Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 10, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Jack Suggs wrote: (FYI, I have some apps that were released during System 7 that work in Classic mode under 10.4.11). This is a screen shot of the classic OS 6 game Shufflepuck, running under OS X http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/howcompatible.jpg (it

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread MACMAN
My emac 700Mhz works ok for tiger for web browsing and watching videos and playing old games. I know 256 meg of ram is extremely minimum for tiger especially if you want to do editing. Ilife 06, Imovie, garageband runs very sluggish on a emac 700Mhz with 256 meg of ram. Running Ilife 06,

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I actually forgot about this. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Dennis Faulkner wrote: I only upgraded to Cox high-speed when Cox played dirty pool, raised my second phone line to $10 per month, and claimed they couldn't fix that line - to me, my dial-up had a pretty fast phone line, and the economy of dial-up through

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:14 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread ALLNIGHTVI
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I am. Modems are also great back up if you lose your DSL/Cable/Satellite. There are some very, very good modems still being made. Just my two cents. Peace, Virgil Fritz. _AllnightVi@aol.com_ (mailto:allnigh...@aol.com) In a message dated 11/8/2011

Re: Bad logic board?

2011-11-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:56 PM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a iMac Core Duo 20 2.0 that did a kernel panic and I couldn't get it to boot any external drives I tried a 10.5 DVD installer and I could hear it spinning but the keyboard wasn't responding due to the dead ports. All the ports had no

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread Jack Suggs
I gave my grandson an eMac 700mhz with 1 gb RAM running 10.4.11 when he was 10, now he's 12 and the eMac still runs great, never had a problem. He uses it online (mostly Facebook), with GarageBand (iLife 2005 version), and with his iPod Shuffle. -- You received this message because you are a

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-09 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/8/11 6:02 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I actually forgot about this. On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Bump the RAM to 1GB and it will be a smooth ride. On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:58 AM, MACMAN joshantiq...@gmail.com wrote: I Just want to get peoples opinium on the emac 700Mhz The emac i use specs powerpc G4 700mhz 256 megs of sdram 40 gig hard drive CD rom only, no modem OS, mac os

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Christopher Satterfield christopher1...@gmail.com wrote: The ram is really low, especially for Tiger. The

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Beverly Woods
On 11/6/11 10:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? Mark, you may not be in dialup land yourself, but going into 2012, there are still plenty of

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? Aside from all the folks without access to broadband, there's this quaint form of

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/06 20:31, Mark Sokolovsky so eloquently wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? For some people, rural areas mostly, dialup is the only hardwired connection

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Jim Scott
As a retired editor who never got less than an A in spelling in school, I'd just like to state that Opinium is not the way the word opinion is spelled. That's just in case someone, somewhere gets the mistaken impression that Opinium is correct because it's in print (so to speak) and thus far

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Jim Scott wrote: As a retired editor who never got less than an A in spelling in school, I'd just like to state that Opinium is not the way the word opinion is spelled. That's just in case someone, somewhere

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Dennis Faulkner
I only upgraded to Cox high-speed when Cox played dirty pool, raised my second phone line to $10 per month, and claimed they couldn't fix that line - to me, my dial-up had a pretty fast phone line, and the economy of dial-up through fastermac.net made it worth it - I have not been overly

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Clark Martin
On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:14 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are we? I FAX 80% of my invoices to

Re: Raid on iMac

2011-11-08 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/08 08:02, JOHN CARMONNE so eloquently wrote: My son and I have a new iMac 27 Core i5 with Thunderbolt and FW 800. He does training videos for a big company that demands quick turnaround I'm wondering if I get him a RAID system would FW800 be really fast or is Thunder Bolt fast

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-08 Thread Charles Lenington
On 11/8/11 7:22 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Nov 8, 2011, at 5:14 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: I am rather to question as to why modems were placed on any machines after 2003 at all. It's not like we are still dealing with dial-up anymore, are

