iBlue
Nov 15, 01:06 AM
Key West is basically a tourist trap. It's, by far, my least favorite key because of all the drunks and trash (looks a lot like Bourbon St. [aka sespool] at least before Katrina). The drive down is unbelievable though.
My Aunt and Uncle have a beach house on a canal on Key Largo so I'm partial to that one.
But the prettiest is Dry Tortugas (the actual western most US island in the Gulf). It takes a 3 hour boat ride from Key West but it's gorgeous. The snorkeling is amazing. I spent 7 hours snorkeling the reef around the island and got the worst sunburn of my life.
I'm sure it is a tourist trap but a person isn't forced to participate in that. I managed to keep well away from drunks and trash by not going out partying at night and walking into scenes that don't appeal.
I didn't know a lot about the keys when I booked the trip so we did go to the more touristy places. One day we want to go back and get a closer look at the more "'undiscovered" locations. Dry Tortugas sounds amazing!
My Aunt and Uncle have a beach house on a canal on Key Largo so I'm partial to that one.
But the prettiest is Dry Tortugas (the actual western most US island in the Gulf). It takes a 3 hour boat ride from Key West but it's gorgeous. The snorkeling is amazing. I spent 7 hours snorkeling the reef around the island and got the worst sunburn of my life.
I'm sure it is a tourist trap but a person isn't forced to participate in that. I managed to keep well away from drunks and trash by not going out partying at night and walking into scenes that don't appeal.
I didn't know a lot about the keys when I booked the trip so we did go to the more touristy places. One day we want to go back and get a closer look at the more "'undiscovered" locations. Dry Tortugas sounds amazing!
renewed
Apr 27, 02:40 PM
You know who will fall for that? People who fell for the iPad in the first place.
What is that supposed to mean?
What is that supposed to mean?
MacTech68
Nov 14, 04:52 PM
Thanks for the tips so far. After reading that the Performa 6290cd was one of the worst Macs ever made, I immediately bought one !! Not here yet, but if operational, I'll use it to test the software. If successful, I'll know that powerpc models aren't out of the question and maybe grab a few old, inexpensive Macs to toy with this project.
Yup. They sure were. Bad ROM/Cache Dimm, EMI Clips that scratch the logic board, the 5200 had a brittle RGB cable, CommSlot cards with no "hook", LC-PDS slot problems, Power Supplies that die or go BANG etc etc.... :mad:
Being mostly from the Windows world, tearing this thing apart will be fun.
I'd suggest getting a take apart for it. I've seen plenty of people all but destroy the case trying to get in. :D
Do a Google for:
6200 6300 pdf performa
I found a guy selling internal scsi burners for Macs. From Apple docs, it appears I can lift the case and replace the internal cd-rom drive with one of these burners. Any tips on those- brands etc that may work with the old Macs?
Also, am I right that I should be looking for Toast 4 to possibly burn backups to cd if the burner works ? Old versions of Toast seem very hard to find.
There is a small grey plug that fits the burner which then slides into a socket inside the chassis. Some burners' SCSI interface isn't aligned the same but I have no way of knowing which will work. Apple predominantly used Panasonic/Matsushita & Sony CDROM drives. You may have trouble with the size of the tray nose. Toast 4 updated to 4.1.3 or Toast 5 updated to 5.2.x should be perfect. Try to get Toast Deluxe (v4) or Toast 5 Titanium as they are full uncrippled versions.
This 6290cd is loaded with about every card option Apple had at the time and I know this thing was aimed at the Sears crowd etc. This one even appears to have the dedicated vga option as well as the standard Apple display type connector. Owner says os 9 is on it but the restore cd will be 7.6 or 7.5. Think I'll start with an immediate restore to that. Any opinions on how this model handles os 8? By the way, it has a gigantic 48mb of ram (ha ha)
With 72pin RAM they are slow. OS 8 will be horrible. The 5400/6400 improved on that with FPM DIMMs. Update the 7.5.x to 7.5.5.
If at all possible, use DriveSetup 1.7.3 (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58303) to re-format the drive. The 5200/6200 used an on-board IDE driver initially and if you use the original DriveSetup, there will be no driver partition on the drive and could have trouble mounting the bare drive in other systems if ever required. A newer IDE drive can assist with the overall speed, but don't go nuts on capacity. 40GB drives work IIRC.
Good luck! :eek:
Yup. They sure were. Bad ROM/Cache Dimm, EMI Clips that scratch the logic board, the 5200 had a brittle RGB cable, CommSlot cards with no "hook", LC-PDS slot problems, Power Supplies that die or go BANG etc etc.... :mad:
Being mostly from the Windows world, tearing this thing apart will be fun.
