Re: Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Well, I tried installing Tiger (10.4.11) last night and it did not
work.  Therefore I assume it's an antenna problem.  Therefore I will
move along to Plan B, the USB wifi dongle.  The good news is I now
seem to have two perfectly good Airport Extreme cards to sell on the
Swaplist.  Maybe I should also throw in my extra original Airport card
from the Pismo.

Bruce - in Orlando

On Apr 14, 3:12 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:
 On Apr 14, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

  You're seriously suggesting that Apple would ship laptops with a 5'  
  wifi range?

 Apple shipped not one iPhone, but TWO iPhone's with a major antenna/
 reception issue. If you Google search this issue you can find MANY  
 people having this problem with aluminum PowerBooks. I can attest that  
 I have worked on a 15 1.67GHz aluminum PowerBook that had this  
 problem, but as Alex suggested, when I downgraded back to Tiger (at  
 the owner's request because Leopard was too slow), the reception  
 issue cleared up. I can say for certain it wasn't an antenna issue,  
 but it may be a Leopard software bug issue?

 I still think the best solution may be a USB external dongle like this  
 one which is $16 shipped:

 http://cgi.ebay.com/PSP-NDSL-WII-Hi-Gain-USB-Wireless-w-Rp-SMA-Connec...
  

 NOTE: This one uses the Zydas chipset which is OS X compatible, but it  
 might be better to find something with a Broadcom chipset. Also, Apple  
 has used both Broadcom and Atheros chipsets in their Airport cards.  
 The Atheros are considered to be inferior in terms of range, so if  
 this PowerBook has an Atheros chipset Airport card it might be worth  
 switching to a Broadcom chipset card.

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Re: Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-14 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Really? - That would be a really easy fix then, at least to try before
moving on to Plan B which I think would be Kris's USB 802.11n WIFI
adapter.  I installed Tiger on my MDD and my previous powerbook
(Pismo), but when this one came with Leopard I figured I'd just leave
it there and see how I like it.  So far, I'm not feeling the love
anyway.  I haven't loaded too much stuff on this AlBook yet, so should
I just figure on wiping it all out and starting over?

On Apr 14, 11:22 am, Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com wrote:
 This seems to be a Leopard bug. That has happened to me several times,
 all on Macs running Leopard. A simple downgrade or upgrade fixed the
 problem.



  On Apr 13, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Bruce - in Orlando wrote:

  Can anyone tell me what the real problem is?

  It appears the aluminum PowerBook suffers like the Ti PowerBook did, bad 
  reception because of metal case (Faraday cage

  Well, for one, no they don't. I've owned both, and while the TiBook indeed 
  has poorer wifi range the AlBook is just fine. (tested on both with a USB 
  wifi dongle.) Crucially NEITHER has range as poor as the OP describes.

  His issue is a broken, unattached, or dislodged antenna.

  You're seriously suggesting that Apple would ship laptops with a 5' wifi 
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Poor wireless reception on G4 Aluminum Powerbook

2011-04-13 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
I recently purchased a 12 1.5 Ghz Powerbook on eBay (running OS
10.5.x).  The auction description said the Airport Extreme card
doesn't seem to be working correctly.  Once I received the laptop, I
figured out that the problem is really that this powerbook has a very
short wireless reception distance - such that when I first powered it
on, sitting at my computer desk about 5 feet from the wireless router
(linksys) it worked just fine.  But when I sat with the laptop on the
other side of the same room, about 15 feet from the router, reception
was only fair.  Take the laptop to the next room, about 25 feet from
the router, and you're totally out of luck.

So at first I thought the problem must be with the Airport card, so I
bought another one - they aren't very expensive.  Now I find that the
reception problem has not changed at all, so the card can't be the
problem.

Can anyone tell me what the real problem is?  I'm just hoping it's not
on the motherboard, because they really are expensive.

Bruce - in Orlando

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Re: Would you trust this ebay seller?

2011-02-23 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Not true.  I direct your attention to:
http://lowendmac.com/musings/07/0522.html

an article titled 3 CPU Upgrades for Mirror Drive Door G4 Power Macs
where Dan Knight wrote:

I sent emails to Sonnet Technology, Newer Technology, FastMac, and
Daystar Technology asking:

'I've wondered myself for some time, as the owner of a Mirror Drive
Door Power Mac G4 (the original OS 9-bootable dual 1 GHz one) why
there seem to be no CPU upgrades for the last two generations of G4
Power Macs ...'

Martin Muggee, Marketing Communications Manager at Sonnet
Technologies, wrote:

'At this time ... we have offered dual 7447A processor-based
upgrades, available in 1.6 and 1.8 GHz upgrades (Encore/MDX G4 Duet)
since October last year ...'

