Re: iBook G3 dual USB hiss/buzz noise

On Jun 15, 2016, at 5:39 AM, Enryfox wrote: > > Is it a bad sign of a component dying? I’ve had to replace the cooling fans on a couple iBooks. If the fan dies completely it can overheat & ruin other components or the HD. These fans are sometimes a little pricey because of

Re: iBook broken

I agree with Clark. The fact that the boot screen which should be grey is now light blue suggests that it’s a problem with the video cable or video chip. If you’re lucky, the video cable is just dislodged and can be fixed by reseating. If you’re unlucky, the graphics chip has broken solder

Re: Airport on Clamshell iBook

On 15 Feb 2016, at 10:27:08 AM PST, Angelo Danio wrote: > I install Airport 2.0.4 on my iBook running Mac OS 9.2.2, set TCP/IP > to airport, airport on, seen my network but when I insert the WPA > password shows error -3151 error -3151 kOTBadOptionErr: The specified protocol options were in an

Re: just checking some stuff on my g4 and checked itunes and its gone

On Jan 23, 2015, at 4:23 PM, Chris Pepper chrispy.pep...@googlemail.com wrote: running a g4 powerbook with leopard You installed too new a version of iTunes. You need the final PPC version: 10.6.3 available here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1575 -- -- You received this message because

Re: Need help with OWC Mercury Legacy Pro SSD PowerBook G4

On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Koszarsky jaes...@yahoo.com wrote: Any suggestions and help would be appreciated. You've covered almost all the bases, very strange. Are there any jumpers on the SSD that might be applicable? People have reported being able to boot Leopard on PPC Macs with GUID

Re: Need help with OWC Mercury Legacy Pro SSD PowerBook G4

On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Koszarsky jaes...@yahoo.com wrote: Any suggestions and help would be appreciated. One last thought, since Leopard is a complete universal build, you can install Leopard from an Intel Mac, or any Mac that will boot Leopard, and have a PPC bootable System. It might

Re: Kanga Problems

On Jan 14, 2013, at 11:09 AM, shawn tomlinson wrote: I actually have taken the Kanga apart, taken out the RAM, the CPU, Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think the Kanga CPU is soldered to the motherboard. I have a 3400 which is the same form-factor as the Kanga, and I replaced the motherboard

Re: Digest for g-books@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

On Jan 13, 2013, at 10:59 AM, shawn tomlinson wrote: Do you think replacing the PRAM battery might work? Is the PRAM battery working? You can tell if it correctly stores the Time Date after a Shutdown where any other battery or power source has been removed for a while and automatic Time

Re: Kanga Problems

On Jan 12, 2013, at 7:21 PM, shawn tomlinson wrote: Does anyone have any thoughts about what could be wrong with this Kanga? I'd really like to get it running again. I'm guessing a dead PRAM battery issue. I've got a Kanga, and a Wallstreet, and both had startup problems that I believe was

Re: internet sharing and wifi

On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:27 PM, johnr60 wrote: Diagnostics, after long scan, took me to restart the modem, which solved the problem for 10 min. I agree with Bruce, if restarting the modem fixed the issue, the problem lies with the modem. I've seen these DSL modems overheat and fail, so I

Re: Reviving Laserwriter

On Aug 14, 2012, at 9:40 PM, tedg wrote: I think I would prefer to try the first. Anyone tried this? I've used old printers using several Parallel-to-USB cables. HP made a special Parallel-to-USB adapter cable called HP Printer Cable Kit for iMac™ P/N C4033-60003 which came with OS 9

Re: iBook screen black

On Jun 4, 2012, at 11:24 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The computer won't start up with the BGA issue. I had an iBook with BGA issue that started up OK. It had stripes on the display which I fixed using the shim method of physically pressing the video chip back against the motherboard, causing

Re: clamshell os install

On Apr 9, 2012, at 12:18 AM, john Miller wrote: Yah... I was thinkin G3 were limited to tiger, and some even to panther. But you can overcome that with xpostfacto... Any Mac with a G3 CPU can run 10.4.11 with XPostFacto 4. Several G3's including the colored iMacs iBooks without Firewire

Re: clamshell os install

On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:10 PM, john Miller wrote: Yeah people are trying to work on a hack around it, What? Hack 10.6 to run on G3 PPC CPUs? Nope, can't happen. but seriously with a 433 mhz processor I don't know why you would even try to put 10.6 on there, as it would be abominably slow.

