Re: iCab
From Touchwood
Dear Mr. Moore,
Read readers' and your comments about iCab and the trouble with accessing Web
pages, but maybe it helps to change the Browser-identity in the prefs?
(I have no trouble whatsoever).
But while we're on the subject of iCab, it has to be said that
indeed it has become less stable the past months.
It even seems to break a basic programming rule: It takes memory
space from outside the program, and its memory grows with every page
opened till it hits the RAM ceiling and crashes your puter bad. I've
written to the creators, but to no avail. So maybe it is time to look
for some other browser although departing from it will be pretty
difficult 'cause it became my fav. browser too.
Regards,
Touchwood
Hi Touchwood,
I haven't noticed the memory problem, but then I have 640 MB of
RAM.
iCab is still my workhorse browser.
Charles
MacMail
From Blair Wilson
Hi Charles.
Thanks for the MacMail
tip in the recent Low End Mac column. Like you, I decided not to buy
into .Mac. I did like the email, but I used little else. MacMail fits
the bill perfectly. I was going to credit you with the referral when I
signed up but I didn't think that xxxxxxx@macmail.com was your real
MacMail account. :-)
- Blair
C500 SuperMac Battery is Dead
From Sharleen
Hello Charles,
For days now I have been unable to locate the battery anywhere on my
SuperMac C500 slowpoke computer. As
a missionary to street kids in Mexico City, I'm not supposed to know
these things.
I am writing to you for help because I couldn't even find any
description doing searches.
I took the front panel off, as one tech mentioned, but didn't see a
battery. My father has tried to help and is loaning his address for
this message. If you can help, he will be very happy to give a
donation
Thanks,
Sharleen
Hi Sharleen,
There is an illustrated tutorial here <http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/umax.shtml>
It notes, ominously: "This is one machine that does not want you
to take it apart for maintenance!"
More info here <http://www.academ.com/info/macintosh/>
Hope this helps. No donations necessary!
God bless you in your work.
Charles
StarMax RAM question
From Joe
Hi. I recently got hold of a StarMax
4000/200 with a Newer technology G3-L2 400 MHz upgrade. I read some
of your articles about the RAM configuration, and I have a question.
The computer has 96 MB of RAM, and I noticed that there was no RAM in
the single bank slot. I thought maybe someone took it, since they seem
to be hard to come by. Anyway, I was changing the hard drive out, and I
realized that I had to remove one of the RAM modules in order to change
out the drives. Then I got to thinking that maybe whoever used this
must have moved the single bank 32 MB RAM into the 2nd double banked
slot. So I switched out the smaller RAM module (32?) and placed it in
the single bank slot. It registered when I turned it back on, and it
even seemed to run faster. So my questions are:
- Would a double banked RAM module work in the single bank slot?
- Am I on the verge of destroying this computer?
Please let me know soon, because I had planned on ordering another
64 MB double banked module this week, and maybe add a single banked 32
MB if I don't have the correct one in the slot.
Whew.
-Joe
Hi Joe,
Here's the goods on StarMax 4000 RAM configs.
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Specifications:
- DRAM Type: 168-Pin DIMM - 3.3v EDO
- Supported Speeds: 60ns
- Supported Sizes: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64
Configuration:
- Soldered DRAM: None
- Stock Memory: 16 MB
- Memory Slots: 3
- Maximum RAM: 160 MB
Notes:
Upgraded one DIMM at a time.
Socket 1 will accept up to a 32 MB DIMM
Socket 2 and 3 will accept up to 64 MB DIMMs
Interleaving is not supported.
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You're okay, I think.
Charles
Redux user manual
From Bill McFarland
Hello Charles,
I have obtained Redux from tucows.com, but I would like to get a copy of
the user manual (PDF preferred). Do you happen to have a copy? I have
searched the web but cannot find it, the evatac.com ftp site is not
working.
Thank you very much, and thanks for the insightful article about
Redux.
Bill McFarland
Hi Bill,
There's a link here, but it seems to require a password. Probably the
same one you are having trouble with.
<http://macfreebees.tripod.com/readme/redux.html>
:-(
Charles
Regarding CD-RW specifications
From Peter J. Pedersen
Dear Sir,
According to
this article -- don't you just love Sherlock's
metasearch ability? :-) - the CD-RW process can be repeated up
to a thousand times (and many producers claim much higher numbers)
without appreciable defects.
As an aside, CD-RW is often claimed to be "the heir of the floppy
disk" and said to "work like a hard disk." This may be true on a PC,
but unfortunately Macs are out in the cold in this respect. To add to
the data on a CD-RW, you first have to copy the previous data to your
hard disk, then wipe the CD-RW clean, and then copy the previous data
and the new data back on the CD-RW. A lengthy process, especially
because the wiping clean part takes up to 30 minutes! And it has to be
done manually, too.
There used to be an Adaptec program enabling you to simply dump data
on the CD-RW - and it should be easy to implement, since the CD-RW uses
the UDF data packet storage structure (a la DVDs) - but while it still
exists (now called WriteCD-RW!), it hasn't been
updated for the Mac for several years. This means that there are no
drivers for new CD-RW drives - as opposed to the PC version.
To me, that is one of the biggest holes in the Mac OS Xperience
(sorry!), and I suggest that Apple make it a built-in feature of
OS X. As it is, most people end up preferring to use CD-Rs for
backups: They are cheap, and the process is faster. Unfortunately, it
also means using up valuable natural resources and adding to the
pollution of our planet - surely something that Steve Jobs would want
to take into account?
Regards,
Peter J. Pedersen
Word 5.1 and Mac OS 9.2.2 on a TiBook
From Christian Schlier
Hi,
I'm having problems installing Word 5.1 on my new TiBook. I use
floppy disk images, but the installer says "not enough space on volume:
20000 KB needed, - 2000000 KB available"...
How can I fix this bug?
Thanks
Christian
Hi Christian,
Word 5.1 seems to work fine under OS 9.2.2 on my Pismo. I don't use it
much anymore, so I just started it up a minute ago to make sure.
What I would suggest is to install it on an older machine under an
older Mac OS version that is better supported by the Word 5.1
installer, and then transfer the application to your TiBook by ethernet
or some other copy medium. Don't forget to bring the extensions from
the System Folder on the surrogate machine and put them in the OS 9.2.2
System Folder on your PowerBook.
I think this will work. I haven't actually installed Word 5.1 from
scratch for many years - just dragged it from machine to machine as I
upgraded systems.
Charles
Editor's note: Word 5.1a works beautifully on my 400 MHz TiBook, but I don't
think I've run the installer since my Mac Plus or possibly Centris 610 days. It's simply been moved
from one Mac to the next over the years.
I suspect the installer doesn't know how to handle partitions over 2
GB, which was a limitation of the Mac OS through about System 7.5. Or
it could be the HFS+ format that's causing the problem.
If you don't have an older Mac to install it on, you might try
installing it to a small partition (under 2 GB) or some sort of
removable media drive (Zip, optical, etc.). dk
World-standard OS?
From Edzo
"...runs on the Palm OS, the world-standard handheld operating
system"
That means Windows is the world-standard desktop operating system,
right?
Ed Stevens.
Touché. It was from the press release.
Charles
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