Re: How do I run an old monitor on sawtooth.

2008-11-18 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 17-11-2008 16:40, Bruce Johnson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > On Nov 17, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: > >> >> G'day listers >> >> Is there a converter available to go from the Radeon to the monitor? > > Apple sold a Mac video to VGA adapter, but they're kinda hard to find. > >

Re: How do I run an old monitor on sawtooth.

2008-11-18 Thread Brian Christmas
On 19/11/2008, at 11:06 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Gus wrote: > >> >> try >> >> http://www.dougintosh.com/ware/vga_adapter/_d_VGA_adapter1.html >> >> > > That is the exact opposite of what he needs. > > That's for connecting a VGA monitor to a Mac video-out port.

Re: How do I run an old monitor on sawtooth.

2008-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Gus wrote: > > try > > http://www.dougintosh.com/ware/vga_adapter/_d_VGA_adapter1.html > > That is the exact opposite of what he needs. That's for connecting a VGA monitor to a Mac video-out port. He needs an adapter to connect a Mac Monitor to a VGA video-out po

Re: How do I run an old monitor on sawtooth.

2008-11-18 Thread Gus
try http://www.dougintosh.com/ware/vga_adapter/_d_VGA_adapter1.html On Nov 17, 1:57 am, Brian Christmas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day listers > > A while ago I posted a question about whether or not a monitor or   > radeon 7000 card would be defunct on my neighbors Sawtooth. > > I've just

Re: Restricting CPU Usage?

2008-11-18 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 2:23 PM -0500 11/18/2008, insightinmind wrote: >> >> Experimentation in progress ... > > Just be careful how much you change things. You can really make your > system unusable. Remember - cmd-shift-Q does a logout -- which > quicly kills everythin

Re: Restricting CPU Usage?

2008-11-18 Thread Dan
At 2:23 PM -0500 11/18/2008, insightinmind wrote: > >Experimentation in progress ... Just be careful how much you change things. You can really make your system unusable. Remember - cmd-shift-Q does a logout -- which quicly kills everything under your username. Nice way to create a new clea

Re: Restricting CPU Usage?

2008-11-18 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 18, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 4:57 PM -0500 11/17/2008, insightinmind wrote: >> Tiger 10.4.11. >> >> Any way to restrict cpu usage by an application like Firefox? > > yes. Change their niceness. > >> myspace.com login page downloads a hog of a movie trailer and ads, >> causes

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Deaner Lawless Jr.
On Nov 18, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Dan wrote: > spoke voodoo . . . . now your talking SCSI!!! Deaner --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a p

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Dan
At 10:31 AM -0700 11/18/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Dan wrote: > >> At 8:15 AM -0500 11/18/2008, Carl M. Alexander wrote: >>> Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 >>> with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. >>> Using either of 2 App

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Dan wrote: > At 8:15 AM -0500 11/18/2008, Carl M. Alexander wrote: >> Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 >> with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. >> Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed >> is 28800 o

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Dan
At 8:15 AM -0500 11/18/2008, Carl M. Alexander wrote: >Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 >with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. >Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed >is 28800 or 31200 bps. This is all with the same phone line.

Re: Restricting CPU Usage?

2008-11-18 Thread Dan
At 4:57 PM -0500 11/17/2008, insightinmind wrote: >Tiger 10.4.11. > >Any way to restrict cpu usage by an application like Firefox? yes. Change their niceness. >myspace.com login page downloads a hog of a movie trailer and ads, >causes an 85% gobbling up of cpu ... on my poor little G4/400 Yike

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Clark Martin
Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Nov 18, 2008, at 6:15 AM, Carl M. Alexander wrote: > >> Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 >> with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. >> Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed >> is 28800 or 31200 bps. Thi

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 18, 2008, at 6:15 AM, Carl M. Alexander wrote: > > Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 > with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. > Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed > is 28800 or 31200 bps. This is all with the same phone

Re: USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread insightinmind
On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:15 AM, Carl M. Alexander wrote: > > Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 > with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. > Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed > is 28800 or 31200 bps. This is all with the same phone

USB modem speed

2008-11-18 Thread Carl M. Alexander
Recently when having trouble with a G4 Mac Mini, I set up a PM7500 with a serial modem. It ran at 49333 bps. Using either of 2 Apple branded USB modems with the Mini, the speed is 28800 or 31200 bps. This is all with the same phone line. Anyone out there had a similar experience? Any possibili