Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If windows 98 can do it without a cups driver, the > mac os should be > also be able to do it. Generating the postscript is > a piece of cake > on the Mac. The trick is to have this print server > share the printer > as if it were some laser

Re: was: nubus ethernet

--- Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, Nov 1, 2002, at 13:11 Europe/London, the > pickle wrote: > > Guuuh. Alcatel has the worst Mac drivers > EVER. Definitely get a > > router. > > I'll second that, but at least the HAVE mac drivers. Do they have a revision history wi

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

>So what's needed is a PostScript RIP engine that will >work with the particular inkjet connected to your >spiffy OSX running PowerMac AND make it look like >a LaserWriter or other PostScript printer for which >there are 68k drivers available. Some other, less costly, unix box will do too. That cu

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

--- Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something I meant to mention earlier about my > hot-rod Mac IIci... > > After installing the 128MB of memory, a power-on > startup takes a long > time. The computer sites for a couple of minutes > before booting. On a cold boot it runs a memory test on

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

Marten van de Kraats wrote: >>So what's needed is a PostScript RIP engine that will >>work with the particular inkjet connected to your >>spiffy OSX running PowerMac AND make it look like >>a LaserWriter or other PostScript printer for which >>there are 68k drivers available. > > > Some other,

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

Hi I have a hp850c anyway, does this help in anyway? http://www.sfu.ca/~chifaili/DJhow-to.htm Hp had poor quality control at one time, releasing faulty refills, after the 3rd refill that wouldn't work this printer was going into the office trash. 4th one worked a treat at home. :) >>>So what's

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

At 01:09 -0800 on 02/11/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >> If windows 98 can do it without a cups driver, the >> mac os should be >> also be able to do it. Generating the postscript is >> a piece of cake >> on the Mac. The trick is to have this pri

Re: Sharing Network printers

Alan O'Neil wrote: > Help needed about Print Sharing: Hi Alan Try GSdirector from miramar's website: http://www.miramar.com/MiramarWeb.nsf/web/support_pcm_utilities Very good readme in the .exe explains how to set this up. Download AFPL Ghostscript, first link for other platforms, 2nd for win

Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers

On 10/28/02 7:35 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > engine. I would not install Mozilla on that 7100 though. On machines like > that IE 5 or iCab seem the best solutions. > For some reason Mozilla does some things faster than IE on a G3 or > higher, but that doesn't seem to be th

Re: my new baby...

On 10/25/02 7:02 AM, "/dev/null" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > finally got hold of the Powerbook Duo230 with docking station... > fascinating bit of architecture it is... apparently the screen on the > powerbook has gone (i havent tried it yet) but it works perfectly in the > docking station... i'v

Re: Clock check. Re: OT: A/UX

On 10/31/02 4:34 AM, "/dev/null" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > speeaking of which > > why is it that when Macs get y2k bugs or when the lithium battery goes ( > i assume its that) the clock turns itself back to January 1945? they > seem to have a unique way of counting... rather than going

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:55:16AM -0800, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > On a cold boot it runs a memory test on all the RAM. > Only way to disable it on a 68k is to install a > DayStar Turbo 601, Power Pro or Power Card, depending I have a Daystar PowerCache '030 (50MHz), but the control panel I found

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

The Turbo 601 Control Panel does let you turn the test off. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac

Re: Clock check. Re: OT: A/UX

At 11:58 AM 11/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Their clocks default to August 7, 1956. I guess the ROM has some >thing that tells Mac OS what time to use when the battery fails. It's the birthday of the guy who designed the CUDA/PRAM system IIRC. The later Macs seem to default to 1904 which changes to

Re: Clock check. Re: OT: A/UX

Scott Holder wrote: > At 11:58 AM 11/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >>Their clocks default to August 7, 1956. I guess the ROM has some >>thing that tells Mac OS what time to use when the battery fails. > > > It's the birthday of the guy who designed the CUDA/PRAM system IIRC. thats amazing...! o

Re: Signatures in case...

