HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread John Beringer
Geez do I feel horrible. In an attempt to reinstall and *fix* my wife's G3 333 bronze keyboard Laptop, I somehow managed to crash the computer during the install process. I was going through the steps of upgrading from OS 9.0.4 to 9.1 (was intending on going through to 9.2.2) and I must have

HELP! Fried my Lombard

2003-03-31 Thread John Beringer
Geez do I feel horrible. In an attempt to reinstall and *fix* my wife's G3 333 bronze keyboard Laptop, I somehow managed to crash the computer during the install process. I was going through the steps of upgrading from OS 9.0.4 to 9.1 (was intending on going through to 9.2.2) and I must have

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Card (Nuked PowerBook Ethernet)

2003-03-31 Thread Ruby Appling
RE; My tower same thing,failed ethernet socket, your notebook however, is far from doomed, my first choice is airport if your machine can use it, second choice is then PCMICA card wireless, or last PCMICA card ethernet, Im not familiar with what is available and price comparisons in your

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Scott Crick
On 3/31/03 2:41 AM, John Beringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The horrible thing now is that I can't get it to boot from CD! I've restarted with the CD pressing the C key and no go. Instead it boots only to a partial system showing me the happy mac icon, but not doing anything else. How unhappy!

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Miller
Scott Crick wrote: On 3/31/03 2:41 AM, John Beringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The horrible thing now is that I can't get it to boot from CD! I've restarted with the CD pressing the C key and no go. Instead it boots only to a partial system showing me the happy mac icon, but not doing

In 9.2.2, When I click and drag text from email to desktop, itbecomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext

2003-03-31 Thread Dwight Hines
When I click and drag text from email to desktop, it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext, I want appleworks or claris. How do I change the default text file. I'm running OS 9.2.2 on a Pismo. TYIA, d -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: In 9.2.2, When I click and drag text from email to desktop,it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext

2003-03-31 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 31/03/03 07:29, Dwight Hines at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I click and drag text from email to desktop, it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext, I want appleworks or claris. How do I change the default text file. I'm running OS 9.2.2 on a Pismo. Just launch

Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions

2003-03-31 Thread Bob
On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 08:41 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: Mr Grenier had requested that I type up some impressions when I had some more time. I've been using BigAl for most of the day now, and I have some time now after a days worth of playing. Now that you have had BigAl for a few days,

Re: In 9.2.2, When I click and drag text from email to desktop,it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext

2003-03-31 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
When I click and drag text from email to desktop, it becomes a simpletext file but I don't want simpletext, I want appleworks or claris. How do I change the default text file. I'm running OS 9.2.2 on a Pismo. When you drag the text to the desktop, it should not become a SimpleText file, it

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Bob Shutts
John Beringer wrote: Geez do I feel horrible. In an attempt to reinstall and *fix* my wife's G3 333 bronze keyboard Laptop, I somehow managed to crash the computer during the install process. I was going through the steps of upgrading from OS 9.0.4 to 9.1 (was intending on going through

PowerBookTech

2003-03-31 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
Has anyone on this list had any repairs done by PowerBookTech? I am considering sending my Lombard to them for minor repairs (including row of stuck pixels). Herb Goodfriend -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com |

iBook repair sources

2003-03-31 Thread GECarpentr
Hey all, Just joined the list, and apologize if there's a faq I've missed, but I did take a swing at the archives and did not find any help, alas. My brother has an original (clamshell) iBook which starts up without a startup chime and no desktop, but a light blue screen. a. Any clues what

Re: In 9.2.2, When I click and drag text from email to desktop, it becomes a simpletext file but I

2003-03-31 Thread Jon Glass
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 04:21 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote: When you drag the text to the desktop, it should not become a SimpleText file, it should become a text clipping which belongs to the Finder. When you open it, you should still be in the Finder. Internet Explorer creates

Re: Lombard Video in OS X (Was: lombard identification question)

2003-03-31 Thread Eugene Lee
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:09:34AM +0100, Tom Burke wrote: : : What meant by 'not supported' and 'supported'? I have a Lombard (333) : on which I have run retail Jaguar and then the 10.2.4 upgrade. I can't : say that video performance was noticeably a) worse before the 10.2.4 : upgrade or b)

Re: Firewall? Internet Security?