Re: clamshell os install

On Mar 31, 2012, at 6:05 PM, ghenrytay...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to install OS 10.6 on mr clamshell 433mhz The last OS X version to support the G3 PPC CPU was 10.4.11. You'll need a Tiger 10.4 Install disc. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for

Re: I think my Pismo is dead. Tried new thermal paste - now no power

On Apr 1, 2012, at 2:07 PM, wren wrote: I'm sorry to report that the resurrected Pismo only lived until last night. It seems the motherboard is failing. I'm skeptical of this diagnosis that the motherboard is failing. Upon your initial posting, the very first reply said PRAM battery, to

Re: Bluetooth and Trackpad

On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:52 AM, Clark Martin wrote: It lets you use your mouse and keyboard on multiple Macs. Teleport 1.1.1 is an elegant Menu Bar item that works well for sharing keyboards and mice between many Macs. It's simple and seamless. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14042/teleport

Re: OS 8 - Wireless Internet?

On Mar 7, 2012, at 8:50 PM, Agent 5 wrote: I happen to have a G3 Lombard running OS 8.6 - Would it be possible to connect this PowerBook to the internet wirelessly? I'm aware that this can be done using Apple's AirPort technology on OS X, but what about on a Classic Mac OS? I think you'd be a

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Marco Aurélio wrote: in my PB Lombard I'm trying to install Mac OS X on it, I tried the 10.3.9, but had no success. You should go for 10.4.11 on the Lombard. Cloning an installation might be easiest. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: installation of Mac OS 7 on PowerBook G3

On Dec 25, 2011, at 5:36 PM, Angelo Danio wrote: IMHO to run tiger on lombard you need Xpostfacto; but are you sure is a lombard? The Lombard is the same as the non-Firewire iBook, it will run Tiger 10.4.11 natively without need to any of the XPostFacto modified kexts, but the problem is

Re: Belkin Wireless G sporadic in function - Pismo's fault, or the card?

On Dec 21, 2011, at 2:30 AM, wren wrote: Last night, it did get VERY hot. Did I fry the Belkin card due to heat? It is in the same area as the CPU. Heat is bad for any electronic component. Sporadic, intermittent function is very hard to troubleshoot. If you have another computer to test

Re: Wireless N on a Pismo G3

On Dec 8, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Gerald Cornish wrote: I have found some cardbus cards on the net but have so far not found a Mac compatible card nor have I found Mac drivers. I suspect this will be a difficult proposition. AFAIK your idea of using a cardbus PCMCIA card is the only possibility.

Re: PB G4 stops responding to keyboard and trackpad

On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Which was the last model that used ADB for the internal keyboard and trackpad? Either the Lombard (I know this for certain) or the Pismo G3 (maybe, I don't remember); Apple had gone away from ADB for good before the G4 powerbooks came

Re: G4 iBook suddenly dead

On Nov 19, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Nesta Nesta wrote: ...second time 'round, Disk Warrior found the system disk and is workin it at the moment. Good. This happens about each time I update itunes. I think this is coincidental and not cause effect. I suspect your HD is going bad, perhaps the

Re: G4 iBook suddenly dead

On Nov 4, 2011, at 1:58 AM, a1 wrote: G4 iBook will not start at all, no response to power key. Sounds like a bad power key, no contact. Loose wire or new power key perhaps? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks

Re: just dusted off the pismo and find i need adobe flash player 10.1

On Oct 15, 2011, at 3:38 AM, Chris Pepper wrote: been trawling through the adobe site and keep ending up with developer versions of flash player and wonder if anyone has a link to the version i need. Ah the joys of allowing my lovely g3 to hibernate for a while thanks in advance and the

Re: Clamshell Mod Questions

On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:36 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: However, all the links with information on how to do it and the pictures for it are dead. Look for the archived dead links on the internet archive wayback machine: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php -- You received this message because you

Re: Purchasing problem with iTunes 8.2.1

On Sep 17, 2011, at 10:15 AM, geraldcornish wrote: Good try Ken but iTunes 9.2 need a G4 minimum, my Pismo is G3. Drat! This article says that iTunes 9 will run on a G3 Pismo: http://lowendmac.com/ed/hatchett/09jh/itunes-9-and-g3-macs.html -- You received this message because you are a

Re: iPhone 3G on TiBook

On May 26, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Matt Emson wrote: Yikes!! A 3G running 4.21? I recently downgraded a friends 3G after 4.2 was installed because it was so horribly slow and crash prone the phone became unusable!! Agreed. I think there's a class action lawsuit ongoing about this issue? If

Re: Pismo won't recognize USB- anything

On May 18, 2011, at 4:14 PM, steve roche wrote: Is there downloadable basic software which makes a Mac read a USB port? No, they should be recognized. You can Safe Boot by holding the Shift key at startup, and then restart and see if the USB ports are recognized. If they're not, you

Re: No More non-intel Adobe Flash?

