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: 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 ---
Three Wallstreet/OS X Questions
Hi all, 1) I've got 10.2.8 on my PDQ/266. Will the ATIRagePro.kext hack be of any benefit for me? I see that com.apple.driver.ndrv.ATY,RageLTPro.0x8e10de0 is loaded when I run kextstat... 2) I've got a 10.3 DVD... Any ideas on how I can install this on my Wallstreet? Of course, my PDQ didn't come with a DVD-ROM, and I haven't got any external DVD-ROMs. I have got a Pismo w/ DVD and a FireWire CardBus card, but I don't think there's any help here. (Though I think I did hear at one time that booting the Pismo in FireWire Target Mode allows another device to access the Pismo's DVD-ROM drive... Can that possibly be true?) Can I copy the data portion of the 10.3 DVD to my Wallstreet's HD and install from there using XPostFacto? Has anyone here tried that? The PDQ has 384MB RAM and 7.3 GB partition for OS X... 3) I've got an ORiNOCO Silver PC Card that works great w/ AirPort in OS 9. IOXperts' driver works great in OS X. I've tried the open source wireless driver from Sourceforge.net, but I've never been able to get it working. The driver says it's connected, but I definitely have no IP connection to the network. I _am_ using 48/64-bit WEP, and the documentation does say 64-bit WEP is supported with this configuration. Still, I'm getting nowhere. I won't run the network without WEP, so turning off encryption is a non-starter. Has anyone gotten this combination to work? Before I drop $20 for driver support from IOXperts (that is tied to ONE PC card only), I want to make sure I've done everything I can with the open source driver... Tips? 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: MCE Wallstreet optical EBM
Also . . . the thought has occurred to me there might still be a market for optical EBMs for these older 'Books. Anyone care to comment on the business case for producing a few hundred EBM kits (maybe just EBM shell and IF PCB, sans mechanism) that could be used in both Wallstreet and 3400/Kanga? Good find, Dan! I can't speak for anyone else, but I'd pay for such a kit... Providing it's priced reasonably, of course. That would probably be under $50 for me, considering that these 'Books are rapidly becoming vintage. How much do you think it would cost to have a factory whip up a few hundred of these boards? 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: Ok. . .USB thought. . .
Oh ok, so what you are saying is that nobody actually tried connecting 127 devices to their system. Someone just came up with the number due to a mathematical formula? Right. Actually, the number of USB devices on a bus is 128 (one is reserved for the host leaving only 127 available for peripheral devices). IIRC, hubs also count as one device. Putting 127 devices on one bus would be insane... You'd have so much overhead and competing packets that your practical bandwidth would be too low to do anything. 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: New nanny on the list
Welcome, Amber! 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: lists
Hi my isp has been off line for email for 1 day and 20 hrs will i need to re sub to the list as i am now not getting any mail. vicki Vicki, Your message came through loud and clear on G-Books, PCI-PowerMacs, and PowerBooks at least... You can probably stop cross posting now. ;-) 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: Power Inverters
Note that most of these will put out 110V, not 120V. For PowerBooks, that's not generally a problem as the PowerBook AC adapter is tolerant of 110V to 130V (or so). My portable CD player's AC adapter is not so tolerant... After an hour or two of being plugged in, the CD player overheated (I don't know exactly how, but it seems like the CD player was being fed too much power and the thing got REALLY hot where the power cord plugs in to the device). Mine's a Vector brand inverter, but I don't remember the exact wattage. More than 75W, I think. All things being equal, I'd go for a dedicated DC auto/air adapter instead of a DC-AC inverter - AC adapter. Given the prices of some of the PowerBook auto/air adapters, though, things are hardly ever equal... 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: MCE is at it again! 100 gig internal HDD for Pismo!
Hmm. 100 GB hard drives are available from many online stores for $80 - $100 less than that. 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: OT-trouble with webpages loading
Paypal and its parent eBay upgrade their software (the new eBay 2.0) on or about June 5, 2004. They no longer fully support Mac OS 9 browsers. Their software is designed to work with Windows computers only. Bull...they support Macs just fine. You just have to get off the pot and use a modern OS. OS X has been here for 4 years now, folks. It as if you were asking them to support Windows 3.11 still...ain't gonna happen. I agree about the modern bit, but not the OS bit. I run 9.2.2 still, and I have no trouble now, nor have I ever had with eBay or PayPal. Works fine in IE5, Moz 1.3, and NS 7. 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: Ram in a Wallstreet
There's no RAM 'on board' on any G3 series Powerbook. The Kanga is a G3 PowerBook. It has 32-Mb RAM on the logic board. Okay, _now_ we're splitting hairs. Anyway, Jeff is right. Wallstreets commonly came with 32MB in the lower slot. Since 256MB low profile SODIMMs are more expensive than their full-height brethren, I'd say it's good odds that the bottom slot has 32MB and the top slot has 256MB. 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: Another wireless question
That's a good point! An 802.11b wireless access point, or bridge (depending on how you're using it) is just the same as a 10MB network port. That's not true. Firstly, 802.11b is rated at up to 11 Mbps, not 10 Mbps like 10base-T ethernet. However, 802.11b has tons of overhead (as does 11g), so your raw speed is never likely to exceed 6 Mbps. Factor in WEP and you're even slower. The reason you never notice the difference is because you're only using your connection to download web pages or other files on the wider Internet. At best, your Internet connection is around 3 Mbps and will not saturate your 11b link. Second, depending on your range to the base station or the amount of noise on your wireless link, 802.11b will step down from 11 Mbps to 5.5 Mbps. Then to 2 Mbps and 1 Mbps if it has to. There's no in between speeds. Long distance links are glacial (fortunately not many people have long distance links inside their own homes). 10bT is still the way to go for in-home networks where wiring isn't a problem. 11g has similar problems but starts with a higher 54 Mbps bandwidth. It will be faster in most conditions than your 10base-T wired ethernet but far slower than 100base-T ethernet. When transferring large files on my home network, I find that I saturate the link at just under 500 KBps (that's kilobytes) or ~3.9 Mbps. I'm using 64-bit WEP on a Pismo with AirPort, OS 9.2.2, and a Linksys brand wireless access point. The server is an AppleShare IP 6.3 based G4 and the protocol is HTTP. Not very impressive. The same test using wired 10base-T comes in at 1000 KBps (~7.8 Mbps - about DOUBLE what I get with the wireless). There limitation is likely the server's NIC (merely 10base-T) since the Pismo has a 10/100base-T ethernet port and my LAN is set up with a 16-port 10/100base-T switch. 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: Keeping it 'eyes only' was Re: OS X first timer - blank password
Read through what the Masters of Paranoia have to say, in the NSA guide to securing OS X: http://www.nsa.gov/snac/os/applemac/osx_client_final_v.1.pdf Bruce, That's awesome! Good find! From the same document: Open Firmware protection can be violated if the user has physical access to the machine. Open Firmware password protection can be bypassed if the user changes the physical memory configuration of the machine and then resets the PRAM 3 times (holding down command-option-P-R during boot). An Open Firmware password will provide some protection, however, it can be reset if a user has physical access to the machine and can change the physical memory configuration of the machine. The author suggested setting a command mode password (which appears to be slightly different than what Apple's OF Password utility does). But it's interesting that the password can be bypassed if the user pulls a stick of RAM and resets PRAM 3 times thereafter... Do you think that's an Apple-designed back door? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
OS X first timer - blank password
Hi all, My sister installed Jaguar on her Wallstreet last night, and she managed not to provide a password during the installation. Now she's trying to install software, and it's asking for the admin password. She says it won't let her leave the password field blank. Is there any way to reset the password, or will she have to reinstall OS X? I'm out of my element here, as I'm just getting started w/ OS X myself. I suggested tying the Users panel in System Preferences, or trying passwd in the terminal, but I don't know if either will allow her to set a new password. Ideas? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OS X first timer - blank password
Andrew, Time, et al, If the password space is left blank when the system is first set up, then the password is in fact a blank space. All one has to do is hit reurn or the OK button and that will move past the authorization process. This is important also because if you do decide to reset the password using the reset function on the install disks, the reset program will ask for the original password, whereupon you would again enter the blank space ass the password. Run Hi Run, Thanks, that's just about what I was thinking. But won't passwd in the terminal do this just as well? Why would she need to boot from the install CD (not that that's a problem)? She's not having any problem launching software installed during the original OS X install, so getting Terminal up ought not to be a problem. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wi-Fi, Pismo and Panasonic Cordless Phone
Sorry to be so late answering all your helpful posts, but I learned the hard way the answer to my problem: Two days ago there was a BIG fire in a warehouse about 2 miles from my apartment. It was so big that burned the electrical and cable TV wires that feed a large part of my area. So I was without electrical power for about two hours, and without cable and cable internet for about two days. And guess what? My phone worked perfectly, without the strange noises. Mind you, is a Panasonic 900 MHz, so there should not be any interference, but there is. My previous phone, a different brand 900MHz never gave me problems. So yes, there is interference between my NetGear base and my phone. Live and learn. :-) Hi Hugo, I've had lots of experience with this issue. The people who tell you that 900MHz phones and 2.4GHz WiFi equipment don't interfere with each other are mistaken or are really lucky (having never experienced it first hand). Yes, they are different wavelengths, and they aren't even harmonic, but a 900MHz phone's antenna absolutely CAN receive 2.4GHz signals (albeit with some signal loss). If your phone's base station and your WiFi access point are co-located, this can cause problems for your cordless phone. I've got a 4-year old Sony 900MHz phone that works GREAT when the phone's base station isn't near my wireless AP _and_ when my handset's line-of-sight to the base station isn't the same line-of-sight between the base station and wireless AP. When the intersect, the phone glitches out and keeps trying to switch channels. The problem gets worse the closer the two frequencies are to each other (so 2.4GHz phones and WiFi) and when the frequencies share a harmonic. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Consider this fair warning
No political commentary will be tolerated on any of the LEM lists. What about on Mac2Mac? :-/ 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Slightly OT:Classic Help Needed
Do you want to use the Launcher or not? If not, just go to the General Controls control panel and uncheck Show Launcher at system startup. That might solve your problem. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: External burners from old internal IDE burners - would it work?
