Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 23, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: I have an HP Laserjet 4000, extracted from a client's leaky, rodent and bug infested storage building. Printed with streaks, smudges, lines and blank spots. Good find! Pretty much any HP laser printer with a model number 2000 is a well

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-24 Thread Jeff Bequette
As a johnny-come-lately to this discussion, I come down on the HP side with caveats. I currently run two printers, a HP Photosmart 2610 5-in-1 (print/fax/scan/copy/photo and a Canon i860 which was purchased first, to go along with a new digital camera in 04. The HP came home when the

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-24 Thread Bucky
On Dec 24, 9:58 am, Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com wrote: As a johnny-come-lately to this discussion, I come down on the HP   side with caveats.  I currently run two printers, a HP Photosmart   2610 5-in-1 (print/fax/scan/copy/photo and a Canon i860 which was   purchased first, to go

Re: Strange Video card behavior

2008-12-24 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 24, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: This is a strange one. After doing all the below, I am guessing it is pram battery related. I had a power failure at work and the date went back in time so I have a pram battery on order from OWC that should be here soon. Have you tested

what about 2 Airport Extreme base stations?

2008-12-24 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Curious question, can I use an Airport Extreme to extend a network that has one Airport Extreme already in use? Here's my situation... I have an Airport Extreme with an Airport Express in the living room to plug the stereo into. I need to extend my home network as well as plug the USB

Re: Titanium 400Mhz Powerbook won't start

2008-12-24 Thread jonas ulrich
This may be totally unrelated, but my old 12in G4 Powerbook came with a 45w power adapter, and my new 15in came with a 65w power adapter. None of those sites with the melted powerbooks say which tibooks those are. One of the known problems with these machines is the screen hinges, as you know.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24 Thread Amanda Ward
Hi All, I've gotten a lot of good advice from the crowd on this list and just want to say thanks and wish everyone Happy Holidays. Oh, and for you pet owners... Fleas Navidad! Running away quickly Amanda --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Re: 2 ATI 9200 video cards in G4 Sawtooth?

2008-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2008, at 8:33 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: As long as there is enough free ports. I ran 2 pci video cards a 1 agp video card in my G4 gigabyte ethernet powermac. Using a PCI video card in an AGP Mac will kill off Quartz Extreme acceleration for both cards unless you enable it with

Re: 2 ATI 9200 video cards in G4 Sawtooth?

2008-12-24 Thread jonas ulrich
What exactly is quarts extreme? On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Dec 24, 2008, at 8:33 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: As long as there is enough free ports. I ran 2 pci video cards a 1 agp video card in my G4 gigabyte ethernet powermac. Using a PCI

how to force a G3 to format its HD with 8.0 ( Has OSX)

2008-12-24 Thread Robert Gruber
I've forgotten this computer's password; want to travel tomorrow with it able to get on the web. (the black, shapely model of G3) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: Quicken no more? Need something else,... what?

2008-12-24 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 24, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I've been using Quicken 2007 for quite some time and now come to find out that they're not going to make an update to it. The update for Quicken 2007 is called Quicken Financial Life for Mac:

Re: Quicken no more? Need something else,... what?

2008-12-24 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Dec 24, 2008, at 7:48 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 24, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I've been using Quicken 2007 for quite some time and now come to find out that they're not going to make an update to it. The update for Quicken 2007 is called Quicken Financial Life for

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

2008-12-24 Thread Dan A. Currie
Greetings to ALL here who have been there when needed, may you have a *VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS* and a most *PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!! Enjoy the following and please pass it along to those you care about. http://heavens-gates.com/50s/whitechristmas/ *

Re: Quicken no more? Need something else,... what?

2008-12-24 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Dec 24, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Dec 24, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I looked into that already, it is strictly an online free thing that they're doing It's a beta of a new product they will sell. the wife isn't interested in the online banking. It's a

Re: how to force a G3 to format its HD with 8.0 ( Has OSX)

2008-12-24 Thread Charles Lenington
Robert Gruber wrote: I've forgotten this computer's password; want to travel tomorrow with it able to get on the web. (the black, shapely model of G3) The only black G3 I know of is a laptop and it belongs on the G book list http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en

Re: Which printer do you like?

2008-12-24 Thread Stephen Conrad
On 12/23/08, Paxton innfo...@gmail.com wrote: I have been using Goodwill printers at about $10 each, specializing in HP Photosmart 7350s and 7550s. I use these because I standardized on the 56, 57 and 58 ink carts. They seem to work well however the door to change the ink carts is a little