Re: GPS software
On 2/6/04 2:24 PM, John Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info. The site worked fine for me and I have sent it on to all my friendly Mac'ers. I posted this message to the Tucson MUG NEED ALL MAC USERS TO SUPPORT REQUEST FOR GPS Software. An effort is being made to petition Garmin and Magellan to develop software for the Mac community. To date they have refused saying- not enough market. Everybody's support is needed - it will take about a minute of your time. Go to http://www.gpscity.com/gps/brados/3215.1.12398727029410847560/ macsignup.html and add your name to the list. I have also been looking/waiting for Mac software. I make it a point of letting store managers/clerks that I will consider buying a GPS unit when I can get Mac software and not until then. One little voice, but if all of us did it--it might add up. John in Tucson For those Mac users who are looking for GPS software; try this. http://www.gpsy.com/Works great with my Pismo. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: iPod off my Pismo
On 1/25/04 1:27 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking at the new mini iPods, they require 6 pin fire wire or USB 2. My Pismo has a 4 wire firewire fire wire and USB 1. So does this put me out of the market for the new mini iPods ? Thanks Geoff The Pismo has TWO 6 pin Firewire ports, if yours doesn't, it's NOT a Pismo. Also, AFAIK all Mac Firewire connections are 6 pin. If you connect to a 4 pin FW device it's by way of a 6 pin to 4 pin cable. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: GPS on Pismo
On 12/23/03 1:05 AM, B Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe, I have an Aluminum PB G4 that I would like to use Street Atlas and GPS. I had been using a Wallstreet and it was working well but I keep getting the same dialog when I try to use the GPS in Street Atlas. It says there are no serial ports available. Duh!! Can I use GPSy somehow? Do you have any suggestions how I can configure the PB? Thanks, Byron Byron; Sorry to be so long responding, but I am on vacation at my daughter-in-law's home in Florida, unfortunately she doesn't have internet access so I have to go out and find a hot-spot to down load my mail. Will upload this answer the next chance I get. If you check out the GPSy site they have links to where you can get a serial to USB converter and the driver for it comes with it or you can download it from Belkin. Once you have the converter and Garmin cable you should be able to use the GPSy application with several different mapping options. Strongly recommend you spend some time on the GPSy site reading their information. Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Experiment
- Original Message - From: Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Pismo Experiment Some questions, first I have added airport cards, ram, HDs, upgrade cards keyboards to pismos and other computers, so just enough experience to really make a mess, so I ask. As I go through the steamy jungle of DON'T touch that gizmo on your Pismo, thought I would ask for some help, ideas, or whatever I have a complete lower half of a Pismo less the processor. I have another Pismo that was reported as the MB being dead 1. If I place the processor from the damaged Pismo into the new Pismo, to see if the processor is alive or not, will this, if the processor is bad, damage the mother board of the new Pismo (within reasonable risk parameters-say a moon shot). I have a stick of good ram that I can fit in the processor. Within reason it shouldn't hurt the MB. Just make sure the daughtercard has no visable scorching or heat damage and the heat sink is in place. 2 Can I run the Pismo without the lap top screen connected and just connect it to an external monitor that I have via the external monitor port. Again just for test purposes. This will probably leave some connector unconnected. Is this with out danger. Should work, make sure loose cables are not touching anything. 3. Will testing the ram from the bad Pismo possibly hurt the new Pismo, not sure if the ram 1 Gig is good or not. Testing Ram shouldn't hurt the processor. 4. Anyone have a good site that describes removing and adding a screen to the Pismo, I have some photos but not real descriptive. I will have to remove the old screen from the defective Pismo and put it on the new lower half. This does not require replacing the plastics around the screen, just unhooking the cable, getting at the hinges and removing the old and adding it to the new, Now if I knew how to do that. I have the complete tear down and rebuild guide in PDF form. Large file contact me off list if you want it. I have a volt meter have never really used one, but open to ideas, as long as at least the plastics will live. Well thanks for any help. Geoff You probably won't need the voltmeter. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: GPS on Pismo
- Original Message - From: Ed Theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: GPS on Pismo Has anyone been using GPS and Map software on their powerbook? I'm interested in trying it but would like to know of experiences of others who may be using it. Any opinions or suggestions are welcome. Happy Holidays to All Ed T I use a Garmin eTrex GPS receiver and two applications, one called GPSy and Delorme's Street Atlas on my Pismo and it works fine. My only complaint is that I have to use Classic mode. Delorme refuses to make an OS X version of their software. I just heard about one called Route 66 2004 that will be out in January; I intend to get it and the OS X update of GPSy and try them next year. The GPSy web site has info on cables, adapters and other things you may need you can check it out here:http://www.gpsy.com Last year a group of us rented a house in the Poconos for the NASCAR Pocono 500. Although one of the group had been there the year before, I asked for the address and used my Pismo to track our route. As it turned out, we got seperated from the other 3 cars in the caravan but since I had the address and the GPS; we got to the house 45 minutes ahead of anyone else. Now my buddies don't give me quite as bad a time about my geekiness. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Virtual PC/Pismo 400/Panther
- Original Message - From: Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:11 AM Subject: Virtual PC/Pismo 400/Panther I delayed transitioning to OSX until recently. During this period, I recall some discussion regarding Virtual PC under OSX being problematic/slow. Now that I've got Panther up and running, all I need to do to finally disconnect from OS 9 is to set up VPC in X. I have a choice between VPC 5.x or paying for a VPC 6.1 upgrade. Anyone out there care to comment as to whether the upgrade is worth the trouble and expense? Is VPC 5 under classic an option? I'm only going to run Win 98 Finally, the VPC 6.1 product description indicates that a 500MHz G3 is recommended or required. Sources of info not consistent. Has anyone even installed this thing on a 400MHz Pismo? I'm running VPC 6.1 (Win 2K) on my Pismo with Panther and it runs fine. I haven't really stressed it with anything harder than IE but it appears to run pretty well. I can definitely state that VPC 6.1 is much better the VPC 5 under classic. As for the minimum machine, sorry, I upgraded to a 500 MHz G4 processor in my machine along with a Gig of memory. But, I would venture to say that as long as you have a lot of memory, you should be able to get along OK in VPC 6.1, If not, there is a fairly cheap upgrade of your Pismo that will turn it into a 900 MHz G3. HTH Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo/iPod
- Original Message - From: Clyde Kahrl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Pismo/iPod The reason your iPod doesn't recognize your wife's Pismo is that an iPod will only hook up to a single computer with regard to iTunes. It is designed that way--partly to prevent piracy by using the iPod to transfer music files to multiple computers. Of course, this is sort of a weird way to prevent piracy, and easily evaded, but in any case, your iPod can have only one base computer with iTunes. Check out the iTunes help for how to change that base computer. When you think about it, there is no reason to have more than one base computer--other than to transfer files--and you can do that on ethernet. -- Sorry, I beg to differ with you, I connect my iPod to 2 *different* computers all the time. I have a Pismo and a 867Mhz Quicksilver desktop machine. Depending on how you have your iPod configured; you will see 2 different scenarios. If you have it set for Auto-Sync and the last machine it was mounted on was the Pismo and I hook it to my QS; it will ask if I want to wipe whats on it and replace with the QS iTunes library. If I have it configured for *Manual* syncing it simply mounts the iPod without doing a sync and you can use a nifty little program called ipod.itunes and actually transfer and sync the files on the iPod with those in iTunes. I frequently do this because in the evening, I will sit in my living room with my Pismo and browse the iTunes store and buy and download music and put it on my iPod. Later, when I have some tiime, I will take the iPod and connect it to my QS and add the new music to my QS which serves as a back-up. This way, I keep BOTH computers with an up to date and synced iTunes library. (BTW: this is perfectly legal, read the iTunes user agreement) Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo/iPod
- Original Message - From: Stan Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:37 AM Subject: Pismo/iPod Hello all. Been away for awhile, but my iPod sent me back. When I plug it into either firewire port of my wife's Pismo, it only charges, it won't sync or even be recognized by iTunes or the Desktop (in either 9 or X). When I plug it into my own Pismo, it shows up on the desktop. The Mrs's computer has worked fine in this respect, and I just updated the iPod a week ago on it. Now she has been messing around with os X and getting to know it a little better, so my question is: Might she have inadvertently caused a software conflict that shut down her firewire port's ability to transport? Stan in Denver (Formerly Stan in TX) Do you have your iPod set to automatically sync with iTunes? When you plug it into your wife's Pismo, can you start iTunes and have it recognized? If not; I would recommend you re-install iTunes on her Pismo and do the fix permissions thing with disk utility. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo/iPod
- Original Message - From: Stan Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Pismo/iPod --- Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When you plug it into your wife's Pismo, can you start iTunes and have it recognized? No. It also won't even show up on the desktop (in either 9 or X). Also, the iPod doesn't go through it's usual little connection song and dance like it does with the other Pismo. Well, first suggestion, if she doesn't have a compelling reason for using OS 9, she should switch and go to OS X and stay there. Next re-install iTunes, the latest version and repair permissions. If you supect a firewire problem on her machine, do you have another FW device to test with? Perhaps another FW drive or camera. You could use your Pismo to check her FW connection by using yours in Target Disk mode. Do you know how? Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: A new start and Pismo Upgrades
- Original Message - From: Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:22 PM Subject: A new start and Pismo Upgrades Back to G Books, who has used the upgrade proccessors in the pismo, the 900 sounds good, the G4 I really will not see a speed bump as I have a 500, except maybe in Panther Geoff You WILL see speed bump with the G4, I did with mine, the key is memory, put in as much as you can afford. Also get a roomy hard drive. I gussied mine up with a Gig of memory, the BlueChip G4 upgrade from PowerLogix, and a 60Gig hard drive. Also if you intend to try your hand at video editing and DVD burning, you're much better off with the G4 as opposed to the G3 900. But again it really depends on what you want to do with the machine. As for satisfaction, I don't intend to even LOOK at another laptop until Apple comes out with a G5 model. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: A new start and Pismo Upgrades
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: A new start and Pismo Upgrades on 11/4/03 8:22 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back to G Books, who has used the upgrade proccessors in the pismo, the 900 sounds good, the G4 I really will not see a speed bump as I have a 500, except maybe in Panther Geoff The last time I checked on Powerlogix site, the G4 upgrade was no longer available, as, according to Powerlogix, the 900MHz G3 was way too popular to continue offering the G4 upgrade. Unless you have another place that still has them in stock, of course. -Laurent. -- You are correct Laurent, I was just on the site. That's really a shame, because I have been very happy with the G4 upgrade as I posted earlier. I did see that OWC is offering a G4 (Newer Technology NuPower Pismo G4/500MHz 1MB 2:1 L2 Cache Processor Upgrade ) for $290. I'm not familiar with their reputation but you can check out other buyers experiece with them at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com. HTH Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Rejuvenating Dead Pismos
- Original Message - From: Josh Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: Rejuvenating Dead Pismos Hi all, This is my first post to the list - I've had a PB 5300 and a 190 before, and have just bought 3 dead pismo's. Two of them look intact (I've looked under the keyboard), one is certainly dead. They do nothing if given power, and wondered if anyone had any tips for getting them to power up - will a Pismo power up without a PRAM battery/HDD/DVD/etc attached, or if i remove some boards? I've already tried resetting the Power manager with the button on the back and tried disconnecting the battery/mains and Li-ion battery for a few minutes. Does anyone know a good source for Pismo spares either in the UK, or who can ship to the UK. Where could I get a replacement PRAM battery? Would I have to go to an AppleCentre or could I just get one in an electrical retailer. Would an AppleCentre sell me one to fit myself. A similar situation with mine was resolved by the replacement of the Power Manager module. I had to send it to MacResQ to get it fixed. There are several places you can order batteries from, A Google search will give you them. For other parts there's http://www.pbparts.com here's what I would suggest you try. 1. Buy a known good PRAM battery and a known good regular Battery. 2. Install both in one of your machines and see if any of the various revival techniques work. 3. Cycle through all 3 of your machines. 4. If you can't get one revived. Use the teardown guide (a Google will locate a copy) to take 2 of the machines apart down to the logic board.and swap sound, inverter and power modules sequentially into the 3rd machine to see if you can get one running. 5. If all else fails, put one together with your best estimate of good parts, take it to an Apple Dealer, I believe they have a flat rate repair fee of $300 to make one whole again. MacResQ has a $99 deal but that only gets you a diagnosis, you then have to pay parts and labor for whatever they fix. (In my case, that ended up a little more than another 225$) so I ended up paying a little more than I would have paid Apple, but considering where I would have had to go to get it to Apple, the cost was about the same. HTH Joe Ellis 5. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Office Mac software query using OS 9/10 on the PISMO... help required
