Re: IIci drive trouble

2005-12-25 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Thanks for all your answers. I'll try to get a cheap hub, to try... Thank god the card is not malfunctioning! Hubs are good for older macs. Returning to the disk, HD SC Setup doesn't recognize any drive connected to the SCSI bus. Thanks, my next question would be

Re: IIci drive trouble

2005-12-24 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Nothing. Ok, I'm doing backups and then I'll nuke the disk. Or, I can use a 1.2 Gb drive I've got somewhere... think it's faster than the IIci's 500 Mb Quantum... Nothing? In Apple HD SC Setup - click partition then click custom which should display the partition

Re: IIci drive trouble

2005-12-23 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Hi, I recently resurrected an old IIci which was lying there waiting for a new board, but now it's working great. I booted 7.5.1 (the OS which was on the HD) and it started up fine. The problem is that the HD driver is from FWB, and some of the HD partitions (the disk

Re: Round Windows

2005-12-23 Thread Darren
Macintalk Fejlesztés wrote: Hmm, maybe the Calculator/miniWRITER type window? You can turn most windows into that type, with ResEdit. Please explain the res hack if possible and how most appz would react to such a hack. I thought FaceSpan 3.0 , http://www.latenightsw.com/fs4/index.html for

Re: Problems Copying To and From Floppies

2005-12-08 Thread Darren
Brierley, Paul wrote: Upgrade to 7.5.5? 7.5.3 has known bugs... that's why 7.5.4 and 7.5.5 existed! Yeah, I found a much simpler solution in the end - choose Easy Install instead of trying to pick and choose parts of 7.5.3. Works like a dream now! 7.5.5 existed because 7.5.4 was a

Re: IIfx won't boot

2005-11-28 Thread Darren
Eddie Roosenmaallen wrote: Hi all, I recently acquired a Mac IIfx. It looks to be in good shape, has the processor, ROM, lots of RAM, etc. The problem is that it won't power on at all - I get absolutely no response to the power key on the keyboard or on the case itself. The power cord and all

Re: IIfx won't boot

2005-11-28 Thread Darren
Eddie Roosenmaallen wrote: Thank you, I'll take a look. Careful if using the quick power on/off method electric applications are not designed for such misuse though no one has posted a switch related problem when using it. This trick also works with other macs like the LC's which also

Re: cd ripper?

2005-10-13 Thread Darren
Samual Acorn wrote: 12MB? got anything that would fit on a floppy? (dont have a nic) Try CloanCD, (no link) I think its fat, maybe not, rips most things to iso then you use toast or nero to burn. Hard to find but small. Point is for a classic your not likely to find a rip and burn

Re: Quantum Viking Hard Drives

2005-10-02 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: On 2 Oct 2005, at 11:33, Gregg Eshelman wrote: lots of good SCSI advices All good sound advice, but in my case it's all old news I'm affraid. I think in the case of Quantum drives the nonsense that makes em play up on non-PC controllers is hardcoded onto the ROM. To

Re: Free bits

2005-09-16 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: ahem... not ONLY on accelerated IIcis. If you use Born Again or make some ResEdit hacks you can run 8.1 on 68030 Macs (including LC3 :P) http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/os8_68030.html http://www.vintagebox.de/mac68k/macos_p2-en.html Its been done :) OS8.0 also has a

Re: TokaMac Drivers

2005-09-10 Thread Darren
Quote from Tokamac1.4: October 18, 1995 TokaMac Status All versions of the software in this directory have been upgraded to function with System 7.5 and 7.5.1. If you wish, you can tune your existing control panel using the TokaTuner 7.5. This is a drag and drop application. Basically, you

Re: TokaMac Drivers

2005-09-10 Thread Darren
Powermac wrote: About all I could come up with is some guys (in Japan) iDisk archive of the IIci version of the software, which won't work on my IIfx. Sounds like v1.4 which is why I posted the readme. If yours isn't 1.4 I'll send you what I have. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Top Posting Discussion, Was: Re: Broken LC

