Re: 2.5 Hard drive adapter?

2002-04-09 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2002-04-08 13:49, the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 17:35 +1000 on 08/04/02, Darren wrote: Are 2.5 drives all ide? I've never seen a scsi one. Most (all?) of the PowerBooks (other than the Portable) up to about 1994 used 2.5 SCSI drives. All of the 100 series PowerBooks, bar the

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Easiest solution is to trawl eBay for an internet router that supports connecting a modem to it. Some companies still make them, but they aren't cheap. :P Four main varieties. 1 All in one with modem, router and hub or switch. 2 Two in one with modem and router and an ethernet port. 3 Two in

Swedish keyboard with US system?

2002-04-09 Thread Robert Lundqvist
Hi! I've got this SE/30 and it would be fun to try to run older systems on it (Systems 6.0.8, 7.0.1 and the like.). The problem is that I've only found US versions of the systems. The language is no problem, but I do want to use my Swedish keyboard. This particular keyboard layout is not one of

Re: Personal LWntr printing on LC475, CCII

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Teuila Bertie Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wiped off the toner roller (the dark green one) in the toner cartridge with soft tissue. Still prints the same. Any other suggestions? Time for a new toner cart? The print cartridge has a wiper blade to scrape off unused or excess toner from

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread rlf9
Subject: Re: Ripping Video From: Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 10:08 PM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Anyone around here know how to get the contents of a video tape on a hard disk, preferably using

Re: Mouse Systems Corp.'s A+ Mouse ADB

2002-04-09 Thread luc . verhelst
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:14:03 +0100 Subject: Re: Mouse Systems Corp.'s A+ Mouse ADB From: Phil Beesley [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wrote: All I got was the mouse, so no documentation, drivers, special mouse pad, ... Anyone has got this thing ? Should it

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 19:21 +0100 on 08/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yes, this will work fine, until I take the iBook off the network to go somewhere, leaving the rest of the network with no DNS, DHCP server or intranet. I know it might not be a big issue to most ppl

Re: Personal LWntr printing on LC475, CCII

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
So it appears that possibly the fuser cleaner has taken a holiday. (I hear the south of France or Afghanistan is nice this time of year.) ;-) There may be a weak or otherwise malfunctioning corona wire somewhere in there. = http://www.junkscience.com All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!

Re: Mouse Systems Corp.'s A+ Mouse ADB

2002-04-09 Thread flawed jai
Mouse Systems Corp.'s A+ Mouse ADB From: Phil Beesley [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Luc Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All I got was ... light (red). Is that normal ? I dug a Mouse Systems 3 button model out... print the required pattern onto a transparency and stick

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: I've used DHCP to dynamically assign IPs on a LAN, but I much prefer using all static IPs then going through a router, either a dedicated router box or a computer running internet routing software to bring the internet to the LAN. That way I know who's whom on the LAN

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone around here know how to get the contents of a video tape on a hard disk, preferably using some old Mac? I know absolutely nothing about this stuff. First off you'd need a Mac with AV or Audio Video features that include AV _input_ and

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. Now, I've got a good reason to buy myself a Quad 840AV :-) BTW Is this something that one can do better with newer Macs or are those more aimed at digital video? Yes, and if you're recording onto your computer, it's digital

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on an OS 9.1/OS X machine (IIRC you have a 9.2 G3 don't you?) and you have the lot sorted :). Heck, if he has that kind of rig, just get one of those USB video capture things plus a USB 2.0 card (even if it has USB built in) or a Firewire capture

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gregg Eshelman wrote: I've used DHCP to dynamically assign IPs on a LAN, but I much prefer using all static IPs then going through a router, either a dedicated router box or a computer running internet routing software to bring the internet to the

Re: auto painting macs-- is he that good?

