Re: How fast is the Code in OS X: 10.2 vrs. 10.3 vrs. 10.4 ???

[James Sanderson]

On 26 Feb 2006, at 15:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 -- Is 10.2 faster or slower than 10.4?


Is a cheetah faster than a tortoise? However, Jag is much less  
stable than Tiger.  The best compromise, IMHO, is Panther with  
XPostFacto.


Caleb


Having used both OS's on a WS I and a WS II, I have to agree.   
Panther corrected a number of issues both Wallstreets I used had with  
Jaguar.


Jim Sanderson



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Re: iBook as Desktop

[Peter Saint James]

On 14 Feb 2006, at 10:28 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

Is anybody here happy with using their iBooks or small screen  
PowerBooks as desktop machines?  Do you hook up an extra keyboard  
and mouse?  Happy with the small screen?  Or do you hook up a  
larger monitor?  Elevate the laptop on a stand?



Yes to all.

	I used a 15-inch Al PB as a desktop machine and was happy with the  
result.  I put the book on the far side of the desk on a stand higher  
than the desktop so that it was at eye level.  I used Bluetooth mouse  
and keyboard.  It worked very well.


	Sometimes the small screen would create limitations, especially when  
trying to use more than one program at a time.  Otherwise it worked  
great.



Peter


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Re: Moving to Google Groups

[Peter Saint James]

On 12 Feb 2006, at 3:09 PM, Donald Keenan wrote:

The worst case scenario is that Google owns your/our comments and  
will either give them to the governmemt or use it to target us with  
specific "narrowcast" advertising.



	If Google claims ownership of the comments made on the list, moving  
to Google is a bad idea.  Let's call it off.


	I am on another list where the host claims copyright and many folks  
on that list will not post in-depth comments because of it.  The list  
tends to be shallow.  This list is not shallow and I would hate to  
see it become that way.  I would also hate to see the people who now  
post to this list and also write books be afraid of sharing good  
experience because they will loose control of their writing.   
Theoretically, the list host could sue them if they took their own  
words sent to the list and included them in a book.  AFAIK, this  
hasn't happened YET, but these are corporations which know no limits  
to greed and have no shame.


	I would strongly suggest to NOT move to any list host that claims  
copyright.



Peter

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connecting at an iCafe

[Peter Saint James]

	Some recent experience with internet cafes leaves me with a question  
that perhaps some of you who manage networks can answer.



	Usually I can simply plug the network cable in my powerbook and it  
connects without a problem.


	Sometimes I need to prompt the powerbook to connect to the network.   
It usually figures out the setting and I'm good to go.


	On occasion, however, my computer can't figure out the settings and  
needs to be configured manually.  It asks for four numbers:  IP  
address, Subnet mask, Router, and DSN server.  If the chief geek is  
around, he has all of these in his head and just types them in.   
Usually, however, the apprentice geek or a clerk is the only one  
available and has a problem coming up with the right information.   
Usually phone calls are made to get the info.


	What I would think would be the thing to do in such a situation, I  
have never seen anyone do, and I wonder why.  Can't they just look up  
these setting on one of their machines in the Windows equivalent of  
System Preferences?


	If it's possible, where is the information?  I assume it's in the  
Control Panel somewhere.  Probably under network, right?



TIA


Peter


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Re: The gimp and nvu open soirce software

[Peter Saint James]

On 1 Feb 2006, at 9:52 PM, Steve Peckey wrote:


I am also looking at a program called Nvu a web authoring program also
open source take a look see what you think.   www.nvu.com




	I'm finding it buggy.  It will not consistently produce text in the  
proper format.  On one page the text appears bigger than on another.   
Often it will not paste.  Other problems also.  I'm quite  
disappointed and am looking for something better.



Peter

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Re: Wegener Media

[James Sanderson]

This question was asked a day ago...or so:



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

Media and the service they provide?


I ordered my Pismo G4/550 upgrade from them and waited for five days  
for an email notification of shipment.  The only other communication  
I recieved was an emailed receipt of sale a couple of days after the  
purchase.  I suppose you could say that they are minimalist in  
communication.  They are very much unlike Daystar in this respect.   
However, the upgrade is working fine.  I will know more about how  
well they take care of their customers as I wait for the 'core' cost  
rebate.


Jim Sanderson

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Re: open source software site

[James Sanderson]

On 2 Feb 2006, at 19:20, Harry Corsover asked:

Can Keynote presentations be shared with Windows users? Can it take  
a PowerPoint presentation and clean it up, as well as save it in  
PowerPoint format?


Not to present.  You can export the Keynote presentation to PPT.  In  
the '05 version you would lose some of the formatting, though.  I  
don't know if this is true of the 06 version.


J Sanderson

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Re: WallStreet DVD-ROM issue, perchance?

[James Sanderson]

I was able to get a Pismo on eBay for $200+s/h.  I did spend money to  
add memory and move to a 500 MHz processor.  I think that I got  
'lucky' because the comp's description included a pink-light-on-start- 
up-but -goes-away-after-a-seconds issue.  The latter hasn't bothered  
me in the least.  I've priced out the replacement.  I think I'll be  
with this one for a while.
I was happy with the WS for basic internet surfing and note-taking.   
When I decided I wanted to use Keynote for several school  
presentation, the WS became obsolete.


Cheers,

Jim Sanderson
On 1 Feb 2006, at 17:36, Der Mickster wrote:


Should have got me a Pismo, by the look of it. But, well, I have this
WallStreet and it's here to stay, and I intend to use the living hell
out of it. So, yeah . . .

Any idea about how to procure a budget-conscious bootable DVDROM drive
for the WallStreet? I'm being offered one for 80 USD, which somehow
strikes as a ripoff, especially considering that the postage will eat
up another 30 . . . I don't think I'm ready to spend that much for a
mere DVDROM; ideas, anyone?

Also - if my display can't keep vertical and needs something heavy to
lean against, does it mean my hinges are pushing up the daisies? I've
seen an excellent HOWTO that covered the issue extensively, but I am
somewhat squeamish about attempting it myself. RAM, HDD, whatever, but
the display . . . scary. Or is it some other problem that can be more
easily soluble?

Another thing: I've read a couple of scare stories about how hard
drives with more capacity than 30-40 gig may not be too friendly with
the WallStreet . . . should I look no further than the 40-gig
Travelstar that I mentioned in a previous post?

Cheerio,

Mick.



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Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)

[James Sanderson]

On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote:



DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in  
Pismos.


I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they  
show the

symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa.


How do you know the LG model from any of the others?

Jim Sanderson

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Re: downloading movies

[Peter Saint James]

On 22 Jan 2006, at 9:03 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote:

You the consumer, making one copy, are not performing a felony.   
And it's a fine distinction but the act of copying is not illegal  
in this case.  The people selling the program are selling an  
illegal program possibly though.  One major distinction for fair  
use in copyright is how it harms the commercial interests of the  
copyright holder.  That is why making a copy for personal use is  
not a felony, making a large number and distributing them in any  
fashion is.



	This is my understanding also.  I have a couple of copyrights I have  
to enforce and so I pay attention to this matter.


	It is  not always the understanding of the goons that enforce the  
copyright laws for some corporations, however.  Some of them think  
that anyone making a copy of anything is illegal.  Mostly it's just  
them trying to justify their existence.


	I had a DVD that would not always play right.  With a lot of effort,  
I was able to make a good copy of it.  I kept both the original and  
copy.  I mentioned this to someone on an open forum and next thing I  
knew I had the private pigs from the corporation that produced the  
disk giving me a bad time.  The frustrating part is that the content  
was not very good.  I wish they would have put all that effort into  
making a better product instead of persecuting people.


	My conclusion is that you can make all the copies you want for your  
own personal use.  Just don't give any away or tell anyone you did so.




Peter


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Re: introducing another gerontotechnophile

[James Sanderson]

On 30 Jan 2006, at 02:59, Der Mickster wrote:


Alrighty there,

So I got this'ere Wallstreet II (G3 300/192 megs of RAM)  - been using
it for surfing and text processing primarilyI am running OS X  
10.2



Little did I know. At any rate, no Classic apps will run, and there's
nothing to dual boot into.


No OS 9 installed?  It should boot into 9 if you want it too.  I had  
none of this with two WS's.



I'll be getting a 40-gig Travelstar pretty
soon,


great move!


if I'm getting this correctly, I should
partition it to smithereens, install OSX into the first partition, the
Classic OS into the second, and use whatever remains for bulky file
storage; any caveats you feel worth mentioning?


Don't know about partitioning to smithereens--a bit of an hyperbole,  
perhaps--but definitely in two sections with  X on the first  
partition and 9 on the second.  Install 9 first and download  
XPostFacto if you want to go to Panther, 10.3, which I would  
recommend for the following reason:



4) The Curse of the Darkened Screen. During bootup (and after the
initial apple logo vanishes), you can only see what's going on if you
use a torch or some such. Upon bootup, this can be rectified with a
single touch of the brightess regulator, but that's the only option.
If I accidentally close the lid, it goes into sleep mode and then
doesn't make the screen bright enough when it awakens. The brightness
regulator does nothing in those cases. Is there a cure?



I believe your problem stems from running Jaguar.  I've had two WS's  
with similar issues in Jaguar.  Among the video issues in 10.2 were  
artifacts left on the screen that opening a window might eliminate,  
not waking from sleep, washed out screen, melting screen effects and  
so on.  An upgrade to 10.3 solved the problem entirely.  Both  
machines have run flawlessly in Panther.



 5) Processor upgrade. Is the 250-dollar upgrade to G4 500 offered by
wegenermedia.com the best and cheapest option, or have I missed
something? Will I be better off with an equal G3? Are there any better
ways?


Some may disagree with me, but I feel that a G4 upgrade, while  
attractive, doesn't make a lot of sense on this machine.  It has a  
slower bus speed than a Lombard (or Pismo), 66 MHz vs 100 MHz.  A G3  
upgrade, maybe.  The machine is a trooper and can do all sorts of  
things that surprises my Windows friends when we compare their  
machines made at the same time as the WS.  But the bus speed, I  
think, hobbles its ability to work with such apps as Keynote and  
Pages.  There are others who can speak better to this issue.


HTH,

Jim Sanderson






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feet

[Peter Saint James]

	I lost one of the rubber feet to my Al Powerbook.  The Applestore I  
went to says it is not covered by AppleCare and want $7 for a piece  
of rubber about the size of a bug pie.


