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why would you even want to use shared memory... 24,608 Views / 391 Replies  
why would you even want to use shared memory *shrug*. the onlly machine that ever did that well wasn't even a pc, but was the sgi O2. And wow throwing round 2 gig textures was nice :) but IRIX isn't...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jun 18, 2005 at 03:39 AM, in Mac Desktops
Poll: I was in the market for a new powerbook... and I... 4,238 Views / 50 Replies  
I was in the market for a new powerbook... and I just got one this week (after the steve note). My feelings are, that the 15" PowerBook is fast enough for me right now, and I tend to go 2 years...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jun 11, 2005 at 10:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I had a look at all of the powerbooks, (just got... 1,284 Views / 19 Replies  
I had a look at all of the powerbooks, (just got one on last thursday) :)

and the 15" one I felt was perfect :) as the 12" just feels too small :)

-B
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jun 11, 2005 at 10:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
to be honest, I don't want a revision one intel... 1,515 Views / 17 Replies  
to be honest, I don't want a revision one intel power book... keeping this in mind, I just got myself the 15" one on thursday..

:)

so far so good.

-B
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jun 11, 2005 at 10:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
generally apple only give free upgrades, if say... 1,353 Views / 8 Replies  
generally apple only give free upgrades, if say tiger was announced and then you got your mac.

so if you get the mini today, there won't be a free upgrade, when tiger comes out.

B
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Mar 22, 2005 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well I am using an old Phillips 17" display,... 2,803 Views / 41 Replies  
Well I am using an old Phillips 17" display, while I wait for an adaptor to use my 20" sony CRT (it uses a 13W3 connector.)

TBH so far I find the Mac mini, to be quite a capable machine, much...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Mar 22, 2005 at 05:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks Detrius, The cable was replaced last... 658 Views / 3 Replies  
Thanks Detrius,

The cable was replaced last week, but the issue still remained. so hopefully they will be able to work it out this time round.

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Sep 1, 2004 at 07:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
g4 iBook display (backlight) issues. 658 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi Everyone,

I have had a g4 iBook, since november last year, and for the last month or two the back light has been flickering, last week I took my ibook in to the repair centre to get fixed, and...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Aug 31, 2004 at 11:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
problems gone now 98,493 Views / 815 Replies  
hmmm, I started digging round what could of been causing my lockups, and it got pretty bad even to the stage where I couldn't even boot from my ibook g4 install cd.

Okay I though I took out the...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Mar 20, 2004 at 09:55 PM, in macOS
ibooks and waiting for speed bumps and the like 1,924 Views / 26 Replies  
well, I got my iBook G4 when they were released in september/november last year, and have to say, is I haven't found it slow at all :) (its the 1 GHz 14 inch) all in all its a great machine.

The...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Mar 4, 2004 at 12:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I had exactly the same issue, but I couldn't ssh... 98,493 Views / 815 Replies  
I had exactly the same issue, but I couldn't ssh in to the machine, It happened when I was trying to archive some files....

B
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 29, 2004 at 11:05 PM, in macOS
midi out 8,355 Views / 189 Replies  
I know one can record events via midi, but I can't find out anything about garage bands midi out capability. Any ideas?

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 7, 2004 at 06:19 AM, in Applications
This is a problem I have, which seems to be... 495 Views / 1 Replies  
This is a problem I have, which seems to be magnified by the fact that we are moving into summer here in australia. Its probably my only gripe about the iBook, the fact that it is white means that is...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 26, 2003 at 06:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I have had no issues, I had to re authorise... 768 Views / 10 Replies  
I have had no issues, I had to re authorise reason 2 after I installed panther, but other than that no worries.

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 26, 2003 at 03:53 AM, in macOS
fixed thanks, I didn't notice it :) 870 Views / 14 Replies  
fixed thanks, I didn't notice it :)
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 24, 2003 at 10:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
you could try this: Temperature monitor... 870 Views / 14 Replies  
you could try this:

Temperature monitor (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19994&vid=122101)

edit: fixed url
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 24, 2003 at 09:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Set it up and format it on the pc, and you should... 495 Views / 1 Replies  
Set it up and format it on the pc, and you should be able to use it on your mac.

Mac os X understands fat32 (windows file system) but don't use ntfs.

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 24, 2003 at 09:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
It works! 1,871 Views / 20 Replies  
Thanks for the help, reinstalling panther helped heaps. now its all good.