2002-04-09 Thread flawed jai
the pickle asked if my friend up the street does work on a par with the mac hack mercury classic II on applefritter. (here's the demo page, so you can all go look at the work, for reference:) http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/mercury/index.html the answer is, yes, chris, he's *that* good. he

*that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
OK, nobody seems to get my drift so I obviously explained it about as well Donald Rumsfeld ;). Heres what I have at the moment: 4 machines all using TCP/IP, 3 using OT, 1 using OS X. All machines have static IPs assigned using the DHCP module in IPNR All machines have a DNS name assigned

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 12:15 AM, the pickle wrote: At 01:09 +0200 on 09/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: And what about the 660AV? I just found a M.Bakker (probably coincidence) selling one for 45 euro on a secondhand mac site. Will also work, albeit not *quite* as well. Not

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 12:30 AM, the pickle wrote: At 00:27 +0100 on 09/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yes it damn well does (sorry). I have it set up internally, I don't I don't get it - how does it matter? Are you doing all your AppleTalk on the LAN over TCP/IP? If so, there's

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:31 AM, rlf9 wrote: 320x240? A bit on the small side, what? You can do 640x480 as well. The frame rate starts to drop off though. I think it's 4-6fps for that size. 320x240 is fine, you can't really get any more quality out of a VCR video if you make it any

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
I've used DHCP to dynamically assign IPs on a LAN, but I much prefer using all static IPs then going through a router, either a dedicated router box or a computer running internet routing software to bring the internet to the LAN. That way I know who's whom on the LAN and it's easy to

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 07:43 , Mark Benson wrote: OK, nobody seems to get my drift so I obviously explained it about as well Donald Rumsfeld ;). Heres what I have at the moment: 4 machines all using TCP/IP, 3 using OT, 1 using OS X. All machines have static IPs assigned using the

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 09:38 AM, Darren wrote: Easiest way for sure, just make sure you dont assign the same ip twice. :) Let DHCP take care of any additions to your lan. This is why I use it, it's much less stress. In this way you can route services to other machines and take the

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10:44 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on an OS 9.1/OS X machine (IIRC you have a 9.2 G3 don't you?) and you have the lot sorted :). Heck, if he has that kind of rig, just get one of those USB video capture things plus a

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Paul Stamsen
I'm entering this thread late, so I may be talking through my hat, but it seems to me that a Barricade (SMC) Router, fits the bill. It used to be available for a discount at $50. Please pardon me for butting in, if that's what I'm doing. (Disclaimer: No connection with SMC, which has a lousy

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 01:34 PM, Eagle wrote: 1- You have a bunch of LocalTalk-only Macs 2- You use IPNetRouter 68k to route IP to said LocalTalk Macs Nahhhahhh. All on Ethernet. 3a- In certain situations, you use a Windows box to route from LocalTalk to Internet (via IPNR) When

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:50 , Mark Benson wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 01:34 PM, Eagle wrote: 1- You have a bunch of LocalTalk-only Macs 2- You use IPNetRouter 68k to route IP to said LocalTalk Macs Nahhhahhh. All on Ethernet. Well, whatever. Substitute Ethernet where I

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 07:27 , Mark Benson wrote: On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 11:31 PM, Eagle wrote: On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 06:26 , Mark Benson wrote: On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 07:26 PM, the pickle wrote: DNS and DHCP are irrelevant if you're not connected to the Internet, or

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
I can't seem to explain it at all. Ahh well, you can go back to vintage macs now, the list nanny told me the thread was veering too far off topic and told me to quit it. Hang on, I am the list nanny Anyway, I've got a few guys I can talk to so don't worry about it. -- Mark Benson

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 03:44 , Gregg Eshelman wrote: Using Win2K or XP Pro it's easy to turn on or off internet sharing on any TCP/IP connection. I don't think you even have to reboot. How does internet sharing (took Apple long enough) do in OSX? Network Address Translation (Internet

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread beesley
Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Easiest way for sure, just make sure you dont assign the same ip twice. :) That's what the little text file with the info on each box is for. 'Tis what every network admin should do, no matter how small the

