Re: OS upgrades
At 11:21 AM -0500 02/25/2006, Ken Neff wrote: Could anyone tell me if the free Apple OS upgrades are available on CD? upgrade is 124 MB and I have a dial-up connection. I donno if Apple offers them any more. Check with a local Apple dealer or Apple Store. They'll probably be willing to burn the updates for you. - Dan. -- 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: Internet problems in 10.4.2
At 9:57 AM -0600 02/20/2006, Howard Katz wrote: On 2/20/06, Jared Noska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The page in Safari starts to load, but then does nothing - just stops Clear caches. Try a diff browser. Try a diff user account. Personally, I don't use Safari any more--found too many times it wouldn't work right for me. I switch off between FireFox and iCab when I want to do any online work. I have to admit, I'm becoming less and less enamoured with Safari. Seems like after each Tiger update, it's become slower and has more problems viewing sites. Firefox and iCab don't have these difficulties. - Dan. -- 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: Internet problems in 10.4.2
At 4:13 PM -0600 02/20/2006, Jared Noska wrote: None of Apple's OS X internet-based applications (like Mail, Safari, Software Update) work on the internet. Yet, the network repair utility thing in 10.4 says everything is fine. I've reinstalled 10.4 to no avail, yet works in OS 9. I tried Netscape in OS X - same story as Safari. I wonder if Firefox would be any better? Ok. Dig deeper. Are you able to reliably translate domain names to IP addresses? Use the Network Utility to test this, repeatedly. - Dan. -- 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: Compiling Firefox on Mac OS 9
At 9:49 PM -0600 02/18/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have any of you tried compiling any of the newer Mozilla builds on OS 9, since there isn't an official build? I'm running 1.2.1 right now, Why? There's been a 1.3.1 build available for years. http://wamcom.org/ but I'd like to run Firefox, but I'm not going to buy a copy of OS X to get a new web browser, and I think iCab still hasn't hit its stride, yet. Try the latest beta of iCab. Any tricks to getting the Apple Developers Toolkit to compile it? I think there's some details in wamcom.org. It's not simply a recompilation issue -- you'd need to rewrite some code. - Dan. -- 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: Compiling Firefox on Mac OS 9
At 12:54 PM -0600 02/19/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why? There's been a 1.3.1 build available for years. http://wamcom.org/ Try the latest beta of iCab. I think there's some details in wamcom.org. It's not simply a recompilation issue -- you'd need to rewrite some code. A: Wamcom was pretty unstable with 9.1, but I'll try it again with my 9.2.2 install. Figure out why. I use WaMCom Moz on 9.1 and 9.2.2 and found it to be FAR more stable than IE or NS. B: I'll try the latest iCab build and get back to you on that. I still think iCab is slower at rendering than Mozilla 1.2, but that's just IMHO. Well, of course it is. The betas *explicitly* say they're BETA test software and have not been speed-optimized yet. But it still supports CSS etc far better than any other browser on OS 9. - Dan. -- 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: Need a Dependable Browser for OS 9
At 2:44 PM -0700 02/19/2006, Woody Duncan wrote: When I click on e-mail [iCab] opens my Netscape 7.0 mail for me. Is there another mail program that will work with icab so I can use it instead ? iCab supports whatever email client you set as the default for handling mailto urls. Personally, I like to use Eudora. - Dan. -- 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: Need a Dependable Browser for OS 9
At 7:25 PM -0600 02/19/2006, Caleb Cupples wrote: On 19/02/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Personally, I like to use Eudora. I use Eudora Lite 6.1 on my Lombard, and it's great, IMHO. The only problem is that it can only handle one email account, but it's all I need, as I only use my primary email with it, and route the other stuff to the PeeCee, for when I feel like torturing myself. So switch it from Lite to Sponsored mode. Then it will handle multiple POP3 and IMAP accounts, filtering, etc. - Dan. -- 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: Google Groups ... you're kidding, right?
At 9:03 AM +1100 02/12/2006, Geoffrey Peters wrote: Stardate 060211.08:08 -0500. A subspace message from Dan Knight reads: We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment. Well, that's very disappointing. [snip] Sorry guys, but I'll stick with G-Books on MacLaunch until it dies. You won't see me on Google, because frankly, it sucks more than Microsoft. I have to admit, I'm disappointed with the google groups so far. Three times today, I've gotten no permission to post type replies. Already got one message that had styled text - so tiny I couldn't read it. Never had these problems with yahoo groups. Macs should be easy. sigh. - Dan. -- 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: open source software site
At 4:54 PM + 02/02/2006, Michel Treisman wrote: Everyone compares open source word processors with Microsloth Word. But there are cheaper alternatives too. I have glanced at Pages, and it doesn't look too bad. What do folks think about Pages? Does it have any serious gaps, compared to Word? One thing I don't think it has are macros but perhaps i could live without them. Pages looks interesting. But each time I tried it last wee, at the Apple store, it froze up or crashed. - Dan. -- 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: open source software and Macs--Mac Word Processors
At 7:42 PM -0500 02/02/2006, Tim Collier wrote: Stupid question here: What would make you want to 'gift' a 1000 G3's with Office? Gift them without and let the user decide what he wants to use. Office may be a bad example. The bottom line is that machines given to those who cannot afford them must be 100% ready to go - fully equipped. If they can't do what's needed right out of the box, then they end up collecting dust. - Dan. -- 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: [OT] The old days [Was:Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules]
At 10:32 AM -0500 02/03/2006, Kurt Cypher wrote: yes, there are lazy programmers out there I miss the days of hauling three racks of cards up and down two flights of stairs, from my desk to the machine room and back, each time I had a run to do. It kept us codespinners in good shape! Of course, we had to be careful. We had to get someone to check the stairwell first - because if we got caught carrying more than one box (1/3 rack) then the labor union would hit us with a grievance for not using a Mover... - Dan. -- 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: [OT] The old days [Was:Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules]
At 12:25 AM -0500 02/03/2006, phoenix wrote: Lazy programmers and feature creep. Having worked for a software development firm, I can tell you these are the two biggest reasons we have such Big Fat Hairy programs out there today. I have to disagree. It's not laziness - it's incompetence. Back in the day, programmers were Engineers - they actually had 4 or 6 year Computer Science educations from college. They actually knew how to design or select efficient algorithms. Except for a few, these days, programming is mostly a job-shop situation, populated by geek-wannabees that have no clue how to even open a book. If they have a 2 year degree, it's amazing. And the chances of even those having ever cracked open a copy of Knuth[*] is near Zero. [*] The Art of Computer Programming, a multi-volume book set by Don Knuth. The true bible of codespinning. - Dan. //You used a bubble sort for what?// -- 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: [OT] The old days [Was:Re: Reminder: LowEndMac lists rules]
At 6:04 AM +1100 02/07/2006, Geoffrey Peters wrote: These days, I'm so anti-commandline, I delete Terminal.app from all my OSX installs. Ouch. There are so many iface problems with Aqua and Finder, Teminal is an essential app IMO. //You used a bubble sort for what?// ... and mention hashing to any of these young jackanapes and they think you're an old stoner who hasn't let go yet ;) I was interviewing a consultant. He was bragging about using a bubble on the indices to a database of over 6m elements. I gave him a big thumbs down - and the company hired him anyway. - Dan. -- 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: plugging in the power lead - does it matter?
At 11:48 PM + 01/26/2006, Brian Steere wrote: I read that one should always plug in the power brick before connecting power lead to the Book. I've never heard of that. But I can see where it would make sense: The brick is a power sink, that could suck a bit off the battery before you power it up. I mean the manual suggests not to move the Powerbook while on but people do - but carefully - right? When you close the lid, it sleeps -- the HD spins down and docks. So you can move it however you want. With the lid open, and the HD spinning... Laptop drives are very sturdy these days, but no sense in shock testing it too much. So go easy. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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: downloading movies
At 1:11 PM -0800 01/23/2006, John Roberts wrote: With MacTheRipper or similar programs, can I rip just a scene from a DVD or will it only take the whole thing? Mac The Ripper is a disk volume ripping tool. It is not an MPEG/video editing tool. - Dan. -- 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: Alternet: Turning a Blind Eye to Wi-Fi
At 1:16 PM -0800 01/23/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Turning a Blind Eye to Wi-Fi http://www.alternet.org/story/30802 Broadband internet is the electricity of the 21st century -- and the rest of the world is poised to leave America in the dark. This is what I think of as a well, duh article. It's a good rehash of a lot of things that have been published all over during the past year or two. Here in the US we're taking positive action to ensure that we become the new third world. We're doing this with many infrastructures / institutions, not just the telecom networks. In the South Jersey / Philly area, I can proudly say I've seen Verizon and Comcast beat each other bloody - but then take time-out to work together to crush encroaching 3rd parties, by using quietly funded Grass Roots Efforts. They even make their customers pay for all these good american business practices with rate hikes. Way to go! (Yes, I'm a Verizon and Comcast stockholder). Ain't the free market grand? Capitalism RULES! damn. They raised the price on Big Macs again. /sarcasm - Dan. -- 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: downloading movies
At 8:47 AM -0600 01/23/2006, TmB wrote: I have several movies that were watched frequently by my grandkids and are now ruined by little fingers. I now back up all my kids movies using mac the ripper and popcorn and have not had to buy another copy of a well loved but ruined DVD.I also rip Dvds (I own) onto my laptop's hard drive to watch during plane trips, saves battery usage. To me these activities come under fair use. My two cents. Two excellent examples of what the fair use clause is specifically designed to permit. Now if you were letting your grandkids take the copies home... - Dan. -- 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: printing ?