- Original Message - From: simon goslin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 3:05 AM Subject: Office Mac software query using OS 9/10 on the PISMO... help required G'day Guys, I have a PISMO running OS 9.1 and I would like to buy (dare I say it...) MS Office for the Mac, so that I can work from home (I have to use WinTels @ work unfortunately). I've just brought OS X 10.2 and would like to know if I can run Office 98, (or possibly Office 2000) whilst using my new OS? Which Office are you speaking about? Mac or Windows? There is a version of Office for Macs (Office 98) That will run in OS 9 or in Classic mode if you run OS X. Can this software be used normally in OS X, or do you have to run it in OS X classic mode, or can it ONLY be used in OS 9.1? Does any else run Office 98/2000 in OS X 10.2 and what problems or bugs have you found in doing this? I run Office v.X on my Pismo running OS 10.2.8 and it runs fine. You cannot run Office 98/2000 in OS X. Sorry, I take that back, if you run VPC you could run the Windows version of Office, but I fear it would be very clunky. Alternatively would I be best off splashing out and buying Office v. X and ending all my troubles and concerns? I'd rather not as is quite expensive considering the cost of AppleWorks. Look around, if you currently own a version of Mac Office you can upgrade for a very reasonable price. While some folks have complained of problems with Office v.X; I have not experienced any at all, although I don't use it as frequently as a lot of my other apps. I have made signs for my wife in PowerPoint, typed up invoices in both Word and Excel and I use Entourage as my email program every day. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Dead Pismo
In the course of trying to keep a couple of youngsters entertained via DVDs on my Pismo; I ran both my batteries to the fully discharge state and have been unable to recharge them. Since the batteries are about 3 years old I presumed it was time to invest in a new one. After spending $130 on a new battery I still have not been able to get the computer to turn on. I believe I have used every Power Manager reset procedure there is and every key combo I could find in the literature and I still haven't been able to revive it. Is it possible the small PRAM battery being dead will cause this problem? Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Dead Pismo
- Original Message - From: Hamlin Krewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Dead Pismo Try pressing the reset button on the back of the powerbook, wait five seconds and then press the power button. Hamlin Been there, done that. Nothing. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Dead Pismo
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Re: Dead Pismo From: Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 09:09:08 -0400 To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dead Pismo - Original Message - From: Hamlin Krewson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Dead Pismo Try pressing the reset button on the back of the powerbook, wait five seconds and then press the power button. Hamlin Been there, done that. Nothing. I've read a few times that when the main battery is completely discharged, you have to plug the PowerBook for at least 48 hours to recharge the PRAM. Then, if it doesn't start with Command+Control+Power, try to reset the PMU again with the instructions from Apple: 1. If the computer is on, turn it off. 2. Press and release the reset button located on the rear panel of the computer between the external video and modem ports. 3. Wait 5 seconds. 4. Press the Power button to restart the computer. -Laurent. Been there, done that. Nothing. JE -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: PDF file
- Original Message - From: tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any other options but image files (there are no images in the document). I wish to change the format and then change the document to a more condensed form for printing (such as using Word). I've an iBook, OSX, etc. Thanks, Tivo Actually, the PDF file is more condensed than any Word file would be. That's one of the reasons for using the PDF format on the web. If your PDF file you downloaded seems large, it may be that it was generated from a scanned image and if it was, you won't be able to copy the text with PDF Reader because it really is an image. You should be able to print the file directly from PDF Reader without going to the trouble of converting it, that's the point of the PDF format in the first place. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: PDF file
- Original Message - From: tivo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: Re: PDF file Subject: PDF file May be a bit off site topic, but how do I go about changing a PDF file to another format once it's downloaded? I don't seem to be offered any other options but image files (there are no images in the document). I wish to change the format and then change the document to a more condensed form for printing (such as using Word). I've an iBook, OSX, etc. Thanks, Tivo Actually, the PDF file is more condensed than any Word file would be. That's one of the reasons for using the PDF format on the web. If your PDF file you downloaded seems large, it may be that it was generated from a scanned image and if it was, you won't be able to copy the text with PDF Reader because it really is an image. You should be able to print the file directly from PDF Reader without going to the trouble of converting it, that's the point of the PDF format in the first place. Joe Ellis Condensed may be the incorrect term for what I mean. In Word I can change margins and utilize the entire sheet of paper to print, change fonts and font size, and get rid of unwanted spaces. This is what I mean by condensing -- using less paper and having more text on a sheet. Essentially, you are saying you want to re-format the document, in that case as long as the file was generated from a text document originally, it's copy-paste to your hearts content. Hopefully it's not a scanned document because you would then need some kind of OCR software. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: is my powerbook dead?
While it eliminates your hard drive it does not eliminate other possibilities such as a loose connection or perhaps a cracked circuit board. It's my understanding that Apple has a flat charge for repairing Powerbooks. If you are not comfortable doing a teardown rebuild yourself, it may pay for you to take it to them for repair. Just a thought. Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: Brendan McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: Re: is my powerbook dead? Haven't dropped it recently, but it does take its share of abuse in my shoulder bag when I ride the subway, carry it to school / work for the last 3 years. I tried connecting and booting up from an external firewire drive and I get the same results. This would eliminate the internal drive as a problem, and would also eliminate kernel panics because of the OS 10.2.8 update as the machine displayed the same issue when booting from an external drive with a fresh install of jaguar. Should I just chalk this up to wear and tear finally taking its toll? It doesn't always lock up when I move it, and sometimes it just locks when I am doing random things like writing an email, or unplugging the power cord. argh...i wanted to wait for a G5 powerbook, but it looks like I may have a trip to the apple store in my immediate futureanyone have any other ideas or similar experiences? TIA Brendan On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 02:58 PM, Joe Ellis wrote: - Original Message - From: Brendan McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: is my powerbook dead? Did that alreadystill no dice. The machine locks up at random times, like when I plug in the power cord (sometimes) or when I move the machine. I think its just on its way out. Any other ideas? You may have a hard drive that's going bad, have you tried booting it off a firewire drive, plugging it in, and moving it and getting lockups implies that something may be loose and floating around inside the case causing flakey operation, have you dropped it recently? Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: is my powerbook dead?
- Original Message - From: Brendan McAlpine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: is my powerbook dead? Did that alreadystill no dice. The machine locks up at random times, like when I plug in the power cord (sometimes) or when I move the machine. I think its just on its way out. Any other ideas? You may have a hard drive that's going bad, have you tried booting it off a firewire drive, plugging it in, and moving it and getting lockups implies that something may be loose and floating around inside the case causing flakey operation, have you dropped it recently? Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 2 ma [OT]
- Original Message - From: Stuart Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 1:50 PM Subject: 2 ma Well it's good to finally hear from somebody with a bit of experience on this site. How many, Joe? : --) On Saturday, Sep 27, 2003, at 22:03 Asia/Taipei, Joe wrote: And as a biomedical engineer, I know you can kill someone with 2 milliamps in the right circumstances, check the standards for leakage current in biomedical equipment. Joe Ellis It's been over 15 years since I actually worked in the biomedical engineering field so my memory is a little dim, but if you do a google on biomed standards one item I pulled up is here http://www.ohmicinstruments.com/pdf/BET300.pdf . This is a test instrument we used to check any electrical equipment that could be hooked to a patient such as a heart rate monitor. The Upper range of leakage current is 20 ma but I believe the limit was usually in the range of a couple hundred micro-amperes. This is a link to a book that discusses it. http://www.sencore.com/newsletter/June02/Electrical%20Safety%20Book.pdf This has drifted off topic but I post it for the curious. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Yo-yo PSU
On 9/26/03 18:01, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Speaking as an electrical engineer snip If anyone would like to test this theory, just go out to your car and short your battery (only 12v!) with a large metal object, the resulting fire should serve as proof enough. Ok, if you're an electrical engineer then you should also be able to distinguish between the enormous charge that is held in the ca battery and the puny 2A available in a laptop PSU... Laurence And as a biomedical engineer, I know you can kill someone with 2 milliamps in the right circumstances, check the standards for leakage current in biomedical equipment. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo keyboard wobble
- Original Message - From: Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:24 AM Subject: Re: Pismo keyboard wobble Check www.tracker-tracker.com under the Carracho section. You'll find a server called ONE STOP SHOP. Use Carracho to log in with the l/p: backup/serv I may actually have gotten hold of a copy. Is it called powerbook_fw.pdf and is 4.7MB in size ? Laurence That's it. In order to use Carracho, I apparently have to sign up, which I don't care to do right now. But it looks like you have the file anyway. If you have questions, I'll try to answer them. Good luck on your project. Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Yo-yo PSU
- Original Message - From: Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:34 AM Subject: Re: Yo-yo PSU From: Scott Crick [EMAIL PROTECTED] my original yo-yo adapter died a slow and painful death. I've heard that the yo-yo isn't the best. Mine's ok, but what is the weak point, what should I look out for in a preventive way ? Laurence The 2 weak points are where the wire comes out at the center of the spool and where it attaches to the back of the plug both these points tend to get a lot of wear. I tend to try to keep a loop around the center so there is little or no tension on the point where it enters there. On the other end, I always make sure I grasp the whole plug piece when connecting or disconnecting so that I don't strain the wire. I've had my Pismo and 2 Yo-Yo's for over 3 years and haven't had a problem with either of them. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Lombard Upgrades
- Original Message - From: Jacob Saariaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: Lombard Upgrades Finished my upgrades last night. I got a hand-me-down Lombard from a friend who was replacing it with a 15 TiBook. The screen was shattered and the battery was dead (I tried every fix I could find online and from previous G-Book messages, so I'm pretty sure it's really and truly dead). I grabbed a screen on eBay (absolutely pristine) and bought everything else new from Other World Computing so I could have warranties and some guarantee of quality and replacement. I bought a BTI battery, a 30GB TravelStar Hard Drive, two 256MB RAM upgrades, and a FireWire Card. I downloaded PowerBook Medic's instructional PDF and used it as a guide to all of the repairs. Once the hardware was all in place I installed Jaguar, then I hooked into the internet and installed every recommended upgrade. I ran iTunes and checked out the Music Store. Then I attached my Canon Optura and downloaded 5 minutes of digital video into iMovie, I split the clip, added dissolves and then exported the clip to Quicktime. It's not the fastest computer I've ever used, but for a $600 investment I'm ecstatic. Congratulations! Looks like it was a very efficient way to spend your computing bucks. Now for the questions: Someone suggested that I fully charge the battery and then let it fully discharge in order to break it in. I was under the impression that a Lithium Ion battery only had a certain amount of charge/recharge cycles before it would start to wear down. Should I try to keep it at a full charge as much as possible, or should I let it fully discharge on occasion? My understanding of Lithium batteries is that they don't develop memories like a NiCad can, so there is no need to break it in with a charge-discharge cycle. At one time, I believe that was a recomendation to help the OS establish an estimate of how long you can go on your battery; but I don't think it applies using Jaguar. I've got the original 4GB drive leftover, I've heard you can turn them into pretty effective FireWire portables. Has anyone done this, how does it work? That's what I did with the 10 GB drive from my Pismo. What you do is buy what is called a Firewire enclosure (they come with the electronics required) you simply install the drive in the enclosure. You can get enclosures that use the FW bus for power or you can get one with it's own power supply adapter. For your application since you are using a FW card you probably want to get one with it's own DC supply. Check with OWC; I think they carry them. How easy is it to go wireless with this model? Do they make an Airport Card that's compatible? What kind of range can I expect? I'm not sure where the Airport card installs on the Lombard, on my Pismo it installs above the area for the PCMIA cards internally. Does the Lombard have an antenna for Airport installed? If not then you need to get a PCMIA card version. In either case the nominal range is about 300 ft. I have a base station in my computer room at home and it covers my entire house, but it can vary depending on what building materials you encounter. Every ScreenSaver in Jaguar tops out my VRAM, does anyone know of a any that will run smooth on a Lombard? Can't help you, I run Aquarium 2.0 on mine and it's fine. Has anyone upgraded to PowerLogix BlueChip G4 500 MHz CPU? What kind of performance benefits can be expected from such an upgrade? Yes, I have this upgrade in my Pismo and I'm delighted with it. Would take up a lot more bandwidth to discuss it all. This email is now three times longer then I would have expected, maybe I should have broken into multiple parts. Hope this helps and if you want to discuss it off-list you can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Lombard Upgrades
