OS X first timer - blank password
Hi all, My sister installed Jaguar on her Wallstreet last night, and she managed not to provide a password during the installation. Now she's trying to install software, and it's asking for the admin password. She says it won't let her leave the password field blank. Is there any way to reset the password, or will she have to reinstall OS X? I'm out of my element here, as I'm just getting started w/ OS X myself. I suggested tying the Users panel in System Preferences, or trying passwd in the terminal, but I don't know if either will allow her to set a new password. Ideas? Thanks, 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: OS X first timer - blank password
The National Enquirer reports at 1:20 AM -0700 12/2/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Hi all, My sister installed Jaguar on her Wallstreet last night, and she managed not to provide a password during the installation. Now she's trying to install software, and it's asking for the admin password. She says it won't let her leave the password field blank. Is there any way to reset the password, or will she have to reinstall OS X? I'm out of my element here, as I'm just getting started w/ OS X myself. I suggested tying the Users panel in System Preferences, or trying passwd in the terminal, but I don't know if either will allow her to set a new password. Ideas? Drew, The administrator password is an administrator user's login password. You should be able to reset the password by booting with an install CD, and there is an option to reset your password from the Installer menu. Follow the onscreen instructions. You can also change the password from the CLI in Terminal. But not if you can't get there. :-) If you want to tinker a little bit, try the password Mac User and see if it works. IIRC that's the default file sharing password and might be the default account password. For your continued reading pleasure: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=152351 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156 HTH, 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: OS X first timer - blank password
On Dec 2, 2004, at 3:20 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Hi all, My sister installed Jaguar on her Wallstreet last night, and she managed not to provide a password during the installation. Now she's trying to install software, and it's asking for the admin password. She says it won't let her leave the password field blank. Is there any way to reset the password, or will she have to reinstall OS X? I'm out of my element here, as I'm just getting started w/ OS X myself. I suggested tying the Users panel in System Preferences, or trying passwd in the terminal, but I don't know if either will allow her to set a new password. Boot off of the install disk and you can set/change the password. -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1st/pci-powermacs list nanny The jockey thought he was so clever feeding marijana to his steed to enhance it's performance. Well, now he's busted, and it's time for him to get off his high horse. -- 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: lombard 10.3
Bob said: a number of (but not all) Wallstreet users had difficulties installing Panther when their Wallstreet had more than 384 MB of RAM. If I remember correctly this was only during installation. Post installation modules could be put back. -- 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 ---
What does IIRC mean ?
This ( IIRC ) appears often in messages but the meaning escapes me. Any elucidations? Greetings, Andre. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: What does IIRC mean ?
This ( IIRC ) appears often in messages but the meaning escapes me. Any elucidations? If I Recall Correctly -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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: Sony CRX830E upgrade for Pismo
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Kathryn Odell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your input. Did you have to do the soldering in the drive sled? No soldering needed, just lots of pesky tiny screws that you don't want to lose... Seth --- Seth Austen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sethausten.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 ---
hard drive question
Are there any hard drive brands to stay away from when shopping for a larger drive for a Pismo? Rad... -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
Hi John, I did as you suggested...but I got a black screen with porgrammer like instructions...if you want to continue to boot type mac-boot and press return or the same with shut-down. When I type mac-boot and return I get a small OS logo with a line of programmer type under the logo that makes no sense to me...and nothing. Kristina Try restarting your PB from the OS9...Once restarted select the 8.6 CD as your next startup drive. I want to erase the pb and clean install the 8.6. except I can't get the pb to boot off the cd. -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
Somehow your machine is starting in Open Firmware mode. Nothing serious, just unnerving if you're not into X's inner workings. Try this from an Apple tech article: Open Firmware. To continue booting, type 'mac-boot' and press return What's that supposed to mean? If all you did was turn on your computer, it probably means you need to reset your Mac's basic settings called parameter RAM (PRAM) and Open Firmware. If this happens every time you turn on your computer, reset the computer's parameter RAM (PRAM). If the message still appears after you reset PRAM, reset the Open Firmware settings: 1. Instead of typing mac-boot at the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-nvram 2. Press Return. 3. At the Open Firmware prompt, type: reset-all 4. Press Return. Once restarted try selecting the OS9 System Folder or your 8.5 CD. Hopefully it should take this time. To try forcing boot from CD try these 2 combos: 1. Hold C at startup 2. Hold Command-Option-Delete at startup. John Hi John, I did as you suggested...but I got a black screen with porgrammer like instructions...if you want to continue to boot type mac-boot and press return or the same with shut-down. When I type mac-boot and return I get a small OS logo with a line of programmer type under the logo that makes no sense to me...and nothing. Kristina Try restarting your PB from the OS9...Once restarted select the 8.6 CD as your next startup drive. I want to erase the pb and clean install the 8.6. except I can't get the pb to boot off the cd. -- Be nice to your kids, for it is they who will choose your nursing home. For adult education, nothing beats children. If you have trouble getting your children's attention, just sit down and look comfortable. -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
Dear John, None of these suggestions got me into my CD to restore 8.6 reset your (PRAM) and Open Firmware. I performed this and it was successful...false hope and the if message still appears after you reset PRAM, reset the Open Firmware settings: so I did 1-4 and this was successful also but the the happy mac defaulted to OS9.2 more dashed hopes and the same Mac opens in 9.2. resulted with the 2 force boot operations you suggested. frustration has set in and I am looking for the ebay return policy... btw my CD drive...starts to whirl makes a hmmm sqeak (I sound like I am at my car repair shop) and then stops whirling...hoping I don't have to replace the cd dvd drive... I also need a zip drive and I'd like to have a mouse...I haven't even been able to tell if the modem works. thanks for the help Kristina -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