Yes.. MANY Macs have the signatures inside. The easiest to get to are the Mac II models The IIci has them under the motherboard - Original Message - From: "/dev/null" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:37 PM Subject

Mac OS: TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6?

Inquiry: Where are the Mac OS: TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6 download location(s), or do you have or know someone who has the TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6? They are NOT archived at , and after a year of emails to twain.org, there still is no response on this issue at all fr

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

I remember something about pressing a key while opening the Memory control panel that allows you to turn off the boot ram test. I think it might have only been for PPC macs, or at least only available with MacOS > 8. >From: "Shane J. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Vi

Re: Mac OS: TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6?

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: >Inquiry: Where are the Mac OS: TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6 download >location(s), or do you have or know someone who has the TWAIN SDK 1.5 & >TWAIN SDK 1.6? You'll find these with older downloads of GraphicConverter. (Actual is 1.7.) Good luck Steff -- Vintage Macs is

Re: Signatures in case...

At 01:52 PM 11/2/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Yes.. MANY Macs have the signatures inside. > >The easiest to get to are the Mac II models The IIci has them under the >motherboard There are also two names in the PCB middle layers somewhere near the Burn In port on a IIci. I didn't notice it unt

Re: Signatures in case...

do you know a list of which macs have them? or when they stopped doing them? m~ Shane J. Wolfe wrote: > Yes.. MANY Macs have the signatures inside. > > The easiest to get to are the Mac II models The IIci has them under the > motherboard > > > > > > > - Original Messa

Re: Signatures in case...

I know most of the compacts have them. I haven't checked the Color Classic that we have. The IIci has them, but I don't know about the other II's. - Original Message - From: "/dev/null" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:49 PM

Re: Signatures in case...

On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 07:56 AM, Shane J. Wolfe wrote: > I know most of the compacts have them. I haven't checked the Color > Classic > that we have. The IIci has them, but I don't know about the other II's. > >> do you know a list of which macs have them? or when they stopped >>

ImageWriter II Printing was Re: older macs with newerprinters--different question

> >I had my ImageWriter II show up on my OS X G4 via Netatalk print >>services but I've since trashed that config file since I didn't want >>my IIci processing PS for that thing. >>-- > >I can understand that, but this means that it is possible. Which is >great news. I suppose the gimp print stuff

Re: Older Macs, Newer Printer

IT IS ALIVE!!! I just set up my XP Box to serve my USB Printer on my network. PC MacLAN puts a "fake" laserwriter on the Appletalk, and when it receives a printer job from my IIci (which is running the standard LW driver with system 7.1), it saves it as a postscript file. Then "Ghostscript Director

~~Iisi and RE: Older Macs, Newer Printers

Thanks for all the help guys. The IIci is happlily prining away in COLOR to the XP box, and I just did a test b&w print from my Classic, and it was SNAPPY! (after having to wait an hour for a 3page essay on the StyleWriter I) I just got a IIsi for free, and it has some major software issues. It's

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

At 10:15 -0500 on 02/11/02, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:55:16AM -0800, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > >> On a cold boot it runs a memory test on all the RAM. >> Only way to disable it on a 68k is to install a >> DayStar Turbo 601, Power Pro or Power Card, depending > >I hav

Re: Clock check. Re: OT: A/UX

At 11:58 -0500 on 02/11/02, Ian Johnson wrote: >Most of the old Macs I've worked with have dead batteries (fortunately my >Iisi can keep time as long as it's plugged in, unlike LCs that need >batteries). Their clocks default to August 7, 1956. I guess the ROM has some >thing that tells Mac OS what

Re: Clock check. Re: OT: A/UX

At 18:37 + on 02/11/02, /dev/null wrote: >one thing i heard today which i'd *love* to know more about... >apparently the Mac Classics all have the signatures of the engineers who >built them inside?... is this true? and which vintage macs did they do >this with? It's not true, but there a

