Good uses for old Macs

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by #1 Rhapsody

I'm thinking of buying a Power Mac G4 for my web server instead of my iMac G3 233MHz. Is the video out the same as the video out for an iMac? What I'm saying is it (the Power Mac) compatible with a Performa monitor?

Are you referring to the DB-25 connection that the older Macs used before using standard VGA? I don't believe the iMac ever used DB-25. If anything, you can get a DB-25-to-VGA adapter to use with the PMG4 and that particular monitor.

[#1 Rhapsody]

How much would the adaptor cost and where can I get it?

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by #1 Rhapsody

How much would the adaptor cost and where can I get it?

They used to have them at Radio Shack, but I don't know if that's still the case. Check the links provided on the Low End Mac page I posted in this thread.

[#1 Rhapsody]

NixGeek, what is your server's upstream speed and where did you get your domain name and for what price? Because my iMac G3 233MHz should be faster than your server but it was really slow. Would not having a domain name have anything to do with it?

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by #1 Rhapsody

NixGeek, what is your server's upstream speed and where did you get your domain name and for what price? Because my iMac G3 233MHz should be faster than your server but it was really slow. Would not having a domain name have anything to do with it?

I'm using the free DynDNS dynamic hosting service. Once I signed up there for the free account, I configured the domain name using one of the free available domain suffixes they had available. For the dynamic DNS updates, my WRT54G router has built-in support for sending updates to DynDNS when my IP changes.

My connection at home is just your standard Comcast cable internet connection. IIRC, my plan was for 8 Mbps downloads and I believe it's 768 kbps uploads, but don't quote me on that.

[RacerX]

Originally Posted by #1 Rhapsody

RacerX, is your site hosted by your own web server or is hosted by some service. If it is the latter then what is the service and if it is the 1st option what computer is it and what specs.

I use DreamHost... there is a link to them on my home page.

Also, can you load VideoShop 3.0 and MediaPaint 1.1.2 on your site? Tell me please when you sell your Power Mac on eBay.

Here ya go... software titles released for free by Strata:

• Strata Vision 3D 4.0
• Strata VideoShop 3.0
• Strata MediaPaint 1.1.2

[icemanjc]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

I'm using the free DynDNS dynamic hosting service. Once I signed up there for the free account, I configured the domain name using one of the free available domain suffixes they had available. For the dynamic DNS updates, my WRT54G router has built-in support for sending updates to DynDNS when my IP changes.

My connection at home is just your standard Comcast cable internet connection. IIRC, my plan was for 8 Mbps downloads and I believe it's 768 kbps uploads, but don't quote me on that.

Is their a way to use DynDNS with an Airport Wireless Router, because whenever I restart it because it runs slow, I have to get the IP address again and input it into my domain name host website.

Also is their a way to host your own domain name with Mac OS X Server 10.5?

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by icemanjc

Is their a way to use DynDNS with an Airport Wireless Router, because whenever I restart it because it runs slow, I have to get the IP address again and input it into my domain name host website.

Also is their a way to host your own domain name with Mac OS X Server 10.5?

Depending on the Airport basestation version, this might be possible. There would be a section in there that would have to do with Dynamic DNS resolution (sometimes abbreviated to DDNS). At least this is how it shows up on my WRT54G. I'm not exactly sure how that would show up on the Airport as the last Airport I had was an original Graphite one.

If you don't have that option, the DynDNS page has a list of various types of software updaters that you can run on Mac OS X, Windows, and GNU/Linux. These apps run in the background and update DynDNS whenever your IP changes.