Re: USB Hub killed two Macs... ???

2005-02-28 Thread themacuser
The CUDA switch does function as a reset switch but they're not the same. The external reset switch just restarts the computer like command-control-power key. On 01/03/2005, at 03:49, Laurent Daudelin (No, I'm not a contractor) wrote: On 28/02/05 12:09, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: FinderPop like utility for OS X

2005-02-28 Thread themacuser
The new trackpads are USB, the old ones were ADB. The two-finger scrolling can actually be enabled on older powerbooks and iBooks, basically any PowerBook G4 and any white iBook or above can do it, with this http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ I have this working, it's really

Re: losing internet connection

2005-02-28 Thread themacuser
I have seen that happen as well. On 01/03/2005, at 06:22, Laurent Daudelin (No, I'm not a contractor) wrote: On 28/02/05 12:52, D. Goglin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first problem is trying to state what's really going on so you can understand. I'm using an indigo ibook along with an airport

Re: Bridging between airport and ethernet

2005-03-01 Thread themacuser
This works well, I have done it. On 02/03/2005, at 06:35, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 1, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Orlando Mac Geek wrote: I do not know if it is possible to do this, so thought I would throw it out there and see what kind of response I get. If it's using OS X, you can enable internet

Re: replacement CD drive for Wallstreet?

2005-03-04 Thread themacuser
NewerTech has a few as well I think - even a SuperDrive... On 03/03/2005, at 14:03, Ben Dyer wrote: On 3 Mar 2005, at 06:38, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: Anyway I'm looking for a CD drive for him and was wondering if there were different models to look for (or avoid). Unlike many modules the

Re: Powerbook Lombard Plastic Question

2005-03-04 Thread themacuser
What about below the mouse button on the edge of a machine. It looks too neat to be a crack. On 05/03/2005, at 03:58, Alan Miller wrote: On Friday, March 4, 2005, at 12:17 PM, MaxTek wrote: I have a question about the top case plastic (the part that contains the trackpad) of the Powerbook

Re: My Pismo is dead-nothing??

2005-03-05 Thread themacuser
Lemon Wallstreet seems more appropriate... On 06/03/2005, at 06:16, Tom Ethen wrote: I have had two Pismos for years and have had absolutely no problems with either one, so I don't find the Lemon Pismo to be factual! Tom Another solution is to buy one of the leftover 1 ghz iBooks for $800 and

Re: Ok. . .USB thought. . .

2005-03-12 Thread themacuser
That is correct. USB uses 7-bit addressing = 128 devices, 1 of them is the computer = 127 devices. On 13/03/2005, at 13:07, Ben Dyer wrote: On 13 Mar 2005, at 11:16, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Oh ok, so what you are saying is that nobody actually tried connecting 127 devices to their system. Someone

Re: Kernel Panic

2005-03-14 Thread themacuser
Command-Option(Alt)-P-R not control-alt-p-r. On 15/03/2005, at 05:17, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 14, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Adam Hargrove wrote: My first time having to deal with this, I'd love some assistance. I have an old 466MHz SE Graphite iBook (the clamshell one). I had 10.1.5 up on the

Re: anyone familiar with this problem?

2005-03-16 Thread themacuser
The screen hinges are very commonly failed on Wallstreet G3s... On 16/03/2005, at 12:57, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: Re my distorted screen problem, and following on from your much appreciated responses, it turns out my 1998 Wallstreet is a 14.1 inch screen. (I understand the Wallstreet 13.3 inch

Re: Wallstreet Modem not found

2005-03-16 Thread themacuser
Yes, definitely! That can easily happen. In fact, that's probably what it is. On 16/03/2005, at 21:35, Adrian Carter wrote: Apple Profiler reads: No apple modem found Is it possible that the modem card has become unseated slightly from the Logic Board of the Powerbook ? ADi -- G-Books is

Re: Wallstreet Modem not found

2005-03-20 Thread themacuser
Hold down Cmd-Opt-O-F at startup, type reset-nvram return reset-all return Is that it? (oh, and return is the key on the keyboard , don't type return.) On 19/03/2005, at 08:24, CR wrote: At 3:30 PM -0500 3/18/05, Mikael Bystr wrote: Mikael Bystr=F6m said: When I had this problem with a WS II

Re: repair Wallstreet power adapter

2005-03-22 Thread themacuser
I've done it. It is a pain. Mine shorted out where the cord goes into the plug, I had to hacksaw the plug open and fix it, then putting heatshrink around the plug. On 23/03/2005, at 06:52, Dante McLean wrote: I've tried it. It is a pain in the neck, and probably not worth spending time on.

