Re: PowerPC speeds and the switch to Intel...

On Oct 9, 3:18 pm, "Michael G.M." wrote: > The PS3 continues to be an amazing super computer gaming > system, even though they locked it with the release of the PS3 slim to > not be able to install Linux. Odd move considering the ability of the > earlier models actually increased sales for thi

Re: Adapter for the OLD Monitors with use with VGA card.

On Sep 22, 5:58 pm, Gus wrote: > I saw a post awhile back where someone was trying to interface an old > apple monitor to a newer VGA card. Was there any resolution to that? > Does anyone make an adapter for the old monitors for use with the VGA > standard sockets? I know they made adapters to

Re: Next for PPC?

On Sep 1, 8:28 pm, Clark Martin wrote: > John Niven wrote: > > Does anybody remember Gamba? He used to give instructions on what could be > > left > > out of the free OS 7.5.5 to make it work like OS 7.1 on low spec machines. > > That's the kind of input we need. > I remember Gamba. I reme

Re: Ultra-SCSI on a G4

On Sep 1, 11:08 pm, Ross wrote: > Here are some SCSI host adapters that work with Macs: > Acard AEC-6712TUM 20MB/s > They are > sometimes difficult to find. Heh. There was a guy selling a ton of the 6712TUM on Ebay a year or two ago. I think he was selling lot

Re: a FW box with a HDD, and a DVD ROM/RW?

On Aug 8, 2:19 pm, "t...@io.com" wrote: > I think that Intech was a common manufacturer of the boards, so you > might search a bit on their name and on FireWire. Initio. that was Initio, not Intech. Darned fuzzy memory. It's like fruit that's been in the crisper too long. Jeff Walther -

Re: 750GB Seagate PATA is Dropping Out Again

On Aug 1, 2:24 pm, Bill Connelly wrote: > In my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz under 10.5.7, my "750GB Seagate PATA is > Dropping Out Again". > Had this issue before ... wondering if its time to get a replacement > from Seagate? Its only a year old, with very low use. Used it as an > external FW drive, but

Re: Any replacement keyboards

On Jun 28, 10:41 am, Al Poulin wrote: > Okay, I did not say the $595 models were under the Products tab. But > look at their home page, about half way down. There are three models > at that price.http://matias.ca/products/index.php Oh, my. There they are. Those are not their Tactile model

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

On Jun 19, 12:17 pm, Clark Martin wrote: > Bruce Johnson wrote: > > Well, "Media Computer" is a bit more grandiloquent than "computer > > attached to the teevee for the purposes of playing music, watching > > video podcasts, DVD's and surfing the web". > > I'm not doing DVR or anything fancy

Re: Arrrggh! G4 dies from just sitting there?

On Jun 19, 10:37 am, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > If the battery is alive and the machine does not start you might try > > cleaning the battery contacts in the holder. Sometimes just spinning > > the battery in place is enough to brea

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

On Jun 15, 10:33 am, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" wrote: > I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? > > Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it > may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not > been able to figure out how to make it run o

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

On Jun 14, 4:48 am, "Gary D." wrote: > Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top > posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. > Or maybe not. (sorry) I would be happy because I neither read nor respond to top posters anyway. The exception to

Re: USB Hub versus PCI Card?

On May 19, 11:36 am, trag wrote: > The chipset is > NEC D720101GJ and any card with the same chipset should be virtually > identical because the card makers usually build them to the chip > manufacturer's reference design for that chipset. I just wanted to add a bit and a

Re: USB Hub versus PCI Card?

On May 18, 1:27 pm, Clark Martin wrote: > Mac G4 wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a G4 MDD that only came with 2 (4 if you count the keyboard) usb > > ports. I am not very concerned with the 1.0 versus 2.0, so considering > > that - my question is this: Should I get a usb pci card or just a usb >