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It is just STUPID business planning to have an...
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It is just STUPID business planning to have an essential component (microprocessor) available from only one vendor! When IBM first made PCs, they lined up Intel and another vendor (I forget who) so...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 16, 2002 at 06:46 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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You can also check the directory ...
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607 Views / 12 Replies |
You can also check the directory
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiscRecording.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DevicePlugIns
and find a file corresponding to the drive manufacturer. In your case...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jun 21, 2002 at 07:41 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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You can also check the directory ...
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607 Views / 12 Replies |
You can also check the directory
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiscRecording.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DevicePlugIns
and find a file corresponding to the drive manufacturer. In your case...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jun 21, 2002 at 07:40 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Call me a blasphemer, but I think that the best...
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687 Views / 20 Replies |
Call me a blasphemer, but I think that the best buy in Apple hardware right now is the new iMac G4 with a superdrive. For $1800 you get a 800MHz G4, a very nice screen, planty of ram and drive space....
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Posted by pjkim, on Mar 16, 2002 at 08:42 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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IBM 75GXP hard drive failure
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589 Views / 4 Replies |
The IBM 75GXP hard drive in my G4 finally died. This is the IBM model that has a very high failure rate - there is even a class action lawsuit against IBM for this. The mode of failure on my machine...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jan 29, 2002 at 05:35 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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hard drive util to lock out bad sectors?
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I have two hard drives on my computer and my slave drive has developed some bad sectors. The disk makes repeated searching noises when I access a certain file and sometimes reads it OK and othertimes...
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Posted by pjkim, on Dec 30, 2001 at 07:50 PM, in macOS |
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New developer tools?
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586 Views / 9 Replies |
According to the Apple OSX update site http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade, the $20 mail in and free in store updates are different.
The $20 mail in update includes three CDs
� Mac OS X version...
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Posted by pjkim, on Sep 25, 2001 at 07:33 PM, in macOS |
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I too had problems with classic not starting up...
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I too had problems with classic not starting up properly. It all started after purchasing a Linksys DSL router. I changed my network setting on my computer from using PPPoE to DHCP. Everything else...
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Posted by pjkim, on Sep 16, 2001 at 10:18 AM, in macOS |
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Generic tulip driver in OSX?
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I have a Kingston 10/100 ethernet NIC that I use to connect to my Laserwriter. I don't have a hub and my built in ethernet port is connected to a DSL modem. This setup works fine under OS9 because...
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Posted by pjkim, on Sep 2, 2001 at 11:37 PM, in macOS |
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Driver for tulip/DEC21x4 ethernet NIC
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I have a Kingston KNE110TX ethernet NIC that works just fine under OS9 and Linux using the tulip driver. From reading the Linux literature, it seems that the tulip driver is closely related to or is...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 26, 2001 at 04:43 PM, in macOS |
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Abstract concepts? What is that you see on your...
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1,395 Views / 80 Replies |
Abstract concepts? What is that you see on your computer screen that is NOT abstract? Everything there is abstract. Windows, close boxes, menues, cursors, folders, dock, sliders, scroll bars, pop up...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 15, 2001 at 08:13 PM, in macOS |
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Sort of off topic but here goes. I have an...
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Sort of off topic but here goes. I have an Ethernet card that prevents deep sleep. Is a cards ability to deep sleep determined by software or hardware? Can you force a card to deep sleep through...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 15, 2001 at 07:26 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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I have a Kingston KNE 110TX (10/100 speed) NIC....
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I have a Kingston KNE 110TX (10/100 speed) NIC. It is no longer made by Kingston. It works fine under OS9 and Linux using the tulip driver. It does NOT however work under OSX. The drivers for it just...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 9, 2001 at 06:58 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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I have a 1 y old Kingston 10/100TX ethernet NIC...
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I have a 1 y old Kingston 10/100TX ethernet NIC that works fine with OS9 and under Linux using the tulip driver. It does NOT work under OSX and I can't seem to find drivers for it. Hopefully 10.1...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 9, 2001 at 09:12 AM, in macOS |
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This thread is inane. Yes, the newer graphics...
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804 Views / 31 Replies |
This thread is inane. Yes, the newer graphics cards (and Playstation 2s) are faster at raw hardwired FLOPs than most CPUs.
Yes, a Colt 45 is faster and gets better gas mileage than any car. Do you...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 7, 2001 at 10:02 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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This argument is inane. How can MacAddict...
