On Friday, February 10, 2005, Mikael=20Bystr=F6m wrote:
This is unlikely, but thanks for the suggestion. All the discs I tried
boots up other machines of the very same model. I don't think I would
get
the grey screen if it had been the wrong disc. It would say the disc
won't work with this
On Thursday, January 20, 2005, Larry le Mac wrote:
Sometimes one wonders how some people retain their jobs...
Having endured a bout with both AOL's cretins (I'm sorry; I shouldn't
insult cretins that way) and those at SBC/Yahoo in the past month, I
will say AMEN! to that... And I don't want to
On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, Warren wrote:
The problem have had wth Netscape 4.7 s t contnually crashes. ths was
the
reason ent to 7.2 on my Nac and G3 Destop. purchased a System 9.04
cd but t
won't boot on my Walstreet. Any suggestons apprecated.
Warren - Yeoleman
You may want to check your
On Thursday, July 22, 2004, Illivox wrote:
Given the letters of thanks for my post, the letters stating,
ROFLMAO,
maybe you're...um...WRONG. Hmmm, here's ...an idea. If you
...don't
like the posts in a thread or from a specific author... filter it.
What's
And for those getting the digest, we
On Thursday, July 22, 2004, Illivox wrote:
Now, moving onto something on-target: I have a buddy with a G3
upgraded
1400. Wants to run an old StyleWriter II printer. Neither of us can
find
the durn driver. Heard a rumor that that the Color StyleWriter 1500
driver would run it, but no joy
On 7/18/04, MTH wrote:
I've been using SBC/Yahoo DSL for over a year now without any problems.
As I indicated, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)...
I was wondering why you use internet connect? I just click on my
browser and I'm online, and my connection stays on until I close my
browser.
I do
On 7/16/04, Marcin Wichary wrote:
I would disagree here... Since I started with dial-up in 1997 I always
got the exact maximum speed as given in the contract (that's why I
commented on this, maybe I should've been more specific). Right now I
have promised half a megabit from my DSL modem, and
On 7/17/04, Al Poulin wrote:
Are you saying that without the OS 9 drivers from Disk Utility, you cannot
install OS 9.x for Classic operations, or are you saying that you can run
Classic but cannot boot/startup in OS 9? Or both?
I was talking about you couldn't boot into Mac OS 9 on the drive
On 7/14/04, john slavin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have it installed, but the days when I need it are getting fewer and
farther between.
On Jul 14, 2004, at 9:31 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
O.k. - I guess I've decided to reinstall the accompanying software
onto my brand new powerbook.
I had been using Help Viewer fine until about a week or so ago, when I
found that when I tried to start Help Viewer (at first, from within an
app to see its docs), Help Viewer would appear to start up but then
'unexpectedly quit'... The window for Help Viewer would get about where
the barber
Due to a glitch in my email, I am missing Digest issue #1806. If someone
has it, would you please redirect it to me? (Not forward, as I don't want
to take forever getting the carets cleaned off, please).
Thanks,
Jim Rohde
--
G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...
Small Dog
on 29/05/04 13:26, George Ruta at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Running OS 10.3.3 on 15 AluBook. Each time I restart, the icon for my
harddrive has moved to a new location on my desktop. Any explanation or
cures? TIA
Another possible reason is, have you saved any files on the desktop which
were
On 5/24/04, Clark Martin wrote:
At 3:39 PM -0500 5/24/04, macnifico wrote:
Hello, fellow listers!
I'm waiting for a WS 300 MHz with a 12 Mb HD.
Do I have to partition the HD into a 8 Mb and a 4 Mb partition if I
want to install OS X.2 OS 9.2.1?
Well, hopefully you'll get a 12Gb disk instead
On 5/18/04, im Eddy wrote:
On May 17, 2004, at 8:09 AM, James Rohde wrote:
Good morning All, I live in the Seattle area and we have all of the
electronic and office big box stores, independent Apple dealers, and
Actually, that's not my post...
Jim Rohde
--
G-Books is sponsored by http
On 5/16/04, Amanda Ward wrote:
I was going to ask about the 107 model, they seem fairly abundant on
Ebay. Is Pioneer reasonably Mac Friendly?