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: Lombard Upgrades On 26/09/03 12:11, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] How easy is it to go wireless with this model? Do they make an Airport Card that's compatible? What kind of range can I expect? [Snip] There is no internal slot for an AirPort card in a Lombard. You need to use an external PCMCIA card and then need a 3rd party driver for OS X. -Laurent. Then the question becomes; is there 2 slots for PCMCIA cards because he's already occupying one with his firewire card. There's also the question of his intended use for airport; how big is the WI-FI thing in Europe?(He lives in Sweden). Is he intending to network his home or is this for road use? Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo keyboard wobble
On 9/25/03 14:51, Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm at home now, but because you responded off-list I don't have that IP address you sent, send it again to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo keyboard wobble
- Original Message - From: Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Pismo keyboard wobble From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think there are some tabs from the case where the keyboard will kind of snap in. Yes, there are tabs but the keyboard seems to lie higher than that, thus moving up and down when one types the keys in the upper right hand region. I will try to reshape the keyboard so that it lies against the tabs, or else I will put some foam to stop it from flexing. Thansk! Laurence DON'T USE FOAM! You need to recheck how the keyboard is seated. At the top; between the function keys you will see a center latch screw, use a jewlers screwdriver to unlock the KB, then there are 2 tabs to the left and right that should slide back to allow you to lift the back edge of the KB up. Towards the bottom of the KB you will see 3 small metal tabs make sure when you seat the KB that they are slotted under the lip of the case. Then make sure that the upper tabs are retracted as you lay the KB in place. If you need a picture to follow along with, let me know and I will contact you off list with a place you can download the repair manual for the Pismo. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Lombard Battery Memory
- Original Message - From: Jacob Saariaho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: Re: Lombard Battery Memory I was going to upgrade my HD to a 20GB 5400RPM IBM TravelStar but Other World Computing was out of stock. I got impatient and went with with 30GB 4200RPM, was this a mistake? I'm hoping to get my Lombard up to speed to at least work iMovie and maybe Final Cut Pro. I don't expect it to cruise but I don't want it to crawl either. Has anyone attempted the BlueChip G4 processor upgrade? It intrigues me, but for the price I want some assurance of reliability. I've been running the BlueChip upgrade in my Pismo for almost 7 months and am delighted with it. I also maxed memory out with 2 512 MB cards and a 40 GB hard drive. It is one smoking machine; the only caveat, battery life is significantly shortened, i.e. I get about 1.5 hours on my batteries which are about 3 years old. I'm about ready to investigate either rebuilding one or buying a replacement. I've held off doing that since I rarely am on battery. In my truck I have a battery adapter that plugs into a lighter outlet. I also purchased one of those rechargable car jumper battery packs that have a lighter outlet so I can use it when I am in our hunting camp in the fall, great for DVD viewing. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Battery
- Original Message - From: Bob Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: Pismo Battery I would appreciate any info on how to maintain my battery for the G3 Pismo laptop. I bought a new one and keep it in the computer. However, when it comes time to use it, it is good for about 20 minutes. What is the secret to maintaining battery life for someone who almost never uses it? Many thanks Bob Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] My understanding of the type of battery in the Pismo is that it makes very little difference in how often it's cycled and charged. They simply start losing capacity over time and the lifetime for the LION battery is about 3 years. After that they start degrading fairly rapidly. I have two that are approaching that 3 year mark and I have begun to see shorter run times when I go to my batteries. Of course I am probably contributing to shortening their life by running a G4 processor in it also. The only other thing I've heard is to be very careful to not FULLY discharge one because that may kill it entirely. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX
- Original Message - From: Steve Kerney [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Finally upgraded my WSII to OSX Upgrade went real well with one exception I'll get to in a moment. Thanks for your suggestions. They helped me overcome my trepidation and go for it. Prior to installation, I decided to erase my OS X partition (Special - Erase Disk) I but had the wrong disk partition selected (Backup instead of OS 10)! Won't do that again (especially since, after the fact, I learned that the installation gives me the option to do just that!). Disk warrior can't help me recover my here-yesterday-gone-today files so I bought Norton Utilities 8.0 hoping it would do the trick. I contacted the vendor prior to purchase asking them if their product will do this. I've not heard back (yet). After the disk arrived last night, I tried both Volume Recover and Unerase several times selecting several different options, one of which took all night to scan my disk partion, but Norton can't find any of my erased files. I've written nothing to the partition since the accident and have told the utilities I've tried (DW and NU) to not save changes. Any suggestions on recovering my erased-through-carelessness backup disk partition? Thanks. Steve K (the other one) Norton won't help unless it was installed before the fact and Diskwarrior needs a directory file to work and unfortunately that is exactly the file you erased. Two thoughts, since you called your volume backup do you have the original? If not check out Version Tracker for Mac file utilities, I think there are a couple there that may help. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/7846 this one may be of help. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Snow base A/C
- Original Message - From: w miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: Snow base A/C Can anyone tell me what the A/C adapter for the Airport Snow base looks like? I'm finally getting around to hooking it up to my Lombard, but apparently didn't put it back in the box, and I have a ton of those things around. The book is pretty adamant about using only the one that came with the base. TIA Willi -- I believe it's 24 Volts DC the rating should be on the power adapter. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Slow OSX Boot Shutdown on Pismo
- Original Message - From: Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: Slow OSX Boot Shutdown on Pismo On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:07 pm, G-Books wrote: I guess the subject states it best but more information helps. My Pismo G3/500/1gbRAM/10.2.6/20gb(stock)HD/Airport takes an incredibly long time to boot as well as shut down. I am startled at this due to its normally snappy OS 9 boot and shutdown processes. When my PowerMac 8600/g3-400/272mbRAM/10.2.6 using stock (and older) scsi hard drives beats the pants off of the Pismo, I know something is wrong. I had noticed it first when Jaguar was initially installed. It has never gone away or improved. I did try the PRAM reset (several times in a row) several times but that made no appreciable difference. It is about 1:15sec grey w/apple screen and then in less than 15 seconds will be at login screen. Once the blue background hits, things are very snappy. On shutting down, from login screen, it takes almost 45 seconds to go black. From desktop it takes as long as 1:20sec. This to me is ridiculous. In OS 9 it would shut down before the trackpad button had even gone 'click'. Any helpful ideas? Thanks for list brain power. I tend to leave both my desktop G4 Quicksilver and my upgraded G4 Pismo running all the time. When I do re-starts after updates, I don't see any real difference in boot times between machines. By allowing them to run all the time, OS X can do the housekeeping it wants to do. There are some utilities like Cocktail that will help you tune up your system and perhaps shorten those boot times. I so seldom do it that it's hard to do an objective comparison. As for OS 9, I haven't used it in over a year. Just Classic when I use my GPS in my truck. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re:
- Original Message - From: Eric Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:56 AM Stein: Not sure what your problem is. However, I have found that on my office network if I use DHCP to get my TCP/IP information, the computer boots and runs really slowly. The resolution is to put the IP informaiton in statically. So... you may have a similar problem or you may want to check out your networking as well. Also, if you haven't run repair disk permissions in Disk Utility in a while I'd definitely run that... I run it after each and any software installation. Haven't seen this problem noted by anyone else anywhere but I can confirm it on a Pismo upgraded to a 500MHz G4 (Powerlogix) running 10.2.6 and an original Powerbook G4 400MHz running 10.2.6. We're running a dual-1GHz MDD G4 server w/ OS X.2.6 Server as the DHCP server. If anyone has any thoughts on how to use DHCP without this slowdown I'd appreciate it as well (although I'm not optimistic about a resolution... hoping Panther will resolve it)! ... Eric I have the same Pismo upgrade as yours, and I use DHCP without any significant slowdown that I can detect. I have a cable modem feeding ethernet to a router/firewall that routes ethernet to my Airport Base which is configured as a simple bridge. My Pismo uses its' airport card and receives its' IP address via DHCP from the router/firewall. I have a fixed IP address with my cable company and a guaranteed 1MB down and 375 KB up. Surfing with Safari is super fast. How many machines are being served from your DHCP server? To me that would be where I would look for a slowdown. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great! - I wish this hadworked for me :-(
- Original Message - From: John Beringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: OS X 10.2.6 running on wallstreet - great! - I wish this hadworked for me :-( I'm curious about the guts in your powerbook as well, specifically RAM and HD modifications I, if any. I recently tried, to the point of desperation and finally resignation, to upgrade to 10.2.6 on my wife's bronze Lombard 333Mhz with the minimum of 128MB of RAM and a clean 4.6GB original HD. I was able to run only 10.1 (and maybe 10.1.5, I can't recall), but it always crashed within 3min. I tried to go further, to 10.2.6, but the install process would also crash each time, give me a blue screen and then need to be restarted starting the fun startup- and- crash all over again. Any advice? I 'd love to get it on there as I image that it me a bit more stable than 9.2.2, which must be said works much better with the wiped and zeroed drive and the fresh OS install of 9.2. Anyone? Thanks JB I would suggest you get more RAM, OS X really works well as long as you have a lot of memory. 128 MB really isn't enough. I have 2 512 MB sticks in my Pismo. I'd also suggest you get a larger Hard Drive. Both upgrades are relatively cheap and should give you a good machine. As long as the rest of your machine is in good condition investing in the above should will give you a reliable alternative to a new machine. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: PISMO PCMCIA eject button
- Original Message - From: Michael C. Breslin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:05 PM Subject: PISMO PCMCIA eject button I managed to snap/dislocate the button mentioned above. Anyone ever try and put one of these back in? Thanks, MB! I just helped another person recently, same problem. I believe you have to disassemble the entire machine to get to where you can properly replace it. I put a copy of a PDF file of the Pismo repair manual in my public folder on my .Mac account and he was able to download it. Unfortunately, being of the senior persuasiion, I don't recall the password I supplied for access at the moment. If you can wait til this evening when I can be on my home machine I will find the email and send it along. Dan, I cc'd you on this so if you still have the password to my .Mac public folder and can send it along before 5 PM this afternoon maybe it will this guy out a little faster. My account user name is joeateb. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Attaching second display
- Original Message - From: Peter Nacken [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:36 AM Subject: Attaching second display I am very puzzled about that 99$ dongle on the apple website that I seem to need in order to attach a second LCD to my TiBook .. Only catch is that I am already using a second (cheapo KDS something) screen for that and no 99$ extra .. Now .. Does that mean when / if I get a nice apple lcd display .. THEN I need to buy an extra thing to connect ?? That would suck pretty much! talking about that DVI to ADC Display Adapter .. I think I do not really understand what it does .. And if I need it if I get an apple display ... Which would not make a lot of sense Typing from a recent 1 ghz 15 tibook P You only need the display adapter if you have a non-Apple display card and an Apple cinema display. The Apple display comes with 2 USB connections on the back of it. The connector that comes with it has a special connector head that allows for both the DVI and USB to connect through the same connector head. If you buy one of the newer display cards such as the ATI 8500 or 9000, they come with a standard PC DVI connector without the USB connectivity; thus you need the dongle which provides a connection to the card and to one of your USB ports on your machine on one end and connects to the Cinema display at the other. Thus you lose one of your USB ports on your machine but retain the 2 on the back of the display. I know this because I have a G4 Quicksilver with an 8500 display card and a 17 Apple Cinema Display. In fact, if you get an Apple display and need a card, I have a twin head (Apple connector) and standard video 2X AGP card that I will sell for a resonable price. You will need a machine that has the AGP slot to use the card. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: CDRW for Pismo
