DiskWarrior problem
Thanks to Phil Burk and Darin for comments. I tried running DW from the CD but even that does not seem to work OK. It found stuff wrong with one partition, rebuilt the directory for the partition, replaced the directory. Then I tried to rebuild the same directory again, and the same stuff was wrong. Several times. I am waiting for the next DW update. Mike -- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:01:25 -0800 Subject: Re: DiskWarrior problem From: Darin Ames [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/30/03 5:04 PM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My hard disk is divided into four partitions. I am running on Mac OS X 10.3.1. when I run DW from my main partition it rebuilds the directories for the other partitions, but does not replace them because of Mac OS service failure. I have tried to put it right with DiskUtility, Repairing permissions, running DW on it from the CD. But still I get this message about service failure. Any ideas what this might be? Mike Disk Warrior cannot run effectively when launched from a Panther volume. An update fro Alsoft is on the way. In the meantime, simply boot from the Disk Warrior CD and fix to your heart's content. Frankly, Using DW from the CD is always the best way to go. Hope this helps. Darin -- 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: DiskWarrior problem
on 12/2/03 1:13 AM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Phil Burk and Darin for comments. I tried running DW from the CD but even that does not seem to work OK. It found stuff wrong with one partition, rebuilt the directory for the partition, replaced the directory. Then I tried to rebuild the same directory again, and the same stuff was wrong. Several times. Mike, Is your Mac capable of booting into Mac OS 9? Next question... Do you have a copy of Disk Warrior prior to Disk Warrior X. I think the version was 2.1.x. If you can boot into 9 and have the Disk Warrior CD, try running it from there. Otherwise, I'm stumped. Please let us know how this situations pans out. Good luck. Darin I am waiting for the next DW update. Mike -- Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:01:25 -0800 Subject: Re: DiskWarrior problem From: Darin Ames [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 11/30/03 5:04 PM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My hard disk is divided into four partitions. I am running on Mac OS X 10.3.1. when I run DW from my main partition it rebuilds the directories for the other partitions, but does not replace them because of Mac OS service failure. I have tried to put it right with DiskUtility, Repairing permissions, running DW on it from the CD. But still I get this message about service failure. Any ideas what this might be? Mike Disk Warrior cannot run effectively when launched from a Panther volume. An update fro Alsoft is on the way. In the meantime, simply boot from the Disk Warrior CD and fix to your heart's content. Frankly, Using DW from the CD is always the best way to go. Hope this helps. Darin -- 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 ---
Fwd: Partition my drive or not...
On Dec 2, 2003, at 1:14 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/12/03 19:56, Dan Colwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time for me to jump to OS X. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2. Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons? If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9. Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are not mixed up with those from OS X. I personally wouldn't do it. It is possible to do an archive and install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X installer. This will leave your user data and any other installations in place on your drive and not clobber them upon install. There shouldn't be a need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then you'll be needing a backup anyway. If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9 partition in addition to the OS X partition. Every time I partition a drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I eventually run out of space on one partition or another. Depends on your usage, of course... Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- 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 ---
Fwd: Partition my drive or not...
On Dec 2, 2003, at 1:14 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/12/03 19:56, Dan Colwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time for me to jump to OS X. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2. Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons? If you partition you drive to keep 9 on a separate partition, should you need to do a clean OS X install, you won't have to re-install 9. Plus, it makes troubleshooting easier since the folders from OS 9 are not mixed up with those from OS X. I personally wouldn't do it. It is possible to do an archive and install instead of a completely clean install with the OS X installer. This will leave your user data and any other installations in place on your drive and not clobber them upon install. There shouldn't be a need to do a complete clean install unless you wipe the drive and then you'll be needing a backup anyway. If you feel the need to partition I would only do a small OS 9 partition in addition to the OS X partition. Every time I partition a drive for personal use in hopes of more efficient organization I eventually run out of space on one partition or another. Depends on your usage, of course... Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- 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 ---
Fwd: DiskWarrior problem
On Dec 2, 2003, at 4:39 AM, Darin Ames wrote: on 12/2/03 1:13 AM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Phil Burk and Darin for comments. I tried running DW from the CD but even that does not seem to work OK. It found stuff wrong with one partition, rebuilt the directory for the partition, replaced the directory. Then I tried to rebuild the same directory again, and the same stuff was wrong. Several times. Mike, Is your Mac capable of booting into Mac OS 9? Next question... Do you have a copy of Disk Warrior prior to Disk Warrior X. I think the version was 2.1.x. If you can boot into 9 and have the Disk Warrior CD, try running it from there. Otherwise, I'm stumped. Please let us know how this situations pans out. Good luck. Mike, Two things. One, got a recent backup? *grin* Two, contact Alsoft tech support with this issue if you have a drive that never seems to be repaired with DW. If you are using DW 3 does the SMART check return that the drive is functioning OK? I suspect that you may have a hardware problem if DW cannot fix recurring errors. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- 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: Fwd: Partition my drive or not...
