Posted on 03/20/2005 9:54:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv
This is a 'blog for Mac and Apple stuff. IOW, not a 'blog for how wonderful and innovative Dull and Windulls is.
analogous to the CF adapter for the GS, and possibly an alternative to it?
Compact Flash to SCSI Adapter
(market target, old PB users)
http://lowendmac.com/mail/0801mb/0118.html#4
Too bad Apple’s finished. It all stems back to that time Microsoft had to bail them out, and the writing on the wall was plain when Steve Jobs fraudulently obtained stock options, and then AppleTV was a flop and dragged down what was left. ;’) ;’D
Happy 24th Birthday, Apple Macintosh!
Mac Daily News | Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 03:08 PM EST
Posted on 01/25/2008 3:12:19 AM EST by Swordmaker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1959314/posts
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/appledisktransferprodos.html
Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS 1.0.6
About Apple Disk Transfer ProDOS
ADTPro is a feature-rich communications platform for exchanging disks and disk images between the Apple II family computers and the modern world.
ADTPro has two main purposes in life:
1. Transferring Apple II disk images
2. Bootstrapping Apple II computers when boot diskettes are long gone
ADTPro uses any of three communications mechanisms:
1. Serial (RS-232, USB) hardware
2. A2Retrosystems “Uthernet” ethernet card [http://a2retrosystems.com/products.htm]
3. Audio/Cassette ports
Bootstrapping chores can occur with zero software at the Apple II end over serial and audio communications links. Extensive help and tutorials are available on the ADTPro website: http://adtpro.sourceforge.net
What’s New in this Version
- Bug fixes for diskette formatting, audio transfers, and IIgs serial port initialization
System Requirements
- Mac OS X 10.1 or later
- Latest Java from Apple
Download Details
Company: David Schmidt
Version: 1.0.6
Post Date: February 27, 2008
License: Freeware
File Size: 1MB
URL Type: Download
Download ID: 14268
OS 9.1 is really all you need to be running on a Mac that doesn't have OSX installed. the 9.2 upgrade is mostly adding the stuff that has the hooks for Classic to run under OSX.
I note that the author of OS9 Helper claims better Finder operation with 9.2. Did you see the improvement? There didn't seem to be much noticeable improvement under OSX with Classic.
It’s snappier, and I’d been having weird out-of-memory problems lately. It’s been fine all day today. Had to reset some prefs; not a biggie, but the Finder “Preferences” menu item has a way to change the display of icons (on the desktop as well as all folders) to a loose, tighter, tightest config, and I always seem to have to redo that when I install upgrades. :’) Not a biggie.
The closet Mac geek at one of the Best Buys told me that the PPC versions of OS X didn’t really get great until after the switch to Intel; most of the remaining annoying problems he’d had on his G5 stopped with update after the first Intel version came out. :’) I’ve found that (besides not liking the X desktop, stupid changes to key assignments) X is a bit pokey on any machine where I’ve run Classic also, by comparison.
The temptation to grab a big screen Intel iMac is very great though — if I had the cash, I’d probably make the jump. Before I do that, though, I’ll probably get a big, cheap, 1080p flat screen, and an HDMI adapter video card for one or both of these boxes (I inherited a G4 tower, which I think is all-X all the time).
Oh, and the out of memory problems *may* be traceable to the fact that the tiny original boot drive — 1.19 GB (SCSI I believe) — was nearly full, and I had to clear out a few hundred megs. It was pretty simple, first I backed up the System Folder and some other stuff, prior to attempting the install, as recommended. Then the first attempt blew up, because there was only 117K left (blush). So I then just dragged the entire boot drive over into the 18gb SCSI outboard, and restored the System Folder from the CD (just in case, probably it wasn’t necessary as it turned out), and dropped a few big folders into the Trash, and Emptied. As generally is the case, “I” did the modification to the .smi files, and ran the installations, while watching TV in another part of the house. ;’)
Dude, I’m not gettin’ a Dell. ;’)
Gaming Mogul to Blast Off on Russian Rocket"I grew up in a family of astronauts and I always wanted to do what my father did," said Garriott, a balding, goateed 47-year-old who was born in Cambridge, England, and grew up Houston, Tex.
