Re: WegenerMedia

[Daniel Colwell]

On Feb 3, 2006, phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

And, as far as relevant questions: What can anyone tell me  
about Wegener

Media and the service they provide?


In October of 2003 I ordered a replacement LG DVD drive from them for  
my Pismo. Like many others, my drive started to have problems reading  
certain CD's and DVD's. For about $90 I got one from them that they  
guaranteed would read everything and last forever.


I have to agree that in the end, I got what I was promised. I am  
still using the drive and have had absolutely no problems with it. I  
would recommend it to anyone. However, the first couple they sent me  
didn't work. I found Dave easy to deal with, and he sent me the  
replacements quickly, the last one even before I returned the  
defective drive to him. I feel that even good companies will have  
some problems, I try to judge them by how those problems are  
resolved, and mine were with WegenerMedia.


I am considering the G4 upgrade, and if I do it, I will probably go  
with them.


As a side note, I have an extra, unopened replacement LG drive from  
them. If anyone wants to give it a try for a very reasonable cost,  
email me. I have kept it around in case the one I have goes south,  
but I would probably upgrade to the DVD burner advertised on  
WegenerMedia's website.


Dan-




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Re: Battery Time Left (Pismo)

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On Thursday, Jan 19, John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I use SlimBatteryMonitor, it loads a menu icon that can be color
coded, shows time left till empty, shows percent charged while
charging and pops up a dialog box when the battery gets to 10% left.
And its donationware, pay only if you want to.

John


John,

I use SlimBatteryMonitor as well. In fact, that application is how I  
first noticed my problem. What hardware/OS are you using? Some others  
with a Pismo have had my same problem. SlimBatteryMonitor stopped  
showing the time left, just about when I updated to Tiger.


In fact, after all my testing, I still run it in the Menu bar.

Just hoping for a fix so I don't have to switch to Dashboard every  
time I want to see the time left...


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Re: Battery Time Left

[Daniel Colwell]

 On Sunday, Jan 15th, I started this thread:


For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has
left in hours and minutes.

I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as
time left, it says "calculating..." or is just a blank, depending on
which program I use to measure it. I have "show battery status in the
menu bar" checked in the Energy Saver Systems Preference. I also use
SlimBatteryMonitor. Both show the same percentage, but no longer the
time.

As best I remember this was working up till just a week or so ago.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 40G, 768MB. I recently upgraded to Tiger and
then 10.4.3. Could have been the same time. Battery is fairly new. I
was getting about 4 hours or so last I remember seeing the time. Is
this a Tiger issue?

I tried running just on battery till it went to sleep (about 1-2 %),
then charging to full. Did this twice, still no joy so I tried  
"reset-

nvram, reset-all". Still nothing but %.


I've got the same problem with a 500 MHz Pismo running a clean install
of Tiger with 512 Mb RAM.
It's  a new aftermarket battery so I haven't worried about it but it
would be nice to have.
I did try running it down till it shut off but that made no  
difference.

Seems like if my 520 could figure out time remaining the Pismo should
be able to manage it.


Andrew in Ann Arbor



From: Alan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Battery Time Left
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:01:22 -0500

My Pismo, w/ clean install of OS X.4, original apple batteries, and  
=20

the computer always says Calculating. too.

--
Alan Miller




On Jan 15, 2006, at 8:57 PM, Frank Cornew wrote:


Me too...Pismo

Anyone see this with claen installs? or a fix?


Thanks Andrew, Alan & Frank, nice to know it wasn't just me...


Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:22:47 -0500
From: John McGibney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Various upgrades to Tiger screwed up Apple's battery monitor
software. Try using one of the freebee aftermarket ones found at
versiontracker.com. They seem immune to the upgrade bug.

John


OK, I have downloaded several aftermarket ones from versiontracker.  
None of them show minutes left. Any specific one that anyone knows  
for sure does work?



From: mike kochkodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Battery Time Left
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Stupid question/comment for you all...I had this
happen once with Panther...It seemed to correct itself
by running a combo of DiskWarrior and also simply
repairing permissions...Now running 10.4.4 pismo 400
igb ram...Never had that problem since..Original Apple
battery that came w/the Pismo.
Regards,
Mike K in central PA


I repaired my permissions and downloaded 10.4.4 to be completely up  
to date. Battery however is not Original Apple.


