On 6/19/04 7:47 PM, "Andrew in Ann Arbor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> All modern computers have a MAC. > > Not sure what this means? > MAC refers to Media Access Control address which basically is the node address of workstation on the network. PC folken tend to write MAC rather than Mac and being rather obnoxious, I like to point out their mistake. > >> You may be veryfond of PC card slots but since Mac notebooks >> are full featured we find we don't need them. > > I don't consider a portable without a card slot to be "full featured". > For that matter I don't consider a desktop computer without PCMCIA to be > "full featured" either. But that's my problem. > Mostly I use the cards to transfer megabytes between the MACs and the > PCs. Perhaps someone has a better way to do this? > I don't think you could use a USB/Firewire drive since the FAT systems > are different. Memory keys are an option but seem to cost more per MB > and don't fit in my pocket as well. You could burn a CD but that costs > money and adds more polycarbonate (?) to the biosphere. > Could a firewire mode PB in target mode be mounted as an external drive > on a M$ system? Somehow I don't want to think about that option. > Since my machines all have fast network cards I transfer data via sharing. OS X makes that very simple PC<->Mac and before the days of OS X I used a third party program. The last PC card I used on a Mac was for networking when I owned a 1400cs. > > >> If she isn't sure and she's been using a Mac for some years, she >> probably is still using 8 or 9. For the last year or so most new Macs >> haven't been OS 9 bootable, but most of the G3 dual USB iBooks (the >> white ones) have booted into OS 9. > >> Owners of the clamshell iBooks also tend to be quite happy with their >> machines. > > I'll look at these, are they listed as "Clamshell" or is it "G3 iBook > USB alpha"? I have a hard enough time remembering whether my Mom has a > WS I or II and never paid much attention to the iBook name conventions. > G3 iBook (single USB) and the clamshell refers to the colorful case. > >> As to venders...Smalldog gets a big thumbs up from me. > > I'll certainly check them out (I think they sponsor some mailing lists). > david
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