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Subject: Serial printer on USB adaptor (repost)
(Sorry if you get this twice) Forgive me if this has been covered but . . . I've just got a new TIBook (800 - very nice too). I'm diving into Mac OS X for the first time (so far so good) BUT I have an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer which has the old serial connector. I've installed a Keyspan USB-serial adaptor and downloaded the correct Mac OS X Epson printer driver but the PB does not see the printer. The Keyspan utility sees the adaptor but that's all. I'm waiting for a reply from Keyspan. Anybody out there have any advice (apart from buy a new printer)? TIA Roger Shufflebottom -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
UK ISPs (OT) (was: Re: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?)
Vlad, I spent some time in the UK, and experienced several of the ISPs there. I must say, without hesitation, the best service came from demon.co.uk. They were professional, helpful, and responsive. They set me up with a UK dialin account before I left the USA, on the phone, in 5 1/2 minutes, including all the necessary info such as local dialin number, SMTP, newsserver, personalized IP address, and an international dialin number to verify everything was working before I left. They didn't insist that I install their own programs on my Mac, either. In fact, the account was up and running within an hour of my phoning them. It's difficult to get THAT level of service from an ISP in the USA! Although I did try other ISPs in the UK during my years' stay (such as BT, Blueyonder, and some of the free services), the only one that was 100% reliable was Demon. They know what they're doing. With Demon, you get what you're paying for. --Jim. vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 09:25 , James Rohde wrote: i have two ISPs, happens with both (one is AOL). Some of us who used to use AOL would say that's one and one-half, but what the heck... ;-) they're the only ISP that doesn't ditch you after two hour connection here in UK... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Devices for Pismo/Lombard
I previously wrote: Zip100 expansion modules continue to be available for $20, cannot one simply buy one of those, unscrew the housing, and replace the Zip mechanism with a 2.5 hard drive? Anyone done this? Anyone used one of those VST housings to put anything in OTHER than a Zip drive? Dear listreaders, Ok, I ripped open a Pismo Zip100 module to see what's inside. Didn't care about voiding the warranty since it only cost me $20. As reported by another here a few postings back, the connectors are different between the Z100NB mechanism and the IDE port of 2.5 drives. The zip mechanism uses a tiny (about 1-inch long) interface with 24/48 pins. I don't know what this is called. And I don't know what other sorts of mechanisms might use that 1 interface, such that I might swap them in to replace the zip. I await further suggestions! --Jim. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Unsubscribe email
On 6/22/02 6:38 PM, Gene Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 06:02 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: I would like to say that Dan and I have been talking about a way to fix this but it would be many moons in the making. -- Ryan Coleman Gee, now that's real dedication, you mean you and Dan would go to the extent of 'mooning' just to solve this prob. Now, I am impressed (:--)) Gene (please excuse my foolishness, but I couldn't resist.) (_!_)(_*_)(_!_)(_._) Many moons?! -- -- Jim Eddy James Eddy Woodworks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Princeton, NJ http://home.earthlink.net/~giametti/index.htm -- What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
lombard hinges dying?
In the following message the statement is there a rule for pismo modems dying (i.e. like lombard hinges dying after certain time) has me worried. I just bought a Lamabard. Is there a problem with the hinges? I have 2 of 2300c, one of which popped its hinges mysteriouslly. Any idea of the cause or a fix? I've had no problem with the second 2300c but I don't want it to do the same. Thanks, Don previous message: Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 20:28:26 +0100 Subject: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying? From: vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list is there any set of occurences for one to notice that pismo internal modem is dying? is there a rule for pismo modems dying (i.e. like lombard hinges dying after certain time)...my modem started having trouble connecting, started dropping connection, connecting at 28800, 42667, 24000, 32670, saying it's connected and going nowhere (sitting idle) etc...could it be noisy tel line? if it's modem, how does one replace it? and for how much?tech tool is saying some registry or register has failed the test same things are happening both in os x 10.1.5 and in os 9.2.2... i have two ISPs, happens with both (one is AOL). __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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On 6/22/02 6:38 PM, Gene Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 06:02 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: I would like to say that Dan and I have been talking about a way to fix this but it would be many moons in the making. -- Ryan Coleman Gee, now that's real dedication, you mean you and Dan would go to the extent of 'mooning' just to solve this prob. Now, I am impressed (:--)) Gene (please excuse my foolishness, but I couldn't resist.) (_!_)(_*_)(_!_)(_._) Many moons?! You know, I go out of town for a day and the following happens: 1) People poke fun at me (I am ok with this, btw) 2) My roommate niether feeds nor gives water to my cat. Thus: 3) She vomits. Maybe twice. UGH. I should skip paying rent for having to wash my floor (again). Just commenting :-) -- Ryan Coleman Coleman Web/Internet Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coleman-web.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Subject: Serial printer on USB adaptor (repost)
