formatting zip disks in Pismo (OS 10.4)?
I'm going to send my mom a few zip disks from the pile and though it would be nice to format them for her. They are currently MSDOS formatted (fat16). I'd like to format them for her Wallstreet (OS 9.2.2). I opened disk utility and could see the zip disk and erase it but couldn't change the format. Is this even possible? Perhaps all zip disks are DOS formatted? For that matter is there any advantage to one format over the other? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Wallstreet Hinge Question
On 09/02/06 12:07, Paul Stamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I know this comes up too frequently, but who is generally best for replacing them? PowerBook Parts http://www.pbparts.com/ does that. They replace the pot metal with stainless steel hinges. However, even though I bought stuff from them, I must disclosed that I've never purchased that specific service. I had them replace the hinges on my Wallstreet. I was completely satisfied. The hinge replacement cost about what the hinges alone would cost from Apple. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: connecting a G3 to my G4 laptop
On Feb 4, 2006, at 14:51, G-Books wrote: I have a very old G3 PowerMac (the beige one, desktop, not the tower) and I'm trying to transfer information from it to my new 17 G4 laptop ... or to an external hard drive that I have for backups. The external drive has a USB connector and works nicely with my laptop... The G3 has a SCSI drive, and I *think* I need a USB to SCSI converter to connect it to either my laptop or the external drive, but I'm not sure. I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI disk mode). So far I have not found an adaptor that will work in OSX. This has motivated me to install OS 9.2.1 on the Pismo. Now I need to download the Belkin drivers, boot into Classic and give it a try. For your problem I agree with the USB and/or Firewire PCI card suggestion. A lot simpler than messing with the SCSI disk and you get new ports. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
adding Classic to Pismo with Tiger, is 9.2.2 better than 9.2.1?
Following a suggestion I started my Pismo from the OS9.2.1 CD and installed it on the internal disk (40 Gb one partition). I had to tell it to save the old system folder but after that It went through the install like normal. It still boots in Tiger so I haven't ruined that installation. I have got the 9.2.1 to 9.2.2 update, is there any benefit to going to 9.2.2 or am I better off at 9.2.1? I can start Classic now (before I got a not installed error). Now I need to get the Belkin drivers for the USB-SCSI adaptor and see if I can make it work in Classic. I'm assuming I need to be in classic when I install the drivers? Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Adding SCSI to a P'Book
Stardate 060204.15:30 -0500. A subspace message from Andrew in Ann Arbor reads: I've been pursuing the USB to SCSI adaptor question so I can connect my Pismo running Tiger to an assortment of older Powerbooks (SCSI disk mode). So far I have not found an adaptor that will work in OSX. And you won't, either. Next to be tested were a couple of PCMCIA cards, one by Adaptec, one by Belkin. The Adaptec caused stability issues -- it would work with the Zip and the HD, but not the scanner. Adaptec have also stopped developing drivers for it. The Belkin one worked with all three, so we passed that onto the reseller for the customer to try. Lo! They were well pleased! Alas, it seems Belkin have stopped making it, so I've had a rummage around the web, and have found one maker that has a couple of goodies that bear further investigation. Ratoc (of Japan) make these doodads that could well be the solution people with legacy technology are seeking: - the FR1SX is a SCSI-to-1394 adaptor, that plugs into your SCSI device and provides a pair of normal FW400 sockets. - http://www.rexpccard.co.jp/english/products/subpages/firerex1.html - the CB31U is a PCMCIA card that adds UltraSCSI (SCSI-3 and backwards) - http://www.rexpccard.co.jp/english/products/subpages/cb31.html Hope this is of some assistance. Thanks, this is exactly what I've been looking for. I have a Belkin USB-SCSI adapter which I'm hoping will work under Classic. I think a PC card would be a preferable solution since the USB adapter is limited to the speed of the USB 1.1 port on the Pismo. Oh well, it's mostly for emergency rescue and most of the older powerbooks I might be called upon to rescue have small disk drives. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: [OT] The old days
On Feb 2, 2006, at 23:53, G-Books wrote: The size of programs and the amount of memory and processing power that is needed to run them has really gotten out of hand. You would think it would be the reverse. It's all about money. Software companies need to add features so they can persuade you to buy the latest release. Hardware companies need to persuade you that you need new features (video editing anyone?) so they can sell you faster hardware. Planned obsolescence makes the wheels of industry turn (and produces some cool geek bling). Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: setting bottom post not required in Mail
On Feb 2, 2006, at 23:53, G-Books wrote: Most people know how to highlight text, hit delete, move the courser and type information into a new location. Why would you need to set your e-mail program to reply to any message. I'm using Mail in Panther and all I do is highlight the text I want to quote and hit reply. The cursor does end up above the quote but it's just one click to get it below. Filling the subject line is more aggravation since I get the digest so the default subject is always G-books Digest Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Wallstreet Hinges
On Feb 2, 2006, at 11:05, G-Books wrote: Try Powerbook Parts for new replacement steel hinges. They will also replace them for you, if you don't want to try it yourself. http://www.pbparts.com/shop/wssr.html I have no personal experience with them, but their name comes up whenever someone needs new hinges. I had them replace the hinges in my Wallstreet. The price was just about what OEM replacement hinges would have been. While they had it I also had them add more memory. Count me as a satisfied customer. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
adding Classic to Pismo running Tiger?
Hello All I've been loving Tiger on my 500 MHz Pismo but I want to figure out a SCSI connection before I sell off the trusty Lombard and the best solution I've found to date is a USB to SCSI adapter that only runs under OS9. So I want to install Classic on the Pismo. The Pismo has a 40 Gb hard drive with 19 Gb used. Get Info identifies it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Can I just install OS9 or do I need to partition the disk first? If I need to partition can I copy the Tiger installation to my external Firewire disk, partition the Pismo drive and copy the Tiger installation back? Is there a better way? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: WiFI antenna
Has anyone ever come up with a way of connecting some kind of external antenna to the PB to boost signal connectivity? I've got the G4 AL 15 machine, and I don't even see a decent place to attach something to a screw. It would have been nice if there had been a plug or port on the side of the screen that could have done this! If your card slot is free you could look for a PC card adapter with an antenna port. Not as slick as the internal card though. Probably easier to get a higher gain antenna on the access point. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: plugging in the power lead - does it matter?
I read that one should always plug in the power brick before connecting power lead to the Book. If I move it from one place to another, I am conscientiously unplugging it and re plugging it in correct sequence rather than just carrying it with the power lead and brick connected and then replugging the plug into the wall while still connected. I just want to check out if this is over paranoid behaviour or not? I mean the manual suggests not to move the Powerbook while on but people do - but carefully - right? I know that the 5XX series powerbooks were very particular about not being plugged into an unplugged adapter. This was one of the first (perhaps the first?) powerbook with the intelligent battery controller. Apparently plugging a 520 into an unplugged adapter would likely confuse the battery controller. Perhaps this is where the admonition against unplugging the adapter from the wall first came from? I'm not sure if the later powerbooks are as sensitive. On the other hand the power jack on the powerbook is subject to mechanical failure after some number of plug/unplug cycles so leaving the adapter plugged in when you move the computer may risk corrupting the powermanager but spare the power jack. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
Treo 650
I have been using the Treo 650 since last fall with my iBook G4 (12.1/1.33 GHz) as well as my Thinkpad T42 from work. I use Palm Desktop for syncing on both units, with the Outlook conduit on the Thinkpad and the iSync conduit on the iBook. To tell the truth, I'm a little disappointed with the iSync connection; iCal, for example, lets you create multiple calendars for different categories of events - i.e. Business, Personal - and the Palm Desktop conduit doen't separate calendar items by category. Of course, there's no iTunes sync either. Apparently, The Missing Sync does both of these things and more; I just haven't had a chance to try it out... Bluetooth sync does work, but it's S-L-O-W. Faster than IR sync, but still painful compared to the USB cable. I (personally) recommend getting one of the USB charge/sync cables; that way, you can leave the Treo's charger behind. My iBook leaves power on to the USB ports when it's asleep/closed and on wall power, so you can charge your phone while you charge your laptop... -- 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: wireless router security
I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? I think I'd be prefer MAC address filtering, as I understand it both WEP and WPA require some CPU time for the encryption which might be enough to slow down the connection to a slower computer. MAC address filtering is done at the router and should have no effect on connection speed. This thread has got me motivated to figure out how to enable MAC address filtering on my Linksys... Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: no Battery Time Left on Pismo
For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has left in hours and minutes. I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as time left, it says calculating... or is just a blank, depending on which program I use to measure it. I have show battery status in the menu bar checked in the Energy Saver Systems Preference. I also use SlimBatteryMonitor. Both show the same percentage, but no longer the time. As best I remember this was working up till just a week or so ago. I have a 400MHz Pismo, 40G, 768MB. I recently upgraded to Tiger and then 10.4.3. Could have been the same time. Battery is fairly new. I was getting about 4 hours or so last I remember seeing the time. Is this a Tiger issue? I tried running just on battery till it went to sleep (about 1-2 %), then charging to full. Did this twice, still no joy so I tried reset- nvram, reset-all. Still nothing but %. I've got the same problem with a 500 MHz Pismo running a clean install of Tiger with 512 Mb RAM. It's a new aftermarket battery so I haven't worried about it but it would be nice to have. I did try running it down till it shut off but that made no difference. Seems like if my 520 could figure out time remaining the Pismo should be able to manage it. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
Any experience with USB to SCSI adaptors in OSX?
