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smoke, mirrors and headless imacs (rambling) 1,070 Views / 7 Replies  
I'm a firm believer in occums razor, that conspiracies are 99.9% rubbish, that the most likely course of action is that one that normally occurs. oh yes siree.

In fact Apple have only ever tried...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 30, 2004 at 06:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
OpenGL 2 spec released 773 Views / 6 Replies  
I can't believe this slipped by without a mention in the mac world. SGI (and all the OpenGL partners) announced the OpenGL2 spec on the 10th August.

Press Release here...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Sep 1, 2004 at 09:02 AM, in macOS
bookie and multiple bookmarks 568 Views / 1 Replies  
just saw a little freeware app called "bookie" on versiontracker, tried it and I thought I should evangelise on the authors behalf - because it is a damned good little app.

I've got a pmac and an...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jan 29, 2003 at 02:19 PM, in Applications
52K (53,248bytes) I noticed that just before I... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
52K (53,248bytes) I noticed that just before I tried to Flash it to Mac and knew it didn't look hopeful. But with the PC ROM saved, I wasn't going to loose anything in trying. Before you posted the...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 7, 2002 at 12:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
Reader 50 you are an absolute star for posting... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
Reader 50 you are an absolute star for posting those ROMs, I've been waiting for someone to do that for ages.

Unfortunately it allowed me to prove that my card can't be flashed to a work with a...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 5, 2002 at 04:45 PM, in Mac Desktops
Darn, you had me excited for a moment. I've been... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
Darn, you had me excited for a moment. I've been through the thread twice and haven't found a link to a download of the Mac ROM. Forgive me if I'm wrong but you might be thinking of links to the...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Nov 12, 2002 at 06:47 AM, in Mac Desktops
back again. I've got an 8500 275/275 card... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
back again.

I've got an 8500 275/275 card that refuses to be flashed with any of the Mac flashers. With a bunch of kit like spare PC's and PCI graphics cards, I can flash the card in DOS with a...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Nov 7, 2002 at 09:42 AM, in Mac Desktops
damn... thanks for all your help but it's still... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
damn... thanks for all your help but it's still no good. I resaved the PC ROM onto the card to start from scratch again, then used the flashers (restore, then update) posted by reader50 (page9) and...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Oct 14, 2002 at 06:21 AM, in Mac Desktops
I did a similar thing... In a desperate attempt,... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
I did a similar thing... In a desperate attempt, I flashed it with a Mac Radeon PCI card ROM (from MacATIunderground). Well, with the PC rom backed up, it was worth a try - if the flasher recognised...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Oct 13, 2002 at 07:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
oh... I thought that because two flashers come... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
oh... I thought that because two flashers come with the ATI package (restore and update), the older full rom might be extractable from the restore app - thanks for putting me straight.

of course...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Oct 13, 2002 at 04:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
I've the same sort of problems as those who... 71,948 Views / 666 Replies  
I've the same sort of problems as those who aren't able to use the normal ATI flash app. I've got a A-TEK 8500 64Mb DDR VGA+DVI card, it's the same spec and board as Mac ATI 8500 with a slightly...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Oct 13, 2002 at 02:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
just a couple of small localization items to add:... 3,431 Views / 68 Replies  
just a couple of small localization items to add:

- Mail.app on an otherwise UK system uses an american dictionary, shows dates in US format.
- Surely on a european install the Printcenter should...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Sep 9, 2002 at 05:54 PM, in macOS
I'm sure smarter people than me will explain the... 1,546 Views / 46 Replies  
I'm sure smarter people than me will explain the ins and outs of network topology, but as far as I know yes - you're dead right - just plug in and all machines hanging off the router and you hub will...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 12, 2002 at 12:22 PM, in macOS
I've configued a Netgear 814 for a client on a BT... 1,546 Views / 46 Replies  
I've configued a Netgear 814 for a client on a BT Business500 account - worked fine. I've also got a friend who uses it on a Home500 and I'm tempted (I'm on Pipex DSL - it's all BT really!)

Just...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 9, 2002 at 04:16 PM, in macOS
http://www.phpmyadmin.net they're a god send... 1,067 Views / 14 Replies  
http://www.phpmyadmin.net

they're a god send if you'd rather look at a web page than a command line...

great news that ftp server connection is built into the finder now. With photoshop,...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 4, 2002 at 07:06 PM, in macOS
I had a go with 6C48 - it kind of confused me but... 1,067 Views / 14 Replies  
I had a go with 6C48 - it kind of confused me but it worked fine.