Re: Unix Wallstreet

2005-03-30 Thread themacuser
Why not just OS X 10.2? On 30/03/2005, at 07:15, lupsyn wrote: Netbsd,openbsd,linux or what else ? Thx lupsyn -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: Airport card and wireless gateway modem by actiontec

2005-03-30 Thread themacuser
Does the DSL modem work when not on the base station? Your modem might be broken. On 30/03/2005, at 19:57, Andrea Stansbury wrote: they arent working... when the dsl modem turns off, the airport says no connection detected. turned on, it shows it's connected, but gets stuck on getting status

Re: Unix Wallstreet

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
OpenDarwin will only just run on that I think. You probably won't have much luck with Linux anyway with only 2GBs... On 31/03/2005, at 00:14, lupsyn wrote: Mhhh with 64mb (Ram) and 2gb (hd) ? Il giorno 30/mar/05, alle 12:49, themacuser ha scritto: Why not just OS X 10.2? On 30/03/2005, at 07

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
What is APXT and APXP? On 31/03/2005, at 21:45, Jason wrote: what else works? -- 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

Re: max ram for Wallstreet?

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
Just because Apple never fully tested 512 doesn't mean it can't be done. They haven't fully tested 512s so they just say 192 is the maximum because they don't want heaps of people asking for support if their 512 screws up. On 01/04/2005, at 16:58, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/04/05 02:21,

Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

2005-04-01 Thread themacuser
, at 10:09 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Jason wrote: APXP Airport Express APXT Airport Extreme On Apr 1, 2005, at 04:36, themacuser wrote: What is APXT and APXP? On 31/03/2005, at 21:45, Jason wrote: Depends if you are talking HARDWARE or SOFTWARE HARDWARE includes AirPort

Re: DVD Region Lombard

2005-04-05 Thread themacuser
I forgot the name of the software (something like regionbuster) but it can reset the number of times this counter gets changed. I think there's also an option to disable the region thing... The regions are a stupid system made up by hollywood so they don't lose money from people buying cheap

Re: OT: free web hosts

2005-04-05 Thread themacuser
Inageshack.us works for me... On 05/04/2005, at 06:35, Zoltan Batiz wrote: On Apr 4, 2005, at 11:41 AM, CR wrote: I'm interested in suggestions for free web hosts. Right now I simply want to park images for posting on bulletin boards and E-bay. I signed up for Picgoo but changed my password and

Re: Short-term ISP from library

2005-04-05 Thread themacuser
Use Macstumbler or iStumbler or Kismac (or for classic users, ClassicStumbler) to find networks, it's MUCH easier. On 05/04/2005, at 15:42, Claire Hart wrote: In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Lawrence Sarah Ballew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Short-term ISP,

Re: Vertical lines on iBook display?

2005-04-08 Thread themacuser
My Lombard G3 does that as well with horizontal lines. The tiny silver connections in the display that connect the pixels up to the driver circuitry break. There is no chance of repair other then to replace the display module. On 09/04/2005, at 12:34, Andrea Stansbury wrote: it sounds to me

Re: Lombard, Pismo LCD

2005-04-11 Thread themacuser
Does the pismo's display cable work in the lombard or not? What about the inverter cable? I have a lombard with a big grey horizontal line about 2/3 down the screen... it's annoying but I hardly use the machine... On 11/04/2005, at 12:29, Richard Smykla wrote: Hi, Dean. I replaced a damaged

Re: Tiger Release

2005-04-15 Thread themacuser
Yeah, I could have sworn it wasn't there before! They have added it. On 14/04/2005, at 11:29, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:41 AM, Aaron Willems wrote: If you look at the Upgrade chart from Apple, I don't see the Pismo. You might be out of luck. If you actually look, you'll see

Re: Ethernet cable

2005-04-15 Thread themacuser
Yeah very handy. You can also use a crossover as a straight through now... the Macs know to reverse them. On 13/04/2005, at 23:26, Jason wrote: Fortunately, modern Macs dont need crossovers any more:-) On Apr 13, 2005, at 01:00, Amanda Ward wrote: Hi Tom, There are guidelines for wiring the

