Re: Help: Maxter ext HD stopped responding
You are correct. But after you have done the data recovery this should be the next logical step. No? Your point...? He will send his HD in to Maxtor, they will replace it and KEEP THE OLD ONE, he will have a blank drive and no data. Anyhow, it may simply be corrupted, not actually failed. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- 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: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet
On 2/8/03, Sid Barras said: I did put in a fast (20gb 5400rpm travelstar) Hard drive, and maxed the memory at 512mb, but other than that, my 266mhz G3 wallstreet is stock. I got acceptable performance since 10.1.5 - 10.2.5 on my almost stock 266MHz WallStreet, with only 192MB RAM and an IBM 20GB TravelStar HDD. I forget which, but one of the following release added (some of) the missing graphics acceleration for the WallStreet graphics chip, which also helps. But I succumbed to temptation a few months ago and got a 2nd hand Pismo - with AirPort, USB and FireWire. The most important thing for OS X is the video chip. My WallStreet flies in OS 8.1 - 9.2. It IS faster in OS 9 Finder than my Pismo running the OS X Finder. The Pismo is so much more slimmer and lighter. Portability is important to me. I am dreaming about a 12 G4 as my next PowerBook, provided my eyesight holds up... Mike -- 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: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet
The Pismo is so much more slimmer and lighter. Portability is important Wow... Pismo slim and light? I'm glad I never handled a Wallstreet, it must be a real boat anchor if Pismo is light by comparison. (Of course, I'm a bit spoiled, having been using single-spindle subnotebooks for the last few years). -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- 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: USB hub - full function ?
Thank you for a very good answer! :o) From: Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: USB hub - full function ? Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:06:24 -0700 At 8:42 AM +0200 8/3/03, Laurence TeknoLiber wrote: When I have amy keyboard connected through my powered 4-port USB hub (iMac kbd short cable), it doesn't work the way it does if it's plugged directly into the Mac, e.g. the power key etc. Is there an explaination ? Yes. When the computer is off, small amount of current from the power supply's standby power output is bled into one of the USB lines through a resistor. When the power on key is pressed, this current source is shorted out. A voltage comparator on the mother board senses the corresponding voltage change and signals the power supply to turn on. It is a very elegant hack that allows an otherwise un-powered USB bus to do something it was never designed to do - send a signal when it is off. The hub inserts a USB transceiver between incoming and outgoing USB signals, and this transceiver blocks the signal current. Paul -- 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 --- _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail -- 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: how much to spend to fix powerbook
hi there - i'm a bit of a powerbook guru and may be able to help - what model is this, specifically? Cheers :) Kai on 8/4/03 4:07 am, Lynn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Thanks for the info. I am a bit confused. Not only do I have the whistling sound when the adapter is pushed into the jack , but my additional 300 plus ram is not showing up in the system profiler. It shows up under about acomputer, but that is it. I have been getting memory problems for awhile and wasn't aware that the computer wasn't acknowledging all of the ram. It stops whistling if I hold the plug and push it into the jack tighter. I am using a brick. I have a backup yo yo but am not too thrilled with it. THe last two have sparked on just one use. I can't record to a cd firewire backup. I get errors or else it hangs during finishing session. I can get backup to my swappable zip drive though. Disk first aid fixed a volume error the other night. I am not sure where to go with all of this. At first I htought it was the drive, now it looks like it could be adapter or both and why the trouble with the firewire? A mac guy will charge 50 to come to my house (am disabled and can't drive), 85 per hour for labor, and 200 for a new Toshiba drive. I have heard the ibm travelstars are better and cheaper. Not sure how much I should spend on this if the money could go toward a newer model. Am now very confused about whether the computer has one problem or multiple problems. Thanks so much for any advice. Lynn -- 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: PB network problem