Amanda
On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 01:32 PM, James Sanderson wrote:
If your in the market and have some dinero, go to easybuy.com. They
have the
On 5/17/04, Bob wrote:
Jim,
You might try an app called USB Overdrive (independent USB Drivers):
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=4701db=mac
It seems to be primarily aimed at smaller USB devices like mice and
gamepads. But it just might work with a keypad as well, It ought to
On 5/16/04, Dan wrote:
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: dan_A [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Help, a CD was swallowed On May 15, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Bob
wrote: You didn't say what OS you're using. But there are several
options to try. Let me give you 3 OS X methods that other list-members
On 5/15/04, Dan K wrote:
Craig W. asks:
Just for sake of asking, and for a reference, how does taking apart an iBook
compare to a 2400c?
*snip*
It'd be kind of interesting to create a chart showing PB models, their
parts and a degree of replacement difficulty rating for each item. Dunno
what
I have a Targus 'portable' USB numeric keypad (Model No.: PAUK001 VER
2.0) which I bought through a local office supply store. It has worked
great under MacOS 9.0 up through 9.2.2, but now that I'm running Jaguar
(10.2.8) I've noticed that Calculator doesn't recognize input from it.
The light
On 5/10/04, Clyde Kahrl wrote:
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.
These ones Apple (so far as I would guess) won't care about - they are
photos done by the people at
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
On 2004-May-07, at 09:19, Brian Braunschweiger wrote:
Will a Pismo boot from an external Firewire drive with OS X on it
(specifically Panther)?
Yes, under Jaguar also. Due to a problem with some of the internals on my
Pismo, I had to install Jag onto my new drive (after I partitioned it),
On 5/6/04, Larry le Mac wrote:
seems like forever, I have become so used to, and may I say good at,
sticking a new CD in once the previous one was done, that I probably
rip a CD during 90%+ of the time I'm at the Mac.
It'll be nice when they're all done! :o)
You mean, just before your hard
On 5/4/04, Mike K wrote:
Pismo 400 -10.3.3- LG dvd unitThis unit had ben working
perfectly until last nightThe last time I used it to play a dvd was
2 weeks ago...all was well...Last night I went to play a movie and the
unit failed to mount the dvd...It spins up then spins down and
On 4/20/04, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 19, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:
You can still find a bunch of it at www.peak.org/~luomat/ [which you
are only allowed to visit if you agree not to mock the web design. It
was the late 1990s.)
I wish there were more such 'mockable'
On 4/19/04, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:
I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-)
Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT)
Options:
065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory
065-4861 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM
065-5068 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm
On 4/11/04, Anthony Perez wrote:
Heheheheheh...
I'm gonna have to look for a t-shirt that has that on it now.
I'm on a mission!!
I'll check the size of the one I have in the closet (If it won't fit me
anymore, I'll let you know). Or you could check the Red Light Runner site:
I recently got a Toshiba 60GB and installed it in my Pismo (which has
been out of action for a while - another story...). I was going to
install MacOS X.2.3 Jaguar onto it (DVD in the Pismo's DVD/CDROM drive),
and it started up okay. But, it doesn't recognize any other drive besides
the
Can anyone here point me to directions on how to put back the short door
on the right side of my Pismo - the one that folds under when you put the
DVD/CDROM drive in, but pops back out when you just have a battery in the
right side? I don't think anything's missing from it, but haven't been
On 4/5/04 11:18 AM, G-Books wrote:
If your concern is the moose...then you're fine. OSX is quite solid out
of the box. Go to the sharing pane and turn off any services you don't
use (it defaults pretty much to nothing on, anyway) and make sure the
firewall is on. (next tab).
If you're in the
I recently heard that some of the newer 'Books use a DVD install disc
rather than the CDROM of the full retail box (I'm talking about Jaguar
here - just running a little behind). I've seen one of the DVD(ROM?)s
offered at a good price, but am wondering if it should work on my Pismo.
Has anyone
On 3/9/04, Eric Morrison wrote:
Here, here.
And what, exactly, do we elect our politicians for?
I'm still trying to figure that one out, since after we elect them (from
any party), it seems they do what the dang well please (But maybe I
shouldn't get too OT). I know it's not apparently to
On 3/11/04, John W. Travis MD (Jack) wrote:
I noticed my daughter's Pismo 400/128 (OS 9.2) was flashing the sleep light
but the apple was lit. I opened it to find a blue screen and the HD running.