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

At 12:22 -0800 on 02/11/02, Kris Jones wrote: >I remember something about pressing a key while opening the Memory control >panel that allows you to turn off the boot ram test. > >I think it might have only been for PPC macs, or at least only available >with MacOS > 8. Only 8.5 and up. BTW, don't

Zterm and the Internet

OK now... I think I read somewhere that you might be able to use Zterm on even a 512k to telnet and get on the internet. On a (somewhat) related note, would it be possible to have a system 6 Mac "telnet" to another Mac via Localtalk and get the 'Net that way? Just wondering, as my Classic only has

Re: Zterm and the Internet

At 14:41 -0800 on 02/11/02, Alan O'Neil wrote: >OK now... I think I read somewhere that you might be able to use Zterm >on even a 512k to telnet and get on the internet. If you can dial in to a terminal server, yes. >On a (somewhat) related note, would it be possible to have a system 6 >Mac "tel

networking blues...

I upgrade my IIci to System 7.1.1 and now Open Transport won't load. I read an article that said this could be caused by having MacTCP installed because it conflicts with Open Transport. I moved Open Transport to the disabled extensions folder, but no joy. The MacTCP control panel is not showin

Re: Signatures in case...

On 11/2/02 1:52 PM, "Shane J. Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes.. MANY Macs have the signatures inside. > > The easiest to get to are the Mac II models The IIci has them under the > motherboard How about the original Mac II? I have a broken one in my closet whose only use so far h

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

On 11/2/02 5:31 PM, "the pickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:22 -0800 on 02/11/02, Kris Jones wrote: > >> I remember something about pressing a key while opening the Memory control >> panel that allows you to turn off the boot ram test. >> >> I think it might have only been for PPC macs,

Re: networking blues...

At 17:14 -0500 on 02/11/02, Shannon wrote: >I upgrade my IIci to System 7.1.1 and now Open Transport won't load. > >I read an article that said this could be caused by having MacTCP >installed because it conflicts with Open Transport. > >I moved Open Transport to the disabled extensions folder, bu

Re: networking blues...

On 11/2/02 5:14 PM, "Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The MacTCP control panel is not showing up either: it's a hidden file. > > How do I get rid of this hidden file? Get ResEdit. Once you have it, use the "Get Info" feature in the "File" menu. An Open dialog box should appear that include

pickle power

i am in awe i'm no tyro around mac's but the amount and quality of information that the pickle supplies to this list is incredible. is it to off topic to have a brief bio of the pickle posted to this list so we can get an idea of "who, what, why, where, etc. the pickle is? Al -- Vintage Macs is

Re: pickle power

on 11/2/02 6:30 PM, Al at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am in awe > i'm no tyro around mac's but the amount and quality of > information that the pickle supplies to this list is incredible. > is it to off topic to have a brief bio of the pickle posted to > this list so we can get an idea of "who, w

external hard drive

I bought a ClubMac Quantum Trlblzr 840MB SCSI external drive on ebay. I am trying to use it on an LCIII as an extra drive, but everytime I boot up I get a ? if the external drive is turned on. I have it terminated as far as I can tell. Does anyone know where I might be able to get some help on

Re: external hard drive

Jim, Have you checked to make sure the external drive doesn't have the same address as the internal? If you need further assistance feel free to contact me off list. David Jim Seeley wrote: > I bought a ClubMac Quantum Trlblzr 840MB SCSI external drive on ebay. I > am trying to use it on an LC

Re: hotrodded IIci?

"Is there a recommended memory test for the 68k Mac systems? I see a lot of utilities here and there, but knowing what I do about UNIX x86/SPARC memory testers (most are junk) I was leery of trusting one without some feedback first." I don't now if RAMometer works on 68k's but according to readin

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

Ian- Hold down the option and command keys while opening the memory control panel. You'll see this option at the bottom of the panel. Select the off radio button to do the thing. Somewhere I read that Apple doesn't approve, tho Jim - Original Message - From: "Ian Johnson" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: hotrodded IIci?

