This is my end... for now...

2003-03-10 Thread Mark Benson
Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin' Goodbye. Stay well, and god-speed. Special-Shutdown. Goodbye. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.68kmac.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send a human

Re: 840 av

2003-03-01 Thread Mark Benson
2 on one side. This is not an absolute but it's what I generally find in my large crop of variously upgraded LCs. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.68kmac.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send

Re: 840 av

2003-03-01 Thread Mark Benson
modules and put those to use somewhere that isn't so timing-sensitive. Like LCs :). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.68kmac.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send a human to do a machine's job

Re: Performa 475 startup

2003-02-07 Thread Mark Benson
. If not, pull out the battery and try the above again If that all fails unplug all power and the battery and leave it to stand for a while. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny

Re: Quadra 800

2003-02-02 Thread Mark Benson
. Apart from installing and removing the hard disks, that is a total 'claustrophobia for the hands' experience in the 840av, and especially annoying if you use UWSCSI cabling. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http

Re: Clean Install from CD?

2003-01-31 Thread Mark Benson
Greyscale video mode. This obviously is unable to display colour and also makes the Apple on the menu bar black. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson http://fpm.gotdns.com -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: LC 630 / CD Rom replacement.

2003-01-27 Thread Mark Benson
side of where they should be it will not fit the machine without you modify the carrier inside the machine. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send a human

Re: Last 68K versions of software?

2003-01-23 Thread Mark Benson
to reinstall to the 8.1 system off my 8.0 CD, and The one that shipped with 8.1. 1.3 1.3.1 Installer on the 8.1 update CD won't run, it requires a PPC. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson http://fpm.gotdns.com -- Quadlist is sponsored by http

Re: 840av

2003-01-19 Thread Mark Benson
, and you can watch the video for proofing straight after you have compressed it. It is also easier to find the speed and disk space required on newer machines for multiple, copies of one file. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage

Re: 840av

2003-01-19 Thread Mark Benson
cycles, not Apple's software, which use very few CPU cycles on an 840av when it is just displaying video from one of the ports. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny

Re: 840av

2003-01-18 Thread Mark Benson
Limewire anymore. We only sell genuine originals of software. We don't sell burned copies or duplicate floppies of stuff. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never

Re: 840av

2003-01-18 Thread Mark Benson
had no option before, I do now. I will pay my way. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send a human to do a machine's job

Re: 840av

2003-01-18 Thread Mark Benson
of the copywrite has the right to sell a license; however, if it isn't forbidden in the license, the holder of the license may transfer their right to a new holder (and subsequently give up their right to future use of that software license). Did I not just say that ;) -- Mark Benson AIM

DigitalFilm card problems/solutions

2003-01-17 Thread Mark Benson
monitor that handles practically any res. between 320x200 an 2040x1536) can understand. It seems to thing the signal has a horizontal scan of 15Khz, which is TV frequency. Does anyone know a way of resetting it or resetting the PRAM to make it display at a standard Res? -- Mark Benson AIM

Re: Quadra 840 AV???

2003-01-15 Thread Mark Benson
anything in the ROM slot. Mine doesn't even has the carrier soldered on the board as it's a later mark 840av (tray loading CD, manual inject floppy) from Cork. Wre have had this discussion before a while back. It's definitely not a lack of ROM AFAIK, if I'm wrong feel free to slap me down. -- Mark

Re: Quadra 840AV????

2003-01-14 Thread Mark Benson
is fairly primative comapred to the 840av so the 840av may test for good VRAM before the chime and stop if it detects a fault. Pull ANY VRAM off the board that is in the slots. If it still fails to start I'd SUSPECT a VRAM failure in the soldered bank :(. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny http

Re: Quadra 840AV????

2003-01-12 Thread Mark Benson
work reattach the hard disk and detach the CD-ROM drive. If that fails it may be a bad cable. If a new cable fails I fear it may be the onboard SCSI. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson

Re: Auto Inject Floppy Drives

2003-01-08 Thread Mark Benson
possible moment. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson http://fpm.gotdns.com -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299

Re: X-over pinouts

2003-01-06 Thread Mark Benson
to blow any of my kit up. I would have thought equipment would have been built with idiot tolerance for reversed voltages, I know a lot of other stuff is. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson

Re: X-over pinouts

2003-01-06 Thread Mark Benson
for reversed voltages, I know a lot of other stuff is. Yes, any conscientious manufacturer will. When do you know. Something to do with all my ethernet equipment (including that at work) being made by D-Link? No rubbish here! :) -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online

Re: CAT 5 Cable?