Did a restart with Cmd-Ctl-Pwr and screen turned mostly white with a
gradient edge to the blue in
On 3/3/04 11:58 AM, G-Books wrote:
Consider, however, that if you're feeling adventurous, you could easily
disassemble the Pismo, sell off the battery, CD/DVD module, RAM,
keyboard, screen, airport, HD, motherboard, power supply, and other
components on Ebay yourself... and probably make
On 2/28/04, Gavin Tiplady wrote:
If you have a Unix account on any box outside your firewall that CAN
get to the mail server, and to which to you can make an ssh connection,
... snip ...
All built into Mac OS X, but if you're not using a Mac inside the
firewall, but a Windows box, you can
Saw this in the OWC e-letter today and thought of our previous discussion
on G5 PowerBooks and how soon they might be abailable:
---
snipped here
Looks like faster G5s are soon to be rolling on out. And they'll
contribute
less for heating and reduce the need for A/C too! While the first
On 2/13/04, Michael Shaw wrote:
...
It arrived about half an hour ago via the screwiest FedEx setup
imaginable.
The FedEx site shows it going from Anchorage AK to Taiwan to Memphis TN
to Winnipeg to Mississauga to Scarborough all within 72 hours.
Double check - it might have actually been
On 2/13/04 4:11 PM, Eric Morrison wrote:
Along the lines of firewire enclosures, anyone have a recommendation
for 2.5 enclosures? I've bought a couple in the past but haven't
looked recently. I'm aware of the usual suspects (newegg, owc, etc.)
but if someone has a recommendation for a great
On 2/8/04 11:11 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
Where available a
utility like Apple Battery Reset is a much better approach.
I thought ABR only worked on models *before* the Pismo - ?
Jim Rohde
--
G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...
Small Dog Electronics
On 2/3/04, Sid Barras wrote:
My wallstreet (266mhz, 512mb RAM) has managed to cling to a chronic problem
of freezing only moments after startup (most of the time).
I say Cling to the problem, because it is still there after these steps to
correct it:
... snipped out here
The thing that puzzles
On 2/3/04, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote:
So let the opinions roll, new- used -stay-upgrade
Since I have a (for now, not working) Pismo (till I can afford the
repairs to the sound/I-O card and a new battery), so I'm a tad biased.
Previously have had IIcx, Quadra 700, and inherited my brother's
On 1/30/04, Robin Ashe wrote:
No need to start flaming.
Having just waded through all the posts (marginally or maybe not-so)
related to the topic, I'd say it's gone way past 'starting'... ;-)
Can we move on to more productive topics (at risk of starting another
flame about what is more
Can everyone *please* not quote the entire message in replies and only
post the pertinent sections instead?? Perhaps at least out of mercy for
those of us getting digest mode...
Thanks,
Jim Rohde
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain
--
On 1/22/04 1:22 PM, Melvin Watts wrote:
Unless your doing graphic intensive apps or video processing I wouldn't
worry too much about altivec. . . anyway, I hear that the
powerlogix's G3/900MHZ processor cards, ironic though it may seem, is
actually faster than the G4/500MHZ according to
On 1/22/04 1:22 PM, gianfranco wrote:
My question to the list now is (perhaps I should have changed the
subject?):
(Changed it for you/us)...
I've read many bad accounts about Norton Utilities, is it really that bad?
I have used regularly the antivirus and defrag on my powerbook for over a
year
On 1/12/04, Hugo Diaz wrote:
I've downloaded 3 times, on 3 different computers, with 3 different
connections (cable, wiFi, 56 K modem), the OS 9.2.1 Update, and the 3
times there is an error and it can't be mounted.
I also d/l'ed the Spanish version, with no problems.
Should I, or how can I
On 1/6/04, John Collins wrote:
My new to me Pismo has 256 Mb of memory in the J1 slot and J2 is empty.
I think there is a difference in what can be put in. Can somebody give
me some info or point me to an appropriate site.
I want to add to the J2--What will work and any suggestions about
On 1/5/04 5:22 AM, Tony Coult wrote:
Because my Airport card connection seems faulty, I've been on the
lookout for a PC card substitute for my Pismo. Saw a card in a sale at
Maplin's for only =A312 and bought it on the off chance that it might be
a badged card that would work in the Mac. It's a
On 1/1/04 3:42 AM, Kayla wrote:
I just signed on to .Mac after getting a new 12 PB for Christmas but I
am just getting the idisk icon on my desktop with a construction sign
image on it. I installed the idisk utility but am unable to move any
images or files onto the idisk.
Any suggestions ?