At 10:03 PM -0800 01/19/2006, Gerald Abreu wrote: my 70 year old mother is having a printing problem with both of her macs an ibook and an imac both running Mac OS 9. Every time she tries to print she gets an out of memory message. Does anyone have any info to a fix? or can point me in the right direction? Her printer is HP. Make sure there's enough free space on the HD for the spool files. What application is involved? Have you given the application itself more memory? Try turning OFF background printing. This eliminates HP's buggy background applet from the mess (it has its own memory requirements). - Dan. -- 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: system errors
At 1:58 PM -0700 01/19/2006, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:41 PM, sandra ragan wrote: I tried Protected mode but didn't try a different user... it's in Admin... I did try changing some of those setting which were not working right. Every OS X system should have a test user, with admin rights, just to test things like this. It's a way of very quickly isolating problems to user versus system-wide settings. hum. I agree, but without the admin rights. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 8:41 PM -0800 01/14/2006, Amber R. wrote: I have a D-Link wireless router - there are options to change from the WEP 128 bit encryption to WPA personal.Would doing this create enough of a wall for most people trying to hack in ? WEP will lock out 99.9%. WPA is better (but pls remember to use a long key). You could also set your router to only talk to specific MAC addresses. That way your users have to be on a specifically authorized computer AND know the WEP or WPA key. I was thinking I could perhaps create another network name and WPA and perhaps stay hidden from her brother. Not worth the effort, IMO. Just secure what you have and let the cops handle any further threats. - Dan. -- 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: system backups/copies
At 4:29 PM -0700 01/14/2006, Paul Stamsen wrote: Is there a way to back up or copy using CCC on my network? I don't beleive CCC supports network operations. - Dan. -- 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 ---
OT JCL (was Re: system backups/copies)
At 1:00 PM -0500 01/15/2006, Laurent Daudelin's sig said: JCL: /J-C-L/ n. 1. IBM's supremely rude Job Control Language. JCL is the script language used to control the execution of programs in IBM's batch systems. JCL has a very fascist syntax, and some versions will, for example, barf if two spaces appear where it expects one. Most programmers confronted with JCL simply copy a working file (or card deck), changing the file names. ROFLMAO. Rememberies... Long time ago in a state far away, I was working at the computer center at college. One of the freshmen programming classes used our batch machine. The professor gave them a sample JCL block to put around their card decks, that started with: //JOB the professor's name At the bottom of the instructions, it said to replace her name with theirs. But we all know that students can't read! uh oh. Picture it... The night before the first assignment is due. The student area of the computer center is *crowded* with kids hyped on coffee and Jolt. The flood of decks is so big, the batch machine is falling farther and farther behind. Turnaround is over an hour. We take a rack of cards into the machine room and run them. An hour+ later, we come out with the cards and box or three of printout, rip'n'sort 'em, then give the whole mess to a runner to take the 'em up to the professor's office -- because every job had her name on it! The students are staring at us - the panic growing on their faces ... A. JCL. Gotta love it. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks (was Re: Wireless router that handles AppleTalk)
At 6:00 PM -0800 01/13/2006, John Siple wrote: There are a few considerations here. I've thought about this a bit. I have a neighbor who is running an unencrypted network. I sometimes log on to see if network problems are because of my ISP or because of my hardware. Mostly my connection is handier so I use mine. I also have an unencrypted network. She could log onto mine if her ISP gets goofy. I don't think she knows that. But the legalities of exactly who owns bandwidth are undefined. No, they're not. The bandwidth is owned by the ISP. You're permitted to use it based on the limitations set in the AUP/TOS. AUP = Acceptable Use Policy TOS = Terms of Service For instance let's say that I pay an outrageous fee for my connection, which I do, but I need to go on a little trip and while visiting relatives I find an unencrypted access point that connects to my original comcast ISP. Am I stealing bandwidth to use it? I would be doing the same stuff at home but ... In the case of Comcast... Sharing your connection beyond your premises is Theft Of Services. Using a Comcast connection that someone has left open is Theft Of Services. Being a Comcast customer in one area does not give you carte blanche to jack in anywhere. And what is the situation of my own home use? I have 4 Macs and a printer all clawing their way to my router. Sometimes, like during Christmas when my girls are home with their own laptops, I have five. It's all my own family. I still pay rent for all these kids. Woohoo! Kids that you can return when the lease expires! This is why I don't mind babysitting -- you get to give them back when they get cranky! :) Why shouldn't they be able to use my WAN the way they can use the heat inside my house? You mean yer LAN. Even with a wireless hop, it's still local. They should, do, and are permitted per the Comcast agreements. Comcast will not provide technical support your LAN, unless you pay for that support. But you're certainly allowed to fill your home with your kids (leased or owned) and their equipment. ...I remember the early @Home days, when in many areas the TOS specifically stated you could not use NAT. To connect multiple computers, you had to purchase an individual IP for each, for a few bucks per month. Entre the Bells and xDSL - who permitted NAT. The pressure made @Home change their policy. Havoc then occured in some areas because the MSOs had used the 192.168/16 block for some of their intranet (local routers and such)... it made routing interesting when customers misconfigured their home routers! And why should the woman next door, who has one, maybe two computers and no family be paying the same rate I pay? Is she getting ripped off? I kind of think so. She has the same service level caps that you do. She can use the same amount of bandwidth as you. So of course she should pay the same. Same goes for her phone line, sewer, water, gas, and electric hookups. +/- metering. Beware them people what live alone. They're often the heavy gamers or p2p'ers that eat all the upstream bandwidth on your drop! I have also gone down the block to a free internet zone sponsored by the city and connected there. Sometimes I go to the library and they have open connections. Is it somehow unfair use that my neighbor can't take her PC downtown and connect with it? She pays the same taxes I pay. Why can't she take her PC downtown? I know someone who borrows her neighbor's wireless connection for free. He knows about it. She admits it would be better if she got her own. Interesting ethos there. If you saw two people steal merchandise worth, say $45, each month, don't you have an obligation to report them? And if you keep mum about it, doesn't that make you liable as part of their criminal conspiracy? Oh there are just sooo many annoying things you could do to this person. Change your SSID to a racial slur. Change it to something that pokes her politics. hum. hum? hum! oOOOo *chuckle**cough**LOL**ROFL**cough**lung**cough**LOL* - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 11:52 PM -0800 01/13/2006, Clem Bacani wrote: Drive around the neighborhood, park your car, open your laptop with broadband wireless adapter and presto you are connected online. Chances are you will have more than one signal within that area. You are not stealing a signal because you are not intruding to someone else's property. Incidentally, the signal is there in the air for you to use. Indeed it is a gray area. Unless the signal is originating from a source with a TOS that permits sharing beyond the premesis, it is theft of services. Period. This is not like radio - where you're only receiving. This is bi-directional communication. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 8:17 AM -0800 01/14/2006, Amber R. wrote: Of course, I am sure there are hundreds of people who visit friends with wireless connections and just open up their laptops and surf. Is it legal ? again depends on the ISP TOS, but there can be serious consequences. i.e. The person paying for the service would be liable for anything illegal their guest/visitors were caught doing on-line as it all would come back to their IP address. Unless you could prove it was your guests who were responsible, you would be the one going to jail. This was just one concern I had about my neighbour and her brother having access to my network. Very real concerns. You've heard of Spam Vans? Spammers that outfit a vehicle with equipment, then drive around looking for access... Originally, they were going to small ISPs and offering them $5K cash for a cat5 hookup for a day. When the ISPs caught on to the blacklist nightmares that caused, the spammers went wireless and started wardriving... As for 2 unrelated persons sharing an apartment - In most cases, tenants will share the cost of the service and both have legal access to it. As long as this is permitted by the ISP, it's legal. Most ISP's allow this as many families will have multiple computers and want internet access for all of them. To take this a step further... I had a great experience with Comcast a year ago... A friend's son wanted to have his buddies over to play some game over the 'net. A dozen computers, etc. He drafted me to help set up the LAN to handle it. Then the boy started complaining that the Comcast hookup wasn't fast enough for all those people. So we contacted Comcast. Not only were they ok with having that many people connected to thru the one residential service point, but they even doubled the speed caps for the weekend - and only charged him $5 for it. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 10:18 AM -0600 01/14/2006, Dyna wrote: This theft of service bull is nonsense! If I buy a subscription to say, MacWorld, then leave it in the break room at work for my coworkers to read after I've read it, that's sharing, not stealing. If I buy bandwidth from the local telco or cable company and let my neighbors have what I don't need, that's sharing, not stealing. Granted, the telcos and cable industry with their lobbyists have managed to persuade congress otherwise, but those laws are unenforceable anyway- is anyone doing time in club fed for theft of service with their home computer? Sorry, you're off base. Sharing a magazine is a one-way product loan. You get it back, with no resources lost. Sharing an ISP's service uses the ISP's resources. If you are not licensed / authorized to be using the service then it is Theft. People ARE prosecuted for it. An example: Two years ago, we had problems with our Comcast service dropping to below v.90 speeds during the evenings. We complained. Comcast investigated and determined there are more people on the drop than were paying. They hunted the two offenders down and filed theft charges. The people were arrested, arraigned, then cut deals - they paid fines instead of being tried. ...Then they threatened to sue us because we dropped their names at a home-owners association meeting. :) - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 10:31 AM -0600 01/14/2006, Howard Katz wrote: Have I done some signal sniffing? Sure, I'll bet we all have, just to see if we could do it. Did I continue to do so? Nope--in fact I tracked down the person who had the open signal in my area and advised them to encrypt their signal. Some of our home-owner association folx patrol the neighborhood on weekend evenings. One of the things they look for is warchalks, so they can notify the home-owner... - Dan. -- 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: system backups
At 4:13 PM -0800 01/13/2006, Clark Martin wrote: At 3:52 PM -0500 1/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 5:05 PM +0100 01/13/2006, Francesco sciacca wrote: In my case, CCC gave several errors claiming not to be able to copy certain files (all belonging to the System folder, if I remember correctly). I tried several times and errors seem to affects random files. I eventually I gave up and created a Disk Image of the boot partition instead, burned it to DVD and I am able to restore at will on any partition using Disk Utility. Run CCC from the admin account, after repairing permissions. Make sure there are no other apps running. Including Classic. I mention it since it isn't apparent when it is running unless a Classic App is running. D'oh! Housemate's backups failed this morning. She be puzzled. Took me 20 minutes to realize Classic was running. Wish I'd remembered your reply sooner! - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 1:01 PM -0800 01/14/2006, John Siple wrote: Is there a difference then between someone who knows how to turn security on and someone who doesn't if they both have open networks? An interesting question! The latter can plead ignorance, to the ISP. The former cannot. Then it's up to the ISP to decide what to do (apply penalty, press charges, etc). I kind of like the idea of leaving mine unencrypted. I'm a bit of a commy nist at heart. I haven't left it open because I'm too dumb to set a password. Me too (when I have a WAP here for testing). But I leave it open for nefarious purposes... When I see someone has connected, I try to reach into their computer. ;) For a prime example of what's really happening take a war drive through a college campus. You'll find more open and encrypted networks than your screen can scroll through. If service providers wanted to hunt down malefactors they could do it easily. I think they have to strike a balance... The cost of the lost bandwidth vs the cost of the hunt vs the payback and bad press nailing your customers generates. It's a bit like the laws about copyright infringement on music CDs. Is there anyone out there who hasn't burned a music CD for a friend or relative? Like the service thing I much prefer paying for my music and I like having the real thing when it's a bit of art I really enjoy. I even like the idea that I'm sending money to the artist. Allows him to keep making music. I agree. But there's a big diff between sharing a copy or two with a friend or relative, and sharing thousands of copies to the world at large. I think the same things applies to ISPs. I doubt they fret over the open WAP where someone shares access periodically to their broke neighbor. It's the ones that facilitate the neighbor's bandwidth-sucking p2p server, or the spammer, or ... - Dan. -- 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: system backups
At 5:53 PM -0500 01/14/2006, bobgir2004 wrote: Run CCC from the admin account, after repairing permissions. Make sure there are no other apps running. Dan - Small point, but worth clarifying. Do you mean no other apps running or open? Running == Open. Should one shut down everything when backing up with CCC? Yes. I usually don't touch my Mac while it's going through its backup procedure with CCC. Good. Would you confirm that this is the correct way to do backups??? Yes. Each application running has the potential of changing the HD and/or locking files so the backup job totally misses them. That's bad. You want the backup to be as complete as possible. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 4:14 PM -0800 01/14/2006, Amber R. wrote: My neighbour was back at my door this AM asking again (third time this past week) for access and the WEP password. She was extremely ticked off when I informed that I was still not interested or comfortable with giving her access, That is one persistant neighbor! then said her brother was going to be coming by to deal with me later. Deal with you? I really don't like this. Sounds to me like there needs to be a cop sitting in your kitchen drinking coffee when he gets there. Please, be careful. - Dan. -- 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: Can you fix a wallstreet power jack?