2003-01-05 Thread Mark Benson
you realise you need to cut the end off and crimp on another connector. The voltages used are not great on ethernet, and it has fail-safes to stop bad wiring blowing it up anyway. There that saved your ass ;). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http

Re: Decent price for a boxed 660av

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Benson
comestically challenged 660's are more common without the CD ROM faceplate for around UK£15. Well I offered £40, it's going to a computer re-cycling charity in London so I don't mind, afterall it is boxed and complete. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http

Re: Decent price for a boxed 660av

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Jan 1, 2003, at 01:54 Europe/London, Mark Benson wrote: What does anyone think a boxed 660av is worth? I can't find any 660s on eBay UK or USA as completed items. I need a bit of guidance. It's an inside UK item so it's gonna be a few GBP but I wanna know the US price as well

Re: Using an *40 AV to edit VHS video

2003-01-02 Thread Mark Benson
) with and it's not fast enough to record 640x480 (PAL) but it will amply cope with 320x240 (1/2 PAL) straight from my VCR. I thought for the longest time it was a dud card until I figured out you must have a monitor attached to the on-board video connector - DUHH!!! -- Mark Benson AIM

Re: Using an *40 AV to edit VHS video

2003-01-02 Thread Mark Benson
with Quicktime 1.6.1 and the 088 enabler to test it and frankly I can't be bothered :D. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Visit my Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson Vintage Macs List Nanny Never send a human to do a machine's job

Re: Re(2): Question the QuadDoubler WONT WORK!!!

2002-12-23 Thread Mark Benson
on it that it will work There's no way it'll work (just to throw another hat in the ring) as it's designed for 20 and 25MHz Quadras. Anything faster than that and you will likely kill the CPU within seconds if it even boots. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http

Re: Problem transplanting an 8100 motherboard to a Quad 800 case

2002-11-07 Thread Mark Benson
. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Never send a human to do a machine's job. -The Matrix -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: screwdriver

2002-11-07 Thread Mark Benson
of usefulness. No good working hard disks were harmed in the making of this e-mail... -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Never send a human to do a machine's job. -The Matrix -- Quadlist is sponsored by http

Re: screwdriver

2002-11-07 Thread Mark Benson
HP hard disk) instead :). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Never send a human to do a machine's job. -The Matrix -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Replacement PSU for LC-series?

2002-10-31 Thread Mark Benson
doubt it would. I would like to know how it is triggered to on if it has no switch. It may be on all the time? It might need to be laoded on the trickle line? I don't know enough about this sorta thing. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com

Re: Replacement PSU for LC-series?

2002-10-31 Thread Mark Benson
sufficient power draw to kick it in? What about turning the thing off? -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Remember, all I am offering is the truth, nothing more - The Matrix -- Quadlist is sponsored by http

Re: Radius Video Card

2002-10-27 Thread Mark Benson
this button? -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com I think we can handle one little girl I sent two units. They're bringing her down now. No Lieutenant, your men are already dead. - The Matrix -- Quadlist

Re: new monitors with (and new uses for) old Macs

2002-10-18 Thread Mark Benson
. I dunno what your guys would pay for a basic quality 15 TV over there but I suspect it's cheaper and does more stuff. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central My homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson/ -- Quadlist

Re: Q800

2002-10-18 Thread Mark Benson
to frown. It's a combination of bad HTML and people who write CGI, ASP and stuff like that that spews out bad HTML. Even my pages have some problems that the debugger in BBEdit swore at me about but I had to do them to make it look right. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs

Re: Q800

2002-10-18 Thread Mark Benson
tried (not trying Lynx, as most of my pages need - well, graphics) and get their point across. There's always on out there that'll make a mess of something really simple and 9/10 times it won't be one you've tried. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http

Re: Q800

2002-10-18 Thread Mark Benson
considering the machine it's running on. Regard what you are running the browser on and then apply an appropriate amount of patience and you will be fine with a graphical browser. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central My homepage

Re: new monitors with old Macs

2002-10-17 Thread Mark Benson
On Thursday, Oct 17, 2002, at 17:25 Europe/London, the pickle wrote: 832x624. Not possible; the 630-series VRAM can't be upgraded, and LC PDS video cards are pretty terrible performers. I'm pretty sure my 630 used to do 832x624256 colors. IIRC they have 1MB VRAM -- Mark Benson AIM

