Re: Cannot install OS 9
on 21/10/04 18:20, CJ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an iBook/500. I installed OS X 10.3 and erased the HDD. I want to use a few classic programs so I tried to install Mac OS 9.1. When I hold down the c key, the bar fills up halfway then says bus error, hold down shift to disable extensions. I held down shift and got the same result. Does anyone know what I can do about this? I think I've read similar stories with 9.1 installer CD. Can you find a 9.2 installer? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] copy protection n.: A class of methods for preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it. Considered silly. -- 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: Mainstreet
on 21/10/04 21:15, Shawn Harley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent, Does Scott need to have the ORiNOCO card installed before the restart to be recognized? I use a Linksys 54g in my Wallstreet (OS X), and I cannot hot swap it. The card has to be installed before power on/restart to be recognized. I think the original poster mentioned using OS 9. I don't think you have to restart with the card in in OS 9. If I remember correctly when I had my Wallstreet, I was able to insert the card at any time and it would be recognized immediately, under OS 9 only. The same card that is recognized in 9 won't be recognized at all by AirPort software in X. You need to get third party drivers, like the IOXpert one. -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 ---
Re: sudden death wallstreet
The National Enquirer reports at 10:49 PM + 10/21/04, Chet McCarty wrote: A few days ago I pushed the power button on my ( not plugged-in ) Wallstreet and a second later caught my sleeve on the battery lever and ejected the battery, before the screen even lit up. Now the screen won't light up nor will my previously-fine powerbook do anything else at all. Any suggestions? I'd bet money that resetting your Power Manager Unit will solve your problem. But there are specific specific steps for each machine. The following URL will take you to a page that explains every PMU reset for each model of PowerBook, ibook, etc. I'd advise looking up the steps for your PB. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449#faq8 Good Luck, 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: Cannot install OS 9
I copied the System Folder from the CD and put it in my HD. It still crashes during boot, but it works with classic. Thanks - Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:24 PM Subject: Re: Cannot install OS 9 on 21/10/04 18:20, CJ at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an iBook/500. I installed OS X 10.3 and erased the HDD. I want to use a few classic programs so I tried to install Mac OS 9.1. When I hold down the c key, the bar fills up halfway then says bus error, hold down shift to disable extensions. I held down shift and got the same result. Does anyone know what I can do about this? I think I've read similar stories with 9.1 installer CD. Can you find a 9.2 installer? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin http://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] copy protection n.: A class of methods for preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it. Considered silly. -- 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 ---
wallstreet upgrades
I recently purchased a Powerbook G3 wallstreet. I was wondering about two possible upgrades. First, what are my options for upgrading to a CDRW. Is there an internal drive that was made for the wallstreet, OEM or thirdparty? I know I could probably buy a firewire upgrade card and buy an external drive but I would like to avoid that if I could. Also, what are my options for running OSX on my wallstreet. The system has 384 MB Ram and a 10 GB HD. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Coleman Ford -- 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: Mainstreet
As for the ORiNOCO card, I don't think AirPort supports them under OS 9. Oops, wrong, wrong, wrong. The Apple Airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco Gold or Silver PC card in OS 9. You can also use the Orinoco software. Hi Bob i disagree with this ! If the airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco gold or silver cards in OS 9. Do you think that the OS on my MAC will please let the cards know as i have to use the orinoco software. I tried over and over to get the card seen buy Airport and it is a no-go. specs are Lombard 400/ 384 ram/ 20gb hdd/ dvd/cdrw/ and Orinoco gold wi-fi card. the mac wireless drivers work fine for the OSX partition i have also. 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 ---
Looking for recommendations on secondary machine
