Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-30 Thread Bill Spencer
On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 1:39:33 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 24, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Brandon Nichols brandon...@hotmail.com javascript: wrote: Would not recommend the Mac-Mini. It is really under powered and it is believed to be in the beginning stages

Re: E-mac

2015-04-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 29, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Dave Sheppard ds...@nl.rogers.com wrote: Further to my e-mail a couple of minutes ago, I also need to run my old clipart which is on CD's, The e-mac has only a DVD drive. Is it possible to configure the e-mac to accept the CD’s? Any DVD drive can read CD’s.

Re: E-mac

2015-04-29 Thread Christopher Satterfield
DVD drives will read CDs fine, they're backwards compatible. No additional hardware is needed. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette

Re: E-mac

2015-04-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
the old a/c and set myself as the admin. without trashing everything and reinstalling? I have the procedure for Panther but it won't work on Tiger. As far as I know, this should work in Tiger: http://www.theinstructional.com/guides/how-to-re-run-the-os-x-setup-assistant -- Bruce Johnson

Re: E-mac

2015-04-29 Thread Dave Sheppard
Further to my e-mail a couple of minutes ago, I also need to run my old clipart which is on CD's, The e-mac has only a DVD drive. Is it possible to configure the e-mac to accept the CD's? On 2015-04-29, at 7:46 PM, Dave Sheppard wrote: I just bought a 2004 Emac at a bargain; however I can't

Re: E-mac

2015-04-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 29, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Dave Sheppard ds...@nl.rogers.com wrote: I just bought a 2004 Emac at a bargain; however I can't set myself as the administrator because O/S 10 tiger won't let me do that without the administrator's password, Not available! Any body know how to delete the

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 24, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Brandon Nichols brandonnicho...@hotmail.com wrote: Would not recommend the Mac-Mini. It is really under powered and it is believed to be in the beginning stages af a phase out by Apple From personal experience the ‘under-powered’ thing is simply not true

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-24 Thread Brandon Nichols
Would not recommend the Mac-Mini. It is really under powered and it is believed to be in the beginning stages af a phase out by Apple Sent from Outlook On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:21 AM -0700, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 23, 2015, at 6:22 PM, Bill Spencer

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 23, 2015, at 6:52 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Also, what about a CD/DVD drive? It looks like the Mini does not have one included. No macs have one anymore, but external ones are really cheap, like this one at Newegg for $25.

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-23 Thread Bill Spencer
On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:43:01 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Jim Scott jesc...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Most standard Apple rotating disk hard drives are 5400 rpm units, which are reliable but noticeably slower than a

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-23 Thread Bill Spencer
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:22:49 PM UTC-4, Bill Spencer wrote: On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 11:43:01 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Jim Scott jesc...@gmail.com wrote: Most standard Apple rotating disk hard drives are 5400 rpm

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-23 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 24/04/15 03.22, Bill Spencer ha scritto: I assume a 24-inch (diagonal?) would be fine, I don't really need Cinerama on my desk. I bought an used 24 iMac (Early 2009) a couple of years ago. I just LOVE this iMac and its compact all-in-one form-factor (YMMV). It's just a thing of

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com wrote: Most standard Apple rotating disk hard drives are 5400 rpm units, which are reliable but noticeably slower than a 7200-rpm unit. A Fusion drive combines a 128 GB SSD (solid state drive) with a 5400-rpm spinning platter

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-22 Thread Jim Scott
On Apr 22, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: The tax refund came through and I have been given permission to replace my trusty elderly Lion machine (purchased new in September 2006; see end of this message) with a new iMac. It's obviously been a long time,

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-22 Thread Brandon Nichols
I recommend the MacBook Air for entry level. I love mine! Sent from Outlook On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:09 PM -0700, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: The tax refund came through and I have been given permission to replace my trusty elderly Lion machine (purchased new in September

Re: I get to buy a new computer!

