Re: Using Radeon 7000 AGP in a G4 Digital Audio?

[insightinmind]

On Oct 10, 2008, at 11:53 PM, joplinfan wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> Just bought an ATI Radeon 7000 AGP card for $10 NIB. It's for a PC, so
> I want to flash the bios and use it in my G4 Digital Audio.
>
> I've seen some references on the net that Radeon 7000 cards were PCI
> only... but this one is definitely AGP. It's marketed by a company
> called "Connect 3D" and based on the Radeon 7000 processor.
>
> Anyone here tried to flash one of these to work in a G4 like the
> Digital Audio or any other suggestions in flashing a PC AGP card to
> work in a G4?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve

For info on flashing you might try http://strangedogs.proboards40.com/.

You have to join the forum, but it looks like they have good info  
around. I just became a member ... and am reading up on things  
myself ...

Bill Connelly

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Drives Sorted (128GB Limit Answer)

[Simon Royal]

Hi

Thanks for everyones help. It was a lot easier to do than I thought.

I now have 20GB HD as my boot (primary master), 120GB for my music 
collection (primary slave), DVD drive (secondary master) and a 20GB 
(secondary slave) where the zip drive was.

It took less than 20 minutes to put it all in and worked first time. I had 
to mod the optical/zip bracket so I could connect the third hard drive up, 
but it works fine.

I will at some point be putting a 40GB in (and cloning from the boot), in 
place of the 20GB boot just to give OSX and my apps a bit more breathing 
room.

Cheers.

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Re: Trash can panic!

[Ken]

My Reply follows quote. On 10/10/2008 15:59 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:  

>Ok guys, got a friend that just called me saying he threw files away  
>that he didn't want to lose (long story) is there ANY way of  
>retrieving files that have been trashed? any advice will be helpful.
>
>PS- He's using a Black Macbook with
>Leopard on it and no time machine volume.
>
>Thanks, Jeff
===
There are any number of utilities that let you attempt to
recover accidentally deleted files. The amount of success
depends on how much the machine has been used since the
deletion. If the volume is rather full you run the risk
of overwriting the disk portion that contained the file.

Don't use the machine until you have made the attempt to
recover.

One utility that comes to mind is "Data Rescue II."

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ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

[Doug Burton]

Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is  
currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re- 
install the OS?

Question 2: What is the advantage/disadvantage of using the DVI  
connection rather than the traditional VGA?

Just some questions from Doug...


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Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

[insightinmind]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Doug Burton wrote:

>
> Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is
> currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re-
> install the OS?
>


I installed an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro under Leopard 10.5.5 and found the  
Apple supplied drivers were the ones to use ... not any drivers  
"supplied" by ATI (important point). My guess is that they are  
already there?

I just use the VGA connector. No info on DVI, except on other cards I  
used a DVI to VGA converter so my monitor connection would fit  
closer, as the VGA connector wasn't far enough away from the PCI slot  
opening (on a PowerPC 8500/9500 using an ATI Radeon 7000ME). That was  
a installation advantage for me at the time.

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Re: 128GB Limit Question

[PeterH]

On Oct 10, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Diane wrote:

>> 120 GB drives haven't been manufactured for the better part of a  
>> decade.
>
> My 2003 G4 FW800 came with one.


My last "new" 120 GB drives were bought in Aug of 04, and those  
drives were Apple-branded, but were industrial surplus, purchased  
from Fry's Electronics at a steep discount, and without the Apple  
warranty, but with the remaining manufacturer warranty. Four-twelfths  
(33 percent) may not be "the better part of a decade", but it is  
surely "a significant part of a decade".

160 GB drives were then Fry's smallest offering for drives sold as  
brand-new retail-packaged items, with full manufacturer warranty.

The disk drive business is perhaps the most competitive business of  
all, with models being revised perhaps every eight weeks.

It is completely cut-throat, and when one distributor lowered its  
price of Seagate 1 TB SATA drives down to $129, another distributor  
lowered the price of Hitachi/IBM 1 TB SATA drives down to $109 after  
mail-in rebate ($139 retail price before rebate) with a maximum  
number of such drives per person per household to four.

Naturally, I had just bought two at the $129 price.



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Re: Moving Low End Mac to Joomla - help needed

[Richard Ramsowr]

Have you looked Sandvoc by Karelia Software?


