are

Re: Power Mac G4 Quicksilver

2009-02-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 24, 2009, at 2:57 PM, PETE wrote: Suppose I don't use anything and just place the heatsink on the processor. Any harm in that?TIA. Pete. As long as you don't turn on the system there will be no harm. Once you turn it on, all bets are off. I would not run a processor without a

Re: Power Mac G4 Quicksilver

2009-02-24 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 24, 2009, at 3:27 PM, PETE wrote: Actually I do have Arctive Silver 5 (High Density Polysnthetic Silver Thermal Compound). I'm just worried because I noticed in their website that this compound was being recommended for Intel and AMD processors (which of course doesn't mean

Re: Dead PowerMac G4 Digital Audio Model

2009-02-26 Thread Len Gerstel
On Feb 26, 2009, at 3:53 PM, BillBoggs wrote: Worked flawlessly for many years. Now, without any warning, it just stopped. Won't power up at all, no sign of life whatsoever. Any suggestions where to start? Thanks! Bill My first though here is a dead pram battery. If you can't get an

Re: Firewire hard drives not mounting

2009-03-02 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 2, 2009, at 8:13 AM, Aaron wrote: After thinking about what I wrote, I believe that you can get the same information with Disk Utility. The volumes are listed in the left-hand column in their order on the disk. If a volume's directory is within the 128GB limit, it should show

Re: swapping processors

2009-03-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I am still working on transferring from an old computer (Beige) to a newer 450mhz G4. I have an Encore Zif upgrade in the Beige that should also work in the G4. Does that mean that I can take the ZIF from the (I hope I have the

Re: Yikes! Question

2009-03-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Evan Wilson wrote: : I need a VGA DB-15 PCI video card (or equivalent) to install in slot #2 of my Yikes! to drive my high resolution monochrome Apple Portrait Monitor (c. 1990) next to my ViewSonic flat screen monitor running from slot #1. Slots #3 and

Hackintoshes and PCs

2009-03-06 Thread Len Gerstel
Folks, Talking about Hackintoshs are completely off topic on this list. There are many places on the web where you can get that information, but PLEASE folks, keep it off of the G3-5 List. Thanks, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com List Nanny

Re: Hackintoshes and PCs

2009-03-06 Thread Len Gerstel
that it is a windows issue and has nothing to do with the configuration of the emulator, take it off list. If you are having a problem trying to get Crysis running on your pc, that is completely off topic. Hope that clears things up. Len Gerstel G3-5 List Nanny

Re: G4 QS question

2009-03-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 9, 2009, at 8:47 PM, mark ray wrote: A neighbor has a G4 QS (733Mhz) 1.5GB Ram, a 40GB HD and a 120GB HD, a new nVidia Geoforce 6200 256mb video card running a 20 lcd monitor. Tried both wireless and direct enet connections to the router. It runs great, BUT, she wants to run

Re: G4 iMac desktop screen keeps redrawing

2009-03-18 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 18, 2009, at 8:57 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I have a G4 iMac, running 10.4.11. In the past week, I have noticed that the desktop screen keeps re-drawing every few minutes. I ran Disk permissions and Onyx and I didn't get any negative messages. Any idea what could be causing

Re: Desktop displays oddly.

2009-03-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:04 PM, ll wrote: I have a G4 desktop computer with mac os x . One day I clicked on display and it gave me two options for black and white,black on white and white on black. I chose white on back unfortunately.I would like to change that a all of the pictures are

Re: Test Programs for an ATI Radeon 9800Pro in a G4

2009-04-03 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 3, 2009, at 9:36 PM, insightinmind wrote: Anyone got some recommendations for anything to test my AGP video card? Its in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz. (ATI Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edition) AMD (ATI/Avid) suggested Googling to find 3D Benchmark applications ... I couldn't find anything I

Re: List Nanny

2009-04-06 Thread Len Gerstel
allow them with no content censorship. And, to paraphrase the famous Supreme Court Justice comment, we know offending sigs when we see them. This thread is closed. Len Gerstel G3-5 List List Nanny --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:29 AM, jensid wrote: This is what I have Model Name: Power Mac G5 We would like to make it a server for 2 users adding more users later. On Apr 22, 11:16 am, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@ednaisd.org wrote: Load X-server OS. That would be the best way to start.

