Re: Is my Wall Street's connection problem fixable?
On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Gary Goldberg wrote: Every time I visit my mother I have a hell of a time connecting to my ISP from her house (which was built in 1991)...while her 1997-era Compaq laptop has no problem (connecting to AOL). It takes about 10 tries to get a connection. Otherwise it fails at Starting PPP) using OS 9.1 and Remote Access. Check out this site for connection scripts for your Wallstreet. I have dirty phone lines at home, and no help from the phone company. The scripts provided some help. http://www.taniwha.org.uk/ Ken Vann == Old Macs have new uses with WiFi. See my FAQ for what you need at http://home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Apple Mail
On 12/24/04 3:12 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The very people who could be helping shape the future of the Mac, at one of the best times I have seen Apple in the spotlight and be accepted as a real computer. Sit back and say this is the way it is, this is the way it stays, why change. So your influence of programs extends to your company computers and the people who use them. Yet post to Mac sites without a utterance of I called Apple and said or I wrote Apple and suggested a change. Just a lot of yelling and believing the benevolent Bill will come through with Office 07 I can't believe I wasted time trying to decipher this nonsense. If you are an adult you need to return to school and learn how to write. If you are still in school, when you return from holiday, beg for extra help. Should your ravings have any value, once you can write, we'll be glad to respond. As to your single coherent sentence: Do I believe in the benevolence of Bill? Hell no. I believe in his greed. There will be another version of Office for the simple reason that the Mac BU makes money which is the only thing that gets Bill off. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Painting an iBook (another ibook-for-little-sis-story...)
In a message dated 12/24/2004 9:51:32 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm setting up a Pismo for my little sis for xmas. I started with a fresh format, installed X.3, did all the software updates and last night went to install some other apps on it and no matter what I put in the CDROM, it wouldn't read the disk, mount it or otherwise recognize that there was a disc in the drive. I tried all these CDs on another Pismo, worked fine. Hey, I know what you mean with the little sisters... I have a sister in her 2nd year of law school; I bought her an iBook Clamshell for Christmas. She is a big fan of the Legally Blonde movies, AND she got a hot pink ANn Taylor purse, big enough to hold a laptop... ... I think y'all know where this is going...! :-D Does anyone know of a good source - or conversely, a good procedure to follow - to get this clamshell iBook painted pink? Thanks, and Merry Christmas/ Happy Hannukah/Happy Kwanzza/ Happy Holidays to all! Craig W. Houston, TX -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: CDROM not recognized?
On Dec 24, 2004, at 12:20 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: not posted: You've installed all the firmware updates? I believe there is v. 4.1.8 system firmware update. There 'might' also be a special update for the CDROM unit only? See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24714 Also, I have a friend with a Pismo that was attempting to install PPC/Linux and was having CD recognition errors. He replaced the unit and it was fine, so perhaps these units are bad sometimes? Another somewhat bothersome thing that might possibly be the issue. On the BeigeG3 desktop series in OS X you can't boot from any device set as slave. Perhaps this also applies to the Pismo, although I can't see exactly how that applies to this situation where you're getting no recognition at all. You can go to Terminal and type: kextstatReturn and get a full list of all the loaded extensions. If the extension com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.3.1) isn't listed then the system isn't recognizing or loading the extension for the CDROM unit. If the extension IOCDStorageFamily.kext is listed in the SystemLibraryExtensions folder, and the permissions are good, then you can drag to the trash from the SystemLibrary folder the two files Extensions.kextcache Extensions.mkext and reboot (you'll need admin password to trash these files). This will force the system to reinitialize from a fresh read and hopefully load the CDROM extension. If the extension was loaded correctly to begin with and the unit still doesn't function, I think there's an issue with either the cables or the unit is broken. You could try resetting the NVRAM using the Cmd-Opt-O-F startup keys and then typing: set-defaultsReturn which should reply OK followed by reset-allReturn which should Restart. Perhaps then it is recognized? Thanks for everyone's help on this. This CDROM worked fine before the x.3.7 update. The only CD it would recognize/mount was the x.3 install CD. I have a Pismo myself, that I got at the same time (upgrade from a Wallstreet), so I was setting them both up. Turns out, it hosed them both, not just hers. I tried every fix and suggestion mentioned here, on other lists and macfixit.com. None of them worked unfortunately. So I blew hers away...even though I thought I would never get it to boot off a CD, an OS 9.x recovery CD finally did the trick. Installed 9.2, then 10.3, then I downloaded the 10.3.6 combination update from Apples site, and then all of the other updates except the one for 10.3.7. Everything is purring right along...although I worked on it until 3:15am this morning so it would be ready for her first thing Christmas morning. On mine, I booted off a 10.3 install CD and did an 'archive and install', which yielded the same result, but saved me some configuration time. Same thing, used the 10.3.6 update, along with all other recommended 'software updates' except the 10.3.7. It is also purring happily at this moment as I write this email. Anyway, just in case this helps anyone else. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: CDROM not recognized?