It looks like there may be an issue with the default install.

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 13, 2003 at 10:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Well I am not sure what's causing my issue, so I... 1,871 Views / 20 Replies  
Well I am not sure what's causing my issue, so I am reinstalling panter as we speak :).

One thing about cd noise try a different cd, if the cd itself is slightly out of balance, it can be quite...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 13, 2003 at 09:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks 1,871 Views / 20 Replies  
I will give this a go. That is reinstalling panther.

Its a bit of a pain but I will do that now and report back if it doesn't work.

Oh and one thing I forgot, this occurs with retail CDs, and...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 13, 2003 at 09:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
iBook G4 cd issues 1,871 Views / 20 Replies  
Okay, I have just received a new g4 ibook, its a fantastic machine, but something isn't quite right.

DVDs work, data CDs work, but nothing when I insert an audio CD.

The drive spins up then...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 13, 2003 at 11:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yep I am a billy bragg fan :) anyway my... 8,245 Views / 29 Replies  
Yep I am a billy bragg fan :)

anyway my iBook arived, I am so happy, this is such a vast improvement over my old slot loading iMac (350MHz one)

Woo

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 13, 2003 at 03:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Mine should be here soon 8,245 Views / 29 Replies  
Just spoke with apple and my g4 ibook should be here today. Woo!

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 12, 2003 at 10:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hd Possible, Graphics Not. 1,338 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi,

Firstly the eMacs I believe use a standard IDE hard drive, so other than taking the machine apart, which if like the classic iMac, may be difficult (not impossible but lots of screws.)

In...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Oct 1, 2002 at 12:48 AM, in Hardware Hacking
Memory Issues. 2,440 Views / 13 Replies  
Okay, try this. Take out the new memory that got installed into
your mac, if this doesn't change anything, put the new memory back
in and take out the old stuff.

Most the time I have found that...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Sep 16, 2002 at 09:32 AM, in macOS
-r.[/qb][/QUOTE]An exploit for the Apache... 481 Views / 21 Replies  
-r.[/qb][/QUOTE]An exploit for the Apache vulnerability has been available for over a week. A worm is <a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-940585.html" target="_blank">currently spreading</a>. The...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jun 30, 2002 at 08:40 PM, in macOS
you could do it via the shell, ie sudo rm -rf... 772 Views / 10 Replies  
you could do it via the shell, ie sudo rm -rf /system
I don't run classic on either of my os x machines, so off the top of my head so double check the folder name, don't want you to delete the os x...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on May 26, 2002 at 08:23 PM, in macOS
I have one of the first original slot loading... 564 Views / 12 Replies  
I have one of the first original slot loading iMacs, it has 320MB of ram,
and Mac OS X works well on that machine. I use it as my mp3 jukebox, and
as a NFS & boot server for my UNIX machines...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on May 13, 2002 at 11:20 PM, in macOS
Ruby is another scripting language like perl and... 850 Views / 44 Replies  
Ruby is another scripting language like perl and python.


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on May 7, 2002 at 08:17 PM, in macOS
Here is something to try, if this occurs again,... 804 Views / 9 Replies  
Here is something to try, if this occurs again, do you have another mac?
or even (shudder) a PC, if so an you have a network at home do this.

Firstly turn on remote access via ssh from...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 29, 2002 at 09:49 AM, in macOS
To be honest, i don't think moving the system... 488 Views / 4 Replies  
To be honest, i don't think moving the system folder will work in this case, os X is quite differnt from OS 9
in this respect.

what happens if you, boot into 9 using the option key, and then use...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 22, 2002 at 07:56 AM, in macOS
Out of interest, how long was the machine up for?... 848 Views / 19 Replies  
Out of interest, how long was the machine up for?

The reason why I ask is that it sounds like a runaway process, something that has just been left hanging
around, consuming processor time and...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 22, 2002 at 07:52 AM, in macOS
Thanks heaps, now with this info I will find out... 3,276 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks heaps, now with this info I will find out the costs involved in upgrading
this old machine...


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 22, 2002 at 12:56 AM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Upgrading a Power Tower Pro 180 3,276 Views / 5 Replies  
I have along with my iMac a power tower pro 180, of which I want to get a little more speed out of,
and there are two things I wish to do:

The first is get more memory in to it, I have found a...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 20, 2002 at 06:31 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
Have you installed the security update at all? ... 3,916 Views / 5 Replies  
Have you installed the security update at all?

try that and see what occurs..