2005-08-22 Thread Darren
Dave Ricker wrote: Darren I find it, said politely, amusing that you would consider it complete stupidity to re-title a clearly off topic reply to a thread. It is a courtesy to the readers to re-title a thread that has deviated from the initial topic. What has netiquete got to do

Re: Broken LC

2005-08-21 Thread Darren
Samual Acorn wrote: reply from the bottom.. nope... prefer not... hit reply and the cursor is placed at the top along with a complementory On $date, $user $address wrote: lazy? ... and since you replied at the bottom we get 3 messages in one this time... because you fail to edit, I

Re: Netiquette

2005-08-21 Thread Darren
Jeff Walther wrote: Did you bother to read the house rules when you subscribed?This is not a public forum. We are playing in the List Mom's house and his rule is that you clip the footers. Try reading the etiquette to which you agreed when you signed up.

Re: Broken LC

2005-08-20 Thread Darren
Samual Acorn wrote: But as the FAQ says, most top posters fail to clip extraneous text, which is rude and inconsiderate. then the list shouldnt attach spam (who pays attention to ads anyway) and comple subscribe/unsubscribe info... should only attach a single link to a webpage with the

Re: Broken LC

2005-08-20 Thread Darren
as that... im not the one complaining about the footer... you ppl are... the telnet bbs's are are also a dying breed... my point was that this -mailing list- isnt a BBS or usenet to which jeff was was comparing it... On 20/08/05, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Samual Acorn wrote

Re: Marathon?

2005-08-09 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: What sort of Macintosh can run the game Marathon? *MARATHON* It was THE Macintosh 3D shooter - made especially for Macs by a Mac-related company (Bungie - now sadly assimilated by Borg). It is optimized for MacOS, so it can run even on a 68020, though it can take

Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???

2005-06-30 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: Well, I have to laugh, I just spent some time setting up a dual 200MHz Pentium Pro machine (lovely old Tyan m/b and 1Gb of ram!), hooked up to an old Apple 15AV monitor, and loaded with netBSD. Is this the future for Apple fans? Its the present except the nice mac

Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???

2005-06-30 Thread Darren
Andre Skarzynski wrote: Yes they do; http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/alpha/ :) excellent, thank you both for the idea and link. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Re: new mac names designations

2005-06-30 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Hi there, With these new Intel chips, Macs won't be called ever again as 'G5' or 'G4'. Will we return to names like those on the past? (Centris, Quadra, LC, etc...) Or will Macs be called as Mac D or PowerBook M? I've heard the word 'Mactel'. I don't want to have a

Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???

2005-06-24 Thread Darren
NODEraser wrote: I started using Macs and PCs at about the same time (1990 or so), and have continued to use both over the years. I don't find either OS particularly difficult to use or navigate, but perhaps it's just because I have grown with them. Pretty much sums it up for me, I dont

Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???

2005-06-24 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: Huh? Wah? I was sleeping there. X-Box? For cripe's sake I only just recently bought a SEGA Dreamcast... Don't talk to me about no X-Box... ;) My last was the N64 for $25, a couple of good emulators for both mac and pc getting about for that one , I should see a x-box

Re: PowerPC 7500

2005-06-19 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have this list confused with the pci-mac list where you will find folks to help with your questions. 1. 9.0 is fine on the 7500, Xpostfacto should allow you to upgrade to 9.2.2 atleast. I dont see a problem getting X onto

Re: PowerPC 7500

2005-06-17 Thread Darren
Thomas Burns wrote: A couple questions. I'm trying to turn a 7500 into a little media center mainly just playing iTunes or internet radio. Specs on the 7500: Currently running 8.6 with a 2gb HD and 512mb ram and a sonnet crescendo 450mhz upgrade Can I do the following... 1. Install 10.2

Re: Time to Talk Classic Macs - HyperCard (was [Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???] )

2005-06-11 Thread Darren
Steve wrote: Time to talk a little bit about Classic Macs, what do you say? I am trying to (1) locate HyperCard 1.25 or 2.0 to run on my System 7.5.5 and (2) locate the HyperMover stack as well. Since I am in the midst of wrestling with TCP/IP on the MacTV, and I don't want that to hold up my

Re: Iigs info?

