Re: Pismo CPU upgrades

[Scott Crick]

On 8/24/03 4:56 PM, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm contemplating upgrading the CPU to either a G4 or a 900MHz G3.
> 
> Newer Tech (through OWC) has a G4 500 upgrade, as does PowerLogix.
> PowerLogix also has a 900MHz G3 upgrade option.  Does anyone have any
> thoughts on these upgrades?  900MHz sounds very attractive, but in
> the real world is the 400MHz difference between the G4 and G3
> upgrades noticeable?  (Well, OK, I'm sure it is for non-Altivec
> stuff, but what about OS X and other Altivec apps?)  Of the G4
> upgrades, is there any real difference between the two?  They both
> use 7410s, I believe...

I would definitely go with the G3/900 unless you have a specific need for
the AltiVec unit of the G4. From what I understand, MHz for MHz, the G4 is
about the same speed as the G3 processor, except for AltiVec operations.

Unless you use a ton of AltiVec-accelerated software, the G3/900 would be a
much better option and value.

Sincerely,

Scott
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Pismo reassembled

[Jochen Busch]

Well,

Operation Pismo Soundcard soldering was solved perfectly

The PB boings, it starts, it sleeps, everything is just doing fine,
except:
it´s blind...
the LCD stays black and an external monitor stays black too..
..rr..
 Maybe I should wait for some hours or so ??
Cause the first starts even the sound didn´t work..leaving me in fear
about the soldering results..
then after a few minutes with the Pram battery (was disconnected for
10 days) and powerline connected
 one by one the pismo´s features came back to life..
except: the display
ompf
If I didn´t kill the soundcard by soldering it,
I guess I also didn´t kill the graphics card ;)
So where to look for the malfunction ??
the LCD cable connector is connected.
and even if it was not connected:
why does the external monitor refuse to work ?
Should I disassemble the LCD again
or should I look for some malfunction more central ??
greetings Jochen

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Re: Update Netscape for Pismo?

[Les Riess]

To: Michelle Klein-Hass

>>It is definitely sufficient for Netscape 7. I would strongly suggest
going the
Mozilla route because Moz is a bit leaner and faster than the
AOL-packaged
Netscape.<<

I'm not using the AOL-packaged Netscape. I use Netscape 7 on my G4
desktop at my studio and like it a lot. At this point, I'm only
interested in upgrading my Pismo that I use at home to Netscape 7. BTW,
thanks for the link to the LEM Pismo page.

To: Hugo Diaz

>>Now I want to migrate the Netscape mail and bookmarks to the 1400.
What files should I copy to the 1400?<<

I'm not the best person to ask as I'm more technophobe than technophile,
but I think that all you have to do is link your two computers together
and then use the import feature in Netscape to bring your address book
and bookmarks over to the PB 1400. If you have further questions, I'm
sure someone, who is more expert, will be able to help you.

To:Steve Kidd

>>One question and one comment, The question is what software are you
using that hasn't been updated? I ask mainly just out of interest - I
keep track of photo software (professional hazard) and I wasn't aware
of any major tools that weren't OS X compatible by now.<<

I use a photo business package called HindSight which runs on the
Panorama database software. It runs in classic on my G4. Also, the
scanner driver software for my Nikon SuperCool Scan 2000 will only work
in OS 9.

To: Everyone

Thanks for your comments, especially the ones that dealt specifically
with upgrading Netscape on my Pismo. I'll probably be following up with
questions on upgrading to OSX in the near future, as some of you have
given me food for thought.

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Re: Any tips on where to buy a pismo

[Wayne]

Check out Macprices.com, they have a free classified section for people to
sell their Macs and Pismos are listed on there.

Also, there are very good deals on the discontinued Ibooks 700 Mhz models,
all of them are new factory sealed units and SmallDogs.com and Powermax.com
have a shipment priced under $800 (I purchased one through Powermax and am
very happy with the system).

Check Dealmac.com also, they keeps tabs of refurbished as well as new sales
offers.

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Re: Any tips on where to buy a pismo

[Tom Roth]

There was one on LEM-Swap a few days ago.