Re: I got dem ol' Kosmic Pismo blues again mama

2005-04-16 Thread themacuser
Throw away an (almost) perfectly good powerbook? I'll have it if you're throwing it out... On 17/04/2005, at 06:39, The Real Seed Catalogue wrote: Put the RAM back where it was. It very likely doesn't like one of the modules in the 'wrong' slot. Also do alt-apple - O - F just after the BONG and

Re: Tiger Release

2005-04-16 Thread themacuser
It's 800x600, not 640x480, but it would suck anyway. 1024x768 is the MINIMUM i'd want. On 17/04/2005, at 06:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: Tiger Release From: Mark Edward Attew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, April 13, 2005 11:00 am To: G-Books

Re: Should I Consider Buying G4 Titanium

2005-04-16 Thread themacuser
Why? The Ti is a G4 and has a bigger screen res IIRC... The Pismo hinges were just as unreliable. On 17/04/2005, at 13:44, Kevin Bellerose wrote: I would get a Pismo! On 4/17/05 12:10 AM, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Al my Ti 400 has had no hinge (or paint) problems. It gets lugged around

Re: Use S-video out

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
Plug it into a TV/something else with S-Video cable Go into Monitors controlpanel Setup Arrangment/Mirroring as you wish and you can use it. It's just like using an external monitor. On 18/04/2005, at 16:27, Steen Asmussen wrote: Hi, I have a Lombard using OS 9.2.2 It has a s-video out. Does

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3... On 18/04/2005, at 16:32, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Beniamino Cenci Goga [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip the free wires (usually 3: the ground, usually yellow and green,

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-18 Thread themacuser
What I meant was that 2-phase power is never installed in housing. On 19/04/2005, at 02:30, Clark Martin wrote: At 8:10 PM +0930 4/18/05, themacuser wrote: 2-phase power doesn't exist either, it would make no sense. 3-phase power cables have 5 wires anyway. Ground, neutral and phase 1,2,3

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-19 Thread themacuser
2-phase power as in two phases, neutral and earth? On 19/04/2005, at 11:51, Clark Martin wrote: At 11:12 AM +0930 4/19/05, themacuser wrote: What I meant was that 2-phase power is never installed in housing. It's in my house. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting

Re: European Powerbooks _ the last word

2005-04-19 Thread themacuser
Really? Never heard of that before... On 19/04/2005, at 16:29, Clark Martin wrote: At 4:15 PM +0930 4/19/05, themacuser wrote: 2-phase power as in two phases, neutral and earth? As in two hot and one neutral, 110VAC RMS from each hot to neutral, 220VAC RMS from hot to hot. On 19/04/2005, at 11

Re: Locked Folder

2005-04-25 Thread themacuser
I think it was Terrorist attack on system, to recover type rm -rf /bin/laden On 25/04/2005, at 12:49, Andrew Kershaw wrote: rm is the Unix command to remove a file. -r means do it recursively through subdirectories and the -f means 'force deletion'. Which reminds me of something I saw on

Re: **NEW** 14 1.33Ghz G4 iBook for Sale

2005-04-27 Thread themacuser
Where are you at? I will make a note not to ever go there if they require a PC laptop... On 28/04/2005, at 06:13, Simon Tang wrote: Hi all, I have a brand new iBook for sale. New as in direct factory unit from Apple, just shipped to me from Taiwan, package unopened, and the AppleCare warranty

Re: **NEW** 14 1.33Ghz G4 iBook for Sale

2005-04-28 Thread themacuser
:06 PM, themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are you at? I will make a note not to ever go there if they require a PC laptop... When my son started his studied, he had to buy a Windoze laptop, even when he demonstrated that my Pismo (was going to be his Pismo) connected w/o problems tp

Re: Installing 10.3 on a WS

2005-04-28 Thread themacuser
XPostFacto is what you mean and you will need to do that from Mac OS 9. Then you use it to boot the 10.3 installation disk. On 29/04/2005, at 06:10, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 28/04/05 16:35, Hector I. Macedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few days ago y read that one of the listers was using 10.3

Re: Problems with spymac email

2005-05-02 Thread themacuser
SpyMac has sucked since all the PC users signed up for it just to get the webspace and email, and then spammed the forums to get a reasonable postcount. On 02/05/2005, at 13:12, Jim Dynes wrote: I have never had a problem until now. I have never had any spam. I do get spam from msn though. The