Still no time showing... So I thought maybe a Widget would work and  
downloaded EVERY Widget that said it would monitor my battery. Some  
of them wouldn't even show that I had a battery, some constantly  
showed 0%, and one (miniStat Battery) not only showed the %, but  
showed it up to a tenth of a % (89.5% instead of just 89%).


And then I struck paydirt. "Juice"  http://www.islayer.net/ 
viewWidget.php?id=11 showed the time left! Not only when I was using  
just the battery, but how long, in hours and minutes, it would be  
until it was fully charged as I was charging it!! Now how can iSlayer  
"a small team of focused widget and web developers" get the details  
just right and so many others, including Apple, drop the ball.


Anybody know the best way to let Apple know and have the best chance  
of getting something fixed? I would still love to have that info up  
in the Menu where I could see it all the time. Oh well, give Juice a  
shot (freeware at that), and let me know if it works. Or if anything  
else does as well.


Thanks,

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Battery Time Left

[Daniel Colwell]

For some reason I can no longer get info on how long my battery has  
left in hours and minutes.


I can get the info in percentage, but if I ask for it to be shown as  
time left, it says "calculating..." or is just a blank, depending on  
which program I use to measure it. I have "show battery status in the  
menu bar" checked in the Energy Saver Systems Preference. I also use  
SlimBatteryMonitor. Both show the same percentage, but no longer the  
time.


As best I remember this was working up till just a week or so ago.

I have a 400MHz Pismo, 40G, 768MB. I recently upgraded to Tiger and  
then 10.4.3. Could have been the same time. Battery is fairly new. I  
was getting about 4 hours or so last I remember seeing the time. Is  
this a Tiger issue?


I tried running just on battery till it went to sleep (about 1-2 %),  
then charging to full. Did this twice, still no joy so I tried "reset- 
nvram, reset-all". Still nothing but %.


Seems like its probably just something simple, but no luck with  
Google or searching the Apple site.


Any Suggestions?

Thanks,

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Re: Burning DVD's on a Pismo

[Daniel Colwell]

Thanks to  [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Henry Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
for responding.


Apparently an external burner works, and I may have to go that route. 
Not exactly what I wanted, but I can live with this. Of course an 
internal option would be nice. Anybody using any other type of drive 
that successfully burns DVDs internally on the Pismo?


And how about software? I have a copy of Final Cut Pro that I was able 
to tweak to run on a G3, but haven't done much of anything with it yet. 
What software would work best for me (with any available upgrades) to 
edit the incoming analog video? I am toying with the idea of setting up 
a business to transfer VCR tapes to DVDs and would practice on my 
family's tapes first. What setup is being successfully used to make the 
transfer? Digital Camcorder? ADS Tech PRO A/V Link?


And again if any of the Pismo upgrades were of significant help, please 
let me know. I have a few extra dollars burning a hole in my pocket and 
telling my wife it is part of a business plan and recommended might 
help get an OK for this cash outlay. (yeah, and maybe not but I'll try 
anyway...)


Again, thanks for any input,

Dan-


I added a +/- two-layer CD/DVD drive compatible with 10.3 and 10.4 
(Pioneer

DVR-K05) to my Lombard and Pismo.

All CD operations are OK.

DVD playing is OK.

I have never successfully created a DVD, in toto, but I have created 
partial

DVDs.

The problem appears to be a noisy environment between the DVD drive 
and the

motherboard.

Perhaps not enough ground wires.

The drive's manual is quite explicit about DVD writing, stating that 
full
performance from the drive *requires* an 80-wire/40-pin UATA/100-type 
cable.


The drive itself has no problem creating DVDs in a Blue & White 
G3/450, on
the "multiword" bus, which *is* equipped with an 80-wire/40-pin 
UATA/100-type
cable, even though it is not otherwise required, as the data rate on 
that bus is

limited to 16.67 MB/sec.

