On 7/7/09 1:59 AM, tortoise at cymraeg...@gmail.com wrote:
It was true back then. Problem was all the old 68k code in the old
MacOS.
Here's the problem.
When Spindler launched the PowerMacs, though icredible velocity was
promised, the reality was that the machines were mere slow Quadra
On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 01:14 -0400, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:36 PM, MacGuymacgu...@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, here's the problem:
There's a really cool radio station online that I like...
Pandora will play anything you like and let you program it too. Is
On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jul 4, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Timo Virkkala wrote:
I'm trying to revive a G4 box. I pulled a hard drive and memory
from a
working 400MHz Sawtooth into a 500MHz Sawtooth.
But it won't shut down from the software. It restarts.
I
2009/7/6 glen glenst...@yahoo.com:
I've just bought a Sonnet Encore G4/500 upgrade for my elderly but
100% reliable Rev 1 BW G3/400. (I want to try Mac OS X Server 10.4 on
it, and this requires a G4 CPU.)
Snag is, when I fit the new chip, the Mac won't boot. I don't get a
Sad Mac or a
On Jul 6, 2009, at 9:59 PM, tortoise wrote:
t was true back then. Problem was all the old 68k code in the old
MacOS. Back in '98 a mac with Linux felt like flying compared to the
macos crawling.
The argument had absolutely nothing to do with the OS running on the
system. The industry
t was true back then. Problem was all the old 68k code in the old
MacOS. Back in '98 a mac with Linux felt like flying compared to the
macos crawling.
The argument had absolutely nothing to do with the OS running on the
system. The industry comparisons between RISC and CISC were made on
2009/7/7 tortoise cymraeg...@gmail.com:
IBM had problems with their design which was why they teamed up with
APPLE. at the time theirs was the worst performing and selling. Don't
forget Motorola was in there too, coming in especially with the G4.
IBM had problems? Not as I recall. POWER was
2009/7/6 PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com:
On Jul 5, 2009, at 10:27 PM, MaGioZal wrote:
The RISC had a lot of promises, but many times hadn't delivered them.
It's not the processor, it's the implementation.
IBM is making huge quantities of PPC RISCs.
Sun is still making its RISCs.
2009/7/6 PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com:
On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:49 PM, Mullin9 wrote:
Will Apple return to PPC processors?
A year or so ago, Apple purchased a fab-less designer and
manufacturer of multi-core PPC processors.
It is conceivable that Apple may use PPC processors in some
2009/7/7 Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com:
OOPS
I grabbed a PS3 but Swapped the 256MB RAM, with 4 GB RAM stick,
wired/
soldered in a 2005 Apple ROM not the EFI, and installed OS X v 10.5
and with 3.2 GHz PPC Cell CPU It Screams.
Nope, I don't believe it.
I don't believe you could readily
P.A. Semi's flagship product before they were acquired was the
PWRficient processor, a PPC dual-core 2.0GHz processor that only
consumed 4W power.
I even contacted them for information on an evaluation kit (too bad it
was $1495!)
The PowerPC and POWER lines will live on - I'm just hoping Apple
(Apologies to other Listers for the semi-long system log cut and
pasted into this list-mail)
My newly acquired Digital Audio Dual 533 has experienced a couple of
semi-random freezes lately. I say semi-random, since I believe the RAM
is good, and one time I was running a fairly old, cpu
In an extremely rare milestone, a valuable open source project has
released a 1.0.0 version. It even works on PPC, but only for 10.5.
Users of 10.4 are stuck with 0.9.9a.
VideoLan has released version 1.0.0 of its software, one of the more
robust and format inclusive video players for OS
2009/7/7 Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com:
P.A. Semi's flagship product before they were acquired was the
PWRficient processor, a PPC dual-core 2.0GHz processor that only
consumed 4W power.
I know. Thus my comment.
I even contacted them for information on an evaluation kit (too
At 7:14 AM -0400 7/6/2009, m.smurph001 wrote:
digital audio G4.
processor upgrade
OS X, which is 10.4.11
The optical drive is a Pioneer OEM DVD burner I got from Other World.
It has been giving me error messages when I try to burn CDs of late.
Exactly what error messages?
Have you cleaned the
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote:
AMD are really struggling now. The Sledgehammer µarch was stunning and
killed Itanium; it moved the x86 world onto 64-bit, although 99% of
machines still run 32-bit S/W, just like for a decade, 99% of the
32-bit 386 machines
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:
I tried looking at the system log through Console, but didn't see
anything at the point of the freeze. I did find that Firefox was
evidently calling a debugger of some sort. Then on a next restart, the
log was gone. Here is a recent log, not
On 7/7/09 12:40 PM, John Martz of zjo...@gmail.com sent
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Len Gerstellgers...@gmail.com wrote:
VideoLan has released version 1.0.0 of its software, one of the more
robust and format inclusive video players for OS X.
http://www.videolan.org
Thanks.
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, true, but for how long under Oracle's reign?
A while I'd think.