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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[Jeffrey Engle]

do you mean DSL? if you have a DSL modem, unplug it from the wall,  
wait 5 mins and plug it back in. You might also check into upgrading  
the modems firmware. Jeff
On Oct 11, 2008, at 2:22 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:

>   Hello,
>   About a year or so ago, I upgraded my internet speed to Verizon DHL  
> and noticed a considerable improvement. Recently, things have slowed  
> way down. When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more seconds for  
> the home page to open. When I try to open any other page, the blue  
> ribbon at the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds to cross from  
> left to right to reach a point that activates any movement.
> Any suggestions as to what has happened?
> I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.5.
> Thanks
>
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> Wilton Shaw
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Large Drives

[Simon Royal]

Hi.

I've never been a subscriber to massive hard drives.

What does the average user do with all that space? Who actually uses 1000GB? 
Then you have the question of backing up. The larger the storage the larger the 
back up needed.

The largest drive I have had is 160GB which came in my Intel iMac. At the 
moment I have 100GB of music stored on a 120GB hard drive, which I bought 
merely to keep all my music in one place. I have a 20GB boot drive for crying 
out loud.

My PowerBook G3 Pismo came with a 40GB hard drive which I think is a little bit 
of overkill as I have only used 10GB.

It is not that I don't do heavy work. I am a graphic designer who works in 
Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator. I use iMovie for video editing and make a lot 
of backup disc images.

I just think massive drives are bought for the 'ive got 500GB' wow factor 
rather than if you actually need or use it.

A PC friend of mine has a 500GB Western Digital external drive and never goes 
over 200GB of it. What a waste of money.

Simon

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Re: Large Drives

[PeterH]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Simon Royal wrote:

> I've never been a subscriber to massive hard drives.
>
> What does the average user do with all that space? Who actually  
> uses 1000GB? Then you have the question of backing up. The larger  
> the storage the larger the back up needed.

Try doing any professional CD or DVD authoring or duplication without  
having huge hard drives for "works in progress" storage.

Backup strategies are very much an individual preference.

Some three decades ago, it took three magnetic tapes (1600 bpi) to  
backup a disk volume (mainframe-speak for a hard drive).

Some two decades ago, it took about the same number of tapes (but  
6250 bpi) to backup a disk volume.

Backups on such linear media is now darn near impossible, and more  
intelligent methods are now required.

I backup to a drive which is identical in size to the drive being  
backed up: 1 TB to 1 TB.

Works for me ... possibly wouldn't work for others.

The data contained on my drives is considerably more valuable than  
the cost of the drive itself.


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Re: Large Drives

[Diane]

On Sat, October 11, 2008 5:39 pm, Simon Royal wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I've never been a subscriber to massive hard drives.
>
> What does the average user do with all that space? Who actually uses
> 1000GB? Then you have the question of backing up. The larger the storage
> the larger the back up needed.

Hi Simon!

My first "hard drive" was a HardCard
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcard). It was 10 MEGS and I paid
probably close to $800 for it with an employee discount (I am showing my
age LOL)

3 or so years ago I had purchased an external 160gb to be used as a backup
and emergency boot drive for my G4 FW800.

Enter my 30gb iBook, which also needed to be backed up.

I added a 320gb external so it could backup both machines.

Then my digital pix took over about a year ago. Hubby got a digital SLR
which didn't help! They moved over to the 160gb (and were also backed up
onto the 320)

I just purchased 2 500gb drives for my G4 FW800 (one is a bootable
backup). It came with a 120gb. I've been at the 10gb free mark for quite
some time, which is way too low for comfort.

So, will I ever use all that space? I am not sure. But I also never
thought I'd fill 10 megabytes either.

I will say it took quite awhile to get close to the 120gb. I probably had
40-60 in my Yikes! over a few drives.

But with operating systems and applications getting bigger all the time, I
am guessing it will happen sooner rather than later.

Diane


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Re: Large Drives

[Diane]

On Sat, October 11, 2008 5:50 pm, PeterH wrote:

>
> I backup to a drive which is identical in size to the drive being
> backed up: 1 TB to 1 TB.
>
> Works for me ... possibly wouldn't work for others.
>
> The data contained on my drives is considerably more valuable than
> the cost of the drive itself.