2005-04-25 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw a Iigs at the local thrift today, clip Woz's signature was neat, at any rate. The IIgs is in the apple ][ line, not Macintosh, so you need apple ][ and IIgs software. GSOS 6.0.1, makes a Bra sound on a good

Re: System 1

2005-04-12 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: It's very weird to me that a more recent version of BII cannot run on my pc (with Windows Xp...), and a older version can! ;-) Okey, time to set up things... The 2005 version of 0.8.0.142 does have a few bugs and half arsed code. For example: the only cpu choice is 68040

Re: Here's Basilisk II Win32 Re: System 1

2005-04-12 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: The person doing the JIT version released a very buggy Win32 port and hasn't done any work on that port since. 22/03/2005 buggy I'll agree with. The CVS is updated regularly and free to use. I'll just toddle off now and try to compare the windows sheepshaver port compared

Re: Here's Basilisk II Win32 Re: System 1

2005-04-12 Thread Darren
Darren wrote: I'll just toddle off now and try to compare the windows sheepshaver port compared to via colinux. Well theres no ethernet. It runs the Basilisk II images fine, notably the Starter image with OS7.5.5 found on some web sites. Fresh install of 9.0 boots in 12 seconds. Its responsive

Re: Mac Monitor on a PC

2005-04-10 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: By the way, is Basilisk II compatible with Windows Xp? I've tried everything, finally installed the SDL library but I can't still see the gray screen with the Mac in it! This is driving me nuts!!! Running 8.1 in the background here, running the old 9.x exe rather than the

Re: System 1

2005-04-09 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Thanks. But I've got one heck of a problem: I'm using SoftMac on a x86 platform (unfortunately, I do not own a nice little modern Mac, my youngest PowerMac is 10 years old ;-) and the mouse keeps showing up in two parts of the screen at the same time. (like it was acessing a

Re: Cuda button on Color Classic Mac

2005-03-02 Thread Darren
denimpair wrote: When I first got the color classic, it booted up fine. Then when I tried it the other day, not even the startup bong. - PJ Most likely the battery has failed, check the voltage or replace it if your unsure of its age. Macs enjoy being powered all the time, this increases the

Re: Cuda button on Color Classic Mac

2005-03-01 Thread Darren
denimpair wrote: I have taken the board out of my color classic and cannot find the cuda button. Does anyone know WHERE it might be located?? _ PJ Just pull the battery and let sit for some time before returning the battery and screwing it back together, a better result than apples half baked

Re: Stuffit files that don't work.

2005-02-14 Thread Darren
Darren wrote: I'll back you up to a point, the version I use here is 3.something deluxe which gets past the lack of res fork for most .sea files and also fits nicely on a disk with other tools as a second boot disk. I dont have enough experience to agree in full, of all the stuffit file types I

Re: Unix

2005-01-31 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: Easy choice, the SE/30. Pack it full of 128 megs RAM and a large hard drive. Has there been much progress on 68k Linux lately? Linux is not Unix thank goodness, as Andy is after Unix the best bet would be netbsd if he's after something remotely current, AUX is rather

Re: Historical Videos

2005-01-31 Thread Darren
Marcin Wichary wrote: It's real tempting to add the full set to my Mac collection though I thought $65 was kind of steep. I remember wanting to have those when it was still only a 2 DVD set. :) Does anyone have those and could comment on overall quality? Unfortunately, I'm interested in only a

Re: vintage LC -- too full?

2005-01-16 Thread Darren
Andrew J. Klyde wrote: My machine: MAC LC system software 7.1 (c) 1983-1992 Total Memory 10,240K Largest Unused Block: 6763K system software 3448K When I open and close other applications (e.g. games) or even repeat the steps I describe above, and I check back in the About this Macintosh

Re: LC using a cable modem and etc..

