Re: Moving to Google Groups

[Concetta Z]

Members of the G-Books list,
We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to
Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment.
Google Groups functions as an email list, so if you want to keep  
doing

things like you have in the past, that's fine. It also adds a
searchable online archive plus the ability to read and reply to  
posts

using your browser. To sign up for the new list, go to
http://groups.google.com/group/g-books
There are some things about Google Groups that are a bit  
different, so
be sure to read the updated list FAQ, which explains the  
subscription

confirmation system and some other features, such as online
subscription management.
Dan Knight, listmom

If you want to have the email come to your currently used email
account vs a gmail one, send a message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


If you use Dan's link, you're asked to use or create a google
account.  Not a problem if you already have an account on their  
system

you want to use.  All posts will either stay in the google groups
area, or be posted to your gmail account.
If however you want the emails to go to another email address, say
your own ISP, then you use the  join-by-email address I posted.


Sorry, but I still don't get it.
If I sign up with the first link, I get a digest sent to my current  
email address.
If I sign up with the second link, I get a digest sent to my current  
email address.

I'm not sure I get the difference.
Before the other posts came along, I clicked on the first link and  
went into a Google account, which I may already have had, and joined  
that list.

Now I'm wondering if I should unsubscribe and click on the second link.
I have no idea what difference it makes.
Concetta

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Re: on line privacy

[William Wiseman]

Gee, but it's great
accepting your fate
in the fascist state


Peter Webster


Except the analogy is totally absurd. Freely posting your thoughts  
and opinions, without State control, is the antithesis of Fascism. If  
you don't want the world to know certain of your actions, thoughts  
and opinions, don't post them. World Wide Web means it is available  
to the world.


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Re: on line privacy

[Peter Webster]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:06 PM, sandra ragan wrote:

Having run into this by accident last week... just thought I'd  
remind you all that random Google searches can bring up your posts  
to this list...
nothing in these electronic forums should be considered "private"  
and may come back to haunt you...


NEEDHAM, MA -- The Salary.com 2005/2006 Employee Satisfaction and  
Retention Survey


in a related article:
Employers are turning to the Web to learn more about applicants.  
Recruiters for Pella Corp. may do Google searches on potential  
hires to see information that might not be on their resumes, said  
Kathy Krafka Harkema, spokeswoman for the Iowa-based window  
manufacturer. "Blogs are great things. They are also public  
information," Krafka Harkema said. "It's very important to  
consider in this information age: Your private life can be public  
very easily."




Gee, but it's great
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on line privacy

[sandra ragan]

Having run into this by accident last week... just thought I'd remind 
you all that random Google searches can bring up your posts to this 
list...
nothing in these electronic forums should be considered "private" and 
may come back to haunt you...


NEEDHAM, MA -- The Salary.com 2005/2006 Employee Satisfaction and 
Retention Survey


in a related article:
Employers are turning to the Web to learn more about applicants. 
Recruiters for Pella Corp. may do Google searches on potential hires 
to see information that might not be on their resumes, said Kathy 
Krafka Harkema, spokeswoman for the Iowa-based window manufacturer. 
"Blogs are great things. They are also public information," Krafka 
Harkema said. "It's very important to consider in this information 
age: Your private life can be public very easily."


Sandra Ragan
www.plumdigital.com

Knowledge is a rare thing -- you gain by giving it away.
—Ivan Sutherland

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MS Funnies: MS Anti Spyware flags NAV as 'password stealer virus'

[Geoffrey Peters]

Totally off the track, here, but seeing as I know a lot of you have 
to deal with *shudder* Microsoft and Windows on a frequent basis, 
you'll find this story amusing.


MS Anti Spyware flags Norton Antivirus as 'a malicious password stealer virus':
 
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/02/microsoft_antispyware_deleting_1.html

"Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who 
also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent 
update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a 
password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.


"According to several different support threads over at Microsoft's 
user groups forum, the latest definitions file from Microsoft 
"(version 5805, 5807) detects Symantec Antivirus files as 
PWS.Bancos.A (Password Stealer)."



If you go to read the whole short article, I've added a lengthy 
comment stating "Norton Antivirus *is* a virus, because it exhibits 
all the hallmarks *of* a virus. Once it gets a foothold in your 
system, it sits there chewing system resource after system resource, 
and like any 'good' virus, is virtually impossible to remove from 
your Windows without leaving the OS in a state of extreme fragility."


(Oh, and I also give the Mac a plug :))


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Re: ATA-5 and ATA-6: The differences, and why it's important was Re: Lombard Start

[B.L.]

G-Books wrote on 2/11/06, 17:16:

 > On a typical PC, users and the OS have some level of control over
 > just *how* the IDE interface(s) communicate with their drives -- they
 > can tell a fast IDE controller to speak s-l-o-w-l-y with
 > less-compliant drives. We Mac people have no such smarts available,
 > and have to live with whatever defaults the chips are set up for.
 >Hope this explains things :)
Geoffrey
Thanks very much Geoffrey this explains a lot but as most answers are 
wont to do this leads to another question; which is this is the ATA-4, 
-5,-6 designation on hard drives. Because I was given a laptop drive 
which I had planned to put in my Lombard when this ATA dilemma entered 
the picture. Now I'm trying to figure out how to determine the pedigree 
of this drive, which is currently residing in a firewire enclosure being 
prepped for the Lombard. Is it written on the drive. Or can it be 
determined from the drive information; such as manufacturer, model 
number, etc etc. Thanks for any and all assistance.


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Re: ATA-5 and ATA-6: The differences, and why it's important

[PeterH5322]

>Alas, the PowerBook's IDE chip goes "Huh? I don't understand what 
>you're saying, I'll just ignore you for now, I'm busy."

This is primarily a Lombard and Pismo issue. And, those Lombards and 
Pismos which are provided with drives which don't auto-negotiate 
properly, which may include the latest Toshiba and Hitachi/IBM drives, 
and which definitely includes the Samsung drives, but doesn't include the 
Seagate drives or older Toshiba or IBM drives.

It takes two to tango. Both the initiator (the PB) and the responder (the 
drive) have to behave according to the rules.

Sometimes, when one party, say, a Lombard or Pismo, misbehaves, all still 
goes well, as it does with early Toshiba and IBM drives. Sometimes not.

Sometimes, when the other party, say, a Samsung or late Toshiba or 
Hitachi/IBM drive, misbehaves, all still goes well, as it does with a 
Wallstreet PB and perhaps some others. Sometimes not.

If both behave by the rules, then any combination works.

If one behaves by the rules, but the other doesn't, then the combination 
is indeterminate ... might work, might not work.

If both misbehave, then no combination works (Lombard and Pismo, and late 
Toshiba and Hitachi/IBM).

It's that simple.

Those who have Lombards or Pismos, and want to get into the "sweet spot" 
of $$$/GB, say, 60 or 80 GB, are going to have to look for earlier 
Toshibas or Hitachi/IBMs, which are quickly going out of inventory. OTOH, 
the new Seagate laptop models seem to be OK, although this is not from 
first-hand experience.

The best drive for the Lombard and Pismo, IMO, is the recently 
discontinued Hitachi/IBM 5K80.

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Google Groups ... you're kidding, right?

[Geoffrey Peters]

Stardate 060211.08:08 -0500. A subspace message from Dan Knight reads:


We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to
Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment.


Well, that's very disappointing.

I thought I'd found a nice little community-driven mailing list, I 
join, and within a week it decides to downgrade and become submerged 
in the dank depths of the Grey Empire known as Google.


I've been on four other lists in the past that started off on normal 
listservers, moved to Google (or Yahoo Groups in one case) only to 
experience frustration in its use, then watch the list stagnate & 
eventually die because it become lost in the crowd.


With reluctance I signed up; I sent off my subscription mail, then 
confirmed the activation via the web page, and itold me I was now a 
member. A few hours later, a question came in from GG, I could answer 
it, so I did, and hit send. A minute later, I get an autoreply. "You 
do not have permission to post to group g-books. You may need to join 
the group before being allowed to post,"


Whiskey tango foxtrot??

Sorry guys, but I'll stick with G-Books on MacLaunch until it dies. 
You won't see me on Google, because frankly, it sucks more than 
Microsoft.



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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[Malcolm Cornelius]

> Sure.  If you use Dan's link, you're asked to use or create a google
> account.  Not a problem if you already have an account on their system
> you want to use.  All posts will either stay in the google groups
> area, or be posted to your gmail account.

Er, I don't have a gmail account and went that route.

It asks for any email address.

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Re: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

[calebcupplessocialism]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:

Ok. Our experience with Netgear's version on PC's is that it's 
almost as good as a pcmcia card, about 80% of the effective range.


The only problem with that is getting one that works with OS X. I 
believe the ones with the Ralink chipset have drivers for OS X, but 
not the others. I haven't a clue about the broadcom stuff, though.


By the way, to refute a statement made in an earlier post about 
Airport not being industry standard, it actually is. It's a stock 
Broadcom bcm43xx series chipset. Now, if Apple would backport the 
Airport Extreme drivers to OS 9, I'd be happy..


Caleb

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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[David Brostoff]

At 12:01 PM -0600 2/11/06, Howard Katz wrote:


Sure.  If you use Dan's link, you're asked to use or create a google
account.  Not a problem if you already have an account on their system
you want to use.  All posts will either stay in the google groups
area, or be posted to your gmail account.


Sorry to sound so ignorant, but what is gmail? Also, is there an 
advantage to creating a Google account for the list?


Thank you,

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Re: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

[Bruce Johnson]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Brian McEwen wrote:

Anyway I'm still open for USB 802.11b/g suggestions.  How is  
reception/signal on those?


Ok. Our experience with Netgear's version on PC's is that it's almost  
as good as a pcmcia card, about 80% of the effective range.


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Re: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

[Brian McEwen]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



No, it isn't. It's a defective AlBook, or more precisely a broken  
Airport Extreme card. It's got nothing to do with OS X or  
configurations. Perhaps the card isn't responding properly on all  
channels, or the firmware is corrupted on it. IAC, I'd get it  
replaced. Open networks should let anything on, and if it won't  
work on open networks something's not right.


I'm pretty sure it's a server side issue with some slightly dated  
services. Big ones, not the local coffee shop with a WRT54G or  
whatever- Windows or Cisco stuff running the show.   For example,  
when I was visiting researchers at one hospital, I couldn't get  
online, called their tech, they'd had complaints of 10.4 users with  
issues.  Couple months go by I hear they are putting a Windows server  
update online, magically, after that, I could connect.  Well I can  
always CONNECT, and pull an IP, but no DNS resolution, and no ping  
out even.  But after  the update, packets actually moved.


No way am I going to fork out the $ for a new airport card (I hate  
Airport, why can't they just put something standard in); and I have  
little faith that the local apple shop will believe me or do  
anything.I guess I'll stop by though, can't hurt to ask.


Anyway I'm still open for USB 802.11b/g suggestions.  How is  
reception/signal on those?  Not much antenna there... I really wanted  
a PCMCIA slot but went for the 12" PB for portability, else this  
would be a no-brainer, I have PCMCIA 802.11 cards.


Thanks,

Brian

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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[Howard Katz]

Sure.  If you use Dan's link, you're asked to use or create a google
account.  Not a problem if you already have an account on their system
you want to use.  All posts will either stay in the google groups
area, or be posted to your gmail account.

If however you want the emails to go to another email address, say
your own ISP, then you use the  join-by-email address I posted.  (I
think Yahoo has a similar setup re: how to get on a list.)

On 2/11/06, David Brostoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 11:27 AM -0600 on 2/11/06, Howard Katz wrote:
>
> >If you want to have the email come to your currently used email
> >account vs a gmail one, send a message to
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Could you explain the difference?