	Anyone have good luck improvising a foot for a Powerbook?  What did  
you use?


TIA


Peter

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Re: Applecare on Powerbooks ?

[Peter Saint James]

On 12 Jan 2006, at 9:32 AM, Amber R. wrote:

 it is a rather sad state of affairs when Applecare Customer  
service does not understand their own policies and coverage



Unfortunately, this is not confined to Apple.

	To my mind, the problem is that the techs (using the word loosely)  
are not trying to increase their knowledge.  They figure they're in a  
dead-end job that they will get out of soon.  They should be spending  
spare time reading the literature pertaining to their job.  Instead  
their downloading things to iTunes or something.


	I find this just about everywhere.  I have to explain to clerks in  
hardware stores what basic pieces of hardware are.  When those same  
clerks have no customers to wait on, they're leaning against the wall  
yacking with other employees rather than looking at the shelves or  
reading product literature so they knows a bit more about what  
they're doing.


	Same with Apple techs.  They should be reading up on the items they  
are supposed to know.  Even if it is a dead-end job, the knowledge  
will be useful in the future.



Peter


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Re: http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/0109.html

[Peter Saint James]

with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder  
how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as  
we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12" powerbook, but keep  
fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes  
beyond comfortable continuous use. If the new intel ibooks are  
rumoured to go to higher resolution smaller screens, us baby  
boomers may be left behind.



I use 896x600 on a 15-inch powerbook fairly successfully.

	A few apps want a different resolution, but not many.  I don't use  
many graphics apps, however.


	The only problems I've had are that the menu bars or apps with  
column format sometimes get crowded.  Also if I have to paste text  
from one app to another, sometimes I have to adjust the text size,  
but I suppose that would happen no matter what.


	When at home, I use a remote keyboard and have the powerbook about  
three or four feet away from me.  I find this set-up much better than  
having a screen a few inches from my face.



Peter


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Re: GUIs

[Peter Saint James]

On 13 Jan 2006, at 10:30 PM, sandra ragan wrote:

Personally I prefer a trackball and a pressure sensitive pen...  
mice causing aggravating repetitive strain problems.

...

Keyboarding certain types of input is definitely faster than a  
mouse, but far more hazardous to the health of human wrists and arms.



	If this information does not apply to you, please forgive me for  
giving advice.


	Most of the people I have run across who have wrist and arm problems  
from keyboard or mouse use found relief by lowering the surface the  
keyboard and mouse sit on.  That surface should be lower than your  
elbows when sitting comfortably.  You should have to reach down to  
the keyboard and mouse.


	The reason for this is that when reaching up, the nerves and muscles  
in your arms and wrists do a z-bend, which they don't like.   
Straightening that bend a bit does wonders.



Peter


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Re: Intel Macs....

[Peter Saint James]

On 11 Jan 2006, at 2:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

A long cord would be nicer tho.  My housemate keeps ripping hers  
out because she can't quite get to the wall.



	Ah, yes.  I had that problem.   I solved it with a piece of old  
technology called an extension cord.



Peter


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Pink Hue on Pismo display

[James Sanderson]

I am wondering if anyone here can remind me what causes the above  
symptom.  It goes away after a few seconds and the colour is fine.   
The pink colour returns after waking the comp from sleep.  The colour  
always goes away.  Is this something to be very concerned about,  
somewhat concerned about , not to worry about in the near future but...


TIA,

J Sanderson

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Re: Lombard OS X Install Crash

[James Sanderson]

Your installing OS X on the second partition, could be the issue.
It wants to be on the first partition.  Either install it there or  
don't partition.
Tried this on a WS II, installing on the second partition.  It would  
not install until I repartitioned the drive to install X on the  
first.  9 presents no such issue.


Jim Sanderson

On 8 Jan 2006, at 22:18, Scott Warnock wrote:

I know this subject has been talked about a lot on this list, and I  
went

back and checked the archives, but am still having a problem I can't
resolved. I have a 400 mhz Lombard with 320 Mg ram and a 40 Gig  
Hard Drive.
I have been trying to install OS 10.2 and it keeps crashing or  
freezing up
about a third through the install. I get the HOLD the POWER BUTTON  
DOWN

screen or it simply freezes. I tried swapping out the top Ram and no
difference. I have the Hard Drive partitioned in two and on one I  
am running

OS 9.2.2 with no problem. I am trying to install OS X on the second
partition. Can anyone tell me what else I should do or  
check...Thanks very

much. Also, I have nothing in the PCMCIA slot.

Scott



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Re: Lombard won't boot

[James Sanderson]

If this is so, and Clark says he could do this on a WS, I wonder what  
I was doing wrong.
Still, the suggestion in the past has been to start with the memory.   
If it's the L2 cache (which is a memory register--if that's the right  
term), you'll have to swap with a compatible processor card.

Well, I'll just be quiet now and learn from you good folks!

J Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2006, at 23:15, Caleb Cupples wrote:

The Lombard does have OF, because I've used it before. It's a  
NewWorld machine, similar to the Pismo.


HTH,
Caleb
On Monday, Jan 2, 2006, at 23:08 America/Chicago, Clark Martin wrote:


At 11:48 PM -0500 1/2/06, John McGibney wrote:
Isn't the Lombard too old a design for Open Firmware? According  
to Mactracker "Hardware Test" isn't supported. The Pismo is the  
first Powerbook that is.


John



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Re: Lombard won't boot

[James Sanderson]

ah ha!  Here's the catch!  and the reason for my not being able to  
boot to Open Firmware on the WS II.  And why Kristina can't do it  
either.


Now I know the rest of the story!
Again, ta!

J Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2006, at 22:48, John McGibney wrote:

Isn't the Lombard too old a design for Open Firmware? According to  
Mactracker "Hardware Test" isn't supported. The Pismo is the first  
Powerbook that is.


John

According to Apple:
"Beginning with Power Macintosh computers with PCI slots, Power  
Macintosh computers rely on a firmware operating system called  
"Open Firmware" for controlling hardware. Open Firmware is a cross- 
platform firmware standard for controlling hardware and is used by  
all PCI-based Mac OS computers."




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Re: Lombard won't boot

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Thanks, Clark.  I'm not sure where I read--or got--the info about  
open firmware.  At the time I was having problems with a WS II.  I  
was never able to open firmware with 9, but could with X.  Maybe me  
fingers waren't workin' rright!  Thanks, again for the info.


J Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2006, at 21:49, Clark Martin wrote:


At 9:02 PM -0600 1/2/06, James Sanderson wrote:

I may be wrong, but Open Firmware is something you can do in X not 9.
To paraphrase the adage, many many problems begin with memory.   
Try swapping out what's in with known working memory or take out  
one of the sticks, to see if it boots. You would need to play  
around with this, but it could be the heart of the problem.


Open Firmware is what controls the boot up of the computer.  It is  
there regardless of what OS you are booting into be it X, 9, Linux,  
etc.

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Re: Lombard won't boot

[James Sanderson]

I may be wrong, but Open Firmware is something you can do in X not 9.
To paraphrase the adage, many many problems begin with memory.  Try  
swapping out what's in with known working memory or take out one of  
the sticks, to see if it boots. You would need to play around with  
this, but it could be the heart of the problem.


HTH,

J Sanderson
On 2 Jan 2006, at 21:02, Kristina wrote:


Thanks for the help Caleb,

I found the instructions for Open firmware


Using Open Firmware Holding down COMMAND + OPTION + O + F

used the reset button too and it did boot  but did NOT go to grey  
screen or

a prompt to reset-all...

hmmm did I do that right?

It gave the usual disk aid notice...and then this  ALARMING one!

"Built in memory test has detected a problem.
Please contact a service technician for advice."

clicked OK...and everything looked "normal".

  I was able to reboot using the other partition  which holds disk  
warrior

and ran disk warrior.

When I went to change it back to the main brain it locked  
up...and a

force restart takes me  back to black.

 service technicians?... any advice?

Kristina
near Chicago





Kristina,

Try booting into Open Firmware and typing "reset-all", I believe. I'm
not completely sure, at this rate, but the info is on Apple's site, I
think. Also, if you have the original CD that came with the 'Book,  
you

can try booting from that. Email me offlist if you don't have it, and
I'll see what I can dig up.

Hope this helps,
Caleb
On Monday, Jan 2, 2006, at 12:07 America/Chicago, Kristina wrote:


I put it [G3-OS9.2] to sleep last night...was working fine

except sometimes the keyboard doesn't respond...I was thinking it
might need
replaced, I've had to replace everything else...why not!

This morning I turned it on, went to get coffee and when I came back
it was
at the desktop and frozen. Great!

I force quit  control+apple+ on/off button nothing

I try to rebuild the destop with extensions off...and half way  
thru the

startup list of extensions it froze

Now I can't wake it up

I tried reset button...the first time it came opened to the G3
powerbook
Icon wallpaper thingy and dialog box saying your computer did not  
shut

down
properly Disk Aid will perform necessary repairs...

when I clicked   it said that Disk Aid had performed an  
illegal
operation and is interfering with start up ...or something like  
that.


I tried to start up from a CD w Disk Warrior...I had to pop out  
the CD

drive
and pin open the drive to load the CD.

reset button to start up from CD

black as tar.

I hear fan/processor /something going on.

The HD is partitioned so there is a system folder on two of the
partitions...one has disk warrior on it...the other one is my main
brain.

Kristina



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Re: Lombard not mounting discs: Was (Pismo frozen with DVD)

[James Sanderson]

Replace the drive?  I had similar problems on my Pismo.  I replaced  
the drive and have had no problems since.


Jim Sanderson
On 30 Dec 2005, at 00:16, Caleb Cupples wrote:

IMHO, if you're going to watch anything on a Pismo or Lombard, boot  
into OS 9. It saves a whole lot of hassle, plus on the Lombard,  
it's the only way to go. I know this is slightly off the thread  
topic, but it's somewhat related, but I've been having troubles  
with discs refusing to mount on my Lombard. Sometimes it works,  
sometimes it doesn't. Today, it really annoyed me, because I had a  
brand-new CD that I was trying to get to load on the ol' Lombard  
and it refused. It was an "enhanced" CD, but it still clearly said  
on the labeling that it would work on OS 8 or 9 with QuickTime 4 or  
above. The Lombard refuses to mount it in OS X, and I don't want to  
go to OS 9, because I don't have any mp3 encoding software for 9.  
In the end, I gave up and used iTunes on my Windoze machine, but  
I'm really irritated at things for not working on the Lombard.


