On 15 Feb 2010, at 02.51, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
I am puzzled why no one here has suggested any reference to the
MaXlist.
On seeing this i joined the list. Seems very quiet but i am hopeful
some folks will be able to help with mac-specific problems. Many
thanks for the
On 15 Feb 2010, at 19.32, Clark Martin wrote:
Seems kind of strange to make something that close to CD size but
not quite. And there was no note about it (that I noticed) at the
download site.
Even more strange, ubuntu does it again with early releases of 10.04
on x86 (apparently the
On 14 Feb 2010, at 23.09, Clark Martin wrote in part:
Official support for PPC under Ubuntu disappeared a while back.
But there is a community supported version that is current.
Ah I see. Thanks for clearing that up. I was able to install 6.06 but
would prefer a more recent version; glad
I have been having some trouble installing FreeBSD 7.2 on my imac,
and am wondering whether another BSD or Linux distribution is better
suited to my machine. Using a 15-inch 1ghz usb 2.0 model with 512mb
ram and 80gb hard drive. Has anyone successfully used a -nix OS on
this machine?
On 13 Feb 2010, at 15.34, Dan wrote:
The absolute best Unix distro for your Mac is . Mac OS X.
Yes, Mac OS X.
That product from Apple, that is, at its core UNIX - based on Mach
and FreeBSD.
Touché.
My computing life is handled very well by OS 10.4.11 on a TiBook.
Slower than the
I decided to try FreeBSD on my G4 imac. It would not erase the
partition i already had with os 10.4.11 on it. So i decided to erase
that with my 10.4 cd and try again. Now I have erased the drive so
the cd is seen as the start up drive and will not eject. I tried
restarting and starting
Mouse button worked. Thanks you guys!
-bill
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On 23 Sep 2009, at 23.30, Earle Jones wrote:
You can find all sorts of Mac system software at:
http://www.apple.com/mac/
Really? All i can ever find there are the latest os and apps. Snow
Leopard, Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard... ah the hell with it.
-bill
On 22 Aug, 2009, at 09.56, Jasiu wrote:
Ok, I tried the paper clip thingy without success. I went into open
firmware and typed eject cd but it said it couldn't do it. I tried
holding down the mouse button and rebooting, also without success.
Another strange thing is when you start up the
I am suddenly and unexpectedly needing some sort of network solution
and know very little about this subject. The situation is this... for
some time i have had a direct ethernet connection between my cable
modem and G4 imac. Recently my roommate got a pc laptop and wanted to
go wireless.
I read somewhere that certain models of G4 imacs can boot into os9 as
well as X. But does this also mean they can use OS 9 without
installing X? Thanks for any info.
bill
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On 20 Jul, 2009, at 11.35, Flemming Wyrtz wrote:
Hi Bill
I upgraded my iMac G4 to 2Gbyte and it is easy. Just follow the
procedure. The machine runs much better and I even upgraded to
Leopard.
Luck to you.
I think I'm too much of a coward to try anything but the user
accessible
I'm running Tiger on my G4 imac 1ghz 512 ram. Overall I'm very
pleased with this setup, but i think i could get a bit better
performance with a ram upgrade. Problem is, i read somewhere about
the 4 bottom screws and needing a special torque wrench to replace
them, else the machine
Can someone please tell me the difference between HFS+ and HFS+
Journaled? Many thanks.
bill
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I keep os 9 on my imac mostly in order to play diablo. There is a
default setting that every day Sherlock stops everything and tries to
index the hd. When this happens my game usually crashes, and uaually at
a very crucial time. At one time i knew how to disable the
auto-indexing function on
I much prefer the compact keyboard that shipped with early imac G3
models and am continuing to use it with my G4 imac. So far the only
solution I've found for opening the cd-rom tray is to always leave a cd
in it. Then I can just do command E to eject and switch as necessary.
Occasionally I
Can anyone tell me whether McCallys IceMouse works on the G4 with
10.3.9, and whether it needs a driver? I am confused about a couple
comments on their site and so am now looking for someone with real
world experience in the matter.
Thanks
bill
On 22 Oct, 2008, at 12.28, Bruce Johnson wrote in part:
For keyboards without a dedicated eject key, you use F12.
Works like a charm! A million thanks Bruce, you have made my day!
bill
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