I have an old 4x/4x/32x IDE drive (from an old PC) hanging around collecting dust. It would plug into my Wall Street via a PCMCIA USB card. As long as the PC Card supports USB 2, you should be fine -- although you may need third-party CD burning software. The disadvantage of this approach is that you'll need mains power to use the external enclosure. Why would it have to be USB 2? USB 1.x can do 4x burning just fine. Reading at anything more than 8x or so might be pushing it, though. But the drive should still work on USB 1.x That idea ought to work fine, assuming your USB-IDE bridge works. I use an external generic PC-oriented USB burner with my Pismo that can burn at 4x just fine. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo freakout
Something hinky is going on. Starting about a half hour ago, if I move my laptop while it's running, it powers off, instantly. Maybe the processor daughtercard or the battery contact inside. -Laurent. -- Just popped it open and reseated them both, but it's still happening. Snarf. This rots. Any other ideas? Does this happen when on battery or when plugged in (or both?). If it only happens when on battery, check your battery contacts. If it happens while plugged in, it could be a bad solder joint in your power jack... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. No it's not. The 2300c has no ethernet port, no USB port, and no PCMCIA slots. It can't easily do wireless (though with an ethernet microdock and an ethernet-wireless transceiver, it's technically possible). If someone made a module to replace the old Duo modem with a WiFi card, I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. As the owner of a Duo 230, 280c, 2300c, and several Wallstreets, I'd take the Wallstreet. The 2300c is a neat machine, but it's DOG SLOW by any reasonable standard (even when word processing). A fully featured PCI-architecture sub-notebook (like the 2400c, which was underpowered and has a low RAM ceiling) would be fantastic, but with the sub-notebook form comes trade-offs. I wouldn't want to give up the power of my Wallstreet for the _slight_ gain in portability that a sub-notebook offers. 7lbs isn't sooo heavy, after all. Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat You think so? I never had any trouble with mine on the airliners It fit alright on the tray table, though opening the display all the way could be troublesome if the seat ahead of me were reclined. But I'd rather be able to see what I'm writing than have to squint at an itty-bitty screen. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: airport
I think a PCI wifi card (do they make desktop cards with Mac drivers?) would be cheaper Yep, there are some of these on the market. If you can find the right model, there's an ORiNOCO one that will adapt a gold or silver card for use in a PCI slot. There's also currently a card from MacWireless.com. Better yet, Vicki, you could pick up one of those wired-ethernet to wireless transceivers. These devices plug into your ethernet port and have an integrated wireless chipset antenna - they turn your ethernet port into a wireless interface. They are fairly inexpensive, and they require no drivers (so they will work with any computer with an ethernet port). D-Link and Linksys make some, and I'm sure there are others. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)
Ran across a reference at http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/archives/sep04/091704.html#S18083 to using a Sony Vaio wireless card as a substitute for an Airport card. Don't know how available those Vaio cards are, though... Bruce, That story is nothing new. In fact, it's been known for a very long time that any WaveLAN based card will work in the internal slot. Indeed, people have used this trick to supposedly upgrade Silver cards to Gold cards (AirPort 2 upgrades the firmware of the card to do 128-bit WEP). The trouble is finding a card that will fit when the keyboard is installed. The VAIO card will fit if the antenna is removed. These VAIO cards are extremely rare (though I've got one! :-P) and equally expensive (more than the AirPort card). It makes no economical sense to use one of these instead of an AirPort card. See http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=hacks;action=display;num=1076035912 for more interesting reading about the Sony card and AirPort compatibility. FYI, there are two cards that can be made to work: The PCWA-C150 and the PCWA-C150S. As far as I can tell, the only difference between them is that one's antenna says VAIO and the other's says SONY. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Substitute for a Airport card (!)
I think that the card Bruce was talking about was thought to replace an AirPort Extreme card, not the older regular AirPort card... -Laurent Lots of people have made that same assumption. It is incorrect. The PCWA-C150(S) is an 802.11b WaveLAN Gold-based PC Card. Actually, it's the internal variant of that card with an antenna tacked onto it. It and the original AirPort card are very similar (except that the AirPort card seems to be keyed for CardBus and isn't recognized in external CardBus slots like the Sony card or in PCMCIA slots when the keying is modified whereas the PCWA-C150(S) is a true 16-bit PC Card). Read that forum thread for more info. Seriously. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: My wallstreet and its booting
I think you have a problem that demands that you start all over, including trying a second HD, removing backup battery, a PMU reset, Open firmware PRAM reset and OS reinstall (aka a clean reinstallation) and failing that trying a new PMU card. My WS II did display some strange behaviour regarding power management at times. It could be that your machine have a PMU close to failure or a similar problem. Or it's a boot rom problem, so I'd try with a second CPU daughter card as well if nothing else resolved the issue. Alright, some clarity and things I have tried that have not solved this issue. It's NOT the memory test - I've got that disabled on all my Macs. One of my Wallstreets (originally 233/512k) has been upgraded to a PowerLogix 466 w/ 384 MB of RAM. I've replaced the PMU, charge card, and power supply card. My PRAM battery is dead, so every time you cut power, it's equivalent to resetting the power manager and/or removing the PRAM battery altogether. Any combination of stock and replaced parts results in the same symptoms. The other Wallstreet is a stock 233/512k with 192MB of RAM. It has the same problem. (It also has a dead PRAM battery.) I suspect replacing the PRAM battery will solve the problem, but I haven't bothered. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: My wallstreet and its booting
Do you now have, or have you had, your WS networked? From the sound of other replies, it seems like you are using OS 8/9. If so, go into the System Folder and find a folder named Servers. Delete the accumulated servers in that folder and see if that speeds things up. This occurs WELL BEFORE the OS starts to load. That's not the problem. A pair of my Wallstreets suffer from the same problem. I suspect it does have to do with a dead PRAM battery. In case people aren't understanding, this delay occurs AFTER the boot, but WELL BEFORE the ROM starts to boot the Mac. It could be corruption somewhere in NVRAM. I wonder if an OF reset-all would solve the problem? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: My wallstreet and its booting
In case people aren't understanding, this delay occurs AFTER the boot, but WELL BEFORE the ROM starts to boot the Mac. It could be corruption somewhere in NVRAM. I wonder if an OF reset-all would solve the problem? Er, that should say that the delay occurs after the boot chime, but before the ROM starts to take over (screen lights up, happy Mac appears, etc). 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wallstreet
Well, I'd say that a perfectly fine CD that can't be read by a perfectly fine CD-ROM drive must be in an unsupported format. IMO anyway. I disagree. I've experienced a problem where a CD-R burned as HFS could be read just fine in the burner and other Macs, but failed to be recognized every time by my beige G3's CD-ROM drive. Commercial CDs worked fine, even ISO 9660 ones. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Software Updates
on 19/09/04 15:14, Jim Katz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run system 9.2 on an original clamshell ibook and a Ti-400. Whenever I get that message Software Update found the following message I don't know quite what to do. Things are working more or less okay at the moment. Do I let in the new update? Will it improve things or screw it up again?? The latest: on the G3 clamshell it wants to update: Applescript Authoring Support CarbonLib iBook Firmware Airport Sotware (I use an original Airport base station and cards.) Will I be making a dumb move to let these updates happen next time they show up? If Software Update shows those updates, then that's because it determined that you need them... Generally speaking, if what you have works, you don't need to update. But until you do, or until you disable SU, it will continue to tell you that you need those items. It might be a good idea to get them, too. Not necessarily. SU keeps telling me I need the latest iPod software which is only for the new click-wheel iPods. I do not own a click-wheel iPod, so how can I NEED an update for a product that I don't have? I've got a similar problem with iPod software - I don't even have an iPod and most of my Macs don't have iTunes installed. I still get the SU message that I need to update my iPod software. Harumph. I guess it's time to disable SU forever. There will be no more genuine Apple software updates for OS 9, so there's no point in running the SU software if I'm completely up to date on the OS... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Explain the 802.11b Card Description
802.11DS is an ancient standard from before 802.11B that runs slower. It is not used often. Check out this link: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.11.html Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) as opposed to Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)... 802.11 supported data rates around 2Mb/s - 802.11b is 5x faster. Looks like Wegener Media is inconsistent. Is it 802.11b or 802.11? They claim: This card offers full 10bT networking capabilities, full compatability with Airport base stations, and the entire 802.11 network system! 11mbs Transfer rate--cruise the web wirelessly as fast as your cable or phone line can connect!! But they are also careful never to call it an 802.11b card So which is it?! Smells fishy. Anyone got one? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Powerlogix 466mhz WS upgrade question
If this is anything like the PowerLogix 500Mhz upgrade and the CPU board comes from an existing machine, then there's no point running the software as *it's not possible, with the 500Mhz card at least, to reflash the CPU*. One is stuck with using the card with the same type of motherboard as the CPU was flashed for. So if from a WS I series (233, 250, 299) or WS II or PDQ series (233, 266, 300 then it's only within the series you can move the card and have it fully work. That's curious - this is the first time I've heard that. Why would the EEPROM only be flashable once? Is there a technical reason for that? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Powerlogix 466mhz WS upgrade question