Any suggestions?

Caleb


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Re: wallstreet questions

[James Sanderson]

I would second this advice.  Those old 233MHz processors don't cut  
it.  Get the second generation processors.  I was informed by one on  
this list that second generation processors would work on the first  
generation machines, not vice versa.  If you were to seek an upgrade  
path to G4dom, this would allow you that option later down the road.


Jim Sanderson

On 28 Dec 2005, at 23:20, Caleb Cupples wrote:

IMHO, I'd upgrade the processor in any Wallstreet before going  
after RAM, as long as you have 128 MB or more. CD-R and RW drives  
are, no offence, extraneous gadgets that are a little farther down  
the list. However, that's only my opinion, but I'm used to a  
Lombard 400 with 192 MB of RAM and I'm looking to swap my 128 MB  
card for a 256 after I get a new battery in it.


Caleb
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Re: wallstreet questions

[James Sanderson]

Shawn,

I have worked on a couple of WS, both I and II.  I would suggest  
avoiding OS X.2 altogether.  I had sleep and monitor issues on both  
machines that were not resolved until I upgraded to Panther installed  
using XPostFacto 3.  IIRC, there were others on the list had similar  
issues.  If you want OS X, go to Panther rather than Jaguar.



On 29 Dec 2005, at 08:07, shawn wrote:

I got my wallstreet II upgraded to 512mb just recently and it is  
recognized in os9, have not loaded 10.2 yet but will give an update.


Shawn


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Re: Lombard wont boot from os9 CD

[James Zeun]

Tried the other drive and it worked fine, i can now go play my 
christmas present, Diablo II


Thanks

James

On 27 Dec 2005, at 05:51, VICTORIA.DUGGAN wrote:

Hi James

I would say that the drive you have in it is not bootable  or has been 
set to slave do you have the drive that came with the book still if so 
stick that in and try again. if that does not work then it must be the 
media Is it original or been copied for back up because if it is copied 
there might have been something missed.do you want a original G3 
powerbook disc to try.


let me know vicki
On Dec 26, 2005, at 10:29 PM, James Zeun wrote:


Hi there

I've been trying today to install os 9.0 on my Lombard and for some 
reason i press the C key and it just sits there, not booting 
anything..


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Lombard wont boot from os9 CD

[James Zeun]

Hi there

I've been trying today to install os 9.0 on my Lombard and for some 
reason i press the C key and it just sits there, not booting anything..


Anyone any idea's?


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Re: Pismo start up problem

[James Sanderson]

Thanks,

I thought of doing that so it reset it.  That didn't solve the  
problem.  I was able to boot of a OX 9.2 disc and reselect the start  
up volume.  Oddly, that didn't work either.  I went back to the  
processor and rearranged the SODIMM's to the original placement, the  
smaller (64 MB) in the lower slot.  Voilà, the computer started up  
without a hitch.


I wonder what that bodes for a memory upgrade for this processor.

Thanks again for your help,

and Merry Christmas!

Jim Sanderson

On 17 Dec 2005, at 02:06, Clark Martin wrote:


At 9:23 PM -0600 12/16/05, James Sanderson wrote:

Hi,

I just tried to install additional memory into a Pismo I just got.  
It was working fine before I tried to add memory to the machine.  
When I tried to start up after putting  the memory in the slots,   
I got a beep.  I tried again and got the same thing.  Figuring the  
problem was the new memory, I replaced the original memory and  
started up again.  I got the chime, but now the computer cannot  
find a start-up volume.  Tried resetting the PRAM a few times  
without luck.  Started up and went to openfirmware, reset the  
nvram successfully as the machine restarted.  But it still can't  
find a start-up volume.
Decided to try to start-up from the Tiger DVD, still no luck.  Any  
suggestions?


Check both ends of the hard drive cable, it's possible it got  
nudged. Try disconnecting each end and reconnecting it just to be  
sure.


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Pismo start up problem

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Hi,

I just tried to install additional memory into a Pismo I just got. It  
was working fine before I tried to add memory to the machine.  When I  
tried to start up after putting  the memory in the slots,  I got a  
beep.  I tried again and got the same thing.  Figuring the problem  
was the new memory, I replaced the original memory and started up  
again.  I got the chime, but now the computer cannot find a start-up  
volume.  Tried resetting the PRAM a few times without luck.  Started  
up and went to openfirmware, reset the nvram successfully as the  
machine restarted.  But it still can't find a start-up volume.   
Decided to try to start-up from the Tiger DVD, still no luck.  Any  
suggestions?


Jim Sanderson 


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Re: Macs and eBay

[Peter Saint James]

On 4 Dec 2005, at 12:18 PM, Amber R. wrote:



The primary problems I am having are password refusal and repeated  
return to the sign in page.  Sometimes I can't sign in at all even  
though just a couple hours earlier,  I had used the same user name  
and password.  It's very frustrating - especially when I have some  
auctions running and more to list and I can't access them without  
going through this ridiculous sign-in routine whereby I have to  
enter my user name and password over and over again until it catches.



	In my experience, these kinds of problems are not from using a Mac.   
They result because E-bay is busy.  Their computers cannot keep up  
with the traffic.


	For such a large and successful company, E-bay has some of the worst  
software and hardware I have seen.  I don't know how they manage to  
get things wrong so consistently.


	When I'm dealing with the "techs" at e-bay, I expect to get wrong  
answers and poor information.  If they knew what they were doing,  
they'd be doing something else.  I also feel sorry for them.  They  
are trying to solve problems on a system that has problems built-in.   
It's a thankless and endless job.


Peter


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Re: OS X print to PDF issue

[Peter Saint James]

On 8 Dec 2005, at 5:46 AM, Brian McEwen wrote
I have to have a section break in the document, I want the first  
couple pages to have a different margin than the last few pages (is  
there another way to do that in Word 2004 without a section break?   
the page setup/ allow to selected text inserts one without telling  
you, or you do it on your own- the only ways I have found to get  
different margins in the same document).


I really want one pdf, not two.  how to print it without making two  
files?



	The only way I have found to deal with this is to combine PDFs.   
This can be done with Automator fairly painlessly.  You don't need  
any other software.  I remember there are four actions to tell  
Automator to do, but I'm afraid that if I try to tell you what they  
are, I'll make a mistake and mislead you.  I believe there is a  
document on macosxhints that explains the process.



Peter


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Re: Real computers

[James Sanderson]

Worse yet, in my school district Macs are remembered by either the  
still working but unused Apple ][ e (there is one still in the  
Library) or one working LCIII.


On 8 Dec 2005, at 21:09, Dylan McDermond wrote:



On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:49 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote:

 Plus, they think the PowerMac 5200 is an accurate representation  
of Macs in general...



Ding! Ding! Ding! Yes, I get this attitude from people that scoff  
at Macintosh all the time. I politely tell them to have a look at  
OS X since it's obvious that they aren't familiar with any Apple OS  
since OS 7. If they can be shown, they're usually pretty impressed.


-Dylan



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Pink hue on Pismo display

[James Sanderson]

Listers,

What would cause the above symptom?  It goes away after a short while?
Pismo 400/192 OS 9

Jim Sanderson

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Re: Macs and eBay

[James aka Sacredsystem]

Amber R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following:

>Hi,
>This is partially related to my previous question.It appears that  
>eBay is not really that Mac friendly.  In fact, in a discussion with  
>one of their live help people today,  I was told "if you were using a  
>regular computer,  you would be fine" when I was asking about the  
>sign-in problems I was having.
>
>I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my  
>browser is Safari and I have the latest version.
>
>Anyway,  it appears that some of the problems I am having are related  
>to my not using a "regular computer" and not having an up-to-date  
>browser that works with some sites.
>
>Amber
I've had some minor issues with eBay, but nothing that would create any
big problems. I use Camino, and in the preferences (extra download) you
can use "agent  spoofing" to fool sites into thinking you are using a
different browser. I rarely use it, but some sites will not work at all
without using say IE for Windoze. 

Take care.

James aka Sacredsystem

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Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

[James Sanderson]

Interesting idea.  Does a WS II CPU work on a WS I?  I upgraded the  
processor to the 292MHz limit after I bought the machine 'cause 233  
was just too slwww.


What's BGA?

Jim Sanderson
On 30 Nov 2005, at 17:39, Tom and Lisa P wrote:


WS on Jaguar

I remember when I had all sorts of issues with mine.  All those  
kinds problems went away with the upgrade to Panther.  With the  
comp not recognising the RAM, that's probably to do with the  
processor.
One person suggested now might be the time to take advantage of  
Daystar's G4 upgrade.  That's a good idea depending on the age of  
the WS.  Mine was among the first made, evidently and could not be  
upgraded because of the type of video card, or so the good doctors  
at Daystar told me.  Because this one is a WS II, I doubt there  
would be any problem.


Jim Sanderson


Daystar (or any other rework shop) has a harder time upgrading the  
WS1 CPUs as the L2 cache parts are BGA, while the WS2 L2 cache  
parts are quad flat (easier to rework).  Find a cheap WS2 233/512K  
l2 CPU card on ebay and send that in for upgrade.


Mad Dog

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Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

[James Sanderson]

In a message dated 11/30/05 11:09:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


Say, another question: What screen are you using with your  
Wallstreet? I
think I remember surmizing awhile back that the brightness issue  
may be because my
friend has a 12.1" active matrix (not the more common 12.1" passive  
matrix)
LCD on his Wallstreet. I am wondering if the problem exists with  
13.3" or 14.1"

Active matrix LCDs also.


Nope.  Worked with a 14" WS II with the same issues with video.   
Video problems went away with Panther installed.  The memory issue  
has to do with processor limitations.  My old processor on the WSI  
12" will not see more than 128 in either slot, IIRC.   The 14" WS II  
had no problem seeing 256.


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Re: WSII won't see RAM in top slot

[James Sanderson]

WS on Jaguar

I remember when I had all sorts of issues with mine.  All those kinds  
problems went away with the upgrade to Panther.  With the comp not  
recognising the RAM, that's probably to do with the processor.
One person suggested now might be the time to take advantage of  
Daystar's G4 upgrade.  That's a good idea depending on the age of the  
WS.  Mine was among the first made, evidently and could not be  
upgraded because of the type of video card, or so the good doctors at  
Daystar told me.  Because this one is a WS II, I doubt there would be  
any problem.