2004-12-27 Thread Darren
Neal Wingate wrote: I have a stock LC which I would like to use to get online using a cable modem. I'm willing to upgrade it via Presto Plus (http://www.sonnettech.com/product/presto_plus.html) with an ethernet port . I would like to use System 7.5 so what extensions/drivers/add-ons do I need?

Re: IIci Hard Drive

2004-11-08 Thread Darren
Ian Nixon wrote: Does the drive have somewhere on the outside, Copyright Apple Computer with a black Apple logo? No, but it does have a Quantum Hard Drive, and has formatted it successfully once... Hi Ian when in the partitioning window a all white rectangle denotes a single partition, to make

Re: Open Transport for OS 7.5.5

2004-11-07 Thread Darren
Kyle DePasquale wrote: What is the most recent version of open transport that will work for os 7.5.5? I'm working on one of my IIci's, and I realized earlier today that I never upgraded OT. 1.1.2 available from apple updates 1.1.1 which is installed with 7.5 (?). The next version is 1.1.3

Re: SE/30 uses

2004-10-26 Thread Darren
Doug McNutt wrote: At 23:23 + 10/19/04, Andy Palmer wrote: I've recently acquired a SE/30 8Mb with ethernet card and am considering various options to put it to use: Your SE/30 will run at least system 7.5.5. You'll need the Connectix Mode 32 INIT. I currently use one as my main file server

Re: SE/30 uses

2004-10-25 Thread Darren
Thomas Burns wrote: Hey guys, Thanks for all your help so far trying to get this old Mac IIci online. I think I solved the Asante nubus card not being recognized by running the IIci through a Linksys switch. It appears to light up on the router. My next question is under the TCP/IP screen it

Re: SE/30 uses

2004-10-25 Thread Darren
Douglas P. McNutt wrote: Please forgive me. This one should not have fake HTML in it. At 23:23 + 10/19/04, Andy Palmer wrote: I've recently acquired a SE/30 8Mb with ethernet card and am considering various options to put it to use: Your SE/30 will run at least system 7.5.5. You'll need the

Re: Mac IIci La Cie HD System Install Problem

2004-09-27 Thread Darren
Jeff Garrison wrote: on 9/26/04 8:58 PM, David Ricker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff Thanks for the suggestions. The HD and also my external have a driver that I think is the HFS 4.3 (it is identified as Apple 4_3) while the original has a drive identified as just Apple Driver, which I believe

Re: Ned Help Installing OPERA on MAC LC-580

2004-09-02 Thread Darren
Jeff Garrison wrote: On Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at 01:03 PM, Robert J. Stevens wrote: I download a copy of OPERA for MAC OS 7.x. I transfered to MAC Via CD then unstuffed with STUFFIT 5.5. Got a folder full of Stuff but not sure how to proceed. I have both IE 3.01 and NS 3.01 on MAC and

Re: where is the excellent 68k site?

2004-08-17 Thread Darren
Dwight Hines wrote: ? Tim Maloney wrote: On efnet, join #68kmla. On the web got to http://www.cinemafia.net/68kmla/. Among others. ;) Dont mind Jeff, he's very loyal to LEM. http://www.geocities.com/sosumis_68k_mac/links.html lists many others and saves me the trouble of listing them. :)

Re: OT: Olde PC internet

2004-05-09 Thread Darren
Phil Beesley wrote: On 8 May 2004, at 20:31, Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://users.pandora.be/mydotcom/library/network/wfwdos.htm I guess the real one included a tpc stack? Yes. Try a web search for microsoft network client version 3.0 which throws up lots of possibilities. Ahh, 2.17mb

Re: OT: Olde PC internet

2004-05-08 Thread Darren
Phil Beesley wrote: Don't forget Workgroups for DOS 6.x -- an add-on that provided access to WinfW 3.11 shares from DOS. I don't know whether that worked on a 286, however, or even whether it was a corporate customer only product. It was certainly on Microsoft's Select price list in the

