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Yup, exactly what everyone's thinking, godzappa.... 1,157 Views / 79 Replies  
Yup, exactly what everyone's thinking, godzappa. The only PM worth having now is the Dual 800, but only if you've got a sh*tlo@d of cash lying around.

Bring on the new PowerMacs Steve!

[Oh, and...
Posted by austintas, on Jan 7, 2002 at 03:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
Damn, me too! HP 990Cxi here. I did select "ISO... 430 Views / 7 Replies  
Damn, me too! HP 990Cxi here. I did select "ISO A4" when I installed the drivers but it doesn't seem to have had any effect. This could get extremely annoying...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 15, 2001 at 04:56 AM, in macOS
I'm dragging this one back from the ether a bit,... 476 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm dragging this one back from the ether a bit, but just noting that the OSX dnet client fails to detect the processor in my new 867Mhz G4 and therefore refuses to use the Altivec core - even the...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 13, 2001 at 09:31 AM, in Team MacNN
Err, just out of interest, was the day of death... 586 Views / 5 Replies  
Err, just out of interest, was the day of death preceded by the occasional 'pop' of the monitor, accompanied by a tempoart deformation of the picture?

I ask becase this seems to be a common...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 8, 2001 at 10:20 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Hop over to the forums at www.xlr8yourmac.com... 664 Views / 1 Replies  
Hop over to the forums at www.xlr8yourmac.com (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com) - there's been a lot of discussion about this and four people have managed to flash GF3 cards to work in their old (some AGP...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 7, 2001 at 10:47 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Oh my GOD! Does anyone know if this is... 1,736 Views / 120 Replies  
Oh
my
GOD!

Does anyone know if this is real?! If so, where the *&^$ did it happen, and why weren't we all invited to laugh?!
Posted by austintas, on Aug 5, 2001 at 01:14 PM, in MacNN Lounge
...or, even better, both! Here's what I'm... 701 Views / 6 Replies  
...or, even better, both!

Here's what I'm planning on doing with our old 8600 when the new Quicksilver turns up ;):

2 Enet cards (which it has already) + Vicomsoft Internet Gateway (or...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 5, 2001 at 06:42 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Well, I'm in the UK and just got notification... 6,826 Views / 396 Replies  
Well, I'm in the UK and just got notification today that my parent's new G4 867 w/ 17in LCD has shipped, 5 days after ordering! Considering we were quoted 3-4 weeks for the LCD and 8 days for the G4,...
Posted by austintas, on Aug 4, 2001 at 06:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
The more of these paint jobs I see, the more I... 800 Views / 12 Replies  
The more of these paint jobs I see, the more I think about my Lombard...

Nice work!

Toby
Posted by austintas, on Jun 28, 2001 at 06:19 PM, in Hardware Hacking
I didn't think you were! Sorry if it sounded like... 554 Views / 6 Replies  
I didn't think you were! Sorry if it sounded like I thought you were... I wasn't getting at you but the 'enlightened' people who wrote that, errr, diatribe.

Toby
Posted by austintas, on Jun 28, 2001 at 03:52 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Has anyone else noticed that people like that... 554 Views / 6 Replies  
Has anyone else noticed that people like that never offer any alternatives, they just b*tch?

I'm all for intelligent discussion, but that ain't intelligent in the slightest. It's just flame-bait ...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 27, 2001 at 04:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Ahhh, staining - that hadn't occurred to me.... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Ahhh, staining - that hadn't occurred to me. Yeah, that would be cool, I think I'll try that.

I've got the replacement PSU and that works, but somewhere along the line the ENet card's gone belly...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 25, 2001 at 04:46 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Thanks :) Well, I've been helped in the... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks :)

Well, I've been helped in the PSU department by a great guy here in the UK who I've purchased a replacement off. It turns out that mine was probably an early LC475 since it uses a PSU...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 22, 2001 at 06:51 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Nope, this defintely isn't a ventilation thing -... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Nope, this defintely isn't a ventilation thing - for a start, the inside was only 3 or 4 degrees warmer than the air temp after 8 hours running. Secondly, I put the fan in earlier in the week :p
...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 20, 2001 at 01:42 PM, in Hardware Hacking
No! The iCrate has died! I'd just received... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
No! The iCrate has died!

I'd just received my ethernet card, installed it and was about to install the drivers when... it failed to start up! The PSU made strange clicking noises, then sparking...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 20, 2001 at 11:07 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Venttilation isn't a problem - the holes for the... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Venttilation isn't a problem - the holes for the handles and the sheer amount of air in the crate make for a cool Mac even without a fan.

I've connected up the HD activity LED now to shine through...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 18, 2001 at 05:42 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Thanks :) It'll be even better by the end... 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Thanks :)

It'll be even better by the end of the week - I've just sent off the cash for an ethernet card so I can put it on my network as a webserver. It can serve it's own page then!

I...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 18, 2001 at 12:09 PM, in Hardware Hacking
The iCrate 987 Views / 12 Replies  
Yup, you guessed it. A Mac in a crate. A wooden crate, with an LC475 in it. Oh, and a few other features like an internal CD-ROM thrown in for good measure.

It's not quite finished yet, but take a...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 16, 2001 at 12:09 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Damnit, I've just realised I erased the partition... 509 Views / 9 Replies  
Damnit, I've just realised I erased the partition my boot script was on a while back. Sorry about that. Actually, come to think of it, I've got a printed version somewhere... when I have the time...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 10, 2001 at 08:03 AM, in macOS
Startup Disk setting crash 365 Views / 0 Replies  
A little while back I was switching my startup disk back to my OS 9.1 drive in the system disk area of system settings under OSX. Whilst it was scanning my HDs looking for usable systems the machine...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 3, 2001 at 07:09 PM, in macOS
There is another way... an open firmware script ... 509 Views / 9 Replies  
There is another way... an open firmware script ;)

There's one that was written to dual boot LinuxPPC or MacOS 9 a while back. If you held down a certain key (like the space bar) it would boot...
Posted by austintas, on Jun 3, 2001 at 06:58 PM, in macOS
Please please keep the old design MacNN. The new... 1,995 Views / 140 Replies  
Please please keep the old design MacNN. The new one sucks big time.
Posted by austintas, on May 25, 2001 at 01:45 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Yeah, I can't get through either on... 638 Views / 4 Replies  
Yeah, I can't get through either on macosrumors.com or mosr.com. Any ideas anyone? It's been down since Saturday at least.
Posted by austintas, on Apr 24, 2001 at 12:53 PM, in MacNN Lounge
If anyone does feel the urge to vote, the poll's... 663 Views / 14 Replies  
If anyone does feel the urge to vote, the poll's not on the front page anymore. Follow this link:
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/interact/story/0,23008,3321214,00.html
Posted by austintas, on Apr 10, 2001 at 06:44 PM, in macOS
Thanks you guys, that's helped a lot. 486 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks you guys, that's helped a lot.
Posted by austintas, on Apr 4, 2001 at 09:27 AM, in Developer Center
gets() [newbie question] 486 Views / 3 Replies  
OK, this is probably a really stupid question but why doesn't gets() work in OS X? I'm new to programming and I'm currently working through the "C for Dummies" book as a start, and this is the first...
Posted by austintas, on Apr 2, 2001 at 06:59 AM, in Developer Center
Just out of interest, has anyone tried running UT... 548 Views / 8 Replies  
Just out of interest, has anyone tried running UT in OpenGL mode to see what happens? I know this was buggy as hell under OS9, but since there's hardly and RAVE support under classic (from what I...
Posted by austintas, on Apr 1, 2001 at 07:01 AM, in Gaming
You are a complete ****. I have 2 partitions, I... 547 Views / 28 Replies  
You are a complete ****. I have 2 partitions, I "did my homework." We're just discussing the possibility of UT under OSX. Don't bother posting in the future.


Back to the discussion: I...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 27, 2001 at 12:19 PM, in Gaming
USB overdrive is fully configurable, so you can... 518 Views / 5 Replies  
USB overdrive is fully configurable, so you can use any button / wheel for any action you like.

The current version of the software is disables under Classic unfortunately, so I can only use one...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 27, 2001 at 12:04 PM, in Applications
UT doesn't work! 450 Views / 0 Replies  
Has anyone got UT to work under Classic? It launches but then crashes as soon as I actually do anything.
Posted by austintas, on Mar 26, 2001 at 04:43 PM, in Applications
What version are you using? UT (latest version)... 547 Views / 28 Replies  
What version are you using? UT (latest version) launches but when I try and do anything it crashes out on me.
Posted by austintas, on Mar 26, 2001 at 04:34 PM, in Gaming
I was sort of thinking about this, although I... 518 Views / 5 Replies  
I was sort of thinking about this, although I actually use USB Overdrive in OS 9 - there's an X version of this in development, I'll probably just use that
Posted by austintas, on Mar 26, 2001 at 03:44 PM, in Applications
Yup, as long as they deliver it on time... ... 358 Views / 2 Replies  
Yup, as long as they deliver it on time...

Actually, I think that I've benefitted a lot from not getting it straight away - I've had time to read these boards and other sites, download OSX...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 25, 2001 at 03:19 PM, in macOS
Thanks beefytron. But anyway, to get back on... 735 Views / 38 Replies  
Thanks beefytron.

But anyway, to get back on topic, did anyone lese get the following message from Apple Europe today?



So they do care about us after all!

