SmartMedia reader suggestions
I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed a USB mass storage device. Rebooting with the reader connected revealed a message that the Mac couldn't read the contents of the connected disk. Search for drivers for this on the web was unsuccessful. Borrowed a Microtech reader, which came with a driver on CD, to try. Unfortunately, I couldn't drag the driver over. The CD includes an installation program, which in turn wanted to activate Classic. I said no. Can anyone recommend a solution in the form of a reader known to function seamlessly in this setting? cwr -- 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 ---
airport
Hi all question time again. I would like to know if i could do this and also if anyone else knows of a cheaper way than £100. for the airport express box. I have a spare mac that i want to set up in the spare room to use as a schoolwork only mac. For my kids. but i want it to have the internet for reference work when they are doing projects. So here is the question. can i use an Airport express station plugged into the back of the 7300/200 via ethernet and then get it to talk to my Netgear router that has all the other household Macs connected (wirelessly) to the net. I got over the problem with my oldest and the internet by getting her an Orinoco card, for her Wallstreet and then getting rid of the cables from all over the house. Now that i have a spare mac i want to give it to my other girls for them to use. Is this idea ok or is there another way i could do it. I did contemplate this when i was getting an imac but when it arrived it already had an Airport card fitted so i did not need anything else just connected straight up. TIA Vicki. -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 06:05:58 -0400, cwrayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed a USB mass storage device. Rebooting with the reader connected revealed a message that the Mac couldn't read the contents of the connected disk. Search for drivers for this on the web was unsuccessful. Borrowed a Microtech reader, which came with a driver on CD, to try. Unfortunately, I couldn't drag the driver over. The CD includes an installation program, which in turn wanted to activate Classic. I said no. Can anyone recommend a solution in the form of a reader known to function seamlessly in this setting? I have a SmartDisk TriMedia Reader (Floppy Disk, CompactFlash, and SmartMedia) and a SmartDisk Universal Reader (for all six common types of memory cards, including SmartMedia). Both work well with a Server G4 running OS 10.3.5. -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
Not sure if this will help, but you might give it a try: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php? mode=basicaction=searchstr=cypress%2C+usbplt%5B%5D=macosxx=13y=8 I remember my Dad having trouble with a Zio/Microtech USB reader, and I think we used this. If it is a Zio and this doesn't work, let me know. I may still have a copy of the driver that I used with my Zio USB SM reader. Shawn On Oct 3, 2004, at 6:05 AM, cwrayfield wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed a USB mass storage device. Rebooting with the reader connected revealed a message that the Mac couldn't read the contents of the connected disk. Search for drivers for this on the web was unsuccessful. Borrowed a Microtech reader, which came with a driver on CD, to try. Unfortunately, I couldn't drag the driver over. The CD includes an installation program, which in turn wanted to activate Classic. I said no. Can anyone recommend a solution in the form of a reader known to function seamlessly in this setting? cwr -- 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 --- -- 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: Storing laptops -- pros cons
On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or both of the batteries be dead? Shut it down, remove the battery, put the battery in a ziploc baggie with a silicon drying pack and it should be fine. The clock battery (if it has one) should last for years. It should boot right up. You may need to recharge the battery, but if it's stored in a dry environment that's less likely (why I suggest a ziplock and a silicon packet) Worst that can happen is that the clock will be off. -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
On Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 03:05 AM, cwrayfield wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed a USB mass storage device. Rebooting with the reader connected revealed a message that the Mac couldn't read the contents of the connected disk. Search for drivers for this on the web was unsuccessful. I suspect something's wrong with the reader. I've never found one yet that needed a driver in OS X. Mine is a Delkin Devices e-film, sold under some other name I-O something (I can't find the box right now), it's a 6-in-1 device, has always read everything fine, without a driver. I've got another one at work it also works just fine, no drivers. -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- 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 fix-it guides