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread mart
And what about the 660AV? I just found a M.Bakker (probably coincidence) selling one for 45 euro on a secondhand mac site. Coincidence indeed ! But I do know a Q700 for sale here in Amsterdam. Heavily finned '040 and an Ethernet card in there. And the usual ugly Q700 case. Off list

Re: Personal LWntr printing on LC475, CCII

2002-04-09 Thread mart
Teuila Bertie Hall wrote: The problem is that all pages are dark, not real dark, but the page is sort of grey. If I'm not mistaken, The NTR version of the PLW has a slider control to adjust the amount of toner (Regular PLW's don't have it). Open the engine room door; it should be located

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 02:22 PM, Eagle wrote: Again: what are you using IP addresses for? Are you running a web or email server on one of your machines? Among other things, yes. Sorry. I didn't quite catch your drift... I have an HTTP server on the LCIII and use SSH to my iBook in

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
And what about the 660AV? I just found a M.Bakker (probably coincidence) selling one for 45 euro on a secondhand mac site. Coincidence indeed ! But I do know a Q700 for sale here in Amsterdam. Heavily finned '040 and an Ethernet card in there. And the usual ugly Q700 case. Off list

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Easiest way for sure, just make sure you dont assign the same ip twice. :) Let DHCP take care of any additions to your lan. This is why I use it, it's much less stress. So your base 4 machines all have static addresses assigned by you on your intranet. The ibook on

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 15:27 +0100 on 09/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: TCP/IP allows me to mount it on my Quadra as it runs 8.1 which supports AppleTalk over IP (there ya go pickle - another reason to use 8.1 ;) ) Except for the fact that the AppleShare Client software that Apple distributed *after* that as an update

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread mart
And what about the 660AV? I just found a M.Bakker (probably coincidence) selling one for 45 euro on a secondhand mac site. Coincidence indeed ! But I do know a Q700 for sale here in Amsterdam. Heavily finned '040 and an Ethernet card in there. And the usual ugly Q700 case. Off list

Re: auto painting macs-- is he that good?

2002-04-09 Thread Michelle Klein-Hass
so maybe we've hit on a new pastime. arting up old macs. why the hell not? if they're out of warrantee and saved from the trash, who's to say we can't? this is venice! this is expected, here. and macs are for the right brained, creative types, no? Hi Janet... How much would custom-painting a

Re: Personal LWntr printing on LC475, CCII

2002-04-09 Thread Teuila Bertie Hall
From: mart [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I'm not mistaken, The NTR version of the PLW has a slider control to adjust the amount of toner (Regular PLW's don't have it). Open the engine room door; it should be located just above the toner cartridge. Thanks, Mart. It actually reduced the greyness of

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 04:01 PM, Darren wrote: Besides, a mac is more flexible since you can tcp over localtalk for older macs. . How do you do this? I tried but never got it to work :(. I can't really try it now as my newly acquired phonenet cabling has no terminators. I have a

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 05:24 PM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Right now I don't use either one of them. I do my scsi stuff on a LC475, which is quite fast and has space for a 32 mb 72 pin simm. I wanna get myself a big quadra with 72 pin simms, so I can fill 'r up real good (i've got

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 06:15 PM, mart wrote: The IIci case is a beauty (albeit somewhat boxy). Lining, striping, details; all is well. The Q700 case has the same dimensions, but the horizontal striping on the front is replaced by an ugly row of smaller ones. It was redesigned to

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 02:21 , Mark Benson wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 04:01 PM, Darren wrote: Besides, a mac is more flexible since you can tcp over localtalk for older macs. . How do you do this? I tried but never got it to work :(. I can't really try it now as my newly

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Scott Barber
do let us know how it turns out though, maybe a networking page for flatmacs on this LAN... cheers, scb On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Mark Benson wrote: I can't seem to explain it at all. Ahh well, you can go back to vintage macs now, the list nanny told me the thread was veering too far off topic

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 19:21 +0100 on 09/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 04:01 PM, Darren wrote: Besides, a mac is more flexible since you can tcp over localtalk for older macs. . How do you do this? I tried but never got it to work :(. I can't really You can't, without something that