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

2011-11-06 Thread ZEKE
] iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11) Dan dantear...@gmail.com Nov 05 01:18PM -0400 At 9:19 AM -0500 11/3/2011, ZEKE wrote: I used a known Internet link to re-grab iTunes 9.2.1 and, now, it says my computer must be a G4 or greater. It worked, before... No, it didn't. iTunes 8.2.1

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-06 Thread gifutiger
, ZEKE sansuig900...@gmail.com wrote: Everything ran great but I developed a HD error and -- because I only use this as a music server -- I just reinstalled everything from DVD. I used a known Internet link to re-grab iTunes 9.2.1 and, now, it says my computer must be a G4 or greater

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 6, 2011, at 8:57 AM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings, You need to get a copy of xpostfactor see below, it fools the installer into thinking that your processor meets the 833Mhz requirement for installation. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7594/xpostfacto No that's not what

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Well guess what. My G3 PowerMac works with iTunes 9.2.1 On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 9:19 AM -0500 11/3/2011, ZEKE wrote: I used a known Internet link to re-grab iTunes 9.2.1 and, now, it says my computer must be a G4 or greater. It worked, before

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
reinstalled everything from DVD. I used a known Internet link to re-grab iTunes 9.2.1 and, now, it says my computer must be a G4 or greater. It worked, before... Ideas? I need that version because it syncs with my other computers that use it. Grr. -- You received

Re: emac 700Mhz Opinium

2011-11-06 Thread Christopher Satterfield
The ram is really low, especially for Tiger. The hard drive is fine for simple web browsing. The CD-ROM is a big setback since most programs and such now come on DVDs and the modem isn't needed at all. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-05 Thread Dan
At 9:19 AM -0500 11/3/2011, ZEKE wrote: I used a known Internet link to re-grab iTunes 9.2.1 and, now, it says my computer must be a G4 or greater. It worked, before... No, it didn't. iTunes 8.2.1 is the final release that *officially* supports G3 Macs. iTunes 9.1.1 is the actual last

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-04 Thread Joshua Juran
On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Tina K. wrote: On 2011/11/03 13:03, W.Adrian D'Alessio so eloquently wrote: No cord ? I think that was meant to be No chord. No card at startup might also be a serious issue if the critical electronics weren't integrated into the motherboard. On the other

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:53 PM, a1 wrote: So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go into sleep mode and wake. But no video. Hope this

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 4, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Jim Scott wrote: On Nov 3, 2011, at 11:53 PM, a1 wrote: So what are the standard steps for this situation. iMac was on, I came back in the room and the screen was utterly black. Rest of computer seems to respond i.e boots, cd drawer opens, even seems to go

Re: 17'' 800 G4 iMac, suddenly no video

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
What OS is it running? The very first version of Mac OS X 10.5 is prone to whiting or blacking out the screen due to incompatible screen drivers that came with it. This was fixed with Mac OS X 10.5.3. On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:53 AM, a1 arichic...@gmail.com wrote: So what are the standard steps

Re: Lion on 2008 24imac

2011-11-04 Thread Christopher Collins
And the extra 1 hour to first install SL and then Lion isn't worth a lousy $10 to you? cjc On 04/11/2011, at 10:03 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: Recently acquired an awesome 24 imac... came with 10.5.8... how hard will it be to upgrade to lion?

Re: Lion on 2008 24imac

2011-11-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 4, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Christopher Collins wrote: And the extra 1 hour to first install SL and then Lion isn't worth a lousy $10 to you? cjc That truly depends on my time constraints. Installing SL actually takes about ten minutes of my time. It takes an hour of the *computer's*

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/02 18:14, Bruce Hazzard so eloquently wrote: Hi, I am hoping someone has a answer. When I start up my iMac I hear no cord. It seems to run find. But there is no reassuring cord. Can someone help me. Thanks Bruce Hazzard You are referring to the start-up chime or bong, correct?