Greeting: A friend of mine has a 466mhz Powerlogix Wallstreet processor, but he cannot properly identify what series of WS machine it came out of. Is that important to know? I had heard that they're two different processors for the two series. I tried looking up the info online but cannot seem to find much... It shouldn't be a big deal. The CPU card has an EEPROM with the Mac OS ROM in it - the ROM is different depending on which generation of Wallstreet you've got. Fortunately, that doesn't matter to you. Before you install the upgrade, run the PowerLogix utility on the CD that came with the upgrade (it did come with the upgrade, didn't it? If not, email me privately and I'll hook you up with it). The utility copies the Mac OS ROM from your original CPU daughter card to your hard drive, then tweaks the OpenFirmware somehow (probably installs an OF script or something). Anyway, after you've done that, install the upgrade. When you boot the Wallstreet, the upgrade will see that there's a copy of the Mac OS ROM on the hard drive for it to copy into it's EEPROM. It updates it's flashable ROM with the new copy of the Mac OS ROM, then continues to boot. MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE ORIGINAL CPU in case you ever have trouble with the upgrade. You'll need it for some troubleshooting. PowerLogix shows a nice little video of the firmware doing it's thing on the CD-ROM. My WS didn't do that when I upgraded w/ a 466MHz CPU - the screen stayed blank for a while (a little longer than it normally does after a cold boot), then it booted right up. I've since had some difficulty, though, and the PowerBook doesn't boot at the moment (worked great for about a month). I've heard that sometimes the image in the EEPROM can become corrupt, so I'll try fixing that first... But that's kind of a pain as it involves swapping CPUs, etc. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: LF; SW to communicate between two Macs using phone line (modem)
(Everyone please excuse the cross-post, but George x-posted to both lists originally.) George, Open the Mac OS Help (Help Viewer) in OS 9. Type in remote access in the search field. Look around a bit and you'll see: Providing dial-in access to your computer In addition to using your modem to connect to other computers or networks, you can use it to give yourself or others remote access to your computer. When another user is connected, they can access shared files as if you were both connected to the same local network. The same file and user access privileges apply. To enable dial-in access: 1 If necessary, set up your dialup modem. 2 Open the Remote Access control panel. 3 Open the RemoteAccess menu and choose Answering. 4 Select the Answer Calls option. To provide dial-in access for a specific user: 1 Open the File Sharing control panel and click the Users Groups tab. 2 Select the user and click Open. 3 Open the Show pop-up menu and choose Remote Access. 4 Select Allow user to dial in to this computer. If your computer is also connected to a local network: You can grant a dial-in user access to the network: * Open the Remote Access control panel, open the RemoteAccess menu and choose the Answering command, then select Allow access to entire network. Any Mac on the network with File Sharing turned on will be available via the modem connection, provided that the option to allow access to the entire network is selected. This might also give you access to the greater Internet if you are using a router. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: LF; SW to communicate between two Macs using phone line (modem)
Providing dial-in access to your computer In addition to using your modem to connect to other computers or networks, you can use it to give yourself or others remote access to your computer. When another user is connected, they can access shared files as if you were both connected to the same local network. The same file and user access privileges apply. [snip] If your computer is also connected to a local network: You can grant a dial-in user access to the network: * Open the Remote Access control panel, open the RemoteAccess menu and choose the Answering command, then select Allow access to entire network. Any Mac on the network with File Sharing turned on will be available via the modem connection, provided that the option to allow access to the entire network is selected. This might also give you access to the greater Internet if you are using a router. I forgot to mention this: On the Mac placing the call (the one in the field), you need to set AppleTalk to Remote Only. Thereafter, you can use AppleShare in the Chooser to view your Mac network as you normally would if you had a direct connection. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: DVD on 500mhz G3 Only?
All PBs from Pismo on have mpeg playback hardware as part of their ATI graphics subsystems. Hey Dan. Thanks kind of a stretch, wouldn't you say? Those graphics systems don't have dedicated hardware for decoding MPEG-2. Rather, they have enough horsepower and a few extensions that lend themselves to the processing required for decoding MPEG-2. The nuance you distinguish (though not technically incorrect) confuses the issue - lots of people don't know the difference between hardware and software decoding, and this kind of argument confuses the matter. I don't mean to argue; I just see a lot of FUD around people's understanding of what constitutes hardware decoders. Anyway, the first Mac with GPU DVD playback support was actually the beige G3. The Rage II+DVD in my beige G3 has DVD decoding support, but APPLE NEVER WROTE A STINKING DRIVER (even for OS 9). Not that I mind too much - the Rage II+ is a piece of junk, anyway. The next rev's Rage Pro was 100% better. And I never had a DVD-ROM in my beige G3, anyway. ;-) 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: DVD Issue on Lombards.
Marcin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Since the overlay effectively bypasses the video card, if you take the screenshot (or put it on desktop), you only end up with the pixels in the strange colour. But why would this be the case for PLAYING THE DVD on an external screen, likew a TV ( via S-Video)? That's a different issue. You need to set the external screen to be the primary screen. Then the DVD will playback on the external screen fine (though it won't play back on the internal screen). A pain in the butt. But it's not unique to Macs - my fiancee's comcrap has a similar requirement for playing DVDs on a TV. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Is this wireless card usable in a Wallstreet?
My Reply follows quote. On 05/08/2004 17:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: * Macintosh computer with Mac OS 9.x or Mac OS X (version 10.1.x or 10.2.x) operating system o Apple PowerMac G3 (Blue and White) or G4 computer o Apple PowerBook G3 Series 1998, G3 Series 1999, G3 (with firewire), or G4 computer.. Does this include the Wallstreet PDQ? -- The Wallstreet is either the G3 Series 1998 or 1999, can't recall just which. Unfortunately their nomenclature is not specific enought to state definitely that it supports the Wallstreet PDQ, which is one varient of the G3 Series which followed the first PowerBook G3. Ken Their nomenclature is perfectly specific enough. It says PowerBook G3 Series. The 1998 models were called PowerBook G3 Series (as were the 1999 series). That's AppleSpeak for Wallstreet I/II/PDQ. The PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) is the 1999 model, aka Lombaard/101. The PowerBook G3 (FireWire) is the 2000 model, aka Pismo. I find it highly surprising that there are people out there who know the _code_name_ of their PowerBook, but don't know the commercial, marketing, or product name! Take 5 minutes, go to Apple's site, and read the documents on how to determine which model PowerBook you have. Man, there's so much FUD out there about model names among PowerBooks. Thaaanks Apple. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Slightly OT: 5300 repair program
are they still honoring it? No. Look in the expansion bay for an AA stamped somewhere on the metal inside... That's a dead giveaway. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: WiFi dies under Classic
Classic networking doesn't directly access the hardware, it accesses the network through OS X. That means that the Open Transport stack is unloading for some reason. Try disabling any non-OS 9 extensions and control panels. It's probably not the OT kernel. Although OT under 9.1 was hardly stable (the TCP/IP stack would die on me frequently), it's very stable in 9.2.x. It's probably the AirPort driver in Classic that's causing the problem and not OT. See my previous post for more details. Remember that he said that AirPort would stop seeing any networks. AirPort doesn't need OT to see networks - you can see any number of networks (and connect to any of them) even with TCP/IP (and the rest of OT) completely disabled. OT only comes into play when you set AppleTalk to your AirPort connection or point TCP/IP to your AirPort connection... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: WiFi dies under Classic
Thanks, Drew. Yup, am using WEP. How does that come into play? I've found that there's a subtle bug in AirPort when using WEP. From time to time, AirPort will somehow forget that it's connected to a network and will refuse to see any networks whatsoever. This only happens when I'm connected to a network using WEP. It doesn't happen when I turn WEP off. I have found a workaround that prevents this from happening. Namely, to maintain a constant connection, I have to keep the control strip expanded with the AirPort control strip module visible. Even then, I sometimes drop my connection when waking from sleep. The fix to recover my connection is to turn AirPort off, then turn it back on again. It comes back up just fine. I should note that this is happening in Mac OS 9.2.2 (as opposed to Classic). I don't run OS X, so I can't say if this is really what's happening to you. I also don't know if it would help to completely disable the control strip (as opposed to just collapsing it). Peace, Drew Are you using WEP? Next time, instead quiting Classic, try just cycling AirPort in Classic (turn AirPort off and on inside Classic). Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Windoze Explorer style file browser for OS X ???
in OS 9 there used to be a wonderful utility called FinderPop that would pop up the control-click menu if you held down the mouse button long enough Yes, and we all know what effect anything that builds on a delay has on the SPEED and feel of an OS... On the contrary, I find FinderPop to be extremely intuitive. It doesn't make my thought process slow down or make my computer feel slow when the menu is invoked. FinderPop takes about 1/4 to 1/2 second to pop up a contextual menu if you hold the mouse button down. To me, that provides a nice logical pause in the operation to denote that I'm not using the default behaviour of the OS, but rather I am about in invoke a contextual menu. Sometimes a small delay can add a very useful quality feel to the operation of a device. Good UI engineers know this - delays can be quite useful for denoting special information, operations, procedures, etc. In my mind, contextual menus are not part of my normal mode of operating a computer (whether Windows or Mac), and the small delay seems quite fitting. Of course, you can still get around that delay by holding down control or using a programmable multi-button mouse that invokes the contextual menu with a click. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Can OS 9 be installed?