At 8:05 PM -0500 01/12/2006, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: I have a wallstreet I got from ebay with a broken power jack. I am trying to return it for a refund, but can this jack be fixed? If I wedge it upwards, it will charge, but to do a perma-fix, can you replace this or do you have to replace the logic board? I'll have to check the tech doc... But as I recall, I think the Wallstreet is like the Lombard -- the power circuity, including the jack is on a small i/o card. Depending on how the jack is damaged, you might be able to fix it. Otherwise just replace the i/o card. - Dan. -- 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: Can you fix a wallstreet power jack?
At 2:34 PM -0500 01/13/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 8:05 PM -0500 01/12/2006, Tom and Lisa Peters wrote: I have a wallstreet I got from ebay with a broken power jack. I am trying to return it for a refund, but can this jack be fixed? If I wedge it upwards, it will charge, but to do a perma-fix, can you replace this or do you have to replace the logic board? I'll have to check the tech doc... But as I recall, I think the Wallstreet is like the Lombard -- the power circuity, including the jack is on a small i/o card. Depending on how the jack is damaged, you might be able to fix it. Otherwise just replace the i/o card. Sorry; make that sound card, for the Wallstreet. - Dan. -- 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: GUIs Re: MacWorld Expo
At 8:38 AM -0500 01/13/2006, Alan Miller wrote: Unless of course you have trouble typing or might be dyslexic and have trouble getting the letters in the correct order, or you live your live with a spell checker running all the time. I had a project partner in college for several years, that was very dyslexic. We had a blast writing code - Pascal, C, Lisp, and several different Assemblys. We built two dictionaries for a spelling checker. One would essentially fix his spelling of keywords, so the compliers were happy. The other would twiddle my variable names to match his! :) - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 12:09 PM -0500 01/13/2006, Larry Sica wrote: Sharing the connection is not illegal. It will violate the terms of service most likely though if you knowingly let them share it. There is nothing that could get you arrested though. Sharing an internet connection against your ISP's AUP/TOS *is* illegal. It is Theft Of Services. Depending on the jurisdiction and the $-loss claimed by the ISP, it could even be a felony - chargable to both the you (depending on your involvement) and the person doing the stealing. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Larry Sica wrote: PS. It did sort of strike me as odd that even though her brother is a Network administrator/analyst, he has not been able to get past the WEP password. Aren't these supposed to be relatively easy to crack if you know what you're doing ? WEP is easy to crack in that you can record a session off the air, then use some serious computer power to figure out that session's key. That doesn't get you access to your protected WAP. And it doesn't get you access to the SSL-encrypted data within the session (https web browser connections, eg). At 11:33 AM -0700 01/13/2006, Bruce Johnson wrote: Your neighbor's brother could be simply being polite and not hacking your network (which is, btw, illegal, and a federal crime) Their ongoing persistence, in the face of a simple No is troubling, though. If they continue you have the basis of a harassment claim, and I'd involve the police if it seems at all likely to escalate. IMO, set your passwords and let 'em hack you if they can. Just check your router's DHCP table periodically to see if they're talking. That MAC address it records will be your evidence for when you turn 'em in. - Dan. -- 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: system backups
At 5:05 PM +0100 01/13/2006, Francesco sciacca wrote: In my case, CCC gave several errors claiming not to be able to copy certain files (all belonging to the System folder, if I remember correctly). I tried several times and errors seem to affects random files. I eventually I gave up and created a Disk Image of the boot partition instead, burned it to DVD and I am able to restore at will on any partition using Disk Utility. Run CCC from the admin account, after repairing permissions. Make sure there are no other apps running. - Dan. -- 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: security re: file sharing/networks
At 8:34 PM -0600 01/13/2006, Gerald Buc wrote: On Jan 13, 2006, at 2:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:09 PM -0500 01/13/2006, Larry Sica wrote: Sharing the connection is not illegal. It will violate the terms of service most likely though if you knowingly let them share it. There is nothing that could get you arrested though. Sharing an internet connection against your ISP's AUP/TOS *is* illegal. It is Theft Of Services. Depending on the jurisdiction and the $-loss claimed by the ISP, it could even be a felony - chargable to both the you (depending on your involvement) and the person doing the stealing. Is it illegal if I'm visiting a person and log on with my PowerBook? Or if 2 unrelated persons are sharing an apartment, is it illegal for both to utilize the service? Seems like a gray legal area. Not gray at all. Service is typically sold to a specific household or address, and names a responsible party/human. If you be in that household/address, it's legit for you to use it. ...By analogy - it's ok to use your neighbor's phone while you're standing in his kitchen, but it's not ok for you to sneak a line thru his window to hijack his signal. In my first reply, I clarified with against your ISP's AUP/TOS - that's the critical point. Give yours a read. Most residential services have explicit no-sharing-beyond-your-premisis clauses. Some business grade services permit limited sharing. Full off-premisis sharing is usually only permitted when you get into larger business or ISP-level contracts. - Dan. -- 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: http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/0109.html
At 9:02 PM -0700 01/11/2006, P. Turtle-Bear Guillermo wrote: Are literally using a magnifying glass? hehehehehe. Yea. How about using the built in zoom function of OS X? Doesn't work during the installs, after the monitor was forced to the higher res. - Dan. -- 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: GUIs Re: MacWorld Expo
At 9:19 PM -0500 01/12/2006, diane wrote: At 5:10 PM -0800 1/12/06, sandra ragan wrote: Take the near demise of the Desktop metaphor Finder (specifically as iconic/object representations) in the first round of OSX... I for one spent 5 years in a firm moving people from command line interfaces to GUIs... not because it made money, but because our brains process massive amounts of information faster visually and we see patterns in that information easier visually... comes with being That's really interesting, as in the pc world I find the command line to much quicker for me than GUI. And in the Mac world (since 1987) I am first and foremost a keyboard person rather than mouse. I see someone in a store with their GUI cash register typing one word, reach for the mouse, type, reach, etc, and all I can say is TAB KEY! GUIs are rarely more efficient or faster than a CLI. But man is mostly a visual critter, so a GUI is an easier tool with which to guide those who won't RTFM. - Dan. -- 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: http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/0109.html
At 9:45 PM +1300 01/10/2006, Bryan Taylor wrote: with desiring something better than 1152x768 resolution, I wonder how many of us could cope with high resolution on small screens as we advance in age? I keep looking at a new 12 powerbook, but keep fretting about whether my eyesight would cope with font sizes beyond comfortable continuous use. If the new intel ibooks are rumoured to go to higher resolution smaller screens, us baby boomers may be left behind. I already run my 17 monitor at 832x624, and often hit make text bigger in Safari. Installing OS X and apps was problematic. Kept running into dialogs that displayed off the bottom of the screen; couldn't reach the buttons! And sometimes, it forced the monitor to 1024x768 - so I had to use a magnifying glass. There are apps and system pref panes that are very difficult to use -- they have dialogs with controls that end up below the bottom edge of the screen. And since you cannot move a window up, in OS X... Frustrating. Never had this problem with OS 9. - Dan. -- 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: Intel Macs....