Jim Sanderson


PS:  Hook 'em horns!

On 30 Nov 2005, at 10:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



In a message dated 11/29/05 5:48:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


That may not have anything to do with your RAM problem.  10.2.8 does
that to many WS -- you need to press the brightness button below the
display once startup has reached the desktop.


I can bear witness to that... a friend has a Wallstreet with  
10.2.x, and he

has to adjust brightness whenever he starts it up.

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Re: keyboard marks on the screen

[James Sanderson]

Or you could buy a piece of felt and place it over the keys.

Jim Sanderson
On 27 Nov 2005, at 14:10, John Roberts wrote:

I have a PB G4 400 MHz. I used to get gunk (oil/dirt) transferred  
from my keyboard to screen. A couple of years ago a wise friend  
advised me to keep a paper towel over the keyboard when the  
powerbook is closed. I use one sheet of Bounty Select-a-Size and  
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Re: what linux and what kernel for my wallstreet?

[Rajah James]

Tried posting this once, didn't see it in the online-archive ( http:// 
mail.maclaunch.com/Lists/G-Books/List.html ), so I'm trying again.


On Nov 15, 2005, at 11:00 PM, Mike Kauspedas wrote:


Anyone have suggestions for a Wallstreet II 300MHz with Linux?  
Yellow Dog? Ubuntu?




I don't know about straight linux on PPC, but I run fink and gentoo 
(portage) as package managers in OS X, on my 12" pb.


I personally use Gentoo GNU/Linux for my various other non-mac boxen,  
portage is very powerful.


I have heard of many people running Gentoo on macs though, as they  
have a PPC branch of portage. A quick google brings:


http://www.desertsol.com/~kevin/ppc/

But if you you've never used GNU/Linux, I'd say start with Yellow  
Dog. Having never used YDL, I base this opinion on my experience with  
Red Hat, which was the distro I lost my GNUginty(c) to. YDL forked  
(ported?) from Red Hat at some point. YDL's package manager (yum), is  
available in Fedora, and I remember it being fairly easy to use



Which kernel version? I was thinking maybe an older version would  
run better on the older hardware, if I can find one.





If your using it as a laptop on-the-go (as opposed to server), I  
think that most of the stuff that you'd probably want (proper sleep,  
etc.) will be in the 2.6 kernel, aka the newer one.


Security wise, both 2.4 and 2.6 are kept up-to-date, afaik.

But yeah, in general most of the distro's you've discussed have  
fairly good docs. For example, Gentoo's is very good: http:// 
www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml


So good luck, good googling, and always read the docs.

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dimming screen

[Peter Saint James]

The display on my 15-inch, Al Powerbook running Tiger  
sometimes dims when the computer is inactive for just a few minutes.   
I can get it brighten again by moving the mouse or hitting a key, but  
this is quite inconvenient and irritating.


This habit is not consistent.  It does it some days and not  
others.  There does not seem to be a pattern to when, except--and I'm  
not sure of this--it may be doing it when the computer has not been  
booted for several days.


The box in system preferences that refers to automatically  
reducing brightness is unchecked.  Is there anything else that  
controls this?  Does it indicate something else wrong?



TIA.

Peter


 
   


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Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

[Peter Saint James]

On 9 Oct 2005, at 4:05 PM, david wrote:

BTW, am I the only one who thinks that the whole Apple Store thing  
is turning into a disaster in the making? When my local Apple store  
opened the 'genius' truly was incredibly knowledgeable. The last  
time I went I overheard the 'genius' say things I'd expect to hear  
from a BestBuy sales-idiot.



I wouldn't rate it "disaster," but improvements could be made.

The stores are made to sell things, which they do well.   
Service is a sideline and not well done.  Stores also feed the Apple  
cult idea.  It's the place to be, to hang around with the other  
Appleheads, to feel special, etc.  The one near me is always full of  
teenagers.  They are made to feel at home there more than in some of  
the general retailers.


As to the service aspect, there is plenty of room for  
improvement.  And, yes, they are pissing people off.  Computer users  
get excited when computers can do something half a nanosecond faster,  
but they have to wait at least two hours to get service at an Apple  
store.  That's stupid.  Apple advertises that one can make an  
appointment in advance; they neglect to mention that's an extra  
hundred bucks.


It's insulting to deal with people whose job title is  
"genius" but who give the word genius a bad name.  Some don't have  
common sense or service sense.  Seems to me a better name would be  
"Service Provider."  That might give them a better orientation toward  
customer service.


In my neighborhood an independent Apple retailer is about a  
block away from an Apple store.  The service manager at the  
independent is a bit gruff, but at least he usually knows what he's  
doing.  The independent is a good shop, and the Apple store makes  
them look even better.



Peter


 
   


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Re: eBay

[Peter Saint James]

On 7 Oct 2005, at 2:38 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote:


Ed sed,

I've only ever bought 1 thing on ebay and it was in lousy shape so  
I'm

skittery about it...- it's such a pain to return things



I've gotten more good deals than bad ones on ebay.   
There are plenty of scams on there, however.   I see some every time  
go there.  I've even gotten a few shut down.



Someone else mentioned that it's addicting.
Sometimes it can be.  I always think about it for at least a day  
before bidding.


Once I happened across a yard sale that consisted of  
a whole room of unopened items obviously bought from a television  
shopping channel--and one television.



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Outgoing mail password

[Peter Saint James]

I'm having trouble getting Mail to send messages.

I believe (but don't know) that it's because my ISP  
(Earthlink) made changes to the outgoing mail server settings.   
Evidently they made these changes a month ago, but I just started  
having trouble in the past day.  I changed the settings as  
instructed, but still cannot get the server to accept more than one  
message at a time.


Anyone on Earthlink know the secret to getting this to work,  
or is there some other problem that I don't know about?




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Re: OS X on G3 Series PowerBook

[James Sanderson]

On 12 Sep 2005, at 14:48, Art Richard wrote:


Laurent,

Thanks for the suggestion.  I reseated all of the PC board  
connections inside my Powerbook, made sure the screws were tight  
holding the heat shield against the CPU, and then put spacers under  
the outside of the case and set-up a fan blowing air around and  
under the unit to keep it cool.  I then attempted to install OS X.   
In several tries, it froze-up each time; the best was at 6 minutes  
remaining on the installation.  It appears that I really will  
remain on OS-9.2, which has worked very well and never freezes-up.


Art Richard  (St. Petersburg, FL)



I know this is probably not going to be helpful for getting X on the  
WS; however, I had a similar problem installing X on a B/W.  I tried  
and tried and tried and tried.   I swapped memory and tried a number  
of things that didn't work.  Then I gave up.   One day a FEW months  
later--about seven--I gave it a try. And lo!  it installed without a  
hitch.  I have  no clue why after so many months it allowed the  
installation.
I guess the point is that you can try all the freakin' tech stuff  
that should allow you to do what you know you should be able to do on  
the machine, but the machine sometimes decides when it will do it.  ;-)


Serious suggestion:  try a different HD.  I had a WS--a 4 GB  
original--that would do the same thing when I was installing X.2.  I  
bought a new HD--a 20 GB--and partitioned it per the specs and-- 
voilá!--it installed without a hitch.  Also, I have had terrible luck  
installing and working with X.2 on a WS.  X.3 has proven flawless.


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Re: importing bookmarks from Netscape to Safari?

[James Sanderson]

On 8 Sep 2005, at 16:53, Anne Judge wrote:



On Sep 8, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:


I don't know if it's the best way to do it, but I had noticed it in  
passing so I'll pass it on: OnyX has an import bookmarks checkbox  
in Appearance->Safari.


(I use the appearance-tweaking parts of OnyX to pin my dock at the  
trash end so the trash can doesn't scoot out of the way when I try  
to drag something onto it, and noticed this in exploring the other  
settings.)


Anne


Onyx is good!  You can tell it to enable the debug menu for Safari.   
After the restart you can import the bookmarks from the debug menu.   
You also get a good maintenance utility for free.


J Sanderson

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Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

[James Sanderson]

On 7 Sep 2005, at 12:44, Ken wrote:

I've successfully used the sourceforge driver in a Wallstreet w/ 
Orinoco

Gold.  Try installing again with your Wavelan in the slot.  Then shut
down, and restart with the Wavelan still in the slot.  Go to Sys
Prefs/Network and check the drop-down menu for Network Port
Configurations; IIRC, there should be a new ethernet port (en1 or  
en2)

in the list.  Select the new port and check that your TCP/IP and
AppleTalk settings are correct.

Gene Osburn



Thanks. Tried that. Even tried to install twice. Never got the  
optional
port. Installed the IOXperts driver and it worked with no problem.  
Would

have been nice to have a "free" driver, but...

Ken


Yep.  Been there, tried that.  Same results.

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Re: Wallstreet, OS X and Wavelan Gold

[James Sanderson]

IOXperts.  The offer a driver for OS X.  Google for it.  I don't  
remember the address.  It's functionality is limited to 30 minutes at  
a time unless you buy the driver for $20 (for the Silver card I have).


J Sanderson

On 6 Sep 2005, at 22:48, Ken wrote:


This message written: Tuesday, 6 September 2005 20:44:45 PDT

Have been trying to learn OS X. Installed 10.2.8 on a Wallstreet/300.
Seems faster than I expected. The only hangup seems to be that now I
can't get the Wavelan Gold working. I installed a Sourceforge drive  
that

is supposed to work, but no go. It shows up in the list of PC cards in
the menu bar, but is not shown as a choice in the networking "control
panel." Any suggestions?

Ken

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Re: News coverage via Mac

[Peter Saint James]

On 5 Sep 2005, at 4:44 AM, Kochkodin wrote:


Peter Saint James wrote:




There is an interesting article in Editor and Publisher about   
how a newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida, heavily using Macs,   
covered Katrina's damage in New Orleans.


Newsroom in St. Pete was communicating with its reporters and   
photogs in NOLA using iChat.  A stunning pix of damage was   
transmitted back to St Pete by a photog who parked in front of a   
hotel, picked up a wifi signal on his powerbook, and sent the pix   
over that.


Full story is here:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?  
vnu_content_id=1001051260




yo pete
the link doesn't work.
mike k in pa




You're right.  It's very strange because this one, which  
looks the same, does work:



http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp? 
vnu_content_id=1001051260



If it doesn't work when you try it, you can go here and select the  
story from the list under August 30:



http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/index.jsp



(Aha!  I discovered the mistake.  There is a space in the first  
URL where the line broke.)



