Re: Need info

2010-02-13 Thread R. A. Cantrell
can anyone recommend a good headset for Skype that will work on both Mac and PC? On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote: > Do any of you on this list use or tried " Skype " ? >> Will it work between Windoz & Mac ? >> Thanks >> >> >> > > My daughter is away at college and we us

Re: Need info

2010-02-12 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Jeff, do you have any advice regarding headsets for Skype? On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > I used to have qwest for my long distance, I use skype for long distance > now 2.95 a month for us & canada unlimited... I can call any cell phone or > landline. And the quality? If

Fool'em

2009-02-22 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Wayback machine, I know I did this in the past, but I can't remember how. I want to set up children's programs that ordinarily require that the cd be in the cd player for the program to run to be able to run from a copy somewhere on the HD. It saves the wear, tear, and breakage (inevitable) that fi

Re: Bondi iMac

2009-02-19 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Can't get to the drive or cable in an iMac while it is running On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2:57 pm, "R. A. Cantrell" wrote: > > ... it will not mount any OS from a CD. I've tried the HDST disk > > again, a generi

Re: Bondi iMac

2009-02-19 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Bondi no got firewire! On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > > > On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:57 PM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: > > > Well, now I've gone and done it. I'm trying to fix up a Bondi iMac > > for a neighbor kid, and it worked just fin

Bondi iMac

2009-02-19 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Well, now I've gone and done it. I'm trying to fix up a Bondi iMac for a neighbor kid, and it worked just fine till I fixed it. I could not remember to password I had for the admin account, so I just hit it in the head with HD SPeed Tools, thinking that I would then load up a new install of 9.1. We

Backlit Keyboard

2008-12-21 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Can anybody recommend a generic (doesn't have to be Apple) USB keyboard that features backlit keys? -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4,

Re: Plastics Care

2008-11-27 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Mr. Clean, Magic Eraser. Accept no substitutes. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Richard Smallwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On 27 Nov 2008, at 10:56 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: > > > I just got a monitor from Craig's list, for free. It's a 19" SGI, > > CRT. No, no not a Mac, but I'm using on my

Re: Panther upgrade?

2008-11-10 Thread R. A. Cantrell
I did the exact upgrade yesterday on an eMac. It was running 10.2.8 and the owner wanted to run some HP printer software that required at least 10.3.8. I upgraded the machine with some 10.3.2 install disks, and the updated to 10.3.9 from the Apple website. It took a while, and I forgot to not let

Re: Input requested re: a $10 G3 Powerbook

2008-11-06 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Pismo has firewire, the others don't. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Larry Stotler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Nov 5, 6:17 pm, aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I picked up a G3 Powerbook at my local computer recycler for 10 > > bucks last sping and I have some questions ab

Re: Setting up a router with Verizon DSL

2008-09-12 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Try setting up with just the modem and one computer. Also, many of the "modems" sent out by Verizon are actually modem/routers (look on the bottom and see if that is what the label says), and according to Verizon, must be set into "bridge mode" in order to use them with an additional router. I've n

Re: router recommendations?

2008-09-12 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Linksys Wsomethinsomthin54G works great for our mixed household. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:14 PM, BSugarberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any wireless router recommendations that work well with > > both OS X and the occasional Windows inter

Re: Good Housekeeping

2008-09-12 Thread R. A. Cantrell
08 at 9:29 AM, nestawasright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A great post. Thanks Bruce. > > Mykel > > On Sep 10, 11:46 am, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:04 AM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: > > > > > Listers, >

Good Housekeeping

2008-09-10 Thread R. A. Cantrell
Listers, There's a thread right now about p-lists, which brings to mind the general state of Mac Os and maintenance I think that the p-list problems are handled by Onyx and MacJanitor and are analogous to Windows registry problems that are handled by Abexo and so forth. Zapping p-ram on