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 13 Messages in 4 Topics

2011-11-03 Thread John
unsubscribe please. -- 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 guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread gifutiger
Greetings Bruce, The startup chime is meant to indicate that the boot prom has run a quick and dirty memory test on the installed memory and the test has passed. If there isn't a chime the memory didn't pass the test. Therefor you should obtain a copy of Memtest. Download Memtest The testing

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 3, 2011, at 9:55 AM, gifutiger wrote: Greetings Bruce, The startup chime is meant to indicate that the boot prom has run a quick and dirty memory test on the installed memory and the test has passed. If there isn't a chime the memory didn't pass the test. Not the case, not if it

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-03 Thread Jack Suggs
Have you seen this... http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20533?viewlocale=en_US -- 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 guide is at

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-03 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Umm...Zeke is referring to iTunes not Mac OS. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- 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 guide is at

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-03 Thread Jack Suggs
Oops, I copied the wrong link. http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1056 -- 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 guide is at

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-03 Thread Jack Suggs
Ignore my useless links, sorry. -- 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 guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post

Re: iTunes 9.2.1 and 700 Mhz G3 iMac (OS 10.4.11)

2011-11-03 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
When I had iTunes 9.2.1 on my iMac G3, it worked because my installation was off of a machine of which was running a G4 processor. I transplanted it to the iMac G3, installed iTunes, and it worked like that. When you try to install iTunes on a supported OS version but an unsupported processor,

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread W.Adrian D'Alessio
No cord ? I do not know what G Mac needs one but replacements are easily found. http://mdg.ext.msstate.edu/small_engine_parts_id/external_images/starter_rope.jpg -- 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

Re: Lion on 2008 24imac

2011-11-03 Thread Christopher Satterfield
As long as this is a Core 2 Duo or newer and has at lease (I believe) 2 gigs of ram it'll be quite simple. The Core Duo's can run Lion do to a lack of 64-bit support and a PowerPC can't run even Snow Leopard. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: Lion on 2008 24imac

2011-11-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: Recently acquired an awesome 24 imac... came with 10.5.8... how hard will it be to upgrade to lion? Mildly annoying. You will need to 'borrow' a copy of 10.6 to update to 10.6.8 so you can download the 10.7 install from the App Store. Apple

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread Bruce Hazzard
First, The computer is plugged in. I did try zapping the pram and that worked. Thank You for your help. On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:22 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, I am hoping someone has a answer. When I start up my iMac I hear no cord. It seems

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, I am hoping someone has a answer. When I start up my iMac I hear no cord. It seems to run find. But there is no reassuring cord. Can someone help me. Thanks Bruce Hazzard On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:22 PM, Jim Scott wrote: No cord? No

Re: Lion on 2008 24imac

2011-11-03 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Ben Kernan wrote: Recently acquired an awesome 24 imac... came with 10.5.8... how hard will it be to upgrade to lion? Ben Kernan graphite g-4 1gig/400/52, iPhone-Dedicated Mac user since 1990 It will install easy but I'd be sure to make a backup of your

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-03 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/03 13:03, W.Adrian D'Alessio so eloquently wrote: No cord ? I think that was meant to be No chord. Tina -- HP Presario 2.8GHz Celeron D 2GB RAM Discrete graphics XP Pro iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15 HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread John Carmonne
On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: There are clips on the side you push outwards, correct? I've never seen stuck ram before. The clips are up and I've worked on a lot of iMacs and have seen several with ram that just wont budge. I was hoping for a solution

Re: New Mac Virus?

2011-11-02 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
One question, is this trojan universal code or Intel/PowerPC only? On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Christopher Satterfield christopher1...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting, I didn't know there was anything for Linux, that is something I just learned. I wonder how long it is until there is a new

Re: New Mac Virus?

2011-11-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Thunder 1 wrote: Everyone might want to check this out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45053071/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.Tqmfr2BNxqN Sigh. This is not a trojan. This is a piece of DDOS software which has interfaces to do other things (like run any

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:21 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: There are clips on the side you push outwards, correct? I've never seen stuck ram before. The clips are up and I've worked on a lot of iMacs and have seen several with

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:21 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: There are clips on the side you push outwards, correct? I've never seen stuck ram before. The clips are up and I've worked on a lot of iMacs and have seen several with

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/11/02 15:25, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: Don't laugh, I once removed a 3 CD from the slot loader Sorry, I had to laugh anyway. But not at you. :-) Tina -- HP Presario 2.8GHz Celeron D 2GB RAM Discrete graphics XP Pro iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB

Re: airport card

2011-11-02 Thread D. Fabel
Ok, I think I'm finally killing this thread. I've gone into the FIOS 424 router and have tried every iteration of WPA settings available. Nothing will work. WEP works fine, but I don't want to leave the entire network at the WEP level. All this is frustrating, and odd, as I can connect to

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Hopefully this isn't what is happening for you, but I removed a ram chip out of a G4 iMac, and it didn't want to budge either. The problem was that the chip appeared to be corroded into place! Don't know how that happened. I did get it out, and cleaned the slot with a tiny bit of rubbing alcohol,

Re: Stuck RAM

2011-11-02 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 2, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Jim Scott wrote: On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:21 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: There are clips on the side you push outwards, correct? I've never seen stuck ram before. The clips are up and I've worked on a

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-02 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Is your sound muted? -- 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 guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this

Re: No cord at start up.

2011-11-02 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, I am hoping someone has a answer. When I start up my iMac I hear no cord. It seems to run find. But there is no reassuring cord. Can someone help me. Thanks Bruce Hazzard No cord? No start. Plug in a power cord, and it should start.

Re: airport card

2011-11-02 Thread D. Fabel
Success - finally!!! But only because I've turned off wireless on the FIOS router and have hung a wireless DLink off one of the FIOS's wired LAN ports. So, the original airport card, in a G3 iMac will support WPA!!! Thanks for everyone's patience and suggestions! Doug -- You received this

Re: New Mac Virus?

2011-11-01 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Interesting, I didn't know there was anything for Linux, that is something I just learned. I wonder how long it is until there is a new version of SAM... -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using

Re: Airport card

2011-11-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 29, 2011, at 5:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: The original AirPort card will not take a WPA so I just turn off encryption on mine when I need to use one. That's categorically false. I had my old pismo set up with WPA; as others have stated in this thread, you have to make sure your

Re: New Mac Virus?

2011-11-01 Thread Charles Lenington
On 10/27/11 1:38 PM, Thunder 1 wrote: Everyone might want to check this out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45053071/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.Tqmfr2BNxqN Sopos must of wrote it to sell more A/V software. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

Re: Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

2011-10-30 Thread robert stiefvater
test On Oct 30, 2011, at 3:22 AM, imaclist@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist/topics Airport card [2 Updates] Airport card Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com Oct 29 01:16PM -0500 I've got a few older routers around the house that I'd

Re: Airport card

2011-10-29 Thread D. Fabel
I'm pretty sure I've hit all the permutations that my FIOS router can do. The only luck I've had is with encryption turned off or with WEP. Was really hoping to at least make WPA. Doug On Oct 29, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Eric Volker wrote: This is a bit of a long shot, but I seem to recall a

Re: Airport card

2011-10-23 Thread Dan
At 9:27 PM -0700 10/22/2011, D. Fabel wrote: The router I have is an Actiontec MI-424WR. I was hoping I could get it set up to run WPA with the airport card in my G3 iMac, but I've had no such luck... The 424 works just fine with Airport cards. Start with the basics. Turn on the SSID.

Re: iMac no show

2011-10-22 Thread Kim
I would ask for my money back, could be lots of different things many not good. Have you done a clean install of the software? And did software update ever offer anything? I think G4's can run 10.5.x Kim Hanson On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Christopher Satterfield

Re: iMac no show

2011-10-22 Thread captJ
Thanks, will try report back captJ On Oct 20, 12:39 am, Christopher Satterfield christopher1...@gmail.com wrote: I would get a can of compressed air and blow out the inside, then pull out the ram chip and blow out the slot. This can help clean up some contacts that may be blocked by dust.

