Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Ross
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:24 AM, larry moore shirley allan ljmoore.mo...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/05/10 08:21 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:29 PM,technophobic_...@comcast.net  wrote: On 5/17/10, Wallace wrote:

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Ross olfec...@digizip.com wrote: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:24 AM, larry moore shirley allan ljmoore.mo...@gmail.com wrote: On 17/05/10 08:21 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:29

Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread Mike Linnett
Morning list, Quick (I hope) question. I have a couple of sawtooth G4's that aren't being used at the minute, and the cases are pretty bashed up and need a really good clean. But I also have a couple of smurfs that are in pretty nice condition, one is the wifes office machine and the other is

Re: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread tjdill
No, the bw uses a zif, and the g4s use a socket. On May 18, 5:36 am, Mike Linnett mike.dogho...@googlemail.com wrote: Morning list, Quick (I hope) question. I have a couple of sawtooth G4's that aren't being used at the minute,   and the cases are pretty bashed up and need a really good

Re: Ubuntu, G3, XPostFacto

2010-05-18 Thread tjdill
thers also xubuntu On May 17, 7:54 am, Charles Lenington macso...@brightok.net wrote: TVirkkala wrote: I bought a G4 iMac at FreeGeek in Portland, a few days ago, and it came with Ubuntu installed. It appears to be the Jaunty Jackalope. Which G4? You don't specify, The early G4's had cdrom

Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Godai-kun
I have a dual-800 Quicksilver which I'm using mostly as a media center. Which means I am forever hauling a mouse and keyboard across the room to change channels, adjust volume, and so forth. What I would like to do (since I know the Quicksilver doesn't have a built-in IR port) is to add one, so

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread larry moore shirley allan
On 18/05/10 12:07 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:36 AM, larry moore shirley allan ljmoore.mo...@gmail.com wrote: The FB messaging interface is crufty. Not sure what krufty means in interface experience. But if you are saying that is lacking I agree.

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Mike Linnett
No idea about the IR I'm afraid, but how about using screen sharing (can be enabled on tiger by ticking the apple remote desktop box in the sharing bit of system prefs, tis built into leopard I think), that way you could use the MacBook (or other laptop, or iPhone, or anything that'll run

Cube DVDs

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I was recently watching a DVD on a Cube G4 500 MHz 1.5 GB RAM machine, every so often it would like skip I played it with the internal and a Pioneer 118 external and the same results. I'm using DVD player on Tiger. My video card is a ATY Rage6 with 32 VRAM. When the glitch occurs its

Re: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread PM7500
Nope. Completely different method of mounting the CPU. What might be possible is to transfer the entire guts of the G4 into the G3 case but that's about all. If any of those G3's are still working you could consider going on ebay and picking up a G4 CPU from a Yikes! as those will swap right in to

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Paul
Previously, at 1:46 am -0700 5/18/10, Ross wrote: I'm the originator of THIS post, and I concur with the other responders here that you are one arrogant, insulting supercilious (snip) diet, so I won't be partaking of the Facebook feasting. As off-topic as this thread is, the whole thing *should*

iBook dilema

2010-05-18 Thread hosemonkey
I have recently aquired a G4 12 iBook. The 'book had syst 10.4.8 on it but I had no passwords etc. so I deceided to re-install the same system using the disks that i had and had used on various other computers including a 17 Powerbook. All was well until the computer restarted to begin the install

Re: Printer on G4, hp keeps refusing to list

2010-05-18 Thread John Callahan
Try shutting down printer, disconnecting printer power cord, reconnect power cord, start printer and see if it is listed. fwiw worked for me. On May 16, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: iBook dilema

2010-05-18 Thread Nikki Wraith
The gray disk you you are using does not recognize the trackpad, and is looking for a bluetooth mouse. You will need a retail disk, or a gray install disc from a later machine. Mikeal Sent from my iPad On May 18, 2010, at 11:17 AM, hosemonkey hosemon...@mchsi.com wrote: I have recently