And, yes Classic (OS 9) is an emulator under OS X, just like Virtual PC. No, it's not. Virtual PC has to emulate the processor, Classic doesn't (for a PowerPC application, for a 68k application it does, but the same thing happens when booted into OS 9). Brian Classic is more like a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) than an emulator. It runs a native PowerPC binary on the CPU, but isn't allowed to access hardware directly. That's why some of the older OS 8/9 apps that tried to take direct control of your hardware don't work in Classic but do when you boot a real OS 9 installation. Well behaved apps use only the Mac OS APIs to talk to hardware (like using QuickTime to access capture devices instead of doing it directly). Those are generally the apps that run well in Classic. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Customizing OS X. . .
O.K... so WHY? Who cares WHY? You might as well ask why put a picture on the desktop... Personal preference, aesthetics, whatever. Who cares - he wants to do it, had a question, and was misunderstood. This is a supported feature of Panther. I used Window Monkey to high satisfaction in OS 9. The Monkey put textures in Finder windows. Quite nice... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: G3 300 MHz upgraded box and DVD Player
Its been a while but I think that there was a problem with the version of the DVD Player software that is installed with 9.2 I believe that you needed to use version 1.3 John Right. Version 1.3 works with hardware decoders. Higher versions are software decoding only (with assistance from the GPU). As we know, the Wallstreet can't do software decoding of MPEG2. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?
Well, do the combo drive have builtin hardware DVD movie decoding that Apples DVDplayer can utilize? I'd guess not, as the Lombard didn't work, so you were using the G4s builtin. I think you might be confusing things a bit here. The DVD-ROM/+/-R/RW drive itself doesn't have any logic that _decodes_ DVDs. That is done completely by the host computer (either with hardware assistance or totally in software). The Lombard doesn't have the horsepower to decode DVDs in software, so there's a CardBus card (actually a combo zoomed video card, IIRC) that does the decoding in hardware. Without that card, you can't play DVDs in OS 9. I don't have any experience with OS X software DVD playback, but the CardBus card isn't supported in OS X. Anyone have any suggestions how to determine if you're using hardware or software DVD decoding in your machine? Sure. OS 9, Wallstreet Lombard = hardware decoder (PC card). Pismo and newer = software. OS X = software. There's sort of a misnomer here. The higher end laptops do software decoding, but they hand a large part of the work off to the video card. So while there's no true MPEG2 hardware decoder on the video card, the video card is still doing a lot of work and not leaving it all for the CPU. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Lombard CPU upgrade or replacement
I'm mostly shopping for insurance in case my stock processor goes belly up. So I'll keep an eye out for either processor although the deal you got was about half what the Lombard OEM processors go for on E-bay. Does the BlueChip need any software to run or do you just install the OS like normal? The BlueChip for the Lombard should be plug play. Turn off your PowerBook, switch processors, and start back up. The Wallstreet is a bit trickier due to the different ROM revisions. PowerLogix had to implement some sort of EEPROM or other flashable memory on the CPU that stores the ROM. On the Wallstreet, you start up with the stock CPU and run PowerLogix's ROM grabber to copy the ROM to the hard drive. They do something funky like use a special OF boot file so that when you next restart your Mac, it runs special PowerLogix code to copy the ROM image from the hard drive to the CPU card's flash memory. The Wallstreet boots normally thenceforth. But for Lombard it should be as easy as just swapping one CPU for another - no drivers needed. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't looked to see what a BlueChip for Lombard goes for on eBay, but I'd bet it's a bit more than the $100 I got my BlueChip/WS for. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, wi-fi, and OS 9.1
In my house, the base station is on the ground floor, sitting on top of a 5200 just because that is where my router/hubs are located. Yikes! I hope the 5200 isn't turned on! The graphite base stations already have over heating problems without adding a CRT's thermal emissions to the mix... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?
I called MacMall yesterday wondering if I they could recommend a wi-fi Cardbus card for my Wall Street since I don't want to depend on a 3rd party card's software to get it to work when I'm out of town. They told me I'd need OS X. True? The sheer amount of FUD out there about these things is astounding. If you want to use a CardBus card, you'll need OS X (as no Wireless (a, b, or g) CardBus cards exist with drivers for OS 9, AFAIK). There are plenty of non-3rd party solutions remaining for OS 9, however. MacWireless makes a nice card that they support with drivers in OS 9. The card will work on anything from a 190 up. Farallon (now Proxim) makes the SkyLINE which also works in OS 9 on a 190 or better. Lucent/ORiNOCO/Avaya/Agere/whoevertheyaretoday (now actually owned by Proxim - the same guys that bought Farallon) make the silver and gold series of cards (sometimes called WaveLAN and sometimes called ORiNOCO). These cards have been cloned a thousand times by people from Dell to IBM to Sony to Apple. Apple's card is the AirPort card, but it will NOT work in a Wallstreet. It only works in the internal AirPort slots of later Macs. The OEM cards (called WaveLAN or ORiNOCO) will work with Apple's AirPort drivers in OS 9 and appear to the Mac as though they are genuine AirPort cards. Additionally, ANY of the 3rd party WaveLAN-chipset cards (except the AirPort card) will work with the ORiNOCO 7.2 drivers under OS 9. All WaveLAN chipset-based cards require 3rd party OS X drivers. I run a bunch of WaveLAN-based cards in my Macs. I've got a Sony PCWA-C150S card with a nice stubby antenna, 2 ORiNOCO Silvers, and 2 WaveLAN silvers. I've also got a SkyLINE 2 Mb card that I haven't set up yet. It'll get stuck in one of my 5300s at some point, I'm sure. My two Wallstreets and my Pismo all run Apple's AirPort software. When I insert the ORiNOCO or WaveLAN cards, the cards appears on the desktop as AirPort PC Card and the AirPort software just works. I should point out that AirPort does not recognize 3rd party WaveLAN cards like the IBM High Rate Wireless PC Card or the Dell TrueMobile 1150. On my 5300s, AirPort isn't supported, so I run the ORiNOCO drivers. The ORiNOCO 7.2 drivers recognize ALL WaveLAN based cards as being ORiNOCO cards. The AirPort card is a special card with something funny going on. It's actually CardBus, but it doesn't work in CardBus slots. I've read that Apple switched a few pins around so that it will not work in standard CardBus slots but only in the AirPort slot. FWIW, WaveLAN cards do work as AirPort cards when installed internally. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?
Is there any way to make the 3rd party rebranded cards work with the AirPort software? I've got both an IBM branded and a Cabletron branded WaveLAN card which appear to be identical to the 'real' Lucent WaveLAN cards. The OEM cards (called WaveLAN or ORiNOCO) will work with Apple's AirPort drivers in OS 9 and appear to the Mac as though they are genuine AirPort cards. Additionally, ANY of the 3rd party WaveLAN-chipset cards (except the AirPort card) will work with the ORiNOCO 7.2 drivers under OS 9. Maybe. The cards are not actually identical. Every PC Card has a small set of information stored as HEX strings. This info tells the computer what the name of the card is, the company that manufactured it, it's version, and some other odds and ends. The 3rd party cards have different card names that aren't recognized by the AirPort driver. It may be possible to patch AirPort to get it to recognize these cards, however. I've had 75% success with doing this so far. I've managed to get AirPort to recognize my PCWA-C150S as an AirPort PC Card, and I can select it in TCP/IP, but this seems only cosmetic. The card still doesn't actually connect to my base station. But maybe you'll have better luck than I've had. For more reading, check out this thread on AppleFritter. It discusses the hack in detail. http://www.applefritter.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=hacks;action=display;num=1076035912 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?
Actually, the first generation AirPort card uses a standard PCMCIA connector, so you could connect one in a Wallstreet. However, since the card expects an external antenna, You wouldn't be able to do much with it in your Wallstreet. That's not true. AFAIK, there's only one generation of AirPort card. (Unless you mean AirPort Extreme to be a second generation... but that wouldn't be quite right.) AirPort cards DO NOT have a PCMCIA connector. They have a CardBus connector. CardBus cards will not fit in PCMCIA PC Card slots. They are keyed differently. PC Cards will fit in CardBus slots, but CardBus cards will not physically fit in standard 16-bit PC Card slots. The cards that were, at least, in the graphite AirPort Base Station were Lucent Silver card. Apple didn't even remove the sticker on the cards and these had, of course, the external antenna on the card itself as opposed to the Apple AirPort ones... WaveLAN silvers were the basis for the Graphite ABS, yes (and that explains why only 64-bit (or 48-bit depending on your interpretation) WEP is supported with them. The Snow ABS has an AirPort card in it, and it can be firmware upgraded (with AirPort 2.0, IIRC) to 128-bit WEP. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: PowerLogix Blue Chip upgrade details?