On May 3, 2011, at 7:36 PM, steve roche wrote: Any thoughts? (I absolutely hate Flash but I'm unaware of any substitute) AFAIK the final PPC version for OS X was 10.1.102.64 which you should be able to get here:

Re: No More non-intel Adobe Flash?

On May 4, 2011, at 5:41 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On May 3, 2011, at 7:36 PM, steve roche wrote: Any thoughts? (I absolutely hate Flash but I'm unaware of any substitute) AFAIK the final PPC version for OS X was 10.1.102.64 which you should be able to get here: http

Re: ITUNES can not find playlist

On Apr 14, 2011, at 7:35 AM, Ocean268 wrote: I have a clamshell 366 indigo, os 10.3.9, itunes 4. If you have access to Tiger, you might consider upgrading to Tiger 10.4.11 which will support newer versions of iTunes. If your 366 doesn't have Firewire, the upgrade is slightly more

Re: OT: Can't sell Mac OS on eBay?

On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:58 PM, bill wrote: But eBay took it down, saying they received a request from the BSA to remove it. You should ask eBay to relist the item and cite the case Vernor v. Autodesk which specifically addressed resale of software on eBay. This case was decided in favor of

Re: OT: Can't sell Mac OS on eBay?

On Apr 7, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Dan wrote: But if the disc was *bundled* with a computer system when originally purchased then the license is NON-transferrable -- so the software and media must be sold WITH the computer system. Sites that permit the sale of such OEM softwares are doing so at

Re: Evaluating Pismo Batteries

On Feb 28, 2011, at 2:24 PM, nestamicky wrote: On 2/28/2011 1:21 PM, tedg wrote: What do you mean resurrect? Nothing complicated. It was dead and in the corner for years. I fixed it and am setting it up. The question was meant for the person who suggested resurrecting a battery, using the

Re: A Weird Happening...

On Feb 26, 2011, at 8:53 PM, tortoise wrote: I always wondered why this internal scsi zip I have works so well and the external so poorly (in terms of speed and sound). I don't know that much about Iomega stuff, I tried to avoid that whole company as much as possible. I thought everything

Re: USB 1.5.5

On Feb 9, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as USB 1.5.5. I think this might refer to a version of the MacOS USB extensions? There was a v.1.4.1 which was common, and I believe 1.5.5 was the normal version of USB extensions from OS 9.2.2? The

Re: All CD/DVD-ROM drives created equal?

On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:07 PM, LowEnd Feedback wrote: MATSHITA DVD-ROM SR-8174 Rev. C133 This is a pretty old unit, and back in the day there was a lot of interest in optimizing these, sometimes by simply patching the firmware or RPC1 status (DVD region-free, so it can play all region

Re: Strange Pismo issue

On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Paul Bell wrote: I tried squeezing the adapter plug so it firs tighter and tried pulling the adapter out a bit. I guess I should just order a new one. Are you certain the adapter is the right adapter? Apple made two versions of plugs that look identical, but

Re: Strange Pismo issue

On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:03 PM, paulieb wrote: Occasionally It will power up, load the desktop then shut down. If the battery is dead, and the AC adapter isn't making a good connection, when it starts with a really low battery it will preemptively Shutdown before it runs out of power. I

Re: USB 2.0 for Wallstreet PDQ

On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:47 AM, Matt Emson wrote: No, not true. The limiting factor is the speed of the drive *combined* with the throughput of the connection. No, there's no such thing as combined speeds. Either the HD is faster than the connection, or the connection is faster than the HD.

