Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Gary Fortman
Judith has some excellent advice, except: - To prolong battery life, once a month or so, unplug the power and let the machine run down to zero battery until the screen goes dark. As soon as you unplug the power, the screen will go dark. This is an iMac, not a laptop. Gary Fortman On Apr 9

Re: iMac G3 266 Bondi (Rev. C) Question

2012-05-01 Thread Gary Fortman
Bondi blue is only rev A Not rare at all Value is minimal Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2012, at 7:13 PM, Matthew Gill mgill...@gmail.com wrote: I stumbled across an iMac G3 Bondi-Blue (tray loader, sans Infrared on the front)... from what I understand, this is considered a Rev. C model.

Re: Replacing the HD

2011-12-04 Thread Gary Fortman
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Sorry for my late response. I'll try to answer as best I can, based on my experience upgrading my 2007 iMac. Is this replacement

Re: DVI, VGA, or HDMI?

2010-10-19 Thread Gary Fortman
On Oct 19, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Or the $13,000 indistinguishable-from-coat-hanger wire cables, green markers for youe cd's and $450 wooden knobs... 8-) See here for an amusing list of bogus audiophile items:

Re: Several G3 iMac DV 400 MHz questions

2010-09-11 Thread Gary Fortman
An iMac can be headless. When my bondi blue's CRT died, I used it as an external drive for a while before attaching an external monitor. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2010, at 12:44 PM, gifutiger gifuti...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, Sorry, an iMac can not be headless. However Headless

Re: Intel macbook ubuntu and windows issues.

2010-08-26 Thread Gary Fortman
On Aug 26, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Tina K. wrote: Bruce Johnson wrote: Alexander Blok wrote: I feel shafted... If you really want to feel shafted, purchase a dual G5 Power Mac right before Apples makes the Intel announcement… The medical library here bought an entire roomful of

Re: iMac G4 troubles

2010-08-21 Thread Gary Fortman
Hard drives have configurations for slave or master depending on if they are the boot drive or a secondary drive. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com wrote: What's that? Tom Venney wrote: Is the HD set for Cable Select? On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:22

Re: Trying to find May 2009 Macbook (new)

2010-03-09 Thread Gary Fortman
I'm going to go go find a NEW 1957 chevy. Doesn't matter that they have not been made for 50 years. I'm sure I can find a NEW one. Duh On Mar 9, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Judith Rosenbaum wrote: I had seen those offered on Amazon; however, they are used items. Having had two second-hand iMacs,

Re: Tiger install on Lime (333 MHz) iMac

2009-11-12 Thread Gary Fortman
Do you have a way to install Tiger without the CDs? On Nov 12, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Kasey Smith wrote: Yes, but it requires Tiger CDs, which are kind of rare. It will work though if you can get your hands on a set On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Elliott Price wrote: Xpost facto is another option;

Re: Bondai blue iMac and linux?

2009-10-27 Thread Gary Fortman
Bondi iMacs are tray loaders. Good luck getting it to 512mb. I have never gotten one to more than 384. Two 256 always registered as 256 and 128 for me. Sent from my eyeFone On Oct 27, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Christian Wacker wrote: I have a bondai blue iMac

Re: Bondai blue iMac and linux?

2009-10-27 Thread Gary Fortman
The blueberry is not bondi. Bondi was only the 233 tray loader. Sent from my eyeFone On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:30 PM, Doug Burton slu...@embarqmail.com wrote: From EveryMac.com: The Apple iMac G3/350 (Slot Loading - Blueberry, No Firewire), based on the Kihei architecture, features a 350 MHz

Re: iMac 2.8 won't boot

2009-09-28 Thread Gary Fortman
Your hard drive died. Take it to an apple store. Mine did the same thing two months out of warranty. I now have a 500 GB HD for $250 from a third party recommended by the Apple store. Sent from my eyeFone On Sep 28, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Jonathan Rowson jonathanrow...@gmail.com wrote: I've

Re: Help

2009-09-18 Thread Gary Fortman
Have you tried rebooting and selected time machine to mount a new disk? Sent from my eyeFone On Sep 18, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.net wrote: Hi All... Just upgraded my Intel iMac to Snow Leopard. Mostly it went okay... EXCEPT... my external HD is no longer

Re: Snow Leopard from Tiger...?

