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metallizer
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Wrote on the subject of Apple powermac G4 at May 2, 2010, 6:08 a.m...

I was trying opera 10.53 in my ppc mac yesterday and it is tremendous slow, even slower than 10.10 which I stopped using since safari 4 PPC is way faster.

I guess Opera will be dropping support for ppc very soon, Solaris was shafted a few days ago btw.

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Wrote on the subject of ftp problem at May 5, 2010, 8:01 a.m...

what I do is *mount* a shared folder of my mac into the SGI, I never got that FTP thing to work.

go to mac´s general settings / sharing . Allow file sharing so the mac´s default public folder under your account will be automatic shared.

at the SGI:

mount MACIP:/fullpath name of the mac shared folder /mnt folder in the SGI

ex:

Code:

mount 192.168.178.7:/usr2 /mnt/indy

I do all my installations over network using that.

if you have a large HDD in your SGI, there´s a program "irixconnect" that mounts a SGI folder in your MAC with just a few clicks.

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Wrote on the subject of Growing out of the RISC itch - hopefully at May 11, 2010, 5:44 a.m...

have you tried, MPlayer OSX Extended? It lets me play modern xvid coded videos in my G3 Pismo, should play everything in your G5 machine.

http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/

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Wrote on the subject of Growing out of the RISC itch - hopefully at May 11, 2010, 8:55 a.m...

dang, MPlayer OSX Extended should (theoretically) fly in a G5 processor, don´t know what´s keeping it from working properly, I guess it is platform related problem as you think.

Nice G4 vs G5 from apple:

http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/l ... n2087.html

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Wrote on the subject of MIPS-3 Nekoware Updates at May 12, 2010, 6:14 p.m...

over the weekend I shall test run your packages.

kudos for your initiative.

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Wrote on the subject of What's so appealing about Amiga machines? at Feb. 12, 2011, 4:08 a.m...

The Amiga 1000 was revolutionary, being more powerful and cheaper than it's competitors, by the time of A500 and A2000, things where even out and the following machines where outdated from the go.

The high end line lived as a poor's man video station, being Amiga hardware so easy to genlock.

A500 was a incredible gaming machine disguised as a computer, I know I never did anything productive with mine.

A1200 was only a shadow of the A500, by the time it got around, almost everyone already shifted to PCs.

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Wrote on the subject of Bake your graphics card! at Feb. 21, 2011, 3:32 p.m...

I´ve already tried that, but with a mini electric oven, so no fuss in the kitchen.

it was a mac flashed PC Asus ti4600 with graphics artifacts.

First it lasted a month working correctly after the bake.
Then it lasted a week after the second attempt,
3rd time it lasted three days,
4th just 24 hours,
5th I decided to raise the temp to 220 degrees C, one cap blew and the rest stuffed.

in the end I had to buy another ti4600 and flash it.

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Wrote on the subject of Indigo2 newcomer - what, why, and why does it do that? at May 17, 2011, 5:08 a.m...

I found 6.5 too slow for a system that supposed to be the fastest workstation. I much rather accept it's limitations and run 5.3 on it where it's fast and there's still a good library of software available online.

If you have the 200MHz 1MB model and want to see it fly, install 4.0.5. on it but it's tough to get sw to run on it.

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Wrote on the subject of Unknown Apple II / 6502 mainboard update: Unitron APII at June 30, 2011, 5:53 a.m...

Your apple clone is from the taiwanese unitron, not the brazilian branch. These where independently manufactured. Taiwan unitron used that distinctly blue color in their boards.

What you're looking for is unitron U2000 roms

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Wrote on the subject of Avid TrueVision drivers at Nov. 10, 2011, 4:21 a.m...

Now that you mentioned it, that pic is pretty poor from ESD stand point.

I just never lost an electronic device due ESD discharge, humidity here is around 80%, in the midst of Atlantic Forest, with a river and waterfall nearby.

I have really bad ESD related habits because of it, when I travel I get zapped all the time.

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Wrote on the subject of Avid TrueVision drivers at Nov. 12, 2011, 1:06 p.m...

Apparently it was all pulled away from a Scitex MicroSphere, like this:

http://home.intekom.com/mcm/products/sphere/micro.htm

as you said, SD professional equipment is meaningless right now, the market moved to HD.

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Wrote on the subject of Steve Jobs dead. at Jan. 5, 2012, 3:47 a.m...

I was reading this article some other day, very different take on why Steve Jobs died and the concept I had about cancer.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2011nl/nov/jobs.htm

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