Actually, the tracking site...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 25, 2001 at 12:51 PM, in macOS
Beefytron: You are a t**t. At least insult people... 735 Views / 38 Replies  
Beefytron: You are a t**t. At least insult people from a registered account, coward.

Belle: actually, it was Gee4orce that said that, but thanks anyway!

Back to the proper discussion, thanks...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 24, 2001 at 04:12 PM, in macOS
No Saturday delivery hurts. I didn't think it... 735 Views / 38 Replies  
No Saturday delivery hurts. I didn't think it world, but it does. Apple UK should have followed the US example and shipped today, or at least given us an option.

God, I've never been so desperate...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 24, 2001 at 01:35 PM, in macOS
They've fixed tat now, but the UK OSX page still... 410 Views / 3 Replies  
They've fixed tat now, but the UK OSX page still says that iTunes etc. will "be available shortly." Grrr.

What am I going to do until Monday!?!?
Posted by austintas, on Mar 24, 2001 at 09:11 AM, in macOS
Application checker / database 361 Views / 2 Replies  
I think I'm right in saying that we now have apps that work in Classic only, some that work in both and others that are OSX only. Anyone else think that this may get comfusing, especially for all...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 23, 2001 at 06:37 AM, in macOS
Just to note, I received my shipping notification... 434 Views / 14 Replies  
Just to note, I received my shipping notification from Apple UK.

BTW UK orders (and probably all European ones) can be tracked on:
http://www.irishexpresscargo.com/

Click on tracking and...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 22, 2001 at 02:27 PM, in macOS
Woohoo! Someone else gets annoyed by the... 617 Views / 24 Replies  
Woohoo! Someone else gets annoyed by the no-mouse-acceleration thing...

This is, for me, the most noticable thing about using a PC. It really, really annoys me. You would have thought that M$ had...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 18, 2001 at 08:43 AM, in Mac Desktops
Yeah, I can't get much more than 15fps on my... 448 Views / 2 Replies  
Yeah, I can't get much more than 15fps on my G4/450; frustrating. Even my Lombard 333 can manage 13fps. 25 is pretty amazing. Are you sure that you've got the same visual settings on both machines? I...
Posted by austintas, on Mar 17, 2001 at 03:29 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Try www.applefritter.com... 494 Views / 2 Replies  
Try www.applefritter.com (http://www.applefritter.com) - they've got a page on this hack, and many more!
Posted by austintas, on Feb 8, 2001 at 08:39 AM, in Hardware Hacking
I think that there was some news onthe macnn.com... 602 Views / 10 Replies  
I think that there was some news onthe macnn.com front page about a DVI>ADC connector over the weekend - check it out.
Posted by austintas, on Feb 5, 2001 at 01:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
There's an option to cap the framerate at 30fps,... 648 Views / 28 Replies  
There's an option to cap the framerate at 30fps, but since I haven't yet heard of anyone getting over 20fps this seems a little silly! G-Force looked great running at over 30fps, the iTunes visuals...
Posted by austintas, on Feb 2, 2001 at 09:05 AM, in Mac Desktops
G4s and iTunes Visuals 648 Views / 28 Replies  
Right, let me get this straight: I have a G4/450 sitting next to me that I have seen achieve 1.7Gigaflops, yet the visual effect in iTunes (fullscreen) only makes it to 14fps occasionally. I used to...
Posted by austintas, on Feb 1, 2001 at 04:55 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'll do that, but I was actually wondering if... 1,051 Views / 2 Replies  
I'll do that, but I was actually wondering if anyone knew of a company that makes such a device. So far all of the small LCDs I've come accross requite a special (usually PC only) graphics card...
Posted by austintas, on Feb 1, 2001 at 01:26 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Small LCD or CRTs 1,051 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm looking for a small (6" or so) LCD screen with a VGA connector (or even an old Mac monitor connector) for a mac modification I'm currently undertaking (don't worry, I'll post some photos when I'm...
Posted by austintas, on Jan 30, 2001 at 06:54 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Sorry, didn't see someone had gotten there first! 548 Views / 7 Replies  
Sorry, didn't see someone had gotten there first!
Posted by austintas, on Jan 26, 2001 at 03:17 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Try this: ... 548 Views / 7 Replies  
Try this:
http://exodus.physics.ucla.edu/appleseed/appleseed.html

I think it's exactly what you're looking for!
Posted by austintas, on Jan 26, 2001 at 03:14 PM, in Hardware Hacking
I think that this guy is trying to do the same... 583 Views / 9 Replies  
I think that this guy is trying to do the same thing as you:
http://home.earthlink.net/~richardinsd/Supersizeyour3400.html

[at least, that's ONE of his mods!]
Posted by austintas, on Jan 26, 2001 at 03:10 PM, in Hardware Hacking
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