Re: iBook dilema

2010-05-18 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On May 18, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Nikki Wraith wrote: The gray disk you you are using does not recognize the trackpad, and is looking for a bluetooth mouse. You will need a retail disk, or a gray install disc from a later machine. Mikeal There are folks that know how to get past the machine

Re: iBook dilema

2010-05-18 Thread Nikki Wraith
In this case, the grey disk ismissing something - the device specific drivers for the trackpad. Mikeal Palulis Kallisti Medias On May 18, 2010, at 11:51 AM, JOHN CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Nikki Wraith wrote: The gray disk you you are using does not

RE: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread John Ruschmeyer
A minor caveat on installing a G4 in a BW. Before installing the G4, you also have to install a firmware patch which removes the block on G4s. Also, based on a bad personal experience, I'd be wary of installing a G4 from a Yikes in a Rev. 1 BW. John -Original Message- From:

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread graphicsone
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Or is it that Listers here just are not open to a 4 year old convenient and fun way of sharing media and other data and messages with a bigger world ? === Facebook is a social networking site. It's where I go to chat with

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:28 AM, larry moore shirley allan ljmoore.mo...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/05/10 12:07 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:36 AM, larry moore shirley allan ljmoore.mo...@gmail.com wrote: The FB messaging interface is crufty. Not sure

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Ricardo Sevilla
I use my iPhone to control my Quicksilver from my couch. I have a few different apps that allow me to see whats on the screen as well as type in text and mouse around. On May 18, , at 5:09 AM, Mike Linnett wrote: No idea about the IR I'm afraid, but how about using screen sharing (can be

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Paul paterfami...@bresnan.net wrote: Previously, at 1:46 am -0700 5/18/10, Ross wrote: I'm the originator of THIS post, and I concur with the other responders here that you are one arrogant, insulting supercilious (snip) diet, so I won't be partaking of the

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook !

2010-05-18 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:32 PM, graphics...@columbus.rr.com wrote: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: Or is it that Listers here just are not open to a 4 year old convenient and fun way of sharing media and other data and messages with a bigger world ? ===

Re: Blue and White G4?

2010-05-18 Thread Mike Linnett
On 18 May 2010, at 19:08, Peter Haas peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 9:24 AM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: A minor caveat on installing a G4 in a BW. Before installing the G4, you also have to install a firmware patch which removes the block on G4s. Also, based on a bad

Low End Mac weak on Facebook ! - or not...

2010-05-18 Thread Chance Reecher
Through this entire thread, no one has mentioned the real Low End Mac Facebook group or the fact that it's got almost 650 members. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54734086688ref=ts Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:32 PM, graphics...@columbus.rr.com

battery charging problem on powerbook g4

2010-05-18 Thread Demetrius
hi there, i could use some help, if anyone has any brilliant ideas... my 17 (1.67) powerbook isn't charging battery properly, it seems to keep start and stop charging, as the info at upper right switches from not charging battery to calculating time to full charge... i've only had this cpu a few

G4 monitor

2010-05-18 Thread Manuel Marques
Hello there! Yesterday I got a PowerMac G4 Digital Audio, along with its corresponding graphite monitor and two 6400/180s totally free (and they all work, which is excellent!). However, the monitor starting doing some loud noises sometime after I turned it on, and it smelled like something had

Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a Seagate FreeAgent 500 external drive here that a friend wanted me to put a iTunes library on it from an iPod which I extracted the song from. I've made the new library put the drive will not let me write to it. It's a 32Fat I need to put this new library on it. Is there a way

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook ! - or not...

2010-05-18 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Chance Reecher cha...@reecher.net wrote: Through this entire thread, no one has mentioned the real Low End Mac Facebook group or the fact that it's got almost 650 members. There is the mystery then Chance. I was waiting for this 2 days ago. What about the

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread iJohn
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:26 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: I've made the new library put the drive will not let me write to it. It's a 32Fat I need to put this new library on it. How does the write error show up? My understanding is that FAT32 lacks any sort of a file access control

Re: Low End Mac weak on Facebook ! - or not...