2003-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
James wrote: Good evening, Please forgive my question if it sounds too elementary, but can someone please tell me what I can do to prevent hackers from invading my Pismo? What programs can I use, and what exactly can I do to prevent it from happening? I have DSL (Earthlink), and was

Re: iBook repair sources

2003-03-31 Thread thecrow
An excellent repair source: http://www.powerbookresq.com/ fast turnaround (5 biz days from the time I sent from WV till it's return) affordable pricing $900 for 2 hinges and new LCD for a 500MHz Ti-Book They even sent a handwritten note of appreciation for using their services, and

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread thecrow
I had a similar problem with my pismo, what worked for me was pressing the reset button, restarting while holding down the option button which showed me my drives I could startup from, once i selected Jaguar it worked, but don't forget to set startup disk before turning it off or it'll attempt to

Re: iBook repair sources

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 10:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a. Any clues what might be wrong? not really. you haven't provided anywhere near enough information to diagnose a cause. OS, hardware config, etc. b. Any sources for repair other than authorized apple repair facilities

Problem getting online using 10.2.4

2003-03-31 Thread Bryan Forbes
Hi: Hoping one of you sharp troubleshooters can assist me with this ... I've come back from Spring Break and now cannot connect to the internet or access email from my ethernet cable/connection at school. I'm sure the cable is okay ... nothing has changed over break. What is different is

Re: Problem getting online using 10.2.4

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 12:41 PM, Bryan Forbes wrote: Hoping one of you sharp troubleshooters can assist me with this ... I've come back from Spring Break and now cannot connect to the internet or access email from my ethernet cable/connection at school. I'm sure the cable is okay ...

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Laurent Daudelin
That, unfortunately, won't work on a Lombard because it doesn't have the New World ROM needed to run OpenFirmware, I think. -Laurent. -- === Laurent DaudelinDeveloper, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae

Re: iBook repair sources

2003-03-31 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 31/03/03 13:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An excellent repair source: http://www.powerbookresq.com/ fast turnaround (5 biz days from the time I sent from WV till it's return) affordable pricing $900 for 2 hinges and new LCD for a 500MHz Ti-Book They even sent a

Graphics Hack

2003-03-31 Thread Gary Lauterback
On 03/31/03 01:27 AM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Running OS X on the Lombard sucks a little (I am running it on my Lombard 333 here) as the video card is NOT supported. There is a hack (which I have tried) that greatly increases graphics performance but it can be somewhat flaky.

Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread bramke
Hello all, I want to introduce myself into the world of digital photos, mainly family snapshots for screen and webuse, but I have run into some problems. I need a way to get the digital pictures from the camera to the Mac, and this is where it seems to go wrong. I have a 8600/G3 with all

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Kevin Stevens
I have a 8600/G3 with all PCIslots filled, and no USB available, and a Powerbook G3 Kanga (not cardbus compliant), and about all recent digital cameras talk USB... Does the G3 have FireWire available? There are FireWire readers for most common media types, slightly more expensive than USB

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Miller
bramke wrote: I would like some real world experience and hands-on knowledge. Does anybody use this route with digital cameras ?? My real world use of digital cameras is for listing eBay stuff and web photos. For any quality. film's the way. I have an older olympus D320L 1.3 mega pixel

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 12:57 PM, bramke wrote: For completeness : 8600/G3-450/928MBram/PCIvideo/PCIsound/PCI-IDE cards What's the sound card for? My setup: 8600/G3 400/bunch o RAM/PCI video card/PCI-IDE card/PCI USB card I have an older digital camera that was serial connection only