On 8/3/03 6:11 PM, Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (edited for length): I have a 12 PB with a wifi card. The PB has a static IP address. Occasionally I find that when using the ethernet connection the PB is no longer able to transmit or receive across the network - no browsing, no email, no ping, even to devices within my own local suib-net. This happens intermittently, and when it does happen it's only after a while - an hour of use? - and some days never. The network configuration looks OK, but running this command: 'ipconfig getifaddr en0' in a terminal window gets this response: 'get if addr en0 failed, (os/kern) failure' Has anyone else ever seen this? Does anyone have any idea what might be causing it? How is the PB connecting to the network? Are you using an Airport Base Station or some other type? What kind of signal are you getting? If you are using an Airport Extreme base station, they sometimes stop, could be interference from a cordless phone among other things. Sometimes unplugging the base station, waiting a minute and plugging it back in solves that problem. I just tried that terminal command. I've been having a lot of trouble with my DSL the last week. At this moment, I've lost sync. I got the same response that you got. I'll try it again once I get sync back. Meg -- PowerBook 12-inch 10.2.6 640 MB RAM iChat: megsaint -- 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: PB network problem
I have a 12 PB with a wifi card. The PB has a static IP address. Occasionally I find that when using the ethernet connection the PB is no longer able to transmit or receive across the network - no browsing, What does ifconfig en0 tell you, though? ipconfig getipaddr doesn't work for me at all under OSX (I get the same error you do). One thing I've noticed on our office LAN (mixed Mac/PC, and a combination of 10bT and 100bT devices) is that sustained file transfers between 10bT and 100bT devices cause problems. We'd get a large number of collisions, and then either the port on the hub would shut down for a couple of minutes, or the Ethernet transceiver at one or other computer (usually the 10bT device) would shut down for 30 seconds or so. This problem got better when we removed all the 10bT hubs and replaced them with autosensing 10/100 switches. There are some devices that we can't upgrade to 100bT (printers, a fax server, and a couple of other things). These are the main troublemakers for us right now. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- 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 ---
Powerbook G3 CPU Upgrades
Hey there - just wondering if anyone has upgraded the CPU in a Wallstreet G3. Mines a Series II with a 266Mhz CPU card - and i was wondering if anyone has either a Newer Tech 466 or a Powerlogix 500 or a Sonnet Crescendo 500 - and if you have experienced any problems or irritations. I Love my wallstreet - and i'd like to keep it upto date - i've upgraded the mem to 192mb (not the max i know) and the hard disk to 12gb. Also - i've heard that PCB manufacturers can upgrade some of the SMT chips on the board - like the VRAM chips. Another thing - are there any pin compatible video controller chips that can replace the ATI Rage Pro LT? Cheers :) Kai -- 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: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet
If you want decent video performance - other than changing to 16-bit colour, there are two things you can do. a) Download and Install GrackleProbe to enable extra PCI options b) Read the ATI RagePro.kext mod on: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/osx_ragepro_driver_tip.html With those mods, SpeedBench for OS X reports that my graphics are faster than an iMac 333, as well as the CPU/RAM/HD - rather good i thought!! Kai -- 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: Powerbook G3 CPU Upgrades
On Monday, Aug 4, 2003, at 10:21 US/Eastern, Kai Robinson wrote: Hey there - just wondering if anyone has upgraded the CPU in a Wallstreet G3. Mines a Series II with a 266Mhz CPU card - and i was wondering if anyone has either a Newer Tech 466 or a Powerlogix 500 or a Sonnet Crescendo 500 - and if you have experienced any problems or irritations. I Love my wallstreet - and i'd like to keep it upto date - i've upgraded the mem to 192mb (not the max i know) and the hard disk to 12gb. I bought a Powerlogix 500 two years ago, I sold the machine last year to a friend and as far as I know it is still going strong. The upgrade was totally transparent aside from the speed increase. I had the same WS as 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 ---
Re: OS X (10.2.2) successful on Wallstreet