Hi - I just bought a 400 Mhz pismo on ebay for $329. It's in great shape ( afew scuff marks on the outer case) but works wonderful and is running OSX. I was originally in the market for a wallstreet due to avg price of pismo being around $500, and saw several pismos's go for just over or around $400. I had to watch for a couple of weeks for this to pop up, but it was worth the wait. I don't run the hi-tech software that I suspect alot of folks here run, just Word, Excel, quicken and the like (okay a few games but for the kids!), but I'm really satisfied with it. We also have a Kanga (I know - snail at only 250 Mhz!) but I love that one too - a reliable old tank that one is. Nina From: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:54:41 -0400 To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: G-Books Digest #1970 He came back with a few machines that he, his family and friends may be convinced to part with. In a nutshell they are: Wallstreet Original Blueberry iBook iBook 600mhz (icebook from what I can tell) Pismo 400mhz A couple need batteries, the 600mhz needs a new combo drive, all are running X right now. It seems like400 mhz Pismo's are averaging $500 or so on ebay Some Icebooks are going for over $600 Of course, with that in mind it's almost worth looking for closeouts on new machines isn't it! Especially if you have to consider a battery or additional RAM. -- 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 upgrades
There was a CD-RW drive manufactured for the Wallstreet, but it's impossible to find these days. Unlike the Lombard and Pismo, you can't just replace the drive in the expansion bay module with a standard low-profile optical drive. At this stage, your only option is to get an external device. OS X runs quite well on the 292 and 300MHz Wallstreets, and acceptably on the 266MHz. Anything slower and you'll be frustrated. Jaguar is the last OS officially supported by Apple, but 10.3 can be installed with the aid of XPostFacto. 384MB RAM is really the minimum for OS X. Less than that and things like launching applications and switching between open applications become unacceptably slow. Some people have had problems using 512MB RAM under 10.3, but I've never run into it on either of my PowerBooks. For maximum performance, set your monitor to thousands of colours mode. To speed QT movie playback, there's a modification you can make to the video drivers, but I recommend staying away from that unless it's really necessary for you. A 10GB hard disk is enough to install a stripped-down version of Panther and still have enough room left over for a decent set of programs and documents. Panther will take up about 1-1.5GB over the top of your existing OS 9 installation (probably about 500MB of system and applications). Cheers, Ben On 23 Oct 2004, at 01:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently purchased a Powerbook G3 wallstreet. I was wondering about two possible upgrades. First, what are my options for upgrading to a CDRW. Is there an internal drive that was made for the wallstreet, OEM or thirdparty? I know I could probably buy a firewire upgrade card and buy an external drive but I would like to avoid that if I could. Also, what are my options for running OSX on my wallstreet. The system has 384 MB Ram and a 10 GB HD. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Coleman Ford -- 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: Mainstreet
Oops, wrong, wrong, wrong. The Apple Airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco Gold or Silver PC card in OS 9. You can also use the Orinoco software. Hi Bob i disagree with this ! If the airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco gold or silver cards in OS 9. Do you think that the OS on my MAC will please let the cards know as i have to use the orinoco software. Don't know about the gold Card, but I have a Proxim Orinoco Silver 16-bit 802.11b card, and I use it with Airport on my 2400c, my Wallstreet and my Lombard. I also use it on my 3400c, but it has the Orinoco software... Airport sees it as an Airport card. Don't know if it makes a difference, but is your card 16-bit or 32-bit? I know there are some Orinoco cards that are 32-bit... Craig W. Atlanta, GA -- 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: Mainstreet
on 22/10/04 6:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops, wrong, wrong, wrong. The Apple Airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco Gold or Silver PC card in OS 9. You can also use the Orinoco software. Hi Bob i disagree with this ! If the airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco gold or silver cards in OS 9. Do you think that the OS on my MAC will please let the cards know as i have to use the orinoco software. Don't know about the gold Card, but I have a Proxim Orinoco Silver 16-bit 802.11b card, and I use it with Airport on my 2400c, my Wallstreet and my Lombard. I also use it on my 3400c, but it has the Orinoco software... Airport sees it as an Airport card. Don't know if it makes a difference, but is your card 16-bit or 32-bit? I know there are some Orinoco cards that are 32-bit... Craig W. Atlanta, GA Hi My card is 32bit i think on the back the boxes that are ticked are 3.3v 5v 16 and 32, The only one that is not ticked is the dma box. 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: Mainstreet