I used the Entropy installer (check versiontracker - it's the main installer) and it installed but I couldn't mysql in the...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 4, 2002 at 06:45 PM, in macOS
super cool! so now we can get to afp, smb, webdav... 838 Views / 5 Replies  
super cool! so now we can get to afp, smb, webdav and FTP servers directly through the finder! As a web developer this makes me a happy bunny.

(now if only minimised windows on the desktop would...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 4, 2002 at 06:15 AM, in macOS
[oops - meant to edit a post - not reply to it] ... 962 Views / 29 Replies  
[oops - meant to edit a post - not reply to it]

<small>[ 08-01-2002, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: HoofHearted ]</small>
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 1, 2002 at 01:39 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 962 Views / 29 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by moki:
<strong>Out of...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 1, 2002 at 01:22 PM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 585 Views / 25 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Mr Heliums: Could you...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 1, 2002 at 12:58 PM, in macOS
woah there... lets leave the flames to the... 1,546 Views / 46 Replies  
woah there...

lets leave the flames to the macnn lounge or Ars battlefront - this ain't the place to stir up another completely uneccesary cross atlantic flame war!!

now shake hands and say...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Aug 1, 2002 at 12:36 PM, in macOS
When I saw the demo of the cross fading desktop... 704 Views / 30 Replies  
When I saw the demo of the cross fading desktop picture, I remembered Moki's description of what Quartz Extreme actually does and it made sense.

Moki basically said that while the action of...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jul 25, 2002 at 11:56 AM, in macOS
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 848 Views / 32 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by KidRed:
<strong>It's my...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jun 13, 2002 at 05:42 PM, in Applications
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,... 848 Views / 32 Replies  
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by KidRed:
<strong>Also, I...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jun 12, 2002 at 05:11 PM, in Applications
Anti-aliased text on black backgrounds 417 Views / 1 Replies  
I was all for anti-aliased text in web browsers - it was all very OSX, and Omniweb made it look beautiful.

But now?? Well I'm hoping browser developers will use some discretion.

Yesterday I...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jun 12, 2002 at 02:16 PM, in Developer Center
Internet Explorer 6 due 848 Views / 32 Replies  
<a href="http://www.thinksecret.com" target="_blank">ThinkSecret</a> report that IE6 is due soonish.

Now before the usual flame war breaks out (IE vs Chimera vs Mozilla vs Opera vs OWeb vs iCab...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jun 12, 2002 at 01:55 PM, in Applications
10.2 and MySQL 471 Views / 0 Replies  
Apologies to those who look down on talk of Jaguar before it's release. After playing with the Jaguar, it seemed stable enough for use *in my case*, so I wanted to try it as my development system to...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jun 6, 2002 at 12:52 PM, in macOS
sounds reasonable to me - all those people... 657 Views / 10 Replies  
sounds reasonable to me - all those people wishing for a G5 must be dreaming.

From the picture shown at the WWDC keynote (see another thread) I would hazzard a guess that the CPU would be the 1U...
Posted by HoofHearted, on May 14, 2002 at 08:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
As everyone has already said, DP2 on a PC would... 768 Views / 18 Replies  
As everyone has already said, DP2 on a PC would be more a curiosity than really productive, but if you're still interested I've got DP1-DP4 installer disks, drop me a line at...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 22, 2002 at 04:21 AM, in macOS
it's messages like that that give people hope ;)... 1,995 Views / 3 Replies  
it's messages like that that give people hope ;)

thanks for throwing me a crumb!
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 16, 2002 at 04:28 AM, in Applications
Sourceforge has info on a couple of (active)... 1,995 Views / 3 Replies  
Sourceforge has info on a couple of (active) projects:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsyncml/
- a unix library for implementing syncml and vcard sync
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sync4j/...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 15, 2002 at 12:04 PM, in Applications
OSX, SyncML and Entourage 1,995 Views / 3 Replies  
hurrah! thanks to our friendly japanese developer (see versiontracker), we now have a conduit to sync EntourageX with Palm PDAs!

Trouble is, now I want to take it to the next step and sync...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 15, 2002 at 11:51 AM, in Applications
And the culprit (for me) was.... SCSI chain... 742 Views / 13 Replies  
And the culprit (for me) was.... SCSI chain voodoo, I did say that Yamaha CDRs relied on a good connection rather than buffer cache (well, ok, I was *fairly* sure thats what I was told!).

It...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 4, 2002 at 06:43 PM, in macOS
I think I've just come across the same problem,... 742 Views / 13 Replies  
I think I've just come across the same problem, but have a little more info.

I used to have my Yamaha 8424 on a OS9 mac with an Adaptec 2906. It worked fine. I've just hitched it to my G4/400 with...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 4, 2002 at 05:08 PM, in macOS
Very interesting... thanks for the heads up. ... 473 Views / 3 Replies  
Very interesting... thanks for the heads up.

