Re: VST expansion bay ZIP and Superdisk drives with OSX (pismo/lombard)
I am using the VST 100 MB expansion bay ZIP on my Pismo under Jaguar. It works great. Will On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:28 PM, Jay Snyder wrote: Anybody out there using the VST expansion bay ZIP or Superdisk drivers with OS X on a Lombard or Pismo? Thanks, Jay -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: VST expansion bay ZIP and Superdisk drives with OSX (pismo/lombard)
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 11:28 pm, Jay Snyder wrote: Anybody out there using the VST expansion bay ZIP or Superdisk drivers with OS X on a Lombard or Pismo? Thanks, Jay Jay, I run the VST expansion bay Zip drive in a Lombard, using 10.2 with no problem. Alan. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Apple support (Applecare)
on 11/20/02 3:30 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: Finally... I reiterate my appreciation for AppleCare. I spent an hour and a half with them solving a perplexing Jaguar blue screen of death problem on last Sunday afternoon. They're fantastic. I contrast that experience with my attempts to get the simplest information from the Dell website, and I'm glad I stuck with Apple. --Jim. Apple Care is an especially good deal for powerbook users as it also covers your original battery, which will almost certainly need replacing within 3 years. The battery needn't die, either, it's enough that it isn't working properly, which is a bit subjective, but which is the standard Apple uses for anything else, such as the CD/DVD, etc. In practical terms, I got my Lombard battery replaced right at the end of the 3-year Applecare period. It was holding about a 30 minute charge and when I called, the Apple people didn't even question the claim; they immediately opened a case number and starting processing shipment of the new battery. Great stuff. Considering that a new battery is usually about half the price of Applecare, it's not a bad deal. Chris H -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
[ANN] File Synchronization Released
Folks, If some of you are like me, mostly using a laptop under OS X, but having a better desktop computer and sometimes feeling like working on it for its speed and better screen, you might have faced the problem that arises when some key files are on your laptop: you have to copy those files to your desktop, use it and then copy them back to your laptop. I'm talking about the email files that every email reader uses, your web browser bookmarks and any other file that you might want to have on both your laptop and your desktop computer. The problem is when you start having a few of those, it gets difficult to manage. That's why I wrote a synchronization tool for OS X named File Synchronization. For those of you that were using the old File Synchronization control panel under OS 9, File Synchronization was based on that tool, but I added a few options to make it more usable than it was. For those that weren't, I tried to write an application that was really easy to use and quick to do the job. Features: automatic mounting of remote volumes; no document to open: all files and folders are accessible through the main window; multithreaded for smooth operation even when copying hundreds of megabytes; preview mode lets you see what will happen before the synchronization is performed; drag drop from the Finder; Cocoa-based. If you want to give it a spin, you can download the application at: http://nemesys.dyndns.org/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.1.dmg or http://members.verizon.net/~vze4jymq/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg or http://members.cox.net/nemesys/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg. If you have any comment, you can send them privately to me at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. Thank you! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] finger-pointing syndrome n.: All-too-frequent result of bugs, esp. in new or experimental configurations. The hardware vendor points a finger at the software. The software vendor points a finger at the hardware. All the poor users get is the finger. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: G3 vs G4
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 06:29 PM, wappling wrote: Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance for the uses you list, there isn't much difference between the two processors. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
iBook500 + CDRW/DVD/Firewire + Patched 2.7 plyr -Playback??