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Re: broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

[Bruce Johnson]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:

Suggestions welcome re: hardware.  I really feel done re: help  
troubleshooting networking, please :)  It's real, and it's not  
something I can change, it's certain versions of server-side stuff  
that breaks the Apple side (or the Apple side isn't compliant too,  
I don't know)- but when XP, 9.1, PalmOS 5.0.3, and a Newton  
Messagepad can be configured to connect to an open network, and my  
10.4 machine cannot, it's not my skills at wireless configs that is  
the issue...


No, it isn't. It's a defective AlBook, or more precisely a broken  
Airport Extreme card. It's got nothing to do with OS X or  
configurations. Perhaps the card isn't responding properly on all  
channels, or the firmware is corrupted on it. IAC, I'd get it  
replaced. Open networks should let anything on, and if it won't work  
on open networks something's not right.


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ATA-5 and ATA-6: The differences, and why it's important

[Geoffrey Peters]

Stardate 060211.11:19 -0600. A subspace message from B.L. reads:


the drive controller in G3 PowerBooks is incompatible with ATA-6 hard

drives. When replacing the internal hard drive, you should be sure to
obtain an ATA-5 compliant drive,
**
I've seen this warning posted before and wondered how one would be able
to tell whether or not a drive was Ata5, Ata6 or what have you.


You think that the LEM specs-pages would at least use the more 
popular interpretations :)


ATA-5 means that the drive supports (and prefers) Ultra-DMA/66 mode 
(meaning it can support data transfer rates up to 66 Mbps (megabits 
per second), whereas ATA-6 drives supports (and defaults to) 
Ultra-DMA/100 mode (100 Mbps).


In our older PowerBooks that don't like ATA-6, the IDE/ATA controller 
chips aren't all that clever, and don't know anything about 
Ultra-DMA/100. When such an equipped Mac encounters a UDMA-100 drive 
as part of it's "let's get going and see where everything is" routine 
at power-on or restart, the onboard chip sends out a query and 
listens for any IDE device's response-code. An ATA-6 hard drive sees 
the query and goes "Hi! I talk Ultra-DMA/100, you look friendly!" 
Alas, the PowerBook's IDE chip goes "Huh? I don't understand what 
you're saying, I'll just ignore you for now, I'm busy."


On a typical PC, users and the OS have some level of control over 
just *how* the IDE interface(s) communicate with their drives -- they 
can tell a fast IDE controller to speak s-l-o-w-l-y with 
less-compliant drives. We Mac people have no such smarts available, 
and have to live with whatever defaults the chips are set up for.


Hope this explains things :)


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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[David Brostoff]

At 11:27 AM -0600 on 2/11/06, Howard Katz wrote:


If you want to have the email come to your currently used email
account vs a gmail one, send a message to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Could you explain the difference?

Thank you,

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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[Peter Webster]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 5:08 AM, Dan Knight wrote:


Members of the G-Books list,

We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to
Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment.

Google Groups functions as an email list, so if you want to keep doing
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be sure to read the updated list FAQ, which explains the subscription
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subscription management.

Dan Knight, listmom


Thanks, Dan!

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Re: Moving to Google Groups

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If you want to have the email come to your currently used email
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Re: Moving to Google Groups

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On Feb 11, 2006, at 8:08 AM, Dan Knight wrote:


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So existing subscribers won't be automatically transferred, right? 


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Re: Lombard Start

[B.L.]

G-Books wrote on 2/11/06, 07:54:

the drive controller in G3 PowerBooks is incompatible with ATA-6 hard 
drives. When replacing the internal hard drive, you should be sure to 
obtain an ATA-5 compliant drive,
**
I've seen this warning posted before and wondered how one would be able 
to tell whether or not a drive was Ata5., Ata6 or what have you.
I've also asked this question before and received no response.
Thank you for your help in this matter.


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Pwr Mac G3 B&W 64MB Radeon 7000 PCI Graphics card 450MHZ CPU 1gb ram 120
gb Maxtor DiamondMaxPlus X.4.4/80gb Hitachi Deskstar Sata harddrive X.4/
40gb Maxtor DiamondMax ATA hard drive/9.2.2 Seritek SATA Controller
card/Pioneer DVR 105 OS X.3.9/ Lexmark X1185 all- in- one printer
Powerbook 3400c 200MHZ, 144MB ram, 2gig harddrive, OS 9.1, modules;
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Re: Faulty keyboard ?