On 22/10/04 12:45, victoria Duggan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the ORiNOCO card, I don't think AirPort supports them under OS 9. Oops, wrong, wrong, wrong. The Apple Airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco Gold or Silver PC card in OS 9. You can also use the Orinoco software. Hi Bob i disagree with this ! If the airport software will absolutely support the Orinoco gold or silver cards in OS 9. Do you think that the OS on my MAC will please let the cards know as i have to use the orinoco software. I tried over and over to get the card seen buy Airport and it is a no-go. specs are Lombard 400/ 384 ram/ 20gb hdd/ dvd/cdrw/ and Orinoco gold wi-fi card. the mac wireless drivers work fine for the OSX partition i have also. One thing that you have to keep in mind is that the core of the card is the chipset in it and what the software really use is that chipset. I've seen this factor being a bigger problem when somebody wrote an Apple Newton driver for wireless cards. The driver was designed for a specific chipset which was used when AirPort was initially released. Over the years, manufacturers will replace the chipset for another one but the cards will often still have the same label, just the revision number will change. That's probably what is happening here. Even though the card has the ORiNOCO label on it, it probably uses a different chipset than the original ORiNOCO... -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: Upgrading Hard Drive - PowerBook G4 17
On Oct 21, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 21/10/04 17:38, Steve Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the link. I've done this on my TiBook and that model looks much simpler than the new ones. Maybe I'll leave well alone. Not a problem Roger.. Happy to help someone out. I'd like to put a larger drive in my 17, but I bought 2 years of Applecare on it this last March. I'm not sure they'd appreciate me replacing my own hd ;) It always depends on what parts Apple considers user serviceable. Have you checked the 17 page on the Apple support web site? Only thing that is user servicable is the battery and memory. BUT!!! They now have a replacement foot kit listed :) Steve -- 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: Mainstreet
I've been having some issues with my Wallstreet Mainstreet not charging the battery pack. Laurent Daudelin was kind enough to suggest: Have you tried resetting the PMU? To check if the contacts are the problem, try inserting the battery in the other bay. If the PowerBook sees it, then the contact in the other bay are dirty or bad. If not, then it's most likely the PMU. If I remember correctly, you need to have a good main battery in the PowerBook for the PRAM battery to recharge (yes, it's a rechargeable one). Of course, it is quite possible that the rechargeable PRAM battery has reached the end of its useful life. You first have to resolve your main battery problem and then you'll see if the PRAM battery gets back to life. This is interesting. Yes, I've reset the PMU and zapped the PRAM, the latter allowed the Battery Reset to think it was going to work, but still no go. I've tried the battery pack in the other expansion bay - no change. So are you saying the PRAM battery cannot be recharged unless there is a battery pack in the expansion bay? The guy that I bought this from claimed that this computer was almost never used with a battery. It didn't even arrive with one. I had to buy a new one. He did say that the date time would get all messed up within a matter of minutes if disconnected from the wall outlet. Maybe this is because the PRAM battery was slowly discharging as it wasn't getting recharged. My wireless question was: My second question is of less critical importance, but still related to my Wallstreet: I asked G-Listers for a suggestion for a wireless PCMCIA card for this and someone suggested an ORiNOCO would work great with Airport Drivers. I bought a new one off eBay for less than $20 (!), downloaded Airport 2.0.4 and installed it. When I plug the PC card in, I get an icon on the desktop, but Airport doesn't recognize the card and won't connect. Any ideas? I am thanking you in advance. Laurent's reply: I did the same on an old Wallstreet and the card was immediately recognized, in 9.2.2, as a genuine AirPort card after restarting (after installing the