Hello All I'm shifting from a Lombard to a Pismo and want to be able to connect to SCSI devices, specifically older powerbooks (520, 1400, Wallstreet) using the SCSI dock connector. To do this I've recently got a Belkin F5U015-TPW USB to SCSI adaptor but have had no luck finding drivers for Panther. According to Belkin's web site this device is OS 8 and OS9 only. http://www.belkin.com/support/download.asp?download=F5U015- TPWlang=1mode= Does anyone know where I might look for OSX drivers? Or can anyone recommend a different adaptor that works in OSX? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
news group reader for Panther?
Any recommendations for a news group reader for OS 10.3.9? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Memory Issues, Sighs and the anguish of helplessness...
From: Kristina mhamster earthlink.net I can and do learn...tho our techie abilities on our iPod were expensive...requiring a trip to the techrestore folks. I can give it go if the instruction are clear and warnings emphasized. I did replace my HD in this Lombard myself...preen If you can replace the hard drive you can replace the memory. Go slow and beware static electricity. I don't wear my polertec vest over my cotton shirt and I always touch the aluminum frame around the hard drive before touching anything else. The RAM sticks go into the socket at a 45 degree angle, make sure they are all the way in then push them down flat against the board. Try the memory in different combinations, each stick in each slot. Try just one stick at a time, if it starts with one but not the other you've got a good idea where the problem is. If you can get it started Apple System Profiler will tell you what memory it sees and if the external L2 cache is present. Good luck Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
sticky drawer on Pismo DVD drive
I've been trying to sort out a Lombard for my father in law and I have a 6x DVD drive that seems to work OK once you get the drive closed. The drawer binds as I try and close it, sometimes I have to open it and clse it several times before I can get it to close all the way. Once it's closed it works fine. There seems to be a lot of friction in the slides so either something's jumped the track or something needs lubrication. If I can't find anything obvoiusly out of line I'm thinking of a little silicon lube on the slides. Any suggestions? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
using serial printer with Lombard running Panther?
Hello All My father in-law is debating adopting my Lombard 400 running Panther but wants to know if he can use the serial printer that he has been using with his Wallstreet. Has anyone had any experience with USB to serial adaptors and/or using serial printers with OS 10.3.9? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Lombard won't boot
On Jan 2, 2006, at 21:55, G-Books wrote: It gave the usual disk aid notice...and then this ALARMING one! Built in memory test has detected a problem. Please contact a service technician for advice. clicked OK...and everything looked normal. I was able to reboot using the other partition which holds disk warrior and ran disk warrior. When I went to change it back to the main brain it locked up...and a force restart takes me back to black. service technicians?... any advice? Kristina near Chicago I'm not a service technician but sounds like you may have lost the L2 cache memory. From an earlier post: If the L2 cache is bad you will get a warning on start up: the built in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance In OS9 Apple system profiler will report External L2 cache: Not Installed if the cache is bad. In OS 10.3.9 (panther) About This Mac will take you to the system profiler (click on More Info) where it will report L2 Cache (per CPU) 1MB if the cache is good. I ran a Lombard (OS 9.2.2) with a bad cache chip and it started fine (with the scary message) but it tended to have problems waking from sleep. I replaced the processor card (about $50 on the swap list) and it's been much better since then. You can also have the cache chip repaired (about $100) or get a G4 upgrade (about $300). Good luck Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: DVD stuck in Pismo
I was watching a DVD via DVD Player in Jag on my Pismo and it froze with the spinning beach ball. Now I can't even force quit and I can't eject the DVD by dragging to trash or with my finger on the drive. I can't shut down even. I try not to use the Pismo for playing DVDs just because of this kind of poor functionality, but now I have a trapped DVD disk in the drive. On my Pismo's DVD drive there are two eject buttons. The longer one is a switch that has the same effect as dragging the icon to the trash and only works when the drive is powered up. The other button is round and just big enough to press with a pen tip, it is mechanical and will work even if the drive is removed from the powerbook. Good luck Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Battery Care
finally, what's the final word on whether or not it's a good idea to fully discharge your battery once a month or so? PC magazine recently ran an article on batteries. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-2375-5-55-185739-286961-0-0-0-1 They say 500 charge/discharge cycles is about what you should expect. They also figure if you discharge halfway before recharging it counts as half a cycle. I've also heard that a small discharge (90% remaining) might not count as a cycle. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Linksys wpc11 v4 OS 9
I used to really like Linksys' gear. I've owned/worked with a BEFSR41 (the original cable/DSL router), a BEFVP41 (the IPSEC VPN end-point version), and a BEFW11S4 (802.11b wireless router). All were solid pieces of equipment, quite reliable, every one is still in operation. So when the company I work for wanted to get a VPN endpoint in place, I ordered a WRV54G 802.11g access point/router/VPN endpoint without even bothering to read a review. Big mistake. The IPSEC endpoint in it doesn't work...for some reason, unknown to God and man, they left NAT traversal out, rendering the VPN endpoint just about useless. The older BEFVP41 HAS it. To make matters worse, Linksys came out with their QuickVPN software - which is supposed to be able to traverse NAT - but of course, you can't have it installed on your computer with another IPSEC client, and of course, there's no MacOS version (MacOS X has a built-in IPSEC client, which WORKS with the BEFVP41). Linksys support, which I'd never even needed before, put on a brave face but ultimately provided no solution. I don't know it it's just one bum product or a sea change in the way Linksys does business, but check out linksysinfo.org and look up the comments on the WRV54G... :( -- 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 ---
wake from sleep for chron tasks? (was Mac mini slowing down...)
Except that it won't. Unless you schedule it specifically in Energy Saver, the Mac won't wake up when it's sleeping... Is this option particular to OS 10.4? I went into the energy saver panel in 10.3 and the three wake options I have are: wake when modem rings wake for ethernet network administrator access allow power button to sleep computer Might it be the second option? Is there somewhere else I could look? I was thinking of scheduling the computer to start up at 2:55 AM (or just before the automatic maintenance tasks are scheduled) but I don't know if a scheduled start up will wake a sleeping computer. I do have Onyx and have run it a few times, maybe I need to look at having it run itself automatically. Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Lombard running hot
Are there any good, cheap solutions to keeping the Lombard cool. I've got a Lombard 400 with OS 10.2.8, and it seems that it's always running hot. I usually have it going while I'm relaxing on the couch, for comfort reasons. Any suggestions? Are you using the computer on a pillow or something soft? Powerbooks shed a fair amount of heat through the underside. If placing the 'book on a hard surface fixes the problem then all you need is a small bit of plywood to got on top of your pillow and you're home free. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Lombard running hot
Are there any good, cheap solutions to keeping the Lombard cool. I've got a Lombard 400 with OS 10.2.8, and it seems that it's always running hot. I usually have it going while I'm relaxing on the couch, for comfort reasons. Any suggestions? Are you using the computer on a pillow or something soft? Powerbooks shed a fair amount of heat through the underside. If placing the 'book on a hard surface fixes the problem then all you need is a small bit of plywood to go on top of your pillow and you're home free. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
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On 4 Dec 2005, at 12:18 PM, Amber R. wrote: The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated return to the sign in page. Sometimes I can't sign in at all even though just a couple hours earlier, I had used the same user name and password. It's very frustrating - especially when I have some auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches. I see the same thing with IE on Windows XP at work...I don't think that particular problem is Mac- or Safari-related. -- 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: Wallstreet hinge repair
Greetings. I finally managed to score a good deal on a 233/cache, 14.1 Wallstreet off E-bay. It arrived a couple of days ago in better condition than the E-bay seller advertised. Just goes to show that not everyone is a crook I suppose. Anyway, I have some questions. The display hinges seem kind of 'loose' in that the display has about an inch of free play when open. Is this a sign of the hinges getting ready to fail? If so, where is the best place to get them replaced/repaired? 1 travel seems a bit much but it might work that way for a while yet. Or it might not. My father in law's wallstreet has one broken hinge and it's quite inconvenient. I had the hinges on my wallstreet replaced by pbparts for about $70 and they've been fine since then (3 years). Check here for details: http://www.pbparts.com/shop? keywords=hinge+repairsearch_request_button=+Search+ You can also buy new OEM hinges and replace them yourself but I think it might actually cost more than having PBparts install aftermarket hinges. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
exporting bookmarks from Safari 1.3.1 (v312.31)?
Hello all, I'm switching over from a Lombard running Panther to a Pismo running Tiger. I'd like to export the bookmarks from Safari (1.3.1 (v312.31)) on the Lombard and import them onto the Pismo (Safari 2.0 (412)). I haven't found any export option in the menus, does such a thing exist? If there's no export function is there a preference file I can copy from one machine to the other? There are no bookmarks saved on the Pismo so replacing the bookmarks would work as well as importing them. Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
Lombard freezes on re-start?