2015-04-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 22, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: The tax refund came through and I have been given permission to replace my trusty elderly Lion machine (purchased new in September 2006; see end of this message) with a new iMac. It's obviously been a long time,

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Dave Sheppard
This imac will run Mac OS 10 Pantber; It may run Tiger as well. However neither OS will run the newer versions of Flash playerd, so graphics are slow or impossible to load. These programs are readily available from Low end mac and several other stores specializing in older Macs. Good Luck

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Mark My Word
Hi Clark, so Tiger OS 10.4 is likely the best choice to update this iMac. Thank you for the explanation and advice. Cheers, Mark. -- -- 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: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Josh Juran
On Apr 9, 2015, at 8:42 AM, john kirby kirb...@gmail.com wrote: I have used Linux distros on PPC macs before and it's been successful. The only gap I ever noticed was shockwave/flash. I don't think it's even a possibility in those OSs. There was a Shockwave plugin, but I doubt it's of any

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Mark My Word
On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 14:28:21 UTC-4, ValterV wrote: Il giorno 08/04/15 16.33, Mark My Word ha scritto: My understanding is that to enable this machine to run Safari, Mozilla, or a newer IE, it would need to move up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Mark My Word
Hi Josh, it had not occured to me to try a Linux distro. I have done this with old PC boxes to get some further use. So Linux will install onto the Mac hardware architecture... interesting. Thanks. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Mark My Word
Thanks for the information regarding a more modern web browser, I will likely try this route first to see if she may find this workable. -- -- 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: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Mark My Word
Hi Judith, thank you for expanding upon Clark's advice. Much appreciated and helpful. Cheers, Mark. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-09 Thread Judith Berkowitz
On Apr 8, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Mark My Word wrote: ... the machine can be brought up to date enough to use a more modern web browser that will display content and features like a modern machine. ... it would need to move up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is

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: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-08 Thread Clark Martin
On Apr 8, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Mark My Word wrote: Hi to all. A friend of my wife dropped off this old iMac snow, vintage 2001, that had been stored for about 8 years. She recently wanted to get back onto the internet for email, web browsing, some simple games, etc... It seems the old IE

Re: 2001 iMac. Is this machine still useful?

2015-04-08 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 08/04/15 16.33, Mark My Word ha scritto: My understanding is that to enable this machine to run Safari, Mozilla, or a newer IE, it would need to move up to a version of OS10, rather than the OS9.1 that is installed. Yes and no. In Mac OS (I mean 9 or previous), you can still use an

Re: iMac G3 400 Summer 2000 - wont boot

2015-04-06 Thread Julia Brinckloe
Same thing happened not long ago with my old Mac 6100CD. And a new PRAM battery got it booted. Worth a try. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Colin Yarwood colin.yarw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys Having good my LC475 and PB1400s working again ;-) I thought Id pull the old iMac Indigo out and

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-03-26 Thread Max LeBlanc
Hi Mark, I might be wrong, but my understanding is that the lines are more of a driver issue than a GPU issue. I have the same issue. I plan on trying mintppc and hope the lines are taken care of. Le 2015-03-25 9:36 PM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.com a écrit : I'm currently using an iMac

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-03-26 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I'll take a look at it, maybe take a picture to further elaborate. I'm also working on an iMac G5 project, replacing the screen, for the most part. With $30, I was able to get myself a replacement logic board, LCD, and inverter board off of gainsaver. No single combination has resulted in any

Re: CCC and/or alternative

2015-03-25 Thread Myles MacVane
I may be wrong about this, but I think that some external hard-drives come with their own back-up software. I would put the question to Other World Computing at: http://www.macsales.com And Apple has its own backup Time Machine plan. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Matthew Gordon

Re: CCC and/or alternative

2015-03-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
failure, without stopping to replace and re-install the failed drive, a bootable backup is desirable, and in my experience CCC or SuperDuper fulfill those requirements. However, also in my experience Time Machine has saved people’s bacon more often through it’s ability to roll back changes

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-03-25 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I'm currently using an iMac G4 700 MHz as a clock server. It's hooked up to an external monitor, running fliqlo as a screensaver, with the monitor on constantly. I'm not sure if it's the fact I'm using it solely for this, or it's age, however, the screen is starting to show a few multicolored

Re: CCC and/or alternative

2015-03-25 Thread Dennis Swaney
AFAIK, SuperDuper is the only one that is almost as good as CCC: http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html Dennis B. Swaney Cogito Ergo Mac On Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 7:24:22 AM UTC-7, ns wrote: Seeing that CCC is pretty expensive (for someone on fix income), are

