Older Powerbook - which should I buy? — #4
The PB 500-series is particularly cool if you can find a PPC CPU daughtercard to pop into it. Otherwise you're ceiling is OS 8.1 and you're unable to run PPC-only apps (e.g. Office…
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Mac drivers for the HP4500 color laser? — #1
I'm in the market for a color printer. Does HP support Macs with its 4500 color LaserJet?
Mac drivers for the HP4500 color laser? — #2
I believe I've seen the PPD file for the HP Color Laserjet 4500. Not sure if this means HP will support you if you have printing problems.
Mac drivers for the HP4500 color laser? — #3
Yes, they most certainly do. You should have received the software on a dual-format CD-ROM, or the drivers should be downloadable from their Web site.
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Epson ES-800 scanner and G3 B&W; — #1
Has anyone had any success interfacing an older SCSI Epson scanner such as the ES 800C with the new G3 B&W? I could not get Photoshop or Omnipage to recognize or find the scan…
Epson ES-800 scanner and G3 B&W; — #2
I use Adaptec 2960U to connect two scanners and two 50-pin SCSI HDs along with an internal SCSI HD (used for backups daily) with no trouble.
I don't trust any USB-SCSI and it can…
Epson ES-800 scanner and G3 B&W; — #3
I hooked up an ES1200c to a B&W. It too would not work with the twain drivers. Epson is not sure if they plan to update them either.
The only way to get the scanner to be rec…
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #1
Hey, I've had my order in at ecost.com for over a couple of weeks now, ever since this scanner started getting rave reviews from the Mac community. Needless to say, I haven't recei…
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #2
I ordered a 636U from outpost.com 3 weeks ago, because they said I would have it in 2-3 days. Yesterday I cancelled the order and bought a 1200U at CompUSA. It cost me a little mor…
Epson Perfection 636u Availability? — #3
Maine also took about a month, but now that I have it, I wrote the following (mostly-derogatory) review of it. Caveat Emptor.
The 636U would be an excellent buy if not for its ho…
Speaker Buzz with internal GV modem — #1
I have a B/W PowerMac G3 with a Global Village Internal 56k modem. I notice that whenever I use Remote Access to make a PPP connection with the modem, I get this very annoying spea…
Which DVD-ROM drives can read DVD-RAM? — #1
Since Apple have choosen DVD-RAM as their writable DVD storage it would be nice to know which DVD-ROM drives can read such disks.
While searching for this information I got several…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #1
Does it make any sense to expect I'll be able to drive a digital LCD monitor from the Firewire ports on my blue G3? Or do I need to wait for the appearance of ADP slots or ports on…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #2
It will not be possible to connect your Digital Flat panel to a firewire port until the flat panel has hardware to interface with Firewire as well as the software required to decod…
Digital monitors (& FireWire?) — #3
Why wait? <a href="http://www.formac.com/">Formac</a> makes a mac compatable PCI video card which can support both VESA and SGI TFT's. It is called the <a href="ht…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #1
Can anyone give me an opinion comparing the display quality (color, sharpness) of the Apple 15" Flat Panel Display with the older 17" Colorsync? I now have a 17" Colorsync that I a…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #2
Whatever you do, dont use any other resolution then the optimal one on LCD's.
Borrow a Powerbook and find out how it looks.
I have a 15" Studio display closeby and the quality is s…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #3
he's right, The flat panel has similar quality, the color can be a bit off though if you do not calibrate a profile for the display. Don't settle for the Apple Default FPD profile…
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #4
The ability to scale is built into the display, not the MacOS. Otherwise you couldn't use the display on Wintel which you can. The system is called Manta and looks better than any …
Apple Flat Panel vs. 17" Colorsync- HELP — #5
Basically, though, about the Apple FPD vs ColorSync 17":
as mentioned, the ColorSync 17 is not compatible with the G4s.
BUT I personally would not necessarily choose Apple's fla…
Upgrading an old 7500/100 — #1
My old system was a powermac 7500/100 and I was pretty happy with it. It did everything I needed, but then for my high school graduation I got a beige g3 333mhz minitower. Eventual…
Upgrading an old 7500/100 — #2
According to NewerTech you are in bizness:
MAXpowr G3 Carrier Card will launch you into the current day with ZIF technology. ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets are quickly becomin…
Will ultraviolet damage a digital camera? — #1
i doubt it. any time you take a picture outdoors, your camera picks up ultraviolet light. just be sure to wear goggles while using the camera.
-r.
Will ultraviolet damage a digital camera? — #2
I was planning on using my camera to take some pictures of arc welding in action. Of course, the arc emits many ultraviolet rays, which can damage the retinas of people in the room…
Will ultraviolet damage a digital camera? — #3
&lt;-------- this dude is too drunk to be posting
It would probably be the UV requivalent of pointing the camera directly at the sun. And I would probably use the LCD, not the…