Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread Fabian Fang
On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 09:21PM, martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed that with OS 9.2.2, I now have a large amount of library extensions with names like kpagrdr.shlb , which makes me feel like a hapless Windows user, never knowing whether an extension is part of some

Re: Remembering my PCMCIA modem

2002-11-20 Thread Brian
What I want to do is force the control panel to remember that the modem is at OPT288 even when it's not there, so I don't always have to stuff around fixing things. Is this possible? Try setting up a location (even if it's just one, and you're not switching back and forth) in the location

Re: Remembering my PCMCIA modem

2002-11-20 Thread Scott Holder
At 05:27 PM 11/20/2002 +1100, you wrote: snip What I want to do is force the control panel to remember that the modem is at OPT288 even when it's not there, so I don't always have to stuff around fixing things. Is this possible? One thing you could try is setting it up and then locking the Modem

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread martin
Extension Overload is an extensions, control panels, control strip modules and contextual menus management application. It offers detail information of 5934 extensions and control panels, control strip modules and contextual menu items in your system. It also lets you activate and deactivate

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread George Mogiljansky
I fear not, since 9 was designed (?) primarily to provide a transition to OSX snd/or to work in emulation. I bet that's what those 'invisible' files are doing. Cheers George --- martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Fabian, Extension Overload was the sort of utility I referred to in my

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread martin
I fear not, since 9 was designed (?) primarily to provide a transition to OSX snd/or to work in emulation. I bet that's what those 'invisible' files are doing. Cheers George hmmm, that kinda makes sense... There's probably a sweet System for a G3/G4, which does MOST of what most users need, is

OT: OS 9.x on G4 (was Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c)

2002-11-20 Thread Andrew Kershaw
(You should start a new thread for this topic and move it to G-Books.) Well, I'm running 9.2.2 on my Wallstreet. My system folder is about 300MB with just about every option installed. I have a total of 170 items in my Extensions folder... 626MB seems a bit extreme to me. You must have

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread George Mogiljansky
Yes, but it all boils down to what you do with your 'puter, how often you do it, etc. I have a collection of HDDs with various OSs and bookmark files - sort of an archive of days past. Cheers George --- martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I fear not, since 9 was designed (?) primarily to provide a

How can i change the MAC address (hardware address) on my 3400 ?

2002-11-20 Thread Mehdi El Gueddari
Hi, i've just bought a 3400 and wanted to change it's MAC address (it has a built-in ethernet card). With my 520, i used the Apple LAN utility but it doesn't work with the 3400 (it doesn't find any built-in card). I've tried Relocated too, but it doesn't work either : it sees the card, i can

Re: How can i change the MAC address (hardware address) on my 3400 ?

2002-11-20 Thread Andrew Kershaw
I'm not entirely certain of this, but I think the MAC address for the ethernet card on newer (read PCI-based) Macs is set in OpenFirmware. You might be able to change it with a set-env type command. Mucking around in OpenFirmware is not for the light-hearted. If you are dead-set on wanting

OT: Computer Science programs Macs...

2002-11-20 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Sorry for the OT post - feel free to flame me, if you think it will help. Does anyone know where Computer Science is taught in a US university on Macintosh? I thought I heard at on time or another that the University of Michigan used Macs... Please reply off-list! Thanks, Drew -- [EMAIL

Re: OT: Computer Science programs Macs...

2002-11-20 Thread Judy Perry
This may not help, but I thought that Dartmouth did... Judy On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Sorry for the OT post - feel free to flame me, if you think it will help. Does anyone know where Computer Science is taught in a US university on Macintosh? I thought I heard at on time

Re: How can i change the MAC address (hardware address) on my

2002-11-20 Thread KADaggett
My Reply follows quote. On 20/11/2002 10:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mehdi El Gueddari) Hi, i've just bought a 3400 and wanted to change it's MAC address (it has a built-in ethernet card). With my 520, i used the Apple LAN utility but it doesn't work with the 3400

Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c

2002-11-20 Thread Karl Gerlach
Does this mean that OS9 on my 3400 would give me more RAM in my finder than in OS8.6. I keep getting freezes after using my computer for several minutes and switching applications frequently. I keep checking my About this Computer to see how much RAM is used and I never come close to

Re: How can i change the MAC address (hardware address) on my 3400?

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
Andrew Kershaw wrote: I'm not entirely certain of this, but I think the MAC address for the ethernet card on newer (read PCI-based) Macs is set in OpenFirmware. Actually, the MAC address is set in silicon, as it were, in the Ethernet hardware. Apple Lan Utility (which he mentioned) allows you

Re: power book power supplys

2002-11-20 Thread Esver Camacho
would a power brick/chord from a powerbook 1400cs work wwith a powerbook 160??? The A/C adapter used with the 1400cs is model number M4895, M4896 or M4402. This adapter is shared by the PowerBook 3400, PowerBook G3 (original) and the PowerBook G3 Series (including Lombard and Pismo). The

Housekeeping Hint: Was OT: OS 9.x on G4 (was Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c)

2002-11-20 Thread Karl Gerlach
The sys extensions in 9.x are rather daunting. The worst, though, was moving from 8.1 to 8.5, since there was a lot of junk left in the extensions folder that was no longer used. There are a few websites that give more info. about extensions if you are unsure about what they do. (Note: if you

Re: Housekeeping Hint: Was OT: OS 9.x on G4 (was Re: OS 8 vs. 9 for 3400c)

2002-11-20 Thread Namdeerf2
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