Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

Thanks for posting this, Marten. I had just dug out my copy of the netiquette a couple of days ago and was reminded what an excellent reference it is on netiquette in general. I'm thinking about asking permission to forward it to a couple of other lists I'm on. Let me ask just one dumb questi

Re: IIsi external CD-ROM problems

Did you check the settings on the back of the CD-ROM? Make sure the ID # is set to say "4". I believe you can't use 1 or 7. Check the website of the manufacturer and see if you can get the latest version of the driver for the CD-ROM. I'm using an 8X LaCie CD-ROM and I was able to d/l the lates

Re: Good words from the web.

Gregg Eshelman wrote: > We the People on Earth, > We of every Nation, Race, and > Religion-- Christian, Jew, > Muslim, Buddhist, and > heathen-- Again someone addresses the list as if they are able to speak for everyone?!? Rant on: Oh Crap. Heathen? How about Atheist? Agnostic? Heretic? S

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

--- "Rodney A. Hoiseth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me ask just one dumb question: > Being relatively ignorant about 'Net jargon, I got > stuck on one word > in the paragraph you quoted: > What is "trolling"? (I'm _guessing_ it is picking up > addresses for > selling to SPAMmers. Am I way

Re: Good words from the web.

Then go have a bitch at Tatsuya Ishida at www.sinfest.net --- Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > We the People on Earth, > > We of every Nation, Race, and > > Religion-- Christian, Jew, > > Muslim, Buddhist, and > > heathen-- > > > Again someone addresse

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

At 9:54 PM -0500 9/18/2001, Jim Lee Jr. wrote: >I get the '404-Not found' error message Try http://www.knight-tech.net/DiskImages/VVPCI/DiskExpressII.smi.hqx Remove the space after Express. Works for me. -- - Bob Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out my garage sale http://www.ibrb.org/ -- Vint

Re: old macs/new RAM

on 9/19/01 1:45 AM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The memory for the 4400, on the other hand, is extremely expensive. All of > the prices I've seen have been in the ballpark of $200 for 64MB. I gather > that this is due to some unusual voltage requirements. > > I have recently fou

Re: PPC 7100/66 to /120?

At 18:40 -0400 on 18/09/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sorry, I know this is off-list, but does anyone know if I can replace the CPU You could possibly trouble yourself to post it to a more appropriate list. >in a PowerMac 7100/66 with the PPC 120mhz processor from a 7100/120? Will it Won't wor

Re: old macs/new RAM

At 16:42 -0700 on 18/09/01, Mathieu Mauser wrote: >According to Low End Mac my old 7200 PPC is now Vintage, as of July >2001. You mean, according to Apple, your 7200 is now "vintage." That doesn't automatically make it relevant to this list... >So I wonder if there's anyway to cheat and put ne

Re: More 030 PowerCache adapter info.

At 18:57 -0700 on 18/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: >>At 12:20 -0700 on 18/09/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >> >>>is printed a notice for owners of the SE, Classic >> >>I wanna know how the Daystar got a Classic to take any sort of adapter >>card at all. > >Well, it'd either go in the RAM expansion bo

Re: "Looking Inside the Macintosh IIfx"

At 05:13 +0200 on 19/09/01, STEFAN DAEHLER wrote: >- the DiskImages are in MFS-format which actual systems can't handle. Hey, my 128 and 512 are "actual systems" :-p p _ the pickle The FAQ The Archive

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

At 23:28 -0400 on 18/09/01, Richard Brauer wrote: >Anyone aware of any of these? I've been thinking that, while it is a >terrible waste of money, I might be interested in trying to modify an LC >class Mac with a slot loading CD in place of the floppy drive. I thought I'm pretty sure they exist,

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

At 23:15 -0700 on 18/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: >>Anyone aware of any of these? I've been thinking that, while it is a >>terrible waste of money, I might be interested in trying to modify an LC >>class Mac with a slot loading CD in place of the floppy drive. I thought >>that it might pass on a quic

Re: 68k Mac Case Painting

At 18:54 -0700 on 18/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: >>you've done that, make a quick run to your local Mercury dealer and get a >>couple cans of the following: >> >>Light Blue Clearcoat Metallic (for the Grand Marquis) >>Silver Frost Clearcoat Metallic (same) > >You can just walk in and ask for cans of

Re: More 030 PowerCache adapter info.

