Re: Mac Portable HD dilemma

2005-12-20 Thread John Niven
On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Eddie Smith wrote: No, coming from a model aircraft back ground I know that they don't have the memory problems of the NiCd cells That adds a new dimension to the phrase system crash :-) John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: LC II

2005-12-16 Thread John Niven
it for her BW G3 tower). The LC outputs a combined sync so you cannot do this with the on-board video. Anybody know where to buy 15 LCDs for cheap? John On Dec 16, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Scott Baret wrote: Has anyone ever had success with a modern LCD display on an LC? That would be AWESOME

something extra?

2005-12-11 Thread John de Boer
can be done from wherever you are, including provision of advice (in particular in relation to terminating hdd's, networking and optimum OS configuration for Vintage macs). Cheers - John -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database

Re: On MIDI Sequencing - IIci performance enhancements

2005-12-10 Thread John de Boer
Didn't those ram also fit a then current apple laser printer? As I recall he hundreds of sets of four 16MB SIMMs he wrote had come out of Q700s. Kind of made me wonder where all those Q700s went to. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 /

a Mac treasure trove

2005-12-10 Thread John de Boer
in Sydney, and possibly (?) as far as Canberra . Delivery elsewhere by negotiation. Discuss with me. Send email to jdeboerATnorthnet.com.au without delay for detailed list and phone number. Cheers John #1 A list of widely assorted items that I need/want is available on request (includes *specific

Re: vintage mac on ebay

2005-12-08 Thread John de Boer
Curious to know what the item fetched (and in which country?) - John snip I'm selling an LCIII in great condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5839344426rd=1sspagenam e=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version

Re: mac linux -- was Re: Netscape 3 Received Loud and Clear

2005-10-10 Thread John Niven
On Oct 10, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Mark Benson wrote: On 9 Oct 2005, at 21:30, John Niven wrote: 9gb scsi drives i have a funny feeling that wasnt cheap... Ironically given this thread, they were free! They came from my last place of work and were originally installed in Red Hat linux

Re: mac linux -- was Re: Netscape 3 Received Loud and Clear

2005-10-09 Thread John Niven
II's. I like to think they are happier now in retirement :-)! Cheers, John -- 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! | Support

Re: mac linux -- was Re: Netscape 3 Received Loud and Clear

2005-10-08 Thread John Niven
On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:11 PM, Samual Acorn wrote: 'quadra 950 introduced 1992 at $8500' (source; lowendmac.com) -please- tell me you didnt buy that new.. after looking at the specs tho it would make a great webserver (running linux of course) ;) one question; what format exactly are you

Re: Ethernet on IIsi

2005-10-07 Thread Snook, John R
Get a NUBUS adapter card for the IIsi. e-bay has them for around $9. If you can't find one e-mail me off list and I'll keep my eye peeled for one. johnsn -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: LCIII

2005-10-06 Thread John Niven
s/w to intialize the drive. You'll need the patched version from Gambas web site http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/hd.html Cheers, John On Oct 5, 2005, at 7:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did tyr booting w/o extentions but get the same bus error. There are some extra settings

optimum systems?

2005-10-03 Thread John de Boer
Hello all. Is there a list somewhere that advises which system is best for which older mac, from say LCii to 7200. Thank you for advise jdeboer at northnet.com.au greetings from oz. john -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database

network

2005-10-03 Thread John de Boer
hello all I have about 20 older macs and a large number of network cards, connectors and a very large qnty/length cabling. I also have a qnty software, original. How should I go about working out which computer/network card, cabling I could use to make a number of networks, and what application

email on older macs

2005-10-03 Thread John de Boer
notice a couple of e11 emulators, came out of lc's. What's the best way identifying them you guys are great John jdeboer at northnet.com.au -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/114 - Release Date: 9/28/2005 -- Vintage

Re: Quantum Viking Hard Drives

2005-10-03 Thread John Niven
Thanks for all the replies - here are some responses On Oct 2, 2005, at 2:07 AM, Mark Benson wrote: I now flatout refuse to buy any Quantum 68-pin or 80-pin SCSI drives because if they have been near a Compaq, Dell, IBM or HP server the firmware is always butchered. I have recently been

Quantum Viking Hard Drives

2005-10-02 Thread John Niven
, they were cheap, but it turns out also nasty Cheers, John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac

Re: OS 8 on '030 Macs (was Free bits)

2005-09-18 Thread John Niven
, John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs

Re: TokaMac Drivers

2005-09-12 Thread Snook, John R
me too - I would like a copy. Are the FX 1.4 drivers included? -- 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! | Support Low End

Re: Strange IIci behavior.