I've been setting up a 400 MHz Lombard for my sister and have noticed a disturbing problem. It was running OS 9.2.2 with 320 Mb of RAM. The L2 cache chip failed 6 months ago (The freeze on restart problem is recent). The freeze happens on restart but if I shut down and then start up all is well. Booting from the 9.0.4 CD makes no difference. I deleted the system folder and installed OS 9.0.4 from CD but still have the same problem. Do I have a hardware problem? Any suggestions as to what may have failed? Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Life of PBG4 Battery
I'm going to second Sionnach's comment about making sure you use the battery on a regular basis. After a year of use, my Thinkpad's battery lasts just as long now as it did when new - about 90 minutes. My co-worker, who got his laptop about the same time, gets maybe 20 minutes...but he uses his plugged in all the time; I use mine on battery almost every day. Interestingly, my Thinkpad (T42) doesn't go nearly as long as my iBook (G4/1.33) on battery power - the iBook goes for the better part of three hours. I do have a 14.1 screen on the Thinkpad, vs. a 12 screen on the iBook, but wouldn't have guessed that it would make such a difference... drew -- 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: Question re: buying a used Apple Laptop
On Nov 26, 2005, at 15:14, G-Books wrote: I have been trying out some various apple laptops, primarily for use as a writing tool, though I want to surf wirelessly. Then I bought a severely upgraded wallstreet, now a g4-500, and while I love the way it works, I dislike both the size and the heat factor. As a writer, I feel distracted by the heat coming up through my fingers. I have heard the Pismos run much cooler. I want small size, battery longevity, cool running, wireless ability (doesn't have to be built-in as long as I can add on). The heat issue is probably connected with the G4 upgrade. I never noticed the heat with the 266 MHz Wallstreet I used to have. My Mom has it now, Wallstreets are tough. If all you are doing is writing and surfing then a stock Wallstreet 300 MHz processor should work fine and will run a lot cooler. I'm sure you could find someone with a stock 300 MHz wallstreet that would be happy to trade. Doesn't do much for the weight issue though. The Lombard and Pismo are both thinner and lighter than the Wallstreet. if you wanted a Lombard I could make you a deal on a 333 Lombard with a 400 MHz CPU. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: processor upgrades for Pismo?
BUT, before you consider buying a Pismo, consider this: The most important thing that either raises or lowers the value of a Pismo is ONE thing: RAM. I've seen Pismo's with a gig of RAM and just the 400 G3 going on eBay for over $500.00 on eBay. . . WITH bidders! But then, I've seen the exact same Pismo with only 128 meg RAM only selling for $190.00. I'd shop more if I were you. . . hope this helps, Thanks for the suggestion, I understand that Pismos aren't as fussy about RAM as Lombards and Wallstreets. I paid $390 for a Lombard in part because it had 512 Mb of RAm (and a larger HD and a CD burner and Panther) I can take my time as my daughter is happy with the Lombard for the moment. I'd just like to be able to back up my data from the Cube to the Pismo (in firewire mode) and then be able to use that same data with the same applications on the Pismo. I could always get a firewire card for the Lombard and mount the Cube as a firewire disk (haven't tried starting it in firewire disk mode but understand it will do it) but I wouldn't have the nice internal Airport card. I worry that the Cardbus wireless card is going to get hit and the card and the card slot will both get trashed. Perhaps not a serious problem, for the price of a Pismo I could afford the lower half of a Lombard and a new wireless card... Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: processor upgrades for Pismo? Maybe Titanium instead?
P.S. Actually, Daystar will also sell the whole G4 processor. You get a G4/550 for $399, which is VERY expensive. The upgrade to your existing processor costs $289. Before spending $399 on the whole processor, though, plus RAM and HD and optical drive (1GB RAM + 40-80GB HD + Combo or Superdrive = $300-400), I'd consider a used Titanium, which you can find for considerably less than the upgraded Pismo would cost you. Certainly the TiBook would be an improvement but I'm concerned about reduced wireless range with the TiBook (also the AlBooks though I really can't afford them). Since the Lombard spends all it's time around the house with a wireless card and the reception is marginal on the third floor I'm reluctant to get anything that doesn't get reception at least as good as the Lombard. I suppose I could use a Cardbus wireless card with the TiBook and it would work just as well as in the Lombard. The other issue is that I have a bunch of expansion bay drives that will fit the Pismo but not anything later. I'll look into selling all the Lombard/Pismo extra expansion bay stuff and check TiBook prices. It might make sense at the end of the day. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: How to transfer from Lombard to G4 tower
On Nov 2, 2005, at 15:30, G-Books wrote: No, but 10.3 allows you to use TCP/IP over firewire. Turn on both the FW networking ports in the Network control pane, you can then use rendezvous or bonjour or aloha or Howdy or whatever Apple's calling it this week. I just had a look, on the BW which has on-board firewire: unfortunately no FW networking port shows up in the Network pane, just the modem (which works perfectly), and ethernet (which stopped working altogether a while back for some unfathomable reason). It's not set up by default, you have to add it. Go to the Networks control pane, and select in the lower dropdown (Show:) Network Port Configurations In that box click on New, then you should be able to select firewire. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=152307 Would this work on a Lombard with a firewire card? One of the things that makes me consider trading in my Lombard in for a Pismo is being able to connect my powerbook to my cube over firewire using the firewire target disk mode builkt into the Pismo. If I could do this with a Lombard (OS 10.3.9) and a firewire card I wouldn't have to get a Pismo. A pismo will need a SCSI card anyway (to connect to older powerbooks) so I need to buy a card either way (and a firewire card is probably cheaper). Perhaps I could start the cube in firewire target mode then I could mount it as an external disk on the Lombard (through the firewire card)? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
SCSI options for Pismo?
Thanks for all the pismo suggestions, it seems like a viable replacement for the Lombard. The only thing I might miss would be the SCSI port which I occasionally use to connect to older macs. Is there a plausible way to attach a SCSI device to a Pismo? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
recommendations for 3400?
Not really a G-book but close. My sister has just come across a 200 Mhz 3400 with 80 Mb RAM and a 2 Gb hard drive. She wants to do word processing, e-mail (with wireless card), light web browsing and music downloading. I suggested that music downloading wouldn't make sense with such a small hard drive but that the other tasks should be possible. I have a YDI diamond 802.11b card that works in a wallstreet or Lombard with the stock Apple Airport extensions. Not sure if it will work with the airport extensions in OS 8.6. Questions: Which OS, I'm thinking 8.6 or 9.1 Which browser? Which e-mail client? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: How to transfer from Lombard to G4 tower
On Oct 30, 2005, at 15:30, G-Books wrote: Can someone tell me how I can direct download stuff to my Lombard from my G4 tower? I have a SCSI card in the G4. TIA Dave With the proper cable you can connect the Lombard to the SCSI port on the tower and have the Lombard appear on the G4 desktop as an external hard drive. It's called SCSI disk mode and requires a specific cable. It works just like firewire disk mode on later powerbooks. The correct cable plugs into the HDI-30 (SCSI peculiar to Powerbooks) port on the powerbook and the SCSI card on the G4. Turn the Lombard on first, it should start up with a SCSI icon on the screen. Then start the G4, the Lombard should appear on the desktop as a hard drive. Drag and drop. I wish there was a USB target mode for my Lombard. I may need to get a Pismo. Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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 ---
RAM swap from Lombard to Pismo
Hello All I'm contemplating trading up from a Lombard to a Pismo and would like to know if I could swap the RAM from my Lombard into a Pismo. Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: file sharing over network?
From: Victoria Brandon Subject: broken network Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:04:25 -0700 Greetings listers -- All of a sudden my ethernet connection won't connect. It's the simplest possible network, two computers (a BW G3 and a Lombard G-3 PB, both running OS 10.3 and 9.2.2) intermittently tied together with a simple crossover ethernet cable so that they can back each other up and so that I can use whichever seems most convenient -- they virtually mirror each other, or at least they did until the connection broke down a week or so ago. Victoria I'm afraid I can't help you troubleshoot your problem since I've never used file sharing over ethernet. I was wondering if it would be fast enough for file backup. It sounds like it worked for you. Could I ask what size files you were backing up and how long it took. Since both of my Macs (Cube and the Lombard) are connected through the same router (Cube by ethernet, Lombard wireless) I shouldn't need a crossover cable. Is there any security risk to having file sharing on? I know in the Windows world it's a risk. For what it's worth I'm behind a Linksys wireless router. Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Beyond X.2 (lombard?)
G-Books wrote on 10/15/05, 13:06: Do you know if the 128MB was standard or if one 64MB chip was added later? And I've read here a lot of stories from Lombard owners that had to remove all extra memory to install a later version of OS X. It came to me with the 128 mb of ram already onboard so I have no idea. And I have read those same excerpts, but I thought I might get lucky as some have and skirt the issue, but I guess not. No Macs with scsi that have OS X on them. Well, since I've never taken a Powerbook apart I guess that sort of limits me. I really didn't want to stay in 10.2, but if that's all this machine can do so be it. I've got a Lombard with 512 Mb RAm and Panther (10.3.9) and it works fine except for some issues with freezing while asleep. It came to me with the RAM and OSX installed so I can't tell you how it was done but I'd suspect that the added RAM is the problem. The SCSSI works as well (just used it to connect to a friends Wallstreet) Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: Lombard issues, cache failure
On Oct 10, 2005, at 12:07, G-Books wrote: From my experiences with Lombards (I have a 400mhz) the freezing and non-booting could be from a faulty processor. Is there some kind of pattern to the non-functioning? When it cannot boot at all; is that only after it crashes after it starts up freezes? It sounds like you're thinking it could be the OS; I think it may be a faulty processor card, and/or maybe an overheating one. Would you happen to have / access to an extra Lombard processor? Ivy F. You could try disabling the L2 cache with some third party software like CPU director. In my experience a failed L2 cache will announce itself with a pop up message on startup, something like: The built in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance. It never stopped the computer from starting (once you acknowledged the message) and it seemed to run fine without the cache. I expect it might have been slower but never did any benchmarks to check. Best of luck. Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: lombard keyboard replacement
I've got a keyboard from E-bay on my Lombard and it works fine. If all you need is key caps I can pry some off the old keyboard and send them to you. Andrew in Ann Arbor On Oct 6, 2005, at 15:30, G-Books wrote: Now I need to replace the keyboard in my Lombard and was told that there were a few available on ebay- is there any other alternative place to go for a replacement or is ebay the best choice? -- 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 ---
linking Wallstreet and Albook with ethernet?