On 02/12/04 12:16, Kristina Rost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear John, None of these suggestions got me into my CD to restore 8.6 reset your (PRAM) and Open Firmware. I performed this and it was successful...false hope and the if message still appears after you reset PRAM, reset the Open Firmware settings: so I did 1-4 and this was successful also but the the happy mac defaulted to OS9.2 more dashed hopes and the same Mac opens in 9.2. resulted with the 2 force boot operations you suggested. frustration has set in and I am looking for the ebay return policy... btw my CD drive...starts to whirl makes a hmmm sqeak (I sound like I am at my car repair shop) and then stops whirling...hoping I don't have to replace the cd dvd drive... I also need a zip drive and I'd like to have a mouse...I haven't even been able to tell if the modem works. If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. -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 ---
Pismo Questions
I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Rad... -- 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 ---
Aluminum and Alzheimer's
Okay, here we go, I've wanted to post this question for a long time, but it seems somewhat inflammitory, at least on another forum. Is there the possibility of absorbing aluminum through your skin from the palmrest of the AlBook? I've heard people complain of corrosion on the AlBook due to contact with sweat from the skin, so it seems like a possibility that aluminum molecules are being disloged. I know the links to alzheimer's disease are debated, but I personally don't cook on aluminum or drink from aluminum soda cans. Seems to me the TiBook would be safer. Opinions? -- Dan5300c -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Questions
On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Check EveryMac.com: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/powerbook_g3_400_f w.html or http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/powerbook_g3_500_f w.html On the Apple web site, in the technical notes section: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43126 -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: Pismo Questions
On 12/2/04 10:29 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Only a CD player and the ports are definitely USB 1.1 Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Questions
On Dec 2, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Check EveryMac.com: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_400_f w.html or http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_500_f w.html On the Apple web site, in the technical notes section: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43126 I had already looked at that link on apple (says USB and DVD-ROM, nothing about the CD type), the everymac.com link doesn't have the answers either. Rad... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Questions
On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 12/2/04 10:29 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Only a CD player and the ports are definitely USB 1.1 OK, next question, are there any replacement/upgrade drives so I can get CDRW and maybe DVDRW? Rad... -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. Thanks Laurent, I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3 beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still defauts to 9.2 Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the Latin Vocab drill program...doesn't that mean it is working? so does this leave that thats still something with the OpenFirmware password, and isn't that what John was advising? if not how can I find out what the password might be? I still have contact with the seller, who has been helpful, I just didn't want to bother him to much...i do have the option of returning the Lombard within 30 days, but I really wanted it. Kristina -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
On 02/12/04 14:02, Kristina Rost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. Thanks Laurent, I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3 beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still defauts to 9.2 Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the Latin Vocab drill program...doesn't that mean it is working? so does this leave that thats still something with the OpenFirmware password, and isn't that what John was advising? if not how can I find out what the password might be? I still have contact with the seller, who has been helpful, I just didn't want to bother him to much...i do have the option of returning the Lombard within 30 days, but I really wanted it. Well, forget about OpenFirmware password. I just checked on the Apple web site and it's only supported starting with PowerBook G3 FireWire (Pismo) and up. So, although you were able to load the Latin Vocab drill program, I would still guess that there is a problem with the CD-ROM drive. My assumption is that not the same sectors on a CD are read whether you're accessing data from it or booting from it. Are you getting the same result if you try to boot from the 8.5 system install CD than the 8.6 system install CD? I mean, I'm not sure that you would be able to boot from 8.5 on a Lombard. Maybe you can, I'm not sure. But if you get exactly the same problem, then there is something wrong about the drive. Now, since this thread has been going on for some time now, I'm not sure if you tried this or not, but have you tried setting up the startup disk after booting in OS X? Did that work at all? I'm getting low on ideas... -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: Pismo Questions
On 02/12/04 13:52, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 2, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Check EveryMac.com: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_400_f w.html or http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_500_f w.html On the Apple web site, in the technical notes section: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43126 I had already looked at that link on apple (says USB and DVD-ROM, nothing about the CD type), the everymac.com link doesn't have the answers either. Ermmm, a DVD-ROM drive can also act as a CD drive, you know... -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: Pismo Questions
On 02/12/04 13:56, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:39 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: On 12/2/04 10:29 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 02/12/04 12:55, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased a Pismo (two actually (one for little sis)) and I looked up the specs at apple.com but didn't find what I was looking for. I know it has a DVD player, is that drive a CD burner also or only a player? Are the USB ports USB 2.0 or 1.0? Only a CD player and the ports are definitely USB 1.1 OK, next question, are there any replacement/upgrade drives so I can get CDRW and maybe DVDRW? There are a few places that will sell you MCE replacement drives, but they're very expensive, almost as much as the total value of your Pismo. Other alternatives include the purchase of a bare CDRW drive on places like eBay, removing the old DVD-ROM drive from the expansion module, put the new drive in and try to fit the faceplate, which I think so far, besides the MCE drive, no 3rd party drive will have a matching or fitting faceplate. If that doens't bother you and you think you can manipulate a few small screws, then this might be the cheapest solution. If you search in the G-Books list mail archive, you should be able to find a few CDRW drives that are known to be compatible with the Pismo. You can also check on XLR8YourMac.com for drive compatibility. I wouldn't recommend getting a DVDRW drive. It will be pretty much useless in a Pismo to burn any DVDs. Maybe data DVD, but certainly not video DVDs, due to the lack of power muscle in a Pismo. Plus the cost of the drive might be prohibitive. Might as well sell the Pismo and get a newer used PowerBook with an Apple SuperDrive as it may be cheaper in the long run... -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: Pismo questions