Re: Banned

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
a week for the same item) and the no dealer rule. Hope that clears it up for you, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com List Nanny G3-5 and PCI Mac lists --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those

Re: How do I turn a Power Mac G5 into a server

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 22, 2009, at 10:55 AM, jensid wrote: On Apr 22, 10:38 am, Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com wrote: Any SATA 3.5 HD will work in your G5. They have recently released a 2TB drive, iirc. Is Western Digital or Seagate better? Which way is the wind blowing where you live? I USUALLY have

Re: Mangled Quicksilver

2009-04-22 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 22, 2009, at 12:58 PM, earthweb wrote: Is there a list of stupid Mac mistakes anywhere on the internet? Will look and report back ... For Quicksilvers and similar era Macs? The G3-5 List archives located at: http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en EVERYONE on this this

Re: Wireless question

2009-04-23 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: You can also try ethernet over the power lines http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/ PowerlineEthernetAdapters/HDXB101.aspx But I don't know how well this works .. Due to the configuration of my house, I went with

Re: CCC and Backups

2009-04-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I do no other 'system maintenance' whatsoever: I don't run DiskWarrior, Repair Permissions, Onyx, AppleJack, etc etc etc. As I said, OS X is robust. Leave it the heck alone and it usually runs pretty well all by itself. Since you do not

Re: CCC and Backups

2009-04-27 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 27, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 27, 2009, at 9:02 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I do no other 'system maintenance' whatsoever: I don't run DiskWarrior, Repair Permissions, Onyx, AppleJack, etc etc etc. As I said

Re: Installation for ATI Radeon 9200 in a Yikes! ?

2009-04-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:27 PM, insightinmind wrote: Are there any special installation procedures for an ATI Radeon 9200ME in a Yikes!? No One of my DVD files plays back choppy ... the others are fine. Strange. My WAG is that the one that plays back choppy has a higher compression

Re: Good advice

2009-04-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 28, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: http://db.tidbits.com/article/10218 Five Tips for Reading Mac Security Stories. Thanks Bruce. It basically reiterates what I have told people. CURRENTLY all Mac security issues are variants of the PEBKAC virus. That does not mean that

Re: G4 Graphite Video Card Upgrade

2009-05-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 9, 2009, at 9:29 AM, DKline wrote: My system now has a stock Rage128 Pro Graphics card which is very slow at displaying screens. What upgrade cards are available AGP and would it significantly accelerate displaying Yes, a faster card would help some. There are many ATI

Re: New to Mac - Just purchased used G4

2009-05-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 9, 2009, at 6:35 PM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 09-05-2009 04:55, Bruce Johnson, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu, wrote: The above is a complete load of codswallop. Do NOT rely on this snip You won't be able to get a copy of 10.4 from them. Well Bruce, that's quite different here

Re: New to Mac - Just purchased used G4

2009-05-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 10, 2009, at 6:04 AM, Ralph Green wrote: Howdy, Does anyone have a lead on legitimate US sellers who have something similar? I'd like to buy another retail Tiger CD or DVD to install. I would like to setup another G4, so I need the retail disks, I believe. I try to be careful

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet?

2009-05-12 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 12, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Doug Burton wrote: Mine says 4-6 hours, must be a huge demand. Used regular software update and I am pretty sure it said 268MB (might have been 468, But I am pretty sure on the 268) on my G4 (dual 1.2GHz). Started the download before dinner, was done when I

Re: Best Game site, for iMac G3 400, running OSX?

2009-05-12 Thread Len Gerstel
, web based flash games, reviews of game or somewhere to purchase games? Len Gerstel --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus

Re: Anyone update to 10.5.7 yet? Also a Security update for 10.4.11

2009-05-13 Thread Len Gerstel
Just checked on my work DA running 10.4.11 and there is a Security Update also available for 10.4. 77.3 MB, and downloading now, says 6 minutes, but we are on a low end dsl here. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: USB Hub versus PCI Card?

