Re: Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

[Kevin Stevens]

> I would try resetting the PRAM, although that's unlikely to do anything
> for your trackpad.
>
> KeS

Forgot: also check your firmware version.

KeS



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Re: Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

[Kevin Stevens]

> The trackpad button is not only much stiffer than the WallStreet, it
> makes an awfully loud click when you press it!!

Mine did not make an unusually loud click when pressed.  In fact I don't
recall it being audible except in a completely silent environment.

> Brightness controls on the keyboard don't work!
> I was aware that the dedicated volume and brightness controls from the
> WallStreet have been replaced by the function keys on the keyboard of
> the  Pismo. The volume and mute keys work just fine, bringing up the
> same old  volume display on the bottom of the screen. But the brightness
> keys (F1  and F2) don't apparently do anything at all! At the moment,
> the LCD  display is nice and bright, but I am used to reducing the
> brightness to  increase battery life. Is there something obvious I am
> missing? Is this a  sign that there is a fault with this Pismo?

They worked fine under all versions of OS X, and under 9.2, on my Pismo. 
Put up a ghosted gray box overlaying the screen, with bars for brightness.
 Should appear similar to the volume overlay.

> Any other nuggets of wisdom relating specifically to Pismos would be
> gratefully received. What other signs of trouble should I be on the look
>  out for? I am a WallStreet diehard, so I have some experience with
> general PowerBook usage.

I would try resetting the PRAM, although that's unlikely to do anything
for your trackpad.

KeS



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Re: DVD-ROM for CD equiped Lombard?

[Steve Fuller]

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>
>I've just bought a 333 Mhz Lombard with CD drive. I'm interested in 
>fitting a DVD Rom drive instead, but I gather from the list archive 
>that I couldn't play DVD movies if I did so unless I get a PC card 
>hardware decoder. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm, or deny, 
>this.
>
There is an onboard DVD decoder card on the 400 MHz Lombards. Not sure 
if this can be retrofitted onto a 333 or not

>Oh, I'm running Jaguar with 192 Mbyte of RAM installed. RAM is next for 
>the upgrade, I think.
>

The Apple DVD player does not support playing DVDs on a Lombard under 
Jaguar, even if you do have the decoder. They do not support the decoder 
card IIRC. You have to use a 3rd party program, but they do not support 
the hardware decoder so the DVDs run choppy. I keep a copy of 9.2.2 
installed just so that my son can watch DVDs on family trips. Once my 
17" shows up, that issue will be fixed.


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Re: Slow OS X Video in Lombard

[Mike Barnes]

On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 03:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I notice that in 10.2.3 I saw the zoom in and out effect in the screen
> saver.  Now that is gone and the screen saver is slower.

My Lombard is currently out on loan so I can't check how mine handles, 
but I'm pretty sure it was 10.2.4 that performance was supposed to pick 
up in. There was a little hack you could do to improve video in earlier 
releases (back as far as 10.1.5 or so), but as of 10.2.4 it's all 
supposedly on by default.

This is from memory, so apologies if I end up misleading you, but I'm 
pretty confident that this is the case.

So - are you saying that you had better results in 10.2.3, or that 
you're currently running 10.2.3?


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Re: DVD-ROM for CD equiped Lombard?

[Eugene Lee]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:55:20PM +, Tom Burke wrote:
: 
: I've just bought a 333 Mhz Lombard with CD drive. I'm interested in 
: fitting a DVD Rom drive instead, but I gather from the list archive 
: that I couldn't play DVD movies if I did so unless I get a PC card 
: hardware decoder. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm, or deny, 
: this.

I'm pretty sure this is the case, because almost 333 MHz Lombards did
not come with on-board DVD hardware decoder.  Now if you are one of the
lucky few who do have one of these, DVD playback should work like the
400 MHz Lombards.

: Oh, I'm running Jaguar with 192 Mbyte of RAM installed. RAM is next for 
: the upgrade, I think.

Definitely max out the RAM to 512 MB.


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DVD-ROM for CD equiped Lombard?