At 3:06 PM -0500 01/10/2006, Brian McEwen wrote: On Jan 10, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: In Wayne and Garth's immortal words SCHHHWINGGG! :-) If those published stats hold up to real world comparisons, that's one helluva impressive laptop. no problem with laggy google Earth on THOSE laptops! *arg* *choke* *sputter* yes, cure your badly coded app problems by buying a bigger better faster computer. God forbid you should make the programmer fix his code. - Dan. (climbing back under his rock) -- 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: Intel IMacs
At 9:10 AM -0700 01/11/2006, Woody Duncan wrote: Tom Ethen wrote: I am at MacWorld and the new Intel IMacs are great and fast and according to the Apple people here, they will run all the old software from X. Will the new Intel IMacs run the old 9.0 software like my powerbook does ? I would not want to invest in new versions of Photoshop 7.0, Windows for the Mac, etc. No. Classic is not supported by Rosetta. - Dan. -- 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: Intel Macs....
At 4:52 PM -0700 01/10/2006, Bruce Johnson wrote: More random thoughts: I LOVE the mag-safe power connector, given that my intrepid doofo-canine at home nearly dragged my Pismo off my lap the other day by the power cord. Ya. Cool feature. A long cord would be nicer tho. My housemate keeps ripping hers out because she can't quite get to the wall. One of the benchmarks they offer is the cinebench http://www.cinebench.com/, that bodes well for Cinema4D at least coming in Universal Binary soon. Is anything available for this ExpressCard slot? I've never heard of this technology. Me either. http://www.expresscard.org/ - Dan. -- 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: Intel Macs....
At 10:05 AM -0500 01/11/2006, bobgir2004 wrote: If those published stats hold up to real world comparisons, that's one helluva impressive laptop. Before we wet our collective pants on this one, best first check out: http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/01/the_mac_perform.html Apple used multiprocessor benchmarks to skew the performance advantage that its Intel-based machines enjoy compared to single-core PowerPC G4 and G5. oops. The devil is in the details. hum. - Dan. -- 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: Intel IMacs
At 12:17 PM -0500 01/11/2006, Michael Cangelosi wrote: Interesting; with this switch to the beginning of abandoning Classic (not only booting to OS9 but rather the entire software that runs under classic) 10.4.X will probably be the last OSX that will include any support for classic at all. My instinct is to hope you're wrong. But since Jobs has been known to rip out working software/support for things... You're probably right. I also wouldn't be shocked if Leopard (10.5) dropped support for a number of older Macs, perhaps even all the G3's. - Dan. -- 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: Applecare on Powerbooks ?
At 12:19 PM -0800 01/11/2006, Amber R. wrote: I have just had a very frustrating conversation with Applecare and was told that the keyboard and latch on my Powerbook are not covered at all. Has anybody here had any problems with getting these two items repaired under Applecare ? Apple refused to repair our Lombard's keyboard under AppleCare, back in the day. And their cost estimate was $400. Ended up buying used parts on LEM Swap and doin it myself. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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: Flaky New Battery or a PRAM issue?
At 2:23 AM -0800 01/05/2006, Barry Muller wrote: Last summer I purchased a new battery for my Pismo and within the last few weeks occassionally (though with increasing frequency) it has gone from full charge to zero very quickly (w\in 15 minutes or so). While it's possible that the battery has failed, it's about as likely that the power supply board has a problem. Is this a symptom of PRAM going bad? Not the PRAM itself. But some of the symptoms could be caused by a dying PRAM battery. - Dan. -- 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: Testing internal modem
At 3:32 PM + 01/05/2006, Stuart Hart wrote: Can anybody tell me how to test the internal modem? In the Remote Access control panel, turn on verbose logging. That way you can view the transaction between the PPP module running the modem script and the modem's responses. If you see from the log that the script is totally unable to get a response from the modem, then it might be fried. Try reseating it; sometimes that fixes. You can also try using an old fashioned glass terminal / serial telecom application to talk to the modem directly (issue various AT commands). - Dan. -- 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: dial up service
At 9:39 AM + 12/24/2005, Mike Kauspedas wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a walk through or could get me started on setting up dial up service in OS 9? I was just going to grab the local ISP numbers, uid, and pwd and set it up. Is there some sort of dial up agent or what not for OS 9? I basically want to enter in a phone number, username, and password, hit dial and connect. ie a new network connection. Thanks! That's pretty much all you have to do. TCP/IP, Remote Access, and Modem control panels. The built-in help is pretty good. When I was using dialup, I really liked using a program called PPPop. It manages the connection nicely, providing a simple up/down button on the screen, even autolaunches stuff for you after connecting to the net. - Dan. -- 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: QuickTime update
At 7:54 PM -0600 12/22/2005, Kristina wrote: I received my new mini iPod battery with the installation kit and a go to website for instruction video which needs QuickTime to run it...hopefully a QuickTime movie for my OS Only my QuickTime needs updated...I am on OS9.2 NOT OSX... help me quick link. http://www.apple.com/quicktime Actually, you can just type quicktime into your browser and hit return. Between the rewrites and Apple's redirect, you'll end up in the same place. - Dan. -- 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: iBook Format and installation of Panther
At 10:11 PM -0700 12/21/2005, Lowell Neudeck wrote: I have an iBook G3 800mHz with OS 10.28. It is three years old and is starting to act slow and a few other oddities. I have rebuilt permissions and run DiskWarrior but still it seems slow and quirky. In part, that's Jaguar. In part, your data is probably very fragmented by now. Somewhere in the long ago, I recall some expert stating that every 2 or 3 years, one should backup the hard drive and then reformat it. Well... Formatting ain't gonna happen on an IDE drive. Apple doesn't support that (and they're right - it's not necessary). But you can zero it ... which writes and reads every block on the drive. This forces remaps if a sector has gone bad. Better to remap a zeroed sector than one with your good data on it. And, of course, the reload after a fresh initialization insures your data is unfragmented. I am going to install panther on the iBook and am wondering if I should reformat the drive before I do this. +/- the above, I would. Also, will I be able to use the same administrator's password, etc? In short, is it more trouble than it is worth to reformat the drive? After three years, I think zero'ing is worth the effort. And the defragmented data will fly faster. Make Good Backups. - Dan. -- 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: Transfer to new Powerbook and more
At 1:58 PM -0600 12/19/2005, Andre Ruegg wrote: I have just received a new 15 PowerBook and am wondering how to best transfer the contents of my iBook G3 to the new laptop. The iBook is currently running OS 10.3.9. Does that iBook have firewire? If it does, you can use Firewire Target Disk Mode. If not, just use file sharing. - Dan. -- 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: Tiger via appleshare 383 to OS 7.6
At 10:18 PM -0600 12/17/2005, Frank Cornew wrote: Pismo running tiger LC running OS 7.6.1. [snip] Any thoughts on how to improve this setup. It might be a bit more stable - it seems to choke during large file transfers, say greater than a gig, and would be nice to access from the Pismo. Tiger simply doesn't support AFP/AT, so you'll never be able to connect from the Pismo to the LC using it. Connecting from the LC to the Pismo will never be wholly reliable because AFP/IP in Tiger is twitchy when talking to OS 8/9 machines. The easiest thing to do might be to try FTP. Tiger has a built-in ftp server. And on the LC, you can run NetPresenz. ftp://pcp02220027pcs.echryh01.nj.comcast.net/tools/NetPresenz-41.sit HTH, - Dan. -- 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: remove Tiger's invisible files?
At 12:31 AM +1100 12/14/2005, kaldav wrote: Hello, Tiger has failed to install on my Pismo. However, since I can start up from the OS9 partition, a Sherlock search tells me that there are a large number of invisible files on that partition. How can I make these files visible and delete them so that I can consider installing Panther? A tool such as File Buddy will let you locate all invisible files, make them visible and trash them. But see Bruce's reply... Better to figure out what went wrong first... - Dan. -- 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: Safari problem ?