Re: Airport card

2011-10-22 Thread Dan
At 6:01 PM -0700 10/22/2011, D. Fabel wrote: We've determined we can connect to some, but not all WPA networks. If our Airport Express is hosting the network (or other Apple gear), we are good to go. If the FIOS router is the host, then we are hosed - no mixture of settings in the FIOS router

Re: Airport card

2011-10-22 Thread D. Fabel
The router I have is an Actiontec MI-424WR. I was hoping I could get it set up to run WPA with the airport card in my G3 iMac, but I've had no such luck... Doug Denver, CO On Oct 22, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Dan wrote: At 6:01 PM -0700 10/22/2011, D. Fabel wrote: We've determined we can

RE: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread larry kinsey
The old cards support WEP. Larry From: platni...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:12:43 -0600 Subject: Re: airport card To: imaclist@googlegroups.com Anything up to WPA with TKIP. On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: What security do those old cards

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread D. Fabel
??? Which is it? Or are other factors involved? Doug On Oct 20, 2011, at 6:47 AM, larry kinsey wrote: The old cards support WEP. Anything up to WPA with TKIP. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:21 AM, D. Fabel wrote: ??? Which is it? Or are other factors involved? It may depend on the OS, but the older Airport cards support WEP and WPA+TKIP. My old Pismo running 10.4 did. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread platnicat mewr
I guarantee that an original AirPort card will work fine on a WPA/WPA2 hybrid network that supports TKIP. That's what my AirPort Extreme (latest N model) is broadcasting, and all my G3s work fine with it. On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:21 AM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.netwrote: ??? Which is

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:21 AM, D. Fabel wrote: ??? Which is it? Or are other factors involved? Doug The card supports WEP. OS X.4 (I think) and up supports WPA in software using an original Airport card On Oct 20, 2011, at 6:47 AM, larry kinsey wrote: The old cards support WEP.

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
OT, but oddly apropos. I think the WEP key is the one in the middle http://failblog.org/2011/10/20/epic-fail-photos-there-i-fixed-it-which-one-is-the-wep-key/ :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions,

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread D. Fabel
I'm having mixed results... If I try to connect an iMac G3 indigo with Airport card to my existing Verizon FIOS wireless router (MI424), it WILL NOT connect regardless of how I set it up. WEP, WPA, WPA2, with TKIP, with AES, with both... No combination seems to work. However, if I set up my

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, D. Fabel wrote: I'm having mixed results... If I try to connect an iMac G3 indigo with Airport card to my existing Verizon FIOS wireless router (MI424), it WILL NOT connect regardless of how I set it up. WEP, WPA, WPA2, with TKIP, with AES, with both... No

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread D. Fabel
No security works fine. Unfortunately, that leaves the network wide open. The current FIOS router will only do b/g/n or b/g, there is no b only mode... ??? On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, D. Fabel wrote: I'm having mixed results... If I

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 20, 2011, at 5:39 PM, D. Fabel wrote: No security works fine. Unfortunately, that leaves the network wide open. But it tells us that the issue is security, not other factors. All I can suggest at this point is to try WPA TKIS again, making sure the encryption key matches. The

Re: airport card

2011-10-20 Thread D. Fabel
Sorry, I misread the B mode comment. It looks like my router should support a B device. I was hoping for a B only mode to further eliminate things, but don't have that option. Agreed, the issue is with the security, but I'm having a hard time pinning it down. I've done the WPA TKIP, WPA

Re: g3 OS 9 - Default Desktop

2011-10-19 Thread Ashgrove
Perhaps what he meant to say is that the computer would keep the settings he applied, which included the matching desktop. In that, he would be right, however confusing and misleading that might sound. I have heard weirder things said by well-meaning, computer-ignorant people. Conversely, a

Re: airport card

2011-10-19 Thread Clark Martin
On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, Can anybody tell me if a airport card can be installed in a SE G3 imac early 2001 Blue white Dalmation? And if it can be what do I need to do it? Thanks Bruce You need the iMac airport adapter. Might be hard to find now. Clark Martin

Re: airport card

2011-10-19 Thread D. Fabel
What security do those old cards support? WEP? WPA? WPA2? Anyone know? Thanks, Doug On Oct 19, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Bruce Hazzard wrote: Hi, Can anybody tell me if a airport card can be installed in a SE G3 imac early 2001 Blue white

Re: iMac no show

2011-10-19 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I would get a can of compressed air and blow out the inside, then pull out the ram chip and blow out the slot. This can help clean up some contacts that may be blocked by dust. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a

Re: airport card

2011-10-19 Thread platnicat mewr
Anything up to WPA with TKIP. On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:57 PM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.netwrote: What security do those old cards support? WEP? WPA? WPA2? Anyone know? Thanks, Doug On Oct 19, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:51 AM, Bruce Hazzard

Re: Intel iMac Backlight Problem?