At 23:38 -0700 on 18/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: >>Is the Classic's CPU soldered or in a socket? The > >I'm fairly sure it was soldered down. Didn't all 000 Macs have >soldered down, DIP style chips? Yep. >Perhaps it was one of those deals where you had to send in your >computer, and they replaced

Re: "Looking Inside the Macintosh IIfx"

>At 05:13 +0200 on 19/09/01, STEFAN DAEHLER wrote: > >>- the DiskImages are in MFS-format which actual systems can't handle. > >Hey, my 128 and 512 are "actual systems" :-p > >p I beg your pardon. Meant "recent". :) Steff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small

Re: "Looking Inside the Macintosh IIfx"

At 15:35 +0200 on 19/09/01, STEFAN DAEHLER wrote: >>At 05:13 +0200 on 19/09/01, STEFAN DAEHLER wrote: >> >>>- the DiskImages are in MFS-format which actual systems can't handle. >> >>Hey, my 128 and 512 are "actual systems" :-p >> >>p > >I beg your pardon. Meant "recent". :) Steff 7.5.x and e

Lost and found Web resources

When we lost the Clock Chipping page, Stefan Daehler posted to the Vintage Macs list: and when Gregg Eshelman mused: >Now if only we could find a copy of that review >on the Brainstorm accelerator... Stefan Daehler noted:

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

> For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE > A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be > a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where > you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on > a hook. That's "trawling". As I understood it when I 1st got on the net the word trolling w

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

At 09:11 -0500 on 19/09/01, Bill Judson wrote: >> For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE >> A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be >> a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where >> you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on >> a hook. > >That's "trawling". As I unde

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

on 9/19/01 9:23 AM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Anyone aware of any of these? I've been thinking that, while it is a >> terrible waste of money, I might be interested in trying to modify an LC >> class Mac with a slot loading CD in place of the floppy drive. I thought >> that it

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

At 11:11 -0400 on 19/09/01, Amber Rhea wrote: >on 9/19/01 9:23 AM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Anyone aware of any of these? I've been thinking that, while it is a >>> terrible waste of money, I might be interested in trying to modify an LC >>> class Mac with a slot loading C

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

>>If you are thinking of putting a CD-ROM in the LC case *along with* >>the LC, forget it. Not enough room. The CD-ROM is much deeper and > >What about putting the hard disk where the floppy is, and putting the >CD-ROM on the HD side? You'd still have to remove the speaker and fan... And it still

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

At 08:55 -0700 on 19/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: >>What about putting the hard disk where the floppy is, and putting the >>CD-ROM on the HD side? > >You'd still have to remove the speaker and fan... And it still >doesn't look like a CD-ROM would fit lengthwise between the front of >the case and the

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

What is this app? --- Robert Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 9:54 PM -0500 9/18/2001, Jim Lee Jr. wrote: > >I get the '404-Not found' error message > > Try > http://www.knight-tech.net/DiskImages/VVPCI/DiskExpressII.smi.hqx > > Remove the space after Express. Works for me. = "The e

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

It is a disk defrag program that is a control panel that runs in the background and optimizes files on the HD according to usage. It was a really good tool for older systems. I used to use it on all the Macs on my network. -- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly

Re: old macs/new RAM

> Reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) > To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vintage Macs) > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:46:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: old macs/new RAM > --- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

>What is this app? > >--- Robert Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 9:54 PM -0500 9/18/2001, Jim Lee Jr. wrote: >> >I get the '404-Not found' error message >> >> Try >> >http://www.knight-tech.net/DiskImages/VVPCI/DiskExpressII.smi.hqx >> >> Remove the space after Express. Works for me.

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

Bill Judson wrote: >>For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE >>A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be >>a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where >>you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on >>a hook. >> > > That's "trawling". As I understood it when I 1st got o

what monitor sizes?

Hi, Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not see it at Low End Mac. Thanks, Anand -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Came

Re: More 030 PowerCache adapter info.

--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 18:57 -0700 on 18/09/01, Alex Allee wrote: > > >>At 12:20 -0700 on 18/09/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > >> > >>>is printed a notice for owners of the SE, Classic > >> > >>I wanna know how the Daystar got a Classic to > take any sort of adapter > >

Re: what monitor sizes?

>Hi, > >Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >see it at Low End Mac. > >Thanks, > Anand Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size imaginable. Of course you need plenty of vram and maybe some graphics accelerator to be happy

Re: More 030 PowerCache adapter info.