AirPort software, not the card). If it doesn't work, I suspect that the card you bought, although an ORiNOCO, has a different chipset than the original ORiNOCO/WaveLan that Apple used as AirPort card. Other than that, I don't know... I bought an ORiNOCO 8461-05 802.11 a/b Combo Card Silver. Anybody know if this one should theoretically work or not? Vikki Duggan suggested: Go on to the low end mac sight! and go to the 1400 powerbook page. Then scroll down to the wireless part and click on the link and the orinoco installer image is on the page halfway down. Thanks for the tip, Vikki. I did this, but it still doesn't recognize the card. Also, thanks to Ben Dyer, Tom Peterson, Shawn Harley for chipping in. FWIW the card does mount (either installed at boot up or inserted after boot). The ORiNOCO software (and Airport) simply doesn't see the card. I'll still keep trying. Something tells me I shoulda' just bought the last of the new iBook G3 from Macmall for $699. Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine Beer Supplies Houston TX www.defalcos.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 upgrades
Thanks for the help. I realized that I would probably have to get an external CDRW but I just didnt want to have to lug it around every where I went. Thanks for the help and advice. I appreciate it. Coleman Quoting Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was a CD-RW drive manufactured for the Wallstreet, but it's impossible to find these days. Unlike the Lombard and Pismo, you can't just replace the drive in the expansion bay module with a standard low-profile optical drive. At this stage, your only option is to get an external device. OS X runs quite well on the 292 and 300MHz Wallstreets, and acceptably on the 266MHz. Anything slower and you'll be frustrated. Jaguar is the last OS officially supported by Apple, but 10.3 can be installed with the aid of XPostFacto. 384MB RAM is really the minimum for OS X. Less than that and things like launching applications and switching between open applications become unacceptably slow. Some people have had problems using 512MB RAM under 10.3, but I've never run into it on either of my PowerBooks. For maximum performance, set your monitor to thousands of colours mode. To speed QT movie playback, there's a modification you can make to the video drivers, but I recommend staying away from that unless it's really necessary for you. A 10GB hard disk is enough to install a stripped-down version of Panther and still have enough room left over for a decent set of programs and documents. Panther will take up about 1-1.5GB over the top of your existing OS 9 installation (probably about 500MB of system and applications). Cheers, Ben On 23 Oct 2004, at 01:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently purchased a Powerbook G3 wallstreet. I was wondering about two possible upgrades. First, what are my options for upgrading to a CDRW. Is there an internal drive that was made for the wallstreet, OEM or thirdparty? I know I could probably buy a firewire upgrade card and buy an external drive but I would like to avoid that if I could. Also, what are my options for running OSX on my wallstreet. The system has 384 MB Ram and a 10 GB HD. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Coleman Ford -- 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 --- -- 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: Mainstreet
I bought an ORiNOCO 8461-05 802.11 a/b Combo Card Silver. Anybody know if this one should theoretically work or not? Vikki Duggan suggested: Go on to the low end mac sight! and go to the 1400 powerbook page. Then scroll down to the wireless part and click on the link and the orinoco installer image is on the page halfway down. Thanks for the tip, Vikki. I did this, but it still doesn't recognize the card. Also, thanks to Ben Dyer, Tom Peterson, Shawn Harley for chipping in. FWIW the card does mount (either installed at boot up or inserted after boot). The ORiNOCO software (and Airport) simply doesn't see the card. I'll still keep trying. Something tells me I shoulda' just bought the last of the new iBook G3 from Macmall for $699. Have you tried the ioxperts software i use this for the intel proxim card that i run in a 3400c and that also recognises the Orinoco card on the wallstreet that i have. Just so that i do not confuse people here . i have a lombard that i use for out and about with an Orinoco gold card, a 3400 fitted with a intel proxim card that my daughter uses. and a wallstreet that is upstairs as a normal eveyone in the house computer fitted with a second Orinoco card. if you do a google for wireless 802.11b drivers it should bring up a lot of pages some are free download and some are shareware fee. 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: Mainstreet