On 1/1/04 3:42 AM, Joe wrote:
I havea dead pismo here, and I was wondering it it would be possible for
me to send my cpu card, sans RAM, to someone and if they'd be willing to
test and see if the cpu worked in their pismo? If the cpu card turns up
working then it is probably the power board,
On 12/31/03 02:12:19 -0600, Greenfield Bowie wrote:
1. Energy saver control panel. I've always set the sleep setting to
never on my various PowerMacs, not wanting to cause problems with
longer WWW downloads, etc., getting by with just a screen saver. All
that's changed now, particularly
On 12/27/03, John Acuff wrote:
The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get
a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or
particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a
new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea
Oon 15/12/03 23:46, Doug McGlathery at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Pismo running Jaguar (USB, Firewire and modem are still
fine),
with an Airport card installed. I have never used my PC Card slot
however and I was wondering if people would be willing to share ideas
for cool things
On 12/17/03, Eric Morrison enlightened us by writing:
Any suggestions for how to open Appleworks documents on a Windows
machine at minimal cost? Running Office XP on the Windows machine.
... Eric
How about exporting from AppleWorks in Word/Excel or other PC formats,
which would definitely be
On 12/10/03 10:57 AM, peter webster enlightened us by writing:
I can't resist:
The current president uses a Fisher-Price.
Yeah, but can he change the batteries unassisted? ;-)
More important question - which prezes actually *backup* their laptop's
drives??? There's a true test of presidential
On 12/5/03 7:03 PM, 'edu' enlightened us by writing:
Hi, I have a PB g3 400 Pismo and I want to upgrade this mac because is a
machine that has performed really good in since i bought it, tis an
excellent machine and good looking too.
I want to know if someone can help me about the processor
On Dec 05, 2003 Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 05/12/03 13:48, DPrice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can't understand why these are not being bid on. Price seems
excellent. This would be compatible with a PB G3, correct?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3444622980category=38119cg
On 12/5/03 7:03 PM, G-Books enlightened us by writing:
Re: DVD region code
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on 05/12/03 16:52, Greg Gilmore at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The computer in question is an iBook must therefore have
On 11/29/03 2:30 PM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
At 0:04 -0600 29/11/03, James Rohde wrote:
Plus Optimizer isn't available yet in a version compatible with X (only
DiskWarrior is).
I've used Drive 10 to optimise OS X drives.
I mentioned Plus Optimizer because the original poster had asked about
On 11/28/03 2:30 PM, David Thrower enlightened us by writing:
I like to run Diskwarrior and PlusOptimiser (they
still come bundled together?) at least once a month.
Never had a disk go down in the years since I've done
that, except for mechanical failure of a bad drive.
I haven't ran
On 11/25/03 2:30 PM, DPrice enlightened us by writing:
I am considering buying the following drive from Googlegear.com
because of positive reports on it that I have seen here. I am just
making sure this is close to the one reported, if not the same. It is
a bare drive. How problematic is that?
On 11/19/03 8:43 AM, Krevnik enlightened us by writing:
On Nov 18, 2003, at 4:36 PM, Clyde Kahrl wrote:
Brent writes:
Does anyone else have a suggestion for a reasonably priced
source of black powerbook feet?
A:Glue gun.
Problem is that not all of us have managed to KEEP the feet that
On 11/13/03 6:59 AM, Kelly Johnson enlightened us by writing:
I think you guys are missing the boat on MS's intentions. I think it
is a simple matter of them knowing that a significant number of mac
users, given sufficient experience with windows, will become
comfortable enough with it to
On 11/14/03 5:41 AM, Bruce Johnson enlightened us by writing:
Softwindows was written by Insignia under license from Microsoft.
Insignia got the deep access to Windows source code. In return
Microsoft got significant rights to Insignia's code. FWB owns the
SoftWindows product, but they can't
On 11/8/03 2:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin apparently wrote (in reply to Bob's
post):
on 08/11/03 04:59, Bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I infrequently use the battery, like once every 2 months, but it
can't hold a charge. I hate forking out $150 every year for the
battery. I'm I missing
On 11/6/03 4:39 AM, Gordon Bruce Lawson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have just joined the board, and am a real newbie to portables (its
being shipped at the moment)...I have just purchased a G3 Lombard
(bronze), 333MHZ 320MB RAM - 6GB HD running OS X 10.2.8. Although I
use OSX on my 600 mhz
On 11/5/03 2:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin apparently wrote:
on 11/4/03 8:22 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Back to G Books, who has used the upgrade proccessors in the pismo,
the 900 sounds good, the G4 I really will not see a speed bump as I
have a 500, except maybe in Panther
On 11/3/03 6:53 AM, gianfranco apparently wrote:
I have a lombard 333mhz running sys 9.2.2 but it is having frequent
freezes. Any idea what could be the cause?