Wow! No USB port on the 850? I've got a Stylus Color 740 and it has all three: PC serial, USB, and Apple printer port. Plus the drivers were built into OS X (*I consider myself lucky*) Have you tried the obvious yet: 1. Go to Print Center (hope/pray permissions aren't screwed up so you can launch it), 2. Select Printers and View Printer List, 2a. If it's not listed there, Click Add Printer and go to 'USB' or 'Epson USB' (depending on the driver), add it there, and that should do it. HTH, Seth on 6/23/02 5:50 AM, Roger Shufflebottom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] coherently stated: (Sorry if you get this twice) Forgive me if this has been covered but . . . I've just got a new TIBook (800 - very nice too). I'm diving into Mac OS X for the first time (so far so good) BUT I have an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer which has the old serial connector. I've installed a Keyspan USB-serial adaptor and downloaded the correct Mac OS X Epson printer driver but the PB does not see the printer. The Keyspan utility sees the adaptor but that's all. I'm waiting for a reply from Keyspan. Anybody out there have any advice (apart from buy a new printer)? TIA Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 05:21 , Ryan Coleman wrote: 2) My roommate niether feeds nor gives water to my cat. Thus: 3) She vomits. Maybe twice. UGH. I should skip paying rent for having to wash my floor (again). Ryan, One of my cats vomited this morning...I woke to the sound of it...yuck! You should get a pair of those automatic dishes. We have three cats and we'd go insane feeding them without it. The food one holds 3 pounds of food and the water one is 2 quarts, IIRC. Ours prefer to drink from the fish tanks (fish haven't come up missing yet, tho ;-) Best, GmG ...the bounty hunters, who are gathered in spaceship BEBOP, will play freely without fear of risky things, they must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles... --Cowboy Bebop -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
Sorry, didn't mean to scare anyone nor put anyone off of Lombard...Just remembered I saw plenty of messages on Lombard hinges and used it to clarify the rule vlad On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 08:40 , Don P. wrote: In the following message the statement is there a rule for pismo modems dying (i.e. like lombard hinges dying after certain time) has me worried. I just bought a Lamabard. Is there a problem with the hinges? I have 2 of 2300c, one of which popped its hinges mysteriouslly. Any idea of the cause or a fix? I've had no problem with the second 2300c but I don't want it to do the same. Thanks, Don -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?
On 6/23/02 2:30 PM vlad edified us all by writing: [regarding AOL] they're the only ISP that doesn't ditch you after two hour connection here in UK... Sorry to hear that - I've become spoiled, but only after switching ISP's a couple of times last year (one even dropped their local dial-up without bothering to notify users!). Guess you have to take the best of what you can get. Does AOL-UK still do the hourly charges? That's one reason I quit them (but not the only, I can assure you)... Another thing to check which I've done (when my modem would have connection difficulties) is to use Extensions Manager to turn off modem, TCP/IP and Remote Access and then restart and turn them back on and restart a second time. And/or trash the prefs files for those and/or those for Internet CP prefs. Sometimes flaky things go away when you ditch the preference files (or course, make sure you write down how all those settings are, and yes, it is a pain). how does one do that in os x (i mostly use os x) I'll have to defer to our more updated associates here, as I've been dragging my heels on going to X until (most of) the major bugs are worked out (little things like reading DVDs on my Pismo's drive, drivers for my Epson 740, and a few more). My guess would be that if you can use Terminal to send Hayes-type commands to your modem (i.e.: ATH ATZ etc.), you could try resetting the modem that way. But as I said, I'm only guessing, since I've not laid hands on any MacOS X yet. Anyone else care to jump in here and help vlad? Jim Rohde One standard to rule them all, one standard to find them, One standard to bring them all, and in darkness bind them. In the land of Microsoft, where Shadows lie. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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On 6/23/02 2:30 PM Jim Eddy edified us all by writing: (_!_)(_*_)(_!_)(_._) So is that second one a rabbit??? ;-) Jim Rohde I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