I'd suggest getting a take apart for it. I've seen plenty of people all but destroy the case trying to get in. :D
Do a Google for:
6200 6300 pdf performa
I found a guy selling internal scsi burners for Macs. From Apple docs, it appears I can lift the case and replace the internal cd-rom drive with one of these burners. Any tips on those- brands etc that may work with the old Macs?
Also, am I right that I should be looking for Toast 4 to possibly burn backups to cd if the burner works ? Old versions of Toast seem very hard to find.
There is a small grey plug that fits the burner which then slides into a socket inside the chassis. Some burners' SCSI interface isn't aligned the same but I have no way of knowing which will work. Apple predominantly used Panasonic/Matsushita & Sony CDROM drives. You may have trouble with the size of the tray nose. Toast 4 updated to 4.1.3 or Toast 5 updated to 5.2.x should be perfect. Try to get Toast Deluxe (v4) or Toast 5 Titanium as they are full uncrippled versions.
This 6290cd is loaded with about every card option Apple had at the time and I know this thing was aimed at the Sears crowd etc. This one even appears to have the dedicated vga option as well as the standard Apple display type connector. Owner says os 9 is on it but the restore cd will be 7.6 or 7.5. Think I'll start with an immediate restore to that. Any opinions on how this model handles os 8? By the way, it has a gigantic 48mb of ram (ha ha)
With 72pin RAM they are slow. OS 8 will be horrible. The 5400/6400 improved on that with FPM DIMMs. Update the 7.5.x to 7.5.5.
If at all possible, use DriveSetup 1.7.3 (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58303) to re-format the drive. The 5200/6200 used an on-board IDE driver initially and if you use the original DriveSetup, there will be no driver partition on the drive and could have trouble mounting the bare drive in other systems if ever required. A newer IDE drive can assist with the overall speed, but don't go nuts on capacity. 40GB drives work IIRC.
Good luck! :eek:
Mr. Anderson
Aug 16, 10:15 PM
damn! I guess this one can't win then? :o
all of them can *win* - and yours is a still image while the other is animated.
D
all of them can *win* - and yours is a still image while the other is animated.
D
ulbador
Sep 14, 12:24 AM
My dad still regularly uses a network of 3 Quadras 900s and a couple of eMacs (for printing). He's burnt through 4 or 5 Blueberries and a couple of eMacs, but those Quadras have been running since new. All backed up daily on 100 meg SCSI zip disks and a couple of SCSI 40 meg drives (the kind that had the form factor of the Mac Classic, so you could stack em).
Don't think those guys have been shut off in almost 20 years.
He really needs to upgrade as his business would be SOL if even something simple as a PSU failed. The "upgrade" path I've been pushing lately is to just buy a bargain bin PC, stick Windows XP on it and run on his Quadras in Basilisk 2 windows. He probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and he could back up everything in the matter of minutes on a flash drive instead of hours to zip disks.
Don't think those guys have been shut off in almost 20 years.
He really needs to upgrade as his business would be SOL if even something simple as a PSU failed. The "upgrade" path I've been pushing lately is to just buy a bargain bin PC, stick Windows XP on it and run on his Quadras in Basilisk 2 windows. He probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and he could back up everything in the matter of minutes on a flash drive instead of hours to zip disks.
Elan0204
Aug 13, 03:49 PM
I saw that pic when edesignuk used it to make a comment in a thread a few days ago. I still laugh out loud when I see it. We need someone to make an avatar involving that rabbit.
eawmp1
Apr 22, 10:37 PM
No homework or date tonight, huh?
zepp85
Mar 29, 12:41 PM
once VLC is downloaded, open it up. Then, go back to handbrake. it should be able to use VLC's encoding after this.
will try that , thanks
will try that , thanks
OSXGuru007
May 1, 09:20 PM
What kind of router? If it's an Apple router, the Airport utility will give you that info.
It is an Airport Express, but all the information the airport utility gives you about the DHCP clients, is the local ip address, MAC address, and the lease time.