I have a similar problem. I found out (with DiskLight) it is related in my
case to the external JAZ SCSI drive. I does not occour in
On 10/28/03 10:22 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:
Oh yeah...for those of you/us still running OS 9.It's been considered a
dead OS for a couple of years now. Get with the times or QYB. Apple
should not waste any more time or money un-developing their software so
that it will run on machines that are
On 10/28/03, Eric Morrison apparently wrote:
We have two (of our six) Pismos (9.2.2) recently exhibiting a problem
waking from sleep. Basically, whenever they go to sleep they won't wake
up. The green sleep light goes on when they go into sleep, and when you
press a keyboard button the green
On 10/29/03 3:24 AM, Steve Kidd apparently wrote:
...Better that than just continually
upgrade an old OS, that is so full of security vulnerabilities and
other problems that it costs its users huge amounts of cash just to
maintain it.
Now let's see... are you talking about MacOS X here, or
On 10/02/2003, Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 10:55 pm, Andrew Kershaw wrote:
Here's another tidbit:
Since I got it, every second boot or so has crashed mid-extensions
with a system error supposedly caused by Apple Audio Extension.
Curiously, this has happened in
I've been dragging my feet on jumping from 9.2.2 to Jaguar and will
likely make the switch this month or next. However, a question or two:
1) Where can I find a compatability list of minimum versions of
(commercial) software programs that will run under Jaguar? I have some
considerably older
I have recently had the small door on my Pismo (the little door that
covers the partial gap when you have a battery in the right-hand bay) get
detached from its moorings (?). The springs all appear still fastened to
the back of the door (that little 1 to 1.25 long one), but I cannot
figure how
I have recently had the small door on my Pismo (the little door that
covers the partial gap when you have a battery in the right-hand bay) get
detached from its moorings (?). The springs all appear still fastened to
the back of the door (that little 1 to 1.25 long one), but I cannot
figure how
On 08/10/2003, Jack Hodgson wrote:
Like many others, the DVD drive on my Pismo has died. I'm looking for
suggestions for replacement. DVD write-ability would be great but I'll
settle for DVD play/CD read and write. I would also like it to be
internal, rather than external. Are there
On 08/02/2003 2:30 PM, Greg Gilmore apparently wrote:
I need a USB hub with at least 4 ports to use with my G4/667 PowerBook/OS
9.2.2.
Any advice fellow-listers could give me on this purchase, e.g. best quality,
price, self- versus bus-powered, etc., would be greatly appreciated.
I got a Belkin
Well, my problem is slightly different from the post by Emma - my
PowerBook (Pismo/2000/FireWire) battery suddenly will not hold any
charge. It started when the power went off here few days ago during a
storm. Forgetful/foolish me, I kept going instead of immediately
unplugging the AC
On 07/31/2003 1:48 PM, Steve Moody apparently wrote:
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 01:18 PM, Lewin Edwards wrote:
I've never had blackeyed peas
Here's the RIGHT way to do blackeyed peas:
Steve, I hope you're not giving away any family secret recipes there,
okay? ;-)
Just sign me a d**n
On 07/25/2003, Richard Smykla apparently wrote:
Michael,
Sounds like your PRAM battery needs replacing.
R
Hi,
Our iBook 700 running 9.2.2 has developed the strangest error. On
restart/boot, it gives a date time error message at finder launch that
says the time zone is invalid. It also
Got this in SmallDog's Kibbles and Bytes e-letter. I think it pretty much
speaks for itself, between the two stories... Does make *me* a bit
nervous for our homeland security.
Jim
Homeland Security Awards $90 Million Contract to Microsoft; Microsoft
admits critical flaw in nearly
On 07/15/2003 2:45 AM, Illovox Media apparently wrote:
on 7/14/03 9:47 PM, James Rohde at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.insanely-great.com/features/020215.html
link is dead
They apparently changed the name slightly - try this link:
http://www.insanelygreatmac.com/features/020215.html
On 07/14/2003, Tom Roth apparently wrote:
I've been following this thread as I contemplate the next used PowerBook =
to buy. I currently have a PB3400 so I would like to get up into the G3 =
realm next. I see some really good deals on used iBooks but the Pismos =
seem to be very popular and are
On 07/14/2003, Pete Gregory apparently wrote:
Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it?
