The collected works of QuicksilverG4 - Page 2

Sorry for the delay but some on the files on the CD seem to be corrupt. But I think all the important stuff is OK.

http://home.comcast.net/~tmbannon/TARGA/TARGAMAC.iso

It mounts fine for me in 10.5. Can't run anything of course but it mounts. Don't have an Classic-capable system at the moment.

I think there may be an OS 9-capable Mac at work. I'll take my CD-R in there and see what I can do. I don't have the original CDs anymore.

I MAY have one of those monster cables that go to the VV Telecast around here somewhere, just looked but didn't find it. Radius didn't change the cable for the PCI version, just added another smaller cable to act as adapter to make the Nubus cable usable with the PCI board. If I can find it that should tell you which is which. I've got some VV stuff I don't need, an original hardbacked manual for the Telecast with box for shelving it (not too big so its not heavy), spiral bound manual for the SP (the name for the PCI version) and a VHS guide to the Telecast. If you want I can check the price for media mail and you can have them for shipping.

BTW I did not forget about checking that Targa 2000 Mac CD. Trying to get a G3 iMac up and running now.

No luck on the Telecast cable, sorry. I thought for sure I kept it.

What do you want a capture card for, a PC? If all you want is standard definition, which is all you'll get on the O2, there should be plenty of older 'pro' cards on ebay. Alternately look for a graphics card with video capture capabilities or a SD or HD TV tuner that will also accept s-video input. If you want uncompressed video on the O2 you're going to need to add a SCSI, fiber channel, or (possibly) firewire card and external storage. Then if you want to keep anything you've captured in a reasonably sized file you're going to have to use a separate system to compress it in a current format. That means transferring it from the O2 over your network (slow) or moving your external storage to another system provided you can read it there.

Get something like this that allows you to use ATA or SATA drives in a RAID that connects via SCSI or fiber channel. Search ebay in the Cameras and Photo>Professional Video Equipment>Editing and Post-production, Computers and Networking>Drives and Storage, and Computers and Networking>Networking and Communications>Network Storage Equipment categories. Those sorts of setups are good for getting large capacity with relatively cheap ATA/SATA drives but if you don't need a huge amount of space you might be better off buying a straight SCSI or fiber channel setup. If you get an enclosure that will take 1.6" drives Seagate 181GB SCSI (ST1181677LCV) or fiber (ST1181677FCV) drives are cheap and have worked well for me.

I'd picked up some DVS SDStation boards awhile ago ( see thread here ) but wasn't having any luck with them. All three were passed on though I don't recall who got them at the moment. Have you been able to do anything with the DM6? I don't think we ever figured out if the boards I bought were really identical to what SGI sold and I don't think there's ever been much about the DM6 posted on the board.

The US-spec headlights on all the European cars I've had have always been worse than the European versions. I've never bothered to look into what US Department of Transportation requirements result in worse lighting.

I don't really modify my cars much but I read plenty from people who do. My past few cars have been Volvos and no matter which model it was people wished they could get their hands on euro headlights. In addition to working better, at least on the Volvos they also look better. The problem making the change is always expensive, partly because of the cost of headlights in general and then shipping them to the US.

I just bought a Volvo S60 R. Amazing car but subpar headlights are one of its flaws. The US versions have a single Xeon bulb that tilts to act as both a low beam and high beam. It doesn't work all that well in either position. The US cars have a daytime running light in the spot where the European ones have a separate high beam. I guess that means daytime running lights aren't used in Europe so I'll explain them. Since the 90s we in the US have been driving around with our headlights on all day. They're on by default in all the cars I've driven that have them and turning them off usually means finding a tiny switch or in my case a little screw you have to turn.

I'd love to replace my lights with the Euro version but buying them new is over $2000. Since we have so many non-US members here I was curious if anybody ever shipped off lights (or other Euro version parts) to friends in the US.

You'd think those kind of arrangements would be better made on an auto-related forum but in my experience there aren't many people outside North America on the English-speaking boards, even for foreign cars.

To save any significant amount of money over buying lights or other parts from the few companies that import them, they need to be pulled from a junked car. Otherwise you're still paying for expensive new lights and maybe just saving a bit on shipping and the importer's profit.

I don't know how common junk yards are in Europe though I'd bet not as common as in the US. Even here (at least in my area) the old "pick 'n pull" yards where you wandered among hundreds or thousands of cars, took off the parts you wanted and paid for them at the office are getting rare. Now places catalog all the usable parts and pull them as requested which adds labor to the price.

I'm not asking for a volunteer to do this for me but I'm curious about how feasible it would be, say for a more common car. Is getting used car parts relatively easy?

Thanks for the info; interesting. I'm enjoying the car and I don't feel the need for any power - at least not yet. The back seats are cramped but I rarely have more than one passenger so that's not a problem.

Need to change my avatar to the new car

Yeah front plates suck. I've never lived in a state that required them.

My RX-7 from a few years ago.



36K miles in 2008. Super fun to drive but it only got about 18 MPG. Though that's not much worse than my current car and it could use cheap gas. I read somewhere it ran best on something like 78 octane but you can't find that anywhere. I bought the car from a family member who'd bought it new. It was cool that it was a Wankel engine but don't just buy a car because of that.

Though if you get one you can legitimately carry this keychain with real working rotor!