Re: hard drive terror

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 22:25 -0800 on 03/01/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The partitioning crashed, leaving the disk unusable. I That usually means you aren't going to be able to resurrect it, although you *might* be able to do so in a PC with a SCSI card. -- the pickle FAQ ___

hard drive terror

2003-01-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey again guys. I have ran across what I think to be the worst problem I have ever had with any of my machines. I just got a 1.2gig Quantum Apple-logoed HDD for my Quadra 700. Everything was going fine with it, and since the drive was a decent size, I figured I would install A/UX. Bad idea. The

Re: Mystery cables strike three

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 00:17 +0100 on 04/01/03, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: >On 03-01-2003 19:40, Don, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > >> My hat is . > >> .. usless asci art attempts. > >Don, goto and you can identify'm all. Somewhere in Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers e

Re: Using an *40 AV to edit VHS video

2003-01-03 Thread Rob
Yes, it has the little extended part next to the Nubus connector. I was planning on "downgrading" the OS to 7.5 or 7.6 just to see if it runs a little more consistently. One of these days... It's actually sitting on the desk, but I got side tracked by a BeOS install on a StarMax and a couple of G3

Re: Mystery cables strike three

2003-01-03 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 03-01-2003 19:40, Don, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > My hat is . > .. usless asci art attempts. Don, goto and you can identify'm all. HTH, Jo -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.sma

Re: Anyone hear of Debt Wizard by Squeem Software?

2003-01-03 Thread J Sand
Brett, You might try some of the Mac newsgroups through your ISP. John _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- Quadlist is sponsored by and.

Re: Apple OneScanner

2003-01-03 Thread J Sand
Try the Mac newsgroups on your ISP. John _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicsh

Re(2): 7.1.1 Slowness Revealed! See the light!

2003-01-03 Thread Bill Judson
>> Got a reliable link to a 68K-compatible version of MacBench? I can't >> seem to >> find one. > > I've been looking for that as well. Definitely something nice to have > on a site like Gamba's so it doesn't disappear. > > Who wrote MacBench? > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got mine at:

Re: Mystery cables strike three

2003-01-03 Thread J Sand
Don, Is it possible for you to either scan the cables or get a digital pic of them? John _ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- Quadlist is sponsored by

Re: Apple OneScanner

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Emery
Dan Palka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I can't seem to locate drivers or software though for the OneScanner. I don't have a 600/27 scanner, but I have the software for it. It's a nice devise. -- Michael Emery -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Using an *40 AV to edit VHS video

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Emery
Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The SpigotPower AV's were the later ones sold for the PowerMacs. The only difference between the two, AFAIK, is the little ribbon cable required on the PMacs. The SPAV preceded the SPRO to market in actuality. And by the time the SPRO appeared, it was soon

Re: Decent price for a boxed 660av

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Jan 1, 2003, at 01:54 Europe/London, Mark Benson wrote: > What does anyone think a boxed 660av is worth? I can't find any 660s on > eBay UK or USA as completed items. I need a bit of guidance. It's an > inside UK item so it's gonna be a few GBP but I wanna know the US price > as wel

Re: Anyone hear of Debt Wizard by Squeem Software?

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 15:00 -0500 on 03/01/03, Brett Forrester wrote: >me to register), e-mails sent to the addresses provided (Brenda and >Shane @squeem.com) bear no fruit, and Google only seems to call up Here's what Sam Spade has to say about squeem.com: http://samspade.org/t/lookat?a=squeem.com -- the pickle

Anyone hear of Debt Wizard by Squeem Software?

2003-01-03 Thread Brett Forrester
Hi all. A few years ago, I downloaded a demo of software called Debt Wizard by a small shareware company named Squeem Software. The software allows one to plot how best to pay one's bills given some starting sum or regular (like my limited) salary, taking into account different interest charges

Re: Decent price for a boxed 660av

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Benson
On Wednesday, Jan 1, 2003, at 21:25 Europe/London, edjones wrote: I recently paid UK£25 for a 660av from an ebay auction (it was advertised as a PPC 6100). They are quite rare on the used market in UK, although as a guide 840av's are going for around UK£30 on ebay these days... Cheaper "comes

Re: Power Performa 475

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 13:17 -0600 on 03/01/03, Bill Judson wrote: >I seem to recall somebody somewhere talking about putting a 6100 logic >board in a pizzabox case...not the 610/660, which is the Apple-approved >upgrade, of course, but an LC-type pizzabox. Or maybe I remember it wrong. No way is a 6100 board ever g

Power Performa 475

2003-01-03 Thread Bill Judson
I seem to recall somebody somewhere talking about putting a 6100 logic board in a pizzabox case...not the 610/660, which is the Apple-approved upgrade, of course, but an LC-type pizzabox. Or maybe I remember it wrong. Besides the obvious problem with the back ports, which an be handled with a dr

Re: Mystery cables strike three

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 12:40 -0600 on 03/01/03, Don wrote: >The first has a 9 pin D style plug with all pins occupied. It has the >thumb screw attaching studs at one end and is connected to a mini din >plug printer or adb style format.. Sounds like a Mac-to-LaserWriter (or LW Plus) cable. I've never tried it but yo

Mystery cables strike three

2003-01-03 Thread Don
My hat is off to all of you ASCI artists, my attempst as good as they look at my side do not servive the trip to the list. My appologies for the multible posts. I really would like someone to help me identify the cables. I do not know the scrambling is taking place. Here is a text discription

Re(2): 7.1.1 Slowness Revealed! See the light!

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 07:09 -0600 on 03/01/03, Derek Morton wrote: >MacBench was written by Ziff-Davis, They stopped developing or >supporting Macintosh Benchmark software years ago, although I believe >that you can still download version 5.0 from their FTP site (all Last I checked they said you couldn't, because t

Mystery Cables take two

2003-01-03 Thread Don
Sorry for the second posting but after seeing that my first attempt did not translate to the list very well, I thought I would try again. I came across a box which could best be described as a "cable rats nest." While going through the various scsi and power cables, I came across two mystery c

Re: Re(2): 7.1.1 Slowness Revealed! See the light!

2003-01-03 Thread the pickle
At 00:47 -0500 on 03/01/03, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: >On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:34:17PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > >> SCSI Manager 4.3 doesn't *appear* to get used, even on later OS versions - a >> guy over on Vintage Macs has had some problems that lead him to believe it >> isn't active -

Mystery Cables

2003-01-03 Thread Don
I came across a box which could best be described as a "cable rats nest." While going through the various scsi and power cables, I came across two mystery cables which I could not identify. I am hoping someone can confirm their intended purpose. Please excuse my clumsy attempts at ASCI art. Ke

Re(2): 7.1.1 Slowness Revealed! See the light!

2003-01-03 Thread Derek Morton
SCSI Manager 4.3 was not built into the OS until (I believe) system 8. It was an extension which first appeared with system 7.5. Read this for a good explanation: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=17019 I would not be too certain that the extension is completely system 7.1 compa

Re: Decent price for a boxed 660av

2003-01-03 Thread edjones
- Original Message - From: Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Quadlist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 1:54 AM Subject: Decent price for a boxed 660av > What does anyone think a boxed 660av is worth? I can't find any 660s on > eBay UK or USA as completed items. I n