Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

> Too bad Apple doesn't make a Mac the size of the TX3. > Could take one and run Basilisk II on it... Wasn't there a G3-based system called the Yellow Brick that was a miniature PPC server? I seem to remember Yellow Dog trumpeting it a year or so ago. -- - personal pa

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

At 19:59 -0800 on 12/11/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >--- Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's really too bad, because one reason I like >> machines like the Mac >> IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still >> made computers this >> small, and I mean in a more practical form than t

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

--- Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's really too bad, because one reason I like > machines like the Mac > IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still > made computers this > small, and I mean in a more practical form than the > Cube. > > Even the smallest PC Cubes are larger (an

Re: unknown disk images

--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > > >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and > a type of GKON. > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and > it's quite possible that they > aren't really disk images at all. I've run int

Re: unknown disk images

At 21:36 -0500 on 12/11/02, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: >Neither is TEXT, but I have about ten right now with that code. I changed >them and Disk Copy read them just fine. Right, so change the IMGg to something valid and see if that works. The creator code worries me much less than the file

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

--- Reverend Darkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ha, I solved it! There was a jumper missing on the > mohterboard. Once > I closed it, everything seems to work! > > Thanks again for all of the help! Did that jumper happen to have W1 or ROM SELECT near it? = "Truth is, after all, a stron

Re: unknown disk images

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:32:22PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > At 18:51 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > > >The wierd thing is that if there was damage, I would have expected > >MacZip and Stuffit Expander to give an error. > > IMGg isn't a valid disk image type. > > Or at least it wasn't last

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:01:54AM +0100, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > > >It's really too bad, because one reason I like machines like the Mac > >>IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still made computers this > > >small, and I mean in a more practical form than the Cube. > > > > Mayb

Re: unknown disk images

Shannon wrote: >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > >They will not mount with Disk Copy 6.3.3. I get an -39 error, which is >end-of-file reached. As far as I know, the images should be complete. > >Is it possible they were made with some disk image program that ve

Re: unknown disk images

At 01:18 + on 13/11/02, Phil Beesley wrote: >Probably an accurate guess. It may be worth FAQing that there are other >disk image formats around that may be of interest to Classic Mac folks >-- DART (unofficial Apple format before DiskCopy 4.2), Shrinkwrap >(popular in the mid 90's, may mount w

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:02:25PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > Which, unfortunately, doesn't exist, because, well, nobody makes NuBus > cards any more...best you'll do is probably a Thunder IV or Horizon 24 > by RasterOps, and even those can't really compete with something like > an HPV card in the

Re: unknown disk images

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 03:00:01PM -0800, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible that > > they aren't really disk images at all. > > Probably they end with an .img which is where the confusion lies? I think the .img extension confused some

Re: unknown disk images

On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 10:36 PM, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > >> I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible > that they > aren't r

Re: unknown disk images

At 18:51 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: >On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:22:59PM -0500, the pickle wrote: >> At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: >> >> >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > >> That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible

Re: unknown disk images

At 06:51 PM 11/12/2002 -0500, you wrote: >On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:22:59PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > > At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > > > > >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possibl

Re: unknown disk images

On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:22:59PM -0500, the pickle wrote: > At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: > > >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible > that they aren't really disk images at all. I

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

> >It's really too bad, because one reason I like machines like the Mac >>IIci is because they are so small. I wish they still made computers this > >small, and I mean in a more practical form than the Cube. > Maybe what you really want is a portable computer, a so called laptop or powerbook or

Re: Sherlock for 68K?

<> I believe Lestrade(the successor to Lazysearch) will run on 68k(see below from its ReadMe). The company's new url is Hmmm...I see the present version on the site is v.4x, for OS8,9,X. If you want v.3.0.2, and can't find it elsewhere, write me offlist.

Re: Q805 related --IIsx?

At 15:39 -0800 on 12/11/02, Alan O'Neil wrote: >My only question about such a design would be strength. Without the >supporting top panel of the middle cover, would the middle cover >threaten to lose rigidity under too much stress? Huh? I'm not quite getting what you're saying there... -- the

Re: Sherlock for 68K?

At 17:01 -0600 on 12/11/02, Jim Lucas wrote: >Is there anything like what Sherlock does for 68K? I hope there is >something better than the search engines on the web I usually use. I dunno 'bout you but I find Google to be far more useful than Sherlock for most stuff. -- the pickle FAQ

Re: Q805 related --IIsx?

Hmm... Dana Wrote: > Curiously I found myself a little bored on photoshop the other day and > came up with: > > http://www.danamania.com/temp/mac_ii_cubed.jpg > > A floppy on top, slot-loading CDROM below that, and who knows what kind > of board inside =) Nothing a little bondo couldn't make :D M

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

At 17:27 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: >My Mac IIci has a Radius Thunder Precision Color X24 graphics card. A >220MHz CPU would likely spend a lot of time waiting for nubus to send >data to that card, and for the card to handle it. I'd definitely have >to get a faster video card to see huge i

Sherlock for 68K?