Re: Mac to PC VGA adaptor

2002-10-13 Thread Mark Benson
without one. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central My homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson/ -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: Mac to PC VGA adaptor

2002-10-13 Thread Mark Benson
without one. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central My homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson/ -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: Quarda 840av/ Power Mac 8100 Floppy Bracket

2002-10-06 Thread Mark Benson
bracket looks like? -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-26 Thread Mark Benson
, so what size are the drives? What CD-RW are we looking at? As an add-on to my previous post, OS 8.0 (which should really be updated to 8.1 ASAP) will handle practically any size drive you throw at it. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC

My first Hack

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
=hacks;action=display;num=1032846091 What was that about people making do with 'Road Apples'? What the hell, lets just bolt 2 together and make them work better!! -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
;). Have I invested too much time in a Mac that is dead end rather than low end? HELP!! No. There is no such thing. I believe that the more you invest in a Mac the more it gives you back. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
it was done. The lid is easily removed (turn the machine off for piece of mind!), just unscrew the 4 tabs at the back and slide the metal shell forwards. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http

Re: My first Hack

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 23:04 Europe/London, Mark Benson wrote: http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/ YaBB.pl?board=hacks;action=display;num=1032846091 Sorry. Bloody mail program. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC

Re: 660AV 840AV software suggestions ..

2002-09-17 Thread Mark Benson
pretty basic but it does the job. Personally I use Premier 4.2 (which is kinda cramped on a 640x480 screen!!!) and it works good but I also have a Spigot PowerAV card and a pair of 9GB Cheetah Hard Disks shoe-horned into my 840av :). -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online

Re: Excellent game I found in 68040

2002-09-17 Thread Mark Benson
a G3 on and IMHO is rather boring anyway.) Yeh, I agree. WCII is just like the old one but with a better interface and better graphics and some extremely funny 'repeated clicking' dialog on the units, especially the ork side. I want to track down a copy of WCII for my G3. -- Mark Benson

Re: 660AV 840AV software suggestions ..

2002-09-17 Thread Mark Benson
but they are suppose to be the faster ones not the slow one from LCs. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Mac LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

Re: 840av

2002-08-26 Thread Mark Benson
is Nope. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: 840av

2002-08-26 Thread Mark Benson
But the LC475 upgrade goes directly into the 040 socket, not the PDS slot. Aaa, I see. Still probably nope but it'd be worth a shot. Anyone got one they could lend me? -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM

Re: Confusion!

2002-08-19 Thread Mark Benson
be done. Just avoid Netscape. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: I've been here for a while and am now particapating

2002-08-18 Thread Mark Benson
always need patches. In fact, according to the head of the Cartographic department at my Uni, Illustrator 9.0.2 is littered with bugs. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack

Re: 840 Quadra system upgrade

2002-08-16 Thread Mark Benson
like AppleWorks 5.0 and other reasonably up to date 68k compatible apps. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central

Re: Quadra 650 - PPC Upgrade / Broadband

2002-08-15 Thread Mark Benson
ISDN line but it does the job and it's on 24/7 so I don't much care :). -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central

Re: Quadra 650 - PPC Upgrade

2002-08-15 Thread Mark Benson
with zero fuss, just attach it to an existing LAN. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored

Re: LEM European Swap List.

2002-08-13 Thread Mark Benson
on there is interested. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

LEM European Swap List.

2002-08-09 Thread Mark Benson
that may become frustrated by their EU sales items getting swamped on the main Swap List. Thank You in advance for any support. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs

Re: 630

2002-06-25 Thread Mark Benson
of release of various models, to determine a rough timescale for the transition but no more than that, unless you look at the manufacturing and assembly logs. It's only a theory but I think it's pretty sound. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List

Re: 630

2002-06-24 Thread Mark Benson
and replaced it with a 6300CD board and it now only has 32MB from the same SIMMs - god knows why Apple DOWNGRADED the RAM controller -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack

Re: 630

2002-06-24 Thread Mark Benson
that the slot in the 630 is significantly longer and has an extended part at the inside end that is 6x3 pins in size. This is a key distinguishing feature from NuBus slots as non of the NuBus slots were that long. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-12 Thread Mark Benson
Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm bad but I'm not that stupid... Unlike some correspondents to the mailing list, this writer means no malice. Neither did I, I was just 'avin' a larrff as the say in London. But you're smart and tenacious, Mark. Congratulations on getting your SPAV