The 1.6 GHz ... and the 1.8 GHz ... both use the PowerPC 7447A CPU,
which has a 512 MB level 2 cache - twice as large as in the PowerPC
7455 used in my Power Mac. At a minimum, the 1.6 GHz one should
provide 60% more processing power than my dual 1 GHz Power Mac already
has ...

At the time he was writing this, Dan had the exact same model MDD I
now have.

Also, I should note that the ebay auction stated:
Applies to Following Computers: Power Macintosh G3 (Blue  White) and
Power Mac G4 (all models)
not that I would put a lot of faith in what an ebay ad description
says ...

PS - At this point, both of the units offered in the auction have been
sold - but not to me.

Bruce - in Orlando

On Feb 22, 12:56�pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:
  I believe that the upgrade which the original poster linked to does
  not support the MDD. �At least, the item description seemed to list
  all the G4s except the MDD.

 That board is specifically for 133 MHz bus machines ... DAs or QSes.

 Giga-Designs had a board which was specifically designed for either 100
 MHz or 133 MHz bus machines. The fan unit could be moved to accommodate
 the different mounting requirements found on the two different models (100
 MHz and 133 MHz).

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Re: Would you trust this ebay seller?

2011-02-21 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Well, for anyone who might be interested and saw that I did in fact
place an In Search Of post on the Swap List looking for anyone
willing to sell their Dual 1.8 GHz Sonnet Duet CPU Upgrade for less
than the amount shown in the ebay auction ($266+$20 shipping), I got
exactly zero responses.  Meanwhile, one of the two units that was
available in that auction has sold.

But after thinking about it over the weekend, I think I need a new(er)
powerbook more than I need this toy, so I'll be looking around for
that first.

Bruce - in Orlando

On Feb 20, 11:25 am, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Feb 19, 2:36 pm, iJohn zjboyguard-ggro...@yahoo.com wrote:

  On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote:

If you are willing to spend $286, look here for a used Mac mini
G4/1.25GHz for $199.99, plus shipping, but no disks included.
The e-mail bulletin said 10.5 Leopard is pre-installed.

   Oh, oh, forgot the link:
  http://www.smalldog.com/product/77343

  OK, but ...

  When I followed your link the price I saw at Small Dog was $299.99, not 
  $199.99.

 I see, sorry.  There is another link that shows up from their e-mail
 bulletin for the discount price, maybe only for former 
 customers:http://www.smalldog.com/wag20569/at_dr

 I do not know how I landed on this variant - product/77343 instead of
 the discount page wag20569/at_dr.

 Expires in two days.

 And I agree with what Dan said, the Leopard seems pirated.  I've
 seen other third party vendors do that with used Macs.  Is there some
 back door deal with Apple for a license??  SmallDog is

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Re: Would you trust this ebay seller?

2011-02-19 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Well, there you go.  One of the main reasons I got this dual 1 GHz MDD
a few years ago is that it boots so nicely into 9.2.2.  I can still
cling to some of my ancient software and still easily get to the many
files that are in that ancient software.  in fact, I took the HD out
my previous G3 BW and plugged it in here as a slave drive.

Also, I have had a long personal ove affair with accelerator cards
starting way back with the Daystar 50 mhz accelerator card for my Mac
IIsi.  I still have Performa 580 with a motherboard from a 6500
plugged in - AND a Sonnet G3 accelerator card plugged into that! (and
a USB/Firewire combo card too!).  Also a Power Color Classic with a
6500 mobo  G3 card.  So the idea of tricking out my MDD before I give
up on it just seems like more fun than tossing the old gal and moving
on to an Intel Mac.  There will be plenty of time for that.

NOT that I'm necessarily ready to pay $266 + $20 shipping ...

Bruce - in Orlando

On Feb 19, 2:25 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
 On Feb 18, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Ashgrove wrote:



  One way or the other, I do agree with John et al: it's not good value.
  For less than $286, I bought a perfectly good Intel mini that runs
  circles around ANY G4 computer. We get very attached to these
  versatile old beasts that keep on going, but we gotta draw the line
  somewhere. Just saying. Don't shoot me. Just look at the numbers.

  Best,

  Felix

  Well IMHO In defense of the Dual 1.8 upgrade, some of us Mac addicts like to 
 get the old dogs dancing in the alley. Theres something to be said about the 
 wind up of the PM G4 fans not to spaek of being able to boot OS 9.2.2 which 
 the Mini's lack both features.

 John Carmonne
 Yorba Linda CA
 92886 USA
 Sent from my MBP

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Re: Would you trust this ebay seller?

2011-02-18 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
It's good to hear from LEM people who have had good experiences with
this seller.  That makes me feel better than a thousand ebay
comments.  I didn't mean to say there's anything wrong with a seller
in China, just that it's a private auction by a seller on the other
side of the Earth.  As to the price being a bit high, I'd be happy to
talk to anybody that has one of these for sale at a lower price! (but
I guess I would need to do that on the Swap List ... ).