OK, next question, are there any replacement/upgrade drives so I can get CDRW and maybe DVDRW? Rad.. As per recent discussions about the Sony 830, there are LOTS of options for a Combo CDRW/DVD and several for a DVD-RW. Check out xlr8yourmac.com under their Drive Upgrades database. Personally I've used several different brands of Combo in my Pismos and can recommend them all: Sony, Matshita, LG, Teac. I've also used a few different DVD-RWs too: Toshiba SD-R6472 which is currently the fastest DVD-R out there (8x for both DVD-R and DVD+R, 4 x RW, 2.4x Dual Layer), as well as the slot-loading Superdrives Apple uses in the G4 powerbooks: Panasonic Matshita UJ-815 and UJ-825, the latter being faster at 4x vs. 2x. I like the slot-loading option, as you could keep the drive if you upgrade to a G4 with Combo in the future: just swap the drives and resell the Pismo with the slot-loading Combo from the G4. IIRC, the UJ-825 is on sale somewhere for about $130, which is a great deal. Highly recommended. Good luck. Chris -- 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 Firewire with loose audio-out connector
Hi all, My Powerbook Firewire has recently taken to dropping its audio-out signal when the cord is moved. I swapped out the cord and the fault seems to be with the jack. Has anyone else had to crack their PB open to repair this problem? I plan to reflow the solder on the connector and possibly add a jumper soldered point-to-point to prevent the problem from recurring if the trace breaks again, depending on what i see inside. I've added an Airport card to this machine, and repaired other PC's in the past, so I will probably be able to get in there without trouble, but that will be the deepest I've ever gotten into this computer's innards. Comments? Suggestions? Breakdown and rebuild manuals? Dan --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.803 / Virus Database: 546 - Release Date: 11/30/2004 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Powerbook Firewire with loose audio-out connector
On 02/12/04 14:44, Danozano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, My Powerbook Firewire has recently taken to dropping its audio-out signal when the cord is moved. I swapped out the cord and the fault seems to be with the jack. Has anyone else had to crack their PB open to repair this problem? I plan to reflow the solder on the connector and possibly add a jumper soldered point-to-point to prevent the problem from recurring if the trace breaks again, depending on what i see inside. I've added an Airport card to this machine, and repaired other PC's in the past, so I will probably be able to get in there without trouble, but that will be the deepest I've ever gotten into this computer's innards. Comments? Suggestions? Breakdown and rebuild manuals? There is probably a loose connection on the AC-Sound board. When you remove the top case, that part is easy to spot since that's where the AC connector is. If you can't find the problem, it should be relatively easy to find another board on eBay and replace it. There are a few places on the net that have detailed instructions for the disassembling. I'm sure someone will suggest a few... -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: Wi-Fi, Pismo and Panasonic Cordless Phone
At 15:30 -0500 1/12/04, G-Books wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:38:24 -0600 macnifico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could the NetGear base be the culprit? I do not want to turn it off and get of the Internet every time I get a call. :-( Cordless phones and WIFI do not get along. I've had scores of problems that came from either proximity to them or use of them. Best bet is to move one of them. TjL At 15:30 -0500 1/12/04, G-Books wrote: On Nov 30, 2004, at 3:16 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: Cordless phones and WIFI do not get along. I've had scores of problems that came from either proximity to them or use of them. Best bet is to move one of them. ONLY 2.4 GHz wireless phones cause problems with WiFi (as do microwave ovens). this is because they all emit in the same frequency. 900 MHz or 5.8GHz phones do not. -- Bruce Johnson At 15:30 -0500 1/12/04, G-Books wrote: WiFi and most cordless phones operate in the 2.4GHz range. That's why I bought a 5.8GHz Uniden Phone and I have had no problems whatsoever. My Panasonic 2.4 used to kill my Airport connection every couple of minutes. Kyle H. Hansen =0 Sorry to be so late answering all your helpful posts, but I learned the hard way the answer to my problem: Two days ago there was a BIG fire in a warehouse about 2 miles from my apartment. It was so big that burned the electrical and cable TV wires that feed a large part of my area. So I was without electrical power for about two hours, and without cable and cable internet for about two days. And guess what? My phone worked perfectly, without the strange noises. Mind you, is a Panasonic 900 MHz, so there should not be any interference, but there is. My previous phone, a different brand 900MHz never gave me problems. So yes, there is interference between my NetGear base and my phone. Live and learn. :-) Best regards. Hugo Diaz macnifico at spymac.com macnific at cablecomrey.com.mx -- The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter. Bob Dylan, Brownsville Girl. -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. Thanks Laurent, I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3 beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still defauts to 9.2 Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the Latin Vocab drill program...doesn't that mean it is working? so does this leave that thats still something with the OpenFirmware password, and isn't that what John was advising? if not how can I find out what the password might be? I still have contact with the seller, who has been helpful, I just didn't want to bother him to much...i do have the option of returning the Lombard within 30 days, but I really wanted it. Kristina Another thought, The CD may be of an older version without the enabler for your machine. Try an OS-9 CD if you have one available. John -- The Ten Commandments display was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court building. There was a darn good reason for the move. You can't post: Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery, Thou Shall Not Lie, in a building full of Lawyers and Politicians. It just don't make sense. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Questions
Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: OK, next question, are there any replacement/upgrade drives so I can get CDRW and maybe DVDRW? Visit my PowerBook EBM optical drives upgrade page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html 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: OS X first timer - blank password