Re: IIfx Memory, Was: Re: IIsi questions

2004-05-07 Thread Darren
Terry Mathews wrote: Jeff Walther wrote: The S in SGRAM stands for Synchronous, which means that SGRAM is triggered off of a clock signal. Memory in older machines, which means everything before the Beige G3, is asynchronous which means that the data comes out or goes in based on some

Re: OT: RAM Re: IIsi questions

2004-05-05 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: In 168 pin DIMMs you have 5 volt FPM, 5 and 3.3 volt EDO and 3.3 volt SDRAM. There may be other configurations. The 5 volt FPM and EDO have the same notch configuration, but they're definitely not the same as any 3.3 volt, and the 3.3 volt EDO and SDRAM have unique notches.

Re: IIsi questions

2004-05-04 Thread Darren
J.S. Garrison wrote: on 5/4/04 1:19 AM, Powermac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that older macs have a tendency to take more ram then the same vintage PC, which allows the use of newer OS then the machine was originally built for. Still I could run windows 3.1 quite well on my 386/40 with

Re: Change of List Nanny

2004-04-30 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Just to inform you i have relieved Marten van de Kraats as the list nanny. Any queries/reports/suggestions/complaints etc. should be directed to me in future Remember folks, a friendly list is a happy list. Good to have you back, I trust Marten is still with us, he's done a

Re: system6 list post got bounced....

2004-04-13 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: I just joined the system6 list, but my first post (below) got bounced (LIST module(list system6) reports: account is full (quota exceeded)). Try again John, I recieved the same reply from all lists over the weekend, someones on holidays. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: HP CD-Writer

2004-03-22 Thread Darren
Anders Anna-Lee Fager wrote: Folks, I'm trying to get a HP CD-Writer+ 8100 to work in a Beige using OS9.2. I'm using Toast 5.2 and it cuts the burning process thanks to an unstable conection. Does anyone have ahint? I know this has been done, so I just need to talk to the right person. Try the

Re: HP ScanJet 4p Mac drivers?

2004-03-07 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: HP doesn't have Macintosh drivers for their ScanJet 4p on their website, they do have a Macintosh _manual_ in Acrobat format, and they have Windows drivers for 95 through XP. Anyone know where I can dig up the last release of the Mac drivers? Looks like one for the MDM to

Re: Creating startup floppies on a G3/OS 9.2.2 (was: HDs on MacIIsi)

2004-03-05 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Haroldo Mauro Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a mistake on my last message. What happens is when I try to install System 6 on a floppy -- from an installer disk image on the G3 OS 9.2.2 -- I get a message saying I don't have the proper software for installation.

Re: Creating startup floppies on a G3/OS 9.2.2 (was: HDs on MacIIsi)

2004-03-05 Thread Darren
Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: G3/300 beige running OS 9.2.2, a 1.4 floppy inserted on the internal floppy drive. As for the disk image, it is a System 6.0.7 installer, but I am not sure it is for a 800 or 1.4 disk. I'll have to check. And I want to install the system into the floppy in the drive.

Re: How about a 64MB chip in an LCIII?

2004-02-24 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Yeah there is a way to clock chip the LC III (I've done it myself) All it requires is the movement of a tiny chip-resistor (2 soldering irons, tweezers, and a steady hand!). It registers at 33MHz and is stable enough. 10 minute job. Care to take some pictures? Could do with

Re: MS will not be suporting IE

2004-01-26 Thread Darren
J.S. Garrison wrote: And again, as in my other recent email, I misspoke about I.E. 4 for Mac. It's only for Power Macs. Would you please explain this since you have written it twice or is it just your personal opinion? There is a IE4.0.1 fat installer and a 68k installer, neither are hard to

