Re: Initial BigAl Book impressions (heat)
Someone had asked about heat under the left hand on my BigAl book (now affectionately named Lapzilla). The left hand side of the palmrest contains the hard drive, and the right hand side has the Superdrive in it, so the heat on either side is not an issue at all. The warmest spot on the notebook is on the bottom, towards the hinge, right in the center. I use a RoadTools coolpad most of the time so I don't notice the heat. But, I did use the unit on my lap for a few hours over the weekend, and, while it was warm, it wasn't enough to burn me. Certainly no hotter than any PC laptops that I've used in the past. Steve Fuller -- 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: Initial BigAl Book impressions (heat)
Steve, Thanks ... just had some concerns after seeing some really hot 12 units ... and wondered if the 17 would follow suit. -Bob Angell- On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 06:01, Steve Fuller wrote: Someone had asked about heat under the left hand on my BigAl book (now affectionately named Lapzilla). The left hand side of the palmrest contains the hard drive, and the right hand side has the Superdrive in it, so the heat on either side is not an issue at all. The warmest spot on the notebook is on the bottom, towards the hinge, right in the center. I use a RoadTools coolpad most of the time so I don't notice the heat. But, I did use the unit on my lap for a few hours over the weekend, and, while it was warm, it wasn't enough to burn me. Certainly no hotter than any PC laptops that I've used in the past. Steve Fuller -- 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: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard! - Resolved 90%
on 1/4/03 12:28 AM, John Beringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my dismay, after cleaning up the crash, zeroing the HD from CD (again), reinstalling 9.0.4-9.1-9.2.1-9.2.2 (again) I still kept having freezes and crashes with only: Office 2001 IE 5.1 Stuffit6.5 Have you (a) updated Office 2001 to the latest update? (b) Updated IE to 5.1.6? (c) Updated Stuffit to the latest version (7.0.1)? With those three items you *should* have rock solid operation. M$ Excel 2001 *never* gave me any problems and I could probably count the number of M$ Word 2001 crashes in over a year on one hand. M$ PowerPoint 2001 was only marginally more stable than its predecessor 98 version though :( :( :(. IE is a different story. You can probably expect a crash once/2 days - twice/day, however, unless you're dealing with QuickTime ( the problem is QuickTime's) you shouldn't have any full freezes. Eric. -- 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: Digital Camera ...
The other option one might have is one I have become fond of. During baseball season I can shoot anywhere from 10-20 rolls of film per day. I am using these shots for baseball cards, magazines and 8x's that I am having signed. Digital is fine for the cards but for prints digital is not going to give me the results I need. However, the cheapish alternative to printing EVERY roll of film you shoot is have your rolls developed straight to scans I founf that costco can do this for me for around $7.25 per roll straight to CD - I then use my nikon film scanner for the really High res images or just use to catalog my images with something like Extensis Portfolio.. Just my thoughts. Good luck Derrick -- 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: Spam questions
On 04/01/2003 10:16 AM, Bill McIntyre wrote: Does this mean that I really don't need my firewall? It makes my mail receiving and web surfing a little bit slower, and I'd prefer to turn it off if I really don't need it to keep someone from accessing my Quicken files, etc. I seem to recall that some MacWorld article said that Mac users didn't need a firewall as much as Windows folks, but I still ended up with the I think the article was about right - it's like anti-virus software, that Mac users are less prone to attacks (from virus or hackers trying to get in your DSL connection), but we're not invincible. It's still a good thing to have if you're hooked up all the time, if for nothing else than that 13-year old hacker whose specialty is trying to hack Macs... Jim Rohde -- 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: Spam questions
James Rohde wrote: On 04/01/2003 10:16 AM, Bill McIntyre wrote: Does this mean that I really don't need my firewall? It makes my mail receiving and web surfing a little bit slower, and I'd prefer to turn it off if I really don't need it to keep someone from accessing my Quicken files, etc. I seem to recall that some MacWorld article said that Mac users didn't need a firewall as much as Windows folks, but I still ended up with the I think the article was about right - it's like anti-virus software, that Mac users are less prone to attacks (from virus or hackers trying to get in your DSL connection), but we're not invincible. It's still a good thing to have if you're hooked up all the time, if for nothing else than that 13-year old hacker whose specialty is trying to hack Macs... Someone running Classic with no Guest sharing allowed is *invulnerable*...there is no way to hack it beyond the hacker getting *you* to run *their* programs on your Mac. This is why www.army.mil is still hosted on Macs running OS9. They are unhackable. 