Re: USB 2.0 for Wallstreet PDQ

On Jan 11, 2011, at 9:02 PM, tortoise wrote: Huh? Blu-ray is dying on the vine. however this is not a fact I can agree with. http://www.digitaltrends.com/entertainment/blu-ray-sales-fail-to-live-up-to-expectations/

Re: USB 2.0 for Wallstreet PDQ

On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:20 PM, tortoise wrote: I don't do video myself, but just by simple arithmetic it appears that FW800 is not adequate for raw HD video editing. Macs lacking eSATA is dumb I don't think you understand. A single HD in a FW400, FW800, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, or eSATA external

Re: Wally wont play DVD?

On Dec 31, 2010, at 11:58 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a Wallstreet with a Sonnet G4 500 PowerBook with the DVD card and DVD ROM. When I try to play a DVD in OS9.2.2 with Apple DVD player 1.3 I get a dialog that says it can't find the required hardware. The DVD card and DVD media are

Re: Help! Late 2994 iBook won't restart!

On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Rick Barrett wrote: What next? Any clues, hints welcome. Reset the NVRAM: Boot into Open Firmware holding the Cmd-Opt-O-F keys at Startup, and when you get the Open Firmware prompt, type these two commands: set-defaults Return reset-all Return where Return

Re: ibook G3 question

On Nov 5, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Anand Holtham-Keathley wrote: I have grey 10.4 disks label for an iBook G4. I am having difficulty putting the new system on an iBook G3. I do not know if it is because the disks will not work with that machine or if it is because I am using an external firewire

Re: Playing AVI videos on an iBook G3

On Oct 29, 2010, at 11:18 AM, max555 wrote: Are there any video players that will allow playing AVI videos on my 700mHz iBook G3? I've tried downloading VLC (won't even install) and MPlayer (installs but crashes). Is there anything else? Have you installed Perian? Perian adds extra

Re: Re2: Latest iTunes w/Tiger on a PismoFW?

On Oct 19, 2010, at 8:06 PM, LowEnd Feedback wrote: I'd like to zero in better on latest version of iTunes 9 that is compatible with Tiger on a G3 [PismoFW.] Anyone able to tighten down the information? Try 9.2.1. ALL older versions are still available at Apple:

Re: iTunes...

On Oct 10, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Wolfram Gottfried wrote: I still have iTunes 5 on one of my 10.4 machines - in iTunes 5 there is an option under the ADVANCED tab of the preferences to tell it where to store the music library. I expect in iTunes 4 it will likely be in a similar place.

Re: iTunes...

On Oct 11, 2010, at 1:13 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 10, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Wolfram Gottfried wrote: I still have iTunes 5 on one of my 10.4 machines - in iTunes 5 there is an option under the ADVANCED tab of the preferences to tell it where to store the music library. I expect

Re: iTunes...

On Oct 10, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: Hi, In Panther with iTunes 4.1 With iTunes app on the computer hard drive and iTunes Library copied on an external hard drive. How do you say to iTunes to choose the iTunes library that is on the external HD instead of the one that is

Re: BBC iPlayer and OS 9.2

On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Peter Nevett wrote: Is it impossible, then, to listen to the BBC on my old clamshell, short of upgrading to OS X? I don't know which stream of the BBC you're trying to listen to, there are hundreds or thousands, but some have the option of using stand- alone

Re: iBook G3 AirPort Acting Weird

On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: What ought I to do? OK, granted that this is true, can we please discuss the PROBLEM, as opposed to the potential security risks of sharing my password? First, since you have multiple original Airport cards, I'd switch cards between a

Re: Can't play DVDs on Wallstreet and Lombard

On 5 Oct 2010, at 17:33:05 PDT, Ashgrove wrote: I have a PC DVD decoding card that is recognized as such by the system, and all the necessary extensions (AFAIK) are present AND enabled running OS 9.2.2. What gives? I'm not certain of this, but I suspect the problem is your use of 9.2.2 ATI

Re: Ubuntu 10.04 On Pismo

On Oct 2, 2010, at 1:05 AM, Clark Martin wrote: OS X ( and presumably OS 9) can't read the linux partition but that's not a problem for me. If you install these two System extensions and Preference Panes you can read/write the Ubuntu partition from OS X:

Re: Flash player for OS 9.1

On Sep 28, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Steven wrote: I was recently trying to find the last version of Flash for OS 9 myself (apparently version tracker removed it from their site). I think v.7 was the final OS 9 version? Available here: http://www.oldapps.com/flash_player.php -- You received this