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News coverage via Mac

[Peter Saint James]

There is an interesting article in Editor and Publisher about  
how a newspaper in St. Petersburg, Florida, heavily using Macs,  
covered Katrina's damage in New Orleans.


Newsroom in St. Pete was communicating with its reporters and  
photogs in NOLA using iChat.  A stunning pix of damage was  
transmitted back to St Pete by a photog who parked in front of a  
hotel, picked up a wifi signal on his powerbook, and sent the pix  
over that.


Full story is here:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp? 
vnu_content_id=1001051260



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Re: upgrading my wallstreet

[James Sanderson]

On 29 Aug 2005, at 19:29, Lisa & Tom P wrote:


You can also get upgrades from Daystar [snip].  I bought a G4/466  
from Daystar for $210. It works great.


Mad Dog




I didn't find any Wallstreet upgrades at Daystar.  Wegener's prices  
seem quite for a G3 upgrade to 400 MHz.


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Re: scanning software?

[Peter Saint James]

A few days ago I asked about scanning software that would make  
one PDF file of multiple scans.  Turns out there is a method to do  
this built into Tiger, according to macosxhints.  It adds an  
additional step, but the price is right and it seems easy enough.


You must first scan all the pages, getting a separate PDF file  
for each page.  Then you can select the documents that you want to  
combine in the Finder and then Control-click on them to bring up the  
contextual menu.


Choose Automator -> Create Workflow.

Once Automator opens, add three steps to your Untitled workflow:

-Finder: Get Selected Finder Items. Actually, this one is  
automatically added if you had the files selected in the Finder.


-PDF: Combine PDF Pages.

-Finder: Open Finder Items (Open with Default Application).

This will combine everything, then open up a Preview document with  
all the PDF pages nicely laid out in one document. You can save the  
workflow if you do this on a regular basis. Then Control-clicking on  
a group of PDFs will give you a contextual menu with your workflow  
ready to go.



  For anyone with too much money, I also found several programs  
that cost $49 to $499 that will do the same thing.



Peter



 
   


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scanning software?

[Peter Saint James]

I bought a HP 2175 all-in-one machine with the intention of  
scanning some multi-page documents to PDF, only to find out the  
machine won't do this.  This  is a surprise since other HP machines  
do.  HP support [sic] claims that only machines with document feeders  
will scan multiple pages to one PDF.  This is not correct, but it is  
a moot point since this machine refuses to.


I'm wondering if there is some economical third-party  
scanning software anyone would recommend or some other work-around to  
accomplish this task.



TIA



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Re: $50 iBooks @ UVA

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On 17 Aug 2005, at 1:26 PM, Brian wrote:

Mostly, though, PC users who really know computers simply don't  
like apple as a company, or they don't like how "elitist" mac users  
can sometimes appear.



Well, yes, but if everyone were as smart as we are, we  
wouldn't stand out in the crowd, would we?:-}




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Re: $50 iBooks @ UVA

[Peter Saint James]

On 17 Aug 2005, at 2:29 PM, Brian wrote:

incompetent IT at the school I go to who've actually told me,  
months after I started using my iBook on their wireless network  
that macs have never worked on their wireless network.



Tell them just to tighten up the nut on the keyboard.


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Re: Mail app & the bounce feature

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There's something about spamming that has me puzzled.

I'm at a loss to see how it pays.  I can't imagine enough  
people dim enough to buy something from a spammer.  Who could  
possibly believe they could get anything worth having from someone  
who obviously is out to exploit and annoy them?  I have been known to  
underestimate human stupidity, but it seems that there can't be  
enough people out there that dumb who still have any money left to  
take away from them.


It would also seem that if spamming really does pay, this  
undermines one of the foundations of classical economics, which is  
supposed to be based on the idea that buyers are rational people  
pursuing goals favorable to themselves.




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Re: Utilities

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On 29 Jul 2005, at 6:00 PM, Dan K wrote:


If you don't have Tiger installed but like the idea of Dashboard you
might try Dashboard's inspiration, Konfabulator. Tons of available
widgets for most anything you like.



BTW, I saw a note that Yahoo bought Konfabulator and now gives  
it away free.  What's more, folks who paid for it can get a refund.



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Re: calendar for syncing 2 or 3 schedules? not iCal...

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On 26 Jul 2005, at 7:30 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:

I know the department sec'y didn't "like" ical.  And you may know  
who has the real power in a department... :)



This means that there are two possibilities.  1) The person does  
not know all of the ins and outs of iCal and so it seems like a  
hassle to them.  (A real possibility since--as with much about Mac-- 
many controls are not obvious; one has to play with it for a while to  
find them.)  2) They want attention.


In either case, the thing to do is to sit down with them; ask  
them to tell you exactly what they need in a calendar program and  
what it is about iCal that falls short; tell them sincerely things  
like "I trust your judgement on this," and "I want to make sure this  
works for you";  and give them your complete attention for an hour or  
so.  You'll get the cooperation you need and gain a powerful ally.



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Re: calendar for syncing 2 or 3 schedules? not iCal...

[Peter Saint James]

On 25 Jul 2005, at 9:43 AM, Brian McEwen wrote:

Cal is not wanted as it doesn't deal well (they say) with double- 
booked time slots, which are common for this group.  I've not  
played with iCal at all, is this correct/ is there a workaround?



It seems to be able to handle more than one thing going on at  
the same time.  Better play with it first before you invest much time  
looking for an alternative.



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Re: Bcc quirk?

[Peter Saint James]

On 19 Jul 2005, at 12:39 AM, Harry Corsover wrote:


1. I don't see how an address is added to an email by clicking on  
it in Address Book. I started with this message, clicking in the To  
field. Then, in Address Book, clicking on an address does nothing  
except open that contact in the right-hand pane in Address Book.  
Double clicking opens a separate window for that contact in Address  
Book. Is this a matter of settings or preferences? I'm using Mail  
2.0.2 and Address Book 4.0.2. So, since it has never worked for me  
that way for any Mail field, I apparently misunderstood the question.



What I understood is that by clicking on the Address Book button  
on the tool bar of a new message or reply gets you access to Address  
Book listings and clicking on the listing gets that name and address  
in the proper field.  Address book application is not opened.



2. Why use the Address Book in the first place? If you know the  
name of a person you want to send an email to, just start typing.  
If that person has more than one email address, a list will pop  
down; same thing for different recipients whose names begin with  
the same characters.



I would find it more convenient to use the click method because  
I wouldn't have to remember how the entry was make in address book, I  
could chose which e-mail address, and other things.  I might want to  
choose several listings or see the list to jog my memory.  It's just  
a different way that minds work.  For someone who used Bcc  
frequently, I could see this would be a source of irritation and  
inconvenience.  I think this program behavior is a bug.




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Re: Powerbook shuts down improperly

[Peter Saint James]

On 18 Jul 2005, at 11:24 PM, Amber wrote:

I am not sure what is going on with my Powerbook.   I have the 15"  
Al 1.25 Ghz model and it keeps shutting itself down instead of  
sleeping when I shut the lid completely to take break.


This is happening even on a full battery.When it is plugged  
in,  it will just go to sleep and wakes as soon as I open the lid.



Something similar happened to me recently.  I discovered that it  
had to do with the settings in System Preferences>Energy Saver.   
There are different settings for battery and for power supply.  Play  
with the battery settings and see if it makes a difference.



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Re: Bcc quirk?

[Peter Saint James]

On 17 Jul 2005, at 9:39 PM, Harry Corsover wrote:

The choice is there, just not in Address Book. Do you see that  
little box to the left of "Account"? It's a popup list that  
includes bcc as well as Reply-to. Or, you can type Command-Option-B  
to toggle the bcc field. Then start typing names and they will be  
completed, or drag to the desired field.


How would you like to see it work?



I don't think this is what is being discussed.

Getting the field to show up is easy as you say.  But filling  
that field from address book as one fills other fields from address  
book does not seem to work.  For the "To" and "CC" field one can  
simply click on a listing in address book.  For "BCC" one must drag  
and drop.  The original poster says this is a recent change.  Seems a  
puzzlement that such a difference would occur.



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Re: Bcc quirk?

[Peter Saint James]

On 16 Jul 2005, at 9:47 AM, Dennis Reeder wrote:



If I include a Bcc panel in an email message I am unable to get an  
address into the panel.unless I drag it there.



I just tried it.  It doesn't work for me either.  There is no  
BCC box in the address book window.


 It would be interesting to know what Apple's thinking was on  
this.  Seems that quite a number of opportunities to give users  
choices are missed.



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Re: odd key behavior

[Peter Saint James]

On 16 Jul 2005, at 2:00 AM, Claire Hart wrote:



I've looked in System Preferences under Keyboard & Mouse, but can't  
find anything that seems to be related.






Look in System Preferences under Universal Access.  See if any  
assistive devices are on.



Peter


PS:  The above sentence highlights another situation where the  
folks at Apple missed opportunities to communicate with each other.   
The word "assistive" is used in System Preferences, but spell checker  
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Re: Problem with Wallstreet HD install

[James Sanderson]

On 23 Jun 2005, at 12:03, Ben Woodard wrote:


I haven't tried the metal strip because I thought this
was related only to sleep issues and newer drives did
not have the problem. Could be wrong.


No, you're right.  I didn't know if you had an old drive or a new one.


It seems to be a problem with booting from the cd. I
can do it with the old drive, but not the new.


Curious.  Try another disc?


 does the computer have
to see a hd even if there is no OS on it?


No.  The computer should be able to boot from the CD as long as it  
can read it.  The computer will look for a boot volume.  When it  
doesn't find one it should flash the folder icon with a '?' (OS X) or  
the sad Mac (OS 9).  If you tell it to boot from the CD by holding  
down the 'c' button, I think it should boot.



Maybe there is something wrong with the new drive.


Could be.  Do you have access to another HD, other than the old one,  
to swap out?  See David Lesher's comments; try A then B.



