Re: Terminal tells me I have new mail

2009-02-04 Thread Bill Christensen
At 2:46 AM -0600 2/3/09, Kris Tilford wrote: > >I still don't understand. > >My OS X System has been continuously upgraded and/or transferred and >has a lineage going back many years. My Terminal NEVER has any mail >messages, and my var/mail/~user file is empty. As Bruce said, it's just because

Re: Terminal tells me I have new mail

2009-02-04 Thread Bill Christensen
At 9:54 AM -0700 2/3/09, Doug McNutt wrote: >At 09:33 -0700 2/3/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> Mystery not completely solved > >man 5 crontab > >and check out the MAIL= option. You can specify a place to send >messages that might be generated by scheduled processes. It's part of >a wider abili

Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Jeff Bequette
I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max ram is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing the price drops lately, I was wondering if anyone put in and been able to use 2 gig sticks in? Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com --~--~-~--~

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Ted Treen
From: Jeff Bequette To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009 3:41:31 PM Subject: Overstuffing ram slots I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max ram is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing

Re: Terminal tells me I have new mail

2009-02-04 Thread Bill Christensen
At 9:54 AM -0700 2/3/09, Doug McNutt wrote: >man 5 crontab > >and check out the MAIL= option. You can specify a place to send >messages that might be generated by scheduled processes. It's part of >a wider ability to specify environment variables like PATH for cron >jobs. > >My web host running o

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Dennis Myhand
Jeff Bequette wrote: > I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max ram > is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing the price > drops lately, I was wondering if anyone put in and been able to use 2 > gig sticks in? > > Jeff Bequette > jbeque...@tco

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Jeff Bequette
On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > > Jeff Bequette wrote: >> I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it >> max ram >> is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing the >> price >> drops lately, I was wondering if anyone put in and been a

G4 L2 cache Controller named XLR8 MACh Speed Control 3.4.2 under OS X 10.4.11

2009-02-04 Thread insightinmind
From another thread contribution, I thought I'd ask more about it in a separate thread ... I have a Yikes! oc'd successfully from 400 to 450 running XLR8 MACh Speed Control 3.4.2 as cpu monitor. It gives a cpu speed of 448.0 MHz and an L2 cache speed of 224.4 MHz. Mobo memory is 1024MB wi

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread insightinmind
Would OWC folks test the idea for you? (www.macsales.com) That's one source of Mac RAM and folks interested in Macs, and extending their lives ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~-~--~

Re: reverting iTunes

2009-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 3, 2009, at 5:18 PM, D Stubbs wrote: >> >> >> For that matter, it may be cheaper to just buy another iPod. 4th and >> 5th gen ones go pretty cheaply these days. >> >> (for that matter, look for a 1st Gen mini, you can put in a CF card >> (which you can get up to 64 gigs nowadays) and go a

two ADC displays? how?

2009-02-04 Thread Jeffrey Engle
How would I connect two apple adc displays to one mdd? is it possible? Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a g

Re: two ADC displays? how?

2009-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > How would I connect two apple adc displays to one mdd? is it possible? If you have multiple outputs on your video card, you need to get an adapter for that; Dr. Bott used to sell the VGAtor, and DVIator which converted from VGA or DVI res

Re: Overstuffing ram slots

2009-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 4, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jeff Bequette wrote: > I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it max > ram is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing the > price drops lately, I was wondering if anyone put in and been able > to use 2 gig sticks in? If you

Re: two ADC displays? how?

2009-02-04 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Feb 4, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > >> >> How would I connect two apple adc displays to one mdd? is it >> possible? > > If you have multiple outputs on your video card, you need to get an > adapter for that; Dr. Bott used to

A once in an epoch event!

2009-02-04 Thread Dan
Check it out! Better than watching your first car's odometer roll over! :) - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: Seagate HD firmware update

2009-02-04 Thread dorayme
> Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 11:36 am > From: Kris Tilford > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Paul wrote: > >> The announcement said "Seagate has isolated this issue to a firmware >> bug affecting drives from these families manufactured IN December >> 2008." That would seem to narrow the field of elig

Re: Seagate HD firmware update

2009-02-04 Thread James E. Therrault
dorayme wrote: >>Date: Thurs, Jan 22 2009 11:36 am >>From: Kris Tilford >> >>On Jan 18, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Paul wrote: >> >> >>>The announcement said "Seagate has isolated this issue to a firmware >>>bug affecting drives from these families manufactured IN December >>>2008." That would seem to narr

Re: Quite External Drive

2009-02-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:43 PM, George Hozendorf wrote: > >> >> The quietness of my Mac Mini has me spoiled. I had a LaCie Mini >> which >> developed a loud fan noise. It was replaced with a LaCie Big Disk as >> they offered me a great deal,

Re: Quite External Drive

2009-02-04 Thread Amanda Ward
On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > We just got a Seagate FreeAgent Pro drive in to serve as a utility > backup drive, so we don't have to attache potentially infected windows > systems to the network, and it is silent. > > Like "Is this thing really on??" silent. > > It's quite he

Re: Seagate HD firmware update

2009-02-04 Thread glen
> >> > No, you misquoted Seagate's announcement. > > > > It was "manufactured THROUGH December 2008", meaning including all > > months prior to December 2008. > > > > "through Dec" means "up to Dec" This an American thing? Sure ain't > Australian or Pommy... Perhaps it is an American thing?

Re: A once in an epoch event!

2009-02-04 Thread Arnel Tuazon
Now that's cool... =) On 04/02/09 2:23 PM, "Dan" wrote: > > Check it out! > > Better than watching your first car's odometer roll over! > > > > :) > > - Dan. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You rec

Re: Sawtooth vs DA/QuickSilver

2009-02-04 Thread tortoise
On Feb 3, 10:08 pm, PeterH wrote: > On Feb 3, 2009, at 9:53 PM, tortoise wrote: > > > Do you know the mod to make QS cpu work in sawtooth ? > > Can't be done for two reasons: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=270322238067 > --~--~-~--~~---

Re: Sawtooth vs DA/QuickSilver

2009-02-04 Thread PeterH
On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:36 PM, tortoise wrote: >> Can't be done for two reasons: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=270322238067 >> My statement specifically counseled against a (133 MHz bus) Quicksilver CPUs in 100 MHz bus Macs. The cited ePray