- Original Message - From: William Corea [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:53 PM Subject: Re: CDRW for Pismo MCE now has a DVD writer for the Pismo expansion bay. Take a look at: http://store.powerbook1.com/mceexbaydvsu.html They also have CD-RW and CD-DVD drives. -- - Bill Corea [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Ramon, California They also want $450.00 for it! As one of the previous replies to this thread mentioned, there are cheaper alternatives, personally I'd live with the ugly to get a SuperDrive capability for $99.00. I haven't read the xlr8yourmac.com review on the LiteOn LSC-24081-01 drive yet. But if it lives up to it's billing, they will soon have $100.00 of my money. Joe Ellis __ One thing you can give and still keep; your word. Author Unknown __ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: CDRW for Pismo
MCE now has a DVD writer for the Pismo expansion bay. Take a look at: http://store.powerbook1.com/mceexbaydvsu.html They also have CD-RW and CD-DVD drives. -- - Bill Corea [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Ramon, California I'd live with the ugly to get a SuperDrive capability for $99.00. I haven't read the xlr8yourmac.com review on the LiteOn LSC-24081-01 drive yet. But if it lives up to it's billing, they will soon have $100.00 of my money. OOPS my bad! Further reading of the specs for the $99 drive shows it only supports DVD reading, it is NOT a SuperDrive candidate that the articles on xlr8yourmac say you can build. Need to keep looking, I do remember seeing some on eBay a while back, but they went really fast. Joe Ellis __ One thing you can give and still keep; your word. Author Unknown __ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: CDRW for Pismo
- Original Message - From: earthyfemme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: Re: CDRW for Pismo This is a nice unit, if a cost-prohibitive one. I'm told by someone who resells Macs that he'd be against burning music/video CD/DVDs on a G3 based computer. The quote is: I question the viability of using a SuperDrive in a PB G3. If you are using it for data files (with Toast), then its fine. But I wouldn't recommend running iDVD on a G3 based machine - it is far too slow to handle that (that's primarily why Apple doesn't ship any iBooks today w/ a SuperDrive - only G4 based machines). I don't doubt his opinion, but of course I'm curious. Has anyone else run into problems with their PB G3/G4s making video CD/DVDs? Vivian I wouldn't try to burn DVDs on a G3 Pismo either, but I've already upgraded mine to a 500 MHz G4 which is almost as fast as my Quicksilver Desktop unit which has a SuperDrive and does a pretty good job producing DVDs. However, that said, further investigation of the $99 unit (LiteOn LSC-24081-01 ) shows it to be a DVD reader only. I'm still looking for something that is less than the $450 unit. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: CDRW for Pismo
- Original Message - From: earthyfemme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Re: CDRW for Pismo I wouldn't try to burn DVDs on a G3 Pismo either, but I've already Upgraded mine to a 500 MHz G4 which is almost as fast as my Quicksilver Desktop Unit which has a SuperDrive and does a pretty good job producing DVDs. How may I ask did you do that? How much did it cost? Did you do it yourself or have someone else do it for you? I did what is called the Blue Chip CPU upgrade, there's a review with the relavent facts and figures here http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/powerlogix_bluechip/ I'm very happy with it and with the addition of 2 512MB RAM sticks and a 40 GB hard drive, I have a machine that is every bit as capable as a Titanium Powerbook. The RAM cost me about $180, the new Hard Drive was about $180, The Blue Chip upgrade was $300, so for about a total of about $700, I got what I feel is close to the same performance as some of the newest laptops in a rugged albiet a little heftier form factor. After checking out the latest models at an Apple store a couple of weeks ago, about the only one I would trade up to from it would be the 17 PB for the extra screen real estate. As for selling it; although there may be some legitimate deals on Pismos on eBay, you would have to offer me close to the price of a new 15 BP to get me to part with it. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OS X on Lombard
On 8/18/03 7:04, Jkr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/18/03 6:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/08/03 18:11, Tom Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: t. is having problems. So am I. The hell of it is the Lombard (I don't know about yours) only came with 64 megs - in the lower slot. So ripping everything else out to install X is absurd. And even the stock RAM isn't Apple. Who's to say that some other big four RAM would be better or worse? I already swapped the top slot to Hynix. No better - no X. No wonder t. is steamed. Anyone get a better configuration? You don't have to rip everything to get to the lower RAM slot. Just remove the processor daughterboard, assuming the Lombard has the same processor board (actually, a similar one, not the exact same one) than the Pismo. -Laurent. well i just ordered a new 128 stick that is supposed to be for the lombard from otherworld computing, itll be here tomorrow. Then well see i have a 64 in the lower slot, and a 128 now in the top, im gonna remove them both tomorrow and see how it goes, wat is strange is i had no problem installing X, on the original 4 gb apple drive. but then i installed a 10 travelstar and X just wont install. t. I don't know about the Lombard and where the cut-off is but depending on several things you can find on the Apple site, there is an 8 GB partition limitation on installing OS X. The Documentation and limits are pretty clearly outlined if you go to the Apple site and search their support site on how and where to install OS X. -- Joe Ellis -- One thing you can give and still keep; your word. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc
- Original Message - From: Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc Thanks, Joe. I thought it sounded like a pretty good deal. Just hope my drive hangs on until next week! I didn't realize that you could get another warranty on the pismo's after already having them. After the one year thatcame with the computer, I purchased the Applecare and that just ran out. I was worried that I should have renewed it or somthing and this guy at the apple place told me apple doesn't let you do that again. Is this true? My friend insists she got a renewl in the mail for her Imac. Thanks, Lynn I don't know about other models, but on my Desktop G4 I had to purchase Applecare before the first year was up and it runs for 3 years. I still have 2 to go so I don't know if they will offer a renewal. I purchased my Pismo used and it was outside the first year with no applecare agreement so I couldn't get one. Fortunately it has been a very rugged and reliable machine. Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc
- Original Message - From: Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc on 7/31/03 2:06 PM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Bruce, my comment still stands! ;-) Hmm, sorry, you're in CT, I'm in VA. If you had been closer, I'd been able to replace your drive for free. -Laurent. -- Wondering if I should order my own hard drive online and have him do the work but not so sure if this is kosher. Hi Lynn, I live in eastern CT, Canterbury specifically; perhaps I can help you. I'm not Apple certified but I'm an old Navy electronics technician used to working on things electronic. I work on my own Apple products, I've used them since 1986 so I'm very familiar with them. If you're interested, contact me by my email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) and I'll send you my phone number so we can talk. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc
If she would give us an idea of where she is, it would help. She says she has Lyme disease, I live near Lyme and would be happy to help, I have an 80 Gig Firewire drive with plenty of space on it. Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: Wiebe Wilbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 2:38 AM Subject: Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc Here here Brandy. I'd love to help, but my guess is I am just a LITTLE out of your way (Wollongong, Australia)... Wiebe. On 31/7/03 3:26 PM, Brandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps some kind soul on the list could do a Disk copy for you before your drive fails! Anyone living in the same area??? Come on folks this is what we are here for! TO HELP each other out! Brandy -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc
Looks like a fair deal to me. Toshiba drives are good, that's what I have in my Pismo. It shouldn't take more than an hour to do what you need. So his price seems fair. Good Luck Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:13 AM Subject: Re: SOS _ swuakey computer, etc Hey, Thanks Brandy, Joe, etc. I just called the apple place and asked about it. I am worried about losing everything. He said he would come to the house, backup all data and install a Toshiba 40gb hard drive to replace my ibm 6 gb. Total would be $400. Not exactly something I want to do right now but wondering if this is a good deal or not? The drive I htink he said is 200, 50 for travel and 85/hr labor. My drive hasn't whistled all monring! Hmmm. He said the reason I may be having troubes with recording is because the dri e is non the way out. Will have to wait to next week if I decide to do this. Thanks for any advic! Lynn PS Is the toshiba a good drive? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo 400 chiming
- Original Message - From: Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Pismo 400 chiming HI, I hesitate to ask this because I do not want to know the answer. My PB has been chiming or dinging about 8 times every so often. Not at startup. No startup issues. It usually happens when I have it on but am not using it. Does this signal anything bad? Thanks, Lynn You don't state if you have any applications open or what OS you are using. Your computer chiming is trying to get your attention about something, but we need more info to determine what. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Sudden battery failure
- Original Message - From: Bruce Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Sudden battery failure on 7/2/03 11:52 AM, Joe Ellis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: get an auto adaptor and a 12 volt jumpstart/camping unit. Does 2 full length feature DVDs on one charge. Joe Ellis Can you provide more detail about the 12 volt jumpstart/camping unit? I have long used an auto adapter, especially on long trips when someone else is driving. I don't understand about the camping unit. Thanks, Bruce Mitchell You can find them in stores like Wal-Mart, Sears or any store with an automotive section. They have an integrated set of jumper cables for connecting to a car battery, usually some kind of light and one or two cigarette lighter sockets that you can plug adaptors into. They have their own recharger so you can plug it into a wall outlet to keep charged. They have enough capacity to jump start an automobile or lawn tractor which is what they were originally designed for, but the lighter sockets provide an easy means to use as an extra capacity battery for your powerbook. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Sudden battery failure
- Original Message - From: Dave Bonhoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:46 PM Subject: Sudden battery failure Hi All! I've been lurking on the list for a while and I'm usually a day or 2 behind in reading the MSG's but have learned lots from you, Thanks! I recently bought a pristine Lombard 333. It was an Executive's machine and spent most of it's first life parked on a desk, then it was shelved when the HD died. The battery was occasionally charged by a well meaning sys admin. SInce I've had the Lombard, I've replaced the HD with a Toshiba 40G (MK4019GAX), installed 512MB of RAM, OSX.2.6, over-clocked the CPU to 433Mhz, and have made it my primary machine. Ever since the installation of X.2.6, battery life has been less than impressive. From a maximum of 3:10 reported, after charging over Hi Dave; Just a couple of thoughts, OS X is a lot more processor intensive than OS 9 and over-clocking the CPU increases the amp-hour drain and the machine is now in what; it's 5th or 6th year of service? Time to explore the purchase of a new battery or rebuilding the one you got. This is from a Pismo owner with two batteries I got when I bought the machine used for a year. I'm getting about 2 hours on each one; maybe a little more than 4 when I use both but that defeats the purpose of have a DVD player in the thing. Not emensely portable, but nice if you do outdoor things, get an auto adaptor and a 12 volt jumpstart/camping unit. Does 2 full length feature DVDs on one charge. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: i-chat video
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: Re: i-chat video on 25/06/03 04:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just curious if anyones tried the i-chat video? too bad it only works if both parties have a videocam, i was hoping it would work if only one had a cam, and maybe the other could voice communicate. anyone willing to test it? i got a cam, lemme know, cheers. I also have a cam, but Apple put that check for the CPU speed, so my Pismo is out :-( -Laurent. -- If you upgrade it to a G4 it will work, used it on mine last night. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: i-chat video
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: Re: i-chat video on 25/06/03 04:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just curious if anyones tried the i-chat video? too bad it only works if both parties have a videocam, i was hoping it would work if only one had a cam, and maybe the other could voice communicate. anyone willing to test it? i got a cam, lemme know, cheers. I also have a cam, but Apple put that check for the CPU speed, so my Pismo is out :-( OOPS maybe I spoke too soon, I did get the audio to work, video was black but I though that was due to a problem with the camera (a stealthfire, iRez unit). Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: BTI Battery Question
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: BTI Battery Question Hi there! I've just received a brand new BTI battery for my Pismo. I put it in and Mac OS X initially said that it would take 38 minutes to charge. Now, it's been going on for maybe 15 minutes so far, the system says I'm down to 28 minutes to charge it. However, there doesn't seem to be any activity on the battery itself. The battery has a similar switch to check the charge remaining, with 4 LEDs, but no LED are lit. Pressing the switch briefly lit the 4 LEDs, but nothing else. Does anybody has such a battery? What can I expect? The other thing I found a little strange is that BTI recommends charging the battery for 10 hours. However, if Mac OS X thinks it will be charged within the next half hour, I'm guessing it will stop charging the battery. How can I achieve this 10 hours charge? Or maybe the battery was already charged? Any idea? Thanks in advance! -Laurent. -- The batteries for my Pismo also have 4 leds; when the battery is in the machine they only seem to display when the battery is charging. Once the battery reaches full charge; my menu indicator changes to a plug icon showing I'm on the power plug and the leds turn off. I would venture a guess that your battery has a full charge. Try running on the battery for a while. As the battery discharges, the leds should light to show how much they have left. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wallstreet OX 10.2.6 Wireless Won't Connect to Internet