[R. P. Bell]

Amber...

Not only does your "local Apple authorized repair center" dude exhibit a 
cavalier attitude toward his customer (especially one who comes in with 
AppleCare to deal with an issue with a covered computer, which, of course, 
covers him entirely and insures that he is paid what he has contracted to be 
paid), but he also just does not "get" Apple.  Regardless of his heresy, "well, 
it's not  exactly a priority for me to fix it if they just don't light up," 
he's 
smoking the drapes when he asks an Apple user, "..does it really matter?"  Duh.

You'd better believe it matters.

It mattered to Apple, who designed it.

It mattered to me when I bought it.

And, it matters to me, now that it doesn't work.  If it don't light up, it 
ain't 
working, doofus!

I think you need to call AppleCare and blow the whistle on this idiot.  If it 
is 
a new keyboard and it isn't lit, the problem is not with the keyboard, now is 
it?  Tell me, does a failing power supply or a failing power board--or 
whatever--I say, does THAT matter?  He's already "fixed" it once; he is duty 
bound to figure out your problem in short order.  If he has not figured out the 
problem and has tried to return to you a still-defective machine to you as 
though it is repaired, he is being paid by AppleCare for something he did not 
fix.

That, dear Amber, is fraud.  If he's done that to you, he has done it to 
hundreds of others.

rb
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PS You're doing a good job as Nanny; don't let the eggheads get you down. 


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Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz

[Jeff Drummond]

On Feb 11, 2006, at 7:54 am, Geoffrey Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:


Hands up all you Pismo addicts who'd like another crack at the
world's fastest Pismo upgrades? I know *I* for one am prepared to pay
the premium, who's with me? Shall we petition the lovely lads at OWC
with a last-chance group order?


These upgrades were problematic when PowerLogix was
shipping them (check out OWCs CPU upgrade database).
I'd want to see some evidence that the bugs had been
worked out before I'd consider ordering one.

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Re: Faulty keyboard ?

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On 2/11/06 3:07 AM, "Amber Robey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just had my 15" AL PB keyboard replaced at a local Apple authorized
> repair center.   My other keyboard was backlit and was being replaced
> as it was defective (i.e. caps lock did not work properly,  keys were
> not striking properly).
> 
> However,  when I got home and started using it in a less well lit
> room, I noticed that a number of the keys are not backlit at all.
> i.e. various letter keys on either end, almost all the number keys
> and all the directional keys on the bottom right.
> 
> I called the place it had just been installed and asked if he had
> tested the backlighting.
> He said "why would I bother testing it - it's a brand new keyboard"
> and then said "the keys all work don't they ? like they all type the
> right letter or symbol?"  I replied yes and he said "well, it's not
> exactly a priority for me to fix it if they just don't light up..does
> it really matter ?"
> 
> Anyway,  I honestly find this really irritating as I now have to
> leave my PB with him again for an entire day and he said he doesn't
> think he can fit me in for a few days now.
> 
> I am not sure how these backlit keyboards are installed - is this
> likely a fault in the way he put it in or possibly something
> defective with the keyboard itself ?  It  is all being repaired under
> Applecare so wondering if  I should request another keyboard
> instead ?  Any suggestions ?
> 
Yell bloody murder! It isn't up to the tech to decide whether or not the
feature is important. Apple provides it, touts it. I'd do three things: 1)
move up the chain at that store - complain to the service manager, manager
and owner. Demand that it be fixed properly. 2) report the matter to Apple's
customer service. 3) if you don't get satisfaction move to another dealer

david




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Pismo / Mail won't

[Stuart Saunders]

My Pismo G4 550 with 10.4.4 will not get Mail under Airport, supplied  
by my iMac.
Safari and Firefox work on the Pismo using Airport, Mail won't  
connect - unless I plug in the ethernet connection.


Both recently upgraded to 10.4.4.