Bruce - in Orlando

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Pismo surfing freezes

2010-07-18 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
I have a 500 mhz Pismo running 10.4.11, Safari and an original Airport
card.  Every time I try to get on the internet, it opens the first
couple of pages, then when you try to go to the 3rd or 4th page it
freezes, with the progress bar just about at http://.  At that point,
if I try to give up and quit Safari it gives me the infinitely
spinning ball, with the result that I must force shut down the
computer and start all over again.

I have tried replacing the Airport card (since I have a few of them
laying around), and reinstalling Safari.  No luck.  Anybody have any
ideas why this might be happening?

Bruce - in Orlando

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Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-06-02 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Okay - Here is the web page where I am seeing this:

http://www.shutterfly.com/sites/view.sfly?fid=3f138555b3c8ef48

As I originally said, this is a message coming when I try to enter my
high school reunion social networking site
(which is on Shutterfly).

Not that I am planning to go to the reunion or anything 

Bruce - in Orlando


On Jun 1, 9:36 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
 At 12:19 AM -0400 6/1/2010, Dan wrote:

 At 2:07 PM -0700 5/31/2010, Bruce - in Orlando wrote:
 Quoth the Shutterfly message:
 Shutterfly Sites requires one of the following browsers:
 Internet Explorer 6.0 +
 FireFox 1.5 +
 Safari 3.0 + (except 3.0.4)

 Ok.  No idea what message is.  Is that something a Shutterfly
 employee emailed to you?  Is it an error message you're receiving?
 Is it a requirement for some particular function?  Might be worth
 asking them why, I guess.

 When I look on Shutterfly's site, the only thing I'm finding is this page:

 http://shutterfly-2.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/384/kw/brows...

 Shutterfly tech support replied to my query.  The minimum version of
 Safari required is 2.0, exactly as specificied by that help page.
 All of version 3 is also fully supported.

 It would help if you would supply specifics as to where you're seeing
 this except 3.0.4 claim.  I'm guessing they'll keep my support
 ticket open for only a few days - so...

 - Dan.
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Re: Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-05-31 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
Quoth the Shutterfly message:

Shutterfly Sites requires one of the following browsers:

Internet Explorer 6.0 +

FireFox 1.5 +

Safari 3.0 + (except 3.0.4)

© Copyright Shutterfly 1999-2010. All rights reserved.

Anyway, I guess I don't mind upgrading Safari all that much ...

Bruce - in Orlando

On May 30, 10:29 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
 At 6:41 AM -0700 5/30/2010, Bruce - in Orlando wrote:

 I just tried to go to my high school reunion social networking site
 (which is on Shutterfly).  I seems that it requires Safari 3.0 or
 higher, EXCEPT 3.0.4.  Naturally, that's what I have on my MDD running
 10.4.  Being a naturally suspicious person, I want to know why this
 site would hate 3.0.4 so much before I download an upgrade just to
 make Shutterfly happy.  Does anybody know?  Should I hate Safari 3.0.4
 too?

 Never heard of this.  Perhaps something is coded to incorrectly check
 the browser version?  Exactly what/where says it doesn't like Safari
 3.0.4?

 Shutterfly's help area says:
      - Firefox 2.0 or higher for PC or Mac
      - Safari 2.0 or higher for Mac

 Aside... Since you're running Tiger, you should be fully updated to
 10.4.11 and Safari 4.0.5...

 - Dan.
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Why not Safari 3.0.4

2010-05-30 Thread Bruce - in Orlando
I just tried to go to my high school reunion social networking site
(which is on Shutterfly).  I seems that it requires Safari 3.0 or
higher, EXCEPT 3.0.4.  Naturally, that's what I have on my MDD running
10.4.  Being a naturally suspicious person, I want to know why this
site would hate 3.0.4 so much before I download an upgrade just to
make Shutterfly happy.  Does anybody know?  Should I hate Safari 3.0.4
too?

Bruce - in Orlando

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Re: Showing my ignorance about OS 10.4 (on a Pismo)

2009-11-16 Thread Bruce - in Orlando


On Nov 6, 4:06 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:
 On Nov 6, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:

  Just create a whole new account with the username and password you  
  want.
  Then, kick the new user account off the system.

 Don't forget to make the new account an administrator account before  
 you trash the new user

Okay I did all this over the weekend and everything went just
swimmingly.  This leaves me with just one more question that again
shows my ignorance about OS 10.4:  How do I kick the 'new user'
account off the system?  Just put it in the trash?  Naturally, I am
terrified that I will do something that will cause all my software to
malfunction and the Pismo to crash.

Thanks again,

Bruce - in Orlando

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Re: Best G4 powermac??

