Has anyone painted their beige g3's? I just got a cool lookin' silver VCR - Emerson from WalMart, yeah... big spender . Anyway, I'd really like to paint my desktop g3 case to mat…

I have a copy of that MacAddict issue. The article didn't mention any specific kind of paint, but two of the pictures showed cans of latex gloss enamel being used. Besides that, it…

Yup, the monitor is already black, so it's cool Thanks a bunch! I'll post the url after I get it all painted up purdy, and get some pics of it. Any one else done this? I'd like…

<A HREF='http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n10378'>This article</a> in the TIL at Apple discusses SCSI-2 compliance. Apparently, although SCSI-2 drives I've…

pardon me for saying so, and not to throw a wet blanket, but... isn't this just a bit esoteric? i mean, you seem to be extremely well-versed in the technology and doubtless your …

My PB 3400 seems to make a very low-level high-pitched "whine" when asleep. This is not present when shut down (w/ or w/o AC attached), or when running - only when asleep. The whin…

At macmall.com, they have a "ix3D Ultimate Rez MAC Promotional" onsale for $72.99. Is this a good deal? I have a PM G3/233, stock video, and butt-loads or ram. Basically, I need s…

I have a 5400/200 i am getting a G3 (G4 if I can) upgrade for its cache slot. I want a video game card and a USB card but I have only one PCI slot. Is there a way to get USB on to …

Get the new low cost iMac for $999. It has a good gaming card and USB with lots more performance than you can get out of upgrading. Drewman

I would love 2, but in Canada an iMac is 1800.00, and I don't have the money to get a new system. Things like a HD and a USB card are good cause I can get USB devices that can late…

iMan_ca, have a gander: http://lowendmac.com/ppc/5400.shtml and here: http://www.macspeedzone.com/ click on the 'Upgrades' link and then scroll down the page to the 5400 model..…

I've been the proud owner of a Power Mac 7600/120 for the past 4.5 years (my 3rd mac). We recently got G4's at my work place and I also have the extreme pleasure of taking my boss'…

Gabe, A processor upgrade and additional RAM is a good start. There is a good article posted at the barefeats web site -- http://www.barefeats.com/cobra2.html on the performace …

Can any one tell me if Sony's Firewire CD rw is compatible with Toast? Also if has anyone tried the Sony product could you tell me if you are having success with it? Thanx.

I have the Sony Firewire CDRW drive and Toast 4 (had it for roughly two weeks). Both work just fine together. I've thus far created a MacOS disk and ISO disk. You may see a warning…

Does it work with Retrospect as well?

kloda...when you purchased the firewire CD RW did you get Toast with it? If so where did you get it? -Mike

I received a response from Adaptec yesterday saying that Toast 4.0 does NOT support 1394 devices. I replied and said that someone was actually using toast with a sony 1394 CD RW a…

Most likely the "E" stands for EIDE. tooki

Has anyone seen a good review of all the new Firewire drives out right now?

The only version of Toast that I know of that supports FireWire CDR(W) drives is Toast 3.8.2. I got it with my drive which came from EZQuest (www.ezq.com). I'll have a review of t…