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-03-21 Thread Neil Hughes
On 02/23/15 20:12, Neil Hughes wrote: Unfortunately, the CRT has got to the stage where it takes 1 hour to stop flickering, so I have to either plug in another monitor (wish I could switch off the internal monitor when I do this, rather than just mirror) or get on with some other jobs while I

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-03-06 Thread NODEraser
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Not that I've ever done it, but have you looked at SETI@home or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)? setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ There are other BOINC projects that still run on PPC OS X, but the list is

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:19 PM, john kirby kirb...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, thanks for the recommendation of VueScan. Works like a charm on my mavericks machine. Of course now I have to find a purpose for my former scan station... ;-) Glad it’s working. It’s a great piece of software; I

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-25 Thread N. Shani
I'll 2nd Bruce's advice: I was caught in the old-scanner, new-OS, and was faced with the choice of either buying a new scanner or... VueScan saved the day: it is well written, has great support (via email, within 24 hours, many times much less), frequent updates, and is very flexible in its

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Neil Hughes neil.hugh...@tesco.net wrote: It's the only Mac that will work with my 10-year-old flatbed scanner, after HP couldn't be bothered to update the drivers post-Tiger. Have you tried VueScan? I’ve had good luck with a bunch of older scanners with it;

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread Neil Hughes
On 02/24/15 15:28, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Feb 23, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Neil Hughes neil.hugh...@tesco.net wrote: It's the only Mac that will work with my 10-year-old flatbed scanner, after HP couldn't be bothered to update the drivers post-Tiger. Have you tried VueScan? I’ve had good luck

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread Jack Suggs
I make a tabloid newspaper with a Graphite G4 733 mhz (with old versions of Quark and Photoshop), and I have a Graphite G3 iMac 600 mhz loaded with MP3s that's an excellent jukebox and CD burner. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread Bruce Rubin
Strategic Conquest!! On Feb 24, 2015 4:55 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, Have you looked at SETI@home or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)? setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ The thing is that they are down at the moment for maintenance. Al Poulin --

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread john kirby
Bruce, thanks for the recommendation of VueScan. Works like a charm on my mavericks machine. Of course now I have to find a purpose for my former scan station... ;-) K Bruce Johnson mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu February 24, 2015 at 10:28 AM Have you tried VueScan? I’ve had good luck

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-24 Thread Al Poulin
Robert, Have you looked at SETI@home or Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)? setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ The thing is that they are down at the moment for maintenance. Al Poulin -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those

RE: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Brandon Nichols
Personally, i collect them. If you truly don't have any use for the Computer itself then I would recommend making a MacQuarium out of it. Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:34:33 -0800 From: sen...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015? I've got a

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Julia Brinckloe
The snow is a little beauty. I would load a bunch of favorite photos and use it as an art piece---run slideshows...a great piece for any room. If you want to sell it, I want to buy it. But don't sell it. On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Robert Alpizar sen...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a 2001

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Max LeBlanc
Hi Robert, The mac hardware usually includes decent sound speakers. I have a project to turn one of these macs into an internet music box for my son, by building a linux system from scratch. I have had some success using Debian but the internet part was a bit slowish. Good luck with your

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Mike Linnett
Dropbox will run on tiger, for whatever that's worth. Maybe use it as a media server (with a bunch of external drives?) that you'd also have access to over the interwebs. Dedicated MAME machine? — Mike Linnett 07515877812 http://notacello.net On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Max LeBlanc

RE: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread steveC
for other ideas… From: imaclist@googlegroups.com [mailto:imaclist@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Julia Brinckloe Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:58 PM To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015? The snow is a little beauty. I would load a bunch

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread john kirby
I use mine for a scanning station. I have a pretty nice, oversize scanner for which official mac support died a while ago. -- -- 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: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread kirblam
MAME is a great idea. BTW, I tried using an imac as a kid-friendly browsing machine. Parent controlled browser. DNS set up to avoid suspect sites. Still didn't work as Flash wouldn't run fast enough and most kid-centric sites have Flash to some degree. -- -- You received this message

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Neil Hughes
Snow 600MHz (bought in 2002) running Tiger: 1. Retrospect 6, to backup some of the other computers on the network; 2. It's the only Mac that will work with my 10-year-old flatbed scanner, after HP couldn't be bothered to update the drivers post-Tiger. 3. Very slow web browsing (TenFourFox)

Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread kirblam
Scanning station. I have a nice oversize scanner that Mac OS doesn't officially support now. Older versions do. -- -- 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 http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml

RE: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015?