From: Andrew Kershaw alk(a-t)mac.com Subject: Thermal Paste Rules! I picked up a PowerLogix Blue Chip/WS 466 for my Wallstreet 233MHz/512kB recently. (A _very_ nice upgrade, by the way. The Wallstreet now gives my Pismo 500 a run for it's money on most tasks.) Drew I've been contemplating a processor upgrade for my Lombard (400 MHz 320Mb RAM OS 9.2.2) partially for improved performance but mostly as a hedge against the Lombard cache failure. How much did your Blue chip upgrade cost? 400 Mhz processor cards seem to be going for under $200 so that might be a better route. I'd have to decide how much performance I'd gain with the Blue chip processor compared to the stock processor. Hey, nice name! ;-) My 466MHz Blue Chip and a NewerTech BookEndz came to $125 together. I bought them used on the Swap list. All in all, a good deal. I'm uber happy with them both. Lombards are still going for quite a bit of money on eBay, which really vexes me. They are nice machines, but they aren't quite as capable as, say, a Pismo. They're basically a Wallstreet (ok, a little faster, slimmer, and lighter) with a faster CPU and USB. But I don't think they are worth what they go for on eBay. At least, they aren't to me. And that might explain why I don't own one ... yet. ;-) As for the performance of the upgrade, MacBench is giving it CPU numbers in the 150% range (as compared to a beige G3 300), right up where my Pismo 500 is performing. In otherwords, I just about doubled the performance of the stock WS II/233/512k, and I'm quite satisfied. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, wi-fi, and OS 9.1
There is no need for a cardbus card. I had an ORiNICO Silver card in a Wallstreet and the card worked right off the box with the AirPort software in OS 9. -Laurent. Sorry, I don't understand. Where DOES such a card go, if not in a Cardbus slot? In an expansion bay? It would go in the CardBus slot. CardBus is a next generation PC Card and it's backwards compatible with PCMCIA-standard 16-bit PC Cards. So a 16-bit PC Card (not technically a CardBus card) will work in a CardBus slot. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares, and all that. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wall Street, Wi-fi, and OS 9.1?
At 5:42 PM -0600 6/13/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: The AirPort card is a special card with something funny going on. It's actually CardBus, but it doesn't work in CardBus slots. I've read that Apple switched a few pins around so that it will not work in standard CardBus slots but only in the AirPort slot. FWIW, WaveLAN cards do work as AirPort cards when installed internally. Since the Airport card is based on the Orinoco Gold card it is not CardBus but PC Card only. I mention this distinction as part of the OPs confusion was with regard to CardBus vs PC Card. Nope. The AirPort card IS CARDBUS. Excuse my yelling. The internal slot is definitely CardBus, and the card is definitely keyed as CardBus, and the PC Card SDK's TuppleDumper tool treats the card as CardBus. If it quacks like a duck... It's CardBus, NOT PCMCIA. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Thermal Paste Rules!
WOW! I picked up a PowerLogix Blue Chip/WS 466 for my Wallstreet 233MHz/512kB recently. (A _very_ nice upgrade, by the way. The Wallstreet now gives my Pismo 500 a run for it's money on most tasks.) It didn't come with it's original heat sink disk, so I transplanted one from the 233's CPU. Well, the thing was running at a hot 181F last night, and I was a little concerned that the heatsink wasn't making good contact with the CPU. So I went out and picked up some thermal grease (Arctic Silver 5, if that means anything to you). After applying the compound, my Wallstreet/466 is now running at a cool 131F! Big improvement! Given the recent conversation on overheating PowerBooks, I thought you all might like that tip. Scrape off (and carefully clean away) whatever is left of the original thermal grease and apply some new stuff. It makes a HUGE difference in CPU temperatures. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 540 and 7300
7300 can do with an ethernet bridge ($100!). Those things (the D-Link DW-810+'s) work pretty reliably in our experience, We've used them to add some systems where there were no more jacks. Hi Bruce! Have you guys tried the ORiNOCO PCI/PC Card bridge adapters? You stick a PCMCIA card in the slot on the PCI card, and plug the PCI card into a PCI slot on your Mac. Supposedly there were two versions of the card made - only one of which supports the Mac. Go figure that the one I have is the wrong type... So I'm looking for success stories about these PCI cards. Anybody got 'em? Anyway, once you get 'em up and running, it's easy to have newer generation Macs and old Macs (even 68k) get along on the same network. The tough part is finding all the equipment to get those older Macs going wirelessly at the right price... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 540 and 7300
You might get more stories from the PowerMac list... -Laurent. Yeah, I know it's OT here. Sadly, they were no help. Only one other lister had tried the card (same model as mine), and he had no success either. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: ??? Wallstreet battery replacement cells ???
I didn't know the Wallstreet had built-in OpenFirmware. ALL PCI-based Macs (from the 7200 onward) have OpenFirmware. Some have a more complete OF than others, but all PCI-based Macs have OF to one degree or another. - 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: WiFi...Why Apple over 3rd party
on 5/16/04 3:03 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: ...WiFi why?. Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:43:40 -0700 Good morning All, I live in the Seattle area and we have all of the electronic and office big box stores, independent Apple dealers, and at least two Apple Stores. I am getting ready to go home wireless with my Pismo, and in reading the Sunday paper and all of the ads, my question is this; why do I need Airport, when there are several name brand WiFi routers on sale for less than $100.00? Aside from Apple loyalty, and the cool factor, which may be negligent as the router is often in a place where the casual visitor to your home may not see it and therefor not be impressed by your cool factor, is there a compelling technical factor for using an Airport over any of the other good products on the market ? I have been a rabid Mac user since 1985 and love the look and feel of the products and how they work, and work, and work! Thanks Jim. No compelling tech factor in my book. Go Linksys. Cheap, stackable, fast and reliable. The only compelling reason to buy an Apple router is it's integration with the software. Apple's AirPort utilities are pretty good. I've got a Linksys router, though, and I'm quite happy. As for cards, speaking as someone who has internal cards and PC Card, there is MUCH to be said about having the card integrated into the computer. It doesn't stick out, there's no fear of catching it on something or breaking the antenna, etc. Quite nice, actually. Plus, on the Pismo and newer 'Books, you don't have to worry about hogging up the only PC Card slot you've got... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Clean Screens
Oh dear. Larry, Please try to remember that there are children on this list, not to mention the whole host of complaints you are going to get off list from insulted and angered adults. I hope you don't catch fire from all the flames that are coming your way... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: vanishing battery
On Sunday, April 25, 2004, at 06:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My son's Wallstreet, running OSX 10.2.8, cannot see its power supply (yoyo) and consequently the battery has run down and the machine will not work. I've tried two, both of which worked previously. Anyone have (and solve) a similar problem? Wiggle the power connector. See if putting pressure in one direction or another makes it suddenly start working. I've seen this on three PowerBook G3's recently... Basically, the connector gets hit or bumped, which causes the socket to come loose from the i/o board. It's a PITA to fix, but a soldering iron will do it... Agreed. I picked up a parts Wallstreet on the swap list that was suffering from this problem. A half hour and 5 minutes with a soldering iron fixed it. It's rock steady now. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Dead Trackpad?
Good suggestion. I woke up my Pismo this morning and I was able to move the trackpad sligthly (2) but then it stopped responding. Weird... -Laurent. Have you checked the cable connection at the trackpad? It may have worked itself loose - what you are describing sounds a bit like heat causing the joint to loosen... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Linksys et al
I did some research of both the D-Link and the Linksys systems when I went wireless (chose D-Link because of their Mac support). If I remember correctly, neither company's USB wireless access point was listed to work with Macs (OS9 or OSX), only Windows 98 and above. If someone knows different, then I would be interested also. They don't list it but the components work seemlessly with my apples in my network The access point doesn't care what OS the client is running, so long as it can do 802.11a/b/g/whatever and TCP/IP. I use a Linksys AP for my wireless network without any problems. It is web-configurable, so no special software is needed to set it up. Wireless CARDS, on the other hand, are a whole different problem. They do require drivers, and Linksys doesn't write Mac OS drivers. Unless the card (or USB dongle, or whatever) is supported by a 3rd party (like IOXperts or MacSense), it won't work with your Mac. It's that easy. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: wireless USB
I have no idea how well Linksys wireless USB stuff works, but based on various comments I read about their networking products, they are not supportive at all for the Macintosh, so don't expect any support if you run into problems... Hi Laurent, I have a Linksys (wired) and when I tried to install it I did have some problems, I called Linksys and they assisted me all the way through the process of installation, the guy stayed on the phone and guided me step by step. So it may be a case of how the worker operates or it could be that I'm a lucky guy. Linksys doesn't write drivers for Mac OS. If the USB dongle requires drivers (it must, I don't believe there are drivers for these things built into the Mac OS), it won't work with your Mac. IIRC, MacWireless has a USB adapter for wireless... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Trying to get wireless to work
Confusing PB G3 identification - Jobs' idea of a bad joke. :\ Here's how to tell them apart: The 1998 PowerBook G3, called the Wallstreet, is a black PowerBook, thicker than the others, and has the family number M4753 on its bottom. The 1999 PowerBook G3, called the Lombard or Bronze Keyboard, is a black PowerBook and has the family number M5343 on its bottom. The 2000 PowerBook G3, called the G3 FireWire or Pismo, is a black PowerBook with the family number M7572 on its bottom. This is the only black PowerBook with FireWire ports. - Dan. There's a bit more detail... PowerBook G3 - aka Kanga. 250MHz (Looks like a 3400c). Essentially a 3400c w/ a G3 grafted on. This one doesn't look anything at all like the other G3 PowerBooks, so it's hard to confuse it with them. I've heard it referred to as Main Street. PowerBook G3 Series - aka Wallstreet. 233MHz (no cache), 250MHz, 292MHz. I've also heard these called Main Street but AFAIK, there is actually no such code name. (AFAIK, the Main Street moniker was applied by the user community retrospectively and confusingly to the Kanga to differentiate it from the Wallstreet. http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=tampage=codenamessubpage=portable doesn't have Main Street on it's list of code names.) PowerBook G3 Series II - aka Wallstreet II or PDQ. 233MHz (512k cache), 266MHz, 300MHz. The Wallstreet II came out very soon after the original Wallstreet. Hence, it was a Pretty Damn Quick (PDQ) update. PowerBook G3 (Bronze Keyboard) - aka Lombard or 101. Released in 1999. 333MHz 400MHz. First PB with USB ports. Also had SCSI. PowerBook G3 (FireWire) - Pismo. Released in 2000. 400MHz 500MHz. First PB with FireWire. Same form factor as Lombard, same keyboard. No SCSI. I don't even want to think about the G4... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Moof - was Re: Ram / HDD....
