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[Crossposted]
I got:
G4 G-E 400
1/2 G O'Ram

I am running Tiger 10.4.5 on a dual-core  G5 and my user account has
never ran smoothly since I migrated it from its panther running G4.
The main bad behaviour right now is from Flash 8 that gives me the
spinning ball on certain functions (eventually they come up, but they

My mac monitor is better than my TV. I was wondering if I can output my
xbox to it. I've seen some TV tuners, but I don't need all that. I just
need a device that connects to firewire or usb that provides video input
connectors (sound as well?) so that I could play xbox on my mac ...

My Lacie firewire dies any time I try to copy a file from/to it Usually
Only files arounf 1Gb or more.
Is this a drive issue? or A mechanism failure related to the transfer?
Thanks, swizz.

Morning.
I'm trying to install MacOS X 10.3 on iMac 333 MHz (512 MB RAM, 40 GB
HDD, first partition 6 GB HFS+ Journaled).
After the installation of CD 1 the machine restartes and repeats to

I have a fixed IP and a DHCP IP on each Mac.
I need the fixed for certain tools that need the IP hardcoded.
Do apps that want to talk try both automatically?  NTP is not working on
one Mac, and I see that the gateway is blocking it from that Mac because

We have an older slot-load G3 350 MHz iMac running 10.3.9 and want to
connect it to a wireless (802.11g) network.
As I understand it, these use the older (no longer manufactured)
Airport card.  While these aren't in the realm of unobtanium, they do

I am trying to remove some old folders from a remove web server. I can
see some pesky DS_Store files but I can't delete them. I have tried
using the sudo command and the find command but neither of these
commands are provided on the server. It won't let me delete them with

I'm running mac os x 10.4.3 at home.  I often need to access my
school's public Unix hosts from my machine, which I can do pretty
easily using ssh.  This works great for command line things, but I'd
like to open the X windows system and fvwm2, the window manager,

Hey all
Just wondering if anyone can tell me if the following with fit in a
PowerBook G4 15" 1.67GHz.
PC-2 4200 SODIMMs

So, Costco has G5 Imacs for $1499 including a 3 year warranty.
I need a second television. First set is a 13 inch Sharp Aquos. Great
set. Not wide screen tho. I got that little Aquos for full price when
they came out. Ouch!

Although I'm liking some of the features on AppleWorks6 on my new
computer, I keep finding frustrating incompatibilities with older
versions. Right now I would like to transfer hundreds of images created
under AppleWorks5, but they are not considered to be a readable format.

Clean Space 9 is not a one function program, but rather it is a toolbox
for the protection and removal of personal information, spyware,
anonymous surfing service, file anti-recovery tool, computer lock and
many others.

I have a R2400 connected to a Mac (OS: Tiger). I have a Samsung
flatscreen monitor.
On sceeen my pictures look ok...but they look terrible when printed.
Too dark, too red.

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