Re: Dead Wallstreet

2003-09-14 Thread Clark Martin 
At 5:33 PM -0700 9/12/03, Paul Nicholson wrote:
On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 09:43 AM, Byron Gardner wrote:

On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If you go to xlr8yourmac and look up Toshiba and IBM hard drives for
Wallstreet you can get links to the modding info you need to fix this
problem. Basically you are going to need to use a non-conductive piece of
metal as a shield for the side of the new hard drive where the 
magnet lives,
and you might have to reset the magnetic switch with another magnet.


I have this problem on my WallStreet.  I decided not to fix it.  Most 
of the time it will wake up okay.  In those cases when it doesn't I 
just rotate the computer 90 degrees, hit a key and it wakes.  It's 
either the motion releasing the reed switch or the effect of the 
earth's magnetic field.
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Re: Lombard/Pimso Trackpad Issue

2003-09-14 Thread Adam Thayer 
Okay, good to hear... it isn't a major issue at the moment, as I use  
the trackpad fairly sparingly. Although if it does get bad enough, I  
will go ahead and deal with it when I install the 40GB HD into this  
machine.

On Sep 14, 2003, at 6:31 PM, Jim Eddy wrote:

On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 07:44 PM, Adam Thayer wrote:

The Lombard has a rubber bumper on the trackpad button that makes it  
feel quite stiff--there is no audible or tactile click with this  
model. If the bumper is dislodged it makes dragging difficult and  
makes clicking a hit or miss affair. Fixing involves about a half  
dismantling to get it reset. It sounds like yours has been knocked  
loose, possibly in an earlier repair.
Hmm, that is interesting, as the button does feel as if there is a  
little give... but occasionally it makes a hard 'click' noise which I  
don't like, and others, just fails to respond.
Sounds to me like it's moving around in there. When I first got my  
Lombard used, the trackpad button had some movement to it, but would  
release during a dragging operation (which led to many misplaced  
files). It was repaired under warranty by Apple. When it came back,  
there was little discernible movement and no "click" but it worked  
perfectly.
A year or so later, I disassembled the computer to fix the back port  
door that had come loose. I reassembling the unit, the bumper on the  
pad slid off. I had to re-strip down the the unit to put it back on.  
Again, it worked fine.
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Re: Lombard/Pimso Trackpad Issue

2003-09-14 Thread Jim Eddy 
On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 07:44 PM, Adam Thayer wrote:

The Lombard has a rubber bumper on the trackpad button that makes it  
feel quite stiff--there is no audible or tactile click with this  
model. If the bumper is dislodged it makes dragging difficult and  
makes clicking a hit or miss affair. Fixing involves about a half  
dismantling to get it reset. It sounds like yours has been knocked  
loose, possibly in an earlier repair.
Hmm, that is interesting, as the button does feel as if there is a  
little give... but occasionally it makes a hard 'click' noise which I  
don't like, and others, just fails to respond.
Sounds to me like it's moving around in there. When I first got my  
Lombard used, the trackpad button had some movement to it, but would  
release during a dragging operation (which led to many misplaced  
files). It was repaired under warranty by Apple. When it came back,  
there was little discernible movement and no "click" but it worked  
perfectly.
A year or so later, I disassembled the computer to fix the back port  
door that had come loose. I reassembling the unit, the bumper on the  
pad slid off. I had to re-strip down the the unit to put it back on.  
Again, it worked fine.
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Re: Lombard/Pimso Trackpad Issue

2003-09-14 Thread Adam Thayer 
On Sep 14, 2003, at 3:02 PM, Jim Eddy wrote:

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 01:06 AM, Adam Thayer wrote:

I recently got a used Lombard, and although everything seems in great 
shape, I am noticing some odd behavior with the trackpad button.

It occasionally gets stiff in certain areas, as if something is stuck 
under the button. Sometimes it is there, sometimes it isn't, and it 
isn't in the same place... and rarely the button doesn't even want to 
move, but is stuck in the 'pressed' position. If it gets stiff, 
pressing and using some canned air around the button gets to behave 
nicely again.

Am I right in thinking something got stuck under there? Anyone else 
have this problem, and find a way to fix it?
The Lombard has a rubber bumper on the trackpad button that makes it 
feel quite stiff--there is no audible or tactile click with this 
model. If the bumper is dislodged it makes dragging difficult and 
makes clicking a hit or miss affair. Fixing involves about a half 
dismantling to get it reset. It sounds like yours has been knocked 
loose, possibly in an earlier repair.
Hmm, that is interesting, as the button does feel as if there is a 
little give... but occasionally it makes a hard 'click' noise which I 
don't like, and others, just fails to respond.

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Re: Lombard/Pimso Trackpad Issue

2003-09-14 Thread Jim Eddy 
On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 01:06 AM, Adam Thayer wrote:

I recently got a used Lombard, and although everything seems in great  
shape, I am noticing some odd behavior with the trackpad button.