>There were clip over CPU upgrades for PCs to bump up >from a 386SX to 486 or 486SX to 486DX. Those CPUs >are usually surface mounted and the 486SX has more >pins around it than the 030 does in its "J" lead >package. (Same type of package can be surface >mounted or used in a PLCC socket.) How that

Re: Lost and found Web resources

Dan, Sure, I'm willing to volunteer my used space (the whole account) at mac.com. How about others are you up to donating space and setting up an account with Apple for this purpose? -- Randy OS X - UNIX for the rest of us NetBSD - I got it up and running! -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

> > For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE >> A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be >> a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where >> you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on >> a hook. > >That's "trawling". As I understood it when I 1st got on the net the wo

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

A possible point to add. BEFORE hitting Reply, read ALL of the post. If you see something that offends you or otherwise makes you want to have a knee-jerk reaction, read the whole post again. This applies to Usenet, bulletin boards and mailing lists. That will ensure that you understand what the

Mac Plus

I've just found a Mac Plus in excellent shape with keyboard, mouse and all the manuals at a thrift store. Can anyone tell me what these are worth these days. I booted it up and it works fine. I was telling a co-worker about my find. I was told he used a Mac Plus in grade school. Boy did I f

Re: Mac Plus

>I've just found a Mac Plus in excellent shape with keyboard, mouse and all >the manuals at a thrift store. Can anyone tell me what these are worth these >days. I booted it up and it works fine. Not much, a few dollars. I've seen them offered for free. In Europe they tend to do a bout 20 euro's

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

>It is a disk defrag program that is a control panel that runs in the >background and optimizes files on the HD according to usage. It was a really >good tool for older systems. I used to use it on all the Macs on my network. Gee, that sounds like it has "conflict" written all over it. :) -- Al

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

> >It is a disk defrag program that is a control panel that runs in the > >background and optimizes files on the HD according to usage. It was a really > >good tool for older systems. I used to use it on all the Macs on my network. If you can't find it, use FastUnfrag (plus on up) from ftp.jagsho

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

> >I don't know how big the slot-loading (a la iMac) CD-ROM drives are, but > IDE :-( I don't think so (unless I misunderstood) - not all of them, a guy on Stuart Bell's site put a slot-loading CD into his CC, which is SCSI. Erik -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and...

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

Amazingly, it worked wonderfully. -- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly reasonable and prudent on 9/19/01 16:46, Alex Allee at [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: >> It is a disk defrag program that is a control panel that runs in the >> background and optimizes fi

Re: SCSI Slot-Loading CDs

>I don't think so (unless I misunderstood) - not all of them, a guy on Stuart >Bell's site put a slot-loading CD into his CC, which is SCSI. SCSI slot loading drives exist, but they are all (AFAIK) full sized. The drives in the iMacs are small, but use an IDE interface. -- Alex Allee [EM

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

Thanks, Gregg and everyone for enlightening me. I appreciate your helping me become a better informed 'Net citizen. FWIW I did a lot of trolling for salmon, halibut, etc. off the coast of Newport, Oregon with my Dad as a boy. I've never done any trawling (fishing with a trawl) but the sound and

Re: Mac Plus

-Original Message- From: Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Vintage Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 3:37 PM Subject: Re: Mac Plus >>I've just found a Mac Plus in excellent shape with keyboard, mouse and all >>the manuals at a thrift store. Can any

Re: Mac Plus

> >I haven't stopped collecting Mac Plusses yet, either. =^) > >I found one buried under a pile of Apple II's in someone's back yard >last week. It was stained, streaked, rained-on and bedraggled, but >after a bleach-job, and a new floppy drive, it's joined the ranks of my >stable of hard drive-l

Re: Netiquette point 14 --> Dumb question

> At 09:11 -0500 on 19/09/01, Bill Judson wrote: > >>> For example, posting MACS SUCK AND MAC USERS ARE >>> A$$HOLES! to seattle.users.macintosh would be >>> a definite troll. The term comes from fishing where >>> you pilot a boat really slowly, dragging bait on >>> a hook. >> >>That's "trawling"

Re: what monitor sizes?

>>Hi, >> >>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>see it at Low End Mac. >> >>Thanks, >> Anand > >Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >imaginable. Of course you need plenty of vram and maybe some graphics >accelerator to

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

>> Disk Express II 2.0 is a somewhat dated (1996) disk optimizer and >> checking program. It features the ability to track the usage of files >> and arrange them so that the HD is more efficient. >> >> -- >> - >> Bob Poland Anybody know how late a system it's safe to run this thing under? (I.

Re: PPC 7100/66 to /120?

Deven wrote: >Sorry, I know this is off-list, but does anyone know if I can replace the CPU >in a PowerMac 7100/66 with the PPC 120mhz processor from a 7100/120? Will it >automatically run at the right speed, or do I need to change jumpers >(hopefully not oscillators)? A 7100/120??? IIRC, the 710

Re: Good words from the web.

