Re: [G3-5]Re: Fwd: Is SCSI DRIVE SAME AS UATA DRIVE?

2012-07-18 Thread MaGioZal
On 6/24/12 2:42 AM, peterh...@cruzio.com at peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: One reason why I went with the ACARD solution on my Beige G3 was the ACARD firmware supported ANY sized UATA drive as a very early firmware update provided LBA 48. The greatest problem of ACARDs are their price. For the

Re: [G3-5]Re: Updates for Mac OS X?

2012-07-18 Thread MaGioZal
On 7/11/12 2:21 PM, Kyle Hansen at pi...@speakeasy.net wrote: That is pretty normal. Mac OS 10.2 was released almost exactly one DECADE ago. The Software Update servers usually only hold updates from the last few years. After that you have to navigate to Apple and do it manually. It is a huge

Re: [G3-5]Re: Updates for Mac OS X?

2012-07-18 Thread MaGioZal
On 7/12/12 12:02 AM, Richard Gerome at onecoolka...@earthlink.net wrote: I used to go to Apple's archives to get the combo updates... I used to also save them on my desktop and I might have Jaguar somewhere and I maybe could email it to you? I don't have Panther... I think Tiger is

Re: [G3-5]Re: Updates for Mac OS X?

2012-07-18 Thread MaGioZal
On 7/13/12 4:13 PM, Koralatov at li...@koralatov.com wrote: It isn't much of a burden at all, but Apple has made it pretty clear over the last couple of years that they *really* don't care about legacy machines. Long are gone the times when a Mac OS version (7.5.5) could run from a Plus to a

Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors

2012-07-18 Thread Douglas Mencken
has anyone really tried to install a post-Tiger, Intel-only Mac OS version on VPC VirtualPC 7.0 doesn't provide enough emulation for stuff like EFI and such. Our faith is QEmu. Help QEmu project as you can, please. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: [G3-5]Re: VLC (was Re: Flash help??)

2012-07-18 Thread Douglas Mencken
Try VLC 0.8.6i. If that wouldn't work, try 0.5.3 and vlc-0.2.92-25.01.2001. -- 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-list.shtml

Re: [G3-5]Re: Updates for Mac OS X?

2012-07-18 Thread Brian Christmas
On 18/07/2012, at 4:41 PM, MaGioZal wrote: Long are gone the times when a Mac OS version (7.5.5) could run from a Plus to a multiprocessed 9600 machine... And this was used as selling point in Why Mac? brochures! But Steve Jobs, despite saving, ressurecting and rebranding Apple,

Re: DVD won't eject

2012-07-18 Thread Golden Silence
On Jul 17, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Gary D. wrote: On Monday, July 16, 2012 5:02:24 PM UTC+2, gifutiger wrote: Here is what you should read and Bookmark in case you have this problem again. http://www.macinminutes.co.uk/express_tips/ejecting_stuck_disc.html It's called 16 Tips on Ejecting a stuck

Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry
+1 for Qemu. I have great hopes for it on other platforms also. Till that comes to pass, I can tell you that I have loaded 10.6 Snow Leopard successfully on top of Solaris/OpenIndiana, using VirtualBox and it worked great. Hardware was my Mac Mini. Jerry On 07/18/12 01:56 PM, Douglas Mencken

Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors

2012-07-18 Thread Cameron Kaiser
+1 for Qemu. I have great hopes for it on other platforms also. Till that comes to pass, I can tell you that I have loaded 10.6 Snow Leopard successfully on top of Solaris/OpenIndiana, using VirtualBox and it worked great. Note that VirtualBox virtualizes x86; it does not, per se, emulate

AM/FM radio tuner for OS X

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry
Does anyone have an AM/FM radio that they would recommend? I know years back that Griffin had the Radio Shark and Radio Shark II. http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/radioshark/ I could pick one of those up from eBay or somewhere, but I never saw a good review for either one of those.

Re: [G3-5]Re: Virtual Intel Mac for G multiprocessors

2012-07-18 Thread Jerry
You are correct. I didn't read the original question carefully enough. Please allow me to gracefully bow out now. Jerry On 07/18/12 07:49 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: +1 for Qemu. I have great hopes for it on other platforms also. Till that comes to pass, I can tell you that I have loaded

Re: DVD won't eject

2012-07-18 Thread Kyle Hansen
Mercury just went into retrograde. Expect problems. I am not a hippy. I am an Apple Certified Technician. I have been charting this for years. When Mercury goes retro, my invoices are higher. -- Kyle Hansen When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro! --Hunter S. Thompson On 7/18/12 1:56