http://www.redlightrunner.com/apmoofchilwa1.html The Mooof has a name? Clarus?? Yes. And if you spend enough time in Apple's tech- and dev-notes, you'll find quite a few stories and articles about Clarus the dogcow, including a very nice poem. Peace, Drew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Rohde Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:16 PM To: G-Books Subject: Moof - was Re: Ram / HDD On 4/11/04, Anthony Perez wrote: Heheheheheh... I'm gonna have to look for a t-shirt that has that on it now. I'm on a mission!! I'll check the size of the one I have in the closet (If it won't fit me anymore, I'll let you know). Or you could check the Red Light Runner site: http://www.redlightrunner.com/ and ask them to let you know if/when they get some in. I'll at least take pics of my T-shirt (even if it does fit), and send you those. Jim Rohde -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Two WS questions...
I recently switched from 12 to a 14 screen on my Wallstreet. How do I move the Control Strip to the bottom of the screen(!) as it is stuck where the bottom of the screen USED to be; now about 3/4th of the way down? Hold down the option key and click on the tab at the end of the control strip to move it around the screen. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Meritline External Enclosure Help-Question
You mean to re-initialize the entire hard drive just for one driver? Is it not just possible to install the driver to OS 9 so that it can read this external drive? I've never done the re-initialization and am a bit reticent unless I can't find an easier, simpler way. You shouldn't have to do that. Disk drivers (in the hard disk drive sense) reside in a special partition on the hard drive itself, not somewhere in your extensions folder as would a CD-ROM drive's drivers. When you partition or format a drive in OS 9, Drive Setup automatically writes the drivers to the disk. If you do it in OS X, the drivers needed for OS 9 to recognize the drive may not be written. The solution is to re-initialize the disk making sure the OS 9 drivers get written. But you should be able to boot into OS 9, open Drive Setup, and choose update drivers from the functions menu without having to re-initialize the drive I think. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Running Yellow Dog Linux on a 400 MHz PowerBook G3 Pismo
Why would you ever want to install Linux on a Mac when OS X is the best personal Unix ever? Who cares _why_ he wants to use Linux?! Sorry, but answers like that really get under my skin. There are plenty of reasons why a person might want to use Linux instead of OS X. Cost might be one of them (Linux is free, OS X costs $130). System resources are another. Heaven forbid that someone might NOT actually LIKE Aqua/OS X! Or someone might LIKE Linux! But why make this person defend his question like that? It's perfectly reasonable to want to run Linux on a Mac, regardless of whatever bias you may hold against it. I put YDL on my Wallstreet, and it ran fine. Shortly after that, I got into software development in OS 9, and eventually uninstalled Linux to reclaim that hard disk space. A Pismo should be easy(ish) to set up, and it should run YDL like a champ. There is no version of iTunes for Linux, but I'm certain that there's no shortage of MP3 players. Some might even allow you to synch up a hardware MP3 player (though probably not as gracefully as iTunes handles the iPod). Fascinatingly, there is a version of Linux that will run on the iPod... ;-) http://ipodlinux.sourceforge.net/faq.shtml 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Airport Alternatives
Thanks for the head-up, Hugo. Does it support AppleTalk? I still have a LaserWriter 16/600PS which uses EtherTalk (AppleTalk over Ethernet), so I need to be able to print wirelessly... -Laurent. -- Can't you configure that LW to use LPR? That should work with any TCP/IP-slash-LPR client (UNIX, Windows, Mac, whatever). 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Battery Reset for Pismo
Hmmm, I'm thinking (uh-oh!! :-) since the PB-to-battery comm is done over a serial interface, might it be possible to directly capture (on Lombard of course) what BR 'says' to the battery and then use that to connect to, and reset, a battery over an external serial interface? Not that Pismo _has_ a serial interface. H, inquiring mind wants to know . . . That certainly should be possible if you can figure out a way to snoop onto the serial bus. ;-) FWIW, I think the VST external chargers have some of this capability as well. When you recharge a battery that's at a certain charge level, the charger is supposed to intelligently recalibrate the battery. I don't know how this is induced, and I can't say I've ever seen it actually work on anything other than my Wallstreet batteries... (I've got the 3400/5300, Wallstreet, and Lombard/Pismo rechargers - definitely worth the $25/each on eBay!) That could just be because my 5300 batteries are so far gone that they can't be saved and that my Pismo batteries aren't gunked up enough yet... Who knows. I just mention that so you have another branch to hunt down if figuring out how BR works doesn't happen. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Battery Reset for Pismo
Heck if I know if I even need MacsBug, but I figured if I could trap the sysenvirons calls and see the differences between Lombard's and Pismo's responses I'd have some good pointers as to the actual mechanism used to differentiate the PBs. It's fun to play with actually, once you know a few basic commands. BTW, anyone know if there's a similar debugger for OS X? Hmm. MacsBug should be some help. You could go to the debugger right before BR brings up it's incompatibility dialog and then try to step through and look for the right portion of memory. That's a chore if you don't know what you are doing. Most of the gestalts are 16- or 32-bit binary values that would be hard to recognize with the eye. A handful are hex strings, but even these will be difficult to recognize... I wish I knew more about MacsBug - it can be an immensely powerful tool, I understand. Any takers? We've got to have at least one or two C/C++ programmers on this list that are familiar with MacsBug! 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Battery Reset for Pismo
Been there, done that (doncha just love GestLab?!?), still haven't been able to figger the selector used by BR. I'll repeat the (huge) caveat that I'm not a programmer, though I've tried to play one. :-) I'll have to run over the files I generated back when I tried this the first time, maybe something I overlooked earlier will pop out at me . . . Dan, I don't know if this will help or not, but I can send a report of what GestLab has selected for my Pismo and for my Wallstreet. Unfortunately, I don't have a Lombard (anyone wanna give me one? ;-), so I can't compare Apples to ... er... yeah. Would that be helpful to you? The Pismo and Wallstreet should have significant differences. But I can't think of too many that would be different between the Pismo and Lombard. bclk should be one (Pismo @ 100MHz bus clock, Lombard @ 66MHz, right?), pclk might also be one (though that might be the same for the 400MHz models). Other than that, have you considered that mabye BR also probes the hardware? Does anyone know for certain that the charging circuit/PMU are identical in the Pismo and Lombard? It could be that the PMU uses a different ASIC that doesn't understand the BR reset code - essentially the battery power connector has a simple serial port implementation that is probably pretty dependent on specific hardware... I don't know about any of the G3s, but a 5300 has what boils down to a Motorola 6502 (!!) as it's PMU controller. Sorry that I can't help you with MacsBug - I know next to nothing about the debugger. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: rebuilding batteries
Dang it, I really want to hack Battery Reset to run on Pismo, it's gotta be possible! Has anyone just tried changing the gestalt? Or are the Lombard and Pismo Mach gestalt the same (410 for New World, I think)? Otherwise, you might try playing around with GestLab to find differences between the gestalts for the Lombard and Pismo. Perhaps something will stick out (bclk maybe?) that is different between the two. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: WallStreet RAM upgrade question
I believe the reason for one Low Profile is that a larger one won't fit on the underside of the processor card. Not enought clearance between the DIMM and the logic board. Ken It's because a full sized SO-DIMM is too long to fit. The RAM slot is too close to the edge of the daughter card, and longer RAM cards won't fit in the small space provided. So-called low profile cards are actually shorter (not thinner), and will fit in the space. Two low profile cards will work fine. There is no difference (electronically) between a low profile card and a full sized card. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: totally dead battery
on 08/02/04 11:28, w miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible for a li-on battery for a Lombard (M7318) to be completely and forever dead? I've tried battery reset and get a box that tells me it's reset and to charge it, but the computer is not seeing it, before or after the reset. If it is forever dead, can it be rebuilt? Yes, it is most likely dead and yes, it can be rebuilt. However, the problem is with the charging circuitry in the battery, or more specifically, the EEPROM in the circuit that tracks the cells charge. I did rebuild a battery with new cells but could not make the laptop to recharge it, most likely because the charging circuitry was still thinking that the battery was dead. -Laurent. Laurent, What model battery did you rebuild? What cells (part numbers) did you use? I was considering doing exactly this with my Wallstreet battery(ies), but I haven't done much more than taking apart a dead battery. Did you try running Battery Reset afterwards? That's probably an obvious thing, but sometimes the obvious things get overlooked. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Space Key Question - maybe stupid question, don't laugh please!