2009-05-18 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 18, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 18, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Ken Daggett wrote: Thus, plugging in a hub took one allocation and each port of the hub got one. I have never seen a USB hub with more than 4 ports. Seemed to make sense. Well it was wrong. I have one

Re: Updating Max OS X 10.4.11

2009-05-28 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 28, 2009, at 7:47 PM, smac0031 wrote: So If I am reading this correctly, 10.4.11 is as far as 10.4 goes. At Apple's site there are upgrades all the way up to 10.4.7 which are listed as combo, ppc, and intel. I've tried downloading various flavors of these and they won't work. Here

Re: Dual Monitor - spanning behavior

2009-06-03 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Stephen E. Bodnar wrote: Paul Kemner wrote: My question: If the VGA monitor is switched off (and it would probably look like it's unplugged due to the KVM switch), will my G4 boot in single screen mode, or will I just see half my desktop? Will I have to

We're not abandoned......YET!! Quicktime and iTunes updates available

2009-06-03 Thread Len Gerstel
Well, we are not abandoned by Apple, YET. We will see officially next week. My WAG is that we will be semi supported with updates to 10.4 and 10.5 until 10.7 comes out. I am including 10.4 since it is fairly close to 10.5 under the hood. Quicktime and iTunes updates just released for 10.4

Re: Error on Startup on MDD G4 in Tiger

2009-06-06 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 6, 2009, at 10:24 AM, PaperSmyth wrote: Dear Listers I keep getting this message on my G4 MDD dual 867 running Tiger (10.4.11) with 1.5 GB RAM. The application Transport Monitor could not be launched because of a shared library error: 8Transport MonitorTransport

It is official, we are orphans.

2009-06-08 Thread Len Gerstel
It is officially official. Snow leopard is Intel only WAAHHH, I want it to run on my Plus. Sorry about that. Hopefully they will keep updates coming for us (10.4 and 5) for a little while. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: DA Adoption

2009-06-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 9, 2009, at 3:13 PM, PeterH wrote: On Jun 9, 2009, at 6:58 AM, insightinmind wrote: I've very recently adopted (...) a Digital Audio Dual 533, and am wondering about its audio out. Can't quite wrap my head (or speaker cable) around it. If I google Digital Audio ... well, you see

Re: Safari 4 trouble

2009-06-10 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 10, 2009, at 11:56 AM, PAR wrote: It looks like somebody accidently swiped my thread. I did find a not satisfactory work-around for my Safari problem. As a true LEM person I have a tiny apple monitor, that is VERY difficult to read in any greater than 800-by-600 resolution. It

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-14 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 14, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote: everybody is never going to be happy. :-) Tech people like bottom posting, the rest of the world top posts. I get it, I don't mind switching back forth but in Thunderbird it is a 4 click process to switch. Is there a mail client

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

2009-06-16 Thread Len Gerstel
people of our recommendation to bottom post or interleave your replies has become more trouble than its worth. From this point forward, top posting is no longer an issue. So there is no official requirements for posting. Len Gerstel G3-5 List Nanny End of my comment as a List Nanny. Now

Re: Cable Select OR Master / Slave in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz? (and DA Dual 533)

2009-06-17 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 17, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Nestamicky wrote: On Jun 17, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Ralph Green wrote: Use any flat IDE cable you want. Use 80 pin cables if you want speeds greater than 33 megabytes per second. I thought an IDE cable is an IDE cable is anso when you say to use 80 pin

Re: PRAM battery?

2009-06-18 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:03 AM, diane wrote: Woke up this morning to my G4 FW800 shut down. No power outages overnight. When I turned it back on, it reset to a 1969 date. Yep, 99.99% certain you have properly diagnosed it. Len --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

2009-06-18 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Will dead/lack of a PRAM battery keep a Gigabit Ethernet G4 system from turning on? I took the G4 offline in January, and set it down for 6 months. This morning I went to clean it up and get it going, and plugged it all in andnot a

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 20, 2009, at 7:03 PM, PeterH wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or another Mac forum who said that you could put a dual 933mhz CPU board into a G4 Digital Audio. Anyone know anything about that?

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