2005-09-08 Thread Snook, John R
She won't come up with a card in the PDS slot, period. Anyone ever seen this behavior? I guess it could only be the mobo or power supply, but I'd hate to have to buy both parts. . . thanks, Jeff M. Grant www.cheapotech.net Probably the power supply getting wimpy. where do you live? johnsn --

Re: TokaMac Drivers

2005-09-06 Thread Snook, John R
Anybody have a manual or driver software for a Tokamac IIfx processor accelerator? -- I need them too. johnsn -- 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

Re: Macintosh IIfx SIMMs/Information

2005-09-01 Thread John Niven
and $7,000 for a coffee pot? I guess they had enough money to convince Apple to redesign a whole motherboard. I wonder how many got made? John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: Macintosh IIfx SIMMs/Information

2005-08-31 Thread John Niven
the In and Out pins together :-) John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Macintosh IIfx SIMMs/Information

2005-08-31 Thread John Niven
On Aug 31, 2005, at 2:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/31/05 4:27 PM, John Niven at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 31, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Jeff Walther wrote: The pinout shows a separate data_in and data_out pin for each bit of the SIMM. In other words, it's an eight bit SIMM

Re: Broken LC

2005-08-19 Thread John Niven
Opps! Guilty as charged :-( On Aug 19, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Jeff Walther wrote: fail to snip all the extraneous trailing text such as the list footers, John. Opps! Guilty as charged :-( -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Broken LC

2005-08-18 Thread John Niven
But Apples very own Mail program does put it on the top. Anyway only Flat earth and Intelligent Design believers have to troll through all the previous posts again to follow the thread. Snigger ;-} John (ducking back down again) On Aug 18, 2005, at 5:26 PM, Allan Hunter wrote: Eudora

What is this NuBus card?

2005-07-25 Thread John Niven
Just came across this on ebay and wondered if anybody knew what it was? Is it some sort of cache ram? It doesn't appear to have any ports. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=5751488806category=80075ssPageName=WD1Vrd=1 No connection with seller, just wondering. John BTW

Found a ROM SIMM....

2005-07-07 Thread John Niven
for each EPROM. Clearly W8929 means week 29 of 1989. On the web I found a reference to these ROM numbers that indicate they belong to a Mac IIci. The PCB is marked 1MEG ROM SIMM AP1257-01 Anybody any suggestions what could be done with this SIMM? John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http

Re: Found a ROM SIMM....

2005-07-07 Thread Snook, John R
suggestions what could be done with this SIMM? John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com

Re: more mac models

2005-07-03 Thread John Niven
would you want in a new Apple product? John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com

Re: more mac models

2005-07-02 Thread John Niven
is being integrated on one motherboard so I think less expansion slots are needed. In fact the pc market, seems to me to be becoming more like those Performa 6360 era Apples. John On Jul 2, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Manuel Marques wrote: Apple should rethink, because one of the main reasons people don't

Re: more mac models

2005-07-02 Thread John Niven
a 250Gb hard drive how many DVD roms will it take to back that up? Extra hard drive bays I agree with. But then I use a Quadra 950 (to go back on-topic :-) with the 5 drive shelf. And yes, I have six drives in the machine, one for booting and one for a RAID 5 array :-) John On Jul 2, 2005, at 6

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

2005-06-30 Thread John Niven
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? :-) John On Jun 5, 2005, at 8:09 PM, John Niven wrote: I just

Re: Best said reference yet [Re: Oh my....... Intel CPU's???]

2005-06-25 Thread John Niven
Even back then, making silicon is both technically challenging and VERY expensive. John On Jun 24, 2005, at 10:48 PM, NODEraser wrote: I wonder if Sonnet got the chips for its upgrade cards from IBM, or if they made their own? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: Macs and PCs living in harmony... is that a dream?