On 22/10/04 15:56, Scott Birdwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been having some issues with my Wallstreet Mainstreet not charging the battery pack. Laurent Daudelin was kind enough to suggest: Have you tried resetting the PMU? To check if the contacts are the problem, try inserting the battery in the other bay. If the PowerBook sees it, then the contact in the other bay are dirty or bad. If not, then it's most likely the PMU. If I remember correctly, you need to have a good main battery in the PowerBook for the PRAM battery to recharge (yes, it's a rechargeable one). Of course, it is quite possible that the rechargeable PRAM battery has reached the end of its useful life. You first have to resolve your main battery problem and then you'll see if the PRAM battery gets back to life. This is interesting. Yes, I've reset the PMU and zapped the PRAM, the latter allowed the Battery Reset to think it was going to work, but still no go. I've tried the battery pack in the other expansion bay - no change. So are you saying the PRAM battery cannot be recharged unless there is a battery pack in the expansion bay? The guy that I bought this from claimed that this computer was almost never used with a battery. It didn't even arrive with one. I had to buy a new one. He did say that the date time would get all messed up within a matter of minutes if disconnected from the wall outlet. Maybe this is because the PRAM battery was slowly discharging as it wasn't getting recharged. I think that this is what I've read somewhere. As long as the PowerBook is plugged, the internal clock will keep the time. When it's unplugged and the main battery is depleted, the PRAM battery discharges very quickly and will recharge once there is enough juice in the main battery. My wireless question was: My second question is of less critical importance, but still related to my Wallstreet: I asked G-Listers for a suggestion for a wireless PCMCIA card for this and someone suggested an ORiNOCO would work great with Airport Drivers. I bought a new one off eBay for less than $20 (!), downloaded Airport 2.0.4 and installed it. When I plug the PC card in, I get an icon on the desktop, but Airport doesn't recognize the card and won't connect. Any ideas? I am thanking you in advance. Laurent's reply: I did the same on an old Wallstreet and the card was immediately recognized, in 9.2.2, as a genuine AirPort card after restarting (after installing the AirPort software, not the card). If it doesn't work, I suspect that the card you bought, although an ORiNOCO, has a different chipset than the original ORiNOCO/WaveLan that Apple used as AirPort card. Other than that, I don't know... I bought an ORiNOCO 8461-05 802.11 a/b Combo Card Silver. Anybody know if this one should theoretically work or not? Based on my experience of many Newton users trying to find a compatible wireless card, I can say that no combo card had ever worked in a Newton. The design is apparently quite different to allow the card its 2 functionalities. Now, a Newton is no PowerBook but I guess your options would be to find a driver under 9 that would make the card work or try to find an older ORiNOCO or Wavelan card on eBay. As you have experienced, the standard Apple AirPort software won't recognize the card under OS 9... -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: Mainstreet
On 22/10/04 16:35, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/10/04 15:56, Scott Birdwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been having some issues with my Wallstreet Mainstreet not charging the battery pack. Laurent Daudelin was kind enough to suggest: Have you tried resetting the PMU? To check if the contacts are the problem, try inserting the battery in the other bay. If the PowerBook sees it, then the contact in the other bay are dirty or bad. If not, then it's most likely the PMU. If I remember correctly, you need to have a good main battery in the PowerBook for the PRAM battery to recharge (yes, it's a rechargeable one). Of course, it is quite possible that the rechargeable PRAM battery has reached the end of its useful life. You first have to resolve your main battery problem and then you'll see if the PRAM battery gets back to life. This is interesting. Yes, I've reset the PMU and zapped the PRAM, the latter allowed the Battery Reset to think it was going to work, but still no go. I've tried the battery pack in the other expansion bay - no change. So are you saying the PRAM battery cannot be recharged unless there is a battery pack in the expansion bay? The guy that I bought this from claimed that this computer was almost never used with a battery. It didn't even arrive with one. I had to buy a new one. He did say that the date time would get all messed up within a matter of minutes if disconnected from the wall outlet. Maybe this is because the PRAM