13-year old hackers out there don't even *consider* Macs as targets. Macs running OSX are somewhat more vulnerable, but if you're not using any services, such as SSH, Web server, File sharing, etc, then, again, there's *no* need for a firewall. Any system running tcp/ip can be hit with a Denial of Service attack, but that will only affect your connection to the outside world, not the system itself. The number 1 target of hackers in the world are Windows systems. They are also target number 2 through target number 999 target of hackers in the world. I'd estimate that 99% of all hacker attacks are done with prepackaged scripts attacking known vulnerabilities. My web server (a Quid Pro Quo server running on a Performa 6214) is *still* being hit with Code Red attacks. Code Red was first described in July 2001 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-19.html. Our e-mail bvirus catcher is catching almost exclusively Yaha and Klez viruses. Both have been around for *months* The media routinely hypes the danger the *hackers* pose to computers http://www.vmyths.com/ . It is vastly overblown, and for Macs, essentially non-existent, to the point that I would consider people selling 'firewalls' for the Mac OS to be selling snake oil. -- 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: Digital camera...or not
Well, thank you all for the great number of replies (already 3 digest went through before I can answer) Seems like going with the compactflash adaptor and a digital camera that uses these cards is, in my case, the best way because : * cheaper than a cardreader, if I can find a SCSI-one at all (no USB or FireWire ports available on my Macs, and adaptor is cheaper than trading in the Sonnet IDE card and getting a Trio IDE/USB/FireWire card). * works with the Kanga, and Kanga is portable, just like the digital camera is. * no additional software nescessary (PC exchange comes with the OS). * big CFcards available. * faster transfer as through a cable. and additional advantages : * don't need to ditch the soundcard (Audiomedia III with ProTools, you'll understand I do not want to let this one go) as someone suggested. * extended batterylife for the camera, maybe also for the Kanga if it can boot from a CFcard (as I've read somewhere) Disadvantages : * tied into an adaptor which can read only CF. (I can live with that, it's not a major investment of money) * tied into a single machine (in my possession) which can receive the data from the camera (I can live with that, when Kanga would die, I'll probably replace it with a Pismo, which has USB and PCMCIA reader, and given time and money, the 8600 will be replaced by a G4/dual) And for those wondering, I do not intend to stop using my 35mm camera, it's just the conveniance of digital photography I'm after. I have a ColorOne 600/27 scanner and a Epson photostylus 800 (not the most fancy equipment ;-), so forget printouts, it's purely for digital use. For the camera I'm looking at the Canon Powershoot range (A40/A60/IxusV2) and the Pentax Optio230, they received good reviews, they look okay (= like a normal compact camera), seem easy to use and take CF (type I) I'll let you all know how things go when I've made the decision thanks to all, Bramke -- Bramke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgium (digest-mode) -- 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 ---
Track Pad issues?
Hi folks, I just purchased a Pismo for myself, and I'm totally thrilled with it. I've only had it a few days, so I'm still ironing out all of the little quirks, and I'm stuck on one in particular. I *think* that when I first got it, the track pad accepted tapping as clicking, and double-tapping as double-clicking. Then, mysteriously, it stopped doing that. I installed and configured several things over the last few days, so I have no idea which thing in particular caused this (or maybe I was mistaken and it didn't really do that to begin with.) Anyway, I'm running Jaguar, and for the life of me I can't find any trackpad settings. If I reboot in OS 9, there is a trackpad control panel, and tapping works normally there. I even changed the speed of the trackpad in OS9 and it was reflected when I rebooted in Jaguar. Any thoughts? I have to believe that Jaguar supports it, since I'm pretty sure all of the new 'books are utilizing it. Thanks, Doug Neff -- == Mm. Floor pie.-Homer Simpson == -- 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: HELP!!! Fried my Lombard! - Resolved 90%
i had all kinds of problems with office 2001 on my Lombard (Bronze keyboard 400Mhz, SCSi = lombard??? i can never get 'em straight) After i reinstalled and DIDN'T install any of the patches it seemed much much more stable. I'm running Jag-wire (as Uncle Bill would say) with office X and it seems rock solid. I haven't had an app crash (well besides beta stuff) in months After using X on my ex wife's iMac and i went back to my laptop with 9.2.2 it drove me crazy, so I would recommend upgrading to X, but you may want to wait until this summer since Panther is supposed to coming out soon (at the WWDC) BUT then I am kind of a UNIX geek :-) Hope this helps On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Eric D. wrote: on 1/4/03 12:28 AM, John Beringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my dismay, after cleaning up the crash, zeroing the HD from CD (again), reinstalling 9.0.4-9.1-9.2.1-9.2.2 (again) I still kept having freezes and crashes with only: Office 2001 IE 5.1 Stuffit6.5 -- Robert AOL IM wingnut022074 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. (Benjamin 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: Track Pad issues?
