Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2005

Is it possible to connect an XServer to XP? A client of mine uses an
XServe to capture and render video, controlling it via G5 tower. He'll
soon do post-processing on a PC and wants to connect them, so he asked
me to map his G5's drive to the PC; XServe -> G5 -> XP. It seems

What's the difference between the two models?  Is the B worth an extra
$10?

Last night I spilled a small quantity of water onto the keyboard of my
iBook - more a splash than a spill, in reality.
I tried to mop up the water, but apparently didn't get all of it
because, after a few moments, any attempt at typing generated large

I have many Star Trek: Enterprise episodes I've captured with my
Hauppauge WinPVR 250 video capture card on Windows, and they're saved
in Divx format... but I'd love to burn them to DVD -- maybe 4 or more
per disc.

Alright so...
I got my Ipod last night, Happy Birthday right? Wrong!
It's one of the Ipod's with the spinny wheel and no docking station.
I took the Ipod out of it's box and plugged it into my computer. This

I just got an iPod 20GB for Christmas. Very happy with it.
I have 3 macs, one of which has 9GB + mp3 music files on it. Set up iPod
just fine and has a copy (auto sync of the 9GB on it).
It seems the default is once an iPod is connected it automatically syncs

I am trying to print from my laptop to my HP DeskJet 970Cxi over a
wireless network. The set up is: G4/450 Tower (running OS 10.2.8) which
is connected to a router by an Ethernet cable, with the DeskJet attached
to the Tower's USB port through a hub; and the PowerBook (1.33 GHz

My iMac G4 crashed yesterday when I tried running a script to copy songs
from my iPod to iTunes. When I restarted, I only saw the blue screen. I
followed the instructions on the Apple support website and tried all
possible things: Disk Utility, fsck, restarting from my iBook via

I'm trying to help a mate connect a XP PC to an Apple Laserwriter 8500
and although there seems to be a fair cloice of connectors, the 'base'
one (parallel) looks like it needs a special lead?
I'm not sure if it's used elsewhere or if it's unique to Apple / the

In order to scan photographs for my W3 site <www.macfanaat.cistron.nl> I
bought last month a Umax 1200S for my PM 7100/80 AV, based on reviews
which put Agfa and Umax scanners on top. Installing the software was
problem-free.

Which is the best PCI SCSI card for accessing my older devices
(ZIP, CDR) on my G4/400:  Orange Micro Grappler+ or Adaptec 2906?
Thanks
--Paul

What card... what monitor?
thanks
heron

I just recently purchased a TV with HMDI and I am now looking it up online
and find its the newest standard has anyone attempted to connect it to ur
computer yet? If so what it look like? I am soo thikning about using a DVD
to HMDI connector and see what its like lol

i'm about to get a 933 iBook with wireless networking.
I was just unsure about one point :
Is there any real advantage in getting an Apple airport base? I mean,
one can find way cheaper gears like D-Link that does the same + dsl

Looking to purchase a 160-200GB extenal drive for videio storage
Current setup
G-4 400 AGP Graphics
internal 30GB drive  (boots OS 9.2.2)