12 monitors

test monitors, when I'm working on machines. They really are handy to have and use--they take up a lot less space than a standard sized monitor. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: New Mac Guy

://www.pcliquidator.com/) Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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: PPP problem

in config are the ones my ISP gave me. Thanks for the help though. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

PPP problem

first *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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: Some history

) be my guest, I think it's a bit long and probably too rambling This is great and really clears up some of the areas I was unclear about. I think I'll forward it over to a tech friend who may need to start supporting Macs. Belongs on LEM, IMHO. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site

Re: More about the Whiney Drives

, which will may mean reformatting the disk, since I can't seem to get the Apple driver working again. You may be able to take a look at the partitions and see exactly what drivers are installed. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small

Re: More about the Whiney Drives

on Macs *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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: OS copyright

. Some stuff here: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,101601,00.asp http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/13/schools-microsoft.htm http://www.lugod.org/microsoft/?filter=edu Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs

copywrite

? I'm with pickle on this one. I find the current copywrite laws way too restrictive and I've seen how they inhibit the exchange of information. I've seen the issue crop up on every damn list I'm on, no matter what the topic. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com

Redux

Do any of you have a copy of Redux? You might want to let the folks at Lowend know that their old domain name (reduxsw) has been bought out by the usual pornography crowd. I would like to try the software out, but all the sites I've tried so far were linked to their old website. Teri Pittman

Re: Where ?

version or an older version of the full program for free. There's also a great book available online (for free) on how to use the program. It saves files as text files, so you could export them if needed. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage

relatively foolish question

they dual boot and you choose which OS to use? Do you need a second monitor to see what's going on? It's not that I have a pressing need for these, but I am curious. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: keyboard question

At 15:48 -0400 on 30/06/02, Teri Pittman wrote: They could be used on both an ADB and RJ-11-based Mac (like the Plus). That explains it! I haven't seen a Plus yet, so I didn't know that they were RJ-11 based. Thanks! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http

Re: keyboard question

*grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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: keyboard question

Perhaps it's an auto-select that senses which port is in use. Wonder if it works if you plug it into two Macs at once? :) If I had a Plus, I'd give it a shot. Wouldn't THAT be handy!! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: This is another fine mess.......

] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored

Re: This is another fine mess.......

At 21:32 -0400 on 26/06/02, Teri Pittman wrote: That explains the bus error with 7.5 :) You might want to have a look here: I popped the LC 575 board into a 520. Same error about 7.1, so I believe that they have done the Resedit hacks, as the OS on the hard drive of the machine is 7.6.1

Re: 2 Questions

in my experience 7.6.1 is the most bullet proof of the Mac OSes (sp?) and my preferred install on any 68k Mac that has enough ram to for it (and can handle it) I've been using this a bit, since I have some LC520s that had it installed. It does seem pretty stable. I like 7.1 too. I did an

Re: iCab 2.8

At 21:04 -0400 on 04/06/02, Teri Pittman wrote: I find iCab a LOT faster than anything else on a 68K or 1st-gen PPC, but I also use a RAM disk for the cache and tend to overlook browsers that aren't exactly stable (read: Netscape 3 and earlier, Netscape 4 to a minor extent, and IE prior

modem connector

. Is it safe to use without it? Any easy way to pull one off another machine? Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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

AAUI networking

Mac. I'm not sure that I want to bring the PC into this *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: AAUI networking

Lots more good info at http://threemacs.com/ I know. There are a few things I wished they'd added, like what the AAUI connectiods look like (found that at another site). And more info on cables would be good too. As long as the transceivers will enable me to connect to a standard

Re: AAUI networking

Actually, I want to go with a more traditional network setup. And I may eventually add the PC to the mix, so I'd like a system that would let me go that route. I am pretty sure I can come up with a hub/router/switch that will work. Will need to pick up transceivers cabling and I'll be set.