It is an Airport Express, but all the information the airport utility gives you about the DHCP clients, is the local ip address, MAC address, and the lease time.
beaster
Feb 8, 04:34 PM
I really liked the simplicity of this presentation - any ideas what they might have used to create it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugBwy343Ak
Thanks,
Sean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugBwy343Ak
Thanks,
Sean
edtv
May 3, 11:02 AM
I just installed Snow Leopard on my Mac, but I installed it on the wrong drive and it did not overwrite the old OSX. Can I uninstalled SL and reinstall in proper location easily? HELP!
jgbr
Apr 14, 12:33 PM
a guess would do
its 1gb connections on all infrastructure
its 1gb connections on all infrastructure
HERO XXL
Mar 11, 12:58 PM
True...but the Best Buy is there as well--that also sweetens the deal. Last year, when the 3G was released, there were only about 20 people in line with me--I think I'll give it another shot. Either way, good luck.
4JNA
Apr 15, 10:05 PM
second that. LED is on the charger tip, not the ibook.
void
Sep 28, 07:59 AM
Eye get your Cajun ass over here! You're going to let these fools destroy the forums?
hminks
Apr 5, 05:54 AM
Thanks for the replies!
Rest assured, my computer has been off and upside down for the past 51 hours, and I don't plan on trying to turn it on for at least another 9 hours or so, if not much longer.
My BF suggested the sun/window because he knows I only get sun hitting my window until like 11am - besides, I live in England... it's hardly roasting :P It hasn't actually been sunny since Sunday morning. Right now the computer is alternating between laying keyboard down on a towel with the screen hanging off my desk, and being in an A shape in the airing cupboard. It's safe.
Do any of you know what actually causes a Mac to freeze up like that? In all my 3 years of owning my laptop I've never seen it freeze relentlessly for hours on end. Hmm.
Rest assured, my computer has been off and upside down for the past 51 hours, and I don't plan on trying to turn it on for at least another 9 hours or so, if not much longer.
My BF suggested the sun/window because he knows I only get sun hitting my window until like 11am - besides, I live in England... it's hardly roasting :P It hasn't actually been sunny since Sunday morning. Right now the computer is alternating between laying keyboard down on a towel with the screen hanging off my desk, and being in an A shape in the airing cupboard. It's safe.
Do any of you know what actually causes a Mac to freeze up like that? In all my 3 years of owning my laptop I've never seen it freeze relentlessly for hours on end. Hmm.
arn
Sep 9, 06:10 PM
Originally posted by limi
Not to be negative, but I think you're approaching this the wrong way around. What you should do is the ability to filter out the categories you find irrelevant.
For example, in my case I'm interested in Powerbook and xServe rumours, but not much else. With the current scheme, I have to either visit two addresses or keep using the main page.
Lexus Suv 2004
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Not to be negative, but I think you're approaching this the wrong way around. What you should do is the ability to filter out the categories you find irrelevant.
For example, in my case I'm interested in Powerbook and xServe rumours, but not much else. With the current scheme, I have to either visit two addresses or keep using the main page.
blackwind
May 3, 04:43 AM
AirView app is free-app, no need to be cracked for itunes to install it.
I am sure someone out there has it on their itunes....
CHeers
I am sure someone out there has it on their itunes....
CHeers
robbieduncan
Jan 14, 07:44 AM
Apple do not provide a live video stream and tightly control the equipment people can take into the hall. There is no live video/audio stream, sorry.
Hints-The-Name
Jun 18, 12:47 AM
Go Mizzou. :p
AMEN, I am in MO but out in KC.
AMEN, I am in MO but out in KC.
Huntn
Mar 30, 11:30 PM
OK, so what is your favorite LT movie?
Mine has to be Giant (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049261/). Find a list of her movies here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/).
http://www.stardusttrailers.com/gallery_film/Giant(movie_wallpaper_pictures_photo_pics_poster)(260310215625)il_gigante_2.jpg
Mine has to be Giant (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049261/). Find a list of her movies here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/).
http://www.stardusttrailers.com/gallery_film/Giant(movie_wallpaper_pictures_photo_pics_poster)(260310215625)il_gigante_2.jpg
Beige Panda
Feb 23, 02:52 AM
The mbox mini has no midi in/out, so if you do get that one, the keyboard will have to go directly to the computer through USB. There's not really any reason this wouldn't work in pro tools, I've done the same thing but with a different program.
Rower_CPU
Feb 29, 08:23 PM
It was this am, around 11:30 my time, I think.
I was lucky enough to be around when it came back. ;)
I was lucky enough to be around when it came back. ;)
Brines
Aug 14, 04:00 PM
I'm predicting that AAPL will lose some points after they actually come out with the report and it takes away from some of their profits. After that happens, I'm planning on buying about six shares. I think Apple as a company has a lot of room to grow. What do you guys think?