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 19:11 +0100 on 09/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: SIMMs and get 128MB! Trouble is the RAM tes takes longer than the OS to load (yes, even with OS 8.1 pickle ;) ). I wonder if the inability of 68Ks to turn off the startup RAM tests is a lack-of-software thing, or a lack-of-hardware-support-for-it

Re: *that* network question

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 07:57 PM, Scott Barber wrote: do let us know how it turns out though, maybe a networking page for flatmacs on this LAN... I wouldn't want to put anyone else thru the agony. ;). -- Mark Benson Vintage Macs List Nanny aka silicon_valley_pirate_uk

my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
I'm looking for a 56k modem for my LCIII or IIci. I don't have the IIci yet but it eventually takes over as my server when I get it because 7.1 has less crap in it, which while being a bit limp as a desktop OS makes it ideal for a server. If anyone has one that will work in the UK or knows

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2002-04-09 Thread charlie morrow
hey everyone, i was hoping someone could help me out here, i think these are pretty general questions for those already in the field, but im just started and im completely confused. my father just found a MacIIcx at his office for me, i basically grew up on a MacSE, a lot of whats left of my

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread mart
[...] I wanna get myself a big quadra with 72 pin simms, so I can fill 'r up real good (i've got some spare 72-pin simms). So that's going to be an AV Quadra, I guess. Happy hunting! -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread James E Freeland
a 68040 does generate heat at 25Mhz. It is just an added benefit to keeping it cool. remember heat is the enemy. Jim F Marten van de Kraats wrote: have one myself, though I don't use it because of the limited memory upgrade potential. What do you mean with 'finned' btw? A heatsink.

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:01 PM, the pickle wrote: You can't, without something that speaks MacIP running on the server end. Well I solved that - IPNR talks MacIP :). I found a bit in the docs for IPNR (which I have read but to no avail) on sharing to LocalTalk Machines, pretty cool

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread kapnkid
The heatsink is to transfer the heat from the CPU to the air, and the fan moves the air away and replaces it with cooler air. The heat transfer is limited by the 'narrowest' part of the system. If the heat can't get out of the chip it would soon look like a dim light bulb. If the air can't get

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Thanks. Funny thing is that I haven't got any big quadra's yet, only a simple 700 because it looked most like the IIci which I find beautiful. I always aimed for II series and compacts (plusses mostly, by far my favourite). On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 12:06 , mart wrote: [...] I wanna

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10:35 PM, James E Freeland wrote: a 68040 does generate heat at 25Mhz. It is just an added benefit to keeping it cool. remember heat is the enemy. My 840av has a 40MHz 040 in it. It has a short stumpy heat-sink (it needs to be to fit under the drive bay

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Eagle
On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 04:24 , Mark Benson wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:01 PM, the pickle wrote: You can't, without something that speaks MacIP running on the server end. Well I solved that - IPNR talks MacIP :). I found a bit in the docs for IPNR (which I have read but to

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On dinsdag, april 9, 2002, at 10:16 , Mark Benson wrote: I'm looking for a 56k modem for my LCIII or IIci. I don't have the IIci yet but it eventually takes over as my server when I get it because 7.1 has less crap in it, which while being a bit limp as a desktop OS makes it ideal for a

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 12:05 , kapnkid wrote: Some of the Windoze machines have fans mounted on the chip heatsink itself, as well as a fan to cool the box! Some even have Peltier devices mounted on the chip, a very inefficient method, but it works. Keep those fuzz bunnies clear

Re: Swedish keyboard with US system?