Is it me or does this sort of chipset strike me as an eventual successor to the ipod... a real digital hub, a portable hard drive that can be your PVR,...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Apr 4, 2002 at 01:16 PM, in macOS
If it's not a bluetooth phone, does it have an... 579 Views / 9 Replies  
If it's not a bluetooth phone, does it have an infra-red port?

I posted this only a couple of weeks ago with links to connect irda phone to work with the ibook:

...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 22, 2002 at 12:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
wow... very interesting. has anyone heard of... 687 Views / 4 Replies  
wow... very interesting. has anyone heard of anyone mad enough to try this hack?
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 18, 2002 at 12:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
my first port of call when ever I have a... 436 Views / 5 Replies  
my first port of call when ever I have a crash/power out is to start up in single user mode (command s) and do a /sbin/fsck - y a couple of times until it stops showing errors, then /sbin/reboot.
...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 15, 2002 at 04:07 PM, in macOS
iBook/irda and cellphones/GPRS 687 Views / 4 Replies  
Though I'd share some links I found while I was investigating using a GPRS mobile phone with my iBook dual USB and OSX. Some of the links are in german, but just use babel/google to translate as...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 15, 2002 at 05:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Well, OSXigen still shows promise, and it does... 3,406 Views / 118 Replies  
Well, OSXigen still shows promise, and it does indeed support long filenames (cool), but trying to select and download 700 files from my webserver (to back it up) still causes it to crash.

Am I...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 13, 2002 at 08:36 AM, in Applications
Long file names are my biggest problem in OSX FTP... 3,406 Views / 118 Replies  
Long file names are my biggest problem in OSX FTP clients as well, it makes doing an exact backup of a webserver a tricky business (and yes, that means back to the command line for the moment)
...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 5, 2002 at 06:34 AM, in Applications
I believe there is a good walkthrough on... 481 Views / 1 Replies  
I believe there is a good walkthrough on compiling IMAP into PHP in an article on building Apache at www.stepwise.com (http://www.stepwise.com) .

Look in the articles area.
Posted by HoofHearted, on Mar 5, 2002 at 05:43 AM, in macOS
After following this whole "speed of quartz"... 620 Views / 37 Replies  
After following this whole "speed of quartz" argument from the early days of DP4, it still seems to be alive and kicking! And yes, I also believe Quartz is pretty darned clever and quick for what it...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Feb 7, 2002 at 06:53 AM, in macOS
thanks, in the end I looked out an old copy of... 537 Views / 2 Replies  
thanks, in the end I looked out an old copy of atm deluxeand used it to verify all the fonts.
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jan 9, 2002 at 11:31 AM, in Applications
Word crashing - solution 537 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm adding this just in case it helps anyone.

Word, Powerpoint and Excel in Office v.X kept quitting/crashing on launch (Entourage was ok), and even after deleting plists, prefs and identities...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Jan 9, 2002 at 06:53 AM, in Applications
yep, an MP3 stream via a URL. like a radio... 550 Views / 2 Replies  
yep, an MP3 stream via a URL. like a radio station in iTunes. (or more specifically, like the fantastic mixes at www.soulwax.com) (http://www.soulwax.com))

On a different note, I got MacAmp to...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 19, 2001 at 09:25 AM, in Applications
Recording MP3 streams 550 Views / 2 Replies  
On OS9, MacAMP 2.0 used to be able to save/record MP3 streams, which I always thought was a slightly dodgy but highly desirable feature. But now I'm in X, I just can't get MacAMP to connect to a...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 19, 2001 at 06:19 AM, in Applications
thats a fair point... without having access to... 1,070 Views / 18 Replies  
thats a fair point... without having access to SQL Server or running COM objects, any vaguely complex project couldn't be replicated on anything but a IIS/ASP/SQL setup. You're dead right.

But...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 16, 2001 at 12:29 PM, in Developer Center
&lt;rant&gt; look... everytime someone asks... 1,070 Views / 18 Replies  
&lt;rant&gt;

look... everytime someone asks this simple question (can I run ASP on Mac), we get into this whole "ASP sux, use PHP/JSP/PERL" etc.

That's fine, but take that discussion to another...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 14, 2001 at 07:27 AM, in Developer Center
sorry, the outlook isn't great at the moment, but... 1,070 Views / 18 Replies  
sorry, the outlook isn't great at the moment, but there is hope.

As far as I can find, there are two ways to run ASP on non Windows web servers. The most common is Chillisoft...
Posted by HoofHearted, on Dec 13, 2001 at 06:51 PM, in Developer Center
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