At 11:06 AM -0600 12/13/2005, Howard Katz wrote: On 12/13/05, David Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, Apple has an interest gem in the Debug menu. Quit Safari and open Terminal (Library Application Support) and type in the following: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu1 and press return. David--tried your suggestion. I don't do a lot of mucking around in Terminal, but typed in what you gave. I got: 2005-12-13 11:03:52.296 defaults[1271] Rep argument is not a dictionary Defaults have not been changed. Any idea what I need to do/change? defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1 -- 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: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
At 10:00 AM -0500 12/10/2005, Peter Apockotos wrote: I won't take cards using PayPal. Why? Once I did and the card was stolen. I not only lost the money but the merchandise as well. Sorry to hear you had that experience. Regretfully, problems occur - it's the cost of doing business. Consider that the fraud rate over the 'net is only about 2/3 of the fraud rate of normal mail-order and card-present use. If you had used a standard merchant account, such as thru your local bank, you would not only be out the basic money and the merch, but you'd be hit with up to a hundred dollars in chargeback processing fees. AND be faced with higher transaction fees in the future, since you now have a history of fraudulant processing. Paypal is one of the better card processing services. But just because they're better doesn't mean you can relax. You simply must use common sense. Review Paypal's policies and procedures carefully. Make sure the buyer is Verified. Only ship to the verified address. Always use tracking / delivery confirmation. For expensive items, always buy insurance and require a signature. When fraud occurs, work with Paypal to get back what $ you can. But then you can also file an insurance claim and fraud charges, since you have the signature. This is no different than what you would have to do in a normal meatspace transaction. - Dan. -- 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: little OT
At 9:13 AM -0600 12/10/2005, TmB wrote: Is there a way to make fotos smaller? I am trying to email pics and they come out huge. of course cropping does not change the size of them. The help section in iphoto is no help Resize them. Or change their resolution. Or compress them more. If iPhoto has problems, try GraphicConverter. - Dan. -- 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: Software Piracy
At 10:40 AM -0500 12/10/2005, Krow Magnum wrote: Ok, just because I am not deemed authorized then it is legal and ok. So it's legal as long as eBay says it is and nobody gets caught. And as long as eBay can make money on it. eBay just covers their collective butts by what they do. The law is the law and eBay is not a lawmaker, just a policy maker who claims to do the proper thing but hides behind a disclaimer and having a user agreement accepted. I can find numerous violations of software copyright laws all day long on eBay. I confess it would be very difficult for eBay to eliminate this problem but they ignore it and make money on it. You can always find people speeding on highways. That doesn't make it legal. It simply means that people can be jerks and taxpayers (customers) aren't willing to pay for police enough to monitor every car 24/7. eBay is the same situation. *shrug* How would you have them handle it? Be constructive now. Keep in mind that your solution has to be reasonable - it has to leave them with a viable business plan... - Dan. -- 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: Buyer Protection (was iBooks eBay)
At 1:14 PM -0500 12/10/2005, Peter Apockotos wrote: I have a 99.1% on ebay only because some idiot placed a bid of $20.00 that started at 0.1 cents. And blamed me because he overbid. Of course that was before you could respond to feedback. But I guess only one negative is okay. But still. Negs happen. Even the best of us end up with a ding in our armour. :) - Dan (finally up to 99.8%) -- 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: Software piracy
At 4:28 PM -0500 12/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/9/05 1:22:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One thing about the seller who has the iBook is that he is probably reputable but just does not have the OS CD's to sell with it. Too many eBay sellers sell computers with a newer OS but no CD's which is software pirating and generally is a sign of their honesty. There is no legal obligation to include the original media with the computer. The original OS license is tied to the computer hardware. Failing to include the media is kosher. BUT then using that media on another computer is a license violation and copyright infringement. Without the CD's the hard drive should be wiped clean. I don't know about it being an indicator of anyone's honesty or not; what about situations where individuals are selling their personal laptops after being upgraded? Doesn't the act of piracy require some requisite mental state? Nothing mental about it. Well, except maybe the dope-induced IQ of the legislators that wrote the DMCA. Also, doesn't the frequently seen Buyer must erase drive after reviewing OS pretty much cover any loose ends? Original OS vs Upgraded by purchase/retail. It's ok for the original OS to be on the computer forever, regardless of where the media ends up. If the computer has an upgraded OS then that OS' media (and, technically, a letter from the seller to the buyer transferring the license) should be included with the computer. If it's not, then the copy of the OS on the computer is illegal and should have been wiped before it left the seller's posession. There is no such thing as reviewing the OS being legit, ever. - Dan. -- 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: Software piracy
At 4:41 PM -0500 12/09/2005, Krow Magnum wrote: On 12/9/05, john ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It does not indicate piracy in any way. For example when I upgraded tp Tiger I bought the family pack with 4 or 5 installs. And if you sell a Mac with one of those installs it should include a license transfer with it and you will have one less license. The vast majority of eBay sellers do not buy multi-licenses. I don't beleive you can break up a family-pack license that way. The point of the discount is that the licensees are all part of your household. - Dan. -- 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: Software piracy
At 4:43 PM -0500 12/09/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That must be the most broken law in the world then, because I rarely see a computer on Ebay or anywhere else that has no software. ya. Same. A widely abused reading of the fair use clause. Unless it is in parts or missing the hard drive. I got some nice corporate financial records on some JAZ disks I bought last year... heheheh - Dan. -- 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: Software piracy
At 4:54 PM -0500 12/09/2005, Krow Magnum wrote: It probably is one of the most broken laws but don't connect eBay with legality. eBay lets lots of things go on that are not legal. eBay is like a common carrier. The provide a venue, not legal responsibility for the goods sold[*]. It is simply impossible to police every auction, given the fees they charge. Protecting that open venue status is why eBay doesn't try to peruse auctions on their own, for legal violations. Same reason your phone company can't be held liable because you used their lines to plan a crime... [*] There are exceptions to this. eg: In Germany it's illegal to sell certain WWII-related goods (trying to pre-avoid spam filter here), authentic or replica or new. And if eBay lets anyone, they can be held liable. Likewise with various state weapons laws... School and corporate sales regularly sell computers with the hard drives wiped clean and no install CD's which is why some have no OS installed. Technically I could buy one and install an OS from one of my CD's and if it is what came on the Mac I am not violating my single user license on my install CD because the Mac had a license when sold for that OS. Right. Media vs License. Two totally separate entities. But if I install Tiger on more than one Mac in my home with a single user license I am violating the user agreement. Only company I ever saw handle all this correctly was Digital. You bought a license for each CPU then you separately bought the media. You could use the media on as many computers as you wanted - as long as they each had a license. By making them two separate purchasable items, it made us track things better. I do it, and a lot of people do it but it is still violates the user agreement. sh. :) - Dan. -- 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: Software piracy
At 5:07 PM -0500 12/09/2005, Tom W. wrote: On 12/9/05, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No. There are plenty of stories of people getting busted for software piracy who've claimed they didn't know it was wrong. That defense rarely works. Why don't we start with one story? I've never, ever heard of a computer company coming after a user who sold his laptop with an OS on it. I know people get busted for duplicating software and then selling it, but a home user selling his computer getting hunted down by the police? I don't think so. Microsloth's hired / authorized copyright police have eBay terminate auctions regularly, regardless of who the seller is. But I don't think they push for fines and such against private individuals. Then there's the BSA, ?Business Software Association? The international copyright police that are employeed by the likes of MS. They go into companys and nail them for infringement. Then they check the employees homes to see if what they've copied... Big fines they collect! I don't recall hearing of a private seller getting busted for shipping a computer with an Apple OS on it... - Dan. -- 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: Software Piracy
At 9:30 PM -0600 12/09/2005, macnifico wrote: In more than a thousand eBay transactions, only ONCE did the seller sent me a letter transferring something to me. Really, he included the disks and a letter of transfer. Only one guy, in more than 300 computers and programs bought through eBay So many people don't realize they should include them. I request them for every software item I buy - and I get them. Never had anyone complain about it either. - Dan. -- 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: Software Piracy
At 11:22 PM -0500 12/09/2005, Krow Magnum wrote: On 12/9/05, macnifico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is permisible to sell a computer with the OS only. The rules do not specify that the OS should be the original one for the computer. Where did you find that ? The original OS is a license issue, not an ebay issue. If the OS license is not being sold it is a copyright violation. Pardon? All Macs are licensed for their original OS. Period. You cannot sell them without the license going with it. Most PCs are licensed for their original copy of Windows. Likewise, you cannot sell them without the license going with it. IOW, there is no concept of not being sold with for that original license. All of this is irrelevant anyway because you can put a Mac G3 or g4 on eBay any day of the week loaded with OS X Panther or Tiger, Adobe, Quark, etc. with no disks and it will not be cancelled. Not true. Adobe and MS (to take two examples I've been hit with) have both hired copyright police companies to watch eBay. If you offer computers containing their products and no media license, there is a good chance the auctions will be canceled. And if you do it repeatedly, besides eBay suspension, you'll get a nice registered letter from the copyright holder's lawyers. :\ I see it all the time and have filed complaints when they use the apps as a selling point. Not one auction has been closed due to my complaints. As appropriate. It's not your copyright, therefore you have no legal standing to interfere with the auction. IOW, when you see an infringing auction, it's nice to report it to eBay - but you really need to report it to the copyright owner or their legal agent if you expect any action to be taken. See eBay's help area for information on their Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program. aka the copyright police authorization rules. - Dan. -- 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: Software piracy
At 8:35 PM -0800 12/09/2005, Clark Martin wrote: At 5:07 PM -0500 12/9/05, Tom W. wrote: I know people get busted for duplicating software and then selling it, but a home user selling his computer getting hunted down by the police? I don't think so. Ah, the old it's only illegal if you get caught plan! The NJ state senate is trying to change the rules regarding cell phone usage in cars. Right now it's a secondary offence here -- you can only get nailed if you're stopped for something else. They want to make it a primary offence. I want to know where instant messaging falls into all this! I've got a friend that sits his powerbook on the front seat, connected to the 'net via a bluetooth cell phone. He isn't holding it up to his ear, so he calls it hands free ... except when he's looking down at it to read incoming msgs then type responses - while driving. - Dan. -- 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: Samsung mobile phone driver??
