Re: DVD-R/RW drive for Pismo
A while back there was some discussion on this list about adventurous souls being able to swap out the the DVD/CD-ROM drive on a Pismo with a DVD-R/RW CD-R/RW unit that fit in the same drive caddy. They also cited a source for the DVD-R/RW drives. If anyone recalls what I'm referring to, I'd appreciate a reply with the identity of the source of the drives. 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. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: external CD-R/RW drive to boot from a system disk?
Does anyone know if you can use an external CD-R/RW drive to boot from a system disk? The DVD drive on my Wallstreet II is kaput so I'm thinking of getting an external. Apple told me that Firewire drives can (check with manufacturer), but not USB. thanks Yes you can. I do it all the time. Depending on your drive and machine setup you can either hold down the C key or Apple-Option-Shift-Delete on boot to do so. Apple OE system disks can be used, or bootable system CDs made by Toast, for example, can be used with a CDRW drive. However, I found this didn't work in OS X with SCSI drives. The internal drive needs to be used. In OS 9 or earlier, SCSI is fine. A Wallstreet will not boot from any FireWire or USB drive, as CardBus adapters need to be used, and these don't work until the drivers are loaded during the boot process. Pismos and FW iBooks, of course, can boot from FW drives. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Lombard battery
The battery on my wife's Lombard will not charge. I assume the adapter's OK because the computer will run on it. Is this assumption wrong? Might there be some way to solve the problem short of replacing the battery? Try resetting the Power Manager http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 If that doesn't work you are probably facing one of three options Replace Lombard DC/Charge PCB Replace Battery Replace AC adapter. It would be helpful if you could see if your battery charges in another Lombard. Unless there's evidence to the contrary (e.g., recent purchase), I'd assume the battery's dead. The Lombard/Pismo LiIONs only last a couple of years. My first battery lasted 2.5 years (as opposed to my old 5300 and 190 NiMH batteries which are still going strong, 7 years on!). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo 400
RE, and make your machine run hotter, but I dont know how much hotter My Pismo is already pretty upgraded. What would a $300 G4 card do for me? Jim Make Jaguar run faster Give you AltiVec? Encode video faster? Make iDVD/DVD Studio Pro available to you (and therefore increase the usefulness of a DVD-R drive). Plus it's a lot cheaper than an eMac. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo 400
HEAT HEAT HEAT my worry will the powerbook 2000 be able to handle the extra heat the G4 produces as well as what are the long term effects on the computer? If your computer is hot now with the battery it will get even hotter with the G4. Are the batteries lifes goin to be shortened is the life of the computer goin to be shortened? The Powerbook 2000 was suppose to be a G4 but for reasons the G3 went in due to the heat problems. I would wait till the G4 is fully tested before jumpin and what about future Software updates in the apple OS ? Will the Powerbook support beyond OS 10.3 ? Maybe wait if you can till a better powerbook comes out. I have found the Processer upgrades are good to a point but soon the computer outdates itself with current hardware and software Hm, not IIRC. The Pismo/Lombard dissipate heat better than the TiBook, which is a heat-soaker in itself. The big prob - as you can tell from complaints about TiBooks' heat - The Lomb/Piz are just better ventilated all around, as well as less cramped inside. The WS isn't quite as good, so G4s will be hotter in Walls. Speaking of which, I'm fixing a 5300 now, and I'd forgotten how cool they stayed - like the temp never goes over 30 C. My Lombard is about 50 C when cool and averages 76 C (80C only on 40 C+ days). Waiting on long-term reports isn't a bad idea, so long as you can do without it. But I think as long as Apple sell G3 iMacs and iBooks which boot in X, they'll have to keep supporting the older G3s. Software blocks (almost always broken) would simply make the natives riot. Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Lombard replacement drive
I wondered what your query was doing under outdoor screens :) I've been running the Travelstar 30GB for close on 6 months, courtesy of Otherworld Computing. I'm happy as a sandboy with it - and the price! Ditto. Got mine last year at a v. good price ($US150, a bargain at the time). I've heard good things of the more recent Travelstars (40 gigs and up). But the Toshiba 40GB has also had good reports - I've no personal experience of them though. Shop for the best deal - just stay away from Hitachis, IMHO. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/seagate/536/index.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Fair Price for 2000 Firewire Ed Powerbook?
for what its worth (probably not much ;) i just got an. iBook 500 (2nd revision w/ 128 megs soldered, and the newer, light-up power adapter) 256 megs ram 15 gig hd cdrom everything included as original (box, unopened manuals (stickers included!!) the monitor adapter w/ the little end cap still in place, software pack, etc.) no dead pixels, nothing what-so-ever, in GREAT shape for 750$ shipped i know people prefer the pismo to the ibook for several reasons (expansion, bus speed, etc.) but this will also give you an idea what to look for, cause unknowledgeable people looking for a mac laptop is going to see 2001 ibook! 500MHZ! and take that over a 1999 powerbook unfortunately just because of the fact its newer Hm, depends what you need, I guess. The iBook is almost undoubtedly tougher, but it's tough to u/g the HD, unlike the Piz. There'll never be a G4 (AFAIK) for the iBook either. iBooks are great, which is why I like the 14.1, but I also like the 14.1 on the Piz/Lomb (although iBook's LCD is superior). Put it this way: if I were advising someone on a purchase (i.e., not my personal needs), I'd advise them to go with the iBook due to its newness, strength, FW performance etc. etc. But I (personally) can't live without a CardBus slot. Where possible, though, I'd advise spending a little extra on the CDRW or Combo model, unless the person already has a FW CDRW. Age _is_ important; my Lomb hinges are getting creaky; the port door's a little wayward and the keyboard is slowly getting killed by my pounding. The palm rests are worn shiny smooth from my wrists and letters are wearing off the keys...hey, anyone wanna buy it? ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Please Help my Wallstreet!!