Anybody got any clues as to what is going wrong & how to fix?

TIA,
S.

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broken airport with many open 802.11 networks still

[Brian McEwen]

Ok, Still have issues with airport and 802.11 on some open networks.

It's likely  a combo of broken Apple stuff, and a version of Windows  
server stuff, but I'm tired of being punished by this.


My PDA can get online everywhere, my powerbook 1400 can get online  
everywhere, my nice AlBook cannot.  Tested this repeatedly at the  
problem locations.


If I get a USB 802.11 adapter, will I bypass some of the airport  
stuff and just connect?


I have my little wireless D-Link DWL-G730AP that I can hook up to the  
ethernet jack, and THAT works.  But it's a little more of a pain to  
config when going from place to place.  But If I have to haul that  
huge, matchbook-sized dongle with me :) I can do it.


Suggestions welcome re: hardware.  I really feel done re: help  
troubleshooting networking, please :)  It's real, and it's not  
something I can change, it's certain versions of server-side stuff  
that breaks the Apple side (or the Apple side isn't compliant too, I  
don't know)- but when XP, 9.1, PalmOS 5.0.3, and a Newton Messagepad  
can be configured to connect to an open network, and my 10.4 machine  
cannot, it's not my skills at wireless configs that is the issue...


Thanks,

Brian


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MacBook list goes live

[Dan Knight]

This week Apple delivered a dozen MacBook Pro computers to the top 12 
Webkit contributors, and first shipments to the public are anticipated 
for the coming week, so our MacBook email list is going live this 
weekend.

FAQ: http://lowendmac.com/lists/macbooklist.html

List: http://groups.google.com/group/macbook-list

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Moving to Google Groups

[Dan Knight]

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Re: Pismo upgrades: The BlueChip G3 900 MHz

[Geoffrey Peters]

Stardate 060210.20:17 -0600. A subspace message from Jason Long reads:


Too late, I've already got one! 


... bastard :P


I didn't realize that there were so few sold. I was a bit leery of Powerlogix
as I'd read some of the upset customer reports on the xlr8yourmac database.


From my experiences, Powerlogix made the best upgrades out of the 
lot. Sonnet, frankly, make shit.


To pick a nit I'm pretty sure that Moore bought the G4/500 upgrade 
for his >Pismo, not the G3/900.


That's his personal machine - the wife has the G3/900.


Geoffrey
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Re: Faulty keyboard ?

[Geoffrey Peters]

Stardate 060211.00:07 -0800. A subspace message from Amber Robey reads:


 I just had my 15" AL PB keyboard replaced ... "well, it's not exactly a
 priority for me to fix it if they just don't light up..does it really
 matter ?"



 Any suggestions ?


Yes.

Find another Apple reseller, and report him to Apple Computer. He 
exhibits the *totally* wrong attitude for him to be selling, let 
alone fixing, Macs.



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Faulty keyboard ?

[Amber Robey]

I just had my 15" AL PB keyboard replaced at a local Apple authorized  
repair center.   My other keyboard was backlit and was being replaced  
as it was defective (i.e. caps lock did not work properly,  keys were  
not striking properly).


However,  when I got home and started using it in a less well lit  
room, I noticed that a number of the keys are not backlit at all.   
i.e. various letter keys on either end, almost all the number keys  
and all the directional keys on the bottom right.


I called the place it had just been installed and asked if he had  
tested the backlighting.
He said "why would I bother testing it - it's a brand new keyboard"  
and then said "the keys all work don't they ? like they all type the  
right letter or symbol?"  I replied yes and he said "well, it's not  
exactly a priority for me to fix it if they just don't light up..does  
it really matter ?"


Anyway,  I honestly find this really irritating as I now have to  
leave my PB with him again for an entire day and he said he doesn't  
think he can fit me in for a few days now.


I am not sure how these backlit keyboards are installed - is this  
likely a fault in the way he put it in or possibly something  
defective with the keyboard itself ?  It  is all being repaired under  
Applecare so wondering if  I should request another keyboard  
instead ?  Any suggestions ?


Amber

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