I bought an accessory adapter which converts the drive to standard 
interface,
and which could be useful in a Firewire case, as well as for testing 
in a

desktop or tower. $6.95.

Note that the Pismo and Lombard both have issues with their EIDE/UATA 
chips,
and these cannot accept drives which cannot negotiate *down* to lower 
ATA

performance levels (the earlier Wallstreets can).

All Samsungs, and many later Hitachi/IBMs and Toshibas are not 
compatible

with the Pismo and Lombard.

The Hitachi/IBM 5K80 series, if you can find one, *is* compatible, and 
you
will need that storage should you solve the problem of support of the 
Pioneer

DVR-K05, or the equally capable Panasonic UJ-845.

My Lombard and Pismo each have a 60 GB Hitachi/IBM 5K80. My 
Wallstreets each

have a 40 GB Samsung.

All are 5400 rpm drives with large caches (8 MB?), FDB bearings, and 
all the

other "usual suspect" features.

Since the B&W 450 with its 100 MHz bus is about equal to a 400 or 500 
MHz
Pismo with its 100 MHz bus, I don't think more than a G3, or more than 
400 or 500

MHz is required.



Since the internal option seems to be a no-go, you may want to 
consider an

external Firewire option instead.

--


From: Henry Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burning DVD's on a Pismo

Actually, I've burned DVD from my Lombard using an external burner
(Sony DVD RE DW-U18A - Firewire) and Toast Titanium 6. Lombard is a
400 with no upgrade. As for the upgrade, nice to have (I want one
too) but not necessary for your project, IMHO.

Henry




I have a Pismo 400MHz, 768 RAM, 40G running 10.3.9.

Obviously the first thing I need is the DVD burner. Probably will go
with the internal. But I was wondering if I had enough horsepower to
accomplish this. Anybody out there burning DVDs on a Pismo? What
upgrades would help the most? G3 900 or G4 500? More RAM? Faster
hard drive speed?

I am happy with my Pismo, and will probably wait for the equivalent
of a G5 laptop before I replace it. Or maybe not if I have to put so
much $ into this to make editing and burning DVDs practical

WegenerMedia has a pretty tempting offer on the G4 500 upgrade.

My main projects will be converting VCR tapes over to DVD and
editing them with chapters and possible background music. We have a
bunch of tapes and photos that I want to get on DVDs to look nice,
share and preserve. I'd like to use my current laptop but I want to
see what is possible before I spend too much.

Please let me know of your experiences.

Thanks!

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Burning DVD's on a Pismo

[Daniel Colwell]

I have a Pismo 400MHz, 768 RAM, 40G running 10.3.9.

Obviously the first thing I need is the DVD burner. Probably will go 
with the internal. But I was wondering if I had enough horsepower to 
accomplish this. Anybody out there burning DVDs on a Pismo? What 
upgrades would help the most? G3 900 or G4 500? More RAM? Faster hard 
drive speed?


I am happy with my Pismo, and will probably wait for the equivalent of 
a G5 laptop before I replace it. Or maybe not if I have to put so much 
$ into this to make editing and burning DVDs practical


WegenerMedia has a pretty tempting offer on the G4 500 upgrade.

My main projects will be converting VCR tapes over to DVD and editing 
them with chapters and possible background music. We have a bunch of 
tapes and photos that I want to get on DVDs to look nice, share and 
preserve. I'd like to use my current laptop but I want to see what is 
possible before I spend too much.


Please let me know of your experiences.

Thanks!

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Re: Auto Connect to my Airport. . .

[Daniel Colwell]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Zoltan Batiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On Aug 19, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Daniel Colwell wrote:


On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 Zoltan Batiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello all,


For some reason, after I changed ISP's, my Pismo refuses to
auto-connect to my Airport Network.  I had to change my Airport
network
settings from "automatic" to "a specific network" under the "by
default
join" dialog.  Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but since it's
not set to automatic, on those rare occasions when I'm actually out
and
about with my Pismo, I have to remember to set it back to automatic
just to join a hot spot.  Anyone know why this is?  Should I delete 
my

network altogether and just create a new one?  Here's the specs:

Pismo 500/1gigRAM/Airport card w/ Airport Base Station (snow).  All
software is up to date, with exception of Tiger.  I'm currently using
Panther 10.3.9.

