Re: Bluetooth...
M.A.R. writes: I was just looking at the Vodafone website and found out that GPRS data is 0.73p/KB...I don't know if that is 73% of a penny or 73% of a pound so I will find out later today - if it's the latter then a standard email is going to cost a lot to download and I have AOL-using friends who love their HTML emails with animated GIFs and so on. I'll be bankrupt within a week. So is it possible to use the 12 G4 with a Bluetooth phone and have it just call up a standard ISP number and connect through that? That way it will be covered by my free minutes. Or does it have to be over GPRS? Speed isn't a concern. Yes, that is possible, and straightforward to setup. I have both a circuit-switched and a GPRS setup on my powerbook, as it is not always possible to use GPRS from abroad (probably because the telcos have been unable to agree on roaming rates for GPRS). -- 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: Bluetooth...
At 6:45 +0100 9/9/03, M.A.R. wrote: So is it possible to use the 12 G4 with a Bluetooth phone and have it just call up a standard ISP number and connect through that? That way it will be covered by my free minutes. Or does it have to be over GPRS? Speed isn't a concern. I do that on my Orange account (USB cable, not Bluetooth) but all the calls are logged as 'Data' and are charged, not part of my free minutes. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- 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 ---
MAC Burning Multi Session CDs natively
20030909 On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 12:04 AM, James G (Jim) Hardwick wrote: 20030908 As I was researching my recent problems with burning CDs, I came across info on how to burn multi session CDs without having to use Toast or some other third party software. Ummm...is it possible under OS 9? Thanks, JH Not really, the burning software Apple wrote in OS 9 was incomplete to say the least. It wasn't until 10.2 that OS X got a full CD burning API. --- Ho, Hum, wonder if OSX will run on my SE/30? !! ...Made ya look! Thanks for the info, J -- Tanglewood Ordinary Restaurant True FamilyStyle Dining since 1986 On the Virginia Landmarks Register Anne Jim Hardwick, Proprietors 2210 River Road West Maidens, VA 23102-2705 804-556-3284 804-556-4432 (personal emergencies) 804-350-6895 cell phone/vmail PDFs welcome in lieu of fax -- 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: DVD-R/W in Pismo
on 08/09/2003 21:30, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Be sure it is a DVD-R (Not a DVD+R), otherwise iDVD does not recognise the drive. When it is a DVD-R it should work fine. Maybe you need special drivers for it. Ron I don't see any reason why you would not be able to make it work (other than size restrictions) if it is the model shipping in the 17 PBs. The drivers are already included in OS X, and it already supports DVD-R... Make sure the dimensions are close enough, and be aware that you will not be able to use the bezel from your DVD-ROM drive. For all drive-related info, always check out the xlr8yourmac web site. There are reports of people putting tray-loading DVD-R/RW drives in the Pismo expansion bay. One that looks promising is made by Pioneer, which a guy put in his Pismo and he reports positively on it at the xlr8yourmac site. It is a 2x DVD-R/RW, so is pretty fast, and also offers, IIRC, 16x CD burning. It is tray-loading, so you could in theory stick the original DVD faceplate on it (literally stick, as in krazy glue, as it's different from the Matshita or LG faceplates). The price was under $300 from esbuy.com. Good luck. Chris -- 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: DVD-R/W in Pismo
From: Mark Edward Attew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DVD-R/W in Pismo Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:45:10 -0700 I tested a Toshiba SD-R6012 DVD-R inside a Pismo optical caddy and it worked with DVD Studio Pro and Toast, but not with iDVD. I don't know what iDVD looks for to decide if a Mac + DVD-writer is supported or not. I don't think any Apple SuperDrives will write to a +R format, they are all -R. My iMac doesn't even see a +R disc correctly. Weren't these they grey drives that the faceplates wouldn't fit? I saw a picture somewhere and it wasn't too aesthetically pleasing. It _should_ work fine hardware-wise, the drive you mention is of the standard slim formfactor which fits right in the Lombard/Pismo caddy. In fact if you get the tray-load version (UJ-811/UJ-812) it _may_ even be usable with the original Apple/Matshita faceplate. I looked up the UJ-811 and compared it to my DVD-ROM module and it seems the open/close button and pin release will line up alowing me to use the original faceplate...now that would be awesome since I want it to look original. Is the UJ-811 compatible with OS X...can I burn from the Finder for CD-R and will the DVD burning work with Toast and iDVD. I did a Web search and couldn't find compatibility info for the UJ-811 and Powerbooks. Being that the UJ-815 comes with the 17 Powerbooks, I'd imagine it would be fully supported with all applications. But the ability to use the original faceplate is important to... From what I've done