After installing x.1 on my wallstreet (300mhz 8/192) the installer restarted my computer after counting down 30 seconds, it booted up into my other OS (9.1) on another partition and I went to the startup disk control panel and selected my partition w/ X to boot on. The booting of X failed and I got this screen in small black text on a white background: DEFAULT CATCH! code=FFF00700 at % SRRO: 01C00510 % SRR!: 00083070 Open Firmware, 2.0.1 To continue booting MacOS type: BYE return To continue booting from the default boot device type: BOOT return For Open Firmware serial I/O type: TTYA IO return ok I chose BOOT the second option, it immediately responded with: BOOT CLAIM failed I then chose BYE which sent into booting OS 9.1 After (without switching anything startup disk was still one with X.1 installed) rebooting again, I got the same message this time choose the third one, For open firmware... and this gave me a black screen and a still spinning hard drive, so after ten minutes and trying to restart the machine manually with various key combinations, I pulled the power plug and battery shutting the machine down. After rebooting I got the same screen, this time choosing BYE which caused it to search for an OS on the drive finally giving me a flashing ? mark, signaling no OS found. I dug out a boot cd and booted the machine to OS 8.5.1 and neither partition on the hard drive was found after going through all the apple utilities and searching for any other volumes then my boot cd. After shutting down, now I reboot and I back at that command prompt screen again. What can I do? Hopefully this won't involve wiping the hard drive... All help is greatly appreciated Boot into 8.5 or whatever's available and run Disk Warrior 2.1.1. It will repair directory damage in OS X, which is what sounds like happened here. Should get the partitions back but X may still be trashed. Try reinstalling 10.1.5 or whatever was there last. If not, use the X install CD and you should be back to normal. Otherwise, use Norton's or Data Rescue to scavenge the volume. Norton X is a boot CD. DiskWarrior is also available as a boot CD. You can even boot a Wallstreet in OS 9 using a Compact Flash card if you want a rapid boot and space to put disk tools onto. BTW, _never_ pull the power or the batt to shut down - this is a sure fire way to crash a drive and, ultimately, to physically damage a hard drive. I use an expansion bay drive as an alternative to boot my Lombard, but a CF card will do just as well, or a custom- burnt CD with your disk tools on it. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Source for NEW Expansion Bay Drives
Any recommendations? From SmartDisk Corporation: Thank you for your inquiry, but unfortunately one we deplete our inventory on the Expansion Bay Drives, we will no longer be selling them. Just do a web search and you might turn them up at reasonable prices. I' m sure someone's previous assertion that when these things go on sale, the ebay-ers snap 'em up is correct. Depends, too. Zips are cheap, but HD exp. bays are harder to find. If you wait about 10 months, I'm selling my Lombard with 10GB bay in the breach :-) (and 30GB in the chamber). Loaded 'Book, huh? (although Gary Davis must have the most loaded G-Book out there. How many expansion bay drives now Gary? ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Ibook for musician
Hi all- My drum teacher is finally gonna break down and switch (yay!) from his 486 PC to a spanking new iBook. From my decsriptions, he's psyched to get his hands on iTunes for managing his music playlists, etc, but I know there's tons more stuff out there for him to dig into. Is there a good source for software, ideas, techniques/info on recording, editing, etc (preferably specific to the Mac) that I can direct him to? Thanks! Try here: http://www.macmusic.org/ Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: power supply for PB1400 will work with Pismo?
Here, here! I have two yo-yo kills to my credit and am refusing to add a third to my credit. A BTI adapter should be delivered to me today :-) Ditto. I buy up 1400/3400/Duo adapters, and the old black (recall) G3 adapters. They work fine. My free brand new Apple replacement yoyo died inside 6 months. Unpullapartable and unfixable at the yoyo end, I discovered. I cracked it and busted it open (using great force, I might add, until purple veins stood out on my forehead). It was initially though of as great design. It might be, but Delta Electronics a lot of the time clearly do not build HQ merchandise (black power adapter recall, lousy yoyos). The older PB adapters are bulkier than the black G3 adapters, but are far more durable. Use standard power cords too, which is a big advantage in my book. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet CDRW
Whoa!! What's this about a Dell drive in a Pismo? Never heard this. Where can one get this info? Check out xlr8yourmac.com under the Powerbooks tab. Detailed pics + instructions. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet CDRW
It can be done. You won't damage it. The directions with photos are at xlr8yourmac.com. The UIJDA-330 and the UJDA-710 is Combo DVD/CDRW. You won't need the DVD on the Wallstreet unless you have the decoder card. I've seen 330s go for about $85 on eBay. What brand of drive are the two you mention?? Take a look at this eBay store - they sell most of them. http://www.ebaystores.com/id=10525630 Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet CDRW
I'm not sure it can be done. You would need to remove the stock CD-ROM from the housing and you cannot do so without irreparably damaging the housing. Heok Hee Anyone have any experience putting one of those Matsushita CDRW's into a Wallstreet? They seem to go pretty cheap on ebay, and I remember reading about it before I owned one but now I don't see any info. Is it a direct plug in and just replace the faceplate or do you have to disassemble the drives and swap the guts out? It can be done. You won't damage it. The directions with photos are at xlr8yourmac.com. The UIJDA-330 and the UJDA-710 is Combo DVD/CDRW. You won't need the DVD on the Wallstreet unless you have the decoder card. I've seen 330s go for about $85 on eBay. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: ATIRagePro.kext - My OS X Hack Dies...