2015-02-23 Thread Mike Linnett
Of Julia Brinckloe Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 3:58 PM To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What do you use your (old) iMac for in 2015? The snow is a little beauty. I would load a bunch of favorite photos and use it as an art piece---run slideshows...a great piece for any room

Re: iMac G3 Snow—equivalent to original optical drive

2015-02-19 Thread Alex Santos
After reading the service manual for this machine, I realized that if the plastic casing is not properly installed it can keep the optical discs from ejecting and this is the issue my iMac has (bought second hand) so I will investigate and likely refurb the drive to the best of my

Re: iMac G3 Snow—equivalent to original optical drive

2015-02-17 Thread J. R. Rosen
Alex, try www.otherworldcomputing.com If they don't have a new piece that works, they would have refurbished to think about--maybe. -OR- lowendmac.com, and ask them about your iMac G3. On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Alex Santos santos.pol...@gmail.com wrote: Dear users I have an iMac G3

Re: Another DVD-conversion question

2015-01-25 Thread Bill Spencer
On Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 9:26:05 PM UTC-5, tcora wrote: On 25 Jan 2015, at 9:01 PM, Bill Spencer wspe...@jhu.edu javascript: wrote: Thank you, Dan…these steps looks not too bad all told. I've purchased the current MacThe Ripper Pro package (it looks like the last free

Re: Another DVD-conversion question

2015-01-25 Thread Dan C
the individual steps required, I think. 1. Physically clean the DVD with water and a soft cloth! Better to make a clean rip than waste time listening to the DVD drive re-read track after track after track, hoping to get it right. 2. Prepare to break the encoding/protection. Until

Re: Another DVD-conversion question

2015-01-25 Thread Bill Spencer
the simplest way to do this? Simple is relative. The key is in understanding the individual steps required, I think. 1. Physically clean the DVD with water and a soft cloth! Better to make a clean rip than waste time listening to the DVD drive re-read track after track after track

Re: Another DVD-conversion question

2015-01-25 Thread Tom Coradeschi
On 25 Jan 2015, at 9:01 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Thank you, Dan…these steps looks not too bad all told. I've purchased the current MacThe Ripper Pro package (it looks like the last free version won't work on 10.9.x) but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install

Re: Gray screen again

2015-01-24 Thread Fred Thiel
Finally booted from Mavericks from other partition after unplugging from power for about ten minutes. Am now in process of clean install this time. Apologies for premature post. Fred On Sat, 1/24/15, Fred Thiel fth...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject:

Re: External Drive for OS 10.4 Tiger

2015-01-15 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote: Can’t new external hard drives be formated or otherwise made to work with OS X 10.4 Tiger? I do not understand why not. A user group member wants to buy an external hard drive to back up her old iMac with 10.4 Tiger.

Re: External Drive for OS 10.4 Tiger

2015-01-15 Thread Clark Martin
Agreed, mostly, companies put such requirements on their products to avoid supporting older systems. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway. On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Al Poulin

Re: External Drive for OS 10.4 Tiger

2015-01-15 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 16/01/15 00.36, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: A user group member wants to buy an external hard drive to back up her old iMac with 10.4 Tiger. any USB drive should work on any USB-capable Mac. Most likely. But that iMac better have USB 2.0 ports, otherwise USB 1.1 slowness will make

Re: External Drive for OS 10.4 Tiger

2015-01-15 Thread Al Poulin
On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 8:07:49 PM UTC-5, ValterV wrote: Il giorno 16/01/15 00.36, Bruce Johnson ha scritto: A user group member wants to buy an external hard drive to back up her old iMac with 10.4 Tiger. any USB drive should work on any USB-capable Mac. Most likely.

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:05 AM, Bob Whiton m...@rswhiton.commailto:m...@rswhiton.com wrote: 2. If I’m only occasionally connecting a second computer, would I be better off just connecting the satellite modem directly to my iMac and using internet sharing when needed? Is a Mac behind a router

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread N. Shani
While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the router is not susceptible to the most recent vulnerability - Misfortune Cookie. To see the list of affected routers, have a look @ http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/561444 On 8 January 2015 at 13:16, Bruce Johnson

Re: Converting PAL to DVD?

