Re: Origin....

2002-03-27 Thread Terry Graham
Mart wrote, On Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at 01:47 AM, mart wrote: But getting the back casing off ... you don't want to know. Mark (I think) replied, Well mine well be staying together, I was in hopes of some kind of cool mac thing, that I was missing. :-] Now this is interesting, I

Re: Information Age

2002-03-25 Thread Terry Graham
Patrick Austin wrote: Most of the messages posted here are six to ten lines long and the tag is 20 lines long. For lowendmac's and associates' incredible community service, to which, contrary to popular misconception, access is not part of my God-given rights, the advertising and added useful

Re: 12 Monitor

2002-03-21 Thread Terry Graham
Hi. Can anyone tell me the secret to getting the cover off a 1990 Macintosh 12 RGB Display? Its got two screws only on the bottom side; releases to a degree but what would be the top side front won't let go. I didn't want to scar it up any more with the screwdriver twist which wound up my

Re: The ever-popular PRAM question

2002-03-20 Thread Terry Graham
Andrew's how-to: Tack soldering generally means, to lay a wire flat on a contact solder it down, rather than wrapping it around a pin or inserting it into a cup before soldering. Another idea, I took mini alligator clips to the board batt. holder. TT -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by

Re: Disk Images

2002-03-19 Thread Terry Graham
Randy wrote: Or, if you have a big enough hard disk, you could make an image of the CD and stream it off the hard disk. I was wondering if there's a way to have the floppies of OS 7.5 as disk images on one Mac and with Install disk 1 in the floppy drive of the other, have those disk images

Re: Microsoft Works - alternatives?

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
Dan, you wrote: I never did care for MS Works. ClarisWorks has been wonderful since v1.0. In fact, ClarisWorks pretty much took over the Works market on the Mac -- much like Word and Excel did for word processing and spreadsheets, FileMaker for databases. Did you mean, like Filemaker DID for

Re: Microsoft Works - alternatives?

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
Mark, you wrote: I recommend it highly. It is the only Database application I ever used that was totally accessible to beginners and experts alike. Thanks! Mostly I was looking to hear that it goes considerably beyond Claris 4 database and spreadsheet capability - enough to warrant

Re: First timers LC hard drive installation

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
Andrew wrote: As long as you pull with a steady, even pressure. Don't yank or jerk on the cable. If the connector is being stubborn, you can ease the cable slightly to the left slightly to the right, while maintaining a steady, even pressure. Right - and the side-to-side works real well

Re: Communications Toolbox

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
I've never been sure about all the communication tools, XModem, VT102, TTY Tool, text tool, etc. The info in extensions manager reads: Part of the Communications Toolbox. Needed if you are using a standard modem and other communications functions. Does standard modem mean only the built-in

Re: Mac II drive clearance

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
That's Sherlock Holmes IF you don't mind ;). No, I meant the Home Security company :-) TT -- 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: Apple 15 Multiscan

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
That reminds me. . . I keep forgetting to ask how I go about getting the speakers in my Multiscan operational? Thanks, Terry -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Re: CD-R drives Re: ZIP (was:Re: Wimpy Floppy)

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
--- J.S. Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not undoable. I have a SCSI Burner from a PC that no driver on earth will run, in Macland, except Toast. The icon won't mount on the desktop, but I burned a complete set of backup CD's of this PPC 240Mhz. 6100's 3 GIG HD in minutes. I've always

Re: CD-R drives Re: ZIP (was:Re: Wimpy Floppy)

2002-03-18 Thread Terry Graham
Gregg, Thanks for the goldmine of info! We must have lucked out and caught you just after a cappacino '!~ Thanks, Terry -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras