Re: Dead MDD?

2016-08-22 Thread Kenneth Peterson
I just returned from a 5-week vacation and my MDD won't start anymore. No sound no light, nothing. I left it plugged in as I found that it helps prolonging the life of the PRAM battery. Any ideas what it could be? The Mac worked perfectly when I left for my holidays. I'm flummoxed, I love th

Re: Processor upgrades for G4 MDD

2015-08-12 Thread Kenneth Peterson
Are there any processor upgrades available for a dual 1.25 GHz Mirror Drive Door G4 (Model Identifier: PowerMac3,6)? http://lowendmac.com/2007/3-cpu-upgrades-for-mirrored-drive-doors-g4-power-macs/ -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware

2011-01-13 Thread Kenneth Peterson
At 11:10 AM -0700 1/13/11, Bruce Johnson wrote: This sounds annoying like what happened to my Beige when I tried using XPF to upgrade it. Never did get 10.3 to work on my Beige; that's when I upgraded to a Sawtooth G4. I've had 10.3.9 working on my beige tower for about 4 years now. It's ac

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-21 Thread Kenneth Peterson
So, G-Group: Why are you (still) PowerPC-based Mac users? They still do what I need them to do. My oldest G is a G3 Gossamer (Beige G3) upgraded with a G4 Sonnet card. It's set up to boot into everything from OS 8.6 to X.3.9, and is still my primary computer for e-mail & page layout. My ne

Re: Dinosaur on the Internet

2009-04-22 Thread Kenneth Peterson
At 3:46 PM -0500 4/22/09, Ron Romine wrote: >I'm looking for options to dial up. There are lots of low-cost dial-up options out there; I'll offer a recommendation below. At 3:46 PM -0500 4/22/09, Ron Romine wrote: > I would also like >some speed at home on my G4 DA Tower as well. I carefully