Hi guys, this is my first post here. I just bought a WallStreet from eBay. Everything is fine except the space key. It pops up a video player window instead of inputing a space in the editor window. However, I found Shift+Space is functioning as the input of a space. Is that because of some lock? Thanks! Shiung Wow, that's kinda funny. Does It pops up a video player window mean that the space bar opens the Apple Video Player? Are you running an OS older than OS X? If that's the case, it's easy to fix. Open Apple Video Player. In the menu bar, click on the Setup menu and pick Hot Key Then click the none button. Done! Your space bar has been returned to normal... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program
See: http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/ Yay, Apple makes good! Some of the juicier details: When does the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program begin? The program begins on January 28, 2004. How long is the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program available? The program covers affected iBooks for three years after the first retail sale of the unit. Apple will continue to evaluate the repair data and will provide further repair extensions as needed. For which computers is the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program available? The program is available for iBooks with serial numbers in the following range(s): UV220XX to UV318XX iBooks with the serial numbers listed above may be referred to as: * iBook (16 VRAM) * iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM) * iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM) * iBook (32 VRAM) * iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) I paid for an eligible repair before the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program began. Will Apple reimburse me for the cost of the repair? Yes. Apple will reimburse customers with eligible iBooks for the cost of repairs covered under this program, and will pro-actively contact affected customers where Apple has their contact information. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: FW disk mode crashed host
My reply doesn't really answer the OP's questions, but . . . I've not used FW target disk mode, but for fast file transfers I was mighty impressed with filesharing using TCP/IP-over-FW. I haven't done any timed benchmarks but Finder copies between a pair of Pismos is _fast_fast_fast_. Perhaps doing the filecopies using TCP/IP-over-FW might work out better? Dan K (who's been waiting for an opportunity to mention TCP/IP-over-FW :-) Whoa, wait a minute... You can do TCP/IP over FireWire? I remember there being some discussion back when FireWire was new about doing AppleTalk on FireWire (though I quickly grew uninterested in that idea and don't know if it's possible today or not), but if I've heard anything about TCP/IP over FW, it's just a quiet mumble in some hidden memory... Please do spill the beans, Dan! 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: how to boot a pismo
I recently came into a pismo that doesn't have a dvd or cd drive and needs a system installed onto it. I have no external firewire hard drive to install a system and the only firewire disc drive I have is a burner that is not bootable. I do have a wallstreet, but is there a way to install a system onto the pismo. Can I use firewire disk mode with a cardbus card via my wallstreet or do I need to buy either an external hard rive or disk drive for the pismo? TIA, Justin You could take the drive out of the Pismo, put it into the Wallstreet, install an OS (making sure to do a universal install), and put the drive back... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Somewhat OT: looking for spyware tools
On 1/10/04 6:45 AM, Gary Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any websites where, like anti-virus programs, you can get a free spyware checkup? To my knowlwdge no spyware exists for this platform. Look elsewhere for a solution to your problem. Agreed. It's not impossible, but it's unlikely. More likely is that you still have a program running that wants a TCP/IP connection active. Whenever it tries to connect to its service (web browser connecting to a web server, say - or Hotline client to Hotline server, etc), it will prompt OpenTransport to start a new connection by dialing the modem. Try quitting all Internet related programs before disconnecting the modem. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Personal LaserWriter LS on WallStreet
On 1/10/04 5:22 AM, Paul Stamsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 22:41pm -0800 on 1/9/04, Robin Ashe, contributed: OK, I tried the LW 8 extension, it practically nerfed my system, so I rebooted with all extensions on and trimmed away the ones that I was sure I didn't need. I now have a LaserWriter 300 Icon on my desktop, but I'm still getting the same error message when I try to print. Have you opened the Chooser and chose the LW8? No. I don't see why I should. I have a PLW LS not a LW8. Why would choosing the LW8 solve my problems? Because, AFAIK, LaserWriter 8 is the interface for picking ANY LaserWriter as your printer. The 8 in LW8 is the software major version number, not a reference to a LaserWriter named LaserWriter 8. So if you wanted to pick a LaserWriter 12/600 PS, you would still use LaserWriter 8 in the Chooser to choose it. Confusing, I know ;-) 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Does D-Link Router support Appletalk?
On Jan 8, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Clyde Kahrl wrote: A: I just turned off DHCP so I could test the non-wireless part of the router--from port to port and not going through the WAN port. It used the DHCP of my Asante router. Although I could see the internet, it didn't seem to make any difference with regard to the network--I still couldn't see anything on the net including OS9, slowtalk, and Jaguar machines. I am vaguely aware that some routers do not support some protocols (like say appletalk), but D-Link says it works with Macs so I guess I have to look further. Just because they say it works with Macs, it doesn't mean that it will route appletalk. The fact that it can route TCP/IP technically means that it works with a Mac. Steve Indeed. And the hardwired ethernet section probably does pass EtherTalk packets (AppleTalk over Ethernet) since these packets are just normal ethernet packets containing AppleTalk data moving through a hub. However, it probably doesn't route AppleTalk packets between the wired and wireless networks, nor between wireless clients. Linksys does something similar. Their hubs and routers work with Macs, but they don't support AppleTalk. They'll pass AppleTalk packets over the ethernet hub side of their hardware, but their wireless clients (or upstream clients, AFAIK) won't ever see those packets. As an aside, does OS X do AppleTalk over Ethernet (EtherTalk - much like AppleTalk over serial cables is LocalTalk, infrared is IRTalk, etc)? I was under the impression that standard AppleTalk packets had been evolved out of the OS in favor of only doing AppleTalk encapsulated in TCP/IP packets (and using new tech like zeroconf)... In that case, all the clients would need to be on the same subnet if the router isn't being used. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Buffalo Card on a WS G3
Does anyone know if a Buffalo Wireless Card 54 GHz card can be used on a WallStreet PowerBook G3? 54 GHz, eh? What's the range on that thing, 2 feet? 54 GHz would have incredible loss in an atmosphere... Ah, I'm just fooling. I bet you mean 802.11g... Does the card have Mac OS drivers? Do you want to use it in OS 9 or OS X? OWC sells these cards, don't they? I'd wager support is pretty good if OWC sells 'em. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: want wireless for my Lombard
Shaun, Check out www.wegenermedia.com Shawn On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 01:46 AM, Shaun D. McClurken wrote: I've had a Lombard 400 MHz, 192MB/6GB for a few months. OS 9.2.2, which I want to maintain for a while, or else I'd have to expand RAM and hard disk space. And go without the DVD capability. I want to use this machine to surf and do email in coffeeshops. HOw come I'm having trouble identifying and locating a PC card that would allow it? Can the cards in the Sunday newspaper ads be used in Macs? Lynksis, NetGear, Microsoft, DLink, etc. They seldom say either yes or no, but the boxes usually list requirements for Wintel boxes alone. Are drivers out there? (Or out here, or whatever I mean.) I love coffeeshops, I love computers -- I can't wait! shaun I've not had a lot of good experience with them. OTOH, you could buy just about any PC Card and use the IOXperts 3rd party drivers with it. That would work well. There's another set of 3rd party drivers out there, too. Alternatively, you can use the ORiNOCO card with the Lucent/Avaya/Proxim drivers, a former Farallon SkyLINE card, or a MacWireless card. Or, you could get a WaveLAN/ORiNOCO Gold/Silver/Bronze card and use the Apple AirPort drivers. I do that on my two Wallstreets, and I did it on my Pismo until I bought a genuine AirPort card. It works great. FYI, this is a 100% supported setup - Apple's AirPort software _does_ support PC Cards (but only ones based on the WaveLAN chipset - no Prism cards like the ones made by D-Link, Linksys, etc). HTH. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 233 g3 powerbook and os9
it's os9.01 That's your problem. 9.0 will run on the Wallstreet and 9.0.4+ will run on the Wallstreet, but anything in between is a machine-specific release of Mac OS and hence won't run on the Wallstreet. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Wallstreet CPU and VRAM questions
This site http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/index.html says the Wallstreet (Wallstreet I) has a VRAM slot (look in the mach gestalt section). Is that true? Where is it, if so? I assume it's on the bottom of the motherboard, since it's not visible anywhere under the keyboard area. Is it possible to install more VRAM by swapping out whatever might already be installed? Also, what would happen if I took the 292MHz CPU out of my Wallstreet I and put it in my 233MHz Wallstreet II? I've heard that they are supposed to be incompatible... Can anyone explain to me exactly _why_ they are incompatible? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Stupid RAM
It's the wrong type RAM. The Lombard requires PC66, although SOME lucky bastards find that their machines do accept PC100.. It's the luck of the draw I guess--mine won't take PC100, even though an old Wallstreet I had (which supposedly required PC66) was as happy as a clam with PC100!!! Anyway, the technical side of it is that the PC100 is stacked ram, and the PC66-version laptops (Lombard Wallstreet) shouldn't bee able to see more than half of any 'stacked configuration.. That's not correct. PC100 and so-called stacked RAM are not necessarily linked. The problem is that the RAM is high-density and the memory controller can't see half the bits. FWIW, PC100 and PC133 are speed ratings. PC133 is compatible with PC66, so long as it has the same density as the controller expects. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Can't SwapHardDriveInWallstreet