This was a valuable part of Sun to Oracle, (they bought Sun because
Oracle is completely dependent on Java now, and has been since the
8i-9 transition, this way they
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
IBM had problems? Not as I recall. POWER was doing great. PowerPC was
merely an adaptation of the high-end POWER multi-chip processors into
a lower-end single-chip device utilising the Motorola 88000 bus,
designed for PC-type kit.
IBM never
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Len Gerstellgers...@gmail.com wrote:
VideoLan has released version 1.0.0 of its software, one of the more
robust and format inclusive video players for OS X.
http://www.videolan.org
Thanks. Downloading now.
VideoLan is somewhat amazing to me. Given all the
Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
IBM had problems? Not as I recall. POWER was doing great. PowerPC was
merely an adaptation of the high-end POWER multi-chip processors into
a lower-end single-chip device utilising the Motorola 88000 bus,
designed for
But we can discuss this to death and it won't change anything. S,
I'll just keep on truckin' with my ancient G4 Gigabit 400...
JT
(Who wonders at times why not hook up the 1.25GHz Powerbook to use
as a
main machine)
I decided on a processor upgrade for my QS, 1.8ghz. Buys me a
On Jul 7, 2009, at 12:29 PM, tonycd wrote:
I was housecleaning and I exhumed a Gravis USB GamePad Pro. It looks
like a dark grey PS2 gamepad with the secondary buttons missing, but
its connector is USB 1.1.
I believe I bought it around 10 years ago, late in the Classic Era. I
am sure it
On 7/7/09 1:56 PM, Bruce Johnson at john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
This was a valuable part of Sun to Oracle, (they bought Sun because
Oracle is completely dependent on Java now, and has been since the
8i-9 transition, this way they control that bit.)
It is strangely funny to remember
On 7/7/09 3:57 PM, James E. Therrault at jetas...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
Bottom line was the lack of fast low power chips for laptops that
ultimately resulted in the switch. Had a low power G5 chip been
produced, there would be no Apple Intel today.
The other thing that burned the
On 7/7/09 1:58 PM, Bruce Johnson at john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
IBM never managed a low power G5, and Moro couldn't get more
performance outof the PPC series. Apple (along with all the other PC
manufacturers) live and die by their laptop lines, and the inability
of either Moto or IBM
Thanks, Bruce.
And sorry, Alex. ;.)
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2009/7/7 John Martz zjo...@gmail.com:
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Liam Provenlpro...@gmail.com wrote:
AMD are really struggling now. The Sledgehammer µarch was stunning and
killed Itanium; it moved the x86 world onto 64-bit, although 99% of
machines still run 32-bit S/W, just like for a
2009/7/7 Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
Well, true, but for how long under Oracle's reign?
A while I'd think.
This was a valuable part of Sun to Oracle, (they bought Sun because
Oracle is completely dependent on Java now, and
2009/7/7 Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:10 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
IBM had problems? Not as I recall. POWER was doing great. PowerPC was
merely an adaptation of the high-end POWER multi-chip processors into
a lower-end single-chip device utilising the
i am writing this from a power pc g4 1.67 watching a 720p alexandare... yes
i need pause it for writing this. i can listen moby's last album in last
version of itunes... i am running a 10.5.7 with 2 GB ram... yes i am running
with actual production machine for home with CS4 series... with only
On Jul 7, 2009, at 5:09 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
One thing Sun could assemble, fairly readily, would be a killer
large-enterprise messaging solution. A far more scalable back-end
server than Exchange, coupled via an instant-push-delivery protocol to
a premium-grade client app. This would not
On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
VideoLan has released version 1.0.0 of its software, one of the more
robust and format inclusive video players for OS X.
Too bad they don't have same for 10.4
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MaGioZal wrote:
On 7/7/09 3:57 PM, James E. Therrault at jetas...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
Bottom line was the lack of fast low power chips for laptops that
ultimately resulted in the switch. Had a low power G5 chip been
produced, there would be no Apple Intel today.
The other thing
On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Nestamicky wrote:
On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Dana Collins wrote:
VideoLan has released version 1.0.0 of its software, one of the
more
robust and format inclusive video players for OS X.
Too bad they don't have same for 10.4
I tried to use VLC 1.0.0 on my
On Jul 7, 6:17 am, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/7/7 Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com:
OOPS
I grabbed a PS3 but Swapped the 256MB RAM, with 4 GB RAM stick,
wired/
soldered in a 2005 Apple ROM not the EFI, and installed OS X v 10.5
and with 3.2 GHz PPC Cell CPU It
On Jul 7, 7:17 am, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/7/7 Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com:
OOPS
I grabbed a PS3 but Swapped the 256MB RAM, with 4 GB RAM stick,
wired/
soldered in a 2005 Apple ROM not the EFI, and installed OS X v 10.5
and with 3.2 GHz PPC Cell CPU It
On Jul 7, 7:17 am, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/7/7 Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com:
OOPS
I grabbed a PS3 but Swapped the 256MB RAM, with 4 GB RAM stick,
wired/
soldered in a 2005 Apple ROM not the EFI, and installed OS X v 10.5
and with 3.2 GHz PPC Cell CPU It
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