2009-03-12 Thread Bruce - in Orlando

I have the dual 1 Ghz MDD at home and yes it has the loudest fan I've
ever had on a Mac.  But runs like a dream and I wouldn't trade it for
anything!

On Mar 12, 12:37 am, George R. Hozendorf ghoze...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:15 PM, mythmaker18 wrote:







  On Mar 11, 9:05 pm, jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote:
  I have heard about the 733 qs that because of the cache they run at  
  about
  533mhz. Is this true of the 800MHZ?-Jonas

  A 733 Digital Audio (previous model year) will run circles around a
  Quicksilver 733, because of the QS's lack of L3 cache.

  Yes, as others have said, the 800MHz single (QS 2002) also lacks the
  L3.

  Is there any particular reason (apart from prices) that anyone would
  prefer a Digital Audio or Quicksilver to the Mirrored-Door machines? I
  think the MDDs support more RAM (2GB?), I thought I heard rumours
  about reliability problems with some MDD models (maybe not enough
  cooling in the case)?

 Fan noise is a problem on the MDD model.



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Re: Power Mac G3 Blue And White Upgrade info

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce - in Orlando

Jumper settings and instructions for clocking the BW can be found
here:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/OC.html

On Mar 4, 10:33 pm, Stephen Weber maryland...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello everyone,
 I finally got a replacement motherboard for my G3 Blue and White (Rev1).
 I need to know so some stuff about doing some upgrades to it:

 What is the Max Hard Drive Size I can put in it?
 What is the best video card I can get for it?
 What is the Max amount of RAM I can put in it?

 Also I am using the CPU that came with it, what are the jumper settings for
 the highest clock speed for it?

 Thanks A Lot everyone,
 Stephen
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Re: installing 9.2

2009-03-05 Thread Bruce - in Orlando

I used the following option to put 9.2 on my MDD which came to me with
10.4 installed - Install 9.2 on a separate drive, then set that drive
up as a slave drive in the iMac.  Of course, this presupposes that the
that you can put two hard drives in an iMac, a supposition about which
I have no idea.

On Mar 5, 2:29 am, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:
 Ken Daggett wrote:

  On 4 Mar 2009, at 08:02:16 PST, Stro wrote:

  Greetings,
    I teach at a small church run school and get acquired some g3
  iMacs.  The iMacs have OS 10.3.9 on them.  I have software that only
  runs under 9.2 that the students use.  Is there a way I can install
  9.2 without having to reinstall 10.3?

  Thanks,
  Lee
  -
  Depends on how the drives were formatted originally. If OS 9 Drivers
  were installed at formatting time, there would be no problem. If not,
  I don't believe OS 9 will function even in Classic mode.

 OS 9 Drivers installed is necessary to access the drive when booted
 from an OS 9 system.  Classic accesses the drive through OS X so it is
 not affected.

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True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce - in Orlando

I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU board being advertised
as being for a Lombard:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Processor-Board-Apple-PowerBook-G3-Lombard-500Mhz-Used_W0QQitemZ140304439019QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item140304439019_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

As I understand it the fastest CPU board for a Lombard was actually
400 mhz, so I suspect this board would actually be from a Pismo?
Seller claims he really used it in his Lombard.  Yet elsewhere on ebay
there are Pismo CPU boards for sale where the description specifically
says that a Pismo CPU board will not work in a Lombard:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Powerbook-G3-Pismo-400mhz-Processor-Firewire-400-Mhz_W0QQitemZ130290182281QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item130290182281_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

So, true or false - will a 500 mhz Pismo CPU board work in a Lombard?
Or maybe this 500 mhz board came from some powerbook other than Pismo?

Bruce - in Orlando
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Re: True of False - Pismo CPU board in Lombard?

2009-03-04 Thread Bruce - in Orlando

No - don't need another Lombard thanks.  I was just thinking about
having a little fun by clocking a 400 mhz CPU, and so was rummaging
thru ebay just to see what was out there ...

On Mar 4, 2:19 pm, jonas ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote:
 Bruce, are you looking for a motherboard for a lombard? I have a lombard or
 two that I could sell you.
 -Jonas



 On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:55 AM, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote:

  On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Bruce - in Orlando wrote:

   I see on ebay right now there is a 500 mhz CPU board being advertised
   as being for a Lombard:
  http://cgi.ebay.com/Processor-Board-Apple-PowerBook-G3-
   Lombard-500Mhz-
   Used_W0QQitemZ140304439019QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?
   hash=item140304439019_trksid=p3286.c0.m14_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%
   3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

  Lombard has two in-line connectors for the interface to the mobo.

  Pismo has the same very high density connector as the later G4 desktops.

  As the subject item is the second, it is a Pismo, not a Lombard.

  Factory Lombard processors were 333 and 400 MHz.

  Factory Pismo processors were 400 and 500 MHz.- Hide quoted text -

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