Just a question: Have you tried zapping the PRAM? The Wallstreet is probably looking for the startup disk that was originally the 2GB drive. Removing it confused the 'book. Zapping the PRAM will reset the startup drive info, and the Wallstreet will boot from whatever drive is bootable and connected. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Improper off-list emails
Can you please(please, please) have this discussion off-list? Thank you all Marc That's the funniest thing I think I've ever read on this list! Let me email you privately to relay my kudos! :-P All joking aside, I'd just like to point out that the PowerBooks list seems to run extremely smoothly and civilly with almost no nanny intervention. (Heck, half the people on the list don't even know that there _is_ a nanny - when I've asked to speak with a nanny in the past, no one could tell me who it is... I can't even think of the last time Beverly posted anything to the list...) This list can't seem to go a day without a nanny laying the smack down. And, frankly, I haven't seen any of it actually _helping_ to form a community on the list. (Before you tell me I don't know what running a list is like, let me tell you what it's like to run a list for 250 college freshmen in a dorm. Utter chaos - G-Books is extremely tame by comparison. You wouldn't believe some of the things they said about each other.) I almost dread coming to this list for help. The PowerBooks list is extremely helpful, friendly, and community-oriented. In the last month or so on G-Books, I've seen more OT discussion and flame wars than I've seen on PowerBooks in four years. What caused this difference in culture between two lists so fundamentally related?? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: VPC Micro$oft
If you had as much experience of small companies and products like this you would know not to trust statements like that! I have been in the Mac-on-PC emulation scene for a very long time, so long in fact that I have given up waiting. There were two companies that seriously promised PPC emulation when I moved back home to Sweden 3.5 years ago, and still nothing. Such cynicism! What did they do to you to make you so jaded? Over the years, people have doubted that company frequently. BLPE was presumed to be vaporware for a _very_ long time, but the company delivered. Heck, even today people think they've died, but they're still around. How about a little optimism on this list for a change. Sometimes the small companies really are diamonds in the rough. Mac-on-PC emulation: Is that really relevant here, anyway? Were talking PC-on-Mac emulation, not the reverse. Besides, the market for Mac OS emulation on a PC has got to be pretty small (how many PC users genuinely want to run the Mac OS in emulation, and how many of them _need_ to). The major reason for doing it on a Mac is to get access to software that isn't available for Mac OS (like MS Access or the like). There isn't a whole lot of big-name software on the Mac that doesn't have a PC version... Anyway, the point was that your quote was out-of-context. It seems pretty clear to me that the company's _intent_ IS to produce an OS X compatible version of BLPE. And it seems to me that emulating a PC is harder than compiling code that will run is OS X... So if they could do the former, the latter certainly should be possible for them. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
PRAM batteries...
I have a question about PRAM batteries... I need new ones for my Wallstreet (two, actually) and Pismo. The question is: How many VL2330 cells are in the modules? From the service manual, the Wallstreet looks like it has 6 or 8... I don't want to tear down my Wallstreet(s) right now to confirm, so does anyone know? How about the Pismo? It looks like 4 or so... The local Batteries Plus doesn't carry VL2330s, so I have to special order them (and prove to the disbelieving sales clerk that there IS a rechargeable 2330 - VL2330 - at 3V and not 1.2V). Needless to say, I don't want to spend an arm and a leg ordering more parts than I'm going to use! 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: VPC Micro$oft
Ah, cheers!! However, this'll be the telling tale: Mac OS system requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.x - 9.x Important Note: Current version of Blue Label does not support Mac OS X and Classic environment. If it stays like that it'll be pretty pointless... Fingers crossed. And farther down the page is printed: Buy Blue Label 1.8 now and get special discount for Mac OS X compatible version we are working on. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 15 Ti-Bk S-Video Out problem
When I play a DVD on the Ti-Bk and send the signal out to the TV, the contrast on the TV changes continually - almost a fading in/out effect. Any thoughts? A weird copy protction scheme? Thanks Frank Yeah, probably. It happens with a Comcrap laptop we have, too. And it also happens if you hook up most DVD players to a VCR and thence to a TV (like when a TV only has an F-type coax RF-in so you need to use a VCR to act as an RCA-RF converter). 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: USB 2.0... [off-list sales wrong]
On 10/26/03 12:09 PM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: According to the LEM rules one post per year on any list is allowed per member, but this isn't just one per list per year. He has done this on regular occasion whenever someone is looking for something he can sell. Those posts should be kept on the swap list as I understand it. If I am wrong, correct me, otherwise the list nanny will take care of it I suspect. You are not wrong. I keep a record of this happening. Mr. Hammad has done this on several occasions and I keep records of this. He is now banned from posting in this forum. LEM list members are allowed *ONE* for sale posting per year on a regular list. The LEM Swap list is set up for sales and all posts advertising goods should be taken care of there. I am tired of warning people over and over again. You will be warned once and then banned. Enough is enough. -- Kyle H. Hansen Wait a minute, Mr. Hammad didn't post anything to the list! Read the darn header: From: Mohamad Hammad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: USB 2.0 compatible with USB 1.1 ? Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 07:52:17 -0800 This was an off-list post directly to the original poster, not a deliberate on-list post of commercial wares. This seems perfectly reasonable to me. Regardless of whether or not I would want someone privately offering his wares to me, there is no rule against it. Items 19 and 20 in the netiquette guide are what are pertinent here, as well as item 24. This was private correspondence. If Laurence didn't like being contacted privately, he should have sent that response directly back to Mr. Hammad. Aren't we a little quick on the trigger here? 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo, Bluetooth, and a T616
Hi, The AirPort card is for wireless networking (802.11b). You'll need a PCMCIA bluetooth adapter or a USB bluetooth adapter to sync up with your phone. I don't know if the drivers for either one of those are available, so do some research first. What about the D-Link USB-Bluetooth adapter Apple sells? It should be supported on OS X... I don't know about drivers for OS 9. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: shutting down PB and heat
on 10/11/03 11:49 AM, w miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I'm too much of a worry wart, but my Lombard frequently seems so hot on the bottom that I think I must shut it down. I sometimes hear what sounds like a fan come on. When I have it on my desk, I raise the rear end with a little saucer. Am I being silly? no Well said... :-) It can't _hurt_ to shut down your 'Book when it gets hot. That noise you hear probably _is_ the fan. It comes on only when the PowerBook heats up enough to trigger it. I'd say the jury's out on the long-term impact of that much heat, but in the short term a little heat probably won't hurt your Lombard. After a while (several minutes to an hour, depending on conditions), the fan should cool down the innards enough to allow it to spin back down. In the summers (New England, Arizona, and Colorado), my Wallstreet gets pretty darn hot (especially if a CD is in). It gets so hot, in fact, that the fan runs constantly when I use it on my lap (and if I'm not careful, it'll leave sweat marks on my pants!). But that's better than owning a Dell. A while ago, a Dell owner apparently got blisters on his genitals because the laptop was too hot. Heh... The Register ran a story about that in November last year http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/28245.html. Of course, it also makes a slight comment about Mac users and objectum sexuality. Hmm... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: shutting down PB and heat
Thanks to those who answered my question. If it's true that I really should be shutting down when the Lombard seems hot, what do these listmembers who never shut down know that I don't (and should)? Willi Nothing. Shutting it down can't hurt, but you don't necessarily _need_ to shut it down. These 'Books may feel hot, but they're probably still within the operating range that Apple engineered for them. I've never actually heard of a PowerBook overheating because of normal use. Now, if you block all the ventilation ports, sit your PowerBook on an electric heating pad, and use it on the hottest day in July, THEN I might worry... That fan coming on is perfectly normal. My advice is to just ignore the fan noise (unless it seems excessive - like it has been running for hours). Or just do whatever you are comfortable doing. You aren't going to make things worse by erring on the side of caution! 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: shutting down PB and heat
Thanks to those who answered my question. If it's true that I really should be shutting down when the Lombard seems hot, what do these listmembers who never shut down know that I don't (and should)? Willi What I should have added is that, yes, it is true that heat can cause damage to your PowerBook in the long term. Heating and cooling the PowerBook causes expansion and contraction of all the components. Some materials expand more than others when heated. This can cause problems with things like solder joints or other contact points on the logic board. Over time, cracks may develop or the contacts may drift apart... The truth of the matter, though, is that unless your PowerBook is excessively hot (hot enough to melt either the plastics, insulators, or CPU itself), the damage caused by normal heat is negligible when compared to the mechanical damage caused by carting the PowerBook around and when handling it. Your PowerBook is much more likely to die from the mechanical stresses of everyday use than it is likely to die from thermal damage. If it were just thermal problems, your PowerBook would probably run for decades... 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