- Original Message - From: Robert Benjamin Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 6:58 AM Subject: Wallstreet OX 10.2.6 Wireless Won't Connect to Internet To the list: I have sure you have had this question before so please forgive me. I am trying to resurrect an old Wallstreet and it¹s almost ³alive.² I am running OS X 10.2.6 on a Wallstreet with a Newer 466 processor upgrade with 512 of RAM with a Lucent Orinoco Gold Card. My ISP provider is Comcast. I am using a Linksys Router which connects to the cable modem. I have an regular Airport base station connected to the router for my wireless net. My wife¹s G4 is connected directly through the router and accesses the internet just fine. My main laptop is a Pismo with an running OS X 10.2.6 which connects to the internet just fine. Or at least did until I had a head crash on the hard drive, but that¹s another story. I have tried several drivers for the Wallstreet without success. I can connect to the internet with the above setup without any difficulty in OS 9.2.2 with Airport with a great signal using either iCab or Explorer. I installed IOExpert¹s wireless driver and much to my delight it worked. Much to my despair it only worked for a couple of minutes. I had previously uninstalled drivers from SourceForge and MacWireless. The SourceForge driver had a simmilar problem to the one listed below. The MacWireless Driver wouldn't work at all. I uninstalled both the SourceForge and MacWireless drivers.I checked for their files and they¹re all gone. Here is some information that you may find relevant. The IOExperts drivers have installed without a difficulty. When I go to System Preferences and check the information for the driver, the card recognizes the network, with a great signal strength. I cannot connect to the internet via the WiFi card but can connect using the built in ethernet port without problems. I have checked the network preferences and the Wallstreet is getting a dynamic IP address wirelessly. I have removed the router and tried to connect wirelessly directly to the base station which again works fine in OS 9 but not in OS X. I have reset the cable modem without success. I have repaired the permissions on the disk using Apple¹s disk utility repeatedly until their is nothing to repair and again I cannot get it to connect to the internet in Jaguar. In both Camino and Explorer the computer cannot find the site. I have used the Network utility to ping. Again, it works great from my wife¹s computer with is hard wired to the router by an ethernet cable but absolutely will not ping anything wirelessly from the wallstreet. I cannot ping anything on the internet nor can I ping my wife¹s computer wirelessly. If there is some easy fix for all of this please let me know. It¹s particularly frustrating since I¹m getting a strong signal and it managed to connect wirelessly for about ten minutes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ben How do you have your Airport Base Station configured? Considering your description above; it should only be set up as a bridge to your ethernet network, make sure it is not trying to assign IP addresses. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: E-bay fraud was Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK)...
- Original Message - From: vicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: E-bay fraud was Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK)... http://www.powerbookcentral.com/features/scams2.shtml I sincerely hope you do not recognize your own situation in there. Hi All Sorry to say that this was me only I was given an address in London and about two days later after I had sent the money via WU I was mailed to say that the seller had had to visit sick relatives in ITALY and he would despatch the powerbook on his return, even sent me pics of the book and extras . A day later he asked if I could change the address so he could collect the cash in italy so he would not have to go to the bank in the next town, and as I had never had a bad experience with my dealing's before. LIKE AN IDIOT I DID!! Last I heard from him and his email turned out to be a free sign thing a bit like @yahoo.com emails. Vicki Sorry for your loss, I know it's locking the barn after the thieves have gotten away but as a suggestion to others who may use eBay or one of the other auction services; for any transaction over a $100 I recommend people use one of eBay's recommended escrow services and if the seller refuses it should immediately raise a red flag. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: question regarding DSL modem, Graphite Base station, andpismo
- Original Message - From: Michael J. Granado [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:51 AM Subject: OT: question regarding DSL modem, Graphite Base station, and pismo Hello, I have a graphite Apple Base Station, Powerbook Pismo, and a recently purchased DSL SBC Yahoo account. I was given a DSL modem by SBC. When I connect the modem directly into my Pismo, internet access works fine. When I connect my modem to the graphite Base station, I don't get an internet connection. What gives? I can get an Airport Signal on my laptop, and I even configured the Base station from my laptop. But I just cant seem to get wireless internet access. Any help would most be appreciated. Mike How are you configuring your ABS? Did you look at the Apple website for help they have several articles on how to set up and configure your network. Try this link. http://www.info.apple.com/usen/airport/ HTH Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: UK List members: Did you buy from 'Samsud'?
- Original Message - From: Tom Burke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 4:35 AM Subject: UK List members: Did you buy from 'Samsud'? Last autumn there was a chap selling Powermacs on ebay.co.uk, with (IIRC) the ebay id 'samsud'. It could also have been 'umardegreat', and that was certainly his email address at that time - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I bought a 400 Mhz AGP graphics G4 Tower off him (one of several he was selling). I know he's been very active on eBay.co.uk, selling Powermacs, Powerbooks and iMacs. The point of this story is that yesterday I had a visit from Derbyshire Constabulary, who are investigating the activities of this individual. They interviewed me to learn about my contacts with him, and also took details of the Powermac. At the moment I've got still got possession of it, but I've been told that I mustn't sell it or otherwise dispose of it. So if you were a buyer from this person, expect a phone call. A while back, several months at least, I recall a thread about a young guy who sold Macs on eBay and how he got ripped off with a fraudulent money order for a system. Turned out there was a ring of thieves, buying Macs with phoney money orders and then reselling them to others. He managed to track the guy down and got him nailed, maybe this guy slipped through the cracks. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from WegenerMedia??
- Original Message - From: Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:42 AM Subject: Anyone (esp. in the UK) purchased goods from Wegener Media?? Can anyone comment if this is usual? I have posted to a few newsgroups asking the same question, and the general reply is that the guy is a one man shop, and although he takes his time, he usually comes through, but one month on tomorrow, no reply to my emails and no goods gets me very concerned about the situation :( Thanks in advance, Andrew McCall. Hi Andrew, I bought a replacement CD/DVD ROM drive for my Pismo from this guy and ran into a few problems myself. The first one he sent me had a broken faceplate and it took a while to get it swapped for a good one. I also bought a power manager card from him and it took some prompting before the core charge refund got posted to my account. My impression is that he is a one or two man operation and is having some personal and personnel problems. Other than the delays, he was honest and provided resonable service. I would try sending another email asking for a status and explanation for the delays. Good luck, Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac????
- Original Message - From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: Re: M/S Drops IE for Mac IAC, since OSX is based on an entirely different (and long ago legally declared open and free) version of Unix it's not got a lot to do with us here. Now, for that we take you to Apple's suit/countersuit versus the Open Group over what, indeed gets to be called Unix, already in progress...http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/06/12/ HNappleunixsuit_1.html?platforms The article link is forbidden to my browser. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo Printing Problem
Up until a couple of days ago, I had no problems printing from my Pismo to the USB printer on my G4 desktop system. Between the time I last successfully printed from the Pismo and the failure to print, I installed Acrobat 6.0 and updated iTunes to 4.01. Anyone else run into printer problems after installing either of these? TIA Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Printing Problem
On 6/1/03 10:32 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 01/06/03 21:21, Joe Ellis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Up until a couple of days ago, I had no problems printing from my Pismo to the USB printer on my G4 desktop system. Between the time I last successfully printed from the Pismo and the failure to print, I installed Acrobat 6.0 and updated iTunes to 4.01. Anyone else run into printer problems after installing either of these? TIA Joe Ellis I didn't upgrade to Acrobat 6.0 after reading the poor reviews. -Laurent. Have you done the iTunes update? If so, did you develop any printing problems? I'm still not sure which caused me lose printing but it had to be one or the other since I did nothing else. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo + funny wake ups (mains)
- Original Message - From: Eric D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Pismo + funny wake ups (mains) Hello, I've encountered a funny (repeatable) quirk with my Pismo and induced wake-up from sleep (OS X 10.2.4). Provided the power supply is plugged into the same circuit as the washroom's fan I can wake up the Powerbook from sleep by turning off the fan. It doesn't happen if the laptop is sleeping on battery power in the same location, or if it's plugged into another circuit. Any thoughts? PS Any thoughts on when 10.2.5 is coming out? This flaky modem BS is really getting on my nerves. Eric. Hi Eric, This is only a guess, but as an old electronics tech, I have seen things like this quite often. I suspect that when you turn the washroom fan off, the collapsing magnetic field in the fan motor is generating a voltage spike on that circuit. The spike may be affecting your input power on your Pismo. I would strongly suggest you keep your Pismo off that circuit, voltage spikes strong enough to get by your adaptor's voltage regulator and filters have a potential to cause problems. HTH Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
- Original Message - From: Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:25 PM Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 06:00 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The trick is the keys have to be down *before* you hit the power button...which is a *heck* of a lot easier on a Powerbook than a regular Apple Design Keyboard, where the power key is about a half mile from everything else... If you wait even as long as the bong to start it won't work. well, it's not quite that dire. you can hit it after the chime... it just has to be before anything appears on screen (not -much- better). As stated previously; I've tried all different ways without success, not quite sure where to go next. Someone mentioned that it was related to the processor and if I had that replaced it may be my problem. It was replaced, but the problem existed with the old one also so I doubt that's it. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
- Original Message - From: Jeremy Derr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 03:26PM, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had the problem prior to the upgrade. And yes, I'm pressing the keys immediately, both from a restart and from a full off condition. In researching this problem; I got a PDF of the Apple troubleshooting and disassembly guide and from what I can discern from it, the sleep state is controlled from an IC chip called PMU99 and I suspect this IC is my problem; however, the book is not clear on where this particular IC chip is mounted. It could be on the Power Manager circuit card, the sound and power control card or the main logic board. I've eliminated the Power Manager board because I was able to try a replacement card to no avail. That leaves the sound card or the logic board. PMU99 is the Power Management Unit; i'd be very surprised if it was on anything other than the Power Manager card. your problem may lie elsewhere, but i'm almost certain that this is where the PMU99 IC is. Well, I've replaced the Power Manager card with no change in symptoms. Replaced (Reinstalled both OS X and OS 9) with no change in symptoms. Any one know of a test I can run on the main logic board other than a swap out? Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo and open firmware trick
A recent post to this list suggested that some kinds of sleep problems could be cured by booting into open firmware and resetting nvram. The key combo is supposed to be cmd+option+o+f keys while starting up. Is there a particular trick to this? I have tried this a dozen times with no success, am I holding my tongue wrong? Will a Pismo boot into open firmware or is it an urban legend? After upgrading my trusty friend to a G4 500 MHZ processor to go along with its' roomy 40 GB drive, I am still having a problem getting it to sleep (it won't). I've already replaced the power manager in hopes of fixing it to no avail. Anyone got a suggestion? The thing is sporting a fresh new install of both OS 10.2.4 and 9.2.2 with no change in symptoms so I have pretty much ruled out a software problem with the possible exception of the firmware thing. Joe Ellis Electric Boat Corp. ___ If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo and open firmware trick
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:48 PM Subject: Re: Pismo and open firmware trick On 18/03/03 14:55, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A recent post to this list suggested that some kinds of sleep problems could fresh new install of both OS 10.2.4 and 9.2.2 with no change in symptoms so I have pretty much ruled out a software problem with the possible exception of the firmware thing. Cmd+Option+o+f should do the trick. Are you sure you're pressing those keys *immediately* after rebooting? As for your sleep problem, I don't know. I'm myself using 10.2.4 and 9.2.2 in Classic and my Pismo 400 doesn't have any problem to sleep. Maybe your G4 upgrade changed something? -Laurent. -- Had the problem prior to the upgrade. And yes, I'm pressing the keys immediately, both from a restart and from a full off condition. In researching this problem; I got a PDF of the Apple troubleshooting and disassembly guide and from what I can discern from it, the sleep state is controlled from an IC chip called PMU99 and I suspect this IC is my problem; however, the book is not clear on where this particular IC chip is mounted. It could be on the Power Manager circuit card, the sound and power control card or the main logic board. I've eliminated the Power Manager board because I was able to try a replacement card to no avail. That leaves the sound card or the logic board. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo ram fit in 500mhz iBook?