Great resource, found on slash-dot: http://pbfixit.com/Guide/ Cheers, Erik -- ### Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-242-7604 Urban Outfitters: http://nrdc.org/onearth/04win/reviews.asp Dirty Minds: http://www.gristmagazine.com/books/books121503.asp -- 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: airport
I think a PCI wifi card (do they make desktop cards with Mac drivers?) would be cheaper, but if that wasn't available, how about a second wifi basestation other than Apple's? Better yet, move your router to the 7300's room and connect the 7300 to it via Ethernet, then use your newer computers wirelessly. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of vicki Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 3:23 AM To: G-Books Subject: airport Hi all question time again. I would like to know if i could do this and also if anyone else knows of a cheaper way than £100. for the airport express box. I have a spare mac that i want to set up in the spare room to use as a schoolwork only mac. For my kids. but i want it to have the internet for reference work when they are doing projects. So here is the question. can i use an Airport express station plugged into the back of the 7300/200 via ethernet and then get it to talk to my Netgear router that has all the other household Macs connected (wirelessly) to the net. I got over the problem with my oldest and the internet by getting her an Orinoco card, for her Wallstreet and then getting rid of the cables from all over the house. Now that i have a spare mac i want to give it to my other girls for them to use. Is this idea ok or is there another way i could do it. I did contemplate this when i was getting an imac but when it arrived it already had an Airport card fitted so i did not need anything else just connected straight up. TIA Vicki. -- 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 --- -- 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: Storing laptops -- pros cons
On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or both of the batteries be dead? This might be useful: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10571 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 ---
Re: airport
I think a PCI wifi card (do they make desktop cards with Mac drivers?) would be cheaper Yep, there are some of these on the market. If you can find the right model, there's an ORiNOCO one that will adapt a gold or silver card for use in a PCI slot. There's also currently a card from MacWireless.com. Better yet, Vicki, you could pick up one of those wired-ethernet to wireless transceivers. These devices plug into your ethernet port and have an integrated wireless chipset antenna - they turn your ethernet port into a wireless interface. They are fairly inexpensive, and they require no drivers (so they will work with any computer with an ethernet port). D-Link and Linksys make some, and I'm sure there are others. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: airport
Wow, I didn't know there was such a thing. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Kershaw Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:13 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: airport I think a PCI wifi card (do they make desktop cards with Mac drivers?) would be cheaper Yep, there are some of these on the market. If you can find the right model, there's an ORiNOCO one that will adapt a gold or silver card for use in a PCI slot. There's also currently a card from MacWireless.com. Better yet, Vicki, you could pick up one of those wired-ethernet to wireless transceivers. These devices plug into your ethernet port and have an integrated wireless chipset antenna - they turn your ethernet port into a wireless interface. They are fairly inexpensive, and they require no drivers (so they will work with any computer with an ethernet port). D-Link and Linksys make some, and I'm sure there are others. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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 --- -- 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: Storing laptops -- pros cons
Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 % of its charge. Luis On Oct 3, 2004, at 11:04 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or both of the batteries be dead? This might be useful: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10571 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 --- -- 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: Storing laptops -- pros cons
On Sun, Oct 3, 2004 at 11:44 am -0500, Luis Autrique wrote: Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 % of its charge. Yes, I remember reading that recently, and I was sure it was in an Apple TIL. Couldn't find it when I searched the site though (a common occurrence :() 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 ---
Re: Storing laptops -- pros cons
Is there any difference when storing older laptops that had PRAM batteries and the newer Apple models that don't? On the older models it was good to store them with a battery attached and charged (debatable as to level of charge). I would think that it would be best to store modern PowerBooks or iBooks without any battery installed, with the only ill effect being the loss of day and date information. Am I correct? Not that I ever plan on being without my PowerBook long enough for it to matter. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Hodgson Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:56 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Storing laptops -- pros cons On Sun, Oct 3, 2004 at 11:44 am -0500, Luis Autrique wrote: Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 % of its charge. Yes, I remember reading that recently, and I was sure it was in an Apple TIL. Couldn't find it when I searched the site though (a common occurrence :() 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 --- -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
