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USB 2 for mac
On a lark, and knowing that 10.3 had pretty good USB 2 support, I decided to pick up an el-cheapo usb 2 controller while at Fry’s the other day despite it not having mac drivers. I popped it in tonight,Continue reading… USB 2 for mac
Gigabit Notes
Notes from Today’s Slash discussions and my own research. SMC8508T 8 port gigabit switch. Supports jumbo frames and costs $150. Intel Pro 1000 cards seem to get a lot of good reviews. Jumbo frames and linux support. 66mhz, but onlyContinue reading… Gigabit Notes
Yellow on Blue
Today I had a lot of fun setting up Yellow Dog Linux on a Blue and White G3. Beyond some initial formatting issues, the install went very smoothly. Yellowdog is essentially Redhat 8 cleaned up for PPC. I was prettyContinue reading… Yellow on Blue
Ichabod
This started out as a response to a comment, and was so long, I thought I would just make it into a post. Here’s the comment and my response. Didn’t they try this? It was called the G4 Cube, andContinue reading… Ichabod
New Motherboard
In the interest of science, I ordered another motherboard for fluffy. I got a refurbed Gigabyte GA-7VT600 based on the Via chipset instead of the Nvidia based motherboard I have now. Some interesting results. Samba is a lot faster. DownloadsContinue reading… New Motherboard
Headless
Over at Nic’s page, there was some hub-bub about the headless iMac, and why it will never happen. The headless iMac is a constant bone of contention in the Apple world, and for good reason. It exposes all of Apple’sContinue reading… Headless