One advantage of separate partitions is that you can hold down the option/alt key at startup to choose which system to boot into; that's quite a timesaver if you frequently switch between 9 and X. TimH -- 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 (Lombard) RAM Problem! HELP!
Hi... Just bought some RAM to upgrade my Lombard (G3 400) and found it crashing with OS X very often... Anyone know the problem? My original configuration: 128 (high profile) + 64 (Low profile) (worked fine) 1st change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 64 (same one) (fine as well) 2nd change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 256 (low profile, transcend 256, PC 100, CL2 (works on PeeCee notebook)) (frequent crashes) 3rd change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 256 (low profile, twinmos , PC 133, CL3 (works on PeeCee notebook as well)) (frequent crashes also) 4th change: 128 (same high profile) + 256 (low profile, twinmos , PC 133, CL3 (works on PeeCee notebook as well)) (lasted at least 12 hours from last test, seems to be fine) Called apple and they said it was because RAM was non-original. Asked me to use the hardware test CD but I didn't get one when I bought the thing. Didn't even know there was such a thing. What should I do? Help !!! (and thanks in advance...) Jianghai -- 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 (Lombard) RAM Problem! HELP!
On 02/12/03 09:39, Ho Jianghai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... Just bought some RAM to upgrade my Lombard (G3 400) and found it crashing with OS X very often... Anyone know the problem? My original configuration: 128 (high profile) + 64 (Low profile) (worked fine) 1st change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 64 (same one) (fine as well) 2nd change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 256 (low profile, transcend 256, PC 100, CL2 (works on PeeCee notebook)) (frequent crashes) 3rd change: 256 (paccom high profile) + 256 (low profile, twinmos , PC 133, CL3 (works on PeeCee notebook as well)) (frequent crashes also) 4th change: 128 (same high profile) + 256 (low profile, twinmos , PC 133, CL3 (works on PeeCee notebook as well)) (lasted at least 12 hours from last test, seems to be fine) Called apple and they said it was because RAM was non-original. Asked me to use the hardware test CD but I didn't get one when I bought the thing. Didn't even know there was such a thing. What should I do? Call the place where you bought the memory and try to return it or ask for an exchange that will work with your Lombard. If they can't provide you with a replacement for your Lombard, ask for a refund. Then, go to one of the places that sell guaranteed memory for Apple laptops. I've been dealing with Data Memory Systems http://www.datamem.com/ and never had any problem with their memory. Plus, they had very good prices. I'm not affiliated in any way with them, just a past satisfied customer. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, 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 ---
Re: Partition my drive or not...
