Re: WMV

On May 1, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Clark Martin wrote: > There was crying and hair pulling when the 68000 machines were cut > off. > > And when the 68K machines were cut off > > And when the NuBus based PPC machines were cut off. > > and so on... Granted. But the G5 should be powerful enough to emula

Re: Dual Layed DVD Burner for an old G3.

Gus wrote: > First, Thanks to all who replied. I was looking at supported DVD's > that the system said it could write: > > PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D: > > Firmware Revision: 1.21 > Interconnect: ATAPI > Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported) > Profile Path: None > Cache:

Re: WMV

Bruce Johnson wrote: > Well, that would have been a decision no one should have walked into > thinking Apple was going to support them forever. That Intel was THE > WAY was clearly apparent long before then...Intel-based iMacs were > starting to crowd those systems in performance, and it w

Re: WMV

On May 1, 2009, at 12:52 PM, James E. Therrault wrote: > > Len Gerstel wrote: > >> >> On May 1, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >>> >>> (and note in 10.6, Apple's going back to the original QT idea, QT >>> player will, out of the box, allow you to save and transcode files >>> without p

Re: Dual Layed DVD Burner for an old G3.

First, Thanks to all who replied. I was looking at supported DVD's that the system said it could write: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D: Firmware Revision:1.21 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported) Profile Path: None Cache:2000 KB Reads DVD:Yes CD-Write:

Re: Semi-Secret Mouse Tricks: Shhhhhhhh

On May 1, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On May 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, AHarmon wrote: > >> Ever wonder how to get some of the bells and whistles of an Apple >> USB/ >> wireless mouse on a 3rd-party mouse like the Kensington SlimBlade w/ >> nano adapter - especially the 3rd button

Re: WMV

Len Gerstel wrote: > > On May 1, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >>(and note in 10.6, Apple's going back to the original QT idea, QT >>player will, out of the box, allow you to save and transcode files >>without paying the $30.) > > > Thanks a lot, Bruce. Just tease all of us stuc

Re: Installation for ATI Radeon 9200 in a Yikes! ?

On May 1, 2009, at 2:21 PM, insightinmind wrote: > On my Yikes! ... Is Xbench 1.3's "Spinning Squares" a 3D test? If so, > when I get 54 frames/sec for my ATI Radeon 7000ME and 39 frames/sec > with my ATI Radeon 9200ME ... should I be questioning the 9200? I owned a Mac Radeon 9200 PCI 128MB onc

Re: Semi-Secret Mouse Tricks: Shhhhhhhh

Not for the ci95, or the SlimBlades with nano receivers On May 1, 12:20 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On May 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, AHarmon wrote: > > > Ever wonder how to get some of the bells and whistles of an Apple USB/ > > wireless mouse on a 3rd-party mouse like the Kensington SlimBlade w/ >

Re: Installation for ATI Radeon 9200 in a Yikes! ?

On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:32 PM, insightinmind wrote: > The ATI Radeon 7000 gives around 54 frames/sec versus 39 frames/sec > for "Spinning Squares" ... > > I've read somewhere on barefeats.com that 2D is pretty much equal for > the Radeon 7000 and 9200 ... its with 3D that you'll see a change in >

Re: Semi-Secret Mouse Tricks: Shhhhhhhh

On May 1, 2009, at 1:50 PM, AHarmon wrote: > Ever wonder how to get some of the bells and whistles of an Apple USB/ > wireless mouse on a 3rd-party mouse like the Kensington SlimBlade w/ > nano adapter - especially the 3rd button functionality...? Doesn't Kensington MouseWorks control panel

Semi-Secret Mouse Tricks: Shhhhhhhh

Ever wonder how to get some of the bells and whistles of an Apple USB/ wireless mouse on a 3rd-party mouse like the Kensington SlimBlade w/ nano adapter - especially the 3rd button functionality...? The trick is... Use any Apple mouse to bring up the special mouse function choices and set th

Re: WMV

On May 1, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > (and note in 10.6, Apple's going back to the original QT idea, QT > player will, out of the box, allow you to save and transcode files > without paying the $30.) Thanks a lot, Bruce. Just tease all of us stuck with G machines who won't be

Re: Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11

> >Prior to using the Terminal commands to correct this, I manually >unchecked the system preference "Set date & time automatically" and >then rechecked it in an attempt to force a time resynchronization, and >it failed. I just tried setting the time on my systems by checking the "Set date & t

Re: WMV

On Apr 30, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Anne Brataas wrote: > > If you do a lot of this for viewing by people with all sorts of > computers/software and limited skills for problem solving, the > QuickTime Pro purchase is worth the $35 upgrade--no more futzing. Quicktime Pro does not allow WMV use, QT Pr

Re: Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11

On May 1, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Dan wrote: > This sync is simply to correct the drift now and then. My drift was nearly a full minute, and seemed to be as much often. When using an eBay snipe program such as JBidwatcher that is synchronized to eBay, it's disconcerting seeing two clocks running

Re: Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11

One could try to access a different public ntp server. Sometimes a different ntp server will solve connection problems. Peter M. Sent with my mobile device -Original Message- From: Dan Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 09:45:21 To: Subject: Re: Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11 At 3:55 A

Re: Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11

At 3:55 AM -0500 5/1/2009, Kris Tilford wrote: >I've got a G3 iBook with 10.4.11 (8S165) that was constantly out of >sync with time even though the preference "Set date & time >automatically" option was selected. > >I searched Google and the #1 hit was this Apple knowledge base article >(Last M

Need to back up my 9600 to my G3

I need to back up my 9600 running 9.2.2 to my G3 running 10.3.9. I want to get a bootable backup for the 9600. The 9600 has a Sonnet G4 processor and a Seagate Barracuda SCSI hard disk. The two computers are connected on a local ethernet network. The G3 can see the 9600. The 9600 can not log on t

Time Synchronization error in 10.4.11

I've got a G3 iBook with 10.4.11 (8S165) that was constantly out of sync with time even though the preference "Set date & time automatically" option was selected. I searched Google and the #1 hit was this Apple knowledge base article (Last Modified: May 12, 2006):