Mac Forum / General / Hardware / February 2005

 Jef Raskin, the human-computer interface expert largely credited with
beginning the Macintosh project for Apple Computer, died Saturday at age 61.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5591858.html

I can't succeed in having os9 running on my old G3 (233mhz wt standard ati
rageII graphics
on board, monitor 17"applevison. the all is perfectly working on os8.
Can only start os9.2 excluding extensions; letting extension go, monitor

I have a Sawtooth G4 (400 mHz), with the stock (IDE) DVD/CD player
that came with it. Nowadays there's some pretty cheap internal DVD
burners available. Can I just replace my DVD player with one
of those dual layer + and - burners? Will my Toast 5.2.1 burn for me

I know this problem has been around for a long time, but I can't quite
figure out what my next move should be, in spite of some online searching.
The latch on my PowerBook G4 Titanium has stopped working.  If I watch
closely when closing the cover, I can see the little magnet part ...

I recently purchased a 23" Apple flat screen monitor.  I acidentally
smudged it with my thumb so I went to purchase a bottle of Klear
Screen, which, I understand, is the most widely respected of the screen
cleaners.  I applied it to the screen, following the directions, and

I have a 2001 Quickslver G4 867Mhz 1.125GBRam with two hard drives which
are
(0) Maxtor ST060H6 57.27GB (the original 60 GB drive from Apple)
(1) Maxtor 6Y120P0 114.5GB (120GB added by me a couple of years ago)

Is it possible to transfer my napster songs to my IPod?

My friend shot some stuff on a Canon camcorder that he bought in
Britain. The miniDV tapes that he used were bought here in the States.
I'd like to edit these tapes for him but iMovie(4) won't import the
footage, even with my Sony camcorder that I use all the time with this

Sorry, but I couldn't find this info, so here goes..
I just bought a 20GB ipod and was thinking about how to hook it to my
Blazer.
It has an FM modulator for a CD Changer (which lives behid the

Now I've got my mates iMac going again he mentioned he would like MSN
Messenger.
It looks like his OS (9.0.4) isn't up to the job and I'm not sure what
would be involved in getting it there. (I'm a fairly experienced PC

I'm due to pop round to my friends Dads today to check out the 'dead'
iMac I mentioned here recently.
He rang yesterday to add there was also a CD (the Sims game) stuck in
there?

I'm doing a lot of audio sampling with my Quadra 840av using its
built-in stereo input, but it seems that the audio quality changes from
time to time!!??!?!
More specifically, audio is sometimes very crisp and clear, but other

I'm trying to figure out some hardware related issues on my Quadra
840av, and a schematic circuit diagram would help a lot.
Are there websites, forum sites or anything else around that have these
for downloading?

I'm having some trouble with a new mini iPod, and I must confess it is
starting to drive me barmy. It's a mini, iPod, running with iTunes 4.7
on a iMac running 10.3.4
iTunes runs ok, the iPod synchronises fine, and uploads tracks. And

How can I findout local computer shops in NJ/NY?. How the billing
system works in providing computer equipment (peripherals) to the local
shops?. thanks.