Hello all. My father in law has decided on a new 14 iBook and needs to get stuff from his old Wallstreet II (300 Mhz OS9) to the iBook (OS 10.4?). I suggested the external USB drive case for the WS hard drive but he wants to keep the Wallstreet as a backup computer (even though it has a broken hinge). The iBook doesn't have SCSI so he can't boot the WS in target disk mode. Could he boot the iBook in firewire mode and use a firewire PC card to mount it on the wallstreet? We'd need to find him a firewire card for the wallstreet. Could he connect the two computers with an ethernet cable? It would be slow but we could do it with existing ports. Do you need a crossover cable or a regular one? Any links to tutorials? Thanks Andrew -- 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 ---
FTP client for Panther?
Hello all A musician friend has a bunch of MP3s on his web site. If I had an FTP client I could download whole directories at once instead of saving each song one at a time. Any recommendations for an FTP client for OS 10.3.9? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Wallstreet batteries
-- In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Gene Osburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wallstreet batteries Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:59:49 -0700 I've got a battery that doesn't show up when inserted. I assume it's dead. It's the only battery I have for this wallstreet. It's been stored for several years, was fine before that. Is there any utility that might get the computer to try charging it? I'm just wondering if maybe the charge has dropped so low that the computer doesn't recognise it, but perhaps if given some juice it may still have a little life in it. There used to be a little utility from Apple called, I believe, BatteryReset, which would just reset the little chip on the battery so that the battery would communicate with the Wallstreet that it's OK to charge. Not sure where it is on the Apple download site, though... Battery Reset only works with batteries that still have at least a trace charge in them. If the WS can't see the battery in the bay it's too dead to be revived. Sad but true -- LiIons that are stored for too long without at least a 30-40% charge will die. I've never even heard of any external charger/conditioner that will revive a LiIon once it's reached this state; has anyone else actually saved one of these...? I thought I should respond to this in case others read it while researching a solution to the same problem. I took Paul up on his kind offer and he quickly sent me the battery reset utility. It worked perfectly on the first try, and the battery charged for hours while I used the computer. I'm waiting on new hinges for the wallstreet so I've removed the display to protect the ribbon cables and am using an external monitor instead. After the battery was fully charged, I went on the net with the internal modem and the hard drive running constantly, and it lasted for 2 hours 55 minutes. I realize it won't last nearly as long when the display is back on, but I'm happy nonetheless. :) Thanks to all, Andrew -- 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 ---
Wallstreet batteries
I've got a battery that doesn't show up when inserted. I assume it's dead. It's the only battery I have for this wallstreet. It's been stored for several years, was fine before that. Is there any utility that might get the computer to try charging it? I'm just wondering if maybe the charge has dropped so low that the computer doesn't recognise it, but perhaps if given some juice it may still have a little life in it. Sounds strange I'm sure, but you never know till you ask. What are my options if this is as dead as it appears, are they still sold anywhere? -- 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 ---
Wallstreet hinges
I need a pair of new hinges for the wallstreet II with 14 screen. Where are they available? TIA, Andrew -- 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 ---
iBook clamshell modem?
From photos I've seen, the modem in the clamshell iBook appears to be the same as the modem in the Lombard and Pismo PowerBooks? Anyone know for sure? Andrew Main -- 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: importing bookmarks from Netscape to Safari?
I don't know if it's the best way to do it, but I had noticed it in passing so I'll pass it on: OnyX has an import bookmarks checkbox in Appearance-Safari. (I use the appearance-tweaking parts of OnyX to pin my dock at the trash end so the trash can doesn't scoot out of the way when I try to drag something onto it, and noticed this in exploring the other settings.) Anne Safari Enhancer will allow you to import bookmarks from other apps or an html file. You can locate it on versiontracker.com Thanks Anne, Safari Enhancer is just what I needed. Versiontracker pointed me to http://www.lordofthecows.com/safari_enhancer.php where they have versions for Jaguar, Panther and Tiger. I downloaded it and ran it, it couldn't find the bookmark file probably because I was importing from another computer. Following the help file's suggestion I selected any file (?) and was able to navigate to the file and import it. It worked perfectly preserving all the subfolders in the correct arrangement. Now I'll go go look for OnyX Thanks for all the suggestions Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
importing bookmarks from Netscape to Safari?
I'm starting to know my way around Panther (10.3.9) on my Lombard but I can't figure out how to import my bookmarks. I''ve got my Netscape 7 mail imported into Mail but I can't figure out how to import the bookmarks. I missed the chance to import when I first started out and now the only suggestion is to import the links one at a time. Is there a utility that will import bookmarks for me? Maybe I need a newer version of Safari, I've got 1.3 (v312) now? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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/Lombard wireless?
On Sep 6, 2005, at 1:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all I'lm about to switch my e-mail over to a G4 Cube ans I want to have a powerbook that will share the same mail files. The concept is to store the mail files on a CF card in a USB reader attached to the Cube. For portable use I'll plug the card into a powerbook and pick up wherever I left off. Call me crazy, but why not just use IMAP or uncheck the Remove copy from server after retrieving a message option? Seems a lot easier than buying another machine to use some sort of removable media. I confess I haven't figured out IMAP yet, the files are then kept on a remote server. I like the idea that my e-mail is on my hard drive. I do keep copies on my ISPs server which is good for back up but if I go to a second computer I have to download and delete messages I've already read. Having the mail files on removable media would eliminate downloading files twice and also offers an easy recovery is case one computer dies. Just plug the card into the other computer and pick up where you left off. Why not use a USB card reader plugged into the Lombard (or a Pismo). Or simpler is to use a memory stick. I'm trying to avoid projecting parts on the laptop. I already worry about the cisco wireless card getting hit, a USB memory stick would be just as bad. Incidentally my Sandisk 1Gb Cruzer mini USB memory stick has worked in my Lombard under OS 9 and 10. It's PC formatted but the files work fine. With a Pismo I would use the internal wireless card with a compact flash card for data. Pismos are cool, I need to find a barebones model and swap all my Lombard peripherals over. Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
Question, MS Office or Open Office/Neo Office for G4 iBook OSX?
I'm looking for feedback about office suite packages for my Dad to use on his G4 iBook (running Jaguar). Right now he's using Office 97 in classic mode but he suspects that this may be causing instability and freezes (need to ask him if Office is crashing or the whole OS is crashing). I told him that those of us who toil on the Windows side frequently associate system instability with the addition of MS software but I'm not sure he is convinced. Also Office 97 is increasingly unable to read Office files he receives from others (presumably later versions). I'm inclined to recommend Open Office or Neo Office www.openoffice.org but that may not be right for him. He really doesn't like tinkering from his computer and he can get Office at academic pricing ($150?) so he might well be happier just buying Office and installing it. I'd like to here from more serious Open Office (or Neo Office) users concerning computability with other office programs. If it will read as wide a range of formats as MS Office then I might take a shot at downloading it and burning a CD for him. I like Neo Office but I don't do much more than simpltext with it so I know nothing about conversions. Thanks -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: best photo organizer
By way of reminder, I'm the one trying to save photos from iPhoto to CD, but iPhoto keeps filing them for me in folders that are numbered by year, then within the years by month, and then within the months by day. As a result, these photos often have duplicate numbering systems. So when I try to save them all at once, I am told that a photo already exists with that name, and do I want to replace it? I tried that once, and ended up with around 600 photos, so that means that about 500 of them are somehow duplicates. My PC son says there's an automatic way to renumber into a consecutive series a group of photos, files, whatever, that are grouped into one folder. If I could do that, then I could burn all of these photos without using iPhoto to do it. Claire Graphic Converter www.lemkesoft.de will do batch renaming, batch conversion to a different format and a bunch of other things. You open a window, select the files you want renamed, fill in how you want renamed, you can add to the original name or make up a new one. It's shareware but the trial version is fully usable. You just have a nag screen for 30 seconds when you start up. I've actually paid (about $35) for a couple of copies for various family members. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: best photo organizer, iPhoto question, Graphic Converter reccomendation
G-Books wrote: I remember some of the previous discussion. At that time I was also trying to decide what to do. I had over 5000 in iPhoto and many more to come as I scan old slides and negatives. John When you organize scanned photos in iPhoto do they all show up as the date you scanned them? The program has no way of knowing when the photo was taken. My sister is starting in on a pile of family slides and was asking about what program to use. I'm inclined towards Graphic Convertor www.lemkesoft.de. It has a browser function that displays thumbnails of all the images in a folder. You can move, delete, rotate or rename in the browser window. If you open an image there are more editing functions than I can figure out. It's shareware, free to try. I suppose I should poke around iPhoto and see if it has a similar browser function. Does iPhoto offer much in the way of editing functions. The couple of times I've opened iPhoto I've been put off by it's desire to take over the process but perhaps there's something in preferences that would allow me to browse existing folders. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Yahoo messenger client for Lombard with Panther?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: My daughter wants to use Yahoo's instant messenger service. I am reluctant to install Yahoo's client server. Is there a better alternative? She's got a Lombard 400 with 512Mb RAM running OS 10.3.9. I use Fire for my multi-protocol IM needs. Its very good, and free :) http://fire.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, Andrew McCall -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: GnuPT 2.6.2.1 by EQUIPMENTE.DE Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC+cvU3NPNAi0EUWURAg/nAJsE0T/Ce04V6MLopMMrs97EfbENoACfQHUF DQo6dqfVsKjWnlVn4jeH/90= =AvOK -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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 ---
Yahoo messenger client for Lombard with Panther?