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Re: Wallstreet issues

[James Sanderson]

On 23 Jun 2005, at 06:33, Lisa & Tom P wrote:


So you had a G4 card and a Travelstar under OS 9, and that caused  
the problem ?  I wonder if there is some setting for the drive that  
can be changed ?


thanks,

Mad Dog


This is what happens when I read posted too late at night.  Your  
issue isn't exactly as mine was.   I had a WS II with a stock G3/282  
in it.  The TravelStar HD was an older model without the liquid  
bearing.  Something about the placement of the HD in the WS causes  
the older drives to freeze up, something about magnetism...  Anyway  
the older drives need to have some kind of shielding placed on them  
to keep them from locking up.  The one I had was really bad; it would  
lock up after going to sleep; at times it would lock up on start up;  
at times is would lock up if it idled to long (after I disabled the  
sleep mode).  Since your machine seems to lock up regardless of the  
OS, perhaps the HD is the problem.  I don't believe there are any  
settings on the HD itself to change.
 I suggested this because you seem to steer away from the heat  
issue.  I don't recall if the fan on my WS runs full time, though I  
imagine it must.  If yours doesn't, perhaps the fan itself is  
defective or the connector is not making full contact.  You're right  
it does seem to be a software issue with 9 since the machine performs  
with the cache write-through on in X.  Perhaps you should contact  
Daystar about this; they were always quite helpful to me with the  
upgrades I made on my older Power PC's, very responsive.


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Re: Problem with Wallstreet HD install

[James Sanderson]

Decided today to try to get a little more life out of
the old Wallstreet by putting in a new hd. I had a 30g
Hitachi i bought six months ago and stuck it in.
Holding down the C key I tried to boot to the 10.2
disk, but only got the flashing question mark. This
made no sense so I tried resetting pram, power
manager, tried an external keyboard, used a zip with
9.1 on it, and diskwarrior but no luck.
Thinking I must have damaged something, I took the new
drive out and replaced the old. It started up and I
was able to boot the 10.2 disk. Put the new drive in
an enclosure, hooked it up to my G4 and formatted and
partioned it. Back into the Wallstreet and the same
problem.
I have installed a number of drives over the years,
but this has me stumped. Its got to be something
simple I'm overlooking - a real forehead smacker.
Could someone please tell me what I'm missing here?


Rereading this post led me to understand that you have a clean  
HD without any OS on it.  Boot from a OS 9 CD.  Partition the HD in  
two sections, the first partition must be less than 8 GB.  Install OS  
9 on the second partition.  I don't know if you can do this from your  
Zip drive, unless you have the disk utility on it. After installing  
the OS, restart the machine using OS 9 then download XPF and install  
OS X.3 using XPF on the first partition.  I would not install X.2 on  
the Wall Street as it causes all sorts of flaky monitor behaviours,  
like a 'melting' effect from which you cannot recover without a  
restart, no wake from sleep,  desktop pictures that are partially  
scrambled cured by moving an open window around (mine did this on the  
lower portion of the monitor only).  The first two are the real 'turn- 
offs,' though.
I have a 12" WS I upgraded to a 300 MHz processor and 83 MHz bus  
as a result of the upgrade and added a larger HD as you are doing.  X. 
3 has run with a hitch and smoothly even with only 160 MB of RAM.  I  
have also worked on a WS II with a 14.1" screen, doing much the  
same.  I had the same issues with X.2 on it as well, but no problems  
with X.3.  If you should go to X.3 do follow XPF's directions for  
installation carefully as there is a video issue with a WS  
installation of X.3.


HTH

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Re: surge suppressors revisited

[Peter Saint James]

On 23 Jun2005, at 11:24 AM, david wrote:



As to why computers aren't equipped with surge protectors, that is  
easy. They wear out. Each time a surge is clamped, a little of its  
usefulness is depleted. They need to be replaced frequently.



Then make it replaceable, like an automobile fuse.


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surge suppressors revisited

[Peter Saint James]

Several months ago, we discussed using or not using surge  
suppressors with Powerbooks, and I found out the hard way that we  
came to an erroneous conclusion.


We concluded that the power adapter would protect the Powerbook  
from a surge.  Turns out this is not true.


I have to admit that the surge to my book was a big one.  A bolt  
of lightening hit near my house.  It knocked out the surge suppressor  
then continued on, zapping the printer, other items that were plugged  
into it, and my powerbook.


The power adapter was indeed fried.  Replacing it didn't solve  
problems, however.  Apple replaced the motherboard, and it now seems  
to be working okay.  Fortunately, AppleCare covered it.



It still bothers me that the manual is mute on this subject and  
even includes an illustration showing the power adapter plugged  
directly into the wall socket.  It also seems odd to me that  
computers don't come equipped with surge suppressors.




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Re: Wallstreet issues

[James Sanderson]

On 22 Jun 2005, at 20:53, Lisa & Tom P wrote:



Has anyone figured out a way to get the fan on a Wallstreet to  
actually run during operations ?  The WS seems to run pretty how  
with either the G3/300 or a G4/466.


On a separate note, I am having some trouble with my new G4/466  
upgrade from Daystar.  I noticed after running a few minutes under  
OS X 10.3.9, the unit would lock up the first time it went to  
sleep. Under OS 9.2.2, the unit would lock up within 60 seconds of  
booting. This did not appear to be a heat issue.


After installing the XLR8 software, and using the write through  
cache setting, the lockups under OS X stopped and the unit runs  
fine in X. I did the same for OS 9.2.2, and it didnt improve  
anything.  I tried an entirely different hard drive with 9.2.2 on  
it, and the same lock up occurred.  I made sure to enable power  
conservation under both OS versions.  it also doesnt seem to be RAM  
related.


This appears to be some sort of software issue with OS 9 and a G4.  
Has anyone run across this type of problem before ?


Only when I used an old TravelStar HD.  It would do exactly as you  
describe.  Doubt this is a software issue.


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Re: remove an icon in the menu bar

[James Sanderson]

On 21 Jun 2005, at 03:57, Luis Sequeira wrote:


I am surprised no one answered this (I'm catching up on a few  
digests, and figured there would be a bunch of replies...); the  
answer is "hold down the command key and drag the icon out of the  
menu bar".


Luis Sequeira


Perhaps the answer was so simple everyone else figured I would figure  
it out...  thanks a bunch for your help!


J Sanderson

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Re: DVD.app error

[James Sanderson]

How did you install Tiger?


On 10 Jun 2005, at 23:59, Rad Craig wrote:

OSX isn't supposed to run on Wallstreets either, but many people do  
run it successfully.  According to Apples specs, it (Lombard) is  
designed to support OSX:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43120

Not Tiger, because of the firewire, but still.

That message seemed like some kind of configuration error, like  
perhaps there might be a file that I can edit?


My Lombard came with DVD drive in it, when I bought it used.  My  
Pismo has a DVD and it works fine, I didn't think there was that  
much of a difference between the two other than the firewire.



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Re: International travel internet question

[Peter Saint James]

On 6 Jun2005, at 1:18 PM, Simon Tang wrote:


When I was in Italy last year, internet cafes costed an arm and a leg!



What are the alternatives for travelers in Europe?

In the US, there are some places that offer free connections.   
Libraries also offer a place to get on-line.  Is this true in Europe?



Peter


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Re: international travel-charging issues?

[Peter Saint James]

On 5 Jun2005, at 10:24 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote:


On Sun, Jun 5, 2005 at 3:03 pm -0400, Peter Saint James wrote:



UK plugs have round prongs (I think)



Er, not quite!



You are correct.  I was mistaken.  It's continental Europe that  
has the round prongs.



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Re: international travel-charging issues?

[Peter Saint James]

On 4 Jun2005, at 8:53 PM, Kathryn Odell wrote:



If so, would this hold true for iPod shuffles as well? (I have the  
usb charger for the Shuffle.)






If you're plugging the iPod into a USB port on the computer to  
charge it, you don't need to change anything on it.  What comes out  
of the USB port should be the same no matter what is charging the  
computer's battery.



If the charger plugs into a wall socket, the charger should have  
the relevant information on it.  Law requires a label or embossing on  
the charger (or anything else you plug in).


For example, a Powerbook charger says "Input: 100-240v 50-60  
Hz."   That tells you it can use both US's 120 voltage and most of  
the rest of the world's 240 voltage.   If an iPod wall-plug charger  
says something similar, you don't need to transform the power, just  
adapt the plug.


On the other hand, if the info says something more limited, like  
"Input: 120v 60 Hz," that means US power only and that you have to  
use a transformer with foreign electricity.



If you plan to use a phone cable for the computer, it must be  
converted also.  Additionally you would be wise to get a device to  
tell you if the signal from the phone jack is safe.  Some places have  
a different type of signal, which will harm the computer.  This may  
not be relevant since your US ISP probably does not have a dial-up  
number in London so you'll be using wireless anyway.  But check this  
out before plugging in a phone cable.



>One more thing--Apple sells a world adaptor pack; would there be  
any reason I couldn't just use the plugs I already have?


Plugs and sockets are different in different parts of the  
world.  UK plugs have round prongs (I think) so you need something to  
adapt the different shaped prongs to the sockets you'll encounter.   
Besides Apple's adapters, there is a device sold in hardware stores  
that combines a small surge protector with an adaptor for different  
socket configurations.



Have a good trip.


Peter






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Re: Wallstreet Dual-Boot Issues .....

[James Sanderson]

On 3 Jun 2005, at 08:54, Pacer wrote:


My Fellow PowerBook-philes,

...Well.  One of them is real nice, an upgraded Wallstreet to  
466 Mhz

and with full RAM.  I have Mac OS X.2.8 running on it.

But the screen does this funky thing where the backlight on the LCD
stops working when it boots up.  To fix it, all you need to do is hit
the "brightness" button.  When it goes to sleep, however, it seems to
not want to come back up.

I have read on Lowendmac.com (I'll find this link later) that if you
boot into OS 9, let it go to sleep, then bring it back up, boot back
into OS X then it should be fixed.  (At least until you let your
batteries die while your Wallstreet is asleep again.)


I have a WS I that had the same issues only in in X.2.x.  When I  
upgraded to X.3.x, the backlighting and display sleep went away  
problems and never came back.   I will admit that I have never tried  
putting the hard drive to sieep because I used to have an old  
Travelstar 20 GB that would lock up if it did.  I never changed the  
setting after I changed the hard drive.


If you don't have Panther or you don't want to go through the trouble  
of upgrading (the upgrade requires you to use Xpostfacto 3), let the  
buyer put it on the machine.  Take X off.  The machine is upgradeable  
and runs X.3 competently even with only 160 MB's, which is all I have  
on mine.  It's not blazing fast; it's useable if all the buyer wants  
is to do word processing, reading mail, and surfing the internet.  I  
know that the more memory there is the better the machine operates; I  
simply haven't put it on this one.