On Monday 04 August 2003 05:06 am, Lewin Edwards wrote: The Pismo is so much more slimmer and lighter. Portability is important Wow... Pismo slim and light? I'm glad I never handled a Wallstreet, it must be a real boat anchor if Pismo is light by comparison. (Of course, I'm a bit spoiled, having been using single-spindle subnotebooks for the last few years). Wallstreet is kinda beefy...almost 8 pounds of joy for the 14.1 version. It's like carrying around a Papoose. It's ok, though...I've never had a laptop that's been less than 7 pounds. I've gone from a PowerBook 145 to a IBM Thinkpad 365X to a Wallstreet PDQ 14.1 and basically carrying them in a backpack has felt just about the same. -.\\-H- -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like 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: Help: Maxter ext HD stopped responding
on 8/4/03 9:59 PM, Lewin Edwards at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are correct. But after you have done the data recovery this should be the next logical step. No? Your point...? He will send his HD in to Maxtor, they will replace it and KEEP THE OLD ONE, he will have a blank drive and no data. Anyhow, it may simply be corrupted, not actually failed. And that can be fixed HOW ? In addition I tried now Drive 10, still no results ... :( -- 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: Powerbook G3 CPU Upgrades
On Monday, Aug 4, 2003, at 10:21 US/Eastern, Kai Robinson wrote: Hey there - just wondering if anyone has upgraded the CPU in a Wallstreet G3. Mines a Series II with a 266Mhz CPU card - and i was wondering if anyone has either a Newer Tech 466 or a Powerlogix 500 or a Sonnet Crescendo 500 - and if you have experienced any problems or irritations. I Love my wallstreet - and i'd like to keep it upto date - i've upgraded the mem to 192mb (not the max i know) and the hard disk to 12gb. I bought a Powerlogix 500 two years ago, I sold the machine last year to a friend and as far as I know it is still going strong. The upgrade was totally transparent aside from the speed increase. I had the same WS as you. What about heat issues? Generally, how much is the temperature increase? I have a Pismo and considering a G4 upgrade at some point? -- 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 ---
VPN, iBook and Jaguar
Hello all, I am using an iBook 300 running Jaguar and would like to know if anyone here has had any success using VPN? I am attempting to connect to another Mac that is set up to use VPN, but cannot connect. Thanks. Kyle -- 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: VPN, iBook and Jaguar
Kyle Lee wrote: Hello all, I am using an iBook 300 running Jaguar and would like to know if anyone here has had any success using VPN? I am attempting to connect to another Mac that is set up to use VPN, but cannot connect. Hmmm. I set it up once, on someone else's system, and it worked fine, but that was some time ago, and all I did was what the help stuff said... Open Internet connect, select File New VPN connection, put in the server address, user name and password, and voila, it just worked :-/ I'll have to look at that system again to see what, if anything, I did out of the ordinary. I just did it on our Windows VPN server and it connected right up. After that you can just use the Go: Connect to Server menu in finder to connect to a server over the VPN and mount drives. Dunno how to route other internet traffic over it. -- 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: PB Networking Problems
On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 03:44 pm, G-Books wrote: Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:10:56 -0400 Subject: Re: PB network problem From: Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a 12 PB with a wifi card. The PB has a static IP address. Occasionally I find that when using the ethernet connection the PB is no longer able to transmit or receive across the network - no browsing, What does ifconfig en0 tell you, though? ipconfig getipaddr doesn't work for me at all under OSX (I get the same error you do). -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 *** Thanks for the various responses on my post about PN networking issues. I'm on a home network, with all IP addresses statically configured, and I'm certain that there's nothing else on the network with the same IP address as the PB en0, so it shouldn't be IP address conflict. All devices connect tp a 3Com 10bT hub, which in turn is connected to an ADSL router. There's nothing wrong with the router or the hub; whenever this problem happens with the PB, another machine (Win2K laptop) continues working fine, including external comms through the ADSL router. Since I first posted I've tried something my dealer suggested, which was to do a 'clean re-install'. My system disk installs 10.2.3, and I downloaded 10.2.6 combo upgrade. This time I haven't done