[Tom Burke]

Hello the List!

My apologies if this question has been done to death. I've been through 
the archive but can't quite get a clean reply.

I've just bought a 333 Mhz Lombard with CD drive. I'm interested in 
fitting a DVD Rom drive instead, but I gather from the list archive 
that I couldn't play DVD movies if I did so unless I get a PC card 
hardware decoder. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm, or deny, 
this.

And if it's confirmation, I'd also be grateful if someone could send me 
info on where to buy both items - the DVD Rom & the hardware decoder. 
UK sources first, please.

If this is true, this is a bit of a blow - I've already just put a 
Linksys wifi card in the PC Card slot, using the IOXperts OS X driver. 
Works fine.

Oh, I'm running Jaguar with 192 Mbyte of RAM installed. RAM is next for 
the upgrade, I think.

Tom Burke


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Re: Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 14/03/03 09:27, Mike Turner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Is this normal behaviour for a lightly used Pismo trackpad button?
> Is there any known way of quietening it (other than clicking it thousands
> of times)?

Don't know, don't use much the clicker. I'm mostly using the trackpad for
all my clicking needs (where you tap your finger on the trackpad to simulate
a click, much quieter than any clicker)...

> 
> Brightness controls on the keyboard don't work!
> I was aware that the dedicated volume and brightness controls from the
> WallStreet have been replaced by the function keys on the keyboard of the
> Pismo. The volume and mute keys work just fine, bringing up the same old
> volume display on the bottom of the screen. But the brightness keys (F1
> and F2) don't apparently do anything at all! At the moment, the LCD
> display is nice and bright, but I am used to reducing the brightness to
> increase battery life. Is there something obvious I am missing? Is this a
> sign that there is a fault with this Pismo?

That's probably because the previous owner did activate (or deactivate?) the
function keys in one of the options of the keyboard control panel under OS
9. The default behavior is that when you press those keys, they act on the
brightness or the sound. If you want to use them as function keys, you have
to press the far bottom left 'fn' key. Well, in OS 9 (no way to set that in
OS X yet), you can specify that the keys will work as function keys, and you
then have to press the 'fn' key to use them to control brightness and
volume. Try it, you won't want to go back. That's my regular setting since
it's more harder to turn the brightness or volume all the way up or down by
accidentally pressing *both* the 'fn' key and the others.

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Is the Pismo Trackpad button Noisy?

[Mike Turner]

I have *just* got  my "new" (from eBay) Pismo 500MHz :-) 

I feel a little guilty, as my trusty WallStreet, with 2 1/2 years of 
daily use, is mostly adequate for what I do (email, browsing, a little 
programming).

The 1st impressions after booting up were not favourable! 2 things jumped 
out at me - the trackpad button and the screen brightness controls.

The trackpad button is not only much stiffer than the WallStreet, it 
makes an awfully loud click when you press it!! 

If it wasn't for the better graphics, USB, FireWire, ability to play DVDs 
and, hopefully, a better OS X experience I would go straight back to my 
trusty WallStreet.

As there are obviously thousands of hours of Pismo experience on this 
list, I thought I'd ask. 

Is this normal behaviour for a lightly used Pismo trackpad button? 
Is there any known way of quietening it (other than clicking it thousands 
of times)?

Brightness controls on the keyboard don't work!
I was aware that the dedicated volume and brightness controls from the 
WallStreet have been replaced by the function keys on the keyboard of the 
Pismo. The volume and mute keys work just fine, bringing up the same old 
volume display on the bottom of the screen. But the brightness keys (F1 
and F2) don't apparently do anything at all! At the moment, the LCD 
display is nice and bright, but I am used to reducing the brightness to 
increase battery life. Is there something obvious I am missing? Is this a 
sign that there is a fault with this Pismo?

Any other nuggets of wisdom relating specifically to Pismos would be 
gratefully received. What other signs of trouble should I be on the look 
out for? I am a WallStreet diehard, so I have some experience with 
general PowerBook usage.

Thanks for any ideas. 
Mike Turner

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