Re: Wallstreet Tiger

2005-05-19 Thread themacuser
There was a 14.4 though... It's probably a 15 case though... On 18/05/2005, at 04:31, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/05/05 14:59, Edward Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] Powerbook Wallstreet 15 PowerBook Wallstreet 15? I've never heard of a Wallstreet with a 15 screen! -Laurent. --

Re: batteryupdate and Tiger

2005-05-21 Thread themacuser
Same with me. Don't use it. On 22/05/2005, at 05:39, Nima wrote: Battery update has killed two of my batteries in my G3 Wallstreet. I would not recommend using it. ___ NBT On May 21, 2005, at 12:52, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I would like to install

Re: batteryupdate and Tiger

2005-05-23 Thread themacuser
It didn't wake it up, it blew my PMU card so my other working battery wouldn't work... On 23/05/2005, at 07:38, Larry le Mac wrote: From: themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't use it. What about with a seemingly DEAD battery in a Lombard ?!? Nothing to lose, but could it wake it up

Re: Another Opinion wanted

2005-05-23 Thread themacuser
Someone will probably disagree with me but I say go for the G3 if you want to use Jaguar or the G4 if you want to use Panther. Panther is more G4 optimised... If you want to use Photoshop or apps like that, go for the G4.. On 24/05/2005, at 13:19, Nick Marshall wrote: On Mon, 23 May 2005,

Re: Wi-fi card for OS X on Wallstreet?

2005-05-27 Thread themacuser
I have a question similar to this: What would be the best USB wifi adpator for a Lombard running OS X? I want one that is cheap and preferably supports external antennas... On 28/05/2005, at 05:11, Adrian Carter wrote: I used a Buffallo card with my WallStreet. Always worked fine, I made use

Re: TiBook screen cable pinout?

2005-06-03 Thread themacuser
Good luck finding it... You will need every bit of it. On 04/06/2005, at 05:39, Bruce Johnson wrote: Does anyone have or know where to find the pinout for a TiBook/DVI *internal* video connector cables? (NOT the external video connector, but the internal ribbon cable) -- Bruce Johnson This

Re: DVD.app error

2005-06-10 Thread themacuser
Lombards don't support DVD Player according to Apple. Lombards aren't even meant to support OS X according to Apple. It can't be fixed, the Lombard DVD playback doesn't work on any version of OS X. On 11/06/2005, at 12:51 PM, Rad Craig wrote: I have installed tiger on a Lombard via doing

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-11 Thread themacuser
As well as this, some make the students give them back once they have bought them when they graduate... Some even go as far as banning non-approved laptops (often anything except theirs) for fear of security issues and viruses... On 12/06/2005, at 8:54 AM, Brian wrote: Yes, except this

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

2005-06-12 Thread themacuser
. My cousin is a full professor at the main University in my state and he only teaches two hours each week, while the rest of his time is spent doing research, so that may be where some of the excess cash is being used. Tom On 6/11/05 6:41 PM, themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Lombard snags [signed]

2005-06-17 Thread themacuser
And besides, we don't need someone to give us a link, do we? We know how to google, don't we? Well, we figured out how to get the right computer. On 17/06/2005, at 11:07 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 17/06/05 01:55, Michael J. Amato [c] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I aplogize. Is the ban

Re: Tiger on a Pismo?

2005-07-01 Thread themacuser
Hell, I'm running it on a 333 Lombard! Works great. On 01/07/2005, at 5:29 AM, Jeffrey Gaier wrote: Tiger is running smoothly on my Pismo. I think it was well worth the update. Jeffrey -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: security on wireless router

2005-07-02 Thread themacuser
Correction: The AirPort Extreme card can't. The normal AirPort card can. Most 3rd party USB/PCMCIA ones can on Macs with the supported chipsets. And it's RFMon mode, not promiscuous mode. Promiscuous mode is getting all the packets on a network. RFmon mode is getting all the packets from

Re: PB Ti 667 backlight problem (was: )

2005-08-08 Thread themacuser
But it works fine on AC power? On 08/08/2005, at 12:23 PM, Jerome Healy wrote: Help! My PB 667 will not backlite when woken up or started up from battery power. Sometimes it will but after a while I'll have to restart the computer and then it won't. A repair place told me I needed a new

Re: Hard Drive Replacement

2005-08-21 Thread themacuser
Come on, I loaded it onto a 4GB drive. Now that's cramped! On 21/08/2005, at 2:59 PM, Clark Martin wrote: At 12:45 AM -0400 8/21/05, bobgir2004 wrote: I just loaded Tiger onto my G3 Dual-USB iBook with the 9.24GB capacity HD and I realize I barely have breathing room left. Two

Re: Ubuntu on PB rev2

2005-08-25 Thread themacuser
There is a way of using Ubuntu on an old-world machine. It can be done with Ubuntu I know, but it's slightly tricky. I'm not sure exactly what it is. On 25/08/2005, at 11:00 AM, Brian Sammon wrote: Has anyone gotten Ubuntu on a Powerbook G3 233MHz (66MHz bus?) installed? I can't seem to

Re: Question, MS Office or Open Office/Neo Office for G4 iBook OSX?