- Original Message - From: Ryan Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Pismo ram fit in 500mhz iBook? Will the ram from my Pismo fit in a friends 500mhz ibook? I think the ram is high profile so that could be a problem. I just need to fit it in for a minute as I need to test if the ram is faulty. The ram is showing up as 256 on my computer and I get the dialog in os9 boot: Built in memory test failed. Contact service technician. It is a 512mb (PC100? 2-2-2) Chip. I have latest firmware (4.1.8f5) The ram worked fine for 2 years, until last week when I used my s-video port for the first time. It has lifetime warrantee, but I don't want to send it in unless it is really the ram! Thanks all, Ryan I don't know if the RAM will fit your friends machine or not but your description of symptoms would lead me to believe the card is defective. You could confirm it with your hardware test CD if you have one. Do you have another card as well in your Pismo or just the one? If you have a second card you could also try swapping them and see what symptoms you get. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo ram fit in 500mhz iBook?
On 3/3/03 5:15 PM, Ryan Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will the ram from my Pismo fit in a friends 500mhz ibook? I think the ram I don't know if the RAM will fit your friends machine or not but your description of symptoms would lead me to believe the card is defective. You could confirm it with your hardware test CD if you have one. Do you have another card as well in your Pismo or just the one? If you have a second card you could also try swapping them and see what symptoms you get. Joe Ellis Yes I also have a 128 chip that came with the machine. Funny, I tried the test cd once and no probs were found. However, I reseat the bad ram, zap the pram and nv-ram and the computer will recognize the 512 chip ok for a few hours, then I get a VERY hard freeze, (needing the reset button on the back of the pismo) I restart, and the 512 magically becomes 256 again. I have had so many problems with my wonderful machine, that I hope I need a motherboard replacement. Just think how bad it would be if this Pismo didn't just sit on a table its whole life! ryan Well it definitely has all the symptoms of bad RAM; I would hope it's under warranty and you can get a replacement. If you bought cheap and didn't get one; I would kindly suggest you get a replacement from someplace like Crucial.com, may save you $ and time in the long run. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: DVD-ROM Module
- Original Message - From: Demetrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: DVD-ROM Module Hi, After finding out that I have the dreaded DVD-ROM Module-M7931 (DRN-8080B), and seeing my drive is slowly dying on me I have one more question. Since I have never had repairs done on my computer before, do I need to bring my Pismo along with the module or can I just bring the module for them to repair? I would like to replace it with a Matsushita. What will something like this cost me? Is there nothing I can do with my LG drive? thanks again, -- / \__/ __) ( || || /_o ( || || __Demetrius__/ ( o \ (_o/\_/ You don't have to take your machine or module anywhere. There are several places selling replacement drives that you can install yourself. All you need is a small phillips head screwdriver. Check out http://www.ibookparts.com/ or http://www.wegenermedia.com for replacement drives and instructions on how to replace one. You could also check out the links at the bottom of this message. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: TCP/IP problem: DNS not found in Classic apps after sleep orwhen offline
- Original Message - From: Eric D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:04 PM Subject: TCP/IP problem: DNS not found in Classic apps after sleep orwhen offline Hello, I'm making the somewhat aggravating transition from LAN only (on a BW G3/450 OS X 10.2.3; OS 9.2.2) to a mix of LAN and dial-up internet access with a laptop (Pismo/400 OS X 10.2.3; OS 9.2.2; sweet little laptop. A touch slower than the tower ( the difference in video RAM (8 vs 16 MB) is _very_ noticeable in OS X) but the design is wonderful)). Aggravating b/c *regularly* Classic apps will fail to work with TCP/IP and I will have to reboot Classic before they'll access the web again. What do I mean? Well, the specific error is DNS not found, and both Outlook Express and Entourage (Classic version) will throw it up, especially after sleep (whether on LAN _or_ dialup; on the BW I *never* saw that error when on LAN) or if off-line (dial-up only but not connected). I've been running OS X Classic these two Classic apps on my BW hooked up to a LAN for nearly two years now and Classic has always operated smoothly and seamlessly with OS X. Since the laptop is moving between home and school it has to deal with both dial-up and LAN access. The DNS problems (*only* in Classic) usually happen after the machine goes to sleep with Classic active (regardless of whether I'm on the LAN or dialup), and are *guaranteed* to happen if either app tries to check/send mail while the modem is not connected. Does anyone have any inclination as to what the problem could be? I *reinstalled* both OS X 10.2.3 and OS 9.2.2 yesterday to see if I could get rid of the quirk, but it must be something in my configuration. I have OS X set to automatically connect to the web when TCP/IP is needed, and I have specified the connect order for TCP/IP access in the advanced menu option: LAN followed by dial-up. I am fairly sure that the IP addresses for the DNS (3 of 'em) servers are correct, and I've even fiddled with the order in which I've entered them -- still Classic apps are unable to use the web without a reboot of Classic (a *major* pain in the derierre if this is how it's always going to be). RGH. What's the matter with OS X??? What little quirky preference sets the PB's setting apart from the BW's? Thanks for your assistance in advance, Eric. I'm afraid I'm a little confused by what you presented. Are you saying you HAVE to boot into OS 9 in order to use the Pismo's modem to connect to the internet? You will get DNS errors (actually connectiion errors ) anytime you try to connect to a mail server and a network (internet or LAN) are not available. Your use of the word CLASSIC is also confusing, I can't determine if you mean you are using Classic mode in OS X or Booting into OS 9 and referring to that as classic. Please try to restate your specific problem. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?
- Original Message - From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: Re: magnetized screwdriver bad? Everybody needs to find an old, dead hard drive...go get one, I'm sure there's one laying about somewhere... Now disassemble it. (for those of you who are junkyard impaired, here's a picture: http://www.guaranteedrecyclingxperts.com/imagebank/parts/hdd/platters.jpg) That metal bit with the number 940430 on it is an assembly with two very, VERY powerful magnets in it. If you disassemble those you will find that each one will lift many many pounds. One from an average 3 1/2 desktop HDD stuck to the side of my desk will stick tightly enough to allow me to pull my 230 pound self on a wheeled chair to my desk rather than disattach from the steel desk. Two from a laptop HDD serve is powerful recipe holders on my fridge, holding about 10 sheets of paper stacked up. These are within a few inches of the data on your hard drive as it's working, all the time. NOw...what do you think you have to worry about with a screwdriver that can barely hold a screw weighing a few milligrams very well? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs Basic Computers 101, how is data stored on a Hard Drive? Referring to your supplied picture that little pointy thing setting above the platter has current running through it when the computer wants to write something to the disk when the current goes in one direction it causes a section of the disk beneath it to be magnetically polarized in one direction, switch the current in the other direction it reverses the polarity on the disk. To read the data, the magnetic area of one polarization induces a current in the head in one direction for a 1 and the other for a 0. This is very basic but it's the MOTION of the polarized areas moving under the head that causes the currents to be induced or written. Put a magnet in MOTION over the disc such that the lines of flux pass through it and the data WILL be scrambled. Back in my Navy days we used to erase tapes from our sonar and electronic surveillance using a large electromagnet; set a tape reel on the box turn it on and spin the reel a few times. The key is there has to be relative motion between the media and the magnet. The reason a magnetized tip on a screwdriver PROBABLY will not harm a hard drive is that the case serves as a magnetic shield for the disk deflecting the magnetic lines of force away from it. The magnets that control the read/write head have their polarities aligned to each other and as long as their lines of flux don't change in relation to the disk, they won't interfere with it. my $.02 Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: magnetized screwdriver bad?