Thanks for any input on this matter,

Zoltan


Zoltan,

This has just happened to me in the last week. Now when I come home
and open up my Pismo I have to click on the airport icon in the menu
and select my network. Used to do that automatically. Also it no
longer asks if I want to connect to any open network it finds
elsewhere.

I have a Pismo 400/768/40G/Airport card with a Belkin wireless router.
Using 10.3.9.

Don't know if it is related or not but it takes a lot longer lately to
load any Safari pages. I checked my DSL speed on one of those free
sites and it has not changed. Just got a new (to me) iMac G3
400Mhz/640/10G/Airport and it seems to be much more snappier.

Any programs that would cause this? Airport card gone bad? Trying to
think of the changes I have made...  Anybody else out there notice
this?

Thanks,

Dan-



Dan,

Now see this is getting interesting.  I hope we didn't stumble on some
kind of bug in Panther.  I'm wondering if this is just a Panther thing,
or if it is something that would go away with Tiger.  Keep me posted if
you discover a fix.  I'll do the same.

Zoltan

The Computer Doctor


Zoltan,

In the last couple of days this has come back on for me.

The only change I am sure of is that I quit Macaroni (I had recently 
downloaded this and am running on its trial mode). Shortly after this I 
started connecting automatically again. I then started Macaroni up 
again but this time no change, auto-connect is still working. So I 
don't know if this had any bearing on the problem or that the timing 
was just coincidental.


Any luck on your end? I'm glad to have auto-connect back but still 
curious as to what the problem was.


Let me know how you are doing.

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Re: Auto Connect to my Airport. . .

[Daniel Colwell]

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 Zoltan Batiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello all,


For some reason, after I changed ISP's, my Pismo refuses to
auto-connect to my Airport Network.  I had to change my Airport network
settings from "automatic" to "a specific network" under the "by default
join" dialog.  Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but since it's
not set to automatic, on those rare occasions when I'm actually out and
about with my Pismo, I have to remember to set it back to automatic
just to join a hot spot.  Anyone know why this is?  Should I delete my
network altogether and just create a new one?  Here's the specs:

Pismo 500/1gigRAM/Airport card w/ Airport Base Station (snow).  All
software is up to date, with exception of Tiger.  I'm currently using
Panther 10.3.9.

Thanks for any input on this matter,

Zoltan


Zoltan,

This has just happened to me in the last week. Now when I come home and 
open up my Pismo I have to click on the airport icon in the menu and 
select my network. Used to do that automatically. Also it no longer 
asks if I want to connect to any open network it finds elsewhere.


I have a Pismo 400/768/40G/Airport card with a Belkin wireless router. 
Using 10.3.9.


Don't know if it is related or not but it takes a lot longer lately to 
load any Safari pages. I checked my DSL speed on one of those free 
sites and it has not changed. Just got a new (to me) iMac G3 
400Mhz/640/10G/Airport and it seems to be much more snappier.


Any programs that would cause this? Airport card gone bad? Trying to 
think of the changes I have made...  Anybody else out there notice 
this?


Thanks,

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Quicktime 7

[Daniel Colwell]

I remember hearing about some problems with Quicktime 7 and 10.3.9

I Googled several times but no definitive answer so thought I would ask 
for any comments, experiences, etc.


I have a Pismo 400MHz, 768 RAM, 40G HD running OS 10.3.9.  Will I have 
any problems updating from Quicktime 6.5.2 to Quicktime 7.0.1?
Will it be an improvement? I have noticed my Quicktime Player to be 
somewhat slow at times, but that may just be my "slow" computer.


Thanks for any advice,

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Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

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On Wed, 08 Jun Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time. 
This
morning, my daughter had to print an important homework she had to 
turn in
and since it had colors, she went with the i960. Well, she was not 
able to

get the black ink to print. They awoke me and I tried deep cleaning the
print cartridge to no avail. I even replaced the black tank but the 
Canon
utility was still reporting a half full cartridge even with the new 
one.


So, I'm not sure what I want to do now.