My advice goes from yes to definately yes ;-) Partitions: 1st - OS 9.2 (3GB), if you want to boot into 9 directly Having it first allows you to boot directly by holding down the d key. No start-up manager or start-up disk hassles. 2nd - OS X (min 5GB) itself, by itself. If you ever need to reinstall or start over you'll appreciate this. 3rd - Any scratch disk requirements ala Photoshop? Amt varies depending on need. 4th - You *may* want to have a separate data partition. Apps crap out? Reinstall. Data craps out? Use your back-up - and a separate partition makes backing up a whole lot easier. There are good arguments for making a separate partition for the swap file, but not on a single-drive unit like a laptop. I've aslso seen folks advocate separate user, mail and fonts partitions. YMMV HTH! On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Dan Colwell wrote: OK I'm finally going to do it...I know I'm a late joiner here, but it's time for me to jump to OS X. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 768MB, 40g currently running 9.2.2. Should I partition my drive when I install 10.2? What are the pros and cons? Also any other hints for the installation process would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all in advance, Dan- -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- 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 ---
DiskWarrior problem
Darin, I have a Tibook, 1 GHz, which doesn't boot into OS 9, as far as I know. From the CD, DW rebuilds three partition directories, but on the fourth partition, as I said, the rebuilding doesn't take. If it worries me too much, I will erase the fourth partition and reinstall 10.3. Till then, I'll wait for Alsoft to update DW All the best,Mike On 2 Dec 2003, at 20:30, G-Books wrote: Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:39:37 -0800 Subject: Re: DiskWarrior problem From: Darin Ames [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/2/03 1:13 AM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Phil Burk and Darin for comments. I tried running DW from the CD but even that does not seem to work OK. It found stuff wrong with one partition, rebuilt the directory for the partition, replaced the directory. Then I tried to rebuild the same directory again, and the same stuff was wrong. Several times. Mike, Is your Mac capable of booting into Mac OS 9? Next question... Do you have a copy of Disk Warrior prior to Disk Warrior X. I think the version was 2.1.x. If you can boot into 9 and have the Disk Warrior CD, try running it from there. Otherwise, I'm stumped. Please let us know how this situations pans out. Good luck. Darin -- 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 (Lombard) RAM Problem! HELP!
On Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Ho Jianghai wrote: Hi... Just bought some RAM to upgrade my Lombard (G3 400) and found it crashing with OS X very often... Anyone know the problem? My original configuration: 128 (high profile) + 64 (Low profile) (worked fine) Funny... I just stuck 2 256's in my Lombard that work great in OSX. When I had the first one in with the original Apple installed 64 megger, I couldn't install OSX. Pulled the 64 and it installed fine. The first 256 MB stick came from CompUSA and is PNY brand. The second came from Otherworld Computing who I order online from ALOT. Both work perfectly and the Apple Ram didn't! LOL !-- #EndEditable --/TD -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1st/pci-powermacs list nanny Sig last modified !-- #BeginDate format:Am2 --09/13/03!-- #EndDate -- /p /DIV !-- #EndLibraryItem --/TD /TR /TABLE /CENTER /BODY /HTML -- 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 ---
...Pismo + OS X....
Hello I am the very happy owner of a 400 Mhz Pismo, with 256MB RAM and the 6 GIG HD, that is about half full. I am currently using OS 9.2.2, and am happy with it. But, I am thinking of OS X. I have access to a copy of OS X that came on a 500 Mhz iMac, an early one. How do you think that would run on my Pismo? I know I need more RAM, but it is not happening just now. Is there room on my HD for OS X and still have space to work? How far can I upgrade/update before I run into a fee?, that is how many free updates for OS X are there on the Apple web site? I want to use the OS X eMail and browser apps, as well as use the apps I use know, which are Photoshop v6.x, MS Office, Appleworks, etc. Keep up the good work. Thanks, Jim Scolman. -- Jim Scolman Artist Photography Services Studio Quality Photography for Professional Artist and Crafts People [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.scolman.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: ...Pismo + OS X....
On 12/2/03 6:37 PM, Jim Scolman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am the very happy owner of a 400 Mhz Pismo, with 256MB RAM and the 6 GIG HD, that is about half full. I am currently using OS 9.2.2, and am happy with it. But, I am thinking of OS X. I have access to a copy of OS X that came on a 500 Mhz iMac, an early one. How do you think that would run on my Pismo? I know I need more RAM, but it is not happening just now. Is there room on my HD for OS X and still have space to work? How far can I upgrade/update before I run into a fee?, that is how many free updates for OS X are there on the Apple web site? I want to use the OS X eMail and browser apps, as well as use the apps I use know, which are Photoshop v6.x, MS Office, Appleworks, etc. Keep up the good work. Thanks, Jim Scolman. First, although the Pismo is a great Mac OS X machine (I myself am typing this under 10.3.1 on a Pismo 400), you don't have enough hard drive space and/or memory to make it truly a pleasant experience. On the low-end Pismo, I don't recommend anything less than 384 MB memory. Also consider that Mac OS X will eat up about another 1 GB of your hard drive space. Plus, all the new Mac OS X-native software will eat up more space. Upgrade the drive to at least 10 GB, if not more, if you can. You also don't mention the exact version of Mac OS X you have. If it is anything earlier than Mac OS X 10.2, I would reconsider. Mac OS X 10.1.5 and below were much more of a dog of an OS, especially on this hardware. Mac OS X 10.2 can be purchased fairly cheaply now (Other World Computer usually has good deals on older OS's). I hope this helps! Sincerely, Scott -- You know, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. -Calvin -- 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: ...Pismo + OS X....