2005-06-17 Thread John Niven
) for example. John On Jun 17, 2005, at 1:49 PM, Juan Carlos De La Cruz wrote: Wow Manuel... Dreamy!! 5 machines... mostly old macs? That must be Heaven, hehehehe!!! Can u suggest me a nice place to find me a decent web browser I could install on my IIci to check whether the Ethernet is working

Re: Ethernet Bridges Printing

2005-06-16 Thread John Niven
this rather than setting up a localTalk bridge because then you just need to leave the printer switched on and not a Mac as well. Also I don't know if you can print from the PC's over a localtalk bridge. John On Jun 15, 2005, at 10:46 PM, NODEraser wrote: I have a LaserWriter IIf that I would

Re: SCSI Manager 4.3?

2005-06-11 Thread John Niven
On Jun 10, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- John Niven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm playing with Quadra 950's at the moment. I believe they pre-date SCSI Manager 4.3 in their ROM. But I read that this was added to OS 7.5 onwards. It was only present as an extention in 7.5. From

SCSI Manager 4.3?

2005-06-09 Thread John Niven
I'm playing with Quadra 950's at the moment. I believe they pre-date SCSI Manager 4.3 in their ROM. But I read that this was added to OS 7.5 onwards. So does anybody know how to identify if this extension is present? I can't find one with that name and am getting very confused John

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

2005-06-05 Thread John Niven
I just heard that Apple will switch to Intel CPU's for future products. Mac OS - OSX - Linux 68K - PPC - x86 The future is for geeks John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

CD 600i configuration question.

2005-06-03 Thread John Niven
it should be disabled when configuring hard drives)? Also what is PREVENT/ALLOW? Should it be jumpered or not? Cheers! John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: Quadra 950

2005-05-27 Thread John Niven
I think most *NIX developers have shied away from the 950 because of undocumented asics. I just run OS 8.1 on mine. It's a shame because its formfactor screams server! John On May 27, 2005, at 8:29 AM, soviet wrote: Someone have installed linux debian, or netbsd on a quadra 950 ?. I need

Re: What to do with IIcx?

2005-05-27 Thread John Niven
;-) John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info

Re: free Mac SE (sort of)

2005-05-16 Thread John Niven
Bubble wrap - Yes! Packing Peanuts - NOO!! The peanuts just move around in the box until they end up all on one side and then the box gets dropped. Lost an SE/30 that way, John On May 16, 2005, at 7:41 PM, Joey Sager wrote: Man, I'd love it, but I just coaxed myself

Re: What to do with IIcx?

2005-05-07 Thread John Niven
is available for the 68040, but even that runs at a lower quality. I like the IIci's ability to run OS 6. You get a snappy response. Then use it to do email, play old games :-) John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: What to do with IIcx?

2005-05-07 Thread John Niven
a 6100/66! :-) You have to play to each systems strengths. John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http

Re: IIsi weak sound

2005-05-02 Thread Snook, John R
Also the contacts from the speaker to the motherboard can develop corrosion. Clean them up and see if that helps. johnsn -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start

Re: IIci RAM upgrade

2005-04-04 Thread John Niven
Gregg, can you elaborate on this? What is the advantage? Best regards, John Niven On Apr 3, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Put the bigger SIMMs in Bank B, unless you're NOT using onboard video. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

old machines

2005-03-23 Thread John de Boer
I have dozens of old machines of all kinds of interesting variations and older software most in splendid confition, all original and cables galore. And cartons full of network cables and cards, mostly never used. Anyone interested, let me know. Driving to Sydney [Australia]after easter. John

Re: Rubber Feet for IIci

2005-02-22 Thread Snook, John R
Does anyone have two extra rubber feet for a IIci that they would be willing to part with. I know that I could improvise, but I'd rather be authentic. Thanks, Barry +--+ | Barry Skidmore | | Mac SE/30 - System 7.5.5 | |EIMS 3.2 |

help pleae

2004-10-03 Thread John de Boer
-8859-1 only Yes, (my face red in embarrasment) I am presently using a PC. Hovewer the problem posting/replying from my PC statred long after using the PC Any advice? Has bill gone shitty and changed my settings? thanks John --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus

Re: Starting a Mac IIfx (wicked slow....)

2004-08-13 Thread John Niven
Woo Hoo!!! Replaced the two PRAM batteries and the iifx booted right up :-) but what is OS 7.3 ? :-) John most likely the pram batterie(s) are dead (i forget if it had 1 or 2 of them). that's most likely the problem unless the power supply is toast but i believe it does need a good

Starting a Mac IIfx (wicked slow....)