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
Why don't you download the swedish version of system 6 from a well known system 6 website? You ought to able to use that keyboard then. On dinsdag, april 9, 2002, at 08:39 , Robert Lundqvist wrote: Hi! I've got this SE/30 and it would be fun to try to run older systems on it (Systems

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 12:04 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: 1. I understand you use a LCIII as a server, but you want to replace it with a IIci because, you want to run 7.1. Why don't you install 7.1 on your LCIII? It only needs a tiny enabler to run that. I know that, it

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Cameron Kaiser
I think the IIci/Q700 has the inverse problem to the Quadra 8xx and 8x00 Macs. Not so good (although, like the SE/30 is has it's charms ;) ) outside, roomy and well made inside. Anyone who has use a mighty 8 will know it's not a nice case to work in but it looks coool :). The classic Mac

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 01:43 , Mark Benson wrote: BTW 7.1 won't make your server any faster. Yes it will, it frees up lots of RAM by getting rid of stupid unnecessary extensions I have found I can't turn off for one reason or another in 7.6.1. It also uses less RAM itself and

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 01:03 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: That may all be true, but it won't improve the speed of file serving with system 7. Yes but in that case System 6 won't do much for it either because it ultimately depends on the hardware, a you rightly say. A 68k Mac

Re: Swedish keyboard with US system?

2002-04-09 Thread Gamba
I've got this SE/30 and it would be fun to try to run older systems on it (Systems 6.0.8, 7.0.1 and the like.). --robert You can find old Swedish OS here: http://archaic-apples.shauny.de/index.php?category=Macintoshsubcategory=Intl+S ystem+SW. And Apple has Swedish 7.5.3. Gamba

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 23:21 +0100 on 09/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: fair bit of heat. Having said that I got a nasty burn from the edge of my LC040 in my 475 when I out it in but realised (as the machine sounded unusually quiet) I forgot to re-attach the fan. They're not heatsinked, mostly because the LC040 never

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 00:43 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yes it will, it frees up lots of RAM by getting rid of stupid unnecessary extensions I have found I can't turn off for one reason or another in 7.6.1. It also uses less RAM itself and has less CPU overhead when running idle. Now you're starting to

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 17:02 -0700 on 09/04/02, Cameron Kaiser wrote: I think the IIci/Q700 has the inverse problem to the Quadra 8xx and 8x00 Macs. Not so good (although, like the SE/30 is has it's charms ;) ) outside, roomy and well made inside. Anyone who has use a mighty 8 will know it's not a nice case to

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
That may all be true, but it won't improve the speed of file serving with system 7. Yes but in that case System 6 won't do much for it either because it ultimately depends on the hardware, a you rightly say. A 68k Mac struggles to saturate 10baseT anyway (unless it's a late Quadra, that

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 01:45 AM, the pickle wrote: At 00:43 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Yes it will, it frees up lots of RAM by getting rid of stupid unnecessary extensions I have found I can't turn off for one reason or another in 7.6.1. It also uses less RAM itself

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 02:45 , the pickle wrote: Good luck getting 6 running on an LC III anyway :) You are not going to need luck if you replace the LCIII with a IIci, which was the idea in the first place. -- Check out the

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 01:55 AM, Marten van de Kraats wrote: Yes but in that case System 6 won't do much for it either because it ultimately depends on the hardware, a you rightly say. A 68k Mac struggles to saturate 10baseT anyway (unless it's a late Quadra, that can saturate

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 02:55 +0200 on 10/04/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: System 6 makes a whole lot of difference. You won't believe how much better it is than system 7 at I/O stuff. It is a totally superior server OS. I can't help it. It is just the truth. System 7 is very inefficient. Marten: open your

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

2002-04-09 Thread Darren
Well I solved that - IPNR talks MacIP :). I found a bit in the docs for IPNR (which I have read but to no avail) on sharing to LocalTalk Machines, pretty cool :). Remember I suggested that you read Amber's site about networking? That's why - she covered this in her pages. :)

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 01:59 +0100 on 10/04/02, Mark Benson wrote: Of course, simply freeing up RAM won't make file sharing any faster. It does if it means there is RAM free to pass thru out going files. If no RAM is free then the machine has to free it by moving stuff from the RAM to VM and then sending the

looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread jsoderlund
I have a IIci and would like to my daughter to get just email on it (no web surfing). We have cable modem that comes into a router and then on to two PC's. Can I access the email via the network with the IIci? I do not care if the mac and pc's can transfer info if it makes thing easier. jes