Andrew, Time, et al, If the password space is left blank when the system is first set up, then the password is in fact a blank space. All one has to do is hit reurn or the OK button and that will move past the authorization process. This is important also because if you do decide to reset the password using the reset function on the install disks, the reset program will ask for the original password, whereupon you would again enter the blank space ass the password. Run In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OS X first timer - blank password Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 06:17:18 -0500 On Dec 2, 2004, at 3:20 AM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Hi all, My sister installed Jaguar on her Wallstreet last night, and she managed not to provide a password during the installation. Now she's trying to install software, and it's asking for the admin password. She says it won't let her leave the password field blank. Is there any way to reset the password, or will she have to reinstall OS X? I'm out of my element here, as I'm just getting started w/ OS X myself. I suggested tying the Users panel in System Preferences, or trying passwd in the terminal, but I don't know if either will allow her to set a new password. Boot off of the install disk and you can set/change the password. -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1st/pci-powermacs list nanny The jockey thought he was so clever feeding marijana to his steed to enhance it's performance. Well, now he's busted, and it's time for him to get off his high horse. -- 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
Is there the possibility of absorbing aluminum through your skin from the palmrest of the AlBook? I've heard people complain of corrosion on the AlBook due to contact with sweat from the skin, so it seems like a possibility that aluminum molecules are being disloged. Skipping the debate about the validity of your worries, why not just get something to put between your skin and the AlBook? I know for my TiBook, I bought these little stick-em type clear plastic protective sheets for the palmrest area. I can look up who exactly it was from it it makes a difference. I can't even tell you the name right now as I just sold my old TiBook. For that matter, you can save money and just go to wally world and buy clear removable contact paper and use that, just cut to fit ;) Brian -- 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
I can't believe you wrote this. Might as well stop using deodorant if your that paranoid. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? lol. -- Aaron Willems IT Administrator Lieberman Productions Philo Television Is there the possibility of absorbing aluminum through your skin from the palmrest of the AlBook? I've heard people complain of corrosion on the AlBook due to contact with sweat from the skin, so it seems like a possibility that aluminum molecules are being disloged. -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
--- Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/12/04 14:02, Kristina Rost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. Thanks Laurent, I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3 beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still defauts to 9.2 Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the Latin Vocab drill program...doesn't that mean it is working? so does this leave that thats still something with the OpenFirmware password, and isn't that what John was advising? if not how can I find out what the password might be? I still have contact with the seller, who has been helpful, I just didn't want to bother him to much...i do have the option of returning the Lombard within 30 days, but I really wanted it. Well, forget about OpenFirmware password. I just checked on the Apple web site and it's only supported starting with PowerBook G3 FireWire (Pismo) and up. So, although you were able to load the Latin Vocab drill program, I would still guess that there is a problem with the CD-ROM drive. My assumption is that not the same sectors on a CD are read whether you're accessing data from it or booting from it. Are you getting the same result if you try to boot from the 8.5 system install CD than the 8.6 system install CD? I mean, I'm not sure that you would be able to boot from 8.5 on a Lombard. Maybe you can, I'm not sure. But if you get exactly the same problem, then there is something wrong about the drive. Now, since this thread has been going on for some time now, I'm not sure if you tried this or not, but have you tried setting up the startup disk after booting in OS X? Did that work at all? I'm getting low on ideas... -Laurent. I'm coming into this discussion late has anyone brought up the possibility of a non apple cd drive being not bootable? My $.02, Mike -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo questions
I put a Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-811 which is a CDR/DVDR Superdrive into the DVD caddy of my Pismo and installed Patchburn. Not only can I burn CDs and DVDs with Toast, but with Patchburn 3, OS X identifies the drive as Vendor Supported so even iDVD will work with it. Better yet, the drive's face works the face from your old DVD drive with minor modification, so it doesn't even look like you've changed anything. Mark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Pismo questions OK, next question, are there any replacement/upgrade drives so I can get CDRW and maybe DVDRW? Rad.. As per recent discussions about the Sony 830, there are LOTS of options for a Combo CDRW/DVD and several for a DVD-RW. Check out xlr8yourmac.com under their Drive Upgrades database. Personally I've used several different brands of Combo in my Pismos and can recommend them all: Sony, Matshita, LG, Teac. I've also used a few different DVD-RWs too: Toshiba SD-R6472 which is currently the fastest DVD-R out there (8x for both DVD-R and DVD+R, 4 x RW, 2.4x Dual Layer), as well as the slot-loading Superdrives Apple uses in the G4 powerbooks: Panasonic Matshita UJ-815 and UJ-825, the latter being faster at 4x vs. 2x. I like the slot-loading option, as you could keep the drive if you upgrade to a G4 with Combo in the future: just swap the drives and resell the Pismo with the slot-loading Combo from the G4. IIRC, the UJ-825 is on sale somewhere for about $130, which is a great deal. Highly recommended. Good luck. Chris -- 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat lots of garlic, too. Haven't seen a vampire in years. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? -- Dan5300c -- 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
Hey, Listers! I'm still struggling with my Wallstreet. It still will not charge the battery. I've replaced the power card and the PMU, but still no go. The battery is new, purchased off eBay. Any ideas as to where to go from here? In an (supposedly) unrelated issue, when I boot up (OS X.2.8), my screen is blacked out all the way to the log in page. When I hit the brightness button above the keyboard, everything is fine. Odd, but it's not like I can't work around it. However, if I try to boot from the CD, the screen is also black, (I can almost make everything out, but not quite), but the brightness button doesn't help. in other words, I can't repair disks etc. reset logins, etc. from my boot CD. Strange, yes? Anybody encounter this before? Another quirk is that when I try to verify or repair permissions, it makes it only about halfway through and then bogs down. Lastly, I bought a cable at Microcenter this weekend out of the bargain bin. It is for Powerbooks and has a HDI 30 fitting on one end and a SCSI DB M25 fitting on the other end. My intent was to be able to hook my Wallstreet up to a external CDRW or HD. Unfortunately this cable has the wrong end on it. It has the end that plugs into the back of my Umax J-700, S-900, G3 MT, or PowerTower Pro. Is there a gender/bender fitting to convert this so I can plug my SCSI CDRW into this cable? Thanks, as always, in advance. 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