It occasionally gets stiff in certain areas, as if something is stuck  
under the button. Sometimes it is there, sometimes it isn't, and it  
isn't in the same place... and rarely the button doesn't even want to  
move, but is stuck in the 'pressed' position. If it gets stiff,  
pressing and using some canned air around the button gets to behave  
nicely again.

Am I right in thinking something got stuck under there? Anyone else  
have this problem, and find a way to fix it?
The Lombard has a rubber bumper on the trackpad button that makes it  
feel quite stiff--there is no audible or tactile click with this model.  
If the bumper is dislodged it makes dragging difficult and makes  
clicking a hit or miss affair. Fixing involves about a half dismantling  
to get it reset. It sounds like yours has been knocked loose, possibly  
in an earlier repair.

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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Paul Nicholson 
On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 11:47 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:

I paid $42 for the one I have. I think it was from OWC, but I'm not 
sure.
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I looked at them a year or so ago, and they were about 100 or so. 
Prices are falling.

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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Laurent Daudelin 
on 14/09/03 12:25, Paul Nicholson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Jkr wrote:
>>> 
>> yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure
>> 
>> 24.95 us
> 
> That's a pretty good price for an external firewire enclosure. They
> usually cost about $100.00 or so.
> 
> Sounds too good to be true. Are you sure?

I paid $42 for the one I have. I think it was from OWC, but I'm not sure.

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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Mohamad Hammad 
Very doubtful price.
I paid $41 wholesale for 10 of them last month.
Contact me off-list if interested.
M. Hammad

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On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 09:32  AM, David Ensteness wrote:

The cheapest that I have seen 3.5"/5.25" FW cases is $42, friend 
bought one last week. That was on sale ... is this on the CompUSA 
website?

David

On Sep 14, 2003, at 11:25 AM, Paul Nicholson wrote:

On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Jkr wrote:

yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure

24.95 us
That's a pretty good price for an external firewire enclosure. They 
usually cost about $100.00 or so.

Sounds too good to be true. Are you sure?

Paul





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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread David Ensteness 
The cheapest that I have seen 3.5"/5.25" FW cases is $42, friend bought 
one last week. That was on sale ... is this on the CompUSA website?

David

On Sep 14, 2003, at 11:25 AM, Paul Nicholson wrote:

On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Jkr wrote:

yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure

24.95 us
That's a pretty good price for an external firewire enclosure. They 
usually cost about $100.00 or so.

Sounds too good to be true. Are you sure?

Paul


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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Paul Nicholson 
On Saturday, September 13, 2003, at 02:58 AM, Jkr wrote:

yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure

24.95 us
That's a pretty good price for an external firewire enclosure. They 
usually cost about $100.00 or so.

Sounds too good to be true. Are you sure?

Paul

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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Thomas Ethen 
I don't think that SCSSI drives can be put in Firewire cases.

Tom
> 
> The 3.5 drive I'm talking about is the one that came with the Apple
> 2 GS. Sorry for not being precise. I assume I can still buy an
> external firewire enclosure for it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Demetrius


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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Ken 
My Reply follows quote. On 14/09/2003 02:40 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
said:  

>>on 9/13/03 4:46 PM, Demetrius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  I was given an Apple 3.5 drive and other Apple items yesterday and
>>>  wanted to know if there was a way I could use the 3.5 drive with my
>>>  Pismo.
>>>
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>>>  Demetrius
>>yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure
>>
>>24.95 us
>>
>>got 1 myself for my ibook to start from and run drive 10 and storage
>>
>>t.
>   The 3.5 drive I'm talking about is the one that came with the Apple 
>2 GS. Sorry for not being precise. I assume I can still buy an 
>external firewire enclosure for it?

Don't think so. I believe the enclosures mentioned are for 3.5 inch IDE 
hard drives. Folks often put these in external Firewire enclosures when 
they upgrade the internal drives of PowerBooks.

Ken

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Missing digests received

2003-09-14 Thread Dan Knight 
Thanks to several list members, I now have copies of the missing digests.

Dan the listmom



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Re: Apple 3.5 Drive

2003-09-14 Thread Demetrius 
on 9/13/03 4:46 PM, Demetrius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,

 I was given an Apple 3.5 drive and other Apple items yesterday and
 wanted to know if there was a way I could use the 3.5 drive with my
 Pismo.
 Thanks

 Demetrius
yup get a a comp usa external firewire enclosure

24.95 us

got 1 myself for my ibook to start from and run drive 10 and storage

t.

  The 3.5 drive I'm talking about is the one that came with the Apple 
2 GS. Sorry for not being precise. I assume I can still buy an 
external firewire enclosure for it?

Thanks

Demetrius

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