Anyway, I'm running Jaguar, and for the life of me I can't find any trackpad settings. If I reboot in OS 9, there is a trackpad control panel, and tapping works normally there. I even changed the speed of the trackpad in OS9 and it was reflected when I rebooted in Jaguar. On my AlBook, the trackpad settings are a separate pad under the Mouse System Preferences. There's a spot on that tab for setting the double click for the trackpad and for setting up the drag lock. I'm running 10.2.4 Hope this helps... Steve -- 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: Track Pad issues?
on 1/4/03 5:46 PM, Doug Neff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I *think* that when I first got it, the track pad accepted tapping as clicking, and double-tapping as double-clicking. Then, mysteriously, it stopped doing that. I installed and configured several things over the last few days, so I have no idea which thing in particular caused this (or maybe I was mistaken and it didn't really do that to begin with.) Anyway, I'm running Jaguar, and for the life of me I can't find any trackpad settings. If I reboot in OS 9, there is a trackpad control panel, and tapping works normally there. I even changed the speed of the trackpad in OS9 and it was reflected when I rebooted in Jaguar. Go into the mouse preferences panel and you'll be able to change the trackpad settings (Jaguar). Eric. -- 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: Track Pad issues?
On 01/04/03 17:46, Doug Neff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] Any thoughts? I have to believe that Jaguar supports it, since I'm pretty sure all of the new 'books are utilizing it. In Jaguar, look in the 'Mouse' preference pane for trackpad settings. -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 ---
F key shortcuts
Is there a way to set the F keys on my Wallstreet to do functions? I would like to set one to make the computer go to sleep. geno. -- 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 ---
Open Firmware
All PCI Macs have OF, PBs 2400 and 3400 were the first PCI-based PowerBooks, the G3 Series (Bronze keyboard) was the first NewWorld ROM PowerBook. Apple's definition - Open Firmware-Open Firmware is a cross-platform firmware standard for controlling hardware and is used by all PCI-based Mac OS computers. You can start up in Open Firmware when troubleshooting. I've been poking around OF pages lately, trying to get a handle on what the heck one can do with OF. I still don't really know of course, this is kinda above my head - so far . . . Specific to the original question: PowerBook: Information About ROM-in-RAM, The PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze keyboard), PowerBook (FireWire), and PowerBook G4 use ROM-in-RAM (NewWorld ROM). http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58342 What is Open Firmware?: http://www.firmworks.com/www/ofw.htm Apple's OF dev and info site: http://bananajr6000.apple.com a links page there: http://bananajr6000.apple.com/OF/technotes.html dev technotes - fundamentals of OF - in 3 parts: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/pdf/tn1061.pdf http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/pdf/tn1062.pdf http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/pdf/tn1044.pdf Open Firmware User Interface Commands and Examples: http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/DeviceManagers/pci_srvcs/pci_ cards_drivers/PCI_BOOK.64.html here's a nice list of OF commands, from Apple Network Server 500,700: Open Firmware Read Me, useful still: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60285 security and OF: http://www.macosxlabs.org/documentation/firmware_security/intro.html http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482 Similar to the Apple OF page: http://www.openfirmware.org/1275/home.html Forth, the language of OF, if you care to dig even deeper!: http://www.forth.org/ http://www.taygeta.com/forth/dpans.html some docs you can buy: http://www.firmworks.com/open_fw/liter/ofcmdref.txt PowerComputing products OF: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=36386 That's it for now, hth, : -) Dan K -- 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 ---
