iBook in Nat'l Geographic
Just got the latest copy of National Geographic. On page 25, in a story about Hawaiian culture, there is a teacher and a child sitting at a table in the dark using an iBook. The Apple logo is shining and they have candles on the table. Apple couldn't ask for better advertising. Ross Cottrell -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Firewire2Go ??
Hi, All. Undergoing a frantic effort to get my Cardbus Firewire2Go card to work with my Lombard Powerbook. In both OS 9.2 and X.2 my card is 'seen' by Apple System Profiler, but I can't mount my LaCie pocketdrive through it, even though it's independently powered. The same drive works fine hooked up to my G4's built-in firewire port. I've applied Newer's special 'enabler' patch (v1.01) for OS 9 (and removed Apple's cardbus enabler extension, as indicated by NewerTech faq), but it still doesn't want to mount in 9.2 Likewise, wondering if anyone's gotten the card to work in OS X Jaguar. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA. Rick -- Rick, I've heard nothing specific regarding problems with the card in OS X.2 from any site, this one included. My firewire to go card works if I'm importing/exporting DV, but does not see my firewire hard drive-which is new and has the latest firmware. I'm using a Wallstreet II 300. I'm going to buy a new firewire card and ebay the Newer card. I need a multiport card anyway. Ross -- 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:G-Books-off;mail.maclaunch.com For digest mode, email: mailto:G-Books-digest;mail.maclaunch.com Subscription questions: mailto:listmom;lemlists.com Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Travelstar 40 gnx
I posted this to Apple's forums today: I just put a Travelstar 40 gnx in my 300 mhz 'book. Installed Jaguar.1 and OS 9.1 without incident. Put the replaced 20 gb Hitachi in an OWC Firewire Express enclosure. I have a Newer Firewire to go pc card that has always worked. The FW drive only mounts in OS 9.1. It does not mount OS X.2.1. When I try to boot into X with the FW drive connected, X hangs while waiting for local drives. If I unplug the drive, X finishes booting. If I try to connect the FW drive after X is booted, I get an error: You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To use the unreadable volumes, click Initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click Ignore. I've been ignoring it. I should mention that I can import DV into iMovie X without problem. So the Firewire card works in X. I've been able to read and write to the FW drive when booted into 9, so the FW drive definitely works. I installed the latest firmware from OWC too. Any ideas anyone? Should I wipe the drive and start over? (I posted a version of this issue here about a week ago.) Thanks, Ross Cottrell Powerbook G3 300 512 mb ram IBM Travelstar 40 gb gnx Firewire to go Macally USB Jaguar.1 OS 9.1 -- 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:G-Books-off;mail.maclaunch.com For digest mode, email: mailto:G-Books-digest;mail.maclaunch.com Subscription questions: mailto:listmom;lemlists.com Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Power Manager Problem with my Wallstreet
At 3:30 PM -0400 10/13/02, G-Books wrote: Power Manager Problem: I've got a PowerBook, Wallstreet II 300 mghz, with 384 ram, and a 40 gig Travelstar 5400 rpm Hd. (3 partitions: OS X.2, OS 9.2.2, and OS 8.5) While under warrenty I replaced the power manager once, and the previous owner also did once. At least that is the diagnosis on the repair slip both times. Now its doing it again. Won't wake from sleep. Have to pull the battery, the other drive drive bay, and unplug from AC. I do the pwer reset key combination ( shift, fn, cntrl, power on) and then lock in the battery and whatever is in the other bay and it will power back up Sometimes I have to do it a several times, but it eventually powers up. Most times when powered off I just get a buzzing when I hit the power on button, and have to go through the same routine I just destribed for failure to wake from sleep. What I want to know is: Power Manager, What is it, Is it user replaceable, How much for the parts, And are Wallstreets famous for burning out power managers, like they are famous for weak hinges on the monitor lid? -- JF Had the same problem once on my 300 mhz Wallstreet. The guy at pbparts.com had me disconnect the keyboard. I did, and the machine started right up. Diagnosis: bad keyboard. Strange thing was, pbparts sent me a bad keyboard which I returned after much whining--they didn't want to give me my money back, they wanted me to take a credit. But I had put my original keyboard back on and the startup problem was no longer present. Strange, but I haven't had a problem since. I've never replaced the power manager either. But disconnecting the keyboard definitely allowed my Wallstreet to startup when I thought it was dead. Prior to disconnecting the keyboard, I tried resetting the open firmware per Apple support. This did not solve my problem though. Ross -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo 400