with Pismo/Lombard drives, even if you get a Matshita replacement the holes still don't line up. The holes on the left side (looking at it from the front) and the top center will be ok, but PC's use a guide pin next to the hole on the top right, so it's off by about .050. I've cut off the guide pin and drilled a 9/64 hole through there and then used a spare screw for assembly. It may just take a modification of the burn support file to allow the Finder and iTunes to recognize the new drive, it usually just requires changing the model number in the document. Another question is, why do we want to burn DVD's on a Pismo/Lombard? FWIW, I just burned a Video CD in Toast - for 38 minutes of video, my TiBook 500 took 4:20 to prep the file. That's hours. I'd think a G3 will be somewhat slower - JSH TiBook -- 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: DVD-R/W in Pismo
Another question is, why do we want to burn DVD's on a Pismo/Lombard? FWIW, I just burned a Video CD in Toast - for 38 minutes of video, my TiBook 500 took 4:20 to prep the file. That's hours. I'd think a G3 will be somewhat slower I'm hoping my G3/900 upgrade will help in the speed department. ;) Also, I am looking mostly to burn data DVDs. M. - JSH TiBook -- 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: DVD-R/W in Pismo
Depends on the model, some Macs for the past year have shipped with Sony DVD+/-RW drives and some have shipped with Panasonic DVD-RW drives. David On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 06:28 PM, JeffH wrote: From: Mark Edward Attew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DVD-R/W in Pismo Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:45:10 -0700 I tested a Toshiba SD-R6012 DVD-R inside a Pismo optical caddy and it worked with DVD Studio Pro and Toast, but not with iDVD. I don't know what iDVD looks for to decide if a Mac + DVD-writer is supported or not. I don't think any Apple SuperDrives will write to a +R format, they are all -R. My iMac doesn't even see a +R disc correctly. -- 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: DVD-R/W in Pismo
On Sep 9, 2003, at 4:28 PM, JeffH wrote: I tested a Toshiba SD-R6012 DVD-R inside a Pismo optical caddy and it worked with DVD Studio Pro and Toast, but not with iDVD. I don't know what iDVD looks for to decide if a Mac + DVD-writer is supported or not. I don't think any Apple SuperDrives will write to a +R format, they are all -R. My iMac doesn't even see a +R disc correctly. He wasn't mentioning DVD+R with that comment... so I am not sure what the point of that was... *raises eyebrow* Another question is, why do we want to burn DVD's on a Pismo/Lombard? FWIW, I just burned a Video CD in Toast - for 38 minutes of video, my TiBook 500 took 4:20 to prep the file. That's hours. I'd think a G3 will be somewhat slower If I were crazy enough to buy a DVD burner for a laptop, I would use it for data discs, not video. Plus, try something other than Toast for prepping Video Discs... It uses QT for the MPEG-1 encoding which is really slow and gives awful quality compared to a semi-tuned ffmpegx encode. I do most of my encodes on a G4/400 upgraded 8600 to get 30+ minutes of video encoded into MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 in under 2 hours. Regards, Adam Thayer -- 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: slow OS X boot and shutdown on pismo
on 10/09/03 00:17, Paul Nicholson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 05:32 PM, Peter Stein wrote: I guess the subject states it best but more information helps. My Pismo G3/500/1gbRAM/10.2.6/20gb(stock)HD/Airport takes an incredibly long time to boot as well as shut down. Don't know why it takes so long, but why are you shutting down and starting up? I rarely shut mine tiBook down. It sleeps when I'm not sitting at the keyboard, and Mac OS X is much faster waking from sleep the OS 9. Very good point! That's what I always do. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. -- 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: slow OS X boot and shutdown on pismo
I should have expected the sleep questions. I've been reading the list long enough to know that people would quickly point out the folly of shutting down. Does anyone have a suggestion for a solution? Boot into Root? Run fschk myself? I don't feel the HD is failing, but I'll run some tests. I install updates - they require restarts. I manage to crash it every once in awhile. I sometimes boot into 9 in order to burn on my external Sony CRX1750U. I have been trying to get an IBM Network printer 17 (w/PostScript simm) to work and I have gone back and forth from X to 9. I keep my pismo sleeping ALL the time. It would be silly not to. I just felt like this seems to be an extraordinary amount of time to wait for it to boot or shut down. Makes me feel weird watching it take so long. Anyone with an IBM Network Printer 17 actually printing over TCP/IP? My pismo is using wireless and the printer is wired to the router. IBM provides PPDs for it but state it only prints from Classic. What does that mean? I still don't have it printing any which way - 9.2.2, Classic, 10.2.6 stein -- 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 ---