My Reply follows quote. On 02/12/2004 13:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Lastly, I bought a cable at Microcenter this weekend out of the bargain bin. It is for Powerbooks and has a HDI 30 fitting on one end and a SCSI DB M25 fitting on the other end. My intent was to be able to hook my Wallstreet up to a external CDRW or HD. Unfortunately this cable has the wrong end on it. It has the end that plugs into the back of my Umax J-700, S-900, G3 MT, or PowerTower Pro. Is there a gender/bender fitting to convert this so I can plug my SCSI CDRW into this cable? Thanks, as always, in advance. Scott Birdwell -- You said what kind of connector it had on the Wallstreet end but I don't understand your description of the other end. It sounds like it is a D25 type. What kind do you need on the other end? In other words, do you need a HD50, C50, or some other flavor? I have adapters for some (taking the D25 to HD50 for example) and cables with the HDI30 on one end and the C50 on the other. Ken -- 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
On 3 Dec 2004, at 08:55, Scott Birdwell wrote: Hey, Listers! I'm still struggling with my Wallstreet. It still will not charge the battery. I've replaced the power card and the PMU, but still no go. The battery is new, purchased off eBay. Any ideas as to where to go from here? According to the Apple service manual, you should try (in this order): * Resetting the power manager (fn-shift-power) * Using the battery in the opposite expansion bay * Replacing the charge card * Replacing the PMU * Replacing the power card So, if you haven't done the first 3 steps, there's little point in replacing the PMU or the DC board In an (supposedly) unrelated issue, when I boot up (OS X.2.8), my screen is blacked out all the way to the log in page. When I hit the brightness button above the keyboard, everything is fine. Odd, but it's not like I can't work around it. However, if I try to boot from the CD, the screen is also black, (I can almost make everything out, but not quite), but the brightness button doesn't help. in other words, I can't repair disks etc. reset logins, etc. from my boot CD. Strange, yes? Anybody encounter this before? This is a known issue with the Wallstreet under Jaguar. To fix this problem: * Restart into MacOS 9 * Put the Wallstreet to sleep * Wake it up again * Restart into Jaguar Every time the power is interrupted (i.e. you take the power cord out, while no working battery is present), you will have to repeat the procedure--even if the Wallstreet was turned off at the time you removed the power cord. Another quirk is that when I try to verify or repair permissions, it makes it only about halfway through and then bogs down. Lastly, I bought a cable at Microcenter this weekend out of the bargain bin. It is for Powerbooks and has a HDI 30 fitting on one end and a SCSI DB M25 fitting on the other end. My intent was to be able to hook my Wallstreet up to a external CDRW or HD. Unfortunately this cable has the wrong end on it. It has the end that plugs into the back of my Umax J-700, S-900, G3 MT, or PowerTower Pro. Is there a gender/bender fitting to convert this so I can plug my SCSI CDRW into this cable? Thanks, as always, in advance. You may have purchased a SCSI disk mode cable, which will cause the PowerBook to start up emulating a SCSI device. If you have, there's not really anything you can do to get it to work other than buying a new cable. They sell for about $5 on eBay. Look for an HDI-30 to Centronics cable--most SCSI peripherals have a Centronics port on them, rather than the DB25. Cheers, Ben -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
My assumption is that not the same sectors on a CD are read whether you're accessing data from it or booting from it. hmmm...If I will need a new cd drive will the cd drive the Alejandro suggested work for this Lombard? What should I get...and can I do it myself? I live in the middle of nowhere but an hour and 30 min to downtown Chicago. Are you getting the same result if you try to boot from the 8.5 system install CD than the 8.6 system install CD? I mean, I'm not sure that you would be able to boot from 8.5 on a Lombard. yes something wrong about the drive. Now, since this thread has been going on for some time now, I'm not sure if you tried this or not, but have you tried setting up the startup disk after booting in OS X? Did that work at all? I'm getting low on ideas... it don't boot atall from a cd. -Laurent. I'm coming into this discussion late has anyone brought up the possibility of a non apple cd drive being not bootable? My $.02, Mike ack! Kristina -- 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: Pbk G3 reformat help
The National Enquirer reports at 3:01 PM -0500 12/2/04, John McGibney wrote: If you press C at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or an OpenFirmware password was set. Thanks Laurent, I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3 beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still defauts to 9.2 Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the Latin Vocab drill program...doesn't that mean it is working? so does this leave that thats still something with the OpenFirmware password, and isn't that what John was advising? if not how can I find out what the password might be? I still have contact with the seller, who has been helpful, I just didn't want to bother him to much...i do have the option of returning the Lombard within 30 days, but I really wanted it. Kristina Another thought, The CD may be of an older version without the enabler for your machine. Try an OS-9 CD if you have one available. I was wondering the same thing, John. I don't remember if the OS 8.6 install CD was, or could be, machine specific or not. One of our on-board techs will probably know for sure.[1] The problem could be just that simple, although if the short whirand then squeak that Kristina describes don't sound like a CD drive looking for a bootable System to me. At 2:24 PM -0500 12/2/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I mean, I'm not sure that you would be able to boot from 8.5 on a Lombard. Maybe you can, I'm not sure. The following URL indicates that you can (Lombard = PowerBook G3 Series): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114 But these indicate otherwise (good ol' Apple :-( ) http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43119 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43120 [1] According to the last 2 URLs above (#43119/43120), the Lombard does not require a specific OS enabler. So it doesn't look like it requires a specific install CD. 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: OS X first timer - blank password
Andrew, Time, et al, If the password space is left blank when the system is first set up, then the password is in fact a blank space. All one has to do is hit reurn or the OK button and that will move past the authorization process. This is important also because if you do decide to reset the password using the reset function on the install disks, the reset program will ask for the original password, whereupon you would again enter the blank space ass the password. Run Hi Run, Thanks, that's just about what I was thinking. But won't passwd in the terminal do this just as well? Why would she need to boot from the install CD (not that that's a problem)? She's not having any problem launching software installed during the original OS X install, so getting Terminal up ought not to be a problem. 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