At 10:01 AM -0400 9/26/02, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: Pismo 400 From: Jim Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Pismo is already pretty upgraded. What would a $300 G4 card do for me? Jim Make Jaguar run faster. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo 400
Can you elaborate on this? I have a Pismo 400 but I understood it wasn't worth upgrading. Jim On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 09:19 PM, Ross Cottrell wrote: Speaking of cheap, I think the best cheap way to get a full featured G4 Pbook is to plop an upgrade card into a Pismo. I'm thinking of finding a 400 mhz Pismo and trading in the old Wallstreet 300. It may not be worth it. If you pick up a 400 mhz Pismo for ~$900-$1000, add a G4 card for $300, then fork out $300 or so for a expansion bay cdrw, you are into some real money. And you still haven't added the necessary ram and hard drive upgrades. And you'll never have a Quartz Extreme capable video card. I can't really make a strong argument for upgrading any older Powerbook, except that it's a lot of fun to pull stuff out and put new stuff in. Ross -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: .Mac
I am also an Apple shareholder. I'm pretty cheap too. I have to be after the drubbing I took on the stock over the last couple of years. But I paid full price to Apple for Jaguar because it offered massive improvement for the money. No regrets there. But of iTools, I also only ever used the email, which was a nice luxury and pretty cool. Speaking of cheap, I think the best cheap way to get a full featured G4 Pbook is to plop an upgrade card into a Pismo. I'm thinking of finding a 400 mhz Pismo and trading in the old Wallstreet 300. p.s. I have a copy of Office 98 gold for sale. Has the cdkey and is original. Email me off-list if interested. I am trying to build up my G4 piggybank. 8^) Ross Cottrell -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: .Mac
Demetrius wrote: Just wanted to get some feedback concerning .Mac. How many members have joined? Is it really worth the money?I have not joined yet, but I am considering the possibility. No. I already have 5 Earthlink email boxes, Retrospect, Norton antivi, and...so there would be no added value for me at all. Sad to see the .mac email addresses go, that's all I ever used, but c'est la vie. Ross Cottrell -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: [PB]Entourage
Just a question. Is this easily corrupted in your own experience, or via word-of-mouth from others? I've been using Entourage for about a year and a half, and I've never lost and email, and any corruption I've had was easily fixed with a database rebuild. I haven't counted recently, but I have well within 5 digits of email in all my trays combinde. (well over 10,000 emails). I've never had a corrupted database--only bloated. I've certainly never been forced to rebuild the database because I was unable to open it, and I've never lost an email. For the record, Claris Emailer 2 also used the single database approach, which is where Entourage gets its scheme. The same people who wrote Emailer wrote Entourage and OE. As I mentioned, I'm a long time Eudora user; I'd never trust my personal data to the clowns in redmond (personal agitation), and I too have 5 digits worth of emails, but who's counting. So yes, I learned of the corrupt database problems from others who have posted on lists and newsgroups. Why do you find it acceptable to have to routinely rebuild a bloated database file? I don't see why I should have to put up with that nonsense. It just seems illogical to put all of your eggs in one bloated basket. I've used Lookout, Lookout Express and Entrailage and they have nice UIs I suppose, but the data storage scheme is not simple enough. And yes, I know that the lead Emailer developer now works for the evil empire, that's common knowledge. I never liked Emailer much either. I've worked in the software industry in Seattle as a test engineer and systems analyst so I do have some experience with most email apps. For IMAP, Netscape is better than Eudora, but I am talking about POP3 since that is what I use at home. At work we use Netscape Messenger on XP, NT, 95 and OS/2 boxes and it seems to work well enough. But Eudora's filtering is far superior to Netscape's, and that is another reason I've stuck with Eudora. I like Powermail's UI and filtering the best, and would switch to it in a flash, but no way am I using an app that puts my mail in a database file. Mozilla? Yeah, it's the best browser I've ever used. I've trashed Omniweb, IE, Netscape, Opera and iCab since Mozilla got stable enough to use. But I don't have a need for Mozilla mail. Eudora stores my email in plain text files, easily backed up, easily moved and easily read with TextEdit. Simple and elegant, no rebuilds necessary and no un-sightly bloating. It's a design that I appreciate more and more with each passing, trouble and maintenance-free year. Ross Cottrell Windows is like a Mac in the same way that a transvestite is like a real woman. It's 95 percent the same, and actually what some people would prefer, but not really the same for those who care about small differences. - John Dvorak -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: [PB]Entourage