On 2/10/03 11:46 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The magnets that control the read/write head have their polarities aligned to each other and as long as their lines of flux don't change in relation to the disk, they won't interfere with it. my $.02 Joe Ellis The things you learn in life over a dollar screwdriver . Just out of curiosity if the lowly magnetized screw driver touched the pins on the HD would that do any harm. If we are going to kill this urban legend and looks as if we are, lets put a stake in its heart. This was first brought to my attention when a 1gig HD was a thousand dollars. Remember those days.. Joe you must have had an interesting tour, did you do any time at Adak or Attu. Thanks Joe Geoff With the exception of a tour at ET B school on Treasure Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay all my at sea and shore tours were on the east coast. Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines (pre-Tridents). Retired in 1982. As for touching pins (I'm assuming you are referring to the connector) I doubt it would cause a problem, there's a lot of components between them and the disk and logically speaking a disconnected hard drive should have it's r/w heads parked. Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: upgrade path for Pismo
- Original Message - From: Jeff Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:03 AM Subject: upgrade path for Pismo Going through the archive and the recent discussion on putting OS X on Pismos, I feel fairly confident in installing OS X Jaguar on my 400 Mhz, 320 MB RAM Pismo, that the system can handle it fine. But if, after adding OS X, I want to add on additional RAM or upgrade the processor, should one action come before the other? I apologize if this is a dumb question, but I've never bothered to upgrade a machine before with more than adding a memory chip and that was years ago. Or is it best when you send in your system for a processor upgrade (at MCE or one of the other vendors) to simply have them add the additional memory at the same time? Also--I assume the OS X Jaguar box includes instructions on how to partition a drive, if you've never done it before? I want the route of least effort and maximum gain. :-) Thanks, Jeff I am currently upgrading my Pismo right now. I had previously added additional Ram and a larger (40 GB) hard drive and installed Jagaur. (In my case I installed everything on the hard drive without partitioning; I saw no need for them and felt they added a complication I could live without.) As for the upgrade I am using these guys http://www.powerlogix.com/products2/bcg4pismo/index.html to do mine. I didn't have to send them the whole deal, just the processor daughter card. I'm an old Navy Electronics Technician so I'm comfortable working inside my Pismo. If you don't feel comfortable doing this sort of thing yourself; there are a couple of places you can send the whole unit to and they will do it for you, just do a Google search for Pismo upgrades. I went with the change to 500 MHZ G4 instead of the 800 MHZ G3 because I have a G4 Desktop now that is rock solid.I'll post my comments on what I think about it when I get it back up and running, about a week from now. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
The Pismo has 2 different cards that relate to it's power management system; one is the sound card where the plug for the power adapter is located (other power control stuff?) and a second board called the power board that controls battery charging and is tied to the latch for the lid. One of these cards controls the sleep function; at least it controls how the hardware should respond to sleep/wake commands. I believe I have eliminated just about every software related cause of my non-sleeping Pismo so I am considering replacing the suspect card but I want to determine which card I should swap out. Anyone had experience in this area? Anyone know where I can locate a technical manual for the Pismo? A real one, not just the one that shows the ports. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 1:08 PM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem On 31/01/03 12:35, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Pismo has 2 different cards that relate to it's power management system; one is the sound card where the plug for the power adapter is located (other power control stuff?) and a second board called the power board that controls battery charging and is tied to the latch for the lid. One of these cards controls the sleep function; at least it controls how the hardware should respond to sleep/wake commands. I believe I have eliminated just about every software related cause of my non-sleeping Pismo so I am considering replacing the suspect card but I want to determine which card I should swap out. Anyone had experience in this area? Anyone know where I can locate a technical manual for the Pismo? A real one, not just the one that shows the ports. I don't know how well it can relates to your problem, but back when I was using a Wallstreet, it started developing a strange problem as it would charge the battery and then, all of a sudden, it would declare the battery as being fully charged, which it wasn't. After sending it to PowerBook parts, the power management board had to be replaced. Please, be aware that I'm not saying or implying that this is the part you have to replace, but in my case, with the Wallstreet, that was it... -Laurent. -- Thanks Laurent, As I research this I'm finding there is a significant difference between the Pismo and Wallstreet as far as the Power Management is concerned. With the 2000 Pismo, they started using a different IC called a PMU99 and this is the chip that controls all the sleep functions, what I am trying to determine just now is which card inside the the Pismo has that chip on it. I guess I'm going to have to further disassemble my machine to verify it's location. Since it's already partly there while waiting for my G4 upgrade. So far I haven't found a manual that actually shows it's location. The one in the Apple developer area has a block diagram showing the chip but nothing with it's real location. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
AFAIR, the Power Management Unit is on the Power board, the one that you mention is controlling batteries charging and is connected to the lid. -Laurent. -- Thanks, I think I've located a reference. Will report results when I get it back together again in a week or so. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
- Original Message - From: Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 10:04 AM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem My Pismo with Jaguar on it has a sleep problem also, when I am running PhotoShop 7 in Jaguar and put the PowerBook to sleep, when it wakes up, PhotoShop has shut down and I have to restart the program. If I put the same PowerBook to sleep in 9.2 with PhotoShop 7 running, it will wake up with the program just as I left it. Any ideas? Tom My Pismo also appears to have a problem with sleep and after a lot of playing around with it, I beginning to think it may relate to OS X. At first I suspected that my power manager board has a problem but I think now it may relate to network activity over airport. My problem is I can't get it to go to sleep at all. I haven't booted back into OS 9 to see if it's there as well, maybe give it a shot tonight. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
- Original Message - From: Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Joe Ellis wrote: My Pismo also appears to have a problem with sleep and after a lot of playing around with it, I beginning to think it may relate to OS X. At first I suspected that my power manager board has a problem but I think now it may relate to network activity over airport. My problem is I can't get it to go to sleep at all. I haven't booted back into OS 9 to see if it's there as well, maybe give it a shot tonight. My Airport-connected Pismo is put to sleep 6-10 times a day with no problem. What network activity are you referring to? KeS I usually have Entourage set to check mail every 10 minutes so I wonder if it may be causing the wake-up; but really, I just haven't taken the time to see exactly what is going on. I usually have Entourage and one or two web browsers going such as Safari, Explorer, or Navigator. I know that well behaved applications should not cause the machine to wake up which is why I am still inclined to suspect I have a problematic power manager. I just need to take the time to isolate the problem by dropping back to OS 9 and seeing if I can get it to sleep there, if it does, it can't be a power manager problem, it will have to relate to OS X. No conclusions until I see how it runs in OS 9. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
- Original Message - From: P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem Also running Pismo 10.2.3 and have had no sleep problems. I had minor problems getting the PB to sleep under earlier versions of Jaguar and OSX 10.1 but this rendition seems to work for the Pismo. Though, if I have a non-optical mouse attached it seems to not want to go to sleep the first time I put it to sleep and does not reliably go to sleep on its own when inactive. My optical mouse (small mouse for traveling) causes no such problems. Turtle-Bear Now there's something I hadn't considered, I usually use a wireless mouse, receiver plugged to usb port. I will also try it without the mouse. Thanks, Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
- Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem On 30/01/03 13:00, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip to take the time to isolate the problem by dropping back to OS 9 and seeing if I can get it to sleep there, if it does, it can't be a power manager problem, it will have to relate to OS X. No conclusions until I see how it runs in OS 9. I often have Entourage v.X and iChat up and running, with Entourage set to check mail every 10 minutes and it doesn't prevent my Pismo from sleeping nor does it wake it up. There must be something else with your setup... -Laurent. -- As I said need to look at a couple of other things before I make a final diagnosis, BTW has anyone had any experience with power manager problems/symptoms? I'm an old Navy Electronics Technician so I'm not afraid to use a screwdriver or voltmeter (sometimes to my chagrin). Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo Sleep Problem
On 1/30/03 1:41 PM, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:06 PM Subject: Re: Pismo Sleep Problem On 30/01/03 13:00, Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip to take the time to isolate the problem by dropping back to OS 9 and seeing if I can get it to sleep there, if it does, it can't be a power manager problem, it will have to relate to OS X. No conclusions until I see how it runs in OS 9. I often have Entourage v.X and iChat up and running, with Entourage set to check mail every 10 minutes and it doesn't prevent my Pismo from sleeping nor does it wake it up. There must be something else with your setup... -Laurent. -- As I said need to look at a couple of other things before I make a final diagnosis, BTW has anyone had any experience with power manager problems/symptoms? I'm an old Navy Electronics Technician so I'm not afraid to use a screwdriver or voltmeter (sometimes to my chagrin). Joe Ellis Well, got home tonight and the FedEx box to ship my processor back for refurbishment was here. Decided I check out my sleep problem before I take the beast apart for the upgrade. Started up in OS 9.2.1 and tried to get it to go to sleep, the screen goes dark, sleep light blinks once and it immediately wakes up. Same thing in OS 10.2.3! Close the lid, sleep light blinks but I can hear the hard drive cycling. With all the other tests I've run, I'm now fairly certain my power manager card is faulty. I guess I'll spend the time waiting for my upgrade being returned trying to confirm it. Anyone on the list ever see the power manager fail this way? Resetting per the Apple technical article does no good, neither does zapping the PRAM. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo arrived.... at last!
- Original Message - From: RogueWriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:46 PM Subject: Re: Pismo arrived at last! It may be if you have converted to a G4 or not also, I guess I'll find out in about a week or so, I'm waiting on Fedex for the shipping container to send the processor back for upgrade and expect my 2nd 512MB memory will be here for installation by the time I get it back. They say a 5 to 7 day turnaround for the upgrade. By the time I'm done I'll have a fully tricked out Pismo G4, 40 GB HD, 1GB Ram , we'll see what that baby does to the backup battery. Will report back in about a week. Joe Ellis That is correct. Asleep and not using the adapter. It has never died on me while changing batteries. I'm not sure of the reason, but I am happy with the results. :) Erick On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 12:33 America/Indianapolis, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 29/01/03 12:17, RogueWriter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if this is something that only affects the first configuration Pismos, (before Apple upped the minimum hard disk) as I have a gig, and I can change batteries while asleep. Have done it several times, never had a problem. While asleep and *NOT* using the adapter? As I understand it, it could be possible as the limit where the Pismo backup battery will run out of juice to maintain RAM is probably not set for a specific amount, but rather how much power remains in the backup battery itself with the power that is needed to keep the RAM active. -Laurent. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo arrived.... at last!
- Original Message - From: Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: Pismo arrived at last! on 1/29/03 1:47 PM, Joe Ellis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the time I'm done I'll have a fully tricked out Pismo G4, 40 GB HD, 1GB Ram Pismo envy is not pretty... Can't generate REAL envy until I figure out how to get a foldable 17 display on the sucker. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo arrived.... at last!
On 1/29/03 6:00 PM, Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joe Ellis writes: Can't generate REAL envy until I figure out how to get a foldable 17 display on the sucker. Why stop there? How about the equivelant of two 1280 x 854 15.2 screens on Apple's rumored WingBook? See http://lowendmac.com/rumormill/02/1104.html Dan the listmom Where are those Apple engineers when you need them? Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Setting up AirPort on an iBook (OS 10.2)
- Original Message - From: Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: Setting up AirPort on an iBook (OS 10.2) Hi, I apologize if this has been addressed recently, but I've been away for a long while. I've recently upgraded my iMac to Jaguar. My iBook has already been running Jaguar for a while. The iMac had been serving as an AirPort software base station running 9.2.2, and doing this quite successfully. Now that I've upgraded to Jaguar on the iMac, though, I can't get it to share its connection with my iBook. I've gone to the Sharing set up, told the iMac to share the connection, set up the Airport options, but I can't get an internet application to run. I see the iMac, and I'm connected to the network itself, but I'm not actually able to connect to the internet on my iBook. Any thoughts? Thanks, Philip I'm not at my Mac at the moment but in either the Network or Sharing preferences there is a checkbox for allow this computer to creat networks. That has to be checked as well in order for the computer to share it's Internet connection. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?
- Original Message - From: Andrew Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:53 AM Subject: Re: Reviving Pismo Battery? If you completely discharge your Li-Ion battery, (just for the sake of discharging only to then re-charge) you will shorten the life of your battery in comparison to recharging it when you need it. Only Nickel based battery chemistries suffer from the memory effect which is prevented by the discharge-recharge cycle you described. (you can reference my previous post to the list (Re: Related Question (was Re:...) for more information regarding Lithium battery charge cycles and their effect on battery longevity. -Andrew Just another note on battery care for the Pismo; if you have 2 batteries but tend to use only 1 at a time, like keeping the DVD/CD player in the other slot, you need to remember to rotate the batteries on a regular basis. The battery will tend to discharge even when not in the laptop, I found this out because I left the 2nd battery I have out of the Pismo for almost 3 months and when I went to use it, it was almost totally discharged. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Reviving Pismo Battery?
On 1/24/03 11:42 PM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also had problems with one of my Pismo batteries that I ignored for quite a while and when I finally tried to use it, it would not longer take a charge (10 min run time instead of the 2.5 hours it had before), so now I rotate them and have not had the same experience since. The one I had problems with has never come back and still won't take a charge! Tom donald: i don't want to sound like a party pooper, but i did the same thing and my battery is dead as a doornail. i even tried a charger, but nothing. i get 1 flashing light, but it doesn't charge. if anybody has ideas, they are welcome. gladys I recall a post a while back where someone said he threw the battery at a dumpster; missed and picked it up; saw the first led had lit up, put it back in his computer and it took a charge and it's still working. Maybe a mechanical shock could induce some chemical reaction sufficient to start the recharge process, couldn't hurt if you're going to throw it out anyway. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Question about Airport Network w/ Pismo?