2004-08-11 Thread John Niven
inside - I can see ram and a rom (I think). Looks very clean inside, so I don't think it's been stripped. Is there some basic trick I need to look for before looking for the hard stuff? Thanks, John PS I feel pretty cool owning one :-) would be better if it worked :-( -- Vintage Macs

Re: Laptop floppy in a desktop?

2004-08-10 Thread Snook, John R
Thanks. I kan't open it on my Macor my PC. Can someone translate this for me? johnsn --- Try here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-68K_Portable/PowerBook_140_170.pdf --- Snook, John R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a need

Laptop floppy in a desktop?

2004-08-09 Thread Snook, John R
I have a need for a small flopp drive in a small server I'm building to fit in a 20SC external HDD case. know where to look for powerbook floppy piouts? johnsn -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A |

Re: LC 580's Are Interesting...

2004-07-31 Thread John Niven
It's a sign of the times! Used to be that schools wanted donated computers. Now its the other way around :-) John -- 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

Re: SCSI-3 on Mac IIci

2004-07-26 Thread John Niven
IIci - Super Six John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html

Re: SCSI-3 on Mac IIci

2004-07-26 Thread John Niven
I'm trying to find another 68-way ribbon for my IIci as I have a Jackammer that is running a 50-pin drive in my 7100 ATM, but really wants to do 68-pin ;-). Mark Benson Hey Mark haven't you tried Weird Stuff Warehouse? All kinds of stuff there... John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http

Re: What monitor did you get with your Mac IIc*

2004-05-14 Thread John Niven
on a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200, and it really is impressive! Absolutely dwarfs the IIci beside it.. I wish I had one of these monitors at home... John BTW apart from the number of colors and the maximum resolution, what makes for a good video card? I read about acceleration but I don't understand

Re: WTD: 2 x Mac II Rubber Feet (UK)

2004-05-12 Thread John Niven
he says rubber, you should read eraser :-) John (ex-pat Brit with lots of experience on English to American translations mishaps :-) -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Re: Help! LaserWriter IIg.

2004-05-11 Thread John Niven
Thanks for the reference, but I think: http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/kaa2.html probably describes the problem better :-( Time to dig out the spare carcass hidden in the garage. John On Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 03:28 PM, Chuck Bush wrote: The pickup rollers go bad on these models (I have

Re: IIsi questions

2004-05-02 Thread John Niven
with a Radius video card in a IIci. John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: Daystar Turbo 040/40 - overclocked?

2004-04-30 Thread John Niven
to reliably count on the supply of them, so they were just not offered. If DayStar understood this they could easily buy 33MHz and then test which would run at 40MHz themselves. They then offer those at a premium, the rest going into the 33MHz offering. Hope that's of interest. John PS I

Re: 30 pin simms

2004-04-28 Thread John Niven
of these or any insight? These are 4M x 1 DRAM, 70nS speed, which would make your SIMMs 4Mbyte each. Cheers, John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start

Re: internet on an lc 575

2004-04-24 Thread John Niven
pictures)! John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list

Re: Twin or Single SCSI Bus

2004-04-23 Thread John Niven
of the drives on the JackHammer is ID 3 as is the CDROM? My real disappointment is that I had intended to create a RAID array by striping the disks, but if I do this, and install OS8.1 on the stripe, the machine just will NOT re-boot :-( Any suggestions? John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http

Re: Twin or Single SCSI Bus

2004-04-22 Thread John Niven
On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:44:11AM +0800, John Niven wrote: Yes, I understand but doesn't that mean that the motherboard already has a terminator built in? So if I used an internal (terminated) drive, and an external

Re: Twin or Single SCSI Bus

2004-04-22 Thread John Niven
Oh, that's a great explaination! I hope the same technique used on the 8100 was also used on the Quadra 950? John On Friday, April 23, 2004, at 10:06 AM, Michael wrote: If you all will read this it answers a lot of QA. http://www.mug.jhmi.edu/mirrors/InfoAlley/0396/03/power.html

Re: Twin or Single SCSI Bus

2004-04-21 Thread John Niven
it supplies the busses termination power or not? Thanks for any advice. John -- 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! | Support Low End