Im trying to get dvd playback on my ibook 500 with a cdrw/dvd-rom pulled from my BW before trade and placed in Sony iLink case. It burnes just fine just burnt a cd but I cant get it to play back dvd's...I assumed I could use the patched 2.7 player set-up but Im having no luck... any ideas? Thanks Ralph -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: G3 vs G4
Depends if your G3/800 is an upgraded PPC or a Beige or a BW ...all three have dif bus speeds 46(50)/66/100 respectively. (a G3 upgrade usually decreases the bus speed a little in a PPC, in my 9600/umax600 experiences) A PPC w/G3 800 and a PCI video card I dont think will compete that well with a G4/gigabit/500 w/AGP video card. you may be processing info at a quicker pace but the G4 is sending it 100%+ faster to where it needs to go...the PCI bus is a BW #1 slot is also a bit faster 66mhz vs. 33mhz So depends on what games you are playing, as far as gaming (if split seconds matter) as far as surfing and downloading I dont think either is noticably faster than the other. Then Jaguar is a dif story that Im not that familiar with it was on my newly aquired ibook, and I took it off as soon as I could around to it. It slows down a ibook500 w/384 ram so it runs like an old 604e in a lot of instances ( though the ibook500 only has 66mhz bus speed ). Ive also heard that it doesnt do so well with many games either unless made with osx in mindI wouldnt think that a G4/500 would run it much better unless having a lot more ram than 384. amount of ram is also almost as important than cpu speed. either way I would rather have a G4/500 (overclock it to 550) with a nice 32 or 64mb AGP Geforce card and maxed out ram than a 1ghz upgraded PPC with maxed ram and a 32 or 64mb pci card.even if the G4 machine is an upgraded BW if offered both for free I think Id take the BW G4/500(550) over a PPC g3/800 ...for hardcore gamming. ...long live the hardcore mac gamer =) on 11/20/02 9:33 AM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 06:29 PM, wappling wrote: Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance for the uses you list, there isn't much difference between the two processors. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: iBook500 + CDRW/DVD/Firewire + Patched 2.7 plyr -Playback??
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im trying to get dvd playback on my ibook 500 with a cdrw/dvd-rom pulled from my BW before trade and placed in Sony iLink case. It burnes just fine just burnt a cd but I cant get it to play back dvd's...I assumed I could use the patched 2.7 player set-up but Im having no luck... any ideas? generically speaking, external DVD drives don't tend to work (well, if at all) with DVD-Video. the DVD decoder (part of the graphics card) is mated to specific DVD drives, as well. throughput from the drive doesn't tend to meet playback requirements. FireWire may be 400Mbps... but your drive won't deliver data anywhere near that fast, and the ata-firewire bridge in the iLink case will slow it down further. side note... even if you have a machine (such as your iBook) that has software decoding ... calling it software decoding is deceptive; iirc, it's actually software decrypting of the CSS, the MPEG decoding still happens on the graphics card. if you take a brand new G4 tower and replace the graphics card with a non-MPEG-decoding card, suddenly DVD playback won't work. in hardware schemes, both decrypting and decoding are handled by hardware. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: iBook500 + CDRW/DVD/Firewire + Patched 2.7 plyr -Playback??
So I guess I need to look for an internal drive. Question though... if my ibook500 didnt come stock with a dvd drive is there still a good chance that it still has the decoder on the graphics card? and all I need to do is get a dvd-rom for it.? on 11/20/02 10:41 AM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: generically speaking, external DVD drives don't tend to work (well, if at all) with DVD-Video. the DVD decoder (part of the graphics card) is mated to specific DVD drives, as well. throughput from the drive doesn't tend to meet playback requirements. FireWire may be 400Mbps... but your drive won't deliver data anywhere near that fast, and the ata-firewire bridge in the iLink case will slow it down further. side note... even if you have a machine (such as your iBook) that has software decoding ... calling it software decoding is deceptive; iirc, it's actually software decrypting of the CSS, the MPEG decoding still happens on the graphics card. if you take a brand new G4 tower and replace the graphics card with a non-MPEG-decoding card, suddenly DVD playback won't work. in hardware schemes, both decrypting and decoding are handled by hardware. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: iBook500 + CDRW/DVD/Firewire + Patched 2.7 plyr -Playback??
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I guess I need to look for an internal drive. Question though... if my ibook500 didnt come stock with a dvd drive is there still a good chance that it still has the decoder on the graphics card? and all I need to do is get a dvd-rom for it.? my initial guess would be that it would, but that's only an educated guess. from experience however, unless you've taken an iceBook apart before, it's usually -WAY- more trouble than any upgrade is worth. we're authorized to work on them, and I've taken several apart but our preference is still to just send them all to Apple and let them do 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: [ANN] File Synchronization Released
Laurent, last two links download a 4KB file, i.e something's wrong cheers vlad On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:14 , Laurent Daudelin wrote: http://members.verizon.net/~vze4jymq/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg or http://members.cox.net/nemesys/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: [ANN] File Synchronization Released
On 20/11/02 12:34, vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent, last two links download a 4KB file, i.e something's wrong cheers vlad On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:14 , Laurent Daudelin wrote: http://members.verizon.net/~vze4jymq/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg or http://members.cox.net/nemesys/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.dmg. Vlad, Thanks for pointing that out. The link should be: http://members.verizon.net/~vze4jymq/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.1.dmg And http://members.cox.net/nemesys/Files/FileSynchronization1.0.1.dmg Those 2 links might not have the appropriate MIME type set, so you might want to try to save them directly instead of accessing them in your browser. -Laurent. -- === Laurent DaudelinDeveloper, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA * Usual disclaimers apply * -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?