Re: Upgrade clamshell os Panther to Tiger

On Sep 19, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Ocean268 wrote: I have 3 clamshells (300) mhz os 10.3 that I would like to upgrade to 10.4. Any suggestions? Any clamshell with Firewire can install 10.4 without any tricks. For clamshells without Firewire, here are some options: If you have the Tiger CD set

Re: G4 iBook Freezes

On Sep 18, 2010, at 10:05 PM, muttdog wrote: Okay... tonight I had some time to play with the G4. On your insistence I disconnected the optical drive and booted it up. Same results with the exception that the screen actually displayed distortion when it froze. First time I've seen that

Re: GeekBench... And Different Machines

On Sep 7, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Dan wrote: Does having a 100mhz FSB vs 66mhz one make such a massive difference? Yes. And you can CHANGE the speed of the iBook bus from 66MHz to 100MHz, this was an ARTIFICIAL limitation done by Apple so that the original iBooks would be slower than the

Re: Original Blueberry Clamshell

On Aug 27, 2010, at 10:27 PM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: Sorry everyone, he's right. Yes, but you can overclock your clamshell iBook using the links I provided before. I don't know if these tiny resistors are all zero ohm, but I suspect they are. If they're zero ohm, you don't need to

Re: Original Blueberry Clamshell

On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: This DOES work, and it proves that this is so in one simple way. If reset the PRAM, it still says 533 MHz. If you try that with the speed-changing commands, it resets itself on every PRAM wipe. Nope, you're wrong. This is written to

Re: Original Blueberry Clamshell

On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Matt Rhinesmith wrote: You should definitely overclock it to 533 MHz, I did that on mine and it's much faster now. There are instructions here: http://impodcast.tv/2010/08/13/overclocking-g-series-macs/ These instructions do NOT overclock your Mac. All these

Re: Original Blueberry Clamshell

On Aug 26, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Thomas Peters wrote: I have a hard time believing you wont fry a 300 MHz part at 533 Mhz without a load of extra cooling. True dat. It be meltin' man. Soon dead. If anyone wants to overclock their clamshell for real, instead of the fake way of changing the

Re: iBook No image

On Aug 20, 2010, at 11:09 AM, je2 wrote: so theres really no way i can make it work without having to spend money getting parts? If you can't get it to work with either cable, the panel likely has a problem of some sort. You don't need an EXACT matching LCD, you only need a COMPATIBLE

Re: G3 games

On Jun 28, 2010, at 11:20 PM, William Jeffrey Wiseman wrote: I'm looking for some games (freeware/shareware/cheap) that would run on a iBook G3/600 14, running 10.4 and 640MB RAM. Any suggestions? Krank is freeware and almost meditative in its simplicity. I got addicted the first time I

Re: Troubleshooting Help Slow iBook G3 500 Late 2001

On Jun 8, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Just actually had a chance to do this. So using CMD+V for Verbose mode the only thing I see different is that the slow iBook give the following line: AirPortFirmware: start Sta f/w download It stays here for a while. The other 2 do not

Re: Troubleshooting Help Slow iBook G3 500 Late 2001

On Jun 2, 2010, at 12:37 AM, Albert Carter wrote: It seems to sit on the screen that is grey with the swirling circle a lot longer than the other 2 do. Use Cmd-v at startup to see what the delay is. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using

Re: Lombard J3/Bottom RAM Question

On May 27, 2010, at 9:27 PM, tortoise wrote: The Lombard has a 66mhz bus and so pc-133 may probably not work, it should be pc-66 or pc-100. No, this is wrong. PC133 is backwards compatible with PC100 or PC66. PC133 is fine, but finding low-density PC133 would be hard, and high-density

Re: Sloop for PPC - anywhere out there?

On May 28, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Gerald Cornish wrote: I've found a few links claiming to point to it but all fail to connect, can't find server. The 68000 version OS 7 + can be found but not much use in Tiger. http://web.archive.org/web/2613225003/www.quadratic.com/downloads.shtml --

Re: Sloop for PPC - anywhere out there?

On May 28, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Gerald Cornish wrote: I've found a few links claiming to point to it but all fail to connect, can't find server. Here's a GOOD one: ftp://trace.wisc.edu/pub/access_utils/mac/sloopppc.hqx -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group

Re: Sloop for PPC - anywhere out there?

