2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Ken Ring
In trying to resolve one issue I've come across a couple of items that I can't solve and hope that someone on the list has been able to. 1. Mac IIsi 17MB RAM 80MB HD w/external 700MB HD I've done a couple of CLEAN INSTALLS using the MacOS CD for 7.6 and a MacAddict disk that included the

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 12:05 -0500 on 11/06/02, Ken Ring wrote: The question: has anyone ever heard of this OS (7.6 or 7.6.1) lacking in ANY of the basic components that may have existed in the previous OSs? (7.5, etc.). No, but why are you trying to choke your IIsi to death with 7.6? :) 2. Same

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread J.S. Garrison
-- From: Ken Ring [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: 2 Questions Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 10:05 AM In trying to resolve one issue I've come across a couple of items that I can't solve and hope that someone on the list has been able to. 1. Mac IIsi

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Mark Benson
No, but why are you trying to choke your IIsi to death with 7.6? :) Perhaps he needs it to run this software that requires 7.6 - hello - putting 2 and 2 together here :) Sorry I just finished my finals and I'm feeling a bit giddy ;). 2. Same situation, however I'm getting an error code

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 20:20 +0100 on 11/06/02, Mark Benson wrote: No, but why are you trying to choke your IIsi to death with 7.6? :) Perhaps he needs it to run this software that requires 7.6 - hello - Very little that will run on a 20MHz 030 with 17MB RAM actually requires 7.6. Or an Easy Install, that

compaq cdrom on IIci

2002-06-11 Thread Mike Holling
I have an external Compaq 2x cdrom that worked on a IIsi, once upon a time. The IIsi is now long gone and I can't get the drive to work on a IIci (or any of my compact macs). It works fine on a unix box, and is detected by scsiprobe and silverlining, however it won't mount any cd's, either mac

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Clark Martin
At 1:27 PM -0400 6/11/02, the pickle wrote: At 12:05 -0500 on 11/06/02, Ken Ring wrote: The question: has anyone ever heard of this OS (7.6 or 7.6.1) lacking in ANY of the basic components that may have existed in the previous OSs? (7.5, etc.). It may be missing some of the add on things

Re: compaq cdrom on IIci

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 15:18 -0600 on 11/06/02, Mike Holling wrote: I have an external Compaq 2x cdrom that worked on a IIsi, once upon a time. The IIsi is now long gone and I can't get the drive to work on a IIci (or any of my compact macs). It works fine on a unix box, and is detected by scsiprobe and

Re: iCab 2.8

2002-06-11 Thread rlf9
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:48:56 -0400 From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: iCab 2.8 the pickle sez... Mozilla is suffering from severe bloat, mostly due to the morons at Nutscrape who thought it would be a good idea to put an e-mail client and an HTML editor in it. Chimera is about

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread rlf9
From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2 Questions At 12:05 -0500 on 11/06/02, Ken Ring wrote: The question: has anyone ever heard of this OS (7.6 or 7.6.1) lacking in ANY of the basic components that may have existed in the previous OSs? (7.5, etc.). No, but why are you trying

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Al
my two cents i used to spend a long time trying to solve this and similar problems on Mac's in the end i found that the most expeditious method was to zap the pram with techtool, low level the hard drive. and do a clean install. i'm convinced a slew of Mac problems are attributed to the

Re: compaq cdrom on IIci

2002-06-11 Thread Gregg Eshelman
First off, use ResEdit to hack the Apple CD-ROM driver. Directions here http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_99/12-21-98.shtml Then if you want to see long filenames on Joliet CDs (and other neat stuff) Go to http://www.tempel.org/joliet = http://www.junkscience.com All the Junk

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Teri Pittman
in my experience 7.6.1 is the most bullet proof of the Mac OSes (sp?) and my preferred install on any 68k Mac that has enough ram to for it (and can handle it) I've been using this a bit, since I have some LC520s that had it installed. It does seem pretty stable. I like 7.1 too. I did an

Re: compaq cdrom on IIci

2002-06-11 Thread Mark Benson
At 15:18 -0600 on 11/06/02, Mike Holling wrote: I have an external Compaq 2x cdrom that worked on a IIsi, once upon a time. The IIsi is now long gone and I can't get the drive to work on a IIci (or any of my compact macs). It works fine on a unix box, and is detected by scsiprobe and

Re: iCab 2.8

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 17:40 -0400 on 11/06/02, rlf9 wrote: Mebbe so, but I install only the 'Zilla browser and feedback client, and I still use Emailer in 9.1. That's just it. You can't install *just* the browser. It takes the whole 30MB (and 30MB RAM, too!) no matter what :( the pickle FAQ

Re: compaq cdrom on IIci

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 23:46 +0100 on 11/06/02, Mark Benson wrote: What? You mean it's not in the FAQ??? This can't be!! ;) That's one of those I'm not totally sure whether or not I linked it there or not so I'll just tell 'em where the link would be if I knew it was there things :) the pickle FAQ

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Mark Benson
my two cents i used to spend a long time trying to solve this and similar problems on Mac's in the end i found that the most expeditious method was to zap the pram with techtool, low level the hard drive. and do a clean install. i'm convinced a slew of Mac problems are attributed to the

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Darren
Ken Ring wrote: In trying to resolve one issue snip Whats the software (2001) your trying to run? -- 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 |

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread Jason Trunzo
I've been using this a bit, since I have some LC520s that had it installed. It does seem pretty stable. I like 7.1 too. I did an experiment this weekend. I have a IIsi that has 17MB RAM in it. Decided I wanted to see what it would do under System 6. Found a little 40MB drive that had it

Re: 2 Questions

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 22:43 -0400 on 11/06/02, Jason Trunzo wrote: mention all the free RAM I have left!) Anybody know if there is a version of Photoshop that will run under 6.0.3 How about a browser Photoshop 1 will. The only browser that runs on System 6 is MacWWW (Samba) and it's horribly unstable. There's

Mild curiosity...

2002-06-11 Thread E McCann
What can be done with the prompt that pops up when the programmer's button (NMI, I think) is pressed? Any references? Just curious. -Eric -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: Mild curiosity...

2002-06-11 Thread Ed Murphy
If you install Macsbug, the system monitor and debugger, you can root around the system and watch all your applications run. Unless you are developing software, then the only real use for macsbug is to quit a program that is not responding. This won't always work, but if it has entered an

Re: Mild curiosity...

2002-06-11 Thread the pickle
At 21:31 -0700 on 11/06/02, E McCann wrote: What can be done with the prompt that pops up when the programmer's button (NMI, I think) is pressed? Any references? http://www.mackido.com/ Look in the Easter Eggs section. A lot of them are only accessible from the debugger. the pickle FAQ

printer not working

2002-06-11 Thread Murray Irwin
Hi all I found an NEC Silentwriter S102P recently and when turned on it has a row of squares on the display, and the on line led does not light up! any ideas as to what to do to fix it? Thanks Murray -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics