Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive
On Sep 1, 2005, at 9:30 PM, G-Books wrote: The Matshita SR-8174-C drive and sled (you'll need both) is the other major OEM drive that was used on the Pismo and will fit perfectly. The SR-8174-C 6X Mfgd 2000 (Pismo) and the SR-8173-C ?X Mfgd 1999 (Lombard) both seem to work well. I've replaced both with up-to-date writeable and rewriteable drives, with good success, except for cosmetics. One way to solve that would be to make an RTV mold of the Apple bezel, and then graft a cast piece onto the replacement drive's door. There's enough room to do this as the replacement drive sits slightly inside the Lombard/Pismo case. Many Matshita tray-loading DVD-R burners from the UJ-810/811/etc. series can use the original Matshita bezel from the DVD read only drive. Both have 3 small screws and 2 line up perfetcly; you can either leave the 3rd screw out (the tray still works fine) or, as some people have done, drill a 3rd hold in the plastic (far away from the mechanism, so not TOO risky) that lines up with the 3rd screw. I've done this on a Pismo with a UJ-810 and a UJ-811, and it looks great. 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: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 ---
Hard drive for Pismo
60gb Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 9.5mm 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, ATA/ 6 12.0ms 8MB Buffer Is this a good HD for my Pismo. I just want a reality check before I buy and 'try' to install it. It's going to set me back about $190. Thanks for any feedback. -- 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: Sony Pismo drives query
On Sep 2, 2005, at 12:57 AM, kaldav wrote: Others have mentioned suitable replacement drives for the Pismo. What about the Sony CRX820E? When my original pismo CD/DVD drive died, we replaced it with the Sony CRX820E. There are instructions to do this on the web, but I can't remember where. You'll need to keep your original tray, and install the Sony onto it, this was tricky, IIRC the hassle was more removing the old drive from the tray. We weren't able to put the Pismo faceplate on it, although theoretically it can be done. It works fine, and I have a CD burner onboard for the price of a replacement read only drive. 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: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: security cable
Hi, me again. Thanks for the info about the firewall protecion on the G4 ibook. Got my iBook yesterday. Still reading the the literature. I'm looking at security cables on the website for Apple Store. Anyone really like a particular kind? Thanks, Jocelyn -- 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: scrubbing my oldhard drive
Hi, I'd like to scrub my old hard drive before parting with it since my finanical information has been on this one. Anyone used the Super Scrubber application? or have another suggestion? Jocelyn -- 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: security cable
I've always like the Kensington brand. On ebay they go for around $5 and up. Later...Howard On 9/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, me again. Thanks for the info about the firewall protecion on the G4 ibook. Got my iBook yesterday. Still reading the the literature. I'm looking at security cables on the website for Apple Store. Anyone really like a particular kind? Thanks, Jocelyn -- 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: security cable
I've had a Kensington cable for 4 years and have had no problems (I don't know that anyone has ever tried to tamper with it). It has a cylinder lock that's superficially like the one on my old Kryptonite bicycle lock that was discovered to be openable with a ballpoint pen. I don't know whether the cable lock has the same vulnerability. Bear in mind that laptaps are frequently stolen from vehicles. It's very easy to smash a window and grab. John P. Roberts, M.D. -- 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: Hard drive for Pismo
I just purchased and installed an 80Gb Travelstar from Newegg.com for a total price of $112 including shippi;ng. John On Sep 2, 2005, at 4:50 AM, Ed Zelinsky wrote: 60gb Hitachi Travelstar 2.5 9.5mm 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, ATA/ 6 12.0ms 8MB Buffer Is this a good HD for my Pismo. I just want a reality check before I buy and 'try' to install it. It's going to set me back about $190. -- 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: scrubbing my oldhard drive
On Sep 2, 2005, at 6:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'd like to scrub my old hard drive before parting with it since my finanical information has been on this one. Anyone used the Super Scrubber application? or have another suggestion? OS X's disk utility has options for thorough erasure. I can't remember of OS 9's disk tools had the same. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- 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: security cable
On Sep 2, 2005, at 6:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, me again. Thanks for the info about the firewall protecion on the G4 ibook. Got my iBook yesterday. Still reading the the literature. I'm looking at security cables on the website for Apple Store. Anyone really like a particular kind? My right arm. If it's someplace it's vulnerable, it goes with me. Cables can be cut with $2.99 snips from Ace hardware and are pretty thin protection. Someone, (Kensington?) sells an alarm that fits onto the security port and will sound if the system is jostled. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- 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: customs?