On 1/18/03 4:37 PM, David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, he means hooked as in connected to the network wirelessly through the base station. David On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 02:50 PM, Jim wrote: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Powerbook Pismo running OS X 10.2.3. It is attached to a graphite airport base station which is then connected to a Netgear router which is then connected to a cable modem ...I have a similar setup where I have a Pismo often hooked to my graphite AirPort Base Station which is in turn connected to my router. I have 2 other Macs and 2 PCs and all of them can see each other on the network. This is very confusing to me! Is there a way to wire the graphite base stations to a router and simultaneously wire a powerbook to the base station? I thought only the snow dual ethernet base stations could do that! --Jim. I've come late to this thread but I think you are confusing physical connections with network connections via airport. As I set here in my living room, my Pismo is connected to my Airport Base station (an older single Ethernet model) via it's internal airport PCMIA card reading a 802.11b radio signal; whose Ethernet connection is wired via a Cat 5 cable to my Assante FriendlyNet Router which has an Ethernet cable going to my G4 Quicksilver DP (Airport card installed but turned off) and the master (WAN) Ethernet cable is connected to my cable modem which in turn talks to the world via the Internet. If I wanted to add another computer to my network, I have the choice of connecting via a wireless card on that machine or wiring it in to the router with an Ethernet cable. Joe -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: help! powerbook backlight problems
- Original Message - From: frank hebbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: help! powerbook backlight problems I asked for help on the x4u list on this topic, but got no replies... The problem is described below. It has now occurred four times, three times in the last 20 minutes. My girlfriend was working on her powerbook G4 just now, and the backlight on her screen went off. The keys for brightness didn't do anything to bring it on again. I restarted (could see enough to do this after saving) - everything now ok, backlight back on. Any ideas? Is this hardware, or software? And should we be worried? Extra info - Powerbook G4, 6 months old, running 10.2.3. When the screen goes dark, I can open System Prefs and move the brightness slider - but nothing changes. The screen stays dark. Please help! Frank She's inside her warrenty period, I would suggest she take or send it in, I seriously doubt that it's software; this sounds more like a hardware problem. Does moving the screen, i.e. more open or closed make any difference? I would contact Apple support and go by their recommendations which I will venture to guess would be to get it to them for a look-see. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: video analog to DV
On 1/12/03 4:36 AM, Mark Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi does anybody know what the best value is concerning ADVC converter ,,could somebody give some objective advice. Mark I can't say it's all that objective, but the Formac DV converter http://www.formac.com/p_bin/?cid=solutions_converters_studiodv Is an addition I bought when I purchased my G4 Quicksilver. I have used it convert AV from a VHS tape player, from cable TV, from my son's analog video camera, from my firewire camera. I have yet to run into an analog video signal the thing can't handle. It's currently priced at around $290, I paid a little more a year and a half ago but I feel it is well worth the price. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 12
- Original Message - From: WebMail Guest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 11:36 AM Subject: Re: 12 . MacWorld is not the place for anyone without some sort of self control! Tom Like all of you, I've got serious drools for the 17 PB, but missing a mortgage payment or 2 isn't really worth it (yet...) I'm curious as to the bottom line differences between the new PB 12 and a combo drive iBook. Aside from the G3 vs G4 and potentially faster Airport and Firewire (which both need faster peripherals to make any difference), why should I buy one vs the other? (don't tell my Wallstreet that I'm typing this ;-) Marty Lindower [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wll, putting my trusty Pismo with it's upgrades up for sale on eBay should get me to about half way with the purchase price. Just got to persuade my darling bride of 35 years we can wait another 6 months or so for that cruise she wants... (writing this on a windoze machine at work where neither will get wind of it.) Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OSX question
On 12/26/02 1:17 AM, Michael Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm installing a new HD in my Pismo. How do I copy my existing Pismo HD (OSX) to my beige G3 (OS9) via my network? I tried what I did in the past, just dragging my Pismo HD icon onto my G3's network icon, but all it does under OSX is make an alias. I read something about Target Disk mode. What is it? Thanks Mike This will only work if your beige G3 has a firewire port. Connect a firewire cable between the machines with your Pismo turned off, Start it up and hold down the T key. This should cause your Pismo's hard drive to be mounted on your G3's Desktop. Treat it like any volume on the G3. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Introducing... Myself :)
- Original Message - From: Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: Introducing... Myself :) Hi. I'm new to the list so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Steve Fuller. :) SNIP. I'm a computer guy by trade and a lover of technology in general. I work as a NT/2000/Novell/Unix administrator for an internet company. Other hobbies include the occasional brewing of beer, cooking, and driving/enjoying my 96 Mustang Cobra. I look forward to the discussions on the list. Thanks for reading my incoherent ramblings. Steve Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to the list Steve, hope you enjoy your stay. Joe Ellis Electric Boat Corp. ___ If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Which book?
- Original Message - From: Stan Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Which book? I would put my vote in for the Pismo as well. 1) Everyone seems to like them, so it should be easy to sell down the road. 2) They can be had relatively inexpensively at this point 3) They are light (as g3 powerbooks go) 4) They are tough as nails (I actually read a forum post about a guy who accidentally left one on top of his car. When he drove back and found it on the side of the road, it booted up!) 5) Geez, you gotta love all those ports! :-) Okay, so I own a Pismo and I am a little biased, but the truth is, I have yet to desire a TiBook because this machine has just been plain great! Hey, you asked :-) Stan in TX -- Add my vote for the Pismo, I have one that now has a 40 Gig HD and 756 MB of RAM running 10.2.2 and it is great. The only upgrade I haven't done yet is the G4 processor which will probably happen next year, no TIbook envy here. I really think the Pismo is the ultimate machine for anyone who travels and needs a reliable laptop. Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: length of sig files
On 12/16/02 10:36 PM, Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ::adds maturity to list of qualities of this list:: im just waiting to get kicked off, so i dont have to go through the effort of taking my self off. 3 On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 10:34 PM, Sque wrote: How much longer do we have to put up with this crap? Take it off list or do you need instructions dickhead? Please, list Mom, grant him his wish and kick him off I wouldn't want him to have to expend any effort and I don't want to expend any more on him either. Thanks, Joe Ellis -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Jaguar comments others
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 3:08 AM Subject: Jaguar comments others Jaguar is indeed an excellent operating system in relation to stability and user friendliness, but I'm a bit put off at the sluggishness of it. True, my Pismo only has 192MB of RAM, but it appears that you need to be using a pretty fast Mac to get the speed cranking in Jaguar. Yes, I also realize that UNIX is a large OS and requires massive memory to run properly. I just You really need to invest in some memory, I'm running 10.2.2 on a 400 MHZ Pismo with 768 MB of memory and it runs very well; I'm sure you will be impressed with the difference. And with the price of memory just now, you can't go wrong. Joe Ellis --- Not all who wander are lost. -J. R. R. Tolkien -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Dead Internal Battery on my Pismo?
The internal battery on your Pismo is there to aid in holding memory contents during a battery swap and to support some power manager functions. It is not difficult to replace, if you lift the keyboard and pull the right side battery or CD drive and look down and to the right of the center of the machine, it sits right there in plain view. The battery is designed to last for 4 to 5 years so I doubt that it is the source of problem, but the power manager may be, so check out the procedure for resetting it. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 If you decide to replace it; you can order a replacement from http://www.pbparts.com and get instructions on how at the same place. Joe Ellis --- Not all who wander are lost. -J. R. R. Tolkien - Original Message - From: Bonnie Mellott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:13 PM Subject: Re: Dead Internal Battery on my Pismo? Unless I got this wrong (which is highly possible), doesn't the internal battery keep track of the time if the computer's not getting power from the ac adapter or the other battery? You could try letting the power drain completely and see if the clock still keeps the correct time. Btw, I've had my pismo for three years and have experienced a problem with the question mark. I couldn't even get the hard drive to re-initialize. The computer wasn't recognizing it at all, even when I started up from the cd. I bought a new one, stuck it in there and everything was fine. Well, except for the fact that I lost a year's worth of pictures from my digital camera. Since then I've been doing backups about once a month. What a valuable but painful lesson. Anyway, I don't know about the external battery on yours. Seems like mine would have died too since I've had my computer so long. Maybe yours is just a fluke. Wonder how difficult it is to replace the internal battery. --- Martin Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone offer any advice on the following problems that I have had on my 400 MHz G3 (Pismo) powerbook? About nine months ago I had to call Apple support because I couldn't get the computer to boot- everytime I tried I got the dreaded Flashing Question Mark. I was talked through the procedure of hitting the reset button, booting from the CD, etc, etc. Unfortunately I had to end up re-initializing my hard drive, but the computer could boot, and I learned a lesson about backing up important files. This solution seemed to work for about three months however, In the early summer I had the same problem, but I was prepared with a back up, and when I started the procedure, it ended up that my Hard drive had only managed to unmount itself somehow- I remounted it, and went on my way. However, in the last month, I have had the same problem on a regular basis. The latest problem now occurs even after I have booted my computer- I will be notified (in the finder) that there has been an error, and that some data might have been lost. I have Re-booted via CD numerous times, both having to re-initialize my hard drive and sometimes being able to save the contents of my hard drive. I have run both Tech Tool Three and Norton Disk Doctor. The usual error that I get is that some files have been corrupted, or that there is a Catalog B Tree 3 error. I had thought that over the two and a half years of my ownership of my pismo, I had unfortunately somehow done serve damage to my hard drive. I replaced it and thought that that would solve the problem of the Flashing Question Marks. It hasn't. I am now thinking that my internal battery has given up on me. Does anyone have the same thought? Is there an other diagnosis? Please let me know your thoughts on this, I would hate to have to purchase a new computer for the sake of a 12.6 volt battery... Thanks, Martin Holland -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Serve It Up
As someone who is also about to step into the web server area; I posted a question and someone suggested I consult these references; I'm passing them along. Check out these articles: http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/07/apache.html http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/09/homemade_dotmac.html http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/08/23/jaguar_server.html http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/11/05/apache_osx.html Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: Michael Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:31 PM Subject: Serve It Up Dear List, I'm sure alot of you have read the Serve it up article in the November 2002 ish of MacWorld. They give step by step instructions to set up a web server on your mac. The first step involves turning on the the php function so that Apache loads the php module on start up. Supposedly, I can go into the Unix text editor(PICO), press ctrl-W to open the command line, and then type php. When you hit the return key, the cursor should land on the line #LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so. Instead of this, however, I get command php not found. Now the article in MacWorld refers us OS X.1 users to www.macworld.com/2002/11/features/database.html, which is what I followed. Is this function only available to Jag users or can I do this running OS X.1.5? Maybe it has to do with my set up? Any suggestions or comments on what I might be doing wrong are welcome. Thanks Michael Richardson/RichVisual Communications -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OSX Speed increase with more RAM?
I have a 400 MHz Pismo with 768 MB OS 10.2.2, it runs well. I usually run with a couple of browsers open, Entourage as my mail client, Photoshop 7, and Adobe GoLive usually open. I don't have any complaints and as long as I'm quick, I can swap batteries without needing to be on AC. My one gripe is that battery life in general is relatively short (2.5 - 3 hours max on 1). Thus I tend to stay tethered to my power adaptor most of the time. Joe Ellis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:08 AM Subject: OSX Speed increase with more RAM? Hi all, I'm running 10.2.1 on a 192MB (128 +64) 400MHz Pismo. Currently, it is running fine but I'm wondering if adding more RAM, say to bring the total to 768MB or 1024MB, will have any significant impact on performance? Can anyone who has done this comment? I regard myself as a power user on occasions that I use the Pismo and typically have 6 - 7 apps open at any given time. Thanks in advance, Mark. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...
At the moment it seems the UJDA-710 drive is only available for purchase in large quantities to resellers, I haven't found a single unit available anywhere. Joe Ellis On 11/16/02 4:47 AM, Raymond Wiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Rohde writes: You need the Matsushita UJDA-710. This is a Combo DVD/CDRW (there _no_ DVD-R). Slimline DVD-Rs have only appeared in the last week in Sony Toshiba models. The ebay store that often sells the UJDA-710 is here: http://www.ebaystores.com/id=10525630 The alternative is the 330, which is CDRW only. http://www.pcliquidator.com seems to have a few of the UJDA-330, as well as the UJDA-320F4. They also have a laptop DVD/CDRW drive by NEC. See http://www.pcliquidator.com/displayproduct.asp?which=58 for details. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...
I've got your site bookmarked, I'll have to wait a while to get some cash together. The ones noted earlier in this thread sold for considerably less; as much as $89 in one case. Glad to know they are still available though. Joe Ellis On 11/16/02 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to toot my own horn (too much), but we carry these (and many other pb parts), for those who are needing a repair/replacement.. http://www.wegenermedia.com OR the UJDA-720 drive specifically at http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismop.htm (the 720 is the newer version of the 710--identical in physical design, and fully swappable with any DVD drive mechanism that had a Panasonic (SR-) drive.. It's an 8x8x8x24, whereas the original mother-of-all-modules was 8x4x24, from what I've seen).. Other than that, the two are identical. Ours are set to master, making them fully bootable on a Pismo or Lombard.. thx, David In a message dated 11/16/02 11:19:41 PM, you wrote: At the moment it seems the UJDA-710 drive is only available for purchase in large quantities to resellers, I haven't found a single unit available anywhere. Joe Ellis On 11/16/02 4:47 AM, Raymond Wiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