Forget all this other stuff.  It doesn't sound like it's worth the  
hassle, especially if you want to sell it.



Well  sounds easy to fix, yes?  No.

I have an OS 9.1 install disk.  It is a backup copy of a broken  
one, so

it is a CD-R.

I can't install OS 9 with it.  (Won't boot into OS 9.)

I then tried to copy over an OS 9 folder which works booting another
Wallstreet which only runs OS 9 by copying it onto a Flash Card and  
then

back into the OS 9 folder.

No dice.  Won't boot.

What I do is go to System Preference-> Startup Disk and then choose  
the

OS 9 partition with the OS 9 start folder.

I then reboot and it reboots into a gray screen.  I then have to spend
the next half-hour to an hour trying to convince it to reboot into the
Mac OS X.2 install CD I have and then I have to reinstall OS X.  (BTW,
the LCD Backlight will not work when doing this.  Loads of fun.)

I'd really like to resell this computer at least at the same price I
bought it at, maybe more, and I think I would be able to do so if I
could 1) get the backlight working and/or 2) get OS 9 to dual boot  
on it.


I could really use the money in order to look into upgrading my GF's
Pismo to use iSight (if possible) or just paying down some credit  
cards

before I go to law school.

Does anyone have ANY ideas on what I can do???


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Re: VS: iBooksG4 vs. PowerBooksG4

[Peter Saint James]

On 30 May2005, at 2:52 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:


This a personal opinion, but based on personal experience...



Let us have the experience it is based on.  We are free people  
who will make up our own minds based on personal experience and the  
experience of others.  We resist having ideas dictated to us.


If you have experience to offer, please offer it.  If not, you  
are doing nothing but passing wind.




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Re: internal mic?

[Peter Saint James]

On 29 May2005, at 8:29 PM, pamark wrote:


Hi,

Does anyone know if the 300mhz iBook has an internal mic? I was  
using it

to try and do a audio chat with someone and I could hear them but they
could not hear me. Is there somekind of software or setting I am
missing? Any info would be appreciated



   There is a setting that might need adjusting.  In System  
Preferences, in the sound preference, in the input section, there is  
a slider that adjusts input levels.  Where's it set?



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Re: VS: iBooksG4 vs. PowerBooksG4

[Peter Saint James]

The Aluminium is not portable: too delicate, while the iBook is
rugged and sturdy.



This statement has been bothering me.  What's it based on?   
Could you please tell us how  you arrived at this conclusion or give  
objective evidence of this assertion?  You can see our problems here,  
can't you?  Without some convincing evidence, we'd simply have to  
treat this statement as a rant rather that rational information.




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Re: Mac OS X.3.9 on Wallstreet 233MHz?

[James Sanderson]

On 24 May 2005, at 15:01, macnifico wrote:


Hi again, Listers!

Thank you all for your opinions, tips, etc.
One thing that I found is that I still do not learn the names of  
the versions, so I'm always wondering if Panther is X.3 or X.2.


Panther=X.3
Jaguar=X.2

Jaguar ran slowly on the WSI with a 233 processor as the WS I/233 has  
no cache and a lower bus speed (66 mhz).  With an upgrade to 292 one  
gains 1 MB of L2 cache and bump in the bus speed to 83 mhz.  These  
gains allow the WS I to run Panther (X.3) competently.  It's not  
blazing fast, but for strolling along the 'superhighway', reading e- 
mail, and doing word processing this is acceptable to me.



It's all relative.


Yes, it is!



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Re: Mac OS X.3.9 on Wallstreet 233MHz?

[James Sanderson]

On 23 May 2005, at 20:53, macnifico wrote:


Hi, Listers!

I'm getting a Wallstreet with a 6 Gb HD, 288 Mb RAM, and 233 MHz G3.
It's going to be used mainly for light Web browsing, and a few  
Excel spreadsheests. Nothing processor-intensive.
I was wondering if OS X.3 would run OK on this machine, or if I  
should stay with OS 9.2.2. I have OS X.2, too. But I've grown  
acustomed (spell?) to OS X.3.9, it runs very well in my iMac 400  
MHz with 320 Mb.

Thank you for your input.
HD


Runs great on my WS I/292, with only 162MB.  I think about how much  
better it would be if it could support more memory, but I've had some  
issues with larger memory.  The sound of broken glass at startup with  
two different sticks that work in other computers.  It did this with  
the original processor, too, a 233 like yours.  I think that the  
processor upgrade would be worthwhile if you really like Panther more  
than Jaguar.  This comp had issues with Jaguar; it ran more slowly,  
wouldn't wake from sleep, and it had some serious video issues  
(screen would turn blank, for example, or it would 'melt').  The  
upgrade to Panther fixed all those issues, but ran slowly until I  
upgraded the processor, not that it's blazing fast now, mind, but it  
runs quite well for my needs.


J Sanderson

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Re: Which Powerbook for school?

[Peter Saint James]

On 9 May2005, at 11:09 PM, MARIO RAMIREZ wrote:
I'm going off to college soon  and want to get a
PowerBook G4 for school. I have about $1000 to spend
and would like the 15" screen. Since there are so many
models of PowerBook, I'm very confused. What's the
difference between TiBooks and AlBooks. What's the
best configuration I can do for $1000. Since it's
obviously going to be used, I was thinking eBay.

You would also be wise to check out Dealmac:
http://dealmac.com/?tmp=1
They have notices of refurbished Powerbooks.
From my experience, I would advise you to look for Aluminum over  
Titanium.  They seem to have fewer problems.   They are a more robust  
piece of machinery.  Others may disagree.  They are both very good.   
Assess your needs carefully; you may find that an iBook meets your  
needs for much less money.  They were designed with students in  
mind.  Be sure to check out what you can get with your educational  
discount.

Other important differences between Powerbooks are fairly  
simple.  They amount to speed of processor (not terribly significant  
unless doing something that requires high speed), amount of RAM (the  
more the better), and features such as Bluetooth, Airport, and the  
type of optical drive.

Bluetooth allows you to run wireless devices such as keyboards  
and mice and sync with phones.  In my experience Bluetooth is handy  
but not crucial.

Airport allows you to connect to the internet wirelessly; if you  
don't get it, you'll probably wish you did.   A g card (also called  
Airport Extreme) is better than a b card.

A Superdrive allows you to burn DVDs and CDs; a Combo drive only  
burns CDs.   Usefulness of Superdrive depends on whether you will  
want to put that much data on a disk.  It's good to have if you don't  
have another back-up device.  Crucial if you're planning on doing  
something like making movies.  Otherwise not necessary.

One other feature that may be useful to you is a lighted  
keyboard.  It's easier to use in sometimes dimly lighted classrooms.   
Not crucial, but handy.

You'd be wise to find a used book with AppleCare.   Their  
portable nature makes Powerbooks vulnerable.

The advantage of a used book is that it usually contains  
software that you might otherwise not be able to afford.  Take full  
advantage of that.

You're looking at a good time.  For the past couple of years  
both hardware and software have been very good.  You're likely to get  
a good machine.

Your budget is limited, but not impossible.  To get what I  
wanted, I had to go over my budget.  I have not regretted that.  It  
was money well spent.  Do check out your educational discount.  You  
may be able to get a new machine with it cheaper than a used one.

Good luck.
Peter

 
   

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Put the Cat in the Book

[Peter Saint James]

I finally got around to installing Tiger on Monday in my  
Powerbook.  I learned a few things that might benefit others:

--I used the "upgrade" method, figuring if it didn't work well I  
could wipe it off and start over using a different method.  It worked  
flawlessly.  I can't remember an easier major software install.  All  
except a few settings carried over perfectly.  It took a little less  
than an hour to install.  I tried all the software I can think of and  
found it all working without problem.

--When I clicked on Mail in the dock, it bounced once then  
nothing happened.  I had heard about several people who had problems  
with Mail and was concerned.  In a fit a genius, I opened a Finder  
window to Applications and found two listings for Mail.  I clicked on  
the newer one and it opened, everything in tact.

--I was prepared not to like the new Mail layout, but putting  
the mailbox list in a panel rather than a drawer works better because  
it opens and closes easier.

--Spotlight indexed my system at about a gig a minute.  I'm  
impressed with this speed.

--One of the first things I did was close the security hole by  
setting Safari to never open anything it downloads.

--As others have reported, system seems zippier.   My monitor  
display improved enormously.  It's much sharper and brighter with  
truer colors.

--Dashboard seems like a toy but an interesting toy, something I  
could have fun with.  It may even have potential to be useful.

Overall, I like the the improvements.  I think I'll get my  
hundred bucks worth.


Peter

 
   

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Re: my one pet Mac peeve,

[Peter Saint James]

On 6 May2005, at 11:31 AM, Stuart Saunders wrote:
My one pet Mac peeve. - no matter how big my screen, (now 20") Mail 
always puts the scroll bar of opened messages off the right hand edge. 
Does this happen to everybody (can't imagine nobody else is not pissed 
off by this) Does it also happen with Tiger?

Or is Apple writing a special version of Mail just to nark me?

	Happen to me also.  I figured it happens because the message window 
cascades from the window underneath.  I'd like to teach my Mac to open 
all windows flush left and flush to the menu bar.  Perhaps automator 
will offer a way to do it.  Or maybe someone has a fix.



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Re: Next in Mail (was: Tiger appearance question)

[Peter Saint James]

On 1 May2005, at 4:10 PM, P. H. Adams wrote:
I'm just curious (so don't flame me), but I've always wondered of what 
use those "next" and "previous" buttons were in e-mail clients. I've 
used clients that have them, and never touched 'em. Seems like extra 
effort when you can hit the spacebar or arrow keys to jump through 
your e-mails. Maybe it's just me, though, since I've always been a 
"keyboard-centric" kind of guy.
	Your supposition would seem correct.  I can see why one think that.  
It seems like one would not have need for such buttons.   When one has 
them, however, they prove to be handy.

	They were not my usual way of going through a list, but if I was doing 
something with the mouse anyway, I could easily get the next message 
without having to move my hand to keyboard.

	For example, I might open a mailbox of stored messages looking for a 
certain one.  That's a mouse gesture.  Then to go down the messages in 
that mail box, using a button is easier for me than clicking on each 
message.