that - I've got a 10.2.4 upgrade CD that I burned, and I've installed that. I'll report back if that seems to make any difference. Ah, no it doesn't, I've just checked with my normal command (ipconfig getifaddr en0) and got the error message again - I'm on Wireless at the moment. Incidentally, when en0 is happy, that command returns the IP address currently in use on that port. Thinking about it, I'm not surprised to see the error message at the moment - I switched Locations when I unplugged the laptop moved downstairs (wireless connection) - my two Locations each have just one working network port; one has Airport, the other ethernet. At the moment I'm using a Location that only has airport enabled, so reasonably enough that port is switched off completely, therefore no IP address is assigned. But this error has happened when I've been connected via ethernet, and have not been switching locations, hence there's no reason why the port should error. Maybe I'll go back to one Location with both ports enabled. But it's interesting that other people are seeing the same error message that I am. I have to say, I'm not impressed with this - this is exactly the sort of thing I'm used to with PCs, and that I never had with my Lombard running 10.2.4 though ethernet and airport. Ah well. Tom Burke -- 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: PB Networking Problems
What does ifconfig en0 tell you, though? ipconfig getipaddr doesn't back if that seems to make any difference. Ah, no it doesn't, I've just checked with my normal command (ipconfig getifaddr en0) and got the The point I was making is: ipconfig doesn't appear to do what it's documented to do, but that's neither here nor there. In order to get useful diagnostics on your actual problem, you'll need to use ifconfig. I actually never used/heard of ipconfig before; I always use ifconfig. ipconfig doesn't give anyone any results at all. It might use an ioctl that isn't implemented in Darwin. -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/ Learn how to build high-performance embedded systems on a budget! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750676094/zws-20 -- 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 ---
Wallstreet Start-Up Problem
I want to see if anyone can shed some light on the problems I have been having with my Powerbook: Powerbook Wallstreet, upgraded with Powerlogix 466, 256 Ram, IBM 20gig hd, Running system 9.1 Problem: After the system has been shut down overnight, the Powerbook will have several start up problems including bombs with various errors such as bus error, illegal instruction, etc. and freezes. It takes several forced re-starts but it eventually goes through and makes it to the end. Once a successful start-up is done, it runs all day fine without any problems. So far, I have re-installed the system software twice (I was running OSX, but removed it thinking the problem was in there), checked everything that was possible with Techtool Pro, tried with extensions off, without any peripherals connected, without battery or cd in bays, zapped the PRAM, all to no avail. I saw about resetting the Open Firmware command and tried this also. I was not able to bring up the screen using the key command, using System Disk utility from Apple, I can check the command manually and hold the keys down to bring up the screen, but then it will not allow any typing to give commands (frozen?). I have seen some feeds referring to the PMU unit as a possible culprit. I think the back up battery is also history (it is a few years old now), does anyone have any ideas or had similar problems that can give some insight? And, is there anyway of checking boards such as the PMU outside of shipping the system off to a service center? I appreciate any help, thanks. Wayne -- 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: Wallstreet Start-Up Problem
My wallstreet was pulled from the dumpster, not able to startup. FN CTL SHIFT Power cycling would bring it up after a while. I assumed it to be a bad Backup battery or PMU. I replace the PMU (it came to me before the battery) and all has been swell since. Most of the symptoms below were experienced by me. I found my PMU on ebay from a pull a part guy. Peace On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:43 PM, Wayne wrote: I want to see if anyone can shed some light on the problems I have been having with my Powerbook: Powerbook Wallstreet, upgraded with Powerlogix 466, 256 Ram, IBM 20gig hd, Running system 9.1 Problem: After the system has been shut down overnight, the Powerbook will have several start up problems including bombs with various errors such as bus error, illegal instruction, etc. and freezes. It takes several forced re-starts but it eventually goes through and makes it to the