Is there anything like what Sherlock does for 68K? I hope there is something better than the search engines on the web I usually use. -- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Dig

Re: unknown disk images

> > I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > > That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible that > they aren't really disk images at all. Probably they end with an .img which is where the confusion lies? -- - perso

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:55:56PM -0600, Robyn Lyons wrote: > You could say the same thing about the new machines, but they just > brought out an 800MHz G4 upgrade for PCI power macs. Take a 33MHz 68k A PCI machine has far more I/O bandwidth than a 68k Mac, and it's also true of them that there

Re: unknown disk images

At 15:53 -0500 on 12/11/02, Shannon wrote: >I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. That's the creator code for GraphicConverter, and it's quite possible that they aren't really disk images at all. -- the pickle FAQ Software Archive <

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 10:06 -0800 on 12/11/02, Reverend Darkness wrote: >no chimes of death, but still no video. I am now assuming that the old >video card is kaput... Unless, of course, there is something else I'm What monitor, and what vid card? -- the pickle FAQ Software Arc

Re: unknown disk images

On 11/12/02 3:53 PM, "Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. > > They will not mount with Disk Copy 6.3.3. I get an -39 error, which is > end-of-file reached. As far as I know, the images should be complete. > > Is it possibl

unknown disk images

I have some disk images with a creator of IMGg and a type of GKON. They will not mount with Disk Copy 6.3.3. I get an -39 error, which is end-of-file reached. As far as I know, the images should be complete. Is it possible they were made with some disk image program that version 6.3.3 of DC ca

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 11:33 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: >OK, now that I have 7.1.2 installing...uh... what will work on it? Can >anyone point me to a good software repository? Gamba has a section on it here: http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/71more.html And I'm working on my own System 7.1-specific site myself

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

OK, now that I have 7.1.2 installing...uh... what will work on it? Can anyone point me to a good software repository? --- Scott Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:28 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Ha, I solved it! There was a jumper missing on the mohterboard. > Once > >I closed

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 11:28 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Ha, I solved it! There was a jumper missing on the mohterboard. Once >I closed it, everything seems to work! > >Thanks again for all of the help! > >The Joyful Reverend Darkness Probably the ROM jumper. Very good :) 7.1(.x) is an excellent system to run

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

Ha, I solved it! There was a jumper missing on the mohterboard. Once I closed it, everything seems to work! Thanks again for all of the help! The Joyful Reverend Darkness --- Reverend Darkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure... I did the Command-Control-Power, and nothing happened... >

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

Not sure... I did the Command-Control-Power, and nothing happened... There are two batteries in this thing, Maxell Super Lithium, they say. I have no doubt that they are original... --- Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:06 AM -0800 11/12/2002, Reverend Darkness wrote: > >Chimes

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 10:06 AM -0800 11/12/2002, Reverend Darkness wrote: >Chimes of Death?!? Such a happy little song for something like that... > >Thanks for the reseating idea, Scott. It powered up with a "ding" and >no chimes of death, but still no video. I am now assuming that the old >video card is kaput...

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

Well, it has what looks like 8 SIMMS in it, so I would assume that they are 1MB apiece for 8MB of RAM (I could be wrong) I had a co-worker make me the install disks for 7.1.2 (the first OS I ever saw was 8.6 and I wanted to see the old stuff), and I figured that if it was starting properly, it wou

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 10:06 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Chimes of Death?!? Such a happy little song for something like that... > >Thanks for the reseating idea, Scott. It powered up with a "ding" and >no chimes of death, but still no video. I am now assuming that the old >video card is kaput... Unless, of co

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

Chimes of Death?!? Such a happy little song for something like that... Thanks for the reseating idea, Scott. It powered up with a "ding" and no chimes of death, but still no video. I am now assuming that the old video card is kaput... Unless, of course, there is something else I'm missing. Oh

Re: IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

At 09:40 AM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Any ideas? Anyone? > >The confused Reverend Doctor That scale is known as the "chimes of death". Sounds like something is wrong. Try reseating all the memory and the ROM chip. This is one of the models that does always have an external ROM simm on the

IIfx that I saved from the dumpster...

Please keep in mind that I am of the PPC generation, and this is my first vintage Mac... My company was getting rid of some old hardware, and I rescued a IIfx. It was in pieces, so I connected the 160 MB HD, and (finally) found a NuBus Video card for it. I hooked everything up, plugged it in, an

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

Darren wrote: > Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: > > >Our Nanny wrote: > > > > > >>Don't you wish there were people around that would do that for the 68k > >>Mac? We could have a Quadra out-performing a mid-range 604e if we did > >>it right :( > >> > >> > > > >Yeah, no kidding. > > > >Put anothe

Re: Q805 related --IIsx?

Dana Sibera wrote: > On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 08:58 PM, flawed jai wrote: > > > or you could use two covers and one base, horizontally, and use the > > middle cover as a spacer if you cut out the panel that ordinarily would > > be the middle cover's top plane. > > ,__, > > I__

Re: Unknown Board: Hermstedt Transmac-Board V2.0

Uwe Fritz wrote: > Hello! > > I'm new on this list. > > I recently got a used IIsi with an unknown board in it. I think it is a NUBus-Card, >because it is located on a Riser-Board on the left Side of the IIsi-Case. The board >has a DB9-female-connector towards the back of the IIsi-Case. There

Re: Amiga developers have much more initiative ;)

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: >Our Nanny wrote: > > >>Don't you wish there were people around that would do that for the 68k >>Mac? We could have a Quadra out-performing a mid-range 604e if we did >>it right :( >> >> > >Yeah, no kidding. > >Put another way, wouldn't it be nice if comput