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Next in Mail (was: Tiger appearance question)

[Peter Saint James]

On 30 Apr2005, at 11:30 PM, Nima wrote:
The only gripe I have about Tiger so far, is that there are still no 
"next" buttons in Mail. I mean, how strange that is?
	They didn't fix that?  I wonder what mail program the developers at 
Apple use.

	Mail also does not do something related that I miss from Eudora and 
that even Entourage does.  I want to open a message in a separate 
window, read it, then open the next message in the same window using a 
keyboard command.  Mail has no way to do this that I can find.  I was 
thinking of trying to find or write an AppleScript to do this.  Perhaps 
Automator will have a way to do it.



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Re: iLife installation problem

[Peter Saint James]

On 30 Apr2005, at 8:51 PM, Herbert Goodfriend wrote:
I am trying to install iPhoto 4 from an iLife '04 DVD on a Pismo 
running OS 10.3. After the window "The installer needs to run a 
program to determine whether it can be installed", I get a message 
that iLife "cannot be installed because one of its programs is 
running."

I am sure that none of the iLife programs is running. I also have 
restarted the machine, repaired permissions, etc. to no avail.

	There is a program running.  I encountered this when trying to install 
something.  I think it's iTunes Helper or something.  Open Activity 
Monitor and you'll see it listed.

	If you double click on the listing in Activity Monitor a dialog box 
should appear which should have a button to make the program quit.  
That program will start again next time you boot.


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Color Wierdness

[Peter Saint James]

	I was running iTunes with the visualizer on.  When I quit everything 
on the screen had a grey tint to it.  All the backgrounds that were 
supposed to be white were then grey.  The desktop pix had a grey cast 
to it.  Every app has grey menu bars.  Etc.

When I restart the system, the grey goes away.
I'm running OS X 10.3.8 on an Aluminum Powerbook with a gig of ram.
Any ideas what's going on and how to keep it from happening?
TIA

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Re: Locked Folder

[James Sanderson]

Thanks, Bruce!  have saved me the hassle of looking at the blasted 
thing for eternity.  It was indeed the "folder from hell."
It has two spawn.  I can use the same command, just change the 
directory to the drive that it is on to eliminate the vermin, right?

Jim Sanderson
On 23 Apr 2005, at 11:34, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 22, 2005, at 4:20 PM, James Sanderson wrote:
open the offending folder so it has it's own window.
Start Terminal.
type cd and drag the folder icon from the window above to the 
termoonal window. That will add the full path of the folder to the 
command line (there has to be a space between the cd and the path.

If you do it right it'll look somehwat like this:
the-pismo:~ johnson$ cd /Users/johnson/Programs/tnef-1.3.2
Hit return.
Now close the finder window of the folder.
Now type cd .. and hit return. That moves you back up the directory 
tree and the prompt should look like:

the-pismo:~ johnson$ cd /Users/johnson/Programs/tnef-1.3.2
the-pismo:~/Programs/tnef-1.3.2 johnson$ cd ..
the-pismo:~/Programs johnson$
now type:
sudo rm -rf 
If the folder name has spaces, enclose the name in double quotes, like 
this:

sudo rm -rf "Folder from Hell"
You will be asked for your admin password, and perhaps offered a bit 
of advice about being polite with other people's files, if this is the 
first tiome you've run sudo,

The folder should be deleted.
typing ls then hitting return should show that the folder doesn't 
exist anymore (The finder may still show it, sometimes updates are a 
bit slow)

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Re: Locked Folder

[James Sanderson]

On 22 Apr 2005, at 19:00, John McGibney wrote:
There used to be a utility called "Folder From Hell" that worked in OS 
7
thru 9 to delete problem folders. There's probably a utility like that 
for
X. Check out this link and see if it helps:


John
Just tried it.  It didn't work.  It does not allow me to move it to 
another file. It says, "operation cannot be completed because Mark 
Twain is locked."  (Yes, that's really the name of the folder)  It can 
be copied to another drive, which results in having yet another folder 
named "Mark Twain" that is locked and can't be gotten rid of.

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Re: Locked Folder

[James Sanderson]

On 22 Apr 2005, at 10:59, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Click on the padlock to unlock it.
I laughed outloud when I read this, thinking that had to be too easy. 
It unlocked the owner alright but,
while it allows me to change ownership, I am already the owner.  The 
option to unlock the folder remains greyed out, so I can't get rid of 
this pesky thing.

Jim Sanderson
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Re: Locked Folder

[James Sanderson]

On 21 Apr 2005, at 05:55, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
Did you check the "Owner & Permissions" section in the Info window? 
You can
try to change the owner there, apply the changes to all enclosed 
items. Did
you try that?

-Laurent.
Yes, I did check that.  The owner's name, mine, shows a padlock next to 
it and the name is greyed out.

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Re: PowerBook G4 power supply issues

[Peter Saint James]

On 19 Apr2005, at 9:24 AM, Mark Round wrote:
At intervals, the power supply turns itself off. The green/amber light
at the tip of the plug goes out, and the laptop switches to battery
power. Unplugging the power supply, waiting 30 seconds and then
plugging it back in seems to solve the problem. However, a few nights
ago the light went out, and the laptop suddenly shut itself down
again.
	If this was happening to me, I would try plugging into a different 
outlet on a different circuit and see if the same thing happened.

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Locked Folder

[James Sanderson]

How do you unlock a folder that is ensconced on the desktop?  I've 
already tried the Get Info route; the option for unlocking the file is 
greyed out.  Is there a way to unlock it in terminal?  Or do I log into 
root? If so, how?  When I tried to trash the folder am told that I 
don't have enough privileges even though I am the administrator for the 
computer.   If I try to add  to it, I am prompted for my password and 
the folder seems to be opened but when I drag to it I am told again 
that I don't have the privileges.

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Re: European Powerbooks

[Peter Saint James]

On 14 Apr2005, at 12:21 PM, Andrew wrote:
You don't even need a different power supply, just a
plug adapter for the different shaped plugs.  All PB
adapters are multi-volt.
I use my PB in both the US (120v) and S. Korea (220v)
with no ill effects.
I'm astounded.  Who woulda thought even Apple could be this smart.
	Interestingly, it says nothing about this in the owner's manual.  
They're being too modest.


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European Powerbooks

[Peter Saint James]

	Here's a question for those folks that skip back and forth across the 
pond.

	What are the electrical supply differences for European Powerbooks?  
With current being different there, is the whole machine different, or 
it just the powersupply different?  Can one plug a European powersupply 
into a US Powerbook and get it to work properly without damage?

	It would be nice to simply get a different powersupply rather than 
have to carry around a heavy transformer.


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Headset problems

[Peter Saint James]

	I'm experiencing trouble using a headset for a language program.  I'm 
trying to determine whether the problem is with the program, with the 
headset, or with the computer.  I suspect the headset, but I'm not 
sure.

	The program is Rosetta Stone.  I'm using an economical, no-name USB 
headset.  I have a Aluminum Powerbook running OS X 10.3.8 with a gig of 
ram.

The problems:
			--Sometimes the computer slows way down.  The disk drive stalls, 
stops and starts.

			--It records my voice slow and plays it back at regular speed, 
making me sound like Alvin the Chipmunk.  This denies me benefit of the 
program's analysis of my pronounciation.

	I have tried a different headset which uses IMic.  I still get the 
voice distortion problem but not usually the other.

	I have more than one of these programs.  Some run in classic, one in 
OS X.  The ones in classic seem to exhibit the second symptom while the 
one in OS X seems to show the first.

	These things don't seem to happen when using the built-in mic, but 
that's useless since all it picks up is the noise of the computer.

	Any ideas?  Anyone using Rosetta Stone or some other program and 
having similar problems?


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Re: battery power on wifi, G3 clamshell

[Peter Saint James]

On 9 Apr2005, at 1:23 AM, Andrea Stansbury wrote:
 I noticed with the airport card, the battery life is seriously 
diminished.  ...  Does the battery need replacing or is this average 
for an older laptop?  I noticed it gets down to a certain level with 
the battery displaying in red and then *boom* it shuts down and goes 
into sleep mode til I plug it back in.

Any solutions or ideas?  Should I just get a new battery?

	You might luck out with a new battery, but don't count on it.  The 
results you're getting sound about right.  I'm told the rule of thumb 
is that using Airport cuts your battery time to about half.

	It makes it difficult to soar into the wireless blue yonder when 
you're weighed down by extra batteries.  Maybe the G5 laptops will come 
with solar chargers.  Starbucks will have to reserve all the sunny 
tables for Mac users.



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Re: Recording records/tapes (thanks)

[Peter Saint James]

On 6 Apr2005, at 8:39 PM, Chris Zantides wrote:
Thanks for the advice, now to track down an iMic in Australia -)

I have noticed them on Australian Ebay from time to time.
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Phones, iSync and PowerBooks

[James Calderbank]

Hi All,
I have been using iSync to sync my AlBook to a Palm Tungsten T, a .Mac 
account and a Nokia 6600 phone.  All works fine (although sometimes a 
little shaky).  I now have a newer Nokia phone but it is still Symbian 
based as is the 6600.  Problem is that the Bluetooth setup on the 
AlBook will only allow it to be set up for modem use, not for iSync or 
address book integration.

Whilst I understand that the phones are diffferent, as iSync is based 
on the SyncML standard, I would have thought there would be a way to 
get this going.

Has anyone got "unsupported" phones working with iSync?  Or has anyone 
found an alternative to allow iCal and Address Book to sync to newer 
phones from the Mac?

Any comments/ideas/etc would be gratefully received.
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Re: Headsets

[Peter Saint James]

On 9 Mar2005, at 5:12 AM, Luis Sequeira wrote:
	 I want to point out that the sound input port is "line level", 
which means that most mics don't "just work". I have heard time and 
again people saying "the headphones work, but not the mic". For me, 
the solution has been to connect (basically, *any*) headset to this 
nice little gadget called iMic (from Griffin).
	Thank you very much for this information.  It saved me no end of 
frustration.  The manual does in fact say this, but you have to hunt 
for it.

	This seems a silly thing for Apple to skimp on.  The mechanism is 
already there for the built-in mic.  Seems like it would be simple to 
make it work for a plug-in mic.  In fact, the built-in mic is nearly 
useless anyway.  It just picks up the noise of the computer.  It would 
make more sense to leave it out and include an external mic as standard 
equipment.

	The device suggested seems to be a good one, but I wonder about an 
alternative.  Would a bluetooth headset work by itself, without need 
for a device such as iMic?



Peter

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