2009-09-06 Thread Gary Fortman
And this relates to SL how? Sent from my eyeFone On Sep 6, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Ryan Waldon ryanwaldon2...@gmail.com wrote: ATT is the reason why I don't have an iPhone. Based on my usage of and experience with my iPod Touch, I'm quite sure I would love the iPhone's hardware and interface.

Re: Assistance/Advice Please

2009-09-02 Thread Gary Fortman
On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sep 1, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Here's what I want to do: Move OS 9 apps Adobe Illustrator 8.0, Adobe PhotoShop 5.0, and if possible, QuarkExpress 4.0 onto my Intel iMac 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo with 2G's of RAM and a 298GB hard

Re: Trying to breathe new life into an eMac

2009-05-10 Thread Gary Fortman
Emacs were sold to the public in the US. I bought a return from the Apple store. Sent from my eyeFone On May 10, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Adrian boston.maine...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the suggestion! It hadn't even occurred to me to call Apple; I figured they would just try to sell me a

Re: Trying to breathe new life into an eMac

2009-05-10 Thread Gary Fortman
The 700mhz emacs had a combo drive. Reads and writes CDs. Does not read DVDs. Sent from my eyeFone On May 10, 2009, at 1:05 PM, emelvy halbe...@esper.com wrote: On May 9, 2:56 pm, Adrian boston.maine...@gmail.com wrote: (snip) I found one forum posting from a person who said that he

Re: New Member :)

2009-05-06 Thread Gary Fortman
Clickable for me (even on my eyefone). Not sure of the issue here?? Sent from my eyeFone On May 6, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Charles Davis c...@gamewood.net wrote: Ah, yes Here is one of those little Gotcha's!!! Note how the URL [which is in BOLD type because of 'Rich Text' settings, is no

Re: Mac Mini In G3 iMac Case...

2009-05-04 Thread Gary Fortman
The G3 iMac has a standard VGA video connector. If you have ever added memory to one, you would have to disconnect it to pull the back off and access the memory slots. Gary On May 4, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On May 3, 2009, at 6:27 AM, Simon Royal wrote: Hi I love the

Re: Password Protected iMac G3

2009-05-04 Thread Gary Fortman
Don't pirate the OS? Get real! He said he got the iMac from a school. Therefore the school had a license for whatever OS is on the machine. It would pass to a new owner, so whatever OS is on the machine is valid. He just needs to get a system CD and install the OS again. Gary On May 4, 2009,

Re: How to boot from USB flash drive

2009-04-05 Thread Gary Fortman
To install OS X on a flash drive simply, you will need a 32GB flash drive (for Tiger or Leopard). To install on as small a drive as 2GB, you would need to use pacifist. Info here: http://blog.bradbergeron.com/2006/11/howto-install-and-boot-os-x-on-a-flash-drive/ On Apr 3, 2009, at 10:19

Re: end of life desktop

2009-04-03 Thread Gary Fortman
$849 from the apple store under special deals. Lower left on the store page. Store.apple.com If they are not available, just wait a few hours and recheck. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:12 PM, johnwd5 john...@gmail.com wrote: Join this group and place an ad:

Re: Is Battery for Tray loading Slot Loading G3 iMAC's the same battery?

2009-02-18 Thread Gary Fortman
Battery is about $10 at radio shack. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2009, at 4:51 AM, imac_chips99 rvhod...@hotmail.com wrote: Is the Battery for Tray loading (233/266/333 MHz) Slot Loading iMAC's (350/400/450/500/600/700 MHz) the same battery? I need to change a battery for a Tray

Re: iMac I/O ports question

2009-01-29 Thread Gary Fortman
Bruce, Send me your snailmail address privately and I will happily send you a plaintalk mic to try. I have been selling omnidirectional mics and PlainTalk Mics for five years on ebay. The PlainTalk does not work with any apple faster than 433 Mhz. I would love to be proved wrong. Gary Sent

Re: iMac I/O ports question

2009-01-28 Thread Gary Fortman
You do not need a powered mic like the plaintalk. Starting with the early G4s, Apple switched to digital audio. You need a USB mic like the Griffin iMic. Sent from my EyeFone On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:45 PM, pat p...@grad.com Now, what is the next one? This port has the symbol of two

Re: USB 1.1 Ports Upgrade?

2008-12-09 Thread Gary Fortman
FireWire started in the fruit colored iMacs at 350 MHz and up. Sent from my EyeFone On Dec 9, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Jim Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, not as factory equipment. Jim Scott On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Michael Marsden wrote: Does the Bondi have Firewire? Simon Royal