A note of perspective on the horrible situation with Lombard hinges failing. The general lifespan of a standard PC desktop is considered around 6months. After that it's obsolete. The general lifespan of a standard Mac desktop/tower is considered around 9months-1yr.After that it's obsolete The general lifespan of a standard PC laptop (toshiba/IBM/Dell) is generally considered around a year. After that it's obsolete. THhe general lifespan of a standard Mac laptop is generally considered around 18 months. I'm sure this will start a flame war about somebody's Mac512k that is not obsolete, but those of us in the real world need to have machines which will run modern software at modern speeds. The rest of Mayberry may want to use an LCII and consider it modern, but it isn't. I still use my Powerbook 170 (from 1989), but it is obsolete. Now. The lombard was built in 1999. That is more than 6, 9, 12, 18, or even 24 months ago. That is more like 36-48 months. Maybe YOUR car runs 350,000 miles without needing a new timing belt, but mine doesn't. Perhaps your car goes 400,000 miles without having the shocks get a little springy. Mine doesn't. I happened to look at the spec's on my Pismo this afternoon. It's a 2000, 500mhz, and the drive is a 6month old 30gig fujitsu. It shows just over 4.8MILLION writes to the drive. That's not read/writes--that's JUST writes. Anyone care to comment on how they'd feel after 4million of ANYTHING? Get a grip people. A laptop running the equivalent of a third lifetime is going to have a few problems! Even if it is a Mac, it's not perfect! Yes the Lombard hinges do tend to get weak over time. But they're NOT THAT BAD. And considering that they can be replaced for less than $100, it's probably not worth whining about too much. If I were bent double four or five times a day, then slung in a backpack and bounced across town, I'd probably fail after three or four years. What about you? Thanks, David -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
Yes the Lombard hinges do tend to get weak over time. But they're NOT THAT BAD. And considering that they can be replaced for less than $100, it's probably not worth whining about too much. If I were bent double four or five times a day, then slung in a backpack and bounced across town, I'd probably fail after three or four years. What about you? Agreed, although I haven't encountered the total failure experienced by WS owners. My Lombard hinges're getting a bit, er, floppy. But it's not surprising as it gets a really tough workout 24/7. (frankly, I wouldn't buy it from me ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Unsubscribe email
On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 06:58 , George Gunderson wrote: On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 05:21 , Ryan Coleman wrote: 2) My roommate niether feeds nor gives water to my cat. Thus: 3) She vomits. Maybe twice. UGH. I should skip paying rent for having to wash my floor (again). Ryan, One of snip yet, tho ;-) Apologies, not meant for the list's eyes! GmG -- Obviously I was either onto something, or on something. -- Larry Wall on the creation of Perl -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Anyone Having Problems w/10.1.5?
I haven't had any of those issues with Mail. I''ve done all those actions routinely since upgrading, and have yet to have it freeze or kill me with the spinning beach ball. It's about as snappy as it ever was on my Pismo 500 1gig with a 32 gig IBM drive. See ya, joe f. -- Joseph Ferrare [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.mac.com/jferrare/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Test
On Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 05:42 , Roger Shufflebottom wrote: Testing - new PB - anyone seeing this? Coming through loud and clear...enjoy your new 'book! Best Regards, George M. Gunderson editor-in-chief: thinkAAPL.com Macintosh News and Views -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Anyone Having Problems w/10.1.5?
on 23/06/02 19:22, Michael Bryan Bell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the arrow key to navigate through the messages in my inbox. I'll get the little spinning disc/ball and a few seconds of being frozen and then I'm unlocked. I haven't had to force quit. Anyone else notice slower response in the mac mail app in 10.1.5? Most of those around me don't use it, so I can't speak to that... I know quicktime seems to have taken some big steps backwards on a bunch of our machines. Where before we could play mpeg fairly well, now they have all sorts of problems playing. One trick we've found is that in order to get acceptable frame rates you have to have a mousedown event- ie, click and let the drop down for the help menu fall and keep it there- everything will play normally. On one of the dev lists this was explained as since your app is registering a mouse down, it automatically gets higher priority... I've seen it help in a bunch of other apps also. Yep, that's what I would think. Somehow, the app doesn't get a high enough priority. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelinhttp://members.cox.net/nemesys Logiciels Nemesys Softwaremailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: X isn't that bad - Was: pismo 400 (september 2000) modem dying?
