Re: my Pismo's gone crazy
on 03/08/04 00:10, W. David Stephenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. My Pis worked like a dream for 3 years until two weeks ago, on vacation, when it developed all sorts of problems: * it's taken me ages to type this short message, because I'll suddenly find myself typing in the midst of the last paragraph, or (this is a first) in a smaller font size * the trackball won't work -- had to buy a mouse * the power cable is loose: one minute it seems I'm on AC, and the next, I'm on reserve power. You might have to replace the top case which hoses the trackball and the little circuit for the trackball. You might be accidentally triggering command with the trackpad if it doesn't work properly without you knowing. I had a similar issue with mine and had to replace that top case. Fortunately, that part is not very expensive on eBay. I've got mine for $10. Unfortunately, to replace the top case, you have to completely disassemble the Pismo, which is not for the faint of heart... As for your power problem, the solder on the AC/sound board is probably loose and you would have to re-solder it. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] buzzword-compliant: [also `buzzword-enabled'] Used (disparagingly) of products that seem to have been specified to incorporate all of this month's trendy technologies. Key buzzwords that often show up in buzzword-compliant specifications as of 2001 include `XML', `Java', `peer-to-peer', `distributed', and `open'. -- 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 booted by external Firewire drive
on 02/08/04 22:06, Brian Braunschweiger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2:52 PM -0400 08/02/2004, G-Books wrote: Will a Pismo boot OS X 10.3 from an external Firewire drive? If so, until I can get a bigger internal drive I need to move Panther from my iMac to this external drive. I'm getting ready to sell the iMac. Brian, Download the freeware program called CCC which stand for Carbon Copy Cloner. This great utility will greatly decrease the amount of time it will take to move Panther and everything else to your new drive. You can this either via a firewire drive or through Target Disk Mode. CCC can be found here: http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html I was under the impression that you shouldn't use CCC to move a system BETWEEN machines - that at the deep and invisible level the OS is hooked into a specific machine after an install and to simply move it to another model (in this case an iMac 500 to a Pismo 400) things may basically work but that I would be asking for trouble in the long run. Hmmm, as far as I've seen, OS X installs everything to run the OS on any machine. For example, on my Pismo, I have all the kernel extensions for the nVidia video cards even though my Pismo only has an ATI Rage. I haven't read any report that the OS X installation on a machine was that machine specific. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of The Mythical Man-Month (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- 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 G3 will not accept Netscape 7.02
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Aug 1, 2004, at 6:30 PM, Bill Buckhaults wrote: Warren; I run a Wallstreet 233-G-3 with 96 megs of ram. I use 9.04 OK but I detest Netscape 7.02 on this Book. No trouble installing it but it is bloated, slower, and crashes. If I knew how to move all my info back to 4.79, I would trash this latest greatest version of Netscape. Just my 2 cents. Hope the info helps. More memoryyou need more memory. Under OS 9, 7.02 runs quite well when you can allocate a bunch of RAM to it (like 32 megs); in all versions of Netscape there's been a RAM threshold above which it will become much faster and more stable. IAC, your system at 96 megs is choked for RAM anyways. Bruce; Thanks for the input. I have tried using virtual memory with no improvement, then went to ram doubler with some success. I have set Netscape memory to 55 megs. Will monitor for a few days. Thanks again. Bill -- 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: Has Everybody heard? Steve Jobs is doing fine in hospital!
This thread seems to be off-topic; especially for those of us who don't particularly care about Steve Jobs, his illness, or health care. Please let it go. Thanks. -Jeff[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You can't brew a premium lager with a Kool-aid mentality. --Harold Green in _The_Red_Green_Show_ -- 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 Series and Closed Lid.