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-11 Thread Mark Benson
Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't think the 8.1 version OF ASP does slot info. As far as other utilities go it shows up in the 'about' dialog of the Radius Dynamic Desktop CP as a 'DeskStudio 1.0 b4' which is what it is (DeskStudio, made by BUG, is actually

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-09 Thread Mark Benson
Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have a Jackhammer NuBus card with the 2 9GB drives attached... Do try it with the Jackhammer stuff completely disabled. The SPAV likes to write to a single spindle drive. I did that, I even pulled the card out too. Several people have said it prefers

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-09 Thread Mark Benson
, is actually the Japanese version but it's the same card). If anyone has the original DeskStudio Extensions or something like that I'll try those instead, I'm willing to give anything a shot, even if it's in Japanese! -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List

Re: New to the list

2002-06-09 Thread Mark Benson
answer. David, try to be a little more understanding, there are a lot of very diverse personalities on this list, pickle is just a bit 'to the point' that's all :). -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM

Re: New to the list

2002-06-09 Thread Mark Benson
At 19:16 +0100 on 09/06/02, Mark Benson wrote: Why not, I'm sure some one else can tell him to read the FAQ ;). Quite true - you offering? :) No - I don't know what's in the damn thing, as you well know I'm notorious for neglecting to read it in fact. I'm sorry, no diss on the FAQ it's just

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-09 Thread Mark Benson
have an Spigot or I have my AV drives and I can't currently have both. Does anyone know if there is a newer ROM than 1.0? That's what mine is but I suspect there is a better one maybe, I dunno if it's flashable -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs

Re: Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-07 Thread Mark Benson
. As it was I only paid $14.99 plus a bit of shipping to get it over to the UK. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central

Spigot Power AV Problem

2002-06-06 Thread Mark Benson
on my Jackhammer (also newly installed and going like a train ) and it doesn't load in 7.5.5 (I don' t have the FWB RTK extension installed, does that help??). -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM

Re: Quadra 605 question

2002-05-29 Thread Mark Benson
, mind you the fan in my 840av is pretty huge! -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored

Re: 840av question

2002-05-25 Thread Mark Benson
the video to screen. Therefore, at any one time, the VRAM is split into two segments, that being used to display the desktop and that being used to display the video input. This means the more VRAM the better. It makes out at 2MB taking 4 (60ns IIRC) 68-pin 256k SIMMs. -- -- Mark Benson Any

Re: 840av/SEIV Lockups

2002-05-19 Thread Mark Benson
to 'Force Single Ended Mode' on the links block on the controller board. This sets the drive to single ended mode instead of LVD mode. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http

Re: Rebooting desktop

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
. It is seemingly the opposite to you problem, it's too persistent! When I shut it down with a few Apps running the finder closes, then re-opens, then closes, then reopens ad infinitum. I have to force reset it in the end. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
board for that of a 6x00 PowerMac you will lose you DOS card. I do know 6300/100 logic boards work in a Performa 6x0 as I bought this one guaranteed to work in a 630,6200 and 5200 from a guy who knows his stuff. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC SilValleyPirate - AIM

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
is pixel doubling (where one TV pixel is represented as a block of 4 pixels on the screen) and the other is interleaving. Either way it makes TV pictures look bad, and they get worse the higher the screen res you stretch them over. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC

Re: Best path to upgrade Performa 640 (w/ DOS card)?

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Benson
;). Anyway, I was right, in a round-about way. Upgrading to a Power Mac 5x00 or 6x00 will lose you your DOS card as there is nowhere (it would appear) to plug it into. -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat

Re: 64 MB SIMMs in a Quadra 840av

2002-05-12 Thread Mark Benson
I looked through the old messages and saw that Mark Benson was going to be trying this out, but I don't see if we ever learned the answer, so here goes: Has anyone successfully used 64 MB SIMMs in a Quadra 840av? If so, what were the specs. Sorry if this is redundant, but I looked for any news

Re: 64 MB SIMMs in an 840AV?

2002-05-05 Thread Mark Benson
and will be trying them in my 840av. I'll report here when I get results. -- -- Mark Benson SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: sad, dead q630!

