Re: new lombard owner/cdrw

2003-09-17 Thread csean
on 17/09/2003 04:00, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Adam Thayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lombard/airport? Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:49:28 -0700 Well, if you are running OS X 10.2.x, I recommend the OWC 802.11g/802.11b card for 50$. Their stuff is cheap and I haven't had a

Re: Lombard/airport?

2003-09-17 Thread ifab
If you plan to use OS 9, gets a Lucent Wavelan Gold or Silver, or an ORiNOCO Gold or Silver. Those are from Lucent/Agere and are recognized as Apple AirPort cards under OS 9. You just have to install the AirPort software and you're set! Good, already have one from my 1400! Warmly, Ilene

Wallstreet screen hinges

2003-09-17 Thread Pauline Blackwood
Hi, My Wallstreeet Powerbook has broken screen hinges. I have to prop it up against books just to use it...:) I live in Toronto, Canada and I was wondering if there are any other Canadian Wallstreet owners on this list who had this problem and how did they fix it. I know that PBParts.com

Re: Wallstreet screen hinges

2003-09-17 Thread Hugo Trottier
Hi Pauline, get a estimate from a Toronto Apple Reseller, or service center. Excellent work from reputable shop can be found in Toronto. You can also call Apple Canada, who in return will give you a List of such Service center in your Erea Kind regards Hugo Trottier Editor Evangelist The

Re: Wallstreet screen hinges

2003-09-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/09/03 09:15, Pauline Blackwood at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My Wallstreeet Powerbook has broken screen hinges. I have to prop it up against books just to use it...:) I live in Toronto, Canada and I was wondering if there are any other Canadian Wallstreet owners on this list who

Re: (Why no extended warranty in Florida): Was: I got mine!

2003-09-17 Thread Clyde Kahrl
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Re: Wallstreet screen hinges

2003-09-17 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 06:15 AM, Pauline Blackwood wrote: My Wallstreeet Powerbook has broken screen hinges. I have to prop it up against books just to use it...:) I live in Toronto, Canada and I was wondering if there are any other Canadian Wallstreet owners on this list who

Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Steve Kerney
Upgrade went real well with one exception I'll get to in a moment. Thanks for your suggestions. They helped me overcome my trepidation and go for it. Prior to installation, I decided to erase my OS X partition (Special - Erase Disk) I but had the wrong disk partition selected (Backup

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Adam Thayer
Sorry, but at this point the only option is an expensive one. Drive Savers can recover data from a drive like this (as long as you aren't writing data to the disk!!!)... but they charge a very hefty fee to do so, as they use clean rooms, special equipment and take your drive apart to read the

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Joe Ellis
- Original Message - From: Steve Kerney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX Upgrade went real well with one exception I'll get to in a moment. Thanks for your suggestions. They helped me

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Wayne
I may be wrong (its been some time since I used Norten), but the Unerase feature used to only work after Norten was installed and Filesaver was active. Then Norten could bring files back. This would also only work on files that were thrown away, not for formatting of hard drives which erase data

Re: new lombard owner/cdrw

2003-09-17 Thread JeffH
On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 12:30 pm, G-Books wrote: Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:40:24 +0200 Subject: Re: new lombard owner/cdrw From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/09/2003 04:00, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Adam Thayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lombard/airport? Date: Tue, 16

OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Hal
I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a 12 Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: new lombard owner/cdrw

2003-09-17 Thread ifab
A bare CDRW can be had on eBay for somewhere around $20 now, and switching them out is easy Please point me in the right direction! I've only been able to find $60 ones. Now I do have a matshusita 330 cdrw from my old imac. I had put that one in but pulled it before I sold it. It's great but

Re: Wallstreet screen hinges

2003-09-17 Thread Ron van Veen
I've had a broken hinge in my Ti book, and went to www.powerbooktech.com , they send me a new one and fixed it by myself. The hinge didn't come in very fast (had to wait about 3 months, but finaly got it). Ron Pauline Blackwood heeft op woensdag, 17 sep 2003 om 15:15 (Europe/Amsterdam) het

Re: I got mine!

2003-09-17 Thread Jim Schulze
On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 11:08 PM, Kurt Appling wrote: re; I too am in the tampabay area, no applecare in fla. however comp-usa offers 2year store, warranty to start,and can be extended later.so far thats all I know of On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 09:55 PM, Lewin A.R.W. Edwards

Re: I got mine!

2003-09-17 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 9/17/03 8:47 PM, Jim Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Oh, and a wonderful warranty it is. I bought the Compusa warranty when I purchased my TiPB new from them in 2001. 2 years later the battery is dying so I go back to get a new one under their 2 year warranty. Oh, the

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 04:33:58PM -0600, Hal wrote: : : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : 12 Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front-page news on almost every Mac news

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
: I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : 12 Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported Mac,

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
: I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : 12 Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported Mac,

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Wiebe Wilbers
Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards (http://www.zws.com/) Learn how to develop high-end embedded systems on a tight budget!

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Steve Kidd
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards writes, quoting others: : I've heard rumors that there is a work-around to get OS9 to boot on a : 12 Powerbook G4. Anyone have the details on the workaround/hack? If said rumored work-around actually worked, it would become front- page Has anyone tried to take a blank

Re: OS9 on a 12 G4?

2003-09-17 Thread Eugene Lee
On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:57:32PM -0400, Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote: : : Has anyone tried to take a blank hard drive, put it in an OS9-supported : Mac, install OS9 for any Macintosh, and then move the drive across? I wonder if the current version of Mac OS 9 even has the driver support for all

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Dan K
Data Rescue can possibly do the trick, but I've found with HFS+ volumes the files recovered are mostly useless. IMO there's really nothing to be done except kiss your 'BackUp' data goodbye. :-( Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700

Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX

2003-09-17 Thread Adam Thayer
Yeah, because the drive was erased, software will not restore it... but erasing the drive usually does not do anything to the actual files. It just destroys the directory listing where the files are on the drive. Drive Savers can scour the entire drive for erased files, but it takes time and

Re: Lombard/airport?

2003-09-17 Thread Dan K
I wrote: An orinoco Silver worked in my Pismo's AirPort slot, but the AirPort card didn't work in the PCcard slot. The Silver card/AP slot appeared as an AP card but the AP card/PC slot didn't appear at all. then Drew K responded: That's interesting. Do you have the AirPort PC Card extension