Benoit Finck, AFP
October. 10, 2008
The young Garriott -- a computer whiz-kid who wrote games for fun -- was dubbed "Lord British" by his classmates because of what they perceived as his English accent.
In the 1980s, "Lord British" became the name of the ruler of an alternative fantasy world that Garriott created for Ultima, a series of role-playing games initially written for the now-ancient Apple II computer.
The series, which became a runaway hit and later spawned an Internet version called Ultima Online, cemented Garriott's reputation as a pioneering game designer and turned him into a multi-millionaire.
(update) As I was warned, the Stealth adapter didn’t work on the Apple IIgs, but works like a champ on the PowerMac 7600, using a laser mouse from Micro Innovations (under $10 at WalMart). One odd quirk is that the machine recognizes it only after a power-off restart, and not during a regular reboot. Luckily, this isn’t much of an issue.
This Samsung SyncMaster 753DF is running fine at 1152 x 870 (see #129). I do have to wear my reading glasses, but should be doing that on the computer anyway.
Okay. I did a backup of my hard drives (internal, 12 year old IDE, 1.2 gig or something; also an outboard 18GB 10000 RPM SCSI drive) on Wednesday, set it to work and left for the job. On the way out I shut off the monitor. It wouldn’t turn back on when I got home. Anyway, the Samsung SyncMaster 753DF CRT is dead, long live the Samsung SyncMaster 2253LW LCD!
USB Food Hub is the Best Thing We've Seen All Week
by Jason Chen, 12:30 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007, 7,277 views
That's a USB/FireWire hub connected to the MacBook Air's single USB port, with a FireWire DVD burner, USB external hard drive (for Time Machine backups), and Apple's USB network adapter connected to the hub.USB/FW hub? thought I. I found the very one shown in P.M.'s photo, the IOgear - GUH420 - USB 2.0 / Firewire combo hub. He's got me wondering if this hub has some mojo workin' inside to host FW, while connecting merely with the USB port on the CPU.
MacBook Air Portable Genius
by Paul McFedries
FirmTek SeriTek/SpyderHUB -- "The SpyderHUB can be installed to connect up to two SATA hard drives with a FireWire 800, (400 with an optional adapter) or a USB 2.0 host connection when an SATA host adapter is not available. When a SATA host adapter is available, the SpyderHUB is removed and the FirmTek eSATA connectors are used. This method provides compatibility while maintaining the high performance eSATA direct connect interface. The SpyderHUB allows FirmTek direct connect enclosures to be used with MacBook Air, MacBook, iMac or Mac mini FireWire/USB 2.0 connections for expanded connectivity options. When the SeriTek/SpyderHUB is connected to a computer via FireWire it can also be used to daisy chain additional FireWire devices. This feature expands the storage connection options of the SpyderHUB to include FireWire devices. The FirmTek SeriTek/SpyderHUB is the only device on the market that allows existing direct connect SATA enclosures to interface with a FireWire host connection."
The specs seem to say that the Firewire is only daisy chained to the computer, making this just a dual hub. I have one almost exactly like it on my computer. It requires both a Firewire and a USB port connection on the computer.
Samsung’s 128 GB SSD is a NAND flash memory system, the first of its kind.
Toshiba unwraps 256GB 2.5in solid-state drive (SSD)
[bigger, faster than the Samsung]
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/29/toshiba_ssd_launch/
ooh, same source.
SanDisk pitches 100x SSD speed boost tech
by Tony Smith [More by this author]
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/05/sandisk_soups_up_ssds/
and, some pricey stuff:
Mac-friendly external hard drives launched
by James Sherwood
20th November 2008 15:39Â GMT
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/20/gtech_hdd/
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