Agreed. I paid $250 for the two 500gb drives, an SATA controller, extra
cable and a 4 port PCI USB card.

Depending on the file, I could lose that much in time to recreate
something. Some things can't be replaced either.

Diane


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Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

[Doug Burton]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Doug Burton wrote:

>
> Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is
> currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re-
> install the OS?

It was recognized

> Question 2: What is the advantage/disadvantage of using the DVI
> connection rather than the traditional VGA?

Much better looking picture!  Seems faster, although that may be the  
increased RAM to 1 Gb.

Yes the card arrived in the mail today and as suspected, DVD's now  
play fine.  Plus I am really liking this Acer 22" widescreen LCD  
monitor.  This should make a good system for me for awhile.

Just a message from Doug...


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Where did the Speed Go?

[Wilton Shaw]

Hello,
About a year or so ago, I upgraded my internet speed to Verizon DHL  
and noticed a considerable improvement. Recently, things have slowed  
way down. When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more seconds for the  
home page to open. When I try to open any other page, the blue ribbon  
at the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds to cross from left to  
right to reach a point that activates any movement.
Any suggestions as to what has happened?
I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.5.
Thanks


Wilton Shaw
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Re: Large Drives

[PeterH]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Diane wrote:

> I just purchased 2 500gb drives for my G4 FW800 (one is a bootable
> backup). It came with a 120gb. I've been at the 10gb free mark for  
> quite
> some time, which is way too low for comfort.

This is the quickest and easiest solution, for later model fast  
machines.

I have 500 GB drives in my dual 1.0 GHz QS 2002, the very last PPC  
machine in daily use in my facility.

My Intels (P35/ICH9 Hackintoshes) each have two 1 TB drives, one is  
primary and the other is backup.

I have and use three eSATA drive cases, which can be used by either  
the PPC Macs or the Intel Hacks.

I also have and use FW cases, which generally have 500 GB drives, and  
also can be used across all platforms.


Using "safe formatting" guidelines published by Intech (the "High  
Cap" kext folks) my PPC Macs have 160 GB boot drives (the smallest  
drives then available from Fry's Electronics) partitioned as four HFS 
+ partitions (10.3.9, 10.3.9 Server, 10.4.11 and 10.5.5) wholly  
within the first 131,072 MB (128 GB) and a 25 GB extra partition  
(which I have found to be quite useful for TOAST intermediate  
storage). The alternate drive, plugged as slave and housed in the Zip  
compartment, "shadows" the boot drive.

My Intel Hacks use a single partition approach, both for the primary  
drive and the alternate drive. 1 TB in the P35/ICH9 Hacks and 0.5 TB  
in the G31/ICH7 Shuttles.

To each his own.






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Re: Large Drives

[Isaac Smith]

> Hi.
>
> I've never been a subscriber to massive hard drives.
>
> What does the average user do with all that space? Who actually uses  
> 1000GB? Then you have the question of backing up. The larger the  
> storage the larger the back up needed.
>
> The largest drive I have had is 160GB which came in my Intel iMac.  
> At the moment I have 100GB of music stored on a 120GB hard drive,  
> which I bought merely to keep all my music in one place. I have a  
> 20GB boot drive for crying out loud.
>
> My PowerBook G3 Pismo came with a 40GB hard drive which I think is a  
> little bit of overkill as I have only used 10GB.
>
> It is not that I don't do heavy work. I am a graphic designer who  
> works in Quark, Photoshop and Illustrator. I use iMovie for video  
> editing and make a lot of backup disc images.
>
> I just think massive drives are bought for the 'ive got 500GB' wow  
> factor rather than if you actually need or use it.
>
> A PC friend of mine has a 500GB Western Digital external drive and  
> never goes over 200GB of it. What a waste of money.
>
> Simon

I have a LaCie d2 Quadra hard drive. It's a 500GB drive. And, it's  
full. I use the drive as a Time Machine backup drive for my Aluminum  
iMac (which has a 320GB internal drive, 12GB free) and for some light  
Final Cut video editing.

The reason that drive is actually so full right now is that I've just  
finished a fairly big editing project, and that ate up most of my  
space. It's about time to get that off there. Still, there is a use  
for a drive that big. I actually plan to buy one or two more in the  
future, and a nice little rack for their storage at some point in the  
future, cost permitting.