Re: more learning experiences

to feel like someone with a yard full of old cars, just to have enough spare parts to keep one going *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Re: more learning experiences

right. I think that's a matter of having the right printer driver. But, tomorrow is another day *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: RAM puzzlement

Another thought - you *are* looking at the Total RAM in the About This Macintosh window, right? As opposed to the available RAM... Yep, but the total RAM figure includes the 16MB on disk. I'm starting to think it might be useful to turn that off completely and see if I get different

Re: RAM puzzlement

You have VM on? Yep, I turned it on because I was using the machine on the Net and 8MB wasn't enough. I didn't try turning it off last night, but will play around with that tonight. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: RAM puzzlement

does one become jaded at playing with these machines? Are Power Macs ever as much fun? Thanks for all the help! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: RAM puzzlement

Are Power Macs ever as much fun? . 2) Yes. Really?? This 6100 doesn't seem nearly as interesting as the LC520s or II-somethings. Did I just get a boring beige Power Mac? I confess, I have been eyeing the stuff on Mystics Takkys. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs

Re: Audio in from tape recorder to have word processor show it.

I want to take a tape recorder with a voice recording and plug it into my Mac and have the record words show up in my word processor.The correct term maybe to transcribe the audio tape voice to the Mac Word processor. Anyone is welcome to share their experience. Thanks My experience

network admin help needed

can't even get that far with it. TIA Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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: network admin help needed

anyway. I'm pulling in the 7.5.3 disks today and will probably take it from there. Would be nice to see what's on that drive, but reformatting it will be okay too. Thanks for the advice. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs

Re: network admin help needed

in, since it has the keyboard disabled on boot.) If all else fails, I'll just do a clean install and be done with it. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

hardware heart transplant

? Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- 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

Boss update

Boss came by this morning, all smiles. Picked up a 7200 for his daughter and is looking for a 9500 for self. -- 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: It's not hardware....

At 11:07 AM 05/07/2002 +0100, you wrote: Now I am confused. Why wouldn't you run Yellow Dog Linux instead?? Do you want the polite answer or the rude answer? Either, if we're talking about the software. The polite one, if we're talking about me asking the question *grin*! Teri Pittman

Re: Nearly a gross of IIci's Re: It's not hardware....

Now less than 2 years after my first mac there are 36 of them being kept warm in my flat. Sometimes, a few of them do a little useful work :) Now, that is what I'm afraid of! I am starting to think of having these all networked together, with a different version of the OS on each one..

It's not hardware....

. That's only happened once in the Windoze world that I know of (Win95). Am I right about this? Is this one of the things that has affected sales? Thanks! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

Re: It's not hardware....

What won't 7.1 run on that 7.0.1 would? I ran into that when looking at the specs on Lowendmac. It said that it was the last OS for the 68020 and under. I'm not saying I'm right--just trying to make some sense out of the Mac OS numbering scheme. 8.5 was the first PPC-only system, and it

Re: It's not hardware....

In any meaningful analysis, Apple has been much more supportive of their older hardware than any other software or hardware company. Go try to find information on 18 year old PCs on the IBM or Compaq web sites. Where are their freely downloadable versions of classic OS software? Dell and

Re: It's not hardware....

Just get a nice IIci or something lame attempt to get back on topic See, that's exactly what I did! Avoidance of XP leads to IIci, which leads to this list and lots of questions. Thanks for your answers. I'm having a lot of fun with this ancient hardware and software. -- Vintage Macs is

Re: Nearly a gross of IIci's Re: It's not hardware....

