VHS tapes into Pismo
Advice please - I want to save some VHS tape material onto my Pismo (and attached LaCie hard disk). What is the simplest way of doing this? I guess I need to hook my VHS recorder to the Pismo, but via which outputs/imputs? What software do I use? And what format do I end up with? I have a PCMCIA card with USB 2.0 sockets on but I'm not looking for speed. UK-based so that might affect hardware availability. Thanks for any help offered and Happy New Year to all readers of this. Tony Coult. http://www.tony3ts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo DVD formats
Advice please - I'm considering buying a combo DVD/VHS recorder so I can transfer old VHS material (both personal and off-air TV) to a recordable DVD format and thence onto my Pismo for viewing aware from home. Any recommendations for best recordable DVD format and brand to work in the Pismo DVD drive? I am UK-based. Thanks! TONY http://www.tony3ts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: ITunes 6 on Pismo 400mhz?
Works fine on my Pismo 400 mhz 1gb RAM Tiger 10.4.2. Tony http://www.tony3ts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo/External DVD
As the original poster of this question, I may have had a buried memory about mention of the DVD player's unhappiness with external drives, which Luis now revives. Does anyone have direct experience with the Pismo, Panther, LaCie DVD external and Apple's DVD player? Tony http://www.tony3ts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo/External DVD
I hope this is a simple question - if I buy an external DVDR/W drive, will I be able to use it to play commercial DVDs (movies) and music CDs? I've abandoned hope of the Expansion bay DVD/CD working...) Tony http://www.tony3ts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Dodgy DVD Players
From time to time people - me included -have asked for help with non-functioning DVD players in Pismo Powerbooks. I thought mine had died again (Matsushita replaced LG as recommended). I've just upped the RAM from 192 to 640. Suddenly CDs mount, DVDs play again. Mind, I had a scary morning as nothing happened at all after I'd put the RAM in first time. After about five disassemblies/reassemblies it all sprang to life again. Phew! So the moral seems to be - if your CD/DVD Player won't work, try more RAM. OSX Panther, 400 mhz, 40 meg HD Tony C -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: another wireless question
No, the Pismo has an internal Airport (but not Airport Extreme) card slot. Tony C. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: headphone jack problems on pismo
I had this problem and solved it by buying a Griffin iMic, which uses USB. Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OS 10.3.3
10.3.3. on a Pismo. It claims that networked servers will appear in the sidebar. But that applied before in my 3.2. Can't discern any changes - good or bad. What should I be looking for? (I'd love to be able to make appearance changes - fonts etc - in iCal). TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wireless on a Pismo
The Airport card (old) in my Pismo had been acting up, failing to make its presence known, 8 times out of 10 restarts. I'm not sure if its a faulty card or a faulty internal physical connection. So I replaced it with a Linksys 802.11g PCMCIA card. A bit expensive here in the UK at c £70 but I could have bought another Airport card and it might still have not worked. Panther and Airport seem to recognise the Linksys card without any other software (Linksys doesn't provide anything for Mac...) Best wishes Tony C -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: AirPort- Software Base Station?
Yes you can run Airport Software Base Station in Panther. Its quite easy to set up in Panther using the Network preference pane. Easier than in 9. Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
MCE Pismo drives
Does anyone know of a source in the UK for the MCE hard drives that fit into the Pismo CD bay? Cheers! TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Binatone card in lieu of Airport
Because my Airport card connection seems faulty, I've been on the lookout for a PC card substitute for my Pismo. Saw a card in a sale at Maplin's for only £12 and bought it on the off chance that it might be a badged card that would work in the Mac. It's a Binatone WL1000 and it has a little green light that suggests that it is picking up the Airport signal. But the connection isn't recognised. The software is PC-only. Does anyone know of software that will make this card work? TiA TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Dying Airport card
Anyone can help? At first intermittently, now more or less permanently, the Airport card on my Pismo won't show up as being present. I've swapped it for another card I know is good so it's not the card that's faulty. It won't show under 9.2.2. or Panther. It's not Panther as such as it's worked fine for the several weeks I've had it. Should I reinstall Panther? TIA Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo HD question
I have the identical drive except that it is 40g. When my old one started to rattle and hum, I replaced it myself with a new one. I followed the instructions-with-pix on http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ and its worked a treat since. Quiet and reliable, bar one terrible day after I'd partitioned the disc and it suddenly lost my second - critical - partition. The guy who rescued my data said don't partition, and don't as I did run Norton to try and rescue things. So I didn't. I now have Panther on it and it's a pleasure. Enjoy! TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Moving from 9 to X
I'm currently running 9.2.2 on a Pismo and a CRT iMac. I'm thinking of jumping up to X Panther when it comes out. Should I worry about being an early adopter (aka mug or guineapig)? And will I be able to use the same system on both machines? Thanks for your collective wisdom TONY C. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Advice for replacement Powerbook
