Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Maybe the fan is OS controlled, and OS X lacks the ability to do it. ? Since I got my WS, I've been running OS X. So I'm not sure if the fan does come on when running MacOS 8 or 9. What version of OS X? Under Jaguar at least the fan did come on. I think also with XPF and Panther

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Gary Goldberg said: But is the Wall Street fast enough to play a DVD disk? I think not, due to the very slow graphics and limited VRAM. Possibly on the internal display perhaps. You don't say under what OS? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 12:22:51AM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: What version of OS X? Under Jaguar at least the fan did come on. I think also with XPF and Panther (which I found to be working better on my WS II/PDQ). Currently running 10.3.4 installed with XPF 3.0a17. Have you

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Ben Dyer
If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding in software, probably under both 9 and X. I'm not sure about the mechanics of whether it will work on external displays or internal only, but it should at least work. The USB 1.1 is potentially a worry though -- 2.0 would be

Disk maintenance tool ? gb

2004-10-30 Thread Larry le Mac
I have heard a few things about Norton on OS X and have avoided it, but I have just finshed sorting all my music, films, software and data on a number of 120GB disks and I'd like to run some sort f disk doctor / file check and then defragment them. What is the best tool ? Larry

Re: Disk maintenance tool ? gb

2004-10-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/10/04 06:17, Larry le Mac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have heard a few things about Norton on OS X and have avoided it, but I have just finshed sorting all my music, films, software and data on a number of 120GB disks and I'd like to run some sort f disk doctor / file check and then

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Ben Dyer said: If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding in software, probably under both 9 and X. Doesn't the native DVDplayer need hardware decoding, or was that just earlier versions? I can only say that a 400 Titanium is not enough to really really cut it if I use

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: Sadly, since there aren't any temperature reporting programs for OS X, Ehum: Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all available temperature sensors in Macintosh computers.. We try to detect all sensors on as many Macintosh computer types as possible.

Re: Disk maintenance tool ? gb

2004-10-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've heard people speaking highly of DiskWarrior, but never tried it myself... Does DiskWarrior defragment disks ??? Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

Re: Replacement DVD Drive for Pismo

2004-10-30 Thread K
I know I could buy her a new DVD drive for the Pismo, either s/hand via eBay or even (at considerable expense...) new. But this is an old machine, and I'm not sure I want to spend too much money keeping it fettled. The other possibility that's occurred to me is to buy an external firewire

Pismo DVD Drive

2004-10-30 Thread K
I know I could buy her a new DVD drive for the Pismo, either s/hand via eBay or even (at considerable expense...) new. But this is an old machine, and I'm not sure I want to spend too much money keeping it fettled. The other possibility that's occurred to me is to buy an external firewire

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Gary Goldberg
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive? Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:50:50 +1000 If it's a G4/500 machine, it should be fast enough to do the decoding=20 in software, probably under both 9 and X. I'm not sure about the=20 mechanics of whether it will

Re: Wall Street and external DVD drive?

2004-10-30 Thread Ben Dyer
My understanding is that OS X supports software DVD decoding on any machine fast enough to do it, but does not support the hardware decoders that were shipped with some Wallstreets. Thus, if the processor has been upgraded in this machine, I do not see why it shouldn't work. Even if he has to

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread invicta
On 30 okt 2004, at 14:42, G-Books wrote: From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Disk maintenance tool ? gb Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:46:31 +0200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've heard people speaking highly of DiskWarrior, but never tried it

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 01:39:01PM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: Nils said: Sadly, since there aren't any temperature reporting programs for OS X, Ehum: Temperature Monitor is an application to read out all available temperature sensors in Macintosh

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
invicta said: It is acclaimed to be the best for a Mac. For what it does, yes, it is the best IMHO. It doesn't exactly match the feature set of Techtool though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Mikael Byström
Nils said: I wouldn't have a problem doing that, if the product already supported my hardware to some degree and additional development was being persued. Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be very rewarding. Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] For what it does, yes, it is the best IMHO. It doesn't exactly match the feature set of Techtool though. It seems to focus on recovery more that preventive. Does TTP do defrag ? I take it Norton isn't good... Larry

Re: Safari question

2004-10-30 Thread Timothy Luoma
.. Original Message ... On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:34:38 +0100 Miche Doherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't tried Opera or Mozilla in OS X (oh, and I just remembered there's another browser called Internet Explorer - I'd forgotten it existed) so I can't comment on those. I am a bit

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 30/10/04 13:22, Larry le Mac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] For what it does, yes, it is the best IMHO. It doesn't exactly match the feature set of Techtool though. It seems to focus on recovery more that preventive. Does TTP do defrag ? I take

Re: Disk maintenence tools - Drive 10/X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Larry le Mac
What about Drive 10/X ? Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Disk maintenence tools

2004-10-30 Thread dan_A
On Oct 30, 2004, at 2:58 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 30/10/04 13:22, Larry le Mac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] For what it does, yes, it is the best IMHO. It doesn't exactly match the feature set of Techtool though. It seems to focus on recovery more that

Re: Replacement DVD Drive for Pismo

2004-10-30 Thread csean
on 30/10/2004 14:42, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I could buy her a new DVD drive for the Pismo, either s/hand via eBay or even (at considerable expense...) new. But this is an old machine, and I'm not sure I want to spend too much money keeping it fettled. The other possibility

Re: How to control fan on Wallstreet in OS X ?

2004-10-30 Thread Nils
On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 06:46:06PM +0200 or thereabouts, Mikael Bystr?m wrote: Talk to the developer. I have on going relationships with many. It can be very rewarding. Great suggestion. I'll be inquiring. Anyway, Temp readings in the WS are also dependent on the CPU daughter card. So if the