should qualify as on topic..

2003-02-12 Thread E McCann
This was actually linked from a modeling newsgroup (shuttle photographer building models at work...) but read the caption: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/030212/168/39byl.html Eh, what the heck, I'll copy it here, since I can't see the make of Mac: Rick Cleis, an optical

Re: 7200 parts

2003-02-07 Thread E McCann
At 09:44 AM 2/7/2003, David Undlin typed thusly: I have three 7200's without RAM or VRAM. Two are 75 one is 90 MHz. Although I was told these all work, I have not been able to verify that. WEll, at least as far as VRAM, you can test with the 1 Mb soldered onto the board.. Might want to

Re: not a newbie btw.

2003-02-07 Thread E McCann
At 02:28 PM 2/7/2003, Neal Wingate typed thusly: FPM unite! Fast Page Mode? Fans of PowerMacs? Former Performa Macintoshes? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: not a newbie btw.

2003-02-07 Thread E McCann
At 03:25 PM 2/7/2003, Neal Wingate typed thusly: FPM unite! = Flat Pack Macs UNITE. glad i could help..*giggle* I should've remembered that. And I so like the Q607/Performa 476s I have... OK, I don't use 'em much, and probably won't 'til I get money for a NIC and larger (multi-gig) HD for

Re: Q700 operating costs Was: IIci Router Was: Wired Router

2003-02-06 Thread E McCann
At 10:46 PM 2/6/2003, James S Jones typed thusly: For an individual, the power used running personal computers is a non-event, financially -- even in areas with the highest rates. OTOH, I often have several going one way or another... I just tend to turn the monitor off. So, is the monitor

Re: IIsi getting AirPort through iMac

2002-12-15 Thread E McCann
At 09:00 AM 12/15/2002, the pickle typed thusly: The best way to get it to use the Internet connection your PC has is with a router, unless it's dial-up, in which case you're probably best off with Windoze ICS (assuming you have Win 98 SE or later). Note that according to MS's docs, you must be

Re: IIsi getting AirPort through iMac

2002-12-15 Thread E McCann
At 12:02 PM 12/15/2002, Micro Core Computers typed thusly: I have 7.1 installed and I have highspeed internet 1.5 Mbps DSL. I do not have a router though just a hub. How do you acomplish this cause it does not seem like os 7.1 has any networking software. My pc is an XP box so its pretty much

Re: IIsi getting AirPort through iMac

2002-12-14 Thread E McCann
OK, if there's no base station, why not just get two more network cards and wire them to the router? -- 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

Re: wargames for 68k

2002-11-06 Thread E McCann
Hmmm... I know of a Harpoon clone... outside of that, all I can think of (which isn't really the same) is Warcraft/WC2 (non b.net edition.) -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE ME

2002-10-31 Thread E McCann
At 10:29 AM 10/31/2002, Andrew Clark typed thusly: UNSUBSCRIBE ME Look at the bottom of every post: To unsubscribe, email: mailto:vintage.macs-off;mail.maclaunch.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: Multiple dard drives in a IIsi

2002-10-15 Thread E McCann
At 02:39 PM 10/15/2002, Ian Johnson typed thusly: only on HD installed. Maybe the problem is both HDs set to SCSI ID 0, but I don't see ID jumpers anywhere on the drives. Is there some kind of Look on the bottom, two sets of three jumper pairs. You'll have ot check online for how to

Re: A New One For Me

2002-09-18 Thread E McCann
At 10:05 PM 9/18/2002, J.S. Garrison typed thusly: It's a Performa 638CD. Has the video-in card and a TV tuner. I've seen the way the Mac TV accesses TV, but I wonder if the Performa needs a remote too. What for? The arrow keys work fine... left-right for channel changes (or just type in

Re: Best Quadra system

2002-09-17 Thread E McCann
At 11:00 AM 9/17/2002, Dwight Hines typed thusly: I just bought a Quadra 700, with 24 meg. It has system 8 on it. I would like to go back to system 7.1. Can I do that without having to strip the disk and start over? Depends how much space you have, I suppose... remove the system briefcase

Re: Best Quadra system

2002-09-17 Thread E McCann
At 12:29 PM 9/17/2002, SStrungis typed thusly: Has anyone done a hack to jam a CD drive in there? You spose a slot loader could be mounted (or wiretied to the lid) inside? I don't know, I like the way the Q700 looks (I have four of 'em) as is, hate to hack one up... Just give me an external

Re: IIfx vs 386DX/40

2002-08-21 Thread E McCann
At 07:51 AM 8/21/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed thusly: internet performance. Otherwise, OS 6.0.8 will blow the doors off the PC. Is Win95 optimal for the 386? It is a full 32-bit machine, so I guess yes (else, linux would scream, but it's not a mainstream OS, especially during the early

Re: Apple eNews abiyt Mac.com email filtering

2002-08-10 Thread E McCann
At 05:56 AM 8/9/2002, mart typed thusly: Did they actually improve on their procedures, or is this just a blurry talk about the mentioned practice? It's not about mac.com, it's about the mail client in OS X.2. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Mild curiosity...

2002-06-11 Thread E McCann
What can be done with the prompt that pops up when the programmer's button (NMI, I think) is pressed? Any references? Just curious. -Eric -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: simple questions when replacing power cables

2002-04-26 Thread E McCann
At 09:13 PM 4/26/02 -0700, you wrote: I have noticed that all ribbon cables are marked down one edge with a red band. I have been examining all of my computers, both mac and PC, and it seems that there is a convention to the way they must be attached, both on the board and on the device they

Re: basic networking question

2002-04-10 Thread E McCann
At 06:01 AM 4/10/02 -0700, you wrote: I am curious about what networking topology Apple used for Apple Talk. Is this star, bus, ring, or something completely different. Eh? Asking about physical or logical topology? Physically, it can be bus (using Localtalk or Phonenet, or 10base5/2) or star