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This argument is inane. How can MacAddict continue to sell this at a loss? Make it up on volume? Granted that their margin is slim but they can't eat $16.00 (difference between Apple's and...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 6, 2001 at 06:46 PM, in macOS |
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Enemies? What enemies?
The P4 is just...
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Enemies? What enemies?
The P4 is just another processor. Get over it. Go outside. Give it up. Stop trolling.
Despite the marketing and hoopla, we are not at war. We are using computers. Our...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 4, 2001 at 06:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge |
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Tulip driver for ethernet card.
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I have a Kingston kne110tx ethernet NIC. I works fine under OS9 using the OS9 driver. It even works under Linux using the tulip driver. Unfortunately, I can't get it to work under OSX.
I have...
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Posted by pjkim, on Aug 2, 2001 at 12:00 AM, in macOS |
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I have a 500 DP (gigabit) G4 with a DVD-RAM...
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I have a 500 DP (gigabit) G4 with a DVD-RAM drive. Is the eject button thing a problem that was fixed in the digital audio series? Is there a setting somewhere that i am neglecting?
I can open and...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 30, 2001 at 06:53 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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What bothers me about the eject key is that it...
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What bothers me about the eject key is that it does only that- eject a disc. If I want to open the DVD door, I have to perform two entirely different tasks depending on whether there is a disc inside...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 30, 2001 at 12:30 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Because the option-boot method is so slow. Even...
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Because the option-boot method is so slow. Even though the option boot method can find the OS9 and OSX volumes, it still takes a good 10-15 seconds before I can actually start the boot process. I can...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 29, 2001 at 11:41 PM, in macOS |
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Localtalk printer to new mac?
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I am thinking about getting a used Laserwriter. Problem is that they have localtalk and sometimes centronics interfaces. What is the best and least expensive ways of connecing these printers to newer...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 29, 2001 at 11:38 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components |
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P2P client for OS9
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Has anyone found a P2P client that works well under OS9? I have tried Gnutella with very limited success- it consistently crashes after a few minutes. Limewire is a little bit more stable but has...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 29, 2001 at 10:44 PM, in Applications |
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Dual booting with open firmware
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I remember a while back that people were wondering how to dual boot using open firmware. I haven't seen any posts recently, but also don't recall any solutions, so here it is.
This is how you can...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 29, 2001 at 10:30 PM, in macOS |
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This is really sad because there is space for...
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564 Views / 6 Replies |
This is really sad because there is space for another full size bay above the current CD bay but it is just wasted space. In the G3s, you could cut the case to fit a full size bay below the CD bay,...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 28, 2001 at 11:37 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Try the Apple system profiler under the apple...
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Try the Apple system profiler under the apple menu and look under devices and volumes. See if your machine can see the device at all. If it can, then it is probably a driver issue.
You should also...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 28, 2001 at 11:32 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Can your G4 sleep?
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I can't wake my G4 from deep sleep. I have a 500 DP and no PCI cards. My machine goes to sleep just fine but upon waking, will partially redraw the desktop and then freeze requiring a reboot.
I...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 28, 2001 at 07:43 PM, in Mac Desktops |
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Some airlines are already planning wireless...
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Some airlines are already planning wireless internet access inflight based on 802.11, ie Airport. I think that in a few years, most flights will have this available.
Once people start fragging...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 28, 2001 at 07:13 PM, in macOS |
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Even if you use the canon TWAIN drivers, the...
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Even if you use the canon TWAIN drivers, the software still calibrates about three times too often to get one scan. Canon really needs to fix this. The other thing is that I talked to canon about OSX...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 28, 2001 at 06:57 PM, in MacNN Lounge |
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Slightly off topic, but forgive me. First, the...
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Slightly off topic, but forgive me. First, the 533 DP is arguably the second fasted Mac ever made behind the 800 DP.
Second, I think that Apple is squandering the potential of iDVD. I think that...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 27, 2001 at 08:43 AM, in MacNN Lounge |
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Just one more thing, how much revenue does Apple...
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Just one more thing, how much revenue does Apple expect to generate with the update fee when they say that people are welcome to make copies of it. They really need to balance this revenue with the...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 27, 2001 at 08:22 AM, in macOS |
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I definately remember Jobs saying, "Read my lips,...
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I definately remember Jobs saying, "Read my lips, no new taxes. The upgrade will be FREE." Maybe Jobs is so rich that he has fallen out of touch with what the rest of the world considers free. If...
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Posted by pjkim, on Jul 27, 2001 at 08:17 AM, in macOS |
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