Background : Lombard 333, OS 10.1.5, OS 9.2.2 (Separate Partitions) I performed the ATIRagePro.kext hack on my Lombard 333 and was staggered to see the performance difference of OS X 10.1.5 So I kept my old ATIRagePro.kext for a few days and everything seemed fine. Sods Law dictated that the day I trashed it and restarted the Kernel panicked at bootup, right after the ATIRage drivers came up. Anyone out there want to contact me off list and send me a copy of the file again (I've yet to work out a way of editing a .kext file in OS9.) Cheers, Antony. You can d/l the modified k.ext from my Public folder on iDisk - handle is 'pb5300' The author has published a revised version for Jaguar - works with more cards (PCI Beige, for instance). Not Wallstreet yet, he reckons, but will publish more as he tests more. I love the fact I can watch VCDs (using MacVCD X) and QT movies full-screen, full-frame. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST expansion bay hard drives
Laurent, I spoke a little too soon. You can find them at www.smartdisk.com, VST's site, but they're not in stock. I was pricing the refurb'ed ones. Just didn't take the time to check availability. They don't seem to be offering them new. Oh well. :-) At least Jaguar arrived today, I'll try it out tonight. Best, Joel Do a google search for them and you're sure to turn a few up, generally close to VST's sale price. I got the 10GB model, as did Gary on this list, for $50 a few months' back. They had a 2nd sale a few weeks' ago, with 18/30 and other GB capacities, but they went quickly (suspect people swamp them and they turn up at ebay for more $$$). Mine works flawlessly on both Lombard/Pismo in OS 9 and OS X and has 9.1 and 8.6 partitions on it for booting both machines for Disk Warrior and also as a video capture disk. They are generally the older IBM 20GNs, but there is v. little speed difference between these and the newer 4,200rpm drives. Of course, once you have the enclosure (which itself empty costs $119 from MCE), you can put in a 60GB drive if you want. 2 x 60GB and you can have 2x the storage of any TiBook on the planet. I've also seen VST Zip 100s for as little as $19.95, while I think Gary got the Zip 250 + 5 blank disks for $40 from somewhere recently. The SuperDisk 120s are also cheap, if you need a floppy drive as well. Apart from the UJDA Matsushita drives into your Lomb/Pismo enclosure, the retail CDRWs for media bays are expensive, and probably any cheap 24x or faster CDRW droppied into an inexpensive 5.25 FireWire enclosure is probably a better alternative for convenience (and many of the cases are now combo FW/USB 2.0/USB1.1, so you can use them with virtually any Mac made over the last 7 years (except certain PowerBooks, of course). VST have EOL'd the exp. bay line, so get 'em while you can. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Personal Laserwriter printing from Pismo
Got a question for you networking types. I've got a Personal Laserwriter 300 that works wonderfully with my G3 DT but my wife wants to be able to print to it from her Pismo. Is there any way to share the printer somehow? The computers currently are not networked, but I can do that with a crossover cable and file sharing on the G3. My question is really how to get her Pismo to be able to see the printer. Let me know if anyone has any ideas or has hooked up one of these printers to a PB. Thanks! Unfortunately, that's the only way. Others who mentioned the 320 or Enet/LocalTalk adapters refer to AppleTalk printers. The 300's good, but USB-serial converters don't work with serial laser printers. Only suggestion I can think of is to revert to a Wallstreet ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: 333Mhz Lombard and X.
Hi all, I'm considering buying a Lombard with 192Mb RAM and a 333Mhz processor, but wanted to know whether this machine has enough under the hood to run OS X at a relatively snappy pace. I posted an article on running OS X on Lombard Wallstreet recently here: http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=745 Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...
If (NDA-breaking) rumors prove true, 10.2 should run much better and even faster than previous releases. However, all PowerBooks except for the newest revision cannot take advantage of Quartz Extreme. I don't know how far down the road Apple intends to support Pismo. But at least you're not stuck with the woes of Lombard users... What are the woes of Lombard users? The Rage Pro hack makes QuickTime videos work full-screen and full-frame. Unfortunately, it's WS users who're still left in the cold, as the hack doesn't work on WS. Granted, no s/w DVD decoding on Lombard/Wallstreet, but I'm probably one of the few who couldn't care less about that. I can watch VCDs in X now, and that's what counts (using MacVCD - QT doesn't work as there's no s/w MPEG-1 decoder in X). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet battery problem revisited
Does anyone know where I might get a new power management board (CHEAP) for my WallStreet 266? It seems to be eating batteries at a rate of one every three months, and the board seems to be the only thing I can think of (I've done the shift/option/apple/restart thing quite a few times). When I first bought my Wallstreet, the battery in it lasted about a year before it would suddenly die - I'd have about three quarters of battery left showing on the control strip, and then there would be a message about the battery being about to die and the computer going to sleep to preserve contents of memory. I then bought another (Apple) battery, which worked fine for another year and then - same again. The third battery (Lacie) only lasted a few months. This fourth battery (VST) has just developed the same fault, and I've only been using it for a month or so. Batteries don't generally get a hard time from me, as I usually use the AC adapter. Surely I'm not getting a string of defective batteries? I think David Wedge (on this list, IIRC) has them a little cheaper than powerbookparts.com. My take is that LiION batteries, while high on capacity and good on performance, don't last long. NiMHs Type II/III perform less satisfactorily, but are less likely to die prematurely. My Lombard battery died after 2 years. A new WS battery died after about 14 months. Neither had particularly heavy use. By contrast, both the PowerBook 190 and 5300 we had (NiMH) both lasted 5 years with their batteries, both of which are still going with their 2nd owners (now the batteries are almost 7 years' old). The trade off, of course, is they only last 1.5-2 hours. That makes me wonder how long NiMHs last in the 3400 or Kanga - while they won't provide much PB up-time, I bet they last longer than the LiIONs in terms of battery life. I've noted a lot of people's original iBook (1999-2000) batteries went out to lunch fairly early (12-18 months) and that replacements aren't that easy to come by. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: DVD Decoder Cards
Can anyone tell me if the same DVD decoder cards will work in both the Wallstreet and Lombard(333MHz) models? Yes :) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: lombard hinges dying?
Yes the Lombard hinges do tend to get weak over time. But they're NOT THAT BAD. And considering that they can be replaced for less than $100, it's probably not worth whining about too much. If I were bent double four or five times a day, then slung in a backpack and bounced across town, I'd probably fail after three or four years. What about you? Agreed, although I haven't encountered the total failure experienced by WS owners. My Lombard hinges're getting a bit, er, floppy. But it's not surprising as it gets a really tough workout 24/7. (frankly, I wouldn't buy it from me ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Options for editing VHS movies on Lombard?
