Mac Forum / General / Hardware / September 2004

I need to know what monitor is used for the flat CRT in an eMac
Is it trinitron/aperture grille or shadowmask?
Thanks.

I am interested in the new iMac as my principle desktop computer.
One advantage of my existing seperate monitor system is the ability to
plug a second computer into my monitor. That way I can easily switch
between my iBook and my Linux box. I have not found any reference to

Hi folks;
The title says it all..
Anyone been able to reach tech support / sales / staff etc. at
PowerLogix? I shipped my G4 dual card back for warranty repair in July

I may be close to getting my 2.5 G5 Dual.  Store won't order one for me
with Bluetooth installed, but they will be happy to sell me a little
gizmo that plugs into a usb port.
When I asked if it works the same or as good, the sales person said

Hi - hoping someone can shed some light on my confusion:
THe G4 Digital Audio Powermac come with an Ultra ATA / 66 controller
for internal drives.
Both Sonnet and Acard provide a PCI controller for older G4 Power which

I foolishly bought a 200 GB Maxtor thinking I'd find a decent
enclosure and have an external drive.
Mistake.
My first enclosure was a CompUSA drive destroyer. I figured out in a

e-Mac, when sleeping wakes up when keyboard is bumped.
Is there any way to not wake up the e-Mac is the keyboard is bumped. Maybe
limit wake-up to only when the mouse button is clicked?
Or is any such USB activity automatically a wake-up call for OS X?

Seems like I'd heard about some kind of utility that can help me go
migrate my environment (users, email, etc.) on my current G4 to my in
transit G5. Can anyone tell me the name of the utlity (asusuming it
exists)?

Hey, Apple, yesterday I made the long drive to come home (NOT) with an
iMac.  Today I made a return trip with $7000 in my pocket to get your
top of the line G5 with the 23" Cinema HD Display.  Same results.
Nobody (2 stores) has any and the earliest I could determine any would

It's time to get a new scanner.  I have an old HP SCSI scanner that I've
been using on a G3 running OS 8.6.  My main machine for several years has
been a G4 with OS X.  The only thing that hasn't made the transition is the
scanner, and given the age of the scanner and the grinding ...

After looking at all the pictures of the new imacs I went over to
Compusa and took a closer look for myself but I was surprised that two
units there did NOT have any CD drive on the side of the unit as it
appears to be in the pictures on Apple's web site! They had all the

I have 2 Maxtor 80GB drives in a PowerMac G4/733. A few days ago the
drive (I'm not sure which one) began making a repetitive "clicking"
noise when I was downloading files on the Internet. It would only last
10-30 seconds and during that time I would get the color wheel and the

Need OS X 10.3 compatibility. Prefer something that will mount on the
screen of a 12" iBook. Don't want to spend the $$$ for iSight.
The available OS X drivers won't work for any I can buy off the shelf
at Wal-mart. I've checked. Some that are up on eBay claim Mac

My trusty MS20 has gone intermitantly green. The green is like a
overall very strong wash, pretty much unusable since it's so intense.
When it's working OK it's such an excellent display, sharp as a tack.
I'd hate to toss the old girl if there's something I can do to keep her

Check out this article in today's (August 23) USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2004-08-22-ipod-drives-
apple_x.htm>
-- James L. Ryan -- TaliesinSoft