Laurent,

Just wanted to put in my 2 cents. I also have used  the I960 since I 
got it last Father's Day.


With the last couple of printers I used the cheap ink and even refilled 
some cartridges.


Saved some money up front but I felt like it was costing me in the long 
run with many ink problems, so this last year I have used only Canon 
ink. Still going strong with lots of use from the kids for homework and 
me for photos. May be just coincidence but if it works...


Dan-



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Re: CD not recognized/mounted after 10.4

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On Thu, 9 Jun Rad Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I upgraded my Pismo w/ Tiger and also also did a fresh install on a
Lombard (via putting hd in my Pismo). After installtion, I tried to
put a CD in the drive to install some other software and it won't
recognize that there is a CD in the drive or mount the drive. Same
thing happens on both the Pismo and Lombard.

If I put the Tiger DVD in the drive and reboot, it will recognize
that DVD when it first boots, but if I take it out, put a different
CD in the drive, it won't recognize the CD. I can take the CD out,
put the Tiger DVD back in the drive and it will no longer recognize it.

I tried resetting the NVRAM, no luck.  I have tried swapping CD/DVD
drives between the two laptops.  The one in my Pismo is just a normal
CD/DVD-ROM, the one in the Lombard is a 2x DVD, according to the
writing on the bottom.  Neither one is a burner.  Seems strange to me
that the Lombard would appear to have a faster DVD-ROM in it than the
Pismo?




Rad,

What kind of CD drive is it?

If it is the LG DRN-8080B then it may be the drive(s). Do a google on 
that drive for a lot of info on its problems.


Would be strange if it is both but have you switched them before and 
had them work?


Mine was the LG. Got it replaced by WegenerMedia and been happy ever 
since.


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Re: I think my Pismo needs some fine tuning. . .

[Daniel Colwell]

On Mon, 13 Jun Zoltan Batiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello all,


My Pismo has been acting a little "sketchy" lately.  That's the best
way to describe it.  Basically, all of the animations in OS X that are
normally smooth and sleek, are now jumpy and quick.  Not sure what's up
here.  Maybe I'm being too picky?  Maybe the hard drive is snagging?
I'm not too sure yet.  Example:  In Safari, when you select Print, the
window kinda "rolls" down. . .now it just "pops" down instantly. . .no
roll anymore.  Any ideas?  I'm running 10.3.9 with a gig of RAM and a
G3/500.  Thanks for any input,


Zoltan
THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER


Zoltan,

Have you checked your CPU usage? I had some "sketchy" and slow behavior 
and found out one of my background programs started to hog up to 80% of 
the CPU. I quit that program and things went back to normal.


Also have any of your appearance preferences changed? Maybe 'use smooth 
scrolling'?


Dan-

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Re: New Hard drive question

[Daniel Colwell]

On Sat, 21 May Debra Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



I'm considering buying a new hard drive from zip zoom fly. They
describe the drives as bare, not coming with cables, etc. I intend to
put the drive in my Pismo, which currently has the original drive. Do I
need cables or what does this mean?

Thanks!




Debra,

No cables needed.

Google replacing a hard drive in a Powerbook Firewire and you should 
get several great sites with photos and step by step procedures.


I replaced mine several months ago. It went very smoothly. Easy to 
access. My first drive was giving me some strange error messages and 
was somewhat loud. I upgrade to a 40G Travelstar and have been very 
satisfied. Of course now I could easily get an 80 for what I paid, but 
40 has been fine for me...


You might also want to consider getting a firewire enclosure for your 
old drive if it is in good working order and big enough. Makes for a 
cheap, portable external drive. Also then it is very easy to transfer 
your data.


Haven't tried CCC, but hear a lot of good things about it.

Good luck!

Let us know how it goes.

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Re: Wireless recomendations?

[Daniel Colwell]

On April 25th, Ian Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've just had an email from work telling me I've been accepted as a 
test
driver for a BT Voyager 2110 router

As you may have guessed this has wireless and wired connections
I need a wireless card for a Pismo (for the trial they can only supply 
card=
s
for wintel types)

I currently hang my Pismo, a 266 G3 and a Rev C iMac from a Netgear 
RP614
wired router but as the trial will let me keep the wireless one, I can 
feel
some mobility coming on!