From: Kent Wieland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone had success using any of the Airport-alternatives, such as D-link, etc...? I'm interested in setting up a wireless network for my Imac and Wallstreet from my cable modem. Ideally, I'd like to get a combination access-point and router to connect the Imac directly via ethernet and the Wallstreet by PC Card. Could anyone recommend brands/models for both the access-point/router and PC card? BTW, I'm using OS 9.1 in both computers. Kent (digest mode) Kent, I am using a Linksys Wireless router. I have a Lombard with a MacWireless pc card, an Ibook with an Airport card, an Imac with a Macwireless.com usb wireless adapter and a hardwired Mac 6116 and Starmax. Microcenter is having a sale on the Linksys so others probably do as well. No problems so far. The Linksys router is about the onl Mac they support. Don't get their car or anything else that requires drivers. Hope this helps, -- Mike Amato -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?
I have a 400 MHz Pismo with 768 MB OS 10.2.2, it runs well. I usually run with a couple of browsers open, Entourage as my mail client, Photoshop 7, and Adobe GoLive usually open. I don't have any complaints and as long as I'm quick, I can swap batteries without needing to be on AC. My one gripe is that battery life in general is relatively short (2.5 - 3 hours max on 1). Thus I tend to stay tethered to my power adaptor most of the time. Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:08 AM Subject: OSX Speed increase with more RAM? Hi all, I'm running 10.2.1 on a 192MB (128 +64) 400MHz Pismo. Currently, it is running fine but I'm wondering if adding more RAM, say to bring the total to 768MB or 1024MB, will have any significant impact on performance? Can anyone who has done this comment? I regard myself as a power user on occasions that I use the Pismo and typically have 6 - 7 apps open at any given time. Thanks in advance, Mark. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: running pismo closed
on 11/19/02 10:23 PM, Hal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a pismo powerbook that I've been using almost since they were introduced. I often run it closed, connected to external keyboard, mouse and monitors (I have this setup both at work and at home). I recently had it upgraded by powerlogix to a G4, and it's been having some overheating problems (getting unstable when I stress the processor and it fully heats up). It does this most often when running closed, but occasionally when open. Powerlogix is telling me that running the pismo closed it discouraged by apple, even with the original G3 chip. Anyone else heard of this? I figured that if it's been working for almost 2 years, it must be OK. Heck, there's even a knowledge base article telling you how to do it... It's back at powerlogix for testing right now. any info is appreciated. -Hal I almost solely use it with the lid closed even though I only have a G3/400. It still get noticeably warm with normal use and gets a bit hotter when playing DVDs even though I have one side propped up for better ventilation. Do you have it elevated in any way to improve ventilation. Some people use a cookie rack of approximately the same size to good effect, I've been told. Jason -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: apple support (prev. messages)
well thats a bit more comforting..now if i could just get the time to call them...maybe this weekend i'll re-install OS10 and see what happens with it, just to make sure its truly hardware...i mean, i dont know any driver issues that would make the display freak out like that... but... On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 09:31 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 02:01 PM, Justin wrote: I have all intentions of getting applecare...just a matter of whenthey said they will refund the 50 bucks, but i just dont want to have to pay them, send it to them, then get refunded by them...seems like a pretty useless step in my opinion. im going to try to tell them blatantly that the video connector cable is probably loose (thats what my first diagnosis was, because it flickers on and off, when i move the display) so we'll see i guess. ill have to call them tomorrow, when i have the time to. it's actually not a 'refund' per se I used to be an AppleCare phone tech. what happens is that they get your card number and authorize it and if it's hardware, they never bill you. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: running pismo closed