On Sunday, 23, 2002, at 08:18PM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll have to defer to our more updated associates here, as I've been dragging my heels on going to X until (most of) the major bugs are worked out (little things like reading DVDs on my Pismo's drive, drivers for my Epson 740, and a few more). Hey as an avid OS X advocate let me just clarify the fact that OS X does have drivers built in for the Epson 740. I'm print on one right now and I surely don't notice any lag in performance as compared to OS 9. In fact, I think it's more reliable in printing from X on the Pismo than on the C600 running 9.2.2. Also DVDs mount and play fine for me under X as well. I'm not familiar with any issue with some Pismo DVD players wont play under X. The only problem I may have the normal problems with DVDs that are not Mac-compatible. The new DVD Player evern lets me open VIDEO_TS folders from off my local drive. Seth -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Odd sound no startup on Wallstreet
Hi folks, just got back from a couple of days away, during which we left my partner's Wallstreet unplugged, it being stormy. The Wallstreet is a G3/300 which has previously given difficulty if you try to start from the battery, but never had this kind of problem before. Pushing the power button produces only an electronic purr or rattle, with the AC adapter, or rapid series of clicks with just the battery. No other sound and no startup follows. Any information on this condition and possible remedies for it would be very much appreciated. TIA, Beverly -- Beverly Woods Low End Mac column: http://www.lowendmac.net/woods/index.html music website: http://www.sethausten.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Anyone Having Problems w/10.1.5?/OS X without OS 9
Apple techs have told me conflicting things about running OS X without having OS 9 installed. One said, no problem, the other said that there'd be some problems but wouldn't get specific. My Applecare call was about resetting PRAM and he didn't want to go to far into the topic. Anyone actually running OS X without OS ? I know a few... Most people just don't recommend it right now. You just never know, and installing OS9 =after= OSX can for some reason cause major ca ca to ensue. In fact, one guy I know with a tibook got bitten because apple released a firmware upgrade that you had to boot into OS9 for. Another got nailed because he thought all of his apps were carbonized or native, then needed to work a real video file from the web. Will Jaguar drop allow one to drop the Classic environment? You can do it right now, actually. Michael Bryan Bell -- ICQ: 16106263Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
A note of perspective on the horrible situation with Lombard hinges failing. *nods* I see where you are coming from, but I don't agree with it. The general lifespan of a standard PC desktop is considered around 6months. After that it's obsolete. No, it's not. It is only if you define obsolete to mean not the fastest out there. In all honesty, every single mac sold right now is obsolete if you take use that definition, for almost every single function out there. Functional obsolescence is generally defined by a product not being able to meet your current needs, or it becomes more expensive to use the current product than to buy the newer model. If I want to play return to castle wolfenstein, then the old 500mhz tibook's are obsolete, and some would say the 550-667mhz machines are also. If I want to do numerous other tasks, they are not. The general lifespan of a standard Mac desktop/tower is considered around 9months-1yr.After that it's obsolete Actually, it's not. The current consensus is more of around 3 years, with a large portion of it being 4 years... But 3 years is the sweet spot for consumer/large shop upgrades. This is why you see major changes in apple's product line every 2.75-3 years or so, because at that point often the people with older machines are looking to upgrade because their current one is not meeting today's needs and new ones have greatly increased capabilities, and it isn't cost effective to continue with their current solution. The only reason this changes is if there is a dramatic technological shift in a quick short of time. This happens rarely. The general lifespan of a standard PC laptop (toshiba/IBM/Dell) is generally considered around a year. After that it's obsolete. THhe general lifespan of a standard Mac laptop is generally considered around 18 months. Lol. Seriously, who considers this to be true? Where can you find statistical data? What you are saying is that if you buy a laptop, it should only work for two years, after that you should buy a new one. I don't buy that, and never will buy into it. I agree that you shouldn't complain about the computer you buy today not being able to do whatever you want it to do 2 years later (less the manufacturer says otherwise)- it should do everything it did when you bought it for a good length of time. If you buy a cheap stereo, you can't be surprised when it stops working after a year or two because they use cheap inadequate parts to get by. If you buy a high-end dennon system or grado headphones, you SHOULD be surprised if they stop working after awhile. This is the thing. You don't bitch about the wall streets falling apart, so they don't make the lombards not fall apart, and now the tibook's have their hinges falling off and cracking after a few months of light use for some. This actually has bitten me- I have had 2 apple laptops have major hinge problems. One was a tangerine ibook (14 months old, under applecare) and apple just decided not to fix it. Cost $600. Had the same happen on a tibook. I'm sure this will start a flame war about somebody's Mac512k that is not obsolete, but those of us in the real world need to have machines which will run modern software at modern speeds. The rest of Mayberry may want to use an LCII and consider it modern, but it isn't. I still use my Powerbook 170 (from 1989), but it is obsolete. This is very short sided. You're using a terribly exaggerated example in order to make the other side look foolish. He is not talking about his lombard not running OS 10.5 the way he wants, or performance issues. Simply hardware failures due to design flaws or cheap parts. And I can go with him on that- it isn't as though he bought a cheap $110 palm m100 and then can't believe it when the buttons start to fall off after awhile. Lombards were $3k+ luxury machines. The lombard is not someone bitching that their mac512k is falling apart. Now. The lombard was built in 1999. That is more than 6, 9, 12, 18, or even 24 months ago. That is more like 36-48 months. Maybe YOUR car runs 350,000 miles without needing a new timing belt, but mine doesn't. Perhaps your car goes 400,000 miles without having the shocks get a little springy. Mine doesn't. I happened to look at the spec's on my Pismo this afternoon. It's a 2000, 500mhz, and the drive is a 6month old 30gig fujitsu. It shows just over 4.8MILLION writes to the drive. That's not read/writes--that's JUST writes. Anyone care to comment on how they'd feel after 4million of ANYTHING? Well, this is a hard drive. It is =made= to do that. This is not a specific apple designed part failing across machines. Get a grip people. A laptop running the equivalent of a third lifetime is going to have a few problems! I think they do have a grip, they just live in a different world than you do and have different expectations. With apple machines, I remember that if one would suddenly not boot 90% of the time it had to do with
Re: lombard hinges dying?