2005-08-25 Thread themacuser
NeoOffice works fine and would be well worth $100. Get that, and use the money on a RAM upgrade. NeoOffice requires no tinkering at all. On 25/08/2005, at 4:51 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:09 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: He really doesn't like tinkering from his

Re: Question, MS Office or Open Office/Neo Office for G4 iBook OSX?

2005-08-25 Thread themacuser
I don't know what's wrong then. It loads very fast on my 1.33GHZ with 768 RAM... On 26/08/2005, at 2:59 AM, TjL wrote: .. Original Message ... On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 17:10:26 +0930 themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NeoOffice works fine and would be well worth $100. Get

Re: Tiger on iBook G4?

2005-10-04 Thread themacuser
I don't see why it wouldn't work. On 05/10/2005, at 10:35 AM, Jared Noska wrote: Hello! I have an iBook G4 that has OS 10.3.9. It came with OS 10.3.3 on DVD. I bought a set disks of from an iBook G4 that have 10.4.2. I would imagine that these two would work hand in hand, as I have an

Re: OT missing link to story

2005-11-01 Thread themacuser
Fake, it's been reported before about dells. And besides, somebody would notice strange traffic in ethereal if it was being sent out though, and THEN look for the hardware. It would be far too obvious. On 01/11/2005, at 12:50 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: Will S wrote: Oddly the link

Re: AFP

2005-11-01 Thread themacuser
It works on one of my 8.6 macs, I'd say it's 8.6 and up. You have to use AFP/TCP though. On 31/10/2005, at 9:48 PM, John McGibney wrote: The Appletalk protocol in Sys 7 is not compatible with Tiger. You need System 9.1 or better for Appletalk to work. John On Oct 30, 2005, at 11:35 PM,

Re: Firewire to USB?

2005-12-03 Thread themacuser
Yep, i used to do that one to connect my T|E to my wallstreet (the wallstreet doesnt have USB). On 04/12/2005, at 5:03 AM, Kristina wrote: on 11/11/05 9:20 PM, Dan K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IIRC, Lombards and Palm Vs can directly connect using IRDA (sort of an infrared serial port, the

Re: USB2 for Pismo - use a PCMCIA Card?

2005-12-16 Thread themacuser
The new iPods (nano and video) don't support FireWire. On 17/12/2005, at 11:11 AM, Barry Muller wrote: Zoltan et al., Thanks for the tips. Its nice to see that there is a cheap solution for this issue. Actually I need the card for a Canoscan 8400F that purchased and then saw the spec for USB

Re: repair a yo-yo AC adapter?

2005-12-17 Thread themacuser
I've done it, it's not easy. Hacksaw the plastic case of the plug open, and cut the wire very close to the plug, then solder it back together and use a good load of electrical tape on it. On 17/12/2005, at 6:55 PM, kaldav wrote: Hello, The end plug into my Pismo powerbook suffered when

Re: repair a yo-yo AC adapter?

2005-12-17 Thread themacuser
But less of a pain than buying another one and throwing out the other one. On 18/12/2005, at 5:59 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Dec 17, 2005, at 1:25 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, The end plug into my Pismo powerbook suffered when someone tripped over the cord. That end will now produce sparks.

Re: Onyx Question

2005-12-22 Thread themacuser
That is 100% normal. Yep, you're exactly right. Onyx needs the password to be able to mess with system files, and the fact that you have to re-enter it means that it does in fact not save the password. On 22/12/2005, at 9:37 PM, Barry Muller wrote: Based on an earlier thread I downloaded

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-22 Thread themacuser
Huh? Their routers all seem to have web-config and they're all 802.11, so I don't see how it can not be mac-friendly. I havent used one yet though, so correct me if I am wrong. On 23/12/2005, at 4:01 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: The big issue with Linksys is that they're not very Mac friendly.