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 11:39 AM, Jason Long wrote: on 11/19/02 10:23 PM, Hal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a pismo powerbook that I've been using almost since they were introduced. I often run it closed, connected to external keyboard, mouse and monitors (I have this setup both at work and at home). I recently had it upgraded by powerlogix to a G4, and it's been having some overheating problems (getting unstable when I stress the processor and it fully heats up). It does this most often when running closed, but occasionally when open. Powerlogix is telling me that running the pismo closed it discouraged by apple, even with the original G3 chip. Anyone else heard of this? I figured that if it's been working for almost 2 years, it must be OK. Heck, there's even a knowledge base article telling you how to do it... It's back at powerlogix for testing right now. any info is appreciated. -Hal I almost solely use it with the lid closed even though I only have a G3/400. It still get noticeably warm with normal use and gets a bit hotter when playing DVDs even though I have one side propped up for better ventilation. Do you have it elevated in any way to improve ventilation. Some people use a cookie rack of approximately the same size to good effect, I've been told. When running it closed, I either have it on a Roadtools Coolpad (elevating it about 1/2 inch) or on an Intercooler (with a USB powered fan blowing on the bottom of the case). As I said, with the stock G3 chip I never had any problems, so I think I must have just gotten a bad chip. I'm still waiting to hear back from Powerlogix. thanks for the info. -Hal -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: G3 vs G4
Hi all,an opinion question,for web surfing and mpeg downloading and playing,is a G3 800 as fast or faster than a G4 500mhz machine running OS10.2 ? thankyou in advance In OS 10.2 everything will be a bit faster on a G4, but I'm not sure about that big of a clock speed gap. If you are going to be doing basic stuff (downloading, playing music, etc) then go with the cheaper one. You also might want to look at things other than the CPU speed, such as hard drive size (essential for all of that music) I'm assuming you are comparing a PowerBook G4/500 to an iBook/800. The TiBooks are cooler (figuratively, anyway) and you can add a CD Burner if it isn't already there. The screen on the TiBook is MUCH larger than most iBooks's. The iBook will beat the older TiBook's by a good margin in gaming because of their much faster and more recent video cards. Also, only the iBook's video card can do Quartz Extreme. The iBook is more compact -Dustin -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?
Holy Cow! Are you saying that Apple restored this feature in Jaguar? I tried it back in 10.0 (I think) and of course, crashed the computer (also a Pismo), so gave it up and figured Apple wouldn't bother fixing it, since the current 'books don't have a second battery to swap. I saw other people in the thread mention it, but they always seemed to have OS 9 installed, too, so I assumed that's what they meant. On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:29 PM, Joe Ellis wrote: OS 10.2.2, it runs well. I usually run with a couple of browsers open, Entourage as my mail client, Photoshop 7, and Adobe GoLive usually open. I don't have any complaints and as long as I'm quick, I can swap batteries without needing to be on AC. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2
I have one of the 15 white iBooks. I dual boot this laptop with MacOSX and MacOS 9.2.2. The firewire works fine with MacOSX but it just does not work at all with 9.2.2. I have reinstalled the 9.2.2 update twice. I have installed Hard Disk SpeedTools from Intech. I can't get firewire to work under 9.2.2 on the iBook. I have several other Macs with 9.2.2 and firewire seems to work fine. I want to use it to mount external hard drives, CD burner and DVD player. -- Larry Blodgett email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Just a note on a Mac G4 being chosen by specialists and paid forby Sweethearts
In the current issue of ATBI Quarterly*, a photo of the new G4 Mac and monitor, with scanner and monitor is shown. It's good to know that when DLIA (Discover Life in America) photographer Rebecca Schiflett did the research on what machine is best, she chose Mac. The system will allow them to scan in slides and prints and negatives and fresh specimens. And the National Park Service paid for it totally. d *ATBI = All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. ATBI and DLIA are working hard in the Smokey Mountains to catalogue ALL life that is there. It is an awesome project that is being conducted by scientists and private volunteers. Their webpage, www.discoverlifeinamerica.org is under construction but they have already found 292 new species, with new to the Park being 2,163. If this much gets you excited, or you just like environmental stuff, or want to volunteer for a day or week or summer of collecting samples in the Park, or just want to send money to Jeanie, you can get more lurid details at the temporary webpages, http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/dlia/index.html There are a number of projects that are scheduled for the coming year, including a Beetle Blast, which can't be as interesting as the Myxoblast that I missed because I had to be in court, and you can find out more about all of this at the webpage. N.B. Disclaimer: I do not own and am not related to anyone who does own or make money, etc, from ATBI/DLIA. I just think it is one wonderful idea that is being put into some wonderful practices. So, grab your G3s and G4s and mosey on over to the Smokies and see what you can do to help. Ask for Jeanie. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2