At 6:07 PM -0500 12/09/2005, Stephen Peterson wrote: Verizon Wireless has recently started supporting Mac internet access via its cell phones with a USB data cable (called Mobile Office kit) or high speed connections support heh. This has worked for several years now. The techs just weren't allowed to yammer it too loudly. with a specific (Kyocera) PCMCIA card. Lame. Well it turns out they don't have any driver for the Macs for the USB connection and will only support the expensive PCMCIA high-speed connection. The Quick to Net USB solution allows many people like myself to connect after 9 and weekends for free with no airtime charges. PCers get this service. The only reason it doesn't work on my Lombard is that it won't recognize the phone as a modem correctly. I attempted to use the OS X10.3.2 built-in drivers and got the phone to connect with the 3Com Impact Analog 14.4 driver but the verification (username and password) fails. Has anyone succeded with connecting a Samsung a650 cell phone to Verizons ISP service? Any driver suggestions or otherwise? I donno about Samsung phones in particular, but Verizon in general... Their network is set up for the higher speed access. The slower free Q2N service is done over the same network but with a limited DCE speed. Authorization fails because the network dynamically steps the DCE speed down right after you tell it the username qnc. At that point, your modem hasn't stepped down, so further communication fails. The trick is that you have to tell your phone to shift down to the lower speed (14.4 Kbps) *before* connecting to their network. That way, when the network adjusts the speed, the modem is already there! On a PC, Verizon's software does this using some funky codes sent to the cell phone over that USB link. That software also resets the phone after the call. On a Mac... Well, we don't have that sophisticated driver capability. Best we can do is send a few simple AT commands to the phone's modem (via the modem driver scripts). So you fix the speed match problem by using the phone's secret tech support/diagnostic/service menu and permanently (until manually changed) lock the DTE/DCE speed to 14.4/14.4. After doing the above change to our Nokia phones, we're able to use Panther's Verizon Support (PC 5220) script quite reliably. HTH, - Dan. -- 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: Macs and eBay
At 6:32 AM -0800 12/04/2005, Amber R. wrote: It appears that eBay is not really that Mac friendly. And getting less so. Many of the functions barely work in WaMCom Mozilla now, which is the newest browser available to people using OS 8/9. And eBay's JavaScript is getting more and more buggy (careless errors, mostly)... which makes unforgiving browsers like Safari problematic. I was told also that I needed to update my browser..although my browser is Safari and I have the latest version. So far, every problem I've had with Safari on eBay has been eBay's fault. They've been decent about fixing 'em, even tho it took days. This is one of the reasons we need to be armed with multiple browers. Of course, keep in mind that if you spoof your browser's identities then you're actually doing us all a disservice. eBay's access statistics will then show that fewer people are using Macs and/or Safari -- which will give them less reason to fix the problem... in a discussion with one of their live help people today, I was told if you were using a regular computer, you would be fine when I was asking about the sign-in problems I was having. The box said Windows 3.1 or better... So, I bought a Macintosh. - Dan. -- 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: Reminder about static electricity
At 7:47 PM -0500 11/30/2005, Brian McEwen wrote: On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:33 PM, Howard Katz wrote: Silly question I'm sure--I can understand about touching the trackpad, but what about if you just touch the body of the computer--AL or Ti? It's happened to me and I get a slight shock. Power supply is plugged in. I try to remember to discharge before I sit down, but it's easy to forget. If you repeatedly need to discharge like that then you might want to consider an anti-static floor mat under your chair... If everything is plugged in, and you have a grounded outlet that is really grounded (only one in my house is), and Apple has done things right, then I'd think you'd ground thru the case, out the cord, to your house ground, and the static shoul follow that route from the case and all should be isolated from the sensitive bits. While normal stray electrons will take that path, you still have to watch for the disgruntled ones -- that are influenced by Murphy. They'll skip the sweet grounds and go for your tasty interface chips... - Dan. -- 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: Speech recognition
At 2:09 PM -0500 11/21/05, w miller wrote: Can anyone recommend speech recognition software that will be happy on a 15 AL PB, OS 10.3.9? Would it work with audio files already recorded on the hard drive? There was a thread about speech recognition on TidBITS Talk a while back. Might be a good read for you. http://www.tidbits.com/ - Dan. -- 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: Reminder about static electricity
At 11:52 AM -0500 11/27/05, bobgir2004 wrote: Just a friendly reminder to all. It's gotten quite cold these last weeks and I've noticed, in particular when wearing anything made of Polartec, that when I reach for the light switch when I enter the room to use my iBook, when I hit the light switch I often create a very loud snap/spark of static electricity from my finger to one of the two screws holding in the light switch plate. It's a much better idea to discharge that static electricity there than into your iBook/PowerBook's track pad. 'Nuff said, bob Never enough said about this important subject! Too many people ignore this issue. Then they wonder why their DIMMs are flakey, etc. Static electricity and computers DO NOT get along. Today's faster components are *extra* sensative! Ground thyself! before touching your sweetie Mac! And if you're actually working inside your Mac, *keep* yourself grounded! Extra points if you make the cat jump! :) ObAlternativePOV: Don't ever ground yourself. I need the income repairing your machines! Carpe DIMM! Thankyouveddymuch! - Dan. -- 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: Reminder about static electricity
At 2:10 PM -0500 11/27/05, Tim Collier wrote: Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that down here in Miami. True. You just get hallacious thunderstorms, hurricanes, and 24/7 mildew. :P ug. While visiting my mom years ago (Royal Palm Beach), one of her friends asked me to fix her computer. It was ... mildewed. White fur on the mb. *shudder* - Dan. -- 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: USB bus(ses) on a 15/1.5Ghz Powerbook
At 09:41 PM -0500 11/17/2005, Lists wrote: Ok, so here's what I know (or think I know) about USB2. USB2 is backwards compatible to USB1, so if you plug in a USB1 device into USB2, it will work, BUT it will make all the devices on that USB bus go at USB1 speed. So, here is my question: there are two USB ports on my 15/1.5Ghz Powerbook. Is there one USB bus or two? hum. I thought they were USB 1.1 ports. But apparently, mine dates from after Sept 2003 - so they're USB 2. :) http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g4/stats/powerbook_g4_1.5_15.html http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86283#pbg45 Can't seem to find how many separate ifaces they be. Panther's Profiler shows we have four USBs... One has our bluetooth mouse listed under it. Not sure which is what on the other three... but we have only two physical USB ports. What's the 3rd? confused, - Dan. -- 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: Volume
At 06:41 AM +0700 11/16/2005, Stuart Saunders wrote: Listening to various internet radio programmes etc, cannot get enough volume with Real, Windows Media, iTunes etc. Pismo and iMac G5, OS X. Is there an app that can increase the volume? Make sure your system volume is high enough, in the first place. Audion has a maximizer tool that increases the volume on wimpy streams. Works quite well. Drives me nutz that some streams are just so quiet. External speakers with their own gain control are the best solution. - Dan. -- 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: Yo-Yo Power Supply
At 07:07 PM -0700 10/25/2005, Barry Muller wrote: Last night, after plugging my Pismo back in I noticed a quiet ticking or buzzing sound coming from my power supply. This is a newer power supply that was sent to me to replace the original p\s from my Wallstreet. I never noticed this sound before (or just wasn't paying attention). Is this a sign that the thing is on its way out? That's what mine did. Died about a month later. - Dan. -- 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: tracking wireless activity
At 02:57 PM -0500 10/24/2005, Rick McCutcheon wrote: At home I notice that my DSL modem lights occasionally are flashing quite noticeably when neither my TiBook (Mercury/Panther) nor the 9600 (400/9.1) ethernet connected desk top are on. Both are routed through a motorola wireless router/ethernet hub. If it's inbound traffic, then it's one of two things: a) ARP packets. This is the protocol that the next router upstream from you uses to find you. It's normal to see about 2 to 5% ARP traffic on DSL and Cable lines. No big deal -- think of it as leaves falling on your roof. b) Infected PCs hunting for more machines to infect. This would be the Great Pumpkin rattling your doorknob. In addition to the direct packets (pings, http, etc requests), these scans cause about 2/3 of the ARP traffic. If it's outbound traffic, then... We live in an apartment block. I'm wondering if others in the building might be accessing the modem through the wireless router? heck yea. You're broadcasting ip availability to everyone! If you don't want your neighbors to be able to use your service, turn on WEP or WPA encryption. is there a way for me to check and see if that is the situation by looking at wireless activity while I'm hooked up with the TiBook Routers always track who they're talking to. They do this two ways: In its DHCP table, and in its route table. At least the DHCP table, and probably also the route table should be viewable from the router's web interface. Would other devices like wireless phones possibly make the lights jump? yes. There are 802.11 IP Phones available that can do this. They're currently a bit pricey tho. How worried should I be, if at all. Your xDSL contract probably says you cannot share the service beyond your own premisis. So you're perhaps risking a theft of services charge from your telecom provider. But more importantly, because it's your residential service, you could be held laible for whatever the other users are doing -- file trading or spamming etc. HTH, - Dan. -- 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: broken network
At 11:04 AM -0700 10/19/2005, Victoria Brandon wrote: All of a sudden my ethernet connection won't connect. It's the simplest possible network, two computers (a BW G3 and a Lombard G-3 PB, both running OS 10.3 and 9.2.2) intermittently tied together with a simple crossover ethernet cable Using a crossover cable makes for a twitchy set-up at best. intermittently? You mean you unplug that cable now and then... I'd expect that to eventually cause a failure as the networking (IP and/or AppleTalk) stacks get out of sync with the drivers which get out of sync with the cables' CTS. Turn off file sharing on both machines. Turn off AppleTalk on both machines. Reboot. Connect the cable. Turn on AppleTalk on both. Turn on File Sharing on both. DO NOT disconnect that cable. AppleTalk's driver requires a CTS signal from the ethernet cable at all times. In a normal set-up, a hub would supply this, allowing you to disconnect the other computer etc. HTH, - Dan. -- 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: T-book has to be forced to shut down...
At 03:36 PM -0400 10/19/2005, dan_A wrote: - restarted into open firmware (cmd-opt-o-f) - typed eject cd reset-nvram reset-all My 15 Ti-book, 800MHz, 1 GB RAM, running OS 10.4.2 will not shut down or restart using menu commands. It goes to the blank blue screen and stays there. I can get it to shut down by holding down the start button for a few seconds. It won't restart using any software or hardware methods. I have to force a shutdown and then do a cold reboot. Repair the drive then repair permissions. Make sure you don't have any broken shutdown items running. I read Luis' post on getting his Superdrive to work again via the Terminal by using cmd-opt-o-f and then typing eject cd reset-nvram reset-all. Not terminal (the Unix command shell). Holding down opt-cmd-O-F at restart puts you into the Open Firmware command shell. Open Firmware is the primary bootstap program, that runs out of your Mac's Boot ROM. It manages the whole boot process (of whatever operating systems you have loaded onto the HDs). Leaving out eject cd command line, would the rest of the commands possibly clear the problem or is the solution more likely by removing the keyboard and hitting the reset the pmu button? TIA. Worth a shot. Certainly less tromatic than opening the hardware. :) See also this Apple TIL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106464 HTH, - Dan. -- 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: [G-Books] bracket thingy
At 01:57 PM -0700 10/19/2005, John Roberts wrote: On Oct 19, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Clark Martin wrote: Would it be possible for the mail server to, if not done by the originator, append a [List Title] on the subject line of outgoing messages? All others lists I'm on do this. You mean that [G-Books] isn't good enough??? [G-Books] is plenty good, but I typed it in myself, which most people won't bother to do. Am I the only one here who gets 100 email messages a day? bracket thingys are totally unnecessary. They're a crutch for poor mail management. Use mail filters to sort your incoming messages into appropriate mailboxes. eg: If from = G-Books@ then ... If your mail client doesn't support filtering and multiple mailboxes, then you need to get a newer client, something released in the last 8 years or so. Eudora is my personal fav... FWIW, - Dan (grumpy 'cause he needs to eat and the mailman didn't bring eBay goodies today). -- 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: Problems with my Hard Drive?
