Re: clamshell os install

2012-04-06 Thread Angelo Danio
2012/4/1 ghenrytay...@gmail.com ghenrytay...@gmail.com I'm tryinf to install OS 10.6 on mr clamshell 433mhz My peoblem is the DVD drive reads the disc , but wheni swlwxt the sisc to instal, the drive speds up then nothing happensI keeo selecting in an emdless loop. AFAIK you cannot install

Re: Diagnose a dead Pismo?

2012-04-06 Thread Sarah Crabbleapple
Did you disconnect the PRAM battery? You mentioned it, but not sure if you tried that. They work well without them. Sarah On Apr 5, 2012 7:49 PM, Maverique mavekoh...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Today i got my hands on a Pismo, 400 MHz, Powerbook. While being quite dirty on the keyboard, it

firewire

2012-04-06 Thread johnr60
I'm sorry for such a basic question but how do I describe in order to buy a firewire cable to connect an imac flatscreen to a pismo? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The

Re: Connecting a Lombard to internet

2012-04-06 Thread john Miller
heheh I had the same question... just install Debian Wheezy on my lombardwonder if it'll recognize those wifi cards (most likely, Linux is really good at auto-recognition) On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Rocky Raccoon rockyc...@gmail.com wrote: You can get a

Re: clamshell os install

2012-04-06 Thread john Miller
Yeah people are trying to work on a hack around it, 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. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Wolfram Gottfried wolf...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sat, 3/31/12,

Re: firewire

2012-04-06 Thread zeroid
Firewire is known by several names and exists in multiple flavors. The official name is IEEE 1394. Firewire is Apple's name for the interface. Sony had a version called i.Link which was used for their digital video cameras. Be sure that you specify the 6-pin Firewire 400 (Mbits/sec) connector

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

2012-04-06 Thread zeroid
Regarding the PRAM and booting up, I recall having a Pismo which wouldn't start up unless I pushed in the tiny triangle-labeled button which is located between the ethernet and VGA display ports. It's been years so I'm hazy on the details. Regarding the slow response, I had similar symptoms when

Re: clamshell os install

2012-04-06 Thread Dan
At 9:10 PM -0400 4/5/2012, john Miller wrote: Yeah people are trying to work on a hack around it, 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. Sorry, there can be NO hack to make OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) run

Re: firewire

2012-04-06 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:13 PM, johnr60 wrote: I'm sorry for such a basic question but how do I describe in order to buy a firewire cable to connect an imac flatscreen to a pismo? You want a 6-pin to 6-Pin firewire 400 cable. Monoprice has excellent prices on virtually any cable you will ever

Re: clamshell os install

2012-04-06 Thread Kris Tilford
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.