At 16:24 -0800 on 02/11/02, flawed jai wrote: >I don't now if RAMometer works on 68k's but according to reading i was >doing last night on LEM about using macbench and accelerating powermacs, >RAMometer is the most sensitive testing you can use to locate RAM >issues. >someone else here can now cor

Re: Mac OS: TWAIN SDK 1.5 & TWAIN SDK 1.6?

TWAIN SDK 1.7 requires Mac OS 8.1 or higher (and is of no use to a number of users with Mac OS 6.0.8 through Mac OS 7.6.1 and/or Mac OS 8.0). What version(s) of GraphicConverter had TWAIN SDK 1.5 or TWAIN SDK 1.6? Note that I have Emailed GraphicConverter creator Thorsten Lemke previously and he

older macs with newer printers-different question

i got this offer today from a LEMmer friend in WA state who 's helped me a lot in the past. for backstory, i have 2 IIfx'x a IIsi, and LCIII- all ethernet'able. I have 2 HP deskwriters [black only] and an offer for an epson color stylus 850NE with built in ethernet. and the RIP software with it.

Re: Older Macs, Newer Printer

>IT IS ALIVE!!! >I just set up my XP Box to serve my USB Printer on my network. PC MacLAN >puts a "fake" laserwriter on the Appletalk, and when it receives a >printer job from my IIci (which is running the standard LW driver with >system 7.1), it saves it as a postscript file. Then "Ghostscript >Di

Re: ~~Iisi and RE: Older Macs, Newer Printers

>Thanks for all the help guys. The IIci is happlily prining away in COLOR >to the XP box, and I just did a test b&w print from my Classic, and it >was SNAPPY! (after having to wait an hour for a 3page essay on the >StyleWriter I) > Another succes! All this is will make our vintae machines a bit mor

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

--- Charles Shannon Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 01:55:16AM -0800, Gregg > Eshelman wrote: > > > On a cold boot it runs a memory test on all the > RAM. > > Only way to disable it on a 68k is to install a > > DayStar Turbo 601, Power Pro or Power Card, > depending >

Re: networking blues...

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:02:53PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > >The MacTCP control panel is not showing up either: it's a hidden file. > > > >How do I get rid of this hidden file? > > Network Software Selector should be around somewhere. Find it and use it to > turn MacTCP back on, and then throw

Re: networking blues...

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:06:59PM -0500, Ian Johnson wrote: > Get ResEdit. Once you have it, use the "Get Info" feature in the "File" > menu. An Open dialog box should appear that includes hidden files. Open your > MacTCP file. There should be an 'Invisible" checkbox somewhere in the info > windo

Re: networking blues...

>On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:06:59PM -0500, Ian Johnson wrote: > >> Get ResEdit. Once you have it, use the "Get Info" feature in the "File" >> menu. An Open dialog box should appear that includes hidden files. Open your >> MacTCP file. There should be an 'Invisible" checkbox somewhere in the info

Re: Older Macs, Newer Printer

So I could set this up with my PC and Xerox Docuprint M750 and print from my Power IIci, Radius 81/110 and PowerMac 7300. (For which I haven't yet bought a USB card.) Coolness! :) 'Course I could just use the PowerPrint cable to connect the Canon BJC 620 to one of the PPC boxes and share it for the

Invisible file. Re: networking blues...

--- Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The MacTCP control panel is not showing up either: > it's a hidden file. > > How do I get rid of this hidden file? With ResEdit. Download it here. http://www.resexcellence.com/ That will allow you to open the file, uncheck the Invisible box, save, th

Re: networking blues...

