Re: iBook display problem -- magnet orientation?

[Clark Martin]

At 9:37 PM -0600 11/11/05, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

In follow to my previous post, the first thing I did was simply flip the
orientation of the reed switch magnet. At least for now, the screen has ceased
its flaky behavior and the battery is charging properly again. How strange is
that?



Not terribly strange.  A conventional reed switch wouldn't be 
affected by magnet polarity.  But a Hall Effect switch would.  Hall 
Effect switches are solid state magnetic field sensors.  And it is 
simpler to use one with the magnetic polarity always the same.

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iBook display problem -- magnet orientation?

[dads]

In follow to my previous post, the first thing I did was simply flip the 
orientation of the reed switch magnet. At least for now, the screen has ceased 
its flaky behavior and the battery is charging properly again. How strange is 
that?

Cheers,

Erik 


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Re: Lombard OS9 hotsync to PalmV?

[Dan K]

IIRC, Lombards and Palm Vs can directly connect using IRDA (sort of an 
infrared serial port, the little dark red window at the left rear of the 
Lombard), so you shouldn't need any adapter. In Palm Desktop just select 
hotsynch via IRDA (?), and on the Palm (in Prefs:Connection) 'IR to 
PC/handheld'. Dang it I don't have an IRDA-equipped Mac handy with which 
to test . . .

dan k


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Re: firewire connectivity

[Brian Scott Oplinger]

Victoria Brandon wrote:

Greetings listers --

As previously related, my computers (B&W G3 & Lombard PB, both running 
Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of ethernet. So (as 
encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for the Lombard on eBay: it 
came yesterday and seems to work right out of the box, at least system 
profiler sees it, and the firewire option now appears in the Network 
preference pane. Only trouble is, the cord that came with the card has a 
four pin plug at one end and six pin at the other, and the connections 
on both computers require six-pin (at least that's what I assume: the 
larger size is required on both ends, anyway). Is this the proper 
description of the necessary cord, and is it something I can pick up at 
Radio Shack? Or is something more specific and harder to find required? 
And if so, what is it CALLED?


Very short answer, FW has an option to carry power along with data, if 
it does, it uses the 6 pin connector you're familiar with. Your PC card 
adapter doesn't provide power (nor do a lot of PC notebooks) and so has 
a 4 pin connector. (This is for FW 400, the older FW spec not the newer 
spec, FW 800)


You have 2 options...

1) If the device doesn't need power, just get a 4 to 6 pin FW cable 
(will set you back a lot at a Radio Shack, on the order of $50, because 
they only carry the Sony line of cables anymore, but can be had for lots 
less online, see www.cableforless.com as an example.)


2) Your device needs power provided by the FW cable. In this case you'll 
need the cable above *and* a FW hub. (Also called a repeater sometimes 
although that's actually a different thing) These come with a power 
adapter and can proved power to the ports downstream of the hub and so 
provide power for your device.


Some URLs:
Sony i.Link cable (only FW cable I saw on a quick search of 
radioshank.com) ($40):

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2111822

Cablesforless.com cable ($5): 
http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=281


Compusa.com:
belkin brand (cheap version) ($12):
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50278690
belkin fw hub ($50):
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=329287

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Re: firewire connectivity

[Christina Wellman]

Actually the old style of FW cables had 6 pins on both ends...I have  
cables of both types since some cameras need the 4 pin connector and  
some HD boxes need the 6pin connector.


christina

On Nov 11, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Victoria Brandon wrote:


Greetings listers --

As previously related, my computers (B&W G3 & Lombard PB, both  
running Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of  
ethernet. So (as encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for  
the Lombard on eBay: it came yesterday and seems to work right out  
of the box, at least system profiler sees it, and the firewire  
option now appears in the Network preference pane. Only trouble is,  
the cord that came with the card has a four pin plug at one end and  
six pin at the other, and the connections on both computers require  
six-pin (at least that's what I assume: the larger size is required  
on both ends, anyway). Is this the proper description of the  
necessary cord, and is it something I can pick up at Radio Shack?  
Or is something more specific and harder to find required? And if  
so, what is it CALLED?