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-22 Thread themacuser
Strange though, I've had people swear by Linksys routers and say Netgear ones suck... I have already ordered a linksys ADSL2 ethernet router when I signed up to internode... hope it works... On 23/12/2005, at 4:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/12/05 00:52, themacuser at [EMAIL

Re: Wallstreet 13.3 screen

2005-12-28 Thread themacuser
There isn't a fix. It's supposed to be a free repair from Apple as the part is defective. On 28/12/2005, at 1:10 PM, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: Has anyone found a fix for the wallstreet 13.3 screen problems ? Everytime I think I have it fixed, the lines come back. Mad Dog -- G-Books is

Re: Wallstreet 13.3 screen

2005-12-28 Thread themacuser
Not that I know of, but you could try googling it. I only remember back from when that model was new, as well as it saying in my Apple Service Source manuals. - something like Screen flickers intermittently or displays a series of lines: If the display is a 13.3 model and squeezing the

Re: Internet on Virtual PC

2005-12-29 Thread themacuser
What web browser are you using on Windows? Maybe Windows is just screwing things up (as usual). Or the speed test is rigged because the file is cached... On 29/12/2005, at 6:26 PM, Jared Noska wrote: Hello Listers, Yesterday I had the chance to put Virtual PC on my system for the first

Re: Pismo and USB2

2005-12-31 Thread themacuser
The PCMCIA slot is capable of the typical speed that USB2 transfers at. PCMCIA is faster than USB 1.1 anyway. On 01/01/2006, at 3:06 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: I don't see how the USB2 card can work on a Pismo other than at USB1 speeds since your PC slot is not as fast as USB2. Tom On 12/31/05

Re: Lombard won't boot

2006-01-03 Thread themacuser
Yeah, the Lombard does have OF. I've used OpenFirmware on a 3400 before as well. On 03/01/2006, at 3:45 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: The Lombard does have OF, because I've used it before. It's a NewWorld machine, similar to the Pismo. HTH, Caleb On Monday, Jan 2, 2006, at 23:08

Re: Funny Vista Video

2006-01-09 Thread themacuser
Seen it, it's awesome! On 10/01/2006, at 2:17 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: This is a really funny video of the Gates CES vista presentation with the vista screen shots replaced by OSX screen shots. Be patient. http://maclive.net/sid/134 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Google Earth

2006-01-10 Thread themacuser
It runs really badly on my 1.33GHZ with 768MB RAM for some reason. On 10/01/2006, at 2:31 PM, Amber R. wrote: On 9-Jan-06, at 7:42 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: IMHO, Google Earth is hard on system resources, even on high-end Wintel machines, so I can see where the G5-native stock tuning would

Re: G4 upgrade for Lombard?

2006-01-10 Thread themacuser
Aren't the Lombard/Pismo CPU boards mostly interchangable? On 10/01/2006, at 10:55 PM, Illovox Media wrote: No, OWC has nothing for the Lombard, just a 500G4 for the Pismo. Go to Daystar or to FastMac. From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/01/06 23:12, Caleb Cupples at [EMAIL

Re: Intel Macs....

2006-01-10 Thread themacuser
Umm, Google Earth is badly coded, it's not really the machine. That's why they didn't release it. It's still a hell of a PowerBook though! On 11/01/2006, at 6:36 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jan 10, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: In Wayne and Garth's immortal words SCHHHWINGGG! :-)

Re: 10.4.4 and update for 15 Al PB's ?

2006-01-11 Thread themacuser
Had 10.4.4 on my 12 PB for... 6 hours now. So far so good. On 11/01/2006, at 3:31 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: Just installed 10.4.4 on my BW... so far so good. Amanda On 10/01/2006, at 8:40 PM, Clem Bacani wrote: Go ahead, these updates are ok. On Jan 10, 2006, at 4:58 PM, Amber R. wrote:

Re: Pismo Power Jack

2006-02-15 Thread themacuser
The 12 PowerBook has a 45W supply. The iBook 12 does as well, and the 14 one (I think, I only have a 12 PB). The 65W adaptors work fine on the 45W machine - they both supply 24 volts, and should be just the same. On 16/02/2006, at 8:53 AM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: In addition to have

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-25 Thread themacuser
On 26/02/2006, at 5:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 26/02/06 01:49, Concetta Zito at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I'm really confused by now. Does the G-Books maclaunch list exist or not? My understanding is that it was 100% moved to Google. Why are people still posting to it? I hesitate