Re: Twin or Single SCSI Bus

2004-04-21 Thread John Niven
Thanks Byron, see comments below... On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:11:40AM +0800, John Niven wrote: 1) If you want to use the second bus to connect to a second internal drive, should that drive be terminated, and if so

Re: Ethernet for a Classic II

2004-04-17 Thread John Niven
Timothy, No, sorry. There is no equivalent pds slot on the Classic II. The only way to get ethernet on those is to use a SCSI to ethernet converter like the Asante EN/SC. If only they had built ethernet onto the motherboard.. sigh! John On Saturday, April 17, 2004, at 01:47 PM, Timothy

system6 list post got bounced....

2004-04-13 Thread John Niven
I just joined the system6 list, but my first post (below) got bounced (LIST module(list system6) reports: account is full (quota exceeded)). Is this list dead? John PS feel free to comment on my post From: John Niven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:50:32 PM Asia/Taipei

Re: SSI NuBus Ethernet card

2004-04-09 Thread John Niven
Original Message: I just tried to put an ethernet cable into one of the ports - it's too big! These are phone type connectors! What's that all about? :-) John So, it's most probably RJ11. An internal modem, perhaps? Steff Yup, its RJ11, but I don't think it's a modem. On closer inspection

Re: startup problems on IIsi

2004-04-09 Thread John Niven
On Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Michael wrote: on 04/06/2004 12:02 PM, John Niven at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Theoretically, they don't HAVE to be the same speed (some could be faster), but its nice if they are. My IIsi will not work all day without having a freeze or bomb

Re: startup problems on IIsi

2004-04-09 Thread John Niven
On Friday, April 9, 2004, at 01:19 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: If there are any 32meg 72pin SIMMs in the bag, I'll *gladly* take the useless things off your hands. ;) I only need 8 of them. So let me guess. You have a PPC 8100, or a WGS 9150 :-) Or maybe two of something more mundane. John

SSI NuBus Ethernet card

2004-04-08 Thread John Niven
ports in one slot? That would be cool! John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists

Re: SSI NuBus Ethernet card

2004-04-08 Thread John Niven
I just tried to put an ethernet cable into one of the ports - it's too big! These are phone type connectors! What's that all about? :-) John On Thursday, April 8, 2004, at 02:07 PM, John Niven wrote: Just picked up one of these. It has two RJ-45 sockets! One has a terminator plugged in. Am I

Re: startup problems on IIsi

2004-04-06 Thread John Niven
are appeased. John :-) -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs

Re: startup problems on IIsi

2004-04-06 Thread John Niven
are usually grateful that they are now permanently converted to Mac heaven for the rest of their existence :-) John -- 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

Re: Asante Mini EN/SC-10T

2004-04-06 Thread John Niven
) then restart with extensions off before installing (their recommendations). BUT. iBook G4 with OS Panther .. No talky, talky :-( OK with OS 10.2.6 though (what I use). Be warned! Don't upgrade.. John On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 05:24 PM, Roland Drake wrote: Dear Vintage Macs

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-04-02 Thread John Niven
email it to me? No its not free. In fact its still for sale new (and they still support OS 6)!! Go here: http://www.synergy.com/versaterm.htm but its a lot of money for an old computer. I got my (older) version for $2 at my favourite surplus computer store. I do like it though. John -- Vintage

Re: FPU for Classic II?

2004-03-24 Thread John Niven
(currently using MacProject II on a IIci) John On Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 11:31 PM, Todd Russell wrote: John, Thanks, now I know what to look for. :) Are there any Classic-specific sites out there? I know about all the usual sites for downloads and stuff, but it would be fun to see what

Re: ethermac LC NSC

2004-03-22 Thread John Niven
It's a 10b2 ethernet card. You connect your Macs via a BNC T piece into a coaxial cable. Not a lot of use these days when RJ-45 (10bT) is so cheap and common. John On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 08:43 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: What kind of card is this? Its a NuBus card and, from its name

PowerBook (OSX) to Mac IIci sharing problems.

2004-03-18 Thread John Niven
HD), but then the selected drive does NOT appear on my desktop! I can ping the IIci and FTP files from it. What am I missing for files sharing? John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Boot Mac II from 9 GB Drive?