TIA.

Best,
Victoria


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iBook g3 screen replacement....

[dads]

Greetings,

I'm in midstream on replacing the display of my iBook (g3, 600 mhz) 
and wanted to check in quickly. I bought a replacement display 
assembly on eBay and installed it. The computer booted up, and the 
screen lit up. I poured myself a drink, celebrated, went to bed. This 
afternoon the screen started flickering almost as soon as I fired it 
up. Tonight I plan to go back in and do the installation again. I 
suspect I may have missed an element or two, or not affixed things as 
tight as tight can be. For example, after behaving properly for the 
first few hours (orange/green) the power plug went dark, suggesting 
other connectivity issues. Based on these two diagnostic points 
(flickering screen, dead power plug) does anybody have any other 
words of wisdom?


Regards,

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firewire connectivity

[Victoria Brandon]

Greetings listers --

As previously related, my computers (B&W G3 & Lombard PB, both running 
Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of ethernet. So (as 
encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for the Lombard on eBay: 
it came yesterday and seems to work right out of the box, at least 
system profiler sees it, and the firewire option now appears in the 
Network preference pane. Only trouble is, the cord that came with the 
card has a four pin plug at one end and six pin at the other, and the 
connections on both computers require six-pin (at least that's what I 
assume: the larger size is required on both ends, anyway). Is this the 
proper description of the necessary cord, and is it something I can 
pick up at Radio Shack? Or is something more specific and harder to 
find required? And if so, what is it CALLED?


TIA.

Best,
Victoria


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Re: Lombard OS9 hotsync to PalmV?

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 10/11/05 19:22, Kristina at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip!]
> So why doesn't the serial looking port which says ]S[ out function as a uh
> serial port?
[snip!]

I believe that that port is the S-VHS out port, not a serial port. Usually,
serial ports have the picture of a phone or a printer on Macs.

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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo]

On Nov 10, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Clark Martin wrote:


At 8:57 AM -0500 11/10/05, Brian McEwen wrote:

Howard Katz wrote


So the question is why won't Tiger connect?  Not really my problem
now--it's the IT dept.  And there's enough Tiger users wandering
around that they'll need to fix this fast.

Oh, and for information's sake--I'm sitting at a Panera's cafe using
their free wifi.  Other than having a slight problem negotiating 
their

sign-in system this morning (more their system than mine!), it's
obviously working ok.

Why is it we tend to, when it comes to computers, to think it's our
system that's the problem, and not something on the other end, but
when it comes to things political or social issues, it's always the
other guy's fault?  :)



I'll still say that, despite that it's a MS server software, the fact 
that every other wireless device I own can work fine, and the 10.4 
one cannot, tells me that Apple has made some assumptions/broken some 
rules/ is doing *something* differently than everything else out 
there. Think back to good ol' dialup days, where everything else with 
a PPP stack could obtain the local DNS server info automagically, 
while us Mac types had to type it in by hand always.   That the MS 
server update might bring this wireless "feature" to the fore, 
doesn't necessarily mean that it is the fault of MS or your local IT 
guys.


Fun/useful to hear what exact server update they are now running 
(hint hint :)


In the past at least there were problems with Macs running with a MS 
DHCP server specifically because Apple WAS following the rules and MS 
was breaking them and expecting everyone else to because, well, just 
because.

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I noticed that an Airport Extreme Driver update came up on my Software 
Update list this morning (Friday). I wonder if that will help? (I'm 
running Panther.)


Turtle-Bear


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Re: Lombard OS9 hotsync to PalmV?

[Bruce Johnson]

On Nov 10, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Kristina wrote:


Thanks Bruce,

y'know it came with a serial port end connect to the 9 pin male
end...connector

So why doesn't the serial looking port which says ]S[ out function  
as a uh

serial port?



Because that's the S-video output. The Lombard has no serial ports,  
only USB ports, you need that second adapter.


Srial ports on Macs are labeled as modem/printer ports, they've never  
been called 'serial'Ports


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