Re: MS will not be suporting IE

2004-01-25 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Ignoring all that off topic stuff Marcin, its a 68k list so windows 3.1 is about as close to topic as possible and that would require a 040. I think you will find the parallel equivalent to an 040 is a 486, which will run Windows 95 happily, and thus IE 5.1 (maybe) A

Cyberdog

2004-01-25 Thread Darren
http://www.cyberdog.org/dogbones/#apple A interesting program. Hard to use well now as the web out grew it. Still worth a play. Like any app made by Apple it has some features you wont find anywhere else. No Java script, but java and a host of plug-ins. I believe another lister may have been

Re: MS will not be suporting IE

2004-01-24 Thread Darren
Marcin Wichary wrote: : They really said that, since they are no longer developing IE as a : standalone product, future versions of it will appear in future : versions of Windows. True, but I think they retracted that comment a day or a couple of days later... since Longhorn (Windows XP

Re: MS will not be suporting IE

2004-01-23 Thread Darren
Ricardo L. A. Bánffy wrote: They really said that, since they are no longer developing IE as a standalone product, future versions of it will appear in future versions of Windows. Let's not forget the browser wars are over. I use Firebird on my PCs and Unixes (including OSX), but I am in the

Re: MS will not be suporting IE

2004-01-20 Thread Darren
david wrote: This may be OT if so I apologize in advance. In researching compatable operating systems verifying that the available versions of IE would work with them I discovered that Microsoft will NOT be overing any later versions of IE beyond 5.1 Also support will end for al MAC IE

Re: Internet Connectivity on a PowerBook 170

2004-01-19 Thread Darren
Glenn McGaha Miller wrote: I'm trying to get email and possibly web browsing working on my PowerBook 170. Downloaded ClarisEmailer and iCab. As far as I can tell I also need something called InternetConfig based on the iCab readme, but I can't seem to locate it. Oh, I should mention that the

Re: Mac LC II and a LC 580 I'm A Newbie with MACS

2004-01-19 Thread Darren
Robert J. Stevens wrote: I Inherited a Mac LC II and a friend brought me a LC 580. I got both running but having been a PC user fixer for many Years I'm not real familier with the MAC's. Is there a good source for a Tutorial. All I have is the Getting Started Manual for the LC II. Plus System

Re: Newest OS that will work on a PwerMac 7200

2004-01-19 Thread Darren
david wrote: What is the last , latest, or is it newist OS that the Power Mac 7200 will function with. Let me clarify function. By function I expect it to work at a reasonable speed without bogging down. I had a PC that was running Windoz95 and it ran nicely then I upgraded to Windoz98 and it

Re: Young kids software for an LC520

2004-01-17 Thread Darren
David Bilenkey wrote: Wondering if anyone can point me to an online source for some games for what was once my wife's LC520. It's now my 4 year old's computer and while pretty much fine for his needs (speed and size wise) it's lacking in educational software or edutainment or just plain old games.

Re: LCIII problems

2004-01-06 Thread Darren
Vanessa Stern wrote: I should have said that the update to 7.6.1 was done over 4 years ago and the machine has run flawlessly up to now. The internal drive has been getting noisier over time. I think the problem began when we had a brief power outage, so maybe something was screwed up when the

Re: LCIII problems

2004-01-06 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: I wrote that before Vanessa revealed that the OS 7.6.1 installation was done over 4 years ago and the machine has run flawlessly up to now. :-) Older OS versions would either let you do an easy instal or customize. If you choose customize you get a list a Macs that you could

Re: Mystery card

2004-01-04 Thread Darren
Ricardo L. A. Bánffy wrote: Where can I download tattletech? http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4395vid=4410mode=info is a fair place to start. Your local info-mac mirror is both mac friendly and searchable and should turn up atleast version 2.58 Love reading the comments on some

Re: Need help with macintosh IIci

2004-01-04 Thread Darren
insisted on attaching a parallel printer to the Macintosh external SCSI port. Darren wrote: A very good point but does just any scsi cdrom boot a vintage mac? I have a few vintage and classic's and none have a cdrom, no real need with a network. The 7.5 disk tools contents are copied across