At 8:34 AM -0700 10/3/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 03:05 AM, cwrayfield wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. The System Profiler showed a USB mass storage device. Rebooting with the reader connected revealed a message that the Mac couldn't read the contents of the connected disk. Search for drivers for this on the web was unsuccessful. It's possible the SmartMedia card is corrupt. Not necessarily so corrupt that it won't work in the camera but the Mac might be pickier. If you can save the pictures elsewhere then format the card in the camera. Try reversing the process of inserting the card and connecting the reader. I suspect something's wrong with the reader. I've never found one yet that needed a driver in OS X. If a reader supports the Mass Storage standard then they don't need a driver. Earlier readers that predate the Mass Storage standard need their own driver. Under OS X I had to install drivers for both SmartDisk and Antec card readers. It does sound like this is a USB Mass Storage compatible reader though. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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: Storing laptops -- pros
Read a long thread on battery life elsewhere (which has some application to your storage question) and the conclusion was, in order to get the longest possible life from your battery, discharge it to the 40~50% level, remove it, put it in a baggie and store it in the fridge. Under normal use of the laptop, pop in the battery once a month, charge it, let it drop to the 40~50% level again, remove it and bag in to the fridge. Check out http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm for more info on this subject. ciao, bob -- 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: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing
on 03/10/04 01:42, Bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've had some good discussion this week about Apple's built-in OS X maintenance scripts. But a comment was made that they are no big deal. I came across some additional information that indicates that it *is* important to run the scripts: One important house keeping aspect (i.e running the maintenance scripts) according to B. Jepson E. Rothman in their book Mac OS X for Unix Geeks on page 41 is ... it is vitally important to run these jobs to insure that your Netinfo database is backed up. (I'm not enough of a techno-geek to understand all of what the Netinfo database is. As I understand it, it contains some System information and network information.) And your OS X cache files *can* get corrupted and cause problems. These scripts help keep the cache files clean. Also, I have received some private email from people who are concerned about not wanting to leave their computers on all night, and are not all that comfortable running Terminal commands. Let me see if I can take some of the unknown out of the process and make it a little easier. This will give you an idea of how long it takes to run the 3 maintenance scripts: the daily script --- takes about five seconds the weekly script --- takes about five minutes for 50 GB of data (less if you have a smaller drive) the monthly script takes about two seconds That's not too bad is it? How about if you could run all 3 from one command (assuming you are not going to use MacJanitor or OnyX or something similar)? You can type this in the Terminal window and do just that. (How about copying and pasting the following text? It doesn't get any easier than that.): sudo periodic daily weekly monthly There are certainly misconception about those scripts, what they do and what they are useful for. First of all, NetInfo is almost never used. In my 14 years of using NeXTStep/Mac OS X, I've never backed up and restored the NetInfo database. Much of system information is kept in various config files that don't have anything to do with the NetInfo database. As far as I know, none of the scripts will refresh the cache. You have to use an utility that will just do that, like Panther Cache Cleaner or Onyx. If those scripts were that important, don't you think that Apple would have put something to run them or accomplish what they do on a regular basis? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] dangling pointer n.: [common] A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere (in C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid). Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared. Used as jargon in a generalization of its techspeak meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved to the other coast is a dangling pointer. Compare dead link. -- 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 ---
Lost capability to cut and paste foreign text?