Yes, they are all there. The same as on my other machines. Larry Blodgett wrote: I have one of the 15 white iBooks. I dual boot this laptop with MacOSX and MacOS 9.2.2. The firewire works fine with MacOSX but it just does not work at all with 9.2.2. I have reinstalled the 9.2.2 update twice. I have installed Hard Disk SpeedTools from Intech. I can't get firewire to work under 9.2.2 on the iBook. Stupid question...you do have the firewire extensions installed and enabled? -- Larry Blodgett Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux, Windows, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ---Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 05:07 PM, Larry Blodgett wrote: I have one of the 15 white iBooks. I dual boot this laptop with MacOSX and MacOS 9.2.2. The firewire works fine with MacOSX but it just does not work at all with 9.2.2. I have reinstalled the 9.2.2 update twice. I have installed Hard Disk SpeedTools from Intech. I can't get firewire to work under 9.2.2 on the iBook. I have several other Macs with 9.2.2 and firewire seems to work fine. I want to use it to mount external hard drives, CD burner and DVD player. if it works in OS X and not OS 9, the chances are pretty staggering that it's just a software problem. try -clean- installing OS 9 and then update to OS 9.2.2 again. see what happens... -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2
Larry Blodgett wrote: Yes, they are all there. The same as on my other machines. All I can suggest is trying a clean install of 9.2 on the troublesome machine (not just re-installing the update, but a clean install). I had to do that recently with a troublesome Pismo that resisted every other attempt to get it working right. Is the Intech software on the other 9.x systems that work? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Firewire + iBook (white) Problem with 9.2.2
On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 05:07 PM, Larry Blodgett wrote: I have one of the 15 white iBooks. I dual boot this laptop with MacOSX and MacOS 9.2.2. The firewire works fine with MacOSX but it just does not work at all with 9.2.2. I have reinstalled the 9.2.2 update twice. I have installed Hard Disk SpeedTools from Intech. I can't get firewire to work under 9.2.2 on the iBook. Open your Extensions (disabled) folder and move any firewire extensions you find into the active Extensions folder. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: force quit?
On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 01:40 AM, (G-Books) wrote: I'm not sure about the file structure used by Mail since I haven't used it. I would be tempted to suggest you remove the preference file, don't throw it a way, just move it out of the Library/Preferences directory, in your home directory and launch Mail again. See what happens. I would imagine that the file would be named 'com.apple.Mail' or something similar. This worked! (or at least, no problems again so far!) :) Thanks! -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tangerinecs.com/~amber /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect Open Standards! -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: force quit?
Why does moving the preference file help? I occasionally have problems with OS 10.1.5 Mail app (annoying messages about mailboxes being locked, etc) and an Applecare tech guy suggested doing this, but I don't get why. For me, it didn't work. Thanks, Donald On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:54 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 01:40 AM, (G-Books) wrote: I'm not sure about the file structure used by Mail since I haven't used it. I would be tempted to suggest you remove the preference file, don't throw it a way, just move it out of the Library/Preferences directory, in your home directory and launch Mail again. See what happens. I would imagine that the file would be named 'com.apple.Mail' or something similar. This worked! (or at least, no problems again so far!) :) Thanks! -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: [ANN] File Synchronization Released
on 20/11/02 22:57, Peter Apockotos at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent are you still doing Newton development still? I'm kinda on hold right now. I might start working on something for the Newton on OS X with Paul Guyot and another guy, but nothing definitive right now. Even though the Newton has still a large, loyal group of followers, the number of Newton in use gets smaller, so when you want to market something cheap, it's hard to get any return... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fix n.,v.: What one does when a problem has been reported too many times to be ignored. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: force quit?