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Ed Zelinsky
Is there such a thing as a USB to ADB connector? I use a Nikon coolpix 800 and download using a cardreader connected to the USB port on my Pismo- it's really fast! I have never used a camera so much with such creative latitude (I manipulate the images in Photoshop 6.0) in my life. I think that

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Miller
Ed Zelinsky wrote: I think that film ($$$) and not knowing how things were looking But I spent years studying how things would look.. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ 9600/233 w/ G3/400 XLR8 ZIF, 1.5 G RAM eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it

Re: Problem getting online using 10.2.4

2003-03-31 Thread Bryan Forbes
Jeremy: Thanks so much ... when I get back to the other building tomorrow, I'll give that a shot! I'm sure you're right on target! Thanks again! On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 12:44 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 12:41 PM, Bryan Forbes wrote: Hoping one of you sharp

ipod

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
hi I am looking into buying an ipod. I have a powerbook g3 wallstreet with an oarngelink firewire cardbus card. I have read at the apple site how it syncs with itunes but I was wondering to what degree. I have os 9.2.2. In Itunes all my music is named but I was stupid and the real mp3 files on

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 03:11 PM, |n|i|c|k| wrote: hi I am looking into buying an ipod. I have a powerbook g3 wallstreet with an oarngelink firewire cardbus card. I have read at the apple site how it syncs with itunes but I was wondering to what degree. I have os 9.2.2. In

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
thanks Jeremy...Now I just have to save up the money for one! I just spent all my $ on an analog-DV converter for moving my sony handicams stuff to my imovie! I got it of ebay... Between that and the new Zelda game I'm broke! I'm a Student in case you are wondering how $250.00 Is all the money

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 03:39 PM, |n|i|c|k| wrote: thanks Jeremy...Now I just have to save up the money for one! I just spent all my $ on an analog-DV converter for moving my sony handicams stuff to my imovie! I got it of ebay... Between that and the new Zelda game I'm broke!

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Miller
Ed Zelinsky wrote: on 3/31/03 3:58 PM, Alan Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ed Zelinsky wrote: I think that film ($$$) and not knowing how things were looking But I spent years studying how things would look.. I did not mean to disparage film... Just a very personal reaction

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
lol yeah I guess I've got this great 10 a month allowanceand sometimes I get money for Xmas and my b-day... and that's pretty much my income! I get everything off ebay...My Walstreet I got for $560.00 which took me about 4 years of saving to get :). My friends said a go-cart would have been

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Miller
Ryan Coleman wrote: I disagree. -- Original Message --- From: Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have never used a camera so much with such creative latitude (I manipulate the images in Photoshop 6.0) in my life. I think that film ($$$) and not knowing how things were

Apple ADC/DVI converter

2003-03-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
Just a note to follow up with a question I had last week. I asked if I could run my 17 monitor with an ADC connector on a shudder PC with a DVI port. The overwhelming consensus was no (Ryan included). You're all wrong. Neener neener neener. Not only is my Apple Flat panel running (temporarily)

question

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
hi I see that some of the people have quotes at the end of their messages...Is that a g-book's feature an mail software feature or do you just write it in every time? n -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished

Pismo X 10.2.4 and Palm Handheld

2003-03-31 Thread Nick
Hi I updated my OS to 10.2.4 from 10.2.3 and since then I cannot sync with my Palm Handheld. It was working fine with 10.2.3 Anyone have the same problem? -- Nick The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
hi I am looking into buying an ipod. I have a powerbook g3 wallstreet with an oarngelink firewire cardbus card. I have read at the apple site how it syncs with itunes but I was wondering to what degree. I have os 9.2.2. In Itunes all my music is named but I was stupid and the real mp3 files on

Re: question

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 04:08 PM, |n|i|c|k| wrote: I see that some of the people have quotes at the end of their messages...Is that a g-book's feature an mail software feature or do you just write it in every time? it's a feature of most email programs... it's called a Signature