Kyle Hansen wrote: >Oh Crap. Heathen? How about Atheist? Agnostic? Heretic? Someone >who refuses to >believe inaccurate romance novel drivel like the bible? The bible >is fiction... Kyle, this is a Mac list. Keep your hate mongering, anti-Spiritual drivel to yourself. Cheers, Andrew --

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

I quit using it around 7.5.5. I think it is incompatible with 8. -- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly reasonable and prudent on 9/19/01 21:18, Bill Judson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled: >>> Disk Express II 2.0 is a somewhat dated (1996) disk optimizer and

Re: PPC 7100/66 to /120?

8100/110 was the other option. I have an 8150/110 which was an AppleShare server package. Power Computing made a Power 120. It has a PPC601 @ 120mhz. Got one of them too. -- Paul/. 95 black 3000GT VR-4 98 VFR800F, TBR aluminum hi exit formerly reasonable and prudent on 9/19/01 21:30, Andrew Mic

Re: Good words from the web.

Andrew Michael MacPoo wrote: > Kyle Hansen wrote: > >>Oh Crap. Heathen? How about Atheist? Agnostic? Heretic? Someone >>who refuses to >>believe inaccurate romance novel drivel like the bible? The bible >>is fiction... >> > > > > Kyle, this is a Mac list. Keep your hate mongering, anti

Re: Good words from the web.

Kyle Hansen wrote: > If you want a fight. and it seems like you do. Clipped for some reason. Should have read: If you want a fight, and it seems like you do, then meet me after school by the flagpole (aka. Offlist) --Kyle -- "JESUS SAVES!!!...but Gretzsky grabs the rebound and

Black Screen

I think I did something to the 1.2GB hard drive in the IIvx with the HDSC hard drive setup program. I get the black screen with the sad Mac icon while trying to boot off the floppy drive. I yanked out the 1.2GB drive and put in a 160MB drive and it booted normally from the floppy. Any help is appr

Re: Mac Plus

>I've just found a Mac Plus in excellent shape with keyboard, mouse and all >the manuals at a thrift store. Can anyone tell me what these are worth >these >days. I booted it up and it works fine. > >I was telling a co-worker about my find. I was told he used a Mac Plus in >grade school. Boy did

A little weird "About this Mac..."

I had one of my networked LC 575's crash while surfing today. An error message suggesting I increase the RAM allotted to the NetNav 2.02 popped up. I looked in :About this Macintosh" and found I had only about 4 MB of RAM NOT used by the system files. That is 4 MB out of 20 MB of RAM I have instal

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

--- Bill Judson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Disk Express II 2.0 is a somewhat dated (1996) > disk optimizer and > >> checking program. It features the ability to > track the usage of files > >> and arrange them so that the HD is more > efficient. > >> > >> -- > >> - > >> Bob Poland > > An

72 pin RAM

Thanks for everyone's help so far. Another novice question. For those Macs that use 72 pin RAM, is it interchangable? Meaning will it work or damage the mac if it is a certain speed, (xx ns)? Or are there specific ones to avoid? There is someone locally who says he has ,"...two 16 MB stick

Take a deep breath, relax. :)

"Survival tactis" I've learned the hard way on public 'net forums. #1. Read the ENTIRE post, more than once if you must, before hitting Reply. #2. Unless a comment or word was specifically directed AT YOU BY NAME, it WASN'T. Like I said earlier today, I posted TATSUYA ISHIDA'S piece because I t

Re: what monitor sizes?

>>>Is there a list of what monitor sizes different Macs support? I did not >>>see it at Low End Mac. >>> >> >> >>Apart from the compacts, all macs will support every monitor size >>imaginable. Of course you need plenty of vram and maybe some graphics >>accelerator to be happy with the larger size

Re: A little weird "About this Mac..."

--- Jim Raper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had one of my networked LC 575's crash while > surfing today. An error > message suggesting I increase the RAM allotted to > the NetNav 2.02 popped > up. I looked in :About this Macintosh" and found I > had only about 4 MB > of RAM NOT used by the syste

Re: Disk Express II 2.o

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Judson) > Subject: Re: Disk Express II 2.o > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:18:22 -0500 (CDT) > > Anybody know how late a system it's safe to run this thing under? (I.e., > does it work under Sys. 8 & up?) Sorry, Bill System 7.x only. My biggest complaint about Alsoft

Re: Take a deep breath, relax. :)

Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Nobody called Kyle a "heathen". If he has a beef > with that he might want to take it up with Mr. > Ishida himself at www.sinfest.net and while you're > there read some of his comic strips that IMHO > are quite funny. :) The point is Gregg, why is a quote like that one

new york, religion, 12 yr olds arguing

Please reserve your non Mac posts for more appropriate lists. Thanks! JAG -- __ Old mac parts: http://www.jagshouse.com/sales.html Help fight terrorism http://www.jagshouse.com/terrorism.html -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Elec