Re: Mystery card

2003-12-30 Thread Darren
Philip Stortz wrote: TattleTech will tell you a lot, it's shareware/freeware. however, if you look at the chips and see who made the main ones, generally any driver for that chipset will work. of course ethernet cards can go bad like any other card, hopefully that's not the problem. a photo

Re: IIsi the internet

2003-12-19 Thread Darren
david wrote: I have a IIsi that I'm trying to setup for my mom so she can do her email. She is 88 and just started the email two years ago. I'm tired of fixing PCs so I brought my old IIsi out of retirement. Maybe just fix the pc's once and you wont have so much trouble. ;) I'm running 7.6.1

Re: A dead IIci?

2003-12-10 Thread Darren
Norbert van Bemmel wrote: Can anyone help me? 'Sad Macs, Bombs andother Disasters' (3rd edition 1997) has a section on hardware, but doesn't mention this problem. I assume you zapped pram? (Marco van de Voort) Well, one has to be able to boot to zap pram, huh! So I didn't do that. But the thing

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe 10.3.1? Connecting to both my OS X

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Marten van de Kraats wrote: Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. It is not (I'm pretty sure) upgrading to OS X 10.3 that did id, but might maybe

Re: On the death of a IIfx

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Marten van de Kraats wrote: For anyone who wondered what the life expectancy is of IIfx without a fan, I have the answer: it is short. I have tried it with a modified IIfx (no hard disk (major heat producer), very lowend video card and enough holes to get rid of heat), it didn't work. The

Re: 8.1 to OS X AppleTalk

2003-11-20 Thread Darren
Mark Benson wrote: On Nov 20, 2003, at 08:08 am, Mark Benson wrote: Having done nothing in particular to my 7100cx I now can't mount any OS X Based AppleTalk shares that require a password, it just tells me the password is wrong. I should just add that I can mount the ~/Public folders on

Re: booting from CDROM

2003-10-28 Thread Darren
Marco van de Voort wrote: Large or small is not a problem. I just need something that can be an origin, to format/partition a HD, install MacOS and get the rest of the utils (stuffit/booter/mac68k distro) from CD, without having to rely on a mac HD somewhere on a shelf (that might die), or

Re: booting from CDROM

2003-10-28 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the bit of info Gregg left out may have been this http://web.archive.org/web/20020620094428/http://www.graphixmad.plus.com/mac_troubleshooter/downloads/System7.5.3-CD.img.bin Pshhh! I wanted to leave the student something to do

Re: booting from CDROM

2003-10-27 Thread Darren
Marco van de Voort wrote: I know there are some older MacOS versions downloadable. Is any of them in ISO format? There was a 7.5.3 CD image linked to this page http://www.graphixmad.plus.com/mac_troubleshooter/downloads.html 3/4 the way down but it seems to have been deleted. Hopefully someone

Re: LCIII. Enet arrived. How to get software on a floppy.

2003-10-23 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: As you are on cable I guess you are behind a router of sorts, there's a fair chance it accepts a static address. This is true at home. In fact I have a Linksys cable/DSL router that does dhcp for my home network (and acts as a firewall IFAIK). I could turn that off, but

Re: LCIII. Enet arrived. How to get software on a floppy.

2003-10-23 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: Darren, Somehow you seem to be missing the point. I'm sure your linux box is wonderful for your HOME needs, but my problem is that I do not run the network at my work. So I either have to make my guest Macs work with my WORK dhcp server (i.e. use OT) or I have to go to my

Re: LC vs. LC 475

2003-10-22 Thread Darren
Marten van de Kraats wrote: I'm no expert on this, I think the only 68k Mac that can be brought forward to a PPC is the Quadra 800, and that takes saving the upper case, throwing out the rest and putting the upper case on a PM 8500. The back and the bottom will not work on a 8500. (I tried

Re: NuBus Media 100 cards

2003-10-22 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: Where might I find the software for a two card NuBus Media 100 setup? There's no external breakout cable with the cards. Anyone ever do a schematic? The Media 100 website now has zero info on the old NuBus cards. :P

Re: NuBus Media 100 cards

2003-10-22 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: Not real helpful, might be worth a email? Might go cheap but shipping to the USA would be a PITA. Bt, it'd be fun to dink around with on the Radius 81/110 I can't seem to even give away, not even with the UMAX flatbed scanner and HP 1200C PS printer. Yes it might go

Re: LCIII. Enet arrived. How to get software on a floppy.

