odd key behavior
I had two questions in my last post. This list's input helped me with the first question, but here's the second one again: I have inadvertently changed a preference of some sort. When I strike any of the lower corner keys once (such as shift, fn, ctrl, option, and control), it makes a manual typewriter noise, as if you are locking in the shift key, and causes that key's symbol to appear on the screen. When I hit it a second time, it makes another manual typewriter noise, and causes that key's symbol to be a bolder white. A third strike causes it to disappear. Also, the strike of any other key causes it to disappear as well. I can't find any info on this. It is not num lock. The noise is very irritating, and the changed action of these keys is messing me up as well. What did I do to cause this? I've looked in System Preferences under Keyboard Mouse, but can't find anything that seems to be related. Thanks, Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: WallStreet
All of the advance setting are turned off (not checked in the check box) Do I need to turn on Processor cycling or any of these other settings. Shaack Lisa Tom P wrote: I have a 300mhz wall street that has the DVD card and player. plenty of ram and running 9.2.1. Why after 10:00 mins or so of running a movie it will start to stutter and not play correctly. Is it something with the player, the card, or the software and how to correct it. I usually run this machine only from the power supply and not the battery. Shaack Under the Energy Saver control panel, do you have processor cycling enabled ? Mad Dog -- 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 ---
RDC
Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Now on to my current question: Dan Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my real estate - having to get a PC computer question. I have surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of people asking questions. Thanks, Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: RDC
On 16-Jul-05, at 02:08, Claire Hart wrote: Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Now on to my current question: Sorry, but I haven't been following this closely. I'm having no problems with VPC 7 and Tiger. I've got Win 98SE, 2000 Pro, XP Pro and (just installed yesterday) BeOS virtual machines on my iBook. Other than a minor networking issue that M$ is aware of, it has worked as well as on Panther for me. That is to say that it is frustratingly slow at times, but functional. Dan Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my real estate - having to get a PC computer question. I have surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of people asking questions. Sure, you could do this. It effectively reduces your Mac to a terminal. Okay, that is an exaggeration, but it is certainly the idea. And it is rather wasteful as the PC must always be running, though it doesn't need to have it's monitor on. And you become reliant on having a good internet connection, the PC in the office remaining running, the office network and internet connection having the bandwidth to support this heavy use. I do this every day for work with my 14 iBook 1.33 G4. Once I have an internet connection (33.6 modem connection or better), I connect to work's VPN, then use RDC to connect to the PC's (running 2000 Server, 2003 Server or XP) in the office. It is as if I was actually working on the PC, though full screen refreshes may take a second to 2 depending on the connection. It is possible to transfer clipboard contents between your Mac to the PC, share printers and drives, and have alert sounds come to your Mac, but all this requires more bandwidth. I have also tried VNC and found that it required too much bandwidth. Is this going to be a good solution for you? I doubt it. It may be a stop gap measure until you get frustrated with it and either just get this all running natively on your Powerbook or if you are real stubborn, in VPC. Eventually you will come to the conclusion that time _is_ $ and are doing this to make $. You will want the fastest performing, reliable, easiest solution available. I hope that this will be your Powerbook, but unless you can get required software running natively, I honestly doubt it will be. Also, why would you want to buy a desktop PC and have the hassle of internet connection, VPN connection, and RDC connection every time you need to use it? Why not just buy a PC laptop? The total support requirements are actually reduced by using the PC laptop, and the software requirements are the same. And just incase nobody else has mentioned it yet, you will want a complete back-up plan. Software AND hardware. Why hardware? When my Realtor's laptop was giving him troubles at 11:00 PM with deadline at 12:01 AM, he drove like a madman to his office and used a PC there to finalize documents. His preparedness got me the home and him the commission. Sorry for going on... Dave -- The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In law firms, we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following: buying a stronger whip; changing riders; saying things like 'this is the way we have always ridden this horse'; appointing a committee to study the horse; arranging to visit other firms to see how they ride dead horses;increasing the standards to ride dead horses; declaring that the horse is better, faster and cheaper dead; and finally, harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, 16 February 1999, in the courtroom after lunch on the second day of testimony from Microsoft's Brad Chase. -- 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:
Re: lombard and tiger
Wouldn't it also be important that you be able to boot from said external DVD? Tim On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:25 PM, Lisa Tom P wrote: hola a todos: i want to know if this is possible: can i install tiger in dvd in a lombard using an external dvd drive? what would i need to do it? has anybody had success in installing tiger in lombard other that switching the hd with a pismo or similar? i have a 5 pack of tiger and do not want to exchange my dvd's for cd's. thanks in advanced! gladys You will need X Post Facto which you can get from www.macsales.com. Read the manual and it will be clear. Mad Dog -- 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 --- Exterminate all rational though. -- 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: WallStreet
All of the advance setting are turned off (not checked in the check box) Do I need to turn on Processor cycling or any of these other settings. Shaack My guess was that with Processor Cylcing enabled the machine would try to go to sleep while playing a DVD, which throttles down the CPU. Mad Dog -- 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 ---
Bcc quirk?