2015-01-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 7, 2015, at 8:21 PM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: I have installed HandBrake on the older iMac (10.7.5), inserted the disc, and in HB clicked the Source icon. It searches the disc and returns the message No Valid Source Found. Apparently I can change the region setting in

Re: Converting PAL to DVD?

2015-01-08 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 07/01/15 19.17, Bill Spencer ha scritto: Hi there: I picked up a DVD while visiting England last summer, thinking that one of our players was region-free. Well, I was wrong on that...so how can I convert this PAL DVD to an NTSC DVD so we can watch it? Bill, have you searched for a

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread Bob Whiton
On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:26 PM, N. Shani nshani...@gmail.com wrote: While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the router is not susceptible to the most recent vulnerability - Misfortune Cookie. To see the list of affected routers, have a look @

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread N. Shani
There's a LOT of speculation wrt to this vulnerability, read the various posts. To start: it was identified by reverse-engineering an old web server software (2002) and it turns out that most manufacturers reused that old code and didn't bother fixing their designs until this was brought to their

Re: Router recommendations

2015-01-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Bob Whiton m...@rswhiton.commailto:m...@rswhiton.com wrote: On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:26 PM, N. Shani nshani...@gmail.commailto:nshani...@gmail.com wrote: While I support what Bruce says, before you commit $$$, check that the router is not susceptible to the most

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: Converting PAL to DVD?

2015-01-07 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 7, 2015, at 11:17 AM, Bill Spencer wspen...@jhu.edu wrote: Hi there: I picked up a DVD while visiting England last summer, thinking that one of our players was region-free. Well, I was wrong on that...so how can I convert this PAL DVD to an NTSC DVD so we can watch it? I'm seeing

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2015-01-01 Thread Alex Santos
Kmowledge is always more than welcome, thanks for sharing the tidbits. Much appreciated. On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 18:06:31 UTC+1, Xion Dracari wrote: 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

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2015-01-01 Thread 'Farrell Sacks' via iMac Group
Sent from my iPad On Dec 30, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a ton (literally) of that vintage iMac running OSes 9.2, 10.2, 10.3 10.4 and only ever needed to press 'c' or use the option feature to get

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-31 Thread Julia Brinckloe
For 15 bucks why not just buy an original? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Power-Macintosh-Mac-G3-Software-Install-Restore-OS-8-6-/111560937379?pt=US_Operating_Systems_Softwarehash=item19f98ccfa3 On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: I don't know why you would need

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-31 Thread Alex Santos
If the iMac fails to read the discs: As an FYI, I beleive the optical drive in the iMac maybe faulty, try other discs to confirm. 1) Burn at 1x speed or whatever the slowest burn speed you can choose on a different computer - maybe this can help. Disk Utility will suffice. ---burning slowly

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-31 Thread Alex Santos
I agree, there should be no reason to go into OF (open firmware) to load the CD - try alt or hold C on boot, if it fails check keyboard or try other USB port. On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:44:59 UTC+1, Clark Martin wrote: I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a

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: Epson RX700 Printer error ----- SUCCESS!

2014-12-30 Thread Julia Brinckloe
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 5:50:47 AM Subject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer error And from that same site you can navigate to this, for your specific printer: http://www.octoink.co.uk/index.php?qfm=rx700 Jane Sprando wrote: Dec. 23, 2014 I have downloaded

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-30 Thread Joe
I use an Epson WF-3540. It is an all-in-one printer, scanner and fax. Prints double-sided. Has LED touch-screen. It can be wired or use wireless networking. Has two paper trays, It has AirPrint. Very Mac friendly. Have had it a year now and it has proven to be sturdy and high quality.

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 30, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Steven Van Impe steven.vani...@icloud.com wrote: I recently purchased an iMac G3 (http://lowendmac.com/1999/imac-rev-d/) in really good shape. It came with the original installation/recovery discs but they are in Dutch, and are for Mac OS 8.5.1. The discs

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: Printer advice

2014-12-30 Thread Alex Santos
Hi Jane I can't recommend a particular printer/scanner combo but I would like this opportunity to mention a very good Apple article which has an exhaustive list of airprint printers and how to troubleshoot them. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201311 I hope it helps a little. -- -- You

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 30, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Alex Santos santos.pol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jane I can't recommend a particular printer/scanner combo but I would like this opportunity to mention a very good Apple article which has an exhaustive list of airprint printers and how to troubleshoot them.