Possibly the lack of deodorant and not the garlic is why the vampires don't bother you. on 12/2/04 16:18, Daniel De L'eau at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat lots of garlic, too. Haven't seen a vampire in years. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? -- 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
On Dec 2, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat lots of garlic, too. Haven't seen a vampire in years. Ooh. :P Prolly haven't seen a WOMAN in years! LOL -- Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1st/pci-powermacs list nanny You know sometimes I get the sudden urge to run around naked. But then I just drink some Windex. It keeps me from streaking. -- 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: Wi-Fi, Pismo and Panasonic Cordless Phone
Sorry to be so late answering all your helpful posts, but I learned the hard way the answer to my problem: Two days ago there was a BIG fire in a warehouse about 2 miles from my apartment. It was so big that burned the electrical and cable TV wires that feed a large part of my area. So I was without electrical power for about two hours, and without cable and cable internet for about two days. And guess what? My phone worked perfectly, without the strange noises. Mind you, is a Panasonic 900 MHz, so there should not be any interference, but there is. My previous phone, a different brand 900MHz never gave me problems. So yes, there is interference between my NetGear base and my phone. Live and learn. :-) Hi Hugo, I've had lots of experience with this issue. The people who tell you that 900MHz phones and 2.4GHz WiFi equipment don't interfere with each other are mistaken or are really lucky (having never experienced it first hand). Yes, they are different wavelengths, and they aren't even harmonic, but a 900MHz phone's antenna absolutely CAN receive 2.4GHz signals (albeit with some signal loss). If your phone's base station and your WiFi access point are co-located, this can cause problems for your cordless phone. I've got a 4-year old Sony 900MHz phone that works GREAT when the phone's base station isn't near my wireless AP _and_ when my handset's line-of-sight to the base station isn't the same line-of-sight between the base station and wireless AP. When the intersect, the phone glitches out and keeps trying to switch channels. The problem gets worse the closer the two frequencies are to each other (so 2.4GHz phones and WiFi) and when the frequencies share a harmonic. 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
If you're that concerned, this is a question that you should be asking of your personal physician, not here. Tim (RN) On Dec 2, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: Okay, here we go, I've wanted to post this question for a long time, but it seems somewhat inflammitory, at least on another forum. Is there the possibility of absorbing aluminum through your skin from the palmrest of the AlBook? I've heard people complain of corrosion on the AlBook due to contact with sweat from the skin, so it seems like a possibility that aluminum molecules are being disloged. I know the links to alzheimer's disease are debated, but I personally don't cook on aluminum or drink from aluminum soda cans. Seems to me the TiBook would be safer. Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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: Aluminum and Alzheimer's
IF your worried go and sell the Aluminum Ibook and get one made out of regular plastic and you will no longer about the very evil aluminum. But aluminum was never linked to any disease and it is a myth about aluminum that you are worried about. Quote From Website Most experts will tell you, however, that aluminum is not a cause of Alzheimer's disease. You can safely continue using your antiperspirants, drink the city water (aluminum is used in some water systems to remove silt), wrap left-overs in aluminum foil, take antacids, and cook with your aluminum pots and pans. P.S This was meant to be overly sarcastic Steve Greer Powerbook G3 Kanga -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Collier Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:05 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Aluminum and Alzheimer's If you're that concerned, this is a question that you should be asking of your personal physician, not here. Tim (RN) On Dec 2, 2004, at 1:06 PM, Daniel De L'eau wrote: Okay, here we go, I've wanted to post this question for a long time, but it seems somewhat inflammitory, at least on another forum. Is there the possibility of absorbing aluminum through your skin from the palmrest of the AlBook? I've heard people complain of corrosion on the AlBook due to contact with sweat from the skin, so it seems like a possibility that aluminum molecules are being disloged. I know the links to alzheimer's disease are debated, but I personally don't cook on aluminum or drink from aluminum soda cans. Seems to me the TiBook would be safer. Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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 --- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.4 - Release Date: 11/30/2004 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.4 - Release Date: 11/30/2004 -- 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: Wi-Fi, Pismo and PhoneMate Cordless Phone
I've got the same problem as the guy with the Panasonic phone but I have a Pismo laptop, 400 Mhz with a 256 MB and an internal Airport Card and a Casio PhoneMate cordless (900 Mhz) and a DLink wireless router (always in the next room hooked up to an IMac, never near the phone). I think this horrible drilling sound I get (or is it electroshock) is only during the day, but it's frequent and totally annoying for all concerned. I think it's only been happening since I went wireless. I don't feel like giving any of it up? Sometimes I pick up the speakerphone to avoid the racket but all that takes a lot of energy (and too much thought). Do I have to grin and bear it? Rose On 29/11/04 16:38, macnifico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Listers! I have the following equipment: NetGear M813 Wi-Fi Router Internal AirPort Card inside a Pismo 400 MHz with 512 Mb. And a Panasonic Cordless 900 MHz Phone. When I use the phone in the evenings and nights, there is a sound, like a screech, that sometimes sounds loud and sometimes sounds soft. At irregular intervals. It increases if I talk for a long time (more than 10 minutes). The PB usually is on connected to the Internet. Eudora is set to check the mail every 15 minutes. Firefox is on but not searching, just in the background. Could the NetGear base be the culprit? I do not want to turn it off and get of the Internet every time I get a call. :-( TIA Hugo Diaz macnifico at spymac.com macnific at cablecomrey.com.mx Do you know in which frequency your NetGear router operates? I think the Apple Base Stations are in the 2.4GHz range. If you have one of the newest wireless phone that also operates in the 2.4GHz range, then you could have interference. But if you have a Panasonic like yours that operates in the 900MHz range, I don't think it could create interferences since it's not in the same range, but, hey, I'm certainly not a communication expert and could well be wrong! But I think that if you could provide us with the operating range of your Netgear router, that might help... -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 --- __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Wallstreet