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 17, 2002 at 10:43 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
What I do with this, is convert the image using... 1,227 Views / 10 Replies  
What I do with this, is convert the image using disk copy, to a cd/dvd
master, rename it with a .iso extension and use nero to burn it with no
issues.


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 14, 2002 at 08:34 PM, in macOS
Though with anything mac os x I would think that... 510 Views / 3 Replies  
Though with anything mac os x I would think that would come tomorrow, with
the Power Of X thing that is running at macworld... the show isn't over
yet...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Jan 7, 2002 at 07:17 PM, in macOS
I had the same issue on My mac at work, it is not... 2,000 Views / 112 Replies  
I had the same issue on My mac at work, it is not as bad as it seems all
the optimizing is doing is update_prebinding so all you need to do is
run update_prebinding -root / in the terminal and you...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 21, 2001 at 12:20 AM, in macOS
Does any one know if there is a package that can... 2,000 Views / 112 Replies  
Does any one know if there is a package that can be downloaded, as I only
have dial up internet access at home and 30Mb will take ages, I would
like to be able to download it and burn the update...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 20, 2001 at 09:01 PM, in macOS
Timid Sorcerer.... LOL that is great....... ... 502 Views / 7 Replies  
Timid Sorcerer.... LOL that is great.......

Benjamin....
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 18, 2001 at 05:49 AM, in macOS
One thing I have noticed is that this is like the... 875 Views / 51 Replies  
One thing I have noticed is that this is like the Linux game where one
waits with baited breath for each new kernel release....

Fun....

Benjamin who is waiting for 10.1.2 with baited breath :)
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 18, 2001 at 05:46 AM, in macOS
It is much better this way, I find it is good to... 521 Views / 18 Replies  
It is much better this way, I find it is good to get feedback on what is
occurring when the machine is booting, but then I am a UNIX freak...

I mainly work on High end solaris machines, and a...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 18, 2001 at 05:41 AM, in macOS
For nethack I would reccomend using GLterm which... 444 Views / 5 Replies  
For nethack I would reccomend using GLterm which though I don't have the
link handy can be found on Version Tracker...

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 17, 2001 at 12:39 AM, in macOS
Cool tho, as today I had Slashdot Moderator... 542 Views / 5 Replies  
Cool tho, as today I had Slashdot Moderator Points to use ;)

Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 15, 2001 at 12:35 AM, in macOS
iTunes 2.0.3 Released. 840 Views / 48 Replies  
Hi, I have been hitting the software update every 30 mins or so today, and
just then I got the software update for iTunes, downloading it now
but here is its info in software update...

iTunes...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 13, 2001 at 11:26 PM, in macOS
ah, I didn't know toast did that, but this method... 642 Views / 4 Replies  
ah, I didn't know toast did that, but this method does work for me. its
a little convoluted, but it works okay, and so far I have had not much
in the way of issues...


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 12, 2001 at 08:01 AM, in macOS
Hi, I am not sure if there is an easy way to... 642 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi,

I am not sure if there is an easy way to do this, but this is what I do:

(i) I make 650MB Read/Write Disk Image using disk copy.
(ii) When the image is either full or ready I then (again...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 12, 2001 at 07:20 AM, in macOS
TMA is "The Moose's Apprentice" it is another... 613 Views / 5 Replies  
TMA is "The Moose's Apprentice" it is another tool that will aid you in
playing round with settings that are hard to change on Mac OS X.

have a look at:
www.wundermoosen.com/wmTMA.htm...
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 11, 2001 at 02:49 AM, in macOS
Hmm, I got my mac for one reason, and that was... 1,177 Views / 92 Replies  
Hmm, I got my mac for one reason, and that was mac os x.
I am Unix (solaris to be exact) sysadmin, and being able to use a good
looking unix at work and at home is great.


Benjamin.
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Dec 10, 2001 at 07:42 PM, in macOS
Also make sure you are using a fixed width font,... 518 Views / 6 Replies  
Also make sure you are using a fixed width font, like courier or Monaco,
as some fonts can cause that issue...


Benjamin
Posted by Carnage Visors, on Nov 3, 2001 at 08:06 PM, in macOS
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