Usefull software for Late 2005 "Dualcore 2.0" G5?

2016-06-06 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i just picke dup from a friend his Powermac G5 (looking up its the Late 2005 DualCore G5[2.0ghz]) for everyday use what would be good to grab for this Mac? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-25 Thread Thomas Fritsch
e between an early tray-loader and a > slot-loader, except the hard drive. But you’ll find that out. :^) > > Jim > > > On Dec 24, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Thomas Fritsch <xiondrac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Aaaactually. i Do. pulled a board from a bustedscreen G3-233, (

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-24 Thread Thomas Fritsch
in your user profile, you can re-install OSX from now until the heat death > of the universe and it won’t fix a thing. > > > On Dec 24, 2015, at 1:51 AM, Thomas Fritsch <xiondrac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > i managed to find a spare hdd now unless i got THAT unlu

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i cant afford a Disc copy of DW, and yea it froze again for the 3rd time on the Catalouge File in the OSX Installer's Disk Utility. i'm not super bummed as the partitions are fresh so not much data outside the CallUp script i was using to make the dialup connection work. was on either

Re: Dead HDD?

2015-12-22 Thread Thomas Fritsch
update: redid the partitions. OS9 went fine but OSX fails every time on "Installing Base System Part 1" so im pretty much sure now the drives toast. On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Thomas Fritsch <xiondrac...@gmail.com> wrote: > i cant afford a Disc copy of DW, and

Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

2015-06-29 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i think by now it's an outdated method but i had and still do to boot a linux CD on my G3, you need to boot into OpenFirmware, this is the command you should us eto try and Force the system to boot the Disc.) i belive this is thr right one. (its been 3 years since i last used mmy Orange DVi+ G3.)

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread Thomas Fritsch
its not manufactored anymore by Ubiquti , but i'd recommend at 35$ on average on ebay/Amazon is thier AirRouter, i've had one for 4 years now and its still rockin it today, and it can use the latest builds of OpenWRT. (it works on DD-WRT as well but for that router FW, it requires thier

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-31 Thread Thomas Fritsch
only reason i suggested OF was if he was encountering a known bug that affected some iMacs (it was an issue w/ certain DVi iMacs that you had to use OF commands to boot OSX CD's)but its something to look into if a last resort of a USB External cd drive, if the OP's imac isnt using it's orginal

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-30 Thread Thomas Fritsch
i had a G3 400mhz DVi iMac and i always had to do the OpenFirmware Boot trick to make anything above OS9 boot, the OF trick i belive went like boot cd:,\\:tbxi its been too long since i had it ( i traded up for a Snowwhite 600mhz G3.) On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Bruce Johnson

Re: Slightly OT: File-sharing services?

2014-11-15 Thread Thomas Fritsch
if you say want more a cloud Storage? try dropbox or copy.com On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Gerald Uhlan gerryu21...@gmail.com wrote: I use Mediafire.com - free On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I’m wondering if anyone has a recommendation for

Re: Using MS Windows

2013-07-14 Thread Thomas Fritsch
your neglecting one thing. does the OP even have a legal copy of windows? kinda negates the Virtual Box/VM deal. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:03 AM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: Missing from the list

Re: Using MS Windows

2013-07-09 Thread Thomas Fritsch
depending on the needs go for an IBM Thinkcentre 8125 ( http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/ibm-thinkcentre-a50-8419/4505-3118_7-30422511.html) or the Lenovo version of that model i tend to see em on ebay for 35$+ On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 9:22 PM, GMail Valter Psicof valter.psi...@gmail.com wrote: