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Soo ... You unpack your 3k G5 dualie, lets assume... 12,578 Views / 65 Replies  
Soo ... You unpack your 3k G5 dualie, lets assume this is a rev 2 and it comes with the, WOWIE, bluetooth mouse and keyboard ... how do you start the app that pairs the keyboard and mouse to the...
Posted by stepson, on Aug 23, 2003 at 11:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yesterday I went to my first Apple store, (Short... 751 Views / 8 Replies  
Yesterday I went to my first Apple store, (Short Hills in NJ) and played with many of the macs there. I really really liked the 17 inch iMac, friggin' awesome! I thought it looked cool when it came...
Posted by stepson, on Jul 28, 2002 at 01:00 PM, in Mac Desktops
Interesting ... I noticed this too, and i had... 658 Views / 10 Replies  
Interesting ... I noticed this too, and i had been hoping it wouldn't even have visual feedback, it would 'just work'. Has anyone logged out right before its supposed to happen to see what happens?
Posted by stepson, on Jul 21, 2002 at 12:17 AM, in macOS
After downloading QT6, I saw a link to QT... 823 Views / 20 Replies  
After downloading QT6, I saw a link to QT Broadcaster, so I got that too. Awfully small, less than a meg! I loaded up QTB, and was presented with a window, that had a small black rectangle that...
Posted by stepson, on Jun 4, 2002 at 04:19 PM, in macOS
Does anyone really use this? Maybe because I... 846 Views / 21 Replies  
Does anyone really use this? Maybe because I don't understand how it works (I don't use WinXP)... Like, if someone else wanted to use your computer, you hit "re-login" or something, and it presents...
Posted by stepson, on May 18, 2002 at 12:43 PM, in macOS
My cube was the standard 450Mhz model, w/ CDRW. ... 967 Views / 31 Replies  
My cube was the standard 450Mhz model, w/ CDRW. i've since upgraded it to:

1.5GB Ram
80 Gig seagate barracuda IV
PC Visiontek GeForce2MX 400 (slightly faster than an Mx200 supposedly)

I want...
Posted by stepson, on May 7, 2002 at 12:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
Does it have gcc 3? You can check the version by... 607 Views / 21 Replies  
Does it have gcc 3? You can check the version by opening a terminal window and typing:

gcc --version
Posted by stepson, on Apr 30, 2002 at 05:45 PM, in Developer Center
It works, but you need to use unstable fink to... 410 Views / 1 Replies  
It works, but you need to use unstable fink to get it (see instructions on their site). After that, it installs and runs fine ...

However, I'm not sure if you'll be able to use the Connector,...
Posted by stepson, on Apr 26, 2002 at 11:16 PM, in macOS
I use gaim on my linux boxen, its quite nice ...... 448 Views / 5 Replies  
I use gaim on my linux boxen, its quite nice ... lots of features, and they release pretty often. But for OSX i recommend Adium (http://www.adiumx.com/). Cocoa goodness, lots of features, small...
Posted by stepson, on Apr 19, 2002 at 10:19 AM, in macOS
I have a cube, 450mhz, 1.5GB ram, 80Gig Seagate... 981 Views / 24 Replies  
I have a cube, 450mhz, 1.5GB ram, 80Gig Seagate Barracuda IV, PC GeForce2 MX400. It runs OSX pretty well, especially with all that ram, I almost never swap to disk ... Sometimes I get a little...
Posted by stepson, on Apr 15, 2002 at 10:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
As we all probably know, when you first turn on... 1,137 Views / 53 Replies  
As we all probably know, when you first turn on your mac, and start to boot up OSX, you get a few seconds of the rainbow wheel. At least I always do, i think its fairly common ....

Well, the...
Posted by stepson, on Mar 29, 2002 at 11:04 AM, in macOS
keep an eye on ebay for cube deals. You can... 823 Views / 12 Replies  
keep an eye on ebay for cube deals.

You can install a radeon or geforce2 ... if they will fit in the card, they should work fine. A pc geforce2mx worked up until osx 10.1.3 ... I had to revert to...
Posted by stepson, on Mar 4, 2002 at 04:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
You may want to read:... 549 Views / 6 Replies  
You may want to read: http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#kde

I believe this probably has something to do with the dlopen() call in darwin, i remember having to install 'dlcompat' when...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 25, 2002 at 03:04 PM, in macOS
mrchin- Adium is open source, its GPL'ed in... 738 Views / 30 Replies  
mrchin-
Adium is open source, its GPL'ed in fact. source url (http://homepage.mac.com/adamiser/Adium/development.html)

The limitation is not in adium itself, but within the aim server adium...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 25, 2002 at 12:29 PM, in macOS
I think the dual 800 uses a 133mhz FSB, and the... 717 Views / 15 Replies  
I think the dual 800 uses a 133mhz FSB, and the cube only has a 100mhz FSB. I don't think it would work, but if you want to try it, please let us know how it goes :). If you can somehow get the...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 18, 2002 at 08:48 PM, in Mac Desktops
That command they have listed: grep 'dock' | rm... 539 Views / 2 Replies  
That command they have listed:
grep 'dock' | rm *

All that will do is delete all the files in your directory, after you control-C out of it, since you didn't tell it to grep anything.

You'd...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 15, 2002 at 10:34 AM, in macOS
Driven, The Barracuda IV is basically silent,... 628 Views / 24 Replies  
Driven,
The Barracuda IV is basically silent, and at 7200 rpms its faster than most of the drives that the cube came with (mine was a 5400 western dig, i think). I think at idle, according to the...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 14, 2002 at 09:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
True, but if you've got the money for a flat... 795 Views / 11 Replies  
True, but if you've got the money for a flat panel, you've got the money to splurge and get a geforce with DVI ... I'm a cheap bastard, so I just stuck with my 19inch viewsonic ... :)
Posted by stepson, on Feb 14, 2002 at 11:19 AM, in Mac Desktops
The visiontek GeForce2 MX 400 works great, no... 795 Views / 11 Replies  
The visiontek GeForce2 MX 400 works great, no flashing required. Just plug it in, and it works. I paid about $99 at www.thinkgeek.com (http://www.thinkgeek.com) ...

This question seems to get...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 13, 2002 at 04:42 PM, in Mac Desktops
Hey cjrivera, What kind of desk is that? Its... 274,594 Views / 1,576 Replies  
Hey cjrivera,
What kind of desk is that? Its damned nice! I'll bee looking for a new desk once my tax return rolls in ...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 11, 2002 at 04:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
RBM, How did you mount a laptop drive in the... 1,014 Views / 22 Replies  
RBM,
How did you mount a laptop drive in the cube? I guess you could ... but why? I have a seagate barracuda IV, 80 gigger, which is basically silent ...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 11, 2002 at 02:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Where can you get that cube stand at? The page... 1,014 Views / 22 Replies  
Where can you get that cube stand at? The page has the products, but no online store apparently ...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 10, 2002 at 09:09 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm not sure why you'd need drivers ... I have a... 634 Views / 9 Replies  
I'm not sure why you'd need drivers ... I have a logitech optical mouse wheel mouse, and it works just fine in OSX. Just plug it in, and everything works, the right mouse button, the scroll wheel...
Posted by stepson, on Feb 5, 2002 at 10:52 PM, in macOS
From the silicon strategies article linked ... ... 537 Views / 14 Replies  
From the silicon strategies article linked ...



w00t! So can I get 9999 other cube owners to chip in $125 for some 800Mhz action? ;)

Seriously, if the chips are finally coming down a...
Posted by stepson, on Jan 29, 2002 at 12:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have to agree with all the Seagate Barracuda IV... 752 Views / 13 Replies  
I have to agree with all the Seagate Barracuda IV posts. I have this same drive in my cube (80 gig), and i can agree, its virtually silent. The only time I notice its there is when its trashing,...
Posted by stepson, on Jan 21, 2002 at 07:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
No DVI out, only VGA. It was cheap though! I... 830 Views / 13 Replies  
No DVI out, only VGA. It was cheap though! I got mine for around $99 from thinkgeek.com. You can see it here:
Visiontek GeForce2MX (http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing-gaming/37ca.shtml)

...
Posted by stepson, on Jan 15, 2002 at 12:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
That person was probably me :). I have a... 830 Views / 13 Replies  
That person was probably me :). I have a visiontek GeForce2 MX 400 in my cube, and it works fine. Seems a bit faster than the ATI card it replaced, and the cube works just fine with it. All...
Posted by stepson, on Jan 14, 2002 at 04:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
You could do the same, if you had XDarwin start... 559 Views / 6 Replies  
You could do the same, if you had XDarwin start first ...

I don't think there is a program that is carbon/cocoa native program that does the same thing ... Really, try keychain, you type in your...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 22, 2001 at 02:13 AM, in macOS
How would you type in your pass phrase? You... 559 Views / 6 Replies  
How would you type in your pass phrase?

You might want to try a little util called 'keychain'. Basically just a shell script, but it works very nicely to manage your ssh-keys.

Keychain...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 21, 2001 at 01:15 PM, in macOS
I think you must mean ADC ;). No, its regular... 560 Views / 10 Replies  
I think you must mean ADC ;). No, its regular VGA only. For a better solution while retaining ADC, you have to get a 'Mac' GeForce... sometimes they show up on ebay...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 20, 2001 at 06:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have a GeForce2 MX I got from thinkgeek.com,... 560 Views / 10 Replies  
I have a GeForce2 MX I got from thinkgeek.com, its a visiontek It works great in Mac OSX and 9 (well, it boots into 9, and shows all available resolutions, i don't really use 9 except for firmware...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 18, 2001 at 02:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
Ok, I don't think this is a replacement for VPC ... 932 Views / 7 Replies  
Ok, I don't think this is a replacement for VPC :). VPC5 may be really slow under OSX, but bochs is REALLY slow :). For the past 10 minutes i've been watching it try to boot OpenBSD, and it still...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 11, 2001 at 05:31 PM, in Developer Center
Actually, it compiles for me, but you're right,... 932 Views / 7 Replies  
Actually, it compiles for me, but you're right, the carbon.o file doesn't get built correctly. On my system (OSX 10.1 build 5M28) it links against the X11 libs, and works just fine with XDarwin. ...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 11, 2001 at 05:15 PM, in Developer Center
I have an nvidia geforce2 mx 400 that was sold as... 596 Views / 9 Replies  
I have an nvidia geforce2 mx 400 that was sold as a 'PC' part. It is 4x AGP. It currently sits in my cube, and required no modifications. It was about $90 without shipping. :)

Here's the...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 11, 2001 at 12:47 AM, in Mac Desktops
Get a DV Cam. I have the Sony TRV-330 and it... 611 Views / 6 Replies  
Get a DV Cam. I have the Sony TRV-330 and it works quite nicely. Once you start messing around with iMovie (or final cut pro) you'll realize the potential of the newer macs ... Playing around with...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 7, 2001 at 01:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yes, modern OS' are fun ... here's my linux... 533 Views / 22 Replies  
Yes, modern OS' are fun ... here's my linux workstation:

[ernie@insight ernie]$ uptime
12:51pm up 123 days, 22:29, 7 users, load average: 1.11, 0.55, 0.21

Recently i had to go upgrade the...
Posted by stepson, on Dec 5, 2001 at 01:52 PM, in macOS
That would rock so hard! However, i'd have to... 789 Views / 34 Replies  
That would rock so hard! However, i'd have to see the pictures ... if he had to cut a huge whole in the cube, and a processor is hanging out of the side of it ... then while very 'FrankenMac' and...
Posted by stepson, on Nov 29, 2001 at 06:24 PM, in Mac Desktops
I use a VisionTek GeForce 2, it fits fine. YMMV,... 435 Views / 2 Replies  
I use a VisionTek GeForce 2, it fits fine. YMMV, obviously.

The VGA connector probably won't line up. Mine only just barely fits, although I coudl hack in a bracket if i really wanted. As it...
Posted by stepson, on Nov 19, 2001 at 12:14 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have a Seagate Barracuda IV 7200RPM 80gig disk... 558 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a Seagate Barracuda IV 7200RPM 80gig disk in my cube. Its tons faster than the 5400rpm western dig it replaced, and very very quiet. It matches the cube quite nicely, I think ... the only...
Posted by stepson, on Nov 12, 2001 at 01:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
The HK soundsticks will work just fine with a... 520 Views / 1 Replies  
The HK soundsticks will work just fine with a cube ... there is another thread on this right now.

I use a Optiquest Q95 (viewsonic) 19inch monitor, which I got sometime last year for about $300. ...
Posted by stepson, on Nov 2, 2001 at 04:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
If its all the way in, you can't push on it... 548 Views / 2 Replies  
If its all the way in, you can't push on it anymore without using "I'm gonna break it" level force, then chances are, its all the way in.

Some things you might want to check are, if any of the...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 30, 2001 at 11:20 AM, in Mac Desktops
kbbaucom- Yup same here. I have a visiontek... 1,603 Views / 8 Replies  
kbbaucom- Yup same here. I have a visiontek GeForce2 MX 400 and it also worked right out of the box ... I just don't feel mac os X is taking full advantage of it ...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 29, 2001 at 12:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
Or get a GeForce 2... ;) I've heard lots of... 610 Views / 6 Replies  
Or get a GeForce 2... ;)

I've heard lots of things, the Radeon is better at this, the GeForce is better than that ... All I know is, both cards are probably better than the Rage I bought the cube...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 26, 2001 at 09:56 AM, in Mac Desktops
that four piece pie chart ... 1,131 Views / 4 Replies  
Something caught my attention in maccentral's update for the iPod. Firstly let me say that i bought into some of the internet hype for this guy, but still, its pretty cool. Sure its expensive (this...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 23, 2001 at 02:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Woudln't this suck? Name: Airport 2 ... 895 Views / 27 Replies  
Woudln't this suck?

Name: Airport 2
Function: 54mb wireless networking
Dimensions: PCMCIA card / Same as current airport base station
Capacity: 54mb/sec
Cost: $120 for pcmcia card / ~ $250 for...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 22, 2001 at 03:10 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I think he meant /dev/disk1s1. look in /dev and... 1,307 Views / 10 Replies  
I think he meant /dev/disk1s1. look in /dev and you'll see lots of devices, some are disks.

I usually use dd to create iso images ...

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/whoever/file.iso

Works fine...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 16, 2001 at 05:33 PM, in macOS
that is a little odd. you are sure file sharing... 440 Views / 2 Replies  
that is a little odd. you are sure file sharing is 'on' on the G4?

Do you have the right syntax in the 'connect to server' dialog? it should be something like:
afp://ip.add.ree.ss/ComputerName...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 16, 2001 at 10:09 AM, in macOS
Yea, whats the big idea with Apple 'changing... 1,076 Views / 50 Replies  
Yea, whats the big idea with Apple 'changing ****' all the time! Change is bad! Give me system 1.0 and a 68k processor! Whats the big idea, changing stuff all the time, geez .... remember when the...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 16, 2001 at 09:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
naprestsleep- Its an AGP card. I have a cube, so... 760 Views / 11 Replies  
naprestsleep- Its an AGP card. I have a cube, so only one slot, and its AGP :). I have no idea if a pci card would work in a tower (it definatly won't work in a cube!), but if you have access to...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 15, 2001 at 01:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Also, you shouldn't get a deskstar anyway,... 582 Views / 15 Replies  
Also, you shouldn't get a deskstar anyway, apparently. According to various sources, they have a lot of problems with them, drives failing, and then the replacement drives failing. My own 20gig...
Posted by stepson, on Oct 10, 2001 at 11:32 PM, in Mac Desktops
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