. .Will anyone ever want a 7100/66 board again? Ever? I don't know, I haven't worked my way up to that era yet *grin*. I can tell you, having paid money for a couple of these ancient machines that there are a few folks buying them. Probably just not enough to put a dent in your collection.

software strategy needed

upgrade the programs that I actually use. Thanks for the help! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: software strategy needed

That's kinda what I'm thinking. I might play around a bit with 8.1. I guess another alternative would be to pick up a larger hard drive, copy everything over from the IIci and keep the one with 8.1 installed, in case I want to use it at a later date. Am I correct in assuming that I could

Re: 7.1 font problem

I am at a loss as to what system you are now talking about, but System 7.0 doesn't have a fonts folder; that was new in System 7.1. In System 7.0.1 and earlier, fonts are stored inside the System suitcase. The fonts seem to be packed inside of Suitcase 2.0. I had this program set up on OS

7.1 font problem

temporarily move the 7.1 system file to a floppy, either boot with the 7.0.1 disk or copy my old system file back long enough to do this? Or am I causing an huge mess that will result in nothing working? I'm considering rolling the upgrade back completely, if there's no other way to fix it. Teri

Re: 7.1 font problem

at it on that machine. Any other ideas are welcome! The IIci seems to run a bit snappier on OS 7.1. I'd just like to find where those fonts are hidden. Might download Resedit and take a look at the Suitcase extension. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com

System 7.1 upgrade

I seem to have upgraded from system 7.0.1 to system 7.1 without too many problems. The only thing, so far, that is not working is the extension to Suitcase 2.0. Does anyone know if there really is a problem with this version? If so, am I stuck having to find an upgrade to it? -- Vintage

upgrading system software

on the basics and reviews on programs. Damn little on upgrading the operating system, or properly deleting and cleaning up a program.) Thanks for the help! Couldn't have gotten it online without it! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs

Re: OT - Re: Apple and Polaroid.

, as it had a Rockwell chip and there wasn't anything in the Linux world to support the compression. I could get it to run at 2400 baud under Seyon, but that was it. Sorta similar to what I'm going through configuring PPP this time, although I think I'll get this to work eventually. Teri Pittman [EMAIL

Re: need internet connectivity help

and maybe a larger HD. I will try Ram Doubler in the meantime. Thanks for the help! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win

internet connectivity round two

correctly. Any tips would be appreciated--I'm finding good info on configuration but not on what's causing this problem. IIci, OS 7.0.1 Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: internet connectivity round two

too many steps in that process. It does sound like I can cancel the windows download of Stuff-it to unstuff the mac version *grin*! Ain't computers fun?? Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com

internet connectivity round three

not use any modem init strings, so I could give that a try. Modem is Supra Diamond 33.6 and should use pretty standard inits. I also tried using a slower speed on the modem, as that will sometimes do the trick. PPP does not seem to see the modem at all. Any ideas? Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED

need internet connectivity help

not sure if MacTCP is enough to do the trick. Thanks in advance. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot

Re: Internet jiggery pokery

DNS and DHCP are irrelevant if you're not connected to the Internet, or am I missing something important? If you don't have DNS, you'd better know the IP address you're trying to connect to. You need it to resolve the name. I've seen lack of DHCP cause problems with email, although I can't

Yet another IIci question

can't handle larger disks. I'm also a bit confused about when to use Mode 32. I am still working my way through the LowEndMac site, so feel free to point me to documentation on that site. Thanks again! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage

Re: CD-ROM inside. Re: Yet another IIci question

. Not unless I'm gonna put fins and chrome headlights on it too *grin*! Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon

Re: Another IIci question

(except I wasn't aware of the OS versions involved). I'm starting to think the wisest course for this IIci is to max it out on RAM, play around with it a bit, and keep my eye out for a cheap Power Mac or G3 or 4. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage

Re: Another IIci question

You *do* realise how much those cost, right? Well, at this point, I'm surfing ebay *grin*! Since I keep reading that this is a good upgrade, I'm trying to learn as much about it as I can. First upgrade will probably be more RAM, as it only has 8MB on board. It'd be cheaper to get a 7100 mobo

monitor question

monitor instead? Thanks for you help--it's my first Mac and I'm sure I'll have more questions. Teri Pittman [EMAIL PROTECTED] New and improved site: http://www.xws.com/terispage/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com