Re: Burning iMac G3 (333MHz) installation CDs

2014-12-30 Thread Clark Martin
I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a ton (literally) of that vintage iMac running OSes 9.2, 10.2, 10.3 10.4 and only ever needed to press 'c' or use the option feature to get them to boot a CD. KK6ISP Yet another designated driver on the information super highway.

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error ----- SUCCESS!

2014-12-29 Thread janesprando
- Original Message - From: Julia Brinckloe jmbri...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 5:50:47 AM Subject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer error And from that same site you can navigate to this, for your specific printer: http://www.octoink.co.uk

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-29 Thread Robert MacLeay
After being abused by Epson Printers for more than a decade, I switched to Canon and bought their top of the line MG8220 all-in-one a little over a year ago. It does all you are asking for, with ZERO hassle. I could not be happier. Of course, Canon discontinued it. You can still find them on

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:10 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote: I am in the market for a new inkjet all-in-one printer. I want one that has 1. Wireless and Ethernet (need to connect it to my iMac for scanning and also Airprint capable). 2. can print automatically on both sides 3. LED

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-29 Thread TVirkkala
I’d like to redirect the question, if I may, to a good color printer that is NOT an all-in-one. I am a volunteer at my local community library. We have one Mac and a whole bunch of PCs. Getting them all on the same printer has been a hassle. But we’ve been using old tech. Now we need new

Re: Printer advice

2014-12-29 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 29, 2014, at 9:38 PM, TVirkkala multi...@wirkman.com wrote: I don’t want a home device. I want a small office or large-office printer. All it needs is an ability to print from Ethernet, WAN and via Airport. HP has some very nice color laser printers:

Re: Bluetooth Keyboard

2014-12-27 Thread NODEraser
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 5:00 AM, pat p...@grad.com wrote: I found some bluetooth keyboards on the market that said to be compatible with Android/Windows/ios, but do not mention about OS X. I wonder can I use these keyboards with my iMac? I've noticed there are a lot fewer Bluetooth

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-23 Thread janesprando
- Original Message - From: Tom Coradeschi tc...@skylands.ibmwr.org To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 7:41:01 PM Subject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer error On 22 Dec 2014, at 12:07 AM, Jane (Portland, OR) janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Julia and Tom

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-23 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 22/12/14 06.07, Jane (Portland, OR) ha scritto: I have downloaded the SSC Service Utility and opened it with Wine/Crossover. Two problems arise. It seems the emulator (Wine) was able to run the SSC software, but the software cannot reach the printer. This is not surprising: emulators

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-23 Thread janesprando
SEE for my response to your links Jane - Original Message - From: Julia Brinckloe jmbri...@gmail.com To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 5:50:47 AM Subject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer error And from that same site you can navigate to this, for your

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-22 Thread Julia Brinckloe
Since the message you've gotten suggests the waste ink pads are saturated, seems the only way to fix it is to clean or replace the pads. You're more likely to find a four-leafed clover than a tech who will repair it for you. So...here's a do-it-yourself fix, for what it's worth. Good luck!

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-22 Thread Julia Brinckloe
And from that same site you can navigate to this, for your specific printer: http://www.octoink.co.uk/index.php?qfm=rx700 On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Julia Brinckloe jmbri...@gmail.com wrote: Since the message you've gotten suggests the waste ink pads are saturated, seems the only way to

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-22 Thread Tom Coradeschi
On 22 Dec 2014, at 12:07 AM, Jane (Portland, OR) janespra...@comcast.net wrote: Julia and Tom, thank you for your suggestions and links. Even though I have spent days Googling info on how to fix the ink pads, I read the pages. I have downloaded the SSC Service Utility and opened it

Re: Epson RX700 Printer error

2014-12-21 Thread Julia Brinckloe
printer is hard to service because they have to tear the whole thing apart. Sent from my iPad -- Original Message -- From: Charles Lenington To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Sent: December 20, 2014 at 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Epson RX700 Printer error On 12/14/14 9:50 PM

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