on 20/11/02 23:00, Donald Keenan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why does moving the preference file help? I occasionally have problems with OS 10.1.5 Mail app (annoying messages about mailboxes being locked, etc) and an Applecare tech guy suggested doing this, but I don't get why. For me, it didn't work. Thanks, Donald On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:54 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 01:40 AM, (G-Books) wrote: I'm not sure about the file structure used by Mail since I haven't used it. I would be tempted to suggest you remove the preference file, don't throw it a way, just move it out of the Library/Preferences directory, in your home directory and launch Mail again. See what happens. I would imagine that the file would be named 'com.apple.Mail' or something similar. This worked! (or at least, no problems again so far!) :) Thanks! Glad it worked. Why moving the preference file help? Good question! Most likely because the file becomes corrupted. There are bogus values in it and when the application tries to make sense of it, you can start seeing the application getting busy and the busy cursor appears and the app never recovers. At that point, the application, if it doesn't crash, might be loss in some kind of endless loop, trying to get at non-existent or faked values. If you force quit, sometimes it just makes things worst if the application was updating that file. It can be left with even more bogus values. When you launch the app, it might still be working because some parts of the file are still fine, but as soon as the app tries to access the damaged part, all kind of things might happen. It's hard to tell because there are some techniques that you can sometimes use in order to detect something that doesn't make any sense. However, due to the highly object-oriented nature of the system, sometimes you don't have control over it since it's a private class or a private piece of code that is executing. In that case, there isn't much you can do, unless overriding those parts... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gates's Law: The speed of software halves every 18 months. This oft-cited law is an ironic comment on the tendency of software bloat to outpace the every-18-month doubling in hardware capacity per dollar predicted by Moore's Law. The reference is to Bill Gates; Microsoft is widely considered among the worst if not the worst of the perpetrators of bloat. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
pocket drive from Wallstreet wants to format to read by both Win2K pro, and Mac OS
Feel free to send me to the correct discussion group but. I took the 20 gig Hitachi out of my Wallstreet, and put it in a OWC firewire case. I formatted it MS Dos using the formatting utility on my Mac OS 9.2.2, whatever version of the utility was running there. Transferred files to it and could read it on my mac, but my Dell running Win 2KPro(NT based) wouldn't recognize it, and demanded that I reformat it before it would copy to it. Now I've done that, and my Mac won't recognize it. Why can't I do this? I've always formatted floppies for Windows, on my Mac, so that I could move files back and forth. I even do it with zip discs, and the CDs that I burn from my Mac They're all interchangable. Why can't I do it with a portable drive, or can I? Please contact off line, as this stretches the appropriateness of the Powerbook group John [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: wiping hard drive clean
This thread has been very interesting, and I thank all who have helped. So really there is no way to safely protect the information I have on this month old drive. It holds multiple online bank account numbers, passwords, 3 stock accounts, passwords and similar personal and company info that I would not want the next guy who buys this off ebay or wherever it ends up after TransIntl gets it back. I had hoped the IBM 40 GNX would have a better track record then one month before clicking and scratching on startup and till now. Plus the fun of reinstalling 10.2, I have heard of Carbon Copy but not perfect, where is conflict catcher for Jag ? Maybe TransIntl deals in poor products, this was my 1st buy from them and they have brushed me off with 2 phone calls and 1 e-mail saying the right person is not there to handle the RMA. Now it seems the only protection is to eat the drive cost to protect the data. The zeroing 7 times sounds good but how hard would that be to break?? Thanks again for all the help Geoff On Tuesday, Nov 19, 2002, at 17:37 US/Alaska, Obi-Wan wrote: On 11/19/02 3:54 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: Obi-Wan wrote: All I am saying is that there is no real safe way to be sure that your data is 100% unrecoverable, which is what the person was asking. That's all. Well, there is, but you'll lose out on the trade-in value: an industrial shredder will pretty well take care of any data recovery issues you might have. This is, in fact, the preferred way of some corporations to 'surplus' old HDD's. That's why my ex-Motorola 7600 came with no hard drive in it... Then if you want to be showy about it, about a half-pound of thermite will do it, too. ;-) This is VERY true. In fact Lawrence Livermore Labs does shred/compact their drives after they are done, but that is only for internal computers drives, and this guy hired me to work on his home network. Thermite is also a fine (a bit gaudy though) method. ;-) I think the original poster wanted to send their drive back on an RMA though. He he. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh Server Administrator [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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: wiping hard drive clean
On 11/20/02 9:56 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: This thread has been very interesting, and I thank all who have helped. So really there is no way to safely protect the information I have on this month old drive. It holds multiple online bank account numbers, passwords, 3 stock accounts, passwords and similar personal Maybe TransIntl deals in poor products, this was my 1st buy from them and they have brushed me off with 2 phone calls and 1 e-mail saying the right person is not there to handle the RMA. Now it seems the only protection is to eat the drive cost to protect the data. The zeroing 7 times sounds good but how hard would that be to break?? Thanks again for all the help Transinternational is a fantastic company. I always use them for drives. IBM drives IMHO stink...almost as bad as Western Digital. I only use Maxtor in Desktop machines, and Toshiba in laptops. IMHO you are being paranoid. Just send the drive to them and be done with it. They are insured and reputable...if not bonded. No one will try to recover your data. -- == Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh Server Administrator [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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...