battery was slowly discharging as it wasn't getting recharged. I think that this is what I've read somewhere. As long as the PowerBook is plugged, the internal clock will keep the time. When it's unplugged and the main battery is depleted, the PRAM battery discharges very quickly and will recharge once there is enough juice in the main battery. I forgot to add that based on your experience, I would bet that the PMU is the likely problem. The PMU controls all aspects of charging the batteries, reporting how much power remains, etc. There is also the slight possibility that your battery is defective. I've got a brand new one once from BTI and had to exchange it as it was not charging. In my case, I knew it was the battery because I had another one that was charging fine. If you could find someone with a Lombard or a Pismo, you could try your battery in a different laptop to see if it recharges. If it does, then the battery is defective. If not, then most likely your PMU (Power Management Unit) is the defective part. I'm not a technician, so take what I say for what it's worth, but I've owned a 3500 (Kanga), a Wallstreet, a Pismo and now a PowerBook 17. I took the Wallstreet completely apart a few times and put it back together without any harm. I took apart the Pismo completely apart just a couple of times. FWIW... -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 ---
ORiNOCO/Mainstreet
Don't know if it makes a difference, but is your card 16-bit or 32-bit? I know there are some Orinoco cards that are 32-bit... Craig W. Atlanta, GA Hi My card is 32bit i think on the back the boxes that are ticked are 3.3v 5v 16 and 32, The only one that is not ticked is the dma box. vicki My card is ticked 3.3v 32, if that makes a difference. Scott Birdwell P.S. Thanks, again, all. -- 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 ---
Subject: Re: Danged picture on my email
I recently upgraded my PB to 10.3.5 and now Mail insists on putting a dorky picture of a butterfly on everything I send. I don't find anything in Mail preferences to turn this off...how do I make it quit? Unless you're using mac.com as your mail server, the only person seeing your 'inner butterfly' is you. To change the picture, go to System Preferences Accounts picture. You can drag in any picture or choose from the pre-created ones. Bruce Johnson Actually, I do receive e-mails from time to time that have the picture in the upper right corner of their e-mail, and recognize them as one of the Apple photos. I picked the cat when I did my set-up, and occasionally I'll see it also in an occasional e-mail from someone else. I just called my friend whose computer is an eMac with Panther, and she does not see my cat photo on my e-mail. So I don't know why some have it and some don't. Maybe someone else might know that answer... Claire -- 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: Subject: Re: Danged picture on my email
On Oct 22, 2004, at 3:55 PM, Claire Hart wrote: Actually, I do receive e-mails from time to time that have the picture in the upper right corner of their e-mail, and recognize them as one of the Apple photos. I picked the cat when I did my set-up, and occasionally I'll see it also in an occasional e-mail from someone else. If they're mailing from .mac accounts, everyone sees the pictures on the e-mails. There's something in the mail server setup at .mac that enables this, that could presumably be enabled on other servers, but I've never figured it out. It isn't, as far as I can tell, a part of the message itself... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pha rmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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: Subject: Re: Danged picture on my email
On 22 Oct 2004, at 11:55 pm, Claire Hart wrote: Unless you're using mac.com as your mail server, the only person seeing your 'inner butterfly' is you. To change the picture, go to System Preferences Accounts picture. You can drag in any picture or choose from the pre-created ones. Bruce Johnson Actually, I do receive e-mails from time to time that have the picture in the upper right corner of their e-mail, and recognize them as one of the Apple photos. I picked the cat when I did my set-up, and occasionally I'll see it also in an occasional e-mail from someone else. I just called my friend whose computer is an eMac with Panther, and she does not see my cat photo on my e-mail. So I don't know why some have it and some don't. Maybe someone else might know that answer... As Bruce says above, it's a mac.com thing. It doesn't happen with other email accounts. You can also get Mail to display someone's picture with emails you receive from them, if you want: just paste the picture into their entry in your Address Book. Miche. -- 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 ---