On May 28, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Gerald Cornish wrote: Good hit Kris but it is OS9, I'm running Tiger. This was the final version. Quadradic Software went out of business before OS X even existed as a public beta in 2001. You'll need to run it in Classic under Tiger. There is no OS X version.

Re: Lombard J3/Bottom RAM Question

On May 27, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Jean-Claude Touzin wrote: Hi, I want to upgrade my Lombard RAM on the bottom connector. The RAM module that I purchased (saler tell me that it will fit for my application) contains the following info: pq1PC-133 256MB 0101-05D6 MCCC-423EA 0023863 029 OPHT01-119788

Re: Ipod and Ibook clamshell

If you have access to 10.4 Tiger it works fine on these old clamshell iBooks. If yours has Firewire (SE version) Tiger will install normally. If yours doesn't have Firewire, you'll need to either create a custom installer CD/DVD (or USB stick, or USB HD) with a modified OSInstall.dist

Re: Unrelated Pismo Question

On May 14, 9:33 pm, steve roche thingsbu...@yahoo.com wrote: Last year my 30 gig HD died, and I bought a (nice!) new Seagate 80 gig HD. I installed it, and was instructed to partition it. I decided to partition it into two sections. WRONG. I was told they were too large.. try again. Okay,

Re: Pismo poser

On May 18, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Vic wrote: I'm stumped, and open to greater thoughts from sharper minds. Sounds like a dead PRAM battery to me. I don't have a lot of experience with the Pismo, but I do have a Wallstreet and a Lombard and both acted similarly crazy when the PRAM battery was

Re: Pismo dropped - screen damage - help?

On May 12, 2010, at 3:19 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On 5/11/10 10:01 PM, wren wrote: Hi all, Travelled across the country today by car. My Pismo was knocked off a table by a cat. It fell, cover first, and landed with a horrible smack on hard wood floors. It boots, but 70 percent or more of

Re: MacBook RAM

On Apr 22, 2010, at 12:36 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I don't know about the code but I know that some applications will need to be upgraded to where they no longer run on G3 imacs. Like QuickBooks Pro 2007. and I need that. I think this is cross-talking. You're talking about running programs

Re: CD booting

On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:28 PM, je2 wrote: I changed my cd drive in my ibook clamshell to a combo drive and it went without a hitch except, when i want to boot from a cd i can only boot from os x cd's , i'm unable to select linux live cds or any other kind of live cd. os there any way to remedy

Re: dead pb

On Mar 29, 2010, at 8:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Whatever you do, DON'T get an 80 GB Toshiba 5400 rpm… those things are evil! It's not just the 80 GB. I've got a pile of dead 2.5 HDs, and they're almost exclusively Toshiba, irrespective of size. -- You received this message because you

Re: Help locating G3 computers

On Mar 12, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Diane Rohlman wrote: Unfortunately it will not work with a serial port adaptor. The software is recording latencies from our external keyboard and we would have to reprogram that driver to make it work. That is why we need to have the old computers. The term

Re: Help locating G3 computers

On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Clark Martin wrote: I think the OP meant just Serial Port rather than Serial Port Adaptor. Since there are no Mac serial keyboards, and she was talking about hooking up old keyboards, I think she meant ADB rather than serial? Either way, we've got the right

Re: OS9 in Ibook G3

On Mar 10, 2010, at 12:08 PM, skinnie wrote: when I run the installer it says that my machine can't run the OS... Any clues? HD formatted incorrectly? Needs OS 9 drivers perhaps? Reformatting the HD is normally destructive to the data currently on the HD. You may be able to add the

Re: OS9 in Ibook G3

On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:25 PM, muttdog wrote: Looks like this machine originally shipped with OS 9.2.2/10.2.4. I don't think this is correct. I've got a 500MHz 12 G3, and my friend has an 800MHz 14 G3, the same as the original poster has. Both these G3 iBooks came with the same identical

Re: Combo Drive in Clamshell iBook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Da'Birdman wrote: Once OS X (perhaps Jaguar or later) is loaded, they didn't require these cards, correct? Just asking. . . Hardware decoding is always best. There is software decoding available in some applications, for example VLC. You'd play the disc in VLC

Re: Combo Drive in Clamshell iBook

On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Not so much a matter of require but support. OS X doesn't support the hardware decoder. OS X doesn't support the add-on hardware decoder cards used in the early G3's, but it does support hardware decoders incorporated into all Radeon