on 11/17/02 3:25 AM, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was under the impression that you couldn't do that with the LG. Tom on 11/15/02 10:31 PM, Mark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for everyone's input. I have seen a Panasonic replacement on the internet for 79.95 + s/h that slaps into the expansion bay carriage. Anyone have this drive or experience? It's a CD-ROM/DVD drive... I don't know about the DVD drive, but I just got today a Matsushita (i.e. Panasonic) CDRW drive that was supposed to go into the Toshiba Lifebook (from Ted Burford on this list--thank Ted! Got it today!) and the plug from this Matsushita drive matched my Pismo LG drive exactly. It's in there right now, spinning away. The whole process of swapping out the Toshiba sled with the Pismo sled took all of a couple of minutes. I wonder if the DVD drive is any different? Anybody have a picture of the plug from this thing? -- Jon Glass Krakow, Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! - I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?
on 21/11/02 01:15, Jon Glass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 11/20/02 4:49 AM, Andrew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hold alt when you choose the apple menu. Does that mean Option or Command? Please use the Apple names, not Windows names. It's like swearing to this diehard. ;-) Alt is Option on my keyboard... -Laurent. -- = Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cretinous /kret'n-*s/ or /kreet'n-*s/ adj.: Wrong; stupid; non-functional; very poorly designed. Also used pejoratively of people. See dread high-bit disease for an example. Approximate synonyms: bletcherous, bagbiting, losing, brain-damaged. -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Are you sure you want to ... ?
On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:15 US/Pacific, Jon Glass wrote: on 11/20/02 4:49 AM, Andrew Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hold alt when you choose the apple menu. Does that mean Option or Command? Please use the Apple names, not Windows names. It's like swearing to this diehard. ;-) -- Jon Glass Krakow, Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] The same keycaps have both Option and Alt written on them on my G3 Powerbook keyboard. The same keycap have both Option and Alt written on it them on my Apple Pro keyboard. Get over yourself. KeS -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: wiping hard drive clean
Aladdin Systems, maker of Stuffit has a product called Secure Delete. This is from their web page: http://www.aladdinsys.com/secure_delete/index.html Secure DeleteĀ is like a paper shredder for your computer files. If you have confidential paper documents you need to destroy, a paper shredder is the best tool. But, today's paperless office needs a tool that safely and effectively handles computer files as well. Paper documents you crumple up and throw in the wastebasket can be easily picked out and read by prying eyes. The same is true with digital files. Even after you drag files to the trash and empty it, those files can be recovered and read by people who should not have access to them. With Secure Delete you can permanently remove files with confidence and ease. Just drag and drop the files of your choice onto the Secure Delete icon, and they are gone for good. SECURE DELETE CAN HELP IF YOU: *Use A Laptop. Theft rates are high and laptops are easily accessed by others. *Share a Workstation. Be careful of co-workers prying eyes. *Take Your Mac in for Repairs. Don't let technicians read your private files. *Need More Disk Space. Why waste space? Get rid of useless files for good. *Operate a Home Business. Whether your office is inside or outside your home, private documents need protection. *Must Destroy Confidential Files. Secure Delete can help you comply with the law if you are legally required to destroy confidential files. WHEN YOU NEED TO BE CERTAIN, USE SECURE DELETE! -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: airport alternatives for Wallstreet?
Check out Macwireless.com.== MacWireless enables almost all Macintosh models to connect to a wireless network, no matter how old or new these machines may be. If you have a PowerBook 190, 5300, 2400; or if you have a desktop PCI system; or if you have a machine with a USB port such as an iMac, now you also can have a wireless network connection. I am using their pc card in my lombard and the usb adapter with an Imac, Both work flawlessly, have not had a problem. See them at=== http://www.macwireless.com/index.html -- Mike Amato -- 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