On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Marty Lindower wrote: Speaking of which, if I try to sync my Handspring Deluxe with=20 Entourage, make this work? (OS 10.1.5) The problem lies not with the Entourage Conduit, but with the Palm=20 Desktop 4. That is only supported with real Palm branded palm=20 devices. There is a work around, but not having a Handspring, I don't=20 remember what it was. I've been syncing my Visor Plat with Palm DT4 on OSX for a couple of months now. It is slow, but it works. Handspring does not support this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. Sometimes it is so slow that I have to kill it though. Of course, I don't use Entrailage, which is bloated and stores all of your mail on one database file, which is easily corrupted. Powermail does the same thing- dumb. I've used Eudora for years and never lost a single byte after transfering mailbox files from one hard drive to another several times over the years. It never crashes. It may not be the most user friendly, but it is the most reliable email client ever made, IMHO. I gladly paid the $40 to register it. Palm desktop sucks, but it works, and I've never lost data with it either. Anyway, just ranting I guess. Can't wait for iSync and a usable iCal build. Ross -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: OS Question for Wallstreet
You're going to like the Wallstreet 300. It runs Jaguar acceptably IMHO. First thing you should do is lose the 8 gb factory drive. It is a loser. You can't rip MP3s with it due to a longstanding and never fixed bug. New 40 gb IBM drives are around $165 these days. I've got a 300 mhz Wallstreet and I've been running OS X since the public beta was released. I have a 20 gig Hitachi drive partitioned into 5 parts with OS X on the first. It's 2.55 gigs in size and I have 423 mb free. I easily installed Jaguar with no troubles whatsoever. Mind you, the next time I partition, I'm giving X a lot more space. At least 4 gb. But for now, all is fine. I've got 9.2.2 on the second part and it's 1.5 gigs in size, with 790 mbs free. You are right about 9.1, never had sleep of death with it. Never have sleep of death with OS X ever, and I had it constantly with 9.2x. But with Jaguar, who cares. The key to a lean OS X install is to not install all of the localization (foreign lang.) packages and irrelevant printer drivers. That was the difference between installing Jaguar for me, and having to format the drive and start over from scratch. The reason I can have a relatively small X partition is because I keep all of my applications and data files (Word proc/sprd sheet, email, digital photos, mp3, DV etc) on the other 3 partitions. On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 01:28 PM, David Pekarsky wrote: I am buying a powerbook wallstreet 300mhz, 8/192, and want to partition the hard drive so that I can run OS 9.1, some version of X, and an emergency boot version of 9.1. I am using 9.1 because I am told it is not plagued by the sleep of death problem with wallstreets and would like to know how much space a typical install of it takes up so I can figure out a good size to make the emergency partition? This will contain just OS 9.1 and sufficient room should I ever need to install a disk utility(ies) on it. When partitioning, how much space should be given to OS X should I ever install that too? All help is appriciated! -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet CDRW
At 9:58 PM -0400 8/29/02, G-Books wrote: Nope, the photo build guide at xlr8yourmac.com is meant for Pismo and Lombard CD-ROM drives. Apparently, the Wallstreet drive is built somewhat differently. The screws are all in the wrong place for the Wallstreet drive and you cannot slide the housing out just by following the instructions there. I tried taking apart the Wallstreet CD-ROM, and it apparently isn't easy, since some of the screws that need to be removed have their heads inside the drive (which would need a screwdriver with a very long shaft and very steady hands). Even after you remove the drive, I'm not sure that it would be possible to install the Matsushita drive into the Wallstreet housing. I would like to try, but don't want to risk buying the Matsushita drive, and then finding out that it doesn't fit. Heok Hee It can be done. You won't damage it. The directions with photos are at xlr8yourmac.com. I'm confused. Is it possible to install a UIJDA330 CDRW drive into a Wallstreet bay or not? There seems to be conflicting advice here. There are no reports at xlr8yourmac about Wallstreet mods, only people installing the (much more expensive) MCE drives, which are built for Wallstreets, or people installing Dell drives into Pismos. Has anyone here actually put one in a Wallstreet? Any first hand info would be much appreciated! Ross -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
