Re: Xserve advice?

On 6/1/11 11:20 PM, Austin Leeds wrote: Hi all, I'm thinking of buying an Xserve to replace my old desktop PC (a Pentium III 733 MHz), but I've never used or even seen one before in person. I've heard they're usable as desktops, if you've got the room an snip Well since they stopped m

Re: Xserve advice?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Austin Leeds wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm thinking of buying an Xserve to replace my old desktop PC (a > Pentium III 733 MHz), but I've never used or even seen one before in > person. I've heard they're usable as desktops, if you've got the room > and a good video card—an

Re: Xserve advice?

That really depends on you. What all are you looking to do/be able to do with it? What type of server are you wanting to run, and what mostly would you be doing for the workstation aspect of it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and

Xserve advice?

Hi all, I'm thinking of buying an Xserve to replace my old desktop PC (a Pentium III 733 MHz), but I've never used or even seen one before in person. I've heard they're usable as desktops, if you've got the room and a good video card—and my room has spaces that would be more blade- server friendly

Re: I am forced to go Intel? Common rant, I guess.

On 10/05/11 12:50 PM, "Bruce Johnson" wrote: > > Go to these sources: > > > > > For a wealth of information on building a Hack that DOES NOT REQUIRE altering > the OS X installer; you install from the standard OS X disk.

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 7:41 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: AFAIK, any USB 2 card working in OSX, it's working as well in OS9 (just at USB 1.1 speed, of course). I've never had a USB 2.0 card that worked correctly even at USB 1.1 speed in OS 9. Perhaps there are USB 2.0 cards that work at USB 1.1

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

Il giorno 2-06-2011 2:21, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > Another card > needs be a USB card, and this presents real problems because no USB > 2.0 cards work in OS 9 at all, so if you need to have USB in OS 9, > you'd likely need TWO USB cards, a USB 1.1 card for OS 9 only, and > another USB 2.0 card

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:05 AM, t...@io.com wrote: Has anyone successfully (or unsuccessfully) used a RealTek 8169 based gigabit ethernet card in a Beige G3 under OSX? I banged my head against this thing for several hours last night and could not get it to work. When I boot the machine in OS 9.x

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

> I'm working from memory here, as the machine is at home, but I do > remember that it was pci10ec,8169 and I think the vendor ID was 10ec > and card or device ID was 8169. I remember that, because the RealTek > drivers include a ReadMe about changing the ID/Name in the > list if the card vendo

Re: .a07 files ???

On May 30, 9:10 pm, Alexander Gomes wrote: > I'm sorry I messed that up.  It would go .arj, .a00, .a01 and so forth. That > would be part 9 of the whole archive so without the rest, no you can not > open it. Hmm. the .a07 is the suffix for all the files they are chronologically ordered by numbe

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 1:26 PM, t...@io.com wrote: > Thank you, Bruce. I will investigate these avenues this evening and > report back. Perhaps I'll also try a different PCI slot and pull the > USB card (far fetched, but unlikely to hurt). That would have been my next suggestion, but I agree it's

G5 1.8UP: powered mic port?

Do the G5's have powered microphone ports? I'm assuming that "line in" means "no" in this case. -- 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 on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com

Re: iLife & OEM CD/DVD Burner

On 2011/06/01 14:08, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tina K. wrote: > At what point did Apple remove the OEM burner requirement for iLife? My iMac (below) needs a new optical drive and I'm wondering if it has to be Pioneer. 10.5, but patchburn will make virtua

Re: Executor

-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Executor Date:Wednesday, 01. June 2011 From:Doug McNutt To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com, eudora-...@hades.listmoms.net > Scroll down to the README in the above link. Compiled with Xcode on neXt > 10.6.5 implies functionality on Int

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 12:41 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:06 AM, t...@io.com wrote: > > > > >> Look in the logs, there may be more info. > > > I'm a classic hold out, so my OSX-fu is pathetic.   In which logs > > should I look and do you have any hints as to what I should look for? > > Fr

Re: installing video card into DP 1.0GHz MDD

On Jun 1, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 1-06-2011 17:56, Dark_Mac ha scritto: Just get a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 128 MB card for my DP 1.0GHz MDD running OS X.4.11. Before I remove the old card and install this one is there anything special that I need to do? I was running m

Re: installing video card into DP 1.0GHz MDD

Il giorno 1-06-2011 17:56, Dark_Mac ha scritto: > Just get a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 128 MB card for my DP 1.0GHz MDD > running OS X.4.11. Before I remove the old card and install this one > is there anything special that I need to do? I want just to say this card is *great*. :-) I got the very same

Re: iLife & OEM CD/DVD Burner

On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tina K. wrote: > At what point did Apple remove the OEM burner requirement for iLife? My iMac > (below) needs a new optical drive and I'm wondering if it has to be Pioneer. 10.5, but patchburn will make virtually any drive work with everything. -- Bruce Johnson Un