Ken responded to my Wallstreet question: My original inquiry: Lastly, I bought a cable at Microcenter this weekend out of the bargain bin. It is for Powerbooks and has a HDI 30 fitting on one end and a SCSI DB M25 fitting on the other end. My intent was to be able to hook my Wallstreet up to a external CDRW or HD. Unfortunately this cable has the wrong end on it. It has the end that plugs into the back of my Umax J-700, S-900, G3 MT, or PowerTower Pro. Is there a gender/bender fitting to convert this so I can plug my SCSI CDRW into this cable? Thanks, as always, in advance. Scott Birdwell -- Ken's response: You said what kind of connector it had on the Wallstreet end but I don't understand your description of the other end. It sounds like it is a D25 type. What kind do you need on the other end? In other words, do you need a HD50, C50, or some other flavor? I have adapters for some (taking the D25 to HD50 for example) and cables with the HDI30 on one end and the C50 on the other. Ken Ken, I don't know what the jargon for the connector is. I have a couple of SCSI CDRW's that plug into the back of my Legacy Mac's Mac Clones (and G3 MT). The cable for these devices have two different connectors, one for the back of the computer (which has pins and screw downs - apparently this is called a DB 25M fitting - perhaps this is M is for male ???) and one for the back of the device (if you will, a female which has spring clips to hold the connector in place). I need to change the gender of my new cable to a female, if these terms are applicable. Thanks, again. 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: OS X first timer - blank password
on 02/12/04 18:28, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew, Time, et al, If the password space is left blank when the system is first set up, then the password is in fact a blank space. All one has to do is hit reurn or the OK button and that will move past the authorization process. This is important also because if you do decide to reset the password using the reset function on the install disks, the reset program will ask for the original password, whereupon you would again enter the blank space ass the password. Run Hi Run, Thanks, that's just about what I was thinking. But won't passwd in the terminal do this just as well? Why would she need to boot from the install CD (not that that's a problem)? Because if the empty space (or the single space) password is not accepted in Terminal or other apps already installed, that's because they will ask for it before they let you change it. When booting from the install CD, you can go in the Apple menu when the installer is loaded and select the option to change the Admin password, but you won't have to enter the existing one. Very handy if you should ever forget it... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] BUAG // n.: [abbreviation, from alt.fan.warlord] Big Ugly ASCII Graphic. Pejorative term for ugly ASCII art, especially as found in sig blocks. For some reason, mutations of the head of Bart Simpson are particularly common in the least imaginative sig blocks. See warlording. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wallstreet
My Reply follows quote. On 02/12/2004 16:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Ken's response: You said what kind of connector it had on the Wallstreet end but I don't understand your description of the other end. It sounds like it is a D25 type. What kind do you need on the other end? In other words, do you need a HD50, C50, or some other flavor? I have adapters for some (taking the D25 to HD50 for example) and cables with the HDI30 on one end and the C50 on the other. Ken Ken, I don't know what the jargon for the connector is. I have a couple of SCSI CDRW's that plug into the back of my Legacy Mac's Mac Clones (and G3 MT). The cable for these devices have two different connectors, one for the back of the computer (which has pins and screw downs - apparently this is called a DB 25M fitting - perhaps this is M is for male ???) and one for the back of the device (if you will, a female which has spring clips to hold the connector in place). I need to change the gender of my new cable to a female, if these terms are applicable. Thanks, again. Scott Birdwell --- If the connector on the back of the devices is over two inches long with two diamond shaped spring clips, then it is what is usually called a C50, or Centronics 50. If the connector is about the same size as the one on old Macs (or the d25 size) but has pinch release clamps to hold it to the device, then it is an HD50. Ken -- 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: What does IIRC mean ?
On Dec 2, 2004, at 7:36 AM, invicta wrote: This ( IIRC ) appears often in messages but the meaning escapes me. Any elucidations? I see the answer has already been given, but here's a place to look them up: http://www.acronymfinder.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 ---
OT: Deodorant Theory (formerly Aluminum and Alzheimer's)
Possibly the lack of deodorant and not the garlic is why the vampires don't bother you. on 12/2/04 16:18, Daniel De L'eau at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat lots of garlic, too. Haven't seen a vampire in years. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? I thought it was only me! I can't believe I am sharing this, but maybe it might help others, it's just not something commonly discussed. I have NEVER worn deodorant and I'm 37. I have also never had stinky armpits either. Now, I'm not a tree hugger, about as far as you can get from that, and I am a very clean person. I have my own 'deodorant conspiracy theory'. I think that using deodorant, rubbing those chemicals into your skin, pores and glands, daily (thousands of times in a lifetime), acutally CAUSES the odor to be worse than what would naturally occur. Sure, everyone has a natural 'odor', for instance if you've ever smelled someones head or hair right after vigorous exercise, but it's nothing like the odor of a normal deodorant wearer who goes without it for a day or two and does some exercise. When I was growing up, all my buddies used it, it's just 'what you do' when you go through adolescense, (like shaving, may not actually need to, but it makes you feel older) and they all stank like hell, and I thought, when mine start to smell, I'll start using it then...well, mine never started to smell like that. Sure I get sweaty, but I don't reak, just the natural 'odor' like your head/hair has...and you can't put deodorant on your head...well, I guess you could. ;) I have only told a couple of close friends about this, and my wife of course, and have made sure I asked them if they have EVER smelled any odors from me and they said 'of course not'...then I told them I had never worn it. I think using it, actually causes odor, or makes it much worse, so you keep using it...a viscious cycle. Now, I don't think you can just stop using it, if you have used it for 10+ years and expect not to smell...I have no idea if that would eventually pass, or if some permanent change has already happened to the glands/pores/whetever-dermis. All I know is that it works for me probably because I have never used it. I have a 10 year old son and have already told him my thoughts on it...of course if he starts 'smelling', I will of course tell him to start using it. He is athletic, as I was/is. Anyway...just wanted to propose the idea. And I don't eat any garlic other than whats normally in food. Rad... -- 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: OT: Deodorant Theory
