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On 7/9/10 18:45 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> (hmm, we used to have the black cube, or the slab/pizza box. What do
> we call a mac mini? CD pile?)
It's not all that far (slightly shorter) from what we used to call the
"lunchbox" Sun machines
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On 7/9/10 17:50 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> If you have a current AppleCare Protection Plan, you can download the latest
> version from Apple's web site.
And if you don't, you can buy it (or several other variants):
http://www.micromat.com/index.php?Ite
> http://www.info.apple.com/support/aht.html
> You can also get it from the OEM that supplies it to Apple, but I'll need to
> go home and look up that URL if you need it (I used it to get the CD image
> for my 11" G4 iBook).
That's nice. Thanks.
... iBook tester: Check.
Mac mini tester: Nope.
Lo
> If you literally "never got anything back", something went wrong. At the
> least, you should get "No results found. Please try another search".
I never got another page, nor any change to that page with any response.
It did not say no results found.
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On Jul 9, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 15:13, Scott Haneda wrote:
>
>> On OS 9, I think Newer used to make an app that listed all Macs, and broke
>> them out as to how many slots, max ram, what it came with, what drive it
>> had, what the max drive bays were etc.
On Jul 9, 2010, at 14:30, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
>> The AppleCare Protection Plan also includes a copy of TechTool Deluxe, which
>> is another kind of hardware test. Or you can buy TechTool Pro separately.
>
> Hmm. The person I got my computer from *did* have the protection plan,
>
On Jul 9, 2010, at 15:13, Scott Haneda wrote:
> On OS 9, I think Newer used to make an app that listed all Macs, and broke
> them out as to how many slots, max ram, what it came with, what drive it had,
> what the max drive bays were etc. And you could upload your system profiler
> report to
On Jul 9, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> On 7/9/10 14:43 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
>> I have an iBook G4 (14 inch), that I got used, that did not come with
>> a hardware test CD.
>> Is there anyone that can send me a copy (ISO or physical) of said beast?
>
> http:/
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On 7/9/10 14:43 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> I have an iBook G4 (14 inch), that I got used, that did not come with
> a hardware test CD.
> Is there anyone that can send me a copy (ISO or physical) of said beast?
http://www.info.apple.com/su
>> As far as I know, every non retail installer disc that Apple ships has Apple
>> Hardware Test on it. A small hidden partition, or perhaps it is a hook into
>> the firmware, I'm not sure.
>>http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
>
> Dang, that's nice to know.
>
> A little looking around show
On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
>> Apple is obligated by California law to provide replacement parts for all
>> products for seven years from the last date of manufacture.
>
> That's good to know. What was the last manufacture date for an iBook G4?
> And where wo
On 7/8/10 10:20 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, John B Brown wrote:
On 7/8/10 4:02 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John B Brown wrote:
I'll stop getting entangled with functional anomalies in MacPorts. Any
UNIX/Linux utilities I want I'll modi
On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> You may be able to obtain the hardware test CD from Apple for some amount of
> money.
Correct, $20.00 (Or was it $15.00) for the cost of shipping and handling. You
can ask any Apple Store to help you make this process happen. Before the Apple
On Jul 9, 2010, at 3:40 AM, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2010-7-9 14:20 , Scott Haneda wrote:
>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, John B Brown wrote:
>>
>>> My current problems had better not have anything to do with MacPorts; I
>>> wiped all that stuff I could find. My problem is with Adobe Flash new
> You can purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan which gives you a total of 3
> years of hardware coverage from date of computer purchase and 3 years of
> phone support from date of computer purchase.
>
> On an iBook, sure, these are almost certainly expired.
Yep :-)
> The AppleCare Protection
On Jul 9, 2010, at 13:43, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
>> As far as I know, every non retail installer disc that Apple ships has Apple
>> Hardware Test on it. A small hidden partition, or perhaps it is a hook into
>> the firmware, I'm not sure.
>>http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
>
> As far as I know, every non retail installer disc that Apple ships has Apple
> Hardware Test on it. A small hidden partition, or perhaps it is a hook into
> the firmware, I'm not sure.
> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
Dang, that's nice to know.
A little looking around shows that there
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Joshua Root wrote:
> On 2010-7-9 14:20 , Scott Haneda wrote:
> > On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, John B Brown wrote:
> >
> >> My current problems had better not have anything to do with
> MacPorts; I wiped all that stuff I could find. My problem is with Adobe
> Fl
On 2010-7-9 14:20 , Scott Haneda wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, John B Brown wrote:
>
>> My current problems had better not have anything to do with MacPorts; I
>> wiped all that stuff I could find. My problem is with Adobe Flash new dmg
>> not running the graphics on Firefox.
>
> Wh
On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, John B Brown wrote:
> On 7/8/10 4:02 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
>> On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John B Brown wrote:
>>> I'll stop getting entangled with functional anomalies in MacPorts. Any
>>> UNIX/Linux utilities I want I'll modify for myself to work on my iMac.
>>
On 7/8/10 4:02 PM, Scott Haneda wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John B Brown wrote:
I'll stop getting entangled with functional anomalies in MacPorts. Any
UNIX/Linux utilities I want I'll modify for myself to work on my iMac. There's
a /usr/local here for a purpose; that's where th
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John B Brown wrote:
> I'll stop getting entangled with functional anomalies in MacPorts. Any
> UNIX/Linux utilities I want I'll modify for myself to work on my iMac.
> There's a /usr/local here for a purpose; that's where the gnu utilities go
> automatically.
I
On 7/7/10 4:18 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jul 2, 2010, at 19:12, John B Brown wrote:
So, after reinstalling the install disc OS, and X11, Xcode and other
apps from the install disc, I installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
Why not 10.6.4?
Because I use Firefox and Thunderbird and th
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On 7/7/10 18:18 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 19:12, John B Brown wrote:
>
>> So, after reinstalling the install disc OS, and X11, Xcode and other
>> apps from the install disc, I installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
>
> Why not 10.6
On Jul 2, 2010, at 19:12, John B Brown wrote:
> So, after reinstalling the install disc OS, and X11, Xcode and other
> apps from the install disc, I installed MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
Why not 10.6.4?
> and 'Xcode 3.2.2' and 'Xcode 3.2.2 and iPhoneSDK 3.2.2'
You really only need one or t
On 7/2/10 12:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:18, John B Brown wrote:
>
>> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error
reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
>>
>> Recently I've had to reinstall from the install disc. All personal
data survive
On 7/2/10 12:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:18, John B Brown wrote:
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading
"file6": illegal operation on a directory
Recently I've had to reinstall from the install disc. All personal data
survived,
On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:18, John B Brown wrote:
> Error: /opt/local/bin/port: Failed to initialize MacPorts, error reading
> "file6": illegal operation on a directory
>
> Recently I've had to reinstall from the install disc. All personal data
> survived, but this is wrong. What fixes this r
Dear Folk,
This seems to be, for me, a universal problem:
j...@pinball3:~/macports/ports
(77): % sudo port -R upgrade --force rpm
error reading "file6": illegal operation on a directory
while executing
"read $fd"
(procedure "_mports_load_quickindex" line 27)
invoked from with
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