Hello all My daughter wants to use Yahoo's instant messenger service. I am reluctant to install Yahoo's client server. Is there a better alternative? She's got a Lombard 400 with 512Mb RAM running OS 10.3.9. Thanks -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
WallStreet OS X on external HD?
It's been a couple of years since I worked on a WallStreet PB. I remember noticing that the WS will start from an external disk connected to the PC Card slot whether it is selected or not; IOW, if there is a disk with a viable System connected to the PC Card slot, the WS cannot be forced to start from its internal HD. However, this was with the Classic (OS 8/9) System. Now I'm finding that the WS will NOT start from an external HD with OS X connected to the PC Card slot, even if the internal HD is removed. In fact, attempting to do so will sometimes screw up the WS so badly that it won't start from an internal disk either thereafter until a PMU reset is performed (fn-ctrl-shift-power). I first ran into this yesterday with a WS (300MHz) someone brought to me for repair. After spending a couple hours researching all the necessary updates to bring 10.2.8 to optimum (Apple gives different stories in different places), I installed 10.2.8 on an HD in a PC Card case, connected it to the WS (it mounted, though the System on the internal HD is not well), then selected it in Startup Disk, and Restarted. The PB wouldn't start. And, after disconnecting the PC Card case, it now wouldn't start from its internal HD; I had to reset the PMU to wake it up again. Somewhere in the process (I don't remember the exact sequence) I even installed the external HD in a SCSI case (with an IDESCSI adapter board) and tried to start from it via the SCSI port on the back of the WS. Same result. So I turned to a WS (300MHz) I have, and got the same results. I thought it might be something funny about the Toshiba HD I was using in the external case, so I removed the internal HD (with 10.2.8 9.2.2) from the WS, put it in the PC Card case, and tried to start the WS. After the startup chord, it showed the OS 9 happy face for a few seconds, then restarted itself (complete with startup chord), then did the same thing again, and again It appeared that it was trying to start from the OS 9 on the disk, then finding that the disk was set to start from OS X, so restarting to switch to OS X, then finding it couldn't start from OS X, so returning to the OS 9, and so on in an endless loop. I put the HD back in the PB, and it started just fine in 10.2.8. I switched it to 9.2.2, and it started okay also. So then I again removed the internal HD (now set to start in 9.2.2), put it in the external PC Card case, connected it to the PB, and it started fine, in 9.2.2. Conclusion: It appears that the WallStreet PowerBook cannot be run from an external disk using OS X 10.2.8. At least this is true of the two I have on hand, one of which (mine) has no other problems I know about. Can anyone confirm this from your experience? -- 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 PowerBook display failing
Francesco sciacca wrote: I've found the information you have provided (quoted below) invaluable. My problem is the light bulb replacement for a Lombard and I take it the disassembling guides you point to will still be valid (with minor differences). I wonder though about the specific bulb. I know the Lombard and Pismo displays are not interchangable, but I well suppose the bulb at least should be the same part. But I'd like to get a definitive word on that from some knowledge source. Sorry, I can't give detailed information. There are two display panels used in both the Lombard and Pismo (661-2217 LG and 922-3808 Samsung), each of which has its own specific cable (which was why I couldn't put a bright display panel from a Lombard into my Pismo); the light bulbs may also be different. -- 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: Utilities
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Utilities Date: July 30, 2005 3:28:00 PM MDT To: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Howard Katz wrote: I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version, and then saw an ad for DiskWarrior. ... And while we're at it, what are some of your favorite add-ons and widgets? After 2-1/2 years on OS X (and providing support thereon to numerous clients), the only repair utility I've found useful is DiskWarrior. Norton Utilities were never properly upgraded for OS X, and I've seen too many problem reports with TechTool (I read MacInTouch every day) to trust it. DiskWarrior, on the other hand, once it was properly updated to work with OS X, continues to provide both routine directory maintenance and occasional miraculous cures. Note: DO NOT USE the TechTool Deluxe that comes with AppleCare on any Tiger Mac; it can and probably will trash your HD. TTD has not been updated in years, and has never been of much use anyway; it's criminal that Apple is still bundling it with AppleCare. See http://macintouch.com/support08.html#jul28. I'm a big fan of Macaroni http://atomicbird.com/, which automates Repair Permissions and the three cron routines so the user doesn't have to remember to do them. Out of the box it repairs permissions once a week, and does the daily, weekly and monthly 3 am cron routines whenever the computer is on. You can also configure it to do any other Unix-based maintenance automatically. Until Apple buys Macaroni and includes it in OS X, I buy licenses by the dozen, and install it on every Mac I set up. OnyX (not OnXy) http://www.titanium.free.fr/english.html is an excellent utility for doing all sorts of chores and interface adjustments, similar to Cocktail and others, but free. (I've been having trouble downloading the Tiger version, though; the dmg won't mount.) A similar utility which you can run from the menubar is MainMenu; it's free but I sent a contribution 'cause it's so well done. Some other utilities add-ons I like: AppleJack, RCDefaultApp, PDF Broser Plugin (Tiger Safari can display PDFs, but this plugin -- free for personal use -- still has more features), ClearDock, iSnip, Easy Find, WeatherPop, URLWell, FruitMenu (I didn't switch to OS X until I could have a configurable Apple menu), Little Snitch, Safari Aquafier, and uControl (which I use to allow trackpad scrolling; it doesn't work in 10.4, so I'll have to look into SideTrack, iScroll2 -- which doesn't work with my trackpad -- or perhaps the newly released Free Focused Scroll). I also recently discoverd AcidSearch and Sogudi, which allow me to customize the Safari web search function. All can be found at MacUpdate or Version Tracker. Andrew Main -- 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 Temperature Sensor
Dylan McDermond wrote: Does the Pismo truly not have a temperature sensor? I find that a little hard to believe, but my wife's Pismo 400 running 10.4.2 says that it doesn't when I try running Temperature Monitor 2.5 and ThermoInDock 0.9. Is this something that Tiger has broken? Will this keep the fan from kicking on if it heats up too much? The Pismo does have a temperature sensor, but something was changed in one of the 10.3.x updates that made it impossible for Temperature Monitor and other utilities to read from it. The fan will go on when it overheats. I find mine overheats (both when it was a 500MHz G3 and now as a 550MHz G4) when (a) there is intense disk activity, such as copying multi-GBs or installing System software (which is annoying, but nothing I can do about the latter so I just leave the room); and (b) when certain apps hog the CPU. When the fan starts screaming during normal use, I open Activity Monitor to see which is the culprit; usually it's Safari suddenly using 70-90% of the CPU; I look through the pages I have open and close any that look suspicious (one that consistently causes this problem is the International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com) until Safari retires back to its customary 10-20%, then after a while the fan will shut up. Another CPU hog is Canon's CanoScan utility; some kind of sloppy coding, I guess. -- 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 ---
What laptop is it?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks, Can anyone identify this laptop I please? Its a G3 PowerBook, one that looks like a Pismo, but its not, its much thicker than a Pismo. It has a black keyboard, and its specs are 233MHz, 2Gb HD, 32Mb RAM, although I have upgraded it to 256Mb. I am guessing its a Lombard, but I just want to check. I need to know as I am looking for a few parts for it. I need the two rubber stoppers at the top of the inside of the screen, a new outer LCD case and a CD-ROM or DVD drive - so if anyone has any spare in the UK, let me know! Thanks, Andrew McCall -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: GnuPT 2.6.2.1 by EQUIPMENTE.DE Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC4LL43NPNAi0EUWURAoVFAKCQGVJ4SX2rJ1gDhO8EFIyrL3u+OACgnvvv k62fIjwD+kjMMpVB5PwxtMY= =s9T2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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 PowerBook display failing
Fabian Fang wrote: Dan, the PowerBook Guy in San Francisco, with website at http:// www.powerbookguy.com, sells a lot of PowerBook service parts. While I do not see a light bulb as such on his Pismo page, he can probably get it for you. The PowerBook Guy has a great selection, but he's a wee bit expensive; I don't think I've ever bought anything from him, as I can usually find better sources. In any case, I can get the bulb; see below. Jeffrey Gaier wrote: While I had my Pismo in being serviced for a logic board problem, my monitor had a slight pink problem that went scarlet red after the logic board replacement. I honestly don't remember if it was the screen or video card, but they (the local mac repair shop) replaced it right away and just told me the problem occured and they fixed it. From what I've read (see below) the pink/red color is mostly likely the bulb growing old; of course replacing the whole display with one with a good bulb would fix it. I've owned my Pismo since new and I think I've spent at least 1500 in additional repairs and upgrades to it. By far compared with my 17 powerbook thePismo is still a great computer. Indeed, I'm very fond of mine, but am thinking seriously of moving up to a 17 G4, for added display space and power. I haven't tried 10.4 yet, but although a recent upgrade to 550MHz G4 considerably enhanced the Pismo's ability to work with OS X, it's still frustratingly slow at times. I'll certainly miss the Pismo's ergonomics, especially the one-hand trackpad; the G4 PBs' design is very snazzy looking, but less usable, requiring two hands for the trackpad, which is annoying. Thanks for the responses to my query. I was wondering if there might be any new information in the user community since the last time I researched this. For any who might be interested, here's the information I have: Pismo LCD Lamp And Display Replacement, by Charles Moore Information for do-it-yourself http://www.macopinion.com/columns/roadwarrior/04/10/19/ Bulb available from Digi-Key for $13 (search for part #289-1108-ND) http://digikey.com/ Wegener Media: bulb $70, replacement service $200 http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismop.htm The Last Pismo Upgrade, by Norman Shutler Reviews bulb replacement and further brightness enhancements by IDParts, Inc. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/backlight_brightness_Film.html IDParts quotes bulb replacement at $95 http://www.idparts.com/laptoprepairs.htm Not sure of the details yet, but at this price I'd rather pay to have it done than try to do it myself; I've taken apart a lot of PowerBooks, but dismantling display panel assemblies is more stress than I'd care to deal with. Used to do my own auto tuneups, too, but now I pay a real mechanic who can do in an hour what took me an afternoon. I actually have two more 'Pismo' PowerBooks, in addition to my own trusty companion (which has a 550MHz G4, 40GB HD, 640MB RAM), which I'm preparing to sell; at least one will also need the bulb replaced. As for take-apart, I have the Apple service manual, and excellent instructions are provided online at, inter alia: PBFixIt http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/ PowerBook Tech http://www.powerbooktech.com/knowledge,type-2.htm Andrew Main -- 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 ---
Pismo PowerBook display failing