At 12:08 AM -0700 10/09/2005, Morgen Schuler wrote: I have a powerbook bronze pismo. Before digging into the interior, identify your PB properly: The 1998 PowerBook G3, called the Wallstreet, is a black PowerBook, thicker than the others, and has the family number M4753 on its bottom. The 1999 PowerBook G3, called the Lombard or Bronze Keyboard, is a black PowerBook and has the family number M5343 on its bottom. The 2000 PowerBook G3, called the G3 FireWire or Pismo, is a black PowerBook with the family number M7572 on its bottom. This is the only black PowerBook with FireWire ports. For a while (after I accidentally dropped it, a short distance, but still gave it a jolt) it has been making clunking noises. In addition to the HD, there are a number of components in a PB that can come loose. it was stalling a lot and having issues but still worked. Now, I push the power button and the monitor comes on fine, the cd rom checks to see if there's a disc in it, and then nothing. No apple (tho the screen is grey like it's supposed to be) no circular waiting icon, nothing. The hard drive isn't booting up at all. You're getting a proper BONG, not a chord or the sound of breaking glass? Boot from your OS CD. If that works, try running Disk First Aid from the CD. See if it can talk to and repair the drive... If you cannot boot from the CD, there's something more serious going on than just a dying HD. IMO the PB G3's are nice machines. Well worth digging into to repair them, if you have the patience. I've delt with several that were dropped. Mostly the damage was limited to loosened cables, cache cards, DIMMs, etc. Haven't seen a laptop HD die from a simple fall recently... they're tough critters, designed for high-shock. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment
At 04:05 PM -0400 10/09/2005, david wrote: I work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. /me agrees wholeheartedly Find yourself a certified Apple repair service other than Apple. And the next time you are in the market for a computer think twice before buying directly from Apple. There's just no substitute for having a good relationship with a local repair shop. Even better if it's an understanding one - that doesn't have coniptions because you saved $100+ by buying from outpost.com instead of him. BTW, am I the only one who thinks that the whole Apple Store thing is turning into a disaster in the making? Disaster? I donno. I think they fill a nitch. There's a lot of raff out there that needs the pretty all-Apple storefront to give them that warm'n'fuzzy feeling. Personally, I have yet to get even barely acceptable service from an Apple Store. Ditto for calling Apple Support. Nor do I care to see my wallet bleed from their higher-than-CompUSA prices. So I don't recommend them to anyone, ever. sigh. When my housemate's Lombard died, she went to our newly opened Apple Store to take a look at the new PBs. When she came back home, she asked for a Dell catalog -- she was that discouraged. It was only a lot of conversation and a trip to my fav reseller that turned her around. Except for the BSODs, she's quite happy with her 1.5-GHz 15 PB. When my local Apple store opened the 'genius' truly was incredibly knowledgeable. When my local Apple store opened their music was so loud you couldn't hear anything the 'geuius' was blithering. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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: downloading Windows media player for OS X Tiger to listen to Internet radio program
At 07:11 AM -0500 10/07/2005, Kris Tilford wrote: I ran into this problem the other day when trying to fix a PC using downloads from the Microsoft site to my Mac. I turns out the MS site will only download correctly to MS Explorer browsers on any platform, so you'll need to fire up Explorer and re-download. MS doesn't usually play that game. They either lock you out totally or something else failed. Exactly what browsers did you try (incl version)? What URLs were involved? I don't know if you follow any of this, but evidently both MS Intel write code to make their servers work slower and less reliably with other manufacturer's hardware. This is one of the main contentions in the AMD-Intel lawsuit that's ongoing. Nothing to do with Intel. Nothing to do with hardware. MS modified the standard html handshake that occurs between your browser and their web server product. Essentially, they changed one packet and eliminated another - streamlining the connection process. If the browser recognizes this modified exchange quickly (only IE does) then the server is able to establish the connection faster and marks it as being with IE. If the browser doesn't recognize it (not IE), then after a time-out, the connection is established normally. This time-out has the effect of making non-IE browsers seem slower. (Remember that your browser may open multiple/dozen connections to a server, based on your preference settings). Depending on how the server administrator sets things up, they can lock out non-IE users at that point or they can slow down others, or they can prioritize IE users, or ... well, many things :) While this may seem like a sleezy tactic on MS' part, it should be noted it's all controllable by the local server administrator. - Dan. -- 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: Netscape/Firefox Threat
At 01:55 PM -0400 09/23/2005, K wrote: FYI...Has anyone seen this yet?? It's about a supposedly new break in Firefox/Netscape security...The story ran this am in the Washington Post Regards, Mike K http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/exploit_release.html?referrer=email AFAIK, this is a PC only exploit. Later on he mentions the issue of Moz/Firefox having had more security holes fixed than IE recently. That's interesting FUD, IMO -- 1) They're talking about *fixed* holes. There are a number of long-standing holes in IE that MS seems unable to handle. 2) MS' documentation as to what's in their mass-patch packages does not cover all that's actually there. IOW, there have been many patches to components used by IE directly or indirectly that are not counted. 3) Then there's the public nature of Moz, because it is Open Source. MS' security-by-obscurity is a joke. Nuf said. FWIW, - Dan. -- 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: customs?
At 03:58 PM -0700 08/31/2005, Jason Rife wrote: So my 6 month old powerbook has its third strike, and Apple takes it and orders me a new one. The new one is not on a customs hold in Indianapolis, along with several hundred items... Ever hear of this before?? Fedex says its a problem from the manufacturer in China's forms, and Apple wont tell me anything unless I order applecare on it, since the original was out of phone support time. Paperwork happens, regretfully. SOP result of offshore manufacturing. It is Apple's responsibility to work with their Chinese supplier, Customs, Homeland Security, and FedEx to straighten this mess out. 3rd strike replacment. :( Is this by Apple's policy or do you have a state lemon law? hum. Either way,,, you don't care where the PB comes from, as long as it gets into your hands... Perhaps the BBB might be of assistance. Perhaps the BBB in combination with the manager of your local Apple Store might be able to help. If he can't use his contacts to help, he should at least be able to hand you a replacement powerbook! Most Apple Stores have 'em in stock! - Dan. -- 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: $50 iBooks @ UVA
At 01:31 PM -0600 08/17/2005, Mike K wrote: I disagree again, peecees are thrown away because they die at an alarming rate and the parts of the most common computers are the cheapest low-bid parts they can find. It has nothing to do with technology. Macs don't die, except for CRT iMacs of course... Macs do become outdated but not obsolete. Peecees don't last long enough to become outdated like Macs do. ...yer kidding right? There is a massive dose of sarcasm in there? Actually, it matches my experience. With only a few major exceptions early CRT iMacs - flyback problems and fried modems. early LCD iMacs - floppy gooseneck and suddenly dead pixels. Mac hardware is MUCH more durable than PC hardware. Between my workshop here and a friend's depot (a Mac and PC repair store), we've got a lot of working Macs. Quite dirty etc, but working. Then we've got dozens of dead PCs. Fried this or that, etc. This matches my home / personal experience too. Every Mac I've ever owned, since the 80s (Plus, II, IIci, 7100/66, 7300/120, BW, PB 180, PB G3, PB G4, etc) are ALL still working. In the last five years alone, my housemate has killed three desktop PCs and a laptop. His 4th desktop just went to the shop yesterday for repair. His new (1yro) laptop has already required repair. Don't get me wrong... I think overall software-enforced obsolescence kills off more computers than hardware failures. But it still amazes me at how fragile PC hardware is... and how willing the lemmings are to buy it. - Dan. -- 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: $50 iBooks @ UVA
At 07:54 PM -0400 08/17/2005, Krow Magnum wrote: On 8/17/05, david [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This argument has a huge flaw. Once upon a time a Mac was seriously over engineered but they are not today. Everything is off some shelf somewhere But Mac parts don't come off the bottom shelf or the bargain bin like so many peecee makers use. Exactly. If they were bargain bin then my friend's shop would have like numbers of broken PM G4, PM G5, and iMac G5. But since Sept last year, he's had only one PM G5 come in for repair... heat problem because the owner ran it with both the metal and plastic skins off; bolluxed the air flow. - Dan. -- 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: Good OS 9 apps
At 08:51 AM -0700 10/03/2009, Mike wrote: on 7/25/05 11:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Play It Cool -- a video player. Much faster and seems to be more stable than QuickTime Player. Would you mind sending me that one above. I can't find it for download anymore off google or version tracker. Thanks! http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/277 http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/3480 - Dan. -- 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: OSX Photo handling and general question.