When in school, I had videos recorded of my lab classes. Of course they were done in VHS format. There are about 4 tapes, but the information is not organized. I would like to basically edit the clips and then put them on a CD. I don't have a DVD recorder so that option is out. What options do I have? What equipment / software do I need? I have a Powerbook Lombard with a firewire card. A 20 GB internal hard drive and a 20 GB expansion bay drive. Currently with Mac OS 9.2.2. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I use an iRez Capsure PCMCIA card. These are no longer available new, but plenty are on eBay. New, you could use iRez's Critter USBAV. I prefer the Capsure PC card as it generally offers better throughput and performance to USB input. Capsure is bundled with iRez ReelEyes (as are most iRez products) which does a decent capturing job at full frame rates. I get 16-bit color @ 720x576, or 24-bit at lower resolutions using MJPEG-B compression. The Lombard is fast enough to capture at 25fps PAL or 30fps NTSC. You need around 3.8GB for one hour of footage at this rate. You can use ReelEyes (quite a nice cut paste editor) or QT Pro to edit footage into the order you want it (ReelEyes can even edit MPEG, which QT can't). Once captured, you can export the material to a Toast VideoCD a number of ways: with the Toast export in QT; with Cleaner ($$$, but highest quality; it's what I use); or any other QT-capable video app. ReelEyes can also export to Toast VCD. A tip a QT pro gave me was to make QT's player window as large as possible before exporting to VCD. VCD is MPEG-1 format, which is lossy, but adequate. It means you can fit a full 74 or 80 minutes' worth of material on a single CD. The long process is converting to VCD. An hour or so of footage will take 17 hours to encode on a 233MHz G3, and a 200MHz 604e is the minimum. A G4 will take about 10 hours, give or take, depending on speed. Of course, VHS is VHS, so don't expect DV quality. I get acceptable quality from VHS and Betamax footage though. I wrote a longer version of this tutorial here: http://www.insanely-great.com/features/010503.html Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Options for editing VHS movies on Lombard?
Wow! 17 hours on a 233 MHz G3, 10 hours on a G4? Wow! You ought to have a second computer to do something like that, or is the computer responsive enough that you can still work with it while it's doing its encoding? Laurent, I do use a 2nd Mac. The Wallstreet's assigned that duty. The HD just goes to sleep and so does the screen. The CPU and the FW hard drive do all the work. Stays pretty cool. You can use the 'Book, but all that does is grind the encode to a halt. I haven't updated Cleaner to run it on X on the WS yet, but it's conceivable its multitasking would make it a possibility, although the CPU would be devoting fewer cycles to the encode. I'd rather let it sit. For cheap people, I usually get them a 604e 7300 or 8600 or something, and it becomes the standalone MPEG cruncher and VCD burner. If it's got a G3 card, good, all the better. It's cheaper than the $US3,000 or something you need for a real-time MPEG-1 hardware encoder. Of course, you could just by a new iMac, but I'm not convinced of the economics of burning VHS to DVD-R. DV, yes. Anyway, I've made about 200 or so VCDs, so not bad. Archive my tapes (the odd documentary I want to preserve on CD etc.). Of course, you can easily distribute copies (not piratically, of course) to your friends via CD that they can play on their DVD players. Someone wanted to see this Reagan doco the other day. I hate lending out tapes, 'cos you never get 'em back, so make a VCD and who cares? Once you have your master CD, Toast can copy the contents (even if burned as session) as a disc image and burn a new VCD. So you don't need to retain a hard disk copy of the original 700MB MPEG, for example. Of course, a gold/silver, good-quality CD is recommended for your master. Two of them if it's really precious. I was playing yesterday evening with the CapSure with iRez. AFAIR, the highest resolution I could have was 640 x 480. That was on OS 9.2.2. How do you get 720 x 576? ReelEyes only does 640x480. I use FCP for bigger (well, I use it for most things, actually). It just captures better for some reason (why it costs so much, I guess). If I go bigger than 720, the Lombard starts dropping frames, although I haven't tried lower bit depths (there's enough graininess in VHS as it is). Anyway, MPEG-1 takes it back to 320x240 and then I watch the VCD @ 1024x768 anyhow. To reierate, QT and M-Pack MPEG-1 encoding were, IMHO, crap. Especally MPack. Good thing they don't sell it anymore. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: MMC reader
Good day from NYC! Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a PC Card adapter for MultiMedia Cards? I have one for Compact Flash that I love, cheap and simple, and I'd like to get one for MMC, rather than buying a USB reader. Any suggestions? Yes. They're more expensive than the compact flash ones (they're the cheapest). They're available for Memory Stick etc. as well. $US26.36 in my part of the world. Sure you can find a cheaper one though. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: USB PCMCIA cards
Will any PCMICIA card (USB) work in my Wallstreet, provided that it is OHCI compliant. Or do I have to buy MacAlly cards from a Mac shop to be assured of computability Below is the one I'm looking at. http://www.cablesonline.net/dualhisusb20.html They require a Mac driver usually. There's no assurance a PC one will work correctly with a Mac (some might). The other thing is why give your $$ to a firm that doesn't give a hang about the Mac? Mac developers should be rewarded. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Manuals WARNING:o)
On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 12:01 PM, Remy Davison wrote: Not quite. Apple made available the full Service Source CDs commercially available a year or so back for a few hundred bucks the set. They're freely available on ebay and elsewhere. What they were doing was widening the availability of Apple-knowledgeable techs, who did Mac repairs, but were never going to bother to become certified techs (I've seen the exams, they're damn difficult! You really have to be a hardware engineer - Kyle, are you one?). An engineer? Hardly. you just have to know the basics about how electronics work and have a lot of problem solving skills. Hm, I might be thinking of more tech documentation - esp. with LaserWriter docs I've seen - which had some pretty serious ROM mounting stuff involved (and if you stuffed it up you had to replace the mobo and start again). Something rather more than Service Source which requires usually 2 screwdrivers, an antistatic strap and a Torx T8. Cheers, RD. Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale
Thanks, Beverly. I ordered one for my brother. He has not forgiven me since I picked up one for $50! Gary Beverly Woods wrote: The prices are higher, and they only appear to have the 10G ($60.69 + shipping), but you might also want to check: http://www.globe-mart.com/page/e/ing_ebhdg3210.htm (I have no experience with this company, just found it in a Google search.) The Zip drives (100MB) for Piz/Lomb are still available as of now (01:35 EST). 57 units in stock according to the store @ 30 bucks a piece, as are the Wallstreet Zip 100s (100 units), also at 30 bucks. The Lombard 333 DVD kits are still there at $120 as well (51 units). If you need the decoder card only for Wall though, you might be better off buying (I think) the $99 unit from MCE (I think that's how much they sell them for). I'd seriously like an 8GB or something Media Bay HD for the Wall I have here, as the 3 gigger (non-stock Hitachi) is useless with OS 9/X on it. And $35 is a lot less than most 8 giggers usually go for. Frankly, I think VST would have made a killing if they'd just produced a heap of empty exp. bay shells and then optioned in the drives as people wanted them. Less outdated (e.g., 4GB) stock. As it is, MCE's $99 and $119 cases are probably too expensive. Ditto for ROM drive cases; produce the case and then put in OEM Matsushitas, 16x if the customer wants. BTO is the way to go. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Manuals WARNING:o)
YOu have to be a registered Apple tech to get them now as they are pass coded and have been umm for a month or so. These are no for the general public and apple changes the FTP about once a month or so and have pass coded them from public view so unless you are a Apple tech you can no longer get them and if i did know a way to do so i can not tell since any leaks get shut down within 24 hours from this posting thanks James Not quite. Apple made available the full Service Source CDs commercially available a year or so back for a few hundred bucks the set. They're freely available on ebay and elsewhere. What they were doing was widening the availability of Apple-knowledgeable techs, who did Mac repairs, but were never going to bother to become certified techs (I've seen the exams, they're damn difficult! You really have to be a hardware engineer - Kyle, are you one?). I had a buddy a while back (now back in the US) who was a CS and Elec Eng graduate and a cert tech with a v. strong embedded HW background. He left Apple tech 'cos it was too boring and he preferred surface mounting ICs to see what would happen when he soldered them all together and gave it 240 volts of juice. He also clocked his PB 5300 bus to 40Mhz with a soldering iron, while holding a milk shake in one hand and a hot dog in the other. Not a bad effort. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale
For all you collectors of expansion bay devices, especially Gary :-) SmartDisk are having another sale - they've dug up some 12, 18 30GB drives which start off even cheaper than the 10 giggers they were selling recently (dammit!). Go here: http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/exbayandulde.html I should be on commission, but I'm not (damn again). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo/Lombard etc. SmartdiskVST sale
SmartDisk are having another sale - they've dug up some 12, 18 30GB drives which start off even cheaper than the 10 giggers they were selling recently (dammit!). Go here: http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/exbayandulde.html I should be on commission, but I'm not (damn again). Have you tried to order any, they list 0 in stock for all those drives... ;-( That happened last time as well. They were out of 10GB drives and restocked twice - check up frantically every few hours like I did and you might be in luck. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Lombard PRAM battery
Try http://www.applemacparts.com/adapters_and_batteries.html Based in the UK - I've used them a few times and been very happy Mike On 26/5/02 8:21 pm, Steph Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, replacements seem to be $50+, plus shipping to the UK. Before I part with the cash, can anyone suggest other options or sources of cheaper alternatives? Can't help, but the prices are ludicrous ($40-50). An older, cheaper 5300 or 1400 battery works (only one cell), but will not last as long, and won't sleep for long without battery or AC. But only cost me $US3 each. They have the same internal connector. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet in Clamshell Mode?
I see that the Ti Book can be put into so-called clamshell mode. I guess this means you can run it with the lid shut using external monitor, keyboard and mouse. I would love to do this with my Wallstreet. Is there any shareware or system OS trick I can use to do this??? No, afraid not. The WS is not designed (heat issues) to run with the lid closed and is mechanically designed not to boot if lid is closed, or to sleep if lid is closed when running with ext. monitor attached. Heat is partially dissipated via the keyboard. The Lombard restored this clamshell functionality. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Bay products
Well the plot thickens! I switched the drives around and the UJDA330 doesn't seem to have the screw holes in the same place as the UJDA710 mentioned in the article on the face plate. I can't seem to get it to fit correctly, even though it looks like it fits perfectly. The Pismo sees the drive and Toast 5 sees it also, but Toast can't seem to write to it at all (the drive just clicks), with the Pismo face plate installed. If I put the face plate that came with the drive it will play music CD's and Toast wrote a music CD at 8x with no problem, but there are major gaps between the face plate and the bottom of the expansion bay. I guess it doesn't make any difference how it looks, since it is just a handy burner for me anyway. Also, the Pismo won't eject the CD from the UJDA330 from the desktop or from Toast, but I can eject with the button on the face plate, not the paper clip one but the normal open button. My Pismo with 9.0.1 on it did the burning and playing and my Pismo with 9.2.1 on it also sees the UJDA330 as DiskBurner ready, which is nice also. I seems to be workable, but not quite as polished (that is the shiny version, not the European Country) as I would like it to be. Tom, I'm wondering whether the intermittent fault your seller of the CD unit had may have been related, possibly, to a ribbon cable or some other electrical connector in the unit itself - and thus its flakyness. Or the fact it's not sitting right with the original Apple faceplate. A long shot, but at least the unit works. My other guess about eject is that probably has pretty strict rules about how the system talks to exp. bay devices, and ones that don't play by the rules don't work properly. Also dunno whether the 330 has electrical or mechanical eject. cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: iMovie and firewire card in Lombard 400