-tom


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> From: Ed Zelinsky
> Subject:  Any tips on where to buy a pismo
> 
> A friend needs to buy a laptop-my favorite is the pismo madel because of
> firewire and upgradeability. That's what I'm recommending... has anyone seen
> any good deals out there?
> 
> thanks for any info!
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Any tips on where to buy a pismo

[gdadams1]

I bought mine almost two years ago from megamacs.com. I've done business with them for 
years, and the machine has been perfect. I just checked their site and they have a few 
machines... The best seems to be one for $799:

* Apple Powerbook G3 400MHZ
* 14" LCD Screen
* 320MB of RAM
* 6GB Hard Drive
* Removable DVD-Rom Drive
* Airport Card Installed
* Yo-Yo Style AC Adapter Included
* LIon Battery included

Check around Powermax and even Smalldog. 

Gary


> 
> From: Ed Zelinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/08/26 Tue AM 11:17:30 EDT
> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Any tips on where to buy a pismo
> 
> A friend needs to buy a laptop-my favorite is the pismo madel because of
> firewire and upgradeability. That's what I'm recommending... has anyone seen
> any good deals out there?
> 
> thanks for any info!



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Any tips on where to buy a pismo

[Ed Zelinsky]

A friend needs to buy a laptop-my favorite is the pismo madel because of
firewire and upgradeability. That's what I'm recommending... has anyone seen
any good deals out there?

thanks for any info!


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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Kyle Lee]

Ken,

Even if this iBook had a bad motherboard, you got a steal. Either way, 
sounds like the Ion battery (Apple M7426 Li-Ion Battery Clamshell 
iBook) is dead. You can find them used on eBay for about $70+. These 
will hold about a 5 hour charge. I am using one now that I bought on 
eBay. New ones will cost about $140.

The iBook does not have a PRAM battery. I have taken so many of these 
apart. It is not that difficult. I can send you the PDF files that 
illustrate how to do it.

Let me know if you want them.

Kyle

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Re: Wallstreet Woes

[Clark Martin]

At 6:06 PM -0400 8/25/03, Andrew Johnson wrote:
On my Wallstreet 250, when I sometimes lift the unit using one hand 
on the corner near the battery bay, the unit will sometimes lose 
power, I imagine it has something to do with the contact between the 
battery and the connector being lost, but has anyone seen a problem 
like this before? any solutions?


A have seen it with a Kanga but not with my WallStreet.  I never got 
around to resolving it in the Kanga.  That is other than to not hold 
it that way.

It's likely  the battery contacts opening up, they have possibly lost 
their springiness or are fouled.

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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Gary D. Adams]

The problem with so many of these batteries--unless you buy them from 
someone like bti--is that they have been on the shelf and die. I bought 
two from overstock.com and they were d.o.a. i was able to bring them 
back to life with a vst charger... others have not been able to do that 
successfully with some of these.

gary

Thomas Ethen wrote:
This guy has quite a few for sale, but they are not cheap!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2749274205&category=25437
Tom


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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Thomas Ethen]

This guy has quite a few for sale, but they are not cheap!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2749274205&category=25437

Tom

on 8/25/03 11:25 PM, Gary D. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> This iBook does not have a PRAM battery. I think it uses a capacitor
> that's good for a very short times--the time to unscrew the battery and
> replace it--if you're lucky. The big battery is the only battery in it.
> If the main battery is dead, you need to run it with the adapter and get
> another battery--which are scarce as hens' teeth.
> 
> Gary


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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Thomas Ethen]

According to my tech manual, the Claimshell iBook has no backup battery and
is a bear to take apart.

Tom

on 8/25/03 11:21 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> on 25/08/03 23:05, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Picked up a Blueberry clamshell with yo-yo today (for $20 it seemed like
>> worth a chance).
>> 
>> When I got it home I got it to boot by jiggling the power connector. It
>> looks like the power connector might be loose on whatever board it is
>> mounted to.
>> 
>> While it boots fine to OS 8.6, it does not charge the battery and when
>> the power connector is disconnected, the time reverts to 1904. Do these
>> things have a PRAM battery?
>> 
>> Does anyone have any experience taking these things apart? From my
>> Internet search, it would appear that it is not for the faint of heart,
>> but for $20 it may be worth the risk and learning experience!
>> 
>> The site from which I normally get manuals is down until tomorrow, and I
>> don't know if the "take-apart" is even available for this machine.
>> 
>> Any help appreciated!
>> 
>> Ken


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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Gary D. Adams]

This iBook does not have a PRAM battery. I think it uses a capacitor 
that's good for a very short times--the time to unscrew the battery and 
replace it--if you're lucky. The big battery is the only battery in it. 
If the main battery is dead, you need to run it with the adapter and get 
another battery--which are scarce as hens' teeth.