2002-05-02 Thread Mark Benson
At 18:36 +0100 on 01/05/02, Mark Benson wrote: The fact that that SAD MAC code translates directly to 'Bus Error' may point to the SCSI bus. That bus error is almost universally software, which is really rather misleading, since everyone assumes (logically, but incorrectly) that it's hardware

Re: sad, dead q630!

2002-05-01 Thread Mark Benson
a software problem. I got something similar when I tried to use a hard disk that was formally in a RAID array in my IIci. If it did this booting from a CD-ROM it maybe a bad CD or damaged or not compatible with the CD software. -- -- Mark Benson SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk

Re: sad, dead q630!

2002-05-01 Thread Mark Benson
translates directly to 'Bus Error' may point to the SCSI bus. -- -- Mark Benson SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC Central -- Quadlist is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

ATTO SiliconExpress UWSCSI

2002-04-25 Thread Mark Benson
need to format it as HFS+. Does anyone know if there is a utility that allows HFS+ formatting on 68k Macs? -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http

Re: ATTO SiliconExpress UWSCSI

2002-04-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 08:20 PM, the pickle wrote: Drive Setup with 8.1 will, as long as you're running 8.1... It won't pick it up, presumably because it's on a non-apple bus. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger

Re: Q950 Power Supply

2002-04-12 Thread Mark Benson
-engineered, are probably designed the best way round to start with in most cases. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC

Re: Quantum Grand Prix

2002-04-11 Thread Mark Benson
was more worried about him popping the fuse on his LC475 :). -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC central i was Born

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-10 Thread Mark Benson
of thinking, they always were good at 'no expense spared' machines, look at the G4 :). -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC

Re: Quantum Grand Prix

2002-04-10 Thread Mark Benson
supply unit? Yuh, the power supply. pickle - is this in the FAQ? It seems stupidly simple but many ppl don't know what it means Power steering unit :-) Yay, I need one of those for my IIci so I can drive it around the house ;). -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka

Re: Apology (was Re: No JEZMO here)

2002-04-10 Thread Mark Benson
getting paranoid in you old age pickle ;). Did anyone ever tell you there are a lot of people in Toronto? The chance of more than one of them having Macs is not that slim ;). LOL. Sorry. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger

Re: 840 quadra slots

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
any one know where I could begin to look for such a purchase. Thank you in advance. [EMAIL PROTECTED] So am I so if anyone has any ideas I'm in the UK though. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL

Re: LC 575 all-in-one

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
As far as I can tell the modem port is always the left serial port, the printer the right. On vertical cases the modem port is the lower one, the printer the upper one. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate

Re: LC 575 all-in-one

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
and there is usually one that fits the Torx screws on an Apple case, at least until you can buy a bit for it. I have taken apart SE/30s (completely) and my 840av with hext keys, I don't own any Torx kit at all. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk

Re: HFS+ on 7.1

2002-04-08 Thread Mark Benson
if it is but some inkling got me there -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC central i was Born in England -- Quadlist

Re: HFS+ on 7.1

2002-04-08 Thread Mark Benson
but you can not boot from it as the ROM in a 68k Mac is not set up to recognise it at boot. I know because I use it on my Quadra. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack

Re: 7.1 version reporting changing

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
the Appearance CP for the 'Copland' widgets. It works very well under earlier versions of Mac OS however an gets rid of that, IMHO ugly on colour machines, white menu bar. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL

Re: 7.1 version respoting changing, Was: Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
getting it to run in general on older Macs... Yes, at least it does on my 840av. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
some much more basic with an 030 than that. It runs 7.1 w/ SU 3.0. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC central i

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
that are clogging up my iBook but don't knock old OSs (not directed at Scott).. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
Appearance CP. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger) Visit Flat Pack Macs Online at: http://fpm.gotdns.com Macintosh LC central i was Born in England -- Quadlist is sponsored by http

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
this but, as my site says, YMMV. As for giving options, you can give options all you like but it doesn't mean someone will like yours ;) Precisely. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk (Yahoo! Messenger) SilValleyPirate (AOL Instant Messenger

Re: MacOS for Performa 475

2002-04-07 Thread Mark Benson
disk now and will still have a 9GB (10,000rpm) drive when it migrates to my PowerMac so 8.1 is useful for something. After all I have to put all my AV stuff somewhere while I record it. 7.6.1 would be my preference but HFS+ is critical for volumes bigger than 3GB. -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs

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