Hello, Using OS 9.1, WS Series II, Netscape 7.x, I cannot use Key Caps to generate Cyrillic text to cut and paste into Livejournal.com. The result looks like this: ȈÛÍÂÌ„¯˘Áı˙ If not using cut and paste, the characters work fine. Best George __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. 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: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication
Bob said: What OS are you using? OS X? Can you boot into OS 9? OS 9.0 at the moment. Going to try a reinstallation of 9.2.2. You can still [use zterm] if you want to confirm the connection. But as I said above, it sounds like that part is working. I'd say it is. What are you using for PPP? ARA? FreePPP? PPP. Can you connect a regular phone to that line and/or connector? If so, pick up the receiver and dial one numerical digit. Then listen and see if you hear that buzz, or any noise at all. Yes, the line is equally noisy in every stage. I'll look and see if I can find something about GV modem scripts. Did you Google to try to find anything? Yes, but as my GV Teleport 56 modem is international (code starts with SB), results were inconclusive. There seem to be no init strings at GVs site for this model, nor any firmware updates or manuals for that matter. At the moment I'm going to try a reinstallation of the OS. I'll let you know how it turns out. After trying other changes, your suggestions included (unfortunately this is a v.90 modem), the problem that comes back every time, no matter what init I try (some fail completely too), is that it comes to starting PPP and then it hangs up after a minute or two. So I'm kinda leaning to some kind of OT error. I did delete relevant prefs and turned off non apple extensions, but this did not help. -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
At 08:34 AM -0700 10/03/2004, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 03:05 AM, cwrayfield wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. Apple lied. And the manufacturer didn't double-check. Our brand new 15 PB G4, with Panther, cannot talk to 4 of our 6 media readers. One no-name multi-format reader worked without a driver. Got our ZiO! USB SmartMedia Reader working by using an ancient driver that the Microtech web site says to NOT use on Jaguar or Panther. After 2 hours on the phone with Apple, I found out that OS X only directly supports *some* camera media card readers, and no, a list of the supported readers is not available. I suspect something's wrong with the reader. I've never found one yet that needed a driver in OS X. Wow have you lucked out, Bruce! :) Any ideas how to make a HD in a IDE-USB box mount on Panther? The drive came from a PB G3 (OS 9.2.2; Jaguar). It mounts right up on another PB and an iMac - both in OS 9. But won't mount at all in OS X 10.1.5 or Panther. (Apple's peripheral support SUX) - Dan (in ultra-frustration mode over these two issues; starting to regret our purchase of the new PB). -- 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: SmartMedia reader suggestions
Try the Cypress driver: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php? mode=basicaction=searchstr=cypress%2C+usbplt%5B%5D=macosxx=13y=8 Shawn On Oct 3, 2004, at 5:50 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:34 AM -0700 10/03/2004, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 03:05 AM, cwrayfield wrote: I have a Pismo w/G4 upgrade, OX 10.3.5. I'd like to download photos from an Olympus SmartMedia card. An OSB reader (by PNY) I bought at Staples said it didn't need a driver, but it wouldn't mount. Apple lied. And the manufacturer didn't double-check. Our brand new 15 PB G4, with Panther, cannot talk to 4 of our 6 media readers. One no-name multi-format reader worked without a driver. Got our ZiO! USB SmartMedia Reader working by using an ancient driver that the Microtech web site says to NOT use on Jaguar or Panther. After 2 hours on the phone with Apple, I found out that OS X only directly supports *some* camera media card readers, and no, a list of the supported readers is not available. I suspect something's wrong with the reader. I've never found one yet that needed a driver in OS X. Wow have you lucked out, Bruce! :) Any ideas how to make a HD in a IDE-USB box mount on Panther? The drive came from a PB G3 (OS 9.2.2; Jaguar). It mounts right up on another PB and an iMac - both in OS 9. But won't mount at all in OS X 10.1.5 or Panther. (Apple's peripheral support SUX) - Dan (in ultra-frustration mode over these two issues; starting to regret our purchase of the new PB). -- 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 --- -- 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: Maintenance Scripts Are Worth Doing