on 02/12/03 19:37, Jim Scolman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am the very happy owner of a 400 Mhz Pismo, with 256MB RAM and the 6 GIG HD, that is about half full. I am currently using OS 9.2.2, and am happy with it. But, I am thinking of OS X. I have access to a copy of OS X that came on a 500 Mhz iMac, an early one. How do you think that would run on my Pismo? I know I need more RAM, but it is not happening just now. Is there room on my HD for OS X and still have space to work? How far can I upgrade/update before I run into a fee?, that is how many free updates for OS X are there on the Apple web site? I want to use the OS X eMail and browser apps, as well as use the apps I use know, which are Photoshop v6.x, MS Office, Appleworks, etc. Keep up the good work. Thanks, Jim Scolman. You don't mention which version came with that iMac, but I would think that if it's not at least 10.2, then you might not enjoy it. Plus, Safari, the Apple's browser, won't work on 10.1, it needs at least 10.2. 10.3 (Panther) would be even better. Memory is pretty cheap these days. You could probably buy 2 256MB chips for around $50-$60. Same for the hard disks. You could probably find a 20GB cheap on eBay. PhotoShop 6 will work in Classic only, so you lose the OS X advantage. I'm pretty sure that you also have a Classic version of Office. If you want to run it in OS X, then that's another purchase, as Microsoft won't let you upgrade from Office 2001 to Office v.X, even though both versions are virtually the same, which is a shame, IMHO. Apple offers free update to bring AppleWorks 6 OS X native, so you're fine here. That's pretty much it, I would think... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BUAG // n.: [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Graphic. Pejorative term for ugly ASCII art, especially as found in sig blocks. For some reason, mutations of the head of Bart Simpson are particularly common in the least imaginative sig blocks. See warlording. -- 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 ---
Japanese Language Kit vs. OS 9.x update Catch-22 [longish]
Hi there, Excuse the post to multiple lists, but I'm not optimistic about a solution to this Apple catch-22. I'm on digest, so please Cc me or reply directly if you have the answer or a suggestion so I won't miss the answer. (I've been really busy and have been neglecting a lot of my digests, so if this topic has come up before, I'd really appreciate a gentle nudge in the right direction...) I'm using OS 9 on a 233 MHz G3 PowerBook (Wallstreet). I bought and have been using OS 9.0.4 - International English - and its Japanese Language Kit. I have downloaded and installed the updates, 9.1 and then 9.2.1 (and 9.2 seems to be working great). The problem is that I can no longer install the Language kit that is included on my OS 9 CD (or can I?). According to the Read Me and installation instructions for the updates: Apple Language Kits and Mac OS 9.2 Apple's language kits are now included with the Mac OS. If you use language kits, you must upgrade both your system software and your language kits at the same time using the Mac OS 9.2 CD. Versions of Apple language kits prior to Mac OS 9.1 (Language Kits 1.1) are not compatible with Mac OS 9.2. To upgrade your system software and language kits, start up from the Mac OS 9.2 CD by inserting the CD and holding down the C key as you restart the computer. Continue holding down the C key until you see the CD background. Open the Mac OS Installer and click Customize in the Install Software panel. Select both the Mac OS Install and Language Kits, and remember to select the specific language kits you want to upgrade. Of course since I've downloaded the update, I don't have the CD, and the Language Kit is not included in the download. I'd be willing to pay a bit extra for a CD -- or even buy a new OS package just for the privilege of continuing to use the Japanese Language Kit -- if they were available. Well, yesterday I went to the sexy new Apple Store in Ginza (Tokyo) to see if they could help me. The nice Apple service rep there told me, Well, OS 9.2 is not available any more. Then in the next breath, he said, There is one solution: If you buy OS X, for an extra 2500 yen, you can order the 9.2.1 CD. When I pointed out the contradiction he laughed and said, Ahem, aah, ... Then I asked if he could point me to a place where I might find a solution, he said, Well, yes, there's