Re: KVM Between G4 and Intel

2010-06-06 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: Is anyone using a KVM device between an older Mac G4 and the newer Intel Macs? All I want is to share an Apple Cinema Display and Keyboard/mouse. Thanks, Dale Hoffman Dale, Make sure that your aluminum keyboard is supported also. I bought

Re: KVM Between G4 and Intel

2010-06-06 Thread Kevin Barth
The only thing I would suggest is to make sure that whatever brand you use is an active, polling device rather than a dumb switchbox that only passes along signals as they come in. It will save you some headache later on. Belkin is one brand that I know does this, and I am sure there are others as

Re: KVM Between G4 and Intel

2010-06-06 Thread Dale Hoffman
On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: Is anyone using a KVM device between an older Mac G4 and the newer Intel Macs? All I want is to share an Apple Cinema Display and Keyboard/mouse. A KVM doesn't care what it's connected to, s

Re: KVM Between G4 and Intel

2010-06-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:56 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote: > Is anyone using a KVM device between an older Mac G4 and the newer Intel Macs? > All I want is to share an Apple Cinema Display and Keyboard/mouse. A KVM doesn't care what it's connected to, so yes, it'll work. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Marty Levine
Slow is relative. It is definitely not unuseable. But it is slower than the older versions of osX I had. But i liked its interface better AND I only had to support one version of OSX. Of course I haven't used my Sawtooth much lately but I am hoping to get it up and running again as a Mail sta

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
> > I have Leopard on a 400Mhz iSaw, and it's not slow at all. It actually is > pretty fast if you ask me. > --  Sent from my Power mac G4 Sawtooth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus o

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I also have Leopard 10.5.8 in my PM G4 sawtooth, (400Mhz PowerPC G4 7400) and it works flawlessly. I do have experience on this, and it is just fine, although I do have some suggestions. 1: If you have an ATI RAGE 128 Pro, please trash it and get a new video card, because video cards with less than

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Marty Levine
I installed Leopard on an external drive from another machine and just ran my Sawtooth from the external drive. I used an iBook G4 then. I did run it on a 450 mhz machine. Slow but useable. Marty On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 12:19 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Christo

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 6, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Clarke wrote: > There is a program called LeopardAssist : > www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26562/leopardassist > You can also put it on your machine via CCC that's how I do them but it will run slow on a 400MHz:-) > On 6 Jun 2010, at 17:10, Jasiu w

Re: 10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Christopher Clarke
There is a program called LeopardAssist : www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26562/leopardassist On 6 Jun 2010, at 17:10, Jasiu wrote: > I know that Apple states that the processor has to be above 866 MHZ > for this to run. I have 2 gigs of RAM on a 400 MHZ G4. Is there a > work around for this ma

10.5 on a G4 400 MHZ Sawtooth

2010-06-06 Thread Jasiu
I know that Apple states that the processor has to be above 866 MHZ for this to run. I have 2 gigs of RAM on a 400 MHZ G4. Is there a work around for this machine? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a par

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 6, 2010, at 6:04 AM, Damian wrote: > This should not be a problem. I used a external 2.5" Disk to boot Tiger > Installation (FW 400). I'm not sure about USB, but Fierwire should work (be > bootable). > You can boot with USB as long as the external USB drive is fully powered via power p

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread Damian
This should not be a problem. I used a external 2.5" Disk to boot Tiger Installation (FW 400). I'm not sure about USB, but Fierwire should work (be bootable). On Jun 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, yawg wrote: Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. I just grabbed from OWC's Garag

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 6, 2010, at 5:48 AM, yawg wrote: > Hi, > > This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > >>> I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL >>> Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford >>> 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up t

KVM Between G4 and Intel

2010-06-06 Thread Dale Hoffman
Is anyone using a KVM device between an older Mac G4 and the newer Intel Macs? All I want is to share an Apple Cinema Display and Keyboard/mouse. Thanks, Dale Hoffman -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread yawg
Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > > I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL > > Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford > > 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. > > This just means the chip set has no pra

Re: Oxford 924 Bridge Board Drive Size limitation

2010-06-06 Thread yawg
Hi, This is a tad OT but somehow my question might fit in. > > I just grabbed from OWC's Garage sale a Mercury Elite Pro AL > > Firewire 800/400/USB 2.0 dual drive enclosure. It has the Oxford > > 924 chipset. The specs say it supports drives up to 1TB. > > This just means the chip set has no pra