Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Clark Martin]

At 10:31 AM -0600 11/13/05, Howard Katz wrote:

Nope--it was multiple locations throughout the campus.  I took the PB
and tried it out on the chance it was just the node I was trying to
hook into.  And the student who was having trouble was several floors
and server rooms away from where I originally was.


A given DCHP server might cover quite a large area, it depends on how 
everything is setup.  And it could also be multiple DHCP servers that 
were messed up.




They've pretty much admitted it was their fault, but as of yesterday
at least, it was fixed.  :)

(These are the same IT people who when they came in, to a Univ. that
caters to teacher education, tried to tell us we didn't need Macs and
they weren't planning on supporting them.  They were told "oh yes you
will. :) )


Unfortunately that is all too common an IT view point.  Personally I 
wouldn't have said "oh yes you will" but rather "bye bye".

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Re: TiBook Lifespan

[Don Sloan]

Laurent Daudelin wrote:


on 13/11/05 12:08, Don Sloan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 


Greetings All...

I have a Ti 400 which has run on average 8 hours a day since bought new
(4+ years?). Maybe I am just rationalizing the purchase of a new
computer, but I am starting to worry a bit about the longevity of the
400. Is there a predicted life span of the critical components... a time
when one should truly be concerned about how much time is left? FWIW,
this one, even though lugged around quite a lot, has not given me an
ounce of trouble, hinges or otherwise. It is completely stock with the
exception of extra RAM.

Might I also ask if any of you can recommend good sources for refurbs? I
may decide to wait until the intel switch to buy a new model.
   



If it's still doing what you bought it to do, then you shouldn't worry. The
only part that can go wrong after a few years is the hard drive and the
battery might not hold the same charge it did when you got the PowerBook.
Other than that, if you have taken care of it, it should be fine.

As for Intel PowerBooks, there are increasing rumours that a new 15"
PowerBook based on Intel processor might be introduced at MacWorld in
January, so you might not have to wait a long time. However, I would
probably not be the first to buy a new design PowerBook based on a new
processor. I would wait for a 2nd or 3rd revision so that all the quirks are
worked out.

-Laurent.
 

Thanks, Laurent! Interesting you mention the hard drive and battery as 
contemplating the replacement of both (the former because it is simply 
too small and the latter because it is not holding much of a charge) is 
what brought me to the question I posed to the list. I wouldn't want to 
put money into this puppy if it was reaching the end of the expected 
lifespan of *other*, more expensive critical components.


I agree with you re a new PB... I would wait for at least a 2nd 
generation model.


Thanks again,

Don

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Re: firewire connectivity

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 12/11/05 16:59, Victoria Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On Nov 11, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote:
> 
>> 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)
>> 
> 
> Thanks Brian, but now I'm more confused than ever: the FW card has two
> plugs, both 6-pin (exactly like those on my B&W G3). The cable that
> came with it has 6-pin on one end, 4-pin on the other, so can't be used
> to connect the two computers, which is at present the only use I have
> in mind. Neither one would need to draw power from the card, of course.
> BTW various FW cables are available on eBay, practically all of them in
> the $5-10 range; wouldn't a 6-pin-to-6-pin do the job?

Yes, a 6pins to 6pins cable should do the job.

-Laurent.
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Re: TiBook Lifespan

[Laurent Daudelin]

on 13/11/05 12:08, Don Sloan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Greetings All...
> 
> I have a Ti 400 which has run on average 8 hours a day since bought new
> (4+ years?). Maybe I am just rationalizing the purchase of a new
> computer, but I am starting to worry a bit about the longevity of the
> 400. Is there a predicted life span of the critical components... a time
> when one should truly be concerned about how much time is left? FWIW,
> this one, even though lugged around quite a lot, has not given me an
> ounce of trouble, hinges or otherwise. It is completely stock with the
> exception of extra RAM.
> 
> Might I also ask if any of you can recommend good sources for refurbs? I
> may decide to wait until the intel switch to buy a new model.

If it's still doing what you bought it to do, then you shouldn't worry. The
only part that can go wrong after a few years is the hard drive and the
battery might not hold the same charge it did when you got the PowerBook.
Other than that, if you have taken care of it, it should be fine.

As for Intel PowerBooks, there are increasing rumours that a new 15"
PowerBook based on Intel processor might be introduced at MacWorld in
January, so you might not have to wait a long time. However, I would
probably not be the first to buy a new design PowerBook based on a new
processor. I would wait for a 2nd or 3rd revision so that all the quirks are
worked out.

-Laurent.
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Re: TiBook Lifespan

[Kochkodin]

Wait...Apple lied about supporting older computers from the G3-G4 and 
probably did it with the G4-G5 transition or lack thereof. FCP
1.5 ran on a G3 then came FCP2 and you needed a G4. The only real 
transition was from the 68k Macs to the PPC where most programmers gave 
you dual binaries.


JK

Don Sloan wrote:


Greetings All...

I have a Ti 400 which has run on average 8 hours a day since bought 
new (4+ years?). Maybe I am just rationalizing the purchase of a new 
computer, but I am starting to worry a bit about the longevity of the 
400. Is there a predicted life span of the critical components... a 
time when one should truly be concerned about how much time is left? 
FWIW, this one, even though lugged around quite a lot, has not given 
me an ounce of trouble, hinges or otherwise. It is completely stock 
with the exception of extra RAM.


Might I also ask if any of you can recommend good sources for refurbs? 
I may decide to wait until the intel switch to buy a new model.


Thanks in advance,

Don




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Re: firewire connectivity

[Victoria Brandon]

On Nov 11, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote:

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)




Thanks Brian, but now I'm more confused than ever: the FW card has two 
plugs, both 6-pin (exactly like those on my B&W G3). The cable that 
came with it has 6-pin on one end, 4-pin on the other, so can't be used 
to connect the two computers, which is at present the only use I have 
in mind. Neither one would need to draw power from the card, of course. 
BTW various FW cables are available on eBay, practically all of them in 
the $5-10 range; wouldn't a 6-pin-to-6-pin do the job?



Best,
Victoria



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TiBook Lifespan

[Don Sloan]

Greetings All...

I have a Ti 400 which has run on average 8 hours a day since bought new 
(4+ years?). Maybe I am just rationalizing the purchase of a new 
computer, but I am starting to worry a bit about the longevity of the 
400. Is there a predicted life span of the critical components... a time 
when one should truly be concerned about how much time is left? FWIW, 
this one, even though lugged around quite a lot, has not given me an 
ounce of trouble, hinges or otherwise. It is completely stock with the 
exception of extra RAM.


Might I also ask if any of you can recommend good sources for refurbs? I 
may decide to wait until the intel switch to buy a new model.


Thanks in advance,

Don

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end of iBook display problem -- what's that burning smell?

[dads]

The saga is over. This weekend I took apart my dual usb iBook 3 
separate times to install a used (reportedly good) display. After the 
first two times, it all seemed fine for a few minutes, then flickered 
in an out, then finally the backlight went off. The third time the 
backlight never came on, but I could vaguely see the screen; enough 
to power down. I sat there and finished watching a football game, 
iBook powered down and closed on my lap, when suddenly I heard 
a >popf<, kind of like a Christmas tree bulb had blown. A metallic, 
burned-fuse kind of smell wafted from the back of the grill. I 
immediately removed the battery and resigned as chief mac mechanic of 
our household.


As I sort through the wreckage in an attempt to salvage what still 
works, I have a few questions of those wiser than me.


1. What was that >popfing< sound, that smell? Dare I try to boot again?

2. I gathered from this list that a dead screen iBook that will still 
run an external monitor has a problem with the reed switch, the 
screen, or the backlight/inverter board. All of these are in the 
display assembly, or so I thought. The display I purchased was 
putatively good, but appeared to have the same problem as the 
original. Is there anything else that might have caused my problem, 
or was the second screen possibly defective as well?


Thanks for any and all information

Erik



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Re: Wireless network problem - help!

[Howard Katz]

Nope--it was multiple locations throughout the campus.  I took the PB
and tried it out on the chance it was just the node I was trying to
hook into.  And the student who was having trouble was several floors
and server rooms away from where I originally was.

They've pretty much admitted it was their fault, but as of yesterday
at least, it was fixed.  :)

(These are the same IT people who when they came in, to a Univ. that
caters to teacher education, tried to tell us we didn't need Macs and
they weren't planning on supporting them.  They were told "oh yes you
will. :) )

LaterHoward

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Re: multimedia on Al Book again

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 13, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Anne Judge wrote:



and this sounds just like what you want (note: I haven't tried it  
myself!!)


http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23180



Thanks, I had missed that one.  There's a bit of piano music in the  
file which may lead to erroneous cut points, but it seems from the  
comments that it's easy enough to choose the right oens.  I'll give  
it a try!


I've been trying to do this with Audacity which I usually use for  
small mp3 tasks, but I don't seem to be getting the hang of setting  
multiple labels properly...


Brian


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Re: multimedia on Al Book again

[Anne Judge]

On Nov 12, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:

I have a 1.08hr mp3 file that I'd like to split into tracks.  It's  
a live recording I made locally.


I was going to suggest MP3 trimmer, which I use to JOIN tracks, but I  
did a quick versiontracker search


http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?plt%5B% 
5D=macosx&mode=basic&action=search&str=split%20mp3&x=0&y=0


and this sounds just like what you want (note: I haven't tried it  
myself!!)


http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23180

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Re: iBook CD Problem

[Brian McEwen]

On Nov 13, 2005, at 1:19 AM, Amanda Ward wrote:


Hi All...

I have a problem with my iBook (G3-500 Dual USB). It will not play  
an audio CD... keeps ejecting it... constantly! If I put in a  
program CD, it stays in and shows up on the desktop. I can't, for  
the life of me, understand what the difference is.


Any suggestions or ideas


Is it a regular audio CD or a CD-R?

B

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