My 'Pismo' PowerBook's display is starting to show the dreaded pink tinge. It appears whenever the PB awakens from sleep (or starts up), in the lower left area of the screen, and goes away after a few minutes. I remember there has been some discussion of this in the past, but don't recall the details. Anyone have any suggestions? Is it caused by the light bulb, which I understand can be replaced? Can anyone suggest a good source and instructions? Or is it something in the display panel itself? Thanks, Andrew Main -- 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 ---
Lombard cache repair link and reset report
Why not just get the L2 cache replaced ? Daystar will do it for ~$30 + shpping, IIRC. $30 must be with a processor upgrade (but replacing the CPU would mean a new cache anyway?). I was looking at the cache repair from Daystar http://4daystar.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPRODProdID=150 but at $110 for the repair I decided to get a replacement Lombard with a not-failed-yet cache chip. I checked yesterday and booting the Lombard in OS 9.2 gives the problem with cache memory message whether you start from the CD or from the hard drive. System Profiler will show whether the cache is working in either OS 9 or OS X. I haven't noticed any speed change in the Lombard that has the failed cache (OS 9.2.2) but it's used by my daughter so she doesn't really ask much of it. We had noticed more freezes requiring the reset button after the chip failed, usually it wouldn't wake up after sleep. The OS X (3.9) Lombard requires the reset to wake up less than 1/4 of the time. I think it seems to happen more often when we leave Safari running. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
Lombard keyboard problems
hello all As I mentioned my solution to the Lombard cache failure was to buy another Lombard with a good cache. The new machine came with Panther installed, 512 Mb RAM, a 20 Gb drive and a CDR drive. A very nice package with one problem. Several keys on the keyboard don't work. On the left the caps-lock key is out as are the volume up key, the 4, the R, the F and the V key. On the right the f9 key, the 9 key, the O key, the L key, the . key, the up arrow and down arrow keys are out. For the moment I've just swapped the keyboard off the old Lombard and the new machine is fine although there was some confusion when I couldn't log into the Admin account with the new keyboard. Then I remembered that I had changed the admin password to one with an R in it which I had to leave out so I could re-enter the password (this time with the R). Meanwhile the bad keyboard on the old Lombard is showing the same problems. My question is could this be a error in installing the keyboard, perhaps not seating the cable correctly, or is the problem inside the keyboard? I need to make sure it's not operator error before I yell at the seller. Thanks -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
startup cache error message on Lombard
I just started up the Lombard with the bad L2 cache to check the keyboard and noticed that I didn't get the problem detected with L2 cache message during startup. I've got this message before on this machine and don't know why I didn't get it this time. The external cache entry under system profiler still shows as not installed so it hasn't fixed itself. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
Power on problem with Pismo.
Hi Folks, I have a Apple PowerBook G3 Pismo. It has been upgraded with a PowerLogix BlueChip G3 900MHz CPU and 1Gb RAM. When powered on, the system works fine and I don't have any issues with it, however, over the last few weeks it has developed a problem when being powered off. When powering it back on, I can hear the hard disk spin up, but the screen stays black and I don't get the Macintosh chimes. I have to pull the power and then try again. Occasionally will get four high pitch beeps coming from the speakers - I presume this is some sort of debug code. Eventually the system will power on and boot an the whole thing is fine. The main battery is totally shot, and I think the PRAM battery might be gone because the time is wrong when I start up - but this gets corrected straight away via NTP. Can anyone suggest what the problem could be? Do you think replacing the PRAM battery will fix this? This isn't a *major* problem as I generally use it as a desktop machine, but recently my girlfriend wanted to take it to university to do a presentation on, and I had to say no as I couldn't trust it to boot! -- Thanks, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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: OSX on Pismo, does the airport card work?
G-Books wrote: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:10:18 -0400 Subject: Tiger on a Pismo? Anyone running Tiger on a Pismo smoothly? Is it worth the upgrade on a Pismo? I'd like to know if the built in Airport card works on a Pismo running Panther or Tiger. I like the idea of an internal card but I don't want to go back to OS9. Thanks -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Lombard OS X Install
In a not so small nutshell, I have a lombard and have installed OS X via a firewire external HDD. All is grand. I repeated the process on a slightly smaller (30 vs 20 gig) and it is an abject failure. The problem seems to be the smaller HD, as the larger HD works fine. I suspect the OS install is the culprit, though I can't tell you why. At any rate, help would be greatly appreciated. I've got a Lombard 400 with a 18 Gb drive (IBM DJSA-220) running 10.3.9. Seems to work fine with 512 Mb RAM. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor Needham Road just south of the Washtenaw/Stadium intersection -- 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: Lombard snags, L2 cache failure strategy
G-Books wrote: You'll know it if the L2 cache goes. In 9.2.2 you get a error message that says the built in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance Maybe it should be updated to say please contact Daystar for assistance I must have missed something - any reason why we are advertising a company here when all you need to do is spend 50 USD on a processor ? When I lost the cache on my Lombard I checked E-bay for replacement processors. The 400 Mhz CPUs were going for around $100. The concern I had with a second hand processor is making sure that the cache isn't bad on the replacement and having confidence that the cache wasn't about to fail. I'm not sure if the cache weakness is found on all Lombard CPUs (a question of when it fails rather than if) or whether a fraction of the CPUs have the problem (and you might get a good one that would last). For $110 you can get the cache chip replaced with an aftermarket chip that presumably doesn't have the same weakness. The Daystar upgrade is more expensive ($230) but it gets you a G4 processor which might be worthwhile for some. Despite my misgivings I ended up getting a used processor along with a used Lombard (Thanks Harbormaster). I went for the deal because the new old Lombard came with 512Mb RAM, a 20 Gb drive, a CD burner and Panther all installed and integrated. OSX rocks! Now I understand why it got all the rave reviews. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor (finally got an iLife) -- 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: Lombard snags, L2 cache failure message
There were also cases reported where the Lombard processor was turning bad at some point. true, the dreaded L2 cache failure, I suppose... That's why I sort of cross my fingers every time something weird happens! Oh boy, a question I can answer! You'll know it if the L2 cache goes. In 9.2.2 after the 9.2 splash screen you get a error message that says the built in memory test has detected a problem with cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance Maybe it should be updated to say please contact Daystar for assistance -- Andrew in Ann Arbor Needham Road just south of the Washtenaw/Stadium intersection -- 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: AIO for Lombard?, I like the Brother MFC420CN
On Jun 8, 2005, at 6:05 AM, alienbill wrote: I'm using a Lombard 333mhz with 320mb ram as my main computer. I'm looking to replace my ancient SCSI scanner and my printer with a low-end printer/ scanner/copier. Every one I see say G3 required/ G4 recommended. I'm concerned my laptop may not be up to speed. I'd like to hear from those with similar setups how their laptop performs and which AIO they have. Bill I've been pretty pleased with my Brother MFC 420 CN. It's small (15 inches square by 7 inches tall) and cheap (list $150, $130 after rebate) and it has all the features I want. It has a USB connection along with an ethernet port and a built in print server. I used it with my Lombard 400 Mhz and a wireless connection. I haven't tried it with OSX yet but it ran fine with OS 9.2.2. I think the make a model without the network printing feature for less money but I think it's money well spent. I've got this one printing via USB from a Win98 Laptop and printing over the network with the Lombard as well as a desktop and my wife's D*** laptop. The reviews I read criticized the small paper tray (100 sheets) and there were some concerns raised about durability (mostly along the lines of feels too light to be durable) so it might not be a good choice if you print a lot. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Lombard zip disk works here with extension version 6.0.6
I recently did a clean install of OS 9.2.2 upgrading from 9.1. Since then my internal VST zip disk doesn't see a disk in it until I have rebooted with disk inserted. I just checked my Lombard (sleeping since yesterday). Inserted the VST zip module and put in a disk and it mounted it right away. The lombard is system 9.04 updated to 9.1 then 9.2.1 then 9.2.2. The Iomega extension is iomega driver update Mac OS 9 version number 6.0.6 dated August 18 1999. I had to find the extension in the system folder and get information to get the version number, it wasn't shown in extension manager. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
Help w/ AOL, Jaguar, Wallstreet
Is anyone out here still using AOL in OS X? My sister is, and I promised I'd help her work out some problems. Unfortunately, I can't figure it out. The issue is that AOL won't talk to the Wallstreet's modem. I installed it on my Pismo (10.3.9), and that's what I'm using to connect right now. On the Wallstreet (running 10.2 Jaguar, which update I'm not entirely sure), AOL's idiot setup always finds the right modem description (Apple Internal 56k v.90), but it seems to want to select the printer/modem port for the connection. When using so-called expert setup, I pick the right modem description and the internal modem for the port. Either way, when AOL tries to dial, it fails with results like modem not accepting our commands or modem cannot find a carrier signal. I've verified that AOL Dialup is the mode selected in the Network preference pane, and nothing seems wrong there. The modem works fine in OS 9/AOL 5, so there's no hardware or phone line issues. Does anyone have any ideas? FYI, I'm in digest mode since I've been stuck with AOL dialup for a couple of days. Thanks, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: Help w/ AOL, Jaguar, Wallstreet
You'll probably get this advice in buckets, but, here goes: Dump AOL. Our nonprofit has had TERRIFIC results and support from one of our list member's ISP; JMUG CONNECT. Sam is always helpful and knows his stuff. $15.00 a month for national dialup. http://www.jmug-connect.net/. Sam rocks! We had a similar issue with a recipient's 'book who put AOL on it. Ended up simpler to dump AOL and go with a different provider. raino Yeah. Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm really not interested in hearing this argument. I've got a technical problem with a hardware/software combo, and I'm not interested in anybody's personal take on the software/service provider choice that my family has made. That being said, I think that except for the additional overhead that AOL injects into your bandwidth, AOL is really a very nice service. It might be overpriced, but it does offer a lot of tools for internet neophytes that no other service provides. AOL is a SERVICE, not a program. If all you want is a PPP connection, there are plenty of alternatives (even some that are free or close to free). If you want an Internet Service Provider that does more than give you PPP, AOL is great. Please excuse my diatribe, and thank you for taking the time to respond. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: Tiger on Lombard via TiBook ???
