Re: guide to AppleScript?

2002-09-25 Thread Amber Rhea
On 9/24/02 6:01 PM, Quadlist at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But is there a > downloadable guide to writing Applescript somewhere, on the Apple website or > elsewhere? Where is there some documentation on it, for the average user? I have the book "Applescript for Dummies" - very good! :) -- **

Re: New Kid on the Block

2002-09-25 Thread Mike Evans
You are right, apart from obtaining a hard disk (IDE) for it, ditto a CD drive (SCSI!) and a floppy drive, you will also need sleds for all these. Alternatively, in the meantime, just to get the thing working, you could stuff the drives in their holes and secure them with blu-tak, sellotape and/or

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread the pickle
At 21:29 +0100 on 25/09/02, vicki wrote: >1. can i stick 4 x 512 vram chips in.and will they only be recognised as 256. As long as they're 80ns or faster, they should work fine. Check GURU to see if the 840 will read all 2MB VRAM but I don't think it does. >2.what is the hdd max size i can fit

Re: My first Hack

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 23:04 Europe/London, Mark Benson wrote: Sorry. Bloody mail program. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: Mac LC C

Re: Problems with LC580 lab

2002-09-25 Thread the pickle
At 23:33 -0500 on 24/09/02, Jim Raper wrote: >The four that ARE making connection come up solid every time. One is the > >first on the chain and and its ethernet cable goes directly to the BNC >port on the hub. The last computer on the chain also comes up solid >every time. The other two "solid"

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 21:29 Europe/London, vicki wrote: > 1. can i stick 4 x 512 vram chips in.and will they only be recognised > as 256. Got it in 1. It says this in the service manual, which I have read in excruciating detail! > 2.what is the hdd max size i can fit. Well I have a

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Sep 25, 2002, at 18:50 Europe/London, Wade Rackley wrote: > Greetings! Hello :). > But am I missing some fatal flaw that would make me want to migrate to > another '040? The hell no :). I think you are making very good use of an old machine and, while it's not exactly a sprint

My first Hack

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Benson
I suppose for those that are not on 68kMLA, AppleFritter or Vintage Macs I should post a link to my first hack. You can just read all about it in the AppleFritter forums and look at the pretty pictures. It's all explained there. http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/ YaBB.pl?board=hacks

New Kid on the Block

2002-09-25 Thread Ken Brooks
I have a Performa 630CD DOS Compatible system. I need to find out where/if I can get parts for so I can play with it too. No CD, No Harddrive, No floppy drive, and I think there is some kind of tray for them to mount. I am not a Mac user, wanting to learn. Any help would be great. ___

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Kyle Kinsey
>I have just recieved a quad 840av with 72mb ram and 3 x hdd a 600 cd rom >and no >extra vram my questions are. > > >1. can i stick 4 x 512 vram chips in.and will they only be recognised as >256. Probably wouldn't recognise it atall, might even damage the chips, though I don;t know about that, an

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Jim Pendarvis
>Greetings! > >So far, I have had a good bit of fun learning how to hod rod the hardware >and optimize the software. But am I missing some fatal flaw that would >make me want to migrate to another '040? > > >Wade Rackley >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Having fun is pretty much what it's all about. I woul

I, too, have a Quad 700

2002-09-25 Thread Dwight Hines
I have no complaints but I just got it and am planning on doing some serious internal changes. It presently runs 8.1 and does not have internet capability, which I will change as soon as I get a cheapo modem. But, send some pics of your Black Knight to the group. It sounds great. d > *shrug

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread vicki
Hi all Been on this list just reading for a while and looking at the sort of things that seem to come up. I have just recieved a quad 840av with 72mb ram and 3 x hdd a 600 cd rom and no extra vram my questions are. 1. can i stick 4 x 512 vram chips in.and will they only be recognised as 256.

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread E McCann
*shrug* I have no complaints with the Q700... I have four of 'em... There's just something about the design I like. -Eric -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras sta

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Bryan Feagin
> I see little to no talk regarding the Quadra 700 > thus far on this list. Is Let's see a little Q700 luv! Seriously, I dig my Q700, it makes a nice addition to my two Q840's and my PM8500. I use it quite a bit for surfing and development (right now I'm writing HyperCard 2.2 apps on it).

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Clark Martin
The Q700 and Q900 were the first Quadras. As such there may not be as many of them as later models hence fewer questions. It's a perfectly good Quadra. To me it's only determents are 30 pin SIMM RAM and lack of a CD-ROM bay. While later Qs can have memory expanded beyond 68M that is probab

Re: Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Scott Holder
As far as I'm concerned, the usefulness of a machine is what use you make of it. There are people using "Road Apples" quite happily, not caring what other people think or have said about their machines. It sounds to me like you have a perfectly nice setup. The Q700 was one of the first (if not th

Hello, Quadlisters!

2002-09-25 Thread Wade Rackley
Greetings! I have been reading the Quadlist for a little while now, choosing to "lurk and learn" for a bit before posting here. I see little to no talk regarding the Quadra 700 thus far on this list. Is this particular CPU just not popular here, or have I just not been lurking here for a long e

Re: Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-25 Thread Scott Holder
Yeah, I've copied the Chooser and a couple other things, Appleshare was included with the Extensions folder I copied. Since I'm at work and supposed to be working I'll have to wait until later to play with it more. The fact I've was doing it on an emulator might have something to do with it too, t

Re: Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-25 Thread c e
Scott, I did recall having to copy a few additional files from 8.1 in order to get more stability with OT. I believe I updated some or most of the Appletalk extensions and control panels in kind of a "hit-and-miss" sort of way. I wish I would have documented my final configuration. I think I als

Re: Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-25 Thread Scott Holder
Well, I went ahead and tried it, and it works. Kinda. First I tried copying everything that seemed to be related... But that didn't work at all. So, finally, I moved 7.5.5's Extensions and CPLs out of the System Folder and copied 8.1's in. Rebooted. Went fine from there, so loaded Netscape. Bomb

Re: Problem w/LC 630, OS 7.5.5, comm slot modem

2002-09-25 Thread Jim Pendarvis
> >But before you go and purchase upgrade these systems >(remember 8.1 is fancier but has a higher resource >overhead), you may want to copy just the OT 1.3.1 >elements from your 8.1 (I know this is unsupported >territory) onto your 7.5.5 (keeping the OT 1.1.2 >installer or elements in a safe loc

Re: Clarisworks 4 and XLS files

2002-09-25 Thread Jim Pendarvis
>Means that they are formatted in a newer version than Claris can translate. >You'll probably have to find a newer version of Claris or have the files >saved in an older format. >-- >Teri Pittman >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >New and improved website: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ > >> >> I have 2 .XLS file