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 21:18 -0400 on 09/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a IIci and would like to my daughter to get just email on it (no web surfing). We have cable modem that comes into a router and then on to two PC's. Can I access the email via the network with the IIci? I do not care if Yep. Just get

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 03:11 , the pickle wrote: Marten: open your freaking eyes already. System 6 doesn't run on any Macs made after about 1991. And since when is the IIci a Mac made after about 1991? -- Check out the

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread jsoderlund
Thanks, can you tell me what to look for in a Ethernet card for the IIci? jes -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! |

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 21:32 -0400 on 09/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, can you tell me what to look for in a Ethernet card for the IIci? Anything NuBus should work. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL PROTECTED]//Users/thepickl/Sites/Archive/

Networking with LinkPPP!

2002-04-09 Thread Gamba
Hello listers, I have been closely following all these threads on networking in hope that my networking ignorance would be reduced. NOT. Can you say dense? Anyway, there's this old software called LinkUPPP!. From the docs, LinkUPPP! for Mac OS is a fully featured remote access client that

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread Marten van de Kraats
On woensdag, april 10, 2002, at 03:09 , Mark Benson wrote: System 6 makes a whole lot of difference. You won't believe how much better it is than system 7 at I/O stuff. It is a totally superior server OS. I can't help it. It is just the truth. System 7 is very inefficient. Yes, you could

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread jsoderlund
Why are Asante network cards so cheep. Is it one to stay away from? jes -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread the pickle
At 22:52 -0400 on 09/04/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are Asante network cards so cheep. Is it one to stay away from? Supply and demand, I suppose. No real reason to stay away from them. the pickle FAQ http://macfaq.org/index.shtml Software Archive ftp://download:[EMAIL

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread Rob Jennings
Why are Asante network cards so cheep. Is it one to stay away from? The only difficulty I have encountered is that some models are unable to auto-negotiate with auto-switching 10BT/100BT hubs or interfaces. For instance, I have three Asante MC3NB interfaces in my IIci and they are all unable

Re: Mouse Systems Corp.'s A+ Mouse ADB ?

2002-04-09 Thread A. Daniel King
Luc Verhelst wrote: [snip] All I got was the mouse, so no documentation, drivers, special mouse pad, ... If it is anything like the Sun Microsystems mice of the same vintage, it will require a special mouse pad. In addition, the mouse pad must be oriented properly. There is a left and a right

Re: looking for email/network help

2002-04-09 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Thanks, can you tell me what to look for in a Ethernet card for the IIci? Myself, I like the Farallon EtherWave NuBus cards. -- - personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Klein bottle

Mac Playmate

2002-04-09 Thread Jesse Parkerton
Anyone know where I can find Mac Playmate? Jesse -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 08:31 AM, rlf9 wrote: 320x240? A bit on the small side, what? You can do 640x480 as well. The frame rate starts to drop off though. I think it's 4-6fps for that size. 320x240 is fine, you can't really get any

Re: my internet problem

2002-04-09 Thread rlf9
Subject: Re: my internet problem From: Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My server runs 7.6.1 and goes and goes and goes and.. you get the idea. I have 3 System 7 machines (LC - 7.0.1 from it's original install disks, SE/30 - 7.1,

Re: Ripping Video

2002-04-09 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have any *idea* how much a good quality A-D breakout box for FireWire/USB 2.0 *costs*? The last one I saw was nearly $250. Checked macwarehouse.com ? TigerDirect.com has some too but for some reason only their printed catalog tells which works

Re: Swedish keyboard with US system?

2002-04-09 Thread Robert Lundqvist
Thanks for the suggestions, and yes, I've found these old system at the suggested website. However, the files I receive after download are not possible to open. They are listed as *.hqx files on the website, but nothing happens when StuffIt is started. I get no disk images as I suppose they