the Apple Call Center [Japan]...; but when I responded, But they'll give me the same answer you just gave me, right? he said, Yes. I'm not ready to upgrade to OS X for a year or two (I've heard contradictory statements about how feasible it is on a 233 MHz PowerBook, and I'm not quite ready for a new computer), and I don't want to buy OS X now just for the privilege of buying a CD for a previous [free] update, since there's no guarantee I won't run into a similar catch-22 when I'm ready to use it. So, what are my options? Or do I have any? Incidentally, I have tried installing the Language Kit for 9.0.4 on a backup boot 9.1 system on my expansion-bay hard disk and, although it seems to handle Japanese applications OK, there seem to be some menu problems, etc. I haven't really compared it with the previous (9.0.4) performance, so I don't know exactly what the bugs are (and which are features ;-). Prior to OS 9, I had been using KanjiTalk on a separate partition. [That's still an option, but it's a lot of trouble to switch systems between English and Japanese...] I'm not misinterpreting the caution in the ReadMe, am I? I do know for a fact that the updates refuse to install on 9.0.4 with the Language Kit already installed. That comes up in a dialogue box when you try to do the installation. Does anybody know what, exactly, are the incompatibilities I'd encounter if I installed the Language Kit from the 9.0.4 CD after installing the 9.1/9.2.1 updates? Regards, Rodney (in Hayama, Japan) -- 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 ---
PCMCIA card and Wallstreet
I have just purchased my first PCMCIA card (a combo USB 2 and Firewire) card for my Wallstreet. I am surprised by the amount of force it seems to require to properly seat the card. Is this normal or is there a problem with the card. Thanks in advance, Andre -- 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: PCMCIA card and Wallstreet
on 03/12/03 00:02, Andre Ruegg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just purchased my first PCMCIA card (a combo USB 2 and Firewire) card for my Wallstreet. I am surprised by the amount of force it seems to require to properly seat the card. Is this normal or is there a problem with the card. The card should be fine. The force that it requires is probably due to the nature of the PCMCIA card cage and the springs that push the card out when you eject it from the system or by pressing one of the little button. As has been documented before, the design of the ejection mechanism in the Wallstreet was problematic. I had to replace the card cage 3 times when I had a Wallstreet. Apple changed the design completely with the Lombard and later, the Pismo, for a push lever. No springs anymore that put constantly that pressure on the card, so the laptop can eject it. I would suggest that you whether keep the card all the time, or you just use it when you need it... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] C Programmer's Disease n.: The tendency of the undisciplined C programmer to set arbitrary but supposedly generous static limits on table sizes (defined, if you're lucky, by constants in header files) rather than taking the trouble to do proper dynamic storage allocation. -- 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: PCMCIA card and Wallstreet
on 12/2/03 11:21 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 03/12/03 00:02, Andre Ruegg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just purchased my first PCMCIA card (a combo USB 2 and Firewire) card for my Wallstreet. I am surprised by the amount of force it seems to require to properly seat the card. Is this normal or is there a problem with the card. The card should be fine. The force that it requires is probably due to the nature of the PCMCIA card cage and the springs that push the card out when you eject it from the system or by pressing one of the little button. As has been documented before, the design of the ejection mechanism in the Wallstreet was problematic. I had to replace the card cage 3 times when I had a Wallstreet. Apple changed the design completely with the Lombard and later, the Pismo, for a push lever. No springs anymore that put constantly that pressure on the card, so the laptop can eject it. I would suggest that you whether keep the card all the time, or you just use it when you need it... Thanks. That is good to know. Andre -- 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 ---