I just got a copy of iMovie 2.1.1 and saw the requirements must have built in firewire. Does this mean that a firewire card with my Lombard 400 Mac OS 9.1 won't work with iMovie 2? Has anyone gotten it to work anyway with a firewire card? I tried this on my Wallstreet 292 Mhz with a firewire2Go card and it seems to work. Yes, the screen display is choppy (that improves with a faster processor., I think). I don't edit with iMovie, juts use it as a capture solution for After Effects. Yep, as Roger says, the 'built-in' requirement is nonsense. Any FireWire-equipped Mac works with iMovie, for camera control and capturing, whatever. Enjoy. You can still get the Newer FW2Go card for under $40 and there's an IBM one for $29, I think. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Bay products
I did go to a repair place and they wanted $150 for a dead one! Ripoff merchants. I think powerbookguy sells them for that working. I already have the 330 and just need the case to put it in. I am dealing with a ebay seller right not with a problematic drove from a Pismo, but he doesn't know which model of the DVD/CD drive he has and since it doesn't work, he doesn't know how to check it. So you just need the enclosure with its connector, right? (plus bezel probably). Guess it's worth taking, if the price is right. Is the 330 an 8x CDRW or 4x? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: G3 Powerbook
I concur with Jeremy: a PowerBook G3 FireWire at 500 MHz would be your best bet. You can put up to 1 GB of RAM in it and there are compatible CDRW that you can refurbished in replacement of the standard DVD-ROM drive. To be devils advocate, a Lombard or Wallstreet powerbook can be upgraded with a g4 upgrade card (at a price). I don't know why the Pismo can't. That said, the Pismo can be upgraded to 1 GB of RAM, where the Lombard will only go to 512MB. Agreed, a Pismo is a sensible purchase (even a 400MHz model is fine and they're cheaper, despite the virtually identical specification). I've not met too many people who've outlayed the necessary folding for the 1GB of RAM though - 576 is more common. But it's nice to know the option is there. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Bay products
Provantage.com has the SuperDisk for the 1999-2000 Powerbooks for $45. Just an FYI. ;-) Gary (So, Remy, now I've got the SuperDisk on the way!) I knew you wouldn't be able to resist ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: expansion bay zip drive
I'm on my second VST expansion bay Zip (used on both 233 and 292 Wallstreets). The first one got the COD but it may have been my fault - I ejected a cartridge and immediately changed my mind and rammed it back in. I think the drive got confused. Had drive replaced by dealer eventually and all is now well. A colleague used one for years without problems. Had one with my 5300 (1st model of VST Zip) and it was faster and vastly superior to my SCSI model in quality control. No CoD, although not with the SCSI one either. I lost data with the SCSI one usually with unreliable media which the SCSI Zip seemed to be intolerant of. Had to reformat and it lost a bit of its 'life'. The media doesn't really bear more than about 3 years' use, IMHO. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Wallstreet/Firewire
New to this list, adding from the PowerBooks list after acquiring a Wallstreet 233. I have a IBM FireWire card but it doesn't seem to register properly. The card shows up on the desktop as a blank icon. I tried hooking up my iPod and it went into firewire mode and spun up, but never mounted. The PC card didn't come with any drivers, are they required? I've looked around some on google but haven't seen any. The obvious question is - are the Apple FW drivers loaded? Wallstreets came with 8.1 and some run 8.5. FW drivers weren't standard until 8.6. Make sure they're loaded. The IBM card, AFAIK, requires no special drivers. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: SO DIMM lombard bronze
I have 256 dimm in both upper and lower in my bronze lombard 400. I had local apple repair install it and has worked just fine Yes, Apple RAM will always be compatible (except in OS X with early rev. Lombard CPUs!) Long thread on this at MacFixit months ago. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333
In fact I admit that I'm curious, I'd eagerly hear from you, Remy, and all the other friends on the list about what was the point that made you decide to go for a Pismo/Tibook/Bronze/whatever. As far as I'm concerned I chose the iBook II because, as I wrote before, I really was longing for a thin, lightweight machine. I was ready to pay the toll of not having pcmcia and irda because I don't need it and because the features that are necessary for me in order to work/play all were contained on this computer which, and that's not a secondary reason, costs MUCH less than a Tibook, at least back here in Italy were I live. So I can repeat again that this here comp is perfect for me, and I wish I had made up my mind earlier on buying it, I would have avoided all the hassles I went through in order to fine-tune the 333 under X. But that's another story ... I agree with Charles Moore that the iBook is essentially a PB in all but name, although clearly the Pro line does retain some benefits, even the older ones. I chose Lombard because of its screen, power, weight (remembering iBook II wasn't released yet) and VGA out. I also do a _lot_ of analogue-Mac video transfer via Capsure PCMCIA (which is much better than their USB product). I use a Compact Flash PCMCIA for backup hourly - almost. It accepts FireWire and performs reasonably well with it. I use virtual desktops. I use twin batteries. I'm thinking of the PowerLogix G4 - possibly - at some stage, if they'll let me road test it first. I use expansion bay modules. I do audio I/O. Essentially, there's no port or function left unused on this Lombard, including SCSI for scanner, CDRW and for docking. I use IrDA with a cell phone and for zapping files over the Wallstreet occasionally or other people's PBs (and an HP 5L which works via IrDA, but not AppleTalk). Of course, the iBook is a better choice for X, but in about 12 months (tax write off), I'm thinking of either a PowerLogix G4, a Pismo 500, possibly a used Ti or looking at whatever PiBook Apple has out there. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Ti-Book CPU
With the mongers offering tales of Rev C TiBooks, I wonder: which specific G4 chips are in the Rev A and Rev B? We hear how the B series have higher clocks but smaller caches and more heat... are there better Moto warez out there? The 7410s (pretty high octane/larger cache) went into the 400/500, and the 7450/51 (lower power/higher clock/smaller cache) are in the current iteration. 7445s (the 800MHz) are the rumour, but no idea of spec as I haven't had time to hunt through Moto's spec page. They're meant to be less of a power-guzzler though, although what impact that will have on performance, I don't know. I think some BareFeats tests showed high performance for the 500 than the 550 in some instances, although I think the DVD/CDRW drive is pretty compelling with the C revisions (meaning current). I think we'll have to call the forthcoming ones 'D'. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo video mirroring?