Re SCSI - I have a Pismo and an Adaptec PowerDomain Slim SCSI 1480 PC card. This allows me to use my SCSI-equipped Epson 200 slide scanner. I don't know what other SCSI devices work with it but it might be a solution for you. Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Crash! went the HD
Thanks to an excellent Data recovery service in Hertfordshire, UK, (email me for the reference if you want it) I've just emerged unscathed from a potentially disastrous hard disk wipeout. The experience might be instructive. Pismo running OS9.1. Recently-installed 40 gig hard disk. Importing some tracks from CD into iTunes when it crashed. Restarted only to get the flashing I can't find an OS folder. Never seen this in my life before. Fiddled about a bit to no avail then decided to install an OS on the second of the two partitions I'd set up for the new drive. Started up from this ok. (Though ominously getting a This disk is unreadable do you want to initialise it? box first. Said no of course) However, my Entourage emails weren't present - presumably on the now-dead OS on Partition 1.So I ran Disk Doctor on Partition 1 hoping to cure it. It found some major problems and instructed me to fix them. I did (but didn't make a note of what they were sadly). Restarted and - oh horror! - the first partition, with my work on, had disappeared. Apple system profiler said it was not mounted. Well I could see that... My rescuer in Hertfordshire got it back for me, reformatted the disk, installed Os 9.2.2 and all seems well. What is interesting is that he said almost all the problems he'd seen of similar type were on partitioned disks. This is contrary to what we are told. Partition a new disk. But I needed no persuasion. No partitions! Any comments? Any speculations as to why this all happened?TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's
You'll probably be told this by a hundred other people on this list but the answer is those dreaded letters LG. These Lucky Goldstar drives fail all the time. I got through three of them until someone said try and the Matsushita brand. So far, mine has been fine. I'm sure you'll find that's the answer... Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Has anyone replaced the sound-out plug for a Pismo (Itripped broke mine)
Don't know about replacing the sound-out port but when mine went west the Griffin iMic was a cheap and versatile substitute. TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Airport, Softbase and OSX
I currently have an OS9 iMac configured as a software Airport basestation for networking to an OS9 Pismo. (Cable internet connection from Blueyonder in the UK). If I upgrade to X will this still work, or will I have to buy a real Airport? Thanks for any hints TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: 12 Speed and Stalinist tendencies
Here here! Add me to the list of awkward sods prepared to complain at corporations no matter how nice their products. I have a Pismo OS9 so that probably counts as very unreconstructed and unmodernised... TONY COULT -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD: Mats vs LG Round One
You asked about the ASP description of my Drive. It says Matshita... Rev.no. 080E... Product DVD-ROM SR 8171... Serial no. Not available Hope that's of interest TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: LG DRN-8080B Pismo DVD UK source
I've looked at that page and can't find any reference to an Apple (Pismo) drive. If there was one for that very cheap price I would be kicking myself because I've just shelled out £190 for one - also refurbished - from Micro Anvika in London. (However this is the Matsushita drive apparently, not the notoroius LG drive, of which I've gone through three!). I will report on progress with my new drive to add to the discussion. TONY COULT -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo DVD: Mats vs LG Round One
Ongoing report on Matsushita Pismo DVD drive, as promised. It cost £160, not £190, plus VAT. It had a white sticker over the model number which unfortunately got mangled when I put it in the machine. However the model number on the case is M7388(MKE(hash)CR-175). The box says Made in Japan, but the module says Assembled in Taiwan. There is a black sticky label saying PowerBook DVD-ROM Module. Underneath is the original wording: Macintosh Powerbook G3 Series 24X CD-ROM Module. This suggests, does it, that Apple took an older, unused casing and put DVD hardware in? Hence it being described as Refurbished. The casing looks new. It fits much more snugly than my old, dead LG modules. At first it would not appear to eject properly and there was a nightmare halfhour where everything seemed to jam up and even the power button wouldn't function. It seems that, unlike the looser-toleranced LGs, which spat the discs out, the Mats just grunts twice and you have to pull it open from underneath. So far it does everything fine, though DVD playback seems jerky on some discs. I think this may be software rather than hardware. We shall see. TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
UK Pismo pals
Does anyone anywhere know of a good source in the UK for these items? 1. The MCE Pismo Expansion bay Hard drive 2. Replacement batteries 3. Any DVD/CD drive that actually works rather than grinding (that's what it sounds like) to a halt after two days use 4. The best replacement hard drive (c. 30-40G) Thanks! TONY -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Broken sound-out jack on Powerbook Firewire 2000 (Pismo)
There's two things wrong with my brilliant Pismo - the useless DVD/CD drive (on my third, and useless one), and the wobbly Sound Out. The answer to the latter is the Griffin iMic. Small, self-powered, and makes the sound better. Though it does, of course, use up a USB port. TONY3ts -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Broken sound-out jack on Powerbook Firewire 2000 (Pismo)
Well, it's partly subjective, I admit. It sounds cleaner to my ears. Griffin say its better because it takes the output away from the general buzz of electronic impurities inside the case. It may also be that the USB out is better than the phono? Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