For normal computing, though, I have to agree. 500GB is overkill. I  
have a 120GB HDD in my Pismo (because it was something like $3 more  
expensive than an 80GB HDD when I bought it) and it's still got 70GB  
free. That has raw footage from a football game imported. Before that,  
I had about 90GB available. I don't think that I even have 70GB  
available when you combine the amount of free disk space on the three  
hard drives I have hooked up to my iMac.

Still, I do see your point. And I do think that there are some people  
out there who buy big expensive things just to have big expensive  
things. I know some of those people. But I'm not one of them.

Isaac


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Re: Mirroring... Why?

[Isaac Smith]

> Hi.
>
> I was playing around with my Macs the other day.
>
> My PowerBook G3 has a VGA port on the back and when I hooked my  
> monitor to it found that itt supports a second display in spanning  
> mode.
>
> A handy feature when working with a lot of apps.
>
> I then hooked up the monitor to my G3 iMac and this only supports  
> mirror mode, where it replicates what is on the main display.
>
> What is the point of this? The only thing I can see is if the main  
> display fails.
>
> Simon

The big thing I can think of would be hooking the computer up to  
something like a projector or a larger monitor to demonstrate  
something. Other than that, I don't get it. That feature seems much  
more usable on a laptop, which you'll take with you on the road where  
you might need to demonstrate something. But, the laptops have  
mirroring and spanning.

Oh well. Apple doesn't really make sense all the time.

Isaac
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Mirroring... Why?

[Simon Royal]

Hi.

I was playing around with my Macs the other day.

My PowerBook G3 has a VGA port on the back and when I hooked my monitor to it 
found that itt supports a second display in spanning mode.

A handy feature when working with a lot of apps.

I then hooked up the monitor to my G3 iMac and this only supports mirror mode, 
where it replicates what is on the main display.

What is the point of this? The only thing I can see is if the main display 
fails.

Simon

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Re: Large Drives

[Dan]

At 10:39 PM +0100 10/11/2008, Simon Royal wrote:
>
>What does the average user do with all that space?

Data is like GAS.  It expands to fill all available space!

>Who actually uses 1000GB? Then you have the question of backing up. 
>The larger the storage the larger the back up needed.

Backup volumes, movies, music, photo & video editing, databases, 
starcharts, Mach5 plans...

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Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

[Doug Burton]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:37 AM, insightinmind wrote:

>
>
> On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Doug Burton wrote:
>
>>
>> Question 1: Will this card be properly recognized by 10.5.5 which is
>> currently installed, or do I need to install the card and then re-
>> install the OS?
>>
>
>
> I installed an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro under Leopard 10.5.5 and found the
> Apple supplied drivers were the ones to use ... not any drivers
> "supplied" by ATI (important point). My guess is that they are
> already there?
>
> I just use the VGA connector. No info on DVI, except on other cards I
> used a DVI to VGA converter so my monitor connection would fit
> closer, as the VGA connector wasn't far enough away from the PCI slot
> opening (on a PowerPC 8500/9500 using an ATI Radeon 7000ME). That was
> a installation advantage for me at the time.
>
> Bill Connelly

If you get the chance you might want to give the DVI a try Bill.   
Made a big difference in the sharpness of the image for me.  I  
noticed a lot of jaggies with the VGA connection.  JMHO

Just a message from Doug...


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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[insightinmind]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:

>   Hello,
>   About a year or so ago, I upgraded my internet speed to Verizon  
> DHL and noticed a considerable improvement. Recently, things have  
> slowed way down. When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more  
> seconds for the home page to open. When I try to open any other  
> page, the blue ribbon at the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds  
> to cross from left to right to reach a point that activates any  
> movement.
> Any suggestions as to what has happened?
> I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.5.
> Thanks
>
>
> Wilton Shaw
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>


I also have verizon dsl ... and they have been dropping my speed by  
almost half from time to time for the last month or so ...

We might need to call them and have them assign a better ISP URL or  
whatever its called, to re-assign us to the better service.

Terribly annoying ... and somewhat "verizon".

All I need to do is turn off the modem ... wait about 20 seconds and  
start it back again. The connection usually moves back to top speed  
864 / 160 ...