But the most you can get on the external is 1024x768 right? Mirroring, yes, but extended desktop, you can have up to 1280x1024. @75Hz, but not at 24 bit. For that, you need to close the lid and simply use the external monitor. This applies to Lombard, Pismo and Rev.A TiBooks. Later TiBooks support much higher resolutions and bit-rates for expanded desktops. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333
Don't know if this might be of interest for any of you anyway here's my rant: In the end I decided I was going to do the shift after all, so I traded my Bronze Pb for a 500mhz iBook II ... well I now know I did the right thing for sure! Faster, snappier, more responsive, lighter, thinner, prettier (imho). To cut a long story short: this little machine is worth every penny I've been spending for it, now I wish I had made up my mind earlier .. In defence of Lombard ;-) - No PC card support on iBook (no USB/FW adapters to carry around - instant data sharing with PC laptops) - No expansion bays (I can boot off my 10GB expansion bay hard drive and do instant info swaps with other Lombard/Pismo users). - No IrDA for Palms or IrDA cell phones - No Dual battery support - No 14.1 screen (unless you really pay $$ for it) - No analogue audio in - How do you swap in a DVD drive if you don't have a DVD model? - No upgrade path (G4/500 for Lombard and likely to go higher) - No easy access to hard drive for replacement - No way to add SCSI to iBook (FW-SCSI, yes, true). Of course, iBook has its major advantages, such as vastly superior FW performance, but the G3 itself (and even the graphics card) is not such a leap in performance, IMHO, to make the leap). Plus, of course, the Lombard/Pismo is _charcoal_ That's cool :-) Which iBook did you get, BTW? Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST Zip expansion bay
I've just picked up a VST Zip 250 expansion bay for my Pismo. I don't remember reading about problems with these drives. However, mine has not been working perfectly. It's supposed to be hot-swappable, but I cannot get 100MB or 250MB Zip disks to mount unless the machine is booted up with the expansion bay in there. I have no trouble hot swapping the factory CD/DVD unit. Is this a known problem? Is an up-to-date Iomega driver installed in the System folder? Or you can use Iomega Guest to mount disks on the fly. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Internal HD to external HD
The bad news: Before I knew he would be getting his TiBook, I was running out of space so fast on the 8100's 1 GB drive that I bought a new 4.26 GB internal drive for it. It fits and works fine in the 8100, but I don't use the 8100 anymore so I was wondering if there was a way to convert this originally internal drive for a desktop computer into an external drive for my Wallstreet. I have a SCSI adapter for the Wallstreet, and I have a SCSI cable widener that increases it from 25-pin to 50-pin. I think the new internal drive is 50-pin. How would I hook this up? It would more than triple my drive capacity, from 2 GB to 6.26 GB (more than I'd probably ever need for most things), provided I could get it to work. You just need an ext. SCSI box with an external Centronics50 connector on it. I have one myself for my Lombard (my SCSI CD burner's in it). Probably $10-20 used for the case. If you don't need to make the case portable, use an old 386/486 desktop case (free always). Get an ext. C50 connector with a SCSI ribbon connector attached and throw it in the PC box. Power supply is there - usually powers 3-4 devices. I'm cheap, so I used an LC logic board as a SCSI connector +SCSI ribbon cable. Old, pointless logic boards have their uses... Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: VST expansion bay HD
I think we've seen the last of these drives at the sub-$60 price. Any vendors that still have them--like OfficeDepot.com--are selling them at the old retail prices (~200 bucks). As many of you have probably noticed, several of these drives have shown up on ebay in the last couple of weeks, all them being sold in the $125 area. Bet they are some of the one's from the Smartdisk Yahoo store. Jim R. They were great prices, but unfortunately it seems as though the likes of Shoplet and Sparco (who also had the drives) not only sold Smartdisk's products, they also took customer service lessons from them too (i.e., I've not had super service from Smartdisk in the past). I had my order for a 10GB exp bay HD and a 250MB Zip exp bay done and confirmed by Shoplet on the 22nd, though I got an email from Shoplet a couple days later saying the exp bay HD was permanently out of stock; same deal with Sparco, whose real-time availability updating system showed 6 exp bay HD's still available when I placed my order. They too emailed me a couple days later saying the item was out of stock. Mine finally arrives this afternoon, although I suspect VST/SD may have dug a final one up for me because I'm a journo (has its advantages ;-) They were out and I fired off an email to them. They found one more (and only one). Hope it's not the one the marketing manager was using on his/her field trips ;-) Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Acailability of VST 10 Gig Expansion Bay HDs
I have a couple of these VST 10 Gig expansion Bay drives, they come with system 8.6 on them, the Apple Drive set up in OS 9 recognizes them so I should be able to format them with Apple HD set up, partition, and use OS 10 from the expansion bay drives as I make the transition from 9 to 10, I think... hope.. BTW, I note now that SmartDisk has removed the expansion bay HDs from its product pages - so that's presumably the end of them. Old stock elsewhere (still at shoplet?) maybe - or MCE is your other choice (though costs $$). Cheers, RD (still waiting on WorldWide Express to deliver my VST drive :-( but guess I gotta count easter. Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Smartmedia PCMCIA Card Reader success
Thought you guys might want to know- I downloaded iPhoto and now my PC Card Smartmedia reader mounts as a disk on the desktop in OS X and iPhoto imports the photos beautifully. (iPhoto runs fine, even though my Wallstreet is under spec) I suppose iPhoto must have drivers included which allow it to mount the PC Card as a drive. I'm tickled pink. The photos turned out great: http://homepage.mac.com/danlovejoy/PhotoAlbum1.html Wallstreet 300 - 192MB/30Gig Good going - although it's probably the PCMCIA drivers responsible for the Smartmedia mounting (there're also Memory Stick, Multimedia etc. PCMCIA adapters for those who're interested. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Combo Drive in Lieu of DVD on Ti ...