2003-10-22 Thread Darren
Christopher Shustak wrote: Well, the enet card for my Apple LCIII arrived today, and I installed same this afternoon. The OS is already OS7.1, so I think I'm set there. The memory went in last week. The floppy that came with the card talks about ethertalk, which I'm guessing is appletalk

Re: LCIII. Enet arrived. How to get software on a floppy.

2003-10-22 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: Actually I never tried because: 1) Many people are so adamant that Classic networking was better than OT. 2) the only free version (from Apple) is 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 and these say:

Re: Test

2003-10-20 Thread Darren
Michael Day wrote: Did I pass??? ;-) Crabola No. You left the footers on. Makes you wonder. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook!

Re: just rejoined the list; have a few questions

2003-09-13 Thread Darren
Scott Holder wrote: Most people agree that BSD is better for serious boxes but Linux has somewhat wider support and knowledge, plus Debian is pretty popular in and of itself with lots of documentation. I need to try MacBSD on a box one of these days. I just got this nice Quadra 610 system

Re: just rejoined the list; have a few questions

2003-09-13 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip Kinda like squeak myself. This Squeak? http://www.squeak.org Runs on Mac OS 7.5 through 9.2.2 plus OSX with Carbon and Cocoa, Windows 95 and up, Unix, Linux, BeOS, NeXT, NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, DOS, OS/2, Acorn RISC OS, Sharp Zaurus

Re: Squeak Re: just rejoined the list; have a few questions

2003-09-13 Thread Darren
Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 3.5 version might not be 68k compatible? Least I cant get it to work, error -192. Yep, that's the Hey, this app has no 68K code in it! error code you get when trying to run PPC only stuff on 68k. Be nice if the message said just

Re: just rejoined the list; have a few questions

2003-09-11 Thread Darren
J.S. Garrison wrote: And the version of mklinux that works on 68k is? Or is the lack of a responce enough to say you were wrong again? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Re: just rejoined the list; have a few questions

2003-09-11 Thread Darren
Scott Holder wrote: And the version of mklinux that works on 68k is? Or is the lack of a responce enough to say you were wrong again? Coming in a little late on this but as far as I know, mklinux is just PPC. That's what the site says anyway. The only pre-made Linux I know of that'll run on 68k

Re:

2003-09-02 Thread Darren
Sandra Coolsen wrote: Hi, its me. were is a good place for used apple II software? i.e. games, word processing, other 5 inch floppy stuff. ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/ is a good place to start. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Star NL 10

2003-09-02 Thread Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marten van de Kraats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know wether it is somehow possible to print to this thing (star nl 10 matrix printer) from a Mac running a macintosh system? Didn't Word 3.x ship with a bunch of unusual Chooser drivers included?

68k Mklinux which version Jeff?

2003-09-01 Thread Darren
I haven't heard anybody mention MK Linux. It's a self-setting, dual boot app. that brings up a trial version of Gnome with it's own wallpaper and it's a fully functional version. I used it to Websurf with a Quad 700. Which version Mr. Garrison? All _n_x distros that can possibly run on oldworld

Re: SCSI HD settings.

2003-08-26 Thread Darren
John Niven wrote: Nobody knows anything? :-( Not the make or model. Somebody must know. That would be you, include some more info. :) You guys are just holding out on me :-) How many 2gb scsi drives where made by how many companies? Tried it with Termination ON but not connected to the SCSI

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