At 20:16 -0500 on 02/11/02, Shannon wrote: >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:02:53PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > >> >The MacTCP control panel is not showing up either: it's a hidden file. >> > >> >How do I get rid of this hidden file? >> >> Network Software Selector should be around somewhere. Find it a

Re: Zterm and the Internet

--- Alan O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wondering, as my Classic only has 2MB RAM, Then there's no reason to not have 4MB! Your Classic has 1MB built in plus the 1MB expansion with two SIMM sockets. 1MB 30 pin SIMMs are dirt cheap and simply pop into the sockets on the RAM expansion boa

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

On 11/2/02 7:29 PM, "Jim McGee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian- > > Hold down the option and command keys while opening the memory control > panel. You'll see this option at the bottom of the panel. Select the off > radio button to do the thing. Somewhere I read that Apple doesn't approve, > th

ResEdit versions. Re: networking blues...

--- Ian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ResEdit 2.1.3 (The latest > version, development stopped > in 1994) is available at: I have some unofficial versions up to 4.0. :) = "Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger. More than ever hour after our work is never over."

Re: ResEdit versions. Re: networking blues...

At 18:40 -0800 on 02/11/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >--- Ian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ResEdit 2.1.3 (The latest >> version, development stopped >> in 1994) is available at: > >I have some unofficial versions up to 4.0. :) I've found ResEdit 4 to be very buggy; Super ResEdit is somewh

Epson 850Ne driver. Re: older macs with newer printers-different question

http://support.epson.com/hardware/printer/inkjet/sc85ne/index.html What's puzzling is the "updater" says it will run on system 7.1 yet the "latest driver" requires at least 7.5. Looks like poking around their FTP may be required. :) Printer Driver v6.3AES Macintosh System 7.5 - 9.0 & USB Macint

Re: networking blues...

On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 03:16:17AM +0100, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > Like the pickle said: use the network software selector to activate > open transport. It didn't work. Since the system came to me with OT installed already along with NetWare, I just cleaned the cruft out and reinstalled the

Re: networking blues...

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 08:16:17PM -0500, Shannon wrote: > I used resedit to remove the file. > > I still can't get open transport working. The network control panels > complain that open transport is not loaded. I never did figure out what was wrong, I simply reinstalled MacTCP alone and used

Re: older macs with newer printers-different question

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:22:54PM -0800, flawed jai wrote: > [and check out my crazy notion of separate printing runs for individual > colors on the old deskwriter! it can be done! just like a big printing > house! color separation at your own desk! fill separate cartridges with > one color only,

Re: More Mac IIci wierdness...

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 05:39:18PM -0800, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I didn't say the 030 PowerCache or the Turbo 040 had > the ability to turn off the cold boot RAM test. > Read again which ones I mentioned. I know which ones you mentioned. I was just noting what I had and that it couldn't do that.

Re: networking blues...

At 22:36 -0500 on 02/11/02, Shannon wrote: >Is it normal for MacTCP to disappear after an upgrade to OT? Yep. -- the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: IIsi shutdown glitch, PowerKey

on 11/2/02 11:38 AM, Bob Johnson wrote: >My Mac IIsi (17MB, sys 7.1v3++) started acting like a classic or >something today. When I select shut down from the menu, instead of >turning off, it tells me "It's now sate to turn off your computer now." >This turns out to be difficult, because the

Re: older macs with newer printers-different question

Hi list, Janet wrote: >i have 2 IIfx'x a IIsi, and LCIII- all ethernet'able. [...] >does anyone know if what she's offereing me, plus the hardware i've >listed, will succeed in letting me print color from the epson, using >ethernet to network the macs to the 850Ne? or am I still gonna have to >ac

Re: hotrodded IIci?

On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 07:41:51PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > It works on 68Ks. It has a pretty good built-in testing facility. Only > problem is it's getting a little hard to come by. Was this commercial or what? I'd like to have a copy. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored

Re: hotrodded IIci?

At 00:08 -0500 on 03/11/02, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 07:41:51PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > >> It works on 68Ks. It has a pretty good built-in testing facility. Only >> problem is it's getting a little hard to come by. > >Was this commercial or what? I'd like to ha