2010-05-18 Thread Judith Berkowitz
I just joined this Facebook group. I hadn't joined the LEM FB group prior to this because I didn't know about it. I just joined as member #652. (I also joined the other LEM group as member #14. Hey, why not?) I am also a member of Mac|Life and Macworld. Any other Mac-related FB pages or groups

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Amanda Ward
In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no operating systems were indicated, tho' it said Connect your PC with IR or something much to that effect. Dunno... forgot the brand name as I was involved in a minor fender bender in the parking lot. I can go back and look

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I got this IR and software, works great with that apple remote you have!!! Jeff Apple Remote Control Solutions and more - Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software On May 18, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: In my travels to Fry's today, I saw a USB IR adapter. Looked at it and no

Re: Can I add IR to my Quicksilver?

2010-05-18 Thread Amanda Ward
Ah... Excellent! I was kind of looking for such a thing for my iMac G5. It¹s my media machine and I, too, hate getting up to switch progranms. @ On 5/18/10 5:28 PM, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I got this IR and software, works great with that apple remote you have!!! Jeff

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread Nestamicky
On 18/05/10 7:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: But since this is a 32FAT I'm afraid to do any thing like that as to maybe make the drive unusable. Why can't you just simply copy the content elsewhere, and reform that drive. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
On May 18, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Nestamicky wrote: On 18/05/10 7:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: But since this is a 32FAT I'm afraid to do any thing like that as to maybe make the drive unusable. Why can't you just simply copy the content elsewhere, and reform that drive. Well the drive doesn't

Re: Cube DVDs

2010-05-18 Thread Vic
On May 18, 6:14 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi All  I was recently watching a DVD on a Cube G4 500 MHz 1.5 GB RAM machine, every so often it would like skip I played it with the internal and a Pioneer 118 external and the same results. I'm using DVD player on Tiger. My video

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
On May 18, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 6:41 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Nestamicky wrote: On 18/05/10 7:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: But since this is a 32FAT I'm afraid to do any thing like that as to maybe make the drive

Re: Cube DVDs

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
On May 18, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Vic wrote: On May 18, 6:14 am, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: Hi All I was recently watching a DVD on a Cube G4 500 MHz 1.5 GB RAM machine, every so often it would like skip I played it with the internal and a Pioneer 118 external and the same results.

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 18, 2010, at 9:07 PM, John Carmonne wrote: It's a Seagate FreeAgent Master Boot RecordWindows NT Filesystem It probably has some kind of backup software that keeps someone from changing the content. I asume that any windows drive is FAT32 because when I move iTunes for people

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
On May 18, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 9:07 PM, John Carmonne wrote: It's a Seagate FreeAgent Master Boot RecordWindows NT Filesystem It probably has some kind of backup software that keeps someone from changing the content. I asume that any windows

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread iJohn
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: There may be one or two other commercial solutions, but the final word is that you'll need to install one of these in order to be able to write to this NTFS HD. While not directly related (or useful) in any way, on the

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 18, 2010, at 10:37 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I plugged the drive into my MBP Intel and I can write to the drive. This shouldn't be possible unless you've previously installed the NTFS software onto your MBP (or you're running Windows on the MBP). -- You received this message because

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread John Carmonne
On May 18, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 10:37 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I plugged the drive into my MBP Intel and I can write to the drive. This shouldn't be possible unless you've previously installed the NTFS software onto your MBP (or you're running

Re: Locked drive?

2010-05-18 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On May 18, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 18, 2010, at 11:05 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I plugged the drive into my MBP Intel and I can write to the drive. This shouldn't be possible unless you've previously installed the NTFS software onto your MBP (or you're running