Re: what does "optimizing" mean during OS installation?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:57 AM, ah...clem wrote: > when an OS installation is performed, near the end of the process a > message appears saying something like, "optimizing the installation > for your system." does anyone know exactly what the installer is > doing during that time? Apple is pre-bin

Re: iLife & OEM CD/DVD Burner

On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tina K. wrote: At what point did Apple remove the OEM burner requirement for iLife? My iMac (below) needs a new optical drive and I'm wondering if it has to be Pioneer. Tina -- I have Pioneer, LITEON and Samsung burners all run without a hitch. John Carmonn

Re: Executor

At 20:24 +0200 6/1/11, Mac User #330250 wrote: >Anyone ever heard of Executor? > >https://github.com/ctm/executor > >Supposed to run "Classic" Mac OS Applications on some Mac OS X, DOS, Linux, Š, >but I'm very unsure about the specs. >Any successful attempts to use it on a PowerPC-based Mac? Wow.

iLife & OEM CD/DVD Burner

At what point did Apple remove the OEM burner requirement for iLife? My iMac (below) needs a new optical drive and I'm wondering if it has to be Pioneer. Tina -- iMac 20" USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15" HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM

Re: what does "optimizing" mean during OS installation?

-- Original message -- Subject: what does "optimizing" mean during OS installation? Date:Wednesday, 01. June 2011 From:"ah...clem" To: "G-Group" > when an OS installation is performed, near the end of the process a > message appears saying something like, "optimizin

Executor

Hello! Anyone ever heard of Executor? https://github.com/ctm/executor Supposed to run "Classic" Mac OS Applications on some Mac OS X, DOS, Linux, …, but I'm very unsure about the specs. Any successful attempts to use it on a PowerPC-based Mac? Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You re

Re: OpenDNS or Google Public DNS?

Dan, I don't think that is much of a problem anymore. That article is 3 years old now. -- 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 on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-li

what does "optimizing" mean during OS installation?

when an OS installation is performed, near the end of the process a message appears saying something like, "optimizing the installation for your system." does anyone know exactly what the installer is doing during that time? i'm thinking specifically of one example, - say the OS was installed in

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:06 AM, t...@io.com wrote: >> >> Look in the logs, there may be more info. > > I'm a classic hold out, so my OSX-fu is pathetic. In which logs > should I look and do you have any hints as to what I should look for? >From dim, dim memory since 10.2.8 on my Beige was a loo

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 10:11 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:05 AM, t...@io.com wrote: > > > The RealTek drivers seem to install okay, but when I reboot the > > machine, the only ethernet available in the "Network" System > > Preferences panel is still just the "Built-in Ethernet".   The card

Re: installing video card into DP 1.0GHz MDD

If it is a Mac edition or has had the ROM editted for the Mac it should work just fine. If it is a PC card you will need to alter the ROM for it to work. The best paln would be to 1) install it 2) boot up 3) if it works, great 4) if you get a black screen start looking for directions on how to flas

installing video card into DP 1.0GHz MDD

Hi All, Just get a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 128 MB card for my DP 1.0GHz MDD running OS X.4.11. Before I remove the old card and install this one is there anything special that I need to do? Download drivers? install drivers? I'll back up the system before I do this as well. Am I missing any

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

> Has anyone successfully (or unsuccessfully) used a RealTek 8169 based > gigabit ethernet card in a Beige G3 under OSX? Drivers for the 8169 were released by Realtek years ago. The 10.3 driver came first, then the 10.4 driver. Finally, Realtek went back and even did a 9.x driver for it. A 'Ne

Re: RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:05 AM, t...@io.com wrote: > The RealTek drivers seem to install okay, but when I reboot the > machine, the only ethernet available in the "Network" System > Preferences panel is still just the "Built-in Ethernet". The card > never appears. I tried RealTek's 10.2, 10.3 and

RealTek 8169 in Beige G3 on OSX?

Has anyone successfully (or unsuccessfully) used a RealTek 8169 based gigabit ethernet card in a Beige G3 under OSX? I banged my head against this thing for several hours last night and could not get it to work. When I boot the machine in OS 9.x the card works fine. So, at least I know the hard

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Il giorno 1-06-2011 10:51, Geke ha scritto: > Sorry for creating havoc :-) I'd like to rather see this as a "get to know something new every day". ;-) > 1. / 2. Correct. > 3. The printer takes a long time RIPing uncompressed tiff files. Nope. The printer (usually) receives the uncompressed data;

Re: Need to Print Thousands of Micro$oft doc scans, Ahhh

Sorry for creating havoc :-) To sum up how I understand it now: 1. The Mac decompresses the files before sending them to the printer anyway -- so converting them wouldn’t help. 2. File transfer goes at LAN speed. 3. The printer takes a long time RIPing uncompressed tiff files. So either the print

Heads up: Mac Defender malware now spreading virally via Facebook

[ UPDATE : Apple issues security update to detect and remove Mac Defender and variants , but still allows users to open known infected files! ] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/mac-defender-malware-now-spreading-virally-via-facebook/13064 - Peter Schaff -- You received this message becau