Does 10.3.7 not work on a Pismo? I just ordered a Pismo on eBay, so I'd like to know before I install Panther and start applying upgrades. Andrew On 12/25/04 3:14 PM, Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 24, 2004, at 12:20 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: not posted: You've installed all the firmware updates? I believe there is v. 4.1.8 system firmware update. There 'might' also be a special update for the CDROM unit only? See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24714 Also, I have a friend with a Pismo that was attempting to install PPC/Linux and was having CD recognition errors. He replaced the unit and it was fine, so perhaps these units are bad sometimes? Another somewhat bothersome thing that might possibly be the issue. On the BeigeG3 desktop series in OS X you can't boot from any device set as slave. Perhaps this also applies to the Pismo, although I can't see exactly how that applies to this situation where you're getting no recognition at all. You can go to Terminal and type: kextstatReturn and get a full list of all the loaded extensions. If the extension com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily (1.3.1) isn't listed then the system isn't recognizing or loading the extension for the CDROM unit. If the extension IOCDStorageFamily.kext is listed in the SystemLibraryExtensions folder, and the permissions are good, then you can drag to the trash from the SystemLibrary folder the two files Extensions.kextcache Extensions.mkext and reboot (you'll need admin password to trash these files). This will force the system to reinitialize from a fresh read and hopefully load the CDROM extension. If the extension was loaded correctly to begin with and the unit still doesn't function, I think there's an issue with either the cables or the unit is broken. You could try resetting the NVRAM using the Cmd-Opt-O-F startup keys and then typing: set-defaultsReturn which should reply OK followed by reset-allReturn which should Restart. Perhaps then it is recognized? Thanks for everyone's help on this. This CDROM worked fine before the x.3.7 update. The only CD it would recognize/mount was the x.3 install CD. I have a Pismo myself, that I got at the same time (upgrade from a Wallstreet), so I was setting them both up. Turns out, it hosed them both, not just hers. I tried every fix and suggestion mentioned here, on other lists and macfixit.com. None of them worked unfortunately. So I blew hers away...even though I thought I would never get it to boot off a CD, an OS 9.x recovery CD finally did the trick. Installed 9.2, then 10.3, then I downloaded the 10.3.6 combination update from Apples site, and then all of the other updates except the one for 10.3.7. Everything is purring right along...although I worked on it until 3:15am this morning so it would be ready for her first thing Christmas morning. On mine, I booted off a 10.3 install CD and did an 'archive and install', which yielded the same result, but saved me some configuration time. Same thing, used the 10.3.6 update, along with all other recommended 'software updates' except the 10.3.7. It is also purring happily at this moment as I write this email. Anyway, just in case this helps anyone else. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Entourage (Was: Apple Mail)
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: Outlook Express was just a basic email program. Outlook itself is a Personal Information Manager (PIM) and contains email, contacts, calender, notes, plus a couple of more things. Entourage is the renamed Outlook for Macintosh. As I thought. Therefore, aren't some security issues (don't ask; I'm just parroting what I've heard/read) surrounding Outlook also to be found in Entourage? Or was that just M$ bashing? Apple Mail replaced Outlook Express for Macintosh. I personally use Eudora as my email client. I've looked at Apple Mail but I don't like the way navigation works, and Eudora doesn't require the use of html in mail the way other email programs are starting to do. Agree agree agree. Freakin' html mail. Sigh. For when you just *have* to empahsize something, and there's simply *no* plain-text way to do that. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Thunderbird (Was: Apple Mail)
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004, Dean wrote: Sorry Don't mean to change gears hear, but has anyone used Thunderbird? What do you think about it? Don't be sorry - but please *do* change the subject header next time :-) -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: CDRW for clamshell iBook
Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So pretty much anything on this page should work? http://computers.listings.ebay.com/Drives_CD-R-CD-RW- Drives_W0QQfromZR13QQlopgZ2QQsacategoryZ38116QQsocmdZListingItemList Yep. Remember it's a PITA to replace the optical, so I'd suggest going for as fast a drive as possible. Since the cost difference between an 8x writer and a 24x writer can be only $10 or $20, it makes little sense to bother with a slower unit. Make sure the drive comes with a faceplate, some don't and it's virtually impossible to source one separately. One other thing. On a clamshell, the drive must set as bus Master to be bootable using the C startup key. Many OEM drives by default are set to Slave. It's not difficult to mod a drive to enable bus Master, but it's something to keep in mind. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: red screen on clamshell
Bryan Kattwinkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a clamshell iBook 300 with a battery that is completely dead. On top of that, the screen has a pronounced red tint to it. I can see some blue and green coming through, but all white areas of the screen are quite pink. The family member using the machine said that the condition developed gradually. I expect to receive a replacement battery next week, and hope that might clear up the problem. If not, what component would cause such a condition? It's probably hardware related, but just for the heck of it, I'd like to suggest trying a lil' experiment. Reset the nvram . . . Startup into openfirmware by holding down key combo cmd-opt-O-F right after startup. at prompt type reset-nvram (without quotes of course, and then enter) it'll say OK reset-all (and enter) and it'll restart Dunno if it'll make any difference, but I've read several reports of an nvram reset curing a pink tint on Lombard PBs and I'm wondering if this might work on iBook. Also, the nvram reset may help the battery. Probably not, but worth a try. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Painting an iBook (another ibook-for-little-sis-story...)
In a message dated 12/24/2004 9:51:32 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm setting up a Pismo for my little sis for xmas. I started with a fresh format, installed X.3, did all the software updates and last night went to install some other apps on it and no matter what I put in the CDROM, it wouldn't read the disk, mount it or otherwise recognize that there was a disc in the drive. I tried all these CDs on another Pismo, worked fine. Hey, I know what you mean with the little sisters... I have a sister in her 2nd year of law school; I bought her an iBook Clamshell for Christmas. She is a big fan of the Legally Blonde movies, AND she got a hot pink ANn Taylor purse, big enough to hold a laptop... ... I think y'all know where this is going...! :-D Does anyone know of a good source - or conversely, a good procedure to follow - to get this clamshell iBook painted pink? Thanks, and Merry Christmas/ Happy Hannukah/Happy Kwanzza/ Happy Holidays to all! Craig W. Houston, TX -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