This thread is the pits. Please sanitize with Odorono. R Possibly the lack of deodorant and not the garlic is why the vampires don't bother you. on 12/2/04 16:18, Daniel De L'eau at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I've known that for 20 years. That's why I don't use deoderant. I eat lots of garlic, too. Haven't seen a vampire in years. Did you know that Aluminum is an active ingredient of Right Guard? I thought it was only me! I can't believe I am sharing this, but maybe it might help others, it's just not something commonly discussed. I have NEVER worn deodorant and I'm 37. I have also never had stinky armpits either. Now, I'm not a tree hugger, about as far as you can get from that, and I am a very clean person. I have my own 'deodorant conspiracy theory'. I think that using deodorant, rubbing those chemicals into your skin, pores and glands, daily (thousands of times in a lifetime), acutally CAUSES the odor to be worse than what would naturally occur. Sure, everyone has a natural 'odor', for instance if you've ever smelled someones head or hair right after vigorous exercise, but it's nothing like the odor of a normal deodorant wearer who goes without it for a day or two and does some exercise. When I was growing up, all my buddies used it, it's just 'what you do' when you go through adolescense, (like shaving, may not actually need to, but it makes you feel older) and they all stank like hell, and I thought, when mine start to smell, I'll start using it then...well, mine never started to smell like that. Sure I get sweaty, but I don't reak, just the natural 'odor' like your head/hair has...and you can't put deodorant on your head...well, I guess you could. ;) I have only told a couple of close friends about this, and my wife of course, and have made sure I asked them if they have EVER smelled any odors from me and they said 'of course not'...then I told them I had never worn it. I think using it, actually causes odor, or makes it much worse, so you keep using it...a viscious cycle. Now, I don't think you can just stop using it, if you have used it for 10+ years and expect not to smell...I have no idea if that would eventually pass, or if some permanent change has already happened to the glands/pores/whetever-dermis. All I know is that it works for me probably because I have never used it. I have a 10 year old son and have already told him my thoughts on it...of course if he starts 'smelling', I will of course tell him to start using it. He is athletic, as I was/is. Anyway...just wanted to propose the idea. And I don't eat any garlic other than whats normally in food. Rad... -- 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 --- -- Rick Smykla [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: pismo trackpad connection
on 31/12/69 19:12, JS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i accidentally tore the connecting cable of my trackpad while taking the computer appart, so the trackpad is totally unresponsive now. is there any way to fix it without replacing the full top case of the powerbook? Best of Luck, Julie Check with PowerBook Parts to see if they would sell you the cable only. www.pbparts.com -Laurent. I found the cable by itself, but am unsure how to swap it with the torn one. I'm guessing since its sold by itself, there is a way. Anyone have any tips/tutorials? Best of Luck, Julie -- 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: Almost Dead Wallstreet (update)
I had the Wallstreet that had the disallowed symbol while starting in 10.2 I borrowed a ibook and moved my HD over. It still had the disallowed symbol so I put a 9 start-up CD in, and after starting from that told the HD to start from 9. Put it back in the Wallstreet and it is running again in 9. The CDRom is back but not reading all types of disks (can read the 9.2 update disk but not audio) It would not start the computer from the CDRom while 10 was on the HD. Batteries are still not charging even though I have a new dc card, and a new charge card. I put the battery in, it looks like it sees. It shows that the battery is very low and sometimes flashing with a full red. But after a few minutes the x comes over the battery symbol at the top of screen. And the control strip tells me that the bay is empty. I would like to get everything running again, any suggestions. Thanks, Kathiz -- Why does the disallowed symbol come up. What does it mean? Not enough ram? Bad ram? I'm sure that there are a number of causes for the disallowed symbol. But the one I ran into when I installed OS 10.2 on my Wallstreet was that I had an external hard drive connected to the PB via a PCMCIA card. I kept getting the circle with the red slash through it when trying to install OS X, until I ejected the PC card. So, if you have **any** peripherals connected to your Wallstreet, disconnect all of them and try the install again. I'm not saying this *is* your problem, but it's worth a try. Good Luck, 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: Almost Dead Wallstreet (update)
on 02/12/04 23:22, Katherine Zysk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had the Wallstreet that had the disallowed symbol while starting in 10.2 I borrowed a ibook and moved my HD over. It still had the disallowed symbol so I put a 9 start-up CD in, and after starting from that told the HD to start from 9. Put it back in the Wallstreet and it is running again in 9. The CDRom is back but not reading all types of disks (can read the 9.2 update disk but not audio) It would not start the computer from the CDRom while 10 was on the HD. Batteries are still not charging even though I have a new dc card, and a new charge card. I put the battery in, it looks like it sees. It shows that the battery is very low and sometimes flashing with a full red. But after a few minutes the x comes over the battery symbol at the top of screen. And the control strip tells me that the bay is empty. That tells me that the battery looks like at the end of its useful life... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FITNR // adj.: [Thinking Machines, Inc.] Fixed In The Next Release. A written-only notation attached to bug reports. Often wishful thinking. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: pismo trackpad connection
on 02/12/04 22:50, JS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 31/12/69 19:12, JS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i accidentally tore the connecting cable of my trackpad while taking the computer appart, so the trackpad is totally unresponsive now. is there any way to fix it without replacing the full top case of the powerbook? Best of Luck, Julie Check with PowerBook Parts to see if they would sell you the cable only. www.pbparts.com -Laurent. I found the cable by itself, but am unsure how to swap it with the torn one. I'm guessing since its sold by itself, there is a way. Anyone have any tips/tutorials? You have to remove the top case, since the trackpad is stuck to it. From there, it's very easy to remove. There are 2 connectors, one on the motherboard the other on the little board that controls the trackpad. The hardest thing is removing the top case. You have to unscrew all the screws underneath, remove the keyboard and, I'm not sure, maybe the screen as well. Of course, you have to remove the 2 modules in each expansion bay, since this is where there are levers to release the keyboard. I thought I've seen step by step pictures on some web site that offer PowerBook upgrades but can't remember which one. Anybody? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe, trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -Rich Cook -- 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 ---