Gary


Are you saying you got a Blueberry iBook for $20? The battery is dead. I
don't know the iBook very well but since almost every Apple laptop had had a
backup or PRAM battery, I would think that this iBook had one too. It's
probably a rechargeable one and since the main battery is dead, the backup
battery is dead too. You might be able to get it back to work by keeping the
iBook plugged in for 24 to 48 hours. It might need a fully charged main
battery to do so, though...
-Laurent.


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Re: Clamshell iBook

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 25/08/03 23:05, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Picked up a Blueberry clamshell with yo-yo today (for $20 it seemed like
> worth a chance).
> 
> When I got it home I got it to boot by jiggling the power connector. It
> looks like the power connector might be loose on whatever board it is
> mounted to.
> 
> While it boots fine to OS 8.6, it does not charge the battery and when
> the power connector is disconnected, the time reverts to 1904. Do these
> things have a PRAM battery?
> 
> Does anyone have any experience taking these things apart? From my
> Internet search, it would appear that it is not for the faint of heart,
> but for $20 it may be worth the risk and learning experience!
> 
> The site from which I normally get manuals is down until tomorrow, and I
> don't know if the "take-apart" is even available for this machine.
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Ken

Are you saying you got a Blueberry iBook for $20? The battery is dead. I
don't know the iBook very well but since almost every Apple laptop had had a
backup or PRAM battery, I would think that this iBook had one too. It's
probably a rechargeable one and since the main battery is dead, the backup
battery is dead too. You might be able to get it back to work by keeping the
iBook plugged in for 24 to 48 hours. It might need a fully charged main
battery to do so, though...

-Laurent.
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Re: Safari Question on Pismo

[Steve Kidd]

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Richard Smykla wrote:

For a good (free!) intro, see here:
http://homepage.mac.com/rgriff/files/osxguide2.pdf
And don't forget his main site,

I found it (and still do) an invaluable resource for finding out how to 
get things done and hack things to work the way I want.

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Re: Safari Question on Pismo

[David M. Ensteness]

Grab the small icon to the left of the link in the address bar and drag 
it into an e-mail. Or highlight it and go to Safari/Services/Mail/Send 
Selection and OS X will create a new e-mail document for you with the 
link as the message body. Or you can cut and paste it into an e-mail. 
Services are system wide and available to all Cocoa applications, drag 
and drop is available to everything as is cut and paste.

David

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 09:39  PM, K. wrote:

Evening Lista's,
Having been involuntarily forced into using Safari from N/S 4.8...Is 
anyone
familiar with how I can send a web page in Safari?  I know that in N/S 
there
is the Send Page option under the File menu.  Also, what are 
recommendations
for a good, easy to follow tutorial on 10.2.3?
Thanks in advance...
Regards,
Mike K


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Clamshell iBook

[Ken]

Picked up a Blueberry clamshell with yo-yo today (for $20 it seemed like 
worth a chance).

When I got it home I got it to boot by jiggling the power connector. It 
looks like the power connector might be loose on whatever board it is 
mounted to.

While it boots fine to OS 8.6, it does not charge the battery and when 
the power connector is disconnected, the time reverts to 1904. Do these 
things have a PRAM battery?

Does anyone have any experience taking these things apart? From my 
Internet search, it would appear that it is not for the faint of heart, 
but for $20 it may be worth the risk and learning experience!

The site from which I normally get manuals is down until tomorrow, and I 
don't know if the "take-apart" is even available for this machine.

Any help appreciated!

Ken

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Re: Safari Question on Pismo

[Richard Smykla]

Evening Lista's,
Having been involuntarily forced into using Safari from N/S 4.8...Is anyone
familiar with how I can send a web page in Safari?  I know that in N/S there
is the Send Page option under the File menu.  Also, what are recommendations
for a good, easy to follow tutorial on 10.2.3?
Create a new bookmark with the address:
javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+%0A%20%20'&BODY=%3C'+escape(location.href)+'%3E'
Clicking it will set up an email pointing to your current webpage address. . .

For a good (free!) intro, see here:
http://homepage.mac.com/rgriff/files/osxguide2.pdf
Rick

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Safari Question on Pismo

[K.]

Evening Lista's,
Having been involuntarily forced into using Safari from N/S 4.8...Is anyone
familiar with how I can send a web page in Safari?  I know that in N/S there
is the Send Page option under the File menu.  Also, what are recommendations
for a good, easy to follow tutorial on 10.2.3?
Thanks in advance...
Regards,
Mike K


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