The National Enquirer reports at 2:57 PM -0400 10/3/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There are certainly misconception about those scripts, what they do and what they are useful for. First of all, NetInfo is almost never used. In my 14 years of using NeXTStep/Mac OS X, I've never backed up and restored the NetInfo database. Much of system information is kept in various config files that don't have anything to do with the NetInfo database. I wasn't quoting myself, or simply giving my own opinion, I was quoting guys who know a whole lot more about it than I do. Vitally important was term they used. shrug As far as I know, none of the scripts will refresh the cache. You have to use an utility that will just do that, like Panther Cache Cleaner or Onyx. I stand corrected. I misread a statement and missed the not in not system cache files. Log files are updated, not cache files. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107388 states: Mac OS X periodically runs background tasks that, in part, remove system files that are no longer needed. This includes purging older information from log files or deleting certain temporary items. These tasks do not run if the computer is shut down or in sleep mode. If the tasks do not run, it is possible that certain log files (such as system.log) may become very large. If those scripts were that important, don't you think that Apple would have put something to run them or accomplish what they do on a regular basis? Apple did. :-) The scripts will run without any action whatsoever if the machine is on. Why are they scheduled at those weird times? I assume because they were thought to be the best times to find the computer not being used (I seem to recall that the scripts won't run if the computer is being used). Thanks for correcting my misstatement, Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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: TiBook display replacement (was: TiBook display crisis)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (gianfranco sciacca) asked: My question to the list is: are displays and inverter boards / cables the same across the entire DVI range (667 MHz to 1GHz), or the 1GHz shares parts only with the 867 MHz? Hardware is the same across the DVI line, with the only difference (of which I'm aware) the typeface on the screen bezel changed between the two series. Data cables can be interchanged between any TiBooks, and inverters are interchangable across the DVI lines. The backlight cable is integral with the LCD, soldered directly to the CCFL tube inside the LCD. The CCFL is replaceable, but the job ain't for the faint-of-heart. Also, _any_ TiBook display assembly _can_ be used on any TiBook. Early screens of course only show the lower rez on any 'Book. Likewise later DVI screens display only the lower rez on pre-DVI 'Books, with garbage filling the right hand and bottom edge excess pixels. see my page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/tibook_display.html hth, dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- 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: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication
The National Enquirer reports at 7:05 PM +0200 10/3/04, Mikael Byström wrote: Bob said: What are you using for PPP? ARA? FreePPP? PPP. Does not compute. :-) I was asking so that we could check the settings if needed (flow control, port speed etc). Can you connect a regular phone to that line and/or connector? If so, pick up the receiver and dial one numerical digit. Then listen and see if you hear that buzz, or any noise at all. Yes, the line is equally noisy in every stage. Sounds like that is you primary problem. A call to the phone company sounds in order. It may be something as simple as a bad ground connection at your house phone box. But they should be able to find it and fix it. I'll look and see if I can find something about GV modem scripts. Did you Google to try to find anything? Yes, but as my GV Teleport 56 modem is international (code starts with SB), results were inconclusive. There seem to be no init strings at GVs site for this model, nor any firmware updates or manuals for that matter. I'll bet someone on the comp.sys.mac.comm newsgroup would be able to help you with those things. At the moment I'm going to try a reinstallation of the OS. I'll let you know how it turns out. Wow, that would be the last thing I would try. Check that, it wouldn't even be the last. I don't think your problem has anything at all to do with your System. After trying other changes, your suggestions included (unfortunately this is a v.90 modem), Since I had no idea what the problem actually was, a shotgun approach was taken, hoping that something might work. Modem strings are pretty easy to try. the problem that comes back every time, no matter what init I try (some fail completely too), is that it comes to starting PPP and then it hangs up after a minute or two. I ran into the same kind of problem many years ago. Unfortunately I don't remember what the problem ended up being. So I'm kinda leaning to some kind of OT error. I honestly doubt it. If you don't have another phone line at your location. The easiest way to eliminate the computer, modem and OS is to take the hardware to a neighbors, or some location where there's a clean phone line, and try it there. If it works there then you'll know it's the phone line. I seem to recall someone on the list within the last week or two saying that they were very knowledgeable when it came to modems. Perhaps they can weigh in with better suggestions. I'll gladly yield to their expertise. I haven't seen anyone else offer to help you. Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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 ---