Dear Listessas, Listas - How hard would it be to replace the DVD drive in a PB G4 500 with the ones now standard (?) in the 'new' Ti 550 and 667 ? I have replaced HD, RAM etc. in different PB's and I heard that there are really only two (?) manufacturers for the 'new' Combo drives. How much would a drive cost? Has anybody tried this? What would the old drive sell for on, say, Ebay? Physically different, I'm afraid. No reverse engineering, although I'm sure someone will cut chunks out of their Ti one day simply to prove it is 'possible' ;-) (e.g., like slotting CDRW into SE/30). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Bay HD
Gary, if you take a look at those benchmarks for exp. bay devices I sent you the URL for, you'll also see that the Ratoc FW card, together with the Red/Yellow VST drive, is a little slower than the int. HD on the PB, which gives an indication of 1st-gen FW controllers (and the VST drive is not a 911). Cheers, RD Thanks, Remy. I knew you'd have the goods on this. Gary Remy Davison wrote: OK, group, here's a question some of you might find interesting--you in particular, Remy. Compgeeks again has their PowerBoy USB/Firewire (2.5) on sale. I have one already that I put the HD from my Pismo into when I removed it. With the 10gb expansion drives available would one not be able to pull the HD from that and insert it into a (faster) PowerBoy enclosure. What would be the pluses and minuses of that? Gary, it would very much depend upon your FW enclosure and FW controller. Is the PBoy Oxford 911? If so, it will perform much better on an iceBook or recent Ti than any Pismo, Ti or CardBus FW. It would probably match the int. HD on these 'Books. On 'old' FW controllers, it wouldn't max out the bus on a Pismo but would come close on a Lombard. Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Lombard Ram
are lombards particularly picky about what kind of ram you put in them? i have one that seems to only like the original 64 it came with. when i put 2 128's (not a pair) in it i had all kinds of crashes and applications freezing up. Try TransIntl. Lower slot stuff is more expensive (LP SO-DIMMs). Just ordered some for a client here in Oz. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Expansion Bay HD
Gary, if you take a look at those benchmarks for exp. bay devices I sent you the URL for, you'll also see that the Ratoc FW card, together with the Red/Yellow VST drive, is a little slower than the int. HD on the PB, which gives an indication of 1st-gen FW controllers (and the VST drive is not a 911). Cheers, RD Can we change the subject line on future posts? You're talking less expansion bay devices than PCMCIA cards here... thanks. Sorry, yes, but the follow-ups for these questions related to the performance of FW drives versus exp. bay hard drives and what the performance hit was. For Listers' interest, here's an excellent comparative table of the various speeds of exp. bay devices and PCMCIA drives in 'Books: http://www.medicalmac.com/speedE.html Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Smartdisk's 10gb Expansion Bay Hd (was: Lombard DVD)
Thansk a lot for the good news Albert. Your words sound like music to my ears :-). Unfortunately the bad news is that the guys back at Shoplet sent me a mail today telling me that my hd has been back ordered :-( I was already drooling over it and now I'll have to wait God knows for how long before being able to put my greedy little hands on it. Oh well ... I've been doing well without it 'till now, I'm sure I will be able to handle the situation for another while :-). Someone at IGM did post a comment that they had sleep probs with it under OS X (not crash; just had to ejected/reinserted after sleep to recognized), but that may well have been their particular software setup. cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Cheap FW CardBus for G3 PBs
FWIW, I just spotted an IBM CardBus FW card certified for use with WS/Lombard/Pismo and Titanium for $29.97. May be a better perform(a) than FW2Go at similar price. Note that Pismo/1st gen TiBook FW performance can be less than good CardBus FireWire. Comes with a 4-pin (DV cam) and 6-pin cable, but no s/w AFAIK. It's here: http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4479Item=IBM19K5686 Works with 8.6- OS X apparently. Anyway, thought I'd pass it on as a couple of people were asking about CardBus FW for their G3s. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo internal backup battery
Where's the best place to get the internal (PRAM) battery for a Pismo? Does Radio Shack carry an equivalent? Secondly, has anyone ever replaced one? Is it difficult? Anybody have any web links to the documented procedure? I highly doubt that you would find that battery at Radio Shack. These are pretty much custom made. That being said, the backup battery is fairly easy to replace. You basically pop up the keyboard and it's on the right side, easy to remove. I would suggest you check with PowerBook Parts for a replacement battery http://www.pbparts.com/. BTW, what makes you think that your backup battery has to be replaced? When completely discharged, I've read somewhere in Apple documentation that the PowerBook has to be plugged in the AC for at least 24 hours before the backup battery will be fully recharged (yes, that's a rechargeable battery). These batteries are 'dual' (i.e. two in one). But they're simply 2 5300/190/1400 batteries in a single casing. I successfully used a 5300 PRAM battery in my Lombard (same PRAM as Pismo/Wallstreet). The lower power of the 5300 battery means it won't last as a PRAM battery alone for long [i.e. _without_ the AC or main battery installed, while in sleep mode], but works fine as a normal PRAM battery. The issue is also cost - $30-$40 for a Lomb/Piz PRAM v. $3 for a 5300 PRAM (that's what I paid for mine). Nevertheless, the OP should look at recharging their PRAM - takes 24-48 hours of the 'Book plugged in. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Powerbook memory swap from G3 Bronze to Wallstreet 233?
The short answer is Yes it may work. The right answer is no, don't do it. The Bronze uses PC100 (or PC133) RAM. THE Wallstreet recognizes it (usually), but requires PC66 RAM. It may show up and boot; but most likely it will show up as 128mb (PC100 133 is stacked RAM, PC66 isn't). If it DOES run, it will very likely be unstable. This could become a great argument, as I've heard many folks say their PC100 RAM worked in their wallstreet, but I've also had dozens of themm in my shop which wouldn't, and a number that would crash regularly when PC100 RAM was installed. So IF you want it to be reliable, get some PC66 RAM for it. That's what was made for it. Yep. I'm with David on this one. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.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! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: New adapter hard to plug in
I hate to even post another comment on the adapter exchange program, but my newly-replaced adapter's plug is extremely tight in the power jack and I'm worried it will damage the jack's mount. Anyone else have similar concerns/experiences? If it does break off the mounting for the jack, would Apple repair it out of warranty because it's due to the new adapter? I'm awaiting my new one, but I do have a spare yoyo adapter I've used with both the Wallstreet the Lombard for about 9 months. They're somewhat tight when new (like most things, like coffee plungers), but wear in pretty quickly. It's no tighter or looser than the standard black adapter (we should christen the black baby adapter sometime - 'Son of Delta'; 'Idiot from Quanta Who Subcontracted Delta' or something?). Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: powerbook failure
Been there, done that :-( Well- a toner cart died, but I know what you mean. Sounds like she crashed and then the power manager got trashed. Not a problem. Head over to http://www.accesscom.com/~gamba/ and get yourself a boot disk for the 190, if you haven't got one. Note that the 190 requires System 7.5.2-8.1 to boot. First, though, you'll need to reset the power manager. It's possible that the green sleep light is stuck on (?). Regardless of whether it is or not, do this: - plug in the AC - pull the battery out - hold in the reset button on the back for at least 45 seconds (best done by someone with small fingers and some patience). If if doesn't work the first time, keep trying. Eventually, it will either boot by itself or you can power it on using the power button. Make sure you've put the boot floppy in before resetting the PM - that way you'll boot off the floppy and then use the included Disk First Aid to try and repair the hard drive. If that doesn't work, we'll move on to Recovery Stage 2 ;-) Best of luck, RD My girlfriend is going through every graduate student's nightmare. She is on the verge of finishing her dissertation and her powerbook died. She hasn't backed up for a month, so if we can't recover the data she will have lost a month's work. Her computer is slightly off topic, being a PB190cs, but maybe someone on the list will have a suggestion. She got a bomb, which I believe said error 10, or something (system 7.6.1) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Enter to win a FREE Titanium G4 PowerBook! -- | CDRWs on Sale! | Save on Mac software -- Shop Software Outlet.com http://lowendmac.com/ad/software.outlet.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