But a call to verizon tech service wouldn't hurt ...


Bill Connelly
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Re: ATI Radeon 9000 PRO into upgraded DA

[insightinmind]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Doug Burton wrote:
>>
>
> If you get the chance you might want to give the DVI a try Bill.
> Made a big difference in the sharpness of the image for me.  I
> noticed a lot of jaggies with the VGA connection.  JMHO


Actually ... turns out I still am! My Sony CPD-G220R is running off  
the DVI, but has to have the DVI to VGA converter I mentioned earlier.

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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[Lyle Syverson]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Wilton Shaw wrote:

 > Hello,
 > About a year or so ago, I upgraded my internet speed to Verizon DHL
 > and noticed a considerable improvement. Recently, things have slowed
 > way down. When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more seconds for
 > the home page to open. When I try to open any other page, the blue
 > ribbon at the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds to cross from
 > left to right to reach a point that activates any movement.
 > Any suggestions as to what has happened?
 > I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.5.

Two other things to try if Safari is slow:

1. Safari will open faster if you set it to bring up a blank page at
startup.  (See preferences)

2. If you are using a third party Ad Blocker such as SarfariBlock try
disabling it.  The ad blocker can really slow down down the rendering
of pages.

Lyle Syverson


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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[insightinmind]

> But a call to verizon tech service wouldn't hurt ...
>
>
1 800 567 - 6789

> Bill Connelly
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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[insightinmind]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 7:43 PM, insightinmind wrote:

>
>> But a call to verizon tech service wouldn't hurt ...
>>
>>
> 1 800 567 - 6789
>

And some of the service reps are on crack  ...


>> Bill Connelly
>> artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio
>> myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio
>>
>
>
> >

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Re: Where did the Speed Go?

[Dan]

At 5:22 PM -0400 10/11/2008, Wilton Shaw wrote:
>eMac, using OS 10.5.5.
>Verizon DHL

Is this ADSL -- you can use the internet while you talk on the 
telephone, or some other versions?
What speed service, downstream and up?

>things have slowed way down.

We're going to need specifics.  "things" covers a lot.  Does the 
problem occur with other applications, or just Safari?  What about 
with Firefox?

>When I open Safari I have to wait 20 or more seconds for the home 
>page to open. When I try to open any other page, the blue ribbon at 
>the top of the page takes 20 to 60 seconds to cross from left to 
>right to reach a point that activates any movement.

Have you tried clearing Safari's cache and website icons?

Does this delay seem to be while the browser is trying to find the 
site, or while it's obtaining data from it?  Look at the bottom of 
the window - is it "stuck" saying contacting or connecting or ...?

Run a speed test here and tell us the results:


Launch Terminal.app and issue these two commands, then copy the full 
results and paste 'em into a reply here:

   dig www.google.com

   traceroute www.google.com


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Need big LCD monitor recommendation for G5

[Tom]

I just bought a G5 2.0 dual core off Ebay, and the 23" Apple Cinema
Display that I've been using with my G4 Quicksilver won't connect to
it, because the monitor has an ADC connector, and the G5 has only DVI
ports (I know Apple has a converter cable, but they want $100 for it).

That big 23" screen spoiled me, so I'm looking for something
comparable in size and sharpness to use with the G5. Apple wants $900
for a new 23" monitor! (and look at all the complaints from buyers:
).

There are plenty of big used Apple Cinema Displays with DVI connectors
on eBay, of course, but a good monitor picture is such a subjective
thing, and there are so many potential problems with used displays
("pink screen," dead pixels, scratches, age, etc.) that I hesitate to
buy used.

On the other hand, you can buy two or more brand new non-Apple
monitors for the price of one Apple Cinema Display, yet the number of
brands and models at such places as Costco and Sam's  is bewildering:
Samsung, Acer, ViewSonic, HP, Dell, and many others, and it appears
that quality varies widely.

So, I'll ask for advice from users of different monitors here. What
brand offers a good LCD in the 22-24" size with a crisp, sharp
picture, good viewing angles, fast response time etc. that would be
comparable to an Apple Cinema Display, and be just as good for video
editing in Final Cut and digital photo work in Photoshop?

Any recommendations, caveats, or comments would be appreciated.

Tom
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