Anyone any experience of the said router? Recommendations for cards?
TIA
Ian
Ian,
What card did they provide? It's possible that there may be a Mac 
driver for it.

Otherwise, there are plenty of cards that work for the Pismo and are 
not too expensive. Wireless is great! You will wonder how you did 
without it for so long. Being able to sit anywhere  in the house and 
access the net and print is a nice luxury. Plus all of the Starbucks, 
etc.

If you can afford it, and the card they gave you really won't work, 
then an internal airport card is a nice option. Nothing sticking out 
the side or worrying about misplacing. Only 802.11b instead of g but 
plenty enough speed for me. Maybe someone who has tried both on a Pismo 
can tell us if the speed difference is noticeable.

I believe Apple has stopped making the original Airport card (a Pismo 
can't use an Airport Extreme). But Ebay and others still offer it. I 
know the price went up for awhile, but I think it is fairly reasonable 
(as in close to the original price) now.

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Re: sync

[Daniel Colwell]

Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Kevin Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sync
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:40:36 -0400
Is there a cheap, inexpensive (actually that should read FREE) way of
syncing a folder between a laptop and a tower?
I would like to be able to take my laptop wherever, do some work and
then when I come home and get back onto my LAN the machines
automatically sync the changes or additions I've done.  Or vice
versawork on the tower, open the laptop to go and the folders sync.
I tried a demo of You Synchronize awhile back and it trashed files that
I didn't want trashed...and I really took my time to figure out how to
do it.,  So, I either made a mistake or something was wrong.  Of
course, i emailed their support and get no response.
Soany suggestions?
thx
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www.kevinthomas.org
Kevin,
Take a look at SilverKeeper. I've been using it for about a year.
Support was great, especially considering its free. I got a response 
the same day as my question.

I use it for backup, but a quick read of the manual shows it has the 
capability to sync a folder between computers.

Let me know how you like it if you give it a try.
Dan-

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NVRAM reset and dead motherboard

[Daniel Colwell]

Hello All,
A coworker told me that he was about ready to get a new battery for his 
daughters Powerbook. He asked if there was any way to get more out of 
the battery she had before he plunked down $150 or so for a new one.

Since I had some luck getting more time out of my Pismo battery, I told 
him to try what I had done.

Here are the instructions I gave him:
restart with command-option-O-F to bring up open firmware
type reset-nvram
type reset-all
I got this from : http://www.macintouch.com/laptopbatt.html and it has 
been quoted here in G-Books as well.

As I said, it gave my old battery a nice boost. However, things didn't 
go as smoothly for him. In fact, the laptop died and would not restart. 
Unfortunately he ran out of Applecare just a month or so ago. He took 
it in to a local Apple shop and they had to replace the motherboard. 
Cost him over $400. They said that it had nothing to do with my "help", 
but I feel terrible about it. I remember several posting about this and 
nothing about any adverse affects.

So...  Could running these instructions fry a motherboard? I don't know 
exactly what type of Powerbook his daughter has. I could find out if 
needed.

Thanks in advance for any info.
Dan-

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OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed

[Daniel Colwell]

 On Feb 23, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote:

 I am running a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no
idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat
the hd...
Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter..
As for that, it's as simple as booting from the OS 9.1 CD and
installing (IF the drive was reformatted with the OS 9 drivers..if
'classic was removed' it may have simply been trashed or it may have
been nuked and OS X re-installed entirely.)
I also have a Pismo 400 running 10.3.8 and somehow in the last 
re-install it ended up without classic.

Do I really need it? Since I changed over to OS X last year I have not 
gone back to use 1 single app in OS 9. However, I had a problem with my 
iMac and had to boot into OS9 to fix it. Is this a consideration for my 
Pismo? Or can I just leave it as is?

In a somewhat (?) related topic -maintenance- I just installed 
AppleJack. Any suggestions as to a schedule of use? Monthly, weekly, 
only after a problem?

Once again, Thanks in advance to all the expert and helpful advice.
Dan-

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