Re: Pismo booting OS X from external Firewire

2004-05-10 Thread Brian Braunschweiger
Laurent wrote: As another lister replied, yes and yes. The only thing you might want to consider is whether you'll be spending more time in OS X or OS 9. If you think you'll be spending more time in OS X, then it would be better to put OS X onto the internal drive and OS 9 on the FW drive. With

Re: Pismo booting OS X from external Firewire

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 10/05/04 12:40, Brian Braunschweiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent wrote: As another lister replied, yes and yes. The only thing you might want to consider is whether you'll be spending more time in OS X or OS 9. If you think you'll be spending more time in OS X, then it would be better

iBook Repair Program Expanded...Better...Still Not enough...

2004-05-10 Thread illovox
Still not enough...according to Moore. I agree. (See paragraph 3. Hopefully parapgraph 6 will mean further expansions.) But for those of you with problems in the now expanded range, good for you: --- Apple Expands iBook Repair Extension Program by Charles Moore Apple Computer has expanded its

Re: Ethernet PC Card for Lombard

2004-05-10 Thread Tom Burke
On 9 May 2004, at 00:09, G-Books wrote: Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ethernet PC Card for Lombard Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 19:58:28 +0100 Following on from the built-in ethernet tale of woe, does anyone have any experience of using a PC Card (PCMCIA)

External cooler fan for G4 iBook

2004-05-10 Thread Michael Shaw
G D: In case anyone is interested the May 2004 Double Click has been put up on the MaUsE website. Go to : www.mause.caand click on the Files tab to find the download page. It contains an article about active and passive devices for cooling laptop computers. There is a ThermographX

Powerbook take apart guides

2004-05-10 Thread Pete Gregory
Sorry if this is a dupe - my ssh - smtp proxy died as I sent this the first time. Just seen a link to this site from slashdot - hope it's useful to somebody. http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/ HAND Pete. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: WiFi range.

2004-05-10 Thread invicta
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 17:30:32 -0500 Subject: Re: WiFi range. From: Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't remember the exact address where I got the information, but I may have it on my desktop, which I will check when I get home.

Carbon Copy Cloner and its ilk....

2004-05-10 Thread illovox
A hearty thank you to all who have responded. Here are the goals I have and the problems I have encountered in accomplishing those goals: I have a Pismo fully up to date not only with OSX and a 9.2.2 set up, but also with all my apps and data, natch. I want to clone the whole shebang to my

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner and its ilk....

2004-05-10 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 10, 2004, at 1:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A hearty thank you to all who have responded. Here are the goals I have and the problems I have encountered in accomplishing those goals: I have a Pismo fully up to date not only with OSX and a 9.2.2 set up, but also with all my apps and

Andre CCC

2004-05-10 Thread illovox
From: invicta [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm using CCC in a home environment for about 8 months and never had a problem backing up my internal HD regularly. Greetings, Andre. Hey Andre, So how are you set up and how do you use it exactly? Do you back up to an external or is this in a desktop

Re: iBook Crash

2004-05-10 Thread Jim Katz
Thanks for the various help. Just to let you know the outcome of this crash on an original clamshell running OS9, we took the laptop in to an Apple authorized tech. He fixed it by running Disk Warrior, and recommended get DiskWarrior and remove TechTools which does nothing. -- G-Books is

Bootable image--clarification, question

2004-05-10 Thread illovox
on 5/8/04 4:09 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To the best of my knowledge, CCC is the only SW that will make a bootable image of an OS X start up disk. You can also use it to make perdiodic back-ups of said bootable disks. Best George Bootable image...meaning burned to cd or

Thought I was ready to buy...

2004-05-10 Thread AlTerego
I've been lurking since I began my PB search months ago and find this list has been an incredible education! I've always been impressed with the feeling of community amongst computer geek and geekettes but this list is great. At the community radio station where I volunteer we use the full

Re: Pismo booting OS X from external Firewire

2004-05-10 Thread James Rohde
On 5/10/04, Brian Braunschweiger wrote: For the time being I will be in OS 9 more. For most of what I do, that is plenty fast. The other issue is that the FW drive is 40 gigs and the Pismo internal is only 10. From everything I have read I need to give Panther some room to breathe. I also

Re: Thought I was ready to buy... OS 9 compatible computers

2004-05-10 Thread RK Rossi
On May 10, 2004, at 14:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -What is the latest PB to boot in OS9? Al Terego -- Hello Al, The link below lists OS 8 9 compatible computers. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114 - RK Rossi -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/

Re: Andre CCC

2004-05-10 Thread Jan Musil
So how are you set up and how do you use it exactly? Do you back up to an external or is this in a desktop backing up from internal HD to internal HD? What is yoru picture? Question was not directed to me, but maybe this helps you. I'm using CCC for backup of my PowerBook G4 to external FW 400

Interesting G-book Take Apart Link

2004-05-10 Thread Clyde Kahrl
I just picked up this from slashdot : http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/04/05/10/1024231.shtml?tid=137tid=180 I'm not sure what we are allowe to say about it. -- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | --

Re: External cooler fan for G4 iBook

2004-05-10 Thread Richard Bae
Nice article. Thanks for the link. I've been using a podium pad for a 12 powerbook and now a 15 and it works just fine for me. Never hear the fan and it never gets near the heat of just having the powerbook on the table. The room I have it in is also not exactly the coolest, can get as

Re: Thought I was ready to buy...

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 10/05/04 17:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been lurking since I began my PB search months ago and find this list has been an incredible education! I've always been impressed with the feeling of community amongst computer geek and geekettes but this list is great.

defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Jeff Greffe
Hello there ! first time around here ! Not my first time with macs though ... I got this dead pismo for a loaf of bread and started playing with it ... No, at first, it would turn on at all .. tried a reset of the pmu .. no go ... opened the case, looked at the RAM top and bottom, took the

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 11/05/04 00:13, Jeff Greffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello there ! first time around here ! Not my first time with macs though ... I got this dead pismo for a loaf of bread and started playing with it ... No, at first, it would turn on at all .. tried a reset of the pmu .. no go

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Jeff Greffe
yes I did ... . if I press option, I get access to available boot disks, like the hard drive and CD. But ... I am stuck at the opening gray screen ... no apple logo, no question mark ... Last time this happened to me, was with my G3 upgraded 8500, where the G3 card was defective

Re: defective pismo

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 11/05/04 00:25, Jeff Greffe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes I did ... . if I press option, I get access to available boot disks, like the hard drive and CD. But ... I am stuck at the opening gray screen ... no apple logo, no question mark ... Last time this happened to me, was

Re: WiFi range?

2004-05-10 Thread Paul Kurtz
Have you tried switching the frequency on your ABS, or tried the interference robustness option on your laptop? They may not work, but they're free, so they couldn't hurt. The other option might be to buy another brand of wireless router with an adjustable antenna. They are much cheaper then

Re: Play in Pismo hinges

2004-05-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 09/05/04 22:39, Scott Detwiler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just acquired a Pismo, and am enjoying it. I have noticed some play in the hinges. They are still firm when moving, but there's a brief lag before they catch when adjusting the screen. The lag is about an inch when measured at