I'm sorry, but after reading david's e-mail, I just couldn't stop cracking up! I'm sure this will start a flame war about somebody's Mac512k that is not obsolete, but those of us in the real world need to have machines which will run modern software at modern speeds. The rest of Mayberry may want to use an LCII and consider it modern, but it isn't. Oh yeah, that's obsolete, I'll agree with you. But one thing that apple has always been strong in is durability. That's why we still HAVE our performas and quadras and powerbook 520c's and why maybe two people have their old 386 packard bell's. Apple's products are just overall much more reliable. So I can understand why someone would be concerned that their apple product has a specific part that might wear out. Its not really as common as other household products. Maybe YOUR car runs 350,000 miles without needing a new timing belt, but mine doesn't. Perhaps your car goes 400,000 miles without having the shocks get a little springy. Mine doesn't. If apple made cars, I bet mine would wouldn't need a new belt, and I bet the shocks would be comfortable ( = . Then again, if microsoft built cars, they would be ten dollars, go a million miles an hour, and crash every month, killing all the passengers. (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) I happened to look at the spec's on my Pismo this afternoon. It's a 2000, 500mhz, and the drive is a 6month old 30gig fujitsu. It shows just over 4.8MILLION writes to the drive. That's not read/writes--that's JUST writes. Anyone care to comment on how they'd feel after 4million of ANYTHING? Well, since you asked... At this point I just started laughing. I mean, I can understand your points, but don't get so carried away, buddy. 4.8 million bucks would make me feel pretty damned good. And also, I don't see how the hard drive has anything to do with the hinges- Hard drives get written to and even to write a megabyte, it will have accessed 1024 byte locations and written to each. Heck, those megabytes add up, don't they? I think you see where I'm going with that one. Especially cause you know how your pismo's hard drive really has too much to do with a lombard's hinges. Get a grip people. A laptop running the equivalent of a third lifetime is going to have a few problems! Even if it is a Mac, it's not perfect! Well, we weren't freaking out or selling our lombards or crying hysterically in our houses, so don't tell us to get a grip. It just annoys me. Oh yeah, and I don't think anyone can consider the shelf life of a product to be its lifetime. My quicksilver dual 800's G4 is running the same up to date software like adobe 6 and lightwave as the quicksilvers released a year later. Again, I think you know that I just consider everything you wrote from about two paragraphs previous to this to be overkill and inaccurate. And considering that they can be replaced for less than $100, it's probably not worth whining about too much. If I were bent double [over?] four or five times a day, then slung in a backpack and bounced across town, I'd probably fail after three or four years. What about you? Well, I hardly consider two or three concerned e-mails to be whining. Oh yea, and us students usually DO have to bend over for our five times a day with a bookbag and so far I haven't failed. I mean, wouldn't have said anything about that, but you asked What about you? ( : Okay, that's all for me. Thanks for being such a good sport, I think you can recognize that everyone gets a little over zealous once and again ( = -Dyl Don't Personify computers, they hate that. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
And considering that they can be replaced for less than $100, it's probably not worth whining about too much. If I were bent double [over?] four or five times a day, then slung in a backpack and bounced across town, I'd probably fail after three or four years. What about you? *grins* If you really want to compare computer parts to anatomy, really, compare the hinges to a part that really has to go up and down a few times a day. I dunno about you, but I'd be asking god for a warranty if that part failed on me after a few years (or my significant other would). Michael Bryan Bell -- ICQ: 16106263Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