Re: Pismo's slow streaming video

On Feb 28, 2010, at 5:08 PM, krustaceon wrote: Is there a get around? It's maxed-out as far as ram and HD. Here's some ideas that may help, but don't expect miracles, it will likely stutter still: 1) download the file so it's on your HD locally rather than streamed. 2) when offered as an

Re: Pismo's slow streaming video

On Mar 1, 2010, at 5:08 PM, THOMAS ZAHM wrote: Bummer. My Lombard (333 MHz), with it's Apple DVD card does just fine (at least when booted into Mac OS 9). Booting OS 9 is the key. It's certainly a hassle to have to convert any modern video codec into something older, and then boot OS 9 to

Re: Interrupted internet connection over wi-fi

On Feb 25, 2010, at 2:56 PM, krustaceon wrote: Could this be my wireless router (D-Link)? D-Link routers aren't the best, and original 802.11b Airport cards aren't great either. Check for firmware updates for your router: http://www.dlink.com/support/products/ If the router is 802.11b,

Re: Switching from OSX to OS9.2

On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:22 PM, M. Worgan, J. wrote: I have a Wallstreet with OSX on one partition and OS9.2 on the other. It opens in OSX. I have not used my Wallstreet in a while and have forgotten how to get my Wallstreet to open in OS9.2. Could anyone please refresh my memory on how

Re: Pismo running Tiger 10.4.11 like a dream - Thank you John Carmonne

On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:24 AM, charliefrown wrote: you could use some external players for watching YouTube, such as Perian or vlc. AFAIR owing to vlc my BeOS machine with the last system official upgrade from 2001 could play YouTube movies, even though there's no flash plugin for this operating

Re: USB MIDI on a Pismo

On Feb 15, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: Scrounge up a used Edirol or M-Audio (or Yamaha) 1x1 interface on eBay, shouldn't be too much. This would be the cheap fix. The expensive fix would be to scrounge up a used G4 CPU module for the Pismo. As a final option, patching the

Re: strange iBook g3 problem

On Feb 13, 2010, at 11:50 PM, steve roche wrote: I'm going to FireWire my other iBook (10.4.1) onto it, hoping it will repair the Hard drive glitches. Is this a bad idea? No, this is a good idea. First, why is the other iBook at 10.4.1? (I'm guessing this is a typo, you meant 10.4.11

Re: Old World? machines?

On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Funny it will boot the 40 GB I want if it's on an external. I don't understand. The Wallstreet has no Firewire, so you're booting externally on another Mac; or perhaps using a Firewire PCMCIA card in the Wallstreet that you boot with an

Re: Wallstreet XPostfacto

On Feb 6, 2010, at 7:09 PM, John Carmonne wrote: Yes I select the XPostfacto helper and boot it and the I try to boot the 40+ volume but I can't select it because it's blocked by a caution symbol, But I can boot that volume from an external drive. I believe you said you cloned this System.

Re: could not launch ...

On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Angelo Danio wrote: What I need to download? Some of the Java updates require the earlier versions to be installed first. Since you don't know what's been installed already, I think that using Software Update is the best idea. It may need to run several times

Re: Pismo sound gone!

On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: Any educated guesses as to how the computer lost track of its hardware? Loose cable? See: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-PowerBook-G3-Pismo-Sound-Card/35/1 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a

Re: faster hard disk for Pismo (less than 128GB)?

On Jan 25, 2010, at 8:12 PM, Ashgrove wrote: If you use the HiCap software, you CANNOT boot from OS 9. This is wrong, you CAN boot OS 9 fine. I have a Beige G3 using the HiCap software on a 160 GB HD that's partitioned with three partitions: 1)Exact 1st 8 GB 2)Exact 128 GB 3)Remaining

Re: add partition Wallstreet

On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:26 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote: I have a Wallstreet 300 with a 20GB Toshiba drive with 2 partitions 1 Tiger and 1 OS9. I need to ad a 3rd partition for 8.6 can I add one without initializing? What is the reason for needing OS 8.6? I've heard that there are supposedly

Re: Smooth running Apps version #'s on Pismo/Tiger?

On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Doug LaVerne wrote: Where did you get a Tiger that installs on PPC/G3 instead of Intel? Tiger came in separate PPC and Intel versions. Leopard is a single universal version only. I believe the Tiger Intel versions are actually universal versions also, but I'm

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