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  • Quote: Originally posted by Relic Funny place for a SGI thread but I was wondering if anyone new of some free or inexpensive video editing software for a SGI O2 machine. The local university here is going through a computer lab reconstruction so …
    in Video Editing On SGI O2 R12 Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Not letting it sleep might do it - just allow screen/disk powerdown, but not sleep mode? Just a thought. Mine sleeps with a solid white light, but I can't remember the settings off-hand. Cheers, Martin.
    in Imac Flashing Sleep Light Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mac on a Mac Thats is quite a collection datamodel ! Do all those machines work? Some of the older SGI s are cool in an ugly sort of way\ Yep, they all work - I had a collection of dead ones until recently, when…
    in Post Your Computer Setup 2005! Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • 20" iMac (1 Gb, 250 Gb internal, 250 Gb Lacie D2, Creatures) iPod Mini Others: Sun Microsystems W1100z (Opteron/Solaris box - 1.8 GHz/512 Mb) Sun Microsystems SPARCs: Ultra 150 Ultra 30 Ultra 5 Netra X1 Ultra 2 (& Fibre Channel disk…
    in Post Your Computer Setup 2005! Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by paintworm I've tried to print on an hp psc1315, but it doesnt work. im on a wireless network, and it does find the printer with the ip adress, but in the add printer option, there is no psc1315, i downloaded the driver…
    in hp printig problem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by ipodandimac make sure its at least 7200rpm and has an 8MB chache. if you have FW800 get that. So I bought the right thing. Sweet! Martin.
    in Firewire drive suggestions Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel Thanks for the info on the "snakebite." I figured that it was a myth. Just out of curiosity, where do you live? Nowadays in the South East - near Maidenhead/Reading way. I was brought up in a tow…
    in New and Exciting Ways to Get Drunk Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • There's a discussion and workaround on the Apple discussion site - looks like a bug in iDVD - send feedback I guess: http://discussions.info.apple.com/we....5@.68a55cbd/1 Cheers, Martin.
    in iLife 05's crappy side Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by LotharSNL I'd like to buy a firewire drive and was hoping someone might have some suggestions. I'd like it to be fast. Earlier in the week I bought one of these: http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid…
    in Firewire drive suggestions Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Splinemodel You have a very vivid imagination. As far as new and exciting, some guys showed me this drink called a "snakebite," which supposedly is illegal in the UK. It's only hard cider and beer, but they say the…
    in New and Exciting Ways to Get Drunk Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Well, I'm running again on the external disk, still need to copy stuff back over. My apps, etc. can I just drag from the Applications folder on the dead system disk (it reads OK, for the most part), to the Applications folder on the current syst…
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Is it this? http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...19739#comments iPhoto 5 bug about losing iPhoto 4 created folders... Cheers, Martin.
    in I'm In Deep **** Thanks Iphoto 5 Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Found the syntax for Apple OF at: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1061.html Thanks for the pointer. Cheers, Martin.
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha Not really, OF is actually an implementation of Forth. No, seriously. You've got a full programming environment in your BIOS. Very bizarre, very slick, and very powerful. What that means is that it's a wh…
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha Just follow the directions that appear just above the first prompt in SUM. Type in 'fsck -fy' (f forces the fsck even if the drive is journaled, which I assume yours is, it really is a big help), and let 'er…
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Well, I gave it a go. I eventually settled on holding down Option to ge the boot chooser, selecting the CD and holding cmd-S while it booted. The other way kept, um, not working. So anyway, I got single user. According to disk utility the disk…
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha While booting from the CD, hold down Cmd-S. If that fails, set the boot volume to the CD in OF directly, bypassing the Cmd-C requirement for CD booting, and then try Cmd-S. This is for single user mode off…
    in Recovering from corrupt root filesystem Comment by datamodel February 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by archer75 Oh come on, you can configure a much better system than that. Inspiron 9200 17" Ultrasharp Pentium M 2.1ghz "Dothan" 1gb DDR333 ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 128mb 100gb hard drive 8x DVD +/- dual layer bu…
    in Apple Unveils Faster, More Affordable PowerBooks Comment by datamodel January 2005
  • Quote: Originally posted by e1618978 Also, the 256+256 ram is only on the 12", the other two models have 2 DIMM slots that you can fill as you like (no on-board ram). Well spotted - thanks! Re: comparing well to a PC, I went and tried t…
    in Apple Unveils Faster, More Affordable PowerBooks Comment by datamodel January 2005
  • The 512 MB RAM - according to the store this is 256 onboard, and 256 MB SODIMM. Yep, they just filled the slot as standard, not upgraded the on-board RAM. I still want one.... Martin.
    in Apple Unveils Faster, More Affordable PowerBooks Comment by datamodel January 2005