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Mark Kippert
bramke on 3/31/03 2:57 PM wrote: The only option I can come up with is the use of a PCMCIA adaptor for CompactFlash cards (or other memory cards) but I have some questions with this : * Pro/con of this route ?? * Is this possible in the 16bit PCMCIA slots of the Kanga ?? * Do I need special

Re: question

2003-03-31 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 3/31/03 5:08 PM, |n|i|c|k| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: hi I see that some of the people have quotes at the end of their messages...Is that a g-book's feature an mail software feature or do you just write it in every time? n It's part of your mail

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
Ed Zelinsky wrote: Is there such a thing as a USB to ADB connector? No. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Digital Camera ...

2003-03-31 Thread Tobias Strohe
The PC Card Adapters work great, Cardbus or not (I have used mine - Smart Media - on Kanga and Powerbook 5300c). I would buy a snapshot Digital Camera using the following criteria: 1) 2 or 3 Megapixel (good enough for the occasional 8.5x11 print for friends/family and definitely all

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Christopher D Helmkamp
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 02:57 PM, bramke wrote: For completeness : 8600/G3-450/928MBram/PCIvideo/PCIsound/PCI-IDE cards PB G3-250 Kanga/160MBram All OS 9.1 I would bite the bullet and get a combo IDE/USB/FW card like the Sonnet Tempo Trio. Otherwise, I'd nix the sound. USB is just

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Clark Martin
At 9:57 PM +0200 3/31/2003, bramke wrote: Hello all, I want to introduce myself into the world of digital photos, mainly family snapshots for screen and webuse, but I have run into some problems. I need a way to get the digital pictures from the camera to the Mac, and this is where it seems to go

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
Ryan Coleman wrote: I disagree. I work in a photolab and to get the kind of shots that are reprintable to the size needed to match 35mm would cost you between $3500 and $7500 right now. Stick with film, maybe get a SCSI negative scanner if you need it. But don't go digital yet. I do

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Clark Martin
At 2:09 PM -0500 3/31/2003, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That, unfortunately, won't work on a Lombard because it doesn't have the New World ROM needed to run OpenFirmware, I think. It probably does. I managed to inadvertently enter the OF front end on my WallStreet which is an earlier model. --

Re: Digital camera... or not

2003-03-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
Mark Kippert wrote: bramke on 3/31/03 2:57 PM wrote: The only option I can come up with is the use of a PCMCIA adaptor for CompactFlash cards (or other memory cards) but I have some questions with this : * Pro/con of this route ?? * Is this possible in the 16bit PCMCIA slots of the Kanga ?? *

Re: Pismo X 10.2.4 and Palm Handheld

2003-03-31 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:12 PM, Nick wrote: Hi I updated my OS to 10.2.4 from 10.2.3 and since then I cannot sync with my Palm Handheld. It was working fine with 10.2.3 Anyone have the same problem? YES! I don't know if it was the 10.2.4 update that did it or not, but after

Re: Digital camera (oops, I went OT)

2003-03-31 Thread Ryan Coleman
I will say this here once: Never EVER take your film to Walgreens. For those of you (or Proex or Walmart) here who want to see better results, contact me off list and I will give you the information of the lab I work in. I can give you reasons upon reasons of why you need to stay away from

Re: Digital camera (oops, I went OT)

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:54 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: I will say this here once: Never EVER take your film to Walgreens. For those of you (or Proex or Walmart) here who want to see better results, contact me off list and I will give you the information of the lab I work in. I can

Re: Pismo X 10.2.4 and Palm Handheld

2003-03-31 Thread Gene Merritt
On 3/31/03 6:48 PM, Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:12 PM, Nick wrote: Hi I updated my OS to 10.2.4 from 10.2.3 and since then I cannot sync with my Palm Handheld. It was working fine with 10.2.3 Anyone have the same problem? This seems to

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That, unfortunately, won't work on a Lombard because it doesn't have the New World ROM needed to run OpenFirmware, I think. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60918 actually, the PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) (aka