end. Once a successful start-up is done, it runs all day fine without any problems. So far, I have re-installed the system software twice (I was running OSX, but removed it thinking the problem was in there), checked everything that was possible with Techtool Pro, tried with extensions off, without any peripherals connected, without battery or cd in bays, zapped the PRAM, all to no avail. I saw about resetting the Open Firmware command and tried this also. I was not able to bring up the screen using the key command, using System Disk utility from Apple, I can check the command manually and hold the keys down to bring up the screen, but then it will not allow any typing to give commands (frozen?). I have seen some feeds referring to the PMU unit as a possible culprit. I think the back up battery is also history (it is a few years old now), does anyone have any ideas or had similar problems that can give some insight? And, is there anyway of checking boards such as the PMU outside of shipping the system off to a service center? I appreciate any help, thanks. Wayne -- 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: PB Networking Problems
On 8/4/03 4:10 PM, Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (edited for length): I've just checked with my normal command (ipconfig getifaddr en0) and got the error message again - I'm on Wireless at the moment. Incidentally, when en0 is happy, that command returns the IP address currently in use on that port. Now that my DSL is back up (this hour), I tried the command again. Got the same error message. Now, my IP address are not static and am using DHCP on my Airport. I can see the other computers on the network. This probably isn't very helpful but, well, on more data point. Meg -- PowerBook 12-inch 10.2.6 640 MB RAM iChat: megsaint -- 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: Wallstreet Start-Up Problem
On 8/4/03 4:43 PM, Wayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (edited for length): Powerbook Wallstreet, upgraded with Powerlogix 466, 256 Ram, IBM 20gig hd, Running system 9.1 Problem: After the system has been shut down overnight, the Powerbook will have several start up problems including bombs with various errors such as bus error, illegal instruction, etc. and freezes. It takes several forced re-starts but it eventually goes through and makes it to the end. Once a successful start-up is done, it runs all day fine without any problems. I realize that OS 9 is much more forgiving of RAM than X but have you tried taking out any additional RAM? I don't know if that model shipped with the Apple Hardware Diagnostic disk. If it did, you might try that. Meg -- PowerBook 12-inch 10.2.6 640 MB RAM iChat: megsaint -- 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: PB Networking Problems
Tom Burke wrote: But it's interesting that other people are seeing the same error message that I am. I have to say, I'm not impressed with this - this is exactly the sort of thing I'm used to with PCs, and that I never had with my Lombard running 10.2.4 though ethernet and airport. Ah well. What it means then (in it's cute little un-documented way; note there's no man page for ipconfig...) is that ethernet interface is not currently active...maybe, or in light of Meg's datapoint, that it hasn't a static IP address associated with it. I tend to go with Lewin on this and think it's just a poorly ported command that may or may not actually do anything. -- 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 ---
Playing region free DVDs on TiBook with VLC
Hey Gang, I cam across this posting http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=16527 Which says you could watch dvds of all regions using VLC on the UJ 815, without flashing firmware and such ... I think thi smay be great info for some .. And I wonder if anyone here has tried that yet .. I am confused about the libraries part .. So, I may wait till I understand how that is supposed to work Cheers P -- 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 ---
Question: USB 2.0 cards for Pismo?
I saw a great deal for a USB 2.0 Cardbus-compliant PCMCIA card. Though it doesn't mention being Mac-compatible, it is a tempting buy at US$25.74 at ComputerGeeks.com: (info and quote from Dealmac.com:) The 2-port USB 2.0 PCMCIA card costs $28.60 at ComputerGeeks.com. Use coupon code DEALNEWS to knock the net price to $25.74, the best we know to be available. Add $6 for shipping. My question is, would it work on a Mac? Would any Cardbus USB card work in Powerbook in OS 10.2- are the drivers built into the OS now? I guess I could ask this same question about Firewire 3.5 cases- would any and all work??? (PS- no manufacturer name is given for the card) Thanks, Bill M -- 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 ---