My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped
recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the
drive spins up, spins down about a second later
On 07/12/2003, Thomas Ethen enlightened us by writing:
Here are three on ebay up for auction, but with a 333Mhz Lombard you will
need an Apple DVD decoder card model M5163 to play DVD's but not CD's. I
believe they mad a CD only module for the Lombard, but I am not sure about
that.
On 07/11/2003, Roger Shufflebottom enlightened us by writing:
For those who are interested, I have just installed the new
IBM/Hitachi 7200 60GB drive in my PB 800. The installation was
straightforward and the drive is quiet. The increase in speed over my
old 4200 drive is noticeable and many
On 07/10/2003, Brendan McAlpine wrote:
All of a sudden, my orinoco gold card doesn't do anything when I insert
it into the PCMCIA slot in my powerbook.
Before I assume the card died and buy another one, is there any way for
me to test (without a second card) whether or not the slot itself has
Hi all,
I've noted some comparisons in this list previously about hard drives in
the 40 GB size range (and how performance compares, depending on the
drive cache, etc.). Recently I found these two drives which seem almost
like they might be very similar. Anyone had experience with (or closely
On 06/30/2003, Bruce Mitchell enlightened us by writing:
I admire your inventiveness. I want the instructions for turning an old PB
into a fish tank...
Bruce
Bruce - vey small, thin fish! ;-)
Jim Rohde
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
--
G-Books is
On Thursday, June 26, 2003, at 06:41 PM, Hamlin Krewson wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:38:24 -0500, Bill Vader wrote:
Ok, I have the keyboard off again, is that the processor be under the
heatsink in the lower left side of the under-keyboard area? If so, is
that a
handle that goes under the
Hi all,
Saw this on the NewtonTalk list, and thought it would be useful info for
any G-Books listers who have to use Wintel machines and software at work,
but have Macs at home.
Jim Rohde
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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:21:07 -0400
Subject: [NTLK] [OT]
On 06/26/2003, Steve Kidd enlightened us by writing:
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 05:38 PM, James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote:
Nice paperweight, or can these be rebuilt?
A local battery store here in the sunny Okanagan, Battery Direct, is
rebuilding Pismo batteries, at least. $40, with higher
On 06/24/2003 10:15 AM, Brendan McAlpine wrote:
The real question is, when do we get G5 powered powerbooks?
I heard that it was mentioned in the keynote that we should expect them
in 2 quarters. Is this true? I haven't been able to find any other
mention of it.
Bet those laptops will
Hi all,
I have noted the thread on setting up a WiFi network without using a
hardware Airport Base Station. My question is: how does the range with
that kind of setup compare to with a hardware ABS - how far away can you
be and get good connections, etc.? Anyone who has had the ABS/hardware
I have a somewhat similar problem to Jeff Hubatka's - my Pismo (384MB,
9.2.2, 10GB) has stopped being able to logout from the Finder. It will
give me the dialog that tells me that if I don't do something, it will
auto-logout in 90 seconds, but regardless of if I wait for it to log me
out, or
On 05/28/2003, Jack Countryman wrote:
and could not read any current. So...the power supply may be dead. (This
is one of the replacement 'flying saucer' types that Apple sent out two
years ago to replace the small rectangular one.)
We don't have any of those power supplies around. I do have a
On 04/01/2003 10:16 AM, Bill McIntyre wrote:
Does this mean that I really don't need my firewall? It makes my mail
receiving and web surfing a little bit slower, and I'd prefer to turn it
off if I really don't need it to keep someone from accessing my Quicken
files, etc.
I seem to recall that
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
Michelle,
Please send the image along. I have already started guessing what it
looks like (2 possibilities come to mind). If it's large enough, I may
use it for a desktop picture (MacOS 9.2.2), perhaps... :-)
Thanks,
Jim Rohde
Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according
On 03/28/2003 2:30 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote:
Oh no, don't set any savings. But you have to BUY your modem? That sucks.
Mine was provided by TimeWarner for free and replaced within 30 minutes of
the problem being confirmed.
Guess I should have said - I haven't contacted the cable company YET -
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