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 05:18 PM, Clark Martin wrote: That, unfortunately, won't work on a Lombard because it doesn't have the New World ROM needed to run OpenFirmware, I think. It probably does. I managed to inadvertently enter the OF front end on my WallStreet which is an earlier

Re: Apple ADC/DVI converter

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 07:04 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: Just a note to follow up with a question I had last week. I asked if I could run my 17 monitor with an ADC connector on a shudder PC with a DVI port. The overwhelming consensus was no (Ryan included). You're all wrong. Neener

Re: question

2003-03-31 Thread Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 03:58 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: hi I see that some of the people have quotes at the end of their messages...Is that a g-book's feature an mail software feature or do you just write it in every time? n It's part of your mail client...depending on what you

Palm Syncing.

2003-03-31 Thread Gary Lauterback
On 03/31/03 03:14 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I updated my OS to 10.2.4 from 10.2.3 and since then I cannot sync with my Palm Handheld. It was working fine with 10.2.3 Anyone have the same problem? BU or Save the Palm folder that is in your Documents Folder to another

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
one question will the 5gig windoze one work in my mac os 9.2.2? n -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End

Re: question

2003-03-31 Thread |n|i|c|k|
im using outlook expressanyone wanna save me the trouble of googleing it? n -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: Digital camera (oops, I went OT)

2003-03-31 Thread James Rohde
On 03/31/2003, Ryan Coleman wrote: I will say this here once: Never EVER take your film to Walgreens. For those of you (or Proex or Walmart) here who want to see better results, contact me off list and I will give you the information of the lab I work in. I can give you reasons upon reasons of

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Eric D.
From: Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:51:32 -0500 Subject: Re: Digital camera Is there such a thing as a USB to ADB connector? USB _to_ ADB. No. ADB _to_ USB. Yes, and the most popular (and exceptionally well supported I might add)

Re: ipod

2003-03-31 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
one question will the 5gig windoze one work in my mac os 9.2.2? Yuppers, you can do a search in the apple knowledgebase for the specific technote, but basically its this: Download whatever 1.2.6 updater you want (ie, OS 9, OS X or Windoze) then run it and attach your ipod. You'll be prompted

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard!

2003-03-31 Thread Clark Martin
At 6:12 PM -0600 3/31/2003, Jeremy Derr wrote: On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: That, unfortunately, won't work on a Lombard because it doesn't have the New World ROM needed to run OpenFirmware, I think. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60918

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 08:05 PM, Eric D. wrote: That said, there is one exception to the USB-ADB thingy and I think that applies to some mice but that would be a three-way adaptor. USB-PS2-ADB. mice that support the usb-PS2 thingy actually have the circuitry for both USB and PS2

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Ruby Appling
RE; yes, griffen made one and it did work,but it gave me so many other system problems I returned it,this was at the time the first mac came with usb,a hockey puck and a tiny keyboard for my huge hands LOL,I think it was called I-mate On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 06:02 PM, Bruce Johnson

Re: Digital camera

2003-03-31 Thread Ruby Appling
RE; My opinion, I did not repeat entire message, Anyway, I love my 2meg digital camera,I knew little of photography,however, the ability to shoot vast numbers of pictures and then printout only the two or three without blemishes has just made a world of difference in useing a camera,otherwise

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard! - Resolved 90%

2003-03-31 Thread John Beringer
Hello List! I'm back up and smiling about it for the most part. I wanted to extend my gratitude to this generally most civic and helpful list! There were, as I've often experienced from the sidelines to other's problems, quick and useable suggestions to combat the ills at hand. In my case, that

Re: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard! - Resolved 90%

2003-03-31 Thread Andrew Johnson
Shouldn't our PB 333 (running 9.2.2, native 4.6 GB HD, 320 RAM, Ethernet SOHO, OCR reader peripheral) actually be rock solid with these basic components and this configuration?? Only being a Mac user since last august, my experience with OS9 is limited, but I'm under the impression that