I installed Tiger from my Aluminum 12 G4 and that installation works great on the 400MHz Lombard. Of course, as in all OSX versions, DVD movies cannot be played on the Lombard under OSX. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry le Mac Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:39 AM To: G-Books Subject: Tiger on Lombard via TiBook ??? I have understood that non-Firewire Macs are excluded from Tiger the way non-USB Macs were excluded from Panther. I have also understood that it is the install process that is the problem as apparently Tiger runs well on older Macs, often faster, which sounds very good, so... Will I get a good result if I fit my Lombard's harddrive in my wife's TiBook (ooh er...), install Tiger and then refit it in the Lombard ? How much does the machine model affect the installed software ? I recall the days of System 7 with System enablers... ;o) Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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 --- -- 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: Tiger on Lombard via TiBook
External enclosure, WAY too much work to open a metal PowerBook. Andrew On 5/20/05 1:16 PM, Edward Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Andrew, When you mentioned that you installed Tiger from the 12 G4 to the 400mhz Lombard...did you swap hard drives or?? just curious, Ed From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tiger on Lombard via TiBook ??? Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 08:51:05 -0700 In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I installed Tiger from my Aluminum 12 G4 and that installation works great on the 400MHz Lombard. Of course, as in all OSX versions, DVD movies cannot be played on the Lombard under OSX. Andrew -- 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: Auto adapter revised
Inverters work, but are a clunky solution at best. Auto adapters for laptops are a bit pricey, but are also sleek and compact, and usually have interchangeable tips so you can use them on your current PowerBook and also on whatever you might be using next year. There are also for a bit more $$ universal adapters that work on AC AND DC. I have the Kensington and leave the car cord in my glove box and carry the adapter in my PowerBook case with the AC cord attached. This also has interchangeable tips, so I can also use it with my ThinkPad when I plan on gaming on the road. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Tilford Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:01 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Auto adapter revised I think the laptop auto adapters are too expensive. It's much cheaper to buy a small 120v AC inverter than fits your lighter plug that's larger wattage than your regular wall charger and then use your regular charger in the car. Sam's Club has 70-watt inverters for $13.24 each. You can also use other AC devices such as mobile phone chargers or GPS or iPod, etc. See: http://tinyurl.com/8onkt -- 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 --- -- 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: Wallstreet Tiger
The Wallstreet on Panther is much like the Lombard on Tiger, meaning it is for the most part compatible, but intentionally restricted only by the Install program on the CD or DVD. I used the exact same method to install Tiger on my wife's Lombard and it works great, but the Wallstreet is simply not Tiger-compatible. A similar analogy is the Kanga G3 PowerBook, which will not load OSX without XPostFacto. The Kanga has hardware that just will not run OSX without XPostFacto adding the necessary drivers to OSX. The Wallstreet has an older video card than the Lombard or Pismo, not to mention different motherboard components. One or more of those components, while supported natively with a driver in Panther, is no longer supported in Tiger. Panther is the best you will get on a WallStreet until XPostFacto adds Tiger support for a WallStreet. Honestly, I'd be happy you got Panther running, many WallStreet owners aren't able to. I didn't expect Tiger to work on the Lombard, and consider it entirely a bonus that it does, not an entitlement on a 6-year-old laptop. Andrew On 5/17/05 11:59 AM, Edward Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm aware that the WS is ancient, the issue that I have is that I have installed Panther by removing the powerbooks hardrive and loading it into a firewire drive attached to a supported computer...after putting the HD back in the powerbook it works fine, booting into Panther with no prob...this is just odd...I can install Tiger on my iPod and boot from it! The powerbook's hardrive (with Tiger) will start up on a desktop but not on my wallstreet.didn't have this issue with Panther... Powerbook Wallstreet 15 500MHZ G4 upgrade 512MB RAM 30GB HD Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:58:12 +0200 From: Beniamino Cenci Goga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wallstreet Tiger The wallstreet is not a supported platform for Tiger. Stick with Panther on your Wallstreet WS is not supported for panther too! but I managed to install it with XPF Try, as soon as it is available the version that installs Tiger, with XPostFacto (XPF). Ben PS. I managed to install Tiger to the iBook G3 via SCSI disk mode: it is pretty slow but usable. Ben -- 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: WMP won't play on 10.4
Well, clean install is always a solution. Upgrades are always trouble, always were, always will be. Doesn't matter if you are going from Windows 98 to Windows XP or from Panther to Tiger, taking a new OS and writing its files directly on top of an older OS is just asking for trouble. Yeah, most things will work, but it will always be a mess under the hood. Sorry, that's just the way it is. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry Corsover Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:08 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: WMP won't play on 10.4 Are you saying that there is no solution other than an Archive Install? Regardless of what caused the problem, it makes no sense to me that deleting the application and Preferences, followed by a reinstall would do the trick. However, I'm not the only one reporting that this doesn't fix it. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On May 14, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Andrew F. wrote: Upgrade install is the problem. Andrew On 5/14/05 12:27 PM, Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 15 AlBook 1.25 GHz; used upgrade to install Tiger. = Empower Your Future www.harryc.biz -- 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 --- -- 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: WMP won't play on 10.4
That's odd, as WMP works perfectly on my 12 1.5GHz PowerBook under Tiger. Andrew On 5/14/05 10:34 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upgrade install is the problem. I've had some similar issues on my Powerbook with Tiger as well. I did an Archive and Install and not an upgrade. I however have not tried reinstalling Windows media yet. Steve -- 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: WMP won't play on 10.4
Every upgrade install is different, depending on what is on the computer before you upgrade. That is one reason why upgrades are so unpredictable and trouble-prone. Andrew On 5/14/05 11:40 PM, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its not the Upgrade install, as I did one, and WMP is working... On May 14, 2005, at 23:10, Andrew F. wrote: That's odd, as WMP works perfectly on my 12 1.5GHz PowerBook under Tiger. Andrew On 5/14/05 10:34 PM, Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Upgrade install is the problem. I've had some similar issues on my Powerbook with Tiger as well. I did an Archive and Install and not an upgrade. I however have not tried reinstalling Windows media yet. Steve -- 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: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime....
No. Upgrades are always trouble, even if you could fix this one issue, other issues would crop up later anyway. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:44 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime yes, so.. without reinstalling the OS is there any way to fix it? On May 12, 2005, at 21:37, Andrew wrote: Was your installation an upgrade? If so, that is likely the problem. My AlBook is extremely fluid in QuickTime 7 Pro. Andrew \ -- 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 --- -- 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: WMP won't play on 10.4
Let me guess, you upgraded instead of one of the clean install methods? Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Balogh Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:41 AM To: G-Books Subject: WMP won't play on 10.4 Hello All, Since I upgraded to OS X 10.4 WMP will not run. Any solution ? Greetings, Andre. -- 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 --- -- 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: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime....
Once again, the problem isn't Tiger, or QT7, the problem is that you did an UPGRADE install. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:58 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime Nope, same stuff that was playing fine in QT6 On May 13, 2005, at 06:55, Nick Marshall wrote: On Thu, 12 May 2005, Jason wrote: I don't get it, everything was supposed to be better in the video world, but now, quicktime is stumbling like crazy, slow slow slow... Anyone else have this, and/or know what to do about it..? Are you trying to play HD content by any chance? Here are the sys requirments for QT7: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/specs.html Take special note of the requirements for HD. No powerbook in production meets those requirements. Has anybody tried to play the HD stuff on their powerbook? How was it? -- -- 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 --- -- 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: OT Printer / all-in-one recommendations...