maybe I am doing something wrong but... I can't seem to get the Bcc window and the address book to cooperate. They used to play together nicely in Panther but in Tiger (10.4.2) they don't seem to want to talk to each other. If I include a Bcc panel in an email message I am unable to get an address into the panel.unless I drag it there. If I click on the name in my address book then the name/address appears in the To: panel instead of the Bcc panel. Is this a bug or I am missing something very very simple? Denny -- 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 ---
Memory for Powerbook G3 Wallstreet
I need to bump up the memory for my Wallstreet, bottom slot, from 128 megs to 256 megs. I recal last year somebody telling me to make sure I got Low profile for the bottom slot (the top slot already has 256 megs). Is this accurate or did I misunderstand the suggestion? TIA. Pete. __ 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: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: Memory for Powerbook G3 Wallstreet
Is this accurate or did I misunderstand the suggestion? correct, but it has to have 16 chips with a density of 128 MBits each. you might find easier 512 Mb modules with 16 megabits chips with a density of 256 megabits each. your WS will see it as a 256 MB module. Personally i have a WS with 512 MB RAm made up of a 256 MB module top slot and a low profile 512 MB bottom slot seen as 256. 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: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: Bcc quirk?
On Jul 16, 2005, at 6:47 AM, Dennis Reeder wrote: maybe I am doing something wrong but... I can't seem to get the Bcc window and the address book to cooperate. They used to play together nicely in Panther but in Tiger (10.4.2) they don't seem to want to talk to each other. If I include a Bcc panel in an email message I am unable to get an address into the panel.unless I drag it there. If I click on the name in my address book then the name/address appears in the To: panel instead of the Bcc panel. Is this a bug or I am missing something very very simple? I don't know, it works as expected for me (just tried it) but I'm running 10.4.1 on this box. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- 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: RDC
On Jul 15, 2005, at 11:08 PM, Claire Hart wrote: Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Actually, Microsoft just released the update a week or so ago, updating it for Tiger, and it works just fine. Now on to my current question: Dan Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my real estate - having to get a PC computer question. I have surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of people asking questions. RDC rocks! I use it at work to do all of our Windows administration stuff on our servers. We also use it to access the servers from home; I've even used it over a dial up connection, it's surprisingly responsive.. (Wha!!?? Microsoft did something RIGHT???!!! 8-0 Where am I, where did that snowball come from, and why is that monkey over there calling me 'Uncle'?) You would have to have a PC to 'control', yes. Get one with Firewire on it, you can share it's internet connection via firewire to your Mac and you don't even have to beg the office IT guy for an ethernet connection. The VNP you refer to is actually 'VNC' which is also nice (it's the basis of Apple's Remote Desktop Control stuff) but in my experience using VNC was slower than using RDC. -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- 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: RDC
On Jul 16, 2005, at 2:08 AM, Claire Hart wrote: Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Now on to my current question: The 7.0.2 update (released a few weeks ago) seems to have solve the Tiger issues Dan Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my real estate - having to get a PC computer question. I have surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of people asking questions. RDC and VNC (not VNP) are pretty much the same thing. 1) If you have RDC you do not need VirtualPC (*) 2) You need a PC with Windows XP Pro (not XP HOME) on it. 3) You would need a way to connect INTO the XP/Pro machine (usually this means port-forwarding through your router/firewall... which is easy to do, but if the machine is at the office then the IT guy has to set it up for you. If you have DSL/Cable at home you could setup the machine there. 4) If your office network does not have a static external IP (i.e. one you can use to know that you are connecting to your office network and not somewhere else), you'll need some way like dyndns.org to be able to connect whenever it gets a new IP (this is very common in business which have DSL/Cable connections). 5) You will need to make sure that the PC is not set to sleep (*) except as a backup in case you can't access the work PC via RDC Now I use RDC all the time to do little things. On the office LAN it's almost just as fast as sitting at the keyboard (in fact I have my Dell laptop Ethernet connected directly to my Powerbook at home and use RDC rather than leaning over and using the keyboard on the Dell laptop). RDC is a great tool (although the Mac version has some severe and stupid limitations compared to the Windows version :-/ but I would NOT use it if I were you. I would invest in a decent Dell laptop with Win XP Pro (SP2) on it and plenty of RAM and built-in wireless. I would install MS anti-spyware (free) on it. I would install AVG on it (see Google) I would never ever ever ever use Outlook Express. (and would use Outlook only if I absolutely had to) I would not use the machine for casual use, surfing around to random sites and installing ANYTHING ELSE on it except perhaps the latest version of Office (no suspicious shareware, no KaaZa, etc) And I would find that the machine and OS were remarkably stable. (This is what I do with my Dell laptop, a 650Mhz machine with 512 MB of RAM which has run pretty much problem free for over a year... because I only use it for the specific things I need it for: IE6 and ACT!) They won't take away your Mac Lover button just because you use a PC when it's the logical choice when compared to the gyrations you'd have to go through to use your Mac in an environment openly hostile to it. TjL -- 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 ---
Mistaken purchase
I have been looking for good batteries for my new to me Lombard. I purchased a VST G3 Charger which I thought was for the Lombard, however it turned out to be for the Wallstreet. This package was still shrunk warpped and contained a VST charger for two batteries a power adaptor and a new Wallstreet battery. I plugged the unit in and charged the battery, according to the lights on the charger the battery fully charged, but I have no idea on a battery this old how long that charge might last. In any event the setup does me no good. I am interested in either selling it, or perhaps trading my lombard for a wallstreet that could use the charger kit. Please contact me off list [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any interest in either a trade of powerbooks or purchasing the charger kit. I am not sure where one locates a reasonable priced source for older batteries. Lombard batteries seem to fetch as much as the Lombard itself. thanks bill -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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 ---