I remember someone told that the PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet and Lombard) can be started with the Display Closed from an external Keyboard. The PowerBook may boot but it will go to sleep. According to Apple: Article ID: 51194 Your PowerBook G3 Series goes to sleep when you close the display The PowerBook's display must be open when you use an external monitor. Unlike the PowerBook (FireWire) or PowerBook G4, you can't use a PowerBook G3 Series computer with the display closed. Disconnecting an external monitor 1. Make sure your computer is shut down or in sleep. 2. Make sure your monitor is switched off. 3. Disconnect the monitor cable (for a VGA-style monitor) or monitor adapter (for an Apple monitor) from the external monitor port on the computer's back panel. This document contains information from the PowerBook G3 Series User's Manual. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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: Wallstreet G3 will not accept Netscape 7.02
The problem have had wth Netscape 4.7 s t contnually crashes. ths was the reason ent to 7.2 on my Nac and G3 Destop. purchased a System 9.04 cd but t won't boot on my Walstreet. Any suggestons apprecated. Warren - Yeoleman In a message dated 8/1/04 9:29:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Warren; I run a Wallstreet 233-G-3 with 96 megs of ram. I use 9.04 OK but I detest Netscape 7.02 on this Book. No trouble installing it but it is bloated, slower, and crashes. If I knew how to move all my info back to 4.79, I would trash this latest greatest version of Netscape. Just my 2 cents. Hope the info helps. Bill -- 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 troubleshooting
On Aug 1, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting --- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place the Pismo's one. This will be the faster solution. Follow these steps: http://homepage.mac.com/scadboy/lcd/ Anyway, it will be better to fix the Pismo, because it's the only which have DVD Playback on OS X and has a better Video Card.\ Pismo and Lombard do not have the same screens - the flat cable connectors on them are in about a quarter-inch different place and so do not match up correctly. The screens aren't the same, but the LCD can be replaced. Check the page and you will see that the Pismo and the Lombard can have the same LCD (inside the cover screen). Apple changed some things, because they DON'T want users replacing LCDs on NON Apple Services. Instead of having cheaper prices, they replaced the connectors. Funny, isn't it? All of these panels are compatible with PowerBook G3s with 14.1 Displays: - WallStreet (G3 233-292) - PDQ (Revised Wallstreet) - Lombard (Built-in USB) - Pismo (Built-In Firewire) You are correct in saying the screens are not the same, although I think you're talking about the housings. The actual LCD is a different part number. I have taken apart quite a few Lombards and Pismos and can say from actual experience rather than someone else's web page that the LCD probably won't work. The flat connector that is part of the LCD is in a different place, so your flex cable from the motherboard will not work correctly. While this is true, I have a bit of experience taking apart the display housings for this model of Powerbook. The LCD panel itself can be swapped, just not all the various parts around it, which makes it more difficult as the display housing is one of the more fragile and difficult pieces to dissect. I am currently running on the Pismo under 10.3.4 and enjoying it. The tip given by Alejandro allowed me to reset the motherboard and get it started. More RAM got me into OS X and boy is it night and day between the Lombard and Pismo. :) 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: Pismo troubleshooting
Well, The MOST important thing here is that you have a working PowerBook and not is someone is right or not. I'm glad I helped you. --- Adam Thayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 1, 2004, at 2:42 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting --- Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:00:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Alejandro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo troubleshooting You have a Lombard wich needs a screen to work. Well, you can place the Pismo's one. This will be the faster solution. Follow these steps: http://homepage.mac.com/scadboy/lcd/ Anyway, it will be better to fix the Pismo, because it's the only which have DVD Playback on OS X and has a better Video Card.\ Pismo and Lombard do not have the same screens - the flat cable connectors on them are in about a quarter-inch different place and so do not match up correctly. The screens aren't the same, but the LCD can be replaced. Check the page and you will see that the Pismo and the Lombard can have the same LCD (inside the cover screen). Apple changed some things, because they DON'T want users replacing LCDs on NON Apple Services. Instead of having cheaper prices, they replaced the connectors. Funny, isn't it? All of these panels are compatible with PowerBook G3s with 14.1 Displays: - WallStreet (G3 233-292) - PDQ (Revised Wallstreet) - Lombard (Built-in USB) - Pismo (Built-In Firewire) You are correct in saying the screens are not the same, although I think you're talking about the housings. The actual LCD is a different part number. I have taken apart quite a few Lombards and Pismos and can say from actual experience rather than someone else's web page that the LCD probably won't work. The flat connector that is part of the LCD is in a different place, so your flex cable from the motherboard will not work correctly. While this is true, I have a bit of experience taking apart the display housings for this model of Powerbook. The LCD panel itself can be swapped, just not all the various parts around it, which makes it more difficult as the display housing is one of the more fragile and difficult pieces to dissect. I am currently running on the Pismo under 10.3.4 and enjoying it. The tip given by Alejandro allowed me to reset the motherboard and get it started. More RAM got me into OS X and boy is it night and day between the Lombard and Pismo. :) 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 --- __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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 G3 will not accept Netscape 7.02
In a message dated 8/3/04 8:54:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 8/1/04 9:29:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Warren; I run a Wallstreet 233-G-3 with 96 megs of ram. I use 9.04 OK but I detest Netscape 7.02 on this Book. No trouble installing it but it is bloated, slower, and crashes. If I knew how to move all my info back to 4.79, I would trash this latest greatest version of Netscape. Just my 2 cents. Hope the info helps. Bill My Wallstreet s a 233-G-3 wth 6 megs of Ram. When try to load OS 9.04 (Message - Program wll not run on ths computer). Could ths and my Netscappe 7.02 problem relate to NO SOUND? Sorry !Mac eyboard stcng. Warren - yeoleman -- 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 settings
Basically, I lost all account settings, as well as desktop files, document files, photos in iphoto, the whole deal, and was wondering, on a powerbook g4 (12 inch DVI) what I can do to retreive it, I get errors when I try to use disk utility, and spent 80 bucks on disk warrior, only to have it come up with an error message as well when I try to repair the disk... weird thing is, I can still log on to the machine as administrator, but the files seemed to have dissapeared. this all occured after the system locked up (unusual in and of itself) any thoughts? -- 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 ---
