Re: Wireless network?

On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: Goes a lot farther than the one provided by our ISP (Netgear WRT54g). There's no such thing as a Netgear WRT54g, it's a Linksys. The Linksys WRT54g started the whole DD-WRT/OpenWRT revolution of open source Linux firmware for routers. Just be

Re: Wireless network?

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > You'll need a wifi router, or connect the ethernet port of one of the > desktops to the internet, and share the internet via that computers wifi. > Apple's Airport Extreme Base Station is really nice and allows connecting > USB drives and pri

Re: Need help with setting up G4 for internet

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > The VAST MAJORITY of broadband access in this country is about 7 MB/s. In > most of the country Broadband tops out at 12 mbps. The fastest I can get here at my house in rural Idaho is 4mb, currently we have 512kb D: -- You received this me

Re: iMovie 6

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:16 AM, icanswing wrote: > Can you run all three versions of ilife on your computer as separate > programs or does the newer version upgrade the older version? > I'm wondering because iweb 6 can be used for ebay listings but ilife 9 has > style sheets and ebay doesn't acce

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

On 4 March 2010 01:19, Dan wrote: > At 11:51 PM + 3/3/2010, Dan Stobbs wrote: > >> eMac >> > > memory? > 512MB > > Does it bong? > Yes. > > Does it pass AHT? > Didn't occur to me to try that - good one -I've got several AHT disks in a > box somewhere - almost certainly got a couple of eMac

Re: 1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

At 11:51 PM + 3/3/2010, Dan Stobbs wrote: eMac memory? Does it bong? Does it pass AHT? While I can wield a soldering iron I'm not intending to repair it but I've been playing with it as a result of email conversations with an ebayer who had one up for sale. She said that hers will su

1.25 eMac running in safe mode.

I recently bought one of these with the failing caps problem. described thusly "... as spares and repairs because I dont have the time to reinstall Mac OSX boots up to statup then sits on mac loading screen may just need reinstalling ." [image: Photobucket]

Re: Printer recommendation?

At 10:30 AM -0800 3/2/2010, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells & whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Like der Bruce et al, I like Brother current. But...

Re: Printer recommendation?

On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells & whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Yes, I know you get what you pay for, but I just can't

Re: Disk Utility Hang

On Mar 3, 11:41 am, gifutiger wrote: > Greetings > > Why don't you try memtest with just one memory module installed at a > time. > That way if they all pass you can then move them from one slot at a > time to the next slot and run memtest again. > Troubleshooting needs to be taken down to the l

Re: Printer recommendation?

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: > >> So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, >> basic b/w, no need for bells & whistles, laser printer that won't >> break the bank and will work well with either mac

Re: Printer recommendation?

On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Bill Spencer wrote: So my question is, what do you folks recommend as a good-quality, basic b/w, no need for bells & whistles, laser printer that won't break the bank and will work well with either machine below? Yes, I know you get what you pay for, but I just can'

Printer recommendation?

Hi there: It's looking like my beloved old Apple LaserWriter 12/640 PS may be on its last legs...it's pulling several sheets at a time, and therefore jamming, more and more often, and it seems to be getting somewhat slower too, though I just ordered some more memory for it to go from the stock 4MB

Re: powerbook display in clamshell ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:25 AM, James Therrault wrote: As long as the physical constraints are met, I would think that it is possible but would probably require some intricate "adjustments" with regard to board connectivity and the like. That said, the cost of doing so probably would become pr

Re: powerbook display in clamsheel ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Ben Dinger wrote: Now if it was a swap of a higher res LCD from a same model? That won't work, either. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received th

Re: Start-up

Regarding entering these three: reset-nvram (enter) set-defaults (enter) reset-all (enter) What do you enter them into? I'm using a used DP 533 G4 DA 1.5 MB DRAM that so far is trouble free. Mel --- On Wed, 3/3/10, gifutiger wrote: From: gifutiger Subject: Re: Start-up To: "G-Group" Date:

Re: Start-up

Greetings When your platform boots into open firmware, have you reset the open firmware? You can do the reset by entering reset-nvram (enter) set-defaults (enter) reset-all (enter) the reset-all will cause the platform to reboot. Cheers Harry San Jose, Ca --

Re: Disk Utility Hang

Greetings Why don't you try memtest with just one memory module installed at a time. That way if they all pass you can then move them from one slot at a time to the next slot and run memtest again. Troubleshooting needs to be taken down to the least number of components to be tested. Cheers Harr

Re: powerbook display in clamsheel ibook

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 09:14:53AM -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > They're different LCD's with different dimensions and connections. > > Standard LEM List Car Analogy: "The driver's side door on my Corvette is > damaged. Can I swap it with one from a Ford F150?" > > What you want to do is look fo

Re: powerbook display in clamsheel ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:45 AM, lawson bishop wrote: hey everyone can i put a powerbook g3 wallstreet display in clamshell G3 i need the clamshell for school and its got a cracked screen There is someone on this list who replaced an 800x600 cl

Re: powerbook display in clamsheel ibook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:05 AM, lawson bishop wrote: how come all i want to do is swap screens They're different LCD's with different dimensions and connections. Standard LEM List Car Analogy: "The driver's side door on my Corvette is damaged. Can I swap it with one from a Ford F150?" What

Re: Disk Utility Hang

On Mar 2, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: Is it also possible a DVD-RW going bad / being bad, could cause a hangup with trying to eject a disk from it? Oh yeah, unless something in the system's glommed onto a file, but then you should get a 'This Volume cannot be ejected it's