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Yes... as I mentioned earlier, on 68k macs,... 1,915 Views / 16 Replies  
Yes... as I mentioned earlier, on 68k macs, you'll need to keep the partitions =< 4 gigs.

I haven't tried a drive bigger than that on an old machine, i'm not sure what actually happens in the...
Posted by holstien, on Apr 4, 2013 at 07:02 AM, in Mac Desktops
If money is no option, WeLoveMacs.com still has... 1,915 Views / 16 Replies  
If money is no option, WeLoveMacs.com still has suitable disks. They've saved colleagues with instruments that are run by Quadras a time or too.

I think you could get an SCA 80 scsi disk of ebay...
Posted by holstien, on Apr 2, 2013 at 09:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Worked in 10.2 4,661 Views / 12 Replies  
I used superpaint in 10.2 under classic several times. I have since moved on to Expression 3 (ha! more vaporware!) but I can at least report that i'm very sure it will run fine in classic mode.
Posted by holstien, on Apr 15, 2007 at 09:53 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
I keep hoping that OSes will start using... 4,170 Views / 43 Replies  
I keep hoping that OSes will start using resolution independant GUIs. The thought is that you could increase the resolution of the display so that pictures would be sharper, but also zoom fonts and...
Posted by holstien, on Feb 18, 2007 at 08:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
I bailed out and switched to Shoebox, which is at... 1,145 Views / 14 Replies  
I bailed out and switched to Shoebox, which is at least consistently fast. (It seems to have stalled out development-wise recently... there are several bugs that need to be fixed that have gone...
Posted by holstien, on Jan 5, 2007 at 12:14 AM, in Applications
I would agree that this sounds like a dead CPU. ... 929 Views / 6 Replies  
I would agree that this sounds like a dead CPU.

I've seen CPUs get chipped during transport because the heatsink wobbled on the clips. Also, this can break the bonding in some thermal compounds,...
Posted by holstien, on Jan 5, 2007 at 12:02 AM, in Mac Desktops
If you are looking for something to show if, it... 2,394 Views / 21 Replies  
If you are looking for something to show if, it might behoof you to get a gym membership and study philosophy, quantum mechanics, poetry, and art.

Demonstrations of physical, intellectual,...
Posted by holstien, on Nov 19, 2006 at 08:39 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
I installed gnuplot via Fink, and it seems to... 4,084 Views / 5 Replies  
I installed gnuplot via Fink, and it seems to work ok on apples X11.

The error does not show up in your post.
Posted by holstien, on Nov 5, 2006 at 04:00 PM, in macOS
All G4s can install the current version of OS X... 1,171 Views / 11 Replies  
All G4s can install the current version of OS X (10.4.8).

My QS 933 seems operate just fine. For what you are doing, somethings may be sorta slow.... GIMP and Audacity have a clunky feelnow and...
Posted by holstien, on Nov 5, 2006 at 10:32 AM, in Mac Desktops
I think buying now or later depends on what you... 3,485 Views / 32 Replies  
I think buying now or later depends on what you are doing.

If you are mostly gaming, word processing, graphics design, and light coding, then I think you'll find the difference between now and...
Posted by holstien, on Oct 24, 2006 at 07:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
Typically, the Antennas in PCMCIA cards are... 717 Views / 5 Replies  
Typically, the Antennas in PCMCIA cards are rather pathetic, and oriented at the wrong angle. Further, finding working mac PCMCIA 802.11x cards is hard. I'd recommend adding a range extender or a...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 7, 2006 at 10:40 AM, in Networking
I've been using Skype for a while to call... 553 Views / 1 Replies  
I've been using Skype for a while to call computer-to-computer. I think it works pretty well on 768k/128k DSL. Calls from Skype users sound like they have a somewhat restricted sound range over the...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 5, 2006 at 09:55 AM, in Networking
I currently have a similiar problem. We switched... 1,516 Views / 11 Replies  
I currently have a similiar problem. We switched from cablemodem to DSL, partially due to cost, and partially because my housemate was cloistering the AP in her room where it was hard to get at to...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 1, 2006 at 11:02 AM, in Networking
A few things: 1) Ultra ATA (ata66 and... 1,200 Views / 7 Replies  
A few things:

1) Ultra ATA (ata66 and better) cables have 80 wires, but only use 40 of them for data transfer, the other 40 are to reduce cross-talk. Chances are you already have one in your...
Posted by holstien, on Jul 19, 2006 at 02:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
Probably OS Trouble... 873 Views / 5 Replies  
This is probably OS trouble.... Try reinstalling. Also, zapping the pram, especially if it's been sitting a while. It being nearly 4 years old, the clock battery may be on the fritz.
Posted by holstien, on Apr 25, 2006 at 07:50 AM, in Mac Desktops
My Experience 881 Views / 5 Replies  
I have a 933 with a Geforce 4 Ti. Although I haven't really concidered myself a serious gamer in a while, it's performance was very playable with the UT2k3 demo. The OpenAl bug made the UT2k4 demo...
Posted by holstien, on Mar 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM, in Gaming
Actually, there is no issue with monitor... 691 Views / 6 Replies  
Actually, there is no issue with monitor switches, at least in hardware. I plugged it into the wrong monitor switch the first time. Now that i've plugged the right one it, it works just fine.
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Posted by holstien, on Oct 9, 2004 at 06:45 PM, in Marketplace
I bought the mac from Mitser, and it seems like... 691 Views / 6 Replies  
I bought the mac from Mitser, and it seems like the video card doesn't cooperate well with video switches. I powered it up in my lab when I got it, and it couldn't see the drive, but all was well. I...
Posted by holstien, on Oct 9, 2004 at 04:42 PM, in Marketplace
You might want to try checking the order that the... 517 Views / 2 Replies  
You might want to try checking the order that the network interfaces get used.

In the Networking control panel, there is a pane under the menu "Show" called "Network port configurations" The...
Posted by holstien, on Oct 6, 2004 at 01:08 AM, in macOS
There is a tutorial on making mac disk images on... 10,602 Views / 4 Replies  
There is a tutorial on making mac disk images on a PC at the following address that I think you can use to make boot floppies for the 7250:

http://mes.emuunlim.com/tips/bootdisk.htm

If you...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 29, 2004 at 08:42 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
I'd try refomatting the drive while booting from... 11,201 Views / 4 Replies  
I'd try refomatting the drive while booting from the OS 9 install cd, then installing OS 9. The OS 9 Drive Setup utility should install the OS 9 driver on the drive.

If your imac is new enough,...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 29, 2004 at 09:58 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
I think you would have no problem running OS 9.1... 10,022 Views / 2 Replies  
I think you would have no problem running OS 9.1 on that computer. There are people who have even mangaged to shoehorn 9.2 onto non-g3 macs.

As far as 802.11b is concerned, I'd download this...
Posted by holstien, on Sep 29, 2004 at 09:43 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
 
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