2011-10-16 Thread Christopher Satterfield
That is defiantly the backlight, if you can hold a flash light to the dark part and see the stuff it's not the screen. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- 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

Re: Intel iMac Backlight Problem?

2011-10-16 Thread Isaac Smith
On Oct 16, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: That is defiantly the backlight, if you can hold a flash light to the dark part and see the stuff it's not the screen. Without a doubt the backlight, then. Is there a problem with the backlight dying in these iMacs? And does this

Re: g3 OS 9 - Default Desktop

2011-10-15 Thread Joshua Juran
On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 Grape. The seller of the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly noted how the color of the desktop (Mac OS 9.2.2) matched the case color. He then proceeded to tell me that

Re: g3 OS 9 - Default Desktop

2011-10-14 Thread Michael Shaw
Woof !!! Definitely sounds like BS to me !!! M On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Bob Archambault bob...@cox.net wrote: Hello All...First time poster here... The other day, I picked up an old iMac G3 266 Grape. The seller of the machine showed me that it worked on premises, and particularly

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-13 Thread Alex Sciortino
Media server On Oct 11, 2011, at 8:54 PM, D. Fabel lists.dfa...@earthlink.net wrote: Alex, Really, what size hard drive to recommend depends upon what you'd like to do with the iMac. For what use is it destined??? Doug Portland, OR On Oct 10, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Alex Sciortino

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-13 Thread Christopher Satterfield
I would say go with external hard drives for they will hold more than the internal drive, are cheaper and also will be easier to move if you ever get a new computer. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: g3 OS 9 - Default Desktop

2011-10-13 Thread Christopher Satterfield
Hmm, I really don't think so. I installed Mac OS 9.2.2 on an orange one and the background was the default blue one. -- C:\win Bad Command Or File Name C:\ -- 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

Re: g3 OS 9 - Default Desktop

2011-10-13 Thread D. Fabel
I've got two grapes and an indigo, and haven't seen this behavior. However, once you choose a background, that background will always return upon boot. Pick what you like, or what matches, and don't worry about it... Doug On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:38 AM, Bob Archambault wrote: He then

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/10/10 11:09, Alex Sciortino so eloquently wrote: I have an iMac g3 and it has a 40gb hdd should I upgrade? If so what size and how? That depends on what you intend to use your iMac for. If you want to store a few photos and a little bit of music, 40GB might be fine. But if you want

Re: Imac G3 ..browsing problem

2011-10-12 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/10/11 13:07, eric salazar so eloquently wrote: I hace an I mac G3 400mhz , with Mac OSX10.3.9, when I try to browse in safari it does not let me do it properly like email or facebook or even youtube , it says I need to update or upgrade my browser but I have no idea how to work it

Re: Imac G3 ..browsing problem

2011-10-12 Thread Dan
At 12:07 PM -0700 10/11/2011, eric salazar wrote: I mac G3 400mhz , with Mac OSX10.3.9 when I try to browse in safari it does not let me do it properly like email or facebook or even youtube , it says I need to update or upgrade my browser but I have no idea how to work it out...! This is

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread D. Fabel
Oooh, Tina reminds me... Again, depending upon which iMac, you may also have partition issues for the OS. The older tray loaders needed the OS within the first 8GB (maybe less) of the hard drive. Doug On Oct 12, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Tina K. wrote: Not knowing which iMac you have, and being

Re: iMac G3 HDD upgrade or not?

2011-10-12 Thread Jack Suggs
If you need more storage space, buy an external drive. I own a graphite G3 iMac with a 40 gig drive that runs just fine, with OS 10.3.9 and 9.2.2. -- 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

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