At 03:58 PM -0700 08/31/2005, Jason Rife wrote: So my 6 month old powerbook has its third strike, and Apple takes it and orders me a new one. The new one is not on a customs hold in Indianapolis, along with several hundred items... Ever hear of this before?? Fedex says its a problem from the manufacturer in China's forms, and Apple wont tell me anything unless I order applecare on it, since the original was out of phone support time. Paperwork happens, regretfully. SOP result of offshore manufacturing. It is Apple's responsibility to work with their Chinese supplier, Customs, Homeland Security, and FedEx to straighten this mess out. 3rd strike replacment. :( Is this by Apple's policy or do you have a state lemon law? hum. Either way,,, you don't care where the PB comes from, as long as it gets into your hands... Perhaps the BBB might be of assistance. Perhaps the BBB in combination with the manager of your local Apple Store might be able to help. If he can't use his contacts to help, he should at least be able to hand you a replacement powerbook! Most Apple Stores have 'em in stock! - Dan. -- 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: customs?
It did arrive finally this morning!!! Since the original was a custom, Apple would only replace with the same specs, so I had to get it from Shanghai. The three strikes thing, is at least unofficial Apple policy, at least if you are in warranty/ Paperwork happens, regretfully. SOP result of offshore manufacturing. It is Apple's responsibility to work with their Chinese supplier, Customs, Homeland Security, and FedEx to straighten this mess out. 3rd strike replacment. :( Is this by Apple's policy or do you have a state lemon law? hum. Either way,,, you don't care where the PB comes from, as long as it gets into your hands... Perhaps the BBB might be of assistance. Perhaps the BBB in combination with the manager of your local Apple Store might be able to help. If he can't use his contacts to help, he should at least be able to hand you a replacement powerbook! Most Apple Stores have 'em in stock! - Dan. -- 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: scrubbing my oldhard drive
OS 9 has the ability to write zeros to the disk. Doing this several times would be sufficient for most cases of transferring ownership of a computer (or individual HD) to a new user. I believe there is an option on Norton Utilities for pre-X systems that does a secure erasure. For *all* cases, incineration of the HD is the best option. :-) Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX --- Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 2, 2005, at 6:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'd like to scrub my old hard drive before parting with it since my finanical information has been on this one. Anyone used the Super Scrubber application? or have another suggestion? OS X's disk utility has options for thorough erasure. I can't remember of OS 9's disk tools had the same. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- 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: Hard drive for Pismo
I just purchased and installed an 80Gb Travelstar from Newegg.com for a total price of $112 including shippi;ng. Lombard and Pismo machines have issues with their EIDE/UATA controller chips which mandate that the attached drives be fully able to negotiate down from ATA-6. The Samsungs, some Toshibas and perhaps the new Hitachi/IBMs will not properly negotiate. Certain old Toshibas (up to about 10 GB) and the 5K80 series of Hitachi/IBMs will properly negotiate. There are better deals on Hitachi/IBMs than Newegg.com (I have bought several Samsungs for my Wallstreets from them, and one 5K80 Hitachi/IBM from them, too). BestBuyPC, for example, *may* substitute a later series for the 5K80, at their whim. Two orders placed with BestBuyPC a few days apart resulted in the first one being a newer Hitachi/IBM, as a substitute *without notice*, and defective to boot, and the second one being a 5K80. The sweet spot on 2.5 drives is at 60 GB right now, and those wanting less than 60 GB, or more than 60 GB, may be paying a premium price per GB for their drives. I have actually encountered situations where a 20 GB drive cost more than a 30 GB drive from the same drive series and from the same retail seller. Newegg.com is good in that their shipping in certain select items is very low priced. The same is true of BestBuyPC. Incidentally, BestBuyPC is one source of replacement optical drives for Lombards and Pismos (and for the MCE optical drive bays for the Wallstreets). There are others. Depending upon availability, $105 could get you a +/-, read/write/rewrite, CD/DVD drive with two-layer support. Alas, the laptop's EIDE/UATA controller chips seem not to be up to the job of successfully burning DVDs on a consistent basis. -- 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: Pismo DVD/CD drive
Many Matshita tray-loading DVD-R burners from the UJ-810/811/etc. series can use the original Matshita bezel from the DVD read only drive. Both have 3 small screws and 2 line up perfetcly; you can either leave the 3rd screw out (the tray still works fine) or, as some people have done, drill a 3rd hold in the plastic (far away from the mechanism, so not TOO risky) that lines up with the 3rd screw. I've done this on a Pismo with a UJ-810 and a UJ-811, and it looks great. While this is completely true, Panasonic has reportedly discontinued all of the drives mentioned, in favor of the UJ-845-B. It is the UJ/UJDA-8xx (where xx is 10, 20, 30, etcetera, but *not* 45) which is completely compatible with the bezel of the Mac PBs, as described above. -- 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 ---
The Sims on WSII
I installed the Sims on OS9.2.2 (the original Sims) and I'm trying to play it. It starts up, asks for a resolution, I click play and immediately get Error code = 17. I installed the latest update, restarted, tried 1024x768 and 800x600, etc. Anyone gotten The Sims to run on OS9.2.2 before? It installs fine so it must be compatible. Thanks! :: Mindaugas www.mindaugas.us More robots less humans! Save our LAN! www.coloradogameralliance.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 ---