At 02:39 PM -0700 06/28/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 28, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Jim Katz wrote: The old iBook died and we're making the switch to OSX for the first time on a G5 machine. What is good photo-handling software? We need to batch-name-change and size-change, and basic editing. Been using Camedia 2 and PhotoDeluxe which lack some things but have been all we really had to have. Graphic Converter is good, as is iPhoto. Both will come with the G5. iPhoto is more of a cataloging app, though the latest version includes considerably more editing chops. GraphicConverter ROCKS. Besides a boatload of editing and retouching tools, it has a wonderful batch mode. It's browser is very nice too - not fancy like iPhoto's, but quite functional and fast. You keep your pictures in self-managed standard folders, then just drop them onto GC... Thorsten Lemke, GC's developer, is very active with GC. On the GraphicConverter Yahoo! Group, Thorsten helps out with difficulties, releases betas, immediate bug fixes, etc. http://www.lemkesoft.de/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcmac/ iPhoto is ok if you have a fairly small photo library and don't do much image tweaking. Nice image browser. If your library is large, tho - be careful: iPhoto has serious crash and data corruption problems with importing large (thousands) numbers of photos at once. My housemate is so impressed with iPhoto that she told me she wants it OFF her powerbook! Did I mention that GraphicConverter ROCKS! - Dan. -- 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: surge suppressors revisited
At 09:06 AM -0400 06/23/2005, Peter Saint James wrote: We concluded that the power adapter would protect the Powerbook from a surge. Turns out this is not true. I have to admit that the surge to my book was a big one. A bolt of lightening hit near my house. It knocked out the surge suppressor then continued on, zapping the printer, other items that were plugged into it, and my powerbook. ouch. I take it you're ok? :( I must have missed the original conversation back then. Power Adapter vs Surge Protector vs Lightning Arrestor. A power adapter is a simple box containing a few capacitors, a few diodes, a tiny transformer, and maybe a small fuse. It offers little to no protection against anything beyond minor surges. A surge supressor is a fancy piece of electronics designed to smooth out (supress) the power surges that occur due to normal atmospheric interference. They are NOT designed to protect you from near-by lightning hits. eg: magnetic storm activity, power company foolin around, one too many things plugged into that old bedroom circuit. A lightning arrestor is a large single-trip device directly connected to ground. It's purpose is to route most of a (close-by) hit's power to ground. eg: lightning rods, arrestor boxes on antennas, etc. Another thing to think about: Surges that come up your cable coax or telephone lines. They're the #1 cause of modem death! Make sure they're grounded properly, where they come into your home. And put a surge protector between them and your computer too! Bottom line: No matter how much you spend on surge protectors and such -- if you're in the middle of a t-storm, UNPLUG your equipment. Get off the grids! - Dan. -- 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: surge suppressors revisited
At 10:46 AM -0300 06/23/2005, Bill Briggs wrote: Even unplugging the appliances isn't a guarantee that they would be spared. The surge can jump the gap between the plug socket and the end of the cord on the floor (remember, it just jumped a gap of a mile, so this gap of a foot is nothing). A 2nd air jump instead of flowing thru the lower-resistance wires and water pipes in the wall? Your whole home would have to be very badly grounded. Should be rare, but... sigh. A few months after I moved into my current place (renter), during a minor thunderstorm, we blew a modem and a fax machine. To the basement we went... and discovered that Verizon had grounded the phone line to a floating (ungrounded) radiator pipe. Comcast's ground wire was lugged onto Verizon's! The real (grounded) water pipe was another foot to the right... Of course the pipes were clearly marked with large tags as to which was which. :\ - Dan. -- 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: surge suppressors revisited
At 11:39 AM -0400 06/23/2005, Peter Saint James wrote: On 23 Jun2005, at 11:24 AM, david wrote: As to why computers aren't equipped with surge protectors, that is easy. They wear out. Each time a surge is clamped, a little of its usefulness is depleted. They need to be replaced frequently. Then make it replaceable, like an automobile fuse. The good news: Your new laptop only weighs 1 pound. The bad news: It's wart weighs 6 pounds. :) - Dan. -- 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: OS 10.4, powerbook, roaming wireless not doing great
At 06:11 AM -0400 06/22/2005, Brian wrote: On Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at 12:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:59 PM -0400 06/21/2005, Brian McEwen wrote: Except, no DNS calls would work. Try a different name server, such as 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2, instead of the one being supplied by DHCP. Thanks, that's an easy to recall universal DNS. 4.2.2.1 thru 4.2.2.6 are Verizon's. Very stable. I use them quite often, when Comcast's are foo'd. If that solves the problem, then the issue is probably intermittant, overloaded, or outdated (BIND software) DNS being run by the hospital or their ISP. Try putting the name server addresses in multiple times. That way if a request times-out, it gets repeated. This is one of the fundamental diffs between the DNR used by Apple and the one implemented by MS. The MS one uses extremely long timeouts and repeats requests for the hell of it. The Apple DNR is more to RFC specs, which makes it less resiliant from an end-user POV. HTH, - Dan. -- 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: OS 10.4, powerbook, roaming wireless not doing great
At 06:59 PM -0400 06/21/2005, Brian McEwen wrote: I hauled my new powerbook to a hospital last week as I'd be spending a bit of time there; their public network was up, I got an IP, 2-3 bar signal strength, DNS etc resolved. all looked just great in the network section of the about this mac menu. Except, no DNS calls would work. Try a different name server, such as 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2, instead of the one being supplied by DHCP. - Dan. -- 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: Another good article regarding Apple and Intel
At 11:37 PM -0400 06/16/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:26 PM -0700 06/16/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *nod* A combo that lets them create system architectures that aren't dictated and dumbed down by MS. What a concept. :) Yes and no. MS doesn't dictate hardware or system architectures. So long as drivers are there MS windows could run on anything. Uh, waitamin. I gotta research, but I remember reading about Microsoft maintaining a rather long/detailed specification as to what a PC is and how it has to work, and that Intel balked at their newest revisions, but dummied up as MS controlled everything. Oh yea. Google is your friend. Hundreds of pages, on Microsoft's developer web site for the PC 95, PC 97, etc specifications. In html, they have glossy overviews. For OEMs, they have hardcore details in pdf and ppt. It goes way deep into the hardware level. Basically: a PC simply must conform to their specs. MS maintains full rights over those specs. If the PC doesn't conform, it cannot be supported by Windows. It's all even updated for Longhorn. Now, don't misunderstand my point here. Apple has the same types of spec docs, they're just targetted a bit differently since there are no outside designers. But because Apple is using these as comms between their own OS and hardware teams, I think it tends to be more of a living document ... that will be able to include the latest and greatest... - Dan. -- 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: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!
At 09:09 PM -0700 06/16/2005, Zoltan Batiz wrote: I have come to a very logical and realistic conclusion: The proverbial gap between PC's and Mac's will not change. In fact, I honestly think that NOTHING will change at all. The Mac's market share will decrease, just like it did during the 68k-PPC and 9-X transitions. Partly because of hesitant buyers and partly because of developers being jerked around - which looses marketing momentum. Hopefully, Intel's influence (and the fact that they pay for marketing) will encourage Apple to create a decent ad campaign. (LOL; yea right). hum. A new potential here - Apple could regain market share because they'll be able to get enough chips to make more systems. Currently, they loose way too many sales because they're unable to deliver. Call me an optimist, but the only thing that's going to happen besides faster Macs overall, Faster is a given, as technologies improve. The issue is faster than Up side is that people will be able to compare GHz to GHz. The down side is that we're totally going to loose the AltaVec edge. So Macs will rarely (just the brief frog hop at release time) be faster than PCs. ...Headache: What if Dell scoops Apple? What if Dell's cycle time (design to market) is shorter than Apple's? Intel commits to high-volume of a faster chip, and Dell's product hits the market before Apple's... :( Pretty design (and perhaps higher cost for Macs) aside, IMO, it will ultimately become a direct user experience competition, OS X vs Windows. I fear that even with a faster Virtual PC running Windows, we'll still be marginalized due to the low app count and other perceptions. Anyone agree? Or is everyone leaning on Laporte's side saying that this move is a stake in Apple's heart I think Apple will survive, barely. Only time will tell. Luckily, the Low End Mac market is thriving. Prices are good. Supply is decent. Expertise abounds... - Dan. -- 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: Another good article regarding Apple and Intel
At 04:08 PM -0700 06/16/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: At Datamation. http://tinyurl.com/bxu9z He points out that Apple is finally going to a company that makes general purpose CPUs as their main business, not a small sideline. He also points out that Intel is going to a company that has as much engineering smarts as they do, someone who can partner with them on new chip and motherboard design, a company that, unlike Dell or Microsoft, is also an engineering company at heart. *nod* A combo that lets them create system architectures that aren't dictated and dumbed down by MS. What a concept. :) - Dan. -- 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: Another good article regarding Apple and Intel
At 05:26 PM -0700 06/16/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jun 16, 2005, at 4:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *nod* A combo that lets them create system architectures that aren't dictated and dumbed down by MS. What a concept. :) Yes and no. MS doesn't dictate hardware or system architectures. So long as drivers are there MS windows could run on anything. Uh, waitamin. I gotta research, but I remember reading about Microsoft maintaining a rather long/detailed specification as to what a PC is and how it has to work, and that Intel balked at their newest revisions, but dummied up as MS controlled everything. This will trickle down to the Windows world, Intel knows who buys MOST of their chips after all, but Apple will get first use of them, meaning Apple WILL be able to say 'we're faster than any Dell', and Apple will get a chunk of what Intel makes selling them, too. Maybe. Sortof. Hopefully. And (*snicker*) they'll handle this better than the trickle-down of SCSI and ADB and FireWire. - Dan. -- 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: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!
At 03:07 PM -0700 06/13/2005, Bruce Johnson wrote: There's an article discussing this on Forbes' site today: http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/13/apple-intel-branding_cx_ah_0610apple.html They point out that Apple has a higher brand recognition than Intel does, that Intel may be getting more attention from their association with Apple than vice-versa. I really don't think that we're going to be seeing 'Intel Inside' stickers anytime soon. I'd forgotten that bit about Intel paying for advertizing. Given Apple's inability to do good ads ... I wouldn't mind 'Intel Inside' logos. Image: An apple logo, with a small 'intel inside' on it, laying out in a beach chair, getting a suntan with the Blue Man Group. Meanwhile sharkish windoze logos are chasing people out of the bloody water. But the 'looking like race cars' thing makes me chuckle. I see more Windows laptops come through with ALL the myriad of stickers they have plastered all over them when they're sold. It's as if people think the mattress tag police have a laptop division... My current desktop is a PM 7300. It was once part of a grid, in the Physics Dept of UC.Berkley! (the grid is currently XServes, used for simulations). It cleaned up nicely, after I got over the sticker shock. http://pcp02220027pcs.echryh01.nj.comcast.net/misc/uglymac.jpg - Dan. -- 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 ---
