Charles, you send posts to machacers@yahoogroups.com I'm on my third iMac - love 'em (passed the earlier 2 down to kids) - please post your symptoms, what...
General Problem: Two computers running OEM video, I would like to render Web pages faster. Budget: Not to Exceed $100 Here's what I have 1. Beige G3 ...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 2, 2002 7:00 pm
2005
When it works, the Time Warner cable is a thing o' beauty. However, Time Warner customer service is - in diplomatic parlance - suboptimal. Examples: 1. During...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 2, 2002 7:11 pm
2006
... The VRAM upgrade might allow you to used larger monitors with 32 bit color, but it isn't likely to make web pages load faster. I don't think you can get an...
mtobin@...
Jan 2, 2002 7:51 pm
2007
My RoadRunner (Time Warner - Torrance) went up from $39.95 to $44.95 last October. One thing they hinted at, but haven't provided, is a limited dial up for...
Jack G Burke
jgburke@...
Jan 2, 2002 8:41 pm
2008
can anyone help me get rid of an unwanted whirring sound on my iMac which often happens when I press a button? My control panel appearance sound is set to...
Dr. Charles Escoffery
caeb@...
Jan 2, 2002 8:46 pm
2009
Mario has a point that I didn't hit until today, but one that I too did not like(!). Apparently, their database is such that even the middle initial, or...
Paul S Mc Kinney
psmckinney@...
Jan 2, 2002 8:46 pm
2010
Thanks for posting that. I gave my wife one of these for Christmas, and that was one question we couldn't find the answer to (I didn't see it in the enclosed...
Dennis C De Mars
ddemars@...
Jan 2, 2002 9:19 pm
2011
Is there a CD in the drive? An iMac slot-loading CD drive is relatively noisy. I've been considering opening my case to see if I can better secure it or...
Dennis J Kane
dkane@...
Jan 2, 2002 9:36 pm
2012
Michael is correct, my mistake The $39 is for an IXMicro ix3D UltimateRez 8MB PCI video card from OWC, not the $199 Radeon. mtobin@... on 01/02/2002...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 2, 2002 9:39 pm
2013
... IXMicro has been out of business for awhile, but the card should still work with OS 9. Apple actually shipped Macs with these cards a few years ago, so ...
mtobin@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:20 pm
2014
I moved from one Time Warner area to another, Orange County to the South Bay. Since my experience with their customer service had not been a good one, I...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:41 pm
2015
Michael, thank you for the response. Bummer! I think then I should either ditch the plan (maybe just stick to 256 colors?) or else raise the budget. Let's try...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 2, 2002 10:50 pm
2016
I tried this card in my PTP 180 upgraded to a G3 333. I thought there would be some 2D speed increase over the circa 1996 Twin Turbo. Didn't happen. Actually...
Michael E Ehritz
meehritz@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:13 pm
2017
... The PCI based card is indeed a constraint, but you can still get much faster graphics with a good PCI card in a Beige G3 than you can with the G3's...
mtobin@...
Jan 2, 2002 11:44 pm
2018
It is definitely worth it to upgrade to more colors, especially the VRAM upgrade, but not for the speed (there's no speed improvement), but for the improved...
Dennis C De Mars
ddemars@...
Jan 3, 2002 12:02 am
2019
Is there some way that I can prevent my receiving all these messages which dont concern me? thx...
Dr. Charles Escoffery
caeb@...
Jan 3, 2002 12:07 am
2020
Charles, Note that I've changed your subscription to just receiving Special Notices. This means that when you ask the group a question, remind everyone to...
Dennis J Kane
dkane@...
Jan 3, 2002 12:42 am
2021
AOL, RoadRunner, and Earthlink are now offered on TW cable. http://www.accesstimewarner.com/access/internet/ Pricing is not straightforward. Road Runner is...
Mario J Obejas
mobejas@...
Jan 3, 2002 3:21 am
2022
Dear TechTV Viewer As a Mac enthusiast, we thought you would like to know that TechTV WILL be covering the January 7, 2001 MacWorld Expo keynote and any new...
Allison
asheridan@...
Jan 3, 2002 5:55 am
2023
I've got some money in some stocks, and out of Genentech, Microsoft, Apple, Sun, Juniper Networks, Cisco, GMH and Raytheon, only two are in positive territory....
Allison
asheridan@...
Jan 3, 2002 6:35 am
2024
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2002/jan/02mwalert.html Media Alert Apple at Macworld Expo San Francisco 2002 Apple® will participate in a range of activities...
ustach@...
Jan 3, 2002 7:34 am
2025
Jack hits a couple of points that I just touched only yesterday as well. 1. Dialup access for RR - I just signed up, although I have not had the time yet to...
Paul S Mc Kinney
psmckinney@...
Jan 3, 2002 4:16 pm
2026
Thanks for the amazing input - I think I'll wait it out because: SBC (PacBell) is very stable here, there are dialup numbers locally and all over California...
I am running OS 8.6 on a PowerMac 8600/250 at work. The computer has had Quicktime 4.1.2 on it. Today I decided to download Quicktime 5.0.5 updater. I went to...
Carl W Cullings
ccullings@...
Jan 3, 2002 5:01 pm
2028
Do you mean that you cannot click on the photo at all, or it doesn't come up after you select it? If your problem is the latter, you may have overlooked the ...
I tried a whole lot of things to cure the problem, as follows: Rebuilding desktop, deleting finder preference, deleting appearance preference, making a copy of...
Carl W Cullings
ccullings@...
Jan 3, 2002 11:55 pm
2030
Does this mean that anyone going after 5.x is going to have the same problem? If so, what do we do? I was about to get it myself, and had DL problems, but...
Paul S Mc Kinney
psmckinney@...
Jan 4, 2002 12:46 am
2031
Carl's problem of a corrupt system file may have been caught if he ran TechTool Pro, and perhaps TechTool Lite. There is a feature of TechTool that checks the...
Jack G Burke
jgburke@...
Jan 4, 2002 12:49 am
2032
... I have no idea if the new 5.0.5 version is causing any special problems, but I've had no difficulty installing previous versions of QuickTime 5. I'd...