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:02:26 -0500 From: Van Snyder siouxperman gmail.com Subject: Printer / all-in-one recommendations... Pardon me if this is a bit off topic, but I figured you guys were the best source for this info. I'm in the market for a new printer. In the past, I have been an advocate of HP - though lately I'm wondering if they haven't dropped the ball. In particular, I'm looking at the Canon Pixma ip4000, ip4000r, or ip6000d. I'd really like to be able to use all the features - duplexing, etc. Anybody have any experience with the Pixma line? Or, does anybody have recommendations for a good inkjet general purpose + photo printer? I would consider an all-in-one if there is one that image capture works well with - so that I can share it as a scanner and a printer (that would be ideal). My understanding related to this is that there isn't one device that works as such under OS X. Van I've been pretty pleased with the Brother MFC420CN. It's a very compact inkjet printer, flatbed scanner and fax with a built in ethernet interface and a built in card reader that I can use from my 560x. I've got it plugged into my wireless router so my wife and daughter can print form anywhere. My desktop (that dare not speak it's name) is connected by ethernet. The solid state 560x doesn't have enough disk space to install the full network package so I'm using a much trimmer USB only driver that offers most of the functions of the network driver in a fraction of the disk space. The paper tray only holds 100 pages or so so it's not a high production machine but for a small office like mine it fits very well. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime....
Was your installation an upgrade? If so, that is likely the problem. My AlBook is extremely fluid in QuickTime 7 Pro. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:26 PM To: G-Books Subject: tiger, g4 ALbooks, and quicktime I don't get it, everything was supposed to be better in the video world, but now, quicktime is stumbling like crazy, slow slow slow... Anyone else have this, and/or know what to do about it..? -- 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 --- -- 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: Buying a Pismo
There are also plenty of used Mac dealers like Wegener media and others who often have near-mint older PowerBooks with a warranty, though you will pay a bit more than eBay. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stuart Saunders Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 6:58 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Buying a Pismo Keith, I know where you are at; I was in this position about a year ago. You can buy on eBay reasonably safely - I did it from overseas even. Learn how to use it. The best feature of eBay is the seller feedback rating, which sellers are very concerned to keep as high as possible. You have ninety days after the purchase to leave feedback for the seller. Most sellers are very happy to please. Also you can get an idea of the current prices by doing an advanced search for completed items; that will let you know if its in your range. There are good Pismos going on eBay regularly. If you are not in a rush, you will find a near new unit. To get some extra life you might also like to upgrade to G4 550 MHz which costs ~ 300. Happy with my Daystar upgrade, even if the fan is running more often. Good luck. On 09/05/2005, at 7:10 AM, Keith wrote: What I would really like to do, instead of buying a new PowerBook or iBook, is buy another Pismo. That way I can keep using all this stuff I've invested in over the years, and also stick with a familiar machine. So my question is, are there any Pismos still available for sale anywhere? Ideally I'd like a new machine that's just been sitting in somebody's warehouse all these years but I figure that's pretty much a pipe dream. So I guess I'm probably looking at used machines. The problem is I have no clue about buying a used computer--how do I make sure I'm not getting one that's just as beat up as the one I have? Anybody got any ideas? -- 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 --- -- 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 ---
OS X upgrade for Lombard
Now that Tiger is out I'm about ready to upgrade my Lombard to Panther. Does it matter which version of 10.3 I get? Is Panther available on CDs or is it DVD only? (the Lombard has a DVD drive but I might want to try upgrading my Mom's Wallstreet which only has a CD) Doe the Panther CD's include OS 9 classic or should I hang onto my OS 9 CD? -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
Lombard hardware questions, loose screen and noisy power supply
I'm contemplating doing something about the blown L2 cache on my Lombard 400. I might go for the G4 upgrade and Panther but there are a few mechanical concerns I'd like to resolve before I put any more money into this machine. The screen has about 15 mm free play when it's in the up position. With the 520 series this was a symptom of failing hinge attachements. Should I worry about the Lombards hinges? Has anyone else noticed this looseness in their Lombard? something on the right hand side is making a high pitched whistle when the machine is asleep. The pitch of the whistle changes when I unplug the charger but not when I remove the battery. Is this the sound of a power management board failing? Interestingly enough the noise went away for a bit about the time the black brick charger failed. I took the charger apart and found that one of the solder connections holding the power cord socket to the board had loosened enough to burn (scorch marks and soot). Possibly repairable presuming nothing else was fried. I had a spare charger so I didn't bother. Thanks -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!
Actually, if you do a good backup, there really is no reason to wait. If I was the slightest worried about instability (which thus far I have no reason to be), I can always just boot from my external FireWire drive into my old Panther install. Fortunately, I haven't had to do that yet, and Tiger remains a delight after a full week. Haven't even had to restart my PowerBook yet. Andrew -- 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 ---
Onyx replacement for Tiger
Does anyone know of a good maintenance utility (preferably free) like Onyx that has been upgraded for Tiger? Andrew -- 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: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards
No, Wallstreet needs a different video driver that is provided by XPostFacto. --- PETE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would the same thing work for a wallstreet? Pete. --- Chris Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tiger runs fine on a Lombard. Installing it is the trick, and requires a new world Mac. You can install it on an external disk connected to Mac with built-in firewire, or install it on Mac with built-in firewire and swap the drive into the Lombard. But after putting the drive into the Lombard, there is no hack required. See this hint on macosxhints.com for more info. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050430144551596 Chris -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 --- -- 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: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards?
Well I don't have a Pismo, but perhaps I can load it to an external drive on my 12 G4 and then put that in the Lombard. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Rominger Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:10 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards? If you load it in a pismo them swap the drives it works fine - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:29 PM Subject: Re: Tiger on Pismo and Lombards? Tiger won't run on a Lombard without a hack (requires native Firewire). -- 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 --- -- 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 --- -- 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: **NEW** 14 1.33Ghz G4 iBook for Sale
Sounds like a great reason to find another school. My law school recommends a Dell laptop, but visit any lecture hall and you will see just about everything on the market, including a few iBooks and PowerBooks. My last semester (Spring 04) I sat next to a guy using an old PowerBook 5300ce everyday. I can see an engineering or computer field requiring PC architecture if the required software is PC only and VPC is too slow, but other than that, its none of their business and would be a real deal breaker for me. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:30 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: **NEW** 14 1.33Ghz G4 iBook for Sale Winona State in minnesota has the same system. People put up with it too. Dunno why. It's not like it's that hard to allow someone to connect with their own PC or mac to a large network like that. Brian On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:30 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: The University of Wisconsin Stout requires you rent a PC from them even if you have your own computer at $500 each semester. You can only rent a Mac iBook if you are a Art's Major and you have not say so in this at all. Tom On 4/27/05 10:06 PM, themacuser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where are you at? I will make a note not to ever go there if they require a PC laptop... -- 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 --- -- 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: s-video out on my wallstreet
In OS 9, it's always worked for me when I put the PowerBook to sleep, then connect the S-Video (or composite video via adatper) to the PowerBook, power on the TV, then wake the PowerBook back up. The video comes up in mirroring. Ditto w/ the VGA port. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: Locked Folder
rm is the Unix command to remove a file. -r means do it recursively through subdirectories and the -f means 'force deletion'. Which reminds me of something I saw on slashdot some time ago: rm -rf /bin/laden Hmm. In all seriousness, learning some basic UNIX commands is incredibly useful for Mac OS X. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: Wallstreet battery probs?, try battery reset software?
Hi, gang. - just picked up a Series II Wallstreet 266. It won't start up unless AC adapter's connected. It came with two BTI batteries but neither one shows any charge lights when installed, and there's no indication that they're charging. Red X through battery icon in menu bar, Battery Monitor CS module options greyed out. I've pulled the batteries and disconnected AC, gonna let it sit a while then check if it's still holding time; couldn't be as simple as needing new PRAM battery, could it? Anybody seen similar issues with your WS? Have you tried battery reset? It's an Apple utility for OS 8.1 and 9 (not sure about 10) that works on Wallstreets and Lombards (but apparently not on Pismos) that resets a battery's microprocessor. Works for batteries that are sound but have the internal controller confused so they are reported to the computer as dead. Here's a bit from the readme file: About Battery Reset 2.0 What Is Battery Reset 2.0? Battery Reset 2.0 addresses a situation that may occur with some PowerBook G3 Series and iBook computers in which the battery, while in the system, doesn't show up in the Control Strip, or a red X appears over the battery icon in the menu bar. Battery Reset 2.0 includes two components. For PowerBook G3 Series computers, a file called Battery Updater is installed in the Extensions folder and an application called Battery Reset is installed on your hard disk. For iBook, only the file called Battery Updater is needed and is installed in the Extensions folder. Installation Requirements To install and use the Battery Reset 2.0 software, you need the following: A PowerBook G3 Series (family number M4753 or M5343) or iBook (family number M2453) computer. The family number is located on the label on the bottom of the computer. Mac OS 8.1 or later installed -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: Network Printer options, Brother MFC 420 CN
I purchased the 2430 DL and it works perfectly. You really ought to research a printer before you buy it. This reminded me that I should report back on my printer experience. I had asked about inkjet printers here and on the Thinkpad list and based on several comments I got a Brother MFC 420 CN color printer, copier and fax. So far it prints over the wireless 80211b network from the Lombard G3 (OS 9.2) as well as over ethernet from the desktop that dare not speak it's name (WinXP). The Thinkpad didn't have enough disk space for the whole print/fax/scan software package but Brother was considerate enough to provide a non-network print/scan driver for direct USB connection. I haven't got the scanner or fax to work wirelessly on the Lombard though I haven't tried real hard. Facsimile shows up as an option in the Word98 print menu and the scanner shows up as a twain device in Graphic Converter. All in all I'm happy, the only downside seems to be the limited paper tray capacity (120 pages). This doesn't bother me since I don't print large amounts. Besides the printer is so small it sits on a corner of my desk which makes adding paper easy. -- Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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 ---