2004-02-11 Thread John Niven
Depending on what version of HDTK you used, you may have a option to make the partition bootable. That might be the problem. John On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 05:15 AM, Dave Quebbeman wrote: After copying over a system folder, I can't get the new drive to boot using shift+opt+cmd+del

Re: My OT for the Year - hope it isn't TOO OT

2004-02-10 Thread John Niven
On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 11:33 AM, Kyle DePasquale wrote: I recently found about this place from a friend of mine... They have good prices for those who live in the Bay Area.. www.weirdstuff.com Damn! I was trying to keep that quite. :-) John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored

Re: System 7.1 Upgrade Kit

2004-02-05 Thread John Niven
special prize? I always open them if I think they will be useful. I doubt that any of our cherished vintage equipment will become valuable antiques. I say use it or toss it. I love to get shrink-wrapped stuff 'cos it takes the guesswork out - read the manual! John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored

Useful shareware to keep old Macs productive.

2004-01-28 Thread John Niven
it to everyone and they can view it no matter what platform they use :-) Now if I could just get the same program to run on the IIci directly that would be even better. Anyone know a .ps to pdf converter that can run under OS 7.1 (or even better OS 6) and a 68K machine? Cheers, John

Re: Remote Access DSL?

2004-01-27 Thread John Niven
software. So my question remains: Can I now trash all of the Remote Access files? Well I've never installed them on a system that went on-line via ethernet, so I guess yes :-) John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: dishwasher question

2004-01-26 Thread John Niven
the starch! Without this your hard drive will turn into a floppy, which isn't allowed on an iMac. John PS I use the oven (set low) to dry my boards. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: LCIII problems

2004-01-06 Thread John Niven
would you use on a PC? Could you bring it down a level and be more specific than nuke the drive, so we can learn something? John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras

Re: SCSI to Ethernet adaptor

2003-12-15 Thread John Niven
need one of the earlier models that do have an external supply. I found hem to work with anything from OS 6.0.8L up to OS 7.6.1 (max for a Classic II). Very useful device. John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: Turbo 601 and the IIvi/vx Re: IIsi vs No Cofee

2003-12-05 Thread John Niven
Plus 200 VGA monitors (via adaptors) for fun at work for a while. Loads of space to six in :-) Back at home I normally use one to drive a Apple mono portrait. Then I get 256 grey shades - and it looks good. For mono monitors that's all you need. John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-04 Thread John Niven
secure RAID schemes. I liked the idea of having some secure storage available on my home network. I've just got hung up making the basics work. Also FWB HDTK can only do RAID 0 or RAID 1 :-( Got any other s/w suggestions? John P.S. My wife thinks RAID is supposed to get rid of bugs - not create

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-02 Thread John Niven
. It is also suggested that you zap your PRAM. It doesn't get that far :-( Hoping for more help, John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-01 Thread John Niven
, john -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info

Re: IIsi vs LCIII

2003-12-01 Thread John Niven
What no-body has mentioned is that the IIsi can run OS 6.0.8L, which the LCIII cannot. The only dilemia with the IIsi is Video card v's NIC in that single NuBus slot. John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-01 Thread John Niven
. John -- 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! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info

Re: Need SCSI / RAID advice!!

2003-12-01 Thread John Niven
and replace it with simple partitions, both drives mount correctly, and have run a long test on the two drives with no errors. The two wide drives are id 0, and 1, and the JackHammer shows up as id 7. John -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: Network Card for IIci

2003-11-30 Thread John Niven
On Friday, November 28, 2003, at 04:19 PM, Mark Benson wrote: FWIW does anyone know how they are under OS 6.0.8? The only Apple NuBus card I've tried was broken. However I have used (am using) Asante under 6.0.8, and I think the drivers say 6.0.7 is the minimum. John -- Vintage Macs

Re: Network Card for IIci

2003-11-25 Thread John Niven
and manuals datatbase. This may have also been helped by having an Asante hub as well, though I have used the same to connect into work networks with no problem. I also have a Reudo NuBus NIC (currently in a IIci) which is nice because it uses the Apple drivers. John -- Vintage Macs

Re: Strange lines on screen w/Supermac Thunder II GX - is the VRAM bad?

2003-11-13 Thread John Niven
working properly. Maybe there is a chip select pin that could be disabled instead. John -- 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

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