Re: old imac wireless question

2010-12-18 Thread misterbleepy
You could look at Powerline netwoking, which uses your house wiring to carry the network connection from the router to the computer; or look for a wireless to ethernet bridge, though these seem to be rare or expensive... On 18 Dec 2010, at 03:59, Laura drew.la...@gmail.com wrote: I had

Re: Leopard on a 2x450 PowerMac

2010-11-30 Thread misterbleepy
Here's the procedure: http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/openfirmware.html Another way I have used is to put the low spec machine in target disk mode, then attaching it to a Mac that is in spec, and installing it using that Mac, but putting the install on the external disk (i.e. the disk of the

Re: Leopard on a 2x450 PowerMac

2010-11-30 Thread misterbleepy
proof that is the case. On 30 November 2010 13:33, Tina K. penguir...@gmail.com wrote: On 2010/11/30 04:34, misterbleepy so eloquently wrote: Another way I have used is to put the low spec machine in target disk mode, then attaching it to a Mac that is in spec, and installing it using that Mac

Re: USB 2.0 Up-Grade for iMac (17--inch Flat Panel, 1GHz)

2009-12-03 Thread misterbleepy
I use the UK version of this: http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F5D7330-802-11g-Wireless-Ethernet/dp/B00020H1TG to hook up my iMac 17 800MHz to my WiFi network. It is an old device, and I'm not sure it supports the more modern encryption standards, but maybe there are more modern versions of this

Re: Trying to breathe new life into an eMac

2009-05-10 Thread misterbleepy
The eMacs were sold to the general public in the UK - maybe they were in the US too ? 2009/5/10 Adrian boston.maine...@gmail.com: Thanks for the suggestion! It hadn't even occurred to me to call Apple; I figured they would just try to sell me a new (retail, full price) copy of OS X, or try

Re: Opening up a G4 iMac

2009-01-19 Thread misterbleepy
You might also want to consider putting a larger hard drive in there while you have it in open/pieces. Keith B. -- bleep - bleep - bleep --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those

Re: Kid Friendly Software for G3...?

2008-11-04 Thread misterbleepy
My daughter used to love playing with TuxPaint (running on OSX 10.3 on a Snoiw iMac G3) http://www.tuxpaint.org/ She uses Paintbrush/iPaint these days on an iBook G4 http://www.mac-fun.com/ipaint/index.html Keith B. -- bleep - bleep - bleep

Re: Can't boot OS 9 from within OS 10.4.?

2008-10-21 Thread misterbleepy
but why can't a MacBook use OS 9 (even in Classic)? Is it an Intel thing? yes, or rather, OS9 is not an Intel thing... -- bleep - bleep - bleep --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for